2017下半年大學英語四級模擬試題及答案
大學英語四級考試，即CET-4，College English Test Band 4的縮寫，是由國家教育部高等教育司主持的全國性英語考試。下面為大家帶來了下半年大學英語四級模擬試題及答案，歡迎大家參考閱讀！
Part Ⅱ
Reading Comprehension(35 minutes)
Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some
questions 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 center.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. ?
If, at the end of a conversation somebody says to me, “as soon as I know, I’ll ring you up”, he is talking too much for granted. He is proposing to attempt the impossible. So I have to say, “I’m afraid you can’t. You see. I’m not on the telephone. I just haven’t got a telephone.”?
Why don’t you have a telephone? Not because I pretend to cet4v.com as unusual. There are two chief reasons: because I don’t really like the telephone I find I can still work and play, eat, breathe and sleep without it. Why don’t I like the telephone? Because I think it is a pest and a time-waster. It may create unnecessary suspense and anxiety, as when you wait for an expected call that doesn’t come; or irritating delay, as when you keep ringing a number that is always engaged. As for speaking in a public telephone box, which seems to me really horrible. You would not use it unless you were in a hurry, and because you are in a hurry you will find other people waiting before you. When you do get into the box, you are half asphyxiated by stale, unventilated air, flavored with cheap face-powder and chain-smoking; and by the time you have begun your conversation your back is chilled by the cold look of somebody who is fidgeting to take your place.?If you have a telephone in your own house, you will admit that it tends to ring when you least want it to ring; when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or a conversation, or when you are just going out, or when you are in your bath.
Are you strong-minded enough to ignore it, to say to yourself, “Ah, well, it will all be the same in a hundred years’ time.You are not. You think there may be some important news or message for you. Have you never rushed dripping from the bath, or chewing from the table, or dazed from the bed, only to be told that you are a wrong number?
Suppose you ignore the telephone when it rings, and suppose that, for once, somebody has an important message for you. I can assure you that if a message is really important it will reach you sooner or later. Think of the proverb: “ill news travels apace.” I must say good news seems to travel just as fast. And think of the saying: “the truth will out.” It will.
21. The write does not like telephone in a public telephone box, because____.
A) unventilated air
B) it is far from his home
C) it is not convenient
D) he must pay for it
22. In the third paragraph, “it will all be the same in a hundred years’
time’ means ____.
A) the phone has been the same thing for many years
B) everything will remain the same thing whether I answer the phone or not
C) the phone will not be changed in a hundred years
D) the phone will not be changed for many years
23. What does “the truth will out” mean in the last sentence?
A) The truth will become publicly.
B) The truth will be truth.
C) The truth will disappear.
D) The truth will be hidden.
24. Which of the following in the main idea of the passage?A) It is not necessary to have a telephone because ill news travels just as fast as good news
B) The writer states his reasons for not having a telephone
C) The writer does not like the telephone at all.
D) People can live a normal life without a telephone.
25. What kind of person do you think the writer is?
A) Eccentric. B) Modern.
C) Realistic. D) Idealistic.
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. ?
Spending time in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely go there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a cet4v.com attractive dust-jacket is irresistible, although this method of selection ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather dull book. You soon become engrossed in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spend too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment-without buying a book, of course.?This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can wander round such placesto your heart’s content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the inevitable greeting: “can I help you, sir?” You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Of course, you may want to find out where a particular section is, but when he has led you there, the assistant should retire discreetly and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.?
You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on, say, ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest best-selling novel and perhaps a book about brass-rubbing-something which had only vaguely interested you up till then. This volume on the subject, however, happened to be so well illustrated and the part of the text you read proved so interesting, that you just had to buy it. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste a great deal of time wandering from section to section.?
Book-seller must be both long-suffering and indulgent. There is a story which well illustrates this. A medical student had to read a text-book which was far too expensive for him to buy. He couldn’t obtain it from the library and the only copy he could find was in his bookshop. cet4v.com, therefore, he would go a long to the shop and read a little of the book at a time. One day, however, he was dismayed to find the book missing from its usual place and was about to leave when he noticed the owner of the shop beckoning to him. Expecting to be told off, he went towards him. To his surprise, the owner pointed to the book, which was tucked away in a corner, “I put it there in case anyone was tempted to buy it,” he said, and left the delighted student to continue his reading.
26. Spending time in a bookshop____.
A) can be very much enjoy
B) can be very pleasant
C) can be pleasure-giving
D) can give you the greatest pleasure
27. When you enter the bookshop to find a book, you will ____.
A) become completely absorbed in the books without realizing where you are.
