1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 500 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 passag
2、e 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 conve
3、rsations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 2 When does the man say he ate at the restaurant? （ A） The day before. （ B） Earlier that day. （ C） The previous week. （ D） A few months ago. 3 How many people are there in the mans party? （ A） 6. （ B） 8. （ C）
4、10 （ D） 12 4 What kind of place in the restaurant does the man prefer? （ A） A private table. （ B） A table by the window. （ C） A table close to the kitchen. （ D） A table in the non-smoking section. 5 What is the main topic of the conversation? （ A） The womans performance in her classes. （ B） The woma
5、ns nomination for an award. （ C） The professors offer to help prepare the woman for an interview. （ D） The results of the professors meeting with the womans other teachers. 6 Why didnt Professor Foley talk with Jean after class? （ A） He did not see her. （ B） He was busy answering his students questi
6、ons. （ C） He was receiving an award. （ D） He was collecting signatures from three other faculty members. 7 What will the woman receive if she is chosen? （ A） A certificate signed by three professors. （ B） A cash award and a certificate. （ C） A medal worth five hundred dollars. （ D） An opportunity to
7、 interview for an excellent position. 8 According to the conversation, Ruth calls Tim because （ A） Ruth wants him to welcome the new students. （ B） Ruth wants him to be a volunteer for the new students. （ C） Ruth wants to see if he is free on weekends. （ D） Ruth wants to help him with the textbook o
8、rders. 9 Which is INCORRECT about the new students? （ A） Most new students arrive on Saturday. （ B） There will be a couple of volunteers to help them. （ C） They will receive guided tours next week. （ D） Ken knows the schedule of the new students. 10 What does Tim offer to do? （ A） To volunteer the n
9、ew students full-time before classes begin. （ B） To give the guided tours on Thursday and Friday. （ C） To spare a couple of hours to give the guided tours. （ D） To get in touch with Ken to set the schedule up later today. 11 What will probably happen as a result of this conversation? （ A） Tim fails
10、to give guided tours because he needs to get all the textbook orders done. （ B） Tim manages to be a volunteer for the new students on both mornings of Thursday and Friday. （ C） Ken calls Tim to set their schedule up for the guided tours. （ D） Ruth calls Tim to get their schedule done for the guided
11、tours. 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 Doctors evaluate the following about kids EXCEPT （ A） how much TV they watch and what they see. （ B） what video and computer games the
12、y play. （ C） which websites they visit on the Interact. （ D） how is their performance at school. 13 The academy suggests that children under age two （ A） get a little entertainment. （ B） have more activities. （ C） receive early education. （ D） have regular checkups. 14 According to the passage, chil
13、drens bedrooms should （ A） be no place for play. （ B） be near a common area. （ C） have no TV sets. （ D） have a computer for study. 15 What can be said about Indian women? （ A） They played the same games as men. （ B） They played games as much as men. （ C） They played games with men. （ D） They did not
14、 play games. 16 What does the speaker say about most Indian games? （ A） Most were quieter amusements. （ B） Children played different games than their parents. （ C） They probably had some religious meaning at one time. （ D） Their sole purpose was to train warriors. 17 What did many Indians enjoy doin
15、g as a sport? （ A） Playing guessing games. （ B） Shooting arrows. （ C） Playing games of chance. （ D） Determining each others future. 18 What is the main purpose of the talk? （ A） To introduce the concept of inflation. （ B） To discuss the causes of inflation. （ C） To review yesterdays lecture on infla
16、tion. （ D） To argue in favor of inflation. 19 According to the lecture, what is inflation? （ A） Rising prices. （ B） Fixed income. （ C） Real income. （ D） Cost of living. 20 Who benefits most from inflation? （ A） Persons who have salaries agreed to in long-term contracts. （ B） Persons who own business
17、es. （ C） Persons with pensions. （ D） Persons with slow-rising incomes. 21 What happens when income rises more slowly than the cost of living? （ A） Inflation is controlled. （ B） Real income decrease. （ C） Purchasing power stays the same. （ D） Dollar income increases. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directio
18、ns: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 22 Although Indonesia government and separatist rebels agreed _ after the Indian Ocean tsunami, clashes continued. （ A） a peace talk （ B） a formal ceasefire （ C） an informal cea
