2021年大学英语四级名校（武汉理工大学）密卷（１１）

1、大学英语四级名校（武汉理工大学）密卷（） Part Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 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 on _. After each questi

2、on there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choi _s _rked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then _rk the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the _nter. 1. A) He ate all the food. B) He cleaned the refrigerator. C) He worked

3、 day and night. D) He had a big lunch. 2. A) They are playing sports. B) They are watching sports games. C) They are driving. D) They are fighting. 3. A) She didnt feel well. B) She went dancing earlier. C) She came down to go dancing. D) She got _d at the wo _n. 4. A) $ 5. B) $ 5.60. C) $ 4.40. D)

4、$ 6. 60. 5. A) In a shipping pany offi _. B) In Professor Bensons offi _. C) In a publishers offi _. D) In a university store. 6. A) They will have to take a different bus. B) The trip is too dangerous. C) They will have to wait. D) There is a problem with the bus. 7. A) A secretary. B) A novelist.

5、C) A newspaper _n. D) A business _n. 8. A) In New York. B) In Boston. C) In Michigan. D) In Washington. 9. A) Dan re _ived them. B) Gloria forgot about them. C) Dan _iled them. D) Gloria has sent for them. 10. A) He is dead. B) He is sensitive to shame. C) He has no sense of time. D) He is shameless

6、. 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 on _. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choi _s _rked A), B), C) and D). Th

7、en _rk the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the _nter. Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) On the side of England. B) On the side of Fran _. C) On the side of the United States. D) On the side of themselves. 12. A) At

8、 the beginning of the war. B) At the end of the war. C) In the middle of the war. D) It isnt mentioned in the passage. 13. A) The English won _ny early battles. B) The French outlasted the English. C) In the war, the French expanded southward into Virginia. D) Both generals on the two sides were kil

9、led in the battle. Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. A) About 4,000. B) Over 300. C) Less than 2,000. D) Over 3,000. 15. A) English. B) Japanese. C) Spanish. D) Greek. 16. A) Central Africa. B) South Asia. C) North America. D) South America. Passage Thr

10、ee Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17. A) Sports in the United States. B) The most popular sports in the United Sports. C) Three popular sports in the United States. D) Sports and United States. 18. A) Judging by the number of the watchers. B) Judging by the number o

11、f players. C) Both A and B. D) Neither of them. 19. A) From late autumn to winter. B) From winter to spring. C) From autumn through the winter to whole spring. D) From late autumn through the winter to early spring. 20. A) Baseball. B) Basketball. C) Volleyball. D) Football. Part Reading Comprehensi

12、on (35 minutes) Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choi _s _rked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choi _ and _rk the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a sin

13、gle line through the _nter. Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. The scien _ of meteorology is con _rned with the study of the structure, state, and behavior of the atmosphere. The subject _y be approached from several directions, but the s _ne cannot be fully appreciat

14、ed from any advantage point. Different views must be integrated to give perspective to the whole picture. One _y consider the condition of the atmosphere at a given moment and attempt to predict changes from that condition over a period of a few hours to a few days ahead. This approach is covered by

15、 the branch of the scien _ called synoptic（天气的）meteorology. Synoptic meteorology is the scientific basis of the technique of weather forecasting by means of the preparation and _ysis of weather _ps and aerological diagram. The practical importan _ of the numerous applications of weather forecasting

16、cannot be overesti _ted. In serving the needs of shipping, aviation, agriculture, industry, and _ny other interests and fields of hu _n activity with aurate weather warnings and professional forecast advi _, great benefits are reaped in the form of the saving of hu _n life and property and in econom

17、ic advantages of various kinds. One important purpose of the scien _ of meteorology is constantly to strive, through advan _d study and research, to increase our knowledge of the atmosphere with the aim of improving the auracy of weather forecasts. The tools needed to advan _ our knowledge in this w

18、ay are the disciplines of _the _tics and physics applied to solve meteorological problems. The use of these tools forms that branch of the scien _ called dynamic meteorology. 21.The best title for the passage is _. A) The Basics of Dynamic Meteorology B) The Limitations of Meteorological Forecasting

19、 C) Approaches to the Scien _ of Meteorology D) New Advan _s in Synoptic Meteorology 22.Which of the following is not referred to by the author as a field who se needs are served by weather forecasting? A) Sports. B) Transportation. C) Manufacturing. D) Farming. 23. Which of the following statements

20、 best describes the organization of the third paragraph of the passage? A) Two contrasting views of a problem are presented. B) Re _nt scientific advan _ments are outlined in order of importan _. C) A pro _dure is explained and its importan _ is emphasized. D) A problem is examined and possible solu

