1、公共英语四级-424 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Listening (总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)When Mr. French retired, he bought a small cottage in1The cottage was built in the late 2He was looking forward to 3In the summer holidays, his cottage attracted 4In the end, he sold the cottage and bough
2、t a small5（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)How many factors of a room influence the behavior and attitudes of the people in it?6In what kind of rooms do people tend to give higher ratings to photographs of faces?7What color stimulated more activity, but the activity
3、 ended sooner?8What kind of room mentioned in the monologue is the“ugly“ room?9Which university is mentioned in the passage?10（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 11-13 are based on the following talk. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11-13.（分数：3.00）
4、(1).Why does John want to buy a bicycle?（分数：1.00）A.To replace his stolen bicycle.B.To begin bicycling to work.C.To join a bicycle club.D.To train for a bicycle rac(2).What does Laura suggest that John do?（分数：1.00）A.Buy a used bicycle.B.Buy a racing bicycle.C.Replace the tires on his bicycle.D.Sell h
5、is old bicycle to the shop.(3).What does Laura say is most important about a bike?（分数：1.00）A.It must be the right height.B.It must have several gears.C.It must have good tires.D.It must be the right weight.Questions 14-16 are based on the following monologue. You now have 15 seconds to read Question
6、s 14-16.（分数：3.00）(1).What was wrong with Debra a year ago?（分数：1.00）A.She had headaches.B.She forgot things.C.She couldnt sleep.D.All of the abov(2).What is the real reason that makes her ill?（分数：1.00）A.She uses too many sleeping pills.B.She is too thin.C.She is sensitive to foods and chemicals.D.It
7、is not known.(3).What worries her recently?（分数：1.00）A.She cannot work in London.B.She cannot live in London.C.It is difficult for her to finish her studies.D.Itll be difficult for her to find a joQuestions 17-20 are based on the following passage. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20.（分数：
8、4.00）(1).Why did the speaker want to work in Nanping?（分数：1.00）A.He thought experts were more needed there.B.He wanted to have a good time there.C.He was invited to work there.D.He didnt like to stay in Shanghai any longer.(2).How many students did he teach there?（分数：1.00）A.Nineteen.B.Sixty-five.C.Ei
9、ghty-four.D.Fifty.(3).What impressed him the most?（分数：1.00）A.The food in Nanping.B.The organization of the class.C.The discussion in the class.D.The co-operative spirit of the students.(4).What did he think of his short course in Nanping?（分数：1.00）A.It was interesting.B.It was a valuable experience.C
10、.It was too far away from big cities.D.It was a difficult course to teac五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)We often hear the (21) “Bug“ while using computers. But what is a bug? In computer science, a bug (22) an error in software or hardware. In software, a bug is an error in coding or logic that
11、causes a program to malfunction or to (23) incorrect results. Minor bugs, for example, a cursor that does not behave as (24) -can be inconvenient or frustrating, but not damaging to (25) More severe bugs can cause a program to “hang“ (stop responding to (26) and might (27) the user with no (28) but
12、to restart the program, losing whatever (29) work had not been saved. In (30) case, the programmer must find and correct the error by the (31) known as debugging. Because of the (32) risk to important data, commercial aplication programs are tested and (33) as completely as possible before release.
