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全国大学英语四、六级考试委员会
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 war said. Both the conversation and the
question will
be spoken only once: After each
question there will be a pause. During the pause,
you
maxi 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 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 choose [A] on the
Answer Sheet and mark it with a single
line
through the centre.
Sample Answer [A]
[B] [C] [D]
1. A) They went a long way to
attend the party.
B) They didn’t think much of
the food and drinks.
C) They knew none of the
other guests at the party.
D) They enjoyed the
party better than the other guests.
2. A) To
the bookstore.
B) To the dentist’s.
C) To
the market.
D) To the post office.
3. A)
Dr. Andrews has been promoted for his
thoroughness.
B) She disagrees with Dr.
Andrews on many occasions.
C) Dr. Andrews used
to keep his patients waiting.
D) She dislikes
Dr. Andrews as much as the new physician.
4.
A) Tom is usually talkative.
B) Tom has a very
bad temper.
C) Tom has dozens of things to
attend to.
D) Tom is disliked by his
colleagues.
5. A) To pickup the woman from the
library.
B) To make a copy of the schedule for
his friend.
C) To find out more about the
topic for the seminar.
D) To get the seminar
schedule for the woman.
6. A) The woman has to
get the textbooks in other ways.
B) The woman
has sold her used textbooks to the bookstore.
C) The man is going to buy his textbooks from
a bookstore.
D) The man doesn’t want to sell
his textbooks to the woman.
7. A) Attend a
conference.
B) Give a speech.
C) Meet his
lawyer.
D) Make a business trip.
8. A)
Jessie always says what she thinks.
B) Jessie
seems to have a lot on her mind.
C) Jessie is
wrong to find fault with her boss.
D)
Jessie should know the marketing director better.
9. A) Helen is talkative.
B) Helen is
active.
C) Helen is sociable.
D) Helen is
quiet.
10. A) Jimmy will regret marrying a
Frenchwoman.
B) Jimmy is rich enough to buy a
big house.
C) Jimmy is not serious in making
decisions.
D) Jimmy’s words are often not
reliable.
Section B
Directions: In this
section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the
end of each passage, you will
hear some
questions. 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 centre.
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based
on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) It
can be used by farmers to protect large buildings.
B) It was brought to the northern USA by Asian
farmers.
C) It has done more harm than good in
the southern USA.
D) It was introduced into
the USA to kill harmful weeds.
12. A) People
will have to rely on kudzu for a living.
B)
They will soon be overgrown with kudzu.
C)
They will become too hard to plough.
D) People
will find it hard to protect the soil.
13. A)
The farmers there have brought it under control.
B) The factories there have found a good use
for it.
C) The climate there is unfavorable to
its growth.
D) The soil there is not so
suitable for the plant.
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage
you have just heard.
14. A) A business
corporation.
B) The universe as a
whole.
C) A society of legal professionals.
D) An association of teachers and scholars.
15. A) Its largest expansion took place during
that period.
B) Its role in society went
through a dramatic change.
C) Small
universities combined to form bigger ones.
D)
Provincial colleges were taken over by larger
universities.
16. A) Private donations.
B)
Government funding.
C) Grants from
corporations.
D) Fees paid by students.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based
on the passage you have just heard.
17. A) He
was wounded in the Spanish civil war.
B) He
was interested in the study of wild animals.
C) He started the organization Heifer
International.
D) He sold his cows to many
countries in the world.
18. A) To help
starving families to become self-supporting.
B) To make plans for the development of poor
communities.
C) To teach people how to use new
skills to raise animals.
D) To distribute food
to the poor around the world.
19. A) They
should help other families the way they have been
helped.
B) They should offer all baby animals
to their poor neighbors.
C) They should submit
a report of their needs and goals.
D) They
should provide food for the local communities.
20. A) It has improved animal breeding skills
all over the world.
B) It has helped relieve
hunger in some developing countries.
C) It has
promoted international exchange of farming
technology.
