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1、cet4 0501答案2005年12月24日大学英语四级考试A卷真题含答案Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Part 1 Section A 1 A) See a doctor B) Stay in bed for a few days. C) Get treatment in a better hospital. D) Make a phone call to the doctor. 2 A) The 2:00 train will arrive earlier. B)The 2:30 train has a dining car. C) The wo

2、man prefers to take the 2:30 train. D) they are gong to have some fast food on the train. 3 A) She has been longing to attend Harvard University. B)Shell consider the mans suggestion carefully. C)She has finished her project with Dr. Garcias help. D)Shell consult Dr. Garcia about entering graduate s

3、chool. 4 A)Alice didnt seem to be nervous during her speech. B)Alice needs more training in making public speeches. C)The man can hardly understand Alices presentation. D)The man didnt think highly of Alices presentation. 5 A)Its worse than 30 years ago. B)It remains almost the same as before. C)The

4、re are more extremes in the weather. D)There has been a significant rise in temperature. 6 A)At a publishing house. B)At a bookstore. C)In a reading room D)In Prof. Jordans office 7 A)The man can stay in her brothers apartment. B)Her brother can help the man find a cheaper hotel. C) Her brother can

5、find an apartment for the man. D)The man should have booked a less expensive hotel. 8 A)Priority should be given to listening. B)Its most helpful to read English newspapers every day. C) Its more effective to combine listening with reading. D)Reading should come before listening. 9 A)It can help sol

6、ve complex problems. B)It will most likely prove ineffective C)It is a new weapon against terrorists. D)It will help detect all kinds of liars. 10 A)Help the company recruit graduate students. B)Visit the electronics company next week. C)Get apart-time job on campus before graduation. D)Apply for a

7、job in the electronics company Section B Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11 A)It ha been proven to be the best pain-killer. B)It is a possible cure for heart disease. C)It can help lower high body temperature effectively. D)It reduces the chance of death

8、for heart surgery patients. 12 A)It keeps blood vessels from being blocked. B)It speeds up their recovery after surgery. C)It in creases the blood flow to the heart. D)It adjusts their blood pressure. 13 A)It is harmful to heart surgery patients with stomach bleeding. B)It should not be taken by hea

9、rt surgery patients before the operation. C)It will have considerable side effects if taken in large doses. D)It should not be given to patients immediately after the operation. Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14 A)They strongly believe in family rules. B

10、)They are very likely to succeed in life. C)They tend to take responsibility for themselves D)They are in the habit of obeying their parents. 15 A)They grow up to be funny and charming. B)They often have a poor sense of direction. C)They get less attention from their parents. D)They tend to be smart

11、 and strong-willed. 16 A)They usually dont follow family rules. B)They dont like to take chances in their lives. C)They are less likely to be successful in life. D)They tend to believe in their parents ideas. Passage Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17 A)They wa

12、nted to follow his example. B)They fully supported his undertaking. C)They were puzzled by his decision. D)They were afraid he wasnt fully prepared.18 A)It is more exciting than space travel. B)It is much cheaper than space travel. C)It is much safer than space travel. D)It is less time-consuming th

13、an space travel. 19 A)They both attract scientists attention B)They can both be quite challenging C)They are both thought-provoking. D)They may both lead to surprising findings. 20 A)To show how simple the mechanical aids for diving can be. B)To provide an excuse for his changeable character. C)To e

14、xplore the philosophical issues of space travel. D)To explain why he took up underwater exploration. Part II Reading comprehension (35 minutes) Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. Just five one-hundredths of an inch thick, light golden in color and with a perfect “sadd

15、le curl,” the Lays potato chip seems an unlikely weapon for global domination. But its maker. Frito-Lay. Thinks otherwise.” Potato chips are a snack food for the world,” said Salman Amin, the companys head of global marketing. Amin believes there is no corner of the world that can resist the charms

16、of a Frito-Lay potato chip. Frito-Lay is the biggest snack maker in America. owned by PepsiCo. And accounts for over half of the parent companys $3 billion annual profits. But the U.S. snack food market is largely saturated, and to grow. the company has to look overseas. Its strategy rests on two be