13、Minor bugs found after the program becomes (34) are corrected in the next update; more (35) bugs can sometimes be fixed with special software, called patches, that circumvents or otherwise (36) its effects.In hardware, a bug is a recurring (37) problem that prevents a system or set of (38) from work
14、ing together properly. The (39) of the term reputedly goes back to the early days of computing, when a hardware problem in a computer at Harvard University was (40) to a moth caught between the contacts of a relay in the machine.（分数：20.00）A.wordingB.termC.dictionD.insectA.recurs toB.prefers toC.attr
15、ibutes toD.refers toA.produceB.achieveC.recreateD.attainA.expectB.expectationC.expectingD.expectedA.informationB.materialC.memoryD.newsA.commandsB.monitorC.controlD.supervisionA.grantB.retainC.leaveD.rewardA.alternativeB.objectiveC.collectiveD.derivativeA.prestigiousB.precariousC.previousD.preciousA
16、.bothB.eitherC.neitherD.noneA.processB.operationC.performanceD.actionA.promisingB.potentialC.prospectiveD.probableA.debuggedB.analyzedC.releasedD.removedA.accessibleB.affableC.availableD.adaptableA.minorB.majorC.importantD.severeA.alleviatesB.worsensC.reducesD.enhancesA.mentalB.physicalC.formalD.sub
17、stantialA.compoundsB.compositionsC.componentsD.composureA.beginningB.startC.sourceD.originA.trackedB.tracedC.followedD.detected六、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Text 1(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Security and commodity exchanges are trading posts where people meet who wish to buy or sell
18、. The exchanges themselves do no trading; they merely provide a place where prospective buyers and sellers can meet and conduct their business.Wall Street, although the best known, is not the only home of exchanges in the United States. There are the cotton exchanges in New Orleans and Chicago; the
19、Mercantile Exchange, which deals in many farm products, in Chicago; and grain exchanges in many of the large cities of the Midwest. Some exchanges, like the Chicago Board of Trade, provide market services for several kinds of products. These trading posts where products may be bought or sold are cal
20、led commodity exchanges.The security exchanges, on the other hand, are meeting places where stocks and bonds are traded. Like the commodity exchanges, they help serve the economic life of the country. But when their operations get out of hand, they may become very dangerous. In 1929, the security ex
21、changes, or stock market, contributed to a crash-a sudden, sharp decline in the value of securities. Many people lost fortunes; many corporations were bankrupted; many workers lost their jobs. The Crash of 1929 has been attributed to many causes, among them were wild and unwise speculation by many p
22、eople and dishonest practices on the part of some businessmen and of some members of the exchanges.Today, however, investing through security exchanges and trading on commodity exchanges have been made safer by regulations set up by the exchanges themselves and by regulations of the United States go
23、vernment. In 1922, the government instituted the Commodity Exchange Commission which operates through the Department of Agriculture; and in 1934, the Securities and Exchange Commission, to protect investors and the public against dishonest practices on the exchanges.（分数：5.00）(1).Security and commodi
24、ty exchanges are meeting places for buyers and sellers of _.（分数：1.00）A.stocksB.grainC.securitiesD.all of these(2).Security exchanges handle _.（分数：1.00）A.securitiesB.grainC.bondsD.both A and C(3).Among the reasons for the Crash of 1929 were _.（分数：1.00）A.unwise speculation by many peopleB.dishonest pr
25、actices by some businessmenC.strict regulations of the Commodity Exchange CommissionD.both A and B(4).Investing in securities has been made safe by the _.（分数：1.00）A.Securities and Exchange CommissionB.Commodity Exchange CommissionC.Chicago Board of TradeD.Chicago Mercantile Exchange(5).Which of the
26、following is implied but not stated?（分数：1.00）A.Some exchanges provide market services for several products.B.The role of the government has been an important factor in curbing dishonest practices on the exchanges.C.Investing in securities is unwise.D.Buying and selling grain is dishonest.九、Text 2(总题
27、数：1，分数：5.00)It was unfortunate that, after so trouble-free an arrival, he should stumble in the dark as he was rising and severely twist his ankle on a piece of rock. After the first shock the pain became bearable, and he gathered up his parachute before limping into the trees to hide it as best he
28、could. The hardness of the ground and the deep darkness made it almost impossible to do this efficiently. The pine needles lay several inches deep, so he simply piled them on top of the parachute, cutting the short twigs that he could feel around his legs, and spreading them on top of the needles. H
29、e had great doubts about whether it would stay buried, but there was very little else that he could do about it.After limping for some distance in an indirect course away from his parachute he began to make his way downhill through the trees. He had to find out where he was, and then decide what to
30、do next. But walking downhill on a rapidly swelling ankle soon proved to be almost beyond his powers. He moved more and more slowly, walking in long sideways movements across the slope, which meant taking more steps but less painful ones. By the time he cleared the trees and reached the valley, day
31、was breaking. Mist hung in soft sheets across the fields. Small cottages and farm buildings grouped like sleeping cattle around a village church, whose pointed tower high into the cold winter air to welcome the morning.“I cant go much farther,“ John Harding thought, “Someone is bound to find me, but
