1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 244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 mans purpose of being here? （ A） To reserve a room with bath. （ B） To pay the deposit. （ C） To check his reservation. （ D） To stay in the Dreamland Hotel 3 When will the man depart from the Hotel?
4、 （ A） 3 weeks later （ B） Three nights later. （ C） September 21. （ D） September 19. 4 The following details are true about the key card in the hotel EXCEPT that_. （ A） all the information about hotel services is on the card （ B） all the rules and regulations of the hotel are on it （ C） it must be sho
5、wn when signing for meals and drinks （ D） the telephone number of the bellboy is on it 5 What is the womans purpose to have such a conversation? （ A） To ask for advice for her rock-climbing program. （ B） To persuade the man to take a rock-climbing course. （ C） To make preparation for the training co
6、urse. （ D） To share her idea of the rock-climbing with the mall. 6 What can we know from the conversation about rock-climbing at their college? （ A） There is no qualified coach at their college. （ B） The college does not have any equipment for rock-climbing. （ C） There are no appropriate places for
7、rock-climbing nearby. （ D） Little preparation is needed for the real climbing. 7 Why is the woman so keen on the rock-climbing? （ A） Climbers can develop skills useful in other activities. （ B） Climbing is not as expensive as other sports. （ C） Learning to climb does not take very long time. （ D） Cl
8、imbers have the opportunity to be outside and enjoy the scenery. 8 What is the place the woman calls to? （ A） Post office. （ B） Delivery company. （ C） Candy shop. （ D） Bank. 9 Why is the woman making this call? （ A） Because she wants to sell some homemade candy. （ B） Because she is wondering how muc
9、h it costs to send some vegetables. （ C） Because she wants to get some information about sending a package. （ D） Because she wants to buy some candy and vegetable. 10 When is her sisters birthday? （ A） Tuesday. （ B） Friday. （ C） Saturday. （ D） Monday. 11 Which method will the woman probably use to s
10、end her package? （ A） Priority service. （ B） Regular service. （ C） She hasnt decided. （ D） Neither of all. SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 12 According to the passage we know i
11、n Portugal _ . （ A） Portuguese preferred to get partners through friends introductions （ B） Portuguese are more likely to hunt partner online （ C） Portuguese said they had lied about their marital status （ D） both man and woman put a sense of humor at the top of their list 13 In France, what is the
12、common thing in finding a partner for both sexes? （ A） They place more emphasis on appearance. （ B） They both seek the romance than real life. （ C） Theyd like to attend parties, bars and clubs to meet someone. （ D） They pay more attention to financial status. 14 For the first encounter, the Australi
13、an men pay the least attention to the girls _ . （ A） intelligence （ B） physical attraction （ C） personality （ D） humor 15 When did Mrs. Weston go to see her doctor? （ A） As soon as she realized that something was wrong. （ B） When John asked what was wrong with her. （ C） Only when her husband and son
14、 advised her to. （ D） A long time after the trouble began. 16 What did Mrs. Westons own doctor decide to do? （ A） To comfort her and treat her himself. （ B） To send her to hospital. （ C） To get an expert to examine her. （ D） To advise her to stay more with her family. 17 What did John react to his m
15、others bad temper? （ A） He tried to imagine himself in her place. （ B） He became more and more quiet. （ C） He tried not to notice it. （ D） He pretended he had toothache. 18 What is the focus of the passage? （ A） The reasons for peoples cry. （ B） How tears are produced. （ C） The function of tears. （
16、D） The findings of Winfred. 19 What is the purpose of Winfreds research? （ A） The components of tears. （ B） Why some people cry more often than others. （ C） How tears help us deal with emotional problems. （ D） Whether crying really helps people reduce stress. 20 Whats the difference between human be
17、ings and other animals when shedding tears? （ A） Human beings can control their tears shedding much better than animals. （ B） Only human beings respond to emotions by shedding tears. （ C） Only human beings shed tears to get rid of irritating stuff in their eyes. （ D） The animals tears are the respon
18、se to physical or chemical stimulation. 21 Which of the following is NOT true to the passage? （ A） Tears can help to protect our eyes. （ B） Teenage girls cry four times as often as boys. （ C） People who cry more must feel better than otherwise. （ D） We cannot imagine life without tears. 22 Which of
