新东方05年英语四级考前预测试卷

Part Ⅰ  
Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)  
Section A  
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a third voice will ask a question about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. 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 blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.   
Example: You will hear:  
You will read:   
A) At the office. B) In the waiting room.  
C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant.   
From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they have to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore A“At the office” is the best answer. You should choose answer A on the Answer Sheet and blacken it with a pencil.   
1. A) Twenty-five dollars. B) Twenty dollars.  
C) Forty dollars. D) Fifty dollars.   
2 . A) To go to the French restaurant.  
B) To try a new restaurant.  
C) To visit a friend.  
D) To stay at home.   
3. A) Easy-going and friendly. B) Very nervous.  
C) Angry. D) Not easy-going.   
4. A) He plays jazz music. B) He is a jazz fan.  
C) He needs 300 jazz records. D) He likes classical music.   
5. A) At a post office. B) At a bank.  
C) At a restaurant. D) At an airport.   
6. A) He was sacred. B) He was upset.  
C) He hasn’t got a car. D) He is glad to drive her there.   
7. A) Lending money to a student. B) Filling a form.  
C) Reading a student’s application. D) Asking for some financial aid. 8. A) 12:30. B) 11:30. C) 12:00. D) 11:00.  
9.A) Skiing. B) Tennis. C) Swimming. D) Golf.  
10.A) Sick. B) Comfortable. C) Better. D) Fine.
Section B  
Compound Dictation  
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 11 to 17 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 18 to 20 you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.   
Very high waves are destructive when they 11 ____ the land. Fortunately, this 12 ____ happens. One reason is that out at sea, waves moving in one direction almost always run into waves moving in a different direction. The two __ 13 __ of waves tend to cancel each other out. Another reason is that water is __ 14 __ near the shore. As a wave gets closer to land,;the shallow __ 15 __ helps reduce its __ 16 __.   
But the power of waves striking the shore can still be very great. During a winter gale, waves sometimes strike the __ 17 __ with the force of 6,000 pounds for each square foot. That means a wave, 25 feet high and 500 feet along its face, may __ 18 __.  
Yet __ 19 __. During the most raging storms, __ 20 __.  
PartⅡ  
Reading Comprehension  
Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 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.   
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:   
In recent years many countries of the world have been faced with the problem of how to make their workers more productive. Some experts claim the answer is to make jobs more varied. But do more varied jobs lead to greater productivity? There is evidence to suggest that while variety certainly makes the workers’ life more enjoyable, it does not actually make him work harder. As far as increasing productivity is concerned, the variety is not an important factor.   
Other experts feel that giving the worker freedom to do his job in his own way is important and there is no doubt that this is true. The problem is that this kind of freedom cannot easily be given in the modern factory with its complicated machinery which must be used in a fixed way. Thus while freedom of choice may be important, there is usually very little that can be done to create it. Another important consideration is how much each worker contributes to the product he is making. In most factories the worker sees only one small part of the product. Some car factories are now experimenting with having many small production lines rather than one large one, so that each worker contributes more to the production of the cars on his line. It would seem that not only is the degree;of workers’ contribution an important factor, therefore, but it is also one we can do something about.  
To what extent more money led to greater productivity? The workers themselves certainly think this is important. But perhaps they want more money only because the work they do is so boring. Money just lets them enjoy their spare time more. A similar argument may explain demands for shorter working hours. Perhaps if we succeed in making their jobs more interesting, they will neither want more money, nor will shorter working hours be so important to them.   
21. Which of these possible factors leading to greater productivity is not true? A) To make jobs more varied.  
B) To give the worker freedom to do his job in his own way.  
C) Degree of work contribution.  
D) Demands for longer working hours.   
22. Why workers want more money?  
A) Because their jobs are too boring.  
B) In order to enjoy more spare time.  
C) To make their jobs more interesting.  
D) To;demand shorter working hours.   
23 . The last sentence in this passage means that if we succeed in making workers’ jobs more interesting __.  
A) they will want more money  
B) they will demand shorter working hours  
C) more money and shorter working hours are important factors  
D) more money and shorter working hours will not be so important to them   
24 . In this passage, the author tells us __.  
A) how to make the workers more productive  
B) possible factors leading to greater efficiency  
C) to a certain extent more money lead to greater productivity  
D) how to make workers’ jobs more interesting   
25 . The author of this passage is probably a __.  
