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专业四级-196
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[单项选择]______ we have all the materials ready, we should begin the new task at once.
A. Since that
B. Since now
C. By now
D. Now that
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[单项选择]______ with John, George is a much superior engineer.
A. Compared
B. Comparing
C. Having compared
D. To compare
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[单项选择]I need that book badly. If you go to the bookshop this afternoon, please remember ______ a copy for me.
A. buying
B. to buy
C. to have bought
D. being bought
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{{B}}TEXT B{{/B}}
Television—the most
pervasive and persuasive of modern technologies, marked by rapid change and
growth—is moving into a new era, an era of extraordinary sophistication and
versatility, which promises to reshape our lives and our world. It is an
electronic revolution of sorts, made possible by the marriage of television and
computer technologies.
The word "television", derived from its
Greek (tele : distant)and Latin (vision. sight) roots, can literally be
interpreted as sight from distance. Very simply put, it works in this way:
through a sophisticated system of electronics, television provides the
capability of converting an image (focused on a special photo-conductive plate
within a camera) into electronic impulses, which can be sent through a wire of
cable. These impulses, when fed into a receiver (television set), can then be
electronically reconstituted into that same image.
Television is
more th
A. Medium of the masses.
B. Sight from distance.
C. Airwave transmission.
D. Vehicle for communication.
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[简答题]{{B}} MORE PRESSURE FROM ACADEMIC STUDIES
DOES (OR DOES NO) GOOD TO US{{/B}}
{{I}} You are to write in three parts:
In the first part, state clearly your viewpoint.
In the second part, support your view with one or two reasons.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.{{/I}}
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[单项选择]______ born in Chicago, the author is most famous for his stories about New York City.
A. Although
B. Since
C. As
D. When
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[单项选择]{{I}} Questions 27 and 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.{{/I}}Which of the following statements is TRUE
A. In some African countries, there are more elephants than can be fed.
B. Large numbers of elephants are killed as the trade of ivory thrives.
C. Trading of ivory in every African country is permitted.
D. Japan is the biggest country to import ivory.
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[简答题]Your friends want to take a trip to Mount Tai and you intended to join them in their trip. But now for some reasons you can’t go with them. Please state your reasons.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
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[单项选择]She answered with an ______ "No" to the request that she attend the public hearing.
A. eloquent
B. effective
C. emotional
D. emphatic
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[单项选择]{{I}} Questions 22 to 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.{{/I}}The Arab governments have decided to______.
A. lift the economic boycott on Israel
B. establish relations with Israel
C. refuse to do business with Israel
D. recognize Israel’s rights
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{{B}}TEXT D{{/B}}
Some pessimistic experts
feel that the automobile is bound to fall into disuse. They see a day in the
not-too-distant future when all autos will be abandoned and allowed to rust.
Other authorities, however, think the auto is here to stay. They hold that the
car will remain a leading means of urban travel in the foreseeable
future.
The motorcar will undoubtedly change significantly over
the next 30 years. It should become smaller, safer, and more economical, and
should not be powered by the gasoline engine. The car of the future should be
far more pollution-free than present types.
Regardless of its
power source, the auto in the future will still be the main problem in urban
traffic congestion. One proposed solution to this problem is the automated
highway system.
When the auto enters the highway system, a
retractable arm will drop from the auto and make contact with a rail, which is
similar to t
A. its power source
B. its driving system
C. its monitoring system
D. its seating capacity
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[单项选择]Watching me pulling the calf awkwardly to the barn, the Irish milkmaid fought hard to ______ her laughter.
A. hold back
B. hold on
C. hold out
D. hold up
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{{B}}TEXT C{{/B}}
The human brain contains
10 thousand million cells and each of these may have a thousand connections.
Such enormous numbers used to discourage us and cause us to dismiss the
possibility of making a machine with human-like ability, but now that we have
grown used to moving forward at such a pace we can be less sure. Quite soon, in
only 10 or 20 years perhaps, we will be able to assemble a machine as complex as
the human brain, and if we can we will. It may then take us a long time to
render it intelligent by loading in the right software or by altering the
architecture but that too will happen.
I think it certain that
in decades, not centuries, machines of silicon will arise first to rival and
then exceed their human ancestors. Once they exceed us, they will be capable of
their own design. In a real sense they will be able to reproduce themselves.
Silicon will have ended {{U}}carbon’s{{/U}} long control. And w
A. By making it work in such environments as deserts, oceans or space.
B. By working hard for 10 or 20 years.
C. By either properly programming it or changing its structure.
D. By reproducing it.
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[单项选择]The speaker, ______ for her splendid speeches, was warmly received by the audience.
A. having known
B. being known
C. knowing
D. known
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[单项选择]{{I}} Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following, passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.{{/I}}Sound waves reflected from a hill can be used to calculate the______.
A. Speed of sound
B. time between a sound and ifs echo
C. height of the hill
D. distance of the hill
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[单项选择]The managing director took the ______ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.
A. guilt
B. blame
C. charge
D. accusation
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[单项选择]All the rooms on the second floor have nicely ______ carpets, which are included in the price of the house.
