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2009专业四级全真模拟预测试卷PART III 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.More and more residences住宅, businesses, and even government agencies 代理are using telephone answering machines to take messages or give information or instructions.指令Sometimes these machines give (31) confusing______ instructions, or play messages that are difficult to understand. If you (32) ___make___ telephone calls, you need to be ready to respond when you get a (33) __recording__录音__.The most common machine is the (34) __type____ used in residence. If you call a home (35) _where_____ there is a telephone answering machine (36) ___in operation_操作中___ you will hear several rings 吊环and then a recorded message that (37) _usually_____ says something like this: "Hello,. W e can’t come to the (38) __phone____ right now. If you want us to call you back, please leave your name and number after the beep嘟嘟声." Then you will hear a "beep," (39) _which_____ is a brief,简要high-pitched 高声的(40) __tune__曲调__. After the beep, you can say who you are, whom you want to speak to, and what number the person should call to (41) _reach_____ you, or you can leave a (42) _message_____. Some telephone answering machines record for only 20 or 30 seconds after the beep, (43) __so____ you must respond quickly. Some large businesses and government agencies are using telephone answering machines to provide information on (44) _topics_____ about which they receive a large volume of (45) inquiries_调查____. Generally specking, using these systems (46) __requries____ you to have a touchtone phone. The voice on the machine will tell you to (47) __push____ a certain button on you telephone if you want information on Topic A, another button for Topic B, and so on. You listen (48) _until_____ you hear the topic you want to learn about, and then you push the (49) appropriate_相当的_相称的____ button. Immediately after making your (50) _selection_____, you will hear a recorded message on the topic.C31. A. disturbing B. annoyi8ng C. confusing D. surprisingB C32. A. take B. make C. answer D. receiveD B33. A. repairing B. recovering C. retelling D. recordingA34. A. type B. kind C. sort D. characterB35. A. which B. where C. that D. whenC36. A. in hand B. in detail C. in operation D. in disputeD B37. A. impossibly B. hardly C. always D. usuallyB38. A. place B. phone C. home D. roomD39. A. that B. who C. what D. whichA B40. A. tune B. noise C. voice D. toneC D41. A. catch B. tell C. reach D. meetC42. A. note B. record C. message D. speechA43. A. so B. therefore C. although D. thusA44. A. topics B. things C. arguments D. concernsB C45. A. questions B. inquiries C. problems D. complaintsB46. A. commands B. requires C. asks D. requestsA47. A. push B. pull C. drag D. throwC48. A. when B. after C. until D. beforeD A49. A. correct B. wrong C. random D. appropriateA50. A. selection B. solution C. experiment D. decisionPART III CLOZE [15 MIN]31-35: CBDAB36-40: CDBDA41-45: CCAAB46-50: BACDAPART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (15 MIN)There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases phrase marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose one word or that best completes the sentence.Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.D C51. The fact that during the first week the takings营业收录of the circus 马戏团______ not enough to cover the purchase of fodder 饲料for the animals frustrated 失意的all of us.A. beingB. isC. wasD. wereC D52. Fruit pickers are paid at the _____ of ’4.00 an hour.A. rate比率B. scale刻度C. sum金额D. valueA53. Fumes气体from the exhaust废气of an automobile汽车are ______.A. notorious臭名昭著的B. a nxious adj.渴望的, 忧虑的C. noxious 有害的有毒的D. delicious?A B C54. George wasn’t in class today, Professor Brown excused him ______.A. from attendingB. of attendingC. to attendD. attendingC A55. Class will _____ at a high temperature and will be in a liquid condition.A. dissolve溶解B. disappearC. meltD. evaporate v. 蒸发, 失去水分, 消失A C56. After several days’investigation n.调查, the police found out one clue thatvoices were heard ______ for help from some very distant place that night.A. to callB. calledC. callingD. callC57. I ______ to the theatre with you to watch that movie but I was too busy at my paper at that time.A. would goB. wentC. was to have goneD. was to goC D58. He appeared =be_____ with our team’s performance.A. satisfyingB. to be satisfyingC. to satisfyD. satisfiedD B59 Sarah is the only one of all the students of this high school who ______ by Peking University.A. are admittedB. was admittedC. were admittedD. is admittedC60. More than once adv. 不止一次(好几次), I believe everybody else in our company would agree with me, ______ him to make such promises but he never made it actually.A. we heardB. we have heardC. have we heardD. and have heardD61. After ______ appeared to be an endless waiting, it was her turn to be examined.A. thatB. whereC. whichD. whatC62. It is only when you overcome all difficulties and reach your goal ______ fully aware that the way to success is not paved with flowers.A. do you becomeB. then you becomeC. that you becomeD. have you becomeD A63. The chief adj.