6月大学英语四级预测试题及答案

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6月大学英语四级预测试题及答案

篇1：6月大学英语四级预测试题及答案

Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Directions: There are 4 reading 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 the center.

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

There is a difference between science and technology. Science is a method of answering theoretical questions; technology is a method of solving practical problems. Science has to do with discovering the facts and relationships between observable phenomena in nature and with establishing theories that serve to organize these facts and relationships; technology has to do with tools, techniques, and procedures for implementing the finding of science.

Another distinction between science and technology has to do with the progress in each.

Progress in science excludes the human factor. Scientists, who seek to comprehend the universe and know the truth within the highest degree of accuracy and certainty, cannot pay attention to their own or other people's likes or dislikes or to popular ideas about the fitness of things. What scientists discover may shock or anger people-as did Darwin's theory of evolution. But even an unpleasant truth is more than likely to be useful; besides, we have the choice of refusing to believe it! But hardly so with technology; we do not have the choice of refusing to hear the sonic boom produced by a supersonic aircraft flying overhead; we do not have the option of refusing to breathe polluted air; and we do not have the option of living in a non-atomic age. Unlike science progress, technology must be measured in terms of the human factor. The legitimate purpose of technology is to serve people in general, not merely some people; and future generations, not merely those who presently wish to gain advantage for themselves. Technology must be humanistic if it is to lead to a better world.

21. The difference between science and technology lies in that _____.

A) the former provides answers to theoretical questions while the latter to practical problems

B) the former seeks to comprehend the universe while the latter helps change the material world

C) the former aims to discover the inter-connections of facts and the rules that explain them while the latter, to discover new designs and ways of making the things we use in our daily life

D) all of the above

22. Which of the following may be representative of science?

A) The improvement of people's life.

B) The theory of people's life.

C) Farming tools.

D) Mass production.

23. According to the author, scientific theories _____.

A) must be strictly objective

B) usually take into consideration people's likes and dislikes

C) should conform to popular opinions

D) always appear in perfect and finished forms

24. The author states that technology itself _____.

A) is responsible for widespread pollution and resource exhaustion

B) should serve those who wish to gain advantage for themselves

C) will lead to a better world if put to wise use

D) will inevitably be for bad purpose

25. The tone of the author in this passage is _____.

A) positive

B) negative

C) factual

D) critical

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

Americans have always been ambivalent in their attitudes toward education. On the one hand, free and universal public education was seen as necessary in a democracy, for how else would citizens learn how to govern themselves in a responsible way? On the other hand, America was always a country that offered financial opportunities for which education was not needed: on the road from rags to riches, schooling-beyond the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic-was an unnecessary detour.

Even today, it is still possible for people to achieve financial success without much education, but the number of situations in which this is possible is decreasing. In today's more complex world, the opportunities for financial success is closely related to the need for education, especially higher education.

Our society is rapidly becoming one whose chief product is information, and dealing with this information requires more and more specialized education. In other words, we grow up learning more and more about fewer and fewer subjects.

In the future, this trend is likely to continue. Tomorrow's world will be even more complex than today's world, and, to manage this complexity, even more specialized education will be needed.

26. The topic treated in this passage is _____.

A) education in general

B) Americans' attitudes

C) higher education

D) American education

27. Americans' attitudes toward education have always been _____.

A) certain B) contradictory

C) ambitious D) unclear

28. Today, financial success is closely related to the need for _____.

A) higher education B) public education

C) responsible citizens D) learning the basics

29. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that _____.

A) information is our only product

B) education in the future will be specialized

C) we are entering an age of information

D) we are living in an age of information

30. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A) The History of American Education.

B) The Need for Specialized Education.

C) The Future of the American Educational System.

D) Attitudes toward American Education.

篇2：6月大学英语四级考试预测试题

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 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 centre.

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

Increasingly, over the past ten years, people―especially young people―have become aware of the need to change their eating habits, because much of the food they eat, particularly processed foods, is not good for health. Consequently,there has been a growing interest in natural foods: foods which do not contain chemical additives and which have not been affected by chemical fertilizers widely used in farming today.

Natural foods, for example, are vegetables, fruit and grain which have been grown in soil that is rich in organic matter.In simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished by unused vegetable matter, which provides it with essential vitamins and minerals. This in itself is a natural process compared with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of which is to increase the amount but not the quality of foods grown in commercial farming areas.

Natural foods also include animals which have been allowed to feed and move freely in healthy pastures. Compare this with what happens in the mass production of poultry: there are battery farms, for example, where thousands of chickens live crowded together in one building and are fed on food which is little better than rubbish. Chickens kept in this way are not only tasteless as food; but also produce eggs which lack important vitamins.

There are other aspects of healthy eating which are now receiving increasing attention from experts on diet. Take, for example, the question of sugar. This is actually a nonessential food! Although a natural alternative, such as honey, can be used to sweeten food if this necessary, we can in fact do without it. It is not that sugar is harmful in itself. But it does seem to be additive: the quantity we use has grown steadily over the last centuries and in Britain today each person consumes an average of 200 pounds a year! Yet all it does is provide us with energy, in the form of calories. There are no vitamins in it, no minerals and nofiber.?

It is significant that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet. In white bread, for example ,the fiber has been removed. But it is present in unrefined flour and of course in vegetables. It is interesting to note that in countries where the national diet contains large quantities of unrefined flour and vegetables, certain diseases are comparatively rare. Hence the emphasis is placed on the eating of whole meal bread and more vegetables by modern experts on “healthy eating”.

? 21.Which statement best expresses the main idea of this article?

? A) People should eat any food to keep themselves healthy and strong.

? B) People should eat natural foods to keep themselves healthy and strong.

? C) People should eat fiber foods to keep themselves healthy and strong.

? D) People should eat vegetables to keep themselves healthy and strong.

? 22.“Particularly processed foods” means ____.

? A) foods which are particularly processed by adding chemical additives

? B) foods which are particularly made by commercial farms

? C) foods which are specially produced by commercial factories

? D) foods which are not specially made by adding anything

? 23.Natural foods means ____.

? A) foods good for health

? B) foods not good for health

? C) foods such as vegetables, fruit and grain from rich organic matters soil

? D) crops from rich organic matters soil and meats of animals from healthy pastures

? 24.There are no vitamins, no minerals and no fibers in ____.

? A) natural foods C) sugar

? B) animal meats D) fruit

25.“Yet all it does is provide us with energy, in the form of calories.” It means ____.

? A) processed food provides us with energy

? B) natural food furnishes us with vitamins and minerals

? C) sugar gives us enough energy in the form of calories

? D) fiber helps us to digest food?

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: ?

With a tremendous roar from its rocket engine, the satellite is sent up into the sky. Minutes later, at an altitude of 300 miles, this tiny electronic moon begins to orbit about the earth. Its radio begins to transmit an astonishing amount of information about the satellite's orbital path, the amount of radiation it detects, and the presence of meteorites. Information of all kinds races back to the earth.No human being could possibly copy down all these facts, much less remember and organize them. But an electronic computer can. ?

The marvel of the machine age, the electronic computer has been in use only since 1946. It can do simple computations―add,subtract, multiply and divide―with lighting speed and perfect accuracy. Some computers can work 500,000 times faster than any person can.

