1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 490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 Where did this conversation most likely take place? （ A） At the dentists. （ B） In a drug store. （ C） In a hospital. （ D） At a school clinic. 3 The woman called Dr. Williams to_. （ A） obtain permission to give
4、 the man some aspirin （ B） check about his clinics opening time （ C） ask him for a prescription （ D） help the man get an earlier appointment 4 Which word best describes the woman? （ A） Helpful. （ B） Unsympathetic. （ C） Unrelenting. （ D） Professional. 5 What was Tom doing in February? （ A） He was on
5、a field trip. （ B） He was vacationing in Florida. （ C） He was studying most of the time. （ D） He was vacationing at home. 6 What kind of class went on the field trip? （ A） Biology. （ B） Photography. （ C） Swimming. （ D） Painting. 7 Where does Mark work? （ A） At a newspaper. （ B） At an advertising age
6、ncy. （ C） At a furniture store. （ D） At a real estate office. 8 Which of the following is Celia trying to find? （ A） A two-bedroom apartment. （ B） A sofa. （ C） A chair. （ D） A roommate. 9 Which of the following does Celia initially forget to tell Mark? （ A） Her phone number. （ B） The location of the
7、 apartment. （ C） The best time to call her. （ D） Her first name. 10 What is the total amount that the two advertisements will cost for one week? （ A） $5. （ B） $15. （ C） $30. （ D） $250. SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully an
8、d then answer the questions that follow. 11 What is the main purpose of the passage you have just heard? （ A） To discuss different concepts. （ B） To introduce a new methodology. （ C） To talk about conceptual systems. （ D） To introduce a research paper. 12 This passage concentrates on the issue of th
9、e _ of the terms and concepts by experts discussed in the paper. （ A） methods （ B） differences （ C） similarities （ D） disagreements 13 What is the root of the problem concerning the solicitation of knowledge from experts? （ A） Experts do not use the same term for the different concept. （ B） Experts
10、do not use different terms for the same concept. （ C） Experts do not use different terms for different concepts. （ D） Experts and clients do not share the same terms and concepts. 14 Why do people play team sports? （ A） They play against each other in order to get the best score. （ B） They want to g
11、et some exercises. （ C） They want to win a game. （ D） They want to keep a score. 15 What is the main difference between team sports and individual sports? （ A） Team sports require individual participation. （ B） Individual sports can be performed alone. （ C） Team sports are performed by individuals.
12、（ D） Individual sports are sometimes called competitive sports. 16 Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage? （ A） Individual sports can involve competition. （ B） Teams sports require two separate teams. （ C） People play individual sports not for competition. （ D） There are only two kinds of sports
13、: team sports and individual sports. 17 By what means did Joe think he could become rich? （ A） He thought that he would either find a good job or he would be a thief. （ B） He said that he would become rich by way of robbing the bank. （ C） He said that he could rob the rich of their money. （ D） He mi
14、ght be rich if he worked harder. 18 Why do you think the teller gave Joe the money? （ A） Because he had a letter of thanks. （ B） Because he feared that he might be killed if be refused. （ C） Because he gave him a demand note. （ D） Because he showed him a cheque payable at sight. 19 How were the poli
15、ce able to prove that Joe had robbed the bank? （ A） The raid had been photographed by hidden cameras. （ B） Some watchman had seen the raid. （ C） The bank teller proved that Joe was the robber. （ D） Some monitors had been installed nearby. 20 Which of the following adjectives can be used to descibe J
16、oe? （ A） Funny. （ B） Clever. （ C） Brave. （ D） Stupid. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 21 Which of the following statement is NOT true? （ A） Only 30 percent of the questioned fe
17、el that their country is governed by the will of people. （ B） More than half of those questioned thought elections in their Countries were free and fair. （ C） 13 percent said they trusted politicians. （ D） At least 20 percent wanted more power to go to other groups. 22 What does the news item mainly
18、 report? （ A） China will send three people into space in a week. （ B） Three Chinese astronauts will spend a week in space. （ C） The Shenzhou will be launched next year. （ D） Shenzhou circled the earth for two days. 23 _ supports to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison? （ A） Democrat K （ B） Pentagon （ C）
