1、英语四级模拟题(5)(1)文章出处：学生大考试站 发布时间：2006-3-12 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section A Directions: 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 onc
2、e. After 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. 1. A) Skating. B) Swimming.C) Boating and swimming. D) Boating and skating.正确答案是2. A) Put her report on his desk. B) Read some papers he recom
3、mended.C) Improve some parts of her paper. D) Mail her report to the publisher.正确答案是3. A) She takes it as a kind of exercise. B) She wants to save money.C) She loves doing anything that is new. D) Her office isnt very far.正确答案是4. A) A shop assistant. B) A telephone operator.C) A waitress. D) A clerk
4、.正确答案是5. A) A railway porter. B) A bus conductor.C) A taxi driver. D) A postal clerk.正确答案是6. A) Most people killed in traffic accidents are heavy drinkers.B) She does not agree with the man.C) Drunk drivers are not guilty.D) People should pay more attention to the danger of drunk driving.正确答案是7. A)
5、1.40. B) 4.30. C) 6.40. D) 8.60.正确答案是8. A) Collect papers for the man. B) Do the typing once again.C) Check the paper for typing errors. D) Read the whole newspaper.正确答案是9. A) The woman does not want to go to the movies.B) The man is too tired to go to the movies.C) The woman wants to go to the movi
6、es.D) The man wants to go out for dinner.正确答案是10.A) By bus. B) By bike. C) By taxi.D) On foot.正确答案是Section B Compound Dictation Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. Then listen
7、 to the passage again. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 11 to 17 with the exact words you hare just heard. For blanks numbered 18 to 20 you are required to fill in missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just
8、heard or write down the main points in pour own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.In police work, you can never predict the next crime or problem. No working day is identical to any other, so there is no “11)“ day for a police officer
9、. Some days are 12) slow, and the job is 13); other days are so busy that there is no time to eat. I think I can 14) police work in one word: 15). Sometimes its dangerous. One day, for example, I was working undercover, that is, I was on the job, but I was wearing 16) clothes, not my police 17). I w
10、as trying to catch some robbers who were stealing money from people as they walked down the street. Suddenly, 18). Another policeman arrived, and together, we arrested three of the men; but the other four ran away. Another day, I helped a woman who was going to have a baby. 19). I put her in my poli
11、ce car to get her there faster. I thought she was going to have the baby right there in my car. But fortunately, 20) . Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there
12、 are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.The fridge is considered a necessity. It has been so since the 1960s when packaged food first appeared with the label: “store in the refrigerator.“In my fridge less
13、fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily. The milkman came daily, the grocer, the butcher (肉商), the baker, and the ice-cream man delivered two or three times a week. The Sunday meat would last until Wednesday and surplus (剩余) bread and milk became all kinds of cakes. Nothing was wasted, and w
14、e were never troubled by rotten food. Thirty years on food deliveries have ceased, fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable in the country.The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. A variety of well-tried techniques already existed - natural coolin
15、g, drying, smoking salting, sugaring, bottling.What refrigeration did promote was marketing - marketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft drinks, marketing dead bodies of animals around the globe in search of a good price.Consequently, most of the worlds fridges are to be found, not in the tr
16、opics where they might prove useful, but in the wealthy countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. Every winter , millions of fridges hum away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially-cooled space inside an artificially heated house-
17、while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.The fridges effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been insignificant, If you dont believe me, try it yourself, invest in a food cabinet and turn off your fridge next winter. Yo
18、u may miss the hamburgers (汉堡包), but at least youll get rid of that terrible hum.21. The statement “In my fridge lees fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily.“?(Line 1, Para. 2) suggests that _.A) the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fiftiesB) the author was not a
19、ccustomed to use fridges even in his fiftiesC) there was no fridge in the authors home in the 1950sD) the fridge was in its early stage of development in the 1950s正确答案是22. Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges?A) People would not buy more food than was neces
20、sary.B) Food was delivered to people two or three times a week.C) Food was sold fresh and did not get rotten easily.D) People had effective ways to preserve their food.正确答案是23. Who benefited the least from fridges according to the author?A) Inventors. B) Consumers.C) Manufacturers. D) Traveling sale
21、smen.正确答案是24. Which of the following phrases in the fifth paragraph indicates the fridges negative effect on the environment?A) “Hum away continuously“ B) “Climatically almost unnecessary“C) “Artificially cooled space“ D) “With mild temperatures“正确答案是25. What is the authors overall attitude toward f
22、ridges?A) Neutral B) Critical C) Objective D) Compromising正确答案是Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.The human brain contains 10 thousand million cells and each of these may have a thousand connections. Such enormous numbers used to discourage us and cause us to dismiss the possibili
23、ty of making a machine with humanlike ability, but now that we have grown used to moving forward at such a pace we can be less sure. Quite soon, in only 10 or 20 years perhaps, we will be able to assemble a machine as complex as the human brain, and if we can we will. It may then take us a long time
24、 to render it intelligent by loading in the right software (软件) or by altering the architecture but that too will happen.I think it certain that in decades, not centuries, machines of silicon (硅) will arise first to rival and then exceed their human ancestors. Once they exceed us they will be capabl
