1、专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷 137及答案与解析 一、 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 (1)An “apple polisher“ is one who gives gifts to w
2、in friendship or special treatment. It is not exactly a bribe, but is close to it. (2)AU sorts of people are apple polishers, including politicians and people in high offices just about everybody. Oliver Cromwell, the great English leader, offered many gifts to win the support of George Fox and his
3、party, but failed. (3)There are other phrases meaning the same thing as “apple-polishing“ “soft-soaping“ or “buttering-up“. A gift is just one way to “soft-soap“ somebody, or to “butter him up“. Another that is just as effective is flattery, giving someone high praise-telling him how good he looks,
4、or how well he speaks, or how talented and wise he is. (4)Endless are the ways of flattery. Who does not love to hear it? Only an unusual man can resist the thrill of being told how wonderful he is. In truth, flattery is good medicine for most of us, who get so little of it. (5)We need it to be more
5、 sure of ourselves. It cannot hurt unless we get carried away by it. But if we just lap it up for its food value and nourishment, as a cat laps up milk, then we can still remain true to ourselves. (6)Sometimes, however, flattery will get you nothing from one who has had too much of it. A good exampl
6、e is the famous 12th century legend of King Canute of Denmark and England. The king got tired of listening to the endless sickening flattery of his courtiers. They overpraised him to the skies, as a man of limitless might. (7)He decided to teach them a lesson. He took them to the seashore and sat do
7、wn. Then he ordered the waves to stop coming in. The tide was too busy to listen to him The king was satisfied This might show his followers how weak his power. 1 Which of the following activities has nothing to do with “apple-polishing“? （ A） A boy tells his girlfriend how pretty she looks. （ B） An
8、 employee tells her boss how good he is at management. （ C） A knight is said to be of limitless power by his followers. （ D） A teacher praises her students for their talent and wisdom. 2 Which of the following statements about flattery is true according to the writer? （ A） Too much flattery can carr
9、y us away. （ B） Flattery is too empty to do people any good. （ C） Flattery can get you nothing but excessive pride. （ D） Flattery is one of the ways to apple-polish people. 2 (1)With increasing prosperity, Western European youth is having a fling that is creating distinctive consumer and cultural pa
10、tterns. (2)The result has been the increasing emergence in Europe of that phenomenon well known in America as the “youth market“. This is a market in which enterprising businesses cater to the demands of teenagers and older youths in all their rock mania and pop-art forms. (3)In Western Europe, the
11、youth market may appropriately be said to be in its infancy. In some countries such as Britain, West Germany and France, it is more advanced than in others. Some manifestations of the market, chiefly sociological, have been recorded, but it is only just beginning to be the subject of organized consu
12、mer research and promotion. (4)Characteristics of evolving European youth market indicate dissimilarities as well as similarities to the American youth market. (5)The similarities: (6)The markets basis is essentially the same more spending power and freedom to use it in the hands of teenagers and ol
13、der youth. Young consumers also make up an increasingly high proportion of the population. (7)As in the United States, youthful tastes in Europe extend over a similar range of products records and record players, transistor radios, leather jackets and “way-out“, extravagantly styled clothing, cosmet
14、ics and soft drinks. Generally it now is difficult to tell in which direction trans-Atlantic teenage influences are flowing. (8)Also, a pattern of conformity dominates Europe youth as in this country, though in Britain the object is to wear clothes that “make the wearer stand out,“ but also make him
15、 “in,“ such as tight trousers and precisely tailored jackets. (9)Worship and emulation of “idols“ in the entertainment field, especially the “pop“ singers and other performers is pervasive. Theres also the same exuberance and unpredictability in sudden fad switches. In Paris, buyers of stores cateri
16、ng to the youth market carefully watch what dress is being worn by a popular television teenage singer to be ready for a sudden demand for copies. In Stockholm other followers of teenage fads call the youth market “attractive but irrational.“ (10)The most obvious differences between the youth market
17、 in Europe and that in the United States is in size. In terms of volume and variety sales, the market in Europe is only a shadow of its American counterpart, but it is a growing shadow. 3 The European youth market and the American one are similar in _. （ A） the youths spending power （ B） the youths
