2012专四真题wor版

1、TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS(2012) lThe Ethical Consumer Research Association will provide information to shoppers on Aproduct price Bproduct quality Cmanufacturers Dproduction methods2According to the conversation，an ethical shopper should Aask for othersadvice before buying things Bconsider the worth o

2、f something to be bought Cpostpone buying things whenever possible Dsearch for things that are less costly3According to the conversation，ethical shoppers can be best described as Ashrewd Bthrifty CExtravagant Dcautious4Which of the following statements is CORRECT about Mary? AShe is enjoying her lan

3、guage study BShe is enjoying her management study CShe is not feeling very well at the moment DShe is not happy about her study pressure5What does Mary think of the course initially? AIt is useful BIt is difficult CIt is challenging DIt is interesting6What is Marys problem of living in a family hous

4、e? AShe dislikes the food she eats BShe is unable to sleep well CShe has no chance to make friends DShe finds the rent high7Which of the following is MrDaviesadvice? ATo try to make more friends BTo try to change accommodation CTo spend more time on English DTo stop attending language classes 8Accor

5、ding to the conversation，the day is special because Amany people are surfing the net on that day Bit is an anniversary of the internet Cthe net brought about no changes until that day Dbig changes will take place on that day9We learn from the conversation that people Acannot Jive without the interne

6、t Bcannot work without the internet Call use the internet to keep in touch Dhave varied opinions about internet use10At the end of the conversationthe speakers talk about Athe future of the internet Bthe type of office furniture Cwhen changes will come Dhow people will use the internet11In order to

7、open a bank account，you need to produce_in addition to your passport Aa library card Ba registration form Ca telephone bill Da receipt12Which of the following might NOT be included in theutility bill? ARent BGas CWater DTelephone13According to the passage，what can one do in the post office? AGetting

8、 contact details BObtaining tax forms CPaying housing rents DApplying for loans 14According to the passage，schedulingmeans that you Aneed to be efficient in work Bplan your work properly Ctry to finish work ahead of time Dknow how to work in teams15According to the passage, one of the activities to

9、relax could be Aprotecting wild animals Bspending time with your family Clearning how to read efficiently Dlearning how to do gardening16One of the ways to reduce stress is to Ado better than anyone else Bfulfill high ambitions in ones work Cwork and have reasonable aims Dstart with a relatively low

10、 aim17According to the passage，to reduce stress has something to do with the following EXCEPT Aones position Bones interest Cones health Dones mood 18According to the passage，new words tend to come from Aworld politics Badvances in science Careas of life Dall the above19The passage explains the larg

11、er and richer vocabulary of English mainly from a viewpoint Ahistorical Bcultural Ccommercial Dcolonial20According to the passage，which of the following statements best describes the English language? AIt is outdated in grammar BIt accepts new words from science CIt has begun taking in new words DIt

12、 tends to embrace new words21Where was the marble statue found? AOut in the sea BInside a bath house COn a cliff along the coast DOn the coast outside Jerusalem22Which of the following best describes the condition of the statue? AIt was incomplete BIt was recent artwork CIt was fairly tall DIt was i

13、n pieces 23The rescue efforts concentrated mainly on Athe US-Canada border Bsnow-stricken regions Chighways Dcity streets24According to the news，the last group of people might have been stranded in their vehicles for more than _ hours before being rescued A24 B25 C40 D48 25According to the 2006 anti

14、-smoking restrictions，smoking was NOT allowed in Aoffices Brestaurants Cbars Dschool playgrounds26According to the news，which of the following groups reacts negatively to the new law? ATelevision producers BHotel owners CMedical workers DHospital management 27According to the news，who first discover

15、ed the fraud? AA client BA bank manager CThe police DBank headquarters28When did the bank employee hand himself in? AA month before the fraud was discovered BA day before the fraud was discovered CA day after the police launched investigation DA month after he transferred the money 29What is this ne

16、ws item mainly about? AHow to open Hotmail accounts BHow to retrieve missing e-mails CNew e-mail service by Microsoft DProblems and complaints about e-mails 30Compared with 2009，which of the following figures remained about the same in 2010? ANumber of tickets sold BBox office revenues CAttendance r

17、ate D Number of cinemasPART III CLOZE 【15 MIN】 Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanksMark the best choice for each blank on Answer Sheet Two The earthquake of 26th December 2004 resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in

18、 living memoryIt was a (31) _ underwater quake and occurred in the Indian OceanIt (32) _ coastlines，communities and brought death to many people Why do earthquakes happen?The surface of the earth has not always looked as it does today；it is moving(33)_ (although very slowly)and has done so for billi

19、ons of yearsThis is one(34)_ of earthquakes，when one section of the earth (tectonic plate)(35)_ anotherScientists can predict where but not(36)_ this might happen and the area between plates is called a fault lineOn one fault line in Kobe，Japan in 1923 over 200,000 people were killed(37)_，earthquake

