《大学英语4》本科在线考核参考答案(85分以上)

第2次作业一、单项选择题（本大题共80分，共 40 小题，每小题 2 分）1. I refuse to wear those red cowboy boots again, ( ), I won''t wear the ten-gallon hat.A. thereforeB. neverthelessC. furthermoreD. however2. I owe a great deal to my coach. Without his encouragement, I ( )my goal.A. will never have achievedB. needn''t have achievedC. mustn''t have achievedD. would never have achieved3. Some of the biologists insisted that the dam ( ) to protect milesof natural wildness along the river.A. constructB. have been constructingC. have been constructedD. be constructed4. Had he been operated on by an more experienced doctor, probably he ( ) his work.A. will resumeB. would resumeC. would have resumedD. would be resuming5. We don''t need a car, ( ).A. and neither can we afford itB. neither we can afford itC. and we can neither afford itD. neither can afford it6. He ( ) his toys all over the floor and I had to pick them up.A. used to scatterB. is used to scatteredC. used to scatteringD. scatter7. I saw the baby was about to fall off the bed and caught it just ( ) the nick of time.A. inB. onC. atD. for8. ( ) the strike continues too long is obvious.A. WhatB. WhenC. IfD. That9. The agency is more ( ) with making arty ads than understanding its clients（客户）.A. concernB. concernedC. concerningD. to concern10. He spent the whole night thinking over ( ) Mr. Smith had said at the meeting.A. all whatB. whichC. allD. that11. The last half of the nineteenth century ( ) the steady improvement in the means of travel.A. has witnessedB. was witnessedC. witnessedD. is witnessed12. I ( ) early in the morning and jog around the campus when I was in college.A. used to get upB. used to getting upC. was used to getting upD. was used to get up13. They want to know what to study, or whether it''s okay to drop out of college since ( ) is what I did.A. thatB. whatC. whoseD. this14. We gave up the house, because of( ) considerations.A. economicB. economicalC. economyD. economics15. If his father ( ) him to go into law, he would have pursued his dream of being an archeologistA. has not persuadedB. did not persuadeC. had not persuadedD. does not persuade16. Ruth Handler, ( ) created Barbie, the world's most popular doll, died last Sunday morning at the age of 85.A. thatB. whoC. sheD. whom17. I still turn to advertising, now ( ) to stay in fashion ( ) more so to find our own style.A. not…butB. not only…butC. neither … norD. either…or18. She has to go to work punctually tomorrow, ( ) she give up watching the football match transmission during midnight.A. butB. orC. andD. so19. I had planned to leave Guangzhou ( ) the morning of the 20th, but the take-off was postponed till the late afternoon because of the weather.A. inB. onC. atD. for20. As a child, I wore what my mother gave me or the ( )from my sister.A. hands-me-downB. hand-me-downC. hand-me-downsD. hands-me-downs21. It was not very long ( ) scientists applied the technique to other species.A. whileB. thenC. beforeD. after22. ( )___ he stepped off the plane, the famous basketball player was interviewed by the reporters waiting at the airport.A. For a momentB. In a momentC. The momentD. This moment23. I have updated the operation system of my computer into a new ( )of Windows.A. versionB. turnC. accountD. type24. We gave up the house, because of( ) considerations.A. economicB. economicalC. economyD. economics25. Our jobs ( ), we went on a trip to Thailand to relax and enjoy ourselves.A. were done hadB. been done havingC. been doneD. have been done26. We don''t need a car, ( ).A. and neither can we afford itB. neither we can afford itC. and we can neither afford itD. neither can afford it27. The lecture given by Prof.Hope on the American culture was so interesting. You ( ) it.A. don''t have to missB. needn''t have missedC. shouldn''t missD. shouldn''t have missed28. The agency is more ( ) with making arty ads than understanding its clients（客户）.A. concernB. concernedC. concerningD. to concern29. The lecture given by Prof.Hope on the American culture was so interesting. You ( ) it.A. don''t have to missB. needn''t have missedC. shouldn''t missD. shouldn''t have missed30. I didn''t know your trouble, otherwise I ( ) you some advice.A. had givenB. would giveC. must have givenD. would have given31. It is natural that people need an ( ) to let out their sadness when they meet with shock in life.A. accessB. approachC. outletD. exit32. ( ) makes the employment situation worse is that the present unemployment problem mainly results from the fact that the unemployed come from areas of low job skills. (The stem is too long.)A. WhichB. WhatC. ThatD. One33. All the roommates welcome Mary''s suggestion that they ( ) only English in their dormitory.A. must speakB. would speakC. should speakD. had better speak34. College isn''t the only place ( ) information exists.A. whereB. thatC. whatD. which35. It was not until recently ( ) we learned the famous film star would marry that politician.A. whenB. whichC. thatD. then36. I still turn to advertising, now ( ) to stay in fashion ( ) more so to find our own styleA. not…butB. not only…butC. neither … n orD. either…or37. The party, ( ) you threw for my birthday, was really wild.A. thatB. whatC. whenD. which38. If I hadn''t stood under the ladder to catch you when you fell, you ( ) now.A. couldn''t have smiledB. didn''t smileC. wouldn''t be smilingD. won''t smile39. It was not very long ( ) scientists applied the technique to other species.A. whileB. thenC. beforeD. after40. ( ) with the talk show, I dozed off.A. BoringB. BoredC. Having boredD. Having been bored二、阅读理解单项选择题（本大题共20分，共 2 小题，每小题 10 分）1.After practicing as a surgeon for several years, Dr. Ginoux decided to apply for membership in the American College of Surgeons (美国外科医生学会), a highly selective and distinguished professional organization.As part of the application procedure (手续), Dr. Ginoux was asked to prepare a list of all the operations performed in the previous seven years. Slowly, as she worked on the long list, she began tofeel uncertain. She began to question some of her decisions. Had she used the best technique in that case? Maybe, in this case, she should have run one more test before operating? On the other hand, maybe she should have … Would the doctors on the selection committee understand that, as the only trained surgeon in the area, she usually could not get advice from others and therefore, had to rely completely on her own judgment? For the first time, Dr. Ginoux felt lonely and isolated.The longer Dr. Ginoux worked on the application forms, the more depressed she became. As hope fa ded, she wondered if a “country doctor” had a realistic chance of being accepted by the American College of Surgeons.(1).Dr. Ginoux was working in _______.A. a large cityB. the American College of SurgeonsC. an area far from any big cityD. a selective organization(2).The application forms must include ___.A. the decision procedureB. a record of all the operations.C. the best techniqueD. a list of advice and judgments(3).It was most probable that Dr. Ginoux was ____A. a member in that organizationB. a well-trained surgeonC. a graduate from the American College of SurgeonsD. a distinguished surgeon in America(4).When she was filling the application froms, Dr. Ginoux began to be____.A. realisticB. distinguishedC. perplexedD. decisive(5).When filling the forms, Dr. Ginoux felt depressed because _____.A. she didn’t perform enough operationsB. some operations were unsuccessfulC. she didn’t get advice from the selection committeeD. she was doubtful about her operations2.An important new industry, oil refining, grew after the Civil War. Crude oil, or petroleum – a dark, thick ooze from the earth – had been known for hundreds of years. But little use had ever been madeof it. In the 1850’s Samuel M. Kier, a manufactur er in the western Pennsylvania, began collecting the oil from local seepages andrefining it into kerosene, Refining, like smelting, is a process of removing impurities from a raw material.Kerosene was used to light lamps. It was a cheap substitute for whale oil, which was becoming harder to get. Soon there was a large demand for kerosene. People began to search for new supplies of petroleum.The first oil well was drilled by E. L. Drake, a retired railroad conductor. In 1859 he began drilling in Titusville, Pennsylvania. The whole venture seemed so impractical and foolish that onlookers called it “Drake’s Folly”. But when he had drilled down about 70 feet (21 meters), Drake struck oil. His well began to yield 20 barrels ofcrude oil a day.News of Drake’s success brought oil prospectors to the scene. By the early 1860’s these wildcatters were drilling for “black gold” all over western Pennsylvania. The boom rivaled the California gold rush of 1848 in its excitement and Wild West atmosphere. And it brought far more wealth to the prospectors than any gold rush.Crude oil could be refined into many products. For some years kerosene continued to be the principal one. It was sold in grocerystores and door-to-door. In the 1880’s refiners learned how to make other petroleum products such as waxes and lubricating oils. Petroleum was not then used to make gasoline or heating oil.(1).Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Oil Refining: A Historical PerspectiveB. The California Gold Rush: Get Rich QuicklyC. Private Property: Trespassers Will Be ProsecutedD. Kerosene Lamps: Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted(2).It can be inferred from the passage that Kerosene was preferable to whale oil because whale oil was too ________.A. expensiveB. thickC. hotD.polluted(3).Why does the author mention the California gold rush?A. to explain the need for an increased supply of goldB. toindicate the extent of United States mineral wealth C. to describethe mood when oil was first discovered D. to argue that gold was more valuable than oil(4).The word “one” in the second sentence of the last paragraph could best be replaced by which of the following words?A. oilB. doorC. storeD. product(5).The author mentions all of the following as possible products of crude oil EXCEPTA. waxB. gasolineC. KeroseneD. plastic答案：一、单项选择题（80分，共 40 题，每小题 2 分）1. C2. D3. D4. C5. A6. A7. A8. D9. B 10. C 11. C 12. A 13. A14. A 15. C 16. B 17. B 18. D 19. B 20. C 21. C 22. C 23. A 24. A 25.C 26. A 27.D 28. B 29. D 30. D 31. C 32. B 33. C 34. A 35. C 36. B37. D 38. C 39. C 40. B二、阅读理解单项选择题（20分，共 2 题，每小题 10 分）1.(1). C (2). B (3). B (4). C (5). D2.(1). A (2). A (3). C (4). D (5). D。

