1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 623（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 read
2、 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 ANSWER
3、 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 Understanding Types of Poems I. Epic poemsA. D
4、efinition:a narrative concentrating on【T1】and events that are significant【T1】_to a particular cultureB. Characteristics:an imposing, significant【 T2】: a vast setting: courageous, even【T2】_superhuman actions: supernatural forces: an objective point of view II. Lyrical poemsA. Definition:short poems e
5、xpressing deep feelings, set to【T3】and【T3 】_performed to audienceB. Characteristics: depending on【T4】【T4】_III. Dramatic poemsderived from【T5】, written in the form of a dialogue or【T5】_a monologueIV. The【T6 】 : sonnets, ballads, odes, epigrams and so on【T6】_A. Sonnets: with the theme of love and affe
6、ction with【T7】【T7 】_B. Ballads: presenting a dramatic or exciting episode from【T8 】【T8】_C. Odes: poems with【T9】, elevated styles and elaborate structures【T9 】_D. Epigrams: short poems ending with【T10】【T10】_2 【T1】3 【T2】4 【T3】5 【T4】6 【T5】7 【T6】8 【T7】9 【T8】10 【T9】11 【T10】SECTION B CONVERSATIONSIn this
7、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, you should read the four choices of A
8、, 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）The linguistic part of the complaining.（B） The cultural behavior of being straightforward.（C） Taking the products back to the stores.（D）Understanding the refund policy of t
9、he stores.（A）To show it is important to have cultural background.（B） To show that the clothes didnt fit her daughter.（C） To express her anger for not getting money back.（D）To indicate she wasnt used to these kind of stores.（A）$20.（B） $36.99.（C） $4.99.（D）$32.（A）What the problem is.（B） What correction
10、 she wants.（C） A neutral tone.（D）Showing her anger.（A）Creating a situation where students can complain.（B） Providing model complaints for students to follow.（C） Analyzing the languages and structures for complaints.（D）Giving students practice on how to complain by role play.（A）It teaches him how to
11、interact with others.（B） It is not important to his personality development.（C） It is a crucial factor in his personality development.（D）It is more important than his relationship with his father.（A）Delayed motor skills development.（B） Delayed toilet training.（C） Difficulty in interacting with peers
12、.（D）Inability to express affection.（A）They are as likely to develop separation anxiety as those who are not adopted.（B） They will never recover from separation anxiety.（C） They struggle to develop a healthy sense of self.（D）They always experience feelings of protest, despair and detachment.（A）It var
13、ies with the age of the child.（B） It depends on the adoptive family.（C） It can be influenced by a foster mother.（D）It would be the basis of stable independence.（A）He may worry about his parents being injured in a car wreck.（B） He may be unable to play with his peers.（C） He may not develop motor skil
14、ls at appropriate ages.（D）He may have an irrational fear of spiders.二、PART III LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGEThere 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.2
15、2 The class have chosen Mary_monitor.（A）his（B） her（C） its（D）their23 Which of the following sentences is the correct answer to “It must be our boss“?（A）No, it cant be him.（B） No, it mustnt be him.（C） No, it neednt be him.（D）No, it doesnt have to be him.24 Which of the following sentences is grammatic
16、ally INCORRECT?（A）Every girl and every boy is asked to be at the school gate before 7: 00.（B） Not only vegetables but also meat is important for our health.（C） The departed is a well-known novelist.（D）The young couple is quarrelling with each other.25 Some of my fondest memories are when Ive put tog
17、ether a large group of friends and did nothing but_.（A）to hang out（B） hanging out（C） hang out（D）hung out26 Odd_ it sounds, cosmic inflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ideas in elementary particle physics.（A）although（B） though（C） since（D）because27 Which of the followi
18、ng contains a subject clause?（A）It is a fact that he has done his best.（B） It is the best film that I have seen.（C） It is said that she has passed the exam.（D）It is Jack that will look after the old man.28 Delia did not feel well yesterday: otherwise she_to see her classmates off.（A）had come（B） woul
