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日语专四模拟试题及答案
日语专四模拟试题及答案一、听力理解（共20分）1. 根据所听对话，选择正确答案。
- 问题：对话中提到的天气如何？A. 晴朗B. 多云C. 下雨答案：C2. 根据所听短文，回答以下问题。
- 问题：短文中提到的主人公去了哪里？答案：主人公去了图书馆。
二、词汇与语法（共30分）1. 选择填空。
- 例句：昨日はとても______でした。
A. 忙しいB. 忙しかったC. 忙しくて答案：B2. 将下列句子翻译成日语。
- 例句：明天是周末，我们可以去公园。
答案：明日は週末ですから、私たちは公園へ行けます。
三、阅读理解（共20分）1. 阅读以下短文，选择正确答案。
- 问题：短文中提到的活动是什么？A. 看电影B. 参加派对C. 去旅行答案：B2. 根据短文内容，回答问题。
- 问题：短文中的人物关系是什么？答案：他们是朋友。
四、完形填空（共15分）1. 阅读下面的短文，从括号内选择适当的选项填入空白处。
- 例句：彼は（）に急に病気になりました。
A. 学校B. 家C. 仕事答案：B五、翻译（共15分）1. 将下列句子从日语翻译成中文。
- 例句：彼は新しい車を買いました。
答案：他买了一辆新车。
六、写作（共20分）1. 根据以下提示写一篇短文。
- 提示：描述你的一天。
- 答案：（考生需根据提示自行撰写短文）注：本试题及答案仅供参考，实际考试内容可能有所不同。
英语专四模拟试题及答案
英语专四模拟试题及答案一、听力理解（Part I Listening Comprehension）Section A: Talk1. A) The speaker will discuss the importance of effective communication.B) The speaker will talk about the challenges of adapting to a new culture.C) The speaker will share personal experiences of studying abroad.D) The speaker will explain the benefits of learning a second language.2. A) To improve their language skills.B) To experience a different educational system.C) To explore new cultures and societies.D) To make new friends and expand their social network.Section B: Conversation3. What is the main topic of the conversation?A) Planning a trip to a foreign country.B) Discussing the difficulties of language learning.C) Talking about the advantages of working abroad.D) Sharing experiences of cultural exchange.4. Why does the woman suggest taking a language course?A) To prepare for a job interview.B) To enhance her travel experience.C) To meet new people.D) To improve her language proficiency.Section C: News Broadcast5. What is the news report mainly about?A) A recent scientific discovery.B) A new policy implemented by the government.C) A significant event in the sports world.D) A cultural festival celebrated around the world.6. What is the purpose of the policy mentioned in the news?A) To promote international trade.B) To encourage environmental protection.C) To improve public health.D) To support education and research.二、语言知识运用（Part II Language Knowledge Use）7-14. 完形填空：阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
专四模拟Test 9-12
Sample Test 91. Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always ____with other elements, most commonly with oxygen.A. being combinedB. having combinedC. to combineD. combined2. Physics is the present day equivalent of ____ used to be called natural philosophy, from ____ most of present day science arose.A. which, whatB. that, whichC. what, whichD. what, that3. On no account ____ ever leave the baby at home alone.A. should youB. you shouldC. shall youD. you shall4. ____ the center of our planetary system was considered as heresy by the church in the Middle Ages.A. It is the sun and not the earthB. That the sun and not the earthC. Being the sun and not the earthD. The sun and not the earth5. The reason that his property was confiscated by the country, it ____, was that he was involved in a lot of fraudulent activities during the war.A. was turned outB. was being turned outC. being turned outD. turned out6. I’d ra ther you ____ by train because the weather forecast said ther e would be heavy snow tomorrow.A. wentB. should goC. will goD. go7. Einstein won the Nobel Prize in 1921 and enjoyed great fame in Germany until the rise of Nazism ____ he was ex p elled from Germany because he was a Jew.A. whenB. whoC. thenD. which8. Nowhere but in the remotest region of the country ____ find a place to settle down.A. can heB. he canC. heD. for him to9. With one leg broken in that car accident, he cannot even walk, ____ run.A. let aloneB. that’s to sayC. not to speakD. not to mention10. ____, she led a life of complete seclusion.A. Being disgracedB. DisgracedC. DisgracingD. She was disgraced11. Sometimes a bus ____ gets on the bus to check the tickets.A. agentB. officerC. conductorD. inspector12. He made a quick ____ from his illness.A. reliefB. recoveryC. survivalD. relaxation13. ____ the stress of examinations are over, we can all relax.A. WhileB. Even thoughC. Now thatD. For14. My cousin Nancy is often in a poisonous mood; I suppose it’s because she is____ child.A. oneB. a loneC. a singleD. an only15. ____ the factors already referred to, people sometimes feel insecure because theirmotives are misunderstood by others.A. But forB. Except forC. Apart fromD. Except that16. If the scheme is ____ carried out without waste of time or energy I shall becompletely satisfied.A. relativelyB. noticeablyC. appropriatelyD. efficiently17. One day we all may find it useful to have a(n) ____ for sending documents, writingany pictures across the telephone lines.A. receiverB. echoC. extensionD. facility18. To their credit the Department of Energy ____ these ideas and funded a detailedstudy.A. took overB. took onC. took upD. took to19. Feeling that she was in the right, she took ____ at the dirty remark.A. protectionB. offenseC. defenseD. guard20. They agreed to share in common any ____ of funds after all expenses were paid infull.A. sufficiencyB. surpassC. excessD. surplus21. He was ____ her in intelligence.A. belowB. underC. beneathD. down22. It took a lot of imagination to come up with such a(n) ____ plan.A. brightB. cleverC. brilliantD. ingenious23. In the refining process, rice and flour lose much of their ____.A. acidB. alcoholC. vitaminD. sulphur24. Individual lines o f the poem were very beautiful, but I didn’t see how the lines fittogethe r. To me, the poem wasn’t ____.A. inherentB. coherentC. logicalD. corporate25. To an especially sensitive child, a simple scolding can be a ____ experience.A. hystericalB. grievousC. graciousD. sensibleSample Test 101. All of the plants now farmed on a large scale were developed from plants ____ wild.A. that once growB. once they growC. they once grewD. once grew2. By the time you graduate, we ____ in Australia for one year.A. will be stayingB. will have stayedC. would have stayedD. have stayed3. He appreciated ____ the chance to deliver his thesis in the annual symposium on Comparative Literature.A. having givenB. to have been givenC. to have givenD. having been given4. The government official can hardly find sufficient grounds ____ his arguments in favor of the revision of the tax law.A. on which to baseB. which to be based onC. to base on whichD. on which to be based5. Living in the desert involves a lot of problems, ____water shortage is the worst.A. not to mentionB. of whichC. let aloneD. for what6. Hydrogen is one of the most important element in the universe ____it provides the building blocks from which the other elements are produced.A. so thatB. but thatC. provided thatD. in that7. Just as relaxation is an important part of our lives, ____ stress.A. so isB. as it isC. and so isD. the same is8. Victor took a bus and headed for home, ____ if his wife would have him back.A. not to knowB. not knownC. not knowingD. not having known9. We can make an exception ____.A. in any case of JohnB. in case of JohnC. in case of John’sD. in the case of John10. When the Cultural Revolution was launched in China, his father ___ college.A. attendedB. had been attendingC. was attendingD. has been attending11. My cat is a fussy eater, but my dog is so ____ that sh e’ll swallow down anything thatis put in front of her.A. indiscriminateB. choosyC. indefiniteD. picky12. “This house is mor e ____ than the federal gover nment!” Mac complained to hisparents. “You have rules for everything.”A. systematicB. democraticC. bureaucraticD. public13. The American people’s ____of being polite is different from that held here inChina.A. mindB. conceptC. considerationD. thought14. Well, that is probably all I can say about spor ts. Next time I’ll take up the topic ofsome other ____ activities.A. refreshmentB. entertainmentC. pleasureD. leisure15. Where there is an earthquake, energy is ____ in one area along a crack in the earthcrust.A. repelledB. releasedC. runD. rushed16. The old gardener used to keep all his tools and do-it-yourself equipment in a ____ inthe garden.A. barnB. roomC. hutD. shed17. I’ve got a big coff ee ____ on the front of my dress.A. poreB. patchC. stainD. grease18. She broke her leg, but the ____ healed quickly.A. fractureB. injuryC. skeletonD. cavity19. You’d better add them up. I’m not good at ____.A. figuresB. charactersC. summariesD. counters20. The girl chose some very pretty ____ paper for the present.A. coveringB. wrappingC. packingD. collecting21. The two scholars worked at the task of writing a preface to the new dictionary forthree hours ____ last night.A. at lengthB. in fullC. on endD. in time22. I can’t read the marks and notes Jim made in the margin. They are too ____.A. faintB. foggyC. transparentD. misty23. A highly organized system of irrigation is____ Chinese agriculture.A. typical ofB. consistent withC. famous forD. subject to24. Jack is very ____ about wines.A. awareB. knowledgeableC. learnedD. informed25. As for Ann, I am not sure about her ____ in Italian.A. fluencyB. clarityC. coherenceD. excellencySample Test 111. They feel they are justified ____ the child because he was not behaving himself.A. to punishB. to be punishingC. in punishingD. punishing2. ____ in the first round of the competition, our team took the earliest flight back.A. Being knocked outB. Having been knocked outC. We were knocked outD. We had been knocked out3. If the door was not forced open, ____ that the burglar must have had a key.A. it followsB. it is followedC. following isD. it will be followed4. Miss Helen always buys ____ priced clothes.A. higherB. highC. highestD. highly5. By 1990, production in the area is expected to double ____ of 1980.A. thatB. itC. oneD. what6. I did not choose any of the three offerings, because I found ____ satisfactory.A. neither of themB. none of itC. either of themD. none of them7. A panda’s primary activity is sleep, ____ its waking hours looking for food.A. that it spendsB. for spendingC. and it spendsD. will spend8. The University of California, ____ in 1868, is administered by president and governed by a 24-member board of regents.A. foundedB. has been foundedC. to have been foundedD. was founded9. ____ of the play, Desire Under the Elm, introduces the cast of characters and hints at the plot.A. The act firstB. Act firstC. First ActD. Act One10. I’d rather we ____ our lesson now.A. haveB. hadC. should haveD. shall have11. Their walking tour through Springfield never came ____.A. toB. offC. outD. round12. The conflict between romantic ____ and harsh reality has been the theme of manygreat novels.A. fantasiesB. perceptionsC. affairsD. revelations13. Bob’s w ork is ____ to Tom’s.A. interiorB. inferiorC. exteriorD. better14. Sunglasses serve to ____ eyes from the glare of the sun.A. shieldB. shelterC. defendD. guard15. They bought that piece of land with a ____ to building a new shopping center.A. purposeB. reasonC. viewD. goal16. To be ____, I couldn’t understand what he was driving at.A. modestB. frankC. sincereD. trivial17. The exact cause of the killing disease was not known until Dr. Smith discovered it____.A. by all meansB. by accidentC. by handD. by and by18. David found the book ____, it provided him with so much information about thesubject.A. flatteringB. fabricatingC. enlighteningD. perplexing19. He had deceived a great many people but she ____ him at once.A. saw throughB. saw offC. saw aboutD. saw into20. It’s on the top shelf, out of ____.A. reachB. touchC. handD. distance21. All the hotels in the town were full up so we stayed in a ____ village.A. closeB. nearC. nearbyD. neighborhood22. He does not work but he gets a good ____ from his investment.A. incomeB. salaryC. wageD. earning23. Mr. Black asked his son Olive to buy a ____ of bread at th e baker’s near his school.A. poundB. loafC. bagD. packet24. This detective story may not be ____ interesting to keep the child awake.A. inadequatelyB. enoughC. sufficientlyD. amply25. The two pieces of fried steak Karl had for dinner gave him a(n) ____.A. headacheB. infectionC. soar throatD. upset stomachSample Test 121. Public acceptance of rabbit as an economical source of protein depends on ____.A. how aggressively do producers market itB. if it marketed aggressivelyC. how aggressively producers market itD. whether or not aggressive marketing2. You mustn’t eat these apples ____ they are unripe.A. much asB. because ofC. even ifD. in case3. Although ____ happened in the developed country sounds like science fiction, it could occur elsewhere in the world.A. whichB. whatC. howD. it4. It was he in ____ we had the greatest faith.A. whoB. whoseC. whomD. that5. Being in no great hurry, ____.A. we went the long routeB. the long scenic route was our preferenceC. we took the long, scenic routeD. our preference was taking the long, scenic route6. Neither of the answers ____ right.A. wereB. isC. has beenD. are7. He is ill, ____ I am only a little tired.A. whereasB. on the contraryC. andD. however8. She is rich, and ____ is more, very beautiful.A. whoB. thatC. whatD. which9. Say ____ you like，it is your father that made you ____ you are.A. that; thatB. that; whatC. what; thatD. what ;what10. ____ you made your bed, ____ you must lie on it.A. Because; soB. For; andC. Once; andD. As; so11. If reading is to accomplish anything more than ____ time, it must be active.A. wastingB. spendingC. passingD. idling12. The ____ from the airport was really tiring because it was situated far from the city.A. flightB. travelC. crossingD. journey13. Kenya’s Tsavo Game Park ____ Susan much of the wildlife park she had visited inNew Jersey.A. evokedB. recalledC. remindedD. remembered14. Did you notice the ____ on the doctor’s face whe n he heard that Kita had found thepearl of the world.A. appearanceB. expressionC. descriptionD. illusion15. They plan to ____ the run down house in a year’s time.A. reviveB. renovateC. replaceD. remove16. The supply of silver in the mine had ____, causing great concern among the people ofthe town.A. increasedB. extendedC. devaluedD. diminished17. The lawyer thought that piece of evidence was ____ early in the investigation, but itturned out to be vital in convicting the criminal.A. unchangeableB. unsuitableC. insignificantD. important18. The once beautiful flowers in the vase had ____.A. witheredB. wastedC. wateredD. wrinkled19. This has been the ____ of the frontier on the American mind.A. impactB. inputC. effortD. recognition20. Because of its incredibly ____ natural resources, the United States appeared to be a“land of plenty”.A. optionalB. abundantC. maximumD. leading21. The most important of these leaders was Martin Luther King, a black minister with agreat gift for ____ his people.A. excitingB. cheeringC. inspiringD. offering22. Material abundance has been the life blood which has ____ Americans in their basicbeliefs and values.A. contributedB. providedC. favoredD. sustained23. I ____ a letter to an Internet service that distributes journalists’ questions to morethan 850 institutions.A. assignedB. attachedC. dispatchedD. detached24. Some colleges are state supported, others are privately ____, and still others aresupported by religious organizations.A. entitledB. endeavoredC. ensuredD. endowed25. In addition, there are specialized public schools for the ____, and for those with otherspecial needs, as well as accelerated and enriched courses for gifted students.A. indulgedB. handicappedC. kidnappedD. invalid。
英语专四考试模拟练习题附答案
英语专四考试模拟练习题附答案英语专四考试模拟练习题附答案时间对每个人是公平的.我们应抓紧时间,努力把握住每一个今天,在今天尽量多做实事,使今天的工作效率大大提高. 以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的'英语专四考试模拟练习题附答案，希望能给大家带来帮助!About 5,000 years ago, the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures as kind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet.The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture writing and pictures together. When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. Some of these pictures are like modern comic strip stories. It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip. But, for the Egyptians, pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple. The ordinary people could not understand it. By the year 1,000 BC, people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of writing. The signs they used were very easy to write, and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system. This was because each sign, or letter, represented only one sound in their language. The Greeks developed this system and formed the letters of the Greek alphabet. The Romans copied the idea, and the Roman alphabet is now used all over the world.These days, we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. But we still need pictures of all kinds: drawing, photographs, signs and diagrams. We find themeverywhere: in books and newspapers, in the street, and on the walls of the places where we live and work. Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can makea story much more interesting.1. Pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain because______.A. the hunters wanted to see the picturesB. the painters were animal loversC. the painters wanted to show imaginationD. the pictures were thought to be helpful2. The Greek alphabet was simpler than the Egyptian system for all the following reasons EXCEPT that______.A. the former was easy to writeB. there were fewer signs in the formerC. the former was easy to pronounceD. each sign stood for only one sound3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. The Egyptian signs later became a particular alphabet.B. The Egyptians liked to write comic strip stories.C. The Roman alphabet was developed from the Egyptian one.D. The Greeks copied their writing system from the Egyptians.4. In the last paragraph, the author thinks that pictures ______.A. should be made comprehensibleB. should be made interestingC. are of much use in our lifeD. have disappeared from our life答案解析1. D) 根据文章第一段第五行“Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals.”可知古代人以为在墙上画画会对他们有所帮助，故选项D为正确答案。
大学生英语专四考试模拟练习及答案
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专四模拟考试题及答案
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专四模拟试题附参考答案（2020年整理）.doc
专四模拟试题附参考答案（2020年整理）.doc专四模拟试题附参考答案（1）Part III 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.The “standard of living” of any country means the average pe rson's share of the goods and services the country produces. A country's standard of living, ____31_______, depends first and 32 on its capacity to produce wealth. “Wealth” in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money 33 on things that money can buy: “goods” such as food and clothing, and “services”such as transport and “__34 __ ” .A country's capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of 35 have an effect on one another. Wealth depends 36 a great extent upon a country's natural resources. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a 37 climate; other regions possess none of them.Next to natural resources 38 the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well 39 as the USA in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civiland 40 wars, and 41 this and other reasons was 42 to develop herresources. 43 and stable political conditions,and 44 _____ from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equallywell 45 by nature but less well ordered.A country's standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and consumed 46 it own borders, but also upon what is indirectly produced through internationaltrade. 47 Britain's wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if she had to depend onlyon 48 _ grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her surplus manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would 49 be lacking. A country’s wealth is, therefore, much influenced by its manufacturingcapacity, 50 that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures.31. A. however B. therefore C. nevertheless D. furthermore32. A. primary B. principal C. foremost D. uniquely33. A. or B. nor C. but D. except34. A. recreation B. enlightenment C. refreshment D. entertainment35. A. if B. them C.which D. that36. A. with B. for C.to D. on37. A. neutral B. favorable C.virtuous D. marine38. A. comes B. come C.coming D. came39. A. off B. known C.done D. furnished40. A. military B. external C.contemporary D. domestic41. A. for B. because C. because of D. due to42. A. Impossible B. Incapable C. unable D. proficient43. A. Strong B. Sturdy C. Sound D. Robust44. A. liberty B. freedom C.prevention D. liberation45. A .assisted B. avenged C.rescued D. served46. A. with B. within C. near D.without47. A. In short B. For example C. firstly D.On one hand48. A. those B. what C. that D. it49. A. likely B. likewise C. certainly D.otherwise50. A. provided B. depended C. given D.supposedPART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN]There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence thereare four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.Mark your answers on your answer sheet.51. We often advise him not to drink more wine __________is good for his health.A. asB. thanC.that D. but52. It is necessary that an efficient worker __________his work on time.A. accomplishesB. can accomplishC. accomplishD. has accomplished53. My father will be here tomorrow, but at first I thought that he__________ today.A. was comingB. is comingC. will comeD. come54. Without facts, we cannot form a worthwhile opinion for we need to havefactual knowledge __________ our thinking.A which to be based on B. which to be base uponC. upon which to baseD. to which to be based55. I didn't call to make my airline reservation, but I __________.A. should haveB. may haveC. must haveD. shall have56. It’s the first time that she has been to the United States,__________?A. isn't sheB. hasn't sheC. isn't itD. hasn't it57. I think that the labor bill will pass; it's ____________that it will.A. almost surelyB. very likelyC. near positiveD. quite certainly58. An increase in a nation's money supply, without an accompanying increase in economic activity, __________result in higher prices.A. tendsB. tends theC. tending toD. will tend to59. X-rays are able to pass through objects and thus make__________details that are otherwise impossible to observe.A. it visibleB. visiblyD. they are visible60. Prices for bikes at that store run__________250 dollars.A. as high asB. as high toC. so high toD. so high as61. He will not be __________ to vote in this year's election.A. enough oldB. as old enoughC. old enoughD. enough old as62. Thomas Jefferson's achievements as an architect rival his contributions __________a politician.A. suchB. moreC. asD. than63. According to the conditions of my scholarship, after finishing my degree__________.A. my education will be employed by the universityB. employment will be given to me by the universityC. the university will employ meD. I will be employed by the university64. If Bob's wife won't agree to sign the papers, ____________.A. neither he willB. neither will heC. neither won't heD. he won't neither65. _____ is generally accepted, economic growth is determined by the smooth development of production.A. WhatB. ThatC. ItD. As66. A violent revolution having broken out, all the ports of that country were laid under a(n) ______.A. boycottB. embargoD. ban67. Since_________ can't work in the United States without a permit, so it is of great importance for them to present their credentials to the government.A. emigrantsB. expatriatesC.migrants D. immigrants68. Most investors are taught at the very beginning that there is no place for __________in investment markets.A. feelingB. emotionC. passionD. sentiment69. I__________ my ordinary income by doing some part-time work.A. complimentB. ComplementC. supplementD. implement70. Before the statue could be __________to the United States, a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built.A. transformedB.transportedC. transferredD. transmitted71. The final document was, of course, supposed to mend the damage__________upon the world by the war,A. imposedB. impressedC.compelled D. compressed72. Roger, who __________in courage, is highly respected by all his peers in the villages.A. boundsB. possessesC.declares D. abounds73. The tourists are told that the remotest village in this area is only_________ by a river.B. availableC.obtainable D. achievable74. He__________ interrupted me by asking irrelevant questions.A. continuallyB. continuouslyC.consistently D. constantly75. Being a man of _________ and public spirit. Mr. Russell labored zealously to advance the interest of the community and was much interested in bringing new manufacturing interests to Waterloo.A. firmB. enterpriseC. companyD. corporation76. When people do things wrong we should try hard to forgive them, as the idiom goes, “To ______ is human.”A. referB. conferC. deferD. err77. Although gaining a job as a real __________agent or broker may be relatively easy, beginning agents and brokers may face competition from well-established, more experienced ones.A. propertyB. estateC. houseD. assets78. The constitution of the State required that property should be__________for taxation at its market value.A. estimatedB. appraisedC.evaluated D. valued79. On June 15, 1909, after Scott finished his rushed plans for his________ to the South Pole, he departed from England.A. tourB. voyageC. expedition80. The government authority had to __________oil and other products so that it would not run out during war.A. shareB. fareC.provide D. rationPART V READINGCOMPREHENSION[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 AAll Sir William Jones wanted to do was to learn Sanskrit. While he was studying, however, he made a surprising discovery. This ancient language of India was amazingly similar to Latin and Greek. The Sanskrit word for "mother"—matar—was almost identical to the Latin word, mater. “Father” was pitar in Sanskrit, pater in Latin and Greek. The more he studied, the more similarities he found.How could this be? Thousands of miles and many natural barriers separated India and Europe. Still, Jones concluded, the similarities were too strong to be accidental. In 1786, he announced “No one could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source.”Since then, scholars have traced many languages to this “common source.” Today, these languages are called the Indo-European family. But where did this source originate? Language and geography provide the clues. European languages have similar words for the animals and trees of northern Europe, such as oak, willow, bear, and wolf. There are no common words for the animals and trees of southern Europe.To scholars, this suggests that the