2014年公共英语四级考试试题(九)

公共四级考试试(九) 一、Reading Comprehension（共20小题,共20.0分）Read the following three texts．Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D． 第1题 The American economic system is organized around a basically private-enterprise, market-oriented economy in which consumers largely determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the market place for those goods and services that they want most. Private businessmen, striving to make profits, produce these goods and services in competition with other businessmen; and the profit motive, operating under competitive pressures, largely determines how these goods and services are produced. Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers, coupled with the desire of business men to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes, that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it. An important factor in a maket-oriented economy is the mechanism by which consumer demands can be expressed and responded to by producers. In the American economy, this mechanism is provided by a price system, a process in which prices rise and fall in response to relative demands of consumers and supplies offered by seller-producers. If the product is in short supply relative to the demand, the price will be bid up and some consumers wil be eliminated from the market. If, on other hand, producing more of a commodity results in reducing its cost, this will tend to increase the supply offered by sellers. Price is the regulating mechanism in the American economic system. The important actor in a private-enterprise economy is that individuals are allowed to own poductive resources (private property), and they are permitted to hire labor, gain control over natural resources, and produce goods and services for sale at a profit. In the American economy, the concept of private property embraces not only the ownership of productive resources but also certain rights, including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with another private individual. In the market-oriented economic system, ______. A consumers spend their money at will B consumers spend their money in accordance with producers' desire C consumers' actions in the marketplace have nothing to do with the businessmen D consumer's actions affect production greatly 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：1.0分 第2题 How does price system in the American economic system work? A It only regulates the relative demands of consumers. B It only influences the supplies of seller-producers. C It regulates the relative demands of consumers and suppliers offered by seller-producers. D Price doesn't rise or fall. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：1.0分 第3题 The passage is mainly about? A American consumers. B American seller-producers. C American economic system. D American price system. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：1.0分 第4题 Which of the following is true? A The American economic system is organized around a basically public-owned enterprise. B In a private-enterprise economy, individuals are allowed to own productive resources. C In the America economy, private property only contains the ownership of productive resources. D Non 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：1.0分 第5题 What are the private businessmen striving to do? A To sell more goods. B To advertise their products. C To make profits. D To improve quality. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：1.0分 第6题 Tom Sponson, at fifty-three, was a thoroughly successful man. He had married a charming wife and built himself a good house in a London suburb. His son, Bob, nineteen, was doing well at Oxford; his daughter, April, aged sixteen, who was at a good school, had no wish to use makeup, to wear low frocks or to flirt. She still regarded herself as too young for these trifling amusements. Yet she was gay, affectionate and enjoyed life. All the same, for some time, Tom had been aware that he was working very hard for very little. His wife, Louise, gave him a peck in the morning when he left for the office, and if she were not at a party, a quick kiss when he came home in the evening. Her life was completely filled with the children, her clothes, keeping her figure slim, the house clean and smart, with her bridge, her tennis, her friends and her parties. The chidren were even more preoccupied-the boy with his own work and his friends, the girl with hers. They were polite to Tom, but when he came into a room there was at once a feeling of constraint. When they were alone together he perceived that they were slightly embarrassed and changed the subject of their conversation, whatever it was. Yet they did not seem to do this with their mother. He would find all three of them laughing at something and when he came in they would stop and gaze at him as if he had shot up through the floor. He said to himself, "it isn't only that they don't need me, but I'm a nuisance to them. I'm in the way." One morning, when he was just going to get into his car and his wife had come out to say goodbye, he suddenly made an excuse, saying, "Just a moment, I've left a letter" and went back to his desk, and then dashed out to the car and drove off, pretending to forget that goodbye had not been said. Immediately he felt that he could not stand any more of this existence; it was nonsense. His wife and children did not depend on the business any more; it could be taken over tomorrow and it would support all of them in comfort. Actually he would miss the business; it was his chief interest. But if he had to give it up for the sake of freedom, a break in this senseless life, he