大学英语四级模拟试题4.docx

1、大学英语四级模拟试题4LISTENING COMPREHENSION 1. A) He must read a lot of books. B) He doesnt like history. C) He cant get the books he needs. D) He has lost his watch. 2. A) Mild. B) Warm. C) Hot. D) Cold. 3. A) The light couldnt be turned off. B) The hot water was running. C) There was no hot water. D) There

2、 was no heat. 4. A) Tom was unable to hear well. B) Tom didnt say anything at the meeting. C) Tom didnt listen to him. D) Tom went out before the meeting was over. 5. A) In a restaurant. B) At a post office. C) In a hotel. D) At the railway station. 6. A) She couldnt find where the courses were offe

3、red. B) She has already taken one. C) The courses are not well organized. D) Not all the courses are bad. 7. A) ? 15. B) ? 150. C) ? 60. D) ? 30. 8. A) 8:30. B) 7:30. C) 8:00. D) 9:00. 9. A) Finish the novel. B) Return the novel. C) Lend the novel D) Read the novel. 10. A) He is a secretary. B) He i

4、s a newspaperman. C) He is a novelist. D) He is a businessman. Passage 1Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) He wasnt satisfied with its size. B) He wasnt satisfied with its power. C) There were no units for measuring power. D) There were few people who liked this

5、engine. 12. A) Lifting a 3,300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one hour. B) Work a horse could do in one hour. C) Lifting a 3,300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in 10 minutes. D) Work a horse could do in one minute. 13. A) Watts Engine B) The Beginning of Horsepower C) Units of Measure D) Ho

6、w to Measure an Engine Passage 2Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. A) He doesnt think flying is fun. B) He feels he is a bus driver. C) He is responsible for the plane and the passengers. D) He is governed by instruments and regulations. 15. A) He enjoyed more freed

7、om. B) Flying was entirely different then. C) He had no responsibility at all. D) He relied on his experience only. 16. A) By looking at the roof of every house. B) By calling a station for information. C) By landing immediately. D) By following a railway line. Passage 3Questions 17 to 20 are based

8、on the passage you have just heard. 17. A) Because she did not speak, except when it was necessary. B) Because she could always find people who were able to help her. C) Because she had a guide who could speak English well. D) Because she had always had a pencil and some paper with her. 18. A) In a

9、restaurant in an Italian city. B) At a market in the south of Italy. C) In a restaurant in an Italian village. D) At a market in the north of Italy. 19. A) She had difficulty explaining where she had seen mushrooms. B) She had difficulty giving her order for food. C) Her trouble was that the waiter

10、was a foreigner too. D) Her trouble was that the waiter was impatient. 20. A) Because he thought she had drawn one. B) Because she mispronounced the word. C) Because it started to rain. D) Because it was what she had seen at the market. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE 21. _ four years since John left schoo

11、l. A) It was B) It is C) They have been D) Those are 22. The doctors have tried _ to save his life, but failed. A) everything humanly possible B) humanly everything possible C) humanly possible everything D) everything possible humanly 23. By 1922, for example, Australia had _ than it had people. A)

12、 fifteen times more of sheep B) fifteen times sheep more C) fifteen more times of sheep D) fifteen times more sheep 24. Laser beams can carry long-signals _ somewhat similar to radio waves. A) in directions B) by means of C) in ways D) according to 25. Shaking hands is a _ way of greeting. A) conven

13、tional B) conditional C) original D) conversational 26. I hope their plan will work, but they themselves are very _ that it will. A) confident B) concerned C) doubtful D) suspicious 27. Toms father wants to send him to medical school _ . A) to make him become a doctor B) for making him a doctor C) t

14、o make a doctor from him D) to make a doctor of him 28. _ , he never helps the poor. A) As he is rich B) Even he is rich C) Rich as he is D) Rich even though he is 29. She didnt come to the party though she _ us she would. A) agreed B) accepted C) offered D) promised 30. What you should say in your

15、speech is entirely _ you. A) up to B) due to C) owing to D) according to 31. His casual explanation made the problem _. A. to be even more complicating B. even more complicated C. being even more complicated D. be even more complicated 32. _, William Shakespeare is the most widely known. A) With all

