大学英语四级考试冲刺试卷09

Model Test Nine
Part I listening Comprehension (20 minutes )
Section A
Directions: in this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the cerebration and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must rend the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. A) Sarah is going to see her elder brother.
B) Sarah' s mother and her elder brother are leaving for Paris.
C) Sarah is going to see her mother.
D) Sarah' s elder brother is in Paris.

2. A) To wash the dishes.
B) To answer the phone.
C) To answer the door.
D) To got newspaper for him.

3. A) Customer and salesman.
B) Teacher and student.
C) Policeman and passerby.
D) Doctor and patient.

4. A) In a school.
B) At a theatre.
C) In a restaurant.
D) If a bank.

5. A) She may be driving at 7 o'clock.
B) She may' be going to the party.
C) She may be seeing her friends.
D) She may be going to the theatre.

6. A) 9:00 a.m.
B) 9:10 a.m.
C) 10:00 a.m.
D) 10:20 a.m.

7. A) Yes, he likes it very much.
B) Yes, he finds it.
C) No, he finds it very boring.
D) No, he finds it very hard.

8. A) Doing his homework.
B) Playing with Iris dog.
C) Watching TV.
D) Ringing his girlfriend.

9. A) She had to review her lessons.
B) She had to brush her teeth.
C) She had to attend a class.
D) She had to study her notes.

10. A) On foot.
B) By taxi.
C) Driving.
D) By bus.

Section B
Directions: 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 question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) She sat back mad relaxed.
B) She worked out a new English program.
C) She decided to retire.
D) She entered university.

12. A) 8 ears.
B) 20 years.
C) 16 years.
D) 30 years.

13. A) Bring a fear of aging among young students on the campus.
B) Bring a go-eat deal of useful experience to the university.
C) Improve human relationships in the univers

ity.
D) Improve the reputation of the university.

Passage Two
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A) Twenty-five million.
B) Sixty thousand.
C) Seven million.
D) Four hundred million.

15. A) A kitchen.
B) A store.
C) An engine.
D) A theater.

16. A) It has 2 engines.
B) It }ms 4 -engines.
C) It has 6 engines.
D) It has 8 engines.

Passage Three
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. A) Polite behavior.
B) Kind behavior.
C) Helpful behavior.
D) All of the above.

18. A) To show that he has enjoyed it.
B) To show' that he has had enough.
C) To show that he is very thirsty.
D) To show that he is poor.

19. A) He takes his torn when waiting for a bus.
B) He gives his seat to an older person or a lady who is standing.
C) He helps the poor when they are in trouble.
D) He says" Thank you" when he receives something.

20. A) Different Manners.
B) Good Manners.
C) Bad Manners.
D) Customs of Other Races.

Part Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
Today, more and more people ate using credit cards instead of money to buy the things they need. Almost anyone who has a steady income and a continuous work record can apply for a credit card.
layout have a credit card, you can buy a car, eat a dinner, take a trip, and even get a haircut by charging the cost to your account. In this way, you can pay for purchases a month or two later, without any extra charge. Or you may choose to spread out your payments over several months and pay only part of the total amount each month. If you do this, the credit card company or the bank who sponsors(经办) the credit card will add a small service charge to your total bill. This is very convenient for the customer. With the credit card in your wallet or purse, you don't have to carry? much cash. This saves you trips to the bank to cash checks or withdraw cash. Also if you carry' credit cards instead of a lot of cash, you don' t have to be concerned about losing your money enough cheerlessness or theft. The card user only has to worry about paying the final bill. This of course can be a problem if you charge more than you can pay for.
Credit cards are big business. Americans spend 16 billion a year on cards and there are already 590 million of them in circulation. Many banks sponsor the

ir own credit card companies and issue cards free to their customers. Other credit card companies charge their member annual dues ( 费用). The stores that accept credit cards must pay a small fee to the credit card company-a percentage of the purchase price of the merchandise or service. In turn, the credit card company promptly(立即)pays the store for the merchandise or service. Credit card companies make a profit from the fees they charge the store and also from the fees collected from customers who pay for their charges in monthly installments. However, or edit card companies sometimes have problems collecting undue payments from unreliable customers. Also the use of stolen, lest, or counterfeit credit cards by criminals has become a big headache for the credit card company that is responsible for the goods and services illegally charged to its customers ' account.
21. The main purpose of this passage is __
A) to promote the sale of credit cards
B) to persuade you not to buy credit cards
C) to explain credit card economy
D) to give you some instructions on how to use the credit card

