大学英语四级.docx

1、大学英语四级2007年6月23日大学英语四级(CET-4)真题试卷11. A) It could help people of all ages to avoid cancer.B) It was mainly meant for cancer patients.C) It might appeal more to viewers over 40.D) It was frequently interrupted by commercials.（C）12. A) The man is fond of traveling.B) The woman is a photographer.C) The

2、woman took a lot of pictures at the contest.D) The man admires the womans talent in writing.（D）13. A) The man regrets being absent-minded.B) The woman saved the man some trouble.C) The man placed the reading list on a desk.D) The woman emptied the waste paper basket.（B）14. A) He quit teaching in Jun

3、e.B) He has left the army recently.C) He opened a restaurant near the school.D) He has taken over his brothers business.（A）15. A) She seldom reads books from cover to cover.B) She is interested in reading novels.C) She read only part of the book.D) She was eager to know what the book was about.（C）16

4、. A) She was absent all week owing to sickness.B) She was seriously injured in a car accident.C) She called to say that her husband had been hospitalized.D) She had to be away from school to attend to her husband.（D）17. A) The speakers want to rent the Smiths old house.B) The man lives two blocks aw

5、ay from the Smiths.C) The woman is not sure if she is on the right street.D) The Smiths new house is not far from their old one.（D）18. A) The man had a hard time finding a parking space.B) The woman found they had got to the wrong spot.C) The woman was offended by the mans late arrival.D) The man co

6、uldnt find his car in the parking lot.（A）Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) The hotel clerk had put his reservation under another name.B) The hotel clerk insisted that he didnt make any reservation.C) The hotel clerk tried to take advantage of his inexperienc

7、e.D) The hotel clerk couldnt find his reservation for that night.（C）20. A) A grand wedding was being held in the hotel.B) There was a conference going on in the city.C) The hotel was undergoing major repairs.D) It was a busy season for holiday-makers.（B）21. A) It was free of charge on weekends.B) It

8、 had a 15% discount on weekdays.C) It was offered to frequent guests only.D) It was 10% cheaper than in other hotels.（A）22. A) Demand compensation from the hotel.B) Ask for an additional discount.C) Complain to the hotel manager.D) Find a cheaper room in another hotel.（C）Questions 23 to 25 are based

9、 on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) An employee in the city council at Birmingham.B) Assistant Director of the Admissions Office.C) Head of the Overseas Students Office.D) Secretary of BirminghamMedicalSchool.（B）24. A) Nearly fifty percent are foreigners.B) About fifteen percent are from

10、 Africa.C) A large majority are from Latin America.D) A small number are from the Far East.（A）25. A) She will have more contact with students.B) It will bring her capability into fuller play.C) She will be more involved I policy-making.D) It will be less demanding than her present job.（C）Section BDi

11、rections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the c

12、orresponding letter on the Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) Her parents thrived in the urban environment.B) Her parents left Chicago to work on a farm.C) Her parents immigrated to America.D) Her par

13、ents set up an ice-cream store.（C）27. A) He taught English in Chicago.B) He was crippled in a car accident.C) He worked to become an executive.D) He was born with a limp.（B）28. A) She was fond of living an isolated life.B) She was fascinated by American culture.C) She was very generous in offering h

14、elp.D) She was highly devoted to her family.（D）Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) He suffered a nervous breakdown.B) He was wrongly diagnosed.C) He was seriously injured.D) He developed a strange disease.（C）30. A) He was able to talk again.B) He raced t

15、o the nursing home.C) He could tell red and blue apart.D) He could not recognize his wife.（A）31. A) Twenty-nine days.B) Two and a half months.C) Several minutes.D) Fourteen hours.（B）32. A) They welcomed the publicity in the media.B) The avoided appearing on television.C) They released a video of his

16、 progress.D) They declined to give details of his condition.（D）Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33. A) For people to share ideas and show farm products.B) For officials to educate the farming community.C) For farmers to exchange their daily necessities.D)

17、For farmers to celebrate their harvests.（A）34. A) By bringing an animal rarely seen on nearby farms.B) By bringing a bag of grain in exchange for a ticket.C) By offering to do volunteer work at the fair.D) By performing a special skill at the entrance.（B）35. A) They contribute to the modernization o

18、f American farms.B) They help to increase the state governments revenue.C) They provide a stage for people to give performances.D) They remind Americans of the importance of agriculture.（D）Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the fir

19、st time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For

20、these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上；请在答题卡2上作答。Students pressure sometimes comes from their parents. Most paren

21、ts are well (36) _, but some of them arent very helpful with the problems their sons and daughters have in (37) _ to college, and a few of them seem to go out of their way to add to their childrens difficulties.For one thing, parents are often not (38) _ of the kinds of problems their children face.

22、 They dont realize that the (39) _ is keener, that the required (40) _ of work are higher, and that their children may not be prepared for the change. (41) _ to seeing As and Bs on high school report cards, they may be upset when their childrens first (42) _ college grades are below that level. At t

23、heir kindest, they may gently (43) _ why John or Mary isnt doing better, whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she should, and so on. (44) _.Sometimes parents regard their children as extensions of themselves and (45) _. In their involvement and identification with their children, they forget

24、 that everyone is different and that each person must develop in his or her own way. They forget that their children, (46) _.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.Years ago, doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life. In particular, when older patients _47_ of pain, they

25、were told it was a natural part of aging and they would have to learn to live with it.Times have changed. Today, we take pain _48_. Indeed, pain is now considered the fifth vital sign, as important as blood pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in _49_ a persons well-being. We know that ch

26、ronic (慢性的) pain can disrupt (扰乱) a persons life, causing problems that _50_ from missed work to depression.Thats why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who _51_ in pain medicine. Not only do we evaluate the cause of the pain, which can help us treat the pain better, but we als

27、o help provide comprehensive therapy for depression and other psychological and social _52_ related to chronic pain. Such comprehensive therapy often _53_ the work of social workers, psychiatrists (心理医生) and psychologists, as well as specialists in pain medicine.This modern _54_ for pain management

28、has led to a wealth of innovative treatments which are more effective and with fewer side effects than ever before. Decades ago, there were only a _55_ number of drugs available, and many of them caused _56_ side effects in older people, including dizziness and fatigue. This created a double-edged s

29、word: the medications helped relieve the pain but caused other problems that could be worse than the pain itself.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答A) resultI) determiningB) involvesJ) limitedC) significantK) gravelyD) rangeL) complainedE) relievedM) respectF) issuesN) promptingG) seriouslyO) specializeH) magnificent

30、Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.Ive been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one distinction and one practice that has helped my writing processes tremendously. The distinction is between the creative mind and the critical mind. While

31、 you need to employ both to get to a finished result, they cannot work in parallel no matter how much we might like to think so.Trying to criticize writing on the fly is possibly the single greatest barrier to writing that most of us encounter. If you are listening to that 5th grade English teacher correct your grammar while you are trying to capture a fleeting (稍纵即逝的) thought, the thought will die. If you capture the fleeting thought and simply share it with the world in raw form, no one is likely to understand. You