专业英语四级-115及答案解析.doc

1、专业英语四级-115及答案解析 (总分：99.98，做题时间：90分钟)二、Passage 1(总题数：1，分数：20.00)The Fields Medal is the highest scientific award for mathematicians. In fact it is only the unofficial name for the International medal for outstanding discoveries in mathematics. The Fields Medals are presented every four years at the I

2、nternational Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) to two to four deserving mathematicians under the age of 40. The age limit is intended to guarantee that not only past work is rewarded. The Fields Medal is also intended to encourage the winners to make further contributions. The prize is named in honor

3、 of Professor John Charles Fields (1863-1932), a Canadian mathematician. He was the first significant mathematician at the University of Toronto, and was also internationally known at the time. He was active in such prestigious scientific societies as the Royal Society of London. In 1924 he was elec

4、ted as the President of the 6th International Congress of Mathematicians held in Toronto. Fields did original research in the theory of algebraic functions. However he is best remembered for conceiving the idea of, and for providing funds for, an international medal for mathematical distinction. The

5、 9th International Congress of Mathematicians at Zurich in 1932 adopted his proposal after his death. The Fields Medal was first awarded at the 10th Congress, held at Oslo in 1936. The fund for the founding of the medals is constituted by Fields donation and balance left over after financing the Tor

6、onto Congress held in 1924. Fields wished that the awards should recognize both existing mathematical work and also the promise of future achievement. The medalists are presented with a golden medal together with a prize of 15,000 Canadian dollars. Each medal contains at least 200 dollars worth of g

7、old and is probably 7.5 centimeters in diameter. The obverse of the medal is the head of Archimedes facing right, and together with a quotation (in Latin) attributed to him, To transcend ones spirit and to take hold of the world. The reverse side bears the inscription ( in Latin), The mathematicians

8、 assembled here from all over the world to pay tribute for outstanding work. Compared with the $100,000 of the Nobel Prize, it is only a golden medal. However, the prize winners are selected by the Fields Medal Committee which consists of eight mathematicians appointed by the Executive Committee of

9、the International Mathematical Union. It is usually regarded as the top prize in mathematics and will only be awarded to researchers who have made pioneering contribution in mathematics, so is often referred to as the Nobel Prize for Mathematics, since there is no Nobel Prize for mathematics.（分数：20.

10、00）(1).Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?（分数：4.00）A.Fields Medal: the Noble Prize for Mathematics.B.John Charles Fields, the Great Mathematician.C.Noble Prize for Mathematics.D.John Charles Fields and Fields Medal.(2).The Fields Medals are presented every _ years.（分数：4.00）

11、A.twoB.fourC.threeD.five(3).Fields is mainly remembered for _.（分数：4.00）A.the first winner of the Fields MedalB.the President of the 6th International Congress of MathematiciansC.his achievement in the theory of algebraic functionsD.the founder of an international medal for mathematical distinction(4

12、).Which of the following is INCORRECT according to the passage?（分数：4.00）A.Fields Medal was first awarded in 1936 before Fields death.B.Fields Medal is a golden medal.C.Fields Medal is often referred to as the Nobel Prize for Mathematics.D.Fields Medal is awarded to mathematicians under the age of 40

13、.(5).Where did the mathematician Archimedes mentioned in Paragraph 4 come from?（分数：4.00）A.Ancient Greek.B.Ancient Roman.C.Ancient Egypt.D.Ancient Israel.三、Passage 2(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Cindy Hess began her automotive career as a Design and Development Engineer with Chrysler, in the fall of 1977. Today, s

14、he is Vice-President of Daimler Chrysler, and head of the Small Car Platform Engineer Department which is directly responsible for the design and development of the Neon, Doge Viper, and all future small cars. Many different departments are involved in bringing a product to market, said Hess, referr

15、ing to the 2000 Neon. A company looks into renewing a particular vehicle when its marketplace demand is good, and the profits increase our shareholders value, explained Hess. We look to our market research in determining which options well keep the same or delete, and which ones we want to add to im

16、prove our appeal. Now that the Neon 2000 is on the market, her team will use survey and research results to determine which option packages work best for the consumers, and what improvements, if any, need to be made. And the best goes on. Hess supervises 1200 engineers while managing a successful li

