1、专业四级-262及答案解析 (总分：105.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BSECTION A/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)IIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a
2、 gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE after the mini-lecture. Use the blank sheet for note taking.Now listen to the mini-lecture./IClocks through TimeIt took human being a long time to invent diverse ways for telling time. About 3000 years ago people first made a circle with a stick in the center of
3、 it to U U 1 /U /Uthe passage of time by noticing various marks on the circle the shadow of the stick fell across.Since these kinds of circles that are called U U 2 /U /Udid not work without the sun, men had to find other ways to keep track of time, including a U U 3 /U /Ucandle on which each stripe
4、 took about one hour to melt, a water clock which had a line with a number beside it for every hour and an U U 4 /U /Uwhich followed the invention of glass blowing.The first clock with a face and an hour hand was invented about 600 years ago for few people. With the gradually U U 5 /U /Uuse of clock
5、s, they were beautifully U U 6 /U /U, though they could not keep correct time. Scarcely had clocks been made small enough to be carried when watches came into use.As the beginning of the style of grandfather clocks, which were enclosed in tall wooden boxes, the U U 7 /U /Uclock was made in 1657. In
6、1700, there were clocks with minute and second hands. About 200 years later, a clock is commonly used in every house and a watch is almost used by every U U 8 /U /Ugentleman.A newly created clock that shows the time exactly is so - called U U 9 /U /Uclock. Nowadays such a clock has more and more com
7、plicated functions.U U 10 /U /Uas clocks and watches are, time means different things to different nations. （分数：10.00）填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_三、BSECTION B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).There is a great employment demand for graduates of all the following majors EXC
8、EPT A. engineering. B. finance. C. management. D. accounting.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following is TRUE of the job market? A. Employees are in face of fierce competition. B. Salaries of engineering grads are lower than the average. C. Starting salaries have been increased this year. D. Ther
9、e might be another hiring surge next year.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The expert suggests that graduates should not rely on the Internet because A. it is not a good job searching strategy. B. not all job vacancies are available On it. C. grads cannot have a direct contact with employers. D. many grads dont
10、 have access to the Internet.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to the interview, which is NOT an advantage of an informational interview? A. It enables grads to get a job more easily. B. It enables grads to get a better-paid job. C. It allows grads to get a few contacts. D. It allows grads to know more
11、 about the industry.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What can parents do to help their children get a job? A. To encourage them to be confident. B. To support them financially. C. To urge them to be dependent. D. To keep an eye on their emotions.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、BSECTION C/B(总题数：3，分数：7.00)（分数：3.00）(1).What is
12、 the favorite drink in Ireland? A. coffee B. stout C. brandy D. fresh milk（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which is the focal point for life in the village? A. discotheques B. cinemaplexes C. church D. pub（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following sentence is wrong about Mayo and village life in Ireland? A. Ma
13、yo is a very wild county. B. In villages around Ireland coming to the pub is a primary entertainment. C. Its very easy for you to feel part of the crowd. D. Because of the wild environment, you should go to bed early at night.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：2.00）(1).The three American officials arriving in Bag
14、hdad A. were allowed to work unimpeded. B. were forbidden to work at all. C. were asked to leave. D. were promptly detained.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).With appeals from other countries, Baghdad leadership A. may cooperate with the UN. B. will stop driving out Americans. C. may permit the UN arms inspectio
15、n. D. will still defy the UN arms inspection team.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：2.00）(1).Which of the following statements is CORRECT about the tornadoes? A. They were spotted from Florida to Virginia. B. They came with heavy rain and hail. C. One severe tornado was reported in North Carolina. D. An industri
16、al building fell down due to the tornado.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The video on YouTube showed horrible flashes in A. Belmont. B. Charlotte. C. High Point. D. Greensboro.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、BPART READING (总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、BTEXT A/B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)There were a number of carved stone figures placed at interva
17、ls along the parapets of the old Cathedral; some of them represented angels, others kings and bishops, and nearly all were in attitudes of pious exaltation and composure. But one figure, low down on the cold north side of the building, had neither crown, mitre, nor nimbus, and its face was hard and
18、bitter and downcast; it must be a demon, declared the fat blue pigeons that roosted and sunned themselves all day on the ledges of the parapet; but the old belfry jackdaw, who was an authority on ecclesiastical architecture, said it was a lost soul. And there the matter rested.One autumn day there f
19、luttered on to the Cathedral roof a slender, sweet-voiced bird that had wandered away from the bare fields and thinning hedgerows in search of a winter roosting-place. It tried to rest its tired feet under the shade of a great angel-wing or to nestle in the sculptured folds of a kingly robe, but the
20、 fat pigeons hustled it away from wherever it settled, and the noisy sparrow-folk drove it off the ledges. No respectable bird sang with so much feeling they cheeped one to another, and the wanderer had to move on.Only the effigy of the Lost Soul offered a place of refuge. The pigeons did not consid
21、er it safe to perch on a projection that leaned so much out of the perpendicular, and was, besides, too much in the shadow. The figure did not cross its hands in the pious attitude of the other graven dignitaries, but its arms were folded as in defiance and their angle made a snug resting-place for
22、the little bird. Every evening it crept trustfully into its corner against the stone breast of the image, and the darkling eyes seemed to keep watch over its slumbers. The lonely bird grew to love its lonely protector, and during the day it would sit from time to time on some rainshoot or other abut
23、ment and trill forth its sweetest music in grateful thanks for its nightly shelter. And, it may have been the work of wind and weather, or some other influence, but the wild drawn face seemed gradually to lose some of its hardness and unhappiness. Every day, through the long monotonous hours, the so
