2016年6月英语四级考试预测试题（七）_第3页

　　Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)

　　Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　41. It's the in this country to go out and pick flower on the first day of spring.

　　A) case B) custom C) habit D) precedent

　　42. He didn't take the flat because he couldn't afford the .

　　A) hire B) fare C) rent D) salary

　　43. I've made an for you to see the dentist at 5 o'clock tomorrow.

　　A) appointment B) interview

　　C) opportunity D) assignation

　　44. The house was poorly built; for , the roof leaked.

　　A) short B) certain

　　C) one thing D) sure

　　45. the weather is concerned, I do not think it matters.

　　A) So long as B) So far as

　　C) As long as D) So far

　　46. The continuous rain set the harvesting of wheat by two weeks.

　　A) off B) back C) down D) about

　　47. The helicopter hovered the trees.

　　A) in B) over C) down D) up

　　48.The mother made a shirt for the boy out of the of the cloth.

　　A) odd and end B) odd and ends

　　C) odds and end D) odds and ends

　　49. Let's get this old barn. It's of no use to us.

　　A) over B) ready

　　C) rid of D) used to

　　50. George's ability to learn from observations and experience greatly to his success in public life.

　　A) owed B) contributed C) attached D) related

　　51. I asked him where my sister was, and he the store across the street.

　　A) nodded B) indicated C) figured D) guessed

　　52. They are staying with us the time being until they find a place of their own.

　　A) during B) for C) since D) in

　　53. 100 competitors had the race.

　　A) put their names for B) entered for

　　C) put themselves for D) taken part

　　54. He me by two games to one.

　　A) beat B) conquered C) gained D) won

　　55. They have put the bird in a cage to it from flying away.

　　A) avoid B) prevent C) forbid D) control

　　56. In recent years, new buildings have up like mushrooms in the city.

　　A) jumped B) sprung C) leapt D) put

　　57. I from among the crowd an old friend of mine whom I hadn't seen for ten years.

　　A) figured out B) picked out

　　C) realized D) picked over

　　58. I thought he'd never anything, but it's turned out that I was wrong.

　　A) arrive B) amount to C) reach for D) add to

　　59. He managed to pay off his debts.

　　A) anyhow or other B) anyhow or another

　　C) somehow or other D) somehow or another

　　60. You'd better not Mr. Ganz. He may get angry.

　　A) play a joke on B) play out

　　C) play into the hands of D) play at

　　61. We existed on nothing but the necessities.

　　A) empty B) bare C) hollow D) undressed

　　62. The seasons change, independent anyone's wishes.

　　A) on B) to C) with D) of

　　63. The mail was for two days because of the snowstorm.

　　A) misled B) lost C) delayed D) damaged

　　64. He has been absent class for quite some time.

　　A) in B) for C) with D) from

　　65. I owe a great deal my parents and teachers.

　　A) to B) for C) toward D) of

　　66. We must manage to do our work better with people.

　　A) less money and few

　　B) less money and fewer

　　C) little money and less

　　D) few money and less

　　67. Mr. Black is to our English evening.

　　A) more pleased than to come

　　B) more pleased to come than

　　C) more than pleased to come

　　D) more pleasing than to come

　　68. You that car with the brakes out of order. You might have had a serious accident.

　　A) ought to drive B) oughtn't do drive

　　C) ought to have driven D) oughtn't to have driven

　　69. If it for their support, we would be in a very difficult position.

　　A) is not B) weren't C) was not D) be not

　　70. If only we as we were told! This would never have happened.

　　A) would do B) had done C) do D) did