1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 46（无答案）一、PART I DICTATION (15 MIN)Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will
2、 be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minuteSECTION A CONVERSATIONSDirections: In this section you will hear several conversations
3、. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 2 Who is true of Lisa?（A）Lisa is the man who is speaking to the man.（B） Lisa is the girl whom the man dated two years ago.（C） Lisa is the girl whom the man dated for two years.（D）Lisa is a woman whose name appears in
4、one of the mans song.3 Why did the man break up with her girl friend?（A）Because her dad did not like him.（B） Because she needed to finish her college.（C） Because he had a busy career.（D）Because her dad threatened not to support her college education.4 Why didnt the man get a call from her former gir
5、l friend?（A）Because she probably didnt get his message.（B） Because they could not track down each other.（C） Because she probably had any idea about where he was.（D）The man had no idea about the reason.5 What kind of room does the customer want to reserve?（A）A single room.（B） A twin room.（C） A beauti
6、ful room.（D）A warm room.6 How much he should pay for the room with bathroom per night?（A）$ 100.（B） $ 110.（C） $ 120.（D）$ 130.7 How many nights will the customer be staying?（A）One night.（B） Two nights.（C） Three nights.（D）Four nights.8 What bothers Nancy about her neighbors son?（A）He drives too fast.（B
7、） He plays his guitar too loudly.（C） His radio wakes her children up.（D）His friends are too noisy.9 When does the noise stop?（A）At midnight.（B） In the morning.（C） When the car is turned off.（D）When the neighborsson leaves for work.10 Why is Nancy reluctant to speak to her neighbors about the problem
8、?（A）She doesnt want to make a bad first impression.（B） She is afraid of getting off the subject.（C） She is afraid they wont listen.（D）She knows that they cant do anything about it.11 What suggestion does Nancys friend make?（A）Nancy should call the neighbors to complain.（B） Nancy should introduce her
9、 children to the neighbors.（C） Nancy should ask the neighborsson to babyish.（D）Nancy should bring the neighbors a gift.SECTION B PASSAGESDirections: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 12 The real victory for th
10、e participants of Marathon race is _.（A）the victory over ones fellow runners（B） the victory over former winners（C） the victory of will-power over fatigue（D）the victory of ones physical strength13 _ is a winner in the competition.（A）The runner who breaks the record（B） The runner who covers the whole
11、distance（C） The runner who runs to keep fit（D）The runner who doesnt break the rules14 The ancient Greek runner Phidippides _.（A）won the first prize（B） fell behind the other runners（C） gave up due to tiredness（D）died because of fatigue15 What is the central idea in the passage you ve heard?（A）Home tr
12、aining is more important than school training because a child spends so many hours with his parents.（B） Teachers can and should help parents to understand and further the objectives of the school.（C） Parents unwittingly have hindered and thwarted curricular objectives.（D）There are many ways in which
13、 the mathematics program can be implemented at home.16 Which of the following can be inferred about the speaker?（A）He is satisfied with present relations between home and school.（B） He feels that the traditional program in mathematics is slightly superior to the developmental program.（C） He believes
14、 that schools are lacking in guidance personnel.（D）He feels that parent-teacher interviews can be made much more constructive than they are at present.17 What does the speaker imply?（A）Teachers should occasionally make home visits to parents.（B） Too many children are lazy.（C） School principals do mo
15、re than their share in interpreting the curriculum to the parents.（D）Only a small part of the school day should be set apart for drilling in arithmetic.18 The speaker mainly discusses _.（A）the growth of the printing industry（B） the history of paper-making（C） the use of paper in the 19th century（D）th
16、e composition of wood fiber19 Paper industry needed a new source of fiber in the early 1800s is because _.（A）people wanted higher quality paper（B） paper made from rags deteriorated too quickly（C） wood pulp had become too expensive（D）the supply of rags was insufficient20 From the passage, we can infe
17、r that the first wood pulp mill in Canada _.（A）turned out high-quality paper（B） used wood imported from the United States（C） caused a serious environmental problem（D）was a ready market for its product21 According to the speaker, libraries are facing the problem of _.（A）books are in poor condition（B）
