1991年英语四级真题及答案Word下载.docx

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

1.A）Shepaid￥40.00forthecoat.

B）Herhusbandpresentedittoherasagift.

C）Sheboughtthecoatonherfortiethbirthday.

D）Herfriendsentittoherasabirthdaygift.（B）

2.A）Tokeephisoldcarandgetanewone.

B）Toleaveitinthegaragetoberepaired.

C）Tosellhiscarforanewone.

D）Togethiscarrepairedlater.（C）

3.A）Husbandandwife.

B）Fatheranddaughter.

C）Doctorandpatient.

D）Teacherandstudent.（C）

4.A）Themanwenttotheconcert,butthewomandidn’t.

B）Thewomanwenttotheconcert,butthemandidn’t.

C）Thespeakersdidnotgototheconcert.

D）Bothspeakerswenttotheconcert.（C）

5.A）AnEnglishtextbook.

B）AChinesetextbook.

C）Achemistryhook.

D）Ahistorybook.（D）

6.A）Thewomangoestoschoolduringthedayandworksatnight.

B）Thewomanhastoworktosupportherself.

C）Thewoman’sclassesarenotdifficult.

D）Thewomanstudiesatnight.（D）

7.A）Shefeelsthathewon’tacceptanything.

B）She’ssurehealreadyhasapocketcalculator.

C）Shethinkshehasalmosteverythinghewants.

D）She’safraidhewantsmorethanshecanafford.（C）

8.A）Tomsurvivedtheaccident.

B）Tomwaskilledintheaccident.

C）SomeonesavedTom’slife.

D）ItdidlittledamagetoTom’scar.（A）

9.A）Thetrainiscrowded.

B）Thetrainislate.

C）Thetrainisempty.

D）Thetrainisontime.（B）

10.A）No,alltheroomsaretaken.

B）Yes,thereisadoubleroom.

C）Yes,therearesomesparerooms.

D）Yes,thereisasingleroom.（A）

SectionB

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

PassageOne

Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

11.A）Herhusbandhadgotahigherposition.

B）Herhusbandhadlosthisjob.

C）Shewantedtohaveacleanerhouse.

D）ShewantedtomovetoNewYork.（A）

12.A）Histelephonewentoutoforder.

B）Thebuyershadtoleavesoon.

C）Hebegantoworkat8a.m.

D）Hehadmadeanappointmentwithherfor8a.m.（B）

13.A）Toreturntheshoestothestore.

B）Topaythemanageravisit.

C）Tobuymoreofthe12-dollarshoes.

D）Tocomplainaboutthepriceoftheshoes.（D）

14.A）12dollars

B）20dollars

C）Lessthan12dollars

D）Morethan12dollars（B）

PassageTwo

Questions15to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

15.A）Shortandcool.

B）Longandcool.

C）Longandhot.

D）Shortandhot.（B）

16.A）Becausethepricewastoohigh.

B）BecauseAlaskahasanextremelycoldwinter.

C）BecausetheythoughtAlaskawasauselessland.

D）Becausetheclimaticdifferencethereistoogreat.（C）

17.A）No,onlyafewbecamerich.

B）No,nonebecamerich.

C）No,veryfewpeoplehadactuallyfoundgold.

D）Yes,hundredsofthousandsofpeoplebecamerich.（A）

PassageThree

Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

18.A）Shewasdrivingalongacountryroad.

B）Shewaslyingnearalonelyroad,trembling.

C）Shewaslyinginahospitalbed.

D）Shewastellinganastonishingstorytoadoctor.（D）

19.A）Shefaintedduetotheeffectsofsomedrug.

B）Shewasstoppedbyapolicemanandtreatedrudely.

C）Shewasattackedbyrobbers.

D）Shewasstoppedandforcedtoenteraflyingsaucer.（A）

20.A）Thewomenmadeupanastonishingstory.

B）Thewomenhadintendedtoleaveherhusbandwithoutaword.

C）Thewomenhadbeentakenoverathousandmilesawayfromherhome.

D）Thewomenhadbeendishonesttoherhusband.（D）

PartIIReadingComprehension（35minutes）

Thereare4readingpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Theaimoftheteacheristogethispupilsasquicklyaspossibleovertheperiodinwhicheachprintedsymbolislookedatforitsshape,andarriveatthestagewhenthepupillooksatwordsandphrases,fortheirmeaning,almostwithoutnoticingtheshapesoftheseparateletters.

