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大学英语四级期末试卷Part I: Multiple choice 20%Directions:For each of the following blanks, four choices are given. Choose the best word or phrase for each blank and mark A, B, C, or D on Answer Sheet.1.Now that we’ve got a loan from the bank, our project is financially _____.A. constructiveB. feasibleC. favorableD. stiff2. Due to his recent failure to meet the deadline, Jason is ____ from the list for promotion..A. eliminatedB. retreatedC. priedD. wrenched3. We need someone really ____ who can organize the office and make it run smoothly..A. crucialB. realisticC. essentialD. efficient4.I am pleased to hear of your job offer-all that hard work at school has obviously __.A. paid offB. taken its tollC. made a differenceD. shown up5.As a reporter, I was paid to __ into other people’s lives.A. pryB. convertC. blurtD. carve6.The mayor promised to trim the city budget without cutting ___ services..A.essentialB. appropriateC. equivalent D. lucrative7. The doctor ___ Billy’s operation with x-rays and special exercises to make him stronger.A. went afterB. followed upC. started upD. took on8.A firm might sometimes sell at a loss to drive a competitor out of business, and__ increase itsmarket power.A. thereforeB. therebyC. henceD. further9. You can ___ the video camera on a tripod (三脚架)，so that you don’t have to worry aboutholding it steady while you ask questions.A. withstandB. mountC. implementD. dwell10. AIDS activists permanently changed and shortened America’s ___process for testing andapproving new drugs of all kinds, for all diseases.A. efficientB. stagnantC. intricateD. appropriate11.___ students should be motivated by a keen interest in theatre and should have somefamiliarity with plays in production..A. prospectiveB. responsibleC. ethnicD. realistic12.However, the new law, once passed, will ___ the Bridlintong agreement illegal by givingworkers the right to join unions of their choice..A. convertB. renderC. cancelD. eliminate13.This course focuses on the ____ of economic analysis to the problems of inflation,unemployment, the balance of payments and enterprise behaviour.A. conceptionB. combinationC. applicationD. introduction14.The aircraft base is protected with specially designed shelters which are built to ___ground and air attacks.unchB. withstandC. contestD. contend15.Our postgraduate students are fully integrated into the departmental research __ and, inaddition, participate in the Postgraduate Education Programme.A. cooperationB. endeavorC. administrationD. network16.The camps are not usually tent-type camps. They are mostly long-established, ___structures, often with strange Indian names.A. permanentB. historicalC. monotonousD. raw17.Don’t let his criticism____ you; he belongs to the ki nd of people who take delight infinding fault with others’ work.A. discourageB. concernC. dictateD. paralyze18.Under normal circumstance the body can ___ these naturallyoccurring substances intovitamins.A. convertB. renderC. deriveD. originate19.“Hi, John, could you show me how to___ graphics (图表) with text on the same screen?”A. fuseB. cloneC. mergeD. mingle20.The thought of dying slowly and painfully ___ me. I really can’t understand why so manypeople are opposed to euthanasia ( 安乐死)..A. terrifiesB. cursesC. puzzlesD. injuresPart II: Fill in the blanks. 20%Directions: Choose the correct answer from the table and fill in the blanks.1.My teacher _______ me on the back for getting top marks for my English essay..2.Radio astronomy seems to ___ the best hopes of obtaining evidence of extraterrestrialbeings.3.The painter’s unique and intriguing designs have caught hold of the imagination ofhundreds of students who are fascinated by her ___ patterns and color schemes..4.Unlike a book, you cannot ___ through a video in the shop, so its content remains amystery until after you have purchased it and taken it home.5.True, I do not hold an MBA degree, but I can at least ___ many years of experience as thechief executive of a successful high-tech economy.6.Special assistance and counseling are available to veterans, migrant workers, youths, olderpersons, women, and the _________.7.Many women choose to have pregnancy screenings and may ___ for abortion if evidenceof handicap is revealed.8.They stopped at Paris___ from Rome to London, spending one day visiting the sights.9. A few days later, the space shuttle Discovery and its five-member ___ made a spectacularnight liftoff to carry into orbit a secret military satellite designed to monitor (监听) the radio communications of certain foreign countries.10.The introduction of gunpowder technologies from China resulted in the manufacture ofguns, ___ reducing the effectiveness of heavy shields (盾牌) and massive stone fortifications (防御工事).11.The shootings that recently took place in Washington area _____ a serious threat to thepersonal safety of local residents.12.The Security Council (安全理事会) of the United Nations has 15 members; five of whichhold ___ seats..13.A thousand words will not leave so deep a (n) ___ as one single deed..14.The second ___ of the project is said to begin sometime next year following thecompletion of the building of the dam.15.In a ___ system of government the different states or provinces of the country haveimportant powers to make their own laws and decisions.16.Mark Twain’s novels have been praised for their attack on the social evils of the day andtheir ____ and realistic description of life on the Mississippi River.17.Love is something ___; the aspect may change, but