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专业四级专业四级模拟1PART II CLOZE (开始PART II CLOZE计时)Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct cho ice for each blank on your answer sheet.Early Tudor England was to a large extent self-sufficient. Practicall y all the necessities of life-- food, clothing, fuel and housing -- w ere produced from native resources by native effort, and it was to (2 6)_____ these primary needs that the great mass of the population lab ored (27)______ its daily tasks. Production was for the most part org anized in innumerable small units. In the country the farm, the hamle t and the village lived on (28)____ they could grow or make for thems elves, 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 (3 1)____ and harness of townsmen and countrymen(32)____. Once a week to wn and country would meet to make(33) ___ at a market which came(34) ___ realizing the medieval idea of direct contact between producer an d(35) _____. This was the traditional economy, which was hardly altered for some centuries, and which set the(36) _____ of work and the st andard of life of perhaps nice out of(37) ____ ten English men and wo men. The work was long and (38)____, and the standard of life achieve d was almost (39)___ low. Most Englishmen lied by a diet which was of ten (40)____ and always monotonous, wore coarse and ill-fitting cloth es which harbored dirt undermine, and lived in holes whose squalor wo uld 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) unim aginedly40. A) weak B) little C) meagre D) sparse(结束PART II CLOZE计时)PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (开始PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULAR Y计时)There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentenc e there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one wo rd 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 a crowd 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 relat ed 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 la ugh.A) so as toB) such as toC) so thatD) such that53. If he _____ in that way for much longer he will find himself in t he 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 any one 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 tod ay after an accident ____ two lorries.A) involvingB) includingC) combiningD) containing59. Very few scientists _____ with completely new answers to the worl d's problem.A) come toB) come roundC) come onD) come up60. Hotel rooms must be _____ by noon, but luggage may be left with t he porter.A) departedB) abandonedC) vacatedD) displaced61. The ____ physicist has been challenged by others in his field.A) respectableB) respectfulC) respectiveD) respecting62. Ill try to get in touch with him but hes_____ 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 sch ool library.A) accessB) entranceC) wayD) path(结束PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY计时)PART IV READING COMPREHENSION (开始PART IV READING COMPREHENSION计时)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 y ou choice on your answer sheet.TEXT A In 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 tradi tion and prejudice can still handicap women in their working careers and personal lives, major legislation to help promote equality of opp ortunity and pay was passed during the 1970s. At the heart of womenschanged role in society has been the rise in the number of women at w ork, particularly married woman. As technology and society permit hig hly effective and generally acceptable methods of family planning the re 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 h as been a rapid increase in the number of women with young children w ho return to work when the children are old enough not to need consta nt care and attention. Since 1951 the proportion of married women who se work has grown from just over a fifth to a half. Compared with the ir counterparts elsewhere on the Continent, British women comprise a relatively high proportion of the work force, about two-fifths, but o n average they work fewer hours, about 31 a week. There is still a si gnificant difference between womens average earnings and mens, but th e equal pay legislation which came into force at the end of 1975 appe ars to have helped to narrow the gap between womens and mens basic ra tes. As more and more women joined the work force in the 1960s and ea rly 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 womens earnings as an essential part of their income rather than as "pocket money". At t he same time social roles within the family are more likely to be sha red, 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 B Natures Gigantic Snow plough On January 10,1962, an enormous p iece 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 example of a ver y 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 o f the snow is so great that the lower layers are pressed into solid i ce. But most avalanches occur long before this happens. As snow accum ulates on a steep slope, it reaches a critical point at which the sli ghtest vibration will send it sliding into the valley below. Even an avalanche of light power can be dangerous, but the Peruvian catastrop he was particularly terrible because it was caused by a heavy layer o f ice. It is estimated that the ice that broke off weighted three mil lion tons. As it crashed down the steep mountainside like a gigantic snow plough, it swept up trees, boulders and tons of topsoil, and com pletely crushed and destroyed the six villages that lay in its path. At present there is no way to