2007年6月英语四级真题及答案Section B57. When the author says the creative mind and the critical mind “cannot work in parallel”(Line 4, Para. 1) in the writingprocess, he means ________.A) no one can be both creative and criticalB) they cannot be regarded as equally importantC) they are in constant conflict with each otherD) one cannot use them at the same time58. What prevents people from writing on is ________.A) putting their ideas in raw formB) attempting to edit as they writeC) ignoring grammatical soundnessD) trying to capture fleeting thoughts59. What is the chief objective of the first stage of writingA) To organize one's thoughts logically.B) To choose an appropriate topic.C) To get one's ideas down.D) To collect raw materials.60. One common concern of writers about “free writing”is that ________.A) it overstresses the role of the creative mindB) it takes too much time to edit afterwardsC) it may bring about too much criticismD) it does not help them to think clearly61. In what way does the critical mind help the writer in the writing processA) It refines his writing into better shape.B) It helps him to come up with new ideas.C) It saves the writing time available to him.D) It allows him to sit on the side and observe.Passage Two62. Why doesn't the author want to talk about being a woman scientist againA) She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.B) She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination.C) She is not good at telling stories of the kind.D) She finds space research more important.63. From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute the author's failures to ________.A) the very fact that she is a womanB) her involvement in gender politicsC) her over-confidence as a female astrophysicistD) the burden she bears in a male-dominated society64. What did the author constantly fight against while doing her . and post-doctoral researchA) Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.B) Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.C) People's stereotyped attitude toward female scientists.D) Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurtured.65. Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her classA) Female students no longer have to bother about gender issues.B) Her students' performance has brought back her confidence.C) Her female students can do just as well as male students.D) More female students are pursuing science than before.What does the image the author presents to her students suggest 66.A) Women students needn't have the concerns of her generation.B) Women have more barriers on their way to academic success.C) Women can balance a career in science and having a family.D) Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career.57-66. DBBCD ACABD2007年12月英语四级考试真题及答案Section BPassage One57. What is the most striking feature of the University of PhoenixA) All its courses are offered online.B) Its online courses are of the best quality.C) It boasts the largest number of students on campusD) Anyone taking its online courses is sure to get a degree.58．According to the passage , distance learning is basically characterized by_____A) A considerable flexibility in its academic requirementsB) The great diversity of students' academic backgroundsC) A minimum or total absence of face-to-face instructionD) the casual relationship between students and professors59. Many students take Internet -based courses mainly because they can_____A) Earn their academic degrees with much less effortB) Save a great deal on traveling and boarding expensesC) Select courses from various colleges and universitiesD) Work on the required courses whenever and wherever60. What accounts for the high drop-out rates for online studentsA) There is no strict control over the academic standards of the courses.B) The evaluation system used by online universities is inherently weak.C) There is no mechanism to ensure that they make the required effort.D) Lack of classroom interaction reduces the effectiveness of instruction.61. According to the passage, universities show great enthusiasm for DL programs for the purpose of_____A) building up their reputation C) upgrading their teaching facilitiesB) cutting down on their expenses D) providing convenience for studentsPassage Two62. What do we learn from the first paragraphA) Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activites.B) Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her leisure time.C) Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.D) A lot of distractions compete for children's time nowadays.63. What did the author say about her own writing experienceA) She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.B) Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations.C) She was constantly under pressure of writing more.D) Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.64. Why did Rebecca want to enter this year's writing