专四专八考试

【单选题】Ibegtomorrow‘smeeting.（）
A.tobeexcusedtoattend
B.tobeexcusedfromattend
C.tobeexcusedfromattending
D.toexcusefromattending

【单选题】
Why did the man settle on renting the full-size car
A、It was roomy enough for him.
B、It was more economical than the minivan.
C、It had more features than the other vehicles.
D、It was well-equipped than the economy car.

【单选题】
单项选择

【单选题】Three factors contribute to the miraculous spread ofEnglish (31) an international language:English usage in science, technology and commerce; the ability to (32) vocabulary from other languages; and the acceptability of variousEnglish dialects.
In science,English (33) German after World War II. With this technical and scientific dominance (34) the beginning of overall dominance by the language, (35) inEurope and then globally. Today, the information (36) has replaced the industrial age and has (37) time and distance. This is transforming world economies from industrial production to information-based goods and services. (38) geography and borders, the information revolution is reflecting our worlD、In less than twenty years, information processing, (39) limited to the printed work, has given way to computers and the Internet.Computer-aided communication is closing the gap between spoken and writtenEnglish. It encourages more (40) conversational language and a tolerance for diversity and individual style.
English, (41) many languages, uses a phonetic alphabet and fairly basic grammar.But most importantly, it has a large and extensive vocabulary, (42) about 80% is foreign. It has borrowed and continues to borrow words from Spanish and French, Hebrew andArabic, Hindi-Urdu andBengali, Malay andChinese, (43) from languages from WestAfrica and PolynesiA、This language characteristic makes it unique (44) history. Finally, (45) English language central authority guards the standards of the language; therefore, many (46) have developed:American,British,Canadian, Indian, andAustralian, (47) a few. There is no standard pronunciation.But within this diversity is a (48) of grammar and one set of core vocabulary. (49) , each country that speaks the language can introduce (50) of its own culture into the usage and vocabulary.
A．as
B．like
C．as if
D．of

【单选题】plEAsE writE your nAmE in thE________spACE At thE top oF thE pAgE.
A．Empty
B．vACAnt
C．BlAnk
D．FrEE

【单选题】thE mothEr DiDn't know who ______ For thE BrokEn glAss.
A．will BlAmE
B．to BE BlAmED
C．to BlAmE
D．BlAmEs

【单选题】whEn BusinEss is ______, thErE is usuAlly An oBvious inCrEAsE in unEmploymEnt.
A．DEprEssED
B．supprEssED
C．lEssEnED
D．DEgrADED

【单选题】shE is AlwAys FAshionABly DrEssED AnD looks ______ Among thE girls in plAin ClothEs.
A．outstAnDing
B．ConspiCuous
C．unusuAl
D．Distinguishing

【单选题】whAt DoEs thE spEAkEr mEAn
A．hE will go AwAy togEthEr.
B．hE thinks hE is vEry knowlEDgEABlE.
C．hE DoEs not BEliEvE whAt is sAiD.
D．hE BEliEvEs hE is ClEvErEr.

【单选题】to ______ is to spEAk with DiFFiCulty, hEsitAting, AnD rEpEAting worDs: "i CAn't--CAn't--Don't know how to thAnk you."
[A] stAmmEr
[B] murmur
[C] uttEr
[D] whispEr