2003年6月CET4真题

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2003年6月试卷Part I                              Listening Comprehension                     (20 minutes)Section A

Directions: In this section, you willhear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question willbe asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will bespoken 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 isthe best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asingle line through the center.

Example:    You will hear:

                  You will read:

                                          A) Atthe office.

                                          B) Inthe waiting room.

                                          C) Atthe airport.

                                          D) Ina restaurant.

From the conversation we know that thetwo were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning andhave to finish at 2 in theafternoon. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the correct answer. You shouldchoose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with asingle line through the center.

Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]

1.   A) At a theatre

      B) At a booking office.

      C) At a railway station.

      D) At a restaurant.

2.   A) The man is inviting the woman to dinner.

      B) The woman is too busy to join the manfor dinner.

      C) The woman is a friend of the Stevensons’.

      D) The man is going to visit theStevensons’.

3.   A) The professor’s presentation was notconvincing enough.

      B) The professor’s lecture notes were toocomplicated.

      C) The professor spoke with a strongaccent.

      D) The professor spoke too fast.

4.   A) The furnished apartment was inexpensive.

      B) The apartment was provided with someold furniture.

      C) The furniture un the market was on saleevery Sunday.

      D) The furniture he bought was very cheap.

5.   A) The man is thinking about taking a newjob.

      B) The man likes a job that enables him totravel.

      C) The man is sure that he will gain moreby taking the job.

      D) The man doesn’t want to stay home andtake care of their child.

6.   A) Take the GRE test again in 8 weeks.

      B) Call to check his scores.

      C) Be patient and wait.

      D) Inquire when the test scores arereleased.

7.   A) She read it selectively

      B). She went over it chapter by chapter

      C). She read it slowly

      D) She finished it at a stretch.

8.   A) He was kept in hospital for a long time.

      B) He was slightly injured in a trafficaccident.

      C) He was seriously wounded in a mineexplosion.

      D) He was fined for speeding.

9.   A) Wait for a taxi.

      B) Buy some food.

      C) Go on a trip.

      D) Book train tickets.

10.  A) It’s not as hard as expected.

      B) It’s too tough for some students.

      C) It’s much more difficult than peoplethink.

      D) It’s believed to be the hardestoptional course.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 shortpassages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both thepassage 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 linethrough the center.

Passage one

Question 11 to 13 are based on the passage you havejust heard.

11.  A) Anxious and worried.

      B) Proud and excited.

      C) Nervous and confused.

      D) Inspired and confident.

12.  A) His father scolded him severely.

      B) His father took back the six dollars.

      C) His father made him do the cuttingagain.

      D) His father cut the leaves himself.

13.  A) One can benefit a lot from working with hisfather.

      B) Manual labourers shouldn’t be lookeddown upon.

      C) One should always do his job earnestly.

      D) Teenagers tend to be careless.

Passage Two

Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you havejust heard.

14.  A) He ran a village shop.

      B) He worked on a farm.

      C) He worked in an advertising agency.

      D) He was a gardener.

15.  A) It was stressful.

      B) It was colorful.

      C) It was peaceful.

      D) It was boring.

16.  A) His desire to start his own business.

      B) The crisis in his family life.

      C) The decline in his health.

      D) His dream of living in the countryside.

Passage Three

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you havejust heard.

17.  A) Because there are no signs to direct them.

      B) Because no tour guides are available.

      C) Because all the buildings in the citylook alike.

      D) Because the university is everywhere inthe city.

18.  A) They set their own exams.

      B) They select their own students.

      C) They award their own degrees.

      D) They organize their own laboratorywork.

19.  A) Most of them have a long history.

      B) Many of them are specialized libraries.

      C) They house more books than any otheruniversity library.

      D) They each have a copy of every bookpublished in Britain.

20.  A) Very few of them are engaged in research.

      B) They were not awarded degrees until1948.

      C) They have outnumbered male students.

      D) They were not treated equally until1881.

Part II                             Reading Comprehension                      (35 minutes)

Direction:      There are 4 passages in this part. Eachpassage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each ofthem there are four choices marked A), B) C) and D). You should decide on thebest choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a singleline through the center.

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on thefollowing passage:

      On average, American kids ages 3 to 12spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more than they did in 1981. Theyalso did more household work and participated in more of such organized activitiesas soccer and ballet (芭蕾舞). Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981to 1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girlslog half that time. All in all, however, children’s leisure time dropped from40% of the day in 1981 to 25%.

