英语专业四级模拟试题(综合版)

-GRADE FOUR-

TIME LIMIT: 135 MIN

PART I DICTATION (15 MIN.)

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 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 ANSWER SHEET ONE.

PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION (15 MIN.)

In section A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.

SECTION A CONVERSATIONS

In this section, you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

Now listen to the conversation.

1. What was Frank doing at the beginning of the conversation? A. Planning a sightseeing tour. B. Writing to his uncle. C. Arranging his class schedule. D. Looking through a language textbook. 2. What does the woman suggest that Frank do? A. Get the university’s approval in advance. B. Follow Susan’s advice about travelling abroad. C. Take more French courses to improve his skills.

D. Make inquiries about the requirements for teaching chemistry. 3. What does Frank say about his academic status? A. He’s fulfilled his graduation requirements. B. He wants to change his field of study. C. He needs to get better grades.

D. He needs to earn a graduate degree.

Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.

Now listen to the conversation.

4. What problem does the man have? A. He doesn’t want to pay the late fee. B. He was given incorrect information. C. He can’t afford to pay her tuition.

D. He didn’t pass his mathematics class last semester. 5. Why does the man have to go to the office two times? A. The director couldn’t give him an appointment right away. B. The office was closed the first time he went.

C. The computer were out of service the first time he was there. D. He did not have acceptable identification with him on his first visit. 6. According to the woman, what does the man need to show the evidence of? A. His prior schooling. B. His residence. C. His age.

D. His driving record.

7. What does the woman imply when she tells the man “not to give his hopes up”? A. The director probably isn’t able to make an exception. B. The director probably won’t see him. C. The director usually isn’t very helpful.

D. Part-time students aren’t the director’s responsibility.

Questions 8 to10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

Now listen to the conversation.

8. Why is the woman interested in working with Professor Smith? A. She wants to quit her job in the chemistry lab. B. She wants to get practical experience.

C. She’s interested in becoming a psychology major. D. She wants to earn extra money.

9. What will the college students do for the high school students? A. Employ them as lab assistants.

B. Teach classes at their high school. C. Help them with their studies.

D. Pay them for participating in the study. 10. What will the speakers probably do next?

A. Write their lab reports.

B. Find out Professor Smith’s schedule. C. Interview some high school students. D. Finish their chemistry experiment.

SECTION B PASSAGES

In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

Now listen to the passage.

11. What happened on January 27th, 1967?

A. Three men were injured during a fire. B. One man died during the fire accident. C. A fire started inside a spaceship. D. A spaceship was launched. 12. What happened in 1981?

A. The space programme was suspended. B. Five men were injured during an accident. C. The accident occurred before the rehearsal. D. No accident happened that year? 13. What does the passage say about accidents?

A. Accidents are unavoidable. B. Accidents can be avoided. C. Human beings are always careless. D. There should be more precautions.

Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.

Now listen to the passage.

14. BBC’s weather forecast is a __________ programme.

A. seldom watched

B. little known C. new D. popular

15. Weather observations come from all the sources EXCEPT __________.

A. computers B. satellites C. the ground D. radar

16. What does the passage say about BBC’s forecasts?

A. They read from a script. B. They are professionals. C. They use a map for presentation. D. They care about their clothes.

17. What does the passage say about British television viewers?

A. They remember what they saw on weather forecasts. B. They like talking about weather instead of watching. C. They pay more attention to the style of the presenters. D. They watch and remember what is necessary.

Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

Now listen to the passage.

18. Which is NOT showing an increase this year?

A. Number of tourists. B. Holiday travellers. C. Shopping.

D. Dining and entertainment.

19. What does the passage say about this year’s business travellers.

A. They are fewer business travellers. B. There are more business travellers. C. The number remains the same as last year’s. D. It is not mentioned in the passage. 20. Which is the largest single visitor expenditure?

A. Hotel accommodation. B. Meals. C. Shopping. D. Entertainment.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Questions 21 to 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news items, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

Now listen to the news.

21. What are soldiers and police doing in Honduras?

A. They are guarding a jail.

B. They are having a military training in a mountainous area. C. They are searching for prisoners who escaped from a jail. D. They are reporting the story.

22. What happened in the riot after the breakout?

A. Two prison guards were killed. B. Three people were injured. C. One correspondent was dying. D. Both A and B.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news items, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

Now listen to the news.

23. How long has the protest lasted according to the news?

A. One month. B. Two months. C. Three months. D. Four months.

24. What’s the purpose of the fund endorsed by the Thai cabinet?

A. To construct a dam.

B. To compensate villagers who are made landless by dam construction. C. To make the farmers and villages give up the protest. D. To return land to the farmers and villagers.