32、 what can I do? I must get a rest before I go on. Theyll look for me first up there on the mountain where the plane crashed. I bet theyre outlooking for it already and theyre bound to find the chute in the end. I cant believe they wont. So theyll know Im not dead and must be somewhere. Theyll think
33、Im hiding up there in the trees and rocks so theyll look for me there. So Ill go down to the village. With luck by the evening my foot will be good enough to get me to the border.“Far above him on the mountainside he could hear the faint echo of voices, startling him after great silence. Looking up
34、he saw lights like little pinpoints moving across the face of the mountain in the gray light. But the road was deserted, and he struggled along, still almost invisible in the first light, easing his aching foot whenever he could, avoiding stones and rough places, and limping quietly and painfully to
35、wards the village. He reached the church at last. A great need for peace almost drew him inside, but he knew that would not do. Instead, he limped along its walls towards a very old building standing a short distance from the church doors. It seemed to have been there for ever, as if it had the chur
36、ch. John Harding pushed open the heavy wooden door and slipped inside.（分数：5.00）(1).In spite of his bad ankle he was able to _.（分数：1.00）A.carry on walking fairly rapidlyB.walk in a direction that was less steepC.bear the pain without changing directionD.find out where he had landed(2).Why was his att
37、ention drawn to the mountain again?（分数：1.00）A.He was surprised to see the torches of the searchers so far away.B.He was a little astonished to hear voices after so long.C.He could see the mens faces in spite of the poor light.D.He could see a shower of small rocks fallin(3).Which of these do you thi
38、nk John Harding was?（分数：1.00）A.An escaped prisoner.B.A criminal on the run from the police.C.An airman who had landed in an enemy country area.D.A spy who had been hiding in the forest.(4).Hardings plan was _.（分数：1.00）A.to stay in the village as long as he couldB.to cross into another countryC.to re
39、ach the church and rest thereD.to have his foot made well again(5).Why did not John Harding go into the church?（分数：1.00）A.The church was empty.B.The door to the church was shut.C.The church was too far away.D.He was not sure whether there could be enemy or not in the churc十、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Theo
40、dore Dreiser is old-he is very, very old. I do not know how many years he has lived, perhaps forty, perhaps fifty, but he is very old. Something gray and bleak and hurtful, that has been in the world perhaps forever, is personified in him.When Dreiser is gone men shall write books, many of them, and
41、 in the books they shall write there will be so many of the qualities Dreiser lacks. The new, the younger men shall have a sense of humor, and everyone knows Dreiser has no sense of humor. More than that, American prose writers shall have grace, lightness of touch, a dream of beauty breaking through
42、 the husks of life.Those who follow him shall have many things that Dreiser does not have. That is a part of the wonder and beauty of Theodore Dreiser, the things that others shall have because of him.Long ago, when he was editor of the Delineator, Dreiser went one day, with a woman friend, to visit
43、 an orphan asylum. The woman once told me the story of that afternoon in the big, ugly gray building, folding and refolding his pocket-handkerchief and watching the children-all in their little uniforms, trooping in.“The tears ran down his cheeks and he shook his head“, the woman said, and that is a
44、 real picture of Theodore Dreiser. He is old in spirit and he does not know what to do with life, so he tells about it as he sees it, simply and honestly. The tears run down his cheeks and he folds and refolds the pocket-handkerchief and shakes his head.Heavy, heavy, the feet of Theodore. How easy t
45、o pick some of his books to pieces, to laugh at him for so much of his heavy prose.The feet of Theodore are making a path, the heavy brutal feet. They are tramping through the wilderness of lies, making a path. Presently the path will be a street, with great arches overhead and delicately carved spi
46、res piercing the sky. Along the street will run children, shouting “Look at me. See what I and my fellows of the new day have done“-forgetting the heavy feet of Dreiser.The follows of the ink-pots, the prose writers in America who follow Dreiser, will have much-to do that has never done. Their road
47、is long but, because of him, those who follow will never have to face the road through the wilderness of Puritan denial, the road that Dreiser faced alone.Heavy, heavy, hangs over they head.Fine, or superfine?（分数：5.00）(1).This passage is to _.（分数：1.00）A.criticize Theodore DreiserB.praise Theodore Dr
48、eiserC.defend Theodore DreiserD.ridicule Theodore Dreiser(2).“Heavy, heavy, the feet of Theodore.“ It means _.（分数：1.00）A.Theodore Dreiser was very, very oldB.Theodore Dreiser was old in spiritC.Theodore Dreiser was tramping through the wildernessD.the tone in Theodore Dreisers works was very heavy(3
49、).What happened when Dreiser went to an orphan asylum one day?（分数：1.00）A.He burst into tears.B.He felt pity for the children there.C.He shook his head.D.All of the abov(4).What is the meaning of “the fellows of the ink-pots“?（分数：1.00）A.People who follow Theodore Dreiser.B.People who like Theodore Dreiser.C.People who write.D.People who write pros(5).What can you i