contestA) She believed she possessed real talent for writing.B) She was sure of winning with her mother's help.C) She wanted to share her stories with readers.D) She had won a prize in the previous contest.65. What's the author's advice for parentsA) A writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue.B) Children should be allowed freedom to grow through experience.C) Parents should keep an eye on the activities their kids engage in.D) Children should be given every chance to voice their opinions.57-66. ACDCB DBCAB2008年6月英语四级考试真题及答案Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section APart IVReadingComprehens ionSection BPassage Twost century equivalent of being caught naked ”(Lines 62. What does the author mean by saying “the 213-4,A) People's personal information is easily accessed without their knowledge.st century people try every means to look into others' secrets.B) In the 21C) People tend to be more frank with each other in the information age.D) Criminals are easily caught on the spot with advanced technology.63. What would psychologists advise on the relationships between friendsA) Friends should open their hearts to each C) There should be a distance even betweenfriends.other.D) There should be fewer disputes between B) Friends should always be faithful to eachfriends.other.64. Why does the author say “we live in a world where you simple cannot keep a secret”(Line 5,A) Modern society has finally evolved into an open society.B) People leave traces around when using modern technology.C) There are always people who are curious about others' affairs.D) Many search engines profit by revealing people's identities.65. What do most Americans do with regard to privacy protectionA) They change behaviors that might disclose their identity.B) They use various loyalty cards for business transactions.C) They rely more and more on electronicdevices.D) They talk a lot but hardly do anything about it.66. According to the passage, privacy is like health in that ________.A) people will make every effort to keep it C) it is something that can easily be lost D) people don't cherish it until they lose it B) its importance is rarely understood Passage One57. What is said about global warming in the first paragraphC) Serious steps have been taken to avoid or stop A) It may not prove an environmental crisis at all.it.B) It is an issue requiring world wideD) Very little will be done to bring it under commitments.control.58. According to the author's understanding, what is Al Gore's view on global warmingA) It is a reality both people and politicians are unaware of.B) It is a phenomenon that causes us many inconveniences.C) It is a problem that can be solved once it is recognized.D) It is an area we actually have little knowledge about.59. Green house emissions will more than double by 2050 because of _______.A) economic growth B) the widening gap between the rich and poor C) wasteful use of energy D) the rapid advances of science and technologytechnological D) international 60. The author believescooperation hasthat, since the signing of breakthroughs.contributed to solving the Kyoto Protocol,D) People have to give up environmental problems________.certain material comforts61. What is the message A) politicians have started to stop global warming.the author intends to to do something to betterDCABB 57-66. convey the situationACBDD A) Global warming is more B) few nations haveof a moral issue than a adopted real toughmeasures to limit energy practical one.use2008年12月英B) The ultimate solution toglobal warming lies in new C) reductions in energyconsumption have greatly technology语四级考试真题cut back global warmingdebate overC) The 及答案global warming will lead toimportantly, men don't go to Then there is the ostrichapproach,”some men are the doctor.ReadingPart IV scared of what might be “Men aren't seeing Reading in Comprehension （there and would rather not doctors as often as they ））（25 minutesDepth know, ”says Dr. Ross should, ”says Dr. Gullotta, Cartmill.Section B “This is particularly so for the“Most men get their over-40s,when diseases tend There are 2Directions:cars serviced more regularly to strike.”passages in this section. Eachthan they service their passage is followed by some Gullotta says a healthy bodies,”Cartmill says .He questions or unfinishedman should visit the doctor believes most diseases that statements. For each of them every year or two. For those commonly affect men could there are four choicesover 45,it should be at least be addressed by preventive marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. once ayear.check-ups.You should decide on the bestTwo months ago choice and mark the Regular check-ups for Gullotta saw a 50-year-old corresponding letter onmen would inevitably place man who had delayed doing Answer Sheet 2 with a single strain on the public purse, anything about his smoker's line through the centre.Cartmill