18、 having too many books from the early 1800s（C） not having enough space to store government documents（D）having to import most of the paper they use22 Who has visited Sudan last week?（A）Sadeqal-Mahdi.（B） Colin Powell.（C） Omar Hassan AL-Bashir.（D）President Bush.23 Where will Sundays meeting be held?（A）
19、Sudan.（B） U.S.A（C） Kenyan.（D）Uganda.24 How many unions of the airline accept the financial rescue package offered by Spain?（A）1.（B） 7.（C） 6.（D）5.25 How much will the airline lose yearly?（A）$ 350 million.（B） $ 900 million.（C） $ 20-$ 30 million.（D）$ 240-$ 360 million.26 _ people were killed in the Isr
20、ael and Palestine clashes.（A）Four（B） One（C） Five（D）20027 Violence flared throughout the West Bank and Gaza on _.（A）Monday（B） Friday（C） Wednesday（D）Tuesday28 The Prime Minister and Trade Union agreed to _.（A）rebuild industry（B） reduced unemployment（C） stop a bus driversstrike（D）work out a new wage pl
21、an29 The bus drivers union has decided to _.（A）go on the national bus strike（B） accept the Governments plan（C） agree on a new wage plan（D）stop the strike from next Monday30 The decision for the bus strike was announced _.（A）earlier this afternoon（B） last Monday（C） last night（D）this morning二、PART III
22、 CLOZE (15 MIN)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. 30 Who won the World Cup 1998 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new
23、 play?【C1】_ an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets giving the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reporters are【C2】_ the spot to gather the news. Newspapers have one basic【C3 】_ , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who wa
24、nt to【C4】_ it. Radio, telegraph, television, and【C5】_ inventions brought competition for newspapers,【C6】_ did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 【C7】_ , this competition merely【C8】_ the newspapers on. They quickly make use of the newer and faster means of communication to
25、 improve the【C9】_ and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are【C10】_ and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to【 C11】_ many other fields. Besides keeping readers【C12】_ of the latest news, todays newspapers educate and influence readers about politics
26、and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers economic choices【C13】_ advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very【C14】_ . Newspapers are sold at a price that【C15】_ even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main【C16】_ of income for most newspape
27、rs is commercial advertising. The success in selling advertising depends on a newspapers value to advertisers. This【C17 】_ in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends some-what on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment【 C18】_
28、in a newspapers pages.【C19 】_ for the most part, circulation depends on a newspapers value to readers as source of information【C20】_ the community, city, country, state, nation and world and even outer space.31 【C1 】（A）Just when（B） While（C） Soon after（D）Before32 【C2 】（A）in（B） at（C） on（D）by33 【C3 】（A
29、）reason（B） cause（C） problem（D）purpose34 【C4 】（A）make（B） publish（C） know（D）write35 【C5 】（A）another（B） other（C） one another（D）the other36 【C6 】（A）as（B） which（C） so（D）that37 【C7 】（A）However（B） And（C） Therefore（D）So38 【C8 】（A）spurred（B） pure（C） pushed（D）purled39 【C9 】（A）value（B） ratio（C） rate（D）speed40
30、【C10 】（A）spread（B） passed（C） printed（D）completed41 【C11 】（A）branch off（B） branch out（C） divide（D）sperate42 【C12 】（A）inform（B） be informed（C） to be informed（D）informed43 【C13 】（A）on（B） through（C） with（D）of44 【C14 】（A）forms（B） existence（C） contents（D）purpose45 【C15 】（A）tries to cover（B） manages to cov
31、er（C） fails to cover（D）succeeds in46 【C16 】（A）source（B） origin（C） course（D）finance47 【C17 】（A）measures（B） measured（C） is measured（D）was measured48 【C18 】（A）offering（B） offered（C） which offered（D）to be offered49 【C19 】（A）Yet（B） But（C） And（D）Even50 【C20 】（A）by（B） with（C） at（D）about三、PART IV GRAMMAR ev
32、ery few minutes the program is interrupted to give you one advertising_.（A）so on and so forth（B） more or less（C） something or other（D）sooner or later68 Mobility is one of the characteristics often_ executives, and they must accustom themselves to moving quite regularly.（A）demanded of（B） asked for（C）
33、 expected from（D）called for69 The telegraph opened up the possibility of establishing almost_ communication and thereby offered many practical advantages to people in all walks of life.（A）distant（B） instantaneous（C） immediate（D）transient70 Louis Brailele designed a form of communication enabling peo
