中国名校四级密卷
清华大学外语系 王红利
Part Ⅰ
Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end
of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Each conversation
and question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause.
During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers 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 center.
1. A) Get a good night’s sleep so he’ll feel better.
B) Take the exam once more.
C) Go out to see a movie.
D) Stay in a cinema for a night.
2. A) She needs a new raincoat or umbrella.
B) It will probably rain tomorrow.
C) She doesn’t know what the weather will be like tomorrow.
D) She doesn’t know where the man put his raincoat or umbrella.
3.A) He already took a picture of the flowers.
B) He doesn’t know how to use the camera.
C) He doesn’t think the flowers are beautiful.
D) He does not have any more film left.
4.A) They are going to have some milk for lunch.
B) They will probably quarrel because they are both angry.
C) They are going to breakfast soon.
D) They are going to lunch soon.
5.A) Go to the library. B) Get some exercise.
C) Go to see a film. D) Do homework in school.
6. A) Where John will meet her.
B) What the topic of the meeting is.
C) What John is wearing.
D) Where the meeting is being held.
7.A) She didn’t clean the dorm.
B) Her dorm is messy.
C) She will help the man clean his dorm.
D) She cleaned the library.
8.A) Jack is likely to help.
B) Jack doesn’t know a lot about the problem.
C) The man has already asked Jack for help.
D) Jack was the last one who could solve the problem.
9.A) It will snow much later in the week.
B) It will probably snow.
C) She needs to listen to the weather forecast.
D) The weather forecasters always make mistakes.
10. A) In the laundry.
B) In the tailor’s.
C) In the department store. D) At home.
Section B
Compound Dictation
Directions: In this section you will hear a passage three times. During the
first reading you should listen carefully for a general idea of the whole passage.
Then listen to the passage again. When the first part of the passage is being
read, you should fill in the missing word during the pause at each blank. After
listening to the second part of the passage you are required to write down the
main points according to what you have just heard. Finally, when the passage
is read the third time you can check what you have heard.
Television now plays such an important part in so many people’s lives that it
is___11___ for us to try to decide whether is a ___12___ or a curse. Obviously
television has both ___13___ and disadvantages. But do the former ___14___
the latter?
In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment,
but also a ___15___ cheap one. They just sit comfortably at home and enjoy
___16___ series of programmes rather than to go out in search of ___17___
elsewhere. Some people, however, maintain that this is precisely where the danger
lies. ____________18___________________________ Secondly, television keeps one
informed about current events
, allows one to follow the latest developments in science and politics. Yet
here
again there is a danger. The television screen itself has a terrible, almost
ph
ysical fascination for us._______________19_______________________________________.
There are many other arguments for and against television. The poor quality
of i
ts programmes is often criticized. But it is undoubtedly a great comfort to
many
lonely elderly people. And does it corrupt or instruct our children?___________20
_____________________________.
Part Ⅱ
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 center.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Teachers always plan down to the minute what their students will be doing. This
is good for kids, because it teaches them to stay on task and follow a schedule.
But most homes aren’t run this way. If parents do plan their children’s lives
minute by minute, what happens when that child grows up and goes to college?
At some point, kids need to learn to manage their own time. This can be one
of the valuable skills you help your kids develop outside of school. But it
generally won’t happen all by itself, because there’s a big transition that
happens when kids leave the structured school environment and come home.
If you have kid stay alone at home, think hard about trying to find an adult
who
can be there and provide the support your child needs. If a supportive adult
is
n’t available, an expert named Martin recommends you find an after-school program
led by experienced professionals who will engage them in creative activities,
nourish them with healthy snacks, and assist them with their schoolwork. If
you are at home on the contrary, to take some break after the guys get started
on diversions, because it’s hard to stop and do something like homework. “If
that little bit of downtime is television, good luck ... getting them to do
their
homework.” says a professor of child development at California State University,
“TV is addictive.” A better way to help your child unwind is with a healthy
snack. “Wait until dinner, make a plate full of energizing food. You could even
dish up part of the dinner you’re preparing a little early for the kids,” she
says.
