1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 342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 womans attitude toward the mans joining the school football team? （ A） The man should give up. （ B） The man should join by all means. （ C） The man should make sure he is healthy enough before join
4、ing. （ D） It cant be determined from the conversation. 3 The woman suggested that the man do all of the following EXCEPT （ A） having a physical checkup. （ B） eating healthily. （ C） strengthening his heart. （ D） watching TV until midnight. 4 The man and the woman are most probably （ A） husband and wi
5、fe. （ B） colleagues. （ C） patient and doctor. （ D） former schoolmates. 5 Why is the woman interested in the class? （ A） She is a philosophy major. （ B） She is conducting an audit. （ C） She has read some of the class materials. （ D） She believes the professor is kind. 6 Why did the professor consent
6、to the womans request? （ A） He was in a hurry. （ B） He was impressed by her knowledge. （ C） He believes she is dedicated to philosophy. （ D） He wants to test the womans abilities. 7 What warning does the professor give the woman about the class? （ A） He must leave soon. （ B） Her questions may not be
7、 answered. （ C） She may not be ambitions enough. （ D） She should not be charmed by philosophy. 8 Who is the woman? （ A） A landscape artist. （ B） A teacher. （ C） A student. （ D） A school registrar. 9 What does a student usually have to do before taking the advanced sketching course? （ A） Write a book
8、. （ B） Attend an afternoon meeting. （ C） Enroll in another class. （ D） Go to the art museum. 10 What does the man give the woman? （ A） A text-book. （ B） Some paintbrushes. （ C） A bouquet of flowers. （ D） Some drawings. 11 How did the student probably feel after talking to the instructor? （ A） Encour
9、aged. （ B） Annoyed. （ C） Surprised. （ D） Confused. 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 What is the instructor describing? （ A） The layout of the laboratory. （ B） A laboratory ex
10、periment. （ C） The workbook for the laboratory. （ D） A picture of equipment. 13 What is the main idea of the talk? （ A） Homework must be handed in on time. （ B） The students must follow all the instructions exactly. （ C） The students will be able to make choices about the laboratory work. （ D） A gre
11、at deal of equipment is available. 14 How are the activities different from the experiments? （ A） The activities are to be done during class. （ B） The activities take less time. （ C） No equipment is needed for the activities. （ D） Few instructions are given for the activities. 15 Prior to the format
12、ion of a tornado, _. （ A） the sky is cloudy （ B） the sky is very dark （ C） the sky is cloudless （ D） a black line stretches across the horizon 16 Why does breathing become difficult for humans during a tornado? （ A） The wind becomes fast and hot. （ B） Air pressure gets steadily lower. （ C） The black
13、 area moves closer. （ D） They are knocked to the ground. 17 Which of the following is NOT the result of a tornado? （ A） Insects are unable to balance themselves. （ B） It is difficult to breathe. （ C） A tornado destroys everything on its path. （ D） A tornado kills 120 people every time it comes. 18 W
14、hat does the map mean? （ A） He wonders what happened to Sam. （ B） He went to visit Sam s class. （ C） Sam s class is half over. （ D） Sam wants to drop the class. 19 Who were the first settlers of the old Southwest? （ A） Indians. （ B） Mexicans. （ C） British Pilgrims. （ D） Spaniards. 20 How may years h
15、ave passed since the pilgrims came to settle in America? （ A） More than 250years have passed. （ B） Nearly 385 years have passed. （ C） Approximately 365 years have passed. （ D） Exactly 300 years have passed. 21 What does the first sentence in the passage indicate? （ A） The Americans owed a lot of mon
16、ey to the Mexicans. （ B） The Americans loaned a large sum of money to the Mexicans. （ C） The Americans shared their technology with the Mexicans. （ D） The Mexicans had in may ways helped the Americans. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to
17、them carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 22 What is the difficulty now Japanese manufacturers are facing with? （ A） Continual earthquakes. （ B） Restrictions on export. （ C） Power shortages. （ D） Summer high temperatures. 23 What is very important for developing countries economic gr
18、owth according to the main world lending agencies? （ A） The circulation of money. （ B） The circulation of public money. （ C） The circulation of private money. （ D） Circulation costs. 24 What will the agencies help to increase? （ A） Long-range investments. （ B） The number of countries receiving forei