      “Children are affected by the same time crunch(危机) thataffects their parents,” says Sandra Hofferth, who headed the recent study ofchildren’s timetable. A chief reason, she says, is that more mothers areworking outside the home. (Nevertheless, children in both double-income and “malebreadwinner” households spent comparable mounts of time interacting with theirparents, 19 hours and 22 hours respectively. In contrast, children spent only 9hours with their single mothers.)

      All work and no play could make for somevery messed-up kids. “Play is the most powerful way a child explores the worldand learns about himself,” says T. Berry Brazelton, professor at Harvard Medical School.Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the young tonegotiate their relationships with their peers, but kids ages 3 to 12 spentonly 12 hours a week engaged in it.

      The children sampled spent a quarter oftheir rapidly decreasing “free time” watching television. But that, believe itor not, was one of the findings parents might regard as good news. If they’respending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids aren’t replacing itwith reading. Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, thechildren spent just over an hour a week reading. Let’s face it, who’s got thetime?

21.   By mentioning “the sametime crunch” (Line 1, Para. 2) Sandra Hofferth means ________.

       A)children have little time to play with their parents

       B)children are not taken good care of by their working parents

       C)both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure time

       D)both parents and children have trouble managing their time

22.   According to the author,the reason given by Sandra Hofferth for the time crunch is ______.

       A)quite convincing

       B)partially true

       C)totally groundless

       D)rather confusing

23.   Accordingto the author a child develops better if ______.

       A)he has plenty of time reading and studying

       B)he is left to play with his peers in his own way

       C)he has more time participating in school activities

       D)he is free to interact with his working parents

24.   Theauthor is concerned about the fact that American kids ______.

       A)are engaged in more and more structured activities

       B)are increasingly neglected by their working mothers

       C)are spending more and more time watching TV

       D)are involved less and less in household work

25.   Wecan infer from the passage that ______.

       A)extracurricular activities promote children’s intelligence

       B)most children will turn to reading with TV sets switched off

       C)efforts to get kids interested in reading have been fruitful

       D)most parents believe reading to be beneficial to children

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on thefollowing passage:

      Henry Ford, the famous U.S. inventor and car manufacturer, once said,‘The business of Americais business.” By this he meant that the U.S. way of life is based on thevalues of the business world.

      Few would argue with Ford’s statement. Abrief glimpse at a daily newspaper vividly shows how much people in the United Statesthink about business. For example, nearly every newspaper has a businesssection, in which the deals and projects, finances and management, stock pricesand labor problems of corporations are reported daily. In addition, businessnews can appear in every other section. Most national news has an importantfinancial aspect to it. Welfare, foreign aid, the federal budget, and thepolicies of the Federal Reserve Bank are all heavily affected by business. Moreover,business news appears in some of the unlikeliest places. The world of arts andentertainment is often referred to as “the entertainment industry” or “showbusiness.”

      The positive side of Henry Ford’sstatement can be seen in the prosperity that business has brought to U.S.life. One of the most important reasons so many people from all over the world cometo live in the United Statesis the dream of a better job. Jobs are produced in abundance (大量地) because the U.S. economicsystem is driven by competition. People believe that this system creates morewealth, more jobs, and a materially better way of life.

      The negative side of Henry Ford’sstatement, however, can be seen when the word business is taken to mean bigbusiness. And the term big business—referring to the biggest companies, is seenin opposition to labor. Throughout U.S. history working people havehad to fight hard for higher wages, better working conditions, and the right toform unions. Today, many of the old labor disputes are over, but there is stillsome employee anxiety. Downsizing—the laying off of thousands of workers tokeep expenses low and profits high -- creates feelings of insecurity for many.

26.   Theunited Statesis a typical country ______.

       A)which encourages free trade at homes and abroad

       B)where people’s chief concern is how to make money

       C)where all businesses are managed scientifically

       D)which normally works according to the federal budget

27.   Theinfluence of business in the U.S.is evidenced by the fact that ______.

       A)most newspapers are run by big businesses

       B)even public organizations concentrate on working for profits

       C)Americans of all professions know how to do business

       D)even arts and entertainment are regarded as business

28.   According to the passage,immigrants choose to settle in the U.S., dreaming that ______.

       A)they can start profitable businesses there

       B)they can be more competitive in business

       C)they will make a fortune overnight there

       D)they will find better chances of employment

29.   HenryFord’s statements can be taken negatively because ______.

       A)working people are discouraged to fight for their rights

       B)there are many industries controlled by a few big capitalists

       C)there is a conflicting relationship between big corporations and labor

       D)public services are not run by the federal government

30.   Acompany’s efforts to keep expenses low and profits high may result in ______.

       A)reduction in the number of employees

       B)improvement of working conditions

       C)fewer disputes between labor and management

       D)a rise in workers’ wages

Passage Three

Questions 31 to 35 are based on thefollowing passage:

     Professor Smith recently persuaded 35people, 23 of them women, to keep a diary of all their absent-minded actionsfor a fortnight. When he came to analyse their embarrassing lapses (差错) in a scientific report, he wassurprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groupings. Nor didthe lapses appear to be entirely random (随机的).