A) teacher B) worker C) manager D) physicist   
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:   
Over the past decade, the environmental movement has exploded onto the mind of mainstream consumers, a fact not lost on marketers and advertisers. Green advertising ;started in the mid-1980s when issues of the environment muscled their way to the forefront of marketing. Advertisers saw the consumer desire for environmentally safe products and tried to meet the demand as quickly as possible. Not surprisingly, this first wave suffered from rough and poorly conceived marketing efforts. Many advertisers embraced a genuine concern for the environment. But consumers realized that some companies made false claims and exploited the movement, using such nebulous (模糊的)terms as “environmentally friendly” and “green.”  
Consumers grew wary of environmental appeals, and advertisers reacted by reducing its emphasis. To avoid future trouble, many companies waited for state and federal governments to define terms and provide legal guidelines, which paved the road to a second wave. In 1992 the Federal Trade Commission established guidelines for green marketing, followed shortly by state governments. California passed particularly strict laws, setting definitions for terms like “ozone friendly,” “biodegradable,” and “recycled.”  
According to the state’s court, “California seeks to guard against potentially specious;claims or ecological puffery (吹捧) about products with minimal environmental attributes.” Texas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Tennessee, Connecticut, and Washington soon followed the Golden State’s lead. The rigid regulations have left a number of advertisers confused and frustrated, although some feel that environmental claims have already peaked and are on their way out. Some believe that we’ve now entered green advertising’s third wave, where environmental concern is now part of the mainstream.  
26 . What were some early problems with Green advertisements?  
A) They were expensive. B) No one believed them.  
C) They were unsuccessful. D) They were often deceptive.   
27. What was the response by consumers?  
A) Consumers were responsible.  
B) Consumers were hostile.  
C) Consumers didn’t care all the time.  
D) Consumers got tired of it.   
28 . How did Green advertisements change after the first wave?  
A) They became more popular.  
B) They were more regulated.  
C) They became better produced.  D) They became less honest.   
29. When did the green third wave come?  
A) When environmental concern rise.  
B) When advertisers are self-regulating themselves.  
C) When advertisements become very regulated.  
D) When the mainstream also becomes concerned about it.   
30. Which of the following state takes the lead in guarding against ecological puffery of products with minimal environmental attributes?  
A) Massachusetts. B) Texas. C) California.　 D) Connecticut.  
  
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:   
Even as Americans have been gaining weight, they have cut their average fat intake from 36 to 34 percent of their total diets in the past 15 years. And indeed, cutting fat to control or lose weight makes sense. Fat has nine calories per gram. Protein and carbohydrates（碳水化合物） have just four. Moreover, the body uses fewer calories to metabolize fat than it does to metabolize other foods. Compared with protein and carbohydrates ― which break down into amino acids and simple sugars, respectively, and can be used to strengthen and energize the body ―― dietary fat is more easily converted to body fat. Therefore, it’s more likely to stay on buttocks, thighs and bellies.  
But cutting fat from your diet doesn’t necessarily mean your body won’t store fat. For example, between nonfat and regular cookies, there’s trivial difference in calories because manufacturers make up for the loss of fat by adding sugar. Low-fat crackers, soups and dressings can also be just as high in calories as richer versions. No matter where the calories come from, overeating will still cause weight again. The calories from fat just do it a little quicker. A Wisconsin computer programmer who decided with a diet coach to eat only 40 grams of fat a day learned the lesson firsthand. He wasn’t losing weight. Then he showed his food diary to his coach and revealed he’d been eating half a pound of jelly beans a day. “They don’t have any fat,” he explains. But they had enough sugar to keep him from shedding an ounce.   
Nonfat foods become add-on;foods. When we add them to our diet, we actually increase the number of calories we eat per day and gain weight. That was borne out in a Pennsylvania State University study. For breakfast, Prof. Barbara Rolls gave two groups of women yogurt that contained exactly the same amount of calories. One group’s yogurt label said “high fat”―the other, “low fat.” The “low fat” yogurt group ate significantly more calories later in the day than the other group. “People think they’ve saved fat and can indulge themselves later in the day with no adverse consequences,” says Richard Mattes, a nutrition researcher at Purdue University. “But when they do that, they don’t compensate very precisely, and they often end up overdoing it.”  
31 . Why Americans are still gaining weight?  
A) They eat too much fat.  
B) They overeat.  
C) They eat low-fat crackers, soups and dressings.  
D) They eat sugar.   
32. What lesson did the computer programmer learn?  
A) Overeating will cause weight gain.  
B) He can eat half apound of jelly beans a day.  
C) He didn’t eat any fat.  
D) His coach gave him a lecture.   
