1991年6月英语四级真题及答案

1991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 question t w b here p D ill t ep ause. y m r uring t f he aus choices m A arked B C a D a ), d ), w) i nd t b ),a nd ecide 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) In the waiting room. C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant. From the co nversatio n we know tha t the two were ta lking a bo ut so me work t h e y h a d t o fi n i s h i n t h e ev e ni ng . T hi s i s m o s t l i ke l y t o h a v e t a ke n pl a ce a t t he office. There fore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D] 1. A) She paid ￥40.00 for the coat. B) Her husband presented it to her as a gift. C) She bought the coat on her fortieth birthday. D) Her friend sent it to her as a birthday gift. 2. A) To keep his old car and get a new one. B) To leave it in the garage to be repaired. C) To sell his car for a new one. D) To get his car repaired later. 3. A) Husband and wife. B) Father and daughter. C) Doctor and patient. D) Teacher and student. 4. A) The man went to the concert, but the woman didn’t. B) The woman went to the concert, but the man didn’t. C) The speakers did not go to the concert. D) Both speakers went to the concert. 5. A) An English textbook. B) A Chinese textbook. C) A chemistry hook. D) A history book. 6. A) The woman goes to school during the day and works at night. B) The woman has to work to support herself. C) The woman’s classes are not difficult. D) The woman studies at night. 7. A) She feels that he won’t accept anything. B) She’s sure he already has a pocket calculator. C) She thinks he has almost everything he wants. D) She’s afraid he wants more than she can afford. 8. A) Tom survived the accident. B) Tom was killed in the accident. C) Someone saved Tom’s life. D) It did little damage to Tom’s car. 9. A) The train is crowded. B) The train is late. C) The train is empty. D) The train is on time. 10. A) No, all the rooms are taken. B) Yes, there is a double room. C) Yes, there are some spare rooms. D) Yes, there is a single room. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage a questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D T ), m hen t c ark l he o torresponding A S w a etter single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) Her husband had got a higher position. B) Her husband had lost his job. C) She wanted to have a cleaner house. D) She wanted to move to New York. 12. A) His telephone went out of order. B) The buyers had to leave soon. C) He began to work at 8 a.m. D) He had made an appointment with her for 8 a.m. 13. A) To return the shoes to the store. B) To pay the manager a visit. C) To buy more of the 12-dollar shoes. D) To complain about the price of the shoes. 14. A) 12 dollars B) 20 dollars C) Less than 12 dollars D) More than 12 dollars Passage Two Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. 15. A) Short and cool. B) Long and cool. C) Long and hot. D) Short and hot. 16. A) Because the price was too high. B) Because Alaska has an extremely cold winter. C) Because they thought Alaska was a useless land. D) Because the climatic difference there is too great. 17. A) No, only a few became rich. B) No, none became rich. C) No, very few people had actually found gold. D) Yes, hundreds of thousands of people became rich. Passage Three Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 18. A) She was driving along a country road. B) She was lying near a lonely road, trembling. C) She was lying in a hospital bed. D) She was telling an astonishing story to a doctor. 19. A) She fainted due to the effects of some drug. B) She was stopped by a policeman and treated rudely. C) She was attacked by robbers. D) She was stopped and forced to enter a flying saucer. 20. A) The women made up an astonishing story. B) The women had intended to leave her husband without a word. C) The women had been taken over a thousand miles away from her home. D) The women had been dishonest to her husband. Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each followed b s qy ome o u uestions s F re nfinished o t ta there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. The aim of the teacher is to get his pupils as quickly as possible over t period in which each printed symbol is looked at for its shape, and arrive at the stage when the pupil looks at words and phrases, for their meanin without noticing the shapes of the separate letters. When a good reader is at work he does not look at letters, nor even at words, one b o y, h owever ne , h eq uicklyt i takes m no t he t eaning o f w f wo, a t a t i m e , i n a s i n g l e m o m e n t . Wa t c h c a re f u l l y t h e e y e s o f a p e r s o reading, and it will be seen that they do not travel smoothly along the lines of print, but they move by jumps separated by very short stops. The eyes of a very good reader move quickly, taking long jumps and making very short halts (停顿); the e yes o ap rf m oor m seader t o oves j ore a s lowly, aking l o n g e r a t e a c h h a l t . S o m e t i m e s , w h e n h e m e e t s a d i ffi c u l t y , backwards to see again what has already been looked at once. The teacher’s task is therefore clear: it is to train his pupils to take in several words at a glance (one eye-jump’) and to remove the backwards to read something a second time. nece T h i s s h o w s a t o n c e t h a t l e t t e r- b y - l e t t e r , o r s y l l a b l e - b y - s y l l a b l e , o r w o w o r d r e a d i n g , w i t h t h e fi n g e r p o i n t i n g t o t h e w o r d , c a r e f u l l y fi x i n g e a c h o n e i turn, is wrong. It is wrong because such a method ties the pupil’s eyes down to a very short jump, and the aim is to train for the long jump. Moreover, a very short jump i t s oo t p horta m o rovide o s a i ny w b f eaning t h r ense; struggled w t oithf w hrees r t ourp h ords t l a teparately, a he all together and in one group, in order to get the meaning of the whole phrase. 21. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the first paragraph? A) Pupils should be trained to reach quickly the stage of reading w having to concentrate on the separate symbols. B) Pupils should look at each printed symbol for its meaning as well as for its shape. C) Teachers should help their pupils avoid looking at the shape of the printed symbols. D) Te a c h e r s should tell their pupils 22. In a single moment, a good reader picks up ________. A) several words B) several phrases C) several sentences D) several lines 23. Teachers encourage the use of dictionaries so that ________. A) students will be able to express their ideas more freely the d i ff e r e n t stage