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1993年英语专业四级真题

Part I Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. 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 centre.

Passage A

California is a land of variety and contrast. Almost every type of physical land feature, short of arctic ice fields and tropical jungles can be found within its borders. Sharply contrasting types of land often lie very close to one another.

People living in Bakersfield, for instance, can visit the Pacific Ocean and the coastal plain, the fertile San Joaquin Valley, the arid Mojave Desert, and the high Sierra Nevada, all within a radius of about 100 miles. In other areas it is possible to go snow skiing in the morning and surfing in the evening of the same day, without having to travel long distances.

Contrast abounds in California. The highest point in the United States (outside Alaska)is in California, and so is the lowest point (including Alaska).Mount Whitney, 14 494 feet above sea level, is separated from Death Valley,282 feet below sea level, by a distance of only 100 miles. The two areas have a difference in altitude of almost three miles.

California has deep, clear mountain lakes like Lake Tahoe, the deepest in the country, but it also has shallow, salty desert lakes. It has Lake Tulainyo, 12 020 feet above sea level, and the lowest lake in the country, the Salton Sea, 236 feet below sea level. Some of its lakes, like Owens Lake in Death Valley, are not lakes at all; they are dried-up lakebeds.

In addition to mountains, lakes, valleys, deserts, and plateaus, California has its Pacific coastline, stretching longer than the coastlines of Oregon and Washington combined.

1.Which of the following is the lowest point in the United States?

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/a3769385.html,ke Tulainyo.

B.Mojave Desert.

C.Death Valley.

D.The Salton Sea.

2.Where is the highest point in the United States located?

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B.Sierra Nevada.

C.Mount Whitney.

D.Alaska.

3.How far away is Death Valley from Mount Whitney?

A.About 3 miles.

B.Only 100 miles.

C.282 feet.

D.14 494 feet.

4.Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage as being within a radius of about 100 miles of Bakersfield?

A.The Pacific Ocean.

B.San Joaquin Valley.

C.Mojave Desert.

D.Oregon and Washington.

5.Which statement best demonstrates that California is a land of variety and contrast?

A.The highest lake in California is Lake Tulainyo.

B.It is possible to go surfing and snow skiing in some parts of California without having to travel long distance.

C.Sierra Nevada, San Joaquin Valley, Mojave Desert and the Pacific Ocean all lie within a radius of about 100 miles.

D.Owens Lake, in Death Valley, is not really a lake at all.

Passage B

By far the most common snake in Britain is the adder. In Scotland, in fact, there are no other snakes at all. The adder is also the only British snake with a poisonous bite. It can be found almost anywhere, but prefers sunny hillsides and rough open country, including high ground. In Ireland there are no snakes at all.

Most people regard snakebites as a fatal misfortune, but not all bites are serious, and very few are fatal. Sometimes attempts at emergency treatment turn out to be more dangerous than the bite itself, with amateurs heroically, but mistakenly, trying do-it-yourself surgery and other unnecessary measures.

All snakes have small teeth, so it follows that all snakes can bite, but only the bite of the adder presents any danger. British snakes are shy animals and are far more frightened of you than you could possibly be of them. The adder will attack only if it feels threatened, as can happen if you take it by surprise and step on it accidentally or if you try to catch it or pick it up, which it dislikes intensely. If it hears you coming, it will normally get out of the way as quickly as it can, but adders cannot move very rapidly and may attack before moving if you are very close.

The effect of a bite varies considerably. It depends upon several things, one of which is the body-weight of the person bitten. The bigger the person, the less harmful the bite is likely to be, which is why children suffer far more seriously from snake bites than adults. A healthy person will also have better resistance against the poison.

Very few people actually die from snakebites in Britain, and though these bites can make some people very ill, there are probably just as many cases of bites having little or no effect, as there are of serious illness.

6.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.The adder is the only poisonous snake in Britain.

B.In Scotland there are no other snakes except the adder.

C.Snake bites seem more dangerous than they actually are.

D.People’s attempts at emergency treatment are utterly unnecessary.

7.Adders are most likely to be found _______.

A.in wilder parts of Britain and Ireland

B.in Scotland and nowhere else

C.on uncultivated land throughout Britain

D.in shady fields in England

8.We are told that British snakes are _____.

A.afraid of human beings

B.poisonous including the adder

C.dangerous except the adder

D.friendly towards human beings

9.When will the adder not attack you?

A.When you try to catch it.

B.When you are some distance away from it.

