英语专业四级考试模拟题1

1、英语专业四级考试模拟题1PART II CLOZEDecide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your answer sheet.Early Tudor England was to a large extent self-sufficient. Practically all the necessities of lif

2、e- food, clothing, fuel and housing - were produced from native resources by native effort, and it was to (26)theseprimary needs thatthe great mass of the population labored (27) its daily tasks. Production was for the most part organized in innumerable small units.In the country the farm, thehamlet

3、 and the village lived on (28) they could grow or make for themselves, and(29) the sale of any surplus in the local market town,(30) in the towns craftsmen applied themselves to their one-man business, making the boots and shoes, the caps and the cloaks, the (31)and harness of townsmen and countryme

4、n(32). Once a week town and country would meet to make(33)at a market which came(34)realizing the medieval idea of direct contact between producer and(35). This was the traditional economy, which was hardly altered for some centuries, and which set the(36)of work and the standard of life of perhaps

5、nice out of(37) ten English men and women. The work was long and (38), and the standard of life achieved was almost (39)low. Most Englishmen lied by a diet which was often(40)and always monotonous, wore coarse and ill-fitting clothes which harboreddirt undermine, and lived in holes whose squalor wou

6、ld affront the modern slum dweller.A) settle B) answer C) satisfy D) fillA) at B) in C) on D) withA) which B) what C) whether D) whereA) with B) by C) on D) forA) although B) while C) nevertheless D) whenA) machines B) apparatus C) equipment D) implementA) similar B) skin C) like D) alikeA) exchange

7、 B) bargain C) dealing D) rideA) close at B) adjacent to C) near to D) near-byA) consumer B) buyer C) user D) shopperA) model B) form C) pattern D) methodA) every B) each C) the D) otherA) cruel B) hard C) ruthless D) severeA) unimaginatively B) unimaginably C) imaginarily D) unimaginedlyA) weak B)

8、little C) meagre D) sparsePART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARYThere are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. Mark your answer on your answer sheet.You wont get a

9、loan you can offer some security.lestin caseunlessother thantime, hell make a first-class tennis player.HavingGivenGivinghadI the party much if there hadnt been quite such a crowd of peoplethere.would enjoywill have enjoyedwould have enjoyedwill be enjoyingThis company has now introduced a policy pa

10、y rises are related toperformances at work.whichwherewhetherwhatHe wasnt asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, insufficiently popular with all members.having consideredwas consideredwas being consideredbeing consideredThis may have preserved the elephant from being wiped out as well as o

11、ther animals in Africa.huntedhuntingthat huntedare huntedThe office has to be shut down funds.being a lack offrom lack ofto a lack offor lack ofIn international matches, prestige is so important that the only thing that matters is to avoid .from being beatenbeing beatenbeatingto be beatenAs it turne

12、d out to be a small house party, we so formally.need not have dressed upmust not have dressed updid not need to dress upmust not dress upWestern Nebraska generally receives less snow than Eastern Nebraska.init receives indoesit does inno cause for alarm, the old man went back to his bedroom.There wa

13、sSinceBeingThere beingThe brilliance of his satires was make even his victims laugh.so as tosuch as toso thatsuch thatIf he in that way for much longer he will find himself in thebankruptcy court.carries oncarries offcarries bycarries awayAlthough the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not

14、 closeexamination.look uppay upC)keep upstand upHe must give us more time,we shall not be able to make a good job of it.consequentlyotherwisethereforedoubtlesslyWhenthere was a short in the conversation, I asked if anyone would like anything to drink.blankspacepausewaitYou can do it if you want to,

15、but in my opinion its not worth the it involves.effortstrengthattemptforceThe main road through Little bury was blocked for three hours today after an accident two lorries.involvingincludingcombiningcontainingVery few scientists with completely new answers to the e tocome roundcome oncome upHotel ro

16、oms must be by noon, but luggage may be left with the porter.departedabandonedvacateddisplacedThe physicist has been challenged by others in his field.respectablerespectfulrespectiverespectingIll try to get in touch with him but hes ever at home when I phone. A) hardlyalmostrarelyoccasionallyWith hu

17、ndreds of works left behind, Picasso is regarded as a very foundproductiveprosperousplentifulThe city suffered damage as a result of the earthquake.consideredconsiderateconsiderableconsideringUndergraduate students have no to the rare books in the schoollibrary.A) accessentranceway D) path

18、 PART IV READING COMPREHENSION SECTION A (25 MIN.)In this part there are four passages followed by fifteen questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. choose the one that you think is the correct answer. Mark you choice on your answer sheet.TEXTA In the

19、 past thirty years many social changes have taken place in Britain. The greatest of these have probably been in the economic lives of women. The changes have been significant, but, because tradition and prejudice can still handicap women in their working careers and personal lives, major legislation

