2004—2005学年第2学期考试试题 （A卷）
课程名称_大学英语（四级）_ 任课教师签名 大学英语一教研室全体教师
出题教师签名 题库调题 审题教师签名 何 广 惠
考试方式 （闭）卷 适用专业 03本科（B 班学生）
考试时间 （ 120 ）分钟
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本试题册由两部分组成, 即试卷一和试卷二, 试卷一上的答案必须做在答题卡上, 其它答题方式无效.
试卷二上写清姓名, 学号和班级名称.
考试结束后，请将试题册统一交给监考老师。
试 卷 一（客观题部分）
Part I Listening Comprehension (1’ X 10 = 20’)
Section A :
Direction : Listen to the following 10 short conversations. Each conversation is followed by ONE question. After you hear the question, there’ll be a break of 15 seconds. During the break, you will read the four choices marked A, B, C, D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. A) Financial problems B) Social problem
C) Academic problems D) Job problems
2. A) Everybody starts with a temporary job.
B) It is hard to get a job nowadays.
C) The man shouldn’t be too picky in job hunting.
D) The man should depend on one company for a lifetime job.
A) Many people in this area travel by air.
B) The man’s hands are often dirty.
C) Flu can spread through shaking hands with other people.
D) The man shouldn’t shake hands with other people.
A) The man knows how the food is prepared.
B) The man likes their cooking.
C) The service there is always quick.
D) The food there always tastes the same.
A) She doesn’t like going shopping in big stores.
B) She is afraid of being cheated.
C) She doesn’t really know what to buy.
D) She has too many choices of the same product.
A) His wife is going to leave him.
B) He doesn’t think smoking is serious matter.
C) He hates to stop thinking.
D) He is forced to stop smoking.
A) She didn’t like the food there.
B) She didn’t know what the food was like there.
C) The food there is the best in the area.
D) French food is not as good as Chinese food.
8. A) 500,000 to one million B) 250,000 to two million
C) 200,000 to one million D) 215,000 to two million
9. A) He is a travel agent. B) He is a salesman.
C) He is a flight attendant. D) He is pilot.
10. A) The man never liked roast chicken for Sunday dinner.
B) Roast chicken used to be the man’s favorite but not now.
C) The woman refused to follow what the man’s mother said.
D) The man’s mother enjoyed roast chicken for Sunday dinner.
Section B
Direction : In this part, you will hear three short passages. At the end of the passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and 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 1 :
Questions 11 ~ 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) Most people have dictionaries but don’t use them frequently.
B) Most people don’t have dictionaries but need them very often.
C) Most people have dictionaries and seldom need them.
D) Most people don’t have dictionaries and seldom need them.
12. A) Finding the part of speech of a word.
B) Finding what a word means.
C) Finding how to spell a word.
D) Finding how to pronounce a word.
13. A) Looking for another word to use instead.
B) Open a dictionary and check the spelling.
C) Write it the way they think it’s spelled.
D) Wait around for someone to tell them the spelling.
Passage 2 :
Questions 14 ~ 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A) In green forest B) In dry desert
C) In the Pacific Ocean D) In the North pole region
15. A) Snakes like to stay in the sun. B) Snakes like warmth
C) Snakes are use to extremely hot weather. D) Snakes are good swimmers.
16. A) They are intelligent. B) They are fairly intelligent.
C) They are not very intelligent D) They are not intelligent at all.
Passage 3 :
Questions 17 ~ 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. A) The care and proper selection of dogs for family pets.
B) Different breeds of dogs.
C) Responsibilities of seeing that dog are properly cared for.
D) Different kinds of books about dogs.
18. A) By reading books about various kinds of dogs including puppy training.
B) By buying a dog from a pet dog.
C) From the library.
D) From the ASPCA.
19. A) Because they are big and aggressive.
B) Because they provide companionship as well as protection.
C) Because they are easy to train.
D) Because most people are afraid of them.
20. A) When you have small children.
B) When you live in an apartment.
C) When space is limited.
D) When you live in the city.
Part II Reading Comprehension ( 2’ X 20 = 40’ ) 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:
The U.S. military has blocked public access to nearly all its Web sites after its servers were attacked by a new computer virus.