19、d come（C） would be coming（D）would have come29 The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so it seems as if the sun_round the earth.（A）should circle（B） circles（C） were circling（D）is circling30 Education is what you have left after all_is forgotten.（A）what is taught（B） the thing taught（C） which i
20、s taught（D）that is taught31 Which of the following sentences does NOT have an attributive clause?（A）Please pass me the book whose color is red.（B） Linda, as you know, is a famous writer.（C） John was ill, which greatly upset me.（D）It is a question when he will come back.32 Betty is the only one of th
21、e students who_to represent the group.（A）have been chosen（B） has been chosen（C） have chosen（D）has chosen33 Tom was very lucky_with his life: he almost did not get out of the room.（A）escaping（B） to escape（C） to have escaped（D）to be escaping34 The bonus goes to_makes the greatest contribution to our c
22、ompany.（A）whoever（B） who（C） whomever（D）whom35 Which of the following sentences expresses a recurrent action?（A）I am forever forgetting peoples birthday.（B） We are writing a paper on pollution these days.（C） The situation is becoming more complicated.（D）He is leaving for Shanghai on business.36 In th
23、e sentence “Concerns were raised that witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to ensure guilty verdicts“, the italicized part is a(n)_clause.（A）predicative（B） subject（C） attributive（D）appositive37 Aware that there would be trouble in the markets, she told him to _ a planne
24、d software change to its systems.（A）call to（B） call on（C） call off（D）call out38 Real confidence comes from knowing and accepting yourselfyour strengths and_ in contrast to depending on affirmation from others.（A）limitations（B） restraints（C） boundaries（D）confinements39 If they were_the right to vote,
25、 the country would no longer be a democratic state.（A）neglected（B） ignored（C） declined（D）denied40 You can save money on a winter vacation, because there are often cheap tickets_ then.（A）approachable（B） applicable（C） available（D）attainable41 He will presumably resign in view of the complete failure o
26、f the research project. The underlined part means_.（A）adequately（B） subsequently（C） probably（D）doubtfully三、PART IV CLOZEDecide 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 AabolishBaccelerateCam
27、biguityDbringEdispenseFevidenceGexpenditureHinquiryIirrationalJleadKoutpaceLshiftMsimplyNstrikingOunanimouslyFor the past four decades that basic tension between artificial intelligence and intelligence augmentation(增加)A.I. versus I. A.has been at the heart of progress in computing science as the fi
28、eld has produced a series of ever more powerful technologies that are transforming the world.Now, as the pace of technological change continues to【C1】_, it has become increasingly possible to design computing systems that enhance the human experience, or nowin a growing number of casescompletely【C2
29、】_with it.Watson is an effort by IBM researchers to advance a set of techniques used to process human language. It provides【C3】_evidence that computing systems will no longer be limited to responding to simple commands. Machines will increasingly be able to pick out jargon(行话)and even riddles. In at
30、tacking the problem of the【C4】_of human language, computer science is now closing in on what researchers refer to as the “Paris Hilton problem“the ability, for example, to determine whether an【C5】_ is being made by someone who is trying to reserve a hotel in France, or【C6】_to pass time surfing the I
31、nternet.Traditionally, economists have argued that while new forms of automation may displace jobs in the short run, over longer periods of time economic growth and job creation have continued to 【C7】_any job-killing technologies. For example, over the past century and a half the 【C8 】_from being a
32、largely agrarian(农业的)society to one in which less than 1 percent of the United States labor force is in agriculture is frequently cited as【C9】_of the economys ability to reinvent itself.That, however, was before machines began to “understand“ human language. Rapid progress in natural language proces
33、sing is beginning to【C10 】_to a new wave of automation that promises to transform areas of the economy that have until now been untouched by technological change.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 follo
34、wed 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.51 The International Monetary Fund(IMF)is the most powerful financial institution on the planet, capable of dictating economic policy to go
