英语四级模拟试题及答案111.docx

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英语四级模拟试题及答案111

1990年1月英语四级模拟试题及答案

PartIListeningComprehension（20minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear10shortconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionwillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbepause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithalinethroughthecentre.

Example:

Youwillhear:

Youwillread:

A）Attheoffice.

B）Inthewaitingroom.

C）Attheairport.

D）Inarestaurant.

Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoweretalkingaboutsomeworktheyhadtofinishintheevening.Thisismostlikelytohavetakenplaceattheoffice.Therefore,A）“Attheoffice”isthebestanswer.Youshouldchoose[A]ontheAnswerSheetandmarkitwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

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

1.A）ThemanwantstogotoLosAngeles.

B）ThemanwantstogotoSanFrancisco.

C）TherearenoflightstoLosAngelesfortherestoftheday.

D）TherearetwodirectflightstoLosAngeleswithinthenexttwohours.（A）

2.A）Heenjoyswritinghomeeveryweek.

B）Heneverfailstowriteaweeklyletterhome.

C）Hedoesn’twritehomeonceaweeknow.

D）Hehasbeenaskedtowritehomeeveryweek.（C）

3.A）Becauseshehasgotanappointment.

B）Becauseshedoesn’twantto.

C）Becauseshehastowork.

D）Becauseshewantstoeatinanewrestaurant.（C）

4.A）Theteacherpostponedthemeeting.

B）Therewon’tbeatestthisafternoon.

C）Thestudentswillbeattendingthemeeting.

D）ThestudentswilltakeanEnglishtestthisafternoon.（B）

5.A）Onthewhole,shelikedthefilm.

B）Shedidn’tseethefilm.

C）Thefilmwasveryexciting.

D）Thefilmwasn’tasgoodasshe’dexpected.（D）

6.A）Around5:

00.

B）Around3:

00.

C）At2:

00.

D）At1:

00.（B）

7.A）Hehadtoworkovertime.

B）Hewasheldupintraffic.

C）Hiscarranoutofgas.

D）Hehadatrafficaccident.（B）

8.A）JohnSmithisn’tinrightnow.

B）JohnSmithcan’tcometothephonerightnow.

C）JohnSmithdoesn’twanttospeaktothecaller.

D）Thecallerdialedthewrongnumber.（D）

9.A）Yesterday.

B）Threedaysago.

C）Twodaysago.

D）Earlylastweek.（C）

10.A）Shegotuplaterthanusual.

B）Thebuswaslate.

C）Sheforgotshehadclasses.

D）Herclockwasslow.（A）

SectionB

Directions:

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

PassageOne

Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

11.A）4,000yearsago.

B）3,000yearsago.

C）2,000yearsago.

D）1,000yearsago.（A）

12.A）Thesmallbowlwasputabovethelargebowl.

B）Thelargebowlwasputabovethesmallbowl.

C）Thesmallbowlwasputinsidethelargebowl.

D）Thelargebowlconsistedoftwoequalparts.（A）

13.A）Horsemen.

B）Brassdoors.

C）Dropsofwater.

D）Metalballs.（D）

PassageTwo

Questions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

14.A）TheyarethemostattractivewomeninBritain.

B）Theyarethemostpopularfilmstars.

C）TheyarethefirstwomennewsannouncersonBritishtelevision.

D）TheyappearalmosteverynightinTVplays.（C）

15.A）At10intheevening.

B）At9intheevening.

C）At9inthemorning.

D）At10inthemorning.（A）

16.A）Peoplestilltalkalotaboutit.

B）FewerpeoplewatchedSusan’sprogrammefromthenon.

C）Anna’sphotographsappearedfrequentlyinnewspapers.

D）Thenumberofviewersofherprogrammethatdayincreasedbymillions.（D）

PassageThree

Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

17.A）Itiscompletelyflat.

B）Ithasfewrivers.

C）Ithasmanylargelakes.

D）Itishilly.（D）

18.A）Thesoilhasbeenoverworked.

B）Theclimateiscold.

C）Theweatheristoodry.

D）Thesoilissandy.（A）

19.A）Byraisingcattle.

B）Byworkingonfarms.

C）Byworkinginfactories.

D）Byraisingsheep.（C）

20.A）Atschool.

B）Fromtheirparents.

C）Frombooks.

D）Infactories.（B）

PartIIReadingComprehension（35minutes）

Directions:

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

PassageOne

Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Oceanographyhasbeendefinedas“Theapplicationofallsciencestothestudyofthesea”.

Beforethenineteencentury,scientistswithaninterestintheseawerefewandfarbetween.CertainlyNewtonconsideredsometheoreticalaspectsofitinhiswritings,buthewasreluctanttogotoseatofurtherhiswork.

