1、大声朗读轻松过级(CET4)我赤竹笛(RBF, Red Bamboo Flute)是用千万别学英语 (ADSE，Absolutely Dont Study English)这个方法来练习英语技能的，通过近年来的网上宣传鼓噪，这个在特定圈子里恐怕已是众人皆知，并且我现在和今后也没有丝毫要动摇的意思！但是 CET-4 我不能再拖了，现在已经大四，按照学校的规定不通过 Cet-4 是没有学位证书的。因此呢，就在不违背 ADSE 各项原则的前提下，在今后四个月第三阶段每日至少两小时抄读柯林斯词典(Collins COBUILD English Dictionary)的同时，就利用网上随手找到的 CET
2、-4 免费资源，历年十套真题把正确答案都直接填上(“”中即是) ，制作了这么一个东西。我的方法嘛，就是一星期一套每日至少两小时大声朗读到琅琅上口，需要的话，也可以翻翻英英词典，之后尽量冥想复述。但不想语法、不去翻译、不要背诵、不求甚解听力部分，自己找来相应音频，日日灌耳朵就是了，当然能够篇篇听写则是更扎实！原则亦同以上之“四不”！另外需要说明的是，卷子中所有的中文我都已经去掉了。而且网上的东西尽管我做了简单的校对，但错误恐怕还是会有一些。最后就是，如果相信我这个东西，就请每天起床的时候都对自己说“按照这个野路子我 CET-4 一定能考好！”当然不信的话也就没必要再多说了。OK，Lets go！
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4、lang.english other days are so busy that there is no time to eat. I think I can describe police work in one word:variety. Sometimes its dangerous. One day, for example, I was working undercover, that is, I was on the job, but I was wearing normal clothes, not my police uniform. I was trying to catch
5、 some robbers who were stealing money from people as they walked down the street. Suddenly, seven bad men jumped out at me. 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. she was trying t
6、o get to the hospital. But there was a bad traffic jam. I put her in my police car to get her there faster. I thought she was going to have the baby right there in my car. But fortunately, the baby waited to arrive until we got to the hospital. Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Passage One
7、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 fridgeless fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily. The milkman came daily, the grocer, the butcher, the baker, and the ice-cream man deli
8、vered two or three times a week. The Sunday meat would last until Wednesday and surplus bread and milk became all kinds of cakes. Nothing was wasted, and we were never troubled Cet-4 199706 Page. 3by rotten food. Thirty years on food deliveries have ceased, fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable i
9、n the country. The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. A vast way of well-tried techniques already existed-natural cooling, drying, smoking salting, sugaring, bottling. What refrigeration did promote was marketing-marketing hardware and electrici
10、ty, 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 tropics where they might prove useful, but in the wealthy countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost u
11、nnecessary. Every winter, millions of fridges hum away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially-cooled space inside an artificially heated house-while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge. The fridges effect upon the environment has been eviden
12、t, 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. You may miss the hamburger, but at least youll get rid of that terrible hum. 11. The statement “In my fridgeless fifties childh
13、ood, I was fed well and healthily.“ ( Line 1, Para. 2) suggests that there was no fridge in the authors home in the 1950s. 12. Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges? People had effective ways to preserve their food.13. Who benefited the least from fridges ac
14、cording to the author? Consumers14. Which of the following phrases in the fifth paragraph indicates the fridges negative effect on the environment? “Hum away continuously“15. What is the authors overall attitude toward fridges? CriticalPassage TwoThe human brain contains 10 thousand million cells an
15、d each of these may have a thousand connections. Such enormous numbers used to discourage us and cause us to dismiss the possibility of making a machine with human-like 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 p
16、erhaps, 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 to render it intelligent by loading in the right software or by altering the architecture, but that too will happen. I think it certain that in decades, not centuries,
17、machines of silicon will arise first to rival and then exceed their human ancestors. Once they exceed us they will be Cet-4 199706 Page. 4capable 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 abl
18、e 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 their cost declines through economies of scale we may use them to expand our frontiers, first on earth through their ability to withstand environments, har
19、mful 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 bring 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
20、power. 16. In what way can we make a machine intelligent? By either properly programming it or changing its structure.17. What does the writer think about machines with human-like ability? He believes they will be useful to human beings.18. The word carbon( Line 4, para. 2) stands for “ human beings
21、“ 19. A robot can be used to expand our frontiers when its intelligence and cost are beyond question.20. It can be inferred from the passage thatwith the rapid development of technology, people have come to realize the possibility of making a machine with human-like ability.Passage ThreeAfter the vi
22、olent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report; The damage and death toll could have been much worse. More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, an earthquake of similar intensity that shook America in 1988 claimed 25, 000 victims: Inj
23、uries 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 made to the construction codes in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the citys buildings and highways, mak
24、ing them more resistant to quakes. Despite the good news, civil engineers arent resting on their successes. Pinned to their drawing boards are blueprints for improved quake-resistant buildings. The new designs should offer even greater security to cities where earthquakes often take place. In the pa
25、st, 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 its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to reduce the impact of ground vibrations. The m
26、ost recent designs give Cet-4 199706 Page. 5buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports, called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to an earthquakes vibrations. When the ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would force the building to shift
