[外语类试卷]专业英语四级模拟试卷292（无答案）.doc

1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 292（无答案）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 wil

2、l 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 minuteSECTION A CONVERSATIONSDirections: In this section you will hear several conversation

3、s. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 2 What is the relationship between the two speakers?（A）Friends.（B） Neighbors.（C） Colleagues.（D）Client and agent.3 What does the man have to buy?（A）Cupboards.（B） Plants in the garden.（C） Tables, chairs and beds.（D）Coo

4、ker, fridge and a dishwasher.4 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the conversation you have heard?（A）There is a separate garden for this apartment upstairs.（B） In auction a person can buy articles at the lowest prices.（C） The man decides to rent another apartment downtown at last

5、.（D）Some furniture and appliances are provided in the apartment.5 What will the girl raise as her pet at last?（A）A puppy.（B） A hamster.（C） A guinea-pig.（D）A white cat.6 Where does the family live?（A）In a big house.（B） In an apartment.（C） Near the pet-shop.（D）In the countryside.7 What will the father

6、 do next?（A）Go to his office.（B） Make a little home for the pet.（C） Take his daughter to buy a guinea-pig.（D）Ask his wifes opinion about buying a pet.8 Who is the man talking to?（A）clerk.（B） A teacher.（C） A student.（D）A librarian.9 How does the man feel at the start of the conversation?（A）Determined

7、.（B） Appreciative.（C） Overwhelmed.（D）Compassionate.10 What does the woman recommend the man to do?（A）search for magazines articles.（B） Limit his search.（C） Use a typewriter.（D）Try a broader topic.11 What can be found in the category of “Readers Guide to Periodical Literature“?（A）Books.（B） Documents.

8、（C） Magazines.（D）Newspapers.SECTION B PASSAGESDirections: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 12 What is the topic of the passage?（A）Food keeping.（B） Food safety after a flood.（C） The influence of floodwater.（D）

9、Safe-keeping from floodwater.13 What kind of food can be kept when flooding happens?（A）Boxes of juice.（B） Food in soft packaging.（C） Food in a waterproof container.（D）All-mental cans in good condition.14 Which of the following is NOT a proper way to clean the saved cans?（A）Removing any labels.（B） Us

10、ing drinking water.（C） Boiling the cans directly.（D）Washing cans with soap and water.15 What is the finding of Harvard Universitys study?（A）Brown rice is better than white rice in reducing Type Two diabetes.（B） People in developed countries are more likely to have diabetes.（C） Type Two diabetes is r

11、elevant to the sugar our body produces.（D）Women are less likely to have Type Two diabetes than men.16 Which information is not included in the study?（A）Diet.（B） Medicare history.（C） Pre-existing diseases.（D）Day-to-day activities.17 What is the problem of brown rice?（A）It has much lower production.（B

12、） It has less starch than white rice.（C） It is shorter in releasing sugar than white rice.（D）It is less available to people in poor countries.18 Which fonms was the basis for photography?（A）Light darkens silver salt.（B） Light darkens common salt.（C） Light darkens silver.（D）Light darkens self-develop

13、ing film.19 The first permanent picture was made by_.（A）using a special paper（B） adding common salt to silver salt（C） tinting the temporary image（D）using a special piece of metal20 What is the official date of the beginning of photography?（A）1727.（B） 1826.（C） 1839（D）186021 What did Edwards Land inve

14、nt?（A）A new kind of film.（B） An automatic printer.（C） A cheap device of developing film at home.（D）An “instant“ camera that develops its own film.22 How many apartments will be built in Har Homa?（A）121.（B） 736.（C） 763（D）90023 Who are opposing the new-home plan?（A）Israeli people.（B） The U. S. and Pal

15、estinians.（C） People in the Middle East.（D）People in Jerusalem.24 The world food production is said to be increased by_in next two decades.（A）15%（B） 20%（C） 0.3（D）0.525 Which country is mentioned to have unsuccessful agricultural sector?（A）Haiti.（B） Nigeria.（C） Zimbabwe.（D）Afghanistan.26 What is the

16、focus of the news?（A）FINA（B） Jacques Rogge.（C） The opening ceremony.（D）Construction problems.27 Which of the following is NOT the problem project?（A）A light rail line.（B） Marathon route.（C） Seaside venue.（D）Showcase roof.28 What are the employers afraid of?（A）Continual recession of economy.（B） Inade

17、quate graduates and skilled workers.（C） Increasing training fees for the green hands.（D）Frequent job-hopping of skilled workers.29 What do some employers hope the government will do?（A）Cancel the useless business polling.（B） Provide more training fees for the workers.（C） Encourage universities to of

