1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 176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 passage
2、 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 C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section, you will hear several news
3、 items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 2 Where was the U.S. soldier was killed two days earlier? （ A） In the town of Ramadi. （ B） Outside the Iraqi National Museum. （ C） At a graduation ceremony. （ D） On a square near Baghdad. 3 The militant was sentenced to deat
4、h because of _. （ A） killing a prominent politician （ B） participating in an explosion （ C） killing three American officials （ D） letting out the top secret of the country 4 The defendant Ali al-Jar Allah despises the conviction by _. （ A） holding up his shoes （ B） sneering （ C） stretching his middl
5、e finger （ D） keeping silent 5 Which one is the sign of the Popes authority? （ A） The white cap. （ B） The stick. （ C） The woolen strip. （ D） The white woolen stole. 6 The Pope called for all the following EXCEFF _. （ A） Christian renewal （ B） Christian unity （ C） poverty reduction and corruption eli
6、mination （ D） the churchs leading the way to Christ 7 NATO foreign ministers are meeting ill Lithuania _. （ A） to promote the expansion of NATO to include Ukraine （ B） to adopt Lithuania as a member of NATO （ C） to cope with Russia （ D） to discuss the relationship between NATO and Lithuania 8 Some N
7、ATO diplomats worry about _. （ A） the opposition from neighboring Belarus （ B） the potential tensions with Russia （ C） that time is not sufficient （ D） Rices criticism 9 What is the speaker talking about? （ A） A park. （ B） A parking lot. （ C） A finding place. （ D） A crowded place. 10 How much did Br
8、own spend on books? （ A） He didnt spend as much as John did. （ B） He spent twice as much as John did. （ C） He spent half as much as John did. （ D） He spent nearly as much as John did. 11 What does the speaker imply? （ A） I would like to see you properly. （ B） I would like to take proper care of you.
9、 （ C） I dont expect when you will arrive. （ D） Ill make sure you are properly looked after. 12 What is the profession of the speaker? （ A） A teller. （ B） An economist. （ C） A travel agent. （ D） A customs official. 13 Which are not included in the price? （ A） Air flights. （ B） Hotel rooms. （ C） Lunch
10、es. （ D） Transfers, 14 When does the next train leave? （ A） 7:58. （ B） 8:00. （ C） 8:18. （ D） 8:38. 15 What can we inter about Terry? （ A） Terry is very stupid. （ B） Terry is very much worldly. （ C） Terry is very sophisticated. （ D） Terry has not seen anything. 16 What can be said about his income? （
11、 A） His income is divided into several businesses. （ B） His income is different from several other businesses. （ C） His income is made up of several sources. （ D） His income is decomposed of several sources. 17 What do you guess theyll do? （ A） Go to the classroom again. （ B） Try to find Mary togeth
12、er. （ C） Ask Jane to go to the library. （ D） Tell George to find Mary. 18 What does the man indicate? （ A） Normally, the ticket is too expensive. （ B） Generally, they do not have the opportunity. （ C） There are so many people at the weekend. （ D） Some of them may not like to go there. 19 What is the
13、 womans response? （ A） She doesnt know its intention. （ B） She cant understand the report. （ C） She doesnt think much of the report. （ D） She doesnt believe the exact figures in it. 20 Whats the woman complaining about? （ A） She doesnt feel herself. （ B） She feels sleepless. （ C） She doesnt sleep we
14、ll. （ D） She feels fatigued. 21 What does the woman think about the system? （ A） The system is too complicated. （ B） The system is familiar to her. （ C） The system is not familiar to her. （ D） She is not sure about the system. 22 What does the woman mean? （ A） The man seems to be unfit for the job.
