英语专四模拟题
PART II CLOZE
Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank.
In the morning it starts to rain. It was the first rain of the new year and it (26)____, in an extremely violent manner, the beginning of the rainy season. The drops which fell were large, and they fell straight down, for (27)____ tropical rains never degenerate into slanting drizzle, the familiar (28)____ of a rainy day in so many other parts of the world. The rain fell heavily, it fell continuously and it saturated everything which lay (29)____ its way. During the rain most people kept to their homes. But a few walked about, (30)____ to the wetness of their clothes and determined to (31)____ as usual. And, for those who wished to keep dry however much it cost them, there were always (32)____ taxis. They splashed by along the road, with the windscreen wipers revealing only (33)____ glimpses of the drivers peering faces. (34)____, when the rain had started, the drivers had had only the big puddles to miss, but later on, then the drains had overflowed and the whole road swam with water all dangerous pits and (35)____ had been hidden, and the faces peering through the windscreens peered even more anxiously than before. But often the faces inside the taxi ceased to (36)____ to look out at all, for water had splashed up to the electrical system, and the engine stopped just as surly and abruptly as it would have done, (37)____ the car actually (38)____ into out of the drains it had so (39)____ missed only a few moments (40)____.
26. A) exhibited B) marked C) showed D) identified
27. A) brutal B) intense C) wild D) fierce
28. A) pattern B) style C) model D) norm
29. A) on B) at C) in D) over
30. A) resigning B) to resign C) resigned D) having resigned
31. A) carry on B) keep on C) continue D) go on
32. A) / B) the C) many D) some
33. A) fragmentary B) sudden C) partial D) scattered
34. A) Initially B) Originally C) Formerly D) Firstly
35. A) destructions B) frustrations C) constructions D) obstructions
36. A) disturb B) intend C) bother D) worry
37. A) was B) were C) had D) has
38. A) skidded B) swerved C) slipped D) glided
39. A) closely B) nearly C) almost D) narrowly
40. A) ahead B) before C) ago D) beforehand
PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence.
41. We are not on very good ____ with the people next door.
A) friendship
B) relations
C) will
D) terms
42. Usually newspapers ____ for people with intellectual interests.
A) suit
B) furnish
C) regard
D) cater
43. The overcrowded living conditions____ a heavy strain on the family.
A) set
B) put
C) made
D) pressed
44. The supply of apples exceeds the ____ this year.
A) request
B) claim
C) requirement
D) demand
45. I must take this watch to be repaired; it ____ over twenty minutes a day.
A) increases
B) progresses
C) accelerates
D) gains
46. If this animal had escaped from its cage it could ____ have killed or hurt several people.
A) equally
B) both
C) well
D) severely
47. I'm sorry we gave you such a short ____ of our visit.
A) caution
B) notice
C) information
D) preparation
48. That old vase will ____ an attractive lamp-holder.
A) compose
B) form
C) make
D) assemble
49. The World Bank has criticized the country for not giving enough financial ____ to developing countries.
B) aid
C) loan
D) provision
50. Nothing would stop me from ____ my ambition.
A) reaching
B) completing
C) achieving
D) obtaining
51. He showed his ____ for the TV programmer by switching it off.
A) distaste
B) discontent
C) annoyance
D) boredom
52. They are ____ the woods for the missing child.
A) seeking
B) looking
C) investigating
D) combing
53. To prevent flooding in winter the water flowing from the dam is constantly ____ by a computer.
A) Managed
B) graded
C) monitored
54. ____ I know the money is safe. I shall not worry about it.
A) Even though
B) Unless
C) As long as
D) However
55. He couldn't lie convincingly enough to take a child ____ .
A) away
B) down
C) in
D) up
56. The parents were worried about Dorothy because no one was aware ____ she had gone.
A) where that
B) of where
C) of the place where
D) the place
57. It was not until she returned home ____ she realized she had almost wasted ten of her valuable hours.
A) and
B) when
C) then
D) that
58. There has not been a great response to the sale, ____?
A) does it
B) has it
C) does there
D) has there
59. Anthropology is a science ____ anthropologists use a rigorous set of methods and techniques to document observations that can be checked by others.
A) in that
B) that in
C) that
D) in
60. The activities of the international marketing researcher are frequently much broader than ____.
A) the domestic marketer has
B) those of the domestic marketer
C) the domestic marketer does
D) that which has the domestic marketer
61. I'm surprised at there ____ an index.
A) not to be
B) to be not
C) not being
D) being not
62. I ____ this soup. I ____ pepper in it.
A) am tasting…… am tasting
B) am tasting…… taste
C) taste…… am tasting
D) taste…… have tasted
63. ____, explorers could never have found the cave.