主要的, 首要的reason for the spreading of the disease isn’t somuch a fall in living conditions ______ a rise in it.A. asB. likeC. thanD. butA C64. Hamlet _____ his father’s death on his uncle.A reversed v.逆转, 倒退, 互换,改变B. reverted vi.恢复, 回复, 归还C. revenged报复, 报仇D. revealed vt.显示, 透露, 揭示, 展A C65. He _____ tennis every day since he ______ sixteen.A. has played... isB. played... has beenC. was playing...has beenD. has been playing...wasA B66. He delivered_____ orders for a Chinese restaurant for the whole summer vacation so as to earn enough money for his tuition.学费A. take offB. take overC. take upD. take outTake off v.起飞, 脱掉, 取消, 匆匆离开, 去除, 模仿Take over v.接收, 接管, 接任, 承袭Take up v.拿起, 开始, 从事, 吸收, 接纳, 占去, 继续做Take out vt. 取出, 去除, 出发, 发泄vi. 开始Delivered v.递送, 发表（演讲）, 交付, 解救, 生（孩子）, 接生, 履行, 投掷B D67. He does not _____ as a teacher of English as his pronunciation发音is terrible.A. equal 比得上等于B. matchC. qualify使合格限制描述D. fitB C68. He finished _____ in the 1,500-meter run.A. champion冠军拥护保卫B. championshipC. firstD. No. oneA C69. He has been asked to account _____ his absence.A. for是….的说明原因；了解查明B. onC. of记账D. aboutA70. He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any _____ on what he promises.A. faithB. beliefC. credit 信用D. reliance所信赖的人或物C D71. He is _____ the run from the police.A. inB. offC. onD. afterA C72. He is an artist with seemingly表面的视乎unlimited _____.A. creativity 创造力B. creature 生物动物人C. creation创造创作D. creative创造性A D73. He believed that the greatest of his _____ was that he’d never had a college education.A. grieves 使悲伤B. misfortunes 不幸灾祸C. disasters灾害D. sorrows悲伤D A74. He knows the rules but does not know how to ______ it.A. control v.控制, 支配, 掌管, 抑制, 克制B. direct v.对准, 指挥, 指示, 命令C.apply D. runC75. He made a ____ inspection of the doors and the windows before leaving.A. slowlyB. leisurely adj.悠闲的, 从容的C. carefullyD. seriouslyB A76. Ten days before, the Captain’s word was that every sailor, old or young, ______ by that new rules and regulations.A. abide v.遵守, 忍受, 坚持B. abode n.住处, 住所, 逗留,<古>等待C. abiding adj.持久的D. was to abideA B77. He made such a _____ contribution to the university that they are naming one of the new building after him.A. genuine adj. 真正的, 真实的, 真诚的B. minimum adj.最少的, 最低程度的C. modestD. generous adj.慷慨的, 宽宏大量的, 丰厚的, 丰盛的, 味浓的C D78. He must have had an accident, or he _____ then.A. would have been hereB. had to be hereC. should be hereD. would be hereA D79. Every man and every woman kidnapped 绑架three days ago in South Africa ______ to being set free and to walking out of that room so eagerly now that they start shouting.A. looking forwardB. look forwardC. looked forwardD. looks forwardD A80. He often sat in a small bar drinking considerably非常地more than _____.A. he was in good healthB. his health was goodC. his good health wasD. was good for his health 来源:考试大-专四专八考试站PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN]51-55: DCACA56-60: CCDBC61-65: DCACC66-70: BDCCA71-75: DCDAC76-80: ABDDAPART V READING COMPREHENSION (25 MIN)In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four 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 AIt is possible for students to obtain advanced degree in English while knowing little or nothing about traditional scholarly methods. The consequences of this neglect of traditional scholarship are particularly unfortunate for the study of women writers. If the canon-the list of authors whose works are most widely taught-is ever to include more women, scholars must be well trained in historical scholarship and textual editing. Scholars who do not know how to read early manuscripts, locate rare books, establish a sequence of editions, and so on are lacking crucial tools for revising the canon.To address such concerns, an experimental version of the traditional scholarly methods course was designed to raise students’consciousness about the usefulness of traditional learning for any modern critic or theorist. To minimize the artificial aspects of the conventional course, the usual procedure of assigning a large number of small problems drawn from the entire range of historical periods was abandoned, though this procedure has the obvious advantage of at least superficially familiarizing students with; a wide range of reference sources.