Once it is given a “program” ― that is, a carefully worked?out set of instructions devised by a technician trained in computer language ― a computer cagather a wide range of information for many purposes. For the scientist it can get information from outer space or from the depth of the ocean. In business and industry the computer prepares factory inventories, keeps track of sales trends and production needs, mails dividend checks, and makes out company payrolls. It can keep bank accounts up to date and make out electric bills. If you are planning a trip by plane, the computer will find out what to take and what space is available.

Not only can the computer gather facts, it can also store them as fast as they are gathered and can pour them out whenever they are needed. The computer is really a high?powered“memory” machine that “has all the answers”―or almost all.Besides gathering and storing information, the computer can also solve complicated problems that once took months for people to do.

At times computers seem almost human. They can “read” hand?printed letters, play chess, compose music, write plays and even design other computers. Is it any wonder that they are sometimes called “thinking” machines?

Even though they are taking over some of the tasks that were once accomplished by our own brains, computers are not replacing us at least not yet. Our brain has more than 10 million cells. A computer has only a few hundred thousand parts.

For some time to come, then, we can safely say that our brains are at least 10,000 times more complex than a computer.How we use them is for us, not the computer, to decide.

? 26.In the first paragraph, the author thinks an electronic computer can ____.

? A) copy down all the facts

? B) remember all the facts

? C) organize the facts and everything

? D) copy down, remember and organize all the facts

? 27.“Program” means ____.

? A) a plan of what is to be done

? B) a complete show on a TV station at a fixed time table

? C) a scheduled performance

? D) series of coded instructions to control the operations of a computer

? 28.The computer is a high powered “memory” machine, which ____.

? A) has all the ready answers ― or almost all to any questions

? B) can remember everything

? C) can store everything and work for you

? D) has all the answers ― or almost to all the information that has been stored

? 29. “Thinking” machines suggest that ____.

? A) they can “read” hand printed letters etc

? B) they really can think and do many other jobs

? C) they even design other computers

? D) they can't think, but can do something under human control

? 30.Can computers do whatever they want to do?Why?

? A) Yes, because some computers can work 500,000 times faster than any person can.

? B) No, because they normally have a few hundred thousand parts.

? C) No, because human brains are at least 10000 times more complex than any computers.

? D) No, because how a computer works is decided by human.

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

No one expressed this attitude more strongly than Noah Webster (1758?1843).

Born near Nartford, Connecticut, he received his education at Yale College and later began to practise law. But business in this profession was slow, and he was forced to turn to teaching. As a teacher, he soon discovered that the English school books then in use were unsatisfactory, and the American Revolution reduced the supply of such books as there were. Webster therefore began to work on three simple books on English, a spelling book, a grammar, and a reader, and these were the first books of their kind to be published in this country. The success of the first part was surprisingly great. It was soon issued again under the title THE AMERICAN SPELLING BOOK, and in this form about 80 million copies were sold during the next hundred years. From a profit of less than one cent a copy, Webster got most of his income for the rest of his life. Not only did the little book have great influence on many generations of school children, but it also had the effect or turning its author's attention to questions of language. In 1806 he produced a small dictionary,and this was followed by his greatest work, AN AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, published in two volumes in1828. In both of these works and in many smaller writings he had one purpose: to show that the Englsih language in his country was a truly American thing, developing in its own special way and deserving to be considered from an independent, American point of view. As he himself wrote,“ It is not only important, but in a degree necessary, that the people of this country should have an AMERICAN DICTIONARY of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England…some differences exist…. No person in this country will be satisfied with the English definitions of the words congress, senate, assembly, court, and so forth, for although these are words used in England, yet they are applied in this country to express ideas which they do not express in that country.” By giving American meanings and American pronunciation, by adopting a number of American spellings, and especially by introducing quotations from American authors beside those from English literature, he was able, to a great extent, to justify the title of his work. If, after a hundred years, some people still doubt the existence of a separate American language, his efforts, nevertheless, have left a lasting mark on the language of his country.

? 31.Webster first tried to earn his living in the field of ____.

? A) education C) law

? B) journalism D) medicine

? 32.Webster earned most of his money from the sale of his ____.

? A) dictionary of 1828 C) grammar

? B) spelling book D) reader

? 33.Apparently Webster published his first books while he was a____.

? A) teacher C) lawyer

? B) student D) doctor

? 34.This article could be entitled ____.

? A) Noah Webster and American English Spelling

? B) Noah Webster, the author of An American Dictionary of the English Language

? C) Noah Webster

? D) Noah Webster and American English Grammar

? 35.According to the article, Webster ____.

? A) had created American English and its usages

? B) had discovered American English and improved it

? C) had tried his best and left a milestone on the language of his country

? D) had left a language which was not used in England.

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

? Once upon a time, the United States seemed to have plenty of land to go around. Plenty of rivers to dam and plenty of rural valleys left over. Plenty of space for parks and factories. Plenty of forests to cut and grasslands to plow. But that was once upon a time. The days of unused land are over.Now the land has been spoken for, fenced off, carved up into cities and farms and industrial parks, put to use.?

At the same time, the population keeps growing. People need places to work and places to play. So we need more sites for more industries, more beaches for more sunbathers, and more clean rivers for more fishers. And it isn't just a matter of population growth. Our modern technology has needs that must be met, too. We need more coal for energy, and we need more power plants; cars must have highways and parking lots, and jets must have airports. ?

Each of these land uses swallows up precious space.Highways and expressways alone take some 200,000 acres each year. And urban sprawl ― the spreading out of cities ― is expected to gobble up vast areas of land by the year 2,000. But there is only so much land to go around. It is always hard to decide. Take, for example, a forest. A forest can be a timber supply. It can provide a home for wildlife. It is scenery and a recreation area for man. It is soil and watershed protection.

? 36.“…the United States seemed to have plenty of land to go around ” means that ____.

? A) the United States seemed to have vast land for its people to walk around

? B) the United States seemed to have enough land for sharing with everyone

? C) the United States could provide whatever its inhabitents' needs

? D) the United States was not able to allow its people to do what they wanted to

? 37.The sentence of “Plenty of rivers to dam and plenty of rural valleys left over” suggests that ____.

? A) the United States had a lot of rivers to dam and many rural valleys, too

? B) the rivers could be damed later

? C) rural valleys would be considered in the future

? D) people needn't think of the rivers and valleys

? 38.“Now the land has been spoken for, …” tells us that ____.

? A) today, land has shown its values

? B) now, people have said something about land

? C) nowadays, land has been claimed by human beings

? D) recently, people spoke for the land

? 39.The phrase of “swallows up” informed us that ____.

? A) these usages of land have good results

? B) these lands must be used totally

? C) the precious space was taken completely

? D) the precious space were eaten up

? 40.The word “sprawl” indicates that ____.

