2006年6月英語四級最新模擬試題(3)

 A) detached    

 B) obliged    

 C) generous    

 D) virtuous     
 
26. The music would stop at intervals, then ______ after a while.

 A) restore    

 B) recover    

 C) resume    

 D) assume     
 
27. The new laws threaten to ______ many people of the most elementary freedoms.

 A) deprive    

 B) deceive    

 C) snatch    

 D) depress     
 
28. Machinery ______ rapidly if it is not taken care of .

 A) devastates    

 B) destroys    

 C) dedicates    

 D) deteriorates     
 
29. Knowledge then is the _____ condition of expansion of mind.

 A) indigestible    

 B) indispensable    

 C) indissoluble    

 D) indisputable     
 
30. We must try to ______ the best of our moral values for our children and grandchildren.

 A) predict    

 B) prescribe    

 C) purchase    

 D) preserve   

31. Some very important issues were ______ all his attention.

 A) taking up    

 B) taking off    

 C) taking out    

 D) taking in    
 
32. She has bought a pair of glasses, which she can never ______when reading books.

 A) do with    

 B) do without    

 C) do up    

 D) do away     
 
33. Now the problem of energy is becoming critical. It _____ an immediate solution.

 A) calls on    

 B) calls up    

 C) calls at    

 D) calls for     
 
34. What happened in that class probably reflects what is happening in society _______.

 A) at first    

 B) at random    

 C) at large    

 D) at length     
 
35. _______ the gas shortage, I'm going to buy a compact car this year.

 A) In front of    

 B) In place of    

 C) In terms of    

 D) In view of     
 
36. His mother always keeps a candle in the house ______ there is a power cut.

 A) in case    

 B) in the case    

 C) in the event    

 D) in event of     
 
37. Not only ______ resulted in vast expenses, but they have endangered human existence as well.

 A) nuclear weapons have    

 B) have nuclear weapons    

 C) will nuclear weapons    

 D) nuclear weapons that     
 
38. Air ______ of a combination of nitrogen and oxygen.

 A) composes    

 B) comprises    

 C) forms    

 D) consists    
 
39. _______ composers such as Mozart, who was treated as an employee by those who commissioned him, Beethoven enjoyed equal social status with his employers.

 A) because    

 B) There were    

 C) Unlike    

 D) Having been