Formostpeopletheseawasremote,andwiththeexceptionofearlyintercontinentaltravelersorotherswhoearnedalivingfromthesea,therewaslittlereasontoaskmanyquestionsaboutit,letalonetoaskwhatlaybeneaththesurface.Thefirsttimethatquestion“Whatisatthebottomoftheoceans?

”hadtobeansweredwithanycommercialconsequencewaswhenthelayingofatelegraphcablefromEuropetoAmericawasproposed.Theengineershadtoknowthedepthprofile（起伏形状）oftheroutetoestimatethelengthofcablethathadtobemanufactured.

ItwastoMauryoftheUSNavythattheAtlanticTelegraphCompanyturned,in1853,forinformationonthismatter.Inthe1840s,Mauryhadbeenresponsibleforencouragingvoyagesduringwhichsoundings（测声）weretakentoinvestigatethedepthsoftheNorthAtlanticandPacificOceans.Later,someofhisfindingsarousedmuchpopularinterestinhisbookThePhysicalGeographyoftheSea.

Thecablewaslaid,butnotuntil1866wastheconnectionmadepermanentandreliable.Attheearlyattempts,thecablefailedandwhenitwastakenoutforrepairsitwasfoundtobecoveredinlivinggrowths,afactwhichdefiedcontemporaryscientificopinionthattherewasnolifeinthedeeperpartsofthesea.

Withinafewyearsoceanographywasunderway.In1872Thomsonledascientificexpedition（考察）,whichlastedforfouryearsandbroughthomethousandsofsamplesfromthesea.Theirclassificationandanalysisoccupiedscientistsforyearsandledtoafive-volumereport,thelastvolumebeingpublishedin1895.

21.TheproposaltolayatelegraphcablefromEuropetoAmericamadeoceanographicstudiestakeon________.

A）anacademicaspect

B）amilitaryaspect

C）abusinessaspect

D）aninternationalaspect（C）

22.Itwas________thataskedMauryforhelpinoceanographicstudies.

A）theAmericanNavy

B）someearlyintercontinentaltravelers

C）thosewhoearnedalivingfromthesea

D）thecompanywhichproposedtolayanunderseacable（D）

23.TheaimofthevoyagesMaurywasresponsibleforinthe1840swas________.

A）tomakesomesoundingexperimentsintheoceans

B）tocollectsamplesofseaplantsandanimals

C）toestimatethelengthofcablethatwasneeded

D）tomeasurethedepthsofthetwooceans（D）

24.“Defied”inthe5thparagraphprobablymeans“________”.

A）doubted

B）gaveproofto

C）challenged

D）agreedto（C）

25.Thispassageismainlyabout________.

A）thebeginningsofoceanography

B）thelayingofthefirstunderseacable

C）theinvestigationofoceandepths

D）theearlyintercontinentalcommunications（A）

PassageTwo

Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Normallyastudentmustattendacertainnumberofcoursesinordertograduate,andeachcoursewhichheattendsgiveshimacreditwhichhemaycounttowardsadegree.InmanyAmericanuniversitiesthetotalworkforadegreeconsistsofthirty-sixcourseseachlastingforonesemester.Atypicalcourseconsistsofthreeclassesperweekforfifteenweeks;whileattendingauniversityastudentwillprobablyattendfourorfivecoursesduringeachsemester.Normallyastudentwouldexpecttotakefouryearsattendingtwosemesterseachyear.Itispossibletospreadtheperiodofworkforthedegreeoveralongerperiod.Itisalsopossibleforastudenttomovebetweenoneuniversityandanotherduringhisdegreecourse,thoughthisisnotinfactdoneasaregularpractice.

Foreverycoursethathefollowsastudentisgivenagrade,whichisrecorded,andtherecordisavailableforthestudenttoshowtoprospectiveemployers.Allthisimposesaconstantpressureandstrainofwork,butinspiteofthissomestudentsstillfindtimeforgreatactivityinstudentaffairs.Electionstopositionsinstudentorganizationsarousemuchenthusiasm.Theeffectivewordofmaintainingdisciplineisusuallyperformedbystudentswhoadvisetheacademicauthorities.Anystudentwhoisthoughttohavebrokentherules,forexample,bycheatinghastoappearbeforeastudentcourt.Withtheenormousnumbersofstudents,theoperationofthesystemdoesinvolveacertainamountofactivity.Astudentwhohasheldoneofthesepositionsofauthorityismuchrespectedanditwillbeofbenefittohimlaterinhiscareer.

26.Normallyastudentwouldatleastattend________classeseachweek.

A）36

B）20

C）12

D）15（B）

27.AccordingtothefirstparagraphanAmericanstudentisallowed________.

A）toliveinadifferentuniversity

B）totakeaparticularcourseinadifferentuniversity

C）toliveathomeanddrivetoclasses

D）togettwodegreesfromtwodifferentuniversities（B）

28.Americanuniversitystudentsare