著名培训机构英语四级密卷（二）

2005.6 中国著名培训机构英语四级密卷（二）

Part Ⅰ
Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

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 once. After each question there will be 8a 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)The man tends to repeat himself a lot.
B)The room was fixed at the man’s request.
C)She also finds it easier to work there now.
D)The man talks about working instead of doing it.

2.A)Bill doesn’t take good care of knives.
B)This matter doesn’t concern Bill.
C)He wants to find a better tool.
D)He wants Bill to fix the knife.

3.A)There’s going to be a wedding.
B)The people should learn that dance better.
C)Big dances are the most fun.
D)They need to print more invitations.

4.A)He will no longer ask for their help.
B)He will regret not accepting their help.
C)He still needs their help.
D)He has to manage without their help.

5.A)She is not feeling very well.
B)She is very ill.
C)She is annoyed with the doctor.
D)She is badly hurt.

6.A)Things to wear.
B)The warm weather.
C)Best material for making clothes.
D)A bright shirt.

7.A)Two weeks form now.
B)In about two days.
C)He hasn’t decided yet.
D)In four weeks.

8.A)He’s surprised she chose that agency.
B)He wonders why she’s kept her job.
C)He doesn’t know when her classes started.
D)He doubts she makes much money now.

9.A)He doesn’t like Rock’n Roll.
B)It’s a long way to the record store.
C)He likes only Rock’n Roll.
D)He isn’t hot now that he has a fan.

10.A)Before dinner.
B)During dinner.
C)Right after dinner.
D)The next day.

Section B
Directions:In this section you will hear a passage three times. During the first reading you should listen carefully for a general idea of the whole passage. Then listen to the passage again. When the first part of the passage is being read, you should fill in the missing word during the pause at each blank. After listening to the second part of the passage you are required to write down the main points according to what you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read the third time you can check what you have heard.
I am amazed at some of the statements made concerning Greg I Luganis’s deci
sion not to (11)____ the fact that he was HIV-positive. Although AIDS has been
a (12)____ word since the early 1980s, it appears that people still don’t have
a (13)____ concerning the realities of the situation. Even though the ways of contracting HIV are well-known, the general public still seems to react with (14
)____ fear for their own well-being when dealing with someone who they know is HIV-
positive or has AIDS. But because people who know that they are HIV-positive are
very (15)____ of this fact, they certainly will take more (16)____ in protecting other people than will the millions of walking time (17)____ who don’t know their HIV status . (18)__________________________
That means (19)_____________________________________--. Education is the key to this very complicated issue. (20)_________________________________________________

Part Ⅱ
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 center.

Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

More people than ever are drinking coffee these days――but in smaller quantities than they used to. Some manufacturers of coffee makers are trying to take advantage of this trend by developing diminutive machines that brew smaller amounts of coffee. Two US appliance companies――Black & Decker, based in Towson, Maryland, and Toastmaster Inc. of Columbia, Missouri――have recently introduced “drip” coffee makers that brew one or two cup servings of coffee. Both of the products brew the coffee directly into a cup or mug, eliminating the need for a separate carafe. Since many people make a pot of coffee in the morning but drink only a single cup, the new coffee makers should reduce the wasted coffee. Black & Decker’s Cup-at-a-Time costs $27, while Toastmaster’s Coffee Break Retails for $20.
Black & Decker also makes a coffee maker that drips coffee directly into a carry-around thermal carafe. The carafe, a glass vacuum bottle, is supposed to keep the coffee fresh for hours. The product, called the Thermal Carafe Coffee-maker, comes with a built-in lid that opens during the brewing process and close when it is completed. There are several models, including one that firs under the counter, ranging from $60 to $110 in price.

