[外语类试卷]专业英语四级模拟试卷587（无答案）.doc

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1、专业英语四级模拟试卷 587（无答案）一、PART I DICTATION (15 MIN)Directions: 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 passage wil

2、l 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 minuteSECTION A CONVERSATIONSDirections: In this section you will hear several conversation

3、s. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 2 Why did they plan to see a midnight show?（A）Because there is a new movie on at midnight.（B） Because a midnight show is more exciting.（C） Because they dont have time until midnight.（D）Because they can have more fun

4、at midnight.3 What can we learn about the woman from this conversation?（A）Watching movies may be one of her favorite pastime.（B） She doesnt like violent movies at all.（C） She has seen The Lord of the Rings many times.（D）She prefers comedies to romantics.4 Why do they finally decide not to watch The

5、Lord of the Rings?（A）Because people who watched it didnt think highly of the film.（B） Because this movie is not suitable to celebrate Chinese New Year.（C） Because the woman plans to watch it with her friends next weekend.（D）Because the audiences regret watching it when walking out of the cinema.5 Li

6、lly has to get up early and arrive in good time because_.（A）she has to study all the poses（B） it takes time for her to get prepared（C） the photographers insist on punctuality（D）no one can do anything until she arrives6 From what Lilly says, it seems that a model must be_.（A）physically fit（B） an earl

7、y riser（C） good at acting（D）well-known7 The main disadvantage of modeling as a career is that_.（A）its hard work（B） its a life-long career（C） its a short-lived career（D）a model must also be an actress8 Where is Joans family going to spend summer?（A）Italy.（B） Portugal.（C） Costa Rica.（D）Spain.9 Why doe

8、s Joan ask Charles for help?（A）Because Charles knows a lot about the place.（B） Because Charles is thought to have been there.（C） Because Charles had seen lots of hotels there.（D）Because Charles is thought to be a good advisor.10 What is very important to Joan about a hotel?（A）It should be on the bea

9、ch.（B） It should have balconies.（C） It should overlook the beach.（D）It should be near the sea.11 Which of the following statements is CORRECT?（A）Joan has decided not to stay in that hotel.（B） Joan has decided to use the tent.（C） The ad turned out to be very exaggerative.（D）Charles advises Joan to ha

10、ve a try.SECTION B PASSAGESDirections: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 12 What is the speakers mainly discussing?（A）The importance of anthropology to modem society.（B） A good source of information about a so

11、ciety.（C） Attitudes toward culture in the 1940s.（D）The relationship between anthropology and the military.13 Why does the speaker mention what is printed on certain T-shirts?（A）To show how politics have changed over the years.（B） To point out that T-shirts often provide personal information.（C） To i

12、llustrate how the printing on clothing has improved.（D）To support that T-shirts are a form of art.14 What does the speaker ask the students to write down next?（A）Places where T-shirts are not acceptable.（B） Images that are currently printed On T-shirts.（C） Names of people who have made T-shirts popu

13、lar.（D）Ways that T-shirts represent American culture.15 What is Bertrand Russells third passion?（A）The suffering of mankind.（B） The ecstasy from love.（C） The relief from loneliness.（D）The sympathy for the suffering people.16 Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this passage?（A）Volunteers work

14、in Africa.（B） Soldiers occasionally save children in Iraq.（C） Those without homes or food in our own borders are attended.（D）People within our own borders are powerless.17 Which word or phrase given below best describes Russells ideas of passions?（A）Strange.（B） Difficult to follow.（C） Radical.（D）Eas

15、y to understand.18 What does not happen in the brain in the active sleep?（A）The brain becomes very active.（B） The brain becomes very inactive.（C） The brain temperature rises.（D）The brain blood rises.19 The passage tells us that when a person is dreaming what will happen?（A）His body is moving.（B） His

16、 temperature is rising.（C） His eyes are moving.（D）His blood is increasing.20 Which of the following statement is true when a person is in the passive sleep?（A）His body hardly moves.（B） His body moves a lot.（C） His eyes move a lot. .（D）His brain becomes active.21 What is the best title for the passag

17、e?（A）Dream Period.（B） Active Sleep.（C） Passive Sleep.（D）Sleep Cycle.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTDirections: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 22 How many Israeli civilians were killed and bow many seriously wounded?（A）6

18、 were killed and 5 others wounded.（B） 5 were killed and 6 others wounded.（C） 3 were killed and 6 others wounded.（D）6 were killed and 3 others wounded.23 The news item is mainly about（A）World Cup in South Africa.（B） police uniform change.（C） police battling obesity.（D）police losing their jobs. 24 Whe

