英语四级真题及答案.docx

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英语四级真题及答案

2003年1月英语四级真题及答案

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.

Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoweretalkingaboutsomeworktheywillstartat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,A）“Attheoffice”isthecorrectanswer.Youshouldchoose[A]ontheAnswerSheetandmarkitwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D]

1.A）TheyarebothanxioustotryItalianfood.

B）Theyarelikelytohavedinnertogether.

C）Themanwilltreatthewomantodinnertonight.

D）Thewomanrefusedtohavedinnerwiththeman.（B）

2.A）It’sonlyforrent,notforsale.

B）It’snotasgoodasadvertised.

C）It’sbeingredecorated.

D）It’snolongeravailable.（D）

3.A）Colleagues.

B）Husbandandwife.

C）Employerandemployee.

D）Motherandson.（D）

4.A）Shecontactsherparentsoccasionally.

B）Shephonesherparentsregularlyatweekends.

C）Shevisitsherparentsatweekendswhenthefaresaredown.

D）Sheoftencallherparentsregardlessoftherates.（B）

5.A）Thenextbusiscomingsoon.

B）Thebuswillwaitafewminutesatthestop.

C）Thereareonlytwoorthreepassengerswaitingforthebus.

D）Theycancatchthisbuswithoutrunning.（A）

6.A）Theassignmentlookseasybutactuallyit’squitedifficult.

B）Theassignmentistoodifficultforthemtocompleteontime.

C）TheycannotfinishtheassignmentuntilThursday.

D）Theyhaveplentyoftimetoworkontheassignment.（D）

7.A）Themanwillgotomeetthewomanthisevening.

B）Themanandthewomanhaveanappointmentat7o’clock.

C）Thewomancan’tfinishmakingthejambefore7o’clock.

D）Thewomanwon’tbeabletoseethemanthisevening.（B）

8.A）She’slearnedalotfromtheliteratureclass.

B）She’swrittensomebooksaboutworldclassics.

C）She’smetsomeoftheworld’sbestwriters.

D）She’sjustbackfromatriproundtheworld.（A）

9.A）Theexamwaseasierthanthepreviousone.

B）Joeissurethathewilldobetterinthenextexam.

C）Joeprobablyfailedintheexam.

D）Theoralpartoftheexamwaseasierthanthewrittenpart.（C）

10.A）Sheistiredofdrivinginheavytraffic.

B）Shedoesn’tminditastheroadconditionsaregood.

C）Sheisunhappytohavetodrivesuchalongwayeveryday.

D）Sheenjoysitbecauseshe’sgoodatdriving.（B）

SectionBCompoundDictation

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,youarerequiredtofillintheblanksnumberedfromS1toS7withtheexactwordsyouhavejustheard.ForblanksnumberedfromS8toS10youarerequiredtofillinthemissinginformation.Youcaneitherusetheexactwordsyouhavejustheardorwritedownthemainpointsinyourownwords.Finally,whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.

It’sdifficulttoimaginetheseaeverrunningoutoffish.It’ssovast,sodeep,so（S1）________.Unfortunately,it’snotbottomless.Over-fishing,（S2）________withdestructivefishingpractices,iskillingoffthefishand（S3）________theirenvironment.

Destroythefish,andyoudestroythefishermen’smeansofliving.Atleast60（S4）________oftheworld’scommerciallyimportantfish（S5）________arealreadyover-fished,orfishedtothelimit.Asaresult,governmentshavehadtoclosedownsomeareasofseatocommercialfishing.

Big,high-techfleets（S6）________thateverythingintheirpathispulledoutofwater.Anythingtoosmall,orthewrongthing,isthrownbackeitherdeadordying.That’san（S7）________ofmorethan20millionmetrictonseveryyear.（S8）________.

Insomepartsoftheworld,foreverykilogramofprawns（对虾）caught,upto15kilogramsofunsuspectingfishandothermarinewildlifedie,simplyforbeinginthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.

True,（S9）________,thencatchtheminawaythatdoesn’tkillotherinnocentsealife.

PartIIReadingComprehension（35minutes）

Directions:

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

PassageOne

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Likemanyofmygeneration,Ihaveaweaknessforheroworship.Atsomepoint,however,weallbegintoquestionourheroesandourneedforthem.Thisleadsustoask:

Whatisahero?

Despiteimmensedifferencesincultures,heroesaroundtheworldgenerallyshareanumberofcharacteristicsthatinstructandinspirepeople.

Aherodoessomethingworthtalkingabout.Aherohasastoryofadventuretotellandacommunitywhowilllisten.Butaherogoesbeyondmerefame.

