专四真题详解(2007年)_长喜英语
2007年12月英语四级真题及答案
2007年12月英语四级真题及答案Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes)注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。
Part Ⅱ Rading comprehension (Skimming and scanning) (15minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passsage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose thebest answer from the four choices marked A), B),C) and D). For questions8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Univeraities Branch OutAs never before in their long story, universities have become instruments of nationalcompetition as well as instruments of peace. They are the place of the scientific discoveries thatmove economies forward, and the primary means of educating the talent required to obtain andmaintain competitive advantages. But at the same time, the opening of national borders to the flowof goods, services, information and especially people has made universities a powerful force forglobal integration, mutual understanding and geopolitical stability.In response to the same forces that have driven the world economy, universities have becomeMore self-consciousy global: seeking students from around the world who represent the entirerange of cultures and values, sending their own students abroad to prepare them for global careers,offering courses of study that address the challenges of an interconnected world and collaborative（合作的）research programs to advance science for the benefit of all humanity. Of the forces shaping higher education none is more sweeping than the movement across borders. Over the past three decades the number of students leaving home each year to study abroad has grown at an annual rate of 3.0 percent, from 8000,000 in 1975 to 2.5 million in 2994. Most travel from one developed nation to another, but the flow from developing to developed countries id growing rapidly. The reverse flow, from developed to developing countries, is on the rise, too. Today foreign students earn 30 percent of the doctoral degrees awarded in the United States and 38 percent of those in the United Kingdom. And the number crossing borders for undergraduate study is growing as well, to 8 percent of the undergraduates at America’s best institutions and 10 percent of all undergraduates in the U.K. In the United States, 20 percent of the newly hired professors in science and engineering are foreign-born, and in China many newly hired faculty hired faculty members at the top research universities received their graduate education abroad.Universities are also encouraging students to spend some of their undergraduate years in another country. In Europe, more than 140,000 students participate in the Erasmus program each year, taking courses for credit in one of 2, 2000 participating institutions across the continent. And in the United States, institutions are helping place students in summer internships（实习）abroad to prepare them for global careers. Yale and Harvard have led the way, offering every undergraduate at least one international study or internship opportunity and providing the financial resources to make it possible.Globalization is also reshaping the way research is done. One new trend involves sourcing portions of a research program to another country. Yale professor and Howard Hughes Medical Shanghai’s Fudan University, in collaboration with faculty colleagues from both schools. The Shanghai center has 95 employees and graduate students working in a 4,300-square-meter laboratory seminars with scientists from both campuses. The arrangement benefits both countries;Xu’s Yale lab is more productive, thanks to the lower costs of conducing from a word-class scientist and his U.S. team.As a result of its strength in science, the United States has consistently led of the world in the world in the commercialization of major new technologies, from the mainframe computer and integrated circuit of the 1960s to the internet infrastructure(基础设施)and applications software ofthe 1990s.The link between university-based science and industrial application is often indirect but sometimes highly visible: Silicon Valley was intentionally created by Stanford University, andRoute 128 outside Boston has long housed companies spun off from MIT and Harvard. Around the world ,governments have encouraged copying of his model, perhaps most successfully in Cambridge, England, where Microsoft and scores of other leading software and biotechnology companies have set up shop around the university.For all its success, the United States remains deeply hesitant about sustaining the research university model. Most politician recognize the link between investment in science and nationalEconomic strength, but support for research funding has been unsteady. The budget of the National Institutes of Health doubled between 1998 and 2003,but has risen more slowly than inflations since then. Support for the physical sciences and engineering barely kept pace with inflation during that same period. The attempt to make up lost ground is welcome, but the nation would be better served by steady, predictable increases in science funding at the rate of long-term GDP growth, which is on the order of inflation plus 3 percent per year.American politicians have great difficulty recognizing that admitting more foreign students can greatly promote the national interest by increasing international understanding. Adjusted for inflation, public funding for international exchanges and foreign-language study is well below the levels of 40 years ago. In the wake of September 11,changes in the visa process caused a dramatic decline in the number of foreign students seeking admission to U.S. Universities, and a corresponding surge in enrollments in Australia, Singapore and the U .K. Objections from Americans university and business leaders led to improvements in the process and a reversal of the decline ,but the United States is still seen bymany as unwelcoming to international students.Most Americans recognize that universities contribute to the nation’swell-being through their scientific research, but many fear that foreign studentsthreaten American competitiveness by taking their knowledge and skills back home.They fail to grasp that welcoming foreign students and like immigrants throughouthistory-strength the nation; and second, foreign students who study in the UnitedStates become ambassadors for many of its most cherished(珍视) values when theyreturn home. Or at least they understand them better. In America as elsewhere, few Instruments of foreign policy are as effective in promoting peace and stability aswelcoming international university students.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
2007英语专业四级阅读理解答案及详解(2)
2007英语专业四级阅读理解答案及详解(2)TEXT CI am afraid to sleep. I have been afraid to sleep for the last few weeks. I am so tired that, finally, I do sleep, but only for a few minutes. It is not a bad dream that wakes me ; it is the reality I took with me into sleep . I try to think of something else.Immediately the woman in the marketplace comes into my mind.I was on my way to dinner last night when I saw her . She was selling skirts. She moved with the same ease and loveliness I often saw in the women of Laos. Her long black hair was as shiny as the black silk of the skirts she was selling . In her hair, she wore three silk ribbons, blue ,green, and white. They reminded me of my childhood and how my girlfriends and I used to spend hours braiding ribbons into our hair.I don’t know the word for “ribbons”, so I put my hand to my own hair and , with three fingers against my head , I looked at her ribbons and said “Beautiful.” She lowered her eyes and said nothing. I wasn’t sure if she understood me (I don’t speak Laotian very well).I looked back down at the skirts. They had designs on them: squares and triangles and circles of pink and green silk. They were very pretty. I decided to buy one of those skirts, and I began to bargain with her over the price. It is the custom to bargain in Asia. In Laos bargaining is done in soft voices and easy moves with the sort of quiet peacefulness.She smiled, more with her eyes than with her lips. She was pleased by the few words I was able to say in her language, although they were mostly numbers, and she saw that I understood something about the soft playfulness of bargaining. We shook our heads in disagreement over the price; then, immediately, we made another offer and then another shake of the head. She was so pleased that unexpectedly, she accepted the last offer I made. But it was too soon. The price was too low. She was being too generous and wouldn’t make enough money. I moved quickly and picked up two more skirts and paid for all three at the price set; that way I was able to pay her three times as much before she had a chance to lower the price for the larger purchase. She smiled openly then, and, for the first time in months, my spirit lifted. I almost felt happy.The feeling stayed with me while she wrapped the skirts in a newspaper and handed them to me. When I left, though, the feeling left, too. It was as though it stayed behind in marketplace. I left tears in my throat. I wanted to cry. I didn’t , of course.I have learned to defend myself against what is hard; without knowing it, I have also learned to defend myself against what is soft and what should be easy.I get up, light a candle and want to look at the skirts. They are still in the newspaper that the woman wrapped them in. I remove the paper, and raise the skirts up to look at them again before I pack them.Something falls to floor. I reach down and feel something cool in my hand. I move close to the candlelight to see what I have. There are five long silk ribbons in my hand, all different colors. The woman in the marketplace! She has given these ribbons to me!There is no defense against a generous spirit, and this time I cry, and very hard, as if I could make up for all the months that I didn’t cry.89. According to the writer, the woman in the marketplace ____B____ .A. refused to speak to her.B. was pleasant and attractive.C. was selling skirts and ribbons.D. recognized her immediately.解析：B。