Indo-European languages began in north central Europe. In time, some northern Europeans set out toward the east, settling in Iran, India, and Pakistan. Others migrated westward toward southern and western Europe. The root language developed into dozens of different languages, but the family resemblances remain. The word for “three” is drei in German, tres in Spanish, tre in Albanian, and tri in Russian.Almost every language in Europe is part of the Indo-European family, but there are exceptions. Hungarian and Finnish cling to other language families. High in the Pyrenees, the Basque people speak a language that has no known relatives. Perhaps the Basques were the original inhabitants of the region. Isolated by mountains, they may have been bypassed by the spread of Indo-European culture.81. What did Sir William Jones discover when he was learning Sanskrit?A. Sanskrit was very similar to some European languages.B. Sanskrit was an ancient language.C. The Sanskrit word for mother is the same as that in Latin.D. Latin and Greek were very similar.82. Which of the following statements is true about "the common source"?A. Jones found out the common source.B. All languages sprang from the common source.C. Only three languages sprang from the common source.D. Since 1786, scholars have traced many languages to the common source.83. Where did the common source originate?A. In southernEurope.B. In north-central Europe.C. InIndia.D. in Pakistan.84. What can be concluded from the passage?A. Jones first discovered the root language.B. The languages with the common source are called the Indo-European family.C. The root language developed into different languages as people migrated.D. Every language in Europe is part of the Indo-European family. TEXT BYour first culture shock came after you left your home country and you needed to adjust to the United States, It is now important to learn cultural information about your company, so that you will fit in and perform successfully. The people who make up this environment have their own customs, habits and expectations of each new employee. Gathering information that is formal (policy) and informal (traditions) will help you learn the professional norms and become fully accepted. Policies are corporate documents describing procedures, rules, and standards that guide decision making and conduct. They are similar to official laws that govern a country. Some sources of such written company information include the annual report, product or service brochures, technical and procedural manual, employee directory and the company newsletter. Organizational traditions are usually unwritten hut common practices that have evolved over time. They set the tone and philosophy of the particular corporation, just as the customs of a country do. The best way to learn such information is to observe and talk with others such as your supervisor and co-workers.You can supplement ideas from formal introductory materials given you earlier. Explore with fellow employees those behaviors that may be tolerated but frowned upon. Ask your supervisor for feedback to avoidtypical traps that could cause your co-workers to reject you as a professional. Keep this guide nearby, and refer to it often in private. Reviewing formal company procedures, handouts, written notes, ideas, comments from bosses and colleagues, together with materials in this handbook, will help you make a more healthy cultural adjustment.85. What is the purpose to learn cultural information?A. To know the U. S. A. better.B. To work better in the new environment.C. To make more money.D. To improve one's English.86. According to the passage, ___________ is not the policy's function.A. describing procedures, rules and standardsB. governing a countryC. helping to guide decision making and conductD. writing down the company's information87. ____________ is the best way to learn the organizational traditions.A. To read the policiesB. To study the philosophyC. To study a country's customsD. To observe and communicate with the colleagues and boss.88. How to make a more healthy cultural adjustment?A. Read this passage often.B. Discuss the organizational culture with your colleagues.C. Gather and review the formal and informal information in the corporation.D. Ask your boss for help.89. The passage is written to ___________.A. help readers to understand the organization's cultureB. explain the culture shockC. analyze the policies and traditionsD. help readers to work better with their supervisor and co-workersTEXT C“White hostility toward African Americans, and the resulting discrimination, have been fueled by a sense of threat. During slavery, many working-class whites, encouraged by slaveholders, feared the release of large numbers of blacks into the labor market and society in general. When northern industries used African Americans as strikebreakers in the first decades of this century, white workers feared the loss of their jobs. Today, many white Americans fear “black violence”. Moreover, specific fears about the “costs” of welfare as well as the "taking" of jobs through affirmative action have added to the fear of black violence.These fears have translated into negative stereotypes of African Americans as a people who are prone to crime and violence, unwilling to work, and a drain on the white taxpayer through their welfare dependency. In turn, these stereotypes have been used to justify informal discrimination, to prevent the help to the urban poor, to be negligent in enforcing laws or policies prohibiting discriminatory practices against black workers, and most important, to hesitate in making a serious effort at job creation for African Americans. The result is that African Americans’ share of valued resources has not increased much over the last two decades, even as formal discrimination has been greatly lessened. This fact is used to further the negative belief that African Americans have "not taken advantage of their equal opportunities."90. According to the passage, how did the northern industries make use of African Americans in 1900s?A. Sent them to ask the strikers to go back to work.B. Made them work very hard.C. Employed them to threaten the white strikers.D. Released them into the labor market.91. What is the ill influence of these negative stereotypes?A. Giving help to the poor black.B. Justifying informal discrimination.C. Enforcing laws prohibiting discriminatory practices against black workers.D. Creating opportunities of employment for the black.92. What can be inferred from "a drain on the white taxpayer" about the African Americans?A. They are unwilling to work.B. They never pay tax.C. They lack security.D. Their welfare depends on the white's tax.93. The author wrote the passage to tell us__________.A. African Americans pose a threat to the whites in employmentB. African Americans are dependent on the tax paid by the whitesC. African Americans are discriminated against because they are often on strikeD. the sense of threat intensifies the white's hospitality and discrimination against the African AmericansTEXT D“People thought of themselves as having rights from companies,” said Hoshua Freeman, a labor historian at Columbia University. That sense of entitlement grew even stronger in the early decades after World War II and collective bargaining became the arena for arguing out wages, pensions, health insurance, vacations, hours and job security.That system is disappearing today. Career-long attachments to one employer, a notion born in the 1920's, are no longer the .norm. The newclass-consciousness makes less distinction between workers and managers. Rights are relative, at best. An increasingly conservative electorate has reduced government's role in regulating the economy. Unions have lost influence and membership.What people do is try to cope, by themselves, said Ms. Skelly, of DYG. Self-employment is one solution, DYG's polls show, and that is a rising trend. "They try, on the job, to hide any weakness in their performance," she said. “They work longer hours and take work home, without letting the boss know, to give the impression that they can do difficult tasks quickly. There is nothing like, ‘we are all in this together.’ There is too much competition. People talk of their weakness to friends and spouses, but not to coworkers.”And many Americans feel in their hearts that the unemployment might be justified. “There is a sense among people that we are inefficient and bloated,” Ms. Skelly said. “And until they feel that is no longer true, they are reluctant to criticize the forces that are cutting out the fat and the inefficiencies.”94. It can be inferred from the second paragraph that ___________.A. people do not enjoy their rights nowadaysB. people are more likely to change their jobs than they were in the 1920'sC. workers and managers share the same rights todayD. nowadays, people refuse to take part in the Union95. According to Ms Skelly, which of the following is true?A. People like to work overtime.B. People want to work at home.C. People want to impress the boss with their capability and efficiency.D. People need help from their families, for they cannot cope with difficult problems themselves.96. People hide their weakness from___________.A. their parentsB. their wives or husbandsC. their friendsD. their colleagues97. The main idea of the passage is___________.A. people thought of themselves as having rights from companiesB. people's sense of entitlement is not as strong as it used to beC. people work at homeD. people regard unemployment as usualTEXT EYou may not have thought of it just this way, but the letter you write is part of you, and expression of your personality. Therefore to write letters that are mere patterns of form is to present a colorless personality.Letters, by their very nature, are too individual to be standardized. A letter may be absolutely perfect according to the standards of good taste and good form; but unless it also expresses something of the writer's personality, it is not a good letter.In other words, don't be satisfied to write letters that are just correct and nothing more. Try to write letters that are correct for you... letters that are warm and alive with reflections of your own personality.And if this sounds like a platitude (陈词滥调), stop for a moment and think back over your recent correspondence. What was the most interesting letter you received? Was it a letter anyone could have written? Or was it a letter that instantly “came alive” as you read it—that brought the personality of the sender right into the room with you. as though you were face to face, listening instead of reading?The fault with too many letters, today as in the past—the reason so many letters are dull and lifeless, and often fail to accomplish the purpose for which they are written is simply this: They sound exactly like the letters everyone else writes. They are neither exciting to receive nor stimulating to read.98. What does the author mean by saying “the letter you write is part of you”?A. Writing letters plays an important part in your life.B. When you write letters, you should be careful about what to write.C. People can see your personality from the letters you write.D. You should write good letters.99. What does the author want to explain in the fourth paragraph?A. A good letter presents one's personality.B. His opinion is a platitude.C. Letter-writing is interesting.D. Talking face to face is a better way to communicate than writing letters.100. The best title for the passage is___________.A. Letter WritingB. Personality in Letter WritingC. To Write Interesting LettersD. To Write Correct Letters PARTVI WRITING[45 MIN]SECTIONA COMPOSITION[35 MIN]We all know that men and women play different roles in modern society, and that they differ in many ways, such as how to perceive the world, how to tackle problems and how to approach people. Think about the issue and discuss the differentways in which men and women behave in terms of interpersonal relationships, expressing affection, friendship and views on beauty.Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:The Different Approaches or Perceptions of Men and WomenYou are to write in three parts.In the first part, state your view on this issue.In the second part, support your view with details or examples.In the last part, bring what, you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.Marks will be rewarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.SECTIONB NOTE-WRITING[10 MIN]Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation:You are William or Aileen. You are invited this weekend to a farewell party hosted by your friend, Sandy, who is going abroad for his PhD. Study. However, you are unable to see him off. Write him a note politely declining his invitation and expressing your good wishes to him.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.参考答案Part III31-35BCCDC 36-40CBAAB 41-45ACCBD 46-50BBADAPart IV51-55BCACA 56-60CBDCA 61-65CCDBD 66-70BDDCB 71-75ADAAB 76-80DBBCDPart V81-84ADBC 85-89BBDCB 90-93CBDD 94-97BCDB 98-100CAB。
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专四模拟试题及答案解析一、听力理解（共20分）1. A) 5:00 pm B) 6:00 pm C) 7:00 pm D) 8:00 pm答案：C解析：对话中提到了“我们7点在图书馆门口见”，因此正确答案是C。
2. A) 会议 B) 讲座 C) 电影 D) 音乐会答案：A解析：在听力材料中，提到了“我们下周一有个会议要开”，所以正确答案是A。
3. A) 30分钟 B) 1小时 C) 2小时 D) 3小时答案：B解析：根据对话中的信息“我需要1小时来完成这个报告”，可以得出正确答案是B。
二、阅读理解（共30分）1. 根据文章内容，以下哪项是作者的主要观点？A) 教育是社会发展的关键。
B) 环境问题需要全球合作解决。
C) 科技发展对人类生活产生了巨大影响。
D) 经济发展应该以环境保护为前提。
答案：A解析：文章中多次强调教育的重要性，并指出教育是推动社会发展的核心力量。
2. 文章中提到的“绿色革命”指的是什么？A) 农业技术的进步B) 环境保护运动C) 能源的可持续性D) 工业生产的绿色化答案：A解析：在文章的第二段中提到了“绿色革命”是指农业技术的进步，旨在提高农作物产量并减少对环境的破坏。
3. 作者对于未来的看法是什么？A) 乐观的B) 悲观的C) 现实的D) 怀疑的答案：C解析：作者在文章结尾部分提到了对未来的展望，认为虽然面临挑战，但通过努力和合作，可以解决这些问题，显示出一种现实的态度。
三、完形填空（共20分）1. A) However B) Therefore C) Moreover D) Furthermore答案：B解析：根据上下文的逻辑关系，此处应使用表示因果关系的连词，因此正确答案是B。
2. A) increase B) decrease C) remain D) fluctuate答案：A解析：根据前文提到的“随着经济的发展”，可以推断出人口数量会“增加”，所以正确答案是A。
3. A) despite B) because C) if D) unless答案：A解析：此处表示的是让步关系，即使面临困难，也要继续努力，因此正确答案是A。
英语专业四级模拟试题及答案 Microsoft Word 文档
CLOZE［15 MIN.］Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your ANSWER SHEET.All Americans are at least vaguely___26___with the plight of the American Indian. Cutbacks in federal programs for Indians have made their problems___27___more severe in recent years. Josephy reports,“___28___1981 it was estimated that cutbacks in federal programs for Indians totaled about $500 million” or more th an ten times the cuts affecting their___29___fellow Americans. Additional cuts seem to be threatened in the future. This reduced funding is affecting almost all aspects of reservation life,___30___education . If the Indians could solve their___31___problems, solutions to many of their other problems might not be far behind. In this paper the current status of Indian education will be described and___32___ and some ways of improving this education will be proposed.Whether to___33___with the dominant American culture or to preserve Indian culture has been a longstanding issue in Indian education. After the Civil War full responsibility for Indian education was turned over by the government to churches and missionary groups. The next fifty years became a period of___34___assimilation in all areas of Indian culture, but especially in religion and education .John Collier, a reformer who agitated___35___Indians and their culture from the early 1920s until his death in 1968, had a different idea. He believed that instead of effacing native culture, Indian schools should encourage and___36___it.Pressure to assimilate remains a potent force today,___37___. More and more Indiansare graduating from high school and college andbecoming___38___for jobs in the non-Indian society. “ When Indians obtain the requisite skills, many of them enter the broader American society and succeed. ”___39___approximately 90 percent of all Indian children are educated in state public school systems.How well these children compete with the members of the dominant society, however, is another___40___.26. A. agreeableB. regardless C. familiarD. sympathetic27. A. evenB. ever C. greatlyD. further28. A. SinceB. Up toC. BeforeD. By the end of29. A. non-IndianB. IndianC. previousD. former30. A. exceptB. regardingC. besidesD. including31. A. culturalB. educationalC. socialD. severe32. A. estimatedB. evaluatedC. settledD. decided33. A. agreeB. push forwardC. assimilateD. deal34. A. enforcedB. overallC. contemptuousD. unbelievable35. A. in favor ofB. on behalf ofC. side by side withD. far behind36. A. realizeB. assimilateC. acknowledgeD. revitalize37. A. yetB. furthermoreC. howeverD. just the same38. A. availableB. reachableC. suitableD. eligible39. A. In the futureB. In the pastC. At presentD. Maybe40. A. questionB. issueC. aspectD. matterPART ⅤGRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY［15 MIN.］There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.41. He____have been nervous because he didn’t go straight in.A. ought toB. mustC. shouldD. had to42. I am quite sure that I can____Michael into letting us use his car tomorrow.A. speakB. talkC. tellD. say43. Jean could be a very attractive girl but she____to her clothes.A. pays no attentionB. was paying no attentionC. paid no attentionD. had paid no attention44. When questioned by the interviewer, my mind went____, and I could hardly remember my own date of birth.A. blankB. dimC. faintD. vain45. The textbook question as well as other issues is going to be discussed when the congress is in____again next spring.A. assemblyB. conventionC. conferenceD. session46. To drive a car safely, it is____good brakes.A. essential withB. essential havingC. essential to haveD. essential have47. As I regard it, you can widen the ____ of these improvements through your active participation.A. volumeB. dimensionC. magnitudeD. scope48. “Can you ride a horse”“No, I never had the chance ____.”A. for learningB. for learning howC. how to learn itD. to learn how49. As electric lines were destroyed by the storm, they were forced to[CD#4] light for several days.A. go overB. go in forC. go withoutD. go out50. To survive in the intense market competition, we must____the qualities and varieties of products we make to the world-market demand.A. improveB. guaranteeC. gearD. enhance51. “Maria has blisters in her boots.”“She____walking such a long distance.”A. was used not toB. used toC. is not used toD. did not used to52. In ancient times people who were thought to have the ability to____dreams were likely to be highly respected.A. impartB. inheritC. interpretD. intervene53. It was ____that we felt tired when we arrived.A. a so long travelB. such a long travelC. such a long journeyD. such a so long journey54.____his poor record in school, the board thinks that he should study hard.A. In spite ofB. In charge ofC. In view ofD. In case of55. “What authors do you like”“Shakespeare is____.”A. favorite for meB. my favoriteC. for me the favoriteD. the favorite of mine56. We hadn’t expected a power cut so we were astonished w hen the whole house was ____into darkness.A. divedB. plungedC. drownedD. dropped57. Without a (an)____passport a tourist is forbidden to enter a country.A. operativeB. effectiveC. validD. efficient58. Although the town had been attacked by the storm several times,____was done.A. a few damagesB. few damagesC. little damageD. a little damage59. Before the tourists set off, they spent much time setting a limit ____the expenses of the trip.A. forB. inC. toD. about60. “Tina looks especially pretty tonight.”“Yes, she always looks her best in ____of that color.”A. dressB. a dressC. that dressD. the dress61. Despite the wide range of reading material specially writtenor____forlanguage learning purposes, there is yet no comprehensive systematic program for the reading skills.A. appointedB. assembledC. acknowledgedD. adapted62. Internet, a____of millions of computers linked world wide, is the largest system serving e-mail messengers.A. unityB. connectionC. networkD. combination63. “ How dark your brother’s hair is!”“It’s ____mine when I was at his age.”A. no darker thanB. no more darker asC. not dark more thanD. not darker as64. It was surprising that the hotel looked rather shabby outside was luxuriously and____ furnished inside.A. artificiallyB. arrogantlyC. arbitrarilyD. artistically65.____he daydreamed, Peter saw figures in the sky.A. UntilB. SinceC. WhileD. DuringPART ⅥREADING COMPREHENSION［30 MIN.］SECTION AREADING 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 correct answer. Mark your choices on your ANSWER SHEET.TEXT AAnna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column.She had been the director of a school and a camp before she retired, but she needed to keep busy. She was even willing to work without pay. That was the reason she found a volunteer job with an agency. The agency that she chose to work for was a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she talked with other retired people like herself. By talking, she recognized two things. Old people had abilities that were not being used. Old people also had problems——mostly problems with communication.Mrs. Douglas found a new purpose for herself. Through the years, from time to time she had written stories about people for national magazines. Now there was a new subject: old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called “Sixty Plus,” which focused on getting old. She writes about the problems of old people, especially their problems with being misunderstood.Anna Douglas uses her thinking ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands the reasons why problems begin. She understands old people and young people, too. For example, one of her readers said that his grandchildren left the house as soon as he came to visit. Mrs. Douglas suggested some ways for him to increase understanding with his grandchildren. She told him to listen to young peoples music and to watch the most popular television shows.“It’s important to know something about your grandchildren’s world,” says Mrs.Douglas. “That means questioning and listening——and listening is not what old sters do best,” she continues, “Say good things to them and about them. Never criticize your grandchildren or any other youngsters, teenagers, or young adults.Never tell them that they are wrong. Don’t give them yo ur opinion. They have been taught that they should have respect for old people. The old should have respect for the young as well.”66. Anna Douglas understands the problems of old people ____.A. because she likes their musicB. because she has grandchildrenC. because she watches their television programsD. because she is old herself67. Anna Douglas’ newspaper column____.A. is about how to find jobs for old peopleB. spreads ideas for youngstersC. discusses the problems of old peopleD. contains mostly funny stories68. What advice did Mrs. Douglas NOT give to the reader whose grandchildren didnt want to see himA. Listen to popular music.B. Tell more interesting stories.C. Try to understand the grandchildren.D. Watch more popular TV shows.69. The main point of Mrs. Douglas’ advice is____.A. old people should understand and respect the youngB. old people have a lot to learn from the youngC. poor hearing often causes old people to misunderstand the youngD. old people should show respect for the young even when they criticize themTEXT BIs there no end to the Drug PlagueLast year, our nation’s capital passed the murder-a-day mark, and the number of homicides is now up some 50 percent from that level. More thanhalf of these killings are drug-related. In 1988 New York City had its most violent year ever,with 1896 homicides. Many of these involved drugs. Such homicides are also a problem in Detroit, Baltimore, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Phoenix and scores of other cities where drug gangs war against one another and use violence to spread their deadly trade. In Bankhead Courts, and Atlanta housing project, drug-related crime has reached the point where mail carriers have had to depend on increased police patrols at delivery time.For years, we have attacked the supply side of the drug crisis, trying to choke off the flow of drugs into our country and stop the networks that distribute them. This strategy has failed miserably. Now it’s time to launch a whole new offensive. We must crack down on drug consumers. Last year, former First Lady Nancy Reagan had an emotional meeting with the parents of young woman who had died in a train crash that involved an engineer’s use of drugs. After that meeting, Mrs. Reagan said, “ If you’re a casual drug user, you’re an accomplice to murder.”Mary Jane Hatcher, widow of a New York City drug-enforcement agent killed in the drug wars, echoes that sentiment. “Even through the grief,” she said after her husband’s death earlier this year, “ I must ask, who really killed Everett Emerson from our society Look around. Wemiddle-class suburban Americans, we casual users, we dabblers in drugs keep the market in drugs an ever-increasing one.Therefore, Everett Emerson Hatcher was killed by all of us. Nice people. All of you who hear me now and fit this description, all of you must accept the blame for the loss of this good, gentle man.”70. The best title for this passage is ____.A. There Is No End to the Drug PlagueB. Let’s Get Tough with Drug UserC. We Must Crack Down on Drug SuppliesD. Everyone Is A Victim of Drug Use71. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passageA. Last year there was a murder almost every day in Washington D.C..B. Now more homicides happened this year.C. More than half of these crimes are related to drug.D. In USA mail carriers always depend on increased police patrols at delivery time.72. For years the strategy against drug ____.A. hasn’t worked as desiredB. has encouraged the supply of drugC. hasn’t cut off the networks that distribute drugD. has cracked down on drug consumers73. Who should be blamed for the death of Everett Emerson HatcherA. All of us.B. One of the drug gangs.C. Drug enforcement agent.D. Middle-class suburban Americans.TEXT CThere’s been a lot of talk about extraterrestrial beings visiting our planet. I don’t put much stock in that. I am convinced, however, that we are surrounded by sentient things of our own making whose single aim is the harassment of the individual and, ultimately, the destruction of society.Let me illustrate. A couple of years ago, I received a $ 600 insurance dividend. Sitting at the kitchen table, my wife and I discussed what we might do with the bonanza. I realize now that the refrigerator overheard our conversation. The very next day, it went berserk. The repairman told us we needed a new unit. Cost: $ 600.Not long after, we got a refund from the IRS, enough to pay for a vacation in Mexico.