专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷124

专业英语四级(阅读)模拟试卷124

一、选择题(本题共10题，每题1.0分，共10分。)

(I)Thefirstdayofschoolourprofessorintroducedhimselfandchallengedustoget(o

knowsomeonewedidn'talreadyknow.Istooduptolookaroundwhenagentlehand

touchedmyshoulder.Iturnedaroundtofindawrinkled,littleoldladybeamingupatme

withasmilethatlitupherentirebeing.(2)Shesaid,"Hihandsome.MynameisRose.I'm

eighty-sevenyearsold.CanIgiveyouahug?"(3)1laughedandenthusiastically

responded,"Ofcourseyoumay!"andshegavemeagiantsqjeeze."Whyareyouin

collegeatsuchayoung,innocentage?"Iasked.(4)Shcjokinglyreplied,"I'mhereto

meetarichhusband,getmarried,haveacoupleofchildren,andthenretireandtravel.

(5)"Noseriously,"Iasked.Iwascuriouswhatmayhavemotivatedhertohetakingon

thischallengeatherage.(6)"Ialwaysdreamedofhavingacollegeeducationandnow

I'mgettingone!"shetoldme.(7)Afterclasswewalkedtothestudentunionbuildingand

sharedachocolatemilkshake.Webecameinstantfriends.Everydayforthenextthree

months,wewouldleaveclasstogetherandtalknonstop.Iwasalwaysmesmerized

listeningtothis"timemachine"asshesharedherwisdomandexperiencewithme.

(8)Overthecourseof(heyear,Rosebecameacampusiconandsheeasilymadefriends

wherevershewent.Shelovedtodressupandshereveledintheattentionbestowedupon

herfromtheotherstudents.Shewaslivingitup.(9)Attheendofthesemester,we

invitedRosetospeakatourfootballbanquet.I'llneverforgetwhatshetaughtus.She

wasintroducedandsteppeduptothepodium.Asshebegantodeliverherprepared

speech,shedroppedherthreebyfivecardsonthefloor.(10)Frustratedandalittle

embarrassed,sheleanedintothemicrophoneandsimplysaid,"I'msorry.I'msojittery.I

gaveupbeerforLentandthiswhiskeyiskillingme!I'llnevergetmyspeechbackin

ordersoletmejusttellyouwhatIknow."(1l)Aswelaughed,sheclearedherthroatand

began:"Wedonotstopplayingbecauseweareold;wegrowoldbecausewestop

playing.Thereareonlyfoursecretstostayingyoung,beinghappy,andachieving

success.Youhavetolaughandfindhutnoreveryday.You'vegottohaveadream.When

youloseyourdreams,youdie.Wehavesomanypeoplewalkingaroundwhoaredead

anddon'tevenknowit!"(⑵"Thereisahugedifferencebetweengrowingolderand

growingup.Ifyouarenineteenyearsoldandlieinbedforonefullyearanddon'tdoone

productivething,youwill(urntwentyyearsold.IfIameighty-sevenyearsoldandstay

inbedforayearandneverdoanything,Iwillturneighty-eight.Anybodycangrow

older.Thatdoesn'ttakeanytalentorability."(13)"Theideaistogrowupbyalways

findingtheopportunityinchange.Havenoregrets.Theelderlyusuallydon'thaveregrets

forwhatwedid,butratherforthingswedidnotdo.Theonlypeoplewhofeardeathare

thosewithregrets."(14)Sheconcludedherspeechbycourageouslysinging"TheRose."

Shechallengedeachofustostudythelyricsandlivethemoutinourdailylives.(15)At

theyear'send.Rosefinishedthecollegedegreeshehadbegunallthoseyearsago.One

weekaftergraduation.Rosediedpeacefullyinhersleep.Overtwothousandcollege

studentsattendedherfuneralintribute(oihewonderfulwomanwhotaughtbyexample

thatit'snevertoolatetobeallyoucanpossiblybe.

1、Whatisthemeaningof"Webecameinstantfriends"inPara.7?

A、Wcbecamefriendsrightaftertheclass.

B、Wenevertalkedtoeachotherafterthen.

C^Wedidnotkeepourfriendshipforalonglime.

D、Wcoftenhelpedeachotheraftermakingfriends.