D) It has bridged the gap between
the rich and the poor in America.
Part II
Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Passage one
Directions: There are 4 passages in
this part, Each passage is followed by some
questions at
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 center.
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following
passage.
Interest in pursuing international
careers has soared in recent years, enhanced
by
chronic
(长
久的) personnel shortages
that are causing companies to search beyond their
home borders for talent.
Professionals seek
career experience outside of their home countries
for a variety of reasons.
They may feel the
need to recharge their batteries with a new
challenge. They may want a position
with more
responsibility that encourages creativity and
initiative. Or they may wish to expose their
children to another culture, and the
opportunity to learn a second language.
When
applying for a job, one usually has to submit a
resume or curriculum vitae (CV). The two
terms
generally mean the same thing: a one-or two-page
document describing one’s educational
qualifications and professional experience.
However, guidelines for preparing a resume are
constantly changing. The best advice is to
find out what is appropriate regarding the
corporate
(公
司) culture, the country
culture, and the culture of the person making the
hiring decision. The
challenge will be to
embrace two or more cultures in one document. The
following list is a good place
to start.
●
“Educational requirements differ from country to
country. In almost every case of
‘cross-
border’ job hunting, just stating the title of
your degree will not bean adequate description.
Provide the reader with details about your
studies and any related experience.”
● Pay
attention to the resume format you use-
chronological or reverse-chronological order.
Chronological order means listing your
‘oldest’ work experience first. Reverse-
chronological order
means listing your current
or most recent experience first. Most countries
have preferences about
which format is most
acceptable. If you find no specific guidelines,
the general preference is for
the reverse-
chronological format.”
● If you are submitting
your resume in English, find out if the
recipient
(收件人) uses British
English or
American English because there are variations
between the two versions. For example,
university education is often referred to as
‘tertiary education’ in the United Kingdom, but
this
term is almost never used in the United
States. A reader who is unfamiliar with these
variations
may assume that your resume
contains errors.
21. Companies are hiring more
foreign employees because ________.
A) they
find foreign employees are usually more talented
B) they need original ideas from employees
hired overseas
C) they want to expand their
business beyond home borders
D) they have
difficulty finding qualified personnel at home
22. The author believes that an individual who
applies to work overseas ________.
A) is
usually creative and full of initiative
B)
aims to improve his foreign language skills
C)
is dissatisfied with his own life at home
D) seeks either his own or his
children’s development
23. When it comes to
resume writing, it is best to ________.
A)
take cultural factors into consideration
B)
learn about the company’s hiring process
C)
follow appropriate guidelines for job hunting
D) know the employer’s personal likes and
dislikes
24. When writing about
qualifications, applicants are advised to
________.
A) stress their academic potential
to impress the decision maker
B) give the
title of the university degree they have earned at
home
C) provide a detailed description of
their study and work experiences
D) highlight
their keen interest in pursuing a ‘cross-border’
career
25. According to the author’s last
piece of advice, the applicants should be aware of
________.
A) the different educational systems
in the US and the UK
B) the differences
between the varieties of English
C) the
recipient’s preference with regard to the format
D) the distinctive features of American and
British cultures
Questions 26 to 30 are based
on the following passage.
Passage Two
Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher
rate of return than any other investment available
in the developing world. Women’s education may
be unusual territory for economists, but enhancing
women’s contribution to development is
actually as much an economic as a social issue.
And economics,
with its emphasis on
incentives
(激励), provides guideposts that
point to an explanation for why
so many girls
are deprived of an education.
Parents in low-
income countries fail to invest in their daughters
because they do not expect
them to make an
economic contribution to the family: girls grow up
only to marry into somebody else’
s family and
bear children. Girls are thus seen as less
valuable than boys and art kept at home to
do
housework while their brothers are sent to school-
the
prophecy
(预言) becomes self-fulfilling,
trapping women in a vicious
circle
(恶性循环) of neglect.
