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英语专业四级考试试题答案与详解
xx年英语专业四级考试试题答案与详解PART Ⅱ DICTATION?SalmonEvery year, millions of salmon swim from the ocean into the mouths of rivers and then steadily up the rivers. Passing through waters, around rocks and waterfalls, the fishfinally reach their original streams or lakes. They dig out nests in the riverbed and lay their eggs. Then, exhaustedby their journey, the parent salmon die. They have finished the task that nature has given them. Months, or years later, the young fish start their trip to the ocean. They live in the salt water from 2-7 years, until they, too are ready to swim back to reproduce. Their life cycle helps man provide himself with a basic food-fish. When the adult salmongather at the river mouths for the annual trip up the rivers, they are in the best possible condition, and nearly every harbor has its salmon fishing fleet ready to catch thousands for markets.?Now, you have two minutes to check through your work.?PART Ⅲ LISTENING PREHENSION?In sections A, B and C, you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.SECTION A STATEMENT?In this section, you will hear seven statements. At the end of each statement you will be given 10 seconds to answerthe question.?1. You must relax. Don’t work too hard. And do watch your drinking and smoking.?2.We hadn’t quite expected the mittee to agree to rebuild the hospital, so we were taken aback when we got to knowthat it had finally agreed.?3.The coach leaves the station every 20 minutes.It’s ?9:15? now, and you have to wait for five minutes for the next one.?4.Perhaps Jane shouldn’t have got married in the first place. No one knows what she might have been doing now, but not washing up. That’s for sure!?5.I happen to be working on a similar project at the moment.I am only too。
英语专业四级考试试题及答案(2)
英语专业四级考试试题及答案(2)TEXT CWomen’s minds work differently from men’s. At least, that is what most men are convinced of. Psychologists view the subject either as a matter or frustration or a joke. Now the biologists have moved into this minefield, and some of them have found that there are real differences between the brains of men and women. But being different, they point out hurriedly, is not the same as being better or worse.There is, however, a definite structural variation between the male and female brain. The difference is in a part of the brain that is used in the most complex intellectual processes-the link between the two halves of the brain.The two halves are linked by a trunkline of between 200 and 300 million nerves, the corpus callosum. Scientists have found quite recently that the corpus callosum in women is always larger and probably richer in nerve fibres than it is in men. This is the first time that a structural difference has been found between the brains of women and m en and it must have some significance. The question is “What?”, and, if this difference exists, are there others? Research shows that present-day women think differently and behave differently from men. Are some of these differences biological and inborn, a result of evolution? We tend to think that is the influence of society that produces these differences. Butcould we be wrong?Research showed that these two halves of the brain had different functions, and that the corpus callosum enabled them to work together. For most people, the left half is used for wordhanding, analytical and logical activities; the right half works on pictures, patterns and forms. We need both halves working together. And the better the connections, the more harmoniously the two halves work. And, according to research findings, women have the better connections. 21世纪教育网But it isn’t all that easy to explain the actual differences between skills of men and women on this basis. In schools throughout the world girls tend to be better than boys at “language subjects” and boys better at maths and physics. If 〖WTHZ〗these differences〖WTBZ〗correspond with the differences in the hemispheric trunkline,there is an unalterable distinction between the sexes.We shan’t know for a while, partly because we don’t know of any precise relationship between abilities in school subject and the functioning of the two halves of the brain, and we cannot understand how the two halves interact via the corpus callosum. But this striking difference must have some effect and, because the difference is in the parts of the brain involved in intellect, we should be looking for differences in intellectual processing.71. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?A.Biologists are conducting research where psychologists have given up.B.Brain differences point to superiority of one sex over the other.C.Results of scientific research fail to support pupular belief.D.The structural difference in the brain between the sexes has long been known.72. According to the passage it is commonly believed that brain differences are caused by ____ factors.A.biologicalB.psychologicalC.physicalD.social73. “these differences”in paragraph 5 refer to those in ____.A.skills of men and womenB.school subjectsC.the brain structure of men and womenD.activities carried out by the brain74. At the end of the passage the author proposes more work on ____.A.the brain structure as a wholeB.the functioning of part of the brainC.the distinction between the sexesD.the effects of the corpus callosum75. What is the main purpose of the passage?A.To outline the research findings on the brain structure.B.To explain the link between sex and brain structure.C.To discuss the various factors that cause brain differences. D.To suggest new areas in brain research.TEXT DInformation is the primary commodity in more and more industries today.By 2005, 83% of American management personnel will be knowledge workers. Europe and Japan are not far behind.By 2005, half of all knowledge workers (22% of the labour force) will choose“flextime, flexplace”arrangements, which allow them to work at home, communicating with the office via computer networks.In the United States, the so-called “digital divide”seems to be disappearing. In early 2000, a poll found, that, where half of white households owned computers, so did fully 43% of African-American households, and their numbers were growing rapidly. Hispanic households continued to lag behind, but their rate of computer ownership was expanding as well.Company-owned and industry-wide television networks arebringing programming to thousands of locations. Business TV is becoming big business.Computer competence will approach 100% in US urban areas by the year 2005, with Europe and Japan not far behind. 80% of US homes will have computers in 2005, compared with roughly 50% now.In the United States, 5 of the 10 fastest-growing careers between now and 2005 will be computer related. Demand for programmers and systems analysts will grow by 70%. The same trend is accelerating in Europe, Japan, and India.By 2005, nearly all college texts and many high school and junior high books will be tied to Internet sites that provide source material, study exercises, and relevant news articles to aid in learning. Others will come with CD-ROMs that offer similar resources.Internet links will provide access to the card catalogues of all the major libraries in the world by 2005. It will be possible to call up on a PC screen millions of volumes from distant libraries. Web sites enhance books by providing pictures, sound, film clips, and flexible, indexing and search utilities.Implications: Anyone with access to the Internet will be able to achieve the education needed to build a productive life in an increasingly high-tech world. Computer learning may even reduce the growing American prison population.Knowledge workers are generally betterpaid than less-skilled workers. Their wealth is raising overall prosperity. 21世纪教育网Even entry-level workers and those in formerly unskilled positions require a growing level of education. For a good career in almost any field, computer competence is a must. This is one major trend raising the level of education required for a productive role in today’s work force. For many workers, the opportunity for training is becoming one of the most desirable benefits any job can offer.76. Information technology is expected to have impact on all the following EXCEPT ____.A.American management personnelB.European management personnelC.American people’s choice of careerD.traditional practice at work77. “digital divide”in the 4th paragraph refers to ____.A.the gap in terms of computer ownershipB.the tendency of computer ownershipC.the dividing line based on digitsD.the ethnic distinction among American households78. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT according to the passage?A. By 2005 all college and school study materials will turnelectronic.links make worldwide library search a possibility.79. Which of the following areas is NOT discussed in the passage?A.Future careers.B.Nature of future work.C.Ethnic differences.D.Schools and libraries.80. At the end of the passage, the author seems to emphasize ____ in an increasingly high-tech world.A.the variety of educationB.the content of educationC.the need for educationD.the function of educationSECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING ［5 MIN.］In this section there are seven passages with a total of ten multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.TEXT EFirst read the following question.81. The passage mainly discusses the effects of ____.A.healthB.aspirinC.hearing lossD.heart attackNow, go through TEXT E quickly and answer question 81.Aspirin may be the most familiar drug in the world-but its power to heal goes far beyond the usual aches and pains. Exciting new studies suggest that aspirin can help fight a wide range of serious il lnesser. “It now seems to be a benefit in so many areas of health,”says Dr Debra Judelson, medical director of the Women’s Heart Institute in Beverly Hills, California. “I advise most of my patients, as long as they aren’t allergic to aspirin and don’t have bleeding problems, to take low-dose aspirin.”Some of the major illnesses and conditions that aspirin or aspirin-like drugs might help prevent are: Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes-related heart disease, heart attack, cancer and antibiotic-induced hearing loss.TEXT FFirst read the following question.82. How many proposals does the passage put forward?A.One.B.Two.C.Three.D.Four. Now, go through TEXT F quickly and answer question 82.What kind of environment do you want in the future? What can you do to help make it happen? What can other people do?Education is one way to help the environment. You can learn about the environment in school.Radio and television can give you information. Newspapers, magazines, and books also help you learn.There are laws against littering and against making the air and water dirty. Other laws help people to save resources.The law lowering the speed limit for cars helps to save fuel.Another way to help the environment is to plan for the future. We may have to find new resources. In the future, people may heat their homes with atomic power. Without planning, some kinds of environment may not happen. People can act now to help make te future.TEXT GFirst read the following question.83. The main theme of the passage is ____ in the G-7 nations.A.agingB.wealthC.death ratesD.work forceNow, go through TEXT G quickly and answer question 83.Citizens of the world’s wealthiest countries may live longer than previously predicted, according to a study sponsored by the National Institute on Aging. By 2050, people in the G-7 nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States) may be living anywhere from 1.3 years to 8 years longer than official estimates now predict. Researchers at Mountain View Research in Los Altos, California, examined 50 years of mortality data and found a long-term decline in death rates. That may mean that fewer workers will have to support many more elderly in the future than governments currently expect.TEXT HFirst read the following question.84. Which is the best title of the passage?A.How to protect your eyesight.B.How to choose your computer.C.A few tips for computer users.D.Eye trouble and headache.Now, go through TEXT H quickly and answer question 84.Question: My eyes and head ache when I work at my computer for a long time. What can I do? 21世纪教育网VisionIt could just be your eyes. Make sure that you’ve had them checked and that you’re wearing any necessary corrective lenses.Screen Glare The light you read by may be too bright for your computer screen. Try to dim the light, and if you need to, get a desk lamp for other work. Also, if possible, move your computer so you aren’t directly underneath a light fixture.Screen and Head PositionYou shouldn’t bend your neck when you read from the screen. That can cause headaches. Your eyeline should be 5 cm to 8 cm below the top of the monitor. The screen should be about an arm’s length away.TEXT IFirst read the following questions.85. Clear weather is predicted in ____ Chinese cities.A.2B.3C.4D.586. Which foreign city’s maximum temperature is the highest?A.Cairo.B.Bangkok.C.New Yourk.D.London.Now, go through TEXT I quickly and answer questions 85 and 86.WEATHER REPORTForecasts for some major Chinese citiesForeign citiesCityMaxMinWeatherCityMaxMin Beijing2417clearBangkok3328Changchun2206cleardrizzle to cloudyChengdu2520overcastChongqing3424cloudyCairo3021[5]clearDalian2317cloudyFuzhou3123light rainFrankfurt1410[5]cloudy to light rainGuangzhou3524clearHong Kong3226clear to cloudyLondon1411Kunming2617clear to cloudydrizzle to cloudyLhasa2111cloudyNanjing2720overcastMoscow2113Shanghai2822cloudyclear to cloudyTaipei2923light rainTianjin2717cloudy to clearNew York2315Wuhan3022clearclear to cloudyUrumqi2210clear to cloudyTEXT JFirst read the following questions. 87. If you need travel shop information, you should go to ____.A.Guide Friday Tourism Centre.B.Tourist Information Centre.C.Library.D.Post Office.88. Where can you find the Police Station?A.In Henly Street.B.In Arden Street.C.In Bridge Street.D.In Rother Street.Now, go through TEXT J quickly and answer questions 87 and 88.General InformationTourist Information CentreBridgefoot. Tel. (01789) 293127Summer: 9:30 am-6:00 pm Weekdays11:00 am-5:00 pm SundaysWinter: 9:30 am-5:00 pm Weekdays● Visitor Information, including information for the disabled● Accommodation Bookings● Bureau De Change● Parkings and Toilets Leaflet● Guide Friday Tour Tickets● Travel Shop InformationGuide Friday Tourism CentreThe Civic Hall, 14 Rother StreetTe. (01789) 299866Open Daily from 9:00 amAccommodationYouth Hostel-Alveston(2 miles from Town Centre). Tel.(01789)297093 21世纪教育网Taxi ServicesBridgefoot, Bridge Street, Union Street, and Rother Market near White Swan HotelPolice StationRother StreetTel.(01789)414111HospitalArden StreetTel.(01789)205831LibraryHenly StreeTel.(01789)292209Post OfficeHenly StreetTel.(01789)414939TEXT KFirst read the following questions.89. How long is the Business English programme?A.3 months.B.6 months.C.4 weeks.D.10 weeks.90. Which certificate programme is NOT mentioned?A.Teaching English for Specific Purposes.munications / Networking Engineering.C.Global Operations Management.D.Advanced Software Technologies.Now, go through TEXT K quickly and answer questions 89 and 90.UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINEEnglish & Certificate Programs for InternationalsLive, Learn, and Enjoy on the Southern California CoastPost-graduate certificates in 12 months[JZ)]● Electronic Business● Global Operations Management● Marketing● Communications / Networking Engineering● Teaching English as a Foreign Language● Advanced Software Technologies-6 months (focus on java -3 months)● Digital Arts[JZ]English Language Programs● 4-week Business English or Conversation & Culture-Jan, Feb, July, Aug● 10-week Intensive ESL-Jan, Apr, June, Sept。
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t e s t2题目新四级-CAL-FENGHAI-(2020YEAR-YICAI)_JINGBIANTest 21.A. 10. B. 4. C. 1. D. 50.2.A. Huge Storm. B. Earthquake. C. Snow slide. D. Disappearance of living species.3.A. Art. B. Harmony. C. Prosperity. D. Ambition.4.A. The bands participated in the concert for economic benefits. B. All attendees were in red in the event.C. The concert conducted by a famous star would last 5 hours.D. The concert was held just for art communication.5.A. It drops by half. B. It increases greatly. C. It keeps stable. D. It booms in global scale.6.A. The world economy is booming. B. There was more demand than supply.C. There was more supply than demand.D. Oil production was reduced.7.A. Oil has been found in more countries. B. Car industry heavily relies on oil.C. More alternatives to oil have emerged.D. New technologies helped people obtain more oil.8.A. They are discussing where to put the furniture.B. They are complaining about running out of hot water.C. They are planning to rent one of the rooms.D. They are talking about the condition of an apartment.9.A. Whether the rent is too high. B. Whether the rent covers water, electricity and gas.C. Whether there is a good supply of hot water.D. Whether there are too many people expecting to rent these rooms.10.A. $ 250. B. $ 500. C. $ 750. D. $ 1000.11.A. There scarcely are people wanting these rooms. B. They have a very nice talking.C. The man is child-free.D. The man offers the most reasonable rent.12.A. He wrote on a seaside resort. B. He traveled with his family.C. He stayed at home to relax.D. He went shopping with the woman.13.A. She plans to have the man make a tour arrangement for her.B. She hopes that he could give her some advice on writing.C. She wants to get some suggestions about traveling.D. She complains to him about her boring holiday.14.A. Bring enough cash. B. Go with her mother. C. Resort to the man. D. Reserve a room.15.A. A busy city center convenient for shopping. B. A peaceful seashore with beautiful view.C. A huge bay with a little balcony.D. A room of standard size though noisy.noise.17.A. Traffic accidents. B. Pollution. C. Crimes. D. Earthquakes.18.A. Comparison between city life and country life. B. Problems troubling city people.C. Ways to solve social problems in cities.D. High pressure city people suffer from.19.A. Because he thinks dreams might be able to tell him many things. B. Because he likes living in dreams.C. Because dreams can always be realized if you study them.D. Because everybody dreams.20.A. The daydreams. B. The remembering of one’s dream.C. The rapid eye movement.D. The moving picture one sees in his dream.21.A. If we wake fast sleeping people, they will feel annoyed.B. If we wake people during the REM, they will feel tired.C. Only dreaming can make us feel refreshed.D. If people are not constantly wakened, they will feel nothing at all.22.A. Fresh meat. B. Fresh fruit. C. Biscuit. D. Chocolate.23.A. To provide convenience customers. B. To make each product look attractive.C. To keep the supermarket neat and tidy.D. To protect the products and give information.24.A. The weight. B. The ingredients. C. The production process. D. The name of the products.25.A. Because they usually can’t see the actual product. B. Because it is the law.C. Because salespeople can’t be trusted.D. Because they open the containers before they。
大学英语四级考试真题模拟附答案第二套