SIMULATED COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST─Band Four─(2003-11)-1-试卷一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 eachquestion there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the fourchoices 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 linethrough the center.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 workthey had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place atthe office. Therefore, A) “At the office ” is the best answer. You shouldchoose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through thecenter.Sample Answer [A][B][C][D]1. A) He'll help the woman move them.B) He'll keep them for the woman.C) He can carry them with one hand.D) He has a few more of them for the woman.2. A) He spends too much money.B) He bought an expensive watch.C) He really does like television.D) He should watch more television.3. A) It was not very good.B) It will continue the following week.C) The woman probably won't attend it.D) There will be two seminars instead of four.4. A) Three quarters of an hour.B) Ten minutes.C) Half an hour.D) A quarter of an hour.5. A) Get out of the car.B) Pay the parking fine.C) Take his coat off.D) Make a right turn.6. A) Professor and student.B) Fellow students.C) Fellow professors.D) Librarian and student.7. A) Give Marsha a check for the bookshelf she sold him.B) Ask Marsha where she wants to put the bookshelf.C) Check for the book on Marsha's shelf.D) Ask Marsha if she has an extra bookshelf.8. A) The cashier(出纳员)the hotel.B) The receptionist at the front desk.C) The hotel operator.D) The bell telephone operator.9. A) Near an art museum.B) At a science exhibit.C) At a news conference.D) Near a paint store.10. A) Because they are alike.B) Because the man's briefcase has a lock.C) Because the man's briefcase is smaller.D) Because she doesn't have one.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 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 through the center.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) That they were unlimited.B) That they were declining.C) That they should be carefully conserved.D) That they were exhaustible.12. A) Sea resources decline more rapidly than other resources.B) Fishing is important to industry.C) Fish are an important food resource.D) Fish are more threatened than other animals.13. A) The decline would have no effect.B) The decline would affect only Europe.C) The decline would affect only America.D) The decline would have a global effect.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) It's a friendly place.B) It's a lively place.C) It's a nice place for man to live.D) It's a lifeless place.15. A) They are usually the same.B) They are always very low.C) They can be very different.D) They are usually very high.16. A) Because there is no life there.B) Because there is no air there.C) Because there is no water there.D) Because there is not a green tree there.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A) Far away from the city.B) Inside the city.C) Near the city.D) In the city center.18. A) Traveling by bus or car.B) Living in an expensive way.C) Enjoying city life.D) Finding places to live in.19. A) Local advertisements.B) Information agency.C) Sunday newspaper.D) Hotels.20. A) When they are on holidays.B) On Sunday mornings.C) On Saturday night.D) As soon as they have information.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions:There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:If women are mercilessly exploited year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stories. Clothes, which have been worn only a few tunes, have to be put aside because of the change of fashion. When you come to think of it, only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear.Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time altering the dresses they have. Skirts are lengthened or shortened: necklines are lowered or raised, and so on.No one can claim mat the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and durability. They are only interested in outward appearance and they lake advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasn't at some lime in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or delicately picking her way through deep snow in high--heeled shoes.When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to bedrawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashion of women's clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability? Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability? That is for you to decide.21. What is the tone of the passage?A) CriticizingB) PraisingC) Matter-of-factD) Enthusiastic22. According to the author, fashion is a thing that ____.A) is neither a waste of money nor a waste of timeB) contributes something really important to the societyC) is practicalD) makes its followers suffer23. Which of the implications about the last paragraph is TRUE?A) Women are inconsistent and unstable.B) Men are stable and reliable.C) Dress cannot reflect a person's character.D) Men are clever enough not to care about women's appearance.24. This passage is most probably written____.A) from a woman's point of viewB) from a man's point of viewC) by a womanD) by a man25. With regard to the whole passage, who are to blame for the quickly changing fashion industry?A) Women themselves.B) Fashion designers.C) Big stores.D) All of the above.Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:Marshall Field's, a department store in Chicago, has long used the motto: "Give the lady what she wants." Finding out what the customer wants is one of the problems marketing research tries to solve. Marketing research has been defined as trying to analyze marketing problems scientifically. It studies people as buyers and sellers, examining their habits, attitudes, preferences, dislikes, and purchasing power. It oftenstudies specific groups of people, such as teenagers, high-income groups, or senior citizens. Marketing research also investigates distribution systems, pricing, promotion, product design, packaging, brand names, and almost every aspect of the seller-buyer relationship.Marketing research is divided into number of sub-areas. Advertising research attempts to find out the effectiveness of advertising. It also seeks to learn the best media for advertising specific products; television, newspapers, radio, magazines, billboards, and others. Market analysis tries to identify and measure markets for specific products and to estimate sales potential. Markets may be differentiated by population groups or by geography. Some types of clothing are more likely to sell in Florida and California than in the northern Midwest. Some cosmetics(化妆品)will appeal more to black customers than to white customers. Performance analysis helps a company learn how well it is meeting its goals of sales and profits. Product research covers the whole area of new-product development. Marketing research is an expensive undertaking, and its costs are built into the prices of products.26. The distribution system aims to ____.A) sell goods in marketsB) deliver products to different placesC) analyze productsD) produce and sell goods27. As far as advertising is concerned, television ____.A) is the best medium for direct advertisingB) is the best medium for indirect advertisingC) is a suitable medium only for certain goodsD) is the quickest and cheapest means of advertising28. Sweaters produced for and sold to young women are examples of market differentiation according to ____.A) age and educationB) population groupC) quality and sizeD) gender and occupation29. Performance analysis and product analysis differ in that ____.A) the former aims to find out how a goal is met in a more efficient wayB) the former is to find out if the present performance is directed to the goalC) the latter aims to find out how the present product is marketedD) the latter aims to find out whether a product is being sold well30. According to the last paragraph, the cost of marketing research ____.A) is supplied by the producer and seller togetherB) is met by increasing the price of the productC) is too expensive to be met only by the producerD) is high but the price of the product should be kept lowPassage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling, Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can range from a respected grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral (组成的) part of one's entire life.Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, lake assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. For example, high school students know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.31. What is the main idea of the passage?A) Education and schooling are quite different experiences.B) One can receive education everywhere; going to school is not a must.C) The common belief that people go to school to get an education is wrong.D) Schooling offers a limited section of formal training while education covers a vast field of informal training.32. What does the author probably mean by “children interrupt their education to go to school”(Para.1)?A) The more years students go to school, the worse their education is.B) People are engaged in education the whole life.C) Children go to school just to make trouble.D) Schooling is not educationally beneficial.33. The phrase "For example" in Para.3 introduces a sentence that gives examples of ____.A) the slices of reality that are to be learnedB) the results of schoolingC) limitations of classroom teachingD) the similarities of alt schools34. Which of the following conclusions does the passage support?A) Without formal education, people would remain ignorant.B) Education systems need to be thoroughly reformed.C) Education involves many years of competence training.D) Going to school is only part of one's education.35. The passage is written in the way of ____.A) contrasting the meanings of two related wordsB) giving examples of different kinds of educationC) listing and discussing several educational problemsD) providing facts to support an argumentPassage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:Under normal conditions the act of communication requires the presence of at least two persons: one who sends and one who receives the communication. In order to communicate thoughts and feelings, there must be a conventional system of signs or symbols which mean the same to the sender and receiver.The means of sending communications are too numerous and varied for systematic classification; therefore, the analysis must begin with the means of receiving communication. Reception of communication is achieved by our senses. Sight, hearing, and