1、2011年专业英语四级真题试卷及答案与解析 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 passag
2、e will 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 minute SECTION A CONVERSATIONS Directions: In this section you will hear several conve
3、rsations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 2 Which of the statements about the auto show is INCORRECT? （ A） The show will have more stands this year. （ B） The show will have more visitors this year. （ C） The number of overseas visitors will be the same
4、 this year. （ D） The number of exhibition days will be the same this year. 3 According to the conversation, the price for a stand would include_. （ A） a catalogue （ B） a poster （ C） two desks （ D） four chairs 4 During the conversation, the man seems to be more interested in_. （ A） the size of the sh
5、ow （ B） the cost of the stand （ C） the basic furniture （ D） the visitor number 5 John has worked in all of the following places EXCEPT_. （ A） a book shop （ B） a paper factory （ C） a school （ D） a fastfood restaurant 6 From the conversation, we learn that John_. （ A） has no interest （ B） has only one
6、 interest （ C） has two interests （ D） has quite a few interests 7 Sue Green seems to be more interested in Johns experience of_. （ A） working in a paper factory （ B） working in a youth club （ C） looking after his brother and sister （ D） looking after his young friends 8 What is Jim interested in? （
7、A） Investigating in the companys product. （ B） Buying a new educational computer. （ C） Joining the computer company. （ D） Reading the campaign plan. 9 The advertisements will be placed in all of the following EXCEPT_. （ A） family magazines （ B） Sunday newspaper （ C） morning television （ D） teenage m
8、agazine 10 The advertisements are intended to be seen by_. （ A） parents only （ B） children only （ C） school teachers （ D） whole families 11 Linda sounds_about the success of the campaign plan. （ A） confident （ B） hesitant （ C） uncertain （ D） delighted SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section,
9、you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 12 According to the passage, the average age of the fleet of Delta/Northwest is_. （ A） 10 years （ B） 14 years （ C） 16 years （ D） 20 years 13 It can be learned from the passage that _. （ A） air
10、 journeys are quite often far from comfortable （ B） air travelers usually enjoy luxury during flight （ C） air travelers usually enjoy upgraded conditions （ D） Airlines always provide good-in-flight entertainment 14 Older planes can stay safe for more than 25 years because of the following EXCEPT_. （
11、 A） new engines （ B） strong materials （ C） proper maintenance （ D） new interior 15 Where were the two men filmed? （ A） In the jewelry. （ B） In the City Mall. （ C） Near the lorry. （ D） In the parking lot. 16 Witnesses saw the two men_. （ A） leave the lorry together （ B） leave the lorry with hoods （ C
12、） run back to the lorry separately （ D） run back to the lorry without hoods 17 Which of the following details is CORRECT? （ A） The lorry was originally painted white. （ B） The lorry had no registration plates. （ C） The shorter man was the passenger. （ D） The taller man was the driver. 18 Which job w
13、ill involve supervising workers using dangerous equipment? （ A） Assitant site manager. （ B） Carpenter superviser. （ C） Assembly supervisor. （ D） Automobile service station manager. 19 Who will also decide on the prices of products and services? （ A） Airlines flight services manager. （ B） Automobile
14、service station manager. （ C） Assistant manager. （ D） Carpenter supervisor. 20 Who may also do some of the work he supervises? （ A） Assistant site manager. （ B） Airlines flight service manager. （ C） Assembly supervisor. （ D） Carpenter supervisor. 21 Which job offers the highest salary? （ A） Assistan
15、t site manager. （ B） Automobile services station manager. （ C） Carpenter supervisor. （ D） Airlines flight manager. 22 What did NASAs Constellation Programme originally plan to do? （ A） To set up a moon colony by 2020. （ B） To send astronauts again to the moon by 2020. （ C） To continue the current sh
16、uttle missions till 2020. （ D） To create jobs for NASA till 2020. 23 NASAs Constellation Programme would be cancelled mainly because_ （ A） there were more important space missions （ B） the space agency lacked funding for the programme （ C） the current shuttle missions would continue （ D） Congress fa
17、iled to pass President Obamas budget 24 The Russian cargo ship was sinking. What was the direct cause? （ A） No explanation of the problem. （ B） Long distance away from land. （ C） Slow rescue efforts. （ D） Severe weather. 25 Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a possible means of rescue? （ A）
