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1、精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 20XX年英语专业四级真题 Part WRITING 45 MIN.SECTION A COMPOSITION35 MIN.Nowadays young people tend to phone more often than write to each other. So, some say that phones will WILL PHONES KILL LETTER WRITING. In the last par Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and

2、appropriateness. Failure to follow the SECTION B NOTE-WRITING 10 MIN.Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE a note of about 50-Your friend, Jane, has failed in the final exam, and is feeling very unhappy about it. Write a note to comfort Part CLOZE 15 MIN.Decide which of the choices given below would best comple

3、te the passage if inserted in the corresponding The normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 7- 8 hours sleep alternation with some 16-17 hours wakefulness and that the sleep normally coincides26 _ the hours of darkness. Our present concern is with how easily and to what extent this27_ The qu

4、estion is no mere academic one. The ease with which people can change from working in the day to working at night is a28_ of growing importance in industry where automation29_ round-the-clock working of machines. It normally 30_ from five days to one week for a person to o sooner has he got used to

5、one routine33_ he has to change to another, 34_ much of his time is One answer would seem to be36_ periods on each shift, a month, or even three months. 37_, recent research has shown that people on such systems will revert to go back to their38_ habits of sleep and wakefulness during the week-end a

6、nd that this is quite enough to destroy any39_ to night work built up during the week. The only real solution appears to be to hand over the night shift to those permanent night workers whose40_ may persist through all week-ends and holidays. 32.A.Therefore B.名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 1 页,共 8 页精选学习资料 -

7、- - - - - - - - 36.A.shorter B.better C.longer 40.A.wakefulness B.sleep C.preference D.habit Part GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY 15 MIN.-five items in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases 41.That trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasnC. Were t bothered by his loudness _

8、 by his lack of 43.The government has promised to do _ lies in its power to ease the hardships of the victims in the flood-A. however B. whichever C. whatever D. wherever 44._ if I had arrived yesterday 45.If not _ with the respect he feels due to him, Jack gets very ill-tempered and grumbles all th

9、e time47.The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-C. the stress is greater D. the greater the stress 48.The Minister of Finance is believed _ of imposing new taxes to raise extra rev49.Issues of price, place, promotion, and product are _ conventional concerns in planning ma

10、rketing C. among 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 2 页,共 8 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 50._ both sides accept the agreement _ a lasting peace be established in this region. 51.Mr Wells, together with all the members of his A. are to leave B. are leaving C. is leaving D. leave A. discover B. uncover C. tell D. dis

11、close 53.A. catch up B. clear up C. make up D. pick up A. disgust A. invaluable B. priceless C. unworthy D.A. draining B. dropping C. spilling D. dripping 61.All the rooms on the second floor have nicely _ carpets, which are included in the price of the 63.She answered with an _ “ No” to the request

12、 that she attend the public hearing.A. vibrant B. violent C. energetic D. fu65.We met Mary and her husband at a party two months ago. _ weve had no further A. Thereof B. Thereby C. Thereafter D. Thereabouts 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 3 页,共 8 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - Part READING COMPREHENSION 30 MIN.SEC

13、TION A READING COMPREHENSION 25 MIN.In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four TEXT A It often happens that a number of applicants with almost identical qualifications and experience all apply for the same position. In their educational bac

14、kground, special skills and work experience, there is little, if anything, to choose between half a dozen candidates. How then does the employer make a choice. There are many arguments for and against the interview as a selection procedure. The main argument against it is that it results in a wholly

15、 subjective decision. As often as not, emplyers do not choose the best candidate, they choose the candidate who makes a good first impression on them. Some employers, of course, reply to this argument by saying that they have become so experienced in interviewing staff that they are able to make a i

16、n favour of the interview and it is, perhaps, a good argument is that an employer is concerned not only with a candidate ability, but with the suitability of his or her personality for the particular work situation. Many employers, for example, will overlook occasional inefficiencies from their secr

17、etary It is perhas true to say, therefore, that the real purpose of an interview is not to assess the assssable aspects of each candidate but to make a guess at the more intangible things, such as personality, character and social ability. Unfortunately, both for the employers and applicants for job

18、s, there are many people of great ability who simply do not interview well. There are also, of course, people who interview well tend to be quietly confident, but never boastful; direct and straightforward in their questions and answers; cheerful and friendly, but never over-familiar; and sincerely

19、enthusiastic and optimistic. Candidates who interview badly tend to be at either end of the spectrum of human behaviour. They are either very shy or over-confident. They show either a lack of enthusiasm or an excess of it. They either talk too little or never stop talking. They are either over-66.We

20、 can infer from the passage that an employer might tolerate his secretary ional mistakes, if s occas67.What is the authors attitude towards the interview as a selection procedure. A. Unclear. B. Negative. C. Objective. D. Indifferent. 68.According to the passage, people argue over the interview as a

21、 selection procedure mainly because 69.The pur名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 4 页,共 8 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - D. differences in personal behaviour TEXT B Every year thousands of people are arrested and taken to court for shop-lifting. In Britain alone, about HK$3,000,000 s worth of goods are stolen from sho

22、ps every week. This amounts to something like HK$150 million a year, and represents about 4 per cent of the shops total stock. As a result of this “ shrinShop-lifters can be divided into three main categories: the professionals, the deliberate amateur, and the people who just cant help themsel ves.

23、The professionals do not pose much of a problem for the store detectives, who, assisted by closed circuit television, two-way mirrors and various other technological devices, can usually cope with them. The professionals tend to go for high value goods in parts of the shops where security measures a

24、re tightest. And, in any case, they account for only a small percentage of the total losses due to shop-The same applies to the deliberate amateur who is, so to speak, a professional in training. Most of them The real problem is the person who gives way to a sudden temptation and is in all other res

25、pects an honest and law-abiding citizen. Contrary to what one would expect, this kind of shop-lifter is rarely poor. He does not steal because he needs the goods and cannot afford to pay for them. He steals because he simply cannot stop himself. And there are countless others who, because of age, si

26、ckness or plain absent-mindedness, simply forget to pay for what they take from the shops. When caught, all are liable to prosecution, and the decision whether to send for the police or not is in the hands of the store In order to prevent the quite incredible growth in ship-lifting offences, some st

27、ores, in fact, are doing their best to separate the thieves from the confused by prohibiting customers from taking bags into the store. However, what is most worrying about the whole problem is, perhaps, that it is yet another instance of the innocent majority being penalized and inconvenienced beca

28、use of the actions of a small minority. It is the aircraft hijack situation in another form. Because of the possibility of one passenger in a million boarding an aircraft with a weapon, the other 999,999 passengers must subject themselves to searches and delays. Unless the situation in the shops imp

29、roves, in ten years ourselves to a body-time we may all have to subject 70.Why does the honest public have to pay higher prices when they go to the shops. D. There are many cases of shop-lifting. 71.The third group of A. are mentally ill. B. are quite absent-72.According to the passage, law-A. can p

30、ossibly steal things because 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 5 页,共 8 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 73.Which of the following statements is NOT true about the main types of shop-liftinD. The professionals dont cause D. the third type of shop-lifters are dangerous people TEXT C My bones have been aching again, as t

31、hey often do in humid weather. They ache like history: things long done with, that still remain as pain. When the ache is bad enough it keeps me from sleeping. Every night I yearn for sleep, I strive for it; yet it flutters on ahead of me like a curtain. There are sleeping pills, of course, Last nig

32、ht, after what seemed hours of damp turmoil, I got up and crept slipperless down the staris, feeling my way in the faint street light that came through the window. Once safely arrived at the bottom, I walked into the kitchen and looked around in the refrigerator. There was nothing much I wanted to e

33、at: the remains of a bunch of celery, a blue-tinged heel of bread, a lemon going soft. Ive fallen into thof the solitary; my meals are snatched and random. Furtive snacks, furtive treats and picnics. I made do with some pStanding there with the jar in one hand and my finger in my mouth, I had the fe

34、eling that someone was about to walk into the room some other woman, the unseen, valid owner and ask me what in hell I was doing in her kitchen. Ive had it before, the sense that even in the course of my most legitimate and daily actions peeling a banana, brushing my teeth At night the house was mor

35、e than ever like a str anger s. I wandered through the front room, the dining room, the parlour, hand on the wall for balance. My various possessions were floating in their own pools of shadow, denying my ownership of them. I looked them over with a burglars eye, deciding what be worth the risk of s

36、tealing, what on the other hand I would leave behind. Robbers would take the obvious things the silver teapot that was my grandmother television set. Nothing I really want. 75.The author perhaps the hand-painted china. The 76.The author did not like the food in the refrigerator because it was NOT _.

37、 A. fre77.By “ At night the house was more than ever like a strangers” Line 1, Para. 4, the author probably 名师归纳总结 第 6 页,共 8 页- - - - - - -精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - C. she fTEXT D The chief problem in coping with foreign motorists is not so much remembering that they are different from yourself, but

38、that they are enormously variable. Cross a frontier without adjusting and you can be in One of the greatest gulfs separating the driving nations is the Atlantic Ocean. More precisely, it is the mental distance between the European and the American motorist, particularly the South American moVery rar

39、ely will an Englishman try to anticipate the green light by moving off prematurely. You will find the occasional sharpie who watches for the amber to come up on the adjacent set of lights. However, he will not go until he receives the lawful signal. Brazilians view the thing quite differently. If, i

40、n fact, they see The natives of North America are much more disciplined. They demonstrate this in their addiction to driving in one lane and sticking to it To prevent other drivers from falling into reckless ways, American motorists try always to stay close behind the vehicle in front which can make

41、 it impossible, when all the vehicles are moving at about 55 mph, to make a real lane change. European visitors are constantly falling into this trap. They return to the Old World still flapping their arms in frustration because while driving in the State in their car they kept failing However, one

42、nation above all others lives scrupulously by its traffic regulations the Swiss. In Switzerland, if you were simply to anticipate a traffic light, the chances are that the motorist behind you would take your number and report you to the police. What is more, the police would visit you; and you wou a

43、ppear in court and charged for speeding on hearsay alone, and very likely found guilty. There are slight regional variations among the French, German and Italian speaking areas, but it is generally safe to A. traffic lights are part of street scenery C. they want to put them at roadsides D. there ar

44、e very few traffic lights A. the Atlantic Ocean and other oceans C. European drivers and American drivers 80.The phrase “ anticipate the green light” Line 1, Para. 3 is closest in meaning to _.A. wait for the green light to be on C. move off before the green light is on D. follow others when the green light is on 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 7 页,共 8 页精选学习资料 - - - - - - - - - 名师归纳总结 - - - - - - -第 8 页,共 8 页