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CET试题及答案

CET4_2003年1月试题及答案

PartI ListeningComprehension （20minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

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

Example:

 Youwillhear:

 Youwillread:

A）Attheoffice.

B）Inthewaitingroom.

C）Attheairport.

D）Inarestaurant.

Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoweretalkingaboutsomeworktheywillstartat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,A）“Attheoffice”isthecorrectanswer.Youshouldchoose[A]ontheAnswerSheetandmarkitwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

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

1. A）TheyarebothanxioustotryItalianfood.

 B）Theyarelikelytohavedinnertogether.

 C）Themanwilltreatthewomantodinnertonight.

 D）Thewomanrefusedtohavedinnerwiththeman.

2. A）It’sonlyforrent,notforsale.

 B）It’snotasgoodasadvertised.

 C）It’sbeingredecorated.

 D）It’snolongeravailable.

3. A）Colleagues.

 B）Husbandandwife.

 C）Employerandemployee.

 D）Motherandson.

4. A）Shecontactsherparentsoccasionally.

 B）Shephonesherparentsregularlyatweekends.

 C）Shevisitsherparentsatweekendswhenthefaresaredown.

 D）Sheoftencallherparentsregardlessoftherates.

5. A）Thenextbusiscomingsoon.

 B）Thebuswillwaitafewminutesatthestop.

 C）Thereareonlytwoorthreepassengerswaitingforthebus.

 D）Theycancatchthisbuswithoutrunning.

6. A）Theassignmentlookseasybutactuallyit’squitedifficult.

 B）Theassignmentistoodifficultforthemtocompleteontime.

 C）TheycannotfinishtheassignmentuntilThursday.

 D）Theyhaveplentyoftimetoworkontheassignment.

7. A）Themanwillgotomeetthewomanthisevening.

 B）Themanandthewomanhaveanappointmentat7o’clock.

 C）Thewomancan’tfinishmakingthejambefore7o’clock.

 D）Thewomanwon’tbeabletoseethemanthisevening.

8. A）She’slearnedalotfromtheliteratureclass.

 B）She’swrittensomebooksaboutworldclassics.

 C）She’smetsomeoftheworld’sbestwriters.

 D）She’sjustbackfromatriproundtheworld.

9. A）Theexamwaseasierthanthepreviousone.

 B）Joeissurethathewilldobetterinthenextexam.

 C）Joeprobablyfailedintheexam.

 D）Theoralpartoftheexamwaseasierthanthewrittenpart.

10. A）Sheistiredofdrivinginheavytraffic.

 B）Shedoesn’tminditastheroadconditionsaregood.

 C）Sheisunhappytohavetodrivesuchalongwayeveryday.

 D）Sheenjoysitbecauseshe’sgoodatdriving.

SectionBCompoundDictation

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,youarerequiredtofillintheblanksnumberedfromS1toS7withtheexactwordsyouhavejustheard.ForblanksnumberedfromS8toS10youarerequiredtofillinthemissinginformation.Youcaneitherusetheexactwordsyouhavejustheardorwritedownthemainpointsinyourownwords.Finally,whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.

 It’sdifficulttoimaginetheseaeverrunningoutoffish.It’ssovast,sodeep,so（S1）_______.Unfortunately,it’snotbottomless.Over-fishing,（S2）_________withdestructivefishingpractices,iskillingoffthefishand（S3）_________theirenvironment.

 Destroythefish,andyoudestroythefishermen’smeansofliving.Atleast60（S4）_______oftheworld’scommerciallyimportantfish（S5）_________arealreadyover-fished,orfishedtothelimit.Asaresult,governmentshavehadtoclosedownsomeareasofseatocommercialfishing.

 Big,high-techfleets（S6）_________thateverythingintheirpathispulledoutofwater.Anythingtoosmall,orthewrongthing,isthrownbackeitherdeadordying.That’san（S7）_________ofmorethan20millionmetrictonseveryyear.

 （S8）__________________________________________________________________.

 Insomepartsoftheworld,foreverykilogramofprawns（对虾）caught,upto15kilogramsofunsuspectingfishandothermarinewildlifedie,simplyforbeinginthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.

 True,（S9）_______________________________________________________________,thencatchtheminawaythatdoesn’tkillotherinnocentsealife.

PartII ReadingComprehension （35minutes）

Direction:

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

PassageOne

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

 Likemanyofmygeneration,Ihaveaweaknessforheroworship.Atsomepoint,however,weallbegintoquestionourheroesandourneedforthem.Thisleadsustoask:

Whatisahero?

 Despiteimmensedifferencesincultures,heroesaroundtheworldgenerallyshareanumberofcharacteristicsthatinstructandinspirepeople.