Whenagoodreaderisatworkhedoesnotlookatletters,norevenatwords,onebyone,however,hequicklytakesinthemeaningoftwo,three,orfourwordsatatime,inasinglemoment.Watchcarefullytheeyesofapersonwhoisreading,anditwillbeseenthattheydonottravelsmoothlyalongthelinesofprint,buttheymovebyjumpsseparatedbyveryshortstops.Theeyesofaverygoodreadermovequickly,takinglongjumpsandmakingveryshorthalts（停顿）;

theeyesofapoorreadermovemoreslowly,takingonlyshortjumpsandstoppinglongerateachhalt.Sometimes,whenhemeetsadifficulty,heevengoesbackwardstoseeagainwhathasalreadybeenlookedatonce.

Theteacher’staskisthereforeclear:

itistotrainhispupilstotakeinseveralwordsataglance（oneeye-jump’）andtoremovethenecessityforgoingbackwardstoreadsomethingasecondtime.

Thisshowsatoncethatletter-by-letter,orsyllable-by-syllable,orword-by-wordreading,withthefingerpointingtotheword,carefullyfixingeachoneinturn,iswrong.Itiswrongbecausesuchamethodtiesthepupil’seyesdowntoaveryshortjump,andtheaimistotrainforthelongjump.Moreover,averyshortjumpistooshorttoprovideanymeaningorsense;

anditwillbefoundthathavingstruggledwiththreeorfourwordsseparately,thepupilhastolookatthemagain,alltogetherandinonegroup,inordertogetthemeaningofthewholephrase.

21.Whichofthefollowingisclosestinmeaningtothefirstparagraph?

A）Pupilsshouldbetrainedtoreachquicklythestageofreadingwithouthavingtoconcentrateontheseparatesymbols.

B）Pupilsshouldlookateachprintedsymbolforitsmeaningaswellasforitsshape.

C）Teachersshouldhelptheirpupilsavoidlookingattheshapeoftheprintedsymbols.

D）Teachersshouldtelltheirpupilsthedifferentstagesoftheirstudy.（B）

22.Inasinglemoment,agoodreaderpicksup________.

A）severalwords

B）severalphrases

C）severalsentences

D）severallines（D）

23.Teachersencouragetheuseofdictionariessothat________.

A）studentswillbeabletoexpresstheirideasmorefreely

B）teacherswillhavelesstroubleincorrectingmistakes

C）studentswillhavemoreconfidenceinwriting

D）studentswilllearntobeindependentofteachers（A）

24.Thewriterseemstothinkthattheteacher’sjudgementonthatsensitivepieceofwritingis________.

A）reasonable

B）unfair

C）foolish

D）careless（B）

25.Themajorpointdiscussedinthepassageis________.

A）theimportanceofdevelopingwritingskills

B）thecomplexitiesofspelling

C）thecorrectwayofmarkingcompositions

D）therelationshipbetweenspellingandthecontentofacomposition（D）

Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Abreakthrough（突破）intheprovisionofenergyfromthesunfortheEuropeanEconomicCommunity（EEC）couldbebroughtforwardbyuptotwodecades,ifamodestincreasecouldbeprovidedintheEEC’sresearcheffortinthisfield,accordingtotheseniorEECscientistsengagedinexperimentsinsolarenergyatEEC’sscientificlaboratoriesatIspra,nearMilan.

TheseniorWestGermanscientistinchargeoftheCommunity’ssolarenergyprogramme,Mr.JoachimGretz,toldjournaliststhatatpresentlevelsofresearchspendingitwasmostunlikelythatsolarenergywouldprovideasmuchasthreepercentoftheCommunity’senergyrequirementsevenaftertheyear2000.Buthesaidthatwithamodestincreaseinthepresent<

sums,devotedbytheEECtothisworkitwaspossiblethatthebreakthroughcouldbeachievedbytheendofthenextdecade.

Mr.GretzcalculatesthatifsolarenergyonlyprovidedthreepercentoftheEEC’sneeds,thiscouldstillproduceasavingofaboutabillionpoundsinthepresentbillforimportedenergyeachyear.AndhebelievesthatwiththepossibilityofutilizingmoreadvancedtechnologyinthisfielditmightbepossibletosatisfyamuchbiggershareoftheCommunity’sfutureenergyneeds.

AtpresenttheEECspendsabout$2.6millionsayearonsolarresearchatIspra,oneoftheEEC’sofficialjointresearchcentres,andanother$3millionsayearinindirectresearchwithuniversitiesandotherindependentbodies.

26.Thephrase“bebroughtforward”（Line2,Para.1）mostprobablymeans________.

A）beexpected

B）becompleted

C）beadvanced

D）beintro