专业四级 专业四级模拟15          

PART II CLOZE  (开始PART II CLOZE计时)

Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.    Select the correct choice for each blank.

American cities are (26)_____ other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the values of the culture. Cities contain the very (27)_____ aspect of a society: opportunities for education, employment, and entertainment. They also contain the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial conflict (种族冲突), and poverty. American cities are changing, just (28)_____ American society. After World War II, the population of (29)_____ large American cities decreased; (30)_____, the population in many sun Belt cities increased. Los Angeles and Houston are cities (31)_____ population increased. There population shifts to and from the city reflect the changing values of American society. During this time, in the (32)_____ 1940s and early 1950s, city residents became wealthier, more prosperous. They had more children. They needed more space. They moved out their apartments in the city to buy their own homes. They bought houses in the (33)_____, areas near a city where people live. These are areas without many offices or factories. During the 1950s the American "dream" was to have a house on the outskirts. Now things are changing. The children of the people who (34)_____ the cities in the 1950s are now adults. They, (35)_____ their parents, want to live in the cities. (36)_____ continue to move to cities in the Sun Belt. Cities are (37)_____ and the population is increasing in (38)_____ states as Texas, Florida, and California. Others are moving to more established cities of the Northeast and Midwest, such as Boston, Baltimore and Chicago. Many young professionals, doctors, lawyers, and executives are moving back into the city. They prefer the city (39)_____ the suburbs because their jobs are there; they are afraid of the fuel shortage; or they just enjoy the excitement and opportunities which the city offers. A new class is moving into the cities -- a wealthier, (40)_____ mobile class.

26.   A) different from   B) similar to   C) better than   D) worse than

27.   A) well   B) good   C) better   D) best

28.   A) likely   B) as   C) while   D) when

29.   A) all   B) most   C) few   D) much

30.   A) but   B) and   C) however   D) although

31.   A) its   B) which   C) where   D) that

32.   A) late   B) later   C) lately   D) latter

33.   A) outskirts   B) downtown   C) districts   D) suburbs

34.   A) departed   B) left   C) reached   D) entered

35.   A) as   B) like   C) dislike   D) unlike

36.   A) Some   B) All   C) Several   D) Lots of

37.   A) stretching   B) widening   C) expanding   D) prolonging

38.   A) such   B) these   C) those   D) many

39.   A) than   B) better than   C) rather than   D) to

40.   A) very   B) and   C) more   D) or

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PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY  (开始PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY计时)

There are twenty-five sentences in this section.    Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.    Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence.

41. The Committee had met many times, but had not come up with _____ to the problem.

 A) a way    

 B) an idea    

 C) a solution    

 D) a method   

42. The police arrested the wrong man mainly because they _____ the names given by the witness.

 A) puzzled    

 B) confused    

 C) bewildered    

 D) perplexed   

43. I am _____ obliged to you for the many kindnesses you have known my son.

 A) excitedly    

 B) exceedingly    

 C) evidently    

 D) excessively   

44. The highlight of his acting career was the opportunity of playing the _____ of Hamlet.

 A) character    

 B) personality    

 C) play    

 D) part   

45. He narrowly _____ being seriously hurt, if not killed, by the explosion.

 A) missed    

 B) failed    

 C) lost    

 D) dropped   

46. In the _____ of my not being there to meet you, our representative will take you to your hotel.

 A) possibility    

 B) occurrence    

 C) occasion    

 D) event   

47. Paul was so _____ that he took no credit to himself for his good work.

 A) moderate    

 B) modest    

 C) medium    

 D) moral   

48. Although I spoke to him many times, he never took any _____ of what I said.

 A) notice    

 B) attention    

 C) consideration    

 D) warning   

49. It is no easy thing to _____ the meaning of every idiom in English.

 A) get by    

 B) get in    

 C) get on    

 D) get at   

50. The book only _____ the causes of the war and does not do justice to the influence of the slave trade.

 A) counts on    

 B) touches on    

 C) takes on    

 D) pulls on   

51. We must take a firm _____ against the lowering of educational standards.

 A) stand    

 B) place    

 C) position    

 D) reason   

52. It never _____ my mind that he might refuse the request.

 A) passed    

 B) filled    

 C) crossed    

 D) occurred   

53. At the sight of the police officer, the thief _____.

 A) got to his feet    

 B) took to his heels    

 C) rose to his feet    

 D) dragged his heels   

54. The guide told us that an incident _____ here in 1925.

 A) took place    

 B) was taking place    

 C) had been taking place    

 D) had taken place   

55. _____, one must understand mathematics.

