1999年英语专业四级真题试卷及其参考答案

1999年英语专业四级考试全真试卷(5)阅读BSECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING ［5 min］In this section there are seven passages with a total often multiple-choice questions.Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.TEXT EFirst read the following question.81.This is a letter of___.A.inquiryplaintC.explanation D introductionNow, go through TEXT E quickly and answer question 81.Flat 24Park MansionsNewbury RoadThe ManagerReliable Motors Ltd.876 Meadow Street 14th May 2002Dear Sir,I am writing to you concerning the Bernster Special 150 SE that I bought from yo u two weeks ago.The car has now developed the following faults:1.The steering wheel is loose.2.The hand brake does not work.3.Oil is leaking from the engine.4.The driver’s door-does not close properly.Will you please telephone me and we can arrange for you to collect the car.Unle ss you can put the car in perfect working order, 1 am afraid I shall report your company to the Consumers’ Association.Yours faithfully,Tony LockwoodTEXT FFirst read the following question.82.The passage is mainly about___.A.Christmas salesB.retailing businessC.Internet populationD.online shoppingNow, go through TEXT F quickly and answer question 82.Online shopping （网上购物）has become a major force in retailing this year with more than US$1 billion in Christmas season sales, industry analysts say.The figure for the holiday tops the total for Internet shopping in all of 1996.Online shopping for the holiday season remained just a drop in the ocean of the estimated US$450 bilion spent by US consumers.But the figure is growing rapidly.International Data Corporation, a market research group, predicts the World Wide Web （万维网）population will reach almost 100 million by 1998 and that online c ommerce will grow tomore than US$20 billion.TEXT GFirst read the following question83.The passage discusses the aim of___.A.the organizationB.blood centres in the USAC.FDA new rulesD.AIDS preventionNow, go through TEXT G quick and answer question 83.The US Food and Drug Administration （FDA）is taking steps to protect the country’s blood supply.People give blood to the centres, where it is kept until it is needed for medical purposes. The FDA has provided new rules for the blood centres.The government agency says new rules are designed to improve the blood supply system. The new rules call for blood centres to develop more ways to make sure their wor k is done correctly.These rules are another way to help keep the blood supply pure.A leading concer n is that someone with AIDS virus might give blood to a blood centre.For this r eason, there are tests to find out if blood contains viruses that cause AIDS and other diseases.TEXT HFirst read the following question.84.The passage advertises overseas___.A.jobsB.studiesC.travelD.aidNow, go through TEXT H quickly and answer question 84.NEW HORIZONSAre you looking for something interesting to do? Then why not work abroad for a year or two? We have jobs in most parts of the world —including Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia.We have jobs for teachers, doctors, nurses, engineers, car mechanics and many ot hers. Why not see the world? We cannot offer you very much money, but the work is interesting.You can learn another language and work with people, too.For more information write to us at:NEW HORIZONS JOB CENTER,110 Spring Gardens,London SW ! 7BCPlease send your personal information （date of birth, educational qualifications , interests.experiences, etc.）TEXT IFirst read the following questions.85.Which number would you dial for home nursing?A.0734 442456B.0734 442675C.08675 559478D.08675 56449986.Blood donors are advised to contact___.A.Berkshire county officeB.St.John AmbulanceC.John Radcliffe HospitalD.Royal Berkshire HospitalNow, go through TEXT I quickly and answer questions 85 and86.HEALTHAMBULANCE SERVICEIn All Emergencies Dial 999St John Ambulance:Berkshire County Office - ST John Centre Church Rd, Woodley.Reading, RG5 4QN.0734 442456.For details of first aid at work unit contact 0734 442675.Oxfordshire - St John House High St, Kidlington, Oxford.0X5 2DN 08675 559478: Association; 08675 564499 Brigade, ambulance, home nursing, loan of medical equipment and first aid at work unit.BLOOD DONORSFor information contact-Oxford Regional Blood Transfusion Service: John Radcliffe Hospital Headley Way,Headington, Oxford, 0X3 9DU 0865 642831 HOSPITALSRoyal Berkshire Hospital: London Rd.Reading, RGI SAN.0734 875111.（Accident and emergency patients to South Wing）.TEXT JFirst read the following questions.87.If you leave for Hong Kong on March l6th, you pay___.A.$799B.$849C.$829D.$96988.What is NOT included in the price?A.Local dept tax.B.Return flights.C.Transfers.D.Accommodation.Now, go through TEXT J quickly and answer questions 87 and 88.SPECIAL OFFERfrom $799HONG KONGEnjoy 5 nights in Hong Kong from $799New World Harbour View: Superior 1St class hotel in good location on Hong Kong Island.Superb swimming pool, tennis courts, restaurants, bars.Rooms with harbour view andAirconditioning, tea/coffee making facilities, , bath and shower.Departure dates: Price:02,10 Mar $79909,16 Mar $84917 Mar $82915 Apr $96927 Apr, 04, 18 May $999The price includes: Return flights.5 nts accom （nomeals）.Transfers.Prices are per person sharing a twin room.Not included: UK dept tax.Local dept tax.Optional insurance: $30.To book, telephone: （open daily inc Sat/Sun）Tel: 01306 774300Fax: 01306 740328TEXT KFirst read the following questions.89.On hearing the fire alarm, those in class should go to___.A.A BlockB.B BlockC.C BlockD.the Assembly Area90.What should you do during the fire alarm?A.Make use of the lift.B.Collect personal things.C.Move along without noise.D.Overtake others on the way.Now, go through TEXT K quickly and answer questions 89 and 90.FIRE INSTRUCTIONSTHE PERSON DISCOVERING A FIRE WILL:1.OPERATE THE NEAREST FIRE ALARM.2.ATTACK THE FIRE WITH A V AILABLE EQUIPMENT, IF IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.FIRE ALARM BELLSThe Fire Alarm Bells will ring either in the area of A Block or in the area of BBlock and C Block.Those in the area where the Alarm Bells are ringing should t ake action as indicated below. Others should continue with their work.ON HEARING YOUR FIRE ALARM:1.Those in class: will go to the Assembly Area under instructions given by the teacher.2.Those elsewhere: will go to the Assembly Area by the most sensible route, and stay near the Head of their Department.ASSEMBLY AREAThe Assembly Area is the playing field which is south of the Sports Hall.Here n ames will be checked.PROCEDURE1 .Move quietly.2.Do NOT stop to collect your personal belongings.3.Do NOT attempt to pass others on your way to the Assembly Area.4.Do NOT use the lift.FIRE ALARMSFire Alarms are situated as follows:1.A BlockAt the Reception Desk; at east end of connecting corridor; outside the kitchen d oor.2.B BlockAt the bottom of both stairways and on each landing.3.C BlockInside entrance lobby of Sports Hall.。

1999年全国英语专业四级试题及答案(1)Part Ⅵ READING COMPREHENSION ［30 MIN.］SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION ［25 MIN.］In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one th at you think is the correct answer. Mark your choice on your answer sheet.TEXT ASurprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are jus t not kept. We know that more than 850.000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital. We also know there is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital.Little wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital teaching available differ a great deal across the country. It is found that half the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter have only a part-time teacher. The special children’s hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals in the country and holiday areas are worst off.From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have some contact with a hospital teacher-and that contact may be as little as two hour s a day.Most children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in hospital at all. They had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school. If the re was a teacher they were much more likely to read books and do math or number work; without a teacher they would only play games.Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and m aintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is of ten all the teacher can do. The position and influence of many teachers was summ ed up when parents referred to them as “the library lady” or just “the helper”. Children tend to rely on concerned school friends to keep in touch with school w ork. Several parents spoke of requests for work being ignored or refused by the school. Once back at school children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best they can.Many short-stay child-patients catch up quickly. But schools do very little to e ase the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interview ed.66．The author points out at the beginning that___.A. every child in hospital receives some teachingB. not enough is known about hospital teachingC. hospital teaching is of poor qualityD. the special children’s hospitals are worst off。

1999年全国英语专业四级试题及答案(4)TEXT DMigration is usually defined as “permanent or semipermanent change of residence. “ This broad definition, of course, would include a move across the street or ac ross a city. Our concern is with movement between nations, not with internal mig ration within nations, although such movements often exceed international moveme nts in volume. Today, the motives of people who move short distances are very si milar to those of international migrants.Students of human migration speak of “push” and “pull” factors, which influence an individual’s decision to move from one place to another. Push factors are ass ociated with the place of origin. A push factor can be as simple and mild a matt er as difficulty in finding a suitable job. or as traumatic as war, or severe fa mine. Obviously, refugees who leave their homes with guns pointed at their heads are motivated almost entirely by push factors (although pull factors do influen ce their choice of destination).Pull factors are those associated with the place of destination. Most often thes e are economic，such as better job opportunities or the availability of good lan d to farm. The latter was an important factor in attracting settlers to the Unit ed States during the 19th century. In general, pull factors add up to an apparen tly better chance for a good life andmaterial well-being than is offered by the place of origin. When there is a choice between several attractive potential de stinations, the deciding factor might be a non-economic consideration such as th e presence of relatives, friends, or at least fellow countrymen already establis hed in the new place who are willing to help the newcomers settle in. Considerat ions of this sort cad to the development of migration flow.Besides push and pull actors, there are what the sociologists call “intervening obstacles” Even if push and(or) pull factors are very strong they still may be ou tweighed by intervening obstacles, such as the distance of the move, the trouble and cost of moving, the difficulty of entering the new country, and the problem s likely to be encountered on arrival.The decision to move is also influenced by “personal factors” of the potential m igrant. The same push-pull factors and obstacles operate differently on differen t people, sometimes because they are at different stages of their lives, or just because of their varying abilities and personalities. The prospect of packing u p everything and moving to a new and perhaps very strange environment may appear interesting and challenging to an unmarried young man and appallingly difficult to a slightly older man with a wife and small kids. Similarly, the need to lear n a new language and customs may excite one person and frighten another. Regardless of why people move, migration of large numbers of people causes confl ict. The United States and other western countrieshave experienced adjustment p roblems with each new wave of immigrants. The newest arrivals are usually given the lowest-paid jobs and are resented by native people who may have to compete w ith them for those jobs. It has usually taken several decades for each group to be accepted into the mainstream of society in the host country.78. The author thinks that pull factors___.A. are all related to economic considerationsB. are not as decisive as push factorsC. include a range of considerationsD. are more important than push factors79. People’s decisions to migrate might be influen ced by all the follow ing EXC EPT___.A. personalities.B. education.C. marital status.D. abilities.80. The purpose of the passage is to discuss___.A. the problems of international migrantsB. the motives of international migrantsC. migration inside the countryD. migration between countries。