says.”Butcough for a year.prevention is cheaper in the Passage One long run than having to treat “When I finally saw him it Questions 57 to 61 are based the diseases. Besides, the had already spread and he on the following passage.ultimate cost is far greater: it has since died from lungis called premature death.”cancer”he says, “EarlierIf you are a male anddetection and treatment may you are readingdoes the author not have cured him, but it this ,congratulations: you are congratulate his male would have prolonged this a survivor .According to readers at the beginning of life”statistics .you are more than the passagetwice as likely to die of skin According to a recent A. They are more likely to cancer than a woman ,andsurvey, 95%of women aged survive serious diseases nine times more likely to die between 15 and early 40s see today.of AIDS. Assuming you make a doctor once a year,it to the end of your natural B. Their average life span has compared to 70% of men in term, about 78 years for men been considerably extended.the same age group.in Australia, you will die onC. They have lived long average five years before a “A lot of men think theyenough to read this article.woman.（不可战胜are invincible”Gullotta says “They only 的）D. They are sure to enjoy a There are many reasons come in when a friend drops longer and happier live.for this-typically, men take dead on the golf course and more risks than woman and they think”Geez, if it could does the author state is the are more likely to drink and happen to him.most important reason mensmoke but perhaps moredie five years earlier on 61. What does Cartmill say B It is not likely the shoppercan find the same products in about regular check-ups for average than womenother stores.men A. men drink and smokeC Most stores provide the much more than women may increase publicsame kind of service.expenses B. men don't seek medicalD Not complaining to the will save money in the long care as often as womenmanager causes the shopper run C. men aren't as cautions as some trouble too.may cause psychological women in face of danger64. Shop owners often hire strains on men D. men are more likely to moonlighting police as will enable men to live as suffer from fatal diseases parking attendants so that long as womenshoppers_____59. Which of the followingbest completes the sentence Passage TwoA can stay longer browsing in “Geez, if it could happen to the store注意：此部分试题请在答题him…'(line2,para,8)卡2上作答B won't have trouble parking A. it could happen to me, tootheir cars62. Why are store managersoften the last to hear B. I should avoid playing golf C won't have any worries complaintsabout security C. I should consider myselfA Most customers won't luckyD can find their cars easily bother to complain even if after shopping D. it would be a big they have had unhappy misfortune65. What contributes most toexperiences.smoothing over issues with 60what does Dr. RossB Customers would rather customers he ostrich Cartmill mean by “trelate their unhappy approach”(line q A Manners of the experiences to peoplesalespeople around them.A. a casual attitude towardsone's health conditionsB Hiring of efficient C Few customers believe theemployees service will be improved.B. a new therapy for certainpsychological problemsC Huge supply of goods for D Customers have no easysale access to store managers.C. refusal to get medicaltreatment for fear of the pain D Design of the store layout.63. What does PaulainvolvedCourtney imply by saying “…66. To achieve better the shopper must also find a D. unwillingness to find out shopping experiences, replacement”(Line 2, Para. about one's disease becausecustomers are advised to 4)of fear_________.A New customers are boundto replace old ones.A exert pressure on stores to 58. According to Scott Hahn, A) She doesn't seem tocare about it. one big challenge to improve their service C) She isdoubtful of its practical designers who will go B settle their disputes with organic isvalue.stores in a diplomatic way. that B) She doesn't think it isC voice their dissatisfaction sustainable A) much more time is D) She is to store managers directlyvery much opposed to needed to finish a dressusing sustainable the idea D shop around and make materials .comparisons between stores61. What does the authorB) they have to create think of green fashion CBADB BDBAC 57-66. new brands for clothes A) Green products willmade of organic soon go mainstream.materials .B) It has a veryC) customers have promising future.difficulty telling organic 月英语年62009 C) Consumers have thefrom non-organicfinal say.