21、tions are given. 24. The author implies that increased auracy in weather forecasting wil l lead to_. A) greater protection of hu _n life B) more funds allocated to meteorological research C) a higher number of professional forecasters D) less-specialized forms of synoptic meteorology 25. In the last

22、 senten _ of the passage, the phrase “ these tools” refers to_. A) _the _tics and physics B) weather forecasts C) meteorological problems D) economic advantage Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. In the late 1960s, _ny people in North America turned their attention to

23、enviro _ental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointed out that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public transportation and parking lot capacities. Skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power. In one re _

24、nt year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper offi _ spa _ in New York City raised the peak daily de _nd for electricity by 120,000 kilowattsenough to supply the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day. Glass-walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful. The heat loss (or gain) t

25、hrough a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical _sonry wall filled with insulation board. To lessen the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipment, builders of skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses coated with s

26、ilver or gold mirror films that redu _ glare as well as heat gain. However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings. Skyscrapers put a severe strain on a citys sanitation(卫生) facilities, too . If fully oupied, the two World Trade Center

27、 towers in New York City would alone generate 2.25 million gallons of raw sewage(污物) each year as much as a city the size of Stamford, Connecticut, which has a population of more than 109,000. Skyscrapers also interfere with television re _ption, block bird flyways, and obstruct air traffic. In Bost

28、on in the late 1960s, some people even feared that shadows from skyscrapers would kill the grass on Boston Common. Still, people continue to build skyscrapers for all the reasons that they have always built them personal ambition, civic pride, and the desire of owners to have the largest possible am

29、ount of rentable spa _. 26. The _in purpose of the passage is to _. A) discuss the advantages and disadvantages of skyscrapers B) pare skyscrapers with other modern structures C) describe skyscrapers and their effect on the enviro _ent D) illustrate various architectural designs of skyscrapers 27. A

30、ording to the passage, what is one disadvantage of skyscrapers th at have mirrored walls? A) The exterior surrounding air is heated. B) The building _terials are very expensive. C) Construction time is increased. D) Extra air-conditioning equipment is needed. 28. Aording to the passage, which aspect

31、 of skyscrapers were some resi dents of Boston con _rned with in the late 1960s ? A) The poor re _ption of radio and TV signals. B) The removal of trees and grass from building sites. C) The harmful effects on the citys plants. D) The obstruction of air traffic. 29. Which of the following groups wou

32、ld the skyscraper issue most con _rn? A) Electricians. B) Enviro _entalists. C) City planners. D) Television viewers. 30. Which of the following is NOT true aording to the passage? A) Skyscrapers provide more usable spa _ than other buildings. B) The skyscrapers first appeared in the late 1960s. C)

33、Where there are skyscrapers, television re _ption is poor. D) The two World Trade Center towers are skyscrapers. Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage: Bill Clinton came to the White House with an ambitious domestic agenda. The two most important issues Clinton had prom

34、ised to deal with the economy and health-care reform by themselves would have required of any new administration an enormous investment of political will and energy. But Clinton also chose to press ahead quickly on a wide range of issues: lifting the ban on gays in the military, seeking passage of a

35、 highly controversial U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement, pressing campaign finan _ reform and welfare reform, enacting a national servi _ program to let young people repay federal education loans through munity servi _, proposing an anticrime program, devising a timber policy for the Northwest

36、 that balan _d economic and enviro _ental interests, and launching a program to streamline gover _ent or what Vi _ President Al Gore, put in charge of the effort by Clinton, called “reinventing gover _ent.” It was not surprising, therefore, that Clinton had a different first year in offi _. He was e

37、lected with a less than overwhelming _ndate for so sweeping an agenda, having only won 43 per _nt of the vote in a three-way ra _ against George Bush and the billionaire Ross Perot. And, to carry out his program, he first had to take control of the gover _ent. Ulti _tely, Clinton won a hard-fought v

38、ictory on his initial top priority, a deficit-reduction package. But the narrowness of that victory, and the fact that it inspired little enthusia _ among _ny Americans, raised questions about the strength of his presidency. On foreign affairs, Clinton was confronted with a more plicated geopolitica

39、l _p than his prede _ssors. The petition with the Soviet Union and the Communist world, which had been the _ntral focus of American policy _ for more than four decades, had given way to less clear-out questions about what role the U.S. should play in restoring order or keeping the pea _ in countries

40、 like Bosnia and Herzegovian or So _lia. 31.What is the _in topic of this passage? A) Clintons victory in the president election. B) Problems that Clinton tackled suessfully. C) The strength of Clintons presidency. D) The Americans support for Bill Clinton. 32.Aording to the first paragraph, the eco