      One of the women, for instance, on leavingher house for work one morning threw her dog her earrings and tried to fix adog biscuit on her ear. “The explanation for this is that the brain is like acomputer,” explains the professor. “People programme themselves to do certainactivities regularly. It was the woman’s custom every morning to throw her dogtwo biscuits and then put on her earrings. But somehow the action got reversedin the programme.” About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reportedwere these “programme assembly failures.”

      Altogether the volunteers logged 433unintentional actions that they found themselves doing – an average of twelveeach. There appear to be peak periods in the day when we are at our zaniest(荒谬可笑的). Theseare two hours some time between eight a.m. and noon, between four and six p.m.with a smaller peak between eight and ten p.m. “Among men the peak seems to be whena changeover in brain ‘programmes’ occurs, as for instance between going to andfrom work.” Women on average reported slightly more lapses – 12.5 compared with10.9 for men – probably because they were more reliable reporters.

      A startling finding of the research isthat the absent-minded activity is a hazard of doing things in which we areskilled. Normally, you would expect that skill reduces the number of errors we make.But trying to avoid silly slips by concentrating more could make things a lotworse – even dangerous.

31.   Inhis study Professor Smith asked the subjects ______.

       A)to keep track of people who tend to forget things

       B)to report their embarrassing lapses at random

       C)to analyse their awkward experiences scientifically

       D)to keep a record of what they did unintentionally

32.   ProfessorSmith discovered that ______.

       A)certain patterns can be identified in the recorded incidents

       B)many people were too embarrassed to admit their absent-mindedness

       C)men tend to be more absent-minded than women

       D)absent-mindedness is an excusable human weakness

33.   “Programme assemblyfailures” (Line 6, Para.2) refers to the phenomenon that people ______.

       A)often fail to programme their routines beforehand

       B)tend to make mistakes when they are in a hurry

       C)unconsciously change the sequence of doing things

       D)are likely to mess things up if they are too tired

34.   Welearn from the third paragraph that ______.

       A)absent-mindedness tends to occur during certain hours of the day

       B)women are very careful to perform actions during peak periods

       C)women experience more peak periods of absent-mindedness

       D)men’s absent-mindedness often results in funny situations

35.   Itcan be concluded from the passage that ______.

       A)people should avoid doing important things during peak periods of lapses

       B)hazards can be avoided when people do things they are good at

       C)people should be careful when programming their actions

       D)lapses cannot always be attributed to lack of concentration

Passage Four

Questions 36 to 40 are based on thefollowing passage:

      It’s no secret that many children would behealthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that naturedealt them. That’s especially true of children who remain in abusive homesbemuse the law blindly favors biological parents. It’s also true of childrenwho suffer for years in foster homes (收养孩子的家庭) because of parents who can’t or won’t care for them but refuse togive up custody (监护) rights.

      Fourteen-year-old Kimberly Mays fitsneither description, but her recent court victory could eventually helpchildren who do. Kimberly has been the object of an angry custody battlebetween the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whom she hasnever lived. A Floridajudge ruled that the teenager can remain with the only father she’s ever knownand that her biological parents have “no legal claim” on her.

      The ruling, though it may yet be reversed,sets aside the principle that biology is the primary determinant of parentage.That’s an important development, one that’s long overdue.

      Shortly after birth in December 1978,Kimberly Mays and another infant were mistakenly switched and sent home withthe wrong parents. Kimberly’s biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg,received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests showed thatthe child wasn’t the Twiggs’ own daughter, but Kimberly was, thus sparking acustody battle with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families agreed that Mr. Mayswould maintain custody with the Twiggs getting visiting rights. Those rightswere ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being harmed.

      The decision to leave Kimberly with Mr.Mays rendered her suit debated. But the judge made clear that Kimberly did havestanding to sue (起诉) on her own behalf. Thus he made clear that she was more than justproperty to be handled as adults saw fit.

