1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 636及答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be
2、read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. SECTION A TALK In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at A
3、NSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word (s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. 1 Suggestopedia I. Introduction A. Derive
4、d from suggestion and pedagogy B. Accelerating the learning speed to about【 T1】 of the conventional methods【 T1】_ II. The key elements and four main stages A. The key elements: a rich sensory learning environment a positive expectation of success -【 T2】【 T2】 _ B. The four stages: -【 T3】【 T3】 _ Activ
5、e Concert passive review -【 T4】【 T4】 _ III. Factors we should pay attention to A. Music: slow tempo, regular patterns voices and instruments should coordinate with orchestra so that students can be【 T5】【 T5】 _ B. Teachers: cover lots of【 T6】 in class【 T6】 _ structure the materials in golden proporti
6、on be highly【 T7】 , reliable and credible【 T7】 _ act as authority and security C.【 T8】 :【 T8】 _ include acting, singing songs, playing games, telling stories, carrying on【 T9】 and psycho-dramas【 T9】 _ IV. Conclusions Certain elements can be used more【 T10】【 T10】 _ 2 【 T1】 3 【 T2】 4 【 T3】 5 【 T4】 6 【
7、 T5】 7 【 T6】 8 【 T7】 9 【 T8】 10 【 T9】 11 【 T10】 SECTION B CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation , five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there wil
8、l be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have thirty seconds to preview the questions. （ A） People think women should be nurturing. （ B） People think few positive women roles are a
9、vailable. （ C） People think women dont know the right way for management. （ D） People think only men can manage employees well. （ A） To be fair and firm. （ B） To be emotional and sensitive. （ C） To be kind and supportive. （ D） To be warm and giving. （ A） Sense of insecurity in managing post. （ B） Ge
10、nder discrimination in working place. （ C） The reason for not giving power to co-workers. （ D） The reason why they play different roles from men bosses. （ A） To be a good listener. （ B） To be a good advisor. （ C） To be a good manager. （ D） To be a good nurturer. （ A） To analyze the current condition
11、s of women bosses. （ B） To clarify why women bosses are unpopular. （ C） To help change peoples wrong ideas on women bosses. （ D） To eliminate sex discrimination in working place. （ A） Supportive. （ B） Oppositive. （ C） Objective. （ D） Subjective. （ A） Dont lend money when you cant afford it. （ B） Don
12、t lend money when you will face bankruptcy. （ C） Make a documentation when lending money. （ D） Lend money only when there is profit. （ A） The date and name. （ B） The purpose of lending. （ C） The amount of money. （ D） The interest rate. （ A） The fear of losing money. （ B） The fear of being bankrupt.
13、（ C） The fear of seeing them go bankrupt. （ D） The fear of seeing them hate you afterwards. （ A） Inform them when you cant pay back on time. （ B） Make a documentation with them. （ C） Tell them the purpose of borrowing. （ D） Make them feel you are credible. 二、 PART III LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE There are tw
14、enty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words, phrases or statements marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word, phrase or statement that best completes the sentence. 22 You_John in the street this morning. Hes been dead for ages. （ A） mustnt see （ B） mustnt have seen （ C） co
15、uldnt see （ D） couldnt have seen 23 What does “His parents are dead against the trip“ mean? （ A） His parents are dead because of the trip. （ B） His parents are quite in opposition to the trip. （ C） His parents are hardly against the trip. （ D） His parents have a very hard time during the trip. 24 Wh
16、ich of the following sentences indicates prediction? （ A） You must be back by 10 oclock. （ B） He has to move the desk himself. （ C） You should mind your own business. （ D） The book should attract all lovers of poetry. 25 Have you ever gone water-skiing before? Oh, yes,_. （ A） a dozen of time （ B） do
17、zens of times （ C） dozens of time （ D） dozen of time 26 _, glasses can correct most sight defects in healthy eyes. （ A） When well-fitted （ B） If well-fitting （ C） When well-fitting （ D） If well-fitted when 27 She was the only one of the few girls who_passed the examination. （ A） was （ B） were （ C） h
18、as （ D） have 28 The old woman would have been drowned_a passer-by dragged her out of the water. （ A） but for （ B） but that （ C） without （ D） if 29 John misses the early bus for oversleeping,_the delay. （ A） hence to cause （ B） so to cause （ C） so as caused （ D） thus causing 30 The vocabulary and gra