20、 to help promote equality of opportunity and pay was passed during the 1970s. At the heart of womens changed role in society has been the rise in the number of womenat work, particularly married woman. As technology and society permit highly effective and generally acceptable methods of family plann

21、ing there has been a decline in family size. Women as a result are involved in child-rearing for a muchshorter time and related to this, there has been a rapid increase in the number of womenwith young children who return to work when the children are old enough not to need constant care and attenti

22、on.Since 1951 the proportion of married womenwhose work has grown from just over a fifth to a half. Compared with their counterparts elsewhere on the Continent, British women comprise a relatively high proportion of the work force, about two-fifths, but on average they work fewer hours, about 31 a w

23、eek. There is still a significant difference between womens average earnings and mens, but the equal pay legislation which came into force at the end of 1975 appears to have helped to narrow the gap between womens and mens basic rates. As more and more women joined the work force in the 1960s and ea

24、rly 1970s there was an increase in the collective incomes of women as a whole and a major change in the economic role of large numbers of housewives. Families havecome to rely on married womens earnings as an essential part of their income ratherthan as pocket money. At the same time social roles wi

25、thin the family are more likely to be shared, exchanged or altered.The general idea of the passage is aboutsocial trends in contemporary Britain.changes in womens economic status.equal opportunity and pay in Britain.womens roles within the family.According to the author, an increasing number of marr

26、ied womenare able to work becausetheir children no longer require their care.there are more jobs available nowadays.technology has enabled them to find acceptable jobs.they spend far less time on child care than before.TEXT B Natures Gigantic Snow plough On January 10,1962, an enormous pieceof glaci

27、er broke away and tumbled down the side of a mountain in Peru. A mere seven minutes later, when cascading ice finally came to a stop ten miles down the maintain, it had taken the lives of 4 000 people. This disaster is one of the most devastating example of a very commonevent: an avalanche of snow o

28、r ice. Because it is extremely cold at very high altitude, sow rarely melts. It just keeps piling up higher and higher. Glaciers are eventually created when the weight of the snow is so great that the lower layers are pressed into solid ice. But most avalanches occur long before this happens. As sno

29、w accumulates on a steep slope, it reaches a critical point at which the slightest vibration will send it sliding into the valley below. Even an avalancheof light power can be dangerous, but the Peruvian catastrophe was particularlyterrible because it was caused by a heavy layer of ice. It is estima

30、ted that the ice that broke off weighted three million tons. As it crashed down the steep mountainside like a gigantic snow plough, it swept up trees, boulders and tons of topsoil, and completely crushed and destroyed the six villages that lay in its path. At present there is no way to predict or av

31、oid such enormous avalanches, but, luckily, they are very rare. Scientists are constantly studying the smaller, more common avalanches, to try to understand what causes them. In the future, perhaps dangerous masses of snow and ice can be found and removed before they take human lives.The first parag

32、raph catches the readers attention with afirst-have report.dramatic description.tall tale.vivid word picture.In this passage devastating meansviolently ruinous.highly interesting.stunning.unpleasant.The passage is mostly aboutavalanchesglaciers.Peru.mountains.TEXT C I was born in Tuckahoe, Talbot Co

33、untry, Maryland.I have no accurateknowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves knows as little of their age as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant. I do not

34、 remember having ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday.They seldom come nearer to it than planting-time, harvesting, springtime, or falltime. A lack of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood. The white children could tell their ages, I could n

35、ot tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege. I was not allowed to make any inquires of my master concerning it. He considered all such inquires on the part of a slave improper and impertinent. The nearest estimate I can give makes me now between twenty-seven and twenty-eight years of ag

36、e. I come to this, from hearing my master say, some time during 1835, I was about seventeen years old. My mother was named Harriet Bailey.She was the daughter of Isaac and Betsey Bailey, both colored, and quite dark. Mymother was of a darker complexion than either my grandmother or grandfather. Myfa

37、therwas a white man. The opinion was also whispered that my master was my father; butof the correctness of this opinion, I know nothing; the means of knowing was withheld from me. My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant-before I knew her as my mother. It is a common custom, in the pa

38、rt of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very early age. Frequently, before the child has reached its twelfth month, its mother is taken from it, and hired out on somefarm a considerable distance off, and the child is placed under the care of an older woman, too

39、 old for field labor. For what this separation is done, I do not know, unless it was to hinder the development of the childs affection towards its mother.The author did not know exactly when he was born becausehe did not know who his mother was.there was no written evidence of it.his master did not

40、tell his father.nobody on his farm knew anything about it.In the mid-nineteenth century, slaves oftenmarked their birthdays by the season.did not really care how old they were.forgot the exact time when they were born.pretended not to know each others birthdays.The authors mother told him his father

41、 was black.his father was white.nothing about his father.his master was his father.According the passage, when the author was very young his mother ran away.was light-skinnedhad several children.was sent to work elsewhere.The author had not spent much time with hismother.master.grandfather.grandmoth

