1991年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题试卷
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. Both the
conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each
question there will be 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 line
through the centre.
Example:
You will hear:
You will read:
A) At the office.
B) In the waiting room.
C) At the airport.
D) In a restaurant.
From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. There fore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.
Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]
1. A) Bill always comes on time.
B) Bill will be on time.
C) Bill will be late again.
D) Bill won?t come.
2. A) They don?t know how to spend the money they have.
B) They don?t know how to spend the next two weeks.
C) They need money badly.
D) They only have part-time jobs.
3. A) One.
B) Two.
C) Three.
D) Four.
4. A) These figures are not correct.
B) These figures are correct.
C) These figures are probably correct.
D) These figures are probably not correct.
5. A) In October.
B) In April.
C) She isn?t certain.
D) Between April and October.
6. A) Jane speaks three languages.
B) Jane speaks four languages.
C) Jane speaks English only.
D) Jane does not speak English.
7. A) The damage to the store.
B) The possible harm to the people nearby.
C) The punishment given to the crazy man.
D) The reason for the crazy action.
8. A) She is going to give up biology.
B) She spends half of her time on biology.
C) To her, biology is difficult, but math is not.
D) To her, math is even more difficult than biology.
9. A) There was a shower.
B) There was a car accident.
C) There was a fire.
D) There was a heavy snow.
10. A) They are very rewarding.
B) They are too easy.
C) They are inexpensive.
D) They are not worth the trouble.
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 hear 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 14 based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) The speaker?s friend.
B) The speaker.
C) The friend?s mother.
D) The mother?s friend.
12. A) They are strangers.
B) They are neighbours.
C) They are friends.
D) They are old schoolmates.
13. A) To return the shoes to the store.
B) To pay the manager a visit.
C) To buy more of the 12-dollar shoes.
D) To complain about the price of the shoes.
14. A) 12 dollars
B) 20 dollars
C) Less than 12 dollars
D) More than 12 dollars
Passage Two
Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
15. A) Short and cool.
B) Long and cool.
C) Long and hot.
D) Short and hot.
16. A) Because the price was too high.
B) Because Alaska has an extremely cold winter.
C) Because they thought Alaska was a useless land.
D) Because the climatic difference there is too great.
17. A) No, only a few became rich.
B) No, none became rich.
C) No, very few people had actually found gold.
D) Yes, hundreds of thousands of people became rich.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. A) She was driving along a country road.
B) She was lying near a lonely road, trembling.
C) She was lying in a hospital bed.
D) She was telling an astonishing story to a doctor.
19. A) She fainted due to the effects of some drug.
B) She was stopped by a policeman and treated rudely.
C) She was attacked by robbers.
D) She was stopped and forced to enter a flying saucer.
20. A) The women made up an astonishing story.
B) The women had intended to leave her husband without a word.
C) The women had been taken over a thousand miles away from her home.
D) The women had been dishonest to her husband.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions 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 One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
The aim of the teacher is to get his pupils as quickly as possible over the period in which each printed symbol is looked at for its shape, and arrive at the stage when the pupil looks at words and phrases, for their meaning, almost without noticing the shapes of the separate letters.
When a good reader is at work he does not look at letters, nor even at words, one by one however quickly; he takes in the meaning of two, three, or four words at a time, in a single moment. Watch carefully the eyes of a person who is reading, and it will be seen that they do not travel smoothly along the lines of print, but they move by jumps separated by very short stops. The eyes of a very good reader move quickly, taking long jumps and making very short halts (停顿); the eyes of a poor reader move more slowly, taking only short jumps and stopping longer at each halt. Sometimes, when he meets a difficulty, he even goes backwards to see again what has already been looked at once.
The teacher?s task is therefore clear: it is to train his pupils to take in several words at a glance (one eye-jump?) and to remove the necessity for going backwards to read something a second time.
This shows at once that letter-by-letter, or syllable-by-syllable, or word-by-word reading, with the finger pointing to the word, carefully fixing each one in turn, is wrong. It is wrong because such a method ties the pupil?s eyes down to a very short jump, and the aim is to train for the long jump. Moreover, a very short jump is too short to provide any meaning or sense; and it will be found that having struggled with three or four words separately, the pupil has to look at them again, all together and in one group, in order to get the meaning of the whole phrase.
21. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the first paragraph?
A) Pupils should be trained to reach quickly the stage of reading without having to
concentrate on the separate symbols.
B) Pupils should look at each printed symbol for its meaning as well as for its shape.
C) Teachers should help their pupils avoid looking at the shape of the printed
symbols.
D) Teachers should tell their pupils the different stages of their study.
22. In a single moment, a good reader picks up ________.
A) several words
B) several phrases
C) several sentences
D) several lines
23. According to the passage, which of the following is FALSE?
A) The eyes of a good reader make short halts and long jumps.
B) The eyes of a bad reader take in the meaning of one word at a time.
C) The eyes of a bad reader take only short jumps.
D) The eyes of a good reader move steadily.
24. One may have to read something a second time if ________.
A) there is enough time
B) one reads too fast
C) the passage is very long
D) one reads word by word
25. The main idea of the last paragraph is that ________.
A) word-by-word reading is highly inefficient
B) the pupil?s eyes should focus on groups of syllables instead of single syllables
C) pupils have to move their eyes back and forth when reading
D) finger pointing in reading helps the pupil concentrate on meaning
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
Television has changed the lifestyle of people in every Industrialized country in the world. In the United States, where sociologists have studied the effects, some interesting observations have been made.
Television, although not essential, has become an important part of most people?s lives. It alters peoples? ways of seeing the world; in many ways, it supports and sustains (维持) modern life. Television has become a baby-sitter, an introducer of conversations, the major transmitter of culture, a keeper of tradition. Yet when what can be seen on TV in one day is critically analyzed, it becomes evident that television is not a teacher but a sustainer; the poor quality of programming does not elevate (提高) people into greater understanding, but rather maintains and encourages the life as it exists.
The primary reason for the lack of quality in American television is related to both the history of TV programming development and the economics of TV. Television in America began with the radio. Radio companies and their sponsors first experimented with television. Therefore, the close relationship which the advertisers had with radio programs became the system for American TV. Sponsors not only paid money for time within programs, but many actually produced the programs.
Thus, in American society, television is primarily concerned with reflecting and attracting society rather than experimenting with new ideas. Advertisers want to attract the largest viewing audience possible, to do so requires that the programs be entertaining rather than educational, attractive rather than challenging.
Television in America today remains, to a large extent, with the same organization and standards as it had thirty years ago. The hope for further development and true achievement toward improving society will require a change in the entire system.
26. According to the author American television is poor in quality because ________.
A) advertisers are interested in experimenting with new ideas
B) it is still at an early stage of development, compared with the radio
C) the programs have to be developed in the interests of the sponsors for economic
reasons
D) it is controlled by radio companies
27. The second paragraph is mainly about ________.
A) TV as the sustainer of American life
B) TV as the major transmitter of culture
C) the educational effect of TV on society
D) the strong influence and the poor quality of American TV
28. In the author?s view American TV should ________.
A) be critical but entertaining
B) be creative and educational
C) change with the development of society
D) attract as many viewers as possible
29. The author believes that television in the United States has become important to
most people because ________.
A) it promotes family unity
B) it helps them develop their speaking ability
C) it affects their life in many ways
D) it challenges society
30. The author?s attitude towards American television is ________.
A) critical
B) praising
C) doubtful
D) sympathetic
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
“... We are not about to enter the Information Age but instead are rather well into it.”Present predictions are that by 1990, about thirty million jobs in the United States, or about thirty percent of the job market, will be computer-related. In 1980, only twenty-one percent of all United States high schools owned one or more computers for student use. In the fall of 1985, a new survey revealed that half of United States secondary schools have fifteen or more computers for student use. And now educational experts, administrators, and even the general public are demanding that all students become “computer literate (慢点…的).”“By the year 2000 knowledge of computers will be necessary in over eighty percent of all occupations. Soon those people not educated in
computer use will be compared to those who are print illiterate today.”
What is “computer literacy”? The term itself seems to imply soon extent of “knowing” about computers, but knowing what. The current opinion seems to be that this should include a general knowledge of what computers are, plus a little of their history and something of how they operate.