Heroesservepowersorprincipleslargerthanthemselves.Likehigh-voltagetransformers,heroestaketheenergyofhigherpowersandstepitdownsothatitcanbeusedbyordinarypeople.

Theherolivesalifeworthyofimitation.Thosewhoimitateagenuineheroexperiencelifewithnewdepth,enthusiasm,andmeaning.Asuretestforwould-beheroesiswhatorwhomdotheyserve?

Whataretheywillingtoliveanddiefor?

Iftheanswerorevidencesuggeststheyserveonlytheirownfame,theymaybefamouspersonsbutnotheroes.MadonnaandMichaelJacksonarefamous,butwhowouldclaimthattheirfansfindlifemoreabundant?

Heroesarecatalysts（催化剂）forchange.Theyhaveavisionfromthemountaintop.Theyhavetheskillandthecharmtomovethemasses.Theycreatenewpossibilities.WithoutGandhi,IndiamightstillbepartoftheBritishEmpire.WithoutRosaParksandMartinLutherKing,Jr.,wemightstillhavesegregated（隔离的）buses,restaurants,andparks.Itmaybepossibleforlarge-scalechangetooccurwithoutleaderswithmagneticpersonalities,butthepaceofchangewouldbeslow,thevisionuncertain,andthecommitteemeetingsendless.

11.Althoughheroesmaycomefromdifferentcultures,they________.

A）generallypossesscertaininspiringcharacteristics

B）probablysharesomeweaknessesofordinarypeople

C）areofteninfluencedbypreviousgenerations

D）allunknowinglyattractalargenumberoffans（A）

12.Accordingtothepassage,heroesarecomparedtohigh-voltagetransformersinthat________.

A）theyhaveavisionfromthemountaintop

B）theyhavewarmfeelingsandemotions

C）theycanserveasconcreteexamplesofnobleprinciples

D）theycanmakepeoplefeelstrongerandmoreconfident（C）

13.MadonnaandMichaelJacksonarenotconsideredheroesbecause________.

A）theyarepopularonlyamongcertaingroupsofpeople

B）theirperformancesdonotimprovetheirfansmorally

C）theirprimaryconcernistheirownfinancialinterests

D）theyarenotclearabouttheprinciplestheyshouldfollow（B）

14.GandhiandMartinLutherKingaretypicalexamplesofoutstandingleaderswho________.

A）aregoodatdemonstratingtheircharmingcharacters

B）canmovethemasseswiththeirforcefulspeeches

C）arecapableofmeetingallchallengesandhardships

D）canprovideananswertotheproblemsoftheirpeople（B）

15.Theauthorconcludesthathistoricalchangeswould________.

A）bedelayedwithoutleaderswithinspiringpersonalqualities

B）nothappenwithoutheroesmakingthenecessarysacrifices

C）takeplacefftherewereheroestoleadthepeople

D）produceleaderswithattractivepersonalities（A）

PassageTwo

Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Accordingtoasurvey,whichwasbasedontheresponsesofover188,000students,today’straditional-agecollegefreshmenare“morematerialisticandlessaltruistic（利他主义的）”thanatanytimeinthe17yearsofthepoll.

Notsurprisinginthesehardtimes,thestudent’smajorobjective“istobefinanciallywelloff.Lessimportantthaneverisdevelopingameaningfulphilosophyoflife.”Itfollowsthenthattodaythemostpopularcourseisnotliteratureorhistorybutaccounting.

Interestinteaching,socialserviceandthe“altruistic”fieldsisatalow.Ontheotherhand,enrollmentinbusinessprograms,engineeringandcomputerscienceiswayup.

That’snosurpriseeither.Afriendofmine（asalesrepresentativeforachemicalcompany）wasmakingtwicethesalaryofhercollegeinstructorsherfirstyearonthejob—evenbeforeshecompletedhertwo-yearassociatedegree.

Whileit’struethatweallneedacareer,itisequallytruethatourcivilizationhasaccumulatedanincredibleamountofknowledgeinfieldsfarremovedfromourownandthatwearebetterforourunderstandingoftheseothercontributions—betheyscientificorartistic.Itisequallytruethat,instudyingthediversewisdomofothers,welearnhowtothink.Moreimportant,perhaps,educationteachesustoseetheconnectionsbetweenthings,aswellastoseebeyondourimmediateneeds.

Weeklywereadofunionswhowentonstrikeforhigherwages,onlytodrivetheiremployeroutofbusiness.Nocompany;nojob.Howshortsightedinthelongrun!

Butthemostimportantargumentforabroadeducationisthatins