22. Why me more and more people using credit cards?
A) Because they are becoming richer and richer.
B) Because everyone can apply for the credit card.
C) Because it is cheap to buy goods by using a credit card.
D) Because it is convenient for them to buy goods.

23. According to the anther, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE___.
A) With a credit card you can pay for purchases two months later.
B) With a credit card you can charge the cost to your account.
C) With a credit card you don't have to be worried about a thief.
D) Whit the credit card you don't have to worry about your final bill.

24. In the passage, "Credit cards are big business" means that___.
A) credit card banks earn a lot of money
B) credit cards are sold at a high price
C) every customer has bought a credit card
D) customers must pay a lot of money to the credit card companies

25. The credit card companies have difficulties in __
A) charging goods and services to their customers accost
B) gathering overdue payments
C) finding the owners of lost credit cards
D) soiling their cards

Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
The United States court system, as part of the federal system of government, is characterized by dual hierarchies, there are both state and federal courts. Each state has its own system of courts, composed of civil and criminal trial courts, sometimes intermediate courts of appeal, and a state supreme court. The federal court system consists of a series of trial courts (called distrait courts) serving relatively small geographic regions (there is at least one for every state), a tier of circuit courts of appeal that hear appeals from many district courts in a particular geographic region, and the Supreme Court of the United States. The two court systems are to some extent overlapping, in that certain

kinds of disputes (such as a claim that a state law is in violation of the constitution) may boo initiated in either system. They are also to some extent hierarchical, for the federal system stands above the state system in that litigants (persons engaged in lawsuits) who lose their cases in the state supreme court may appeal -their cases to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Thus, the typical corm case begins in a trim courts--a court of general jurisdiction-- in the state or federal system. Most cases go no further than the trial court: for example, the criminal defendant is convicted (by a trial or a guilty plea) and sentenced by the court and the case ends; the personal injury suit results in a judgment by a trial court (or an out-of-court settlement by the parties which the courts suit is pending) and the parties leave the court system. But sometimes the losing patty at the trial court cares enough about the cause may appeal to the next higher court.
26. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A) Civil and criminal trial courts.
B) Trial corm cases.
C) The court system in the United States.
D) The appeal court process.

27. According to the passage district courts are known as __
A) circuit courts
B) supreme courts
C) intermediate courts
D) trial courts

28. In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the phrase "engaged in" could best be replaced___
A) committed to
B) involved in
C) attentive to
D) engrossed in

29. The passage indicates that litigants who lost their cases in the state trial court may take them to a___
A) different trial court in the same state
B ) court in a different geographic region
C) federal trial court
D) state supreme court

30. It can be inferred from the passage that typical court cases are __
A) always appealed
B) usually resolved in the district courts
C) always overlapping
D) usually settled by the supreme court

Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
Leaning how to write is like taking a course in public speaking. I' d ask whether anyone in class had ever taken such a course. Invariably a few hands would go up.
"What did you learn in that course? "I'd ask.
"Well, the main thing was learning how to face an audience ... not to be inhibited.., not to be nervous..."
Exactly, when you take a course in public speaking nowadays, you don't hear much about grammar and vocabulary. Instead, you're taught how Nat to be afraid or embossed, how to speak without a prepared script, how to read not to the live audience before you. Public speaking is a matter of overcoming your long-standing nervous inhibitions.
The same is true of writing. The point of the whole thing is to overcome your nervous inhibitions, to break through the invisible barrier that separates you from the person who'll read what you w

