英语四级模拟试题。
39. Having been elected chairman of the student association, _______.
A) the members applauded him
B) a speech was to be given by him
C) the members congratulated him
D) he gave a short acceptance speech
40. When Joyce was told the whole story, she _______ in the film.
A) ceased to be interesting B) ceased being interested
C) ceased to interest D) ceased interested
41. _______ you understand the rules, you will have no further difficulty.
A) While B) Unless C) Whether D) Once
42. We would like to hear some more ideas. _______ this matter?
A) What do you think of B) How do you think of
C) What is your opinion to D) How is your idea on
43. Because I don't take any sugar in my tea, I _______ to forget to
offer it to other people.
A) like B) come C) tend D) have
44. Mr. Johnson _______ the opportunity to speak to the president.
A) realized B) held
C) seized D) discovered
45."The weather looks _______ improving at last."
"Yes, I feel _______ a stroll along the beach."
A) for/like B) as if/for
C) like/like D) as/that
46. She has lost her handbag with _______ of money in it.
A) a considerable sum B) a valuable sum
C) an important sum D) an extraordinary sum
47. The finance minister has not been so _______ since he raised taxes to
such a high level.
A) famous B) favourable C) popular D) preferable
48. He had deceived a great many people but she _______ him at once.
A) saw into B) saw through
C) looked into D) looked through
49. Everything about your composition is perfect ______ the poor spelling.
A) except B) except for
C) apart from D) besides
50. He is an outstanding lawyer ; _______, he should have a good income.
A) therefore B) because
C) however D) and then
III. CLOZE
Movie makers feared for a while
that they might be put out of busi-
ness by television. Recently, __51__, 51. A) especially B) further
more and more people have been going C) however D) moreover
to the movies. This __52__ be partly 52. A) might B) could
because the economic situation in C) should D) may
America has become __53__ . In the 53. A) better B) worse
movies, you forget your troubles as C) best D) improved
you get __54__ in the story on the 54. A) connected B) encouraged
screen. Also, directors have been C) involved D) shocked
producing pictures that __55__ 55. A) large B) small
numbers of people want to see. C) few D) little
Americans__56__ the millions are 56. A) of B) in
C) for D) with
returning to a love__57__ with the 57. A) event B) occurrence
C) accident D) affair
movies. Motion picture __58__ experts 58. A) industry B) deal
C) manufacture D) contract
see two main __59__ for this: an 59. A) excuses B) factors
C) reasons D) proofs
increased need by Americans to __60__ 60. A) hide B) separate
from economic worries and a large C) break D) escape
number of new movies with broad au-
dience __61__ . 61. A) appeal B) interest
Movie makers admit that their C) consideration D) concern
__62__ popularity is __63__ the 62. A) raising B) falling
C) rising D) losing
63. A) by no means B) partly
C) insufficienly D) completely
result of poor __64__ conditions, 64. A) cultural B) industrial
which traditionally bring an increase C) commercial D) economic
in theater __65__."When people are 65. A) attendance B) buildings
C) performances D) programmes
fearful__66__ the future, they look 66. A) to B) about
C) with D) at
for escape,"__67__ Jack Valenti, 67. A) claims B) comments
president of the Motion Picture C) commends D) complains
Association of America."In a __68__ 68. A) shaded B) darkening
theater, with a 65-foot screen, you C) colourful D) lighted
lose __69__for two and a half hours 69. A) reason B) worry
C) taste D) yourself
People find this __70__ ." 70. A) beneficial B) harmful
C) unhealthy D) humorous
IV. READING COMPREHENSION
Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage:
In the primary school, a child is in a comparatively simple setting and most of the time forms a relationship with one familiar teacher.On entering secondary school, a new world opens up and frequently it is a much more difficult world. The pupil soon learns to be less free in the way he speaks to teachers and even to his fellow pupils. He begins to lose gradually the free and easy ways of the primary school, for he senses the need for a more cautious approach in the secondary school where there are older pupils. Secondary staff and pupils suffer from the pressuresof academic work and seem to have less time to stop and talk. Teachers withspecialist roles may see hundreds of children in a week, and a pupil maybe able to form relationships with very few of the staff. He has to decidewhich adults are approachable; good schools will make clear to every youngperson from the first year what guidance and personal help is available--but whether the reality of life in the institution actually encouragesrequests for help is another matter.
Adults often forget what a confusing picture school can offer to achild. He sees a great deal of movement, a great number of people-oftenrather frightening-looking people-and realizes than an increasing numberof choices and decisions have to be made. As he progresses through theschool the confusion may become less but the choices and decisions requiredwill increase. The school will rightly expect the pupil to take the firststeps to obtain the help he needs, for this is the pattern of adult lifefor which he has to be prepared, but all the time the opportunities for per-sonal and group advice must be presented in a way which makes them easy tounderstand and within easy reach of pupils.
71. According to the passage one of the problems for pupils entering
secondary schools is that _________ .
