1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 642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 On Public Speaking 1. Nothing to be fea
4、red about public speaking just a way to【 T1】 _your thoughts with others【 T1】 _ being free to decide on【 T2】 _of the speech【 T2】 _ having full【 T3】 _of the progress of the speech【 T3】 _ 2. Keys to being a good public speaker 【 T4】 _with the subject【 T4】 _ good preparation for the speech 【 T5】 _with t
5、he audience【 T5】 _ variation of the speed the tone of voice 【 T6】 _the highlights【 T6】 _ catching the audiences【 T7】 _【 T7】 _ comfortable and natural standing making use of【 T8】 _to make yourself heard【 T8】 _ 【 T9】 _of the speech【 T9】 _ boiling your message down to its【 T10】 _【 T10】 _ 2 【 T1】 3 【 T2
6、】 4 【 T3】 5 【 T4】 6 【 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 ea
7、ch question there will 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） For his wedding. （ B） For inviting his friends to dinner. （ C） For
8、a birthday party of his wife. （ D） For a meeting with his colleagues. （ A） $50. （ B） $15. （ C） $500. （ D） $1500. （ A） Fruit juice. （ B） Soft drinks. （ C） Coffee or tea. （ D） Beer and red and white house wine. （ A） A two-course menu with three choices in each course. （ B） A three-course menu with two
9、 choices in each course. （ C） A two-course menu with two choices in each course. （ D） A three-course menu with three choices in each course. （ A） At 7:30, tomorrow evening. （ B） At 7:30, tomorrow morning. （ C） At 7, tomorrow evening. （ D） At 7, tomorrow morning. （ A） Her ticket and passport. （ B） He
10、r ticket and vaccination certificate. （ C） Her ticket, vaccination certificate and passport. （ D） Her ticket, boarding pass, vaccination certificate and passport. （ A） 35 kilos. （ B） 20 kilos. （ C） 10 kilos. （ D） 5 kilos. （ A） A teacher. （ B） A salesgirl. （ C） A student. （ D） A hostess. （ A） 1.5 kil
11、os. （ B） 5 kilos. （ C） 10 kilos. （ D） 35 kilos. （ A） zero. （ B） $300. （ C） $100. （ D） $20. 二、 PART III LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE There are twenty 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
12、 completes the sentence. 22 Do help yourself to some fruit, _you? （ A） cant （ B） dont （ C） wouldnt （ D） wont 23 There_nothing more for discussion, the meeting came to an end half an hour earlier. （ A） to be （ B） to have been （ C） being （ D） be 24 I cant go for one thing, I have no money, and_, I hav
13、e too much work. （ A） whats more （ B） as well （ C） for another （ D） in addition 25 Even as a girl, _ to be her life, and theater audiences were to be her best teachers. （ A） performing by Melissa was （ B） it was known that Melissas performances were （ C） knowing that Melissas performances were （ D）
14、Melissa knew that performing was 26 _him tomorrow? （ A） Why not to call on （ B） Why dont call on （ C） Why not calling on （ D） Why not call on 27 There is no doubt_the company has made the right decision on the sales project. （ A） why （ B） that （ C） whether （ D） when 28 Intellect is to the mind_sight
15、 is to the body. （ A） what （ B） as （ C） that （ D） like 29 Agriculture is the countrys chief source of wealth, wheat_by far the biggest cereal crop. （ A） is （ B） been （ C） be （ D） being 30 Failure in a required subject may result in the_of a diploma. （ A） refusal （ B） betrayal （ C） denial （ D） burial
16、 31 If you want this painkiller, youll have to ask the doctor for a_. （ A） transaction （ B） permit （ C） settlement （ D） prescription 32 Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations_. （ A） simultaneously （ B） spontaneously （ C） homogeneously （ D） contemporarily 33 Rumors are every
17、where, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and turning calm situations into_ones. （ A） turbulent （ B） tragic （ C） vulnerable （ D） suspicious 34 She cut her hair short and tried to_herself as a man. （ A） decorate （ B） disguise （ C） fabricate （ D） fake 35 The suspect_that he had not been in the neig
18、hborhood at the time of the crime. （ A） advocated （ B） alleged （ C） addressed （ D） announced 36 In our country, there are still thousands of caves which are_to travelers. （ A） impressive （ B） inaccessible （ C） inactive （ D） impossible 37 Jimmy took all the apples, so the teacher told him that he was
19、 being_. （ A） greedy （ B） grateful （ C） generous （ D） gloomy 38 They did considerable work to _ the masses of the United States with the elementary problems of Latin America. （ A） instruct （ B） acquaint （ C） impose （ D） dictate 39 Big business enjoys certain_that smaller ones do not have. （ A） regul
20、ations （ B） sequence （ C） fragments （ D） privileges 40 Although the main characters in the novel are so true to life, they are certainly_. （ A） imaginable （ B） imaginative （ C） imaginary （ D） imagining 41 The director_me as his official representative at the conference. （ A） nominated （ B） entrusted
21、 （ C） appeased （ D） regarded 三、 PART IV CLOZE Decide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. 41 A. conservative B. career C. including D. involving E. one F. other G. restricted H. open up I.