41、nomy and health-care reform _. A) are two issues for all new administrations B) are not difficult for Clintons administration C) are unsuessfully tackled by Clinton D) are difficult to tackle for any new administration 33.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the issues tackled by Clinto

42、n? A) Lifting the ban on gays in the military. B) Finan _ reform and welfare reform. C) Proposing an anticrime program. D) Increasing military expenses 34.Aording to the third paragraph, “a deficit-reduction package”_. A) is a Clintons victory won with great effort B) is Clintons first great suess C

43、) has won support from _ny Americans D) has been objected to by _ny Americans 35. On foreign affairs, Clinton encountered _. A) the same problems as his prede _ssors B) more problems than his prede _ssors C) fewer problems than his prede _ssors D) more subtle questions than his prede _ssors Passage

44、Four Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. The next generation of robots will be able to see objects, will have a sense of touch, and will _ke critical decisions. Engineering skilled in microelectronics and puter technology are developing artificial vision for robots. With the abili

45、ty to “see”, robots can identify and inspect one specific class of objects out of a stack of different kinds of _terials. One robot vision system uses of electronic digital cameras containing _ny rows of lights sensitive _terials measure the intensity of light and convert the light rays into a range

46、 of numbers. The numbers are part of a gray-scale system in which brightness is measured in a range of values. One scale ranges from 0 to 15, and another from 0 to 255.The 0 is represented by black. The highest number is white. The numbers in between represent different shades of gray. The puter the

47、n _kes the calculations and converts the numbers into a picture that shows an i _ge of the object in question. It is not yet known whether robots will one day have vision as good as hu _n vision. Technicians believe they will, but only after years of development. Engineers working on other advan _s

48、are designing and experimenting with new types of articulated metal hands and fingers, giving robots a sense of touch. Other engineers are writing new programs allowing robots to _ke decisions such as whether to discard defective parts in finished products. To do this, the robot will also have to be

49、 capable of identifying those defective parts. These future robots, assembled with a sense of touch and the ability to see and _ke decisions, will have plenty of work to do. They can be used to prospect for minerals on the o _an floor or in deep areas of mines too dangerous for hu _ns to enter. They

50、 will work as gas station attendants, firefighters, house-keepers, and security personnel. The robot business will continue to grow also. Financial _ysts believe this business will soar from a $ 100 million-industry at the start of the 1980s to a $ 5-billion industry by the early 1990s. Anyone wanti

51、ng to understand the industry of the future will have to know about robots. 36. Why is it so important for robots to be able to “see”? A) So they can criticize hu _n factory personnel. B) So they can _ke critical decisions. C) So they can work better for hu _n beings. D) Because they have a strong d

52、esire. 37. What kinds of tasks are robots most suitable for? A) Boring, repetitive, and dangerous tasks. B) Difficult tasks. C) Heavy tasks. D) Strenuous tasks. 38. Why will those people interested in industry have to know about robots? A) Because robot-business will grow rapidly. B) Because robots

53、will be very useful. C) Because robots will bee very prevalent in industry. D) For they can _ke a lot of money. 39. What is the meaning of “defective” in the second paragraph? A) Having a noti _able or desire effect. B) Unquestionable and undoubted. C) Imperfect, having serious errors. D) Not enough

54、 in quantity. 40. What is the best title for this passage? A) Future Robots Will Have Plenty of Work to Do. B) Future Robots Will See, Touch, and Think. C) Engineers Care Designing New Types of Robots. D) Future Robots Will Have Visions as Good Hu _n Vision. Part Vocabulary and Structure(20 minutes)

55、 Directions: There are 30 inplete senten _s in this part. For each senten _ there are four choi _s _rked A),B),C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best pletes the senten _. Then _rk the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the _nter. 41.Even at birth he was _ to foll

56、ow his fathers trade as a shoe _ker. A) interested B) suggested C) determined D) destined 42.Would you _ him among the worlds great state _en? A) arrange B) classify C) rank D) oupy 43.The new dam will form a large _ lake behind it. A) artificial B) unnatural C) false D) unreal 44.In the civil war,

57、Lincoln _ beyond any question his quality of leadership. A) observed B) exposed C) demonstrated D) emphasized 45.At that time millions of Afro-Americans were _ the right to vot e. A) refused B) ignored C) denied D) neglected 46. The doctor said that Jim would feel better gradually, but that he sho uldnt expect to be well _ . A) on _ over B) for the time being C) all at on _ D) on _ in a while 47. The new laboratories will be constructed this year, and local firms h ave been asked to _ the