Part I Vocabulary

　　A. Choose the word that can enable each statement to make sense.

　　1. His family had a marvellous holiday; only the last three days were slightly ________by the weather.

　　A) hurtB) ruined

　　C) spoiledD) damaged

　　2. The advantage of the new bridge will be the way it ________ the towns on the opposite bank of the river.

　　A) communicatesB) connects

　　C) attachesD) spans

　　3. When the king ________ his throne, his brother succeeded him.

　　A) releasedB) neglected

　　C) pardonedD) abandoned

　　4. The books had been snatched from the shelves and ________ all over the floor.

　　A) stretchedB) sprawled

　　C) spreadD) scattered

　　5. We don't know all the circumstances, so it is pointless to ________ on what happened.

　　A) inferB) imply

　　C) speculateD) focus

　　6. TV, if properly used, is likely to ________ a child's imagination.

　　A) causeB) arise

　　C) encourageD) stimulate

　　7. People of all countries are expected to ________the principles of the United Nations.

　　A) upholdB) inspect

　　C) exaggerateD) integrate

　　8. The doctor decided that he could not ________ the truth from the old man any longer.

　　A) maskB) disguise

　　C) concealD) deceive

　　9. The applause _______ around the hall after Mr Norman finished his well prepared speech.

　　A) echoedB) proceeded

　　C) endureD) enhanced

　　10. Ruth doesn't work in the music department; she ________ from her job several years ago.

　　A) retiredB) retained

　　C) strainedD) resumed

　　B. Fill in the blanks with the words given below.

　　annual, investment, engage, install, application, approach, communicate, estimate, remarkable, stress

　　1. Every firm has an ________ report on its business in the year past and the year coming.

　　2. Stephen took the view that his headache was caused by________.

　　3. Parents don't always know what ________ to take with children who only want to play.

　　4. Hong Kong's ________ has helped change and develop the city into a modern one.

　　5. People used to ________ by letters in the days when there were no telephones and E-mails.

　　6. It is ________ that about a third of the population of Germany died in the two world wars.

　　7. It is ________ to find that the children in your class are familiar with so many Japanese words.

　　8. The textbooks are designed in such a way that they will really ________ the interest of teachers and students.

　　9. The machine is difficult to________but easy to operate.

　　10. The manager received twenty ________for the post.

　　Part II Grammar

　　Decide which is the most appropriate choice.

　　1. I have the same opinion as yours________the privacy of one's life should be kept secret.

　　A) that B) which

　　C) whetherD) where

　　2. The purpose of this article is probably to support the point ________ many varieties of one thing may be too much of a good thing.

　　A) whenB) whose

　　C) thatD) how

　　3. Robert has a life plan, which includes ______ a career, finding a wife before the age of 30 , and then starting a family.

　　A) selected B) selecting

　　C) to selectD) being selected

　　4. Lisa advises that young people ________ getting married until they are older.

　　A) delayB) delayed

　　C) would delayD) will delay

　　5. To my delight, I have ________ so many of my friends are searching for.

　　A) whatB) already

　　C) obtainedD) that

　　6. How is it that my mobile phone is in the bag. I don't remember ________ it there.

　　A) putB) to put

　　C) puttingD) being put

　　7. The couple in true love will usually build their relationship on a broader base than just ________ to a pretty face.

　　A) drawnB) to be drawn

　　C) attractedD) being drawn

　　8. We all sat on little chairs in a big empty room, ________had a faint smell of old clothes that had been stored for a long time.

　　A) whichB) that

　　C) whereD) there

　　9. He was especially cruel towards my mother, frequently _____ her for her poor English.

　　A) criticisedB) criticising

　　C) criticiseD) critical

　　10. The Internet will not only make________easier to keep up with distant friends, it will also allow us to find new companions.

　　A) whichB) that

　　C) itD)×

　　11. I'd rather you ________ anything about it for the time being.

　　A) doB) didn't do

　　C) won'tD) hadn't done

　　12. Statistics ________ that the population of this country will be doubled in ten years' time.

　　A) suggestB) suggests

　　C) willD) suggested

　　13. What do you think of his proposal that improvements ________ in the old type of vaccum cleaner.

　　A) be madeB) will be made

　　C) would be made

　　D) will have to be made

　　14. It's a pity that the speaker fail to make his ideas ________ to the audience.

　　A) understandingB) understood

　　C) to be understoodD) to understand

　　15. Children usually look forward to the arrival of the Spring Festival ________ they can receive some gift money.

　　A) whereB) which

　　C) thatD) when

　　Part III Reading Comprehension

　　A. Questions 1-5 are based on the following passage.

　　No one gets through life without experiencing many disappointments. Strangely, though, most people seem unprepared for disappointment and react to it in negative ways. They feel depressed or try to escape from their troubles instead of using disappointment as an opportunity for growth.

