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大学英语四级考试预测试卷(一)

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  Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)

  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.

  31. The theory was attacked ten years ago when it was first       , but gradually it was accepted.

  A) promoted B) enhanced C) advanced D) conceived

  32.        preparations are now being made for the President’s official visit to three foreign countries.

  A) Elaborate B) Graceful C) Royal D) Tedious

  33. The bus is so crowded that there is         sufficient room for you.

  A) rarely B) seldom C) scarcely D) some

  34. Poor health and lack of money may both be        to educational progress.

  A) restraints B) stains C) scarcities D) barriers

  35. As for the Flat Earth theory, I believe I can       it with my own experiences of navigation.

  A. deny B) reject C) object D) refute

  36. In the past decades, the farms of the world have succeeded in producing enough food to feed        all of the planet’s people.

  A) relevantly B) externally C) utterly D) virtually

  37. The poor girl couldn’t        from her tears any more when her mother showed up.

  A) withdraw B) hold C) withhold D) refrain

  38. We would contact your nearest relative         any accident occurring.

  A) in the event of B) in the course of

  C) in the place of D) in the light of

  39. The doctors drew the conclusion that the young man’s blindness was        .

  A) consistent B) partial C) internal D) temporary

  40. The Second World War,         the earlier one of 1914, prompted public concern about the physical and intellectual well-being of the country’s human resources.

  A) so as B) as were C) as did D) same as

  41. She met with no challenge because her arguments         sound facts.

  A) put forward B) rested on C) made for D) conjured up

  42. The teacher tried to explain the problem but her explanation did not to          the students.

  A) get across B) come around C) go by D) make out

  43. It was such a hot day that everyone          swimming in the river.

  A) tended to B) was inclined to C) made for D) felt like

  44. Old Mr. Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will          .

  A) pull through B) pull up C) pull back D) pull out

  45. We often advise him not to drink more wine          is good for his health.

  A) as B) than C) that D) but

  46. Please          your remarks to the topic under discussion.

  A) confess B) confirm C) confuse D) confine

  47. Several special programs were designed to          disadvantaged youths aged 16-21 to become more responsible, employable, and productive.

  A) resist B) insist C) persist D) assist

  48. He was at the          of his career when he was killed in a traffic accident.

  A) glamour B) extreme C) bloom D) peak

  49. When do you think the President will          you in office?

  A) locate B) confirm C)reinforce D)qualify

  50. Mary went through the report carefully to          all spelling mistakes from it.

  A) diminish B) withdraw C) eliminate D) abandon

  51. He arrived very late at night         , in the early hours this morning.

  A) in conclusion B) or rather C) on the whole D) by and large

  52. Mother always taught me to be thrifty and not to live          .

  A) beyond my means B) out of place C) at my leisure D) around the clock

  53. President Banda’s background as a doctor has given him          into the medical problems that face the country.

  A) a view B) a vision C) an insight D) a sight

  54. In New York there is a shifting population of vagrants usually with an unhealthy          for alcohol.

  A) attitude B) aptitude C) appetite D) altitude

  55. Cars and motorcycles are similar          they are both privately owned means of transport.

  A) so that B) in that C) for that D) in which

  56. The exhibition of poor sportsmanship          a sense of disgust in all who witnessed it.

  A) rose B) arose C) aroused D) raised

  57. When the nurse took his temperature, it was two degrees above          .

  A) regular B) ordinary C) average D) normal

  58. The traveler looks like an Englishman, but his foreign accent gave him          .

  A) away B) out C) off D) over

  59. We Americans do a lot of business          lunch, but people here prefer to tell stories.

  A) in B) over C) within D) without

  60. He just cannot          to the different life style here in America.

  A) alter B) modify C) adapt D) adopt

  试卷二

  Part I

  Section B Compound Dictation

  Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time. You should listen carefully for its general idea. Then listen to the passage again. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10 you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

  If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a S1 , they will cause a S2. According to several leading S3 psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too S4 of what the parent expects, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great S5 to children. However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may S6 in doing very well — especially if the parents are very S7 of their child.

  Michael Li is very lucky. S8                                      .

  Although Michael’s mother knows very little about music, Michael’s father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.

  Michael’s friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. S9                                   .

  They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him in every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. S10 “                                      ”. Winston’s father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.

  Part IV Translation (15 minutes)

  Directions: In this part, there are four items which you should translate into Chinese, each item consisting of one or two sentences. These sentences are all taken from the Reading Passages you have just read in Part Two of Test Paper One. You are allowed 15 minutes to do the translation. You should refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.

  61. She could not possibly have seen that the camera was trained on her because it is completely hidden, but she must have had a feeling that I was looking at her. (Para. 7, Passage One)

                                                                         

  62. There is no doubt, however, that it is the increasing number of applicants with university education at all points in the process of engaging staff that has led to the greater importance of the curriculum vitae. (Para. 5, Passage Two)

                                                                        

  63. Economic theory predicts the results of economic decisions such as decisions about farm production, rent control, and the minimum wage. (Para. 4, Passage Three)

                                                                        

  64. When, eventually, they retire it will be on pensions far lower in real terms than those of their immediate forebears. (Para. 3, Passage Four)

                                                                        

  Part V Writing(30 minutes)

  Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: Is Frustration A Bad Thing? You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below.

  1.有些人认为挫折是坏事

  2.更多的人并不认为挫折是坏事

  3.我的看法


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