1、英语专四试题试卷用后随即销毁。严禁保留、出版或复印。QUESTION BOOKLETTEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2018)-GRADE FOUR- TIME LIMIT: 130 MINPART I DICTATION 10 MIN Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to unde
2、rstand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given ONE minute to check thr
3、ough your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION 20 MINSECTION A TALK In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at the task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS f
4、or each gap. Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. Now listen to the talk. When it is over, you will be given TWO minutes to check your work.SECTION B CONVERS
5、ATIONS In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the fou
6、r choices of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the choices. Now, listen to the conversations.Conversation OneQuestions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.1. A. Many foreign languages are spoken in Britain.2. B. Everyone
7、 in Britain can speak a foreign language.3. C. The British are unable to speak a foreign language.4. D. The British can survive on their mother tongue.5. 6. A. Chinese.7. B. Polish.8. C. Punjabi.9. D. Urdu.10. 11. A. To help improve international trade.12. B. To allow a speaker to hold a simple talk
8、.13. C. To improve the education system.14. D. To encourage learning another language.15. 16. A. It gives you self-satisfaction.17. B. It makes you more confident.18. C. It gives you an advantage.19. D. It makes you work hard.20. 21. A. Workmates.22. B. Schoolmates.23. C. Teacher and student.24. D.
9、Brother and sister.Conversation TwoQuestions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.25. A. A dangerous event.26. B. An unreasonable fear.27. C. A small probability.28. D. A risk-assessing ability.29. 30. A. One in one million.31. B. One in four million.32. C. One in fourteen million.33. D. One in for
10、ty million.34. 35. A. Future events.36. B. Catastrophic events.37. C. Small-scale disasters.38. D. Smoking hazards.39. 40. A. Traveling by air.41. B. Riding a bicycle.42. C. Catching bird flu.43. D. Smoking cigarettes.44. 45. A. They get pleasure from risks.46. B. They can control potential risks.47
11、. C. They can assess danger from risks.48. D. They have strong needs for risks.49. PART III LANGUAGE USAGE 10 MIN There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four options marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence or answers the question. Ma
12、rk your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.50. The Bent Pyramid outside Cairo _ ancient Egypts first attempt to build a smooth-sided pyramid.A. has been believed to have beenB. was believed to beC. is believed to have beenD. is believed to beE. 51. . News _ rankings of colleges since 1983. They are a very
13、popular resource for students looking to apply to a university campus.A. maintainsB. is maintainingC. maintainedD. has been maintaining52. He was lured into a crime he would not _ have committed.A. actuallyB. accidentallyC. otherwiseD. seldomE. 53. She was once a young country wife with chickens in
14、the backyard and a view of _ mountains behind the apple orchard.A. blue hazy VirginiaB. hazy blue VirginiaC. Virginia hazy blueD. Virginia blue hazyE. 54. I long to alleviate _, but I cannot.A. the evilB. evilC. evilsD. an evilE. 55. Indeed, it is arguable that body shattering is the very point of f
15、ootball, as killing and maiming _.A. warB. are warC. of warD. are of warE. 56. At _, photography is a chemical process, during which a light-sensitive material is altered when exposed to light.A. its most basicB. its basicC. the most basicD. the basicE. 57. She hired a lawyer to investigate, only to
16、 learn that Gabriel had removed her name from the deed. The infinitive verb phrase “only to learn” is used _.A. to express an intended purposeB. to indicate a high degree of possibilityC. to reveal an undesirable consequenceD. to dramatize a stated factE. 58. Which of the following italicized words
17、DOES NOT carry the metaphorical meaning?A. I wonder whats behind this change of plan.B. Jim turned to speak to the person standing behind him.C. This work should have been finished yesterday. Im getting terribly behind.D. I suppose Im lucky because my parents were behind me all the way.E. 59. My mot
18、her was determined to help those in need and she would have been immensely proud of what has been achieved these last 20 years. The italicized part in the sentence expresses _.A. a hypothesisB. a suggestionC. a contradictionD. a surpriseE. 60. When the police officers who took part in the King beati
19、ng were first brought to _, their lawyers used the videotape as evidence against the prosecution.A. justiceB. testimonyC. trialD. verdict61. _, the most controversial candidate in the election campaign, he has been strongly criticized for his crude comments about women.A. QuestionablyB. ArguablyC. C
20、ontentiouslyD. DebatablyE. 62. Prices have recently risen in order to _ the increased cost of raw materials.A. cutB. buoyC. offerD. offsetE. 63. The celebrity says in court papers she “has no _ of giving any authorization to anyone to proceed with a divorce.”A. recommendationB. recordingC. recollect
21、ionD. recognitionE. 64. What actually _ a good angle or a good selfie overall is rooted in what we considered beautiful.A. consistsB. constitutesC. composesD. constructsE. 65. The school is going the _ mile to create the next generation of sporting stars thanks to its unique development program.A. f
22、inalB. furtherC. supplementaryD. extraE. 66. The teachers union _ a lawsuit against the district calling for repairing “deplorable” school conditions.A. firedB. filedC. finedD. filled67. Last March the _ of a 19th century cargo ship was found by an underwater archaeological team.A. debrisB. ruinsC.
23、remainsD. wreckE. 68. Shes worn his designs on _ occasions from red carpets to movie premieres.A. countlessB. countableC. numericalD. numeralE. 69. A leading _ intelligence and operations company has released its analysis of worldwide reported incidents of piracy and crime against mariners.A. oceang
24、oingB. oceanicC. marineD. maritimePART IV CLOZE 10 MIN Decide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blank. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. Mark the letter for each word on ANSWER SHEET TWO.A. accompaniesB. automaticallyC. coupleD.
25、 goesE. indebtednessF. kindG. mannerH. mercifullyI. oneJ. obeyK. renownedL. subscribeM. unknownN. virtueO. widespread A few years ago, a university professor tried a little experiment. He sent Christmas cards to a sample of perfect strangers. Although he expected some reaction, the response he recei
26、ved was amazing holiday cards addressed to him came pouring back from the people who had never met nor heard of him. The great majority of those who returned a card never inquired into the identity of the _ (31) professor. They received his holiday greeting card, and they _ (32) sent one in return.
27、This study shows the action of one of the most powerful of weapons of influence around us the rule of reciprocation. The rule says that we should try to repay, in _ (33), what another person has provided us. If a woman does us a favor, we should do her _ (34) in return; if a man sends us a birthday
28、present, we should remember his birthday with a gift of our own; if a _ (35) invites us to a party, we should be sure to invite them to one of ours. By _ (36) of the reciprocity rule, then, we are obliged to the future repayment of favors, gifts, invitations, and the like. So typical is it for _ (37
29、) to company the receipt of such things that a term like “much obliged” has become a synonym for “thank you,” not only in the English language but in others as well.The impressive aspect of the rule of reciprocation and the sense of obligation that _ (38) with it is its pervasiveness in human cultur
30、e. It is so _ (39) that after intensive study, sociologists can report that there is no human society that does not _ (40) to the rule.PART V READING COMPREHENSION 35 MINSECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS In this section there are three passages followed by ten multiple choice questions. For each m
31、ultiple choice question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.PASSAGE ONE (1) The earliest settlers came to the North American continent to establish colonies which were free from the controls that existed in European societies. They wanted to escape the
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