touch play the most important roles. Smell and taste play very limited roles, for they cannot receive intellectual expression from fully developed systems of signs and symbols.Examples of visual communication are gesture and mimicry(模仿). Although both frequently accompany speech, there are systems that rely solely on sight, such as those used by deaf and dumb persons. Another means of communicating visually is by signals of fire, smoke, flags, or flashing lights. Feelings may be simply communicated by touch, such as by handshaking or backslapping, although a highly developed system of hand-stroking(抚摸手)has enabled blind, deaf, and dumb persons to communicate intelligently. Whistling to someone, applauding in a theater, and other forms of communication by sound rely upon the ear as a receiver. The most fully developed form of auditory communication is, of course, the spoken language.The means of communication mentioned so far have two features in common:they last only a short time, and the persons involved must be relatively close to each other. Therefore, all are restricted in time and space.36. The author explains that he will deal with reception of communication first because ____.A) communication actually takes place when the message is receivedB) there are more means of receiving than of sending communicationsC) reception of communications involves use of the sensesD) it is difficult to organize by the means of sending communications37. Applauding is specifically mentioned as an example of ____.A) communication by soundB) gesture and mimicryC) communication by touchD) a simple system of visual communication38. Persons who cannot see, hear, or speak are able to communicate through a system of ____.A) gesturingB) handshakingC) hand-strokingD) backslapping39. The author specifically mentions that speech is ____.A) often used when communicating by touchB) the most developed form of communication based on hearingC) the only highly developed system of communicationD) necessary for satisfactory communication by gesture40. Which of the following statements about the ways of communicating ideas and feelings mentioned in the passage is NOT TRUE?A) They can be used to communicate over long distances.B) They require both a sender and a receiver.C) They involve use of conventional signs and symbols.D) They utilize the senses for reception.Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.41. Every one of us wishes to have good friends accompanying us life long, for true friends always ____each other.A) agree with B) stick toC) resort to D) fall out with42. We dare not play jokes on Mr. Crane lest he ____ angry.A) should become B) will becomeC) becomes D) ought to become43. Oscar is thought to be almost good-for-nothing but proves distinctive ____.A) swimming B) swimC) in swimming D) in swims44. The committee held four sessions of discussion, but none were selected for the job. Therefore, she said she would work it out herself ____ wait for help.A) and not to B) but notC) rather than D) instead of45. My mother ____ my letter; otherwise she would have replied before now.A) has not received B) had not receivedC) couldn't have received D) mustn't have received46. I'd rather you ____ anything about it to anyone in the future.A) won't say B) hadn't saidC) didn't say D) shouldn't say47.You've wasted eight hours' time, ____the material.A) to speak nothing of B) not to say ofC) to say nothing of D) needless to say48. I'm afraid I've____ up too much of your time.A) seized B) takenC) spent D) used49. The old man was so kind that he could be ___ murderer.A) nothing but B) anything butC) all but D) something but50.Just because he failed once, it does not ____ that he will fail every time.A) appear B) happenC) seem D) follow51. ____ all behavior is learned behavior is a basic assumption of social scientists.A) Nearly B) That nearlyC) It is nearly D) When nearly52. His very look drew ____ glances from the audience.A) respective B) respectC) respectful D) respectable53. Ten years had passed, but I found she had ____.A) few grey hairs B) a few grey hairsC) some white hairs D) less white hair54. A body weighs less ____ from the surface of the earth.A) the farther it gets B) than it gets fartherC) the farther does it get D) than it, the farther it gets55. Darkness ____, the young people lingered on merrymaking.A) sets B) settingC) act D )had set56.1 didn't go to his party last night, because, ____, I changed my mind.A) on a second thought B) by second thoughtsC) on the second thought D) on second thoughts57. It's harmful to one's health to ____ smoking and drinking.A) take on B) take toC) take in D) take off58.On the side of the hill, there is a ____, which was once the entrance to a gold mine.A) deep hole in grounds B) deep hole in groundC) hole deep in the ground D) deep in the ground hole59. So fast ____ that it is difficult for us to imagine its speed.A) light travel B) do light travelC) travels the light D) does light travel60. Japan is not very well understood in the West; ____ Westerners do know seems to be either extremely negative or extremely positive.A) what B) thatC) as D) which61. A few natural elements exist in ____ small quantities that they are rarely seen in their natural environments.A) such B) veryC) so D) —62. They have one hour to read the newspaper, ____ their ordinary work.A) apart from B) far fromC) without D) free from63. The patient is recovering soon. His disease is ____ treatment with drugs.A) responsive to B) responsible forC) subject to D) exposed to64. Irrationally held ____ may be more _____than reasoned errors.A) true, harmfulness B) truly, harmfulC) truth, harmful D) true, harmful65. Hold your tongue, ____ you'll be sorry.A) but B) orC) and D) while66. What was ____ that Jack bought from the department store yesterday?A) those B) theC) that D) it67. They can't read, much less ____.A) write B) writingC) to write D) wrote68. If economic conditions do not improve, ____.A) unrest will be prevailing B) lack of rest will prevailC) unrest will be widely spread out D) there will be widespread unrest69. The football match was televised ____ from the Government Stadium.A) alive B) liveC) life D) lively70. Her voice ____ when he recounted that episode.A) shivered B) quakedC) quavered D) shookPart IV Cloze (15 minutes) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it's painful? This 71 called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy 72. During the hours when you 73 your work you may say that you're "hot". That's true. The time of day when you feel most 74 is when your cycle of body temperature is 75 its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For 76 it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it 77 such familiar monologues (自言自语) as: Get up John! You'll be late for work again! The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his 78 and energy peak in the evening. 79 family quarreling ends when husbands and wives realize 80 these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the 81 has.You can't change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life 82 it better. 83 can help, Dr. Kieitman believes. Maybe you're sleepy in the evening but feel you must 84 late anyway. Counteract(对换) your cycle 85 by habitually staying up late than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have important job to do 86 in the day, 87 before your usual hour. This won't change your cycle, but you'll get up steam and work better at your low point. Whenever possible, do 88 work in the afternoon and 89 tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your 90 hours.71. A) might be B) mustC) need be D) can be72. A) circle B) recycleC) cycle D) crisis73. A) go through B) see throughC) break through D) labor through74. A) energetic B) activeC) strenuous D) idle75. A) on B) atC) over D) in76. A) other B) anotherC) one another D) others77. A) owes to B) leads toC) leads into D) attributes to78. A) temper B) thoughtC) temperature D) mood79. A) Much B) ManyC) Such D) More80. A) how B) thatC) which D) what81. A) house B) familyC) home D) room82. A) fit B) adaptC) like D) look83. A) Hobby B) CharacteristicC) Interest D) Habit84. A) stay away B) stay outC) stay at D) stay up85. A) to extent B) to some extentC) to the extent D) to an extent86. A) early B) dailyC) yearly D) monthly87. A) rise B) raiseC) arise D) arisen88. A) usual B) routineC) normal D) average89. A) keep B) maintainC) save D) hold90. A) clearer B) harderC) sharper D) easierPart V Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Man and Animals. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outlines given below:1．人与动物之间的密切关系2．目前野生动物的生存状况3．人类应当保护野生动物Answer SheetName Class Number ScorePart V Writing ( 1×15’)Man and Animals_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Key to CET4(2003-11)Part I Listening Comprehension (20×1’)01—05 ACBDA 06—10 BDCAB 11—15 ADDDC 16—20 BACCBPart II Reading Comprehension (20×2’)21—25 ADCCD26—30 ACBBB 31—35 ABCDA 36—40 DACBAPart III Vocabulary and Structure (30×0.5’)41—45 BACCC 46—50 CCBBD 51—55 BCAAB 56—60 DBCDA 61—65 AAACB 66—70 DADBCPart IV Cloze (20×0.5’)71—75 ACDAB 76—80 DBCAD 81—85 BADDB 86—90 AABCCPart V Writing ( 1×15’)Man and AnimalsMan and animals have been coexisting on this planet for many centuries. Ever since he appeared on the earth man has been depending on animals for many things, such as meat, fur and medical materials. Some clever animals like dogs and horses have long been man’s friends and good helpers in his daily life. On the other hand, animals have been depending on man for the protection of their habitat and their reproduction.But the present condition of wildlife is discouraging. Their living space is becoming increasingly smaller as a result of environmental pollution and the destruction of forests. Owing to man’s capture and killing a lot of species have already died out, and many more are now on the verge of extinction. So the total number and species of wild animals are greatly reducing. If such state of affairs should continue, man would ultimately become the only creature on this planet.Animals are part of the whole ecological system, and without them the balance of nature will be destroyed and man will not be able to live on. Therefore, some effective measures should be taken to protect wildlife. First, man should be more aware of the importance of protecting animals and loving those fellow creatures. Second, relevant laws should be made to punish those who cut down trees or kill animals at random.Third, better living environments for wild animals, such as natural reservations and national parks, should be created. In short, the world won’t look so beautiful unless man and animals live in harmony forever.。