25. What were the farmers and villagers’ attitude toward the measures passed by the government?

A. They accepted them because what they demanded had been met. B. They partially accepted them.

C. They added some more demands to the measures.

D. They were not satisfied with them because the measures didn’t solve some very important problems.

Question 26 is based on the following news. At the end of the news items, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the questions.

Now listen to the news.

26. What has recently happened according to the news?

A. The UN Security Council has warned Libya not to send Muslim pilgrims to Saudi

Arabia.

B. A Libyan spy aircraft invaded one of the North African countries.

C. Libya has again violated the UN sanctions by flying an aircraft from Tripoli to Saudi

Arabia.

D. Libyan jet carrying Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia has crashed in Tripoli, which is

totally unexpected.

Questions 27 to 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news items, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

Now listen to the news.

27. What’s a central theme of the conference held in London?

A. Passing laws to deal with unemployment.

B. Letting the government take the lead in helping workers. C. Encouraging business to hire more workers. D. Creating more jobs opportunities.

28. Which of the following did the conference also call for?

A. Maintaining labor laws and welfare systems. B. Helping workers gain the skills that employers need. C. Allowing workers the freedom to choose jobs. D. Reforming labor laws and welfare systems.

Questions 29 to 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news items, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

Now listen to the news.

29. What is said about the law passed in California?

A. The law has provoked nationwide controversy. B. The law has been declared to be against the constitution.

C. The law has been approved by a federal court in terms of the constitution. D. The law has been enforced by the federal court.

30. Which of the following is likely to be found in the law passed in California?

A. All immigrants have the right to education, health and welfare benefits.

B. Undocumented immigrants should be denied education, health and welfare benefits. C. Education, health and welfare benefits should be given with discrimination. D. Education, health and welfare benefits should be guaranteed by the constitution.

PART III CLOZE [15 MIN]

Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the eorresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.

Have you ever wondered what our future is like? Practically all people (31)_____ a desire to predict their future (32)_____.Most people seem inclined to (33)_____ this task using causal reasoning. First we (34)_____ recognize that future circumstances are (35)_____ caused or conditioned by present ones. We learn that getting an education will (36)_____ how much money we earn later and that swimming beyond the reef may bring an unhappy (37)_____ with a shark.

Second, people also learn that such (38)_____ of cause and effect are probabilistic(可能的) in nature. That is, the effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the causes are (39)_____, but not always. Thus, students learn that studying hard (40)_____ good grades in most instances, but not every time. Science makes these concepts of causality and probability more (41)_____ and provides techniques for dealing (42)_____ then more accurately than does causal human inquiry. In looking at ordinary human inquiry, we need to (43)_____ between prediction and understanding. Often, even if we don't understand why, we are willing to act (44)_____ the basis of a demonstrated predictive ability.

Whatever the primitive drives (45)_____ motivate human beings, satisfying them depends heavily on the ability to (46)_____ future circumstances. The attempt to predict is often played in a (47)_____ of knowledge and understanding. If you can understand why certain regular patterns (48)_____, you can predict better than if you simply observe those patterns. Thus, human inquiry aims (49)_____ answering both \"what\" and \"why\" question and we pursue these (50)_____ by observing and figuring out. (31) A. exhibit B. exaggerate C. examine D. exceed (32) A. contexts B. circumstances C. inspections D. intuitions (33)A. underestimate B. undermine C. undertake D. undergo (34) A. specially B. particularly C. always D. generally (35) A. somehow B. somebody C. someone D. something (36) A. enact B. affect C. reflect D. inflect (37) A. meeting B. occurrence C. encounters D. contact (38) A. patterns B. designs C. arrangements D. pictures (39) A. disappointed B. absent C. inadequate D. absolute (40) A. creates B. produces C. loses D. protects (41) A. obscure B. indistinct C. explicit D. explosive (42) A. for B. at C. in D. with (43) A. distinguish B. distinct C. distort D. distract (44) A. at B. on C. to D. under (45) A. why B. how C. that D. where

(46) A. predict B. produce C. pretend D. precede (47) A. content B. contact C. contest D. context (48) A. happen B. occur C. occupy D. incur (49) A. at B. on C. to D. beyond (50) A. purposes B. ambitions C. drives D. goals

PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN]

There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrase marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word orphrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.