大学英语四级考试真题附答案第二套12，月大学英语四级，考试真题附答案，（第二套.）Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. Suppose you have twooptions upon graduation: one is to take a job in a company and the other to go to agraduate school. You are to make a choice between the two. Write an essay to explain thereasons for your choice. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180words.Part ⅡListening Comprehension(25 minutes )Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of eachnewsreport, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and thequestions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you mustchoose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D .Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single linethrough the centre. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1. A. To satisfy the curiosity of tourists.B. To replace two old stone bridges.C. To enable tourists to visit Goat Island.D. To improve utility services in the state.2. A. Countless tree limbs.B. A few skeletons.C. Lots of wrecked boats and ships.D. Millions of coins on the bottom.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. A. It suspended diplomatic relations with Libya.B. It urged tourists to leave Tunisia immediately.C. It shut down two border crossings with Libya.D. It launched a fierce attack against Islamic State.4. A. Advise Tunisian civilians on how to take safety precautions.B. Track down the organization responsible for the terrorist attack.C. Train qualified security personnel for the Tunisian government.D. Devise a monitoring system on the Tunisian border with Libya.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the newsreport you have just heard.5. A. An environment-friendly battery.B. An energy-saving mobile phone.C. A plant-powered mobile phone charger.D. A device to help plants absorb sunlight.6. A. While sitting in their school's courtyard.B. While playing games on their phones.C. While solving a mathematical problem.D. While doing a chemical experiment.7. A. It increases the applications of mobile phones.B. It speeds up the process of photosynthesis.C. It improves the reception of mobile phones.D. It collects the energy released by plants.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation,you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken onlyonce. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through the centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A. He visited the workshops in the Grimsby plant.B. He called the woman and left her a message.C. He used stand-ins as replacements on all lines.D. He asked a technician to fix the brokenproduction line.9. A. It is the most modern production line.B. It assembles super-intelligent robots.C. It has stopped working completely.D. It is going to be upgraded soon.10. A. To seek her permission.B. To place an order for robots.C. To request her to return at once.D. To ask for Tom's phone number.11. A. She is on duty.B. She is having her day off.C. She is on sick leave.D. She is abroad on business.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A. He saved a baby boy's life.B. He wanted to be a superhero.C. He prevented a train crash.D. He was a witness to an accident.13. A. He has a 9-month-old boy.B. He is currently unemployed.C. He enjoys the interview.D. He commutes by subway.14. A. A rock on the tracks.B. A misplaced pushchair.C. A strong wind.D. A speeding car.15. A. She stood motionless in shock.B. She cried bitterly.C. She called the police at once.D. She shouted for help.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hearthree passages. At the end of each passage, you will hearthree or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices markedA, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with asingle line through the centre. Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A. She inherited her family ice-cream business in Billings.B. She loved the ice-cream business more than teaching primary school.C. She started an ice-cream business to finance her daughter's education.D. She wanted to have an ice-cream truck when she was a little girl.17. A. To preserve a tradition.B. To amuse her daughter.C. To help local education.D. To make some extra money.18. A. To raise money for business expansion.B. To make her truck attractive to children.C. To allow poor kids to have ice-cream too.D. To teach kids the value of mutual support.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A. The reasons for imposing taxes.B. The various services money can buy.C. The various burdens on ordinary citizens.D. The function of money in the modem world.20. A. Educating and training citizens.B. Improving public transportation.C. Protecting people's life and property.D. Building hospitals and public libraries.21. A. By asking for donations.B. By selling public lands.C. By selling government bonds.D. By exploiting natural resources. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A. It is located at the center of the European continent.B. It relies on tourism as its chief source of revenues.C. It contains less than a square mile of land.D. It is surrounded by France on three sides.23. A. Its beauty is frequently mentionedin American media.B. Its ruler Prince Rainier married an American actress.C. It is where many American movies are shot.D. It is a favorite place Americans like to visit.24. A. Tobacco.B. Potatoes.C. Machinery.D. Clothing.25. A. European history.B. European geography.C. Small countries in Europe.D. Tourist attractions in Europe.Part ⅢReading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one wordfor each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank isidentified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in thebank more than once. Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.The ocean is heating up. That's the conclusion of a new study that finds that Earth's oceans now26heat at twice the rate they did 18 years ago. Around half of ocean heat intake since 1865 hastaken placesince 1997, researchers report online in Nature Climate Change.Warming waters are known to27 to coral bleaching (珊瑚白化) and they take up more spacethan cooler waters, raising sea28While the top of the ocean is well studied, its depths are moredifficult to 29The researchers gathered 150 years of ocean temperature data in order to get abetter30 of heat absorption from surface to seabed. They gathered together temperature readingscollected by everything from a 19th century31 of British naval ships to modem automated oceanprobes. The extensive data sources,32 with computer simulations ( 计算机模拟), created atimeline of ocean temperature changes, including cooling from volcanic outbreaks and warming fromfossil fuel33 About 35 percent of the heat taken in by the oceans during the industrial era nowresides at a34 of more than 700 meters, the researchers found. They say they're35whether the deep-seawarming canceled out warming at the sea's surface.A. absorbB. CombinedC. ContributeD. depthE. emissionsF. excursionG. exploreH. floorI. heightsJ. indifferentK. levelsL. mixedM. pictureN. unsureO. voyageSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Eachstatement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraphfrom which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.The Secret to Raising Smart KidsA) I first began to investigate the basis of human motivation--and how people persevere aftersetbacks--as a psychology graduate student at Yale University in the 1960s. Animal experiments bypsychologists at the University of Pennsylvania hadshown that after repeated failures, most animalsconclude that a situation is hopeless and beyond their control. After such an experience an animaloften remains passive even when it can effect change--a state they called learned helplessness. B) People can learn to be helpless, too. Why do some students give up when they encounter difficulty,whereas others who are no more skilled continue to strive and learn? One answer, I soondiscovered, lay in people's beliefs about why they had failed.C) In particular, attributing poor performance to a lack of ability depresses motivation more than doesthe belief that lack of effort is to blame. When I told a group of school children who displayedhelpless behavior that a lack of effort led to their mistakes in math, they learned to keep tryingwhen the problemsgot tough. Another group of helpless children who were simply rewarded fortheir success on easier problems did not improve their ability to solve hard math problems. Theseexperiments indicated that a focus on effort can help resolve helplessness and generate success.D) Later, I developed a broader theory of what separates the two general classes of learners--helplessversus mastery-oriented.I realized these different types of students not only explain their failuresdifferently, but they also hold different "theories" of intelligence.The helpless ones believeintelligence is a fixed characteristic: you have only a certain amount, and that's that. I call this a"fixed mind-set (思维模式). " Mistakes crack their self-confidence because they attribute errors toa lack of ability, which they feel powerless to change. They avoid challenges becausechallengesmake mistakes more likely. The mastery-oriented children, on the other hand, think intelligence isnot fixed and can be developed through education and hard work. Such children believe challengesare energizing rather than intimidating (令人生畏); they offer opportunities to learn. Studentswith such a growth mind-set were destined (注定) for greater academic success and were quitelikely to outperform their counterparts.E) We validated these expectations in a study in which two other psychologists and I monitored 373students for two years during the transition to junior high school, when the work gets more difficultand the grading more strict, to determine how their mind-sets might affect their math grades. At thebeginning of seventh grade, we assessed the students' mind-sets by asking them to agree ordisagreewith statements such as "Your intelligence is something very basic about you that you can't reallychange. " We then assessed their beliefs about other aspects of learning and looked to see whathappened to their grades.F) As predicted, the students with a growth mind-set felt that learning was a more important goal thangetting good grades. In addition, they held hard work in high regard. They understood that evengeniuses have to work hard. Confronted by a setback such as a disappointing test grade, studentswith a growth mind-set said they would study harder or try a different strategy. The students whoheld a fixed mind-set, however, were concerned about looking smart with less regard for learning.They had negative views of effort, believing that having to work hard was a sign of low ability.They thought that a person with talent or intelligence did notneed to work hard to do well.Attributing a bad grade to their own lack of ability, those with a fixed mind-set said that they wouldstudy less in the future, try never to take that subject again and consider cheating on future tests.G) Such different outlooks had a dramatic impact on performance. At the start of junior high, the mathachievement test scores of the students with a growth mind-set were comparable to those ofstudents who displayed a fixed mind-set. But as the work became more difficult, the students witha growth mind-set showed greater persistence. As a result, their math grades overtook those of theother students by the end of the first semester--and the gap between the two groups continued towiden during the two years we followed them.H) A fixed mind-set can also hindercommunication and progress in the workplace and discourage orignore constructive criticism and advice. Research shows that managers who have a fixed mind-setare less likely to seek or welcome feedback from their employees than are managers with a growthmind-set.I) How do we transmit a growth mind-set to our children? One way is by telling stories aboutachievements that result from hard work. For instance, talking about mathematical geniuses whowere more or less born that way puts students in a fixed mind-set, but descriptions of greatmathematicians who fell in love with math and developed amazing skills produce a growth mind-set.J) In addition, parents and teachers can help children by providing explicit instruction regarding themind as a learning machine. I designed an eight-session workshop for 91 students whose mathgrades were declining in their first year of junior high.Forty-eight of the students receivedinstruction in study skills only, whereas the others attended a combination of study skills sessionsand classes in which they learned about the growth mind-set and how to apply it to schoolwork. Inthe growth mind-set classes, students read and discussed an article entitled "You Can Grow YourBrain. " They were taught that the brain is like a muscle that gets stronger with use and thatlearning prompts the brain to grow new connections. From such instruction, many students beganto see themselves as agents of their own brain development. Despite being unaware that there weretwo types of instruction, teachers reported significant motivational changes in 27% of the childrenin the growth mind-set workshop as compared with only 9% ofstudents in the control group.K) Research is converging (汇聚) on the conclusion that great accomplishment and even genius istypically the result of years of passion and dedication and not something that flows naturally from agift.36. The author's experiment shows that students with a fixed mind-set believe having to work hard is an indication of low ability.37. Focusing on effort is effective in helping children overcome frustration and achieve success.38. We can cultivate a growth mind-set in children by telling success stories that emphasize hard work and love of learning.39. Students' belief about the cause of their failure explains their attitude toward setbacks.40. In the author's experiment, studentswith a growth mind-set showed greater perseverance in solving difficult math problems.41. The author conducted an experiment to find out about the influence of students' mind-sets on math learning.42. After failing again and again, most animals give up hope.43. Informing students about the brain asa learning machine is a good strategy to enhance their motivation for learning. 44. People with a fixed mind-set believe that one's intelligence is unchangeable.45. In the workplace, feedback may not be so welcome to managers with a fixed mind-set.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. Foreach of them there are four choices marked A., B., C. AndD . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage."Sugar, alcohol and tobacco," economist Adam Smith once wrote," are commodities which arenowhere necessaries of life, which have become objects of almost universal consumption, and whichare, therefore, extremely popular subjects of taxation. "Two and a haft centuries on, most countries impose some sort of tax on alcohol and tobacco. Withsurging obesity levels putting increasing strain on public health systems, governments around the worldhave begun to toy with the idea oftaxing sugar as well.Whether such taxes work is a matter of debate. A preliminary review of Mexico's taxation found afall in purchases of taxed drinks as well as a rise in sales of untaxed and healthier drinks. By contrast,a Danish tax on foods high in fats was abandoned a year after its introduction, amid claims thatconsumers were avoiding it by crossing the border to Germany to satisfy their desire for cheaper, fattierfare.The food industry has, in general, been firmly opposed to such direct government action.Nonetheless, the renewed focus on waistlines means that industry groups are under pressure todemonstrate their products are healthy as well as tasty. Over the past three decades, the industry has made some efforts to improve the quality of itsofferings. For example, somedrink manufacturers have cut the amount of sugar in their beverages.Many of the reductions over the past 30 years have been achieved either by reducing the amount ofsugar, salt or fat in a product, or by finding an alternative ingredient. More recently, however, somecompanies have been investing money in a more ambitious undertaking: learning how to adjust thefundamental make-up of the food they sell. For example, having salt on the outside, but none on theinside, reduces the salt content without changing the taste.While reformulating recipes ( 配方) is one way to improve public health, it should be part of amulti-sided approach. The key is to remember that there is not just one solution. To deal with obesity,a mixture of approaches--including reformulation, taxation and adjusting portion sizes--willbeneeded. There is no silver bullet.46. What did Adam Smith say about sugar, alcohol and .tobacco?A. They were profitable to manufacture.B. They were in ever-increasing demand.C. They were subject to taxation almost everywhere.D. They were no longer considered necessities of life.47. Why have many countries started to consider taxing sugar?A. They are under growing pressure to balance their national budgets.B. They find it ever harder to cope with sugar-induced health problems.C. The practice of taxing alcohol and tobacco has proved both popular and profitable.D. The sugar industry is overtakingalcohol and tobacco business in generating profits.48. What do we learn about Danish taxation on fat-rich foods?A. It did not work out as well as was expected.B. It gave rise to a lot of problems on the border.C. It could not succeed without German cooperation.D. It met with firm opposition from the food industry.49. What is the more recent effort by food companies to make foods and drinks both healthy and tasty?A. Replacing sugar or salt with alternative ingredients.B. Setting a limit on the amount of sugar or salt in their products.C. Investing in research to find ways to adapt to consumers' needs.D. Adjusting the physical composition of their products.50. What does the author mean by saying, at the end of the passage, "There is no silver bullet" ( Line 4, Para.7)?A. There is no single easy quick solution to the problem.B. There is no hope of success without public cooperation.C. There is no hurry in finding ways to solve the obesity problem.D. There is no effective way to reduce people's sugar consumption.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.You may have heard some of the fashionindustry horror stories: models eating tissues or cottonballs to hold off hunger, and models collapsing from hunger-induced heart attacks just seconds afterthey step off the runway.Excessively skinny models have been a point of controversy for decades, and two researchers saya model's body mass should be a workplace health and safety issue. In an editorial released Monday inthe American Journal of Public Health, Katherine Record and Bryn Austin made their case forgovernment regulation of the fashion industry.The average international runway model has a body mass index (BMI) under 16--low enough toindicate starvation by the World Health Organization's standard. And Record and Austin are worried notjust about the models themselves, but about the vast number of girls and women their imagesinfluence."Especially girls and teens," says Record. "Seventy percent of girls aged 10 to 18 report that theydefine perfect body image based on what they see in magazines. " That's especially worrying, she says,given that anorexia (厌食症) results in more deaths than does any other mental illness, according tothe National Institute of Mental Health.It's commonly known that certain diseases are linked with occupations like lung disease in coalminers. Professional fashion models are particularly vulnerable to eating disorders resulting fromoccupational demands to maintain extreme thinness.Record's suggestion is to prohibit agents from hiring models with a BMI below 18.In April, France passed a law setting lower limits for a model's weight. Agentsand fashion houseswho hire models with a BMI under 18 could pay $ 82,000 in fines and spend up to 6 months in jail.Regulating the fashion industry in the United States won't be easy, Record says. But with the new rulesin France, U.S. support could make a difference. "A designer can't survive without participating inParis Fashion Week", she says, adding," Our argument is that the same would be true of New YorkFashion Week. "51. What do Record and Austin say about fashion models' body mass?A. It has caused needless controversy.B. It is but a matter of personal taste.C. It is the focus of the modeling business.D. It affects models' health and safety.52. What are Record and Austin advocating in the Monday editorial?A. A change in the public's view of female beauty.B. Government legislation about models' weight.C. Elimination of forced weight loss by models.D. Prohibition of models eating non-food stuff.53. Why are Record and Austin especially worried about the low body mass index of models?A. It contributes to many mental illnesses.B. It defines the future of the fashion industry.C. It has great influence on numerous girls and women.D. It keeps many otherwise qualified women off the runway.54. What do we learn about France'sfashion industry?A. It has difficulty hiring models.B. It has now a new law to follow.C. It allows girls under 18 on the runway.D. It has overtaken that of the United States.55. What does Record expect of New York Fashion Week?A. It will create a completely new set of rules.B. It will do better than Paris Fashion Week.C. It will differ from Paris Fashion Week.D. It will have models with a higher BMI. Part ⅣTranslation( 30 minutes )Directions: For this part, you are allowed30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese intoEnglish. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.在中国文化中，黄颜色是一种很重要的颜色，因为它具有独特的象征意义。
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I just can’t tell you how sorry I was to learn of your accident. Your family tells me that you are progressing nicely, and that you’ll be out of the hospital in about ten days. I’m certainly relieved to know that! In the next day or so you’ll receive a little package from Margaret and me. I hope you like it, and that it will help to pass the time more pleasantly. With every good wish for your swift recovery.