An educated mother, on
the other hand, has greater earning abilities
outside the home and faces
an entirely
different set of choices. She is likely to have
fewer but healthier children and can
insist on
the development of all her children, ensuring that
her daughters are given a fair chance.
The
education of her daughters then makes it much more
likely that the next generation of girls,
as
well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The
vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous
circle.
Few will dispute that educating
women has great social benefits. But it has
enormous economic
advantages as well. Most
obviously, there is the direct effect of education
on the wages of female
workers. Wages rise by
10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of
schooling. Such big returns
are impressive by
the standard of other available investments, but
they are just the beginning.
Educating
women also has a significant impact on health
practices, including family planning.
26. The
author argues that educating girls in developing
countries is ________.
A) troublesome
B)
labor-saving
C) rewarding
D) expensive
27. By saying “... the prophecy becomes self-
fulfilling...” (Lines 45, Para. 2). the author
means
that ________.
A) girls will turn
out to be less valuable than boys
B) girls
will be capable of realizing their own dreams
C) girls will eventually find their goals in
life beyond reach
D) girls will be
increasingly discontented with their life at home
28. The author believes that a vicious circle
can turn into a virtuous circle when ________.
A) women care more about education
B)
girls can gain equal access to education
C) a
family has fewer but healthier children
D)
parents can afford their daughters’ education
29. What does the author say about women’s
education?
A) It deserves greater attention
than other social issues.
B) It is now given
top priority in many developing countries.
C)
It will yield greater returns than other known
investments.
D) It has aroused the interest of
a growing number of economists.
30. The
passage mainly discusses ________.
A) unequal
treatment of boys and girls in developing
countries
B) the potential earning power of
well-educated women
C) the major contributions
of educated women to society
D) the economic
and social benefits of educating women
Passage
Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the
following passage.
Speeding off in a stolen
car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch.
But he is in for an
unwelcome surprise. The
car is fitted with a remote
immobiliser
(
锁止器), and a radio signal from
a control
centre miles away will ensure that once the thief
switches the engine off, he will not
be able
to start it again.
The idea goes like this. A
control box fitted to the car contains a mini-
cellphone, a
micro-processor and
memory, and a
GPS
(全球定位系统) satellite
positioning receiver. If the car is
stolen, a
coded cellphone signal will tell the control
centre to block the vehicle’s engine management
system and prevent the engine being restarted.
In the UK, a set of technical fixes is already
making life harder for car thieves. ‘The pattern
of vehicle crime has changed,’ says Martyn
Randall, a security expert. He says it would only
take
him a few minutes to teach a person how
to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools. But
only if
the car is more than 10 years old.
Modern cars are far tougher to steal, as their
engine management computer won’t allow them to
start unless they receive a unique ID code
beamed out by the
ignition
(点火) key. In
the UK,
technologies like this have helped
achieve a 31% drop in vehicle-related crime since
1997.
But determined criminals are still
managing to find other ways to steal cars, often
by getting
bold of the owner’s keys. And key
theft is responsible for 40% of the thefts of
vehicles fitted
with a tracking system.
If
the car travels 100 metres without the driver
confirming their ID, the system will send a
signal to an operations centre that it has
been stolen. The hundred metres minimum avoids
false alarms
due to inaccuracies in the GPS
signal.
Staff at the centre will then contact
the owner to confirm that the car really is
missing, and
keep police informed of the
vehicle’s movements via the car’s GPS unit.
31. What’s the function of the remote
immobilizer fitted to a car?
A) To help the
police make a surprise attack on the car thief.
B) To allow the car to lock automatically when
stolen.
C) To prevent the car thief from
restarting it once it stops.
D) To prevent car
theft by sending a radio signal to the car owner.
32. By saying “The pattern of vehicle crime
has changed” (Lines 1-2. Para. 3), Martyn Randall
suggests that ________.
A) it takes a
longer time for the car thief to do the stealing
B) self-prepared tools are no longer enough
for car theft
C) the thief has to make use of
computer technology
D) the thief has lost
interest in stealing cars over 10 years old
33. What is essential in making a modem car
tougher to steal?
