1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 183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 A CONVERSATIONS Directions: In this section you will hear several conver
3、sations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 2 What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? （ A） Shop assistant and customer. （ B） Police officer and citizen. （ C） Teacher and student. （ D） Boss and clerk. 3 Where was the man when the robbe
4、ry happened? （ A） At home. （ B） In his office. （ C） In the street. （ D） At a friends. 4 Why did the two robbers stop searching the flat? （ A） Because the mans wife returned. （ B） Because they had done much damage to the flat. （ C） Because the dogs next door barked. （ D） Because the neighbors phoned
5、the police. 5 Why did Janet want to be a nurse? （ A） Nurses are highly respected by people. （ B） Nurses have good salaries. （ C） Nursing is very important. （ D） Her parents asked her to be a nurse. 6 Among all the qualities, which is the first, according to Janet? （ A） Practical. （ B） Clever. （ C） P
6、atient. （ D） Kind. 7 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a difficulty for a nurse? （ A） Hard work. （ B） Night duty. （ C） Change in work shift. （ D） Cooperation with doctors. 8 What is the relationship between the two speakers? （ A） They have not met ever before. （ B） Teacher and student. （ C）
7、 They are schoolmates. （ D） They are classmates. 9 What is NOT true of the distance learning course? （ A） It is a new thing. （ B） Many students signed up. （ C） It is experimental. （ D） Many departments have it this semester. 10 In a distance learning course, one _. （ A） does not have to see the prof
8、essors （ B） also needs to take exams （ C） reduces the learning expenses （ D） must revise the schedule to attend the course 11 What is the disadvantage of the distance learning course? （ A） It is kind of expensive. （ B） It lacks person-to-person contact. （ C） It has a heavy schedule. （ D） It is new,
9、so it is risky. 12 According to the news, how many pilot whales eventually died before they were rescued? （ A） 15. （ B） 7. （ C） 8. （ D） 6. 13 What has enabled the volunteers to rescue all the remaining whales on the beach? （ A） The tide rising at noon. （ B） Buckets of water. （ C） Feverish rescue eff
10、orts. （ D） Many dump trucks. 14 A leading Saudi newspaper yesterday urged Iraqi President Saddam to do all EXCEPT （ A） saving his country from war. （ B） avoiding Arab summit. （ C） stepping down from power. （ D） taking a necessary political decision. 15 From the news, we can infer that （ A） Arab summ
11、it will be held. （ B） Arab summit has been held. （ C） Arab summit is being held. （ D） Arab summit was held. 16 The Dow Jones industrials closed Monday at its （ A） first high in the session. （ B） second high in the session. （ C） third high in the session. （ D） fourth high in the session. 17 Up till M
12、onday, the stock prices have been down for about （ A） 1 year. （ B） 70 days. （ C） 3 months. （ D） 8 weeks. 18 How many of the passengers have been injured in the train accident? （ A） 30. （ B） 90. （ C） 120. （ D） 6. 19 The train derailed somewhere 10 miles near （ A） Chicago. （ B） Washington. （ C） New Yo
13、rk. （ D） an unknown destination. 二、 PART III CLOZE (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. 19 【 C1】 _ are the missions of a learned society in an era of digital
14、 networks? 【 C2】 _ the American Council of Learned Societies, we believe the 【 C3】_ of digital networks will plow up and replant the worlds of scholarship and education. We believe these technologies can 【 C4】 _ us well if we take care in making the transition to using them. But we also believe 【 C5
15、】 _ may do great damage if we are inattentive or timid or simply dazzled by the technologies. 【 C6】_ to make the transition to digital networks in the humanities and social sciences is one of our main 【 C7】 _ at the ACLS. For a gathering in November 1996, we asked the executive directors of the 56 l
16、earned societies that then belonged to the ACLS 【 C8】 _ brief essays on 【 C9】 _ they perceived to be the mission of their learned society in an 【 C10】 _ age. My remarks are informed by this collection of 【 C11】 _ and our subsequent discussion of them, but the views expressed are my 【 C12】 _ . In due