A) But for the fissure had been spotted
B) If not the fissure had been spotted
C) Had the fissure not been spotted
D) Had not the fissure been spotted
64. John often sits in a small bar, drinking and smoking considerably more ____.
A) than that he is healthy
B) than good for his health
C) than his health could
D) than is good for his health
65. This ____ girl is Mary's cousin.
A) pretty little Swedish
B) Swedish little pretty
C) Swedish pretty little
D) little pretty Swedish
PART IV READING COMPREHENSION
In this section 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.
Text A
The Stone Age was a period of history which began in approximately 2 million B.C. and lasted until 3000 B.C…… Its name was derived from the stone tools and weapons that modern scientists found. This period was divided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Ages. During the first period( 2 million to 8000 B.C.), the fist hatchet and use of fire for heating and cooking were developed. As a result of the Ice Age, which evolved about 1 million years into the Paleolithic Age, people were forced to seek shelter in caves, wear clothing, and develop new tools. During the Mesolithic Age (8000 to 6000 B.C.) people made crude pottery and the first fish hooks, took dogs hunting, and developed a bow and arrow which was used until the fourteenth century A.D……
The Neolithic Age (6000 to 3000 B.C.) saw humankind domesticating sheep, goats, pigs, and cattle, being less nomadic than in previous eras, establishing permanent settlements and creating governments.
66. Which of the following developments is not related to the conditions of the Ice Age?
A) Farming.
B) Clothing.
C) living indoors.
D) Using fire.
67. Which of the following periods saw people develop a more communal form of living?
A) Paleolithic.
B) Ice Age.
C) Mesolithic.
D) Neolithic.
68. The author states that the Stone Age was so named because _____.
A) it was very durable
B) the tools and weapons were made of stone
C) there was little vegetation
D) the people lived in caves
TextB
Discovered a mere one hundred fifty years ago and manufactured commercially just half that long, aluminum today ranks behind only iron and steel among metals serving mankind. The key to its popularity is its incredible versatility. The same metal that makes kitchen foil serves as armor for battlefield tanks. The material of lawn chairs and baseball bats also forms the vital parts of air and space vehicles —— most of their skeletons, their skins, even the rivets that bind them together. Behind aluminums versatility lie properties so diverse that they almost seem to belong to several different metals. For example, in its pure form, aluminum is soft enough to whittle. Yet its alloys can possess the strength of steel, with only a third of its weight. This, when Alexanedr Calder designed one of his last mobiles——a soaring creation eighty feet long —— his choice of aluminum over steel cut two tons from its weight. Aluminum also assures
the masterpiece virtual immortality. The instant the metal is exposed to air, its surface acquires a transparent film that seals the interior against further corrosion.
69. According to the passage, aluminum is sometimes used to make which of the the following?
A) Photographic film.
B) Frames for stuffed furniture.
C) Foils and other fencing equipment.
D) Parts of spaceships.
70. The most important feature of aluminum is that it ______.
A) can be used for many different things
B) is soft enough to whittle
C) is strong
D) can be marketed in pure form
Text C
Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a very complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad of services, including labor, professional transportation, and public-utility services. The interrelationships of all these prices make up the "system" of prices. The price of any particular product of service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else. If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define "price", many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words, that price is the money value of a product or service as agreed upon in a market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that supply to the transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms return privileges, and other factors. In other words, both buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors that comprise the total "package" being exchanged for the asked——for amount of money in order that they may evaluate a given price.
71. According to the passage, the price system is related primarily to _______.
A) labor and education
B) transportation and insurance
C) utilities and repairs
D) products and services
72. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a factor in complete understanding of price?
A) Instructions that come with a product.
B) The quantity of a product.
C) The quality of a product.
D) Warranties that cover a product.
73. In the last sentence of the passage, the "they" refers to ________.
A) return privileges
B) all the factors
C) buyer and seller
D) money
74. The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses _______.
A) unusual ways to advertise products
B) types of payment plans for service
C) theories about how products affect different levels of society
D) how certain elements of price "package" influence its market value
Text D
Napoleon Bonapartes ambition to control all the area around the Mediterranean sealed him and his French soldiers to Egypt. After losing a naval battle, they were forced to remain there for three years. In 1799, while constructing a fort, a soldier discovered a piece of stele (stone pillar bearing an inscription) known as the Rosetta stone: This famous stone, which would eventually lead to the deciphering of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics dating to 3100 B.C., was
written in three languages: hieroglyphics (picture writing), demotic (a shorthand version of hieroglyphics), and Greek. Scientists discovered that the characters, unlike those in English, could be written from right to left and in other directions as well. Twenty-three years after discovery of the Rosetta stone, Jean Francois Champollion, a French philologist, fluent in several languages, was able to decipher the first word —— ptolemy —— name of an Egyptian ruler. This name was written inside an oval called a "cartouche",. Further investigation revealed that cartouches contained names of important people of that period. Champollion painstakingly continued his search and was able to increase his growing list of known phonetic signs. He and an Englishmen, Thomas Young, worked independently of each other to unravel the deeply hidden mysteries of this strange language. Young believed that sound values could be assigned to the symbols, while Champollion insisted that the pictures represented words.
