2001年专业四级真题试题.doc

TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2001)
-GRADE FOUR-
Part ⅠWRITING ［45 MIN.］

SECTION A COMPOSITION [35 MIN]

Travel has become part of our life. And more and more of us have come to know the significance of travel through our own experience.
Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE a composition of about 150 words on the following topic:

TRAVEL BROADENS THE MIND 

 You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state what the topic actually means to you.
In the second part, give one or two examples to illustrate your ideas.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

SECTION B NOTE-WRITING ［10 MIN.］

 Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation:
Yesterday you failed to turn up for the appointment with your teacher, Profess or Wang. Write him a note of apology and make a request for another meeting. You should also suggest the time for the requested meeting.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy.

Part Ⅱ DICTATION ［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 seconds. The last reading will be 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 III LISTENING 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 STATEMENT

In this section you will hear nine statements. At the end of each statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.

1. The speaker likes teaching because of ________.

A. its interesting nature

B. the good salaries

C. contact with the young

D. more summer holidays

2. What does the speaker mean?

A. Bad living conditions are due to the poor city.

B. Bad planning is responsible for poor living conditions.

C. Living conditions are bad because the city is too big.

D. Small cities have better living conditions than large ones.

3. What does the statement mean?

A. Many people are concerned about their security.

B. Social security bears no relation to population.

C. Most social security problems are caused by a few people.

D. Too many people may result in social security problems.

4. Passengers must check in to board Flight 998 by ________.

A. 10:30 a. m

B. 10:00 a. m

C. 11:30 a. m

D. 11:00 a. m

5. The speaker is probably a (n) ________.

A. insurance agent

B. fireman

C. salesman

D. policeman

6. The speaker thinks that ________.

A. Ian achieved a lot as an athlete.

B. Ian's blind eye prevented him from athletic.

C. Ian's success depended on his childhood experience.

D. Ian trained so hard in athletics as to lose one eye.

7. Mrs. Clark is worried about her ________.

A. husband's health

B. husband's work

C. husband's illness

D. own health

8. The relationship between Susan and Jenny is ________.

A. neutral

B. friendly

C. unclear

D. strained

9. What do we learn about Jack?

A. He is well-known for hard work.

B. He is pretty busy working.

C. He has overworked and hurt his sight.

D. He doesn't like to have dinner with us.

SECTION B CONVERSATION

In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.

10. What are they mainly talking about?

A. Graduation date.

B. Vacation plans.

C. School courses.

D. Job hunting.

11. The conversation probably takes place in ________.

A. a library

B. a bookstore

C. the classroom

D. a department store

12. The relationship between the two speakers is probably ________.

A. man and wife

B. lawyer and client

C. customer and waitress

D. colleagues

13. We can infer from the conversation that the man is a (n) ________.

A. plumber

B. construction worker

C. office boy

D. porter

14. What will the man probably do next?

A. Turn off the tape recorder.

B. Turn up the tape recorder.

C. Call the doctor.

D. Continue to play.

15. How does Lisa feel about her work?

A. Satisfied.

B. Frustrated.

C. Annoyed.

D. Confident.

16. The woman is going to the ________.

A. library

B. theatre

C. research institute

D. laboratory

17. Jackson changed his job because he ________.

A. hurt himself during his work

B. was not satisfied with his plan

C. wanted to work harder

D. found the job too hard

18. What does the woman say about the film?

A. It is hard to pronounce the name.

B. It is not going to be well received.

C. She has temporarily forgotten its name.

D. She has never heard of the name.

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

Questions 19 and 20 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question.

Now listen to the news.

19. Nigeria returned to the Commonwealth after ________.

A. she had sentenced minority rights activists to death

B. the military had resumed control of the country

C. power had been handed over to an elected president

D. she had negotiated with Commonwealth leaders

20. The Commonwealth consists of ________ countries which were former British colonies.

A. 54

B. 29

C. 9

D. 95

Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question.

Now listen to the news.

21. The space shuttle Discovery completed a ________ mission upon to the Kennedy Space Centre.

A. 11-day

B. 94-day

C. 10-day

D. 49-day

22. When the spacecraft was going to land, ________.

A. it produced a lot of noise

B. there were scattered shower

C. people could see it high in the sky

D. people could neither see nor hear it

Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 second to answer the question.

Now listen to the news.

23. How many people died during the collision?

A Two. B Eighteen.

C. Three.

D. Five.

24. Three Albanians were arrested for ________.

A. attacking the patrol boa

B. smuggling in refugees

C. causing the accident

D. injuring refugees

Question 25 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.

25. The news item is mainly about ________.

A. efforts to salvage Sun Vista

B. negotiation with the ship's owner

C. threats Sun Vista poses to passing ship

D. a newspaper's comment on Sun Vista

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PART IV CLOZE (15 MIN)

Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.

The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his source languages, full facility in the handling of his target language, which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual and a knowledge and understanding of the latest subject-matter in his field of specialization.

