全新英语专业四级考试指南

全新英语专业四级考试指南
全新英语专业四级考试指南
第三章完形填空
Practice 2
(17) A. was B. were C. had D. has
(18) A. skidded B. swerved C. slipped D. glided
(19) A. closely B. nearly C. almost D. narrowly
(20) A. ahead B. before C. ago D. beforehand
Practice 3
Television — that most pervasive and persuasive of modern (1)_____, marked by rapid change and growth — is moving into a new era, an era of extraordinary (2) _____ and versatility, which
(3)_____ to reshape our lives and our world. It is an electronic
(4)_____, made possible by the (5) _____of television and computer sciences.
The word "television", (6)_____ from its Greek (tele:distant) and Latin (visio : sight) roots, can (7) _____be interpreted as sight from a distance. Very simply (8)_____, it works in this way; through
a sophisticated system of electronics, television provides the
(9)_____ of converting an image into electronic (10) _____, which can be sent through a wire or cable. These impulses, when (11) _____ into a receiver (television set), can (12) _____ be electronically reconstituted into that same (13)_____.
Television is more than just an electronics system, however. It is (14) _____of expression, as well as a (15) _____ for communication, and as (16) _____ becomes a powerful tool for reaching other human beings.
The field of television can be divided into two (17) _____ determined by its means of transmission. First, there is broadcast
television, which reaches the masses through broad-based airwave transmission of television (18)_____. Second, there is nonbroadcast television, which provides (19)_____ the needs of individuals or specific interest groups through (20) _____ transmission techniques.
(1) A. techniques B. skills C. developments D. technologies
(2) A. specification B. sophistication C. unusualness D. complexity
(3) A. suggests B. promises C. appears D. pledges
(4) A. evolution B. reformation C. transformation D. revolution
(5) A. marriage B. synthesis C. association D. unification
(6) A. came B. stemmed C. derived D. resulted
(7) A. accurately B. precisely C. exactly D. literally
(8) A. said B. put C. expressed D. described
(9) A. capability B. competence C. ability D. proficiency
(10) A. impulses B. currents C. pulses D. waves
(11) A. feeding B. having fed C. feed D. fed
(12) A. then B. now C. later D. shortly
(13) A. image B. picture C. scene D. graph
(14) A. a mean B. a means C. mean D. means
(15) A. channel B. apparatus C. vehicle D. mechanism
(16) A. if B. though C. such D. so
(17) A. classes B. sections C. categories D. groups
(18) A. signals B. signs C. images D. pictures
(19) A. for B. with C. to D. on
(20) A. controlled B. restricted C. limited D. commanded Practice 4
Many instructors believe that an informal, relaxed classroom environment is
(1)_____ to learning and innovation. It is not uncommon for students to have
(2) _____and friendly relationships with their professors. The
(3) _____ profes-
sor is not necessarily a poor one and is still (4) _____ by students. Although students
may be in a(n) (5)_____ position, some professors treat them as (6)_____.
However, no matter how (7) _____ professors would like to be, they still are in a
position of (8)_____.
Professors may (9)_____ social relationships with students outside of the class-
room, but in the classroom they (10) _____ the instructor's role. A professor may
have coffee one day with students (11) _____ the next day expect them to
(12)_____a deadline for the (13) _____ of a paper or to be prepared
(14) _____ a discussion or an exam. The professor may give
(15)_____ attention
outside of class to a student in (16)_____ of help but probably will not treat him or
her differently when it (17)_____ evaluating school work. Professors have several
roles (18) _____ students; they may be counselors and friends as well as teachers.
Students must (19)_____ that when a teacher's role changes, they must appropriately
(20)_____ their behavior and attitudes.