1999年度全国英语专业四级试题及答案(3) SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING ［5 min］In this section there are seven passages with a total often multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.TEXT EFirst read the following question.81. This is a letter of___.A. inquiryB. complaintC.explanation D introductionNow, go through TEXT E quickly and answer question 81.Flat 24Park MansionsNewbury RoadThe ManagerReliable Motors Ltd.876 Meadow Street 14th May 2002Dear Sir,I am writing to you concerning the Bernster Special 150 SE that I bought from yo u two weeks ago. The car has now developed the following faults:1. The steering wheel is loose.2. The hand brake does not work.3. Oil is leaking from the engine.4. The driver’s door-does not close properly.Will you please telephone me and we can arrange for you to collect the car. Unle ss you can put the car in perfect working order, 1 am afraid I shall report your company to the Consumers’ Association.Yours faithfully,Tony LockwoodTEXT FFirst read the following question.82. The passage is mainly about___.A. Christmas salesB. retailing businessC. Internet populationD. online shoppingNow, go through TEXT F quickly and answer question 82.Online shopping (网上购物) has become a major force in retailing this year with more than US$1 billion in Christmas season sales, industry analysts say.The figure for the holiday tops the total for Internet shopping in all of 1996. Online shopping for the holiday season remained just a drop in the ocean of the estimated US$450 bilion spent by US consumers. But the figure is growing rapidly.International Data Corporation, a market research group, predicts the World Wide Web (万维网) population will reach almost 100 million by 1998 and that online c ommerce will grow to more than US$20 billion.TEXT GFirst read the following question83. The passage discusses the aim of___.A. the organizationB. blood centres in the USAC. FDA new rulesD. AIDS preventionNow, go through TEXT G quick and answer question 83.The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking steps to protect the country’s blood supply. People give blood to the centres, where it is kept until it is needed for medical purposes. The FDA has provided new rules for the blood centres. The government agency says new rules are designed to improve the blood supply system. The new rules call for blood centres to develop more ways to make sure their wor k is done correctly.These rules are another way to help keep the blood supply pure. A leading concer n is that someone with AIDS virus might give blood to a blood centre. For this r eason, there are tests to find out if blood contains viruses that cause AIDS and other diseases.TEXT HFirst read the following question.84. The passage advertises overseas___.A. jobsB. studiesC. travelD. aidNow, go through TEXT H quickly and answer question 84.NEW HORIZONSAre you looking for something interesting to do? Then why not work abroad for a year or two? We have jobs in most parts of the world -including Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia.We have jobs for teachers, doctors, nurses, engineers, car mechanics and many ot hers. Why not see the world? We cannot offer you very much money, but the work is interesting. You can learn another language and work with people, too.For more information write to us at:NEW HORIZONS JOB CENTER,110 Spring Gardens,London SW ! 7BCPlease send your personal information (date of birth, educational qualifications , interests. experiences, etc.)TEXT IFirst read the following questions.85. Which number would you dial for home nursing?A. 0734 442456B. 0734 442675C. 08675 559478D. 08675 56449986. Blood donors are advised to contact___.A. Berkshire county officeB. St. John AmbulanceC. John Radcliffe HospitalD. Royal Berkshire HospitalNow, go through TEXT I quickly and answer questions 85 and 86.HEALTHAMBULANCE SERVICEIn All Emergencies Dial 999St John Ambulance:Berkshire County Office - ST John Centre Church Rd, Woodley. Reading, RG5 4QN.0734 442456.For details of first aid at work unit contact 0734 442675.Oxfordshire - St John House High St, Kidlington, Oxford. 0X5 2DN 08675 559478: Association; 08675 564499 Brigade, ambulance, home nursing, loan of medical equipment and first aid at work unit.BLOOD DONORSFor information contact-Oxford Regional Blood Transfusion Service: John Radcliffe Hospital Headley Way,Headington, Oxford, 0X3 9DU 0865 642831 HOSPITALSRoyal Berkshire Hospital: London Rd. Reading, RGI SAN. 0734 875111. ( Accident and emergency patients to South Wing).TEXT JFirst read the following questions.87. If you leave for Hong Kong on March l6th, you pay___.A. $799B. $849C. $829D. $96988. What is NOT included in the price?A. Local dept tax.B. Return flights.C. Transfers.D. Accommodation.Now, go through TEXT J quickly and answer questions 87 and 88.SPECIAL OFFERfrom $799HONG KONGEnjoy 5 nights in Hong Kong from $799New World Harbour View: Superior 1St class hotel in good location on Hong Kong Island.Superb swimming pool, tennis courts, restaurants, bars. Rooms with harbour view andAirconditioning, tea/coffee making facilities, minibar. TV, bath and shower.Departure dates: Price:02,10 Mar $79909,16 Mar $84917 Mar $82915 Apr $96927 Apr, 04, 18 May $999The price includes: Return flights. 5 nts accom (no meals). Transfers. Prices are per person sharing a twin room.Not included: UK dept tax. Local dept tax. Optional insurance: $30.To book, telephone: (open daily inc Sat/Sun)Tel: 01306 774300Fax: 01306 740328TEXT KFirst read the following questions.89. On hearing the fire alarm, those in class should go to___.A. A BlockB. B BlockC. C BlockD. the Assembly Area90. What should you do during the fire alarm?A. Make use of the lift.B. Collect personal things.C. Move along without noise.D. Overtake others on the way.Now, go through TEXT K quickly and answer questions 89 and 90.FIRE INSTRUCTIONSTHE PERSON DISCOVERING A FIRE WILL:1. OPERATE THE NEAREST FIRE ALARM.2. ATTACK THE FIRE WITH A V AILABLE EQUIPMENT, IF IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.FIRE ALARM BELLSThe Fire Alarm Bells will ring either in the area of A Block or in the area of BBlock and C Block. Those in the area where the Alarm Bells are ringing should t ake action as indicated below. Others should continue with their work.ON HEARING YOUR FIRE ALARM:1. Those in class: will go to the Assembly Area under instructions given by the teacher.2. Those elsewhere: will go to the Assembly Area by the most sensible route, and stay near the Head of their Department.ASSEMBLY AREAThe Assembly Area is the playing field which is south of the Sports Hall. Here n ames will be checked.PROCEDURE1 .Move quietly.2.Do NOT stop to collect your personal belongings.3.Do NOT attempt to pass others on your way to the Assembly Area.4.Do NOT use the lift.FIRE ALARMSFire Alarms are situated as follows:1. A BlockAt the Reception Desk; at east end of connecting corridor; outside the kitchen d oor.2. B BlockAt the bottom of both stairways and on each landing.3. C BlockInside entrance lobby of Sports Hall.。

1999年英语专业四级考试全真试卷及答案一、听力Part ⅡDICTATION［15 MIN。

］Listen to the following passage。

Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning。

For the second and third readings, the passage w ill be read sentence by sentence，or phrase by phrase，with intervals of 15 seco nds。

The last reading will he read at normal speed again and during this time yo u should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.Please write the whole passage on Answer Sheet Two。

Part ⅢLISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN。

]In Sections A，B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.SECTION A STATEMENTIn this section you will hear eight statements. At the end of each statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eightquestions。

1999年英语专业四级考试全真试卷(9)二、完型填空短文大意：这篇文章介绍了古代猿人为了生存而发生的生理进化。

26. 答案：A「试题分析」本题考查对固定搭配的掌握。

「详细解答」rival意为”与……相匹敌；比得上”，常用的搭配是rival sb／sth for／in sth.；equal意为”比得上，和……相等”，常用的搭配是be equal to；match意为”和……相配；和……相称”，常用搭配为match with，意为”与……相匹敌”；compare意为”比较；对照”，常用的搭配有compare with，意为”与……相比较”.这里是说”他们无法与熊相比”，故根据句意和搭配，答案应选A.27. 答案：D「试题分析」本题为动词词义辨析题。

「详细解答」became意为”成为；变为”；equipped意为”装备”，常用于be equipped with或equip sb．with sth．；posed意为”摆好姿势；造成”；provided意为”供给，提供”.这里是说熊的力量、速度和爪子为自身提供了很好的武器，故选项D最合题意。

28. 答案：C「试题分析」本题为词汇搭配题。

「详细解答」defend……by doing sth．中的by表示方式、手段，意为”通过（做某事）”，后一般接动名词。

这里是说”它们不能像马、斑马或其他小动物一样通过快速地奔跑来保护自己”.29. 答案：B「试题分析」本题考查对固定搭配的掌握。

「详细解答」be doomed to sth．（一般为death，failure等一类的词）表示”注定……”.be driven to后常接madness，sorrow等一类的词。

lead to一般为主动式。

这里是说”他们早就注定失败、灭绝了”，故答案选B.30. 答案：D「试题分析」本题为词汇辨析题。

「详细解答」bestow表示”赠给”，常与on或upon搭配；give 一般与to搭配；present表示”赠予”时一般与with搭配；endow表示”天生具有，赋予”，一般用被动式与with搭配。

1999年英语专业四级考试全真试卷(2)二、完型填空CLOZE ［15 MIN.］Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.Mark the correct choice for each blank on your answer Sheet.Our ape-men forefathers had no obvious natural weapons in the struggle for survi val in the open.They had neither the powerful teeth nor the strong claws of the big cats.They could not （26 ） with the bear, whose strengt h, speed and claws （27 ）an impressive ‘small fire’ weaponry .They could not even defend themselves （28 ）runnin g swiftly like the horses, zebras or small animals.If the ape-men h ad attempted to compete on those terms in the open, they would have been （29 ） to failure and extinction.But they were （30） with enormous concealed advantages of a kind not possessed by any of the ir competitors.In the search （31 ） the pickings of the forest, the ape-men had （32 ）efficient stereoscopic vision and a sense of colour that the animals of the grasslands did not possess.The abili ty to see clearly at close range permitted the ape-men to study practical proble ms in a way that lay far （33 ）the reach of the original inh abitants of the grassland.Good long-distance sight was （34 ）another ck of long-distance vision had not been a problem for fores t-dwelling apes and monkeys because the higher the viewpoint, the greater the ra nge of sight—so （35 ） they had had to do was climb a tree.Out in the open, however, this simple solution was not （3 6 ）.Climbing a hill would have helped, but in many places the gro und was flat.The ape-men （37 ）the only possible solution.They reared up as high as possible on their hind limbs and began to walk upright . This vital change of physical position brought about considerable disadvantages.It was extremely unstable and it meant that the already slow ape-men became slo wer still.（38 ）, they persevered and their bone structure gradually became （39 ）to the new,unstable position that （40 ）them the name Homo erectus,upright man.26.A.match pare C.rival D.equal27.A.became B.equipped C.posed D.provided28.A.inB.upon C.by D.with29.A.driven B.doomed C.forced D.led30.A.bestowed B.given C.presented D.endowed31.A.for B.of C.on D.at32.A.progressedB.generated C.developed D.advanced33.A.from B.apart C.beyondD.above34.A.rather B.quite C.much D.really35.A.anything B.that C.everything D.all36.A.availableB.enough C.sufficient D.convenient37.A.chose B.adopted C.accepted D.took38.A.However B.Therefore C.MeanwhileD.Subsequently39.A.accustomed B.familiarized C.adapted D.suited40.A.obtained B.called C.deserved D.earned。

