1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 42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 convers
3、ations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 2 Where were the mans glasses? （ A） The woman had them. （ B） Above the mirror. （ C） In the bathroom. （ D） On his face. 3 What did the man forget once he went fishing? （ A） His boat. （ B） His pants. （ C） His wall
4、et. （ D） His fishing pole. 4 What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers? （ A） Brother and sister. （ B） Husband and wife. （ C） Co-workers. （ D） Friends. 5 What is the main topic of the conversation? （ A） The dances of a Native American dance troupe. （ B） How Native American cerem
5、onial dances are classified. （ C） Variations of a basic dance among Native American tribe. （ D） How Native American artists are trained. 6 What is the purpose of the interview? （ A） To broadcast an awards ceremony. （ B） To announce a meeting of tribal theater. （ C） To celebrate the opening of a new
6、theater. （ D） To inform people about a performance. 7 Why are the dances approved by the elders of the tribes? （ A） The elders must give approval to perform sacred dances. （ B） The elders make sure the dances are performed properly. （ C） The troupe is financed by the elders. （ D） The elders have sub
7、stantial acting experience. 8 What does Pauline mean by psychology of clothing? （ A） Our clothes are a reflection of our individual taste. （ B） What we wear is an expression of a thinking in our subconscious mind. （ C） We all dress up in order to impress others. （ D） We are always aware of our cloth
8、ing. 9 Why does a student who runs away from home tends to wrap himself up? （ A） He is probably feeling homesick. （ B） He is properly feeling insecure. （ C） He has properly not got used to the weather. （ D） He probably doesnt want to catch a cold. 10 What ff a person likes brighter or more dazzling
9、colors? （ A） He is sociable and outgoing. （ B） He is aggressive. （ C） He is showing off. （ D） He loves the nature. 11 What colors do employers prefer that their young executives wear? （ A） Red and white suits for men. （ B） Red and yellow skirts for women. （ C） Gray, black and dark blue suits for men
10、. （ D） Black and white dresses for women. 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 was Chinese paper made from? （ A） The wood of trees. （ B） The hair-like parts of certain plant
11、s. （ C） The grass like plants which grows near water. （ D） The skin of certain animals. 13 When did paper begin to be made in Europe? （ A） About the year 1400. （ B） About the year 1500. （ C） About the year 1100. （ D） About the year 1900. 14 Which country makes the best paper in tile world? （ A） Swed
12、en. （ B） Canada. （ C） America. （ D） Finland. 15 What advice did the doctor give Mr. Smith? （ A） To eat less. （ B） To have more exercises. （ C） To change his surroundings. （ D） To forget about his business. 16 What happened to Mr. Smith when he was abroad? （ A） He learned boxing. （ B） He raised the l
13、evel of production. （ C） He forgot all about his business. （ D） He shook his head all the time. 17 What is probably the real reason for Mr. Smith not feeling well? （ A） He was preoccupied with his business. （ B） He ate too much rich food. （ C） He couldnt sleep well. （ D） He was overweight. 18 When a
14、 consumer finds that his purchase has a fault in it, what is the first thing he should do? （ A） Complain personally to the manager. （ B） Threaten to take the matter to court. （ C） Write a firm letter of complaint to the store of purchase. （ D） Show some written proof of the purchase to the store. 19
15、 If a consumer wants a quick settlement of his problem, whom is it better to complain to? （ A） A shop assistant. （ B） A store manager. （ C） The manufacturer. （ D） A public organization. 20 How can the most effective complaint be made? （ A） Showing the faulty item to the manager. （ B） Explaining exac
16、tly what is wrong with the item. （ C） Saying firmly that the item is of poor quality. （ D） Asking politely to change the item. 21 What does the talk tell us? （ A） How to settle the consumers complaint about a faulty item. （ B） How to make an effective complaint about a faulty item. （ C） How to avoid
17、 buying a faulty item. （ D） How to deal with complaints from consumers. 22 When will the rescue resume? （ A） On Saturday. （ B） On Friday. （ C） On Thursday. （ D） On Wednesday. 23 How many students were trapped in the flooded cavern? （ A） 8. （ B） 1. （ C） 7. （ D） 150. 24 Mac Stiofain died _. （ A） on Sa
18、turday （ B） when he was 73 years old （ C） in 1972 （ D） in 1928 25 Which of the following is NOT true? （ A） Mac Stiofain was the former leader of the socalled provisional IRA （ B） Mac Stiofain died in a hospital. （ C） Mac Stiofain was the first chief of staff of the Provisional IRA after the paramili