20、s do not always happen on fault lines，(38)_ is why they are so dangerous and (39)_ Where do volcanoes happen? Volcanoes happen where the earths(40)_ is thin：lava，dust and gases(41)_ from beneath the earthThey can rise into a huge cone shape like a mountain and erupt，(42)_ they can be so violent(43)_

21、 they just explode directly from the earth with no warningThere are 1511(44)_ volcanoes in the worldThis means that they may(45)_ be dangerousIn 1985 the Colombian volcano Nevado del Ruiz eruptedThe lava melted a glacier and sent tones of mud(46)_ the town belowTwenty thousand people diedNatural dis

22、asters like volcanic eruptions are often unpredictableWe regularly do not know when they(47)_ pen，or (48)_ where they will happenIn the future，scientists may be able to watch and predict(49)_ before they happenThis could(50)_ many lives31Amassive Bsignificant Cgreat Dgrand32Achanged Bconverted Cdest

23、royed Dtransformed33Afrequently Bcontinuously Cregularly Dperiodically34Asource Breason Cmovement Dcause35Acollides with Bconfronts with Cmeets with Dfaces with36Ahow Bwhy Cwhen Dwhat37AGenerally BHowever CSimilarly DAnyway38Athat Bit Cthis Dwhich39Aunpredictable Bunaccountable Cinevitable Dirresist

24、ible40Asurface Bappearance Ccrust Dcover41Aflowed out Bburst out C1eaked out Dtrickled out42Aor Band Cnor Dbut43Alike Bfor Cas Dthat44Aliving Bactive Calive Dlive45Arelatively Bhardly Cstill Dgradually46Adown Bon Cacross Dbeyond47Aare to Bshould Cmust Dmight48Aelse Beven Cthough Dwhether49Aaccidents

25、 Bincidents Coccasions Devents50Arescue Bsave Cpreserve DshelterPART IV GRAMMAR VOCABULARY 【15 MIN】 51Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT? ATwenty miles seems like a long walk to him BNo one except his supporters agree with him CNeither Julia nor I were going to the party DFew students in

26、my class are really lazy52Which of the following determiners(限定词)can be placed before both singular count nouns and plural count nouns? Amany a Bfew Csuch Dthe next53Which of the following reflexive pronouns(反身代词)is used as an appositive(同位语)? A，He promised himself rapid progress BThe manager hersel

27、f will interview Mary CI have nothing to say for myself DThey quarreled themselves red in the face54My boss ordered that the legal documents _ to him before lunch Abe sent Bwere sent Cwere to be sent Dmust be sent55Which of the following sentences expresses WILLINGNESS? ABy now she will be eating di

28、nner BI shall never do that again CMy brother will help you with the luggage DYou shall get a promotion56Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT? AHow strange feelings they are! BHow dare you speak to me like that! CWhat noise they are making! D. What a mess we are in!57which of the italicized

29、 parts functions as a subject? AWe never doubt that her brother is honest BThe problem is not who will go but who will stay CYou must give it back to whoever it belongs to。 DIt is clear that the crime was done deliberately58which of the italicized parts functions as an object? AHe doesnt like the id

30、ea of my speaking at the meeting BIt is no use your pretending not to know the matter CMy parents strongly object to my going out alone at night DHer falling into the river was the climax of the whole trip59All the following sentences have an appositive EXCEPT AShe bought herself a pair of new shoes

31、 BOnly one problem still remains-the food CMy friends all understand and support me DShe liked her current job，teaching English60Which of the following best explains the meaning of“Shall we buy the tickets first”? AHe said that we were going to buy the tickets first BHe requested that we buy the tic

32、kets first CHe suggested that we buy the tickets first DHe advised us to buy the tickets first61Which of the following contains an adverbial clause of cause? AI got a job as soon as I left university BAs there was no answer, I wrote again CYou must do the exercises as I show you DWealthy as he is，Ma

33、rk is not a happy man62Which of the following prepositional phrases can function as an adverbial? AAre you sure of Simons disappearance? BThe man with a beard is talking to the manage. CEvery precaution was taken against the failure of the plan DDespite the rain，everyone enjoyed the trip63A：Motheryo

34、u promised to take me out B：Well_ A. so I did! B. so did I. C. so I do! D. so do I64Which of the following prepositional phrases is an adverbial of concession? AThey used the box for keeping treasures BI stepped aside for her to get in first CFor all that he seems to dislike me，I still like him DThe

35、 parents bought a birthday cake for their son65Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT? APoultry are very expensive in the city BNew machinery were introduced in the factory CThe police are investigating the murder case DThe militia were called out to rescue flood victims66The girl cannot come