18、influences on the market （ C） the proportion of the youth population （ D） the kinds of products that interest the youth 4 Which of the following statements is true about the youth in Britain? （ A） Their dressing is dominated by a pattern of conformity. （ B） Their clothing is distinct from the other
19、Europe youths. （ C） Tight trousers and precisely tailored clothes are their favorites. （ D） They are influenced by the conformity derived from the U.S.A. 4 (1)The HMS Ontario is one of the most famous shipwrecks and was discovered by two Rochester engineers Jim Kennard, 64, who has spent more than h
20、alf his life pursuing The HMS Ontario, along with Dan Scoville, 35, a shipwreck diver. They discovered The HMS Ontario deep off the southern shore of Lake Ontario when side-scanning sonar system that Mr. Kennard, a retired Kodak engineer, designed and built himself, showed a picture of something dee
21、p in Lake Ontario. The location of the shipwreck had been unknown for 228 years. (2)Experienced shipwreck divers Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville have discovered seven of Lake Ontarios estimated 500 shipwrecks in the last six years alone. Jim Kennard also designed a microwave-sized remote submersible th
22、at they deployed to go down and take the shipwrecks video. The shipwreck is quite deep in Lake Ontario, so the remote machine with video was very useful. (3)“Right away we saw the quarter gallery, the windows in the stern, the cannons,“ said Jim Kennard. “There was no mistaking. Thats when we starte
23、d getting excited.“ The discovery of the ship wreck was confirmed by the HMS Ontario expert Canadian Arthur Britton Smith, who authored the definitive book on the HMS Ontario. (4)The loss of the HMS Ontario, is one of the worst-ever disasters recorded on Lake Ontario. In her time the HMS Ontario was
24、 the most-feared ship on the Great Lakes. It was 1780 and the Yankees were threatening to storm across Lake Ontario and seize Montreal from the British. But the intimidating 226-ton Ontario 22 cannons, two 80-foot masts, a beamy hull with cargo space for 1000 barrels, was intimidating. On Oct. 31, 1
25、780, she sailed into a storm with around 120 passengers on board and was never seen again. The British tried to keep the news of the ship wreck hush. (5)The HMS Ontario appears to be in perfect shape and the HMS Ontario has aged remarkably well though zebra mussels cover much of the woodwork. Leanin
26、g on a 45-degree angle, her masts still jut straight up from her decks where several guns lie upside-down and a brass bell, brass cleats and the stern lantern are perfectly visible. The Seven windows across her stern still have glass. Shipwrecks in cold freshwater are well preserved, that is why gre
27、at lakes shipwrecks are prized. At 500 feet deep, where the HMS Ontario lies, there is no light and no oxygen to speed up the decomposition, and little marine life to feed on the wood. (6)There was no evidence of the roughly 113 Canadian men, women, children and American prisoners who went down with
28、 the ship the passengers mostly Canadian soldiers from the 34th regiment were never found. Nobody knows for sure how many passengers perished on the Ontario; the British kept their prisoner counts secret. (7)Out of worries over looting, Mr. Jim Kennard and Mr. Dan Scoville are not revealing the HMS
29、Ontarios location. The vessel sits in water up to 500 feet deep and cannot be reached by anyone other than experienced divers. It is not believed to have any shipwreck treasure on it as was reported other than a few shipwreck coins that belonged to the passengers. (8)Kennard said he and his partner
30、have gathered enough ship wreck video of the ship that it will not be necessary to return to the site. He added that they hope to make a documentary about the discovery with the video of the shipwreck. (9)The Great Lakes host many shipwreck locations and there are an estimated 4,700 shipwrecks in to
31、tal, of which 500 are in Lake Ontario. Freshwater shipwrecks are famous for their preservation of the vessels and make popular diving spots. 5 The HMS Ontario was most probably a _. （ A） cruise liner （ B） fishing boat （ C） war ship （ D） cargo ship 6 What is NOT true about the HMS Ontario? （ A） No tr
32、ace of human being has been found in the shipwreck. （ B） The passengers were evacuated before the ship sank. （ C） The ship used to belong to the British Navy. （ D） There was not much treasure on the ship. 7 What will Jim and Dan do with the HMS Ontario shipwreck? （ A） They will take it to the surfac
33、e when they get more financial fund. （ B） They will make it a popular diving spot. （ C） They will reveal the location of the ship when the video is released. （ D） They will leave the shipwreck where it is. 7 (1)Some products respond to consumers needs; others, like Sonys airboard, seek to create the
34、m. Like sending e-mails from the pool, or curling up in bed with your favorite sitcom. This futuristic apparatus combines the functions of a television, a DVD player and the Internet into a portable tablet the size of a place mat. If it catches on, it could change the concept of being digital at hom