18、 Aircraft. （ B） Tugboat. （ C） Nearby cargo ship. （ D） Vessels at the oil rig. 26 Why did the singers meet in Hollywood? （ A） To raise money for African humanitarian efforts. （ B） To raise money for Haitian earthquake victims. （ C） To sing in memory of Michael Jackson. （ D） To make a recording of the
19、 original version of the song. 27 Which of the following details about the news is INCORRECT? （ A） The organizer is one of the co-writers of the first song. （ B） Singers will use the same recording studio as in 1985. （ C） The recording session is expected to last long. （ D） Stars from the original v
20、ersion will take part. 28 The additional 2 billion dollars will mainly be used to_. （ A） upgrade its network capacity （ B） improve customers services （ C） develop new products （ D） market more iPhones 29 Where does At in fact it not only survived, it has flourished. The world is more literate than e
21、ver before there are more and more readers, and more and more books. The fact that we often get our reading material online today is not something we should worry over. The electronic and digital revolution of the last two decades has arguably shown the way forward for reading and for writing. Take
22、the arrival of e-book readers as an example. Devices like Kindle make reading more convenient and are a lot more environmentally friendly than the traditional paper book. As technology makes new ways of writing possible, new ways of reading are possible. Interconnectivity allows for the possibility
23、of a reading experience that was barely imaginable before. Where traditional books had to make do with photographs and illustrations, and e-book can provide readers with an unlimited number of links: to texts, pictures, and videos. In the future, the way people write novels, history, and philosophy
24、will resemble nothing seen in the past. On the other hand, there is the danger of civilization. One twitter group is offering its followers single-sentence-long “digests“ of the great novels. War and Peace in a sentence? You must be joking. We should fear the fragmentation of reading. There is the d
25、anger that the high-speed connectivity of the Internet will reduce our attention span that we will be incapable of reading anything of length or which requires deep concentration. In such a fast-changing world, in which reality seems to be remade each day, we need the ability to focus and understand
26、 what is happening to us. This has always been the function of literature and we should be careful not to let it disappear. Our society needs to be able to make sense of a dynamic, confusing world. In the 15th century, Johannes Guttenbergs invention of the printing press in Europe had a huge impact
27、on civilization. Once upon a time the physical book was a challenging thing. We should remember this before we assume that technology is out to destroy traditional culture. 82 Which of the following paragraphs briefly reviews the historical challenges for reading? （ A） Paragraph One. （ B） Paragraph
28、Two. （ C） Paragraph Three. （ D） Paragraph Four. 83 The following are all cited as advantages of e-book EXCEPT_. （ A） imaginative design （ B） environmental friendliness （ C） convenience for readers （ D） multimodal content 84 Which of the following can best describe how the author feels toward single-
29、sentence-long novels? （ A） Ironic. （ B） Worried. （ C） Sarcastic. （ D） Doubtful. 85 According to the passage, people need knowledge of modern technology and _ to survive in the fast-changing society. （ A） high sensitivity （ B） good judgment （ C） good imagination （ D） the ability to focus 86 What is t
30、he main idea of the passage? （ A） Technology pushes the way forward for reading and writing. （ B） Interconnectivity is a feature of new reading experience. （ C） Technology offers a great variety of reading practice. （ D） Technology is an opportunity and a challenge for traditional reading. TEXT B 86
31、 I know when the snow melts and the first robins (知更鸟 ) come to call, when the laughter of children returns to the parks and playgrounds, something wonderful is about to happen. Spring cleaning. Ill admit spring cleaning is a difficult notion for modern families to grasp. Todays busy families hardly
32、 have time to load the dishwasher, much less clean the doormat. Asking the family to spend the weekend collecting winter dog piles from the melting snow in the backyard is like announcing there will be no more Wi-Fi. It interrupts the natural order. “Honey, what say we spend the weekend beating the
33、rugs, sorting through the boxes in the basement and painting our bedroom a nice lemony yellow?“ I say. “Can we at least wait until the NBA matches are over?“ my husband answers. But I tell my family, spring cleaning can t wait. The temperatures has risen just enough to melt snow but not enough for L
34、ittle League practice to start. Some flowers are peeking out of the thawing ground, but there is no lawn to seed, nor garden to tend. Newly wakened from our. winters hibernation (冬眠 ), yet still needing extra blankets at night, we open our windows to the first fresh air floating on the breeze and al
