1999年英语专业四级考试全真试卷及答案一、听力Part ⅡDICTATION［15 MIN.］Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage w ill be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seco nds. The last reading will he read at normal speed again and during this time yo u should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.Please write the whole passage on Answer Sheet Two.Part ⅢLISTENING COMPREHENSION［20 MIN.］In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.SECTION A STATEMENTIn this section you will hear eight statements. At the end of each statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.1. How well did the speaker do in the test?A. He answered the last four questions.B. He answered the last few questions first.C. He answered only some of the questions.D. He answered all the questions except the first.2. Jane thinks that Swiss cheese ___.A. tastes the bestB. tastes very badC. is better than butter cheeseD. is no better than other cheese3. John went to ___ first.A. the cinemeB. the repair shopC. the gas stationD. the service station4. Betty wishes to ___.A. send away the c1eaning ladyB. replace the cleaning ladyC. keep the cleaning ladyD. do the house cleaning5. How much did Fred pay for his car?A. He paid half the price the salesman asked.B. lie paid twice as much as the salesman askedC. He paid the price the salesman asked.D. He needn’t have paid that much for the car.6. Permanent education is practical because___.A. there arc no limits at allB. there are no age limitsC. no one is getting really too oldD. no one wants to learn at old age7. According to the speaker, the most difficult thing is___.A. traveling from place to placeB. keeping away from crowdsC. making holiday plansD. finding a place with many people8. William lost his job because___.A. he was always sickB. he usually went to work lateC. he made a mistake in his workD. he got angry with his bossSECTION B CONVERSATIONIn this section, you will hear eight short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.9. Mark refused to take the job because ___.A. the working hours were not suitableB. the job was not well paidC. he had to do a lot of travellingD. the job was quite difficult10. What do they think about the restaurant?A. The service there is not good.B. The food might not be good.C. The waiter is not hospitable.D. The restaurant is too small.11. Which language does Mary speak well?A. Chinese.B. French.C. Japanese.D. English12. The woman believes that John___.A. was playing a jokeB. was leaving BostonC. was moving to BostonD. was selling his house himself13. The woman should have arrived by___.A. 10:45B. 10:40C. 10:55D. 11:0014. What do we learn from the conversation?A. John is not sick.B. John is feeling better.C. Jack hasn’t been sick.D. Jack has not got better.15. The tone of the man is that of___.A. surpriseB. sarcasmC. disappointmentD. humour16. The two speakers are probably___.A. in a parking groundB. at a ferry-crossingC. in a trafficjam D. at a petrol stationSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTQuestions 17 and 18 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.17. Some Haitians are on strike in order to___.A. get proper medical treatmentB. ask for their political rightsC. protest against the US decisionD. demand food supply aid from USA18. The strikers are denied entry into the US because___.A. AIDS virus has been found among themB. they can not get political asylum in the USC. the US government has refused to take themD. they don’t accept proper medical treatmentQuestion 19 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will he given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.19. The US auto-makers decided to stop their action because___.A. Japanese auto-makers promised to stop dumping cars in the USB. the Government promised to solve the US-Japan trade imbalanceC. three US companies have ended the US-Japan trade imbalanceD. Japan agreed to sell cars at the agreed prices inside the USQuestions 20 and 21 are based on the following news. Al the end of the news item, you will he given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to thenews.20. Where did the storms first strike?A. The eastern US.B. The Gulf of Mexico.C. The Canadian border.D. Some areas in Cuba.21. The storms have resulted in the following EXCEPT___.A. death and damageB. disruption of air servicesC. destruction of cropsD. relocation of peopleQuestion 22 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.22. According to the news, France was strongly criticized for___.A. conducting five nuclear tests on WednesdayB. carrying out a series of nuclear tests in the PacificC. getting disappointing results in the nuclear programD. refusing to sign a global treaty banning nuclear testsQuestions 23 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, You will he given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.23. The news item is mainly about___.A. air traffic problemsB. safety improvementC. the number of flightsD. flight training coursesQuestions 24 and 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will he given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.24. What is the purpose of the meeting in Luxembourg?A. To control patrol boats on the River Danube.B. To end economic sanctions against Serbia.C. To step up economic sanctions against Serbia.D. To send police officers to search the river.25. International efforts against Serbia have been ineffective because ___.A. ships carrying illegal supplies still sail along the riverB. more illegal goods have been carried over landC. local authorities didn’t attempt to stop illegal goodsD. there has been disagreement over economic sanctions二，完型填空CLOZE［15 MIN.］Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your answer Sheet.Our ape-men forefathers had no obvious natural weapons in the struggle for survi val in the open. They had neither the powerful teeth nor the strong claws of the big cats. They could not ( 26 )with the bear, whose strengt h, speed and claws ( 27 )an impressive ’small fire’weaponry . They could not even defend themselves ( 28 ) runnin g swiftly like the horses, zebras or small animals. If the ape-men h ad attempted to compete on those terms in the open, they would have been ( 29 )to failure and extinction. But they were (30) with enormous concealed advantages of a kind not possessed by any of the ir competitors.In the search ( 31 ) the pickings of the forest, the ape-men had ( 32 ) efficient stereoscopic vision and a sense of colour that the animals of the grasslands did not possess. The abili ty to see clearly at close range permitted the ape-men to study practical proble ms in a way that lay far ( 33 )the reach of the original inh abitants of the grassland. Good long-distance sight was ( 34 )another matter. Lack of long-distance vision had not been a problem for fores t-dwelling apes and monkeys because the higher the viewpoint, the greater the ra nge of sight—so ( 35 ) they had had to do was climb a tree. Out in the open, however, this simple solution was not ( 3 6 ) . Climbing a hill would have helped, but in many places the gro und was flat. The ape-men ( 37 )the only possible solution. They reared up as high as possible on their hind limbs and began to walk upright .This vital change of physical position brought about considerable disadvantages. It was extremely unstable and it meant that the already slow ape-men became slo wer still. ( 38 ) , they persevered and their bone structure gradually became ( 39 )to the new,unstable position that ( 40 )them the name Homo erectus,upright man.26. A. match B. compare C. rival D. equal27. A. became B. equipped C. posed D. provided28. A. in B. upon C. by D. with29. A. driven B. doomed C. forced D. led30. A. bestowed B. given C. presented D. endowed31. A.for B. of C. on D. at32. A. progressed B.generated C.developed D.advanced33. A.from B.apart C. beyond D.above34. A. rather B.quite C. much D.really35. A. anything B.that C. everything D.all36. A. available B.enough C. sufficient D.convenient37. A. chose B.adopted C. accepted D.took38. A. However B.Therefore C. Meanwhile D.Subsequently39. A. accustomed B. familiarized C. adapted D. suited40. A. obtained B.called C. deserved D. earned三词汇GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY［15 MIN.］There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that corr ectly completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet41. After ___ seemed an endless wait,it was her turn to enter the per sonnel manager’s office.A. thatB. whatC. thereD. it42. The three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighbouring country, ___ by the police each time.A. had been capturedB. being always capturedC. only to be capturedD. unfortunately captured43. Professor Johnson is said ___some significant advance in his resea rch in the past year.A. having madeB. makingC. to have madeD.to make44. Fat cannot change into muscle ___ muscle changes into fat.A. any more thanB. no less thanC. no more thanD. much more than45. It is not so much the language ___ the cultural background that m akes the book difficult to understand.A. butB. norC. asD. like46. There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of mountain c limbing than ___ in the public mind today.A. existsB. existC. existingD. to exist47. I’ve never been to Lhasa, but that’s the city___.A. I’d most like to visitB. where I like to visitC. which I like to visit mostlyD. I’d like much to visit48. He ___ unwisely, but he was at least trying to do something hel pful.A. may have actedB. must have actedC. should actD. would act49. If you have really been studying English for so long. It’s about t i me you ___ able to write letters in English.A. should beB. wereC. must be D . are50. He’s ___ as a “bellyacher”——he’s always complaining about some thin g.A. who is knownB. whom is knownC. what is knownD. which is known51. ___he always tries his best to complete it on time.A. However the task is hardB. However hard the task isC. Though hard the task isD. Though hard is the task52. Much as ___, I couldn’t lend him the money because I simply didn ’t ha ve that much spare cash.A. I would have liked toB. I would like to haveC. 