B) become completely lost without any knowledge of your whereabouts.
C) become completely unconscious in the bookshop.
D) lose any sense of direction as to where you are.
28. How should book sellers do?
A) He should be both suffer for a long time and satisfy customers’ wishes.
B) He should be both endure and indulge for a long time.
C) He should be both tender and lenient.
D) He should be both patient and kind.
29.Why did the owner of the shop put the book in a corner?A) He put it there in case anyone was persuaded to buy it
B) He put it there in case anyone was inclined to buy it.
C) He put it there in case anyone was attracted to buy it.D) He put it there in case anyone was fascinated to buy it.
30.How should an assistant do in a good shop?
A) Help you to choose a book.
B) Approach you with the inevitable greeting.
C) Keep himself staying until you have finished glancing.
D) Show his great interest in selling book.
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. ?
In a world that is becoming more and more interdependent, there is an ever-increasing need to link communications systems on various continents and to provide live international television coverage. This need is now being met by the communications satellites.?
Communications satellites make use of technology that has been available for some time: the microwave radio relay. Microwave, which have a higher frequency than
ordinary radio waves, are used routinely in sending thousands of telephone calls and television programs across long distances. They give high-quality performance, and they can carry many messages at the same time.?
But they has always been one problem in using radio relay in overseas communications. Although high-frequency waves can travel almost unlimited distances, they
travel only in straight lines. Since the curvature of the earth limits a microwave’s line-of-sight path to about 30 miles, good cet4v.com a series of relay towers spaced every 30 miles or so. Obviously it isn’t possible to built these towers across the ocean. But by sending signals high up into the sky and then bouncing them back again to a far-off spot, we can send microwave messages long distances.?
As long ago as 1945, Arthur C. Clarke, an English science-fiction writer, proposed that manned “stationary” satellites be used to relay and broadcast electromagnetic communication signals. In 1945, of course, the idea of getting a satellite out into space seemed fantastic. But with ten years, satellites were close to reality. With the first launching of a satellite into orbit by the Soviet Union (Sputnik I) in 1957, the real development work on satellite communications began.
Shortly thereafter, two successful satellites were launched in the United States, Echo I and Telstar I.?
The launching of the Telstar I satellite in 1962 marked a major step toward opening the era of commercial satellite communications. Echo I, a ten-story aluminum-coated balloon, was a “passive” target; it merely reflected weak signals back to the earth. But Telstar I was the first “active” satellite to pick up a broadband signal, amplify it, and transmit it back to the earth on a different frequency. The satellite’s transmission of transatlantic television thrilled millions.?
A few months after Telstar I went into orbit, Relay, a medium-altitude satellite launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), provided
the first satellite communication between North and South America. Relay was followed by the Telstar II satellite, and by NASA’s Syncom series and its successors——all of them high-altitude (23,000 miles) satellites whose orbits are synchronous with the rotation of the earth so that this positions, if they could be seen from the earth, would appear to be fixed in one spot.?
Shortly before Telstar I was launched, the United States Congress established the Communications Satellite Corporation——Comsat——to develop a commercial satellite system as part of an improved global communications network. Comsat, which is owned partly by public investors and partly by communications carriers, represents the United States in the International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium-Intelsat-and acts as manager for that body. Since its inception in 1962, the corporation, in collaboration with Intelsat, has inaugurated commercial satellite transmission of telephone, television, and other telecommunications traffic between North America and Europe and North America and the Far East.?
The commercial satellite Intelsat IV was launched in June of 1972.This one-and-one-half-ton spacecraft multiplied by five times the space-borne relaying capacity linking Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. With the launching of Intelsat IV, full global coverage by communications satellites had at last been achieved.
31. The first paragraph indicates ____.
A) communications systems is becoming more and more independent
B) link communications systems on various continents
C) the need to link communications systems on various is ever-increasing
D) this need is now being met by the communications satellites
32.The maximum distance for high-frequency and straight line microwave tr
ansmission is ____ miles.
A) much more than 30
B) less than30
C) 30
D) about 30
33.The phrase “marked a major step”(Line 1,Para. 5) most probably means____.
A) got significant step
B) was an important advance
C) made a progress
D) marked in the history
34.What is the author trying to tell us in the second paragraph?
A) Microwave radio relay.
B) Microwave itself.
C) Microwave’s transmission.
D) Microwave’s value.
35. In paragraph 6, “...whose orbits are synchronous with the rotation of the earth so that this positions,...” means ____.
