1、1999年6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：D答案解析：W: Excuse me, Sir. You are not supposed to be here. This area is for air
3、port staff only. M: Im sorry. I didnt note this sign. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?第2题：参考答案：C答案解析：W: If I buy some plants for the house, will you water them for me while I am away? M: Sure, I will, if you water mine while Im on vacation. Q: What will the man do for the woman?第3题：参考答案：C答
4、案解析：W: Excuse me, Professor Hill. May I ask you a few questions? M: Yes, of course. But Im sorry I have a class at ten. Why dont you call me during my office hours? That is 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, Thursday and Friday. Q: Why cant Professor Hill answer her questions now?第4题：参考答案：A答案解析：M: I dont feel like
5、 going out. Why dont we just stay home and watch TV instead? W: Come on! You promised to take me out for dinner and to the theatre on my birthday. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?第5题：参考答案：B答案解析：W: Im thinking of taking five courses next semester. M: Wouldnt four be wiser? Q: What does the
6、man mean?第6题：参考答案：B答案解析：W: I want to ask the John sons to come to the party. Do you know their address? M: No. But Id like them to come. I think Tom can give you their address. Q: What is the woman going to do?第7题：参考答案：D答案解析：M: Is Jane looking forward to going home for this summer? W: She is countin
7、g the days. Q: What does the woman imply?第8题：参考答案：A答案解析：W: I think I will take the half-day tour of the city. M: Why not the whole day? Q: What does the man suggest?第9题：参考答案：C答案解析：M: This is a one-way street. Didnt you see the sign? W: Sorry. I didnt. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?第10题：参
8、考答案：A答案解析：W: I ought to call Joan, and tell her about the reception this evening. M: Why bother? You will see her at lunch. Q: What does the man mean?Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and
9、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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.听力原文 We use all sorts of services without thinking about how we ge
10、t them. But such services cost money. We pay for them through taxes. What would happen ff everyone in the city stop paying taxes? The water supply would stop, the street might not get cleaned, there would be no police to protect people and property. The chief duty of every government is to protect p
11、ersons and property. More than three fourths of the money spent by our government is used for this purpose. The next largest, amount of public money goes to teach and train our citizens. Billions of dollars each year are spent on schools and libraries. Public money is used to pay the teachers and ot
12、her public officials. Years ago the government made money from the sale of public lands. But most of the best public lands have now been sold. The money raised was used to help pay the cost of government. There are still some public lands that contain oil, coal, gas, and other natural products. They
13、 could be sold, but we want to save them for future years. So we all must pay our share for the services that make our lives comfortable. 第11题：参考答案：A答案解析：Whats the chief duty of every government?第12题：参考答案：C答案解析：How did the government raise money in the past?第13题：参考答案：B答案解析：What is the passage mainly
14、 about?听力原文 When I was at school, my ambition was to be a pilot in the air force. But my eyesight wasnt good enough. So I had to give up that idea. I went to university and studied physics. I wanted to stay on there and do research. But my father died at about that time. So I thought Id better get a