19、mmatical differences between British and American English are so trivial and few as hardly_. （ A） noticed （ B） to be noticed （ C） being noticed （ D） to notice 31 Which of the following sentences has a subject complement? （ A） A taxi was called for me. （ B） Linda was given nothing. （ C） The room is a
20、lways kept clean. （ D） A glance was cast at him. 32 There are some rooms in the beach house,_served as a kitchen. （ A） the smaller of that （ B） the smaller of which （ C） the smallest of that （ D） the smallest of which 33 I think an afternoon in the open air will do us good,_? （ A） doesnt it （ B） do
21、you （ C） dont you （ D） does it 34 Many European Kings felt happier after Napoleon_from the scene. （ A） disappeared （ B） had disappeared （ C） was disappearing （ D） would disappear 35 _, Tom would have been a wealthy man. （ A） Was he to enter business （ B） If he was to enter business （ C） Was he enter
22、ed business （ D） Had he entered business 36 _the desert is like a sea,_is the camel like ship. （ A） What: as （ B） As: as （ C） As: so （ D） That: so 37 One of my_customers was Fred Hasbrook, an electronics salesman. （ A） regular （ B） normal （ C） formal （ D） conventional 38 Steam_into water when it tou
23、ches a cold surface. （ A） shrinks （ B） contracts （ C） condenses （ D） compresses 39 He was overcome by a sudden_of jealousy. （ A） surge （ B） tide （ C） rage （ D） tidings 40 He had gone to the reception desk,_to check out. （ A） presumably （ B） preliminarily （ C） formerly （ D） formally 41 “The man talki
24、ng with my mom is our math teacher“ has all the following possible meanings EXCEPT_. （ A） the man who will talk with my mom. （ B） the man who is talking with my mom. （ C） the man who has been talking with my mom. （ D） the man who has talked with my mom. 三、 PART IV CLOZE Decide which of the words giv
25、en in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. 41 AabolishBaccelerateCambiguityDbringEdispense FevidenceGexpenditureHinquiryIirrationalJlead KoutpaceLshiftMsimplyNstrikingOunanimously For the past four decades that basic
26、tension between artificial intelligence and intelligence augmentation(增加 ) A.I. versus I. A. has been at the heart of progress in computing science as the field has produced a series of ever more powerful technologies that are transforming the world. Now, as the pace of technological change continue
27、s to【 C1】 _, it has become increasingly possible to design computing systems that enhance the human experience, or now in a growing number of cases completely【 C2】 _with it. Watson is an effort by IBM researchers to advance a set of techniques used to process human language. It provides【 C3】 _eviden
28、ce that computing systems will no longer be limited to responding to simple commands. Machines will increasingly be able to pick out jargon(行话 )and even riddles. In attacking the problem of the【 C4】_of human language, computer science is now closing in on what researchers refer to as the “Paris Hilt
29、on problem“ the ability, for example, to determine whether an【 C5】 _ is being made by someone who is trying to reserve a hotel in France, or【 C6】 _to pass time surfing the Internet. Traditionally, economists have argued that while new forms of automation may displace jobs in the short run, over long
30、er periods of time economic growth and job creation have continued to 【 C7】 _any job-killing technologies. For example, over the past century and a half the 【 C8】 _from being a largely agrarian(农业的 )society to one in which less than 1 percent of the United States labor force is in agriculture is fre
31、quently cited as【 C9】 _of the economys ability to reinvent itself. That, however, was before machines began to “understand“ human language. Rapid progress in natural language processing is beginning to【 C10】 _to a new wave of automation that promises to transform areas of the economy that have until
32、 now been untouched by technological change. 42 【 C1】 43 【 C2】 44 【 C3】 45 【 C4】 46 【 C5】 47 【 C6】 48 【 C7】 49 【 C8】 50 【 C9】 51 【 C10】 SECTION A In this section there are several passages followed by ten multiple-choice questions. For each question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C a
33、nd D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. 51 I had a teacher once who called his students “idiots“ when they screwed up. He was our orchestra conductor, a fierce Ukrainian immigrant named Jerry Kupchynsky, and when someone played out of tune, he would stop the entire group to yell, “Wh
