英语专业四级考试模拟题12

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PART II CLOZE

　　Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Select the correct choice for each blank.

　　Today, the Tower of London is one of the most popular tourist (26)_____ and attracts over three million visitors a year. It was occasionally used as a Royal Palace for the Kings and Queens of England (27)_____ the time of James I who (28)_____ from 1603 to 1625, but is best known as a prison and execution place. Within the walls of the Tower, princes have been murdered, traitors (29)_____, spies shot, and Queens of England beheaded. One of the most famous executions was that of Anne Boleyn in 1526. She was the second wife of Henry VIII. He wanted to (30)_____ her because she could not give him a son, so he accused her of adultery. She was tried and found guilty. She asked to be beheaded with a sword, (31)_____ the usual axe, which can still be seen in the Tower. The Tower was also the (32)_____ of one of Londons most famous mysteries. King Edward IV died in 1483. His elder son, Edward, became king (33)_____ his fathers death. Young Edward lived in the Tower, and the Duke of Gloucester, his protector, persuaded Edwards brother, Richard, to come and live there so that they could play together. But then the Duke (34)_____ that he was the new king, and he was crowned instead of the twelve-year-old Edward, (35)_____ himself Richard III. After that, the boys were seen less and less and (36)_____ disappeared. It is said that they were suffocated in bed by pillows being (37)_____ their mouths. It is believed that Richard III ordered their deaths, although it has never been (38)_____. In 1674, workmen at the Tower discovered two skeletons which were taken away and buried in Westminster Abbey in 1678. The (39)_____ were examined in 1933 and were declared to be those of two children, (40)_____ the age of the Princes.

　　26. A) seats B) scenes C) grounds D) sights

　　27. A) until B) by C) to D) at

　　28. A) reined B) reigned C) powered D) controlled

　　29. A) ruined B) destroyed C) tortured D) wounded

　　30. A) get away with B) get rid of C) get done with D) get down on

　　31. A) apart from B) besides C) together D) rather than

　　32. A) region B) scene C) place D) area

　　33. A) on B) at C) with D) by

　　34. A) revealed B) announced C) pronounced D) advertised

　　35. A) naming B) declaring C) calling D) giving

　　36. A) eventually B) later C) lastly D) completely

　　37. A) forced into B) squeezed forth C) pressed over D) put on

　　38. A) approved B) proved C) reproved D) disproved

　　39. A) remains B) corpses C) bones D) bodies

　　40. A) definitely B) roughly C) possibly D) certainly

　　PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

　　There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence.

　　41. All the television viewers chose her as their _____ actress.

　　A) favorable

　　B) favorite

　　C) favored

　　D) favoring

　　42. She pointed out that her wages _____ no relation to the amount of work she did.

　　A) held

　　B) yielded

　　C) offered

　　D) bore

　　43. His long beard is a _____ joke among his friends.

　　A) steady

　　B) standing

　　C) settled

　　D) stable

　　44. _____ her inexperience her failure to secure the contract was not surprising.

　　A) In view of

　　B) By virtue of

　　C) With regard to

　　D) In recognition of

　　45. Mr. White was told again and again to _____ smoking but he just wouldnt listen.

　　A) cut through

　　B) cut down

　　C) cut off

　　D) cut away