1999年英语专业四级考试试题真题TIME LIMIT: 140 MIN.Part ⅠWRITING ［45 MIN.］SECTION A COMPOSITIONWe see advertisements on television every day. Some people think that TV advertising brings us benefits, hut others don’t think so. What is your opinion?Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE a composition of about 150 words on the following topic:A MAJOR ADV ANTAGE / DISADV ANTAGE OF ADVERTISING ON TELEVISIONYou are to write in three paragraphs.In the first paragraph, state just ONE major advantage or disadvantage of TV adv ertising. In the second paragraph, give one or two reasons to support your point of view. In the last paragraph, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion.Marks will he awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failur e to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.SECTION B NOTE-WRITING［10 MIN.］Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE a note of about 50-60 wordsbased on the following sit uation:Youve learned that your friend Jimmy is ill these days. Write him a note expressing your concern, asking after his health and giving your best wishes..Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy.Part ⅡDICTATION ［15 MIN.］Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage w ill be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seco nds. The last reading will he read at normal speed again and during this time yo u should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.Please write the whole passage on Answer Sheet Two.Part ⅢLISTENING COMPREHENSION ［20 MIN.］In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.SECTION A STATEMENTIn this section you will hear eight statements. At the end of each statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.1. How well did the speaker do in the test?A. He answered the last four questions.B. He answered the last few questions first.C. He answered only some of the questions.D. He answered all the questions except the first.2. Jane thinks that Swiss cheese ___.A. tastes the bestB. tastes very badC. is better than butter cheeseD. is no better than other cheese3. John went to ___ first.A. the cinemeB. the repair shopC. the gas stationD. the service station4. Betty wishes to ___.A. send away the c1eaning ladyB. replace the cleaning ladyC. keep the cleaning ladyD. do the house cleaning5. How much did Fred pay for his car?A. He paid half the price the salesman asked.B. lie paid twice as much as the salesman askedC. He paid the price the salesman asked.D. He neednt have paid that much for the car.6. Permanent education is practical because___.A. there arc no limits at allB. there are no age limitsC. no one is getting really too oldD. no one wants to learn at old age7. According to the speaker, the most difficult thing is___.A. traveling from place to placeB. keeping away from crowdsC. making holiday plansD. finding a place with many people8. William lost his job because___.A. he was always sickB. he usually went to work lateC. he made a mistake in his workD. he got angry with his bossSECTION B CONVERSATIONIn this section, you will hear eight short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.9. Mark refused to take the job because ___.A. the working hours were not suitableB. the job was not well paidC. he had to do a lot of travellingD. the job was quite difficult10. What do they think about the restaurant?A. The service there is not good.B. The food might not be good.C. The waiter is not hospitable.D. The restaurant is too small.11. Which language does Mary speak well?A. Chinese.B. French.C. Japanese.D. English12. The woman believes that John___.A. was playing a jokeB. was leaving BostonC. was moving to BostonD. was selling his house himself13. The woman should have arrived by___.A. 10:45B. 10:40C. 10:55D. 11:0014. What do we learn from the conversation?A. John is not sick.B. John is feeling better.C. Jack hasnt been sick.D. Jack has not got better.15. The tone of the man is that of___.A. surpriseB. sarcasmC. disappointmentD. humour16. The two speakers are probably___.A. in a parking groundB. at a ferry-crossingC. in a traffic jamD. at a petrol stationSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTQuestions 17 and 18 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.17. Some Haitians are on strike in order to___.A. get proper medical treatmentB. ask for their political rightsC. protest against the US decisionD. demand food supply aid from USA18. The strikers are denied entry into the US because___.A. AIDS virus has been found among themB. they can not get political asylum in the USC. the US government has refused to take themD. they dont accept proper medical treatmentQuestion 19 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will he given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.19. The US auto-makers decided to stop their action because___.A. Japanese auto-makers promised to stop dumping cars in the USB. the Government promised to solve the US-Japan trade imbalanceC. three US companies have ended the US-Japan trade imbalanceD. Japan agreed to sell cars at the agreed prices inside the USQuestions 20 and 21 are based on the following news. Al the end of the news item, you will he given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.20. Where did the storms first strike?A. The eastern US.B. The Gulf of Mexico.C. The Canadian border.D. Some areas in Cuba.21. The storms have resulted in the following EXCEPT___.A. death and damageB. disruption of air servicesC. destruction of cropsD. relocation of peopleQuestion 22 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.22. According to the news, France was strongly criticized for___.A. conducting five nuclear tests on WednesdayB. carrying out a series of nuclear tests in the PacificC. getting disappointing results in the nuclear programD. refusing to sign a global treaty banning nuclear testsQuestions 23 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, You will he given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.23. The news item is mainly about___.A. air traffic problemsB. safety improvementC. the number of flightsD. flight training coursesQuestions 24 and 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will he given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.24. What is the purpose of the meeting in Luxembourg?A. To control patrol boats on the River Danube.B. To end economic sanctions against Serbia.C. To step up economic sanctions against Serbia.D. To send police officers to search the river.25. International efforts against Serbia have been ineffective because ___.A. ships carrying illegal supplies still sail along the riverB. more illegal goods have been carried over landC. local authorities didnt attempt to stop illegal goodsD. there has been disagreement over economic sanctionsPart 4 CLOZE ［15 MIN.］Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your answer Sheet.Our ape-men forefathers had no obvious natural weapons in the struggle for survi val in the open. They had neither the powerful teeth nor the strong claws of the big cats. They could not ( 26 )with the bear, whose strengt h, speed and claws ( 27 ) an impressive small fire weaponry . They could not even defend themselves ( 28 ) runnin g swiftly like the horses, zebras or small animals. If the ape-men h ad attempted to compete on those terms in the open, they would have been ( 29 ) to failure and extinction. But they were (30) with enormous concealed advantages of a kindnot possessed by any of the ir competitors.In the search ( 31 )the pickings of the forest, the ape-men had ( 32 )efficient stereoscopic vision and a sense of colour that the animals of the grasslands did not possess. The abili ty to see clearly at close range permitted the ape-men to study practical proble ms in a way that lay far ( 33 )the reach of the original inh abitants of the grassland. Good long-distance sight was ( 34 ) another matter. Lack of long-distance vision had not been a problem for fores t-dwelling apes and monkeys because the higher the viewpoint, the greater the ra nge of sightso ( 35 ) they had had to do was climb a tree. Out in the open, however, this simple solution was not ( 3 6 ) . Climbing a hill would have helped, but in many places the gro und was flat. The ape-men ( 37 ) the only possible solution. They reared up as high as possible on their hind limbs and began to walk upright .This vital change of physical position brought about considerable disadvantages. It was extremely unstable and it meant that the already slow ape-men became slo wer still. ( 38 ), they persevered and their bone structure gradually became ( 39 )to the new,unstable position that ( 40 ) them the name Homo erectus,upright man.26. A. match B. compare C. rival D. equal27. A. became B. equipped C. posed D. provided28. A. in B. upon C. by D. with29. A. driven B. doomed C. forced D. led30. A. bestowed B. given C. presented D. endowed31. A.for B. of C. on D. at32. A. progressed B.generated C.developed D.advanced33. A.from B.apart C. beyond D.above34. A. rather B.quite C. much D.really35. A. anything B.that C. everything D.all36. A. available B.enough C. sufficient D.convenient37. A. chose B.adopted C. accepted D.took38. A. However B.Therefore C. Meanwhile D.Subsequently39. A. accustomed B. familiarized C. adapted D. suited40. A. obtained B.called C. deserved D. earnedPart 5 GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ［15 MIN.］There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that corr ectly completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet41. After ___ seemed an endless wait,it was her turn to enter the per sonnel managers office.A. thatB. whatC. thereD. it42. The three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighbouring country, ___ by the police each time.A. had been capturedB. being always capturedC. only to be capturedD. unfortunately captured43. Professor Johnson is said ___some significant advance in his resea rch in the past year.A. having madeB. makingC. to have madeD.to make44. Fat cannot change into muscle ___ muscle changes into fat.A. any more thanB. no less thanC. no more thanD. much morethan45. It is not so much the language ___ the cultural background that m akes the book difficult to understand.A. butB. norC. asD. like46. There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of mountainc limbing than ___ in the public mind today.A. existsB. existC. existingD. to exist47. Ive never been to Lhasa, but thats the city___.A. Id most like to visitB. where I like to visitC. which I like to visit mostlyD. Id like much to visit48. He ___ unwisely, but he was at least trying to do something hel pful.A. may have actedB. must have actedC. should actD. would act49. If you have really been studying English for so long. Its about t i me you ___ able to write letters in English.A. should beB. wereC. must be D . are50. Hes ___ as a bellyacher hes always complaining about some thin g.A. who is knownB. whom is knownC. what is knownD. which is known51. ___he always tries his best to complete it on time.A. However the task is hardB. However hard the task isC. Though hard the task isD. Though hard is the task52. Much as ___, I couldnt lend him the money because I simply didn t ha ve that much spare cash.A. I would have liked toB. I would like to haveC. 1 should have to likeD.1 should have liked to53 My cousin likes eating very much, but he isnt very ___ about the f ood he e ats.A. specialB. peculiarC. particularD. specific54. Your advice would be ___ valuable to him. who is now at a loss as to wha t to do first.A. exceedinglyB. excessivelyC. extensivelyD. exclusive ly55. More often than not, it is difficult to ___ the exact meaning of a Chines e idiom in English.A. exchangeB. transferC. conveyD. convert56. She refused to ___ the door key to the landlady until she got ba ck her deposit.A. hand inB. hand outC. hand downD. hand over57. The scientists have absolute freedom as to what research they think i t best to___.A. engageB. devoteC. seekD. pursue58. The Olympic Games ___ in 776 B.C. in Olympia, a small town in Gree ce.A. originatedB. stemmedC. derivedD. desce nded59. We should always bear in mind that ___ decisions often result in se rious co nsequences.A. urgentB. instantC. promptD. hasty60. The fact that the management is trying to reach agreement___five separate unions has led to long negotiations.A. overB.inC.uponD. with61. The chairman of the company said that new techniques had ___impr oved their production efficiency.A. violentlyB. severelyC. extremelyD. radically62. The local authorities realized the need to make ___for elderly peo ple in their housing programmes.A. preparationB. requirementC. specificationD. provision63. The guest team was beaten by the host team 2 ___ 4 in last years CFA Cup Final.A. overB. inC. toD. against64. The police let him go, because they didnt find him guilty ___ the murder.A. ofB. inC. overD. on65. As a developing country, we must keep ___ with the rapiddevelopme nt of the world economy.A. moveB. stepC. speedD. pacePart ⅥREADING COMPREHENSION ［30 MIN.］SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION ［25 MIN.］In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished stat ements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one th at you think is the correct answer. Mark your choice on your answer sheet.TEXT ASurprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospit als, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are jus t not kept.We know that more than 850.000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education wh ile in hospital. We also know there is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital.Little wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital t eaching available differ a great deal across the country. It is found that half the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter have only a part-time teacher. The specialchildrens hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals in the country and holiday areas are worst off. From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have som e contact with a hospital teacherand that contact may be as little as two hour s a day. Most children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in hospital at all. They had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school. If the re was a teacher they were much more likely to read books and do math or number work; without a teacher they would only play games.Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and m aintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is of ten all the teacher can do. The position and influence of many teachers was summ ed up when parents referred to them as the library lady or just the helper. Children tend to rely on concerned school friends to keep in touch with school w ork. Several parents spoke of requests for work being ignored or refused by the school. Once back at school children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best they can.Many short-stay child-patients catch up quickly. But schools do very little to e ase the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interview ed.66．The author points out at the beginning that___.A. every child in hospital receives some teachingB. not enough is known about hospital teachingC. hospital teaching is of poor qualityD. the special childrens hospitals are worst off67. It can be inferred from the latest survey that___.A.hospital teaching across the country is similarB. each hospital has at least one part-time teacherC. all hospitals surveyed offer education to childrenD.only one-fourth of the hospitals have full-time teachers68. Children in hospital usual1y turn to___in order to catch up with the ir school work.A. hospital teachersB. schoolmatesC. parentsD. school teachers69. We can conclude from the passage that the author is___.A. unfavourable towards children receiving education in hospitalsB. in favour of the present state of teaching in hospitalsC. unsatisfied with the present state of hospital teachingD. satisfied with the results of the latest surveyTEXT BComputer people talk a lot about the need for other people to become computer-l iterate, in other words, to learn to understand computers and what makes them t ick. Not all experts agree, however, that is a good idea.One pioneer, in particular. who disagrees is David Tebbutt, the founder of Compu tertown UK. Although many people see this as a successful attempt to bring peopl e closer to the computer, David does not see it that way. He says that Computert own UK was formed for just the opposite reason, to bring computers to the people and make them people-literate.David first got the idea when he visited one of Americas best-known computer g uru figure, Bob Albrecht，in the small university town of Palo Alto in Northern California. Albrecht had started a project called Computertown USA in the local library, and the local children used to call round every Wednesday to borrow so me time on the computers there,instead of borrowing library books. Albrecht was always on hand to answer any questions and to help the children discover about computers in their own way.Over here, in Britain，Computertowns have taken off in a big way，and there are now about 40 scattered over the country. David Tebbutt thinks they are most succ essful when tied to a computer club. He insists there is a vast and important di fference between the two, although they complement each other. The clubs cater f or the enthusiasts, with some computer knowledge already, who get together arid eventually form an expert computer group. This frightens away non-experts, who a re happier going to Computertowns where there are computers available for them t o experiment on, with experts available to encourage them and answer any questions; they are not told what to do, they find out.David Tehbutt finds it interesting to see the two different approaches working s ide by side. The computer experts have to learn not to tell people about compute rs, but have to be able to explain the answers to the questions that people real ly want to know. In some Computertowns there are question sessions, rather like radio phone-ins, where the experts listen to a lot of questions and then try to work out some structure to answer them. People are not having to learn computer jargons, but the experts are having to translate computer mysteries into easily understood terms; the computers are becoming people-literate.70. According to David Tebbutt, the purpose of Computertown UK is to___A. train people to understand how computers workB. make more computers available to peopleC. enable more people to fix computers themselvesD. help people find out more about computers71. We Learn from the passage that Computertown USA was a ___.A. townB. projectC. libraryD. school72. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A. Computertowns in the UK have become popular.B. Computertowns and clubs cater for different people.C. Computertowns are more successful than clubs.D. Its better that computertowns and clubs work together.73. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of computertowns?A. Experts give lectures and talks on computers.B. Experts are on hand to answer peoples questions.C. People are left to discover computers on their own.D. There are computers around for people to practise on.TEXT CThere must be few questions on which responsible opinion is so utterly divided a s on that of how much sleep we ought to have. There are some who think we can le ave the body to regulate these matters for itself. The answer is easy, says Dr . A. Burton. With the right amount of sleep you should wake up fresh and alert five minutes before the alarm rings. If he is right many people must be undersl eeping, including myself. But we must remember that some people have a greater i nertia than others.This is not meant rudely. They switch on slowly, and they a re reluctant to switch off. They are alert at bedtime and sleepy when it is time to get up, and this may have nothing to do with how fatigued their bodies are, or how much sleep they must take to lose their fatigue.Other people feel sure that the present trend is towards too little sleep. To qu ote one medical opinion, thousands of people drift through life suffering from the effects of too little sleep; the reason is not that they cant sleep. Like a dvancing colonists, we do seem to be grasping ever more of the land of sleep for our waking needs, pushing the boundary back and reaching, apparently, for a poi nt in our evolution where we will sleep no more. This in itself, of course, need not be a bad thing. What could be disastrous, however, is that we should press too quickly towards this goal, sacrificing sleep only to gain more time in which to jeopardize our civilization by actions and decisions made weak by fatigue. Then, to complete the picture, there are those who believe that most people are persuaded to sleep too much. Dr H. Roberts, writing in Every Man in Health, asse rts: It may safely be stated that, just as the majority eat too much, so the ma jority sleep too much. One can see the point of this also. It would be a pity t o retard our development by holding back those people who are gifted enough to w ork and play well with less than the average amount of sleep, if indeed it does them no harm. If one of the trends of evolution is that more of the life span i s to be spent in gainful waking activity, then surely these people are in the va n of this advance.74. The author seems to indicate that___.A. there are many controversial issues like the right amount of sleepB. among many issues the right amount of sleep is the least controversialC. people are now moving towards solving many controversial issuesD. the right amount of sleep is a topic of much controversy among doctors75. The author disagrees with Dr. Burton because___.A. few people can wake up feeling fresh and alertB. some people still feel tired with enough sleepC. some people still feel sleepy with enough sleepD. some people go to bed very late at night76. In the last paragraph the author points out that___.A. sleeping less is good for human developmentB. people ought to be persuaded to sleep less than beforeC. it is incorrect to say that people sleep too littleD. those who can sleep less should be encouraged77. We learn from the passage that the author___.A. comments on three different opinionsB. favours one of the three opinionsC. explains an opinion of his ownD. revises someone elses opinionTEXT DMigration is usually defined as permanent or semipermanent change of residence. This broad definition, of course, would include a move across the street or ac ross a city. Our concern is with movement between nations, not with internal mig ration within nations, although such movements often exceed international moveme nts in volume. Today, the motives of people who move short distances are very si milar to those of international migrants.Students of human migration speak of push and pull factors, which influence an individuals decision to move from one place to another. Push factors are ass ociated with the place of origin. A push factor can be as simple and mild a matt er as difficulty in finding a suitable job. or as traumatic as war, or severe fa mine. Obviously, refugees who leave their homes with guns pointed at their heads are motivated almost entirely by push factors (although pull factors do influen ce their choice of destination).Pull factors are those associated with the place of destination. Most often thes e are economic，such as better job opportunities or the availability of good lan d to farm. The latter was an important factor in attracting settlers to the Unit ed States during the 19th century. In general, pull factors add up to an apparen tly better chance for a good life and material well-being than is offered by the place of origin. When there is a choice between several attractive potential de stinations, the deciding factor might be a non-economic consideration such as th e presence of relatives, friends, or at least fellow countrymen already establis hed in the new place who are willing to help the newcomers settle in. Considerat ions of this sort cad to the development of migration flow.Besides push and pull actors, there are what the sociologists call intervening obstacles Even if push and(or) pull factors are very strong they still may be ou tweighed by intervening obstacles, such as thedistance of the move, the trouble and cost of moving, the difficulty of entering the new country, and the problem s likely to be encountered on arrival. The decision to move is also influenced by personal factors of the potential m igrant. The same push-pull factors and obstacles operate differently on differen t people, sometimes because they are at different stages of their lives, or just because of their varying abilities and personalities. The prospect of packing u p everything and moving to a new and perhaps very strange environment may appear interesting and challenging to an unmarried young man and appallingly difficult to a slightly older man with a wife and small kids. Similarly, the need to lear n a new language and customs may excite one person and frighten another. Regardless of why people move, migration of large numbers of people causes confl ict. The United States and other western countries have experienced adjustment p roblems with each new wave of immigrants. The newest arrivals are usually given the lowest-paid jobs and are resented by native people who may have to compete w ith them for those jobs. It has usually taken several decades for each group to be accepted into the mainstream of society in the host country.78. The author thinks that pull factors___.A. are all related to economic considerations。

