2023年英语专业四级考试真题

２02３年英语专业四级考试真题QUEＳTＩONBOOKＬEＴﻫTEＳTＦOＲＥNＧLISHMAJＯRＳ（2０23)

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PARTIVGRAＭMＡR&VOCAＢULＡRＹ[15MIN]ﻫThereaｒeｔhirtysentencesinｔhｉsｓection.BeｎｅatheａchsentencetherｅareｆourwordｓorphraｓｅsｍarｋedA,B，CａnｄＤ.Ｃhoｏseoneｗordｏrpｈrａsｅthａtbeｓｔcｏmpleｔｅstｈｅｓentence．MaｒkｙouraｎswｅrｓonAｎswerSｈeeｔTｗo.51.Wｈａtaｎiceday！Howaｂｏｕtthｅthrｅeofus＿＿＿__awalkintｈepaｒｋnｅaｒby?

Ａ.ｔotaｋeB.taｋeＣ．takiｎgD.tｏｂetａkｉnｇ５２.Ifthｅreweｒenosubjuｎｃtivｅｍooｄ,Eｎglｉｓｈ_____muchｅasieｒｔolｅａrn.

Ａ.ｃoulｄhaｖebeenB.wouｌｄ'beﻫC．ｗｉlｌbeD.wouldhaveｂeeｎ５3.Ｓhe_____fiftyorsowhenＩfｉrstmｅtherataconfeｒence．ﻫＡ.hadｂｅenＢ.mｕsｔbｅC．haｓｂeeｎD．ｍustｈaveｂeｅn54._____theｂosｓsaｙs,itisｕnreａsonabletoaskmｅtoworkovertiｍeｗitｈｏutpay．

A.WhａtｅｖｅrＢ.WhｅneverC.ＷhicheverD．Hoｗｅvｅｒ55．Anｅwlaptｏpcoｓtsabouｔ____＿ｏｆａsｅcoｎd-ｈａnｄone.

A.ｔhepriｃｅoftｈｒｅｅtiｍesB.thrｅeｔiｍesthepｒiｃeﻫC.asmuchaｓthethreｅtiｍespriceＤ．threetimesｍorｅthanｔｈeprｉce５6.Iwaｓveryinteｒeｓtedin_____shｅｔｏldmｅ.

A.alｌthaｔB.allwｈichC.allｗｈａtD.ｔhat57.Wｅcｏｎsｉder＿_＿＿__hｅshouldhａveleｆｔwｉthouｔｔellingaｎｙoｎeｂeforｅhａｎｄ.

A.strangewhyB.itsｔｒangewhatＣ.itstraｎgｅthatＤ．ｔhatsｔｒanｇe58.Ｉｔｉｓgｏingtobefiｎetｏｍｏrｒow.___＿___.ﻫＡ.Soisit.B.Soitｉs.C.Ｓoitｄoｅs.Ｄ.Sodoeｓｉt．5９.Littｌe__＿__aboutherownｓafety,thougｈｓhｅhｅｒselｆwasｉngreatdangeｒ．

Ａ．shecａredB.shemaycaｒeC．ｍａyshecａreD.diｄshecare６0．Thecouｐlehadnosｏonｅrｇotｔothesｔatｉon__＿__thecｏachlｅfｔ．

A．ｗhｅnB.asC.uｎtilD.than６１．Ａren'tyoｕtiｒed?I__＿_youhａddoｎeenｏuｇhｆoｒtodａy.

A.shｏｕｌdｈａvethoughtB.muｓｔhavethoughｔﻫC.mighthａvethoughtD.ｃｏuldhaveｔhought６2.＂Itsｅｅmsthaｔsｈewａstｈereａttｈeconfeｒｅｎｃe.＂Thｅsenｔencｅmeansthaｔ

A.shｅｓeemｓtobｅｔheｒｅａtthｅconfeｒenｃe．

Ｂ．shｅseemeｄtobethｅreatｔheｃonfｅrence.

C.ｓheｓeemsｔoｈavebeenthereａtthｅcｏnferｅncｅ.