 A) A good scientist    

 B) In order to be a good scientist    

 C) It's a good scientist    

 D) Being a good scientist   

56. Susan had worked for three years to be a computer analyst but found her progress _____.

 A) discouraging    

 B) to be discouraged    

 C) discouraged     

 D) to be discouraged   

57. _____, all the quarrels came to an end.

 A) The lost money was found    

 B) Was the lost money found    

 C) Because the lost money found    

 D) With the lost money found   

58. He speaks mandarin with strong Sichuan accent, so he _____ brought up in Sichuan or some places close to Sichuan.

 A) must have been    

 B) must be    

 C) may have been    

 D) can't have been   

59. _____ today, he would get there on Sunday.

 A) Was he leaving    

 B) Were he to leave    

 C) If he leaves    

 D) If he is leaving   

60. His remark was _____ you might have expected.

 A) that    

 B) which    

 C) whichever    

 D) what   

61. My car is in _____ bad condition _____ I can't drive it.

 A) such, that    

 B) too, to    

 C) so, that    

 D) such a, that   

62. Few people said full attention to their health conditions _____ they were seriously ill.

 A) when    

 B) if    

 C) until    

 D) before    

63. -- What do you think of their _____ play? -- I like it much better than their _____ one.

 A) last, latest    

 B) later, last    

 C) later, latest    

 D) latest, last   

64. _____ the 1500's _____ the first European explores the coast of California.

 A) It was not until, then    

 B) It is until, that    

 C) It is not until, when    

 D) It is not until, that   

65. He opened his lips as if _____ some reply.

 A) making    

 B) having made    

 C) to be made    

 D) to make   

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PART IV READING COMPREHENSION  (开始PART IV READING COMPREHENSION计时)

In this section there are five passages followed by fifteen questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answer marked A, B, C and D.    Choose the one that you think is the correct answer.

TEXT A Surprisingly, no one knows how many children receive education in English hospitals, still less the content or quality of that education. Proper records are just not kept. We know that more than 850,000 children go through hospital each year, and that every child of school age has a legal right to continue to receive education while in hospital. We also know there is only one hospital teacher to every 1,000 children in hospital. Little wonder the latest survey concludes that the extent and type of hospital teaching available differ a great deal across the country. It is found that half the hospitals in England which admit children have no teacher. A further quarter have only a part-time teacher. The special childrens hospitals in major cities do best; general hospitals in the country and holiday areas are worst off. From this survey, one can estimate that fewer than one in five children have some contact with a hospital teacher -- and that contact may be as little as two hours a day. Most children interviewed were surprised to find a teacher in hospital at all. They had not been prepared for it by parents or their own school. If there was a teacher they were much more likely to read books and do math or number work; without a teacher they would only play games. Reasons for hospital teaching range from preventing a child falling behind and maintaining the habit of school to keeping a child occupied, and the latter is often all the teacher can do. The position and influence of many teachers was summed up when parents referred to them as "the library lady" or just "the helper". Children tend to rely on concerned school friends to keep in touch with school work. Several parents spoke of requests for work being ignored or refused by the school. Once back at school, children rarely get extra teaching, and are told to catch up as best they can. Many short-stay child-patients catch up quickly. But schools do very little to ease the anxiety about falling behind expressed by many of the children interviewed.

