大学英语英语四级练习卷（答案） (六)

大学英语四级试练习卷

一、阅读理解

阅读理解（一）

TheUnitedStatesisonthevergeoflosingitsleadingplaceintheworld，s

technology.Sosaysmorethanonestudyinrecentyears.Oneofthereasons

forthisdeclineistheparalleldeclineinthenumberofU.S.scientistsand

engineers.Since1976,enploymentofscientistsandengineersisup85percent.

Thistrendisexpectedtocontinue.However,thetrendshowsthatthenumber

of22-year-olds一一theneartermsourceoffuturePH.D.s-isdeclining.Further

addingtotheproblemistheincreasedcompetitionforthesecandidatesfrom

otherfields-law,medicine,business,etC.WhilethenumberofU.S.PH.D.sin

scienceandengineeringdeclines,theawardofPH.D.stoforeignnationalsis

increasingrapidly.Ourinabilitytomotivatestudentstopursuescienceand

engineeringcareersattnegraduateleveliscompoundedbecauseoftheintense

demandindustryhasforbrightBachelor，sandMaster'sdegreeholders.Too

often,promisingPH.D.candidates,confrontingthecostandfinancial

sacrificeofpursuingtheireducation,findtheattractionofindustry

irresistible.

1.TneU.S.willcometoloseitsleadingplaceintechnologyprobablybecause

A.thenumberofPH.D.degreeholdersisdecliningB.thenumberofscientists

andengineersisdecreasing

C.thenumberof22-year-ildsisdecliningD.scientistsandengineersare

notemployed

2.Thefieldofscienceandengineeringisfacingacompetitionfrom—.

A.technologyB.foreignnationalsC.suchfieldsaslaw,medicineandbusiness

D.postgraduates

3.Large-scaleenterprisesnowneed.

A.brightgraduatesandpostgraduatesB.newinventionsC.advancedtechnology

D.engineers

4.ManypromisingpostgraduatesareunwillingtopursueaPH.D.degreebecause

A.theyarenotencouragedtobeengagedinscienceB.industrydoesnotrequire

PH.D.holdersC.theyhavefinancialdifficultiesD.theywillspendmuchtime

andenergycompletingPH.D.

5.PH.D.candidates"findtheattractionofindustryirresistible^meansthat

A.theyfindindustryisattractingmoreandmorecollegestudents

B.theydon'tthinktheycanpreventthemselvesfromworkingforindustry

C.theycannotresistanyattractionfromallsides

D.theycannotworkforindustryanylonger

阅读理解（二）

Flyingoveradesertareainanairplane,twoscientistslookeddownwith

trainedeyesattreesandbushes.Afteranhour，sflightoneofthescientists

wroteinhisbook,'Lookhereforprobab1emetal'Scientistsinanother

airplane,flyingoveramountainregion,sentamessagetootherscientists

ontheground,JGoldpossible.*Walkingacrosshillyground,fourscientists

reported,JThisgroundshouldbesearchedformetals.’Fromanairplaneover

ahillywastelandascientistsentbackbyradiooneword,'Uranium'.Noneof

thescientistshadX-rayeyes:theyhadnomagicpowersforlookingdownbelow

theearth'ssurface.Theyweremerelyputtingtouseoneofthenewestmethods

oflocationmineralsintheground—usingtreesandplantsassignsthat

certainmineralsmay1iebeneaththegroundonwhichthetreesandplantsare

growing.Thisnewestmethodofsearchingformineralsisbasedonthefact

thatmineralsdeepintheearthmayaffectthekindofbushesandtreesthat

growonthesurface.AtWatsonBarCreek,abrooksixthousandfeethighin

themountainsofBritishColumbia,Canada,amineralsearchgroupgatheredbags

oftreeseeds.Boxedwerefilledwithsmallbanchesfromtetrees.Rootswere

dugandputintoboxes.EachbagandboxwascarefullymarkeD.In£scientific

laboratorythepartsoftheforesttreeswereburnedtoashesandtested.Each

smallpartwasexaminedtolearnwhetherthereweremineralsinit.Studyof

theroots,branches,andseedsshowednosilver.Butthereweresmal1amounts

ofgoldintherootsandalittlelessgoldinthebranchesandseeds.The

seedsgrowingnearesttothetreetrunkhadmoregoldthanthosegrowingon

theendsofthebranches.Ifthetreeshadnotindicatedthattherewasgold

intheground,thescientistswouldnothavespentmoneytopayfordigging

intothedeeper.Theydiddigandfoundmorefoldbelow.Theydugdeeper.They

foundlargequantitiesofgold.

