2020年大学英语四级考试试题及答案解析（一）
1. Nowadays, cycling, along with jogging and swimming, _______ as one of the best all-round forms of exercise. A. regard B. is regarded C. are regarded D. regards 【答案】B
解析：句意：现在骑自行车，慢跑和游泳被认为是最全面的锻炼方式之一。根据动词短语 regard...as...把...看作...和句意确定应该用被动语态排除A和D，再根据主语部分是由介词短语along with连接的三个动名词做主语，应该谓语动词应该就前一致，即用单数，排除C，故选B。
2. Try to understand what's actually happening instead of acting on the _______ you've made. A. assignment B. association C. acquisition D. assumption 【答案】D
解析：考察名词词义辨析及语境理解。句意：试着去理解实际发生的事情，而不是按照你所做 的假设行事。A 分配 B交往 C 获得 D 假设，故选择D 【解题指导】本题考查名词辨析。本题抓住句中的关键词actually happening实际发生和instead of而不是，可知是假设，从而选出正确答案。
3. It is important to pay your electricity bill on time , as late payments may affect your ______. A. condition B. income C. credit D. status 【答案】C
试题分析：句意：准时付电费很重要，因为付晚了会影响你的信用。condition 条件 ; income 收入; credit 学分，信用(卡);根据句意故选C.
4. The weather forecast says it will be cloudy with a slight _____ of rain later tonight. A. effect B. sense C. change D. chance 【答案】D
【解析】试题分析：句意：天气预报说今天会是多云，后半夜可能有雨。A.影响;B.感觉;C.改变;D.机会，可能性。故选D。 考点：考查名词辨析。
5. The_____ that there is life on other planets in the universe has always inspired scientists to explore the outer space. A. advice B. order C. possibility D. invitation 【答案】C
【解析】句意：宇宙中其它星球上存在生命这种可能性总是激励科学家们去探索外部空间。A. advice建议;B. order命令;C. possibility可能性;D. invitation邀请。故选C。
【解题指导】本题语法上是一个同位语从句，从句that there is life on other planets in the universe是来解释说明前面所选择的名词。根据常识可以判断，宇宙中其它星球上存在生命只是一种可能性，目前无法证明，从而选出正确答案。 6.The publication of Great Expectations, which _____ both widely reviewed and highly praised, strengthened Dickens’ status as a leading novelist.
A. is B. are C. was D. were 【答案】C 【解析】
试题分析：考查主谓一致。先行词是Great Expectations，\Expectations\是书名，看做单数，所以定语从句的谓语也要使用单数形式;根据\可知，说的是过去，故选C。句意：《远大前程》的出版获得了广泛的认可和高度的赞扬，这坐实了狄更斯作为前沿小说家的地位。 【名师点睛】
一、主语从句的主谓一致
单个从句作主语时看做单数，多个从句并列作主语时看做复数。
what从句作主语，如果主句的表语是复数，主句谓语动词用复数，否则用单数。
二、定语从句的主谓一致
1. 一般情况下，关系代词作从句主语时，从句谓语动词应和先行词在数上保持一致。
2. 集体名词作先行词，被视作一个整体时，关系代词用which，从句谓语用单数;被视作若干个体的组合时，用who作关系代词，谓语动词用复数;常见的集体名词有：family, audience, class, club, government, union, staff, team, couple, committee, crow, firm, public, orchestra, company等。 3. 先行词是\十复数名词\时，从句谓语动词用复数。
如果先行词是“the right/ just the/ the only/ the very/ exactly the+one of+复数名词”时，谓语动词用单数。
4. 强调句型中，形式主语it后总是接单数is/ was;强调主语时，从句谓语动词与被强调主语部分的数保持一致。
7. prize for the winner of the competition is ______two-week holiday in Paris.
A. The ; 不填 B. A ; 不填 C. A ; the D. The ; a 【答案】D
试题分析： 句意：这个比赛获胜者的奖品是一个巴黎的两个星期的假期。第一空填the，是特指“获胜者的奖品”，用定冠词，第二空是泛指“一个两周的假期”，用不定冠词a。故选A。
8.— Can you tell us your for happiness and a long life?
— Living every day to the full, definitely. A.recipe B.record C.range D.receipt 【答案】A
试题分析：考察名词词义辨析。recipe 秘诀，食谱，药方; record 记录;range 范围;receipt 收据，收条;句意：你能告诉我你对幸福长寿的秘密吗? 当然是尽情享受没一天。根据句意可知A 项意为秘诀，与上下文相符。
9.There is no need to tell me your answer now. Give it some ______ and then let me know. A. thought B. support C. protection D. authority 【答案】A
试题分析：句意：现在没必要告诉我答案，你再思考一下，之后告诉我。A 思考;B 支持;C 保护; D权威，当局。这里指让对方再好好想想，故选A。 做题时需要结合句意进行综合考虑。根据第一句和“and then let me know”可知，现在不急着告诉“我”答案，由此可知是让对方再想想。
10.When he was running after his brother, the boy lost his and had a bad fall.
A. balance B .chance C .memory D .place
2020年大学英语四级考试试题及答案解析