2017年6月大学英语四级真题及答案第二套Part I Writing (25 minutes)(请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell a bicycle you used at college. Your advertisement may include its brand, features,condition and price, and your contact information. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

2015年12月英语四级考试真题试卷（第三套）Part I Writing(30minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying "Never go out there to see what happens,go out there to make things happen."You can cite examples to illustrate the importance of being participants rather than mere onlookers in life.You should write at least120words but no more than180words.注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ PartⅡListening Comprehension(30minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear8short conversations and2long conversations.At the end of each conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions 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 Answer.Sheet I with a single line through the center.1.A)They admire the courage of space explorers.B)They were going to watch a wonderful movie.C)They enjoyed the movie on space exploration.D)They like doing scientific exploration very much.2.A)In a school library.B)At a gift shop.C)In the office of a travel agency.D)At a graduation ceremony.3.A)He used to work in the art gallery.B)He does not have a good memory.C)He is not interested in any part-time jobs.D)He declined a job offer from the art gallery.4.A)He will be unable to attend the birthday party.B)The woman should have informed him earlier.C)He will go to the birthday party after the lecture.D)Susan has been invited to give a lecture tomorrow.5.A)Set a deadline for the staff to meet.B)Assign more workers to the project.C)Reward those having made good progress.D)Encourage the staff to work in small groups.6.A)Where she can leave her car.B)The rate for parking in Lot C.C)How far away the parking lot is.D)The way to the visitor's parking.7.A)He regrets missing the classes.B)He has benefited from exercise.C)He plans to take the fitness classes.D)He is looking forward to a better life.8.A)How to select secretaries.B)How to raise work efficiency.C)The responsibilities of secretaries.D)The secretaries in the man's company. Questions9to11are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A)It is used by more people than English.B)It is more difficult to learn than English.C)It will be as commonly used as English.D)It will eventually become a world language.10.A)Its popularity with the common people.B)The effect of the Industrial Revolution.C)The influence of the British Empire.D)Its loan words from many languages.11.A)It has a growing number of newly coined words.B)It includes a lot of words from other languages.C)It is the largest among all languages in the world.D)It can be easily picked up by overseas travellers.Questions12to15are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A)To place an order.B)To apply for a job.C)To return some goods.D)To make a complaint.13.A)He works on a part-time basis for the company.B)He has not worked in the sales department for long.C)He is not familiar with the exact details of the goods.D)He has become somewhat impatient with the woman.14.A)It is not his responsibility.B)It win be free for large orders.C)It depends on a number of factors.D)It costs￡15more for express delivery.15.A)Make inquiries with some other companies.B)Report the information to her superior.C)Pay a visit to the saleswoman in charge.D)Ring back when she comes to a decision.Section BDirections：In this section,you will hear3short 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 Answer Sheet1with a single line through the center.Questions16to18are based on the conversation you have just heard.16.A)No one knows for sure when they came into being.B)No one knows exactly where they were first made.C)No one knows for what purpose they were invented.D)No one knows what they will look like in the future.17.A)Measure the speed of wind.B)Give warnings of danger.C)Pass on secret messages.D)Carry ropes across rivers.18.A)To find out the strength of silk for kites.B)To test the effects of the lightning rod.C)To prove that lightning is electricity.D)To protect houses against lightning. Passage TwoQuestions19to22are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A)She was born with a talent for languages.B)She was trained to be an interpreter.C)She can speak several languages.D)She enjoys teaching languages.20.A)They want to learn as many foreign languages as possible.B)They have an intense interest in cross-cultural interactions.C)They acquire an immunity to culture shock.D)They would like to live abroad permanently.21.A)She became an expert in horse racing.B)She learned to appreciate classical music.C)She was able to translate for a German sports judge.D)She got a chance to visit several European countries.22.A)Take part in a cooking competition.B)Taste the beef and give her comment.C)Teach vocabulary for food in English.D)Give cooking lessons on Western food. Passage ThreeQuestions23to25are based on the passage you have just heard.23.A)He had only a third-grade education.B)He once threatened to kill his teacher.C)He often helped his mother do housework.D)He grew up in a poor single-parent family.24.A)Stupid.B)Active.C)Brave.D)Careless.25.A)Watch educational TV programs only.B)Write two book reports a week.C)Help with housework.D)Keep a diary.Directions:In this section,you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard.Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.When you look up at the night sky,what do you see?There are other__26__bodies out there besides the moon and stars.One of the most__27__of these is a comet(彗星).Comets were formed around the same time the Earth was formed.They are__28__ice and other frozen liquids and gases.__29__these"dirty snowballs"begin to orbit the sun,just as the planets do.As a comet gets closer to the sun,some gases in it begin to unfreeze.They__30__dust particles from the comet to form a huge cloud.As the comet gets even nearer to the sun,a solar wind blows the cloud behind the comet,thus forming its tail.The tail and the__31__fuzzy(模糊的) atmosphere around a comet are__32__that can help identify this__33__in the night sky.In any given year,about a dozen known comets come close to the sun in their orbits.The average person can't see them all,of ually there is only one or two a year bright enough to be seen with the__34__et Hale-Bopp,discovered in1995,was an unusually bright comet. Its orbit brought it__35__close to the Earth,within122million miles of it.But Hale-Bopp came a long way on its earthly visit.It won't be back for another four thousand years or so.PartⅢReading Comprehension(40minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the center.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions36to45are based on the following passage.Children do not think the way adults do.For most of the first year of life,if something is out of sight,it's out of mind.If you cover a baby's__36__toy with a piece of cloth,the baby thinks the toy has disappeared and stops looking for it.A4-year-old may__37__that a sister has more fruit juice when it is only the shapes of the glasses that differ,not the__38__of juice.Yet children are smart in their own way.Like good little scientists,children are always testing their child-sized__39__about how things work.When your child throws her spoon on the floor for the sixth time as you try to feed her,and you say,"That's enough!I will not pick up your spoon again!"the child will__40__test your claim.Are you serious?Are you angiy?What will happen if she throws the spoon again?She is not doing this to drive you__41__;rather,she is learningthat her desires and yours can differ,and that sometimes those__42__are important and sometimes they are not.How and why does children's thinking change?In the1920s,Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget proposed that children's cognitive(认知的)abilities unfold__43__,like the blooming of a flower, almost independent of what else is__44__in their lives.Although many of his specific conclusions have been__45__or modified over the years,his ideas inspired thousands of studies by investigators all over the world.A)advocate B)amount C)confirmed D)crazy E)definiteF)differences G)favorite H)happening I)immediately J)naturallyK)obtaining L)primarily M)protest N)rejected O)theoriesSection BDirections:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2.The Perfect EssayA)Looking back on too many years of education,I can identify one truly impossible teacher.She cared about me,and my intellectual life,even when I didn't.Her expectations were high-impossibly so.She was an English teacher.She was also my mother.B)When good students turn in an essay,they dream of their instructor returning it to them in exactly the same condition,save for a single word added in the margin of the final page:" Flawless."This dream came true for me one afternoon in the ninth grade.Of course,I had heard that genius could show itself at an early age,so I was only slightly taken aback that I had achieved perfection at the tender age of14.Obviously,I did what any professional writer would do;I hurried off to spread the good news.I didn't get very far.The first person I told was my mother.C)My mother,who is just shy of five feet tall,is normally incredibly soft-spoken,but on the rare occasion when she got angry,she was terrifying.I am not sure if she was more upset by my hubris(得意忘形)or by the fact that my English teacher had let my ego get so out of hand.In any event,my mother and her red pen showed me how deeply flawed a flawless essay could be.At the time,I am sure she thought she was teaching me about mechanics,transitions(过渡), structure,style and voice.But what I learned,and what stuck with me through my time teaching writing at Harvard,was a deeper lesson about the nature of creative criticism.D)First off,it hurts.Genuine criticism,the type that leaves a lasting mark on you as a writer,also leaves an existential imprint(印记)on you as a person.I have heard people say that a writer should never take criticism personally.I say that we should never listen to these people.E)Criticism,at its best,is deeply personal,and gets to the heart of why we write the way we do. The intimate nature of genuine criticism implies something about who is able to give it,namely, someone who knows you well enough to show you how your mental life is getting in the way of good writing.Conveniently,they are also the people who care enough to see you through this painful realization.For me it took the form of my first,and I hope only,encounter with writer's block-I was not able to produce anything for three years.F)Franz Kafka once said:"Writing is utter solitude(独处),the descent into the cold abyss(深渊) of oneself."My mother's criticism had shown me that Kafka is right about the cold abyss,and when you make the introspective(内省的)descent that writing requires you are not always pleased by what you find.But,in the years that followed,her sustained tutoring suggested that Kafka might be wrong about the solitude.I was lucky enough to find a critic and teacher who was willing to make the journey of writing with me."It is a thing of no great difficulty,"according to Plutarch,"to raise objections against another man's speech,it is a very easy matter;but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome."I am sure I wrote essays in the later years of high school without my mother's guidance,but I can't recall them.What I remember,however,is how she took up the"extremely troublesome"work of ongoing criticism.G)There are two ways to interpret Plutarch when he suggests that a critic should be able to produce"a better in its place."In a straightforward sense,he could mean that a critic must be more talented than the artist she critiques(评论).My mother was well covered on this count. But perhaps Plutarch is suggesting something slightly different,something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should"criticize by creation,not by finding fault."Genuine criticism creates a precious opening for an author to become better on his own terms-a process that is often extremely painful,but also almost always meaningful.H)My mother said she would help me with my writing,but first I had to help myself.For each assignment,I was to write the best essay I could.Real criticism is not meant to find obvious mistakes,so if she found any-the type I could have found on my own-I had to start from scratch. From scratch.Once the essay was"flawless,"she would take an evening to walk me through my errors.That was when true criticism,the type that changed me as a person,began.I)She criticized me when I included little-known references and professional jargon(行话)?She had no patience for brilliant but irrelevant figures of speech."Writers can't bluff(虚张声势)their way through ignorance."That was news to me-I would need to find another way to structure my daily existence.J)She trimmed back my flowery language,drew lines through my exclamation marks and argued for the value of restraint in expression."John,"she almost whispered.I leaned in to hear her:"I can't hear you when you shout at me."So I stopped shouting and bluffing,and slowly my writing improved.K)Somewhere along the way I set aside my hopes of writing that flawless essay.But perhaps I missed something important in my mother's lessons about creativity and perfection.Perhaps thepoint of writing the flawless essay was not to give up,but to never willingly finish.Whitman repeatedly reworked"Song of Myself'between1855and1891.Repeatedly.We do our absolute best with a piece of writing,and come as close as we can to the ideal.And,for the time being,we settle.In critique,however,we are forced to depart,to give up the perfection we thought we had achieved for the chance of being even a little bit better.This is the lesson I took from my mother.. If perfection were possible,it would not be motivating.46.The author was advised against the improper use of figures of speech.47.The author's mother taught him a valuable lesson by pointing out lots of flaws in his seemingly perfect essay.48.A writer should polish his writing repeatedly so as to get closer to perfection.49.Writers may experience periods of time in their life when they just can't produce anything.50.The author was not much surprised when his school teacher marked his essay as"flawless".51.Criticizing someone's speech is said to be easier than coming up with a better one.52.The author looks upon his mother as his most demanding and caring instructor.53.The criticism the author received from his mother changed him as a person.54.The author gradually improved his writing by avoiding fancy language.55.Constructive criticism gives an author a good start to improve his writing.Section CDirections:There are2passages in this section.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 Answer.Sheet2with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions56to60are based on the following passage.Could you reproduce Silicon Valley elsewhere,or is there something unique about it?It wouldn't be surprising if it were hard to reproduce in other countries,because you couldn't reproduce it in most of the US either.What does it take to make a Silicon Valley?It's the right people.If you could get the right ten thousand people to move from Silicon Valley to Buffalo,Buffalo would become Silicon Valley.You only need two kinds of people to create a technology hub(中心):rich people and nerds(痴迷科研的人)Observation bears this out.Within the US,towns have become startup hubs if and only if they have both rich people and nerds.Few startups happen in Miami,for example,because although it's full of rich people,it has few nerds.It's not the kind of place nerds like.Whereas Pittsburgh has the opposite problem:plenty of nerds,but no rich people.The top USComputer Science departments are said to be MIT,Stanford,Berkeley,and Carnegie-Mellon.MIT yielded Route128.Stanford and Berkeley yielded Silicon Valley.But what did Cainegie-Mellon yield in Pittsburgh?And what happened in Ithaca,home of Cornell University,which is also high on the list?I grew up in Pittsburgh and went to college at Cornell,so I can answer for both.The weather is terrible,particularly in winter,and there's no interesting old city to make up for it,as there is in Boston.Rich people don't want to live in Pittsburgh or Ithaca.So while there're plenty of hackers (电脑迷)who could start startups,there's no one to invest in them.Do you really need the rich people?Wouldn't it work to have the government invest in the nerds? No,it would not.Startup investors are a distinct type of rich people.They tend to have a lot of experience themselves in the technology business.This helps them pick the right startups,and means they can supply advice and connections as well as money.And the fact that they have a personal stake in the outcome makes them really pay attention.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