A) A coded ignition key.
B) A unique ID card.
C) A special
cellphone signal.
D) A GPS satellite
positioning receiver.
34. Why does the
tracking system set a 100-metre minimum before
sending an alarm to the operations
centre?
A) To leave time for the operations centre to
give an alarm.
B) To keep police informed of
the car’s movements.
C) To give the
driver time to contact the operations centre.
D) To allow for possible errors in the GPS
system.
35. What will the operations centre do
first after receiving an alarm?
A) Start the
tracking system.
B) Contact the car owner.
C) Block the car engine.
D) Locate the
missing car.
Passage Four
Questions 36 to
40 are based on the following passage.
Psychiatrists
(精神病专家) who work with older
parents say that maturity can be an asset in child
rearing-older parents are more thoughtful, use
less physical discipline and spend more time with
their children. But raising kids takes money
and energy. Many older parents find themselves
balancing
their limited financial resources,
declining energy and failing health against the
growing demands
of an active child. Dying and
leaving young children is probably the older
parents’ biggest, and
often unspoken, fear.
Having late-life children, says an economics
professor, often means parents,
particularly
fathers, “end up retiring much later.” For many,
retirement becomes an unobtainable
dream.
Henry Metcalf, a 54-year-old journalist, knows
it takes money to raise kids. But he’s also
worried
that his energy will give out first.
Sure, he can still ride bikes with his athletic
fifth grader,
but he’s learned that young at
heart doesn’t mean young. Lately he’s been taking
afternoon
naps
(午睡) to keep up his energy.
“My body is aging,” says Metcalf. “You can’t get
away from that.”
Often, older parents hear the
ticking of another kind of biological clock.
Therapists who work
with middle-aged and older
parents say fears about aging are nothing to laugh
at. “They worry they’
ll be mistaken for
grandparents, or that they’ll need help getting up
out of those little chairs
in nursery school,”
says Joann Galst, a New York psychologist. But at
the core of those little fears
there is often
a much bigger one: “that they won’t be alive long
enough to support and protect
their child,”
she says.
Many late-life parents, though, say
their children came at just the right time. After
marrying
late and undergoing years of
fertility
(受孕) treatment, Marilyn Nolen and
her husband. Randy, had
twins. “We both wanted
children,” says Marilyn, who was 55 when she gave
birth. The twins have
given the couple what
they desired for years, “a sense of family.” Kids
of older dads are often
smarter, happier and
more sociable because their fathers are more
involved in their lives. “The
dads are older,
more mature,” says Dr. Silber, “and more ready to
focus on parenting.”
36. Why do psychiatrists
regard maturity as an asset in child rearing?
A) Older parents are often better prepared
financially.
B) Older parents can take better
care of their children.
C) Older parents are
usually more experienced in bringing up their
children.
D) Older parents can better balance
their resources against children’s demands.
37. What does the author mean by saying
“For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable
dream” (Lines
7-8, Para. 1)?
A) They are
reluctant to retire when they reach their
retirement age.
B) They can’t obtain the
retirement benefits they have dreamed of.
C)
They can’t get full pension unless they work some
extra years.
D) They have to go on working
beyond their retirement age.
38. The author
gives the example of Henry Metcalf to show that
________.
A) older parents should exercise
more to keep up with their athletic children
B) many people are young in spirit despite
their advanced age
C) older parents tend to be
concerned about their aging bodies
D) taking
afternoon naps is a good way to maintain energy
39. What’s the biggest fear of older parents
according to New York psychologist Joan Galst?
A) Approaching of death.
B) Slowing down
of their pace of life.
C) Being laughed at by
other people.
D) Being mistaken for
grandparents.
40. What do we learn about
Marilyn and Randy Nolen?
A) They thought they
were an example of successful fertility treatment.
B) Not until they reached middle age did they
think of having children.
C) Not until they
had the twins did they feel they had formed a
family.