could do even that. Yes, joyfully. As he circled Trafalgar Square, only a few hundred yards from his office, he told himself that he could not go on. It was as if at that moment when he had dodged the customary goodbye a contact had been broken. The conveyor belt which was his life had been stopped. An hour later he was in the train for Westford, a seaside place where he had once spent a summer holiday before his marriage. On the luggage rack was a new suitcase, containing pajamas, shoes, a new kit as for a holiday by the sea even new paper backs for a wet day. Tom Sponson's daughter, April, was a satisfactory daughter although she was ______. A at the age when many girls begin to be a problem to their parents B still too young to be interested in boys or men and love C a worry to her father because she took no interest in boys D a normal, happy schoolgirl of sixteen 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：1.0分 第7题 Louise Sponson was ______. A too old to care about her husband and more B neglectful of her husband and her house C too busy to take any notice of her husband's coming and going D absen-mindedly affectionate towards her husband 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：1.0分 第8题 Tom Sponson felt that his children were busy with their own affairs and ______. A unfriendly to him and to their mother B did not enjoy his company or want to talk to him C were too shy and polite to him D were awkward and bad-mannered 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：1.0分 第9题 On the evidence of the passage as a whole, we can say that Tom Sponson was ______. A sensitive and troubled B sensible and uneasy C senseless and worried D sensual and difficult 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：1.0分 第10题 Tom Sponson took the train for Westford with ______. A none daily necessities B office work C luggage D his car 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：1.0分 第11题 Conventional wisdom about conflict seems pretty much cut and dried. Too little conflict breeds apathy (冷漠) and stagnation (呆滞). Too much conflict leads to divisiveness (分裂) and hostility. Moderate levels of conflict, however, can spark creativity and motivate people in a healthy and competitive way. Recent research by Professor Charles R. Schwenk, however, suggests that the optimal level of conflict may be more complex to determine than these simple generalizations. He studied perceptions of conflict among a sample of executives. Some of the executives worked for profit seeking organizations and others for not-for-profit organizations. Somewhat surprisingly, Schwenk found that opinions about conflict varied systematically as a function of the type of organization. Specially, managers in not-for-profit organizations strongly believed that conflict was beneficial to their organizations and that it promoted higher quality decision-making than might be achieved in the absence of conflict. Managers of for-profit organizations saw a different picture. They believed that conflict generally was damaging and usually led to poor-quality decision making in their organizations. Schwenk interpreted these results in terms of the criteria for effective decision-making suggested by the executives. In the profit-seeking organizations, decision-making effectiveness was most often assessed in financial terms. The executives believed that consensus rather than conflict enhanced financial indicators. In the not-for-profit organizations, decision-making effectiveness was defined from the perspective of satisfying constituents. Given the complexities and ambiguities associated with satisfying many diverse constituents executives perceived that conflict led to more considered and acceptable decisions. In the eyes of the author, conventional opinion on conflict is ______. A wrong B oversimplified C misleading D unclear 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：1.0分 第12题 Professor Charles R. Schwenk's research shows ______. A the advantages and disadvantages of conflict B the real value of conflict C the difficulty in determining the optimal level of conflict D the complexity of defining the roles of conflict 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：1.0分 第13题 We can learn from Schwenk's research that ______. A a person's view of conflict is influenced by the purpose of his organization B conflict is necessary for managers of for-profit organizations C different people resolve conflicts in different ways D it is impossible for people to avoid conflict 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：1.0分 第14题 The passage suggests that in for-profit organizations ______. A there is no end of conflict B expression of different opinions is encouraged C decisions must be justifiable D success lies in general agreement 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：1.0分 第15题 People working in a not-for-profit organization ______. A seem to be difficult to satisfy B are free to express diverse opinions C are less effective in making decisions D find it easier to reach agreement 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：1.0分 第16题 Ever since Gregor Mendel's famous experiments with hybrid sweet peas, it has been known that there must be unitary elements within the cells which exert control over inherited characteiristics, and for a long time there was considerable speculation about what these were. These elements came to be known as genes, and although they were long treated as hypothetical constructs, a great deal of knowledge about them slowly accumulated. It came to be known, for example, that each gene had to be passed along virtually unchanged from