1997年英语四级真题及答案.docx

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1997年英语四级真题及答案

1997年6月英语四级真题及答案

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）Skating.

B）Swimming.

C）Boatingandswimming.

D）Boatingandskating.（B）

2.A）Putherreportonhisdesk.

B）Readsomepapersherecommended.

C）Improvesomepartsofherpaper.

D）Mailherreporttothepublisher.（C）

3.A）Shetakesitasakindofexercise.

B）Shewantstosavemoney.

C）Shelovesdoinganythingthatisnew.

D）Herofficeisn’tveryfar.（A）

4.A）Ashopassistant.

B）Atelephoneoperator.

C）Awaitress.

D）Aclerk.（C）

5.A）Arailwayporter.

B）Ataxidriver.

C）Abusconductor.

D）Apostalclerk.（D）

6.A）Mostpeoplekilledintrafficaccidentsareheavydrinkers.

B）Shedoesnotagreewiththeman.

C）Drunkdriversarenotguilty.

D）Peopleshouldpaymoreattentiontothedangerofdrunkdriving.（D）

7.A）$1.40.

B）$6.40.

C）$4.30.

D）$8.60.（B）

8.A）Collectpapersfortheman.

B）Dothetypingonceagain.

C）Checkthepaperfortypingerrors.

D）Readthewholenewspaper.（C）

9.A）Thewomandoesnotwanttogotothemovies.

B）Themanistootiredtogotothemovies.

C）Thewomanwantstogotothemovies.

D）Themanwantstogooutfordinner.（A）

10.A）Bybus.

B）Bybike.

C）Bytaxi.

D）Onfoot.（A）

SectionBCompoundDictation

Directions:

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

Inpolicework,youcanneverpredictthenextcrimeorproblem.Noworkingdayisidenticaltoanyother,sothereisno“（S1）________”dayforapoliceofficer.Somedaysare（S2）________slow,andthejobis（S3）________;otherdaysaresobusythatthereisnotimetoeat.IthinkIcan（S4）________policeworkinoneword:

（S5）________.Sometimesit’sdangerous.Oneday,forexample,Iwasworkingundercover;thatis,Iwasonthejob,butIwaswearing（S6）________clothes,notmypolice（S7）________.Iwastryingtocatchsomerobberswhowerestealingmoneyfrompeopleastheywalkeddownthestreet.Suddenly,（S8）________.Anotherpolicemanarrived,andtogether,wearrestedthreeofthemen;buttheotherfourranaway.Anotherday,Ihelpedawomanwhowasgoingtohaveababy.（S9）________.Iputherinmypolicecartogethertherefaster.Ithoughtshewasgoingtohavethebabyrightthereinmycar.Butfortunately,（S10）________.

PartIIReadingComprehension（35minutes）

Directions:

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

PassageOne

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Thefridgeisconsideredanecessity.Ithasbeensosincethe1960swhenpackagedfoodfirstappearedwiththelabel:

“storeintherefrigerator.”

InmyfridgelessFiftieschildhood,Iwasfedwellandhealthy.Themilkmancamedaily,thegrocer,thebutcher（肉商）,thebaker,andtheice-creammandeliveredtwoorthreetimesaweek.TheSundaymeatwouldlastuntilWednesdayandsurplus（剩余的）breadandmilkbecameallkindsofcakes.Nothingwaswasted,andwewerenevertroubledbyrottenfood.Thirtyyearson,fooddeliverieshaveceased,freshvegetablesarealmostunobtainableinthecountry.

Theinventionofthefridgecontributedcomparativelylittletotheartoffoodpreservation.Avastwayofwell-triedtechniquesalreadyexisted-naturalcooling,drying,smoking,salting,sugaring,bottling...

Whatrefrigerationdidpromotewasmarketing—marketinghardwareandelectricity,marketingsoftdrinks,marketingdeadbodiesofanimalsaroundtheglobeinsearchofagoodprice.

Consequently,mostoftheworld’sfridgesaretobefound,notinthetropicswheretheymightproveuseful,butinthewealthycountrieswithmildtemperatureswheretheyareclimaticallyalmostunnecessary.Everywinter,millionsoffridgeshumawaycontinuously,andatvastexpense,busilymaintaininganartificially-cooledspaceinsideanartificially-heatedhouse-whileoutside,natureprovidesthedesiredtemperaturefreeofcharge.