5. 答案 D 【试题分析】本题考查对关键词组的把握。 【关键词语】 never,get through 【详细解答】 get through意为“完成，通过”。当听到该关键词组及never时便可判定D为正确选项。 6. 答案 C 【试题分析】从选项可判定提问与“工作”有关，听时注意相关内容。 【关键词语】 but,keep,present 【详细解答】注意连词but之后的内容才是说话者的本意。当听到“decide to keep the present one”时便可判定C为正确选项。 7. 答案 C 【试题分析】本题考查对关键词组的把握。 【关键词语】 terrific,few and far between 【详细解答】 few and far between意为稀少。当听到该关键词组时，便可判定C为正确选项。 8. 答案 C 【试题分析】本题考查说话者的潜在含义。 【关键词语】 winning easily,but,hurt,couldn’t 【详细解答】注意转折连词but之后的内容才是说话者的本意。从“手腕受伤”和“不能正确击球”便可推断说话者输掉了这场比 赛。
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专业英语四级考试试题及答案(2)SECTION B PASSAGESIn this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage.11. Where is the train to Nanjing now standing?A. At Platform 7.B. At Platform 8.C. At Platform 9.D. At Platform 13.12. Which train will now leave at 11:35?A. The train to Jinnan.B. The train to Zhengzhou.C. The train to Tianjin.D. The train to Hangzhou.13. Which train has now been cancelled?A. The train to Jinnan.B. The train to Zhengzhou.C. The train to Tianjin.D. The train to Hangzhou.Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage.14. The museum was built in memory of thoseA. who died in wars.B. who worked to help victims.C. who lost their families in disasters.D. who fought in wars.15. Henry Durant put forward the idea because heA. had once fought in a war in Italy.B. had been wounded in a war.C. had assisted in treating the wounded.D. had seen the casualties and cruelties of war.16. Which of the following statements about the symbols is INCORRECT?A. Both are used as the organization’s official symbols.B. Both are used regardless of religious significance.C. The red cross was the organization’s original symbol.D. The red crescent was later adopted for use in certain regions.17. How should cheerleading be viewed according to the passage?A. It is just a lot of cheering.B. It mainly involves yelling.C. It mainly involves dancing.D. It is competitive in nature.Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage.18. How do the cheerleaders perform their jobs?A. They set fireworks for their team.B. They put on athletic shows.C. They run around the spectators.D. They yell for people to buy drinks.19. Why do the cheerleaders sometimes suffer physical injuries?A. Because they try dangerous acts to catch people’s attention.B. Because they shout and yell so their voice becomes hoarse.C. Because they go to the pyramid and the hills to perform.D. Because they dance too much every day for practice.20. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The first cheerleaders was a man named John Campbell.B. Cheerleaders’contests are only held at the state level.C. Before 1930 there were no women cheerleaders.D. The first cheerleading occurred in 1898.。
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度全国英语专业四级试题及答案（2）度全国英语专业四级试题及答案(2)二.完型填空Part Ⅳ CLOZE ［15 MIN.］Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his source languages, full facility in the handling of his target language, which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual ( 26 )and a knowledge and understanding of the latest subject-matter in his field of specialization.This is, as it were, his professional equipment.( 27 )this, it is desirable that he should have an inquiring mind,wide interests, a good memory and the ability to grasp quickly the basic principles of new developments. He should be willing to work ( 28 )is own, often at high speeds, but should be humble enough to consult others ( 29 )his own knowledge not always prove adequate to the task in hand. He should be able to type fairly quickly and accurately and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding ( 30 )with printing techniques and proof-reading. If he is working basically as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firm, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to ( 31 )rapidly from one source language toanother, as well as from one subject-matter to another,since this ability is frequently ( 32 )of him in such work. Bearing in mind the nature of the transl ator’s work,i.e. the processing of the written word, it is, strictly speaking, ( 33 )that he should be ableto speak thelanguage he is dealing with. If he does speak them, it is an advantage ( 34 )a hindrance, but this skill is in many ways a luxury that he can ( 35 )with. It is, ( 36 ),desirable that he should have an approximate idea about the pronunciation of his source languages even if this is restricted to ( 37 )how proper names and place names are pronounced. The same ( 38 )to an ability to write his source languages. If he can, well and good; if he cannot, it does not ( 39 ). There are many other skills and ( 40 )that are desirable in a translator.26. A. application B. use C. utility D. usage27. A. More than B. Except for C. Because of D. In addition to28. A. of B. by C. for D. on29. A. should B. when C. because D. if30. A. familiariy B. acquaintance C. knowledge D. skill31. A. change B. transform C. turn D. switch32. A. lacked B. required C. faced D. confronted33. A. essential B. unnecessary C. advantageous D. useless34. A. over B. despite C. rather than D. instead35. A. deal B. concern C. work D. do away36. A. however B. accordingly C. consequently D. thus37. A. knowing B. having known C. know D. have known38. A. refers B. comes C. applies D. amounts39. A. matter B. mind C. harm D. work40. A. characteristics B. qualities C. distinctions D. features三.选择Part ⅤGRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ［15 MIN.］There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.Mark your answers on your answer sheet.41. I can’t go—for one thing, I have no money, and___I have too much work.A. what’s moreB. as wellC. for anotherD. in addition42. Even as a girl,___to be her life, and theater audiences were tobe her best teacher.A. performing by Melissa wereB. it was known that Melissa’s performances wereC. knowing that Melissa’s performances wereD. Melissa knew that performing was43. ___ him tomorrow?A. Why not to call onB. Why don’t call onC. Why not calling onD. Why not call on44. There is no doubt ___the company has made the right decision on the sales project.A. whyB. thatC. whetherD. when45. Intellect is to the mind ___sight is to the body.A. whatB. asC. thatD.like46. ___I sympathize, I can’t really do very much to help them out of the difficulties.A. As long asB. AsC. WhileD. Even47. The patient’s progress was very encouraging a s he could ___ get out of bed without help.A. nearlyB. hardlyC. merelyD. barely48. He was___to tell the truth even to his closest friend.A. too much of a cowardB. too much the cowardC. a coward enoughD. enough of a coward49. Barry had an advantage over his mother ___he could speak French.A. since thatB. in thatC. at thatD. so that50. You needn’t worry ___ regards the cost of the operation.A. withB. whichC. asD. about51. ___ is not a serious disadvantage in life.A. To be not tallB. Not to be tallC. Being not tallD. Not being tall52. During the famine, many people were ___ to going without food for days.A. sunkB. reducedC. forcedD. declined53. The computer can be programmed to ___a whole variety of tasks.A. assignB. tackleC. realizeD. solve54. The team’s efforts to score were ___by the opposing goalkeeper.A. frustratedB. preventedC. discouragedD. accomplished55. I only know the man by___ but I have never spoken to him.A. chanceB. heartC. sightD. experience56. Being colour-blind, Sally can’t make a ___between red and green.A. differenceB. distinctionC. comparisonD. division57. You must insist that students give a truthful answer ___ with the reality of their world.A. relevantB. simultaneousC. consistentD. practical58. In order to raise money, Aunt Nicola had to ___with some of her most treasured possessions.A. divideB. separateC. partD. abandon.59. The car was in good working ___when I bought it a few monthsagoA. orderB. formC. stateD. circumstance60. The customer expressed her ___for that broad hat.A. disapprovalB. distasteC. dissatisfactionD. dismay61. In order to repair barns, build fence, grow crops, and care for animals a farmer must indeed be___.A. restlessB. skilledC. strongD. versatile62. His expenditure on holidays and luxuries is rather high in___to his income.A. comparisonB. proportionC. associationD. calculation63. Although he has become rich, he is still very ___ of his money.A. economicB. thriftyC. frugalD. careful64. As the manager was away on a business trip, I was asked to ___the weekly staff meeting.A. presideB. introduceC. chairD. dominate65. The ___ of the word is unknown, but it is certainly not from Greek.A. originB. generationC. descentD. cause。
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专四习题CLOZE [15 MIN]Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.Cells cannot remain alive outside certain limits of temperature, and much narrower limits mark the boundaries of effective functioning. Enzyme systems of mammals and birds are most efficient only within a narrow (31) ___ around 37t; a (32) ____, of a few degrees from this value seriously impairs their functioning. Even though cells can survive wider (33)______, the integrated actions of bodily systems are impaired. Other animals have a wider tolerance (34) ______ changes of bodily temperature.For centuries (35) _____has been recognized that mammals and birds differ from other animals in the' way they regulate body temperature. Ways of (36) ___ the difference have become more accurate and meaningful over rime, but popular terminology still reflects the old division (37)______ "warm blooded" and "cold blooded" species; warm blooded included mammals and birds, (38) _____ all other creatures were considered cold blooded. (39) ____ more species were studied, it became evident that this classification was (40) ____. A fence lizard usually has a body temperature only a degree or two below (41)______ of humans and so is not cold. (42)______the next distinction was made between animals that maintain a (43) ___ body temperature and those whose body temperature varies with their environment. But this classification also proved inadequate, (44) ___ among mammals there are many that vary their body temperatures during hibernation. (45)______, many invertebrates that live in the (46)______ of the ocean never experience a change in the chill of the deep water, and their body temperatures remain constant The current distinction is between animals whose body temperature is (47) ____ chiefly by internal metabolic processes and those whose temperature is regulated by the (48) ____. The latter do so mainly by moving to favorable sites or by changing their exposure to (49) ____ sources of heat. Mammals and birds also regulate their temperature by choosing favorable environments, but primarily they regulate their temperature by making a variety of internal (50) ____.31. A. scope B. range C. scale D. field32. A. difference B. change C. gap D. departure33. A. change B. gap C. fluctuation D. increase34. A. between B. for C. with D. around35. A. they B. it C. we D. what36. A. measuring B. understanding C. characterizing D. charting37. A. into B. of C. by D. with38. A. however B. whereas C. with D. though39. A. With B. Like C. As D. Being40. A. wrong B. false C. sufficient D. inadequate41. A. which B. that C. what D. much42. A. But B. However C. Therefore D. Meanwhile43. A. warm B. constant C. stable D. cold44. A. due to B. because C. because of D. and45. A. However B. On the other hand C. Furthermore D. For example46. A. bottoms B. lengths C. depths D. darkness47. A. decided B. regulated C. controlled D. changed48. A. body B. water C. environment D. skin49. A. various B. external C. environmental D. exterior50. A. adjustments B. compensations C. regulations D. arrangementsPART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN]There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.51. ___ evidence that language-acquiring ability must be stimulated.A. It beingB. It isC. There isD. There being52. ___ is known to the world, Beethoven is a great musician.A. ThatB. WhichC. AsD. It53. A man escaped from the prison last night. It was a long time______ the guards discovered what had happened.A. beforeB. untilC. sinceD. when54. Not only ___ people to send words, music, and codes to any part of the world, it can also be used to communicate far into space.A. enabled by radioB. radio enablesC. does radio enableD. has radio enabled55. My pain ____ apparent the moment I walked into the room, for the first man I met asked sympathetically: "Are you feeling all right?"A. must beB. must have beenC. had beenD. had to be56. ____ we have all the materials ready, we should begin the new task at once.A. Since thatB. Since nowC. By nowD. Now that57. Don't forget Ann wants a big doll, ____?A. do youB. will youC. don't youD. won't you58. ___ he admired her looks and her manners, he had no wish to marry her.A. Much asB. As much asC. How muchD. So much59. By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world's population ___ in cities rather than in the country.A. are livingB. will be livingC. have livedD. will have lived60. Reading is to the mind ____ food is to the body.A. whatB. asC. thatD. like61. If it ___ Professor Russel standing up for him, he would have had to leave.A. hasn't been forB. hadn't been forC. was forD. were for62. Fat can change into muscle ____ muscle changes into fat.A. any more thanB. no more thanC. no less thanD. much more than63. ___ an answer, she decided to write him another letter.A. Not having receivedB. Not receivingC. Not receivedD. Not being received64. I have never been to France, but that is the country ___.A. where I like to visit mostB. I'd most like to visitC. which I like to visit mostlyD. where I'd like most to visit65. This is the ___ piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works.A. trueB. originalC. realD. genuine66. It is believed that the authorities are thinking of ___ new taxes to raise extra revenue.A. impairingB. imposingC. invadingD. integrating67. When I got out of the car and walked about among them, ____ one old man who shook his head disapprovingly, they all began to cheer.A. see thatB. except thatC. provided thatD. except for68. The crippled boy proudly walked with a ___ to the platform to join the actors.A. jumpB. limpC. hopD. jog69. I am sorry I have no time at present to ___ more detail or give you an account of other cities of interest.A. bring intoB. take intoC. come intoD. go into70. The old gentleman was a very ___ looking person, with grey hair and gold spectacles.A. respectfulB. realisticC. respectiveD. respectable71. Bacteria are sometimes ___ too small to be seen without a microphone.A. farB. ratherC. quiteD. very72. Of course, most immigrants did not get rich overnight, but the ___ of them were eventually able to improve upon their former standard of living.A. maximumB. minorityC. majorityD. minimum73. Grain production in the world is ___, but still millions go hungry.A. staggeringB. shrinkingC. soaringD. suspending74. Several experts have been called in to plan ____ for boating, tennis, refreshments and children's games in the projected town park.A. equipmentB. instrumentsC. implementD. facilities75. By cutting down trees we ___ the natural home of birds and animals.A. harmB. hurtC. injureD. damage76. You see the lightning ___ it happens, but you hear the thunder later.A. the instantB. for an instantC. on the instantD. in an instant77. The new washing machines are ___ at the rate of fifty a day.A. turned upB. turned downC. turned outD. turned in78. Retail sales volume in local urban and rural areas rose 57.8 percent and 46.8 percent, ____, over March 2005.A. individuallyB. respectivelyC. correspondinglyD. accordingly79. Giving a gift can convey a wealth of meaning about your appreciation of their ____ and the importance you place upon the relationship.A. solidarityB. priorityC. superiorityD. hospitality80. In November 1987 the government ____ public debate on the future direction of the official sports policy.A. inducedB. initiatedC. promotedD. designatedPART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN]In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each withfour suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.TEXT AHippies were members of a youth movement of the 1960's and 1970's that started in the United States and spread to Canada, Great Britain, and many other countries. The hippies rejected the customs, traditions, and life styles of society and tried to develop those of their own. Most hippies came from white middle-class families and ranged in age from 15 to 25 years old. They thought too many adults cared about making money and little else. The term hippie may come from the word hip, which means "turned-in" or aware.Hippies wanted a world based on love of humanity and peace. Many believed that wonderful, magical changes were about to take place. They thought these changes would happen as soon as people learned to express their feelings honestly and to behave naturally at all times. Hippies strongly opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.Many hippies lived together in small groups, working with one another and sharing possessions. Others refused to be tied down to a fixed job or home. They wandered from place to place seeking part-time work and temporary shelter. Some begged for spare change and lived in the streets or camped in parks or other public lands.Hippies were sometimes called "flower children" because they gave people flowers to communicate gentleness and love. They let their hair grow long and walked barefoot or in sandals. Hippies attracted public attention by wearing clothing that featured unusual combinations of colors and textures. A large number of hippies used marijuana, LSD, and other drugs. Drug experiences shaped many of their symbols and ideas.The Beatles, a popular English rock group, helped spread the hippie movement with their song. Hippie favorites included such other rock groups as the Grateful Dead and the Jefferson Airplane, singers Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, poet Alien Ginsberg, and novelist Ken Kesey. Many hippies admired Timothy Leary, a psychologist who preached salvation through the use of drugs.In time, most hippies realized it was not. easy to reform society by "dropping out" of it. Some joined more organized political movements to work for specific social causes. Others turned to spirituality or religion. The majority simply left the hippie stage of their lives behind while trying to hold on to at least a few of the ideals mat once inspired them.81. It can be inferred that hippies most want people to be aware ofA. the necessity of being different and independent.B. the necessity for radical changes.C. me worthlessness of traditional values.D. the harm brought by wars to the world.82. Hippies gave flowers to people because theyA. wanted a world based on love of humanity and peace.B. could not find jobs and had to sell flowers for a living.C. wanted to tell people that they were badly in need of love.D. wanted to show people that they meant no harm to them.83. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Many hippies had to beg because no firms would hire them.B. Timothy Leary, a preacher, was the leader of the hippie movement.C. Drugs produced a very important influence on hippies' ideas.D. The hippie movement was first known to the British people through the Beafles songs.84. From the last paragraph, we know that the hippie movement finally declined because most of the hippiesA. turned to more active ways to reform the society.B. deemed the social problems of their time incorrigible.C. simply dropped out of it as they grew older.D. gave up some of their original ideas.85. The author's attitude towards the hippie movement is one ofA. criticism.B. sympathy.C. detestation.D. enthusiasm.TEXT BDrought is a slow emergency. It does not swoop down out of the skies like a tornado or pull the earth apart like an earthquake. A drought of the kind the Eastern seaboard in the United States is suffering now, the worst of this century in at least four states, is the product not of one summer's failed rains but of chronic dryness over several seasons—compounded by routine profligacy in our use of water. It is the result of what we have all been taught to call good weather—hot, it is true, but blue skies day after day, mild winters, and little snow. It is also the result of what we have come to call normal water use.The drought of 1999 has become severe enough to bring about a flurry of administrative actions intended to mitigate its effects on farms, businesses and communities. On Friday, President Clinton ordered to organize timely drought relief. New Jersey's Governor, Christine Todd Whitman, and the Governors of Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia have all imposed mandatory restrictions on water use. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman has declared West Virginia and 33 counties in 5 surrounding states a disaster area. Meanwhile, the Senate approved $7.4 billion in aid to fanners, to which a drought disaster relief package will need to be added.This is all to the good, and it may also reconcentrate for a moment, our attention on this nation's patterns of water usage. Drought is nothing new, and dealing with it does not require radically new ideas. Many organizations have been set up in recent years in order to monitor drought conditions and respond to them as the long-term events they are. According to the National Drought Mitigation Center nearly every encounter with water scarcity leads to a set of recommendations—essentially the ones invoked in a drought emergency—meant to discourage consumption and encourage recycling. But once the rains begin again and controls are lifted, water use tends to rebound to previous levels. Drought dramatizes an epistemological problem that has real, practical effects. There is something almost intangible about the causes of drought, something as abstract and as forceful as fate. It is hard to tie any single drought unequivocally to the solid evidence of global warming, but that too lurks in many people's minds as the ultimate cause of this summer's droughtAgainst such a grand array of forces, it can be hard to imagine how taking a shorter shower or watering the lawn less frequently makes a difference. But individual action—conserving water—is the basis for collective action, and collectively, the residents of drought-stricken states can make an enormous difference in their own welfare, both now, when stream levels are at record lows, and in the future, when rain returns.Fanners, of course, are forced to take the weather as it comes. Farms, like many other forms of industry, require water for economic survival, which is exactly what is at risk again this year. The reserves of water in reservoirs have been steadily diminishing. So have the economic reserves of American fanners, who find themselves bringing their products to market, if they survive this dry season at all, at depressed prices. Neither of these problems, drought or farm income can be solved with a sudden flurry of attention.They require long-term commitment and the changing of habits that are so persistent we have come to call them normal.86. By saying that "drought is a slow emergency", the author means thatA. drought is not an easy problem to solve.B. drought is chronic dryness over seasons.C. drought is caused by using water without any control.D. drought is the result of mild winters with little snow.87. Which is NOT among the measures taken to combat the drought?A. Declaring some states disaster areas.B. Approving $7.4 billion in aid to farmers.C. Imposing restrictions on water use.D. Calling for new ideas to store water.88. Many people considered that the ultimate cause of this summer's drought wasA. global warming.B. too abstract to understand.C. as forceful as fate.D. an epistemological problem.89. The author most probably agrees that the recommendations against drought are ___ by the people.A. strongly supportedB. only temporarily adoptedC. considered as ineffectiveD. not regarded as new ideas90. The 1999 drought takes a heavier toll on farmers principally becauseA. reserves of water in reservoirs have been diminishing.B. water levels this year are at record lows.C. farmers can't do without water for economic survival.D. the government imposed restrictions on water use.TEXT CThe British Court of Appeal has cut libel damages awarded to McDonald's, the world's largest fast—food chain, against two penniless environment campaigners.In 1997, the High Court in London found that environmental campaigners Helen Steel, aged 34, and Dave Morris, 44, were guilty of distributing a pamphlet containing allegations against McDonald's and their fast food and its preparation. The trial lasted three years and brought to light much evidence about the way McDonald's hamburger chain workers prepared, handled and served food, and the treatment of these workers by the American-owned company. The High Court in London awarded McDonald's damages of 60,000 pounds (RMB 780,000) against the two penniless campaigners.But in 1999, three Appeal Court Judges in London decided that the two defendants found guilty of libel against McDonald's in 1997 would have the damages they have to pay to McDonald's reduced to 40,000 pounds (RMB 520,000).While upholding the libel ruling, the judges backed the defendants' claim the food carries health risks and said allegations McDonald's workers suffer poor pay and conditions are "fair comment". The judges also backed a claim by the defendants that eating the company's hamburgers can cause heart disease.The claim that "if one eats enough McDonald's food, one's diet may well become high in fat... with the very real risk of heart disease, is justified," said Lord Justice Pill, who was sitting in the Court of Appeal with Lord Justice May and Justice Keene.The appeal decision is likely to be a further embarrassment to MeDonald's, whose three-year action against environmental campaigners Helen Steel and Dave Morris generated extensive negative publicity.Peter Backman, chief executive of Food Service Intelligence, a research group, said: "McDonald's is very conscious of what people say about them. They have got where they have by listening to consumers. I think their strategy will be to downplay the ruling, refute the comments, and thirdly, to do something about it." McDonald's said it welcomed the Court of Appeal decision to uphold the 1997 libel ruling.The company faces another $200,000 legal bill for the 23-day appeal hearing. Steel and Morris were to take the case to the House of Lords and the European Court of Human Rights to appeal against the damagesawarded against them. They present much of their cases themselves and any lawyer's fees are largely paid for by donations. The pair have yet to win court backing for claims that McDonald's damages the environment, or that there are links between its hamburgers, cancer and food poisoning.The fast-food chain has not yet recovered a penny of its original libel award from the defendants, who are refusing to hand over any money.91. One benefit of the long trial was thatA. McDonald's become more famous after that.B. people knew a lot about the food processing in McDonald's.C. the way McDonald's treated its workers has been improved.D. the government got a sum of money from it.92. to 1999, three Appeal Court Judges supported the claims made by the defendants EXCEPT thatA. the food of McDonald's bears health risks.B. McDonald's workers are not paid well.C. McDonald's hamburgers will lead to heart disease.D. McDonald's caused much environmental pollution.93. Why is McDonald's not satisfied with the result of 1999?A. Because it has to face another $200,000 legal bill.B. Because it was wrongly treated by the Appeal Court Judges.C. Because the result will make McDonald's further lose face.D. Because the Court announced the two defendants innocent of libel.94. What Peter Backman said can be best described asA. conclusive.B. suggestive.C. instructive.D. subjective.95. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The two defendants will win the case in the end.B. People are sympathetic with the two defendants.C. McDonald's food will inevitably lead to heart disease.D. People will refuse to eat McDonald's food.TEXT D"Please pass the turkey and dressing." What does this simple request make you think about? If you are an American, you think about Thanksgiving. A turkey dinner symbolizes Thanksgiving for Americans. What does Thanksgiving remind Americans of? Their families. Thanksgiving is a family time. On this holiday, families gather to gobble up the gobbler and stuff themselves with stuffing. Family members enjoy watching parades and football games on TV and just being together. What does "family" mean to Americans?The traditional American family is a "nuclear family". A nuclear family refers to a husband and wife and their -children. The average American family today has two or three children (and maybe a few pets). In some cultures, people live close to their extended family. Several generations may even live together. In America, only in a few cases does more than one household live under one roof.American values receive a warm welcome in the home. Many homes are run like a democracy. Each family member can have a say. A sense of equality often exists in American homes. Instead of fearing Mom and Dad, children may think of them as good friends. Husbands and wives often share household chores. In many cases, a child can enjoy privacy in his or her own bedroom. From an early age, children gain responsibility in handling money. They may receive a weekly allowance or even work part-time jobs. Often parents give children freedom to make their own decisions. Preschoolers choose what clothes to wear or which toys to buy. Young adults generally make their own choices about what career to pursue and whom to marry.Families in America, like those in every culture, face many problems. Social pressures are breaking apart more and more American homes. Over half of U.S. marriages now end in divorce. More than one in four American children is growing up in single-parent homes. As a result, many people .believe the American family is in trouble.Even so, there is still reason for hope. Many organizations are. working hard to strengthen families. Americans almost unanimously believe that the family is one of the most important parts of life. The vast majority also feel that the traditional two-parent family is best for children. They realize that problems in family life in recent years have brought about serious consequences. As a result, more and more people are making their family a priority. Many women are quitting their jobs to stay home with their children. Families are going on vacations and outings together. Husbands and wives are making a concentrated effort to keep their marriages solid.The United Nations has declared 1994 the "International Year of the Family". Not just in America, but all over the world, people recognize the importance of strong families. How do you strengthen the family bond? Do special things for each other. Talk to each other. Play together. Spend time together. Oh, and one more thing: be thankful for each other. If you have a family, every day should be Thanksgiving.96. The author writes the first paragraph toA. introduce the traditions of a holiday.B. lead in the topic of the passage.C. exemplify the American holidays.D. highlight the importance of family.97. Compared with nuclear families, extended families mayA. have more generations under one roof.B. have to face more problems.C. keep more traditions and customs.D. keep closer family bond.98. The American values reflected in the American families does not include respect forA. equality.B. privacy.C. freedom.D. diligence.99. What does the author think of the problems facing the American families now?A. They will become even worse because of the ever-increasing social pressure.B. They will be solved sooner or later because more and more people come to realize them.C. They will exist along with the society because every culture has the same problem.D. They will remain all the time because they are part of the family life.100. What does the author suggest at the end of the passage?A. Thanksgiving should be settled as an everyday holiday.B. Americans should find more holidays to celebrate.C. It's better for family members to care more for each other.D. Other countries should learn from the United States.。
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专四模拟试题附参考答案2Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your answer sheet.Early Tudor England was to a large extent self-sufficient. Practically all the necessities of life-- food, clothing, fuel and housing -- were produced from native resources by native effort, and it was to (26)_____ these primary needs that the great mass of the population labored (27)______ its daily tasks. Production was for the most part organized in innumerable small units. In the country the farm, the hamlet and the village lived on (28)____ they could grow or make for themselves, and(29) _____ the sale of any surplus in the local market town,(30) ____ in the towns craftsmen applied themselves to their one-man business, making the boots and shoes, the caps and the cloaks, the (31)____ and harness of townsmen and countrymen(32)____. Once a week town and country would meet to make (33) ___ at a market which came (34) ___ realizing the medieval idea of direct contact between producer and (35) _____. This was the traditional economy, which was hardly altered for some centuries, and which set the (36) _____ of work and the standard of life of perhaps nice out of (37) ____ ten English men and women. The work was long and (38)____, and the standard of life achieved was almost (39)___ low. Most Englishmen lied by a diet which was often (40)____ and always monotonous, wore coarse and ill-fitting clothes which harbored dirt undermine, and lived in holes whose squalor would affront the modern slum dweller.26.A. settle B. answer C. satisfy D. fill27.A. at B. in C. on D. with28.A. which B. what C. whether D. where29.A. with B. by C. on D. for30.A. although B. while C. nevertheless D. when31.A. machines B. apparatus C. equipment D. implement32.A. similar B. skin C. like D. alike33.A. exchange B. bargain C. dealing D. ride34.A. close at B. adjacent to C. near to D. near-by35.A. consumer B. buyer C. user D. shopper36. A. model B. form C. pattern D. method37.A. every B. each C. the D. other38.A. cruel B. hard C. ruthless D. severe39.A. unimaginatively B. unimaginably C. imaginarily D. unimaginably40.A. weak B. littlee C. meager D. sparsePART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN]There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. Mark your answer on your answer sheet.41. You won't get a loan _______ you can offer some security.A. lestB. in caseC. unlessD. other than42. ______ time, he'll make a first-class tennis player.A. HavingB. GivenC. GivingD. had43. I _____ the party much if there hadn't been quite such acrowd of people there.A. would enjoyB. will have enjoyedC. would have enjoyedD. will be enjoying44. This company has now introduced a policy ____ pay rises are related to performances at work.A. whichB. whereC. whetherD. what45. He wasn't asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, _______ insufficiently popular with all members.A. having consideredB. was consideredC. was being consideredD. being considered46. This may have preserved the elephant from being wiped out as well as other animals ______ in Africa.A. huntedB. huntingC. that huntedD. are hunted47. The office has to be shut down ______ funds.A. being a lack ofB. from lack ofC. to a lack ofD. for lack of48. In international matches, prestige is so important that the only thing that matters is to avoid _____.A. from being beatenB. being beatenC. beatingD. to be beaten49. As it turned out to be a small house party, we ____ so formally.A. need not have dressed upB. must not have dressed upC. did not need to dress upD. must not dress up50. Western Nebraska generally receives less snow than _____ Eastern Nebraska.A. inB. it receives inC. doesD. it does in51. _____ no cause for alarm, the old man went back to his bedroom.A. There wasB. SinceC. BeingD. There being52. The brilliance of his satires was ______ make even his victims laugh.A. so as toB. such as toC. so thatD. such that53. If he _____ in that way for much longer he will find himself in the bankruptcy court.A. carries onB. carries offC. carries byD. carries away54. Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not ____ close examination.A. look upB. pay upC. keep upD. stand up55. He must give us more time, ______ we shall not be able to make a good job of it.A. consequentlyB. otherwiseC. thereforeD. doubtlessly56. When there was a short ______ in the conversation, I asked if anyone would like anything to drink.A. blankB. spaceC. pauseD. wait57. You can do it if you want to, but in my opinion it's not worth the ____ it involves.A. effortB. strengthC. attemptD. force58. The main road through Little bury was blocked for three hours today after an accident ____ two lorries.A. involvingB. includingC. combiningD. containing59. Very few scientists _____ with completely new answers to the world's problem.A. come toB. come roundC. come onD. come up60. Hotel rooms must be _____ by noon, but luggage may be left with the porter.A. departedB. abandonedC. vacatedD. displaced61. The ____ physicist has been challenged by others in his field.A. respectableB. respectfulC. respectiveD. respecting62. I'll try to get in touch with him but he's_____ ever at home when I phone.A hardlyB almostC rarelyD occasionally63. With hundreds of works left behind, Picasso is regarded as a very ____ artist.A. profoundB. productiveC. prosperousD. plentiful64. The city suffered ______ damage as a result of the earthquake.A. consideredB. considerateC. considerableD. considering65. Undergraduate students have no _____ to the rare books in the school libraryA. accessB. entranceC. wayD. pathPART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN]SECTION A (25 MIN.)In this part there are four passages followed by fifteen questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. choose the one that you think is the correct answer. Mark you choice on your answer sheet.TEXT AIn the past thirty years many social changes have taken place in Britain. The greatest of these have probably been in the economic lives of women. The changes have been significant, but, because tradition and prejudice can still handicap women in their working careers and personal lives, major legislation to help promote equality of opportunity and pay was passed during the 1970s.At the heart of women's changed role in society has beenthe rise in the number of women at work, particularly married woman. As technology and society permit highly effective and generally acceptable methods of family planning there has been a decline in family size. Women as a result are involved in child-rearing for a much shorter time and related to this, there has been a rapid increase in the number of women with young children who return to work when the children are old enough not to need constant care and attention.Since 1951 the proportion ofmarried women whose work has grown from just over a fifth to a half. Compared with their counterparts elsewhere on the Continent, British women comprise a relatively high proportion of the work force, about two-fifths, but on average they work fewer hours, about 31 a week. There is still a significant difference between women's average earnings and men's, but the equal pay legislation which came into force at the end of 1975 appears to have helped to narrow the gap between women's and men's basic rates. As more and more women joined the work force in the 1960s and early 1970s there was an increase in the collective incomes of women as a whole and a major change in the economic role of large numbers of housewives. Families have come to rely on married women's earnings as an essential part of their income rather than as "pocket money". At the same time social roles within the family are more likely to be shared, exchanged or altered.66. The general idea of the passage is about ______A. social trends in contemporary Britain.B. changes in women's economic status.C. equal opportunity and pay in Britain.D. women's roles within the family.67. According to the author, an increasing number of married women are able to work because ______A. their children no longer require their care.B. there are more jobs available nowadays.C. technology has enabled them to find acceptable jobs.D. they spend far less time on child care than before.TEXT BNature's Gigantic Snow plough on January 10,1962, an enormous piece of glacier broke away and tumbled down the side of a mountain in Peru. A mere seven minutes later, when cascading ice finally came to a stop ten miles down the maintain, it had taken the lives of 4 000 people.This disaster is one of the most devastating examples of a very common event: an avalanche of snow or ice. Because it is extremely cold at very high altitude, sow rarely melts. It just keeps piling up higher and higher. Glaciers are eventually created when the weight of the snow is so great that the lower layers are pressed into solid ice. But most avalanches occur long before this happens. As snow accumulates on a steep slope, it reaches a critical point at which the slightest vibration will send it sliding into the valley below.Even an avalanche of light power can be dangerous, but the Peruvian catastrophe was particularly terrible because it was caused by a heavy layer of ice. It is estimated that the ice that broke off weighted three million tons. As it crashed down the steep mountainside like a gigantic snow plough, it swept up trees, boulders and tons of topsoil, and completely crushed and destroyed the six villages that lay in its path.At present there is no way to predict or avoid such enormous avalanches, but, luckily, they are very rare. Scientists are constantly studying the smaller, more common avalanches, to try to understand what causesthem. In the future, perhaps dangerous masses of snow and ice can be found and removed before they take human lives.68. The first paragraph catches the reader's attention with a ______A. first-have report.B. dramatic description.C. tall tale.D. vivid word picture.69. In this passage devastating means ______A. violently ruinous.B. highly interesting.C. stunning.D. unpleasant.70. The passage is mostly about ______A. avalanchesB. glaciers.C. Peru.D. mountains.TEXT CI was born in Tuckahoe, Talbot Country, Maryland. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves knows as little of their age as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant. I do not remember having ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to it than planting-time, harvesting, springtime, or fall time. A lack of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood. The white children could tell their ages, I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege. I wasnot allowed to make any inquires of my master concerning it. He considered all such inquires on the part of a slave improper and impertinent. The nearest estimate I can give makes me now between twenty-seven and twenty-eight years of age. I come to this, from hearing my master say, some time during 1835; I was about seventeen years old. My mother was named Harriet Bailey. She was the daughter of Isaac and Betsey Bailey, both colored, and quite dark.My mother was of a darker complexion than either my grandmother or grandfather.My father was a white man. The opinion was also whispered that my master was my father; but of the correctness of this opinion, I know nothing; the means of knowing was withheld from me. My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant-before I knew her as my mother. It is a common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very early age. Frequently, before the child has reached its twelfth month, its mother is taken from it, and hired out on some farm a considerable distance off, and the child is placed under the care of an older woman, too old for field labor. For what this separation is done, I do not know, unless it was to hinder the development of the child's affection towards its mother.71. The author did not know exactly when he was born because ______A. he did not know who his mother was.B. there was no written evidence of it.C. his master did not tell his father.D. nobody on his farm knew anything about it.72. In the mid-nineteenth century, slaves often ______A. marked their birthdays by the season.B. did not really care how old they were.C. forgot the exact time when they were born.D. pretended not to know each other's birthdays.73. The author's mother told him ______A. his father was black.B. his father was white.C. nothing about his father.D. his master was his father.74. According the passage, when the author was very young his mother ______A. ran away.B. was light-skinnedC. had several children.D. was sent to work elsewhere.75. The author had not spent much time with his ______A. mother.B. master.C. grandfather.D. grandmother.76. The author was most probably raised ______A. by his grandparents.B. by an old woman slave.C. with his master's support.D. together with other children.TEXT DPlease Recycle That Bobsled RunFor the 1992 Winter Games French organizers constructed a new motorway, parking lots and runs for skiing in the Alps. Environmentalists screamed "Disaster!". Thus warned, the Norwegians have adopted "green" advice and avoided great blots on the landscape. The speed-skating rink was built to look like an overturned ship, and placedso as not to disturb a bird sanctuary. Dug into a mountainside, the hockey arena is well concealed and efficient. The bobsled run is built out of wood not metal and hidden among trees. No wonder the president of the International Olympic Committee has called these the first "Green Games."Lillehammer's opening ceremonies featured a giant Olympic Torch burning biogas produced by rotting vegetation. During construction, builders were threatened with '7 500 fines for felling trees unnecessarily. Rare trees were carefully transplanted from hillsides. Food is being served on potato-based plates that will be fed, in turn, to pigs. Smoking has been banned outdoors as well as in, with enforcement by polite requests.Environmentalists have declared partial victory: though Coca-Cola's plan to decorate the town with banners has been scaled back, there are still too many billboards for strict tastes. Perhaps, but after the Games, athlete housing will be converted into vocation homes or shipped to the northlands for student dormitories. Bullets will be plucked from biathlon targets and recycled to keep the lead from poisoning ground water. And these tricks won't be forgotten. Embarrassed by environmental protest, the I.O.C. claims the green awareness is now entrenched-along with sport and culture-as a permanent dimension of the Olympic Charter. Indeed, Sydney was successful in becoming host for the 2000 summer Games in part on the strength of its endorsement from Green peace. Aspiring host cities are picking up the code. Salt Lake City. Bidding for the 2002 Games, may opt to use the bobsled run that Calgary built for the '88 Games. After that, who could deny that recycling is an Olympic movement?77. Which of the following countries has not paid enough attention to the "green" issues?A. Norway.B. France.C. America.D. Australia.78. In which area did the environmentalist fail in Lillehammer?A. Energy.B. Smoking.C. Housing.D. Advertising.79. Which of the following describes the I.O.C's attitude towards the environmentalists' protests?A. Trying to commit themselves.B. Showing indifference and contempt.C. Arguing for practical difficulties.D. Negotiating for gradual changes.80. The 2002 Games might be held in ______A. Oslo.B. Calgary.C. Sydney.D. Salt Lake City.SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING (5 min.)In this section there are seven passages with a total of ten multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answer on your answer sheet.TEXT EFirst read the following question.81. The schoolboy was reported to have had an accident with ______A. a train.B. fire.C. electricity.D. traffic.Now skim TEXT E below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.SCHOOLBOY JOHN DOYLE suffered a 25 000-volt electric shock and lived. Last night he sat up in a hospital bed and learned how lucky he was to be alive. John, 11, and gone train-spotting for the first time in his life on a footbridge near his home. He fell off the 20ft-high bridge, landed among power cables and ended up on the rails. He was dragged clear by his friends just before an express train roared past. He was burns to one ankle and will need a skin graft. His mother said the accident has put her son off train-spotting for life.TEXT FFirst read the following question.82. The main purpose of the latter is to ______A. apply for an advertised job.B. make further inquires about a job.C. get information about medical research.Now skim TEXT E below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.38 Morgan Road,Harbury,Lincolnshire.The Administrative Officer,Swiss Medico Ltd,PO Box 1263,Zurich, Switzerland.17 March 199-Dear Sir,I am writing to respond to your advertisement in the "Daily Globe".I am at present employed as a translator in a medical research organization and also act as interpreter there. I joined this organization two years ago.I am 31 and single. I read French and German at Howland College, Cambridge and stayed there totake my PhD in the dialects of Northeast France.I should be interested in working for your company for two reasons: firstly, I should like to live abroad and secondly, the work would involve medical/scientific translation which is my particular field.I shall look forward to hearing from you.Yours sincerely,Rupert JohnsonTEXT GFirst read the following question.83. The main message of the pamphlet is to ______A. provide car owners with car theft statistics.B. give details about costs in crime prevention.C. portray the profile of certain car thieves.D. raise car owners' awareness against car theft.Now skim TEXT G below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.Car thefts account for a quarter of all recorded crime. Together they impose costs on everyone-the costs of the police time taken up in dealing with the offenses, the cost of taking offenders through the criminal justice system, and the cost to motorists of increased insurance premiums.Over 460 000 cars are reported missing in this country eachyear and many of these are never recovered. Many of these which are found have been damaged by the thieves. A stolen car is also far more likely to be involved in an accident than the same car driven by its owner; car thieves are often young and sometimes drunk. Yet car crime can be cut drastically if motorists follow a few simple rules to keep thieves out of their in the first place.Most car thieves are opportunist unskilled petty criminals; many are under 20. So ,make your own car a less inviting target, to discourage thieves from trying.TEXT HFirst read the following question.84. What is the writer's main passage in the passage?A. Unemployment brings downward changes in people's lives.B. One should try to make the best of unemployment.C. Unemployment results in negative psychological effects.D. Many people have no problems with unemployment.Now skim TEXT H below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.As more and more people lose their jobs, now is perhaps the time to consider the experience of unemployment. What are the first feelings? well, losing a job, or not being able to find one, almost always brings unwelcome changes. If you've lost a job, the first feeling is often one of shock. As well as the loss of income, many people find the whole routine of their life is shattered, their contact with other people reduced, their ambitions halted and their identity as a worker removed. At first there may be good feeling too- a new and better job is just around corner-it's nice to be able to lie in the morning or spend more time with the children; have more time to think. But, unless a better job doesturn up, the chances are the days start longer and time becomes harder to fill. Many people pass through periods of difficulty in sleeping and eating. They feel irritable and depressed, often isolated and lonely.Despite all these problems though, unemployment can be a chances for a fresh start. You can discover that it provides an opportunity to sort out or rethink what you want from life and how best you can get it. You can use the time to plan how to find a new job, learn a new skill, develop your hobbies or see if you can run own business.TEXT IFirst read the following question.85. The Savor return ticket is NOT valid for ______A. Saturdays.B. Sundays.C. any public holidays.D. certain peak trains.86. You must book your Savor return ticket _____ days in advance.A. 8B. 7C. 31D. 50Now skim TEXT I below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.SavorThe Savor return is our most flexible leisure ticket. It can be used on all trains on all trains on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. On Mondays and Fridays it can be used on most trains except some peak trains.Conditions of travel- You must book your ticket at least seven full days before you start your journey.- You must return within thirty-one days.- Break of journey is not allowed.- There are no reductions on Savor return tickets for children under the age of sixteen.- Savor return tickets are only available for journeys over fifty miles.TEXT JFirst read the following question.87. Pupils can bring to school ______A. chewing gun.B. jewellery.C. purse belts.D. radios.88. Pupils in the school can ______A. walk on the right inside the school building.B. wear outdoor clothing inside the school.C. go to Staff room at lunch break.D. watch videos during the lunch break.Now skim TEXT J below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.Leighton SchoolSCHOOL RULESEVERY PUPIL IN THE SCHOOLS OLD ENOUGH TO HA VE A SENSE OR RESPONSIBILITY. WE DEPEND ON YOUR GOOD MANNERS, COMMON SENSE ANDCO-OPERATION.1. Pupils must bring the correct books and writing materialsto each lesson.2. Other items, for example, P.E. Kit, must be brought to practical lessons.3. Eating and drinking inn classrooms is forbidden. Chewing gum must not be brought to school.4. Pupils must not bring valuables to schools, e.g. radios, tape recorders or jewellery. Money should be kept in purse belts and large sums must be handed to the Office.5. The correct school uniform must be worn. Outdoors coats are not be worn in school.6. Pupils must keep to the right in the corridors and on the stairs; they must move quietly around the staff on duty.7. Pupils are not permitted to go to the Staff room during the lunch break. There is always a member of staff on duty.8. Pupils having lunch in school are not allowed to leave the school premises without a printed permission slip.TEXT KFirst read the following question.89. Margaret Mee went on her first expedition to the Amazon in ______A. 1952.B. 1968.C. 1947.D. 1956.90. The night-flowing Amazon Moonflower was painted at the age of ______A. 47.B. 79C. 36.D. 68.Now skim TEXT K below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.Margaret Mee: English Explorer and Painter of Amazon Flora Born in Chesham, England, in May 1909Studied at St Martins School of Art and later at the Camber well School of Art.Went to Brazil with her husband Greville, a commercial artist, in 1952.Made her first expedition to the Amazon in 1956 at the age of 47.Made 15 further expeditions to the Amazon. The last expedition took place in May 1988.She never painted or drew from photographs. She painted what she saw.She published two books of her paintings in 1968 and 1980.She achieved an ambition of 36 years to paint the night-flowing Amazon Moonflower only in 1988.her diaries, in Search of the flowers of the Amazon Forest, were published in 1988.A botanist who knew her well described her as follows:" Many people have traveled Amazonian waters, many people have painted Amazonian plants, but Margaret Mee outranks those other travelers and artists simply because she, with her watercolors, went, saw, and conquered the region. She has been able to fill her subjects with the reality of their environment.SECTION A COMPOSITION (35 min.)Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE a composition of about 150 words on the following topic. Every college student would agree that life in college is not the same as it was in the middle school. Now, you have been asked by the Students' Union to write apassage entitled:THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY COLLEGE LIFE AND MY MIDDLE SCHOOL LIFEas part of introduction programmer for new students coming in September.You are to write in three paragraphs.In the first paragraph, state clearly what you think the main difference is between college and middle school life.In the second paragraph, state which life you prefer and why.In the last paragraph, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with a summary or suggestion.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.SECTION B NOTE-WRITING (10 min.)Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation. Your friend has just won the first prize in the provincial English Speech Contest. Write a note of congratulations.Marks will be awarded for contest, organization, grammar and appropriacy.。
英语专业四级第二套模拟题阅读练习
英语专业四级第二套模拟题阅读练习英语专业四级第二套模拟题阅读练习It was the worst tragedy in maritime (航海的) history,six times more deadly than the Titanic.When the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes (鱼雷) fired from a Russian submarine in the final winter of World War II, more than 10,000 people - mostly women, children and old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Nazi Germany - were packed aboard. An ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted andbegan to go down. Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down. Some who succeeded fought offthose in the water who had the strength to try to claw their way aboard. Most people froze immediately. Tll never forget the screams," says Christa Ntitzmann, 87, one of the 1,200 survivors. She recalls watching the ship, brightly lit, slipping into its dark grave - and into seeming nothingness, rarely mentioned for more than half a century.Now Germanys Nobel Prize-winning author Gtinter Grass has revived the memory of the 9,000 dead, including more than 4,000 children - with his latest novel Crab Walk, published last month. The book, which will be out in English next year, doesnt dwell on the sinking; its heroine is a pregnant young woman who survives the catastrophe only to say later: "Nobody wanted to hear about it, not herein the West (of Germany) and not at all in the East." The reason was obvious. As Grass put it in a recent interview with the weekly Die Woche: "Because the crimes we Germans are responsible for were and are so dominant, we didn’t have theenergy left to tell of our own sufferings.The long silence about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was probably unavoi dable - and necessary. By unreservedly owning up to their countrys monstrous crimes in the Second World War, Germans have managed to win acceptance abroad, marginalize ( 使...不得势 ) the neo- Nazis at home and make peace with their neighbors. Todays unified。
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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS—GRADE FOUR—MODEL TEST TWOPART III LANGUAGE USAGE [10 MIN]There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two.11. Which of the following is a derived word?A. undercookB. downfallC. mass-produceD. steaming-hot12. He was awakened by______knocking on the door.A. somebody’sB. somebodyC. something’sD. something13. Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?A. Vermin do a lot of harm to poultry.B. Good poetry were compiled in the book.C. Cutlery of this brand has been introduced in this country.D. Shingles costs much of my patience.14. Mr. Saddam had to go with the American soldiers, __________.A. no matter he liked or notB. no matter he should like it or notC. no matter he may like it or notD. no matter whether he liked or not15. I_______and will never ask such a stupid question.A. have neverB. neverC. have asked neverD. have never asked16. Charging prices like that is nothing_______ of robbery.A. lessB. shortC. moreD. far17. I didn’t vote in the last election, but if I_____, I would have voted for Senator Anderson.A. didB. couldC. shouldD. had18. “ He was, Samantha thought, being deliberately obtuse, no doubt in retaliation for her refusal to go to the party.”The past progressive aspect “was being”is used in the sentence to show_______ in the past.A. a possible condition of behaviorB. a transitory condition of behaviorC. a necessary condition of behaviorD. a habitual condition of behavior19. Which of the following prepositional phrases is an adverbial of cause?A. Don’t stay away on John’s account.B. He said it for fun, but they took him seriously.C. With all his boasting, Robert achieved very little.D. You mustn’t cross the road against the red light.20. —Have you been here long?—______.A. No, not very.B. No, not much.C. Yes, only little.D. No, only yesterday.21. As a general rule, Dad is generous, but as a merchant, he usually drives a hard______.A. bargainB. dealC. transactionD. negotiation22. Professor Smith and Professor Michael_______in giving us lectures.A. alteredB. alternatedC. changedD. shifted23. When no one answered the door, she______ through the window to see if anyone was there.A. glancedB. peepedC. peeredD. glared24. If she continues like this she could______ the world record.A. hitB. defeatC. beatD. knock25. Too many hotels have been built and this has_____ down prices, making holidays cheaper.A. forcedB. cutC. slowedD. reduced26. ______ income tax and the cost of repairs to the house, Mr.Corder hasn’t saved much money this year.A. In contrast toB. In excess ofC. In spite ofD. What with27. The fan besieged the football player to get his______.A. autographB. signatureC. endorsementD. subscription28. I was hoping Mr. Brown could______ for a few days.A. put me downB. put me inC. put me upD. put me on29. He is so kind and generous that he always casts his_____ upon the waters.A. breadB. stoneC. dropD. fish30. Millions of spectators_______ on the town for the car race.A. assembledB. gatheredC. convergedD. congregatedPART IV CLOZE [10 MIN]Decide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blank. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. Mark the letter for each word onThe “standard of living”of any country means the average person’s (31) ______ of the goods and services which the country produces. A country’s standard of living, therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth.“Wealth” in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy “goods”such as food and clothing and“service”such as transport and entertainment.A country’s capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, many of which have an effect on one another. Wealth depends to a great extent upon a country’s natural resources. Some regions of the world are well (32) _______ with coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a (33)_______ climate; other regions possess perhaps only one of there things, and some regions possess none of them.Next to the natural resources comes the ability to (34)_______ them to use. China is perhaps as well off as USA in natural resources, but suffered for many years from (35)_______ and external wars, and for this and other reasons was unable to develop her resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily and to produce more wealth than another country equally well (36)________ by nature but less well ordered.A country’s standa rd of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and consumed within its own (37)_______, but also upon what is indirectly produced through international trade. For examplke , Britain’s wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if she had to depend only on those grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her (38)_______ manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would (39)________ be lacking. A country’s wealth is, therefore, muc h influenced by its manufacturing capacity, provieded that other countries can be found (40)_______ to accept its manufactures.PART V READING COMPREHENSION [35 MIN]SECTION A MUTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONSIn this section there are three passages followed by ten multiple choice questions. For each multiple choice question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.PASSAGE ONEFrance might be described as an "all-round" country, one that has achieved results of equalimportance in many diverse branches of artistic and intellectual activity. Most of great nations of Europe excel in some special branch of art or of thought, Italy in the plastic arts, Germany in philosophy and music, England in poetry and the sciences. France, on the contrary, has produced philosophers, musicians, painters, scientists, without any noticeable specialization of her effort. The French ideal has always been the man who has a good all-round knowledge better still, an all-round understanding; it is the ideal of general culture as opposed to specialization.This is the ideal reflected in the education France provides for her children. By studying this education we in England may learn a few things useful to ourselves even though, perhaps indeed because, the French system is very different from our own in its aims, its organization and its results. The French child, too, the raw material of this education, is unlike the English child and differences in the raw material may well account for differences in the processes employed.The French child, boy or girl, gives one the impression of being intellectually more precocious than the product of the chillier English climate. This precocity is encouraged by his upbringing among adults, not in a nursery. English parents readily adapt their conversation to the child's point of view and interest themselves more in his games and childish preoccupations. The English are, as regards national character, younger than the French, or, to put it another way, there is in England no deep division between the life of the child and that of the grown man.The art of talking to children in the kind of language they understand is so much an English art that most of the French children's favorite books are translations from the English. French parents, on the other hand, do their best to develop the child's intelligence as rapidly as possible. They have little patience with childish ideas even if they do not go so far as to look upon childhood as an unfortunate but necessary prelude to adult life. Not that they need to force the child, for he usually leads himself willingly to the process, and enjoys the effect of his unexpectedly clever remarks and of his keen judgment of men and things. It is not without significance that the French mother instead of appealing to the child's heart by asking him to be good appeals to his reason by asking him to be wise. Reasonableness is looked for early in France, and the age of reason is fixed at seven years.41. The passage suggests that the French child______.A．