composites大学英语四级期末考试A

2021年1月20日发(作者：taken)
烟台南山学院
2009
—
2010
学年第一学期期末考试

Canelo. “It is about fear.”




Some
observers
believe
Washington’s
response
could
be
e
ffective
to
prevent
further
economy
deterioration.
“The
recovery
could
be
much
smoother
than
expected
due
to
the
fiscal and monetary stimulus we’re in store for,” says Richard Weiss, chief investment officer
for City National Bank.



Restoring consumer confidence is a top priority for Greenspan and Congress, given that
consumer spending accounts for about two third of the nation’s total output. To that end, the
Fed
has
been
flooding
the
markets
with
cash.
Congress,
meanwhile,
is
awash
in
plans
to
spend money, drawing down the $$
153 billion Social Security surplus. There’s even talk of
further tax cuts.



The
economy
devastation
of
the
worst
disaster
on
American
soil
is
far
and
wide.
Last
week, individual industries began to estimate the loss.
Airlines



While
“recessions are bad for the airline industry, terrorism is worse,” says a senior vice
president
at
aviation
consultants
Avitas.
Now
both
are
serious
problems
for
airliners,
as
heavily indebted and cashpoor companies are seeing a drastic reduction in bookings. Some
planes are flying less than half full. Experts predict that this will put some airliners out of
business
and
the
total
industry
losses
will
amount
to
10
billion
dollars by
the
end
of
next
year.



When ---and
if---the
industry
recovers,
it
will
have
been
fundamentally
changed.
Passengers might find fewer flights overall and limited service to smaller airports, as airlines
focus on large, profitable hubs(
交通枢纽
).
Oil



As U.S. naval forces headed out from Norfolk (
美国一个重要的海军基地
) toward the
Middle East, the oil market was nervous but focused as much on recession as on the threat of
war. Crude prices slid downward due to the predicted economic slowdown and a drop in air
travel
which
would
reduce
demand.
Still,
with
the
prospect
of
armed
conflict
very
real,
analysts see considerable risk of higher energy prices, especially when the war might involve
Iraq, an oil-producing country.



But Michael Lynch of the research firm DRI-WEFA said that despite decreasing demand,
《大学英语四级试卷》
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学习形式：公共选修课



年级：
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本试题需 在【答题册】作答
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试题总分
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I.
Reading
Comprehension
(skimming
and
scanning).
（共
10
题，每题
2
分，满分
20
分）

Directions: For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from choices marked A), B), C), and
D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.

Economy Terrorized

From Wall Street to Main Street, Layoffs, Losses, and Little Hope



The
popular
word
in
business
befor
e
September11
was
“visibility”.

Company
after
company
complained
about
their
gloomy
future
because
of
the
worsening
economy.
Now,
though, corporate America has a clear vision of the immediate future ---
and it’s not a good
one.
“The
attack
has
turned
the
business
world
upside
down,”
says
Diane

Swonk,
chief
economist at Bank One in Chicago.



Companies have been aware of the possible loss due to the terror attacks. Firms directly
affected by the horror, such as Boeing and Marriott, warned of lower profits. Airline layoffs
alone will top 100,000, pushing some analysts to say as one million workers may lose their
jobs
because
of
the
post-attack
repercussions
(
反应
).
On
Capitol
Hill,
lawmakers
and
the
Bush administration began preparing an economic emergency response. “The foundations of
our free society remain sound, and I am
confident that we will recover and prosper as we
have in the past,” Federal Reserve Chai
rman Alan Greenspan told Congress.



A chief executive of Frontier Airlines in Denver last week announced a 20 percent flight
reduction and large scale layoffs.