35、e. (2)At 1.5 kg, the airboard is light enough to carry anywhere in the house, and can send and receive data wirelessly from a base station hooked up to home-entertainment equipment. A 10.4-inc.(26-cm)LCD screen delivers vivid moving images or can serve as a digital photo album, and a touch-panel dis
36、play eliminates the need for a keyboard. Sony, which began selling the device in Japan late last year, praises it as the Walkman of the information age. “It is amazing,“ says company president Kunitake Ando, who loftily describes the device as a gateway connecting the home to the outside world and e
37、ventually linking all appliances within. “The wireless environment will become quite common pretty soon.“ (3)I tried out the airboard in my Tokyo apartment, and I have to admit: its way cool. First of all, airboarding is easy. I didnt crack the instruction manual once to get the thing set up and thi
38、s is from someone who has trouble finding the “record“ button on the VCR. Relaxing on my balcony, I could call up the airboards on-screen remote control and start playing video. By pressing another button, I could Net surf or check my e-mail account, while a split screen let me simultaneously watch
39、my movie. The airboards base station the size of a shoe box doubles as a stand and battery charger. There is a slot for inserting a Sony memory stick, the gum-stick-sized cassette used to store photos and other digital files. (4)But the airboard is not for everybody. At $1,065, it costs as much as a
40、 laptop but isnt meant for serious computing. Checking e-mail is easy, but a 56-kbps modem makes for pretty slow surfing. The touch panel is fine for sending quick messages, but pushing the on-screen buttons is tedious for anything longer. 8 What does the author think about sending e-mails from the
41、pool? （ A） It is a consumers need similar to Sonys airboard. （ B） It is a consumers need inspired by Sonys airboard. （ C） It can only be done with a futuristic apparatus as Sonys airboard. （ D） Its wide popularity has inspired the invention of Sonys airboard. 9 The author has speculated about the ai
42、rboards _. （ A） functions （ B） weight （ C） popularity （ D） prize 10 The last paragraph is intended to point out _. （ A） the airboards advantages and disadvantages （ B） the conditions of using the airboard （ C） critics comments on the airboard （ D） the limitations of the airboard 二、 SECTION B In this
43、 section there are five short answer questions based on the passages in Section A. Answer the questions with No more than TEN words in the space provided. 11 PASSAGE ONE 11 What does the author want to prove with Oliver Cromwells example? 12 PASSAGE TWO 12 What is the subject matter of the passage?
44、12 PASSAGE THREE 13 Which country owned the HMS Ontario before it sank? 14 Which paragraph is NOT about the findings of Jim and Dan? 15 PASSAGE FOUR 15 What does “crack“(Para. 3)mean in the context? 专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷 137答案与解析 一、 SECTION A In this section there are several passages followed by ten multi
45、ple-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】 D 【试题解析】 作者一开始就指出 apple-polishing的目的在于 win friendship or special treatment，结合文章在第 3段中举出的一些具体例子，可推出 apple-polishing很少用于形容上级对下级或长辈对晚辈，因此
46、D中老师表扬学生的做法并不属于 apple-polishing。 【知识模块】 阅读 2 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 由文章第 3段可知， applepolish和 softsoap是同义词，而flattery是 softsoap的另一个途径，由此可知选 D。本题最具干扰的选项是 A，第 5段第 2句虽有提到 get carried away by it，但作者并未说明 Too much flattery can carry us away，因此 A不正确。第 4段最后一句与第 5段第 1句表明 B和 C不对。 【知识模块】 阅读 【知识模块】 阅读 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 第
47、 7段首句的 a similar range of products表明欧洲和美国的年轻人都喜欢同一类商品，因此 D为本题答案。文中第 6段首句提到主要的市场基础是一样的：即年青人手中更大的购买力和自由，但并没有得出双方有相似的购买力。故 A排除。其余两项原文也没有对比两方的异同。 【知识模块】 阅读 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 第 8段开头提到了 a pattern of conformity dominates Europe youth，而该段其他句子所举的例子都是围绕穿衣之道的，将两方面结合起来可以推断 A为正确 的说法。 B中的 distinct from与原文中的 makes
48、tand out 同义，但原文指的是每个英国年轻人都希望自己与众不同，但并没有与欧洲年轻人的衣着相比，故 B不正确： C中的 Tight trousers and precisely tailored clothes原文出现在 such as之后，只是 “时髦 ”衣着的其中两种， C的说法过于绝对了：原文中的 a pattern of conformity表明影响英国年轻人的是某个 pattern，而非 conformity，美国和英国人都受 “一个一致的模式支配 ”，但 是支配他们的具体模式 (例如英国人更喜欢穿紧身裤，而美国人更喜欢休闲装等 )却可以不一样，且 derived from 也
49、没有原文根据，故 D也不正确。 【知识模块】 阅读 【知识模块】 阅读 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 第 4段中的 most-feared， intimidating和 cannons等词以及第 3句的内容都表明 the HMS Ontario是一艘战舰，因此本题应选 C。本题最具干扰性的是 D，因为该选项中的 cargo一词在第 4段第 4句也有提及，但要注意的是，此处提到 cargo只是 为了说明这艘船能装很多货物，吨位很大，但不能因为这个词就选择 D。 【知识模块】 阅读 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 第 6段提到在 HMS Ontario上曾经有加拿大士兵和美国囚犯，虽然现在在沉船上找不到这些乘客的遗迹，但他们是怎么消失的，到目前为止还不得而知，可见 B的说法没有原文依据，为本题答案。本题最具干扰性的是 C。根据第 4段第 3句提到的 the Yankees和 the British之间的争端，和第 6段末句关于the British的内容，可以推断 HMS Ontario服役的时候，加 拿大是英国的殖民地，由此也可推断这艘船是为英国海军服务的，因此 C说法是正确的。 【知识模块】 阅读 7
