2004年英语专业四级考试全真试卷

TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS
----GRADE FOUR----
2004
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
1. What does Frank mean when he says Email creates extra workload?
A. He has to read Emails very often.
B. People ask him to do more things in Email.
C. He has to read forwarded messages.
D. He makes lots of requests through Emails.
2. According to Frank, Chris _________.
A. receives no spam at all.
B. should care for her spam.
C. receives more spam than most people do.
D. should not worry about her spam.
3. Frank suggests that Chris do all of the following EXCEPT______.
A. using something to filter spam
B. applying for more Email addresses
C. using Email addresses provided by small Email providers
D. trying to find out spammers
4. Why does the man want to rent a one-bedroom apartment?
A. It costs less.
B. It has a nice view.
C. It is on the corner.
D. They have no children.
5. How much would he pay first if he wants to rent a one-bedroom apartment?
A. $900.
B. $1,000.
C. $1,110.
D. $1,210.
6. When will they meet?
A. 1:00 p.m.
B. 3:30 p.m.
C. 4:00 p.m.
D. 5:00 p.m.
7. The man was impressed with __________.
A. a bridge to Manhattan
B. skyscrapers at dusk
C. streets in Manhattan
D. people in Manhattan
8. What does the man say about the garbage in New York?
A. Smelly.
B. Scattered.
C. Blocking doors and store shutters.
D. Put in bags and boxes.
9. The hotel the man stayed at can be described as __________.
A. roomy and comfortable
B. nice but expensive
C. cheap and comfortable
D. roomy but expensive
10. The man’s impression of New York would be __________.
A. orderliness
B. creativeness
C. tightness
D. convenience
SECTION B PASSAGES
11. Animals move from place to place so that __________.
A. food can be shared among animals
B. they can eat different kinds of food
C. old food sources can recover
D. different animals can live together
12. The new problem is that __________.
A. cattle destroy food supply
B. wild animal ferociously attack cattle
C. cattle occupy the traditional habitats of wild animals
D. wild animals no longer move form place to place
13. Wild animals and cattle differ in _________.
A. the amount of grass and plants they eat
B. the way they eat grass and plants
C. the type of grass and plants they eat
D. the time they spend eating grass and plants
14. Who used to live together in an extended family?
A. There were only grandparents and children.
B. There was one father, one mother, and their children.
C. There were many relatives.
D. There were two or more brothers with their wives.
15. What advantages does nuclear family offer to women?
A. The women have more freedom and can share in decisions.
B. The women do not have to be the heads of the family.
C. The women’s relatives do not help them with the housework and children.
D. The women have all the power of the family.
16. Why are many women dissatisfied with marriage and the nuclear family?
A. They want to stay home and do the housework.
B. They don’t have enough money.
C. They have too much work but not much free time.
D. They have more freedom than in the past.
17. What does a hearing disorder belong to?
A. External noise.
B. Physiological noise.
C. The effect of cold.
D. Psychological noise.
18. What does psychological noise mean?
A. The forces that make people less able to communicate.
B. The difficulties that people experience in communication.
C. The reason that cause people resist communication.
D. The reason that cause people unable to convince others.
19. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Three types of noise can make communication difficult.
B. The meaning of external noise in communication.
C. The psychological noise can make one talent.
D. The reason why you can become speechless.
20. What is the speake r’s tone in this passage?
A. Sympathetic.
B. Matter of fact.
C. Worried.
D. Exaggerated.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
21. The journalist was brought to court because _________.
A. he was working for a British newspaper
B. he published an untrue story
C. the story was published in Britain
D. he was working with other foreign journalists
22. How did the lawyer defend for the journalists?
A. He was an American journalist.
B. He worked for a British newspaper.
C. His story was published elsewhere.
D. Foreigners are mot subject to local laws.
23. Afghanistan’s first match will be against __________.
A. Mongolia.
B. South Korea.
C. Iran.
D. Qatar.
24. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. The announcement was made by AFA.
B. Afghanistan was a founding member of AF
C.
C. Afghanistan had been in chaos for long.
D. The football players were under 23.
25. The expected life-span of Beijing residents has gone up by _______compared
with that a decade earlier.
A. 1.5 years
B. 1.4 years
C. 1.2 years
D. 1.1 years
26. The ______ mortality rate had gone up greatly during the past 10 year.
A. infant
B. maternal
C. male
D. middle-aged
27. According to Pakistan’s President, the chances of the two countries going to war
were _______.
A. great
B. small
C. growing
D. greater than before
28. Recent tensions between the two countries were a direct result of ________.
A. their border conflicts
B. their military build-up
C. killings in the two countries
D. their mutual distrust
29. Family-owned businesses have all the following features EXCEPT _________.
A. being affiliated to giant corporations
B. hard working
C. being flexible and creative
D. all in the family management
30. A new survey was made by looking at the middle ground that is __________.
A. the 100 family businesses at least 10 years old
B. the 1,000 family businesses at least 10 years old
C. the 100 family businesses at least 100 years old
D. the 1,000 family businesses at least 100 years old。