[外语类试卷]专业英语四级模拟试卷554及答案与解析.doc

1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 554及答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION (15 MIN) Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage

2、 will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minute SECTION A CONVERSATIONS Directions: In this section you will hear several conver

3、sations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 2 What is the woman busy with recently? （ A） Taking care of the handicapped. （ B） Designing a uniform. （ C） Holding a charity bazaar. （ D） Selling costumes. 3 Whats the attitude of the man toward the charity ba

4、zaar? （ A） Indifferent. （ B） Supportive. （ C） Impersonal. （ D） Surprised. 4 Which of the following statements is true about the man? （ A） The man always shows concern about the people around him. （ B） The man cares nothing about the fashion. （ C） The man knows nothing about the job of the woman befo

5、re. （ D） The man often attends the charity bazaar. 5 Which is NOT the mans purpose of this visit? （ A） To visit friends. （ B） To vacation. （ C） To give private lessons. （ D） To attend the Arts Festival. 6 What kind of cello did the man use. when he was eight? （ A） A half-sized cello. （ B） A two-thir

6、ds-sized cello. （ C） A full-sized cello. （ D） An expert-made cello. 7 What can we know about the mans cello? （ A） He always takes it with him. （ B） It was made by his uncle. （ C） He had a German make it. （ D） He often gets a seat free for his cello. 8 According to the conversation, what is one probl

7、em with ann exericse? （ A） They dont get rid of flabby arms. （ B） They can damage arm muscles. （ C） They arent acceptable to most people. （ D） They can raise ones blood pressure. 9 How did the woman obtain the information about arm exercises? （ A） By talking to an expert. （ B） By reading an article.

8、 （ C） By attending an exercise class. （ D） By listening to the radio. 10 According to the conversation, what are the experts now recommending? （ A） Exercising the entire body. （ B） Having your blood pressure taken daily. （ C） Losing weight prior to exercising. （ D） Weighing in before each exercise s

9、ession. 11 Which of the following exercises is suggested? （ A） Wearing arm weights while you are swimming. （ B） Jogging vigorously in one place for a long time. （ C） Using bicycles that require you to use both your arms and legs. （ D） Walking slowly while swinging your arms back and forth. SECTION B

10、 PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 12 What was John Lennons profession? （ A） Murderer. （ B） Musician. （ C） Lawyer. （ D） Dancer. 13 Where had he been living when he was shot? （ A） London. （

11、 B） Hawaii （ C） Los Angeles. （ D） New York. 14 What did Chaplain do immediately after he shot Lennon? （ A） Reported to the police. （ B） Drove off. （ C） Threw his gun. （ D） Walked away. 15 What is this passage talking about? （ A） Air pollution. （ B） Noise damage. （ C） Environment on campus. （ D） Solu

12、tions for pollution. 16 What kind of sounds is harmful for your hearing? （ A） Traffic on a busy street. （ B） Jet plane taking off. （ C） Sound that the average person can hear. （ D） Sounds up to 80 decibels. 17 According to the passage, what is the main cause of preventable hearing loss? （ A） Bad hea

13、lth. （ B） Excessive noise. （ C） Horns taken to football games. （ D） The busy traffic. 18 When will the exam be held? （ A） Next Tuesday. （ B） Next Thursday. （ C） Next Friday. （ D） Next Saturday. 19 What should the students bring with them to the exam? （ A） Two or three pens. （ B） Two or three pencils

14、. （ C） Pens and ink. （ D） Pencils and erasers. 20 As to the format of the exam, which of the following statements is true? （ A） It will include multiple-choice questions. （ B） It will consist of three multiple-choice questions and five essay questions. （ C） Students will have to answer all the essay

15、 questions. （ D） Students will be required to answer three of the five questions. 21 How will the final score in the course be counted? （ A） The final will count for 50%, the research project for 30%, and the mid-term for 20%. （ B） The final will count for 50%, the research project for 20%, and the

16、mid-term for 30%. （ C） The final will count for 40%, the research project for 30%, and the term paper for 30%. （ D） The final will count for 40%, the term paper for 30%, and the mid-term for 30%. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them c

17、arefully and then answer the questions that follow. 22 Whats the doctors attitude toward British couples planning to have millennium babies? （ A） Disapproving. （ B） Supportive. （ C） Surprised. （ D） Critical. 23 According to the news, France was strongly criticized for_. （ A） conducting five nuclear

18、tests on Wednesday. （ B） carrying out a series of nuclear tests in the Pacific. （ C） getting disappointing results in the nuclear program. （ D） refusing to sign a global treaty banning nuclear tests. 24 According to the news, efforts to pump nitrogen into containment vessels would last until （ A） Su