predict or avoid such enormous avalanch es, but, luckily, they are very rare. Scientists are constantly study ing the smaller, more common avalanches, to try to understand what ca uses them. In the future, perhaps dangerous masses of snow and ice ca n 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 C I was born in Tuckahoe, Talbot Country, Maryland. I have no ac curate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record co ntaining 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 master s within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant. I do not re member having ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They s eldom come nearer to it than planting-time, harvesting, springtime, o r falltime. A lack of information concerning my own was a source of u nhappiness 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 was not allowed to make any inquires of my master concer ning it. He considered all such inquires on the part of a slave improper and impertinent. The nearest estimate I can give makes me now bet ween 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 o f Isaac and Betsey Bailey, both colored, and quite dark. My mother wa s of a darker complexion than either my grandmother or grandfather. M y father was a white man. The opinion was also whispered that my mast er was my father; but of the correctness of this opinion, I know noth ing; 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, t o part children from their mothers at a very early age. Frequently, b efore the child has reached its twelfth month, its mother is taken fr om it, and hired out on some farm a considerable distance off, and th e 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 wa s to hinder the development of the childs affection towards its mothe r.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 D Please Recycle That Bobsled Run For the 1992 Winter Games Fren ch organizers constructed a new motorway, parking lots and runs for s kiing in the Alps. Environmentalists screamed "Disaster!". Thus warne d, the Norwegians have adopted "green" advice and avoided great blots on the landscape. The speed-skating rink was built to look like an o verturned ship, and placed so as not to disturb a bird sanctuary. Duginto a mountainside, the hockey arena is well concealed and efficien t. The bobsled run is built out of wood not metal and hidden among tr ees. No wonder the president of the International Olympic Committee h as called these the first "Green Games." Lillehammers opening ceremon ies 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 tra nsplanted 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. Environmentalist s have declared partial victory: though Coca-Colas plan to decorate t he town with banners has been scaled back, there are still too many b illboards for strict tastes. Perhaps, but after the Games, athlete ho using will be converted into vocation homes or shipped to the northla nds for student dormitories. Bullets will be plucked from biathlon ta rgets and recycled to keep the lead from poisoning ground water. And these tricks wont be forgotten. Embarrassed by environmental protest, the I.O.C. claims the green awareness is now entrenched-along with s port and culture-as a permanent dimension of the Olympic Charter. Ind eed, Sydney was successful in becoming host for the 2000 summer Games in part on the strength of its endorsement from Green peace. Aspirin g host cities are picking up the code. Salt Lake City. bidding for th e 2002 Games, may opt to use the bobsled run that Calgary built for t he 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.(结束PART IV READING COMPREHENSION计时)SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING (开始SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNIN G计时)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 a nswer on your answer sheet.TEXT E First read the following question. 81. The schoolboy was repor ted to have had an accident with ______ A. a train. B. fire. C. elect ricity. D. traffic. Now skim TEXT E below and mark your answer on you r 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 h ow lucky he was to be alive. John, 11, and gone train-spotting for th e first time in his life on a footbridge near his home. He fell off t he 20ft-high bridge, landed among power cables and ended up on the ra ils. 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 li fe.81. The schoolboy was reported to have had an accident with ______A) a train.B) fire.C) electricity.D) traffic.TEXT F First 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 Morga n Road, Harbury, Lincolnshire. The Administrative Officer, Swiss Medi co Ltd, PO Box 1263, Zurich, Switzerland. 17 March 199- Dear Sir, I a m 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 Co llege, Cambridge and stayed there to take my PhD in the dialects of N ortheast France. I should be interested in working for your company f or two reasons: firstly, I should like to live abroad and secondly, t he work would involve medical/scientific translation which is my part icular field. I shall look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincere ly, Rupert Johnson82. 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.TEXT G First read the following question. 