1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 666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 Saving for the Future -Purpose of savin
4、g 1. Women save a. for their childrens 【 T1】 _ b. for a 【 T2】 _ 2. Men save a. for a 【 T3】 _ b. for their 【 T4】 _ -The necessity for women to save money for their old age Needing money to support themselves after their husband 【 T5】 _ Needing money to look after their children if they get 【 T6】 _ -W
5、hat can be done 1. Women need to look and 【 T7】 _ ahead Even women in their early twenties need to think about 【 T8】 _ The 【 T9】 _ of working women shows they are looking ahead 2. Getting women themselves properly 【 T10】 _ 2 【 T1】 3 【 T2】 4 【 T3】 5 【 T4】 6 【 T5】 7 【 T6】 8 【 T7】 9 【 T8】 10 【 T9】 11 【
6、 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 will be a ten-second pause. During the pause,
7、 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） He doesnt want to go back to Brisbane. （ B） He needs to decide how to deal with his possessions. （ C） He wants to take everything
8、back to home. （ D） He wants Laura to buy his things. （ A） Computer. （ B） Bookcase. （ C） Tennis racket. （ D） Refrigerator. （ A） The books are too expensive. （ B） The clothes are all winter clothes. （ C） He doesnt have a suitcase. （ D） There are too many clothes. （ A） Sell them to the second-hand book
9、shop. （ B） Advertise them on the university notice boards. （ C） Advertise them in the student newspaper for sale. （ D） Give them to the second and third year students for free. （ A） Its summer vacation. （ B） Its too old. （ C） Its too expensive. （ D） They live in the dorm. （ A） Younger people are mor
10、e comfortable with technology. （ B） Adults are less intimidated by technology than they used to be. （ C） He is better with computers than other people his age. （ D） Most of his friends are more addicted to games than he is. （ A） They are more convenient. （ B） They make better keepsakes. （ C） They ar
11、e casual forms of communication. （ D） They help people keep in touch instantly. （ A） Playing games. （ B） Checking on little things. （ C） Instant messaging. （ D） An interesting program. （ A） The Internet makes too many things accessible to people. （ B） His generation is hooked on the Internet. （ C） S
12、ome of his friends make the Internet their whole life. （ D） Not everyone has access to the Internet. （ A） They cannot become part of the work force. （ B） They wont be an added asset as they are today. （ C） They will have to get over their fear of these skills. （ D） They are going to be at a disadvan
13、tage. 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 completes the sentence. 22 Carry the luggage for me, _? （ A） will you （ B） do you （
14、C） wont you （ D） dont you 23 Lucy is _ hardworking than her brother, but she earns much less than him. （ A） no so （ B） no more （ C） not less （ D） no less 24 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? （ A） Fifteen miles are not a short walk to a 5-year-old kid. （ B） Ten dollars was paid for the
15、dress. （ C） Neither my parents nor my brother is coming. （ D） Only one out of six were absent at the meeting. 25 Which of the underlined parts expresses a future tense? （ A） Tommy works in a small factory. （ B） Ill call you when I arrive in Los Angeles. （ C） What is wrong with you? （ D） Japan lies t
16、o the east of China. 26 It wasnt so much his appearance I liked _ his personality. （ A） but （ B） nor （ C） like （ D） as 27 We are delighted at the news _ our daughter is expecting a baby. （ A） why （ B） that （ C） whether （ D） when 28 The Monkey King _ one of the most popular books for those who study
17、in high schools. （ A） remain （ B） remained （ C） remains （ D） is remaining 29 Everything _ very different if your father were still alive. （ A） will be （ B） would be （ C） was （ D） were 30 Which of the following is a stative verb (情态动词 )? （ A） Matter. （ B） Beat. （ C） Walk. （ D） Eat. 31 Which of the fo
18、llowing underlined parts indicates a subject-verb relation? （ A） The girl was the first guest to arrive. （ B） This is the best book to read. （ C） I have no wish to quarrel with you. （ D） This is really nothing to fear. 32 The _ of the flood, which caused thousands of people to lose their houses, was
19、 3 weeks of torrential rain. （ A） source （ B） origin （ C） root （ D） resource 33 Every year, one student in our high school wins a scholarship that _ one year of college. （ A） improves （ B） subsidizes （ C） obliges （ D） inflicts 34 _ human behavior may be caused by eating substances that upset the del
