四级试点新题型试卷2

四级试点新题型试卷二Part ⅠWriting (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter in reply to a friend’ s inquiry about his or her choice after graduation from university. You must write at least 120 words according to the guidelines given below in Chinese:1．提出建议；2．阐明你的理由；3．应该注意的问题。

A Letter of Suggestion__________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions:In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.Y(for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage.N(for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage.NG(for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Time T o Panic?Nobody needed to read George Bush‟s lips when he visited Russia recently as the guest of Goldman Sachs to mark the opening of the U. S. investment bank‟s Moscow outpost. Bush declared his faith in “the power of freedom” and of free markets. “I am optimistic,” he proclaimed. “I believe Russia is going to thrive.” Bush may yet be proved right. But coming as the country‟s stock market hit a new record low and interest rates leapt skyward, the former President‟s speech was ill-timed. For anyone who has invested in Russia, this is the summer of sleepless nights as the dreaded word deval‟vatsiya---Russian for devaluation---makes an unwelcome comeback. “It‟s taboo to say it,”says one prominent Russian banker, “but this threat hangs over us like a nightmare.”Last week, Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov declared devaluation unavoidable unless tax collection improves “by a third” in the coming months. With billions of dollars in unpaid taxes, the government has launched yet another desperate crackdown on tax evaders, even freezing the assets of the country‟s top debtor, gas giant Gazprom which owes some $ 2.5 billion. The showdown was dramatic, with the tax police storming Gazprom‟s Moscow skyscraper and salivating over its vast collection of yachts, planes andholiday villas. But within hours, the confrontation was over. On Friday, Gazprom‟s CEO Rem V yakhirev won a private audience with President Boris Y eltsin, where he defused attempts to rip up the agreement granting him control of 35% of the state‟s 40% stake in Gazprom and promised, in due time, to pay off the debt.But as every sentient observer knows, the clock is ticking fast. “When treasury bill rates rise to 80%, it means we‟re in a pre-collapse state,” says Vladimir Potanin, so-called oligarch and founder of Unexim Bank, one of Russia‟s Largest. “It‟s logical what could come next: devaluation, the crash of the banking system, huge lines of people trying to get their money out, unpaid wages and heightened social tension.” Everybody agrees that a devaluation would devastate Russia as it struggles to retain its fragile financial credibility earned over six years of haphazard reform. Particularly hard hit would be Russia‟s banking system, which has debts of at least $ 200 billion and dangerously few assets. What assets the banks do have could be wiped out thanks to their exposure to so-called “dollar forward contracts” signed with Western banks. “If there‟s a devaluation,” says Potanin, “it‟s clear that there is this massive amount of future obligations that will have to be paid off, and of course the method will be by defaulting.”Little wonder then that the crisis has reduced Russia‟s financial elite, once a pride of chest-beating fat cats, to a threatened species screeching about the coming apocalypse. Their counterparts in the political arena are no less panicked. On June 23, Y eltsin warned his opponents in parliament that if an austerity package was not passed before they recessed on July 16, he would resort to “other means”– a hint that he would rule by decree. Y et last week, the Russian President informed his subjects and stunned international observers: “We have no crisis.”Y eltsin may be the only person in Russia who believes that, as devaluation rumors hit fever pitch. “This week,” predicts a top financial journalist, who boasts close ties to the Central Bank. Even as they brace for the coming storm, many are looking to the International Monetary Fund to save the day. After twice delaying it, on June 25 the IMF, citing its faith in the cabinet of Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko, released a $ 670 million tranche of a previous $ 9.2 billion credit. But Russia‟s chances for a word-class bailout-the $ 10-15 billion that Anatoli Chubais, Y eltsin‟s envoy to the IMF talks, deems the bare minimum Russia needs to escape catastrophe –look slim.In the meantime, Kiriyenko is fighting to hang on to his new job, and his blueprint for rescuing Russia. By midweek, the beleaguered Prime Minister had submitted his anti-crisis plan to the Duma including measures to cut corporate taxes and introduce a single value-added tax of 20%. The package, Western financial experts warned, is long on generalities, short on implementation. The Duma, however, has other ideas. Sergei Baburin, the Communist vice speaker, denounced the proposed laws as “lethal medicine cooked up by vengeful Western economists.” Some optimists