2003年6月全国大学英语四级考试真题和答案

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2、 o n v e r s a t i o ns .A tt h ee n do fe a c hc o n v e r s a t io n ,aq u e s t i o nw i l lb ea s k e da b ou tw h a tw a ss a i d .B o t ht h ec o n v er s a t i o na n dt h eq u e stion will be spoken only once.After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four

3、choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark thecorresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Example:You will hear:You will read:A) At the office.B) In the waiting room.C) At the airport.D) In a restaurant.From the conversation we

4、 know that the two were talking about some work they had tofinish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore,A) 揂 t the office?is the best answer. You should choose A on the Answer Sheet andmark it with a single line through the centre.Sample Answer A B C D1. A)

5、 At a theatre.B) At a booking office.C) At a railway station.D) At a restaurant.2. A) The man is inviting the woman to dinner.B) The woman is too busy to join the man for dinner.C) The woman is a friend of the Stevensons.D) The man is going to visit the Stevensons.3. A) The professor 抯 presentation

6、was not convincing enough.B) The professor 抯 lecture notes were too complicated.C) The professor spoke with a strong accent.D) The professor spoke too fast.4. A) The furnished apartment was inexpensive.B) The apartment was provided with some old furniture.C) The furniture in the market was on sale e

7、very Sunday.D) The furniture he bought was very cheap.5. A) The man is thinking about taking a new job.B) The man likes a job that enables him to travel.C) The man is sure that he will gain more by taking the job.D) The man doesn 抰 want to stay home and take care of their child.6. A) Take the GRE te

8、st again in 8 weeks.B) Call to check his scores.C) Be patient and wait.D) Inquire when the test scores are released.7. A) She read it selectively.B) She went over it chapter by chapter.C) She read it slowly.D) She finished it at a stretch.8. A) He was kept in hospital for a long time.B) He was sligh

9、tly injured in a traffic accident.C) He was seriously wounded in a mine explosion.D) He was fined for speeding.9. A) Wait for a taxi.B) Buy some food.C) Go on a trip.D) Book train tickets.10. A) It 抯 not as hard as expected.B) It 抯 too tough for some students.C) It 抯 much more difficult than people

10、think.D) It 抯 believed to be the hardest optional course.Section BDirections:Inthissection,youwillhe瓊? .I n v o l v e m e n ti ns p o r t s ,i np ar t i c u l a r ,r o s ea l m o s t5 0 %f r o m19 8 1t o1 9 9 7 :b o y sn o ws p e n da nav e r a g eo ff o u rh o u r saw e e kp l a yi n gs p o r t s ;

11、g i r l sl o gh a l lt h a tt i m e .A l li na l l ,h o w e v e r ,c h i l dr e n sl e i s u r et i m ed r o p p e df r o m4 0 %o ft h ed a yi n1 9 8 1t o2 5 %C h i l d r e na r ea f f e c t e db yt h es a met i m ec r u n c h( qS:g)t h a ta f f e c t sth e i rp a r e n t s , s a y sS a n d r aH o f

12、 f e r t h ,w h oh e a d e dt h er e c e n ts t u d yo fc h i l d r e n st i m e t a b l e .Ac h i e fr e a s o n ,s h es a y s ,i st h a tm o r em o t h e r sa r ewo r k i n go u t s i d et h eh o m e .( N e v e r th e l e s s ,c h i l d r e ninbothdouble-incomeand搈 alebreadwinner?households spent

13、comparable amounts of time interacting with their parents19 hours and 22 hours respectively. In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with theirsingle mothers.)All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. 揚 lay is the most powerfulway a child explores the world and learns about hims

14、elf,?says T. Berry Brazelton,professor at Harvard Medical School Unstructured play encourages independent thinkingand allows the young to negotiate their relationships with their peers, but kids ages3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it.The children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidl

15、y decreasing 揻 ree time?watchingtelevision. But that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might regardas good news. If they 抮 e spending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids aren抰 replacing it with reading. Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books,the children s

16、pent just over an hour a week reading. Let 抯 face it, who 抯 got the time?21. By mentioning 搕he same time crunch?(Line 1, Para. 2) Sandra Hofferth means _.A) children have little time to play with their parentsB) children are not taken good care of by their working parentsC) both parents and children