(1) A. instructive B. conducive C. constructive D. healthy
(2) A. easygoing B. comforting C. carefree D. relaxing
(3) A. consultative B. informal C. easy D. casual
(4) A. despised B. respected C. neglected D. overlooked
(5) A. inferior B. minor C. low D. subordinate
(6) A. peers B. colleagues C. friends D. equals
(7) A. democratic B. formal C. relaxed D. strict
(8) A. authority B. expert C. supervisor D. superior
(9) A. build B. set C. get D. establish
(10) A. sustain B. support C. maintain D. retain
(11) A. but B. hence C. nevertheless D. then
(12) A. match B. fulfill C. meet D. satisfy
(13) A. submission B. presentation C. delivery D. handing
(14) A. for B. with C. against D. of
(15) A. due B. extra C. sufficient D. supplementary
(16) A. quest B. need C. search D. view
(17) A. gets to B. comes to C. reaches D. touches
(18) A. with regard to B. in view of C. in relation to D. with reference to
(19) A. suppose B. suggest C. realize D. assume
(20) A. adopt B. adapt C. adept D. conform
Practice 5
A superficial (1) _____ of Roget's Thesaurus (^^CN^-) of the English Lan-
guage (2) _____ the following facts: the word BLACKNESS has 120 synonyms, 60
(3)_____ are distinctly unfavorable, and none even mildly (4) _____.
(5)_____ the offending 60 were such words (6) _____: blot, blotch, smut,
smudge, sully, begrime, soot, becloud, obscure, dingy, murky, low-toned, threaten- ing, frowning, foreboding, sinister, baneful, dismal, thundery, evil, wicked, deadly, unclean, dirty, etc. ... not to (7) _____20 synonyms (8) _____related to race,
such as: Negro, Negress, nigger, darky, blackamoor, etc.
When you consider the fact (9) _____ thinking itself is subvocal speech - in
other (10) _____, one must use words in order to think at all — you will
(11) _____the enormous heritage of racial prejudgment that
(12)_____ in wait
for any child born into the English Language. (13)_____ teacher good or bad,
white or black, Jew or Gentile, (14) _____ uses the English Language as a
(15)_____ of communication is forced, willy-nil^^lI'M^^Mil.^^r^'fP'P , to
teach the Negro child 60 ways to (16)_____ himself, and the white child 60 ways to
(17) _____ and abet (^t^)him in the crime.
Who speaks to me in my mother tongue damns me indeed! ... the English Lan-
guage — in which I cannot conceive myself (18) _____ a black man without, at the same time, debasing myself ... my enemy, with which (19)_____ at all I must con- tinually be (20) _____war.
第四章语法与词汇
Practice 3
1. The aged _____ now being provided with free medical care in this country.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
2. In 1939, _____ in 1941, there was a great surge of patriotic feeling.
A. like
B. as
C. the same as
D. similar to
3. The plane flies too _____ to be seen.
A. highly
B. higher
C. high
D. highest
4. _____ some countries have ruined their agriculture, squandering money on uneconomic factories,
the Ivory Coast has stuck to what it is good at.
A. After
B. During
C. When
D. While
5. Apparently one person _____ ten now attends a university in this country.
A. of
B. over
C. in
D. from
6. All of the plants now raised on farms have been developed from plants _____wild.
A. once they grew
B. they grew once
C. that once grew
D. once grew
7. This is the best book _____ this year.
A. appearing
B. having appeared
C. to appear
D. appeared
8. What annoys me is that tomorrow _____ the third time I _____ take my car in to be repaired.
A. is ... have to
B. will be ... have had to
C. is ... will have to
D. will be ... have to
9. Our neighbours have _____ ours.
A. as a big house as
B. as big a house as
C. a big house as same as
D. a house the same big as
10. She is _____ biting her nails.
A. often
B. usually
C. continually
D. hardly
11. It is ten years since I _____ you last.
A. see
B. saw
C. didn't see
D. haven't seen
12. _____ is such a spitfire.
A. His that third brother
B. His third that brother
C. That third brother of his
D. That his third brother
13. I owe a special debt of _____ to my wife and child for their willingness to put up with my frequent bouts of ill temper or sheer absent-mindedness while I was writing the book.