rote. You must learn to sit in front of your typewriter or dictating machine and read out to the person at the other end of the line.
Of course, in public speaking, with the audience right in front of you, the problem is easier. You can look at them and talk to them directly. In writing, you' re alone. It needs an effort of your experience or imagination to take hold of that other person and talk to Tim or her. But that effort is necessary at least it's necessary until you vet reached the poem when you quite naturally and unconsciously "talk on paper.
31. The topic of the passage is __
A) how to be a good writer
B) how to be a good speaker
C) how to express yourself with your words
D) how to get rid of nervousness in public speaking

32. The public speech course mainly teaches students __
A) how to make an attractive speech using perfect grammar and vocabulary
B) how to express themselves exactly and vividly
C) how to collect data needed and organize it
D) how to get over their nervousness when making a speech.

33. The similarity between making a public speech and writing is that __
A) you have to do a lot of preparation work beforehand
B) you should get over your nervous inhibitions
C) you should know grammar and vocabulary well to accomplish them
D) both of them have audience

34. In the opinion of the author, public speaking is much easier than writing because __
A) public speaking requires less effort than writing
B) it's unnecessm5' for you to write a lot for speech and you can say anything as you like
C) you face the audience directly in public speaking; wifely writing is otherwise
D) in public .,;peaking, the audience have to listen to you whether they like it or not

35. The author of this passage probably is a___
A) boss
B) politician
C) writer
D) proffers

Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it's painful. This might. be called laziness, but Dr. Liftman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.
During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you're "hot". That's true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why it is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues( 自方自语) as: "Get up, John! You'll be late for work again!" The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his tempter and energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.
You can't change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Liftman believes. Maybe you' re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late an

yway. Contempt(对抗)your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won' t change your cycle, but you' 11 get up steam and work better at your low point.
Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn(licit)and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.
36. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably __
A) he is a lazy person
B) he refuses to follow his own energy cycle
C he is not sure when his energy is low
D) he is at his peak in the aft moon or evening

37. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage___.
A) Unawareness of tile energy cycles.
B). Familiar monologues.
C) A change in a family member's energy cycle.
D) Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.

38. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in tile morning, he should __
A) change his energy cycle
B) overcome his laziness
C) get up earlier than usual
D) go to bed earlier

39. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will ____
A) help to keep your energy for the day's work
B) help you to control your temper early in the day
C) enable you to concentrate on your routine work
D) keep your energy cycle under control all day.

40. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE.9___
A) Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one's energy.
B) Dr. Liftman explains why people reach their peaks at different hour of day.
C) Habit helps one adapt to his own energy cycle.
D) Children have energy cycles, too.

Part IV Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices ranched A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentences. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41. At the age of 16, he went to university where he was proficient __ the Eight classics.
A) in
B) at
C) on
D) with

42. Convinced that the less labor a man did, the better for him and community, Thoreau __ to the shore of Walden Pond.
A) returned
B) retreated
C) retired
D) withdrew

43. Some of the poor even could not pay for the coats and shoes which are fast wearing or are already worn___
A) down
B) out
C) off
D) on

44. The happy sorcerer days of scheming, climbing, and bicycling were __ by only one thing.
A) marked
B) marred

C) mutilated
D) mimed

45. Union gave off its strange rays even when it had not been exposed __ sunlight.
A) to
B) in
C) at
D) on

46. No one spoke, for each student was intent __ what he was doing.
A) with
B) at
C) in
D) upon

47. He proposed to man5, her, but she __
A) turned him off
B) named him on
C) turned him down
D) turned him out

48. He was __ of his political rights because of the bribery.
A) deprived
B) acquitted
C) acquainted
D) accused

49. You two have got a lot __
A) in general
B) in common
C) in all
D) in any case

50. The speaker was shouted down by the __ crowd.
A) hostile
B) hospitable
C) genial
D) amicable

51. There is a __ difference in her appearance today. Have you sensed something unusual?
A) normal
B) noble
C) noticeable
D) standard

