1、专业英语四级模拟考试六2016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.It was requested that all of the equipment _in the agreed time.（分数：1.00）A.erectedB.would be erectedC.be
2、erectedD.will be erected3.The man sitting opposite me smiled dreamily, as if _ something pleasant in the past.（分数：1.00）A.to rememberB.rememberedC.having been rememberedD.remembering4.I _ him the Christmas gift by mail because he came home during the Christmas holidays. （分数：1.00）A.ought to have sentB
3、.couldnt have sentC.must have sentD.neednt have sent5.It turned out that the children were not _ for the accident. （分数：1.00）A.to blameB.to be blamedC.to be blamingD.to have been blamed6.The desegregation was achieved through a number of struggles, _been mentioned in previous chapters.（分数：1.00）A.a fe
4、w of whichB.a few of themC.a few of thoseD.a few of that7.Setting up a committee might be a way _ the project more efficiently （分数：1.00）A.to be doingB.doingC.to doD.being done8.It _ to see so many children in that mountainous area cannot even afford elementary education.（分数：1.00）A.pains herB.makes h
5、er painC.is painingD.is pained9.Our boss, Mr. Thompson, _ a raise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet. （分数：1.00）A.was promisingB.has been promisingC.promisedD.has promised10.He was determined to sail around the world _ his illness and old age.（分数：1.00）A.givenB.althoughC.despiteD.in spit
6、e11.The board deemed its urgent that these invitations _first thing tomorrow morning.（分数：1.00）A.had to be put in the mailB.must be put in the mailC.be put in the mailD.should have been put in the mail12._ drills that have no real topic have to remain as they are.（分数：1.00）A.ManufactureB.ManipulativeC
7、.ManipulateD.Manifest13.This book has been in the works so long that I have lost _ of most of the sources found for me by the staff of the library.（分数：1.00）A.traceB.trailC.TrackD.touch14.The elbows on your coat have worn thin, so I must _ them.（分数：1.00）A.mendB.patchC.repairD.pitch15._ and wage incre
8、ases have not kept in step.（分数：1.00）A.ProductionB.ProductC.ProduceD.Productivity16.People under stress have performed _ feats of strength, like lifting an automobile off an accident victim.（分数：1.00）A.specificB.extraordinaryC.abruptD.abnormal17.Modern appliances _ us from a good deal of household wor
9、k. For instance, the dryer frees us from hanging the laundry.（分数：1.00）A.escapeB.benefitC.liberateD.comfort18.The audience waited in _ silence while their aged speaker searched among his note for the figures he could not remember.（分数：1.00）A.respectiveB.respectC.respectfulD.respectable19.The disappear
10、ance of her paper has never been _.（分数：1.00）A.counted forB.looked upC.accounted forD.checked up20.When he was asked about the missing briefcase, the man _ever seeing it.（分数：1.00）A.refusedB.deniedC.opposedD.resisted21.Communication between a young couple is a(n) _business. （分数：1.00）A.sharpB.dreadfulC
11、.intenseD.delicate五、PART IV CLOZE 10 MI(总题数：1，分数：10.00)A. maintainB. scenicC. transcendD. sourceE. estimatedF. sakeG. complexH.simplyI. consolidationJ. situatedK. respectivelyL. totalM. majorN. restrainedO. scale Englands highest main-line railway station hangs on to life by a thread: deserted and u
12、nmanned (无人的 )since it was officially closed in 1970. Dent, 1 high in the hills of Yorkshire, wakes up On six summer weekends each year, when a special charter train unloads walkers, sightseers and people who 2 want to catch a train from the highest station, on to its platform. But even this limited
13、 existence may soon be brought to an end. Dent station is situated on the Settle to Carlisle railway line, said to be the most 3 in the country. But no amount of scenic beauty can save the line from British Rails cash problems. This year, for the 4 of economy, the express trains which used to pass t
14、hrough Dent station have been put on to another route. It is now an open secret that British Rail sees no future for this railway line. Most of its trains disappeared some time ago. Its bridge, built on a grand 5 a century ago, is falling down. It is not alone. Half-a-dozen railway routes in the nor
15、th of England are facing a similar threat. The problem is a worn-out system and an almost 6 lack of cash to repair it. Bridges and tunnels are showing their age, the wooden supports for the tracks are rotting and engines and coaches are getting old. On 7 lines between large cities, the problem is no
16、t too bad. These lines still make a profit and cash can be found to 8 them. But on the country branch line, the story is different. As track wears out, it is not replaced. Instead speed limits are introduced, making journeys longer than necessary and discouraging customers. If a bridge is dangerous,
