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四级模拟题副本汇总

2003年12月大学英语四级考试模拟试题及答案

PartⅡVocabularyandStructure（20minutes）

Directions：

Thereare30incompletesentencesinthispart．ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA），B），C）andD）．ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence．ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre．

21．Thegirlinthephotowearsabroadsmile，herwavyhair_______overhershoulders．

A）flows

B）flow

C）flowing

D）flowed

22．Hadshetakenherdoctor'sadvice，Mrs．Marquis_______．

A）mustn'thavedied

B）mighthavebeenalive

C）couldn'tdie

D）mightstillbealive

23．Thecarmanufacturerhaslaid_______1，000workersbecauseofthedropinsales．

A）out

B）down

C）aside

D）off

24．John'soutstandingperformanceinthecompetitionprovedthathewasa_______winner．

A）worthwhile

B）worthy

C）worth

D）worthless

25．Nowhereelsealongthecoast_______suchshallowwatersofarfromland．

A）isthere

B）isit

C）thereis

D）itis

26．TheWarOfficeissuedalistofthemissing，andbelievedthatthechancesoffindingthemwere_______．

A）negative

B）rare

C）thin

D）remote

27．Paulwasso_______abouthisbaldnessthatheworeahat，whetheritwaswinterorsummer．A）self-composed

B）self-conscious

C）self-confessed

D）self-confident

28．Sarahputinaspecial_______foranextraday'sholidaysothatshecouldattendherfriend'swedding．

A）inquiry

B）appeal

C）proposal

D）request

29．Letustakecareofthehousewhileyouareaway，_______？

A）shan'twe

B）shallwe

C）willyou

D）don'tyou

30．Themanagerthought_______theproblemforthreedaysbeforehefinallymadethedecision．

A）on

B）in

C）over

D）down

31．Patrickhasneverlearnedaforeignlanguage，_______．

A）nordoeshethinkhehasto

B）neitherhethinkshehasto

C）hethinkshehasnotto，either

D）hedoesn'tthinkhehasto

32．Itishearteningtoseemillionsontheearthwhohadnothingbutarecordofmiseryandhunger_______thechancetoimprovetheirlife．

A）having

B）tohave

C）have

D）whohave

33．Mr．Whiteisovereighty，buthestill_______hispositionaschairmanoftheboardandwillnotretire．

A）goesinfor

B）getsonwith

C）fallsbackon

D）holdsonto

34．Ican'tfindmygloves．Imusthave_______themonthebuswhenIcamehomefromschool．

A）left

B）lost

C）forgotten

D）missed

35．I'msurprisedatsomeonesorich_______difficultyinpayingwhatheowesyou．

A）astohave

B）whohasno

C）having

D）thathehasno

36．Thecriticsconsideredonlytheundesirablequalitiesintheartist'swork，whileignoringor_______themoredesirableones．

A）criticizing

B）overlooking

C）deserting

D）flattering

37．Withinthelastyear，scientistshavecomecloserthanever_______．

A）todecidingwhichofthequestionsisright

B）todecidewhichofthequestionsisright

C）decidingwhetherthequestionisrightornot

D）anddecidedwhichofthequestionsisright

38．HarvardUniversityandMITare_______thefourthandfifthlargestemployersinthearea．

A）representatively

B）respectively

C）respectably

D）respectfully

39．Yousaidthebookswereontheshelf，but_______there．

A）therewasnoone

B）therewerenone

C）therewerenoones

D）wasnone

40．Humanfacialexpressionsdifferfromthoseofanimalsinthedegreetowhichtheycanbe_______controlledandmodified．

A）deliberately

B）noticeably

C）delicately

D）instinctively

41．Igotcaughtinthetraffic；_______Iwouldhavebeenheresooner．

A）however

B）although

C）anyway

D）otherwise

42．Expertsbelievethelargenumberofcancercasesintheareais_______thenewnuclearpowerstation．

A）resultedfrom

B）concernedabout

C）relatedto

D）dependenton

43．I'djustassoon_______thoseimportantpaperswithyou．

A）thatyouwon'ttake

B）yournottaking

C）youdidn'ttake

D）youdon'ttake

44．OnNewYear'sEve，therewasaformwork_______attheTownSquare．

A）exhibition

B）performance

C）show

D）display

45．Irishweddingsarealmost_______inthiswayforgenerations．

A）tobecelebrating

B）beingcelebrated

C）tohavecelebrated

D）tohavebeencelebrated

46．Ifreadingistoaccomplishanythingthan_______time，itmustbeactive．

A）spending

B）passing

C）wasting

D）idling

47．Thedecision_______，thenextproblemwashowtomakeagoodplan．

A）hasbeenmade

B）weremade

C）havingbeenmade

D）making

48．Thenews，thoughnotwhollybad，wasso_______thatIcouldnolongerconcentrateonmywork．

A）disturbing

B）disastrous

C）anxious

D）regretful

49．"IthinkSamisverywise．""No，heis_______wise．"

