1、大学英语四级2003年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题试卷Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: 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 once. After e
2、ach question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Example:You will hear:You will read:A) At the office.B) In
3、the waiting room.C) At the airport.D) In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose A on the Answer
4、Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.Sample Answer A B C D1. A) At a theatre.B) At a booking office.C) At a railway station.D) At a restaurant.（D）2. A) The man is inviting the woman to dinner.B) The woman is too busy to join the man for dinner.C) The woman is a friend of the Steve
5、nsons.D) The man is going to visit the Stevensons.（A）3. A) The professors presentation was not convincing enough.B) The professors lecture notes were too complicated.C) The professor spoke with a strong accent.D) The professor spoke too fast.（D）4. A) The furnished apartment was inexpensive.B) The ap
6、artment was provided with some old furniture.C) The furniture in the market was on sale every Sunday.D) The furniture he bought was very cheap.（D）5. A) The man is thinking about taking a new job.B) The man likes a job that enables him to travel.C) The man is sure that he will gain more by taking the
7、 job.D) The man doesnt want to stay home and take care of their child.（A）6. A) Take the GRE test again in 8 weeks.B) Call to check his scores.C) Be patient and wait.D) Inquire when the test scores are released.（C）7. A) She read it selectively.B) She went over it chapter by chapter.C) She read it slo
8、wly.D) She finished it at a stretch.（A）8. A) He was kept in hospital for a long time.B) He was slightly injured in a traffic accident.C) He was seriously wounded in a mine explosion.D) He was fined for speeding.（B）9. A) Wait for a taxi.B) Buy some food.C) Go on a trip.D) Book train tickets.（C）10. A)
9、 Its not as hard as expected.B) Its too tough for some students.C) Its much more difficult than people think.D) Its believed to be the hardest optional course.（C）Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the p
10、assage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choice marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you ha
11、ve just heard.11. A) Anxious and worried.B) Proud and excited.C) Nervous and confused.D) Inspired and confident.（B）12. A) His father scolded him severely.B) His father took back the six dollars.C) His father made him do the cutting again.D) His father cut the leaves himself.（C）13. A) One can benefit
12、 a lot from working with his father.B) Manual labourers shouldnt be looked down upon.C) One should always do his job earnestly.D) Teenagers tend to be careless.（C）Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) He ran a village shop.B) He worked on a farm.C) He worked in an ad
13、vertising agency.D) He was a gardener.（C）15. A) It was stressful.B) It was colorful.C) It was peaceful.D) It was boring.（A）16. A) His desire to start Iris own business.B) The crisis in his family life.C) The decline in his health.D) His dream of living in the countryside.（B）Questions 17 to 20 are ba
14、sed on the passage you have just heard.17. A) Because there are no signs to direct them.B) Because no tour guides are available.C) Because all the buildings in the city look alike.D) Because the university is everywhere in the city.（D）18. A) They set their own exams.B) They select their own students
15、.C) They award their own degrees.D) They organize their own laboratory work.（B）19. A) Most of them have a long history.B) Many of them are specialized libraries.C) They house more books than any other university library.D) They each have a copy of every book published in Britain.（B）20. A) Very few o
16、f them are engaged in research.B) They were not awarded degrees until 1948.C) They have outnumbered male students.D) They were not treated equally until 1881.（B）Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfi
17、nished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.On average, American
18、kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more that they did in 1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such organized activities as soccer and ballet (芭蕾舞). Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997: boys now spend an av
19、erage of four hours a week playing sports; girls log hall that time. All in all, however, childrens leisure time dropped from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25%“Children are affected by the same time crunch (危机) that affects their parents,” says Sandra Hofferth, who headed the recent study of childrens t
20、imetable. A chief reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home. (Nevertheless, children in both double-income and “male breadwinner” households spent comparable amounts of time interacting with their parents 19 hours and 22 hours respectively. In contrast, children spent only
21、9 hours with their single mothers.)All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. “Play is the most powerful way a child explores the world and learns about himself,” says T. Berry Brazelton, professor at Harvard Medical School Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and all
22、ows the young to negotiate their relationships with their peers, but kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it.The children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing “free time” watching television. But that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might regard
23、as good news. If theyre spending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids arent replacing it with reading. Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week reading. Lets face it, whos got the time?21. By mentioning “the same time crunch” (Line
24、1, Para. 2) Sandra Hofferth means _.A) children have little time to play with their parentsB) children are not taken good care of by their working parentsC) both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure timeD) both parents and children have trouble managing their time（D）22. According to the
25、author, the reason given by Sandra Hofferth for the time crunch is _.A) quite convincingB) partially trueC) totally groundlessD) rather confusing（B）23. According to the author a child develops better if _.A) he has plenty of time reading and studyingB) he is left to play with his peers in his own wa
26、yC) he has more time participating in school activitiesD) he is free to interact with his working parents（D）24. The author is concerned about the fact that American kids _.A) are engaged in more and more structured activitiesB) are increasingly neglected by their working mothersC) are spending more
27、and more time watching TVD) are involved less and less in household work（A）25. We can infer from the passage that _.A) extracurricular activities promote childrens intelligenceB) most children will turn to reading with TV sets switched offC) efforts to get kids interested in reading have been fruitf
28、ulD) most parents believe reading to be beneficial to children（C）Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Henry Ford, the famous U.S. inventor and car manufacturer, once said, “The business of America is business.” By this he meant that the U.S. way of life is based on the va
29、lues of the business world.Few would argue with Fords statement. A brief glimpse at a daily newspaper vividly shows how much people in the United States think about business. For example, nearly every newspaper has a business section, in which the deals and projects, finances and management, stock p
30、rices and labor problems of corporations are reported daily. In addition, business news can appear in every other section. Most national news has an important financial aspect to it. Welfare, foreign aid, the federal budget, and the policies of the Federal Reserve Bank are all heavily affected by bu
31、siness. Moreover, business news appears in some of the unlikeliest places. The world of arts and entertainment is often referred to as “the entertainment industry” or “show business.”The positive side of Henry Fords statement can be seen in the prosperity that business has brought to U.S. life. One
32、of the most important reasons so many people from all over the world come to live in the United States is the dream of a better job. Jobs are produced in abundance (大量地) because the U.S. economic system is driven by competition. People believe that this system crates more wealth, more jobs, and a materially better way of life.The negative side of Henry Fords st