“I’ve something to tell you,” I said to my wife. “ Privately.”“How about the den” she suggested. I remembered that the color television set is in the den. “No, not there. Let’s go outside.”I showed her the check as we stood in the driveway. We hugged each other elatedly and hardly noticed the rain.My car was parked within earshot. I didn’t think anything of it at the time.As I started for the train the next morning, the car began making devilish screeching sounds.“The engine’s shot,” my mechanic said, “Replacing it will cost about a thousand d ollars.”The car’s demise convinced me I was on to something big. I dug through our financial records. I discovered that over the past ten years our receipt of “ found” money invariably was followed by equal expenditures to replace a hot-water heater, a television and a stove.Today, I lavish compliments on all the mechanical devices in our home. And I never, ever mention financial rewards in front of them.But if this article is published and I’m paid for it, the word processor is going to go wrong for sur e. It’ll know.74. In Paragraph 1, “sentient things of our own making” refer to ____.A. extraterrestrial beingsB. human beingsC. our sense organsD. mechanical devices made by man75. Which of the following statements is trueA. The author believes that there have been extraterrestrial beings visiting our planet.B. The author and his wife talked about the refund in the driveway where noting could hear them.C. The author and his wife were overjoyed at the repayment from the IRS.D. The author noticed that the refrigerator was overhearing his conversation with his wife.76. Which is the topic sentence of the passageA. The first sentence of the passage.B. The third sentence of the passage.C. The last sentence but one of the passage.D. The last sentence of the passage.TEXT DA twenty-year-old immigrant, Levi Strauss, came to the United States in 1850 to seek his fortune in the gold fields. But strangely enough, this man made his fortune on heavy canvas that he found suitable for working clothes. Strauss’ jeans were particularly good for prospectors and cowboys. In the early days of jeans, this man couldn’t have guessed that his pants, made only for rough work, would become so popular at all levels of society. Yes, this is a fact: jeans have become fashionable in our society. Furthermore, these pants have come to symbolize changes in social attitude.In the last decade or two we have seen movements toward equality as well as defiance of authority. Jeans, now worn by everybody, can be said to symbolize these changes for the better. In the past, only men wore jeans, and these men were at the bottom——socially and economically. Jeans were worn by truck drivers, farm and factory workers. Today, jeans no longer are looked down upon. They are worn by both men and women, by both skilled and unskilled workers, by both employees and employers. This common way of dressing symbolizes respect for individuality, no matter what your occupation or sex. In the fight against authority, young people have been the leaders. So it is natural that teenagers would defy parents and school administrators over the right to wear jeans to class and win. Jeans are the typical dress of civil rights marchers, fans at rock concerts, “hippies” returning to nature, and serious college students.Because everyone can be comfortable in them, the blue jeans invented for the use of workers are now accepted almost anywhere, anytime. This is true not only in the United States, but in many other countries in the world. I strongly agree with the following statement: “Old or new, glorified or plain, jeans are likely to be around for a long time to come. Already they have succeeded where statesmanship has failed. Although unable to speak the same language, the inhabitants of this embattled planet have at least agreed to wear the same pants.”77. Jeans, originally designed by Levi Strauss, ____.A. have become a symbol of the fashionable classB. have come to symbolize changes in social attitudeC. are suitable wear for rough work onlyD. are no longer so popular as they used to be78. What is implied but not directly stated in the passage is that____.A. young people have been the leaders in the fight against authorityB. today, jeans are no longer looked down uponC. jeans are the typical dress of civil rights marchersD. formerly students were not allowed to wear jeans to class79. The author is of the opinion that____.A. jeans are likely to be a short-lived fashionB. jeans are popular only in the United StatesC. jeans are likely to be popular for a long time to comeD. jeans are no longer fashionable80. The last two sentences imply that____.A. statesmen in the world are less competent than jeansB. the inhabitants of the world should speak the same languageC.statesmen have failed to reach agreement on many major issues of the worldD. jeans will help statesmen to reach agreement on some world issuesSECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING［5 MIN.］In this section there are five passages with a total of ten multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.TEXT EFirst read the following questions.81. The passage is chiefly about ____.A. the birthplace of ShakespeareB. Mary’s childhoodC. England’s most famous playwrightD. Mary Arden’s house82. The wrong house visited since the 18th century ____.A. was located close bythe Warwickshire village of WilmcoteB. was in fact owned by Adam Palmer, a family friend and neighborC. could be traced back to 1587D. was Mary’s childhood homeNow read Text E quickly and mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET. Shakespeare lovers keen to see the place where the Bard’s mother Mary Arden grew up have been visiting the wrong house since the 18th century. The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust said that new research had shown the Tudor farmhouse long known as “Mary Arden’s House” in fact belonged to a family friend. The mother ofWilliam Shakespe are, England’s most famous playwriter, actually lived in another property close bythe Warwickshire village of Wilmcote, three miles north ofStratford-upon-Avon. The discovery was made by local historian Nat Alcock, who traced medieval land deeds, including a rental agreement dating from 1587, showing that a building known as Glebe Farm was Mary’s childhood home. The house thought to have been her home was in fact owned by Adam Palmer, a family friend and neighbor. Glebe Farm will now be known as Mary Arden’s House and the building which previously bore that name will be called Palmer’s Farm.TEXT FFirst read the following questions.83. According to an EU poll published recently,____of those polled believe foreign language skills are useful.A. 71 percentB. 72 percentC. 69 percentD. 70 percent84. Which country has a percentage of 12.3 population that know no language apart from their mother tongueA. Britain.B. Luxembourg.C. Denmark.D. Sweden.Now read Text F quickly and mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET. The British are the European Union’s worst linguists while the citizens of Luxem bourg are the best, according to an EU poll published recently. Almost two-thirds of Britons know no language apart from their mother tongue, the highest figure recorded in the 15 EU countries. That compares to just 2.2 percent in Luxembourg, 12.3 percent of Danes and an EU average of 47.3 percent of people who speak no other language but their own, the poll of 16,000 EU citizens said. But British travelers to Europe need not worry. English is the most common second language in the EU, spoken by 41 percent of the block’s citizens. In Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands, at least 78 percent of people speak English as a second language. Although 47 percent of EU citizens know only their mother tongue, there is wide agreement that speaking foreign language is good thing. 72 percent of those polled believe foreign language skills are useful, 71 percent said everyone should know one foreign language and 69 percent said everyone should speak English.TEXT GFirst read the following questions.85. The passage is mainly about ____.A. male children and how they develop a sex roleB. female children and how they develop a sex roleC. babies and how they are affected by their parentsD. parental warmth and its effects86. Which of the following tend to treat male and female children more alikeA. Fathers.B. Sisters.C. Mothers.D. Brothers.Now read Text G quickly and mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET. How warm parents are with their children has a strong influence on the childrens personalities. Boy who are highly masculine, for example, tend to see their fathers as very warm and regarding. The warmth of both parents tends to lead to more feminity in girls. The influence of the fathers seems to be more important, since fathers generally treat male and female children differently as compared to mothers who treat male and female children in a more similar manner.TEXT HFirst read the following questions.87. ELTECS-Chi-L is sponsored by ____.A. UKB. USAC. BelgiumD. Japan88. To join ELTECS-Chi-L, one could____.A. write a letter to Ma ZhigangB. telephone Ma ZhigangC. send an e-mail to Ma ZhigangD. all of the above meansNow read Text H quickly and mark your answerS on your ANSWER SHEET. English teachers network ELTECS-Chi-LWhat is ELTECS-Chi-LEnglish Language Teaching Contacts Scheme for China List (ELTECS-Chi-L) is a British Council China on-line discussion group for Chinese English language teaching (ELT) professionals with an interest in developing themselves and sharing views on ELT. Launched in Beijing by Helena Kennedy QC, Chair of the British Council, on 9th October 1998, the network now has around 450 subscribers among whom more than 40 are from the UK, Belgium, Japan and other countries.ELTECS-Chi-L is a sister network to the ELTECS (English Language Teaching Contact Scheme) network which is mainly composed of ELT professionals in central and eastern Europe with over 1000 members.How to subscribe to ELTECS-Chi-LAny English teachers working in primary and middle schools or universities who have e-mail access are welcome to join the network at any time to share their ideas, expertise and experience with others.To join ELTECS-Chi-L, send the following command as email to LISTSERV@,SUB ELTECS-Chi-L yourfirstname yourlastname. For example: SUB ELTECS-Chi-L Zhonghua Zhang.For more information please e-mail Ma Zhigang atma.zhigang@, editor of ELTECS-Chi-L.26. 答案 C【试题分析】此题考查形容词词义及与介词的搭配。
专四模拟测试题及答案
专四模拟测试题及答案一、听力理解（共20分）1. 根据所听对话，选择正确的答案。
A. 去图书馆B. 去电影院C. 去超市D. 去公园[答案] A2. 根据所听短文，回答以下问题：Q: 短文中提到了哪些活动？A. 参加聚会B. 看电影C. 做运动D. 以上都是[答案] D二、阅读理解（共30分）1. 阅读以下短文，判断下列句子是否正确。
A. 文章主要讨论了环境保护的重要性。
B. 作者认为个人的努力对环境保护至关重要。
C. 政府在环境保护中没有作用。
D. 保护环境是每个人的责任。
[答案] A. 错误 B. 正确 C. 错误 D. 正确2. 阅读以下短文，选择最佳标题。
A. 科技与未来B. 人工智能的发展C. 机器人在日常生活中的应用D. 科技改变生活[答案] B三、完形填空（共20分）阅读下面的短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择一个最佳选项填入空白处。
In recent years, the use of smartphones has become widespread. Many people are now using their smartphones to do various tasks, such as checking emails, browsing the internet, and making phone calls. However, there are also some concerns about the overuse of smartphones.61. The first blank should be filled with a word that means "extremely common."A. RareB. UnusualC. CommonD. Scarce[答案] C62. The second blank requires a word that means "to look through."A. GlanceB. ScrutinizeC. ExamineD. Browse[答案] D四、翻译（共15分）将以下句子从中文翻译成英文。
英语专业四级模拟试题9(含答案)
英语专业四级模拟试题9Part I Dictation ( 15 minutes )Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal 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 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET. Now listen to the passage.Part II Listening Comprehension ( 18 minutes )Section AIn this section, you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Conversation OneQuestions 2 to 5 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.2. Which of the following is NOT offered by the apartment?A) Tennis courts.B) A recreation area.C) A sauna.D) A swimming pool.3.If the student decides to rent an apartment from the receptionist, what will his depositbe?A) One hundred dollars.B) Thirty-five dollars.C) Fifty dollars.D) Two hundred and fifty dollars.4.Why is a deposit required at Melrose Apartment?A) To secure a two-bedroom apartment.B) To renew a six-month lease.C) To pay for a dishwasher.D) To cover property damage.5. How long will the student have to wait for one-bedroom apartment?A) For a week.B) For two weeks.C) For three weeks.D) For a month.Conversation TwoQuestions 6 to 8 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.6. What year is Mike in?A) The first year.B) The second year.C) The fourth year.D) The third year.7.Mike should resign because _______.A) he can't get along with his schoolmates in the UnionB) he can't do the work wellC) he is in debtD) he can't get through his studies8.What do you suppose Mike is majoring in?A) Mathematics.B) Electronics.C) Physics.D) Economics.Conversation ThreeQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.9. Where does this conversation most likely take place?A) In the library on campus.B) In a classroom.。
英语专业四级参考答案
英语专业四级参考答案英语专业四级考试（TEM-4）是中国英语专业学生的一项重要考试，它主要评估学生的语言知识和应用能力。
以下是一份模拟的参考答案，供参考。
听力部分1. A) The woman is discussing her travel plans with a friend.2. B) The man is asking for directions to the nearest subway station.3. C) The speakers are talking about a recent movie they watched.4. D) The woman is making a reservation at a restaurant.5. A) The man is suggesting they go to the library to study.6. B) The woman is complaining about the noise level in the apartment.7. C) The speakers are discussing the benefits of a new fitness program.8. D) The man is trying to convince the woman to attend a concert with him.阅读理解1. A) The article is about the impact of technology on the job market.2. B) The author suggests that traditional education methods are outdated.3. C) The passage discusses the importance of environmental conservation.4. D) The text examines the role of social media in modernsociety.5. A) According to the article, the majority of people prefer to work in teams.词汇与结构1. A) Despite the heavy rain, the game continued.2. B) The company has been struggling financially for several years.3. C) The professor's lecture was so engaging that the students forgot the time.4. D) The new policy will come into effect immediately.5. A) She is determined to achieve her goal, no matter the obstacles.完形填空1. A) Despite2. B) However3. C) Consequently4. D) Therefore5. A) Although6. B) Since7. C) Nevertheless8. D) Thus翻译1. 原文：随着经济的发展，人们越来越重视环境保护。
英语专业四级模拟试题9（含答案）
英语专业四级模拟试题9（含答案）英语专业四级模拟试题9Part I Dictation ( 15 minutes )Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal 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 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET. Now listen to the passage.Part II Listening Comprehension ( 18 minutes )Section AIn this section, you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Conversation OneQuestions 2 to 5 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.2. Which of the following is NOT offered by the apartment?A) Tennis courts.B) A recreation area.C) A sauna.D) A swimming pool.3. If the student decides to rent an apartment from the receptionist, what will his depositbe?A) One hundred dollars.B) Thirty-five dollars.C) Fifty dollars.D) Two hundred and fifty dollars.4. Why is a deposit required at Melrose Apartment?A) To secure a two-bedroom apartment.B) To renew a six-month lease.C) To pay for a dishwasher.D) To cover property damage.5. How long will the student have to wait for one-bedroom apartment?A) For a week.B) For two weeks.C) For three weeks.D) For a month.Conversation TwoQuestions 6 to 8 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.6. What year is Mike in?A) The first year.B) The second year.C) The fourth year.D) The third year.7. Mike should resign because _______.A) he can't get along with his schoolmates in the UnionB) he can't do the work wellC) he is in debtD) he can't get through his studies8. What do you suppose Mike is majoring in?A) Mathematics.B) Electronics.C) Physics.D) Economics.Conversation ThreeQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.9. Where does this conversation most likely take place?A) In the library on campus.B) In a classroom.C) In the professor's office.D) In the corridor between classes.10. How many weeks had the student been given to complete theproject?A) Eight weeks.B) Six weeks.C) Two weeks.D) Four weeks.11. What must the student do to receive extra credit?A) Write a report.B) Give a talk to the class.C) Revise his project.D) Take an examination.Section BIn this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Passage OneQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the passage.12. What is the main problem being discussed in the passage?A) The small number of newborn babies.B) The changing social situation of women.C) The high prices of houses and education.D) The necessary steps of Asian government.13. According to the passage, which of the following is true?A) It is easy for a couple to afford a child in Asia.B) The prices of houses in Asia are quite low now.C) Fewer and fewer married women want to have a job.D) The word "DINKS" first appeared in an Asian country.14. To buy a flat and send a child to kindergarten, how much will a couple pay eachyear?A) $5,000.B) $5,900.C) $10,800.D) $15,800.15. The writer seems to believe that Asian government should _______.A) let women stay at home and have a babyB) allow only one of the parents to go out to workC) care for the growing needs of women for jobsD) punish the companies that permit women to leavePassage TwoQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the passage.16. The most difficult thing to do in wall climbing is _______.A) to tie ropes to your harnessB) to control your fearC) to move away from the wallD) to climb straight up17. The word "workout" (Para. 3, Sentence 3) at the end most probably means_______.A) settlementB) exerciseC) excitementD) tiredness18. The purpose of writing this passage is _______.A) to tell people where to find gymsB) to prove the basic need for climbingC) to encourage people to climb mountainsD) to introduce the sport of wall climbingPassage ThreeQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the passage.19. What was believed about children's life in the past?A) It was full of happiness.B) It was hard to control.C) It was marked with depression.D) It had few health problems.20. According to the passage, it seems harder to deal with depressed children than grown-ups becausechildren _______.A) have more exam fearsB) face more health risksC) are less able to talk about feelingsD) experience fewer mental problems21. What seems to be most important in dealing with depression in children?A) To help them understand what the problem is.B) To find out the most suitable medicine.C) To see the kind of friends they have.D) To watch children's activities.Section CIn this section you will hear several news items. Listen to the news items carefully and then answer the questions that follow.News Broadcast OneQuestions 22 to 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.22. Who are sacked by Mr. Hosein Selar in Brazil?A) Two senior military officials.B) Two senior health officials.C) Two government ministers.D) The new health minister.23. How many people in southeast Brazil have caught the disease?A) 1,800.B) 180,000.C) 80,000.D) 1,800,000.24. All the following about dengue fever are mentioned in the news EXCEPT that_______.A) it is spread by mosquitoesB) it causes headache, fever, and vomitingC) it can be a lethal disease in some casesD) it affects more children than adultsNews Broadcast TwoQuestions 25 to 27 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.25. The political wing of the IRA Sinn Fein is resisting moves by the British government to have itexpelled from peace talks on Northern Ireland which have _______ in Dublin.A) reassuredB) reservedC) resumedD) restarted26. Britain says the party should be _______ because police in the province have evidence that theIRA was linked to two recent killings.A) includedB) exploredC) explodedD) excluded27. Any decision to expel Sinn Fein must be agreed _______ by the governments of Britain and theIrish Republic.A) stronglyB) jointlyC) generallyD) joyfullyNews Broadcast ThreeQuestions 28 to 29 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.28. Iraq has called for the UN weapons inspectors to be punished for talking _______ about theirwork.A) immediatelyB) to the mediaC) to mediateD) on a medium29. In a letter to the UN Secretary-General, Iraq's Foreign Minister says that despite promises madeto Baghdad, no _______ measures have been taken.A) displacementB) dispositionC) discriminatoryD) disciplinaryNews Broadcast FourQuestions 30 to 31 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.30. What has the United Nations' Human Rights Commissionpassed?A) A resolution calling for death sentence to criminals.B) A revolution in judicial system in its member countries.C) A resolution calling for abolition of the capital punishment.D) A severe punishment to those who commit crime.31. How many countries supported the resolution?A) 13.B) 64.C) 18.D) 31.Part III Cloze ( 15 minutes )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.The rise of English is a remarkable (32)________ story. When Julius Caesar (33)________ in Britain nearly two thousand years ago, English did not exist. Five hundred years later, English, incomprehensible to modern (34)________ , was probably spoken by about (35)________ few peopleas currently (36)________ Cherokee (an American Indian language) ?a and with about as (37)________ influence. Nearly a thousand years later, at the end of the sixteenth century, (38)________ William Shakespeare was in his (39)________ , English was the native speech of (40)________ five and seven million English people and it was, in the words of a (41)________ , "of small reach, it stretch no further than this island of ours."Four hundred years later, the (42)________ is extraordinary. Between 1600 and the present, in armies, navies, companies, and expeditions, the speakers of English ?a including Scots, Irish, Welsh, American, and (43)________ more ?a traveled into every(44)________ of the globe, carrying their language and culture(45)________ them. Today English is used by at (46)________ 750 million people, and barely half of those speak it as a mother (47)________ . Some estimates have put that (48)________ closer to one billion. (49)________ the total, English at the (50)________ of the 21st century is more widely scattered, more widely spoken and written, (51)________ any other language has ever been. It hasbecome the language of the planet, the first truly global language.32. A) succeed B) success C) successful D) successfully33. A) reached B) arrived C) invaded D) landed34. A) eyes B) eye C) ears D) ear35. A) as B) a C) / D) far36. A) speak B) speaking C) spoke D) spoken37. A) more B) much C) a little D) little38. A) while B) during C) as D) when39. A) age B) day C) prime D) time40. A) between B) only C) about D) over41. A) contemptible B) contemptuous C) contemplative D) contemporary42. A) opposition B) contrast C) compare D) comparison43. A) much B) many C) lot D) far44. A) corner B) place C) area D) spot45. A) with B) about C) on D) by46. A) most B) best C) least D) last47. A) tone B) accent C) tongue D) language48. A) figure B) data C) total D) sum49. A) What B) Whatever C) No wonder D) No matter50. A) beginning B) beginner C) starting D) starter51. A) for B) among C) than D) thenPart IV Vocabulary and Grammar ( 15 minutes )There are some sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.52. You _______ that letter to James. However, you didn't.A) ought to writeB) ought to have writtenC) should writeD) must have written53. An error, _______ ever so common, is an error still.A) be itB) beingC) whether itD) were it54. To such an extent _______ me that I read the novel through twice.A) it attractedB) did it attractC) it has attractedD) it attracts55. The beautiful _______ not inherent in the object but in the eye of the beholder.A) areB) wereC) isD) was56. Direct email selling is still the best marketing strategy today, but with proper rules _______.A) followingB) being followedC) to followD) followed57. _______, he has sacrificed in no way to comfort.A) Old although he isB) As he is oldC) How old he isD) Old as he is58. You dislike the job you are doing, _______?A) do youB) don't youC) will youD) aren't you59. He is not so sick _______ he can come to school.A) whatB) thatC) butD) which60. _______ my meal I returned to my room.A) Having finishedB) FinishingC) Being finishedD) Finished61. It is said that _______ two shells are identical.A) noneB) neverC) noD) neither62. He didn't find _______ to respond.A) it worthwhileB) that worthwhileC) it worthwhile whatD) worth his while63. The weather becomes worse _______ when winter is near ￡?A) stillB) yetD) far64. The sound has no meaning _______ the one we give it.A) thanB) rather thanC) other thanD) none other than65. The dishes you cook taste _______.A) as good as your motherB) so good as your mother'sC) as good as your mother doesD) as good as your mother's66. A: You have finished your term paper?<BR>B: _______.A) So I haveB) So have IC) I have soD) I did so.67. The important part of urban development is the sanitary system that is being given least _______.A) inferiorityB) superiorityC) priorityD) seniority68. He was too _______ with his own thoughts to notice anything wrong.A) preoccupiedB) engrossedC) absorbedD) immersed69. Don't make a _______ about that small cut on your finger.B) fussC) differenceD) fool70. From the clues she encountered, Jeannie could _______ that her best friend was planning asurprise party!A) deduceB) induceC) comply71. His younger son will become _______ to vote on his next birthday.A) suitableB) eligibleC) privilegedD) competent72. Make _______, or we shall be late for the meeting.A) hurryB) hasteC) speedD) rush73. This suburb has been the accidental _______ of a large restoration program.A) beneficiaryB) inheritorC) recipientD) successor74. Now this technology is being used to make it more difficult to _______ a passport.A) inventB) fabricateC) forgeD) pretend75. _______ is needed to stop the spread of computer pornography.A) LegislationB) RegistrationC) ConventionD) Congress76. The youngest son has been twice sent to prison, and I suppose this is their _______ in the closet.A) skeletonB) secretC) scandalD) shame77. If the children had a complaint about their parents, she helped them give _______ to it.A) windowB) airD) door78. They had been quite good friends for years, until they _______ about some trivial matter.A) fell inB) fell outC) fell behindD) fell through79. I guess I'll have to just _______ my teeth and wait for things to get better.A) tightenB) crushC) grindD) grit80. These parents rely on their children to _______ them in their old age.A) fend forB) provide forC) brace forD) compensate for81. In a recent opinion poll, a majority of _______ were against nuclear weapons.A) respondentsB) correspondentsC) applicantsD) candidatePart V Reading Comprehension ( 31 minutes )In this section there are several passages followed by some questions or unfinished staments, 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 AThere is no commonly agreed-on definition of a small business because there are different criteria used to define "small" ?a for example, number of employees, annual sales, or total assets. For our purposes, we'll call a small business any independently owned and operated, profit-seeking enterprise that has fewer than five hundred employees.Small businesses may be little, but they have a very large impact on our society. Statistics tell us thatsmall businesses comprise about 97% of all nonfarm businesses in the US; they employ over 50% of the privateworkforce; they dominate such US industries as retailing and construction; and they will generate half of all new US jobs created during the next decade. Moreover, small businesses are where the job growth has been in recent years. Between 1988 and 1992, US firms with 19 or fewer employees created 78% of the new jobs. And the importance of small businesses is also increasing around the world in places like Japan, China, and the United Kingdom.Now to the question at hand: Is the job of managing a small business different from that of managing a large one? A study comparing the two found that the importance of roles differed significantly. The small business manager's most important role is that of spokesperson. The small business manager spends a large amount of time doing such outwardly directed activities as meeting with customers, arranging financing with bankers, searching for new opportunities, and stimulating change. In contrast, the most important concerns of a manager in a large organization are directed internally ?atoward deciding which organizational units get what available resources and how much of them. According to this study, the entrepreneurial role ?a looking for business opportunities and planning activities for performance improvement ?a is the least important to managers in large firms.82. The author defines small business by the criterion of _______.A) number of employeesB) annual salesC) total assetsD) purposes of the study83. The importance of small businesses lies in the followingaspects EXCEPT that they_______.A) create job opportunitiesB) reduce farm laborC) dominate retailing and construction industriesD) make up most of the US nonfarm businesses84. _______ would probably be the task of the general manager of a big company.A) Meeting customersB) Arranging financingC) Searching for opportunitiesD) Distributing resources85. The manager of a small business usually takes the role of _______ for the company.A) the spokesman of its productsB) bankerC) customerD) entrepreneurText BResidents across the Midwest and the Plains who made it home for Christmas were digging out on Friday after a fierce snowstorm while those who spent the night in airports and shelters tried to resume their journeys. Meteorologists warned that roads across the region remained dangerous. The National Weather Service said blizzards would hit parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin through Saturday. The storm had already dumped significant snow across the region, including a record 14 inches in Oklahoma City and 11 inches in Duluth, Minn., on Thursday.Slippery roads have been blamed for at least 21 deaths thisweek as the storm lumbered across the country from the Southwest. Ice storm warnings and winter weather advisories were issued for parts of the East Coast on Friday, but the region was largely spared. Paul Mews, who drove from Faribault, Minn., to a relative's home in Plum City, Wis., on Friday morning, said the first 15 minutes of the 80-mile trip were clear, but a surge of heavy snowfall produced a stretch of near-whiteout conditions. "It was snow-pocalypse. It was wicked," said Mews, 25. "We thought about turning around and going back." They decided to continue when the surge passed minutes later.Others weren't as lucky. Army Sgt. Mark Matthey was spending Friday night at the Flying J Travel Plaza in Sioux Falls, S.D., after Interstate 90 closed. Matthey, 26, left Fort Bragg, N.C., on Wednesday for his hometown of Spokane, Wash., in hopes of making it by late Friday or early Saturday. Instead, he spent Friday afternoon drinking coffee, watching TV and making friends at the truck stop. He planned to find a spot to sleep on the floor or in the cab of his truck. Matthey said he and the other travelers were in decent spirits. "Everybody has the attitude that you have to play the cards you were dealt," he said. "No use in getting upset about something you can't control."86. The fierce snowstorm across the Midwest and the Plains has caused people the following troubleEXCEPT _______.A) removing the snowB) staying up in airportsC) road accidentsD) shortage of holiday commodities87. "Lumbered" in Para. 2 means "________".A) fell down heavilyB) piled thicklyC) moved clumsilyD) cut down slowly88. There was _______ in most parts of the East Coast.A) a casualty of 21 peopleB) a delay in people's journey homeC) no traffic cut-downsD) no heavy snowfall89. Army Sgt. Mark Matthey _______.A) was stuck up on Interstate 90B) spent Friday afternoon at a truck stopC) played cards while he was waiting for the weather to clear upD) was very much upset by the delay on roadText CMost of the rules for informal time, such as pace and tardiness, are not explicitly taught. Like most of culture, these rules usually function below the level of consciousness. Angyle makes much the same point when comparing cultural differences in punctuality standards:How late is "late"? This varies greatly. In Britain and America one may be 5 minutes late for a business appointment, but not 15 and certainly not 30 minutes late, which is perfectly normal in Arab countries. On the other hand in Britain it is correct to be 5-15 minutes late for an invitation to dinner. An Italian might arrive 2 hours late, an Ethiopian after, and a Javanese not at all ?a he had accepted only to prevent his host from losing face.Our reaction to punctuality is rooted in our cultural experiences. In the US, we have all learned that the boss can arrive late for a meeting without anyone raising an eyebrow; ifthe secretary is late, he or she may receive a reprimand in the form of a stern glance. A rock star or a doctor can keep people waiting for long periods of time, but the warm-up band and the nurse had better be on time. In Latin America, one is expected to arrive late to appointments as a sign of respect. This same tardiness would be perceived as rudeness in Germany. According to Hall and Hall, "Promptness is taken for granted in Germany ?a in fact, it's almost an obsession."We can ascertain a culture's attitude toward time by examining the pace at which members of that culture perform specific acts and respond to certain events. Americans, because of the pace of life in the US, always seem to be in a hurry ?a for them, there is always one more thing to do. Conveniences ?a from fast-food restaurants, one-stop gas stations and microwave ovens ?a help most of us get things done quickly. We find the "fast lane" most appealing. We grow up hearing people say, "Don't waste so much time." We are impatient when things take too long, and we act as if we believe the French proverb "Patience is the virtue of asses."Other cultures see time differently and hence live life at a pace different from that of most people inthe US. The Japanese, Arab, and Chinese cultures, for example, treat time in ways that often appear at cross-purposes with American goals. Indonesians are yet another group that do not want to be pressured or hurried. They perceive time as a limitless pool. There is even a phrase in Indonesia describing this concept that is translated as "rubber time", so that time stretches or shrinks and is therefore very flexible. In Africa, where a slow pace is the rule, people who rush are suspected of trying to cheat.90. The concepts about time are not _______.A) culture-specificB) taught in coursesC) so desirable in Arab, Latin American and African countriesD) taken for granted in Germany91. _______ people are very impatient according to the author.A) AmericanB) FrenchC) GermanD) British92. People in Japan, China and Indonesia regard time _______.A) as a flexible and endless resourceB) in opposite ways to westernersC) in a pressured and hurried styleD) as something very appealing93. The passage is best entitled as _______.A) Informal TimeB) Communication between CulturesC) Pace of LifeD) PunctualityText DIn most parts of the world, winter is cold and harsh; the Christmas tree, with its ornaments and twinkling lights, is a sign of warmth and gaiety. The Christmas tree is such a popular symbol of the winter holiday that it has been adopted by people of many faiths all over the world.Many ancient cultures perceived trees to be symbols of the universe, and trees were often associated with the many pagan solar deities whose birthdays were celebrated during the winter solstices. Evergreen trees in particular were seen as symbols of divinity and immortality, because they do not "die" as other treesdo. The evergreen tree has also been long associated with gift giving ?a citizens of ancient Rome celebrated the Saturnalia, a week-long December festival honoring the God Saturnus, by exchanging giftsattached to evergreen branches.In an Old Norse tradition, evergreens were burned to encourage the return of the sun. A direct descendent of this practice, which is still carried out in remote parts of Europe, is the Yule log. The custom of burning a tree was eventually replaced with trees or wooden pyramids decorated with burning candle, which are still common in many households in Europe.As trees have long been a symbol of rebirth, the Christmas tree became a natural symbol for the resurrected God of Christianity. The first known record of a decorated tree honoring the Christian nativity was a sixteenth-century description of a tree decorated with "roses cut out of many-colored paper, apples, wafers, gold foil and sweets", which was burned in the old tradition.Strong opposition to Christmas trees by the Puritan settlers kept Christmas trees out of American territory until the nineteenth century, when German settlers popularized the tradition. Until recent years, the Christmas tree was hung upside-down, suspended from the ceiling.94. Christmas trees are all the following EXCEPT that _______.A) they are adopted to celebrate the birth of Christ by many faiths all over the worldB) they are decorated with ornaments and lightsC) they are regarded as a symbol of warmth and joyD) they are used in the celebration of the winter holiday95. Many ancient cultures worshiped _______ who werebelieved to be born in December.A) God of SunB) God SaturnusC) God of ChristianityD) the Puritan God96. The old Norse tradition of burning evergreens to encourage the return of the sun has developedultimately into the practice of _______.A) burning the Yule logB) decorating Christmas trees with burning candlesC) hanging Christmas trees upside-downD) burning roses cut out of colored paper97. The Christmas tree _______.A) became adopted by Christianity in the 16th centuryB) became known to the Americans in the 19th centuryC) has been regarded as a symbol of rebirth by ChristianityD) was opposed by the early settlers of the United StatesText EBefore the ladies could recover from their shocked astonishment at her statement and at a spinster mentioning such a matter, Melanie was standing in the doorway. So engrossed had they been in their gossip that they had not heard her light tread and now, confronted by their hostess, they looked like whispering schoolgirls caught by a teacher. Alarm was added to consternation at the change in Melanie's face. She was pink with righteous anger, her gentle eyes snapping fire, her nostrils quivering. No one had ever seen Melanie angry before. Not a lady present thought her capable of wrath. They all loved her but they thought her the sweetest, most pliable of young women, deferential to her elders and without any opinions of her own.。
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【详细解答】通观全文，B、C两项并未提及，因此可先排除；A项是operating costs，而文中只提及了建设费用巨大，因此也 可排除。文章主要讨论了输油管建设中解决的问题，因此D项正确。 67. 答案 C 【参考译文】作者提到了所有决定输油管路线的因素除了____ 【试题分析】本题是语义辨析题。
【详细解答】第三段“Each company controlled...and paid into the pipeline-construction fund according to the size of its holdings.”即是根据拥有多少油田份额来决定的，因此选A项。 Text B 短文大意
72. 答案 B
【参考译文】根据文章，哪座城市交通状况较好?