　　One negative reaction to disappointment is depression. A woman trying to win a promotion, for example, works hard for over a year in her department. Helen is so sure she will get the promotion. In fact, she has already picked out the car she will buy when her salary increase comes through. However, the boss names one of Helen's co-workers for the spot. Deeply depressed, Helen loses her enthusiasm for her job and can barely force herself to show up every day. Helen tells herself that she is a failure and that doing a good job just isn't worth the work.

　　Another negative reaction to disappointment, and one that follows depression, is the desire to escape. Kevin fails to get into the college his brother is attending, the college that was the focus of all his dreams, and decided to escape his disappointment. Why worry about college at all? Instead, he covers up his real feelings by giving up on his schoolwork and getting completely involved with friends, parties, and "good times".

　　The positive way to react to disappointment is to use it as a chance for growth. This isn't easy, but it's the only useful way to deal with an inevitable part of life. Helen, the woman who was not promoted, could have handled her disappointment by looking at other options. If her boss did not recognize her talent and hard work, perhaps she could transfer to another department. Or she could ask the boss how to improve her performance so that she could prepare for the next promotion. Kevin, the boy who didn't get into the college of his choice, should look into other schools. Going to another college may encourage him to be his own person, step out of his brother's shadow, and realize that being turned down by one college isn't a final judgement on his abilities or potential.

　　Disappointments are unwelcome, but regular visitors to everyone's life. We can feel depressed about them or we can try to escape from them. The best thing, though, is to accept a disappointment and then try to use it somehow: step over the unwelcome visitor on the doorstep and get on with life.

　　1. In this passage, the author__________.

　　A) analyzes the cause of disappointment

　　B) describes his personal experience in dealing with disappointment

　　C) criticizes Helen and Kevin's negative responses to disappointment

　　D) offers specific examples of the ways people deal with disappointment

　　2. When Kevin fails to get into his dream college, __________.

　　A) he stops daydreaming

　　B) he stops following the example of his brother

　　C) he stops working hard

　　D) he stops living a dull life

　　3. From the context, the word "option" (Para.4) means ____________.

　　A) wayB) choice

　　C) placeD) job

　　4. In the author's opinion, Helen should__________instead of feeling depressed.

　　A) work even harder to surpass her promoted co-worker

　　B) stand the pressure and competition

　　C) win a good opinion from the boss by seeking his advice

　　D) move into another department to have her talent and hard work appreciated

　　5. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of this selection?

　　A) Disappointment is an inevitable part of life and we have to handle it in a positive way.

　　B) Life is made up of a series of disappointments. We have to accept them.

　　C) There are two kinds of reactions to disappointment.

　　D) Most people react to disappointment in negative ways.

　　B. Short Answer Questions.

　　Passage One

　　Living standards have soared during the twentieth century, an economist expects them to continue rising in the decades ahead. Does that mean that we humans can look forward to increasing happiness?

　　Not necessarily, warns Richard a. Easterlin, an economist at the University of Southern California, in his new book, Growth Triumphant: The Twenty-first Century in Historical Perspective.

　　"There has been not improvement in average happiness in the United States over almost a half century-a period in which real GDP per capital more than doubled," Easterlin reports.

　　The explanation for this paradox may be that people become less satisfied over time with a given level of income. In Easterlin's word:" As incomes rise, the aspiration level does too, and the effect of this increase in aspirations is to vitiate the expected growth in happiness due to higher income."

　　Easterlin's findings challenge psychologist Abraham Maslow's "hierarchy of wants" as a reliable guide to future human motivation. Maslow suggested that as people's basic material wants are satisfied, they seek to achieve nonmaterial or spiritual goals. But Easterlin's evidence points to the persistence of materialism.

　　Easterlin observes, "Material concerns in the wealthiest nations today are as pressing as ever and the pursuit of material needs as intense." The evidence suggests there is no evolution toward higher order goals. Rather, each step upward on the ladder of economic development merely stimulates new economic desires that lead the chase ever onward.

　　Needs are limited, but not greeds. Science has developed no cure for envy, so our wealth boosts our happiness only briefly while shrinking that of our neighbors. Thus the outlook for the future is gloomy in Easterlin's view.

