【模拟试题】四级英语考试模拟题《2》

              考试模拟题《2》 
 
 
PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes略)

　　　PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)
　　　Directions:Thereare4readingpassageinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestions　orunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.
　　　PassageOne
　　　Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
　　　
　　　Thereisapopularbeliefamongparentsthatschoolsarenolongerinterestedinspelling.NoschoolIhavetaughtinhaseverignoredspellingorconsidereditunimportantasabasicskillThereare,however,vastlydifferentdeasabouthowtoteachit,orhowmuchpriorityitmustbegivenovergenerallanguagedevelopmentandwritingwithoutholdinghimbackwiththecomplexitiesofspelling?
　　　Ifspellingbecomestheonlyfocalpointofhisteacher'sinterest,clearlyabrightchildwillbelikelyto"playsafe".Hewilltendtowriteonlywordswithinhisspellingrange,choosingtoavoidadventurouslanguage.That'swhyteachersoftenencouragetheearlyuseofdictionariesandpayattentiontocontentratherthantechnicalability.
　　　Iwasonceshockedtoreadonthebottomofasensitivepieceofwritingaboutapersonalexperience:"Thisworkisterrible!Therearefartoomanyspellingerrorsandyourwritingisillegible."Itmayhavebeenasharpcriticismofthepupil'stechnicalabilitiesinwriting,butitwasalsoasadreflectionontheteacherwhohadomittedtoreadtheessay,whichcontainedsomebeautifulexpressionsofthechild'sdeepfeelings.Theteacherwasnotwrongtodrawattentiontotheerrors,butifhisprioritieshadcentredonthechild'sideas,anexpressionofhisdisappointmentwiththepresentationwouldhavegiventhepupilmoremotivationtoseekimprovement.　

　　　21.Teachersdifferintheiropinionsabout________.

　　　A)thedifficultiesinteachingspelling
　　　B)theroleofspellingingenerallanguagedevelopment
　　　C)thecomplexitiesofthebasicwritingskills
　　　D)thenecessityofteachingspelling

　　　22.Theexpression"playsafe"probablymeans"_______".

　　　A)towritecarefully
　　　B)todoasteacherssay
　　　C)tousedictionariesfrequently
　　　D)toavoidusingwordsoneisnotsureof

　　　23.Teachersencouragetheuseofdictionariessothat______.

　　　A)studentswillbeabletoexpresstheirideasmorefreely
　　　B)teacherswillhavelesstroubleincorrectingmistakes
　　　C)studentswillhavemoreconfidenceinwriting
　　　D)studentswilllearntobeindependentofteachers

　　　24.Thewriterseemstothinkthattheteacher'sjudgementonthatsensitivepieceofwritingis______.

　　　A)reasonable
　　　B)unfair
　　　C)foolish
　　　D)careless

　　　25.Themajorpointdiscussedinthepassageis________

　　　A)theimportanceofdevelopingwrithingskills
　　　B)thecomplexitiesofspelling
　　　C)thecorrectwayofmarkingcompositions
　　　D)therelationshipbetweenspellingandthecontentofacomposition

　　　PassageTwo
　　　Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
　　　AbreakthroughintheprovisionofenergyfromhesunfortheEuropeanEconomicCommunity(EEC)couldbebroughtforwardbyupthetwodecades,ifamodestincreasecouldbeprovidedintheEEC'sresearcheffortinthisfield,accordingtotheseniorEECscientistsengagedinexperimentsinsolarenergyaEEC'sscientificlaboratoriesatIspra,nearMilan.
　　　TheseniorWestGermanscientistinchargeoftheCommunity'ssolarenergyprogramme,Mr.JoachimGretz,toldjournaliststhatatpresentlevelsofresearchspendingitwasmostunlikelythatsolarenergywouldprovideasmuchasthreepercentoftheCommunity'senergyrequirementsevenaftertheyear2000.Buthesaidthatwithamodestincreaseinthepresentsums,devotedbytheEECtothisworkitwaspossiblethatthebreakthroughcouldbeachievedbytheendofthenextdecade.
　　　Mr.GratzcalculatesthatifsolarenergyonlyprovidedthreepercentoftheEEC'sneeds,thiscouldstillproduceasavingofaboutabillionpoundsinthepresentbillforimportedenergyeachyear.AndhebelievesthatwiththepossibilityofutilizingmoreadvancedtechnologyinthisfielditmightbepossibletosatisfyamuchbiggershareoftheCommunity'sfutureenergyneeds.
　　　AtpresenttheEECspendsabout$2.6millionsayearonsolarresearchatIspra,oneoftheEEC'sofficialjointresearchcentres,andanother$3millionsayearinindirectresearchwithuniversitiesandotherindependentbodies.

