著名培训机构英语四级密卷（一）

2005.6 中国著名培训机构英语四级密卷（一）

Part Ⅰ
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of
each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only 8once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter
on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1． A）Phillips will not be in this office at all this week.
B) He will be here on Tuesday only.
C) He’ll be here on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
D) He’ll be at this office on Tuesday and Thursday.
　
2．A）She has never eaten such delicious oranges before.
B) She bets there are better oranges available.
C) She doesn’t understand why the man likes the oranges.
D) She has had the same oranges before.
　
3．A) She didn’t go to Chicago.
B) She had a good time in Chicago.
C) She spent his vacation here.
D) She didn’t enjoy her trip.
　
4．A) She will type it next week.
B) She would rather work on it than do nothing.
C) It took her an entire week to type it.
D) She still isn’t quite finished with it.
　
5．A) It is the only book for her philosophy class.
B) All the classes have a lot of reading.
C) She just has to read for her philosophy class.
D) Only the philosophy class has a lot of reading.
6．A) If Phil is lucky, he might get a scholarship.
B) There is no way in which Phil can win a scholarship.
C) Phil is not going to chance his luck and try for a scholarship.
D) Phil is not being given a chance to get a scholarship.
7．A) Jack was expected to pass the exam.
B) Jack surprised everybody by taking his exam again.
C) No one really expected Jack to pass exams.
D) Jack wasn’t expected to fail his exams again.
8．A) Better. B) Sick.
C) Fine. D) Tired.
9．A) The man shouldn’t be so anxious.
B) He’s already one hour late.
C) The man shouldn’t wait to be interviewed.
D) She’s too nervous to calm down.
10．A) In a restaurant.
B) In a cafeteria.
C) In a hotel lobby.
D) At the airport check-in.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, some questions will be asked. Both the passage and the questions will be
spoken only once. After you hear a question, read the four choices marked A), B
), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11．A) California.
B) Southern Alaska.
C) Arctic.
D) Europe.
　
12．A) 5,400,000 years.
B) 65,000,000 years.
C) 8,400,000 years.
D) 75,000,000 years.
　
13．A) Tourists.
B) Birds.
C) Winds.
D) Some animals.
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14．A) Government and taxes.
B) Work and taxes.
C) Freedom and taxes.
D) Death and taxes.
　
15．A) Two. B) Three.
C) Four. D) Five.
　
16．A) They begin paying federal taxes from that day.
B) It is the last day for people to pay the city tax.
C) It is the deadline for paying federal taxes.
D) The state tax is due on that day.
Passage Three
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

17．A) Taking notes.
B) Oiling the gate.
C) Singing high notes.
D) Overcoming her weakness.
18．A) He was attracted by Mrs Jones.
B) He had heard a noise.
C) He had run out of gas.
D) His tyres were punctured.
19．A) The tyres.
B) Another car passing by.
C) The brakes.
D) Mrs Jones’s singing.
　
20．A) She was fond of singing.
B) She lived in a small house.
C) She was a shy person.
D) She was not conscious of her weakness.
Part Ⅱ
Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some
questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems -and that
they have no sense of humour, at least in parent-child relationships.
I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.
Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a
culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small
way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.
Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog; you cannot win but at least you keep your honour. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents’ control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.
If you plan to control your life, cooperation can be part of that plan. You can
charm others, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they
will give you the authority to do what you want to do.
　
21. The author is primarily addressing ____.
A) parents of teenagers
B) newspaper readers
C) those who give advice to teenagers
D) teenagers
　
22. The first paragraph is mainly about ____.
A) the teenagers’ criticism of their parents
B) misunderstandings between teenagers and their parents
C) the dominance of the parents over their children
D) the teenagers’ ability to deal with crises
　
23.Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles mainly because they ____.
A) want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own
B) have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste
C) have no other way to enjoy themselves better
D) want to irritate their parents
　
24. Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they ____.
