week6四级笔试模拟试卷3
week6四级笔试模拟试卷3
Part I Writing
1. 目前人们是否真的越来越少使用手写了
2. 打字在哪些方面能代替手写，哪些方面不能
3. 练习手写字（或书法）是否还有必要
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions. For the first seven questions, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For the last three questions, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
A Healthy Mix of Rest and Motion
Some gym goers are tortoises (乌龟). They prefer to take their sweet time, leisurely riding or walking along on a track. Others are rabbits, impatiently racing through miles at high speed. But new findings suggest that for at least one exercise a week it pays to be both tortoise and rabbit—changing between short bursts of hard exercise and easy easy-does-it recovery.
Weight watchers and those who simply want to increase their fitness (健康) all stand to gain. This fast-slow changing technique, called interval training, is hardly new. For decades, serious athletes have used it to improve performance. But new evidence suggests that an exercise with steep peaks and valleys can greatly improve heart fitness and raise the body's potential to burn fat.
Best of all, the benefits become evident in a matter of weeks.
"There's definitely renewed interest in interval training," said Ed Coyle, the director of the human performance laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin.
A 2005 study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology(生理学) found that after just two weeks of interval training, six of the eight college-age men and women doubled their endurance, or the amount of time they could ride a bicycle at moderate speed before getting very tired.
Eight volunteers in a control group, who did not do any interval training, showed no improvement in endurance. Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, had the exercisers run for 30 seconds, then either stop or ride gently for four minutes.
Such a sharp improvement in endurance after 15 minutes of intense cycling spread over two weeks was all the more surprising because the volunteers were already quite fit. They jogged, biked or did exercise two to three times a week.
Doing bursts of hard exercise not only improves heart fitness but also the body's ability to burn fat, even during slow or moderate exercises, according to a study published this month. Eight women in their early 20s cycled for 10 sets of four minutes of hard riding, followed by two minutes of rest. Over two weeks, they completed seven interval exercises.
After interval training, the amount of fat burned in an hour of continuous moderate cycling increased by 36 percent, said Jason L Talanian, the lead author of the study and an exercise scientist at the University of Guelph in Ontario. The ability of the heart and lungs to supply oxygen to working muscles improved by 13 percent. It didn't matter how fit the subjects were before. The college athletes had similar increases in fitness and fat burning. "Even when interval training was added on top of other exercise they were doing, they still saw a significant improvement," Mr Talanian said.
That said, this was a small study that lacked a control group, so more research would be needed to confirm that interval training was responsible.
Interval training isn't for everyone. "Pushing your heart rate up very high with intensive interval training can put a strain on the heart, provoking a heart attack or stroke in people at risk," said Walter R Thompson, professor of exercise science at Georgia State University in Atlanta.
For anyone with heart disease or high blood pressure—or who has joint health problems or is older than 60—experts say to consult a doctor before starting interval training.
Still, anyone in good health might consider doing interval training once or twice a week. Joggers can change between walking and running. Swimmers can complete a couple of fast races, then four more slowly.
There is no single accepted formula for the ratio between hard work and a moderate pace or resting. In fact, many coaches recommend varying the duration of activity and rest.
But some guidelines apply. The high-speed phase should be long and hard enough that a person is out of breath—typically one to four minutes of exercise at 80 to 85 percent of their maximum heart rate. Recovery periods should not last long enough for their pulse to return to its resting rate.
Also people should remember to warm up before the first interval. Coaches advise that people should not do interval work continuously. More than 24 hours between such sessions will allow the body to recover.
What is so special about interval training? One advantage is that it allows exercisers to spend more time doing hard exercise than they could in a single effort. "The rest period in interval training gives the body time to remove some of the waste products of working muscles," said Barry A Franklin, the director at the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich.
To go hard, the body must use new parts of muscles. Once these parts are trained, they are available to burn fuel even during easy exercises. "Any form of exercise that uses new parts of muscle is going to enhance the body's ability to use and burn fat," Dr Coyle said.
