四级英语讲座及试题与答案1(2)

Part I Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) 35% Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions 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. 1. [A]Buy the watch at once. [B]Not buy the watch. [C]Buy a more expensive watch. [D]Not buy a pink watch. 2. [A]Laundry worker. [B]Plumber. [C]Carpenter. [D]Train conductor. 3. [A] Patient. [B]Reliable. [C]Generous. [D]Forgetful. 4. [A]She didn't like to dance. [B]She had a toothache. [C]She had some homework to do. [D]She had to see the dentist. 5. [A]The woman is a close friend of the man. [B]The woman has been working too hard. [C]The woman is seeing a doctor. [D]The woman is tired of her work. 6. [A]Between Florida and Los Angeles. [B]In New York office. [C]In the New York Trade Center. [D]In New York office.

7. [A]Her roommate stays awake all night. [B]She needs a quieter place. [C]She wants to save money to buy a piano. [D]The present apartment is too expensive. 8. [A]He is studying French in Canada. [B]He is having a vacation in Canada. [C]He has been back in Canada for weeks. [D]He is planning to return to Canada in a year.

Questions 9-12 are based on the conversation you have just heard 9. [A]To work in Tibet. [B]To relax after work. [C]To see his relatives. [D]To join an international conference. 10. [A]Because she lives there. [B]Because her brother lives there. [C]Because she has a close friend there. [D]Because she has been there before. 11. [A]Warm and humid. [B]Cold and humid. [C]Warm and dry. [D]Cold and dry. 12. [A]High altitude. [B]The cold weather. [C]High latitude. [D]The food.

Questions 13-15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

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13. [A]Because she is tired of staying at home all day. [B]Because there is a good film in the neighborhood theater. [C]Because she enjoys going to the movies. [D]Because she is tired of watching TV.

14. [A]Because the movie theater is too far away. [B]Because the film is too old. [C]Because she doesn't want to see it a second time. [D]Because it's a popular film so the tickets would be quite expensive. 15. [A]Go and see a horror film. [B]Stay home and watch TV. [C]Go to a movie in the neighbourhood.

[D]Go downtown next Friday. 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 2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. [A]By speaking. [B]By reading lips. [C]By using sign language. [D]By making loud noises.

17. [A]Because they wanted him to live a normal life. [B]Because they wanted to prove the headmaster wrong. [C]Because he wouldn't mix with other disabled children. [D]Because he wasn't taken good care of in the special school. 18. [A]He did a lot of outdoor activities. [B]He was pushed hard to study every day. [C]He attended private classes after school. [D]He worked very hard both in and after class. 19. [A]He did very well in his study. [B]He succeeded in entering a regular school. [C]He reached his goals in spite of his disability. [D]He took part in the World Yacht Race 05/06. Passage Two

Questions 20-22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 20. [A]Networks. [B]Friends. [C]Phones. [D]Parents.

21. [A]That people have been separated from each other by using computers. [B]That the Internet makes people waste a lot of time and feel very lonely.

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[C]That the Internet has become a tool for a new kind of social communication. [D]That a lot of people regular the person-to-person communication as a good thing.

22. [A]We Are Alone on the Internet. [B]We Are Alone Together on the Internet.

[C]We Are Communicating on the Internet.

[D]We Are in the Imaginary World of the Internet.

Passage Three

Questions 23-25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

23. [A]It is not the name of computer software. [B]It has the same meaning as “Jon Black Cusack Junior”.

[C]It shows the traditional way of American baby naming.

[D]It tells something about the hope the father places on his baby.

24. [A]They're both untraditional. [B]They're to be equally popular. [C]They both tell about the births. [D]They're both connected with computer. 25. [A]Mr. Cusack and his wife.

[B]Mr. CUsack's grandson. [C]A computer software. [D]Mr. Cusack.

Section C

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 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 34 to 36 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, 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.