19、the following is TRUE? （ A） Europe has already imposed tariffs on America. （ B） America and Europe have fought with each other because of the trade dispute. （ C） The WTO is inactive toward the dispute. （ D） The Congress and the Senate will not change the law. 23 An extra _ tax will be put on America
20、n exports. （ A） 3 percent （ B） 4 percent （ C） 5 percent （ D） 6 percent 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. 23 The effect of the baby boom
21、on the schools helped to make possible a shift in thinking about the role of public education in the 1920s. In the 1920s, but especially in the Depression of the 1930s, the United States experienced a 【 C1】 _ birth rate. Then with the prosperity 【 C2】 _ by the Second World War and the economic boom
22、that followed, young people married and 【 C3】 _ households earlier and began to 【 C4】 _ larger families than had their 【 C5】 _ during the Depression. Birth rates rose to 102 per thousand in 1946, 106.2 in 1950, and 118 in 1955. 【 C6】 _ economics was probably the most important 【 C7】 _ , it is not th
23、e only explanation for the baby boom. The increased value placed 【 C8】 _ the idea of the family also helps to 【 C9】 _ this rise in birth rates. The baby boomers began streaming 【 C10】 _ the first grade by the mid-1940s and became a 【 C11】 _ by 1950. The public school system suddenly found itself 【 C
24、12】 _ . The wartime economy meant that few new schools were built between 1940 and 1945. 【 C13】 _ , large numbers of teachers left their profession during that period for better-paid jobs elsewhere. 【 C14】 _ , in the 1950s, the baby boom hit an antiquated and 【 C15】 _ school system. Consequently, th
25、e custodial rhetoric of the 1930s no longer made 【 C16】 _ ; keeping youths aged sixteen and older out of the labor market by keeping them in school could no longer be a high 【 C17】 _ for an institution unable to find space and staff to teach younger children. With the baby boom, the focus of educato
26、rs 【 C18】 _ turned toward the lower grades and back to basic academic skills and 【 C19】 _ . The system no longer had much 【 C20】 _ in offering nontraditional, new, and extra services to the older youths. 24 【 C1】 （ A） accelerating （ B） strengthening （ C） declining （ D） fluctuating 25 【 C2】 （ A） took
27、 on （ B） aroused from （ C） brought on （ D） carded off 26 【 C3】 （ A） adopted （ B） incorporated （ C） administered （ D） established 27 【 C4】 （ A） increase （ B） raise （ C） erect （ D） generate 28 【 C5】 （ A） predecessors （ B） successors （ C） processors （ D） dominators 29 【 C6】 （ A） Since （ B） Despite （ C）
28、 Although （ D） Unless 30 【 C7】 （ A） dominance （ B） determinant （ C） determiner （ D） premise 31 【 C8】 （ A） at （ B） on （ C） for （ D） with 32 【 C9】 （ A） demonstrate （ B） interpret （ C） exhibit （ D） explain 33 【 C10】 （ A） through （ B） across （ C） into （ D） towards 34 【 C11】 （ A） creek （ B） flood （ C） to
29、rment （ D） torrent 35 【 C12】 （ A） overtaxed （ B） overdosed （ C） overweighed （ D） overlapped 36 【 C13】 （ A） Moreover （ B） However （ C） Otherwise （ D） Thus 37 【 C14】 （ A） Nevertheless （ B） Therefore （ C） Furthermore （ D） Hence 38 【 C15】 （ A） deficient （ B） incomplete （ C） inadequate （ D） partial 39 【
30、C16】 （ A） sense （ B） meaning （ C） conception （ D） cognition 40 【 C17】 （ A） notoriety （ B） compatibility （ C） proximity （ D） priority 41 【 C18】 （ A） refutably （ B） indispensably （ C） inevitably （ D） irrationally 42 【 C19】 （ A） conference （ B） symposium （ C） seminar （ D） discipline 43 【 C20】 （ A） abil
31、ity （ B） interest （ C） benefit （ D） advantage 三、 PART IV GRAMMAR the hurt is very real. Talk about possible reasons why she didnt get valentines Maybe her friends didnt make them. Maybe they didnt have enough for everyone, or maybe they forgot to bring them. Experiences like this do happen to kids,
32、and theyre very painful blows to a childs self-esteem and confidence. But with the help and love from a parent, they can build strength. The time you spend on this is an investment in your childs well-being. “Some may be more open to it than others, depending on their perceptions of themselves and t
33、he world, and also the influence of their caretakers,“ Noll says. “But all children are capable ofand deserving oflove and friendship.“ 83 What does “them“ (Line 4) in Paragraph 5 refer to? （ A） Cards. （ B） Children. （ C） Childrens feelings. （ D） Childrens friends. 84 When children meet with friends
34、-making difficulties, what should parents do? （ A） Ask children for exact reasons immediately. （ B） Tell them about their mistakes of making friends. （ C） Try to make your children trust you and talk to you. （ D） Leave them alone to solve the problem. 85 Which of the following statements is TRUE abo