A) satellites are orbited in the same time with the rotation of the earth
B) that moves as fast as the earth the earth turns round
C) that travels in the same direction with the earth turns round
D) that travels faster than the earth turns
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. ?
Americans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching
, experimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor.?
“We are slaves to nothing but the clock,” it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost tangible. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it,
kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious commodity. Many people have a rather acute cet4v.com shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count.?
A foreigner’s first impression of the U. S. is likely to be that everyone is in
a rush-often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurry to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, elbowing others as t
hey try to complete their errands. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating places are waiting for you to finish so they too can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. Each person hurries to make room for the next person. If you don’t, waiter will hurry you. ?
You also find drivers will be abrupt and that people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, small courtesies with strangers. Don’t take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain courtesy point. ?
This view of time affects the importance we attach to patience. In the American system of values, patience is not a high priority. Many of us have what might be called “a short fuse.” We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some return-be this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest. Those coming from lands where time is looked upon differently may find this matter of pace to be one of their most difficult adjustments in both business and day life.?
Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesies of a business call, for example. They will miss the ritual socializing that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be traditional in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a café or coffee house. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talk; much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust and report. Rapport to most of us is less important than performance. We seek out evidence of past performance rather than evaluate a business colleague through social courtesies. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly.
Most Americans live according to time segments laid out in engagement calendars.
We often give a person two or three ( or more) segments of our calendar, but in business world we almost always have other appointments following hard on the heels of whatever we are doing. Time is therefore always ticking in our inner ear.?
As a result we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices; we communicate rapidly through telexes phone calls or memos rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer-especially given our traffic-filled streets. We therefore save most personal visiting for after work hours or for social weekend gatherings.
36.“If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind.”(Para.1,Line1)
means ____.
A) if you are moving, you are falling down
B) you would fall behind if you move ahead
C) you are moving ahead or you are falling behind
D) you are not moving, you are disappear
37. The second paragraph implies____.
A) everyone’s life has his regrets
B) everybody has his defaults
C) lifetime is not long for everyone
D) lifetime is full of pities
38. In the American system of value, patience is not a high priority indicates ____.
A) patience is very important
B) patience is high valuable
C) patience is not of value
D) patience is ranked after others
39. “We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without
some return...”, this sentence reflects Americans’ attitude to life ____.
A) is not patient enough
B) gets angry easily
C) saves times
D) values time
40. Is the article to ____?
A) narrate B) tell story
C) inform D) argue
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 the one answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41. We consider ____ the instrument should be adjusted each time it is
used.
A) necessary that
B) necessary of it that
C) cet4v.com
D) that it necessary
42. “____ he would not agree to this plan?”
A) Why do you know
B) Do you know why
C) You know why
D) You know the reason why
43. When you play football, the person with whom you are playing against is your ____.
A) opposition
B) oppositionist
C) competition
D) opponent
44. I wonder if John has forgotten my number. I ____ him to call for the past two hours.
A) have been expecting
B) have expected
C) have been expected
D) expected
45. Tom as well as two of his classmates ____ invited to the party.
A) are B) will be
C) is D) be
46. cet4v.com correct, and ____.
A) neither is mine
B) mine is neither
C) neither am I
D) either is mine
47. You look so tired tonight, It’s time you ____ to bed.
A) go B) went
C) going D) to go
48. Our company has made a ____ with a foreign automobile company to buy
50 cars.
A) contract B) contrast
C) contact D) convert
49. Success is not worth the ____ of your health.
A) value B) attitude
C) bargain D) sacrifice
50. My suggestion is that we ____ a trade delegation to Malaysia.
A) sent B) be sent
C) send D) being sent
51. Why not ____ that suit to see it matches with your shirt?
A) try back B) try on
B) try for D) try out
52. A ____ is official permission to visit a country granted by the government of that country. It may be obtained from the embassy of the country you wish to visit.A) visa B) patent
C) license D) passport
53. The criminal always paid ____ cash so the police could not track him
down.
A) in B) by
C) on D) for
54. ____ your cooperation, we could not have succeeded in our experiment.
A) Because of B) Because
C) But that D) But for
55. No one can avoid ____ by advertisements.
A) influencing
B) influenced
C) being influenced
D) to influence
56. I have so much work to do that a holiday for me this year is ____.
A) out of question
B) out of the question
C) out of a question
D) out question
57. ____ their common aim may seem good, people probably do not realize that dieting can do harm to their health.
