1、专业四级-167及答案解析 (总分:147.00,做题时间:90分钟)一、BPART DICTATIO(总题数:1,分数:15.00)1. 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
2、 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
3、ANSWER SHEET ONE. (分数:15.00)_二、BPART LISTENIN(总题数:0,分数:0.00)三、BSECTION A CONVE(总题数:4,分数:12.00)(分数:3.00)(1).Where did the conversation mostly probably take place? A. In a police station. B. In the street. C. In a registration office. D. In a garage.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(2).Why is the man made to show his
4、 drivers license? A. Because he didnt register his car. B. Because he was speeding in a school zone. C. Because he lost his mind. D. Because he didnt stop when he was asked to.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(3).What did the man have to do? A. He had to ask his wifes cousins husband for help. B. He had to go to th
5、e court with the police officer. C. He had to pay the fine. D. He had to repair his odometer.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(分数:3.00)(1).The conversation is about_. A. the work of the future B. the workplace of the future C. the food of the future D. the entertainment of the future(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(2).The reason
6、why telecommuting is so high on Janis list is that_. A. people live so far away from their workplace B. people have Internet, laptop computers, cell phones, and email C. people get more done at home than they do in their offices D. both B and C(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(3).According to Janis, the working tim
7、e in the future will be_. A. longer B. flexible C. fixed D. shorter(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(分数:3.00)(1).What are the speakers talking about? A. Economy. B. Banking. C. Stocks. D. Accounting.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(2).What kind of service is NOT offered here? A. Money transfer. B. Balance check. C. 24h staff serv
8、ice. D. Payment.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(3).According to the dialogue, which of the following is true? A. The woman should tell her PIN number to the operator to get the service. B. The woman decided .to try the service. C. The woman can trade stocks and bonds immediately after signing up. D. The woman can
9、 be served by the bank online.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(分数:3.00)(1).Where does the conversation probably happen? A. In the hospital. B. At the office. C. At the law school. D. At home.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(2).According to the conversation, who single-handedly organized the march for lesbians against drunk drivi
10、ng? A. Enid. B. Aaron. C. Elle. D. Class leader.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following is NOT correct about Elle? A. She and Bruiser Woods are vegetarians. B. She has a bachelors degree in fashion merchandising. C. She was homecoming queen last year. D. One week ago, she saw Cameron Diaz.(分数:1.
11、00)A.B.C.D.四、BSECTION B PASSA(总题数:3,分数:10.00)(分数:3.00)(1).What does the egg stand for? A. The symbol of peace. B. The good wishes given by the parents to their children. C. The reoccurrences of good luck. D. The start of new life.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(2).The custom of writing on Easter eggs comes from_.
12、 A. the central and eastern Europe B. Poland and Ukraine C. the Egyptians D. a Russian jeweler(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(3).When did the custom of wearing new clothes on Easter begin?A. Around 300 A. D. B. During the Middle Ages. C. Around the time of the second Christian emperor. D. In the 500 A. D.(分数:1.00
13、)A.B.C.D.(分数:3.00)(1).In the authors opinion, why do we search the stars or moon? A. Because we have made up our mind to do so. B. Because we want to fulfil our desire for knowledge. C. Because we want to enjoy the ecstasy of achievement. D. Because we cannot help ourselves.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(2).Acco
14、rding to the author, where does the happiness of scientists lie? A. It lies in a sense of fulfillment. B. It lies in their rich imagination. C. It lies in the increase of their knowledge. D. It lies in the opportunity to continue the search.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(3).What is the meaning of success in the
15、general sense of the term? A. It means the opportunity to experience and to realize to the maximum the forces that are within us. B. It means great worldly achievements or accomplishments or wealth. C. It means being on the top of the social ladder. D. It means the search for truth.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.
16、(分数:4.00)(1).The purpose of the talk is_. A. to review the last lecture on inflation B. to introduce the concept of inflation C. to discuss the causes of inflation D. to argue in favor of inflation(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(2).According to the lecture, inflation means_. A. cost of living B. fixed income C. r
17、eal income D. rising prices(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(3)._would possibly benefit most from inflation. A. People who have salaries agreed to in long-term contracts B. People with slow-rising incomes C. People who own businesses D. People with pensions(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(4).When income rises more slowly than the
18、 cost of living,_. A. purchasing power stays the same B. real income decreases C. inflation is controlled D. income increases(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.五、BSECTION C NEWS (总题数:5,分数:12.00)(分数:2.00)(1).The Russian Military says it will A. kill 18 government soldiers. B. leave the southern area of Vidinor. C. der
19、ail the shaky peace process. D. exact revenge for a Chechen rebel ambush.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(2).How many Russian servicemen were killed, captured and wounded in the ambush? A. 18. B. 23. C. 25. D. 30.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(分数:2.00)(1).German court has sentenced a suspected former terrorist to nine years in
20、 prison tor her part in the failed 1988 bombing a _ disco. A. Spanish B. German C. American D. Swedish(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(2).Andrea Klump admitted _. A. she was a member of the ultra-left Red Army B. the now defunct group was behind the attack C. she was accompanied by Red Army Faction member Horst Lu
21、dwig Meyer D. her involvement in the bombing(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(分数:3.00)(1).Yesterdays strike caused the most confusion for A. employers. B. commuters. C. police. D. tourists.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(2).Bus drivers staged the strike against A. inflation, B. major domestic policy. C. pay decrease. D. employer
22、s-cruel exploitation.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(3).Railway workers joined in the strike because they A. attempted to halt the whole network for train travel. B. were dissatisfied with proposed rise in unemployment. C. were unhappy with their working conditions. D. wanted to Support workers from other unions.