22、set up J. settle K. the other L. go M. reserved N. preserved O. dominated In Japan, most people still feel that a womans place is in the home: and most women willingly accept their traditional role as wife, leaving the business of making a living up to their husbands. For those who do want a【 C1】 _
23、of their own, opportunities are limited, and working women usually have to【 C2】 _for low wages, fewer promotions, less responsible positions. In America, on the other hand, most women,【 C3】 _wives and mothers, work most of their times. But until recently few have had real careers. As in Japan most f
24、ields are 【 C4】 _ by men and opportunities for women have been【 C5】 _, salaries low, chances for advancement rare. American women work mainly because they have to: in these days of inflation and luxury living,【 C6】 _income per family is simply not enough to live on. So American women actually have t
25、wo jobs: one nine-to-five position outside the home, and【 C7】_round-the-clock in the home job as wife, housemaid, cook and nurse. One of the main goals of the modern womens liberation movement, which started in the early 1960s, was to eliminate sex discrimination in the work force, and to【 C8】 _ car
26、eers for women that were previously【 C9】 _for men. And though there is still a long way to【 C10】_, a lot of progress has been made. 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
27、-choice questions. For each question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. 51 It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out, and if it is really good science it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found are actual
28、ly new, they are by definition unknown in advance. You cannot make choices in this matter. You either have science or you dont, and if you have it you are obliged to accept the surprising and disturbing pieces of information, along with the neat and promptly useful bits. The only solid piece of scie
29、ntific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. I regard this as the major discovery of the past hundred years of biology. It is, in its way, an illuminating piece of news. It would have amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century Enlightenment t
30、o be told by any of us how little we know and how bewildering seems the way ahead. It is this sudden confrontation with the depth and scope of ignorance that represents the most significant contribution of the 20th century science to the human intellect. In earlier times, we either pretended to unde
31、rstand how things worked or ignored the problem, or simply made up stories to fill the gaps. Now that we have begun exploring in earnest, we are getting glimpses of how huge the questions are, and how far they are from being answered. Because of this, we are depressed. It is not so bad being ignoran
32、t if you are totally ignorant: the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance, the worst spots and here and there the not-so-bad spots, but no true light at the end of the tunnel nor even any tunnels that can yet be trusted. But we are making a beginning, and there ought to be som
33、e satisfaction. There are probably no questions we can think up that cant be answered, sooner or later, including even the matter of consciousness. To be sure, there may well be questions we cant think up, ever, and therefore limits to the reach of human intellect, but that is another matter. Within
34、 our limits, we should be able to work our way through to all our answers, if we keep at it long enough, and pay attention. 52 The author claims that science _. （ A） defies prediction （ B） defines the unknown （ C） has discovered scientific truth （ D） should offer choices 53 Which of the following is
35、 NOT mentioned about scientists in earlier times? （ A） They invented false theories to explain things they didnt understand. （ B） They falsely claimed to know all about nature. （ C） They did not believe in results from scientific observation. （ D） They paid little attention to the problems they didn
36、t understand. 54 The author believes that_. （ A） man can find solutions to whatever questions concerning nature he can think up （ B） man cannot solve all the problems he can think up because of human intellect limits （ C） sooner or later man can think up all the questions concerning nature （ D） ques
37、tions concerning consciousness are outside the scope of scientific research 54 Between about 1910 and 1930, new artistic movements in European art were making themselves felt in the United States. American artists became acquainted with new art on their trips to Paris and at the exhibitions in the f
38、amous New York gallery “291“(named after its address on Fifth Avenue)of the photographer Alfred Stieglitz. But most important in the spread of the modern movements in the United States was the sensational Armory Show of 1913 held in New York, in which the works of many of the leading European artist
39、s were seen along with the works of a number of progressive American painters. Several of the American modernists who were influenced by the Armory Show found the urban landscape, especially New York, an appealing subject. Compared with works of the realist painters, the works of American modernists
40、 were much further removed from the actual appearance of the city: they were more interested in the “feel“ of the city, more concerned with the meaning behind appearance. However, both the painters of the Ashcan School and the later realists were still tied to nineteenth-century or earlier styles, w
41、hile the early modernists shared in the international breakthroughs of the art of the twentieth century. The greatest of these breakthroughs was Cubism, developed most fully in France between 1907 and 1914, which brought about a major revolution in Western painting. It overturned the rational tradit
42、ion that had been built upon since the Renaissance. In Cubism, natural forms were broken down analytically into geometric shapes. No longer was a clear differentiation made between the figure and the background of a painting: the objects represented and the surface on which they were painted became
43、one. The Cubists abandoned the conventional single vantage point of the viewer, and objects depicted from multiple viewpoints were shown at the same time. 55 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a means through which American artists learned about new movements? （ A） Lessons from successful ar
44、tists. （ B） Exhibitions at the gallery “291“. （ C） Trips to Europe. （ D） The Armory Show of 1913. 56 According to the author, which of the following was a favorite subject for American modernists? （ A） Portraits of famous people. （ B） Country scenes. （ C） Pictures of building interiors. （ D） City la
45、ndscapes. 56 An invisible border divides those arguing for computers in the classroom on behalf of students career prospects and those arguing for computers in the classroom for broader reasons of radical educational reform. Very few writers on the subject have explored this distinction indeed, cont
46、radiction which goes to the heart of what is wrong with the campaign to put computers in the classroom. An education that aims at getting a student a certain kind of job is a technical education, justified for reasons radically different from why education is universally required by law. It is not s
47、imply to raise everyones job prospects that all children are legally required to attend school into their teens. Rather, we have a certain conception of the American citizen, a character who is incomplete if he cannot competently assess how his livelihood and happiness are affected by things outside
48、 of himself. But this was not always the case: before it was legally required for all children to attend school until a certain age, it was widely accepted that some were just not equipped by nature to pursue this kind of education. With optimism characteristic of all industrialized countries, we came to accept that everyone is fit to be educated. Computer-education advocates forsake this optimistic notion for a pessimism that betrays their otherwise cheery outlook. Banking on the confusion between educational and vocational reasons for bringing computers in