34、o eez deaf in first violins?“ He made us rehearse until our fingers almost bled. He corrected our wayward hands and arms by poking at us with a pencil. Today, hed be fired. But when he died a few years ago, he was celebrated: Forty years worth of former students and colleagues flew back to my New Je
35、rsey hometown from every corner of the country, old instruments in tow, to play a concert in his memory. I was among them, toting(携带 )my long-neglected viola. When the curtain rose on our concert that day, we had formed a symphony orchestra the size of the New York Philharmonic. I was stunned by the
36、 outpouring for the gruff old teacher we knew as Mr. K. But I was equally struck by the success of his former students. Some were musicians, but most had distinguished themselves in other fields, like law, academia and medicine. Research tells us that there is a positive correlation between music ed
37、ucation and academic achievement. But that alone didnt explain the belated surge of gratitude for a teacher who basically tortured us through adolescence. Were in the midst of a national wave of self-recrimination over the U. S. education system. Every day there is hand-wringing over our students fa
38、lling behind the rest of the world. Fifteen-year-olds in the U. S. trail students in 12 other nations in science and 17 in math. An entire industry of books and consultants has grown up that capitalizes on our collective fear that American education is inadequate and asks what American educators are
39、 doing wrong. Comparing Mr. Ks methods with the latest findings in fields from music to math to medicine leads to a single, startling conclusion: Its time to revive old-fashioned education. Not just traditional but old-fashioned in the sense that so many of us knew as kids, with strict discipline an
40、d unyielding demands. Because heres the thing: It works. Now Im not calling for abuse: Id be the first to complain if a teacher called my kids names. But the latest evidence backs up my modest proposal. Studies have now shown, among other things, the benefits of moderate childhood stress: how praise
41、 kills kids self-esteem: and why grit is a better predictor of success than SAT scores. All of which flies in the face of the kinder, gentler philosophy that has dominated American education over the past few decades. The conventional wisdom holds that teachers are supposed to tease knowledge out of
42、 students, rather than pound it into their heads. Projects and collaborative learning are applauded: traditional methods like lecturing and memorization derided as “drill and kill“ are frowned upon, dismissed as a surefire way to suck young minds dry of creativity and motivation. But the conventiona
43、l wisdom is wrong. 52 Which of the following about Jerry Kupchynsky is TRUE? （ A） He tortured his students when they screwed up in the class. （ B） He encouraged his students when they made mistakes. （ C） He was fired for his strict policies toward the students. （ D） He was greatly honored by his stu
44、dents when he died. 53 All of the following can be implied from Paragraph Four EXCEPT that_. （ A） the American students are falling behind the world in many fields （ B） the current education system is under great criticism of the whole nation （ C） the book industry has supplied American schools with
45、 money （ D） many people doubt the inadequate education system in America 53 The worlds leading climate scientists have set out in detail for the first time how much more carbon dioxide humans can pour into the atmosphere without triggering dangerous levels of climate change and concluded that more t
46、han half of that global allowance has been used up. If people continue to emit greenhouse gases at current rates, the accumulation of carbon in the atmosphere could mean that within as little as two to three decades the world will face nearly inevitable warming of more than 2C , resulting in rising
47、sea levels, heatwaves, droughts and more extreme weather. This calculation of the worlds “carbon budget“ was one of the most striking findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC), the expert panel of global scientists who on Friday produced the most comprehensive assessment yet of
48、 our knowledge of climate change at the end of their four-day meeting in Stockholm. The 2,000-plus page report, written by 209 lead authors, also found it was “unequivocal“ that global warming was happening as a result of human actions, and that without “substantial and sustained“ reductions in greenhouse gas emissions we will breach the symbolic threshold of 2 of warming, which governments around the world have pledged not to do. John Kerry, the US secretary of state, said in a statement: “This is yet another wakeup call: those who deny the science or choose e
