英语四级试卷4

试卷4 Paper One Part I Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear several statements. Each statement will be read only once. Then there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have just heard. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 1. A) Ann likes neither cold weather nor hot weather. B) Ann likes hot weather better than cold weather. C) Ann likes hot weather just as much as cold weather. D) Ann likes cold weather better than hot weather. 2. A) The storm came on Saturday. B) The storm came on Monday. C) The storm came on Wednesday. D) The storm came on Friday. 3. A) Sit where you like. B) Don’t be nervous. C) Build a house for yourself. D) Behave yourself. 4. A) I’m learning only a little bit of English. B) I bit my tongue while speaking English. C) The best way to learn English is to progress in little bits. D) My English is gradually improving. 5. A) How thin are you? B) Have you ever been any heavier? C) Isn’t Ben thin? D) Is it always made out of thin? 6. A) I rushed into the restaurant with an old friend. B) I met an old friend by chance at the restaurant. C) My friend ran into the restaurant to meet me. D) My friend and I ran into the restaurant together. 7. A) The flight leaves at 8:20. B) The flight leaves on the 20th at 8 o’clock. C) The flight leaves at 8:18 in the evening. D) Flight 818 departs on the 18th. 8. A) The sports meet is delayed because of rain. B) There will be no sports meet if it rains. C) There will be a sports meet regardless of the weather. D) It rains every time there is a sports meet. 9. A) I called him. B) I forgot to call him. C) I didn’t call him. D) I should have called him. 10. A) She has few friends. B) It is hard for her to have friends. C) She tries hard to have friends. D) She has many friends. 11. A) The phone number is 2579402. B) The phone number is 2597402. C) The phone number is 2569482. D) The phone number is 2957842. 12. A) The program won’t go beyond ten. B) There won’t be more than ten people at the program. C) It will continue beyond the tent. D) The program will end after ten o’clock. 13. A) The first fifty problems are assigned. B) Your homework assignment can be found on page sixty. C) The problems on page sixteen are assigned. D) Page fifteen is your first assignment. 14. A) John always tells secrets. B) John never tells a secret. C) John is meant to tell secrets. D) John keeps secrets. 15. A) Although she has a scholarship, Ellen cannot attend the university. B) If Ellen gets a scholarship, she can attend the university. C) Ellen attends the university on a scholarship. D) Ellen cannot get a scholarship until the university accepts her. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear several short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After 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 single line through the centre. 16. A) Caller and operator. B) Customer and shop assistant. C) A woman looking for the place and a passer-by. D) A woman looking for the place and a taxi-driver. 17. A) She plans to go to graduate school. B) She will drop out of school. C) She will stop working and concentrate on her studies. D) She will take a part-time job. 18. A) He may be going to the meeting. B) He may take her to a movie. C) Seeing his girlfriend. D) He may be driving at 3:00. 19. A) The exam was easier than the previous one. B) Joe is sure that he will do better in the next exam. C) Joe probably failed in the exam. D) The oral part of the exam was easier than the written part. 20. A) A shop assistant. B) A telephone operator. C) A waitress. D) A clerk. 21. A) George doesn’t think Sam will win. B) Sam isn’t a strong runner. C) George looks as strong as ever. D) Sam is going to win the race. 22. A) To spend less time at the office. B) To keep his trousers on. C) To come home earlier. D) To hang up his trousers. 23. A) $15. B) $30. C) $50. D) $19. 24. A) $160. B) $120. C) $150. D) $100. 25. A) 555-9822. B) 555-8292. C) 555-8922. D) 555-9282. 26. A) They will eat lunch at a restaurant. B) They will eat their lunch in the park. C) They will go home for lunch. D) They have not decided yet. 27. A) The man went to a wrong check-in counter. B) The man has just missed his flight. C) The plane will leave at 9:14. D) The plane’s departure time remains unknown. 28. 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. 29. A) The man is planning a trip to Austin. B) The man has not been to Austin before. C) The man doesn’t like Austin. D) The man has been to Austin before. 30. A) He played his part quite well. B) He was not dramatic enough. C) He performed better than the secretary. D) He exaggerated his part. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear several short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 31 to 33 are based on the following passage: 31. A) South American Indians. B) The Spanish. C) English people. D) Londoners. 32. A) Spain. B) The New World. C) England. D) None of the above. 33. A) Coffee travelled from South America to the Old World. B) Coffee travelled from Europe to Ethiopia. C) Brazil produces the greatest amount of coffee. D) Ethiopia produces the greatest amount of coffee. Passage Two Questions 34 to 36 are based on the following passage: 34. A) It works faster than the human brain. B) It seldom makes errors. C) It can solve complicated problems. D) It can “think” without information fed into it. 35. A) Its vacuum tubes. B) Its electronic circuits. C) Computer programs. D) All of the above. 36. A) the advantages and disadvantages of computers B) the future of the computer C) the main features of the computer D) the scientific principles of the computer Passage Three Questions 37 to 39 are based on the following passage: 37. A) To prevent car accidents. B) To monitor the driver’s health. C) To drive the car automatically. D) To measure the driver’s pulse. 38. A) It sends out signals for help. B) It takes over the driving immediately. C) It stops the car automatically. D) It sounds an alarm to warn the driver. 39. A) It can measure the driver’s alcohol level in the blood. B) It bases its analysis on the driver’s heartbeat. C) It can quicken the driver’s response to emergencies. D) It monitors the signals transmitted from the driver’s brain. Passage Four Questions 40 to 44 are based on the following passage: 40. A) 150 years ago. B) In the year 1553. C) 3,000 years ago. D) In the 18th century. 41. A) To preserve fish. B) To help heal wounds. C) To punish criminals. D) To preserve dead bodies. 42. A) For stealing salt. B) For selling salt without permission. C) For taking salt from the king’s table. D) For making salted fish. 43. A) He would lose his life. B) He would lose one ear. C) He would lose all his salt. D) He would be heavily fined. 44. A) In front of important guests. B) In front of less important guests. C) In front of the king. D) In the middle of the table. Passage Five Questions 45 to 47 are based on the following passage: 45. A) jump more than a few feet into the air B) jump only a few feet into the air C) jump in a curve for a few feet D) jump in a curve for more than a few feet 46. A) in a straight line B) in a curved line C) a long distance before it fell back to the ground D) a short distance before it fell back to the ground 47. A) he has no rocket engine in his hand B) he could not throw it fast enough C) he could not make the ball small enough D) he could not throw the ball in a straight line Paper Two Part I Listening Comprehension Section D Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact word(s) you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. Increasingly, over the past ten years, people -- especially young people -- have (48) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ their eating habits, because much of the food they eat, particularly convenience foods, is not good for the health. (49) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in natural foods: foods which do not contain chemical additives and which have (50) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , widely used in farming today. Natural foods, for example, are (51) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ which (52) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ that is rich in organic matter. Natural foods (53) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ which have been allowed to (54) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in healthy pastures. There are (55) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ which are now receiving (56) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Take, for example, the question of sugar. This is actually (57) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ! Section E Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. The “ (58) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ “ sport of skin diving is (59) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ as old as swimming. (60) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , skin diving was “natural” diving; that is, no breathing (61) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was used. Pearl and sponge divers have been diving like this for (62) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . But during World War II, SCUBA was (63) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to the sport. SCUBA (64) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for “self-contained (65) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ breathing apparatus”. The air tank strapped to the diver’s back adds some of the benefits of deep-water diving to the freedom of skin diving. The diver is able to stay under longer. Even so, this has not eliminated conventional diving. (66) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . But where mobility is a major consideration, or where the terrain is too rough for an air hose, SCUBA diving is the answer. In addition to the usual air tank, which releases a stream of bubbles into the water when the diver exhales, there is a “closed circuit” SCUBA that is used by the military. (67) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Most amateur skin diving today is done, however, for the sake of adventure and the beauty of the underwater scene. Name:_____________ Class:_____________ Student No.:_____________ Score:_____________ Answer Sheet Part I Listening