1、2017 年专业英语四级真题试卷（无答案）一、PART I DICTATIONDirections: 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 re
2、ad 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 TALKIn this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at ANSW
3、ER 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 Online Education IntroductionOnline courses
4、can bring the best quality education to people around the world for free.Components of online educationno constraints of【T1】 _【T1】_content design for online coursesshort, modular units each discussing【T2】_【T2 】_different ways of dealing with the materiala much more【T3】_【T3】_Providing students with【T
5、4】_ questions【T4】_【T5】_ on the questions【T5】_【T6】_ in different ways【T6】_【T7】_ forum 【T7 】_median response time: 22 minutesBenefits of online educationeducation as a【T8 】_【T8】_enabling【T9】_【T9】_making【T10】_ possible【T10】_ConclusionOnline education will have a promising future.2 【T1】3 【T2】4 【T3】5 【T4
6、】6 【T5】7 【T6】8 【T7】9 【T8】10 【T9】11 【T10】SECTION B CONVERSATIONSIn 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 te
7、n-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）It cant read data from the flash drive.（B） It has wiped the data from the flash drive.（C） The files s
8、tored in it have got lost.（D）The files in it cant be opened.（A）Get a total refund.（B） Get a partial refund.（C） Get a new computer.（D）Get a new hard disk.（A）Indifferent.（B） Surprised.（C） Anxious.（D）Dissatisfied.（A）By 8:30 tomorrow morning.（B） After 8:30 tomorrow morning.（C） At 8:30 this evening.（D）An
9、ytime tomorrow.（A）6574-3205.（B） 6547-2305.（C） 6457-2035.（D）6475-3025.（A）Hold a party at home.（B） Introduce ourselves first.（C） Avoid meeting them.（D）Wait for them to visit us.（A）Do nothing about it.（B） Tell him to stop.（C） Give him a reason to stop.（D）Call the police immediately.（A）Dont answer their
10、 questions.（B） Dont appear to be friendly.（C） Try to be sympathetic.（D）Try to be patient.（A）No more than five minutes.（B） Five to ten minutes.（C） About half an hour.（D）About an hour.（A）Family Circle Magazine.（B） Morning radio programs.（C） Bettys website.（D）CBS news website.二、PART III LANGUAGE KNOWLE
11、DGEThere 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 _ combination of techniques authors use, all storiesfrom the briefest anecdotes to the longe
12、st novelshave a plot（A）Regarding（B） Whatever（C） In so far as（D）No matter23 She followed the receptionist down a luxurious corridor to a closed door, _ the woman gave a quick knock before opening it（A）wherein（B） on which（C） but when（D）then24 Ms Ennab is one of the first Palestinian_ with seven years
13、racing experience.（A）woman drivers（B） women driver（C） women drivers（D）woman driver25 “I wondered if I could have a word with you.“ The past tense used in the sentence refers to a _.（A）past event for exact time reference（B） present event for tentativeness（C） present event for uncertainty（D）past event
14、 for politeness26 “If I were you, I wouldnt wait to propose to her.“ The subjective mood in the sentence is used to_.（A）alleviate hostility（B） express unfavorable feelings（C） indicate uncertainty（D）make a suggestion27 “Its a shame that the city official should have gone back on his word.“ The modal
15、auxiliary SHOULD expresses _.（A）obligation（B） disappointment（C） future in the past（D）tentativeness28 Timothy Ray Brown, the first man cured of HIV, initially opted against the stem cell transplant that _ history.（A）could have later made（B） should have made later（C） might make later（D）would later mak
16、e29 Some Martian rock structures look strikingly like structures on Earth that are known_ by microbes.（A）having been created（B） being created（C） to have been created（D）to be created30 At that moment, with the crowd watching me, I was not afraid in the ordinary sense, as I_ if I_alone.（A）would have b
17、een. had been（B） should be. had been（C） could be. were（D）might have been. were31 You must fire _ incompetent assistant of yours.（A）the（B） an（C） that（D）whichever32 Some narratives seem more like plays, heavy with dialogue by which writers allow their_ to reveal themselves.（A）characters（B） characteris
18、tics（C） charisma（D）characterizations33 If you intend to melt the snow for drinking water, you can _ extra purity by running it through a coffee filter.（A）assure（B） insure（C） reassure（D）ensure34 The daisy-like flowers of chamomile have been used for centuries to_ anxiety and insomnia.（A）decline（B） re
19、lieve（C） quench（D）suppress35 Despite concern about the disappearance of the album in popular music, 2014 delivered a great crop of album _.（A）publications（B） appearances（C） releases（D）presentations36 The partys reduced vote in the general election was _of lack of support for its policies.（A）revealin
