2015年英語四級模擬預測題

　　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 centre.

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

　　Increasingly, over the past ten years, people—especially young people—have　become aware of the need to change their eating habits, because much of the food they eat, particularly processed foods, is not good for health. Consequently,there has been a growing interest in natural foods: foods which do not contain chemical additives and which have not been affected by chemical fertilizers widely used in farming today.

　　Natural foods, for example, are vegetables, fruit and grain which have been　grown in soil that is rich in organic matter.In simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished by unused vegetable matter, which provides it with essential vitamins and minerals. This in itself is a natural process compared with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of which is to increase the amount but not the quality of foods grown in commercial farming areas.

　　Natural foods also include animals which have been allowed to feed and move　freely in healthy pastures. Compare this with what happens in the mass production　of poultry: there are battery farms, for example, where thousands of chickens live crowded together in one building and are fed on food which is little better than　rubbish. Chickens kept in this way are not only tasteless as food; but also produce eggs which lack important vitamins.

　　There are other aspects of healthy eating which are now receiving increasing　attention from experts on diet. Take, for example, the question of sugar. This is　actually a nonessential food! Although a natural alternative, such as honey, can　be used to sweeten food if this necessary, we can in fact do without it. It is　not that sugar is harmful in itself. But it does seem to be additive: the quantity　we use has grown steadily over the last centuries and in Britain today each person consumes an average of 200 pounds a year! Yet all it does is provide us with energy, in the form of calories. There are no vitamins in it, no minerals and nofiber.?

　　It is significant that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part　of a healthy diet. In white bread, for example ,the fiber has been removed. But　it is present in unrefined flour and of course in vegetables. It is interesting　to note that in countries where the national diet contains large quantities of unrefined flour and vegetables, certain diseases are comparatively rare. Hence the emphasis is placed on the eating of whole meal bread and more vegetables by modern experts on “healthy eating”.

　　? 21.Which statement best expresses the main idea of this article?

　　? A) People should eat any food to keep themselves healthy and strong.

　　? B) People should eat natural foods to keep themselves healthy and strong.

　　? C) People should eat fiber foods to keep themselves healthy and strong.

　　? D) People should eat vegetables to keep themselves healthy and strong.

　　? 22.“Particularly processed foods” means ____.

　　? A) foods which are particularly processed by adding chemical additives

　　? B) foods which are particularly made by commercial farms

　　? C) foods which are specially produced by commercial factories

　　? D) foods which are not specially made by adding anything

　　? 23.Natural foods means ____.

　　? A) foods good for health

　　? B) foods not good for health

　　? C) foods such as vegetables, fruit and grain from rich organic matters soil

　　? D) crops from rich organic matters soil and meats of animals from healthy　pastures

　　? 24.There are no vitamins, no minerals and no fibers in ____.

　　? A) natural foods C) sugar

　　? B) animal meats D) fruit

　　25.“Yet all it does is provide us with energy, in the form of calories.” It means ____.

　　? A) processed food provides us with energy

　　? B) natural food furnishes us with vitamins and minerals

　　? C) sugar gives us enough energy in the form of calories

　　? D) fiber helps us to digest food?

　　Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:　?

　　With a tremendous roar from its rocket engine, the satellite is sent up into　the sky. Minutes later, at an altitude of 300 miles, this tiny electronic moon begins to orbit about the earth. Its radio begins to transmit an astonishing amount　of information about the satellite's orbital path, the amount of radiation it　detects, and the presence of meteorites. Information of all kinds races back to　the earth.No human being could possibly copy down all these facts, much less remember and organize them. But an electronic computer can.　?

　　The marvel of the machine age, the electronic computer has been in use only　since 1946. It can do simple computations—add,subtract, multiply and divide—with　lighting speed and perfect accuracy. Some computers can work 500,000 times faster　than any person can.

　　Once it is given a “program” — that is, a carefully worked?out set of instructions devised by a technician trained in computer language — a computer cagather a wide range of information for many purposes. For the scientist it can　get information from outer space or from the depth of the ocean. In business and industry the computer prepares factory inventories, keeps track of sales trends and production needs, mails dividend checks, and makes out company payrolls. It can keep bank accounts up to date and make out electric bills. If you are planning a trip by plane, the computer will find out what to take and what space is available.

　　Not only can the computer gather facts, it can also store them as fast as they are gathered and can pour them out whenever they are needed. The computer is really a high?powered“memory” machine that “has all the answers”—or almost all.Besides gathering and storing information, the computer can also solve complicated problems that once took months for people to do.

　　At times computers seem almost human. They can “read” hand?printed letters,　play chess, compose music, write plays and even design other computers. Is it any　wonder that they are sometimes called “thinking” machines?

　　Even though they are taking over some of the tasks that were once accomplished by our own brains, computers are not replacing us at least not yet. Our brain　has more than 10 million cells. A computer has only a few hundred thousand parts.

　　For some time to come, then, we can safely say that our brains are at least 10,000 times more complex than a computer.How we use them is for us, not the computer, to decide.

　　? 26.In the first paragraph, the author thinks an electronic computer can ____.

　　? A) copy down all the facts

　　? B) remember all the facts

　　? C) organize the facts and everything

　　? D) copy down, remember and organize all the facts

　　? 27.“Program” means ____.