generation to generation; that there must be many thousands of these particles in every human cell, distributed unevenly among the twenty-three pairs of chromosomes; that each gene must occupy a very definite place (locus) on its chromosome; and that each pair of homologous chromosomes had to contain homologous assortments of genes, arranged with few exceptions in precisely the same order on each member of the chromosome pairs. A wonderfully complex and fruitful system thus emerged about an aspect of the world which no one has ever directly observed. Let us now briefly turn to some of the newly acquired insights which have greatly expanded the already impressive theory of genetics. Genes are, of course, too small to be seen even by the most powerful electron microscopes, but recent research by geneticists, microbiologists, and biochemists has rapidly advanced our information about their constitution and action. The chemical substance of which the genes and thus the chromosomes are made is now known to be deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), a giant molecule containing a double-spiral strand of material which embodies the genetic code. The chromosomes consist of long strands of DNA, which, although it is capable of transmitting vastly complex "code messages", is comprised of combinations of only four primary chemical subunits, or "code letters". This great insight into the structure and functioning of genetic material, which was first proposed by James D. Watson and Francis H. C. Crick in 1953, involves a new description of what genes are like. A gene is simply a specific portion of the double-spiral strand of DNA which consists of a particular combination of the code letters that spell out a particular code word. Various combinations of the four code letters, forming different code words, provide the biochemical information used in the construction of the different proteins in the cell. Many of these proteins act as enzymes. The enzymes, as has been pointed out above, are the biological catalysts which direct all the chemical or metabolic reactions that are going on continuously in all cells. These metabolic functions are, of course, the basis of all the physical growth and development of any living organism. The code is embodied in the DNA of the chromosomes and genes, but exactly how does this code determine the production of proteins? Obviously, the code must be transmitted to the sites at which the actual work of protein synthesis is carried out. The material which accomplishes this task is ribonucleic acid (RNA), a substance very similar to DNA and complementary to it. From the code site on the linear, DNA molecule (which is the gene), RNA, the messenger, carries the code to the cellular particles out into the cytoplasm of the cell, where proteins are manufactured. This messenger RNA provides the pattern, and another type of RNA, transfer RNA, collects from within the cytoplasm the raw materials, the amino acids, from which the proteins are made. With the pattern and the materials, the poteins are formed, one step at a time. These proteins act as enzymes or biological catalysis. They exist in all living organisms and control their growth and function through the control of the chemical transformations involved in metabolism. A very large number of enzymes are present in any living creature, and the absence or malformation of any enzyme can destroy the normal sequence of metabolism of a given biochemical substance. We can thus see that genetic activity takes the form of biochemical regulation, the genes determining the formation of enzymes. In this sense, all genetic disorders are primarily metabolic defects (Garrod, 1908). A defective or changed gene will in mm produce a change in the protein with which it is associated. The only result of such a change may be a slight alteration in the function of the protein, and there may thus be little or no observable effect. If the change or defect takes place within the code message for an essential element of the protein, however, the enzyme activity of this protein may be rendered completely inactive. If this happens, the result can be grave trouble: perhaps death, serious disease, or severe mental retardation due to poisoning of the central nervous system by a metabolite that is toxic to this system. The error in enzyme synthesis may begin to be important, so that the structure of the central nervous system is faulty almost from the beginning of embryonic life, or it may become important much later in the life cycle. It is quite likely that, in the foreseeable future, many essential biochemical processes will be understood in terms of the precise genetic codes responsible for them. All of the amino acids have already yielded to such analysis; their codes have been identified. Understanding may come control and prevention, such as may be possible by administration of the lacking enzymes, dietary control of substances which the individual is unable to metabolize, or transplantation of normal tissue to the diseased individual to correct the metabolic error. Genes determine through complex biochemical processes the structure and rate in which ______. A proteins are formed B chromosomes are paired C enzymes are produced D cells multiply 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：1.0分 第17题 The genetic mateiral in the nucleus of the cell is called the ______. A cytoplasm B chromosome C chromation D gene 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：1.0分 第18题 In man, how many pairs of chromosomes do body cells contain? A Twenty-two. B Twenty-three. C Twenty-six. D Forty-six. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：1.0分 第19题 From generation to generation genes ______. A change location in the chromosome B change order but not position in the chromosome C are constantly changing their chemical makeup D remain virtually unchanged 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：1.0分 第20题 The genetic code is embodied in ______. A the proteins of the genes B the DNA C a double-spiral atom D genes 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：1.0分 二、Writing（本大题1小题．每题20.0分，共20.0分。You should write your responses to both Part A and Part B of this section on ANSWER SHEET 2． ） 第1题 Directions: As television brings some unfavorable influence on people, some suggest that we should do away with television. Since you consider television as an indispensable part of your life, you should write in response to the suggestion. Please include the following points in your essay: 1) Television provides us with the information of the world. 2) Television helps us to improve ourselves. 3) Television offers entertainment. You should write 160-200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. 【正确答案】： Television In the modern world, television has become an indispensable part of our daily life. Television brings the world to every family. Almost every day, after dinner, we sit on our sofa and press a small button, and the things that happen thousands of miles away appear in front of our eyes. It has become an important means for us to get in touch with our city and the other places around the world. With the development of television, various courses are offered for us to improve ourselves. Thus we can study various subjects without leaving home; education is obtained and family life is saved as well. Television can provide us with such entertainment as sports, songs, dances, quizzes and other programs, which gets us relaxed after a day's work. With television as a companion, we will hardly feel dull even if we stay at home all day long. The above are only a few of its advantages and more are coming to help us live better. Having enjoyed the comfort and convenience of television for so long, we can hardly imagine how we can cope without it. none、三（共Reading Comprehension(子母填空)小题,5共分）10.0 第1题 In New Zealand Christmas Day itself is observed much the same way as it is in the United States and Europe. (1) There are some concessions to the reversed seasons, however, for Christmas down under comes in midsummer. On the New Zealand Christmas dinner menu, for instance, plum pudding is almost invariably flanked by fruit salad, ice cream, and fresh summer fruits such as strawberries and raspberries. In New Zealand Christmas is preeminently the season for reaffirming goodwill and friendship for the gathering and reunion of friends and families. For several weeks before December 25th, New Zealanders crowd the shops and department stores looking for presents for their families and close friends, and greeting cards for less intimate acquaintances. (2) The big stores each have a professional Santa Claus, white-bearded, red-mantled, black-booted, perspiringly presiding over a "Magic Cave" or a "Toyland", and solemnly noting the Christmas Eve requirements of hundreds of excited children. Christmas Eve is much the same in New Zealand as it is in other countries. A last feverish flurry of shopping is made possible by a special late night in the stores, and then families and friends may foregather for a Christmas Eve party at home. There are few homes in which children do not carefully hang up their stockings for Santa Claus to fill with toys and candies. There are midnight services at the churches, for those who bear in mind the original significance of Christmas, and special broadcasts of Christmas programs on the radio network. (3) Christmas carol-singing has also been inherited from the Old World, and in some towns on Christmas Eve. "Carols by Candlelight" are held in suitable settings outdoors. Christmas carols often usher in Christmas Day in New Zealand. (4) Perhaps the most popular and most regular carollers are members of the Salvation Army, whose melodious rendering of the well-loved old Christmas hymns wakens many New Zealanders to the Feast of the Nativity. (5) New Zealanders spend their Christmas Day with the friendly greetings, the gifts-and especially the toys for the children-and the sumptuous family dinner which is the center-piece of this day over the world. Christmas dinner in New Zealand usually includes poultry of some sort--turkey, chicken, duck or goose-meat joints such as lamb, pork, beef, or mutton, new season's peas and potatoes, and other vegetables, mince pies, plum pudding, and the rest of traditional fare inherited from New Zealand's British ancestry. But in most homes dishes more suitable to summer weather are added to or substituted on the menu. There are salads, cold poultry, fresh fruit and cold sweet dishes. 【正确答案】： 然而，由于“地球下半部分”的圣诞节正逢仲夏，因此新西兰的圣诞节有着符合反季节的庆祝活动。 第2题 【正确答案】： 每家大商场都安排有专职的圣诞老人。他们蓄着白胡须，身披红斗篷，脚踏黑靴，汗流浃背地主管着“魔洞”或“玩具天地”，并郑重地记下许多兴奋不已的孩子们在圣诞夜期望得到的东西。 第3题 【正确答案】： 圣诞节唱颂歌是从“旧世界”继承过来的，在一些城镇，人们于圣诞之夜在适当的露天场所进行“烛光下齐唱颂歌”的活动。 第4题 【正确答案】： 最受欢迎和最正规的颂歌手大概要数“救世军”的成员们，他们把古老的圣诞赞美诗唱得优美动听，唤起新西兰人对耶稣诞生的热情。 第5题 【正确答案】： 新西兰人在友好的祝愿、礼物和为孩子们准备的大量玩具中欢度圣诞节。此外还有丰盛的家宴，这是世界各地的人们在这一节日中的中心内容。 四、Listening Comprehension（共10小题,共10.0分） 第1题 Questions 1-3 are based on the following talk. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 1 - 3. What does the lecture mainly discuss? A Problems in learning English. B Some of the problems that face learners of English. C Foreign students' problems in Britain. D Language problems that face foreign students in Britain. 