1998年大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案.docx

1、1998年大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案1998年6月大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案Part IListening Comprehension(20 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only onc

2、e. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Example:You will hear:You will read:A) 2 hours.B)

3、 3 hours.C) 4 hours.D) 5 hours.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 oclock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose D on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single

4、 line through the center.Sample Answer A B C D1.A) They are twins.B) They are classmates.C) They are friends.D) They are colleagues.2.A) The man is planning a trip to Austin.B) The man has not been to Austin before.C) The man doesnt like Austin.D) The man has been to Austin before.3.A) The size of t

5、he room.B) Long working hours.C) The hot weather.D) The fan in the room.4.A) The man has changed his destination.B) The man is returning his ticket.C) The man is flying to New York tomorrow morning.D) The man cant manage to go to New York as planned.5.A) It is difficult to identify.B) It has been mi

6、splaced.C) It is missing.D) It has been borrowed by someone.6.A) Looking for a timetable.B) Buying some furniture.C) Reserving a table.D) Window shopping.7.A) Cold and windy.B) Snow will be replaced by strong winds.C) It will get better.D) Rainy and cold.8.A) It is no longer available.B) It has been

7、 reprinted four times.C) The store doesnt have it now, but will have it soon.D) The information in the book is out of date.9.A) Henry doesnt like the color.B) Someone else painted the house.C) There was no ladder in the house.D) Henry painted the house himself.10.A) In a cotton field. B) At a railwa

8、y station.C) On a farm.D) On a train.Section BDirections: 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 c

9、hoices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage oneQuestion 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A) They invited him to a party.B) They asked him to make a speech.C) They gave a special dinner f

10、or him.D) They invited his wife to attend the dinner.12.A) He was embarrassed.B) He felt greatly encouraged.C) He felt sad.D) He was deeply touched.13.A) Sams wife did not think that the company was fair to Sam.B) Sams wife was satisfied with the gold watch.C) Sam did not like the gold watch.D) The

11、company had some financial problems.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14.A) The number of students they take in is limited.B) They receive little or no support from public taxes.C) They are only open to children from rich families.D) They have to pay more tax

12、es.15.A) Private schools admit more students.B) Private schools charge less than religious schools.C) Private schools run a variety of programs.D) Private schools allow students to enjoy more freedom.16.A) The churches.B) The program designers.C) The local authorities.D) The state government.Passage

13、 ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17.A) She was found stealing in a bookstore.B) She caught someone in the act of stealing.C) She admitted having stolen something.D) She said she was wrongly accused of stealing.18.A) A book.B) $3,000.C) A handbag.D) A Christmas ca

14、rd.19.A) She was questioned by the police.B) She was shut in a small room for 20 minutes.C) She was insulted by the shopper around her.D) She was body-searched by the store manager.20.A) They refused to apologize for having followed her through the town.B) They regretted having wrongly accused her o

15、f stealing.C) They still suspected that she was a thief.D) The agreed to pay her $3,000 damages.Part IIReading Comprehension(35 minutes)Direction:There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A),

16、 B) C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:Psychologist George Spilich and colleagues at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland,

17、decided to find out whether, as many smokers say, smoking helps them to “think and concentrate.” Spilich put young non-smokers, active smokers and smokers deprived（被剥夺）of cigarettes through a series of tests.In the first test, each subject（试验对象）sat before a computer screen and pressed a key as soon

18、as he or she recognized a target letter among a grouping of 96. In this simple test, smokers, deprived smokers and non-smokers performed equally well.The next test was more complex, requiring all to scan sequences of 20 identical letters and respond the instant one of the letters transformed into a

19、different one. Non-smokers were faster, but under the stimulation of nicotine（尼古丁）, active smokers were faster than deprived smokers.In the third test of short-term memory, non-smokers made the fewest errors, but deprived smokers committed fewer errors than active smokers.The fourth test required pe

20、ople to read a passage, then answer questions about it. Non- smokers remembered 19 percent more of the most important information than active smokers, and deprived smokers bested those who had smoked a cigarette just before testing. Active smokers tended not only to have poorer memories but also had

21、 trouble separating important information from insignificant details.“As our tests became more complex.” Sums up Spilich, “non-smokers performed better than smokers by wider and wider margins” He predicts, “smokers might perform adequately at many jobs-until they got complicated. A smoking airline p

22、ilot could fly adequately if no problems arose, but if something went wrong, smoking might damage his mental capacity.”21.The purpose of George Spilichs experiments is _.A) to test whether smoking has a positive effect on the mental capacity of smokersB) to show how smoking damages peoples mental ca

23、pacityC) to prove that smoking affects peoples regular performanceD) to find out whether smoking helps peoples short-term memory22.George Spilichs experiment was conducted in such a way as to _.A) compel the subjects to separate major information from minor detailsB) put the subjects through increas

24、ingly complex testsC) check the effectiveness of nicotine on smokersD) register the prompt responses of the subjects23.The word “bested” (Line 3, Para.5) most probably means _.A) beatB) enviedC) caught up withD) made the best of24.Which of the following statements is true?A) Active smokers in genera

25、l performed better than deprived smokers.B) Active smokers responded more quickly than the other subjects.C) Non-smokers were not better than other subjects in performing simple tasks.D) Deprived smokers gave the slowest responses to the various tasks.25.We can infer from the last paragraph that _.A

26、) smokers should not expect to become airline pilotsB) smoking in emergency cases causes mental illnessC) no airline pilots smoke during flightsD) smokers may prove unequal to handing emergency casesPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:There is no denying that students sh

27、ould learn something about how computers work, just as we expect them at least to understand that the internal-combustion engine（内燃机） has something to do with burning fuel, expanding gases and pistons（活塞）being driven. For people should have some basic idea of how the things that they use do what the

28、y do. Further, students might be helped by a course that considers the computers impact on society. But that is not what is meant by computer literacy. For computer literacy is not a form of literacy（读写能力）; it is a trade skill that should not be taught as a liberal art.Learning how to use a computer

29、 and learning how to program one are two distinct activities. A case might be made that the competent citizens of tomorrow should free themselves from their fear of computers. But this is quite different from saying that all ought to know how to program one. Leave that to people who have chosen prog

30、ramming as a career. While programming can be lots of fun, and while our society needs some people who are experts at it, the same is true of auto repaid and violin-making.Learning how to use a computer is not that difficult, and it gets easier all the time as programs become more “user-friendly”. L

31、et us assume that in the future everyone is going to have to know how to use a computer to be a competent citizen. What does the phrase “learning to use a computer” mean? It sounds like “learning to drive a car”, that is, it sounds as if there is some set of definite skills that, once acquired, enable one to use a computer.In fact, “learning to use a computer” is much more like “learning to play a game”, but learning the rules of one game may not help you play a second game, whose rules may not be the same. There is no such a thing as teachi