英语四级CET4真题Word下载.docx
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Shewasreadytocome.butthenchangedhermind.
Whyisn’tSusanpresent?
14.W:
Whyareyoujuststandingoutsideinsteadofgoingin?
Ihavetriedallmykeysinthelock,butitwon’topen.
Whydidn’tthemangoin?
15.M:
Youdon’tlookadayoverthirty.
Really?
Infact.I’mthirty-five.
Howdoesthewomanfeelabouttheman’sremark?
16.M:
Didyoursisterlikehernewcar?
Shethoughtitwastoonoisy.andsomethinggotwrongwiththetyres;
butmyfatherbelieveditwasquiteagoodCar.
Whatdidthewoman’sfatherthinkofthenewcar?
17.W:
Fastenyourbelts.andwewilltakeoffsoon.
Butwouldyouliketotellmehowtofastenit?
Wheredidtheconversationtakeplace?
18.M:
Areyougoingtotheconcerttonight?
W:
No,Ipromisedtobaby-sitformyneighborswhiletheyhaveameeting.
Q:
Whatwillthewomandotonight?
Nowyou’llheartwolongconversations.
ConversationOne
Excuseme,I’vebeenusingthisoldbookforaresearchprojectandInoticethatalotofpagesareturningbrownandbecomingbrittle.
M:
Yes.Unfortunately,that’sacommonproblemwithbooksmadefromwoodpulp.
Isupposethattomakepaperfromwoodyouhavetoaddalotofchemicalsandacidstomakeitturnwhite.
Exactly,andit’stheacidthateventuallyeatsawaythepaper.
Oh,thatactuallymakessense,butthisbook’snoteven75yearsoldandI’veseenbooksinmuseumthatarehundredsofyearsoldandthey’reinfreecondition.
Well,yousee,bookshavebeenmadefromWoodpulponlysincethe1850s,beforethattheyweremadefrommaterialsmostlyanimals’skins,andnochemicalswereadded.
It’sashamethoseolderwoodpulpbooksaregoingtofallapartsomeday.Isthereanythingthatcanbedonetopreservethem?
En,currentlytheonlywaytostopthebooksfromdecayingistoremovethebindingandtreateachpageindividuallytoremovetheacid.
Thatdoesn’tsoundveryeconomical.
No,itisn’t.It’snotpracticaltotreatalargenumberofbookswiththisprocess,soweonlytrytorescuethemostvaluableeditionbooksinourcollection.
Well,thanksfortheexplanation.I’dbettergetbacktomyproject.
GoodluckandIhopetheoldbookwillholdlongenoughforyoutofinishit.
Questions19to22arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.
19.Whatarethespeakersmainlydiscussing?
20.Accordingtotheman,whydomodembooksdecay?
21.Whatdoesthemansayaboutbookspublishedbefore1850?
22.Whatwillthewomanprobablydonext?
ConversationTwo
DoyouwanttogotothecinemawithusonSaturday?
Thanks,butIhavetostudyformyresearchproject.I’mtakingthatsameanthropologycourseyoutookwithProfessorGray.
Theoneonethnographicinterviewing?
Oh,good!
I’msureyou’llgetalotoutofit.
Ihavetoadmittheword"
ethnography"
scaredmealittleatfirst.Itseemssotechnical.Butthenwhensheexplainedthatit’swhatanthropologistsdo,youknow,howtheyinvestigateandrecordaspectsofaculture,itdidn’tseemsointimidating!
Yeah,it’sapartofthefieldworkanthropologistsconductandit’sgoodtostartdoingthatnowbeforeyoubecomeagraduatestudentandhavetoconductlargeprojectsyourself.Whoareyougoingtointerview?
YouknowthepublishingofficewhereIusedtowork?
Vivian,thewomanIworkedfor,hasbeenamanagerthereforover30yearsandseenalotofchangesintheindustry.IthoughtI’dstartoutbyinterviewingherabouthowthepeopleintheofficeinteractwitheachotherandwithoutsideclients.