1 should have to likeD.1 should have liked to53 My cousin likes eating very much, but he isn’t very ___ about the f ood he e ats.A. specialB. peculiarC. particularD. specific54. Your advice would be ___ valuable to him. who is now at a loss as to wha t to do first.A. exceedinglyB. excessivelyC. extensivelyD. exclusive ly55. More often than not, it is difficult to ___ the exact meaning of a Chinese idiom in English.A. exchangeB. transferC. conveyD. convert56. She refused to ___ the door key to the landlady until she got ba ck her deposit.A. hand inB. hand outC. hand downD. hand over57. The scientists have absolute freedom as to what research they think i t best to___.A. engageB. devoteC. seekD. pursue58. The Olympic Games ___ in 776 B.C. in Olympia, a small town in Gree ce.A. originatedB. stemmedC. derivedD. desce nded59. We should always bear in mind that ___ decisions often result in se rious co nsequences.A. urgentB. instantC. promptD. hasty60. The fact that the management is trying to reach agreement___five separate unions has led to long negotiations.A. overB.inC.uponD. with61. The chairman of the company said that new techniques had ___impr oved their production efficiency.A. violentlyB. severelyC. extremelyD. radically62. The local authorities realized the need to make ___for elderly peo ple intheir housing programmes.A. preparationB. requirementC. specificationD. provision63. The guest team was beaten by the host team 2 ___ 4 in last year’s CFA Cup Final.A. overB. inC. toD. against64. The police let him go, because they didn’t find him guilty ___ the murder.A. ofB. inC. overD. on65. As a developing country, we must keep ___ with the rapid developme nt of the world economy.A. moveB. stepC. speedD. pace四阅读理解APart ⅥREADING COMPREHENSION ［30 MIN.］SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION ［25 MIN.］In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished stat ements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one th at you think is the correct answer. Mark your choice on your answer sheet.TEXT ASurprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospit als, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are jus t not kept.We know that more than 850.000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education wh ile in hospital. We also know there is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital.Little wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital t eaching available differ a great deal across the country. It is found that half the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter have only a part-time teacher. The special children’s hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals in the country and holidayareas are worst off.From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have som e contact with a hospital teacher—and that contact may be as little as two hour s a day. Most children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in hospital at all. They had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school. If the re was a teacher they were much more likely to read books and do math or number work; without a teacher they would only play games.Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and m aintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is of ten all the teacher can do. The position and influence of many teachers was summ ed up when parents referred to them as “the library lady” or just “the helper”. Children tend to rely on concerned school friends to keep in touch with school w ork. Several parents spoke of requests for work being ignored or refused by the school. Once back at school children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best they can.Many short-stay child-patients catch up quickly. But schools do very little to e ase the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interview ed.66．The author points out at the beginning that___.A. every child in hospital receives some teachingB. not enough is known about hospital teachingC. hospital teaching is of poor qualityD. the special children’s hospitals are worst off67. It can be inferred from the latest survey that___.A.hospital teaching across the country is similarB. each hospital has at least one part-time teacherC. all hospitals surveyed offer education to childrenD.only one-fourth of the hospitals have full-time teachers68. Children in hospital usual1y turn to___in order to catch up with the ir school work.A. hospital teachersB. schoolmatesC. parentsD. school teachers69. We can conclude from the passage that the author is___.A. unfavourable towards children receiving education in hospitalsB. in favour of the present state of teaching in hospitalsC. unsatisfied with the present state of hospital teachingD. satisfied with the results of the latest surveyTEXT BComputer people talk a lot about the need for other people to become “computer-l iterate”, in other words, to learn to understand computers and what makes them t ick. Not all experts agree, however, that is a good idea.One pioneer, in particular. who disagrees is David Tebbutt, the founder of Compu tertown UK. Although many people see this