not the essence.18.Neither a wise nor a brave man will lie down on the tracks of history to wait for the train ofthe future to ____ him.19.People who are caught drinking and driving can expect little ___ from the courts.20.Civil service careers offer some of the most rewarding job opportunities you can find, butto ___ you need to pass an exam.Part III: Reading 30%Directions: Read the following passages and choose the correct answer according to the passage.Passage 1I study political violence for a living., yet I, too, am shaken and unsure how to react. As I sit here today in my office, only a few miles from the still-burning Pentagon, images of the slaughter in my native New York dominate my thoughts. It makes it hard to concentrate onwork, and it makes the everyday things seem so trivial. Only now, twenty-four hours after the tragedy began to unfold, have I begun to realize how this has affected me on so many levels.As an American, I feel threatened and confused, where only yesterday I felt proud and invincible (不可战胜的). As a citizen of the global community, I have been shocked into the reality of the reach of global terrorism. As a human being, I am appalled at the cruelty and inhumanity of these acts of terrorism. As someone who hopes to understand unspeakable acts, I am at a loss to understand this one, perhaps because it hits so close to home.I know only these things: Someone, for some reason, has decided to strike at the United States. Despite the many people killed, the intended target of this attack was American power. The goal was to strike a paralyzing fear into the hearts and minds of all citizens of the U.S., and perhaps its allies as well. Thus, we—all of us—are the real targets of this attack. This explains why many of us, even those of us who were not near the attacks, or who knew no one affected by them, felt this tragedy so deeply.Yet we must not succumb to fear, for if we do the terrorists have won. Surely our lives will be different now. We may be more aware, more inconvenienced, more insecure. But we must learn to deal with this tragedy and to move on, to live our lives as fully and as entirely as before.I came to my office today, even though classes here have been cancelled, to live my life as normally as possible, for to do so in the face of yesterday’s terrorist attacks is itself an act of defiance.1.How did the author feel following the terrorist attack?a)He felt proud and invincible because Americans did not succumb to fear.b)He felt relieved because no one dear to him was injured.c)He felt sorry for those killed or injured in the tragedy.d)He felt threatened and confused because he couldn’t understand it.2.The “unspeakable acts” (Line 4, Para 2) the author hopes to understand are _____.a)acts of political violenceb)acts of attacks for unknown reasonsc)acts of ward)acts of murder3.We can infer from the passage that the author ____a)did not expect global terrorism could hit Americab)had a deep understanding of terrorism even before the attackc)knew that Americans would not succumb to terrorismd)believed that life would go on as before despite the attack4.According to the author, the aim of the terrorist attack is ___.a)to kill as many Americans as possibleb)to make Americans aware of the terrorists’ strengthc)to sow panic among the Americansd)to destroy the vital institutions of the American Government5.The author’s purpose in going to his office on the day following the terrorist attack is ___.a)to give classesb)to discuss the terrorist attack with his colleaguesc)to show defiance by living his life as normally as possibled)to get the latest news of the terrorist attackPassage 2The interview is an important event in the job-hunting process, because the 20 or 30 minutes you spend with the interviewer may determine whether or not you get the particular job you want. Therefore, it is important to remember that your objective during the interview may differ from the objective of the potential employer. You want to make yourself stand out as a whole person who has personal strengths, is well qualified, and should be considered the right person for the job. It is encouraging to know that the interviewer’s task is not to embarrass you or to trip you up, but to hire the right person for the job.Remember, job hunting is very competitive. Anything you can do to enhance your interview techniques will be to your advantage. The following suggestions may help you land the most important job.Your goal in this interview is to make sure your good points get across. The interviewer won’t know them unless you point them out, so try to do this in a factual and sincere manner.Do not make slighting references to former employers or professors. If you have been fired from a job and the interviewer asks about it, be frank in your answer.Show the interviewer that you are interested in the company by asking relevant questions. Ask about responsibilities, working conditions, promotion opportunities and fringe benefits (附加福利) of the job you are interviewing for.If at some point you decide the interview is not going well, do not let your discouragement show. You have nothing to lose by continuing a show of confidence, and you may have much to gain. It may be real, or it may be a test to see how you react to adverse conditions.Some interviewers may bring up salary early in the interview. At this time, you may indicate that you are more interested in a job where you can prove yourself than a specific salary. This politely passes the question back to the interviewer. If