1、专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷 104及答案与解析 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 answer. 0 I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virg
2、inia living room a womens group that had invited men to join them. Throughout the evening, one man had been particularly talkative, frequently offering ideas and anecdotes, while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch. Toward the end of the evening, I commented that women frequently complain
3、that their husbands dont talk to them. This man quickly nodded in agreement. He gestured toward his wife and said, “Shes the talker in our family.“ The room burst into laughter; the man looked puzzled and hurt. “Its true,“ he explained. “When I come home from work, I have nothing to say. If she didn
4、t keep the conversation going, wed spend the whole evening in silence.“ This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations, they often talk less at home. And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage. The pattern was observed by politi
5、cal scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 1970s. Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed but only a few of the men gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces. Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent,
6、 that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year a virtual epidemic of failed conversation. In my own research, complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his, or
7、 doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleaning, cooking and social arrangements. Instead, they focused on communication: “He doesnt listen to me.“ “He doesnt talk to me.“ I found, as Hacker observed years before, that most wives want their husbands to be, first and foremos
8、t, conversational partners, but few husbands share this expectation of their wives. In short, the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a woman glares at the back o
9、f it, wanting to talk. 1 What is most wives main expectation of their husbands? （ A） Talking to them. （ B） Trusting them. （ C） Supporting their careers. （ D） Sharing housework. 2 Judging from the context, the phrase “wreaking havoc“ in Paragraph 2 most probably means （ A） generating motivation. （ B）
10、 exerting influence. （ C） causing damage. （ D） creating pressure. 3 All of the following are true EXCEPT （ A） men tend to talk more in public than women. （ B） nearly 50 percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversation. （ C） women attach much importance to communication between couples. （
11、 D） a female tends to be more talkative at home than her spouse. 4 Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of this text? （ A） The moral decaying deserves more research by sociologists. （ B） Marriage break-up stems from sex inequalities. （ C） Husband and wife have different expectatio
12、ns from their marriage. （ D） Conversational patterns between man and wife are different. 5 In the following part immediately after this text, the author will most probably focus on （ A） a vivid account of the new book Divorce Talk. （ B） a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoon. （ C） other
13、 possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U.S. （ D） a brief introduction to the political scientist Andrew Hacker. 5 It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964. But appearances were deceptive, and the 13 students from E
14、urope and the USA who boarded the aircraft, were in for the flight of their lives. Inside, the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded (填满 ) from floor to ceiling, it looked a bit strange. There were almost no windows, but lights along the padded walls illuminated
15、 it. Most of the seats had been taken out, apart from a few at the back where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of fear. For 12 months, science students from across the continents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of the European Space Agency. The c
16、hallenge had been to suggest imaginative experiments to be conducted in weightless conditions. For the next two hours, the flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lost its reason, shooting upwards towards the heavens before rushing towards Earth. The invention was to achieve weightlessne
17、ss for a few seconds. The aircraft took off smoothly enough. But any feelings that I and the young scientists had that we were on anything like a scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane into a 45-degree climb which lasted around 20 seconds. Then the engines cu
18、t out and we became weightless. Everything became confused and left or right, up or down no longer had any meaning. After ten seconds of free-fall descent (下降 ) the pilot pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return of gravity was less immediate than its loss, but was still sudden enough to e