is what he is because of the climateB．only associates with adultsC．is forced to behave like an adultD．is not treated as a child42. The children's behavior. in the last paragraph ______.A．can be best explained by behaviorismB．can be linked to Pavlov's dogsC．shows that rewards may well kill desireD．serves to provide evidence to behaviorism43. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?.A．France: The Cradle of Master-of-All-TradesB．Child Education in France and BritainC．The Influence of British Education on French EducationD．Characteristics of French Children and British ChildrenPASSAGE TWONot every self-driving car company is a hi-tech unicom eager to disrupt be status quo.The latest firm to invite journalists to experience its autonomous technology is the epitome of traditional car manufacturing:Ford.On its sprawing campus in Dearborn, Michigan, the century-old company is trying its hardest to look and act like a new startup. In March, Ford launched a subsdiary called Ford Smart Mobility (FSM) to develop in-car connectivity, ride-sharing and autonomous technologies. FSM is designed to compete like a startup, with the aim of translating Fords decade of work in autonomous systems into real products. At its first public autonomous vehicle demos, young engineers and entrepreneurs were enthused about reinventing our traffic-clogged cities."Were rethinking our entire business model. "said Mark Fields. Ford's CEO. "Its no longer about how many vehicles we can sell, it's about what services we can provide, We understand that the world has changed from a mindset of owning vehicles to one of owning and sharing them. "That has led to some quirky investments, such as Ford's acquisition last week of a San Francisco-based crowdsharing shuttle bus startup called Chariot, and a partnership to provide the city with thousands of human-powered bikes for a ride-sharing schemeBut while Fords car sales are fairly healthy today, Fields foresees a world transformed by driverless cars, Uber and climate change. "You could argue that in major cities, vehicles density will drop because of automated vehicles and congestion charges. Some cities might even outlaw personal use of vehicles. One of Ford's strategies to cope with this is to accelerate its efforts towards a fully autonomous car. Fields now says Ford will have a completely self-driving car, without a steering wheel, an accelerator or pedals, in production by 2021. It will initially be used only for robotic taxi services in restricted areas but should be available for consumers to purchase by the middle of the decadeFord's newfound confidence in self-driving cars comes just as the technologys pioneers are struggling to mature beyond this same gee-whiz enthusiasm. Google’s self-driving project, perennially poised to be spout out into a separate company., recently lost key members, while Apple is rumored to have laid off dozens of engineers and scaled back its ambitious plans to build its own autonomous vehicle.But other rivals still seem years ahead of Ford. Uber is beginning a driverless taxi pilot in Pittsburgh this week (albeit with a human safety driver ), and startup Nutonomy is already offering robotic taxi rides in Singapore. To judge by Mondays demos, on the other hand, Fords self-driving Fusions are still spooked by bushes growing too close to the road and paralyzed with indecision when confronted with pedestrians who may or may not be about to step off the pavement.Its fleet of development cars, currently just 10 strong, looks thin compared with Google's dozens of cars operating across the U. S., or the thousands of autopilot-enabled Teslas gathering millions of miles of real-world data monthly. Ford aims to have 30 autonomous Fusions by theend of the year, and about 100 by the end of 2017But although Ford may appear to be lagging behind, it has been working quietly behind the scenes. Several self-driving startups, including Uber, Faraday Future and Autonomous Stuff, are already using Ford Fusions (or its near equivalent, the Lincoln MKZ) to develop their own technologies. " It's the absolute best vehicle right now for testing self-driving,”says Bobby Hambrick, CEO of Autonomous Stuff, a company developing retro-fit automated driving kits. “There are no other carmakers that are so open to work through third parties like us.”Fields also points to the multinational’s competencies in building and selling vehicles. " We’vebeen working on autonomous vehicles for over 10 years, "he said. "And for 100 years, we’ve built high-volume product with quality and affordability.”Fields finished his keynote address by predicting that autonomous vehicles will have as big an impact on society as Henry Ford's moving assembly line did a century ago. He will be hoping that Ford will still be around to celebrate the centenary of the autonomous car.44. Ford’s strategies in line with the traffic-jammed world include all the following EXCEPT____.A. investing into some eccentric inventionsB. transferring its operation conceptionC. hastening its development of autonomous vehicleD. getting involved in some sharing projects45. Which of the following can we infer about the status of Ford’s self-driving scheme?A. It is far behing its rival in technology.B. It has made a breakthrough in certain aspects.C. It is an impulsive activity without mature design.D. It is restricted in a small=scale trial operation.46. What’s the author’s attitude to the prospect of Ford’s autonomous car project?A. Utterly optimistic.B. Fairly pessimistic.C. Basically neutral.D. Somewhat perplexed.47. Which category of writing does the passage belong to?A. Narration.B. Exposition.C. Persuation.D. Description.PASSAGE THREEThe day was ended—quite successfully, so far as she knew. The Trustees and the visitingcommittee had made their rounds, and read their reports, and drunk their tea, and now were hurrying home to their own cheerful firesides, to forget their bothersome little charges for another month. Jerusha leaned forward watching with curiosity—and a touch of wistfulness—the stream of carriages and automobiles that rolled out of the asylum gates.In imagination she followed first one equipage, then another, to the big houses dotted along the hillside. She pictured herself in a fur coat and a velvet hat trimmed with feathers leaning back in the seat and nonchalantly murmuring "Home" to the driver. But on the door-sill of her home the picture grew blurred.Jerusha had an imagination—an imagination, Mrs. Lippett told her, that would get her into trouble if she didn't take care—but keen as it was, it could not carry her beyond the front porch of the houses she would enter. Poor, eager, adventurous little Jerusha, in all her seventeen years, had never stepped inside an ordinary house; she could not picture the daily routine of those other human beings who carried on their lives undiscommoded by orphans.Je-ru-sha Ab-bottYou are wan-tedIn the of-fice,And I think you'dBetter hurry up!Tommy Dillon, who had joined the choir, came singing up the stairs and down the corridor, his chant growing louder as he approached room F. Jerusha wrenched herself from the window and refaced the troubles of life."Who wants me？" she cut into Tommy's chant with a note of sharp anxiety.Mrs. Lippett in the office,And I think she's mad.Ah-a-men!Tommy piously intoned, but his accent was not entirely malicious. Even the most hardened little orphan felt sympathy for an erring sister who was summoned to the office to face an annoyed matron; and Tommy liked Jerusha even if she did sometimes jerk him by the arm and nearly scrub his nose off.Jerusha went without comment, but with two parallel lines on her brow. What could have gone wrong, she wondered. Were the sandwiches not thin enough？Were there shells in the nut cakes？Had a lady visitor seen the hole in Susie Hawthorn's stocking？Had—O horrors!—one of the cherubic little babes in her own room F "sauced" a Trustee？The long lower hall had not been lighted, and as she came downstairs, a last Trustee stood, on the point of departure, in the open door that led to the porte-cochere. Jerusha caught only a fleeting impression of the man—and the impression consisted entirely of tallness. He was waving his arm towards an automobile waiting in the curved drive. As it sprang into motion and approached, head on for an instant, the glaring headlights threw his shadow sharply against the wall inside. The shadow pictured grotesquely elongated legs and arms that ran along the floor and up the wall of the corridor. It looked, for all the world, like a huge, wavering daddy-long-legs.Jerusha's anxious frown gave place to quick laughter. She was by nature a sunny soul, and had always snatched the tiniest excuse to be amused. If one could derive any sort of entertainment out of the oppressive fact of a Trustee, it was something unexpected to the good.. She advanced tothe office quite cheered by the tiny episode, and presented a smiling face to Mrs. Lippett. To her surprise the matron was also, if not exactly smiling, at least appreciably affable; she wore an expression almost as pleasant as the one she donned for visitors."Sit down, Jerusha, I have something to say to you. " Jerusha dropped into the nearest chair and waited with a touch of breathlessness.48. At the beginning of the story Jerusha seemed to be all EXCEPT_______.A. contendedB. imaginativeC. peacefulD. sensitive49. In Paragraph 5, the word wrenched means_______.A. hurtB. graspedC. pulledD. twisted50. The Matron was_______ to the children.A. humorousB. maliciousC. strictD. unfriendly51. Jerusha’s impression of the last Trustee is mainly about his_______.A. automobileB. figureC. mannersD. remarksSECTION B SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONSIn this section, there are five short answer questions based on the passages in Section A. Answer the questions with NO more than TEN words in the space provided on ANSWER SHEET TWO.PASSAGE ONE52. What doe the author indicate by comparing French and British education?PASSAGE TWO53. What does the underlined “That” in Para.3 refer to?PASSAGE THREE54. Where might Jerusha be housed in?55. How did the Matron sound at the end of the passage?PART VI WRITING [45 MIN]Read carefully the following excerpt on a university drop-out argument in USA, and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should:·summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then·comment on whether students should drop out of university because of school stress.You should support yourself with information from the excerpt.Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.A Student Dropped Out of Columbia UniversityA Columbia University student ran away in May because life at the highly ranked school, part of a group of eight schools known as the Ivy League, was too stressfulNayla Kidd of Kentucky was an engineering student at Columbia, in New York C, and was found two weeks later by the police.She explained she needed to leave Columbia University because life there became too stressful.“ I skipped my final exams, changed bank accounts, got a second phone number and deleted my Facebook page, "she said. "I needed to break from my old life of high presure and unreasonable expectations.”Kidd received excellent grades at her preparatory school before Columbia. She was excited when she got into Columbia “because it's such a prestigious school.”Even though she was eager to attend Columbia, Kidd did not feel welcome there. The school felt too big, too unfriendly and too impersonal, she said.“ School just wasn't interesting to me anymore because I didn't have any close connections with my teachers, "she said.Just before Kidd went missing, the Columbia University's student newspaper wrote that many Columbia students have problems with stress. "Students have singled out stress as an issue at Columbia with increasing frequency.”Noelle Leonard is the senior research scientist at New York University's College of Nursing. She said colleges like Columbia offer lots of resources for students, but they expect students to seek the help themselves.Write your response on ANSWER SHEET THREE.——THE END ——KeyPART III LANGUAGE USAGE11~1516~2021~2526~30PART IV CLOZE31~35 D C I J K36~40 L N E R OPART V READING COMPREHENSION41~43 C A D44~47 A B C B48~51 A C D B52. Both countries can learn a great deal from each other.53. The new business concept of Ford’s CEO.54. In an asylum/ orphanage.55. Approachable.。
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专四新题型测试卷T e s t2k e y s(总3页)--本页仅作为文档封面，使用时请直接删除即可----内页可以根据需求调整合适字体及大小--试卷二Part I DictationOcean EnergyScientists believe that a great energy source of the future can be found in the world’s oceans. / Ocean energy seems to cause little or no negative impact on the environment, /unlike conventional sources such as oil or coal, /and there is no lack of sea water in the world. /One example of energy source using the world’s oceans is tidal power, /which can be used to produce electricity./However, the range of tides necessary for an economically worthwhile system/ is found in only a few coastal areas of the world /and the long range effect may slow down the rotation of the earth very slightly./Part II Listening comprehension Section A1.n o awareness2.v ery superficial aspects3.s tereotypes4.u nderstanding and conflict5.m ore subtle6.e thnocentric7.l ittle emotional empathy8.n o extensive complaint9.t he highest level10.full respectSection B1-5 DBCBA6-10 BCADAPart III Language knowledge 11-15 ABCBB16-20 DAACD21-25 DCADD26-30CCADAPart IV Cloze31-35 IEBOF36-40 GMHDLPart V Reading comprehension41-45 BBCBA46-50 DBDCASection B51. It means “keep52. The author is mildly critical.53. Differences between skills of men and women.54. To outline the research findings on the brain structure.55. Early marketing activities included village fairs, interregional trade, etc.。
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英语专四考试真题及答案（2）SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer thequestions that follow.Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now. listen to the news.21. According to the news, the victim wasA. a 17-year-old girl.B. a 15-year-old boy.C. a 23-year-old woman.D. an l 8-year-old man.22.We learn from the news that the suspects were arrestedA. one month later.B. two months later.C. immediately.D. two weeks later.Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will begiven 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.23.The Iraqi parliament can vote on the security agreement only afterA. all parties have agreed on it.B. the US troops have pulled out.C. the cabinet has reviewed it.D. the lawmakers have returned from Mecca.24.According to the news, the US troops are expected tocompletely pull out byA. mid-2009.B. the end of 2009.C. mid-2011.D. the end of 2011.Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will begiven 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.25.The following are involved in the operations to rescue the children in Honduras EXCEPTA. the police.B. the district attorney.C. the prison authorities.D. Institute of Childhood and Family.26. What punishment would parents face if they allowed their children to beg?A. To be imprisoned and fined.B. To have their children taken away.C. To be handed over to the authorities.D. None.Question 27 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item. you will be given 5seconds to answer the question. Now, listen to the news.27.What is the news item about?A. Coastlines in Italy.B. Public use of the beach.C. Swimming and bathing.D. Private bathing clubs.Question 28 is based on the following news. At the end ofthe news item, you will be given 5seconds to answer the question. Now, listen to the news.28.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the news?A. The airport was shut down for Friday.B. There was a road accident involving two buses.C. Local shops were closed earlier than usual.D. Bus service was stopped for Friday.Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will begiven 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.29.How many people were rescued from the apartment building?A. 17.B. 24.C. 21.D. 41.30.Which of the following details in the news is CORRECT?A. The rescue operation involved many people.B. The cause of the explosions has been determined.C. Rescue efforts were stopped on Thursday.D. The explosions didn't destroy the building.PART III CLOZE [15 MIN]Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage it" inserted in thecorresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on ANSWER SHEET TWO.How men first learned to invent words is unknown; (31)____, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain (32)____ to expressthoughts and feelings, actions and things, (33)____ they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed (34)____ certain signs, called letters, which could be (35)____ to represent those sounds, and which could be (36)_____. Those sounds, whether spoken, (37)_____ written in letters, we call words.The power of words, then, lies in their (38)____ the things they bring up before our minds. Words become (39)____ with meaning for us by experience; (40)._____ the longer we live, the more certain words (41)_____ to us the happy and sad events of our past: and the more we (42)____, the more the number of words that mean something to us (43)____Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal (44)____ to our minds and emotions. This (45)._____ and telling use of words is what we call (46)____ style. Above all, the real poet is a master of (47)____. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music, and which (48)_____ their position and association can (49)____ men to tears. We should, therefore, learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will (50)____ our speech or writing silly and vulgar.(31) A. in addition B. in other words C. in a word D. in summary(32) A. sounds B. gestures C. signs D. movements(33) A. such that B. as that C. so that D. in that(34) A. in B. with C. of D. upon(35) A. spelt B. combined C. written D copied(36) A. written down B. handed down C. remembered D. observed(37) A. and B. yet C. also D. or(38) A. functions B. associations C. roles D. links(39) A. filled B. full C. live D. active(40) A. but B. or C. yet D. and(41 ) A. reappear B. recall C. remember D. recollect(42) A. read and think B. read and recall C. read and learn D. read and recite(43) A. raises B. increases C. improves D. emerges(44) A. intensively B. extensively C. broadly D. powerfully(45) A. charming B. academic C. conventional D. common(46) A. written B. spoken C. literary D. dramatic(47) A. signs B. words C. style D. sound(48) A. in B. on C. over D. by(49) A. move B. engage C. make D. force(50) A. transform B. change C. make D. convertPART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN]There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.51. Which of the following italicized phrases indicates CAUSE?A. Why don't you do it for the sake of your friends?B. I wish I could write as well as you.C. For all his efforts, he didn't get an A.D. Her eyes were red from excessive reading.52. Nancy's gone to work but her car's still there. She ____ by bus.A. must have goneB. should have goneC. ought to have goneD. could have gone53. He feels that he is not yet ____ to travel abroad.A. too strongB. enough strongC. so strongD. strong enough54. After____ seemed an endless wait, it was his turn to enter the personnel manager's office.A. thatB. itC. whatD. there55. Fool ____ Jerry is, he could not have done such a thing.A. whoB. asC. likeD. that56. Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?A. They each have two tickets.B. They cost twenty yuan each.C. Each they have bought the same book.D. They were given two magazines each.57. She seldom goes to the theatre, _____?A. doesn't sheB. does sheC. would sheD. wouldn't she。