19、nday. （ B） Thursday. （ C） Saturday. （ D） Tuesday. 25 How many nuclear reactors are reportedly damaged in the news? （ A） 1. （ B） 2. （ C） 3 （ D） 5 26 The blizzard conditions worst affected those travelers hoping to （ A） take railways to France and Belgium. （ B） take the Channel Tunnel rail service to

20、the USA and Belgium. （ C） fly to France and Belgium. （ D） take the Channel Tunnel rail service to France and Belgium. 27 How long did the extreme weather in France make the passengers trapped under the English Channel? （ A） For 16 hours. （ B） For 60 hours. （ C） For 6 hours. （ D） For 15 hours. 28 How

21、 does Anwar Ibrahim feel if the general election is held in March? （ A） Satisfied. （ B） Angry. （ C） Jealous. （ D） depressed. 29 What was Anwar Ibrahim charged and convicted of in the late 1990s? （ A） Sexual crime. （ B） Corruption. （ C） Neglect of duty. （ D） Murdering. 30 How many children were there

22、 in the school? （ A） 114. （ B） About 200. （ C） 900 （ D） More than 1,000. 31 What did the teachers do at the time of the fire? （ A） They tried to put out the fire. （ B） They ran into the school kitchen. （ C） They helped the children out of the building. （ D） They ran away from the building. 二、 PART I

23、II CLOZE (15 MIN) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. 31 When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get a good score on a certain kind of test, o

24、r even the ability to do well in school. These are at 【 C1】 _ only indicators of something far less important. By intelligence we mean a style of life, a way of behaving in 【 C2】 _ situations. The true test of intelligence is not how much we know how to do,【 C3】 _ how we behave when we dont know wha

25、t to do. The intelligent person, meeting a new situation or problem,【 C4】 _ himself up to it. He tries to take【 C5】 _with mind and senses everything he can about it. He thinks about it,【 C6】_ of himself. He deals with it boldly, imaginatively, resourcefully, and【 C7】 _ confidently, at least hopefull

26、y; if he 【 C8】 _to master it, he looks without fear or shame at his mistakes and ones self with【 C9】 _ to life. Just as clearly, unintelligence is an entirely different style of behavior,【 C10】 _ out of entirely different set of attitudes. Years of watching and【 C11】 _ bright children with the not b

27、right have shown that they are very different kinds of people. The bright child is【 C12】 _ about life and reality, eager to get in 【 C13】 _ with it, embrace it, and unite himself【 C14】 _it. There is no wall, no barrier, between himself and life.【 C15】 _, the dull child is far less curious, far less

28、interested in what 【 C16】 _ on and what is real, more inclined to live in a world of【 C17】 _. The bright child likes to experiment, to try things【 C18】 _. If he cant do something one way, hell try another. The dull child is usually afraid to try at all. It 【 C19】 _a great deal of urging to get him t

29、o try even once; if that try fails, he is【 C20】 _. 32 【 C1】 （ A） least （ B） best （ C） first （ D） large 33 【 C2】 （ A） variance （ B） variation （ C） variable （ D） various 34 【 C3】 （ A） nor （ B） so （ C） and （ D） but 35 【 C4】 （ A） picks （ B） stays （ C） opens （ D） takes 36 【 C5】 （ A） in （ B） after （ C） on

30、 （ D） over 37 【 C6】 （ A） made （ B） instead （ C） out （ D） kind 38 【 C7】 （ A） if not （ B） although （ C） even （ D） hence 39 【 C8】 （ A） wants （ B） tends （ C） manages （ D） fails 40 【 C9】 （ A） longing （ B） care （ C） confidence （ D） respect 41 【 C10】 （ A） jumping （ B） rousing （ C） arising （ D） going 42 【 C

31、11】 （ A） competing （ B） comparing （ C） combining （ D） commanding 43 【 C12】 （ A） unconscious （ B） neglect （ C） worried （ D） curious 44 【 C13】 （ A） along （ B） hold （ C） control （ D） touch 45 【 C14】 （ A） of （ B） by （ C） with （ D） against 46 【 C15】 （ A） Therefore （ B） Although （ C） Consequently （ D） On

32、the other hand 47 【 C16】 （ A） lingers （ B） hangs （ C） goes （ D） puts 48 【 C17】 （ A） fascination （ B） fantasy （ C） fatalism （ D） fatigue 49 【 C18】 （ A） off （ B） on （ C） out （ D） for 50 【 C19】 （ A） takes （ B） spends （ C） consumes （ D） expends 51 【 C20】 （ A） on （ B） across （ C） cross （ D） through 三、 PA

