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1、四级真题2002年1月试卷Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question ther

2、e will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Example: You will hear: You will read: A) At the office. B) In the waiting r

3、oom. C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 oclock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the correct answer. You should choose A on the Answer Sheet and mar

4、k it with a single line through the center.Sample Answer A B C D1. A) She has to post a letter instead. B) She has to turn down the mans request. C) Shes not sure if the computer is fixed. D) She cant send the message right now.2. A) He didnt get the book he needed. B) He had no idea where the book

5、was. C) The library is closed on weekends. D) He was not allowed to check out the book.3. A) Play a tape recorder. B) Take a picture. C) Repair a typewriter. D) Start a car.4. A) The woman rejected the mans apology. B) The woman appreciated the mans offer. C) The man had forgotten the whole thing. D

6、) The man had hurt the womans feelings.5. A) The woman is meeting the man at the airport. B) They are complaining about the poor airport service. C) They are discussing their plan for Christmas. D) The man is seeing the woman off.6. A) She plans to go to graduate school. B) She will drop out of scho

7、ol. C) She will stop working and concentrate on her studies. D) She will take a part-time job.7. A) He needs another job as research assistant. B) He asked Professor Williams for assistance. C) He assists Professor Williams with his teaching. D) He is doing research with Professor Williams.8. A) She

8、 thought there were no tickets left for the show. B) She thought the seats on the left side were fully occupied. C) The show was planned a long time ago. D) The audience were deeply impressed by the show.9. A) Mr. Longs briefing was unnecessarily long. B) The woman should have been more attentive. C

9、) Mr. Longs briefing was not relevant to the mission. D) The woman neednt have attended the briefing.10. A) In a bank. B) In a school. C) In a clothing store. D) In a barbershop.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some quest

10、ions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage oneQuestion 11 to 13 are

11、based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) Because the bird couldnt repeat his masters name. B) Because the bird screamed all day long. C) Because the bird uttered the wrong word. D) Because the bird failed to say the name of the town.12. A) The cruel master. B) The man in the kitchen. C) The p

12、et bird. D) The fourth chicken.13. A) The bird bad finally understood his threat. B) The bird managed to escape from the chicken house. C) The bird had learned to scream back at him. D) The bird was living peacefully with the chickens.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have j

13、ust heard.14. A) They are kept in open prisons. B) They are allowed out of the prison grounds. C) They are ordered to do cooking and cleaning. D) They are a small portion of the prison population.15. A) Some of their prisoners are allowed to study or work outside prisons. B) Most of their prisoners

14、are expected to work. C) Their prisoners are often sent to special centers for skill training. D) Their prisoners are allowed freedom to visit their families.16. A) They are encouraged to do maintenance for the training centre. B) Most of them get paid for their work. C) They have to cook their own

15、meals. D) They can choose to do community work.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A) Because they have a driving license. B) Because they have received special training. C) Because the traffic conditions in London are good. D) Because the traffic system

16、of the city is not very complex.18. A) Two to four months. B) About three weeks. C) At least half a year. D) Two years or more.19. A) Government officers are hard to please. B) The learner has to go through several tough tests. C) The learner usually fails several times before he passes it. D) The d

17、riving test usually last tow months.20. A) They dont want their present bosses to know what theyre doing. B) They want to earn money from both jobs. C) They cannot earn money as taxi drivers yet. D) They look forward to further promotion.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There ar

18、e 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage o

19、neQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. Some pessimistic experts feel that the automobile is bound to fall into disuse. They see a day in the not-too-distant future when all autos will be abandoned and allowed to rust. Other authorities, however, think the auto is here to stay. They

20、 hold that the car will remain a leading means of urban travel in the foreseeable future. The motorcar will undoubtedly change significantly over the next 30 years. It should become smaller, safer, and more economical, and should not be powered by the gasoline engine. The car of the future should be

21、 far more pollution-free than present types. Regardless of its power source, the auto in the future will still be the main problem in urban traffic congestion (拥挤). One proposed solution to this problem is the automated highway system. When the auto enters the highway system, a retractable (可伸缩的) ar

22、m will drop from the auto and make contact with a rail, which is similar to those powering subway trains electrically. Once attached to the rail, the car will become electrically powered from the system, and control of the vehicle will pass to a central computer. The computer will then monitor all o

23、f the cars movements. The driver will use a telephone to dial instructions about his destination into the system. The computer will calculate the best route, and reserve space for the car all the way to the correct exit from the highway. The driver will then be free to relax and wait for the buzzer

24、(蜂鸣器) that will warn him of his coming exit. It is estimated that an automated highway will be able to handle 10,000 vehicles per hour, compared with the 1,500 to 2,000 vehicles that can be carried by a present-day highway.21. One significant improvement in the future car will probably be _. A) its

25、power source C) its monitoring system B) its driving system D) its seating capacity22. What is the authors main concern? A) How to render automobiles pollution-free. B) How to make smaller and safer automobiles. C) How to solve the problem of traffic jams. D) How to develop an automated subway syste

26、m.23. What provides autos with electric power in an automated highway system? A) A rail. C) A retractable arm. B) An engine. D) A computer controller.24. In an automated highway system, all the driver needs to do is _. A) keep in the right lane B) wait to arrive at his destination C) keep in constan

27、t touch with the computer center D) inform the system of his destination by phone25. What is the authors attitude toward the future of autos? A) Enthusiastic. C) Optimistic. B) Pessimistic. D) Cautious.Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. Foxes and farmers have never got

28、 on well. These small dog-like animals have long been accused of killing farm animals. They are officially classified as harmful and farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them. Farmers can also call on the services of their local hunt to control the fox population. Hunting

29、consists of pursuing a fox across the countryside, with a group of specially trained dogs, followed by men and women riding horses. When the dogs eventually catch the fox they kill it or a hunter shoots it. People who take part in hunting think of as a sport; they wear a special uniform of red coats

30、 and white trousers, and follow strict codes of behavior. But owning a horse and hunting regularly is expensive, so most hunters are wealthy. It is estimated that up to 100,000 people watch or take part in fox hunting. But over the last couple of decades the number of people opposed to fox hunting,

31、because they think it is brutal (残酷的), has risen sharply. Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to pass off without some kind of confrontation (冲突) between hunters and hunt saboteurs (阻拦者). Sometimes these incidents lead to violence, but mostly saboteurs interfere with the hunt by misleading riders and dis

32、turbing the trail of the foxs smell, which the dogs follow. Noisy confrontations between hunters and saboteurs have become so common that they are almost as much a part of hunting as the pursuit of foxes itself. But this year supporters of fox hunting face a much bigger threat to their sport. A Labour Party Member of the Parliament, Mike Foster, is trying to get Parliament t