Therefore, it is vital that educators everywhere take a careful look not only at what is being done, but also at what should be done in the field of computer education. Today most adults are capable of utilising a motor vehicle without the slightest knowledge of how the internal-combustion engine works. We effectively use all types of electrical equipment without being able to tell their histories or to explain how they work. Business people for years have made good use of typewriters and adding machines, yet few have ever known how to repair them. Why, then, attempt to teach computers by teaching how or why they work?
Rather, we first must concentrate on teaching the effective use of the computer as the tool is.
“Knowing how to use a computer is what?s going to be important, we don?t talk about …automobile literacy. … We just get in our cars and drive them.”
31. In 1990, the number of jobs having nothing to do with computers in the United
States will be reduced to ________.
A) 79 million
B) 30 million
C) 70 million
D) 100 million
32. The expression “Print illiterate” (Para. 1, Line 16) refers to ________.
A) one who has never learnt printing
B) one who is not computer literate
C) one who has never learnt to read
D) one who is not able to use a typewriter
33. The first paragraph is mainly about ________.
A) recent predictions of computer-related jobs
B) the wide use of computers in schools
C) the urgency of computer education
D) public interest in computers
34. According to the author, the effective way to spread the use of computers is to teach
________.
A) what computers are
B) how to use computers
C) where computers can be used
D) how computers work
35. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) What to teach about computers should be reconsidered.
B) Those who are not educated in computer use will find it difficult to get a job.
C) Human society has already entered the Information Age.
D) Those who want to use computers should know how computers operate.
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
Editor:
While a new school term is about to begin, perhaps we should reconsider the matter of examinations. In July, two writers (Letters to the Editor) praised the cancellation of exams because they believe “tests don?t tell the whole story.”
As a teacher who has worked in four countries, I have had the experience that a student who earns good marks is generally a good student, and that a student?s final mark in a subject is usually a grade average of the year?s work. Of course there are exceptions, but they do not have the frequency that would give an unfair picture of a student?s ability.
The simple fact is that proper class work, diligent exam studies and good marks are almost certain indicators of a student?s future performance. The opposite, almost certainly, incompetence.
There is no acceptable substitute for competition and examination of quality. How can teachers and future officials determine what a student has learned and remembered? Should we simply take the student word for it? Any institution that “liberates” students from fair and formal exams is misguided, if not ignorant. And surely the “graduates” of such institutions will lack trustworthiness, not to mention being rejected by foreign universities for graduate or other studies.
When all is said and done, I sense that a fear of failure and a fear of unpleasant comparison with others is at the bottom of most ban-exams (废除考试) talk. Excellence and quality fear nothing. On the contrary, they seek competition and desire the satisfaction of being the best.
36. Which of the following will the author of this passage probably agree with?
A) Tests are not effective in measuring the students? abilities.
B) Tests are an effective measure of the students? abilities.
C) Tests can only measure some of the students? abilities.
D) Tests may not be useful for measuring students? abilities.
37. The two writers mentioned in the first paragraph ________.
A) opposed judging students by the results of exams
B) must have proposed other ways of testing students
C) regarded exams as a way of punishing students
D) seem to be worried about the poor marks of their students
38. According to the letter, a student?s final mark ________.
A) is often encouraging
B) often gives a fair picture of the year?s work
C) often proves unreliable
D) often tells whether he likes the subject of not
39. If a student graduated from a university which does not require exams he would
________.
A) have to continue his studies
B) have a feeling of failure
C) be incompetent
D) not be admitted by foreign institutions
40. According to the letter, those who dislike the idea of examinations are probably
afraid of ________.
A) competing with other students
B) being graded unfairly
C) working too hard
D) being dismissed from school
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best
completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer
Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. It is not difficult to ________ the idea that machines may communicate information
to us.
A) admit
B) receive
C) accept
D) convince
42. I have not the least ________ of hurting your feelings.
A) concept
B) intention
C) mind
D) purpose
43. As the shortage of certain metals approaches, others must be found to take their
________.
A) share
B) place
C) role
D) shape
44. The new power station is reported ________ within three years.
A) to have completed
B) to have been completed
C) having Been completed
D) to complete
45. Mary is in bed with a fever and she can?t hope to ________ the cold in a few day.
A) get over
B) get away
C) get off
D) get out
46. Although the weather was very had, the buses still ran on ________.
A) list
B) plan
C) schedule
D) arrangement
47. The situation today is obviously quite different from ________ it was only 50 years
ago.