　　? A) a plan of what is to be done

　　? B) a complete show on a TV station at a fixed time table

　　? C) a scheduled performance

　　? D) series of coded instructions to control the operations of a computer

　　? 28.The computer is a high powered “memory” machine, which ____.

　　? A) has all the ready answers — or almost all to any questions

　　? B) can remember everything

　　? C) can store everything and work for you

　　? D) has all the answers — or almost to all the information that has been　stored

　　? 29. “Thinking” machines suggest that ____.

　　? A) they can “read” hand printed letters etc

　　? B) they really can think and do many other jobs

　　? C) they even design other computers

　　? D) they can't think, but can do something under human control

　　? 30.Can computers do whatever they want to do?Why?

　　? A) Yes, because some computers can work 500,000 times faster than any person can.

　　? B) No, because they normally have a few hundred thousand parts.

　　? C) No, because human brains are at least 10000 times more complex than any computers.

　　? D) No, because how a computer works is decided by human.

　　Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

　　No one expressed this attitude more strongly than Noah Webster (1758?1843).

　　Born near Nartford, Connecticut, he received his education at Yale College and later began to practise law. But business in this profession was slow, and he was forced to turn to teaching. As a teacher, he soon discovered that the English school　books then in use were unsatisfactory, and the American Revolution reduced the supply of such books as there were. Webster therefore began to work on three simple　books on English, a spelling book, a grammar, and a reader, and these were the first books of their kind to be published in this country. The success of the first　part was surprisingly great. It was soon issued again under the title THE AMERICAN SPELLING BOOK, and in this form about 80 million copies were sold during the　next hundred years. From a profit of less than one cent a copy, Webster got most of his income for the rest of his life. Not only did the little book have great influence on many generations of school children, but it also had the effect or turning its author's attention to questions of language. In 1806 he produced a small dictionary,and this was followed by his greatest work, AN AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF

　　THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, published in two volumes in1828. In both of these works and in many smaller writings he had one purpose: to show that the Englsih language　in his country was a truly American thing, developing in its own special way and deserving to be considered from an independent, American point of view. As he　himself wrote,“ It is not only important, but in a degree necessary, that the people of this country should have an AMERICAN DICTIONARY of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England…some differences exist…. No person in this country will be satisfied with the English definitions of the words congress, senate, assembly, court, and so forth, for although these are words　used in England, yet they are applied in this country to express ideas which they do not express in that country.” By giving American meanings and American pronunciation, by adopting a number of American spellings, and especially by introducing quotations from American authors beside those from English literature, he was able, to a great extent, to justify the title of his work. If, after a hundred　years, some people still doubt the existence of a separate American language,　his efforts, nevertheless, have left a lasting mark on the language of his country.

　　? 31.Webster first tried to earn his living in the field of ____.

　　? A) education C) law

　　? B) journalism D) medicine

　　? 32.Webster earned most of his money from the sale of his ____.

　　? A) dictionary of 1828 C) grammar

　　? B) spelling book D) reader

　　? 33.Apparently Webster published his first books while he was a____.

　　? A) teacher C) lawyer

　　? B) student D) doctor

　　? 34.This article could be entitled ____.

　　? A) Noah Webster and American English Spelling

　　? B) Noah Webster, the author of An American Dictionary of the English Language

　　? C) Noah Webster

　　? D) Noah Webster and American English Grammar

　　? 35.According to the article, Webster ____.

　　? A) had created American English and its usages

　　? B) had discovered American English and improved it

　　? C) had tried his best and left a milestone on the language of his country

　　? D) had left a language which was not used in England.

　　Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

　　? Once upon a time, the United States seemed to have plenty of land to go around. Plenty of rivers to dam and plenty of rural valleys left over. Plenty of space for parks and factories. Plenty of forests to cut and grasslands to plow. But　that was once upon a time. The days of unused land are over.Now the land has been　spoken for, fenced off, carved up into cities and farms and industrial parks, put to use.?

　　At the same time, the population keeps growing. People need places to work and places to play. So we need more sites for more industries, more beaches for　more sunbathers, and more clean rivers for more fishers. And it isn't just a matter　of population growth. Our modern technology has needs that must be met, too. We　need more coal for energy, and we need more power plants; cars must have highways　and parking lots, and jets must have airports.　?

　　Each of these land uses swallows up precious space.Highways and expressways　alone take some 200,000 acres each year. And urban sprawl — the spreading out of　cities — is expected to gobble up vast areas of land by the year 2,000. But there　is only so much land to go around. It is always hard to decide. Take, for example, a forest. A forest can be a timber supply. It can provide a home for wildlife.　It is scenery and a recreation area for man. It is soil and watershed protection.

　　? 36.“…the United States seemed to have plenty of land to go around ”　means that ____.

　　? A) the United States seemed to have vast land for its people to walk around

　　? B) the United States seemed to have enough land for sharing with everyone

　　? C) the United States could provide whatever its inhabitents' needs

　　? D) the United States was not able to allow its people to do what they wanted to

　　? 37.The sentence of “Plenty of rivers to dam and plenty of rural　valleys left over” suggests that ____.

　　? A) the United States had a lot of rivers to dam and many rural valleys,　too

　　? B) the rivers could be damed later

　　? C) rural valleys would be considered in the future

　　? D) people needn't think of the rivers and valleys

　　? 38.“Now the land has been spoken for, …” tells us that ____.

　　? A) today, land has shown its values

　　? B) now, people have said something about land

　　? C) nowadays, land has been claimed by human beings

　　? D) recently, people spoke for the land

　　? 39.The phrase of “swallows up” informed us that ____.