21.The main purpose of the text is to ____.
A) introduce a new trend of drinking coffee
B) introduce new coffee makers
C) introduce two U.S. appliance companies
D) introduce the new coffee industry

22. The advantage of “drip” coffee makers shown in the text is that ___.
A) they are much more economic
B) they can produce only one cup
C) they are more convenient and easier to operate
D) they are more economical

23. According to the passage, a thermal carafe is necessary when the coffee is ____.
A) preserved B) produced
C) manufactured D) brewed

24. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?
A) People used to drink coffee in larger quantities.
B) It is essential to attach a separate carafe, while “drip” coffee makers are applied.
C) People used to make a pot of coffee in the morning and drink it up.
D) The new coffee makers usually cost less than before.

25. The word “it” in Line 6, para 3. probably refers to ____.
A) the lid
B) coffee-maker
C) the brewing process
D) the model

Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

In science the meaning of the word “explain” suffers with civilization’s
every step in search of reality. Science cannot really explain electricity, magnetism , and gravitation; their effects can be measured and predicted, but of their nature no more is known to the modern scientist than to Thales who first looked into the nature of the electrification of amber, a hard yellowish-brown gum.
Most contemporary physicists reject the notion that man can ever discover what these mysterious forces “really” are. Electricity, Bertrand Russell says, “is not
a thing , like St. Paul’s Cathedral; it is a way in which things behave . When
we have told how things behave when they are electrified, and under what circumstances they are electrified, we have told all there is to tell.” Until recently scientists would have disapproved of such an idea. Aristotle, for example,whose natural science dominated western thought for two thousand years, believe that man could arrive at an understanding of reality by reasoning form self-evident principles. He felt, for example, that it is a self-evident principle that everything in the universe has its proper place, hence one can deduce that objects fall to the ground because that’s where they belong, and smoke goes up because that’s where it belongs. The goal of Aristotelian science was to explain why things happen. Modern science was born when Galileo began trying to explain how things happen and thus originated the method of controlled experiment which now forms the basis of scientific investigation.
26.The aim of controlled scientific experiments is ____.
A) to explain why things happen
B) to explain how things happen
C) to describe self-evident principles
D) to support Aristotelian science

27.What principles most influenced scientific thought for two thousand years?
A)The speculations of Thales.
B)The forces of electricity, magnetism , land gravity.
C)Aristotle’s natural science.
D)Galileo’s discoveries.

28.Bertrand Russell’s notion about electricity is ____.
A)disapproved of by most modern scientists
B)in agreement with Aristotle’s theory of self-evident principles
C)in agreement with scientific investigation directed toward “how” things
happen
D)in agreement with scientific investigation directed toward “why” things
happen

29.The passage says that until recently scientists disagreed with the idea ____.
A)that there are mysterious forces in the universe
B)that man cannot discover what forces “really ” are
C)that there are self-evident principles
D)that we can discover why things behave as they do

30.Modern science came into being ____.
A) when the method of controlled experiment was first introduced
B)when Galileo succeeded in explaining: how things happen
C)when Aristotelian scientists tried to explain why things happen
D)when scientists were able to acquire an understanding of reality by reasoning

Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise - and as a result, we are ageing unnecessarily soon.
Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers
in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a
relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down.
With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.
Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements
of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain , which relate to intellect(智能) and emotion, and determine the human character. (The rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing does not contract with age ,and one can continue living without intellectual on emotional faculties or functions).
Contraction of front and side parts - as cells die off- was observed in so
me subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty and seventy-year-olds.
Matsuzaswa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with age-using the head.
The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk, soys Matsuzawa are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm workers, bus drivers and shop assistants.
Matsozawa’s findings show that thinking can prevent the brain form shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supple the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. “The best way to maintain good blood circulation is through using
the brain, ” he says. “Think hard and engage in conversation. Don’t rely on pocket calculators.”

31.The team of doctors wanted to find out____.
A)why certain people are sooner than others
B)how to make people live longer
C)the size of certain people’s brains
D)which people are most intelligent

32.On what are their research findings based?
A)A survey of farmers in northern Japan.
B)Tests performed on a thousand old people.
C)Study of brain volumes of different people.
D)The latest development of computer technology.