83. The main message of the pamphlet is to ______ A. provide car owners with car theft statistic s. B. give details about costs in crime prevention. C. portray the pr ofile of certain car thieves. D. raise car owners awareness against car theft. Now skim TEXT G below and mark your answer on your answer s heet. Car thefts account for a quarter of all recorded crime. Togethe r they impose costs on everyone-the costs of the police time taken up in dealing with the offenses, the cost of taking offenders through t he criminal justice system, and the cost to motorists of increased in surance premiums. Over 460 000 cars are reported missing in this coun try each year and many of these are never recovered. Many of these wh ich 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 drive n by its owner; car thieves are often young and sometimes drunk. Yet car crime can be cut drastically if motorists follow a few simple rul es to keep thieves out of their in the first place. Most car thieves are opportunist unskilled petty criminals; many are under 20. So ,mak e your own car a less inviting target, to discourage thieves from try ing.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.TEXT H First read the following question. 84. What is the writers mai n passage in the passage? A. Unemployment brings downward changes in peoples lives. B. One should try to make the best of unemployment. C. Unemployment results in negative psychological effects. D. Many peop le 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 unemploy ment. What are the first feelings? well, losing a job, or not being a ble to find one, almost always brings unwelcome changes. If youve los t 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 shatt ered, their contact with other people reduced, their ambitions halted and their identity as a worker removed. At first there may be good f eeling too- a new and better job is just around corner-its nice to be able to lie in the morning or spend more time with the children; hav e more time to think. But, unless a better job does turn up, the chan ces are the days start longer and time becomes harder to fill. Many p eople 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 r ethink what you want from life and how best you can get it. You can u se 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.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.TEXT I First read the following question. 85. The Savor return ticket is NOT valid for ______ A. Saturdays. B. Sundays. C. any public holi days. D. certain peak trains. 86. You must book your Savor return tic ket _____ days in advance. A. 8 B. 7 C. 31 D. 50 Now skim TEXT I belo w and mark your answer on your answer sheet. Savor The Savor return i s our most flexible leisure ticket. It can be used on all trains on all trains on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. On Mondays and F ridays it can be used on most trains except some peak trains. Conditi ons of travel - You must book your ticket at least seven full days be fore you start your journey. - You must return within thirty-one days. - Break of journey is not allowed. - There are no reductions on Savo r return tickets for children under the age of sixteen. - Savor retur n tickets are only available for journeys over fifty miles.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) 50TEXT J First read the following question. 87. Pupils can bring to sch ool ______ A. chewing gun. B. jewellery. C. purse belts. D. radios. 8 8. Pupils in the school can ______ A. walk on the right inside the sc hool building. B. wear outdoor clothing inside the school. C. go to S taff room at lunch break. D. watch videos during the lunch break. Now skim TEXT J below and mark your answer on your answer sheet. Leighto n School SCHOOL RULES EVERY PUPIL IN THE SCHOOLS OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE A SENSE OR RESPONSIBILITY. WE DEPEND ON YOUR GOOD MANNERS, COMMON SENS E AND CO-OPERATION. 1. Pupils must bring the correct books and writin g materials to each lesson. 2. Other items, for example, P.E. Kit, mu st be brought to practical lessons. 3. Eating and drinking inn classr ooms is forbidden. Chewing gum must not be brought to school. 4. Pupi ls must not bring valuables to schools, e.g. radios, tape recorders o r 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 theright in the corridors and on the stairs; they must move quietly arou nd 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 dut y. 8. Pupils having lunch in school are not allowed to leave the scho ol premises without a printed permission slip.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.TEXT K First read the following question. 89. Margaret Mee went on he r 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. 79 C. 36. D. 68. Now skim TEXT K below and ma rk your answer on your answer sheet. Margaret Mee: English Explorer a nd Painter of Amazon Flora Born in Chesham, England, in May 1909 Stud ied at St Martins School of Art and later at the Camber well School o f 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 nig ht-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 travele d Amazonian waters, many people have painted Amazonian plants, but Ma rgaret Mee outranks those other travelers and artists simply becauseshe, with her watercolors, went, saw, and conquered the region. She h as been able to fill her subjects with the reality of their environme nt.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.(结束SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING计时)PART V DICTION (开始PART V DICTION计时)Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at no rmal 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 to 20 seconds. The last readi ng will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. you will then be given 2 minutes to check through y our work once more.。