75. Which of the following languages was NOT written on the Rosetta stone?
A) French.
B) Demotic.
C) Greek.
D) Hieroglyphics.
76. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A) Cartounches contained names of prominent people of the period.
B) Champlllion and Young worked together in an attempt to decipher the hieroglyphics.
C) One of Napoleon's soldiers discovered the Rosetta stone.
D) Thomas Young believed that sound values could be assigned to the symbols.
77. When was the first word from the Rosetta stone deciphered?
A) 3100 B.C.
B) 1766.
C) 1799.
D) 1822.
78. What was the first word that was deciphered from the Rosetta stone?
A) Cartouche.
B) Ptolemy.
C) Demotic.
D) Champollion.
79. Why were Napoleon's soldiers in Egypt in 1799?
A) They were celebrating a naval victory.
B) They were looking for the Rosetta stone.
C) They were waiting to continue their campaign.
D) They were trying to decipher the hiseroglyphics.
80. Who was responsible for deciphering the first word?
A) Champollion.
B) Young.
C) Ptolemy.
D) Napoleon.
41.I can't give you that for nothing. What do you take me _____?
A. up
B. for
C. to
D. after
42.When Tom insulted the referee, he _____ by ordering him off the field.
A. replied
B. retorted
C. resolved
D. responded
43.Helen Keller's _____ over deafness, blindness, and muteness was a miracle.
A. improvement
B. success
C. advance
D. triumph
44.International _____ should be reduced when this agreement is signed.
A. pressure
B. nervousness
C. tension
D. strain
45.In spite of the heavy snow and hard rain, the buses still ran on _____.
A. list
B. plan
C. arrangement
D. schedule
46.Only a few people have _____ to the full facts of the case.
A. approach
B. admission
C. access
D. acquaintance
47.Let me _____ the broken glass before someone walks on it.
A. cover up
B. clear up
C. wash up
D. spring up
48.It is _____ of him to put everything in disorder in the room. He is so peculiar.
A. unconscious
B. aware
C. typical
D. unkind
49.John was young, _____, he was equal to this important task.
A. therefore
B. moreover
C. nevertheless
D. hence
50.Air is composed of _____ gases including hydrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide.
A. varied
B. variant
C. variable
D. various
51.Y ou can't let the situation get worse. Y ou must take _____.
A. decisions
B. sides
C. directions
D. steps
52.It's difficult to _____ with the knowledge that he is a failure.
A. feed
B. live
C. stay
D. get on
https://www.360docs.net/doc/0012664797.html,lions of workers were on the streets in the greatest _____ of working class solidarity th is country has ever seen.
A. demonstration
B. explanation
C. presentation
D. communication
54.My sister's professor had her _____ her paper many times before allowing her to present it to the committee.
A. rewritten
B. to rewrite
C. rewrite
D. rewriting
55.Scarcely had her husband arrived home _____ his wife started complaining.
A. when
B. that
C. than
D. and
56.Only ______ you have obtained sufficient data can you come to a sound conclusion.
A. when
B. that
C. than
D. and
57.I told him how to get there, but perhaps I _____ him a map.
A. should have given
B. ought to give
C. had to give
D. must have given
58.A body weighs _____ from the surface of the Earth.
A. less the farther it gets
B. the farther it gets, the less
C. less than it gets farther
D. less than it, the farther it gets
59.Y ou never told us why you were late for the last meeting, _____?
A. weren't you
B. didn't you
C. had you
D. did you
60._____ it is you've found, you must give it back to the person it belongs to.
A. That
B. Because
C. Whatever
D. However
61._____ for you help, we'd never have been able to get over the difficulties.
A. Had it not been
B. If it were not
C. Had it not
D. if we had not been
62._____ neglecting our education, my father sent my brother and me to a summer school.
A. Accused of
B. Accusing of
C. That he was accused of
D. To be accused of
63.The prisoner stood there _____.
A. with his hands cuffed
B. with his hands cuffing
C. with his cuffed hands
D. with his cuffing hands
64.The leaders insisted on their _____ as ordinary people.
A. treating
B. be treated
C. being treated
D. having treated
65._____, I must do another experiment.
A. Be it ever so late
B. It is ever so late
C. It be ever so late
D. So late it be ever
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.