Thebestpartofthatcourseisthatitshowsyouthatethnographicresearchcanalsobedoneonafamiliarground.
Yeah.IgottheideaformyprojectfromreadingRobertMarshal’sstudyofofficelifeandIrealizedIalreadyhadsomebackgroundinthat.Sofar,I’mreallyenjoyingthiscourse.
Questions23to25arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.
23.Whatistheconversationmainlyabout?
24.Whatdoesthewomansayaboutthesubjectofethnography?
25.Whoisthefirstpersonthewomanwillinterview?
PassageThree
Ifyou’vebeenoncampusforverylong,I’mcertainthatyou’vealreadyheardaboutthiscourse.Youmayknowthatlastsemesterabout50percentofthestudentsenrolledinmycoursefailedit.Letmeexplainhowthiscameaboutbeforeyoujumptoanyconclusions.Inthefirstplace,sincethisisacompositionclass,Iexpectmystudentstofollowcertainrolesofformality.Unfortunately,manystudentstodaydislikehavingtofollowrolesofanykind,especiallythosethattheymayfeeltobeunnecessary.Forexample,Iaskthateachofyourpapersbetypedandcenteredonthepapercorrectly.Icountoffpointsforvariouskindsofmistakes.Amisspelledwordwillcostyou5points.You’velost25pointsifyou’vemisspelledfivewords.Ifyouwriteincompletesentences,you’velost10points.Ifyougivemetwocompletesentencesasonewithoutadequatepunctuation,you’velost15points.Idonotacceptlatepapers.Youwillreceiveazeroforanythemewhichyoufailtosubmitontime.Iexpectyoutoreadeachassignment.Iwillgiveyouashortunannouncedquizfromtimetotime.ThisclassmeetsonMondays,Wednesdays,andFridays.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsatanytime,youcanseemeonTuesdays.Myofficeisonthesecondfloorofthisbuilding.YourassignmentforWednesdayistoreadHemingway’sshortstoryonpage55.Fridaywillbethelastclassdayofthisweek,soyoucanexpecttowriteashortin-classthemeformethen.That’sallfortoday,I’llseeyouonWednesday.
Questions33to35arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
33.Howmanypointswillastudentloseifhemisspellsawordonacomposition?
34.WhatwillthestudentsdoinclassonFriday?
35.WhatmustthestudentsreadforWednesday?
SectionC
Scientistshavedevelopedanewcancerdrug.Sofar,theyhavetesteditonlyon(36)laboratoryanimals.Thedragisdesignedto(37)invadeandkillcancercellsbutnothealthycells.
First,thedrugentersthecanceranddestroysthesupplyofblood.Thenitreleases(38)poisontodestroythecancercells.
ResearchersattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyinCambridgecarriedoutthestudy.The(39)resultsappearedinNature(40)magazine.Aschoolnewsreleasecalledthedrugan"
anti-cancersmartbomb"
.
RamSasisekharanisaprofessoratM.I.T.Hesayshisteamhadto(41)solvethreeproblems.Theyhadtofindawaytodestroythebloodvessels,thento(42)preventthegrowthofnewones.Buttheyalsoneededthebloodvesselstosupplychemicalstodestroythecancer.
Sotheresearchersdesignedatwo-pan"
nanocell"
.Thecellis(43)measuredmnanometers,oronethousandmillionthofameter.(44)Theparticleusedwastwohundrednanometers-much,muchsmallerthanahumanhair.
Thescientistssayitwassmallenoughtopassthroughthebloodvesselsofthecancer,butitwastoobigtoenternormalbloodvessels.Thesurfaceofthenanocellsalsohelpedthemtoavoidnaturaldefenses.
(45)Thescientistsdesignedthecellasaballooninsideaballoon.Theyloadedtheouterpartwithadrugthatcausedthebloodvesselstofallinonthemselves.Thatcutoffthebloodsupplyandtrappedthenanocellinsidethecancer.Then,thenanocellslowlyreleasedchemotherapydrugstokillthecancercells.