07年专四真题及答案
2007年专四真题及答案PARTⅠ DICTIONListen 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]In Sections A B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on Answer Sheet Two.SECTION A CONVERSATIONSIn this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation.1. Which of the following is NOT needed for the Lost Property Form?B.NationalityC. AddressD.Phone number2.From the conversation we know that Mark Adams comes fromA.EssexB.EdinburghC.LondonD.The US.3.What will Mark Adams do the day after tomorrow?A.To come to the office againB.To wait for the phone callC.To call the officeD.To write to the officeQuestions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation.4.Members of the club are required toA.register when they arrive.B.bring up to three guests.C.register their guests.D.show membership cards on arrival.5.Which of the following details about the changing rooms is NOT correct?A.There is a change for the use of the lockerB.Showers are installed in the changing rooms.C.Lockers are located in the changing roomsD.Lockers are used to store personal belongings.6.According to the club’s rules, members can playA.for 30minutes only.B.for one hour only.C.within the booked time only.D.longer than the booked time.7.Which of the following details is NOT correct?A.Players can eat in the club room.B.Players have to leave the club by ten o’clock.C.The courts are closed earlier than the club room.D.Players can use both the club room and the courts.Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation.8.At the university Mr. Robinson specialized inA.mathsB.physicsC.water managementD.geography9.Mr. Robinson worked for the Indian Government because ofA.university links.ernment agreements.pany projects.D.degree reuirements.10.After Mr. Robinson returned from India, heA.changed jobs several times.B.went to live in Manchester.C.did similar work as in India.D.became head of a research team.SECTION B PASSAGESIn this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and thenanswer the questions that follow.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. ,4t the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.11.According to the talk, the owner of a bike has toA.register his bike immediatelyB.put his bike on a list at onceC.have it stamped with a numberD.report to the police station12.The speaker in the talk recommendsA.two locks for all expensive bikes.B.a good lock for an expensive bike.C.cheap locks for cheap bikes.D.good locks for cheap bikes.13.What is the main idea of the talk?A.How to have the bike stamped.B.How to protect your bike.C.How to buy good locks.D.How to report your lost bike to the police.Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.14.Which course(s) runs or run for one hour each time?A.Conversation class.B.Writing Skills class.C.Examination Skills class.D.All of the three courses.15.Which course(s) does or do NOT require enrolment beforehand?A.Conversation class.B.Writing Skills class.C.Examination Skills class.D.All of the three courses.16.Which course(s) is(are) designed especially for students of economics and social sciences?A.Conversation class.B.Writing Skills class.C.Examination Skills class.D.All if the three courses.17.Which course(s) is(are) the shortest?A.Conversation class.B.Writing skills classC.Examination Skills class.D.All language courses.Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.18.How old was Leonardo da Vinci when he moved to Milan?A.25.B.30.C.35.D.40.19.Throughout his life, Leonardo da Vinci worked as all the following EXCEPTA.a painterB.an engineerC.an architectD.a builder20.Where did Leonardo da Vinci die?A.In FranceB.In MilanC.In FlorenceD.In TuscanySECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 21 to 22are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now. listen to the news.21.Who had to leave the Gaza Strip and the West Bank?A.The Israeli army.B.The Jewish settlers.C.The Palestinians.D.The Israeli Prime Minister.22.How many settlements would have to be removed altogrther in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank?A.2B.4C.21D.25Questions 23 to 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now. listen to the news.23. Which of the following in NOT mentioned in the news?A.The agreement has to be approved by Romania.B.The agreement has to be approved by Bulgaria.C.The agreement has to be approved by some EU states.D.The agreement has to be approved by all the EU states.24.Romania and Bulgaria can not join the EU in 2007 unless they carry out reforms in the following areas EXCEPTA.manufacturing.B.border control.C.adminstration.D.justice.Questions 25 to 26are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now. listen to the news.25.What is the theme of the forum?A.Business leadership.B.Global business community.C.Economic prospects in China.D.Business and government in China.26.According to the news, the first forum was heldA.10 years ago.B.3 years ago.C.in 1999.D.in 2001.Questions 27to 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now. listen to the news.27.About ______of the 15000 visitors on the opening day of HongKong Disneyland camefrom the mainland.A.4000B.5000C.6000D. 700028.According to the news, residents in ______showed least interest in visiting the theme park.A.BeijingB.GuangzhouC.ShanghaiD.HongKongQuestions 29 to 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now. listen to the news.29.What is the news mainly about?A.Religious violence.B.Refugee issues.C.A ferry disaster.D.A rescue operation30.The ferry boat was designed to carry______passengers.A.198B.200C.290D.500PART III CLOSE [15 MIN]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.Until I took Dr Offutt’s class in DeMatha High school , I was an underachieving student,but I left that class (31)_______never to underachieve again.He not only Taught me to think,he convinced me,(32)________by example as words that it was my moral (33)_______to do so and to serve others.(34)_____of us could know how our relationship would(35)_______over the years .When I came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr Offutt,the department chair.My discussions with him were like graduate seminars in adolescent(36)______,classroom management and school leadership.After several years,I was (37) _______department chair,and our relationship (38)________ again. I thought that it might be (39)______chairing the department ,since all of my (40)______English teachers were(41)_______there,but Dr. Offutt supported me(42)_______.He knew when to give me advice(43)_______curriculum,texts personnel ,and when to let me (44)______my own course.In 1997,I needed his (45)______about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school.(46)_______he had asked me to stay at DeMatha,I might have .(47)_______,he encouraged me to seize the opportunity.Five years ago ,I became the principal of DeMatha.(48)________,Dr Offutt was there for me,letting me know that I could (49)_______him. I have learned from him that great teachers have an inexhaustible(50)________of lessons to teach.31. A.concerned B.worried C.determined D.decided32. A. as much B. much as C. as such D. such as33.A. work B. job C. duty D.obligation34.A. Both B. Neither C. Either D. Each35. A. evolve B. stay C. remain D. turn36.A.process B.procedure C.development D.movement37.A.called d C.asked D.invited38.A. moved B. altered C. went D. shifted39.A.awkward B.uneasy C.unnatural D.insensitive40.A. older B.experienced C.former D. /41. A. / B.still C.even D.already42. A.through B.throughout C.at the beginning D.all the way43. A.for B.at C.over D.about44. A.chart B.head C.describe D.manage45.A.opinion B.request C.permission D.order46.A.Even if B.Although C.If D.When47.A.Naturally B.Instead C.Consequently D.Still48.A.Once again B.Repeatedly C.Unusally D.Unexpectedly49.A.count in B.count down C.count out D.count on50.A.stock B.bank C.wealth D.storePART IV GRAMMER &VOCABULARY [15MIN]There are thirty 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 best completes the sentences.51. There are as good fish in the sea _____ever came out of it .A.thanB.likeC.asD.so52.All the President’s Men ______one of the important books for historians who study the Watergate Scandal.A.remainB.remainsC.remainedD.is remaining53.“You ______ borrow my notes provided you take care of them,” I told my friend.A.couldB.shouldC.mustD.can54.If only the patient ______a different treatment instead of using the antibiotics, he might still be alive now.A.had receivedB.receivedC.should receiveD.were receiving55.Linda was _____the experiment a month ago,but she changed her mind at the last minute.A. to startB.to have startedC.to be startingD.to have been starting56.She _____fifty or so when I first met her at the conference.A. must beB.had beenC.could beD.must have been57.It is not ______much the language as the background that makes the book difficult to understand.A.thatB.asC.soD.very58.The comminttee has anticipated the problems that ________in the road construction project.A.ariseB.will ariseC.aroseD.have arisen59.The student said there were a few points in the essay he _______impossible to comprehend.A.had foundB.findsC.has foundD.would find60.He would have finished his college education,but he _______to quit and find a job to support his family.A.had hadB.hasC.hadD.would have61.The research requires more money than ________.A.have been put inB.has been put inC.being put inD.to be put in62.Overpopulation poses a terrible threat to the human race.Yet it is probably ________a threat to the human race than enviromental destruction.A.no moreB.not moreC.even moreD.much more63.It is not uncommon for there _______problems of communication between the old and the young.A.beingB.would beC.beD.to be64.