1998年大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案.docx

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1998年大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案

1998年1月大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案

PartI ListeningComprehension （20minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

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

Example:

Youwillhear:

Youwillread:

A）2hours.

B）3hours.

C）4hours.

D）5hours.

Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoweretalkingaboutsomeworktheywillstartat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,D）“5hours”isthecorrectanswer.Youshouldchoose[D]ontheAnswerSheetandmarkitwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

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

1. 

A）Themanwantstoattendtomorrow’sshow.

B）Therearen’tanyticketsleftfortonight’sshow.

C）Therearen’tanyticketsleftfortomorrow’sshow.

D）Themandoesn’twanttoattendtomorrow’sshow.

2. 

A）Detectivestories.

B）Storiesaboutjailescapes.

C）Lovestories.

D）Storiesaboutroyalfamilies.

3. 

A）Itwasalonglecture,buteasytounderstand.

B）Itwasnotaseasyasshehadthought.

C）Itwasasdifficultasshehadexpected.

D）Itwasinterestingandeasytofollow.

4. 

A）Toputhimthroughtothedirector.

B）Tohaveatalkwiththedirectorabouthiswork.

C）Toarrangeanappointmentforhimwiththedirector.

D）Togoandseeifthedirectorcanmeethimrightnow.

5. 

A）Margaretwantedtoreturnsomemagazinestothewoman.

B）Margaretwantedtolendsomemagazinestothewoman.

C）Margaretwantedtoborrowsomemagazinesfromthewoman.

D）Margaretwantedtogetsomemagazinesbackfromthewoman.

6. 

A）Hedoesn’tcaremuchaboutit.

B）Heenjoysitverymuch.

C）Hedoesn’tmindeventhoughit’stedious.

D）Hehatesworkingovertime.

7. 

A）Thewomandoesn’tthinkitexcitingtotravelbyair.

B）They’llstayathomeduringtheholidays.

C）Theyareofferedsomeplaneticketsfortheirholidays.

D）They’llbeflyingsomewherefortheirvacation.

8. 

A）Somethingwentwrongwiththebus.

B）Shetooksomebodytohospital.

C）Somethingpreventedherfromcatchingthebus.

D）Shecameonfootinsteadoftakingabus.

9. 

A）Doherhomework.

B）Cleanthebackyard.

C）Washclothes.

D）Enjoythebeautifulday.

10. 

A）Themanislookingforaplacetolivein.

B）Themanhasahouseforrent.

C）Thewomanisasecretary.

D）Thetwospeakersareoldfriends.

SectionBCompoundDictation

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.Thenlistentothepassageagain.Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,youarerequiredtofillintheblanksnumberedfromS1toS7withtheexactworksyouhavejustheard.ForblanksnumberedfromS8toS10youarerequiredtofillinthemissinginformation.Youcaneitherusetheexactworksyouhavejustheardorwritedownthemainpointsinyourownwords.Finally,whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.

　　Veryfewpeoplecangetcollegedegreebefore11,butMichaelwasanexception.Hestartedhighschoolwhenhewas5,finishinjustninemonths.Hebecamethe（S1）___________youngestcollegegraduatewhenhewas10yearsand4monthsold,earningan（S2）_____________degree.Nowat11Michael’sworkingonamaster’sdegreein（S3）___________intelligence.

　　ButMichael’s（S4）___________hasn’talwayscomeeasy.（S5）_________hisintelligence.Hestilllacksimportantlife（S6）________________.

　　Inoneclass,hehadtostruggletounderstand（S7）____________novels,because,hesays,“I’veneverbeeninlovebefore.”

　　Anotherchallengewashissize.（S8）________________________________.

Helikescomputerssomuch（S9）________________________________________.

Hewantstomakerobotsdoalltheheavytasks.（S10）__________________________.

PartII ReadingComprehension （35minutes）

Direction:

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

PassageOne

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

　　Inbringingupchildren,everyparentwatcheseagerlythechild’sacquisition（学会）ofeachnewskill-thefirstspokenwords,thefirstindependentsteps,orthebeginningofreadingandwriting.Itisoftentemptingtohurrythechildbeyondhisnaturallearningrate,butthiscansetupdangerousfeelingsoffailureandstatesofworryinthechild:

Thismighthappenatanystage.Ababymightbeforcedtouseatoilettooearly,ayoungchildmightbeencouragedtolearntoreadbeforeheknowsthemeaningofthewordshereads.Ontheotherhand,though,ifachildisleftalonetoomuch,orwithoutanylearningopportunities,heloseshisnaturalenthusiasmforlifeandhisdesiretofindoutnewthingsforhimself.