C.When you happen to step on it.

D.When you try to pick it up.

10.If an adder hears you coming, it will usually ______.

A.attack you immediately

B.disappear very quickly

C.wait to frighten you

D.move out of the way

11.According to the passage, a snake bite is _______.

A.more harmful to a healthy man than to a sick man

B.less harmful to an adult than to a child

C.more dangerous than any serious illness

D.always fatal in Britain

Passage C

Concern with money, and then more money, in order to buy the conveniences and luxuries of modern life, has brought great changes to the lives of most Frenchmen. More people are working than ever before in France. In the cities the traditional leisurely midday meal is disappearing. Offices, shops, and factories are discovering the greater efficiency of a short lunch hour in company lunchrooms. In almost all lines of work emphasis now falls on ever-increasing output. Thus the “typical” Frenchman produces mo re, earns more, and buys more consumer goods than his counterpart of only a generation ago. He gains in creature comforts and ease of life. What he loses to some extent is his sense of personal uniqueness, or individuality.

Some say that France has been Americanized. This is because the United States is a world symbol of the technological society and its consumer products. The so-called Americanization of France has its critics. They fear that “assembly-line life” will le ad to the disappearance of the pleasures of the more graceful and leisurely (but less productive) old French style. What will happen, they ask, to taste, elegance, and the cultivation of the good things in life——to joy in the smell of a freshly picked apple, a stroll by the river, or just happy hours of conversation in a local cafe?

Since the late 1950’s life in France has indeed taken on qualities of rush, tension, and the pursuit of material gain. Some of the strongest critics of the new way of life are the young, especially university students. They are concerned with the future, and they fear that France is threatened by the triumph of this competitive, goods-oriented culture. Occasionally, they have reacted against the trend with considerable violence.

In spite of the critics, however, countless Frenchmen are committed to keeping France in the forefront of the modern economic world. They find that the present life brings more rewards, conveniences, and pleasures than that of the past. They believe that a modern, industrial France is preferable to the old.

12.Which of the following is NOT given as a feature of the old French way of life?

A.Leisure.

B.Elegance.

C.Efficiency.

D.Taste.

13.Which of the following is NOT related to the new French way of life?

A.Shorter lunch hour.

B.Greater output.

C.Creature comforts.

D.Leisurely cafe talk.

14.Which of the following is NOT true about Frenchmen?

A.Many of them prefer the modern life style.

B.They actually enjoy working at the assembly line.

C.They are more concerned with money than before.

D.They are more competitive than the older generation.

15.The passage suggests that ______.

A.in pursuing material gains the French are suffering losses elsewhere

B.it’s now unlikely to see a Frenchman enjoying a stroll by the river

C.the French are fed up with the smell of freshly picked apples

D.great changes have occurred in the life style of all Frenchmen

16.Which of the following is true about the critics?

A.Critics are greater in number than people enjoying the new way of life.

B.Student critics are greater in number than critics in other fields.

C.Student critics have, on occasion, resorted to violent means against the trend.

D.Critics are concerned solely with the present and not the future.

17.Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage?

A.Changes in the French way of life.

B.Criticism of the new life style.

C.The Americanization of France.

D.Features of the new way of life.

Passage D

Ultralight(超轻型的) airplanes are a recent development in aviation that provide what aviation enthusiasts have long been seeking: an inexpensive airplane that is easy to fly. The ultralight plane was born of the marriage of the hang glider and the go-kart(微型单座竞赛车) engine around 1974, when John Moody mounted a 12 -horsepower go-kart engine on his Icarus H hang glider. Today’s ultralights are not just hang gliders with engines; they are“air recreation vehicles”. Modern ultralight planes use snowmobile(雪地机动车) engines that let them cruise at about 50 miles per hour , climb at about 500 feet per minute, and carry combined payloads of pilot and fuel up to about 200 pounds, which is about equal to an ultralight plane’s weight when empty. More than ten thousand ultralight planes were sold last year at prices ranging from $ 2 800 to $ 7000. But the main reason for the increasing popularity of these aircraft is not that they are inexpensive, but that they are fun to fly.