D) They believed that children born of
older parents would be smarter.
Part III
Vocabulary (20 minutes)
Directions: There are
30 incomplete sentences it: this part. For each
sentence there are four choices
marked A), B),
C) and D). Choose cite ONE answer that best
completes the sentence. Then
mark the
Corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a
single line through the center.
41. People’s
expectations about the future may have more
influence on their sense of well-being
than
their ________ state does.
A) current
B)
initial
C) modern
D) primitive
42.
After working all day, he was so tired that he was
in no ________ to go to the party with us.
A)
taste
B) mood
C) sense
D)
emotion
43. There is already ________ clear to
show that plants and animals are being affected by
climate
change.
A) witness
B)
certification
C) identity
D) evidence
44. Many women still feel that they are being
________ by a male culture, particularly in the
professional services sector.
A) held back
B) held forth
C) held on
D) held out
45. The findings paint a unique picture of the
shopping habits of customers, plus their
motivation
and ________.
A) privileges
B) possibilities
C) possessions
D)
preferences
46. It’s good to know that quite a
few popular English expressions actually ________
from the Bible.
A) acquire
B) obtain
C) derive
D) result
47. Tom, did it
ever ________ to you that you would be punished
for cheating on exams?
A) happen
B) occur
C) reflect
D) strike
48. In the U.S.
88 percent of smokers had started before they were
18, despite the fact that it is
________ to
sell cigarettes to anyone under that age.
A)
liable
B) liberal
C) irrational
D) illegal
49. According to the key
witnesses, a peculiarly big nose is the criminal’s
most memorable facial
________.
A) feature
B) hint
C) spot
D) signature
50.
Brazil’s constitution ________ the military use of
nuclear energy.
A) withdraws
B) forbids
C) interrupts
D) objects
51. Some
people argue that the death ________ does not
necessarily reduce the number of murders.
A)
plot
B) practice
C) penalty
D) pattern
52. Many personnel managers say it is getting
harder and harder to ________ honest applicants
from
the growing number of dishonest ones.
A) distinguish
B) disguise
C) dissolve
D) discount
53. A study shows that
students living in non-smoking dorms are less
likely to ________ the habit
of smoking.
A) make up
B) turn up
C) draw up
D) pickup
54. Almost all job applicants
are determined to leave a good ________ on a
potential employer.
A) illusion
B)
reputation
C) impression
D)
reflection
55. A special feature of education
at MIT is the opportunity for students and faculty
to ________
together in research activities.
A) specialize
B) participate
C)
consist
D) involve
56. Although they lost
their jobs, savings and unemployment benefits
allow the couple to ________
their comfortable
home.
A) come in for
B) catch up with
C) look forward to
D) hold on to
57.
Although many experts agree that more children are
overweight, there is debate over the best
ways
to ________ the problem.
A) relate
B)
tackle
C) file
D) attach
58. An
important factor in determining how well you
perform in an examination is the ________ of
your mind.
A) state
B) case
C)
situation
D) circumstance
59. Research
shows that there is no ________ relationship
between how much a person earns and whether
he
feels good about life.
A) successive
B)
subsequent
C) significant
D) sincere
60. Sadly, as spending on private gardens has
________, spending on public parks has generally
declined.
A) heightened
B) lifted
C) flown
D) soared
61. Lung
cancer, like some other cancers, often doesn’t
produce ________ until it is too late and
has
spread beyond the chest to the brain, liver or
bones.
A) trails
B) therapies
C)
symptoms
D) symbols
62. With the
increasing unemployment rate, workers who are 50
to 60 years old are usually the first
to be
________.
A) laid off
B) laid aside
C)
laid out
D) laid up
63. The physical
differences between men and women can be ________
directly to our basic roles as
hunters and
child-bearers.
A) pursued
B) traced
C)
switched
D) followed
64. It is clear that
the dog has a much greater ________ of its brain
devoted to smell than is the
case with humans.