19、nsure that some students came down with a bump. Each time the pilot cut the engines and we became weightless, a new team conducted its experiment. First it was the Dutch who wanted to discover how it is that cats always land on their feet. Then the German team who conducted a successful experiment o
20、n a traditional building method to see if it could be used for building a further space station. The Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could be used by satellites. After two hours of going up and down in the lane doing their experiments, the predominant feeling was one of excitement r
21、ather than sickness. Most of the students thought it was an unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat. 6 What did the writer say about the plane? （ A） It had no seats. （ B） It was painted white. （ C） It had no windows. （ D） The outside was misleading. 7 According to the writer, h
22、ow did the young scientists feel before the flight? （ A） Sick. （ B） Keen. （ C） Nervous. （ D） Impatient. 8 What did the pilot do with the plane after it took off? （ A） He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines. （ B） He climbed and then made the plane fall slowly. （ C） He took off normally and t
23、hen cut the engines for 20 seconds. （ D） He climbed and then made the plane turn over. 9 According to the passage, the purpose of being weightless was to （ A） see what conditions are like in space. （ B） prepare the young scientists for future work in space. （ C） show the judges of the competition wh
24、at they could do. （ D） make the teams try out their ideas. 10 This passage was written to （ A） encourage young people to take up science. （ B） describe the process of a scientific competition. （ C） show scientists what young people can do. （ D） report on a new scientific technique. 10 It is not unus
25、ual for chief executives to collect millions of dollars a year in pay, stock options, and bonuses. In the last fifteen years, while executive remuneration rose, taxes in the highest income bracket went down. Millionaires are now commonplace. Amiability is not a prerequisite for rising to the top, an
26、d there are a number of chief executive officers with legendary bad tempers. It is not the boss job to worry about the well-being of his subordinates although the man with many enemies will be swept out more quickly in hard times; it is the company he worries about. His business savvy is supposed to
27、 be based on intimate knowledge of his company and the industry so he goes home nightly with a full briefcase. At the very top and on the way up executives are exceedingly dedicated. The American executive must be capable of enough small talk to get him through the social part of his schedule, but h
28、e is probably not a highly cultured individual or an intellectual. Although his wife may be on the board of the symphony or opera, he himself has little time for such pursuits. His reading may largely concern business and management, despite interests in other fields. Golf provides him with a sporti
29、ve outlet that combines with some useful socializing. These days, he probably attempts some form of aerobic exercise to “keep the old heart in shape“ and for the same reason goes easy on butter and alcohol, and substances thought to contribute to taking highly stressed executives out of the running.
30、 But his doctors admonition to “take it easy“ falls on deaf ears. He likes to work. He knows there are younger men nipping at his heels. Corporate head-hunting, carried on by “executive search firms“, is a growing industry. America has great faith in individual talent, and dynamic and aggressive exe
31、cutives are so in demand that companies regularly raid each others managerial ranks. 11 We can infer from the second paragraph that （ A） promotion depends on amiability. （ B） chief executives do not work hard enough at the top level. （ C） it is the duty of the chief executive to look after the well-
32、being of his subordinates. （ D） a chief executive is expected to know more about his company and the industry. 12 The term “aerobic exercise“ in Paragraph 4 is a kind of （ A） hallucination exercise. （ B） physical exercise. （ C） meditation exercise. （ D） entertainment. 13 From the last paragraph we c
33、an gather that A there are too many aggressive executives. （ A） individual talent is not essential for a company. （ B） the job of an “executive search firms“ is corporate head-hunting. （ C） it is not common for companies to undermine each others managerial ranks. 14 For executives, according to the
34、article, a golf course is a place where （ A） they can conduct their business. （ B） they can indulge themselves. （ C） they can cultivate their mind. （ D） they can exercise as well as socialize. 15 What is NOT true according to the article? （ A） Executives tend to ignore doctors advice and warnings. （