the interviewer continues to press, give him a range or suggest the going rate for a particular job. If possible, you should negotiate for salary after you have been offered a job and when you are ready to complete the paperwork.6.To get the job you want, during the interview you should______.a)avoid the interview er’s questions that are designed to trip you upb)remember that you are the best qualified candidatec)make yourself stand out as the right person for the jobd)keep in mind that it determines whether or not you get the particular job you want7.If you did not get along with your former employer, you _____.a)should tell the interviewer franklyb)should not speak ill of himc)should refer to him in a factual mannerd)should never mention it8.When you find the interview is not going well you should ____.a)keep up your confidenceb)bring it to an end as soon as possiblec)tell you interviewer how you react to adverse conditionsd)tell yourself you have much to gain and nothing to lose9.The best time to discuss your salary is ______.a)when you have been offered the jobb)at the end of the interviewc)after you have completed the paperworkd)when the interviewer brings this matter up10.The most important thing to do during an interview is _____.a)to make your strengths understoodb)to show your intense interest in the job you are applying forc)to be frank and sincered)to be natural and confidentPassage 3In the course of my reading I had come across a case where, many years ago, some hunters on our Great Plains organized a buffalo hunt for the entertainment of an English earl (伯爵) and to provide some fresh meat for his use. They had charming sport. They killed seventy-two of those great animals; and ate part of one of them and left the seventy-one to rot. In order to determine the difference between an anaconda and an earl, I had several lambs turned into the anaconda’s cage. The grateful snake immediately crushed one of them and swallowed it, then lay back satisfied. It showed no further interest in the lambs, and no inclination to harm them. I tried this experiment with other anacondas; always with the same result. The fact stood proven that the difference between an earl and an anaconda is that the earl is cruel and the anaconda isn’t; and the earl wantonly (肆无忌惮地) destroyed what he has no use for, but the anaconda doesn’t. This seemed to suggest that the anaconda was not descended from the earl. It also seemed to suggest that the earl was descended from the anaconda, and had lost a good deal in the transition.I was aware that many men who have accumulated more money than they can ever use have shown a hunger for more, and have not hesitated to cheat the ignorant and the helpless out of their poor servings in order to partially satisfy that appetite. I furnished a hundred different kinds of wild and domestic animals the opportunity to accumulate vast stores of food but none of them would do it. The squirrels and bees and certain birds made accumulations, but stoppedwhen they gathered a winter’s supply, and could not be persuaded to add to it either honestly or by trickery. These experiments convinced me that there is this difference between man and the higher animals: he is greedy, they are not.In the course of my experiments I convinced myself that among the animals man is the only one that harbors insults and injuries, broods over (默默沉思) them, waits till a chance offers, then takes revenge. The passion of revenge is unknown to the higher animals.11.By describing the buffalo hunting and his experiment with the anaconda, the author mainlywants to tell his readers that ______a)the anaconda is easily satisfiedb)the earl is capable of committing wanton crueltyc)the earl’s ancestor turned out to be the anacondad)the anaconda does not harm other animals except when it is hungry12.According to the author, in human society, the rich _____.a)tend to accumulate vast stores of foodb)are inclined to gather more richesc)are ready to help the poord)are mostly cheaters13.The author’s experiments with different kinds of animals seem to prove that _______.a)man is the highest animalb)man is superior to animalsc)man is the lowest animald)man is inferior to animals in certain respects14.We learn from the last paragraph that ______.a)love of revenge is a unique characteristic of manb)man is the only animal capable of thinkingc)human beings are capable of insulting and injuring each otherd)man is better at taking chances than animals15.In this passage, the author writes in a(n)_____.a)serious toneb)angry tonec)ironic toned)matter-of-fact tonePart IV. Translation15%Directions: Translate the following sentences into Chinese1.I told him on a cold night like this he’d ought to bundle up so the whole inside of his facewould not catch cold.2.These are vulnerable to weather problems and provide less accurate measurements, butthey do not require special roadway installations, other than well-maintained lanemarkings.3.Of course, one who does not work must not eat unless one can get married, which is called:“being settled at last.”4.Time is not a thing we have lost. It is not a thing we ever had. It is what we live in.5.When you force your mind to summon them, the Indians appear rather doll-like in theradiance of the present moment.Part V. Writing15%Directions: For this part you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic:Coping with Stress.You should write about 120 words and base yourcomposition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:1.随着生活节奏的加快，人们的生活节奏越来越紧张。