19、re does Obama make the speech?（A）In a military base in Iraq.（B） In a visit to Washington.（C） In a military base in Texas.（D）In a visit to Baghdad.25 How does Obama think of the mission of U. S. troops?（A）He doesnt think that it is a complete and proud victory.（B） He believes that Iraq has become the

20、ir effective partner.（C） He is puzzled about what U.S. troops have achieved in Iraq.（D）He thinks that America has realized what they want in Iraq.26 Where did the diver gone missing?（A）12 miles southeast of Portland.（B） 12 miles northeast of Portland.（C） 20 miles southeast of Portland.（D）20 miles no

21、rtheast of Portland.27 Who reported the 64-year-old mans missing first?（A）Other divers.（B） The captain of the boat.（C） Some lifeguards.（D）Some fishermen.28 Where did the storms first strike?（A）The eastern U.S.（B） The Gulf of Mexico.（C） The Canadian border.（D）Some areas in Cuba.29 The storms have res

22、ulted in the following EXCEPT_（A）death and damage（B） disruption of air services（C） destruction of crops（D）relocation of people30 Which one of the following is NOT true?（A）The U.S. Congress has ratified the agreement to normalize U.S. trade with Vietnam.（B） The agreement was negotiated in the last ye

23、ar.（C） President Bush wanted to normalize overall ties between U.S. and Vietnam.（D）The agreement has strong support among Vietnam War veterans.31 What does the agreement require Vietnam to do?（A）To release war captures.（B） To cut down tariffs.（C） To export less.（D）To remove trade barriers.二、PART III

24、 CLOZE (15 MIN)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. 31 Interruption, more surely than anything else, kills conversation. The best of talkers interrupt(1)_in conversat

25、ion. However, the(2)_interruption of the habitual interrupter and the unintentional, conscious interruption of the (3)_ talker are two very different things. All habitual interrupters are totally unaware that they continually(4)_speeches of their conversers and literally knock their very words back(

26、5)_their mouths.Inability to(6)_is responsible for one phase of interruption to conversation. It is the(7)_ eye that tells ones words have not been heard. “ The person next to you must be(8)_ by my conversation, for it is going into one of your ears and out of the other,“ said a talker to an inatten

27、tive dinner-companion whose absent-minded and(9)_ replies had been snapping the thread of the thought(10)_it grew intolerable.Because it often(11)_from kind thought as from arrogance, sometimes we can see a (12)_undesirable phase of interruption takes place when conversationalist is so anxious to pr

28、ove his quickness of perception(13)_ he assumes to know what you are going to say before you have finished your sentence in your own mind. He puts his(14)_ on your arguments before you are (15)_ stating them. His interpretation is(16)_ often exactly the opposite of your own as it is(17)_. Right or w

29、rong, the explanation serves only(18)_ interrupt the sequence of thought. This can hardly prove ones(19)_; on the contrary, such a habit may be a(20)_to ones powers.32 (1)（A）occasionally（B） frequently（C） regularly（D）repeatedly33 (2)（A）conscientious（B） unconscious（C） confusing（D）complex34 (3)（A）culti

30、vated（B） learned（C） literate（D）intimate35 (4)（A）break through（B） break into（C） break out（D）break away36 (5)（A）for（B） to（C） from（D）into37 (6)（A）hear（B） listen（C） speak（D）see38 (7)（A）wandering（B） blazing（C） bright（D）gloomy39 (8)（A）tired（B） excited（C） bored（D）surprised40 (9)（A）tardy（B） late（C） constant

31、（D）subsequent41 (10)（A）when（B） after（C） until（D）while42 (11)（A）stands（B） starts（C） rises（D）springs43 (12)（A）more（B） few（C） little（D）less44 (13)（A）that（B） though（C） because（D）but45 (14)（A）statement（B） translation（C） interpretation（D）description46 (15)（A）completed（B） ended（C） finalized（D）done47 (16)（A

32、）so（B） as（C） much（D）not48 (17)（A）equal（B） identical（C） equivalent（D）comparable49 (18)（A）for（B） to（C） with（D）on50 (19)（A）modesty（B） diffidence（C） shyness（D）arrogance51 (20)（A）key（B） credit（C） reason（D）way三、PART IV GRAMMAR I know there must be one in here somewhere“he was digging his fingers into his