19、gn investment. （ C） Profitable investments. （ D） The number of investing countries. 25 Who issued a communique at the spring meeting on Friday? （ A） The world lending agencies. （ B） The International Monetary Fund. （ C） The World Bank. （ D） The development committee of those two world lending agenci
20、es. 26 Which is true according to the news item? （ A） The committee was concerned with the failure of the Uruguay round of talks. （ B） It was concerned with multinational trade negotiations. （ C） It was interested in the success of that round of talks. （ D） It was indifferent to the progress of that
21、 round of talks. 27 According to the news, ice from Greenland gives information about （ A） oxygen. （ B） ancient weather. （ C） carbon dioxide. （ D） temperature. 28 Why are there two teams to study the same ice? （ A） They belong to different countries. （ B） They compete against each other. （ C） They w
22、ant to confirm their findings. （ D） There are too many ices for only one team. 29 How many mobile phone subscribers rose in the first five months? （ A） 45 million. （ B） 20 million. （ C） 24 million. （ D） 25 million. 30 Whats the total number of fixed-tine subscribers in China? （ A） 360 million. （ B）
23、692 million. （ C） 333 million. （ D） 363 million. 31 What have Ukraines National lawmakers demanded? （ A） An agreement with Russia. （ B） A reshuffle of the government. （ C） Cooperation with Russia. （ D） The resignation of the President. 32 What will happen to nuclear warheads under the agreement? （ A
24、） They will be disassembled in Russia. （ B） They will be disassembled in Ukraine. （ C） They will be controlled by Russia. （ D） They will be controlled by the Black Sea Fleet. 33 Joseph Connor was _. （ A） US Secretary. （ B） US Deputy Secretary for Management. （ C） UN Deputy Secretary-General for Mana
25、gement （ D） UN Deputy Secretary for Funding 34 The 452 million dollars was the total amount of money that _. （ A） the US owed to the UN （ B） the US was required to pay by December （ C） the US Congress approved for arrears payment （ D） the US paid to the UN as part of the arrears payment 二、 PART III
26、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. 34 Flight simulator (飞行模拟器 ) refers to any electronic or mechanical system for training airplane and spacecraft pi
27、lots and crew member by simulating flight conditions. The purpose of simulation is not to completely substitute【 C1】 _ actual flight training but to thoroughly familiarize students with the Vehicle【 C2】 _ before they【 C3】 _ extensive and possibly dangerous actual flight training. Simulations also is
28、 useful for review and for familiarizing pilots with new【 C4】 _ to existing craft. Two early flight simulators appeared in England within a decade after the first flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright. They were designed to enable pilots to simulate simple aircraft【 C5】 _ in three dimensions: nose up
29、or down; left wing high and right low, or vice versa; and【 C6】 _ to left or right. It took until 1929, however, for a truly effective simulator, the Link Trainer, to appear, devised by Edwin A. Link, a self-educated aviator and inventor from Binghamton, New York.【 C7】 _ , airplane instrumentation ha
30、d been developed sufficiently to permit “blind“ flying on instruments alone, but training pilots to do so involved【 C8】 _ risk. Link built a model of an airplane cockpit equipped【 C9】 _ instrument panel and controls that could realistically simulate all the movements of an airplane. Pilots could use
31、 the device for instrument training, manipulating the controls【 C10】 _ instrument readings so as to maintain straight and level flight or【 C11】 _ climb or descent with no visual reference【 C12】 _ any horizon except for the artificial one on the instrument panel. The trainer was modified 【 C13】 _ air
32、craft technology advanced. Commercial airlines began to use the lank Trainer for pilot training, and the US government began purchasing them in 1934,【 C14】 _ thousands more as World War II approached. Technological advances during the war, particularly in electronics, helped to make the flight Simul
33、ator increasingly【 C15】 _ . The use of efficient analog computers in the early 1950s led to further improvements. Airplane cockpits, controls, and instrument displays had by then become so individualized that it was no longer feasible to use a generalized trainer to prepare pilots to fly anything【 C
34、16】_ the simplest light planes. By the 1950s, the US Air Force was using simulators that precisely【 C17】 _ the cockpits of its planes. During the early 1960s【 C18】_ digital and hybrid computers were adopted, and their speed and flexibility revolutionized simulation systems. Further advances in compu
