远程大学英语四复习题(及答案)-80011428627763348

1、 大学英语四期末复习题第一部分：交际用语此部分有15个未完成的对话，每个对话中未完成的部分有4个选项请从A、B、C、D中选出最正确一项填入空白处。-Wouldyoumindgivingmeanintroductionofyourcompany?Ofcoursenot.Thankyou.Imfine.D.Yourewelcome.-ArethereanymorningflightstoWuhan?Whichonedoyoulike?Yes,therearetwo.Notatall.Yourewelcome.-Excuseme,howlongcanthetaxigethere?Twentymete

2、rlong.Thankyou.Intenminutes.Itsallright.-Whatdoyouthinkofthistour?Itsterrific!Itdoesntmatter.Thankyouforsayingthat.Goodidea.-Wouldyoumindgoingtothebankwithme?Thankyou.Goodidea.Notatall.Thatstrue.-Whatkindofaccountdoyouwanttoopen?Notatall.ThatsOK.Ihaveanaccount.Asavingsaccount.-Whydontwegotothetheate

3、rthisevening?Ithinkso.Goodidea!Iagreewithyou.D.Itsfine.Imnotsatisfiedwithyourproduct.Itdoesntmatter.Whatseemstobetheproblem?Thatsallright.Fine.Doyoumindmysmokinghere?Imfine.Yes,Ido.Goaway.Seeyoulater.Areyoumarried?Noneofyourbusiness.Notsure.Notyet.Howaboutyou?Howdoyougetalongwithothers?Igetalongwith

4、otherswell.Idontlikeotherpeople.Theydontlikeme.Idontworkwithothers.Isthemeetingpostponed?Thatsallright.Generally.ImOK.Imafraidso.Canyoufinishtheworkontime?Imafraidnot.Itsgood.Goodidea.Ithinkitsperfect.-Howlongwillyoustayinhere?Ilikethecity.Threedays.Iarrivedthismorning.D.Iwillcomebacknextmonth.Canyo

5、ugetataxiforme?Ofcourse.Solong.Goon.ThatsOK.第二部分：阅读理解此部分共有6篇短文，每篇短文后面有5个问题。请从每个问题后的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最正确选项。Passage1Forsomeonewhoissuchanextraordinarilysuccessfulinvestor,WarrenBuffettcomesoffasaprettyordinaryguy.HewasbornandbredinOmaha,Nebraska.Hewearswrinkledsuits,driveshisowncar,drinksCherryC

6、oke,andismorelikelytobefoundinaDairyQueenthanafour-starrestaurant.Butthe68-year-oldOmahanativehasledanextraordinarylife.Evenasayoungchild,Buffettwasinvestor,prettyseriousaboutmakingmoney.Heusedtogodoor-to-doorandsellsodapop.Later,healsoworkedathisgrandfathersgrocerystore.Attheripeageof11,Buffettboug

7、hthisfirststock.Alreadyasuccessfulbusinessman,BuffettwasntkeenongoingtocollegebutendedupatWhartonat,theUniversityofPennsylvania-hisfatherencouragedhimtogo.Later,BuffettappliedtoHarvardBusinessSchoolbutwasturneddown,whichwasoneoftheworstadmissiondecisionsinHarvardhistory.Theoutcomeendedupdeeplyaffect

8、ingBuffettslife,forheendedupattendingColumbiaBusinessSchool,wherehestudiedunderfamousBenjaminGraham,thefatherofsecuritiesanalysiswhoprovidedthefoundationforBuffettsinvestmentstrategy.Buffettledanextraordinarylifeforhelikedluxuries.TB.FAsayoungchild,WarrenBuffettwaskeenonmakingmoney.TB.FWarrenBuffett

9、madehislivingbyworkingathisgrandfathersgrocerystore.TB.FWhenhewas11,WarrenBuffettboughtstockswiththehelpofhisparents.TBFWarrenBuffettstudiedhowtoanalyzesecuritiesatColumbiaBusinessSchool.TB.FPassage2Drillingordiggingforoilhasoccurredinonewayoranotherforhundredsofyears.TheChinese,forinstance,invented

10、abamboorigtoobtainoilandgasforlightingandcooking.Butonlyinthelast40yearshashumankindbeenabletoefficientlyextractpetroleumfrombeneaththeseas-anachievementtorankwiththiscenturysmightiesttechnologicaltriumphs.InAustralia,nearly90percentofourpetroleumwealthisfoundoffshore.Thesearchisdifficult,extremelye

