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2007年9月公共英语四级考试真题及答案.doc
2007 年 9 月公共英语四级考试真题及答案
Listening Comprehension( 30 minutes)
[ B ] A composer.
[ D ] A mathematician.
Section I
Part A 1-5 略
Part B 6-10 略
Part C
Directions:
You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one ,you will
have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening,
answer each question by choosing A ,B , C or D . After listening, you will have 10
seconds' to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece once only.
Questions 11--13 are based on the following talk about prodigies, kids with unusual
natural abilities. You now have 1.5 seconds to read Questions 11--13.
11. What was John Stuart Mill?
[ A ] A historian.
[ C ] A philosopher.
12. What has been found about children of unusual talent?
[ A ] Many of them are from middle-class families.
[ B ] There are more girls than boys among them.
[ C ] They are mostly born by natural childbirth.
[ D ] Their parents are usually ambitious and humorous.
13. What can be inferred from the talk?
[ A ] Material wealth goes hand in hand with mental emptiness.
[ B ] Environment plays a decisive role in the development of prodigies.
[ C ] Success has not always brought happiness to prodigies.
[ D ] Public praise will help prodigies to find the value of their lives.
Questions 14--16 are based on the interview with British singer and songwriter Beth
Orton.You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14--16.
14. When did Beth Orton begin singing?
[ A ] After she met William.
[ B ] Before she went to acting classes.
[ C ] After she dropped out of school.
[ D ] Before she joined a traveling group.
15. When is the best time of a woman' s life, as Beth Orton was told?
[A] In her 60s.
[C] In her 30s.
16. What does Beth Orton want to do in the next year or so?
[ A ] Improve her skills in playing the drums.
[ B ] Learn how to play the violin.
[ C ] Try some strange musical instruments.
[ D ] Train herself in coordination.
Questions 17--20 are based on the following discussion with Dr. Jane Richard about
premarital contracting. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17--20.
17. How do people see premarital contracting in general?
[B] In her 40s.
[D] In her 20s.
[B] 30%.
[D] 10%.
[ B ] Legal documents.
[ D ] Communication.
[ A ] It is unfeasible and unnecessary.
[ B ] It has no effect on true love.
[ C ] It is only effective for someone rich and famous.
[ D ] It suggests distrust between the two partners.
18. What does the woman think of premarital contracting?
[ A ] It helps a couple know more about each other.
[ B ] It makes a couple' s relationship more stable.
[ C ] It helps to develop genuine love in a couple.
[ D ] It makes a couple feel more comfortable with each other.
19. What is the divorce rate, according to the interviewer?
[A] 50%.
[C] 20%.
20. What is essential in premarital contracting, according to the woman?
[ A ] Financial status.
[ C ] Attitude to marriage.
You now have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER
SHEET 1.
This is the end of Listening Comprehension.
Section II
( 15 minutes)
Directions :
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and
mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Believe it or not, airlines really are trying to do better. They promised to improve
customer service last year
stories
of nightmare flights.
airlines
So why is it that flying is getting 23
are spending billions of dollars to improve service,
in new equipment such
as mobile check-in stations and portable phone 15anks so travelers can quickly 26
a flight when it is delayed or canceled? The fact is that air travel has
been
such an annoyance, and customer complaints to the Transportation Department doubled
in 1999
people by bus this year. An unusual run of bad
It seems Mother Nature would
weather,
long walls of thunderstorms, has crippled airports lately and led
to widespread delays and cancellations. After similar problems last summer, the FAA
promised to work more closely with airlines
weather slowdowns--for example,
FAA and airline representatives now gather at a single location in Herndon, Va. ,
to
the
new initiative has fallen
complain that the delays seem
36
the strong economy, U. S. airlines are expected to carry a record 665 million
passengers this year, up 5 percent from last year. On
,planes are about 76
percent full these days, also a
which are profitably loading more passengers _ 39
the best way to allocate the available airspace. But even the FAA
of expectations, and many passengers
. That' s good news for the Transport Department,
each flight, and bad news for
35 Part of the problem is overcrowded planes.
21
pressure from a Congress which was
22
for so many passengers,
24
28
1998.
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34
38
27
33
25
37
Use of English
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[B] average
[B] monument
[C]legend
Reading Comprehension( 60 minutes)
[D] from
[C] beneath
[C] taken in by
[ C] desperate
[B] capturing
[B] responding to
[D] superfluous
[D] Based on
[D]total
[D] record
[D] beyond
[D] filled in with
[ D] fatal
[B] below
[B] fed up with
[ B] worse
[B] for
[C] over
[D] on
40
irritations build rapidly in tight quarters.