四级考试真题及materials . D) It will appeal more toD) quality organic 答案young people.replacements forsynthetics are not readily Passage Two Section B available .62. What is the scientists' 59. We learn from Paragraph Passage One new discovery3 that designers whoA) One's hair growth undertake greenhas to do with the amount of . fashion 57. What is said about water they drink. FutureFashionA) can attend variousB) A person's hair may trade shows free .A) It inspired many reveal where they have lived.leading designers to start B) are readilyC) Hair analysisgoing green.recognized by the fashionaccurately identifies criminal world B) It showed that suspects. designers using organic C) can buy organicD) The chemical fabrics would go far.cotton at favorablecomposition of hair varies prices .C) It served as an from person to person. example of how fashion D) are gaining more and63. What does the author shows should be organized.more support .mean by “You're what you D) It convinced the 60. What is Natalie Hormilla's eat and drink”(Line 1, public that fashionable attitude towardclothes should be made ecofashion durable.B) She possesses many D) A chart illustrating A) Food and drink affectadmirable qualities becoming the movement of the rain one's personalitya First Lady.development.system.C) She will present to 66. What is the practical B) Food and drinkthe world a new image of preferences vary with value of Cerling's researchAfrican-American women. individuals.A) It helps analyze theD) She will pay closer quality of water in different C) Food and drink leaveattention to the interests of regions. traces in one's body tissues.African-American women.B) It helps the police D) Food and drink are58. What is the common determine where a crime is indispensable to one'sstereotype ofexistence. committed.African-American women C) It helps the police 64. What is said about the according to the author narrow down possibilities in rainfall in America's West A) They are victims of detective work.A) There is much more violence. B) They are of an D) It helps identify the rainfall in California than in inferior violence.drinking habits of the person Utah.C) They use quite a lot under investigation.B) The water it delivers of body language. D) They becomes lighter when it live on charity and social moves inland.welfare.ADDAB 57-66. BCBAC C) Its chemical59. What do many composition is less stable African-Americans write than in other areas. about in their blogs月英122009年D) It gathers more light A) Whether Michelle 语四级考试真题isotopes as it moves can live up to the high eastward.expectations ofher fans.及答案65. What did Cerling's team B) How Michelle shouldproduce in their researchbehave as a public figure.A) A map showing the C) How proud they are Section Bregional differences of tap to have a black woman in the water.Passage One White House.B) A collection of hair D) What Michelle should samples from various barber do as wife and mother in the 57. Why does Michelle shops. White House.Obama hold a strongC) A method to fascination for the author60. What does the measure the amount of author say about Michelle A) She serves as a role water in human hair. Obama as a First Lady model for African women.A) However many fans C) American universities B) she could helpstrengthen its ties with Yaleshe has, she should remain are enrolling moremodest,international students.C) she knew how toattract students overseas D) University presidents B) She shouldn'tare paying more attention to disappoint the D) she had boosted African-Americanfunding-raising.Yale's academic status community.63. What is the chief 66. In what way do consideration of American C) However hard she top-level administrators from universities when hiring tries, she can't expect to abroad contribute to top-level administratorsplease everybody. university developmentA) The politicalD) She will give priority A) They can enhance the correctness. B) Their ability toAfrican-American university's image.to raise funds.women's concerns.B) They will bring with C) Their fame in 61. What do many them more international academic circles. D) TheirAfrican-American women faculty.hope Michelle Obama will do administrative experience.C) They will view a lot of 64. What do we learn A) Help change the things from a new about European universities prevailing view about black perspective.from the passagewomen.D) They can set up new A) The tuitions they B) Help her husband in academic disciplines. the task of changing America.charge have been risingconsiderably.C) Outshine previousB) Their operation is First Lady.CBDCA 57-66. under strict government ABDAC D) Fullydisplay her fine supervision.qualities.C) They arestrengthening their positionby globalization.Passage Two月英语6年2010D) Most of their revenues come from the 四级考试真题及62. What is the current government.trend in higher education 答案65.Cambridgediscussed in the passageUniversity appointed AlisonA) Institutions Richard as its vice-chancellor Section Bworldwide are hiring chiefly because_____.Passage One administrators from the .A) she was known to beB) A lot of political good at raising moneyactivists are being recruitedas administrators.C) The early models 62. What do we learn 注意：此部分试题请在from the first paragraph often got damaged in the 答题卡2上作答。