　　　26.Thephrase"bebroughtforward"(Lie2,Para.1)mostprobablymeans"______"

　　　A)beexpected
　　　B)becompleted
　　　C)beadvanced
　　　D)beintroduced

　　　27.Somescientistsbelievethatabreakthroughintheuseofsolarenergydependson_____.

　　　A)sufficientfunding
　　　B)furtherexperiments
　　　C)advancedtechnology
　　　D)well-equippedlaboratories

　　　28.AccordingtoMr.Gretz,thepresentsumofmoneywillenablethescientiststoprovide______.

　　　A)morethan3%oftheEEC'sneedsaftertheyear2000
　　　B)only3%oftheEEC'sneedsbeforetheyear2000
　　　C)leesthan3%oftheEEC'sneedsbeforetheyear2000
　　　D)3%oftheEEC'sneedsaftertheyear2000

　　　29.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

　　　A)TheEECspendsonebillionpoundsonimportedenergyeachyear.
　　　B)Atthepresentlevelofresearchspending,itisdifficulttomakeanysignificant
　　　　　　progressintheprovisionofenergyfromthesun.
　　　C)leesthan3%oftheEEC'sneedsbeforetheyear2000.
　　　D)3%oftheEEC'sneedsaftertheyear2000.

　　　30.Theapplicationofadvancedtechnologytoresearchinsolarenergy______.

　　　A)wouldleadtoabigincreaseinresearchfunding
　　　B)wouldmakeitunnecessarytoimportoil
　　　C)wouldmakeitpossibletomeetthefutureenergyneedsoftheEEC
　　　D)wouldprovideamuchgreaterproportionoftheCommunity'sfutureenergyneeds

　　　PassageThree
　　　Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

　　　Justsevenyearsage,theJarvik-7artificialheartwasbeingcheeredasthemodelofhuman　creativeness.ThesightofBarneyClark-aliveandconsciousaftertradinghisdiseasedheartforametal-and-plasticpump-convincedthepress,thepublicandmanydoctorsthatthefuturehadarrived.Ithadn't.AftermonitoringproductionoftheJarvik-7,andreviewingitseffectsonthe150orsopatients(mostofwhomgotthedeviceasatemporarymeasure)theU.S.FoodandDrugAdministrationconcludedthatthemachinewasdoingmoretoendangerlivesthantosavethem.Lastweektheagencycancelleditsearlierapproval,effectivelybanningthedevice.
　　　TherecallmayhurtSymbionInc.,makeroftheJarvik-7,butitwon'tendtherequestforanartificialheart.Oneproblemwiththebannedmodelisthatthetubesconnectingittoanexternalpowersourcecreatedapassageforinfection.Inventorsarenowworkingonnewdevicesthatwouldbefullyplaced,alongwithatinypowerpack,inthepatient'schest.Thefirstsampleproductsaren'texpectedforanother10or20years.Butsomepeoplearealreadyworryingthatthey'llwork-andthatAmerica'soverextendedhealth-careprogramswillloseaprecious$2.5billionto$5billionayearprovidingthemforarelativelyfewdyingpatients.Ifsuchexpenditurescutintofundingformorebasiccare,theneteffectcouldactuallybeadeclineinthenation'shealth.

　　　31.AccordingtothepassagetheJarvik-7artificialheartprovedtobe_______.

　　　A)atechnicalfailure
　　　B)atechnicalwonder
　　　C)agoodlife-saver
　　　D)aneffectivemeanstotreatheartdisease

　　　32.FromthepassageweknowthatSymbionInc._____.

　　　A)hasbeenbannedbythegovernmentfromproducingartificialhearts
　　　B)willreviewtheeffectsofartificialheartsbeforedesigningnewmodels
　　　C)maycontinuetoworkonnewmodelsofreliableartificialhearts
　　　D)canmakenewmodelsofartificialheartsavailableonthemarketin10to20years

　　　33.Thenewmodelsofartificialheartsareexpected______.

　　　A)tohaveaworkinglifeof10or20years
　　　B)tobesetfullyinthepatient'schest
　　　C)tobeequippedwithanexternalpowersource
　　　D)tocreateanewpassageforinfection

　　　34.Theword"them"inLine7,Para.2refersto_______.