Improved fat burning means endurance with which athletes can go further. It is also welcome news to anyone trying to lose weight or avoid gaining it. Unfortunately, many people aren't active enough to keep muscles healthy. By exercising and awakening new parts of muscle and increasing the body's ability to use fuel, interval training could potentially lower the risk of heart disease.
Interval training does amount to hard work, but the sessions can be short. Best of all, as an exercise that combines tortoise and rabbit, it leaves little time for boredom.
1. What does the "steep peaks and valleys" refer to in the sentence underlined in the second paragrah?
A) The exercise of climbing mountains.
B) Switching from high-speed running to low-speed jogging.
C) Switching from easy exercises to hard ones.
D) Switching between hard exercises and easy ones.
2. What is the most significant benefit of interval training?
A) It can burn more fat.
B) It can improve heart fitness.
C) It helps people run faster.
D) It helps people run for longer time.
3. The effect of interval training would show after ________.
A) days B) weeks C) months D) years
4. Which of the following words could best explain the word "subject" in the sentence underlined in the tenth paragrah?
A) People who attend the experiment. B) Topics of the experiment.
C) Different purposes of the experiment. D) Different exercises in the experiment.
5. What kind of people should consult a doctor before adopting interval training?
A) Those with heart disease or high blood pressure.
B) Those with joint health problems or under 60.
C) Those who want to become better athletes.
D) Those who want to lose weight.
6. Which of the following is true concerning the details of the exercise?
A) The high-speed phase should be as long as possible.
B) Recovery periods should last long enough for their pulse to return to its resting rate.
C) People should remember to warm up before the first interval.
D) People should do interval work continuously.
7. What is the advantage of training the body to use new parts of muscles?
A) Those parts will allow you spend more time doing hard exercise.
B) Those parts will keep you healthy even without exercise.
C) It helps people to build more muscles.
D) It enhances the body's ability to use and burn fat.
8. The rest period in interval training gives the body time to __________________________________.
9. Improved fat burning means endurance with which athletes can go further, which is a welcome news to
_______________________.
10. Best of all, interval training is an exercise that ________________________________________.
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each 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 answer.
11. What does the woman mean?
A) She likes medical school. B) She does not like to go to school.
C) Her father wants her to go to medical school.
D) She has a wide choice as her father is paying for her.
12. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A) In a store. B) In a resturant. C) In a pub. D) In one's home.
13. What will Jack probably do?
A) He'll keep the ball. B) He'll try himself.
C) He'll pass the ball to the woman. D) He'll pass the ball to Sam.
14. What does the man like to read?
A) The columns. B) The sport news.
C) The news about movies. D) The news about movie stars.
15. What does Tom think of his new partner?
A) He's not hard-working. B) He is a good actor.
C) He knows well about Shakespeare. D) He is not good at the Shakespearean plays.
16. What does the man mean?
A) When a man grows old, he would stop laughing.
B) Old age would make one lose the ability to laugh.
C) Laughing makes people young.
D) Only when a man becomes old would he lose the sense of humor.
17. What can we learn from the conversation?
A) The woman likes the man's new tie.
B) The man likes the woman's new dress.
C) The two people always agree on each other's choices of clothes.
D) The two people do not have the same taste.
18. What is the man's attitude about the champion?
A) He is surprised.
B) He's not surprised.
C) He believes someone else can win this year.
D) He believes the champion would win forever.
19. How many books has the woman written and how many prizes has she won?
A) She wrote 10 books and won 3 prizes.
B) She wrote 12 books and won 10 prizes.
C) She wrote 12 books and won 3 prizes.
D) She wrote 10 books and won 10 prizes.
20. What is the woman surprised about concerning her last book?
A) She's surprised that it won the prize, but it did not sell well.
B) She's surprised that it was a best-seller, and also favored by the critics.
C) She's surprised that it won the prize.
D) She's surprised that the critics liked it but the public did not.
21. Is the woman willing to see her book turned into a movie?
A) Yes, she enjoys watching movies.
B) No, she has never met any screenwriters.
C) Yes, Hollywood will help her make more money.
D) No, she hates to have her book changed a lot.
22. What damage did the snow storm cause?
A) It caused the collapse of a building and three deaths.