? A) cities are developing very fast to meet the people's demands

? B) urban areas are diminishing smoothly

? C) urban areas are enlarging steadily in a planned way

? D) cities are spreading out without any plans

篇3：6月大学英语四级翻译预测

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

鲁迅，原名周树人。浙江绍兴人。著名文学家、思想家，五四新文化运动(May 4th New Culture Movement)的重要参与者，中国现代文学的奠基人。他对于五四运动以后的中国社会思想文化发展产生了一定的影响，蜚声世界文坛，尤其在韩国、日本思想文化领域有极其重要的地位和影响，被誉为“二十世纪东亚文化地图上占最大领土的作家”。

Lu Xun, whose original name was Zhou Shuren, was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Being a famous writer and thinker, he had been an important participant of May 4th New Culture Movement. He was also a founder of the contemporary literature of China. He had certain influence on the development of the ideology and culture of the Chinese society after the movement. As was famous among the literary circles all around the world, particularly for his crucial role and impacts on the cultural and ideological spheres in South Korea and Japan, he was honored as “the writer who occupied the largest area of the map of East Asian culture in the 20th century. ”

篇4：6月大学英语四级翻译预测

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

国画是汉族的传统绘画形式，是用毛笔蘸水、墨、彩作画于绢(silken cloth)或纸上。工具和材料有毛笔、墨、颜料(pigment)、宣纸(rice paper)、绢等，题材可分人物、山水、花鸟等，技法可分具象和写意。中国画在内容和艺术创作上，体现了古人对自然、社会及与之相关联的政治、哲学、宗教、道德、文艺等方面的认知。

Chinese painting is the traditional painting form of the Han nationality, which is painted on the silken cloth or paper with the writing brush stained with water, ink or paint. The tools and materials include the writing brush, ink, pigment, rice paper, silken cloth, etc. The themes can be figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, and the techniques can be divided into figurative painting and freehand painting. In terms of the content and art, Chinese painting expresses the ancient people’s understanding of nature and society, as well as the politics, philosophy, religion, morality, literature and art related to them.

6月英语四级翻译练习题：控制情绪

请将下面这段话翻译成英文：

那些保持适应性情绪控制状态的人，把逆境看作是暂时性的，相信困难应该会过去的。在一项危机中，他们很好地调整自己，坚信控制来源于激励的行动而非控制反应。他们不会受到紧张或痛苦情绪的惊吓;他们采取有效的应对策略，例如取得亲朋的支持和自我的述说。研究表明那些拥有高情商的人处理创伤性(traumatic)事件时很少会有负面心理问题。

参考译文：

Those who maintain an adaptive state of emotional control regard adversity as temporary and have the belief that “This shall pass.” In a crisis, they well adjust themselves and firmly believe that the control comes from inspired action rather than controlling reaction. They are not terrified by intense or painful emotions; they employ effective coping strategies, such as obtaining support from relatives and friends, and self-talk. The study indicates that individuals with a high emotional intelligence handle traumatic events with rare negative psychological problems.

206月英语四级翻译练习题：浪漫告白

浪漫篇

1. I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.

我爱你，不是因为你是一个怎样的人，而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。

2. No matter the ending is perfect or not, you cannot disappear from my world.

我的世界不允许你的消失,不管结局是否完美.

3. Why I have never catched the happiness? Whenever I want you ,I will be accompanyed by the memory of...

为什么幸福总是擦肩而过,偶尔想你的时候….就让….回忆来陪我.

4. The darkness is no darkness with thee.

有了你，黑暗不再是黑暗。

直白篇

1. I have strong feelings for you.我对你很有感觉。

2. I have the hots for you. 我迷上你了。

3. I think I am falling in love with you. 我觉得我爱上你了。

4. I have a crush on you. 我被你迷住了。

5. I've been coming on to you. 我一直对你有好感。

6. I am infatuated with you. 我为你神魂颠倒。

7. I think I like you. 我觉得我喜欢上你了。

8. You've been on my mind all the time. 我脑子里想的全是你。

9. I'm crazy about you. 我为你痴狂。

篇5：6月大学英语四级作文预测及

1.提纲作文：网络游戏

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Online Games. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline below:

1)现在有些大学生沉迷于网络游戏，家长和学校对此忧心忡忡，

2)但有人认为网络游戏并非一无是处，

3)你的看法。

Online Games

As a product of modern computer and the Internet, online games have become very popular among college students. A great many students have enjoyed great pleasure and satisfaction from these games. But as we see, some students lacking self-discipline are too much indulged in these games so that their health and academic performances are affected. This phenomenon has caused much worry from the teachers and parents.

However, some others argue that online games are not always harmful. They can train the ability of youngsters to respond to things quickly. Moreover, they can stimulate their imagination and their interest in computer science. More importantly, it does bring college students much pleasure and release their pressure greatly.

From my point of view, online games are a wonderful entertainment if you play them in a reasonable way. When they interfere too much with your study, it is better for you to give them up at once. Yet if you have enough self-control over them, you can certainly obtain real pleasure and benefit a lot from them.

作为现代电脑与网络的产物，在线游戏在大学生中间已经变得非常流行。很多学生喜欢来自于这些游戏的极大快乐与满足。但是我们看到，一些缺乏自律的学生太沉迷于这些游戏，以至于影响了他们的健康和学习成绩。这种现象已经在教师和家长中引起极大忧虑。

屏蔽此推广内容然而，有人认为在线游戏并不总是有害。它们可以训练年轻人对事物的快速反应能力。此外，它们可以激发年轻人的想象与对电脑的兴趣。更为重要的是，它确实给大学生带来快乐并极大地减轻他们的压力。

在我看来，如果你以适当的方式玩在线游戏，这是一种极好的娱乐。当它们太影响学习的时候，你最好立即放弃。然而如果你对他们有足够的自制，你当然可以从中获得真正的快乐并受益匪浅。

篇6：6月大学英语四级作文预测及

How To Treat Disabled People

living in the world, everyone dreams of being great and wise. have some of us ever dreamt of being a normal person? i’m sure that all students will answer “no”, and you’ll question me, “why do you ask such a silly question?” as a matter of fact, people who are disabled just wish that they themselves would one day be a healthy and normal person as us. then how should we treat disabled people?

the majority of us will claim to show respect for them and not to look down upon them. it is true. most people have got a shock at their diligence. at present, a large quantity of the blind is learning the traditional chinese treatment, such as massage and acupuncture. and after opening a shop, they can usually get well paid. some people without arms have learned writing with their feet. what’s more, people with a moving handicap can do work very well, even if they can only move their head and mouth. not to mention hawking for example. so far as i know, not long before it is reported such two persons. both of them do very well in computer. one is a girl, who is just round twenty years. with a pen in her mouth, she makes flash. in spite of her disability, she still gets tens of thousands yuan per month. the other is a forty-year-old man. he manages the computer as well as the girl. anyway he has succeeded in making a programme, which recorded his own language.

never is the way for disabled people to success easy. apart from hard work, they need special patience and will, which are the key to success. often we’re moved by their experiences. then we will respect them and help them.

as the god seems as if not equal to disabled people, we should help them. some day when you meet a blind person in the street, go to help him/ her cross the street or show him/ her the way; some day when you meet a disabled person in a bus, give your seat to him/ her; some day you meet a disabled beggar, offer him some money; some day when you talk with a disabled person, encourage him/ her and let him/ her know the world is still beautiful. not only should we treat disabled people equally, but even more well!

篇7：6月大学英语四级作文预测及

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Do Libraries Become Useless at the Age of Information? You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:

1. 有些人认为信息时代不再需要传统图书馆了，因为……

2. 有些人认为信息时代传统图书馆仍然有重要作用，因为……

3. 你的看法……

There has been a heated discussion about libraries at the age of information among people. Some people, especially the younger generation, challenge the value of conventional libraries. When they need any information in their studies or work, they can turn to their computers for help. For this reason, they do not need to go to a library for borrowing or returning one or two books.

While others, including most old people as well as scholars, value libraries. They love libraries because they can enjoy peace and quietness in an isolated spiritual world. And they also have access to rare academic works needed for their studies in the libraries.