35、ut childrens feeling? （ A） Children feel injured of having no friends. （ B） Children dont understand self-respect. （ C） Children tend to play with adults older than themselves. （ D） Children are willing to talk with their parents about their troubles. 86 The author is concerned with _. （ A） analyzin
36、g the psychology of children having difficulties to make friends （ B） explaining why some children cant make friends successfully （ C） introducing how to instruct children to make friends （ D） illustrating the role of parents to help children make friends 87 What can we learn from the passage? （ A）
37、Children holding their head high are not easy to make friends. （ B） Children prefer parents practical instruction rather than empty encouragement. （ C） Parents had better not intervene in childrens communication. （ D） Parents influence is important to childrens personality forming 87 Blake had been
38、in very low water for months-almost under water part of the time-due to circumstances he was fond of saying were no fault of his own; and as he sat writing in his room on “third floor back“ of a New York boarding-house, part of his mind was busily occupied in wondering when his luck was going to mm
39、again, It was his room only in the sense that he paid the rent. Two friends, one a little Frenchman and the other a big Dane, shared it with him, both hoping eventually to contribute something towards expenses, but so far not having accomplished this result. They had two beds only, the third being a
40、 mattress they slept upon ih turns, a week at a time. Occasionally, when dinner failed them altogether, they swallowed a little raw rice and drank hot water from the bathroom on the top of it, and then made a wild race for bed so as to get to sleep while the sensation of false repletion was still th
41、ere, for sleep and hunger are slight acquaintances as they knew. Fortunately all New York houses are supplied with hot air, and they only had to open a grating in the wall to get a plentiful, if not a wholesome amount of heat. Though loneliness in a big city is a real punishment, as they had several
42、ly learnt to their cost, their experiences, three in a small room for several months, had revealed to them horrors of quite another kind, and their nerves had suffered according to the temperament of each. But, on this particular evening, as Blake sat scribbling by the only window that was not crack
43、ed, the Dane and the Frenchman, his companions in adversity, were in wonderful luck. They had both been asked out to a restaurant to dine with a friend who also held out to one of them a chance of work and remuneration. They would not be back till late, and when they did come they were pretty sure t
44、o bring in supplies of one kind or another. For the Frenchman never could resist the offer of a glass of absinthe, and this meant that he would be able to help himself plentifully from the free-lunch counters, with which all New York bars are furnished, and to which any purchaser of a drink is entit
45、led to help himself and devour on the spot or carry away casually in his hand for consumption elsewhere. Thousands of unfortunate men get their sole subsistence in this way in New York, and experience soon teaches where, for the price of a single drink, a man can take away almost a meal of chip pota
46、toes, sausage, bits of bread, and even eggs. The Frenchman and the Dane knew their way about, and Blake looked forward to a supper more or less substantial before pulling his mattress out of the cupboard and turning in upon the floor for the night. In the daytime he was a reporter on an evening news
47、paper of sensational and lying habits. His work was chiefly in the police courts; and in his spare hours at night, when not too tired or too empty, he wrote sketches and stories for the magazines that very rarely saw the light of day on their printed and paidfor sentences. On this particular occasio
48、n he was deep in a most involved tale of a psychological character, and had just worked his way into a sentence, or set of sentences, that completely baffled and muddled him. 88 When Blake encountered difficulty, he tended to_. （ A） reflect on his mistake （ B） find an excuse for what happened （ C） b
49、lame others for what happened （ D） think about when he would have good luck 89 Which of the following is TRUE of Blake and his roommates? （ A） They shared the rent of the room. （ B） They sometimes went to bed starved. （ C） They scrambled for beds. （ D） They had to endure cold. 90 His roommates were invited to dinner because_. （ A） they were more sociable than Blake （ B） Blake had to write to earn a living （ C