33、pockets as he spoke “but you see this isnt the waistcoat that I generally“I saw that the man was getting excited about it. “Well, never mind,“ I protested; “if that isnt the waistcoat that you generally why, it doesnt matter.“Hold on, now, hold on!“ the man said. “Ive got one of the cursed things in

34、 here somewhere. I guess it must be in with my watch. No, its not there either. Wait till I try my coat. If that damned tailor only knew enough to make a pocket so that a man could get at it!“He was getting pretty well worked up now. He had thrown down his walking-stick and was searching his pockets

35、 with his teeth set. “Its that cursed young boy of mine,“ he exasperated; “this comes of his fooling in my pockets. By God! perhaps I wont warm him up when I get home. Say, Ill bet that its in my hippocket. You just hold up the tail of my overcoat a second till I“No, no,“ I protested again,“please d

36、ont take all this trouble, it really doesnt matter. Im sure you neednt take off your overcoat, and oh, pray dont throw away your letters and things in the snow like that, and tear out your pockets by the roots! Please, please dont trample over your overcoat and put your feet through the parcels. I d

37、o hate to hear you swearing at your little boy, with that peculiar grumble in your voice. Dont please dont tear your clothes so savagely.“Suddenly the man gave a grunt of joy, and drew his hand up from inside the lining of his coat.“Ive got it,“ he cried. “Here you are!“ Then he brought it out under

38、 the light.It was a toothpick.Yielding to the impulse of the moment I pushed him under the wheels of a trolley-car and ran.82 The author narrates the story in a _ tone?（A）sorrowful（B） humorous（C） indifferent（D）excited83 The author wants to borrow a match to _.（A）set something on fire（B） see whether

39、its difficult or not to do so（C） light his cigar（D）call the gentlemans attention84 When the man was searching his hip pocket for a match, the author_.（A）felt excited（B） was dissatisfied（C） was angry（D）did not want to trouble him more85 The story is mainly about_.（A）the authors experience of borrowin

40、g a match upon the street（B） the clash between the author and the decent man（C） the decent mans complaint against his boy（D）the decent mans futile searching through his pockets85 Antonio Sanz might as well have won the lottery. In 1965, when the small, curly-haired Spaniard was 10, an American profe

41、ssor asked his parents if she might take the boy to the U.S. and enroll him in public school. They agreed. America seemed to offer a brighter future than the dairy farms where his father worked in the foothills north of Madrid. Sanz left, but came back to Spain every summer with stories from Philade

42、lphia and boxes of New World artifacts: Super Balls, baseball cards, and Bob Dylan records.His real prize, though, was English. Sanz learned fast, and by senior year he outscored most of his classmates in the verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test. In those days, back in his hometown of Colm

43、enar Viejo, English seemed so exotic that kids would stop him on the street and ask him to say a few sentences. By the time he graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., and moved back to Spain, American companies there were nearly as excited. He landed in Procter the barbed wire was unnecess

44、ary and should have tipped them off to what lay ahead. When the treaty was first introduced to the Germans, they declined to sign it. It forced the Germans to accept full responsibility for the war and strip themselves of its colonies, coal fields, and the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. It also m

45、ade them pay outrageous reparations to the Allies. Nevertheless, on June 28, 1919, the Germans reluctantly signed the treaty because the Allies refused to change one word. Out of the 33 billion dollars the Germans had to pay for damages, the country was only able to pay4.5 billion of it.The terms of

46、 the “Treaty of Versailles“ helped set the stage for another world war less than 20 years later because the Allied wanted to stop Gerraany from ever becoming imperialistic again and still have them pay the war reparations. Germany opposed these actions and was the most effected by the terms of the “

47、Versailles Treaty“. Germany got the blunt end of the war and was desperate to find a new leader to get out of their depression. That leader was Adolf Hitler. The Treaty of Versailles was a vengeance for the Germans, which both brought peace and war in the coming years. Due to the harsh life styles i

48、t forced Germany to live, World War broke out within twenty years from the treaty. 91 The key issue of the “Treaty of Versailles“ is about _.（A）peace talks（B） agreement（C） territory（D）reparations92 The treaty _.（A）was beneficial to Germany（B） pointed out Germanys payment for damages（C） was modified（

49、D）was rejected finally93 In the last paragraph, the author pointed out that _.（A）the treaty is unfair（B） Germany completely recovered in the aftermath of World War （C） Germany is the victim of the war（D）the treaty is a doubled-edged sword94 Which of the following is NOT true?（A）Allied leaders made the Treaty of Versailles.（B） Gennany was one of the Allie