27、 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. 21. One reason why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles earthquake was comparatively low is that improvements had been
28、 made in the construction of buildings and highways.22. The function of the computer mentioned in the passage is to counterbalance an earthquakes action on the building. 23. The smart buildings discussed in the passage would be worthwhile though costly. 24. It can be inferred from the passage that i
29、n minimizing the damage caused by earthquakes attention should be focused on the reduction of the impact of ground vibrations. 25. The authors main purpose in writing the passage is to report new developments in constructing quake resistant building. Passage FourEven plants can run a fever, especial
30、ly 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 decade ago, adapting the infrared scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick w
31、ay to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes plants that dont have pest problems. Even better, Paleys Remote Scanning Services Company
32、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 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
33、 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would. The bad news is that Paleys company closed down in 1984, after only three years. 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 infra
34、red 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 on floors and beds; and in libraries, offices and museums. 21. It is comm
35、only accepted in American society that too much sleep is unreasonable . 22. The research done by the Dement commission shows that Americans sleep less than is good for them . 23. The purpose of this article is to convince the reader of the necessity of napping . 24. The “American sleep debt“( Line 1
36、, Para. 3) is the result of the traditional misconception the Americans have about sleep . 25. The second sentence of the last paragraph tells us that it is natural to take a nap whenever we feel the need for it . Passage FourViolin prodigies, I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct reg
37、ions. Most of the great performers if the late 19th and early 20th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe. I asked Isaac Stern, one of the worlds greatest violinists the reason for this phenomenon. “It is very clear,“ he told me. “They were all Jews and Jews at the time were
38、 severely oppressed and ill treated in that part of the world. They were not allowed into the professional fields, but they were allowed to achieve excellence on a concert stage. “ As a result, every Jewish parents dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West.A
39、nother element in the emergence of prodigies, I found, is a society that values excellence in a certain field to nurture talent. Nowadays, the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East. “In Japan, a most competitive society, with stronger discipline than ours. “ says Isaac Stem; children a
40、re ready to test their limits every day in many fields, including music. When Western music came to Japan after World War , that music not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well. The Koreans and Chinese as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese.Thats
41、 a good thing, because even prodigies must work hard. Next to hard work, biological inheritance plays an important role in the making of a prodigy. J. S. Bach, for example, was the top of several generations of musicians, and four of his sons had significant careers in music. 26.Jewish parents in Ea
42、stern Europe longed for their children to attend music school Cet-4 199801 Page. 6 because it would allow them access to a better life in the West . 27.Nurturing societies as mentioned in the passage refer to societies that treasure talent and provide opportunities for its full development.28.Japan
43、is described in the passage as a country that attaches importance to strict training of children . 29.Which of the following contributes to the emergence of musical prodigies according to the passage? A natural gift.30.Which of the following titles best summaries the main idea of the passage? The Ma
44、king of ProdigiesPart Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes) 31. Although punctual himself, the professor was quite used to students being late for his lecture. 32. You should have been more patient with that customer；Im sure that selling him the watch was a possibility. 33. Neither of the young men
45、who had applied for a position in the university was accepted . 34. This box is too heavy, would you please give me a hand? 35. So long as he works hard, I dont mind when he finishes the experiment. 36. As early as 1647 Ohio made a decision that free, tax supported schools must be established in eve
46、ry town having 50 households or more. 37. People appreciate working with him because he has a good sense of humor. 38. The mad man was put in the soft padded cell lest he injure himself. 39. We love peace, yet we are not the kind of people to yield to any military threat. 40. Although he knew little
47、 about the large amount of work done in the field, he succeeded where other more well informed experimenters failed. Cet-4 199801 Page. 7 41. If tap water were as dangerous as some people think, a lot more of us would be getting sick. 42. Living in the central Australian desert has its problems,of w
48、hich obtaining water is not the least. 43. Which sport has the most expenses in terms of training equipment, players personal equipment and uniforms? 44. They are going to have the serviceman install an electric fan in the office tomorrow. 45. Im sure he is up to the job if only he would give his mi
49、nd to it. 46. The car broke down halfway for no reason. 47. The newcomers found it impossible to adapt themselves to the climate sufficiently to make permanent homes in the new country. 48. A solution to this problem is expected to be found before long. 49. You have nothing to gain by refusing to listen to our advice. 50. As a result of careless washing the jacket shrank to a childs size. 51. He hoped the firm would transfer him