Sport is not only physically challenging, but it can also be (26) 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. Stress can be physical, emotional, or(27)______and research has

(28)______that it can lead to burnout. Burnout has been (29)______as dropping or quitting of an activity that was at one time enjoyable. The early years of development are(30)______years for learning about oneself. Young athletes can, for example, learn how to (31)______with others, make friends, and gain other social skills that will be used(32)______their lives. Coaches and parents should be aware, at all times, that their(33)______to youngsters can greatly affect their children.(34)______.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, (35)______. Following a game many parents and coaches focus on the outcome and find fault with youngsters' performances. Positive reinforcement

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should be provided regardless of the outcome. Research indicates that positive reinforcement motivates and has a greater effect on learning than criticism Part II Reading (skimming and scanning) (15 minutes) 10%

Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions. For questions 36-42, choose the best answer from the four choices marked ［A］, ［B］, ［C］ and ［D］. For question 37-46, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.

Animals on the Move

It looked like a scene from “Jaws” but without the dramatic music. A huge shark was lowly swimming through the water, its tail swinging back and forth like the pendulum of a clock.

Suddenly sensitive nerve ending in the shark?s skin picked up vibrations of a struggling fish. The shark was immediately transformed into a deadly, efficient machine of death. With muscles taut, the shark knifed through the water at a rapid speed. In a flash the shark caught its victim, a large fish, in its powerful jaws. Then, jerking its head back and forth, the shark tore huge chunks of flesh from its victim and swallowed them. Soon the action was over. Moving to Survive

In pursuing its prey, the shark demonstrated in a dramatic way the important role of movement, or locomotion, in animals.

Like the shark, most animals use movement to find food. They also use

locomotion to escape enemies, find a mate, and explore new territories. The methods of locomotion include crawling, hopping, slithering, flying, swimming, or walking. Humans have the added advantage of using their various inventions to move about in just about any kind of environment. Automobiles, rockets, and submarines transport humans from deep oceans to as far away as the moon. However, for other animals movement came about naturally through millions of years of evolution. One of the most successful examples of animal locomotion is that of the shark. Its ability to quickly zero in on its prey has always impressed scientists. But it took a detailed study by Duke University marine biologists S. A. Wainwright, F. Vosburgh, and J. H. Hebrank to find out how the sharks did it. In their study the scientists observed sharks swimming in a tank at Marine land in Saint Augustine, Fla. Movies were taken of the sharks? movements and analyzed. Studies were also made of shark skin and muscle. Skin Is the Key

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The biologists discovered that the skin of the shark is the key to the animal?s high efficiency in swimming through the water. The skin contains many fibers that crisscross like the inside of a belted radial tire. The fibers are called collagen fibers. These fibers can either store or release large amounts of energy depending on

whether the fibers are relaxed or taut. When the fibers are stretched, energy is stored in them the way energy is stored in the string of a bow when pulled tight. When the energy is released, the fibers become relaxed.

The Duke University biologists have found that the greatest stretching occurs where the shark bends its body while swimming. During the body?s back and forth motion, fibers along the outside part of the bending body stretch greatly. Much

potential energy is stored in the fibers. This energy is released when the shark?s body snaps back the other way.

As energy is alternately stored and released on both sides of the animal?s body, the tail whips strongly back and forth. This whip-like action propels the animal through the water like a living bullet. Source of Energy

What causes the fibers to store so much energy? In finding the answer the Duke University scientists learned that the shark?s similarity to a belted radial tire doesn?t stop with the skin. Just as a radial tire is inflated by pressure, so, too, is the area just under the shark?s collagen “radials”. Instead of air pressure, however, the pressure in the shark may be due to the force of the blood pressing on the collagen fibers. When the shark swims slowly, the pressure on the fibers is relatively low. The fibers are more relaxed, and the shark is able to bend its body at sharp angles. The animal swims this way when looking around for food or just swimming. However, when the shark detects an important food source, some fantastic involuntary changes take place.

The pressure inside the animal may increase by 10 times. This pressure change greatly stretches the fibers, enabling much energy to be stored.

This energy is then transferred to the tail, and the shark is off. The rest of the story is predictable. Dolphin Has Speed Record

Another fast marine animal is the dolphin. This seagoing mammal has been clocked at speeds of 32 kilometers (20 miles) an hour. Biologists studying the

dolphin have discovered that, like the shark, the animal?s efficient locomotion can be traced to its skin. A dolphin?s skin is made up in such a way that it offers very little resistance to the water flowing over it. Normally when a fish or other object moves

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