专业四级-446及答案解析.doc

1、专业四级-446及答案解析 (总分：140.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、PART DICTATION(总题数：1，分数：15.00)1.Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the

2、passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.（分数：15.00）_二、PART LISTENING COM(总题数

3、：0，分数：0.00)三、SECTION A CONVERSATI(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.（分数：3.00）(1).Whats the conversation mainly about?（分数：1.00）A.A famous movie named Pride and Prejudice.B.A fat

4、her who tried to marry off one his five girls.C.Five girls who tried to get inheritance from their father.D.A romance novel named Pride and Prejudic(2).What is Henrys opinion on the novel at the beginning of the story?（分数：1.00）A.He thinks it is a classic one.B.He thinks it is out of date.C.He thinks

5、 it is romantic.D.He thinks it is interestin(3).Jane suggests Henry _.（分数：1.00）A.watched the film first and then read the bookB.read the book first and then watched the filmC.did as his teacher saidD.took a lot of time watching a filmQuestions 4 to 6 are based on the following conversation. At the e

6、nd of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.（分数：3.00）(1).When do you think the conversation takes place?（分数：1.00）A.On Christmas Day.B.On Christmas Eve.C.Several days before Christmas.D.The day after Christmas.(2).They have prepared for the Christmas party EXCEPT _.（分

7、数：1.00）A.decorations on Christmas treeB.snack foodC.the punchD.Christmas presents(3).Who will come to the party?（分数：1.00）A.Everyone besides Dave.B.Everyone they invited.C.Their family.D.Everyone invited except DavQuestions 7 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversati

8、on, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.（分数：4.00）(1).What are they doing?（分数：1.00）A.Preparing a dinner.B.Chopping vegetables.C.Peeling vegetables.D.Washing vegetables.(2).What they do will burn gestures mouths?（分数：1.00）A.Cooking spicy food.B.Cooking salty food.C.Mixing the sauce.D.C

9、ooking the meat over a low flam(3).Jessie asked Lily to _.（分数：1.00）A.chop the vegetablesB.fry the meat in much oilC.fry the meat until it is cookedD.cook meat over a high flame(4).According to the conversation, we can infer that _.（分数：1.00）A.The man is good at cookingB.The woman is good at chopping

10、vegetablesC.The meat will be very spicyD.The man will make her specialty for dinner四、SECTION B PASSAGES(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.（分数：3.00）(1).Whats the moral of the story?（分数：

11、1.00）A.Every part of the body debated to be the boss of the body.B.Asshole is the most important part of the body.C.One doesnt need brains to be a bossany asshole will do.D.Other parts of the body actually are more important than asshol(2).How many parts of the body have been mentioned?（分数：1.00）A.5B

12、.6C.7D.8(3).Why did the asshole win the boss at last?（分数：1.00）A.The asshole controlled the whole bodys responses and functions.B.When the asshole refused to work, other parts fell into troubles.C.The asshole carried the brain about and got him to where he wanted to go.D.The asshole did all the work

13、and earned all the money.Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.（分数：4.00）(1).Which of the following titles is the best one for the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Digging for gold.B.Famers and his three sons.C.Finding

14、 hidden gold.D.Making wealth through adventur(2).The farmer let his sons dig the olive orchard in order to _.（分数：1.00）A.find a pot of goldB.turn up the soil in the orchardC.get the gold through their hard workD.plant olive trees(3).The farmers three sons are _.（分数：1.00）A.hard-workingB.lazy bonesC.st

15、upidD.disappointing(4).What does their father mean by There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it?（分数：1.00）A.The farmer buried a pot of gold in the orchard.B.Three sons can dig gold if they need.C.Three sons can find gold if they wish.D.If three sons work hard in the orchard, it

16、will bring a pot of gold in the harvest timQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.（分数：3.00）(1).Which place is the dirtiest one?（分数：1.00）A.A toilet seat.B.A toilet door handle.C.A keyboard.D.A desk.(2).Wha

17、t will mainly cause a bug-infected keyboard?（分数：1.00）A.Eating lunch at desks.B.Crumbs and food.C.Poor personal hygiene.D.Not washing hands after going to the toilet.(3).Which of the following is CORRECT?（分数：1.00）A.1% people never cleaned their keyboard.B.One in five never cleaned their mouse.C.More

18、than 46% people cleaned their keyboard once a month.D.To clear out bugs, the users must turn and shake the keyboar五、SECTION C NEWS BROAD(总题数：5，分数：10.00)Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.（分数：2.00）(1).

