英语专业四级模拟试题二课件_1

英语专业四级模拟试题二
——TEM-4 Exercise 02
PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN.]
In Section A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Select the correct response for each question.
SECTION A STATEMENT
In this section you will hear 8 statements. At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following 8 questions. Now listen to the statements.
1. What happened last night?
A. All the five contestants won only small prizes.
B. Only one contestant won a big prize.
C. The first four contestants failed to win any prizes.
D. The quiz show was so exciting that Peter watched it every time.
正确答案是
2. How many turns must one make to reach the bus station?
A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four.
正确答案是
3. Which statement is NOT true?
A. The Steelers and the Crackers are going to match with each other.
B. The result of the game might be influenced by some outside factors.
C. The two teams might not be accustomed to playing in bad weather.
D. The Steelers will surely win the game.
正确答案是
4. How did the speaker feel about the test this time?
A. She thought it was okay even though she usually disliked essay exams.
B. She thought it was extremely difficult.
C. She thought she would fail this test.
D. She thinks essay exams are boring and she especially disliked this one. 正确答案是
5. The speaker feels _____ when talking about teaching children.
A. excited
B. sympathetic
C. frightened
D. indifferent
正确答案是
6. The speaker feels _____.
A. surprised
B. angry
C. merry
D. grateful
正确答案是
7. What does the speaker think of the piano lessons?
A. They are too expensive.
B. They are very rewarding.
C. They are too easy.
D. They are too demanding.
正确答案是
8. Mr. Simpers _____.
A. may convert the old house and use it as a restaurant
B. may demolish the old house and build a new restaurant
C. may let the old house out for use as a restaurant
D. may sell the old house to the owner of restaurant
正确答案是
SECTION B CONVERSATION
In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following 8 questions. Now listen to the conversations.
9. What does the fact that diners are mostly in the East illustrate?
A. The point of where to get good food.
B. How restaurants ought to be arranged.
C. About the advantages of eating a diner.
D. About regional differences in restaurants.
正确答案是
10. What did the woman not object to?
A. That the vacancy had been too long.
B. That the windows should not be kept open.
C. Having a look at the house.
D. The natural smell of the house.
正确答案是
11. Why won't the elevator stop on the ninth floor?
A. Because you must take the stairs.
B. Because the elevator got stuck.
C. Because there are too many people in the elevator.
D. Because nine is an odd number.
正确答案是
12. The woman threw money toward the musicians because _____.
A. it was customary
B. she was very rich
C. she lost her consciousness
D. the musicians were poor
正确答案是
13. Why might the applicant receive on-the-job training?
A. She is very joyful.
B. She is intelligent.
C. They are afraid of her.
D. She is too shy to apply.
正确答案是
14. What do we know about the woman's job?
A. She made money at first.
B. She can't sell books.
C. She and her boss get along well.
D. She prefers to be a driver.
正确答案是
15. What's grandmother probably going to do?
A. Live with her grandchildren.
B. Get care in hospital.
C. Go to a nursing home.
D. Stay in her old home.
正确答案是
16. Why was the woman so excited?
A. She lost a dime in the hall.
B. She spent only '5 telephoning her husband.
C. Her cat ate a canary.
D. She made money on a phone call.
正确答案是
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Questions 17 and 18 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following questions. Now listen to the news.
17. There are _____ members in the United Nations Security Council.
A. 4
B. 5
C. 14
D. 15
正确答案是
18. The United States _____ the plan.
A. has nothing to do with
B. has not approved of
C. has agreed to
D. has no idea of
正确答案是
Questions 19 and 20 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following questions. Now listen to the news.
19. NASA scientists announced they had found _____ on Mars.
A. people living
B. some ancient animals
C. some living plants
D. some single-cell structures like bacteria
正确答案是
20. On hearing the news, _____.
A. scientists criticized the NASA
B. all scientists were inspired and excited
C. all scientists expressed disbelief
D. some scientists are doubtful
正确答案是
Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following questions. Now listen to the news
.
21. Police made nearly _____ arrests.
A. 20
B. 50
C. 100
D. 150
正确答案是
22. Officials were _____ with the behavior of most fans.
A. annoyed
B. excited
C. dissatisfied
D. pleased
正确答案是
Question 23 is based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 10 seconds to answer the following question. Now listen to the news.
23. What has NOT been studied by astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia according to the news?
A. How plant growth is influenced by weightlessness.
B. How the lack of gravity affects the human body for a long period of time.
C. Whether animals can survive without gravity.
D. Whether bending pine saplings will straighten themselves without gravity.
正确答案是
Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following questions. Now listen to the news.
