2008年英语专业四级考试试题
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PART III CLOZE [15 MIN]
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the eorresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.
Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today.
Salt may seem rather a strange (31)____ to use as money, (32)_____ in countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often an (33)_____ necessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show their (34)____, were used as money in some countries until recent (35)_____, and cakes of salt (36)____ buy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa.
Sea shells (37)_____ as money at some time(38)____ another over the greater part of the Old World. These were (39)___ mainly from the beaches of the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, and were traded to India and China. In Africa, shells were traded right across the (40)___ from East to West.
Metal, valued by weight, (41)____ coins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings, is still used in many countries(42)_____ paper money. It can either be exchanged(43)____ goods, or made into tools, weapons, or ornaments. The early money of China, apart from shells, was of bronze, (44)_____ in flat, round pieces with a hole in the middle, called "cash". The (45)_____ of these are between three thousand and four thousand years old - older than the earliest coins of the eastern Mediterranean.
Nowadays, coins and notes have (46)____ nearly all the more picturesque (47)____ of money, and (48)____ in one or two of the more remote countries people still keep it for future use on ceremonial (49)____ such as weddings and funerals, examples of (50)____ money will soon be found only in museums.
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the eorresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.
Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today.
Salt may seem rather a strange (31)____ to use as money, (32)_____ in countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often an (33)_____ necessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show their (34)____, were used as money in some countries until recent (35)_____, and cakes of salt (36)____ buy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa.
Sea shells (37)_____ as money at some time(38)____ another over the greater part of the Old World. These were (39)___ mainly from the beaches of the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, and were traded to India and China. In Africa, shells were traded right across the (40)___ from East to West.
Metal, valued by weight, (41)____ coins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings, is still used in many countries(42)_____ paper money. It can either be exchanged(43)____ goods, or made into tools, weapons, or ornaments. The early money of China, apart from shells, was of bronze, (44)_____ in flat, round pieces with a hole in the middle, called "cash". The (45)_____ of these are between three thousand and four thousand years old - older than the earliest coins of the eastern Mediterranean.
Nowadays, coins and notes have (46)____ nearly all the more picturesque (47)____ of money, and (48)____ in one or two of the more remote countries people still keep it for future use on ceremonial (49)____ such as weddings and funerals, examples of (50)____ money will soon be found only in museums.
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(31)
A ：object
B ：article
C ：substance
D ：category
B ：article
C ：substance
D ：category
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(32)
A ：but
B ：and
C ：so
D ：even
B ：and
C ：so
D ：even
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(33)
A ：abstract
B ：advantageous
C ：abundant
D ：absolute
B ：advantageous
C ：abundant
D ：absolute
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(34)
A ：weight
B ：value
C ：role
D ：size
B ：value
C ：role
D ：size
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(35)
A ：times
B ：events
C ：situations
D ：conditions
B ：events
C ：situations
D ：conditions
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(36)
A ：even
B ：also
C ：still
D ：never
B ：also
C ：still
D ：never
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37)
A ：had been used
B ：are used
C ：would be used
D ：would have been used
B ：are used
C ：would be used
D ：would have been used
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(38)
A ：and
B ：but
C ：yet
D ：or
B ：but
C ：yet
D ：or
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(39)
A ：collected
B ：produced
C ：grown
D ：raised
B ：produced
C ：grown
D ：raised
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(40)
A ：city
B ：district
C ：communib
D ：continent
B ：district
C ：communib
D ：continent
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(41)
A ：processed
B ：produced
C ：preceded
D ：proceeded
B ：produced
C ：preceded
D ：proceeded
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(42)
A ：in spite of
B ：instead of
C ：along with
D ：in line with
B ：instead of
C ：along with
D ：in line with
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(43)
A ：against
B ：as
C ：in
D ：for
B ：as
C ：in
D ：for
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(44)
A ：often
B ：seldom
C ：really
D ：much
B ：seldom
C ：really
D ：much
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(45)
A ：earlier
B ：earliest
C ：better
D ：best
B ：earliest
C ：better
D ：best
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(46)
A ：replaced
B ：reproduced
C ：reflected
D ：recovered
B ：reproduced
C ：reflected
D ：recovered
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(47)
A ：sizes
B ：shapes
C ：formats
D ：forms
B ：shapes
C ：formats
D ：forms
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(48)
A ：while
B ：although
C ：because
D ：if
B ：although
C ：because
D ：if
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(49)
A ：events
B ：gatherings
C ：occasions
D ：assemblies
B ：gatherings
C ：occasions
D ：assemblies
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(50)
A ：original
B ：primitive
C ：historical
D ：crude
B ：primitive
C ：historical
D ：crude
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PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN]
There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrase marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word orphrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrase marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word orphrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