①Instead students were engaged in a collective effort to do original work on a neglected eighteenth century writer, Elizabeth Griffith, to give them an authentic experience of literary scholarship and to inspire them to take responsibility for the quality of their own work.Griffith’s work presented a number of advantages for this particular pedagogical purpose. First, the body of extant scholarship on Griffith was so tiny that it could be all read in a day, thus students spent little time and effort mastering the literature and had a clear field for their own discoveries. Griffith’s play-The Platonic Wife exists in three visions, enough to provide illustrations of editorial issues but not too many for beginning students to manage. In addition, because Griffith was successful in the eighteenth century, as her continued productivity and favorable reviews demonstrate, her exclusion from the canon and virtual disappearance from literary history also helped raise issues concerning the current canon.The range of Griffith’s work meant that each student could become the world’s leading authority on a particular Griffith text. For example, a student studying Griffith’s Wife in the Right obtained a first edition of the play and studied it for some weeks. This student was suitably shocked and outraged to find its title transformed into A Wife in the Night in Watt’s Bibliotheca Britannica. Such experiences, inevitable and common in working on a writer to whom so little attention has been paid serve to vaccinate the students-I hope for a lifetime-against credulous use of reference sources.②C B81. The author of the passage is primarily concerned with ______.A. revealing a commonly ignored deficiencyB. proposing a return to traditional methodC. describing an attempt to correct a shortcomingD. assessing the success of a new pedagogical approachD A82. Which of the following is a disadvantage of the strategy employed in the experimental scholarly methods course?A. Students were not given an opportunity to study women writers outside the canon.B. Students had little background knowledge for further research.C. Most of the students in the course had little opportunity to study 18th century literature.D. Students were not given an opportunity to encounter certain sources of information that could prove useful in their future studies.B A83. The "particular pedagogical purpose" mentioned in Paragraph 3 is to ______.A. minimize the trivial aspects of the traditional scholarly methods courseB. encourage scholarly rigor in students’own researchC. reestablish Griffith’s reputation as an authorD. bridge the gap between the new method and the traditional approachB A84. It can be inferred that the author expects, that the experience of the student mentioned as having studied Wife in the Right would have the effect that ______.A. it would lead the student to have a clear understanding of the editorsB. it would teach the student to question the accuracy of certain kinds of information sources when studying neglected authorsC. it would teach the student to avoid the use of reference sources in studying neglected authorsD. it would enhance the student’s appreciation of the works of authors not include in the canonD C85. What is the function of the last paragraph in relation to the passage as a whole?A. It summarizes the benefits students can derive from the experimental scholarly methods course.B. It provides additional reasons why Griffith’s works raises issues having to do with the canon of authors.C. It provides an illustration of the immediate nature of the experiences students can derive from the experimental scholarly methods course.D. It contrasts the experience of a student in the experimental scholarly methods course with the experience of a student in the traditional course. 来源:考试大-专四专八考试站TEXT BCultural norms so completely surround people, so permeate thought and action, that we never recognize the assumptions on which their lives and their sanity rest. As one observer put it, if birds were suddenly endowed with scientific curiosity they might examine many things, but the sky itself would be overlooked as a suitable subject; if fish were to become curious about the world, it would never occur to them to begin by investigating water.①For birds and fish would take the sky and sea for granted, unaware of their profound influence because they comprise the medium for every fact. Human beings, in a similarly way, occupy a symbolic universe governed by codes that are unconsciously acquired and automatically employed. So much so that they rarely notice that the ways they interpret and talk about events are distinctively different from the ways people conduct their affairs in other cultures.As long as people remain blind to the sources of their meanings, they are imprisonedwithin them. These cultural frames of reference are no less confining simply because they cannot be seen or touched. Whether it is an individual neurosis that keeps an individual out of contact with his neighbors, or a collective neurosis that separates neighbors of different cultures, both are forms of blindness that limit what can be experienced and what can be learned from others.