24. How many people have been killed in the Asian-Pacific Region by the typhoon?
A. 12
B. 13
C. 20
D. 30
正确答案是
25. Where is the typhoon now moving to?
A. Taiwan.
B. The Northern Philippines.
C. The Island of Luaon.
D. Not mentioned in the news.
正确答案是
PART II CLOZE [15 MIN.]
Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Select the correct choice for each blank.
With so much feeling astir and so many novel ideas being agitated, it might seem logical to expect a flourishing school of Romantic drama. Yet only a few isolated works, more interesting than irreplaceable, compose the dramatic (26)_____ of the Romanticists -- Shelley's Cenci, Byron's Manfred, and Kleist's brilliant pieces in several (27)_____. Ironically, Shakespeare's new role (28)_____ emancipator had a curiously paralyzing effect on the theatre down to the middle of the century and beyond. In England, poet after poet tried his hand (29)_____ poetic drama, only to fail from (30)_____ to be Shakespearean. On the Continent, various misconceptions about him and old habits of classical tragedy prevented a new drama from (31)_____. Victor Hugo's plays contained brilliant verse, and their form influenced grand opera (Wagner's no less than Verdi's), but the fact remained: the dramatic quality could be found everywhere in Romanticist art (32)_____ on the stage.
Reflection (33)_____ this point suggests that, quite apart from Shakespeare, the very concern of the Romantics (34)_____ exploring the inner and outer worlds (35)_____ hampered the playwright. Perhaps great drama requires that one or the other world (36)_____ as settled so that conflict, (37)_____ is the essence of drama, develops between a strong new force and a solid resistance. (38)_____, the Romantics found themselves in an age when both inner and outer worlds were (39)_____ and from that double uncertainty derived their creative (40)_____.
A. outcome
B. income
C. output
D. input
正确答案是
27.
A. kinds
B. genres
C. types
D. categories 正确答案是
28.
A. as
B. for
C. with
D. in
正确答案是29.
B. for
C. to
D. at
正确答案是
30.
A. so anxious a desire
B. too anxious a desire
C. so anxious desire
D. too anxious desire 正确答案是
31.
A. coming to life
B. come to life
C. bringing to life
D. bring to life
正确答案是
32.
A. beside
B. besides
C. except
D. except for
正确答案是
33.
A. on
B. for
C. to
D. in
正确答案是
34.
A. on
B. with
C. in
D. at
正确答案是
35.
A. simultaneously
B. spontaneously
C. supernaturally
D. suspensively
正确答案是
36.
A. take
B. has been taken
C. be taken
D. taken
正确答案是
37.
A. that
B. what
C. whose
D. which
正确答案是
38.
A. Be that as it may
B. May it be that
C. As it may that be
D. As is may be that
正确答案是
39.
A. in force
B. in progress
C. in shape
D. in flux
正确答案是
40.
A. implosion
B. impetus
C. impiety
D. impetuosity
正确答案是
PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY [15 MIN.]
There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly
completes the sentence.
41. The actors and actresses were given only a ten-minute _____ before they resumed again.
A. break
B. stop
C. span
D. pause
正确答案是
42. They have left London _____ good.
A. with
B. against
C. over
D. for
正确答案是
43. The hero's speech _____ the entire audience.
A. urged
B. praised
C. touched
D. striked
正确答案是
44. It would relieve my mind if some sort of _____ were reached between us.
A. sense
B. understanding
C. comprehension
D. knowledge
正确答案是
45. Do you think that religion is _____ with science?
A. comparative
B. compatible
C. competitive
D. comparable
正确答案是
46. _____ there's a good reason for her absence, as she doesn't usually stay away from work.