A. adapted
B. equipped
C. suited
D. fitted
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[单项选择]The ______ of the clock showed that it was time for lunch.
A. fingers
B. arms
C. hands
D. figures
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[单项选择]It is time the nations of the world ______ a halt to the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
A. would call
B. call
C. called
D. will call
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[单项选择]We met Mary and her husband at a party two months ago. ______ we've had no further communication.
A. Thereof
B. Thereby
C. Thereafter
D. Thereabouts
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[单项选择]Before he started the work, I asked the builder to give me an ______ of the cost of repairing the roof.
A. assessment
B. estimate
C. announcement
D. evaluation
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[单项选择]I didn't say anything like that at all. You are purposely ______ my idea to prove your point.
A. revising
B. contradicting
C. distorting
D. distracting
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[单项选择]He plays tennis to the ______ of all other sports.
A. eradication
B. exclusion
C. extension
D. inclusion
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[单项选择]The service operates 36 libraries throughout the country, while six ______ libraries specially serve the countryside.
A. mobile
B. drifting
C. shifting
D. rotating
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[单项选择]The new washing machines are ______ at the rate of fifty a day.
A. turned up
B. turned down
C. turned out
D. turned in
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[单项选择]{{I}} Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.{{/I}}Nigeria will return to the Commonwealth after______.
A. she has sentenced minority rights activists to death
B. the military has resumed control of the country
C. power has been handed over to an elected president
D. she has negotiated with Commonwealth leaders
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[单项选择]{{I}} Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.{{/I}}What is the main topic of this speech
A. The growing crisis of inadequate retirement pensions for the future.
B. The problem of providing adequate medical care for the elderly.
C. The need to reevaluate our attitudes towards senior citizens.
D. The need to reform the present pension system.
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[单项选择]{{I}} Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.{{/I}}One of the hobbies we know the cavemen had was______.
A. hunting
B. fighting
C. drawing
D. riding
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[单项选择]{{B}}SECTION A CONVERSATIONS{{/B}}
{{I}} In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.{{/I}}
{{I}} Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the conversation.{{/I}}What is among the reasons why the man wants to return the item
A. It is the wrong size.
B. The fabric is coming apart.
C. It is stained.
D. It has no label.
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[单项选择]There is no mother ______ loves her children.
A. which
B. who
C. that
D. but
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[单项选择]The gloves were really too small, and it was only by ______ them that I managed to get them on.
A. spreading
B. extending
C. squeezing
D. stretching
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[单项选择]Everyone who has visited the city agrees that it is ______ with life.
A. vibrant
B. violent
C. energetic
D. full
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[单项选择]It is of the utmost importance that you ______ here on time.
A. be
B. shall be
C. are to be
D. must be
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[单项选择]You are just the same as you were the day ______ I first met you.
A. that
B. which
C. when
D. how
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[单项选择]If we had been more careful, we ______ much better results now.
A. would be getting
B. would have got
C. got
D. had got
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[单项选择]Just as the builder is skilled in the handling of his bricks, ______ the experienced writer is skilled in the handling of his words.
A. as
B. thus
C. so
D. like
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[单项选择]Liquids are like solids ______ they have a definite volume.
A. with that
B. for that
C. in that
D. at that
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[单项选择]No matter how frequently ______, the works of Beethoven always attract large audiences.
A. performed
B. performing
C. to be performed
D. being performed
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[单项选择]During the eighteenth century, Little Turtle was the chief of the Miami tribe whose territory became ______ is now Indiana and Ohio.
A. there
B. where
C. that
D. what
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{{B}}TEXT A{{/B}}
It is natural for young
people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of
the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less
justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are
possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with
crisis; that they talk too much about certain problems--and that they have no
sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships.
I think
it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also
forget how they themselves felt when young.
Young people often
irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in
entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the
adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture
and society of their own. Then, it turns out that their music o
A. parents of teenagers
B. newspaper readers
C. those who give advice to teenagers
D. teenagers
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[单项选择]Old Americans are extremely reluctant to buy on ______ and likely to save as much money as possible.
A. debt
B. credit
C. deposit
D. sale
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[单项选择]{{I}} Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the conversation.{{/I}}Lilly has to get up early and arrive in good time because______.
A. she has to study all the poses
B. it takes time for her to get prepared
C. the photographers insist on punctuality
D. no one can do anything until she arrives
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[单项选择]{{I}} Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.{{/I}}The talks will be about______.
A. solving border disputes
B. analyzing their differences
C. finding a way to carry out an agreement
D. revising the terms of their agreement
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[单项选择]{{I}} Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the conversation.{{/I}}Why does the man want to give her daughter a history book
A. Because she doesn’t know much about history.
B. Because he himself likes history very much.
C. Because she needs the book for a course she is taking.
D. Because history is her favourite subject in college.
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[单项选择]In order to strengthen his arguments, Toffler ______ respectable social scientists who agree with him.
A. recites
B. confirms
C. quotes
D. convinces
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[单项选择]Scientists say it may be five or ten years ______ it is possible to test this medicine on human patients.
A. since
B. when
C. after
D. before