The modern ultralight plane would look very familiar to the earliest pioneers of aviation. Otto Lilienthal made more than 2000 flights in Germany in the 1890’s in what were actually hang

gliders. Octave Chanute designed and built many early hang glider s. Augustus Herring, Chanute’s assistant, used these gliders as models for a glider that he built for himself. On this glider, Herring installed a compressed-air motor and flew 267 feet in 1898. The Wright brothers’ Flyer was the grandfather of today’s ult ralight planes. The pilot sat right out in the open, just as in modern ultralights, and used controls that were much the same as those used in today’s machines. Though most ultralight planes are used for pleasure flying, some are also used for crop dusting, aerial photography, and even military observation service. The likelihood is that further uses will be found for ultralight planes, but their greatest use will continue to be as air recreational vehicles.

18.The author seems to feel that ultralight airplanes are ______.

A.a toy for the rich

B.nothing but hang gliders

C.a new development that meets the needs of aviation enthusiasts

D.the most important development in aviation since the Wright brothers’ Flyer

19.According to the passage, today’s ultralight airplanes _______.

A.are inexpensive but difficult to fly

B.are more like go-karts than like hang gliders

C.cannot climb as last or as high as hang gliders

D.are not too different from the earlier aircraft

20.The author compares John Moody’s use of a go-kart engine on a hang glider to _______.

A.a marriage

B.the flight of Icarus

C.cruising in a snowmobile

D.soaring and gliding from a high altitude

21.Which of the following statements is an opinion?

A.Ultralight planes use snowmobile engines that let them cruise at about 50 miles per hour.

B.John Moody used a 12-horse-power engine to power his Icarus II hang glider.

C.The use of ultralight planes will increase in such areas as crop dusting and aerial photography.

D.Otto Lilienthal made more than 2000 flights in Germany in the 1890’s in what were actually hang gliders.

22.The author finds great similarity between _______.

A.the weight of the hang glider and that of the ultralight airplane

B.ultralight airplanes and military aircraft

C.the inventiveness of John Moody and that of Octave Chanute

D.the controls used in the Wright brothers’Flyer and those used in today’s ultralight airplanes

23.The best title for this passage is _______.

A.The Flying Snowmobile

B.The History of Recent Aviation

C.How the Ultralight Plane Flies

D.The Ultralight Plane, a Recent Development

Passage E

All Eskimos live most of their lives close to salt or fresh water. They may follow game inland

for several hundred miles, but they always return to the shores of rivers, Lakes, or seas. Eskimo land has a bare look. Large rocks, pebbles, and sand cover much of the surface . Plants called lichen(地衣)grow right on rock. And where there is enough soil, even grass, flowers and small bushes manage to live. No trees can grow on Eskimo land, so geographers sometimes call this country the Arctic plains. Some animals, such as rabbits and caribou(北美驯鹿) ,eat the plants. Others, like the white fox and grey wolf, eat the rabbits and caribou. The Eskimo is a meat eater, too, and may even eat a wolf when food is scarce.

The Eskimo year has two main parts: a long, cold winter and a short, cool summer. Spring and fall are almost too short to be noticed. Summer is the good time, when food is usually plentiful. But it is also the time when the Eskimos are very busy. Winter is never far away , and the men must bring home extra meat for the women to prepare and store. For seldom can enough animals be killed in winter to feed a family.

The Far North is sometimes called the land of the midnight sun. This is true in the middle of summer, for between April 21st and August 21st the sun never sets in Northern Greenland. But in midwinter the Far North is a land with no sun shining at all. Around Oct. 21st the Eskimos of Northern Greenland see the sun setting straight south of them, and they don’t see it again until February 22nd. All places on earth get about the same amount of daylight during a year. As a result, if summer is lighter, winter has to be darker.

Winter nights in the Far North are seldom pitch-black. As in the rest of the world, the stars and moon provide a little light. The northern lights also help the Eskimo to see. And with the ground covered with snow, even a little ligh t is reflected back to the Eskimo’s eyes.

24.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.Eskimos do not normally eat wolves.

B.Eskimos like to chase one another.

C.Eskimos depend heavily on water.

D.Eskimos are meat-eaters.

25.On Eskimo land ______.

A.rabbits live on the plants

B.soil is rich and plentiful

C.grass grows more easily than lichen

D.lichen is found only on rock

26.In the Eskimo year, _______.

A.there are no spring and fall

B.winter is cold and summer is hot

C.summer is a time for growing food

D.winter comes early and goes late

27.From the passage, we can infer all except that _______.

A.Eskimos are more likely to eat wolves in summer

B.Eskimo women are responsible for housework

C.animal meat is Eskimos’ ma in source of food

D.hunting is an important part of Eskimo life

28.In midwinter there is no sun shining in the Far North because _______.