________at in his way,the situation does not seem so desperate.A.LookingB.lookedC.Being lookedD.to look65.It is absolutely essential that William________his study in spite of some learning difficulties.A.will continueB.continuedC.continueD.continues66.The painting he bought at the street market the other day was a_______forgery.A.man-madeB.naturalC.crudeD.real67.She’s always been kind to me –I can’t just turn ______on her now that she needs my help.A.my backB.my headC.my eyeD.shoulder68.The bar in the club is for the ______use of its members.A.extensiveB.exclusiveC.inclusiveprehensive69.The tutition fees are ______to students coming from low-income families.A.approachableB.payableC.reachableD.affordable70.The medical experts warned the authorities of the danger of diseases in the _______of the earthquake.A.consequenceB.aftermathC.resultsD.effect71.This sort of rude behaviour in public hardly ______a person in your position.A.becomesB.fitsC. supportsD.improves72.I must leave now._______,if you want that book I’ll bring it next time.A.AccidentallyB.IncidentallyC.EventuallyD.Naturally73.After a long delay,she ______replying to my e-mail.A.got away withB.got back atC.got byD.got round to74.Personal computers are no longer something beyond the ordinary people;they are________available these days.A.promptlyB.instantlyC.readilyD.quickly75.In my first year at the university I learnt the _______of journalism.A.basicsB.basicC.elementaryD.elements76.According to the new tax law,any money earned over that level is taxed at the ______of 59 percentA.ratioB.percentageC.proportionD.rate77.Thousands of _______at the stadium came to their feet to pay tribute to an outstanding performance.A.audienceB.participantsC.spectatorsD.observers78.We stood still ,gazing out over the limitless ______of the dessert.A.spaceB.expanseC.stretchnd79.Doctor often ______uneasiness in the people they deal with.A.smellB.hearC.senseD.tough80.Mary sat at the table, looked at the plate and ______her lips.A.smackedB.openedC.partedD.seperated PART V READING COMPREHENSION [25MIN]In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements,each with four suggested answers marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.TEXT AIf you like the idea of staying with with a family,living in house might be the answer.Good landladies---those who are superb cooks and launderers,are figures as popular in fiction as the bad ones who terrorize their guests and overcharge them at the slightest opportunity.The truth is probably somewhere between the two extremes.If you are lucky,the food will be adequate, some of your laundry may be done for you and you will have a reasonable amount of comfort and companionship .For the less fortunate ,house rules may restrict the freedom to invite friends to vistit,and shared cooking and bathroom facilities can be frustrating and row-provoking if tidy and untidy guests are living under the same roof.The same disadvantages can apply to flat sharing,with the added difficulties that arise from deciding who pays for what,and in what proportion.One person may spend hours on the phone,while another rarely makes calls. If you want privacy with a guest , how do you persuade the others to go out; how do you persuade them to leave you in peace,especially if you are student and want to study?Conversely,flat sharing can be cheap,there will always be someone to talk to and go out with,and the chores,in theory,can be shared.81.According to the passage ,landladies are ________ually strict.B.always mean.C.adequately competent.D.very popular with their guests.82.What is the additional disadvantage of flat sharing ?A.Problems of sharing and paying.B.Differences in living habits.C.Shared cooking and bathroom facilities.D.Restriction to invite friends to visit.83.What is NOT mentioned as a benefit of flat sharing?A.Rent is affordableB.There is companionship.C.Housework can be shared.D.There is peace and quiet.TEXT B(1) Travelling through the country a couple of weeks ago on business,I waslistening to the talk of the late UK writer Douglas Adams’ masterwork “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” on the radio and thought-I know,I’ll pick up the next hitchhikers I see and ask them what the state of real hitching is today in Britain.(2)I drove and drove on main roads and side roads for the next few days and never saw a single one.(3)When I was in my teens and 20s ,hitchhiking was a main form of long-distance transport.The kindness or curiosity of strangers took me all over Europe,North America,Asia and southern Africa,Some of the lift-givers became friends ,many provided hospitality on the road.(4)Not only did you find out much more about a country than when traveling by train or plane ,but there was that element of excitement about where you would finish up that night.Hitchhiking featured importantly in Western culture.It has books and songs about it .So what has happened to it?(5)A few years ago ,I asked the same question about hitching in a column ofa newspaper.Hundreds of people from all over the world responded with their view on the state of hitchhiking .(6)Rural Ireland was recommended as a friendly place for hitching,as was Quebec,Canada-“if you don’t mind being criticized for not speaking French”.(7)But while hitchhiking was clearly still alive and well in some places ,the general feeling was that throughtout much of the west it was doomed.(8)With so much news about crime in the media,people assumed that anyone on the open road without the money for even a bus ticket must present a danger.But do we need to be so wary both to hitch and to give a lift?(9)In Poland in the 1960s,according to a Polish woman who e-mail me ,＂the authorities introduced the Hitchhiker’s Booklet.The booklet contained coupons for drivers,so each time a driver picked somebody ,he or she received a coupon.At the end of the season,drivers who had picked up the most hikers were rewarded with various prizes.Everyone was hitchhiking then”.(10)Surely this is a good idea for society.Hitchhiking would increase respect by breaking down barriers between strangers.It would help fight global warming by cutting down on fuel consumption as hitchhikers would be using existing fuels.It would also improve educational standards by delivering instant lessons in geography ,history,politics and sociology.(11)A century before Douglas Adams wrote his “Hitchhiker’s Guide”,another adventure story writer,Robert Louis Stevenson, gave us that what should be the hitchhiker’s motto:＂To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.” What better time than putting a holiday weekend into practice. Either put it to the test yourself, or help out someone who is trying to travel hopefully with thumb outstretched.84. In which paragraph(s) does the writer comment on his experience of hitchhiking?A. (3)B. (4)C. (3) and (4)D. (4) and (5)85. What is the current situation of hitchhiking?A. It is popular in some parts of the world.B. It is popular throughout the west.C. It is popular only in the North Amercia.D.It’s still popular in Poland.86. What is the writer’s attitude towards the practice in Poland?A. Critical.B. Unclear.C. Somewhat favourable.D. Strongly favourable.87. The writer has mentioned all the following benefits of hitchhiking EXCEPTA. promoting mutual respect between strangers.B. increasing one’s confidence in strangers.C. protecting enviroment.D. enriching one’s knowledge.88.＂Either put it to the test yourself…”in Paragraph (11) meansA. to experience the hopefulness.B. to read Adams’ book.C. to offer someone a lift.D.to be a hitchhiker.TEXT CI am afraid to sleep. I have been afraid to sleep for the last few weeks. I am so tired that, finally, I do sleep, but only for a few minutes. It is not a bad dream that wakes me ; it is the realiry I took with me into sleep . I try to think of something else.Immediately the woman in the marketplace comes into my mind.I was on my way to dinner last night when I saw her . She was selling skirts. She moved with the same ease and loveliness I often saw in the women of Laos. Her long black hair was as shiny as the black silk of the skirts she was selling . In her hair, she wore three silk ribbons, blue ,green, and white. They reminded me of my childhood and how my girlfriends and I used to spend hours braiding ribbons into our hair.I don’t know the word for “ribbons”, so I put my hand to my own hair and , with three fingers against my head , I looked at her ribbons and said “Beautiful.”She lowered her eyes and said nothing. I wasn’t sure if she understood me (I don’t speak Laotian very well).I looked back down at the skirts. They had designs in them: squares and triangles and circles of pink and green silk. They were very pretty. I decided to buy one of those skirts, and I began to bargain with her over the price. It is the custom to bargain in Asia. In Laos bargaining is done in soft voices and easy moves with the sort of quiet peacefulness.She smiled, more with her eyes than with her lips. She was pleased by the fewwords I was able to say in her language, although they were mostly numbers, and she saw that I understood something about the soft playfulness of bargaining. We shook our heads in disagreement over the price; then, immediately, we made another offer and then another shake of the head. She was so pleased that unexpectedly, she accepted the last offer I made. But it was too soon. The price was too low. She was being too generous and wouldn’t make enough money. I moved quickly and picked up two more skirts and paid for all three at the price set; that way I was able