19、sefire （ D） a temporary withdrawal 23 The news item is mainly about （ A） World Cup in South Africa. （ B） police uniform change. （ C） police battling obesity. （ D） police losing their jobs. 24 According to the report, all the glamour of Hollywood is_. （ A） to win the Oscars （ B） to be nominated （ C）
20、to be popular （ D） on parade on the red carpet 25 We can infer from the news item that_. （ A） George Clooney will win the Oscars （ B） Edward R. Murrow is a film director （ C） the competition for the Oscars is rather hot （ D） gamblers place their bets for the Oscars 26 The Russian Military says it wi
21、ll （ A） kill 18 government soldiers. （ B） leave the southern area of Vidinor. （ C） derail the shaky peace process. （ D） exact revenge for a Chechen rebel ambush. 27 The number of government soldiers killed, captured and wounded in the ambush is （ A） 18. . （ B） 23. （ C） 25 （ D） 30 28 When the brawl h
22、appened, （ A） few people were at Sydney airport. （ B） a gang was ambushed by a rival gang. （ C） four suspects fled and others were arrested. （ D） 15 gang members were surrounded by 50 other gang members. 29 How many people were killed in the chaos? （ A） 1. （ B） 4. （ C） 15. （ D） 50. 30 Whats the mini
23、mum figure of the deaths of people in the two bomb explosions? （ A） 12. （ B） 8. （ C） 16. （ D） 60. 31 How many people have been killed by the sectarian and political violence in Pakistan this year? （ A） More than 12. （ B） 60. （ C） More than 60. （ D） About 8. 二、 PART III CLOZE (15 MIN) Directions: The
24、re 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. 31 Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focus either on the individual or on society a
25、s the major contributing influence. Theories 【 C1】 _ on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior 【 C2】 _ they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or that they have learned criminal behavior through 【 C3】 _ with others. Theories focusing on the role of societ
26、y suggest that children commit crimes in 【 C4】_ to their failure to rise above their socioeconomic status, 【 C5】 _ as a rejection of middle-class values. Most theories of juvenile delinquency have focused on children from disadvantaged families, 【 C6】 _ the fact that children from wealthy homes also
27、 commit crimes. The latter may commit crimes 【 C7】 _ lack of adequate parental control. All theories, however, are tentative and are 【 C8】 _ to criticism. Changes in the social structure may indirectly 【 C9】 _ juvenile crime rates. For example, changes in the economy that 【 C10】 _ to fewer job oppor
28、tunities for youth and rising unemployment 【 C11】 _ make gainful employment increasingly difficult to obtain. The resulting discontent may in 【 C12】 _ lead more youths into criminal behavior. Families have also 【 C13】 _ changes these years. More families consist of one-parent households or two worki
29、ng parents 【 C14】 _ , children are likely to have less supervision at home 【 C15】 _ was common in the traditional family 【 C16】 _ .This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates. Other 【 C17】 _ causes of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school
30、, the increased 【 C18】 _ of drags and alcohol, and the growing 【 C19】 _ of child abuse and child neglect. All these conditions tend to increase the probability of a child committing a criminal act, 【 C20】 _ a direct causal relationship has not yet been established. 32 【 C1】 （ A） acting （ B） relying
31、（ C） centering （ D） commenting 33 【 C2】 （ A） before （ B） unless （ C） until （ D） because 34 【 C3】 （ A） interaction （ B） assimilation （ C） cooperation （ D） consultation 35 【 C4】 （ A） return （ B） reply （ C） reference （ D） response 36 【 C5】 （ A） or （ B） but rather （ C） but （ D） or else 37 【 C6】 （ A） con
32、sidering （ B） ignoring （ C） highlighting （ D） discarding 38 【 C7】 （ A） on （ B） in （ C） for （ D） with 39 【 C8】 （ A） immune （ B） resistant （ C） sensitive （ D） subject 40 【 C9】 （ A） affect （ B） reduce （ C） check （ D） reflect 41 【 C10】 （ A） point （ B） lead （ C） come （ D） amount 42 【 C11】 （ A） in general
33、 （ B） on average （ C） by contrast （ D） at length 43 【 C12】 （ A） case （ B） short （ C） mm （ D） essence 44 【 C13】 （ A） survived （ B） noticed （ C） undertaken （ D） experienced 45 【 C14】 （ A） contrarily （ B） consequently （ C） similarly （ D） simultaneously 46 【 C15】 （ A） than （ B） that （ C） which （ D） as 4
34、7 【 C16】 （ A） system （ B） structure （ C） concept （ D） heritage 48 【 C17】 （ A） assessable （ B） identifiable （ C） negligible （ D） incredible 49 【 C18】 （ A） expense （ B） restriction （ C） allocation （ D） availability 50 【 C19】 （ A） incidence （ B） awareness （ C） exposure （ D） popularity 51 【 C20】 （ A） pr
