2021年大學英語四級密卷（5)

1、大學英語四級密卷（5) Part Section A Directions: 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 on _. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, y

2、ou must read the four choi _s _rked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then _rk the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the _nter. 1. A)Phillips will not be in this offi _ at all this week. B) He will be here on Tuesday only. C) Hell be here on Mo

3、nday, Wednesday and Friday. D) Hell be at this offi _ on Tuesday and Thursday. 2.A)She has never eaten such delicious oranges before. B) She bets there are better oranges available. C) She doesnt understand why the _n likes the oranges. D) She has had the same oranges before. 3.A) She didnt go to Ch

4、icago. B) She had a good time in Chicago. C) She spent his vacation here. D) She didnt enjoy her trip. 4.A) She will type it next week. B) She would rather work on it than do nothing. C) It took her an entire week to type it. D) She still isnt quite finished with it. 5.A) It is the only book for her

5、 philosophy class. B) All the classes have a lot of reading. C) She just has to read for her philosophy class. D) Only the philosophy class has a lot of reading. 6.A) If Phil is lucky, he might get a scholarship. B) There is no way in which Phil can win a scholarship. C) Phil is not going to chan _

6、his luck and try for a scholarship. D) Phil is not being given a chan _ to get a scholarship. 7.A) Jack was expected to pass the exam. B) Jack surprised everybody by taking his exam again. C) No one really expected Jack to pass exams. D) Jack wasnt expected to fail his exams again. 8.A) Better. B) S

7、ick. C) Fine. D) Tired. 9.A) The _n shouldnt be so anxious. B) Hes already one hour late. C) The _n shouldnt wait to be interviewed. D) Shes too nervous to calm down. 10.A) In a restaurant. B) In a cafeteria. C) In a hotel lobby. D) At the airport check-in. Section B Directions: In this section, you

8、 will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, some questions will be asked. Both the passage and the questions will bespoken only on _. After you hear a question, read the four choi _s _rked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based o

9、n the passage you have just heard. 11.A) California. B) Southern Alaska. C) Arctic. D) Europe. B) 65,000,000 years. D) 75,000,000 years. 13.A) Tourists. B) Birds. C) Winds. D) Some ani _ls. Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14.A) Gover _ent and taxes. B) Wo

10、rk and taxes. C) Freedom and taxes. D) Death and taxes. 15.A) Two. B) Three. C) Four. D) Five. 16.A) They begin paying federal taxes from that day. B) It is the last day for people to pay the city tax. C) It is the deadline for paying federal taxes. D) The state tax is due on that day. Passage Three

11、 Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17.A) Taking notes. B) Oiling the gate. C) Singing high notes. D) Overing her weakness. 18.A) He was attracted by Mrs Jones. B) He had heard a noise. C) He had run out of gas. D) His tyres were punctured. 19.A) The tyres. B) Another c

12、ar passing by. C) The brakes. D) Mrs Joness singing. 20.A) She was fond of singing. B) She lived in a s _ll house. C) She was a shy person. D) She was not conscious of her weakness. Part Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by som

13、e questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choi _s _rked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choi _ and _rk the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the _ntre. Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. It

14、 is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. hey have always plained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust th

15、eir children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about _rtain problems -and that they have no sense of humour, at least in parent-child relationships. I think it is true that parents often underesti _te their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young. Young people

16、 often irritate their parents with their choi _s in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the _ world into which they have not yet been aepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or e

17、ntertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a s _ll way, and that they are leaders in style and taste. Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you do not want your parents to approve

18、of what you do. If they approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog; you cannot win but at least you keep your honour. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when y

19、ou were pletely under your parents control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself. If you plan to control your life, cooperation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress ot

20、hers with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do. 21. The author is pri _rily addressing _. A) parents of teenagers B) newspaper readers C) those who give advi _ to teenagers D) teenagers 22. The first paragraph is _inly about

21、_. A) the teenagers critici _ of their parents B) misunderstandings between teenagers and their parents C) the dominan _ of the parents over their children D) the teenagers ability to deal with crises 23.Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles _inly because they _. A) want to show thei