While you’re sharing a snack, you can make a list of what your kids will get
to
do during their study breaks. The types of breaks recommended include shooting
baskets, getting a drink, using the bathroom, or even playing a quick card game
with parents. Your kids can be the ones to decide which breaks they’d like to
take. But, as Freimuth says, your children will have to be honest about what
kind of break will energize them and not upset their momentum.
21. The main purpose of this passage is ____.
A) to provide some advice for the parents about children’s education
B) to explain how to prepare a pretty snack for your children
C) to explain why the parents spoil their children
D) to describe children’s lives after school
22. The words “this way” in the sentence “But most homes aren’t run this way”
in the first paragraph most possibly means ____.
A) to stay on the task
B) to arrange everything in details
C) to give some lessons to children
D) to behave in the structured school
23. According to the passage, the expert named Martin, appearing in the second
paragraph, most probably takes up the following jobs EXCEPT ____.
A) a specialist in children education
B) a professional consultant in a after-school program
C) the leader of a research group about sports, such as basketball
D) mostly the same as what Freimuth (in the last paragraph) does
24. According to the last two paragraphs, the appropriate snacks that the
parents provide will ____.
A) upset the children’s momentum
B) exhaust them by lots of dirty dishes
C) make the children get addicted to TV
D) bring more energy to children
25. Which of the following is NOT recommended for the break during the children’s
study after class?
A) Shoot baskets.
B) Play some games with parents.
C) Go out to drink some beverage in a bar for a long time.
D) Relax a bit by using the bathroom.
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
Doors and windows can’t keep them out; airport immigration officers can’t stop
them and the Internet is an absolute reproduction soil. They seem harmless in
small doses, but large imports threaten Japan’s very uniqueness, say critics.
“They are foreign words and they are infecting the Japanese language”.
“Sometimes I feel like I need a translator to understand my own language,” says
Yoko Fujimura with little anger, a 60-year-old Tokyo restaurant worker. “It’s
becoming incomprehensible.”
It’s not only Japan who is on the defensive. Countries around the globe are
wet
through their hands over the rapid spread of American English. Coca-Cola, for
example, is one of the most recognized terms on Earth.
It is made worse for Japan,however, by its unique writing system. The country
writes all imported utterances - except Chinese - in a different script called
katakana（片假名）. It is the only country to maintain such a distinction. Katakana
takes far more space to write than kanji - the core pictograph（象形文字）characters
that the Japanese borrowed from China 1,500 years ago. Because it stands out,
readers complain that sentences packed with foreign words start to resemble
extended strings of lights. As if that weren’t enough, katakana terms tend to
get confusing. For example, digital camera first appears as degitaru kamera.
Then they became the more ear-pleasing digi kamey. But kamey is also the Japanese
word for turtle. “It’s very frustrating not knowing what young people are talking
about,” says humorously Minoru Shiratori, a 53-year-old bus driver. “Sometimes
I can’t tell if they’re discussing cameras or turtles.”
In a bid to stop the flood of katakana, the government has formed a Foreign
Words Committee to find suitable Japanese replacements. The committee is slightly
different from French-style language police, which try to support a law that
forbids advertising in English. Rather, committee members and traditionalists
hope a sustained campaign of persuasion, gentle criticism and leadership by
example can
turn the tide.
26. According to the author, the reason why the Japanese is infected greatly
by English is ____.
A) that nothing can prevent it from entering into Japan
B) that English is the most recognized language in the world
C) that the government has not set up a special administration department to
control this trend before it becomes popular in Japan
D) not clearly mentioned in this passage
27. By saying “countries around the globe are wet through their hands over the
rapid spread of American English,” the author implies that ____.
