2018英语专四试题

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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2018)

-GRADE FOUR -

TIME LIMIT: 130 MIN

Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first readi ng, which will be done at no rmal speed, liste n and try to un dersta nd the meaning. For the sec ond and third readi ngs, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with in tervals of 15 sec on ds. The last read ing will be done at no rmal speed aga in and duri ng this time you should check your work. You will then be given ONE minute to check through your work once more.

Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.

SECTION A TALK

In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While liste ning, you may look at the task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the bla nk sheet for no te-tak ing.

You have THIRTY sec onds to preview the gap-filli ng task.

Now listen to the talk. When it is over, you will be given TWO minutes to check your work. SECTION B CONVERSATIONS

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PART I

DICTATION [10 MIN]

PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN]

In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

You have THIRTY seconds to preview the choices.

Now, listen to the conversations.

Conversation One Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.

1. A. B.

C.

D. Many foreign languages are spoken in Britain. Everyone in Britain can speak a foreign language. The British are unable to speak a foreign language. The British can survive on their mother tongue.

2. A. Chinese.

B. Polish.

C. Punjabi.

D. Urdu.

3. A. To help improve international trade.

B. To allow a speaker to hold a simple talk.

C. To improve the education system.

D. To encourage learning another language.

4. A. It gives you self-satisfaction.

B. It makes you more confident.

C. It gives you an advantage.

D. It makes you work hard.

5. A. Workmates.

B. Schoolmates.

C. Teacher and student.

D. Brother and sister.

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Conversation Two

Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.

6. A.

B.

C.

D. A dangerous event. An unreasonable fear.

A small probability.

A risk-assessing ability.

7. A. One in one million.

B. One in four million.

C. One in fourteen million.

D. One in forty million.

8. A. Future events.

B. Catastrophic events.

C. Small-scale disasters.

D. Smoking hazards.

9. A. Traveling by air.

B. Riding a bicycle.

C. Catching bird flu.

D. Smoking cigarettes.

10. A. They get pleasure from risks.

B. They can control potential risks.

C. They can assess danger from risks

D. They have strong needs for risks.

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PART III LANGUAGE USAGE [10 MIN]

There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four options marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence or answers the question. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

11. The Bent Pyramid outside Cairo __________ ancient Egypt 's first attempt to build a

smooth-sided pyramid.

A. has been believed to have been

B. was believed to be

C. is believed to have been

D. is believed to be

12. U.S. News _____ rankings of colleges since 1983. They are a very popular resource for

students looking to apply to a university campus.

A. maintains

B. is maintaining

C. maintained

D. has been maintaining

13. He was lured into a crime he would not _____ have committed.

A. actually

B. accidentally

C. otherwise

D. seldom

14. She was once a young country wife with chickens in the backyard and a view of _____

mountains behind the apple orchard.

A. blue hazy Virginia

B. hazy blue Virginia

C. Virginia hazy blue

D. Virginia blue hazy

15. I long to alleviate ____ , but I cannot.

A. the evil

B. evil

C. evils

D. an evil

16. Indeed, it is arguable that body shattering is the very point of football, as killing and maiming .

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A. war

B. are war

C. of war

D. are of war

17. At ______ , photography is a chemical process, during which a light-sensitive material is

altered when exposed to light.

A. its most basic

B. its basic

C. the most basic

D. the basic

18. She hired a lawyer to investigate, only to learn that Gabriel had removed her name from the

deed. The infinitive verb phrase “only to learn ”is used ____ .

A. to express an intended purpose

B. to indicate a high degree of possibility

C. to reveal an undesirable consequence

D. to dramatize a stated fact

19. Which of the following italicized words DOES NOT carry the metaphorical meaning?

A. I wonder what 's behind this change of plan.

B. Jim turned to speak to the person standing behind him.

C. This work should have been finished yesterday. I 'm getting terribly behind.

D. I suppose I'm lucky because my parents were behind me all the way.

20. My mother was determined to help those in need and she would have been immensely proud of

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