to pay her three times as much before she had a chance to lower the price for the larger purchase. She smiled openly then, and, for the first time in months, my spirit lifted. I almost felt happy.The feeling stayed with me while she wrapped the skirts in a newspaper and handed them to me. When I left, though, the feeling left, too. It was as though it stayed behind in the marketplace. I left tears in my throat. I wanted to cry. I didn’t , of course.I have learned to defend myself against what is hard; without knowing it, I have also learned to defend myself against what is soft and what should be easy.I get up, light a candle and want to look at the skirts. They are still in the newspaper that the woman wrapped them in. I remove the paper, and raise the skirts up to look at them again before I pack them. Something falls to floor. I reach down and feel something cool in my hand. I move close to the candlelight to see what I have. There are five long silk ribbons in my hand, all different colours. The woman in the maketplace! She has given these ribbons to me!There is no defense against a generous spirit, and this time I cry, and very hard, as if I could make up for all the months that I didn’t cry.89.According to the writer, the woman in the marketplaceA refused to speak to her.B was pleasant and attractive.C was selling skirts ribbons.D recognized her immediately.90. Which of the following in NOT corret?A. The writer was not used to bargaining.B. People in Asia always bargain when buying things.C. Bargaining in Laos was quiet and peaceful.D.The writer was ready to bargain with the woman.91. The writer assumed that the woman accepted the last offer mainly because the womanA. thought that the last offer was reasonable.B.thought she could still make much money.C.was glad that the writer knew their way of bargaining.D. was tired of bargaining with the writer any more.92. Why did the writer finally decide to buy three skirts?A.The skirts were cheap and pretty.B.She liked the patterns on the skirts.C.She wanted to do something as compensation.D.She was fed up with further bargainning with the woman.93.When the writer left the marketplace, she wanted to cry, but did not becauseA. she had learned to stay cool and unfeeling.B. she was afraid of crying in public.C.she had learned to face difficulties bravely.D. she had to show in public that she was strong.94. Why did the writer cry eventually when she looked at the skirts again?A.she suddently felt very sad.B.she liked the ribbons so much.C.she was overcome by emotion.D.she felt sorry for the woman.TEXT DThe kids are hanging out. I pass small bands of students, on my way to work these mornings.They have become a familiar part of the summer landscape.These kids are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without school. The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago. Once supervised by teachers and principals, they now appear to be “self care”.Passing them is like passing through a time zone. For much of our history, after all, Americans arranged the school year around the needs of work and family. In 19th century cities, schools were open seven or eight hours a day, 11 months a year.In rural America, the year was arranged around the growing season. Now, only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops. Now, three-quarters of the mothers of school-age children work, but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus.The six-hour day, the 180-day school year is regarded as something holy. But when parents work an eight-hour day and a 240-day year, it means something different. It means that many kids go home to empty houses. It means that, in the summer, they hang out.“We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and the realisties of family life,”says Dr. Ernest Boyer ,head of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.Dr. Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the school calendar is inevitable.＂School, whether we like it or not, is educational. It always has been.”His is not popular idea. Schools are routinely burdened with the job of solving all our social problems. Can they be asked to meet the needs of our work and family lives?It may be easier to promote a longer school year on its educational merits and, indeed, the educational case is compelling. Despite the complaints and studies about our kids’ lack of learning, the United State still has a shorter school year than any industrial nation. In most of Europe, the school year is 220 days. In Japan, it is 240 days long. While classroom time alone doesn’t produce a well-educated。
专业英语四级真题2007年
T est For English Majors (2007)— Grade Four —Time limit: 130 min. Part ⅠDictation [15 min. ]Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read 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 read 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 ⅡListening Comprehension [15 min.]In sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your ANSWER SHEET.Section A ConversationsIn this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.1. Which of the following is NOT needed for the Lost Property Form?A. Name.B. Nationality.C. Address.D. Phone number.2. From the conversation we know that Mark Adams comes from ______.A. EssexB. EdinburghC. LondonD. the U. S.3. What will Mark Adams do the day after tomorrow?A. To come to the office again.B. To wait for the phone call.C. To call the office.D. To write to the office.Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.4. Members of the club are required to ______.A. register when they arriveB. bring up to three guestsC. register their guestsD. show membership cards on arrival5. Which of the following details about the changing rooms is NOT correct?A. There is a charge for the use of the locker.B. Showers are installed in the changing rooms.C. Lockers are located in the changing rooms.D. Lockers are used to store personal belongings.6. According to the club's roles, members can play ______.A. for 30 minutes onlyB. for one hour onlyC. within the booked time onlyD. longer than the booked time7. Which of the following details is NOT correct?A. Players can eat in the club room.B. Players have to leave the club by ten o'clock.C. The courts are dosed earlier than the club room.D. Players can use both the club room and the courts.Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.8. At the university Mr. Robinson specialized in ______.A. mathsB. physicsC. water managementD. geography9. Mr. Robinson worked for the Indian Government because of ______.A. university linksB. government agreementsC. company projectsD. degree requirements10. After Mr. Robinson returned from India, he ______.A. changed jobs several timesB. went to live in ManchesterC. did similar work as in IndiaD. became head of a research teamSection B PassagesIn this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the passage.11. According to the talk, the owner of a bike has to ______.A. register his bike immediatelyB. put his bike on a list at oneC. have it stamped with a numberD. report to the police station12. The speaker in the talk recommends______.A. two locks for an expensive bikeB. a good lock for an expensive bikeC. cheap locks for cheap bikesD. good locks for cheap bikes13. What is the main idea of the talk?A. How to have the bike stamped.B. How to protect your bike.C. How to buy good locks.D. How to report your lost bike to the police.Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the passage.14. Which course(s) runs or run for one hour each time?A. Conversation class.B. Writing skills class.C. Examination skills class.D. All of the three courses.15. Which course(s) does or do NOT require enrolment beforehand?A. Conversation class.B. Writing skills class.C. Examination skills class.D. All of the three courses.16. Which course(s) is (are) designed especially for students of economies and social sciences?A. Conversation class.B. Writing skills class.C. Examination skills class.D. All of the three courses.17. Which course(s) is (are) the shortest?A. Conversation class.B. Writing skills class.C. Examination skills class.D. All language courses.Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the passage.18. How old was Leonardo da V inci when he moved to Milan?A. 25.B. 30.C. 35.D. 40.19. Throughout his life, Leonardo da Vinci worked as all the following EXCEPT ______.A. a painterB. an engineerC. an architectD. a builder20. Where did Leonardo da V inci die?A. In France.B. In Milan.C. In Florenc e.D. In Tuscany.Section C News BroadcastIn this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.21. Who had to leave the Gaza Strip and the West Bank?A. The Israeli army.B. The Jewish settlers.C. The Palestinians.D. The Israeli Prime Minister.22. How many settlements would have to be removed altogether in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank?A. 2.B. 4.C. 21.D. 25Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.23. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the following news?A. The agreement has to be approved by Romania.B. The agreement has to be approved by Bulgaria.C. The agreement has to be approved by some EU states.D. The agreement has to be approved by all the EU states.24. Romania and Bulgaria cannot join the EU in 2007 unless they carry out reforms in the following areas EXCEPT ______.A. manufacturingB. border controlC. administrationD. justiceQuestions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.25. What is the theme of the forum?A. Business leadership.B. Global business community.C. Economic prospects in China.D. Business and government in China.26. According to the news, the first forum was held ______.A. 10 years agoB. 3 years agoC. in 1999D. in 2001Questions 27 and 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.27. About ______ of the 15,000 visitors on the opening day of Hong Kong Disney land came from the mainland.A. 4,000B. 5,000C. 6,000D. 7,00028. According to the news, residents in ______ showed least interest in visiting the theme park.A. BeijingB. GuangzhouC. ShanghaiD. Hong KongQuestions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now, listen to the news.29. What is the news mainly about?A. Religious violence.B. Refugee issues.C. A ferry disaster.D. A rescue operation.30. The ferry boat was designed to carry ______ passengers.A. 198B. 200C. 290D. 500Part ⅢCloze [15 min.]