17、fe as wife and mother. Her secret, she said, is to always try to give 150 percent in everything I do. The only way I can really balance my work and family is by cheating at both ends. For example, Hess said, I always take my boys to school on the first day of the yearso I come in a little late. A fe

18、w times a year I leave work for a couple of hours to see my son in a play or to attend his swim meet. Like most other successful women in the auto industry, Hesss day begins early and ends late. In her case, coaching her sons basketball game ends some of Hesss days. Occasionally, she adds, I come in

19、 to work on the weekends to catch up on paperwork and mail and have also been known to be called to work while I am on vacation.（分数：20.00）(1).What is Hesss chief responsibility now?（分数：4.00）A.Renewing promising car models.B.Supervising production.C.Doing market research.D.Developing small cars.(2).W

20、hen will a company renew an existing model?（分数：4.00）A.When it sells well and brings in good profit.B.When it needs improvement to meet the needs of users.C.When some of its features have to be deleted.D.When certain options have to be added.(3).What does Cindy Hess mean by cheating at both ends?（分数：

21、4.00）A.Do things for her family when she is supposed to be at work.B.Work for the company while she is supposed to stay at home.C.Meet the demands of both family and work with a flexible schedule.D.Balance the needs of her family against the demands of her work.(4).What is Cindys secret of success b

22、oth as a business executive and a woman?（分数：4.00）A.Hard work.B.Loyalty.C.Enthusiasm.D.Creativity.(5).Which of the following statements is true of Cindy Hess?（分数：4.00）A.She always makes sure to attend the big events in the life of her sons.B.She comes to office on most weekends to catch up on her wor

23、k.C.She always gives priority to work rather than to her family.D.She seldom has time to take a holiday.四、Passage 3(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Shortly before he died of lymphoma (淋巴瘤), the great writer and physician Lewis Thomas, whose books turned science into a way of appreciating the greatness of the world,

24、told me he thought the true measure of a life was that it be useful. He wondered in those last days if his own life had been useful, and many thousands of readers assured him that it had. Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, cried Robert Brownings Rabbi Ben Ezra. Not always. Poetry replies

25、 to Rabbi Ben with A. E. Housmans To an Athlete Dying Young and comes up with no more startling a conclusion than that a life is what one makes of it. Celebrity is hardly a prerequisite (先决条件). Kennedys life would have been just as valuable had be been, to use another poets phrase, a mute, ingloriou

26、s Milton. A beloved colleague at TIME died recently who was unknown to most of the world, except the friends she cherished. The measure of a life is often taken in the smallest units. On television, a parking attendant in the garage that Kennedy used mentioned that Kennedy came over personally to wi

27、sh the man a merry Christmas every year. A middle aged African American woman with whom he worked in one of the programs he supported was in tears at the recollection of continuous small acts of kindness. The sudden garden that has developed on the front steps of Kennedys loft building began simply

28、with neighbors paying homage (崇敬) to a neighbor. From such fragments of evidence a whole life is constructed, or reconstructed. When a man dies, a civilization dies with him. Everything dies but the reverberation (反响) of his works in the lives of others; and so, while an individual civilization dies

29、, the greater one profits. We call such deaths tragedies because the force of the life has been of great magnitude (重要性); yet tragedy from the point of view of the audience is high art, and one is filled with as much admiration as grief. Keats chose as his epitaph (墓志铭) Here lies one whose name was

30、writ in water. He believed that his life would be viewed as without consequence, and that he would debut (初次登台) one more transitory figure among the yearning and striving masses. Kennedy, too, I think, would have had his name writ in water, thus the appropriateness of his sea burial, because the bes

31、t public servants disappear into the world, whose pain they feel. Every name is writ in water, which flows through us all.（分数：20.00）(1).We can infer from the first paragraph that Lewis Thomas believes that _.（分数：4.00）A.your life is important if it is meaningful for othersB.you can build meaning into

32、 your life if it is longC.work while alive is the most important thingD.usefulness of one life is hard to measure(2).Which of the following statements is true about Robert Browning?（分数：4.00）A.He believes that longer life is no good thing.B.He believes that true life lies in how one makes of it.C.He

