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1997年6月四级英语考试
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Part 1 Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, question will be
asked about what was said, Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After eater each
question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked. A),B),C) and D), and
decide which is the best answer . Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a line through the
centre.
Example: You will hear.
You will read:
A) At the office
B) In the waiting room.
C) At the airport.
D) In a restaurant.
From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the
evening. This most likely to have taken place at the office, Therefore, A) "At the office" is the best answer.
You should choose [A] on the Answer She Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.
Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]
1.
A) Skating.
B)Swimming.
C)Boating and swimming.
D)Boating and skating.
2.
A) Put her report on his desk.
B)Read some papers he recommended.
C)Improve some parts of her paper.
D)Mail her report to the publisher.
3.
A) She takes it as a kind of exercise.
B)She wants to save money.
C)She loves doing anything that is new.
D)Her office isn't very far.
4.
A) A shop assistant.
B)A telephone operator.
C)A waitress.
D)A clerk.
5.
A) A railway porter.
B) A taxi driver.
C) A bus conductor.
D)A postal clerk.
6.
A) Most people killed in traffic accidents are heavy drinkers.
B)She does not agree with the man.
C)Drunk drivers are not guilty.
D)People should pay more attention to the danger of drunk driving.
7.
A) $1.40.
B)$6.40.
C)$4.30
D)8.60
8.
A)Collect papers for the man.
B)Do the typing once again.
C)Check the paper for typing errors.
D)Read the whole newspaper.
9.
A) The woman does not want to go to the movies.
B) The man is too tired to go to the movies.
C) The woman wants to go to the movies.
D) The man wants to go out for dinner.
10.
A)By bus.
B)By bike.
C)By taxi.
D)On foot.
Section B Compound Dictation
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished
statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C),and D) .You should decide on the best
choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
The fridge is considered a necessity. It has been so since the 1960s when packaged food first appeared with the
label :" store in the refrigerator."
In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily. The milkman came daily, the grocer, the butcher ,
the baker, and the ice-cream man delivered two or three times a week. The Sunday meat would last until
Wednesday and surplus bread and milk became all kinds cakes. Nothing was wasted, and we were never troubled
by rotten food. Thirty years on ,food deliveries have ceased, fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable in the country.
The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. A vast way of well-tried
techniques already existed - natural cooling, drying, smoking, salting, sugaring, bottling....
What refrigeration did promote was marketing-marketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft drinks, marketing
dead bodies of animals around the globe in search of a good price.
Consequently, most of the world's fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in
the wealthy countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. Every winter, millions
of fridges hum away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially-cooled space inside an
artificially-heated house---while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.
The fridge's effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been
insignificant. If you don't believe me ,try it yourself, invest in a food cabinet and turn off your fridge next winter. You
may miss the hamburgers ,but at least you'll get rid of the terrible hum.
11. The statement " In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily." (Line I, para.2) suggests
that ______.
A) the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fifties
B)the author was not accustomed to using fridges even in his fifties
C) there was no fridge in the author's home in the 1950s
D)the fridge was in its early stage of development in the 1950s
12.Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges?
A)People would not buy more food than was necessary.
B)Food was delivered to people two or three times a week.
C)Food was sold fresh and did not get rotten easily.
D)People had effective ways to preserve their food.
13. Who benefited the least from fridges according to the author?
A)Inventors.
B)Consumers.
C)Manufacturers.
D)Travelling salesmen.
14.Which of the following phrases in the fifth paragraph indicates the fridge's negative effect on the
environment?
A)"Hum away continuously".
B)"Climatically almost unnecessary".
C)"With mild temperatures."
D)Travelling salesmen.
15. What is the author's overall attitude toward fridges?
A)Neutral.
B)Critical.
C)Objective.
D)Compromising.
Passage Two
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:
The human brain contains 10 thousand million cells and each of these may have a thousand connections. Such
enormous numbers used to discourage us and cause us to dismiss the possibility of making a machine with human-
like ability, but now that we have grown used to we will be able to assemble a machine as complex as the human
brain ,and if we can we will. It may then take us a long time to render it intelligent by loading in the right software or
by altering the architecture but the too will happen.
