1、1999年1月四级考试真题答案真题 120Part I Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In this section,you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversaiton, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once.After each question there wil
2、l be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A、B、C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.第1题：参考答案：B答案解析：W:Did you see last nights film on channel 4?M:Well .I meant to see it, b
3、ut a friend of mine came to see me. We had a nice long talk about our school days.Q:What did the man do last night?第2题：参考答案：C答案解析：W:Did you get my message about the meeting on Monday?M:Yes, I did .But Im still not quite sure what the meeting is about. Not bad news ,I hope.Q:What does the man wish to
4、 know most?第3题：参考答案：A答案解析：W:You have arranged to meet Mr. Johnson on Wednesday. So I dont have to write to him, do I?M:Theres no need to write to him.Q:What are the speakers talking about?第4题：参考答案：C答案解析：W:Did Jack find the tape he borrowed from Paul? Do you know?M:He looked everywhere for it ,but in
5、 the end he had to go to the party without it.Q:What do we learn from the conversation?第5题：参考答案：B答案解析：M:Hello ,my name is Carlson. I believe you have a room booked for me.W:Carlson? Oh, yes, Mr. Carlson. Its a single room with a bath ,on the second floor. I hope it will suit you, sir.Q:What does the
6、 conversation tell us?第6题：参考答案：A答案解析：M:Do you have the paperback edition of this dictionary?W:Yes, we do. But the hard cover is on sale for the same price as the paperback.Q:What does the woman say about the dictionary?第7题：参考答案：C答案解析：W:Are these TV sets the newest models?M:Sure. They represent the l
7、atest technology. Actually, we sell nothing but the best.Q:What does the man mean?第8题：参考答案：D答案解析：W:Are you coming with me to the history museum, Josh?M:I already have my hands full with this book report.Q:What does the man mean?第9题：参考答案：A答案解析：M:How are your piano lessons going?W:Very well. My teache
8、r thinks Im making progress. And I find lessons well-worth the time and trouble.Q:What does the woman think of her piano lessons?第10题：参考答案：D答案解析：M:Is that nice-looking straw hat light and strong?W:Yes , you can wear it rain or shine.Q:What are they talking about?Section B Directions: In this section
9、, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A、B、C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answ
10、er Sheet with a single line through the centre.听力原文Alter retiring from 30 years of teaching, Ethell Pepper could easily have decided to sit back and relax and enjoy a peaceful retirement. But that kind of life is not for Ethel Pepper. “I just wanted to do something different. If you are going to par
11、ticipant in life, do it. Don t just sit down and look out the window . ”She says.At68, she decided to become one of the pioneer participation in a program at the university of California. The program offers campus housing and classes to people over sixty. She enrolled in a class called Human Relatio
12、nships and a Diverse society. I taught my minority students in my English and drama classes in high school for 20 years. But in this course, I found out a lot about other cultures that I didnt know them. One of the more important lessons that Im learning is to perceive, not to judge. “Older adults c
13、an add to the educational resources of university by bringing with them a lot of valuable experience. Their presence on campus fear can be reduced as they see that older people can be active, healthy, and continue to contribute to society. The youngerstudents can begin to see aging as a natural part