1.Scientistswereflyingoveradesertorhillywastelandoramountainregion

inordertosearchforintheground.

A.goldB.silverC.metalsD.minerals

2.Thestudyoftrees,branchesandrootsindicatesthat.

A.therewerelargeramountsofgoldinthebranchesthanintheseeds.B.there

weresmallamountsofgoldintherootsthaninthebranches

C.tnerewerelargeramountsofgoldintheseedsgrowingnearesttothetree

trunkthanseedsgrowingontheendsofbranches.D.therewereir.oregoldin

thebranchesthanintheroots

3.Wnichisthebesttitle?

A.ScientistssearchingformetalswithsepcialpowerB.Newmethodsof

searchingformineralsC.GoldcouldbefoundbytreesandplantsD.Anewmethod

ofsearchingforminerals---usingtreesandplants

4.Waichofthefollowingisnotmentionedaspartofatreethatcanhelpfind

minerals?

A.leavesB.rootsC.branchesD.seeds

5.Thescientistsweresearchingformineralsbyusing.

A.X-rayB.magicpowerC.aspecialinstrumentD.trainedeyes

二、完型填空

完型填空(一)

Ifyouweretobeginanewjobtomorrow,youwouldbringwithyousomebasic

strengthsandweaknesses.Successor(1)inyourworkwoulddepend,to(2)great

extent,(3)yourabilitytouseyourstrengthsandweaknessestothebest

advantage.(4)theutmostimportanceisyourattitude.Aperson(5)beginsa

jobconvincedthatheisn，tgoingtolikeitoris(6)thatheisgoingto

ailisexhibitingaweaknesswhichcanonlyhinderhissuccess.Ontheother

hand,apersonwhoissecure(7)hisbeliefthatheisprobablyascapable(8)

doingtheworkasanyoneelseandwhoiswillingtomakeacheerfulattempt

(9)itpossessesacertainstrengthofpurpose.Thechancesarethathewill

dowell.(10)theprerequisiteskillsforaparticularjobisstrength.Lacking

thoseskillsisobviouslyaweakness.Abook-keeperwhocan，taddoracarpenter

whocan'tcutastraightlinewithasaw(1l)hopelesscases.Thisbookhasbeen

designedtohelpyoucapitalize(12)thestrengthandovercomethe(13)that

youoringtothejoboflearning.Butinsgroupstomeasureyourdevelopment,

youmustfirst(14)-stockofswheresyoustandnow.(15)-wegetfurther

alonginthebook,we'11be(16)-insomedetailwithspecificprocesses

fordevelopingandstrengthening(17)-skills.However,(18)--beginwith,

youshouldpause(19)-examineyourpresentstrengthsandweaknessesinthree

areasthatarecriticaltoyoursuccessorfailureinschool:your(20)--，

yourreadingandcommunicationskills,andyourstudyhabits.

1.A.improvementB.victoryC.failureD.achievement

2.A.aB.theC.someD.certain

3.A.inB.onC.ofD.to

4.A.OutofB.OfC.ToD.Into

5.A.whoB.whatC.thatD.which

6.A.ensureB.certainC.sureD.surely

7.A.ontoB.onC.offD.in

8.A.toB.atC.ofD.for

9.A.nearB.onC.byD.at

10.A.HaveB.HadC.HavingD.Hadbeen

11.A.beingB.beenC.areD.is

12.A.exceptB.butC.forD.on

13.A.ideaB.weaknessC.strengthD.advantage

14.A.makeB.takeC.doD.give

15.A.asB.tillC.overD.out

16.A.dealB.dealtC.bedealtD.dealing

17.A.learntB.learnedC.learningD.learn

18.A.aroundB.toC.fromD.beside

19.A.toB.ontoC.intoD.with

20.A.intelligenceB.workC.attitudeD.weakness

完型填空（二）

Therocketengine,withitssteadyroarlikethatofawaterfallora

thunderstorm,isanimpressivesymbolofthenewspaceage.Rocketengineshave

1powerfulenoughtoshootastronauts2theearth'sgravitationalpulland

3themonthemoon.Wehavenowbecome4space.Impressiveandcomplex5itmay

appear,therocket,whichwas6inChinaover800years7,isarelatively

simpledevice.Fuelthatis8intherocketenginechanges9gas.Thehotand

rapidly10gasmustescape,butitcandosoonly11anopeningtha:12backwar

D.Asthegasis13withgreatforce,it14therocketinthe15direction.Like

thekickofagun16itisfired,it17thelawsofnature18bySirIsaac

Newtonwhenhediscoveredthat"19everyaction,thereis20equalandopposite

reaction.”

