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4、币她令侥总辫2004 年 6 月大学英语四级 A 卷考试试题、答案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. Aft
5、er each question there 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 centre. Example: You will hear.You will read:A) At the office.B
6、) In the waiting room.C) At the airport.D) In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This conversation is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office“ is the best answer. You should choos
7、e A on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.Sample Answer A B C D1. A) The man saw Mark on the street two months ago. B) The woman had forgotten Marks phone number.C) The woman made a phone call to Mark yesterday.D) Mark and the woman had not been in touch for some time
8、. 2. A) The man is late for the trip because he is busy. B) The woman is glad to meet Mr. Brown in person. C) The man is meeting the woman on behalf of Mr. Brown.D) The woman feels sorry that Mr. Brown is unable to come.3. A) At 10:30. B) At 10:25. C) At 10:40. D) At 10:45.4. A) The man no longer sm
9、okes. B) The man is under pressure from his wife.C) The man usually follows his wifes advice.D) The man refuses to listen to his doctors advice.5. A) Move to a big city. B) Become a teacher. C) Go back to school. D) Work in New York.6. A) Quit delivering flowers. B) Work at a restaurant. C) Bring he
10、r flowers every day. D) Leave his job to work for her.7. A) She can find the right person to help the man.B) She can help the man out. C) Shes also in need of a textbook.D) She picked up the book from the bus floor.8. A) The man was confused about the date of the appointment.B) The man wants to chan
11、ge the date of the appointment.C) The man is glad hes got in touch with the doctor.D) The man cant come for the appointment at 4:15.9. A) The two speakers are at a loss what to do.B) The man is worried about his future.C) The two speakers are seniors at college. D) The woman regrets spending her tim
12、e idly.10. A) She has learned a lot from the novel.B) She also found the plot difficult to follow.C) She usually has difficulty remembering names.D) She can recall the names of most characters in the novel.Section B Compound DictationThe Library of Congress is Americas national library. It has milli
13、ons of books and other objects. It has newspapers, (S1) publications as well as letters of (S2) interest. It also has maps, photographs, art (S3) , movies, sound recordings and musical (S4) . All together, it has more than 100 million objects.The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday thro
14、ugh Saturday, except for public holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is (S5) to take books out of the building. The Library of Congress was (S6) in 1800. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol Building. By 1814, the collection had in
15、creased to about 3,000 books. They were all (S7) that year when the Capitol was burned down during Americas war with Britain.To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Jeffersons collection included 7,000 books in seven languages.(S8) . Today, three bu
16、ildings hold the librarys collection.(S9) . It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office. (S10) . This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything that is published in the United States. Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes
17、)Directions: There are 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
18、 the centre.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.A is for always getting to work on time.B is for being extremely busy.C is for the conscientious ( 勤勤恳恳的 ) way you do your job.You may be all these things at the office, and more. But when it comes to getting ahead, experts
19、 say, the ABCs of business should include a P, for politics, as in office politics.Dale Carnegie suggested as much more than 50 years ago: Hard work alone doesnt ensure career advancement. You have to be able to sell yourself and your ideas, both publicly and behind the scenes. Yet, despite the obvi
20、ous rewards of engaging in office politicsa better job, a raise, praisemany people are still unableor unwillingto “play the game.“People assume that office politics involves some manipulative (工于心计的) behavior,“ says Deborah Comer, an assistant professor of management at Hofstra University. “But poli
21、tics derives from the word polite. It can mean lobbying and forming associations. It can mean being kind and helpful, or even trying to please your superior, and then expecting something in return.“In fact, today, experts define office politics as proper behavior used to pursue ones own self-interes
22、t in the workplace. In many cases, this involves some form of socializing within the office environmentnot just in large companies, but in small workplaces as well.“The first thing people are usually judged on is their ability to perform well on a consistent basis,“ says Neil P. Lewis, a management
23、psychologist. “But if two or three candidates are up for a promotion, each of whom has reasonably similar ability, a manager is going to promote the person he or she likes best. Its simple human nature.“ Yet, psychologists say, many employees and employers have trouble with the concept of politics i
24、n the office. Some people, they say, have an idealistic vision of work and what it takes to succeed. Still others associate politics with flattery(奉承), fearful that, if they speak up for themselves, they may appear to be flattering their boss for favors.Experts suggest altering this negative picture
25、 by recognizing the need for some self-promotion.11. “Office politics“ (Line 2, Para. 4) is used in the passage to refer to .A) the code of behavior for company staffB) the political views and beliefs of office workersC) the interpersonal relationships within a companyD) the various qualities requir
26、ed for a successful career 12. To get promoted, one must not only be competent but .A) give his boss a good impressionB) honest and loyal to his company C) get along well with his colleaguesD) avoid being too outstanding13. Why are many people unwilling to “play the game“ (Line 4, Para. 5)?A) They b
27、elieve that doing so is impractical.B) They feel that such behavior is unprincipled.C) They are not good at manipulating colleagues.D) They think the effort will get them nowhere. 14. The author considers office politics to be .A) unwelcome at the workplaceB) bad for interpersonal relationshipsC) in
28、dispensable to the development of company cultureD) an important factor for personal advancement15. It is the authors view that .A) speaking up for oneself is part of human nature B) self-promotion does not necessarily mean flatteryC) hard work contributes very little to ones promotionD) many employ