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.Until I took Dr Offutt's class in DeMatha High school, I was an underachieving student, but I left that class (31) never to underachieve again. He not only taught me to think, he convinced me, (32) by example as words that it was my moral (33) to do so and to serve others.(34) of us could know how our relationship would (35) over the years. When I came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr. Offutt, the department chairman. My discussion with him were like graduate seminars in adolescent (36) , classroom management and school leadership.After several years, I was (37) department chairman, and our relationship (38) again. I thought that it might be (39) chairing the department, since all of my (40) English teachers were (42) there, but Dr. Offutt supported me (41) . He knew when to give me advice (43) curriculum, texts and personnel, and when to let me (44) my own course.In 1997, I needed his (45) about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school. (46) he had asked me to stay at DeMatha, I might have. (47) , he encouraged me to seize the opportunity.Five years ago, I became the principal of DeMatha. (48) , Dr. Offutt was there for me, letting me know that I could (49) him. I have learned from him that great teachers have an inexhaustible (50) of lessons to teach.31. A. concerned B. worried C. determined D. decided32. A. as much B. much as C. as such D. such as33. A. work B. job C. duty D. obligation34. A. Both B. Neither C. Either D. Each35. A. evolve B. stay C. remain D. turn36. A. process B. procedure C. development D. movement37. A. called B. named C. asked D. invited38. A. moved B. altered C. went D. shifted39. A. awkward B. uneasy C. unnatural D. former40. A. older B. experienced C. former D. /41. A. / B. still C. even D. already42. A. through B. throughout C. at the beginning D. all the way43. A. for B. at C. over D. about44. A. chart B. head C. describe D. manage45. A. opinion B. request C. permission D. order46. A. Even if B. Although C. If D. When47. A. Naturally B. Instead C. Consequently D. Still48. A. Once again B. Repeatedly C. Unusually D. Unexpectedly49. A. count in B. count down C. count out D. count on50. A. stock B. bank C. wealth D. storePart ⅥGrammar & Vocabulary [15 min. ]There are thirty 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 best completes the sentence.Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.51. There are as good fish in the sea ______ ever came out of it.A. thanB. likeC. asD. so52. All the President's Men______one of the important books for historians who study the Watergate scandal.A. remainB. remainsC. remainedD. is remaining53. "Y ou______borrow my notes provided you take care of them," I told my friend.A. couldB. shouldC. mustD. can54. If only the patient ______ a different treatment instead of using the antibodies he might still be alive now.A. had receivedB. receivedC. should receiveD. were receiving55. Linda was______the experiment a month ago but she changed her mind at the last minute.A. to startB. to have startedC. to be startingD. to have been starting56. She______fifty or so when I first met her at the conference.A. must beB. had beenC. could beD. must have been57. It is not______much the language as the background that makes the book difficult to understand.A. thatB. asC. soD. very58. The committee has anticipated the problems that _______ in the road construction project.A. ariseB. will ariseC. aroseD. have arisen59. The student said there were a few points in the essay he ______ impossible to comprehend.A. had foundB. will ariseC. aroseD. have arisen60. He would have finished his college education, but he ______ to quit and find a job to support his family.A. had hadB. hasC. hadD. would have61. The research requires more money than ______.A. have been put inB. has been put inC. being put inD. to be put in62. Overpopulation poses a terrible threat to the human race. Y et it is probably ______ a threat to the human race than environmental destruction.A. no moreB. not moreC. even moreD. much more63. It is not uncommon for there ______ problems of communication between the old and the young.A. beingB. would beC. beD. to be64. ______at in his way, the situation doesn't seem so desperate.A. LookingB. LookedC. Being lookedD. To look65. It is absolutely essential that William ______ his study in spite of learning difficulties.A. will continueB. continuedC. continueD. continues66. The painting he bought at the street market the other day was a ______ forgery.A. man-madeB. naturalC. crudeD. real67. She's always been kind to me — I can't just turn ______ on her now that she needs my help.A. my backB. my headC. my eyeD. my shoulder68. The bar in the club is for the ______ use of its members.A. extensiveB. exclusiveC. inclusiveD. comprehensive69. The tuition fees are______ to students coming from low-income families.A. approachableB. payableC. reachableD. affordable70. The medical experts warned the authorities of the danger of disease in the ______ of the earthquake.A. consequenceB. aftermathC. resultD. affect71. This sort of rude behavior in public hardly ______ a person in your position.A. becomesB. fitsC. supportsD. improves72. I must leave now.______ if you want that book I'll bring it next time.A. AccidentallyB. IncidentallyC. EventuallyD. Naturally73. After a long delay, she ______ replying to my e-mail.A. got away withB. got back atC. got byD. got round to74. Personal computers are no longer something beyond the ordinary people. They are _______ available these days.A. glowinglyB. instantlyC. readilyD. quickly75. In my first year at the university I learnt the ______ of journalism.A. basicsB. basicC. elementaryD. elements76. According to the new tax law, my money earned over that level is taxed at the ______ of 39%.A. ratioB. percentageC. proportionD. rate77. Thousands of ______ at the stadium came to their feet to pay tribute to an outstanding performance.A. audienceB. participantsC. spectatorsD. observers78. We stood still, gazing out over the limitless ______ of the desert.A. spaceB. expanseC. stretchD. land79. Doctors often ______ uneasiness in the people they deal with.A. smellB. hearC. senseD. touch80. Mary sat at the table, looked at the glare and ______ her lips.A. smackedB. openedC. partedD. separatedPart ⅤReading Comprehension [25 min. ]In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.TEXT AIf you like the idea of staying with a family, living in house might be the answer. Good landladies — those who are superb cooks and launderers, are figures as popular in fiction as the bad ones who terrorize their guests and overcharge them at the slightest opportunity. The troth is probably somewhere between the two extremes. If you are lucky, the food will be adequate, some of your laundry may be done for you and you will have a reasonable amount of comfort and championship. For the less fortune, house rules may restrict the freedom to invite friends to visit, and shared cooking and bathroom facilities can be frustrating and row-provoking if tidy and untidy guest are living under the same roof.The same disadvantages can apply to flat sharing, with the added difficulties that arise from deciding who pays for what, and in what proportion. One person may spend hours on the phone, while another rarely makes calls. If you want privacy with guest, how do you persuade the others to go out? How do you persuade them to leave you in peace, especially if you are student and want to study?Conversely, flat sharing can be very cheap, there will always be someone to talk to and go out with, and the chores, in theory, can be shared.81. According to the passage, landladies are ______.A. usually strictB. always meanC. adequately competentD. very popular with their guest82. What is the additional disadvantage of flat sharing?A. Problems of sharing and paying.B. Differences in living habits.C. Shared cooking and bathroom facilities.D. Restriction to invite friends to visit.83. What is NOT mentioned as a benefit of flat sharing?A. Rent is affordable.B. There is companionship.C. Housework.D. There is peace and quiet.TEXT B(1) Traveling through the country a couple of weeks ago on business, I was listening to the talk of the late UK writer Douglas Adams' master work "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" on the radio and thought — Iknow, I'll pick up the next hitchhikers I see and ask them what the state of real hitching is today in Britain.(2) I drove and drove on main roads and side roads for the next few days and never saw a single one.(3) When I was in my teens and 20s, hitchhiking was a main form of long-distance transport. The kindness or curiosity of strangers took me all over Europe, North America, Asia and southern Africa. Some of the lift-givers became friends, many provided hospitality on the road.(4) Not only did you find out much more about a country than when traveling by train or plane, but there was that element of excitement about where you would finish up that night. Hitchhiking featured importantly in Western culture. It has books and songs about it. So what has happened to it?