2014年下半年英语四级40天攻克模拟试题（一）

　　试卷一

　　Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　Example: You will hear:

　　You will read: A) At the office. B) In the waiting room.

　　C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant.

　　From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This conversation is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.

　　Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]

　　1. A) go to a Chinese restaurant B) go to a western restaurant

　　C) go to a pub for a change D) go to a food shop

　　2. A) She likes math very much.

　　B) She does not like math at all.

　　C) She wants to make the math interesting.

　　D) She likes math and thought it was interesting.

　　3. A) He wants to wash the dishes. B) He doesn’t want to wash the dishes.

　　C) He will help them wash the dishes. D) He will do anything for the woman.

　　4. A) She disagrees with the man.

　　B) She agrees with the man.

　　C) She thinks it is not the time we should turn our attention to the danger of drunk driving.

　　D) She only agrees with the man at one point.

　　5. A) His partner B) His teacher

　　C) His sister D) His boss

　　6. A) At a cigarette store. B) At a bus station.

　　C) At a gas station. D) At her parents’

　　7. A) Fifteen. B) Twenty-nine.

　　C) Sixteen. D) Sixty.

　　8. A) Do her housework. B) Clean the backyard.

　　C) Wash clothes. D) Enjoy the beautiful day.

　　9. A) Wife and husband B) Teacher and student

　　C) Mum and son D) Neighbors

　　10. A) The unsmiling faces B) The weather

　　C) The Londoners D) The color

　　Section B Compound Dictation

　　注意：听力理解的B节(Section B)为复合式听写(Compound Dictation)，题目印刷在试卷二上，现在请取出试卷二。

　　Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

　　Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　Passage One

　　Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

　　The most fashionable trend in college sports celebrations today is as innocent as a letterman’s sweater, as old-fashioned as school pride, and reserved only for people who can wear the name of their school across their chest.

　　It can be spotted after any surprising victory, when the most jubilant player grabs the front of his jersey with both hands and displays it to the crowd, framing the college name as if in an advertisement for the school.

　　Popping the jersey, as it has become known, is becoming more and more common. When Donald Brown helped his team win an unlikely victory, he raised his jersey high enough to cover his chin. When Niagara won a major tournament this season, two players popped for the photograph.

　　“Our team doesn’t have names on the back of our jerseys,” Brown said. “So we play for the name on the front. You have to understand, college basketball is not like the N.B.A., where a team chooses you and then you have to play for them. Here, you choose where you want to go, and you go there for a good reason.”

　　“This is one thing I’ve never seen in the N.B.A., and I don’t think I ever will,” Erroll Knight said. “It is our way to represent where we’re from and tell people that we’re proud of it.”

　　Like most dance steps and slang words, no one really knows who started the latest thing. One of the first documented accounts of jersey-popping occurred in December 2000, when Earl Watson faced the student section and tugged at the front of his jersey after his team erased a 19-point deficit against their opponents.

　　“Basketball is an urban sport, a hip-hop sport, and what you’re seeing right now comes from that,” Knight said. “If a guy is wearing a really nice shirt on the street and he wants to show it off to everyone, he’ll do what’s called popping his collar — he’ll sort of flick his collar to demonstrate the value it has. What guys are doing now with their jerseys is the same thing, only they have taken it to another level.”

　　11. According to the passage, we can tell that Erroll Knight is a player for .

　　A) soccer B) tennis C) basketball D) field hockey

　　12. The trend in college sports celebrations today, as told in the text, is .

　　A) innocent but sophisticated B) as fashionable as in the old days

　　C) beloved by everyone D) pure as well as old-fashioned

　　13. Which of the following statement is true according to the author?

　　A) Popping the jersey is not in vogue any more.

　　B) The victory of Donald Brown’s team is out of expectation.

　　C) N.B.A and college basketball are much the same.

　　D) People pop their collars because they are dirty.

　　14. The word “pop” (Para 3, L1)in this passage is closest in meaning to which of the following word/phrase?

　　A) spank B) flick C) popular D) show off

　　15. The reason why college sports players pop the jerseys is because .

　　A) their jerseys are exquisitely designed

　　B) it is a rule of their colleges

　　C) they are very proud of their sports team

　　D) it is a form of demonstration of the value being the representative of their schools

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

　　In the 16th century, Venetian and French glassmakers perfected a technique of coating glass with an alloy of silver to produce an effective mirror. Mirrors soon proliferated in public spaces and private homes, and owning a pocket or hand mirror became a marker of status. The mirror, you might say, was an early personal technology — ingenious, portable, effective — and like all such technologies, it changed its users. By giving us, for the first time, a readily available image of ourselves that matched what others saw, it encouraged self-consciousness and introspection and, as some worried, excesses of vanity.