33、RT IV GRAMMAR if she does not so much as know what they are, she has no ground for preferring either opinion. The rational position for her would be suspension of judgment, and unless she contents herself with that, she is either led by authority, or adopts, like the generality of the world the side

34、 to which she feels the most inclination. Nor is it enough that she should heat the arguments of adversaries from her own teachers, presented as they state them, and accompanied by what they offer as refutations, That is not the way to do justice to the arguments, or bring them into real contact wit

35、h her own mind. She must be able to hear them form persons who actually believe them; who defend them in earnest, and do their very utmost for them. She must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form; she must feel the whole force of the difficulty which the true view of the subject has

36、to encounter and dispose of; else she will never really possess herself of the portion of truth which meets and removes that difficulty. Ninety-nine in a hundred of what are called educated persons are in this condition; even of those who can argue fluently for their opinions. Their conclusion may b

37、e true, but it might be false for anything they know; they have never thrown themselves into the mental position of those who think differently form them and considered what such persons may have to say; and consequently they do not, in any proper sense of the word, know the doctrines which they the

38、mselves profess. 82 The best title for this passage is _. （ A） The Age of Reason （ B） The need for Independent Thinking （ C） The Value of Reason （ D） Stirring Peoples Minds 83 According to the author, it is always advisable to _. （ A） have opinions which cannot be refuted （ B） adopt the point of vie

39、w to which one feels the most inclination （ C） be acquainted with the arguments favoring the point of view with which one disagrees （ D） suspend heterodox speculation in favor of doctrinaire approaches 84 According to the author, in a great period such as the Renaissance we may expect to find _. （ A

40、） acceptance of truth （ B） controversy over principles （ C） inordinate enthusiasm （ D） a dread of heterodox speculation 85 According to the author, the person who holds orthodox beliefs without examination may be described in all of the following ways EXCEPT as _. （ A） enslaved by tradition （ B） les

41、s than fully rational （ C） determined on controversy （ D） having a closed mind 85 Judging from recent surveys, more experts in sleep behavior agree that there is virtually an epidemic of sleepiness in the nation. “I cant think of a single study that hasnt found Americans getting less sleep than they

42、 ought to,“ says Dr. David. Even people who think they are sleeping enough would probably be better off with more rest. The beginning of our sleep-deficit crisis can be traced to the invention of the light bulb a century ago. From diary entries and other personal accounts from the 18th and 19th cent

43、uries, sleep scientists have reached the conclusion that the average person used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night. “The best sleep habits once were forced on us, when we had nothing to do in the evening down on the farm, and it was dark.“ By the 1950s and 1960s, that sleep schedule had been reduced

44、dramatically, to between 7.5 and eight hours, and most people had to wake to an alarm clock. “People cheat on their sleep, and they dont even realize theyre doing it.“ says Dr. David. “They think they are okay, because they can get by on 6.5 hours, when they really need 7.5, eight or even more to fe

45、el ideally vigorous.“ Perhaps the most merciless robber of sleep, researchers say, is the complexity of the day. Whenever pressures from work, family, friends and community mount, many people consider sleep the least expensive item on his program. “In our society, youre considered dynamic if you say

46、 you only need 5.5 hours sleep. If youve got to sleep 8.5 hours, people think you lack drive and ambition.“ To determine the consequences of sleep deficit, researchers have put subjects through a set of psychological and performance tests requiring them, for instance, to add columns of numbers or re

47、call a passage read to them only minutes earlier. “Weve found that if youre in sleep deficit, performance suffers,“ says Dr. David. “Short-term memory is weakened, as are abilities to make decisions and to concentrate.“ 86 People in the 18th and 19th centuries used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night b

48、ecause they had _. （ A） no drive or ambition （ B） no electric light （ C） the best sleep habits （ D） nothing to do in the evening 87 According to Dr. David, Americans _. （ A） are ideally vigorous even under the pressure of life （ B） often neglect the consequences of sleep deficit （ C） do not know how

49、 to relax themselves properly （ D） can get by on 6.5 hours of sleep 88 Many Americans believe that _. （ A） sleep is the first thing that can be sacrificed when one is busy （ B） they need more sleep to cope with the complexities of everyday life （ C） to sleep is something one can do at any time of the day （ D） enough sleep promotes peoples drive and ambition 89 The underlined word “subjects“ (Para. 4) refers to _. （