A) have already been accepted into the adult world
B) feel that they are superior in a small way to the adults
C) are not likely to win over the adults
D) have a desire to be independent
　
25. To improve parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be
____.
A) obedient
B) responsible
C) cooperative
D) independent
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
　
He was a funny looking man with a cheerful face, good natured and a great talker. He was described by his student, the great philosopher Plato, as “the best and
most just and wisest man”. Yet this same man was condemned to death for his beliefs.The man was the Greek philosopher, Socrates, and he was condemned for not believing in the recognized gods and for corrupting young people. The second charge stemmed from his association with numerous young men who came to Athens from all over the civilized world to study under him.
Socrates method of teaching was to ask questions and, by pretending not to know
the answers, to press his students into thinking for themselves. His teachings had unsurpassed influence on all the great Greek and Roman schools of philosophy.
Yet, for all his fame and influence, Socrates himself never wrote a word.
Socrates encouraged new ideas and free thinking in the young, and this was frightening to the conservative people. They wanted him silenced. Yet, many were probably surprised that he accepted death so readily.
Socrates had the right to ask for a lesser penalty, and he probably could have won over enough of the people who had previously condemned him. But Socrates, as
a firm believer in law, reasoned that it was proper to submit to the death sentence. So, he calmly accepted his fate and drank a cup of poison hemlock in the presence of his grief-stricken friends and students.
　
26. In the first paragraph, the word “yet” is used to introduce____.
A) contrast B) a sequence
C) emphasis D)an example
　
27. Scorates was condemned to death because he ____.
A) believed in law
B) was a philosopher
C) published radical philosophical articles
D) advocated original opinions
　
28. The word “unsurpassed” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to ____.
A) untold B) unequalled
C) unnoticed D) unexpected
　
29. By mentioning that Socrates himself never wrote anything, the writer
implies that ____.
A) it was surprising that Socrates was so famous
B) Socrates was not so learned as he is reputed to have been
C) Socrates used the work of his students in teaching
D) the authorities refused to publish Socrates’ works
　
30. Socates accepted the death penalty to show ____.
A) his belief in his students
B) his contempt for conservatives
C) his recognition of the legal system
D) that he was not afraid of death
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
　
To be “historically minded” is to see things in relation and in perspective, and to judge tolerantly. We must remember how differently men have thought and acted in different times. We must always keep an open mind, ready to receive and weigh new evidence. If we grasp this idea, we will never think that a historian is
someone who can remember dates. That childish idea is like calling a man a statesman because he can remember the names of voters in his district. A waiter could
remember more names and a telephone operator more numbers than the greatest historian.
The true historian is not content to take all his facts from other historians. Today he makes sure that his statements are based on sound “documents” or “sources” which go back to the time of the facts themselves.
But the historian needs always to be in his guard not to be misled by his sources. A document may not be a real one. Its author may be lying on purpose for
some reasons. He may be so greatly influenced by national, religious, party or personal backgrounds as to be totally unfair to the other side. If honest, he may
be misinformed as to the facts and mistaken in his inferences.
Anyone who reads the accounts published in the different countries concerning the causes and results of wars will realize that the historian needs caution and training in handling these sources. The trained historian asks first: “Did th
is writer mean to tell the truth?” and second; “Was he in a position or frame of
mind to tell the truth even if he wants to?” Every statement must be patiently
weighed and tested and combined with all other available information in order to
get at the truth.
　
3l.A “historica1ly minded” researcher ____.
A) always keeps an open mind to history
B) looks at one historical event without relating it to another
C) sees things from a single point of view
D) refuses to accept new evidence
　
32.In Paragraph l the author means to illustrate that ____.
A) different men think and act differently
B) the study of history is not merely a matter of remembering dates
C) a statesman can remember the names of voters in his district
D) a waiter can remember more names than the great historians
　
33.The true historian should base his statements on ____.
A) findings of other historians
B) documents created at the present time
C) his own inferences
D) sound historical materials
　
34.Which of the following is the topic of Paragraph 3?
A) Some historical documents may not be real.
B) Some authors may not be honest.
C) Historians should be careful about their sources.
D) Historians may be influenced by their own backgrounds.
　
35. It is emphasized in the last paragraph that ____.
A) wars are accounted for differently in different countries
B) the historian needs caution and training in dealing with his sources
C) some writers may not be telling the truth
D) some writers may not be in a position or frame of mind to tell the truth

Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
　
Friedrich Dobl, a Yugoslav working in Germany, was fed up with traffic jams. At
long weekends and holiday times when he wanted to get him quickly he always found himself behind hundreds of other cars moving slowly along the notorious foreign workers’ route through Germany and Austria.