33 . Prof. Barbara’s experiment proved that __.  
A) two groups ate the same amount of calories  
B) two groups ate the same amount of yogurt  
C) the “low fat” yogurt group ate significantly more calories later in the day than the other group   
D) people increase the number of calories they eat per day and gain weight   
34. According to the author, __ has less calories.  
A) fat B) protein and carbohydrates  
C) amino acid D) sugar   
35 . What can you infer from the passage?  
A) To keep from being overweight, people have to eat non-fat food.  
B) The calories from fat just do it a little quicker than that from protein and carbohydrates.   
C) People should avoid temptation.  
D) Americans realize that it is necessary to count calories before eating the food.   
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:   
The plumes of ash came billowing from Mount Etna on July 17 at precisely 1:33 p.m., followed by 300-foot blasts of lava. Below, in the resort town of Nicolosi, Italy, anxious residents prayed for protection. But scientists were jubilant.  
“ Three minutes,” gushes Gene Ulmer, a Temple University geologist. “That’s all they missed by.” Not only did Ulmer witness the eruption (which killed no one), he was in Nicolosi the previous night when European volcanologists（火山学家） predicted that Mount Etna would erupt at 1:30 p.m.― one of the most accurate predictions in history.  
Scientists have historically had little success in predicting eruptions. There are instruments to monitor the geophysical changes that may suggest a volcano is ready to blow―increase in tremors, alterations in the mountain’s tilt, or changes in the resistance of the earth surrounding it. Other instruments track volcanoes’ chemical compositions, because rising levels of ammonia, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, water and other substances can also herald eruptions. But none of these instruments has done particularly well.  
So scientists have taken to monitoring as many different aspects of volcanic activity as possible. This broader approach appears to have yielded the stunningly accurate results at Etna. “We may have finally found the right combination of instrument to monitor volcanoes―and save lives,” says Ulmer.  
It is, of course, possible that the Etna team just got lucky. Nonetheless, Ulmer says, “all of us in volcanology are very excited.”  
36. Volcanologists were surprised by __.  
A) the accuracy of their own predictions of eruption of Mount Etna  
B) the eruption of Mount Etna  
C) the instruments they had used  
D) the ash and smoke of Mount Etna   
37. Which instruments are the most effective ones to predict the eruption of volcanoes?  
A) Instruments to monitor the geophysical changes.  
B) Instruments to track volcanoes’ chemical compositions.  
C) The combinations of instruments.  
D) None of them.   
38. What does the word “jubilant” mean according to;the context?  
A) Upset. B) Filled with great joy.  
C) Disappointed. D) Accurate.   
39 . What is the main idea of the passage?  
A) Though Mount Etna erupted as European volcanologists predicted, it was just a coincidence.   
B) Scientists succeeded in finding the instruments to predict eruption.  
C) Lots of scientists witnessed the Eruption of Mount Etna.  
D) Scientists predicted accurately the eruption of Mount Etna.   
40. What’s the possible title for this passage?  
A) The Volcanologists Succeeded.  
B) Mount Etna’s Eruption.  
C) Right on Schedule―Mount Etna Makes Scientists Look Smart.  
D)Prediction of Eruption in History.   
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 answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.   
41. __, I couldn’t find;the way to the post office.  
A) However hard I tried B) However I tried hard  
C) However hard I try D) Whatever I tried hard   
42. There was a __drop in support for the Union in the 1988 election.  
A) delicate B) distinct C) distant D) downward   
43. Only if I can understand what you are listening to, __write it down correctly.  
A) I shall B) shall I C) I can D) can I   
44. A lot of __ can be mentioned as essential for explaining the puzzling phenomenon.  
A) factions B) facades C) factors D) sides   
45. Some confusion has __about who can do this job.  
A) retained B) lifted C) raised D) arisen   
46. It was very hot and people crowded __the air-conditioner.  
A) about B) in C) on 　　 D) to   
47 . The programmer was always busy in an __way, spending hours accompanying nothing.  
A) ineffectual B) eventual C) efficient D) unskilled   
48. The flood __ the townspeople __from the rest of the world.  
A) cut...out B) cut...away C) cut...down D)cut...off   
49. Mary washed her face__.  
A) cleanly B) cleaned C) cleaning　 　D) clean   
50. The foreign guests, __were scientists, were warmly welcomed at the train station.  
A) most of them B) most of whom C) most of that 　D) most of those   
51 . Tom __ my letter; otherwise he would have replied before now.  