22、r existen _ by creating a culture of their own B) have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste C) have no other way to enjoy themselves better D) want to irritate their parents 24. Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they _. A) have already been aepted

23、 into the _ world B) feel that they are superior in a s _ll way to the _s C) are not likely to win over the _s D) have a desire to be independent 25. To improve parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be _. A) obe _nt B) responsible C) cooperative D) independent Passage Two Questions 26

24、 to 30 are based on the following passage. He was a funny looking _n with a cheerful fa _, good natured and a great talker. He was described by his student, the great philosopher Plato, as “the best and most just and wisest _n”. Yet this same _n was condemned to death for his beliefs.The _n was the

25、Greek philosopher, Socrates, and he was condemned for not believing in the recognized gods and for corrupting young people. The second charge stemmed from his association with numerous young men who came to Athens from all over the civilized world to study under him. Socrates method of teaching was

26、to ask questions and, by pretending not to know the answers, to press his students into thinking for themselves. His teachings had unsurpassed influen _ on all the great Greek and Ro _n schools of philosophy. Yet, for all his fame and influen _, Socrates himself never wrote a word. Socrates encourag

27、ed new ideas and free thinking in the young, and this was frightening to the conservative people. They wanted him silen _d. Yet, _ny were probably surprised that he aepted death so readily. Socrates had the right to ask for a lesser penalty, and he probably could have won over enough of the people w

28、ho had previously condemned him. But Socrates, as a firm believer in law, reasoned that it was proper to submit to the death senten _. So, he calmly aepted his fate and drank a cup of poison hemlock in the presen _ of his grief-stricken friends and students. 26. In the first paragraph, the word “yet

29、” is used to introdu _. A) contrast B) a sequen _ C) emphasis D)an example 27. Scorates was condemned to death because he _. A) believed in law B) was a philosopher C) published radical philosophical articles D) advocated original opinions 28. The word “unsurpassed” in the third paragraph is closest

30、 in meaning to _. A) untold B) unequalled C) unnoti _d D) unexpected 29. By mentioning that Socrates himself never wrote anything, the writer implies that _. A) it was surprising that Socrates was so famous B) Socrates was not so learned as he is reputed to have been C) Socrates used the work of his

31、 students in teaching D) the authorities refused to publish Socrates works 30. Socates aepted the death penalty to show _. A) his belief in his students B) his contempt for conservatives C) his recognition of the legal system D) that he was not afraid of death Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are ba

32、sed on the following passage. To be “historically minded” is to see things in relation and in perspective, and to judge tolerantly. We must remember how differently men have thought and acted in different times. We must always keep an open mind, ready to re _ive and weigh new eviden _. If we grasp t

33、his idea, we will never think that a historian is someone who can remember dates. That childish idea is like calling a _n a states _n because he can remember the names of voters in his district. A waiter could remember more names and a telephone operator ore numbers than the greatest historian. The

34、true historian is not content to take all his facts from other historians. Today he _kes sure that his statements are based on sound “documents” or “sour _s” which go back to the time of the facts themselves. But the historian needs always to be in his guard not to be misled by his sour _s. A docume

35、nt _y not be a real one. Its author _y be lying on purpose for some reasons. He _y be so greatly influen _d by national, religious, _ or personal backgrounds as to be totally unfair to the other side. If honest, he _y be misinformed as to the facts and mistaken in his inferen _s. Anyone who reads th

36、e aounts published in the different countries con _rning the causes and results of wars will realize that the historian needs caution and training in handling these sour _s. The trained historian asks first: “Did this writer mean to _ the truth?” and second; “Was he in a position or frame of mind to

37、 _ the truth even if he wants to?” Every statement must be patiently weighed and tested and bined with all other available infor _tion in order to get at the truth. 3l.A “historica1ly minded” researcher _. A) always keeps an open mind to history B) looks at one historical event without relating it t

38、o another C) sees things from a single point of view D) refuses to aept new eviden _ 32.In Paragraph l the author means to illustrate that _. A) different men think and act differently B) the study of history is not merely a _tter of remembering dates C) a states _n can remember the names of voters

