2003年6月大学英语四级真题及答案

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1、可可英语2003年6月四级参考答案19 / 192003年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题试卷Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken o

2、nly 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. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Example:You will hear:You will read:A) At

3、the office.B) In the waiting room.C) At the airport.D) In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose

4、 A on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.Sample Answer A B C D1.A) At a theatre.B) At a booking office.C) At a railway station.D) At a restaurant.（D）2.A) The man is inviting the woman to dinner.B) The woman is too busy to join the man for dinner.C) The woman is a frie

5、nd of the Stevensons.D) The man is going to visit the Stevensons.（A）3.A) The professors presentation was not convincing enough.B) The professors lecture notes were too complicated.C) The professor spoke with a strong accent.D) The professor spoke too fast.（D）4.A) The furnished apartment was inexpens

6、ive.B) The apartment was provided with some old furniture.C) The furniture in the market was on sale every Sunday.D) The furniture he bought was very cheap.（D）5.A) The man is thinking about taking a new job.B) The man likes a job that enables him to travel.C) The man is sure that he will gain more b

7、y taking the job.D) The man doesnt want to stay home and take care of their child.（A）6.A) Take the GRE test again in 8 weeks.B) Call to check his scores.C) Be patient and wait.D) Inquire when the test scores are released.（C）7.A) She read it selectively.B) She went over it chapter by chapter.C) She r

8、ead it slowly.D) She finished it at a stretch.（A）8.A) He was kept in hospital for a long time.B) He was slightly injured in a traffic accident.C) He was seriously wounded in a mine explosion.D) He was fined for speeding.（B）9.A) Wait for a taxi.B) Buy some food.C) Go on a trip.D) Book train tickets.（

9、C）10.A) Its not as hard as expected.B) Its too tough for some students.C) Its much more difficult than people think.D) Its believed to be the hardest optional course.（C）Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both

10、 the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choice marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage

11、you have just heard.11.A) Anxious and worried.B) Proud and excited.C) Nervous and confused.D) Inspired and confident.（B）12.A) His father scolded him severely.B) His father took back the six dollars.C) His father made him do the cutting again.D) His father cut the leaves himself.（C）13.A) One can bene

12、fit a lot from working with his father.B) Manual labourers shouldnt be looked down upon.C) One should always do his job earnestly.D) Teenagers tend to be careless.（C）Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14.A) He ran a village shop.B) He worked on a farm.C) He worked in an

13、advertising agency.D) He was a gardener.（C）15.A) It was stressful.B) It was colorful.C) It was peaceful.D) It was boring.（A）16.A) His desire to start Iris own business.B) The crisis in his family life.C) The decline in his health.D) His dream of living in the countryside.（B）Questions 17 to 20 are ba

14、sed on the passage you have just heard.17.A) Because there are no signs to direct them.B) Because no tour guides are available.C) Because all the buildings in the city look alike.D) Because the university is everywhere in the city.（D）18.A) They set their own exams.B) They select their own students.C

15、) They award their own degrees.D) They organize their own laboratory work.（B）19.A) Most of them have a long history.B) Many of them are specialized libraries.C) They house more books than any other university library.D) They each have a copy of every book published in Britain.（B）20.A) Very few of th

16、em are engaged in research.B) They were not awarded degrees until 1948.C) They have outnumbered male students.D) They were not treated equally until 1881.（B）Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions:There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinishe

17、d 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 OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.On average, American kids

18、ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more that they did in 1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such organized activities as soccer and ballet (芭蕾舞). Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997: boys now spend an average

19、 of four hours a week playing sports; girls log hall that time. All in all, however, childrens leisure time dropped from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25%“Children are affected by the same time crunch (危机) that affects their parents,” says Sandra Hofferth, who headed the recent study of childrens timeta

20、ble. A chief reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home. (Nevertheless, children in both double-income and “male breadwinner” households spent comparable amounts of time interacting with their parents 19 hours and 22 hours respectively. In contrast, children spent only 9 hou

21、rs with their single mothers.)All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. “Play is the most powerful way a child explores the world and learns about himself,” says T. Berry Brazelton, professor at Harvard Medical School Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows t

22、he young to negotiate their relationships with their peers, but kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it.The children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing “free time” watching television. But that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might regard as go

23、od news. If theyre spending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids arent replacing it with reading. Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week reading. Lets face it, whos got the time?21.By mentioning “the same time crunch” (Line 1, Par

24、a. 2) Sandra Hofferth means _.A) children have little time to play with their parentsB) children are not taken good care of by their working parentsC) both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure timeD) both parents and children have trouble managing their time（D）22.According to the author,