17、liefs: first a global product offers economies of scale with which local brands cannot compete. And second, consumers in the 21st century are drawn to “global” as a concept. ”Global” does not mean products that are consciously identified as American, but ones than consumes-especially young people-se

18、e as part of a modem, innovative(创新的)world in which people are linked across cultures by shared beliefs and tastes. Potato chips are an American invention, but most Chinese, for instance, do not know than Frito-Lay is an American company. Instead, Riskey, the companys research and development head,

19、would hope they associate the brand with the new world of global communications and business. With brand perception a crucial factor, Riskey ordered a redesign of the Frito-Lay logo(标识).The logo, along with the companys long-held marketing image of the “irresistibility” of its chips. would help faci

20、litate the companys global expansion. The executives acknowledge that they try to swing national eating habits to a food created in America, but they deny that amounts to economic imperialism. Rater, they see Frito-Lay as spreading the benefits of free enterprise across the world. “Were making produ

21、cts in those countries, were adapting them to the tastes of those countries, building businesses and employing people and changing lives,” said Steve Reinemund, PepsiCos chief executive. 21.It is the belief of Frito-Lays head of global marking that_. A) Potato chips can hardly be used as a weapon to

22、 dominate the world market B) Their company must find new ways to promote domestic sales. C) The light golden color enhances the charm of their companys potato chips D) People the world over enjoy eating their companys potato chips 22.What do we learn about Frito-Lay from Paragraph 2? A) Its product

23、s use to be popular among overseas consumers. B) Its expansion has caused fierce competition in the snack marker. C) It gives half of its annual profits to its parent company. D) It needs to turn to the word market for development. 23.One of the assumptions on which Frito-Lay bases its development s

24、trategy is that_. A)consumers worldwide today are attracted by global brands B)local brands cannot compete successfully with American brands C)products suiting Chinese consumers needs bring more profits D)products identified as American will have promising market value24.Why did Riskey have the Frit

25、o-Lay logo redesigned? A)To suit changing tastes of young consumers. B)To promote the companys strategy of globalization. C)To change the companys long-held marketing image. D)To compete with other American chip producers. 25.Frito-Lays executives claim that the promoting of American food in the int

26、ernational market_. A)wont affect the eating habits of the local people B)will lead to economic imperialism C)will be in the interest of the local people D)wont spoil the taste of their chips Passage Two Question 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. In communities north of Denver, residents

27、are pitching in to help teachers and administrators as the Vrain school District tries to solve a $13.8 million budget shortage blamed on mismanagement. ”Were worried about our teachers and principals, and we really dont want to lose them because of this,” one parent sail. “If we can help ease their

28、 financial burden, we will. ” Teachers are grateful, but know it may be years before the district is solvent(有综合能力的). They feel really good about the parent support, but they realize its impossible for then to solve this problem. The 22,000-student district discovered the shortage last month. “Its e

29、xtraordinary. Nobody would have imagined something happening like this at this level,” said State Treasurer Mike Coffman. Coffman and district officials last week agreed on a state emergency plan freeing yp a $9.8 million loan that enabled the payroll(工资单) to be met for 2,700 teachers and staff in t

30、ime for the holidays. District officials also took $1.7 million from student-activity accounts its 38schools. At Coffmans request, the District Attorney has begun investigating the districts finances. Coffman says he wants to know whether district officials hid the budget shortage until after the No

31、vember election., when voters approved a $212 million bond issue for schools. In Frederick, students parents are buying classroom supplies and offering to pay for groceries and utilities to keep first-year teachers and principals in their jobs. Some $36,000 has been raised in donations from Safeway.

32、 A Chevrolet dealership donated $10,000 and forgave the districts $10,750 bill for renting the driver educating cars. IBM contributed 4,500 packs of paper. “We employ thousands of people in this community,” said Mitch Carson, a hospital chief executive, who helped raise funds. “We have children in the school, and we see how they could be affected.” At