　　? A) these usages of land have good results

　　? B) these lands must be used totally

　　? C) the precious space was taken completely

　　? D) the precious space were eaten up

　　? 40.The word “sprawl” indicates that ____.

　　? A) cities are developing very fast to meet the people's demands

　　? B) urban areas are diminishing smoothly

　　? C) urban areas are enlarging steadily in a planned way

　　? D) cities are spreading out without any plans

　　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.So frightened ____ in darkness that she did not dare to move an inch.

　　? A) was the girl C) such a girl was

　　? B) the girl was D) that the girl was

　　? 42.The students ____ the exercises, the teacher went on to explain the text.

　　? A) doing C) having done

　　? B) did D) to do

　　? 43.They talked about things and persons ____ they remembered in the school.

　　? A) who C) that

　　? B) which D) what

　　? 44.Such an obvious error ____ this would be avoided, if you were more careful.

　　? A) like C) as

　　? B) with D) of

　　? 45.They remained full of hope and determination ____ their repeated failures.

　　? A) instead of C) because of

　　? B) in search of D) in spite of

　　? 46.The car ____ seventy miles per hour until it reaches the riverside at about ten o'clock tonight.

　　? A) goes C) went

　　? B) will go D) will be going

　　? 47.He kept rubbing the child until ____ he fell asleep.

　　? A) long after C) before long

　　? B) soon after D) long before

　　? 48. ____ his youth and inexperience, he is not suitable for the job.

　　? A) Seeing C) Having seen

　　? B) Seen D) To see

　　? 49.When you ____ the test, check your papers before you hand them in.

　　? A) will finish C) will have finished

　　? B) are finishing D) have finished

　　? 50.I am interested in ____ you have told me.

　　? A) which C) that

　　? B) all what D) all that

　　? 51.No other quality is more important for a scientist to acquire____ to observe carefully.

　　? A) as C) and

　　? B) than D) but

　　? 52.They were just about to give up the question, ____ suddenly they found the answer.

　　? A) as C) when

　　? B) while D) the moment

　　? 53.It was ____ then that I came to know that knowledge comes from practice.

　　? A) until C) till

　　? B) not until D) since

　　? 54.The world's supplies of petroleum ____.

　　? A) have been gradually being exhausted

　　? B) have gradually exhausted

　　? C) are gradually exhausted

　　? D) are being gradually exhausted

　　? 55.Everything depends on ____ we have enough time.

　　? A) if C) whether

　　? B) when D) that

　　? 56.I'd just as soon ____ rudely to her.

　　? A) you not speak C) you didn't speak

　　? B) your not speaking D) you hadn't spoken

　　? 57.The concert was so interesting that we all felt it ended ____ soon.

　　? A) but too C) very

　　? B) only too D) too

　　? 58.The roar of the crowd finally ____ to a murmur.

　　? A) reduced C) decreased

　　? B) diminished D) cut down

　　? 59.It's very discourteous to ____ during some one's conversation.

　　? A) inspect C) interfere

　　? B) interrupt D) instruct

　　? 60.Sometimes even the smallest thing will upset an ____ person.

　　? A) annoyed C) irritable

　　? B) irritated D) angry

　　? 61.The conversation was so interesting that we were ____ of the lateness of the hour.

　　? A) negligible C) irrelevant

　　? B) inattentive D) oblivious

　　? 62.The rainbow is one of the most beautiful ____ in nature.

　　? A) phenomenon C) appearance

　　? B) phenomena D) experience

　　? 63.It is ____ that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet.

　　? A) serious C) significant

　　? B) great D) vital

　　? 64.The performance will begin ____ at eight?thirty.

　　? A) precisely C) accordingly

　　? B) consequently D) exceedingly

　　? 65.Mr.Smith, a chemistry teacher, never stops ____ new and better ways to improve his teaching.

　　? A) discovering C) searching for

　　? B) looking for D) finding out

　　? 66.People greatly differ ____ their views of life.

　　? A) from C) at

　　? B) to D) in

　　? 67.The geographical location of Hubei is quite favorable for agricultural production. It's ____ the land of fish and rice.

　　? A) famous for C) known as

　　? B) known by D) known to

　　? 68.The officials called for an immediate ____ to determine the cause of the accident.

　　? A) investigation C) notification

　　? B) preparation D) obligation

　　? 69.People usually ____ certain foods by keeping them in a refrigerator or freezer.

　　? A) store C) keep

　　? B) hold D) preserve

　　? 70.The girl carefully ____ every mispelled word on the page.

　　? A) surrounded C) encircled

　　? B) draw D) place

　　Part Ⅳ Translation from English into Chinese (15 minutes)

　　Directions: In this part, there are five items which you should translate into Chinese, each item consisting of one or two sentences. These sentences are all taken from the Reading Passages you have just read in the Reading Comprehension of the Test Paper. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.