25、 the reason given by Sandra Hofferth for the time crunch is _.A) quite convincingB) partially trueC) totally groundlessD) rather confusing（B）23.According to the author a child develops better if _.A) he has plenty of time reading and studyingB) he is left to play with his peers in his own wayC) he h

26、as more time participating in school activitiesD) he is free to interact with his working parents（D）24.The author is concerned about the fact that American kids _.A) are engaged in more and more structured activitiesB) are increasingly neglected by their working mothersC) are spending more and more

27、time watching TVD) are involved less and less in household work（A）25.We can infer from the passage that _.A) extracurricular activities promote childrens intelligenceB) most children will turn to reading with TV sets switched offC) efforts to get kids interested in reading have been fruitfulD) most

28、parents believe reading to be beneficial to children（C）Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Henry Ford, the famous U.S. inventor and car manufacturer, once said, “The business of America is business.” By this he meant that the U.S. way of life is based on the values of th

29、e business world.Few would argue with Fords statement. A brief glimpse at a daily newspaper vividly shows how much people in the United States think about business. For example, nearly every newspaper has a business section, in which the deals and projects, finances and management, stock prices and

30、labor problems of corporations are reported daily. In addition, business news can appear in every other section. Most national news has an important financial aspect to it. Welfare, foreign aid, the federal budget, and the policies of the Federal Reserve Bank are all heavily affected by business. Mo

31、reover, business news appears in some of the unlikeliest places. The world of arts and entertainment is often referred to as “the entertainment industry” or “show business.”The positive side of Henry Fords statement can be seen in the prosperity that business has brought to U.S. life. One of the mos

32、t important reasons so many people from all over the world come to live in the United States is the dream of a better job. Jobs are produced in abundance (大量地) because the U.S. economic system is driven by competition. People believe that this system crates more wealth, more jobs, and a materially b

33、etter way of life.The negative side of Henry Fords statement, however, can be seen when the word business is taken to mean big business. And the term big businessreferring to the biggest companies, is seen in opposition to labor. Throughout U.S. history working people have had to fight hard for high

34、er wages, better working conditions, and the fight to form unions. Today, many of the old labor disputes are over, but there is still some employee anxiety. Downsizingthe laying off of thousands of workers to keep expenses low and profits highcreates feelings of insecurity for many.26.The United Sta

35、tes is a typical country _.A) which encourages free trade at home and abroadB) where peoples chief concern is how to make moneyC) where all businesses are managed scientificallyD) which normally works according to the federal budget（D）27.The influence of business in the U.S. is evidenced by the fact

36、 that _.A) most newspapers are run by big businessesB) even public organizations concentrate on working for profitsC) Americans of all professions know how to do businessD) even arts and entertainment are regarded as business（C）28.According to the passage, immigrants choose to settle in the U.S., dr

37、eaming that _.A) they can start profitable businesses thereB) they can be more competitive in businessC) they will make a fortune overnight thereD) they will find better chances of employment（B）29.Henry Fords statement can be taken negatively because _.A) working people are discouraged to fight for

38、their fightsB) there are many industries controlled by a few big capitalistsC) there is a conflicting relationship between big corporations and laborD) public services are not run by the federal government（C）30.A companys efforts to keep expenses low and profits high may result in _.A) reduction in

39、the number of employeesB) improvement of working conditionsC) fewer disputes between labor and managementD) a rise in workers wages（D）Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.Professor Smith recently persuaded 35 people, 23 of them women, to keep a diary of all their absent

40、-minded actions for a fortnight. When he came to analyse their embarrassing lapses (差错) in a scientific report, he was surprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groupings, Nor did the lapses appear to be entirely random (随机的).One of the women, for instance, on leaving her house for w

41、ork one morning threw her dog her earrings and tried to fix a dog biscuit on her ear. “the explanation for this is that the brain is like a computer,” explains the professor. “People programme themselves to do certain activities regularly. It was the womans custom every morning to throw her dog two

42、biscuits and then put on her earrings. But somehow the action got reversed in the programme,” About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported were these “programme assembly failures.”Altogether the volunteers logged 433 unintentional actions that they found themselves doingan average of

43、 twelve each, There appear to be peak periods in the day when we are at our zaniest (荒谬可笑的). These are two hours some time between eight a.m. and noon, between four and six p.m. with a smaller peak between eight and ten p.m. “Among men the peak seems to be when a changeover in brain programmes occur

44、s, as for instance between going to and from work.” Women on average reported slightly more lapses12.5 compared with 10.9 for menprobably because they were more reliable reporters.A startling finding of the research is that the absent-minded activity is a hazard of doing things in which we are skill