A.the Far North is too far away from the sun

B.the sun is not seen again for six months

C.the sun never sets in midsummer

D.people see the sun setting straight south of them

29.Winter nights are seldom pitch-black in the Far North because of _______.

A.the moon and stars

B.the northern lights

C.snow on the ground

D.all of the above mentioned factors

30.The best title for the passage is _______.

A.Story of the Eskimo

B.Eskimo Land and Climate

C.The Bare Far North

D.The Eskimo Year

Passage F

The incident occurred one morning outside Albert Schweitzer’s hospital in the African jungle. A patient had gone fishing in another man’s boat. The owner of the boat thought he should be given all the fish that were caught. Dr. Schweitzer said to the boat owner.

“You are right because the other man ought to have asked permission to use your boat. But you are wrong because you are careless and lazy. You merely twisted the chain of your canoe round a palm tree instead of fastening it with a padlock. Of laziness you are guilty because you were asleep in your hut on this moonlit night instead of making use of the good opportunity for fishing.”

He turned to the patient: “But you were in the wrong when you took the boat without asking the owner’s permission. You were in the right because you were not so lazy as he was and you did not want to let the moonlit night go by without making some use of it.”

Dr. Schweitzer divided the catch (捕获物) among the fisherman, the boat owner and the hospital.

31.Dr. Schweitzer was able to settle the argument because ______.

A.he was the judge there

B.he was clever and impartial

C.he wanted some of the fish

D.he wanted to help his patient

32.The final judgment was that ______.

A.all the fish should go to the patient

B.the fish should go to the owner of the canoe

C.the fish should be destroyed

D.everyone involved should get a third of the fish

Passage G

There are many commonly held beliefs about glasses and eyesight that are not proven facts. For instance, some people believe that wearing glasses too soon weakens the eyes. But there is no evidence to show that the structure of eyes is changed by wearing glasses at a young age. Wearing the wrong glasses, however, can prove harmful. Studies show that for adults there is no danger, but children can develop loss of vision if they have the wrong glasses.

We have all heard some of the common myths about how eyesight gets bad. Most people believe that reading in dim light causes poor eyesight, but that is untrue. Too little light makes the eyes work harder, so they do get tired and strained. Eyestrain also results from reading a lot, reading in bed, and watching too much television. But, although eyestrain may cause some pain or headaches, it does not permanently damage eyesight.

Another myth about eyes is that they can be replaced, or transferred from one person to another. There are close to one million nerve fibers that connect the eyeball to the brain, and it is impossible to attach them all in a new person. Only certain parts of the eye can be replaced. But if we keep clearing up the myths and learning more about the eyes, some day a full transplant may be possible.

33.This passage is mostly concerned with ______.

A.different types of glasses

B.a visit to the eye doctor

C.myths about eyesight

D.eye transplant

34.One cause of eyestrain mentioned in the passage is _______.

A.wearing contact lenses too long

B.reading a lot

C.going to the movies

D.not visiting your eye doctor

Part II V ocabulary (20 minutes)

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked [A],[B],[C] and [D]. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the correspondeing letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

35.______ their policy can be changed the future for that country will be indeed bleak.

A.Even if

B.Unless

C.Now that

D.As long as

36.She said she would work it out herself, ______ ask me for help.

A.and not to

B.but not

C.and prefer not

D.rather than

37.“I bought this shirt for 35 Yuan yesterday.” “It’s on sale today for only 29. You should have waited.”“Oh really? But how ______ I know?”

A.would

B.can

C.did

D.do

38.They were pushed into battle ______.

A.unprepared

B.unpreparedly

C.not preparing it

D.without preparing it

39.She asked that she ______ allowed to see her son in police custody.

A.would be

B.could be

C.be

D.was

40.Mr. Anderson presided ______ the board meeting on behalf of the Chairman.

A.at

B.over

C.on

D.in

41.The rising crime rate is ________ major concern of _______ society.

A.the, the

B.a , /

C.a, the

D./ , the

42.I never regretted _______ offer, for it was not where my interest lay.

A.not to accept

B.not having accepted

C.having not accepted

D.not accepting

43.I _______ writing the paper as scheduled, but my mother’s illness interfered. I hope you will excuse me.

A.am to have finished

B.was to have finished

C.was to finish

D.ought to finish

44.Some dieters find that after their dieting is over, they eat twice _______ they did before their diet.

A.more than

B.as many as

C.much than

D.as much as

45.She may be ______ experience, but she learns quickly.