　　? 71.Increasingly, over the past ten years, people—especially young people—have become aware of the need to change their eating habits because much of　the food they eat, particularly processed foods, is not good for health.(Passage 1,Paragraph 1)

　　? 72.It is interesting to note that in countries where the national diet contains large quantities of unrefined flour and vegetables, certain diseases are comparatively rare.(Passage 1,Paragraph 5)

　　? 73.Not only can the computer gather facts, it can also store them as fast as they are gathered and can pour them out whenever they are needed.(Passage 2, Paragraph 4)

　　? 74.For some time to come, then we can safely say that our brains are at least 10000 times more complex than a computer.How to use them is forus, not the computer, to decide.(Passage 2,Paragraph 6)

　　? 75.From a profit of less than one cent a copy, Webster got most　of his income for the rest of his life. (passage 3)

　　Part Ⅴ Writing (30 minutes)

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “Advertising”. You should write at least 100 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below.

　　? 1. 廣告的目的。

　　? 2. 為什么要做廣告。

　　? 3. 廠商做廣告的真實原因。

　　答案

　　Part Ⅱ

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　　短文大意

　　人們越來越多地意識到需要改變飲食習慣，而對天然的食物表現(xiàn)出更多的興趣，因為天然食物不含化學添加劑，沒有被化肥污染。天然食物，像蔬菜，水果和谷類生長在土壤里。富含有機物，能提供人體所需的維生素和礦物質，而化肥的使用沒有顧及到食物的質量而是數(shù)量。天然食品還包括那些可以自由活動在良好牧場的動物，而那種大量生產(chǎn)家禽的農(nóng)場里生產(chǎn)的雞和蛋都缺少重要的維生素，而且不那么美味。關于飲食健康，專家們逐漸注意到一些另外的方面，如糖的問題。糖的人均消耗量逐年上升，但糖只以熱量的形式提供能量，并不含維生素，礦物質和纖維，如今纖維被認為是健康飲食的重要組成部分。

　　? 21.答案B。

　　?【參考譯文】 下面哪一項最好地表達了本文的主要內容 ?

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查對全文主旨的理解。

　　?【詳細解答】 根據(jù)文章內容 ,健康食品應該是一切天然食品,而不僅僅是蔬菜,纖維食品和其它的食品。

　　? 22.答案A。

　　?【參考譯文】 “特別是加工食品”，意思是“特別是加了化學添加劑的食品”。

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查細節(jié)理解。

　　?【詳細解答】 加工食品實際上是加了化學添加劑的食品 ,它既不是商業(yè)農(nóng)場,商業(yè)工廠生產(chǎn)的食品 ,也不是其它未作特殊處理的食品。見文章第一段。

　　? 23.答案D。

　　?【參考譯文】 天然食品是指……

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查對文章主題的范圍及定義的理解。

　　?【詳細解答】 天然食品是指從有豐富有機物的土壤里生長出的農(nóng)作物和生活在有益于健康的牧場上自由覓食 ,自由奔跑的動物的肉類。文章第二段第一句及第三段第一句提供了此案。

　　? 24.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 不含維生素、礦物質，也不含纖維的是……

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查細節(jié)。

　　?【詳細解答】 糖既不含維生素 ,礦物質,也無任何纖維。參見文章第四段最后兩句話。

　　? 25.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 “然而糖所能做的就是以卡路里 (熱量單位)的形式，給我們提供能量”。

　　?【試題分析】 本題為結合上下文理解細節(jié)題。

　　?【詳細解答】 由上下文可知，句中的“ it”指代的是“糖”，而非其他。?

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　　短文大意

　　火箭將衛(wèi)星發(fā)射到天空，幾分鐘之后，在 300英里的高度上，這一微型電子月球就開始繞地球運行，并迅速地向地球回送各種信息。人類本身沒法復制所有這些信息，更不能記住并整理這些信息，而電子計算機卻能，電子計算機自 1946年開始運用，可以以光的速度進行精確的計算，比人的速度快50萬倍。一旦輸入某種程序，計算機可以收集大范圍的信息，科學家可利用它獲得太空或海洋深處的信息;在商業(yè)，工業(yè)，銀行等部門，計算機能提供各種不同的服務。計算機不僅能收集信息，還能盡快地儲存信息，一旦需要，就能輸出這些信息，還能解決復雜的問題。有時計算機幾乎跟人一樣，可以辨認手寫的字，可以下棋，作曲，寫劇本;甚至設計別的計算機，有時被稱為“有思維的機器”也不奇怪。盡管如此計算機還是代替不了人類，人類大腦比計算機至少復雜上萬倍，如何使用計算機是由我們而不是由計算機決定。

　　? 26.答案D。

　　?【參考譯文】 第一段中，作者認為電子計算機能夠……

　　?【試題分析】 此題為段落大意理解題。

　　?【詳細解答】 計算機既能復制 ,又能儲存,還能排序。由文章第一段最后兩句話可以選對此題答案。

　　? 27.答案D。

　　?【參考譯文】 文中“ program”一詞的意思是……

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查對長句子信息的把握。

　　?【詳細解答】 program可作“電視節(jié)目”講,但本文中意為“程序”,即一連串的用來控制計算機操作的編碼指令,而不是電視臺要播出的節(jié)目。參見文章第三段開頭一句不難得出答案D。

　　? 28.答案D。

　　?【參考譯文】 計算機是一種大功率儲存器，它……

　　?【試題分析】 此題為細節(jié)理解題。

　　?【詳細解答】 計算機是大功率儲存器 ,它能提供一切有關它所儲存了的信息的答案。另外，由第四段第二句話可以找出此題的答案。

　　? 29.答案D。

　　?【參考譯文】 “善于思考”的機器，意味著……

　　?【試題分析】 本題為細節(jié)理解題。

　　?【詳細解答】 “善于思考”的機器 ,并不能思考,而是能在人們的控制下完成一些指定的任務。見文章倒數(shù)第二段。

　　? 30.答案D。

　　?【參考譯文】 計算機想做什么就能做什么嗎 ?為什么?

　　?【試題分析】 本題為判斷題。

　　?【詳細解答】 計算機不是為所欲為的 ,因為人類決定它能做什么不能做什么。見文章最后一段話，而且根據(jù)常識我們也可以判斷。?

　　3

　　短文大意

　　本文是一篇人物介紹。 Noah Webster(1758—1843)出生于美國康涅狄格州，曾就讀于耶魯大學，后來開始從事律師工作，因這一行業(yè)不景氣，所以改行教書。教書過程中，他發(fā)現(xiàn)所使用的課本不令人滿意，而且由于美國革命而減少了課本的發(fā)行，所以他開始編寫有關拼寫，語法和閱讀書籍。這在美國是最早的也獲得了巨大的成功。《美國拼寫法》，這本書在十九世紀售出 8千萬冊。Webster因此而獲得了一筆收入作為他后半生生活的主要來源。這本書不僅對一代又一代學生產(chǎn)生了巨大影響，而且也使Webster自己將其注意力轉向研究語言的問題，后來他編寫了他的巨著《美國英語詞典》共有兩卷，1828年出版。其目的是表明英語在美國是真正的美國貨，應該以美國人自己獨特的角度來看待。他寫道：“美國英語不僅重要，而且必要，美國人應該有自己的美國英語詞典。盡管語言形式大體相同，但依然存在區(qū)別…”他采用美式拼法，注上美式發(fā)音和美國意思，還特別引用美國作家們的語言，這在很大程度上使他這部作品名副其實。如果多年后有人依然懷疑獨立的美語的存在的話，無論如何他的貢獻在美國英語發(fā)展史上樹了一個里程碑。

　　? 31.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 Webster開始是靠當律師維持生計的。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為細節(jié)題。

　　?【詳細解答】 見文章第二句話，他就讀于耶魯大學，后來開始從事律師工作，這里 began　to practice law是關鍵。

　　? 32.答案B。

　　?【參考譯文】 他大部分的經(jīng)濟收入來源于他的拼寫書的銷售。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為尋找具體信息題。

　　?【詳細解答】 見文中“ From a profit of less than one cent a copy, Webster got most of his income for the rest of his life.”這句話，聯(lián)系上下文得知，Webster的生活來源主要是靠出售《美國拼寫法》一書所得收入，而不是靠出售他編撰的字典，語法和簡易讀物。

　　? 33.答案A。

　　?【參考譯文】 顯然當 Webster還是教師的時候就出版了他的第一批著作。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為直接推測題。

　　?【詳細解答】 此題可用排除法。文中沒有提到 doctor一詞，所以很容易排除。文中也沒提到他在當學生期間的貢獻或成就，他開始是律師，但后來改行當了教師，是在執(zhí)教期間寫的書。

　　? 34.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 本文的標題可能是……

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查文章內容的范圍。

　　?【詳細解答】 N.Webster只有這個題目能包含和反映全文的一切內容。

　　? 35.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 根據(jù)本文所述， Webster付出了最大努力，在美國英語發(fā)展史上樹立了一個里程牌。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為判斷題。

　　?【詳細解答】 此題可用排除法。 A不對，因為文中并沒有提出 Webster創(chuàng)造出美國英語及其用途，他只是想表明美國英語與英國英語存在著區(qū)別。 B也不對，因為文中沒提及他改進了美國英語。 D在文中也沒有提到，而且根據(jù)常識也可判斷D錯。

　　4?

　　短文大意

　　從前的美國似乎有足夠的土地讓人們分享利用，但現(xiàn)在一切土地都有其主了;同時人口不斷增長，所以需要更多的場所，工作和娛樂。但問題不只包括人口增長，還包括滿足現(xiàn)代技術的需要：更多的煤提供能量，更多的電廠，有汽車又須有高速公路，停車場，有飛機須有機場。寶貴的空間完全被占用了。僅公路就每年占用 20萬英畝的土地，城市向郊區(qū)的蔓延侵吞了大面積的土地。盡管如此，但是有那么多土地可供利用，因此很難決定該如何利用。例如森林，可以提供木材，也可以是野生動物的活動場所，可以作為人類娛樂場所和風景點，還可以有利于保護水土流失。

　　? 36.答案B。

　　?【參考譯文】 美國過去似乎有足夠的土地讓人們分享意指……

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查難句的理解。

　　?【詳細解答】 句中關鍵詞組“ go around”意為“be enough for everyone”，而不是“walk around”的意思，所以選B。

　　? 37.答案A。

　　?【參考譯文】 句子“還有很多河流和峽谷”意指……

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查對上下文的理解。

　　?【詳細解答】 這實際上是由兩個名詞短語 plenty of rivers和plenty of rural valleys組成，“ to dam”和“left over”分別是動詞不定式和過去分詞短語修飾前面的兩個詞組，這里所表達的意思是美國還有很多河流可以在其上筑壩還剩下有許多峽谷可以利用。

　　? 38.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 “現(xiàn)在一切土地都有其主了”告訴我們……

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查難句的理解。

　　?【詳細解答】 句中詞組“ speak for sth.”常用于被動語態(tài)，意思是“get the right to sth. in advance; reserve”，另外，根據(jù)上下文，運用排除法，可以確定選C。

　　? 39.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 通過詞組“ swallows up(完全占用)”我們知道寶貴的空間完全被占用。

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查句意理解。

　　?【詳細解答】 詞組“ swallow up”意思是“use up completely; cause to disappear”。

　　? 40.答案D。

　　?【參考譯文】 “ sprawl”這個單詞表明城市的擴張沒有任何計劃。

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查單詞在上下文中的含義。

　　?【詳細解答】 “ sprawl”意思是“spread out ungracefully over a wide area”。所以這個詞在此表明城市擴張沒有規(guī)劃好。

　　Part Ⅲ

　　? 41.答案A。

　　?【參考譯文】 那女孩在黑暗中十分害怕，不敢挪動半步。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為語法題，考查倒裝句。

　　?【詳細解答】 以副詞 so, often,always,then,now等開頭的句子要用倒裝詞序。

　　? 42.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 學生做完練習，老師接著講解課文。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為語法題，考查獨立主格結構。

　　?【詳細解答】 分詞的邏輯主語與主語 (the teacher)不一致，這種獨立結構，在句中通常作狀語，現(xiàn)在分詞的完成形式主要用在狀語中表示該動作在謂語動作之前發(fā)生。故 A，B和D都不對。

　　? 43.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 他們談論了一些他們想起來的學校里的人和事。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為語法題，考查定語從句的引導詞。

　　?【詳細解答】 定語從句中的關系代詞 that常用于下列幾種情況：1)先行詞中含有人和物時; 2)先行詞為anything,everything,all等不定代詞;3)先行詞被any,no,every,little,much所修飾;4)先行詞被序數(shù)詞所修飾時;5)先行詞被形容詞最高級所修飾時。

　　? 44.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 像這樣明顯的錯誤，如果你仔細一點是不會發(fā)生的。

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查固定搭配。

　　?【詳細解答】 such as 連用表示，像……樣的,such是形容詞修飾error,as是關系代詞引導定語從句“as(is)this”，修飾先行詞error。 with表示“和”，“跟”，不能與such連用。error前如沒有such,可選A，of不能同such連用。

　　? 45.答案D。

　　?【參考譯文】 盡管多次失敗，但他們仍然充滿希望和決心。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為詞義辨析題。

　　?【詞義辨析】 instead of表示“代替，充當”，后接名詞，代詞，動名詞;in search of尋找，尋求，后接名詞，代詞，動名詞;in spite of表示“盡管，不顧”，引出讓步狀語;because of因為，由于，后接名詞，代詞，動名詞。

　　? 46.答案D。

　　?【參考譯文】 汽車每小時計劃行駛 70公里才能在今晚10點左右到達河邊。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為語法題，考查時態(tài)。

　　?【詳細解答】 將來進行時表示預計即將發(fā)生的或計劃在未來將要發(fā)生的動作，含有已經(jīng)安排好的意思。而一般將來時則表示將來的動作或狀態(tài)。

　　? 47.答案A。

　　?【參考譯文】 直到孩子入睡很久了，他還在不斷地輕拍著孩子。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為詞組辨析題。

　　?【詞義辨析】 long after在……后很久，在句中作狀語;before long是一個表示時間的介詞短語，表示不久的未來;long before表示很久以前，老早。before為介詞，before也可為連詞，接從句，表示早在……之前，在……很久以前;soon after在……后不久其后接時間名詞或從句。

　　? 48.答案A。

　　?【參考譯文】 鑒于太年輕，又沒有經(jīng)驗，他不適合做這項工作。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為語法題，考查句子結構。

　　?【詳細解答】 seeing(that)=since表示“鑒于，看到”，說明一種明顯的理由或原因，其后可接名詞構成原因狀語。

　　? 49.答案D。

　　?【參考譯文】 試題做完后，上交之前檢查一下你的試卷。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為語法題，考查時態(tài)。

　　?【詳細解答】 現(xiàn)在完成時可以用在表示時間或條件的狀語從句中，表示將來某時業(yè)已完成的動作，而且還表示此動作在另一個動作之前完成。

　　? 50.答案D。

　　?【參考譯文】 我對你告訴我的一切都感興趣。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為語法題，考查定語從句引導詞。

　　?【詳細解答】 關系代詞 which, that引導定語從句，其前一定有先行詞，據(jù)此可排除A，C。what引導從句時，其前不能有名詞或代詞，故B不可選。all that中all是先行詞，that是關系代詞，引導定語從句修飾all。因此只能選用D。

　　? 51.答案B。

　　?【參考譯文】 仔細觀察是一個科學家要具備的最重要的品格。或：對科學家而言，沒有什么別的品格比觀察細致更重要。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為語法題，考查固定搭配。

　　?【詳細解答】 more important比較級后通常接than; as不能與more連用。and和but是連詞;and表示并列，but表示轉折。

　　? 52.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 他們正打算放棄這個問題，這時突然找到了答案。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為詞義辨析題。

　　?【詞義辨析】 when表示“那時，這時”其前一般有逗號，并列前后兩個句子。as, while,當……時候。the moment (=as soon as)都不符合句意。

　　? 53.答案B。

　　?【參考譯文】 直到那時我才逐漸明白知識來自于實踐。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為語法題，考查強調句型。

　　?【詳細解答】 這是一個 it is…that強調句型，強調部分是not until then。如果not until短語放在句首，句子則用倒裝結構。此句not until未放于句首，故不用倒裝句式。?54.答案D。

