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1、1996年1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 th

2、ere 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 center.Example:You will hear:You will read:A) 2 hours.B) 3 hours.C) 4 hours.D) 5

3、hours.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 oclock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose D on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.

4、Sample Answer A B C D1.A) At home.B) At the riverside.C) At the health center.D) At his office.（D）2.A) Having an interview.B) Filling out a form.C) Talking with his friend.D) Asking for information.（B）3.A) She made a mistake by taking too few courses in the first term.B) The courses she took were to

5、o difficult for her.C) She took too many courses during her first term.D) She found it difficult to deal with college courses.（C）4.A) Worried and frightened.B) Very relaxed.C) Quite unhappy.D) Angry with the professor.（A）5.A) He enjoys reading letters.B) He has been job-hunting.C) He is offering the

6、 woman a job.D) He is working for a company.（B）6.A) She lost her way.B) She lost her keys.C) She lost her car.D) She lost her handbag.（B）7.A) More than an hour and a half.B) Not more than half an hour.C) More than two hours.D) Less than an hour and a half.（D）8.A) She is sure who is going to win.B) N

7、ow it is a good time to start the game.C) The game has been going on for a long time.D) The same team always wins.（C）9.A) The ideas of the paper are not convincing.B) Some parts of the paper are not well written.C) The handwriting of the paper is not good.D) The paper is not complete.（B）10.A) Lookin

8、g for a young lady.B) Looking for her wrist watch.C) Looking for a young gentleman.D) Looking for a man wearing a wrist watch.（C）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 s

9、poken 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 center.Passage oneQuestions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A) It

10、 had many problems.B) It was the most democratic country in the world.C) It was fair to women.D) It had some minor problems to solve.（A）12.A) The women of some states.B) The women in the state of Wyoming only.C) The members of the National Womens Association.D) The women in the state of Massachusett

11、s only.（A）13.A) At the very beginning of the 20th century.B) At the end of the 19th century.C) After Susan Anthonys death.D) Just before Susan Anthonys death.（C）14.A) She worked on the draft of the American Constitution.B) She was the chairman of the National Womens Association.C) She was born in Ne

12、w York and died in Massachusetts.D) She was an activist in the womens movement for equal rights.（D）Passage TwoQuestions 15 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.15.A) People with problems.B) Travels around the world.C) Beautiful America.D) People in great cities.（A）16.A) He spent three

13、months writing “Travels with Charley”.B) He enjoyed his travels around the United States.C) He was fond of writing about his travels.D) He didnt enjoy the trip as much as Charley.（B）Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17.A) The long distance between his home

14、town and New York.B) His unpopular character.C) The high unemployment rate in New York.D) His criminal record.（D）18.A) He wanted to be put in prison again.B) He needed the money to support his family.C) He hated the barber there.D) He wanted to make himself well known.（A）19.A) He went directly to th

15、e police station.B) He drove out of the town and tried to escape.C) He waited for the police to arrest him.D) He argued with the police angrily.（C）20.A) Mr. Spears enjoyed living in prison.B) Mr. Spears was known as a greedy man in his community.C) The police in New York were not very efficient.D) T

16、he only way for Mr. Spears to support his family was by going to prison again.（D）Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.

17、 Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.21.The fifth generation computers, with artificial intelligence, _ and perfected now.A) developedB) have developedC) are being developedD) will have been developed（C）22.This ticket _ you to a free meal in o

18、ur new restaurant.A) givesB) grantsC) entitlesD) credits（C）23.You _ her in her office last Friday; shes been out of town for two weeks.A) neednt have seenB) must have seenC) might have seenD) cant have seen（D）24.That was so serious a matter that I had no choice but _ the police.A) called inB) callin

19、g inC) call inD) to call in（D）25.She was so _ in her job that she didnt hear anybody knocking at the door.A) attractedB) absorbedC) drawnD) concentrated（B）26._ as it was at such a time, his work attracted much attention.A) Being publishedB) PublishedC) PublishingD) To be published（B）27.At first, the

20、 speaker was referring to the problem of pollution in the country, but halfway in her speech, she suddenly _ to another subject.A) committedB) switchedC) favouredD) transmitted（B）28.It is politely requested by the hotel management that radios _ after 11 oclock at night.A) were not playedB) not to pl

21、ayC) not be playedD) did not play（C）29.Although I like the appearance of the house, what really made me decide to buy it was the beautiful _ through the window.A) visionB) lookC) pictureD) view（D）30.Cancer is second only _ heart disease as a cause of death.A) ofB) toC) withD) from（B）31.Despite the w

22、onderful acting and well-developed plot the _ movie could not hold our attention.A) three-hoursB) three-hourC) three-hoursD) three-hours（B）32.The manager needs an assistant that he can _ to take care of problems in his absence.A) count onB) count inC) count upD) count out（A）33.The organization had b

23、roken no rules, but _ had it acted responsibly.A) neitherB) soC) eitherD) both（A）34.We gave out a cheer when the red roof of the cottage came _ view.A) fromB) inC) beforeD) into（D）35.They took _ measures to prevent poisonous gases from escaping.A) fruitfulB) beneficialC) validD) effective（D）36.Doing

24、 your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true _ it comes to classroom tests.A) whenB) sinceC) beforeD) after（A）37.Careful surveys have indicated that as many as 50 percent of patients do not take drugs _ directed.A) likeB) soC) whichD) as（D）38.In developing co

