1、1 / 1220XX年1月全國大學(xué)英語四級考試 試卷Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be askedabout what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each q

2、uestion there will bepause. 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.矚慫潤厲釤瘞睞櫪廡賴賃軔朧。Example:You will hear:You will read:A)At the office.B) In

3、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 inthe evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. There fore, A)“At the office”is the best answer. Youshould choose A on the Answer She

4、et and mark it with a single line through the cen tre.聞創(chuàng)溝燴鐺險愛氌譴凈禍測樅。Sample Answer A B C D1.A) The woman is a close friend of the man.B)The woman has been working too hard.C)The woman is seeing a doctor.D)The woman is tired of her work.2.A) This apple pie tastes very good. B) His mother likes the pie

5、 verymuch .殘騖樓諍錈瀨濟溆塹籟婭騍東。C) This pie can t match his mothEh) Hismother can t make apple p釅錒.極額閉鎮(zhèn)檜 豬訣錐顧葒鈀。3.A) Take a walk. B) Give a performance.C) Listen to the music. D) Dance to the music.4.A) Read an article on political science. B) Present a different theory to the class.彈貿(mào)攝爾霽斃攬磚鹵廡詒爾膚。C) Read m

6、ore than one article. D) Choose a better article to read.謀蕎摶篋飆鐸懟類蔣薔點鉍雜。5.A) The woma n would un dersta nd if she did Mary廈礴懇蹣駢時盡繼價騷巹癩龔。B)The woman should do the typing for Mary.C)The woman should work as hard as Mary.D)The woman isnt a skillful typist.6.A) He wants to make an appointment with Mr. Sm

7、ith.煢楨廣鰳鯡選塊網(wǎng)羈淚鍍齊鈞。B)He wants to make sure that Mr. Smith will see him.鵝婭盡損鵪慘歷蘢鴛賴縈詰聾。C)He wants to change the time of the appointment.籟叢媽羥為贍僨蟶練淨(jìng)櫧撻曉。D)He wants the woma n to meet him at three o預(yù)頌圣鉉儐歲齦訝驊糴買闥齙。7.A) He gets n ervous very easily. B) He is an in experie need speaker.滲釤嗆儼勻諤鱉調(diào)硯錦鋇 絨鈔。C) He is

8、an awful speaker. D) He hasnt prepared his speech we鐃誅臥瀉噦圣騁貺頂廡縫勵2 / 12八、8.A) She didnt like the books the man bought.B)There wasn t a large selection at the bookstc擁締鳳襪備訊顎輪爛薔報贏無。C)The man bought a lot of books.D)She wanted to see what the man bought.9.A) Buy a ticket for the ten oclock flight.B)Ask

9、the man to change the ticket for her.C)Go to the airport immediately.D)Switch to a different flight.10.A) Dr. Lemon is waiting for a patient.B)Dr. Lemon is busy at the moment.C)Dr. Lemon has lost his patience.D)Dr. Lemon has gone out to visit a patient.Section BDirections: In this section, you will

10、hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Boththe passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answerfrom the four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D) . Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer S

11、heet with a singleline through the center.贓熱俁閫歲匱閶鄴鎵騷鯛漢鼉。Passage oneQuestion 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard壇搏鄉(xiāng)囂懺蔞鍥鈴氈淚躋馱釣。11.A) A car outside the supermarket. B) A car at the bottom of the hill.蠟變黲癟報倀鉉錨鈰贅籜葦繯。The sports car.At the foot of the hill.買鯛鴯譖曇膚遙閆擷凄屆嬌擻。In the supermarket

12、.The driver of the sports car. B) The two girls inside the car.綾鏑鯛駕櫬鶘蹤韋轔糴飆鈧麥。The man standing nearby. D) The salesman from London.驅(qū)躓髏彥浹綏譎飴憂錦諑瓊14.A) Nobody. B) The two girls.C) The bus driver. D) Paul.Passage TwoQuesti ons 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard貓蠆驢繪燈鮒誅髏貺廡獻鵬縮。15.A) His f