45、ed. Normally, you would expect that skill reduces the number of errors we make. But trying to avoid silly slips by concentrating more could make things a lot worseeven dangerous.31.In his study Professor Smith asked the subjects _.A) to keep track of people who tend to forget thingsB) to report thei

46、r embarrassing lapses at randomC) to analyse their awkward experiences scientificallyD) to keep a record of what they did unintentionally（B）32.Professor Smith discovered that _.A) certain patterns can be identified in the recorded incidentsB) many people were too embarrassed to admit their absent-mi

47、ndednessC) men tend to be more absent-minded than womenD) absent-mindedness is an excusable human weakness（D）33.“Programme assembly failures” (Line 6, Para. 2) refers to the phenomenon that people _.A) often fail to programme their routines beforehandB) tend to make mistakes when they are in a hurry

48、C) unconsciously change the sequence of doing thingsD) are likely to mess things up if they are too tired（D）34.We learn from the third paragraph that _.A) absent-mindedness tends to occur during certain hours of the dayB) women are very careful to perform actions during peak periodsC) women experien

49、ce more peak periods of absent-mindednessD) mens absent-mindedness often results in funny situations（A）35.It can be concluded from the passage that _.A) people should avoid doing important things during peak periods of lapsesB) hazards can be avoided when people do things they are good atC) people s

50、hould be careful when programming their actionsD) lapses cannot always be attributed to lack of concentration（A）Passage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.Its no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature de

51、alt them. Thats especially true of children who remain in abusive homes because the law blindly favors biological parents. Its also true of children who suffer for years in foster homes (收养孩子的家庭) because of parents who cant or wont care for them but refuse to give up custody (监护) rights.Fourteen-yea

52、r-old Kimberly Mays fits neither description, but her recent court victory could eventually help children who do. Kimberly has been the object of an angry custody baffle between the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge ruled that the teenager

53、can remain with the only father shes ever known and that her biological parents have “no legal claim” on her.The ruling, though it may yet be reversed, sets aside the principle that biology is the primary determinant of parentage. Thats an important development, one thats long overdue.Shortly after

54、birth in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another infant were mistakenly switched and sent home with the wrong parents. Kimberlys biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests showed that the child wasnt the Twiggs own daughter, but

55、Kimt only was, thus sparking a custody battle with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families agreed that Mr. Mays would maintain custody with the Twiggs getting visiting fights. Those rights were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being harmed.The decision to leave Kimberly with Mr. Mays ren

56、dered her suit debated. But the judge made clear that Kimberly did have standing to sue (起诉) on her own behalf. Thus he made clear that she was more than just property to be handled as adults saw fit.Certainly, the biological link between parent and child is fundamental. But biological parents arent

57、 always preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not convey an absolute ownership that cancels all the rights of children.36.What was the primary consideration in the Florida judges ruling?A) The biological link.B) The childs benefits.C) The traditional practice.D) The parents feel

58、ings.（B）37.We can learn from the Kimberly case that _.A) children are more than just personal possessions of their parentsB) the biological link between parent and child should be emphasizedC) foster homes bring children more pain and suffering than careD) biological parents shouldnt claim custody r

59、ights after their child is adopted（D）38.The Twiggs claimed custody rights to Kimberly because _.A) they found her unhappy in Mr. Mays custodyB) they regarded her as their propertyC) they were her biological parentsD) they felt guilty about their past mistake（C）39.Kimberly had been given to Mr. Mays

60、_.A) by sheer accidentB) out of charityC) at his requestD) for better care（C）40.The authors attitude towards the judges ruling could be described as _.A) doubtfulB) criticalC) cautiousD) supportive（A）Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minute)Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this pa

61、rt. For each sentence there are for choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.41.She her trip to New York because she was ill.A) called offB) closed downC) put

62、 upD) went off（D）42._ the storm, the ship would have reached its destination on time.A) But forB) In case ofC) In spite ofD) Because of（A）43.We should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of _.A) rejectionB) restrictionC) retreatD) recession（A）44.The of finding gold

63、 in California attracted a lot of people to settle down there.A) prospectsB) speculationsC) stakesD) provisions（B）45.I suffered from mental because of stress from my job.A) damageB) releaseC) reliefD) fatigue（D）46.The rest of the day was entirely at his for reading or recreation.A) dismissalB) survivalC) disposalD) arrival（A）47.You will not be about your food in time of great hunger.A) specialB) particularC) peculiarD) specific（B）48.Crime is increasing worldwide, and there is every reason to believe the will continue into the next decade.A) emergencyB) trendC) paceD) schedule（C）