标准答案：A、

知识点解析：本题考查对instant的理解。instant有“立刻卬短暂”等意思，从上文作

者与Rose的交谈和课后一起吃东西等看来，instantfriends是指“立刻”成为朋友，

而不是指他们的朋友关系很短暂，因此A正确。

2>Rosewasinvitedtospeakatthefootballbanquetmostprobablybecause.

A^shewasagreatfootballfan

B、shetriedhardtoachieveherdreams

C、shebecamemoreeducatedthantheprofessors

D^shewasanoutstandingstudentattheuniversity

标准答案：B

知识点解析：全文最后一句并未明确指出为何Rose被邀请在足球宴会上发言，但

是从整篇文章的内容可以看出，Rose因为其上进的人生态度受到同学们的认可和

尊敬，文章最后一句就是对此的总结，因此木题答案为B。

3、Rosewillagreewiththeideathat.

A^growingoldermeansgrowingup

B、onecangrowupwithoutdoinganything

C、ittakesone'stalentandabilitytogrowup

D、onegrowsolderatthesametimewhenhegrowsup

标准答案：C

知识点解析：在第12段中，Rose对比了growolder和grow叩，其中从本段的倒

数第2句可以推断，growolder不需要任何智慧或能力，而growup是与growolder

不同的，换句话说，growup需要智慧和能力，因此本题正确答案为C。A和D将

growup和growolder等同M来，不符合原文两者的对比关系，而B的对比关系与

原文相反。

4、Thepassageisintendedto.

A^tellamovingstoryaboutRose

B、discusswhat(odotogrowup

C>instructthereadershowtoliveuptolives

D、teach(hereadershowtorealizetheirdreams

标准答案：C

知识点解析：本文的主旨可概括为第8段的最后一句，C的liveuptolives是对这

一句的近义替换，因此C正确。本文想通过讲述Rose的牧事，点出一些人生哲

理，由此可见，本文并不是单纯为了讲故事的，因此A不能选；B中的growup和

D中的realizedreams只是Rose所说的四个秘诀中的两点，不能作为全文的主旨。

(1)WhohasneverheardofKingDavid?ThereareprobablynottoomanyChristianswho

havenotheardofKingDavid.WhatmanyChristiansprobablydonotrealizeisthat,until

recently,otherthanDavid'soccurrenceintheBible,therehasneverbeenactualproof

thatheeverexisted.Overtheyearsthishasgivenfueltocertaingroupswishingtoview

theBibleasahugetripintotheallegorical.However,allofthischangedin1993.

Recently,yourauthorlearnedforthefirsttimewhatIamgoingtoattempttotellabout

here.Youmightthinkthatgivenyourfaith,itdoesn'treallyniatterwhetherthereisproof

ofDavidornot.ButthinkforamomentoftheimplicationsofourBiblebeing

definitivelyprovenbyactualphysicalevidence.Itwouldbelikehavingyourcake,and

someoneputtingicingonit!!!(2)In1993(astoldintheMarch/April1994issueof

BiblicalArchaeologyReview),AvrahamBiranandhisteamofarchaeologistsunearthed

apieceofstonewithfragmentsofwritingonit.Inthewritingswasthewords"Houseof

David".ItwasthefirstmentionofDavidinancientinscriptionoutsidetheBible.The

fragmentwasfoundatTelDanwhichliesbytheheadwatersoftheJordanRiver,near

Israel'snorthernborder.Thelargepieceofbasaltwaspariofwhatmusthavebeenalarge

monumentalinscription.1(contains13lines,butnosinglelineiscomplete.Thesurviving

lettersareclear,however.Line9containsthewords"HouseofDavid".After(he

completetranslation,itwasdetermined(hatthefragmentwaspartofavictorystela

erectedinDanbyanArameanboastingamilitaryvictoryovertheHouseofDavid.Many

questionsareraisedaswellasmanypossibilitiesuponcomparingthefragmentwiththe

Biblicalhistory.ForinstancethevictoryoftheArameanwou'dconflictwiththeepisode

intheBible.HoweverasBARpointsout,therewereprobablymanybattlesandnotall

wererecordedintheBible.WcdoknowthatIsraelmusthaveregainedcontrolofDan.

