1998年大学英语四级.docx

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1998年大学英语四级

1998年1月大学英语四级（CET-4）真题试卷

PartIListeningComprehension（20minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear10shortconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionwillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Example:

Youwillhear:

Youwillread:

A）2hours.

B）3hours.

C）4hours.

D）5hours.

Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoweretalkingaboutsomeworktheywillstartat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,D）“5hours”isthecorrectanswer.Youshouldchoose[D]ontheAnswerSheetandmarkitwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D]

1.A）Themanwantstoattendtomorrow’sshow.

B）Therearen’tanyticketsleftfortonight’sshow.

C）Therearen’tanyticketsleftfortomorrow’sshow.

D）Themandoesn’twanttoattendtomorrow’sshow.（B）

2.A）Detectivestories.

B）Storiesaboutjailescapes.

C）Lovestories.

D）Storiesaboutroyalfamilies.（C）

3.A）Itwasalonglecture,buteasytounderstand.

B）Itwasnotaseasyasshehadthought.

C）Itwasasdifficultasshehadexpected.

D）Itwasinterestingandeasytofollow.（B）

4.A）Toputhimthroughtothedirector.

B）Tohaveatalkwiththedirectorabouthiswork.

C）Toarrangeanappointmentforhimwiththedirector.

D）Togoandseeifthedirectorcanmeethimrightnow.（C）

5.A）Margaretwantedtoreturnsomemagazinestothewoman.

B）Margaretwantedtolendsomemagazinestothewoman.

C）Margaretwantedtoborrowsomemagazinesfromthewoman.

D）Margaretwantedtogetsomemagazinesbackfromthewoman.（D）

6.A）Hedoesn’tcaremuchaboutit.

B）Heenjoysitverymuch.

C）Hedoesn’tmindeventhoughit’stedious.

D）Hehatesworkingovertime.（B）

7.A）Thewomandoesn’tthinkitexcitingtotravelbyair.

B）They’llstayathomeduringtheholidays.

C）Theyareofferedsomeplaneticketsfortheirholidays.

D）They’llbeflyingsomewherefortheirvacation.（D）

8.A）Somethingwentwrongwiththebus.

B）Shetooksomebodytohospital.

C）Somethingpreventedherfromcatchingthebus.

D）Shecameonfootinsteadoftakingabus.（A）

9.A）Doherhomework.

B）Cleanthebackyard.

C）Washclothes.

D）Enjoythebeautifulday.（C）

10.A）Themanislookingforaplacetolivein.

B）Themanhasahouseforrent.

C）Thewomanisasecretary.

D）Thetwospeakersareoldfriends.（A）

SectionBCompoundDictation

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.Thenlistentothepassageagain.Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,youarerequiredtofillintheblanksnumberedfromS1toS7withtheexactworksyouhavejustheard.ForblanksnumberedfromS8toS10youarerequiredtofillinthemissinginformation.Youcaneitherusetheexactworksyouhavejustheardorwritedownthemainpointsinyourownwords.Finally,whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.

Veryfewpeoplecangetcollegedegreebefore11,butMichaelwasanexception.Hestartedhighschoolwhenhewas5,finishinjustninemonths.Hebecamethe（S1）________youngestcollegegraduatewhenhewas10yearsand4monthsold,earningan（S2）________degree.Nowat11Michael’sworkingonamaster’sdegreein（S3）________intelligence.

ButMichael’s（S4）________hasn’talwayscomeeasy.（S5）________hisintelligence.Hestilllacksimportantlife（S6）________.

Inoneclass,hehadtostruggletounderstand（S7）________novels,because,hesays,“I’m11.I’veneverbeeninlovebefore.”

Anotherchallengewashissize.（S8）________.

Helikescomputerssomuch（S9）________

Hewantstomakerobotsdoalltheheavytasks.（S10）________

PartIIReadingComprehension（35minutes）

Directions:

Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

PassageOne

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Inbringingupchildren,everyparentwatcheseagerlythechild’sacquisition（学会）ofeachnewskill-thefirstspokenwords,thefirstindependentsteps,orthebeginningofreadingandwriting.Itisoftentemptingtohurrythechildbeyondhisnaturallearningrate,butthiscansetupdangerousfeelingsoffailureandstatesofworryinthechild:

Thismighthappenatanystage.Ababymightbeforcedtouseatoilettooearly,ayoungchildmightbeencouragedtolearntoreadbeforeheknowsthemeaningofthewordshereads.Ontheotherhand,though,ifachildisleftalonetoomuch,orwithoutanylearningopportunities,heloseshisnaturalenthusiasmforlifeandhisdesiretofindoutnewthingsforhimself.