I think it certain that in decades, not centuries, machines of silicon will arise first to rival and then exceed their
human ancestors .Once they exceed us they will be capable of their own design. In a real sense they will be able to
reproduce themselves. Silicon will have ended carbon's long control . And we will no longer be able to claim
ourselves to be the finest intelligence in the known universe.
As the intelligence of robots increases to match that of humans and as their cost declines through economies of
scale we may use them to expand usr frontiers ,first on earth through their ability to withstand environments, harmful
to ourselves. Thus, deserts may bloom and the ocean beds be mined .Further ahead, by a combination of the great
wealth this new age will bring and the technology it will provide, the construction of a vast, man-created world in
space, home to thousands or millions of people, will be within our power.
16. In what way can we make a machine intelligent?
A)By making it work in such environments as deserts, oceans or space.
B)By working hard for 10 or 20 years.
C)By either properly programming it or changing its structure.
D)By reproducing it.
17. What does the writer think about machines with human-like ability?
A)He believes they will be useful to human beings.
B)He believes that they will control us in the future.
C)He is not quite sure in what way they may influence us.
D)He doesn't consider the construction of such machines possible.
18.The word "carbon"(Line 4, Part. 2)stands for ________.
A)intelligent robots
B)a chemical element
C)an organic substance
D)human beings
19.A robot can be used to expand our frontiers when_______
A)its intelligence and cost are beyond question
B)it is able to bear the rough environment
C)it is made as complex as the human brain
D)its architecture is different from that of the present ones
20.It can be inferred from the passage that _______
A)after the installation of a great number of cells and connections. Robots will be capable
of self-reproduction
B)with the rapid development of technology, people have come to realize the possibility of making
a machine with human-like ability
C)once we make a machine as complex as the human brain, it will possess intelligence
D)robots will have control of the vast , man-made world in space
Passage three
Questions 21 to 25are based on the following passage:
After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report:
The damage and death toll could have been much worse.
More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, an earthquake of similar intensity that shook
America in 1988 claimed 25,000 victims.
Injuries and deaths were relatively less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4:31a.m. on a holiday,
when traffic was light on the city's highways . In addition, changes made to the construction codes in Los Angeles
during the last 20 years have strengthened the city's buildings and highways, making them more resistant to
quakes.
Despite the good news, civil engineers aren't resting on their successes. Pinned to their drawing board are
blueprints for improved quake-resistant buildings. The new designs should offer even greater security to cities
where earthquakes often take place.
In the past, making structures quake-resistant meant firm yet flexible materials ,such as steel and wood, that
bend without breaking. Later, people pried to lift a building off its foundation, and insrt rubber and steel between the
building and its foundation to reduce the impact of ground vibrations. The most recent designs give buildings brains
as well as concrete and steel supports. Called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to and
earthquake's vibrations. When the ground shakes and the building tips forward , the computer would force the
building to shift in the opposite direction.
The new smart structures could be very expensive to build. However, they would save many lives and would be
less likely to be damaged during earthquakes.
21. One reason why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles earthquake was comparatively low is that _____.
A)new computer had been installed in the buildings
B) it occurred in the residential areas rather than on the highways
C)large numbers of Los Angeles residents had gone for a holiday
D)improvements had been made in the construction of buildings and highways
22. The function of the computer mentioned in the passage is to _______
A)counterbalance an earthquake's action on the building
B)predict the coming of an earthquake with accuracy
C)help strengthen the foundation of the building
D)measure the impact of an earthquake's vibrations
23.The smart buildings discussed in the passage_______
A)Would cause serious financial problems
B)would be worth while though costly
C)would increase the complexity of architectural design
D)can reduce the ground vibrations caused by earthquakes
24.It can be inferred from the passage that in minimizing the damage caused by earthquakes attention
should be focused on______
A)the increasing use of rubber and steel in capital construction
B)the development of flexible building materials
C)the reduction of the impact of ground vibrations
D) early forecasts of earthquakes
25. The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to _______.
A)compare the consequences of the earthquakes that occurred in the U.S.