D.sheｓeeｍedｔobeｉｎgｔｈeｒeatthｅcoｎｆereｎce.6３.WhichoftheｆｏllowingadｖeｒbｓcanＮＯTbeusedｔocompｌete"____＿everybｏdycａme"?

A.NｅａrlyB.QuｉｔeC.PｒactｉcａllyD.Ａlmｏst6４.Ｉn"Hｏｗmuchｄoyoutｈｉｎkhｅeaｒｎs?"ｈowmｕchｉｓ＿＿_＿_＿ofthesentｅnce.ﻫA.thesｕｂjectB．thｅａｄｖｅｒbｉaｌﻫC．theoｂjｅctD.thecompleｍｅnt６5．"Thｅmanpｒepaｒiｎgtｈｅdocumenｔｓｉsｔhefirｍ'ｓlawyer"hasallthefollｏwｉngpossｉbｌｅmｅaningｓEXＣEPT

A.theｍanwhohasprｅparedｔhｅdocumeｎtｓ...ﻫB.tｈemanwhohａsbeenpｒeparｉｎｇｔｈedoｃumｅnｔs..．ﻫC.theｍanwｈoispreｐaｒinｇthｅdｏcumentｓ...

Ｄ.themaｎwhowiｌlpｒeparｅｔｈｅdoｃuments．..66．DｕringtｈeTVinterview，ｔhesingerannouｎcedthathｅwａsgoingto_____hisnewalbuｍsoｏn．

A.reｌｅaseB.renewC.relｉeveD.reｈeaｒｓｅ67.Ａfteｒwoｒkingｆｏｒthefirmｆortenyeａｒs,hｅfinally_____tｈｅraｎkｏfｄeputydｉrｅctor．ﻫA.ａｃhiｅｖedB．approachedC．attaineｄD.ａcquireｄ６8．Wintｅristhe_____ｓeasｏnatmosthｏtelsｉntｈiｓsｅasiｄeｔowｎ,becauseveryfewtouriｓtｓcｏmetostaｙ．

A.slowB.slａｃkC.lｏwD.quiｅt6９.Coｍeon,Ｊacｋ,ｔｅｌlｍethestｏry．Dｏｎ'tkeepｍein__＿___.ﻫA.suspenｓeB．ｓuspｅndinｇC.sｕspeｎsionＤ.suspendeｒ70.Thefｏotballmaｔchwas_＿___bｅcａｕseofthｅｈeavyraｉn.ﻫA.caｌｌｅdovｅrＢ.ｃalledupC.calledoutD.calledofｆ7１.Ｗehaｄａgoodｔimｅｔhere，aｎdｔhefooｄwasplenｔifｕｌａｎd___＿_.

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A.ｕniｔyB．ｅntityC．parｔｎｅrsD．ｐartnersｈip76.WeaｌlknowｔhatMaryhａshadastｒict＿__＿_.ﻫA.growtｈB．uｐbｒingingＣ.deｖeloｐmentD.cultivatioｎ７7．Ｔｈedｒｉnkwaｓpackaｇｅｄincｈampagnｅbottlesaｎdwａｓbeｉng____＿ａsthｅrｅaｌｓｔuff.ﻫA.ｐassｅｄｏuｔＢ.passedbyＣ.pａssｅdoverD.ｐａssedoff78.LasｔSuｎｄayshｅcaｍetovisｉｔusoutoftheblue.Theiｔalicizｅdｐhrａｓemeａns

A.ｕｎeｘpｅcｔedｌyB.uｎｈappilyC.untｉdilｙD.uｎoｆｆicially７9.Thｅperｓonheiｎteｒvｉeweｄｗas＿___＿hisｆｏrmｅｒｓchｏolmate．

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A.rｅｓpectablｅB.admirabｌeC．deｃｅｎtD.apｐroacｈable

PARTVＲＥADＩNGCOMＰＲEＨENSIＯN[２5ＭIＮ]

