专业英语四级考试真题.docx

1、专业英语四级考试真题2018年专业英语四级考试真题PART I DICTATION 10 MINListen 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 understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read

2、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 through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.PAR

3、T II LISTENING COMPREHENSION 20 MINSECTION A TALKIn 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 for each gap. Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically ac

4、ceptable. 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 CONVERSATIONSIn this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversat

5、ion, 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 four choices of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEE

6、T 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.B. Everyone in Britain can speak a foreign language.C. The British are unable to speak a foreign langu

7、age.D. The British can survive on their mother tongue.2.A.Chinese.B. Polish.C. Punjabi.D. Urdu.3.A.To help improve international trade.B. To allow a speaker to hold a simple talk.C. To improve the education system.D. To encourage learning another language.4.A.It gives you self-satisfaction.B. It mak

8、es you more confident.C. It gives you an advantage.D. It makes you work hard.5.A.Workmates.B. Schoolmates.C. Teacher and student.D. Brother and sister.Conversation TwoQuestions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.6.A.A dangerous event.B. An unreasonable fear.C. A small probability.D. A risk-assess

9、ing ability.7.A.One in one million.B. One in four million.C. One in fourteen million.D. One in forty million.8.A. Future events.B. Catastrophic events.C. Small-scale disasters.D. Smoking hazards.9.A.Traveling by air.B. Riding a bicycle.C. Catching bird flu.D. Smoking cigarettes.10.A.They get pleasur

10、e from risks.B. They can control potential risks.C. They can assess danger from risks.D. They have strong needs for risks.PART III LANGUAGE USAGE 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 sent

11、ence or answers the question. Mark hour answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO. 11. 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 be12. U.S. News _ rankings of coll

12、eges since 1983. They are a very popular resource for students looking to apply to university campus.A. maintainsB. is maintaining C. maintained D. has been maintaining13. He was lured into a crime he would not _have committed.A. actuallyB. accidentallyC. otherwiseD. seldom14. She was once a young c

13、ountry wife with chickens in the backyard and a view of _ mountains behind the apple orchard.A. blue hazy VirginiaB. hazy blue VirginiaC. Virginia hazy blueD. Virginia blue hazy15. I long to alleviate _, but I cannot.A. the evilB. evilC. evilsD. an evil16. Indeed, it is arguable that body shattering

14、 is the very point of football, as killing and maiming _.A. warB. are warC. of warD. are of war17. 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 basic18. She hired a lawyer to inv

15、estigate, only to 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 fact19. Which of the following ita

16、licized words 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 wa

17、y.20. My mother 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 surprise21. When the police officers who took part in the K

18、ing beating were first brought to _, their lawyers used the videotape as evidence against the prosecution.A. justiceB. testimonyC. trialD. verdict22._, the most controversial candidate in the election campaign, he has been strongly criticized for his crude comments about women.A. QuestionablyB. Argu

19、ablyC. ContentiouslyD. Debatably23. Prices have recently risen in order to _ the increased cost of raw materials.A. cutB. buoyC. offerD. offset24. The celebrity says in court papers she “has no _ of giving any authorization to anyone to proceed with a divorce.”A. recommendationB. recordingC. recolle

20、ctionD. recognition25.What actually _ a good angle or a good selfie overall is rooted in what we consider beautiful.A. consistsB. constitutesC. composesD. constructs26. The school is going the _ mile to create the next generation of sporting stars thanks to its unique development program.A. finalB.

21、furtherC. supplementaryD. extra27. The teachers union _ a lawsuit against the district calling for repairing “deplorable” school conditions.A. firedB. filedC. finedD. filled28. Last March the _ of a 19th century cargo ship was found by an underwater archaeological team.A. debrisB. ruinsC. remainsD.

22、wreck29. Shes worn his designs on _ occasions from red carpets to movie premieres.A. countlessB. countableC. numericalD. numeral30. A leading _ intelligence and operations company has released its analysis of worldwide reported incidents of piracy and crime against mariners.A. oceangoingB. oceanicC.

23、 marineD. maritimePART IV CLOZE 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.A. accompanies B. automatically C. couple D. goes E. indebtednessF.

24、kind G. manner H. mercifully I. one J. obeyK. renowned L. subscribe M. unknown N. virtue O. widespreadA 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 received was amazingh

25、oliday 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 unknown professor. They received his holiday greeting card, and they automatically sent one in return. This stud

26、y shows the action of one of the most powerful of the weapons of influence around usthe rule for reciprocation. The rule says that we should try to repay, in kind, what another person has provided us. If a woman does us a favor, we should do her one in return; if a man sends us a birthday present, w

27、e should remember his birthday with a gift of our own; if a couple invites us to a party, we should be sure to invite them to one of ours. By virtue of the reciprocity rule, then, we are obligated to the future repayment of favors, gifts, invitations, and the like. So typical is it for indebtedness

28、to accompany 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 for reciprocation and the sense of obligation that goes with it is its pervasiveness in human cultur

29、e. It is so widespread that after intensive study, sociologists such as Alvin Goldener can report that there is no human society that does not subscribe to the rule. PART V READING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS In this section there are three passages followed by ten multiple choi

30、ce questions. For each multiple 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 that were

31、 free from the controls that existed in European societies. They wanted to escape the controls placed on their lives by kings and governments, priests and churches, noblemen and aristocrats. The historic decisions made by those first settlers have had a profound effect on the shaping of the American character. By limiting the power of the government and the churches and eliminating a formal aristocracy, they created a climate of freedom where the emphasis wa