大学英语四级试卷（满分120分，考试时间90分钟）一、选择题：（本题共20小题，每小题3分，共60分）1. Whose _______ was it to pay a visit to Lake Erie?A. dreamB. purposeC. thoughtD. idea2. There is a _____ of vegetables in Shanghai at the moment because of the cold weather.A. shortageB. wantC. needD. desire3. Only the headwaiter has some professional hotel _______ so the service is rather show and inefficient.A. learningB. instructingC. teachingD. training4. Fred doesn’t like white coffee, nor does he like to put cream on his strawberries,because he prefers them __________.A. naturalB. plainC. simpleD. ordinary5. The economists are not quite optimistic about the economic _______ for Europe.A. outlookB. lookoutC. foresightD. project6. Passengers may leave bulky articles under the stairs ______ the conductor's permission.A. atB. withC. onD. in7. You won't get in _____ the end of the act.A. tillB. atC. byD. in8. My parents, _____ touring in Britain, are looking forward to a traditional English afternoon tea in a beautiful setting.A. presentlyB. instantlyC. nowadaysD. publicly9. Over joyed to see his long-lost friends, Jimmy _____ a toast to the health of them all.A. suggestedB. spokeC. proposedD. raised10. _______, a telephone is one of the most useful things in the world when it’s working properly.A. As a wholeB. On the wholeC. Above allD. As the whole11. She couldn't bear _____ fun of like that.A. MadeB. being makingC. being madeD. making12. He has been hoping for a rise in salary for a year but he _____ ask for it yet.A. daren'tB. doesn't dareC. hadn't daredD. won't dare13. With the curtains _____, the room was dark.A. drewB. were drawnC. drawingD. drawn14. Excuse me for breaking in,___ I have some news for You.A. soB. andC. butD. yet15. There is no ___ that a lot of damage has been done by the typhoon sweeping across the city.A. ideaB. doubtC. hopeD. uncertainty16. A NASA experimental jet, the X-43A, flew at a world-record speed----11,260 kilometres an hour on November 17. Its speed is ___ as sound.A. as ten times fastB. ten times as fastC. fast as ten timesD. so fast ten times17. The fact saddened all the fans ____ their beloved team lost thechampionship.A. thatB. whichC. whatD. until18. If ___, he promised that he would do all he could to promote public welfare.A. electedB. being electedC. having electedD. to be elected19.--i introduce myself? My name is Meg Johnson.( )Nice to meet you, Mr. Johnson.A. Must isB. ShouldC. Need netD. Mays20.The boss made them.___ten hours day. ( )A.worked toB.workingC.workD.to work二、翻译（共计15分）1. 电影开演半小时了。