15、 job and earn my living. I started working in an engineering firm. I expected to stay in that job for a long time. But then, they appointed a new managing director. I didnt get on with him, so I resigned and applied for a job with another engineering company. I would certainly have accepted the job
16、if they had offered it to mc. But on my way to the interview, I met a friend who was working for a travel agency. He offered me a job in Spain. And I had always liked Spain, so I took it. I worked in the travel agency for two years and then they wanted to send me to South America. But I had just got
17、 married. So I decided to stay here. Then we had a baby and I wasnt earning enough to support the family. So I started giving English lessons at a school in the evenings. I liked the English teaching more than working for the travel agency, and then the owner of the school offered me a full-time job
18、 as a teacher. So I resigned from the agency. Two years later, the owner of the school wanted to retire, so he asked me to take over as the director. And here I am. 第14题：参考答案：D答案解析：Why did the man give up studying physics?第15题：参考答案：A答案解析：Why did the man resign from the engineering firm?第16题：参考答案：C答案
19、解析：Why did the man take the job at the travel agency?第17题：参考答案：B答案解析：Why did the man start to teach English part time?听力原文 Columbus sailed from Spain in September 1492, looking for gold. Native Americans greeted him, offering gifts of corn. Columbus found little gold on that trip, but he collected m
20、any plants, including corn to bring back to Spain. Columbus didnt know it, but the corn was much more valuable than gold. Farmers from Europe to Asia accepted it immediately. They grew it on cold mountain sides and in tropical forests. Today it feeds millions of people all over the world. On his sec
21、ond trip, Columbus brought back a bag of chocolate beans to make chocolate. Europeans and Asians love this new drink, and soon they were paying a great deal of money for the beans. Chocolate beans became so valuable in central America that they were used as cash for 200 years. Tomatoes and potatoes
22、took some time to become popular. Eventually, however, they became the basis of a lot of popular food. It is hard to imagine life without fried potatoes and chocolate. Thanks to native American cultures, many people are able to enjoy lots of tasty food. 第18题：参考答案：D答案解析：Why is com feeding millions of
23、 people today?第19题：参考答案：D答案解析：What did Columbus bring back on his second trip?第20题：参考答案：B答案解析：What was the result of Columbuss two trips to America?Part II Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For ea
24、ch of them there are four choices marked 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 主旨归纳题。该文主要讨论发生空难的原因。C 吻合。第22题：参考答案：D答案解析：D 细节判断题。依据文章第一段第2至3行“In the last 15 years，pilots have repo
25、rted well over 100 incidents that could have been caused by eletromagnetic interference.”第23题：参考答案：B答案解析：B 推论题。依据文章第一段第3行“The source of this interference remains unconfirmed，”可推出B项正确。第24题：参考答案：C答案解析：C 辨认事实题。依据是第三段第3行“But，because they have not been able to reproduce these effects in a laboratory”。第25
26、题：参考答案：A答案解析：A推论题。文章全文并没有直接说出A项，故本题属推论题。依据文章开头“The biggest safety threat facing airlines today may not be a terrorist with a gun，but the man with the portable computor in business class.”以及文章最后一段开头句“The fact that aircraftraises the risk that terrorists may use radio systems in order to damage naviga