20、icate chemical balance in the brain. （ A） Deliberate （ B） Consistent （ C） Primitive （ D） Abnormal 35 The school committee hoped that their choice of play would be _ with the students and their parents. （ A） recognized （ B） popular （ C） favorable （ D） fascinated 36 It is due to the invention of the c
21、omputer that man has been able to work so many wonders in the past few years. A case _ is the successful launching of space shuttle. （ A） in point （ B） in question （ C） in a way （ D） in brief 37 He plays squash to the _ of all other sports. （ A） eradication （ B） exclusion （ C） extension （ D） inclusi
22、on 38 Very few people could understand the lecture the professor delivered because its subject was very_. （ A） intriguing （ B） indefinite （ C） obscure （ D） dubious 39 They have decided to _ physical punishment in all local schools. （ A） put away （ B） break away from （ C） do away with （ D） pass away
23、40 Geoffrey Chaucer occupies a _ place in English literature. （ A） most unique （ B） least unique （ C） very unique （ D） unique 41 Although I liked the appearance of the house, what really made me decide to buy it was the beautiful _ through the window. （ A） vision （ B） look （ C） picture （ D） view 三、
24、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. height B. compensate C. whereas D. imbibe E. reflect F. degree G. strategy H. replenish I. further J. under K. stronger L. se
25、ssion M. devour N. fatal O. repel Large animals that inhabit the desert have evolved a number of adaptations for reducing the effects of extreme heat. One adaptation is to be light in color, and to 【 C1】_ rather than absorb the suns rays. Desert mammals also depart from the normal mammalian practice
26、 of maintaining a constant body temperature. Instead of trying to keep down the body temperature deep inside the body, which would involve the expenditure of water and energy, desert mammals allow their temperatures to rise to what would normally be fever 【 C2】 _, and temperatures as high as 46 degr
27、ees Celsius have been measured in gazelles (瞪羚羊 ). Another 【 C3】 _ of large desert animals is to tolerate the loss of body water to a point that would be 【 C4】 _ for non-adapted animals. The camel can lose up to 30 percent of its body weight as water without harm to itself, 【 C5】 _ human beings die
28、after losing only 12 to 13 percent of then-body weight. An equally important adaptation is the ability to 【 C6】 _ this water loss at one drink. Desert animals can drink prodigious volumes in a short time, and camels have been known to 【 C7】 _ over 100 liters in a few minutes. A very dehydrated perso
29、n, on the other hand, cannot drink enough water to rehydrate at one 【 C8】 _, because the human stomach is not sufficiently big and because a too rapid dilution of the body fluids causes death from water intoxication. The tolerance of water loss is of obvious advantage in the desert, as animals do no
30、t have to remain near a water hole but can obtain food from grazing sparse and far-flung pastures. Desert-adapted mammals have the 【 C9】 _ability to feed normally when extremely dehydrated; it is a common experience in people that appetite is lost even 【 C10】 _ conditions of moderate thirst. 42 【 C1
31、】 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 and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answ
32、er. 51 (1)The earliest controversies about the relationship between photography and art centered on whether photographs fidelity to appearances and dependence on a machine allowed it to be a fine art as distinct from merely a practical art. Throughout the nineteenth century, the defence of photograp
33、hy was identical with the struggle to establish it as a fine art. Against the charge that photography was a soulless, mechanical copying of reality, photographers asserted that it was instead a privileged way of seeing, a revolt against commonplace vision, and no less worthy an art than painting. (2
34、)Ironically, now that photography is securely established as a fine art, many photographers find it pretentious or irrelevant to label it as such. Serious photographers variously claim to be finding, recording, impartially observing, witnessing events, exploring themselves anything but making works