51. The brilliance of his satires was _____ make even his victims laugh.

A. so as to B. such as to C. so that D. such that

52. Until he took off his glasses _________________________________.

A. I didn’t recognize him B. I hadn’t recognized him C. didn’t I recognize him. D. hadn’t I recognized him.

53. The old man strolled to the beach, __________________________.

A. his dog followed him B. his dog was followed C. following by his dog D. his dog following him

54. The heart is ______ intelligent than the stomach, for they are both controlled by the brain.

A. not so B. not much C. much more D. no more

55. The millions of calculations involved, had they been done by hand, ______ all practical

value by the time they were finished.

A. could lose B. would have lost C. might lose D. ought to have lost

56. Having no money but ______ to know, Tom simply said he would go without dinner.

A. not to want anyone B. not wanting anyone C. wanted no one D. to want no one

57. ______ down from the top of the cliff, the boy felt giddy. A. He looked B. Having looked C. Looking D. When look

58. Leonardo da Vinci ______ caged birds in order to have the pleasure of setting them free. A. was said to buy B. is said to buy C. has said to buy D. is said to have bought

59. Vegetables should be eaten while they are young and tender; they taste better, and many of

them have more protective food value then than they ______ when they get too mature. A. does B. do C. is D. are

60. Human beings can eat many different kinds of food, although some eat ______ plant foods and seeds.

A. anything but B. nothing but

C. everything except D. something except

61. ______ employees feel about work, their primary motivation to work is to earn a living. A. Whatever B. What C. However D. How

62. By the year 2050, this area will hold twice as ______ today. A. much people as it does B. much people as it is C. many people as it does D. many people as it is

63. If you are not using your smile, you’re ______ a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook. A. just B. as C. like D. exactly . It is advisable to remedy this deficiency problem ______ it really becomes a problem.

A. until B. unless C. after D. before

65. If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake

rather than for _____. A. our own B. our own’s C. that of us D. those of ours

66. This book has been in the works so long that I have lost ______ of most of the sources

found for me by the staff of the library. A. trace B. trail C. track D. touch

67. In order to repair barns, build fence, grow crops, and care for animals a farmer must

indeed be ______. A. restless B. skilled C. strong D. versatile

68. Half the excuses she gives are not true, but she always seems to _____ them.

A. get on with B. get away with C. get up from D. get in on

69. After he ______ power, he was no longer satisfied to be a president. He wanted to be a king.

A. gripped B. grabbed C. seized D. grasped

70. You must insist that students give a truthful answer _____ with the reality of their world.

A. relevant B. simultaneous C. consistent D. practical

71. The car was in good working ______ when I bought it a few months ago. A. order B. form C. state D. circumstance 

72. His expenditure on holidays and luxuries is rather high in ______ to his income. A. comparison B. proportion C. association D. calculation

73. As a senior professor she should know better ______ to get involved in such a scandal.

A. and not B. than C. but not D. than not

74. She often says her greatest happiness _______serving the handicapped children. A. consists in B. relies on

C. composes of D. comprises in

75. This kind of material can _______ heat and moisture. A. propel B. repel C. compel D. constrain

76. Sometimes the tension produced by fears is so great that we cannot suppress it. At such

times we need to the tension by laughing or crying. A. discard B. disperse C. disguise D. discharge

77. The tourist is forbidden to enter a country if he does not have a(n) __ passport. A. operative B. effective C. valid D. efficient

78. I can ______ you that if follow my advice your blood pressure will be back to normal soon.

A. reassure B. assure C. insure D. ensure 79. We were going to a movie, but _________ watching TV at home.

A. on end B. ended up C. as a result D. consequently 80. If inflation continues to rise at the present rate, ten percent of the population will find it

hard to make ends ______. A. meet B. see C. together D. along

PART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN]

In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.

TEXT A

Glacier National Park in Montana shares boundaries with Canada, an American Indian reservation, and a national forest. Along the North Fork of the Flathead River, the park also borders about 17,000 acres of private lands that are currently used for ranching, timber, and agriculture. This land is an important part of the habitat and migratory routes for several endangered species that frequent the park. These private lands are essentially the only ones available for development in the region.

With encouragement from the park, local landowners initiated a land use planning effort to guide the future of the North Fork. The park is a partner in an inter local agreement that calls for resource managing agencies to work together and with the more than 400 private owners in the area. A draft plan has been prepared, with objective of maintaining traditional economic uses but limiting new development that would damage park resources. Voluntary action by landowners, in cooperation with the park and the county, is helping to restrict small lot subdivisions, maintain wildlife corridors, and minimize any harmful impact on the environment.

