1、1989年1月四级参考答案18 / 221989年1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
2、once. After each question there will be 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 line through the centre.Example:You will hear:You will read:A) At the office.B)
3、 In 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. There fore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose A on the An
4、swer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.Sample Answer A B C D1.A) He lent her his extra pen.B) He was afraid of losing his pen.C) He offered her a pencil.D) He said he didnt have any extra ink.（C）2.A) The teacher reviewed a previous lesson.B) The teacher taught a new lesson.C) T
5、he teacher postponed the class until Friday.D) The teacher made the students write in class.（A）3.A) Its going to attract a lot of students.B) Its going to be a lot of fun.C) Its going to require a lot of reading.D) Its going to work out quite well.（C）4.A) She agrees to lend him the car.B) She offers
6、 him the car.C) She refuses to lend him the car.D) She is pleased to lend him the car.（A）5.A) To the beach.B) To a movie theatre.C) To a play.D) To a restaurant.（D）6.A) Policeman and driver.B) Policeman and thief.C) Teacher and pupil.D) Director and actress.（A）7.A) He is often late for meals.B) He i
7、s expecting a letter from abroad.C) He wrote to his family last month.D) He is anxious to go back home.（B）8.A) He is modest.B) He is satisfied.C) He is proud.D) He is upset.（D）9.A) Europe.B) Here.C) Canada.D) California.（C）10.A) The train is crowded.B) The train is late.C) The train is on time.D) Th
8、e train is out of order.（B）Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices mark
9、ed A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A) The crust.B) The ground.C) The plate.D) The boundary.（A）12.A) Two.B) Seventy.C) Seven.D) Twelve.（C）13.A)
10、 The east coast of North America.B) The west coast of North America.C) The middle of the Atlantic Ocean.D) The middle of the Pacific Ocean.（B）Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14.A) They want to attract attention.B) It is fashionable to wear such clothes.C) T
11、he appear respectable in such clothes.D) Riding a motorcycle makes one dirty.（D）15.A) It is efficient.B) It is exciting.C) It is convenient.D) It is dangerous.（D）16.A) If he always wears protective clothing.B) If he can see everything around him clearly.C) If he is very careful.D) If he has a lot of
12、 defenders.（C）Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17.A) He was struck by lightning.B) He had a car accident.C) He was very old.D) He fell down in his yard.（B）18.A) His wife.B) A clock.C) A tree.D) Lightning.（B）19.A) Hiding under a tree.B) Entering the house.C
13、) Driving a car.D) Lying on the ground.（A）20.A) A fall from the tree.B) The unexpected return of his wife.C) Another flash of lightning.D) Another heavy blow.（D）Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions:There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions
14、or unfinished 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.More than 30,0
15、00 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year. At the speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third-floor windows. Wearing a seat belt saves lives; it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half.Therefore drivers or front
16、 seat passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you could be fined up to 50. it will not be up to the drivers to make sure you wear your belt. But it will be the drivers responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearin
17、g a seat belt of some kind.However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you reversing your vehicle; or you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you be
18、fore you decide not to wear you seat belt. Remember you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it.21.This text is taken from _B_.A) a medical magazineB) a police reportC) a legal documentD) a government in
19、formation booklet（D）22.Wearing a seat belt in a vehicle _C_.A) reduces road accidents by more than halfB) saves lives while driving at a speed up to 30 miles per hourC) reduces the death rate in traffic accidentsD) saves more than 15,000 lives each year（C）23.It is the drivers responsibility to _B_.A
20、) make the front seat passenger wear a seat beltB) make the front seat children under 14 wear a seat beltC) stop children riding in the front seatD) wear a seat belt each time he drives（B）24.According to the text, which of the following people riding in the front dos not have to wear a seat belt? DA
21、) Someone who is backing into a parking space.B) Someone who is picking up the children from the local school.C) Someone who is delivering invitation letters.D) Someone who is under 14.（A）25.For some people, it may be better _A_.A) to wear a seat belt for health reasonsB) not to wear a seat belt for
22、 health reasonsC) to get valid medical certificate before wearing a seat beltD) to pay a fine rather than wear a seat belt（B）Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese
23、doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exerciseand as a result, we are ageing unnecessarily soon.Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, an
24、d how the process of ageing could be slowed down.With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the
25、 front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect (智能) and emotion, and determine the human character. (The rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional facultie
26、s.)Contraction of front and side partsas cells die offwas observed I some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty- and seventy-year-olds.Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with ageusing the head.The f
