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英语四级考试预测试卷（5）试卷一 Paper OnePart 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*5BCD1.A)He is modest. B)He is satisfied. C)He is proud. D)He is upset.2.A)Last year.B)Two years ago. C)Three years ago. D)Early last year.3.A)He has a relative who once lived there.B)He is going to see his aunt there.C)He will visit the city soon. D)He used to have an apartment there.4.A)An English book. B)A Chinese book.C)A chemistry book. D)A medical book.5.A)$1.75. B)$2.50.C)$1.50.D)$1.05.6.A)Its not fine as it is. B)It wont be approved by the supervisor.C)Major revisions are needed in it.D)Only a few changes should be made in it.7.A)Catch a cold. B)Hurry to get the train.C)Sit next to the train stop. D)Fix his torn sleeve.8.A)Around 5:00.B)Around 3:00.C)At 2:00.D)At 1:00.9.A)The man is showing the woman round the way.B)The two persons are talking about washing.C)The man is a stranger to the city.D)The woman is asking the way.10.A)By boat.B)By airplane.C)By car.D)On foot.SECTION BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.Atthe 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 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A)A businessman.B)A distributor.C)A professor.D)A student.12.A)Distribution of goods and services. B)Factories.C)Todays homework. D)Advertising.13.A)The movement of goods from their sources to their destination.B)The arrangement of products in the shelves.C)The circulation of advertisements.D)The manufacturing of goods.14.A)A guest speaker might arrive.B)Class might be cancelled.C)There might be a short quiz.D)Homework might be collected.Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.15.A)How to Test Infants.B)Parents and Children.C)Day Care for Babies.D)Choosing a Pediatrician.16.A)A housekeeper. B)An adult stranger.C)An infant. D)Teenage children.17.A)Find a private home with other babies.B)Take their babies with them to work.C)Hire an adult to come into the room.D)Search for a large nursery with a good reputation.Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18.A) 2.4 children. B) 2 children. C) 4.2 children. D) 4 children.19.A)They are usually quiet small.B)The house usually stand in rows.C)They have front and back gardens.D)Houses are not so common as flats or apartments in Britain.20.A)To make money.B)To guard the house.C)To enjoy their company.D)To keep them for their grandparents.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 1Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.When a new movement in Art attains a certain fashion,it is advisable to find out what it advocates are aiming at ,for ,however far-fetched and unreasonable their tenants may seem today,it is possible that in years to come they may be regarded as normal. With regard to futurist poetry,however,the case is rather difficult,for whatever futurist poetry may beeven admitting that the theory on which it is based may be rightit can hardly be classed as literature.This, in brief,if what the futurist says:for a century,past conditions of life have been continually speeding up,till now we live in a world of noise and violence and speed.Consequently,our feelings,thoughts and emotions have undergone a corresponding change.This speeding up of life ,says the futurist,requires a new form of expression.We must speed up our literature too, if we want to interpret modern stress.We must pour out a cataract (奔流) of essential words,undisturbed by stops,or qualifying adjectives,or finite verbs.Instead of describing sounds we must make up words that imitate them;We must use many sizes of type and different colored inks on the same page,and shorten or lengthen words at will.Certainly their descriptions of battles are vividly confusing .But it is a little disturbing to read in the explanatory notes that a certain line describes a fight between a Turkish and a Bulgarian officer on a bridge off which they both fall into the riverand then to find that the line consists of the noise of their falling and the weights of the officers:“Pluff!Pluff!a hundred and eighty-five kilograms.”This, though it fulfills the laws and requirements of futurist poetry,can hardly be classed as literature.All the same,no thinking man can refuse to accept their first proposition that a great change in our emotional life calls for a change of expression.The whole question is really this:have we essentially changed?21.In the authors opinion,when new ideas become fashionable,it is desirable to _ .A)examine the normality of the fashionB)spread the aims of their advocatesC)check their aimsD)follow the fashion22.According to the futurists,it is of importance for people to _ .A)retire from the noisy worldB)make alteration to literatureC)develop new literary formsD)change their spiritual world23.We can see the author considers that futurist poetry is _ .A)too strange to acceptB)beyond peoples understandingC)scarcely viewed as literatureD)by all means literature24.