2022年新视野四级试卷B卷及答案.doc

New Horizon College English Test
Band Four (B)
Part I Listening Comprehension (15%)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear ten short conversations. After each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and question will be read only once. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.
1. A. In a shoe shop. B. In a warehouse.
C. In a department store. D. In a store for man’s clothes.
2. A. It is typical December weather for this region.
B. It won’t snow until December.
C. There has never been much snow down South.
D. Such a large amount of snow is unusual for this month.
3. A. He’s not sure. B. He’ll go by plane.
C. He’ll go by train. D. He’ll go by bus.
4. A. She must walk five miles. B. She must walk five or six blocks.
C. She must walk to the corner. D. She must walk three blocks.
5. A. It’s too soon to go back there again.
B. The mail was sent back to the post office.
C. He doesn’t have anything to drop in the mailbox.
D. The post office was closed an hour ago.
6. A. His age. B. His income.
C. His hobby. D. His job.
7. A. She doesn’t like singing. B. She’s scared.
C. She can’t read music. D. Her voice is bad.
8. A. In another building. B. In his office.
C. In the bathroom. D. At a meeting.
9. A. Writing checks for tickets. B. A train trip.
C. Today’s rainstorm. D. How to use their tickets.
10. A. $358. B. $158.
C. $200. D. $258.

Section B
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a short passage. The passage will be read only once. At the end of the passage you’ll hear five questions about what was said. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.
11. A. To draw moving objects. B. To keep away from dangerous things.
C. To hunt animals. D. To cling to their parents.
12. A. How to read and write. B. How to count and calculate.
C. How to hunt and farm. D. How to depend on other people.
13. A. Their parents could teach them all they needed.
B. Teachers came to their homes.
C. They didn’t need to count money.
D. Other people’s experiences meant little for them.
14. A. They didn’t live together with their parents any longer.
B. They were not satisfied with the old way of living.
C. They began to move from place to place.
D. They had to learn from people living far away.
15. A. Reading, writing, and entertainment.
B. Reading, writing, and arithmetic.
C. Reading, farming, and researching.
D. Reading, writing, and survival.

Part II. Reading Comprehension.
Directions: Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.  (30%)
Text 1 
My husband and I got married in 1981 and for the first ten years of our marriage I was very happy to stay home and raise our three children. Then four years ago, our youngest child went to school and I thought I might go back to work
My husband was very supportive and helped me to make my decision. He emphasized all of the things I can do around the house, and said he thought I could be a great success in business.
After several weeks of looking for a job, I found my present job, which is working for a small public relations firm. At first, my husband was very proud of me and would tell his friends. “My clever little wife can run that company she’d working for.”
But as his joking statement approached truth, my husband stopped talking to me about my job. I have received several promotions and pay increases, and I’m now making more money than he is. I can buy my own clothes and a new car. Because of our joined incomes, my husband and I can do many things we had always dreamed of doing, but we don’t do these things because he is very unhappy.
We fight about little things and my husband is very critical of me in front of our friends. For the first time in our marriage, I think it is possible that our marriage may come to an end.
I love my husband very much, and I don’t want him to feel inferior, but I also love my job. I think I can be a good wife and a working woman, but I don’t know how. Who can give me some advice? Will I have to choose one or the other or can I keep both my husband and my new career?

16. When was the passage most probably written?
A) In 1991 B) Around 1996
C) In 1981 D) Four years ago
17. The husband was supportive, for he _______.
A) praised her for all the housework she had done
B) took over what she used to do at home
C) encouraged her
D) made the decision for her
18. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A) It only took several days for her to find the job she is now doing.
B) For the first time since their marriage, the writer doesn’t think her husband is as kind as before.
C) Her husband stopped talking to her about her job when her career was approaching success.
D) Her husband has been proud of her for every success she has won on the job.
19. As she was making more money, _______.
A) she did a lot of things she had dreamed of
B) she found a gap taking place between them
C) she could buy many new clothes and a new house
D) she was very critical of her husband
20. The difficult position a working woman is in is a choice between _______.
A) husband and friends B) career and pay
C) children and work D) job and marriage

Text 2
After-sales service and guarantee become an integral and essential part of a “good brand” on both local and regional levels, and the provision of such also produces solid ground for customer loyalty.
Customers today are a lot more demanding than before. Being able to find after-sales service creates a feeling of convenience and a sense of responsibility from the manufacturer. This is very important to build customer loyalty and explains why more 24-hour hotline centers are available nowadays.
Product guarantee is also one of the major factors when a potential customer decides to make a purchase. Whether this be in the form of a written guarantee or a guarantee based on reputation, the importance to the consumer is self-evident. A brand’s research & development, an unavoidable investment, usually back up safety guarantees for marketers nowadays. Product testing and refinement are conducted for both new and existing products. With the help of computerized machinery, quality control has achieved the highest level than ever before to enable consistency in production. For the consumer this means a quality of guarantee for that brand whether it be available at home or abroad.

21. After-sales service and guarantee can provide the customers with ________.
A. solid ground for loyalty B. sense of responsibility
C. a feeling of convenience D. sense of satisfaction
22. More 24-hour hotline centers appear because ________.
A. more and more customers demand after-sales services
B. there are more and more complaints from customers
C. more companies come to realize the importance of after-sales services.
D. they have become a new type of investment
23. Product guarantee ________.
A. must in written form
B. can be based on the company’s reputation
C. is not often provided by the companies
D. often fails to meet in reality
24. Product testing and refinement are conducted for ________.
A. new products only B. quality products
C. dangerous products D. both new and existing products
25. Which is NOT mentioned concerning product guarantee?
A. A brand’s research & development. B. Product testing and refinement.
C. Quality control. D. Product distribution.
Text 3 
Just two months ago, Ana, a teenager, was preparing for an important exam. Winners would receive scholarships and be able to study in the United States. Ana knew her grades were excellent, but she realized that she must do well on the exams in order to qualify for the $3,000 stipend (津贴). Although Ana had worried about the interview portion of the exam, she came through with flying colors (轻松地). She spoke to the American interviewers about her family background and discussed her educational plans with them. Her hard work paid off, for she was one of twenty awarded a four-year scholarship earlier this month.
Now Ana cannot believe that she is sitting in a business management class at the University of California at Los Angeles. Although she has had seven years of English language classes, Ana is having difficulty with the text and lectures because there are so many new words and technical definitions to remember. Ana is finding it difficult to understand the professor. Now she must work twice as hard to maintain her high grades.