In my view, conventional libraries are still available though there is still much room for improving. At the Age of Information, as long as knowledge is respected and cherished, libraries won’t extinct from our lives. On the other hand, libraries should not refuse the latest information technology, which will enable them to regain those young readers。

篇8：6月大学英语四级考试试题及答案

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 once. 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. 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 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 center.

sample answer [a] [b] [c] [d]

1. a) his father.

b) his mother.

c) his brother.

d) his sister.

2. a) a job opportunity.

b) a position as general manager.

c) a big travel agency.

d) an inexperienced salesman.

3. a) having a break.

b) continuing the meeting.

c) moving on to the next item.

d) waiting a little longer.

4. a) the weather forecast says it will be fine.

b) the weather doesn’t count in their plan.

c) they will not do as planned in case of rain.

d) they will postpone their program if it rains.

5. a) he wishes to have more courses like it.

b) he finds it hard to follow the teacher.

c) he wishes the teacher would talk more.

d) he doesn’t like the teacher’s accent.

6. a) go on with the game.

b) draw pictures on the computer.

c) review his lessons.

d) have a good rest.

7. a) she does not agree with jack.

b) jack’s performance is disappointing.

c) most people will find basketball boring.

d) she shares jack’s opinion.

8. a) the man went to a wrong check-in counter.

b) the man has just missed his flight.

c) the plane will leave at 9:14.

d) the plane’s departure time remains unknown.

9. a) at a newsstand.

b) at a car dealer’s

c) at a publishing house.

d) at a newspaper office.

10. a) he wants to get a new position.

b) he is asking the woman for help.

c) he has left the woman a good impression.

d) he enjoys letter writing.

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 center.

passage one

question 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11. a) they are interested in other kinds of reading.

b) they are active in voluntary services.

c) they tend to be low in education and in income.

d) they live in isolated areas.

12. a) the reasons why -people don’t read newspapers are more complicated than assumed.

b) there are more uneducated people among the wealthy than originally expected.

c) the number of newspaper readers is steadily increasing.

d) there are more nonreaders among young people nowadays.

13. a) lowering the prices of their newspapers.

b) shortening their news stories.

c) adding variety to their newspaper content.

d) including more advertisements in their newspapers.

passage two

questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14. a) a basket.

b) a cup

c) a egg.

d) an oven.

15. a) to let in the sunshine.

b) to serve as its door.

c) to keep the nest cool.

d) for the bird to lay eggs.

16. a) branches.

b) grasses.

c) mud.

d) straw.

17. a) some are built underground.

b) some can be eaten.

c) most are sewed with grasses.

d) most are dried by the sun.

passage three

questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

18. a) to examine the chemical elements in the ice age.

b) to look into the pattern of solar wind activity.

c) to analyze the composition of different trees.

d) to find out the origin of carbon-14 on earth.

19. a) the lifecycle of trees.

b) the number of trees.

c) the intensity of solar burning.

d) the quality of air.

20. a) it affects the growth of trees.

b) it has been increasing since the ice age.

c) it is determined by the chemicals in the air.

d) it follows a certain cycle.

part ii reading comprehension (35 minutes)

direction: 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 the center.

passage one

questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

in the 1960s, medical researchers thomas holmes and richard rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. they appreciated the tricky point that any major change can be stressful. negative events like “serious illness of a family member” were high on the list, but so were some positive life-changing events, like marriage. when you take the holmes-rahe test you must remember that the score does not reflect how you deal with stress - it only shows how much you have to deal with. and we now know that the way you handle these events dramatically affects your chances of staying healthy.

by the early 1970s, hundreds of similar studies had followed holmes and rahe. and millions of americans who work and live under stress worried over the reports. somehow, the research got boiled down to a memorable message. women’s magazines ran headlines like “stress causes illness!” if you want to stay physically and mentally healthy, the articles said, avoid stressful events.

but such simplistic advice is impossible to follow. even if stressful events are dangerous, many - like the death of a loved one - are impossible to avoid. moreover, any warning to avoid all stressful events is a prescription (处方) for staying away from opportunities as well as trouble. since any change can be stressful, a person who wanted to be completely free of stress would never marry, have a child, take a new job or move.

the notion that all stress makes you sick also ignores a lot of what we know about people. it assumes we’re all vulnerable (脆弱的) and passive in the face of adversity (逆境). but what about human initiative and creativity? many come through periods of stress with more physical and mental vigor than they had before. we also know that a long time without change or challenge can lead to boredom, and physical and metal strain.

21. the result of holmes-rahe’s medical research tells us __________.

a) the way you handle major events may cause stress

b) what should be done to avoid stress

c) what kind of event would cause stress

d) how to cope with sudden changes in life

22. the studies on stress in the early 1970’s led to _________.

a) widespread concern over its harmful effects

b) great panic over the mental disorder it could cause

c) an intensive research into stress-related illnesses

d) popular avoidance of stressful jobs

23. the score of the holmes-rahe test shows ________.

a) how much pressure you are under

b) how positive events can change your life

c) how stressful a major event can be

d) how you can deal with life-changing events

24. why is “such simplistic advice” (line 1, para. 3) impossible to follow?

a) no one can stay on the same job for long.

b) no prescription is effective in relieving stress.

c) people have to get married someday.

d) you could be missing opportunities as well.

25. according to the passage people who have experienced ups and downs may become ________.

a) nervous when faced with difficulties

b) physically and mentally strained

c) more capable of coping with adversity

d) indifferent toward what happens to them

passage two

questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

most episodes of absent-mindedness - forgetting where you left something or wondering why you just entered a room - are caused by a simple lack of attention, says schacter. “you’re supposed to remember something, but you haven’t encoded it deeply.”

encoding, schacter explains, is a special way of paying attention to an event that has a major impact on recalling it later. failure to encode properly can create annoying situations. if you put your mobile phone in a pocket, for example, and don’t pay attention to what you did because you’re involved in a conversation, you’ll probably forget that the phone is in the jacket now hanging in you wardrobe (衣柜). “your memory itself isn’t failing you,” says schacter. “rather, you didn’t give your memory system the information it needed.”

lack of interest can also lead to absent-mindedness. “a man who can recite sports statistics from 30 years ago,” says zelinski, “may not remember to drop a letter in the mailbox.” women have slightly better memories than men, possibly because they pay more attention to their environment, and memory relies on just that.

visual cues can help prevent absent-mindedness, says schacter. “but be sure the cue is clear and available,” he cautions. if you want to remember to take a medication (药物) with lunch, put the pill bottle on the kitchen table - don’t leave it in the medicine chest and write yourself a note that you keep in a pocket.

another common episode of absent-mindedness: walking into a room and wondering why you’re there. most likely, you were thinking about something else. “everyone does this from time to time,” says zelinski. the best thing to do is to return to where you were before entering the room, and you’ll likely remember.

26. why does the author think that encoding properly is very important?

a) it helps us understand our memory system better.

b) it enables us to recall something form our memory.

c) it expands our memory capacity considerably.

d) it slows down the process of losing our memory.

27. one possible reason why women have better memories than men is that ________.

a) they have a wider range of interests

b) they are more reliant on the environment

c) they have an unusual power of focusing their attention

d) they are more interested in what’s happening around them

28. a note in the pocket can hardly serve as a reminder because _________.

a) it will easily get lost

b) it’s not clear enough for you to read

c) it’s out of your sight

d) it might get mixed up with other things

29. what do we learn from the last paragraph?

a) if we focus our attention on one thing, we might forget another.

b) memory depends to a certain extent on the environment.

c) repetition helps improve our memory.

d) if we keep forgetting things, we’d better return to where we were.

