1、中國名校英語四級(jí)密卷（1）北京大學(xué)外語學(xué)院 蘇勇 Part Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each que

2、stion there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1.A) The man doesnt want to see Mr. Williams.B) Mr. Jones is in a

3、n inferior position than Mr. Williams.C) Mr. Jones used to be in charge.D) Mr. Willams doesnt want to do tomorrow.2.A) They need to make more efforts.B) Theyll have more work to do tomorrow.C) The others have done the greater part of it.D) Theyve finished more than half of it.3.A) She was feeling ve

4、ry sorry.B) She felt a bit annoyed.C) She was in a hurry.D) She was in her office.4.A) Jane was telling a lie.B) The woman wasnt being sincere.C) Jane has already come back from Paris.D) Jane wasnt in Paris that day.5.A) The knife belongs to him.B) Bob should mind his own business.C) The man once bo

5、rrowed Bobs knife.D) Bobs knife isnt as good as that of the man.6.A) Hell miss the meeting that afternoon.B) Hell have an appointment with the host.C) He wont miss the meeting.D) He is very hardworking.7.A) Because she wont fulfill her promise.B) Because her mother would be very angry.C) Because she

6、 cant finish the job ahead of schedule.D) Because she would be the last to finish the job.8.A) He always talks on the phone for that long if its toll free.B) They have so much free time to talk on the phone for that long.C) They talked on the phone for too long.D) He wants to know what they talked a

7、bout.9.A) At a restaurant.B) At the cinema.C) In the office.D) At a department store.10.A) She wrote the thesis for the man.B) She warned the man about writing on such a topic.C) She likes to take risk.D) She was secretary to Professor Smith.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 shor

8、t passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a

9、single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A) Americans are too attached to their cars.B) American cars are too fast.C) Automobiles endanger health.D) Automobiles are the main pubic transportation tools of USA.12.A) Because they pollu

10、te air.B) Because they are natural hazards.C) Because they are increasing in numbers.D) Because people dont walk so often.13.A) Control of natural hazards.B) Control of heavy traffic.C) Control of heart disease.D) Control of manmade hazards.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you

11、have just heard.14.A) It smashed into a row of houses.B) It was run over by a truck.C) It was too nervous to leave the strip in the middle of the road.D) It hit a truck.15.A) A passenger.B) The dog.C) The truckdriver.D) A policeman.16.A) In the street.B) In a family swimming pool.C) In a public swim

12、ming pool.D) In a kindergarten.17.A) A big steak.B) A piece of bread.C) A bottle of milk.D) An extra bone.Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18.A) Seasonal variations in nature.B) How intelligence changes with the change of seasons.C) How we can improve our

13、intelligence.D) Why summer is the best season for vacation.19.A) Summer.B) Winter.C) Fall.D) Spring.20.A) All people are less intelligent in summer than in the other seasons of the year.B) Heat has no effect on peoples mental abilities.C) People living near the equator are the most intelligent.D) Bo

14、th climate and temperature exert impact on peoples intelligence.Part Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions:There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should deci

15、de on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Antarctica has actually become a kind of space stationa unique observation post for detecting important changes in the wo

16、rlds environment.S1 Remote from major sources of pollution and the complex geological and ecological systems that prevail elsewhere, Antarctica makes possible scientific measurements that are often sharper and easier to interpret than those made in other parts of the world.Growing numbers of scienti

17、sts therefore see Antarctica as a distantearly warning sensor, where potentially dangerous global trends may be spotted before they show up to the north. One promising field of investigation is glaciology. Scholars from the United States, Switzerland, and France are pursuing seven separate but relat

18、ed projects that reflect their concern for the health of the West Antarctic Ice Sheeta concern they believe the world at large should share.The Transantarctic Mountain, some of them more than 14,000 feet high, divide the continent into two very different regions. The part of the continent to the “ea

19、st” of the mountains is a high plateau covered by an ice sheet nearly two miles thick. “West” of the mountain, the half of the continent south of the Americas is also covered by an ice sheet, but there the ice rests on rock that is mostly well below sea level. If the West Antarctic Ice Sheet disappe

20、ared, the western part of the continent would be reduced to a sparse cluster of island.While ice and snow are obviously central to many environmental experiments, others focus on the mysterious“dry valley”of Antarctica, valleys that contain little ice or snow even in the depths of winter. Slashed th