35、ovided （ B） since （ C） although （ D） supposing 三、 PART IV GRAMMAR some proponents of Gypsy rights go as high as 15m. Unlike Jews, Gypsies have had no known ancestral land to hark back to. Though their language is related to Hindi, their territorial origins are misty. Romanian peasants held them to b
36、e born on the moon. Other Europeans (wrongly) thought them migrant Egyptians, hence the derivative Gypsy. Most probably they were itinerant metal workers and entertainers who drifted west from India in the 7th century. However, since communism in Central Europe collapsed a decade ago, the notion of
37、Romanestan as a landless nation founded on Gypsy culture has gained ground. The International Romany Union, which says it stands for 10m Gypsies in more than 30 countries, is fostering the idea of “sell-rallying“. It is trying to promote a standard and written form of the language; it waves a Gypsy
38、flag (green with a wheel) when it lobbies in such places as the United Bations; and in July it held a congress in Prague, The Czech capital. Where President Vaclav Havel said that Gypsies in his own country and elsewhere should have a better deal. At the congress a Slovak-born lawyer, Emil Scuka, wa
39、s elected president of the International Tomany Union. Later this month a group of elected Gypsy politicians, including members of parliament, mayors and local councilors from all over Europe (OSCE), to discuss how to persuade more Gypsies to get involved in politics. The International Romany Union
40、is probably the most representative of the outfits that speak for Gypsies, but that is not saying a lot. Of the several hundred delegates who gathered at its congress, few were democratically elected; oddly, none came from Hungary, whose Gypsies are perhaps the worlds best organized, with some 450 G
41、ypsy bodies advising local councils there. The union did, however, announce its ambition to set up a parliament, but how it would actually be elected was left undecided. So far, the European Commission is wary of encouraging Gypsies to present themselves as a nation. The might, it is feared, open a
42、Pandoras box already containing Basques, Corsicans and other awkward peoples. Besides, acknowledging Gypsies as a nation might backfire, just when several countries, particularly Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, are beginning to treat them better, in order to qualify for EU membership. “The
43、 EUs whole premise is to overcome differences, not to highlight them,“ says a nervous Eurocrat. But the idea that the Gypsies should win some kind of special recognition as Europes largest continent wide minority, and one with a terrible history of persecution, is catching on. Gypsies have suffered
44、many pogroms over the centuries. In Romania, the country that still has the largest number of them (more than lm), in the 19th century they were actually enslaved. Hitler tried to wipe them out, along with the Jews. “Gypsies deserve some space within European structures,“ says Jan Marinus Wiersma, a
45、 Dutchman in the European Parliament who suggests that one of the current commissioners should be responsible for Gypsy affairs. Some prominent Gypsies say they should be more directly represented, perhaps with a quota in the European Parliament. That, they argue, might give them a boost. There are
46、moves afoot to help them to get money for, among other things, a Gypsy university. One big snag is that Europes Gypsies are, in fact, extremely heterogeneous. They belong to many different, and often antagonistic, clans and tribes, with no common la0nguage or religion, Their self-proclaimed leaders
47、have often proved quarrelsome and corrupt. Still, says, Dimitrina Petrova, head of the European Roma Rights Center in Budapest, Gypsies shared experience of suffering entities them to talk of one nation; their potential unity, she says, stems from “being regarded as sub human by most majorities in E
48、urope.“ And they have begun to be a bit more pragmatic. In Slovakia and Bulgaria, for instance, Gypsy political parties are trying to form electoral blocks that could win seats in parliament. In Macedonia, a Gypsy party already has some-and even runs a municipality. Nicholas Gheorge, an expert on Gy
49、psy affairs at the OSCE, reckons that, spread over Central Europe, there are now about 20 Gypsy MPS and mayors, 400-odd local councilors, and a growing number of businessmen and intellectuals. That is far from saying that they have the people or the cash to forge a nation. But, with the Gypsy question on the EUs agenda in Central Europe, they are making ground. 82 The Best Title of this passage is _. （ A） Gypsies Want to Form a Nation （ B） Are They