大学英语四级试练习卷一、阅读理解The United States is on the verge of losing its leading place in the world's technology.So says more than one study in recent years.One of the reasons for this decline is the parallel decline in the number of U.S.scientists and engineers.Since1976,employment of scientists and engineers is up85percent. This trend is expected to continue.However,the trend shows that the number of22-year-olds--the near term source of future PH.D.s-is declining.Further adding to the problem is the increased competition for these candidates from other fields-law,medicine,business,etC.While the number of U.S.PH.D.s in science and engineering declines,the award of PH.D.s to foreign nationals is increasing rapidly.Our inability to motivate students to pursue science and engineering careers at the graduate level is compounded because of the intense demand industry has for bright Bachelor's and Master's degree holders.Too often,promising PH.D.candidates,confronting the cost and financial sacrifice of pursuing their education,find the attraction of industry irresistible.1.The U.S.will come to lose its leading place in technology probably because ________.A.the number of PH.D.degree holders is decliningB.the number of scientists and engineers is decreasingC.the number of22-year-ilds is decliningD.scientists and engineers are not employed2.The field of science and engineering is facing a competition from________.A.technologyB.foreign nationalsC.such fields as law,medicine and businessD.postgraduatesrge-scale enterprises now need_______.A.bright graduates and postgraduatesB.new inventionsC.advanced technologyD.engineers4.Many promising postgraduates are unwilling to pursue a PH.D.degree because _________.A.they are not encouraged to be engaged in scienceB.industry does not require PH.D.holdersC.they have financial difficultiesD.they will spend much time and energy completing PH.D.5.PH.D.candidates"find the attraction of industry irresistible"means that _________.A.they find industry is attracting more and more college studentsB.they don't think they can prevent themselves from working for industryC.they cannot resist any attraction from all sidesD.they cannot work for industry any longer二、完型填空完型填空（一）If you were to begin a new job tomorrow,you would bring with you some basic strengths andweaknesses.Success or(1)in your work would depend,to(2)great extent,(3)your ability to use yourstrengths and weaknesses to the best advantage.(4)the utmost importance is your attitude.A person(5)begins a job convinced that he isn't going to like it or is(6)that he is going toail is exhibiting aweakness which can only hinder his success.On the other hand,a person who is secure(7)his belief thathe is probably as capable(8) doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerfulattempt (9)it possesses a certain strength of purpose.The chances are that he will do well.(10)the prerequisite skills for a particular job is cking those skills is obviously aweakness.A book-keeper who can't add or a carpenter who can't cut a straight line with a saw(11)hopeless cases.This book has been designed to help you capitalize(12)the strength and overcome the(13)that youbring to the job of learning.But insgroupsto measure your development, you must first(14)--stock ofswheres you stand now.(15)--we get further along in the book,we’ll be(16)--in some detail withspecific processes for developing and strengthening(17)--skills.However,(18)--begin with, youshould pause(19)--examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical toyour success or failure in school:your(20)--, your reading and communication skills,and your studyhabits.1.A.improvement B.victory C.failure D.achievement2.A.a B.the C.some D.certain3.A.in B.on C.of D.to4.A.Out of B.Of C.To D.Into5.A.who B.what C.that D.which6.A.ensure B.certain C.sure D.surely7.A.onto B.on C.off D.in8.A.to B.at C.of D.for9.A.near B.on C.by D.at10.A.Have B.Had C.Having D.Had been11.A.being B.been C.are D.is12.A.except B.but C.for D.on13.A.idea B.weakness C.strength D.advantage14.A.make B.take C.do D.give15.A.as B.till C.over D.out16.A.deal B.dealt C.be dealt D.dealing17.A.learnt B.learned C.learning D.learn18.A.around B.to C.from D.beside19.A.to B.onto C.into D.with20.A.intelligence B.work C.attitude D.weakness完型填空（二）The rocket engine,with its steady roar like that of a waterfall or a thunderstorm,is an impressive symbol of the new space age.Rocket engines have 1powerful enough to shoot astronauts2the earth's gravitational pull and 3them on the moon.We have now become4space.Impressive and complex5it may appear,the rocket,which was6in China over800years7,is a relatively simple device.Fuel that is8in the rocket engine changes9gas.The hot and rapidly10gas must escape,but it can do so only11an opening that12backwar D.As the gas is13with great force,it14the rocket in the15direction.Like the kick of a gun16it is fired,it17the laws of nature18by Sir Isaac Newton when he discovered that“19every action,there is20equal and opposite reaction.”1.A.shown B.been C.appeared D.proved2.A.against B.despite C.beyond D.from3.A.send nd C.take D.carry4.A.travelers B.astronauts C.researchers D.explorers5.A.that B.so C.as D.sometimes6.A.made B.discovered C.developed D.invented7.A.in advance B.before C.earlier D.ago8.A.round B.contained C.stored D.burned9.A.as B.into C.for D.the10.A.heating B.escaping C.expanding D.conducting11.A.in B.at C.by D.through12.A.turns B.goes C.faces D.directs13.A.transmitted B.dispersed C.erected D.radiated14.A.attracts B.leads C.pulls D.pushes15.A.same B.other C.opposite D.wrong16.A.that B.when C.if D.although17.A.states B.proves C.follows D.breaks18.A.described B.discussed C.considered D.made19.A.like B.as C.with D.for20.A.no B.an C.another D.theCloze三、翻译1.电影开演半小时了。