　　　A)doctorswhotreatheartdiseases
　　　B)makersofartificialhearts
　　　C)America'shealth-careprograms
　　　D)newmodelsofartificialhearts

　　　35.Somepeoplefeelthat_______.

　　　A)artificialheartsareseldomeffective
　　　B)thecountryshouldnotspendsomuchmoneyonartificialhearts
　　　C)thecountryisnotspendingenoughmoneyonartificialhearts
　　　D)America'shealth-careprogramsarenotdoingenoughforthenation'shealth

　　　PassageFour
　　　Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

　　　Arapidmeansoflong-distancetransportationbecameanecessityfortheUnitedStatesassettlementspreadeverfartherwestward.Theearlytrainswereimpracticalcuriosities,andforalongtimetherailroadcompaniesmetwithtroublesomemechanicalproblems.Themostseriousonesweretheconstructionofrailsabletobeartheload,andthedevelopmentofasafe,effectivestoppingsystem.Oncetheseweresolved,therailroadwasestablishedasthebestmeansoflandtransportation.By1860therewerethousandsofmilesofrailroadscrossingtheeasternmountainrangesandreachingwestwardtotheMississippi.Therewerealsoregionalsouthernandwesternlines.
　　　Thehighpointinrailroadbuildingcamewiththeconstructionofthefirsttranscontinentalsystem.In1862CongressauthorizedtwowesternrailroadcompaniestobuildlinesfromNebraskawestwardandfromCaliforniaeastwardtoameetingpoint,soastocompleteatranscontinentalcrossinglinkingtheAtlanticseaboardwiththePacific.TheGovernmenthelpedtherailroadsgenerouslywithmoneyandland.Actualworkonthisprojectbeganfouryearslater.TheCentralPacificCompany,startingfromCalifornia,usedChineselabor,whiletheUnionPacificemployedcrewsofIrishlaborers.Thetwogroupsworkedatremarkablespeed,eachtryingtocoveragreater
　distancethantheother.In1869theymetataplacecalledPromontoryinwhatisnowthestateofUtah,Manyvisitorscamethereforthegreatoccasion.Therewerejoyouscelebrationsalloverthecountry,withparadesandtheringingofchurchbellstohonorthegreatachievement.
　　　Therailroadwasveryimportantinencouragingwestwardmovement.Italsohelpedbuildupindustryandfarmingbymovingrawmaterialsandbydistributingproductsrapidlytodistantmarkets.InlinkingtownsandpeopletooneanotherithelpedunifytheUnitedStates.

　　　36.ThemajorproblemswithAmerica'srailroadsysteminthemid19thcenturylayin______.

　　　A)poorqualityrailsandunreliablestoppingsystems
　　　B)lackoffinancialsupportfordevelopment
　　　C)limitedrailroadlines
　　　D)lackofatranscontinentalrailroad

　　　37.Thebuildingofthefirsttranscontinentalsystem_________.

　　　A)broughtaboutarapidgrowthofindustryandfarminginthewest
　　　B)attractedmanyvisitorstotheconstructionsites
　　　C)attractedlaborersfromEurope
　　　D)encouragedpeopletotravelalloverthecountry

　　　38.Thebesttitleforthispassagewouldbe_______.

　　　A)SettlementsSpreadWestward
　　　B)TheCoast-to-CoastRailroad:AVitalLink
　　　C)AmericanRailroadHistory
　　　D)TheImportanceofTrainsintheAmericanEconomy

　　　39.Theconstructionofthetranscontinentalrailroadtook______.

　　　A)9years
　　　B)7years
　　　C)4years
　　　D)3years

　　　40.Whatmostlikelymadepeoplethinkaboutatranscontinentalrailroad?

　　　A)Thepossibilityofgovernmentsupportforsuchatask.
　　　B)TheneedtoexploreUtah.
　　　C)Theneedtoconnecttheeastcoastwiththewest.
　　　D)Theneedtodeveloptherailroadindustryinthewest.

　　　PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20minutes)
　　　Directions:Thereare30incompletesentencesinthispart.Foreachsentencetherearefour
　choicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.Then
　markthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

　　　41.Wehadapartylastmonth,anditwasalotoffun,solet'shave_____onethismonth.