15、（ B） There seems to be few fit for the job. （ C） The man does not like the job any more. （ D） The job seems to be very hard for him. 23 The conversation is most likely to take place between （ A） neighbors. （ B） husband and wife. （ C） doctor and patient. （ D） colleagues. 24 What can be inferred from
16、Millers reply? （ A） He is capable. （ B） He is grateful. （ C） He is responsible. （ D） He is successful. 25 What do we know about Mike? （ A） Mike is almost as busy as she is. （ B） Mike has to go to many places. （ C） Mike has to do a lot today. （ D） Mike is busy preparing his lecture. 二、 PART III CLOZE
17、 (15 MIN) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. 25 Many people invest in the stock market hoping to find the next Microsoft and Dell. However, I know 【 C1】 _ personal
18、experience how difficult this really is. For more than a year, I was 【 C2】 _ hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars a day in investing in the market. It seemed so easy, I dreamed of 【 C3】 _ my job at the end of the year, of buying a small apartment in Paris, of traveling around the world. But t
19、hese dreams 【 C4】 _ to a sudden and dramatic end when a stock I 【 C5】_ , Texas cellular pone wholesaler, fell by more than 75 per cent 【 C6】 _ a one year period. On the 【 C7】 _ day, it plunged by more than 15 a share. There was a rumor the company was 【 C8】 _ sales figures. That was when I learned h
20、ow quickly Wall Street 【 C9】 _ companies that, in one way or another, misrepresent the 【 C10】 _ . In a 【 C11】 _ , I sold all my stocks in the company, 【 C12】 _ margin debt with cash advances from my 【 C13】 _ card. Because I owned so many shares, I 【 C14】 _ a small fortune, half of it from money I bo
21、rrowed from the brokerage company. One month, I am a 【 C15】 _ , the next, a loser. This one big loss was my first lesson in the market. My father was a stockbroker, as was my grandfather 【 C16】 _ him. (In fact, he founded one of Chicagos earliest brokerage firms.) But like so many things in life, we
22、 dont learn anything until we 【 C17】 _ it for ourselves. The only way to really understand the inner 【 C18】 _ of the stock market is to invest your own hard-earned money. When all your stocks are doing 【 C19】 _ and you feel like a winner, you learn very little. Its when all are losing and everyone i
23、s questioning your stock picking 【 C20】 _ that you find out if you have what it takes to invest in the market. 26 【 C1】 （ A） at （ B） in （ C） from （ D） by 27 【 C2】 （ A） making （ B） spending （ C） selling （ D） baying 28 【 C3】 （ A） forsaking （ B） retiring （ C） retreating （ D） quitting 29 【 C4】 （ A） tame
24、d （ B） came （ C） went （ D） seemed 30 【 C5】 （ A） owned （ B） owed （ C） cherished （ D） embraced 31 【 C6】 （ A） over （ B） by （ C） from （ D） with 32 【 C7】 （ A） tragic （ B） frustrated （ C） bad （ D） dreamy 33 【 C8】 （ A） cheating （ B） exaggerating （ C） announcing （ D） boasting 34 【 C9】 （ A） punishes （ B） def
25、eats （ C） fines （ D） collapses 35 【 C10】 （ A） trade （ B） truth （ C） substance （ D） coverage 36 【 C11】 （ A） despair （ B） worry （ C） panic （ D） impulse 37 【 C12】 （ A） giving away （ B） paying off （ C） handing over （ D） making up 38 【 C13】 （ A） credit （ B） identity （ C） identification （ D） loan 39 【 C14
26、】 （ A） won （ B） lost （ C） gained （ D） suffered 40 【 C15】 （ A） winner （ B） champion （ C） successor （ D） supervisor 41 【 C16】 （ A） after （ B） before （ C） for （ D） and 42 【 C17】 （ A） undergo （ B） keep （ C） taste （ D） experience 43 【 C18】 （ A） workings （ B） conventions （ C） facilities （ D） structures 44
27、 【 C19】 （ A） ferociously （ B） radically （ C） much （ D） up 45 【 C20】 （ A） stance （ B） faculty （ C） ability （ D） power 三、 PART IV GRAMMAR the meat _. （ A） is cooked （ B） has been cooked （ C） is being cooked （ D） is cooking 59 Under more favorable conditions, he _ a great general but he only ended up a
28、s captain. （ A） could have become （ B） became （ C） could become （ D） had become 60 Must I turn the paper in at the end of this week? No. you _. （ A） mustnt （ B） neednt （ C） dont （ D） shouldnt 61 We are not at all sympathetic _ her proposal. （ A） to （ B） with （ C） for （ D） in 62 By turns I _ and flus
29、h with heat, and Theodora is greatly disturbed about me. （ A） shiver （ B） quaver （ C） tremble （ D） quiver 63 She _ high levels of lead in her drinking water. （ A） perceived （ B） spotted （ C） detected （ D） discerned 64 Gazing up into the professors eyes, she seemed to _ all he said. （ A） take in （ B）
30、 take over （ C） take on （ D） take to 65 Simply thinking about the idea that her husband might die any minute on the battle ground would make her _ through and through. （ A） shake （ B） shudder （ C） vibrate （ D） quake 66 The Grasshopper refused to _, and chirped louder and louder the more the Owl plea
31、ded. （ A） resist （ B） desist （ C） insist （ D） persist 67 The investigators _ for lunch. （ A） process （ B） excess （ C） recess （ D） access 68 Then it was Jerrys duty lo cautiously _ the arrow had it missed the mark. （ A） recover （ B） regain （ C） refund （ D） retrieve 69 The birth control measures have
32、helped to _ the citys population. （ A） hold up （ B） hold off （ C） hold on （ D） hold down 70 Some day those pictures will be _ more than all you have in your shop. （ A） worthy （ B） worth （ C） worthwhile （ D） worthless 71 The only _ before him which he felt himself lo be incapable of contemplating was