18、fer workforce training.（D）Provide more helpful measures for the economic recovery.30 What does the Minister want to keep an eye on?（A）The cause of the fire.（B） Some strategic targets.（C） Fire situations.（D）The victims.31 Which of the following are NOT mentioned in putting out the fire?（A）People.（B）

19、Dogs.（C） Vehicles.（D）Airplanes.32 What might NOT be the cause of the fire?（A）Human carelessness.（B） Heat wave.（C） Tornado.（D）Wildfire.二、PART III 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

20、 in the corresponding blanks. 32 Is there meaning in the length of a finger? Long fingers are a【C1】_of refinement. A short stubby hand argues a lack of【C2】_Long fingers might also be a sign of a good basketball player or pianist.【C3】_maybe just a master at thumb wars. This【C4】_is sure: studies in re

21、cent years have【C5】_toward a number of findings. One of the studies just【C6】_finger length to success in financial trading.Earlier work found that male stock traders made more money on days【 C7】_their level of the male hormone testosterone was higher. John Coateshimself a former traderwondered if,【C

22、8】_, men with more testosterone【C9】_more successful traders. A way to know how much is to【C10 】_their ring finger to their index finger. The index finger is the one【C11】_the thumb; the ring finger is third from the thumb. The longer the ring finger and the shorter the index finger, the【C12】_the test

23、osterone exposure. The study involved forty-four traders and their【C13】_and losses over a twenty-month period【C14 】_in two thousand seven. Those with the【C15】_experience and testosterone exposure earned about six times as much as those with the least.【C16】_, the research showed that traders with the

24、 most exposure【C17】_made the most money in wild markets【C18】_quick action is required. Testosterone is known to make people more【C19 】_themselves and more willing to take risks. It may also【C20】_a persons thinking ability.33 【C1 】（A）mark（B） representative（C） sign（D）signal34 【C2 】（A）sense（B） sensibil

25、ity（C） sensation（D）sensory35 【C3 】（A）And（B） So（C） Or（D）Then36 【C4 】（A）anyway（B） generally（C） much（D）only37 【C5 】（A）done（B） focused（C） found（D）pointed38 【C6 】（A）adjusted（B） assigned（C） attached（D）tied39 【C7 】（A）that（B） when（C） where（D）which40 【C8 】（A）by contrast（B） frankly speaking（C） however（D）over

26、all41 【C9 】（A）had（B） made（C） recruited（D）were42 【C10 】（A）adopt（B） compare（C） link（D）relate43 【C11 】（A）next to（B） near by（C） close to（D）besides44 【C12 】（A）greater（B） less（C） more（D）more dangerous45 【C13 】（A）advantages（B） incomes（C） profits（D）success46 【C14 】（A）ending（B） lasting（C） involving（D）/47 【C1

27、5 】（A）better（B） more（C） most（D）rich48 【C16 】（A）Also（B） Hence（C） However（D）While49 【C17 】（A）considerably（B） generally（C） harmoniously（D）tremendously50 【C18 】（A）that（B） what（C） when（D）where51 【C19 】（A）capable of（B） conscious of（C） sure of（D）typical of52 【C20 】（A）develop（B） enforce（C） enable（D）improve三

28、、PART IV GRAMMAR so（B） For; and（C） Once; and（D）As; so67 The underlined part in “The colder water made the divers worse at simple arithmetic and other mental tasks“ is a(n) _.（A）object（B） direct object（C） indirect object（D）object complement68 You should have your eyes tested every year in case the _

29、of your spectacles need changing.（A）lenses（B） glasses（C） sights（D）crystals69 The school committee hoped that their choice of play would be _ with the students and their parents.（A）recognized（B） popular（C） favorable（D）fascinated70 As for Ann, I am not sure about her_in Italian.（A）fluency（B） clarity（C

30、） coherence（D）excellency71 Most of the earliest_into America came from Europe.（A）migrants（B） emigrants（C） immigrants（D）inhabitants72 I_a letter to an Internet service that distributes journalists questions to more than 850 institutions.（A）assigned（B） attached（C） dispatched（D）detached73 In addition,

31、there are specialized public schools for the _, and for those with other special needs, as well as accelerated and enriched courses for gifted students.（A）indulged（B） handicapped（C） kidnapped（D）invalid74 Having poor handwriting is not much of a_in an age of typewriters and computers.（A）difference（B）

32、 possibility（C） convention（D）liability75 His parents give him many expensive toys as some form of _ for his lameness and inability to play active games.（A）remedy（B） compensation（C） treatment（D）comfort76 He wound_the meeting with a note of thanks to the committee.（A）at（B） up（C） off（D）down77 The poor