A. Currently
B. Presumably
C. Seemingly
D. Decidedly
正确答案是
47. In the dark it was hard for us to _____ resign unless he received an increase in salary.
A. make for
B. make out
C. make sure
D. make up
正确答案是
48. The manager _____ to resign unless he received an increase in salary.
A. promised
B. announced
C. threatened
D. preferred
正确答案是
49. The city planted trees at short _____ along the streets.
A. distances
B. spaces
C. intervals
D. pauses
正确答案是
50. The article appeared in the fourth _____ of the magazine.
A. edition
B. issue
C. version
D. print
正确答案是
51. You can _____ a fortune by regularly saving money.
A. come up
B. build up
C. bring up
D. add up
正确答案是
52. I don't know if the story is true but I will try to _____ it.
A. conform
B. prove
C. identify
D. verify
正确答案是
53. In preparation for the wedding ceremony, Gary tried to set _____ a few dollars of his salary each month.
A. aside
B. off
C. about
D. out
正确答案是
54. All but one worker _____ here just now.
A. is
B. was
C. has been
D. were
正确答案是
55. Do you want to leave everything to your wife in your will or would you like anyone else _____?
A. to be mentioned
B. to mention
C. that they're mentioned
D. being mentioned
正确答案是
56. Silver is the best conductor of electricity, copper _____ it closely.
A. followed
B. following
C. to follow
D. being followed
正确答案是
57. All things _____, the result is satisfactory.
A. considered
B. considering
C. to consider
D. are considered
正确答案是
58. To have a successful party, _____ beforehand.
A. everything should be arranged
B. we should arrange everything
C. everything must be arranged
D. things ought to be arranged
正确答案是
59. If it _____ Professor Johnson's recommendation I wouldn't have been admitted to the graduate school.
A. were not for
B. had not been for
C. were not
D. had not been
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60. _____ matters little.
A. He will come or not
B. If or not he comes
C. Whether he comes or not
D. He comes or not
正确答案是
61. By using your eyes you can tell the direction _____ light comes.
A. in which
B. from which
C. with which
D. on which
正确答案是
62. A man escaped from the prison last week. It was a long time _____ the guards discovered what had happened.
A. before
B. until
C. since
D. than
正确答案是
63. A little learning is a dangerous thing, for you might as well not know a thing _____ know it only imperfectly.
A. that
B. as
C. than
D. but
正确答案是
64. Hard as _____, it is quite easy to drill a hole on it with laser.
A. is the diamond
B. does the diamond
C. the diamond is
D. the diamond does
正确答案是
65. "It was very cold yesterday." "_____."
A. So was it
B. So it was
C. It so was
D. Was it so
正确答案是
PART IV READING COMPREHENSION [30 MIN.]
SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN.]
In this section there are five passages followed by fifteen questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answer marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the correct answer.
TEXT A
To get a chocolate out of a box demands a considerable amount of unpacking: the box has to be taken out of its paper bag; the plastic wrapper has to be torn off, the lid opened and the packing paper inside removed; the chocolate itself then has to be unwrapped from its own piece of paper. Similarly a pot of face cream comes surrounded by layers of paper, wedged inside a cardboard box, and the whole thing wrapped tightly in plastic.
It is not only luxuries which are wrapped in this way. With so many goods now produced centrally and sold in supermarkets it is becoming increasingly difficult to buy anything from nails to potatoes that is not already done up in plastic or paper.
The wrapper itself is of no interest to the shopper, who usually throws it away immediately. Useless wrapping accounts for much of the 31 pounds in weight of rubbish put out by the average London
household each week. So why is it done? Some of it, like the wrapping on meat, is necessary, but most of the rest is simply competitive selling. This is stupid. Packaging is using up scarce energy and raw materials and ruining all the time. One big firm reports that its glass, cans and paper have all gone up by 30 percent in the last couple of months, whi9le plastic has increased by 50 percent and all these prices are still rising. This seems as yet to have had surprisingly little effect on the packaging practice of manufacturers.
Little research is being carried out on the costs in energy and materials of other possible types of packaging. Just how practical is it, for instance, for local authorities to save waste paper and
re-manufacture it as egg-boxes? Would it be cheaper to plant another forest to produce new paper?
One reason for the unorganized behavior of everyone concerned is probably the varied nature of the packaging industry. So many people, with so many different interests of their own, are affected that it is extremely hard to reach any agreement on what should be done. Also, packagers say that preserving forests and preventing waste is not their concern.
66. The shopper gets rid of the wrapper immediately because _____.
A. he is careless
B. it adds to the weight
C. it is difficult for him to handle
D. it has no importance for him
正确答案是
67. From the passage, we can deduce that the main purpose of most wrapping is to _____.
A. help sell the product
B. save the shoppers' time
C. save the shopkeepers' time
D. help people carry their goods
正确答案是
68. According to the author, the packaging industry is _____.
A. full of capable people
B. rather disorganized
C. very worried about waste
D. full of people with different opinions
正确答案是
TEXT B
Whatever may be said against mass circulation magazines and newspapers, it can hardly be argued that they are out of touch with their readers' daydreams, and therefore the inducements they hold out to them
must be a near accurate reflection of their unfulfilled wants and aspirations. Study these and you will assuredly understand a good ideal of what it is that makes society tick.