A) composition
B) compound
C) percent
D) proportion
65. American college
students are increasingly ________ with credit
card debt and the consequences
can be rather
serious.
A) boosted
B) burdened
C)
discharged
D) dominated
66. Numerous
studies already link the first meal of the day to
better classroom ________.
A) performance
B) function
C) behavior
D)
display
67. The most successful post-career
athletes are those who can take the identity and
fife skills
the learned in sports and ________
them to another area of life.
A) utilize
B) employ
C) apply
D) exert
68.
The technological advances made it possible for
the middle classes to enjoy what had once been
________ only to the very rich.
A)
manageable
B) measurable
C) acceptable
D) affordable
69. Being out of work, lane
can no longer ________ friends to dinners and
movies as she used to.
A) urge
B) treat
C) appeal
D) compel
70. ________ by
the superstars on television, the young athletes
trained hard and played intensely.
A) Imitated
B) Imposed
C) Insured
D) Inspired
Part IV Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions:
There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For
each blank there are jour choices marked
A),
B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You
should choose the ONE that best
fits into the
passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the
Answer Sheet with a single
line through the
centre.
The part of the environmental movement
that draws my firm’s attention is the design of
cities’
buildings and products. When we
designed America’s first so-called “green” office
building in
New York two decades __71__, we
felt very alone. But today, thousands of people
come to green building
conferences, and the
__72__ that buildings can be good for people and
the environment will be
increasingly
influential in years to __73__.
Back in 1984
we discovered that most manufactured products for
decoration weren’t designed for
__74__ use.
The “energy-efficient” sealed commercial buildings
constructed after the 1970s energy
crisis __75__ indoor air quality
problems caused by materials such as paint, wall
covering and carpet.
So far 20 years, we’ve
been focusing on these materials __76__ to the
molecules, looking for ways
to make them
__77__ for people and the planet.
Home
builders can now use materials-such as paints that
release significantly __78__ amounts
of
organic compounds-that don’t __79__ the quality of
the air, water, or soil. Ultimately, __80__,
our basic design strategy is focused not
simply on being “less bad” but on creating __81__
healthful
materials that can be either safely
returned to the soil __82__ reused by industry
again and again.
As a matter of __83__, the
world’s largest carpet manufacturer has already
__84__ a carpet that
is fully and safely
recyclable
(可循环用的).
Look at it this way:
No one __85__ out to create a building that
destroys the planet. But our
current
industrial systems are __86__ causing these
conditions, whether we like it or not. So __87__
of simply trying to reduce the damage, we are
__88__ a positive approach. We’re giving people
high-quality, healthful products and an
opportunity to make choices that have a __89__
effect on
the world. It’s not just the
building industry, either. __90__ cities are
taking these environmentally
positive
approaches to design, planning and building.
Portland, Seattle and Boston have said they
want to be green cities. Chicago wants to be
the greenest city in the world.
71. A) ago
B) off
C) before
D) away
72. A)
practice
B) outlook
C) idea
D) scheme
73. A) go
B) come
C) arrive
D)
continue
74. A) indoor
B) inward
C)
relevant
D) flexible
75. A) displayed
B) discovered
C) exhibited
D) revealed
76. A) back
B) down
C) next
D) near
77. A) comfortable
B) cautious
C) safe
D) stable
78. A) reduced
B) revised
C) descended
D) delayed
79. A) deny
B) depress
C) dissolve
D) destroy
80. A) besides
B) however
C) anyhow
D) anyway
81. A) partially
B) exactly
C) completely
D)
superficially
82. A) or
B) and
C) but
D) nor
83. A) interest
B) fact
C)
principle
D) course
84. A) sketched
B) constructed
C) researched
D)
developed
85. A) starts
B) pulls
C)
looks
D) makes
86. A) basically
B)
originally
C) traditionally
D) inevitably
87. A) because
B) out
C) instead
D) regardless
88. A) adjusting
B)
admitting
C) adopting
D) adapting
89.
