英语四级考试预测试卷(3)

英语四级考试预测试卷（英语四级考试预测试卷（3 3） 试卷一 Paper One Part Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Directions:In this section,you will hear ten short conversations.At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once.After each question there will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choices marked A),B),C) and D),and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Example:You will hear: You will read: A)At the office. B)In the waiting room. C)At the airport. D)In a restaurant. From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening.This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore,A.At the office is the best answer.You should choose 【A】on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center. Sample Answer AKG-1*5BCD 1.A)8 hours. B)2 hours. C) 6 hours. D)4 hours. 2.A)He doesnt like the dinner because its very dirty.B)Generally speaking, he likes it. C)He has never had such a nice dinner. D)He has a same feeling with the woman. 3.A)She decided to stay at home. B)She was sick. C)She had to fly out of town. D)She said that shed come later. 4.A)They havent discussed it casually. B)They have discussed it casually. C)They will discuss it casually. D)They wont discuss it casually. 5.A)Tom and Kate will be away from home tonight. B)They are going to a concert. C)Toms talking on a phone. D)Theyll ask in a baby-sitter. 6.A)$ 40. B)$14. C)$80.D)$28. 7.A)One. B)Two. C)Three.D)Four. 8.A)Cold. B)Cool.C)Warm.D)Raining. 9.A)The woman. B)A bakery. C)The womans husband. D)The womans mother. 10.A)She thinks it is too expensive. B)She thinks the dress is out of date. C)She doesnt like the dress. D)She likes the dress. SECTION B Directions:In this section you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear some questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11.A)The museums are a financial success. B)The public should support cultural institutions. C)Crocker Bank wants new depositors. D)People are leaving New York too rapidly. 12.A)They have hotels and stores. B)Hotels are beside the museums. C)Tourists are brought to the city by them to spend money. D)They need money to build the museums. 13.A)Too many hotels in the cities. B)Not enough tourists. C)Reduction in government support. D)People are not interested in art any more. Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14.A)Mrs.Baker. B)Mrs.Bakers sister. C)Mr.Bakers sister. D)Mr.Baker. 15.A)Mrs.Bakers sister cooked for him. B)Mrs.Baker cooked for him. C)Mr.Baker himself did the cooking. D)Mr.Bakers sister cooked for him. 16.A)He had to meet his wifes sister. B)He had to meet his sister. C)He had to see his sister off. D)He had to meet his wife. Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17.A)To explain why recycling is importart. B)To describe the recycling program. C)To discuss whether or not recycling should be mandatory. D)To explain how to find the recycling facilities. 18.A)Because all the trash cans are the same color. B)Because not enough people volunteer to collect the trash. C)Because most people dont like to sort their trash. D)Because collections are not made on a regular basis. 19.A)Pink. B)Green. C)Brown. D)White. 20.A)To paint the trash cans. B)To pick up and sort the trash. C)To pick up and deliver the trash. D)To work in the recycling center. Part Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions:There are 4 passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage 1 Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed incredible 50 years ago.And we can expect the rate of change to accelerate rather than slow down within our lifetime.The developments in technology are bound to have a dramatic effect on the future of work.By 2010, new technology will have revolutionized communications.People will be transmitting messages down telephone lines that previously would have been sent by post.Not only postmen but also clerks and secretaries will vanish in a paper- free society.All the routine tasks they perform will be carried on a tiny silicon chip so that they will be as obsolete as the horse and cart after the invention of the motor car.One change will make thousands,if not millions,redundant. Even people in traditional professions,where expert knowledge has been the key,are unlikely to escape the effects of new technology.Instead of going to a solicitor,you might go to a computer which is progammed with all the most up-to-date legal information.Doctors,too,will find that an electronic competitor will be able to carry out a much quicker and more accurate diagnosis and recommend more efficient courses of treatment.In education,teachers will be largely replaced by teaching machines far more knowledgeable than any human being.Most learning will take place in the home via video conferencing.Children will still go to school though ,until another place is created where they can make friends and develop social skills. What can we do to avoid the threat of unemployment?We shouldnt hide our heads in the sand.Unions will try to stop change but they will be fighting a losing battle.People should get computer literate as this just might save them from professional extinction.After all,there will be a few jobs left in law,education and medicine for those few individuals who are capable of writing and programming the software of the future.Strangely enough,there will still be jobs like rubbish collection and cleaning as it is tough to programme tasks which are largely unpredictable. 