[B] although
[C] unless
[D] if
[B] so that
[C] even though
[D] now that
[D] investing
[D] rebook
[D] always
[B] follow up
[B] allows
[B] lacking
[B] arbitrary
[B] Except for
[B] purchasing
[B] reserve
[B] often
[B] upon
[B] presume
[D] permit
[D] characterizing
[D] abiding by
[D] set aside
[D] claims
[D] short
[C] replying to
[C] figure out
[C] reveals
[C] scarce
[C] plentiful
[C] Thanks to
[C] estimate
[C] installing
[C] recall
[C] also
[C] over
[C] prefer
[C] distinguishing
passengers,
21. [A] under
22. [A] held back by
23. [ A] inferior
24. [A] as if
25. [A] upgrading
26. [A] reclaim
27. [A] never
28. [A] since
29. [A] persist
30. [A] featuring
31. [A] charged with
32. [A] draw in
33. [A] admits
34. [A] lagging
35. [A] absolute
36.[A] According to
37. [A] calculation
38. [A] fantasy
39.[A] at
40. [A] since
Section II1
Part A
Directions :
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,
B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text 1
The future of space exploration depends on many things. It depends on how technology
evolves, how political forces shape competition and partnerships between nations,
and how important the public feels space exploration is. The near future will see
the continuation of human space flight in Earth' s orbit and unpiloted space flight
within the solar system. Piloted space flight to other planets, or even back to the
moon, still seems far away. Any flight to other solar systems is even more distant,
but a huge advance in space technology could drive space exploration into realms
currently explored only by science fiction.
The 1968 film 2001 : A Space Odyssey depicted commercial shuttles flying to and from
a giant wheel-shaped space station in orbit around Earth, bases on the moon, and
a piloted mission to Jupiter. The real space activities of 2001 will not match this
cinematic vision, but the 21st century will see a continuation of efforts to
transform humanity into a spacefaring species.
Perhaps the most difficult problem space planners face is how to finance a vigorous
program of piloted space exploration, in Earth' s orbit and beyond. In 1998 no single
government or international enterprise had plans to send people back to the moon,
much less to Mars. Such missions are unlikely to happen until the perceived value
exceeds their cost.
One belief shared by a number of space exploration experts is that future lunar and
Martian expeditions should be aimed at creating permanent settlements. The residents
of such outposts would have to "live off the land," obtaining such necessities as
oxygen and water from the harsh environment. On the moon, pioneers could obtain
oxygen by heating lunar soil. In 1998 the Lunar Prospector discovered evidence of
significant deposits of ice, a valuable resource for settlers, mixed
with soil at the lunar poles. On Mars, oxygen could be extracted from the atmosphere
and water could come from buried deposits of ice.
The future of piloted lunar and planetary exploration remains largely unknown. Most
space exploration scientists believe that people will be on the moon and Mars by
the middle of the 21st century, but how they get there, and the nature of their visits,
is a subject of continuing debate. Clearly, key advances will need to be made in
lowering the cost of getting people off Earth, the first step in any human voyage
to other worlds.
41. A flight to other solar systems will be made more possible by
[ A ] technological breakthroughs.
[ B ] international co-operation.
[ C ] market competition.
[ D ] public pressure.
42. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that human society will become increasingly
[ A ] worded about life on other planets.
[ B ] dependent on space tourism.
[ C ] accustomed to long-distance flights.
[ D ] associated with space exploration.
43. According to this text, piloted space missions will need to be
[ A ] more exciting than earlier film versions.
[ B ] supported by international organizations.
[ C ] more cost-effective than they appear to be at present.
[ D ] financed by individual governments.
44. It is predicted that people who will live on other planets would have to
[ A ] appreciate the harsh conditions they encounter there.
[ B ] depend on the natural resources available there.
[ C ] take most dally necessities along with them.
[ D ] engage in scientific research.
45. It is difficult to send people to other planets because of.
[ A ] lack of capacity of space exploration vehicles.
[ B ] the financial expenditure involved in space travel.
[ C ] controversial nature of space travel.
[ D ] the uncertain future of space exploration.
Text 2
Empowering workers constitutes the first step toward a stronger economy and stronger
citizenry. It is a vital step toward overcoming inequality in American society.
During the 1980s, the need for better wages for all workers increased as women,
traditionally secondary earners, assumed greater responsibility for their own and
their children' s well-being. Yet the ability to raise families to a
decent living standard through wage work decreased; real wages fell for most workers.