A) what
B) which
C) when
D) such
48. Soon, Americans hope, the rains will return and ease the hardship ________ U.S.
farmers.
A) faced
B) faces
C) facing
D) to face
49. Ever since the family moved to the suburbs last year, they ________ better health.
A) could have enjoyed
B) have been enjoying
C) had enjoyed
D) are enjoying
50. It is much easier to talk about social change than to ________.
A) bring it on
B) bring it about
C) burning it up
D) bring it out
51. Jane was hit on the head by the robber and was knocked ________.
A) mindless
B) unaware
C) brainless
D) unconscious
52. He likes doing some reading at home to the cinema.
A) than to go
B) than going
C) more than going
D) rather than to go
53. ________ neglecting our education, my father sent my brother and me to a summer
school.
A) Accused of
B) Accusing of
C) That he was accused of
D) To be accused of
54. I bought a new house last year, but I ________ my old house yet, so at the moment I
have two houses.
A) did not sell
B) do not sell
C) had not sold
D) have not sold
55. She didn?t regret paying 200 dollars for the bookcase. As a matter or a fact, she
would gladly have paid ________ for it.
A) as much twice
B) much as twice
C) as twice much
D) twice as much
56. By the time you get to Beijing tomorrow, I ________ for Shanghai.
A) am leaving
B) should have left
C) will leave
D) have already left
57. It was essential that all the necessary documents ________ to the president?s office
being the end of this month.
A) be handed in
B) must be handed in
C) should
D) had been handed in
58. The car is quite ________ of petrol.
A) economic
B) economical
C) saving
D) sparing
59. The traffic was very heavy; otherwise I ________ here 50 minutes sooner.
A) would be
B) should be
C) had been
D) would have been
60. ________ his great wealth, he always remained a man of simple tastes.
A) Except for
B) With regard to
C) Despite
D) Although
61. The socks were too small and it was only by ________ them that he managed to get
them on.
A) spreading
B) extending
C) lengthening
D) stretching
62. Language can be defined as a tool by which human beings ________ with one
another.
A) associate
B) connect
C) communicate
D) correspond
63. As a small boy, he was slow ________ learning to read and write.
A) on
B) with
C) in
D) about
64. Tony was ________ a mile of the hotel when he ran out of petrol.
A) within
B) inside
C) about
D) off
65. It has been rather costly to install the machinery, but it will prove to be worth the
money ________.
A) in the long run
B) in conclusion
C) at long last
D) at the end
66. I don?t know why he ________ in the middle of a sentence.
A) broke off
B) broke out
C) broke through
D) broke away
67. I?m sorry Andy didn?t want to go to the conference. ________ willing to go we
would have paid all his expenses.
A) Being
B) Was he
C) He had been
D) Had he been
68. The minister was the person ________.
A) whom the state dinner was given in honour
B) for whom the state dinner was given honour
C) whose honour the state dinner was given
D) in whose honour the state dinner was given
69. The young driver looked over the engine carefully lest it ________ on the way.
A) goes wrong
B) would go wrong
C) went wrong
D) should go wrong
70. John had been working hard and ________.
A) so his brother had
B) so had his brother
C) so was his brother
D) so his brother did
Part IV Close (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should
choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the
corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the
centre.
Albert Einstein is said to have been asked by a student, “what finding helped you
most when you were __71__ the theory of relativity?” Einstein replied without __72__ moment?s hesitation. “Finding how to __73__ about the problem.”
The same __74__ is told about Sir Isaac Newton and __75__ other scientists. We have no proof __76__ any of these well-known conversations __77__ took place, but we are prepared to __78__ that they did, and, if so, that the __79__ was the same one Einstein gave, __80__ this is the “way scientists work __81__ sc ience progresses.”
Scientists usually work toward models of the process of structure they are studying. __82__ we have models of the structure __83__ the universe and of the atom, models of the process __84__ which the genetic (遗传的) pattern is passed from one building block of life to __85__ models of the economic system and __86__ on. Some models are mathematical, but a __87__ does not have to have equations (方程) or even diagrams; the __88__ requirement is no doubt that it __89__ an insight (洞察) into the relationships that determine __90__ something works as it does or how it is put together.