33、 the prospect of leaving Emily. （ A） outlook （ B） prospect （ C） attitude （ D） view 72 They are trying to _ the forest to its original pristine condition. （ A） revive （ B） restore （ C） renew （ D） refresh 73 A well constructed plot, therefore, must neither begin nor end at haphazard, but _ to these pr
34、inciples. （ A） comply （ B） confirm （ C） conform （ D） abide 74 “I was always _ to speak by the leaders at a critical moment,“ Mr. Verloc declared, with obvious satisfaction. （ A） put up （ B） put down （ C） put out （ D） put away 75 I purposely _ from extending these observations to any length. （ A） abs
35、tain （ B） sustain （ C） retain （ D） detain 75 Andrew Carnegie Born in Scotland, in 1835, Andrew Carnegie entered the world in poverty. Carnegies father came to America when Andrew was twelve, and his brother, Thomas, was five. Arriving in New York in 1848, the Carnegies settled in Allegheny City, Pen
36、nsylvania Allegheny City provided Carnegies first job, as a bobbin boy in a cotton factory, working for $1.20 a week. At 15, Carnegie became a telegraph messenger boy in Pittsburgh. Carnegies next job was as a railroad clerk, working for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He worked his way up the ladder, th
37、rough his dedication and honest desire to succeed, to become train dispatcher and then division manager. At this time, young Carnegie, age 24, had already made some small investments that laid the foundations of his what would be tremendous fortune. One of these investments was the purchase of stock
38、 in the Woodruff Sleeping Car Company. In 1864, Carnegie entered the iron business, but did not begin to make steel until years later. In 1873, he built the Edgar Thomson works in Braddock, Pennsylvania, to make Bessemer steel. He established many other steel plants, and in 1892, he merged all of hi
39、s interests into the Carnegie Steel Company. This act from Carnegie is fitting with one of his most famous quotations, “Put all of your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket.“ This firm became one of the greatest industrial enterprises in America. Carnegie later sold it to J. P. Morgans Uni
40、ted States Steel Corporation in 1901 for $ 400 million, which would be a little over $4 billion today! After retiring, Carnegies fortune was estimated to be as large as half a billion dollars. From that time on, with the philosophy that the rich have a moral obligation to give away their money, he d
41、evoted himself to philanthropy. Although ironic, this man of great fortune strongly believed in the merits of poverty for the development of character and work ethic, and determined that wealthy men should not leave their fortunes to their children, but should give it away, claiming “The man who die
42、s thus rich, dies disgraced.“ With the picture of community service, Carnegie is quoted as saying, “Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy, and cannot be torn out. I can never be one hairs breadth less loyal to her, or less anxious to help her in any way, than I have been since I c
43、ould help anything. My treasure is still with you, and how best to serve Pittsburgh is the question which occurs to me almost every day of my life.“ 76 Andrew Carnegie was （ A） an American by origin. （ B） an Irishman by origin. （ C） a Scotsman by origin. （ D） a German by origin. 77 Andrew Carnegie w
44、as beginning to make investments （ A） in 1861. （ B） when he himself was 26. （ C） when his brother was 17. （ D） when he was still working at a car company. 78 Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage? （ A） Andrew Carnegie was successful in his bold investments. （ B） Andrew
45、Carnegie put all his money into one basket for safety. （ C） Andrew Carnegie became wealthy by merging his companies. （ D） Andrew Carnegie made his first investment in the steel industry. 79 From the last paragraph of this passage, it can be concluded that Andrew Carnegie would agree that （ A） one mu
46、st work hard to get somewhere in the world. （ B） one must be able to make a wise decision on investment. （ C） one must not die with a huge amount of money left unused. （ D） one must treasure the city where one has lived for all ones life. 79 US Higher Education Lurking behind the gleaming promise of
47、 every wide-eyed freshman is a dark fact of US higher education: Half of those who enroll at four-year colleges and universities will never graduate. That means about 600,000 students each year will not complete their bachelors degree, concludes a new US Department of Education study. And it asks: “
48、Is there too much emphasis on getting a four-year college degree?“ It is almost a heretical question. A college degree has never been more coveted or sought after. A record 14.9 million students enrolled this year. More than 96 percent of high school seniors say college is important and two-thirds expect to earn a bachelors degree. Its a significant change from the early 1980s, when just 52 percent of seniors expected to enroll in any college. Now, “College for all“ is the new mentality urged by parents, guidance counselors, and political leaders of all stripes. College has become
