CET4专项测试——阅读能力测试
Section A听录音
Directions: In this section, you'll hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1.A.The noise in the library.
B.The heat inside.
C.The late hour.
D.The small room.
2.A.It will end on the third of May.
B.The time was changed again.
C.There are thirty students in it.
D.It lasts longer than it is supposed to.
3.A.Dan isn't a very good violinist.
B.Someone else should make the introductions.
C.There will be other musicians to introduce.
D.It's rather late to ask Dan now.
4.A.It's fine as it is.
B.Only a few changes should be made in it.
C.Major revisions are needed in it.
D.It won't be approved by the supervisor.
5.A.She should not change it.
B.She has an excuse for everything.
C.She has good reason for going jogging.
D.She's always willing to take good advice.
6. A.It would be better to say nothing to Martin.
B.Martin himself will come to talk to them.
C.The man should be the one to speak to Martin.
D.The man should replace the recorder before he talks to Martin.
7. A.The woman will arrive at the theatre only ten minutes late.
B.The woman has ten minutes to get to the theatre.
C.The man thinks he will be able to reach the theatre in ten minutes.
D.The man thinks he will not be able to drive quickly to the theatre.
8. A.Helen is stupid.
B.Helen will be helpful to the newspaper.
C.Helen is a newspaper writer.
D.Helen will write about the students.
9. A.He forgets his promise.
B.He is a promising youth.
C.He is reliable.
D.He can hit Green.
10.A.They should visit her in the hospital.
B.He didn't know what happened to her.
C.He doesn't think it is necessary to visit her in the hospital.
D.Tonight is not a good time to see her.
Section B听录音
Directions: In this section,you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea. Then listen to the passage again. When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S11 to S17 with the exact words you have just heard.For blanks numbered from S18 to S20 you are requred to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.
Among the (11)_
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________ forms of the (12 )_________ of energy, natural gas has be en a favorite among U.S. consumers for more than 30 years. It has a number of (1 3)________ (14)_____that add to its (15)_______ among consumers. First of all, natural gas is a (16)_______ clean burning fuel. Second, natural gas heat can be carefully controlled. This (17)________ makes it the favorite fuel of certain industries. In the home , (18)______________________
__________________.Gas cooking stoves and furnaces can be turne d on and shut off quickly and easily.
Besides, natural gas can be made into a liquid by a special process and then stored in tanks. (19)____________________________________________________________________.
Although the supply of natural gas in the U.S. appears to be decreasing, geologi sts estimate that billions of cubic feet of natural gas still remain to be disco vered and produced. (20___________________________________________________________________________________________.
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions:There are four passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statement.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.
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
Social change is more likely to occure in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways.The simple reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society.There are more ideas,more disagreements in interest,and more groups and organizations with different beliefs.In addition,there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies.All these factors tend to promote social change by opening more areas of life to decision.In a society where people are quite similar in many ways,there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same.And although conditions may not be sati sfactory,they are at least customary and undisputed.
Within a society,social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-material,for example,in technology rather than in values;in what has been learned later in life rather than what was learned early;in the less basic and less emotional aspects of society than in their opposites;in the simple elements rather than in the complex ones;in form rather than in substance;and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange element.
Furthermore,social change is easier
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if it is gradual.For example,it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with sharp dichotomies(一分成二).This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities,because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and their white counterparts.
21.The passage is mainly discussing_________ .
A) two differents societies
B) the necessity of social change
C) certain factors that determine the ease with which social changes occur
D) certain facotrs that promote social change
22. ________is one of the facotrs that tend to promote social change.
A) Joint interest B) Advanced technology
C) Less emotional people D) Different points of view
23.The expression "greater tolerance" (paragraph 1) refers to____________ .
A) "greater willingness to accept social change"
B) "quicker adaptation to changing circumstances"
C) "more respect for different beliefs and behavior"
D) "greater readiness to agree to different opinions and ideas"
24.According to the passage,which of the following in NOT ture?
A) Social change tends to meet with more difficulty in basic and emotional aspects of society.
B) Disagreement with and argument about conditions tends to slow down social change.
C) Soical change is more likely to occur in the material aspect of society.
D) Social change is less likely to occur in what people learned when they were young
25.Social change is less likely to occur in a society where people are quite similar in many ways because_____.
A) people there have got so accustomed to their conditions that they seldom think it necessary to change
B) people there have identical needs that can be satisfied without much difficulty
C) people there are easy to please
D) people there are less disputatious
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids(小行星)now,one might crash into Earth and destory life as we know it,say some scientists.
Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteroroids(流星) that race across the night sky.Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don't threaten us.But there are also thousands of asteroids whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth.
Buy $50 million worth of new telescopes right now.Then spend $10 million a year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks.By the time we spot a fatal one,the scientists say,we'll have a way to change its course.
Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapons.Buth the cost wouldn't be cheap.
Is it worth it?Two things experts consider when judging any risk are.1) How likely the event is;and 2) How bad the consequences if the event occurs.Experts
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;think an asteroid big enough to destory lots of life might strike Earth once very 500,000 years.Sounds pretty rar-but if one did fall,it would be the end of the world."If we don't take care of these big asteroids,they'll take care of us,"saysone scientist."It's that simple."
The curs,though,might be worse than the disease.Do we really want fleets of ruclear weapons sitting around on Earth?"The world has less to fear from doomsday(毁灭性的) rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against them,"said a New york Times article.
26.What does the passage say about asteroids and meterorids?
A) They are henvenly bodies different in composition.
B) They are heavenly bodies similar in nature.
C) There are more asteroids than meteoroids.
D) Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids.
27.What do scientists say about the collision of an asteroid with Earth?
A) It is very unlikely but the danger exists.
B) Such a collision might occur once every 25 years.
C) Collisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected.
D) It's still too realy to say whether such a collision might occur.
28.What do people think of the suggestion of using nuclear weapons to alter the course of asteroids?
A) It sounds practical but it may not solve the problem.
B) It may create more problems than it might solve.
C) it is a waste of money because a collision of asteroids with Earth is very unlikely.
D) Further research should be done before it is proved applicable.
29.We can conclude from the passage that_________ .
A) while pushing asteroids off course nuclear weapons would destroy the world
B) asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Earth in the near future
C) the worry about asteroids can be left to future generations since it is unliely to happen in our lifetime
D) workable solutions still have to be found to prevent a collision of asteroids with Earth
30.Which of the following best decribes the author's tone in this passage?
A) Optimistic. B) Critical. C) Objective. D) Arbitrary.
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
Sleep is part of a person's daily activity cycle.There are several different stages of sleep,and they too occur incycles.if you are an average sleeper,your sleep cycle is as follows.When your first drift off into slumber,your eyes will roll about a bit,your temperature will drop slightly,your muscles will relaxm,and your breathing will slow and become quite regular.Your brain waves slow down a bit too,with the alpha rhythm of rather fast waves predominating for the first few minutes.This is called stage 1 sleep.For the next half hour or so,as you relax more and more,you will drift down through stage 2 and 3 sleep.The lower your&nbs
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p;stage of sleep,the slower your brain waves will be.Then,about 40 to 60 minutes after you lose consciousness,you will have reached the deepest sleep of all.Your brain waves will show the large slow waves that are known as the delta rhythm.Thisis stage 4 sleep.
You do not remain at this deep fourth stage all night long,but instead about 80,omites after you fall into slumber,your brain activity level will increase again slightly.The delta rhythm will disappear,to be replaced by the activity patter of brain waves.Your eyes will begin to dart around under your closed eyelids as if you were looking at something occurring in front of you.This peroid of rapid eye movement lasts for some 8 to 15 minutes and is called REM sleep.It is during REM sleep that most dreams seem to occur.Provided that you do not wake up during the first REM sleep period,your body will soon relax again,your breathing will grow slow and regular once more,and you will slip gently back from stage 1 tostage 4 sleeponly to rise once again to the surface of near consciousness some 80 minutes alter.
31.Which of the following does the passage minly discuss?
A) Scientific methods of studying sleep
B) Why humans require sleep
C) The phases of sleep
D) Why dream occur during REM sleep
32.According to the passage,the alpha rhythm is characteristic of which phase of sleep.
A) Stage 1 B) Stage 2 C) Stage 3 D) Stage 4
33.It can be inferred from the passage that stages of sleep are primarily classified according to_____ .
A) breathing rhythms B) muscular movement
C) dreaming patterns D) brain wave activity
34.According to the passage,which of the following is NOT a characteristic of REM sleep?
A) The eyes dart around. B) It lasts 8 to 15 minutes.
C) The delta rhythm is present. D) The sleeper dreams.
35.After how many minutes does the average person repeat the sleep cycle?