71. A) designing
B) inventing
C) revealing
D) developing
72. A) a
B) the
C) an
D) some
73. A) know
B) learn
C) think
D) argue
74. A) event
B) news
C) story
D) information
75. A) any
B) more
C) few
D) several
76. A) that
B) since
C) which
D) as
77. A) naturally
B) actually
C) eventually
D) regularly
78. A) forget
B) consider
C) believe
D) realize
79. A) question
B) answer
C) conversation
D) topic
80. A) although
B) because
C) unless
D) once
81. A) while
B) or
C) and
D) but
82. A) Otherwise
B) Nevertheless
C) Still
D) Thus
83. A) of
B) in
C) with
D) over
84. A) for
B) by
C) on
D) to
85. A) either
B) other
C) both
D) another
86. A) so
B) later
C) further
D) straight
87. A) structure
B) pattern
C) process
D) model
88. A) urgent
B) important
C) original
D) unnecessary
89. A) provide
B) will provide
C) provided
D) is provided
90. A) when
B) what
C) why
D) whether
Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition about “Bicycle– An Important Means of Transport in China”. You should base
your composition on the following outline:
1. 为什么自行车在中国这样普及。
2. 和汽车比较。
3. 自行车在中国的前途。
Your composition should be no less than 100 words. Remember to write your composition on the Composition Sheet.
Bicycle – An Important Means of Transport In China.
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Part I Listening Comprehension
大学英语四级专项训练——选词填空 （一） Americans are proud of their variety and individualty, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform. Why are uniforms so __1__ in the United States Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more __2__ than civilian（百姓的）clothes. People have become conditioned to __3__ superior quality from a man who wears a uniform. The television repairman who wears a uniform tends to __4__ more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes. Faith in the __5__ of a garage mechanic is increased by a uniform. What an easier way is there for a nurse, a policeman, a barber, or a waiter to __6__ professional identity（身份）than to step out of uniform Uniforms also have many __7__ benefits. They save on other clothes. They save on laundry bills. They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes. Primary among the arguments against uniforms is their lack of variety and the consequent loss of __8__ experienced by people who must wear them. Though there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, without __9__, until retirement. When people look alike, they tend to think, speak, and act __10__, on the job at least. [A]skill [B]popular [C]get [D]change [E]similarly 、[F]professional [G]character [H]individuality [I] inspire [J] differently [K]expect [L]practical [M] recall [N] lose [O] ordinary （二） 、 Psychologists take opposing views of how external rewards, from warm praise to cold cash, affect motivation and creativity. Behaviorists, who study the relation between actions and their consequences, argue that rewards can __1__ performance at work and school. Cognitive( 认识派的) researchers, who study various aspects of mental life, maintain that rewards often destroy creativity by encouraging dependence on __2__ and gifts from others. The latter view has gained many supporters, __3__ among educators. But the careful use of small __4__ rewards speaks creativity in grade school children, suggesting that properly presented inducements( 刺激) indeed __5__inventiveness, according to a study in the June Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. “If kids know they’re working f or a reward and can focus on a relatively __6__ task, they show the most creativity,” says Robert Eisenberger of the University of Delaware in Newark. “But it’s easy to __7__ creativity by giving rewards for poor performance or creating too much anticipation for rewards.