Thisfindwouldperhapsseemsimpleandtothepoint,butthatisfarfromthetruth.The

findbeganadebateinearnest.(3)Immediatelyfollowingthefind,manycameforwardto

statethatthestonedidnotactuallymentionthe"HouseofDavid,"Alongwiththisclaim

cametheaccusationthatthosebelievingthatitdidmentionDavidwere"Biblical

Maximizers."Thearguingwasfastandfurious.Thedebateinspiredlettersto(heeditors

displayingtheanger,emotion,anddismayfromChristians.Howcouldthisnewproofbe

denied?Whiletheverbaldebateraged,researchersandscientistsquietlybuiltacaseon

(heveryevidencethenaysayersdemanded.Anotherscholar,Andre'Lemairewrotean

articleinBARstatingthattherewasanothermentionofDavidinanearlierfind.Itwas

calledtheMeshaStelaproclaimingvictoryfortheMoabitekingMeshaoverthe

Israelites.(4)ThenintheImpactsectionofourownTheStateinDecemberoflastyear,

anarticleappearedproclaimingthatscientistshavefoundthattheBibleisbuiltonfacts

aswellasfaith.Manyfragmentshavebeenfoundinthesamearea,allmentioningDavid.

Finally,scholarshavereachedtheconsensusthatDavidwasreal,somethingmanyofus

haveneverdoubted,evenbeforethestclaswerefound.Althoughscholarsarcnotready

toadmittheBibleishistoricallytrueacrosstheboard,theyarewillingtoconcedethatthe

"Biblehasasoundhistoricalcore."Onethingiscertain,thesefindsdon'tonlyhave

repercussionsinareligioussense,theyreachintomanydomains—political,personal

faith,historical.Ican'tsayinlearningaboutthesefindsthatmyfaithhasgrownany

stronger,IcansaythatIhaveanewappreciationfor(heBibleasanaccuratehistorical

recordaswellasabasisoffaith.

5、KingDavid'sonlyoccurrenceintheBiblehaspromptedsomepeopletoregardthe

Bibleas.

A、themostsacredhook

B、merelyastorybook

C^aspiritualjourney

D、arecordofhistory

标准答案：B

知识点解析：根据题干中的KingDavid'sonlyoccurrenceintheBible定位到第1段

第4句s原文该句中的theallegorical表明有些人将《圣经》当作一本寓言故事，

因此本题应选B。即使不懂allegorical一词，从上一句的内容也可以知道第4句说

的是对《圣经》持怀疑态度的人，这样，其他三项都可以排除。

6^Accordingtothesecondparagraph,thefirstmentionofDavidoutsidetheBiblewas

found.

A、onamonument

B、outsideDavid'shouse

C、aboutDavid'svictoryinawar

D、intheJordanRiver

标准答案：A

知识点解析：第2段第9句中的stela是一个生词，结合上下文和下一段第1句中

的thestone可以推断victorystela是一个“胜利纪念碑”，因此本题应选A。

7、Theauthorismostlikelytoagreethat.

A、itdoesn'treallymatterwhetherthereisproofofDavidornot(Para.1)

B、thestonedidnotactuallymentionthe'HouseofDavid.'(Para.3)

C、theBibleisbuiltonfactsaswellasfaith(Para.4)

D^Bibleishistorically(rueacrosstheboard(Para.4)

标准答案：C

知识点解析：原文最后一句中的historicalrecordaswellasabasisoffaith表明作者

认为《圣经》是以历史事实和信念为基础的，这与C的内容相同。

(l)WeneedtoreformtheEuropeansocialmodel,notplayroundwithit.Makeitworkin

thelongtermtoachievethevaluesitstandsfor.That'swhatwemeanbyNewLabour.

Newinourmeans.ButLabourinouraims.(2)Sincebeingelected,theNewLabour

Governmenthassetitscourseaccordingtotheseprinciplesofthethirdway,theradical

centreifyoulike.(3)First,wehavetightenedpublicfinancessharply.Nextyear,wewill

haveoneofthelowestlevelsofdeficitofanymajorworldeconomy.Twoyearsafterwe

mayeliminateit.Butwehavetightened(hedeficitwithoutraisingincome(axesand

whilststillgettingmorecash(opoorpensionersandto(heunemployed.(4)Second,we

havestartedtosqueezetheinOationweinheritedbackoutofthesystem.Bu(wediditby

givingtheBankofEnglandindependenceoverthesettingofinterestrates.Andwehave

continuedthatwithfar-reachingreformsofourfinancialsystem,tomakeitmoreopen

andsecure.(5)Third,wehavemadeafirmcommitmenttonioreinvestmentinour

educationsystem,whichwehaveputasthetoppriorityofthenewGovernment.Thereis

ahugeinvestmentgoingin.(6)But,itisadeal:investmentforreform.Schoolsaregoing

tohavetoraisestandardssharply.Thereisastrongemphasisondiscipline,highquality

inteachers,andschoolsarebeingencouragedtobemoreflexibleandimaginativeinthe

waytheywork.EducationAuthoritiesaretheretohelpschools,notcontrolthem.