29、ees fail to recognize the need of flatteryPassage TwoQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.As soon as it was revealed that a reporter for Progressive magazine had discovered how to make a hydrogen bomb, a group of firearm (火器) fans formed the National Hydrogen Bomb Association, and t
30、hey are now lobbying against any legislation to stop Americans from owning one.“The Constitution,“ said the associations spokesman, “gives everyone the right to own arms. It doesnt spell out what kind of arms. But since anyone can now make a hydrogen bomb, the public should be able to buy it to prot
31、ect themselves.“Dont you think its dangerous to have one in the house, particularly where there are children around?“The National Hydrogen Bomb Association hopes to educate people in the safe handling of this type of weapon. We are instructing owners to keep the bomb in a locked cabinet and the fuse
32、 (导火索) separately in a drawer.“Some people consider the hydrogen bomb a very fatal weapon which could kill somebody.“The spokesman said, “Hydrogen bombs dont kill peoplepeople kill people. The bomb is for self-protection and it also has a deterrent effect. If somebody knows you have a nuclear weapon
33、 in your house, theyre going to think twice about breaking in.“But those who want to ban the bomb for American citizens claim that if you have one locked in the cabinet, with the fuse in a drawer, you would never be able to assemble it in time to stop an intruder (侵入者).“Another argument against allo
34、wing people to own a bomb is that at the moment it is very expensive to build one. So what your association is backing is a program which would allow the middle and upper classes to acquire a bomb while poor people will be left defenseless with just handguns.“16. According to the passage, some peopl
35、e started a national association so as to .A) block any legislation to ban the private possession of the bombB) coordinate the mass production of the destructive weaponC) instruct people how to keep the bomb safe at homeD) promote the large-scale sale of this newly invented weapon17. Some people opp
36、ose the ownership of H-bombs by individuals on the grounds that .A) the size of the bomb makes it difficult to keep in a drawer B) most people dont know how to handle the weaponC) peoples lives will be threatened by the weaponD) they may fall into the hands of criminals18. By saying that the bomb al
37、so has a deterrent effect the spokesman means that it .A) will frighten away any possible intrudersB) can show the special status of its ownersC) will threaten the safety of the owners as wellD) can kill those entering others houses by force19. According to the passage, opponents of the private owne
38、rship of H-bombs are very much worried that .A) the influence of the association is too powerful for the less privileged to overcomeB) poorly-educated Americans will find it difficult to make use of the weaponC) the wide use of the weapon will push up living expenses tremendouslyD) the cost of the w
39、eapon will put citizens on an unequal basis20. From the tone of the passage we know that the author is .A) doubtful about the necessity of keeping H-bombs at home for safetyB) unhappy with those who vote against the ownership of H-bombsC) not serious about the private ownership of H-bombsD) concerne
40、d about the spread of nuclear weaponsPassage ThreeQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Sign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that signed languages are uniquea speech of the hand. They offer a new way to probe h
41、ow the brain generates and understands language, and throw new light on an old scientific controversy: whether language, complete with grammar, is something that we are born with, or whether it is a learned behavior. The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneeringwork of one rebel
42、teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the worlds only liberal arts university for deaf people.When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English, the school enrolled him in a course in signing. But Stokoe noticed something odd: among themselves, students signed differently from his c
43、lassroom teacher.Stokoe had been taught a sort of gestural code, each movement of the hands representing a word in English. At the time, American Sign Language (ASL) was thought to be no more than a form of pidgin English (混杂英语). But Stokoe believed the “hand talk“ his students used looked richer. H
44、e wondered: Might deaf people actually have a genuine language? And could that language be unlike any other on Earth? It was 1955, when even deaf people dismissed their signing as “substandard“. Stokoes idea was academic heresy (异端邪说).It is 37 years later. Stokoenow devoting his time to writing and
45、editing books and journals and to producing video materials on ASL and the deaf cultureis having lunch at a caf near the Gallaudet campus and explaining how he started a revolution. For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English, French and Japanese. T
46、hey assumed language must be based on speech, the modulation (调节) of sound. But sign language is based on the movement of hands, the modulation of space. “What I said,“ Stokoe explains, “is that language is not mouth stuffits brain stuff.“21. The study of sign language is thought to be .A) a new way
47、 to look at the learning of languageB) a challenge to traditional views on the nature of languageC) an approach to simplifying the grammatical structure of a languageD) an attempt to clarify misunderstanding about the origin of language22. The present growing interest in sign language was stimulated
48、 by .A) a famous scholar in the study of the human brainB) a leading specialist in the study of liberal artsC) an English teacher in a university for the deafD) some senior experts in American Sign Language23. According to Stokoe, sign language is .A) a substandard language B) a genuine language C)
49、an artificial languageD) an international language 24. Most educators objected to Stokoes idea because they thought .A) sign language was not extensively used even by deaf peopleB) sign language was too artificial to be widely acceptedC) a language should be easy to use and understandD) a language could only exist in the form of speech sounds25. Stokoes argument is based on his belief that .A) sign language is as efficient as any other languageB) sign language is derived from natural languageC) language is a system of meaningful codesD)
