TEM4模拟试题6[1].doc

TEM-4 Test 6

PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 min.]

In Section A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct response for each question.

SECTION A STATEMENT

In this section you will hear seven statements. At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following seven question.

Now listen to the statements.

1. What does the statement mean? ____
A. U.S. benefited a great deal from the rain.
B. There is too much water in some parts due to the rain.
C. It rained slightly and had little influence on the Americans.
D. It seldom rains in the United States.

2. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? ____
A. The meeting started punctually at 10.a.m.
B. The meeting lasted until 10 this morning.
C. The meeting ended at 10 a.m.
D. The meeting was to open at 10.

3. What would the speaker probably do? ____
A. He would certainly visit his friends during the vacation.
B. He would probably go to the travel agency for information.
C. He would make a hotel reservation immediately.
D. He would like to stay at home.

4. What does the speaker means is that ____
A. he prefers monuments to museums.
B. he prefers museums to monuments.
C. he shows interest in neither.
D. he expresses same interest in both.

5. Mary now reads ____
A. 8 books a month.
B. 2 books a month.
C. everything in a month.
D. as many books as before.

6. What dose the speaker actually mean? ____
A. I knew you because you lived around here.
B. I didn't visit you because I didn't know your address.
C. I didn't visit because you lived too far away.
D. I knew you and I used to visit you a lot.

7. What does the statement imply? ____
A. Too many people may spoil a good place.
B. The more people who know about it, the better.
C. It is an ugly place in every way.
D. Everyone knows it is paradise forever.

SECTION B CONVERSATION

In this section, you will hear eight short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.

Now listen to the conversation.

8. Tomorrow they will probably ____
A. paint the bathroom.
B. do some running.
C. do some shopping.
D. stay at home.

9. What does the woman imply? ____
A. She likes salad very much.
B. She is fed up with having salad.
C. They often have salad for supper.
D. They are too old to eat salad.

10. What's the probable relationship between the two speakers? ____
A. Teacher and student.
B. Doctor and patient.
C. Manager and clerk.
D. Saleswoman and customer.

11. They cannot go camping tomorrow because ____
A. it is going to rain.
B. they don't like camping.
C. they don't have the case.
D. they are too busy to plan.

12. What does the man do? ____
A. He is a lecturer.
B. He is a student.
C. He is an artist.
d. He is a historian.

13. What can we infer about the restaurant? ____
A. It's an old and boring restaurant.
B. It's an attractive restaurant.
C. It is a nice restaurant except its music.
D. It has no fresh air inside.

14. The woman customer will have to pay ____ if she wants both.
A. '16.
B. '8.
C. '24.
D. '32.

15. What do they mean? ____
A. The man wants to see George, but the man doesn't.
B. The woman wants to see George, but the man doesn't.
C. Neither of them wants to see George.
D. Both of them eventually see George.

SECTION C    NEWS BROADCAST

Questions 16 & 17 & 18 are based on the following news. At the end of the item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the three questions.

Now listen to the news.

16. The Prime Minister and Trade Union agreed to ____
A. rebuild industry.
B. reduced unemployment.
C. stop a bus drivers' strike.
D. work out a new wage plan.

17. The bus drivers' union has decided to ____
A. go on the national bus strike.
B. accept the Government's plan.
C. agree on a new wage plan.
D. stop the strike from next Monday.

18. The decision for the bus strike was announced ____
A. earlier this afternoon.
B. Last Monday.
C. last night.
D. this morning.

Questions 19 is based on the following news. At the end of the item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question.

Now listen to the news.

19. How many drug-related cases have been cracked by Chongqing local police since July 1996? ____
A. 20.
B. 100.
C. 1,200.
D. 600.

Question 20 & 21 are based on the following news. At the end of the item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions.

Now listen to the news.

20. We can know from the news that ____
A. Gerry Adams was denied a visa by the administration.
B. private talks have been going on very smoothly.
C. the administration trusts the IRA and Adams.
D. there has been no change in their relationship.

21. Official contact between the U.S. and the IRA can be kept if ____
A. Gerry Adams is allowed into the country.
B. the IRA takes action to cease fire.
C. they hold more private discussion.
D. the U.S. changes its attitude.

