2003大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)真題附答案

1、四六級(jí)2003年6月大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)(CET-4)真題試卷附答案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 ansyver. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Ansyver Sheet with a single line through the centre.Example:You will hear:You will read:A) At the office.B) I

3、n the waiting room.C) At the airport.D) In a restaurant.From the conveisation 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. Tlierefbre, A) “At the office“ is the best answer. Ybu should choose A on the Answ

4、er 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.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.3. A) The professors presentation was not convincing enough. B) Tlie professor lecture notes were too complicated.C) The professor spoke with a stiong accent.D) The professor spoke too fast.4. A) The furnished apartment was inexpensive.B) Tlie apartm

6、ent was provided with some old Hiniitiire.C) The fiiniitiire in the market was on sale every Sunday.D) The fiiniitiire he bought was very cheap.5. A) The man is thinking about taking a new job.B) Tlie man likes a job that enables liim 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 cliild.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.7. A) She read it selectively.B) She went over it chapter by chapter.C) She read it slowly.D

8、) She finished it at a stretch.8. A) He was kept in hospital for a long time.B) He was slightly injured in a traffic accident.C) He was senously wounded in a mine explosion.D) He was fined for speeding.9. A) Wait for a taxi.B) Buy some food.C) Go on a trip.D) Book train tickets.10. A) Its not as har

9、d 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.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 que

10、stions will be spoken only once. 4fter you hear a question, you must choose the best answer fiotn 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 have just heard.11.

11、 A) Anxious and worried.B) Proud and excited.C) Nervous and coiifiised.D) Inspired and confident.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.13. A) One can benefit a lot from working w

12、ith his father.B) Manual labourers shouldnt be looked down upon.C) One should always do liis job earnestly.D) Teenagers tend to be careless.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 fann.C) He worked in an advertising agency.D) He

13、was a gardener.15. A) It was stressful.B) It was colorfhl.C) It was peacefill.D) It was bonng.16. A) His desire to start Iris own business.B) Tlie crisis in his family life.C) The decline in liis health.D) His dream of living in the countiyside.Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have ju

14、st 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.18. A) They set their own exams.B) They select their own students.C) They award their own degiees.

15、D) They organize their own laboratoiy work.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 libraiyD) They each have a copy of every book published in Britain.20. A) Very few of them are engaged in research.B) Tliey

16、were not awarded degrees until 1948.C) They have outnumbered male students.D) They were not treated equally until 1881.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there

17、are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the coiresponding 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, Ainencan kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in

18、 school, eight hours more that they did in 1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such organized activities as soccei and ballet (芭蕾 舞).Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports;

19、 girls log hall that time. All in all, however, childrens leisure time di opped from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25%“Children are afiected by the same time crunch (危機(jī))that affects their parents,“ says Saiidra Hofferth, who headed the recent study of childrens timetable. A chief reason, she says, is th

20、at more mothers are working outside the home. (Nevertheless, children in both double-income and “male breadwinnef, households spent comparable amounts of time interacting with their parents 19 hours and 22 hours respecth-ely. In contrast, cliildren spent only 9 hours with their single mothers.)All w

21、ork and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. “Play is the most powerful way a child explores the world and leams about himsel says T. Beny Brazelton, professor at Harvaid Medical School Unstnictiired play encourages independent tliiiiking and allows the young to negotiate their relations

22、hips with their peers, but kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it.Tlie children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing ufree time” watcliing television. But that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might regard as good news. If theyre spending less ti

23、me in front of the TV set, however, kids arent replacing it with reading. Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, the cliildren spent just over an hour a week reading. Lets face it, whos got the time?21. By mentioning “the same time crunch” (Line 1, Para. 2) Sandra Hofferth means A) cl

24、iildren have little time to play with their parentsB) cliildren are not taken good care of by their working parentsC) both parents and children suffer fi-om lack of leisure timeD) both parents and children have trouble managing their time22. According to the author, the reason given by Sandra Hoffer

25、th for the time crunch is *A) quite convincmgB) partially trueC) totally gioundlessD) rather confiisiiig23. According to the author a child develops better if.A) he has plenty of time reading and studyingB) he is left to play with liis peers in his own wayC) he has more time participating in school

26、activitiesD) he is free to interact with liis working parents24. The author is concerned about the fact that American kids.A) are engaged in more and more stmctured activitiesB) are increasingly neglected by their working mothersC) are spending more and more time watching TVD) are involved less and

27、less in household work25. 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 fruitfulD) most parents believe reading to be beneficial to c

28、liildrenPassage IwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Hemy Ford, the famous U.S. inventor and car manufacturer, once said, “The business of Ainenca is business. By this he meant that the U.S. way of life is based on the values of the business world.Few would argue with Fords state

29、ment. A bnef 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 wliich the deals and projects, finances and management, stock pnces and labor problems of coiporations are reported daily,

30、 hi 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 business. Moreovei; business news appears in some of the unlik

31、eliest places. Tlie world of arts and entertainment is often refeiTed to as “the entertainment industry or “show business.Tlie positive side of Henry Folds statement can be seen in the prosperity that business has brought to U.S. life. One of the most important reasons so many people from all over t

32、he 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 matenally better way of life.Tlie negative side of Hemy Fords s

33、tatement, however, can be seen when the word business is taken to mean big business. And the tenn big business一refeiTmg to the biggest companies, is seen in opposition to labor. Throughout U.S. histoiy working people have had to fight hard for higher wages, better working conditions, and the fight t

34、o fbnn unions. Today, many of the old labor disputes are ovei, but there is still some employee anxiety. Downsizingthe laying off of thousands of workers to keep expenses low and profits high一creates feelings of insecurity for many.26. The United States is a typical country.A) wliich encourages free