19、Cuba （ D） Democrat senator Joe Biden 24 How to deal with the prisoner in Bidens opinion? （ A） Kill all the prisoners before shut down Guantanamo. （ B） Move all the prisoners to other places before shut down Guantanamo. （ C） Keep those who deserve and let the others go. （ D） Amnesty all the prisoners
20、. 25 Three British Muslim men were found guilty of （ A） conspiring to murder some North Americans. （ B） planning an attack which is more devastating than the 9. 11. （ C） smuggling liquid bombs through airlines. （ D） plotting to blow up 7 trans-Atlantic planes. 26 According to the news, the far-reach
21、ing impact of the conspiracy was that （ A） tourism of the city was seriously affected. （ B） carrying liquids onto planes is still restricted up to this day. （ C） it showed the governments ability to investigate the plot. （ D） the British authorities would find some relief after the verdicts. 27 How
22、many Lebanese soldiers died in the past two days? （ A） 0 （ B） 2 （ C） 3 （ D） 9 28 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? （ A） The rockets caused some casualties. （ B） Lebanon was at war during the 80s. （ C） A lot of people died in the fighting since May. （ D） The battle is between the army a
23、nd militants. 29 How many people were rescued from the department building? （ A） 17. （ B） 24. （ C） 21. （ D） 41. 30 Which of the following details in the news is CORRECT? （ A） The rescue operation involved many people. （ B） The cause of the explosions has been determined. （ C） Rescue efforts were sto
24、pped on Thursday. （ D） The explosions didnt destroy the building. 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. 30 If there is a building such as th
25、e Eiffel Tower for France and Sydney Opera House for Australia 【 C1】 _symbolizes a country, then it has to be the Taj Mahal for India. “Taj“ means crown and “Mahal“ means palace. And the story behind the building is just【 C2】 _the Taj itself. It has been described as the greatest monument ever built
26、 for love. It was【 C3】_by Emperor Shal Jahan in 1653【 C4】 _his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. From the time they【 C5】 _they would not be separated. She followed him to wars, advised him on【 C6】 _of state, and was loved by his people for her good work.【 C7】_she died in 1631 during childbirth, after【 C8】 _14 chi
27、ldren. The emperor was【 C9】 _and had the Taj Mahal built as a【 C10】 _of his【 C11】_love. It【 C12】 _more than 20 years for the Taj to be built. Workers were【 C13】 _, not only from all over India, but from central Asia too. 【 C14】_20,000 people worked on the building. In 1657 Shan Jahan【 C15】 _, and in
28、 1658 his son, Aurangzeb, took the chance to imprison his father and【 C16】_power. Shal Jahan stayed in prison【 C17】 _his death in 1666. It is said he spent the last days of his life【 C18】 _into a small piece of glass【 C19】 _the reflection of the Taj Mahal, and died【 C20】 _the mirror in his hand. He
29、was finally buried there with the wife he could never forget. 31 【 C1】 （ A） what （ B） which （ C） where （ D） as 32 【 C2】 （ A） so great as （ B） as great as （ C） that great as （ D） such great as 33 【 C3】 （ A） set up （ B） set off （ C） set down （ D） set forth 34 【 C4】 （ A） in case of （ B） in hope of （ C）
30、 in memory of （ D） in name of 35 【 C5】 （ A） got been married （ B） got married （ C） been married （ D） be married 36 【 C6】 （ A） events （ B） matters （ C） incidents （ D） affairs 37 【 C7】 （ A） But （ B） Then （ C） And （ D） Later 38 【 C8】 （ A） creating （ B） educating （ C） producing （ D） bearing 39 【 C9】 （ A
31、） heartbreaking （ B） heartbroken （ C） heartbreak （ D） heartbreaks 40 【 C10】 （ A） signal （ B） gesture （ C） sign （ D） symbol 41 【 C11】 （ A） eternal （ B） effectual （ C） previous （ D） precious 42 【 C12】 （ A） cost （ B） spent （ C） took （ D） consumed 43 【 C13】 （ A） brought in （ B） brought forth （ C） brough
32、t off （ D） brought round 44 【 C14】 （ A） A number of （ B） A group of （ C） A quantity of （ D） A total of 45 【 C15】 （ A） passed away （ B） recovered from （ C） ran away （ D） fell ill 46 【 C16】 （ A） arrest （ B） seize （ C） capture （ D） grasp 47 【 C17】 （ A） when （ B） by （ C） until （ D） after 48 【 C18】 （ A）
33、stare （ B） to stare （ C） stares （ D） staring 49 【 C19】 （ A） at （ B） through （ C） over （ D） on 50 【 C20】 （ A） of （ B） from （ C） in （ D） with 三、 PART IV GRAMMAR by that ideology the absolute power of God the supreme patriarch was seen to be imaged in the absolute monarch of the state and in the husban
34、d and father of a family. Accordingly, a womans subjection, first to her father and then to her husband, imaged the subjection of English people to their monarch, and of all Christians to God. Also, the period saw an outpouring of repressive or overtly misogynist sermons, tracts, and plays, detailin
