英语专业四级考试词汇语法题训练九十二

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1. The patient’s progress was very encouraging as he could __________ get out of the bed without help.
A. nearly
B. hardly
C. merely
D. barely
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2. He was __________ to tell the truth even to his closest friend.
) C% o+ d& Z$ P9 p' fA. too much of a coward
B. too much the coward
! B  J2 m  p  l' U5 ~9 B. B# oC. a coward enough
- B* D0 n  _# V8 F2 pD. enough of a coward

3. John is __________ hardworking than his sister, but he failed in the exam.
A. no less
( ?. n& m: s, G& A7 ?B. no more
C. not more
D. not so
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4. __________ in the United States, St.Louis has now become the 24th largest city.
A. Once the fourth biggest city
B. The fourth biggest city it was
7 z: i: j. }; s4 N+ kC. Being the fourth biggest city
4 d: t# q3 `9 p7 m  U1 p, [) f7 B0 y0 vD. It was once the fourth biggest city
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5. Especially important to many people __________.
A. there is legislation against pollution
B. is legislation against pollution
C. it is legislation against pollution
8 h  d5 T7 L4 z' i0 \D. legislation against pollution is
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1.[答案]A
  ?# v( \! h# e& g( e9 O[译文]病人情况的好转然人感到鼓舞，因为他不用人帮忙也能勉强下床了。
[答案解析]nearly（几乎）表示肯定意义；hardly（刚刚，几乎不）；barely（仅仅，几乎不）；merely（仅仅，只不过）一般不与can/could连用。
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2.[答案]A
8 w$ M7 D- D) V* w[译文]他胆子很小，不敢将事实告诉他最亲密的朋友。
[答案解析]too much of a….（非常的）后跟名词，too…to…是习惯用法，意为“太…以致不能…”。
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3.[答案]A
4 {( s: g4 F! f+ d[译文]约翰和他姐姐一样都很用功，但是他却没考及格。
  B$ N- t8 n2 [+ v8 i[答案解析]no less than 表示前后两者都肯定，根据句中but后面的转折意思，说明应该用表示肯定的比较关系。no more than表示前后两者都否定，与题意不符。
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4.[答案]A
[译文]圣路易斯曾经是美国的第四大城市，而现在排名第廿四位。
[答案解析]该题考查状语从句的省略现象。该句的时间状语从句的完整表达是：Once it was the fourth biggest city,……，根据省略规则，应该省略it was，因此选A。尽管B和D的语义完整，但是不符合“逗号不能连接并列句”的语法规则；C是现在分词短语作伴随状语的形式，但表达的语义（现在是第四大城市）与后半句矛盾，不符合要求。

5.[答案]B
1 q# ?4 V; B! P: k9 K* Z9 i9 y[译文]反对污染的法律对很多人来说尤其重要。
" y: Q- H# S# F. m[答案解析]本题考倒装句。本句将表语（Especially important to many people）提前，表示强调，而整个句子要全部倒装。