24、ng of his little guest would come up in snatches to the lonely watcher, and at evening, when the vesper-bell was ringing and the great grey bats slid out of their hiding-places in the belfry roof, the brighteyed bird would return, twitter a few sleepy notes, and nestle into the arms that were waitin
25、g for him. Those were happy days for the Dark Image. Only the great bell of the Cathedral rang out daily its mocking message, After joy. sorrow.The folk in the vergers lodge noticed a little brown bird flitting about the Cathedral precincts, and admired its beautiful singing. They were poor, but the
26、y understood the principles of political economy. So they caught the bird and put it in a little wicker cage outside the lodge door. That night the little songster was missing from its accustomed haunt, and the Dark Image knew more than ever the bitterness of loneliness. When morning came there floa
27、ted up to him, through the noise and bustle of the Cathedral world, a faint heart-aching message from the prisoner in the wicker cage far below. And every day, at high noon, the song of the little bird came up to the parapetsa song of hunger and longing and hopelessness, a cry that could never be an
28、swered. The pigeons remarked, between mealtimes, that the figure leaned forward more than ever out of the perpendicular.One day no song came up from the little wicker cage. There was a crackling sound in the night on the Cathedral roof and a noise as of falling masonry. The belfry jackdaw said the f
29、rost was affecting the fabric, and as he had experienced many frosts it must have been so. In the morning it was seen that the Figure of the Lost Soul had toppled from its cornice and lay now in a broken mass on the dustheap outside the vergers lodge.（分数：4.00）(1).And there the matter rested. in the
30、first paragraph probably means the sullen stone figure A. was considered a lost soul. B. was considered a demon. C. has aroused great controversy. D. was inconspicuous in the corner.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A new bird flied on to the Cathedral roof immediately because A. it lost its way and intruded int
31、o the Cathedral. B. it acquainted with the fat blue pigeons. C. it need a nest to spend the coming winter. D. it was attracted by the great angel-wings.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What change has the bird brought to the sullen stone figure? A. The figure didnt seem to be as bitter as before. B. The figure
32、began to love its little guest. C. The figure might be welcomed by other birds. D. The figure began to cross its hands.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).It is said that _ should be blamed for the falling of the figure. A. the missing bird B. weather condition C. the folk in the vergers lodge D. the pigeons（分数：1.
33、00）A.B.C.D.七、BTEXT B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In a rural corner of Nevada reeling from the recession, a bit of salvation seemed to arrive last year. A German developer, Solar Millennium, announced plans to build two large solar farms here that would harness the sun to generate electricity, creating hundreds
34、of jobs. But then things got messy. The company revealed that its preferred method of cooling the power plants would consume 1.3 billion gallons of water a year, about 20 percent of this desert valleys available water.Now Solar Millennium finds itself in the midst of a new-age version of a Western w
35、ater war. The public is divided, pitting some people who hope to make money selling water rights to the company against others concerned about the projects impact on the community and the environment. Im worried about my well and the wells of my neighbors, George Fucker, a retired chemical engineer,
36、 said on a blazing afternoon.Here is an inconvenient truth about renewable energy: It can sometimes demand a huge amount of water. Many of the proposed solutions to the nations energy problems, from certain types of solar farms to biofuel refineries to cleaner coal plants, could consume billions of
37、gallons of water every year. When push comes to shove, water could become the real throttle on renewable energy, said Michael E. Webber, an assistant professor at the University of Texas in Austin who studies the relationship between energy and water.Conflicts over water could shape the future of ma
38、ny energy technologies. The most water-efficient renewable technologies are not necessarily the most economical, but water shortages could give them a competitive edge. In California, solar developers, have already been forced to switch to less water-intensive technologies when local officials have
39、refused to turn on the tap. Other big solar projects are mired in disputes with state regulators over water consumption.To date, the flashpoint for such conflicts has been the Southwest, where dozens of multibillion-dollar solar power plants are planned for thousands of acres of desert. While most f
40、orms of energy production consume water, its availability is especially limited in the sunny areas that are otherwise well suited for solar farms.At public hearings from Albuquerque to San Luis Obispo, Calif. , local residents have sounded alarms over the impact that this industrialization will have
41、 on wildlife, their desert solitude and, most of all, their water.Joni Eastley, chairwoman of the county commission in Nye County, Nev. , which includes Amargosa Valley. said at one hearing that her area had been inundated with requests from renewable energy developers that far exceed the amount of
42、available water.Many projects involve building solar thermal plants, which use cheaper technology than the solar panels often seen on roofs. In such plants, mirrors heat a liquid to create steam that drives an electricity-generating turbine. As in a fossil fuel power plant, that steam must be conden
43、sed back to water and cooled for reuse.The conventional method is called wet cooling. Hot water flows through a cooling tower where the excess heat evaporates along with some of the water, which must be replenished constantly. An alternative, dry cooling, uses fans and heat exchangers, much like a c
44、ars radiator. Far less water is consumed, but dry cooling adds costs and reduces efficiency and profits.The efficiency problem is especially acute with the most tried-and-proven technique, using mirrors arrayed in long troughs. Trough technology has been more financeable, but now trough presents a s
45、eparate risk-water. said Nathaniel Bullard, a solar analyst with New Energy Finance, a London research firm.That could provide opportunities for developers of photovoltaic power plants, which take the type of solar panels found on residential rooftops and mount them on the ground in huge arrays. The
46、y are typically more expensive and less efficient than solar thermal farms but require a relatively small amount of water, mainly to wash the panels.In California alone, plans are under way for 35 large-scale solar projects that, in bright sunshine, would generate 12, 000 megawatts of electricity, equal to the output of about 10 nuclear power plants.（分数：5.00）(1).What does the passage mainly aim to convey? A. Water shortage would be the poss
