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.
$ y0 P" C) ?, }" d; d! MA. nearly
B. hardly
C. merely
( {1 y' @; d! w5 ^$ ND. barely
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; h; I. i# V1 E3 f, i  t, h) \2. He was __________ to tell the truth even to his closest friend.
A. too much of a coward
B. too much the coward
C. a coward enough
4 G1 f+ a+ w+ X/ k: g" \D. enough of a coward
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9 K" r* B+ ?% y  P5 u8 ]3. John is __________ hardworking than his sister, but he failed in the exam.
A. no less
B. no more
# A* V4 o* V- N- i+ ]C. not more
8 y. h0 l2 m4 X' v9 SD. not so

4. __________ in the United States, St.Louis has now become the 24th largest city.
A. Once the fourth biggest city
' J: w" M( P5 O5 N6 r: C% v% LB. The fourth biggest city it was
  Z5 `' g  V# u- S0 T3 P1 W+ NC. Being the fourth biggest city
D. It was once the fourth biggest city

0 W3 W" }! g( D' Q. ^9 X5. Especially important to many people __________.
A. there is legislation against pollution
B. is legislation against pollution
C. it is legislation against pollution
D. legislation against pollution is

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1.[答案]A
[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。

2.[答案]A
8 w/ j! T  \/ }- _: q6 M[译文]他胆子很小，不敢将事实告诉他最亲密的朋友。
% X. t6 f4 S3 V8 N' \[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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/ s' b6 J5 s5 p$ s0 {" v3.[答案]A
0 G: f: O/ Q+ r4 J[译文]约翰和他姐姐一样都很用功，但是他却没考及格。
[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
6 S* p4 T" H; n; o% x[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。

8 q; k! `1 A$ L! H4 H5.[答案]B
[译文]反对污染的法律对很多人来说尤其重要。
. l; c* ?& g' C1 r5 k3 Q+ X) H$ A+ }* Y[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。