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：1.0分 【答案解析】 [听力]  A: Professor Johnson, since you are an expert on problems that students face when they follow a course of study through the medium of English-if English is not their mother tongue. Can you tell something about them? B: Sure. The problems can be divided into three broad categories: psychological, cultural and linguistic. The first two categories mainly affect those who come to study in Britain. A: What are the psychological problems? B: Some of the common psychological problems really involve fear of the unknown: for example, whether one's academic studies will be too difficult. A: What do you mean by cultural problems? B: Well, looking at the cultural problems, we can see that some of them are of a very practical nature, for example, arranging satisfactory accommodation. Others are less easy to define. The largest category seems to be linguistic. A: Can you be more detailed? B: Yes. Most students, in their own countries, will have little opportunity to practice using English. When foreign learners first have the opportunity to speak to an English-speaking person they may have a shock: they often have great difficulty in understanding! I'll just mention three of the possible reasons for this. A: Oh, what are they? B: First, it seems to students that English people speak very quickly. Second, they speak with a variety of accents. Third, different styles of speech are used. For all of these reasons students will have difficulty, mainly because they lack everyday practice in listening to English people speaking English. A: What can a student do then to overcome these difficulties? B: Obviously, attend English classes, and if a language laboratory is available, use it as much as possible. He should also listen to programs in English on the radio and TV. Perhaps most important of all, he should take every opportunity to meet and speak with native English-speaking people. A: Then how can students overcome difficulties of speaking English? B: Well, I think firstly, he must simplify what he wants to say so that he can express himself reasonably clearly. Secondly, he must try to think in English not translate from his mother tongue. This will begin to take place only when his use of English becomes automatic. Using a language laboratory and listening to English as much as possible will help. A: Professor Johnson, you have quite enlightened us. Thank you very much. B: You are welcome. 第2题 Why do students have difficulties in understanding English speech? A Because they had very little chance to hear authentic English before. B Because they have a limited vocabulary. C Because they find it hard to pronounce English words correctly. D Because they are especially weak in listening and speakin 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：1.0分 第3题 How, according to the speaker, can foreign students learn to speak English fluently? A Express simple ideas. B Think in English. C Speak English as much as possible. D Attend English classes. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：1.0分 第4题 Questions 1-3are based on the following monologue. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 1-3. What topic does the passage mainly discuss? A Educational policy in the U.S.. B Four levels of American education. C The purposes of the four levels of education in the U.S.. D The subject offered at different levels of education. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：1.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]  Education in the United States is usually divided into four levels. These are early childhood, elementary, secondary, and higher education. School attendance is required in every state of the country, and in most states students must attend school until the age of 16. The first level is early childhood education. Its main purpose is to prepare children for school. The second level is elementary education. Education at this level is divided into six or eight grades, and children learn Reading, Arithmetic, Writing, Social Studies and Science. They also have Art, Music, and Physical Education. The third level is secondary education. It is for junior and senior high school students. Some students take courses to prepare themselves for college. Other students take technical or vocational courses that prepare them for jobs after they graduate from high school. Higher education continues after high school. There are many kinds of institutions of higher education. Technical institutes offer two-year programs in electronics, engineering, business and other subjects. After two years at a junior college, students receive an associate degree and then they can continue at a four-year college. 第5题 Is school attendance required in the U.S.? A Yes, it is required in the whole country. B Yes, but only in some states. C Yes, it is required in most states of the country. D Yes, but not until children reach the age of 16. 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：1.0分 第6题 At what levels are programs of technical and vocational courses offered? A The 1st and 2nd levels. B The 2nd and 3rd levels. C The 3rd and 4th levels. D The 4th level only. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：1.0分 第7题 Questions 1-4are based on the following dialogue. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 1-4. What day of the week is it? A Thursday. B Friday. C Saturday. D Sunday. 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：1.