11、xpensive,andoftenfruitless-butcriticaltothenationseconomicfuture.Oilblackgold-isoneoftheoceansgreatestresources.Todayfromcrudeoilwemakegasolineforourcars,dieselfuelforourtrucksandships,andjetfuelforourairplanes.Crudeoilisamixtureoforganicchemicals(chemicalcompoundscontainingtheelementcarbon)ofliquid

12、sanddissolvedgaseswhichareoflittleuseinitscrudestate.Inaddition,oilisusedtogenerateelectricity,heatourbuildings,lubricateoutmachines,andevenmakeplastics,detergents,rubbers,andchemicals.Oilhastransformedourdailylives.Infact,nearlyone-thirdoftheworldsoilcomesfromoffshorefieldsinouroceans.Areasmostpopu

13、larforoildrillingaretheArabianGulf,theNorthSea,andtheGulfofMexico.Thenewdeepoceandrilling,byuseofthelatesttechnology,aimsatdrillingoperationatgreaterdepththanwerepossiblebyconventionalmethods.Atthesametime,throughrecoveryofsamplesofrockandsedimentationaswellassensoringinsidetheborehole,itshouldaddkn

14、owledgetosuchissuesofmankindasglobalwarming,earthquake,andtheoriginoflife.Humankindwasnotabletoextractpetroleumefficientlyfrombeneaththeseauntil40yearsago.TB.FSearchingoilfromoffshorefieldsisveryimportantforAustralianeconomicfuture.TB.FCrudeoilcanbeusedinmanyaspectsofourlifeeveninitscrudestate.TB.F9

15、Morethan30%oftheworldsoilcomesfromoffshorefieldsintheoceans.TB.F10Byusingnewtechnology,thenewdeepoceandrillingcannotachievethegoalofdrillingoperationatgreatdepth.TB.FPassage3WelcometotheFranklinBusinessInstituteE244ConversationalEnglishclass.Theobjectofthiscourseistolearnhowtoconversefluentlyandeffe

16、ctivelyinEnglish.Forthenext10weekswewillfinelytuneyourskillsintheartofdebatingandrole-playing.Wewillalsopracticespeechrhythmanddictionwithanemphasisonenunciation(清晰的发音)andspecificspeechproblemsfacedbythosewhoarestudyingEnglishasaforeignlanguage.Numerousdiscussionsonawidevarietyofsubjectswillbeheld,i

17、ncludingtopicsinbusiness,fiction,travel,differencesbetweenWesternandChineseCulture,educationandlifeexperience.Youwillhavemanyopportunitiestogiveoralpresentationsandvoiceyouropinionsonthevarioustopicsthatweplantocover.Itisveryimportantthatyoutalkasmuchasyoucan.Dontwaitforyourinstructortoaskyoutospeak

18、.Ifyouhaveaquestion,askit.Additionally,ifyouhaveanyquestionsaboutanythingyourfellowstudentssay,pleasefeelfreetoask.WhatkindofthecourseisE244？Itsacompositionone.Itsaconversationalone.Itsforlisteningskill.Itsagrammarone.Thepurposeofthiscourseistomakethestudents.rememberthoseunknownwordsknowvariousrule

19、sofEnglishgrammarlearnhowtowritetheirtermpapersexpressthemselvesfluentlyandeffectivelyinEnglishHowlongwillthecoursetake?5weeks.10weeks.Onemonth.Twomonths.Whichtopicwillnotbeheldduringthestudy?Education.Politics.Culture.Business.ItsveryimportantforthosewhotakeE244to.talkasmuchastheycanpreparethecours

20、ebeforetheclasslookupeveryunknownwordandphrasereciteeachlessonPassage4Somepeopleseemtohaveaknack（诀窍）forlearninglanguages.Theycanpickupnewvocabulary,masterrulesofgrammar,andlearntowriteinthenewlanguagemuchmorequicklythanotherpeople.Theydonotseemtobeanyclevererthanothers.Whatmakeslanguagelearningsomuc

21、heasierforthem?Perhapsifwetakeacloselookatthesesuccessfullanguagelearners,wemaydiscoverafewtechniqueswhichmakelanguagelearningeasierforthem.考试大论坛Firstly,successfullanguagelearnersareindependentlearners.Theydonotdependonthebookortheteacher;theydratherdiscovertheirownwaytolearnthelanguagethanwaitforth

22、eteachertoexplaineverything.Theytrytofindthesentencepatterns,therulesandthemeaningofthenewwordbythemselves.Theyaregoodguessers.Theylookforcluesandformtheirownconclusions.Whentheyguesswrong,theyguessagain.Theytrytolearnfromtheirmistakes.Besides,successfullanguagelearningisactivelearning.Therefore,suc