《大学英语4 》复习自整理2017年6月20日柏映羽版权所有，请勿翻印第一单元MAN AND NATURE一．TEXTA（P4-7）课文翻译：人在自然界亚历山大•斯伯金1 人类生活在大自然的王国里。

他们时刻被大自然所包围并与之相互影响。

人类呼吸的空气、喝下的水和摄入的食物，无一不令人类时刻感知到大自然的影响。

我们与大自然血肉相连，离开大自然，我们将无法生存。

2 人类不仅生活在大自然之中，同时也在改变着大自然。

人类把自然资源转变为各种文化、社会历史的财富。

人类降服并控制了电，迫使它为人类社会的利益服务。

人类不仅把各种各样的动植物转移到不同的气候环境下，也改变了他所生活环境的地貌和气候，并使动植物因之而发生转变。

3 随着社会的发展，人类对大自然的直接依赖越来越少，而间接的依赖却越来越多。

我们远古的祖先生活在大自然的威胁及破坏力的恐惧之中，他们常常连基本的生活物资都无法获取。

然而，尽管工具不甚完备，他们却能同心协力，顽强工作，并总是有所收获。

在与人类的相互作用中，大自然也发生了改变。

森林被破坏了，耕地面积增加了。

大自然及其威力被看成是和人类敌对的东西。

譬如，森林被认为是野性的和令人恐惧的，因此人类便想方设法使其面积缩小。

这一切都是打着“文明”的旗号进行的，所谓“文明”，就是指人类在那些地方建立了家园，那些地方的土地得以耕耘，那里的森林已被砍伐。

4 然而，随着岁月的流逝，人类越来越关注的是在何处以及如何得到生产所需的不可替代的自然资源的问题。

科学与人类改变大自然的实践活动已经使人类意识到了工业在改变地球的进程中对地质产生的重大影响。

5 目前，人与自然以及自然与社会整体之间过去存在的动态平衡，已呈现崩溃的迹象。

生物圈中所谓可替代资源的问题变得极为严重。

人类和社会的需求，即便是像淡水一样的物质，也变得越来越难以满足。

清除工业废物的问题也变得日益复杂。

6 现代技术的特征是生产和使用日益丰富的人工合成产品。

人们生产成千上万种人工合成材料。

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2021年12月18日考试真题答案 第二套试题By 台风天搞农业CET 4试卷结构与分值：英语四级总分710分，合格分数425分。