B) It caused the collapse of a building and three injuries.
C) It caused a roof collapse and three deaths.
D) It caused a roof collapse and three injuries.
23. How long will the snow storm last?
A) It will last for three days. B) It will last till the next Monday.
C) It will stop tomorrow. D) They don't know.
24. What is true about Jenny?
A) She will arrive next Monday. B) She has been away since graduation.
C) She will arrive in three days. D) She has never been here before.
25. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A) Friends. B) Travel mates. C) An old couple. D) Neighbors.
Part III Listening Comprehension
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 and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).
The Origin of Sports
When did sport begin? If sport is, basically, play, the claim might be made that sport is much older than humankind, for, as we all have observed, the beasts play. Dogs and cats fight and play ball games. Fishes and birds dance. The monkeys have simple, happy games. Infants at play, school children playing tag, and adult arm wrestlers are demonstrating strong, trans-generational and trans-species bonds with the universe of animals—past, present and future. Young animals, particularly, fall, chase, run, fight, imitate and laugh (or so it seems) to the point of delighted fatigue. Their play, and ours, appears to serve no other purpose than to give pleasure to the players, and apparently, to remove us for a moment from the suffering of life in earnest.
Some philosophers have claimed that our playfulness is the noblest part of our basic nature. In their generous conceptions, play harmlessly and experimentally permits us to put our creative forces, fantasy and imagination into action. Play is release from the tedious battles against lack and decline which are the endless, and inevitable, tragedies of life. This is a grand conception that excites and provokes. The holders of this view claim that the origins of our highest accomplishments—ritual, literature and law—can be traced to a play impulse which, interestingly, we see most purely enjoyed by young beasts and children. Our sports, in this rather happy view of human nature, are more splendid creations of the non-datable, trans-species play impulse.
26. What might be the reasons of animals' play?
A) To practice how to fight. B) To see which one is the strongest.
C) To get pleasure. D) To learn to deal with others.
27. Why do philosophers say that our playfulness is the noblest part of our basic nature?
A) It makes us filled with imagination.
B) It permits us to put our creative forces into action.
C) It inspires more fantasies.
D) It helps us enjoy life.
28. How does sport relate to the human accomplishments of ritual, literature and law?
A) They all require justice. B) They are all beneficial to our life.
C) They can all be traced to a play impulse. D) They can all give us pleasure.
Sub-urbanization
If by "suburb" is meant an urban margin that grows more rapidly than its already developed interior, the process of sub-urbanization began during the appearance of the industrial city in the second quarter of the 19th century. Before that period, the city was a small highly compact zone in which people moved about on foot and goods were conveyed by horse and cart. But the early factories built in the 1840s were located along rivers and near rail stations at the edges of cities, and housing was needed for the thousands of people drawn by the prospect of employment. In time, the factories were surrounded by rapidly increasing mill towns of apartments and row houses that were close to the older, main cities. As a defense against this new drive and to enlarge their tax bases, the cities appropriated their industrial neighbors. In 1854, for example, the city of Philadelphia integrated most of Philadelphia County. Similar urban movements took place in Chicago and in New York. Indeed, most great cities of the United States achieved such status only by unifying the communities along their borders. In 1888, the first commercially successful electric traction line was developed. Within a few years the carts drawn by horses were retired and electric streetcar networks crossed and connected every major urban area, fostering a wave of sub-urbanization that transformed the compact industrial city into a really great one.
29. When did the process of sub-urbanization begin?
A) During the appearance of city in the beginning of the 19th century.
B) During the developed stage of the industrial city in the early 20th century.
C) During the appearance of the industrial city in the second quarter of the 19th century.
D) During the development of rural areas in the second quarter of the 19th century.
30. How did most great cities of the United States achieve their status?
A) By building more factories along the line.
B) By unifying the communities along their borders.
C) By absorbing more people from far and near.
D) By enlarging their tax basis.
31. In which year was the first commercially successful electric traction line developed?
A) 1840. B) 1854. C) 1878. D) 1888.