14、 of living. 第11题：参考答案：C答案解析：What did Ethel do when she was 68?第12题：参考答案：D答案解析：How long did Ethell teach minority students?第13题：参考答案：A答案解析：What do elderly people do to the university?第14题：参考答案：D答案解析：Whats the most important lesson Ethell is learning?听力原文Do you have a tough math test coming up? Then l
15、isten to some classical piano music just before the test. You might end up with a higher score. Researchers at a university in California conducted an experiment. They asked a group of college students to listen to some piano music by a famous 18th century composer before taking a math test. They we
16、re surprised to find that the students scores jumped 8 to 9 points. The music seems to excite nerve activities in the brain; similar to the activity that occurs when a person is figuring out a math prob1em. However, the scientists warn that before you get too excited about applying this method to yo
17、ur math test, you should remember that brain exciting effects last only 10 to 15 minutes .Would rock music work as well as the piano music did? No, the scientists say. In fact, the less complex music might even interfere with the brains reasoning ability. 第15题：参考答案：C答案解析：What is this passage mainly
18、about?第16题：参考答案：A答案解析：Why can classical music play a positive role in problem solving?第17题：参考答案：B答案解析：What is one of the findings of the research?听力原文When a sleepy driver has trouble with keeping his eyes on the mad and gets too close to another car, an alarm sound will warn the driver. If nothing i
19、s done, the car will automatically come to a stop and in this way prevent an accident. This is a new device which will soon be tested in an experimental car in Japan. The computer warning system keeps track of a drivers condition by monitoring his heart beat with signals transmitted from a band arou
20、nd his wrist. The wrist band records the drivers pulse which measures the heart beat. Each pulse in the wrist sends a signal to the computer. By analyzing the pulse rate, the computer can determine whether a driver is drunk, sleeping or ill. Devices in other parts of the car can also tell the comput
21、er if the car is too dose to another vehicle or is moving dangerously. The computer will sound the alarm when a problem arises, and will automatically stop the car if the driver ignores the warning. 第18题：参考答案：C答案解析：Why is a computer system installed in an experimental car?第19题：参考答案：B答案解析：What does t
22、he computer system do first when a problem arises?第20题：参考答案：D答案解析：What is special about the new computer system?Part II Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices ma
23、rked A、B、C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.第21题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 根据第一段中心词应该是thatcied stages,作者在段尾进一步明确提出：Most people will agree that the thatched roof is an essential part of the attraction of the En
24、glish courtwdde应该说C)项 cottages州山thatched roofs构成了英格兰乡村的新景观.第22题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) 功依据第三段第1句:thatchimg is a solitary daft with often runs in families可以确定D)项与之意思吻合。第23题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 依据文章第三段：Many property owners cdioose thatch不仅因为它的美观，而且具有冬暧夏凉的特点。故A)项正确。第24题：参考答案：B答案解析：B) 依据文章第四段可以看出：发展中国家也有人居住在草屋里，是因为他们没
25、钱建更好的房子。B)项正确。第25题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 依据文章第三段开头两句：The craft of thatching as practised today has changed very little since theMiddle Ages推断出A)项是可知信息，正确。B)项文章没有提及，C)D）两项无法从文章推断出。第26题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 从整篇文章所谈及的内容判断。“The business of America is business”论断中两个business含义不同，第一个business显然应该作“主要事务或头等大事”解，第二个business即
