《大学英语(四)》在线平时作业1

《大学英语(四)》在线平时作业1-00001
试卷总分:100  得分:100
一、单选题 (共 20 道试题,共 100 分)
1.3. With low buildings the variety of possible shapes is much ______ than with taller buildings.
A.greatest
B.less great
C.greater
D.great

2.117. This article __________ more attention to the problem of cultural interference in foreign language teaching and learning.
A.calls for
B.applies for
C.cares for
D.allows for

3.111. The older New England villages have changed relatively little __________ a gas station or two in recent decades.
A.except
B.besides
C.in addition to
D.except for

4.56. You cannot ______ it, for I saw you in the very act of doing it.
A.deny
B.reject
C.withdraw
D.avoid

5.65. On arriving at Singapore, we telephoned to ______ our mother’s uneasiness.
A.cut
B.relieve
C.subtract
D.decrease

6.7. Miss Evans knows that Arthur and I can't be ______ the same committee. We are not compatible.
A.at
B.on
C.by
D.to

7.17. We have not seen our next-door neighbors for weeks. They ______ somewhere for holiday.
A.should have gone
B.need have gone
C.ought to have gone
D.must have gone

8.75. The president could not go to the meeting, so Mr. Smith ______ him.
A.recorded
B.renewed
C.represented
D.recalled

9.49. The teacher wrote his ______ in the margin of the composition.
A.statements
B.comments
C.accounts
D.definition

10.90. Mr. Smith said that he did not want to _______ any further responsibilities.
A.take on
B.get on
C.put up
D.look up

11.53. Two problems seem to ______ if we take this line of persuasion with school boards and parents.
A.establish
B.enter
C.represent
D.emerge

12.47. They are pleased to switch it off when they do not like the programme or change to the other ______.
A.channel
B.title
C.volume
D.version

13.27. Several families of birds feed primarily ______ flying insects and have developed long wings and wide-opening mouths.
A.on
B.to
C.with
D.up

14.63. This is confidential. Don't ______ a word of this to anyone.
A.let
B.utter
C.leak
D.expose

15.13. It ______ that the best applicants will be employed.
A.remains doubtful
B.goes without saying
C.hasn't been clear
D.doubts

16.8. The scheme would be very expensive ______.
A.to carry out
B.to be carried on
C.to carry over
D.carry out

17.78. Nylon fibers last longer and are stronger than natural fibers _______ silk or cotton.
A.such as
B.as regards
C.as well as
D.as such

18.73. The great fire ______ the forest to a few tress.
A.shifted
B.switched
C.reduced
D.decreased

19.69. His family ______ great hardship during the war.
A.endured
B.tolerated
C.sustained
D.undertook

20.19. ______ a bad habit is formed, it will not be easy to get rid of it.
A.Since
B.Because
C.While
D.Once