A) functional
B) beneficial
C) precious
D) sensible
90. A) Entire
B) Total
C) Full
D) Complete
Part V Writing (30
minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are
allowed 30 minutes to write a poster recruiting
volunteers. You
should write at Least 120
words following the outline given below:
1.
校学生会将组织一次暑假志愿者活动,现招募志愿者
2.
本次志愿者活动的目的、活动安排等
3. 报名条件及联系方式
Volunteers
Needed
2006年6月17日四级参考答案
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2006年6月17日四级参考答案
Part I
1.
C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. D
6. A 7. B 8. A 9. D 10.
D
11. C 12. B 13. C 14. D 15. A
16. B
17. C 18. A 19. A 20. B
Part II
21. D 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. B
26. C 27. A
28. B 29. C 30. D
31. C 32. B 33. A 34. D 35.
B
36. C
37. D 38. C 39. A 40. C
Part III
41. A 42. B 43. D 44. A 45.
D
46. C 47. B 48. D 49. A 50. B
51. C 52.
A 53. D 54. C 55. B
56. D 57. B 58. A 59. C
60. D
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61. C 62. A 63. B 64. D 65. B
66. A
67. C 68. D 69. B 70. D
Part IV
71. A 72. C 73. B 74. A 75. D
76. B 77. C
78. A 79. D 80. B
81. C 82. A 83. B 84. D 85.
A
86. D
87. C 88. C 89. B 90. A
2006年6月17日四级听力原文
Section A
1. M: I think the hostess really went out of
her way to make the party a success.
W: Yes,
the food and drinks were great, but if only we had
known a few of the other guests.
Q: What did
the two speakers say about the party?
2. M:
Can you stop by the post office and get me some
envelopes and 39 cents’ stamps?
W: Well, I am
not going to stop by the post office, but I can
buy you some at the bookstore after
I see the
dentist on Market street.
Q: Where will the
woman go first?
3. M: How do you like the new
physician who replaced Dr. Andrews?
W: He may
not seem as agreeable or as thorough as Dr.
Andrews, but at least he doesn’t keep
patients
waiting for hours.
Q: What can we infer from
the woman’s answer?
4. W: Tom must be in a bad
mood today. He hasn’t said half a dozen words all
afternoon.
M: Oh, really? That’s not like the
Tom we know.
Q: What does the man imply?
5. W: Do you have the seminar schedule with
you? I’d like to find out the topic for Friday.
M: I gave it to my friend, but there should be
copies available in the library. I can pick one
up for you.
Q: What does the man promise
to do?
6. W: I wonder if you could sell me the
Psychology textbooks. You took the course last
semester,
didn’t you?
M: As a matter of
fact, I already sold them back to the school
bookstore.
Q: What do we learn from the
conversation?
7. W: Here is this week’s
schedule, Tony. On Monday, there is the board
meeting. Your speech to
the lion’s club is on
Tuesday afternoon. Then on Wednesday you have an
appointment with your
lawyer and?
M: Wait,
you mean the business conference on Tuesday is
cancelled?
Q: What will the man do this
Tuesday?
8. M: Can you believe it? Jessie told
her boss he was wrong to have fired his marketing
director
W: Yeah, but you know Jessie. If she
has something in mind, everyone will know about
it.
Q: What does the woman mean?
9. M: We’ve got three women
researchers in our group: Mary, Betty and Helen.
Do you know them?
W: Sure. Mary is active and
sociable. Betty is the most talkative woman I’ve
ever met. But guess
what? Helen’s just the
opposite.
Q: What do we learn from the woman’s
remark about Helen?
10. W: Jimmy said that he
was going to marry a rich French businesswoman.
M: Don’t be so sure. He once told me that he
had bought a big house. Yet he’s still sharing
an apartment with Mark.
Q: What does the
man imply?
Section B
Passage 1
Unless
you have visited the southern United States, you
probably have never heard of Kudzu. Kudzu,
as
any farmer in the south will sadly tell you, is a
super-powered weed. It is a strong climbing plant.
