2000年专四真题单选及答案详解

2000年

41. Acute hearing helps most animals sense the approach of thunderstorms long before people___.

A. do

B. hear

C. do them

D. hearing it

答案：A【参考译文】敏锐的听觉使多数动物能远在人之前感觉到雷雨的来临。【试题分析】本题为语法题，考句子成份的省略与替代。【详细解答】“Acute hearing helps”是主句和before引导的从句具有相同的主语和谓语，从句中省略了该相同部分，用助动词do代替了与主句重复的信息“sense the approach of thunderstorms．”故答案为选项A。

42. This is an illness that can result in total blindness ___ left untreated.

A. after

B. if

C. since

D. unless

答案：B 【参考译文】这种病如果不加以治疗，患者会完全失明。【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查连词的用法。【详细解答】after和since都是引导时间状语从句，since还可作“因为”讲，引导原因状语从句。if“如果”和unless“除非”都可以引导条件状语从句。但if后接过去分词短语，省略的成分为主语+系动词，该主语只有与主句的主语相同才可省略。根据句意和句子结构，选项B为正确答案。43. The central provinces have floods in some years, and ___.

A. drought in others

B. droughts are others

C. while other droughts

D. others in drought

答案：A【参考译文】中部省份在有些年份会遭水灾，在另一些年份会遭旱灾。【试题分析】本题为语法结构题。【详细解答】这是一个并列句，句中and 是并列连词，它后面连接的内容与前面的“floods in some years”是并列成份，要求结构相同。drought in others中others指代years。故选项A为正确答案。

44. Do help yourself to some fruit,___ you?

A. can’t

B. don’t

C. wouldn’t

D. won’t

答案：D 【参考译文】吃点水果，好吗? 【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查对附加疑问句的掌握。【详细解答】本句是一个由“祈使句+附加疑问”构成的附加疑问句，这种附加疑问部分通常用won’t you表示一种征询意见的语气，因此答案选D。

45. There___ nothing more for discussion, the meeting came to an end half an hour earlier.

A. to be

B. to have been

C. being

D. be

答案：C 【参考译文】由于没有更多的东西可讨论，会议提前半小时结束了。【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查对独立主格结构的掌握。【详细解答】本句中的There being nothing more for discussion为独立主格结构，表示原因。

46. My mother can’t get ___ because she has rheumatism (风湿病).

A. about

B. on

C. through

D. in

答案：A【参考译文】我母亲因患有风湿病而不能走动。【试题分析】本题为动词短语词义辨析题。【详细解答】get about表示“(尤指病后)走动，往来各处，(消息、谣言等)传开”；get on表示“进展；相处；上车；继续干”等；get through 表示“(使)了解；熬过；干完工作”；get in表示“到达；收获”。根据句意，选项A为正确答案。

47. I was very much put ___ by Mark’s rude behavior; it really annoyed me.

A. over

B. off

C. up

D. by

答案：B 【参考译文】我对马克的粗鲁举止很反感，他太让我气恼了。【试题分析】本题为动词短语词义辨析题。【详细解答】put over表示“使被理解，传达……的意义，(尤指用欺骗手段)做成”等；put off表示“推迟；关掉；使厌恶”等；put up 表示“抬起，把……拿出来出售(拍卖等)，张贴，提出(请愿、建议、问题等)”；put by 表示“继续，储存，抛弃，回避”等。根据句意，选项B为正确答案。

48. You ___ Jim anything about it. It was none of his business.

A. needn’t have told

B. needn’t tell

C. mustn’t have told

D. mustn’t tell

答案：A【参考译文】你本来不必将这件事告诉杰姆的，这与他无关。【试题分析】本题为为语法题，考查对情态动词及虚拟语气的掌握。【详细解答】needn’t have+过去分词，表示对过去的否定性猜测，为虚拟语气，表示“本来没必要做某事却做了”。

49. All of us would have enjoyed the party much more if there___ quite such a crowd of people there.

A. weren’t

B. hasn’t b een

C. hadn’t been

D. wouldn’t be

答案：C 【参考译文】要不是那儿人太多，我们就会在聚会上玩得更尽兴。【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查对虚拟语气的掌握。【详细解答】由主句中的would have done可知，这里表示的是与过去相反的事实，那么从句中相应地使用had done。50. Firms that use computers have found that the number of staff ___ quality control can be substantially reduced.