请根据上面给出的内容，来回答下面的单项选择题（下列每小题备选答案中，只有一个符合题意的正确答案。每小题0分，共14题。）
56. I enjoyed myself so much ____ I visited my friends in Paris last year.
A ：when
B ：which
C ：that
D ：where
B ：which
C ：that
D ：where
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57. Which of the following is INCORRECT?
A ：All his lectures were boring.
B ：Half his money was gone
C ：Her few friends are all fond of dancing.
D ：He invited many his friends to the party.
B ：Half his money was gone
C ：Her few friends are all fond of dancing.
D ：He invited many his friends to the party.
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58. When you have finished with that book, don't forget to put it back on my desk, _____?
A ：do you
B ：don't you
C ：will you
D ：won't you
B ：don't you
C ：will you
D ：won't you
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59. What does "He wisely refused to spend his money" mean?
A ：It was wise of him to refuse to spend his money.
B ：He refused to spend his money in a wise manner.
C ：He was short of money and didn't want to buy anything.
D ：He refused, in a wise manner, to spend his money.
B ：He refused to spend his money in a wise manner.
C ：He was short of money and didn't want to buy anything.
D ：He refused, in a wise manner, to spend his money.
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60. They stood chatting together as easily and naturally as ____.
A ：it could be
B ：could be
C ：it was
D ：was
B ：could be
C ：it was
D ：was
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62. Quality is ____ counts most.
A ：which
B ：that
C ：what
D ：where
B ：that
C ：what
D ：where
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63. In his plays Shakespeare _____ his characters live through their language.
A ：would make
B ：had made
C ：made
D ：makes
B ：had made
C ：made
D ：makes
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64. The square itself is five hundred yards wide, five times ____ the size of St. Peter's in Rome.
A ：/
B ：that of
C ：which is
D ：of
B ：that of
C ：which is
D ：of
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65. Which of the following sentences expresses "probability"?
A ：You must leave immediately.
B ：You must be feeling rather tired.
C ：You must be here by eight o'clock.
D ：You must complete the reading assignment on time.
B ：You must be feeling rather tired.
C ：You must be here by eight o'clock.
D ：You must complete the reading assignment on time.
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66. When he first started in university, he really felt at _____ with his major --- economics.
A ：shore
B ：bank
C ：ocean
D ：sea
B ：bank
C ：ocean
D ：sea
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67. On the road motorists should be aware of cyclists and be ____ towards them.
A ：considerable
B ：considering
C ：considerate
D ：considered
B ：considering
C ：considerate
D ：considered
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68. Sally was a bit shy, but the teacher found her quite ____ discussing a recent film with others.
A ：at home
B ：at most
C ：at house
D ：at bean
B ：at most
C ：at house
D ：at bean
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69. The company has capitalized _____ the error of judgment made by its business competitor.
A ：in
B ：over
C ：with
D ：on
B ：over
C ：with
D ：on
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70. Tim has failed three courses this semester, so he will have to _____ them next semester.
A ：remake
B ：repeat
C ：reapply
D ：revise
B ：repeat
C ：reapply
D ：revise
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