A) 8 to 15 minutes B) 30 minutes
C) 40 to 60 minutes D) 80 minutes
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
One of the most popular literary figures in American literature is a woman who spent almost half of her long life in China,a country on a continent thousands of miles from the United States.In her lifetime she earned this country' most highly acclaimed literary award,the Pulitzer Prize,and also the most prestigious form of literary recognition in the world,the Nobel Prize for Literature.Pearl S. Buck was almost a bousehold word throughout much of her lifetime because of her prolific literary output,which consisted of some eighty-ive published works,including several dozen novels,six collections of stories,fourteen books for children,and more than a dozen works of nonfiction.When she was eighty years old,some twent
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y-five voleumes were awaiting publication.Many of those books were set in China,the land in which she spent so much of her life.Her books and her life served as a bridge between the cultures of the East and the West.As the product of those two cultures she became,as she described herself,"mentally bifocal."Her unique background made her into an unusually interesting and versatile human being.
As we examine the life of Pearl Buck,we cannot help but be aware that we are in fact meeting three separate people;a wife and mother,an internationaly famous writer,and a humanitarian and philanthropist.One cannot really get to know Pearl Buck without learning about each of the three.Though honored in her lifetime with the William Dean Howell Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in adition to the Nobel and Pulitzer prizes,Pearl Buck as a total human being,not only a famous author,is a captivating subject of study.
36.What is the author's main purpose in the passage?
A) To offer a criticism of the works of pear Buck.
B) To illustrate Pearl Buck's views on Chinese literature.
C) To idicate the background and diverse interests of Pearl Buck.
D) To discuss Pearl Buck's influence on the cultures of the East and the West.
37.According to the passage,Pearl Buck is known as a writer of all of the following EXCEPT_____.
A) novesl B) children's books C) poetry D) short stories
38.According to the passage,Pearl Buck was no unusual figure in American literature in that she_____.
A) wrote extensively about a very different culture
B) published half of her books abroad
C) won more awards than any other woman of her time
D) achieved her first success very late in life
39.According to the passage,Pearl buck described herself as "mentally bifocal" to suggest that she was_____.
A) capable of resolving the differences between two distinct liguistic systems
B) keenly aware of how the past could influence the future
C) capable of producing literary works of interest to both adults and children
D) equally familiar with two different cultural environments
40.The author's attitude toward Pearl Buck could best be described as_____.
A) indifferent B) admiring C) sympathetic D) tolerant
Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Diretions: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 sentences.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Ansewer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41.In our great socialist country,millions of ordinary men and women are working selfishlessly to______ poverty and back wardness.
A) figure out B) carry out C) wipe out D) take out
42.The criminal doesn't dare&n
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bsp;to leave the house_______ he should be recognised.
A) in the case of B) in case C) in case of D) in that case
43.Fresh vegetable are not________ these days,but they will be on the market soon.
A) essential B) sufficient C) expensive D) available
44.None of these students,including the one who passed today's test________ is the standard of last year's students.
A) to B) up to C) with D) on
45.The windows were never opened_______ the room for a few minutes in the morning.
A) except air B) except to air C) besides airing D) besides to air
46.I know that Bob is not much of a football player,but when it _______to maths,he was among the top three in the class.
A) refers B) goes C) comes D) concerns
47.The driver looked over the engine carefully lest it _______on the way
A) goes wrong B) would go wrong C) went wrong D) go wrong
48._______ no doubt many a reason why such a novel sells well
A) There is B) There are C) There were D) There be
49.I remember_______ for the job,but I forget the exact amount.
A) to be paid B) that I receive pay
C) get paid D) being paid
50.The oil must be used up, _______the light went out.
A) for B) because C) since D) as
51.Many readers found it difficult to believe _______he wrote in his book to be true.
A) what B) that C) which D) how
52. ______will Mr. Black be able to regain control of the company.
A) With hard work
B) In spite of his hard work
C) Only if he works hardly
D) Only with hard work
53.Staying in a hotel costs ________renting a room in dormitory for a week.
A) twice more than B) as much twice as
C) twice as much as D) as much twice
54.Miss Wang had us_______ compositions every Friday.
A) to write B) written C) write D) wrote
55.Both sides exchanged their view on a wide _______of topics they were interested in at the meeting.
A) extent B) number C) collection D) range
56.Finally,the thief had to hadn in everything_______ he had stolen to the police.
A) which B) what C) whatever D) that
57.It's better to lose one's life than _______.
A) losing his spirit B) to lose his spirit
C) losing one's spirit D) to lose one's spirit
58.People who find hibernating animals_______ often think that they are dead.
A) have slept B) sleepy C) asleep D) are sleeping
59._______ ill,so he didn't come to school.
A) Being B) Having been C) He was D) Because he was
60.We accepted the suggestion that_______ put forward by jack at the meeting yesterday.
A) was B) should be C) would be D) be
61.People in the west make _______a rule to buy Christmas presents for their rel
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atives and friends.