21、rough the mountains of southern Victoria land, these valleys once held enormous glaciers that descend 9,000 feet from the polar plateau to the Ross Sea.Now the glaciers are gone, perhaps a casualty of the global warming trend during the 10,000 years since the ice age. Even the snow that falls in the

22、 dry valleys is blasted out by vicious winds that roar down from the polar plateau to the sea. Left bare are spectacular gorges, rippled fields of sand dunes, clusters of boulders(大圓石)sculptured into fantastic shapes by 100mileanhour winds, and an aura of extraterrestrial desolation.Despite the unea

23、rthly aspect of the dry valleys, some scientists believe that they may carry a message of hope for the verdant(草木繁茂的)parts of the earth. Some scientists believe that in some cases the dry valleys may soak up pollutants faster than pollutants enter them.21.Antarctica is scientifically important in th

24、at _.A) it is a space stationB) it is an ideal place for the investigation of glaciologyC) there is the mysterious dry valleyD) it can help people detect global environmental changes22.The reason for the disappearance of glaciers in the dry valley is _.A) that theyve desended to the Ross seaB) that

25、theyve been blasted out by vicious windsC) the global warming trend ever since the ice ageD) that theyve been changed into gorges,sand dunes and boulders23.When the author calls Antarctica “distantearlywarning sensor”, he actually means that _.A) such equipment has been set up for scientific purpose

26、B) the research groups there are like such kind of sensorsC) potential global changes can be seen on Antarctica firstD) Antarctica is remote from other parts of the earth24.Which of the following statements is true according to the article?A) There is a cluster of island west of the Transantartic Mo

27、untain.B) Scientific research on Antarctica only centers on the ice and snow there.C) Dry valleys may be a place to dispose of our pollutants.D) All the countries on earth should be concerned about the health of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.25.The word “spotted”(2nd paragraph)can best be replaced by

28、_.A) placedB) noticed C) fixedD) judgedPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.The Carnegie Foundation report says that many colleges have tried to be “all things to all people”. In doing so, they have increasingly catered to a narrowminded careerism while failing to cultiva

29、te a global vision among their students.The current crisis, it contends, does not derive from a legitimate desire to put learning to productive ends. The problem is that in too many academic fields, the work has no context; skills, rather than being means, have become ends.Students are offered a var

30、iety of options and allowed to pick their way to a degree. In short, driven by careerism, “the nations colleges and universities are more successful in providing credentials(文憑)than in providing a quality education for their students.” The report concludes that the special challenge confronting the

31、undergraduate college is one of shaping an “integrated core” of common learning. Such a core would introduce students “to essential knowledge, to connections across the disciplines, and in the end, to application of knowledge to life beyond the campus.”Although the key to a good college is a highqua

32、lity faculty, the Carnegie study found that most colleges do very little to encourage good teaching. In fact, they do much to undermine it. As one professor observed:“Teaching is important, we are told, and yet faculty know that research and publication matter most.” Not surprisingly, over the last

33、twenty years colleges and universities have failed to graduate half of their fouryear degree candidates. Faculty members who dedicate themselves to teaching soon discover that they will not be granted tenure(終身任期), promotion, or substantial salary increases. Yet 70 percent of all faculty say their i

34、nterests lie more in teaching than in research. Additionally, a frequent complaint among young scholars is that “There is pressure to publish, although there is virtually no interest among administrators or colleagues in the content of the publications.”26.When a college tries to be “all things to a

35、ll people”(lines 2, Para. ), it aims to _.A) satisfy the needs of all kinds of students simultaneouslyB) focus on training students in various skillsC) encourage all sorts of people to attend collegeD) make learning serve academic rather than productive ends27.The word “core”(lines 15, 1st paragraph

36、) might mean_.A) aim B) unitC) centerD) course28.One of the reasons for the current crisis in American colleges and universities is that _.A) a narrow vocationalism has come to dominate many collegesB) students dont have enough freedom in choosing what they want to learnC) skills are being taught as

37、 a means to an endD) students are not interested in learning29.American colleges and universities failed to graduate half of their fouryear degree candidates because _.A) most of them lack highquality faculitesB) students are becoming more and more lazyC) there are not enough incentives for students

38、 to study hardD) they attach greater importance to research and publication than to teaching30.It can be inferred from the passage that highquality college educationcalls for _.A) highquality facultiesB) a commitment to students and effective teachingC) the cultivation of students interest in learni

39、ngD) dedication to research in frontier areas of knowledgePassage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.The U.S. birthrate began to decline in the middle 1950s, resulting in a smallercollegeage population starting in the middle 1970s.S4 Something else happened in the 1970s: the

40、price of oil increased tremendously, driving up the price of almost everything and making Americans aware that their large automobiles used a lot of gasoline. At the same time, foreign car manufacturers had begun to produce small fuelefficient cars in large quantities for the export market. Suddenly

41、, the large, gasguzzling American cars were no longer attractive to American buyers, who began buying foreign cars by the thousands. The American automobile industry went into a recession. Thousands of automotive workers were laid off, as were thousands of people in industries indirectly connected w

42、ith the autoindustry. People who are laid off tend to keep what money they have for necessities, like food and housing. They do not have the extra money needed to send their children to college. Their children cannot pay their own college costs, because during a recession they cannot find jobs. High

43、 unemployment means that more state funds must be used for social serviceunemployment benefits and to aid dependent children, for examplethan during more prosperous times. It also means, that the states have fewer funds than usual, because people are paying fewer taxes. Institutions of higher educat

44、ion depend on two major sources of income to keep them functioning: tuition from students and funds from the states. At the present time, there are fewer students than in the past and fewer state funds available for higher education. The colleges and universities are in trouble.31.What is the main i

45、dea of this passage?A) The rising of oil price drove up the price of everything.B) There were many reasons why higher education was in trouble in the 1970s.C) Birthrate began to decline in the USA in 1950s.D) High unemployment caused a lot of social problems.32.The phrase “l(fā)aid off” can best be repl

46、aced by which of the following?A) Poor .B) Got rid of.C) Removed. D) Unemployed.33.American cars were not popular in their domestic markets because they were_.A) smallB) gasconsumingC) fuelefficientD) not attractive34.The colleges and universities were in trouble because of the following reasons exc

47、ept that _.A) they couldnt get enough income to keep them runningB) young people couldnt afford the tuition feesC) keeping them running at the same level would cost much moreD) social services need more state funds because of the recession35.All of the following statements are true EXCEPT _.A) young

48、 people couldnt afford their own tuition in the 1970sB) its difficult for graduates from colleges to find a job in the 1970sC) fewer parents could afford to send their children to college because of the recession in 1970sD) Birthrate dropped in the 1970s because of the recessionPassage FourQuestions

49、 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.Within fifteen years Britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge industrial complexes for the recycling of waste. The word rubbish could lose its meaning because everything that goes into the dumps would be made into something us

50、eful. Even the most dangerous and unpleasant wastes would provide energy if nothing else. The latest project is to take a city of around half a million inhabitants and discover exactly what raw materials go into it and what go out. The aim is to findout how much of these raw materials could be provi

51、ded if a plant for recycling waste were built just outside the city. This plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper, but also paper and rubber as well.Another new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating the rubbish. When this project is com

52、plete, the rubbish will be processed like this: first, it will pass through sharp metal bars which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually packed; then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids; after thatgrounders and rollers bre

53、ak up everything that can be broken. Finally the rubbish will pass under magnets, which will remove the bits of iron and steel; the rubber and plastic will then be sorted out in the final stage.The first fullscale giant recycling plants are, perhaps, fifteen years away. Indeed, with the growing cost

54、 of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps, somebig cities will be forced to build their own recycling plants before long.36.The main purpose of the passage is _.A) to show us a future way of recycling wastesB) to tell the importance of recycling wastesC) to warn people the danger of some wastes

55、D) to introduce a new recycling plant37.How many stages are there in the recycling process?A) 3.B) 4.C) 5.D) 6.38.What is the main reason for big cities to build their own recycling plants?A) To deal with wastes in a better way.B) Its a good way to gain profits.C) Its more economical than to dump wa

56、stes in some distant places.D) Energy can be got at a lower price.39.The first fullscale huge recycling plants _.A) have been in existence for 15 yearsB) takes 15 years to buildC) cant be built until 15 years laterD) will remain functioning for 15 years40.Which of the following statements is true?A) The word “rubbish” will soon disappear from dictionaries.B) Dangerous wastes can be recycled into nothing but energy.C) To recycle paper and rubber will still be impossible even wi