A. thank
B. thanking
C. thanks
D. thankings
14. Which of the following is CORRECT?
A. Not on any account should such disasters be repeated.
B. On no account should such disasters be repeated.
C. Not on any account such disasters should be repeated.
D. On no account such disasters should be repeated.
15. An application to join this scheme places you under no obligation _____.
A. indeed
B. eventually
C. apart
D. whatsoever
16.We covered a wide _____ of topics in the interview.
A. extent
B. collection
C. number
D. range
17. What you say is true, but you could have _____ it more tactfully.
A. talked
B. phrased
C. observed
D. remarked
18. If you are under 18, you are not _____ to join this club.
A. legitimate
B. legible
C. eligible
D. permissible
19. When I arrived in this country I had to start learning the language from _____.
A. scratch
B. introduction
C. ignorance
D. blank
20．I spoke to him, but he was too _____ to hear what I said.
A. preoccupied
B. concentrated
C. attentive
D. thoughtful
21. To _____ greater accuracy, we will double-check all invoices before they leave the office.
A. assure
B. ensure
C. insure
D. ascertain
22.His letter was so confused that I could hardly make any _____ of it at all.
A. interpretation
B. message
C. sense
D. meaning
23. According to the weather forecast, which is usually _____, it will snow this afternoon.
A. accurate
B. precise
C. exact
D. perfect
24. I cannot bear the noise of my brother's radio; it _____ me from my work.
A. disturbs
B. perturbs
C. interrupts
D. distracts
25. I congratulate you on your _____ in jewelry.
A. selection
B. choice
C. flavour
D. taste
26. Even though the football match was not very exciting, the _____ managed to make it sound
interesting.
A. commentator
B. newscaster
C. announcer
D. narrator
27. Ask the publishers to send you their latest _____ of English textbooks.
A. catalogue
B. brochure
C. pamphlet
D. booklet
28. I haven't the _____ idea of what you mean.
A. lightest
B. dimmest
C. faintest
D. smallest
29. — I'm glad to see you looking so well.
— Yes, I feel as _____ as a fiddle.
A. well
B. straight
C. fit
D. fine
30. I only know that it is true that he has broken _____ his engagement to Pamela.
A. off
B. with
C. up
D. down
Practice 4
1. He lost his job _____ no fault of his own.
A. through
B. by
C. with
D. over
2. He didn't know anyone at the wedding _____ than the bride and groom.
A. except
B. other
C. apart
D. rather
第五章阅读理解
20. The purpose of the last paragraph is to indicate _____.
A. a link between success in interview and personality
B. connections between work abilities and personality
C. differences in interview experience
D. differences in personal behaviour
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In this section there are several passages followed by several 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.
TEXT A
All Eskimos live most of their lives close to sea or fresh water. They may follow game inland for several hundred miles, but they always return to the shores of rivers, lakes, or seas. Eskimo land has a bare look. Large rocks, pebbles, and sand cover much of the surface. Plants called lichen (地衣) grow right on rock. And where there is enough soil, even grass, flowers, and small bushes manage to live. No trees can grow on Eskimo land, so geographers sometimes call this country the Arctic plains. Some animals, such as rabbits, eat the plants. Others, like the white fox and gray wolf, eat the rabbits. The Eskimo is a meat-eater, too, and may even eat a wolf when food is scarce.
The Eskimo year has two main parts; a long, cold winter and a short, cool summer. Spring and fall are almost too short to be noticed. Summer is the good time, when food is usually plentiful. But it is also the time when the Eskimos are very busy. Winter is never far away, and the men must bring home extra meat for the women to prepare and store. For seldom can enough animals be killed in winter to feed a family.
