英语专业4级

Year  2000 41.    Acute hearing helps most animals sense the approach of thunderstorm s long before people___.   A. do        B. hear            C. do them          D. hearing it  42.  This is an illness that can result in total blindness ___ left untreated.   A. after    B. if  C. since D. unless  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  44.   Do help yourself to some fruit,___ you? A. can’t  B. don’t  C. wouldn’t  D. won’t  45.    There___ nothing more for discussion, the meeting came to an e nd half an hour earlier. A.  to be          B. to have been        C. being      D. be 46.    My mother can’t get ___ because she has rheumatism (风湿病).  A. about          B.on          C.  through          D.  in 47. I  was very much put ___ by Mark’s rude behavior; it really annoy ed me.   A.over      B.off      C.up          D.by  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  49.    All of us would have enjoyed the party much more if there___ q uite such a crowd of people there.   A. weren’t  B. hasn’t been    C. hadn’t been        D.  wouldn’t be  50.  Firms that use computers have found that the number of staff ___ ______ is needed for quality control can be substantially reduced.   A.whose      B.as  C.what      D.that  51.  ___ at in this way, the present economic situation doesn’t seem so gloomy. A.  Looking        B.  Looked      C.  Having looked      D.  To look  52.  Many people are ___ to insect bites, and some even have to go to  hospital. A. insensitive        B. allergic          C. sensible        D. infected  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  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  55.    In winter drivers have trouble stopping their cars from ___ on icy roads.   A. skating  B. skidding  C. sliding  D. slipping  56.    This project would ___ a huge increase in defense spending.   A. result    B. assure    C. entail    D. accomplish  57.    The chances of a repetition of these unfortunate events are ___ indeed.   A. distant  B. slim      C. unlikely  D. narrow  58.    We should make a clear ___ between ’competent’ and ’proficient’ for the purposes of our discussion.   A. separation      B. division  C. distinction