Once it gets started, Kudzu is almost
impossible to stop. It climbs to the tops of the
tallest trees.
It can cover large buildings.
Whole barns and farm houses have been known to
disappear from view.
Wherever it grows, its
thick twisting stems are extremely hard to remove.
Kudzu was once thought to
be a helpful plant.
Originally found in Asia, it was brought to
America to help protect the land from
being
swallowed by the sea. It was planted where its
tough roots which grow up to five feet long could
help hold back the soil. But the plant soon
spread to places where it wasn’t wanted. Farmers
now
have to fight to keep it from killing
other plants. In a way, Kudzu is a sign of labor
shortage in
the south. Where there is no one
to work the fields, Kudzu soon takes over. The
northern United States
faces no threat from
Kudzu. Harsh winters kill it off. The plant loves
the warmth of the south, but
the south surely
doesn’t love it. If someone could invent some use
for Kudzu and remove it from southern
farmland, his or her fortune would be assured.
11. What do we learn about “Kudzu” from the
passage?
12. What will happen if the fields
are neglected in the southern United States?
13. Why isn’t Kudzu a threat to the northern
United States?
Passage 2
The word
“university” comes from the Latin word
“universitas”, meaning “the whole”. Later,
in
Latin legal language, “universitas” meant a
society or corporation. In the Middle Ages, the
word
meant “ an association of teachers and
scholars”. The origins of universities can be
traced back
to the 12th to14th centuries. In
the early 12th century, long before universities
were organized in
the modern sense, students
gathered together for higher studies at certain
centers of learning. The
earliest centers in
the Europe were at Bolonia in Italy, founded in
1088. Other early centers were
set up in
France, the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany
from 1150 to 1386. The first universities
in
Britain were Oxford and Cambridge. They were
established in 1185 and 1209 respectively. The
famous
London University was founded in 1836.
This was followed by the foundation of several
universities
such as Manchester and
Birmingham, which developed from provincial
colleges. It was in the 1960’
s that the largest expansion of higher
education took place in Britain. This expansion
took 3 basic
forms: existing universities were
enlarged, new universities were developed from
existing colleges
and completely new
universities were set up. In Britain, finance for
universities comes from three
source: the
first, and the largest source, is grants from the
government, the second source is fees
paid by
students and the third one is private donations.
All the British universities except one receive
some government funding. The exception is
Buckingham, which is Britain’s only independent
university.
14. What did the word
“Universitas” mean in the Middle Ages?
15. Why
was the 1960s so significant for British Higher
Education?
16. What is the main financial
source for British universities?
Passage 3
One of the biggest problems in developing
countries is hunger. An organization called Heifer
International is working to improve the
situation. The organization sends farm animals to
families
and communities around the world. An
American farmer, Dan West, developed the idea for
Heifer
International in the 1930s. Mr. West
was working in Spain where he discovered a need
for cows. Many
families were starving because
of the civil war in that county. So Mr. West asked
his friends in the
United States to send some
cows. The first Heifer animals were sent in 1944.
Since that time, more
than 4,000,000 people in
115 countries have had better lives because of
Heifer animals. To receive
a Heifer animal,
families must first explain their needs and goals.
They must also make a plan which
will allow
them to become self-supporting. Local experts
usually provide training. The organization
says that animals must have food, water,
shelter, health care and the ability to reproduce.
Without
them, the animals will not remain
healthy and productive. Heifer International also
believes that
families must pass on some of
their success to others in need. This belief
guarantees that each person
who takes part in
the program also becomes a giver. Every family
that receives a Heifer animal must
agree to
give that animal’s first female baby to other
people in need . Families must also agree
to
pass on the skills and training they receive from
Heifer International. This concept helps
communities become self-supporting.
17.
What does the speaker tell us about Mr. West?
18. What is the ultimate goal of Heifer
International?
19. What are families required
to do after they receive support from Heifer
International?
20. What is the major
achievement of Heifer International?
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