A）kinderthan

B）askindas

C）notsokindas

D）morekindthan

50．Maryhasjustboughtherself_______dress．

A）anexpensivebluecotton

B）acottonblueexpensive

C）ablueexpensivecotton

D）acottonexpensiveblue

PartⅢReadingComprehension（35minutes）

Directions：

Therearefourpassagesinthispart．Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements．ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA），B），C）andD）．YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre．

PassageOne

Questions51to55arebasedonthefollowingpassage：

Statusesaremarveloushumaninventionsthatenableustogetalongwithoneanotherandtodeterminewherewe"fit"insociety．Aswegoaboutoureverydaylives，wementallyattempttoplacepeopleintermsoftheirstatuses．Forexample，wemustjudgewhetherthepersoninthelibraryisareaderoralibrarian，whetherthetelephonecallerisafriendorasalesman，whethertheunfamiliarpersononourpropertyisathieforameterreader，andsoon．

Thestatusesweassumeoftenvarywiththepeopleweencounterandchangethroughoutlife．Mostofuscan，atveryhighspeed，assumethestatusesthatvarioussituationsrequire．Muchofsocialinteractionconsistsofidentifyingandselectingamongappropriatestatusesandallowingotherpeopletoassumetheirstatusesinrelationtous．Thismeansthatwefitouractionstothoseofotherpeoplebasedonaconstantmentalprocessofappraisalandinterpretation．Althoughsomeofusfindthetaskmoredifficultthanothers，mostofusperformitrathereffortlessly．

Astatushasbeencomparedtoready-madeclothes．Withincertainlimitsthebuyerchoosestyleandfabric．ButanAmericanisnotfreetochoosethecostumeofaChinesepeasantorthatofaHinduprince．Wemustchoosefromamongtheclothingpresentedbyfit，aswellasbyourpocketbook．Havingmadeachoicefromminoradjustments，wetendtobelimitedtowhatthestoreschoiceamongthemislimited．

51．Inthefirstparagraph，thewritertellsusthatstatusescanhelpus_______．

A）determinewhetherapersonisfitforacertainjob

B）behaveappropriatelyinrelationtootherpeople

C）protectourselvesinunfamiliarsituations

D）makefriendswithotherpeople

52．Accordingtothewriter，peopleoftenassumedifferentstatuses_______．

A）inordertoidentifythemselveswithothers

B）inordertobetteridentifyothers

C）astheirmentalprocesseschange

D）asthesituationchanges

53．Theword"appraisal"mostprobablymeans_______．

A）involvement

B）appreciation

C）assessment

D）presentation

54．Inthelastsentenceofthesecondparagraph，thepronoun"it"refersto"_______"．

A）fittingouractionstothoseofotherpeopleappropriately

B）identificationofotherpeople'sstatuses

C）selectingone'sownstatuses

D）constantmentalprocess

55．Bysayingthat"anAmericanisnotfreetochoosethecostumeofaChinesepeasantorthatofaHinduprince"，thewritermeans_______．

A）differentpeoplehavedifferentstylesofclothes

B）ready-madeclothesmayneedalterations

C）statusescomereadymadejustlikeclothes

D）ourchoiceofstatusesislimited

PassageTwo

Questions56to60arebasedonthefollowingpassage：

Whatkindofhumanbeingwillthefuturespacemanbe？

Willheneedbonesofsteelandpowerfulmusclestoresistrocketthrust，thelungsofaglassblower，amightyheart，thecalmnessofanacrobat，unconsciousdeathurges，oraschizophrenic（患精神分裂症的）drovetowardisolation？

Popularideasofaspacemantendtobefunnycompositesoffictionandfact．

Amorerealisticportraitemergesfromtheyoungscienceofbioastronautics，thenewestandstrangestofmedicaldisciplines．Theastronautmaybedescribedasayoungmanofhighintelligencewhoisnormaltoanabnormaldegree．Onearthhemaywellhavebeenahighdiver，highjumper，polevaulter，oracrobat．Hemustbehighlymotivated，carefullytrained，andhemustwanttocomeback．

Hisheartandlungsmustbehealthybutneednotbeexceptionallydeveloped，forhiscabinwillbepressurized．Hugemusclesmayactuallybedisadvantageous，forhewillhavealmostnowaytogetexercise，andhewillfindthatthestrengthofayear-oldchildisadequateintheweightlessnessofspace．Afirmbodyandashort，strongneckwillhelphimtowithstand（抗拒；经得起…）thetremendousforcesencounteredattake-off．Mostimportantphysically，hisdigestivesystemmustbeonethatwillnotbeupsetbyweightlessness；hemustnotbesubjecttomotionsickness．

56．AllthefollowingarepopularbeliefsaboutthefuturespacemanEXCEPTthat_______．

A）facedwithisolation，heisbraveenoughandnotliabletogomad

B）heneedstohaveastrongdeathcomplex

C）hemusthavestrongbonesandpowerfulmuscles

D）hemustbecool-headed

57．WhichofthefollowingisNOTbeconsideredbytheauthorasamore