13、riend gave him the wrong key.B)He didnt know where the back door was.C)He couldnt find the key to his mailbox.D)It was too dark to put the key in the lock.16.A) It was getting dark.B)He was afraid of being blamed by his friend.C)The birds might have flown away.D)His friend would arrive any time.17.A

14、) He looked silly with only one leg inside the window.鍬籟饗逕瑣筆襖鷗婭薔嗚訝擯。B)he knew the policeman wouldnt believe him.C)The torch light made him look very foolish.D)He realized that he had made a mistake. Passage ThreeQuesti ons 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard構(gòu)氽頑黌碩飩薺齦話騖門戲鷯。C)12.A)C)1

15、3.A)C)針。Pauls car. D)Inside the car. B)In the garage. D)3 / 1218.A) The threat of poisonous desert animals and plants.輒嶧陽檉籪癤網(wǎng)儂號澩蠐鑭釃。B)The exhaustion of energy resources.C)The destruction of oil wells.D)The spread of the black powder from the fires.19.A) The underground oil resources have not been af

16、fected.堯側(cè)閆繭絳闕絢勵蜆贅瀝紕縭。B)Most of the desert animals and plants have managed to survive.識饒鎂錕縊灩筧嚌儼淒儂減攙。C)The oil lakes soon dried up and stopped evaporating.凍鈹鋨勞臘鍇癇婦脛糴鈹賄鶚。D)The underground water resources have not been polluted.恥諤銪滅縈歡煬鞏鶩錦聰櫻鄶。20.A) To restore the normal production of the oil wells.鯊腎鑰詘褳鉀

17、溈懼統(tǒng)庫搖飭緡。B)To estimate the losses caused by the fires.C)To remove the oil left in the desert.D)To use the oil left in the oil lakes.Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes)Direction:There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. For each of them

18、 there are four choices marked A) , B) C) and D) . You should decide on the bestchoice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.碩癘鄴頏謅攆檸攜驤蘞鷥膠據(jù)。Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:閿擻輳嬪諫遷擇楨秘騖輛塤鵜。Unless we spend money to sp

19、ot and prevent asteroids (小行星) now, one might crash into Earth and destroy lifeas we know it, say some scientists.氬嚕躑竄貿(mào)懇彈瀘頷澩紛釓鄧。Asteroidsare bigger versions of the meteoroids (流星) that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far fromEarth and dont threaten us. But there are also thousands of a

20、steroids whoseorbits put them on a collision course with Earth.釷鵒資贏車贖孫滅獅贅慶獷緞。Buy $50 million worth of new telescopes right now. Then spend $10 million a year for the next 25 years to locatemost of the space rocks. By the time we spot a fatal one, the scientists say, weII have a way to change its cou

21、rse慫闡譜鯪逕導(dǎo)嘯畫長涼馴鴇撟。Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapons. But the cost wouldnt be cheap辭調(diào)擔(dān)鈧諂動禪瀉類謹覡鸞。Is it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk are: 1) How IikeIy the event is; and 2) How bad theconsequencesif the event occurs. Experts think an a

22、steroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every500,000 years. Sounds pretty rarebut if one did fall, it would be the end of the world.“Ifwe donttake care of these bigasteroids, theyll take care of us,”says one scientist.嘰覲詿縲鐋囁偽純鉿錈癱懇跡simple.”The cure, though, might be worse t

23、han the disease. Do we really want fleets of nuclear weapons sitting around onEarth?“The world has less to fear from dooms滅性的)rocksthan from a great nuclear fleet set against them,New York”Timsaeisd article.熒紿譏鉦鏌觶鷹緇機庫圓鍰緘。4 / 1221.What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids鶼漬螻偉閱劍鯫腎邏蘞闋簣擇。

24、A)They are heavenly bodies different in composition.紂憂蔣氳頑薟驅(qū)藥憫騖覲僨鴛。B)They are heavenly bodies similar in nature.C)There are more asteroids than meteoroids.D)Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids.22.What do scientists say about the collision of an asteroid with Earth?穎芻莖蛺餑億頓裊賠瀧漲負這。A)It is very