as a successful attempt to bring peopl e closer to the computer, David does not see it that way. He says that Computert own UK was formed for just the opposite reason, to bring computers to the people and make them “people-literate”.David first got the idea when he visited one of America’s best-known computer “g uru”figure, Bob Albrecht，in the small university town of Palo Alto in Northern California. Albrecht had started a project called Computertown USA in the local library, and the local children used to call round every Wednesday to borrow so me time on the computers there, instead of borrowing library books. Albrecht was always on hand to answer any questions and to help the children discover about computers in their own way.Over here, in Britain，Computertowns have taken off in a big way，and there are now about 40 scattered over the country. David Tebbutt thinks they are most succ essful when tied to a computer club. He insists there is a vast and important di fference between the two, although they complement each other. The clubs cater f or the enthusiasts, with some computer knowledge already, who get together arid eventually form an expert computer group. This frightens away non-experts, who a re happier going to Computertowns where there are computers available for them t o experiment on, with experts available to encourage them and answer any questions; they are not told what to do, they find out.David Tehbutt finds it interesting to see the two different approaches working s ide by side. The computer experts have to learn not to tell people about compute rs, but have to be able to explain the answers to the questions that people real ly want to know. In some Computertowns there are question sessions, rather like radio phone-ins, where the experts listen to a lot of questions and then try to work out some structure to answer them. People are not having to learn computer jargons, but the experts are having to translate computer mysteries into easily understood terms; the computers are becoming “people-literate”.70. According to David Tebbutt, the purpose of Computertown UK is to___A. train people to understand how computers workB. make more computers available to peopleC. enable more people to fix computers themselvesD. help people find out more about computers71. We Learn from the passage that Computertown USA was a ___.A. townB. projectC. libraryD. school72. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A. Computertowns in the UK have become popular.B. Computertowns and clubs cater for different people.C. Computertowns are more successful than clubs.D. It’s better that computertowns and clubs work together.73. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of computertowns?A. Experts give lectures and talks on computers.B. Experts are on hand to answer people’s questions.C. People are left to discover computers on their own.D. There are computers around for people to practise on.TEXT CThere must be few questions on which responsible opinion is so utterly divided a s on that of how much sleep we ought to have. There are some who think we can le ave the body to regulate these matters for itself. “The answer i s easy,” says Dr . A. Burton. “With the right amount of sleep you should wake up fresh and alert five minutes before the alarm rings.” If he is right many people must be undersl eeping, including myself. But we must remember that some people have a greater i nertia than others.This is not meant rudely. They switch on slowly, and they a re reluctant to switch off. They are alert at bedtime and sleepy when it is time to get up, and this may have nothing to do with how fatigued their bodies are, or how much sleep they must take to lose their fatigue.Other people feel sure that the present trend is towards too little sleep. To qu ote one medical opinion, thousands of people drift through life suffering from the effects of too little sleep; the reason is not that they can’t sleep. Like a dvancing colonists, we do seem to be grasping ever more of the land of sleep for our waking needs, pushing the boundary back and reaching, apparently, for a poi nt in our evolution where we will sleep no more. This in itself, of course, need not be a bad thing. What could be disastrous, however, is that we should press too quickly towards this goal, sacrificingsleep only to gain more time in which to jeopardize our civilization by actions and decisions made weak by fatigue.Then, to complete the picture, there are those who believe that most people are persuaded to sleep too much. Dr H. Roberts, writing in Every Man in Health, asse rts: “It may safely be stated that, just as the majority eat too much, so the ma jority s leep too much.” One can see the point of this also. It would be a pity t o retard our development by holding back those people who are gifted enough to w ork and play well with less than the average amount of sleep, if indeed it does them no harm. If one of the trends of evolution is that more of the life span i s to be spent in gainful waking activity, then surely these people are in the va n of this advance.74. The author seems