(5) A few years ago, I was asked the same question about hitching in a column of a newspaper. Hundreds of people from all over the world responded with their view on the state of hitchhiking.(6) Rural Ireland was recommended as a friendly place for hitching, as was Quebec, Canada — "if you don't mind being critic ized for not speaking French".(7) But while hitchhiking was clearly still alive and well in some places, the general feeling was that throughout much of the west it was doomed.(8) With so much news about crime in the media, people assumed that anyone on the open road without the money for even a bus ticket must present a danger. But do we need to be so wary both to hitch and to give a lift?(9) In Poland in the 1960s, according to a Polish woman who e-mail me, "The authorities introduced the Hitchhiker's Booklet. The booklet contained coupons for drivers. So each time a driver pic ked somebody, he or she received a coupon. At the end of the season, drivers who had picked up. the most hikers were rewarded with various prizes. Everyone was hitchhiking then."(10) Surely this is a good idea for society. Hitchhiking would increase respect by breaking down barriers between strangers. It would help fight global warming by cutting down on fuel consumption as hitchhikers would be using existing fuels. It would also improve educational standards by delivering instant lessons in geography, history, politics and sociology.(11) A century before Douglas Adams wrote his "Hitchhiker's Guide", another adventure story writer, Robert Louis Stevenson, gave us that what should be the hitchhiker's motto: "To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive." What better time than putting a holiday weekend into practice? Either put it to the test yourself, or help out someone who is trying to travel hopefully with thumb outstretched.84. In which paragraph (s) does the writer comment on his experience of hitchhiking?A. (3).B. (4).C. (3)and (4).D. (4)and (5).85. What is the current situation of hitchhiking?A. It is popular in some parts of the world.B. It is popular throughout the west.C. It is popular in Poland.D. It is still popular in Poland.86. What is the writer's attitude towards the practice in Poland?A. Critical.B. Unclear.C. Somewhat favorable.D. Strongly favorable.87. The writer has mentioned all the following benefits of hitchhiking EXCEPT ______.A. promoting mutual respect between strangersB. increasing one's confidence in strangersC. protecting environmentD. enrich one's knowledge88. "Either put it to the test yourself... "in Paragraph (11) means ______.A. to experience the hopefulnessB. to read Adams' bookC. to offer someone a liftD. to be a hitchhikerTEXT CI am afraid to sleep. I have been afraid to sleep for the last few weeks. I am so tired that, finally, I do sleep,but only for a few minutes. It is not a bad dream that wakes me; it is the reality I took with me into sleep. I try to think of something else.Immediately the woman in the marketplace comes into my mind.I was on my way to dinner last night when I saw her. She was selling skirts. She moved with the same ease and loveliness I often saw in the women of Laos. Her long black hair was as shiny as the black silk of the skirts she was selling. In her hair, she wore three silk ribbons, blue, green, and white. They reminded me of my childhood and how my girlfriends and I used to spend hours braiding ribbons into our hair.I don't know the word for "ribbons", so I put my hand to my own hair and, with three fingers against my head.I looked at her ribbons and said "Beautiful." She lowered her eyes and said nothing. I wasn't sure if she understood me. (I don't speak Laotian very well. )I looked back down at the skiffs. They had designs in them: squares and triangles and circles of pink and green silk. They were very pretty. I decided to buy one of those skirts, and I began to bargain with her over the price. It is the custom to bargain in Asia. In Laos bargaining is done in soft voices and easy moves with the sort of quiet peacefulness.She smiled, more with her eyes than with her lips. She was pleased by the few words I was able to say in her language, although they were mostly numbers, and she saw that I understood something about the soft playfulness of bargaining. We shook our heads in disagreement over the price; then, immediately, we made another offer and then another shake of the head. She was so pleased that unexpectedly, she accepted the last offer I made. But it was too soon. The price was too low. She was being too generous and wouldn't make enough money. I moved quickly and picked up two more skirts and paid for all three at the price set; that way I was able to pay her three times as much before she had a chance to lower the price for the larger purchase. She smiled openly then, and, for the first time in months, my spirit lifted. I almost felt happy.The feeling stayed with me while she wrapped the skirts in a newspaper and handed them to me. When I left, though, the feeling left, too. It was as though it stayed behind in marketplace. I left tears in my throat. I wanted to cry. I didn't, of course.I have learned to defend myself against what is hard; without knowing it, I have also learned to defend myself against what is soft and what should be easy.I get up, light a candle and want to look at the skirts. They are still in the newspaper that the woman wrapped them in. I remove the paper, and raise the skirts up to look at them again before I pack them. Something fails to floor. I reach down and feel something cool in my hand. I move close to the candlelight to see what I have. There are five long silk ribbons in my hand, ail different colors. The woman in the marketplace! She has given these ribbons to me!There is no defense against a generous spirit, and this time I cry, and very hard, as if I could make up for all the months that I didn't cry.89. According to the writer, the woman in the marketplace ______.A. refused to speak to herB. was pleasant and attractiveC. was selling skirts and ribbonsD. recognized her immediately90. Which of the following is NOT correct?A. The writer was not used to bargaining.B. People in Asia always bargain when buying things.C. Bargaining in Laos was quiet and peaceful.D. The writer was ready to bargain with the woman.91. The writer assumed that the woman accepted the last offer mainly because woman ______.A. thought that the last offer was reasonableB. thought she could still make much moneyC. was glad that the writer knew their way of bargainingD. was tired of bargaining with the writer any more92. Why did the writer finally decide to buy three skirts?A. The skirts were cheap and pretty.B. She liked the patterns on the skirts.C. She wanted to do something as compensation.D. She was fed up with further bargaining with the woman.93. When the writer left the marketplace, she wanted to cry, but did not because ______.A. she had learned to stay cool and unfeelingB. she was afraid of crying in publicC. she had learned to face difficulties bravelyD. she had to show in public that she was strong94. Why did the writer cry eventually when she looked at the skirts again?A. She suddenly felt very sad.B. She liked the ribbons so much.C. She was overcome by emotion.D. She felt sorry for the woman.TEXT DThe kids are hanging out. I pass small bands of students, in my way to work these mornings. They have become a familiar part of the summer landscape.These kids are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without school. The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago. Once supervised by teachers and principals, they now appear to be "self care'.Passing them is like passing through a time zone. For much of our history, after all, Americans arranged the school year around the needs of work and family. In 19th century cities, schools were open seven or eight hours a day, 11 months a year. In rural America, the year was arranged around the growing season. Now, only S percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops. Now, three-quarters of the mothers of school-age children work, but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus.The six-hour day, the 180-day school year is regarded as something holy. But when parents work an eight-hour day and a 240-day year, it means something different. It means that many kids go home to empty houses. It means that, in the summer, they hang out."We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and realities of family life," says Dr. Ernest Boyer, head of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.Dr. Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the school calendar is inevitable. "School, whether we like it or not, is educational. It always has been."His is not a popular idea. Schools are routinely burdened with the job of solving all our social problems. Can they be asked to meet the needs of our work and family lives?It may be easier to promote a longer school year on its educational merits and, indeed, the educational case is compelling. Despite the complaints and studies about our kids' lack of learning, the United State still has a shorter school year than any industrial nation. In most of Europe, the school year is 220 days. In Japan, it is 240 days long. While classroom time alone doesn't produce a well-educated child, learning takes time and more learning takes more time. The long summers of forgetting take a toll.The opposition to a longer school year comes from families that want to and can provide other experiences for their children. It comes from teachers. It comes from tradition. And surely from kids. But the most important part of the conflict has been over the money.95. Which of the following is an opinion of the author's?A. "The kids are hanging out."B. "They are school children without school."。
2007年6月cet4解析及答案2