25、 unlikely but the danger exists.B)Such a collision might occur once every 25 years.濫驂膽閉驟羥闈詔寢賻減棲綜。C)Collisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected.銚銻縵嚌鰻鴻鋟謎諏涼鏗穎報。D)Its still too early to say whether such a collision might occu擠貼綬電麥結(jié)鈺贖嘵類羋罷鴇。23.What do people think of the sugg

26、estion of using nuclear weapons to alter the courses of asteroids?賠荊紳諮侖驟遼輩襪錈極嚕辮。A)It sounds practical but it may not solve the problem.塤礙籟饈決穩(wěn)賽釙冊庫麩適緄。B)It may create more problems than it might solve.裊樣祕廬廂顫諺鍘羋藺遞燦擾。C)It is a waste of money because a collision of asteroids with Earth is very unlikely.倉

27、嫗盤紲囑瓏詁鍬齊驁絛鯛鱧。D)Further research should be done before it is proved applicable.綻萬璉轆娛閬蟶鬮綰瀧恒蟬轅。24.We can conclude from the passage that _ .驍顧燁鶚巰瀆蕪領(lǐng)鱺賻驃弒綈。A)while pushing asteroids off course nuclear weapons would destroy the world瑣釙濺曖惲錕縞馭篩涼貿(mào)錒戧。B)asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Ea

28、rth in the near future鎦詩涇艷損樓紲鯗餳類礙穡鰳。C)the worry about asteroids can be left to future generations since it is unlikely to happen in ourlifetime櫛緶歐鋤棗鈕種鵑瑤錟奧傴輥。D)workable solutions still have to be found to prevent a collision of asteroids with Earth轡燁棟剛殮攬瑤麗鬮應(yīng)頁諳絞。25.Which of the following best describe

29、s the authors tone11峴揚斕滾澗輻s灄興渙藺詐機憒。A)Optimistic. B) Critical. C) Objective. D) Arbitrary.詩叁撻訥燼憂毀厲鋨驁靈韜鰍。Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:則鯤愜韋瘓賈暉園棟瀧華縉輅。Believe it or not, optical illusion (錯覺) can cut highway crashes.脹鏝彈奧秘孫戶孿釔賻鏘詠繞。Japan is a case in point. Ithas reduce

30、d automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion. Bent stripes, calledchevrons (人字形) , painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thusdrivers slow down.鰓躋峽禱紉誦幫廢掃減萵輳慘。Now the American Automobile Association Fou

31、ndation for Traffic Safety in WashingtonD.C. is planning to repeatJapans success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons andother patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes .稟虛嬪賑維嚌妝擴踴糶欏灣鯧。Excessive speed plays a major

32、 role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the foundation.To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed-related hazards are thegreatest curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.陽簍埡鮭罷規(guī)嗚舊巋錟麗鮑軫。Some studies suggest th

33、at straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can initially cut the average speed of5 / 12drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seei ng the pai ntedbars.溈氣嘮戇萇鑿鑿櫧諤應(yīng)釵藹紼。Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression th

34、at they are driving faster than they really are but alsomake a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of trafficaccidents.鋇嵐縣緱虜榮產(chǎn)濤團藺締崳惲。26.The passage mainly discusses _.A)a new way of highway speed controlB)a new pattern for painting hig

35、hwaysC)a new approach to training driversD)a new type of optical illusion27.On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that _.懨俠劑鈍觸樂鷴燼觶騮揚銥鯊。A)they should avoid speed-related hazardsB)they are driving in the wrong laneC)they should slow down their speedD)they are approaching the speed limit

36、28.The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former _ .謾飽兗爭詣繚鮐癩別瀘鯽礎(chǔ)輪。A)can keep drivers awakeB)can cut road accidents in halfC)will have a longer effect on driversD)will look more attractive29.The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to _.咼鉉們

37、歟謙鴣餃競蕩賺趲為練。A)try out the Japanese method in certain areasB)change the road signs across the countryC)replace straight, horizontal bars with chevrons瑩諧齷蘄賞組靄縐嚴減籩諏戀。D)repeat the Japanese road patterns30.What does the author say about straight, horizontal bars painted across roads?麩肅鵬鏇轎騍鐐縛縟糶爾攤鱘。A)They a

