2016年12月ACCA考試F4精選習題及答案

　　第一部分 語法及詞彙練習

1. John regretted __ to the meeting last week.

A not going B not to go C not having been going D not to be going

2. We regret to inform you that the materials you ordered are __.

A out of work B out of stock C out of reach D out of practice

3. They __ in spite of the extremely difficult conditions.

A carried out B carried off C carried on D carried forward

4. Mrs. Brown is supposed __ for Italy last week.

A to have left B to be leaving C to leave D to have been left

5. He’s watching TV? He’s __ to be cleaning his room.

A known B considered C regarded D supposed

6. My camera can be __ to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions.

A treated B adjusted C adopted D remedied

7. A new technique __, the yields as a whole increased by 20 percent.

A working out B having worked out

C having been worked out D to have been worded out

8. Between 1974 and 1997, the number of overseas visitors expanded __ 27%.

A by B for C to D in

9. Children who are over-protected by their parents may become __.

A hurt B damaged C spoiled D harmed

10. When Mr. Jones gets old, he will __ over his business to his son.

A take B hand C think D get

11. We had a party last month, and it was a lot of fun, so let’s have __ one this month.

A another B more C the other D other

12. No agreement was reached in the discussion as neither side would give way to __.

A the other B any other C another D other

13. It was difficult to guess what her __ to the news would be.

A impression B reaction C comment D opinion

14. I decided to go to the library as soon as I __.

A finish what I did B finished what I did

C would finish what I was doing D finished what I was doing

15. We are interested in the weather because it __ us so directly what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.

A benefits B affects C guides D effects

16. Will all those __ the proposal raise their hands?

A in relation to B in contrast to C in excess of D in favor of

17. Children are very curious __.

A at heart B in person C on purpose D by nature

18. The match was cancelled because most of the members __ a match without a standard court.

A objected to having B were objected to have

C objected to have D were objected to having

19. The man in the corner confessed to __ a lie to the manager of the company.

A have told B having told C being told D be told

　　第二部分 定語從句長難句成分分析及翻譯練習

5. Television, it is often said, keeps one informed about current events, allow one to follow the latest developments in science and politics, and offers an endless series of programs which are both instructive and entertaining.

人們常説, 通過電視可以瞭解時事, 掌握科學和政治的最新動態。從電視裏還可以看到既有教育意義又有娛樂性的層出不窮的新節目。(後置譯法)

6. Taking his cue from Ibsen`s A Doll`s House, in which the heroine, Nora, leaves home because she resents her husband’s treating her like a child, the writer Lu Xun warned that Nora would need money to support herself; she must have economic rights to survive.

易卜生的劇作《玩偶之家》中的女主人公娜拉離家出走, 因為她憎惡她的丈夫像對待孩子一樣來對待她。作家魯迅從中得到啟示, 從而告誡人們娜拉得需要錢來養活自己, 她要生存就必須有經濟上的權利。(句首譯法)

7. That sex ratio will be favored which maximizes the number of descendants an individual will have and hence the number of gene copies transmitted.

那種性別比例能在最大程度上增加一個個體所能擁有的`後代數量，並因此能在最大程度上增加所傳遞到後代身上去的基因複製品的數量。(倒裝、定從使用)

8. With the conclusion of a burst activity , the lactic acid level is high in the body fluids , leaving the large animal vulnerable to attack until the acid is reconverted , via oxidative metabolism , by the liver into glucose , which is then sent (in part )back to the muscles for glycogen resynthesis.

隨着爆發出來的運動的結束，再體液中乳酸含量會變得很高，使得大型動物處於容易受到攻擊的狀態，直到乳酸通過有氧新陳代謝，被肝臟轉化成(convert into)葡萄糖，而葡萄糖接下來又會(部分)傳送回肌肉中重新合成糖原 。

9. Although Gutman admits that forced separation by sale was frequent，he shows that the slaves’ preference，revealed most clearly on plantations where sale was infrequent，was very much for stable monogamy.

雖然古特曼承認，由於奴隸買賣而造成的被迫離散甚為頻繁，但他還是證明，奴隸的偏愛——在那些奴隸買賣並不頻繁的種植園上被最為顯著地揭示出來——在很大程度上側重於穩定的一夫一妻制。

10. This preference for exogamy，Gutman suggests，may have derived from West African rules governing marriage，which，though they differed from one tribal group to another，all involved some kind of prohibition against unions with close kin.

古特曼表示，這種對於外部通婚的偏愛很有可能緣起於西部非洲制約着婚姻的規定，儘管這些規定在一個和另一個部落羣體之間不盡相同，但都涉及到某種對近親聯姻(union with close kin)的禁止。