      Certainly, the biological link betweenparent and child is fundamental. But biological parents aren’t alwayspreferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not convey anabsolute ownership that cancels all the rights of children.

36.   Whatwas the primary consideration in the Floridajudge’s ruling?

       A)The biological link.

       B)The child’s benefits.

       C)The traditional practice.

       D)The parents’ feelings.

37.   Wecan learn from the Kimberly case that ______.

       A)children are more than just personal possessions of their parents

       B)the biological link between parents and child should be emphasized

       C)foster homes bring children more pain and suffering than care

       D)biological parents shouldn’t claim custody rights after their child is adopted

38.   TheTwiggs claimed custody rights to Kimberly because ______.

       A)they found her unhappy in Mr. Mays’ custody

       B)they regarded her as their property

       C)they were her biological parents

       D)they felt guilty about their past mistake

39.   Kimberlyhad been given to Mr. Mays ________.

       A)by sheer accident

       B)out of charity

       C)at his request

       D)for better care

40.   Theauthor’s attitude towards the judge’s ruling could be described as ______.

       A)doubtful

       B)critical

       C)cautious

       D)supportive

Part III                          Vocabulary and Structure                     (20 minutes)

Directions: There are 3.0. incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentencethere are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that bestcompletes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheetwith a single line through the center.

41.  She ______ her trip to New York because she was ill.

      A) called off                                                B) closed down

      C) put up                                                     D)went off

42.  ______ the storm, the ship would have reachedits destination on time.

      A) But for                                                    B)In case of

      C) In spite of                                               D) Because of

43.  Weshould concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy outof ______.

      A) rejection                                                  B) restriction

      C) retreat                                                     D)recession

44.  The ______ of finding gold in California attracted alot of people to settle down there.

      A) prospects                                                B) speculations

      C) stakes                                                     D)provisions

45   I suffered from mental ______ because ofstress from my job.

      A) damage                                                   B)release

      C) relief                                                       D)fatigue

46.  The rest of the day was entirely at his ______for reading or recreation.

      A) dismissal                                                 B) survival

      C) disposal                                                  D) arrival

47.  You will not be ______ about your food in timeof great hunger.

      A) special                                                    B)particular

      C) peculiar                                                   D) specific

48.  Crimeis increasing worldwide, and there is every reason to believe the ______ willcontinue into the next decade.

      A) emergency                                              B) trend

      C) pace                                                       D)schedule

49.  You shouldn’t have written in the ______ sincethe book belongs to the library.

      A) interval                                                   B) border

      C) margin                                                    D)edge

50.  The ______ of airplane engines announced acoming air raid.

      A) roar                                                        B)exclamation

      C) whistle                                                    D)scream

51.  This ticket ______ you to a free boat tour onthe lake.

      A) entitles                                                    B) appoints

      C) grants                                                     D)credits

52.  This is the nurse who ______ to me when I wasill in hospital.

      A) accompanied                                           B) attended

      C) entertained                                              D) shielded

53.  I was about to ______ a match when Iremembered Tom’s warning.

      A) rub                                                         B)hit

      C) scrape                                                    D)strike

54.  The advertisement says this material doesn’t______ in the wash, but it has.

      A) contract                                                  B) shrink

      C) slim                                                        D)dissolve

55.  Hewas proud of being chosen to participate in the game and he ______ us that hewould try as hard as possible.

      A) insured                                                   B)guaranteed

      C) assumed                                                 D)assured

56.  Notonly the professionals but also the amateurs will ______ from the new trainingfacilities.

      A) derive                                                     B)acquire

      C) benefit                                                    D)reward

57.  The work was almost complete when we receivedorders to ______ no further with it.

      A) progress                                                 B) proceed

      C) march                                                     D)promote

58.  I waited for him half an hour, but he never______.

      A) turned in                                                 B) turned down

      C) turned off                                               D) turned up

59.  A house with a dangerous gas ______ can bebroken into immediately.

      A) leak                                                        B)split

      C) mess                                                      D)crack

60.  A dark suit is ______ to a light one forevening wear.

      A) favourable                                               B) suitable

      C) preferable                                                D) proper

61.  It was in the United States that I made the______ of professor Jones.

      A) acknowledgement                                    B) acquaintance

      C) recognition                                              D) association

62.  Could you take a ______ sheet of paper andwrite your name at the top?

      A) bare                                                        B)vacant

      C) hollow                                                    D)blank

63.  Aculture in which the citizens share similar religious beliefs and values ismore likely to have laws that represent the wishes of its people than is aculture where citizens come from ______ backgrounds.