16、 writers in English B) For all writers in English C) Unlike all the writers in English D) Of all writers in English 33. Id just as soon _ these important documents with you. A) that you wont take B) your not taking C) you didnt take D) you not take 34. I have finished typing all _ the last page. A)

17、until B) to C) but D) for 35. Mary, leave the windows open, _? A) do you B) will you C) wouldnt you D) dont you 36. There is no _ in going to school if youre not willing to learn. A) reason B) aim C) point D) purpose 37. We have a great need for energy because of our _ life-style. A) fastly-paced B)

18、 fastly-pacing C) fast-paced D) fast-pacing 38. I dont _ that as a serious mistake. A) recommend B) regard C) remember D) think 39. The day will come_ coal and oil will be used as raw materials rather than fuels. A) as B) while C) when D) whether 40. These trees cannot be grown in such a cold _ as o

19、urs. A) weather B) season C) space D) climate 41. I lost too much money betting at the horse race last time, so you wont _ me to go again. A) convince B) impress C) persuade D) hope 42. When Mr. Jones gets old, he will _ over his business to his son. A) take B) hand C) think D) get 43. _ you are fre

20、e tonight, why not drop in and play chess with me? A) For B) Since C) Because D) Even if 44. I can complete the job on time _ he will help me. A) whether B) if C) when D) though 45. There was a suggestion that the ordinary citizen _ authority to arrest wrong-doers. A) giving B) be given C) be giving

21、 D) given 46. She regrets _ idle when young. A) to have been B) her being C) her having been D) having been 47. Dont you think it is time you _ smoking? A) give up B) would give up C) gave up D) must give up 48. The theory of continental drift can _ the occurrence of earthquakes. A) interpret B) exp

22、ress C) account for D) make clear 49. _ people attended the meeting last night. A) Hundreds of B) Hundred of C) A hundred of D) Hundred and hundred of 50. Dont bother me. Do what you _. I dont care. A) will B) will like C) would D) would like CLOZE American teenagers have always worked for extra poc

23、ket money. More than their predecessors, todays adolescents are _51_ to work long 51. A) about B) fond hours during the week for hundreds of C) likely D) possible dollars each month. They spend the money _52_ themselves rather than 52. A) by B) on C) in D) for _53_ it to their families. In a 1987 53

24、. A) contributing B) contribute C) paying D) pay _54_ of 16,000 high school seniors 54. A) view B) inspection C) observation D) survey nationwide, it was _55_ that eighty 55. A) suggested B) found percent of students who work spend C) recommended D) advised their earnings on their own needs, _56_ cl

25、othing, stereo equipment, 56. A) for example B) such as C) that is to say D) in other words records and _57_. _58_ five 57. A) going to the movie B) going to movies C) movies D) the movie percent said they contributed most 58. A) Other B) Only of their income, which often exceeded C) Additional D) F

26、urther ?200 a month, to help pay family living _59_ . 59. A) expenses B) money The benefits of this work-and- C) values D) charges spend ethic are being _60_ debated. 60. A) furiously B) heatedly C) thoroughly D) entirely _61_ experts, and many parents, 61. A) No B) All C) Any D) Some _62_ that year

27、-round part-time 62. A) insist B) demand employment increases youngsters sense C) suggest D) require of worth, teaches them financial_63_ 63. A) accounts B) ability C) responsibility D) well-being and reduces tension - and thus _64_ 64. A) crash B) conflict - within the family. C) battle D) struggle

28、 Others, _65_, argue that working 65. A) furthermore B) therefore teenagers are inappropriately separat- C) however D) besides ed, physically and financially, _66_ 66. A) in B) with C) from D) by their families, which _67_ parental 67. A) weakens B) loses authority. C) reduces D) destroys Teenagers

29、schoolwork can also _68_. When youngsters work for 68. A) be suffered B) suffer C) be suffered from D) suffer from luxuries, they are buying _69_ 69. A) destruction B) separation from education, said a program C) affection D) distraction director for the U.S. Department of Education. Working teenage

30、rs them- selves say they have _70_ time to 70. A) more B) less spend with friends and family. C) reduced D) sufficient READING COMPREHENSION Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage: It was very late before Guglielmo followed his brother up to bed, foran extraordinary idea had come to him. If a spark could cause ether wavesto travel to another machine across a room and make that machine spark,why couldnt a bigger spark make waves travel a longer distance and causeanoth