35、g womens physical and mental defects, spiritual evils, rebelliousness, shrewish ness, and natural inferiority to men. Yet some social and cultural conditions served to empower women. During the Elizabethan era (1558 1603) the culture was dominated by a powerful Queen, who provided an impressive fema
36、le example though she left scant cultural space for other women. Elizabethan women writers began to produce original texts but were occupied chiefly with translation. In the 17th century, however, various circumstances enabled women to write original texts in some numbers. For one thing, some counte
37、rweight to patriarchy was provided by female communities-mothers and daughters, extended kinship networks, close female friends, the separate court of Queen Anne (King James consort) and her often oppositional masques and political activities. For another, most of these women had a reasonably good e
38、ducation (modern languages, history, literature, religion, music, occasionally Latin) and some apparently found in romances and histories more expansive terms for imagining womens lives. Also, representation of vigorous and rebellious female characters in literature and especially on the stage no do
39、ubt helped to undermine any monolithic social construct of womens mature and role. Most important, perhaps, was the radical potential inherent in the Protestant insistence on every Christians immediate relationship with God and primary responsibility to follow his or her individual conscience. There
40、 is plenty of support in St Pauls epistles and elsewhere in the Bible for patriarchy and a wifes subjection to her husband, but some texts (notably Galatians 3:28) inscribe a very different politics, promoting womens spiritual equality: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free
41、, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Jesus Christ.“ Such texts encouraged some women to claim the support of God the supreme patriarch against the various earthly patriarchs who claimed to stand toward them in his stead. There is also the gap or slippage between ideology and com
42、mon experience. English women throughout the 17th century exercised a good deal of accrual power: as managers of estates in their husbands absences at court or on military and diplomatic missions; as members of guilds; as wives and mothers who apex during the English Civil War and Interregnum (1640
43、1660) as the execution of the King and the attendant disruption of social hierarchies led many women to seize new roles as preachers, as prophetesses, as deputies for exiled royalist husbands, as writers of religious and political tracts. 81 What is the best title for this passage? （ A） Womens Posit
44、ion in the 17th Century. （ B） Womens Subjection to Patriarchy. （ C） Social Circumstances in the 17th Century. （ D） Womens objection in the 17th Century. 82 What did the Queen Elizabeth do for the women in culture? （ A） She set an impressive female example to follow. （ B） She dominated the culture. （
45、 C） She did little. （ D） She allowed women to translate something. 83 Which of the following is Not mention as a reason to enable women to original texts? （ A） Female communities provided some counterweight to patriarchy. （ B） Queen Annes political activities. （ C） Most women had a good education. （
46、 D） Queen Elizabeths political activities. 84 What did the religion so for the women? （ A） It did nothing. （ B） It too asked women to be obedient except some texts. （ C） It supported women. （ D） It appealed to the God. 84 Flats were almost unknown in Britain until the 1850s when they were developed,
47、 along with other industrial dwellings, for the laboring classes. These vast blocks were plainly a convenient means of easing social conscience by housing large numbers of the ever-present poor on compact city sites. During the 1880s, however, the idea of living in comfortable residential chambers c
48、aught on with the affluent upper and upper middle classes, and controversy as to the advantages and disadvantages of flat life was a topic of conversation around many a respectable dinner table. In Paris and other major European cities, the custom whereby the better-off lived in apartments, or flats
49、, was well established. Up to the late nineteenth century in England only bachelor barristers had established the tradition of living in rooms near the Law Court. any self-respecting head of household would insist upon a West End town house as his London home, the best that his means could provide. The popularity of flats for the better-off seems to have developed for a number of reasons. First, perhaps, through the introduction of th