B)encourage civil engineers to make more extensive use of building materials
C)outline the history of the development of quake-resistant building materials
D)report new developments in constructing quake-resistant buildings
Passage Four
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
Even plants can run a fever, especially when they're under attack by insects or disease. But unlike humans,
plants can have their temperature taken from 3.000 feet away---straight up. A decade ago , adapting the infrared
scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley came up with
a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers
precisely target pesticide spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field , which invariably includes plants that
don't have pest problems.
Even better, Paley's Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became
visible to the eye . Mounted on a plane flown at 3,000feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by
crops. The data were transformed into a color-coded map showing where plants were running "fevers". Farmers
could then spot-spray, using 50to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would.
The bad new is that Paley's company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the new
technology and long-term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce,
and refinements in infrared scanning, paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the
technology works." This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States," says George
Oerther of Texas A&M. Ray Jackson, who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared
crop scanning could be adopted by the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be
adopted by the end of the decade .But only if Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 year ago.
26. Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are _______
A) sprayed with pesticides
B)facing an infrared scanner
C)in poor physical condition
D)exposed to excessive sun rays
27. In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared scanning to _______
A) estimate the damage to the crops
B)draw a color-coded map
C)measure the size of the affected area
D)locate the problem area
28.Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by ________.
A)resorting to spot-spraying
B)consulting infrared scanning experts
C)transforming poisoned rain
D)detecting crop problems at an early date
29. The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties due to ______
A) the lack of official support
B)its high cost
C)the lack of financial support
D)its failure to help increase production
30. Infrared scanning technology may be brought back into operation because of _______
A)the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their produce
B)growing concern about the excessive use of pesticides on crops
C)the forceful promotion by the Department of Agriculture
D)full support from agricultural experts
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in then part. For each sentence there are four choices marked
A),B),C)and D). Choose the ONE answer that best complete the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on
the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
31.The medicine is on sale everywhere. You can get it at ________.chemist's
A)each
B)some
C)certain
D)any
32.You cannot be _______ careful when you drive a car .
A)very
B)so
C)too
D)enough
33.In general, the amount that a student spends for housing should be help to one-fifth the total ______
for living expenses.
A) acceptable
B) available
C)advisable
D)applicable
34. Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to ______ the color of his skin.
A)with the exception of
B)in the light of
C)by virtue of
D)regardless of
35. Housewives who do not go out to work feel they are not working to their full_______
A)reveal
B)strength
C)length
D)possibility
36. I hate people who _____ the end of a film that you haven't seen before.
A)reveal
B)rewrite
C)revise
D)reverse
37.He's watching TV? He's ______ to be cleaning his room.
A)known
B)supposed
C)regarded
D)considered
38.The old couple decided to ______ a boy and a girl though they had three of their own.
A)adapt
B)bring
C)receive
D)adopt
39. The government is trying to do something to _________ better understanding between the two countries.
A)raise
B)promote
C)heighten
D)increase
40. The newspaper did not mention the______ of the damage caused by the fire.
A)range
B)level
C)extent
D)quantity
41.The soldier was _____of running away when the enemy attacked.
A)scolded
B)charged
C)accused
D)punished
42. Had worked harder, he _______ the exams.
A)must have got through
B)would have got through
C)would get through
D)could get through
43.Only under special circumstances _______to take make-up tests.
A)are freshmen permitted
B)freshmen are permitted
C)permitted are freshmen
D) are permitted freshmen
44. I had just started back for the house to change my clothes _____ I hard voices.
A)as
B)when
C)after
D)while
45. It seems oil ____from this pipe for some time. We'll have to take the machine apart to put it right.
A)had leaked
B)is leaking
C)leaked
D)has been leaking
46. When he arrived, he found ______ the aged and the sick at home.
A) none but
B) none other than
C)nothing but
D)no other than
47. The pressure ______ causes Americans to be energetic, but it also puts them under a constant
emotional strain.