30. what is the passage mainly about?

a) the process of gradual memory loss.

b) the causes of absent-mindedness.

c) the impact of the environment on memory.

d) a way if encoding and recalling.

passage three

questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

it is hard to track the blue whale, the ocean’s largest creature, which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling and is now listed as an endangered species. attaching radio devices to it is difficult, and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior.

so biologists were delighted early this year when, with the help of the navy, they were able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days, monitoring its sounds. this was possible because of the navy’s formerly top-secret system of underwater listening devices spanning the oceans.

tracking whales is but one example of an exciting new world just opening to civilian scientists after the cold war as the navy starts to share and partly uncover its global network of underwater listening system built over the decades to track the ships of potential enemies.

earth scientists announced at a news conference recently that they had used the system for closely monitoring a deep-sea volcanic eruption (爆发) for the first time and that they plan similar studies.

other scientists have proposed to use the network for tracking ocean currents and measuring changes in ocean and global temperatures.

the speed of sound in water is roughly one mile a second - slower than through land but faster than through air. what is most important, different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds, focusing them in the same way a stethoscope (听诊器) does when it carries faint noises from a patient’s chest to a doctor’s ear. this focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean, especially low-frequency ones, can often travel thousands of miles.

31. the passage is chiefly about ________.

a) an effort to protect an endangered marine species

b) the civilian use of a military detection system

c) the exposure of a u.s. navy top-secret weapon

d) a new way to look into the behavior of blue whales

32. the underwater listening system was originally designed ________.

a) to trace and locate enemy vessels

b) to monitor deep-sea volcanic eruptions

c) to study the movement of ocean currents

d) to replace the global radio communications network

33. the deep-sea listening system makes use of ________.

a) the sophisticated technology of focusing sounds under water

b) the capability of sound to travel at high speed

c) the unique property of layers of ocean water in transmitting sound

d) low-frequency sounds traveling across different layers of water

34. it can be inferred from the passage that ________.

a) new radio devices should be developed for tracking the endangered blue whales

b) blue whales are no longer endangered with the use of the new listening system

c) opinions differ as to whether civilian scientists should be allowed to use military technology

d) military technology has great potential in civilian use

35. which of the following is true about the u.s. navy underwater listening network?

a) it is now partly accessible to civilian scientists.

b) it has been replaced by a more advanced system.

c) it became useless to the military after the cold war.

d) it is indispensable in protecting endangered species.

passage four

questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

the fitness movement that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s centered around aerobic exercise (有氧操). millions of individuals became engaged in a variety of aerobic activities, and literally thousands of health spas developed around the country to capitalize (获利) on this emerging interest in fitness, particularly aerobic dancing for females. a number of fitness spas existed prior to this aerobic fitness movement, even a national chain with spas in most major cities. however, their focus was not on aerobics, but rather on weight-training programs designed to develop muscular mass, strength, and endurance in their primarily male enthusiasts. these fitness spas did not seem to benefit financially form the aerobic fitness movement to better health, since medical opinion suggested that weight-training programs offered few, if any, health benefits. in recent years, however, weight training has again become increasingly popular for males and for females. many current programs focus not only on developing muscular strength and endurance but on aerobic fitness as well.

historically, most physical-fitness tests have usually included measures of muscular strength and endurance, not for health-related reasons, but primarily because such fitness components have been related to performance in athletics. however, in recent years, evidence has shown that training programs designed primarily to improve muscular strength and endurance might also offer some health benefits as well. the american college of sports medicine now recommends that weight training be part of a total fitness program for healthy americans. increased participation in such training is one of the specific physical activity and fitness objectives of healthy people : national health promotion and disease prevention objectives.

36. the word “spas” (line 3, para. 1) most probably refers to _________.

a) sports activities

b) places for physical exercise

c) recreation centers

d) athletic training programs

37. early fitness spas were intended mainly for __________.

a) the promotion of aerobic exercise

b) endurance and muscular development

c) the improvement of women’s figures

d) better performance in aerobic dancing

38. what was the attitude of doctors towards weight training in health improvement?

a) positive.

b) indifferent.

c) negative.

d) cautious.

39. people were given physical fitness tests in order to find out ________.

a) how ell they could do in athletics

b) what their health condition was like

c) what kind of fitness center was suitable for them

d) whether they were fit for aerobic exercise

40. recent studies have suggested that weight training __________.

a) has become an essential part of people’s life

b) may well affect the health of the trainees

c) will attract more people in the days to come

d) contributes to health improvement as well

part iii vocabulary and structure (20 minutes)

directions: there are 3.0. incomplete sentences in this part. for each sentence there are four choices marked a), b), c) and d). choose the one that best completes the sentence. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.

41. you would be ______ a risk to let your child go to school by himself.

a) omitting b) attaching

c) affording d) running

42. he is always here; it’s ______ you’ve never met him.

a) unique b) strange

c) rare d) peculiar

43. there has been a great increase in retail sales, ______?

a) does there b) isn’t there

c) hasn’t there d) isn’t it

44. we’d like to ______ a table for five for dinner this evening.

a) preserve b) retain

c) reserve d) sustain

45 although a teenager, fred could resist ______ what to do and what not to do.

a) being told b) telling

c) to be told d) to tell

46. the european union countries were once worried that they would not have ______ supplies of petroleum.

a) proficient b) efficient

c) potential d) sufficient

47. in fact, peter would rather have left for san francisco than ______ in new york.

a) to stay b) stayed

c) staying d) having stayed

48. he soon received promotion, for his superiors realized that he was a man of considerable

a) ability b) future

c) possibility d) opportunity

49. britain ahs the highest ______ of road traffic in the world - over 60 cars for every mile of road.

a) popularity b) density

c) intensity d) prosperity

50. how is it ______ your roommate’s request and yours are identical?

a) if b) so

c) what d) that

51. in my opinion, he’s ______ the most imaginative of all the contemporary poets.

a) in all b) at best

c) for all d) by far

52. he didn’t have time to read the report word for word: he just ______ it.

a) skimmed b) observed

c) overlooked d) glanced

53. the leader of the expedition ______ everyone to follow his example.

a) promoted b) reinforced

c) sparked d) inspired

54. what a lovely party! it’s worth ______ all my life.

a) remembering b) to remember

c) to be remembered d) being remembered

55. who would you rather ______ with you, george or me?

a) going b) to go

c) have gone d) went

56. the ______ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research and teaching, particularly between researchers and teachers.

a) intensive b) concise

c) joint d) overall

57. the owner and editor of the newspaper ______ the conference.

a) were attending b) were to attend

c) is to attend d) are to attend

58. we left the meeting, there obviously ______ no point in staying.

a) were b) being

c) to be d) having

59. their products are frequently overpriced and ______ in quality.

a) influential b) inferior

c) superior d) subordinate

60. the neighborhood boys like to play basketball on that ______ lot.

a) valid b) vacant

c) vain d) vague

61. these people once had fame and fortune; now ______ is left to them is utter poverty.

a) all that b) all what

c) all which d) that all

62. to our ______, geoffrey’s illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.

a) anxiety b) relief

c) view d) judgment

63. many people like white color as it is a ______ of purity.