A) If B) Because
C) Though D) When
58. The discount houses were first established in that period of time ____ people’s purchasing power was low.
A) what B) where
C) which D) when
59. He ____ the money, he is not such kind of person.
A) can’t have stolen
B) mustn’t have stolen
C) can’t steal
D) may not steal
60. ____ by the earthquake, the city had to be rebuilt.
A) Having badly damaged
B) Having been badly damaged
C) Been badly damaged
D) Being badly damaged
61. Would you mind ____ quiet for a moment? I’m trying ____ of form.
A) keeping,to fill out
B) keeping,filling out
C) keep,to fill out
D) to keep,to fill out
62. Mercury is different from other industrial metals ____ it is a liquid.
A) because of
B) whereas
C) in that
D) though
63. He made a hypothesis ____ the great storms on the sun create large amounts of electric energy.
A) why B) which
C) when D) that
64. He had the ____ over other boys of having had very good preschool education.
A) alternative B) advantage
C) ability D) challenge
65. ____ went to the birthday party last night.
A) Many friends of John
B) Many John’s friends
C) Many of John friends
D) Many friends of John’s
66. —“Are you tired?”
—“No, not ____.”
A) in the least
B) at the least
C) so to speak
D) at least
67. The notice says that no books in the reading room are allowed ____ out of it.
A) to take
B) take
C) taking
D) to be taken
68. ____ in the front row and ____ a pair of binoculars I saw everything
clearly and beautifully.
A) Seated,using
B) Seating,using
C) Seated,used
D) Seating,used
69. ____ they want to the bar to enjoy a drink.
A) No sooner had they got to know the news when
B) Hardly they had got to know the news than
C) No sooner had they got to know the news than
D) Scarcely had they got to know the news than
70. At the beginning of a year, everybody ____ many plans for the comingdays.
A) come up with
B) come up to
C) come through
D) come round
Part Ⅳ
Cloze(15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage.
For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Bees are very small animals which fly through the air to look for flowers (71)____. When a bee (72)____ some food, it returns to the hive and dances. The dance is the way a bee (73)____ to other bees that is has found food.?
Bees do two kinds of (74)____ to tell other bees of their (75)____ of food. First, there is a round dance. (76)____ this dance, the bee moves in a (77)____ inside the hive. The round dance is used (78)____ the food is close by. The food must not be more than ten meters (79)____ If a bee comes back and dance a round dance, other bees know they must go out and look nearby for food. The bees also (80)____ the bee that has found the food. The smell tells them what kind of flower to (81)____. After watching the round dance and smelling the bee (82)____ has found the food, cet4v.com can find the other source.?
A second kind of dance (83)____by the bee is a tail-wagging dance. In this dance, the bee wiggles the (84)____ of its body as it moves in a (85)____ line. The tail-wagging dance is used when the food is far away. The food must be (86)____ ten meters away. The bees know from the speed of the tail-wagging dance just how far away the food source is. The line the bee dances on shows the direction that the bees (87)____ fly into find the food. In the tail-wagging dance, the bees also smell the bee (88)____ has found the food. The smell tells them what kind of flowers to look for. After watching the tail-wagging dance and smelling the bee that has found the food, cet4v.com know (89)____ things. They know how far (90)____ fly, what direction to fly in, and what kind of flowers to look for.
71. A) for food B) for eating
C) to eat D) for eating food
72. A) looks for B) findsC) in search of D) found
73. A) communicates B) makesC) helps D) supports
74. A) dances B) waysC) methods D) means
75. A) information B) newsC) discovery D) happiness
76. A) on B) forC) in D) at
77. A) direction B) lineC) round D) circle
78. A) when B) asC) at D) that
79. A) away B) longC) high D) from
80. A) taste B) touchC) smell D) do
81. A) wait for B) look forC) engage in D) subject to
82. A) what B) thatC) who D) it
83. A) done B) madeC) danced D) got
84. A) head B) eyesC) end D) middle
85. A) circle B) roundC) around D) straight
86. A) more than B) much thanC) much D) less than
87. A) should B) wouldC) must D) may
88. A) which B) thatC) it D) what
89. A) these B) thoseC) three D) below
90. A) to B) inC) for D) on
Part Ⅴ
Writing(30 minutes)
Directions: The attraction of such a market is described first, then details of this source of enjoyment are presented, both appearing to the emotions of the readers.
Title: How to Persuade People to Visit a Pet Fish Market
[范文]
How to Persuade People to Visit a Pet Fish Market ?
