1、专业英语四级分类模拟312及答案解析 (总分：44.95，做题时间：90分钟)一、PART CLOZE(总题数：1，分数：25.00)Astride Bvaluable Cconsiders Dprinted Eindividual Fvisual Gthereby Hestimates Imodes Jkeyboard Kbreakthrough Lsense Mmodels Noccasion Othereof Although there are many skillful Braille readers, thousands of other blind people find it
2、difficult to learn that system. They are 1 shut off from the world of books and newspapers, having to rely on friends to read aloud to them. A young scientist named Raymond Kurzweil has now designed a computer, which is a major 2 in providing aid to the sightless. His machine, Cyclops, has a camera
3、that scans any page, interprets the print into sounds, and then delivers them orally in a robot-like voice through a speaker. By pressing the appropriate buttons on Cyclopss 3 , a blind person can read any 4 document in the English language. This remarkable invention represents a tremendous 5 forwar
4、d in the education of the handicapped. At present, Cyclops costs $50,000. However, Mr. Kurzweil and his associates are preparing a smaller but improved version that will sell for less than half that price. Within a few years, Kurzweil 6 the price range will be low enough for every school and library
5、 to own one. Michael Hingson, Director of the National Federation for the Blind, hopes that families will be able to buy home 7 of Cyclops for the price of a good television set. Mr. Hingsons organization purchased five machines and is now testing them in Maryland, Colorado, Iowa, California, and Ne
6、w York. Blind people assisting in those tests, making lots of 8 suggestions to the engineers who helped to produce Cyclops. This is the first time that blind people have ever done 9 studies before a product was put on the market, Hingson said. Most manufacturers believed that having the blind help t
7、he blind was like telling disabled people to teach other disabled people. In that 10 , the manufacturers have been the blind ones.（分数：25.00）二、PART READING COMPR(总题数：1，分数：20.00)SECTION A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS In this section there are several passages followed by ten multiple-choice questions. Fo
8、r each multiple-choice question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO. PASSAGE ONE There is a window in the office where I work that overlooks the playground next door. Seated at my desk, I
9、can look out of this window and am rewarded with a most delightful view. Several times during the day, the students at the elementary school are released to the always ready play area. Children of many colors and sizes romp around the grounds, whooping and hollering and carrying on as children do. I
10、 see swings flying in the air, teeter totters balancing precariously on end, big rubber balls earning new bruises on the blacktop. In the foreground are picnic benches under an aging oak tree, where little girls come to share secrets and little boys sneak up from behind to steal them away. As I sit
11、at my desk and observe the frenzied play of these children who are working so hard at being children, I see a small boy to my right. What catches my eye is that he is standing in the area of the soccer goal, by himself, looking down at his shoes. He picks at his navy blue sweat jacket, pulling the s
12、tring ties back and forth through the casing. He stubs his Niked tennis shoe in the dirt, again, and again, and again. I see his lips movehe seems to be talking to himself, all alone, oblivious to the world around him. There are children at play in the background, plenty to team up with, yet he stan
13、ds idle, off to himself. Watching him, I begin to fantasize about his melancholy. Is he an only child of working parents who are so busy with their own lives they dont have time for him? Or is he one of several children, caught in the stampede of family life, getting trampled on by the older childre
14、n as they pass him up, and pulled down by the younger siblings as they compete with him. Is he loved or abused? Smart or slow to learn? What does he think about when hes by himself?. What are his dreams? His fears? Is he a new child, too shy to make friends? Or is he a victim of the cruelties of chi
15、lds play? Days of my own childhood come flooding back to me. Remembering the days when I felt as he must be feeling now, so alone. As an adult, I can still feel that sometime hollowness. I understand these feelings even less than I did when I was his age. I ache for this small child that has so much
16、 to learn and experience, as much potential for pain in his future as happiness. I want to reach out to him, wrap my arms around him and tell him that its OK, hes not alone, that I care, as will so many others in his life to come. I want to assure him that its alright to feel the way he does, but th
17、at it gets better and he must look to the good things, to learn from his experiences. I want to give him all the answers to all the questions that no one ever gets until they dont need to know anymore. I find myself rising from behind my desk, mesmerized by the little form before me. I walk towards
18、the window, my eyes not budging from their goal. Hes still plowing the earth with the toe of his shoe, talking away to whatever has a moment to listen. My eyes fill with tearsI cant bear this pain any more. I reach out for the window frame, leaning into it in weariness of a life hard fought, knowing
19、 of the battle he has yet to face. PASSAGE TWO Animation is older than cinema, indeed almost as old as photography. Nipce made the first still photograph in 1826, just six years before Plateau invented the Phenakistoscope. The （分数：19.95）(1).The first two paragraphs are developed by -|_|-. (PASSAGE O
20、NE)（分数：1.33）A.contrastB.comparisonC.exemplificationD.classification(2).The focus of Paragraph 2 is -|_|-. (PASSAGE ONE)（分数：1.33）A.fantasy of childrenB.happiness of childrenC.melancholy of the little boyD.beautiful scene in the playground(3).Question instead of statement used in Paragraph 3 is to sho
21、w -|_|-. (PASSAGE ONE)（分数：1.33）A.imagination of the authorB.loneliness of the little boyC.cruelties of the childrenD.puzzles of childhood(4).The best title for the story might be -|_|-. (PASSAGE ONE)（分数：1.33）A.ChildhoodB.PlaygroundC.The WindowD.The Little Boy(5).The focus of the last sentence in Par
22、agraph 1 is -|_|-. (PASSAGE TWO)（分数：1.33）A.birth of cinemaB.popularity of toysC.story-telling filmsD.drawn animation(6).Paragraph 2 is developed by -|_|-. (PASSAGE TWO)（分数：1.33）A.cause and effectB.chronological orderC.classificationD.exemplification(7).The word languished in Paragraph 4 means -|_|-.