2007年6月大学英语四级考试真题答案解析Part I Writing（15分）【范文】Welcome to Our ClubWelcome to join our club. The primary aim of the Erudition Reading Club is to enrich the extracurricular life, cultivate our love for learning, and promote campus culture. We will organize a series of lectures and seminars every weekend to exchange ideas and feelings of reading of some great books or bestsellers. Every month we will invite a famous writer to talk about his latest work or share his critique of some classics. And the guest speaker for this month is Yi Zhongtian, who is expected to offer his remarkable comment on the Three Kingdoms.There are a lot of benefits if you join the club. First of all, you can make a lot of new friends who will share with you what they are reading. Secondly, you can buy books at much lower prices. To be specific, the membership of the club entitles you to a 40 percent discount of whatever books you buy. Most important of all, you will mine the accumulated wisdom and insight in the books recommended by the club, thereby making your life more meaningful and worthwhile.If you want to join our club and be one of us, just complete the application form and send it to our office in Room 105 of the Main Teaching Building. Or you may contact us by calling the number (025) 85885454 or email us via the address www.erc@.【范文点评】本作文题要求考生写一则通告，鼓励同学们加入某个俱乐部或是协会，属于应用文文体。
2007年英语专四考试真题及答案（3）
2007年英语专四考试真题及答案（3）TEXT B(1) Travelling through the country a couple of weeks ago on business,I was listening to the talk of the late UK writer Douglas Adams’ master work “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” on the radio and thought-I know,I’ll pick up the next hitchhikers I see and ask them wahat the state of real hitching is today in Britain.(2)I drove and drove on main roads and side roads for the next few days and never saw a single one.(3)When I was in my teens and 20s ,hitchhiking was a main form of long-distance transport.The kindness or curiosity of strangers took me all over Europe,North America,Asiaand southern Africa,Some of the lift-givers became friends ,many provided hospitality on the road.(4)Not only did you find out much more about a country than when traveling by train or plane ,but there was that lelement of excitement about where you would finish up that night.Hitchhiking featured importantly in Western culture.It has books and songs about it .So what has happened to it?(5)A few years ago ,I was asked the same question about hitching in a column of a newspaper.Hundreds of people from all over the world responded with their view on the state of hitchhiking .(6)Rural Ireland was recommended as f friendly place for hitching,as was Quebec,Canada-“if you don’t mind being criticized for not speaking French”.(7)But while hitchhiking was clearly still alive and well in some places ,the general feeling was that throughtout much of thewest it was doomed.(8)With so much news about crime in the media,people assumed that anyone on the open road without the money for even a bus ticket must present a danger.But do we need to be so wary both to hitch and to give a lift?(9)In Poland in the 1960s,according to a Polish woman who e-mail me ,"the authorities introduced the Hitchhiker’s Booklet.The booklet contained coupons for drivers,so each time a driver picked somebody ,he or she received a coupon.At the end of the season,drivers who had picked up the most hikers were rewarded with various prizes.Everyone was hitchhiking then”.(10)Surely this is a good idea for society.Hitchhiking would increase respect by breaking down barriers between strangers.It would help fight global warming by cutting down on fuel consumption as hitchhikers would be using existing fuels.It would also improveeducational standards by delivering instant lessons in geography ,history,politics and sociology.(11)A century before Douglas Adams wrote his “Hitchhiker’s Guide”,another adventure story writer,Robert Louis Stevenson, gave us that what should be the hitchhiker’s motto:"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.” What better time than putting a holiday weekend into practice. Either put it to the test yourself, or help out someone who is trying to travel hopefully with thumb outstreched.84. In which paragraph(s) does the writer comment on his experience of hitchhiking?A. (3)B. (4)C. (3) and (4)D. (4) and (5)85. What is the current situation of hitchhiking?A. It is popular in some parts of the world.B. It is popular throughout the west.C. It is popular in Poland.86. What is the writer’s attitude towards the practice in Poland?A. Critical.B. Unclear.C. Somewhat favourable.D. Strongly favourable.87. The writer has mentioned all the following benefits of hitchhiking EXCEPTA. promoting mutual respect between strangers.B. increasing one’s confidence in strangers.C. protecting enviroment.D. enrich one’s knowledge.88."Either pu t it to the test yourself…”in Paragraph (11) meansA. to experience the hopefulness.B. to read Adams’ book.C. to offer someone a lift.TEXT CI am afraid to sleep. I have been afraid to sleep for the last few weeks. I am so tired that, finally, I do sleep, but only for a few minutes. It is not a bad dream that wakes me ; it is the realiry I took with me into sleep . I try to think of something else.Immediately the woman in the marketplace comes into my mind.I was on my way to dinner last night when I saw her . She wasselling skirts. She moved with the same ease and loveliness I often saw in the women of Laos. Her long black hair was as shiny as the black silk of the skirts she was selling . In her hair, she wore three silk ribbons, blue ,green, and white. They meminded me of my childhood and how my girlfriends and I used to spend hours braiding ribbons into our hair.I don’t know the word for “ribbons”, so I put my hand to my own hair and , with three fingers against my head , I looked at her ribbons and said “Beautiful.” She lowered her eyes and said nothing. I wasn’t sure if she understood me (I don’t speak Laotian very well).I looked back down at the skirts. They ahd designs in them: squares and triangles and circles of pink and green silk. They were very pretty. I decided to buy one of those skirts, and I began to bargain with her over the price. It is the custom to bargain in Asia. In Laos bargaining is done in soft voices and easy moves with the sort of quiet peacefulness.She smiled, more with her eyes than with her lips. She was pleased by the few words I was able to say in her language, although they were mostly numbers, and she saw that I understood something about the soft playfulness of bargaining. We shook our heads in disagreement over the price; then, immediately, we made another offer and then another shake of the head. She was so pleased that unexpectedly, she accepted the last offer I made. But it was too soon. The price was too low. She was being too generous and wouldn’t make enough mone y.I moved quickly and picked up two more skirts and paid for all three at the price set; that way I was able to pay her three times as much before she had a chance to lower the price for the larger purchase. She smiled openly then, and, for the first time inmonths, my spirit lifted. I almost felt happy.The feeling stayed with me while she wrapped the skirts in a newspaper and handed them to me. When I left, though, the feeling left, too. It was as though it stayed behind in marketplace.I left tears in m y throat. I wanted to cry. I didn’t , of course.I have learned to defend myself against what is hard; without knowing it, I have also learned to defend myself against what is soft and what should be easy.I get up, light a candle and want to look at the skirts. They are still in the newspaper that the woman wrapped them in. I remove the paper, and raise the skirts up to look at them again before I pack them. Something falls to floor. I reach down and feel something cool in my hand. I move close to the candlelight to see what I have. There are five long silk ribbons in my hand, all different colours. The woman in the maketplace! She has given these ribbons to me!There is no defense against a generous spirit, and this time I cry, and very hard, as if I could make up for all the months that I didn’t cry.90. Which of the following in NOT corret?A. The writer was not used to bargaining.B. People in Asia always bargain when buying things.C. Bargaining in Laos was quiet and peaceful.D.The writer was ready to bargain with the woman.91. The writer assumed that the voman accepted the last offer mainly because womanA. thought that the last offer was reasonable.B.thought she could still make much money.C.was glad that the writer knew their way of bargainning.D. was tired of bargainning with the writer any more.92. Why did the writer finally decide to buy three skirts?A.The skirts were cheap and pretty.B.She liked the patterns on the skirts.C.She wanted to do something as compensation.D.She was fed up with further bargainning with the woman.93.When did the writer left the marketplace, she wanted to cry, but did not becauseA. she had learned to stay cool and unfeeling.B. she was afraid of crying in public.C.she had learned to face difficulties bravely.D. she had to show in public that she was strong.94. Why did the writer cry eventually when she looked at the skirts again?A.she suddently felt very sad.B.she liked the ribbons so much.C.she was overcome by emotion.D.she felt sorry for the woman.。
2007年考研英语真题Text4解析
executive
suite
suit
suitable
insecurity
secure
security
老板，指挥，控制
全体委员，木板，上船
分类，整理
挑选出
账目，解释说明
会计人员
服从，承诺
改善，进步
改进，改进措施
虚弱的，无力的
公司，企业
管理，支配
统治，管理，支配
政府，内阁，管理，支配
令人不解的是，这竟然令老板们大吃一惊。
mystery
mysterious
神秘，神秘的事物
神秘的，可疑的
Surely it should be obvious to the dimmest executive that
trust，that most valuable of economic assets，
have left managers hurriedly peering into their intricate IT systems and business processes
in search of potential vulnerabilities.