27、indings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely
28、 to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant.Matsuzawas findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. “The best way to maintain good blood circulation is thro
29、ugh using the brain,” he says, “Think hard and engage in conversation. Dont rely on pocket calculators.”26.The team of doctors wanted to find out _.A) why certain people age sooner than othersB) how to make people live longerC) the size of certain peoples brainsD) which people are most intelligent（A
30、）27.On what are their research findings based?A) A survey of farmers in northern Japan.B) Tests performed on a thousand old people.C) The study of brain volumes of different peopleD) The latest development of computer technology.（C）28.The doctors test show that _.A) our brains shrink as we grow olde
31、rB) the front section of the brain does not shrinkC) sixty-year-olds have the better brains than thirty-year-oldsD) some peoples brains have contracted more than other peoples（D）29.The word “subjects” in Paragraph 5means _.A) something to be consideredB) branches of knowledge studiedC) persons chose
32、n to be studied in an experimentD) any member of a state except the supreme ruler（C）30.According to the passage, which people seem to age slower than the others?A) Lawyers.B) Farmers.C) Clerks.D) Shop assistants.（A）Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.On June 17, 1744,
33、the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations. The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College. In a letter the next day the refused the offer as follows:We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges,
34、 and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you. We are convinced that you mean to do us good by your proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will therefore not be o
35、ffended if your ideas of this kind of education happen not t be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces: they were taught all your sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad runn
36、ers, ignorant of every means of living in the woods they were totally good for nothing.We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we refuse to accept it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send up a dozen of their sons, we will take care of
37、 their education, teach them in all we know, and make men of them.31.The passage is about _.A) the talk between the Indians and the officialsB) the colleges of northern provincesC) the educational values of the IndiansD) the problems of the Americans in the mid-eighteenth century（C）32.The Indians ch
38、ief purpose in writing the letter seems to be to _.A) politely refuse a friendly offerB) express their opinion on equal treatmentC) show their prideD) describe Indian customs（A）33.According to the letter, the Indians believed that _.A) it would be better for their boys to receive some schoolingB) th
39、ey were being insulted by the offerC) they knew more about science than the officialsD) they had a better way of educating young men（D）34.Different from the officials view of education, the Indians though _.A) young women should also be educatedB) they had different goals of educationC) they taught
40、different branches of scienceD) they should teach the sons of the officials first（B）35.The tone of the letter as a whole is best described as _.A) angryB) pleasantC) politeD) inquiring（C）Passage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.In what now seems like the prehistoric times of
41、 computer history, the earths postwar era, there was quite a wide-spread concern that computers would take over the world from man one day. Already today, less than forty years later, as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives, we are fa
42、ced with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem. People tend to be over-trusting of computers and are reluctant to challenge their authority. Indeed, they behave as if they were hardly aware that wrong buttons may be pushed, or that a computer may simply malfunction (失误).Obviously, there wou
43、ld be no point in investing in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong.Questioning and routine double-checks must continue to be as much a part of good b
44、usiness as they were in pre-computer days. Maybe each computer should come with the warning: for all the help this computer may provide, it should not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning skills.36.What is the main purpose of this passage?A) To look back to the early days o
45、f computers.B) To explain what technical problems may occur with computers.C) To discourage unnecessary investment in computers.D) To warn against a mentally lazy attitude towards computers.（D）37.According to the passage, the initial concern about computers was that they might _.A) change our person
46、al livesB) take control of the worldC) create unforeseen problemsD) affect our businesses（B）38.The passage recommends those dealing with computers to _.A) be reasonably doubtful about themB) check all their answersC) substitute them for basic thinkingD) use them for business purposes only（A）39.The p
47、assage suggests that the present-day problem with regard to computers is _.A) challengingB) psychologicalC) dramaticD) fundamental（B）40.It can be inferred from the passage that the author would disapprove of _.A) investment in computersB) the use of ones internal computerC) double-check on computersD) complete dependence on computers for decision-making（D）Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four Choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose
