2011英语四级预测试卷及答案解析(4)

[B] The Associate degree.
　　[C] The Master's degree.
　　[D] The Doctor's degree.
　　30. [A] A technical associate degree.
　　[B] A degree which is designed for transfer.
　　[C] A bachelor's degree.
　　[D] The last degree one can ever hope to attain.
　　31. [A] 120 quarter hours.
　　[B] 95 quarter hours.
　　[C] 120 credit hours.
　　[D] 72 credit hours.
　　Passage Three
　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　32. [A] In 1848.
　　[B] In 1846.
　　[C] In 1884.
　　[D] In 1849.
　　33. [A] 8,000 people.
　　[B] 10,000 people.
　　[C] 80,000 people.
　　[D] 100,000 people.
　　34. [A] From the western United States.
　　[B] From all parts of the country.
　　[C] From only the east coast of the American Continent.
　　[D] From San Francisco Bay.
　　35. [A] Because many settlements were abandoned.
　　[B] Because there were many gold-hungry sailors.
　　[C] Because private gold could not be protected by law.
　　[D] Because everybody raced for California.
　　Section C
　　Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blank, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
　　Mark Twain, who wrote the story we're going to read, traveled quite a lot often because circumstamces, usually (36) ________ circumstances, forced him to He was born in Florida, Missouri in 1835 and moved to Hannibal, Missouri with his family when he was about 4 years old. Most people think he was born in Hannibal but that isn't true. After his father died when he was about 12, Twain worked in Hannibal for a while and then left, so he could (37) ________ more money. He worked for a while as a typesetter on (38) ________ newspapers and then got a job as a river (39) ________ on the Mississippi. Twain loved this job and many of his books show it. The river job didn't last, however, because of the (40) ________ of the Civil War. Twain, was in the (41) ________ Army for just 2 weeks and then he and his whole (42) ________ went west to get away from the war and the army. In Nevada and California Twain (43) ________ for silver and gold without much luck, but did succeed as a writer. (44) _________________________________________________________________. (45) ________________________________________________________________________. (46) __________________________________________________________________________.