1999年度全国英语专业四级试题及答案(4)答案与详解TEXT E短文大意：这是一封消费者向汽车生产厂家提出的投诉信。

81. 答案：B【参考译文】这是一封什么信？【试题分析】本题为主旨题。

【详细解答】信的最后一句说”I am afraid I shall report your company to the Consumers’Association．”即我恐怕要将你们公司告到消费者协会，由此可见这是一封投诉信。

TEXT F短文大意：这篇短文介绍的是网上购物的发展趋势。

82．答案：D【参考译文】这篇文章主要是关于什么的？【试题分析】本题为主旨题。

【详细解答】短文首句说”Online shopping (网上购物) has become a major force in retailing this year…”，由此可知本文主题为Online shopping。

TEXT G短文大意：本文介绍的是美国食品和药品管理委员会为保证血液供应质量而颁布的新条例。

83. 答案：C【参考译文】本文讨论的是下列哪一组织的目标？【试题分析】本题为主旨题。

【详细解答】本文第一段说”(FDA) is taking steps to protect the country’s blood supply．”第二段说”The FDA has prodded new rules．．．new rules are designed to …”，第三、四段是说新条例的措施和目的。

因此本题正确答案为选项C。

TEXT H短文大意：这是一则有关招聘海外劳工的广告。

84. 答案：A【参考译文】这是一则招聘什么人的广告？【试题分析】本题为主旨题。

【详细解答】短文多处提及与工作相关的句子，如”We have jobs in most parts of theworld …”，”We have jobs for teachers, doctors, nurses, engineers, car mechanics and many others.”由此可知，这是一则招聘去海外工作的广告。