20、g（B） confirming（C） indicative（D）evident37 He closed his eyes and held the two versions of La Mappa to his minds_ to analyze their differences.（A）vision（B） eye（C） view（D）sight38 Twelve pupils were killed and five _ injured after gunmen attacked the school during lunchtime.（A）critically（B） enormously（
21、C） greatly（D）hard39 A 15-year-old girl has been arrested_ accusations of using Instagram to anonymously threaten her high school.（A）over（B） with（C） on（D）for40 It was reported that a 73-year-old man died on an Etihad flight_to Germany from Abu Dhabi.（A）bounded（B） binded（C） boundary（D）bound41 Its _the
22、 case in the region: a story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of event the vaguer it becomes.（A）unchangeably（B） invariably（C） unalterably（D）immovably三、PART IV CLOZEDecide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserte
23、d in the corresponding blanks. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. 41 A. always B. barely C. demise D. emergence E. gainedF. implications G. leaf H. lost I. naturally J. objectK. one L online M. rising N. single O. value Millions of people now rent their movies the Netflix way. They fill out a wish lis
24、t from the 50,009 titles on the companys web site and receive the first few DVDs in the mail: when they mail each one back, the next one on the list is sent. The Netflix model has been exhaustively analyzed for its disruptive, new-economy【C1】_. What will it mean for video stores like Blockbuster? Wh
25、at will it mean for movie studios and theaters? What does it show about “long tail“ businessesones that combine many markets into a【C2】_ target audience? But one other major implication has【C3】_ been mentioned: what this and similar Internet-based businesses mean for the United States Postal Service
26、.Every day, some two million Netflix envelopes come and go as firstclass mail. They are joined by millions of other shipments from【C4】 _ pharmacies, eBay vendors, A and other businesses that did not exist before the Internet.The【C5 】_ of “snail mail“ in the age of electronic communication has been p
27、redicted at least as often as the coming of the paperless office. But the consumption of paper keeps【C6】_. It has roughly doubled since 1980. On average, an American household receives twice as many pieces of mail a day as it did in the 1970s.The harmful side of the Internets impact is obvious but s
28、tatistically less important than many would guess. People【C7 】_ write fewer letters when they can send e-mail messages. To【C8】_ through a box of old paper correspondence is to know what has been【C9】_ in this shift: the pretty stamps, the varying look and feel of handwritten and typed correspondence,
29、 the tangible【C10】_ that was once in the senders hands.42 【C1 】43 【C2 】44 【C3 】45 【C4 】46 【C5 】47 【C6 】48 【C7 】49 【C8 】50 【C9 】51 【C10 】SECTION AIn this section there are several passages followed by ten multiple-choice questions. For each question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C an
30、d D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.51 (1)When I was a young girl living in Ireland, I was always pleased when it rained, because that meant I could go treasure hunting. Whats the connection between a wet day and a search for buried treasure? Well, its quite simple. Ireland, as som
31、e of you may already know, is the home of Leprechaunslittle men who possess magic powers and, perhaps more interestingly, pots of gold.(2)Now, although Leprechauns are interesting characters, I have to admit that I was more interested in the stories of their treasure hoard. This, as all of Ireland k
32、nows, they hide at the end of the rainbow. Leprechauns can be fearsome folk but if you can discover the end of the rainbow, they have to unwillingly surrender their gold to you. So whenever it rained, I would look up in the sky and follow the curve of the rainbow to see where it ended. I never did u
33、nearth any treasure, but I did spend many happy, showery days dreaming of what I could do with the fortune if I found it.(3)As I got older, and started working, rainy days came to be just another nuisance and my childhood dreams of finding treasure faded. But for some people the dream of striking it
34、 lucky never fades, and for a fortunate few, the dream even comes true! Such is the case of Mel Fisher. His dream of finding treasure also began in childhood, while reading the great literature classics “Treasure Island“ and “Moby Dick“. However, unlike me, he chased his dream and in the end managed
