公共英语四级练习题

公共英语四级练习题

From the very beginning,water has furnished man with a source of food and a highway to travel.The first civilizations arose __1_ water was dominant element in the environment,a challenge__2_ mans ingenuity.The Egyptians invented the 365-day calendar __3_ the Niles annual flooding.The Babylonians,_4__ were among the most famous law-makers in ancient times,invented laws_5__ water usage.Water inspired the Chinese to build a 1000__6_ canal,a complex system __7_,after 2500 years,remains partically __8_ and still commands the astonishment of engineers.But _9__ never found complete solutions_10__ their water problem .The Yellow River is also known _11__ "Chinas sorrow".It is so unpredictable and dangerous __12_ in a single flood it has caused a million _13__.Floods slowed the great _14__ of the Indus River Valleys,and innumerable damage ruined _15__ of its land.Today,water dominates man _16__ it always has done.Its presence continues to __17_ the location of his homes and cities;its violent variability can _18__ man or his herds or his crops;its routes links him __19_ his fellows;its immense value may __20_ to already dangerous political conflicts.There are many examples of this in our own time.

1) A where B the place C when D in the place

2) A with B as C to D on

3) A in regard to B in response to C in case D in spite of

4) A they B / C that D who

5) A regulates B regulate C regulated D regulating

6) A miles B mile C miles D miles

7) A who B in which C which D by which

8) A in use B for use C by use D on use

9) A ancient B the ancients C ancients D ancients people

10) A for B of C to D on

11) A for B by C to D as

12) A that B which C because D as

13) A people B deaths C damages D ruins

14) A influence B effect C society D civilization

15) A many B lot C much D a lots

16) A for B as C because D whereas

17) A effect B control C lead D influence

18) A cause B violate C kill D damage

19) A by B on C at D to

20) A increase B add C solve D intensify