1991年6月英语四级真题及答案.doc

1991年6月英语四级真题及答案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 asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be 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 is most likely to have taken place at the office. There fore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose A on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.Sample Answer A B C D1.A) She paid ￥40.00 for the coat.B) Her husband presented it to her as a gift.C) She bought the coat on her fortieth birthday.D) Her friend sent it to her as a birthday gift.（B）2.A) To keep his old car and get a new one.B) To leave it in the garage to be repaired.C) To sell his car for a new one.D) To get his car repaired later.（C）3.A) Husband and wife.B) Father and daughter.C) Doctor and patient.D) Teacher and student.（C）4.A) The man went to the concert, but the woman didnt.B) The woman went to the concert, but the man didnt.C) The speakers did not go to the concert.D) Both speakers went to the concert.（C）5.A) An English textbook.B) A Chinese textbook.C) A chemistry hook.D) A history book.（D）6.A) The woman goes to school during the day and works at night.B) The woman has to work to support herself.C) The womans classes are not difficult.D) The woman studies at night.（D）7.A) She feels that he wont accept anything.B) Shes sure he already has a pocket calculator.C) She thinks he has almost everything he wants.D) Shes afraid he wants more than she can afford.（C）8.A) Tom survived the accident.B) Tom was killed in the accident.C) Someone saved Toms life.D) It did little damage to Toms car.（A）9.A) The train is crowded.B) The train is late.C) The train is empty.D) The train is on time.（B）10.A) No, all the rooms are taken.B) Yes, there is a double room.C) Yes, there are some spare rooms.D) Yes, there is a single room.（A）Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 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 OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A) Her husband had got a higher position.B) Her husband had lost his job.C) She wanted to have a cleaner house.D) She wanted to move to New York.（A）12.A) His telephone went out of order.B) The buyers had to leave soon.C) He began to work at 8 a.m.D) He had made an appointment with her for 8 a.m.（B）13.A) To return the shoes to the store.B) To pay the manager a visit.C) To buy more of the 12-dollar shoes.D) To complain about the price of the shoes.（D）14.A) 12 dollarsB) 20 dollarsC) Less than 12 dollarsD) More than 12 dollars（B）Passage TwoQuestions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.15.A) Short and cool.B) Long and cool.C) Long and hot.D) Short and hot.（B）16.A) Because the price was too high.B) Because Alaska has an extremely cold winter.C) Because they thought Alaska was a useless land.D) Because the climatic difference there is too great.（C）17.A) No, only a few became rich.B) No, none became rich.C) No, very few people had actually found gold.D) Yes, hundreds of thousands of people became rich.（A）Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18.A) She was driving along a country road.B) She was lying near a lonely road, trembling.C) She was lying in a hospital bed.D) She was telling an astonishing story to a doctor.（D）19.A) She fainted due to the effects of some drug.B) She was stopped by a policeman and treated rudely.C) She was attacked by robbers.D) She was stopped and forced to enter a flying saucer.（A）20.A) The women made up an astonishing story.B) The women had intended to leave her husband without a word.C) The women had been taken over a thousand miles away from her home.D) The women had been dishonest to her husband.（D）Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions:There are 4 reading 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 OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.The aim of the teacher is to get his pupils as quickly as possible over the period in which each printed symbol is looked at for its shape, and arrive at the stage when the pupil looks at words and phrases, for their meaning, almost without noticing the shapes of the separate letters.When a good reader is at work he does not look at letters, nor even at words, one by one, however, he quickly takes in the meaning of two, three, or four words at a time, in a single moment. Watch carefully the eyes of a person who is reading, and it will be seen that they do not travel smoothly along the lines of print, but they move by jumps separated by very short stops. The eyes of a very good reader move quickly, taking long jumps and making very short halts (停顿); the eyes of a poor reader move more slowly, taking only short jumps and stopping longer at each halt. Sometimes, when he meets a difficulty, he even goes backwards to see again what has already been looked at once.The teachers task is therefore clear: it is to train his pupils to take in several words at a glance (one eye-jump) and to remove the necessity for going backwards to read something a second time.This shows at once that letter-by-letter, or syllable-by-syllable, or word-by-word reading, with the finger pointing to the word, carefully fixing each one in turn, is wrong. It is wrong because such a method ties the pupils eyes down to a very short jump, and the aim is to train for the long jump. Moreover, a very short jump is too short to provide any meaning or sense; and it will be found that having struggled with three or four words separately, the pupil has to look at them again, all together and in one group, in order to get the meaning of the whole phrase.21.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the first paragraph?A) Pupils should be trained to reach quickly the stage of reading without having to concentrate on the separate symbols.B) Pupils should look at each printed symbol for its meaning as well as for its shape.C) Teachers should help their pupils avoid looking at the shape of the printed symbols.D) Teachers should tell their pupils the different stages of their study.