42、er.The author was most probably raisedby his grandparents.by an old woman slave.with his masters support.together with other children.TEXT D Please Recycle That Bobsled Run For the 1992 Winter Games French organizers constructed a new motorway, parking lots and runs for skiing in the Alps. Environme

43、ntalists screamed Disaster!. Thus warned, the Norwegians have adopted green advice and avoided great blots on the landscape. The speed-skating rink was built to look like an overturned ship, and placed so as not to disturb a bird sanctuary. Dug into a mountainside, the hockey arena is well concealed

44、 and efficient. The bobsled run is built out of wood not metal and hidden among trees. No wonder the president of the International Olympic Committee has called these the first Green Games. Lillehammers opening ceremonies featured a giant Olympic Torch burning biogas produced by rotting vegetation.

45、During construction, builders were threatenedwith7 500 fines for felling trees unnecessarily. Rare trees were carefullytransplantedfrom hillsides.Food is being served on potato-based plates that will be fed, in turn,to pigs. smoking has been banned outdoors as well as in, with enforcement by polite

46、requests. Environmentalists have declared partial victory: though Coca-Colas plan to decorate the town with banners has been scaled back, there are still too many billboards for strict tastes. Perhaps, but after the Games, athlete housing will be converted into vocation homes or shipped to the north

47、lands for student dormitories. Bullets will be plucked from biathlon targets and recycled to keep the lead frompoisoning ground water. And these tricks wont be forgotten. Embarrassed by environmental protest, the I.O.C. claims the green awareness is now entrenched-along with sport and culture-as a p

48、ermanent dimension of the Olympic Charter. Indeed, Sydney was successful in becoming host for the 2000 summer Games in part on the strength of its endorsement from Green peace. Aspiring host cities are picking up the code.Salt Lake City. bidding for the 2002 Games, may opt to use the bobsled run tha

49、t Calgary built for the 88 Games. After that, who could deny that recycling is an Olympic movement?Which of the following countries has not paid enough attention to the green issues?A) Norway.B) France.C) America.D) Australia.In which area did the environmentalist fail in Lillehammer?A) Energy.B) Sm

50、oking.C) Housing.D) Advertising.Which of the following describes the I.O.Cs attitude towards the environmentalists protests?Trying to commit themselves.Showing indifference and contempt.Arguing for practical difficulties.Negotiating for gradual changes.The 2002 Games might be held in A) Oslo.B) Calg

51、ary.C) Sydney.D) Salt Lake City.SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNINGIn this section there are seven passages with a total of ten multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answer on your answer sheet.TEXT E First read the following question.The schoolboy was reported to h

52、ave had an accident with A. a train. B. fire. C. electricity. D. traffic.Now skim TEXT E below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.SCHOOLBOY JOHN DOYLE suffered a 25 000-volt electric shock and lived. Last night he sat up in a hospital bed and learned how lucky he was to be alive. John, 11, an

53、d gone train-spotting for the first time in his life on a footbridge near his home. He fell off the 20ft-high bridge, landed among power cables and ended up on the rails. He was dragged clear by his friends just before an express train roared past. He was burns to one ankle and will need a skin graf

54、t. His mother said the accident has put her son off train-spotting for life.The schoolboy was reported to have had an accident with a train.fire.electricity.traffic.TEXT F First read the following question.The main purpose of the latter is to A. apply for an advertisedjob. B. make further inquires a

55、bout a job. C. get information about medical research.Now skim TEXT E below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.Morgan Road, Harbury, Lincolnshire. The Administrative Officer, Swiss Medico Ltd, PO Box 1263, Zurich, Switzerland. 17 March 199- Dear Sir, I am writing to respond to your advertisem

56、ent in the Daily Globe. I am at present employed as a translator in a medical research organization and also act as interpreter there.I joined this organization two years ago. I am31 and single. I read French and German at Howland College, Cambridge and stayed there to take my PhD in the dialects of

57、Northeast France. I should be interested in working for your company for two reasons: firstly, I should like to live abroad and secondly, the work would involve medical/scientific translation which is my particular field. I shall look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Rupert JohnsonThe m

58、ain purpose of the latter is toapply for an advertised job.make further inquires about a job.get information about medical research.TEXT G First read the following question.The main message of the pamphlet is to A. provide car owners with car theft statistics. B. give details about costs in crime pr

59、evention. C. portray the profile of certain car thieves. D. raise car owners awareness against car theft.Now skim TEXT G below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.Car thefts account for a quarter of all recorded crime. Together they impose costs on everyone-the costs of the police time taken u

60、p in dealing with the offenses, the cost of taking offenders through the criminal justice system, and the cost to motorists of increased insurance premiums. Over 460 000 cars are reported missing in this country each year and many of these are never recovered. Many of these which are found have been