17、 suffer from lack of leisure timeD) both parents and children have trouble managing their time22. According to the author, the reason given by Sandra Hofferth for the time crunchis _.A) quite convincingB) partially trueC) totally groundlessD) rather confusing23. According to the author a child devel

18、ops better if _.A) he has plenty of time reading and studyingB) he is left to play with his peers in his own wayC) he has more time participating in school activitiesD) he is free to interact with his working parents24. The author is concerned about the fact that American kids _.A) are engaged in mo

19、re and more structured activitiesB) are increasingly neglected by their working mothersC) are spending more and more time watching TVD) are involved less and less in household work25. We can infer from the passage that _.A) extracurricular activities promote children 抯 intelligenceB) most children w

20、ill turn to reading with TV sets switched offC) efforts to get kids interested in reading have been fruitfulD) most parents believe reading to be beneficial to childrenPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Henry Ford, the famous U.S. inventor and car manufacturer, once sai

21、d, 揟 he businessof America is business.?By this he meant that the U.S. way of life is based on the valuesof the business world.Few would argue with Ford 抯 statement. A brief glimpse at a daily newspaper vividlyshows how much people in the United States think about business. For example, nearlyevery

22、newspaper has a business section, in which the deals and projects, finances andmanagement, stock prices and labor problems of corporations are reported daily. Inaddition, business news can appear in every other section. Most national news has animportant financial aspect to it. Welfare, foreign aid,

23、 the federal budget, and thepolicies of the Federal Reserve Bank are all heavily affected by business. Moreover,business news appears in some of the unlikeliest places. The world of arts andentertainmentisoftenreferredtoas搕 heentertainmentindustry?or搒 howbusiness.?The positive side of Henry Ford 抯 s

24、tatement can be seen in the prosperitythat business has brought to U.S. life. One of the most important reasons soman yp e o p l ef r o ma l lo v e rt h ew o rl dc o m et ol i v ei nt h eU n i t e dS ta t e si st h ed r e a mo fab e t t e rj ob .J o b sa r ep r o d u c e di na b u n d a n ce( Y蠎0W)b

25、 e c a u s et h eU . S .e c o n o m i cs y st e mi sd r i v e nb yc o m p e t i t i o n .P eo p l eb e l i e v et h a tt h i ss y s t e mc ra t e sm o r ew e a l t h ,m o r ej o b s ,andamaterially better way of life.The negative side of Henry Ford 抯 statement, however, can be seen when the word bus

26、inessis taken to mean big business. And the term big business 梤 eferring to the biggestcompanies, is seen in opposition to labor. Throughout U.S. history working people havehad to fight hard for higher wages, better wer ear. 搕 he explanation for this is thatthe brain is like a computer,?explains the

27、 professor. 揚 eople programme themselvesto do certain activities regularly. It was the woman 抯 custom every morning to throwher dog two biscuits and then put on her earrings. But somehow the action got reversedin the programme,?About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported werethese損r

28、ogrammeassemblyfailures.?Altogetherthevolunteerslogged433unintentionalactionsthattheyfoundthemselvesdoing梐na v e r a g eo ft w e l v ee a c h ,T h e r ea p p e a rt ob ep e a kp e r i o d si nt h ed a yw h e nw ea r ea to u rz a n i e s t( R?岋S 剉) .T h e s ea r et w oh o u r ss o m et im eb e t w e

29、e ne i g h ta . m .a n dn o o n ,b e t w e e nf o u ra n ds i xp . m .w i t has m a l l e rp e a kb e t w e e ne i g h ta n dt e np . m . A m o n gm e nt h ep e a k seems to bewhen a changeover in brain 憄 rogrammes?occurs, as for instance between going to andfrom work.?Women on average reported slig

30、htly more lapses?2.5 compared with 10.9 formen 梡 robably because they were more reliable reporters.A startling finding of the research is that the absent-minded activity is a hazard ofdoing things in which we are skilled. Normally, you would expect that skill reducesthe number of errors we make. But