35、l of the natural world demanding “Awake and be clean!“. Biologists offer a theory about this primal impulse to clean out every drawer and closet in the house at springs first light, which has to do with melatonin, the sleepytime hormone (激素 ) our bodies produce when its dark. When springs light come
36、s, the melatonin diminishes, and suddenly we are awakened to the dusty, virus-filled house weve been hibernating in for four months. I tell my family about the science and psychology of a good healthy cleaning at springs arrival. I speak to them about lifes greatest rewards waiting in the removal of
37、 soap scum from the bathtub, which hasnt been properly cleaned since the first snowfall. “Ill do it,“ says the eldest child, a 21-year-old college student who lives at home. “You will? Wow!“ I exclaim. Maybe after all these years, hes finally grasped the concept. Maybe hes expressing his rightful po
38、sition as eldest child and role model. Or maybe hes going to Florida for a break in a couple of weeks and hes being nice to me who is the financial-aid officer. No matter. Seeing my adult son willingly cleaning that dirty bathtub gives me hope for the future of his 12-year-old brother who, instead o
39、f working, is found to be sleeping in the seat of the window he is supposed to be cleaning. “Awake and be clean!“ I say. 87 According to the passage, “. . . spring cleaning is a difficult notion for modern families to grasp“ means that spring cleaning_. （ A） is no longer an easy practice to understa
40、nd （ B） is no longer part of modern family life （ C） requires more family members to be involved （ D） calls for more complicated skills and knowledge 88 Which of the following is LEAST likely to be included in family spring cleaning? （ A） Beating the rugs. （ B） Cleaning the window. （ C） Cleaning the
41、 backyard. （ D） Restoring Wi-Fi services. 89 Why does the author say “spring cleaning cant wait“? （ A） Because there will be more activities when it gets warmer （ B） Because the air is fresher and the breeze is lighter. （ C） Because the whole family is full of energy at spring time. （ D） Because the
42、 snow is melting and the ground is thawing. 90 Which of the following interpretations of the biologists theory about melatonin is INCORRECT? （ A） The production of melatonin in our bodies varies at different times. （ B） Melatonin is more likely to cause sleepiness in our bodies. （ C） The reduction o
43、f melatonin will cause wakefulness in our bodies. （ D） The amount of melatonin remains constant in our bodies. 91 Which of the following can best sum up the authors overall reaction to her adult sons positive response to spring cleaning? （ A） Surprised and skeptical. （ B） Elated and hesitant. （ C） R
44、elieved and optimistic. （ D） Optimistic and hesitant. 91 These days lots of young Japanese do omiai, literally, “meet and look. “ Many of them do so willingly. In todays prosperous and increasingly conservative Japan, the traditional omiai kekkon , or arranged marriage, is thriving. But there is a d
45、ifference. In the original omiai, the young Japanese couldnt reject the partner chosen by his parents and their middlernan. After World War II, many Japanese abandoned the arranged marriage as part of their rush to adopt the more democratic ways of their American conquerors. The Western renai kekkon
46、 , or love marriage, became popular; Japanese began picking their own mates by dating and falling in love. But the Western way was often found wanting in an important respect: it didnt necessarily produce a partner of the right economic, social, and educational qualifications. “Todays young people a
47、re quite calculating,“ says Chieko Akiyama, a social commentator. What seems to be happening now is a repetition of a familiar process in the countrys history, the “Japanization“ of an adopted foreign practice. The Western ideal of marrying for love is accommodated in a new orniai in which both part
48、ies are free to reject the match. “Omiai is evolving into a sort of stylized introduction,“ Mrs. Akiyama says. Many young Japanese now date in their early twenties, but with no thought of marriage. When they reach the age in the middle twenties for women, the late twenties for menthey increasingly t
49、urn to omiai. Some studies suggest that as many as 40% of marriages each year are omiai kekkon. Its hard to be sure, say those who study the matter, because many Japanese couples, when polled, describe their marriage as a love match even if it was arranged. These days, doing omiai often means going to a computer matching service rather than to a nakodo. The nakodo of tradition was an old woman who knew all the kids in the neighborhood and went around trying to pa