（B）22.In a single moment, a good reader picks up _.A) several wordsB) several phrasesC) several sentencesD) several lines（D）23.Teachers encourage the use of dictionaries so that _.A) students will be able to express their ideas more freelyB) teachers will have less trouble in correcting mistakesC) students will have more confidence in writingD) students will learn to be independent of teachers（A）24.The writer seems to think that the teachers judgement on that sensitive piece of writing is _.A) reasonableB) unfairC) foolishD) careless（B）25.The major point discussed in the passage is _.A) the importance of developing writing skillsB) the complexities of spellingC) the correct way of marking compositionsD) the relationship between spelling and the content of a composition（D）Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.A breakthrough (突破) in the provision of energy from the sun for the European Economic Community (EEC) could be brought forward by up to two decades, if a modest increase could be provided in the EECs research effort in this field, according to the senior EEC scientists engaged in experiments in solar energy at EECs scientific laboratories at Ispra, near Milan.The senior West German scientist in charge of the Communitys solar energy programme, Mr. Joachim Gretz, told journalists that at present levels of research spending it was most unlikely that solar energy would provide as much as three per cent of the Communitys energy requirements even after the year 2000. But he said that with a modest increase in the present< sums, devoted by the EEC to this work it was possible that the breakthrough could be achieved by the end of the next decade.Mr. Gretz calculates that if solar energy only provided three per cent of the EECs needs, this could still produce a saving of about a billion pounds in the present bill for imported energy each year. And he believes that with the possibility of utilizing more advanced technology in this field it might be possible to satisfy a much bigger share of the Communitys future energy needs.At present the EEC spends about $2.6 millions a year on solar research at Ispra, one of the EECs official joint research centres, and another $3 millions a year in indirect research with universities and other independent bodies.26.The phrase “be brought forward” (Line 2, Para. 1) most probably means _.A) be expectedB) be completedC) be advancedD) be introduced（C）27.Some scientists believe that a breakthrough in the use of solar energy depends on _.A) sufficient fundingB) further experimentsC) advanced technologyD) well-equipped laboratories（A）28.According to Mr. Gretz, the present sum of money will enable the scientists to provide _.A) more than 3 , 6 of the EECs needs after the year 2000B) only 3% of the EECs needs before the year 2000C) less than 3% of the EECs needs before the year 2000D) 3% of the EECs needs after the year 2000（C）29.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A) The EEC spends one billion pounds on imported energy each year.B) At the present level of research spending, it is difficult to make any significant progress in the provision of energy from the sun.C) The desired breakthrough could be obtained by the end of the next decade if investment were increased.D) The total yearly spending of the EEC on solar energy research amounted to almost 6 million.（A）30.The application of advanced technology to research in solar energy _.A) would lead to a big increase in research fundingB) would make it unnecessary to import oilC) would make it possible to meet the future energy needs of the EECD) would provide a much greater proportion of the Communitys future energy needs（D）Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.Just seven years ago, the Jarvik-7 artificial heart was being cheered as the model of human creativeness. The sight of Barney Clark-alive and conscious after trading his diseased heart for a metal-and-plastic pump-convinced the press, the public and many doctors that the future had arrived. It hadnt. After monitoring production of the Jarvik-7, and reviewing its effects on the 150 or so patients (most of whom got the device as a temporary measure) the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded that the machine was doing more to endanger lives than to save them. Last week the agency cancelled its earlier approval, effectively banning (禁止) the device.The recall may hurt Symbion Inc., maker of the Jarvik-7, but it wont end the request for an artificial heart. One problem with the banned model is that the tubes connecting it to an external power source created a passage for infection. Inventors are now working on new devices that would be fully placed, along with a tiny power pack, in the patients chest. The first sample products arent expected for another 10 or 20 years: But some people are already worrying that theyll work-and that Americas overextended health-care programs will lose a precious $2.5 billion to $5 billion a year providing them for a relatively few dying patients. If such expenditures (开支) cut into funding for more basic care, the net effect could actually be a decline in the nations health.31.According to the passage the Jarvik-7 artificial heart proved to be _.A) a technical failureB) a technical wonderC) a good life-saverD) an effective means to treat heart disease（A）32.From the passage we know that Symbion Inc _.A) has been banned by the government from producing artificial heartsB) will review the effects of artificial hearts before designing new modelsC) may continue to work on new models of reliable artificial heartsD) can make new models of artificial hearts available on the market in 10 to 20 years（C）33.The new models of artificial hearts are expected _.A) to have a working life of 10 or 20 yearsB) to be set fully in the patients chestC) to be equipped with an external power sourceD) to create a new passage for infection（B）34.The word “them” in Line 7, Para. 2 refers to _.A) doctors who treat heart diseasesB) makers of artificial heartsC) Americas health-care programsD) new models of artificial hearts（D）35.Some people feel that _.A) artificial hearts are seldom effectiveB) the country should not spend so much money on artificial heartsC) the country is not spending enough money on artificial heartsD) Americas health-care programs are not doing enough for the nations health（B）Passage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.A raped means of long-distance transportation became a necessity for the United States as settlement (新拓居地) spread ever farther westward. The early trains were impractical curiosities, and for a long time the railroad companies met with troublesome mechanical problems. The most serious ones were the construction of rails able to bear the load, and the development of a safe, effective stopping system. Once these were solved, the railroad was established as the best means of land transportation. By 1860 there were thousands of miles of railroads crossing the eastern mountain ranges and reaching westward to the Mississippi. There were also regional southern and western lines.The high point in railroad building came with the construction of the first transcontinental syste