The willingness of local landowners to participate in this protection effort may have been stimulated by concerns that congress would impose a legislative solution. Nevertheless,

many local residents want to retain the existing character of the area. Meetings between park officials and landowners have led to a dramatically imp proved understanding of all concerns.

81. The passage mainly discusses______.

A. the endangered species in Glacier National Park

B. the protection of lands surrounding Glacier National Park C. conservation laws imposed by the state of Montana D. conservation laws imposed by Congress

82. Why are the private lands surrounding Glacier National Park so important? A. They function as a hunting preserve. B. They are restricted to government use. C. They are heavily populated.

D. They contain natural habitats of threatened species.

83. The relationship between park officials and neighboring landowners may best be

described as______. A. indifferent B. intimate C. cooperative D. disappointing

84. It can be inferred from the passage that a major interest of the officials of Glacier National Park is to______.

A. limit land development around the park B. establish a new park in Montana C. influence national legislation D. settle border disputes with Canada

TEXT B

I was born in Tuckahoe, Talbot Country, Maryland. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves knows as little of their age as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant. I do not remember having ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to it than planting-time, harvesting, springtime, or fall-time. A lack of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood. The white children could tell their ages, I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege. I was not allowed to make any inquires of my master concerning it. He considered all such inquires on the part of a slave improper and impertinent. The nearest estimate I can give makes me now between twenty-seven and twenty-eight years of age. I come to this, from hearing my master say, some time during 1835, I was about seventeen years old. My mother was named Harriet Bailey. She was the daughter of Isaac and Betsey Bailey, both colored, and quite dark.

My mother was of a darker complexion than either my grandmother or grandfather.

My father was a white man. The opinion was also whispered that my master was my father; but of the correctness of this opinion, I know nothing; the means of knowing was withheld from me. My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant-before I knew

her as my mother. It is a common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very early age. Frequently, before the child has reached its twelfth month, its mother is taken from it, and hired out on some farm a considerable distance off, and the child is placed under the care of an older woman, too old for field labor. For what this separation is done, I do not know, unless it was to hinder the development of the child's affection towards its mother.

85. The author did not know exactly when he was born because ______ A. he did not know who his mother was. B. there was no written evidence of it. C. his master did not tell his father.

D. nobody on his farm knew anything about it. 86. In the mid-nineteenth century, slaves often ______ A. marked their birthdays by the season. B. did not really care how old they were.

C. forgot the exact time when they were born. D. pretended not to know each other's birthdays. 87. The author's mother told him ______ A. his father was black. B. his father was white. C. nothing about his father. D. his master was his father.

88. According the passage, when the author was very young his mother ______ A. ran away.

B. was light-skinned C. had several children.

D. was sent to work elsewhere.

. The author had not spent much time with his ______ A. mother. B. master. C. grandfather. D. grandmother.

90. The author was most probably raised ______ A. by his grandparents. B. by an old woman slave. C. with his master's support. D. together with other children.

TEXT C

As the merchant class expanded in the eighteenthcentury North American Colonies, the silversmith and the coppersmith businesses rose to serve it. Only a few silversmiths were available in New York or Boston in the late seventeenth century, but in the eighteenth century they could be found in all major colonial cities. No other colonial artisans rivaled the silversmiths’ prestige. They handled the most expensive materials and possessed direct

connections to prosperous colonial merchants. Their products, primarily silver plates and bowls, reflected their exalted status and testified to their customers’ prominence. Silver stood as one of the surest ways to store wealth at a time before neighborhood banks existed. Unlike the silver coins from which they were made, silver articles were readily identifiable. Often formed to individual specifications, they always carried the silversmith’s distinctive markings and consequently could be traced and retrieved. Customers generally secure the silver for the silver object they ordered. They saved coins, took them to smiths, and discussed the type of pieces they desired. Silversmiths complied with these requests by melting the money in a small furnace, adding a bit of copper to form a stronger alloy, and casting the alloy in rectangular blocks. They hammered these ingots to the appropriate thickness by hand, shaped them and pressed designs into them for adornment. Engraving was also done by hand. In addition to plates and bowls, some customers sought more intricate products, such as silver teapots. These were made by shaping or casting parts separately and then soldering them together. Colonial coppersmithing also come of age in the early eighteenth century and prospered in northern cities. Copper’s ability to conduct heat efficiently and to resist corrosion contributed to its attractiveness. But because it was expensive in colonial America, coppersmiths were never very numerous. Virtually all copper worked by Smiths was imported as sheets or obtained by recycling old copper goods. Copper was used for practical items, but it was not admired for its beauty. Coppersmiths employed it to fashion pots and kettles for the home. They shaped it in much the same manner as silver or melted it in a foundry with lead or tin. They also mixed it with zinc to make brass for maritime and scientific instruments.