39、in his district D) a waiter can remember more names than the great historians 33.The true historian should base his statements on _. A) findings of other historians B) documents created at the present time C) his own inferen _s D) sound historical _terials 34.Which of the following is the topic of P

40、aragraph 3? A) Some historical documents _y not be real. B) Some authors _y not be honest. C) Historians should be careful about their sour _s. D) Historians _y be influen _d by their own backgrounds. 35. It is emphasized in the last paragraph that _. A) wars are aounted for differently in different

41、 countries B) the historian needs caution and training in dealing with his sour _s C) some writers _y not be _ing the truth D) some writers _y not be in a position or frame of mind to _ the truth Passage Four Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. Friedrich Dobl, a Yugoslav working i

42、n Ger _ny, was fed up with traffic jams. At long weekends and holiday times when he wanted to get him quickly he always found himself behind hundreds of other cars moving slowly along the notorious foreign workers route through Ger _ny and Austria. How easy it all was for poli _ and emergency servi

43、_s. A siren, a flashing light? And like _gic everyone was out of the way. Going home from work one night he passed a garage. And there in front of him was the answer to his problem. An old ambulan _ was for sale. The red cross had been removed. But not the flashing light, and the siren. He tried the

44、 light. It flashed _gnifi _ntly. He tried the siren. That too sounded impressive. He bought the ambulan _ and opened up for himself a dream world of motoring. It began early in the morning, all his luggage in the back of the ambulan _ and motorway in Ger _ny looking reasonably clear. Soon, as always

45、, a long line of traffic appeared ahead. He switched on the flashing light and set off the siren. Cars swiftly slowed and pulled off the fast lane. Other cars stopped and drivers waved him ahead to an open road all his own. In record time he crossed the border into Austria. The big bluff was working

46、. Poli _ even waved him through the confusion caused by an aident. But then the Yugoslav _de his beg mistake. Until then he had only stopped for petrol. Now he was driving past a real aident, lights flashing, too late to realize that it was not another traffic jam as he assumed. They stopped him, an

47、d after hearing the story of his ride across two countries fined him 12.5 pounds. 36. At long weekends and holidays Friedrich Dobl used to_ . A) drive home in Ger _ny B) meet other foreign workers C) get caught in terrible traffic jams D) get to the pla _ where he worked by a special quick route 37.

48、 Why did he decide to buy the ambulan _? A) Because he had always wanted one. B) Because he wanted to resell it at a higher pri _. C) Because he liked the siren and the flashing light. D) Because he knew that other traffic would get clear of the way for an ambulan _. 38. The red cross had been remov

49、ed _. A) but he soon put up a new one B) but the siren and the flashing light still worked C) so he asked the garage to paint another one on D) because the vehicle did not look like an ambulan _ any more 39. When the poli _ stopped him,_. A) he was driving dangerously B) he had just driven straight

50、past an aident C) they found 12.5 pounds in his pocket D) they told him they had followed him all the way 40. Which of the followings might be the best title for the passage? A) How to Drive Quickly. B) How to Avoid Aidents. C) A Quick Way Home? By An Ambulan _. D) A Safe Way Home? Non-Stop. Part Vo

51、cabulary and Structure (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 inplete senten _s in this part. For each senten _ there are for choi _s _rked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best pletes the senten _. Then _rk the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the _ntr

52、e. 41._ all behaviour is learned behaviour is a basic assumption of social scientists. A) Nearly B) That nearly C) It is nearly D) When nearly : 10pt42. On cloudy nights it is not possible to see the stars with _ eye. A) naked B) bare C) flesh D) pure 43. During the storm we took _ in the doorway of

53、 a shop. A) rescue B) shelter C) shield D) proof 44. The ships captain and members of the _weled us on board. A) staff B) crew C) team D) chain 45. At the first _ of twelve everyone stopped for lunch. A) sound B) stroke C) moment D) minute 46. The _p was drawn to the standard_ of 1/100,000 so there was not much detail. A) base B) line C) rate D) scale 47. Her skirt had been so _ in packing that she had to iron it before going out. A) crushed B) torn C) d