大学英语四级试卷
（满分120分，考试时间90分钟）
一、选择题：（本题共20小题，每小题3分，共60分）
basic语言是什么意思1. The Martian surface temperature is a 100 degrees C below zero at night, so that butter put outside will not ________.
A. thaw
B. dissolve
C. melt
D. fuse
2. Whose _______ was it to pay a visit to Lake Erie?
A. dream
B. purpose
C. thought
D. idea
3. There is a _____ of vegetables in Shanghai at the moment because of the cold weather.
A. shortage
B. want
C. need
D. desire
4. He is a bad influence ________ the children.
A. on
B. in
C. with
D. against
5. It is not easy to distinguish ______ an American and a Canadian.
A. among
B. between
C. both
D. from
6. Ms Simms is very sensitive ______ criticism.
A. of
B. in
C. to
D. on
7. It is an exception ________ the rules.
A. of
B. in
C. against
D. to
8. She solved the problem _________a stroke.
A. on
B. of
C. at
D. through
9. Death always taken us _________ surprise, even though we know it is inevitable.
A. in
B. out of
C. by
D. through
10. The lady insists on her constitutional right _______ a passport in her maiden name.
A. on
B. to
C. into
D. that
11. When the crowd saw the prize-fighter stretched out on the canvas, shouts and cheers _______ from it.
A. broke up B. broke forth C. broke through D. break upon
12. This detective story might not be _______ interesting to keep the child awake.
A. enough
B. adequately
C. amply
D. sufficiently
13. The two pieces of fried steak Mr King had for dinner gave him _____.
A. an upset stomach
B. a headache
C. a sore throat
D. an infection
14. If reading is to accomplish anything more than _______ time, it must be active.
A. wasting
B. spending
C. passing
D. idling
15. The _____ from the airport was really tiring because it was situated for from the city.
A. flight
B. travel
C. crossing
D. journey
16. _____ the Washington Monument and the Capitol, Washington D. C. would be a completely horizontal city.
A. It were not for
B. For it were not
C. Were it not for
D. weren't it for
17. ______, I'll marry him all the time.
A. Being he rich or poor
B. Was he rich or poor
C. Be he rich or poor
D. Whether rich or poor
18. A sneeze cannot be performed voluntarily, _____ be easily suppressed. A. nor cat it B. and cannot it C. nor it can D. it cannot
19. Few of the gold seekers who flocked to California were experienced miners
______ that they had to be.
A. but neither did they feel
B. neither did they feel
C. and so did they feel
D. and they felt too
20. _____, their help, we would not have succeeded.
A. Hadn't been for
B. Had not it been for
C. Had it not been for
D. It hadn't been for
二、完型填空（共计20分）
From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselvesand the world about us. When humans first (1)--, they were like newborn children, unable to use this (2)-- tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kind’s future (3) -- and cultural growthincrease D.Many linguists believe that evolution is (4) -- for our ability to produce and use language. They (5)-- that our highly evolved brain provides us (6) -- an innate language ability not found in lower (7) --.Proponents of this innateness theory say that our (8) -- for language is inborn, but that language itselfdevelops gradually, (9) -- a function of the growth of the brain during childhoo D. Therefore there arecritical (10) -- times for language development.Current (11) -
- of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of someinnate abilities is undeniable. (12) --, more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages arebest taught in (13) -- grades. Young children often can learn several languages by being (14) -- to them,while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the (15) -- of their first languagehave become firmly fixe D.(16) -- some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically ina vacuum. Children who have been (17) -- from other human beings do not possess language. Thisdemonstrates that (18) -- with other human beings is necessary for proper language development. Somelinguists believe that this is even more basic to human language (19) -- than any innate capacities. Thesetheorists view language as imitative, learned behavior. (20) --, children learn language from their parentsby imitating them. Parents gradually shape their child's language skills by positively reinforcing preciseimitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones.