专业四级考试试题及答案解析(二)

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历年专四真题答案及解析

历年专四真题答案及解析近年来，英语能力测试在中国的大学生中变得愈发重要。

其中，专业四级考试（CET-4）作为中国高校普遍要求的英语水平考试，被广大学生所重视。

为了帮助考生更好地备考和了解考试要求，专四真题及其解析成为了备考资料中不可或缺的一部分。

一、阅读理解篇章解读阅读理解是专四考试的核心部分，一般包含多篇文章，考生需要根据文章内容回答问题，并展开主旨概括或者解释段落大意。

以下是近几年考试中的一道阅读理解题目及其解析：文章主题：环保措施在中国企业中的不同应用文章内容概要：文章介绍了中国企业在环保措施上的不同应用情况，分析了环保投资的前景和障碍，并提出了解决之道。

题目：What is the main obstacle for Chinese companies to go green? (选项：A. High costs B. Lack of awareness C. Government policies D. Technological limitations)解析：根据文章内容，我们可以发现作者提到了环保投资面临的困境，而其中一点就是高成本。

所以答案应该是A选项，高成本是中国企业步入绿色发展的主要障碍。

二、听力理解题目解析听力理解是专四考试的另一重要部分，通常包括听力短对话及长对话。

考生需要通过听力材料，回答问题，对于这一部分的备考，我们可以通过听力练习、背诵常见的词汇短语等方式来提升，下面是一道常见的听力理解题目及其解析：材料内容概要：对话中，男生询问女生关于前文中提到的论文写作问题，女生给予了一些建议。

题目：What is the woman's suggestion? (选项：A. Start early B. Find a tutor C. Read more books D. Edit the paper)解析：根据对话内容，我们可以得知女生建议男生早开始写论文，因此答案为A选项，即“早开始”，这也是很多考生常犯的错误，因为对话中也提到了找导师、阅读更多书籍和编辑论文的建议，但这些建议并不是女生的主要建议。

20186月英语四级考试真题试题附答案解析[(完整版)第2套]

Part I Writing (30minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30minutes to write a short essay o n the importanceof writing ability and how to develop it. You should write at l east 120 words but no more than180 words.______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ __________Part II Listening Comprehension (25minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear threenews reports. At the end of each news report, youwill hear two or three questions. Both the news report and t he questions will be spoken onlyonce. After you hear a question, you must ch oose the best answer from the four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). Then m ark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with asingle line through the centre.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1. A) Annoyed.B) Scared.C) Confused.D) Offended.2. A) It crawled over the woman's hands.B) It wound up on the steering wheel.C) It was killed by the police on the spot.D) It was covered with large scales.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. A) A study of the fast-food service.B) Fast food customer satisfaction.C) McDonald's new business strategies.D) Competition in the fast-food industry.4. A) Customers' higher demands.B) The inefficiency of employees.C) Increased variety of products.D) The rising number of customers.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5. A) International treaties regarding space travel programs.B) Legal issues involved in commercial space exploration.C) U.S. government's approval of private space missions.D) Competition among public and private space companies.6. A) Deliver scientific equipment to the moon.B) Approve a new mission to travel into outer space.C) Work with federal agencies on space programs.D) Launch a manned spacecraft to Mars.7. A) It is significant.B) It is promising.C) It is unpredictable.D) It is unprofitable.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must c hoose the best answer from the fourchoices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a single line through th e centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) Visiting her family in Thailand.B) Showing friends around Phuket.C) Swimming around a Thai island.D) Lying in the sun on a Thai beach.9. A) She visited a Thai orphanage.B) She met a Thai girl's parents.C) She learned some Thai words.D) She sunbathed on a Thai beach.10. A) His class will start in a minute.B) He has got an incoming phone call.C) Someone is knocking at his door.D) His phone is running out of power.11. A) He is interested in Thai artworks.B) He is going to open a souvenir shop.C) He collects things from different countries.D) He wants to know more about Thai culture.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) Buying some fitness equipment for the new gym.B) Opening a gym and becoming personal trainers.C) Signing up for a weight-loss course.D) Trying out a new gym in town.13. A) Professional personal training.B) Free exercise for the first week.C) A discount for a half-year membership.D) Additional benefits for young couples.14. A) The safety of weight-lifting.B) The high membership fee.C) The renewal of his membership.D) The operation of fitness equipment.15. A) She wants her invitation renewed.B) She used to do 200 sit-ups every day.C) She knows the basics of weight-lifting.D) She used to be the gym's personal trainer.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each p assage, you willhear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questi ons will be spoken only once.After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B), C) and D). Then mark the c orresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single linethrough the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) They tend to be nervous during interviews.B) They often apply for a number of positions.C) They worry about the results of their applications.D) They search extensively for employers' information.17. A) Get better organized.B) Edit their references.C) Find better-paid jobs.D) Analyze the searching process.18. A) Provide their data in detail.B) Personalize each application.C) Make use of better search engines.D) Apply for more promising positions.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) If kids did not like school, real learning would not take place.B) If not forced to go to school, kids would be out in the streets.C) If schools stayed the way they are, parents were sure to protest.D) If teaching failed to improve, kids would stay away from school.20. A) Allow them to play interesting games in class.B) Try to stir up their interest in lab experiments.C) Let them stay home and learn from their parents.D) Design activities they now enjoy doing on holidays.21. A) Allow kids to learn at their own pace.B) Encourage kids to learn from each other.C) Organize kids into various interest groups.D) Take kids out of school to learn at first hand.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) It is especially popular in Florida and Alaska.B) It is a major social activity among the young.C) It is seen almost anywhere and on any occasion.D) It is even more expressive than the written word.23. A) It is located in a big city in Iowa.B) It is really marvelous to look at.C) It offers free dance classes to seniors.D) It offers people a chance to socialize.24. A) Their state of mind improved.B) They became better dancers.C) They enjoyed better health.D) Their relationship strengthened.25. A) It is fun.B) It is life.C) It is exhausting.D) It is rhythmical.Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage withten blanks. You are require d to select one word foreach blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the cor responding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with asingle line through t he centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Since the 1940s, southern California has had a reputation for smog. Things are not as bad asthey once were but, according to the American Lung Associa tion, Los Angeles is still the worstcity in the United States for levels of 26 . Ga zing down on the city from the Getty Center, anart museum in the Santa Moni ca Mountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Oceanblurred by the haze (霾). Nor is the state's bad air 27 to its south. Fresno, in the centralvalley, co mes top of the list in America for year-round pollution. Residents' hearts and lungsare affected as a 28 . All of which, combined with California's reputati on as the home oftechnological 29 , makes the place ideal for developing and testing systems designed tomonitor pollution in 30 . And that is just what A clima, a new firm in San Francisco, has beendoing over the past few months. It has been trying out monitoring stations that are 31 to yield minute-to-minu te maps of 32 air pollution. Such stations will also be able to keep aneye on what is happening inside buildings, including offices.To this end, Aclima has been 33 with Google's Street View system. Davida He rzl, Aclima'sboss, says they have revealed pollution highs on days when San Francisco's transit workerswent on strike and the city's 34 were forced to us e their cars. Conversely,"cycle to work"days have done their job by 35 pollution lows.A) assisted B) collaborating C) consequence D) consumers E) creating F) det ail G)domestic H) frequently I) inhabitants J) innovation K) intended L) ou tdoor M) pollutantsN) restricted O) sumSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statemen ts attached toit. Each statement contains information given in one of the par agraphs. Identify theparagraph from which the information is derived. You ma y choose a paragraph more thanonce. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.As Tourists Crowd Out Locals, Venice Faces 'Endangered' ListA) On a recent fall morning, a large crowd blocked the steps at one of Venice' s main touristsites, the Rialto Bridge. The Rialto Bridge is one of the four brid ges spanning the Grand Canal.It is the oldest bridge across the canal, and w as the dividing line between the districts of SanMarco and San Polo. But on thi s day, there was a twist: it was filled with Venetians, nottourists.B)"People are cheering and holding their carts in the air," says Giovanni Giorgio, who helped organize the march with a grass-roots organization called Gener azione '90. The carts herefers to are small shopping carts—the symbol of a tr ue Venetian. "It started as a joke," hesays with a laugh."The idea was to put blades on the wheels! You know? Like Ben Hur.Precisely like that, you just go around and run people down."C) Venice is one of the hottest tourist destinations in the world. But that's a p roblem. Up to90,000 tourists crowd its streets and canals every day—far outn umbering the 55,000permanent residents. The tourist increase is one key re ason the city's population is downfrom 175,000 in the 1950s. The outnumb ered Venetians have been steadily fleeing. Andthose who stick around are tir ed of living in a place where they can't even get to the marketwithout swimmi ng through a sea of picture-snapping tourists. Imagine, navigating through50, 000 people while on the way to school or to work.D) Laura Chigi, a grandmother at the march, says the local and national gove rnments havefailed to do anything about the crowds for decades, because the y're only interested in tourism—the primary industry in Venice, worth more t han $3 billion in 2015. "Venice is a cash cow,"she says,"and everyone wants a piece."E) Just beyond St. Mark's Square, a cruise ship passes, one of hundreds ever y year thatappear over their medieval (中世纪的) surroundings. Their massive wake creates waves atthe bottom of the sea , weakening the foundations of the centuries-old buildings themselves. "Every time I see a cruise ship, I feel sad," Chigi says."You see the mud it drags; the destruction it leaves in its wake? That hurts t he ancient wooden poles holding up the cityunderwater. One day we'll see Ve nice break down."F) For a time, UNESCO, the cultural wing of the United Nations, seemed to ag ree. Two yearsago, it put Italy on notice, saying the government was not protecting Venice. UNESCOconsiders the entire city a World Heritage Site, a great honor that means Venice, at thecultural level, belongs to all of the world's pe ople. In 2014, UNESCO gave Italy two years tomanage Venice's flourishing to urism or the city would be placed on another list—WorldHeritage In Danger, j oining such sites as Aleppo and Palmyra, destroyed by the war in Syria.G) Venice's deadline passed with barely a murmur (嘟哝) this summer, just as UNESCO wasmeeting in Istanbul. Only one represen tative, Jad Tabet from Lebanon, tried to raise the issue."For several years, the situation of heritage in Venice has been worsening, an d it hasnow reached a dramatic situation," Tabet told UNESCO."We have to act quickly—there isnot a moment to waste."H) But UNESCO didn't even hold a vote."It's been postponed until 2017," says Anna Somers,the founder and CEO of T he Art Newspaper and the former head of Venice in Peril, a group devoted to restoring Venetian art. She says the main reason the U.N. cultural organizatio ndidn't vote to declare Venice a World Heritage Site In Danger is because UN ESCO hasbecome "intensely politicized. There would have been some back-ro om negotiations."I) Italy boasts more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country in t he world,granting it considerable power and influence within the organizatio n. The former head of theUNESCO World Heritage Centre, which oversees her itage sites, is Francesco Bandarin, aVenetian who now serves as UNESCO's as sistant director-general for culture.J) Earlier this year, Italy signed an accord with UNESCO to establish a task fo rce of police artdetectives and archaeologists (考古学家) to protect cultural heritage from natural disastersand terror groups, suc h as ISIS. The accord underlined Italy's global reputation as a goodstewar d of art and culture.K) But adding Venice to the UNESCO endangered list—which is dominated by sites indeveloping and conflict-ridden countries—would be an international e mbarrassment, andcould even hurt Italy's profitable tourism industry. The Italian Culture Ministry says it is unaware of any government efforts to press ure UNESCO. As for the organization itself, it declined a request for an inter view.L) The city's current mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, has ridiculed UNESCO and told it to mind its ownbusiness, while continuing to support the cruise ship industry, which employs 5,000 Veniceresidents.M) As for Venetians, they're beyond frustrated and hoping for a solution soo n."It's a nightmare for me. Some situations are really difficult with tourists aro und," says Giorgio ashe navigates around a swelling crowd at the Rialto Bridg e."There are just so many of them.They never know where they are going, and do not walk in an orderly manner. Navigatingthe streets can be exhausting."N) Then it hits him: This crowd isn't made up of tourists. They're Venetians. G iorgio says he'snever experienced the Rialto Bridge this way in all his 22 yea rs."For once, we are the oneswho are blocking the traffic," he says delightedly. "It feels unreal. It feels like we're someform of endangered species. It's just nice. The feeling is just pure." But, he worries, iftourism isn't managed and hi s fellow locals continue to move to the mainland, his generationmight be the l ast who can call themselves native Venetians.36. The passing cruise ships will undermine the foundations of the ancient b uildings inVenice.37. The Italian government has just reached an agreement with UNESCO to t ake measures to protect its cultural heritage.38. The heritage situation in Venice has been deteriorating in the past few ye ars.39. The decrease in the number of permanent residents in Venice is mainly due to theincrease of tourists.40. If tourism gets out of control, native Venetians may desert the city altog ether one day.41. UNESCO urged the Italian government to undertake its responsibility to p rotect Venice.42. The participants in the Venetian march used shopping carts to show they were 100% localresidents.43. Ignoring UNESCO's warning, the mayor of Venice maintains his support of the city'stourism industry.44. One woman says that for decades the Italian government and local author ities have onlyfocused on the revenues from tourism.45. UNESCO has not yet decided to put Venice on the list of World Heritage Si tes In Danger.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by s ome questionsor unfinished statements. For each of them there are four cho ices marked A), B), C) andD). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2 with a single line through the cen tre.Passage OneQuestions 46 and 50 are based on the following passage.Living in an urban area with green spaces has a long-lasting positive impac t on people's mental well-being, a study has suggested. UK researchers found moving to a green spacehad a sustained positive effect, unlike pay rises or promotions, which only provided a short-term boost. Co-author Mathew White, from the University of Exeter, UK, explained that thestudy showed people li ving in greener urban areas were displaying fewer signs of depression or an xiety. "There could be a number of reasons," he said,"for example,people do many things to make themselves happier: they strive for promotion or pay rises,or they get married. But the trouble with those t hings is that within six months to a year,people are back to their original bas eline levels of well-being. So, these things are notsustainable; they don't mak e us happy in the long term. We found that for some lottery (彩票) winners who had won more than ￡500,000 the positive effect was definit ely there, butafter six months to a year, they were back to the baseline." Dr. White said his team wanted to see whether living in greener urban areas had a lasting positive effect on people's sense of well-being or whether the ef fect also disappeared after aperiod of time. To do this, the team used data fro m the British Household Panel Surveycompiled by the University of Essex. Explaining what the data revealed, he said:"What you see is that even after three years,mental health is still better, whi ch is unlike many other things that we think will make ushappy." He observed that people living in green spaces were less stressed, and less stressedpeopl e made more sensible decisions and communicated better.With a growing body of evidence establishing a link between urban green sp aces and apositive impact on human well-being, Dr. White said,"There's growing interest among publicpolicy officials, but the trouble is who f unds it. What we really need at a policy level is todecide where the money wi ll come from to help support good quality local green spaces."46. According to one study, what do green spaces do to people?A) Improve their work efficiency.B) Add to their sustained happiness.C) Help them build a positive attitude towards life.D) Lessen their concerns about material well-being.47. What does Dr. White say people usually do to make themselves happier?A) Earn more money.B) Settle in an urban area.C) Gain fame and popularity.D) Live in a green environment.48. What does Dr. White try to find out about living in a greener urban area?A) How it affects different people.B) How strong its positive effect is.C) How long its positive effect lasts.D) How it benefits people physically.49. What did Dr. White's research reveal about people living in a green envir onment?A) Their stress was more apparent than real.B) Their decisions required less deliberation.C) Their memories were greatly strengthened.D) Their communication with others improved.50. According to Dr. White, what should the government do to build more gre en spaces incities?A) Find financial support.B) Improve urban planning.C) Involve local residents in the effort.D) Raise public awareness of the issue.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.You probably know about the Titanic, but it was actually just one of three stat e-of-the-art (先进的) ocean ships back in the day. The Olympic class ships were built by the Har land &Wolff ship makers in Northern Ireland for the White Star Line com pany. The Olympic classincluded the Olympic, the Britannic and the Titanic. W hat you may not know is that the Titanicwasn't even the flagship of this class. All in all, the Olympic class ships were marvels of seaengineering, but they s eemed cursed to suffer disastrous fates.The Olympic launched first in 1910, followed by the Titanic in 1911, and lastly the Britannic in1914. The ships had nine decks, and White Star Line decided to focus on making them themost luxurious ships on the water.Stretching 269.13 meters, the Olympic class ships were wonders of naval tec hnology, andeveryone thought that they would continue to be so for quite so me time. However, allsuffered terrible accidents on the open seas. The Olymp ic got wrecked before the Titanic did,but it was the only one to survive and maintain a successful career of 24 years. The Titanicwas the first to sink after famously hitting a huge iceberg in 1912. Following this disaster,the Britanni c hit a naval mine in 1916 and subsequently sank as well.Each ship was coal-powered by several boilers constantly kept running by ex hausted crewsbelow deck. Most recognizable of the ship designs are the shi p's smoke stacks, but thefourth stack was actually just artistic in nature and served no functional purpose. While twoof these ships sank, they were all de signed with double hulls (船体) believed to make them"unsinkable", perhaps a mistaken idea that led to t he Titanic's and the Britannic's tragic end.The Olympic suffered two crashes with other ships and went on to serve as a hospital ship andtroop transport in World War I. Eventually, she was taken o ut of service in 1935, ending theera of the luxurious Olympic class ocean lin ers.51. What does the passage say about the three Olympic class ships?A) They performed marvellously on the sea.B) They could all break the ice in their way.C) They all experienced terrible misfortunes.D) They were models of modern engineering.52. What did White Star Line have in mind when it purchased the three ships?A) Their capacity of sailing across all waters.B) The utmost comfort passengers could enjoy.C) Their ability to survive disasters of any kind.D) The long voyages they were able to undertake.53. What is said about the fourth stack of the ships?A) It was a mere piece of decoration.B) It was the work of a famous artist.C) It was designed to let out extra smoke.D) It was easily identifiable from afar.54. What might have led to the tragic end of the Titanic and the Britannic?A) Their unscientific designs.B) Their captains' misjudgment.C) The assumption that they were built with the latest technology.D) The belief that they could never sink with a double-layer body.55. What happened to the ship Olympic in the end?A) She was used to carry troops.B) She was sunk in World War I.C) She was converted into a hospital ship.D) She was retired after her naval service.Part IV Translation (30minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30minutes to translate a passage fr om Chineseinto English. You should write your answer onAnswer Sheet 2.公交车曾是中国人出行的主要交通工具。