38、re falling out of use in the United States納疇鰻吶鄖禎銣膩鰲錟顫階躦。B)They tend to be ignored by drivers in a short period of time.風(fēng)攆鮪貓鐵頻鈣薊糾廟誑繃紙。C)They are applicable only on broad roads.D)They cannot be applied successfully to traffic circles.滅噯駭諗鋅獵輛覯餿藹猙廚憮。Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the follo

39、wing passage:鐒鸝餉飾鐔閌貲諢癱騮吶轉(zhuǎn)鮭。Amtrak (美國鐵路客運公司) was experiencing a downswing in ridership(客運量) along the lines comprising its railsystem. Of major concern to Amtrak and its advertising agency DDB Needham, were the long-distance western routeswhere ridership had been declining significantly.攙閿頻嶸陣澇諗譴隴瀘鐙澮

40、蹤。At one time, trains were the only practical way to cross the vast areas of the west. Trains were fast, very luxurious,and quite convenient compared to other forms of transportation existing at the time. However, times change and theautomobile became Americas standard of convenience. Also,6 / 12air

41、 travel had easily established itself as the fastest method of traveling great distances. Therefore, the task for DDBNeedham was to encourage consumers to consider other aspects of train travel in order to change their attitudes andincrease the likelihood that trains would be considered for travel i

42、n the west.趕輾雛紈顆鋝討躍滿賺蜆騍純。Two portions of the total market were targeted: 1) anxious fliersthose concerned with safety, relaxation, andcleanliness and 2) travel-loversthose viewing themselves as relaxed, casual, and interested in the travel experienceas part of their vacation. The agency then develop

43、ed a campaign that focused on travel experiences such as freedom,escape, relaxation, and enjoyment of the great western outdoors. It stressed experiences gained by using the trains andportrayed western train trips as wonderful adventures.夾覡閭輇駁檔驀遷錟減汆藥徑。Advertisements showed pictures of the beautiful

44、scenery that could be enjoyed along some of the more famouswestern routes and emphasized the romantic names of some of these trains (Empire Builder, etc.) . These ads werestrategically placed among family-oriented TV shows and programs involving nature and America in order to mosteffectively reach t

45、arget audiences. Results were impressive. The Empire Builder, which was focused on in one ad,enjoyed a 15 percent increase in profits on its Chicago to Seattle route.視絀鏝鴯鱭鐘腦鈞欖糲僉爾魷。31.Whats the authors purpose inthiStjpigssage?偽澀錕攢鴛擋緬鐒鈞錠鈴鉍蹌。A)To show the inability of trains to compete with planes wit

46、h respect to speed and convenience.緦徑銚膾齲轎級鏜撟廟耬癬紇。B)To stress the in flue nee of the automobile on Americas sta nda騅憑鈳CO nven ie nee.僥張礫陣軫藹攬齊彎。C)To emphasize the funetion of travel ageneies in market promotion.癘騏鏨農(nóng)剎貯獄顥幗騮鴣詼驤。D)To illustrate the important role of persuasive eommunieation in ehanging eo

47、nsumer attitudes.鏃鋝過潤啟婭澗駱讕瀘載撻贏。32.It ean be inferred from the passage that the drop in Amtrak ridership was due to the faet that.榿貳軻謄壟該檻鯔塏賽緯闥糝。A)trains were not suitable for short distanee passenger transportation邁蔦賺陘賓唄擷鷦訟湊幟結(jié)廢。B)trains were not the fastest and most eonvenient form of transportation嶁

48、硤貪塒廩袞憫倉華糲饃勵騮。C)trai ns were n ot as fast and convenient as they used to be該櫟諼碼戇沖巋鳧薩錠謨贛贅。D)trains eould not eompete with planes in terms of luxury and eonvenienee劇妝諢貰攖蘋塒呂侖廟痙湯籪。33.To encourage consumers to travel by train, DDB Needham emphasized _.臠龍訛驄椏業(yè)變墊羅蘄囂馱廣。A)the freedom and convenience provided o

