【应试直达之专四系列】2007年英语专业四级单选真题解析【不断更新,恳请指正】
2007年英语专业四级单选真题解析
【2007-51.】 There are as good fish in the a ________ ever came out of it.
A. as
B. like
C. than
D. so
as……as结构,纵然失去一个机会,不愁没有其他机会。但是,让你动心的人失去了,就不能再来了……as还是可以作为作成分的关联词来理解
【2007-52.】All the President's Men ________ one of the important books for historians who study the Watergate Scandal.
A. remains
B. remain
C. remained
D. is remaining
All the President's擦,它是本书,主谓一直,谓单,很显然的选择
【2007-53.】“You ________ borrow my notes provided you take care of them,”I told my friend.
A. can
B. should
C. must
D. could
情态动词大抵都很坑爹坑娘的,选can,听天由命吧
【2007-54.】If only the patient ________ a different treatment instead of using the antibiotics, he might still be alive now.
A. had received
B. received
C. should receive
D. were receiving 虚拟语气,从句虚拟过去,时态倒退,完成时也
【2007-55.】Linda was ________ to experiment a month ago, but she changed her mind at the last minute.
A. to have started
B. to start
C. to be starting
D. to have been starting
Be to do表示已经计划好,马上要做的事情,而be(过去式)to have done表示过去的事情对现在的影响,过去将来完成时呀,可惜是一种没有做成的事呀,犹记得高中intend to have done的纠结……
【2007-56.】 She ________ fifty or so when I first met her at the conference.
A. must have been
B. had been
C. could be
D. must be
2009-53,又是两年周期,绝对的坑爹呀,不解释
【2007-57.】 It is not ________ much the language as the background that makes the book difficult to understand.
A. so
B. as
C. that
D. very
not so much A as B= more B than A与其说是A,不如说是B
not so much A as B A甚至连B都不如区别于固有观念,青年在于更容易学习和吸收先进的思想和知识呀呀
【2007-58.】 The committee has anticipated the problems that ________ in the road construction project.
A. will ari
B. ari
C. aro
D. have arin
anticipate 预料,预计,故而从句应为将来时,当然这种不伦不类的幼稚傻逼的题目是我很怕的题型
【2007-59.】The student said there were a few points in the essay he ________ impossible to comprehend.
A. had found
B. finds
C. has found
D. would find
完成体要有一个明显的时间参照后的前后顺序,显然,这儿具备
【2007-60.】 He would have finished his college education, but he ________ to quit and find a job to support his family.
A. had
B. has
C. had had
D. would have
but句子不是虚拟语气,这是真真的现实,故而直接过去式
【2007-61.】 The rearch requires more money than ________.
A. has been put in
B. have been put in
C. being put in
D. to be put in
又是一道坑爹的than引导的比较句问题,还是把than作为做成分的关联词来理解比较妥当,陈汉生书上至少有这样的题目三道,杨瑾同学问得好呀
【2007-62.】 Overpopulation pos a terrible threat to the human race. Yet it is probably ________ a threat to the human race than environmental destruction.
A. not more
B. no more
C. even more
D. much more
not more A than B 与其说是A不如说是B
no more A than B A与B两者都不
【2007-63.】It is not uncommon for there ________ problems of communication between the old and the young.
A. to be
B. would be
C. be
D. being
介词后跟存在句(there be句型),需用there to be,这就是规则呀
【2007-64.】________ at in his way, the situation does not em so desperate.
A. Looked.
B. looking
C. Being looked.
D. to look
什么非谓语,什么独立主格,什么逻辑主语,知道被动排除B和D,doing有
一直这样的意思,自然也舍去,坑爹的是我做的时候竟然楞的选了being looked,好桑心呀……
【2007-65.】It is absolutely esntial that William ________ his study in spite of some learning difficulties.
