1、专业英语四级模拟考试五2016年及答案解析 (总分：80.00，做题时间：130分钟)一、PART I DICTATION 10(总题数：1，分数：10.00)_二、PART II LISTENING CO(总题数：1，分数：0.00)三、SECTION B CONVERSATI(总题数：1，分数：0.00)四、PART III LANGUAGE KN(总题数：20，分数：20.00)2.The students in the dormitories were forbidden, unless they had special passed,_ after 11 pm.（分数：1.00）A.
2、staying outB.stay outC.from staying outD.to stay out3.Because of the bad food he had eaten, his stomach began to _.（分数：1.00）A.painB.be hurtC.acheD.harm4.While in bed the doctor was telephoned to go back to the hospital because of _case. （分数：1.00）A.a treatmentB.an operationC.an incidentD.an emergency
3、5.“Who won the election for mayor?” “A man_to represent every minority group in the city.” （分数：1.00）A.claimB.is claimedC.claimedD.claiming6.Thats definitely not what I said. You are purposely _my idea to prove your point. （分数：1.00）A.revisingB.distractingC.distortingD.contradicting7.Old Chinese are n
4、ot used to buy things on_ and are likely to save as much money as possible. （分数：1.00）A.depositB.debtC.creditD.sale8.“Eric nearly always wins the science award.” “Thats because his project are_.”（分数：1.00）A.extremely presented wellB.well presented extremelyC.presented well extremelyD.extremely well pr
5、esented9.As the group of persons _ together in a conversational knot, each individual expressed his position in the group by where he stands. （分数：1.00）A.squeezeB.packC.padD.cluster10._he does his work, I dont mind what time he arrives at the office. （分数：1.00）A.So far asB.So long asC.In caseD.Meanwhi
6、le11.In 1776 the United States announced the Declaration of Independence to_from the British Empire and became an independent country. （分数：1.00）A.pull downB.break awayC.get offD.dropp off12.The newly-built principal museum seems_ enough to last a hundred years. （分数：1.00）A.steadyB.substantialC.sophis
7、ticatedD.spacious13.Victor certainly talks a lot and hes never interested in what_has to say.（分数：1.00）A.anyone elseB.no oneC.nobody elseD.somebody other14.The mayor didnt have time so far to go into it_, but he gave as an idea about his plan.（分数：1.00）A.in conclusionB.at handC.at lengthD.in turn15.“W
8、hat can I do for you, sir?” “I want _.”（分数：1.00）A.a dimes worth of candyB.candy a dimes worthC.a dime worth of candyD.a dime-worth candy16.When traveling, it is possible that you may be advised to take the travelers checks, which provide a secure_ to carrying your money in cash.（分数：1.00）A.selectionB
9、.preferenceC.alternativeD.substitute17.Mrs. Nancy was wakened midnight by the ringing of the phone several hours after the ship that her husband was on had been_.（分数：1.00）A.firedB.decayedC.wreckedD.collapsed18.In order to be a good scientist, _. （分数：1.00）A.mathematics is urgentB.one should have the
10、mathematicsC.one must understand mathematicsD.mathematics is important to be understood19.We may often be puzzled by ways of expression that the native speaker of English does not even have to_, as English is not our first language.（分数：1.00）A.think outB.think forC.think overD.think about20.“Did the
11、audience participate in the play?” Yes, those actors _to involve the audience.”（分数：1.00）A.whom it was the functionB.of whom the function wasC.whose function it wasD.whose were the function21.It is a legal_for parents to ensure that their children are provided with efficient education suitable to the
12、ir age.（分数：1.00）A.sympathyB.obligationC.impulseD.influence五、PART IV CLOZE 10 MI(总题数：1，分数：10.00)A. laundryB. exaggerateC . emphasizeD. certainlyE. indignantF. removedG. amountH. excessivelyI. complicatedJ. handledK. flavorL. professionalM. introducedN. calculationO. balance Many of the aids which are
13、 advertised as liberating the modem woman tend to have the opposite effect,because they simply change the nature of work instead of eliminating it. Machines have a certain novelty value,like toys for adults. It is 1 less tiring to put clothes in a washing machine, but the time saved does not really
14、2 too much: the machine has to be watched, the clothes have to be carefully sorted first, stains 3 by hand, buttons pushed and water changed, clothes taken out, aired and ironed. It would be more liberating to pack it all off to a 4 and not necessarily more expensive, since no capital investment is
15、required. Similarly, if you really want to save time you do not make cakes with an electric mixer, you buy one in a shop. If one compares the image of domesticated woman fostered by the womens magazines with the goods advertised by those periodicals, advertising which finances them, one realizes how
16、 useful a projected image can be in commerce. A careful 5 has to be struck: if you show a labor-saving gadget, follow it up with a 6 recipe on the next page; on no account hint at the notion that a woman could get herself a job, but instead foster her sense of her own usefulness, 7 the creative aspe
17、ct of her function as a housewife. So we get cake mixes where the cook simply adds an egg herself, to produce that lovely home-baked 8 the family love,and knitting patterns that can be made by hand, or worse still, on knitting machines, which became a tremendous vogue when they were first 9 (difficu
18、lt to know who would wear all those rapidly produced sweaters, which lacked the advantages of hand-made woolens). Automatic cookers are advertised by pictures of pretty young mothers taking their children to the park, not by 10 women presetting the dinner before catching a bus to the office.（分数：10.0
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20、O.六、PART V READING COMPR(总题数：3，分数：10.00)passage one People have been painting pictures for at least 30,000 years.The earliest pictures were painted by people who huntedanimals. They used to paint pictures of the animals they wantedto catch and kill. Pictures of this kind have been found on thewalls
21、of caves in France and Spain. No one knows why theywere painted there. Perhaps the painters thought that theirpictures would help them to catch these animals. Or perhapshuman beings have always wanted to tell stories in pictures. About 5,000 years ago, the Egyptians and other people in the Near East
22、 began to use pictures askind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also torepresent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind ofalphabet.The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture writinga
23、nd pictures together. When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life werepainted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. Some of these pictures are likemodern comic strip stories. It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip. But, for theEgyptians, pi
24、ctures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple.The ordinary people could not understand it. By the year 1,000 BC, people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developeda simpler system of writing. The signs they used were very easy to write, an
25、d there were fewer ofthem than in the Egyptian system. This was because each sign, or letter, represented only onesound in their language. The Greeks developed this system and formed the letters of the Greekalphabet. The Romans copied the idea, and the Roman alphabet is now used all over the world.