35、 to become one of the most famous professional treasure hunters of all time, and for good reason. In 1985, he fished up the priceless cargo of the sunken Spanish ship Atocha, which netted him an incredible 400 million dollars!(4)After the ship sank in 1622 off the coast of Florida, its murky waters
36、became a treasure-trove(埋藏的宝藏)of precious stones, gold bars and silver coins known as “pieces of eight“. The aptly-named Fisher, who ran a commercial salvaging operation, had been trying to locate the underwater treasure for over 16 years when he finally hit the jackpotl His dreams had come true but
37、 finding and keeping the treasure wasnt all plain sailing. After battling with hostile conditions at sea, Fisher then had to battle in the courts. In fact, the State of Florida took Fisher to court over ownership of the find and the Federal government soon followed suit. After more than 200 hearings
38、, Fisher agreed to donate 20% of his findings for public display, and so now there is a museum in Florida which displays hundreds of the objects which were salvaged from the Atocha.(5)This true story seems like a modern-day fairytale: a man pursues his dream through hardship and in the end, he trium
39、phs over the difficultiesthey all live happily ever after, right? Well, not exactly. Archaeologists object to the fact that with commercial salvaging operations like Fishers, the objects are sold and dispersed, and UNESCO are also worried about protecting our underwater heritage from what it describ
40、es as “pillaging“(抢劫、掠夺).(6)The counter-argument is that in professional, well-run operations such as Fishers, each piece is accurately and minutely recorded and that it is this information which is more important than the actual object, and that such operations help increase our wealth of archaeolo
41、gical knowledge. Indeed, as in Fishers case, they make history more accessible to people through museum donations and information on web sites.(7)The distinction of whether these treasure hunters are salvaging or pillaging our underwater heritage may not be clear, but what is clear is that treasure
42、hunting is not just innocent childs play anymore but profitable big business. I have learnt that the end of the rainbow is beyond my reach, but in consolation, with just a click of the mouse, I too can have a share in the riches that the Atocha has revealed. As Friedrich Nietzsche so wisely said: “O
43、ur treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. “52 In Para. 4, the phrase “hit the jackpot“ means _ according to the context.（A）discovered the jackpot（B） found the treasure（C） broke one of the objects（D）ran a salvaging operation53 It can be concluded from Paras. 5 and 6 that _.（A）People hold enti
44、rely different views on the issue（B） UNESCOs view is different from archaeologists（C） all salvaging operations should be prohibited（D）attention should be paid to the finds educational value54 How did the author feel about the treasure from the Atocha(Para. 7)?（A）She was unconcerned about where the t
45、reasure came from.（B） She was sad that she was unable to discover and salvage treasure.（C） She was angry that treasure hunters were pillaging heritage.（D）She was glad that people can have a chance to see the treasure.54 (1)Paul was dissatisfied with himself and with everything. The deepest of his lo
46、ve belonged to his mother. When he felt he had hurt her, or wounded his love for her, he could not bear it. Now it was spring and there was battle between him and Miriam, his girlfriend. This year he had a good deal against her. She was vaguely aware of it. The old feeling that she was to be sacrifi
47、ce to this love, which she had had when she prayed, was mingled in all her emotions. She did not at the bottom believe she ever would have him. She did not believe in herself primarily: doubted whether she could ever be what he would demand of her. Certainly she never saw herself living happily thro
48、ugh a lifetime with him. She saw tragedy, sorrow, and sacrifice ahead. And in sacrifice she was proud, in renunciation she was strong, for she did not trust herself to support everyday life. She was prepared for the big things and the deep things, like tragedy. It was the sufficiency of the small day-life she could not trust.(2)The Easter holidays began happily. Paul was his own frank self. Yet she felt it would go wrong. On the Sunday afternoon she stood at her bedroom window, looking across at the oak-trees of the wood, in whose branches a twilight