Walking through a pet fish market always makes you feel relaxed.?
As the fish basins and tanks are displayed on either side of the narrow street, it takes quite some time to walk through it, and considering the colorful varieties of fish displayed, it is an enjoyment to take a walk there. As soon as you enter the market, you see goldfish galore swimming in basins of all shapes and sizes. The “bubble eyes” may first come into view, their bubbles quivering with every cet4v.com. The “skyward dragons” on the other hand, look foolishly conceited. Why do they always look upward with their eyes parallel to the horizon? Is this the social behavior of their kind-never looking down, but always looking up? You wonder. Then there are the “tiger-heads”, moving ever so solemnly. They fill you with a sense of calmness. For those who love jewelry, the “pearls” will surely provide great pleasure. Somewhere higher up in more expensive tanks, with air bubbles blowing up and weeds growing from the sandy bottoms, the tropical fishes are real attraction: extremely colorful and elegant.Their prices may surprise you, but there’s no harm in looking.
參考答案
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Passage One
內容概要：本文的作者論述了自己的主張，家里沒有必要安裝電話，因為它帶來的是麻煩，而不是便利。作者通過大量的例子來證明自己的觀點。
21.【答案】A
【譯文】作者不喜歡公用電話亭是因為……
【試題分析】細節考查題。
【詳細解答】文章第二段談到When you do get into the box, you are half asphyxiated by stale, unventilated air, flavored with cheap face-powder and chain-smoking; 由此判斷正確答案為A。
22.【答案】B
【譯文】在第三段中 “it will all be the same in a hundred years’ time” 的意思是……
【試題分析】細節理解題。
【詳細解答】文章第三段說，如果你自己家中有電話，當你睡覺、吃飯、談話……你不愿它響時它偏要響，你足以執拗的置之不理，對自己說：“一百年不都是千篇一律嗎?”其實指的就是每一次接電話時都是一樣的。根據文章上下文不難看出，答案為B。
23.【答案】A
【譯文】文章最后一句中“the truth will out”的意思是……
【試題分析】細節理解題。
【詳細解答】文章最后一段說，如果消息真的很重要，你遲早總會知道的，如諺語所說：“壞事傳千里”。我應該說好消息一樣傳得快。想想這條俗語：“真相大白”即是這樣。本句中out常含有to the open air或to be opened 之意。在這里講的是真實情況暴露出來，為人所知。故答案為A。
24.【答案】C
【譯文】本文主要討論了什么?
【試題分析】主旨大意題。
【詳細解答】本文的作者論述了自己的主張，家里沒有必要安裝電話，因為它帶來的是麻煩，而不是便利。作者通過大量的例子來證明自己的觀點。故答案為C。
25.【答案】A
【譯文】你認為作者是那一種類型的人?
【試題分析】判斷推理題。
【詳細解答】從文章中我們可以看出，作者認為家里沒有必要安裝電話，因為它帶來的是麻煩，而不是便利。并且通過大量的例子來證明自己的觀點。而事實上，在現代社會中，人們經常會用到電話。由此可以看出，作者不喜歡與人交往，而喜歡生活在一個遠離喧囂的和平安靜的環境中。由此得知，他有一點eccentric(古怪)。
Passage Two
內容概要：本文的作者論述了花時間在書店里是最令人愉快的一件事。雖然是不經意地去書店，卻很容易被書店吸引，并給出書店吸引人的原因，警告讀者注意在沖動之下買書的危險，同時指出書店的售貨員應怎樣行事，最后講了一件軼事，說明理想中的賣書人應怎樣行事。
26.【答案】B
【譯文】花時間在書店里可能是……。
【試題分析】詞語辨析題。
【詳細解答】文中第一句說Time spend in a bookshop can be most enjoyable，enjoyable一詞指“使能夠高興的，令人愉快的”，有使動意義在其中，故選擇B。
27.【答案】A
【譯文】當你進入書店找到一本書時，你會……。
【試題分析】細節考查題。
【詳細解答】文中第二句說You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. 句中unaware指without realizing...即不意識、不知道。句子指得是“被書本所吸引而完全不意識到他身在何處。故答案為A。
28.【答案】D
【譯文】書店的老板應當怎樣去做?
【試題分析】細節考查題。
【詳細解答】文章最后一段第一句指出Book-seller must be both long-suffering and indulgent. long-suffering 指patient(足夠耐心的)，indulgent 指too kind, very kind to other people 。由此可知，答案為D。
29.【答案】C
【譯文】為什么書店的主人把那本書放到角落里?