19、tary group split from the more political official IRA （ D） Mac Stiofain was born in Ireland. 26 When did Russian President Vladimir Putin meet with a Japanese business delegation? （ A） Monday. （ B） Wednesday. （ C） Thursday. （ D） Friday. 27 What did the Japanese investors worry about? （ A） Russias po
20、or business environment. （ B） Russias tariff barriers. （ C） Russias investment policies. （ D） Russias economic reforms. 28 What kind of dispute strains the relationship between Japan and Russia? （ A） Debts. （ B） Ideology. （ C） Territory. （ D） Economic. 二、 PART III CLOZE (15 MIN) Directions: There ar
21、e 20 blanks in the following passage. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. 28 Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, reserved person who is fully【 C1】_ only among people he knows well. In the presence of strangers
22、 or foreigners he often seems inhibited,【 C2】 _ embarrassed. You have only to【 C3】 _ a commuter train any morning or evening to see the truth of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing in a corner; no one speaks. In fact, to do so would seem most usual.【 C4
23、】 _ , there is here an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior which,【 C5】 _ broken, makes the person immediately the object of【 C6】 _ It is a well-known fact that the English have a【 C7】 _ for the discussion of their weather and that, given half a chance, they will talk about it【 C8】 _ .
24、Some people argue that it is because English weather【 C9】 _ forecast and hence is a source of interest and【 C10】 _ to everyone. This may be so.【 C11】 _ Englishmen cannot have much【 C12】 _ in the weathermen, who, after promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong【 C13】
25、_ a cloud over the Atlantic brings rainy weather to all districts! The man in the street seems to be as accurate-or as inaccurate-as the weathermen in his【 C14】 _ The overseas visitors may be excused for showing surprise at the number of references【 C15】 _ weather that the English make to each other
26、 in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are【 C16】 _ by comments on the weather. “Nice day, isnt it?“ Beautiful!“ may well be heard instead of “Good morning, how are you?“【 C17】 _ the foreigner may consider this exaggerated and comic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it
27、could be used to his advantage.【 C18】 _ he wants to start a conversation with an Englishman but is【 C19】 _ to know where to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a safe subject which will【 C20】 _ an answer from even the most reserved of Englishmen. 29 【 C1】 （ A） entertai
28、ned （ B） relaxed （ C） amused （ D） enlightened 30 【 C2】 （ A） yet （ B） otherwise （ C） even （ D） though 31 【 C3】 （ A） experience （ B） undergo （ C） travel （ D） witness 32 【 C4】 （ A） Obviously （ B） Contrarily （ C） Frequently （ D） Practically 33 【 C5】 （ A） unless （ B） if （ C） while （ D） as if 34 【 C6】 （ A
29、） suspicion （ B） opposition （ C） attack （ D） study 35 【 C7】 （ A） passion （ B） fancy （ C） necessity （ D） judgement 36 【 C8】 （ A） at length （ B） to a great extent （ C） from their heart （ D） by all means 37 【 C9】 （ A） follows （ B） predicts （ C） defies （ D） violates 38 【 C10】 （ A） contribution （ B） dedu
30、ction （ C） contemplation （ D） speculation 39 【 C11】 （ A） Still （ B） Also （ C） Certainly （ D） Fundamentally 40 【 C12】 （ A） faith （ B） reliance （ C） honor （ D） credit 41 【 C13】 （ A） if （ B） once （ C） when （ D） whereas 42 【 C14】 （ A） propositions （ B） predictions （ C） approval （ D） defiance 43 【 C15】 （
31、 A） about （ B） on （ C） as to （ D） to 44 【 C16】 （ A） replaced （ B） conducted （ C） executed （ D） proposed 45 【 C17】 （ A） Since （ B） Although （ C） However （ D） Before 46 【 C18】 （ A） Even if （ B） Because （ C） If （ D） For 47 【 C19】 （ A） at a loss （ B） at last （ C） in fact （ D） on the occasion 48 【 C20】 （
32、 A） stimulate （ B） constitute （ C） furnish （ D） provoke 三、 PART IV GRAMMAR rather they became supplements or feeders. Each new “end-of-track“ became a center for animal-drawn or waterborne transportation. The major effect of the railroad was o shorten the distance that had to be covered by the older
33、, slower, and more costly means. Wagon freighters continued operating throughout the 1870s and 1880s and into the 1890s. Although over constantly shrinking routes, and coaches and wagons continued to crisscross the West wherever the rails had not yet been laid. The beginning of a major change was fo
34、reshadowed in the later 1860s, when the Union Pacific Railroad at last began to build westward from the Centre Plains city of Omaha to meet the Central Pacific Railroad advancing eastward from California through the formidable barrier of the Sierra Nevada. Although President Abraham Lincoln signed t