Skyscrapers and Environment
In the late 1960s, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointed out that a group of tall buildings in a city often over-burdens public transportation and parking lot capacities.
Skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power. In one recent year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York City raised the peak daily demand for electricity by 120,000 kilowatts—enough to supply the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day.
Glass-walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful. The heat loss (or gain) through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than 10 times that through a typical brick wall filled with board that absorbs heat. To reduce the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipment, builders of skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that reduce bright light as well as heat gain. However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings.
Skyscrapers put a severe strain on a city's sanitation facilities, too. If fully occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone generate 2.25 million gallons of waste each year—as much as a city the size of Stanford, Connecticut, which has a population of more than 109,000.
32. When was the first time that steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized?
A) In the 1960s. B) In the 1970s.
C) In the 1980s. D) In the 1990s.
33. What is true about the glass-walls of the skyscrapers?
A) More heat is lost or gained through the walls.
B) The walls themselves absorb more heat.
C) Mirror-walls prevent the temperature of the surrounding air from rising.
D) Mirror-walls are more energy-saving.
34. How much waste would the two World Trade Center towers in New York City generate each year if fully occupied?
A) 17 million gallons. B) 120,000 gallons.
C) 2.25 million gallons. D) 109,000 gallons.
35. What is the author's attitude towards skyscrapers?
A) Positive. B) Negative. C) Neutral. D) Indifferent.
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section C
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. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the first eight blanks with the exact words you have just heard. For the last three blanks, you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, 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.
The history of MIT spans almost 150 years since it was founded in 1861. MIT has played important roles in the many (36) and technological developments since then. It is an institute of higher education to (37) the challenges posed by rapid advances in science and technology in the mid-19th century that classic institutions were not prepared to deal with. It follows three (38) : the educational value of useful knowledge, the necessity of "learning by doing," and (39) a professional and liberal arts education at the undergraduate level.
MIT was a (40) in the use of laboratory instruction. Its founding (41) is "the teaching, not of the minute details of the arts, which can be done only in the workshop, but of all the scientific principles which form the basis and (42) of them."
Construction of the first MIT building was (43) in Boston's Back Bay in 1866. In the following years, the science and engineering curriculum drifted away from Rogers' ideal of combining general and professional studies and (44) .
MIT was the first university in the nation to (45) and many others. And it continued to expand beyond the classroom and laboratory space permitted by its building in Boston. It also (46) including the University of Cambridge in England.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank above the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please fill the corresponding letter for each item in the blank. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
An ancient Hebraic (希伯来的) text says, "Love is as strong as death." It seems that not everyone experiences this kind of strong love. The increasing probability of crime and war tells us that the world is in indispensable need of true love. But what is true love?
Love is something we all need. But how do we know when we experience it?
True love is best seen as the promotion n and action, not an emotion. Love is not exclusively based on how we feel. Certainly our emotions are involvedved . But they cannot be our only .criteria for love. True love is when you care enough about another person that you will lay down your life for them. When this happens, then love truly is as strong as death. How many of you have a mother, or father, husband or wife, son or daughter or friend who would .sacrifice his or her own life on yours? Those of you who truly love your family members would unselfishly lay your life on the line to save them from death. That is why many people in an emergency room with their loved ones would pray , "Please, God, take me instead of them." May you find true love and be a true lover as well.
A.criteria n.
B.power
C.pray vt 祈祷
D.sacrifice
E.hold
F.promotion n,
G.strong
H.gently adv
I.unselfishly adv 无私的
J.involved ved K.indispensable 必不可少的L.considered M.exclusively N.sensible O.experiences
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).
Fans acclaim it for being spicy and straightforward; critics label it shallow and rude. The success of the Taiwanese talk show "KangXi Arrives" has elicited (引出) different responses from audience members: Different from the usual more serious-style talk shows, it's well known for its humorous interviews and relaxed atmosphere. So, what's so great about TV talk shows?
The question of whether there's a bottom line for TV shows of this kind has been discussed for a long time. The answer is generally positive, but there's still the question: How much is too much?