今年几起重大的客户和员工数据泄漏事件发生在各种各样的机构里，
在美国，而不是欧洲，缺乏对数据泄漏的法律制裁虽然并不能说明目前事态是合理的，
但却可能助长了其形成。
current
currency
state
statement
statesman
affair
encourage
encouraged
just
justice
justify
legal
四级真题答案及解析_07年6月
2007年6月23日四级参考答案Part I WritingAn announcement to welcome students to join to a club1、本社团的主要活动内容2、参加本社团的好处3、如何加入本社团There is a general discussion today about the issue of clubs in universities. This club is to help graduates get suitable jobs. Obviously, now students in growing numbers are beginning to realize that it is a good way for us to put our leanings into practice.A lot of reasons or benefits are responsible for joining us. To begin with, many students have no ideas of getting a post after graduation, however it may offer you a chance to touch the field of the job-hunting. In addition, it is free of change. What’s more, you may have relationships with these graduates, who are likely to help you in future. In other words, you are to be exposed to opportunities.From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the conclusion that it is beneficial for you to join this organization. You can email us by love@ with your application. Please act without delay!本文为原因现象类文章，如考前预料，涉及大学生生活相关的内容，话题容易拓展。
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2007年英语专业四级考试真题答案详解PART I DICTATIONAdvertising[1]Advertising has already become a very specialized activity in modern times. / In [2]today’s business world, supply is usually greater than demand. / There is great competition between [3]manufacturers of the same kind of product / because they want to persuade customers to buy their [4]particular brand. / They always have to remind their customers / of the name and qualities of their products by advertising.The manufacture advertises [5]in newspapers and on the radio. / He sometimes employs salesgirls to [6]distribute samples of his products. / He sometimes advertises on the Internet as well. /[7]In addition, he always has advertisements put into television programs that will accept them. / Manufactures often spend huge [8]sums of money on advertisements./ We buy a particular product because we think that is the best. / We usually think so because the advertisements say so. / People often don’t ask themselves if the advertisements are telling the truth / when they buy [9]advertised products from shops.【听写提示】第一遍听音时记录关键词advertising，advertisements，这样易于把握与主题相关的supply，demand，manufacturers，product 等词。
[1]第一遍听完可知，首句为全文的主题句，通篇论述advertising的原因、方法和作用。
[2]注意此处是名词所有格形式。
[3]manufacturer后的s弱读，考生根据语法知识也可作出判断。
[4]particular brand是听写难点。
我们对goods或product更熟悉一点。
[5]听写时注意介词的使用，in newspapers，on the radio。
[6]distribute samples意为“分发样品”，听写samples时不要漏掉s。
[7]In addition这一表示递进关系的词组后用逗号。
[8]sums of构成连读。
[9]advertised中的-ed是弱读，考生可能听不出来，但可根据语法知识补上。
PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION Section A CONVERSATIONConversation【听前预测】浏览题干和选项可知，对话可能发生在失物招领处，Mark Adams丢了东西正在失物招领处填表报失。
【听力原文】A: Good evening, Sir. Can I help you?B: Yes, I think I left my digital camera on the train from London earlier today.A: Did you, Sir? Oh, well, in that case, we’d better fill in a Lost Property Form. [1]Can you tell me your name?B: Yes, it’s Mark Adams.A: Ok, [1]your address?B: [2]You’re meaning in Britain or in the States?A: How long are you staying?B: [2]Oh, I’ve still got a few months in Britain.A: Ok, then. Can you give me your address here?B: Right, it’s 18 Linton Drive Laton Essex. [1]Do you want the phone number?A: [1]Yes, I’d better have that, too.B: Ok, 080945233.A: Thanks. And you say it was a digital camera, what make and model?【答案解析】1. Which of the following is NOT needed for the LostProperty Form?【解析】选[B]。
题干中的关键词是Lost Property Form。
对话中提到填表时需要name，address，phone number，而[B] Nationality没有提到，故为答案。
【点晴】[B]是利用原文提到的Britain和in the States设置的干扰。
对话中提到两个国家是因为Mark Adams这个人在两个国家都住过，他不确定对方问他要在哪个国家的地址。
2. From the conversation we know that Mark Adams comesfrom【解析】选[D]。
Mark Adams的国籍体现在他的住址上。
当工作人们问他的住址时，Mark Adams反问，“你要我在英国的地址还是美国的”；接着Mark Adams说他会在英国呆上几个月。
可此推测出，Mark Adams来自美国，故[D]为答案。
[A] Essex 是他在英国暂住之地；[C] London和[B] Edinburgh是他所乘火B: It’s a SUMSANG G302.A: Ok, got that. Now, you say it was the London train. What time did it arrive in Edinburgh?B: At 4:45 this afternoon.A: Well then. If we find it, Sir, shall we phone you or write to you?B: Now, [3]I think I’ll drop in the day after tomorrow to check up.A: Right, you are, Si r. We’ll do our best.车的起点站和终点站。
3. What will Mark Adams do the day after tomorrow?【解析】选[A]。
题干关键词是the day after tomorrow，对话中男士说后天自己会再来看看（drop in the day after tomorrow to check up），其中drop in意为“顺便访问，顺便到某地看看”，[A]是其同义转述，故为答案。
Conversation 2【听前预测】由题干处获得关键词members，club，required，changing rooms，rules，并据此推测，该篇对话涉及到某一俱乐部的规章以及会员能享受到的服务。
【听力原文】M: Right, this is the Tennis Club reception area. [4]As a member you don’t have to register when you arrive. But you must remember to register your guests, and you must be able to produce your membership card if a club official asks to see it.W: How many guests can I bring with me?M: You can bring up to 3 at any one time.W: Mm, that’s good.M: Yes. Well, we want to attract people to our club. Now,[5]here’re the changing rooms with showers, lock ers for yourclothes and things. Obviously, you don’t have to leave your clothes in the lockers. But we strongly advise you to. It’s much safer.W: How much do the lockers cost?M: [5]20 cents. But you can get the coin back when you take your things out. Right, and the tennis courts are around here to the left.W: Mm, and we can play for an hour at a time?M: [6]You can book the courts for 30 minutes or an hour. But you can carry on playing until the next player arrives.W: Of course, what’s about a cafe or a bar?M: Yes, [7]we have a club room which serves food and drink behind reception. The club room is open until 11:00 o’clock, but all players must leave the courts by 10:00 o’clock.W: Mm, that seems very good. Thank you very much for showing us around.M: Pleasure.【答案解析】4. Members of the club are required to【解析】选[C]。