最牛英语口语培训模式：躺在家里练口语，全程外教一对一，三个月畅谈无阻！ 洛基英语，免费体验全部在线一对一课程：https://www.doczj.com/doc/ce3774345.html,/ielts/xd.html（报名网址） In a telephone survey of more than 2，000 adults，21% said they believed the sun revolved (旋转)around the earth. An 71 7% did not know which revolved around 72. I have no doubt that 73 all of these people were 74 in school that the earth revolves around the sun; 75 may even have written it 76 at test. But they never 77 their incorrect mental models of planetary (行星的) 78 because their every day observations didn’t support 79 their teachers told them: People see the sun moving 80 the sky as morning turns to night，and the earth seems stationary (静止的) 81 that is happening. Students can learn the right answers 82 heart in class，and yet never combined them 83 their working models of the world. The objectively correct answer the professor accepts and the 84 personal understanding of the world can 85 side by side，each unaffected by the other. Outside of class，the student continues to use the 86 model because it has always worked well 87 that circumstance. Unless professors address 88 errors in students’personal models of the world，students are not 89 to replace them with the 90 one. 71.A.excessive B. extraC. additionalD. added 72.A.what B. whichC. thatD. other 73.A.virtually B. remarkablyC. ideallyD. preferably 74.A.learned B. suggestedC. taughtD. advised 75.A.those B. theseC. whoD. they 76.A.on B. withC. underD. for 77.A.formed B. alteredC. believedD. thought 78.A.operation B. positionC. motionD. location 79.A.how B. whichC. thatD. what 80.A.around B. acrossC. onD. above 81.A.since B. soC. whileD. for 82.A.to B. byC. inD. with 83.A.with B. intoC. toD. along 84.A.adult’s B. teacher’sC. scientist’sD. student’s 85.A.exist B. occurC. surviveD. maintain 86.A.private B. individualC. personalD. own 87.A.in B. withC. onD. for 88.A.general B. naturalC. similarD. specific 89.A.obliged B. likelyC. probableD. partial 90.A.perfectB. betterC. reasonableD. correct 【答案】： 71.C72.B73.A74.C75.D76.A77.B78.C79.D80.B 81.C82.B 83.A84.D85.A86.C87.A88.D89.B90.D 【答案解析】： 71.C四个答案都有“额外”的意思，但各有偏重。A重在表达“过量、超过正常的部分”;B是“在一类事物之外的额外部分”;D是“外加的”。因此只有C答案符合本题要求：“另外有7%的人不知道是谁绕着谁转。”
2017年12月大学英语四级考试真题及答案（第一套）Part I Writing （25 minutes） Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short easy on how to best handle the relationship between doctors and patients. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening Comprehension （25 minutes） Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard. 1. A) Her friend Erika. C) Her grandfather. B) Her little brother. D) Her grandmother. 2. A) By taking pictures for passers-by. C) By selling lemonade and pictures. B) By working part time at a hospital. D) By asking for help on social media. Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. A) Finding cheaper ways of highway construction. B) Generating electric power for passing vehicles. C) Providing clean energy to five million people. D) Testing the efficiency of the new solar panel. 4. A) They can stand the wear and tear of natural elements. B) They can be laid right on top of existing highways. C) They are only about half an inch thick. D) They are made from cheap materials. Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard. 5. A) Endless fighting in the region. C) Inadequate funding for research. B) The hazards from the desert. D) The lack of clues about the species. 6. A) To observe the wildlife in the two national parks. B) To identify the reasons for the lions’ disappearance. C) To study the habitat of lions in Sudan and Ethiopia.
大学英语四级完形填空解题技巧 通过研究历年考题发现，只要利用好以下技巧大学英语四级完形填空就能拿高分。今天学习啦小编在这里为大家分享大学英语四级完形填空解题技巧，欢迎大家阅读！ 大学英语四级完形填空解题技巧：词汇 1.利用动词词组中的介词或副词确定正确选项如果我们认识某一词组，可根据自 己的判断毫不犹豫地选择你认为是正确的选项。如果不认识或拿不准它们的意义，我 们可以根据动词后边的介词或副词进行推导。 2. 利用固定搭配或习惯用语四级词汇题目涉及对各种短语、固定词组和惯用语的 测试，其所占的比例相当大。测试范围包括动词短语、动词与其他词语构成的习语、 介词短语、形容词短语等。这类词组主要是习惯性和固定搭配用法，不能主观臆测， 也不能随意创造，只能靠死记硬背。 3. 根据邻近原则，利用词语意义的互相联系，确定选择的依据。 (1)选项为名词时，其前后的名词为选择的依据。 (2)选项为动词、动词词组(包括动名词、动词的分词形式)时，其前后的动词、名词、介词为选择依据。 (3)选项为形容词时，可以其前后出现的名词、动词、副词、介词为依据。 (4)选项为副词时，其前后出现的动词、形容词、副词为判断依据。 大学英语四级完形填空解题技巧：语法 熟悉历年考题中常出现的语法考点。分析前后分句间的逻辑等同关系，进行逻辑 推理，从而确定正确选项在完型填空中，句子间的逻辑关系主要包括：表示并列关系 的连接词有and，while等。表示转折关系的连接词有but，however，though，whereas，nevertheless，although，yet，on the contrary，otherwise，on the other hand，after all，for all，still，notwithstanding等。表示顺序关系的连接词有before，after，and，to begin with，first，firstly，second，secondly，next，finally，and so on等。表示解释关系的连接词有that is to say，in other words，to put it another way等。表示因果关系的连接词有so，therefore，thus，because，accordingly，as a result，consequently，hence，for this reason，for，since， as等。表示让步关系的连接词有though，although，despite，in spite of，after all，even though，even if,