Late last week, the U.S. Space Command, which provides security for military computers, instructed all military organizations to block public access after a number of sites had contracted the virus, called the "Code Red" bug, according to an official.
The virus is known as a "denial of service" bug, because it replicates (自我复制) itself by reading the log files on a network server and sending copies to other servers — thereby multiplying and sometimes crashing a system — and denying access to legitimate (合法的) users of the site.
"The Code Red worm did in fact show up in some DoD [Department of Defense] Web sites and we're working to contain that," command spokesman Army Maj. Barry Venable said. "Ways we're going about that include blocking public access to the Web sites, because that's the way this worm works, to prevent it from using our networks to propagate (繁殖) itself."
The virus exploits a security flaw (缺陷) in certain Microsoft network servers. The flaw was announced last month when a patch was released to fix it.
"To protect our DoD Web sites from being compromised, DoD organizations have been told to review the status of the Internet information servers… to make sure that all the patches that were previously installed had been installed," says Venable.
Only a handful of the major Defense Department sites, with the suffix ".mil", appear currently accessible to the public, including the central public affairs site DefenseLink and the military services' main homepages.? ?? Public access is blocked to information connected to those sites, and others such as the National Missile Defense site and the U.S. Air Forces in Europe site. Authorized Department of Defense personnel continue to have access to the sites, Venable said.? ? (323 words)
21?
Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
A) The Code Red Worm
B) DoD Blocks Public Web Site Access
C) DoD was Attacked
D) Protect DoD Web sites against Virus
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22.?
The word "contracted"(Line 2, Para.2) most probably means ________.
A) make less or smaller
B) get an illness
C) make a legal agreement
D) formally agree to marry somebody
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23?
Which of the following statement is NOT true about the Code Red worm?
A) It can multiply to a great number.
B) It may make computer system stop working.
C) It's included in a patch released by Microsoft.
D) It may destroy the connection between legitimate users and the sites.
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24.?
Public access is blocked to most DoD [Department of Defense] Web sites so that ________.
A) the Code Red worm can't use the web site to replicates itself and send copies
B) DoD organizations can have necessary patches installed to protect their sites
C) the defense secrets can be prevented from being revealed
D) the mistake in certain Microsoft network servers can be corrected
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25.?
Which of the following is NOT the measure taken by DoD to fight against the Code Red worm?
A) Blocking public access.
B) Shutting down e-mail.
C) Reviewing the status of the Internet information servers.
D) Having necessary patches installed.
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Passage Two: Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
In the primary school, a child is in a comparatively simple setting and most of the time forms a relationship with one familiar teacher. On entering secondary school, a new world opens up and frequently it is a much more difficult world. The pupil soon learns to be less free in the way he speaks to teachers and even to his fellow pupils. He begins to lose gradually the free and easy ways of the primary school, for he senses the need for a more cautious approach in the secondary school where there are older pupils. Secondary staff and pupils suffer from the pressures of academic work and seem to have less time to stop and talk. Teachers with specialist roles may see hundreds of children in a week, and a pupil may be able to form relationships with very few of the staff. He has to decide which adults are approachable; good schools will make clear to every young person from the first year what guidance and personal help is available — but whether the reality of life in the institution actually encourages requests for help is another matter.
Adults often forget what a confusing picture school can offer to a child. He sees a great deal of movement, a great number of people — often rather frightening-looking people — and realizes that an increasing number of choices and decisions have to be made. As he progresses through the school the confusion may become less but the choices and decisions required will increase. The school will rightly expect the pupil to take the first steps to obtain the help he needs, for this is the pattern of adult life for which he has to be prepared, but all the time the opportunities for personal and group advice must be presented in a way which makes them easy to understand and within easy reach of pupils. (316 words)
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26.?
According to the passage one of the problems for pupils entering secondary schools is that ________.
A) they are taught by many different teachers
B) they do not attend lessons in every subject
C) the teachers are not so friendly and helpful
D) the teachers give most attention to a few pupils
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27.?
In secondary schools every pupil having problems should ________.
A) know how to ask for help
B) go to ask any teacher he can find
C) discuss his problem in class
D) turn to his parents for help
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28.?