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A)The futurist poets suggest developing new literary forms.B)The futurist poets are bored with modern life.C)A new movement in Art calls for continuous changes.D)The futurist poetry belongs to literature.25.The suitable title of this passage would be _ .A)How New Movement Influences LiteratureB)How to Evaluate Futurist PoetryC)What Futurist Poetry MeansD)Where Futurist Literature Heads forPassage 2Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Each for its own reason,the study of residential mobility has been a concern of three disciplines:sociology,economics,and geography.For the economist,residential shifts provide a means for studying the housing and land markets.Geographers study mobility to understand the spatial distributions of population types._For the sociologist,interest in residential mobility has two sources:one stemming from the study of human ecology and the other,from a concern with the peculiar qualities of urban life.“Of course,there are clearly overlapping concerns and it is often difficult to discern the disciplinary origins of a researcher by solely examining the kinds of questions he or she raises about mobility,although it is usually easier to identify a researchers discipline by noting the methods used and the concepts employed.Urban mobility first appears in the sociological literature as a term expressing rather generalized qualities of urban,as opposed the non-urban life.Some sociologists refer to the mobility of the city as the considerable sum of myriad and incessant sources of stimulation impinging upon the urban dweller,a sort of sensory overload which produces sophistication,indifference and a lowered level of affection in urban dwellers.There is simply so much to experience that the urban dwellers capacity is reduced to react in a “spontaneous”and “natural”way to urban existence.It is mobility in this sense that produces some of the special qualities of urban life ,which ,on the other hand, appeal to migrants as an escape from the dullness and oppression of rural existence with its lack of change and stimulation,and on the other hand,produces anomie and alienation in a society where men see each other primarily as means to ends rather than as ends in themselves.Of course,mobility in this larger sense of sensory overload is not a concept which lends itself easily to measurement,especially since it is a macro-system property.26.Geographers who study mobility are most probably interested in _ .A)the fact that people of different nationalities or ethnical groups reside in different placesB)why people of one type prefer to isolate themselves from those of another typeC)peculiar characteristics of people from different countries in choosing living placesD)what types of people like to move frequently and why they keep changing their living places27.According to the passage,examining the kinds of questions research raises about mobility is _ .A)not an ideal way to identify his or her disciplinary originB)easier than noting the methods used and the concepts employedC)the only way to discern the disciplines he or she appliedD)too difficult to be used in finding out his or her disciplinary origins28.Some sociologists believe that “sensory overload”(Para.2)_. A)produces the dullness and oppression of rural existenceB)is responsible for some of evil characteristics of urban dwellersC)is the result of the mobility of the cityD)appeals to nonurban dwellers29.According to the passage,in a society where there is anomie and alienation,people_ .A)can discern other peoples shortcomings but not their ownsB)hold hostile views to othersC)take advantage of others to achieve their own purposesD)are willing to help each other30.The words“spontaneous”and “natural”(Para.2) indicate that _ .A)urban people lack creativity and originalityB)urban people are clever than rural peopleC)urban life is colorful and interestingD)urban existence is full of change and stimulationPassage 3Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.The first pre-election poll, or “straw vote”,as it was then called,was conducted by the Harrisburg Pennsylvanian before the 1824 presidential election.This straw vote and the many that followed it really registered nothing but local opinion.However, as communications improved and elections were won by closer and closer margins,newspapers and journals tried desperately to satisfy their readers curiosity in more reliable ways.Before the 1928 elections,no fewer than eighty-five publications made private inquiries,generally by means of questionnaires(问卷、调查表)sent to subscribers(订户) and by telephone surveys.The principle common to all these inquiries was that they depended on quantity rather than quality;little effort was made to reach representatives of all segments(部分) of the population.Still,the erroneous belief persisted that the greater the number of questionnaires,the more accurate the results would be .The record was held by the American monthly Literary Digest,which sent out millions of postcards with short and pointed questions before each election,and received many hundreds of thousands of replies.In fact ,in 1932,the Literary Digests forecast was off by only 1 percent.In view of such striking achievements,it seemed rather impertinent(粗鲁的) for the young American journalist,George Gallup,to claim that large numbers were irrelevant,and that equally accurate or better predictions could be made with a small but carefully selected sample of the population and a small team of skilled interviewers.In 1936,it took Gallup a long time to convince thirty-five newspaper editors that his system was much cheaper than the customary mass inquiries and that it could provide surprisingly accurate predictions.The editors finally agreed,on condition that if Gallups predictions were less accurate than those obtained by the tried method of the Literary Digest,he would have to refund (赔偿) the entire cost of the investigation.Although the Literary Digest broke its own record by obtaining two million replies to its electoral postcards that year,its prediction was wrong by 19 percent,whereas Gallups was off by less than 1 percent. 