Ｉntｈisｓｅｃｔionｔhereaｒeｆourpasｓagｅｓfoｌlｏweｄbyｑuestｉonsｏｒunｆiniｓheｄstaｔeｍentｓ,eaｃｈwiｔhfouｒsｕgｇeｓｔedanｓｗersmarｋedA,Ｂ,ＣanｄD．Choｏsethｅoｎeｔhatyouｔhiｎkiｓｔhebestanswer.MarkyouranｓｗerｓonＡnswerSheetTwo.ＴＥXTAﻫＤoｙoureａlizethａtｅverｙtimeyoutakeasｔep,ｔheboｎesinｙoｕrhiparｅｓubjecｔedｔofｏrｃeｓbetwｅeｎfｏuｒanｄfivｅtiｍｅsyourboｄyｗeighｔ?Ｗhenyouarｅrunniｎg,tｈiｓfｏrｃｅisinｃreａｓｅdfｕｒｔherstｉll.Whaｔhａppensifthroｕghdiseaseａhiｐ-jointceasestobeaｂletoresiｓtｓｕｃｈforces?Formanyyｅarship-joｉnｔsandoｔhｅrbodｙｊointｓhａvｅｂeenｒeplａceabｌeeｉｔｈeｒpaｒtｉalｌyorcomｐｌetｅlｙ.Itisafterallasimplｅbaｌｌandsｏｃketjoiｎt;ithaｓcｅrtａｉnloaｄsiｍposedonit;itneeｄsrｅlｉａbilityoｖeｒaｄefｉneｄliｆｅ;itmuｓｔcｏntainｍaterialsｓuitablefｏrtheworｋingenvｉronmenｔ.Aｎyengineerｗｉｌlｒｅcognｉｚetheseascharacterｉsticoｆatyｐicalengｉneeriｎgｐｒoｂlｅm,whiｃhｄocｔoｒsandengｉnｅershaveworkedtogethertoｓｏlve,ｉnordertobrｉnｇafrｅshｌeａseoflifeｔｏpｅopleｗhowｏuldotｈｅrwisebediｓablｅｄ.Thisｔyｐifiesｔheｗayinwhichｅnｇｉnｅeｒｓworkｔohｅｌｐpeopｌeandcrｅateabｅｔtｅｒｑualitｙｏflife．Ｔｈefaｃｔthatthiscountryhaｓtheｍｏsteｆficienｔagricｕｌturalinｄustryintheworlｄｉsanothｅrgｏｏdexａmple.Mecｈanicalｅnｇineeｒshaveworｋｅdｗitｈｆaｒmersａnｄｂiｏlogiｓtsｔopｒoｄucｅfertiｌizers,mａchｉneryａnｄharvｅｓｔｉngsｙｓtｅms.Thisｔeameffｏｒthａsnowproducedcroｐsuniformlywaistｈighｏrlesssothａttheyaｒｅbetteｒsuitｅdｔomｅｃhanｉcaｌharvｅstinｇ.Simiｌａｒadｖａnｃeswithｏｔhercrｏｐsｈavereleasedpeｏplefromｈardaｎｄｂｏrｉngjobsformｏｒｅcreativework,ｗhｉｌｓtmachinｅsｈarveｓｔｃropsmoｒeefficienｔlywithlesｓｗaste．Providingmｏrefoｏdforｔherapｉｄｌyｉncreasiｎｇpopulａtioｎiｓyetanotherｒoleｆｏrthemechａnｉcaｌenginｅer.81.Ａccordingｔｏtheｐassagｅ,whenwｏulｄmostweｉgｈtbｅiｍposｅｄonhip－joｉｎts?ﻫA．Ｗhenｏｎeisｗaｌｋｉnｇ.B.Whenoｎｅiｓrｕnninｇ．

Ｃ．Ｗhｅnoneiｓsｔanding.D．Whｅnoｎeislyingｄoｗn.82.Engineersreｇａrdtｈeｒｅplaｃemeｎｔｏfhiｐ－jointsasa(ｎ)_＿_＿Prｏbｌem.ﻫＡ.mｅcｈanicalB.ｍedicalC．healthD.ａｇriｃultｕｒal８３.Accoｒｄｉngtothepassａge,hoｗｄoenｇiｎeｅrｓcoｎtｒibutetoincreasiｎｇｅfficiencｙoｆtheﻫaｇricｕltｕralinduｓtry？ﻫＡ.Ｂｙwｏrｋingwithｆａrmerｓ.ﻫＢ.Byｗoｒkinginteaｍｓ.ﻫC.Bygrowingcropsofthesａmｅheight.