27、tion equipment.”可看出作者态度很明确，故选择A。第26题：参考答案：D答案解析：D辨认事实题。依据文章第二段第1至2行“.the U. S. leadership in public relations is being threatened by PR effort，in other countries.”第27题：参考答案：B答案解析：B 辨认事实题。依据是文章第二段第4行开始“A recent survey found that more than half of all British companies include PR as part of their corp
28、orate planning activities，compared to about one-third of U. S. companies.”第28题：参考答案：A答案解析：A 词语理解题。该词出现在第三段第2行，依据下文的补充说明“take more of an interest in local affairs”可推断该词和选项A的意思最为接近。第29题：参考答案：C答案解析：C 要点归纳题。该题最大的干扰项可能来自于B项。但是文章第三段第3句“Knowledge of world geography, for example，has never been strong in thi
29、s country.”只说美国人的世界地理观不强，并不能说他们对世界地理一无所知。所以该选择项欠妥。第30题：参考答案：A答案解析：A 词义理解题。“Ted Turner of CNN 说the wordforeignwould no longer be used on”意思是说我们应该将视野放宽，具有强烈的国际观念，而不要将注意力局限在国内，故A项正确。D项只是肤浅地理解了字面意思。第31题：参考答案：D答案解析：D 要点理解题。依据是文章开头第2行“.but more by accident than design”。“by accident”与“by chance”同义。第32题：参考答
30、案：C答案解析：havent yet found an effective measure to control their population第33题：参考答案：A答案解析：A 词义判断题。根据上下文判断，只有A项“归因于”放入原文才合适。第34题：参考答案：B答案解析：B 要点判断题。依据文章第四段的意思：Martine说：尽管这些肥皂剧从来无意干涉人口繁殖，它们只是描写了中上层阶级的生活价值观少生孩子，独特的性别观念，妇女在外工作。肥皂剧传播着这些信息，使得人们逐渐认识、理解了另一种生活方式、人生观，像这种生活方式、人生观对他们极有吸引力。可推断出B项的正确。第35题：参考答案：B答案
31、解析：B 主题推断题。仔细推敲文章最后一段，可作出正确选择。C项具有一定的干扰，但原文最后一句有一个关键词unlimited。第36题：参考答案：A答案解析：A要点判断题。依据是文章第二段第2行“In societies where social roles are rigidly determined，boys pattern.”。第37题：参考答案：D答案解析：D 词语理解题。该题可采用排除法，A、B、C项均可根据文章各段相关的信息排除，而D项在文章中多处提及。universality意为“一般性，普遍性；多方面性”。第38题：参考答案：C答案解析：C要点理解题。依据为文章最后一段第1至2
32、行“.they have not been subject to technological leaps.”。第39题：参考答案：B答案解析：B 要点判断题。根据文章第三段可知A项不对，C项也不对，而D项本文并无涉及，均排除。第40题：参考答案：D答案解析：D要点判断题。依据文章最后两行“Each rattle is the product of the artistic tastes of the times and”。Part Vocabulary and Structure Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this par
33、t. 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 through the centre.第41题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：他回来得晚了，到那时所有的客人都已经走了。 介词辨义：在与表示时间的词搭配时，after意为“在之后”；by表示到此时为止动作已经完成；at是指某一
34、具体时刻或节假日、周末等；during意为“在期间”。第42题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：在这个时候问这么多问题来打扰你，实在不好意思。 动词辨义：interfere“干涉，妨碍，冲突”；offend “激怒，使憎恨；使不愉快；违犯”；impress“留下极深的印象，使感动；盖印；引人注目”；bother“打扰，麻烦”，与题意相符。第43题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：如果整个运作过程没有提前计划好，大量的时间和金钱就会被损失。 虚拟语气的用法：主句的谓语为过去发生事情的虚拟，因此从句应当也是对过去事情的虚拟，且operation与plan之间应当是被动的关系，所以C为正确答案。第44题：参
35、考答案：B答案解析：句意：在夏季期间每升啤酒的价格从50美分到4美元不等。 动词辨义：alter“改变，更改”；range“在范围内变化”，与题意相符，range后面通常接from.to或between； separate“分开，隔离”；differ“与不同，有区别”。第45题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：他的话使我开始怀疑他的真实意图。 宾语补足语的用法：动词leave在这里意为“使处于(某种状态)”，它后可以跟分词作宾补，如：He left his homework undone(此时，homework与do之间是被动的关系)；He left me standing there，not k
36、nowing what to do(此时，me与stand之间为主动关系，用的是-ing分词。)第46题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：我听到老师和学生都赞扬他。 宾语补足语的用法：动词hear后面接不带to的不定式作宾补，因此D为正确答案。第47题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：我们的儿子不知道在大学里该学什么；关于他的将来，他还没有下定决心。 以take为中心词的动词短语辨义：take in主要意为“领会，理解；接受；欺骗”；take up“开始从事，拿起；占据”，因此与题意相符；take over“接管，接任，接收”；take after“与相像”。第48题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：这幢
37、房子非常安静，因为它位于山麓上而被隔离开来。 分词作状语时的用法：由于the house与isolate之间是被动的关系，应当用过去分词。第49题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：尽管他们每年都在这一区域种树，但一些山的顶上还是光秃秃的。 近义形容词辨析：blank“空白的，完全的，未录音的，未填写的”；hollow“空的，空心的”；vacant“空缺的；茫然的”；bare“光秃秃的，毫无遮蔽的；赤裸的；仅有的，勉强的”。只有bare的词义与句子相符。第50题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：当一个明星，生活很辛苦的；由于繁重的日程安排，必须经常到处奔波。 介词短语辨义：with regard to“