This is, as it were, his professional equipment. this, it is desirable that he should have an inquiring mind, wide interests, a good memory and the ability to grasp quickly the basic principles of new developments. He should be willing to work is own, often at high speeds, but should be humble enough to consult others his own knowledge not always prove adequate to the task in hand. He should be able to type fairly quickly and accurately and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding with printing techniques and proof-reading. If he is working basically as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firm, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to rapidly from one source language to another, as well as from one subject-matter to another, since this ability is frequently of him in such work. Bearing in mind the nature of the translator's work, i.e. the processing of the written word, it is, strictly speaking, that he should be able to speak the language he is dealing with. If he does speak them, it is an advantage a hindrance, but this skill is in many ways a luxury that he can with. It is, , desirable that he should have an approximate idea about the pronunciation of his source languages even if this is restricted to how proper names and place names are pronounced. The same to an ability to write his source languages. If he can, well and good; if he cannot, it does not . There are many other skills and that are desirable in a translator.

26. A. application

B. use

C. utility

D. usage

27. A. More than

B. Except for.

C. Because of.

D. In addition to.

28. A. of

B. by

C. for

D. on

29. A. should

B. when

C. because

D. if

30. A. familiariy

B. acquaintance

C. knowledge

D. skill

31. A. change

B. transform

C. turn

D. switch

32. A. lacked

B. required

C. faced

D. confronted

33. A. essential

B. unnecessary

C. advantageous

D. useless

34. A. over

B. despite

C. rather than

D. instead

35. A. deal

B. concern

C. work

D. do away

36. A. however

B. accordingly

C. consequently

D. thus

37. A. knowing

B. having known

C. know

D. have known

38. A. refers

B. comes

C. applies

D. amounts

39. A. matter

B. mind

C. harm

D. work

40. A. characteristics

B. qualities

C. distinctions

D. features

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PART V 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 best completes the sentence.

Mark your answers on your answer sheet.

41. I can't go – for one thing, I have no money, and ________ I have too much work.

A. what's more

B. as well

C. for another

D. in addition

42. Even as a girl, ________ to be her life, and theater audiences were to be her best teacher.

A. performing by Melissa were

B. it was known that Melissa's performances were

C. knowing that Melissa's performances were

D. Melissa knew that performing was.

43. ________ him tomorrow ________.

A. Why not to call on.

B. Why don't call on.

C. Why not calling on.

D. Why not call on.

44. There is no doubt ________ the company has made the right decision on the sales project.

A. why

B. that

C. whether

D. when

45. Intellect is to the mind ________ sight is to the body.

A. what

B. as

C. that

D. like

46. ________ I sympathize, I can't really do very much to help them out of the difficulties.

A. As long as.

B. As

C. While.

D. Even.

47. The patient's progress was very encouraging as he could ________ get out of bed without help.

A. nearly

B. hardly

C. merely

D. barely

48. He was ________ to tell the truth even to his closest friend.

A. too much of a coward

B. too much the coward

C. a coward enough

D. enough of a coward

49. Barry had an advantage over his mother ________ he could speak French.

A. since that

B. in that

C. at that

D. so that

50. You needn't worry ________ regards the cost of the operation.

A. with

B. which

C. as

D. about

51. ________ is not a serious disadvantage in life.

A. To be not tall.

B. Not to be tall.

C. Being not tall.

D. Not being tall.

52. During the famine, many people were ________ to going without food for days.

A. sunk

B. reduced

C. forced

D. declined

53. The computer can be programmed to ________ a whole variety of tasks.

A. assign

B. tackle

C. realize

D. solve

54. The team's efforts to score were ________ by the opposing goalkeeper.

A. frustrated

B. prevented

C. discouraged

D. accomplished

55. I only know the man by ________ but I have never spoken to him.

A. chance

B. heart

C. sight

D. experience

56. Being colour-blind, Sally can't make a ________ between red and green.

A. difference

B. distinction

C. comparison

D. division

57. You must insist that students give a truthful answer ________ with the reality of their world.

A. relevant

B. simultaneous

C. consistent

D. practical

58. In order to raise money, Aunt Nicola had to ________ with some of her most treasured possessions.

A. divide

B. separate

C. part

D. abandon

59. The car was in good working ________ when I bought it a few months ago ________.

A. order

B. form

C. state

D. circumstance

60. The customer expressed her ________ for that broad hat.

A. disapproval

B. distaste

C. dissatisfaction

D. dismay

61. In order to repair barns, build fence, grow crops, and care for animals a farmer must indeed be ________.

A. restless

B. skilled

C. strong

D. versatile

62. His expenditure on holidays and luxuries is rather high in ________ to his income.

A. comparison

B. proportion

C. association

D. calculation

63. Although he has become rich, he is still very ________ of his money.

A. economic

B. thrifty

C. frugal

D. careful

64. As the manager was away on a business trip, I was asked to ________ the weekly staff meeting.

A. preside

B. introduce

C. chair

D. dominate

65. The ________ of the word is unknown, but it is certainly not from Greek.

A. origin

B. generation

C. descent

D. cause

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PART VI READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)

SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION (25 MIN)

In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.

TEXT A

The train clattered over points and passed through a station. Then it began suddenly to slow down, presumably in obedience to a signal. For some minutes it crawled along, then stopped; presently it began to move forward again. Another up-train passed them, though with less vehemence than the first one. The train gathered speed again. At that moment another train, also on a down-line, swerved inwards towards them, for a moment with almost alarmin