1999年6月大学英语四级考试试题PartⅠListening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section ADirections: 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 a pause. During the parse, 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 single 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 hadto finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) "At the office" is the best answer. Yoju 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) The woman feels sorry for the man. B) The man is a member of the staff.C) The area is for passengers only. D) The woman is asking the man to leave.2.A) Clean her house while she is away. B) Buy her some plants and take care of them.C) Water her plants while she is away.D) Water her plants when he is not at work3.A) He will only be available in the afternoon. B) It's not his office hour.C) He doesn't have time. D) He is too tired after class.4.A) The woman insists on going out.B) The woman doesn't like watching TV.C) The man promised her a gift on her birthday.D) The man is too tired to go out.5.A) There are too many courses offered to students.B) The woman should take fewer courses next term.C) The man will take four courses next semester.D) It is wiser to take more than four courses.6.A) Ask Tom to send an invitation. B) Get the JOhnsons' addressC) Invite Tom to the party. D) Tell Tom to pick up the Johnsons.7.A) Jane is looking for a summer job. B) Jane is packing for the summer vacation.C) Jane is on her way home. D) Jane is eager to go home for the vacation.8.A) Spending more time on sightseeing. B) Visiting the city with a group.C) Touring the city on a fine day. D) Taking the man with her on the tour.9.A) The woman is driving too fast.B) The woman is driving at a slow speed.C) The woman has broken a traffic rule.D) The woman has parked her car in a wrong place.10.A) She can tell Joan when she sees her at noon.B) She should tell Joan's brother about the reception.C) She must call on Joan after the reception.D) She may see Joan's brother at lunch.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of eachpassage, 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 OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A) To protect persons and property. B) To collect taxes.C) To teach and train citizens. D) To save natural resources for future use.12.A) By selling services that make life comfortable.B) By selling land containing oil.C) By selling public lands.D) By selling coal and other natural products.13.A) Environmental pollution and protection. B) Taxes and services for the public.C) Police efforts to protect people. D) People's attitude toward taxes.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14.A) He didn't like physics any more. B) His eyesight was too poor.C) Physics was too hard for him. D) He had to work to support himself.15.A) He was not happy with the new director.B) He was not qualified to be an engineer.C) He wanted to travel.D) He found his job boring.16.A) He wanted to work with his friend. B) He enjoyed travelling around the world.C) He wanted to go to Spain. D) He was rejected by the engineering firm.17.A) He enjoyed teaching English.B) He wanted to earn more to support his family.C) The owner of the school promised his a good position.D) He could earn more as a teacher than as a travel agent.Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18.A) It can be cooked in many ways.B) It is delicious but inexpensive.C) It gives higher yields than other grain crops.D) It grows easily in various conditions.19.A) Fried potatoes B) Tomato juice.C) Sweet corn D) Chocolate beans.20.A) They led to the discovery of America.B) They made native American foods popular.C) They brought great wealth to Spain.D) They made native American life styles well known.Part ⅡReading 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.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:The biggest safety threat facing airlines today may not be a terrorist with a gun, but the man with the portable computer in business class. In the last 15 years, pilots have reported well over 100 incidents that could have been caused by electromagnetic interference. The source of this interference remains unconfirmed, but increasingly, experts are pointing the blame at portable electronic devices such as portable computers, radio and cassette players and mobile telephones.RTCA, an organization which advises the aviation (航空) industry, has recommended that all airlines ban (禁止) such devices from being used during "critical" stages of light, particularly take off and landing. Some experts have gone further, calling for a total ban during all flights. Currently, rules on using these devices are left up to individual airlines. And although some airlines prohibit passengers from using such equipment during take off and landing, most are reluctant to enforce a total ban, given that many passengers want to work during flights.The difficulty is predicting how electromagnetic fields might affect an aircraft's computers. Experts know that portable devices emit radiation which affects those wavelengths which aircraft use for navigation and communication. But, because they have not been able to reproduce these effects in a laboratory, they have no way of knowing whether the interference might be dangerous or not.The fact that aircraft may be vulnerable (易受损的) to interference raises the risk that terrorists may use radio system in order to damage navigation equipment. As worrying, though, is the passenger who can't hear the instructions to turn off his radio because the music's too loud.21.The passage is mainly about_______.A) a new regulation for all airlinesB) the defects of electronic devicesC) a possible cause of aircraft crashesD) effective safety measures for air flight22.What is said about the over 100 aircraft incidents in the past 15 years?A) They may have been caused by the damage to the radio systems.B) They may have taken place during take off and landing.C) They were proved to have been caused by the passengers' portable computers.D) They were suspected to have resulted from electromagnetic interference.23.Few airlines want to impose a total ban on their passengers using electronic devices because_______.A) they don't believe there is such a danger as radio interferenceB) the harmful effect of electromagnetic interference is yet to be provedC) most passengers refuse to take a plane which bans the use of radio and cassette playersD) they have other effective safety measures to fall back on24.Why is it difficult to predict the possible effects of electromagnetic fields on an airplane'scomputers?A) Because it is extremely dangerous to conduct such research on an airplane.B) Because it remains a mystery what wavelengths are liable to be interfered with.C) Because research scientists have not been to produce the same effects in labs.D) Because sxperts lack adequate equipment to do such research.25.It can be inferred from the passage that the author_______.A) is in favor of prohibiting passengers' use of electronic devices completelyB) has overestimated the danger of electromagnetic interferenceC) hasn't formed his own opinion on this problemD) regards it as unreasonable to exercise a total ban during flightQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:The rise of multinational corporations (跨国公司), global marketing, new communications technologies, and shrinking cultural differences have led to an unparalleled increase in global public relations or PR.Surprisingly,since modern PR was largely an American invention,the U.S.leader ship in public relations is being threatened by PR efforts in other countries.Ten years ago, for example, the world's top five public relations agencies were American owned. In 1991, only one was. The British in particular are becoming more sophisticated and creative. A recent survey found that more than half of all British companies include PR as part of their corporate (公司的) planning activities, compared to about one third of U.S. companies, It may not be long before London replaces New York as the capital of PR.Why is America lagging behind in the global PR race? First, Americans as a whole tend to be fairly provincial and take more of an interest in local affairs. Knowledge of world geography, for example, has never been strong in this country. Secondly, Americans lag behind their European and Asian counterparts (相对应的人)in knowing a second language. Less than 5 percent of Burson Marshall's U.S. employees know two languages. Ogilvy and Mather has about the same percentage Conversely, some European firms have half or more of their enployees fluent in a second language. Finally, people involved in PR abroad tend to keep a closer eye on international affairs. In the financial PR area, for instance, most Americans read the Wall Street Journlal. Orerseas, their counterparts read the Journal as well as the Financial Times of London and The Economist, Pubications not often read in this country.Perhaps the PR industry might take a lesson from Ted Turner of CNN(Cable News Network). Turner recently announced that the work "foreign" would no longer be used on CNN news broadcasts. According to Turner, global communications have made the nations of the world so interdependant that there is no longer any such thing as foreign.26.According to the passage, U.S. leadership in public relations is being threatened because_______.A) an unparalleled increase in the number of public relations companiesB) shrinking cultural differences and new communications technologiesC) the decreasing number of multinational corporations in the U.S.D) increased efforts of other countries in public relations27.London could soon replace New York as the center of PR because_______.A) British companies are more ambitious than U.S. companiesB) British companies place more importance on PR than U.S. companiesC) British companies are heavily involved in planning activitiesD) four of the world's top public relations agencies are British owned28.The word "provincial" (Line 2, Para. 3) most probably means "_______".A) limited in outlookB) like people from the provincesC) rigid in thinkingD) interested in world financial affairs29.We learn from the third paragraph that employees in the American PR industry_______.A) speak at least one foreign language fluentlyB) are ignorant about world geographyC) are not as sophisticated as their European counterpartsD) enjoy reading a great variety of English business publications30.What lesson might the PR industry take from Ted Turner of CNN?A) American PR companies should be more internationally minded.B) The American PR industry should develop global communications technologies.C) People working in PR should be more fluent in foreign languages.D) People involved in PR should avoid using the word "foreign".Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:Brazil has become one of the developing world's great successes at reducing population growth but more by accident that design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil has had better result without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard.Brazil's population growth rate has dropped from 2.99％a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93％a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas (通俗电视连续剧) and instalment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world's biggest produceers of soap operas. Globl, Brazil's most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at leastone hour a night.Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities."Although they have never really tried to work in a missage towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working," says Martine. "They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behaviour and other values, which were put into a very attractive package."Meanwhile, the instalment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers."This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was in compatible (不相容的) with unlimited reproduction." says Martine.31.According to the passage, Brazil has cut back its population growth_______.A) by educating its citizensB) by careful family panningC) by developing TV programmesD) by chance32.According to the passage, many Third World countries_______.A) haven't attached much importance to birth controlB) would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rateC) haven't yet found an effective measure to control their populationD) neglected the role of TV plays in family planning33.The phrase "puts it down to" (Line 1, Para. 3) is closest in meaning to "_______"A) attributes it toB) sums it up asC) finds it a reason forD) compares it to34.Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil's birth rate because_______.A) they keep people sitting long hours watching TVB) they have gradually changed people's way of lifeC) people are drawn to their attractive packageD) they popularize birth control measures35.What is Martine's conclusion about Brazil's population growth?A) The increase in birth rate will promote consumption.B) The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.C) Consumption patterns and reproduction patterns are contradictory.D) A country's production is limited by its population growth.Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:There seems never to have been a civilization without toys, but when and how they developed is unknown. They probably came about just to five children something to do.In the ancient world, as is today, most boys played with some kinds of toys and most girls with another. In societies where social roles are rigidly determined,boys pattern their play after the activities of their fathers and girls after the tasks of their mothers. This is true because boys and girls are being prepared, even in play, to step into the roles and responsibilities of the adult world.What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over the centuries but how much they have remained the same. The changes have been mostly in terms of craftsmanship, mechanics, and technology. It is the universality of toys with regard to their development in all part of the world and their persistence to the present that is amazing. In Egypt, the Americas, China, Japanand among the Arctic (北极的) peoples, generally the same kinds of toys appeared. Variations depended on local customs and ways of life because toys imitate their surroundings. Nearly every civilization had dolls, little weapons, toy soldiers, tiny animals and vehicles.Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form, they have not been subject to technological leaps that characterize inventions for adult use.The progress from the wheel to the oxcart to the automobile is a direct line of ascent (进步). The progress from a rattle(拨浪鼓)used by a baby in 3000 BC to one used by an infant today, however, is not characterized by inventiveness. Each rattle is the product of the artistic tastes of the times and subject to thelimitations of available materials.36.The reason why the toys most boys play with are different from those that girls play with is that_______.A) their social roles are rigidly determinedB) most boys would like to follow their fathers' professionsC) boys like to play with their fathers while girls with their mothersD) they like challenging activities37.One aspect of "the universality of toys" lies in the fact that_______.A) technological advances have greatly improved the durability of toysB) the improvement of craftsmanship in making toys depends on the efforts ofuniversitiesC) the exploration of the universe has led to the creation of new kinds of toysD) the basic characteristics of toys are the same the world over38.Which of the following is the author's view on the historical development of toys?A) The craftsmanship in toy making has remained essentially unchanged.B) Toys have remained basically the same all through the centuries.C) The toy industry has witnessed great leaps in technology in recent years.D) Toys are playing an increasingly important role in shaping a child's character.39.Regarded as a kind of art form, toys_______.A) follow a direct line of ascentB) also appeal greatly to adultsC) are not characterized by technological progressD) reflect the pace of social progress40.The author used the example of a rattle to show that_______.A) in toy making there is a continuity in the use of materialsB) even the simplest toys can reflect the progress of technologyC) it often takes a long time to introduce new technology into toy makingD) even a simple toy can mirror the artistic tastes of the timePartV Writing (30 minutes) Directions:For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes t o write a composition on the topic:Reading Selectively Or Extensively? You should write at least 100 words, and your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:1.有人认为读书要有选择2.有人认为应当博览群书。

1999年全国英语专业四级全真试题参考答案解析TEXT A短文大意：这篇文章通过一次调查，反映了当孩子们生病住院时，医院里的教学问题。

66．答案：B【参考译文】在文章开头指出了什么？【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】在第一段中，告诉我们说”没有人知道有多少孩子在医院里能接受到教育，更少有人知道教育的内容和教学质量”，这与选项B”not enough is known about hospital teaching”的意思一致。