36、 to school today on account of the fluThe underlined part means _. Aconcerning Bbecause of Cas to Dfor67Mary and John are busy looking for a hotel for their wedding _ Ameal Bsnack Crefreshment Dbanquet68Mini-skirts first _ in the 1960s Acaught out Bcaught in Ccaught on Dcaught up69That outburst at t

37、he meeting was _ of his bad temper Aillustrative Bexplanatory Cexpository Drevealing70The earthquake refugees are _ for food and blankets Adesirous Bambitious Cseriously off Dbadly off71When Linda heard the good news she tried to sound casual，but her excitement was obviousThe underlined part means _

38、 Auncaring Bdisinterested Cwithout plan Dwithout warning72Most Chinese people went to work by bike within living _ Amind Bknowledge Cmemory Dscope73The speaker was very good at _ his ideas during the discussion Aputting aside Bputting across Cputting back Dputting off74The food is good at this hotel

39、，but the _ is poor；the waiters dont seem to be well trained Amaintenance Brepair Ccharge Dservice75Slavery was _ in America in the 19th century Aabolished Bcancelled Cabandoned Dterminated76Mercifully，I was able to complete all I had to do within a few daysThe underlined part means _. Aefficiently B

40、surprisingly Cfortunately Dshortly77The boys in the dorm _ a coin to decide who would clean the floor Aheld Btossed Cput Dcollected78The patterns of spoken language are _ from those of writing Adistinct Bdistinctive Cdistinguished Ddistinguishing79A(n)_ shape has four straight sides at 90to each oth

41、er, two of which are much longer than the other two Asquare Boval Coblong Dcircular80Id like to have a _ word with his parents Apeaceful Bquiet Csilent DpersonalPART V READING COMPREHENSION 【25 MIN】 Saying“thank you”is probably the first thing most of us learn to do in a foreign languageAfter all，we

42、re brought up to be polite，and it is important to make a good impression upon other peopleespecially across national divides Sowhat exactly are you supposed to say when thank you is only the 20th most popular way to express gratitude? According to a recent survey,19 other ways of expressing apprecia

43、tion finished ahead of thank you in a poll of 3,000 people Pollsters found almost half of those asked preferred the more informal“cheers”，while others liked to use such expressions as“ta”,“great and“nice one” So，just what is the appropriate form of words to express your thanks? Fortunately, the clue

44、 is in the language itself“Cheers”，despite its popularity，is considered an informal way to say thank youand this is a definite clue as to when you can best use it For instance，when going for a drink with friends，a smile and a“cheers”by way of thanks is not only appropriate to the situation，it is als

45、o culturally accurate “Ta”，originated from the Danish word“tak”, was the second-most popular expression of thanks，and is also commonly used in informal situations，along with phrases such as“nice one”， and“brilliant”Interestingly, one word that didnt make it into the top 20 was“thanks”Thank yous shor

46、ter, more informal cousin “Thanks”can be useful，as it is able to bridge the divide between the formality of “thank you and the downright relaxed“cheers” Certain words can double as an expression of thanks as well as delightAgain，the words themselves offer the clue as to when best to use them For exa

47、mple，words like“awesome”，“brilliant and“you star featured highly in the new poll and they can hint at both your pleasure at someones action，as well as serving to express your thanksIf you are on the receiving end of a“new”thank you，you can respond with a simple“no problem”, or“sure” Of course，in cer

48、tain circumstances，a simple wave，nod or smile may be appropriateFor instance，if a car driver slows down to let you cross the road，simply raising your hand in acknowledgement is enough to show that you appreciate the drivers consideration Sometimes，formality is necessary, and“thank you”is still the b

49、est choice in such situationsBut students should not worry about when exactly to use certain expressions Many people in Western countries are worried that good manners are in declinePeople aretired of seeing their acts of kindness and service pass without commentSo dont think that your“thank you”was

50、 clumsy or awkwardly formalThe chances are，if you said “thank you”，youmade someones dayYou star81We can tell from the results of the poll that Apeople are unconcerned about politeness nowadays B“thank you”remains the best expression of gratitude Cthere is a variety of expressions of appreciation Dth

51、ere are more formal expressions than informal ones82Which word/phrase does NOT appear in the top 20? ACheers BThanks CBrilliant DYou star83According to the passagewhich is an appropriate response to“awesome”or“brilliant”? AThanks BCheers CNice one DSure84According to the passage，the way in which we

52、express our gratitude depends on all the following EXCEPT Agender Bformality Cculture Dcircumstance85In the last paragraph the author encourages people to Acontinue their acts of kindness Bbehave themselves well Cshow their gratitude to others Dstop worrying about bad mannersTEXT B From 2007 to 2010

53、，American households lost $l1 trillion in real estate，savings, and stocks More than half of all USworkers either lost their jobs or were forced to take cuts in hours or pay during the recessionThe worst may be behind them now, but the shocking losses of the past few years have reshaped nearly every facet of the