23、(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(分数:2.00)(1).Pablo Neruda is _. A. a judge in Chile B. the brother of President Salvador Allende C. the Nobel prize-winning poet in 1973 D. a leader of Communist(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(2).The Nerudas family thought Neruda _. A. died in the immediate aftermath of the military coup that bro
24、ught. General Augusto Pinochet to power B. died in a Santiago clinic of advanced prostate cancer C. was a betrayal of his country D. had been poisoned(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(分数:3.00)(1).According to the news, what are Defense Department officials expected to do on Friday? A. To announce the plans to detec
25、t drug smugglers. B. To stop the flow of drugs northward from Latin America. C. To expand the use of military personnel. D. To throw more ships, planes and personnel into the antidrug movement.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(2).What was rejected by Colombia in January? A. The use of reconnaissance satellites in C
26、olombia. B. The training of counter-narcotics personnel. C. The proposal of stationing warships off the Colombian coast. D. The expanded use of military weapons.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(3).Which is not sent by the US military? A. Amy. B. Ships. C. Planes. D. Personnel.(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.六、BPART CLOZE/(总题数:1,
27、分数:20.00)The effect of the baby boom on the schools helped to make possible a shift in thinking about the role of public education in the 1920s. In the 1920s, but especially in the Depression of the 1930s, the United States experienced a U U 1 /U /Ubirth rate. Then with the prosperity U U 2 /U /Uby
28、the Second World War and the economic boom that followed, young people married and U U 3 /U /Uhouseholds earlier and began to U U 4 /U /Ularger families than had their U U 5 /U /Uduring the Depression. Birth rates rose to 102 per thousand in 1946, 106.2 in 1950, and 118 in 1955. U U 6 /U /Ueconomics
29、 was probably the most important U U 7 /U /U, it is not the only explanation for the baby boom. The increased value placed U U 8 /U /Uthe idea of the family also helps to U U 9 /U /Uthis rise in birth rates. The baby boomers began streaming U U 10 /U /Uthe first grade by the mid-1940s and became a U
30、 U 11 /U /Uby 1950. The public school system suddenly found itself U U 12 /U /UThe wartime economy meant that few new schools were built between 1940 and 1945. U U 13 /U /U, large numbers of teachers left their profession during that period for better-paid jobs elsewhere.U U 14 /U /U, in the 1950s,
31、the baby boom hit an antiquated and U U 15 /U /Uschool system. Consequently, the custodial rhetoric of the1930s no longer made U U 16 /U /U; keeping youths aged sixteen and older out of the labor market by keeping them in school could no longer be a high U U 17 /U /Ufor an institution unable to find
32、 space and staff to teach younger children. With the baby boom, the focus of educators U U 18 /U /Uturned toward the lower grades and back to basic academic skills and U U 19 /U /UThe system no longer had much U U 20 /U /Uin offering nontraditional, new, and extra services to the older youths.(分数:20
33、.00)(1). A. accelerating B. strengthening C. declining D. fluctuating(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(2). A. took on B. aroused from C. brought on D. carried off(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(3). A. adopted B. incorporated C. administered D. established(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(4). A. increase B. raise C. erect D. generate(分数:1.00)A.B
34、.C.D.(5). A. predecessors B. successors C. processors D. dominators(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(6). A. Since B. Despite C. Although D. Unless(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(7). A. dominance B. determinant C. determiner D. premise(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(8). A. at B. on C. for D. with(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(9). A. demonstrate B. interpre
35、t C. exhibit D. explain(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(10). A. through B. across C. into D. towards(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(11). A. creek B. flood C. torment D. torrent(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(12). A. overtaxed B. overdosed C. overweighed D. overlapped(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(13). A. Moreover B. However C. Otherwise D. Thus(分数:1.00)A
36、.B.C.D.(14). A. Nevertheless B. Therefore C. Furthermore D. Hence(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(15). A. deficient B. incomplete C. inadequate D. partial(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(16). A. sense B. meaning C. conception D. cognition(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(17). A. notoriety B. compatibility C. proximity D. priority(分数:1.00)A.B.C.
37、D.(18). A. refutably B. indispensably C. inevitably D. irrationally(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(19). A. conference B. symposium C. seminar D. discipline(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.(20). A. ability B. interest C. benefit D. advantage(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.七、BPART GRAMMAR (总题数:30,分数:30.00)2.The coach didnt just want to win the m
38、atch, but wanted his team to_their opponents by at least three to nil. A. win B. strike C. repel D. overwhelm (分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.3.Do what you think is right,_ they say. A. however B. no matter how C. whichever D. whatever (分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.4.Bacteria are sometimes _ too small to be seen without a micr
39、ophone. A. far B. rather C. quite D. very(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.5.We must _ that the experiment is controlled as rigidly as possible. A. secure B. ensure C. assure D. issue(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.6.Had Judy been more careful on the maths exam, she _ much better results now. A. would be getting B. could have got
40、C. must get D. would get(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.7.I wont pay $20 for the cost; its not worth _. A. ail that much B. that much all C. that all much D. much all that(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.8.Bob isnt _, but he did badly in the final exams last semester. A. gloomy B. dull C. awkward D. tedious(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.9.If y
41、ou dont like to swim, you _ stay at home. A. may just well B. may be well C. may be as well D. may just as well(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.10.I am quite sure that I can _ Michael into letting us use his car tomorrow. A. speak B. talk C. tell D. say(分数:1.00)A.B.C.D.11._ she wondered if she had made a mistake. A. Not until long afterwards that B. Not long until afterw