34、ple to_ and preserve their thoughts by incorporating a series of dots which were read by the finger tips.（A）retain（B） visualize（C） convey（D）transfer71 Only ten to twenty percent of cold viruses are transmitted by carders, who, sneezing and coughing, _the viruses into the air.（A）spray（B） sprinkle（C）
35、spread（D）sprout72 If a scientist holds an idea to be true and finds any counter evidence whatever, the idea is either_ or abandoned.（A）testified（B） ascertained（C） violated（D）modified73 Just as space was _into regions, time was split up into eras, seasons, and epochs.（A）evolved（B） originated（C） decom
36、posed（D）detached74 The dean of our department asked that all the students_ at the reception this afternoon in order to meet the representatives form other colleges.（A）are present（B） will be present（C） would be present（D）be present75 High school and college students today are pushed so much in the di
37、rection of specialization_ little time is left for the further development of the basic reading skills initiated in earlier years.（A）as（B） so that（C） that（D）therefore76 The police has decided to hold a full_ to find out the cause of the big fire.（A）investigation（B） examination（C） interrogation（D）inq
38、uisition77 When he was 18 he_ going around with a bad crow and staying out very late.（A）took for（B） took to（C） took over（D）took up78 His colleagues and former students compiled and published his essays_ his thirty years service with the university.（A）in favor of（B） in place of（C） in honor of（D）in ca
39、se of79 Had he worked harder, he_ the exam.（A）must have got through（B） would get through（C） could get through（D）would have got through80 We desire that the tour leader_ us immediately of any changes in plans.（A）inform（B） informs（C） informed（D）has informed80 The Virus HuntersThe mouth of the Amazon R
40、iver has long been a starting place for hunters going to the jungles of Brazil. In recent years it has been, too, the headquarters for a middle-aged American couple who hunt the smallest living things and perhaps the most deadly - viruses. Dr. Causey and his wife have discovered more new types and m
41、ore old ones in new places than all of the other search teams.Dr. Causey insists that the couples success is due more to the number of viruses in the forests of the Amazon than to the skill he and his wife .have developed during their eighteen years of work in Brazil.“We have found the loveliest dis
42、eases right in our backyard,“ be told me one day as we walked through a light rain a long a jungle trail.“Oh, these viruses are here all right. There is in the jungle a great pool of disease which is carried in the blood of animals and birds. Some of the diseases can be caught by people. It may be t
43、hat we shall find that the jungle is a great center of virus disease and that it overflows from here to other parts of the world. It may be that birds carry the viruses to far countries. It may be that some viruses which presently reproduce in man without making him ill, may change and become deadly
44、 to him. Viruses waiting for a disease, they are sometimes called. This is just an idea, you understand. We do not know, but it is important that we find out, and the first step in finding out is to learn what viruses there are in the jungles.“There is a Brazilian story about the beginning of the wo
45、rld which goes: “When God was making the world he tried to keep everything in balance. When he made a desert, he provided it with some green places. When he made a land that was beautiful, he gave it storms and other terrible things caused by the weather. Where the earth was rich below the surface,
46、it was also made hard to live on, where the land could be fanned, the weather was made too hot or too cold or too dry. Where there was enough water, God made it so that there should sometimes be too much water. “But in one place God made a land that was rich, where everything grew easily. Where it w
47、as not too hot and certainly not too cold, where animals were plentiful and fruit hung from the trees all the year round.“The angels looked at this loveliness and were jealous of man. They asked God ff this was not too beautiful, too much like heaven, this valley of the Amazon. And God said, “True,
48、this land looks like heaven, but wait until you see what happens to man when he tries to live in it.“81 When Dr. Causey said, “We have found the loveliest diseases right in our backyard,“ he meant _.（A）new viruses have just been discovered（B） his discovery was a bit frightening（C） he and his wife we
49、re surrounded by harmful viruses（D）his job was exciting82 “Viruses waiting for a disease“ refers to _.（A）those viruses carried in the blood of animals（B） some viruses which are at present harmless to man（C） the viruses that reproduce in man without making him ill（D）the still-not-yet-discovered viruse