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]  M: Susan, do you know when Professor Jones, Biology Final is? W: Next Tuesday. M: Next Tuesday! That's less than a week away, and I've got things planned for this weekend. W: Haven't you been studying all along? M: I have kept up with my lecture notes, but I haven't reviewed at all. W: Then it's your own fault. The date of the final is clearly marked on the course outline. M: I suppose you're right, but doesn't it seem awfully early for a final? W: A little, but it should actually help us out. After we have finished with it, we can concentrate on our other finals. M: Are you ready for it? W: I think I am. I'm going to review some more of course. M: Do you think we could study together sometime this weekend? W: I don't see why not. Are you doing anything tomorrow night? M: I can't tomorrow. I am going out with some guys to that new nightspot downtown. W: Well, how about the following night? M: No, I can't Saturday either. My sister and her husband are coming to town and I want to show them around. W: Sunday, then? M: Well, I'll probably sleep all morning and in the afternoon I want to go to the football game. Also that night, I have to write and type up a paper for another class. W: Michael, that leaves Monday, the night before the test. M: Actually, I've got plans for Monday night too. How about early Tuesday morning? W: Michael, the test is on Tuesday morning. 第8题 What is Michael planning to do on Sunday afternoon? A Go out with some friends. B Show his sister and brother-in-law around. C Sleep all afternoon. D Go to a football gam 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：1.0分 第9题 Why does the woman think it is good that the test will be early? A They will have time to study for it. B Afternoons are bad times for tests. C After it, they can study for other exams. D They can start planning for their semester break. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：1.0分 第10题 Which of the following is probably true of the woman? A She has no or few plans for the weekend. B She'd like to go out with the man. C She is going to be busy all Sunday. D She is worried about her performance on the final. 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：1.0分 五、Use of English（共20小题,共20.0分） Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank. 第1题 Ira Carlin, worldwide media director of the worlds (1) advertising agency, McCann Erickson is quite candid about using fear to sell his message about the communications revolution. One prediction shows that 55 percent of advertising by volume will be carried on the Internet (2) 2005. Consumers will have control and choice of communication; they will also have control over (3) advertisements they watch, and how. "But that will only (4) to the information enabled", says Carlin. "There'll be an upstairs-downstairs schism... The widening (5) between the information enabled and information disenabled is going to be a greater social problem (6) any seeming social problem we've ever had in the past, (7) racial and (8) problems." Look at what is already happening, Carlin says. (9) in Manhattan, he can choose the way he receives his daily news. He can open his front door and pick up his own personal copy of the New York Times. He can (10) the radio station of the New York Times, and listen to the same news. "Or I can simply click into www. newyorktimes. com on the Internet and get the print (11) ; or hear the audio files or see the video (12) the New York Times stringers have supplied, through my computer. It's the same news, but I choose the media modality." The revolution goes (13) . Carlin's computer can currently stream videos to him at 22 frames per second, (14) the picture big enough to occupy one-quarter to one third of the monitor screen. "Six months from now, I guarantee it, I will be able to (15) a full-screen video at 30 frames per second. That means I'll be watching television, but I'll be getting it (16) a telephone connection." McCann Detroit, says Carlin, (17) the world's first video ad, in early 1997, on Pointcast. com is a free news and information service, "fully (18) by advertising". It was (19) in early 1996 and has 2.1 million subscribers in the U.S.. Pointcast. com uses a special software program to work out (20) ads a person might be interested in, by monitoring their selection of news and information on the Net. "I do a lot of technology and marketing work," says Carlin. "Because of that, the computer program thinks I'm rich. It sends me stockbroker ads and technology ads. A large B largest C larger D the largest 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：1.0分 第2题 A by B at C on D in 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：1.0分 第3题 A that B which C who D what 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：1.0分 第4题 A apply B belong C cater D use 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：1.0分 第5题 A difference B gap C relationship D distance 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：1.0分 第6题 A as B to C that D than 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：1.0分 第7题 A include B including C included D to include 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：1.0分 第8题 A economy B economic C economical D economically 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：1.0分 第9题 A Living B Live C To live D Lived 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：1.0分 第10题 A tune to B turn in C tune at D turn on 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：1.0分 第11题 A electronically B electronic C electronics D electron 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：1.0分 第12题 A who B where C that D what 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：1.0分 第13题 A farther B furthest C farthest D further 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：1.0分 第14题 A at B without