1997年6月英语四级真题及答案

1997年6月英语四级真题及答案 Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A Directions: In t his s ection, y w h 1 ou s c ill ear A t 0e ohort onver each c onversation, aq w b a uestion a w w s ill B e sked the c onversation a t q wnd b s he o uestion o A e ill e p qu esti o n t here w il l be a pa use. Dur i ng the p au se, yo u m ust rea d t he 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 center. Example: You will hear: You will read: A) 2 hours. B) 3 hours. C) 4 hours. D) 5 hours. From the co nversatio n we know tha t the two were ta lking a bo ut so me work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. T h e r e f o r e , D ) “ 5 h o u r s ” i s t h e c o r r e c t a n s w e r . Yo u s h o u l d c h o o s e [ Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center. Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D] 1. A) Skating. B) Swimming. C) Boating and swimming. D) Boating and skating. 2. A) Put her report on his desk. B) Read some papers he recommended. C) Improve some parts of her paper. D) Mail her report to the publisher. 3. A) She takes it as a kind of exercise. B) She wants to save money. C) She loves doing anything that is new. D) Her office isn’t very far. 4. A) A shop assistant. B) A telephone operator. C) A waitress. D) A clerk. 5. A) A railway porter. B) A taxi driver. C) A bus conductor. D) A postal clerk. 6. A) Most people killed in traffic accidents are heavy drinkers. B) She does not agree with the man. C) Drunk drivers are not guilty. D ) 7. Pe o p l e s h o u l d p a y m o re a t t e n t i o n A) $1.40. B) $6.40. C) $4.30. D) $8.60. 8. A) Collect papers for the man. B) Do the typing once again. C) Check the paper for typing errors. D) Read the whole newspaper. 9. A) The woman does not want to go to the movies. B) The man is too tired to go to the movies. C) The woman wants to go to the movies. D) The man wants to go out for dinner. 10. A) By bus. B) By bike. C) By taxi. D) On foot. t o t h e d a n g e r Section B Compound Dictation Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When th p a s s a g e i s r e a d f o r t h e fi r s t t i m e , y o u s h o u l d l i s t e n c a r e f u l l y f o r g e ne r a l i d ea . T he n l i s t en t o t h e p a s sa ge a ga i n. W h en t h e p a s sa ge i s r e a d f o r t h e s e c o n d t i m e , y o u a r e r e q u i r e d t o fi l l i numbered f S t Srom w t 1 e ow 7y hith j h he F xact orks blanks numbered from S8 to S10 you are required to fill in the missing information. Y c e ou u t an e wither y h sej h he o xact o w r i t e d o w n t h e m a i n p o i n t s i n y o u r o w n w o r d s . F i n a l l y, w passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. In police work, you can never predict the next crime or problem. No working day is identical to any other, so there is no “(S1) ________” day for a police officer. Some days are (S2) ________ slow, and the job is (S3) ________; other days are so busy that there is no time to eat. I think I can (S4) ________ police work in one word: (S5) ________. Sometimes it’s dangerous. One day, for ex working undercover; that is, I was on the job, but I was wearing (S6) ____ clothes, not my police (S7) ________. I was trying to catch some robbers who were stealing money from people as they walked down the street. Sudd ________. Another policeman arrived, and together, we arrested three of the men; b u t t h e o t h e r f o u r r a n a w a y. A n o t h e r d a y , I h e l p e d a w o m a n w h o w a s g o i n g t o h a v e a b a b y. ( S 9 ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . I p u t h e r i n m y p o l i c e c a r t o g e t h e r t h e r e f a s t e r. t h o u g h t s h e w a s g o i n g t o h a v e t h e b a b y r i g h t t h e r e i n m y c a r. B u t f o r t u n a t e l y , (S10) ________. Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: T h e r e a r e 4 p a s s a g e s i n t h i s p a r tp.a E sa sa cg h ei s f o l l o w e d b y some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choicesmarkedA), 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 center. Passage One Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. T h e f r i d g e i s c o n s i d e r e d a n e c e s s i t y. I t h a s b e e n s o s i n c e t h e 1 9 6 0 s w h packaged food first appeared with the label: “store in the refrigerator.” I n m y f r i d g e l e s s Fi f t i e s c h i l d h o o d , I w a s f e d w e l l a n d h e a l t h y. T h e m i l k m c a m e d a i l y , t h e g r o c e rb , ut thceh e (r 肉 商 ), t h e b a k e r , a n d t h e i c e - c r e a m m a n d e l i v e r e d t w o o r