A) even a restaurant worker in Japan may feel the English infection on Japanese
B) the flood of katakana has covered most of countries in the world
C) Coca-Cola is the most popular brand of beverage on the earth and this product
occupy all the global market
D) many other countries are influenced greatly by American English
28. According to the passage, the following statements are true EXCEPT ____.
A) now there are two language systems, Kanji and katakana in Japan
B) the word “digital camera” appears very different in Japanese
C) people are always confused by the young Japanese pronunciation of “turtle”
and “camera”
D) Foreign Words Committee is engaged in finding suitable Japanese replacements
for the foreign words
29. According to the author, the last paragraph mainly deals with ____.
A) how French-style language police has prevented the influence of English
B) how Japanese Foreign Words Committee prevents the infection of foreign words
C) the suitable Japanese replacements
D) why committee members and traditionalists launch a war against the infection
of foreign words
30. Which conclusion can be drawn based on the opinions from the Japanese people
(in paragraph 2 and 4 of this passage)?
A) The elders are more strongly in favor of replacing the foreign words than
young people.
B) All the people dislike speaking the foreign words, such as “digi kamey”.
C) They are so old that it is necessary to give some language assistance by
a specialist.
D) People’s work determines the language they speak.
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
The Security Council is the most powerful body in the UN. It is responsible
for
maintaining international peace, and for restoring peace when conflicts arise.
Its decisions are binding on all UN members. The Security Council has the power
to define what is a threat to security, to determine how the UN should respond,
and to enforce its decisions by ordering UN members to take certain actions.
The Council convenes（召集）any time there is a threat to peace. A representative
from each member country who sits on the Council must be available at all times
so that the Council can meet at a moment’s notice. The Security Council also
frequently meets at the request of a UN member - often a nation with a grievance
about another nation’s actions.
The Security Council has 15 members; five of which hold permanent seats. The
Assembly elects the other ten members for two-year terms. The five permanent
members - the United States, Britain, France, Russia (formerly the Soviet Union),
and China - have the most power. These nations were the winning powers at the
end of World War II, and they still represent the bulk of the world’s military
might.
Decisions of the Council require nine votes. But any one of the permanent members
can veto an important decision. This authority is known as the veto right of
the great powers. As a result, the Council is effective only when its permanent
members can reach a consensus（一致同意）.
The Council has a variety of ways it can try to resolve conflicts among countries.
Usually the Council’s first step is to encourage the countries to settle their
disagreements without violence. The Council can mediate a dispute or recommend
guidelines for a settlement. It can send peacekeeping troops into a distressed
area. If war breaks out, the Council can call for a ceasefire. It can enforce
its decisions by imposing economic sanctions on a country, or through joint
military action.
31. Which is TRUE in the following statements according to the passage?
A) The Security Council convenes annually.
B) All UN members should abide by the decisions adopted by the Security Council.
C) Although one member seriously complains about another member’s action, the
Security Council will not convene at its request.
D) The five permanent members of the Security Council hold less than one half
armed forces in the world.
32. The Security Council is effective only when its permanent members can
reach a consensus because ____.
A) every permanent member has the veto right of great powers
B) all the permanent members won in the World War II
C) the other members of the Security Council are in the charge of the permanent
members
D) of some other reasons not mentioned in this passage
33. One motion（提议）is adopted by the Security Council only if ____.
A) 14 of 15 members accept this motion
B) all the members have no objection to the motion
C) 9 members agree on it and all the permanent members approve of it
D) all the permanent members pass it
34. The passage introduces all things about the Security Council EXCEPT____.
A) mission B) membership
C) rights D) history
35. The last paragraph of this passage may be concluded with the statement that
____.
A) UN gives priority to peaceful settlement of the conflicts among countries
B) the peacekeeping troops are most powerful in the conflicts between countries
C) economic sanction will be imposed on the countries involved in war
D) joint military action is the last resort of the Security Council in dealing
with conflicts between among countries
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
Few observers have a better view of that ocean of exchanging gossip called E-mail
than Mark Sunner. The chief technology officer of E-mail management company
MessageLabs, Sunner oversees a network that processes 4.5 million letters each
day. Servers operated and maintained by MessageLabs manage mail delivery and
routing for a number of companies, including Bank of England and Condé Nast
Publications.
In fact, all of MessageLabs’ customers are corporations whose daily E-mail output
and inflow has soared with the growth of the Web. “E-mail usage has increased
massively in the last couple of years,” he says. Indeed, MessageLabs estimates
that it has gone from 10 a day per employee as recently as two years ago to
more
like 20 or 30 now.
