1998年大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案.docx

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1998年大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案

1998年6月大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案

PartI ListeningComprehension （20minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear10shortconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionwillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Example:

Youwillhear:

Youwillread:

A）2hours.

B）3hours.

C）4hours.

D）5hours.

Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoweretalkingaboutsomeworktheywillstartat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,D）“5hours”isthecorrectanswer.Youshouldchoose[D]ontheAnswerSheetandmarkitwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D]

1. 

A）Theyaretwins.

B）Theyareclassmates.

C）Theyarefriends.

D）Theyarecolleagues.

2. 

A）ThemanisplanningatriptoAustin.

B）ThemanhasnotbeentoAustinbefore.

C）Themandoesn’tlikeAustin.

D）ThemanhasbeentoAustinbefore.

3. 

A）Thesizeoftheroom.

B）Longworkinghours.

C）Thehotweather.

D）Thefanintheroom.

4. 

A）Themanhaschangedhisdestination.

B）Themanisreturninghisticket.

C）ThemanisflyingtoNewYorktomorrowmorning.

D）Themancan’tmanagetogotoNewYorkasplanned.

5. 

A）Itisdifficulttoidentify.

B）Ithasbeenmisplaced.

C）Itismissing.

D）Ithasbeenborrowedbysomeone.

6. 

A）Lookingforatimetable.

B）Buyingsomefurniture.

C）Reservingatable.

D）Windowshopping.

7. 

A）Coldandwindy.

B）Snowwillbereplacedbystrongwinds.

C）Itwillgetbetter.

D）Rainyandcold.

8. 

A）Itisnolongeravailable.

B）Ithasbeenreprintedfourtimes.

C）Thestoredoesn’thaveitnow,butwillhaveitsoon.

D）Theinformationinthebookisoutofdate.

9. 

A）Henrydoesn’tlikethecolor.

B）Someoneelsepaintedthehouse.

C）Therewasnoladderinthehouse.

D）Henrypaintedthehousehimself.

10. 

A）Inacottonfield.

B）Atarailwaystation.

C）Onafarm.

D）Onatrain.

SectionB

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear3shortpassages.Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhearsomequestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Passageone

Question11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

11. 

A）Theyinvitedhimtoaparty.

B）Theyaskedhimtomakeaspeech.

C）Theygaveaspecialdinnerforhim.

D）Theyinvitedhiswifetoattendthedinner.

12. 

A）Hewasembarrassed.

B）Hefeltgreatlyencouraged.

C）Hefeltsad.

D）Hewasdeeplytouched.

13. 

A）Sam’swifedidnotthinkthatthecompanywasfairtoSam.

B）Sam’swifewassatisfiedwiththegoldwatch.

C）Samdidnotlikethegoldwatch.

D）Thecompanyhadsomefinancialproblems.

PassageTwo

Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

14. 

A）Thenumberofstudentstheytakeinislimited.

B）Theyreceivelittleornosupportfrompublictaxes.

C）Theyareonlyopentochildrenfromrichfamilies.

D）Theyhavetopaymoretaxes.

15. 

A）Privateschoolsadmitmorestudents.

B）Privateschoolschargelessthanreligiousschools.

C）Privateschoolsrunavarietyofprograms.

D）Privateschoolsallowstudentstoenjoymorefreedom.

16. 

A）Thechurches.

B）Theprogramdesigners.

C）Thelocalauthorities.

D）Thestategovernment.

PassageThree

Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

17. 

A）Shewasfoundstealinginabookstore.

B）Shecaughtsomeoneintheactofstealing.

C）Sheadmittedhavingstolensomething.

D）Shesaidshewaswronglyaccusedofstealing.

18. 

A）Abook.

B）$3,000.

C）Ahandbag.

D）AChristmascard.

19. 

A）Shewasquestionedbythepolice.

B）Shewasshutinasmallroomfor20minutes.

C）Shewasinsultedbytheshopperaroundher.

D）Shewasbody-searchedbythestoremanager.

20. 

A）Theyrefusedtoapologizeforhavingfollowedherthroughthetown.

B）Theyregrettedhavingwronglyaccusedherofstealing.

C）Theystillsuspectedthatshewasathief.

D）Theagreedtopayher$3,000damages.

PartII ReadingComprehension （35minutes）

Direction:

 Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）C）andD）.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

PassageOne

Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

　　PsychologistGeorgeSpilichandcolleaguesatWashingtonCollegeinChestertown,Maryland,decidedtofindoutwhether,asmanysmokerssay,smokinghelpsthemto“thinkandconcentrate.”Spilichputyoungnon-smokers,activesmokersandsmokersdeprived（被剥夺）ofcigarettesthroughaseriesoftests.

