大学英语四级考试试题真题-2009年6月20日A卷/下
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大学英语四级考试试题真题-2009年6月20日A卷/下
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in
depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section,there is a passage
with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank
from a list of choices given in a word bank following the
passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your
choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please
mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet
2 with a single line through the centre. You
may not use any of the words in the bank more than
once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following
passage.
Every year in the first week of my
English class, some students inform me that writing is too hard.
They never write, unless assignments 47
it. They find the writing process 48
and difficult.
How awful to be able to speak in a language but not
to write in it─ 49 English, with its rich
vocabulary. Being able to speak but not write is like living in an
50 mansion （豪宅）and never leaving one
small room. When I meet students who think they can’t write, I know
as a teacher my 51 is to show them
the rest of the rooms. My task is to build fluency while providing
the opportunity inherent in any writing activity to 52
the moral and emotional development of my
students. One great way to do this is by having students write in a
journal in class every day.
Writing ability is like strength training. Writing
needs to be done 53 , just like
exercise; just as muscles grow stronger with exercise, writing
skills improve quickly with writing practice. I often see a rise in
student confidence and 54
after only a few weeks of journal writing.
Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most
important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student. When my
students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their
future academic, political, and 55
lives. They build skill so that some day they might write a
great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the perfect
love letter. Every day that they write in their journals puts them
a step 56 to fluency,
eloquence（雄辩），and command of language.
A) closer
I)
painful
B) daily
J) performance
C) emotional
K) profession
D) enhance
L) remarkably
E) enormous
M) require
F) especially
N) sensitive
G) hinder
O) urge
H) mission
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each
passage is followed by some question or unfinished statements. For
each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C)and D).You
should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter
on Answer sheet 2 with a single line through the
centre.
Passage one
Question 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
The January fashion show, called Future Fashion,
exemplified how far green design has come. Organized by the New
York-based nonprofit Earth pledge, the show inspired many top
designers to work with sustainable fabrics for the first time.
Several have since made pledges to include organic fabrics in their
lines.
The designers who undertake green fashion still face many
challenges. Scott Hahn, cofounder with Gregory of Rogan and
Loomstate, which uses all-organic cotton, says high-quality
sustainable materials can still be tough to find. “most designers
with existing labels are finding there aren’t comparable fabrics
that can just replace what you’re doing and what your customers are
used to,” he says. For example, organic cotton and non-organic
cotton are virtually indistinguishable once woven into a dress. But
some popular synthetics, like stretch nylon, still have few
eco-friendly equivalents.
Those who do make the switch are finding they have more
support. Last year the influential trade show Designers &
Agents stopped charging its participation fee for young green
entrepreneurs (企业家) who atten its two springtime shows in Los
Angeles and New York and gave special recognition to designers
whose collections are at least 25% sustainable. It now counts more
than 50 green designers, up from fewer than a dozen two years ago.
This week Wal-Mart is set to announce a major initiative aimed at
helping cotton farmers go organic: it will buy transitional (过渡型的)
cotton at higher prices, thus helping to expand the supply of a key
sustainable material. “Mainstream is about to occur,” says
Hahn.
Some analysts (分析师) are less sure. Among consumers, only
18% are even aware that ecofashion exists, up from 6% four years
ago. Natalie Hormilla, a fashion writer, is an example of the
unconverted consumer. When asked if she owned any sustainable
clothes, she replied: “Not that I’m aware of.” Like most consumers,
she finds little time to shop, and when she does, she’s on the hunt
for “cute stuff that isn’t too expensive.” By her own admission,
green just isn’t yet on her mind. But─thanks to the combined
efforts of designers, retailers and suppliers─one day it will
be.
57. What is said about Future Fashion?
A) It inspired many leading designers to start going green.
B) It showed that designers using organic fabrics would go
far.
C) It served as an example of how fashion shows should be
organized.
D) It convinced the public that fashionable clothes should be made
durable.
58. According to Scott Hahn, one big challenge to designers who
will go organic is that ____.
A) much more time is needed to finish a dress using sustainable
materials.
B) they have to create new brands for clothes made of organic
materials
C) customers have difficulty telling organic from non-organic
materials
D) quality organic replacements for synthetics are not readily
available
59. We learn from Paragraph 3 that designers who undertake green
fashion________.
A) can attend various trade shows free
B) are readily recognized by the fashion world
C) can buy organic cotton at favorable prices
D) are gaining more and more support
60. What is Natalie Hormilla’s attitude toword ecofashion?
A) She doesn’t seem to care about it. C)
She is doubtful of its practical value.
B) She doesn’t think it is sustainable. D)
She is very much opposed to the idea.
61. What does the author think of green fashion?
A) Green products will soon go mainstream.
B) It has a very promising future.
C) Consumers have the final say.
D) It will appeal more to young people.
Passage Two
Question 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
Scientists have devised a way to determine roughly where a
person has lived using a strand(缕) of hair, a technique that could
help track the movements of criminal suspects or unidentified
murder victims.
The method relies on measuring how chemical variations in
drinking water show up in people’s hair.
“You’re what you eat and drink, and that’s recorded in your
hair,” said Thure Cerling, a geologist at the University of
Utah.
While U.S. diet is relatively identical, water supplies
vary. The differences result from weather patterns. The chemical
composition of rainfall changes slightly as rain clouds move.
Most hydrogen and oxygen atoms in water are stable, but
traces of both elements are also present as heavier isotopes (同位素).
The heaviest rain falls first. As a result, storms that form over
the Pacific deliver heavier water to California than to Utah.