are looking to the long term. “We‟ve been able to get more cuts out of this new government”, muses one IMF official in private, “than we did from the Chernomyrdin government in the last three years.”But in the short term, the crisis threatens to consume everything in its path. Among those clamoring loudest for a bailout are the Western bankers who find themselves embarrassingly exposed. Of Russia‟s $ 72.2 billion in outstanding loans, German banks alone hold $ 30.5 billion.At home, the so-called oligarchs are also running scared. With the conflagration encroaching, they have put aside personal rivalry to form a “cooperation council” to advise Kiriyenko. But Y eltsin has yet to give his blessing to this “shadow cabinet”.Although there have been no runs on Russian banks so far, there are reasons to fear a panic: the stock market has plunged by 63% since January; Russia‟s debt pyramid of compounding treasury bills has grown dangerously; interest rates hover above 80%; while more than a third of the budget goes to service the government‟s burgeoning debt. In July, Russia will have to pay out $ 6.5 billion to redeem maturing loans, while cash reserves have sunk to $ 11.5 billion. The government is finding it difficult to raise new funds and has had to cancel its latest treasury bill auctions. “No one believes in this paper”, says the head of one of Russia‟s largest banks.Those fretting the loudest may be the foreigners―the fund managers and deal makers who rail against the “fools in Washington” who tend to Asia‟s woes while ignoring Russia‟s. They warn darkly of the danger of “losing Russia.”Without help from abroad, they claim, the pro-reform Kiriyenko cabinet will fall and in the post-crash wake a “nationalist-patriot” will rise. A dark scenario, but one taken seriously of late. As a senior IMF official, who‟d love to see Western governments give large loans to Russia, puts it: “No doubt about it, a bailout is expensive, but it‟s our cheapest insurance policy.” Maybe, but just the premiums on such a policy could prove extortionate.1. Privatization of the banking system makes devaluation unnecessary.2. Devaluation will cause the crash of the banking system.3. If there‟s a devaluation, the Russian banks will afford to pay off the massive, amount of futureobligations.4. The crisis has reduced Russia‟s financial elite‟s economic benefits.5. The writer compares President Y eltsin to a king by using the words “private audience”and“subjects”.6. Y eltsin‟s envoy to the IMF talks show Russia will get more help from the INF.7. The sales of banks to foreigners will cause a panic.8. To counter the coming economic crisis, many are expecting to seek help from _______.9. To pay the debts which are due in July, Russia will have to pay out a sum of ___________.10. The foreigners who advocate to give large loans to Russia are the ______________.Part Ш Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there willbe a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D),and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre.11. A) The woman is being interviewed by a reporter.B) The woman is applying for a job.C) The woman is taking an exam.D) The woman is applying for scholarship.12. A) Meet his partner in the middle of town.B) Try to persuade his partner to agree with him.C) Finish the first half of the project right now.D) Make and effort to reach a compromise.13. A) He nearly missed the appointment.B) He also felt sorry for being late.C) He didn‟t arrive so early either.D) He is all right now.14. A) At a library. B) At a store. C) At a bank. D) At a university class.15. A) He has ever visited no more than two cities.B) He has made only a few business trips.C) He has never been to Shenzhen and Beijing.D) He has been to many small cities.16. A) Supportive. B) Negative. C) Indifferent. D) Jealous.17. A) The man can ask her for help. B) Everyone can help the man.C) The man‟s uncle won‟t help him at all. D) The man can certainly count on his uncle.18. A) Take the subway. B) Take a bus.C) Take a taxi. D) Hurry to the convention.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) A student and a professor. B) Two students.C) Two dentists. D) A dentist and a patient.20. A) He had a toothache. B) He was sick.C) He overslept. D) He drank too much.21. A) California dental schoolsB) A little-known fact about George Washington.C) Uses of animals in research.D) George Washington‟s sleep habits.22. A) He had many bad habits. B) He had false teeth that were made of wood.C) He established a dental school D) He once hunted elephants.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) He wants to buy a second-hand car.B) He wants to search for his lost car.C) He wants to talk about different kinds of cars.D) He wants to know the latest model of cars.24. A) 80 B) 76 C) 86 D) 7025. A) California B) Florida. C) Texas. D) Georgia.Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a questions you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A ) , B ) , C) and D ). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) Far away from the city. B) Inside the city.C) Near the city. D) In the, city center.27. A) Traveling by bus or car. B) Living in an expensive way.C) Enjoying city life. D) Finding places to live in.28. A) When they are on holidays. B) On Sunday mornings,C) On Saturday night. D) As soon as they have information. " Passage T woQuestions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) She died across from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.B) US Department of Housing and Urban Development threw the dead woman out onto the street.C) She died in Washington D. C., the nation's capital.D) No one cared about the homeless woman.30. A) Because they do not want to pay for the houses.B) Because they have financial troubles.C) Because they like traveling across the countryD) Because they like drinking out.31. A) Finding houses; training for jobs; medical treatment.B) Treatment for those who use drugs or alcohol; finding places to live; training for jobs.C) Finding them jobs; sending them to hospitals; looking for houses.D) Building houses for homeless people; teaching them English; finding doctors for them.32. A) Because it is a personal and economic problem as well as a social one,B) Because it is a totally personal problem.C) Because it is a huge burden on economics.D) Because it is social problem.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33. A) She hasn't graduated.B) She prefers to work in a travel agency.C) She isn't old enough.D) She cannot speak Spanish.34. A) She has to have worked in a hospital once.B) She has to have some experience of hotel work.C) She has to know foreign languages.D) She has to know how to fly a plane.35. A) They advise her to change her mind.B) They agree with her.C) They think it is difficult to be a stewardess.D) They say she can earn a lot.Section CDirections:In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read forthe second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with theexact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are requiredto fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact wordsyou have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, whenthe passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Careerists are people whose self-image is determined almost exclusively by their jobs. (36) __________ everything they do is designed to (37) ________ their careers. They are defined by their jobs. When you meet a careerist at a party, he immediately tells you his (38) ________. Take away a careerist's job and he does not know who he is. He loses his (39) __________. His life is seriously out-of-balance. This (40) __________ disease is called careerism.Workaholics may or may not be careerists. Workaholics also spend most of their time and (41) ________ on their jobs. But there may be different reasons for their work (42) _______. They may not even (43) __________ with their jobs. Work may simply be an escape, an effort to avoid dealing with life. On the other hand, (44) _________.Careerists may not even like their jobs. In fact, they may not even work that hard. They may spend most of their time on organizational politics and other schemes for advancement. (45) __________A workaholic may be working to help others or to support a noble cause. If we are working on projects we see as important to social transformation, (46) ___________. Managers must be alert to both careerist and workaholics, recognize the differences, and seek to help both move in the direction of wholeness.Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Readthe passage 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 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.In recent years, Israeli consumers have grown more demanding as they've become wealthier and more worldly-wise. Foreign travel is a national passion; this summer alone, one in ten citizens will go abroad. 47 to higher standards of service elsewhere. Israelis are returning home expecting the same. American firms have also begun arriving in large numbers. Chains such as KFC, McDonald's and Pizza Hut are 48 a new standard of customer service, using strict employee training and constant monitoring to ensure the friendliness of frontline staff. Even the American habit of telling 49 customers to “Have a nice day” has 50 on all over Israel. “Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, …Le t‟s be nicer,‟”says Itsik Cohen, d irector of a consulting firm. “Nothing happens without competition.”Privatization, or the threat of it, is a motivation as well. Monopolies(垄断者) that until recently have been free to take their customers for granted now fear what Michael Perry, a marketing professor, calls “the revengeful(报复的) consumer.” When the government 51 up competition with Bezap, the phone company, its international branch lost 40% of its market share, even while offering competitive rates. Says Perry, “People wanted to 52 for all the years of bad service.” The electric company, whose monopoly may be short-lived, has suddenly stopped requiring users to wait half a day for a repairman. Now, appointments