2015年公共英语等级考试四级模拟习题2

　　1. Our students are free to study _____ interests them.

　　A. that B. whichever C. whatever D. anything

　　答案： C

　　解析： 我们的学生有自由学习自已所感兴趣的东西。

　　2. Mathematics _____ easy to learn.

　　A. is B. are C. can D. feels

　　答案：A

　　解析： 数学是很容易学习的。这里注意这个单词Mathematics，是一门学科，谓语要用单数形式。

　　3. It’s never _____ .

　　A. late enough to learn B. not late enough to learn

　　C. too late to learn D. so late as not learn

　　答案： C

　　解析：活到老，学到老。too……to…… 太……而不能……, 这是一个否定句式，注意句子中有一个never，否定含义，双重否定，所以这个句子为肯定的语气。

　　4. I don’t know whether he is still _____ in collecting coins. He used to be, but that was several years ago.

　　A. interested B. interesting

　　C. interest D. disinterested

　　答案：A

　　解析： 我不知道他是否还对收集古币感兴趣。他过去是这样的，但这是几年前了。短语be interested in doing… 对…感兴趣。

　　5. The noise outside was _____.

　　A. too irritating that

　　B. so irritating so his speech was hardly audible

　　C. so irritating that his speech was hardly audible

　　D. so irritating enough that his speech was hardly audible

　　答案：C

　　解析：外面的嘈杂声是如此地令人厌烦，以至于很难听清他的演讲。 So…that… 如此…以至于… ; audible听得见的; irritating 让人气愤的，让人厌烦的。

　　6. I didn’t finish reading that French book, neither _____ .

　　A. did he B. didn’t he C. he did D. he could

　　答案：A

　　解析：neither 后面用倒装.

　　7. _____ said was disputed by several other witnesses.

　　A. That the man B. It is the man

　　C. What the man D. The man had

　　答案：C

　　解析：What the man said…… 这是一个名词性主语从句做主语.

　　8 She heard a terrible noise, _____ brought her heart into her mouth.

　　A. it B. this C. which D. that

　　答案：C

　　解析： 她听到一阵可怕的声音，这让她心都提到噪子眼儿了。这是一个非限制性定语从句，这种情况下用which来引导。

　　9. _____ is careless when disposing of his wastes.

　　A. It is man B. Man C. Man who D. A man

　　答案：B

　　解析： Man 在这里是指“人类”的意思。

　　10 _____ five hundred people are believed to have drowned.

　　A. As many as B. As much as

　　C. So many as D. So much as

　　答案：A

　　解析：首先B、D不对，因为much后面修饰不可数名词; as many as 与…一样多，后面可以接具体的数字;而C项不正确，因为：so many as 如此众多的，后面不能出现具体的数字。

　　11. He _____ me to give up the holidays in Spain next month.

　　A. had B. convinced C. agreed D. persuaded

　　答案： D

　　解析： persuade 劝说,说服; persuade sb to do sth 劝说某人做某事。

　　12. The girl immediately shut the window to _____ the rain.

　　A. keep out B. keep down C. keep up D. keep back

　　答案： A

　　解析： keep out 把…挡在外面; keep down 镇压; keep up 使…不倒下， 保持…不衰退; keep back 阻止，隐瞒。

　　13. Our school-run factory _____ various kinds of chemical devices last year.

　　A. turned into B. turned up

　　C. turned out D. turned off

　　答案： C

　　解析： turn into 转变，变成; turn up 卷起，发现; turn off 关掉; turned out 生产，制造.

　　14. Mary and I _____ the new college life soon, but Tom didn’t.

　　A. see to B. used to C. adapted to D. stuck to

　　答案： C

　　解析： see to 负责，注意，照料; used to 后面没有跟动词，所以不对。 adapt to 适应; stick to 坚持。

　　15. What he said was quite _____ , therefore, I would do everything to help him.

　　A. valuable B. principle C. reasonable D. superior

　　答案： C

　　解析： valuable 值钱的，有价值的; principle 原则，原理，主义; reasonable 有道理的; superior 较高的，优越的。 本句话的意思是说：他说的话有道理，因此，我愿竭力帮助他。