1995年四级.docx

1、1995年四级Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be

2、 a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: You will hear: You will read:A) At the office.B) In the waiting room.C) At

3、the airport.D) In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work. They have to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose answer A on the Answer Sheet and mark

4、 it with a single line through the centre.1. A) Librarian and student. B) Operator and caller. C) Boss and secretary.D) Customer and repairman.2. A) Look for the key. B) Repair the car. C) Fix a shelf.D) Paint a shelf.3. A) To make the woman angry. B) To please the mans mother. C) David is the mans

5、good friend.D) David is good at carrying on conversations.4. A) He must meet his teacher. B) He must attend a class. C) He must go out with his girlfriend.D) He must stay at school to finish his homework.5. A) he wants to pay. B) he doesnt want to eat out. C) He wants to eat somewhere else.D) He doe

6、snt like Japanese food.6. A) he didnt work as hard as he was supposed to. B) He didnt pass the physics exam. C) He did better in an earlier exam.D) he found something wrong with the exam.7. A) He is attending his sick mother at home. B) He is on a European tour with his mother. C) He is at home on s

7、ick leave.D) He is in Europe to see his mother.8. A) They dont know how to get to Mikes home. B) They are discussing when to meet again. C) They went to the same party some time ago.D) They will go to Mikes birthday party.9. A) Five lessons. B) Three lessons. C) Twelve lessons.D) Fifteen lessons.10.

8、 A) Find a larger room. B) Sell the old table. C) Buy two bookshelves.D) Rearrange some furniture.Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you he

9、ar a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) Courses in British history.

10、 B) Language courses. C) Courses in sports.D) Teacher training courses.12. A) To attract more students.B) To make the courses suitable for students of all levels.C) To let the students have a good rest.D) To make the summer school more like a holiday.13. A) Because they all work very hard.B) Because

11、 their teachers are all native speakers of English.C) Because they learn not only in but also out of class.D) Because they are all advanced students.Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. A) Because it takes too long to process all the applications.B) Becaus

12、e its resources are limited.C) Because it is a library for special purposes.D) Because there is a shortage of staff.15. A) Discard his application form.B) Forbid him to borrow any items.C) Cancel his video card.D) Ask him to apply again.16. A) One month.B) One week.C) Two weeks.D) Two months.Passage

13、 Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17. A) Chemicals. B) Vapor. C) Water.D) Gas.18. A) By passing steam over dry ice. B) By turning ordinary ice into steam. C) By heating dry ice.D) By mixing dry ice with ordinary ice.19. A) It takes a longer time to melt. B) It i

14、s lighter to carry. C) It is cleaner to use than ordinary ice.D) It is not so cold as ordinary ice.20. A) In the 1920s. B) In the 1930s. C) In the 1940s.D) In the 1950s.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some question

15、s or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). you should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage oneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:Researchers

16、have established that when people are mentally engaged, biochemical changes occur in the brain that allow it to act more effectively in cognitive (认知的) areas such as attention and memory. This is true regardless of age.People will be alert (警觉的) and receptive (接受能力强的) if they are faced with informat

17、ion that gets them to think about things they are interested in. And someone with a history of doing more rather than less will go into old age more cognitively sound than someone who has not had an active mind.Many experts are so convinced of the benefits of challenging the brain that they are putt

18、ing, the theory to work in their own lives. The idea is not necessarily to learn to memorize enormous amounts of information. says James Fozard, associate director of the national Institute on Aging. Most of us dont need that kind of skill. Such specific training is of less interest than being able

19、to maintain mental alertness. Fozard and others say they challenge their brains with different mental skill, both because they enjoy them and because they are sure that their range of activities will help the way their brains work.Gene Cohen, acting director of the same institute, suggests that peop

20、le in their old age should engage in mental and physical activities individually as well as in groups. Cohen says that we are frequently advised to keep physically active as we age, but older people need to keep mentally active as well. Those who do are more likely to maintain their intellectual abi

21、lities and to be generally happier and better adjusted. The point is, you need to do both, Cohen says. Intellectual activity influences brain-cell health and size.21. People who are cognitively healthy are those _.A) who can remember large amounts of information B) who are highly intelligent C) whos

22、e minds are alert and receptiveD) who are good at recognizing different sounds22. According to Fozards argument people can make their brains work more efficiently by _.A) constantly doing memory work B) taking part in various mental activities C) going through specific trainingD) making frequent adj

23、ustments23. The findings of James and other scientists in their work _.A) remain a theory to be further proved B) have been generally accepted C) have been challenged by many other expertsD) are practiced by the researchers themselves24. Older people are generally advised to _.A) keep fit by going i

24、n for physical activitiesB) keep mentally active by challenging their brainsC) maintain mental alertness through specific trainingD) maintain a balance between individual and group activities25. What is the passage mainly about?A) How biochemical changes occur in the human brain.B) Why people should

25、 keep active not only physically but also mentally.C) How intellectual activities influence brain-cell health.D) Why people should receive special mental training as they age.Passage twoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: Attention to detail is something everyone can and should do

26、especially in a tight job market. Bob Crossley, a human-resources expert notices this in the job applications that come across his desk every day. Its amazing how many candidates eliminate themselves. he says.Resume (简历) arrive with stains. Some candidates dont bother to spell the companys name corr

27、ectly. Once I see a mistake, I eliminate the candidate, Crossley concludes. If they cannot take of these details, why should we trust them with a job?Can we pay too much attention to detail? Absolutely. Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward, To k

28、eep from losing the forest for the trees, says Charles Garfield, associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco, We must constantly ask ourselves how the details were working on fit into the larger picture. If they dont, we should drop them and move to something else.Garfield com

29、pares this process to his work as a computer scientist at NASA. The Apollo II moon launch was slightly off-course 90 percent of the time. Says Garfield, But a successful landing was still likely because we knew the exact coordinates of our goal. This allowed us to make adjustments as necessary. Know

30、ing where we want to go helps us judge the importance of every task we undertake.Too often we believe what accounts for others success is some special secret or a lucky break (机遇). But rarely is success so mysterious. Again and again, we see that by doing little things within our grasp well, large r

31、ewards follow.26. According to the passage, some job applicants were rejected _.A) because of their carelessness as shown in their failure to present a clean copy of a resumeB) because of their inadequate education as shown in their poor spelling in writing a resumeC) because they failed to give detailed description of their background in their applicationsD) because they eliminated their names from the applicants list themselves27. The word perfectionists (para. 3, Line) refers to those who _.A) demand others to get everything absolutely rightB) know how to adjust their g