1994年1月英语四级真题及答案

1994年1月英语四级真题及答案 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A 1. A) Once a week. B) Twice a week. C) Three times a week. D) Four times a week. 2. A) He left his notes at home. B) He doesn’t know where his notes are. C) He doesn’t want to lend his notes to the woman. D) He agrees to lend her his notes. 3. A) He will go in spite of the cold weather. B) He won’t go since he is not feeling well. C) He will go when he feels better. D) He won’t go as he hasn’t finished his work. 4. A) Check the timetable. B) Go to the railway station earlier. C) Travel on a later train. D) Cancel the trip earlier. 5. A) In New York. B) In Boston. C) In Newport. D) In Washington. 6. A) A clerk at the airport information desk. B) A clerk at the railway station information desk. C) A policeman. D) A taxi-driver. 7. A) A guest and a receptionist. B) A passenger and an air hostess. C) A customer and a shop assistant. D) A guest and a waitress. 8. A) He’s better. B) He’s feeling worse. C) He’s sick in bed. D) He has recovered. 9. A) The man didn’t want the woman to have her hair cut. B) The woman followed the man’s advice. C) The woman is wearing long hair now. D) The man didn’t care if the woman had her hair cut or not. 10. A) He will return from Paris in two weeks. B) He is studying French in Paris. C) He is having a vacation in Paris. D) He is planning to go back to Paris in a year. Section B Passage One Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) Washing plates. B) Clearing tables. C) Shining shoes. D) Sweeping the floor. 12. A) He must work six days a week. B) He should never be late for work. C) He must study hard in his spare time. D) He should not bring his friends to the restaurant. 13. A) To pay him for his work. B) To let him have 3 meals a day in the restaurant. C) To give his friends free drinks. D) To allow him to have more free time. 14. A) Because the boy was not a full-time worker. B) Because the boy had made some mistakes. C) Because he thought the boy had failed to meet his requirements. D) Because he thought it was his son who should pay him. Passage Two Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. 15. A) Watching traditional plays. B) Visiting the magnificent libraries. C) Boating on the river. D) Cycling in narrow streets. 16. A) There are many visitors there. B) There are many students there. C) There are many old streets there. D) There are many bicycles there. 17. A) He thinks the city is too crowded. B) He likes the place very much. C) He thinks the streets are too narrow. D) He admires the comfortable life of the students there. Passage Three Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 18. A) He was good at writing about interesting people. B) It was much easier to write stories about people. C) He believed that people are always easier to learn about other people. D) He thought people played an important role in world events. 19. A) Action. B) World News. C) Enterprise. D) Faces and places. 20. A) He is a sportsman. B) He is an actor. C) He is a photographer. D) He is a publisher. Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. Suppose we built arobot (机器人) to explore the planet Mars. We provide the robot with seeing detectors to keep it away from danger. It is powered entirely by the sun. Should we program the robot to be equally active at all times? No. The robot would be using up energy at a time when it was not receiving any. So we would probably program it to cease its activity at night and to wake up at dawn the next morning. According to theevolutionary(进化的) theory of sleep, evolution equipped us w ith a regular pattern of sleeping and wak ing f or the same reason. Th e theory does not deny (否认) that sleep provides some important restorative functions. It m e re l y s a y s t h a t e v o l u t i o n h a s p ro g r a m m e d u s t o p e r f o rm t h o s e f u n c t i o n s a t a t i me w hen a ct iv i ty wo ul d be i neffi ci ent an d po ssi bly da ngerous . H o wev er , s leep protects u o f s t nly s o t rom w m he w ort i i f d rouble n p u e ight from trouble that comes looking for us. So we sleep well when we are in familiar, safe p lace, b w s ut l ie a a leep w w fightly, t b fw n t ill, t hen e tent. T h e e v o l u t i o n a r y t h e o r y a c c o u n t s w e l l f o r d i ff e r e creatures. Why do cats, for instance, sleep so much, while horses sleep so little? Surely cats do not need five times as much repair and restoration as horses do. B u t c a t s c a n a ff o r d t o h a v e l o n g p e r i o d s o f i n a c t i v i t y b e c a u s e t h e y s p e n d l i t t l time eating and are unlikely to be attacked while they sleep. Horses must spend almost all their waking hours eating, because what they eat is very low in energy value. M oreover, t c a hey t s t annot l o t dfford b o t leep oo survival depends on their ability to run away from attackers. 21. T h e a u t h o r u s e s t h e e x a m p l e o f t h e r o b o t i n s p a c e e x p l o r a t i o n t o ________. A) the differences between robots and men B) the reason why men need to sleep C) about the need for robots to save power D) about the danger of men working at night 22. Evolution has programmed man to sleep at night chiefly to help him ________. A) maintain a regular pattern of life B) prevent trouble that comes looking for him C) avoid danger and inefficient labor D) restore his bodily functions 23. According to the author, we cannot sleep well when we ________. A) are worrying about our safety B) are overworked C) are in a tent D) are away from home 24. Cats sleep much more than horses do partly because cats ________. A) need more time for restoration B) are unlikely to be attackers C) are more active than horses when they are awake D) spend less time eating to get enough energy 25. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage? ________. A) E volution h waking. e as a c quipped w ar pll reatures o s a ith B) The study of sleep is an important part of the evolutionary theory. C) Sleeping patterns must be taken into consideration in t he designi n robots. D) The sleeping pattern of a living creature is determined by the food it eats. Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. “Congratulations, Mr. Jones, it’s a girl.” Fa t h e r h o o d i s g o i n g t o h a v e a d i ff e re n t m e a n i n g a n d b r i n g f o r t h a d i ff e re n t response from every man who hears these words. Some feel pride when t receive t n hew oews, w w hile w thers t worry, b g f ondering Although there are some men who like children and may have had considerable experience with them, others do not particularly care for children and spend little time with them. Many fathers and mothers have been planning f o rw ard t o chi ld ren fo r so me t i me. For o the r p co r eugpnl easn,c y (怀孕) was an accident that both husband and wife have accepted willingly or unwillingly. Whatever the reaction to the birth of a child, it is obvious that the shift from