35、 B） Executives are sensitive to pressure from the younger generation. （ C） All chief executives can earn millions of dollars a year. （ D） Executives are careful of what they eat. 15 I myself first saw Samarkand from a rise across a wilderness of crumbling ruins and great graveyards which lie between
36、 it and the airport. Suddenly we caught a glimpse of painted towers and the great blue domes of mosques and tombs shouldering the full weight of the sky among bright green trees and gardens. Beyond the gardens and the glittering domes still were those watchful mountains and their evocative snow. I f
37、ound myself thinking of the thrill I had on catching my first sight of Damascus after crossing the desert from Syria. The light, the orchards and many of the trees were the same but deeper still was the sense of coming into contact with one of the most astonishing cultures in history, the world of t
38、he one and only Allah and his prophet Muhammad. It was a world that completely overawed me. Yet the memory of Samarkand which stays with me most clearly is quite a humble one. Coming back to the city from the country on my last evening we passed some unusual elm trees and I stopped to have a look at
39、 them. They were, my guide told me, perhaps a thousand years old, older certainly than Genghis Khan. A flock of fat-tailed sheep (the same kind of sheep that my own ancestors saw a Hottentot keeping when they landed at the Cape of Good Hope 321 years ago), tended by some Tadshik children, moved slow
40、ly home in the distance. Then from the city came quite clearly the call to prayer from mosque and minaret. I had not expected any calls at all and it made no difference that some of the calls came over loud-speakers. Then beyond the trees an old man appeared on a donkey, dismounted, spread a prayer
41、mat on the ground, and kneeling towards Mecca, he began to pray. From Samarkand I journeyed on to Bokhara which was once the holiest city in Central Asia. At one time it possessed over a hundred religious colleges and close to four hundred mosques. It drew adventurers of all races towards it as it d
42、id Marco Polo. Not many of them reached their destination. These days at what used to be one of the richest market places in the world, one buys ice-cream instead of slaves; watches and mass-produced trinkets and fizzy drinks instead of gold, silks and turquoise jewellery. Few of the four hundred mo
43、sques remain and most have vanished without even leaving a trace. 16 Samarkand lies （ A） in a desert. （ B） high in the mountains. （ C） in front of Damascus. （ D） between the mountains and the airport. 17 The author said that he was overawed by （ A） the beauty of the scene. （ B） the sight of Damascus
44、. （ C） the age of the place. （ D） the world of Allah and Muhammad. 18 The author says that the sheep he saw were similar to （ A） the ones his ancestors had kept. （ B） the ones that lived in his own country. （ C） those his ancestors had seen at the Cape of Good Hope. （ D） those his ancestors had take
45、n to the Cape of Good Hope. 19 The author was surprised to hear the calls to prayer because （ A） he was far away from the city, yet he could hear them clearly. （ B） he did not think there would be any calls. （ C） the calls came from the mosques. （ D） the calls were no different over loud-speakers. 2
46、0. The market has changed in character because now 20 The market has changed in character because now （ A） it does sell jewellery. （ B） the holy men do not sell there. （ C） it sells goods for tourists and items of little value. （ D） the traders have disappeared because it is too dangerous to sell th
47、ere. 专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷 104答案与解析 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 answer. 【知识模块】 阅读 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 第 4段提到，在作者的研究中，妻子对丈夫的抱怨
48、不在于放弃自己的事业、承担过多的家务等一些明显不公平 (tangible inequities)的事情，而是在于沟通交流 (communication)，她们希望丈夫是倾诉的对象 (conversational partners)；而在第 1段中作者也评论说妇女经常会抱怨丈夫不和她们谈话 ，据此确定，妻子最期待的还是丈夫能和她们沟通交流，故 A正确。 【知识模块】 阅读 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 该词出现在第 2段最后一句 “And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage”。 wreaking havoc是该句谓语的一部分，表明 th
49、is pattern与marriage的逻辑关系，即 this pattern对 “婚姻 ”产生怎样的影响。 this pattern指的是上一句 “丈夫在外侃侃而谈，在家则少言寡语 ”。第 1段提到妻子常对这 一情况产生抱怨，第 3段则说妻子认为缺乏沟通是离婚的原因，可见这种在家缺少沟通的 pattern对婚姻造成了 “破坏 ”， C正确。 【知识模块】 阅读 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 B中的 50 percent及 divorces出现在第 3段末。该段说到大部分女性都认为缺乏沟通是导致离婚的原因，而当前的离婚率高达 50，没有说 50的离婚是由于沟通不善而造成的，故 B与文意不符，为答案。由第 2段首句的内容可知 A、 D与文意相符 (男性在公众场合健谈，女性则在家里更健谈 )。由第 4段的内容及关键词 focused on communication和 conversational partners可知，女性很重视夫妻间的沟通，故 C与文意相符。 【知识模块】 阅读 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 考查文章主旨大意，可用排除法。 A中的 moral decaying在文中并没有提及，男女谈话模式的不同并不是道德上的对与错，只是风格不同。第 3段提到，大多数女性认为 la