17、 there is often only one thing for British Rail to do: go out and find money from another 9 . This is exactly what it did a few months ago when a bridge at Bridlington station was threatening to fail down. Repairs were 10 at 200,000-just for one bridge-and British Rail was delighted, and rather surp
18、rised, when two local councils offered half that amount between them.（分数：10.00）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F
19、.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.六、PART V READING COMPR(总题数：3，分数：10.00)passage one As the merchant class expanded in the eighteenth century inNorth American Colonies, the silversmith and the coppersmithbusinesses rose to serve it. Only a few silversmiths
20、 wereavailable in New York or Boston in the late seventeenth century,but in the eighteenth century they could be found in all majorcolonial cities. No other colonial artisans rivaled the silversmithsprestige. They handled the most expensive materials andpossessed direct connections to prosperous col
21、onial merchants.Their products, primarily silver plates and bowls, reflected theirexalted status and testified to their customers prominence. Silver stood as one of the surest waysto store wealth at a time before neighborhood banks existed. Unlike the silver coins from whichthey were made, silver ar
22、ticles were readily identifiable. Often formed to individual specifications,they always carried the silversmiths distinctive markings and consequently could be traced andretrieved. Customers generally secure the silver for the silver object they ordered. They savedcoins, took them to smiths, and dis
23、cussed the type of pieces they desired. Silversmiths compliedwith these requests by melting the money in a small furnace, adding a bit of copper to form astronger alloy, and casting the alloy in rectangular blocks. They hammered these ingots to theappropriate thickness by hand, shaped them and press
24、ed designs into them for adornment.Engraving was also done by hand. In addition to plates and bowls, some customers sought moreintricate products, such as silver teapots. These were made by shaping or casting parts separatelyand then soldering them together. Colonial coppersmith also come of age in
25、the early eighteenthcentury and prospered in northern cities. Coppers ability to conduct heat efficiently and to resistcorrosion contributed to its attractiveness. But because it was expensive in colonial America,coppersmiths were never very numerous. Virtually all copper worked by Smiths was import
26、ed assheets or obtained by recycling old copper goods. Copper was used for practical items, but it wasnot admired for its beauty. Coppersmiths employed it to fashion pots and kettles for the home.They shaped it in much the same manner as silver or melted it in a foundry with lead or tin. Theyalso mi
27、xed it with zinc to make brass for maritime and scientific instruments.（分数：4.00）(1).According to the passage, which of the following eighteenth century developments had strongimpact on silversmiths（分数：1.00）A.A decrease in the cost of silver.B.The invention of heat efficient furnaces.C.The growing ec
28、onomic prosperity of colonial merchants.D.The development of new tools used to shape silver.(2).In colonial America, where did silversmiths usually obtain the material to make silver articles（分数：1.00）A.From their own mines.B.From importers.C.From other silversmiths.D.From customers.(3).The passage m
29、entions all of the following as uses for copper in Colonial America EXCEPT_.（分数：1.00）A.cooking potsB.scientific instrumentsC.musical instrumentsD.maritime instruments(4).According to the passage, silversmiths and coppersmiths in colonial America were similar inwhich of the following ways（分数：1.00）A.T
30、he amount of social prestige they had.B.The way they shaped the metal they worked with.C.The cost of the goods they made.D.The practicality of the goods they made.passage two For a long time, researchers have tried to nail down just what shapes us-or what, at least, shapes us most. And over the year
31、s, theyve had a lot of exclamation moments. First it was our parents, particularly our mothers. Then it was our genes. Next it was our peers, who show up last but hold great sway. And all those ideas were good ones-but only as far as they went. Somewhere, there was a sort of temperamental dark matte
32、r exerting an invisible gravitational pull of its own. More and more, scientists are concluding that this unexplained force is our siblings. From the time we are born, our brothers and sisters are our collaborators and co-conspirators, our role models and cautionary tales. They are our scolds, prote
33、ctors, goads, tormentors, playmates, counselors, sources of envy, objects of pride. They teach us how to resolve conflicts and how not to; how to conduct friendships and when to walk away from them. Sisters teach brothers about the mysteries of girls; brothers teach sisters about the puzzle of boys.