a) symbol b) sign

c) signal d) symptom

64. the residents, ______ had been damaged by the fire, were given help by the red cross.

a) all of their homes b) all their homes

c) whose all homes d) all of whose homes

65. this research has attracted wide ______ coverage and has featured on bbc television’s tomorrow’s world.

a) message b) information

c) media d) data

66. i would never have ______ a court of law if i hadn’t been so desperate.

a) sought for b) accounted for

c) turned up d) resorted to

67. investigators agreed that passengers on the airliner ______ at the very moment of the crash.

a) should have died b) must be dying

c) must have died d) ought to die

68. the energy ______ by the chain reaction is transformed into heat.

a) transferred b) released

c) delivered d) conveyed

69. ______ their work will give us a much better feel for the wide differences between the two schools of thought.

a) to have reviewed b) having reviewed

c) reviewing d) being reviewed

70. during the process, great care has to be taken to protect the ______ silk from damage.

a) sensitive b) tender

c) delicate d) sensible

part iv short answer questions (15 minutes)

directions: in this part there is a short passage -with five questions or incomplete statements. read the passage carefully. then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words).

as researchers learn more about how children's intelligence develops, they are increasingly surprised by the power of parents. the power of the school has been replaced by the home. to begin with, all the factors which are part of intelligence - the child's understanding of language, learning patterns, curiosity - are established well before the child enters school at the age of six. study after study has shown that even after school begins, children's achievements have been far more influenced by parents than by teachers. this is particularly true about learning that is language- related. the school rather than the home is given credit for variations in achievement in subjects such as science.

in view of their power, it's sad to see so many parents not making the most of their child's intelligence. until recently parents had been warned by educators who asked them not to educate their children. many teachers now realize that children cannot be educated only at school and parents are being asked to contribute both before and after the child enters school.

parents have been particularly afraid to teach reading at home. of course, children shouldn't be pushed to read by their parents, but educators have discovered that reading is best taught individually - and the easiest place to do this is at home. many four-and five-year-olds who have been shown a few letters and taught their sounds will compose single words of their own with them even before they have been taught to read.

questions: (注意：答题尽量简短，超过10个词要扣分。

每条横线限写一个英语单词，标点符号不占格)

s1. what have researchers found out about the influence of parents and the school on children's intelli1gence?

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

s2. what do researchers conclude about children's learning patterns?

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

s3. in which area may school play a more important role?

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

s4. why did many parents fail to make the most of their children's intelligence?

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

s5. the author suggests in the last paragraph that parents should be encouraged to

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

part v writing (30 minutes)

directions: for this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic student use of computers. you should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the chart and the outline given below:

1. 上图所示为1990年、1995年、20某校大学生使用计算机的情况，请描述其变化；

2. 请说明发生这些变化的原因（可从计算机的用途、价格或社会发展等方面加以说明）；

3. 你认为目前大学生在计算机使用中有什么困难或问题。

student use of computers

答案

1. d 2. a 3. a 4. d 5. b 6. c 7. a 8. d 9. d 10. a

11. c 12. d 13. c 14. b 15. b 16. c 17. a 18. a 19. c 20. d

21. c 22. a 23. a 24. d 25. c 26. b 27. d 28. c 29. a 30. b

31. b 32. a 33. c 34. d 35. a 36. b 37. b 38. c 39. a 40. d

41. d 42. b 43. c 44. b 45. a 46. d 47. b 48. a 49. b 50. d

51. d 52. a 53. d 54. a 55. d 56. d 57. c 58. b 59. b 60. c

61. a 62. b 63. a 64.d 65. c 66. d 67. c 68. b 69. c 70. c

s1. parents have greater influence than the school. /parent’s influence is greater than the school’s.

s2. they are established well before the age of six.

s3. science subjects.

s4. they were told by educators not to educate their children.

s5. teach reading at home.

篇9：6月大学英语四级考试试题及答案

part i listening comprehension (20 minutes)

section a

example: you will hear:

you will read:

a) at the office.

b) in the waiting room.

c) at the airport.

d) in a restaurant.

sample answer [a] [b] [c] [d]

1. a) a math teacher and his colleague.

b) a teacher and his student.

c) a librarian and a student.

d) a student and his classmate.

2. a) tony thought the experiment was well done.

b) tony finished the experiment last night.

c) tony could not continue the experiment.

d) tony had expected the experiment to be easier.

3. a) she wants to save money to buy a piano.

b) the present apartment is too expensive.

c) she can’t put up with the noise.

d) she had found a job in a neighbouring area.

4. a) he has made great progress in his english.

b) he is not very interested in english songs.

c) he is a student of the music department.

d) he is not very enthusiastic about his english lessons.

5. a) in a car

b) on the street.

c) in a restaurant.

d) at home.

6. a) his injury kept him at home.

b) he was too weak to see the doctor.

c) he didn’t think it necessary.

d) he failed to make an appointment.

7. a) 5:10.

b) 5:00.

c) 4:30.

d) 5:15.

8. a) the man is talking with his boss.

b) the man needs help.

c) the man is complaining.

d) the man likes his job.

9. a) wear a new dress.

b) attend a party.

c) go shopping.

d) make a silk dress.

10. a) he exaggerated his part.

b) he played his part quite well.

c) he was not dramatic enough.

d) he performed better than the secretary.

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. when the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from s1 to s7 with the exact words you have just heard. for blanks numbered from s8 to s10 you are required to fill in the missing information. you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

if you are a young college student, most of your concerns about your health and happiness in life are probably (s1) _____________________ on the present. basically, you want to feel good physically, mentally, and (s2) ________________________ now. you probably don’t spend much time worrying about the (s3) _____________________________ future, such as whether you will develop heart disease, or (s4) ________________________, how you will take care of yourself in your (s5) _________________________________ years, or how long you are going to live. such thoughts may have (s6) ___________________________ your mind once in a while. however, if you are in your thirties, forties, fifties, or older, such health-related thoughts are likely to become (s7) _____________________________ important to you.

(s8) ____________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ that will help you feel better physically and mentally. recently researchers have found that, even in late adulthood, exercise, strength training with weights, and better food can help elderly individuals significantly improve their health and add happiness to their life. (s9) ________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________, giving us the opportunity to avoid some of the health problems that have troubled them (s10) _____________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

part ii reading comprehension (35 minutes)

passage one

questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

people living on parts of the south coast of england face a serious problem. in 1993, the owners of a large hotel and of several houses discovered, to their horror, that their gardens had disappeared overnight. the sea had eaten into the soft limestone cliffs on which they had been built. while experts were studying the problem, the hotel and several houses disappeared altogether, sliding down the cliff and into the sea.

erosion（侵蚀）of the white cliffs along the south coast of england has always been a problem but it has become more serious in recent years. dozens of homes have had to be abandoned as the sea has crept farther and farther inland. experts have studied the areas most affected and have drawn up a map for local people, forecasting the year in which their homes will be swallowed up by the hungry sea.

angry owners have called on the government to erect sea defenses to protect their homes. government surveyors have pointed out that in most cases, this is impossible. new sea walls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents go further along the coast, shifting the problem from one area to another. the danger is likely to continue, they say, until the waves reach an inland area of hard rock which will not be eaten as limestone is. meanwhile, if you want to buy a cheap house with an uncertain future, apply to a house agent in one of the threatened areas on the south coast of england. you can get a house for a knockdown price but it may turn out to be a knockdown home.