to indicate that___.A. there are many controversial issues like the right amount of sleepB. among many issues the right amount of sleep is the least controversialC. people are now moving towards solving many controversial issuesD. the right amount of sleep is a topic of much controversy among doctors75. The author disagrees with Dr. Burton because___.A. few people can wake up feeling fresh and alertB. some people still feel tired with enough sleepC. some people still feel sleepy with enough sleepD. some people go to bed very late at night76. In the last paragraph the author points out that___.A. sleeping less is good for human developmentB. people ought to be persuaded to sleep less than beforeC. it is incorrect to say that people sleep too littleD. those who can sleep less should be encouraged77. We learn from the passage that the author___.A. comments on three different opinionsB. favours one of the three opinionsC. explains an opinion of his ownD. revises someone else’s opinionTEXT DMigration is usually defined as “permanent or semipermanent change of residence. ” This broad definition, of cours e, would include a move across the street or ac ross a city. Our concern is with movement between nations, not with internal mig ration within nations, although such movements oftenexceed international moveme nts in volume. Today, the motives of people who move short distances are very si milar to those of international migrants.Students of human migration speak of “push” and “pull” factors, which influence an individual’s decision to move from one place to another. Push factors are ass ociated with the place of origin. A push factor can be as simple and mild a matt er as difficulty in finding a suitable job. or as traumatic as war, or severe fa mine. Obviously, refugees who leave their homes with guns pointed at their heads are motivated almost entirely by push factors (although pull factors do influen ce their choice of destination). Pull factors are those associated with the place of destination. Most often thes e are economic，such as better job opportunities or the availability of good lan d to farm. The latter was an important factor in attracting settlers to the Unit ed States during the 19th century. In general, pull factors add up to an apparen tly better chance for a good life and material well-being than is offered by the place of origin. When there is a choice between several attractive potential de stinations, the deciding factor might be a non-economic consideration such as th e presence of relatives, friends, or at least fellow countrymen already establis hed in the new place who are willing to help the newcomers settle in. Considerat ions of this sort cad to the development of migration flow.Besides push and pull actors, there are what the sociologists call “intervening obstacles” Even if push and(or) pull factors are very strong they still may be ou tweighed by intervening obstacles, such as the distance of the move, the trouble and cost of moving, the difficulty of entering the new country, and the problem s likely to be encountered on arrival.The decision to move is also influenced by “personal factors” of the potential m igrant. The same push-pull factors and obstacles operate differently on differen t people, sometimes because they are at different stages of their lives, or just because of their varying abilities and personalities. The prospect of packing u p everything and moving to a new and perhaps very strange environment may appear interesting and challenging to an unmarried young man and appallingly difficult to a slightly older man with a wife and small kids. Similarly, the need to lear n a new language and customs may excite one person and frighten another.Regardless of why people move, migration of large numbers of people causes confl ict. The United States and other western countries have experienced adjustment p roblems with each new wave of immigrants. The newest arrivals are usually given the lowest-paid jobs and are resented by native people who may have to compete w ith them for those jobs. It has usually taken several decadesfor each group to be accepted into the mainstream of society in the host country.78. The author thinks that pull factors___.A. are all related to economic considerationsB. are not as decisive as push factorsC. include a range of considerationsD. are more important than push factors79. People’s decisions to migrate might be influenced by all the follow ing EXC EPT___.A. personalities.B. education.C. marital status.D. abilities.80. The purpose of the passage is to discuss___.A. the problems of international migrantsB. the motives of international migrantsC. migration inside the countryD. migration between countries阅读BSECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING［5 min］In this section there are seven passages with a total often multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.TEXT EFirst read the following question.81. This is a letter of___.A. inquiryB. complaintC.explanation D introductionNow, go through TEXT E quickly and answer question 81.Flat 24Park MansionsNewbury Road。