How easy it all was for police and emergency services. A siren, a flashing light
? And like magic everyone was out of the way. Going home from work one night he
passed a garage. And there in front of him was the answer to his problem. An old
ambulance was for sale. The red cross had been removed. But not the flashing light, and the siren. He tried the light. It flashed magnificently. He tried the siren. That too sounded impressive. He bought the ambulance and opened up for himself a dream world of motoring.
It began early in the morning, all his luggage in the back of the ambulance and
motorway in Germany looking reasonably clear. Soon, as always, a long line of traffic appeared ahead. He switched on the flashing light and set off the siren. Cars swiftly slowed and pulled off the fast lane. Other cars stopped and drivers waved him ahead to an open road all his own. In record time he crossed the border into Austria. The big bluff was working. Police even waved him through the confusion caused by an accident.
But then the Yugoslav made his beg mistake. Until then he had only stopped for petrol. Now he was driving past a real accident, lights flashing, too late to realize that it was not another traffic jam as he assumed. They stopped him, and after hearing the story of his ride across two countries fined him 12.5 pounds.
　
36. At long weekends and holidays Friedrich Dobl used to____ .
A) drive home in Germany
B) meet other foreign workers
C) get caught in terrible traffic jams
D) get to the place where he worked by a special quick route
　
37. Why did he decide to buy the ambulance?
A) Because he had always wanted one.
B) Because he wanted to resell it at a higher price.
C) Because he liked the siren and the flashing light.
D) Because he knew that other traffic would get clear of the way for an ambulance.
　
38. The red cross had been removed ____.
A) but he soon put up a new one
B) but the siren and the flashing light still worked
C) so he asked the garage to paint another one on
D) because the vehicle did not look like an ambulance any more
　
39. When the police stopped him,____.
A) he was driving dangerously
B) he had just driven straight past an accident
C) they found 12.5 pounds in his pocket
D) they told him they had followed him all the way
40. Which of the followings might be the best title for the passage?
A) How to Drive Quickly.
B) How to Avoid Accidents.
C) A Quick Way Home? By An Ambulance.
D) A Safe Way Home? Non-Stop.
Part Ⅲ
Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are for choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
　
41.____ all behaviour is learned behaviour is a basic assumption of social scientists.
A) Nearly B) That nearly
C) It is nearly D) When nearly
42. On cloudy nights it is not possible to see the stars with ____ eye.
A) naked B) bare
C) flesh D) pure
　
43. During the storm we took ____ in the doorway of a shop.
A) rescue B) shelter
C) shield D) proof
　
44. The ship’s captain and members of the ____welcomed us on board.
A) staff B) crew
C) team D) chain
45. At the first ____ of twelve everyone stopped for lunch.
A) sound B) stroke
C) moment D) minute
　
46. The map was drawn to the standard____ of 1/100,000 so there was not much detail.
A) base B) line
C) rate D) scale
47. Her skirt had been so ____ in packing that she had to iron it
before going out.
A) crushed B) torn
C) dirty D) untidy
　
48. We are taking ____a collection to buy flowers for John because he is in the hospital.
A) to B) up
C) over D) off
　
49. It’s not what she says that bothers me. It’s the reason she says it. You’ve got to read ____ the lines with her.
A) among B) amongst
C) between D) through
　
50. I mistook you ____ your brother.
A) for B) as
C) to be D) by
　
51. I am easily hurt because my feelings are very ____.
A) sensible B) sensational
C) sensitive D) sentimental
　
52. The medical record shows that it was the drug, not the disease, ____ killed him several years ago.
A) the effects of which
B) the effects of it
C) finally
D) that
53. What you have done is ____ the doctor’s orders.
A) attached to
B) responsible to
C) resistant to
D) contrary to
　
54. You can’t see through a telescope unless it is ____ correctly to your
sight.
A) adapted B) adopted
C) adjusted D) accustomed
　
55. An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of ____.
A) crisis B) urgency
C) emergency D) emergence
　
56.____ nothing more to discuss, the secretary-general got to his feet, s
aid goodbye and left the room.