②It would seem that everywhere people would desire to break out of the boundaries of their own experiential worlds. Their ability to react sensitively to a wider spectrum of events and peoples requires an overcoming of such cultural parochialism. But, in fact, few attain this broader vision. Some, of course, have little opportunity for wider cultural experience, though this condition should change as the movement of people accelerates. Others do not try to widen their experience because they prefer the old and familiar, seek from their affairs only further confirmation of the correctness of their own values. Still others recoil from such experiences because they feel it dangerous to probe too deeply into the personal or cultural unconscious. Exposure may reveal how tenuous and arbitrary many cultural norms are; such exposure might force people to acquire new bases for interpreting events. And even for the many who do seek actively to enlarge the variety of human beings with whom they are capable of communicating there are still difficulties.Cultural myopia persists not merely because of inertia and habit, but chiefly because it is so difficult to overcome. One acquires a personality and a culture in childhood, long before he is capable of comprehending either of them. To survive, each person masters the perceptual orientations, cognitive biases, and communicative habits of his own culture. But once mastered, objective assessment of these same processes is awkward since the same mechanisms that are being evaluated must be used in making the evaluations.C86. The examples of birds and fish are used to ______.A. show that they, too, have their respective culturesB. explain humans occupy a symbolic universe as birds and fish occupy the sky and the seaC. illustrate that human beings are unaware of the cultural codes governing themD. demonstrate the similarity between man, birds, and fish in their ways of thinkingB D87. The term "parochialism" (Line 3, Para. 3) most possibly means ______.A. open-mindednessB. provincialismC. superiorityD. discriminationC88. It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that ______.A. everyone would like to widen their cultural scope if they canB. the obstacles to overcoming cultural parochialism lie mainly in people’s habit of thinkingC. provided one’s brought up in a culture, he may be with bias in making cultural evaluationsD. childhood is an important stage in comprehending cultureA C89. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Individual and collective neurosis might prevent communications with others.B. People in different cultures may be governed by the same cultural norms.C. People’s visions will be enlarged if only they knew that cultural differences exist.D. If cultural norms are something tangible, they won’t be so confining.D C90. The passage might be entitled "______."A. How to Overcome Cultural MyopiaB. Behavioral Patterns and Cultural BackgroundC. Harms of Cultural MyopiaD. Cultural Myopia-A Deep-rooted Collective NeurosisTEXTCA Holy Week procession (Settimana Santa) is an event taking place in Holy Week, most often in a country with traditional Roman Catholic culture. This tradition goes back a long way, to a Christian use in medieval times and in some cases there are testimonies dating back to the XVI century. The Easter period is an incredibly important time in the calendar of this largely Roman Catholic nation, and events are used to mark the occasion throughout Italy. One of the most important of these occurs in Rome on Good Friday, when the Pope leads a procession past the Colosseum and the Roman Forum right up to the ancient Palatine Hill. Then on Easter Sunday the Pontiff holds Mass and gives a blessing to the crowd from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica.Around of the country Italians celebrate the Easter period with processions and plays depicting Christ’s final hours. Easter feasts are also a part of Italian celebrations; typical fare includes spring lambs and lots of sweet bread, cakes and special chocolates.In today’s world where the festivals can often be taken for granted as just a great party, it is the novena, and the other religious aspects that keep the true link to the past alive. Our secular society is often at odds with the value systems that brought about these religious festivals and yet it seems that the younger generations still enjoy participating. The older generations often lament the loss of faith in the young people and wonder how religious festivals can survive without losing their soul. However, the fact is nothing in human culture is static and every generation celebrates in their own way, often against the wishes of the elders. Some of the larger festivals have become annual tourist attractions, bringing in needed revenue to the old Italian American communities that hold the events and often benefiting the city as a whole.C D91. Which of the following is INCORRECT?A. This procession has a long history.B. The procession has wide influence.C. The procession occurs in countries with traditional Roman Catholic culture only.D. The procession may originate from 16th century.D92. Which of the following is the activity held in Easter period?A. ProcessionsB. PlaysC. FeastsD. All of the above.A B93. The author’s attitude towards the modern