一起过专四吧！(43)

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1. The bank is reported in the local newspaper__1__in broad daylight yesterday.
A. to be robbed B. robbed 
C. to have been robbed D. having been robbed

2.__2__before, his first performance for the amateur dramatic group was a success.
A. Though having never acted 
B. As he had never acted 
C. Despite he had never acted 
D. In spite of his never having acted

3. By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world’s population__3__in cities rather than in the country.
A. are living B. will be living 
C. have lived D. will have lived

4. Mr. Milton prefers to resign__4__part in such dishonest business deals.
A. than take B. than to take 
C. rather than take D. rather than to take

5. No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything__5__going on in the world.
A. it is B. as is C. there is D. what is

答案：

1. C) 【句意】 据当地报纸报道，那家银行昨天在光天化日下遭到抢劫。
【难点】 动词不定式的完成式做主语的补足语，说明不定式的行为发生在谓语动作之前。
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2. D) 【句意】 虽然他以前从未表演过，但他为业余剧团做的首次表演还是很成功。
【难点】 in spite of意为“尽管，虽然”，后接名词或名词性短语，引导出来状语。选项A没有主语或逻辑主语，选项B)是原因状语从句，选项C)的despite不能引导状语从句，因为它是介词。
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3. B) 【句意】 到二十一世纪中叶，世界上大多数人口将生活在城市而不是农村。
【难点】 因为时间状语by the middle of the 21st century指的是将来，所以选将来进行时。
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4. C) 【句意】 米尔先生宁愿辞职也不参加这种不诚实的商业交易。
【难点】 prefer意为“宁愿”，其后接名词或动词不定式；prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.意为“宁愿…而不愿…”，rather than后接不带to的不定式。

5. C) 【句意】 大家都没有时间去读或去听有关世界上正在发生的一切事件的描述。
【难点】 在以there be为谓语动词的定语从句中，如关系代词作主语，则关系代词便可省略。