21.According to the writer,the rate of change in technology _. A)will remain the sameB)will slow down C)will speed up D)can not be predicted 22.The writer expects that by 2010 new technology will have revolutionized communications and _. A)bookshops will not exist B)the present postal system will have disappeared C)people will no longer send letters D)the postmen will have been replaced by the motor car 23.From the passage,we can infer that _. A)professionals wont be affected by new techonology B)doctors wont be as efficient as computers C)computers can not replace lawyers D)experts will know less in the future 24.The passage tells us that in the future_. A)children will not be taught in schools B)no teachers will be needed C)teachers will be less knowledgeable D)children will learn life skills at school 25.In the writers view,_ . A)people should be prepared for the future B)there exists no threat of unemployment C)unions can stop the unfavourable change D)people had better become cleaners Passage 2 Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. The World Health Organization says as many as 10 million persons worldwide may have the virus(病毒) that causes AIDS.Experts believe about 350 thousand persons have the disease.And one million more may get it in the next five years.In the United States,about 50,000 persons have died with AIDS.The countrys top medical official says more than 90 percent of all Americans who had the AIDS virus five years ago are dead. There is no cure for AIDS and no vaccine(疫苗) medicine to prevent it. However,researchers know much more about AIDS than they did just a few years ago.We now know that AIDS is caused by a virus.The virus invades healthy cells including white blood cells that are part of our defense system against disease.It takes control of the healthy cells genetic(遗传的) material and forces the cell to make a copy of the virus. The cell thendies.And the viral particles move on to invade and kill more healthy cells. The AIDS virus is carried in a persons body fluids.The virus can be passed sexually or by sharing instruments used to take intravenous(静脉内的) drugs.It also can be passed in blood products or from a pregnant woman with AIDS to her developing baby. Many stories about the spread of AIDS are false.You cannot get AIDS by working or attending school with someone who has the disease.You can not get it by touching,drinking glasses or other objects used by such persons.Experts say no one has gotten AIDS by living with,caring for or touching an AIDS patient. There are several warning signs of an AIDS infection.They include always feeling tired,unexplained weight loss and uncontrolled expulsion of body wastes(大小便失禁). Other warnings are the appearance of white areas on the mouth ,dark red areas of skin that do not disappear and a higher than normal body temperature. 26.Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage? A)As many as 350 thousand persons have AIDS. B)The AIDS virus is carried in a persons body fluids. C)Theres no vaccine medicine to prevent AIDS. D)The AIDS virus is not spread by mosquitoes. 27.Concerning the ways the AIDS virus can be passed,which of the following statements is wrong? A)An AIDS mother can pass on the virus to her unborn child. B)The AIDS virus can be passed on through infected blood. C)The AIDS virus can be passed on by shaking hands and sharing belongings. D)The AIDS virus is passed sexually. 28.The expression “a pregnant woman”(Para. 3) means_ . A)a woman who has an unborn child in the body B)a woman who is taking drug C)a woman who has the AIDS virus D)an unmarried mother 29.The fifth paragraph is mainly about_ . A)the results of an AIDS infection B)the possible symptoms of an AIDS infection C)how the AIDS virus is spread D)the diseases AIDS patients easily have 30.When the AIDS virus attacks our defense system_ . A)it starts to destroy our white blood cells B)we begin to feel tired C)it means we will die very soon D)our white blood cells can control it Passage 3 Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. For some time past it has been widely accepted that babiesand other creatureslearn to do things because certain acts lead to “rewards”;and there is no reason to doubt that this is true.But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards,at least in the early stages,had to be directly related to such basic physiological(生理的) “drives”as thirst or hunger.In other words,a baby would learn if he got food or drink or some sort of physical comfort ,not otherwise. It is now clear that this is not so.Babies will learn to behave in ways that produce results in the world with no reward except the successful outcome. Papousek began his studies by using milk in the normal way to “reward” the babies and so taught them to carry out some simple movements,such as turning the head to one side or the other.Then he noticed that a baby who had had enough to drink would refuse the milk but would still go on making the learned response with clear signs of pleasure.So he began to study the childrens responses in situations where no milk was provided.He quickly found that children as young as four months would learn to turn their heads to right or left if the movement “switched on ”a display of lights and indeed that they were capable of learning quite complex turns to bring about this result,for instance,two left or two right,or even to make as many as three turns to one side. Papouseks light display was placed directly in front of the babies and he made the interesting observation that sometimes they would not turn back to watch the lights closely although they would “smile and bubble”when the display came on.Papousek concluded that it was not primarily the sight of the lights which pleased them,it was the success they were achieving in solving the problem,in mastering the skill,and that there exists a fundamental human urge to make sense of the world and bring it under intentional control. 