66. The author points out at the beginning that _____. 

 A) every child in hospital receives some teaching    

 B) not enough is known about hospital teaching    

 C) hospital teaching is of poor quality    

 D) the special children's hospitals are worst off   

67. It can be inferred from the latest survey that _____. 

 A) hospital teaching across the country is similar    

 B) each hospital has at least one part-time teacher     

 C) all hospitals surveyed offer education to children    

 D) only one-fourth of the hospitals have full-time teachers   

68. Children in hospital usually turn to _____ in order to catch up with their school work. 

 A) hospital teachers    

 B) schoolmates    

 C) parents    

 D) school teachers   

69. We can conclude from the passage that the author is _____. 

 A) unfavorable towards children receiving education in hospitals    

 B) in favor of the present state of teaching in hospitals    

 C) unsatisfied with the present state of hospital teaching    

 D) satisfied with the results of the latest survey   

TEXT B Computer people talk a lot about the need for other people to become "computer-literate", in other words, to learn to understand computers and what makes them tick. Not all experts agree, however, that this is a good idea. One pioneer, in particular, who disagree is David Tebbutt, the founder of Computertown UK. Although many people see this as a successful attempt to bring computers to the people and make them "people-literate". David first got the idea when he visited one of Americas best-known computer "guru" figures, Bob Albrecht, in the small university town of Palo alto in Northern California. Albrecht had started a project called Computertown USA in the local library, and the local children used to call round every Wednesday to borrow some time on the computers there, instead of borrowing library books. Albrecht was always on hand to answer any questions and to help the children discover about computers in their own way. Over here, in Britain, Computertowns have taken off in a big way, and there are now about 40 scattered over the country. David Tebbutt thinks they are most successful when tied to a computer club. He insists there is a vast and important difference between the two, although they complement each other. The clubs cater for the enthusiasts, with some computer knowledge already, who get together and eventually form an expert computer group. This frightens away non-experts, who are happier going to Computertowns where there are computers available for them to experiment on, with experts available to encourage them and answer any questions; they are not told what to do, they find out. David Tebbutt finds it interesting to see the two different approaches working side by side. The computer experts have to learn not to tell people about computers, but have to be able to explain the answers to the questions that people really want to know. In some Computertowns there are question sessions, rather like radio phone-ins, where the experts listen to a lot of questions and then try to work out some structure to answer them. People are not having to learn computer jargons, but the experts are having to translate computer mysteries into easily understood terms; the computers are becoming "people-literate".

70. According to David Tebbutt, the purpose of Computertown UK is to _____. 

 A) train people to understand how computers work    

 B) make more computers available to people    

 C) enable more people to fix computers themselves    

 D) help people find out more about computers   

71. We learn from the passage that Computertown USA was a _____. 

 A) town    

 B) project    

 C) library    

 D) school   

72. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? 

 A) Computertowns in the auk have become popular.    

 B) Computertowns and clubs cater for different people.    

 C) Computertowns are more successful than clubs.    

 D) It's better that computertowns and clubs work together.   

73. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of computertowns? 

 A) Experts give lectures and talks on computers.    

 B) Experts are on hand to answer people's questions.    

 C) People are left to discover computers on their own.    

 D) There are computers around for people to practise on.   

TEXT C There must be few questions on which responsible opinion is so utterly divided as on that of how much sleep we ought to have. There are some who think we can leave the body to regulate these matters for itself. "The answer is easy," says Dr. A. Burton. "With the right amount of sleep you should wake up fresh and alert five minutes before the alarm rings." If he is right many people must be under sleeping, including myself. But we must remember that some people have a greater inertia than others. This is not meant rudely. They switch on slowly, and they are reluctant to switch off. They are alert at bedtime and sleepy when it is time to get up, and this may have nothing to do with how fatigued their bodies are, or how much sleep they must take to lose their fatigue. Other people feel sure that the present trend is towards too little sleep. According to one medical opinion, "thousands of people drift through life suffering from the effects of too little sleep; the reason is not that they cant sleep. Like advancing colonists, we do seem to be grasping ever more of the land of sleep for our waking needs, pushing the boundary back and reaching, apparently, for a point in our evolution where we will sleep no more. This in itself, of course, need not be a bad thing. What could be disastrous, however, is that we should press too quickly towards this goal, sacrificing sleep only to gain more time in which to jeopardize our civilization by actions and decisions made weak by fatigue. Then, to complete the picture, there are those who believe that most people are persuaded to sleep too much. Dr. H. Roberts, writing in Every Man in Health, asserts: "It may safely be stated that, just as the majority eat too much, so the majority sleep too much." One can see the point of this also. It would be a pity to retard our development by holding back those people who are gifted enough to work and play well with less than the average amount of sleep, if indeed it does them no harm. If one of the trends of evolution is that more of the life span is to be spent in gainful waking activity, then surely these people are in the can of this advance.

74. The author seems to indicate that _____. 

 A) there are many controversial issues like the right amount of sleep    

 B) among many issues the right amount of sleep is the least controversial    

 C) people are now moving towards solving many controversial issues    

 D) the right amount of sleep is a topic of much controversy among doctors   

75. The author disagrees with Dr. Burton because _____. 

 A) few people can wake up feeling fresh and alert    

 B) some people still feel tired with enough sleep    

 C) some people still feel sleepy with enough sleep    

 D) some people go to bed very late at night   

76. In the last paragraph the author points out that _____. 

 A) sleeping less is good for human development    

 B) people ought to be persuaded to sleep less than before    

 C) it is incorrect to say that people sleep too little &