11. what is the cause of the problem that people living on parts of the south coast of england face?

a) the disappearance of hotels, houses and gardens.

b) the experts’ lack of knowledge.

c) the rising of the sea level.

d) the washing-away of limestone cliffs.

12. the erosion of the white cliffs in the south of england ___________________.

a) will soon become a problem for people living in central england

b) has now become a threat to the local residents

c) is quickly changing the map of england

d) can be stopped if proper measures are taken

13. the experts’ study on the problem of erosion can _____________________.

a) lead to its eventual solution

b) provide an effective way to slow it down

c) help to prevent it from worsening

d) warn people whose homes are in danger

14. it is not feasible to build sea defenses to protect against erosion because _____________.

a) it is too costly and will endanger neighbouring areas

b) the government is too slow in taking action

c) they will be easily knocked down by waves and currents

d) house agents along the coast do not support the idea

15. according to the author, when buying a house along the south coast of england, people should ___________________.

a) be aware of the potential danger involved

b) guard against being cheated by the house agent

c) take the quality of the house into consideration

d) examine the house carefully before making a decision

passage two

questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:

sport is not only physically challenging, but it can also be mentally challenging. criticism from coaches, parents, and other teammates, as well as pressure to win can create an excessive amount of anxiety or stress for young athletes（运动员）. stress can be physical, emotional, or psychological, and research has indicated that it can lead to burnout. burnout has been described as dropping or quitting of an activity that was at one time enjoyable.

the early years of development are critical years for learning abut oneself. the sport setting is one where valuable experiences can take place. young athletes can, for example, learn how to cooperate with others, make friends, and gain other social skills that will be used throughout their lives. coaches and parents should be aware, at all times, that their feedback to youngsters can greatly affect their children. youngsters may take their parents’ and coaches’ criticisms to heart and find a flaw（缺陷）in themselves.

coaches and parents should also be cautious that youth sport participation does not become work for children. the outcome of the game should not be more important than the process of learning the sport and other life lessons. in today’s youth sport setting, young athletes may be worrying more about who will win instead of enjoying themselves and the sport. following a game, many parents and coaches focus on the outcome and find fault with youngsters’ performances. positive reinforcement should be provided regardless of the outcome. research indicates that positive reinforcement motivates and has a greater effect on learning than criticism. again, criticism can create high levels of stress, which can lead to burnout.

16. an effective way to prevent the burnout of young athletes is __________________.

a) to make sports less competitive

b) to make sports more challenging

c) to reduce their mental stress

d) to increase their sense of success

17. according to the passage sport is positive for young people in that _____________.

a) it can help them learn more about society

b) it teaches them how to set realistic goals for themselves

c) it enables them to find flaws in themselves

d) it can provide them with valuable experiences

18. many coaches and parents are in the habit of criticizing young athletes ________.

a) without realizing criticism may destroy their self confidence

b) in order to make them remember life’s lessons

c) believing that criticism is beneficial for their early development

d) so as to put more pressure on them

19. according to the passage parents and coaches should _______________.

a) help children to win every game

b) pay more attention to letting children enjoy sports

c) enable children to understand the positive aspect of sports

d) train children to cope with stress

10. the author’s purpose in writing the passage is _________________.

a) to persuade young children not to worry about criticism

b) to stress the importance of positive reinforcement to children

c) to discuss the skill of combining criticism with encouragement

d) to teach young athletes how to avoid burnout

passage three

questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

humanity uses a little less than half the water available worldwide. yet occurrences of shortages and droughts（干旱）are causing famine and distress in some areas, and industrial and agricultural by-products are polluting water supplies. since the world’ population is expected to double in the next 50 years, many experts think we are on the edge of a widespread water crisis.

but that doesn’t have to be the outcome. water shortages do not have to trouble the world - if we start valuing water more than we have in the past. just as we began to appreciate petroleum more after the 1970s oil crises, today we must start looking at water from a fresh economic perspective. we can no longer afford to consider water a virtually free resource of which we can use as much as we like in any way we want.

instead, for all uses except the domestic demand of the poor, governments should price water to reflect its actual value. this means charging a fee for the water itself as well as for the supply costs.

governments should also protect this resource by providing water in more economically and environmentally sound ways. for example. often the cheapest way to provide irrigation（灌溉）water in the dry tropics is through small-scale projects, such as gathering rainfall in depressions（凹地）and pumping it to nearby cropland.

no matter what steps governments take to provide water more efficiently, they must change their institutional and legal approaches to water sue. rather than spread control among hundreds or even thousands of local, regional, and national agencies that watch various aspects of water use, countries should set up central authorities to coordinate water policy.

21. what is the real cause of the potential water crisis?

a) the world population is increasing faster and faster.

b) half of the world’s water resources have been seriously polluted.

c) humanity has not placed sufficient value on water resources.

d) only half of the world’s water can be used.

22. as indicated in the passage, the water problem __________.

a) has been exaggerated by some experts in the field

b) is underestimated by government organizations at different levels

c) poses a challenge to the technology of building reservoirs

d) is already serious in certain parts of the world

23. according to the author, the water price should ___________.

a) correspond to its real value

b) be reduced to the minimum

c) stimulate domestic demand

d) take into account the occurrences of droughts

24. the author says that in some hot and dry areas it is advisable to __________.

a) build big lakes to store water

b) construct big pumping stations

c) channel water from nearby rivers to cropland

d) build small and cheap irrigation systems

25. in order to raise the efficiency of the water supply, measures should be taken to _______.

a) centralize the management of water resources

b) increase the sense of responsibility of agencies at all levels

c) guarantee full protection of the environment

d) encourage local and regional control of water resources

passage four

questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

we can see how the product life cycle works by looking at the introduction of instant coffee. when it was introduced, most people did not like it as well as “regular” coffee, and it took several years to gain general acceptance (introduction stage). at one point, though, instant coffee grew rapidly in popularity, and many brands were introduced (stage of rapid growth). after a while, people became attached to one brand and sales leveled off (stage of maturity). sales went into a slight decline（衰退）when freeze-dried coffees were introduced (stage of decline).

the importance of the product life cycle to marketers is this: different stages in the product life cycle call for different strategies. the goal is to extend product life so that sales and profits do not decline. one strategy is called market modification. it means that marketing managers look for new users and market sections. did you know, for example, that the backpacks that so many students carry today were originally designed for the military?

market modification also means searching for increased usage among present customers or going for a different market, such as senior citizens. a marketer may re-position the product to appeal to new market sections.

another product extension strategy is called product modification. it involves changing product quality, features, or style to attract new users or more usage from present users. american auto manufacturers are using quality improvement as one way to recapture world markets. note, also, how auto manufacturers once changed styles dramatically from year to year to keep demand from falling.

26. according to the passage, when people grow fond of one particular brand of a product, its sales will _________________.

a) decrease gradually

b) remain at the same level

c) become unstable

d) improve enormously

27. the first paragraph tells us that a new product is __________________.

a) not easily accepted by the public

b) often inferior to old ones at first

c) often more expensive than old ones

d) usually introduced to satisfy different tastes

28. marketers need to know which of the four stages a product is in so as to ____________.

a) promote its production

b) work out marketing policies

c) speed up its life cycle

d) increase its popularity

29. the author mentions the example of “backpacks” (line 4, para.2) to show the importance of _______________.

a) pleasing the young as well as the old

b) increasing usage among students

c) exploring new market sections

d) serving both military and civil needs

30. in order to recover their share of the world market, u.s. auto makers are ____________.

a) improving product quality

b) increasing product features

c) modernizing product style

d) re-positioning their product in the market

part iii vocabulary and structure (20 minutes)

directions: there are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. for each sentence there are four choices marked a), b), c) and d). choose the one that best completes the sentence. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.

