【备考真题训练】2003年1月大学英语四级词汇试题和答案

　　Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
　　Directions: There are 3.0. incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
　　31. Such crimes may be so complex that months or years go by before anyone ________ them.
　　A) discovered
　　B) will discover
　　C) would have discovered
　　D) discovers（D）
　　32. Though ________ in a big city, Peter always prefers to paint the primitive scenes of country life.
　　A) grown
　　B) raised
　　C) tended
　　D) cultivated（B）
　　33. The careless man received a ticket for speeding. He ________ have driven so fast.
　　A) can’t
　　B) wouldn’t
　　C) shouldn’t
　　D) mustn’t（C）
　　34. If people feel hopeless, they don’t bother to ________ the skills they need to succeed.
　　A) adopt
　　B) acquire
　　C) accumulate
　　D) assemble（B）
　　35. If I ________ harder at school, I would be sitting in a comfortable office now.
　　A) worked
　　B) were to work
　　C) had worked
　　D) were working（C）
　　36. The shop assistant was dismissed as she was ________ of cheating customers.
　　A) accused
　　B) charged
　　C) scolded
　　D) cursed（A）
　　37. All her energies are ________ upon her children and she seems to have little time for anything else.
　　A) guided
　　B) aimed
　　C) directed
　　D) focused（D）
　　38. While crossing the mountain area, all the men carried guns lest they ________ by wild animals.
　　A) should be attacked
　　B) had been attacked
　　C) must be attacked
　　D) would be attacked（A）
　　39. Everyone should be ________ to a decent standard of living and an opportunity to be educated.
　　A) attributed
　　B) entitled
　　C) identified
　　D) justified（B）
　　40. His wife is constantly funding ________ with him, which makes him very angry.
　　A) errors
　　B) shortcomings
　　C) fault
　　D) flaw（C）
　　41. Vitamins are complex ________ that the body requires in very small mounts.
　　A) matters
　　B) materials
　　C) particles
　　D) substances（D）
　　42. Apart from caring for her children, she has to take on such heavy ________ housework as carrying water and firewood.
　　A) time-consumed
　　B) timely-consumed
　　C) time-consuming
　　D) timely-consuming（C）
　　43. Anna was reading a piece of science fiction, completely ________ to the outside world.
　　A) having been lost
　　B) to be lost
　　C) losing
　　D) lost（D）
　　44. The police are trying to find out the ________ of the woman killed in the traffic accident.
　　A) evidence
　　B) recognition
　　C) status
　　D) identity（D）
　　45. All human beings have a comfortable zone regulating the ________ they keep from someone they talk with.
　　A) distance
　　B) scope
　　C) range
　　D) boundary（A）