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cet4199806试题及答案

1998年6月大学英语四级考试试题

PartIListeningComprehension（20minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear10shortconversations,Attheendofeachconversation，aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionwillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Example:

Youwillhear:

Youwillread:

A）Attheoffice.B）Inthewaitingroom.

C）Attheairport.D）Inarestaurant.

Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoweretalkingaboutsomeworktheyhadtofinishintheevening.Thisismostlikelytohavetakenplaceattheoffice.Therefor,“Attheoffice”isthebestanswer.Youshouldchoose[A]ontheanswerSheetandmarkitwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

SampleAnswer［A］［B］［C］［D］

1.A）Theyaretwins.B）Theyareclassmates.C）Theyarefriends.D）Theyarecolleagues.

2.A）ThemanisplanningatriptoAustin.B）ThemanhasnotbeentoAustinbefore.

C）Themandoesn'tlikeAustin.D）ThemanhasbeentoAustinbefore.

3.A）Thesizeoftheroom.B）Longworkinghours.C）Thehotweather.D）Thefanintheroom.

4.A）Themanhaschangedhisdestination.

B）Themanisreturninghisticket.

C）ThemanisflyingtoNewYorktomorrowmorning.

D）Themancan'tmanagetogotoNewYorkasplanned.

5.A）Itisdifficulttoidentify.B）Ithasbeenmisplaced.

C）Itismissing.D）Ithasbeenborrowedbysomeone.

6.A）Lookingforatimetable.B）Buyingsomefurniture.C）Reservingatable.D）Windowshopping.

7.A）Coldandwindy.B）Snowwillbereplacedbystrongwinds.

C）Itwillgetbetter.D）Rainyandcold.

8.A）Itisnolongeravailable.B）Ithasbeenreprintedfourtimes.

C）Thestoredoesn'thaveitnow,butwillhaveitsoon.D）Theinformationinthebookisoutofdate.

9.A）Henrydoesn'tlikethecolor.B）Someoneelsepaintedthehouse.

C）Therewasnoladderinthehouse.D）Henrypaintedthehousehimself.

10.A）Inacottonfield.B）Atarailwaystation.C）Onafarm.D）Onatrain.

SectionB

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear3shortpassages.Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhearsomequestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

PassageOneQuestions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

11.A）Theyinvitedhimtoaparty.B）Theyaskedhimtomakeaspeech.

C）Theygaveaspecialdinnerforhim.D）Theyinvitedhiswifetoattendthedinner.

12.A）Hewasembarrassed.B）Hefeltgreatlyencouraged.

C）Hefeltsad.D）Hewasdeeplytouched.

13.A）Sam'swifedidnotthinkthatthecompanywasfairtoSam.

B）Sam'swifewassatisfiedwiththegoldwatch.

C）Samdidnotlikethegoldwatch.

D）Thecompanyhadsomefinancialproblems.

PassageTwoQuestions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

14.A）Thenumberofstudentstheytakeinislimited.B）Theyreceivelittleornosupportfrompublictaxes.

C）Theyareonlyopentochildrenfromrichfamilies.D）Theyhavetopaymoretaxes.

15.A）Privaieschoolsadmitmorestudents.

B）Privateschoolschargelessthanreligiousschools.

C）Privateschoolsrunavarietyofprograms.

D）Privateschoolsallowstudentstoenjoymorefreedom.

16.A）Thechurches.B）Theprogramdesigners.

C）Thelocalauthorities.D）Thestategovernment.

PassageThree

Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

17.A）Shewasfoundstealinginabookstore.B）Shecaughtsomeoneintheactofstealing.

C）Sheadmittedhavingstolensomething.D）Shesaidshewaswronglyaccusedofstealing.

18.A）Abook.B）$3,000.C）Ahandbag.D）AChristmascard.

19.A）Shewasquestionedbythepolice.B）Shewasshutinasmallroomfor20minutes.

C）Shewasinsultedbytheshopperaroundher.D）Shewasbodysearchedbythestoremanager.

20.A）Theyrefusedtoapologizeforhavingfollowedherthroughthetown.

B）Theyregrettedhavingwronglyaccusedherofstealing.

C）Theystillsuspectedthatshewasathief.

D）Theyagreedtopayher$3,000damages.

PartⅡReadingComprehension（35minutes）

Directions:

Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

PsychologistGeorgeSpilichandcolleaguesatWashingtonCollegeinChestertown,Maryland,decidedtofindoutwhether,asmanysmokerssay,smokinghelpsthemto“thinkandconceniraie.”Spilichputyoungnonsmokers,activesmokersandsmokersdeprived（被剥夺）ofcigarettesthroughaseriesoftests.

