【正文】 way1. His plan to establish an overseas office was smothered almost before it had got under way .2. She’s right, in a sense , because we did agree to wait, but only until June.3. As there is a sudden increase in demand, house prices are rising for the first time since November.4. Most literature on the subject of immigrants in France has been written from the perspective of the French themselves.5. She failed to show up for the meeting because she missed her train.6. The salary in my new job is great, but for the rest, I’m not impressed.7. He’s still one of the world’s most popular golfers, but his game is in decline.8. He was skeptical about theology and I have a sense that we would never reach agreement on religious matters.9. We are going to be left behind by the rest of the world if we do not work harder.10. With the rise in oil prices, big American cars were forced to give way to smaller, more economical models.: There are 10 inplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices. Choose the ONE answer that best pletes the sentence.1. It is necessary for us to have some background knowledge of the ___________ development of the English language.A. historically B. historicalC. historic D. historian2. He did not display his ability well in his performance, for his talent was by his shyness.A. submerged B. shown C. substituted D. subjected 3. Tornado (龍卷風(fēng)) is such a(n) whirlwind that buildings crushed down in the places it passes by.A. constructive B. instructiveC. destructive D. introductive 4. In any social reform, people have to follow some historical _____ while making new social changes over their tradition.A. procedures B. progressesC. preference D. precedents 5. To the disappointment of the fans, the film star didn’t at all in the debut (開幕式) of the movie.A. show off B. show up C. show in D. show forth 6. The hard life in the wild the three young people from further exploration of the West frontier. A. discovered B. discussed C. discouraged D. disguised 7. Massive disobedience of traffic rules will result in traffic jams and accidents.A. inefficiently B. ineffectively C. invalidly D. inevitably 8. The word network is the of the words net and work, which is called as a pound in linguistics. A. bat B. pactC. bination D. panion 9. Basketball games help promote among team members both on and off the court.A. operation B. cooperation C. opera D. copper 10. Almost every country has some form of such as the Christianity, Buddhism or Muslimism.A. region B. relation C. regain D. religion Unit FiveDirections: Fill in the blanks with suitable words and expressions from the list given below. Change the form where necessary.A. constitution deceptive evidently definite mild lounge sip stroke vein transparent hitherto trim mit insane trifle 1. Jan Khan has been a doorman at Central Park West for 21 years. “This is the first year I see no snow ing down,” he said. “I don’t like it. This _________ winter isn’t normal.”2. In this paper, the writer mentioned the flow of foreign direct investment to hitherto neglected developing countries. 3. __________ materials can be seen through。t know that she was alive until they received a letter from her 5 or 6 weeks later.4. President Bush on Friday said he ____________ by a report that a . official threatened the United States would attack Pakistan if it did not help immediately after 9/11.5. Why do rich people, those who would seem to have all the financial padding one needs, wind up deeply in debt? Even worse, why do some of them ___________?6. Charlie came home when the burglar was still there but he didn39。re right, _____________, but we have to consider the price. 四級(jí)精讀小測(cè)答案Key to Unit 5A. 1. mild 2. hitherto 3. Transparent 4. mit 5. constitution 6. deceptive 7. lounge 8. stroked 9. trifle 10. definiteB. 1. in accordance with 2. with good grace / with a good grace up 4. was taken aback 5. go broke 6. go to pieces/ go all to pieces 7. in business 8. in good condition 9. down and out 10. in a wayC. 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. D 7. C 8.