25、e of their own design. In a real sense they will be able to reproduce themselves. Silicon will have ended carbons long control. And we will no longer be able to claim ourselves to be the finest intelligence in the known universe.As the intelligence of robots increases to match that of humans and as
26、their cost declines through economies of scale we may use them to expand our frontiers, first on earth through their ability to withstand environments, harmful to ourselves. Thus, deserts may bloom and the ocean beds be mined. Further ahead, by a combination of the great wealth this new age will bri
27、ng and the technology it will provide, the construction of a vast, man-created world in space, home to thousands or millions of people, will be within our power.26. In what way can we make a machine intelligent?A) By making it work in such environments as deserts, oceans or space.B) By working hard
28、for 10 or 20 years.C) By either properly programming it or changing its structure.D) By reproducing it.正确答案是27. What does the writer think about machines with human-like ability?A) He believes they will be useful to human beings.B) He believes that they will control us in the future.C) He is not qui
29、te sure in what way they may influence us.D) He doesnt consider the construction of such machines possible.正确答案是28. The word carbon (Line 4, para. 2) stands for “_“A) intelligent robots B) a chemical elementC) an organic substance D) human beings正确答案是29. A robot can be used to expand our frontiers w
30、hen _.A) its intelligence and cost are beyond questionB) it is able to bear the rough environmentC) it is made as complex as the human brainD) its architecture is different from that of the present ones正确答案是30. It can be inferred from the passage that _A) after the installation of a great number of
31、cells and connections, robots will be capable of self reproduction.B) with the rapid development of technology, people have come to realize the possibility of making a machine with human-like ability.C) once we make a machine as complex as the human brain, it will possess intelligence.D) robots wi l
32、l have control of the vast, man-made world in space.正确答案是Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report; The damage and death toll (死亡人数) could have been much worse.More than 60 people d
33、ied in this earthquake. By comparison, an earthquake of similar intensity that shook America in 1988 claimed 25,000 victims:Injuries and deaths were relatively less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4:31 a.m. on a holiday, when traffic was light on the citys highways. In addition, changes
34、 made to the construction codes in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the citys buildings and highways, making them more resistant to quakes.Despite the good news, civil engineers arent resting on their successes. Pinned to their drawing boards are blueprints (蓝图的) for improved q
35、uake-resistant buildings. The new designs should offer even greater security to cities where earthquakes often take place.In the past, making structures quake resistant meant firm yet flexible materials, such as steel and wood, that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to lift a building off i
36、ts foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to reduce the impact of ground vibrations. The most recent designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports, called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to an earthquakes v
37、ibrations. When the ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would force the building to shift in the opposite direction.The new smart structures could be very expensive to build. However, they would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes.31. One r
38、eason why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles earthquake was comparatively low is that _?A) new computers had been installed in the buildingsB) it occurred in the residential areas rather than on the highwaysC) large numbers of Los Angeles residents had gone for a holidayD) improvements had been ma
39、de in the construction of buildings and highways正确答案是32. The function of the computer mentioned in the passage is to _.A) counterbalance an earthquakes action on the buildingB) predict the coming of an earthquake with accuracyC) help strengthen the foundation of the buildin首页 | 中考 | 高考 | 自考 | MBA 考试
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41、 earthquakes vibrations正确答案是33. The smart buildings discussed in the passage _.A) would cause serious financial problemsB) would be worthwhile though costlyC) would increase the complexity of architectural designD) can reduce the ground vibrations caused by earthquakes正确答案是34. It can be inferred fro
42、m the passage that in minimizing the damage caused by earthquakes attention should be focused on _.A) the increasing use of rubber and steel in capital constructionB) the development of flexible building materialsC) the reduction of the impact of ground vibrationsD) early forecasts of earthquakes正确答
43、案是35. The authors main purpose in writing the passage is to _.A) compare the consequences of the earthquakes that occurred in the U. S.B) encourage civil engineers to make more extensive use of computers.C) outline the history of the development of quake-resistant building materials.D) report new de
44、velopments in constructing quake resistant building.正确答案是 Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.Even plants can run a fever, especially when theyre under attack by insects or disease. But unlike humans, plants can have their temperature taken from 3,000 feet away straight up. A decad
45、e ago, adapting the infrared (红外线) scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide (杀虫剂) sprayi
46、ng rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes plants that dont have pest (害虫 ) problems.Even better, Paleys Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3,000 feet at night, an infrared scanner
47、 measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were transformed into a color-coded map showing where plants were running “fevers“. Farmers could then spot-spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would.The bad news is that Paleys company closed down in 1984, after only three y
48、ears. Farmers resisted the new technology and long-term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. “This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States,“ says George Oerther of Texas A different, newspaper, TV, radio, billboard, agency, service; however, truthful, misrepresent, exaggerate, benefit, fall victim, satisfied.