　　Questions:

　　1. How does wealth affect happiness in Easterlin's view?

　　________________________________

　　2. Why isn't there growth in happiness as incomes rise?

　　________________________________

　　3. What does "there is no evolution toward higher order goals" mean?

　　________________________________

　　4. When can wealth lead to happiness?

　　________________________________

　　5. What does economic development result in?

　　________________________________

　　Passage Two

　　Internet use appears to cause a decline in psychological well-being, according to research at Carnegie Mellon University.

　　Even people who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet experienced more depression and loneliness than those who logged on less frequently, the two-year study showed.

　　And it wasn't that people who were already feeling bad spent more time on the Internet, but that using the Net actually appeared to cause the bad feelings.

　　Researchers are puzzled over the results, which were completely contrary to their expectations. They expected that the Net would prove socially healthier than television, since the Net allows users to choose their information and to communicate with others.

　　The fact that Internet use reduces time available for family and friends may account for the drop in well-being, researchers hypothesized. Faceless, bodiless "virtual" communication may be less psychologically satisfying than actual conversation, and the relationships formed through it may be shallower. Another possibility is that exposure to the wider world via the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives.

　　"But it's important to remember this is not about the technology; it's about how it is used," says psychologist Christine Riley of Intel, one of the study's sponsors. "It really points to the need for considering social factors in terms of how you design applications and services for technology."

　　Questions:

　　6. According to the research at Carnegie Mellon University, the bad effect of spending a few hours a week on the Internet is that ________.

　　7. What did people expect of the Internet?

　　________________________________

　　8. Why is communication through the Internet less psychologically satisfying?

　　________________________________

　　9. While designing applications and services for technology, designers should________.

　　10. If one is exposed to a wider world, it is

　　highly likely that_________________________.

　　Part IV Cloze

　　It would be interesting to discover how many young people go to university without any clear idea of what they are going to do afterwards. If a student goes to university to __1__ a broader perspective of life, to enlarge his ideas and to learn to think __2__ himself, he will undoubtedly __3__ . School often has too __4__ an atmosphere with its timetables and disciplines, to allow him much time for independent assessment of the work he is asked to do. Students should have longer time to decide in __5__ subject they want to take their degrees, so that in __6__ life, they do not look back and say "I should like __7__ an architect. If I hadn't taken a degree in Modern Languages, I __8__ as an interpreter, but it's __9__ late that I couldn't possibly go back and start all over again." There is, of course, another side to the question of how to make the best __10__ of one's time at university. This is the case of the student who excels __11__ a particular branch of learning. He is immediately accepted by the university of his __12__, and spends his three or four years becoming a specialist, emerging __13__ a first-class Honor Degree and __14__ knowledge of what the __15__ of the world is all about. It__16__ becomes more and more important that, if students are not to waste their opportunities, there will have to be __17__ detailed information about courses and more advice. Only in this __18__ can we be sure that we are not to have, on the one hand, a band of specialists ignorant of anything __19__ of their own subject, and on the other hand, and ever-increasing number of graduates

　　qualified in subjects for which there is little or no __20__ in the working world.

　　1. A) acquireB) require

　　C) gainD) demand

　　2. A)of B) on

　　C) inD) for

　　3. A) profitB) benefit

　　C) favour D) gain

　　4. A) limitedB) restricting

　　C) forbiddenD) preventing

　　5. A) whatB) which

　　C) thatD) where

　　6. A) latterB) late

　　C) laterD) lately

　　7. A) to have beenB) having been

　　C) to beD) being

　　8. A) should not end up

　　B) should not have ended up

　　C) would not end up

　　D) could not have ended up

　　9. A) tooB) quite

　　C) soD) rather

　　10. A) advantageB) benefit

　　C) profitD) use

　　11. A) toB) at

　　C) onD) off

　　12. A) likeB) choice

　　C) demandD) tendency

　　13. A) throughB) with

　　C) inD) at

　　14. A) fewB) very little

　　C) very muchD) less

　　15. A) restB) outside

　　C) partD) section

　　16. A) thereforeB) outside

　　C) partD) section

　　17. A) very muchB) more

　　C) a great dealD) much more

　　18. A) methodB) way

　　C) meansD) median

　　19. A) beyondB) without

　　C) outsideD) out of

　　20. A) demandB) request

　　C) requirementD) claim

　　Part V Translate the Following into Chinese

　　1. Whatever caused him to leave the town of his birth, the world can be grateful that he did so. What is certain is that he set his foot on the road to fame when he arrived in London.

　　2. A "simple", but highly improbable, explanation was offered by a man who claims to be especially well-informed about "flying saucers"-the strange objects which are round in shape and are said to visit the earth occasionally from outer space.