19、Philippiness economy grew _.（分数：1.00）A.to 4.9% compared with the same period last yearB.by 1.9% compared with the previous three monthsC.by 1.9% compared with the same period last yearD.by 4.9% compared with the previous three months(2).According to the news, economic growth in the Philippines _.（分数

20、：1.00）A.grew much faster than last yearB.grew by 7.8% this yearC.grew by 8.9% this yearD.will develop disaster in the countryQuestions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.（分数：2.00）(1).Which of the following stat

21、ements about Mr. Zuma is INCORRECT?（分数：1.00）A.It is Mr. Zumas second to visit Libya.B.Mr. Zuma supports the continuing aerial bombardments of Libya.C.Mr. Zuma is the ruler of African National Cogress.D.Mr. Zuma has criticized the Nato bombing of Liby(2).What kind of situation is Gaddafi in?（分数：1.00）

22、A.Gaddafis forces fight against Rebels fighters.B.Gaddafi has agreed to negotiate with Rebels.C.G8 calls for Gaddafis stepping down on Monday.D.The rebels forces Gaddafi to step down.Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to ans

23、wer the questions.（分数：2.00）(1).What happened to Lockheed Martin after the cyber-attack?（分数：1.00）A.Most of its programmes had been compromised.B.The impact on Pentagon was serious.C.No customer and employee personal data were compromised.D.The threat was not detecte(2).Which of the following informat

24、ion is INCORRECT?（分数：1.00）A.The Pentagon makes fighter jets, warships and weapons systems.B.The impact on the Pentagon was minimal.C.Their systems remained secure after cyber attack.D.Lockheed Martin is the worlds biggest aerospace company.Question 27 and 28 are based on the following news. At the e

25、nd of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.（分数：2.00）(1).The welfare scheme launched by Brazil is _.（分数：1.00）A.to lift millions out of poverty by 2016B.the key priority of Brazilian governmentC.to increase living standardsD.to make 20 million Brazilians rich(2).Accordin

26、g to the news, the people live in extreme poverty only have _ or less a month.（分数：1.00）A.70 realsB.242 realsC.70 dollarD.242 dollarQuestions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.（分数：2.00）(1).When will Tokyo submi

27、t their bids to IOC?（分数：1.00）A.In September, 2013.B.In September, 2012.C.In September, 2011.D.In September, 2010.(2).Which of the following city has NOT shown interest in holding 2020 Olympics?（分数：1.00）A.Rio de Janeiro.B.Berlin.C.Doha.D.Cape Town.六、PART CLOZE(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Never mind the obesity ep

28、idemicCanada is (31) with an epidemic of bad ideas on how to fight obesity. The latest is to treat fast-food restaurants as if they were (32) to porn shops, and (33) them fromor at least limit their numbers inneighbourhoods with schools or hospitals.That idea is one of many (34) by a group of medica

29、l doctors in an article published this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The doctors, (35) by the cardiologist Mark Eisenberg of McGill University, seem to view a bag of potato chips as the moral (36) of a package of cigarettes. They (37) propose the use of graphic warnings for junk

30、food, similar to (38) on cigarette packages, which now have pictures of a dying cancer (39) on them. They would discuss a (40) on junk foods. Salt they suggest removing from processed foods not (41) , so that no one notices, but fast enough to destroy the enticing taste.There is a logical end to thi

31、s kind of thinking: men skulking on street corners (42) hamburgers under their trench coats, even as a massive bureaucracy decides how to separate junk foods from (43) ones, for the purposes of launching a fusillade of taxes. (The authors even envision a utopia in which people snack on trail mix, ap