It can be inferred from the passage that the author is mainly concerned about ________..
A) academic standards
B) the role of specialist teachers
C) the training of the individual
teachers
D) the personal development of pupils
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29.?
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) All the secondary schools know the way to encourage students' requests for help.
B) The secondary schools are responsible for offering personal and group advice to new pupils.
C) Secondary school pupils enjoy greater freedom in communicating with teachers and fellow pupils.
D) Secondary school pupils can easily get the help they need.
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30.?
The most appropriate title for the passage would be ________.
A) Primary School and Secondary School
B) Problems for New Secondary School Teachers
C) Problems for New Secondary School Pupils
D) Academic Work and Personal Relationship
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Passage Three: Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
At one time a traveler could learn about a region by looking at the houses, For example, he or she could understand what building materials were available. In areas with many wood houses, the traveler would have guessed that there were nearby forests. Stone houses would have indicated that stones were easy to get. However, a closer look at the houses would have told the traveler even more about the area.
People used to build houses that fitted the climate of their areas. For example, in desert regions there is a big difference between daytime and nighttime temperatures. Therefore, many desert people built houses with very thick walls. These thick walls served a useful purpose in the houses. For example, in the winter the thick walls absorbed the sun's warmth during the day and radiated the heat at night. Desert people were relatively comfortable in their homes, or residences, at all times because they built them to fit the desert climate.
Then the supply of fuel for electricity became both cheap and easy to get. The effect on housing was immediate. People began to build their homes according to fashion instead of utility. Houses no longer reflected the availability of building materials or climate.
Houses with steep roofs could be found in the tropics (热带地区), the warm regions of the Earth, even though these pointed roofs originated (来自，产生) in snowy regions of the world. Heavy snow falls off a slanted (歪斜的) roof. Another example is the use of glass. Houses made almost completely of glass could be found in very cold places. Yet ordinary glass does not insulate (绝缘) well because it neither keeps out cold air nor keeps in warm air. As long as fuel was cheap and easy to get, people could build any type of house any place. (297 words)
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31.?
What are two things that a traveler could learn about an area by looking at the houses?
A. The climate is poor and so are the people living in it.
B. The climate in the area and the kind of building materials easy for the people to
C. There is a forest nearby and they are on the top of a mountain.
D. They are near a house and its owner is not there at the moment.
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32.?
The main idea of Para. 1 is that ________.
A. wood is a forest product.
B. there are no stones in forests.
C. houses used to tell about a region.
D. people used to travel to learn about houses.
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33.?
The main idea of Para. 2 is that ________.
A. thick walls absorb heat from the sun
B. people built houses to fit the climate
C. people are comfortable in their houses
D. in the desert, daytime temperatures are lower than nighttime temperatures
34.?
The main idea of Para. 3 and 4 is that ________.
A. heavy snow does not stay on steep roofs
B. ordinary glass does not insulate well
C. fuel is used to produce electricity
D. the supply of fuel affects home building
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35.?
What does "radiate"(Para. 2) mean?
A. give off
B. absorb
C. gather
D. consume
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Passage Four: Questions 36 to 40 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 caries 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. (words: 279)
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36.?
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
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37.?
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
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38.?
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
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39.?
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
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40.?
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.
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Part III Vocabulary and Structure ( 0.5’ X 30 = 15’ )
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 answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41. In a typhoon, winds ______ a speed greater than 120 kilometers per hour.
A) assume B) accomplish C) attain D) assemble
42. Some teenagers harbor a generalized resentment against society, which ______ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature.
A) deprives B) restricts C) rejects D) denies
43. Though ______ in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small—town life.
A) raised B) grown C) developed D) cultivated
44. I support your decision, but I should also make it clear that I am not going to be ______ to it.
A) connected B) fastened C) bound D) stuck
45. Though she began her ______ by singing in a local pop group, she is now a famous Hollywood movie star.
A) employment B) career C) occupation D) profession
46. These teachers try to be objective when they ______ the integrated ability of their students.
A) justify B) evaluate C) indicate D) reckon
47. Most people agree that the present role of women has already affected U.S. society. ______ it has affected the traditional role of men.