D.Byｍakingagriculｔｕralmachｉnery.8４.Accoｒdiｎgtotheｃontext,"Thｉstｅamｅｆfoｒt'＂inPａragrａphTｗoreｆerstoﻫA.mechanicalengｉneers.ﻫB.doｃtorsandｅngｉｎeｅrs.

C.biolｏgisｔｓ,docｔｏrsandfarmers.

D．ｆａrmerｓ,ｂｉoｌｏgisｔsａnｄeｎｇinｅers.ＴEXTＢﻫNowadａys，ａcellpｈoneservｉｃｅiｓavailabletoeveryｏne，ｅveryｗheｒe.Prｏbablｙthousandsｏｆpeoｐｌeｈavealrｅａdybeenｕsiｎgit,bｕtIjuｓｔｄｉscoverｅｄit,soＩ'mｇｏingtoclａiｍｉtandａlｓoｎaｍeit:ＦakｅＦoｎinｇ．Theｔechnｏlogｙｈasbeenworｋiｎgwｅｌｌfｏrｍｅａttｈｅｏffice,ｂuｔtｈｅreareinfｉniteapplicａtions.Viｒｔuallｙｉnａnyｐubliｃspａce.Saｙyouwｏrkatａbiguniｖersｉｔywithloｔｓoftalkyｆacultｙmemｂerｓbuzｚｉngａｂout.Noｗ,sａｙｙouneedtouｓｅthereｓｔroom.Ｔhetripｄｏwnｔhehallwilltakeaｐｐrｏｘｉmatelyonｅhoｕr，ｂecauseａpｅrsoncan'tｗalkｉntｏtｈosetａlkypeｏpleｗｉｔhouｔｇｅttingpuｌledasｉdefoｒaquestion，abｉtofgosｓip,aneｗreadonacerｔaiｎlinｅｏfPａｒaｄiseLosｔ.Ｓｏ,aｃelｌphoｎe.Aｎyｃellpｈoｎe.Ｊustpｉcｋituｐ.Don＇tdｉal.Ｊusｔholdtｈatｐhｏｎetoｙｏurfacｅandstarttalking.Ｗalkcoｎfiｄｅｎtlydowntｈeｈａlｌｅngａｇeｄｉnfakeｃonｖeｒsatiｏn,makinｇsuretoｔaiｌorｂoｔhｔhｅｔopicandcoｎtenttotｈepersonstandｉｎｇbｅｆoreyｏuｗhomyouarｅtryingtoevade．ﻫForstanｄardｃｏｌleagueaｖoidancｅ,Isuｇｇｅstfakeｃｈaｔｔingａboutfaｋebｕｓiness:"Yes,I'mgｌadyoucaｌｌed,becauｓewereaｌlyｎeedtohamｍｅroｕtｔhｅdetａiｌs.Whａt'stｈat?Yes，IrｅadＰage１2，butifyoulooｋatｔheboｔｔoｍof４,Ｉtｈinkyouｃａnsｅetｈeproｂlembｅginsｒightｔhere."Beaniｍaｔed．Ｂｅengagediｎyouｒfaｋｅｆoneconveｒｓatioｎ.Maｋeeyeｃontaｃｔwｉｔｈｔhｅｐeoｐlｅpasｓｉng，nodｔothem,ｇｅｓturekeｅniｎtｅresｔiｎtalkｉngtothｅｍatalａｔeｒtime,pointtoyourphｏne,ｓhrugaｎｄmoveoｎ.Ｓhｏppeｒsshouldcｏｎsｉdｅrfaｋｅfoｎｉngａnytimetｈｅysｐｏtataｌkyneigｈboriｎtｈeprｏduｃedｅparｔｍentｐiｎching(用手捏)unripepｅacｈes.Wｉthouｔyourpｈｏｎeatyourfaｃe，ｙoｕ'dｂｅｉnfｏra２0－ｍｉｎutｅｓpｅｅchonhowterriblethewｏrlｄis.Oneiｍportantcａｕtioｎaboutfakefoｎｉng.TheｏtherdａyIｗasｆａｋeｆoｎiｎｇｍｙwaypastaｃoｌlｅaｇｕe，anｄｈewａsaｃｔuallyfolｌoｗｉngmetogｅｔmyatｔentiｏｎ.ＩkｎｅｗｈeｗanｔｅｄtｏaｓｋaboutapｒｏjectIｈadnotyｅｔfiniｓhed.Iwastｒyingtobuｙmyｓeｌｆｓometime，sｏIｃｏｎｔiｎuｅdｆａkefoningwithｍydｏctｏr."ＳoIdoｎ'tｎｅedthｅｏｐeｒation？Oh,doctoｒ,tｈaｔisthｅbestnewｓ．"Aｎdthen：Brｒrrrｒｎg!Ｂrrrrrｍg！Brrｒrrmｇ!Ｍyphonｅstartedｒｉnｇinｇ,rｉghｔthｅｒeｗhｉleitwaspｌanｔedoｎmyfaｃｅ．Mycoｌlｅａgueｌookedatme，aｎｄIａｔhiｍ,anｄnaturallyIｇasped．＂Whatisthｅmａtterｗiｔhthisthing?＂Isaid,pullingthｅpｈoneａwaytｏlooｋatit,ａｎdthｅnpuｔｔiｎｇｉｔｂａcktomyeａr．"Hello？Ａreyｏuｓｔillthere？"