In places like the US and UK, most TV channels don't bother stopping hosts from using dirty words like the "f word" or "sht" but will beep the words out when the program airs.
TV hosts there can talk about almost anything: politics, religion, sex, whatever. For them, the bottom line is more likely to be the interests of their guests and audiences, rather than whether they've gone too far.
If a guest is not comfortable with the jokes or tricks, or if there's complaining from the audience, the host can be in trouble. For example, British host Jonathan Ross, was suspended without pay by the BBC last year. His offense? He left "grossly offensive" voicemail (语音信箱) messages on the answering machine of British actor Andrew Sachs in his radio show.
In most cases, the bottom line is "lower" than you might think. On American TV, "freedom of speech" is valued. Big late night TV hosts are known for their bold methods. They're ironic, opinionated (固执己见的), and may push the limits.
Surprisingly (or not), audiences are "blamed" for the lower limits. Audiences supposedly expect more and "force" hosts to go further. More than once Dee Hsu has admitted that she does the crazy things on "KangXi Arrives" "all for the rating." To a certain extent, the bottom line should be what the audiences want. And, for those fearless hosts who just don't care, where there's beeping, there's hope.
57. The phrase "when the program airs" in Para. 3 can be best replaced by "________."
A) when the program is finished B) when the program is cancelled
C) when the program is broadcasted D) when the program is criticized
58. The author cites the case of Jonathan Ross to show that ________.
A) talk show hosts can do whatever they want.
B) talk show hosts do get punished for going too far.
C) talk show hosts really enjoy the freedom of speech.
D) the audience can do nothing to the hosts.
59. Why do some hosts say dirty words or do crazy things in their programs?
A) Because they want to punish the guests.
B) Because they want to criticize the government.
C) Because they want to attract more audience.
D) Because they can do whatever they like.
60. What does the author mean by "where there's beeping, there's hope" in the last paragraph?
A) When there is still a way to control the program, we are hopeful that there is still a limit.
B) When there is technical ways to cut the program, we don't have to worry about the bottomlines.
C) We hope that the hosts will stop speaking when they hear the beeping sound.
D) When the hosts give the beeping sound, they will get punished.
61. What is the author's attitude towards the low limit for the hosts of TV talk shows?
A) He is happy for the freedom of speech they enjoy.
B) He is extremely angry when the hosts move beyond the lines.
C) He is pessimistic about the audiences' taste.
D) He is still hopeful that the limit could be controlled.
The Lucky Camera
For taking super-sharp pictures of space, the best telescope is the Hubble, in orbit above the earth. But astronomers can't use it whenever they like; they have to bid for time on the already over-burdened instrument. After about 2010, when the aging Hubble starts to fail, astronomers won't be able to go to it at all.
That's why space watchers are always looking for clever ways to take super-clear images from the ground without the blurring of the atmosphere. And it's why a recent piece of news from Cambridge University and Caltech made scientists take notice. By wedding a new electronic light detector to the Hale Telescope in California, astronomers were able to snap at least one space photo that was literally twice as sharp as a comparable Hubble image and 50,000 times cheaper.
The concept behind the detector (探测器), which is known, cutely, as the Lucky Camera, is very simple: the earth's altering atmosphere acts as a lens, which changes moment by moment as pockets of warmer or cooler air constantly pass in front of a given object. That's why stars blink and why telescopes on the ground can be only so sharp. The stars blink for the Lucky Camera too.
So the computer that runs the Lucky Camera saves those rare, perfect images instead of the rest. And because a single 1?20-second exposure of an object in space is almost invisible, the computer combines the good images and produces one that could be used.
Still, the Lucky Camera isn't a true replacement for the Hubble. Since it has to throw away most of its images, it isn't very efficient. Yes, it took a picture sharper than the Hubble could, but it took a lot longer. The instrument is also limited to a patch of sky only about 1?120th the width of the full moon; the Hubble's field of view is 150 times as large. And the Hubble can see ultraviolet (紫外线) and infrared (红外线) light, which the atmosphere blocks. Ultimately, says Mackay, "we're not competing with the Hubble. We're simply trying to provide another choice when the Hubble dies."
