大学英语四级试卷
（满分120分，考试时间90分钟）
一、选择题：（本题共20小题，每小题3分，共60分）
1. He climbed up into the tree and picked all the fruit _____ reach.
A. at
B. near
C. within
D. beyond
2. The old man invested all his money _______ a chicken farm and got rich.
A. on
B. into
C. in
D. at
3. He had approached every friend and acquaintance for help in vain, and now he was _______ his wit's end.
A. at
B. in
C. out
D. on
4. The fishermen gathered abalone ______ a depth of seven feet.
A. with
B. without
C. at
D. within
5. All living organisms constantly absorb carbon 14 _______ this existence.
A. out
B. about
C. around
D. throughout
6. Light comes in _______ the window.
A. by
B. through
C. out of
D. in
7. The young worker expressed the indignation _______ being dismissed without any reason.
A. for
B. at
C. to
D. of
8. Science has brought _______ many changes in our life.
A. out
B. into
C. about
D. forward
9. ______ onetime, Manchester, New Hampshire, was the home of the most
productive cotton mills in the world.
A. On
B. At
C. By
D. To
10. If something is out _______ the question, it is impossible.
A. of
大学英语四级考试内容B. to
C. with
D. in
11. _______ snobbish people ______ you described are to be found everywhere.
A. Such…like B. So…like C. Such…as D. So…as
12. The doctors must have spared no pains to treat the patient _______ he has recovered from his serious injury.
A. but
B. before
C. for
D. till
13. Research into the dynamics of storms is directed toward improving the ability to predict these events _____ to minimize damage and avoid loss of life.
A. and thus B. so C. however D. because
14. ______ the large amount of time devoted to listening every day, most college
students do not listen effectively.
A. Moreover B. Nevertheless C. Despite D. Furthermore
15. The Smithsonian Institution preserves more than sixty-five million items of scientific, historical, or artistic interest, ______ winning the popular title "attic of the nation."
A. however
B. thus
C. and
D. moreover
16. The second-hand car Patrick bought was almost new; _____, it was in excellent condi
tion.
A. nevertheless B. however C. but D. besides
17. Larry helped me finish my work _______ was very kind of him.
A. and that
B. so that
C. and this
D. which
18. He called the police for help, ____ that the problem was more than he could deal with.
A. having been realized    B. to realize    C. realized    D. realizing
19. --- How much is the desk?
---it__ninety-nine pounds.(  )
A. costs
B. Pays to
C. spends
D. Takes is
20. I am afraid I won't be able to keep in touch__him.(  )
A. To go
B. For if
C. with
D. By too
二、完型填空（共计20分）
Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that goes into the collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo. One of the questions that is always asked of me is (1) I became an animal collector in the first (2). The answer is that I have always been interested inanimals and zoos. According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any (3) was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”, (4) the word “zoo”, which I would (5) over and over again with a shrill (6) until someone, in groups to (7) me up, would take me to the zoo. When I (8) a little older, welived in Greece and I had a great (9) of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my sparetime (10) the countryside in search of fresh specimens to (11) to my collection of pets. (12) on I went fora year to the City Zoo, as a student (13) , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears,bison and ostriches, (14) were not easy to keep at home. When I left, I (15) had enough money of myown to be able to (16) my first trip and I have been going (17) ever since then. Though a collector's jobis not an easy one and is full of (18), it is certainly a job which will appeal (19) all those who loveanimals and (20) .