Oops.85．WhiｃhｏftｈefollowｉｎｇstatｅｍentsisINＣORRＥCT？ﻫA.Celｌｐhoneservｉceispopularａmoｎgpｅoｐlｅ.

B.Cellpｈonehasmuchuseinoffｉce.

C.Faｋｅfoninｇisａneｗｃelｌphonｅseｒviｃｅ.ﻫD.Fakｅfoninｇiｓanｅwdiｓcovery．86.Ｗｈatｉsｆaｋｅｆｏning?ﻫA.Astｒategytoavoidpeoplｅ．

B.Adeviｃｅnewlyｐrodｕｃed.ﻫC．Aserviceprovidｅｄｅvｅryｗherｅ.

D.Asｋilｌofcｏmmunicaｔiｏn.87.Intheaｕthor'sopｉnion,ｉｎorｄertomakefakefoniｎglookreａlonehaｓｔｏﻫＡ．talkaboｕtinteｒesｔinｇｍatters．ﻫB．behavepolitelｙtｏpｅoplepａssｉｎgbｙ.

C.hoｌdthephonewｈilewalｋing.ﻫD.aｐｐeａrabsorbｅdincｏnｖeｒsａｔｉoｎ．88．Whａtｄｏesthｅlａｓtexamｐleshoｗ?

A.Oneeｆｆecｔivewaｙｉstofaｋeｆoneｏne＇sdｏｃtor.ﻫＢ.Ｏｎehastobecａrefuｌwhilefaｋefｏｎing.ﻫＣ.Ｆakefoniｎgmaynotdeｃeivepeｏplｅ.

Ｄ.Fａkeｆonｉnｇisaｌwaｙsquiteｓｕccｅｓsfｕl.89.Aｆterhisｐhｏnｅsuddenlｙbegａnrinｇｉng,thｅauthor

A.iｍmediaｔelystaｒtｅdtａlkingtｏtｈｅcalｌer．

Ｂ.iｍmediatelysｔartedtａｌkiｎgtｏｈiscolleaguｅ.

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