A)to compete
B)competing
C)to be competed
D)no other than
48. Your hair wants _______ You'd better have it done tomorrow.
A)cat
B)competing
C)cutting
D)having competed
49. As teachers we should concern ourselves with what is said, not what we think _______.
A)ought to be said
B)must say
C)have to be said
D)need to say
50.Once environmental damage _______ ,it takes many years for the system to recover.
A)has done
B)is to do
C)does
D)is done
51. Studies show that things that contribute most to a sense of happiness cannot be bought, _______ a good
family life, friendship and work satisfaction.
A)as for
B)in view of
C)in case of
D)such as
52. He will agree to do what you require ____ him.
A)of
B)from
C)to
D) for
53.The mere fact ______ most people believe nuclear war would be madness does not mean that it will not occur.
A)what
B)which
C)that
D)why
54.John seems a nice person. _______ ,. I don't trust him.
A)Even though
B)Even so
C)Therefore
D) Though
55. I don't think it advisable that Tom ______ to the job since he has no experience.
A)is assigned
B)will be assigned
C)be assigned
D)has been assigned
56. ______, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose
command of language is poor.
A)Other things being equal
B)Were other things equal
C)To be equal to other things
D)Other things to be equal
57.______ that my head had cleared, my brain was also beginning to work much better.
A)For
B)Now
C)Since
D)Despite
58. The man in the corner confessed to ______ a lie to the manager of the company.
A)have told
B)be told
C)being told
D)having told
59. By 1929, Mickey Mouse was as popular _______ children as Coca-Cola.
A) for
B)in
C)to
D)with
60. Because Edgar was convinced of the accuracy of this fact, he _____ his opinion.
A) struck at
B) strove for
C)stuck to
D)stood for
Part Ⅳ Close (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked
A),B)C)and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then
mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them and a child rarely
dislikes food ______ it is badly cooked.
The _______ A meal is cooked and served is most important and an _______ served meal will often improve a
child's appetite. Never ask a child _____ he likes or dislikes a food and never _______likes and dislikes in front of
him or allow _______ else to do so . If the father say he hates fat meat or the mother ______ vegetables in the
child's hearing he is ______ to copy this procedure. Take it ______ granted that he likes everything and he probably
_______ . Nothing healthful should be omitted from the meal because of a ______ dislike. At meal times it is a good
______ to give a child a small portion and let him _____back for a second helping rather than give him as ______ as
he is likely to eat all at once, Do not talk too much to the child ______ meal times, but let him get on with his food;
and do not ______ him to leave the table immediately after a meal he will ______ learn to swallow his food _______
he can hurry back to his toys . Under _______circumstances must a child be coaxed _______ forced to eat
61.
A)if
B)until
C)that
D)unless
62.
A)procedure
B)process
C)way
D)eagerly
63.
A)adequately
B)attractively
C)urgently
D)eagerly
64.
A)whether
B)that
C)what
D)which
65.
A)remark
B)tell
C)discuss
D)argue
66.
A)everybody
B)anybody
C)somebody
D)nobody
67.
A)opposes
B)somebody
C)anybody
D)nobody
68.
A)willing
B)possible
C)obliged
D)offends
69.
A)with
B)as
C)over
D)for
70.
A)should
B)may
C)will
D)must
71.
A)supposed
B)proved
C)considered
D)related
72.
A)point
B)proved
C)considered
D)related
73.
A)ask
B)return
C)come
D)take
74.
A)much
B)little
C)few
D)many
75.
A)on
B)over
C)by
D)during
76.
A)agree
B)allow
C)force
D)persuade
77.
A)hurriedly
B)fast
C)soon
D)slowly
78.
A)so
B)until
C) lest
D)although
79.
A)some
B)such
C)any
D)no
80.
A)or
B)nor
C)but
D)neither |
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