　　3. Before the great change took place, the charge for sending a letter varied according to the distance the letter was carried and had to be paid for on delivery by the person to whom it was addressed.

　　4. The main purpose of women's liberation is to free women from the restricted role which society has assigned to them.

　　5. There are circumstances in which the least energetic of mankind learn to act with speed and decision; and the most cautious forget their care.

　　Part VI Writing

　　For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic "Generation Gap". You are required to base your composition on the following outline (given in Chinese). Write no less than 120 words.

　　1.现代生活越来越好,但代沟却依然不可逾越;

　　2.产生代沟的原因;

　　3.解决的办法.

　　参考答案

　　Part I

　　A. 1. C).hurt使……受伤,伤害;ruin毁灭,毁坏;damage损坏(家具,汽车等);spoil破坏,符合题意.

　　2. B).communicate沟通;connect连接,符合题意;attach系上,贴上,通常与介词to连用;span横越.

　　3.D).release释放,发表;neglect疏忽;pardon宽恕; abandon放弃,符合句意.

　　4. D).stretch伸展;sprawl爬行;spread传播;scatter散开,为正确答案.

　　5. C).infer推断(从事实或事理中推断出结论);imply暗示;speculate(+on/about)推测,符合题意;focus on集中于.

　　6. D).cause促使,引起;arise出现,发生;encourage鼓励(给予希望、勇气、信心等);stimulate激发、促进(思想、感觉),为正确答案

　　7. A).uphold支持,赞成,符合题意;inspect视察;exaggerate夸大;integrate使一体化.

　　8. C).mask掩饰;disguise伪装;conceal隐瞒,符合题意;deceive欺骗.

　　9. A).echo(声音)回响,为正确答案;proceed进行下去;endure忍耐;enhance提高,增强.所以B)、C)、D)均不符合题意.

　　10. A).retire退休,符合题意;retain保持/保留;strain拉紧;resume恢复.

　　B. 1. annual 2. stress 3. approach 4. investment 5. communicate

　　6. estimated 7. remarkable 8. engage 9. install 10. applications

　　Part II

　　1. A).that引导同位语从句.

　　2. C).that引导同位语从句.

　　3. B).include后接动名词,此句应用主动语态.

　　4. A).advise后面接的宾语从句用虚拟语气,即(should)+动词原形.

　　5. A).what从句作search for的宾语.

　　6. C).remember + V-ing表示记得做过什么.

　　7. D).being drawn作on的宾语,on在比较状语从句中省掉了.

　　8. A).在非限制性定语从句中,关系代词指物只能用which来引导.

　　9. B).现在分词作状语.

　　10. C).it作形式宾语.

　　11. B).would rather后用虚拟语气,因表示对现在的假设,所以用一般过去时.

　　12. A).statistics意为"统计数据",作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式.

　　13. A).proposal后面的同位语从句用虚拟语气.

　　14. B).表示被动意义的过去分词作宾补.

　　15. D).when在定语从句中作时间状语,此处意思是"在春节".

　　Part III

　　A. 1. D).作者在除第一段以外的每个段落都以一个中心句开始,然后再给出具体的例子加以说明,与选项D)吻合.

　　2. C).从第三段可知:Kevin没有进入他理想的大学,他不再像从前那样努力地学习.

　　3. B).option的意思是"thing that is or may be chosen",指可供选择之物.

　　4. D).由第四段中间部分的内容可知.

　　5. A).作者在最后一段总结到:失望虽然不受欢迎,但却是人们生活中的常客.最好的方法就是积极地接受失望并把它当作自己成长的一次机会.

　　B. 1. Rising living standards doesn't necessarily lead to increasing happiness.首段说到:在20世纪生活水平迅速提高,经济学家预料在未来的几十年内会继续发展.那么这是否意味着人类将会有更大的幸福感?第二段首句中Easterlin作了回答:不一定.注意:回答此题时,也可引用文中其他短语,如improvement in happiness; growth in happiness等.

　　2. Because the aspiration level rises as incomes do.第三段中指出:对于这种自相矛盾的现象可作如下解释:随着时间的推移,人们会对一定的收入越来越不满.用Easterlin的话来说:"收入提高了,人们的期望值也相应提高了.期望值的提高会抵消本应由提高了的工资带来的幸福感."

　　3. People don't move on to higher levels of aspirations.回答此题关键是要将第四、五段结合起来.第四段说Easterlin和Maslow的观点不同.Maslow认为,一旦人们基本物质需求得到满足,就会转而追求更高层次的精神需求.但Easterlin指出人类物欲永无止境.第五段说,当今最富有的那些国家对物质的关注还是那么迫切,对物质的追求还是那么强烈.这表明人类并未朝更高层次的精神目标迈进.

　　4. Only when he can earn more than his neighbors.最后一段说,科学无法提供治疗嫉妒的良药,因此只有当我们的财富让邻居相形见绌时我们才会有片刻的幸福感.boost促进,提高;shrink使缩小;that这里代表happiness.

　　5. It only causes people to chase greater wealth.根据第六段最后一句:经济发展每上一个台阶只会刺激新的经济需求.

　　6. people will experience more depression and loneliness / there will be a drop in his well-being可根据第二段第一句或第四段第一句回答.

　　7. It would prove socially healthier than television.第三段第二句说到:他们预测,和看电视相比,从社交方面来讲,上网可能更健康一些.

　　8. Because people can't see each other.参考第四段第二句.

　　9. take social factors into consideration.根据文章最后一句话回答.

　　10. he becomes less satisfied with his life参考第四段最后一句.

　　Part IV

　　1. A).acquire得到、取得、获得.凡是经后天努力才能得到的东西,特别指学校中获得的知识等,都用acquire;B)require要求;C)gain得到(此词一般和利益有关),获利;D)demand要求.

　　2. D).to think for oneself自己思考.这里指学会独立思考.

　　3. B).benefit获益、对……有利.符合句意:毫无疑问,学生能受益匪浅.

　　4. B).restricting限止、制止.这里A)、B)、C)、D)四项词汇都有"限制、禁止、制止"之意.但作为分词restricting含有"严格的、拘束、束缚"之意,正符合句意:学校气氛过于拘束(束缚人).其他三项均不正确.

　　5. A).句意为"决定在什么课程专业上取得学位".which哪一个,有选择之意,这里不是选择而是决定.that和where讲不通.

　　6. C).later后来的.这里指:在以后的生活里不会后悔.latter后者;late迟的、晚的;lately最近.

　　7. A).should like + to have been,表示省略虚拟条件上的一种用法.这里指:过去要是不……我也许就成了建筑师.所以只能选A)项.

　　8. B).和从句hadn't taken呼应.

　　9. C).在这里是so...that的句型.句意为:现在太迟了,不可能回头重新开始.

　　10. D).make use of的固定用法.

　　11. B).在哪一方面超过用excel at.

　　12. B).choice选择,符合句意:他很快为他所选中的学校接受.

　　13. B).with...degree, honor是固定用法.

　　14. B).very little非常少.

　　15. A).rest其余.根据句意和前面的成绩优异相对比,对专业之外世界上具有的一切(知识)知之甚少.

　　16. A).表示因果关系.

　　17. D).句意为:因此如果学生不想浪费机遇,必须要有与有关课程专业相关的信息或更多的建议.

　　18. B).这里指"只有通过这种方法",in this way符合要求.

　　19. C).outside在外边,在……之外.这里指:专业之外.

　　20. A).demand需求,要求.这里指市场需求.其他三词虽然都有要求之意.但没有供求关系之意.

　　Part V

　　1.不管什么原因使他离开了自己的出生地,这世界都应该为此充满感激之情.可以肯定的是,他到达伦敦之后就开始走上了成名之路.

　　2.一个人提出了一个简单却极不可能的解释.他声称对飞碟很了解,即那种圆形的,据说偶尔会从外层空间造访地球的奇怪的物体.

　　3.在这个重大的改革出现以前,寄信的费用根据送信的距离远近而不同,并且是在信送到时由收信人支付.

　　4.妇女解放运动的主要目的是要将妇女从社会所分配给她们的有限的角色中解放出来.

　　5.在某些情况下,体力最差的人也会迅速而果断地行动;最谨慎的人也会忘了他们的焦虑.

　　Part VI

　　Generation Gap

　　Despite various improvements in all aspects of social life, the generation gap between the grown-up and the young remains unbridged and it grows wider and wider. Nowadays the youths with a new code of philosophy do not blindly follow what the elders say owing to widespread education and the influence of western civilization.

　　They are trying to be more revolutionary, always introducing new changes. However, the old people, wedded to everything of the past, are hostile to changes. An invisible cold wall thus comes into being between the two generations.

　　After all, the young generation, like the old one, is made of flesh and blood. The young, who have special skills and excellent ideas, also need respect. In order to narrow the gap, both groups should understand, respect each other and discuss their problems patiently. Most probably, in this way they all can live harmoniously together.

　　(文/金星孙洋崔礼山;英语通大学英语四级考试版2004年第2期;版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)