26、是通常意义上的解释：商业，生意，贸易。所以该句的含义应是C)项。第27题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) 从文章第二段：Competition is not only good in itself, it is the means by wfiich other basic American values such as krctividual freedom，equality of Opportunity, and hard work are protected.可知D)项正确。第28题：参考答案：B答案解析：B) 文章第三段：Competition protects the freedom o
27、f the individual by where many business compete for the customers，dollar, they cannot afford to, treat them like interiors or salves.可以看出竞争使消费者和商人获利。所以，正确答案为B)。第29题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 谈及govelmment和business差异比较指出：“business，which is competitive，and gmmument,which is a monopoly. ”此处的monopoly与A)对应。第30题：参考答案：
28、B答案解析：B) 依据文章最后一段可以推断出：在其他国家中，一个人的成功经常依靠他的家庭背景、社会地位。故B)为正确选项。第31题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) 依据文章第一段开头:consumes may be convinced to buy a product of poor quality or high price because of an advertisement，可以看出D）项应是原因。第32题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) 依据文章第二段Sometimes advettisk唱is nntertionally misleading可知,D)项与段意吻合。第33题：参考答案：A答
29、案解析：A) 文章第三段开头：On the positive side, emotional appeals nay respond to a consumers real con-cerns.接着作者举火灾保险为例加以说明。所以A)项对，其他几项均可从相关段落中排除。第34题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 在叙述了advertising负面影响和正面影响之后，作者在第四段写道：Each consumer nnist evaluate her or his own situation.说明一个聪明的消费者对广告中所标榜的种种优点应该考虑有加。A）项正确。第35题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 本文
30、的主题出现在开头：The appeal of adverting to buying motives can have both negative and positive effects. C）项恰当。第36题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) 见文章第一段的：It is certaly not endless hours spent in acdsvfea about reading第37题：参考答案：B答案解析：B) 从文章第二段：The function of beaching is to ovate the oorditions ad the climate that will make
31、it possible for children to devise the most efficlent system for teadft fhetselves to read，可知B)项符合上述意思。第38题：参考答案：B答案解析：B) A)inquiry询问；B) observation观察；C) control控制；D) suspicion怀疑。出现该词的句子为process is not open to public scrutiny.考生从第二段最后一句：Teadiing is also a public activty. It can be seen and observed得
32、出scrutinv最可能的词义应该是observation.故B)项正确。第39题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 从文章第五段：learning to read is made easier when teachers create an envinmnerrt where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reaclmg.可以看出A）项与之最为相近。第40题：参考答案：C答案解析：C）依据文章第一段“reading cannot be taught directly an
33、d.”说明阅读能力并不是通过教师教就能掌握的。Part Vocabulary and Structure Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A、B、C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the correspondeing letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line th
34、rough the centre.第41题：参考答案：B答案解析：B)“一个人的一生中”用介词throughout和life构成介词短语。第42题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) 逗号后要求一个定语从句。这可首先排除A) C)两项，因为选择项中没有关系代词。“调查”与“结果”为互为定语关系，故选择D ）项。第43题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) A) lend to导致。B)result from是由引起的。C) lie in在于。C) settle down定居。从空格前后两部分的关系判断，应该是因果关系，所以选择A）项。第44题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) keep pace with构成一固定
35、词组，意为“跟齐步前进”，“跟上发展”。吻合句意，故正确。keep step with意为“跟步调一致”。touch的词组构成应该是keep in touch with“和保持联系”。第45题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 从成分判断，空格处应当句子的主语。所以C)项分词短语可做主语。The girl 做逻辑主语。第46题：参考答案：A答案解析：A）A)even if即使；即便，哪怕。B) as far as（表示程度，范围）就；至于。C) if only只要；要是多好。D) so long as只要。根据主句句意，空格处应选用even if,构成让步从句，C)D)项构成条件从句，不妥。第47题
36、：参考答案：B答案解析：B) 根据空格后的by then, then应该指eight oclock tonight,该句子应选用将来完成时，故B)项正确.第48题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) 在which引导的定语从句中,the project前缺少一个介词，所以选择concerning表示“关于”之意。第49题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 句中的bee暗示了对A)项的选择为stung“刺，鳌，叮”。其余三项的意思分别为B)stuck(stick)戳，刺死；C)bitten (bite)咬；D) scratched抓，均不与bee搭配。第50题：参考答案：B答案解析：B) B)项in vain