We all know that a magician does not really depend on “magic”to perform his tricks，31 on his ability to act at great speed. 32，this does not prevent us from enjoying watching a magician 33rabbits from a hat. 34the greatest magician of all time was Harry Houdini who died in 1926. Houdini mastered the art of 35. He could free himself from the tightest knots or the most complicated locks in seconds. 36no one really knows 37he did this，there is no doubt 38he had made a close study of every type of lock ever 39. He liked to carry a small steel needle-like tool strapped to his leg and he used this in 40of a key. Houdini once asked the Chicago police to lock him in prison. They 41him in chains and locked him up，but he freed himself 42an instant. The police 43him of having used a tool and locked him up again. This time he wore no clothes and there were chains round his neck，waist，wrists，and legs；but he again escaped in a few minutes. Houdini had probably hidden his “needle”in a wax-like 44and dropped it on the floor in the passage. 45 he went past，he stepped on it so that it stuck to the bottom of his foot. His most famous escape，however，was 46astonishing. He was heavily chained 47and enclosed in an empty wooden chest，the lid of 48was nailed down. The 49was dropped into the sea in New Y ork harbor. In one minute Houdini had swum to the surface. When the chest was 50，it was opened and the chains were found inside.
31.A. but B. then C. and
D. however
32.A. Generally B. However C. Possibly D. Likewise
33.A. to produce B. who produces C. produce D. how to produce
34.A. Out of the question B. Though C. Probably D. Undoubted
35.A. escaping B. locking C. opening D. dropping
36.A. Surprisingly B. Obviously C. Perhaps D. Although
37.A. when B. where C. how D. what
38.A. if B. whether C. as to D. that
39.A. invented B. invent C. being invented D. inventing
40.A. use B. place C. view D. absence
41.A. involved B. closed C. connected D. bound
42.A. at B. by C. in D. for
43.A. rid B. charged C. accused D. deprived
44.A. candle B. mud C. something D. substance
45.A. As B. Usually C. Maybe D. Then
46.A. overall B. all but C. no longer D. altogether
47.A. up B. down C. around D. in
48.A. it B. which C. that D. him
49.A. chest B. body C. lid D. chain
50.A. brought up B. sunk C. broken apart D. snapped
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PART II CLOZE [15 MIN]
Decide 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 hour answer sheet. Since 1895 the National Trust has worked for the preservation of places of historic
interest and natural beauty in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Today the Trust -- (26)______ is not a government department but a charity depending on the
(27)____ support of the public and its own members- is the largest landowner and conser vation
society in Britain.
Wherever you go, you are close to land that is protected and (28)___ by the National Tr ust.
Over 350 miles of (29)____ land, lakes and forests in one area of natural beauty (30)___ ____;
prehistoric and Roman ruins; moorlands and farmland, woods and islands; lengths of (31)_ ____
waterways; even seventeen whole villages--all are open to the public at all times subject o nly
(32)_____ the needs of farming, forestry and the protection of wildlife.
But the Trust's protection(33)_____ further than this. It has in its possession a hundred
gardens and (34)_____ two hundred historic buildings which it opens to paying visitors.
Castles and churches, houses of (35)_____ or historic importance, mills, gardens and parks
(36)_____ to the Trust by their former owners.
Many houses retain their (37)______ contents of fine furniture, pictures , and other treasur es
accumulated over (38)____, and often the donor himself continues to live in part of the h ouse
as a (39)____ of the National Trust. The walking-sticks in the hall, the flowers, silver-
framed photographs, books an papers in the rooms are signs that the house is still loved and
(40)_____ and that visitors are welcomed as private individuals just as muc h as tourists.
26.
A. it
B. which
C. this
D. whether it
27.
A. deliberate
B. compulsory
C. spontaneous
D. voluntary
28.
A. maintained
B. watched
D. unused
29.
A. unused
B. undeveloped
C. unwanted
D. unspoilt
30 .
A. besides
B. nearby
C. alone
D. beyond
31.
A. interior
B. inland
C. inside
D. inner
32.
A. by
B. at
C. to
D. on
33.
A. develops
B. extends
C. enlarges
D. prolongs
34.
A. some
B. nearby
C. on average
D. more
35.
A. architectural
B. archetype
D. archaeology
36.
A. are giving
B. have given
C. been given
D. have been given
37 .
A. primitive
B. initial
C. elementary
D. original
38 .
A. times
B. generations
C. years
D. age groups
39.
A. resident
B. dweller
C. tenant
D. housekeeper
40.
A. lived in
B. kept over
C. resided with
D. taken up
PART V GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY [15 min]
The are twenty-five sentences in is section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices
marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. Mark
you answer on you answer sheet.
英语专业四级模拟试卷
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS —GRADE FOUR— MODEL TEST ONE PART I DICTATION [10 MIN] Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE. PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN] SECTION A TALK In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at the task on the ANSWER SHEETONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. Now, listen to the talk. When it is over, you will be given TWO minutes to check your work. SECTION B CONVERSATIONS In this section, you will hear two conversations. At the end of the conversion, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken ONCE
英语四级阅读理解模拟试题及答案详解第47期
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