23、 (PASSAGE TWO)（分数：1.33）A.abandonedB.declinedC.disappearedD.retreated(8).The viewpoint that shyness is a personality trait is supported by the following details EXCEPT -|_|-. (PASSAGE THREE)（分数：1.33）A.shy persons learn to be shy due to their experienceB.shy people are not always shy in certain situat
24、ionsC.shy persons are not talkative when meeting strangersD.shy people feel uncomfortable when meeting people(9).The following factors contribute to shyness EXCEPT -|_|-. (PASSAGE THREE)（分数：1.33）A.heredityB.environmentC.cultureD.lifestyle(10).Stanford Shyness Inventory was used to show -|_|-. (PASSA
25、GE THREE)（分数：1.33）A.gender difference of shynessB.social problems caused by shynessC.relationship between shyness and cultureD.attitudes towards shyness among Asian races(11).SECTION B SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS In this section there are five short answer questions based on the passages in Section A. An
26、swer the questions with NO more than TEN words in the space provided on ANSWER SHEET TWO. The word form in Paragraph 5 means 1. (PASSAGE ONE)（分数：1.33）(12).The focus of Paragraph 4 is 1. (PASSAGE TWO)（分数：1.33）(13).The topic of this passage is about 1. (PASSAGE TWO)（分数：1.33）(14).The readership of this
27、 article mainly comes from 1. (PASSAGE THREE)（分数：1.33）(15).The targeted readers of this article might be 1. (PASSAGE THREE)（分数：1.33）专业英语四级分类模拟312答案解析 (总分：44.95，做题时间：90分钟)一、PART CLOZE(总题数：1，分数：25.00)Astride Bvaluable Cconsiders Dprinted Eindividual Fvisual Gthereby Hestimates Imodes Jkeyboard Kbreakt
28、hrough Lsense Mmodels Noccasion Othereof Although there are many skillful Braille readers, thousands of other blind people find it difficult to learn that system. They are 1 shut off from the world of books and newspapers, having to rely on friends to read aloud to them. A young scientist named Raym
29、ond Kurzweil has now designed a computer, which is a major 2 in providing aid to the sightless. His machine, Cyclops, has a camera that scans any page, interprets the print into sounds, and then delivers them orally in a robot-like voice through a speaker. By pressing the appropriate buttons on Cycl
30、opss 3 , a blind person can read any 4 document in the English language. This remarkable invention represents a tremendous 5 forward in the education of the handicapped. At present, Cyclops costs $50,000. However, Mr. Kurzweil and his associates are preparing a smaller but improved version that will
31、 sell for less than half that price. Within a few years, Kurzweil 6 the price range will be low enough for every school and library to own one. Michael Hingson, Director of the National Federation for the Blind, hopes that families will be able to buy home 7 of Cyclops for the price of a good televi
32、sion set. Mr. Hingsons organization purchased five machines and is now testing them in Maryland, Colorado, Iowa, California, and New York. Blind people assisting in those tests, making lots of 8 suggestions to the engineers who helped to produce Cyclops. This is the first time that blind people have
33、 ever done 9 studies before a product was put on the market, Hingson said. Most manufacturers believed that having the blind help the blind was like telling disabled people to teach other disabled people. In that 10 , the manufacturers have been the blind ones.（分数：25.00）解析：G 考点 考查副词。 文章的第一句提到虽然有许多精通
34、布莱叶盲文的盲人读者，但仍有成千上万的其他盲人觉得学习这一语言体系很难。空格所在的第二句是说“ -|_|-他们被书本和报纸的世界隔离开来”，由此推断这里应该表示因果关系，空格处所填词应是表示结果的关系副词，故G项正确，thereby意为“从而，因此”；O项thereof意为“由此；在其中”，不符合句意，可排除。解析：K 考点 考查名词。 该句意为“如今一位年轻的科学家雷蒙德库日韦尔设计了一台电脑，这在帮助盲人方面是一个重大 -|_|-。”我们常常说某种新产品的发明是一个重大的突破，因此空格处应填表示“突破”的名词。故选K项，breakthrough意为“突破”。解析：J 考点 考查名词。 该句
35、意为“通过按Cyclops -|_|-的适当的键，盲人可以读。”由上下文可知，Cyclops实际是一台电脑，那么这里应该是指通过电脑上的“键盘”来按键，所给选项中只有J项合适，keyboard意为“键盘”。解析：D 考点 考查形容词。 该句意为“通过按Cyclops键盘的适当的键，盲人可以读出任何用英语写成的 -|_|-文件的内容。”空格处应填形容词，修饰后面的名词document(文件)。D项printed意为“印刷的”，F项visual意为“视觉的”。印刷的字体比较规则，适于机器分辨，故printed符合句意，选D。解析：A 考点 考查名词。 该句意为“这项了不起的发明代表着残疾人教育方面