大学英语四级考试真题及答案(绝对完整） Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minute to write a short essay on the topic of students selecting their lectures. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given bellow: 1. 越来越多的博物馆免费对外开放的目的是什么？ 2. 也会带来一些问题 3. 你的看法？ Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. How Do You See Diversity? As a manager, Tiffany is responsible for interviewing applicants for some of the positions with her company .During one interview, she noticed that the candidate never made direct eye contact. She was puzzled and somewhat disappointed because she liked the individual otherwise. He had a perfect resume and gave good responses to her questions, but the fact that he never looked her in the eye said “untrustworthy,” so she decided to offer the job to her second choice. “It wasn’t until I attended a diversity workshop that I realized the person we passed over was the perfect person,” Tiffany confesses. What she hadn’t known at the time of the interview was that the candidate’s “different” behavior was simply a cultural misunderstanding . He was an Asian-American raised in a household where respect for those in authority was shown by averting(避开) your eyes. “I was just thrown off by the lack of ye contact; not realizing it was cultural,” Tiffany says. “I missed out ,but will not miss that opportunity again.” Many of us have had similar encounters with behaviors we perceive as different. As the world becomes smaller and our workplaces more diverse, it is becoming essential to expand our under-standing of others and to reexamine some of our false assumptions . Hire Advantage At a time when hiring qualified people is becoming more difficult ,employers who can eliminate invalid biases(偏爱) from the process have a distinct advantage .My company, Mindsets LLC ,helps organizations and individuals see their own blind spots . A real estate recruiter we worked with illustrates the positive difference such training can make .
2019大学英语四级考试阅读专项练习(32) Passage 2 If you are looking for information, library shelves are a good place to start. But if you need up-to-the-minute data or have specialized needs, you may find a computerized database more useful, less expensive, and less time 11 .A database, a file of information on one subject or family of subjects, can be stored and 12 in a computer's memory. The speed of the computer then 13 you to recall any item in this file almost 14 The three main types of databases are statistical, bibliographic, and full text. Statistical databases store 15 amounts of numerical data, such as wage and price indexes, census information, foreign 16 rates and bond prices. Bibliographic databases store references to and summaries of articles in periodicals and newspapers. Full-text databases offer the complex texts of such 17 as newspaper, magazine, and journal articles. Thousands of databases exist today, and their numbers are growing. Many companies have their in-house database, which is 18 to employees through computer terminals or microcomputers. In addition, several hundred commercial databases are now available to the 19 , with literally millions of items of information readily obtainable. These databases 20 specific fields, such as law and financial forecasting, or general information, such as sports and weather data. A. exchange B. public C. instantly D. cover
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历年大学英语四级完形填空真题及其答案 2006年6月大学英语四级完形填空真题及其答案 第四部分、完形填空Part IV Cloze (15 minutes) The part of the environmental movement that draws my firm's attention is the design of cities. buildings and products. When we designed America's first so-called green office building in New York two decades 71, we felt very alone. But today, thousands of people come to green building conferences, and the 72 that buildings can be good for people and the environment will be increasingly influential in years to 73 . Back in 1984 we discovered that most manufactured products for decoration weren't designed for 74 use. The energy-efficient sealed commercial buildings constructed after the 1970s energy crisis 75 indoor air quality problems caused by materials such as paint, wall covering and carpet. So far 20 years. we've been focusing on these materials 76 to the molecules, looking for ways to make them 77 for people and the planet. Home builders can now use materials-such as paints that release significantly _78_ amounts of organic compounds -that don't 79 the quality of the air, water, or soil. Ultimately. 80_, our basic design strategy is focused not simply on being less bad but on creating 81 healthful materials that can be either safely returned to the soil _82_ reused by industry again and again. As a matter of _83, the world's largest carpet manufacturer has already _ 84__ a carpet that is fully and safely recyclable (可循环用的). Look at it this way: No one __85 out to create a building that destroys the planet. But our current industrial systems are } 86 causing these conditions, whether we like it or not. So 87_ of simply trying to reduce the damage, we are _88_ a positive approach. We're giving people high-quality, healthful products and an opportunity to make choices that have a 89 effect on the world. It's not just the building industry, either. 