1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 574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 How many years of financial status should the man offer? （ A） Three. （ B） Four. （ C） Five. （ D） Six. 3 The man needs to provide all the following to get a visa EXCEPT_. （ A） education document （ B） language c
4、ertificate （ C） credit card （ D） passport. 4 When will the man probably get his visa? （ A） In one or two days. （ B） In one or two weeks. （ C） In two or three days. （ D） In two or three weeks. 5 Dr. Olivia has a talk with Steve because Steve （ A） is late for classes too often. （ B） missed many classe
5、s. （ C） has last in the exam again. （ D） is a trouble-maker at school. 6 Dr. Olivia says that today （ A） students are going to take the final exam. （ B） is the last day Steve can drop the class with a full refund. （ C） students have to hand in their reports. （ D） is the final day Steve can apply for
6、 a loan. 7 What does the man decide to do at last? （ A） Make up the missed lessons. （ B） Stop taking part-time jobs. （ C） Drop the class. （ D） Transfer to another school. 8 What is Miss Barnes job? （ A） Lawyer. （ B） Supervisor. （ C） Accountant. （ D） Legal secretary. 9 How long has Miss Barnes been l
7、ooking for a new job? （ A） A week. （ B） A month. （ C） Two weeks. （ D） One year. 10 What is the final offer of a raise the man makes Miss Barnes? （ A） Twice her present salary. （ B） Ten dollars more per week. （ C） The same as Snodgrass, Ellington and Pitts. （ D） Ten dollars more per week than Snodgra
8、ss, Ellington and Pitts. 11 Why did Miss Barnes refuse the mans final offer? （ A） She feels her value wasnt appreciated. （ B） She wants a more interesting job. （ C） Shes tired of working. （ D） She wants more money. SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Liste
9、n to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 12 School systems usually center on_ （ A） professional capacities. （ B） personal personalities. （ C） sense of responsibility. （ D） standards of proficiency. 13 From this passage, we can infer that_ （ A） parents should take the du
10、ty to handle the tasks of their children. （ B） childrens personal reliability and morals are the same as any adults. （ C） children should be educated to be well prepared for the real world. （ D） parents should not guide and shape their children at home too soon. 14 The passage is particularly intend
11、ed for_ （ A） school students. （ B） parents. （ C） social workers. （ D） educators. 15 Why did movies do better than theater? （ A） Films provided more melodrama. （ B） Films provided longer programs. （ C） Films provided emotional appeal. （ D） Films provided greater spectacles. 16 Up to the 1920s, what w
12、as one objection to the films? （ A） They were silent. （ B） They didnt tell a complete story. （ C） They were too expensive. （ D） They were too short. 17 What made people choose the movie over the theater? （ A） The World War I. （ B） The fact that films were less expensive. （ C） The fact that films wer
13、e silent. （ D） The fact that films were shorter. 18 Steroids has been first used for the following medical purposes EXCEPT_. （ A） alleviating pains （ B） building up bodies （ C） preventing conception （ D） controlling inflammation 19 Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the pass
14、age you have just heard? （ A） Steroids has contributed to illegal abusage. （ B） Steroids has contributed to a muscular body. （ C） Steroids has contributed to mental destruction. （ D） Steroids has contributed to physical deterioration. 20 Which of the following is NOT true, according to the benefits
15、that steriods is supposed to have? （ A） Steroids heals the process of blood and tissue. （ B） Steroids does not stay in the body for long. （ C） Steroids helps men to increase endurance. （ D） Steroids is cheaper than marijuana or cocaine. 21 Which of the following people supposedly can NOT use steroid
16、s, according to the passage? （ A） People who are going to be pregnant. （ B） People who fall ill because of infection. （ C） People who suffer from weakened hearts. （ D） People who are ill from arthritis and asthma. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directions: In this section, you will hear several news items
17、. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 22 How do scientists estimate the age of language? （ A） By studying animals evolution. （ B） By studying human genes. （ C） By using mathematical tools. （ D） By using the age of living species. 23 Which of the following statements i
18、s true? （ A） Heavy rains and storms caused rivers to overflow. （ B） Flooding forced evacuation in seven countries. （ C） Flooding damaged homes and cut off electricity. （ D） Heavy rains and flooding kept banks closed. 24 Two Brazilian policemen were killed when （ A） they failed to manage to land. （ B
19、） they involved in an outbreak of violence. （ C） their helicopter came under fire. （ D） they went through gunfire with gangsters. 25 The violence happened in the city of （ A） New York. （ B） Avenida Paulista. （ C） Baghdad. （ D） Rio de Janeiro. 26 Whats the purpose of IMFs calling for the government t
20、o take further action? （ A） To make up for the global losses. （ B） To solve the banks financial problem. （ C） To stabilize the global financial system. （ D） To get rid of the toxic assets quickly. 27 According to the report, which of the following action should be taken to solve the two key areas? （
21、 A） Issuing more bank notes. （ B） Changing the ownership. （ C） Improving market mechanism. （ D） Drawing more investment. 28 In israel, a politically powerful Jewish religious leader is trying to _. （ A） make a statement Sunday （ B） reduce public anger （ C） incite public anger （ D） provoke public ang
22、er 29 The Party recently withdrew from Mr. Baraks coalition government, saying _. （ A） Mr. Barak made no concession to the Palestinians （ B） the rabbi made no concession to the Palestinians （ C） Mr. Bar rather they became supplements or feeders. Each new “end-of-track“ became a center for animal-dra
23、wn or waterborne transportation. The major effect of the railroad was o shorten the distance that had to be covered by the older, slower, and more costly means. Wagon freighters continued operating throughout the 1870s and 1880s and into the 1890s. Although over constantly shrinking routes, and coac
24、hes and wagons continued to crisscross the West wherever the rails had not yet been laid. The beginning of a major change was foreshadowed 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 adv
25、ancing eastward from California through the formidable barrier of the Sierra Nevada. Although President Abraham Lincoln signed the 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