91.According to the passage, which of the following eighteenth century developments had strong impact on silversmiths?  A. A decrease in the cost of silver. 

B. The invention of heat efficient furnaces. 

C. The growing economic prosperity of colonial merchants.  D. The development of new tools used to shape silver. 

92. In colonial America, where did silversmiths usually obtain the material to make silver articles?

A. From their own mines.  B. From importers. 

C. From other silversmiths.  D. From customers.

93.The passage mentions all of the following as uses for copper in Colonial America EXCEPT ______. A. cooking pots 

B. scientific instruments  C. musical instruments  D. maritime instruments

94.According to the passage, silversmiths and coppersmiths in colonial America were similar in which of the following ways? 

A. The amount of social prestige they had.

B. The way they shaped the metal they worked with. 

C. The cost of the goods they made.  D. The practicality of the goods they made.

TEXT D

All Eskimos live most of their lives close to salt or fresh water. They may follow game inland for several hundred miles, but they always return to the shores of rivers, lakes , or seas. Eskimo land has a bare look. Large rocks, pebbles, and sand cover much of the surface. Plants called lichen(地衣) grow right on rock. And where there is enough soil, even grass, flowers, and small bushes manage to live. No trees can grow on Eskimo land, so geographers sometimes call this country the Arctic plains. Some animals, such as rabbits and caribou(北美驯鹿) , eat the plants. Others, like the white fox and grey wolf, eat the rabbits and caribou. The Eskimo is a meat-eater, too, and may even eat a wolf when food is scarce.

The Eskimo year has two main parts: a long, cold winter and a short, cool summer. Spring and fall are almost too short to be noticed. Summer is the good time, when food is usually plentiful. But it is also the time when the Eskimos are very busy. Winter is never far away, and then the men must bring home extra meat for the women to prepare and store. For seldom can enough animals be killed in winter to feed a family.

The Far North is sometimes called the land of the midnight sun. This is true in the middle of summer, for between April 21st and August 21st the sun never sets in Northern Greenland. But in midwinter the Far North is a land with no sun shining at all. Around Oct. 21st the Eskimos of Northern Greenland see the sun setting straight south of them, and they don’t see it again until February 22nd. All places on earth get about the same amount of daylight during a year. As a result, if summer is lighter, winter has to be darker.

Winter nights in the Far North are seldom pitch-blank. As in the rest of the world, the stars and the moon provide a little light. The northern lights also help the Eskimos to see. And the ground covered with snow, even a little light is reflected back to the Eskimos’ eyes.

95. On Eskimos land, ________. A. rabbits live on the plants B. soil is rich and plentiful

C. grass grows more easily than lichen D. lichen is found only on rock 96. In the Eskimo year, ________. A. there are no spring and fall

B. winter is cold and summer is hot C. summer is a time for growing food D. winter come early and goes late

97. From the passage, we can infer all EXCEPT that ________. A. Eskimos are more likely to eat wolves in summer B. Eskimos women are responsible for housework C. animal meat is Eskimo’s main source of food D. hunting is an important part of Eskimo life

98. In midwinter there is no sun shining in the Far North because ________. A. the Far North is too far away from the sun

B. the sun is not seen again for six months C. the sun never set in midsummer

D. people see the sun setting straight south of them

99. Winter night are seldom pitch-black in the Far North because of ________. A. the moon and stars B. the northern lights C. snow on the ground

D. all of the above mentioned factors

100. The best title for the passage is ________. A. A Story of the Eskimos B. Eskimo Land and Climate C. The Bare Far North D. The Eskimo Year

PART VI WRITING [45 MIN]

SECTION A COMPOSITION [35 MIN]

The rapid economic growth has been dwarfed by the extent of problems including exhaustion of natural resources, energy crisis and environmental pollution. How to solve the problems has become the hottest issue discussed by the whole society. As a member of the society, what is your suggestion to solve the problems?

Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:

My Suggestion on the Energy Crisis

You are to write in three parts.

In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.

In the second part, support your opinion with appropriate details.

In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure In follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

SECTION B NOTE-WRITING [ 10 MIN. ]

Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation:

Tom has had an accident and is now in hospital. Write to express your concern and good wish.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.