t h r e e t i m e s a w e e k . T h e S u n d a y m e W e d n e s d a y asnu dr p l u(s剩 余 的 ) b r e a d a n d m i l k b e c a m e a l l k i n d s o f c a k e s . Nothing was wasted, and we were never troubled by rotten food. Thirty years on, food deliveries have ceased, fresh vegetables are almost unobtaina country. The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. A vast way of well-tried techniques already existed-natural cooling, drying, smoking, salting, sugaring, bottling... What refrigeration did promote was marketing—marketin e l e c t r i c i t y , m a r ke t i n g s o f t d r i n k s , m a r ke t i n g d e a d b o d i e s o f a n i m a l s a r o u n d t h globe in search of a good price. Consequently, most of the world’s fridges are to be found, not in the tropics w h e r e t h e y m i g h t p r o v e u s e f u l , b u t i n t h e w e a l t temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecess m i l l i o n s o f f r i d g e s h u m a w a y c o n t i n u o u s l y , a n d m a i n t a i n i n g a n a r t i fi c i a l l y - c o o l e d s p a c e i n s i d e a n a r t i fi c i a l l y - h e a t e d h o u s e outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge. T h e f r i d g e ’ s e ff e c t u p o n t h e e n v i r o n m e n t h a s b e e n contribution to human happiness has been insignificant. If you don’t believe me, t r y i t y o u r s el f , i nv e s t i n a f o o d ca bi ne t a nd t u rn o ff y o ur f r i d g e nex t w i nt er. Yo u may miss the hamburgers (汉堡包), but at least you’ll get rid of that terrible hum. 11. T h e s t a t e m e n t “ I n m y f r i d g e l e s s healthily.” (Line 1, Para. 2) suggests that ________. Fi f t i e s c h i l d h o o d , A) the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fifties B) the author was not accustomed to using fridges even in his fifties C) there was no fridge in the author’s home in the 1950s D) the fridge was in its early stage of development in the 1950s 12. W h y d o e s t h e a u t h o r s a y t h a t n o t h i n g w a s w a s t e d b e f o r e t h e i n v e n t i o n fridges? A) People would not buy more food than was necessary. B) Food was delivered to people two or three times a week. C) Food was sold fresh and did not get rotten easily. D) People had effective ways to preserve their food. 13. Who benefited the least from fridges according to the author? A) Inventors. B) Consumers. C) Manufacturers. D) Traveling salesmen. 14. W h i c h o f t h e f o l l o w i n g p h r a s e s i n t h e fi f t h p a r a g r a p h i n d i c a t e s t h e f r i d g e negative effect on the environment? A) “Hum away continuously”. B) “Climatically almost unnecessary”. C) “Artificially-cooled space”. D) “With mild temperatures”. 15. What is the author’s overall attitude toward fridges? A) Neutral. B) Critical. C) Objective. D) Compromising. Passage Two Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage. T h e h um a n br a i n c o n t a i n s 1 0 t h o u sa nd m i l l i o n ce l l s a nd e a c h o f t he s e m a y have a t housand c S onnections. e n u t uch d normous u a um cause us to dismiss the possibility of making a machine with human-like ability, but now that we have grown used to moving forward at such a pace we can be less sure. Quite soon, in only 10 or 20 years perhaps, we will be able to assemble a m achine a c as t omplex h b a si w he c w uman w I m t rain, t nd f us a long time to render it intelligent by loading in the right software (软件) or by altering the architecture but that too will happen. I thi nk i t certain t hat in deca des, not centur ies, machines si liconof (硅) will arise first to rival and then exceed their human ancestors. Once they exceed us they will be capable of their own design. In a real sense they will be a reproduce themselves. Silicon will have ended carbon’s long control. And we will n o l o n g e r b e a b l e t o c l a i m o u r s e l v e s t o b e t h e fi n e s t i n t e l l i g e n c e i n t h e k n o w n universe. As the intelligence of robots increases to match that of humans and as their cost declines through economies of scale we may use them to frontiers, fi o e rstt n t arth a t whrough e heir h bility t o iths ourselves. Thus, deserts may bloom and the ocean beds be mi ahead, by a combination of the great wealth this new age will bring a technology i w p t t illc rovide,o a v m he onstruction w i s f a home to thousands or millions of people, will be within our power. 16. In what way can we make a machine intelligent? A) By making it work in such environments as deserts, oceans or space. B) By working hard for 10 or 20 years.