And the Federal Government enacted no new policies to facilitate the integration
of work and family, as working women and working families suffered a loss in political
power as well.
Black or Hispanic women are four times as likely to be low-wage workers as are white
men with comparable skills and experience. White women are more than three times
as likely as white men to be low-wage workers, and black or Hispanic men more than
one-and-a-half times as likely. More than half of all low-wage workers are the only
wage workers in their families, or live alone.
Employment no longer provides an escape from poverty. More than eight million working
adults are poor; two million of them work full-time, year-round. More than seven
million poor children have at least one working parent. When that one working parent
is a low-wage worker, the children have no better chance of escaping from poverty
than if the parent were not working at all ; more than two-fifths of such children
are poor.
Even if generous income assistance were available, the wages employers pay would
be held to a minimum. In addition, policies such as tax credits for working parents
do nothing to increase the political power of working women and men.
Our research shows that unionization is among the most effective strategies for
raising pay, especially for women and minority men. Being a union member, or being
covered by a collective-bargaining agreement, raised 1984 wages by $ 1.79 per hour
for Hispanic men, $ 1.32 for black men, $ 1.26 for Hispanic women, $ 1.01 for black
women, $ 0.68 for white women, and $ 0.41 for white men, when all other factors,
such as occupation, industry, firm size, education and experience were held constant.
In percentage terms, the union increase was more than 15 percent for blacks and
Hispanics, 11 percent for white women, and 4 percent for white men.
46. During the 1980s, women started to play a more important role in
[ A ] demanding political rights.
[ C ] supporting the family.
47. According to Paragraph 2, who are most likely to be poor?
[ A ] Women of color.
[ C ] Men of color.
48. According to Paragraph 3, having a job
[ A ] means earning a low wage.
[ B ] has never provided a way out of poverty.
[ C ] does not mean that the children will become rich.
[ D ] may not be a guarantee for a poor family to become better off.
49. The term "unionization" (Line 1, Paragraph 5) refers to
[ A ] mobilizing all workers to seize power.
[ B ] gathering workers into an organized group.
[ C ] working out strategies to raise workers' pay.
[ D ] changing wage policies for women and minority men.
[ B ] improving social welfare.
[ D ] earning better wages.
[ B ] White women.
[ D ] White men.
50. What is the theme of the text?
[ A ] The causes of low-wage problems.
[ B ] The inequality of workers' pay.
[ C ] The improvement of the rates of pay.
[ D ] The economy and the rates of pay.
Text 3
Du Bois was a sociological and educational pioneer who challenged the established
system of education that tended to restrict rather than to advance the progress of
black Americans. He challenged what is called the "Tuskegee machine" of Booker T.
Washington, the leading educational spokesperson of the blacks in the U. S.. A
sociologist and historian, Du Bois called for a more determined and activist
leadership than Washington provided.
Unlike Washington, whose roots were is southern black agriculture, Du Bois' s career
spanned both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line. He was a native of Massachusetts,
received his undergraduate education from Fisk University in Nashville, did his
graduate study at Harvard University, and directed the Atlanta University Studies
of Black American Life in the South. Du Bois approached the problem of racial
relations in the United States from two dimensions: as a scholarly researcher and
as an activist for civil rights. Among his works was .the famous empirical
sociological study, The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study, in which he exdanined
that city' s black population and made recommendations for the school system. Du
Bois' s Philadelphia study was the pioneer work on urban blacks in America.
Du Bois had a long and active career as a leader in the civil rights movement. He
helped to organize the Niagara Movement in 1905, which led to the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), established in 1909. From
1910 until 1934, Du Bois edited The Crisis, the major journal of the NAACP. In terms
of its educational policy, the NAACP position was that all American children and
youth should have genuine equality of educational opportunity. This policy, which
Du Bois helped to formulate, stressed the following themes : ( ] ) public schooling
should be free and compulsory for all American children; (2) secondary schooling
should be provided for all youth; (3) higher education should not be monopolized
by any special class or race.
As a leader in education, Du Bois challenged not only the tradition of racial
segregation in the schools but also the accommodationist ideology of Booker T.
Washington. The major difference between the two men was that Washington sought
change that was evolutionary in nature and did not upset the social order, whereas
Du Bois demanded immediate change. Du Bois believed in educated leadership for blacks,
and he developed a concept referred to as the "talented tenth," according to which
10 percent of the black population would receive a traditional college education
in preparation for leadership.
51. Compared with B. T. Washington, Du Bois' s political stand was
[ A ] less popular.
[ C ] less aggressive.
