英语四级考试真题与答案Word下载.docx

1、Another machine measures any dangerous features of tools, thus proving information upon which to base a new design. One conclusion of tests made with this machine is that a tripod stepladder is more stable and safer to use than one with four legs.（old design）This work has attracted the attention of

2、efficiency experts and time-and-motion-study engineer, but its value goes far beyond that. Dr. Tichauers first thought is for the health of the tool user. With the repeated use of the same tool all day long on production lines and in other jobs, even light manual work can put a heavy stress on one s

3、mall area of the body. In time, such stress can cause a disabling disease. Furthermore, muscle fatigue is a serious safety hazard.Efficiency is the by-product of comfort, Dr. Tichauer believes, and his new designs for traditional tools have proved his point.21. What are involved in the design of a n

4、ew tool according to the passageA） Electronic instruments and a regular tool.B） A human “guinea pig” and a regular tool.C） Electronic instruments and a human “guinea pig”.D） Electronic instruments, a human “guinea pig” and a regular tool.22. From the passage we know that joints and muscles perform b

5、est when _.A） they are twisted and stretchedB） they are in their normal positionsC） they are tested with a human “guinea pig”D） they are tested with electronic instruments23. A “myograph” （Para. 2, Line 1） is an electronic instrument that _.A） is able to design new toolsB） measures the amount of ene

6、rgy usedC） enable people to see the muscular movementsD） visualizes electrical signals24. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A） a stepladder used to have four legs.B） it is dangerous to use toolsC） a tripod is safer in a tool designD） workers are safer on production lines25. Dr. Tichauer sta

7、rted his experiments initially to _.A） improve efficiencyB） increase productionC） reduce work loadD） improve comfortQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:More and more, the operations of our businesses, governments, and financial institutions are controlled by information that exists

8、 only inside computer memories. Anyone clever enough to modify this information for his own purposes can reap big reward. Even worse, a number of people who have done this and been caught at it have managed to get away without punishment.Its easy for computer crimes to go undetected if no one checks

9、 up on what the computer is doing. But even if the crime is detected, the criminal may walk away not only unpunished but with a glowing recommendation from his former employers.Of course, we have no statistics on crimes that go undetected. But its disturbing to note how many of the crimes we do know

10、 about were detected by accident, not by systematic inspections or other security procedures. The computer criminals who have been caught may have been the victims of uncommonly bad luck.Unlike other lawbreakers, who must leave the country, commit suicide, or go to jail, computer criminals sometimes

11、 escape punishment, demanding not only that they not be charged but that they be given good recommendations and perhaps other benefits. All too often, their demands have been met.Why Because company executives are afraid of the bad publicity that would result if the public found out that their compu

12、ter had been misused. They hesitate at the thought of a criminal boasting in open court of how he juggled （诈骗） the most confidential （保密）records right under the noses of the companys executives, accountants, and security staff. And so another computer criminal departs with just the recommendations h

13、e needs to continue his crimes elsewhere.26. It can be concluded from the passage that _排除法_.A） it is still impossible to detect computer crimes todayB） people commit computer crimes at the request of their companyC） computer criminals escape punishment because they cant be detectedD） computer crime

14、s are the most serious problem in the operation of financial institutions27. It is implied in the third paragraph that _.A） most computer criminals who are caught blame their bad luckB） the rapid increase of computer crimes is a troublesome problemC） most computer criminals are smart enough to cover

15、 up their crimesD） many more computer crimes go undetected that are discovered（估计是掉词了，应该表达的是undetected的比discovered的多）28. Which of the following statements is mentioned in the passageA） A strict law against computer crimes must be enforcedB） Companies usually hesitate to uncover computer crimes to pr

16、otect their reputationC） Companies will guard against computer crimes to protect their reputationD） Companies need to impose restrictions on confidential information29. What may happen to computer criminals once they are caughtA） With a bad reputation they can hardly find another job.B） They may wal

17、k away and easily find another job.C） They will be denied access to confidential recordsD） They must leave the country to go to jail.30. The passage is mainly about _.A） why computer criminals are often able to escape punishmentB） why computer crimes are difficult to detect by systematic inspections

18、C） how computer criminals mange to get good recommendations from their former employersD） why computer crimes cant be eliminatedQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply separated and where many household tasks are shared to a

19、greater or lesser extent, notions of male superiority are hard to maintain. The pattern of sharing in tasks and indecision makes for equality and this in turn leads to further sharing. In such a home, the growing boy and girl learn to accept equality more easily than did their parents and to prepare

20、 more fully for participation in a world characterized by cooperation rather than by the “battle of the sexes”.If the process goes too far and mans role is regarded as less important and that has happened in some cases we are as badly off as before, only in reverse.It is time to reassess the role of

21、 the man in the American family. We are getting a little tired of “Momism” but we dont want to exchange it for a “neo-Popism”. What we need, rather, is the recognition that bringing up children involves a partnership of equals. There are signs that psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and s

22、pecialists on the family are becoming more aware of the part men play and that they have decided that women should not receive all the credit nor the blame. We have almost given up saying that a womans place is in the home. We are beginning, however, to analyse mans place in the home and to insist t

23、hat he does have a place in it. Nor is that place irrelevant to the healthy development of the child.The family is a co-operative enterprise for which it is difficult to lay down rules, because each family needs to work out its own ways for solving its own problems.Excessive authoritarianism（命令主义）ha

24、s unhappy consequences, whether it wears skirts or trousers, and the ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is pertinent （相关的，切题的） not only to a healthy democracy, but also to a healthy family.31. The ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is _.A） fundamental to a sound democracy

25、B） not pertinent to healthy family lifeC） responsible for MomismD） what we have almost given up32. The danger in the sharing of household tasks by the mother and the father is that _.A） the role of the father may become an inferior oneB） the role of the mother may become an inferior oneC） C） the chi

26、ldren will grow up believing that life is a battle of sexesD） sharing leads to constant arguing33. The author states that bringing up children _.A） is mainly the mothers jobB） belongs among the duties of the fatherC） is the job of schools and churchesD） involves a partnership of equals34. According

27、to the author, the fathers role in the home is _.A） minor because he is an ineffectual parentB） irrelevant to the healthy development of the childC） pertinent to the healthy development of the childD） identical to the role of the childs mother35. With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agreeA） A healthy, co-operative family is a basic ingredient of a healthy society.B） Men are basically opposed to sharing household chores.