31 by the time he arrives in beijing, we __________ here for tow days.

a) have been staying b) have stayed

c) shall stay d) will have stayed

32 according to the american federal government, residents of hawaii have the longest life __________: 77.2 years.

a) scope b) rank

c) span d) scale

33 the millions of calculations involved, had they been done by hand, __________ all practical value by the time they were finished.

a) had lost b) would lose

c) would have lost d) should have lost

34 as a public relations officer, he is said __________ some very influential people.

a) to have been knowing b) to be knowing

c) to have known d) to know

35 our hopes __________ and fell in the same instant.

a) aroused b) arose

c) raised d) rose

36 with the development in science and technology man can make various flowers __________ before their time.

a) be bloomed b) blooming

c) bloom d) bloomed

37 a season ticket __________ the holder to make as many journeys as he wishes within the stated period of time.

a) grants b) promises

c) entitles d) presents

38 __________ in the office had made a mistake, and the firm regretted causing the customer inconvenience.

a) some b) anyone

c) one d) someone

39 in recent years much more emphasis has been put __________ developing the sutdents’ productive skills.

a) over b) onto

c) in d) on

40 only a selected number of landladies in the neighbourhood have been allowed by the university to take in __________.

a) residents b) inhabitants

c) lodgers d) settlers

41 the fire was finally brought under control, but not __________ extensive damage had been caused.

a) after b) before

c) since d) as

42 purchasing the new production line will be a __________ deal for the company.

a) profitable b) tremendous

c) forceful d) favorite

43 rod is determined to get a seat for the concert __________ it means standing in a queue all night.

a) provided b) whatever

c) even if d) as if

44 we hadn’t met for 20 years, but i recognized her __________ i saw her.

a) for the moment b) the moment when

c) at the moment when d) the moment

45 though he was born and brought up in america, he can speak __________ chinese.

a) smooth b) fluent

c) fluid d) flowing

46 government reports, examination compositions, legal documents and most business letters are the main situations __________ formal language is used.

a) in which b) on which

c) in that d) at what

47 fifty years ago, wealthy people liked hunting wild animals for fun ________ sightseeing.

a) than to go b) rather than to go

c) more than going d) other than going

48 if the building project __________ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined.

a) to be completed b) is completed

c) being completed d) completed

49 he wrote an article criticizing the greek poet and won __________ and a scholarship.

a) status b) fame

c) faith d) courage

50 jack wishes that he __________ business instead of history when he was in university.

a) had studied b) study

c) studied d) had been studying

51 the older new england villages have changed relatively little __________ a gas station or two in recent decades.

a) except b) besides

c) in addition to d) except for

52 the car club couldn’t __________ to meet the demands of all its members.

a) ensure b) guarantee

c) assume d) confirm

53 extensive reporting on television has helped to __________ interest in a wide variety of sports and activities.

a) gather b) generate

c) assemble d) yield

54 the president promised to keep all the board members __________ of how the negotiations were going on.

a) informed b) inform

c) be informed d) informing

55 eating too much fat can __________ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

a) contribute to b) attribute to

c) attend to d) devote to

56 all the tasks __________ ahead of time, they decided to go on holiday for a week.

a) had been fulfilled b) were fulfilled

c) having been fulfilled d) been fulfilled

57 this article __________ more attention to the problem of cultural interference in foreign language teaching and learning.

a) calls for b) applies for

c) cares for d) allows for

58 he was punished __________ he should make the same mistake again.

a) unless b) lest

c) if d) provided

59 petrol is refined from the __________ oil we take out of the ground.

a) fresh b) original

c) rude d) crude

60 __________ in the united states, st. louis has now become the 24th largest city.

a) the fourth biggest city it was

b) once the fourth biggest city

c) being the fourth biggest city

d) it was once the fourth biggest city

part iv cloze (15 minutes)

directions: there are 20 blanks in the following passage. for each blank there are four 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.

more than forty thousand readers told us that they looked for in close friendships, what they expected ___61___ friends, what they were willing to give in ___62___, and how satisfied they were ___63___ the quality of their friendships. the ___64___ give little comfort to social critics.

friendship ___65___ to be a unique form of ___66___ bonding. unlike marriage or the ties that ___67___ parents and children, it is not defined or regulated by ___68___. unlike other social roles that we are expected to ___69___ - as citizens, employees, members of professional societies and ___70___ organizations - it has its own principle, which is to promote ___71___ f warmth, trust, love, and affection ___72___ two people.

the survey on friendship appeared in the march ___73___ of psychology today. the findings ___74___ that issues of trust and betrayal（背叛）are ___75___ to friendship. they also suggest that our readers do not ___76___ for friends only among those who are ___77___ like them, but find many ___78___ differ in race, religion, and ethnic（种族的）background. arguably the most important ___79___ that emerges from the data, ___80___, is not something that we found - but what we did not.

61. a) on b) of c) to d) for

62. a) addition b) reply c) turn d) return

63. a) about b) of c) with d) by

64. a) results b) effects c) expectations d) consequences

65. a) feels b) leads c) sounds d) appears

66. a) human b) mankind c) individual d) civil

67. a) bind b) attach c) control d) attract

78. a) discipline b) law c) rule d) regulation

79. a) keep b) do c) show d) play

70. a) all b) any c) other d) those

71. a) friendship b) interests c) feelings d) impressions

72. a) between b) on c) in d) for

73. a) print b) issue c) publication d) copy

74. a) secure b) assure c) confirm d) resolve

75. a) neutral b) main c) nuclear d) central

76. a) ask b) call c) appeal d) look

77. a) most b) more c) least d) less

78. a) people b) who c) what d) friends

79. a) conclusion b) summary c) decision d) claim

80. a) moreover b) however c) still d) yet

part v writing (30 minutes)

directions: for this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a letter. suppose you are zhang ying. write a letter to xiao wang, a schoolmate of yours who is going to visit you during the week-long holiday. you should write a t least 100 words according to the suggestions given below in chinese.

1. 表示欢迎

2. 提出对度假安排的建议

3. 提醒应注意的事项

a letter to a schoolmate

june 23, 2001

dear xiao wang,

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

yours,

zhang ying

答案

1. d 2. c 3. c 4. d 5. b 6. c 7. c 8. c 9. b 10. a

11. d 12. b 13. d 14. a 15. a 16. c 17. d 18. a 19. b 20. b

21. c 22. d 23. a 24. d 25. a 26. b 27. a 28. b 29. c 30. a

31. d 32. c 33. c 34. c 35. d 36. c 37. c 38. d 39. d 40. c

41. b 42. a 43. c 44. d 45. b 46. a 47. c 48. a 49. b 50. a

51. d 52. b 53. b 54. a 55. a 56. c 57. a 58. b 59. d 60. b

61. b 62. d 63. c 64. a 65. d 66. a 67. a 68. b 69. d 70. c

71. c 72. a 73. b 74. c 75. d 76. d 77. a 78. b 79. a 80. b

★大学英语四级试题及答案