26、 and 1866 on the Union Pacific. The primary reason was skepticism that a Railroad built through so challenging and thinly settled 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
27、construction but also the very high risk deterred private investment. In discussing the Pacific Railroad bill, the chair of the 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 Wes
28、t together. 82 The author refers to the impact of railroads before the late 1860s as “limited“ because _. （ A） the track did not 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
29、preferred stagecoaches （ D） railroad travel was quite expensive 83 What can be inferred about coaches and wagon freighters as the 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） T
30、here were insufficient numbers of trained people to operate them. 84 Why does the author mention the Sierra Nevada in line 10? （ 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 legati
31、on of n serious train accident, （ D） To give an example of an obstacle faced by the central pacific. 85 The word “subsidy“ in line 16 is closest in moaning to _. （ A） persuasion （ B） financing （ C） explanation （ D） penalty 85 Reebok executives do not like to hear their stylish athletic shoes called“
32、 footwear for yuppies (雅皮士 少壮高薪职业人士 )“. They contend that Reebok shoes appeal to diverse market segments, especially now that the company offers basketball and childrens shoes for the under-18 set and walking shoes for older customers not interested in aerobics(健身操 )or running. The executives also p
33、oint out that through recent acquisitions they have added hiking boots, dress and casual shoes, and high-performance athletic footwear to their product lines, all of which should attract new and varied groups of customers. Still, despite its emphasis on new markets, Reebok plans few changes in the u
34、p market (高档消费人群的 ) retailing network that helped push sales to $1 billion annually, ahead of all other sports shoe marketers. Reebok shoes, which are priced from $ 27 to $ 85, will continue to be sold only in better specialty, sporting goods, and department stores, in accordance with the companys v
35、iew that consumers judge the quality of the brand by the quality of its distribution. In the past few years, the Massachusetts-based company has imposed limits on the number of its distributors (and the number of shoes supplied to stores), partly out of necessity. At times the unexpected demand for
36、Reeboks exceeded supply, and the company could barely keep up with orders from the dealers it already had. These fulfillment problems seem to be under control now, but the company is still selective about its distributors. At present, Reebok shoes are available in about five thousand retail stores i
37、n the United States. Reebok has already anticipated that walking shoes will be the next fitness-related craze, replacing aerobics shoes the same way its brightly colored, soft leather exercise footwear replaced conventional running shoes. Through product diversification and careful market research,
38、Reebok hopes to avoid the distribution problems Nike came across several years ago, when Nike misjudged the strength of the aerobics shoe craze and was forced to unload huge inventories of running shoes through discount stores. 86 One reason why Reeboks managerial personnel dont like their shoes to
39、be called “footwear for yuppies“ is that _. （ A） they believe that their shoes are popular with people of different age groups （ B） new production lines have been added to produce inexpensive shoes （ C） yuppies usually evokes a negative image （ D） the term makes people think of prohibitive prices 87
40、 Reeboks view that “consumers judge the quality of the brand by the quality of its distribution“ (Line 5, Para. 2) implies that _. （ A） the quality of a brand is measured by the service quality of the store selling it （ B） the quality of a product determines the quality of its distributors （ C） the
41、popularity of a brand is determined by the stores that sell it （ D） consumers believe that first-rate products are only sold by high-quality stores 88 Reebok once had to limit the number of its distributors because _. （ A） its supply of products fell short of demand （ B） too many distributors would
42、cut into its profits （ C） the reduction of distributors could increase its share of the market （ D） it wanted to enhance consumer confidence in its products 89 Although the Reebok Company has solved the problem of fulfilling its orders, it _. （ A） does not want to further expand its retailing networ
43、k （ B） still limits the number of shoes supplied to stores （ C） is still particular about who sells its products （ D） Still carefully chooses the manufacturers of its products 90 What lesson has Reebok learned from Nikes distribution problems? （ A） A company should not sell its high quality shoes in
44、 discount stores. （ B） A company should not limit its distribution network. （ C） A company should do follow-up surveys of its products. （ D） A company should correctly evaluate the impact of a new craze on the market. 90 About the time that schools and others quite reasonably became interested in se
45、eing to it that all children, whatever their background, were fairly treated, intelligence testing became unpopular. Some thought it was unfair to minority children. Through the past few decades such testing has gone out of fashion and many communities have indeed forbidden it. However, paradoxicall
46、y, just recently a group of black parents filed a lawsuit (诉讼 ) in California claiming that the states ban on IQ testing discriminates against their children by denying them the opportunity to take the test. (They believed, correctly, that IQ tests are a valid method of evaluating children for speci
47、al education classes. ) The judge, therefore, reversed, at least partially, his original decision. And so the argument goes on and on. Does it benefit or harm children from minority groups to have their intelligence tested? We have always been on the side of permitting, even facilitating, such testi
48、ng. If a child of any color or group is doing poorly in school it seems to us very important to know whether it is because he or she is of low intelligence, or whether some other factor is the cause. What school and family can do to improve poor performance is influenced by its cause. It is not disc
49、riminative to evaluate either a childs physical condition or his intellectual level. Unfortunately, intellectual level seems to be a sensitive subject, and what the law allows us to do varies from time to time. The same fluctuation back and forth occurs in areas other than intelligence. Thirty years or so ago, for instance, white families were encouraged to adopt black children. It was considered discriminative not to do so. And then the style changed and this cross-racial adopting became ge