31、 trying to avoid silly slips by concentrating morecould make things a lot worse 梕 ven dangerous.31. In his study Professor Smith asked the subjects _.A) to keep track of people who tend to forget thingsB) to report their embarrassing lapses at randomC) to analyse their awkward experiences scientific

32、allyD) to keep a record of what they did unintentionally32. Professor Smith discovered that _.A) certain patterns can be identified in the recorded incidentsB) many people were too embarrassed to admit their absent-mindednessC) men tend to be more absent-minded than womenD) absent-mindedness is an e

33、xcusable human weakness33. 揚 rogramme assembly failures?(Line 6, Para. 2) refers to the phenomenon that people_.A) often fail to programme their routines beforehandB) tend to make mistakes when they are in a hurryC) unconsciously change the sequence of doing thingsD) are likely to mess things up if

34、they are too tired34. We learn from the third paragraph that _.A) absent-mindedness tends to occur during certain hours of the dayB) women are very careful to perform actions during peak periodsC) women experience more peak periods of absent-mindednessD) men 抯 absent-mindedness often results in funn

35、y situations35. It can be concluded from the passage that _.A) people should avoid doing important things during peak periods of lapsesB) hazards can be avoided when people do things they are good atC) people should be careful when programming their actionsD) lapses cannot always be attributed to la

36、ck of concentrationPassage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.It 抯 no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parentsthan with the parents that nature dealt them. That 抯 especially true of children whoremain in abusive homes because the law blind

37、ly favors biological parents. It 抯 alsotrueofchildrenwhosufferforyearsinfosterhomes(6eQiP剉禰璣 )b e c a u s eo fp a r e n t sw h oc a n to rw o n tc a r ef o rt h e mb u tr e f u s et og iv eu pc u s t o d y( 裿)r i g h t s .F o u r t e e n - y e a r - o l dK i m b e r l yM a y sf i t sn e i t h e rd e

38、 s c r i p t i o n ,b u th err e c e n tc o u r tv i c t o r yc o u l de v en t u a l l yh e l pc h i l d r e nw h od o .K im b e r l yh a sb e e nt h eo b j e ctofanangrycustody baffle between the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whomshe has never lived. A Florida judge ruled tha

39、t the teenager can remain with the onlyfather she 抯 ever known and that her biological parents have 搉 o legal claim?on her.The ruling, though it may yet be reversed, sets aside the principle that biology isthe primary determinant of parentage. That 抯 an important development, one that 抯 longoverdue.

40、Shortly after birth in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another infant were mistakenlyswitched and sent home with the wrong parents. Kimberly 抯 biological parents, Ernestand Regina Twigg, received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical testsshowed that the child wasn 抰 the Twiggs?own d

41、aughter, but Kimt only was, thus sparkinga custody battle with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families agreed that Mr. Mays wouldmaintain custody with the Twiggs getting visiting fights. Those rights were ended whenMr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being harmed.Thed e c i s i o nt ol e a v eK i m b

42、e r l yw i t hM r .M a y sr e n d e r e dh e rs u i td e b a te d .B u tt h ej u d g em a d ec l e a rt h atK i m b e r l yd i dh a v es t a n d i n gt os u e( w嵣?o nh e ro w nb e h a l f .T h u sh em ad echedule49. You shouldn 抰 have written in the _ since the book belongs to the library.A) interva

43、lB) borderC) marginD) edge50. The of airplane engines announced a coming air raid.A) roarB) exclamationC) whistleD) scream51. This ticket you to a free boat tour on the lake.A) entitiesB) appointsC) grantsD) credits52. This is the nurse who to me when I was ill in hospital.A) accompaniedB) attendedC

44、) entertainedD) shielded53. I was about to a match when I remembered Tom 抯 warning.A) rubB) hitC) scrapeD) strike54. The advertisement says this material doesn 抰 in the wash, but it has.A) contractB) shrinkC) slimD) dissolve55. He was proud of being chosen to participate in the game and he _ us that

45、he would try as hard as possible.A) insuredB) guaranteedC) assumedD) assured56. Not only the professionals but also the amateurs will from the new trainingfacilities.A) deriveB) acquireC) benefitD) reward57. The work was almost complete when we received orders to _ no further withit.A) progressB) pr

