2022年大学英语四级考试语法练习题 15

1. The vacuum cleaner is a valuable labor-saving ______ action.
A. device
B. engine
C. piece
D. instrument

2. The flight was postponed because of technical problems and was finally canceled last week when a ______ was discovered.
A. accident
B. defect
C. damage
D. defeat

3. When she was crossing the road, she was knocked down by a motor-car and lay ______ by the roadside.
A. asleep
B. thoughtless
C. unconscious
D. unaware

4. The novels he has written have shown his ______ ability as an author.
A. literal
B. literally
C. literature
D. literary

5. The reader is urged to be a leader, rather than a follower; to rely on his own power, rather than to ______.
A. inform
B. conform
C. deform
D. reform

6. He would much ______ it if you could do him the favor.
A. award
B. apply
C. appreciate
D. anticipate

7. If our ______ is correct, then the space-craft should reach the moon on Monday.
A. calculation
B. composition
C. communication
D. vision

8. San Francisco’s Chinese community, comprising 67, 000 ______ is the largest concentration of Chinese outside of Asia.
A. visitors
B. workers
C. adults
D. inhabitants

9. We didn’t catch the train on ______ of the traffic congestion.
A. basis
B. charge
C. account
D. behalf

10. Though he has suffered from cancer for so many years, it is so strange that he has ______ to the present day.
A. deprived
B. survived
C. derived
D. revived
　　
答案解析
1. A。device 器械;engine 发动机;piece 碎片;instrument 仪器。
2. B。accident 事故;defect 缺陷;damage 破坏;defeat 失败。
3. C。asleep 睡着的;thoughtless 缺乏考虑的;unconscious 无知觉的;unaware 不知道的。
4. D。literal 文字上的;literally 逐字地;literature 文学;literary 文字上的。
5. B。inform 告";conform 顺从;deform 破坏形象;reform 改革。
6. C。award 授予;apply 运用;appreciate 感激;anticipate 期望。
7. A。calculation 计算;composition 作文;communication 通讯;vision 视觉。
8. D。visitor 访问者;worker 工人;adult 成人;inhabitant 居民。
9. C。basis 基础;charge 控告;on account of 由于;on behalf of 代表。
10. B。deprive 剥夺;survive 幸存;derive 产生;revive 复活