按照四级分数线分值分布计算可得：阅读占35%，总分为248.5分，按比例计算过线至少要考148分，具体分数比例如下：一、听力部分：News Report One(1)A 22-year-old Chinese woman who suffered from a persistent cough was shocked to learn that she had a piece of chicken bone lodged in her lung.The unnamed woman from the province of Shandong started have coughing problems when she was 7 or 8 years old.For 14 years,she made numerous hospital visits.However,no doctor could identify any problem.Her uncontrollable coughing was a mystery.Finally,the woman got a full body scan at a hospital in the city of Qingdao.This special medical procedure revealed she had a chicken bone stuck in her lung.(2)Doctors performed surgery and removed the bone.The simple procedure went smoothly and the woman has recovered fully with the bone finally removed from her lung,the woman is very happy that she no longer suffers from that annoying cough.1.What was the woman’s problem?2.How was the woman’s problem eventually solved?News Report Two(3)A white shape named Prickles that ran away from an Australian farm during the 2013 bush fires recently returned home.According to farmer Alice Gray,Prickles was only a lamb when she ran away.The bush fires that hit the area back then destroyed a large part of her family’s massive property.They thought Prickles had died in the fire.But instead,the young sheep escaped into a 200-acre forest near the farm.(4)Once the fires were over,the family had to fix the damage done to the farm as it was such a large property,which included rebuilding about 40 kilometers of fencing.It was this huge fencing that prevented Pickles from finding her way back.Over the years,the family spotted her a few times.They even recorded her with cameras installed to monitor the activity.But when they knew Pringles was alive,they couldn’t find her and never expected her to return by herself.Seven years later,they were proven wrong.3.What does the news say about the white sheep Prickles?4.What the family do of the bush fires?News Report Three(5)Tons of gold have fallen out of the sky in Russia after a cargo plane malfunctioned in midair this morning.The aircraft was carrying 265 million pounds worth of gold and diamonds,when the door flew open,sending the precious metal back to earth.According to the official news agency,Russian authorities have recovered more than 170 gold bars weighing 20 kilograms each.The plane was traveling from Yakutsk airport in a major diamond producing region to the city Krasnoyarsk in Siberia.(6)However,the aircraft made an emergency landing in Magan after began losing some of its valuable cargo.Reports suggest some bars of gold were scattered up to fifteen miles away from the airport.Nine tons of gold on plane AN12 belonged to a gold mine company.Police have sealed off the runway and say it is unclear if it was an accident or an attempted robbery.(7)Technical engineers who worked on the plane prior to takeoff are reportedly going to be questioned by the police.5.What is the news report mainly about?6.What did the aircraft do when the incident happened?7.What does the news report say about the technical engineers who worked on the plane before takeoff?Conversation One8.Why does the man have this conversation with the man recorded?His job is related to the customer service.9.What is the woman’s purpose of calling to the furniture company?She wants to know when she can get her money back.10.What does the woman say about her bank card?The new bank card will be sent to her on Tuesday,and the bank may has canceled the old one before the man made the payment.11.What does the man advise the woman to do?She needs to update the card details directly on the website.Conversation Two12.Why isn’t the man going to cook?He’s worn out.13.What does the man say he’ll do on his phone?He’ll use the food delivery app on his phone.14.What does the woman think of the Indian food?That’s not the kind of the hot she means.She needs something mild.15.What does the man think of the woman?She’s really difficult to please.Passage One(16)A new study carried out by the university of Lincoln has found a link between the personalities of cat owners and the behavior and wellbeing of their cats.The findings suggest that just as apparent personality can affect the personality of a child,the same is true for a cat and its owner.Owners defined as individuals with high levels of anxiety,fear,anger,depression and loneliness were more likely to have cats with behavioral issues.Such cats display more aggressive and anxious behavioral styles as well as more stress related sickness.They will also more likely to have an ongoing medical condition and be overweight.The research also found that mentally well-adjusted owners had come from happier and healthier cats.Researchers explained that many owners regard their pets as a family member and form close social bonds with them.(17)The majority of owners want to provide the best care for their pets and is therefore possible that pets could be affected by the way their owners interact with and manage them.The study highlights an important relationship between our personalities and the well-being of our pets.(18)Further research is needed to investigate the cause of nature of this relationship and look at how owners’personalities are directly influencing their pet’s behavior and well-being.It is possible that the well-being of pets is driven by the underlying nature of the owner not simply by their conscious decisions and behaviors.16.What do we learn from the new study by the University of Lincoln?17.What does the passage say most pet owners want to do?18.What does the passage say it’s still needed to understand the effects of owners’personalities on their pets?Passage Two(19)One 50-minute run can add seven hours to your life.This was a claim made by The Times last week.The claim was based on a new review of studies about the effects of running.The review concluded that an average runners live three years longer than non-runners and that running does more to extend life than any other form of exercise.But there’s more to running than its health benefits.(20)Research published in recent years have shown that running changes your brain and mind in some fascinating ways from increasing your brain function to regulating your emotions.However,the precise effects vary according to whether you engage in short fast running or long distance running.For example,in one study,researchers compared participants’ability to learn new words after several minutes of intense running,and after 40 minutes of gentle running,participants were able to learn 20 percent faster after the intense running and they showed a superior memory when tested again a week later.In another study,researchers asked volunteers to jog for 30 minutes and then showed them clips from a sad movie.Participants who usually struggled to handle negative emotions were more intensely affected by the sad clips just as you’d expect.But crucially,this was less so if they had completed the 30 minutes jog.(21)The researchers said moderate exercise appears to have helped those participants to be less vulnerable to the impact of the sad movie.19.What did the new review of studies claim?20.What is one effect that running has on people according to recent research?21.What did another study find about the participant after they had a 30 minutes jog?Passage ThreeWelcome to the tour of the Hill House.This house built in 1904 is one of the most well-known works of Charles Hill,the famous architect.It was designed and built for local entrepreneur and his family.Before starting the tour,let me giveyou a brief introduction about the design of this amazing building.(23)Prior to beginning his design,the architect spends sometime in the client’s old home,observing their life and studying their habits.This meant that he could design the house according to the needs of the family.(24)The client’s main desire was to have a home with unique design,so the architect was given complete freedom.The building style is radically different from what was the fashion of the period.At the time,most large homes were constructed of timber and brick.This one,however,is made of concrete,a novel construction material in those days.The interior of the house,including the fittings and furniture,was also designed by the same person.Most of the furniture you will see is original and in good condition.However,(25)both pieces in the children’s bedrooms are copies built to the designs of the architect.Fortunately,all the blueprints for both the building and its contents have been preserved,so we’ve been able to replace badly damaged furniture.Let’s begin our tour,starting from the rooms.22.What do we learn about the speaker?He is the guide of the tour.23.What dis the architect do before beginning his design?24.What did the architect’s client mainly want?25.What do we learn about the pieces of furniture in the children’s bedrooms?1.D)He did an unusual good deed2.C)Give some money to the waiter3.A)Whether or not to move to the state's mainland4.B)It costs too much money5.A)To investigate whether people are grateful for help6.C)They held doors open for people at various places7.B)Most people express gratitude for help8.C)To enquire about solar panel installation9.D)He has a large family.10.B)The cost of a solar panel installation11.D)About five years12.A)At a travel agency13.D)She wanted to spend more time her family.14 D)Two weeks.15.A)Choosing some activities herself16.D)Pay a green tax upon arrival17.A)It has not been doing a good job in recycling.18.B)To ban single-use plastic bags and straws on Bali land.19.D)Its population is now showing signs of increase20.C)Commercial hunting21.D)To seek breeding grounds22.C)They consume less milk these days23.A)It is not as healthy as once thought24.C)They lack the necessary proteins to digest it25.B)It provides some necessary nutrients二、选词填空部分：When my son completes a task,I can't hlep but praise him.26.B.constant27.G.negative28.K.repeatedly29.L.rewarded30.C disappointing31.H.outcome32.1.pattern33.D.distinguish34.N.simply35.0.undertaken三、四级信息匹配部分：The History of the Lunch Box36.[F]City kids,on the other hand,went home for lunch and came back.37.[j]The company sold 600,000 units the first year.38.[〇]The introduction of backpacks changed the lunch box scene a bit^he adds.39.[C]Lunch boxes have been connecting kids to cartoons and TV shows and super-heroes for decades.40.[H]And then everything changed in the year of 1950.41.[L]The new trend was also a great example of planned obsolescence,that is,to design a product so that it will soon become unfashionable or impossible to use and will need replacing.42.[D]Let's start back at the beginning of the 20th century-the beginning of the lunch box story,really.43.[A]It was made of shiny,bright pink plastic with a Little Mermaid sticker on the front,and I carried it with me nearly every single day.44.[M]The metal lunch box craze Lasted until the mid-1980s,when plastic took over.45.<I>But these containers were really sting years on end.四、仔细阅读部分：P146 A When they don*t have the chance to do what they want47 D Harmful conduct48 B Many volunteers choose to hurt themselves rather than endure boredom49 C It may promote creative thinking.50 D Allow oneself some time to be bored.P251.B Forests are fast shrinking in many developing countries.52.C Those that used to have the lowest forest coverage.53.A The government’s advocacy54.C Their capability of improving air quality55.D Developed and developing countries are moving in opposite directions五、作文部分：WritingDirections：For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write on the topic Changes in the Way of Transportation.You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.范文：Changes in the way of transportationAs the internet is developing so rapidly,the way of transportation keeps changing surprisingly.New applications on transportation emerge abundantly,contributing to the fact that people*s lifestyle has been changed as well.The changes in the way of transportation can be listed as follows.First of all,with the development of technology,the price of transportation is much cheaper than before.Moreover,compared with traditional ways of buying tickets,transportation applications and websites give passengers the opportunityto book tickets online without going outside to particular ticket offices.Besides,highspeed railways gradually replace the oldfashioned green trains,which can tremendously improve travelers’comfort during the journey and shorten the time spent on the way.From my perspective,the changes in the way of transportation mainly lie in the good respects.As one of the fortunate passengers who live in the age of internet and can get access to online service of transportation,I can*t help exclaiming:it is the best of times.六、翻译部分：春节前夕吃团圆饭是中国人的传统。

最新国家开放大学电大本科《理工英语4》期末标准题库及答案(试卷号：1388)最新国家开放大学电大本科《理工英语4》期末标准题库及答案（试卷号：1388）考试说明：本文档汇总了历年来该科的试题及答案，形成了一个完整的标准考试题库，对考生的复和考试起着非常重要的作用，能节省大量时间。

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一、交际用语（共计10分，每小题2分）1-5题：选择正确的语句完成下面对话，并将答案序号写在答题纸上。

1.- Good morning。

Jeff。

Would you mind going to get me a cup of coffee at the Starbucks?B。

No problem。

You want the usual?2.- Do you eat porridge every day?B。

No。

sometimes I'd have a cup of XXX.3.- Do you mind my using my mobile phone here?C。

No。

of course not.4.- This apple pie is too sweet。

don't you think so?A。

Not really.5.- Oh。

Dear。

I've lost my new watch.C。

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一、优秀：得分95-100分。

大学英语四级改革适用（段落翻译）模拟试卷85(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 5. TranslationPart ⅣTranslation1．房地产业(the real estate industry)作为国民经济的基础产业和主导产业，其发展历程不是一帆风顺的。

从20世纪50年代中期到20世纪80年代初，我国并不存在房地产市场。

因此，从20世纪80年代起，我国的房地产业仅有着30余年的历史。

而在这30余年期间，我国的房地产业就经历了繁荣、衰退、萧条、复苏的完整周期。

目前，我国的房地产业正稳步走向成熟期。

正确答案：As the basic and dominant industry of the national economy, the real estate industry develops into the process of the continuous adjustment. From the middle 1950s to the late 1980s, there didn’t exist real estate market in China. Therefore, China’s real estate industry has been only growing for over 30 years since 1980s, during which, it has undergone the full cycle of boom, recession, depression and revival. Currently, China’s real estate industry is entering into the period of development with steady pace.解析：1．在翻译第一句中的“其发展历程不是一帆风顺的”时，我们并没有译成主系表结构，而是把“发展”转换成动词作谓语，这样翻译更加地道。