The Far North is sometimes called the land of the midnight sun. This is true in the middle of summer, for between April 21st and August 21st the sun never sets in Northern Greenland. But in midwinter the Far North is a land with no sun shining at all. Around Oct. 21st the Eskimos of Northern Greenland see the sun setting straight south of them, and they don't see it again until February 22nd. All places on earth get about the same amount of daylight during a year. As a result, if summer is lighter, winter has to be darker.
Winter nights in the Far North are seldom pitch-black. As in the rest of the world, the stars and moon provide a little light. The northern lights also help the Eskimo to see. And with the ground covered with snow, even a little light is reflected back to the Eskimo's eyes.
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Eskimos do not normally eat wolves.
B. Eskimos like to chase one another.
C. Eskimos depend heavily on water.
D. Eskimos are meat-eaters.
2. In the Eskimo year, _____.
A. there are no spring and fall
B. winter is cold and summer is hot
C. summer is a time for growing food
D. winter comes early and goes late
3. From the passage, we can infer all EXCEPT that _____.
A. Eskimos are more likely to eat wolves in summer
B. Eskimo women are responsible for housework
C. animal meat is Eskimos' main source of food
D. hunting is an important part of Eskimo life
4. In midwinter there is no sun shining in the Far North
because _____.
A. the Far North is too far away from the sun
B. the sun is not seen again for six months
C. the sun never sets in midsummer
D. people see the sun setting straight south of them
TEXT B
Concern with money, and then more money, in order to buy the conveniences and luxuries of modern life, has brought great changes to the lives of most Frenchmen. More people are working than ever before in France. In the cities the traditional leisurely midday meal is disappearing. Offices, shops, and factories are discovering the greater efficiency of a short lunch hour in company lunchrooms. In almost all lines of work emphasis now falls on ever-increasing output. Thus the typical Frenchman produces more, earns more, and buys more consumer goods than his counterpart of only a generation ago. He gains in creative comforts and ease of life. What he loses to some extent is his sense of personal uniqueness, or individuality.
Some say that France has been Americanized. This is because the United States is a world symbol of the technological society and its consumer products. The so-called Americanization of France has its critics. They fear that "assembly-line life" will lead to the disappearance of the pleasures of the more graceful and leisurely (but less productive) old French style. What will happen, they ask, to taste, elegance, and the cultivation of the good things in life — to joy in the smell of a freshly picked apple, a stroll by the river, or just happy hours of conversation in a local cafe?
Since the late 1950's life in France has indeed taken on qualities of rush, tension, and the pursuit of material gain. Some
of the strongest critics of the new way of life are the young, especially university students. They are concerned with the future, and they fear that France is threatened by the triumph of this competitive, goods-oriented culture. Occasionally, they have reacted against the trend with considerable violence.
In spite of the critics, however, countless Frenchmen are committed to keeping France in the
forefront of the modern economic world. They find that the present life brings more rewards, conveniences, and pleasures than that of the past. They believe that a modern, industrial France is preferable to the old.
5. Which of the following is NOT given as a feature of the old French way of life?
A. Leisure.
B. Elegance.
C. Efficiency.
D. Taste.
6. Which of the following is INCORRECT about Frenchmen?
A. Many of them prefer the modern life style.
B. They enjoy working at the assembly line.
C. They are more concerned with money.
D. They are more competitive than before.
7. The passage suggests that _____.
A. in pursuing material gains the French are suffering losses
B. it's now unlikely to see a Frenchman enjoying a stroll by the river
C. the French are fed up with the smell of freshly picked apples
D. great changes have occurred in the life style of all Frenchmen
8. Which of the following is TRUE about the critics?
A. Critics are greater in number than people enjoying the new way of life.
B. Student critics are greater in number than critics in other fields.
C. Student critics have, on occasion, used violent means against the trend.
D. Critics are concerned solely with the present and not the future.
TEXT C
Did you know that all human beings have a "comfort zone" regulating the distance they stand from someone when they talk? This distance varies in interesting ways among people of different cultures.