A. continue
B. continued
C. will continue
D. continues important,necessary,esntial,imperative等形容词在有形式主语的句子中,因为有强烈的情感成分,故而要用可省略should的虚拟语气,高中生肯定能做,坑爹呀,但是大学里似乎也
确实没学到什么更先进的东西……
【2007-66.】 The painting he bought at the street market the other day was a ________ forgery.
A. crude
B. natural
C. man-made
D. real
forgery noun.伪造;伪造品;赝品,crude的意思为“粗糙的,未加修饰的,拙劣的” crude oil原油
【2007-67.】 She's always been kind to me –I can't just turn ________ on her now that she needs my help.
A. my back
B. my head
C. my eye
D. shoulder
turn one’s back on sb“背弃,抛弃,拒绝帮组某人”。既然是固定搭配,那我就也不多说什么了,但坑爹还是要骂的……
【2007-68.】 The bar in the club is for the ________ u of its members.
A. exclusive
B. extensive
C. inclusive
D. comprehensive exclusive意为“专用的,独占的”inclusive意为“包含的,包括的”extensive意为“广阔的,广泛的”comprehensive意为“全面的,综合的”
【2007-69.】The tuition fees are ________ to students coming from low-income families.
A. affordable
B. payable
C. reachable
D. approachable affordable意为“支付得起的” approachable意为“可以接近的”
reachable意为“可达成的,可获得的”payable意为“可支付的,有利可图的”
【2007-70.】The medical experts warned the authorities of the danger of dias in the ________ of the earthquake.
A. aftermath
B. conquence
C. results
D. effect
aftermath意为“灾后时期,余波;余震”日本地震海啸核辐射都可以摊上这个词
【2007-71.】 This sort of rude behavior in public hardly ________ a person in your position.
A. becomes
B. fits
C. supports
D. improves
become 熟词僻意,典型的坑爹呀vt.适合(某人),(与……)相称fit主要指大小、尺寸、形状等的适合,suit指颜色的适合,match和go with是物与物的搭配
【2007-72.】 I must leave now.________, if you want that book I'll bring it next time.
A. Incidentally..
B. Accidentally.
C. Eventually.
D. Naturally. incidentally 1)=by the way顺便提一句2)偶然地,不经意地=accidentally
【2007-73.】 After a long delay, she ________ replying to my e-mail.
A. got round to
B. got back at
C. got back
D. got away with
get round to doing sth意为“(较重要之事处理完毕后)处理某事”
get away with意为“逃避责罚”get back表示“(一度失去后)恢复力量,东山再起”get back at sb意为“报复某人”
【2007-74.】Personal computers are no longer something beyond the ordinary people; they are ________ available the days.
A. readily
B. instantly
C. promptly
D. quickly
readily adj1.)乐意地,欣然2.)轻而易举地,容易地,便利的
prompt adj.立刻的,迅速的,准时的(特别适用与千钧一发有人溺水当机立断下河救人)
【2007-75.】In my first year at the university I learnt the ________ of journalism.
A. basics
B. basic
C. elementary
D. elements
basics 意为“基础知识”bament地下室element要素,原理
【2007-76.】 According to the new tax law, any money earned over that level is taxed at the ________ of 59 percent.
A. rate
B. percentage
C. proportion
D. ratio
ratio是比率,如机械效率等in the proportion of意为“按……比例”
【2007-77.】Thousands of ________ at the stadium came to their feet to pay tribute to an outstanding performance.
A. spectators
B. participants
C. audience
D. Obrvers
2010-68即使答案不同,但神似呀呀spectator意为“(到现场观看比赛的)观众”,audience也是“听众,观众”的意思,但属于泛指,没有特指是现场的【2007-78.】We stood still, gazing out over the limitless ________ of the desrt.
A. expan
B. space
C. stretch
D. land
stretch是狭而长的延伸、拓展
expan意为“广阔的区域”,句中gazing out over含有“对什么感到惊讶,感叹、感慨而凝视”的意思,limitless这里也是无边无垠的意思了
【2007-79.】 Doctor often ________ uneasiness in the people they deal with.