【試題分析】細節考查題。
【詳細解答】文章最后一句I put it there in case anyone was tempted to buy it。句中was tempted意為was attracted，指為那本書所吸引而想購買。所以答案為C。
30.【答案】C
【譯文】在一個好的書店里，售貨員應該怎樣做?
【試題分析】細節考查題。
【詳細解答】文中第二段談到In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing. 由此可知答案為C。
Passage Three
內容概要：本文講的是日益增長的衛星需求和在這種需求下通信微波技術的發展，以及微波技術發展的優點和缺點，并解決了微波在傳送過程中的問題。
31.【答案】D
【譯文】文章第一段陳述了……。
【試題分析】主旨大意題。第一段的主題句為本段最后一句：這種需求已正在由于通訊衛星而得到滿足。A，B，C三項主要講的是世界上對于通訊需求的增長及其范圍，所以答案為D。
【詳細解答】
32.【答案】D
【譯文】高頻微波傳送的最大直線距離是多少英里?
【試題分析】細節考查題。
【詳細解答】第三段中Since the curvature of the earth limits a microwave’s line-of-sight path to about 30 miles，since一詞在此表示原因，由此可知答案為D。
33.【答案】B
【譯文】第五段第一行短語marked a major step的意思是……
【試題分析】細節考查題。
【詳細解答】marked a major step的意思為‘標志著一次重大的推進’，選項中B的意思最為接近，故只能選B。
34.【答案】A
【譯文】在第二段中作者想要告訴我們什么?
【試題分析】主旨大意題。
【詳細解答】第二段的主題句為本段第一句，而主題句的核心在于冒號后面的the microwave relay。所以答案為A。
35.【答案】B
【譯文】第六段中“....whose orbits are synchronous with the rotation of the earth so that this positions...” 的意思是……。
【試題分析】細節考查題。
【詳細解答】該句中‘are synchronous with’的意思是‘與……同步’，所以答案為B。
Passage Four
內容概要：本文主要闡明美國人的時間觀念。他們珍惜時間，辦事不重形式，講求實效;他們整天都好像是匆匆忙忙;匆匆吃飯，匆匆返回工作，他們沒有耐心，脾氣大，愛發火，不耐煩排隊。他們談公事，少有羅嗦的開場白，而很快切入話題;他們喜愛高效率的交通工具等。
36.【答案】C
【譯文】第一段第一行中If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind.的意思是……。
【試題分析】理解題。
【詳細解答】從文章的前兩句我們可以得出，本句的意思為“不進則退”，所以答案為C。
37.【答案】C
【譯文】第二段包含了……。
【試題分析】段落大意題。
【詳細解答】文章第二段中有這樣一句話：Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime.這句話進一步說明了本段開頭對于時間的看法，指出“許多人深感人的一生之短促”。所以答案為C。
38.【答案】D
【譯文】在美國人的價值觀中，耐心并沒有排在很高的地位，表明了……。
【試題分析】細節考查題。
【詳細解答】priority的意思是“居先，在前，優先”。文章中第五段第一句指出：這種時間觀影響了我們對耐心的重視，按照美國人的價值觀，耐心并沒有排在很高的地位。所以答案為D。
39.【答案】D
【譯文】“We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some return...”，這句話反映了美國人對生活的態度是……。
【試題分析】理解題。
【詳細解答】本句的意思是：只要我們感覺消耗了時間而沒有回報，我們就開始煩躁不安地走來走去……，由此得知，答案為D。
40.【答案】C
【譯文】這篇文章是……。
【試題分析】理解判斷題。
【詳細解答】整篇文章中，作者都在說明美國人對于時間的觀念。所以該篇文章是以說明為主的，所以答案為C。
Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure
41.【答案】C
【譯文】我們認為設備每次用過之后被調整是必需的。
【詳細解答】語法考查。consider后跟帶有賓補的賓語從句時，常用it 做形式賓語，而將真正的賓語放到賓語補足語的后面。
42.【答案】B
【譯文】你知道他為什么不同意這個計劃?