are 53 to the half-hour. The 54 El Al Airlines, which is already at auction (拍卖) ,has 55 its employees to emphasize service and is boasting about the results in an ad. campaign with the slogan, “Y ou c an feel the change in the air.” For the first time, praise 56 complaints on customer survey sheets.Section BDirections:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each 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 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.Disposing of garbage has been a problem since humans started producing it. More and more people choose to live close together in cities, and the waste disposal issue becomes increasingly complex.During the eighteenth century, it was customary for several neighboring towns to get together to designate a remote spot as a dumpsite. Residents or trash haulers (运输工) would transport household garbage, rotted or scrap wood, and old possessions to the site. Periodically some of the trash was burned and the rest was buried. The unpleasant sights and smells that resulted were endured because nobody lived nearby.Factories, mills, and other industrial facilities also had waste to be disposed of. Those located on rivers often just dumped the unwanted remains into the water. Others built enormous burners with smokestacks (烟窗) to deal with the problem.Several factors made these solutions unacceptable to modern society. The first issue is space. Dumps, which are now called landfills, are most needed in densely populated areas. Property is either too expensive or too close to residential neighborhoods. Long-distance trash hauling has beencommon practice, but once rural areas are refusing to accept garbage from elsewhere, cheap land within trucking distance of major metropolitan areas is almost nonexistent.A wareness of pollution dangers has resulted in more strict regulation of waste disposal. Contamination (污染) of rivers, groundwater, land, air is a price people can no longer pay to get rid of garbage. However, the amount of garbage continues to grow.Recycling efforts have become commonplace, and many towns require their residents to participate. Even the most vigorous and efficient recycling programs, however, can hope to handle only about 50 percent of a city‟s reusable waste.57. How was garbage usually disposed of during the eighteenth century?A) All the garbage was burned.B) All the garbage was thrown into the river directly.C) Most of garbage was recycled.D) Garbage was transported to a remote dumpsite.58. The outdated methods of dealing with garbage are now considered unacceptable because of ____A) lower efficiency B ) water shortageC) limited space D) higher risk59. Transporting the trash to the rural areas is considered as __________.A) an effective solution B) a costly solutionC) a dangerous solution D) a feasible solution60. It can be inferred from the passage that ____________.A) people in the future will live far from the dumpsiteB) the garbage will become less and lessC) the recycling program is the only solution to waste disposalD) strict regulation of waste disposal will be needed61. The main idea of the passage is that ________________.A) new approaches are found to solve the garbage problemB) garbage disposal becomes a growing problem with limited solutionsC) garbage pollution is becoming more and more seriousD) recycling is an effective way to handle the wastePassage T woQuestions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.Does a drink a day keep heart attacks away? Over the past 20 years, numerous studies have found that moderate alcohol consumption say, one or two beers, glas ses of wine or cocktails daily―helps to prevent coronary heart disease. Last week a report in the New England Journal of Medicine added strong new evidence in support of that theory. More important, the work provided the first solid indication of how alcohol works to protect the heart.In the study, researchers from Boston‟s Brigham and Women‟s Hospital and Harvard Medical School compared the drinking habits of 340 men and women who had suffered recent heart attacks with those of healthy people of the same age and sex. The scientists found that people who sip one to three drinks a day are about half as likely to suffer heart attacks as nondrinkers are. The apparent source of the protection: those who drank alcohol had higher blood levels of high-density lipoproteins (脂蛋白) , the so-called good cholesterol(胆固醇) , which is known to repel heart disease.As evidence has mounted, some doctors have begun recommending a daily drink for patients of heart diseases. But most physicians are not ready to recommend a regular happy hour for everyone. The risks of teetotalling (绝对戒酒) are nothing compared with the dangers of too much alcohol, including high blood press ure, strokes and liver troubles―not to mention violent behavior and traffi c accidents. Moreover, some studies suggest that even moderate drinking may increase the incidence of breast and colon cancer. Until there is evidence that the benefits of a daily dose of alcohol outweigh the risks, most people won‟t be able to take a doctor‟s prescription to the neighborhood bar or liquor store.62. The medical article quoted in the first paragraph demonstrates ___________A) that reports on the advantages of alcohol were mistakenB) the way in which alcohol does good to the heartC) how a couple of cocktails daily can stop heart problemsD) why alcoho lic drinks are dangerous to one‟s health63. The word “repel” (Line 6, Para. 2) can be best replaced by ___________A) speed up B) drive back C) slow down D) deal with64. Experiments showed that nondrinkers had ___________.A) higher blood pressureB) lower blood pressureC) larger amounts of good cholesterolD) smaller amounts of good cholesterol65. It can be learned that moderate drinking ________A) is recommended by most doctors for heart patientsB) should be permitted on prescriptionC) is still not medically advisableD) is not related to liver problems66. What can be inferred from the passage?A) The nondrinkers are much healthier than those who drink alcohol.B) Moderate drinking can help to prevent the incidence of the cancer.C) Moderate drinking is worthy of being recommended to everyone.D) People who drink too much alcohol take more risks than teetotalers.Part V Error correction (15 minutes)Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧)in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/)in the blank.Weak eyesight is a term that is generally used to refer tonear-sighted eyes. People who are near-sighted can see good at a short range, but nothing very far away is likely to be a dull blur. The term weak eyesight is misled, for in near-sighted eyes the lenses of the eyes are actually too strong. The near-sighted lens are so powerful that it focuses the light coming into the eyes too quick. The image is formed in front of the retina, which contains the optical nerves. Near-sightedness is common, but its growth may be gradual. Often the blurring of distant objects is so slight at first that a person may recognize the condition. Near-sightedness is frequently discovered first at school. It is here that a student first realizes the difficulty of see work on the blackboard, whereas another in the class have no trouble reading the board at all. After discovery, nearsightedness can easily be corrected. A concave lens called a “minus” lens because it increases the power of the lens of the eye itself is the prescription. 67 ___________________68 ___________________69 ___________________70 ___________________71 ___________________72 ___________________73 ___________________74 ___________________75 ___________________76 ___________________Part Ⅵ T ranslation (5 minutes)Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English, the Chinese given in brackets.77. I do not want to _________(陷入) the quarrel between Tom and Mary.78. _____________（尽管天还早）, there were several people at the advance booking office.79. It is difficult for him to ____________（习惯于睡觉）in a tent after having a soft, comfortable bedto lie on.80. We are all for your proposal that the discussion _________（应向后推迟）81. There was a big hole in the road which _____________（阻碍）the traffic.四级试点新题型试卷二(听力文字稿)Part Ш Listening ComprehensionSection A11. M: Now I‟m going to start off by asking you a difficult question. Why would you like to get thispost?W: Well, first of all, I know that your school has a very good reputation.Q: What do we learn from this conversation?12. M: My physics project is in trouble because my partner and I have completely different ideasabout how to proceed.W: Y ou should try to meet each other halfway.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?13. W: I‟m so sorry for being late. Y ou must have been waiting for a long time.M: That‟s all right. Actually, I got here just a couple of minutes ago.Q: What does the man imply?14. M: I‟ve forgotten my passbook, but I‟d like to make a deposit to my savings account if I may.W: No problem. Just bring this receipt with you the next time you come in along with your passbook, and we will adjust the balance.Q: Where did the conversation most probably take place?15. W: Since you have made so many business trips, you must have visited many places in thecountry.M: I wish I had, but Shenzhen and Beijing are the only places I‟ve ever been to.Q: What does the man mean?16. W: I‟d like to ask you, Mr. John, what do you feel about woman labor?M: My answer is, let the woman work as much as they want to, just as long as they don‟t take jobs away from men that need them.Q: What‟s the man‟s attitude towards woman labor?17. M: I hope I can rely on my uncle to lend me some money when I am short of it.W: As far as I know, he turns his back on anyone who asks for money.Q: What does the woman mean?18. W: If you‟re in a hurry you can take the subway. If you want to sightsee, take a bus.M: Actually, I don‟t have to be at the convention before noon.Q: What will the man probably do?Conversation OneW: Hi, Mike! Y ou missed a great history lecture this morning. Where were you?M: Oh, I overslept again. This really is becoming a bad habit. What did professor Brown talk about today?。