大学英语四级词汇训练500题 (10)

B) put up with D) make up for
37. Then the speaker _____ the various factors leading to the present economic crisis.
A) went after C) went for
B) went into D) went on
38. You cannot be _____ careful when you drive a car.
A) very C) so
B) too D) enough
39. Five minutes earlier, _____ we could have caught the last train.
A) and C) or
B) but D) so
40. He's watching TV? He's _____ to be cleaning his room.
A) known C) regarded
B) considered D) supposed
41. Because Edgar was convinced of the accuracy of this fact, he _____ his opinion.
A) stuck to C)struck
B) strove for D) stood for
42. Our son doesn't know to _____ at the university; he can't make up his mind about his future.
A) take in C) take over
B) take up D) take after
43. A lorry _____ Jam's cat and sped away.
A) ran over C) ran through
B) ran into D) ran down
44. Frequently single-parent children _____ some of the function that the absent adult in the house would have served.
A) take off C) take in
B) take after D) take on
45. I want to buy a new tie to _____ this brown suit.
A) go into C) go with
B) go after D) go by
46. I can't _____ what that object is.
A) made up C) make out
B) make over D) make for
47. When the whole area was _____ by the flood, the government sent food there by helicopter.
A) cut away C) cut up
B) cut down D) cut off
48. If you don't like to swim, you _____ stay at home.
A) should as well C) can as well
B) may as well D) would as well
49. That was so serious a matter that I had no choice but _____ the police.
A) called in C) call in
B) calling in D) to call in
50. The sports meet, originally due to be held last Friday, was finally _____ because of the bad weather.
A) set off C) worn off
B) broken off D) called off
51. A well-written composition _____ good choice of words and clear organization among other things.
A) call on C) call up
B) calls for D) calls off
52. The store had to _____ a number of clerks because sales were down.
A) lay out C) lay aside
B) lay off D) lay down
53. _____ it or not, his discovery has created a stir in scientific circles.
A) Believe C) Believing
B) To believe D) Believed
54. The car _____ halfway for no reason.
A) broke off C) broke up
B) broke down D) broke out
55. Only day I _____ a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor at a nearby state college.
A) came across C) came after
B) came about D) came at
56. The trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn't bothered by his loudness _____ by his lack of talent.
A) than C) as
B) more than D) so much as
57. They decided to chase the cow away _____ it did more damage.
A) unless C) before
B) until D) although
58. _____ we have finished the course, we shall start doing more revision work.
A) For now C) Ever since
B) Now that D) By now
59. _____ the advances of science, the discomforts of old age will no doubt always be with us.
A) As for C) Except
B) Besides D) Despite
60. A man escaped from the prison last night. It was a long time _____ the guards discovered what had happened.
A) before C) since
B) until D) when
61. Nuclear science should be developed to benefit the people _____ to test this medicine on human patients.
A) more than C) rather than
B) other than D) better than
62. Scientists say it may be five or ten years _____ it is possible to test this medicine on human patients.
A) since C) after
B) when D) before
63. Liquids are like solids _____ they have a definite volume.
A) since C) in that
B) for that D) at that
64.Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to, ____ the color of his skin.
A) regardless of C) by virtue of
B) in the light of D) with the exception of
65. John seems a nice person. ____ , I don't trust him.
A) Even though C) Even so
B) Therefore D) Though
答案：1.D 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.C 6.D 7.B 8.B 9.A 10.D 11.A 12.B 13.A 14.D 15.C 16.C 17.D 18.B 19.D 20.D 21.B 22.B 23.A 24.B 25.A 26.D 27.C 28.B 29.D 30.A 31.C 32.D 33.C 34.A 35.D
66. _____ that my head had cleared, my brain was also beginning to work much better.
A) For C) Now
B) since D) Despite
67. Being a pop star can be quite a hard life, with a lot of travelling _____ heavy schedules.
A) with regard to C) in relation to
B) as to D) owing to
68. Criticism and self-criticism is necessary _____ it helps us to find and correct our mistakes.
A) by that C) on that
B) on that D) in that
69. In no country _____ Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a
single day.
A) other than C) better than
C) more than D) rather than
70. He went ahead _____ all warnings about the danger of his mission.
A) in case of C) regardless of
B) because of D) prior to
71. Not that John doesn't want to help you, _____ it's beyond his power.