A) There was B) Being
C) There being D) As there being
57. I ____you that the machine will arrive next week.
A) insist B) confirm
C) assure D) undertake
58. Many new ____ will be opened up in the future for those with a university education.
A) opportunities B) necessities
C) probabilities D) realities
59. His discovery counts ____nothing though he tried very hard.
A) on B) for
C) in D) up
60. He has never felt himself so powerfully ____to the scientific ideal.

A) interested B) absorbed
C) confident D) attracted
61. If you don’t put the food in the refrigerator, it may go ____.
A) off B) over
C) wrong D) out
62. If this university ____ such a good reputation, I would not have come
here.
A) didn’t have B) hadn’t had
C) doesn’t have D) hasn’t had
63. He agreed with the plan in ____, but thought that in practice it would not work.
A) attitude B) approach
C) viewpoint D) principle
　
64. If only we ____ then the disease was curable.
A) knew B) could know
C) had known D) would have known
65. The weather is highly ____ at this time of the year and it is hard to
know what to wear.
A) various B) variant
C) variable D) varied
　
66. Our company decided to ____ the contract because a number of the conditions in it had not been met.
A) destroy B) refuse
C) assume D) cancel
　
67. Eminent physicists from all over the world came to the U.S. to ____ the centennial（一百周年） of A. Einstein’s birth.
A) congratulate B) applaud
C) celebrate D) participate
　
68.Not until midnight ____him in the hotel.
A) we found B) we did find
C) found we D) did we find
　
69. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn’t ____what colour it was.
A) make out B) look to
C) look out D) take in
　
70. High in the sky a ____ of birds was flying southward.
A) swarm B) flock
C) crowd D) herd
Part Ⅳ
Short Answer Questions (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part there is a short passage with 8
questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the
questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
By the 1950s many American families owned television sets. During television’s first 20 years, deaf people missed most of the fun. They could not hear what was
being said and had to guess.
Deaf people who watched television liked sports and action shows, but they were
disappointed with other programs. If there was a lot of dialogue, deaf viewers couldn’t follow the plot. Even the most skilled lip-readers could only catch part
of the talking. This frustrated many deaf people.
In the late 1960s, a man started experimenting. Malcom Norwood thought that deaf
people could enjoy television programs, too. He wanted to develop captions for
the programs. Norwood worked for the federal government’s Media Services and Captioned Films Division at the Bureau of Education of the Handicapped.
Norwood surveyed many hearing Americans. He wanted to see how they felt about seeing captions on the television screen. Too many people were against the idea. Norwood realized he had to develop another way of captioning - one that would not
bother hearing people.
In October of 1971, Norwood’s office signed a contract with WGBH-TV, a public television station in Boston. WGBH was hired to experiment with captions. They agreed to make a captioned television program for Norwood. That program was made. It was shown on television and at a special convention.
The type of captions made by WGBH could be seen on any television. No special equipment was needed. These were called “open captions”.
Later, a new machine was invented. This device was made to send signals on a special part of the television picture. The signals could be captions. If a family
had another kind of machine in their home or in their TV set, then the captions
(or signals) would appear on their television screen. Without the machine, no captions would be seen. That special machine is called a decoder. It receives the
signals transmitted from the television station. Captions that require a decoder
are called “closed captions”.
S1 During television’s first 20 years, deaf people missed most of the fun
because they ____.
S2 Deaf people who watched television did not like programs other than sports and action shows because ____.
S3 In the late 1960s, Malcom Norwood thought that deaf people could enjoy
television programs with the help of ____.
S4 According to the survey conducted by Norwood, hearing people’s attitude toward captions was ____.
S5 A decoder is a machine to ____.
S6 “Open captions” are captions that ____.
S7 “Closed captions” are captions that ____.

S8 The advantage of the way of closed captions may be the fact that ____ .
Part Ⅴ
Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a letter to the president of your university. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:
假设你是一个大学二年级学生，学校向学生征求建议，你向校长写信提出两点建议：
1. 学校教学应该注重学生学习方法的培养。
2. 学校应该丰富学生的校园生活。