1990年6月英语四级真题及答案

1990年6月英语四级真题及答案 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A Directions: In t his s ection, y w h 1 ou s c ill ear A t 0e ohort onver each c onversation, aq w b a uestion a w w s ill B e sked the c onversation a t q wnd b s he o uestion o A e ill e p question t w b here p D ill ring t ep he ause. y ause, m r u t ouf ust ea choices m A arked B C a D a ), d ), w) i nd t b ),a nd ecide Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a line through the centre. Example: You will hear: You will read: A) At the office. B) In the waiting room. C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant. From the co nversatio n we know tha t the two were ta lking a bo ut so me work t h e y h a d t o fi n i s h i n t h e ev e ni ng . T hi s i s m o s t l i ke l y t o h a v e t a ke n pl a ce a t t he office. There fore, A)“At the office” is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D] 1. A) Every day. B) Every other day. C) Every week. D) Every other week. 2. A) Saturday morning. B) Saturday afternoon. C) Sunday morning. D) Sunday afternoon. 3. A) The unsmiling faces. B) The sun. C) The Londoners. D) The weather. 4. A) Maria’s friends don’t call her very often. B) Maria doesn’t like to talk on the phone with her friends. C) Maria likes to talk on the phone with her friends. D) Maria doesn’t have any friends. 5. A) The chemistry book. B) The English book. C) The math book. D) The history book. 6. A) Hold the phone. B) Make another call. C) Pay the manager a visit. D) Ask the woman to find Mr. White for him. 7. A) He will pay a visit to Prof. Wang. B) He will congratulate Prof. Wang. C) He is ready to help Prof. Wang. D) He will tell Prof. Wang the good news. 8. A) To take a bus. B) To make a phone call. C) To do shopping. D) To give them to the woman. 9. A) Listening to the radio. B) Reading a newspaper. C) Watching television. D) Watching a sports game. 10. A) He hasn’t seen any movie for a long time. B) The movie he saw was “Gone with the Wind”. C) It is one of the best movies he has ever seen. D) He likes seeing movies very much. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage a questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, must choose the best answer from the four hoices c marked A), B), C) and D T ), m hen t c ark l he o torresponding A S w a etter single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 11 to 13 based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) Go and visit friends. B) Have a dinner together with friends. C) Go around making new friends. D) Play jokes on friends. 12. A) For seven hundred years. B) For several decades. C) For several hundred years. D) For seventy years. 13. A) A new means of transportation from London to Australia. B) A newly-published newspaper in London. C) A non-existent island in the Pacific. D) A new kind of Italian noodle. Passage Two Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. A) More than nine million. B) About half a million. C) More than five million. D) About two and a half million. 15. A) It is for students of the same community only. B) It only offers a two-year basic course. C) It only trains students to be office managers. D) It only accepts students rejected by universities. 16. A) One who is staying in that state as a writer. B) One whose home is in that state. C) One who has been in the army. D) One who has been in health services. 17. A) Community colleges in the U.S. B) The number of high school graduates. C) Higher education in the U.S. D) The difference between private and state universities. Passage Three Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 18. A) He had to get a job. B) He was afraid of failure. C) He wanted to join the Army. D) He wasn’t interested in studying. 19. A) Attending patients. B) Repairing machines. C) Driving taxis. D) Delivering letters. 20. A) She encouraged him. B) She was disappointed. C) She expressed doubt. D) She was shocked. Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each followed b s qy ome o u uestions s F re nfinished o t ta there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on t h e b e s t c h o i c e a n d m a r k t h e c o r rt et e sp r oonnd it nh ge lAen s w e r Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. Yo u a r e a G e r m a n l i v i n g i n B e r l i n . O n e d’ a r eywyaol u king down the street, minding y o b our w wn s usiness, as a hen w uddenly as o tran his face. After stopping you, he holds a small electronicdevice close to his face a n d s p e a k s s l oywiln t o i t , s a y i n g , i n E n g l i s h : “C a n y o u t e l l m e w h e r e I c a n b u y some sauerkraut?” What should you do? (a) Run away; (b) Call the police; or, (c) Listen c flosely t d tor s he i G evice , “ KonnenSo m ay, b ie s n irw erman itte ager Sauerkraut Kaufen Kann?” T h e m o s t a p p ro p r i a t e re s p o n s e w o u l d b e ( c ) b e c a u s e t h e p e r s o n i n f ro n t o f yo u is on ly a to uri st tryi ng to e njo y h ims el f. Th e de vice is world ’s fi r s tp o r t a b l ter a n s i s t o r — a h a n d - h e l d m i c r o c o m p —a u t et r t thhea ts a m e time converts one spoken language into another. T h e f o u r- p o u n d b a t t e r y - o p e r a t e d p r o d u c t i s c a l l e d t h e Vo i c e , a n d c r e a t i o n o f A d v a n c e d P r o d u c t s a n d Te c h n o l o g i e s c o m p a n y. W h e n t h e Vo i c e i s i n t r o d u c e d i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s i n l a t e A p r i l — a price of $1,500—it will be capable of converting spoken Englis German, F a rench S T nd p cpanish.w s he c artridges(盒式储存 roduct omes 器) for each of the four languages, which can be changed when the user travels from one country to another. The item will be ld in so Europe soon after the U.S. Introduction, with cartridges that covert Italian, German, French and Spanish into English. The Voice uses amicrochip (微型集成块) and artificialIntelligence to translate Languages. It isstarted by voice command and produces voice output through a built-in speaker. Then the user makes a statement or asks a question, the Voice immediately repeats what has been said in another Language. 21. The stranger holding the Voice seems to be ________. A) asking for some information B) greeting the German C) amusing himself D) practising his German 22. The German sentence “Konnen Sie Kann?” means ________. A) “Why don’t you ask the policeman.” B) “Would you listen closely for the device to say?” C) “Can you say it again, please?” D) “Can you tell me where I can buy some sauerkraut?” 23. The word “speaker” in the last paragraph refers to ________. A) the person who speaks to the device B) a component part of the Voice C) the person who speaks German