33.The doctor’s tests show that____.
A)our brains shrink as we grow older
B)the front section of the brain does not shrink
C)sixty-year-olds have better brains than thirty-year-olds
D)some people’s brains have contracted more than other people’s

34.The word “subjects” in paragraph 5 means____.
A)something to be considered
B)branches of knowledge studied
C)persons chosen to be studied in an experiment
D)any member of a state except the supreme ruler

35.According to the passage, which people seem to age slower than the others?
A) Lawyers.
B)Farmers.
C)Clerks.
D)Shop assistants.

Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

Investment in the public sector, such as electricity, irrigation, public services and transport (excluding vehicles, ships and planes) increased by about 10%, although the emphasis moved to the transport and away from the other sectors
mentioned. Trade and services recorded a 16% to 17% investment growth, including a 30%increase in investment in business premises. Industrial investment is estimated to have risen by 8%. Although the share of agriculture in total gross investment in the economy continued to decline, investment grew by 9% in absolute terms, largely spurred on by a 23% expansion of investment in agricultural equipment. Housing construction had 12% more invested in it in 1964, not so much owing to increased demand, as to fears of new taxes and limitation of building.
Total consumption in real terms rose by close on 11% during 1964, and per
capital personal consumption by under 7%, as in 1963. The undesirable trend towards a rapid rise in consumption, evident in previous years, remained unaltered.
Since at current prices consumption rose by 16% and disposable income by 13%, there was evidently a fall in the rate of saving in the private sector of the economy. Once again consumption patterns indicated a swift advance in the standard of living. Expenditure on food declined in significance, although consumption of fruit increased. Spending on furniture and household equipment, health, education
and recreation continued to increase. The greatest proof of altered living standards was the rapid expansion of expenditure on transport (including private cars) and personal services of all kinds, which occurred during 1964. The progressive wealth of large sectors of the public was demonstrated by the changing composition of durable goods purchased. Saturation(饱和) point was rapidly being approached for items such as the first household radio, gas cookers, and electric refrigerators, whereas increasing purchases of automobiles and television sets were registered.
36.The author thinks that the trend towards a rapid rise in consumption was “undesirable” because ____.
A) people saved less
B) people were wealthy
C) people consumed less
D) expenditures on luxuries in creased

37.Expenditure increased on all the following EXCEPT ____.
A) food B) automobiles
C) education D) entertainment

38.It can be inferred form the increase of fruit consumption that____.

A) people had to spend more on transportation and furniture
B) people were more health conscious
C) people were more money conscious
D) the price of fruit dropped dramatically

39. The word “registered” in the last line most probably means ____.

A) marked B) approached
C) listed D) booked

40.From this passage, we learn that the people ____.
A) spent more money than they earned
B) saved more money than previously
C) spent their money wisely
D) invested and consumed at an accelerated pace

　
Part Ⅲ
Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

41. Anyone who has spent time with children is aware of the difference in the way boys and girls respond to ____ situation.
A) similar B) alike
C) same D) likely

42. In this factory , suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully ____.
A) admitted B) acknowledged
C) absorbed D) considered

43. The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool with
out his parents’____.
A) command B) conviction
C) consent D) compromise

44. In a typhoon , winds____ a speed greater than 120 kilometers per hour.
A) assume B) accomplish
C) attain D) assemble

45. Difficulties and hardships have ____the best qualities of the young geologist.
A) brought out B) brought about
C) brought forth D) brought up

46. The bank manager asked his assistant if it was possible for him to____ the investment plan within a week.
A) work out B) put out
C) make out D) set out

47. Richard doesn’t think he could ever____ what is called “free-style” poetry.
A) take on B) take over
C) take to D) take after

48. Californians and New Englanders speak the same language and ____by the same federal laws.
A) stand B) conform
C) abide D) sustain

49. The long-awaited Hubble Space Telescope, ____to orbit the Earth next March, will observe some of the oldest stars in the sky.
A) subject B) owing
C) available D) due

