《大学英语(四)》在线平时作业3-00001

试卷总分:100  得分:100

一、单选题 (共 20 道试题,共 100 分)

1.107. He was unwilling to join them, for his _______ would embarrass Gaston.

A.presence

B.absence

C.persistence

D.resistance

2.50. A year ago the first volume in this series successfully ______ the pattern which is here continued.

A.established

B.organized

C.proceeded "

D.represented

3.51. I'm excited about the ______ of going to the States.

A.request

B.division

C.possibility

D.reality

4.42. No sooner had he sat down to lunch ______ there was a knock at the door.

A.when

B.that

C.as

D.than

5.19. ______ a bad habit is formed, it will not be easy to get rid of it.

A.Since

B.Because

C.While

D.Once

6.44. I want to go to the dentist, but you ______ with me.

A.need not to go

B.do not need go

C.need not go

D.need to not go

7.34. As far as computer programming is concerned, this model is obviously superior ______ any of the others in our department.

A.to

B.than

C.over

D.from

8.46. After criminals were caught, they were accused and put on ______.

A.death

B.sentence

C.punishment

D.trial

9.102. Purchasing the new production line will be a _______ deal for the company.

A.profitable

B.tremendous

C.forceful

D.favorite

10.65. On arriving at Singapore, we telephoned to ______ our mother’s uneasiness.

A.cut

B.relieve

C.subtract

D.decrease

11.10. The original building of the Lion Hotel was erected in 1710, but this structure has been largely transformed and extended, the present hotel ______ in 1910.

A.was completed

B.having been completed

C.had been completed

D.had completed

12.95. Our hopes __________ and fell in the same instant.

A.aroused

B.arose

C.raised

D.rose

13.38. Abraham Lincoln was raised to farm work, ______ he continued until he was twenty-two.

A.since

B.what

C.which

D.that

14.31. At best, this is only a temporary substitute ______ the other one.

A.to

B.from

C.for

D.with

15.37. Mark often attempts to escape ______ whenever he breaks traffic regulations.

A.having been fined

B.to be fined

C.to have been fined

D.being fined

16.56. You cannot ______ it, for I saw you in the very act of doing it.

A.deny

B.reject

C.withdraw

D.avoid

17.58. We watched the backward ______ of the tide.

A.bay

B.flow

C.gulf

D.wash

18.93. The millions of calculations involved, had they been done by hand, __________ all practical value by the time they were finished.

A.had lost

B.would lose

C.would have lost

D.should have lost

19.6. I won't have you answer me ______ that manner.

A.with

B.in

C.by

D.through

20.74. ______, I didn't have enough money on me to buy that book.

A.Unfortunately

B.Essentially

C.Virtually

D.Naturally