secular society is ______.A. CommendatoryB. objectiveC. incredulityD. absurdD C94. Which of the following is true?A. Nowadays the festivals are purely commercial.B. Young people enjoy the festivals because they are religious.C. The older generations are worried about the death of these festivals.D. The older generations are concerned about the change of these festivalsTEXTDParkour is a physical activity that is difficult to categorize. It is not an extreme sport, but an art or discipline that resembles self-defense in the martial arts. According to David Belle, "the physical aspect of parkour is getting over all the obstacles in your path as you would in an emergency. You want to move in such a way, with any movement, as to help you gain the most ground on someone or something, whether escaping from it or chasing toward it.①Thus, when faced with a hostile confrontation with a person, one will be able to speak, fight, or flee. As martial arts are a form of training for the fight, parkour is a form of training for the flight. Becauseof its unique nature, it is often said that parkour is in its own category: "Parkour is parkour."An important characteristic of parkour is efficiency. Practitioners move not only as fast as they can, but also in the least energy-consuming and most direct way possible. This characteristic distinguishes it from the similar practice of free running, which places more emphasis on freedom of movements, such as acrobatics. Efficiency also involves avoiding injuries, short and long-term, p art of why parkour’s unofficial motto is tre et durer (to be and to last).Tracers claim that parkour also influences one’s thought process by enhancing critical thinking skills that allow one to overcome everyday physical and mental obstacles.There are fewer predefined movements in parkour than gymnastics, as it does not have a list of appropriate "moves." Each obstacle a tracer faces presents a unique challenge on how they can overcome it effectively, which depends on their body type, speed and angle of approach, the physical make-up of the obstacle, etc. Parkour is about training the body mind to react to those obstacles appropriately with a technique that works. Often that technique cannot and need not be classified and given a name. In many cases effective parkour techniques depend on fast redistribution of body weight and the use of momentum to perform seemingly impossible or difficult body maneuvers at speed. Absorption and redistribution of energy is also an important factor, such as body rolls when landing which reduce impact forces on the legs and spine, allowing a tracer to jump from greater heights than those often considered sensible in other forms of acrobatics and gymnastics.There are many basic techniques that are emphasized to beginners for their versatility and effectiveness. Most important are good jumping and landing techniques. The roll, used to limit impact after a drop and to carry one’s momentum onward, is often stressed as the most important technique to learn.②Many tracers develop joint problems from too many large drops and rolling incorrectly. Due to large drops parkour has sometimes received criticism for its questionable safety. Several communities in Great Britain have been warned by law enforcement or fire and rescue of the potential dangers of parkour. Although David Belle has never been seriously injured while practicing parkour, there is no careful study about the health issues of large drops and tracers stress gradual progression to avoid any problems.③D C95. Parkour participators ______.A. aim to exploit their potential strengthB. move the longest distance they can endureC. practice prescriptive movementsD. choose different paths to the terminals by themselvesC A96. According to the passage," critical thinking skills" (Line 1, Para. 3) refers to skills of ______.A. judging and giving comments on somethingB. decisive thinkingC. conquering crisisD. finding out essentialsD97. Which of the following is NOT a determinant to the effectiveness of parkour?A. Participator’s figure.B. Participator’s relative location to the obstacle.C. Participator’s reaction to the obstacle.D. Participator’s experience of parkour.C98. The following are parkour techniques EXCEPT ______.A. reducing energy waste during the processB. making poses while moving at speedC. fighting against someone blocking the pathD. preventing oneself from being injured or hurtA99. What can we learn from the passage?A. Participators believe long-term effective practice can help avoid injuries.B. Beginners should train their endurance above all.C. To parkour participators, speed is much more important than safety.D. Large drops is the most difficult techniques of parkour.B100. Which of the following activities is mostly close to parkour?A. Jogging.B. Obstacle race.C. Gymnastics.D. Acrobatic performance PART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN]81-85: CDBBC86-90: CBCAD91-95: CDADD96-100: CDCAB。