52. He has __ from his illness and can go not camping now.
A) renewed
B) restored
C) recovered
D) replaced

53. After dinner she would sit down by the fire, sometimes for __ an hour, and think of her young and happy days.
A) as long as
B) as soon as
C) as much as
D) as more as

54. Because of the traffic jam __ I was caught, I was late for the meeting.
A) which
B) that
C) in which
D) in that

55. I think it advisable that ire __ for Tokyo soon.
A) will leave
B) may leave
C) leave
D) leaves

56. The flock of geese was flying through. the sky in perfect formation following __ leader.
A) its
B) their
C) his
D) her

57. Hardly had he finished his speech __ the audience started cheering.
A) than
B) when
C) as
D) while

58. Do you __ to taking these goods without paying for them?
A) acknowledge
B) admit
C) confess
D) own

59. Having lost consciousness for twenty hours, the wounded soldier __ again at last.
A) came off
B) came through
C) came round
D) came up

60. We have to __ Niles for the behavior of the members; otherwise, they will not behave properly.
A) lay down
B) lay off
C) lay' out
D) lay aside

61. Fish ___ in this river. Why not catch some fish for dinner?
A) is abound
B) abound
C) abounds
D) are abound

62. She __ her parents' wish to marry her to that man.
A) &fled against
B) resisted
C) defied
D) despised

63. The article was well - written

__ a few mistakes in spelling.
A) except
B) except for
C) but
D) besides

64. The only __ to that mountain - town is a anew and dirty road.
A) entrance
B) gate
C) way
D) access

65. Jack is __ and is always ready to start a fight.
A) offensive
B) aggressive
C) annoying
D) repellent

66. You should __ that he had been in bad health these days. He could do much better if he were well.
A) take into account
B) account for
C) take for granted
D) count on

67. The TV set was repaired but not quite ____ the owner's satisfaction.
A) at
B) for
C) of
D) to

68. It' s hard job for a primary school student to Write __ composition.
A) a nine-thousand-words
B) a nine thousand words
C) a nine-thousand-word
D) a nine thousand words

69. new design of modem architecture concentrates on usefulness __ decoration.
A) rather than
B) other than
C) instead
D) rather

70. Jack __ my letter; otherwise he would have replied before how.
A) ought not have received
B) Sheldon' t have received
C) has been received
D) could' t have received

Part 1V Short Answer Questions (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest passable words (not exceeding 10 words).
The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play a significant role in the process of recovery from illness.
As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries and into public place, some of the country' s most talented artists have been eared in to tans found older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modem buildings. Of the 2,500 National Health Service hospitals in Britain, almost 100now have significant collections of contemporary art in corridors, waiting areas and treatment rooms.
These recent initiatives owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester Hospital in Northeastern England during the early 1970s. He felt the artist had lost his place in modem society, and that art should be enjoyed a wider audience.
A typical hospital waiting mom might have as ninny as visitors each week. What a better place to hold regular exhibitions of art; paintings, in the outpatients waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975. Believed to be Britain' s first hospital artist, Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates.
The effect is striking. Now in the corridors and waiting rooms, the visitor experiences a fill

view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyards.
The quality of the environment may' reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who has a view onto a gannet needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had no view al all or only a brick wall to look at.
Questions:
71. What is the main topic of the passage?
72. What does the author mean by using the phrase" to soften the hard edge of modem buildings," in the second paragraph?
73. What can we as)' of Peter Senior?
74. What earl we conclude from the fact that six young art school graduates joined Peter?
75. What does the last paragraph suggest?

Part V Writing (3o men)
My Ideal Job
提示：多数人都有自己理想的工作。有些喜欢在大公司供职，因为那里有挑战性的工作；有些人喜欢当医生，可以为病人解除痛苦；有些人喜欢做老师，可以做学问并与学生在一起。你理想的工作是什么?请给出你的理由。请以My Ideal Job 为题，写一篇100—120字的文章。