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 degree of ...