Question 22 & 23 are based on the following news. At the end of the item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions.

Now listen to the news.

22. To whom were the letter bombs intended to send? ____
A. The Danish Police.
B. Six Swedish people.
C. A Danish woman.
D. Three right-wingers.

23. What can be inferred from the news? ____
A. There has been an internal struggle among right-wingers.
B. These letter bombs were all made in Sweden.
C. There has been no injury during the raids.
D. The Letter bombs have caused great damage.

Questions 24 & 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the two questions.

Now listen to the news.

24. The accident took place ____
A. in Alaska.
B. in South America.
C. at Bicester.
D. in the army camp.

25. What does Mark Trevillyan do? ____
A. A scientist.
B. A chemist.
C. A dentist.
D. A student.

PART II CLOZE [15 min.]

Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank.

In the morning it starts to rain. It was the first rain of the new year and it (26)____, in an extremely violent manner, the beginning of the rainy season. The drops which fell were large, and they fell straight down, for (27)____ tropical rains never degenerate into slanting drizzle, the familiar (28)____ of a rainy day in so many other parts of the world. The rain fell heavily, it fell continuously and it saturated everything which lay (29)____ its way.
During the rain most people kept to their homes. But a few walked about, (30)____ to the wetness of their clothes and determined to (31)____ as usual. And, for those who wished to keep dry however much it cost them, there were always (32)____ taxis. They splashed by along the road, with the windscreen wipers revealing only (33)____ glimpses of the drivers peering faces. (34)____, when the rain had started, the drivers had had only the big puddles to miss, but later on, then the drains had overflowed and the whole road swam with water all dangerous pits and (35)____ had been hidden, and the faces peering through the windscreens peered even more anxiously than before. But often the faces inside the taxi ceased to (36)____ to look out at all, for water had splashed up to the electrical system, and the engine stopped just as surly and abruptly as it would have done, (37)____ the car actually (38)____ into out of the drains it had so (39)____ missed only a few moments (40)____.

(26)
A. exhibited
B. marked
C. showed
D. identified

(27)
A. brutal
B. intense
C. wild
D. fierce

(28)
A. pattern
B. style
C. model
D. norm

(29)
A. on
B. at
C. in
D. over

(30)
A. resigning
B. to resign
C. resigned
D. having resigned

(31)
A. carry on
B. keep on
C. continue
D. go on

(32)
A./
B. the
C. many
D. some

(33)
A. fragmentary
B. sudden
C. partial
D. scattered

(34)
A. Initially
B. Originally
C. Formerly
D. Firstly

(35)
A. destructions
B. frustrations
C. constructions
D. obstructions

(36)
A. disturb
B. intend
C. bother
D. worry

(37)
A. was
B. were
C. had
D. has

(38)
A. skidded
B. swerved
C. slipped
D. glided

(39)
A. closely
B. nearly
C. almost
D. narrowly

(40)
A. ahead
B. before
C. ago
D. beforehand

PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY [15 min.]

There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence.

41. We are not on very good ____ with the people next door.
A. friendship
B. relations
C. will
D. terms

42. Usually newspapers ____ for people with intellectual interests.
A. suit
B. furnish
C. regard
D. cater

43. The overcrowded living conditions____ a heavy strain on the family.
A. set
B. put
C. made
D. pressed

44. The supply of apples exceeds the ____ this year.
A. request
B. claim
C. requirement
D. demand

45. I must take this watch to be repaired; it ____ over twenty minutes a day.
A. increases
B. progresses
C. accelerates
D. gains

46. If this animal had escaped from its cage it could ____ have killed or hurt several people.
A. equally
B. both
C. well
D. severely

47. I'm sorry we gave you such a short ____ of our visit.
A. caution
B. notice
C. information
D. preparation

48. That old vase will ____ an attractive lamp-holder.
A. compose
B. form
C. make
D. assemble

49. The World Bank has criticized the country for not giving enough financial ____ to developing countries.
A. allowance
B. aid
C. loan
D. provision