26、These days, we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. But we stillneed pictures of all kinds: drawing, photographs, signs and diagrams. We find them everywhere:in books and newspapers, in the street, and on the walls of the places where we live and work.Pictures help
27、us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a storymuch more interesting.（分数：4.00）(1).Pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain because _.（分数：1.00）A.the hunters wanted to see the picturesB.the painters were animal loversC.the painters wanted t
28、o show imaginationD.the pictures were thought to be helpful(2).The Greek alphabet was simpler than the Egyptian system for all the following reasons EXCEPTthat _.（分数：1.00）A.the former was easy to writeB.there were fewer signs in the formerC.the former was easy to pronounceD.each sign stood for only
29、one sound(3).Which of the following statements is TRUE（分数：1.00）A.The Egyptian signs later became a particular alphabet.B.The Egyptians liked to write comic?strip stories.C.The Roman alphabet was developed from the Egyptian one.D.The Greeks copied their writing system from the Egyptians.(4).In the la
30、st paragraph, the author thinks that pictures _.（分数：1.00）A.should be made comprehensibleB.should be made interestingC.are of much use in our lifeD.have disappeared from our lifepassage two I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-fille
31、d place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness. Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience
32、after an act. It is a deeper, more abiding emotion. Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun e
33、nds. I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”。 But in memoir after memoir
34、, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness. Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and lesssatisfying. If hes honest, he will tell you th
35、at he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features. Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of pa
36、inless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out ever they want and sleep as late as they want. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole nights sleep or a three-day vacation. I dont know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. Understanding and accepti
37、ng that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothi
38、ng to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and glamorous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.（分数：3.00）(1).Which of the following is true?（分数：1.00）A.Fun
39、 creates long-lasting satisfaction.B.Fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness.C.Happiness is enduring whereas fun is short-lived.D.Fun that is long-standing may lead to happiness.(2).To the author, Hollywood stars all have an important role to play that is to _.（分数：1.00）A.rite memoir aft
40、er memoir about their happiness.B.tell the public that happiness has nothing to do with fun.C.teach people how to enjoy their lives.D.bring happiness to the public instead of going to glamorous parties.(3).In the authors opinion, marriage_.（分数：1.00）A.affords greater fun.B.leads to raising children.C
41、.indicates commitment.D.ends in pain.passage three On January 10, 1962, an enormous piece of glacier broke awayand tumbled down the side of a mountain in Peru. A mereseven minutes later, when cascading ice finally came to a stopten miles down the mountain; it had taken the lives of 4,000people. This
42、 disaster is one of the most “devastating”examples of a verycommon event: an avalanche of snow or ice. Because it isextremely cold at very high altitudes, snow rarely melts. It justkeeps piling up higher and higher. Glaciers are eventually created when the weight of the snow isso great that the lowe
43、r layers are pressed into solid ice. But most avalanches occur long beforethis happens. As snow accumulates on a steep slope, it reaches a critical point at which theslightest vibration will send it sliding into the valley below. Even an avalanche of light power can be dangerous, but the Peruvian ca
44、tastrophe was particularlyterrible because it was caused by a heavy layer of ice. It is estimated that the ice that broke offweighed three million tons. As it crashed down the steep mountainside like a gigantic snowplough, it swept up trees, boulders and tons of topsoil, and completely crushed and d
45、estroyed thesix villages that lay in its path. At present there is no way to predict or avoid such enormous avalanches, but, luckily, they arevery rare. Scientists are constantly studying the smaller, more common avalanches, to try tounderstand what causes them. In the future, perhaps dangerous mass
46、es of snow and ice can befound and removed before they take human lives.（分数：3.00）(1).The first paragraph catches the readers attention with a _.（分数：1.00）A.First hand reportB.dramatic descriptionC.tall taleD.vivid world picture(2).In this passage devastating means _.（分数：1.00）A.violently ruinousB.spectacularly interestingC.stunningD.unpleasant(3).The passage is most