31.From the passage we know that the earliest pre-election polls were _ in reflecting the public opinions.A)meaningful B)inaccurate C)satisfying D)successful32.All of the following are the characteristics of the inquiries mentioned in the second paragraph except_ .A)a large number of questionnaires were sent outB)quantity rather than quality was emphasizedC)almost no effort was made to interview people from every walk of lifeD)every publication in America got involved33.We can infer from the passage that in the beginning the newspaper editors were_ Gallups system.A)doubtful of C)displeased with B)enthusiastic about D)indignant at 34.We can infer from the passage that in the early 1930s_ .A)Gallup was a famous journalistB)the Literary Digest liked to break recordsC)the literary Digest was the biggest monthly in AmericaD)the method of the Literary Digest was popular and well-received35.Gallups system proved to be_ .A)much cheaper B)a great failure C)a huge success D)much costlyPassage 4Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.Researchers have established that when people are mentally engaged,biochemical changes occur in the brain that allow it to act more effectively in cognitive(认知的) areas such as attention and memory.This is true regardless of age.People will be alert(警觉的) and receptive (愿意接受的) if they are facedwith information that gets them to think about things they are interested in. And someone with a history of doing more rather than less will go into oldage more cognitively sound than someone who has not had an active mind.Many experts are so convinced of the benefits of challenging the brain that theyare putting the theory to work in their own lives.“The idea is not necessarilyto learn to memorize enormous amounts of information,” says James Fozard,associate director of the National Institute on aging.“Most of us dont need that kindof skill.Such specific training is of less interest than being able to maintainmental alertness.”Fozard and others say they challenge their brains with different mental skills,both because they enjoy them and because they are sure that their range of activities will help the way their brains work.Gene Cohen,acting director of the same institute,suggests that people in their old age should engage in mental and physical activities individually as well as in groups. Cohen says that we are frequently advised to keep physically active as we age,but older people need to keep mentally active as well.Those who do are more likely to maintain their intellectual abilities and to be generally happier and better adjusted.“The point is ,you need to do both,”Cohen says,“Intellectual activity actually influences brain-cell health and size.”36.People who are cognitively healthy are those_ .A)who can remember large amounts of informationB)who are highly intelligentC)whose minds are alert and receptiveD)who are good at recognizing different sounds37.According to Fozards argument,people can make their brains work more efficiently by _ .A)constantly doing memory workB)taking part in various mental activitiesC)going through specific trainingD)making frequent adjustments38.The findings of James and other scientists in their work_ .A)remain a theory to be further provedB)have been challenged by many other expertsC)have been generally acceptedD)are practised by the researchers themselves39.Older people are generally advised to _ .A)keep fit by going in for physical activitiesB)keep mentally active by challenging their brainsC)maintain mental alertness through specific trainingD)maintain a balance between individual and group activities40.What is the passage mainly about?A)How biochemical changes occur in the human brain.B)Why people should keep active not only physically but also mentally.C)How intellectual activities influence brain-cell health.D)Why people should receive special mental training as they age.Part Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part.For each sentence there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D).Choose the ONE that best completes the sentences.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.41.They said,“The company should act quickly to _ these grievances.”A)cover B)remedy C)oppose D)dispute42.Cattle_ to graze on the village common.A)are allowed B)is allowed C)allows D)allow43.He is honesty_ .A)himself B)herself C)itself D)yourself44.Your criticism of him,if it was intended f