C with D within 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：1.0分 第15题 A accept B admit C recall D receive 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：1.0分 第16题 A through B throughout C thorough D thoroughly 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：1.0分 第17题 A put on B put off C put out D put up 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：1.0分 第18题 A support B to support C supported D supporting 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：1.0分 第19题 A set off B set out C set in D set up 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：1.0分 第20题 A that B what C which D who 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：1.0分 none、六（共Listening Comprehension小题,10共分）10.0 第1题 You will hear a passage. Listen and complete the sentences in Questions 1 - 5 with the information you have heard. Write not more than 3 words in each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the tables below. John is a millionaire but he has no worries money brings because he has/is   1 His biggest wealth is his humor and his ability to   2 He feels sorry for some of the millionaires because they are   3 John Smith is a man full of   4 John Smith is a special "millionaire" because he is rich in   5 【正确答案】： no money/poor in money. [本题分数]： 1.0 分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]  I know a man called John Smith who is a very unusual millionaire. What makes him unusual is that he has no money. My idea of the millonaire is a man who has a lot of money and no worries that money can not take care of. But John Smith has thought about this a lot. He says that the average millionaire never uses money and always gets other people to pay for his taxis or drinks. This is because he is so used to thinking in millions that small amounts of money are not worth thinking about. But this does not mean he has no worries. On the contrary, the average millionaire worries constantly about his business, his investment and international rates of exchange. A fall in the value of the pound or dollar can give sleepless nights and makes him feel ill. His great wealth also makes it diffcult for him to be happy and comfortable with other people. Are they friendly because they like him? Or do they just pretend to like him because they want his money? John Smith says that he feels very sorry for millionaires who, instead of being masters of their wealth, are slaves of their millions. In one way, however, John Smith always behaves exactly like a millionaire. I mean he never has any money, and generally manages to persuade someone else to pay for his drinks. But unlike other very rich men, he is good value for money-he is full of jokes and fun. An evening spent with him is not cheap because he is usually very thirsty, but he always makes people feel happy. He has no worries about the economic situation, banks, investments, and so on. He does not even give much thought for tomorrow. He is the happiest man I've ever met, and whenever I meet him he tells me: "In money I'm not rich, but in peace of mind, I am a millionaire." And then the world's richest, penniless man usually adds, with a smile, "Do you have time for another drink?" How can I refuse? 第2题 【正确答案】： make people laugh/make people happy. 第3题 【正确答案】： slaves of money/money's slaves. 第4题 【正确答案】： jokes/fun/jokes and fun/happiness. 第5题 【正确答案】： peace of mind/peaceful mind. 第6题 You will hear a passage about Hawaii. Answer Questions 1-5while you listen. Use not more than 5 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the tables below. Where is Hawaii located?   1 Who were the first Europeans or Americans to visit Hawaii?   2 When was Hawaii made a republic?   3 When did the Japanese bomb the Pearl Harbor?   4 What kind of right was brought to the Hawaiians since Hawaii was made the fiftieth state in the United States?   5 【正确答案】： In the Pacific Ocean/West of San Francisco. [本题分数]： 1.0 分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]  Hawaii, the newest state in the United States, is a group of eight large islands and many small ones in the Central Pacific Ocean, about 2,000 miles west of San Francisco. Hawaii was probably settled about 750 A.D., by seafarers from the other Pacific islands. The first Europeans or Americans to visit it were the British Captain James Cook and his crew in 1778. James named his discovery the Sandwich Islands after the sponsor of his expedition, the Earl of Sandwich. Twelve years later, the others from Europe and the new United States began to settle in the islands. These "westerners" brought trouble to the Hawaii. They brought new diseases, which the Hawaiians had no resistance to; they brought alcohol, which many Hawaiians became addicted to; they brought a new religion which uprooted the old values and forced the islanders to abandon their old culture and conform to a new one. Many Americans settled in Hawaii, and in 1893, they overthrew the queen and made Hawaii a republic. Sandford Dole, a missionary's son, was made president. In 1898, the United States took over the islands, and it became a territory of the United States in 1900. On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This attack brought about the entrance of the United States to the Second World War. In 1959, the United States Congress admitted Hawaii to statehood, making it the fiftieth state in the United States. For the first time in about 200 years, Hawaiians were able to participate in the electoral process. 第7题 【正确答案】： British Captain and his crew/James Cook and his crew. 第8题 【正确答案】： In 1893. 第9题 【正确答案】： In 1941/On December 7,1941. 第10题 【正确答案】： The right for election. 跟多请访问《做题室》www.zuotishi.com