Greeks, others of the Eastern Mediterranean, and many of those from South America normally stand quite close together when they talk, often moving their faces even closer as they warm up in a conversation. North Americans find this awkward and often back away a few inches. Studies have found that they tend to feel most comfortable at about 21 inches apart. In much of Asia and Africa, there is even more space between two speakers in conversation. This greater space subtly lends an air of dignity and respect. This matter of space is nearly always unconscious, but it is interesting to observe.
This difference applies also to the closeness with which people sit together, the extent to which they lean over one another in conversation, how they move as they argue or make an emphatic point. In the United States, for example, people try to keep their bodies apart even in a crowded elevator; in Paris they take it as it comes!
Although North Americans have a relatively wide "comfort zone" for talking, they communicate a great deal with their hands — not only with gesture but also with touch. They put a sympathetic hand on a person's shoulder to demonstrate warmth of feeling or an arm around him in sympathy; they nudge a man in the ribs to emphasize a funny story; they pat an arm in reassurance or stroke a child's head in affection; they readily take someone's arm to help him across a street or direct him along an unfamiliar route. To many people — especially those from Asia or the Moslem countries — such bodily contact is unwelcome, especially if inadvertently done with the left hand. (The left hand carries no special significance in the U.S. Many Americans are simply left-handed and use that hand more.)
9. In terms of bodily distance. North Americans_____.
A. are similar to South Americans
B. stand farthest apart
C- feel ill at ease when too close D. move nearer during conversations
10. For Asians, the comfort zone_____.
A, is deliberately determined B. measures 21 inches
C. varies according to status
D. implies esteem
11. When Americans tell a joke, they often _____.
A. pat people on the head
B. give people a hug
C. dig people in the ribs
D. touch people on the arm
12. The passage mainly concerns _____.
A. distance and bodily contact
B. body language
C. cultural differences
D. hand signals
TEXT D
Apple Computer, Inc. is an American personal computer manufacturer with headquarters in California. Apple designs, produces, and sells personal computer systems for use in business, education, government, and the home. Its products are sold in more than 120 countries.
Apple was formed by Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak in 1976 to market the Apple I, a computer circuit board. They abandoned their plan to sell the board alone when Jobs's first sales order was for 50 units. They were, however, sold without monitor or keyboard. In January 1977 Mike Markkula became chairman of the company.
He brought credibility, maturity, engineering and product management experience, and an extremely broad-based knowledge of the business world, as well as investment cash of his own and business contacts.
In 1977 and years afterwards, Apple introduced the Apple II and the Lisa, personal computers able to generate colour pictures, with their own keyboard, power supply, and eight slots for peripheral devices. In 1982 it became the first personal computer company to reach an annual sales rate of $1 billion. The Lisa was followed by the Macintosh personal computer. In 1986 Apple entered the office market with the introduction of its Mac Plus and LaserWriter Printer, a combination that contributed to the desktop publishing revolution.
The late 1980' s and early 1990^ were a time of change at Apple. In the late 1980^ Apple's net income increased substantially, and in 1990 Apple introduced a new line of
Macintosh computers,
priced at 50 percent less than previous models to attract new customers to the Macintosh. In addition to the expansion of the Macintosh line, Apple extended its system software. In 1992 Apple introduced the family of Macintosh PowerBook computers and the multimedia software Quicklime, which allowed computer applications to incorporate text, pictures, video, and sound.
In 1993 the company introduced the Newton, a hand-held communications device with several functions including the ability to translate handwriting into typewritten text. In 1994 Apple formed a new partnership with IBM to produce the PowerPC, a computer capable of running both companies' software. After a year of solid growth, Apple's fortunes declined again in 1995. A string of problems led to slow sales and a $ 69 million loss in the last quarter of 1995.
In February 1996 Gilbert F. Amelio became chief executive officer of Apple Computer. Despite a $ 740 million loss in the first quarter of 1996, Apple rejected a number of proposed mergers. In May 1996 Amelio announced a plan for revitalizing the company. Apple plans to encourage other companies to develop applications for the Apple platform, reduce the number of Macintosh product lines, and focus on improved crossplatform Internet and multimedia capabilities.