67．答案：D【参考译文】由最后一次调查可以推知什么？【试题分析】本题为细节理解题。

【详细解答】短文第三段第二、三句说”It is found that half the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter have only a part-time teacher．”由此可知，一半的医院没有老师，四分之一的医院有兼职老师，那么剩余的四分之一的医院就有全职老师了。

68. 答案：B【参考译文】为了赶上学校的功课，住院的孩子常常求助于谁？【试题分析】本题为细节理解题。

【详细解答】短文第六段第一句说”Children tend to rely onconcerned school friends to keep in touch with school work”，由此可知，他们求助的是同学们。

69. 答案：C【参考译文】我们可以推知是何态度？【试题分析】本题为概括题。

【详细解答】一开头就用Surprisingly一词，清楚表达了对医院教育现状的态度。

然后通过具体的调查结果，表明了对医院里儿童教学现状的不满。

TEXT B短文大意：介绍了”英国电脑城”的特点和功用。

70．答案：B【参考译文】根据David Tebbutt的观点，”英国电脑城”的目的是什么？【试题分析】本题为细节题。

专业英语四级真题1999年(总分：130.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、{{B}}PART Ⅰ WRITING{{/B}}(总题数：2，分数：25.00)1.{{I}}We see advertisements on television every day. Some people think that TV advertising brings us benefits, but others don't think so. What is your opinion ? {{B}}Write a composition of about 150 words on the following topic:{{/B}}{{/I}} {{B}}A MAJOR ADVANTAGE/DISADVANTAGE OF ADVERTISING ON TELEVISION{{/B}} {{I}}You are to write in three paragraphs. In the first paragraph, state just ONE major advantage or disadvantage of TV advertising. In the second paragraph, give one or two reasons to support your point of view. In the last paragraph, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.{{/I}}（分数：15.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：[写作要点] 1．写三段，字数150字左右。

1999年6月英语四级真题及答案Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: 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 theconversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each questionthere will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices markedA), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark thecorresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecenter.Example:You will hear:You will read:A) 2 hours.B) 3 hours.C) 4 hours.D) 5 hours.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]1. A) The woman feels sorry for the man.B) The man is a member of the staff.C) The area is for passengers only.D) The woman is asking the man to leave.2. A) Clean her house while she is away.B) Buy her some plants and take care of them.C) Water her plants while she is away.D) Water her plants when he is not at work.3. A) He will only be available in the afternoon.B) It’s not his office hour.C) He doesn’t have time.D) He is too tired after class.4. A) The woman insists on going out.B) The woman doesn’t like watching TV.C) The man promised her a gift on her birthday.D) The man is too tired to go out.5. A) There are too many courses offered to students.B) There woman should take fewer courses next term.C) The man will take four courses next semester.D) It is wiser to take more than four courses.6. A) Ask Tom to send an invitation.B) Get the Johnsons’ address.C) Invite Tom to the party.D) Tell Tom to pick up the Johnsons.7. A) Jane is looking for an summer job.B) Jane is packing for the summer vacation.C) Jane is on her way home.D) Jane is eager to go home for the vacation.8. A) Spending more time on sightseeing.B) Visiting the city with a group.C) Touring the city on a fine day.D) Taking the man with her on the tour.9. A) The woman is driving too fast.B) The woman is driving at a slow speed.C) The woman has broken a traffic rule.D) The woman has parked her car in a wrong place.10. A) She can tell Joan’s brother about the reception.B) She should tell Joan’s brother about the reception.C) She must call on Joan after the reception.D) She may see Joan’s brother at lunch.Section BDirections: 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 bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answerfrom the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the correspondingletter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage oneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) To protect persons and property.B) To collect taxes.C) To teach and train citizens.D) To save natural resources for future use.12. A) By selling services that make life comfortable.B) By selling land containing oil.C) By selling public lands.D) By selling coal and other natural products.13. A) Environmental pollution and protection.B) Taxes and services for the public.C) Police efforts to protect people.D) People’s attitude toward taxes.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) He didn’t like physics any more.B) His eyesight was too poor.C) Physics was too hard for him.D) He had to work to support himself.15. A) He was not happy with the new director.B) He was not qualified to be an engineer.C) He wanted to travel.D) He found his job boring.16. A) He wanted to work with his friend.B) He wanted to go to Spain.C) He enjoyed travelling around the world.D) He was rejected by the engineering firm.17. A) He enjoyed teaching English.B) He wanted to earn more to support his family.C) The owner of the school promised him a good position.D) He could earn more as a teacher than as a travel agent.Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. A) It can be cooked in many ways.B) It is delicious but inexpensive.C) It gives higher yields than other grain crops.D) It grows easily in various conditions.19. A) Fried potatoes.B) Tomato juice.C) Sweet corn.D) Chocolate beans.20. A) They led to the discovery of America.B) They made native American foods popular.C) They brought great wealth to Spain.D) They made native American life styles well-known.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 choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark thecorresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecenter.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.The biggest safety threat facing airlines today may not be a terrorist with a gun, but the man with the portable computer in business class. In the last 15 years, pilots have reported well over 100 incidents that could have been caused by electromagnetic interference. The source of this interference remains unconfirmed, but increasingly, experts are pointing the blame at portable electronic device such as portable computers,radio and cassette players and mobile telephones.RTCA, an organization which advises the aviation (航空) industry, has recommended that all airlines ban (禁止) such devices from being used during “critical” stages of flight, particularly take-off and landing. Some experts have gone further, calling for a total ban during all flights. Currently, rules on using these devices are left up to individual airlines. And although some airlines prohibit passengers from using such equipment during take-off and landing, most are reluctant to enforce a total ban, given that many passengers want to work during flights.The difficulty is predicting how electromagnetic fields might affect an aircraft’s computers. Experts know that portable device emit radiation which affects those wavelengths which aircraft use for navigation and communication. But, because they have not been able to reproduce these effects in a laboratory, they have no way of knowing whether the interference might be dangerous or not.The fact that aircraft may be vulnerable (易受损的) to interference raises the risk that terrorists may use radio systems in order to damage navigation equipment. As worrying, though, is the passenger who can’t hear the instructions to turn off his radio because the music’s too loud.21. The passage is mainly about ________.A) a new regulation for al airlinesB) the defects of electronic devicesC) a possible cause of aircraft crashesD) effective safety measures for air flight22. What is said about the over 100 aircraft incidents in the past 15 years?A) They may have been caused by the damage to the radio systems.B) They may have taken place during take-off and landing.C) They were proved to have been caused by the passengers’ portable computers.D) They were suspected to have resulted from electromagnetic interference.23. Few airlines want to impose a total ban on their passengers using electronic devicesbecause ________.A) they don’t believe there is such a danger as radio interferenceB) the harmful effect of electromagnetic interference is yet to be provedC) most passengers refuse to take a plane which bans the use of radio and cassetteplayersD) they have other effective safety measures to fall back on24. Why is it difficult to predict the possible effects of electromagnetic fields onan airplane’s computers?A) Because it is extremely dangerous to conduct such research on an airplane.B) Because it remains a mystery what wavelengths are liable to be interfered with.C) Because research scientists have not been able to produce the same effects inlabs.D) Because experts lack adequate equipment to do such research.25. It can be inferred from the passage that the author ________.A) is in favor of prohibiting passengers’ use of electronic devices completelyB) has overestimated the danger of electromagnetic interferenceC) hasn’t formed his own opinion on this problemD) regards it as unreasonable to exercise a total ban during flightPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.The rise of multinational corporations (跨国公司), global marketing, new communications technologies, and shrinking cultural differences have led to an unparalleled increase in global public relations or PR.Surprisingly, since modern PR was largely an American invention, the U.S. leadership in public relations is being threatened by PR efforts in other countries. Ten years ago, for example, the world’s top five public relations agencies were American-owned. In 1991, only one was. The British in particular are becoming more sophisticated and creative. A recent survey found that more than half of all British companies include PR as part of their corporate (公司的) planning activities, compared to about one-third of U.S. companies. It may not be long before London replaces New York as the capital of PR.Why is America lagging behind in the global PR race? First, Americans as a whole tend to be fairly provincial and take more of an interest in local affairs. Knowledge of world geography, for example, has never been strong in this country. Secondly, Americans lag behind their European and Asian counterparts (相对应的人) in knowing a second language. Less than 5 percent of Burson—Marshall’s U.S. employees know two languages. Ogilvy and Mather has about the same percentage. Conversely, some European firms have half or more of their employees fluent in a second language. Finally, people involved in PR abroad tend to keep a closer eye on international affairs. In the financial PR area, for instance, most Americans read the Wall Street Journal. Overseas, their counterparts read the Journal as well as the Financial Times of London and The Economist, publications not often read in this country.Perhaps the PR industry might take a lesson from Ted Turner of CNN (Cable News Network). Turner recently announced that the word “foreign” would no longer be used on CNN news broadcasts. According to Turner, global communications have made the nations of the world so interdependent that there is no longer any such things as foreign.26. According to the passage, U.S. leadership in public relations is being threatenedbecause of ________.A) an unparalleled increase in the number of public relations companiesB) shrinking cultural differences and new communications technologiesC) the decreasing number of multinational corporations in the U.S.D) increased efforts of other countries in public relations27. London could soon replace New York as the center of PR because ________.A) British companies are more ambitious than U.S. companiesB) British companies place more importance on PR than U.S. companiesC) British companies are heavily involved in planning activitiesD) four of the world’s top public relations agencies are British-owned28. The word “provincial” (Line 2, Para. 3) most probably means “________”.A) limited in outlookB) like people from the provincesC) rigid in thinkingD) interested in world financial affairs29. We learn from the third paragraph that employees in the American PR industry________.A) speak at least one foreign language fluentlyB) are ignorant about world geographyC) are not as sophisticated as their European counterpartsD) enjoy reading a great variety of English business publications30. What lesson might the PR industry take from Ted Turner of CNN?A) American PR companies should be more internationally-minded.B) The American PR industry should develop global communications technologies.C) People working in PR should be more fluent in foreign languages.D) People involved in PR should avoid using the word “foreign”.Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.Brazil has become one of the developing world’s great successes at reducing population growth-but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil has had better result without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard.Brazil’s population growth rate has dropped from 2.99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93% a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas (通俗电视连续剧) and installment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world’s biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil’s most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities.“Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values-not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working,” says Martine. “They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behavior and other values, which were put into a very attractive package.”Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. “This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was incompatible (不相容的) with unlimited reproduction,” says Martine.31. According to the passage, Brazil has cut back its population growth ________.A) by educating its citizensB) by careful family planningC) by developing TV programmesD) by chance32. According to the passage, many Third World countries ________.A) haven’t attached much importance to birth controlB) would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rateC) haven’t yet found an effective measure to control their populationD) neglected the role of TV plays in family planning33. The phrase “puts it down to” (Line 1, Para. 3) is closest in meaning to“________”.A) attributes it toB) finds it a reason forC) sums it up asD) compares it to34. Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil’s birth rate because ________.A) they keep people sitting long hours watching TVB) they have gradually changed people’s way of lifeC) people are drawn to their attractive packageD) they popularize birth control measures35. What is Martine’s conclusion about Brazil’s population growth?A) The increase in birth rate will promote consumption.B) The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.C) Consumption patterns and reproduction patterns are contradictory.D) A country’s production is limited by its population growth.Passage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.There seems never to have been a civilization without toys, but when and how they developed is unknown. They probably came about just to give children something to do.In the ancient world, as is today, most boys played with some kinds of toys and most girls with another. In societies where social roles are rigidly determined, boys pattern their play after the activities of their fathers and girls after the tasks of their mothers. This is true because boys and girls are being prepared, even in play, to step into the roles and responsibilities of the adult world.What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over the centuries but how much they have remained are same. The changes have been mostly in terms of craftsmanship, mechanics, and technology. It is the universality of toys with regard to their development in all parts of the world and their persistence to the present that is amazing. In Egypt, the Americas, China, Japan and among the Arctic (北极的) peoples, generally the same kinds of toys appeared. Variations depended on local customs and ways of life because toys imitate their surroundings. Nearly every civilization had dolls, little weapons, toy soldiers, tiny animals and vehicles.Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form, they have not been subject to technological leaps that characterize inventions for adult use. The progress from the wheel to the oxcart to the automobile is a direct line of ascent (进步). The progress from a rattle (拨浪鼓) used by a baby in 3000 BC to one used by an infant today, however, is not characterized by inventiveness. Each rattle is the product of the artistic tastes of the times and subject to the limitations of available materials.36. The reason why the toys most boys play with are different from those that girlsplay with is that ________.A) their social roles are rigidly determinedB) most boys would like to follow their fathers’ professionsC) boys like to play with their fathers while girls with their mothersD) they like challenging activities37. One aspect of “the universality of toys” lies in the fact that ________.A) technological advances have greatly improved the durability of toysB) the improvement of craftsmanship in making toys depends on the efforts ofuniversitiesC) the exploration of the universe had led to the creation of new kinds of toysD) the basic characteristics of toys are the same the world over38. Which of the following is the author’s view on the historical development of toys?A) The craftsmanship in toy-making has remained essentially unchanged.B) Toys have remained basically the same all through the centuries.C) The toy industry has witnessed great leaps in technology in recent years.D) Toys are playing an increasingly important role in shaping a child’s character.39. Regarded as a kind of art form, toys ________.A) follow a direct line of ascentB) also appeal greatly to adultsC) are not characterized by technological progressD) reflect the pace of social progress40. The author uses the example of rattle to show that ________.A) in toy-making there is a continuity in the sue of materialsB) even the simplest toys can reflect the progress of technologyC) even the simplest toys can reflect the progress of technologyD) even a simple toy can mirror the artistic tastes of the timePart 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 that best completesthe sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet witha single line through the center.41. He came back late, ________ which time all the guests had already left.A) afterB) byC) atD) during42. I’m very sorry to have ________ you with so many questions on such an occasion.A) interferedB) offendedC) impressedD) bothered43. If the whole operation ________ beforehand a great deal of time and money wouldhave been lost.A) was not plannedB) has not been plannedC) had not been plannedD) was not planned44. The price of beer ________ from 50 cents to $4 per liter during the summer season.A) alteredB) rangedC) separatedD) differed45. His remarks left me ________ about his real purpose.A) wonderedB) wonderC) to wonderD) wondering46. I have heard both teachers and students ________ well of him.A) to speakB) spokenC) to have spokenD) speak47. Our son doesn’t know what to ________ at the university; he can’t make up hismind about his future.A) take inB) take upC) take overD) take after48. The house was very quiet, ________ as it was on the side of a mountain.A) isolatedB) isolatingC) being isolatedD) having been isolated49. Although they plant trees in this area every year, the tops of some hills are still________.A) blankB) hollowC) vacantD) bare50. Being a pop star can be quite a hard life, with a lot of traveling ________ heavyschedules.A) with regard toB) as toC) in relation toD) owing to51. Tony is very disappointed ________ the results of the exam.A) withB) forC) towardD) on52. William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, ________ defended the right of everycitizen to freedom of choice in religion.A) peculiarlyB) indifferentlyC) vigorouslyD) inevitably53. I hope all the precautions against air pollution, ________ suggested by the localgovernment, will be seriously considered here.A) whileB) sinceC) afterD) as54. When people become unemployed, it is ________ which is often worse than lack ofwages.A) lazinessB) povertyC) idlenessD) inability55. I’ve never been to Beijing, but it’s the place ________.A) where I’d like to visitB) I most want to visitC) in which I’d like to visitD) that I want to visit it most56. ________ his sister, Jack is quiet and does not easily make friends with others.A) DislikeB) UnlikeC) AlikeD) Liking57. This crop has similar qualities to the previous one, ________ both wind-resistantand adapted to the same type of soil.A) beingB) beenC) to beD) having been58. ________ you are leaving tomorrow, we can eat dinner together tonight.A) ForB) SinceC) BeforeD) While59. Some people would like to do shopping on Sundays since they expect to pick upwonderful ________ in the market.A) batteriesB) bargainsC) basketsD) barrels60. We have been told that under no circumstances ________ the telephone in the officefor personal affairs.A) may we useB) we may useC) we could useD) did we use61. In previous times, then fresh meat was in short ________, pigeons were kept by manyhouseholds as a source of food.A) storeB) provisionC) reserveD) supply62. As Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, I have directed that all measures________ for our defense.A) had been takenB) would be takenC) be takenD) to be taken63. A thief who broke into a church was caught because traces of wax, found on his clothes,________ from the sort of candles used only in churches.A) had comeB) comingC) comeD) that came64. After the guests left, she spent half an hour ________ the sitting-room.A) orderingB) arrangingC) tidying upD) clearing away65. I was ________ the point of telephoning him when his letter arrived.A) toB) onC) atD) in66. In no country ________ Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasonsin the course of a single day.A) other thanB) more thanC) better thanD) rather than67. A lorry ________ Jane’s cat and sped away.A) ran overB) ran intoC) ran throughD) ran down68. The project ________ by the end of 2000, will expand the city’s telephone networkto cover 1,000,000 users.A) accomplishedB) being accomplishedC) to be accomplishedD) having been accomplished69. ________ evidence that language-acquiring ability must be stimulated.A) If beingB) It isC) There isD) There being70. Those gifts of rare books that were given to us were deeply ________.A) appreciatedB) approvedC) appealedD) appliedPart IV Short Answer Questions (15 minutes)Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions orcomplete the statements in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10words.)For many women choosing whether to work or not to work outside their home is a luxury: they must work to survive. Others face a hard decision.Perhaps the easiest choice has to do with economics. One husband said, “Marge and I decided after careful consideration that for her to go back to work at this moment was an extravagance (奢侈) we couldn’t afford.” With two preschool children, it soon became clear in their figuring that with babysitters (临时照看小孩的人), transportation, and increased taxes, rather than having more money, they might actually end up with less.Economic factors are usually the first to be considered, but they are not the most important. The most important aspects of the decision have to do with the emotional needs of each member of the family. It is in this area that husbands and wives find themselves having to face many confusing and conflicting feelings.There are many women who find that homemaking is boring or who feel imprisoned (被囚禁) if they have to stay home with a young child or several children. On the other hand, there are women who think that homemaking gives them the deepest satisfaction.From my own experience. I would like to suggest that sometime the decision to go back to work is made in too much haste. There are few decisions that I now regret more.I wasn’t mature enough to see how much I could have gained at home. I regret my impatience to get on with my career. I wish I had allowed myself the luxury of watching the world through my little girl’s eyes.Questions: (注意：答题尽量简短，超过10个词要扣分。