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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS—GRADE FOUR—MODEL TEST TWOPART III LANGUAGE USAGE [10 MIN]There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two.11. Which of the following is a derived word?A. undercookB. downfallC. mass-produceD. steaming-hot12. He was awakened by______knocking on the door.A. somebody’sB. somebodyC. something’sD. something13. Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?A. Vermin do a lot of harm to poultry.B. Good poetry were compiled in the book.C. Cutlery of this brand has been introduced in this country.D. Shingles costs much of my patience.14. Mr. Saddam had to go with the American soldiers, __________.A. no matter he liked or notB. no matter he should like it or notC. no matter he may like it or notD. no matter whether he liked or not15. I_______and will never ask such a stupid question.A. have neverB. neverC. have asked neverD. have never asked16. Charging prices like that is nothing_______ of robbery.A. lessB. shortC. moreD. far17. I didn’t vote in the last election, but if I_____, I would have voted for Senator Anderson.A. didB. couldC. shouldD. had18. “ He was, Samantha thought, being deliberately obtuse, no doubt in retaliation for her refusal to go to the party.”The past progressive aspect “was being”is used in the sentence to show_______ in the past.A. a possible condition of behaviorB. a transitory condition of behaviorC. a necessary condition of behaviorD. a habitual condition of behavior19. Which of the following prepositional phrases is an adverbial of cause?A. Don’t stay away on John’s account.B. He said it for fun, but they took him seriously.C. With all his boasting, Robert achieved very little.D. You mustn’t cross the road against the red light.20. —Have you been here long?—______.A. No, not very.B. No, not much.C. Yes, only little.D. No, only yesterday.21. As a general rule, Dad is generous, but as a merchant, he usually drives a hard______.A. bargainB. dealC. transactionD. negotiation22. Professor Smith and Professor Michael_______in giving us lectures.A. alteredB. alternatedC. changedD. shifted23. When no one answered the door, she______ through the window to see if anyone was there.A. glancedB. peepedC. peeredD. glared24. If she continues like this she could______ the world record.A. hitB. defeatC. beatD. knock25. Too many hotels have been built and this has_____ down prices, making holidays cheaper.A. forcedB. cutC. slowedD. reduced26. ______ income tax and the cost of repairs to the house, Mr.Corder hasn’t saved much money this year.A. In contrast toB. In excess ofC. In spite ofD. What with27. The fan besieged the football player to get his______.A. autographB. signatureC. endorsementD. subscription28. I was hoping Mr. Brown could______ for a few days.A. put me downB. put me inC. put me upD. put me on29. He is so kind and generous that he always casts his_____ upon the waters.A. breadB. stoneC. dropD. fish30. Millions of spectators_______ on the town for the car race.A. assembledB. gatheredC. convergedD. congregatedPART IV CLOZE [10 MIN]Decide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blank. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. Mark the letter for each word onThe “standard of living”of any country means the average person’s (31) ______ of the goods and services which the country produces. A country’s standard of living, therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth.“Wealth” in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy “goods”such as food and clothing and“service”such as transport and entertainment.A country’s capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, many of which have an effect on one another. Wealth depends to a great extent upon a country’s natural resources. Some regions of the world are well (32) _______ with coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a (33)_______ climate; other regions possess perhaps only one of there things, and some regions possess none of them.Next to the natural resources comes the ability to (34)_______ them to use. China is perhaps as well off as USA in natural resources, but suffered for many years from (35)_______ and external wars, and for this and other reasons was unable to develop her resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily and to produce more wealth than another country equally well (36)________ by nature but less well ordered.A country’s standa rd of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and consumed within its own (37)_______, but also upon what is indirectly produced through international trade. For examplke , Britain’s wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if she had to depend only on those grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her (38)_______ manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would (39)________ be lacking. A country’s wealth is, therefore, muc h influenced by its manufacturing capacity, provieded that other countries can be found (40)_______ to accept its manufactures.PART V READING COMPREHENSION [35 MIN]SECTION A MUTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONSIn this section there are three passages followed by ten multiple choice questions. For each multiple choice question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.PASSAGE ONEFrance might be described as an "all-round" country, one that has achieved results of equalimportance in many diverse branches of artistic and intellectual activity. Most of great nations of Europe excel in some special branch of art or of thought, Italy in the plastic arts, Germany in philosophy and music, England in poetry and the sciences. France, on the contrary, has produced philosophers, musicians, painters, scientists, without any noticeable specialization of her effort. The French ideal has always been the man who has a good all-round knowledge better still, an all-round understanding; it is the ideal of general culture as opposed to specialization.This is the ideal reflected in the education France provides for her children. By studying this education we in England may learn a few things useful to ourselves even though, perhaps indeed because, the French system is very different from our own in its aims, its organization and its results. The French child, too, the raw material of this education, is unlike the English child and differences in the raw material may well account for differences in the processes employed.The French child, boy or girl, gives one the impression of being intellectually more precocious than the product of the chillier English climate. This precocity is encouraged by his upbringing among adults, not in a nursery. English parents readily adapt their conversation to the child's point of view and interest themselves more in his games and childish preoccupations. The English are, as regards national character, younger than the French, or, to put it another way, there is in England no deep division between the life of the child and that of the grown man.The art of talking to children in the kind of language they understand is so much an English art that most of the French children's favorite books are translations from the English. French parents, on the other hand, do their best to develop the child's intelligence as rapidly as possible. They have little patience with childish ideas even if they do not go so far as to look upon childhood as an unfortunate but necessary prelude to adult life. Not that they need to force the child, for he usually leads himself willingly to the process, and enjoys the effect of his unexpectedly clever remarks and of his keen judgment of men and things. It is not without significance that the French mother instead of appealing to the child's heart by asking him to be good appeals to his reason by asking him to be wise. Reasonableness is looked for early in France, and the age of reason is fixed at seven years.41. The passage suggests that the French child______.A．is what he is because of the climateB．only associates with adultsC．is forced to behave like an adultD．is not treated as a child42. The children's behavior. in the last paragraph ______.A．can be best explained by behaviorismB．can be linked to Pavlov's dogsC．shows that rewards may well kill desireD．serves to provide evidence to behaviorism43. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?.A．France: The Cradle of Master-of-All-TradesB．Child Education in France and BritainC．The Influence of British Education on French EducationD．Characteristics of French Children and British ChildrenPASSAGE TWONot every self-driving car company is a hi-tech unicom eager to disrupt be status quo.The latest firm to invite journalists to experience its autonomous technology is the epitome of traditional car manufacturing:Ford.On its sprawing campus in Dearborn, Michigan, the century-old company is trying its hardest to look and act like a new startup. In March, Ford launched a subsdiary called Ford Smart Mobility (FSM) to develop in-car connectivity, ride-sharing and autonomous technologies. FSM is designed to compete like a startup, with the aim of translating Fords decade of work in autonomous systems into real products. At its first public autonomous vehicle demos, young engineers and entrepreneurs were enthused about reinventing our traffic-clogged cities."Were rethinking our entire business model. "said Mark Fields. Ford's CEO. "Its no longer about how many vehicles we can sell, it's about what services we can provide, We understand that the world has changed from a mindset of owning vehicles to one of owning and sharing them. "That has led to some quirky investments, such as Ford's acquisition last week of a San Francisco-based crowdsharing shuttle bus startup called Chariot, and a partnership to provide the city with thousands of human-powered bikes for a ride-sharing schemeBut while Fords car sales are fairly healthy today, Fields foresees a world transformed by driverless cars, Uber and climate change. "You could argue that in major cities, vehicles density will drop because of automated vehicles and congestion charges. Some cities might even outlaw personal use of vehicles. One of Ford's strategies to cope with this is to accelerate its efforts towards a fully autonomous car. Fields now says Ford will have a completely self-driving car, without a steering wheel, an accelerator or pedals, in production by 2021. It will initially be used only for robotic taxi services in restricted areas but should be available for consumers to purchase by the middle of the decadeFord's newfound confidence in self-driving cars comes just as the technologys pioneers are struggling to mature beyond this same gee-whiz enthusiasm. Google’s self-driving project, perennially poised to be spout out into a separate company., recently lost key members, while Apple is rumored to have laid off dozens of engineers and scaled back its ambitious plans to build its own autonomous vehicle.But other rivals still seem years ahead of Ford. Uber is beginning a driverless taxi pilot in Pittsburgh this week (albeit with a human safety driver ), and startup Nutonomy is already offering robotic taxi rides in Singapore. To judge by Mondays demos, on the other hand, Fords self-driving Fusions are still spooked by bushes growing too close to the road and paralyzed with indecision when confronted with pedestrians who may or may not be about to step off the pavement.Its fleet of development cars, currently just 10 strong, looks thin compared with Google's dozens of cars operating across the U. S., or the thousands of autopilot-enabled Teslas gathering millions of miles of real-world data monthly. Ford aims to have 30 autonomous Fusions by theend of the year, and about 100 by the end of 2017But although Ford may appear to be lagging behind, it has been working quietly behind the scenes. Several self-driving startups, including Uber, Faraday Future and Autonomous Stuff, are already using Ford Fusions (or its near equivalent, the Lincoln MKZ) to develop their own technologies. " It's the absolute best vehicle right now for testing self-driving,”says Bobby Hambrick, CEO of Autonomous Stuff, a company developing retro-fit automated driving kits. “There are no other carmakers that are so open to work through third parties like us.”Fields also points to the multinational’s competencies in building and selling vehicles. " We’vebeen working on autonomous vehicles for over 10 years, "he said. "And for 100 years, we’ve built high-volume product with quality and affordability.”Fields finished his keynote address by predicting that autonomous vehicles will have as big an impact on society as Henry Ford's moving assembly line did a century ago. He will be hoping that Ford will still be around to celebrate the centenary of the autonomous car.44. Ford’s strategies in line with the traffic-jammed world include all the following EXCEPT____.A. investing into some eccentric inventionsB. transferring its operation conceptionC. hastening its development of autonomous vehicleD. getting involved in some sharing projects45. Which of the following can we infer about the status of Ford’s self-driving scheme?A. It is far behing its rival in technology.B. It has made a breakthrough in certain aspects.C. It is an impulsive activity without mature design.D. It is restricted in a small=scale trial operation.46. What’s the author’s attitude to the prospect of Ford’s autonomous car project?A. Utterly optimistic.B. Fairly pessimistic.C. Basically neutral.D. Somewhat perplexed.47. Which category of writing does the passage belong to?A. Narration.B. Exposition.C. Persuation.D. Description.PASSAGE THREEThe day was ended—quite successfully, so far as she knew. The Trustees and the visitingcommittee had made their rounds, and read their reports, and drunk their tea, and now were hurrying home to their own cheerful firesides, to forget their bothersome little charges for another month. Jerusha leaned forward watching with curiosity—and a touch of wistfulness—the stream of carriages and automobiles that rolled out of the asylum gates.In imagination she followed first one equipage, then another, to the big houses dotted along the hillside. She pictured herself in a fur coat and a velvet hat trimmed with feathers leaning back in the seat and nonchalantly murmuring "Home" to the driver. But on the door-sill of her home the picture grew blurred.Jerusha had an imagination—an imagination, Mrs. Lippett told her, that would get her into trouble if she didn't take care—but keen as it was, it could not carry her beyond the front porch of the houses she would enter. Poor, eager, adventurous little Jerusha, in all her seventeen years, had never stepped inside an ordinary house; she could not picture the daily routine of those other human beings who carried on their lives undiscommoded by orphans.Je-ru-sha Ab-bottYou are wan-tedIn the of-fice,And I think you'dBetter hurry up!Tommy Dillon, who had joined the choir, came singing up the stairs and down the corridor, his chant growing louder as he approached room F. Jerusha wrenched herself from the window and refaced the troubles of life."Who wants me？" she cut into Tommy's chant with a note of sharp anxiety.Mrs. Lippett in the office,And I think she's mad.Ah-a-men!Tommy piously intoned, but his accent was not entirely malicious. Even the most hardened little orphan felt sympathy for an erring sister who was summoned to the office to face an annoyed matron; and Tommy liked Jerusha even if she did sometimes jerk him by the arm and nearly scrub his nose off.Jerusha went without comment, but with two parallel lines on her brow. What could have gone wrong, she wondered. Were the sandwiches not thin enough？Were there shells in the nut cakes？Had a lady visitor seen the hole in Susie Hawthorn's stocking？Had—O horrors!—one of the cherubic little babes in her own room F "sauced" a Trustee？The long lower hall had not been lighted, and as she came downstairs, a last Trustee stood, on the point of departure, in the open door that led to the porte-cochere. Jerusha caught only a fleeting impression of the man—and the impression consisted entirely of tallness. He was waving his arm towards an automobile waiting in the curved drive. As it sprang into motion and approached, head on for an instant, the glaring headlights threw his shadow sharply against the wall inside. The shadow pictured grotesquely elongated legs and arms that ran along the floor and up the wall of the corridor. It looked, for all the world, like a huge, wavering daddy-long-legs.Jerusha's anxious frown gave place to quick laughter. She was by nature a sunny soul, and had always snatched the tiniest excuse to be amused. If one could derive any sort of entertainment out of the oppressive fact of a Trustee, it was something unexpected to the good.. She advanced tothe office quite cheered by the tiny episode, and presented a smiling face to Mrs. Lippett. To her surprise the matron was also, if not exactly smiling, at least appreciably affable; she wore an expression almost as pleasant as the one she donned for visitors."Sit down, Jerusha, I have something to say to you. " Jerusha dropped into the nearest chair and waited with a touch of breathlessness.48. At the beginning of the story Jerusha seemed to be all EXCEPT_______.A. contendedB. imaginativeC. peacefulD. sensitive49. In Paragraph 5, the word wrenched means_______.A. hurtB. graspedC. pulledD. twisted50. The Matron was_______ to the children.A. humorousB. maliciousC. strictD. unfriendly51. Jerusha’s impression of the last Trustee is mainly about his_______.A. automobileB. figureC. mannersD. remarksSECTION B SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONSIn this section, there are five short answer questions based on the passages in Section A. Answer the questions with NO more than TEN words in the space provided on ANSWER SHEET TWO.PASSAGE ONE52. What doe the author indicate by comparing French and British education?PASSAGE TWO53. What does the underlined “That” in Para.3 refer to?PASSAGE THREE54. Where might Jerusha be housed in?55. How did the Matron sound at the end of the passage?PART VI WRITING [45 MIN]Read carefully the following excerpt on a university drop-out argument in USA, and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should:·summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then·comment on whether students should drop out of university because of school stress.You should support yourself with information from the excerpt.Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.A Student Dropped Out of Columbia UniversityA Columbia University student ran away in May because life at the highly ranked school, part of a group of eight schools known as the Ivy League, was too stressfulNayla Kidd of Kentucky was an engineering student at Columbia, in New York C, and was found two weeks later by the police.She explained she needed to leave Columbia University because life there became too stressful.“ I skipped my final exams, changed bank accounts, got a second phone number and deleted my Facebook page, "she said. "I needed to break from my old life of high presure and unreasonable expectations.”Kidd received excellent grades at her preparatory school before Columbia. She was excited when she got into Columbia “because it's such a prestigious school.”Even though she was eager to attend Columbia, Kidd did not feel welcome there. The school felt too big, too unfriendly and too impersonal, she said.“ School just wasn't interesting to me anymore because I didn't have any close connections with my teachers, "she said.Just before Kidd went missing, the Columbia University's student newspaper wrote that many Columbia students have problems with stress. "Students have singled out stress as an issue at Columbia with increasing frequency.”Noelle Leonard is the senior research scientist at New York University's College of Nursing. She said colleges like Columbia offer lots of resources for students, but they expect students to seek the help themselves.Write your response on ANSWER SHEET THREE.——THE END ——KeyPART III LANGUAGE USAGE11~1516~2021~2526~30PART IV CLOZE31~35 D C I J K36~40 L N E R OPART V READING COMPREHENSION41~43 C A D44~47 A B C B48~51 A C D B52. Both countries can learn a great deal from each other.53. The new business concept of Ford’s CEO.54. In an asylum/ orphanage.55. Approachable.。
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TEM 4 SAMPLE TEST （部分）TIME LIMIT: 130 MINPart I DICTATION [10 MIN] Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 1 minute to check through your work once more.Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.Part II LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN] SECTION A TALKIn this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at ANSWEER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.Now listen to the talk. When it is over, you will be given TWO minutes to complete your work.SECTION B CONVERSATIONSIn this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation, five question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A), B), C), and D), and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.You have thirty seconds to preview the questions.Now, listen to the conversations.Conversation One1.A. The return trip is too expensive.B. There is no technology to get people back.C. People don’t want to return.D. The return trip is too risky.2. A. Intelligence.B. Health.C. Skills.D. Calmness.3. A. The kind of people suitable for the trip.B. Interests and hobbies of the speakers.C. Recruitment of people for the trip.D. Preparation for the trip to Mars.……Conversation Two6. A. Going to the high street.B. Visting everyday shops.C. Buying things like electrical goods.D. Visiting shops and buying online.7. A. 3%B. 33%C. 42%D. 24%8. A. They want to know more about pricing.B. They can return the product later.C. They want to see the real thing first.D. They can bargain for a lower shop price.