大学英语四级考试真题第一套及答案解析蔡Word下载.docx

1、B. make her own arrangementsC. consult a travel agentD. join in a package tour2. A. they are on a long trip by carB. they are stuck in a traffic jamC. they are used to getting up earlyD. they are tired of eating out at night3. A. he is a person difficult to deal withB. he dislikes any formal gather

2、C. he is unwilling to speak in publicD. he often keeps a distance from others4. A. work in another departmentB. pursue further educationC. recruit graduate studentsD. take an administrative job5. A. he would not be available to start the job in timeB. he is not quite qualified for the art director p

3、ositionC. he would like to leave some more time for himselfD. he will get his application letter ready before May 16. A. cleaner B. mechanic C. porter D. salesman7. A. request one or two roommates to do the cleaningB. help Laura with her term paper due this weekendC. get Laura to clean the apartment

4、 herself this timeD. ask Laura to put off the cleaning until another week8. A. a problem caused by the constructionB. an accident that occurred on the bridgeC. the building project they are workingD. the public transportation conditionQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just hea

5、rd.9. A. to look for a job as a salespersonB. to have a talk with Miss ThompsonC. to place an order for some productsD. to complain about a faulty appliance10. A. the person in charge is not in the officeB. the supplies are out of stock for the momentC. they failed to reach an agreement on the price

6、D. the company is re-cataloguing the items11. A. 0734,12536 extension 15B. 0734,21653 extension 51C. 0734,38750 extension 15D. 0734,62135 extension 51Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A. since he found a girlfriendB. since he took to heavy smokingC. since he be

7、gan to exercise regularlyD. since he started to live on his own13. A. he is getting too fatB. he smokes too much C. he doesnt eat vegetablesD. he doesnt look well at all14 A. they are overweight for their ageB. they are respectful to their parentsC. they are still in their early twentiesD. they disl

8、ike doing physical exercise15 A. to quit smokingB. to reduce his weightC. to find a girlfriendD. to follow her adviceSection B 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

9、 you hear questions, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A）, B）, C） and D）. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16 A. they have destroyed several

10、small townsB. they will soon spread to San FranciscoC. they have injured many residentsD. they are burning out of control17. A. they have been hospitalizedB. they have got skin problemsC. they were choked by the thick smokeD. they were poisoned by the burning chemicals18 A. it failed because of a su

11、dden rocket explosionB. it has been re-scheduled for a midday takeoffC. it has been cancelled due to technical problemsD. it was delayed for eleven hours and thirty minutes19 A. they made frequent long-distance calls to each otherB. they illegally used government computers in New JerseyC. they were

12、found to be smarter than computer specialistsD. they were arrested for stealing government informationPassage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20.A. peaceful B. considerate C. generous D. cooperative21.A. someone dumped the clothes left in the washer and dryerB. som

13、eone broke the washer and dryer by overloading themC. Mindy Lances laundry blocked the way to the laundry roomD. Mindy Lance threatened to take revenge on her neighbors22. A. asking the neighborhood committee for helpB. limiting the amount of laundry for each washC. informing the building manager of

14、 the matterD. installing a few more washers and dryersPassage threeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A. she is both a popular and a highly respected authorB. she is the most loved African novelist of all timesC. she is the most influential author since the 1930sD. s

15、he is the first writer to focus on the fate of slaves24. A. The Book Critics Circles AwardB. the Nobel Prize for literature C. the Pulizer Prize for fictionD. the National Book Award25. A. she is a relative of MorrisonsB. she is a slave from AfricaC. she is a skilled storytellerD. she is a black wom

16、anSection C In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first 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 with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, whe

17、n the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Many college students today own personal computers that cost anywhere from $1,000 to perhaps $5,000 or more. 26_, it is not uncommon for them to purchase 27_ costing another several hundred dollars. Twenty years ago, co

18、mputers were 28_, but they were very large and extremely expensive. Few, if any, 29_ purchased computers for home use. Over they years, the price of the “guts” of a computer - its memory - has declined to less than a thousandth of the price per unit of memory that prevailed twenty years ago. This is

19、 the main reason why computers cost so much less today than they used to. 31_ memory circuitry that is small enough to fit into the portable personal computers that many of us own and use. 32_, as the price of computation has declined the average consumer and business have spent more on purchasing c

20、omputers. 33_, improved agricultural technology, hybrid（杂交） seeds, 34_ animal breeding, and so on have vastly increased the amount of output a typical farmer can produce. The prices of goods such as meats and grains have fallen sharply relative to the prices of most other goods and services. As agri

21、cultural prices have fallen, many households have decreased their total expense on food. Even though the 35_ of a product purchased generally increases when its price falls, total expenses on it may decline.Part III Reading Comprehension （40 minutes）Section ATo get a sense of how women have progress

22、ed in science. Take a quick tour of the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley. This is a storied place, the 36_ some of the most important discoveries in modern science-starting with Ernest Lawrences invention of the cyclotron（回旋加速器） in 1931. a generation ago, female faces wer

23、e 37_ and, even today, visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte Hall will see a full corridor of exhibits 38_ the many distinguished physicists who made history here, 39_ all of them white makes.But climb up to the third floor and youll see a 40_ display. There, among the photos of curren

24、t faculty members and students, are portraits of the 41_head of the department, Marjorie Shapiro, and four other women whose research 42_ everything from the mechanics of the universe to the smallest particles of matter. A sixth woman was hired just two weeks ago. Although theyre still only about 10

25、 percent of the physics faculty, women are clearly a presence here. And the real 43_ may be in the smaller photos to the right: graduate and undergraduate students, about 20 percent of them female. Every year Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the countrys top universities. That makes S

26、hapiro optimistic, but also 44_, “I believe things are getting better,” she says, “but theyre not getting better as 45_ as I would like.”A circumstance B confidence C coversD current E deals F different G exposing H fast I honoringJ hope K presently L rareM realistic N site O virtually In this section, you are going to read passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the q