A) ought not have received B) shouldn’t have received  
C) has been received D) couldn’t have received   
52. I’d just as soon remind __ those important documents with you.  
A) that you won’t B) your not taking  
C) please don’t D) you didn’t take   
53 . The train is traveling __a speed of 120 miles an hour.  
A) with B) on C) in D) at   
54. Any living thing __ die without the sun.  
A) would B) may C) might D) will   
55 . Some scientists think that there is no better __ for mother’s;milk.  
A) alternative B) equivalent C) exchange D) substitute   
56. In his speech the Minister of Industry said that industrial exports went up for three __years.  
A) successful B) successive C) continual D) continuous   
57. A group of foreign students planning to travel by car to North Dakota in the winter are advised to __ their cars with snow tires and warm clothing.  
A) provide B) purchase C) equip D) install   
58 . All the students __ a loud laugh when the teacher told them the joke.  
A) let off B) let down C) let out D) let up   
59. I wish my son would stop __ and do something realistic.  
A) hanging about B) hanging on C) hanging up D) hanging off   
60. The __estimate of gains in gross national product suggested a gradual recovery from economic recession.  
A) introductory B) possible C) primary D) preliminary   
61. We __ so as not to wake the roommates.  
A) whispered B) moaned C) grunted D) muttered   
62 . Although he is only 5 years old, he has a __ imagination.  
A) furtive B) fertile C) frank 　 D) furious   
63. Now many people buy __ Christmas trees instead of real ones.  
A) false B) fake C) sham D) artificial   
64. Could you give me a hint without __ the answer?  
A) giving off B) giving away C) giving up D) giving in   
65. After a number of disagreements with the committee, the chairman was determined to __.  
A) retire B) withdraw C) retreat D) resign   
66. We all can’t __ why she married a man like this.  
A) reason out B) figure out C) make believe D) take in   
67. Mary’s close __ to her sister made people mistake them for one another.   
A) accuracy B) membership C) probability D) resemblance   
68. “Why didn’t Tom come to the party last night?”“He __ not have wanted to see me.”  
A) should B) would C) could D) might   
69. __ to the question of refreshments, I should think lemonade and sandwiches will be enough.  
A) Prior B) As C) Due D) According   
70. __ nothing more to discuss, the CEO got to his feet, said goodbye and left the meeting room.  
A) There was B)Being C) There being D) As there being   
PartⅣ  
Cloze (15 minutes)  
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.   
Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps __ 71 __ the talk with slides, writing up important information on the blackboard, __ 72 __ reading material and giving out __ 73 __.The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and __ 74 __ what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture __ 75 __ notes which do not catch the main points and __ 76 __ become hard even for the __ 77 __ to understand.  
Most institutions provide courses which __ 78 __ new students to develop the skills they need to be __ 79 __ listeners and note-takers. __ 80 __ these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which __ 81 __ learners to practice these skills __ 82 __ . In all cases it is important to __ 83 __ the problem __ 84 __ actually starting your studies.  
It is important to __ 85 __ that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills __ 86 __ in college study. One way of __ 87 __ these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the __ 88 __ year. Another basic __ 89 __ is to find a study partner __ 90 __ it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support.  
71.A) extending B) illustrating C) performing;D) conducting  
72.A) attributing B) contributing C) distributing D) explaining  
73.A) assignments B) information C) content D) definition  
74.A) suspects B) understands C) wonders D) convinces  
75.A) without B) with C) on D) except  
76.A) what B) those C) as D) which  
77.A) teachers B) classmates C) partners D) students  
78.A) prevent B) require C) assist D) forbid  
79.A) effective B) passive C) relative D) expressive  
80.A) Because B) Though C) Whether D) If  
81.A) enable B) stimulate C) advocate D) prevent  
82.A) independently B) repeatedly C) logically D) generally  
83.A) evaluate B) acquaint C) tackle D) formulate  
84.A) before B) after C) while D) for  
85.A) predict B) acknowledge C) argue D) ignore  
86.A) to require B) required C) requiring D) are required  
87.A) preventing B) withstanding C) sustaining D) overcoming  
88.A) average B) ordinary C) normal D) academic  
89.A) statement B) strategy C) situation D) suggestion90.A) in that B) for which C) with whom D) such as  
PartⅤ  
Writing (30 minutes)  
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: [WTHX]Getting to know the World Outside the Campus.[WTBX] You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:   
1.大学生了解社会的必要性；  
2.了解社会的途径（大众媒介、社会服务等）；  
3.我打算怎么做。