62. Why can't the Hubble satisfy the need of astronomers?
A) It has been overburdened and becomes unavailable.
B) It flies too far away for astronomers to go onto it.
C) It is too expensive and aging.
D) It is too complicated and always fails in function.
63. Which of the following best describes the difficulty of taking super-sharp images from the ground?
A) The climate changes from time to time so there is not enough sunshine.
B) Stars blink from time to time so it is difficult to catch the sight of them.
C) Warmer air or cooler air changes the function of the lens of the telescope.
D) The atmosphere changes from time to time so the images of the objects in space are distorted.
64. How does the Lucky Camera work?
A) It takes pictures with a detector in space and produces a combined one.
B) It takes many pictures on the ground and produces a combined one.
C) It takes many pictures of the space and select the best ones.
D) It takes pictures with a wide field of view and produced the largest one.
65. Which of the following is true about the Lucky Camera?
A) It is very efficent in taking supper-clear pictures.
B) It has a wider field of view than the Hubble.
C) It can see ultraviolet light.
D) It takes sharper pictures than the Hubble could.
66. According to the passage, the Lucky Camera is a(n) ________ of the Hubble.
A) competitor B) replacement C) backup choice D) improved version
Part V Cloze
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.
Today, more than ever before, education is playing an important role in the teaching of children. The school has become a vital part of every community, drawing children from every 67 of life. The children are eager to take advantage 68 its opportunities, coming from their homes, easily adopting the habits of the student. They are coming from 69 and near, struggling towards an
education, satisfying their 70 for knowledge, forming friendships for the future. Childish energy lets nothing stand 71 its way. In their tiny hands, they hold the future.
The person 72 whose capable shoulders rests the responsibility for their education is that 73 hero, the teacher. He must be fair, honest, understanding, and intelligent. He must 74 every situation with the greatest dignity. 75 a complete understanding of his pupils, the experienced teacher 76 himself for the classroom. The students 77 return to the classroom. Youthful 78 are encouraged to develop their latent talents. Ah, yes, the 79 outlets of the arts and the crafts. Tests and examinations fill 80 the day, as bright little minds 81 knowledge form their teacher. But the little hands make the time pass quickly.
Contrary to 82 belief, the teacher's work is not through at the end of the school day. Oh, no. There're many unfinished 83 —blackboards to be cleaned, erasers dusted, and of course the ever-present parent-teacher relationship. So it's to this great 84 and its halls of learning that we dedicate this. When the occasion 85 , there're times when disciplinary actions must be 86 .
67. A) kind B) walk C) way D) part
68. A) on B) at C) by D) of
69. A) far B) close C) here D) distance
70. A) eagerness B) appetite C) thirst D) urge
71. A) at B) in C) for D) behind
72. A) upon B) at C) over D) against
73. A) super B) known C) well-known D) unknown
74. A) hold B) rule out C) handle D) grasp
75. A) For B) With C) Like D) Except
76. A) equips B) provides C) makes D) presents
77. A) carefully B) carelessly C) reluctantly D) eagerly
78. A) heads B) minds C) brains D) hands
79. A) creative B) sensitive C) favorite D) excited
80. A) out B) in C) through D) around
81. A) achieve B) grip C) search D) gather
82. A) popular B) positive C) negative D) objective
83. A) sports B) exercises C) chores D) activities
84. A) figure B) man C) profession D) role
85. A) rises B) arises√C) rose D) arouse
86. A) realized B) taken√C) finished D) seen
Part VI Translation
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
87. (如果不是我明天要面试), I would go and see a film with you this evening.
88. The Foreign Ministers were to have met on May 14th (以讨论缓解危机的提案), but the war broke out.
89. She worked in the United States for three years, and she （最大限度地利用这一机会提高英语水平）.
90. After the Olympic Games were successfully held in China, (体育活动的重要性越来越为人所认同) by the general public.
91. (作为一种加强人与人之间联系的重要媒介), sport activities not only make us healthy, but also help us learn to communicate, cooperate with, and respect others.
2020年精品-英语四级真题试卷及答案(三套全)
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