【詳細解答】語法考查。本題考查賓語從句，why引導的從句做動詞know的賓語。
43.【答案】D
【譯文】當你踢足球時，和你踢球的人是你的對手。
【詳細解答】名詞辨析題。A)opposition反對、敵對B)oppositionistC)competition比賽、競爭D)opponent對手、敵手。
44.【答案】A
【譯文】我想知道約翰是否忘了我的電話號碼，我在過去的兩個小時里一直等他的電話。
【詳細解答】語法考查。我在過去的兩個小時里一直等約翰的電話。這個動作從過去一直持續到現在，并且還將繼續持續下去，所以應用現在完成進行時。
45.【答案】C
【譯文】湯姆和他的兩個同學一樣被邀請參加晚會。
【詳細解答】語法考查。as well as引導的兩個名詞做主語，謂語動詞應與前者一致。Tom第三人稱單數，故選C。
46.【答案】D
【譯文】他的答案不正確，我的也不正確。
【詳細解答】語法考查題。否定詞neither放在句首，主謂倒裝。主語為my answer, 用mine代替。
47.【答案】B
【譯文】你今晚看起來很累了，你早該去睡了。
【詳細解答】It is (about, high) time + 從句，表示早該做而未做的事，含建議的意味。其動詞用過去式。
48.【答案】A
【譯文】我們公司和外國一家汽車公司簽定了一個購買50輛汽車的合同。
【詳細解答】名詞辨析題。A)contract契約、合同B)contrast對比、對照C)contact接觸、聯系D)convert改變、轉變。
49.【答案】D
【譯文】成功不值得以犧牲健康做為代價。
【詳細解答】名詞辨析題。A)value價值 B)attitude態度 C)bargain討價還價 D)sacrifice犧牲。
50.【答案】C
【譯文】我的建議是我們應當派一個貿易代表團去馬來西亞。
【詳細解答】語法考查題。本題考查虛擬語氣的用法。在表示“建議、要求、命令”的從句中，從句的謂語動詞用should+ 動詞原形，should可省略。
51.【答案】B
【譯文】為什么不試一下你的衣服，看看是否和你的襯衣相匹配?
【詳細解答】動詞詞組考查。A) try back重新回到 B) try on試穿 C) try for謀求、爭取得到 D) try out試驗、考驗。
52.【答案】A
【譯文】簽證需得到你所要去的那個國家的官方的允許，可以從你所要去的那個國家的大使館得到。
【詳細解答】名詞辨析題。A)visa簽證B)patent專利、特權C)license許可證、執照D)passport護照。
53.【答案】A
【譯文】這個罪犯總是用現金來支付，所以警察不能追捕到他。
【詳細解答】在英語中用現金支付時，用pay in cash。
54.【答案】D
【譯文】要不是你的合作，我們的實驗不可能取得成功。
【詳細解答】A) because of 因為、由于，后接名詞B) because因為、由于，后接從句 C) but that若非，后接從句 D) but for若非、要不是，后接名詞。
55.【答案】C
【譯文】沒有人能夠避免受到廣告的影響。
【詳細解答】語法考查。動詞avoid后接動名詞做賓語，本題屬被動語態。故答案為C。
56.【答案】B
【譯文】我有很多工作要做，今年假期對我來說是不可能的。
【詳細解答】詞組辨析題。out of the question(不可能)， out of question(毫無疑問)。
57.【答案】C
【譯文】盡管人們的目的是好的，但他們可能沒有意識到節食對他們的健康是有害的。
【詳細解答】狀語從句的考查。A) if(如果)，引導條件狀語從句。B) because(因為)，引導條件原因從句。C) though(盡管)，引導讓步狀語從句。D) when(當……時候)，引導時間狀語從句。
58.【答案】D
【譯文】打折商店最初是建立在人們的購買力很低的時期。
【詳細解答】定語從句的考查。本題中，先行詞為表示時間的that period of time，故用關系副詞when引導。
59.【答案】A
【譯文】他不可能偷錢，他不是那種人。
【詳細解答】本題考查情態動詞的推測性用法。情態動詞的推測性用法中，如果有原因說明自己的推測，也就是肯定的推測結果用must，否定的推測結果用can’t。如果推測的是過去的事，則用情態動詞的完成時。
60.【答案】B
【譯文】這個城市被地震嚴重破壞，必須重建。
【詳細解答】非謂語動詞的考查。“這個城市被地震嚴重破壞”，該動作已經發生，故應該用完成時，從語態上來講，屬于被動語態，所以只能選擇B。
61.【答案】A
【譯文】安靜一會兒好嗎?我正在填表。
【詳細解答】習慣用法的考查。Would you mind doing something?(你介意做……嗎?)。 try to do something(努力或設法做……。)
62.【答案】C
【譯文】水銀不同于其他的金屬，因為它是液體。
【詳細解答】A)because of因為、由于，后接名詞。B)though而、卻。C)in that因為，由于，后接從句。D)though盡管。
63.【答案】D
【譯文】他做了一個假想：太陽系一場巨大風暴能產生出大量電能。
【詳細解答】本題屬同位語從句。that引導的從句做抽象名詞hypothesis的同位語。
64.【答案】B
【譯文】在接受良好的學前教育方面，他比其他的孩子有優勢。
【詳細解答】習慣用法的考查。have the advantage over在……方面占優勢。A)alternative二者擇一;C)ability能力;D)challenge挑戰。
65.【答案】D
【譯文】昨晚約翰的很多朋友去參加了生日晚會。
【詳細解答】本句考查的是語法中名詞的雙重所有格：of + 名詞’s ，此結構常用于表示部分概念或帶有一定的感情色彩。
66.【答案】A
【譯文】——“你累嗎?”
