2009年9月公共英语四级考试真题及答案

2009 年 9 月公共英语四级考试真题及答案 Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) 听力 1-20 略 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) 英语常识 In addition to the established energy sources such as gas, coal, oil and nuclear, there are a number of other sources that we ought to consider. Two of these are hydroelectric and tidal power. These two sources are 21in that they are both renewable. 22, hydropower is more widely used than tidal. In23, a substantial amount of electricity is already produced in HEP(hydroelectric power)stations worldwide,24tidal stations are still in the very early25of development. As far as geographical26is concerned, HEP projects are to be found on lakes and rivers, while tidal27are constructed only at river mouths where tidal 28is great. Unfortunately these are29in number. At present HEP stations are found mainly in Norway, Canada, Sweden and Brazil, whereas tidal plants are in30in France, Russia and China. As regards capital 31 , both require very high investment. On the other hand, generating 32are quite low in both cases. In fact, a large scale HEP plant is capable of producing power more33than conventional sources, such as coal, oil and nuclear plants. Tidal power also compares34with nuclear and oil-generated electricity,35the amount of money on production.36HEP stations, tidal constructions have a long life37. It is estimated that they can operate for over 100 years. With respect to38of supply, tidal stations 39from HEP ones in that they often can only supply power40. HEP stations, however, provide a constant supply of electricity. 21、A．compatible B．parallel C．similar D．identical 22、 A．Furthermore B．However C．Hence D．Otherwise 23、 A．addition B．brief C．general D．fac 24、 A．provided B．since C．whereas D．though 25、 A．stages B．periods C．years D．sessions 26、 A．location B．position C．situation D．condition 27、 A．patterns B．designs C．plans D．schemes 28、 A．variation B．balance C．frequency D．stability 29、 A．small B．few C．rare D．scarce 30、 A．operation B．production C．procession D．action 31、 A．spending B．planning C．financing D．saving 32、 A．expenditures B．benefits C．costs D．profits 33、 A．expensively B．consistently C．periodically D．cheaply 34、 A．conveniently B．beneficially C．advantageously D．favorably 35、 A．on account of B．in terms of C．regardless of D．in spite of 36、 A．Like B．Except C．Regarding D．With 37、 A．application B．endurance C．expectancy D．extension 38、 A．concentration B．continuity C．conformity D．conductivity 39、 A．develop B．differ C．depart D．derive 40、 A．interchangeably B．immediately C．intermittently D．intensively Section III Reading Comprehension (60 minutes) 阅读理解 A Text 1 Inflation has just exploded. The real problem is that we have an underlyingrate of inflation--an impetus of wages chasing prices--of maybe 9percent that is heading towards 10 percent. There also have been tremendous shocks inenergy, food and housing prices, making it worse. By the end of the year, we will be in asituation where year in, year out, we can look forward to at least 10 percent inflation. And the question will be: How much worse willoil, food and housing prices make that? The situation has degenerated to the pointthat the only way to turn it around is to think of some very extreme changes in policy. A policy of gradualism, where you're talkingabout a mild recession and another 1 to 2 million people unemployed, won't makemuch difference. Postponing action justmeans that inflation presses further and is even more difficult to deal with. You have to start with revenue and monetaryrestraint. All the burden now is onmonetary policy. We should shift to a much more restrictiverevenue policy and an easier monetary policy. To be significant ,the 1981 budget should becut by at least 20 billion dollars from 616 billion President Carter proposed. That's a major cut in government programs--andvery hard to do. It's impossible if yousave defense and all the programs indexed for changes in the cost of living. So it means cuts across the board in everyarea--including the indexed programs, such as Social Security and food stamps. State and localgovernment revenue-sharingprograms are another major candidate. You've also got to reopen the 1980 budget andcut that. Then I would favor wage and price controlsto break the impetus of the wage-price interaction. In order to get quick results, I'd set thestandard around 5 or 6 percent for both wages and prices. Basically , you're aiming to cut the rateof inflation in half the first year. There would be no exceptions , but you wouldfocus on large corporations and major labor settlements. For the special sectors where thebig shocks have occurred, controls won't work. Instead, you need additional policies in each one ofthose areas. There are no cheap or easy solutions to theinflation problem. My answer is to takeall the things that everybody wants to do, and instead of choosing among them,do all of them. We've got to think interms of a comprehensive program. 41、In the author's opinion, the high inflationrate in the U. S. was accompanied by A． energy crises. B． mounting wages. C． housing shortage. D． shrinking market. 42、The only way to reverse the worseningsituation seems to be A． a policy of gradualism. B． sacrifice of public interests. C． radical changes of policy. D． postponing of drastic actions. 43、We can learn from the fourth paragraph that A．asubstantial cut in annual revenue is called for. B． defense and social welfare programs shouldundergo cuts. C．we should leave intact programs for betteringpeople's living. D． we should exercise less control over monetarypolicy. 44、The phrase" special sectors" (Line 1,Paragraph 7)most probably refers to A． energy, food and housing. B． indexed programs.