31.According to the author,babies learn to do things which_ . A)are directly related to pleasure B)will meet their physical needs C)will bring them a feeling of success D)will satisfy their curiosity 32.Papousek noticed in his studies that a baby_ . A)would make learned responses when it saw the milk B)would carry out learned movements when it had enough to drink C)would continue the simple movements without being given milk D)would turn its head to right or left when it had enough to drink 33.In Papouseks experiment babies make learned movements of the head in or der to _. A)have the lights turned on B)be rewarded with milk C)please their parents D)be praised 34.The babies would “smile and bubble” at the lights because_ . A)the lights were directly related to some basic “drives” B)the sight of the lights was interesting C)they need not turn back to watch the lights D)they succeeded in “switching on” the lights 35.According to papouseks,the pleasure babies get in achieving something is a reflection of _. A)a basic human desire to understand and control the world B)the satisfaction of certain physiological needs C)their strong desire to solove complex problem D)a fundamental human urge to display their learned skills Passage 4 Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. The pollution of Hong Kongs beaches by oil from a damaged tanker last year recalls a similar incident which took place in Britain in 1967 when the Torrey Canyon,a huge oil tanker,split in two and caused disaster in coastal areas.Shoals of fishes were killed,sea birds hopelessly fouled with oil and coastal holiday resorts put out of business for several weeks. As a result of this particular incident scientists are becoming restless at the thought of Britains inability to cope with national disasters on a large scale.The reason for their concern is that technology is rapidly outstripping(超越) mans ability to control it. Oil tankers,for instance,have been allowed to get bigger and bigger without sufficient thought being given to emergency braking and manoeuvring arrangement.Collisions at sea continue,but little effect has been made to develop safety devices as effective as those used for aircraft. Scientists were outspoken in expressing their concern during a recent meeting of the British Association.Unanimous approval was voiced when the leading speaker urged that a permanent national rescue services should be established,equipped for any emergency and ready to move off immediately. Of all the possible disasters mentioned,the one promoting most discussion was a major release of radioactivity from a nuclear power station.One does not need a particularly vivid imagination to visualize the other possibilities discussed.What would be the effect of a jumbo-jet crashing on a large chemical plant handling destroying liquids?Could the tapping of natural gas lead to any form of collapse?Suppose a lorry full of a highly poisonous chemical crashed unseen into a large reservoir?Dams can burst,abnormal conditions can lead to massive electrical blackouts. An intensive study of such possibilities could at least reduce the effects of fu ture disasters.For example,it would mean that a number of technical alternatives (such as the choice between detergent or chalk for dispersing oil) could be exa mined and tested in advance so that specially trained expert would know exactly what action was needed in a given emergency. 36.The main idea of the second paragraph is that _. A)safety precautions in aircraft are not as effective as those used on ships B)modern oil tankers can stop or turn easily in spite of their size C)there are now fewer collisions at sea because of modern safety devices D)oil tankers are so big that special devices are needed 37.The idea of a permanent national rescue service was welcomed by _ of those present at the meeting of the British Association. A)all B)the most outspoken C)some D)most 38.In the fourth paragraph the writer states that _ . A)on one occasion radioactivity escaped from a nuclear power station B)an areoplane carrying destroying liquids might crash into chemical plant C)a lorry once crashed into a reservoir D)a terrible accident could happen in a nuclear power station 39.The main idea of the final paragraph is that _. A)in an emergency all the technical alternations should be studied B)experts should be specially trained to determine the exact difference bet ween detergent and chalk C)we ought to decide what measures to take before a disaster occurs D)technical experts should be examined and tested to see whether they are c apable of selecting the right course of action in a future emergency 40.Of the following suggested titles the one most accurately summing up the passage is _ . A)The Dangers of Modern Technology B)The Problem of Oil Pollution C)Some Interesting Accidents D)A Meeting of the British Association Part Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part.Fo r each sentence there are four choices marked A),B),C), and D).Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 41.Their final efforts were,of course,supposed to mend the damage _ up on the world by the war. A)imposed B)focused C)throw