35、he original Pacific Railroad bill in 1862 and a revised, financially much more generous version in 1864, little construction was completed until 1865 on the Central Pacific and 1866 on the Union Pacific. The primary reason was skepticism that a Railroad built through so challenging and thinly settle
36、d a stretch of desert, mountain, and semiarid plain could pay a profit. In the words of an economist, this was a case of “premature enterprise“, where not only the cost of construction but also the very high risk deterred private investment. In discussing the Pacific Railroad bill, the chair of the
37、congressional committee bluntly stated that without government subsidy no one would undertake so unpromising a venture; yet it was a national necessity to link East and West together. 79 The author refers to the impact of railroads before the late 1860s as “limited“ because _. （ A） the track did not
38、 take the direct route from one city to the next （ B） passengers and freight had to transfer to other modes of transportation to reach western destinations （ C） passengers preferred stagecoaches （ D） railroad travel was quite expensive 80 What can be inferred about coaches and wagon freighters as th
39、e railroad expanded? （ A） They developed competing routes. （ B） Their drivers refused to work for the railroads. （ C） They began to specialize in private investment. （ D） There were insufficient numbers of trained people to operate them. 81 Why does the author mention the Sierra Nevada in line 10? （
40、 A） To argue that a mom direst route to the West could have boon taken, （ B） To identify a historically significant mountain range in the Went, （ C） To point out the legation of n serious train accident, （ D） To give an example of an obstacle faced by the central pacific. 82 The word “subsidy“ in li
41、ne 16 is closest in moaning to _. （ A） persuasion （ B） financing （ C） explanation （ D） penalty 82 In a very broad sense, legislation plays the same role in France as judicial decisions play in common law countries. Legislative rules provide the starting point from which lawyers and judges work towar
42、d their goal, the most just solution for the problem at hand. Usually the statute provides a clear answer to the problem. In those cases, the statute is strictly applied, more because it is just than because it is a statute. Because of this it often appears that legislation is the law and that the j
43、udges role is simply to apply automatically the ready-made solutions provided by the legislature. Nevertheless, there are a greatly many cases where the judges role is far from creative. The legislature sometimes deliberately speaks in very general terms; it has said that divorce can be obtained whe
44、re there are serious grounds; contracts must be performed in good faith; a person must repair the damage caused another by his fault; the penalty for a crime can be reduced if there are extenuating circumstances; an act of a government official is invalid if in excess of his powers. The legislature,
45、 however, has not defined serious grounds or fault, nor explained what is required by good faith or what constitutes extenuating circumstances. Of course, statutory law is being applied in all of these cases, but it is essential to recognize that the statute takes on real meaning only as the courts
46、interpret it. The way in which the U. S. Supreme Court interprets the U. S. Constitution can give a common law lawyer an idea of how French courts interpret the legislation from which they work. 83 When French lawyers and judges strictly apply a statute, it is usually because _. （ A） it provides a j
47、ust solution to a problem （ B） statutes are laws, and must be obeyed （ C） the judges role is always simply to apply automatically the ready-made solutions provided by the legislature （ D） the role of the French judiciary is never really creative 84 The statute that says that contracts must be perfor
48、med in good faith is an example of _. （ A） ready-made solutions provided by the legislature （ B） the legislatures deliberate attempt to speak in general terms （ C） a case where the judges role is far from creative （ D） a case where the statute applies a clear answer to the problem 85 French law says
49、 that the penalty for a crime _. （ A） is always rigidly set （ B） may be changed as society changes （ C） depends on the age of the person committing the crime （ D） can be reduced if there are extenuating circumstances 86 Many statutes which are stated in very general terms _. （ A） are strictly applied （ B） make the job of the lawyer and the judge very simple （ C） carefully define every aspect of those terms （ D） take on real me