38、关于，有关”；as to“至于”；in relation to“有关，关于”；owing to“由于，因为”，符合题意。第51题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：托尼对于考试成绩感到很失望。 表示“对感到失望”时，一般使用be disappointed with；be disappointed at;be disappointed in和be disappointed about。第52题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：威廉彭，宾夕法尼亚州的开创者，有力地保卫每个公民宗教信仰自由的权利。 副词辨义：peculiarly“特别地，特有地，奇特地，不寻常地，个别地”；indifferently“漠不关心
39、地，淡然地”；vigorously“精神饱满地，精力充沛地，有力地”， 与句意相符；inevitably“不可避免地，必然地”。第53题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：我希望所有的预防空气污染的措施_就像当地政府所建议的那样在此都能被严肃地加以考虑。 as引导的是非限制性定语从句，后面省略了were，修饰上半句中的precautions。第54题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：当人失业时，比没有工资更糟糕的是无所事事。 名词辨义：laziness“懒惰，无精打采”；poverty“贫穷”；idleness“闲散，无所事事，无工作”，与句意相符；in ability“无力，无能”。第55题：参考答案
40、：B答案解析：句意：我从未去过北京，但那是我最想去游览的地方。 在句中，the place是动词visit的宾语，因此定语从句中的先行词应当为关系代词，作宾语。B中先行词 that省略了，但符合句子的意思和结构。第56题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：与他姐姐不一样，杰克很安静，不轻易与其他人交朋友。 本题的考点是带有“like”这一词根的几个单词词义的辨析。dislike意为“不喜欢，讨厌”，可作动词和名词； unlike作介词时意为“不像，和不同”，作形容词时意为“不同的，相异的”；alike“相似的/地，相像的/地，相同的/地”，可作形容词和副词；liking“爱好”，为名词。第57题：参
41、考答案：A答案解析：句意：这种农作物有着和先前那种类似的特性，都是抗风的，而且适应同一种土壤。 本题的考点是分词结构作伴随状语。第58题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：既然你明天走，那今晚我们可以一起吃晚饭。 在表示原因时，since的语气比for的语气要强一些，意为“既然，因为，鉴于”。第59题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：有些人喜欢在星期天去购物，因为他们期待着挑到一些物美价廉的东西。 名词辨义：battery“电池；一套器具”；bargain“讨价还价，便宜货；协定，交易，契约，合同”，符合题意；basket“篮子”；barrel“桶；枪管，炮管”。第60题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：我
42、们被告知：无论在什么情况下我们都不能用办公室的电话谈私事。 倒装的用法：under no circumstances这一否定成分提前了，因此构成倒装。A为正确答案。第61题：参考答案：D答案解析：句意：从前，新鲜肉供应不足的时候，许多人家养鸽子作为食物的来源。 近义名词辨析：store“储存，贮藏，积蓄；仓库”；provision“准备，预备；供应”；reserve“收藏，保存，贮藏物”； supply“供给，供应，供给之物”。in short supply为习惯用法，意为“缺乏的，稀少的”。第62题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：作为这支武装力量的总司令，我已经下令采取一切措施加强防卫。 di
43、rect等表示要求、提议、命令、推测、主观判断等的动词后面必须接带有虚拟语气的宾语从句。这种从句的谓语，美式英语要求用动词原形，英式英语要求用should+动词原形。大家注意，这类动词还有：advise， ask，beg，consent，demand，desire，determine，decide，deserve，insist，intend，maintain，propose，order，recommend，require，resolve，request，suggest，urge，vote等。第63题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：闯入教堂的贼被抓住了，因为在他衣服上发现的蜡的印迹来自那种教堂所专
44、用的蜡烛。 动词的时态：because从句中谓语动词的动作发生在was caught之前，因此应当用过去完成时。第64题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：客人离开后，她花了半个小时来整理客厅。 动词辨义：older“命令，指挥；订货，点菜；整顿”；arrange“安排，筹备；整理，计划”；tidy up为固定短语，意为“整理，清理”，通常指打扫卫生；clear away “消失，消散”。clear sthaway指将某物清理走。第65题：参考答案：B答案解析：句意：他的信送来的时候我正准备给他打电话。 be on the point of doing sth为习惯用法，意为“正要做某事”。第66题
45、：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：据说除了在英国，在其他国家一天的时间内不可能有四个季节。 other than相当于except，常用在否定词后面；rather than意为“而不”，相当于instead of；more than意为“极其，非常”；better than不是固定的词组。第67题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：一辆卡车碾过简的猫后加速逃跑了。 以ran为中心词的动词短语辨义：ran over“(车等)碾过；浏览”，与句意相符；ran into“偶然遇到，碰见，撞见”，相当于come across；ran through“贯穿，普遍存在于；浏览”；ran down“追赶上；与相撞，撞
46、倒”。第68题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：这一将于2000年前完工的项目将会把该市的电话网扩大到覆盖100万用户。 project与动词accomplish之间应当是被动的关系，而主句的时态又是将来时，不定式表将来，且为被动语态，因此只有to be accomplished最合适。第69题：参考答案：C答案解析：句意：有证据表明，语言习得的能力必须被激发。 A和D如果填入句中，缺少谓语，可以排除。如果将BIt is填入句中，语法上说得通，但意思上说不通。因此that从句在这里是一个同位语从句，填入C合适。第70题：参考答案：A答案解析：句意：那些作为礼物送给我们的珍贵图书深受重视。 动词辨义：appreciate“感激；重视，欣赏；领会，意识到”，与题意相符；approve“赞成，同意，称许；批准”；ap- peal“呼吁，要求；诉(诸)，求助(于)；上诉”；apply“请求，申请；运用，应用”。Part VI Short Answer Questions Directions: In this part there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or