35、of art. They are no longer willing to debate whether photography is or is not a fine art, except to proclaim that their own work is not involved with art It shows the extent to which they simply take for granted the concept of art imposed by the triumph of Modernism: the better the art, the more sub
36、versive it is of the traditional aims of art. (3)Photographers disclaimers of any interest in making art tell us more about the harried status of the contemporary notion of art than about whether photography is or is not art. For example, those photographers who suppose that, by taking pictures, the
37、y are getting away from the pretensions of art as exemplified by painting remind us of those Abstract Expressionist painters who imagined they were getting away from the intellectual austerity of classical Modernist painting by concentrating on the physical act of painting. Much of photographys pres
38、tige today derives from the convergence of its aims with those of recent art, particularly with the dismissal of abstract art implicit in the phenomenon of Pop painting during the 1960s. Appreciating photographs is a relief to sensibilities tired of the mental exertions demanded by abstract art. Cla
39、ssical Modernist painting that is, abstract art as developed in different ways by Picasso, Kandinsky, and Matisse presupposes highly developed skills of looking and a familiarity with other paintings and the history of art. Photography, like Pop painting, reassures viewers that art is not hard; phot
40、ography seems to be more about its subjects than about art. (4)Photography, however, has developed all the anxieties and self-consciousness of a classic Modernist art. Many professionals privately have begun to worry that the promotion of photography as an activity subversive of the traditional pret
41、ensions of art has gone so far that the public will forget that photography is a distinctive and exalted activity in short, an art. 52 At present, many serious photographers _. （ A） are struggling to establish photography as a fine art （ B） claim to be making works of art by witnessing events （ C） p
42、roclaim that their works have nothing to do with art （ D） agree that photography is as worthy an art as painting 53 Which of the following is TRUE about Pop painting? （ A） It rejects the idea of abstract art. （ B） It requires mental exertions to understand. （ C） It concentrates on the physical act o
43、f painting. （ D） It is represented by Picasso, Kandinsky and Matisse. 54 It is implied in the last paragraph that many professional photographers _. （ A） think photography has lost its distinctive status as an art （ B） think photography should not be put against traditional art （ C） have forgotten t
44、hat photography is an art （ D） have neglected the miseries of the modern society 54 (1) “IT is an evil influence on the youth of our country.“ A politician condemning video gaming? Actually, a clergyman denouncing rock and roll 50 years ago. But the sentiment could just as easily have been voiced by
45、 Hillary Clinton in the past few weeks as in saying video games is “a silent epidemic of media desensitization and stealing the innocence of our children“. (2)The opposition to gaming springs largely from the neophobia that has pitted the old against the entertainments of the young for centuries. No
46、vels were once considered too low-brow; Waltz music and dancing were condemned in the 19th century; rock and roll was thought to encourage violence. But what of the specific complaintsthat games foster addiction and encourage violence? (3)Theres no good evidence for either. On addiction, if the worr
47、y is about a generally excessive use of screen-based entertainment, critics should surely concern themselves about television rather than games. As to the minority who seriously overdo it research suggests that they display addictive behavior in other ways too. The problem, in other words, is with t
48、hem, not with the games. (4)Most of the research on whether video games encourage violence is unsatisfactory, focusing primarily on short-term effects. In the best study so far, frequent playing of a violent game sustained over a month had no effect on participants level of aggression. And, during t
49、he period in which gaming has become widespread in America, violent crime has fallen by half. Perhaps, as some observers have suggested, gaming actually makes people less violent, by acting as a safety valve. (5)So are games good, rather than bad, for people? Good ones probably are. Games are widely used as educati
