大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案Word文档格式.docx

1、B） To the market. D） To the bookstore. 3. A） She dislikes Dr. Andrews as much as the new physician.B） Dr. Andrews has been promoted for his thoroughness.C） She disagrees with Dr. Andrews on many occasions.D） Dr. Andrews used to keep his patients waiting.4. A） Tom is usually talkative. C） Tom is disl

2、iked by his colleagues.B） Tom has a very bad temper. D） Tom has dozens of things to attend to.5. A） To find out more about the topic for the seminar. B） To make a copy of the schedule for his friend.C） To get the seminar schedule for the woman. D） To pickup the woman from the library. 6. A） The man

3、doesnt want to sell his textbooks to the woman. B） The woman has to get the textbooks in other ways.C） The woman has sold her used textbooks to the bookstore.D） The man is going to buy his textbooks from a bookstore.7. A） Give a speech. C） Attend a conference.B） Meet his lawyer. D） Make a business t

4、rip.8 A） Jessie should know the marketing director better. B） Jessie is wrong to find fault with her boss.C） Jessie seems to have a lot on her mind.D） Jessie always says what she thinks. 9. A） Helen is quiet. C） Helen is sociable.B） Helen is talkative. D） Helen is active.10. A） Jimmy is not serious

5、in making decisions.B） Jimmy is rich enough to buy a big house. C） Jimmys words are often not reliable.D） Jimmy will regret marrying a Frenchwoman.Section 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 w

6、ill 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 corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

7、11.A） It has done more harm than good in the southern USA. B） It was brought to the northern USA by Asian farmers.C） It was introduced into the USA to kill harmful weeds. D） It can be used by farmers to protect large buildings.12. A） They will become too hard to plough. B） They will soon be overgrow

8、n with kudzu. C） People will have to rely on kudzu for a living. D） People will find it hard to protect the soil.13. A） The soil there is not so suitable for the plant. B） The factories there have found a good use for it. C） The farmers there have brought it under control.D） The climate there is unf

9、avorable to its growth. Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. A） The universe as a whole. C） An association of teachers and scholars.B） A society of legal professionals. D） A business corporation.15. A） Provincial colleges were taken over by larger universit

10、ies.B） Its largest expansion took place during that period. C） Small universities combined to form bigger ones.D） Its role in society went through a dramatic change.16. A） Private donations. C） Government funding. B） Fees paid by students. D） Grants from corporations.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20

11、are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A） He was interested in the study of wild animals.B） He started the organization Heifer International. C） He was wounded in the Spanish civil war. D） He sold his cows to many countries in the world.18. A） To make plans for the development of poor comm

12、unities.B） To teach people how to use new skills to raise animals.C） To help starving families to become self-supporting. D） To distribute food to the poor around the world.19. A） They should submit a report of their needs and goals.B） They should provide food for the local communities. C） They shou

13、ld offer all baby animals to their poor neighbors. D） They should help other families the way they have been helped.20. A） It has helped relieve hunger in some developing countries. B） It has improved animal breeding skills all over the world.C） It has bridged the gap between the rich and the poor i

14、n America.D） It has promoted international exchange of farming technology.Part Reading Comprehension （35 minutes） There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions at unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A） , B） , C） and D）. You should dec

15、ide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage OneEducating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Womens education may be unusual territory for econ

16、omists, but enhancing womens contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its emphasis on incentives （激励）, provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education.Parents in low-income countries fail to

17、 invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody elses family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and art kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to sc

18、hool - the prophecy（预言） becomes self- fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle （恶性循环） of neglect.An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insi

19、st on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous ci

20、rcle.Few will dispute that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are i

21、mpressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning.21. The author argues that educating girls in developing countries is _.A） rewarding C） expensive B） troublesome D）

22、labor-saving 22. By saying . the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling . （Lines 45. Para. 2）, the author means that _. A） girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond reachB） girls will be increasingly discontented with their life at home C） girls will be capable of realizing their own dreams D）

23、 girls will turn out to be less valuable than boys23. The author believes that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when _.A）women care more about education B） parents can afford their daughters educationC） girls can gain equal access to educationD） a family has fewer but healthier child

24、ren24. What does the author say about womens education?A）It has aroused the interest of a growing number of economists.B）It will yield greater returns than other known investments.C） It is now given top priority in many developing countries.D） It deserves greater attention than other social issues.2

25、5. The passage mainly discusses _. A） unequal treatment of boys and girls in developing countries B） the major contributions of educated women to societyC） the economic and social benefits of educating womenD） the potential earning power of well-educated women Questions 26 to 30 are based on the fol

26、lowing passage:Psychiatrists （ 精神病专家） who work with older parents say that maturity can be an asset in child rearing - older parents are more thoughtful, use less physical discipline and spend more time with their children. But raising kids takes money and energy. Many older parents find themselves

27、balancing their limited financial resources, declining energy and failing health against the growing demands of an active child. Dying and leaving young children is probably the older parents biggest, and often unspoken, fear. Having late-life children, says an economics professor, often means paren

28、ts, particularly fathers, end up retiring much later. For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream.Henry Metcalf, a 54-year-old journalist, knows it takes money to raise kids. But hes also worried that his energy will give out first. Sure, he can still ride bikes with his athletic fifth grader

29、, but hes learned that young at heart doesnt mean young. Lately hes been taking afternoon naps （午睡） to keep up his energy. My body is aging, says Metcalf. You cant get away from that.Often, older parents hear the ticking of another kind of biological clock. Therapists who work with middle-aged and older parents say fears about aging are nothing to laugh at. They worry theyll be mistaken for grandparents, or that theyll need help getting up out