      A) extensive                                                 B) influential

      C) diverse                                                    D)identical

64.  Areaswhere students have particular difficulty have been treated ______ particularcare.

      A) by                                                          B)in

      C) under                                                      D)with

65.  He gave a ______ to handle the affairs in a friendlymanner.

      A) pledge                                                     B)mission

      C) plunge                                                    D)motion

66.  Don’t let the child play with scissors ______he cuts himself.

      A) in case                                                    B)so that

      C) now that                                                 D) only if

67.  ______the danger from enemy action, people had to cope with a severe shortage offood, clothing, fuel, and almost everything.

      A) As far as                                                 B) As long as

      C) As well as                                               D) As soon as

68.  Many people lost their jobs during thebusiness ______.

      A) desperation                                              B) decrease

      C) despair                                                    D)depression

69.  Whenever a big company ______ a small one, theproduct almost always gets worse.

      A) gets on with                                            B) cuts down

      C) takes over                                               D) puts up with

70.  Mr. Smith was the only witness who said thatthe fire was ______.

      A) mature                                                    B)deliberate

      C) meaningful                                              D) innocent

Part IV                              Short Answer Questions                       (15 minutes)

Directions:    In this part there is a short passagewith 8 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Thenanswer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Write your answers in the spaces provided on the right of the page.

       Whatpersonal qualities are desirable in a teacher? I think the following would begenerally accepted.

       First,the teacher’s personality should be lively and attractive. This does not rule outpeople who are plain-looking, or even ugly, because many such people have greatpersonal charm. But it does rule out such types as the over-excitable, sad,cold, and frustrated.

       Secondly,it is not merely desirable but essential for a teacher to have a genuinecapacity for sympathy, a capacity to understand the minds and feelings of otherpeople, especially, since most teachers are school teachers, the minds andfeelings of children. Closely related with this is the capacity to be tolerant –not, indeed, of what is wrong, but of the weaknesses and immaturity of humannature which induce (诱导) people, and again especially children, to make mistakes.

       Thirdly,I hold it essential for a teacher to be both intellectually and morally honest.This means that he will be aware of his intellectual strengths and limitations,and will have thought about and decided upon the moral principles by which hislife shall be guided. There is no contradiction in my going on to say that ateacher should be a bit of an actor. That is part of the technique of teaching,which demands that every now and then a teacher should be able to put on an act– to enliven (使生动) a lesson, correct a fault, or award praise. Children, especiallyyoung children, live in a world that is rather larger than life.

       Ateacher must be capable of infinite patience. This, I may say, is largely amatter of self-discipline and self-training, for we are none of us born likethat.

       Finally,I think a teacher should have the kind of mind which always wants to go onlearning. Teaching is a job at which one will never be perfect; there is alwayssomething more to learn about it. There are three principal objects of study:the subjects which the teacher is teaching; the methods by which the subjectscan best be taught to the particular pupils in the classes he is teaching; andg by far the most important -- the children, young people, or adults to whomthe subjects are to be taught. The two fundamental principles of Britisheducation today are that education is education of the whole person, and thatit is best acquired through full and active co-operation between two persons,the teacher and the learner.

S1.  Plain-lookingteachers can also be admired by their students if they have _________.

       __________________________________________________________________

S2.  The author says it is_________that teachers be sympathetic with their students.

       __________________________________________________________________

S3.  A teacher should betolerant because humans tend to have S3(1) _________and to be S3(2) _________.

       (1)________________________________________________________________

       (2)________________________________________________________________

S4.  A teacher who is_________will be able to make his lessons more lively.

       __________________________________________________________________

S5.  Howcan a teacher acquire infinite patience?

       __________________________________________________________________

S6.  Since teaching is a job noone can be perfect at, it is necessary for teachers to keep improving their knowledgeof the subjects they teach and their _________.

       __________________________________________________________________

S7.  Teachers’most important object of study is _________.

       __________________________________________________________________

S8.  Education cannot be bestacquired without _________ between the teacher and the learner.

       __________________________________________________________________

Part V                               Writing                                                   (30 minutes)

Directions:    For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write aneye-witness account of a traffic accident. You should write at least 120 wordsaccording to the outline given below in Chinese.

                     假设你在某日某时目击一起车祸，就此写一份见证书。见证书须包括以下几点：

                     1. 车祸发生的时间及地点

                     2. 你所见到的车祸情况

                     3. 你对车祸原因的分析

An Eye-Witness Account of a Traffic Accident

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