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1991年大学英语四级真题

1991年1月大学英语四级（CET-4）真题试卷

PartIListeningComprehension（20minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear10shortconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionwillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbepause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithalinethroughthecentre.

Example:

Youwillhear:

Youwillread:

A）Attheoffice.

B）Inthewaitingroom.

C）Attheairport.

D）Inarestaurant.

Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoweretalkingaboutsomeworktheyhadtofinishintheevening.Thisismostlikelytohavetakenplaceattheoffice.Therefore,A）“Attheoffice”isthebestanswer.Youshouldchoose[A]ontheAnswerSheetandmarkitwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

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

1.A）Billalwayscomesontime.

B）Billwillbeontime.

C）Billwillbelateagain.

D）Billwon’tcome.（B）

2.A）Theydon’tknowhowtospendthemoneytheyhave.

B）Theydon’tknowhowtospendthenexttwoweeks.

C）Theyneedmoneybadly.

D）Theyonlyhavepart-timejobs.（C）

3.A）One.

B）Two.

C）Three.

D）Four.（B）

4.A）Thesefiguresarenotcorrect.

B）Thesefiguresarecorrect.

C）Thesefiguresareprobablycorrect.

D）Thesefiguresareprobablynotcorrect.（D）

5.A）InOctober.

B）InApril.

C）Sheisn’tcertain.

D）BetweenAprilandOctober.（C）

6.A）Janespeaksthreelanguages.

B）Janespeaksfourlanguages.

C）JanespeaksEnglishonly.

D）JanedoesnotspeakEnglish.（B）

7.A）Thedamagetothestore.

B）Thepossibleharmtothepeoplenearby.

C）Thepunishmentgiventothecrazyman.

D）Thereasonforthecrazyaction.（B）

8.A）Sheisgoingtogiveupbiology.

B）Shespendshalfofhertimeonbiology.

C）Toher,biologyisdifficult,butmathisnot.

D）Toher,mathisevenmoredifficultthanbiology.（D）

9.A）Therewasashower.

B）Therewasacaraccident.

C）Therewasafire.

D）Therewasaheavysnow.（A）

10.A）Theyareveryrewarding.

B）Theyaretooeasy.

C）Theyareinexpensive.

D）Theyarenotworththetrouble.（A）

SectionB

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear3shortpassages.Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhearsomequestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）,ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions11to14basedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

11.A）Thespeaker’sfriend.

B）Thespeaker.

C）Thefriend’smother.

D）Themother’sfriend.（A）

12.A）Theyarestrangers.

B）Theyareneighbours.

C）Theyarefriends.

D）Theyareoldschoolmates.（A）

13.A）Toreturntheshoestothestore.

B）Topaythemanageravisit.

C）Tobuymoreofthe12-dollarshoes.

D）Tocomplainaboutthepriceoftheshoes.（C）

14.A）12dollars

B）20dollars

C）Lessthan12dollars

D）Morethan12dollars（D）

PassageTwo

Questions15to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

15.A）Shortandcool.

B）Longandcool.

C）Longandhot.

D）Shortandhot.（D）

16.A）Becausethepricewastoohigh.

B）BecauseAlaskahasanextremelycoldwinter.

C）BecausetheythoughtAlaskawasauselessland.

D）Becausetheclimaticdifferencethereistoogreat.（C）

17.A）No,onlyafewbecamerich.

B）No,nonebecamerich.

C）No,veryfewpeoplehadactuallyfoundgold.

D）Yes,hundredsofthousandsofpeoplebecamerich.（A）

PassageThree

Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

18.A）Shewasdrivingalongacountryroad.

B）Shewaslyingnearalonelyroad,trembling.

C）Shewaslyinginahospitalbed.

D）Shewastellinganastonishingstorytoadoctor.（B）

19.A）Shefaintedduetotheeffectsofsomedrug.

B）Shewasstoppedbyapolicemanandtreatedrudely.

C）Shewasattackedbyrobbers.

D）Shewasstoppedandforcedtoenteraflyingsaucer.（D）

20.A）Thewomenmadeupanastonishingstory.

B）Thewomenhadintendedtoleaveherhusbandwithoutaword.

C）Thewomenhadbeentakenoverathousandmilesawayfromherhome.

D）Thewomenhadbeendishonesttoherhusband.（C）

PartIIReadingComprehension（35minutes）

Directions:

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

PassageOne

Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Theaimoftheteacheristogethispupilsasquicklyaspossibleovertheperiodinwhicheachprintedsymbolislookedatforitsshape,andarriveatthestagewhenthepupillooksatwordsandphrases,fortheirmeaning,almostwithoutnoticingtheshapesoftheseparateletters.

