2023年英语专业四级考试真题及答案新版.pdf

2023英语专业四级考试真题及参照答案

PARTIIILANGUAGEUSAGE

Therearetwentysentencesinthissection.BeneatheachsentencetherearefouroptionsmarkedA,

B,CandD.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthesentenceoranswersthequestion.Markhour

answersonANSWERSHEETTWO.

11.TheBentPyramidoutsideCairoancientEgypt’sfirstattempttobuildasmooth-sided

pyramid.

A.hasbeenbelievedtohavebeen

B.wasbelievedtobe

C.isbelievedtohavebeen

D.isbelievedtobe

12.U.S.Newsrankingsofcollegessince1983.Theyareaverypopularresourcefor

studentslookingtoapplytouniversitycampus.

A.maintains

B.ismaintaining

C.maintained

D.hasbeenmaintaining

13.Hewasluredintoacrimehewouldnothavecommitted.

A.actually

B.accidentally

C.otherwise
D.seldom

14.Shewasonceayoungcountrywifewithchickensinthebackyardandaviewof

mountainsbehindtheappleorchard.

A.bluehazyVirginia

B.hazyblueVirginia

C.Virginiahazyblue

D.Virginiabluehazy

15.Ilongtoalleviate,butIcannot.

A.theevil

B.evil

C.evils

D.anevil

16.Indeed,itisarguablethatbodyshatteringistheverypointoffootball,askillingandmaiming

.

A.war

B.arewar

C.ofwar

D.areofwar

17.At,photographyisachemicalprocess,duringwhichalight-sensitivematerialis

alteredwhenexposedtolight.

A.itsmostbasic

B.itsbasic

C.themostbasic

D.thebasic

18.Shehiredalawyertoinvestigate,onlytolearnthatGabrielhadremovedhernamefromthedeed.

Theinfinitiveverbphrase“onlytolearn”isused.

A.toexpressanintendedpurpose

B.toindicateahighdegreeofpossibility

C.torevealanundesirableconsequence

D.todramatizeastatedfact

19.WhichofthefollowingitalicizedwordsDOESNOTcarrythemetaphoricalmeaning?

A.Iwonderwhat’sbehindthischangeofplan.

B.Jimturnedtospeaktothepersonstandingbehindhim.
C.Thisworkshouldhavebeenfinishedyesterday.I’mgettingterriblybehind.

D.IsupposeI’mluckybecausemyparentswerebehindmealltheway.

20.Mymotherwasdeterminedtohelpthoseinneedandshewouldhavebeenimmenselyproudof

whathasbeenachievedtheselast20years.Theitalicizedpartinthesentenceexpresses.

A.ahypothesis

B.asuggestion

C.acontradiction