1991年1月英语四级真题及答案

1991年1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) Bill always comes on time. B) Bill will be on time. C) Bill will be late again. D) Bill won’t come. 2. A) They don’t know how to spend the money they have. B) They don’t know how to spend the next two weeks. C) They need money badly. D) They only have part-time jobs. 3. A) One. B) Two. C) Three. D) Four. 4. A) These figures are not correct. B) These figures are correct. C) These figures are probably correct. D) These figures are probably not correct. 5. A) In October. B) In April. C) She isn’t certain. D) Between April and October. 6. A) Jane speaks three languages. B) Jane speaks four languages. C) Jane speaks English only. D) Jane does not speak English. 7. A) The damage to the store. B) The possible harm to the people nearby. C) The punishment given to the crazy man. D) The reason for the crazy action. 8. A) She is going to give up biology. B) She spends half of her time on biology. C) To her, biology is difficult, but math is not. D) To her, math is even more difficult than biology. 9. A) There was a shower. B) There was a car accident. C) There was a fire. D) There was a heavy snow. 10. A) They are very rewarding. B) They are too easy. C) They are inexpensive. D) They are not worth the trouble. 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 14 based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) The speaker’s friend. B) The speaker. C) The friend’s mother. D) The mother’s friend. 12. A) They are strangers. B) They are neighbours. C) They are friends. D) They are old schoolmates. 13. A) To return the shoes to the store. B) To pay the manager a visit. C) To buy more of the 12-dollar shoes. D) To complain about the price of the shoes. 14. A) 12 dollars B) 20 dollars C) Less than 12 dollars D) More than 12 dollars Passage Two Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. 15. A) Short and cool. B) Long and cool. C) Long and hot. D) Short and hot. 16. A) Because the price was too high. B) Because Alaska has an extremely cold winter. C) Because they thought Alaska was a useless land. D) Because the climatic difference there is too great. 17. A) No, only a few became rich. B) No, none became rich. C) No, very few people had actually found gold. D) Yes, hundreds of thousands of people became rich. Passage Three Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 18. A) She was driving along a country road. B) She was lying near a lonely road, trembling. C) She was lying in a hospital bed. D) She was telling an astonishing story to a doctor. 19. A) She fainted due to the effects of some drug. B) She was stopped by a policeman and treated rudely. C) She was attacked by robbers. D) She was stopped and forced to enter a flying saucer. 20. A) The women made up an astonishing story. B) The women had intended to leave her husband without a word. C) The women had been taken over a thousand miles away from her home. D) The women had been dishonest to her husband. Part II 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 decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. The aim of the teacher is to get his pupils as quickly as possible over t period in which each printed symbol is looked at for its shape, and arrive at the stage when the pupil looks at words and phrases, for their meanin without noticing the shapes of the separate letters. When a good reader is at work he does not look at letters, nor even at words, one by one however quickly; he takes in the meaning of two, three, or four words a t a t i m e , i n a s i n g l e m o m e n t . Wa t c h c a re f u l l y t h e e y e s o f a p e r s o reading, and it will be seen that they do not travel smoothly along the lines of print, but they move by jumps separated by very short stops. The eyes of a very good reader move quickly, taking long jumps and making very short halts (停顿); the e yes o ap rf m oor m slowly, eader t oaking oves j ore nlya s hort umps l o n g e r a t e a c h h a l t . S o m e t i m e s , w h e n h e m e e t s a d i ffi c u l t y , backwards to see again what has already been looked at once. The teacher’s task is therefore clear: it is to train his pupils to take in several w o r d s a t a g l a n c e ( o n ’) e a en ye d - tj u o mr pe m o v e t h e n e c e s s i t y backwards to read something a second time. for g T h i s s h o w s a t o n c e t h a t l e t t e r- b y - l e t t e r , o r s y l l a b l e - b y - s y l l a b l e , o r w o w o r d r e a d i n g , w i t h t h e fi n g e r p o i n t i n g t o t hc e a rw e four ldl fi y , xing each one in turn, is wrong. It is wrong because such a method ties the pupil ’s eyes down to a very short jump, and the aim is to train for the long jump. Moreover, a very short jump i t s oo t p horta m o rovide o s a i ny w b f eaning t h r ense; struggled w t oithf w hrees r t ourp h ords t l a teparately, a he all together and in one group, in order to get the meaning of the whole phrase. 21. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the first paragraph? A) Pupils should be trained to reach quickly the stage of reading w having to concentrate on the separate symbols. B) Pupils should look at each printed symbol for its meaning as well as for its shape. C) Teachers should help their pupils avoid looking at the shape of the printed symbols. D) Te a c h e r s should tell their pupils the 22. In a single moment, a good reader picks up ________. A) several words B) several phrases C) several sentences D) several lines 23. According to the passage, which of the following is FALSE? A) The eyes of a good reader make short halts and long jumps. d i ff e r e n t stage