英语专业四级考试真题及参照答案PART III LANGUAGE USAGE There are twenty sentences in this section 。 Beneath each sentence there are four options marked A， B, C and D。 Choose the one that best completes the sentence or answers the question。 Mark hour answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO。 11 。 The Bent Pyramid outside Cairo __________ ancient Egypt's first attempt to build a smooth—sided pyramid。A. has been believed to have beenB. was believed to beC. is believed to have beenD. is believed to be12 。 U 。 S 。 News ____________ rankings of colleges since 1983 。 They are a very popular resource for students looking to apply to university campus。A. maintainsB. is maintaining C. maintained D. has been maintaining13. He was lured into a crime he would not ____________have committed。A. actuallyB. accidentallyC。 otherwiseD。 seldom14 。 She was once a young country wife with chickens in the backyard and a view of _____________ mountains behind the apple orchard。A。 blue hazy VirginiaB. hazy blue VirginiaC. Virginia hazy blueD。 Virginia blue hazy15. I long to alleviate __________, but I cannot。A。 the evilB. evilC。 evilsD. an evil16。 Indeed， it is arguable that body shattering is the very point of football, as killing and maiming ______________.A。 warB. are warC. of warD. are of war17 。 At ____________, photography is a chemical process ， during which a light—sensitive material is altered when exposed to light。A。 its most basicB. its basicC. the most basicD。 the basic18。 She hired a lawyer to investigate, only to learn that Gabriel had removed her name from the deed. The infinitive verb phrase “only to learn" is used __________.A. to express an intended purposeB. to indicate a high degre...