　　?【參考譯文】 世界石油儲備正在逐漸枯竭。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為語法題，考查被動語態(tài)。

　　?【詳細解答】 現(xiàn)在進行時可以表示一種現(xiàn)在暫時性的動作 (即指現(xiàn)階段的供應情況，以后供應情況怎樣則不得而知 )。一般現(xiàn)在時則表示過去，現(xiàn)在，將來經(jīng)常性的短缺。另外“exhaust”一詞是及物動詞。

　　? 55.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 一切都在于我們是否有足夠的時間。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為語法題，考查賓語從句。

　　?【詳細解答】 if和whether引導賓語從句，通�？苫�換，但在介詞之后通常用whether。如賓語從句置于主句之前，則也要用 whether。例如Whether he enjoys reading, I wonder。

　　? 56.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 我倒寧愿你對她講話不要那么不客氣。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為語法題，考查虛擬語氣。

　　?【詳細解答】 would just as soon (=would rather, had rather或had just as soon)意為“寧愿”后接從句時，其從句謂語動詞要用一般過去時表示虛擬語氣。

　　? 57.答案A。

　　?【參考譯文】 這場音樂會太有趣了，我們都覺得結束太快了。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為詞匯題。

　　?【詳細解答】 only too和very意思大體相同，但only too語氣要比 very的強些，常與glad,pleased表示感情或意愿的形容詞搭配。例如：I'm only too happy to assist you. but too的語氣比only too更強，常常帶有幾分遺憾或可惜的意味。

　　? 58.答案B。

　　?【參考譯文】 人群的吵鬧聲最終減弱成一種低嘀聲。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為詞義辨析題。

　　?【詳細解答】 reduce指在數(shù)量，大小，尺寸，速度等級上的減少或降低;diminish指逐漸地變少; decrease使某物變得少;cut down砍倒，削減。

　　? 59.答案B。

　　?【參考譯文】 打斷人家談話是很不禮貌的行為。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為詞義辨析題。

　　?【詳細解答】 inspect檢查，審查;interrupt打擾，打斷，指用打斷某事或某人說話的方式來打擾; interfere干擾，妨礙，指阻止妨礙某人或某事;instruct指導，教育。

　　? 60.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 有時即使是最小的事情也會擾亂易怒的人。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為詞義辨析題。

　　?【詳細解答】 annoyed指被弄得有點發(fā)怒，不耐煩;irritated指因為某事的煩擾而生氣;irritable指非常容易生氣的人;angry指對某事感到不愉快。

　　? 61.答案D。

　　?【參考譯文】 我們談得很投機以致于忘了時間 (很晚了)。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為詞義辨析題。

　　?【詞義辨析】 negligible無關重要的;inattentive不注意的，忽視的，指不能將注意力集中在某一點上;irrelevant不相干的，無關的;oblivious忘記的，不注意的，由于深思、沒有注意到而忘記的，忽略了的。

　　? 62.答案B。

　　?【參考譯文】 彩虹是最美的自然現(xiàn)象之一。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為詞義辨析題。

　　?【詳細解答】 phenomena是phenomenon的復數(shù)形式;phenomenon現(xiàn)象;appearance外表，出現(xiàn);experience經(jīng)驗，閱歷。

　　? 63.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 重要的是現(xiàn)在纖維被認為是健康飲食的重要組成部分。

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查詞義辨析。

　　?【詳細解答】 serious嚴重的，嚴肅的，強調動作、行為對某事產(chǎn)生緊急或意想不到的后果;great巨大的，高貴的;significant重大的，強調重要的，有意義的，完美的;vital至關重要的，急需的，對有生命事物的至關重要性。

　　? 64.答案A。

　　?【參考譯文】 演出將在八點半準時開始。

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查詞義辨析。

　　?【詳細解答】 precisely確切地，精確地;consequently因而，所以;accordingly相應地;exceedingly極度地，非常地。

　　? 65.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 史密斯先生是位化學教師，他從未停止探索新的更好的辦法以改進他的教學。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為詞義辨析題。

　　?【詳細解答】 discover發(fā)現(xiàn)，探索;look for采集，尋找，指尋找自己想得到的東西或想見的人; search for探求，搜尋，花費極大的氣力搜尋某個特定的目標，為找到某人某物而進行的搜尋;find out查出來，顯示，表示通過觀察或調查找出原因或發(fā)現(xiàn)秘密，錯誤等。

　　? 66.答案D。

　　?【參考譯文】 人們在生活的觀點上很不相同。

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查句意理解及詞的搭配。

　　?【詳細解答】 differ from表示A不同意B或A與B持不同意見，還可以表示一種東西不同于另一種東西;differ in表示在某方面不同或持不同意見。

　　? 67.答案A。

　　?【參考譯文】 湖北省的地理位置對農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)是十分有利的，它以“魚米之鄉(xiāng)”著稱。

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查詞義辨析。

　　?【詳細解答】 famous for表示以某事或某物而出名;known by表示根據(jù)(按照)...而得知的意思;known as 表示以什么身份而出名;known to表示為某人所知，聞名于某處，其后一般接“人”或地方。

　　? 68.答案A。

　　?【參考譯文】 領導們要求立即展開調查，查明事故的起因。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為詞義辨析題。