35、ter and【 C19】 _ technology, notably the development of virtual-reality simulation, have made it possible to【 C20】 _ highly complex real-life conditions. 35 【 C1】 （ A） for （ B） to （ C） with （ D） on 36 【 C2】 （ A） concerning （ B） concern （ C） being concerned （ D） concerned 37 【 C3】 （ A） undertake （ B）
36、undergo （ C） underplay （ D） underuse 38 【 C4】 （ A） models （ B） modifications （ C） modifiers （ D） modica 39 【 C5】 （ A） manifestations （ B） manipulations （ C） manifestoes （ D） maneuvers 40 【 C6】 （ A） yawling （ B） yawning （ C） yawing （ D） yawping, 41 【 C7】 （ A） From then on （ B） From now on （ C） By now
37、 （ D） By then 42 【 C8】 （ A） considerable （ B） considerate （ C） considering （ D） considered 43 【 C9】 （ A） for （ B） in （ C） with （ D） on 44 【 C10】 （ A） on the part of （ B） on the basis of （ C） on the track of （ D） on the verge of 45 【 C11】 （ A） control （ B） controllable （ C） controlled （ D） controller
38、 46 【 C12】 （ A） to （ B） for （ C） on （ D） in 47 【 C13】 （ A） as for （ B） as to （ C） as （ D） for 48 【 C14】 （ A） acquiring （ B） requiring （ C） sustaining （ D） retaining 49 【 C15】 （ A） actual （ B） realistic （ C） realizing （ D） true 50 【 C16】 （ A） except （ B） except for （ C） apart from （ D） but 51 【 C17】
39、（ A） replenished （ B） replaced （ C） replicated （ D） reposed 52 【 C18】 （ A） electronic （ B） electric （ C） electricity （ D） electron 53 【 C19】 （ A） program （ B） programmable （ C） programmed （ D） programming 54 【 C20】 （ A） resurrect （ B） reproduce （ C） resuscitate （ D） resume 三、 PART IV GRAMMAR deliber
40、ate avoidance of an appropriate clich sometimes produces even worse writing.“ In other words, Smith may be passionate but hes also sensible. In a section about “free-for-all verbs,“ for example, he acknowledges that “There is no law against inventing ones own verbs“ before citing a few funny instanc
41、es of what happens when “Things get a little out of hand,“ i.e. “Were efforting to work this out“ or “She tried to guilt him into returning the money.“ In the end, though, being sensible about language is in essence trying to insist that words mean what they properly mean and are used accordingly. T
42、hus, for example, Smith insists that “dialogue“ and “discussion“ are not synonyms and should not be used interchangeably; that “complimentary“ does not mean “free“; that “experience“ does not mean “feel“; that “facilitate“ does not mean “ease; that “generate“ does not mean “produce“; that “lifestyle
43、 does not mean “life“. Smith obviously has spent a lot of time making notes about the ways in which we ruin and abuse our language, with results that are impressive in their thoroughness and depressing in their going to far . Occasionally he overlooks the obvious among euphemisms he mentions “custom
44、er care representative“ but not “courtesy call,“ and among the previously mentioned palsy-walsy language he inexplicably overlooks “Your call is important to us“ but then, as he says at the outset, he intended to write a short book and as a result had to leave out many misdeeds. The ones he includes
45、 more than do the job. 89 Which of the following best describes junk English? （ A） Overblown. （ B） Complicated. （ C） Vulgar. （ D） Unfashionable, outdated. 90 The item “humbug“ in the last sentence of Para. 2 can be replaced by _. （ A） tempt or temptation （ B） deception, or trickery （ C） nonsense or
46、rubbish （ D） mannerism, pretense 91 What is meant by “he doesnt swing blindly“( Line 4, Paragraph 3 )? （ A） Ken Smith provides sufficient examples for his criticism. （ B） Ken Smith hits junk English in the right point. （ C） Ken Smith acknowledges some positive side to junk English. （ D） Ken Smith br
47、avely defends jargon, clichs, euphemism and exaggeration. 92 According to the text, what is a “free-for-all verb“? （ A） An irregular verb like “grow or “speak“. （ B） A verb that is converted from a noun at will. （ C） A verb that is formed by taking off an affix from a noun. （ D） A verb that does not
48、 comply with grammatical rules. 93 What would the author do with Ken Smiths Junk English? （ A） He would highly recommend it. （ B） He would recommend it with strong reservation. （ C） He is indifferent to it. （ D） He would hold it up as trash. 93 The British Court of Appeal has cut libel damages award
49、ed to McDonalds, the worlds largest fast food chain, against two penniless environment campaigners. In 1997, the High Court in London found that environmental campaigners Helen Steel, aged 34, and Dave Morris, 44, were guilty of distributing a pamphlet containing allegations against McDonalds and their fast food and its preparation. The trial lasted three years and brought to light much evidence about the way McDonalds hamb