34、 Our spouses arrive comparatively late in our lives; our parents eventually leave us. Our siblings may be the only people well ever know who truly qualify as partners for life. Siblings, says family sociologist Katherine Conger, are with us for the whole journey. Within the scientific community, sib
35、lings have not been wholly ignored, but research has been limited mostly to discussions of birth order.Older sibs were said to be strivers;younger ones rebels;middle kids the lost souls.The stereotypes were broad，if not entirely untrue，and there the discussion mostly ended. But all thats changin9.At
36、 research centers in the U.S.，Canada，Europe and elsewhere，investigators are launching a wealth of new studies into the sibling dynamic，looking at ways brothers and sisters steer one another int0or away from-risky behavior how they form a protective buffer(减震器)against family upheaval;how they educate
37、 one another about the opposite sex;how all siblings compete for family recognition and come to terms-or blows-over such impossibly charged issues as parental favoritism. From that research，scientists are gaining intriguing insights into the people we become as adults.Does the manager who runs a har
38、monious office call on the peacemaking skills learned in the family playroom? Does the student struggling with a professor who plays favorites summon up the coping skills acquired from dealing with a sister who was Daddys girl? Do husbands and wives benefit from the intergender negotiations they wag
39、ed when their most important partners were their sisters and brothers? All that is under investigation.“Siblings have just been off the radar screen until now，”says Conger.But today serious work is revealing exactly how our brothers and sisters influence us.（分数：3.00）(1).The beginning of the passage
40、indicates that（分数：1.00）A.researchers have found out what shapes us.B.our peer is the last factor influencing us.C.what researchers found contributes in a limited way.D.what researchers found is good and trustworthy.(2).In the third paragraph, the author tries to demonstrate that our siblings（分数：1.00
41、）A.offer us much useful information.B.have great influences on us.C.are the ones who love us completely.D.accompany us throughout our life.(3).In scientific community, previous research on siblings（分数：1.00）A.mostly focused on the sibling order.B.studied the characteristics of the kids.C.studied the
42、matter in a broad sense.D.wasnt believable and the discussion ended.Passage Three Three English dictionaries published recently all lay claim topossessing a “ne w” feature. The BBC English Dictionarycontains background information on 1,000 people and placesprominent in the news since 1988; the Oxfor
43、d AdvancedLearners Dictionary: Encyclopedic Edition is the OALD plusencyclopedic entries; the Longman Dictionary of EnglishLanguage and Culture is the LDOCE plus cultural information. The key fact is that all three dictionaries can be seen to have adistinctly “cultural” as well as language learning
44、content. That being said, the way in which theyapproach the cultural element is not identical, making direct comparisons between the threedifficult. While there is some common ground between the encyclopedic/cultural entries for the Oxford andLongman dictionaries, there is a clear difference. Oxford
45、 lays claim to being encyclopedic oncontent whereas Longman distinctly concentrates on the language and culture of the English-speaking world. The Oxford dictionary can therefore stand more vigorous scrutiny for cultural biasthan the Longman publication because the latter does not hesitate about vie
46、wing the rest of theworld from the cultural perspectives of the English-speaking world. The cultural objectives of theBBC dictionary are in turn more distinct still. Based on an analysis of over 70 million wordsrecorded from the BBC World Service and National Public Radio of Washington over a period offour years, their 1,000 brief encyclopedic entries are based on people and places that havefeatured in the news r