35、 trade at home and abroadB) where peoples cliief concern is how to make moneyC) where all businesses are managed scientificallyD) wliich noniially works according to the federal budget27. The influence of business in the U.S. is evidenced by the fact that.A) most newspapers are run by big businesses

36、B) even public organizations concentrate on working for profitsC) Ainencans of all professions know how to do businessD) even aits and entertainment are regarded as business28. According to the passage, immigrants choose to settle in the U.S., dreaming that A) they can start profitable businesses th

37、ereB) they can be more competitive in businessC) they will make a fbitune overnight thereD) they will find better chances of employment29. Henry Fords statement can be taken negatively because.A) working people are discouraged to fight for their fightsB) there are many industries controlled by a few

38、 big capitalistsC) there is a conflicting relationsliip between big coiporations and laborD) public services are not run by the federal govenmient30. A companys efforts to keep expenses low and profits high may result in.A) reduction in the number of employeesB) improvement of working conditionsC) f

39、ewer disputes between labor and managementD) a rise in workers9 wagesPassage ThreeQuestions 31to 35 are based on the following passage.Professor Smith recently persuaded 35 people, 23 of them women, to keep a diaiy of all their absent-minded actions for a fortnight. When he came to analyse their emb

40、aiTassing lapses (差 錯(cuò))in a scientific report, he was suiprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groupings, Nor did the lapses appear to be entirely random (隨機(jī) 的).One of the women, for instance, on leaving her house for work one morning threw her dog her eaniiigs and tried to fix a dog

41、 biscuit on her ear. the explanation fbr this is that the brain is like a computer/7 explains the professor. People programme themselves to do certain activities regularly. It was the womans custom every morning to throw her dog two biscuits and then put on her earrings. But somehow the action got r

42、eveised in the programme,“ About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported were these “programme assembly failures.Altogether the volunteers logged 433 unintentional actions that they found themselves doing一ail average of twelve each, There appear to be peak periods in the day when we a

43、re at our zaniest (荒謬可笑 的).These are two hours some time between eight a.m. and noon, between four and six p.m. with a smaller peak between eight and ten p.m. “Among men the peak seems to be when a changeovei 111 brain programmes occurs, as fbr instance between going to and from woik. Women on avera

44、ge reported slightly more lapses-12.5 compared with 10.9 fbr men一probably because they were more reliable reporters.A startling finding of the research is that the absent-minded activity is a hazard of doing things in which we are skilled. Nonnally, you would expect that skill reduces the number of

45、eiTors we make. But tiying to avoid silly slips by concentrating more could make things a lot worse一even dangeious.31. In his study Professor Smith asked the subjects.A) to keep track of people who tend to forget tilingsB) to report their embarrassing lapses at randomC) to analyse their awkward expe

46、riences scientificallyD) to keep a record of what they did unintentionally32. Professor Smith discovered that.A) certain patterns can be identified in the recorded incidentsB) many people were too emban-assed to admit theii absent-mindednessC) men tend to be more absent-minded than womenD) absent-mi

47、ndedness is an excusable human weakness33. Programme assembly failures (Line 6, Para. 2) refers to the phenomenon that people.A) often fail to progianime their routines beforehandB) tend to make mistakes when they are in a hunyC) unconsciously change the sequence of doing thingsD) are likely to mess

48、 tilings up if they are too tired34. We learn from the third paragraph that.A) absent-mindedness tends to occur during certain hours of the dayB) women are very careful to perfbnn actions during peak penodsC) women experience more peak periods of absent-mindednessD) mens absent-mindedness often resu

49、lts in fiuiiiy situations35. It can be concluded from the passage that.A) people should avoid doing important things during peak periods of lapsesB) hazards can be avoided when people do things they are good atC) people should be carefill when piogramming their actionsD) lapses camiot always be attr

50、ibuted to lack of concentrationPassage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.Its no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt them. Thafs especially tme of children who remain in abusive homes because th

51、e law blindly favors biological parents. Its also true of children who suffer for years in foster homes (U攵養(yǎng)孩子的家庭)because of parents who cant or wont care for them but refiise to give up custody rights.Fourteen-year-old Kimberly Mays fits neither description, but her recent court victoiy could event

52、ually help cliildien who do. Kimberly has been the object of an angiy custody baffle between the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge ruled that the teenager can remain with the only father shes ever known and that her biological parents have

53、“no legal claim“ on her.Tlie ruling, though it may yet be teversed, sets aside the principle that biology is the primaiy detenninant of parentage. Thats an important development, one thats long overdue.Shortly after biith in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another infant were mistakenly switched an

54、d sent home with the wrong parents. Kimberlys biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, received a child who died of a heait disease in 1988. Medical tests showed that the child wasnt the Twiggs- own daughter, but Kiint only was, thus sparking a custody battle with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two f

55、amilies agieed that Mi Mays would maiiitaiii custody with the Twiggs getting visiting fights. Tliose rights were ended when Mi; Mays decided that Kimberly was being harmed.Tlie decision to leave Kimberly with Mr. Mays rendered her suit debated. But the judge made clear that Kimberly did have standin

56、g to sue (起訴)on her own behalf. Thus he made clear that she was more than just propeity to be handled as adults saw fit.Certainly, the biological link between parent and child is fundamental. But biological parents aient always preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not convey an

57、 absolute ownership that cancels all the rights of children.36. What was the primary consideration in the Florida judges ruling?A) The biological link.B) Tlie childs benefits.C) The traditional practice.D) The parents feelings.37. We can learn from the Kimberly case that.A) cliildren are more than j

58、ust personal possessions of their parentsB) the biological link between parent and child should be emphasizedC) foster homes bring children more pain and sufiering than careD) biological parents shouldnt claim custody rights after their child is adopted38. The Twiggs claimed custody rights to Kimberly because.A) they found