(46)Theteamsaysthetreatmentshrankthecancerandavoidedhealthycellsbetterthanothertreatments.
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11.C综合推断题。
对话中的Hereisthemenu.Wouldyouliketoordernow?
是餐厅服务员接待客人的常用语,因此对话应该发生在餐厅里,所以C正确。
12.A信息明示题。
男士建议大家一起去城里看电影,女士认为看电影物非所值,让他不要把自己算在内,所以A正确。
*考点
●count有“计算;
认为”等含义,相关短语有:
countout不把……算入;
countin把……算入;
counton依靠,依赖,如:
Youcancountonmyhelp.你可以依靠我的帮助。
13.B综合推断题。
女士说简已经为她的研究项目写了一些文章,男士说看来她已经写完了。
言外之意,男士原以为筒并没写完,所以B正确。
14.A综合推断题。
男士不知道琳达能否解决这类问题,女士回答说如果琳达解决不了,就没人能解决了。
言
外之意,琳达能力很强,要她才能解决的问题应该比较复杂,只有A最符合题意。
15.B综合推断题。
女士准备请门卫打扫大厅,男士说能否让他也清洗一下楼梯,由此可知,他们对大楼的卫生状况不满,即在谈论大楼的卫生状况,故选B。
●aswell相当于too或also(也,又),一般置于句末,起副词的作用,如:
IlikeclassicalmusicandIlikepopmusicaswell.我喜欢古典音乐,也喜欢流行音乐。
●aswellas意为“既……又……;
另外;
不仅……而且……;
和……一样好”,如:
Hischildrenaswellashiswifewereinvitedtotheparty.他的孩子们连同他的妻子都被邀请去参加聚会。
16.D信息明示题。
女士说两块面料一块是纯羊毛的,另一块是合成纤维的;
男士对此表示惊讶,说自己无法区分它们,所以D正确。
●tellapart意为“分辨,辨认,识别”,如:
Ican’ttellthetwingirlsapart.我分不清这两个双胞胎女孩儿。
类似的说法还有tell…from…,tellthedifferencebetween…and…等。
●形容词词组identicalto意为“和……一样”,如:
ThisbagisidenticaltotheoneIhavelost.这个包和我弄丢的那个一模一样。
17.C信息明示题。
男士问最新一期的《上海日报》到了吗,今天都已经星期二了;
女士道歉说报纸晚了,估计后天能到,即报纸星期四到,故选C。
18.B综合推断题。
男士让女士在摄像机前表现得自然一些,女士说面对上千万观众自己怎么能自然呢,由此推断,B(电视摄像机)正确。
19.C主旨题。
由对话中的ahurricane-trackingchart及hereontheFloridacoast可知,对话是针对可能影响佛罗里达的天气情况展开的,所以C正确。
20.B信息明示题。
女士说Latesummerishurricaneseason,由此可知B正确。
21.A信息明示题。
男士问女士几种热带天气现象的区别是什么,女士回答说是windvelocity(风速),所以A正确。
22.A信息明示题。
女士说气象预报员用人名给风暴命名以便于区分,所以A正确。
23.B综合推断题。
女士说还没有完成创意写作课所留的故事写作作业,接着进一步说自己写不下去了,由此推断,女士在写作中遇到了问题,故选B。
24.B信息明示题。
女士说,教授建议她写下所想到的所有东西,无论那是否有意义,就像做热身练习一样,故选B。
25.B综合推断题。
女士说去珠宝店是为了自己的故事,她所描写的侦探破获了一桩珠宝抢劫案,她要去了解一下与此相关的事物,由此推断,她去珠宝店是为自己的故事做调查,故选B。
●freezeup意为“冻住”,此处指的是头脑停止转动,与freeze相关的短语还有:
freezeone’Sblood使充满害怕、恐怖
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