17、 【 C13】 _ I will argue the following. The new technology will allow long-standing missions of learned societies to be performed in new ways, but the missions of learned societies are also likely to be 【 C14】 _ . 【 C15】 _ are significant changes afoot in the world of scholarship and higher education
18、involving internationalization, interdisciplinarity, and interactive learning. Learned societies are unusually well-positioned to use the new technology to contribute to these changes. 20 【 C1】 （ A） Which （ B） How （ C） Where （ D） What 21 【 C2】 （ A） With （ B） On （ C） In （ D） At 22 【 C3】 （ A） technolo
19、gies （ B） skills （ C） techniques （ D） equipment 23 【 C4】 （ A） perform （ B） serve （ C） function （ D） progress 24 【 C5】 （ A） it （ B） they （ C） that （ D） those 25 【 C6】 （ A） Helping （ B） Help （ C） Helped （ D） To help 26 【 C7】 （ A） worries （ B） concerns （ C） interests （ D） assignments 27 【 C8】 （ A） prep
20、are （ B） prepared （ C） to prepare （ D） preparing 28 【 C9】 （ A） which （ B） how （ C） what （ D） when 29 【 C10】 （ A） electrical （ B） electric （ C） eclectic （ D） electronic 30 【 C11】 （ A） essays （ B） missions （ C） societies （ D） views 31 【 C12】 （ A） own （ B） creation （ C） making （ D） quotation 32 【 C13】
21、（ A） time （ B） sequence （ C） presentation （ D） course 33 【 C14】 （ A） switched （ B） performed （ C） launched （ D） altered 34 【 C15】 （ A） They （ B） These （ C） There （ D） Those 三、 PART IV GRAMMAR well have less to spend on other things.“ Her family had been planning to buy a new car but they postponed t
22、his purchase. Furthermore, the rise in prices that bas already taken place may be resented and buyers resistance may be evoked. This is shown by the following typical comment: “I just dont pay these prices; they are too high.“ The investigations mentioned above were carried out in America. Investiga
23、tions conducted at the same time in Great Britain, however, yielded results that were more in agreement with traditional assumptions about saving and spending patterns. The condition most conducive to spending appears to be price stability. If prices have been stable and people consider that they ar
24、e reasonable, they are likely to buy. Thus, it appears that the common business policy of maintaining stable prices is based on a correct understanding of consumer psychology. 70 According to the passage, if one wants to study consumer behavior, he should _. （ A） study the knowledge of psychology （
25、B） obtain data on the motives that tend to encourage or discourage consumers to spend money （ C） carry out investigations on consumers behavior and obtain data on consumers incomes and money spending motives （ D） do researches in consumer psychology in different countries 71 According to the passage
26、, which of the following statements is always true? （ A） people with rising incomes tend to borrow most. （ B） people will resist to purchase things when price increases. （ C） people with declining incomes tend to borrow most. （ D） rising prices may make people put off their purchase of certain thing
27、s. 72 The underlined word “conducive“ (Line 3, Para. 3) means _. （ A） helpful （ B） difficult （ C） easy （ D） useful 73 The results of the investigations on consumer psychology carried out in Great Britain _. （ A） were the same as the traditional assumptions about saving and spending patterns （ B） wer
28、e in agreement with those of the investigations made at the same time in America （ C） proved the traditional assumptions about earning and spending are totally wrong （ D） were much better than those of the investigations made at the same time in America 74 The results of the investigations shows tha
29、t _. （ A） consumers will spend their money quickly if they expect prices to increase （ B） the pricing policy should be based on a correct understanding of consumer psychology （ C） remaining stable prices is a correct business policy （ D） price increase always stimulate people to hasten to buy things
30、 74 Reebok executives do not like to hear their stylish athletic shoes called“ footwear for yuppies (雅皮士，少壮高薪职业人士 )“. They contend that Reebok shoes appeal to diverse market segments, especially now that the company offers basketball and childrens shoes for the under-18 set and walking shoes for old
31、er customers not interested in aerobics(健身操 )or running. The executives also point out that through recent acquisitions they have added hiking boots, dress and casual shoes, and high-performance athletic footwear to their product lines, all of which should attract new and varied groups of customers.