　　Inthefirsttest,eachsubject（试验对象）satbeforeacomputerscreenandpressedakeyassoonasheorsherecognizedatargetletteramongagroupingof96.Inthissimpletest,smokers,deprivedsmokersandnon-smokersperformedequallywell.

　　Thenexttestwasmorecomplex,requiringalltoscansequencesof20identicallettersandrespondtheinstantoneoftheletterstransformedintoadifferentone.Non-smokerswerefaster,butunderthestimulationofnicotine（尼古丁）,activesmokerswerefasterthandeprivedsmokers.

　　Inthethirdtestofshort-termmemory,non-smokersmadethefewesterrors,butdeprivedsmokerscommittedfewererrorsthanactivesmokers.

　　Thefourthtestrequiredpeopletoreadapassage,thenanswerquestionsaboutit.Non-smokersremembered19percentmoreofthemostimportantinformationthanactivesmokers,anddeprivedsmokersbestedthosewhohadsmokedacigarettejustbeforetesting.Activesmokerstendednotonlytohavepoorermemoriesbutalsohadtroubleseparatingimportantinformationfrominsignificantdetails.

　　“Asourtestsbecamemorecomplex.”SumsupSpilich,“non-smokersperformedbetterthansmokersbywiderandwidermargins”Hepredicts,“smokersmightperformadequatelyatmanyjobs-untiltheygotcomplicated.Asmokingairlinepilotcouldflyadequatelyifnoproblemsarose,butifsomethingwentwrong,smokingmightdamagehismentalcapacity.”

21. ThepurposeofGeorgeSpilich’sexperimentsis________.

 A）totestwhethersmokinghasapositiveeffectonthementalcapacityofsmokers

 B）toshowhowsmokingdamagespeople’smentalcapacity

 C）toprovethatsmokingaffectspeople’sregularperformance

 D）tofindoutwhethersmokinghelpspeople’sshort-termmemory

22. GeorgeSpilich’sexperimentwasconductedinsuchawayasto__________.

 A）compelthesubjectstoseparatemajorinformationfromminordetails

 B）putthesubjectsthroughincreasinglycomplextests

 C）checktheeffectivenessofnicotineonsmokers

 D）registerthepromptresponsesofthesubjects

23. Theword“bested”（Line3,Para.5）mostprobablymeans_________.

 A）beat

 B）envied

 C）caughtupwith

 D）madethebestof

24. Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

 A）Activesmokersingeneralperformedbetterthandeprivedsmokers.

 B）Activesmokersrespondedmorequicklythantheothersubjects.

 C）Non-smokerswerenotbetterthanothersubjectsinperformingsimpletasks.

 D）Deprivedsmokersgavetheslowestresponsestothevarioustasks.

25. Wecaninferfromthelastparagraphthat________.

 A）smokersshouldnotexpecttobecomeairlinepilots

 B）smokinginemergencycasescausesmentalillness

 C）noairlinepilotssmokeduringflights

 D）smokersmayproveunequaltohandingemergencycases

PassageTwo

Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

　　Thereisnodenyingthatstudentsshouldlearnsomethingabouthowcomputerswork,justasweexpectthematleasttounderstandthattheinternal-combustionengine（内燃机）hassomethingtodowithburningfuel,expandinggasesandpistons（活塞）beingdriven.Forpeopleshouldhavesomebasicideaofhowthethingsthattheyusedowhattheydo.Further,studentsmightbehelpedbyacoursethatconsidersthecomputer’simpactonsociety.Butthatisnotwhatismeantbycomputerliteracy.Forcomputerliteracyisnotaformofliteracy（读写能力）;itisatradeskillthatshouldnotbetaughtasaliberalart.

　　Learninghowtouseacomputerandlearninghowtoprogramonearetwodistinctactivities.Acasemightbemadethatthecompetentcitizensoftomorrowshouldfreethemselvesfromtheirfearofcomputers.Butthisisquitedifferentfromsayingthatalloughttoknowhowtoprogramone.Leavethattopeoplewhohavechosenprogrammingasacareer.Whileprogrammingcanbelotsoffun,andwhileoursocietyneedssomepeoplewhoareexpertsatit,thesameistrueofautorepaidandviolin-making.

　　Learninghowtouseacomputerisnotthatdifficult,anditgetseasierallthetimeasprogramsbecomemore“user-friendly”.Letusassumethatinthefutureeveryoneisgoingtohavetoknowhowtouseacomputertobeacompetentcitizen.Whatdoesthephrase“learningtouseacomputer”mean?

Itsoundslike“learningtodriveacar”,thatis,itsoundsasifthereissomesetofdefiniteskillsthat,onceacquired,enableonetouseacomputer.

　　Infact,“learningtouseacomputer”ismuchmorelike“learningtoplayagame”,butlearningtherulesofonegamemaynothelpyouplayasecondgame,whoserulesmaynotbethesame.Thereisnosuchathingasteachi