52. According to the text, Du Bois worked as all of the following EXCEPT
[ D ] more conservative.
[ B ] more radical.
[ B ] an educator.
[ D ] an official.
[ A ] an editor.
[ C ] a scholar.
53. It is Du Bois' s belief that
[ A ] the blacks have a priority in terms of education.
[ B ] higher education should be free for all races.
[ C ] everyone has an equal right to education.
[ D ] development in education should be gradual.
54. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?
[ A ] Washington would not appreciate the idea of overthrowing social order.
[ B ] Racial separation is an outcome of accommodationist ideology.
[ C ] Washington would not support determined activist leadership.
[ D ] The Philadelphia Negro is a book on blacks in American South.
55. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that
[ A ] many blacks are prepared for leadership.
[ B ] Du Bois was in favor of "elite education" for blacks.
[ C ] Washington and Du Bois had never been friends.
[ D ] only the top 10 percent are worth educating.
Text 4
Our analysis therefore suggests that the real problem facing the black community
lies in the educational obstacles prior to the Ph. D. programs rather than in the
pour-in of foreign students. Equally, our analysis suggests that we ought to treat
foreign students as an important source of brain gain for us and that we ought to
facilitate, rather than hinder, their arrival and their entry into our work force.
How could this be done?
There is a long-standing provision in our immigration laws under which those who
bring in a certain amount of financial capital ( which will "create jobs" ) are
allowed to immigrate : A foreigner who invests one million dollars in a commercial
enterprise established in a high-unemployment area, which creates jobs for at least
ten Americans, is automatically given immigrant status (i. e. ,a green card). We
suggest extending the idea from financial to human capital.
Currently, graduate students who wish to stay on in the United States after their
Ph. D. s must be sponsored by their employers, a process that imposes substantial
hardship both on the students and on smaller employers.
The standard procedure is in two stages. First, the U. S. Department of Labor must,
on the basis of a U. S. employer' s sponsorship, certify that "no American can do
this job. " Then, the would be immigrant must apply for immigrant status at the
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). If all goes right, the entire process
takes about two years ( considerably more for citizens of certain countries). But
things may not go right: there could be problems at either stage. Thus, the employer
or the "alien" must hire an immigration lawyer. The current process, then, is costly
both to the would-be immigrant and to the employer ( and hence, it unfairly penalizes
smaller firms that cannot afford this expensive process and so cannot recruit this
foreign talent).
The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1990 introduced an alternative route for
professors and researchers to secure immigrant status. Essentially, it eliminates
the average processing time to about one year, it does not eliminate any of the
uncertainty or the need for expensive legal counsel.
We budget that automatic green cards be given to all those who obtain a Ph.D. in
the science and engineering programs at our universities. In adopting such a
"guaranteed green card" proposal, we would be recognizing the important contribution
that these students make to our leading position in science by giving equal weight
to human capital and financial capital.
56. Prior to this text, the author has most probably made an analysis of
[ A ] brain gain in the United States.
[ B ] the cause of problems of the black people.
[ C ] the U. S educational programs for blacks.
[ D ] the procedure of foreign students' immigration.
57. Which of the following statements will the author most probably agree with?
[ A ] Foreign students are a new source of financial capital.
[ B ] Ph. D. graduates should automatically be given green cards.
[ C ] Foreign. Ph. D. graduates may function as a kind of capital.
[ D ] Foreign investors ought to immigrate to high unemployment areas.
58. A foreign graduate student who applies for immigrant status must have
[ A ] a U.S. employer' s sponsorship.
[ B ] financial capital to create ten jobs.
[ C ] a job in an American company.
[ D ] the help of an immigration lawyer.
59. Smaller enterprises have difficulty using foreign talent because of
[ A ] the costly recruiting process.
[ B ] the expensive legal counsel.
[ C ] the competition from big companies,
[ D ] the inability to provide sponsorship.
60. The author' s proposal differs from the Immigration and Naturalization Act of
1990 in
[ A ] the kind of green card.
[ B ] the amount of. investment capital.
[ C ] the budget for the whole process.
[ D ] the certainty of issuing green cards.
Part B
Directions:
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into
Chinese. Write your translation clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.
The cost of staging the year 2000 Olympics in Sydney is estimated to be a staggering
$ 960 million, but 61 ) the city is preparing to reap the financial benefits that
come from holding such an international event by equaling the commercial success
of Los Angeles, the only city yet to have made a demonstrable profit from the Games
in 1984. At precisely 4:20 a. m. on Friday the 24th of September 1993, it was announced
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