23、cessfullearnersdonotwaitforachancetousethelanguage;theylookforsuchachance.Theyfindpeoplewhospeakthelanguageandtheyaskthesepeopletocorrectthemwhenevertheymakeamistake.Theywilltryanythingtocommunicate.Theyarenotafraidtorepeat;theyarewillingtomakemistakesandtryagain.Whencommunication（交流）isdifficult,the

24、ycanacceptinformationthatisinexactorincomplete.Itismoreimportantforthemtolearntothinkinthelanguagethantoknoweverywordsmeaning.Finally,successfullanguagelearnersarelearnerswithapurpose.Theywanttolearnthelanguagebecausetheyhaveaninterestinthelanguageandthepeoplewhospeakit.Itisnecessaryforthemtolearnth

25、elanguageinordertocommunicatewiththesepeopleandtolearnfromthem.Successfullanguagelearnersareindependent,sosuccessfullearners.dependonthebookortheteacherwaitfortheteachertoexplaineverythinglearnfromtheirmistakesdiscovertheirownwaytolearnlanguagesAccordingtothepassage,whatwillsuccessfullanguagelearner

26、sdowhentheymeetsomenewwords?Trytoguesstheirmeanings.Asktheirteachers.Lookthenewwordsupinthedictionary.Paynoattentiontothem.Successfullanguagelearningisactive,sosuccessfullearners.waitforachancetousethelanguagelookforachancetousethelanguageonlyusethelanguageinclasstrytoavoidusingthelanguageWhydosucce

27、ssfullanguagelearnerswanttolearnthelanguage?Becausetheywanttofindbetterjobs.Becausetheywanttogetgoodmarksintheirexams.Becausetheyareinterestedinthelanguageandthepeoplewhospeakit.Becausetheyhaveaknackforlearninglanguages.Thepurposeofthepassageisto.explaintheimportanceoflanguagelearningintroducesomeus

28、efultechniquesoflanguagelearning考试）teachpeoplehowtolearnEnglishcomparelanguageteachingwithlanguagelearningPassage5InordertorentanddriveacarinJapan,yourequireaJapanesedrivinglicenseoraninternationaldrivingpermit.IncaseofFrance,GermanyandSwitzerland,anofficialtranslationofyourhomecountrysdrivinglicens

29、eisrequired.Internationaldrivingpermitsmustbeobtainedinyourhomecountry,usuallythroughtheNationalAutomobileAssociation,beforeyouleaveforJapan.Theyarevalidforoneyearandmustbeaccompaniedbyyourhomecountrysdrivinglicenseinordertobevalid.Japanrecognizesonlyinternationaldrivingpermits,whicharebasedontheGen

30、evaConventionof1949.Somecountries,suchasFrance,GermanyandSwitzerland,however,issueinternationaldrivingpermits,whicharebasedondifferentconventions.ThepermitsissuedbythosecountriesarenotvalidinJapan.Instead,peoplewithaFrench,GermanorSwissdriverslicensecandriveinJapanforuptooneyearwithanofficialJapanes

31、etranslationoftheirdrivinglicenses.ContacttherespectiveembassiesorconsulatesinJapanfordetailsonhowtoobtainarecognizedtranslation.TheminimumagefordrivinginJapanis18years.WhatkindofpermitshouldaforeignerobtainifhewantstorentordriveacarinJapan?Hemusthaveadriverslicenseofhisowncountry.HemusthaveaGermand

32、rivinglicense.HeshouldhaveaFrancedrivinglicense.Heshouldhaveaninternationaldrivingpermit.WhatshouldpeopledoiftheyownaSwissdrivinglicenseandwanttorentacarinJapan?TheyshouldhavetheirSwissdrivinglicensetranslatedintoEnglish.TheyshouldhavetheirhomecountrysdrivinglicensetranslatedintoJapanese.Theyshouldh

33、avetheirhomecountrysdrivinglicensetranslatedintoFrench.TheyshouldgetanewdrivinglicenseinJapan.Wheredopeopleusuallygettheirinternationaldrivinglicense?Theyobtainitintheirhomecountry.TheyobtainitwhiletheyarriveinJapan.Theyobtainitinathirdcountry.Theycanbuyoneinstead.Whydrivingpermitsissuedbycountriess

34、uchasFrance,GermanyandSwitzerlandarenotvalidinJapan?Becausetheydontissueinternationaldrivingpermits.BecausetheydontuseEnglishorJapanese.Becausetheyarebasedondifferentconventions.BecausetheyarealsobasedonGenevaConventionof1949.Thelastsentencemeans.peopleinallagesareallowedtodriveinJapanpeopleunderthe

35、ageof15canalsodriveinJapanpeopleatorabovetheageof18canbeallowedtodriveinJapanpeoplecanbeallowedtodrivefor18yearsatleastPassage6Packagingisaveryimportantformofadvertising.Apackagecansometimesmotivatepeopletobuyproducts.Forexample,alittlechildmightaskforabreakfastfoodcontainedinaboxwithapictureofaTVch

36、aracter.Thechildismoreinterestedinthepicturethaninbreakfastfood.Picturesforchildrentocolororcutout,gamesprintedonapackage,orasmallgiftinsideaboxalsomotivatemanychildrentobuyproducts-ortoasktheirparentstobuyforthem.Somepackagessuggestthatabuyerwillgetsomethingfornothing.Foodproductssoldinreusablecont

37、ainersareexamplesofthis.Althoughasimilarproductinplaincontainermightcostless,peopleoftenprefertobuytheproductinareusableglassordish,becausetheybelievethecontainerisfree.However,thecostofthecontainerisaddedtothecostoftheproduct.Thesizeofapackagealsomotivatesabuyer.Maybethepackagehas“EconomySize”or“Fa

38、milySize”printedonit.Thissuggeststhatthelargersizehasthemostproductfortheleastmoney.Butthatisnotalwaystrue.Tofinditout,abuyerhastoknowhowtheproductissoldandthepriceofthebasicunit.Theinformationonthepackageshouldprovidesomeanswers.Buttheimportantthingforanybuyertorememberisthatapackageisoftenanadvert

39、isement.Thewordsandpicturesdonottellthewholestory.Onlytheproductinsidecandothat.“Abuyerwillgetsomethingfornothing”inparagraph2maytellusthefollowingexcept.abuyerwillnotgetwhathepaysforabuyerwillgetmorethanwhathepaysforabuyerwillgetsomethingusefulfreeofchargeabuyerwillgetmorebutpaylessFromthepassagewe

40、knowthebuyerpaysmoreattentionto.thesizeofacontaineracontainerwithattractivepictureawell-designedcontaineraplaincontainerwithlowcostWhatsuggestiondoesthewritergiveinthepassage?Itsnotgoodtobuytheproductwhichissoldinaglassordish.Thequalityofacontainerhasnothingtodowiththequalityoftheproduct.Thebestchoi

41、ceforabuyeristobuyaproductinaplainpackage.Abuyershouldbuywhatheneedsmostratherthanawell-designedpackage.WhichofthefollowingsentencesisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?Infactglassesordishesusedforpackagingdonotcostmoneyatall.“FamilySize”printedonthepackagemeansthatitisrathereconomic.Toachild,eventoanadul

42、t,theformisfarmoreimportantthanthecontent.Wordsandpictureswrittenonthepackagearethoughttobeanadvertisement.Whatdoyouthinkisthebesttitleforthepassage?PackagingMakesaProduct.PackagingMakesanAdvertisement.HowtosellProduct.HowtoAttractMoreBuyers.第三部分：词汇与结构针对每个句子中未完成的部分有4个选项，请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最正确选项

43、。Thecolorofmyumbrellaisdifferentfromofyours.thisthatitoneTheoldcoupledecidedtoaboyandagirlthoughtheyhadthreechildrenoftheirown.adaptacceptreceiveadoptShedidntseeSmith,.neitherdidIB.nordidntIneitherIdidD.sodidntITheproblemattomorrowsmeetingisaverydifficultone.beingdiscusseddiscussedtobediscussedtodis

44、cussHedoesntknowtostayornot.A.whetherifeitherifhewillPeopleappreciatewithhimbecausehehasagoodsenseofhumor.A.toworktohaveworkedworkinghaveworkingWehadsometroublethehouseandnobodyseemedwhereitwas.A.infinding;knowingfinding;toknowtofind;knowingtofind;toknowThemeetingover,wealllefttheroom.A.istobebeingw

45、ouldbeIusedtosleepwiththewindow.A.openedopenopeningtoopenbythepolice,thekidnappershadnochoicebuttosurrender.A.surroundedsurroundinghavingsurroundedtobesurroundedhermotherhadcome,herfacelitup.A.HearingHavingheardWhenhearingWhensheheardItwashesaiddisappointedme.A.what;thatthat;whatthat;whenit;whenIdid

46、ntgototheconcert.ButIdowishIthere.A.washadbeenwerewent14.noproblemsariseinthosetwobodies,thiscountrywillbeasstableasMountTai.A.SothatSolongasAssoonasSoasto15.Ifshehadworkedharder,shetheexaminationyesterday.A.wouldpasshadpassedpasswouldhavepassed第四部分：完形填空以下3篇短文，每篇短文中包括5个未完成的句子，针对每个句子中空缺部分有5个选项，请从A、B、

