2021年公共英语等级(PETS)考试四级模拟试卷

公共英语等级（PETS）考试四级模拟试卷

read the following text. choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and ___rk a, b, c, and d on answer sheet 1.

the loudest outcry about poverty seemed to e in the wealthiest country by far in the world. aording to most calculations, 21 most of the 1945-1970 period the united states had a standard of living well 22 europe's and ___ny times above the world 23 . yet 24 about grinding poverty, hunger, and dreadful need pre ___de more from the united states than from countries with one-fortieth of their

living standard. an annual per capita ine of eight dollars is 25 of much of africa and asia and not a little of south america. it would seem strange to these people 26 they only aware of the fact that american radicals de ___nd a 27 from an american 28 to the far corners of the globe so that the money thus saved can be spent raising the standard of

living of 29 americans. what this last point suggests is not so much that hu ___n 30 are never to be satisfied though this is doubtlessly true, and the american suburbanite 31 of his second car and his color tv suffers just as 32 as an african farmer in need of a second cow and

a screen door. rather, it suggests the 33 of contemporary breach of social 34 the e ___ncipation of the inpidual self. people have learned to consider any 35 to personal fulfillment an 36 insult. they have greatly expanded the circle of self-awareness. they no longer aept sharp limitations on inpidual desires in the 37 of the group. the amount of potential hu ___n discontent has always been

38 - misery, failure, misfitting, bitterness, hatred, envy

39 ___ing. it has usually failed of 40 , and in the past it was aepted passively as being beyond help.

21、 a. until

b. through

c. in

d. onto

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】b

22、 a. over

b. above

c. against

d. below

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】b

23、 a. average

b. mon

c. mean

d. ordinary

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】a

24、a. storms

b. rage

c. protests

d. fury

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】c

25、 a. now that

b. regardless

c. ignorant

d. typical

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】d

26、 a. was

b. being

c. were

d. to be

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】c

27、a. retreat

b. promise

c. restraint

d. detachment

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】a

28、a. confinement

b. mitment

c. plement

d. con ___alment

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】b

29、a. underprivileged

b. misguided

c. underlined

d. overjoyed

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】a

30、 a. anticipations

b. shelters

c. shortages

d. wants

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】d

31、a. informed

b. deprived

c. ensured

d. relieved

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】b

32、a. acutely

b. abnor ___lly

c. aggressively

d. initially

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】a 33、 a. ___rgin

b. scope

c. range

d. extent

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】d

34、 a. liberties

b. norms

c. institutions

d. practi ___s

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】b

35、a. aess

b. ex ___ption

c. obstacle

d. approach

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】c

36、a. inprehensible

b. uninterpretable

c. intolerable

d. negligible

（本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】c

37、 a. fa ___

b. pany

c. name