1999年英语专业四级考试参考答案［参考范文］We all know that vehicles are the major source of air pollution in cities. To solvethe headache, people have taken a variety of steps, but the result is not satisfying.Setting gas thrifter in vehicle not only decreases the consumption of gas which is amajor source of air pollution but also slows down the cost of possessing a vehicle whichmakes millaye price lower. Thereby, all vehicles set gas thrifter will make air have alower carbon dioxide content deriving from burning gas and coal. The less carbon dioxide,the less air pollution. Therefore, through setting gas thrifter, vehicles will bum lowerDespite other ways to solve the problem, I think the best way is toset gas thrifter［参考范文］I have got a ticket to a computer fair. Though I would like to go there, I am unableto, because I have an important date on that day. As we all know, you am computer crazy;so I enclose the ticket to you. You can get to the fair by taking the No.Yours,XXXPART ⅡThe 24th of October is celebrated as United Nations Day. h is a daythat belongs toeveryone. And it is celebrated in most countries of the world. Some countries celebrateIn many parts of the world, schools have special programs for the day. Boys andgirls in some communities decorate a UN tree. In other communities, young people put onplays about the UN. Some libraries exhibit childrens art works from around the world.Schools celebrate with the songs and dances of other countries or give parties where foodsof other countries are served. No matter how the day is celebrated, the purpose of thesecelebrations is to help everyone understand the UN, and the important roles it plays inworld affairs. The UN encourages people to learn about other lands and their customs. Inthis way, people can gain a better understanding and appreciation of peoples all over thePART Ⅲ1. During this mornings test, I couldnt do the last four questions, but I did the2. According to Jane there is no better cheese than Swiss cheese in our local supermarket.3. Before going to the gas station to have his tank filled, John had his emergency brakechecked and fixed at the service sta4. Betty would rather that her husband didnt send away the cleaning lady, but he will5. Fred would have paid twice as much as he did for his car if thesalesman had insisted,as he really needed a car.6. The idea of permanent education is practical because people are never really too old togo on learning. Of course there are certain limits but these are not age7. It is getting much easier to travel nowadays, but increasingly harder to get away frompeople, and that is perhaps the most difficult thing for holiday8. According to Tom, William lost his job not because he was always sick and usually wentto work late, but because he made a big error in last months accounting and the boss was9. W: Do you know that Mark turned down that job offer by a travelM: Yeah, the hours were convenient, but he wouldnt have been able to10. W: Can we eat somewhere else? Very few small restaurants likeM: I know, but there isnt anywhere else in this town. Look! The waiter is coming over11. W: Mary is fluent in English and shes just started to learnM：12. M: John must have been joking when he said that he was going toW: Dont be so sure. He told me that he was looking for an agent to sell his house.13. W: Excuse me, I wonder if the bus would come at all. Its alreadyM: Oh, Im afraid youve just missed the last one which left 5 minutes14. W: Hi, John, havent seen you for a quite few days. I heard youvebeen sick. HowM: They must confuse me with my brother, Jack. Anyway, he is15. W: After the way it is being used, the photocopier is not going to make it through theM: The year! Its su16. W: Look at all those cars and trucks lined up for the ferry. There must be at least 40aheadNews Item One (17-Haitian hunger strikers at the US labor base at Guantannamo Bay, Cuba, have begun refusingall fluids and medical treatments. 15 of the 267 Haitians are at the base. 7 are preparedto die, if necessary, to force the US to admit the rest of them. The Haitians are eligibleto pursue political asylum in the US, but have been barred from entry because most havethe AIDS virus. The Clinton Administration says they would lift the ban on their entry,The top three US auto-makers have decided not to proceed with plans to file a tradecomplaint with Japanese auto-makers. General Motors, Ford and Chrysler had planned toaccuse Japanese companies of dumping cars below market prices in the US, but they droppedthe idea, citing a pledge by the Clinton Administration to address the US-Japan tradeNews Item Three (20-About 100 people are now known have died in what has been described as the worst stormever to hit the eastern US this century. The hurricane-force winds first struck the Gulfof Mexico and have now spread across the Canadian border, continuing to bring recklesssnowfalls, severe flooding, and causing millions of dollars in damage. All major airportshave now reopened and airlines are beginning to cope with a backlog of thousands ofstranded passengers. The storm also paralyzed areas of Cuba, where several people wereFrance has carried out another underground nuclear test in the South Pacific. It is thefifth in the region since September. The test was conducted at the Moruroa atoll onWednesday. Paris has come under strong criticism for its nuclear testing programme,especially from Asia-Pacific countries. A State Department spokeswoman in Washingtonexpressed disappointment at the latest French test. France has promised to sign a globaltest ban treaty after it completes its current series of nuclear tests inThe association representing British airline pilots says that there is an urgent needto raise levels of air safety throughout the world. In the statement,the association,known as Bobo, warns that unless air safety improves travelers face a perilous future. Theassociation also said that the standard of training must be raised among fly crews and airNews Item Six (24-The Western European Union, the defense organization linking most countries of theEuropean Community, is meeting in Luxembourg to discuss ways to reinforce economicsanctions against the Serbs by tightening controls on the River Danube. It is expected toapprove of a proposal to send patrol boats manned by armed policeand customs officerswith power to search and turn back ships suspected of breaking the sanctions.Internationalefforts to isolate Serbia have been undermined by ships carrying oil and other illegalsupplies from the Black Sea region along the Danube into the former Yugoslavia afterignoring attempts by the local authorities to stop them. It is reported that most of theillegal traffic of goods is believed to be arriving in Serbia over land from Greece andformer Yugoslavian Republic of MacedonianPART Ⅲ1．答案：【问句译文】讲话者考试做得怎样？【试题分析】本题为细节题。