37、“徒劳的，白白浪费的”,正确。in no way“一点也不，决不”；at a loss“困惑；不知所措 ”。第51题：参考答案：D答案解析：D）该题为“逻辑主语十doing”构成主语独立结构，表示原因。所以当选择D)项。第52题：参考答案：B答案解析：B）on + doing sth，表示“一就”。第53题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) A)debate争论，辩论；B) consult咨询，商量；C) dispute争论，争执；D)bargain对讨价还价。第54题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 根据句意“不管白天做了什么”。选择C)项may have done（可能做了什么），其他几项用法，意思
38、或语气都不对。第55题：参考答案：C答案解析：C）A) lack缺乏，缺少；B) withdraw退出，撤出，收回，提取；C) omit省略，略，遗漏；D) leak（房顶、管子）漏水，漏气。第56题：参考答案：B答案解析：B) other than做介词表示“除了”。其他三词的词义和句意都不吻合。Outside在之外；beyond远于，超出；rather than而不是。第57题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 该题为“Its high time that. ”结构，从句中的动词使用过去时。故A)项正确。第58题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) 该题为“in十关系代词that”；结构，也可把in t
39、hat看成一个连词，作“因为”解。故C)正确。第59题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) spot斑点，污点，缺点。B)point点。C) tack 行踪，痕迹；小径。D) trace踪迹，足迹。句意要求是A)项，取“斑点”之意。第60题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) 条件从句和主句发生在不同的时间，必须使用不同的时态。该句前半句发生在过去，后半句发生在现在，所以选择A)项。第61题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) oppose to构成固定搭配，意为“反对”。第62题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) A) lest惟恐，以免；B) until直到C除非，如果不；D)provided假如，如果，意同if。句意
40、要求D)项.第63题：参考答案：A答案解析：A) be in the (no) mood to do sth .为固定词组，意为“有（没有）做的心情”。A)正确。第64题：参考答案：B答案解析：B) A) made off离开；逃走。B) made for走向；向前进。C) made out理解，了解。D) made up 弥补，赔偿，补（考）。根据句意：当意识到警察盯上他时，他立即朝出口处走去。应当选择B）。第65题：参考答案：C答案解析：C) in case to“以防，万一”，符合句意。A) nevertheless然而，不过B) although尽管D) so that目的是，以便能。
41、A)B) C)项均不合句子逻辑。第66题：参考答案：A答案解析：would rather后面接从句时，从句的谓语动词用过去时。如：I would rather you didnt go there with her (我宁愿你不跟她去那里。)第67题：参考答案：B答案解析：B) 根据句意：很抱歉我不能马上见你；但是过会儿就可以。当选B) 项。 A) for moment一会儿；C) for the moment暂时；D)at the moment此时，此刻。第68题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) A)C)两项构不成比较级的正确形式。而该题的开头句子则限定了对D)项的选择。第69题：参考答案：C答
42、案解析：C) 从as引导的原因状语从句提供的信息判断，应选择C)。A) adaptable可适应的；可改编的。B)comfortable舒适的，舒服的。D) available可得到的；可买到的。第70题：参考答案：D答案解析：D) C),D)两项都做“连续不断地”解释，但continually隐含中间有停顿，所以符合句意。Part VI Short Answer Questions Directions: In this part there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the pass
43、age carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Your answer may be a word, a phrase, or a short sentence. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the right of the page.第71题：参考答案：whether or not one was a native speaker.详细解答：题目询问：英语教师的选择过去主要基于_。依据
44、第2段第2句：In virtually every developing country，and in many developed countries as well，being a native English speaker was enough to get you employed as an English teacher即可得出答案。第72题：参考答案：The same status as their counterparts.详细解答：题目询问：英语不是母语的英语教师应得的但很少享有的是什么?依据第3段第2句：The result of this has been to rai
45、se non-native English teachers to the same status as their native counterparts-something they have always deserved by seldom enjoyed可得知答案。第73题：参考答案：Ones who can teach and have the required English level.详细解答：题目询问：什么样的人现在可以找到当英语教师的工作?依据第4段第3句：As long as candidates could teach and had the required lev
46、el of English，it didnt matter who they were and where they came from可得出答案。第74题：参考答案：It liberated the linguistically oppressed详细解答：题目询问：“歧视的新形式”的结果是什么?依据第4段第4句： Thus，a new form of discrimination.liberated the linguistically oppressed可得出答案。第75题：参考答案：qualified English teachers who were non-native speakers.详细解答：题目询问：“the linguistically oppressed语言方面受压迫的”是指哪些人。依据第3段第2、3句可得知答案。Part Writing第76题：范文示例： Dont Hesitate to Say No Sometimes we may find that we have to say No to others when they ask for help. Why? One situati