英语专业四级考试历年完形填空及详解(2000-2009)

20**）完型填空Part Ⅳ CLOZE ［15 MIN.］The difference between a liquid and a gas is obvious ( 26 ) the conditions of temperature and pressure commonly found at the surface of the Earth. A liquid can be kept in an open container and ( 27 ) it to the level of a free surface. A gas forms no free surface but ( 28 ) to diffuse throughout the space available; it must ( 29 ) be kept in a closed container, as ( 30 ) a planet’s atmosphere. The distinction was a prominent feature of early theories ( 31 )the phases of matter.In the nineteenth century, for example, one theory maintained that a liquid could be “dissolved” in a vapor without losing its identity, and another theory held that the two phases are ( 32 ) different kinds o f molecules(分子). The theories now prevailing ( 33 ) a quit e different approach by emphasizing what liquids andgases have in common. They are both forms of matter that have no permanent structure, and they both flow easily. They are fluids.The ( 34 ) similarly of liquids and gases becomes clearly apparent when the temperature and pressure are raised somewhat.( 35 ) a closed container partially filled with a liquid is heated. The liquid expands or ( 36 ), becomes less dense; some of it evaporates.( 37 ), the vapor above the liquid surface becomes dense ras the evaporated molecules are added to it. The combination of temperature an d pressure ( 38 ) the densities become equal is ( 3 9 ) the critical point. Above the critical point the liquid and the gas can no longer be ( 40 ); there isa single, undifferentiated fluid phase of uniform density.26. A. in B. on C. under D. beyond27. A. fills B. be filled C. filling D. to fill28. A. intends B. tends C. inclines D. contends29. A. however B. nevertheless C. so D. therefore30． A. in the event of B.in the case of C. with a view to D. with reference to31. A. having described B. described C. describing D. to have described32. A. made up of B. consisted of C. constituted of D. made from33. A. apply B. adapt C. take D. conduct34. A. elementary B. crucial C. rudimentary D. fundamental35. A. Suppose B. To suppose C. Being supposed D. Supposed36. A. in a word B. in the meantime C. in other words D. in that case37. A. Similarly B. In contrast C. Furthermore D. Instead38. A. on that B. on which C. at that D. at which39. A. known B. defined C. called D. referred to40. A. classified B. recognized C. categorized D. distinguished短文大意：26．答案：B【试题分析】本题考查对固定【详细解答】under与condition搭配，表示“在……条件或状况下”；on与 condition搭配，表示“在……条件下”；in与condition构成习惯短语，表示“身体状况良好”，而be out of condition”则表示“身体状况不好”。

大学英语考试：2022英语专业四级真题模拟及答案(2)

大学英语考试：2022英语专业四级真题模拟及答案(2)共405道题1、All the following sentences have an appositive EXCEPT _____.（单选题）A. The question is whether we can make good preparation in such a short time.B. One of the men held the view that what the book said was right.C. Word has come that some American guests will come for a visit to our college next week.D. I have the information that he’ll come soon.试题答案：A2、In the sentence “The thought came to him that maybe the enemy had fled the city”, the italicized part is _____.（单选题）A. the appositive clauseB. the attributive clauseC. the object clauseD. the subject clause试题答案：A3、I wrote back to Charles _____ I received his letter.（单选题）A. when immediatelyB. soonC. immediatelyD. suddenly试题答案：C4、Convinced of the importance of education, modern states “invest” in institutions of learning to get back “interest” in the form of a large group of _____ Young men who are potential leaders.（单选题）A. enlightenedB. cultivatedC. qualifiedD. nourished试题答案：A5、Over the past ten years, natural gas production has remained steady, but _____ has risen steadily.（单选题）A. consumptionB. dissipationC. disposalD. expenditure试题答案：A6、（单选题）A. He saw them during his visits to Britain.B. They were increasing in numbers in London.C. He studied them at school.D. He once saw them eating.试题答案：B7、That our environment has little to do with our abilities, characters and behavior _____ central to his theory.（单选题）A. isB. areC. has beenD. have been试题答案：A8、Under the present circumstances there seem fewer reasons for people to hug illusions than they _____ before.（单选题）A. wasB. didC. wereD. being试题答案：B9、Which of the italicized parts functions as an attribute（定语）?（单选题）A. This is where Luxun once lived.B. I don’t know where Luxun once lived.C. We haven’t yet settled the question where we are going to spend our summer vacation.D. She is going to live in Macao, where she has some close friends.试题答案：D10、It can be inferred from the passage that _____（单选题）A. “mental cosmetics” is already a reality.B. a new generation of mind-enhancing drugs may be a near future.C. Ritalin and Modafinil have no mind-enhancing properties.D. cognitive enhancers have been developed perfectly.试题答案：B11、According to the passage, which of the following can probably lead to women’s work-related strain?（单选题）A. They are not creative enough in their work.B. They could not afford to lose their job.C. They have no say in decision-making.D. They are underpaid compared with men.试题答案：C12、The main holiday was once confined to August; now it _____ into September.（单选题）A. expandsB. extendsC. enlargesD. amplifies试题答案：B13、You _____ the parcel home. The shop would have delivered it if you had asked.（单选题）A. needn’t have carriedB. didn’t need to carryC. Wouldn’t have carriedD. wouldn’t have carried试题答案：A14、What kind of questions can you ask according to the passage?（单选题）A. If the recruiter will put in a good word for you with the hiring manager.B. If the recruiter can give you some instructions on the job.C. The information of other applicants.D. Questions about the company or industry in general.试题答案：D15、She _____ that it was a trick to get her involved in the matter, for she knew them too well.（单选题）A. doubtedB. suspectedC. conceivedD. convinced试题答案：B16、Which of the following could NOT get benefit from the devaluation of US dollar?（单选题）A. Foreign visitors in the US.B. Foreign investors.C. Exporters of America.D. American visitors to other countries.试题答案：D17、Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?（单选题）A. He has seen the film. He went to see it with me yesterday afternoon.B. The building is going to be finished next month.C. He has gone to Japan. This is the third time that he goes to Japan.D. Put on your coat, or you’ll catch cold.试题答案：C18、The old gentleman was a very _____ looking person, with grey hair and gold spectacles.（单选题）A. respectfulB. respectedC. respectiveD. respectable试题答案：D19、Doctors are often caught in a _____ because they have to decide whether they should tell their patients the truth or not.（单选题）A. puzzleB. perplexityC. dilemmaD. bewilderment试题答案：C20、From Ross Perlin’s new book “Intern Nation”, we can learn that _____（单选题）A. competition for internships is intense.B. interns are usually looked down upon.C. one third of interns work for for-profit companies.D. internships are least valued by for-profit companies.试题答案：A21、As the trial went on the story behind the murder slowly _____ itself.（单选题）A. convictedB. hauntedC. unfoldedD. released试题答案：C22、_____ to get a definition for this word!（单选题）A. How it is difficultB. how difficult is itC. How difficult it isD. It is how difficult试题答案：C23、Doctors are often caught in a _____ because they have to decide whether they should tell their patients the truth or not.（单选题）A. puzzleB. perplexityC. dilemmaD. bewilderment试题答案：C24、（单选题）A. It helped a lot, but it didn’t solve unemployment.B. It was a trick the government played and couldn’t solve the problem.C. It was only carried out for a few months and few people got jobs in the end.D. It made the unemployment falling.试题答案：B25、Everyone has a right to enjoy his liberty, and _____ his life.（单选题）A. indeedB. soC. much lessD. much more试题答案：D26、As described in the passage, passion _____.（单选题）A. has nothing to do with workB. is one way to control emotionsC. is one kind of negative emotionsD. sometimes may transform into fury试题答案：D27、Theoretically, a good screwdriver should last a lifetime, but it rarely _____, usually because it is used at one time or another as a substitute for some other tool.（单选题）A. hasB. isC. shouldD. does试题答案：D28、（单选题）A. Golf is his favourite leisure activity.B. He enjoys playing golf with his boss.C. He would like to know more about golf.D. He has never played golf before.试题答案：C29、In fact, as he approached this famous statue, he only barely resisted the _____ to reach into his bag for his camera.（单选题）A. impatienceB. impulseC. incentiveD. initiative试题答案：B30、Which of the following italicized phrases indicates PURPOSE?（单选题）A. Her parents wish her to be a teacher.B. The best way to learn English is to use it.C. His family was too poor to support him.D. She took a plane to come back soon.试题答案：D31、（单选题）A. They complained about the conditions in the hotel.B. They took a taxi and went sightseeing in the town.C. They went out for dinner and spent the rest of the night in a club.D. They were so tired that they took a bath and went to bed immediately.试题答案：C32、_____, Henry felt a great weight taken off his mind.（单选题）A. His duty was fulfilledB. His duty fulfilledC. His duty fulfillingD. His duty had been fulfilled试题答案：B33、The mayor is a woman with great _____ therefore deserves our political and financial support.（单选题）A. intentionB. instinctC. integrityD. intensity试题答案：C34、With the introduction of the electronic computer, there is no complicated problem _____ can be solved in a few hours.（单选题）A. butB. whichC. thatD. what试题答案：A35、Which of the following is the best title for the passage?（单选题）A. Never Become Furious at Work.B. Learn How to Get Rid of Rage.C. Rage is Inevitable for Us.D. Improve Your Bad Temper.试题答案：D36、（单选题）A. It is hard to believe.B. It is nothing strange.C. It is obviously nonsense.D. It is common phenomenon.试题答案：A37、Which of the following contains an adverbial clause of concession?（单选题）A. No matter how hard he tried, she could not change her mind.B. He got up so early that he caught the first bus.C. Now that everybody has come, let’s begin our conference.D. Generally, air will be heavily polluted where there are factories.试题答案：A38、In less than two weeks, I _____.（单选题）A. will graduateB. am graduatingC. have graduatedD. will have graduated试题答案：D39、Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?（单选题）A. Generally speaking, almost all of the clerks get along well with their colleagues.B. It’s impossible to oppress one’s bad temper while being passionate on one’s work.C. People tend to get angry at work in many situations.D. People in companies welcome rage.试题答案：A40、Starting with the _____ that there is life on the planet Mars, the scientist went on to develop his argument.（单选题）A. premiseB. pretextC. foundationD. presentation试题答案：A41、At the end of the story, the voice was _____（单选题）A. Lisa’s mother’s.B. the cashier’s.C. from Lisa’s heart.D. merely Lisa’s illusion.试题答案：A42、（单选题）A. Because George thinks it is too expensive.B. Because George has evening class that night.C. Because George don’t want to sit in the front.D. Because George don’t like listening to the piano.试题答案：B43、Which of the following is the best title for the passage?（单选题）A. Never Become Furious at Work.B. Learn How to Get Rid of Rage.C. Rage is Inevitable for Us.D. Improve Your Bad Temper.试题答案：D44、No matter how much you feel the pull of the past, make a determined effort to _____ the future.（单选题）A. look toB. dwell onC. permeate intoD. shrug off试题答案：A45、When the farmers visited the city for the first time, they were _____ by its complicated traffic system.（单选题）A. evokedB. bewilderedC. divertedD. undermined试题答案：B46、（单选题）A. Dead animals found in dustbins.B. Small animals stolen from houses.C. Food given to them by people.D. Food that hunted by themselves.试题答案：C47、According to the passage, _____ may NOT be the character of the author’s father.（单选题）A. demandingB. practicalC. stubbornD. liberal试题答案：A48、The phrase “a ticking time bomb” in the second paragraph is used to stress _____（单选题）A. the risk of sleep deprivation.B. our concern about good health.C. one possible cause of early death.D. our ignorance about the lack of sleep.试题答案：A49、Which of the following italicized phrases indicates CAUSE?（单选题）A. Why don’t you do it for the sake of your friends?B. I wish I could write as well as you.C. For all his efforts, he didn’t get an A.D. Her eyes were red from excessive reading.试题答案：D50、Which of the following past particle (过去分词) is used as an predicative （表语）?（单选题）A. Autumn comes, and there are many fallen leaves on the street.B. His right hand got burnt in that big fire.C. I want the letter posted.D. He wants to buy a used car.试题答案：B51、John returned with two laborers, with _____ help we finally got the car out of the mud.（单选题）A. theirB. whoseC. /D. that试题答案：B52、When the farmers visited the city for the first time, they were _____ by its complicated traffic system.（单选题）A. evokedB. bewilderedC. divertedD. undermined试题答案：B53、The ball _____ two or three times before rolling down the slope.（单选题）A. swayedB. bouncedC. hoppedD. darted试题答案：B54、With prices _____ so much, it is difficult for the school to plan a budget.（单选题）A. vibratingB. fluctuatingC. flutteringD. swinging试题答案：B55、Why does a vegetarian restaurant make its dishes resemble meat in every way except _____.（单选题）A. ingredientsB. elementsC. componentsD. compounds试题答案：A56、（单选题）A. Increasing government’s handouts to the poor.B. Government’s creation of more jobs.C. Encouraging people to find jobs themselves.D. Relying on government relief.试题答案：C57、Ann was reading a piece of science fiction, completely _____ to the outside world.（单选题）A. lostB. being lostC. losingD. having lost试题答案：A58、What can we learn from the passage?（单选题）A. A talk with other architects may annoy the one you have chosen.B. If your home is exclusive in your residence region, you cannot get along well with your neighbors.C. You should consider the issue of whether to move or to remodel from financial aspect.D. You will always take back the whole expense of remodeling when you sell the current home.试题答案：C59、_____ had she finished the poem _____ the students began to ask her questions.（单选题）A. As soon as, thanB. No sooner, thanC. As soon as, whenD. No sooner, when试题答案：B60、Which of the following is a new and popular arcade?（单选题）A. The Seattle Center.B. The Monorail.C. The Westlake Center.D. Pike Place Market.试题答案：C61、（单选题）A. Phone him.B. Take them homeC. Call the police.D. Give them food.试题答案：A62、（单选题）A. The chance to meet interesting people.B. The opportunity to improve her acting.C. The efficiency of theatre management.D. The entire atmosphere of theatre.试题答案：D63、Water is to fish _____ atmosphere is to men.（单选题）A. thatB. soC. whatD. so does试题答案：C64、What is the best title for the passage?（单选题）A. A Moratorium on Bottom Trawling Is Urgently Needed.B. The Oncoming Exploration to the Deep Sea.C. The Disaster of Deep Sea Life.D. Rainbow Warrior Sets Out to Save Deep Sea Life.试题答案：D65、_____, the new president is more likely to give economic and trade issues priority over foreign policy.（单选题）A. The cold war being overB. the cold war had overC. With the cold war was overD. With the cold war has been over试题答案：A66、What can we learn from the passage?（单选题）A. Because of the devaluation of US dollar, American visitors shorten their trip to Europe.B. Europe does not forecast the huge drop of American visitors.C. Not only Paris but the whole Europe witnesses the reduction of American tourists.D. The value of US dollar has become historical low.试题答案：C67、What does the word “override” mean in the first paragraph?（单选题）A. To prevail over.B. To ride over or across.C. To stop a machine doing something.D. Not to notice something.试题答案：A68、（单选题）A. Upbringing and innate differences.B. Worry and anxiety.C. Their aptitude.D. The environment.试题答案：B69、We must take part in physical labor in order to _____ ourselves more closely with the working people.（单选题）A. identifyB. incorporateC. combineD. involve试题答案：A70、Which of the following is INCORRECT according to the passage?（单选题）A. Cognition enhancers may be used as coffee as today.B. It could become as common as a cup of coffee.C. It may help people sleep more efficiently.D. This kind of drugs is as tasty as coffee.试题答案：D71、Under the present circumstances there seem fewer reasons for people to hug illusions than they _____ before.（单选题）A. wasB. didC. wereD. being试题答案：B72、Which of the following italicized parts indicates a relationship of linking verb and predicative (系表结构)?（单选题）A. He became a famous pianist at the age of 15.B. I took the first place in the competition.C. China belongs to the third world.D. They’ve put up a factory in the village.试题答案：A73、I felt so embarrassed that I couldn’t do anything but _____ there whenI first met my present wife.（单选题）A. to sitB. sittingC. satD. sit试题答案：D74、Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?（单选题）A. I had hardly got home when the telephone rang.B. I had no sooner got home than the telephone ring.C. She said she had worked in that factory since 1980.D. We have been waiting here for almost an hour.试题答案：B75、Now it became customary for the husband to go out to paid employments, _____ the unpaid work of the home and family to his wife.（单选题）A. leaveB. to leaveC. leavingD. left试题答案：C76、What is the controversy revealed in the passage?（单选题）A. Some colleges change into university, and the opposite is also true.B. Some universities advertise their collegelike atmosphere, while some colleges tell potential applicants that they are just like universities.C. Some colleges change into university, and some universities into institute.D. Some private colleges change into universities and schools at the same time.试题答案：B77、According to the passage, which of the following can probably lead to women’s work-related strain?（单选题）A. They are not creative enough in their work.B. They could not afford to lose their job.C. They have no say in decision-making.D. They are underpaid compared with men.试题答案：C78、She began to be worried lest he _____ with some accident.（单选题）A. had metB. should have metC. would meetD. met试题答案：B79、There _____ no further business to discuss, we all went home.（单选题）A. isB. wasC. beingD. would be试题答案：C80、Thank heaven! I was not even injured but I escaped by the _____ of my teeth.（单选题）A. tipB. topC. skinD. bottom试题答案：C81、（单选题）A. She blames the economic depression in the last five years.B. She insists that the government fulfilled its promise by lowering interest rates.C. She denies saying that before.D. She insists that they have fulfilled the goal.试题答案：B82、After several nuclear disasters, a _____ has raged over the safety of nuclear energy.（单选题）A. quarrelB. suspicionC. verdictD. controversy试题答案：D83、（单选题）A. She thinks she needs more acting experience.B. She is excited about learning new acting skills.C. She thinks she is not very skilled at acting.D. She thinks she is better at acting than directing.试题答案：C84、（单选题）A. Because of her family background.B. Because of her father’s support.C. Because of her love of books.D. Because of her teachers.试题答案：C85、Laura would have been more considerate if she had changed a little bit, _____?（单选题）A. hadn’t sheB. hasn’t sheC. wouldn’t sheD. didn’t she试题答案：C86、（单选题）A. On April 21.B. On April 22.C. On April 23.D. On April 24.试题答案：B87、Not until last year did the author _____（单选题）A. cease to worry about the tree.B. become aware of the apple tree.C. begin to appreciate the neighborhood.D. make acquaintance with the neighbors.试题答案：D88、Which of the following prepositional phrases is an adverbial of comparison?（单选题）A. As soon as Marie opened the door, the dog ran in.B. As long as you can keep away from them, you’re safe.C. As far as grammar is concerned, I have grasped it.D. She cooks as well as her mother does.试题答案：D89、Which of the following is a new and popular arcade?（单选题）A. The Seattle Center.B. The Monorail.C. The Westlake Center.D. Pike Place Market.试题答案：C90、A good education is an _____ you can fall back on for the rest of your life.（单选题）A. assetB. ethicC. inventoryD. obligation试题答案：A91、Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?（单选题）A. His father has been dead for six years.B. His father died six years ago.C. It’s six years since his father had died.D. It has been two years since his father’s death.试题答案：C92、According to the passage, what is the ultimate purpose of virtual reality in education?（单选题）A. To give special students a chance to experience life in the outside world.B. To train teachers to work with students with special needs.C. To allow special students to learn life-skills in a safe environment.D. To prepare special students for transition into mainstream society.试题答案：D93、Which of the following italicized parts indicates a relationship of linking verb and predicative (系表结构)?（单选题）A. He became a famous pianist at the age of 15.B. I took the first place in the competition.C. China belongs to the third world.D. They’ve put up a factory in the village.试题答案：A94、John returned with two laborers, with _____ help we finally got the car out of the mud.（单选题）A. theirB. whoseC. /D. that试题答案：B95、Some crops are relatively high yielders and could be planted in preference to others to _____ the food supply.（单选题）A. enhanceB. curbC. disruptD. heighten试题答案：D96、Which of the italicized parts functions as a complement（补语）?（单选题）A. We were greatly encouraged by the news of China’s having launched another man-made satellite.B. His wish is everyone’s having a good time.C. I saw an old man getting on the bus.D. The smiling boy needs a pen bought by his mother试题答案：C97、What can we infer from Paragraph 2?（单选题）A. Chairperson or chair is the neutral term of chairman or chairwoman.B. It is not necessary to replace chairman with chairperson.C. Chairman can express the same meaning as the word chairwoman.D. People are very sensitive to the use of chairman in the past.试题答案：A98、It exposes the fallacy of short-term industrial gain at long-term environmental _____.（单选题）A. expenseB. expansionC. exposureD. expectation试题答案：A99、（单选题）A. One that has a shocking beginning.B. One that challenges the readers to think.C. One whose title is listed on the cover.D. One that has a good ending.试题答案：A100、To ensure maximal voter participation in a presidential election, thorough planning and a voter registration _____ are usually required.（单选题）A. restrictionB. encouragementC. investigationD. drive试题答案：D101、（单选题）A. The introduction.B. The middle.C. The conclusion.D. The statement试题答案：C102、（单选题）A. To invite the student to attend a meeting with her.B. To let the student know that she will have to leave soon.C. To announce that she will be speaking at a meeting.D. To explain why she cannot help the student right now.试题答案：B103、The apple tree mentioned in the passage is most likely to _____（单选题）A. be regarded as a delight in the neighborhood.B. have been abandoned by its original owner.C. have been neglected by everyone in the community.D. be attractive only to the author.试题答案：A104、What’s the assumption of the author about smoking restriction according to the last paragraph?（单选题）A. People can try out some gentler smoking bans.B. The municipality could try extending the smoking bans to homes.C. It will not be a personal choice to decide whether or not to smoke.D. It must still be necessary to restrict smoking after several generations.试题答案：B105、All the people in the stadium cheered up when they saw hundreds of colorful balloons _____ slowly into the sky.（单选题）A. ascendingB. elevatingC. escalatingD. lingering试题答案：A106、Which of the following sentences is a COMPLAINT?（单选题）A. Please show me your new dress.B. You must do it again.C. What trouble you’ve made.D. May you good luck.试题答案：C107、What can we learn from the passage?（单选题）A. Because of the devaluation of US dollar, American visitors shorten their trip to Europe.B. Europe does not forecast the huge drop of American visitors.C. Not only Paris but the whole Europe witnesses the reduction of American tourists.D. The value of US dollar has become historical low.试题答案：C108、Every room in the house _____ entered, and $10 in notes and a gold watch were missing.（单选题）A. wasB. had beenC. has beenD. have been试题答案：B109、At the end of the story, the voice was _____（单选题）A. Lisa’s mother’s.B. the cashier’s.C. from Lisa’s heart.D. merely Lisa’s illusion.试题答案：A110、（单选题）A. The classes that they are taking.B. The theatre program at their school.C. The woman’s interest in an internship.D. The man’s experience in a law firm.试题答案：C111、As the trial went on the story behind the murder slowly _____ itself.（单选题）A. convictedB. hauntedC. unfoldedD. released试题答案：C112、According to the author, what would parents eventually do with a sleepless, troublesome newborn baby?（单选题）A. They might turn themselves into pediatricians themselves after some years.B. They would treasure the experience because it would become a distant dream.C. They would be overcome with bitter envy for some regularly sleeping children.D. They would probably become some abusive parents because of sleep insufficiency.试题答案：D113、Neither the poor record of the management staff nor the high debt ratio of the firm _____ to have deterred the influx of investors.（单选题）A. seemB. and seemsC. but would seemD. seems试题答案：D114、Laura would have been more considerate if she had changed a little bit, _____?（单选题）A. hadn’t sheB. hasn’t sheC. wouldn’t sheD. didn’t she试题答案：C115、（单选题）A. Travel agencies.B. Space tours.C. Holiday plans.D. Earth’s orbit.试题答案：B116、The writer probably thinks that _____.（单选题）A. moving is much more troublesome than remodelingB. remodeling is much more economical than movingC. whether remodeling is better than moving depends on different situationsD. the issue of whether remodeling is better than moving is determined by financial factors试题答案：C117、（单选题）A. They are harmful animals.B. They are strange animals.C. They are attractive animals.D. They are friendly animals.试题答案：C118、How is it _____ your roommate’s request and yours are identical?（单选题）A. ifB. soC. whatD. that试题答案：D119、（单选题）A. Because George thinks it is too expensive.B. Because George has evening class that night.C. Because George don’t want to sit in the front.D. Because George don’t like listening to the piano.试题答案：B120、Americans eat _____ as they actually need every day.（单选题）A. twice as much proteinB. twice protein as much twiceC. twice protein as muchD. protein as twice much试题答案：A121、（单选题）A. There is no evidence showing that memory aids are invalid.B. Human beings’ brain functions mainly through memory aids in an effective way.C. Memory aids encourage an organised approach which helps the brain function effectively.D. Memory aids have little effect on the brain.试题答案：C122、For many patients, institutional care is the most _____ and beneficial form of care.（单选题）A. pertinentB. appropriateC. acuteD. persistent试题答案：B123、Lisa’s home can best be described as _____（单选题）A. dangerous.B. crude.C. beautiful.D. dirty.试题答案：B124、（单选题）A. To be a book editor.B. To produce a film.C. To write a book.D. To be an actress.试题答案：C125、What is the passage mainly concerned with?（单选题）A. America’s best colleges.B. The power of the word “university”.C. Elon College renames itself.D. Colleges upgrade their image by changing their names.试题答案：D126、There _____ an old man and two bodyguards standing on the platform.（单选题）A. to beB. beingC. isD. are试题答案：C127、By calling it “tap-dancing to work”, Warren Buffett thinks the author’s job is _____（单选题）A. a great challenge to brain power.B. significant in the development of technology.C. enjoyable in spite of any possible hardships.D. a window through which people are shown a new world.试题答案：C128、You _____ the parcel home. The shop would have delivered it if you had asked.（单选题）A. needn’t have carriedB. didn’t need to carryC. Wouldn’t have carriedD. wouldn’t have carried试题答案：A129、（单选题）A. Business owners.B. The army.C. Public health officials.D. Public schools.试题答案：B130、（单选题）A. Her great-grandfather died during a major epidemic.B. Her great-grandfather worked in the field of public health.。

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英语专业四级听力答案解析听力部分是英语专业四级考试中的一项重要内容，为了帮助考生更好地理解和掌握听力材料，以下是对听力题目的详细解析。

Passage 1Question 1:Choice：A (It can help individuals improve their memory and attention)Explanation: In the passage, the speaker mentions that playing video games can improve cognition, including memory and attention. Therefore, the correct answer is A.Question 2:Choice：B (It is not based on scientific evidence)Explanation: The speaker states that there is no scientific evidence to support the claim that video games lead to violent behavior. Therefore, the correct answer is B.Question 3:Choice：C (Their brains are more adaptable to complex mental tasks)Explanation: The speaker mentions that video game players' brains are more adaptable to complex mental tasks, such as multitasking and strategic thinking. Therefore, the correct answer is C.Passage 2Question 4:Choice：B (To promote sustainable farming practices)Explanation: The speaker introduces a program that aims to promote sustainable farming practices, such as reducing chemical use and protecting biodiversity. Therefore, the correct answer is B.Question 5:Choice：C (To overcome challenges and gain success in organic farming)Explanation: The speaker discusses the challenges faced by organic farmers, such as lack of government support and limited market access. However, successful organic farmers are mentioned, indicating that overcoming these challenges can lead to success. Therefore, the correct answer is C.Question 6:Choice：A (The students' hands-on experience in organic farming)Explanation: The speaker mentions that students in the program gain hands-on experience in organic farming, which allows them to apply their knowledge and skills. Therefore, the correct answer is A.Passage 3Question 7:Choice：B (They were based on assumptions rather than evidence)Explanation: The speaker mentions that early theories about the migration of Pacific Islanders were based on assumptions rather than concrete evidence. Therefore, the correct answer is B.Question 8:Choice：C (The Polynesians' impressive navigation skills)Explanation: The speaker discusses the impressive navigational skills of the Polynesians, which enabled them to navigate the vast Pacific Ocean and settle in remote islands. Therefore, the correct answer is C.Question 9:Choice：A (Mapping patterns of wind and ocean currents)Explanation: The speaker suggests that the Polynesians were able to navigate using their knowledge of mapping patterns of wind and ocean currents. Therefore, the correct answer is A.总结：以上是对英语专业四级听力部分的详细解析。

英语专四考试专业四级TEM4历年真题试题及答案解析

英语专业四级考试宝典TEM4历年真题及答案目录2011年英语专业四级考试TEM4真题及答案 (1)2012年英语专业四级考试TEM4真题及答案 (17)2013年英语专业四级考试TEM4真题及答案 (32)2014年英语专业四级考试TEM4真题及答案 (49)2011年英语专业四级考试TEM4真题及答案TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2011)TIME LIMIT: 135 MINPART I DICTATION [15 MIN] 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 ONE.PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN] In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on Answer Sheet Two.SECTION A CONVERSATIONSIn this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.1. Which of the statements about the auto show is INCORRECT?A. The show will have more stands this year.B. The show will have more visitors this year.C. The number of overseas visitors will be the same this year.D. The number of exhibition days will be the same this year.2. According to the conversation, the price for a stand would includeA. a catalogue.B. a poster.C. two desks.D. four chairs.3. During the conversation, the man seems to be more interested inA. the size of the show.B. the cost of the stand.C. the basic furniture.D. the visitor number.Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.4. What is Jim interested in?A. Investing in the company’s product.B. Buying a new educational computer.C. Joining the computer company.D. Reading the campaign plan.5. The advertisements will be placed in all the following EXCEPTA. family magazines.B. Sunday newspapers.C. morning television.D. teenage magazines.6. The advertisements are intended to be seen byA. parents only.B. children only.C. school teachers.D. whole families.7. Linda sounds about the success of the campaign plan.A. confidentB. hesitantC. uncertainD. delightedQuestions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.8. John has worked in all the following places EXCEPTA. a book shop.B. a paper factory.C. a school.D. a fastfood restaurant.9. From the conversation, we learn that JohnA. has no interest.B. has only one interest.C. has two interests.D. has quite a few interests.10. Sue Green seems to be more interested in John’s experience ofA. working in a paper factory.B. working in a youth club.C. looking after his brother and sister.D. looking after his young friends.SECTION B PASSAGESIn this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the passage.11. According to the passage, the average age of the fleet of Delta/Northwest isA. 10 years.B. 14 years.C. 16 years.D. 20 years.12. It can be learned from the passage thatA. air journeys are quite often far from comfortable.B. air travellers usually enjoy luxury during flight.C. air travellers usually enjoy upgraded conditions.D. airlines always provide good in-flight entertainment.13. Older planes can stay safe for more than 25 years because of the following EXCEPTA. new engines.B. strong materials.C. proper maintenance.D. new interior.Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the passage.14. Which job will involve supervising workers using dangerous equipment?A. Assistant site manager.B. Carpenter supervisor.C. Assembly supervisor.D. Automobile service station manager.15. Who will also decide on the prices of products and services?A. Airlines’ flight service manager.B. Automobile service station manager.C. Assistant site manager.D. Carpenter supervisor.16. Who may also do some of the work he supervises?A. Assistant site manager.B. Airlines’ flight service manager.C. Assembly supervisor.D. Carpenter supervisor.17. Which job offers the highest salary?A. Assistant site manager.B. Automobile service station manager.C. Carpenter supervisor.D. Airlines’ flight service manager.Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the passage.18. Where were the two men filmed?A. In the jewelry shop.B. In the City Mall.C. Near the lorry.D. In the parking lot.19. Witnesses saw the two menA. leave the lorry together.B. leave the lorry without hoods.C. run back to the lorry separately.D. run back to the lorry without hoods.20. Which of the following details is CORRECT?A. The lorry was originally painted white.B. The lorry had no registration plates.C. The shorter man was the passenger.D. The taller man was the driver.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.21. What did NASA’s Constellation Programme originally plan to do?A. To set up a moon colony by 2020.B. To send astronauts again to the moon by 2020.C. To continue the current shuttle missions till 2020.D. To create more jobs for NASA till 2020.22. NASA’s Constellation Programme would be cancelled mainly becauseA. there were important space missions.B. the space agency lacked funding for the programme.C. the current shuttle missions would continue.D. Congress failed to pass President Obama’s budget.Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.23. The Russian cargo ship was sinking. What was the direct cause?A. No explanation of the problem.B. Long distance away from land.C. Slow rescue efforts.D. Severe weather.24. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a possible means of rescue?A. Aircraft.B. Tugboat.C. Nearby cargo ship.D. Vessels at the oil rig.Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.25. Why did the singers meet in Hollywood?A. To raise money for African humanitarian efforts.B. To raise money for Haitian earthquake victims.C. To sing in memory of Michael Jackson.D. To make a recording of the original version of the song.26. Which o the following details about the news is INCORRECT?A. The organizer is one of the co-writers of the first song.B. Singers will use the same recording studio as in 1985.C. The recording session s expected to last long.D. Stars from the original version will take part.Question 27 and 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.27. The additional 2 billion dollars will mainly be used toA. upgrade its network capacity.B. improve customer services.C. develop new products.D. market more iPhones.28. Where does A T&T face difficulties in particular?A. Nationwide.B. Overseas.C. In large cities.D. In remote towns.Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.29. Where is the presence of security patrols most evident?A. Where matches take place.B. Where protests may take place.C. In downtown Vancouver.D. Around the athletes’ village.30. What is this news item mainly about?A. Political protest during the Olympics.B. Security operations during the Olympics.C. Olympics’ security forces.D. Security measures in buildings.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 Answer Sheet Two.“Congratulations, Mr. Cooper. It’s a girl.”Fatherhood is going to have a different meaning and (31) a different response from every man who hears these words. Some feel (32) when they receive the news, (33) others worry, wondering whether they will be good father. (34) there are some men who like children and may have had (35)experience with them, others do not particularly (36) children and spend little time with them. Many fathers and mothers have been planning and looking forward to children for some time. (37) other couples, pregnancy was an accident that both husband and wife have (38) willingly or unwillingly.Whatever the (39) to the birth of a child, it is obvious the shift from the role of husband to (40)of a father is a difficult task. (41) , unfortunately, few attempts have been made to (42) fathers in this resocialization (43) . Although numerous books have been written about mothers, (44) recently has literature focused on the (45) of a father.It is argued that the transition to the father's role, although difficult, is not (46) as great as the transition the wife must (47) to the mother's role. The mother's role seems to require a complete (48) in daily routine. (49) , the father’s role is less demanding and (50) .31. A. bring down B. bring forth C. bring off D. bring in32. A. emotional B. sentimental C. bewildered D. proud33. A. while B. when C. if D. as34. A. When B. If C. Although D. Yet35. A. considerate B. considerable C. considering D. considered36. A. care about B. care of C. care with D. care for37. A. For B. Of C. From D. Upon38. A. received B. taken C. accepted D. obtained39. A. reply B. reaction C. readiness D. reality40. A. what B. this C. one D. that41. A. As a result B. For example C. Yet D. Also42. A. educate B. cultivate C. inform D. convert43. A. step B. process C. point D. time44. A. / B. just C. quite D. only45. A. role B. work C. career D. position46. A. a little B. just C. nearly D. almost47. A. take B. make C. carry D. accept48. A. transformation B. realization C. socialization D. reception49. A. In addition B. Above all C. Generally D. However50. A. current B. immediate C. present D. quickPART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN]There are thirty 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 best completes the sentence.Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two.51. My uncle is quite worn out from years of hard work. He is no longer the man he was fifteen yearsago.A. whichB. whomC. whoD. that52. Which of the following sentences is a COMMAND?A. Beg your pardon.B. Have a good time.C. Never do that again!D. What noise you are making!53. Which of the following italicized phrases indicates purpose?A. She said it for fun, but others took her seriously.B. For all its effort, the team didn’t win the match.C. Linda has worked for the firm for twenty years.D. He set out for Beijing yesterday.54. When you have finished with the book, don’t forget to return it to Tim, ?A. do youB. will youC. don’t youD. won’t you55. In phrases like freezing cold, burning hot, or soaking wet, the –ING participle is usedA. as a command.B. as a condition.C. for concession.D. for emphasis.56. Which of the following italicized phrases is INCORRECT?A. The city is now ten times its original size.B. I wish I had two times his strength.C. The seller asked for double the usual price.D. They come here four times every year.57. It is not so much the language the cultural background that makes the book difficult to understand.A. asB. norC. butD. like58. Which of the following italicized parts is used as an object?A. What do you think has happened to her?B. Who do you think the visiting professor is?C. How much do you think he earns every month?D. How quickly would you say he would come?59. The additional work will take weeks.A. the otherB. another twoC. other twoD. the more60. Which of the following italicized parts is a subject clause (主语从句)?A. We are quite certain that we will get there in time.B. He has to face the fact that there will be no pay rise this year.C. She said that she had seen the man earlier that morning.D. It is sheer luck that the miners are still alive after ten days.61. It’s getting late. I’d rather you now.A. leftB. leaveC. are leavingD. will leave62. In the sentence “The manager interviewed Jim himself in the morning”, the italicized word is used to modifyA. the object.B. the verb.C. the subject.D. the prepositional phrase.63. There is no doubt the couple did the right thing in coming back home earlier than planned.A. whetherB. thatC. whyD. when64. The sentence that expresses OFFER isA. I’ll get some drinks. What’ll you have?B. Does she need to book a ticket now?C. May I know your name?D. Can you return the book next week?65. Which of the following italicized phrases indicates a subject-predicate relation (主谓关系)?A. Mr Smith’s passport has been issued.B. The visitor’s arrival was reported in the news.C. John’s travel details have not been finalized.D. The new bookstore sells children’s stories.66. Our office has recently to a new computer system.A. alteredB. convertedC. transformedD. modified67. The crowd went as soon as the singer stepped onto the stage.A. wildB. emotionalC. uncontrolledD. unrestricted68. Our school library is closed for repairs.A. shortlyB. quicklyC. temporarilyD. rapidly69. John is up to his eyes in work at the moment. The underlined part means .A. very excitedB. very busyC. very tiredD. very efficient70. Victoria bumped into her brother quite by chance in the supermarket. The underlined word means.A. riskB. opportunityC. possibilityD. luck71. “Look at those pretty girls’ skirts” is , because it is not clear whether the girls or the skirts are“pretty’.A. ambiguousB. hiddenC. indirectD. indistinct72. House repairs, holidays, school fees and other have reduced his bank balance to almost nothing.A. amountB. paymentC. expensesD. figures73. It was really of you to remember my birthday.A. gratefulB. thoughtfulC. considerableD. generous74. You can go to a travel agency and ask for a holiday .A. introductionB. advertisementC. bookD. brochure75. The city government is building more roads to the increasing number of cars.A. accommodateB. receiveC. acceptD. hold76. They’ve lifted a two-year-long economic on the country.A. enclosureB. restrictionC. blockadeD. prohibition77. Everyone is surprised that she has fallen out with her boy friend. The underlined part means .A. leftB. quarreledC. attackedD. defeated78. His plan is carefully prepared and full of details, so it is a very one.A. elaborateB. refinedC. ambitiousD. complex79. The girl’s voice was so low that we could hear her.A. seldomB. almostC. onlyD. barely80. She must have been pretty to fall for such an old trick.A. interestedB. gullibleC. enthusiasticD. shrewdPART 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 Answer Sheet Two.TEXT AWe have a crisis on our hands. You mean global warning? The world economy? No, the decline of reading. People are just not doing it anymore, especially the young. Who’s responsible? Actually, it’s more like, What is responsible? The Internet, of course, and everything that comes with it —Facebook, Twitter (微博). You can write your own list.There’s been a warning about the imminent death of literate civilization for a long time. In the 20th century, first it was the movies, then radio, then television that seemed to spell doom for the written world. None did. Reading survived; in fact it not only survived, it has flourished. The world is more literate than ever before —there are more and more readers, and more and more books.The fact that we often get our reading material online today is not something we should worry over. The electronic and digital revolution of the last two decades has arguably shown the way forward for reading and for writing. Take the arrival of e-book readers as an example. Devices like Kindle make reading more convenient and are a lot more environmentally friendly than the traditional paper book.As technology makes new ways of writing possible, new ways of reading are possible. Interconnectivity allows for the possibility of a reading experience that was barely imaginable before. Where traditional books had to make do with photographs and illustrations, an e-book can provide readers with an unlimited number of links: to texts, pictures, and videos. In the future, the way people write novels, history, and philosophy will resemble nothing seen in the past.On the other hand, there is the danger of trivialization. One Twitter group is offering its followers single-sentence-long “digests” of the great novels. War and Peace in a sentence? You must be joking. We should fear the fragmentation of reading. There is the danger that the high-speed connectivity of the Internet will reduce our attention span —that we will be incapable of reading anything of length or which requires deep concentration.In such a fast-changing world, in which reality seems to be remade each day, we need the ability to focus and understand what is happening to us. This has always been the function of literature and we should be careful not to let it disappear. Our society needs to be able to imagine the possibility of someone utterly in tune with modern technology but able to make sense of a dynamic, confusing world.In the 15th century, Johannes Guttenberg’s invention of the printing press in Europe had a huge impact on civilization. Once upon a time the physical book was a challenging thing. We should remember this before we assume that technology is out to destroy traditional culture.81. Which of the following paragraphs briefly reviews the historical challenges for reading?A. Paragraph One.B. Paragraph Two.C. Paragraph Three.D. Paragraph Four.82. The following are all cited as advantages of e-books EXCEPTA. multimodal content.B. environmental friendliness.C. convenience for readers.D. imaginative design.83. Which of the following can best describe how the author feels toward single-sentence-long novels?A. Ironic.B. Worried.C. Sarcastic.D. Doubtful.84. According to the passage, people need knowledge of modern technology and to survive in thefast-changing society.A. good judgmentB. high sensitivityC. good imaginationD. the ability to focus85. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Technology pushes the way forward for reading and writing.B. Interconnectivity is a feature of new reading experience.C. Technology is an opportunity and a challenge for traditional reading.D. Technology offers a greater variety of reading practice.TEXT BI know when the snow melts and the first robins (知更鸟) come to call, when the laughter of children returns to the parks and playgrounds, something wonderful is about to happen.Spring cleaning.I’ll admit spring cleaning is a difficult notion for modern families to grasp. Today’s busy families hardly have time to load the dishwasher, much less clean the doormat. Asking the family to spend the weekend collecting winter dog piles from the melting snow in the backyard is like announcing there will be no more Wi-Fi. It interrupts the natural order.“Honey, what say we spend the weekend beating the rugs, sorting through the boxes in the basement and painting our bedroom a nice lemony yellow?” I say.“Can we at least wait until the NBA matches are over?” my husband answers.But I tell my family, spring cleaning can’t wait. The temperature has risen just enough to melt snow but not enough for Little League practice to start. Some flowers are peeking out of the thawing ground, but there is no lawn to seed, nor garden to tend. Newly wakened from our winter’s hibernation (冬眠), yet still needing extra blankets at night, we open our windows to the first fresh air floating on the breeze and all of the natural world demanding “Awake and be clean!”Biologists offer a theory about this primal impulse to clean out every drawer and closet in the house at spring’s first light, which has to do with melatonin, the sleepytime hormone (激素) our bodies produce when it’s dark. When spring’s light comes, the melatonin diminishes, and suddenly we are awakened to the dusty,virus-filled house we’ve been hibernating in for four months.I tell my family about the science and psychology of a good healthy cleaning at spring’s arrival. I speak to them about life’s greatest rewards waiting in the removal of soap scum from the bathtub, which hasn’t been properly cleaned since the first snowfall.“I’ll do it,” says the eldest child, a 21-year-old college student who lives at home.“You will? Wow!” I exclaim.Maybe after all these years, he’s finally grasped the concept. Maybe he’s expressing his rightful position as eldest child and role model. Or maybe he’s going to Florida for a break in a couple of weeks and he’s being nice to me who is the financial-aid officer.No matter. Seeing my adult son willingly cleaning that dirty bathtub gives me hope for the future of his 12-year-old brother who, instead of working, is found to be sleeping in the seat of the window he is supposed to be cleaning.“Awake and be clean!” I say.86. According to the passage, “…spring cleaning is difficult notion for modern families to grasp” means thatspring cleaningA. is no longer an easy practice to understand.B. is no longer part of modern family life.C. requires more family members to be involved.D. calls for more complicated skills and knowledge.87. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be included in family spring cleaning?A. Beating the rugs.B. Cleaning the window.C. Restoring Wi-Fi services.D. Cleaning the backyard.88. Why does the author say “spring cleaning can’t wait”?A. Because there will be more activities when it gets warmer.B. Because the air is fresher and the breeze is lighter.C. Because the whole family is full of energy at spring time.D. Because the snow is melting and the ground is thawing.89. Which of the following interpretations of the biologists’ theory about melatonin is INCORRECT?A. The production of melatonin in our bodies varies at different times.B. Melatonin is more likely to cause sleepiness in our bodies.C. The reduction of melatonin will cause wakefulness in our bodies.D. The amount of melatonin remains constant in our bodies.90. Which of the following can best sum up the author’s overall reaction to her adult son’s positive response tospring cleaning?A. Surprised and skeptical.B. Elated and hesitant.C. Relieved and optimistic.D. Optimistic and hesitant.TEXT CThese days lots of young Japanese do omiai, literally, “meet and look.” Many of them do so willingly. In today’s prosperous and increasingly conservative Japan, the traditional omiai kekkon, or arranged marriage, is thriving.But there is a difference. In the original omiai, the young Japanese couldn’t reject the partner chosen by his parents and their middleman. After World War II, many Japanese abandoned the arranged marriage as part of their rush to adopt the more democratic ways of their American conquerors. The Western ren’ai kekkon, or love marriage, became popular; Japanese began picking their own mates by dating and falling in love.But the Western way was often found wanting in an important respect: it didn’t necessarily produce a partner of the right economic, social, and educational qualifications. “Today’s young people are quite calculating,” says Chieko Akiyama, a social commentator.What seems to be happening now is a repetition of a familiar process in the country’s history, the “Japanization” of an adopted foreign practice. The Western ideal of marrying for love is accommodated in a new omiai in which both parties are free to reject the match. “Omiai is evolving into a sort of stylized introduction,”Mrs. Akiyama says.Many young Japanese now date in their early twenties, but with no thought of marriage. When they reach the age —in the middle twenties for women, the late twenties for men —they increasingly turn to omiai. Some studies suggest that as many as 40% of marriages each year are omiai kekkon. It’s hard to be sure, say those who study the matter, because many Japanese couples, when polled, describe their marriage as a love match even if it was arranged.These days, doing omiai often means going to a computer matching service rather than to a nakodo. The nakodo of tradition was an old woman who knew all the kids in the neighbourhood and went around trying to pair them off by speaking to their parents; a successful match would bring her a wedding invitation and a gift of money. But Japanese today find it’s less awkward to reject a proposed partner if the nakodo is a computer.Japan has about five hundred computer matching services. Some big companies, including Mitsubishi, run one for their employees. At a typical commercial service, an applicant pays $80 to $125 to have his or her personal data stored in the computer for two years and $200 or so more if a marriage results. The stored information includes some obvious items, like education and hobbies, and some not-so-obvious ones, like whether a person is the oldest child. (First sons, and to some extent first daughter, face an obligation of caring for elderly parents.)91. According to the passage, today’s young Japanese preferA. a traditional arranged marriage.B. a new type of arranged marriage.C. a Western love marriage.D. a more Westernized love marriage.92. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?A. A Western love marriage tends to miss some Japanese values.B. Less attention is paid to the partner’s qualification in arranged marriages.C. Young Japanese would often calculate their partner’s wealth.D. A new arranged marriage is a repetition of the older type.93. According to the passage, the figure 40% (Paragraph Five) is uncertain becauseA. there has been a big increase in the number of arranged marriages.B. Western love marriage still remains popular among young Japanese.。

英语专业四级阅读理解考试题及答案解析

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天才就是无止境刻苦勤奋的努力。

成绩优与良;才思浓与淡，都是由勤奋注定的`。

以下是小编为大家搜索整理的英语专业四级阅读理解考试题及答案解析，希望对正在关注的您有所帮助!更多精彩内容请及时关注我们应届毕业生考试网!As the merchant class expanded in the eighteenth?century North American Colonies, the silversmithand the coppersmith businesses rose to serve it.Only a few silversmiths were available in New Yorkor Boston in the late seventeenth century, but in theeighteenth century they could be found in all majorcolonial cities. No other colonial artisans rivaled thesilversmiths’ prestige. They handled the mostexpensive materials and possessed direct connections to prosperous colonial merchants. Theirproducts, primarily silver plates and bowls, reflected their exalted status and testified to theircustomers’ prominence. Silver stood as one of the surest ways to store wealth at a time beforeneighborhood banks existed. Unlike the silver coins from which they were made, silver articleswere readily identifiable. Often formed to individual specifications, they always carried thesilversmith’s distinctive markings and consequently could be traced and retrieved.Customers generally secure the silver for the silver object they ordered. They saved coins, tookthem to smiths, and discussed the type of pieces they desired. Silversmiths complied with theserequests by melting the money in a small furnace, adding a bit of copper to form a strongeralloy, and casting the alloy in rectangular blocks. They hammered these ingots to theappropriate thickness by hand, shaped them and pressed designs into them for adornment.Engraving was also done by hand. In addition to plates and bowls, some customers soughtmore intricate products, such as silver teapots. These were made by shaping or casting partsseparately and then soldering them together. Colonial coppersmithing also come of age in theearly eighteenth century and prospered in northern cities. Copper’s ability to conduct heatefficiently and to resist corrosion contributed to its attractiveness. But because it wasexpensive in colonial America, coppersmiths were never very numerous. Virtually all copperworked by Smiths was imported as sheets or obtained by recycling old copper goods. Copperwas used for practical items, but it was not admired for its beauty. Coppersmiths employed it tofashion pots and kettles for the home. They shaped it in much the same manner as silver ormelted it in a foundry with lead or tin. They also mixed it with zinc to make brass for maritimeand scientific instruments.?1、According to the passage, which of the following eighteenth century developments had strongimpact on silversmithsA. A decrease in the cost of silver.B. The invention of heat efficient furnaces.C. The growing economic prosperity of colonial merchants.D. The development of new tools used to shape silver.2.In colonial America, where did silversmiths usually obtain the material to make silver articles? ?A. From their own mines.B. From importers.C. From other silversmiths.D. From customers.3.The passage mentions all of the following as uses for copper in Colonial America EXCEPT ______A. cooking potsB. scientific instrumentsC. musical instrumentsD. maritime instruments4.According to the passage, silversmiths and coppersmiths in colonial America were similar inwhich of the following waysA. The amount of social prestige they had.B. The way they shaped the metal they worked with. ?C. The cost of the goods they made.D. The practicality of the goods they made.参考答案：1. C) 根据文章第一句"As the merchant classexpanded in the eighteenth?century North AmericanColonies,...";可知，随着在十八世纪的北美殖民地商人阶级膨胀起来，也就是说那时的商人财富有了很大的发展，银匠铜匠们有机会发挥他们的专长了，这与选项C正好相符。

2011年专业英语四级考试词汇与语法模拟试题及答案(2)_1

2011 年专业英语四级考试词汇与语法模拟试题及答案(2)1.____native to North America， corn has now spread all over the world.A. In spite ofB. That it isC. It wasD. Although2. Our civilization cannot be thought of as____in a short period of time.A. to have been createdB. to be createdC. having been createdD. being created3. We feel it is high time that the Government ____something to check the inflation.A. didB. doC.should doD. would do4. It has been proposed that we____our decision until the next meeting.A.delayedB.delayC. can delayD. are to delay5. Hurricanes are severe cyclones with winds over seventy five miles an hour ____originate over tropical ocean waters.A. whichB. whoC. whereD.how to6.____is announced in the papers， our country has launched a large scale movement against smuggling and fraudulent activities in foreign currency exchange deals.A. WhatB. AsC. WhichD. That7. All the flights____because of the snowstorm， we had to take the train instead.A.were canceledB. had been canceledC. having canceledD. having been canceled8. Once ____， this power station will supply all the neighboring towns and villages with electricity.A. it being completedB. it completedC. completedD. it completes9. He might have been killed ____the timely arrival of the ambulance.A. but forB. except forC. besidesD. except10. If you have never planted anything， you won’t be able to know the pleasure of watching the thing you have planted ____.A.growB. to growC. growingD. to be growing11. He did me a ____turn by lending me ten pounds.A. goodB. niceC. fineD. pretty12. Once our chickens started laying eggs， we had such a ____of eggs that we were giving many away to our neighbors.A. outputB. surplusC. productionD. plenty13. Following are comments about the behavior that people in Korea usually expect in various social ____.A. occasionsB. casesC.situationsD. circumstances14. They have considered their high standard of living a (n) ____for practising their basic beliefs.A. awardB. rewardC. resultD. consequence15. Mac’s close____to his brother made people mistake them for one another.A. resemblanceB. identityC. appearanceD. relationship16. The thieves____the waste paper all over the room while they were searching for the diamond ring.A. spreadB. scratchedC.scatteredD. burned17. The sight of the fruit salad made our daughter Kit’s mouth ____.A. wetB. waterC. soakD. taste18. The____problem of bring a space ship back from the moon has been solved.A. technicalB. technologicalC. techniqueD. technology19. A large part of a person’s memory is____words and combination of words.A.by means ofB. in terms ofC. in connection withD. by way of20. At her word she stood up and walked away， stopping at the window to pull back the curtain and ____.A.look roundB. look outC. look upD. look on21. Their happiness was very____.A. crispB. brittleC. delicateD. fragile22. I was awfully tired when I got home from work， but a half hour nap ____me.A.revivedB. releasedC. relievedD. recovered23. We should always keep in mind that____decisions often lead to bitter regrets.A.hastyB. instantC. promptD.rapid24. Information and opinion gap exercises have to have some content ____talking about.A. worthwhileB. worthilyC. worthD. worthy25. “If we fail to act now，”said Tom，“We’ll find ourselves____in action later on. ”A.paid backB. paid forC.paid upD.paid off试题答案与解析1. D) 【句意】玉米虽原产于北美洲，但现在已遍及全世界。

英语专业四级考试历年单项选择答案解析

2000三.选择41．答案：A【参考译文】敏锐的听觉使多数动物能远在人之前感觉到雷雨的来临。

【试题分析】本题为语法题，考句子成份的省略与替代。

【详细解答】“Acute hearing helps”是主句和before引导的从句具有相同的主语和谓语，从句中省略了该相同部分，用助动词do代替了与主句重复的信息“sense the approach of thunderstorms．”故答案为选项A。

42．答案：B【参考译文】这种病如果不加以治疗，患者会完全失明。

【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查连词的用法。

【详细解答】after和since都是引导时间状语从句，since还可作“因为”讲，引导原因状语从句。

if“如果”和unless“除非”都可以引导条件状语从句。

但if后接过去分词短语，省略的成分为主语+系动词，该主语只有与主句的主语相同才可省略。

根据句意和句子结构，选项B为正确答案。

43．答案：A【参考译文】中部省份在有些年份会遭水灾，在另一些年份会遭旱灾。

【试题分析】本题为语法结构题。

【详细解答】这是一个并列句，句中and是并列连词，它后面连接的内容与前面的“floods in some years”是并列成份，要求结构相同。

drought in others中others指代years。

故选项A为正确答案。

44．答案：D【参考译文】吃点水果，好吗?【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查对附加疑问句的掌握。

【详细解答】本句是一个由“祈使句+附加疑问”构成的附加疑问句，这种附加疑问部分通常用won’t you表示一种征询意见的语气，因此答案选D。

45．答案：C【参考译文】由于没有更多的东西可讨论，会议提前半小时结束了。

【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查对独立主格结构的掌握。

【详细解答】本句中的There being nothing more for discussion为独立主格结构，表示原因。

46．答案：A【参考译文】我母亲因患有风湿病而不能走动。

2010年专业英语四级考试模拟试题及参考答案(2)

2010 年专业英语四级考试模拟试题及参考答案(2)1. He ____have been nervous because he didn’t go straight in.A. ought toB. mustC. shouldD. had to2. I am quite sure that I can ____ Michael into letting us use his car tomorrow.A. speakB. talkC. tellD. say3. 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 attention4. When questioned by the interviewer， my mind went____， and I could hardly remember my own date of birth.A. blankB. dimC. faintD. vain5. 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. session6. o drive a car safely， it is____good brakes.A. essential withB. essential havingC. essential to haveD. essential have7. As I regard it， you can widen the ____ of these improvements through your active participation.A. volumeB. dimensionC. magnitudeD. scope8. “Can you ride a horse？”“No， I never had the chance ____. ”A. for learningB. for learning howC. how to learn itD. to learn how9. As electric lines were destroyed by the storm， they were forced to light for several days.A. go overB. go in forC. go withoutD. go out10. 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. enhance11. “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 to12. In ancient times people who were thought to have the ability to ____dreams were likely to be highly respected.A. impartB. inheritC. interpretD. intervene13. 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 journey14.____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 of15. “What authors do you like？”“Shakespeare is____. ”A. favorite for meB. my favoriteC. for me the favoriteD. the favorite of mine16. We hadn’t expected a power cut so we were astonished when the whole house was ____into darkness.A. divedB. plungedC. drownedD. dropped17. Without a (an) ____passport a tourist is forbidden to enter a country.A. operativeB. effectiveC. validD. efficient18. Although the town had been attacked by the storm several times，____was done.A. a few damagesB. few damagesC. little damageD. a little damage19. Before the tourists set off， they spent much time setting alimit____the expenses of the trip.A. forB. inC. toD. about20. “Tina looks especially pretty tonight. ”“Yes， she always looks her best in ____of that color. ”A. dressB. a dressC. that dressD. the dress21. Despite the wide range of reading material specially writtenor____for language learning purposes， there is yet no comprehensive systematic program for the reading skills.A. appointedB. assembledC. acknowledgedD. adapted22. Internet， a____of millions of computers linked world wide， is the largest system serving e-mail messengers.A. unityB. connectionC. networkD. combination23. “ 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 as24. It was surprising that the hotel looked rather shabby outside was luxuriously and____ furnished inside.A. artificiallyB. arrogantlyC. arbitrarilyD. artistically25.____he daydreamed， Peter saw figures in the sky.A. UntilB. SinceC. WhileD. During答案解析1. 答案 B【参考译文】他必定很紧张，因为他没有直接参加比赛。

2019年英语专四试题及答案

【导语】2019年英语专四考试将于4⽉20⽇举⾏，英语专四频道将在考后发布2019年英语专四试题及答案，考⽣可随时关注，在此⼩编预祝⼴⼤考⽣在此次考试中取得优异的成绩。

考试时间
2019英语专四考试时间为4⽉20⽇。

考试共有六个部分：写作、听写、听⼒理解、完形填空、语法及词汇、阅读理解。

前两部分需时60分钟。

后四部分需时80分钟，整个考试需时140分钟。

专业四级考试题型如下表：
序号题号各部分名称题型题数计分⽐重考试时间（分钟）
Ⅰ听写主观题11515%15
Ⅱ1-30听⼒理解
A 对话
B 短⽂
C 新闻
客观题
客观题
客观题
10
10
10
3015%20
Ⅲ31-50完形填空客观题202010 %15Ⅳ51-80语法与词汇客观题303015%15Ⅴ81-100阅读理解客观题202020%25
Ⅵ写作
A 作⽂
B 便条
主观题
主观题
1
1
15
10
15%
10%
35
10
合计100103140100135。

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2002年专业英语四级考试答案解析

2002年英语专四考试试题答案： Part One Writing Section A Composition The Best Way to Stay Healthy If you have recently started or restarted an exercise program, you are not alone, and it proves to be the best way to stay healthy. In the first place, exercise makes your body, most importantly, your heart stronger-by helping it pump more blood with each heartbeat. The blood then deliver more oxygen to your body. Exercise can also lower blood pressure, reduce your risk of heart disease. Besides, exercise is the best way to lose weight. Burning calories and working off the fat will help you look and feel better. In the second place, more and more people realize that mental health is nevertheless important than physical health. Focusing your energy on taking care of yourself with proper exercise is the best way to not just transform your body but to lift your spirits. If you are blessed with a healthy body and healthy mind by getting into exercises like soccer, ice skating, jogging, running, swimming, bicycling or anything that involves lots of activities, you can be confident that you are the “ wealthiest”, thus the happiest man on the planet earth. Section B Note-writing May 6, 2002 Dear Jack, I have heard that you wish to sell your walkman. I am very interested in it. I am just wondering about its condition. Give me a call when you have a moment. My telephone number is 555-2436. I am willing to offer 30 dollars for it if everything is OK. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Yours, Sam. Part Two Dictation Disappearing Forests The world’s forests are disappearing. As much as a third of the total tree cover has been lost since agriculture began some 10,000 years ago. The remaining forests are home to half of the world’s species thus becoming the chief resource for their survival. Tropical rain forests once covered twelve percent of the land of the planet. As well as supporting at least half of the world’s species of plants and animals, these rain forests are home to millions of people. But there are other demands on them. For example, much has been cut for timber. An increasing amount of forestland（林地） has been used for industrial purposes or for agricultural development, such as crop growing. By the 1990s less that half of the earth’s original rain forests remained, and they continues to disappear at an alarming rate every year. As a result, the world’s forests are now facing gradual extinction.　Part Three Listening Comprehension Section A Statement ⼀.听⼒ PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A STATEMENT 1．答案：D 【问句译⽂】讲话者很可能是⼲什么的？【试题分析】本题为推理题。

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人社部国家职业资格全国统一鉴定企业人力资源管理员（四级）试卷（2011年11 月）卷册一：职业道德、理论知识注意事项:1、本试卷册包括职业道德和理论知识两部分：第一部分， 1 一25 小题，为职业道德试题;第二部分，26 一125 小题，为理论知识试题。

2、考试时间：（90 分钟）（一）单项选择题（第1~8 题）1、关于职业道德，正确的说法是（）。

A 职业道德是从业人员职业资质评价的唯一指标B 职业道德是从业人员职业技能提高的决定性因素C.职业道德是从业人员在职业活动中应遵循的行为规范动中的综合强制要求2、从业人员在职业活动中应遵循的内在的道德准则是（）。

A. 爱国、守法、自强B. 求实、严谨、规范 C .诚信、敬业、公道D. 忠诚、审慎、勤勉3、按照职业道德要求，职业化是指从业人员工作状态的（）。

A. 标准化、规范化、制度化B. 全球化、现代化、市场化C .一致化、动作化、简约化 D. 高效化、人性化、科学化4、下列关于“员工敬业度”的说法中，正确的是（）。

A. 美国社会学家盖洛普首次提出了“员工敬业度”的概念B. “员工敬业度”表示只对工作负责，但与员工的忠诚度无关C. 敬业度高的员工虽然工作兴D.职业道德是从业人员在职业活 D. 敬业度高的员工一定是天赋趣较低，但工作态度与其他员工无差别高、才华出众的优秀员工5、关于诚信，正确的说法是( ) 。

A. 诚信是从业人员在职业生涯中的道德资本B. 诚信只是针对他人而言的遵约守信状态，与自我的内在信念无关C. 为监督诚信落实、维护自身的合法利益，要坚持诚信条件论的观点D. 无论做出怎样的承诺，坚持履行承诺是诚信的本质内涵6、符合职业道德规范“公道”的基本要求的做法是( ) 。

A. 轻重缓急一个样B. 待遇高低一股齐C. 遵守制度一致化D. 奖励惩罚一刀切7、职业纪律的普通适用性是指( ) 。

A. 职业纪律与人情水火不相容B. 领导可以运用专业纪律处罚一切违背纪律的行为C. 在职业纪律面前，人人平等D. 即使是不合理的职业纪律也要遵守，不可更改8、下列关于节约的说法中，正确的是( ) 。

2023年12月四级考试试题原文翻译及答案解析

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专业英语四级考试全真模拟试题含答案解析(2) 1. My pain ____ apparent the moment I w talked into the room, for the first man I met asked sympathetically: “Are you fee eking all right?” A. must be B. must have been C. had been D. had to be 2. It is only when you nearly lose someone ____ full y conscious of how much you value him. A. do you become B. then you become C. that you become D. have you become 3. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, ____ the atmosphere. A. as it is B. so is C. the same as D. and so is 4. While driving along the treacherous road, ____ . A. my right rear tire blew out B. my right rear tire had a blowout C. I had a blowout on my right rear tire D. I had my right rear tire blowout 5. Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of Afro America n poetry is his insistence that it ____ in a religious, as well as w worldly, frame of reference. A. is to be analyzed B. has been analyzed C. be analyzed D. should have been analyzed 6. ____ there is little we can do to modify the wheat her, we can at least know what kind of weather to expect. A. Since B. When C. While D. Unless 7. This organization brought Western artists together in the hope of ma king mo re of an impact on the art community ____ any of them could

2008年英语专业四级考试试题及答案

2008年英语专业四级试题真题及答案详解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.Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today.Salt may seem rather a strange (31) ______ to use as money, (32) ______ in countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often an (33) ______ necessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show their (34) ______, were used as money in some countries until recent (35) ______, and cakes of salt (36) ______ buy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa.Sea shells (37) ______ as money at some time (38) ______ another over the greater part of the Old World, These were (39) ______ mainly from the beaches of the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, and were traded to India and China. In Africa, shells were traded right across the (40) ______ from East to West.Metal, valued by weight, (41) ______ coins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings, is still used in many countries (42) ______ paper money. It can either be exchanged (43) ______ goods, or made into tools, weapons, or ornaments. The early money of China, apart from shells, was of bronze, (44) ______ in flat, round pieces with a hole in the middle, called “cash”. The (45) ______ of these are between three thousand and four thousand years old — older than the earliest coins of the eastern Mediterranean.Nowadays, coins and notes have (46) ______ nearly all the more picturesque (47) ______ of money, and (48) ______ in one or two of the more remote countries people still keep it for future use on ceremonial (49) ______ such as weddings and funerals, examples of (50) ______ money will soon be found only in museums.(31) A. object B. article C. substance D. category(32) A. but B. and C. so D. even(33) A. abstract B. advantageous C. abundant D. absolute(34) A. weight B. value C. role D. size(35) A. times B. events C. situations D. conditions(36) A. even B. also C. still D. never(37) A. had been used B. are usedC. would be usedD. would have been(38) A. and B. but C. yet D. or(39) A. collected B. produced C. grown D. raised(40) A. city B. district C. community D. continent(41) A. processed B. produced C. preceded D. proceeded(42) A. in spite of B. instead of C. along with D. in line with(43) A. against B. as C. in D. for(44) A. often B. seldom C. really D. much(45) A. earlier B. earliest C. better D. best(46) A. replaced B. reproduced C. reflected D. recovered(47) A. sizes B. shapes C. formats D. forms(48) A. while B. although C. because D. if(49) A. events B. gatherings C. occasions D. assemblies(50) A. original B. primitive C. historical D. crudePART IV GRAMMER &VOCABULARY (15MIN)There are thirty 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 best completes the sentences.Mark your answers on your answer sheet.51. Our association, which has consistently pressed for greater employment opportunities for the disabled, will publish ______ proposals in the near future.A. theirB. ourC. hisD. its52. Had Judy been more careful on the maths exam, she ______ much better results now.A. would be gettingB. could have gotC. must getD. would get53. Nine is to three ______ three is to one.A. whenB. thatC. whichD. what54. Men differ from animals ______ they can think and speak.A. for whichB. for thatC. in thatD. in which55. ______ he wanted to go out with his friends at the weekend, he had to stay behind to finish his assignment.A. Much thoughB. Much asC. As muchD. Though much56. I enjoyed myself so much ______ I visited my friends in Paris last year.A. whenB. whichC. thatD. where57. Which of the following is INCORRECT?A. All his lectures were boring. C. Her few friends are all fond of dancing.B. Halfbis money was gone. D. He invited many his friends to the party.58. When you have finished with that book, don’t forget to put it back on my desk, ______?A. do youB. don’t youC. will youD. won’t you59. What does “He wisely refused to spend his money” mean?A. It was wise of him to refuse to spend his money.B. He refused to spend his money in a wise manner.C. He was short of mo ney and didn’t want to buy anything.D. He refused, in a wise manner, to spend his money.60. They stood chatting together aseasily and naturally as ______.A. it could beB. could beC. it wasD. was61. The following are all correct responses to “Who tol d the news to the teacher?” EXCEPT ______.A. Jim did this.B. Jim did so.C. Jim did that.D. Jim did.62. Quality is ______ counts most.A. whichB. thatC. whatD. where63. In his plays Shakespeare ______ his characters live through their language.A. would makeB. had madeC. madeD. makes64. The square itself is five hundred yards wide, five times ______ the size of St. Peter’s in Rome.A. /B. that ofC. which isD. of65. Which of the following sentences expresses “probability”?A. You must leave immediately.B. You must be feeling rather tired.C. You must be here by eight o’clock.D. You must complete the reading assignment on time.66. When he first started in university, he really felt at ______ with his major — economics.A. shoreB. bankC. oceanD. sea67. On the road motorists should be aware of cyclists and be ______ towards them.A. considerableB. consideringC. considerateD. considered68. Sally was a bit shy, but the teacher found her quite ______ discussinga recent film with others.A. at homeB. at mostC. at houseD. at heart69. The company has capitalized ______ the error of judgment made by its business competitor.A. inB. overC. withD. on70. Tim has failed three courses this semester, so he will have to ______ them next semester.A. remakeB. repeatC. reapplyD. revise71. Keep this reference book; it may come in ______ one day.A. handyB. usefulC. convenientD. helpful72. The questions that the speaker raised were well ______ the average adult.A. pastB. onC. beyondD. through73. Teachers in this school were encouraged to use drama as a(n) ______ of learning.A. designB. instrumentC. agencyD. tool74. First, we need to find out what his scheme is, and then act ______.A. sensitivelyB. imaginativelyC. efficientlyD. accordingly75. At first Jim was not quite clear what he was going to do after university, but now he seems ______ on becoming a computer programmer.A. fitB. setC. disposedD. decided76. When invited to talk about his achievements, he refused to blow his own ______ and declined to speak at the meeting.A. trumpetB. whistleC. bugleD. flute77. In spite of the treatment, the pain in his leg grew in ______.A. gravityB. extentC. intensityD. amount78. Bus services between Town Centre and Newton Housing Estate will be ______ until the motorway is repaired.A. discontinuedB. suspendedC. haltedD. ceased79. The moon, being much nearer to the Earth than the Sun, is the ______ cause of the tides.A. principalB. basicC. initialD. elementary80. Teddy came to my ______ with a cheque of $200 to pay my room rate, after I phoned him that my wallet had been stolen.A. attendanceB. assistanceC. rescueD. safetyPART V READING COMPREHENSION (25MIN)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 AWhen the sun is up in Amsterdam, the largest city in the Netherlands sits quietly on the Amstel River. You can rent a bicycle, visit the Van Gogh or Anne Frank museum, or take a water taxi.But when the sun goes down, the partying begins. In the big clubs and in coffee shops, tourists gather to hang out, talk politics and smoke.Several areas of the city clearly show the two worlds that rule Amsterdam. And they’re all within a short cab ride of each other.For example, Dam Square attracts daytime sightseers to its festivals, open markets, concerts and other events. Several beautiful and very popular hotels can be found there. And there is the Royal Palace and the Magna Plaza shopping mall.But as evening descends on Dam Square so do the party-seekers. Hip pop or funk music begins blaring from Club Paradiso and Club Melkweg. These are two of the most popular clubs in Europe. So if you come, be ready to dance. The clubs don’t shut down until 4 am.And while you are there, check out the various inexpensive ways to tour the city. Don’t worry about getting lost. Although Dutch is the of ficial language, most people in Amsterdam speak English and are happy to help you with directions.And you’ll notice that half the people in the streets are on bicycles. They rent for US$17 to $20 for a whole day.Amsterdam also has a good canal system. From anywhere between US$2 and $9.50, you’can use the canal bus or a water taxi to cruise the “Venice of the North”.You can take in the picturesque canal house architecture: The rows of neat, narrow four-story dwellings of brownstone with large windows are well worth seeing. Many of them are several centuries old.You might also want to jump out of the canal bus at the Museum Quarter and start walking. Masterpieces by Dutch artists such as Rembrandt, Bruegel, Van Gogh and others are on display at the Van Gogh Museum, Rembrandt House and others.The city has an appreciation of its historic past. One place to visit is the Anne Frank House in Nine Streets. It was there that the young Jewish girl wrote her famous diary during World War II. Visitors can view Anne’s original diary and climb behind the bookcase to the room where she and her family hid from the Nazis for two years.81. At the beginning of the passage, the author indicates that ______.A. Amsterdam is generally known as a quiet city.B. parties go on all day long in Amsterdam.C. Amsterdam presents two different pictures.D. Amsterdam attracts many daytime visitors.82. Which tourist attraction is cited for elaboration in Paragraphs Four and Five?A. Royal Palace.B. Dam Square.C. Club Paradiso.D. Magna Plaza.83. According to the passage, the local people have all the following characteristics EXCEPT ______.A. they are party goers.B. they show hospitality.C. they can speak English.D. they are fond of cycling.84. Which of the following adjectives can best describe Amsterdam as a tourist city?A. Modern.B. Delightful.C. Quiet.D. Historic.TEXT BIn an article some Chinese scholars are described as being “tantalized by the mysterious dragon bone hieroglyphics.” Tantalized is one of many English words that have their origins in myths and legends of the past (in this case, Greek and Roman ones). The meaning of the verb tantalize is a very particular one: “to promise or show something desirable to a person and then take it away; to tease by arousing h ope.” Many (but not all) English dictionaries give you a brief indication of a word’s origins in brackets before or after the explanation of the meaning. For tantalize the following explanation is given: [> Tantalus]. This means that you should look up the name Tantalus to find out the word’s origins, and if you do, you will find out that in Greek mythology, Tantalus was a king who was punished in the lower world with eternal hunger and thirst; he was put up to his chin in water that always moved away when he tried to drink it and with fruit on branches above him placed just a little bit out of his reach. Can you see why his name was changed into a verb meaning “to tease or torment by arousing desire”?Another example is the word siren, familiar to us as the mechanical device that makes such an alarming sound when police cars, ambulances, or fire engines approach. This word also has its origins in Greek mythology. The traveler Odysseus (Ulysses to the Romans) made his men plug their ears so that they wouldn’t hear the dangerous voices of the sirens, creatures who were half bird and half woman and who lured sailors to their deaths on sharp rocks. So the word came to be associated both with a loud sound and with danger!When someone speaks of a “jovial mood” or a “herculean effort,” he or she is using words with origins in mythology. Look these words up to find their meaning and relationship to myths.Many common words, such as the names for the days of the week and the months of the year, also come from mythology. Wednesday derives from the ancient Norse king of the gods, Woden, and Thursday was originally Thor’s day, in honour of Thor, the god of thunder. As a matter of fact, all the planets, except the one we live on, bear names that come from Roman mythology, including the planet that is farthest away from the sun and for that reason was called after the Roman god of the dead. This god has also given his name to one of the chemical elements. Several other elements have names that come from mythology, too.It seems that myths and legends live on in the English language.85. The purpose of the first sentence in Paragraph One is ______.A. to describe the work of some Chinese scholars.B. to arouse readers’ interest in hieroglyphics.C. to lead readers onto the main theme.D. to link the preceding part to the present one.86. We leam from the passage, all English dictionaries include ______.A. legends.B. mythology.C. word origins.D. word definitions.87. The example of tantalize is to show ______.A. how the word came into existence.B. how Tantalus was punished in the lower world.C. how all English dictionaries show word origins.D. how the meaning of the word changed over the years.88. According to the passage, which of the following does NOT have origins in myths or legends?A. Jovial.B. Wednesday.C. Earth.D. March.89. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?A. Greek and Roman Mythology in Language.B. Mythological Origins of English Words.C. Historical Changes in Word Meanings.D. Mythology and Common Words.TEXT CMy heart sank when the man at the immigration counter gestured to the back room. I’m an American born and raised, and this was Miami, where I live, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet.“Please wait in here,Ms Abujaber,” the immigration officer said. My husband, with his very American last name, accompanied me. He was gettingused to this. The same thing had happened recently in Canada when I’d flown to Montreal to speak at a book event. That time they held me for 45 minutes. Today we were returning from a literary festival in Jamaica, and I was startled that I was being sent “in back” once again.The officer behind the counter called me up and said, “Miss, your name looks like the name of someone who’s on our wanted list. We’re going to have to check you out with Washington.”“How long will it take?”“Hard to say ... a few minutes,” he said. “We’ll call you when we’re ready for you.”After an hour, Washington still hadn’t decided anything about me. “Isn’t this computerized?” I asked at the counter. “Can’t you just look me up?”Just a few more minutes, they assured me.After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening. An officer rushed over. “No phones!” he said. “For all we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information.”“I’m just a university professor,” I said. My voice came out in a squeak.“Of course you are. And we take people like you out of here in leg irons every day.”I put my phone away.My husband and I were getting hungry and tired. Whole families had been brought into the waiting room, and the place was packed with excitable children, exhausted parents, even a flight attendant.I wanted to scream, to jump on a chair and shout: “I’m an American citizen;a novelist; I probably teach English literature to your children.” Or would that all be counted against me?After two hours in detention, I was approached by one of the officers. “You’re free to go,” he said. No explan ation or apologies. For a moment, neither of us moved, we were still in shock. Then we leaped to our feet.“Oh, one more thing.” He handed me a tattered photocopy with an address on it. “If you weren’t happy with your treatment, you can write to this agenc y.”“Will they respond?” I asked.“I don’t know —I don’t know of anyone who’s ever written to them before.” Then he added, “By the way, this will probably keep happening each time you travel internationally.”“What can I do to keep it from happening again?”He smiled the empty smile we’d seen all day. “Absolutely nothing.”After telling several friends about our ordeal, probably the most frequent advice l’ve heard in response is to change my name. Twenty years ago, my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn’t stick me in what he called “the ethnic ghetto” — a separate, secondary shelf in the bookstore. But a name is an integral part of anyone’s personal and professional identity —just like the to wn you’re bom in and the place where you’re raised.Like my father, I’ll keep the name, but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean. I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard.90. The author was held at the airport because ______.A. she and her husband returned from Jamaica.B. her name was similar to a terrorist’s.C. she had been held in Montreal.D. she had spoken at a book event.91. She was not allowed to call her friends because ______.A. her identity hadn’t been confirmed yet.B. she had been held for only one hour and a haitiC. there were other families in the waiting room.D. she couldn’t use her own cell phone.92. We leam from the passage that the author would ______ to prevent similar experience from happening again.A. write to the agencyB. change her nameC. avoid traveling abroadD. do nothing93. Her experiences indicate that there still exists ______ in the US.A. hatredB. discriminationC. toleranceD. diversity94. The author sounds ______ in the last paragraph.A. impatientB. bitterC. wordedD. ironicTEXT DPublic speaking fills most people with dread. Humiliation is the greatest fear; self-exposure and failing to appeal to the audience come a close second. Women hate it most, since girls are pressurized from an early age to be concerned with appearances of all kinds.Most people have plenty of insecurities, and this seems like a situation that will bring them out. If you were under pressure to be perfect, you are terrified of failing in the most public of ways.While extroverts will feel less fear before the ordeal, it does not mean they will necessarily do it better. Some very shy people manage to shine. When I met the British comedian Julian Clary, he was shy and cautious, yet his TV performances are perfect.In fact, personality is not the best predictor of who does it well. Regardless of what you are like in real life, the key seems to be to act yourself.Actual acting, as in performing the scripted lines of a character other than yourself, does not do the job. While politicians may limit damage by having carefully rehearsed, written scripts to speak from, there is always a hidden awareness among the audience that the words might not be true.Likewise, the incredibly perfect speeches of many American academics are far from natural. You may end up buying their book on the way out, but soon afterwards, it is much like fast food, and you get a nameless sense that you’ve been cheated.Although, as Earl Spencer proved at his sister Princess Diana’s funeral, it is possible both to prepare every word and to act naturally. A script rarely works and it is used to help most speakers.But, being yourself doesn’t work either. If you spoke as if you were in your own kitchen, it would be too authentic, too unaware of the need to communicate with an audience.I remember going to see British psychiatrist R. D. Laing speak in public. He behaved like a seriously odd person, talking off the top of his head. Although he was talking about madness and he wrote on mental illness, he seemed to be exhibiting rather than explaining it.The best psychological place from which to speak is an unselfconscious self-consciousness, providing the illusion of being natural. Studies suggest that this state of “flow”, as psychologists call it, is very satisfying.95. Women hate public speaking most mainly because of ______.A. their upbringing very early on.B. their inability to appeal to the audience.C. their sense of greater public pressure.D. their sense of greater humiliation.96. “this” in Paragraph Two refers to ______.A. insecurity.B. sense of failure.C. public speaking.D. pressure.97. Which of the following is NOT the author’s viewpoint?A. Acting like performers spoils the message in a speech.B. Perfection of scripts is necessary in making good impressions.C. Acting naturally means less dependence on the prepared script.D. There should be a balance between actual acting and acting naturally.98. What is the author’s view on personality?A. Personality is the key to success in public speaking.B. Extroverts are better public speakers.C. Introverts have to learn harder to be good speakers.D. Factors other than personality ensure better performance.99. The author implies that while speaking R. D. Laing ______.A. was both too casual and authentic.B. was acting like a performer.C. was keeping a good balance.D. was aware of his audience.100. In the last paragraph the author recommends that ______.A. you forget about your nervousness.B. you feel natural and speak naturally.C. you may feel nervous, but appear naturally.D. you may imagine yourself to be natural.PART VI WRITING (45 MIN)SECTION A COMPOSITION (35 MIN)December 5th is International Volunteers Day. Since 1985, when the United Nations announced the special day, tens of millions of people around the world have volunteered to help those in need. China now has 4.5 million registered volunteers who have provided more than 4.5 billion hours of volunteer work. What can you gain from volunteering?Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:The Benefits of VolunteeringYou are to write in three parts.In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.In the second part, support your opinion with appropriate details.In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or 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 B NOTE-WRITING (10 MIN)Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation:Jane, your classmate, is thinking of subscribing to an English-language newspaper. And you would like to recommend one to her. Write a note, telling her which newspaper it is and describing two features of the paper.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.KEYSPART II LISTENING COMPREHENSIONPART Ⅲ CLOZEPART IV GRAMMAR ＆VOCABULARYPART V READING COMPREHENSION※※※※※※※※※※※※※ 试题精解※※※※※※※※※※※※※※★ Part I DICTATIONChoosing a CareerWhen students graduate from college, many of them do not know how they want to spend their working lives, and they sometimes move from job to job until they find something that suites them, and of equal importance to which they are suited. Others never find a job in which they are really happy. They remain all their lives, square pegs in round holes. When we choose our careers, we need to ask ourselves two questions. First, what do we think we would like to be? Second, what kind of people are we? The idea, for example, of being a painter or a musician may seem very attractive; but unless we have great talent and are willing to work very hard, we are certain to fail in these occupations and failure will lead to unhappiness in life. So, it is important to assess our suitability for a certain career in job search.★ Part II LISTENING COMPREHENSION◆Section A CONVERSATIONSConversation 1M: Is that Anne Shore?W: Yes, speaking.M: Hello, it’s Eric from London.W: Hello Eric, how can I help you?M: I’m fixing up our next project team meeting and I just wanted to check some possible dates with you.W: Fine, let me just get my diary. Okay, which dates are you looking at?M: I’ve spoken to the others and (1) they prefer either the third week of May or the second week of June.W: (1) Yes, both those weeks are pretty clear at the moment, except for the eleventh of June.M: Right, I’ve got that.W: So, where’s the meeting taking place this time7M: It was going to be in London, (2) but I spoke to Carlos in Mexico City and he suggested Chicago.He thinks it’ll be more convenient for most of the team.W: (2) He’s probably right. It would certainly be much easier for me as well because I can fly from Toronto. And I’m sure you could find a meeting room somewhere near the airport.M: That’s a good idea. I’ll check out some hotels in that area and get back to you towards the end of the week.W: Fine, but I’m not in the of fice on Friday.M: (3) Okay, I’ll call you later in the afternoon on Thursday.W: No problem, bye!Conversation 2M: We’re having a debate on advertising Thursday evening, and I have to take part.W: That’s interesting; I should like to hear what people th ink about advertising.M: What is there to say? We must have advertising, mustn’t we?W: Why?M: Well, we wouldn’t know what there was to buy if we didn’t have advertisements.W: Yes, that’s tree, up to a point. Advertisements provide information that we need. If someone has produced a new article, naturally the seller wants to tell us about it.M: Yes, and the advertisements tell us which product is the best.W: Do they? I don’t think so.(4) Every manufacturer says that his product is the best, or at least tries to give the impression. Only one can be the best, so the others are misleading, aren’t they?M: Well, in a way, I suppose, but we don’t have to believe them, do we?W: Are you saying that advertisements aren’t effective? I don’t think that intelligent businessmen would spend millions of dollars on advertising if nobody believed the advertisements, do you?M: Perhaps not, but after all, it’s their money that they’re spending.W: Is it? I think not. (5) The cost of advertising is added to the price of the article. You and I and all the other people who buy the article pay for the advertising.M: Well, I suppose we get something for our money ... some information.W: Yes, but don’t forget it’s often misleading information, and sometimes harmful.M: Harmful?W: What about advertisements designed to persuade young people to smoke cigarettes, wouldn’t you say they’re harmful?M:(6) You’ve given me a lot to think about. I’m quite looking forward to the debate now.Conversation 3W: So Mr. Brown, this is your bed, and as you can see there are three other beds in the ward. Have you got everything you need7。

专业四级英语试题及答案

专业四级英语试题及答案一、听力理解（共20分）1. 根据所听对话或短文，选择正确答案。

A. 选项AB. 选项BC. 选项CD. 选项D[样例题目]根据对话内容，下列哪项是正确的？A. 他们计划去看电影。

B. 他们决定去图书馆。

C. 他们正在讨论作业。

D. 他们打算去公园。

[样例答案]B2. 根据所听短文，完成下列信息填空。

[样例题目]根据短文内容，填写以下信息：- 短文中提到的主要人物是________。

- 事件发生的时间是________。

[样例答案]- 主要人物：John Smith- 事件发生时间：2023年3月15日二、阅读理解（共30分）1. 阅读下列短文，回答后面的问题。

[短文内容][此处为短文正文][样例问题]根据短文内容，以下哪项是正确的？A. 选项AB. 选项BC. 选项CD. 选项D[样例答案]C2. 阅读下列短文，选择最佳标题。

A. 选项AB. 选项BC. 选项CD. 选项D[样例答案]B三、词汇与语法（共20分）1. 选择适当的单词或短语填空。

[样例题目]In the _______ of the meeting, he made an important announcement.A. presenceB. absenceC. silenceD. chaos[样例答案]A2. 根据句子结构，选择正确的语法形式。

[样例题目]If she _______ earlier, she would have caught the train.A. leavesB. leftC. is leavingD. had left[样例答案]D四、完形填空（共15分）[样例题目]阅读下面的短文，从所给选项中选择最佳答案填空。

[此处为短文正文][样例选项]A. 选项AB. 选项BC. 选项CD. 选项D[样例答案]1. B2. A3. D...10. C五、翻译（共15分）1. 将下列句子从中文翻译成英文。