〖KG*3〗——“一點兒也不累。”
【詳細解答】習慣用法的考查。A)not in the least 一點兒也不;B)at (the) least至少;C)so to speak可以這么說。
67.【答案】D
【譯文】告示上說閱覽室的書不允許被帶出去。
【詳細解答】本題考查動詞的用法。動詞allow后跟不定式做賓語。本題屬于被動語態，故應用be allowed to be done。
68.【答案】A
【譯文】坐在前排，用望遠鏡我能清楚地看到所有的事物。
【詳細解答】本題考查分詞的用法。seat一詞的用法較為特殊，它的被動形式常表示主動的意義。
69.【答案】C
【譯文】他們一知道那個消息，就去酒吧喝酒慶祝。
【詳細解答】本題考查倒裝。no sooner...than..., hardly/scarcely...when...,都表示“一……就……”。當no sooner或 hardly/scarcely置于句首時，主謂要倒裝。
70.【答案】A
【譯文】新年伊始，每個人都為將來制定了很多計劃。
【詳細解答】動詞詞組的考查。A) come up with(提出、提供)。B)come to合計、蘇醒;C)come through通過、穿過;D)come round過來、繞過。
Part Ⅳ Close
內容概要：本文講述的是蜜蜂發現食物后，它是通過不同的飛舞方式和氣味向蜂群說明食物的地點和種類。
71.【答案】A
【詳細解答】for food作look for 的目的狀語，意思是通過尋找花來覓食。
72.【答案】B
【詳細解答】finds在此強調找到食物，而上句的look for則強調尋找這一動作或過程。
73.【答案】A
【詳細解答】communicates作聯絡、溝通解釋，其余三個均無此意。
74.【答案】A
【詳細解答】dances在這里是一個復數名詞，并且下面有文字分別說明蜜蜂的兩種不同的舞蹈，故此只能選A。
75.【答案】C
【詳細解答】discovery告知蜂群發現食物這一具體事實，而不僅僅是一個消息、信息。
76.【答案】C
【詳細解答】in this dance意思是“在這種舞蹈中。”
77.【答案】D
【詳細解答】circle配合前面的a round dance這一詞組，說明它饒著圈飛舞的樣子。
78.【答案】A
【詳細解答】當食物就在附近時，用饒圈飛舞來告知蜂群。
79.【答案】A
【詳細解答】away在此是副詞，表示“距……，離開……”
80.【答案】C
【詳細解答】蜂群是通過嗅覺來聞一聞那只發現食物的報信的蜜蜂(得知食物的種類)。
81.【答案】B
【詳細解答】to look for意思是尋找，在此強調其動作性，在句中作目的狀語。
82.【答案】B
【詳細解答】本句為that引導的一個定語從句。
83.【答案】A
【詳細解答】動詞的過去分詞done做后置定語，來避免出現dance danced，而其它的分詞沒有這種替代性。
84.【答案】C
【詳細解答】下句中的tail-wigging說明了在這種舞蹈中蜜蜂擺動的是它的尾部，end當尾部來講。
85.【答案】D
【詳細解答】這里介紹的第二種舞蹈顯然有別于第一種饒圈飛舞的舞蹈，加之in a ...line表示動作方式，選項中可排除其余三項，而選D。
86.【答案】A
【詳細解答】本句的意思是食物在10英里之外的地方，表示較nearby遠，且直線飛行。
87.【答案】C
【詳細解答】must在此做必須解。
88.【答案】B
【詳細解答】that引導定語從句，說明就是那只已找到食物的蜜蜂
89.【答案】C
【詳細解答】本句之后明確列出了蜜蜂得知的三件事情，故此選擇C。
90.【答案】A
【詳細解答】這里考查的是how to do something的固定用法。
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