　　Patentsvarygreatlyintheirdegreeofstrictnesstowardstheirchildren.Somemaybeespeciallystrictinmoneymatters.Othersareseverovertimesofcominghomeatnightorpunctualityformeals.Ingeneral,thecontrolsimposedrepresenttheneedsoftheparentsandthevaluesofthecommunityasmuchasthechild’sownhappiness.

　　Asregardsthedevelopmentofmoralstandardsinthegrowingchild,consistencyisveryimportantinparentalteaching.Toforbidathingonedayandexcuseitthenextisnofoundationformorality（道德）.Also,parentsshouldrealizethat“exampleisbetterthanprecept”.Iftheyarenotsincereanddonotpractisewhattheypreach（说教）,theirchildrenmaygrowconfused,andemotionallyinsecurewhentheygrowoldenoughtothinkforthemselves,andrealizetheyhavebeentosomeextentfooled.

　　Asuddenawarenessofamarkeddifferencebetweentheirparents’principlesandtheirmoralscanbeadangerousdisappointment.

11. Eagerlywatchingthechild’sacquisitionofnewskills_________.

 A）shouldbeavoided

 B）isuniversalamongparents

 C）setsupdangerousstatesofworryinthechild

 D）willmakehimloseinterestinlearningnewthings

12. Intheprocessofchildren’slearningnewskillsparents______.

A）shouldencouragethemtoreadbeforetheyknowthemeaningofthewordstheyread

B）shouldnotexpecttoomuchofthem

C）shouldachieveabalancebetweenpushingthemtoohardandleavingthemontheirown

D）shouldcreateasmanylearningopportunitiesaspossible

13. Thesecondparagraphmainlytellsusthat__________.

A）parentsshouldbestrictwiththeirchildren

B）parentalcontrolsreflectonlytheneedsoftheparentsandthevaluesofthecommunity

C）parentalrestrictionsvary,andarenotalwaysenforcedforthebenefitofthechildrenalone

D）parentsvaryintheirstrictnesstowardstheirchildrenaccordingtothesituation

14. Theword“precept”（Line3,Para.3）probablymeans“_________”.

 A）idea

 B）punishment

 C）behavior

 D）instruction

15. Inmoralmatters,parentsshould__________.

 A）observetherulesthemselves

 B）beawareofthemarkeddifferencebetweenadultsandchildren

 C）forbidthingswhichhavenofoundationinmorality

 D）consistentlyensurethesecurityoftheirchildren

PassageTwo

Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

　　Agoodmodernnewspaperisanextraordinarypieceofreading.Itisremarkablefirstforwhatitcontains:

therangeofnewsfromlocalcrimetointernationalpolitics,fromsporttobusinesstofashiontoscience,andtherangeofcommentandspecialfeatures（特写）aswell,fromeditorialpagetofeaturearticlesandinterviewstocriticismofbooks,art,theatreandmusic.Anewspaperisevenmoreremarkableforthewayonereadsit:

nevercompletely,neverstraightthrough,butalwaysbyjumpingfromheretothere,inandnotglancingatonepiece,readinganotherarticleallthewaythrough,readingjustafewparagraphsofthenext.Agoodmodernnewspaperoffersvarietytoattractmanydifferentreaders,butfarmorethannayonereaderisinterestedin.Whatbringsthisvarietytogetherinoneplaceisitstopicality（时事性）,itsimmediaterelationtowhatishappeninginyourworldandyourlocalitynow.butimmediacyandthespeedofproductionthatgoeswithitmeanalsothatmuchofwhatpapersinanewspaperhasnomorethantransient（短暂的）value.Forallthesereasons,notwopeoplereallyreadthesamepaper:

whateachpersondoesistoputtogetheroutofthepagesofthatday’spaper,hisownselectionandsequence,hisownnewspaper.Forallthesereasons,readingnewspapersefficiently,whichmeansgettingwhatyouwantfromthemwithoutmissingthingsyouneedbutwithoutwastingtime,demandsskillandself-awarenessasyoumodifyandapplythetechniquesofreading.

16. Amodernnewspaperisremarkableforallthefollowingexceptits_________.

 A）widecoverage

 B）uniformstyle

 C）speedinreportingnews

 D）popularity

17. Accordingtothepassage,thereasonwhynotwopeoplereallyreadthe“same”newspaperisthat________.

 A）peoplescanforthenewstheyareinterestedin

 B）differentpeoplepreferdifferentnewspapers

 C）peoplearerarelyinterestedinthesamekindofnews

 D）peoplehavedifferentviewsaboutwhatagoodnewspaperis

18. Itcanbeconcludefromthepassagethatnewspaperreaders________.

 A）applyreadingtechniquesskillfully

 B）jumpfromonenewspaperto