……PART III LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE [10 MIN]There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words, phrases or statements marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word, phrase or statement that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.11. When you have finished with that book, don’t forget to put it back on the shelf,A. don’t youB. do youC. will youD. won’t you12. Which of the following statement is INCORRECTA. Only one out of six where present at the meeting.B. Ten dollars was stolen from the cash register.C. Either my sister or my brother is coming.D. Five miles seem like a long walk to me.13. It is not so much the language the cultural backgroundthat makes the film difficult to understand.A. butB. norC. likeD. as14. There is no doubt the committee has made the right decision on the housing project.A. whyB. thatC. whetherD. when15. If you explained the situation to your lawyer, he able to advise you much better that I can.A. will beB. wasC. would beD. were16. Which of the following is a stative verbA. DrinkB. CloseC. RainD.Belong17. Which of the following italicized parts indicates a subject-verb relationA.The man has a large family to support.B.She had no wish to quarrel with her brother.C.He was the last guest to leave.D.Mary needs a friend to talk to.18. Which of the following is INCORRECTA. Another tow girls.B. Few words.C. This work.D. A bit of flowers.19. When one has good health, should feel fortunate.A. youB. sheC. heD. we20. There nothing more for discussion, the meeting came to anend half an hour earlier.A. to beB. to have beenC. beD. being21. Bottles from this region sell at about $ 50 a case.A. entirelyB. totallyC. wholesaleD. together22. The product contains no colours, flavours, or preservatives.A. fakeB. artificialC. falseD. wrong23. and business leaders were delighted at the decision tohold the national motor fair in the city.A. CivilB. CivilizedC. CivilianD. Civic24. The city council is planning a huge road-building programme toease congestion. The underlined part means .A. calmB. relieveC. comfortD. still25. His unfortunate appearance was offset by an attractivepersonality. The underlined part means all the followingEXCEPT .A. improvedB. made up forC. balancedD. compensated for26. The doctor said that the gash in his cheek required ten stitches. The underlined part means .A. lumpB. depressionC. swellingD. cut27. During the economic crisis, they had to cut back production and workers.y offB. lay intoC. lay downD. layaside28. To mark its one hundredth anniversary, the university held a series of activities including conferences, film shows, etc. the underlined part means .A. signifyB. celebrateC. symbolizeD. suggest29. His fertile mind keeps turnning out new ideas. The underlined part means .A. abundantB. unbelievableC. productiveD. generative30. These issues were discussed at length during the meeting. The underlined part means .A. eventuallyB. subsequentlyC. lastlyD. fullyPART IV CLOZE [10 MIN] Decide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. Mark the letter for each word on ANSWER SHEET TWO.for granted nowadays that we rarely think twice when we switch on the light or turn on the TV set. At night, roads are brightly lit, enabling people and (31) to move freely. Neon lighting used in advertising has become part of the character of every modern city. In the home, many (32) devices are powered by electricity. Even when we turn off the bedside lamp and are (33) asleep,electricity is working for us, driving our refrigerators, heating our water, or keeping our rooms air-conditioned. Every day, trains, buses and subways take us to and from work. We rarely (34) to consider why or how they run—until something goes wrong. In the summer of 1959, something did go wrong with the power-plant that provided New York with electricity. For a great many hours, life came almost to a (35) . trains refused to move and the people in them sat in the dark, powerless to do anything; lifts stopped working, so that evenif you were lucky enough not to be between two floors, you had the unpleasant task of finding your way down (37) of stairs. Famous streets like Broadway and Fifth Avenue in an instant became as gloomy and uninviting (38)the most remote back streets. People were afraid to leave their houses, for although the police had been ordered to (39) in case of emergency, they were just as confused and (40) as anybody else.PART V READING COMPREHENSION [35 MIN]SECTION A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONSIn this section there are several passages followed by ten multiple-choice questions. For each question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.PASSAGE ONEInundated by more information that we can possibly hold in our heads, we’re increasingly handing off the job of remembering to search engines and smart phones. Google is even reportedly working on eyeglasses that could one day recognize faces and supply details about whoever you’re looking at. But new research shows that outsourcing our memory—and expecting that information will be continually and instantaneously available—is changing our cognitive habits.Research conducted by Betsy Sparrow, an assistant professor of psychology at Columbia University, has identified three new realities about how we process information in the Internet age. First, her experiments showed that even we don’t know the answer to a question, we now think about where we can find the nearest Web connection instead of the subject of the question itself. A second revelation is that when we expect to be able to find information again later on, we don’t remember it as well as when we think it might become unavailable. And then there is the researchers’ final observation: the expectation that we’ll be able to locate information down the line leads us to form a memory not of the fact itself but of where we’ll be able to find it.But this handoff comes with a downside. Skills like critical thinking and analysis must develop in the context of facts: we need something to think and reason about, after all. And these factscan’t be Googled as we go; they need to be stored in the original hard drive, our long-term memory. Especially in the case of children, “factual knowledge must precede skill,” says Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology, at the University of Virginia—meaning that the days of drilling the multiplication table and memorizing the names of the Presidents aren’t over quite yet. Adults, too, need to recruit a supply of stored knowledge in order to situate and evaluate new information they encounter. You can’t G oogle context.Last, there’s the possibility, increasingly terrifying to contemplate, that our machines will fail us. As Sparrow puts it, “The experience of losing our Internet connection becomes more andmore liking losing a friend.” If you’re going to keep your memory on your smart phone, better make sure it’s fully charged.41. Google’s eyeglasses are supposed to .A. improve our memoryB. function like memoryC. help us see faces betterD. work like smart phones42. Which of the fol lowing statements about Sparrow’s research is CORRECTA. We remember people and thins as much as before.B. We remember more Internet connections that before.C. We pay equal attention to location and content of information.D. We tend to remember location rather than the core of facts.43. What is the implied message of the authorA. Web connections aid our memory.B. People differ in what to remember.keep memory on smart phones.D. People need to exercise their memory.PASSAGE TWOI was a second-year medical student at the university, and was on my second day of rounds at a nearby hospital. My university’s philosophy was to get students seeing patients early in their education. Nice idea, but it overlooked one detail: second-year students know next to nothing about medicine.Assigned to my team that day was an attending—a senior faculty member who was there mostly to make patients feel they weren’t in the hands of amateurs. Many attendings were researchers who didn’t have much recent hospital experience. Mine was actually an arthritis sepcialist. Also along was a resident (the real boss, with a staggering mastery of medicine, at least to a rookie like myself). In addition, there were two interns. These guys were just as green as I was, but in a scarier way: they had recently graduated from the medical school, so they were technically MDs.I began the day at 6:30 . An intern and I did a quick check of our eight patients; later, we were to present our findings to the resident and then to the attending. I had three patients and the intern had the other five—piece of cake.But when I arrived in the room of 71-year-old Mr. Adams, he was sitting up in bed, sweating hea vily and panting. He’d just had a hip operation and looked terrible. I listened to his lungs with my stethoscope, but they sounded clear. Next I checked the log of his vital signs and saw that his respiration and heart rate had been climbing, but his temperature was steady. It didn’t seem like heartfailure, nor did it appear to be pneumonia. So I asked Mr. Adams what he thought was going on.“It’s really hot in here, Doc,” he replied.So I attributed his condition to the stuffy room and told him the rest of the team would return in a few hours. He smiled and feebly waved goodbye.At 8:40 am., during our team meeting, “Code Blue Room 307!” blared from the loudspeaker.I froze.That was Mr. Adam’s room.When we arrived, he was motionless.The autopsy later found Mr. Adams had suffered a massive pulmonary embolism （肺部栓塞）. A blood clot had formed in his leg, worked its way to his lungs, and cut his breathing capacity in half. His symptoms had been textbook: heavy perspiration and shortness of breath despite clear lungs. The only thing was: I hadn’t read that chapter in the textbook yet. And I was so scared, insecure, and proud to ask a real doctor for help.This mistake has haunted me for nearly 30 years, but what’s particularly frustrating is that the same medical education system persists. Who knows how many people have died or suffered harm at the hands of students as na?ve as I, and how many more will44. We learn that the author’s team members had .A. much practical experienceB. adequate knowledgeC. long been working thereD. some professional deficiency45. “His symptoms had been textbook” means that his symptomswere .A. part of the textbookB. no longer in the textbookC. recently included in the textbookD. explained in the textbook46. At the end of the passage, the author expresses about the medical education system.A. optimismB. hesitationC. concernD. supportPASSAGE THREEThe war on smoking, now five decades old and counting, is one of the public health success stories—but not for everyone.As a whole, the country has made amazing progress. In 1964, four in ten adults in the US smoked; today fewer than two in ten do. But some states—Kentucky, South Dakota and Alabama, to name just a few—seemto have missed the message that smoking is deadly.Their failure is the greatest disappointment in an effort to save lives that was started on Jan. 11, 1964, by the first Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health. Its finding that smoking isa cause of lung cancer and other diseases was major news then. The hazards of smoking were just starting to emerge.The report led to cigarette warning lables, a ban on TV ads and eventually an anti-smoking movement that shifted the nation’sattitude on smoking. Then, smokrs were cool. Today, many are outcasts, rejected by restaurants, bars, public buildings and even their own workplaces. Millios of lives have been saved.The formula for success is no longer guesswork: Adopt tough warning labels, air public service ads, fund smoking cessation programs and impose smoke-free laws. But the surest way to prevent smoking, particularly among price-sensitive teen, is to raise taxes. If youcan stop them from smoking, you’ve won the war. Few people start smoking after turning 19.The real-life evidence of taxing power is powerful. The 10 states with the lowest adult smoking rates slap an average tax of $ onevery pack—three times the average tax in the states with thehighest smoking rates.New York has the highest cigarette tax in the country, at $ per pack, and just 12 percent of teems smoke—far below the national average of 18 percent. Compare that with Kentucky, where taxes arelow (60 cents), smoking restrictions are weak and the teen smokingrate is double New York’s. Other low-tax states have similarlydismal records.Enemies of high tobacco taxes cling to the tired argument that theyfall disproportionately on the poor. True, but so do the deadlyeffects of smoking—far worse that a tax. The effect of the taxes is amplified further when the revenue is used to fund initiatives that help smokers quit or persuade teens not to start.Anti-smoking forces have plenty to celebrate this week, having helped avoid 8 million premature deaths in the past 50 years. But as long as 3,000 adolescents and teens take their first puff each day, the war is not won.47. According to the context, “Their failur” refers to .A. those adults who continue to smokeB. those states that missed the messageC. findings of the reportD. hazards of smoking48. What is the passage mainly aboutA. How to stage anti-smoking campaigns.B. The effects of the report on smoking and health.C. Tax as the surest path to cut smoking.D. The efforts to cut down on teeange smoking.PASSAGE FOURAttachment Parenting is not Indulgent Parenting. Attachment parents do not “spoil” their children. Spoiling is done when a child is given everything that they want regardless of what they need and regardles of what is practical. Indulgent parents give toys for tantrums（发脾气）,ice cream for b reakfast. Attachment parents don’t give their children everything that they want, they give theirchildren everything that they need. Attachment parents believe that love and comfort are free and necessary. Not sweets or toys.Attachment Parenting is not “afraid of tears” parenting. Our kids cry. The difference is that we understand that tantrums and tears come from emotions and not manipulation. And our children understand this too. They cry and have tantrums sometimes, of course. But theydo this because their emotions are so overwhelming that they need to get it out. They do not expect to be “rewarded” for their strong negative emotions; they simply expect that we will listen. We pick up our babies when they cry, and we respond to the tears of our older children because we believe firmly that comfort is free, love is free, and that when a child has need for comfort and love, it is our job to provide those things. We are not afraid of tears. We don’t avoid them. We hold our children through them and teach them that when they are hurt or frustrated we are here to comfort them and help them work through their emotions.Attachment Parenting is not Clingy Parenting. I do not cling to my children. In fact, I’m pretty free-range. As soon as they can move they usually move away from me and let me set up a chase as they crawl, run, skip and hop on their merry way to explore the world. Sure, I carry them and hug them and chase them and kiss them and rock them and sleep with them. But this is not me following them everywhere and pulling them back to me. This is me being a home base. The “attachment” comes from their being allowed to attach to us,not from us attaching to them like parental leeches.Attachment Parenting is not Selfish Parenting. It is also not selfless parenting. We are not doing it for us, and we are not doingit to torment ourselves.Attachment parenting is not Helicopter Parenting. I don’t hover. I supervise. I follow, I teach, I demonstrate, I explain. I don’t slap curious hands away. I show how to do things safely. I let my child tothe things that my child wishes to do, first with help and then with supervision and finally with trust. I don’t insist that my 23 month old hold my hand when we walk on the sidewalk because I know that I can recall him with my voice because he trusts me to allow him to explore and he trusts me to explain when something is dangerous and to help him satisfy his curiosities safely.Most of the negative things that I hear about “attachment parents” are completely off-base and describe something that is entirely unlike Attachment Parenting. Attachment Parenting is child-centric and focuses on the needs of the child. Children need structure, rules, and boundaries. Attachment Parents simply believe that the child and the parents are allies, not adversaries. And that children are taught, not trained.49. According to the author, what should parents do when their kids cryA. Providing comfort and love.B. Trying to stop kids crying.C. Holding them till they stop.D. Rewarding kids with toys.50. What does “free-range” mean according to the passageA. Fond of providing a home base.B. Reading to play games with my kids.C. Curious to watch what games they play.D. Willing to give kids freedom of movement.SECTION B SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONSIn this section there are five short answer questions based on the passage in Section A. Answer the questions with NO more than TEN words in the space provided on ANSWER SHEET TWO.PASSAGE ONE51．Accordin g to the passage, what does “cognitive habits” refers toPASSAGE TWO52. Why are the author doing rounds in a hospitalPASSAGE THREE53. What does “counting” mean in the context54. What does the author think of raising tax on cigarettesPASSAGE FOUR55. What does the passage mainly discussPART VI WRITING [45 MIN]Should we revive traditional Chinese characters or continue using simplified characters This has been an intensely discussed questions for years. The follo wing are the supporters’ and opponents’ opinions. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your response in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on the issue. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiently, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.。
英语专业四级考试试题
英语专业四级考试试题英语专业四级考试，全称为全国高校英语专业四级考试。
自1991年起由中国大陆教育部实行，考察全国综合性大学英语专业学生。
下面是店铺整理的关于英语专业四级考试试题，欢迎大家参考!Part ⅡDICTATION [15 MIN.]Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage w ill be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seco nds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time yo u should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET TWOPart ⅢLISTENING COMPRE HENSION [20 MIN.]In Sections A, B, and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully an d then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question o n your answer sheet.Section A STATEMENTIn this section you will hear nine statements. At the end of the statement you w ill be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following nine questions.1. What is said about Harry’s brother?A. He is happy with his job.B. He is a very ambitious man.C. He is too ambitious to be an engine driver.D. He doesn’t like to be an engine driver.2. What do you learn about Ms. Ellis?A. She has been waiting.B. She is examining her patient.C. She is seeing her doctor.D. She wouldn’t mind waiting.3. Joan is probably a___.A. nurseB. doctorC. lawyerD. saleswoman4. The speaker sees Mary wear ___ different silk scarves in a wee k.A.2B.5C.7D.65. Where will the passengers change trains to go to Gilford?A.East Croydon.B.Victoria.C.Southeast.D.Red Hill.6. What is the speaker probably doing?A. Interviewing a clerk.B. Writing a job ad.C. Dismissing a clerk.D. Making inquires7. What does the speaker mean?A. Emily is neither honest nor trustworthy.B. Emily used to be honest only.C. Emily used to be trustworthy only.D. Emily is more than honest and trustworthy.8. When does the next train leave?A. 6:56.B. 7:00.C.7:28.D.8:38.9. What was wrong with Malcolm?A. He had trouble working hard.B. He didn’t know where to go.C. He never went anywhere.D. He worked hard but never succeeded.SECTION B CONVERSATIONIn this section, you will hear eight short conversations between two speakers. A t the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of th e following eight questions.10. What’s the probable relationship betw een the two speakers?A. Teacher and student.B. Doctor and patient.C. Lawyer and client.D. Boss and secretary.11. What is the weather usually like in November?A. Hotter than the present weather.B. More humid than the present weather.C. Drier than the present weather.D. Cooler than the present weather.12. What conclusion can we draw from this conversation?A. Public buses are fast and cheap.B. Parking is becoming a big problem.C. Subway trains are even safer than taxis.D. Taxis are more convenient than buses.13. What are the two speakers talking about?A. Fixing the woman’s computer.B. Ordering some new parts by Friday.C. Getting the new parts ready by Friday.D. Sending the woman’s computer for repair.14. What can we learn from the conversation?A. Neither of them has a favourable opinion of the service.B. The woman is having a terrible time serving in the restaurant.C. Both agree it’s time for the restaurant to fire some staff.D. The man thinks the restaurant is all right, but the woman doesn’t.15. Who will pay for the call?A. The man.B. The operator.C. The man’s sister.D. The man and his sister.16. What does the man think of the woman’s choice of clothing?A. He thinks her choice is good.B. He thinks her choice is terrible.C. He doesn’t like the colour.D. He doesn’t like the style.17. What happened to Mr. Runt’s project?A. It was fairly successful.B. It was hard and futile.C. It failed for lack of fund.D. It stopped for lack of land.SECTION B CONVERSATIONIn this section, you will hear nine short conversationsbetween two speakers.At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.10. What are they mainly talking about?A. Graduation date.B. Vacation plans.C. School courses.D. Job hunting.11. The conversation probably takes place in___.A. a libraryB. a bookstoreC. the classroomD. a department store12. The relationship between the two speakers is probably___.A. man and wifeB. lawyer and clientC. customer and waitressD. colleagues13. We can infer from the conversation that the man is a(n) ___.A. plumberB. construction workerC. office boyD. porter14. What will the man probably do next?A. Turn off the tape recorder.B. Turn up the tape recorder.C. Call the doctor.D. Continue to play.15. How does Lisa feel about her work?A. Satisfied.B. Frustrated.C. Annoyed.D. Confident.16. The woman is going to the___.A. libraryB. theatreC. research instituteD. laboratory17. Jackson changed his job because he ___.A. hurt himself during his workB. was not satisfied with his playC .wanted to work harderD. found the job too hard18. What does the woman say about the film?A. It is hard to pronounce the name.B. It is not going to be well received.C. She has temporarily forgotten its name.D. She has never heard of the name.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTQuestions 19 and 20 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.19. Nigeria returned to the Commonwealth after ___.A. she had sentenced minority rights activists to deathB. the military had resumed control of the countryC. power had been handed over to an elected presidentD. she had negotiated with Commonwealth leaders20. The Commonwealth consists of ___countries which were former British colonies.A. 54B. 29C. 9D. 95Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.21. The space shuttle Discovery completed a ___mission upon to the Kennedy Space Centre.A. 11-dayB. 94-dayC. 10-dayD. 49-day22. When the spacecraft was going to land, ___.A. it produced a lot of noiseB. there were scattered showersC. people could see it high in the skyD. people could neither see nor hear itQuestions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 second to answer the question.Now listen to the news.23. How many people died during the collision?A Two.B Eighteen.C. Three.D. Five.24. Three Albanians were arrested for___.A. attacking the patrol boatB. smuggling in refugeesC. causing the accidentD. injuring refugeesQuestion 25 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.25. The news item is mainly about___.A. efforts to salvage Sun VistaB. negotiation with the ship’s ownerC. threats Sun Vista poses to passing shipsD. a newspaper’s comment on Sun Vista【2017年英语专业四级考试试题】。