33、is identical with Lewis Thomas, regarding the life issue.D.He is opposite to A. E. Housman, regarding the death issue.(3).What idea does the author want to convey in the second paragraph?（分数：4.00）A.The importance of ones life is not related with his reputation or fame.B.Poets and politicians make th

34、e same contribution to society.C.Statesmen are always ready to do small things for people around them.D.The beloved colleague at Time is as respectable as Kennedy.(4).By saying The measure of a life is often taken in the smallest units (Para. 2), the author means that _.（分数：4.00）A.Kennedy was most r

35、espected by the ordinary peopleB.Kennedys life can be reflected by the small deeds he has doneC.Kennedy has done many small deeds for the people around himD.Kennedy devoted his life to serving the people from the lower class(5).In the last paragraph, the author cites Keats epitaph to show that _.（分数

36、：4.00）A.the poet finally died in the seawaterB.the poets dream of his great popularity came true centuries laterC.the importance of ones life can not be predictedD.human life is transitory, so dont waste it五、Passage 4(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Denzel Washington and Halle Berry made history Sunday with Academy

37、Award wins, and for many, it was a sweet victory, long past due. Nonetheless, minority groups say diversity must extend beyond Hollywoods glamour nightand include other groups such as Asians, Hispanics and American Indians. If this is a sign that Hollywood is finally ready to give opportunity and ju

38、dge performance based on skill and not on skin color, then it is a good thing, said Kweisi Mfume, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. However, if this proves to be a momentary flash in a long history of neglect, then Hollywood has failed to learn the real mea

39、ning of equality. In 1939, when Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American actor to win an Oscar for Gone with the Wind, it was a bittersweet victory. McDaniels role was blasted by progressive African-American groups, and she was limited for much of the rest of her career in similar, stereoty

40、ped roles. Now Washington has won for his part as Alonzo Harris in the violent police thriller Training Day, playing a talented but corrupt narcotics detective who bullies his narcotics squad trainee while ruling the roost in a Los Angeles battle zone. Berry beat the field for her steamy part in Mon

41、sters Ball as Leticia Musgrove, a Southern mother doubly bereavedby the execution of her husband and the car-accident death of her son. Both movies are frank, verbally profane and violent. They show things unshowable in the time of Gone with the Wind or even 20 or 30 years later. But mostly, they sh

42、owed that African-Americans could be portrayed onscreen as complex human beingspart good, part badrather than the bigot-fodder of decades ago: the cardboard villains, comical personas or long-suffering saints and mammies of Hollywoods Golden Age. That battle, at least onscreen, was settled long ago.

43、 But this years double Oscar seals the contract. Nonetheless, some organizations say minorities will have power in front of the camera only when there is more minority representation behind the scenes as directors, writers and producers. I dont recall seeing any Asian-Americans, women or men, being

44、recognized and not too many Latin Americans, Washington said, So there is still a lot of work (to be done).（分数：19.98）(1).People thought that the sweet victory _.（分数：3.33）A.didnt benefit status of minority peopleB.should have come long beforeC.would leave them a permanent memoryD.showed the equality

45、between men and women(2).Kweisi Mfume was _ about the effect of the sweet victory.（分数：3.33）A.rationalB.arbitraryC.ambiguousD.convinced(3).What happened to Hattie MeDaniel after her performance in Gone with the Wind?（分数：3.33）A.She was alienated by the African Americans.B.She had to play similar roles

46、 in other films.C.She began to give up her progressive view.D.She wanted to change her stereotyped image.(4).In Training Day, Denzel Washington played the role of _.（分数：3.33）A.a violent and dreadful detectiveB.a detective who was addicted to drugsC.a capable but disgraceful detectiveD.a detective wh

47、o was strict with his trainee(5).In the passage, a bigot-fodder most probably refers to a person who is _.（分数：3.33）A.uniqueB.complicatedC.unimportantD.simple(6).According to the author, the double Oscar this year _.（分数：3.33）A.triggers the battle on racism in film industryB.helps settle the issue of

48、racism in film industryC.verifies the equality between races in film industryD.discloses the inequality between races in film industry六、Passage 5(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Self-Portrait with Straw Hat (1887), a Van Gogh self-portrait done in Paris, is one of his most intriguing yet most neglected works. The artists gloomy eyes stare out from his face in half-profile, facing to the left, and the world-weary expression