专四真题word版高保真.docx

1、专四真题word版高保真QUESTION BOOKLETTEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2017)-GRADE FOUR-time LIMIT: 130 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

2、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 through your work once more.Please write t

3、he whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.SECTION 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

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

5、ation, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations 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 S

6、HEET 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. It has wiped the data from the flash drive.B. It cant read data from the flash drive.C. The files stored in it have got lost.D. The files in i

7、t cant be opened.2. A. Get a total refund.B. Get a partial refund.C. Get a new computer.D. Get a new hard disk.3. A. Indifferent.B. Surprised.C. Anxious.D. Dissatisfied.4. A. By 8:30 tomorrow morning.B. After 8:30 tomorrow morning.C. At 8:30 this evening.D. Anytime tomorrow.5. A. 6574-3205.B. 6547-2

8、305.C. 6457-2035.D. 6475-3025.Conversation TwoQuestions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.6. A. Hold a party at home.B. Introduce ourselves first.C. Avoid meeting them.D. Wait for them to visit us.7. A. Do nothing about it.B. Tell him to stop.C. Give him a reason to stop.D. Call the police immed

9、iately.8. A. Try to be patient.B. Try to be sympathetic.C. Dont appear to be friendly.D. Dont answer their questions.9. A. No more than five minutes.B. Five to ten minutes.C. About half an hour.D. About an hour.10. A. Family Circle Magazine.B. Morning radio programs.C. Bettys website.D. CBS news web

10、site.There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.11. combination of techniques authors use, all stories from the briefest anec

11、dotes to thelongest novels have a plot.A. RegardingB. WhateverC. In so far asD. No matter12. She followed the receptionist down a luxurious corridor to a closed door, the women gavea quick knock before opening it.A. on whichB. but whenC. whereinD. then13. Ms Ennab is one of the first Palestinian wit

12、h seven years5 racing experience.A. woman driversB. women driverC. women driversD. woman driver14. “I wondered if I could have a word with you.” The past tense in the sentence refers to a .A. past event for exact time referenceB. present event for tentativenessC. present event for uncertaintyD. past

13、 event for politeness15. “If I were you, I wouldnt wait to propose to her.” The subjunctive mood in the sentence is usedto .A. alleviate hostilityB. express unfavorable feelingsC. indicate uncertaintyD. make a suggestion16. “It5s a shame that the city official should have gone back on his word.” The

14、 modal auxiliarySHOULD express .A. obligationB. disappointmentC. future in the pastD. tentativeness17. Timothy Ray Brown, the first man cured of HIV, initially opted against the stem cell transplantthat history.A. could have later madeB. should have made laterC. might make laterD. would later make18

15、. Some Martian rock structures look strikingly like structures on Earth that are known bymicrobes.A. having been createdB. being createdC. to have been createdD. to be created19. At that moment, with the crowd watching me, I was not afraid in the ordinary sense, as ifIalone.A.would have been .had be

16、enB.should be . had beenC.could be . wereD.might have been.were20. You must fire incompetent assistant of yoursA. theB. anC. thatD. whichever21. Some narratives seem more like plays, heavy with dialogue by which writers allow their to reveal themselves.A. charactersB. characteristicsC. charismaD. ch

17、aracterizations22. If you intend to melt the snow for drinking water, you can extra purity by running itthrough a coffee filter.A. assureB. insureC. reassureD. ensure23. The daisy-like flowers of chamomile have been used for centuries to anxiety andinsomnia.A. declineB. relieveC. quenchD. suppress24

18、. Despite concern about the disappearance of the album in popular music, 2014 delivered a greatcrop of album .A. publicationsB. appearancesC. releasesD. presentations25. The partys reduced vote in the general election was of lack of support for its policies.A. revealingB. confirmingC. indicativeD. e

19、vident26. He closed his eyes and held the two versions of La Mappa to his minds to analyze theirdifferences.A. visionB. eyeC. viewD. sight27. Twelve pupils were killed and five injured after gunmen attacked the school duringlunchtime.A. criticallyB. enormouslyC. greatlyD. hard28. A 15-year-old girl

20、has been arrested accusations of using Instagram to anonymouslythreaten her high-school.A. overB. withC. onD. for29. It was reported that a 73-year-old man died on an Etihad flight to Germany from AbuDhabi.A. boundedB. bindedC. boundaryD. bound30. Its the case in the region; a story always sounds cl

21、ear enough at a distanced, but thenearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes.A. unchangeablyB. invariablyC. unalterablyD. immovablyDecide 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

22、. Mark the letter for each word on ANSWER SHEET TWO.A. always B. barely C. demise D. emergence E. gained F. implications G. leaf H. lost I. naturally J. objectK. one L. online M. rising N. single O. valueMillions of people now rent their movies the Netflix way. They fill out a wish list from the 50,

23、009 titles on the companys Web site and receive the first few DVDs in the mail; when they mail each one back, the next one on the list is sent. The Netflix model has been exhaustively analyzed for its disruptive, new-economy_ (31). What will it mean for video stores like Blockbuster? What will it me

24、an for movie studios and theaters? What does it show about “long tail” businesses - ones that combine many markets into a (32) target audience? But one other major implication has _(33) been mentioned: what this and similar Internet-based businesses mean for the United States Postal Service.Every da

25、y, some two million Netflix envelopes come and go as first-class mail. They are joined by millions of other shipments from (34) pharmacies, eBay vendors, A and other businesses that did not exist before the Internet.The _ (35) of “snail mail” in the age of instant electronic communication has been p

26、redicted at least as often as the coming of the paperless office. But the consumption of paper keeps _ (36). It has roughly doubled since 1980. On average, an American household receives twiceas many pieces of mail a day as it did in the 1970s.The harmful side of the Internets impact is obvious but

27、statistically less important than many would guess. People (37) write fewer letters when they can send e-mail messages. To _ (38) through a box of old paper correspondence is to know what has been _ (39) in this shift: the pretty stamps, the varying look and feel of handwritten and typed corresponde

28、nce, the tangible (40) that was once in the senders hands.PART V READING COMPREHENSION35 MINSECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONSIn this section there are three passages followed by ten multiple choice questions. For each multiple choice question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D.

29、 Choose the one that you think is the best answer and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.PASSAGE ONE(1) When I was a young girl living in Ireland, I was always pleased when it rained, because that meant I could go treasure hunting. Whats the connection between a wet day and a search for buried tr

30、easure? Well, it5s quite simple. Ireland, as some of you may already know, is the home of Leprechauns -little men who possess magic powers and, perhaps more interestingly, pots of gold.(2) Now, although Leprechauns are interesting characters, I have to admit that I was more intrigued by the stories

31、of their treasure hoard. This, as all of Ireland knows, they hide at the end of the rainbow. Leprechauns can be fearsome folk but if you can discover the end of the rainbow, they have to unwillingly surrender their gold to you. So whenever it rained, I would look up in the sky and follow the curve of the rainbow to see where it ended. I never did unearth any treasure, but I did spend many happy, showery days dreaming of what I could do wi