A. whose

B. as

C. what

D. that

答案：D 【参考译文】使用计算机的公司发现，可以大幅度裁减质量控制人员的数量。【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查关系词的用法。【详细解答】此处要求关系词引导定语从句，限定中心词“the number of stuff”，同时这个词还要在从句中作主语，用来指人，故只有选项D为正确答案。

51. ___ at in this way, the present economic situation do esn’t seem so gloomy.

A. Looking

B. Looked

C. Having looked

D. To look

答案：B 【参考译文】这样看来，目前的经济形势似乎并不暗淡。【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查分词的用法。【详细解答】本题是分词作状语，因为主语the present economic situation为look的逻辑宾语，所以要用过去分词表示被动。52. Many people are ___ to insect bites, and some even have to go to hospital.

A. insensitive

B. allergic

C. sensible

D. infected

答案：B 【参考译文】许多人对虫子叮咬过敏，有一些人甚至必须去医院就诊。【试题分析】本题为形容词词义辨析题。【详细解答】insensitive意为“反应迟钝的，不灵敏的”；B项allergic（[??l?d??k]）意为“过敏的”，常用于be allergic to结构，意为“对……过敏”；sensible意为“明智的；察觉的”，常用于be sensible of结构；infect 意为“传染，感染”，不与介词to连用。根据句意和句子结构，选项B为正确答案。sensitive 敏感的，易生气的;易担忧的，过敏的。

53. When you’re driving on a motorway, you must obey the signs telling you to get into the right ___.

A. way

B. track

C. road

D. lane

答案：D 【参考译文】在高速公路上开车时必须遵循车道标志。【试题分析】本题为名词词义辨析题。【详细解答】way指的是为了到达某个地点而要经过的地方，比较笼统、抽象；track指“不平坦的小路”，还可以指铁轨，比赛的跑道等；road指“大道，公路”，通行的道路；lane指的是“公路上用黄线或白线划开的车道”。

54. The motorist had to ___to avoid knocking the old woman down in the middle of the road.

A. swerve

B. twist

C. depart

D. swing

答案：A【参考译文】为了避免撞倒那位老太太，那个驾车者不得不在道路中央突然将车转向一边。【试题分析】本题为动词词义辨析题。【详细解答】swerve 意为“(车突然地)转向一边”；twist意为“使转动；扭曲，曲折地走”；depart意为“离开；启程”；swing意为“摆动，挥动”。根据句意和句子结构，选项A为正确答案。

55. In winter drivers have trouble stopping their cars from ___ on icy roads.

A. skating

B. skidding

C. sliding

D. slipping

答案：B 【参考译文】在冬天，司机很难避免汽车在结了冰的路面上打滑。【试题分析】本题为动词词义辨析题。【详细解答】skate表示“(在冰面上)滑行”、“溜(冰)”’一股指滑冰运动；skid表示“(人、车等行进时因路面滑而向一侧)打滑，滑倒”；slide 表示“(在冰、滑梯、跑道等上)滑行，滑动；滑落”；slip表示“失脚，滑跤”，常指由于不小心、路滑等而滑倒。根据句意，此处指“车轮的打滑”。

56. This project would ___ a huge increase in defense spending.

A. result

B. assure

C. entail

D. accomplish

答案：C 【参考译文】该计划需要大大增加防卫开支。【试题分析】本题为动词词义及用法辨析题。【详细解答】result为不及物动词，常与in连用表结果，result in意为“造成；导致”；assure意为“使确信，使放心”；entail意为“使成为必要；需要”；accomplish意为“完成；实现”。根据句意，选项C为正确答案。

57. The chances of a repetition of these unfortunate events are ___ indeed.

A. distant

B. slim

C. unlikely

D. narrow

答案：B 【参考译文】再发生这些不幸事件的可能性很小。【试题分析】本题为形容词词义辨析题。【详细解答】distant意为“遥远的；远离的；疏远的”；slim 意为“(指希望、可能性等)微小的；渺茫的”；unlikely意为“未必有的；未必可能的”narrow意为“狭的；狭窄的”。这里是说“发生某事的可能性”，故选项B为正确答案。