32、ple slices and granola bars. )Canada does not need a dietitian-in-chief. It doesnt need healthy-food enforcement officers. People in a democracy should be (44) to make bad choices, even ones as reprehensible as scarfing chips or swilling sugary pop. These choices are different from cigarette smoking

33、, which creates (45) effects on others.A new report on childrens inactivity suffers from a similar flaw. Active Healthy Kids Canada complains that 72 percent of youth from the age of 5 to 19 do not have (46) to after-school programs. But why should 19-year-olds, or even the bulk of 14-year-olds, nee

34、d such regimentation? The attitude seems to be that only the government can (47) children from bad habits. How the state is supposed to program the pounds off todays children is not explained.Demonizing smoking is very different from demonizing obesity, (48) is a condition, not a behaviour. It is in

35、fluenced by (49) factors. Shaming and blaming, taxing and banning, will not work. We need to promote greater (50) , at all ages, and all weights, and keep in mind that the heavy hand of the state is not the answer to every ill.（分数：20.00）A.inflictedB.afflictedC.anguishedD.woundedA.closeB.likeC.likewi

36、seD.akinA.preventB.distanceC.refrainD.barA.floatedB.formedC.expressedD.mouthedA.precededB.steeredC.ledD.pioneeredA.resultB.equivalentC.consumptionD.applicationA.thereforeB.neverthelessC.againD.evenA.themB.thatC.whatD.thoseA.preyB.encounterC.bearerD.victimA.banB.reformationC.taxD.processingA.slightly

37、B.graduallyC.ultimatelyD.obedientlyA.holdingB.concealingC.tastingD.coveringA.slowB.eatableC.deliciousD.healthyA.freeB.advisedC.expectedD.willingA.poisonousB.second-handC.unnamedD.straightforwardA.touchB.exposureC.contactD.accessA.licenseB.eliminateC.rescueD.drawA.whatB.whichC.thatD.itA.variableB.env

38、ironmentalC.mentalD.geneticA.attentionB.struggleC.awarenessD.movement七、PART GRAMMAR AND V(总题数：30，分数：30.00)2.He went as white as a sheet and backed off immediately on hearing the misfortune. The italicized phrase means _. A. excited B. frightened C. melancholy D. vexed（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.He seemed to

39、be a lot more cheerful and appeared to _ from his bout of depression of the previous evening. A. be recovered B. have recovered C. be recovering D. having recovered（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.Reforms of this kind would go further towards making the welfare system more redistributive than any _ changes in the

40、 structure of services or benefits. A. likely B. prone C. apt D. liable（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.Climate change was probably important in both _ and evolution of dolphins. A. execution B. extinction C. exclusion D. excavation（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.Which of the following italicized phrases serves grammatically

41、as ADVERBIAL OF PURPOSE? A. This style was first created by Taglioni for his daughter Marie. B. John was sentenced to 30 years for his radical political views. C. Frank lifted his head and looked at him, waiting for him to continue. D. I told him I thought it was a stupid thing for him to do.（分数：1.0

42、0）A.B.C.D.7.Aggression is related to anger and _; whereas meanness relates to spitefulness and untrustworthiness. A. hostility B. hospitality C. hostage D. hypertension（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.Although the importance of calligraphy may have dwindled in computer-dominated society, in China it still carries

43、 tremendous significance. The italicized word means all the following EXCEPT _. A. diminished B. lessened C. shrunken D. disappeared（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.Over the last few months hardly a day had gone by without _ in the financial press. A. his name was mentioned B. his name mentioned C. his name to be

44、 mentioned D. his name being mentioned（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.Which of the following is INCORRECT? A. No one could quite understand what he was trying to do in Sundays game. B. I was quite evidently not a person to be trusted with even the simplest task. C. Maggie blushed, aware that quite a few men wer

45、e looking at her now. D. He quite hesitated, reluctant to destroy any part of his own work.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.As the train drew out, our dear friends on the platform blew kisses, _ tears and waved their handkerchiefs. A. shed B. dropped C. slump D. fell（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.They walked slowly along one wall, laughing and talking and only _ looking at the eccentric pictures. A. supposedly B. incidentally C. purposefully D. randomly（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.You will be required to vacate the