Looking back, for example, to the twenties and thirties, we can see that circulation managers unerringly diagnosed the twin obsessions which dominated that era of mass unemployment -- economic insecurity and a passionate concern for the next generation. Thus it was that readers were recruited with offers of free insurance policies for the one, and free instant education for the other. The family whose breadwinner lost an eye in a double railway derailment, or an arm in a flood, could confidently expect to collect several hundred pounds from the Daily This or the Evening That. The family who could not afford to send their son to grammar school could find consolation in equipping him with the complete works of Shakespeare in one magnificent, easy to read volume.
After the war the need to fall into step with the new consumer society was soon realized. If you were flanked by neighbors who, unlike you, could afford a holiday abroad, then winning an easy competition could set you up with a fortnight in an exotic sunspot. Dishwashers, washing machines, slow-cookers and deep-fat-friers were and are available by the same means.
69. The writer finds the study of gifts and prizes interesting because it _____.
A. reveals social trends
B. exposes journalistic dishonesty
C. confirms his view of human nature
D. shows the power of the popular press
正确答案是
70. From the passage, we are told that newspapers in the 1920s and 1930s offered their readers gifts in order to _____.
A. spread popular education
B. increase their circulation
C. improve social conditions
D. increase their readers' ambitions
正确答案是
71. What does the choice of gifts tell us about the circulation managers?
A. They despised their readers.
B. They understood their readers
C. They enjoyed being powerful.
D. They were out of touch.
正确答案是
72. Why did holidays abroad become a common prize after the war?
A. Group travel became easier.
B. Everyone wanted the opportunity to travel.
C. People became more interested in material possessions.
D. People wanted to get away from familiar surroundings.
正确答案是
TEXT C
The function of the office is to perform administrative work. First it must provide the necessary communications with customers, banks, government departments, and other outside
organizations. Second, it must service the information requirements within the company itself. In order to meet these needs efficiently, the Office Manager must employ the most appropriate business methods, system and equipment.
In an efficient administrative structure, clerical operations are organized so that they add to the profitability of the business. However, in many countries the number of clerical staff has increased while the total number of workers employed in production has fallen. In Britain, for example, the total workforce in the years 1919-1976 went up by 24%, while the number of people who were employed in clerical work in creased by 150%. For a country such as Britain, which depends on a manufacturing base, that can mean inefficiency.
To ensure that office services run smoothly, there must be the means to check, sort, copy and file correspondence and other paperwork. Today there is a growing range of machines that can be used to do such jobs. The size and resources of a company will determine how mechanized or computerized its office systems are.
The office must give maximum service at minimum cost. A balance must be kept between production, marketing, and administration. As a company develops and grows, the contribution of administration will vary in kind and in value.
The most important objective in modern offices is the processing of data in order to provide a means of business control, but in many companies there are weaknesses in the ability to manage communications efficiently. For example, some data are often used only by individual managers, and different departments in the same company may use different data processing systems. In order to contribute to business efficiency, however, data processing must be a centralized service. The system which is required is one that looks at the total needs of a business and therefore assists management in making appropriate decisions quickly.
73. According to the passage, the function of the office manager is to _____.
A. provide the necessary information for the local authority
B. keep a balance between production, marketing and administration
C. assist management in making appropriate decisions quickly
D. make sure that administrative work is performed efficiently
正确答案是
74. In what way are some companies inefficient in managing communications?
A. By not making data available to all managers.
B. By using the same data processing systems.
C. By checking business correspondence.
D. By depending on a manufacturing base.
正确答案是
75. The degree of computerization in a company's office is limited by _____.
A. the business methods and systems
B. the correspondence and other paperwork
C. the data and data processing systems
D. the size and resources of a company
正确答案是
TEXT D
Training must have a purpose, which is defined when a firm analyses its training needs. A review of manpower planning should include a training analysis which looks carefully at training from the point of view of the company, its various departments and personnel. This may show that weaknesses exist in some departments and that, as a result, training is needed for their staff. Training needs are based on an analysis of job descriptions and job specifications.
A job description should give details of the performance that is required for a specific job, and a job specification should give information about the behavior knowledge and skills that are expected of an employee who works in it. When all of this has been collected, it is possible to make a training specification. This specifies what the Training Department must teach for the successful performance of the job, and also the best methods to use in training period.
There are many different training methods, and there are advantages and disadvantages to all of them. Successful training programs depend on an understanding of the difference between learning about skills and training in using them. It is frequently said that learning about skills takes place "off the job", in the classroom; but training in using those skills takes place "on the job", by means of such activities as job rotation and planned experience.