46、oceedC) marchD) promote58. I waited for him half an hour, but he never _.A) turned inB) turned downC) turned offD) turned up59. A house with a dangerous gas can be broken into immediately.A) leakB) splitC) messD) crack60. A dark suit is to a light one for evening wear.A) favourableB) suitableC) pref

47、erableD) proper61. It was in the United States that I made the of Professor Jones.A) acknowledgementB) acquaintanceC) recognitionD) association62. Could you take a sheet of paper and write your name at the top?A) bareB) vacantC) hollowD) blank63. A culture in which the citizens share similar religio

48、us beliefs and values is morelikely to have laws that represent the wishes of its people than is a culture wherecitizens come from backgrounds.A) extensiveB) influentialC) diverseD) identical64. Areas where students have particular difficulty have been treated particular care.A) byB) inC) underD) wi

49、th65. He gave a to handle the affairs in a friendly manner.A) pledgeB) missionC) plungeD) motion66. Don 抰 let the child play with scissors he cuts himself.A) in caseB) so thatC) now thatD) only if67. _ the danger from enemy action, people had to cope with a severe shortageof food, clothing, fuel, an

50、d almost everything.A) As far asB) As long asC) As well asD) As soon as68. Many people lost their jobs during the business _.A) desperationB) decreaseC) despairD) depression69. Whenever a big company a small one, the product almost always gets worse.A) gets on withB) cuts downC) takes overD) puts up

51、 with70. Mr. Smith was the only witness who said that the fire was _.A) matureB) deliberateC) meaningfulD) innocentPart IV Short Answer Questions (15 minutes)Directions: In this part there is a short passage with 8 questions or incompletestatements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questi

52、ons or complete thestatements in the fewest possible words. Write your answers in the spaces provided onthe right of the page.What personal qualities are desirable in a teacher? I think the following would begenerally accepted.First, the teacher 抯 personality should be lively and attractive. This do

53、es not ruleout people who are plain-looking, or even ugly, because many such people have greatpersonal charm. But it does rule out such types as the over-excitable, sad, cold, andfrustrated.Secondly, it is not merely desirable but essential for a teacher to have a genuinecapacity for sympathy, a cap

54、acity to understand the minds and feelings of other people,especially, since most teachers are school teachers, the minds and feelings of children.Closely related with this is the capacity to be tolerant 梟 ot, indeed, of what is wrong,but of the weaknesses and immaturity of human nature which induce

55、 (i) people, andagain especially children, to make mistakes.Thirdly, I hold it essential for a teacher to be both intellectually and morally honest.This means that he will be aware of his intellectual strengths and limitations, andwill have thought about and decided upon the moral principles by whic

56、h his life shallbe guided. There is no contradiction in my going on to say that a teacher should bea bit of an actor. That is part of the technique of teaching, which demands that everynowandthenateachershouldbeabletoputonanacttoenliven(Ou)al e s s o n ,c o r r e c taf a u l t ,o ra w a r dp r a i s

57、 e .C h i l d r e n ,e s p e c i a ll yy o u n gc h i l d r e n ,l i v ei naw o rl dt h a ti sr a t h e rl a r g e rt h a nl if e .At e a c h e rm u s tb ec a p a b l eo fi n fi n i t ep a t i e n c e .T h i s ,Im a ys a y ,i sl a r g e l yam a t t e ro fs e l f - d i sc i p l i n ea n ds e l f - t

58、r a i n i n g , for we are noneof us born like that.Finally, I think a teacher should have the kind of mind which always wants to go onlearning. Teaching is a job at which one will never be perfect; there is always somethingmore to learn about it. There are three principal objects of study: the subj

59、ects whichthe teacher is teaching; the methods byM: More and more people enjoy eating out now.Beside, this place is especially popular with the overseas students.Q: Where did the conversation most probably take place?2. M: I wonder if you can drop by tomorrow evening. The Stevensons are coming over

60、todinner. I 抎 like you to meet them.W: Sure, I 抎 love to. I 抳 e heard they are very interesting people.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?3. W: The presentation made by Professor Jackson was complicated to understand.M: Well, I think he didn 抰 speak slowly enough for us to take the notes.Q: W