专四英语词汇语法练习辅导1

1. Although ____ Spanish, he attended the course.

A. he was knowing

B. he is knowing

C. having a knowledge of

D. knows

2. You ____that letter to James. However, you didn’t.

A. ought to write

B. ought to have written

C. should write

D. should be writing

3. Joseph was very lucky ____ with his life; he almost did not get out of the room.

A. to escape

B. to have escaped

C. to escaping

D. to be escaping

4. Bread and butter ____liked by Westerners.

A. is

B. are

C. were

D. be

5. The back garden of our house contains a lawn, ____very pleasant to sit on in summer.

A. which is

B. which it is

C. it is

D.where it is

6. He set up in business ____ his own and was very successful.

A. in

B.of

C.on

D. by

7. John’s score on the test is the highest in the class; he ____last night.

A. must study

B.charged

C.punished

D.posed

8. Modern ___perhaps causes more problems than it solves.

A. technique

B.technology

C. tactics

D.tendency

9. Mary tiptoed over and took the clock away because she hated to hear it ____ when she was trying to go to sleep.

A. sounding

B. ringing

C. ticking

D. humming

10. Under this ____ pressure some of the rocks even became liquid.

A. intensive

B.weighty

C.intense

D.bulky

11. Of course, most immigrants did not get rich overnight, but the ____ of them were eventually able to improve upon their former standard of living.

A. maximum

B.minority

C. majority

D.minimum

12. Nancy was surprised that they have ____. They seemed to be a happy couple.

A. split up

B.broken down

C. fallen through

D. knocked out

13.The beach is in an ideal ____to draw tourists.

A. condition

B. situation

C. state

D. publicity

14. Our ____ sensitivity decreases with age. By age 60, most people have lost 40 percent of their ability to smell and 50 percent of their taste buds.

A. sensible

B. senseless

C. sensitive

D. sensory

15. The eldest child is thoroughly ____because they always give him whatever he wants.

A. wasted

B. spoiled

C.destroyed

D.uneducated

16. If a substance is dissolved in water or heated, it may ____a gas.

A. give into

B. give over

C. give off

D. give away

17. His manner was so pleasant that Bolla felt at ____ with him at once.

A. peace

B. large

C. ease

D. best

18. —Can you take the day off tomorrow?

—Well, I’ll have to get ____ from my boss.

A. permission

B. permit

C. allowance

D. possession

19. The ____ in Janet’s character has hindered her from advancement in her career.

A. weakness

B. merit

C. defect

D. shortcoming