It is always difficult to evaluate the costs and savings of a training program. The success of such a program depends not only on the
methods used but also on the equality of the staff who do the training. A company can often check on savings in time and cost by examining the manual work performed by operators and technicians who have completed a
training program. The evaluation of management and supervisory staff who leave their employment and the number who stay away from work for reasons of health.
76. According to the passage, an analysis of training needs is based on _____.
A. the performance required for a general job
B. the knowledge and skills expected in a person
C. the costs and savings of a training program
D. both the performance and knowledge and skills expected in a job
正确答案是
77. From the passage, we learn that "training in using them" takes place _____.
A. in the classroom
B. in the laboratory
C. on the job
D. at the training department
正确答案是
TEXT E
It is refreshing to see an international organization not only subjecting itself to criticism but also publishing the results. A report published today by the International Development Association which lends on highly concessionary terms to the poorest countries, deserves credit on both counts. But the reason for producing this sizeable document say as much about the crisis facing aid agencies as they do about the recipients of aid.
In the nature of things the document is self-justificatory. It would be curious indeed for a group of international civil servants enjoying substantial tax-free salaries to recommend their own disbandment. The report concludes that without IDA, the situation in the world's poorest countries "world have been even worse, and the needs today even greater".
Leaving aside whether one can say what would have happened otherwise, there is no doubt that in the 22 years since its inception IDA has been diligent. It has committed '27,000m to 1,302 projects in 78 countries. This year disbursements will be about '2,100m, despite the argument over IDA's funding which has left it with less money than expected.
All of these considerable sums have gone to the poorest countries on generous terms. No country with a per capita income of more than '730 is eligible for IDA assistance, and in 1980 no less than 80 percent of net disbursements were to countries with per capita incomes of only '410. When incomes are so desperately low, it is not surprising that the terms allow repayment over 50 years without interest.
Nevertheless, as IDA candidly admits, measuring the effectiveness of such aid is difficult. It insists that projects
must pay for themselves. In effect, the rate of return must provide the borrowing government with revenue to meet its obligations or else the loan becomes a subsidy.
78. The word "counts" in the first paragraph refers to _____.
A. the considerable sums which have gone to the poorest countries
B. IDA submitting itself to an evaluation and making the result known
C. the reasons for producing the sizeable document
D. the generous terms that IDA has offered
正确答案是
79. Why is IDA short of money?
A. Due to a crises facing aid agencies.
B. Due to a quarrel over IDA's funding.
C. Due to less money being donated by rich countries.
D. Due to a group of servants enjoying tax-free salaries.
正确答案是
80. What qualifies a country for financial aid?
A. A per capita income of more than '730.
B. A per capita income of less than '410.
C. A per capita income of more than ￡2,100.
D. A per capita income of less than '730.
正确答案是
SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING [5 MIN.]
In this section there are five passages with a total of ten multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then select your answers to the questions.
TEXT F
First read the following questions.
81. According to the passage, the canals allowed _____.
A. the prevention of floods
B. seawater to enter farmlands
C. seawater to drain from the land
D. the limestone to be exposed to air
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82. In their nurseries, Tortugas shrimp require _____.
A. rapidly moving water
B. a high, steady water temperature
C. a heavy concentration of salt water
D. some fresh water mixed with the salt water
正确答案是
Now read Text F quickly and select your answers.
The record of people's manipulation of nature in the Florida Everglades is replete with examples of remedies that were never fully analyzed before they were applied -- remedies that inevitably turned out to be more disastrous than the troubles they were intended to cure. It was people's judgment, for example, that the rich muck of South Florida was going to waste under waste; so people drained off the water only to discover that muck, exposed to the heat of the sun, oxidizes into thin air. In some agricultural districts now as much as 40 percent of the organic soils are gone. Some farmers will be ploughing limestone by the year 2000. But they won't be raising any crops. Similarly, drainage undertaken to increase food production in one area has inhibited productivity in another; in periods of drought, the long canals became arms of the sea and salt water intruded on the land. In 1945, salinity in the soil killed off 18,000 acres of vegetables in southeast Dade country. Now increasing salinity in Florida Bay, caused by the decreasing outflow of fresh water from the Everglades, threatens the natural offshore nursery ground of the Tortugas shrimp and a '20 million annual commercial fishery.
TEXT G
First read the following questions.
83. Women in restaurants are advised to put their purses _____.
A. under their arms
B. under their coats
C. on the floor between the legs
D. on the wrists
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84. Using the umbrella handle to hook the bag often occurs in _____.
A. restaurants
B. theatres
C. New York City subways
D. toilet stalls
正确答案是
Now read Text G quickly and select your answers.。