Inthefirsttest,eachsubject（试验对象）satbeforeacomputerscreenandpressedakeyassoonasheorsherecognizedatargetletteramongagroupingof96.Inthissimpletest,smokers,deprivedsmokersandnonsmokersperformedequallywell.

Thenexttestwasmorecomplex,requiringalltoscansequencesof20identicallettersandrespondtheinstantoneoftheletterstransformedintoadifferentone.Non-smokerswerefaster，butunderthestimulationofnicotine（尼古丁）,activesmokerswerefasterthandeprivedsmokers.

Inthethirdtestofshort-termmemory,non-smokersmadethefewesterrors,butdeprivedsmokerscommittedfewererrorsthanactivesmokers.

Thefourthtestrequiredpeopletoreadapassage,thenanswerquestionsaboutit.Non-smokersremembered19percentmoreofthemostimportantinformationthanactivesmokers,anddeprivedsmokersbestedthosewhohadsmokedacigarettejustbeforetesting.Activesmokerstendednotonlytohavepoorermemoriesbutalsohadtroubleseparatingimportantinformationfrominsignificantdetails.

“Asourtestsbecamemorecomplex.”SumsupSpilich,“non-smokersperformedbetterthansmokersbywiderandwidermargins”Hepredicts,“smokersmightperformadequatelyatmanyjobsuntiltheygotcomplicated.Asmokingairlinepilotcouldflyadequatelyifnoproblemsarose,butifsomethingwentwrong,smokingmightdamagehismentalcapacity.”

21.ThepurposeofGeorgeSpilich'sexperimentsis_______.

A）totestwhethersmokinghasapositiveeffectonthementalcapacityofsmokers

B）toshowhowsmokingdamagespeople'smentalcapacity

C）toprovethatsmokingaffectspeople'sregularperformance

D）tofindoutwhethersmokinghelpspeople'sshorttermmemory

22.GeorgeSpilich'sexperimentwasconductedinsuchawayasto_______.

A）compelthesubjectstoseparatemajorinformationfromminordetails

B）putthesubjectsthroughincreasinglycomplextests

C）checktheeffectivenessofnicotineonsmokers

D）registerthepromptresponsesofthesubjects

23.Theword“bested”（Line3,Para.5）mostprobablymeans_______.

A）beatB）enviedC）caughtupwithD）madethebestof

24.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A）Activesmokersingeneralperformedbetterthandeprivedsmokers.

B）Activesmokersrespondedmorequicklythantheothersubjects.

C）Nonsmokerswerenotbetterthanothersubjectsinperformingsimpletasks.

D）Deprivedsmokersgavetheslowestresponsestothevarioustasks.

25.Wecaninferfromthelastparagraphthat_______.

A）smokersshouldnotexpecttobecomeairlinepilots

B）smokinginemergencycasescausesmentalillness

C）noairlinepilotssmokeduringflights

D）smokersmayproveunequaltohandingemergencycases

Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Thereisnodenyingthatstudentsshouldlearnsomethingabouthowcomputerswork,justasweexpectthematleasttounderstandthattheinternalcombustionengine（内燃机）hassomethingtodowithburningfuel,expandinggasesandpistons（活塞）beingdriven.Forpeopleshouldhavesomebasicideaofhowthethingsthattheyusedowhattheydo.Further,studentsmightbehelpedbyacoursethatconsidersthecomputer'simpactonsociety.Butthatisnotwhatismeantbycomputerliteracy.Forcomputerliteracyisnotaformofliteracy（读写能力）；itisatradeskillthatshouldnotbetaughtasaliberalart.

Learninghowtouseacomputerandlearninghowtoprogramonearetwodistinctactivities,Acasemightbemadethatthecompetentcitizensoftomorrowshouldfreethemselvesfromtheirfearofcomputers.Butthisisquitedifferentfromsayingthatalloughttoknowhowtoprogramone.Leavethattopeoplewhohavechosenprogrammingasacareer.Whileprogrammingcanbelotsoffun,andwhileoursocietyneedssomepeoplewhoareexpertsatit,thesameistrueofautorepairandviolinmaking.

Learninghowtouseacomputerisnotthatdifficult,anditgetseasierallthetimeasprogramsbecomemore“userfriendly”.Letusassumethatinthefutureeveryoneisgoingtohavetoknowhowtouseacomputertobeacompetentcitizen.Whatdoesthephrase“learningtouseacomputer”mean?

Itsoundslike“learningtodriveacar”,thatis,itsoundsasifthereissomesetofdefiniteskillsthat,onceacquired,enableonetouseacomputer.

Infact,“learningtouseacomputer”ismuchmorelike“learningtoplayagame”,butlearningtherulesofonegamemaynothelpyouplayasecondgame,whoserulesmaynotbethesame.Thereisnosuchathingasteachingsomeonehowtouseacomputer.