Patentsvarygreatlyintheirdegreeofstrictnesstowardstheirchildren.Somemaybeespeciallystrictinmoneymatters.Othersareseverovertimesofcominghomeatnightorpunctualityformeals.Ingeneral,thecontrolsimposedrepresenttheneedsoftheparentsandthevaluesofthecommunityasmuchasthechild’sownhappiness.

Asregardsthedevelopmentofmoralstandardsinthegrowingchild,consistencyisveryimportantinparentalteaching.Toforbidathingonedayandexcuseitthenextisnofoundationformorality（道德）.Also,parentsshouldrealizethat“exampleisbetterthanprecept”.Iftheyarenotsincereanddonotpractisewhattheypreach（说教）,theirchildrenmaygrowconfused,andemotionallyinsecurewhentheygrowoldenoughtothinkforthemselves,andrealizetheyhavebeentosomeextentfooled.

Asuddenawarenessofamarkeddifferencebetweentheirparents’principlesandtheirmoralscanbeadangerousdisappointment.

11.Eagerlywatchingthechild’sacquisitionofnewskills________.

A）shouldbeavoided

B）isuniversalamongparents

C）setsupdangerousstatesofworryinthechild

D）willmakehimloseinterestinlearningnewthings（B）

12.Intheprocessofchildren’slearningnewskillsparents________.

A）shouldencouragethemtoreadbeforetheyknowthemeaningofthewordstheyread

B）shouldnotexpecttoomuchofthem

C）shouldachieveabalancebetweenpushingthemtoohardandleavingthemontheirown

D）shouldcreateasmanylearningopportunitiesaspossible（C）

13.Thesecondparagraphmainlytellsusthat________.

A）parentsshouldbestrictwiththeirchildren

B）parentalcontrolsreflectonlytheneedsoftheparentsandthevaluesofthecommunity

C）parentalrestrictionsvary,andarenotalwaysenforcedforthebenefitofthechildrenalone

D）parentsvaryintheirstrictnesstowardstheirchildrenaccordingtothesituation（C）

14.Theword“precept”（Line3,Para.3）probablymeans“________”.

A）idea

B）punishment

C）behavior

D）instruction（D）

15.Inmoralmatters,parentsshould________.

A）observetherulesthemselves

B）beawareofthemarkeddifferencebetweenadultsandchildren

C）forbidthingswhichhavenofoundationinmorality

D）consistentlyensurethesecurityoftheirchildren（A）

PassageTwo

Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Agoodmodernnewspaperisanextraordinarypieceofreading.Itisremarkablefirstforwhatitcontains:

therangeofnewsfromlocalcrimetointernationalpolitics,fromsporttobusinesstofashiontoscience,andtherangeofcommentandspecialfeatures（特写）aswell,fromeditorialpagetofeaturearticlesandinterviewstocriticismofbooks,art,theatreandmusic.Anewspaperisevenmoreremarkableforthewayonereadsit:

nevercompletely,neverstraightthrough,butalwaysbyjumpingfromheretothere,inandnotglancingatonepiece,readinganotherarticleallthewaythrough,readingjustafewparagraphsofthenext.Agoodmodernnewspaperoffersvarietytoattractmanydifferentreaders,butfarmorethannayonereaderisinterestedin.Whatbringsthisvarietytogetherinoneplaceisitstopicality（时事性）,itsimmediaterelationtowhatishappeninginyourworldandyourlocalitynow,butimmediacyandthespeedofproductionthatgoeswithitmeanalsothatmuchofwhatpapersinanewspaperhasnomorethantransient（短暂的）value.Forallthesereasons,notwopeoplereallyreadthesamepaper:

whateachpersondoesistoputtogetheroutofthepagesofthatday’spaper,hisownselectionandsequence,hisownnewspaper.Forallthesereasons,readingnewspapersefficiently,whichmeansgettingwhatyouwantfromthemwithoutmissingthingsyouneedbutwithoutwastingtime,demandsskillandself-awarenessasyoumodifyandapplythetechniquesofreading.

16.Amodernnewspaperisremarkableforallthefollowingexceptits________.

A）widecoverage

B）uniformstyle

C）speedinreportingnews

D）popularity（B）

17.Accordingtothepassage,thereasonwhynotwopeoplereallyreadthe“same”newspaperisthat________.

A）peoplescanforthenewstheyareinterestedin

B）differentpeoplepreferdifferentnewspapers

C）peoplearerarelyinterestedinthesamekindofnews

D）peoplehavedifferentviewsaboutwhatagoodnewspaperis（C）

18.Itcanbeconcludefromthepassagethatnewspaperreaders________.

A）applyreadingtechniquesskillfully

B）jumpfromonenewspapertoanother

C）appreciatethevarietyofanewspaper

D）usuallyreadanewspaperselectively（D）

19.Agoodnewspaper