25、untries people are _ into overcrowded cities in great numbers.A) breakingB) fillingC) pouringD) hurrying（C）39.Its reported that by the end of this month the output of cement in the factory _ by about 10%.A) will have risenB) has risenC) will be risingD) has been rising（A）40.If I had remembered _ the

26、 window, the thief would not have got in.A) to closeB) closingC) to have closedD) having closed（A）41.There are other problems which I dont propose to _ at the moment.A) go intoB) go aroundC) go forD) go up（A）42.Dont get your schedule _; stay with us in this class.A) to changeB) changingC) changedD)

27、change（C）43.It is quite necessary for a qualified teacher to have good manners and _ knowledge.A) extensiveB) expansiveC) intensiveD) expensive（A）44.Jean doesnt want to work right away because she thinks that if she _ a job she probably wouldnt be able to see her friends very often.A) has to getB) w

28、ere to getC) had gotD) could have got（B）45.I felt somewhat disappointed and was about to leave, _ something occurred which attracted my attention.A) unlessB) untilC) whenD) while（C）46.A love marriage, however, does not necessarily _ much sharing of interests and responsibilities.A) take overB) resul

29、t inC) hold onD) keep to（B）47.The ability to store knowledge makes computers different form every other machine _ invented.A) everB) thusC) yetD) as（A）48.Im not sure whether I can gain any profit from the investment, so I cant make a(n) _ promise to help you.A) exactB) definedC) definiteD) sure（C）49

30、.I have kept that portrait _ I can see it every day, as it always reminds me of my university days in London.A) whichB) whereC) whetherD) when（B）50.The sports meet, originally due to be held last Friday, was finally _ because of the bad weather.A) set offB) broken offC) worn offD) called off（D）Part

31、III 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 Ans

32、wer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors (流星) but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts as our protective blanket on earth. Light get

33、s through, and this is essential for plants to make the food, which we eat. Heat, too, makes our environment endurable. Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space, but enormous quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off. As soon as men leave the atmosphere they are expose

34、d to this radiation but their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a lot of radiation damage.Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in space. The unit of radiation is called rem. Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more r

35、adiation than 0.1 rem without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed on. The trouble is that it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage-a person may feel perfectly well, but the cells of his or her sex organs may be damaged, and this will not be discovered until the bi

36、rth of deformed (畸形的) children or even grandchildren. Missions of the Apollo flights have had to cross belts of high radiation and, during the outward and return journeys, the Apollo crew accumulated a large amount of rems. So far, no dangerous amounts of radiation have been reported, but the Apollo

37、 missions have been quite short. We simply do not know yet how men are going to get on when they spend weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere, working in a space laboratory. Drugs might help to decrease the damage done by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so

38、far.51.According to the first paragraph, the atmosphere is essential to man in that _.A) it protects him against the harmful rays from spaceB) it provides sufficient light for plant growthC) it supplies the heat necessary for human survivalD) it screens off the falling meteors（A）52.We know from the

39、passage that _.A) exposure to even tiny amounts of radiation is fatalB) the effect of exposure to radiation is slow in comingC) radiation is avoidable in space explorationD) astronauts in spacesuits neednt worry about radiation damage（B）53.The harm radiation has done to the Apollo crew members _.A)

40、is insignificantB) seems overestimatedC) is enormousD) remains unknown（D）54.It can be inferred from the passage that _.A) the Apollo mission was very successfulB) protection from space radiation is no easy jobC) astronauts will have deformed children or grandchildrenD) radiation is not a threat to w

41、ell-protected space explorers（B）55.The best title for this passage would be _.A) The Atmosphere and Our EnvironmentB) Research on RadiationC) Effects of Space RadiationD) Importance Protection Against Radiation（C）Passage TwoQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.Taste is such a subjec

42、tive matter that we dont usually conduct preference tests for food. The most you can say about anyones preference, is that its one persons opinion. But because the two big cola (可口可乐) companiesCoca-Cola and Pepsi Cola are marketed so aggressively, weve wondered how big a role taste preference actual

43、ly plays in brand loyalty. We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca-Cola or Pepsi fans: Find your brand in a blind tasting.We invited staff volunteers who had a strong liking for either Coca-Cola Classic (传统型) or Pepsi, Diet (低糖的) Coke, or Diet Pepsi. Th

44、ese were people who thought theyd have no trouble telling their brand from the other brand.We eventually located 19 regular cola drinkers and 27 diet cola drinkers. Then we fed them four unidentified samples of cola one at a time, regular colas for the one group, diet versions for the other. We aske

45、d them to tell us whether each sample was Coke or Pepsi; then we analyzed the records statistically to compare the participants choices with what mere guess-work could have accomplished.Getting all four samples right was a tough test, but not too tough, we thought, for people who believed they could

46、 recognize their brand. In the end, only 7 out of 19 regular cola drinkers correctly identified their brand of choice in all four trials. The diet-cola drinkers did a little worse-only 7 of 27 identified all four samples correctly.While both groups did better than chance would predict, nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times. Two people go all four samples wrong. Overall, half the participants did about as well on the last round of tasting as on the first, so fatigue, or taste burnout, was not a factor. Our preference test resu