On Wall Street, markets tumbled (
下跌
) amid the likelihood of recession and war: The
Dow Jone
s industrial average fell nearly 700 points Monday. “It is no longer about earning
or
the
economy
or
interest
rates
anymore,”
says
Morgan
Stanley
market
strategist
Peter
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the
terror
attack
had
produced
an
“uncertainty
effect”
that
would
possibly
drive
oil
prices
higher
in
the
weeks
ahead.
Lynch
said
that
oil
companies
and
large
industrial
users
of
oil
very likely would attempt to build inventories amid uncertainty.
Retailing



Many shoppers stayed home during the week of the attack. Federated Department Stores,
which
owns
Bloomingdale’s
and
Macy’s,
said
sales
during
the
week
were
$$65million,
or
about
20
percent,
below
its
forecasts.
Other
retailers,
including
Wal- Mart
Stores
and
bookstore
chains
Borders
Group
and
Barnes
and
Noble,
as
well
as
teen
apparel
retailer
American
Eagle
Outfitters,
reported
a
fast
decrease
in
sales
but
some
rebound
by
last
weekend. “For the most part, sales are starting to come back, but they’re not where we want
them to be,” says Tracy
Mullin, president of the National Retail Federation.



Consumers
already
planning
the
purchase
of
a
new
car,
appliance,
or
other
big-ticket
item may go ahead, but forget those who had only begun to think about buying, says Marian
Friestad,
president
of
t
he
Society
for
Consumer
Psychology.
“This
would
be
a
time
when
people
would
not
be
particularly
open
to
changing
their
purchase
behavior
or
trying
new
things,” she says. Frivolous purchases, like perfume and fashion, will probably decline.

Media



On Madison Avenue, advertising industry executives estimated their losses after nearly a
week without network TV ads. But that is not all. Many companies felt it inappropriate to
advertise during such a time of tragedy and canceled their commercials on TV
.



This trend is likely to mean further losses for an industry already suffering from a sharp
cutback in spending.



Already, the six TV networks reported an estimated $$320 million in lost ad revenues due
to
the
attack.
And
four
of
the
country’s
newspaper
group
s
warned
of
a
shortfall
in
third-quarter earnings because of canceled ads.
Entertainment



The most pressing question right now is what will happen in TV
, already suffering from a
big
drop
in
advertising.
Although
the
new
season
has
been
pretty
well
purged
of
any
references that might be deemed offensive in the wake of the attack, there is serious doubt
about viewers’ tastes in the future.




Two big-budget films
—
Big Trouble and Collateral Damage
—
were shelved indefinitely
last week. Other movies with New York themes were pushed back. Still more were simply
scrubbed
clean
of
their
references
to
terrorism
and
the
World
Trade
Center.
However,
the
entertainment industry may not suffer long-term damage, with losses expected to level off by
the first quarter of next year, according to analysts.
Insurance



Already stunned by a plunge in profits and losses from storms in the first half of the year,
property and casualty insurers now face even worse. “All profits will be wiped out,” says an
analyst. Despite some loss, analysts are confident that the industry will be able to meet the
estimated
$$30
billion
in
projected
claims,
a
loss
that
could
escalate
if
costly
business-interruption and personal injury claims accelerate.



One thing is certain: There will be higher rates and more limited coverage for terrorist or
war-related events, especially for airlines.
1.

According to the passage, what is NOT the possible loss due to the terror attacks in the
U.S.?



A) Firms directly affected by the horror will suffer lower profits.



B) One million workers may lose their jobs because of the post-attack repercussions.



C) The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 700 points.



D) Washington also loses its confidence to prevent further economy deterioration.
2.

The most important task for the Bush Administration is to _____.



A) restore consumer confidence



B) limit immigration



C) cut tax for all the companies



D) estimate an exact loss
3.

Which of the following statements about airlines loss is WRONG?



A) Some airlines are seeing a drastic reduction in bookings.



B) Some planes are flying less than half full.



C) The total industry losses will reach $$10 billion by the end of this year.



D) Some airliners will be put out of business.
4.

The two serious problems for American airline mentioned in the passage are _____.
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A) oil price and economy depression



B) recessions and terrorism




C) airline service and safety



D) layoffs and finance
5.

The effect of this attack on the oil price is _____.



A) clear







B) slim







C) uncertain








D) unprecedented

6. Which of the following statements about retailing is NOT mentioned in the passage?



A) Many shoppers stayed home during the week of the attack.