A) it B) that C) this D) such
62.Not only has his parents but his younger brother______ fond of watching football match.
A) is B) are C) to be D) being
63.This ticket_______ you to a free meal in our new restaurant.
A) gives B) grants C) entitles D) credits
64.You are requested to be present at athe English evening_______ in our auditorium on the fifth next month.
A) to be held B) held C) being held D) holding
65.But for electricity,the whole would_______ .
A) would not have developed so rapidly
B) had not developed so rapid
C) did not develop so rapidly
D) has not been developed so rapidly
66.Scarcely had they settled themselves in their seats in the theatre _______the curtain went up.
A) than B) when C) but D) as
67.The police are trying to find out the _______of the woman killed in the traffic accident.
A) recognition B) position C) status D) identity
68.It's true that the old road is less direct and a bit longer.We won't take the new one,______,because we don't feel as safe on it.
A) though B) somehow C) therefore D) moreover
69.There are a________ growth of the heavy industries during the war.
A) considerate B) considerable C) considering D) considered
70.She has_______ exceptional abilities that everyone around her is jealous of her.
A) so B) such C) quite D) rather
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).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.
The word "okay" is known and used by millions of people all over the world.Still,language experts do not 71 where it came from.
Some say it came from the Indian 72 .When Europeans first came to the Americas they 73 hundreds of different Indian languages.Many were well developed.
One tribe 74 had a well 75 language.This was the Chocktaw tribe.They were farmers and fishermen who 76the rich Mississippi valley in what is now the state of Alabama.When problems 77 ,Chocktaw leaders discussed them with the tribal chief.They sat in a circle and 78 the wisdom of the chief.
He heard the different proposals,often raising and lowering his head 79 ,and saying,"Okeh,"meaning "It is so.
Nevertheless,there are many who 80 the idea "Okay" 81 the Indians.Some say that president Andrew jackson first used the word "Okay".Othe's claim the word 82 by John Jacob Astor,a fur trader of the later 1700's who became one of the world's richest men.Still others say a poor railroad clerk 83 this word.His name was Obadi
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ah Kelly and he put his initial,O.K.,one each package people gave him to ship by train.
So it goes;each story 84 reasonable and official.But perhaps the most believable explanation is that the word "okay" was invented by a political organization in the 1800's.
Martin Van Burea was running for president.A group of people 85 a club to support him.They called their political organization the "okay club."The letter's "o" and "k" were 86 the name of Van Buren's home town,the place where he was born,old kinderhook,New York.There is one thing about "okay" that the experts do agree on,that the word is pure American and that it had 87 to almost every country on earth.
There is something about the word that 88 people of every language.Yet,here in America it is used mostly in speech,not in serious writing.
In resent times,"okay" has been given an official 89 in the English language.
But it will be a long time before.Americans will officially 90 two expressions that come from"Okay",These are "Oke" and "Okey doke".
71.A) agree in B) agree on C) agree to D) agree with
72.A) friends B) relatives C) peoples D) experts
73.A) heard B) spoke C) talked D) said
74.A) continually B) continuously C) apparently D) especially
75.A) tidied B) invented C) developed D) tolerated
76.A) lived in B) lived on C) set out D) set about
77.A) took place B) happened C) aroused D) arose
78.A) came to B) listened to C) faced up to D) held on to
79.A) in agreement B) in surprise C) in turn D) in vain
80.A) dispute B) gain C) wonder D) disturb
81.A) came down with B) came down on C) came to D) came from
82.A) was invented B) was understood C) was published D) was stressed
83.A) stood up B) made up C) set up D) put up
84.A) remains B) hints C) sounds D) tastes
85.A) organized B) generated C) gained D) quoted
86.A) were made from B) were taken from C) were made of D) were separated from
87.A) spread B) relieved C) changed D) altered
88.A) promises to B) appeals to C) admits to D) agrees to
89.A) idea B) reason C) aspect D) place
90.A) permit B) need C) keep D) accept
Part Ⅴ Writing (30 minutes)
Directions:For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to Write a composition about.The Teacher-Student Relationship.You are given the first sentence of each paragraph and are required to develop its idea in completing the paragraph.Your composition should be about 100 words,not including the given words.Remember to write clearly.You should write this composition on the Composition Sheet.
The Teacher-Student Relationship
1.The relationship between a teacher and a student can be either good or bad,helpful
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or harmful______ .
2.In order to have a good teacher-student relationship,it is important thatthe teacher and the student respect each oteher______.
3.In conclusion,a good teacher-student relationship can be mutually beneficial_______.
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