　　　A)another
　　　B)more
　　　C)theother
　　　D)other

　　　42.Itwasdifficulttoguesswhather______tothenewswouldbe.

　　　A)impression
　　　B)reaction
　　　C)comment
　　　D)opinion

　　　43.IdecidedtogotothelibraryassoonasI______.

　　　A)finishwhatIdid
　　　B)finishedwhatIwasdoing
　　　C)wouldfinishwhatIwasdoing
　　　D)finishedwhatIwasdoing

　　　44.Thereweresome______flowersonthetable

　　　A)artificial
　　　B)unnatural
　　　C)false
　　　D)unreal

　　　45.Weareinterestedintheweatherbecauseit______ustodirectly-whatthewear,whatwewear,
　　whatwedo,andevenhowwefeel.

　　　A)benefits
　　　B)affects
　　　C)guides
　　　D)effects

　　　46.Willallthose_______theproposalraisetheirhands?

　　　A)inrelationto
　　　B)incontrastto
　　　C)inexcessof
　　　D)infavorof

　　　47.Chlidrenareverycurious______.

　　　A)atheart
　　　B)inperson
　　　C)onpurpose
　　　D)bynature

　　　48.Thematchwascancelledbecausemostofthemembers_____amatchwithoutastandardcourt.

　　　A)objectedtohaving
　　　B)wereobjectedtohave
　　　C)objectedtohave
　　　D)wereobjectedtohaving

　　　49.Theteacherdoesn'tpermit_______inclass

　　　A)smoke
　　　B)tosmoke
　　　C)smoking
　　　D)tohaveasmoke

　　　50,IlikewatchingTV______tothecinema.

　　　A)morethantogo
　　　B)thangoing
　　　C)morethangoing
　　　D)ratherthantogo

　　　51.Iappreciate_______toyourhome.

　　　A)tobeinvited
　　　B)tohaveinvited
　　　C)havinginvited
　　　D)beinginvited

　　　52.Ihopemyteacherwilltakemyrecentillnessinto_______whenjudgingmyexamination.

　　　A)regard
　　　B)counting
　　　C)account
　　　D)observation

　　　53.You______allthosecalculations!Wehaveacomputertodothatsortofthing.

　　　A)needn'thavedone
　　　B)mustnothavedone
　　　C)shouldn'thavedone
　　　D)cannothavedone

　　　54.Importantpeopledon'toftenhavemuchfreetimeastheirwork________alltheirtime.

　　　A)takesaway
　　　B)takesover
　　　C)takesup
　　　D)takesin

　　　55.WhenIwasveryyoung,Iwasterriblyfrightenedofschool,butIsoon______it.

　　　A)gotoff
　　　B)gotacross
　　　C)gotaway
　　　D)gotover

　　　56.Manypeoplecomplainoftherapid_______ofmodernlife.

　　　A)rate
　　　B)speed
　　　C)pace
　　　D)growth

　　　57.SanFranisusuallycoolinthesummer,butLosAngeles______.

　　　A)israrely
　　　B)rarelyis
　　　C)hardlyis
　　　D)isscarcely

　　　58.Thespeaker,______forhersplendidspeeches,waswarmlyreceivedbytheaudience.

　　　A)havingknown
　　　B)beingknown
　　　C)knowing
　　　D)known

　　　59.Americanwomenwere_____therighttovoteuntil1920aftermanyyearsofhardstruggle.

　　　A)ignored
　　　B)neglected
　　　C)refused
　　　D)denied

　　　60.Icouldn'tfind______,andsoItookthisone.

　　　A)alargeenoughcoat
　　　B)anenoughlargecoat
　　　C)alargecoatenough
　　　D)acoatenoughlarge

 

　　　61.Ialways_____whatIhavesaid.

　　　A)getto
　　　B)holdto
　　　C)leadto
　　　D)seeto

　　　62.Nosoonerhadwereachedthetopofthehill______weallsatdowntorest.

　　　A)when
　　　B)then
　　　C)than
　　　D)until

　　　63.Evidencecameup_____specificspeechsoundsarerecognizedbybabiesasyoungas6monthsold.

　　　A)what
　　　B)which
　　　C)that
　　　D)whose

　　　64.Hemovedawayfromhisparents,andmissedthem_____enjoytheexcitinglifeinNewYork.

　　　A)toomuchto
　　　B)enoughto
　　　C)verymuchto
　　　D)muchsoasso

　　　65.Hewas______ofhavingaskedsuchasillyquestion.

　　　A)sorry.
　　　B)guilty
　　　C)ashamed
　　　D)miserable

　　　66.Thelasttimewehadafamilyreunionwas______mybrother'sweddingceremonyfouryearsago.

　　　A)in
　　　B)at
　　　C)during
　　　D)over

　　　67.What_____wouldhappenifthedirectorknewyoufeltthatway?

　　　A)doyousuppose
　　　B)yousuppose
　　　C)willyousuppose
　　　D)youwouldsuppose

　　　68.________theadvancesofscience,thediscomfortsofoldagewillnodoubtalwaysbewithus.

　　　A)Asfor
　　　B)Besides
　　　C)Except
　　　D)Despite

　　　69.Howcloseparentsaretotheirchildren______astronginfluenceonthecharacterofthechildren.

　　　A)have
　　　B)has
　　　C)having
　　　D)tohave

　　　70.He______whenthebuscametoasuddenstop.

　　　A)wasalmosthurt
　　　B)washurthimself
　　　C)wastohurthimself
　　　D)washurtinghimself

　　　PartIVCloze(15minutes)
　　　Directions:Thereare20blanksinthefollowingpassage.Foreachblandtherearefourchoices　markedA),B),C)andD)ontherightsideofthepaper.YoushouldchoosetheONEthatbestfitsintothe　passage.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

　　　Geographyisthestudyoftherelationshipbetweenpeopleandtheland.Geographerscompareandcontrast_____71placesontheearth.Buttheyalso______72beyondtheindividualplacesandconsidertheearthasa______73.Thewordgeography_____74fromtwoGreekwords,ge,theGreekwordfor"earth"andgraphein,_____75means"towrite."TheEnglishwordgeographymeans"todescribetheearth."______76geographybooksfocusonasmallarea_______77atownorcity.Othersdealwithastate,aregion,anation,oran_____78continent.Manygeographybooksdealwiththewholeearth.Another______79todividethestudyof______80istodistinguishbetweenphysicalgeographyandculturalgeography.Theformerfocusesonthenaturalworld;the_______81startswithhumanbeingsand______82howhumanbeingsandtheirenvironmentact______83each　other.Butwhengeographyisconsideredasasinglesubject,______84branchcanneglecttheother.Ageographermightbedescribed______85onewhoobserves,records,andexplainsthe_____86betweenplaces.Ifallplaces_______87alike,therewouldbelittleneedforgeographers.Weknow,however,_______88notwoplacesareexactlythesame.Geography,_______89,isapointofview,aspecialwayof______90atplaces.

 

　　　71.
　　　A)similar
　　　B)various
　　　C)distant
　　　D)famous

　　　72.
　　　A)pass
　　　B)go
　　　C)reach
　　　D)set

　　　73.
　　　A)whole
　　　B)unit
　　　C)part
　　　D)total

　　　74.
　　　A)falls
　　　B)removes
　　　C)results
　　　D)comes

　　　75.
　　　A)what
　　　B)that
　　　C)which
　　　D)it

　　　76.
　　　A)Some
　　　B)Many
　　　C)Most
　　　D)Few

　　　77.
　　　A)outside
　　　B)except
　　　C)as
　　　D)like

　　　78.
　　　A)extensive
　　　B)entire
　　　C)overall
　　　D)enormous

　　　79.
　　　A)way
　　　B)means
　　　C)habit
　　　D)technique

　　　80.
　　　A)world
　　　B)earth
　　　C)geography
　　　D)globe

　　　81.
　　　A)second
　　　B)later
　　　C)next
　　　D)latter

　　　82.
　　　A)learns
　　　B)studies
　　　C)realises
　　　D)understands

　　　83.
　　　A)upon
　　　B)for
　　　C)as
　　　D)to

　　　84.
　　　A)neither
　　　B)either
　　　C)one
　　　D)each

　　　85.
　　　A)for
　　　B)to
　　　C)as
　　　D)by

　　　86.
　　　A)exceptions
　　　B)sameness
　　　C)differences
　　　D)divisions

　　　87.
　　　A)being
　　　B)are
　　　C)be
　　　D)were

　　　88.
　　　A)although
　　　B)whether
　　　C)since
　　　D)since

　　　89.
　　　A)still
　　　B)then
　　　C)nevertheless
　　　D)moreover

　　　90.
　　　A)working
　　　B)looking
　　　C)arriving
　　　D)getting