58. We sho uld make a clear ___ between ’competent’ and ’proficient’ for the purp oses of our discussion.

A. separation

B. division

C. distinction

D. difference

答案：C 【参考译文】为了讨论起见，我们应该明确区分competent(能干的)

和proficient(精通的)。【试题分析】本题为名词词义辨析题。【详细解答】separation 意为“分开，裂开”；division意为“分开；分配”；division意为“分割，切分”；difference 意为“差异”。在这四个选项中，只有division可与make搭配，make a clear distinction 意为“清楚地区分……”，故为正确答案。

59. In the present economic ___ we can make even greater progress than previously.

A. air

B. mood

C. area

D. climate

答案：D 【参考译文】在目前经济环境下，我们可以取得比以往更大的进步。【试题分析】本题为名词词义辨析题。【详细解答】air常用作“空气”，也可指“气氛”；mood意为“心情，心境”；area意为“地区；范围”；climate意为“气候”，既可指自然“气候”，也可比喻“政治气候”，“经济气候”等。本句是指“经济环境”，因此答案为D。

60. Rite of Passage is a good novel by any standards;___, it should rank high on any list of science fiction.

A. consistently

B. consequently

C. invariably

D. fortunately

答案：B 【参考译文】无论参照什么标准，Rite of Passage都是一部好小说。因此，它应在任何科幻小说名录上名列前茅。【试题分析】本题为副词词义辨析题。【详细解答】consistently意为“一贯的，一致的”；consequently意为“因此，所以”；invariably意为“不变的，永恒的”；fortunately意为“幸运的，好运的”。根据句意，选项B为正确答案。

61. The diversity of tropical plants in the region represents a seemingly___ source of raw materials, of which only a few have been utilized.

A. exploited

B. controversial

C. inexhaustible

D. remarkable

答案：C 【参考译文】该地区热带植物多种多样，这说明这里有取之不尽的原材料，而只有一点点被利用的。【试题分析】本题为形容词词义辨析题。【详细解答】exploited意为“被开发的”；controversial意为“引起争论的，有争议的”；inexhaustible意为“用不完的，无穷无尽的”；remarkable意为“异常的，非凡的”，根据句意，选项C为正确答案。

62. While he was in Beijing, he spent all his time ___ some important museums and buildings.

A. visiting

B. traveling

C. watching

D. touring

答案：A【参考译文】他在北京期间把所有时间都用来参观一些重要的博物馆和建筑。【试题分析】本题为动词词义辨析题。【详细解答】visit表示“参观(景点、人物等)”；travel表示“旅行”；watch表示“观看(活动、比赛等)”；tour表示“在……旅行，参观(地点)”。

63. You must let me have the annual report without ___ by ten o’cl ock tomorrow morning.

A. failure

B. hesitation

C. trouble

D. fail

答案：D 【参考译文】你务必在明天十点前将年度报告交到我手上。【试题分析】本题考查对固定搭配的掌握。【详细解答】without fail为固定短语，意为“务必，必定”。without hesitation意为“毫不犹豫

64. As the director can’t come to the reception, I’m representing the company .

A. on his account

B. on his behalf

C. for his part

D. in his interest

答案：B 【参考译文】由于主管不能来参加这个接待会，我以他的身份来担任本公司的代表。【试题分析】本题考查对固定搭配的掌握。【详细解答】on one’s behalf是固定搭配，意为“代表某人”。

65. Dreams are___ in themselves, but when combined with

other data, they can tell us much about the dreamer.

A. uninformative

B. startling

C. harmless

D. uncontrollable

答案：A【参考译文】梦本身并不提供什么信息，但若结合其他数据，却能大大地帮助我们了解梦者。【试题分析】本题为形容词词义辨析题。【详细解答】uninformative 意为“不提供资料的”; startling意为“吃惊的”; harmless意为“无害的”; uncontrollable 意为“不可控制的”。根据句意，选项A为正确答案。

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