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C.in need for

D.in lack of

46.David Singer, my friend’s father, ______ raised and educated in New York, lived and lectured in Africa most of his life.

A.who

B.if

C.while

D.though

47.My Scottish friend says there is ______ monster in Loch Ness.

A.no such thing as

B.no such thing as a

C.no such a thing as

D.no such a thing as a

48.The university authorities are seriously considering abandoning the traditional ______ class.

A.fifty minutes

B.fifty-minutes

C.fifty-minute

D.fifty minute’s

49._______ the snake in superstitious awe.

A.Mankind has held long

B.Long has held mankind

C.Has mankind long held

D.Mankind has long held

50.On the desert travellers often see ______ rivers and lakes.

A.imagining

B.imaginative

C.imaginable

D.imaginary

51.Inside the apartment was an unpleasant smell of ______ air.

A.stale

B.smoked

C.misty

D.wet

52.The album might well have ______ had it been less expensive.

A.worked out

B.fallen through

C.caught on

D.fitted in

53.In order to be successful as an engineer, she had to become _______ at mathematics.

A.proficient

B.outstanding

C.prominent

D.experienced

54.This move deprived the prisoner of his ______ of escape.

A.ways

B.possibilities

C.plans

D.means

55.The house that we used to live in is in a very ______ state.

A.neglectful

B.negligible

C.neglected

D.negligent

56.The ticket taker at the football game tore the tickets ______.

A.in half

B.by half

C.in halves

D.at half

57.I wish, if possible,to avoid any ______ of my family.

A.hint

B.mention

C.clue

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58.I'm afraid this painting is not by Qi Baishi. It's only a copy and so it's ______.

A.worthless

B.invaluable

C.unworthy

D.priceless

59.When her parents died, Brenda ______ of the house and all its contents.

A.discarded

B.dispelled

C.disposed

D.discharged

60.The plans for the building were _______ a few months ago.

A.drawn on

B.drawn back

C.drawn out

D.drawn up

61.We were filled with _______ about flying in such bad weather.

A.troubles

B.obscurity

C.ignorance

D.misgivings

62.We are all astonished to learn that the apparently________ professor was really a spy.

A.respectful

B.respective

C.respectable

D.respected

63.It is important that the schedule be not too ______ to allow for relaxation and hobbies.

A.loaded

B.crowded

C.filled

D.squeezed

64.The millionaire in the story had a(n)______ habit of sleeping with his sack of money laid beside him in place of a wife.

A.economic

B.miserly

C.disgusted

D.playful

Part III Cloze (30 minutes)

Direction: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are our choices marked [A],[B],[C] and [D] below the paper. 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 centre.

To find out what the weather is going to be, most people go straight to the radio, television or newspaper to get an expert weather forecast. But (31) ___you know what to look for, you can use your own (32)___ to make weather predictions.

There are many (33)___ which can help you. For example,in fair weather the air pressure is generally (34)___. The air is still and often full of dust. Faraway objects may look (35)___.But when a storm is gathering, the pressure (36)___and you are often able to see things more clearly. Sailors took note of this long ago and came (37)___ with a saying“The farther the sight, the nearer the rain.”

Your sense of (38)___ can also help you detect weather changes. Just (39) ___ it rains, odours become stronger. This is (40)___ odours are suppressed in a fair, high pressure centre. When a bad weather low(低气压区)moves in, air pressure lessens and odours are (41)___.

You can also hear an approaching storm. Sounds bounce off heavy storm clouds and return to earth with (42)___. An old saying describes it this way:“Sound travelling far and wide, a stormy day will betide (发生).”

And don't laugh if your grandmother says she can (43)___ a storm coming. It is commonly known that many people feel pains in their bones when the humidity (44)___, the pressure drops, and bad weather is on the (45)___.

65. A.if B.unless C.though D.as

66. A.experiences B.senses C.feelings D.ways

67. A.forms B.signals C.signs D.expressions

68. A.high B.low C.strong D.weak

69. A.big B.small C.clear D.misty

70. A.rises B.drops C.increases D.descends

71. A.up B.over C.upon D.on

72. A.touch B.taste C.smell D.sight

73. A.when B.as C.after D.before

74. A.why B.because C.how D.when

75. A.released B.controlled C.chocked D.mused

76. A.power B.force C.strength D.vigour

77. A.see B.hear C.feel D.tell

78. A.falls B.grows C.drops D.rises

79. A.way B.road C.march D.move

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