The implications for Corporate America are equally huge. According to E-mail
researcher and consultant David Ferris, companies can expect the volume of E-mail
coursing through their servers to grow 60% to 80% in 2002. And as individual
mess
ages grow in size - they’re now more likely to contain memory - companies could
end up paying 100% to 150% more just this year on systems to store and manage
those messages. That’s why tech consultancy Radicati Group expects demand for
soft
ware that manages E-mail, such as Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes, to grow
from $2.6 billion in sales today to $4.4 billion by 2005.
Too much of this money will be spent in controlling pure junk. About 20% of
the
E-mail MessageLabs manages is unwanted, according to Sunner - who adds that
ab
out 1.25% of all the E-mail his company moves contains useless attachments.
Already, the cost of handling spam（垃圾邮件）is estimated at $8.6 billion worldwide,
according to a 2001 European Union study. And the barrage of pornographic spam
has made some companies worried that employees might sue on grounds of disturbance
arising from exposure to unwanted unpleasantness.
36. The first sentence of this passage “Few observers have a better view of
that ocean of exchanging gossip called E-mail than Mark Sunner” most probably
means ____. A) Mark Sunner clearly know the E-mail is wasting resources
B) no one knows the fact that E-mail is gossip exchanging way but Mark Sunner
C) Mark Sunner does not know anything about the E-mail
D) the Mark Sunner always concentrated on the ocean of the junk E-mail
37. Which of the following is NOT true about MessageLabs?
A) It is an E-mail management company.
B) All of MessageLabs’ customers are corporations.
C) Mark Sunner is the chief technology officer of MessageLabs.
D) The company puts the great emphasis on dealing with the junk E-mail.
38. The word “that” in the last sentence of the third paragraph most possibly
means ____.
A) it is expected that Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes grow from $2.6 billion
in sales today to $4.4 billion by 2005
B) the junk E-mail has been overloaded in the Internet
C) the increase of individual messages needs more staff
D) the company has paid 100% to 150% for individual message storage
39. The following statements about the E-mail have been mentioned EXCEPT ____.
A) Sunner oversees a network that processes 4.5 million letters each day
B) according to David Ferris, companies can expect the volume of E-mail passing
through their servers to grow not more than 50% in 2002
C) too much money has been spent in controlling the junk E-mail
D) some employees might take legal action in accordance with annoyance arising
from exposure to some unpleasant resources
40. What is the best title for the passage?
A) The E-mail Monster.
B) MessageLabs Business Introduction.
C) To Avoid E-mail Surge.
D) E-mail Destroys Everything.
Part Ⅲ
Vocabulary and Structure (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 answer that
best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer
Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. A new product should be judged not by the promises made in commercials and
advertisements, but by the results ____.
A) demonstrated B) suggested
C) appeared D) contained
42. American women were ____ the right to vote until 1920 after many
years of hard struggle.
A) ignored B) neglected
C) refused D) denied
43. Both sides in the conflict agreed to ____.
A) converse to problems
B) exchange their topics
C) discuss their issues
D) talk their points
44. When snow ____ on top of a building during the winter, the weight
sometimes weakens the construction, and occasionally causes the roof to collapse.
A) falls B) accumulates
C) gleans D) assembles
45. The brave man was greatly honoured when the organizer announced, “You
____ a medal!”
A) earn B) expect
C) deserve D) reserve
46. All imported wine were made to pay heavy ____.
A) fees B) duties
C) prices D) money
47. We had to start at exactly the same time, so we had our watches ____.
A) checked B) tested
C) stabilized D) corrected
48. You think you are clever,____, I assure you that you are very foolish.
A) on the contrary
B) on the other side
C) in other words
D) on the whole
49. My fingernails are so ____ that they break off before they get long enough
to polish.
A) elastic B) strong
C) fragile D) steady
50. I never thought he would let us down like that; I always ____ him.
A) encountered B) counted on
C) accounted for D) discounted
51. The terrible noise is ____ me mad.