90_ cities are taking these environmentally positive approaches to design, planning and building. Portland, Seattle and Boston have said they want to be green cities. Chicago wants to be the greenest city in the world. 71. A) ago C) before B) off D) away 72. A) practice C) idea B) outlook D) scheme 73. A) go C) arrive B) come D) continue 74. A) indoor C) relevant B) inward D) flexible 75. A) displayed C) exhibited B) discovered D) revealed 76. A) back C) next B) down D) near 77. A) comfortable C) safe B) cautious D) stable 78. A) reduced C) descended B) revised D) delayed 79. A) deny C) dissolve B) depress D) destroy 80. A) besides C) anyhow B) however D) anyway 81. A)partially C) completely B) exactly D) superficially
Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the importance of writing ability and how to develop it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A Directions:In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard. 1. A) Annoyed. B) Scared. C) Confused. D) Offended. 2. A) It crawled over the woman's hands. B) It wound up on the steering wheel. C) It was killed by the police on the spot. D) It was covered with large scales. Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. A) A study of the fast-food service. B) Fast food customer satisfaction. C) McDonald's new business strategies. D) Competition in the fast-food industry. 4. A) Customers' higher demands. B) The inefficiency of employees. C) Increased variety of products. D) The rising number of customers. Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard. 5. A) International treaties regarding space travel programs. B) Legal issues involved in commercial space exploration. C) . government's approval of private space missions. D) Competition among public and private space companies. 6. A) Deliver scientific equipment to the moon. B) Approve a new mission to travel into outer space. C) Work with federal agencies on space programs. D) Launch a manned spacecraft to Mars. 7. A) It is significant. B) It is promising.
大学英语四级完形填空练习20篇 1 Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that goes into the collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo. One of the questions that is always asked of me is (1) I became an animal collector in the first (2). The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos. According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any (3) was not the conventional ―mamma‖ or ―daddy‖, (4) the word ―zoo‖, which I would (5) over and ov er again with a shrill (6) until someone, in groups to (7) me up, would take me to the zoo. When I (8) a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great (9) of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time (10) the countryside in search of fresh specimens to (11) to my collection of pets. (12) on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student (13) , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches, (14) were not easy to keep at home. When I left, I (15) had enough money of my own to be able to (16) my first trip and I have been going (17) ever since then. Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of (18), it is certainly a job which will appeal (19) all those who love animals and (20) .
2019大学英语四级考试阅读专项练习(6) Passage 2 America's most famous woman is the Goddess of Liberty, i. e. the Statue of Liberty. It was first thought of in 1865 by Edouard de Laboulaye and designed by another Frenchman, Frederic Bartoldi. They wanted to 11 liberty and friendship. It was hoped that the monument would be completed by 1876 when America 12 its centennial. Fund raising and the 13 of the statue in France went slowly. It was 1885 when the 214 crates containing the statue reached New York. Americans were initially 14 for they had not raised the money to pay for the erection of the base. Fund raising by popular subscription was behind 15 . One fund raising method used was to have popular Americans write letters which were then sold in public. The base and statue, 16 272 feet tall, were completed in 1886. From a 17 standpoint, the statue is a marvel. The inner structure was designed by the French engineer, Alexandre Eiffel. His design for the stressed copper skin of the statue anticipated many of the 18 utilized in modern aircraft. After a century, the monument began to show signs of getting worse in 19 . Just as Frenchmen had created the Statue, so it was with restoration. A Frenchman noted the decay and French and American craftsmen and contributions brought about the renewal of the Statue in time for its centennial.Liberty is still 20 in France and the United States.