35、vernments: Liaquat Ahamed is the author of a best-selling portrait of central banking in the Great Depression, “Lords of Finance“. Putting the two together ought to be a match made in heaven.Sadly, the result is a rather bland book filled with photographs that are about as exciting as one would expe
36、ct pictures of IMF officials and meetings to be. As Mr. Ahamed admits, the IMF gave him permission to follow them around since he was “unlikely to be a troublemaker“. Having accompanied fund officials on a mission to Ireland, he was prevented by Irish government staff from attending the private talk
37、s. As a result, Mr. Ahamed has no real dirt to dish: he clearly admires the work that the fund does and believes in the dedication of its workforce.What he does possess is a thorough knowledge of economic history, and those who want a general idea of the IMFs activities will find this book a useful
38、primer(入门书). The fund was part of the post-war institutional arrangement established at Bretton Woods, and it still retains a slight touch of the colonial era(for example, in the convention that a European should be in charge). But those who believe the IMF to be solely a tool of Western capitalism
39、might be surprised to learn that two of the leaders of the Irish mission were Indians, and that the head of the mission in Mozambique was from Brazil. The fund is able to recruit the best and brightest from all over the world: the money is good and a job with the IMF is a very useful addition to any
40、 economists resume.The fund has taken a lot of criticism over the years, notably for its handling of the Asian crisis in the late 1990s and for its more recent about-face on the effectiveness of austerity(节俭，朴素). As Mr. Ahamed explains, its staff treat their unpopularity in some parts of the world “
41、almost as a badge of honour, seeing themselves as economic doctors willing to prescribe harsh but necessary medicine“. A more critical author might have conducted a forensic(适合辩论的 )examination of that case. Should unelected bureaucrats have so much power when economics is such an inexact science? Bu
42、t then a harsher critic would not have been given the access to write this book.52 The author suggests that Mr. Ahamed has failed_.（A）to show pictures about the IMF（B） to make any trouble to the IMF（C） to follow the IMF staff all around（D）to tell the inside stories about the IMF53 Which of the follo
43、wing would best summarize the authors comment on the book?（A）It hasnt brought the desired result but contains useful knowledge.（B） It is quite boring without pictures the readers expect it to display.（C） It properly presents the outstanding work the IMF has completed.（D）It turns out to be a book int
44、roducing the historical work of the IMF.54 It is implied that the author considers the International Monetary Fund as_.（A）a total legacy of the colonial era（B） a pure tool of Western capitalism（C） a fair institution with old conventions（D）a bright assembly of wealth and talents54 Childrens enthusias
45、m for dinosaurs and space rockets could lead them into eminent(杰出的)careers if only Britain had more decent science teachers, the astronomer royal has said.Sir Martin Rees, a cosmologist(宇宙学家), astrophysicist(天体物理学家)and Cambridge academic, said generations of children were being failed and schools mu
46、st do better. “Today, children are captivated by science, whether its dinosaurs, tadpoles(蝌蚪)or space. But then that spark is often lost, rather than nourished, because many schools dont have a single teacher who is passionate about physics or maths. “Whats especially sad is how many bright youngste
47、rs fail to qualify for university because theyve been unlucky in their schooling,“ Sir Martin told the Sunday Times.Sir Martin was appointed astronomer royal in 1995. He was master of Trinity College, Cambridge until 2012 and is still involved with the university although “quasi-retired“. “I advise
48、students that its better to read first-rate science fiction than second-rate science. It is more stimulating and no more likely to be wrong. “Science fiction is seldom fine literature but the concepts and ideas are fascinating, even visionary.“His comments on nurturing young childrens passion for sc
49、ience echo those of David Willetts, the former science and universities minister, who said in his first keynote speech in that post: “There are two things that get kids into sciencedinosaurs and space. Well, dinosaurs are the past, and space is the future.“Mr. Willetts was mocked for his comments. One blogg