B) Some retailers are still optimistic about their sales in the coming Christmas season.



C) Some retailers reported a fast decrease in sales but some rebound by last weekend.



D) Such frivolous purchases as perfume and fashion will probably decline.
7.

Already, the six TV networks reported an estimated _____ in lost ad revenues.



A) $$10 million


























B) $$65 million



C) $$153 million

























D) $$320 million
8.

One big question for the entertainment industry is the viewers’ ____ in the future.

9.

Reference to terrorism and ______ has been scrubbed from movies.
10.
One
certain
effect
of
the
attack
on
the
insurance
industry
is
the
increased
rated
and
_______ for terrorist or war-related events, especially for airlines.

II. Fill in the blanks with the words in the b ox.
（共
10
题，每题
1
分，满分
10
分）
In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for
each
blank
from
a
list
of
choices
given
in
a
word
bank
following
the
passage.
Read
the
passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the blank is identified
by a letter. Please write the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet.

What
is
suburbanization?
If
by
“suburb”
is
meant
an
urban__1
1__that
grows
more
rapidly than its already developed interior, the process of suburbanization began during the
__12__ of the industrial city in the second quarter of the 19
th
century. Before that period the
city was a small highly __13__ cluster in which people move about on foot and goods were
__14__
by
horse
and
cart.
But
the
early
factories
built
in
the
1830s
were
__15__
along
waterways
and
near
railheads
at
the
edges
of
cities,
and
housing
was
needed
for
the
thousands of people drawn by the prospect of employment.
In
time,
the
factories
were
__16__by
proliferating
mill
towns
of
apartments
and
row
houses
that
abutted
the
older,
main
cities.
As
a
defense
__17__
this
encroachment
and
to
enlarge their tax base, the cities appropriated their industrial neighbors. In 1854, for example,
the city of Philadelphia __18__most of the Philadelphia County. Similar things __19__ place
in
Chicago
and
in
New
York.
Indeed,
most
great
cities
of
the
United
Sates
__20__
such
status only by annexing the communities along their borders.
A) located





B) margin





C) conveyed



D) compact





E) center
F) emergence


G) spacious




H) surrounded


I) abandoned




J) plummet



K) achieved



L) took







M) against






N) for









O) incorporated

III. Cloze.
（共
20
题，每题
1
分，满分20
分）

Directions:
There
are
20
blanks
in
the
following
passage,
and
for
each
blank
there
are
4
choices marked A), B)
，
C) and D) at the end of the passage. You should choose the ONE
answer
that
best
fits
into
the
passage.
Then
write
the
corresponding
letter
on
the
Answer
Sheet.



Conversation
begins
almost
the
moment
we
come
into
contact
with
another
and
continues throughout the day__21__ the aid of cell phones and computers. However, we are
so often absorbed in conversation that we __22__sight of its true purpose and value.


One
important
__23__of
a
good
conversation
is
that
the
words
are
__24__
used
to
express
thoughts
and
feelings.
We
are__25__deep
thoughts
and
strong
emotions
，
yet
our
vocabularies are not__26__for this expression, and many __27__little effort to expand that.
Perhaps you see a movie that __28__you deeply
，
yet you have the following conversation:
“So
, what did you think of the film
？
” “Oh
，
my God
，
it was so sad
，
I swear. I went through
__29__a box of tissues (
面巾纸
)
I was in tears.”
This dialogue is__30__an effective way of
expressing
feelings.
It
gives
no__31__of
how
or
why
the
movie
truly__32__you.
Such
commonly-used
phrases
are
certainly
not
enough
to
describe
a
deeply
moving
experience.
However, not only__33__try to avoid overused words,
you must __34__be careful in
your
selection. The purpose of expanding vocabulary is not to use the __35__or most impressive
words, but to find those best suited.


What is lacking in many conversations is the ability to talk to another rather than just
talking
with
that
person.
A__36__person
will
find
that
even
in
the
most
ordinary
conversations, there are a thousand questions__37__to be asked if you have courage and a
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