36、的一个巨大 -|_|-。”A项stride意为“大步”，a stride forward in.指在某方面的巨大进步，符合句意，故选A；其他各名词选项均不符合句意。解析：H 考点 考查动词。 分析句子结构可知，空格处需填动词的第三人称单数形式作谓语。前一句提到库日韦尔和他的同伴们正在研发改良版的新机器，因此现在他只能是“预测”新机器的价格在几年之内可以低到使每所学校和图书馆都有能力配备一台，故选H项estimates“估计”；C项considers意为“考虑；照顾”，不符合句意。解析：M 考点 考查名词。 此处意为“迈克尔-欣森希望(有盲人的)家庭都能够以一台好电视机的价格购买一款家用的Cyc
37、lops机器”，这里应该填models“样式，型号”。选项中I项modes与M项models是形近词，但mode意为“方式；模式”，不能用来修饰Cyclops机器，故排除I项，答案为M项。解析：B 考点 考查形容词。 该句意为“盲人们协助测试，为帮助研发Cyclops的工程师们提出了很多 -|_|-的建议”，这也是欣森先生请盲人协助实验的目的，B项valuable意为“有价值的”，符合句意，故选B。解析：E 考点 考查形容词。 本句意为“欣森说：这是在产品上市之前盲人首次进行 -|_|-研究。”结合上下文可推测，这里是指盲人第一次进行个人研究，故答案为E项，individual意为“个人的”。
38、解析：L 考点 考查名词。 前一句提到“大多数制造商都认为让盲人帮助盲人就像让残疾人教残疾人一样。”欣森认为这其实是忽视盲人在研究中的作用，因为在最后一句话中他说“从那种 -|_|-，制造商才是盲人。”分析句子结构可知，空格处所填词应与In that搭配作状语。L项sense意为“意义；感觉”，in that sense意为“从那种意义上说”，最能表示说话者真正的意思，故选L；N项occasion意为“场合；时机”，in that occasion意为“在那种场合下”，不符合句意。二、PART READING COMPR(总题数：1，分数：20.00)SECTION A MULTIPLE-CH
39、OICE QUESTIONS In this section there are several passages followed by ten multiple-choice questions. For each multiple-choice question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO. PASSAGE ONE Ther
40、e is a window in the office where I work that overlooks the playground next door. Seated at my desk, I can look out of this window and am rewarded with a most delightful view. Several times during the day, the students at the elementary school are released to the always ready play area. Children of
41、many colors and sizes romp around the grounds, whooping and hollering and carrying on as children do. I see swings flying in the air, teeter totters balancing precariously on end, big rubber balls earning new bruises on the blacktop. In the foreground are picnic benches under an aging oak tree, wher
42、e little girls come to share secrets and little boys sneak up from behind to steal them away. As I sit at my desk and observe the frenzied play of these children who are working so hard at being children, I see a small boy to my right. What catches my eye is that he is standing in the area of the so
43、ccer goal, by himself, looking down at his shoes. He picks at his navy blue sweat jacket, pulling the string ties back and forth through the casing. He stubs his Niked tennis shoe in the dirt, again, and again, and again. I see his lips movehe seems to be talking to himself, all alone, oblivious to
44、the world around him. There are children at play in the background, plenty to team up with, yet he stands idle, off to himself. Watching him, I begin to fantasize about his melancholy. Is he an only child of working parents who are so busy with their own lives they dont have time for him? Or is he o
45、ne of several children, caught in the stampede of family life, getting trampled on by the older children as they pass him up, and pulled down by the younger siblings as they compete with him. Is he loved or abused? Smart or slow to learn? What does he think about when hes by himself?. What are his d
46、reams? His fears? Is he a new child, too shy to make friends? Or is he a victim of the cruelties of childs play? Days of my own childhood come flooding back to me. Remembering the days when I felt as he must be feeling now, so alone. As an adult, I can still feel that sometime hollowness. I understa
47、nd these feelings even less than I did when I was his age. I ache for this small child that has so much to learn and experience, as much potential for pain in his future as happiness. I want to reach out to him, wrap my arms around him and tell him that its OK, hes not alone, that I care, as will so many others in his life to come. I want to assure him that its alright to feel the way he does, but that it gets better and he must look to the good things, to learn from his experiences. I want to give him all the answers to all the que