13. The difference between Apple I and Apple II is that _____.
A. Apple I was a complete unit with certain accessories
B. Apple I was just a circuit board without other devices
C. Apple II was mainly aimed at professional users
D. Apple II was sold with add-on peripheral devices
14. Which of the following Apple products incorporates multimedia functions?
A. The Lisa.
B. PowerBook.
C. Quicklime.
D. The Newton.
15. Which of the following statements about Apple is NOT true?
A. Apple's business in computer manufacturing was superb in mid 1980's.
B. Apple's Macintosh was a breakthrough in desktop publication technology.
C. Power PC is a compatible product developed in cooperation with IBM.
D. Apple continued to be successful in the computer industry throughout 1990's.
TEXT E
Every year thousands of people are arrested and taken to court for shop-lifting. In Britain alone, about HK$ 3,000,000's worth of goods are stolen from shops every week. This amounts to something like HK$ 150 million a year, and represents about 4 per cent of the shops' total stock. As a result of this "shrinkage” as the shops call it, the honest public has to pay higher prices.
Shop-lifters can be divided into three main categories: the professionals, the deliberate amateurs, and the people who just can't help themselves. The professionals do not pose much of a problem for the store detectives, who, assisted by closed circuit television, two-way mirrors and various other technological devices, can usually cope with them. The professionals tend to go for high value goods in parts of the shops where security measures are tightest. And, in any case, they account for only a small percentage of the total losses due to shop-lifting.
The same applies to the deliberate amateur who is, so to speak, a professional in training. Most of them get caught sooner or later, and they are dealt with severely by the courts.
The real problem is the person who gives way to a sudden temptation and is in all other respects an honest and law-abiding citizen. Contrary to what one would expect, this kind of shop-lifter is rarely poor. He does not steal because he needs the goods and cannot afford to pay for them. He steals because he simply cannot stop himself. And there are countless others who, because of age, sickness or plain absent-mindedness, simply forget to pay for what they take from the shops. When caught, all are liable to prosecution, and the decision whether to send for the police or not is in the hands of the store manager.
In order to prevent the quite incredible growth in shop-lifting offences, some stores, in fact, are doing their best to separate the thieves from the confused by prohibiting customers from taking bags into the store. However, what is most worrying about the whole problem is, perhaps, that it is yet another instance of the innocent majority being penalized and inconvenienced because of the actions of a small minority. It is the aircraft hijack situation in another form. Because of the possibility of one passenger in a million boarding an aircraft with a weapon, the other 999,999 passengers must subject themselves to searches and delays. Unless the situation in the shops improves, in ten years' time we may all have to subject ourselves to a body-search every time we go into a store to buy a tin of beans!
16. Why does the honest public have to pay higher prices when they go to the shops?
A. There is a “sh rinkage" in market values.
B. Many goods are not available.
C. Goods in many shops lack variety.
D. There are many cases of shop-lifting.
17. The third group of people steal things because they _____.
A. are mentally ill
B. are quite absent-minded
C. can not resist the temptation
D. can not afford to pay for goods
18. According to the passage, law-abiding citizens _____.
A. can possibly steal things because of their poverty
B. can possibly take away goods without paying
C. have never stolen goods from the supermarkets
D. are difficult to be caught when they steal things
19. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the main types of shop-lifting?
A. A big percentage of the total losses are caused by the professionals.
B. The deliberate amateurs will be punished severely if they get caught.
C. People would expect that those who can't help themselves are poor.
D. The professionals don't cause a lot of trouble to the store detectives.
20. The aircraft hijack situation is used in order to show that _____.
A. the professionals do not pose much of a problem for the stores
B. some people simply forget to pay for what they take from the shops
C. the honest public has to pay higher prices
D. the third type of shop-lifters are dangerous people。