47、C、D、E五个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最正确选项。Passage1DoAmericanshaveanymorals?Thatsagoodquestion.WilliamJ.Bennett,formerU.S.SecretaryofEducation,editedTheBookofVirtuesin1993tocallAmericansbacktotraditionalmoralvalues.The_1_ofthebookshowsthatmanyAmericansstillbelieveinmoralvalues.MoralvaluesinAmericaare_2_thoseinanycu

48、lture.Infact,manyaspectsofmoralityareuniversal.Butthestoriesandtraditionsthatteachthemareuniquetoeachculture.Notonlythat,thecultureinfluenceshowpeopleshowthesevirtues.Oneofthe_3_basicmoralvaluesforAmericansishonesty.The_4_legendaboutGeorgeWashingtonandthecherrytreeteachesthisvalueclearly.LittleGeorg

49、ecutdownhisfathersfavoritecherrytreewhile_5_outhisnewhatchet.Whenhisfatheraskedhimaboutit,Georgesaid,Icannottellalie.Ididitwithmyhatchet.”Insteadofpunishment,Georgereceivedpraisefortellingthetruth.Americansbelievethat“Honestyisthebestpolicy”.A.likeB.well-knownC.tryingD.successE.mostPassage2Chinalies

50、_6_inthenortherntemperatezoneundertheinfluenceofmonsoon（季风）.FromSeptemberandOctobertoMarchandAprilnextyearmonsoonblowfromSiberiaandtheMongoliaPlateauintoChinaanddecreaseinforceasitgoessouthward,_7_dryandcoldwinterinthecountryandatemperaturedifferenceof40Cbetweenthenorthandsouth.ThetemperatureinChina

51、is5Cto18Clower_8_thatinothercountriesonthesamelatitudeinwinter.MonsoonblowsintoChinafromtheoceaninsummer,bringingwarmandwetcurrents,thusrain.Greatdifferencesinclimatearefoundfromregiontoregion_9toChinasextensiveterritoryandcomplextopography（地形）.ThenorthernpartofHeilongjiangProvinceinnortheastChinaha

52、snosummer,HainanIslandhasalongsummerbutnowinter;theHuaiheRivervalleyfeaturesfourclearseasons;thewesternpartoftheQinghai-TibetPlateauis_10_bysnowallyearround;thesouthernpartoftheYunnan-GuizhouPlateauisspring-likealltheyear;andthenorthwesterninlandregionseesagreatdropoftemperatureintheday.A.coveredB.o

53、wingC.mainlyD.causingE.thanPassage3InShanghai,agrowingnumberofforeign-fundedbanksarelookingforlocalpeopletofillexecutivepositions（行政主管的岗位）ratherthanpeoplefromtheirowncountries_11_theydidinthepast.U.S.-basedCitibank（花旗银行）putajob_12_inalocalnewspaperlastweekcallingforexecutivetrainees.ItwaspartofCitib

54、anksbusinessplaninChinatodrawlocalprofessionals(专业人员).Demandforpersonalbankingserviceshasbeenonthe_13_sinceChinajoinedtheWorldTradeOrganizationattheendof2001.ThemovedoesnotonlyhappentoCitibank.Manyotherforeign-fundedbanksinthecityhavemadesimilardecisions.TheU.K.sStandardCharteredlastyearemployedover

55、30graduatesfromChineseuniversitiesandcollegesasexecutivetrainees.Theyareexpectedto_14_managerialpositionsatthebanksShanghaibranchafteratwo-yeartrainingprogramoverseas.TheHongKongandShanghaiBankingCorporation(HSBC)hasannounceditwillemploymorenewgraduatesinChinainthecomingyear.Localpeople_15_over92%of

56、theofficeworkersinitsShanghaioperation.A.takeupB.asC.announcementD.riseE.accountforA.takeupB.asC.announcementD.riseE.accountfor第五部分：英译汉请把以下英文句子翻译成中文。1.Tomyamazement,therewasasmallpieceofwhiteness,shiningsoftlylikethemercury,evenwithoutmoonshine.2.ForcolleaguesintheEast,thepainismorelikelytocomethroughapaycut.IntheConfuciansocietiesofEastAsia,individualdifferencesinendowmentareassumedtobemodest,anddifferencesinachievementarethoughttobeduelargelytoeffort.Researchersreportedwomenwhosuppressedtheirangerfeltmorelikeswearingthanmen.Ithadntoccurredtomethatothershadntfigureditout.Weshallco