1.A.shownB.beenC.appearedD.proved

2.A.againstB.despiteC.beyondD.from

3.A.sendB.landC.takeD.carry

4.A.travelersB.astronautsC.researchersD.explorers

5.A.thatB.soC.asD.sometimes

6.A.madeB.discoveredC.developedD.invented

7.A.inadvanceB.beforeC.earlierD.ago

8.A.roundB.containedC.storedD.burned

9.A.asB.intoC.forD.the

10.A.heatingB.escapingC.expandingI),conducting

11.A.inB.atC.byD.through

12.A.turnsB.goesC.facesD.directs

13.A.transmittedB.dispersedC.erectedD.radiated

14.A.attractsB.leadsC.pullsD.pushes

15.A.sameB.otherC.oppositeD.wrong

16.A.thatB.whenC.ifD.although

17.A.statesB.provesC.followsD.breaks

18.A.describedB.discussedC.consideredD.made

19.A.likeB.asC.withD.for

20.A.noB.anC.anotherD.theCloze

三、翻译

1.电影开演半小时了。

汉译英：__________________________________________________________

2.同学们花了几天时间完成了这项工作。

汉译英：.

3.感谢告诉我这么多有关西方礼节的事情。

汉译英：

4.你能告诉我哪里有好的地方吃饭吗？

汉译英：_________________________________________________________

5.他明年将开始在中国教英语。

汉译英：___________________________________________________________

参考答案：

一、阅读理解：

阅读理解（一）

答案：BCADB

阅读理解（二）

答案：DCDAD

二、完型填空：

完型填空（一）

1.【答案】C本句的意思是：“成功或失败在很大程度上取决于你是否能扬长避短。”

improvement改进；victory胜利；achievement成果，成就。这三个词都不合题意，

只有C.failure“失败”最合适。

2.【答案】Atoagreatextent是固定短语，意思是“很大程度上”，符合题意。

类似的说法还有：toalargeextent,tosomeextent,toanextent,toacertain

extent,tothatextent,totheextentthe,some,certain者B不能与great

extent搭配。

3.【答案】Bon与前面的depend构成本句谓语。

4.【答案】Bof与名词连用，表示具有某种性质，状态，做表语。置于句首，表示强

调。正常语序为：Yourattitudeisoftheutmostimportance.

5.【答案】AAperson后应当是定语从句，“开始工作的那个人”。

6.【答案】C本句的意思是“如果一个刚刚开始工作的人就深信自己不会喜欢或肯定

不适应这项工作，那么阻碍他成功的缺点就暴露出来了。后面省略了主语he。

ensue保证；certain肯定的（只能用于It做主语的句子里）；surely确实地；

sure肯定的。

7.【答案】Dinone'sbelief相信。其它选项都不能与belief搭配。

8.【答案】Ccapableofdoing是固定搭配，意为“能够干什么”。

9.【答案】Dattempt用做名词，后接介词at,意为“试图，努力”；如果后面接

介词on,表示攻击的意思。其他两项都不能与attempt搭配。

10.【答案】C本句的意思是“具有某一工作的必要技能是一个优势”此处应填句子

的主语，故选动名词havingo

11.【答案】D本句主语是Abook-keeperorcarpenter---o根据主谓一致原则，其

谓语应当用单数is,而不是复数are。being,been都是分词，应该排除。

12.【答案】Don与前面的capitalize搭配，表示“利用”。做不定式help的补

语。其它选项不能与capitalize搭配。

13.【答案】B本句的意思是“克服缺点”，应选weakness（缺点，弱点）。idea观点；

strength优点；advantage优势。

14.【答案】B固定短语takestockof,意为“对……估价，对……作出判断”。

15.【答案】A本句的意思是：“随着更深入的阅读”，从语法角度，此处应填关联

词。四个选项中，只有as能用做关联词。

16.【答案】D选项A,B,C分别是deal（处理，论述，涉及）的原形，过去分词及

被动语态。根据语法和语义，此处应填将来进行时，意思是“随着书中内容的进一

步深入，我们将详细论述发展和加强学习技能的具体过程。”

17.【答案】C根据上下文，这里应当指“学习技能”。18.【答案】B固定短语tobegin

With,意为“首先，第一”，常用做插入语。

19.【答案】A谓语动词pause后，examine又是动词原形，所以这里应当选to,

可构成动词不定式，做目的状语。其余选项都是介词，不合题意。

20.【答案】C本句对全文进行总结概括，与文章的开头相呼应，Oftheutmost

importanceisyourattitude故选attitude.

完型填空（二）

1.【答案】D因其后接形容词powerful作表语故应填系词。shown不是系词；been

和appeared虽可作系词但与句意不符：而proved可作