 Aherodoessomethingworthtalkingabout.Aherohasastoryofadventuretotellandacommunitywhowilllisten.Butaherogoesbeyondmerefame.

 Heroesservepowersorprincipleslargerthanthemselves.Likehigh-voltagetransformers,heroestaketheenergyofhigherpowersandstepitdownsothatitcanbeusedbyordinarypeople.

 Theherolivesalifeworthyofimitation.Thosewhoimitateagenuineheroexperiencelifewithnewdepth,enthusiasm,andmeaning.Asuretestforwould-beheroesiswhatorwhomdotheyserve?

Whataretheywillingtoliveanddiefor?

Iftheanswerorevidencesuggeststheyserveonlytheirownfame,theymaybefamouspersonsbutnotheroes.MadonnaandMichaelJacksonarefamous,butwhowouldclaimthattheirfansfindlifemoreabundant?

 Heroesarecatalysts（催化剂）forchange.Theyhaveavisionfromthemountaintop.Theyhavetheskillandthecharmtomovethemasses.Theycreatenewpossibilities.WithoutGandhi,IndiamightstillbepartoftheBritishEmpire.WithoutRosaParksandMartinLutherKing,Jr.,wemightstillhavesegregated（隔离的）buses,restaurants,andparks.Itmaybepossibleforlarge-scalechangetooccurwithoutleaderswithmagneticpersonalities,butthepaceofchangewouldbeslow,thevisionuncertain,andthecommitteemeetingsendless.

11. Althoughheroesmaycomefromdifferentcultures,they_______.

 A）generallypossesscertaininspiringcharacteristics

 B）probablysharesomeweaknessesofordinarypeople

 C）areofteninfluencedbypreviousgenerations

 D）allunknowinglyattractalargenumberoffans

12. Accordingtothepassage,heroesarecomparedtohigh-voltagetransformersinthat____.

 A）theyhaveavisionfromthemountaintop

 B）theyhavewarmfeelingsandemotions

 C）theycanserveasconcreteexamplesofnobleprinciples

 D）theycanmakepeoplefeelstrongerandmoreconfident

13. MadonnaandMichaelJacksonarenotconsideredheroesbecause________.

 A）theyarepopularonlyamongcertaingroupsofpeople

 B）theirperformancesdonotimprovetheirfansmorally

 C）theirprimaryconcernistheirownfinancialinterests

 D）theyarenotclearabouttheprinciplestheyshouldfollow

14. GandhiandMartinLutherKingaretypicalexamplesofoutstandingleaderswho_____.

 A）aregoodatdemonstratingtheircharmingcharacters

 B）canmovethemasseswiththeirforcefulspeeches

 C）arecapableofmeetingallchallengesandhardships

 D）canprovideananswertotheproblemsoftheirpeople

15. Theauthorconcludesthathistoricalchangeswould______.

 A）bedelayedwithoutleaderswithinspiringpersonalqualities

 B）nothappenwithoutheroesmakingthenecessarysacrifices

 C）takeplacefftherewereheroestoleadthepeople

 D）produceleaderswithattractivepersonalitiesB）

PassageTwo

Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

 Accordingtoasurvey,whichwasbasedontheresponsesofover188,000students,today’straditional-agecollegefreshmenare“morematerialisticandlessaltruistic（利他主义的）”thanatanytimeinthe17yearsofthepoll.

 Notsurprisinginthesehardtimes,thestudent’smajorobjective“istobefinanciallywelloff.Lessimportantthaneverisdevelopingameaningfulphilosophyoflife.”Itfollowsthenthattodaythemostpopularcourseisnotliteratureorhistorybutaccounting.

 Interestinteaching,socialserviceandthe“altruistic”fieldsisatalow.Ontheotherhand,enrollmentinbusinessprograms,engineeringandcomputerscienceiswayup.

 That’snosurpriseeither.Afriendofmine（asalesrepresentativeforachemicalcompany）wasmakingtwicethesalaryofhercollegeinstructorsherfirstyearonthejob-evenbeforeshecompletedhertwo-yearassociatedegree.

 Whileit’struethatweallneedacareer,itisequallytruethatourcivilizationhasaccumulatedanincredibleamountofknowledgeinfieldsfarremovedfromourownandthatwearebetterforourunderstandingoftheseothercontributionsmbetheyscientificorartistic.Itisequallytruethat,instudyingthediversewisdomofothers,welearnhowtothink.Moreimportant,perhaps,educationteachesustoseetheconnectionsbetweenthings,aswellastoseebeyondourimmediateneeds.

 Weeklywereadofunionswhowentonstrikeforhigherwages,only