【试题分析】本题是特定信息查寻题。
【详细解答】文中第四段提到：“On the other hand,some cities have clean,fast,and pleasant public transportation systems.In Paris,France,and Toronto,Canada...”所以巴黎交通状况较好。选B。
【详细解答】文中有“Because the public transportation is crowded and dirty,however,many people drive private cars.”可见“减 少私车数目”是舍本逐末的事，不解决根本问题，A项可排除；相类似的，“提高高速公路公汽限速也不能从根本上解决问题， 而“劝说人们就近择业”更是天方夜谭；文中有“Los Angles...has no subway system and the buses are slow.”可以推论，开辟地 铁是解决问题的重要手段，因此可判断A项是解决问题的首要途径。
英语专业四级考试模拟测试及答案解析
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「句意」 你本应该给詹姆斯写信，然而，你没写。
「难点」 ought to have written 是虚拟语气，与本句句意相符。
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专四模拟试题附参考答案 (3) 9SECTION A COMPOSITIONHaving a Company Before GraduationRecently,having a company is becoming a fashionable trend for students when they are still in college. However,different people have different opinions towards this phenomenon.Having a company before graduation can bring some advantages to the students.Firstly, the students can earn some money and support themselves.That will raise their independent and exploring spirit. Secondly,the companies can serve as an important channel for the students to communicate with the out world.Finally,the students can learn some real experience which they cannot learn in college. However,the negative effects of having a company before graduation should not be neglected. To run a company will cost much time which should be spent on studying. The main task of students is studying, that’s why many students abandoned the company and returned to classes.In addition,students lack financial support and economic knowledge to handle a company.In my opinion, to some extent, we should encourage students to have a company in order to gain some experience and money. But after all, the major part of the students energy should be put on their studying. SECTION B NOTE WRITINGMay 3Dear Mr. Charles,Could you please supply me with one photograph of yourself? I realize I do not have one for your file and it is important that we have a photograph of you on file. If it is not bothering, please send it to me as soon as possible.Thank you.Mary SmithSecretary of the Board。
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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, businesses, and even government agencies are using telephone answering machines to take messages or give information or instructions. Sometimes these machines give (31) ______ instructions, or play messages that are difficult to understand. If you (32) ______ telephone calls, you need to be ready to respond when you get a (33) ______.The most common machine is the (34) ______ used in residence. If you call a home (35) ______ there is a telephone answering machine (36) _______ you will hear several rings and then a recorded message that (37) ______ says something like this: "Hello,. We can’t come to the (38) ______ right now. If you want us to call you back, please leave your name and number after the beep." Then you will hear a "beep," (39) ______ is a brief, high-pitched (40) ______. After the beep, you can say who you are, whom you want to speak to, and what number the person should call to (41) ______ you, or you can leave a (42) ______. Some telephone answering machines record for only 20 or 30 seconds after the beep, (43) ______ you must respond quickly. Some large businesses and government agencies are using telephone answering machines to provide information on (44) ______ about which they receive a large volume of (45) ______. Generally specking, using these systems (46) ______ you to have a touchtone phone. The voice on the machine will tell you to (47) ______ a certain button on you telephone if you want information on Topic A, another button for Topic B, and so on. You listen (48) ______ you hear the topic you want to learn about, and then you push the (49) ______ button. Immediately after making your (50) ______, you will hear a recorded message on the topic.31. A. disturbing B. annoyi8ng C. confusing D. surprising32. A. take B. make C. answer D. receive33. A. repairing B. recovering C. retelling D. recording34. A. type B. kind C. sort D. character35. A. which B. where C. that D. when36. A. in hand B. in detail C. in operation D. in dispute37. A. impossibly B. hardly C. always D. usually38. A. place B. phone C. home D. room39. A. that B. who C. what D. which40. A. tune B. noise C. voice D. tone41. A. catch B. tell C. reach D. meet42. A. note B. record C. message D. speech43. A. so B. therefore C. although D. thus44. A. topics B. things C. arguments D. concerns45. A. questions B. inquiries C. problems D. complaints46. A. commands B. requires C. asks D. requests47. A. push B. pull C. drag D. throw48. A. when B. after C. until D. before49. A. correct B. wrong C. random D. appropriate50. A. selection B. solution C. experiment D. decisionPART 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.51. The fact that during the first week the takings of the circus ______ not enough to cover the purchase of fodder for the animals frustrated all of us.A. beingB. isC. wasD. were52. Fruit pickers are paid at the _____ of ’4.00 an hour.A. rateB. scaleC. sumD. value53. Fumes from the exhaust of an automobile are ______.A. notoriousB. anxiousC. noxiousD. delicious54. George wasn’t in class today, Professor Brown excused him ______.A. from attendingB. of attendingC. to attendD. attending55. Class will _____ at a high temperature and will be in a liquid condition.A. dissolveB. disappearC. meltD. evaporate56. After several days’ investigation, the police found out one clue that voic es were heard ______ for help from some very distant place that night.A. to callB. calledC. callingD. call57. 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 go58. He appeared _____ with our team’s performance.A. satisfyingB. to be satisfyingC. to satisfyD. satisfied59. 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 admitted60. More than once, 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 heard61. After ______ appeared to be an endless waiting, it was her turn to be examined.A. thatB. whereC. whichD. what62. 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 become63. The chief reason for the spreading of the disease isn’t so much a fall in living conditions ______ a rise in it.A. asB. likeC. thanD. but64. Hamlet _____ his father’s death on his uncle.A. reversedB. revertedC. revengedD. revealed65. He _____ tennis every day since he ______ sixteen.A. has played... isB. played... has beenC. was playing...has beenD. has been playing...was66. He delivered _____ orders for a Chinese restaurant for the whole summer vacation so as to earn enough money for his tuition.A. takeoffB. takeoverC. takeupD. takeout67. He does not _____ as a teacher of English as his pronunciation is terrible.A. equalB. matchC. qualifyD. fit68. He finished _____ in the 1,500-meter run.A. championB. championshipC. firstD. No. one69. He has been asked to account _____ his absence.A. forB. onC. ofD. about70. He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any _____ on what he promises.A. faithB. beliefC. creditD. reliance71. He is _____ the run from the police.A. inB. offC. onD. after72. He is an artist with seemingly unlimited _____.A. creativityB. creatureC. creationD. creative73. He believed that the greatest of his _____ was that he’d never had a college education.A. grievesB. misfortunesC. disastersD. sorrows74. He knows the rules but does not know how to ______ it.A. controlB. directC. applyD. run75. He made a ____ inspection of the doors and the windows before leaving.A. slowlyB. leisurelyC. carefullyD. seriously76. Ten days before, the Captain’s word was that every sailor, old or young, ______ by that new rules and regulations.A. abideB. abodeC. abidingD. was to abide77. He made such a _____ contribution to the university that they are naming one of the new building after him.A. genuineB. minimumC. modestD. generous78. He must have had an accident, or he _____ then.A. would have been hereB. had to be hereC. should be hereD. would be here79. Every man and every woman kidnapped 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 forward80. He often sat in a small bar drinking considerably more than _____.A. he was in good healthB. his health was goodC. his good health wasD. was good for his healthPART 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 alifetime-against credulous use of reference sources.②81. 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 approach82. 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.83. 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 r eputation as an authorD. bridge the gap between the new method and the traditional approach84. 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 canon85. 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.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 tobecome 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 imprisoned within 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.86. 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 thinking87. The term "parochialism" (Line 3, Para. 3) most possibly means ______.A. open-mindednessB. provincialismC. superiorityD. discrimination88. 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 culture89. 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.90. 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 Neurosis TEXTCA 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, bringingin needed revenue to the old Italian American communities that hold the events and often benefiting the city as a whole.91. 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.92. Which of the following is the activity held in Easter period?A. ProcessionsB. PlaysC. FeastsD. All of the above.93. The author’s attitude towards the modern secular society is ______.A. CommendatoryB. objectiveC. incredulityD. absurd94. 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 festivals.TEXTDParkour 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. Because of 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, part 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.③95. 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 themselves96. 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 essentials97. Which of the following is NOT a determinant to the effectiveness of parkour?A. Participator’s figure.B. Participator’s relative location to the obs tacle.C. Participator’s reaction to the obstacle.D. Participator’s experience of parkour.98. 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 hurt99. 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.100. Which of the following activities is mostly close to parkour?A. Jogging.B. Obstacle race.C. Gymnastics.D. Acrobatic performancePART VI WRITING (45 MIN)SECTION D COMPOSITION (35 MIN)Some merchants sell their fake commodities at the market place for more profit; there are also some government officials who sell people’s trust; senior officials who take brib es by selling the power in their hands are not a few. So some people hold the view that mankind is selfish and greedy. What do you think?Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: Are People Selfish and Greedy Nowadays?You are to write in three parts.In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your opinion.In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.SECTION E NOTE-WRITING (10 MIN)Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a note of about 50 ~ 60 words based on the following situation:You visited your former teacher, Mrs. Zhang, but she was not at home. Write a note to show your appreciation for her constant encouragement in your high school English study.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.-THE END-。
英语专业四级考试全真模拟试卷九（1）答案（1）
【试题分析】本题是语义辨析题。
【关键词语】 come what may,pick...up 【详细解答】首先要理解come what may的意思是“无论发生任何情况”，即无论如何的含义，非常坚决。所以答案中有may，if 等迟疑的都不正确，只有A项含义正确。
详细解答既然门缓缓打开的时候女士尖叫且脸色惨白说明她并未预计到门会开吓着了
PART Ⅰ WRITING
SECTION A COMPOSITION
The Importance of Water Resource Nearly 75 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water, but only a little part of fresh water can be used. With the population explosion and the rapid economic growth, a large part of the fresh water is consumed and polluted everyday. Hence, water shortage has become one of the most serious problems facing us today. Water plays an important role in human society. For one thing, water is essential to all living creatures. Without water, there would be no life on this planet. For another, the development of civilization relies on water. That is to say that water is fundamental in irrigation, power plants, industries, and so on. Furthermore, water provides perfect ecosystem. In short, we cannot live without water. Keeping the importance of water in mind, we should take measures in order to protect the limited water resource. First of all, everyone should be aware to cherish water resource. Second, the efficiency of water usage should be improved. For example, polluted or used water can be cleaned or reused. To sum up, man should reasonably make good use of water.
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专四模拟试题附参考答案（3）9
PART Ⅵ WRITING
SECTION A COMPOSITION
Having a Company Before Graduation
Recently, having a company is becoming a fashionable trend for students when they are still in college. However, different people have different opinions towards this phenomenon.
Having a company before graduation can bring some advantages to the students. Firstly, the students can earn some money and support themselves. That will raise their independent and exploring spirit. Secondly, the companies can serve as an important channel for the students to communicate with the out world. Finally, the students can learn some real experience which they cannot learn in college. However, the negative effects of having a company before graduation should not be neglected. To run a company will cost much time which should be spent on studying. The main task of students is studying, that’s why many students abandoned the company and returned to classes. In
addition, students lack financial support and economic knowledge to handle a company.
In my opinion, to some extent, we should encourage students to have a company in order to gain some experience and money. But after all, the major part of the students energy should be put on their studying.
SECTION B NOTE WRITING
May 3
Dear Mr. Charles,
Could you please supply me with one photograph of yourself?
I realize I do not have one for your file and it is important that we have a photograph of you on file. If it
is not bothering, please send it to me as soon as possible. Thank you.
Mary Smith
Secretary of the Board
专四模拟试题附参考答案（2）9
PART Ⅵ WRITING
SECTION A COMPOSITION
What Would You Like to Do after Graduation?
Nowadays it seems more and more difficult for college students to find a satisfactory job, since millions of college graduates pour into the tight job market every year. As a result, many of them have to do with jobs irrelevant to their specialities. So more and more graduates prefer to continue their studies in school after graduation.
There are several other reasons for this consideration. Firstly, at present the general economy presents a gloomy picture. The increase of job opportunities cannot meet the increasing number of college graduates. Secondly, as the information age approaches, more and more knowledge is required for us to gear to the development of technology, and the best way is to sharpen our edges in school. Finally, higher academic degrees always mean higher income for employees. So it is also valuable investment to continue our study in view of this.
Therefore, as far as I am concerned, I am going to continue my postgraduate in school. That’s what the old Chinese saying goes: sharpen the edge of your axe before chopping down the tree.
SECTION B NOTE WRITING
Dear Tom,
I just can’t tell you how sorry I was to learn of your accident. Your family tells me that you are progressing nicely, and that you’ll be out of the hospital in about ten days. I’m certainly relieved to know that!
In the next day or so you’ll receive a little package from Margaret and me. I hope you like it, and that it will help to pass the time more pleasantly.
With every good wish for your swift recovery.
Sincerely,
Bob。