Thefridge’seffectupontheenvironmenthasbeenevident,whileitscontributiontohumanhappinesshasbeeninsignificant.Ifyoudon’tbelieveme,tryityourself,investinafoodcabinetandturnoffyourfridgenextwinter.Youmaymissthehamburgers（汉堡包）,butatleastyou’llgetridofthatterriblehum.

11.Thestatement“InmyfridgelessFiftieschildhood,Iwasfedwellandhealthily.”（Line1,Para.2）suggeststhat________.

A）theauthorwaswell-fedandhealthyevenwithoutafridgeinhisfifties

B）theauthorwasnotaccustomedtousingfridgeseveninhisfifties

C）therewasnofridgeintheauthor’shomeinthe1950s

D）thefridgewasinitsearlystageofdevelopmentinthe1950s（C）

12.Whydoestheauthorsaythatnothingwaswastedbeforetheinventionoffridges?

A）Peoplewouldnotbuymorefoodthanwasnecessary.

B）Foodwasdeliveredtopeopletwoorthreetimesaweek.

C）Foodwassoldfreshanddidnotgetrotteneasily.

D）Peoplehadeffectivewaystopreservetheirfood.（D）

13.Whobenefitedtheleastfromfridgesaccordingtotheauthor?

A）Inventors.

B）Consumers.

C）Manufacturers.

D）Travelingsalesmen.（B）

14.Whichofthefollowingphrasesinthefifthparagraphindicatesthefridge’snegativeeffectontheenvironment?

A）“Humawaycontinuously”.

B）“Climaticallyalmostunnecessary”.

C）“Artificially-cooledspace”.

D）“Withmildtemperatures”.（A）

15.Whatistheauthor’soverallattitudetowardfridges?

A）Neutral.

B）Critical.

C）Objective.

D）Compromising.（B）

PassageTwo

Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Thehumanbraincontains10thousandmillioncellsandeachofthesemayhaveathousandconnections.Suchenormousnumbersusedtodiscourageusandcauseustodismissthepossibilityofmakingamachinewithhuman-likeability,butnowthatwehavegrownusedtomovingforwardatsuchapacewecanbelesssure.Quitesoon,inonly10or20yearsperhaps,wewillbeabletoassembleamachineascomplexasthehumanbrain,andifwecanwewill.Itmaythentakeusalongtimetorenderitintelligentbyloadingintherightsoftware（软件）orbyalteringthearchitecturebutthattoowillhappen.

Ithinkitcertainthatindecades,notcenturies,machinesofsilicon（硅）willarisefirsttorivalandthenexceedtheirhumanancestors.Oncetheyexceedustheywillbecapableoftheirowndesign.Inarealsensetheywillbeabletoreproducethemselves.Siliconwillhaveendedcarbon’slongcontrol.Andwewillnolongerbeabletoclaimourselvestobethefinestintelligenceintheknownuniverse.

Astheintelligenceofrobotsincreasestomatchthatofhumansandastheircostdeclinesthrougheconomiesofscalewemayusethemtoexpandourfrontiers,firstonearththroughtheirabilitytowithstandenvironments,harmfultoourselves.Thus,desertsmaybloomandtheoceanbedsbemined.Furtherahead,byacombinationofthegreatwealththisnewagewillbringandthetechnologyitwillprovide,theconstructionofavast,man-createdworldinspace,hometothousandsormillionsofpeople,willbewithinourpower.

16.Inwhatwaycanwemakeamachineintelligent?

A）Bymakingitworkinsuchenvironmentsasdeserts,oceansorspace.

B）Byworkinghardfor10or20years.

C）Byeitherproperlyprogrammingitorchangingitsstructure.

D）Byreproducingit.（C）

17.Whatdoesthewriterthinkaboutmachineswithhuman-likeability?

A）Hebelievestheywillbeusefultohumanbeings.

B）Hebelievesthattheywillcontrolusinthefuture.

C）Heisnotquitesureinwhatwaytheymayinfluenceus.

D）Hedoesn’tconsidertheconstructionofsuchmachinespossible.（A）

18.Theword“carbon”（Line4,Para.2）standsfor________.

A）intelligentrobots

B）achemicalelement

C）anorganicsubstance

D）humanbeings（D）

19.Arobotcanbeusedtoexpandourfrontierswhen________.

A）itsintelligenceandcostarebeyondquestion

B）itisabletobeartheroughenvironment

C）itismadeascomplexasthehumanbrain

D）itsarchitectureisdifferentfromthatofthepresentones（A）

20.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat________.

A）aftertheinstallationofagreatnumberofcellsandconnections,robotswillbecapableofself-reproducti