32、 Still, despite its emphasis on new markets, Reebok plans few changes in the upmarket (高档消费人群的 ) retailing network that helped push sales to 1 billion annually, ahead of all other sports shoe marketers. Reebok shoes, which are priced from 27 to 85, will continue to be sold only in better specialty,
33、sporting goods, and department stores, in accordance with the companys view that consumers judge the quality of the brand by the quality of its distribution. In the past few years, the Massachusetts-based company has imposed limits on the number of its distributors (and the number of shoes supplied
34、to stores), partly out of necessity. At times the unexpected demand for Reeboks exceeded supply, and the company could barely keep up with orders from the dealers it already had. These fulfillment problems seem to be under control now, but the company is still selective about its distributors. At pr
35、esent, Reebok shoes are available in about five thousand retail stores in the United States. Reebok has already anticipated that walking shoes will be the next fitness related craze, replacing aerobics shoes the same way its brightly colored, soft leather exercise footwear replaced conventional runn
36、ing shoes. Through product diversification and careful market research, Reebok hopes to avoid the distribution problems Nike came across several years ago, when Nike misjudged the strength of the aerobics shoe craze and was forced to unload huge inventories of running shoes through discount stores.
37、75 One reason why Reeboks managerial personnel dont like their shoes to be called “footwear for yuppies“ is that _. （ A） they believe that their shoes are popular with people of different age groups （ B） new production lines have been added to produce inexpensive shoes （ C） yuppies usually evokes a
38、negative image （ D） the term makes people think of prohibitive prices 76 Reehoks view that “consumers judge the quality of the brand by the quality of its distribution“ (Line 5, Para. 2) implies that _. （ A） the quality of a brand is measured by the service quality of the store selling it （ B） the q
39、uality of a product determines the quality of its distributors （ C） the popularity of a brand is determined by the stores that sell it （ D） consumers believe that first-rate products are only sold by high-quality stores 77 Reebok once had to limit the number of its distributors because _. （ A） its s
40、upply of products fell short of demand （ B） too many distributors would cut into its profits （ C） the reduction of distributors could increase its share of the market （ D） it wanted to enhance consumer confidence in its products 78 Although the Reebok Company has solved the problem of fulfilling its
41、 orders, it _. （ A） does not want to further expand its retailing network （ B） still limits the number of shoes supplied to stores （ C） is still particular about who sells its products （ D） still carefully chooses the manufacturers of its products 79 What lesson has Reebok learned from Nikes distrib
42、ution problems? （ A） A company should not sell its high quality shoes in discount stores. （ B） A company should not limit its distribution network. （ C） A company should do follow up surveys of its products. （ D） A company should correctly evaluate the impact of a new craze on the market. 79 The imp
43、ortance and focus of the interviewing the work of the print and broadcast journalist is reflected in several books that have been written on the topic. Most of these books, as well as several chapters, mainly in, but not limited to, journalism and broadcasting handbooks and reporting texts, stress t
44、he “how to“ aspects of journalistic interviewing rather than the conceptual aspects of the interview, its context, and implications. Much of the “how to“ material is based on personal experiences and general impressions. As we know, in journalism as in other fields, much can be learned from the syst
45、ematic study of professional practice. Such study brings together evidence from which broad generalized principles can be developed. There is, as has been suggested, a growing body of research literature in journalism and broadcasting, but very little significant attention has been devoted to the st
46、udy of the interview itself. On the other trend, many genera texts as well as numerous research articles on interviewing in fields other than journalism have been written. Many of these books and articles present the theoretical and empirical aspects of the interview as well as the training of file
47、interviewers. Unhappily, this plentiful general literature about interviewing pays little attention to the journalistic interview. The fact that the general literature on interviewing does not deal with the journalistic interview seems to be surprising for two reasons. First, it seems likely that mo
48、st people in modern Western societies are more familiar, at least in a positive manner, with journalistic interviewing than with any other from of interviewing. Most of us are probably somewhat familiar with the clinical interview, such as that conducted by physicians and psychologists. In these sit
49、uations the professional person or interviewer, is interested in getting information necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of the person seeking help. Another familiar situation is the job interview. However, very few of us have actually been interviewed personally by the mass media, particularly by television. And yet, we have a vivid acquaintance with the journalistic interview by virtue of our roles as readers, listeners, and viewers. Ev