50. Although we had told them not to keep us waiting, they made no ____ to speed up deliveries.
A) trial B) attempt
C) action D) progress

51.The tourist will be prevented from entering a country if he does not
have ____ passport.
A) an operative B) a valid
C) an efficient D) an effective

52. With prices ____so much, it’s hard for the company to plan a budget.
A) fluctuating B) waving
C) swinging D) vibrating

53. If you suspect that the illness might be serious you should not ____ going to the doctor.
A) put off B) hold back
C) put aside D) hold up

54. All the information we have collected in relation to that case ____very little.
A) put off B) hold back
C) put aside D) hold up

55. A really powerful speaker can ____ the feelings of the audience to the fever of excitement.
A) work out B) work over
C) work at D) work up

56. Some teenagers harbor a generalized resentment against society , which ____ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature.
A) deprives B) restricts
C) rejects D) denies

57. Though ____ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to
record the plain facts of small-town life.
A) raised B) grown
C) developed D) cultivated

58. Achieving a high degree of proficiency in English as a foreign language is not a mysterious ____ without scientific basis.
A) process B) practice
C) procedure D) program

59. We cannot always____the wind , so new windmills should be so designed that they can also be driven by water.
A) hang on B) count on
C) hold on D) come on

60.Craing assured his boss that he would ____all his energies in doing this new job.
A) call forth B) call at
C) call on D) call off

61. Too much ____ to X-rays can cause skin burns , cancer of other damage to the body.
A) disclosure B) exhibition
C) contact D) exposure

62. When confronted with such questions , my mind goes ____, and I can hardly remember my own date of birth.
A) dim B) blank
C) faint D) vain

63. More than two hundred years ago the United States ____ form the British Empire and became an independent country.
A) got off
B) pulled down
C) broke away
D) dropped off

64. Care should be taken to decrease the length of time that one is____ loud continuous noise.
A) subjected to
B) filled with
C) associated with
D) attached to

65. Some of the most important concepts in physics their success ____ to these mathematical systems.
A) oblige B) due
C) contribute D) attribute

66. I support your decision , but I should also make it clear that I am not going to be ____ to it.
A) connected B) fastened
C) bound D) stuck

67. The English language contains a(n)____of words which are comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversation.
A) altitude B) latitude
C) multitude D) attitude

68. So forcefully ____ that we were all convinced.
A) he did speak
B) he spoke
C) did he speak
D) that he spoke

69. We shall start at seven if it ____ by that time.
A) will stop raining
B) stops to rain
C) has stopped raining
D) will have stopped to rain

70.____ you may be right, I can’t altogether agree.
A) As B) While
C) If D) Since

Part Ⅳ
Translation (15 minutes)
Directions:In this part, there are four passages, each consisting of one or two sentences for you to translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the Reading Passages you have just read.You should refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.
71.Passage 1, Para. 2,Sent.2
Both of the products brew the coffee directly into a cup or mug, eliminating t
he need for a separate carafe.
_______________________
72. Passage 2, Sent.6
Until recently scientists would have disapproved of such an idea.
_______________________
73. Passage 3, Para. 4, Sent.1
Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain , which relate to intellect
(智能) and emotion, and determine the human character.
_______________________
74. Passage4, Para. 1, Sent.1
Investment in the public sector, such as electricity, irrigation, public services
and transport (excluding vehicles, ships and planes) increased by about 10%, al
though the emphasis moved to the transport and away from the other sectors mentioned. _______________________
75. Passage4, Para. 2, Sent.8
The progressive wealth of large sectors of the public was demonstrated by the ch
anging composition of durable goods purchased.
________________________

Part Ⅴ
Directions: For this part, you are given 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Video Games in three paragraphs. You should write no less than 120 words and base your composition on the outline (given in English) below.
1. Video games have become popular.
2. Advantages of playing video games.
3. Disadvantages of playing video games.