49、n trainsB)the practical aspects of train travelC)the adventurous aspects of train tripsD)the safety and cleanliness of train trips34.The train ads were placed among family-oriented TV programs involving nature and Americabecause _.鰻順褸悅漚縫囅屜鴨騫鬩藶騍。A)they could focus on meaningful travel experiences穡釓虛綹

50、滟鰻絲懷紓濼視嬌賭。B)they could increase the effectiveness of the TV programs隸誆熒鑒獫綱鴣攣駘賽澇鈧籜。C)their profits could be increased by some 15 percent浹繢膩叢著駕驃構(gòu)碭湊農(nóng)瑤帳。D)most travel-lovers and nervous fliers were believed to be among the audiences鈀燭罰櫝箋礱颼畢韞糲銨鵬駱。35.According to the passage, the Empire Builder enjoyed an

51、 increase in ridership and profits because.愜執(zhí)緝蘿紳7 / 12頎陽灣熗鍵艤訥贓。A)the attractiveness of its name and route was effectively advertised貞廈給鏌綞牽鎮(zhèn)獵鎦龐朮戧籩。B)it provided an exciting travel experienceC)its passengers could enjoy the great western outdoors嚌鯖級廚脹鑲銦礦毀蘄鷯鑭嶁。D)it was widely advertised in newspapers a

52、nd magazines in Chicago and SEattle薊鑌豎牘熒浹醬籬鈴騫違紗駑。Passage Four Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:齡踐硯語蝸鑄轉(zhuǎn)絹攤濼絡(luò)減貽。Why does ceam go bad faster than butter? Some researchers think they have the answer, and it comes down to thestructure of the food, not its chemical compositiona finding

53、 that could help rid some processed foods of chemicalpreservatives.紳藪瘡顴訝標販繯轅賽憮賄豎。Cream and butter contain pretty much the same substances, so why cream should sour much faster has been amystery. Both are emulsionstiny globules (小球體) of one liquid evenly distributed throughout another. Thedifference

54、lies in whatisn the globules and whatisn the surrounding liquid, says Brocklehurst, who led the investigation.飪籮獰屬諾釙誣苧徑凜騙橥峽。In cream, fatty globules drift about in a sea of water. In butter, globules of a watery solution are locked away in a seaof fat. The bacteria which make the food go bad prefer

55、to live in the watery regions of the mixture.“This means that incream, the bacteria are free to grow throughout the mixture, ” he烴斃y潛籬賢擔(dān)視蠶賁粵貫飭驢。When the situation is reversed, the bacteria are locked away in compartments (隔倉室) buried deep in the sea offat. Trapped in this way, individual colonies ca

56、nnot spread and rapidly run out of nutrients (養(yǎng)料) . They also slowlypoison themselves w ith their waste products.“Inbutter, you get a self-limit ing system which stops the bacteria grow ing,”s鋝y豈濤軌Ocklehurst.躍輪蒔講嫗鍵礪脈賁。The researchers are already working with food companies keen to see if their produ

57、cts can be made resistant tobacterial attack through alterations to the foods structure. Brocklehurst believesit will be possible to make the emulsions used in salad cream, for instance, more like that in butter. The key will be to dothis while keeping the salad cream liquid and not turning it into

58、a solid lump.擷偽氫鱧轍冪聹諛詼龐復(fù)堝窮。36.The significance of Brocklehursts research is that _蹤_飯_夢_摻_釣_貞_綾.賁發(fā)蘄韃釓嶇。A)it suggested a way to keep some foods fresh without preservatives婭鑠機職銦夾簣軒蝕騫設(shè)猶饌。B)it discovered tiny globules in both cream and butter譽諶摻鉺錠試監(jiān)鄺儕瀉濰鴇貪。C)it revealed the secret of how bacteria multipl

59、y in cream and butter儔聹執(zhí)償閏號燴鈿膽賾勞覡祕。D)it found that cream and butter share the same chemical composition縝電悵淺靚蠐淺錒鵬凜錈惡層。37.According to the researchers, cream sours faster than butter because bacteria _.驥擯幟褸饜兗椏長絳粵藎鍰館。A) are more evenly distributed in creamB)multiply more easily in cream than in butterC)live on