A) they are taught by many different teachers
B) they do not attend lessons in every subject
C) the teachers do not want to be friendly
D) the teachers give most attention to the more academic pupils
72. In secondary schools, according to the writer, every pupil having
problems should ________ .
A) know how to ask for help
B) be freed from the pressure of academic work
C) be able to discuss his problems in class
D) be able to discuss his problems with any teacher
73. In this passage, the author is mainly concerned about ________ .
A) academic standards
B) the role of specialist teachers
C) the training of the individual teachers
D) the personal development of pupils
74. Why do the pupils in the secondary school lose the free and easy ways
of the primary school?
A) Older pupils are superior to them.
B) They are afraid of being punished by teachers.
C) They feel that they need to behave more carefully.
D) They should meet the needs of older pupils.
75. Which of the following is TRUE?
A) Knowledge learning in the secondary school is more challenging
than that in the primary school.
B) Teaching in the primary school is more challenging than that in the
secondary school.
C) Teachers with specialist roles may see few students in a week.
D) A pupil may form relationships with a lot of staff.
Questions 76 to 80 are based on the following passage:
Ours has become a society of employees. A hundred years or so ago onlyone out of every five Americans at work was employed, i.e., worked forsomebody else. Today only one out of five is not employed but working forhimself. And when fifty years ago"being employed"meant working as afactory labourer or as a farmhand, the employee of today is increasinglya middle-class person with a substantial formal education, holding aprofessional or management job requiring intellectual and technical skills.Indeed, two things have characterized American society during these lastfifty years: middle-class employees have been the fastest-growing groupsin our working population -- growing so fast that the industrial worker,that oldest child of the Industrial Revolution, has been losing in numeri-cal importance despite the expansion of industrial production.
Yet you will find little if anything written on what it is to be anemployee. You can find a great deal of very dubious advice on how to geta job or how to get a promotion. You can also find a good deal of workin a chosen field, whether it be the mechanist's trade or book keeping(?á??). Every one of these trades requires different skills, sets differentstandards, and requires a different preparation. Yet they all have em-ployeeship in common. And increasingly, especially in the large businessor in the government, employeeship is more important to success than thespecial professional knowledge or skill. Certainly more people fail becausethey do not know the requirements of being an employee than because theydo not adequately possess the skills of their trade; the higher youclimb the ladder, the more you get into administrative or executive work,the greater the emphasis on ability to work within the organization ratherthan on technical abilities or professional knowledge.
76. It is implied that fifty years ago _______.
A) eighty per cent of American working people were employed in factories
B) twenty per cent of American intellectuals were employees
C) the percentage of intellectuals in the total work force was almost
the same as that of industrial workers
D) the percentage of intellectuals working as employees was not so
large as that of industrial workers
77. According to the passage, with the development of modern industry,
_______.
A) factory labourers will overtake intellectual employees in number
B) there are as many middle-class employees as factory labourers
C) employers have attached great importance to factory labourers
D) the proportion of factory labourers in the total employee
population has decreased.
78. The word 'dubious' (Line 2, Para. 2) most probably means _______.
A) valuable B) useful C) doubtful D) helpful
79. According to the writer, professional knowledge or skill is _______.
A) less important than awareness of being a good employee
B) as important as the ability to deal with public relations
C) more important than employer-employee relations
D) as important as the ability to co-operate with others
80. From the passage it can be seen that employeeship helps one _______.
A) to be more successful in his career
B) to be more specialized in his field
C) to gain professional ability
D) to develop his professional skill
Questions 81 to 85 are based on the following passage:
The United States court system, as part of the federal system of go-vernment, is characterized by dual hierarchies: there are both state andfederal courts. Each state has its own system of courts, composed of civiland criminal trial courts, sometimes intermediate courts of appeal, and astate supreme court. The federal court system consists of a series oftrial courts (called district courts) serving relatively small geographicregions (there is at least one for every state), a tier of circuit courtsof appeal that hear appeals from many district courts in a particular geo-graphic region, and the Supreme Court of the United States. The two courtsystems are to some extent overlapping, in that certain kinds of disputes(such as a claim that a state law is in violation of the Constitution) maybe initiated in either system. They are also to some extent hierarchical,for the federal system stands above the state system in that litigants(persons engaged in lawsuits) who lose their cases in the state supremecourt may appeal their cases to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Thus, the typical court case begins in a trial court -- a court ofgeneral jurisdiction -- in the state or federal system. Most cases go nofurther than the trial court: for example , the criminal defendant isconvicted (by a trial or a guilty plea) and sentenced by the court andthe case ends; the personal injury suit results in a judgment by a trialcourt (or an out-of-court settlement by the parties while the courts suitis pending) and the parties leave the court system. But sometimes the losingparty at the trial court cares enough about the cause that the matter doesnot end there. In these cases, the"loser"at the trial court may appealto the next higher court.