33、thing has had a tooth out, so he cant talk but manages to_to capture attention.（A）moan（B） grumble（C） criticize（D）complain78 We insist that students should give a truthful answer_with the reality of their world.（A）constant（B） consecutive（C） consistent（D）conservative79 The heads of the two governments

34、 met to_the treaty.（A）rectify（B） ratify（C） certify（D）verify80 The storm sweeping over SW China is sure to lead to_of vegetables in the following days.（A）validity（B） variety（C） scarcity（D）rarity81 She has a_knowledge of French, but she cant resist showing off in public.（A）supercilious（B） superficial（

35、C） superfluous（D）superior82 No one appreciated his work during his lifetime, but _ it is clear that he was a great artist.（A）in person（B） in the aftermath（C） in retrospect（D）in the future82 The sun rose upon a tranquil world, and beamed down upon the peaceful village like a benediction. Breakfast ov

36、er, Aunt Polly had family worship: It began with a prayer built from the ground up of solid courses of Scriptural quotations, welded together with a thin mortar of originality; and from the summit of this she delivered a grim chapter of the Mosaic Law, as from Sinai.Then Tom girded up his loins, so

37、to speak, and went to work to “get his verses. “ Sid had learned his lesson days before. Tom bent all his energies to the memorizing of five verses, and he chose part of the Sermon on the Mount, because he could find no verses that were shorter. At the end of half an hour Tom had a vague general ide

38、a of his lesson, but no more, for his mind was traversing the whole field of human thought, and his hands were busy with distracting recreations. Mary took his book to hear him recite, and he tried to find his way through the fog: “Blessed are theaa“Poor“Yespoor; blessed are the pooraa“ In spirit“In

39、 spirit; blessed are the poor in spirit, for theythey“THEIRS“For THEIRS. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn, for theythey“Sh-“For theya“S, H, A“For they S, HOh, I dont know what it is!“SHALL!“Oh, SHALL! for they shallfor they shallaashall

40、 mournaablessed are they that shallthey thatathey that shall mourn, for they shallashall WHAT? Why dont you tell me, Mary?what do you want to be so mean for?“Oh, Tom, you poor thick-headed thing, Im not teasing you. I wouldnt do that. You must go and learn it again. Dont you be discouraged, Tom, you

41、ll manage itand if you do, Ill give you something ever so nice. There, now, thats a good boy. “All right! What is it, Mary, tell me what it is. “Never you mind, Tom. You know if I say its nice, it is nice. “You bet you thats so, Mary. All right, Ill tackle it again. “And he did “tackle it again“and

42、under the double pressure of curiosity and prospective gain he did it with such spirit that he accomplished a shining success. Mary gave him a brand-new “Barlow“ knife worth twelve and a half cents; and the convulsion of delight that swept his system shook him to his foundations. True, the knife wou

43、ld not cut anything, but it was a “sure-enough“ Barlow, and there was inconceivable grandeur in thatthough where the Western boys ever got the idea that such a weapon could possibly be counterfeited to its injury is an imposing mystery and will always remain so, perhaps. Tom contrived to scarify the

44、 cupboard with it, and was arranging to begin on the bureau, when he was called off to dress for Sunday-school.83 In the first paragraph, the word “grim“ (. . . a grim chapter. ) means_.（A）sacred（B） omniponent（C） cheerful（D）gloomy84 When Tom was reciting the verses, _.（A）Mary discouraged him constan

45、tly（B） it was foggy outside（C） he couldnt focus his attention all the time（D）he tried very hard to please the grownups85 Tom finally did a good job in reciting the Bible because of_.（A）a better understanding of the verses（B） a good example set by Aunt Polly（C） fear of being punished by Mary（D）an env

46、isioned reward86 Which of the following is TRUE about a Barlow knife?（A）Its handy enough to cut things.（B） It is likely to be faked.（C） Its a common reward for good deeds.（D）It may work as a charm.87 According to the passage, Tom is probably a boy with_.（A）a craving for knowledge（B） great self contr

47、ol（C） intense curiosity（D）some potentials87 Today is a major milestone for Microsoft as our first Developers Conference here in China. The key partnerships we build with software developers around the world are central not only to the success of Windows but also to realize the great possibilities th

48、at PC technology provides. Its through applications of every variety that businesses will be using the personal computer as the tool of the Information Age.Microsoft has a vision for where the PC is going. And that vision says that PCs will become a central element of how companies share information

49、 inside the company. The name of that vision is, the so called Digital Nervous System (DNS), allowing companies to reduce paper work and make better decisions. The Digital Nervous System means that not only do you have the PCs that are connected together, and not only do you have standard elements like e