Similar patterns exist throughout the U.S. By measuring the
proportion of heavier hydrogen and oxygen isotopes along a strand
of hair, scientists can construct a geographic timeline. Each inch
of hair corresponds to about two months.
Cerling’s team collected tap water samples from 600 cities
and constructed a map of the regional differences. They checked the
accuracy of the map by testing 200 hair samples collected from 65
barber shops.
They were able to accurately place the hair samples in
broad regions roughly corresponding to the movement of rain
systems.
“Tt’s not good for pinpointing (精确定位),” Cerling said. “It’s
good for eliminating many possibilities.”
Todd Park, a local detective, said the method has helped
him learn more about an unidentified woman whose skeleton was found
near Great Salt Lake.
The woman was 5 feet tall. Police recovered 26 bones, a
T-shirt and several strands of hair.
When Park heard about the research, he gave the hair
samples to the researchers. Chemical testing showed that over the
two years before her death, she moved about every two months.
She stayed in the Northwest, although the test could not be
more specific than somewhere between eastern Oregon and western
Wyoming.
“It’s still a substantial area,” Park said. “But it narrows
it way down for me.”
62. What is the scientists’ new discovery?
A) One’s hair growth has to do with the amount of water they
drink.
B) A person’s hair may reveal where they have lived.
C) Hair analysis accurately identifies criminal suspects.
D) The chemical composition of hair varies from person to
person.
63.What does author mean by “You’re what you eat and drink”(Line1,
Para. 3)?
A) Food and drink affect one’s personality development.
B) Food and drink preferences very with individuals.
C) Food and drink leave traces in one’s body tissues.
D) Food and drink are indispensable to one’s existence.
64. What is said about the rainfall in America’s West?
A) There is much more rainfall in California than in Utah.
B) The water it delivers becomes lighter when it moves
inland.
C) Its chemical composition is less stable than in other
areas.
D) It gathers more light isotopes as it moves eastward.
65. What did Cerling’s team produce in their research?
A) A map showing the regional differences of tap water.
B) A collection of hair samples from various barber shops.
C) A method to measure the amount of water in human hair.
D) A chart illustrating the movement of the rain system.
66. What is the practical value of Cerling’s research?
A) It helps analyze the quality of water in different
regions.
B) It helps the police determine where a crime is committed.
C) It helps the police narrow down possibilities in detective
work.
D) It helps identify the drinking habits of the person under
investigation.
Part V Cloze (15minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage.
For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on
the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best
fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on
answer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Kimiyuki Suda should be a perfect customer for Japan’s car-makers.
He’s a young, successful executive at Internet-services company in
Tokyo and has plenty of disposable 67 . He used to
own Toyota’s Hilux Surf, a sport utility vehicle. But now he uses
68 subways and trains. “It’s not inconvenient
at all,” he says. 69 , “having a car is so
20th century.”
Suda reflects a worrisome 70 in Japan; the
automobile is losing its emotional appeal, 71
among the young, who prefer to spend their money on the
latest electronic devices. 72 mini-cars and
luxury foreign brands are still popular, everything in between is
73 . Last year sales fell 6.7 percent, 7.6
percent 74 you don’t count the mini-car
market. There have been 75 one-year drops in
other nations: sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2007
76 a tax increase. But experts say Japan is
77 in that sales have been decreasing
steadily 78 time. Since 1990, yearly
new-car sales have fallen from 7.8 million to 5.4 million units in
2007.
Alarmed by this state of 79 ,
the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association(JAMA)
80 a comprehensive study of the market in
2006. It found that a 81 wealth gap,
demographic(人口结构的) changes and 82 lack of
interest in cars led Japanese to hold their 83
longer, replace their cars with smaller ones
84 give up car ownership altogether. JAMA
85 a further sales decline of 1.2 percent this
year. Some experts believe that if the trend continues for much
longer, further consolidation (合并) in the automotive sector is
86 .
67. A) profit
C) income
B) payment
D) budget
68. A) mostly C)
occasionally
B) partially D)
rarely
69. A) Therefore C) Otherwise
B) Besides
D) Consequently
70. A) drift
C) current
B) tide
D) trend
71. A) remarkably C) specially
B) essentially D)
particularly
72. A) While
C) When
B) Because
D) Since
73. A) surging C)
slipping
B) stretching
D) shaking
74. A) unless
C) as
B) if
D) after
75. A) lower
C) broader
B) slighter
D) larger
76. A) liable to C) thanks to
B) in terms of D) in view
of
77. A) unique
C) mysterious
B) similar
D) strange
78. A) over
C) on
B) against
D) behind
79. A) mess
C) growth
B) boom
D) decay
80. A) proceeded C) launched
B) relieved
D) revised
81. A) quickening C)
strengthening
B) widening
D) lengthening
82. A) average C)
abundant
B) massive
D) general
83. A) labels
C) vehicles
B) cycles
D) devices
84. A) or
C) but
B) until
D) then
85. A) concludes C)
reckons
B) predicts
D) prescribes
86. A) distant
C) temporary
B) likely
D) immediate
Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into
English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your
translation on answer sheet 2
87. Soon after he transferred to the new school, Ali found that he
had ________________(很难跟上班里的同学) in math and English.
88. If she had returned an hour earlier, Mary __________________
(就不会被大雨淋了).
89. It is said that those who are stressed or working overtime are
_________________ (更有可能增加体重).
90. __________________ (很多人所没有意识到的) is that Simon is a lover of
sports, and football in particular.
91. The study shows that the poor functioning of the human body is
_________________ (与缺乏锻炼密切相关).