26. Ana realizes that _____.
A) her grades are poor
B) she must do well on the exam
C) she is sitting in a business management class
D) she must work twice as hard to get good grades
27. Ana has been studying English for _______.
A) seven years B) two months
C) all her life D) the last two years
28. Ana experiences difficulty with _____.
A) texts B) technical definitions
C) the professor’s lectures D) all of the above
29. San tells the interviewers about ______.
A) her flying colors
B) her family
C) her difficulty in understanding new words
D) her worries about the interview
30. The best main idea for the first paragraph is _____.
A) Ana has many experiences taking the interview exam
B) Ana prepares for the interview exam
C) Ana came through with flying colors
D) Ana takes exams
Text 4 
The term "culture shock" has already begun to creep into the popular vocabulary. Culture shock is the effect that involvement in a strange culture has on the unprepared visitor.  Culture shock is what happens when a traveler suddenly finds himself in a place where yes may mean no, where a "fixed price" is negotiable, where to be kept waiting in an outer office is no cause for insult, where laughter may signify (意味) anger.
The culture shock phenomenon causes a breakdown in communication, a misreading of reality, an inability to cope. Yet culture shock is relatively mild in comparison with the much more serious malady（弊病）, future shock. Future shock is brought on by the premature arrival of the future. It may well be the most important disease of tomorrow.
Take an individual out of his own culture and set him down suddenly in an environment sharply different from his own, with a different set of cues to react to — different conceptions (概念) of time, space, work, love, religion, sex, and everything else, then the dislocation he suffers will be severe. Given few clues as to what kind of behavior is rational under the radically new circumstances, the victim may well become a danger to himself and others.
Now imagine not merely an individual but an entire society, an entire generation — including its weakest, least intelligent, and most irrational members — suddenly transported into this new world. The result is mass disorientation (迷失方向), future shock on a grand scale.
This is the prospect that man now faces. Change is avalanching（把……沉没） upon our heads and most people are unprepared to cope with it.
31. Culture shock occurs when ________.
A. one loses all hopes of returning to his home environment
B. one expresses ideas and emotions contrary to what he intends to express
C. one cannot make accurate judgment using one's own value standards
D. one cannot conduct negotiations for goods of fixed prices

32. 
Future shock is much more serious than culture shock as ________.

A. it concerns the problems of the future
B. it affects people on a grand scale
C. it causes mass casualties (伤亡)

D. it destroys the foundation of the society

33. The word "cue" in Para. 3 most probably refers to something that ________.
A. disorients an individual
B. disturbs an individual's normal way of life
C. helps an individual to function in society
D. arouses an individual's interest in the new culture
34. 
One of the good measures to prevent future shock is to ________.

A. get people well-prepared for the future changes
B. keep people well-informed of the cultures in different places
C. make people fight against the possible future changes
D. acquaint people with the harm of the future changes

35. 
It can be inferred that the author's tone in the passage is ________.

A. humorous
B. exaggerated
C. ironic (挖苦旳)
D. serious

Part III. Vocabulary and Structure. (25%)
Directions: Choose the best one to complete each sentence.  
36. 
The pilot of the plane is __ for the passengers' safety.

A) conscious
B) responsible
C) necessary
D) regulated

37. 
Our hopes ________ and fell in the same instant.

A) arose
B) rose
C) raised
D) aroused

38. 
He has been ________ of murdering the Japanese visitor.

A. blamed
B. charged
C. accused
D. arrested

39. 
The patient's progress was very encouraging as he could ________ get out of bed without help.

A. nearly
B. only
C. merely
D. barely

40. 
The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural ________.

A. tradition
B. transmission
C. transportation
D. transformation

41. 
________ you have been in this school for some time, please tell me what do you think of it.

A) That
B) In that
C) With that
D) Now that

42. 
_______, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.

A) Other things being equal
B) To be equal to other things
C) Were other things equal
D) Other things to be equal

43. 
He always _______ this town with his cousin.

A) associates
B) reminds
C) relates
D) memorizes

44. 
The European Union countries were once worried that they would not have __________ supplies of petroleum.

A) proficient
B) potential
C) efficient
D) sufficient

45. 
The government clearly had not the slightest ________ of changing the legislation, in spite of the continued protest.

A) desire
B) ambition
C) willingness
D) intention

46. 
They packed the instruments carefully ________ they would be broken during transportation.

A) so that
B) on condition that
C) for fear that
D) provided that

47. 
After the meeting the workers went back to their ________ workshops.

A) respectable
B) respective
C) respectful
D) respected

48. 
According to the American federal government, residents of Hawaii have the longest life ________: 77.2 years.

A) rank
B) scale
C) span
D) scope

49. 
With the development of science and technology, man can make various flowers ________ before their time.

A) be bloomed
B) bloomed
C) bloom
D) blooming

50. 
In recent years much more emphasis has been put ________ developing the students productive skills.

A) onto
B) over
C) in
D) on

51. 
Purchasing the new production line will be a ________ deal for the company.

A) forceful
B) f