Whenagoodreaderisatworkhedoesnotlookatletters,norevenatwords,onebyonehoweverquickly;hetakesinthemeaningoftwo,three,orfourwordsatatime,inasinglemoment.Watchcarefullytheeyesofapersonwhoisreading,anditwillbeseenthattheydonottravelsmoothlyalongthelinesofprint,buttheymovebyjumpsseparatedbyveryshortstops.Theeyesofaverygoodreadermovequickly,takinglongjumpsandmakingveryshorthalts（停顿）;theeyesofapoorreadermovemoreslowly,takingonlyshortjumpsandstoppinglongerateachhalt.Sometimes,whenhemeetsadifficulty,heevengoesbackwardstoseeagainwhathasalreadybeenlookedatonce.

Theteacher’staskisthereforeclear:

itistotrainhispupilstotakeinseveralwordsataglance（oneeye-jump’）andtoremovethenecessityforgoingbackwardstoreadsomethingasecondtime.

Thisshowsatoncethatletter-by-letter,orsyllable-by-syllable,orword-by-wordreading,withthefingerpointingtotheword,carefullyfixingeachoneinturn,iswrong.Itiswrongbecausesuchamethodtiesthepupil’seyesdowntoaveryshortjump,andtheaimistotrainforthelongjump.Moreover,averyshortjumpistooshorttoprovideanymeaningorsense;anditwillbefoundthathavingstruggledwiththreeorfourwordsseparately,thepupilhastolookatthemagain,alltogetherandinonegroup,inordertogetthemeaningofthewholephrase.

21.Whichofthefollowingisclosestinmeaningtothefirstparagraph?

A）Pupilsshouldbetrainedtoreachquicklythestageofreadingwithouthavingtoconcentrateontheseparatesymbols.

B）Pupilsshouldlookateachprintedsymbolforitsmeaningaswellasforitsshape.

C）Teachersshouldhelptheirpupilsavoidlookingattheshapeoftheprintedsymbols.

D）Teachersshouldtelltheirpupilsthedifferentstagesoftheirstudy.（A）

22.Inasinglemoment,agoodreaderpicksup________.

A）severalwords

B）severalphrases

C）severalsentences

D）severallines（A）

23.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisFALSE?

A）Theeyesofagoodreadermakeshorthaltsandlongjumps.

B）Theeyesofabadreadertakeinthemeaningofonewordatatime.

C）Theeyesofabadreadertakeonlyshortjumps.

D）Theeyesofagoodreadermovesteadily.（D）

24.Onemayhavetoreadsomethingasecondtimeif________.

A）thereisenoughtime

B）onereadstoofast

C）thepassageisverylong

D）onereadswordbyword（D）

25.Themainideaofthelastparagraphisthat________.

A）word-by-wordreadingishighlyinefficient

B）thepupil’seyesshouldfocusongroupsofsyllablesinsteadofsinglesyllables

C）pupilshavetomovetheireyesbackandforthwhenreading

D）fingerpointinginreadinghelpsthepupilconcentrateonmeaning（A）

PassageTwo

Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

TelevisionhaschangedthelifestyleofpeopleineveryIndustrializedcountryintheworld.IntheUnitedStates,wheresociologistshavestudiedtheeffects,someinterestingobservationshavebeenmade.

Television,althoughnotessential,hasbecomeanimportantpartofmostpeople’slives.Italterspeoples’waysofseeingtheworld;inmanyways,itsupportsandsustains（维持）modernlife.Televisionhasbecomeababy-sitter,anintroducerofconversations,themajortransmitterofculture,akeeperoftradition.YetwhenwhatcanbeseenonTVinonedayiscriticallyanalyzed,itbecomesevidentthattelevisionisnotateacherbutasustainer;thepoorqualityofprogrammingdoesnotelevate（提高）peopleintogreaterunderstanding,butrathermaintainsandencouragesthelifeasitexists.

TheprimaryreasonforthelackofqualityinAmericantelevisionisrelatedtoboththehistoryofTVprogrammingdevelopmentandtheeconomicsofTV.TelevisioninAmericabeganwiththeradio.Radiocompaniesandtheirsponsorsfirstexperimentedwithtelevision.Therefore,thecloserelationshipwhichtheadvertisershadwithradioprogramsbecamethesystemforAmericanTV.Sponsorsnotonlypaidmoneyfortimewithinprograms,butmanyactuallyproducedtheprograms.

Thus,inAmericansociety,televisionisprimarilyconcernedwithreflectingandattractingsocietyratherthanexperimentingwithnewideas.Advertiserswanttoattractthelargestviewingaudiencepossible,todosorequiresthattheprogramsbeentertainingratherthaneducational,attractiveratherthanchallenging.

TelevisioninAmericatodayremains,toalargeextent,withthesameorganizationandstandardsasithadthirtyyearsago.Thehopeforfurtherdevelopmentandtrueachievementtowardimprovingsocietywillrequireachangeintheentiresystem.

26.AccordingtotheauthorAmericante