[真题] 1999年6月四级考试真题Part I Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In this section,you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversaiton, 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 a 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 single line through the centre.第1题：A.The woman feels sorry for the man.B.The man is a member of the staff.C.The area is for passengers only.D.The woman is asking the man to leave.参考答案：D答案解析：W: Excuse me, Sir. You are not supposed to be here. This area is for airport staff only. M: I'm sorry. I didn't note this sign. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?第2题：A.Clean her house while she is away.B.Buy her some plants and take care of them.C.Water her plants while she is away.D.Water her plants when he is not at work.参考答案：C答案解析：W: If I buy some plants for the house, will you water them for me while I am away? M: Sure, I will, if you water mine while I'm on vacation. Q: What will the man do for the woman?第3题：A.He will only be available in the afternoon.B.It's not his office hour.C.He doesn't have time.D.He is too tired after class.参考答案：C答案解析：W: Excuse me, Professor Hill. May I ask you a few questions? M: Yes, of course. But I'm sorry I have a class at ten. Why don't you call me during my office hours? That is 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, Thursday and Friday. Q: Why can't Professor Hill answer her questions now?第4题：A.The woman insists on going out.B.The woman doesn't like watching TV.C.The man promised her a gift on her birthday.D.The man is too tired to go out.参考答案：A答案解析：M: I don't feel like going out. Why don't we just stay home and watch TV instead? W: Come on! You promised to take me out for dinner and to the theatre on my birthday. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?第5题：A.There are too many courses offered to students.B.The woman should take fewer courses next term.C.The man will take four courses next semester.D.It is wiser to take more than four courses.参考答案：B答案解析：W: I'm thinking' of taking five courses next semester. M: Wouldn't four be wiser? Q: What does the man mean?第6题：A.Ask Tom to send an invitation.B.Get the Johnsons'address.C.Invite Tom to the party.D.Tell Tom to pick up the Johnsons.参考答案：B答案解析：W: I want to ask the John sons' to come to the party. Do you know their address? M: No. But I'd like them to come. I think Tom can give youtheir address. Q: What is the woman going to do?第7题：A.Jane is looking for a summer job.B.Jane is packing for the summer vacation.C.Jane is on her way home.D.Jane is eager to go home for the vacation.参考答案：D答案解析：M: Is Jane looking forward to going home for this summer? W: She is counting the days. Q: What does the woman imply?第8题：A.Spending more time on sightseeing.B.Visiting the city with a group.C.Touring the city on a fine day.D.Taking the man with her on the tour.参考答案：A答案解析：W: I think I will take the half-day tour of the city. M: Why not the whole day? Q: What does the man suggest?第9题：A.The woman is driving too fast.B.The woman is driving at a slow speed.C.The woman has broken a traffic rule.D.The woman has parked her car in a wrong place.参考答案：C答案解析：M: This is a one-way street. Didn't you see the sign? W: Sorry. I didn't. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?第10题：A.She can tell Joan when she sees her at noon.B.She should tell .loan's brother about the reception.C.She must call on Joan after the reception.D.She may see Joan's brother at lunch.参考答案：A答案解析：W: I ought to call Joan, and tell her about the reception this evening.M: Why bother? You will see her at lunch. Q: What does the man mean?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.[听力原文]We use all sorts of services without thinking about how we get them. But such services cost money. We pay for them through taxes. What would happen ff everyone in the city stop paying taxes? The water supply would stop, the street might not get cleaned, there would be no police to protect people and property. The chief duty of every government is to protect persons and property. More than three fourths of the money spent by our government is used for this purpose. The next largest, amount of public money goes to teach and train our citizens. Billions of dollars each year are spent on schools and libraries. Public money is used to pay the teachers and other public officials. Years ago the government made money from the sale of public lands. But most of the best public lands have now been sold. The money raised was used to help pay the cost of government. There are still some public lands that contain oil, coal, gas, and other natural products. They could be sold, but we want to save them for future years. So we all must pay our share for the services that make our lives comfortable.第11题：A.To protect persons and property.B.To collect taxes.C.To teach and train citizens.D.To save natural resources for future use.参考答案：A答案解析：What's the chief duty of every government?第12题：A.By selling services that make life comfortable.B.By selling land containing oil.C.By selling public lands.D.By selling coal and other natural products.参考答案：C答案解析：How did the government raise money in the past?第13题：A.Environmental pollution and protection.B.Taxes and services for the public.C.Police efforts to protect people.D.People's attitude toward taxes.参考答案：B答案解析：What is the passage mainly about?[听力原文]When I was at school, my ambition was to be a pilot in the air force. But my eyesight wasn't good enough. So I had to give up that idea. I went to university and studied physics. I wanted to stay on there and do research. But my father died at about that time. So I thought I'd better get a job and earn my living. I started working in an engineering firm. I expected to stay in that job for a long time. But then, they appointed a new managing director. I didn't get on with him, so I resigned and applied for a job with another engineering company. I would certainly have accepted the job if they had offered it to mc. But on my way to the interview, I met a friend who was working for a travel agency. He offered me a job in Spain. And I had always liked Spain, so I took it. I worked in the travel agency for two years and then they wanted to send me to South America. But I had just got married. So I decided to stay here. Then we had a baby and I wasn't earning enough to support the family. So I started giving English lessons at a school in the evenings. I liked the English teaching more than working for the travel agency, and then the owner of the school offered me a full-time job as a teacher. So I resigned from the agency.Two years later, the owner of the school wanted to retire, so he asked me to take over as the director. And here I am.第14题：A.He didn'tlike physics any more.B.His eyesight was too poor.C.Physics was too hard for him .D.He had to work to support himself.参考答案：D答案解析：Why did the man give up studying physics?第15题：A.He was hot happy with the new director.B.He was not qualified to be an engineer.C.He wanted to travel.D.He found his job boring.参考答案：A答案解析：Why did the man resign from the engineering firm?第16题：A.He wanted to work with his friend.B.He enjoyed travelling around the world.C.He wanted to go to Spain.D.He was rejected by the engineering firm.参考答案：C答案解析：Why did the man take the job at the travel agency?第17题：A.He enjoyed teaching English.B.He wanted to earn more to support his family.C.The owner of the school promised him a good position.D.He could earn more as a teacher than as a travel agent.参考答案：B答案解析：Why did the man start to teach English part time?[听力原文]Columbus sailed from Spain in September 1492, looking for gold. Native Americans greeted him, offering gifts of corn. Columbus found little gold on that trip, but he collected many plants, including corn to bring back to Spain. Columbus didn't know it, but the corn was much more valuable than gold. Farmers from Europe to Asia accepted it immediately. They grew it on cold mountain sides and in tropical forests. Today it feeds millions of people all over the world. On his second trip, Columbus brought back a bag of chocolate beans to make chocolate. Europeans and Asians love this new drink, and soon they were paying a great deal of money for the beans. Chocolate beans became so valuable in central America that they were used as cash for 200 years. Tomatoes and potatoes took some time to become popular. Eventually, however, they became the basis of a lot of popular food. It is hard to imagine life without fried potatoes and chocolate. Thanks to native American cultures, many people are able to enjoy lots of tasty food.第18题：A.It can be cooked in many ways.B.It is delicious but inexpensive.C.It gives higher yields than other grain crops.D.It grows easily in various conditions.参考答案：D答案解析：Why is com feeding millions of people today?第19题：A.Fried potatoesB.Tomato juice.C.Sweet cornD.Chocolate beans.参考答案：D答案解析：What did Columbus bring back on his second trip?第20题：A.They Led to the discovery of America.B.They made native American foods popular.C.They brought great wealth to Spain.D.They made native American life styles well-known.参考答案：B答案解析：What was the result of Columbus's two trips to America?Part II Reading Comprehension 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.The biggest safety threat facing airlines today may not be a terrorist with a gun, but the man with the portable computer in business class. In the last 15 years, pilots have reported well over 100 incidents that could have been caused by electromagnetic interference. The source of this interference remains unconfirmed, but increasingly, experts are pointing the blame at portable electronic devices such as portable computers, radio and cassette players and mobile telephones.RTCA, an organization which advises the aviation(航空) industry, has recommended that all airlines ban ( 禁止) such devices from being used during “critical” stages of flight, particularly take-off and landing. Some experts have gone further, calling for a total ban during all flights. Currently, rules on using these devices are left up to individual airlines. And although some airlines prohibit passengers from using such equipment during take-off and landing, most are reluctant to enforce a total ban, given that many passengers want to work during flights.The difficulty is predicting how electromagnetic fields might affect an aircraft's computers. Experts know that portable devices emit radiation which affects those wavelengths which aircraft use for navigation and communication. But, because they have not been able to reproduce these effects in a laboratory, they have no way of knowing whether the interference might be dangerous or not.The fact that aircraft may be vulnerable(易受损的) to interference raises the risk that terrorists may use radio systems in order to damage navigation equipment. As worrying, though, is the passenger who can't hear the instructions to turn off his radio because the music's too loud.第21题：The passage is mainly about______.A.a new regulation for all airlinesB.the defects of electronic devicesC.a possible cause of aircraft crashesD.effective safety measures for air flight参考答案：C答案解析：[C] 主旨归纳题。