Teachers'unionsdonotsettheagenda.Wewantpartnershipwiththosethatworkinour

publicservices.Buitheyarerunfor(hosethatusethem.(7)Fourth,weareembarkingon

reformofourwelfarestate.Itisnotsimplythesizeofthebudget.1(isthatitisn'tdoing

(hethingsitwasestablishedtodo.Wehavemoreworklesshouseholds,morepeople

dependentonbenefit,moresociallyexcluded.WeareinstitutingaWelfaretoWork

programme,givingyoungandlongtermunemployedpeoplethechancetoworkorgela

skill.Butinreturnthereisanobligationtolakework.Thereisanewemphasison

serviceslikechildcareandlessjustonextracashbenefits.Studentfinanceisbeing

reformed.Universitieswillgetmoremoneyforinvestment,studentsnumberswillbe

increased,butstudentswillbeexpectedwhentheystarttoearnreasonablesumsof

moneyafterleavinguniversity,tocontributebacksomeoftheirfees.OurNHSisbeing

reformed,withanewemphasisonbetterprimaryhealthcareandmorehealthprevention

andlessbureaucracy;inreturn,greaterinvestment.(8)Fifth,thereisanattackoncrime,

notjustseriouscrime,butvandalismandjuvenileoffending.Parentsarcbeingheld

responsiblefortheactionsoftheirchildren,incertaincircumstances.Crimeisthe

scourgeofmodern-dayliving.Itoftenaffectsthepoorestinoursociety.Weare

determinedtobeardownonitinallwayspossible.But.again,inbalance,weare

workingstronglyonrehabilitatingandhelpingoffenderstoregainresponsiblelives.

(9)Sixth,(hereisafundamentalchangetoBritain'sconslituticnunderway,devolvingand

decentralisingpower(o(henationsandregionsoftheUKandrevitalisinglocal

government.Wearealsoreformingoursystemofvotingin(heEuropeanelections,

incorporatingdirectlytheEuropeanConventiononHumanRightsandintroducing

FreedomofInformationlegislationtoopenuptheold-fashionedandsecretivesystemof

Government.AndwearereformingtheHouseofLords.(10)Addtothisthesearchfor

peaceinNorthernIreland-difficultandfraughtthoughitis—andyoucanseewehavea

fullandambitiousprogramme.(11)Ofcourse,itwilltaketimetodeliver.Thatis

frustratingforusandfortheelectorate.Buttheworkinprogressisthere.Thecourseis

clear.Andwcwillgettoourdestination.Ihavenodoubtofit.

8、Bysaying"Laborinouraims",theLaborPartyintendedto.

A^becometherulingpartyofBritain

B、carryoutasocialreforminBritain

C、attachimportance(othelaborforce

D、improvetheworkingpeople'swelfare

标准答案：B

知识点解析：根据题干中的“Laborinouraims”定位到第I段。将该段第3句开头的

That'swhatwcmean与开头两句的内容结合起来就可以推断本题应选B。从第2段

可以知道这篇文章是工党已经成为执政党之后发表的，A不正确；C中的labor

force和D中的workingpeople都试图与题干中的Laboi•扯上关系，但第I段并没有

提到labor与这些有关。

9、Withfar-reachingreforms,itisexpectedthatwillbecomemoreopenand

secure.

A、theinterestrates

B、theBankofEngland

C、thefinancialsystem

D^thebattleagainstinflation

标准答案：C

知识点解析：本题实际上考查第4段末句中代词it的所指，分析该句可以知道it就

是句中的financialsystem.因此本题应选Co

10、IntheUK,powerwillbedelegatedto.

A、（helocalgovernments

B、thecentralgovernment

C、therulingparty

D^the