　　?【詳細解答】 investigation調查，研究;preparation準備，預備;notification通知，通報;obligation義務，職責。

　　? 69.答案D。

　　?【參考譯文】 人們通常把某些食物放在冰箱里或是冷凍庫里儲藏。

　　?【試題分析】 此題為詞義辨析題。

　　?【詳細解答】 store儲存，指儲存起來以便以后使用;hold保持，指某一物體保持在某一位置或狀態(tài); keep保持，指把某物保持一段時間;preserve保存，保藏，指安全地保存好某物或保存某物不使其被用完。

　　? 70.答案C。

　　?【參考譯文】 那個女孩把那一頁上的每個拼寫錯了的詞都劃上圈。

　　?【試題分析】 此題考查詞義辨析。

　　?【詳細解答】 surround包圍，圍繞，指把某物的四周圍住;draw繪制，畫;encircle環(huán)繞，合圍，指在某物四周圍上一圈;place放置，安插。

　　Part Ⅳ

　　? 71.【參考譯文】 過去的十年間，人們——特別是青年人——逐漸意識到需要改變其飲食習慣，因為他們吃的許多食品尤其是精制食品不利于健康。

　　?【翻譯技巧】 此題需用詞性轉換法，并調整語序。

　　?【翻譯點評】 句中 increasingly意為“逐漸地，越來越多地”，需要放在become和aware之間來翻譯，另外“ the need to change…”如果譯為“改變……的需要”就沒有譯成“需要改變……”來得直接，通暢。

　　? 72.【參考譯文】 一種有趣的現(xiàn)象表明，只要人們的飲食含有大量的粗面粉和蔬菜，某些疾病在那些國家就相應減少。

　　?【翻譯技巧】 此題需注意詞序的調整，兼有條件狀語從句作用的定語從句的翻譯，及句子結構的分析。

　　?【翻譯點評】 首先搞清楚本句結構很重要， It是形式主語，動詞不定式短語to note that…comparatively rare是真正主語。但如果機械地譯為“注意到在那些……的國家里，某些疾病相對少見是很有趣的”，就顯得太頭重腳輕了，所以譯為“一種有趣的現(xiàn)象表明……”，動詞“ note”后面的賓語從句中，名詞“countries”后面帶有where引導的定語從句修飾，但這里“人們的飲食含有大量粗面粉和蔬菜”，和后面的“某些疾病就相應較少見”之間有種必然的條件關系，所以加上“只要……，就……”使譯文更有邏輯性。

　　? 73.【參考譯文】 計算機不僅能收集信息，還能以收集信息的同樣快的速度把它們儲存起來，一旦需要就可以隨時將它們輸送出來。

　　?【翻譯技巧】 此題需用增 (減)詞法，長句短譯法。

　　?【翻譯點評】 首先注意 not only…but also這個倒裝句，翻譯時應還原，另外還要注意 “ can pour them out whenever they are needed”的翻譯，whenever they are needed譯為“一旦需要”就此譯為“無論什么時候需要”更簡潔、流暢。

　　? 74.【參考譯文】 我們有把握地說在未來的一段時間內，我們的大腦至少要比計算機復雜一萬倍。我們怎么使用它們是由我們而不是由計算機決定的。

　　?【翻譯技巧】 此題需注意句子順序的調整。

　　?【翻譯點評】 此題只要弄清“ for some time to come”就不難翻譯這個詞組意思是“在未來的一段時間內”。

　　? 75.【參考譯文】 從每一本書不足一美分的利潤中，韋布斯特賺取了他后半生的大部分收入。

　　?【試題分析】 此題需注意句子順序。

　　?【詳細解答】 句中 for the rest of his life需提到most of his income之前翻譯。

　　Part Ⅴ

　　寫作指導

　　?這是一篇關于廣告的議論文，考生應根據(jù)題目所給出的結構進行展開，千萬不可因為熟悉“廣告”這一題材就浮想聯(lián)翩，下筆千言卻離題萬里。首先弄清楚每一段的內容及各段之間有何聯(lián)系，不要在寫完了第一段之后，發(fā)現(xiàn)要寫的第二段的內容已在前一段寫過了，所以寫之前先構思，找個腹稿，或在稿紙上寫上要點。

　　?在范文中，第一段指出廣告的目的有的是讓消費者知道其產(chǎn)品和服務，但大多數(shù)廣告是為 了說服人們買這而不是買那。第二段指出廣告是推銷產(chǎn)品的手段，做廣告讓消費者清楚某種品牌比其他的更有優(yōu)勢是十分必要的。即做廣告的必要性及原因，最后一段寫廠商做廣告的起初原因是因為他們發(fā)現(xiàn)花一筆錢對其產(chǎn)品做廣告總的來說比降價出售更有利。

　　Sample Writing

　　Advertising

　　? A certain amount of advertising is of an informative kind, the aim simply being to let consumers know what goods and services are available—“consumer education” as it is sometimes called. Most advertising, however, is of a persuasive or competitive kind, the aim of which is to persuade people to buy one thing rather than something else.

　　? Advertising is a selling cost particularly associated with imperfect competition. Advertising is a way of marketing goods. In the sale of branded goods, advertising is essential in order to try to impress on consumers that one maker's brand is superior to all others, although in fact the only difference between brands may sometimes be in their trade marks and labels.

　　? Any producer with some degree of monopoly, however slight, will generally find it more advantageous to advertise his products widely and at considerable expense rather than cut his prices.

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