50. Nothing would stop me from ____ my ambition.
A. reaching
B. completing
C. achieving
D. obtaining

51. He showed his ____ for the TV programmer by switching it off.
A. distaste
B. discontent
C. annoyance
D. boredom

52. They are ____ the woods for the missing child.
A. seeking
B. looking
C. investigating
D. combing

53. To prevent flooding in winter the water flowing from the dam is constantly ____ by a computer.
A. Managed
B. graded
C. monitored
D. conducted

54. ____ I know the money is safe. I shall not worry about it.
A. Even though
B. Unless
C. As long as
D. However

55. He couldn't lie convincingly enough to take a child ____ .
A. away
B. down
C. in
D. up

56. The parents were worried about Dorothy because no one was aware ____ she had gone.
A. where that
B. of where
C. of the place where
D. the place

57. It was not until she returned home ____ she realized she had almost wasted ten of her valuable hours.
A. and
B. when
C. then
D. that

58. There has not been a great response to the sale, ____?
A. does it
B. has it
C. does there
D. has there

59. Anthropology is a science ____ anthropologists use a rigorous set of methods and techniques to document observations that can be checked by others.
A. in that
B. that in
C. that
D. in

60. The activities of the international marketing researcher are frequently much broader than ____.
A. the domestic marketer has
B. those of the domestic marketer
C. the domestic marketer does
D. that which has the domestic marketer

61. I'm surprised at there ____ an index.
A. not to be
B. to be not
C. not being
D. being not

62. I ____ this soup. I ____ pepper in it.
A. am tasting... am tasting
B. am tasting... taste
C. taste... am tasting
D. taste... have tasted

63. ____, explorers could never have found the cave.
A. But for the fissure had been spotted
B. If not the fissure had been spotted
C. Had the fissure not been spotted
D. Had not the fissure been spotted

64. John often sits in a small bar, drinking and smoking considerably more ____.
A. than that he is healthy
B. than good for his health
C. than his health could
D. than is good for his health

65. This ____ girl is Mary's cousin.
A. pretty little Swedish
B. Swedish little pretty
C. Swedish pretty little
D. little pretty Swedish

PART IV READING COMPREHENSION [30 min.]

SECTION A [25 min.]

In this section there are four passages followed by fifteen questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the correct answer.

Text A

The Stone Age was a period of history which began in approximately 2 million B.C. and lasted until 3000 B.C. Its name was derived from the stone tools and weapons that modern scientists found. This period was divided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Ages. During the first period (2 million to 8000 B.C.), the fist hatchet and use of fire for heating and cooking were developed. As a result of the Ice Age, which evolved about 1 million years into the Paleolithic Age, people were forced to seek shelter in caves, wear clothing, and develop new tools.

During the Mesolithic Age (8000 to 6000 B.C.) people made crude pottery and the first fish hooks, took dogs hunting, and developed a bow and arrow which was used until the fourteenth century A.D.

The Neolithic Age (6000 to 3000 B.C.) saw humankind domesticating sheep, goats, pigs, and cattle, being less nomadic than in previous eras, establishing permanent settlements and creating governments.

66. Which of the following developments is not related to the conditions of the Ice Age?
A. Farming.
B. Clothing.
C. living indoors.
D. Using fire.

67. Which of the following periods saw people develop a more communal form of living?
A. Paleolithic.
B. Ice Age.
C. Mesolithic.
D. Neolithic.

68. The author states that the Stone Age was so named because _____.
A. it was very durable
B. the tools and weapons were made of stone
C. there was little vegetation
D. the people lived in caves

Text B

Discovered a mere one hundred fifty years ago and manufactured commercially just half that long, aluminum today ranks behind only iron and steel among metals serving mankind. The key to its popularity is its incredible versatility. The same metal that makes kitchen foil serves as armor for battlefield tanks. The material of lawn chairs and baseball bats also forms the vital parts of air and space vehicles -- most of their skeletons, their skins, even the rivets that bind them together.

Behind aluminum's versatility lie properties so diverse that they almost seem to belong to several different metals. For example, in its pure form, aluminum is soft enough to whittle. Yet its alloys can possess the stren