A) Above all B) In all C) At most D) At last
48. Can you give me even the ______ clue as to where her son might be?
A) simplest B) slightest C) least D) utmost
49. The ship’s generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated ______ instead of mechanically.
A) artificially B) automatically C) manually D) synthetically
50. Mrs. Smith was so ______ about everything that no servants could please her.
A) specific B) special C) precise D) particular
51. During the lecture, the speaker occasionally ______ his point by relating his own experiences.
A) illustrated B) hinted C) cited D) displayed
52. Ten days ago the young man informed his boss of his intention to ______.
A) resign B) reject C) retreat D) replace
53. A new technique ______ , the yields as a whole increased by about 30 percent.
A) had applied B) having applied
C) to have applied D) having been applied
54. The ______ Court is the highest court in the United States.
A) Superior B) Supreme C) Super D) Superficial
55. Poor health and lack of money may both be ______ to educational progress.
A) losses B) barriers C) tragedies D) vacuums
56. Evolution has won ______ acceptance as a scientific law.
A) common B) consistent C) universal D) infinite
57. What happened in that class probably reflects what is happening in society ______.
A) at large B) at random C) at first D) at length
58. I expect an enthusiastic welcome, especially ______ it is the first time I am here to give lectures
A) providing B) supposing C) comparing D) considering
59. In recent years, the birth rate in Japan has sharply ______.
A) declined B) lessened C) descended D) slipped
60. When the Clinton family was on holiday in Hawaii, their mail ______ in the box.
A) gathered B) collected C) accumulated D) stored
61. I think that she is really a qualified secretary because she is very competent and ______.
A) sufficient B) effective C) efficient D) intensive
62. Telephone communication with all output has ______.
A) broken down B) broken off C) broken out D) broken up
63. ______ squeezing your own oranges, have you tried buying packs of orange juice?
A) Other than B) Better than C) Less than D) Rather than
64. A lot of ants are always invading my kitchen. They are a thorough ______.
A) nuisance B) trouble C) worry D) anxiety
65. At the end of the term, the teacher offered his students the ______ of a regular test or a research paper.
A) substitution B) alternative C) variety D) chance
66. “Good” is a word she is fond of using and she ______ it to almost everything.
A) dedicates B) applies C) contributes D) distributes
67. A major ______ in child education is to help the children build up self—confidence.
A) privilege B) preliminary C) primitive D) priority
68.In previous times, when fresh meat was in short ______, pigeon were kept by many households as a source of food.
A) store B) provision C) reserve D) supply
69. When the host nods, it is a ______ that the speaker can begin to deliver his speech.
A) picture B) mark C) signal D) gesture
70. The book has been well reviewed, but ______ actual sales it hasn’t been very successful.
A) in terms of B) in need of
C) in contrast to D) in place of
试 卷 二 （主观题部分）
Part IV （ 1’ X 10 = 10’ ）
Direction : Replace the underlined words or expressions in the following sentences with words or expressions given below that best keep the original meaning. Change the form where necessary. (请将答案写在横线上)
depend on spy on in earnest feel like make a fuss drink in at one sitting cast out refer to go for at one’s disposal be dressed in bear witness to have access to sign up
People refused to talk to him after the scandal and he was discarded by the best society.
The story line was so fascinating that she finished reading the book without a break.
The professor promises that she will have office space and a computer for you to use.
By choosing the most advanced technology, Shanghai aims to become one of the top financial centers in the world.
The students sat around their teacher, listening with attention to his words of wisdom.
The meal wasn’t quite as hot as it could have been, but I didn’t say anything ------ I didn’t like to express unreasonable anxiety.
He was arrested because he was paid to watch secretly our air bases.
Only a few crumbling walls show the past greatness of the city of Aksum,
My friend put on a black coat whereas I had gone there in jeans.
She decided long ago that she would study the subject seriously as soon as she left school.
1 ____________________ 2 ____________________ 3 ____________________
4 ____________________ 5 ____________________ 6 ____________________
7 ____________________ 8 ____________________ 9 ____________________
10 ____________________
Part V Writing (15’) Directions: For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the topic of Criticism. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.
criticism
人们不太喜欢批评
善意的批评是很必要的
正确对待批评是完善人格的关键