　　By the 19th century, it was the machines of the Industrial Revolution — the power loom, the motor, the turbine — that prompted concern about the effects of technology on the person. Karl Marx argued that factory work alienated the worker from what he was toiling to produce, transforming him into “a cripple, a monster.” Men were forced to become more like machines: efficient, tireless and soulless.

　　Today’s personal technologies, particularly the cellphone and the digital video recorder, have not provoked similar worries. They are marvels of individual choice, convenience and innovation; they represent the democratization of the power of the machine. Our technologies are more intuitive, more facile and more responsive than ever before. In a rebuke to Marx, we have not become the alienated slaves of the machine; we have made the machines more like us and in the process toppled decades of criticism about the dangerous and potentially enervating effects of our technologies.

　　16. The word “coat” (Line 1, Para.1) means .

　　A) to cover sth. with a layer of sth. B) to combine two different things

　　C) to make sth. into the shape of a coat D) to put a coat on sth.

　　17. Which of the following statement is true according to the text?

　　A) Soon after being invented, mirrors became unpopular among people.

　　B) Mirrors were first invented by French and Vietnamese.

　　C) Karl Marx criticized that factory work had turned the workers into thoughtless monsters.

　　D) The motor is among the machines of ancient inventions.

　　18. Why did some people worried that the mirror might be excesses of vanity?

　　A) Because pocket and hand mirror became a marker of status.

　　B) Because mirrors were extremely expensive during that time.

　　C) Because only wealthy people can afford buying a mirror.

　　D) Because mirrors were invented for important figures.

　　19. The author’s purpose of writing this article is .

　　A) to give a definition on modern technology

　　B) to give evidence to the statement that today’s personal technologies are marvels of individual choice

　　C) to prove the rebuke of Karl Marx

　　D) to illustrate how modern technologies of different times affect people’s life

　　20. Compared with technologies in the 16th and 19th century, technologies today are more .

　　A) ingenious and portable B) marvelous and effective

　　C) intuitive and unreliable D) facile and responsive

　　Passage Three

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

　　BMW’s efforts to harness the creativity of its customers began two years ago when it posted a toolkit on its website. This toolkit let BMW’s customers develop ideas showing how the firm could take advantage of advances in telematics and in-car online services. From the 1,000 customers who used the toolkit, BMW chose 15 and invited them to meet its engineers in Munich. Some of their ideas (which remain under wraps for now) have since reached the prototype stage, says BMW. “They were so happy to be invited by us, and that our technical experts were interested in their ideas,” says Mr Reimann. “They didn’t want any money.”

　　Westwood Studios, a game developer now owned by EA, first noticed its customers innovating its products after the launch of a game, “Red Alert,” in 1996: gamers were making new content for existing games and posting it freely on fan websites. Westwood made a conscious decision to embrace this phenomenon. Soon it was shipping basic game-development tools with its games, and by 1999 had a dedicated department to feed designers and producers working on new projects with customer innovations of existing ones. “The fan community has had a tremendous influence on game design,” says Mr Verdu, “and the games are better as a result.”

　　Researchers call such customers “lead users.” GE’s healthcare division calls them “luminaries.” They tend to be well-published doctors and research scientists from leading medical institutions, says GE, which brings up to 25 luminaries together at regular medical advisory board sessions to discuss the evolution of GE’s technology. GE then shares some of its advanced technology with a subset of luminaries who form an “inner sanctum of good friends,” says Sholom Ackelsberg of GE Healthcare. GE’s products then emerge from collaboration with these groups.

　　21. Why does BMW post a toolkit on its website?

　　A) Because it wants to interest more customers.

　　B) Because it wants to improve their website.

　　C) Because it wants their customers to give advices or ideas on theirs products.

　　D) Because it wants to see if the customers’ ideas match their prototype.

　　22. We may conclude from the text that .

　　A) EA is a computer game producer

　　B) EA is the largest hi-tech company in the world

　　C) “Red Alert” made its first appearance before 1996

　　D) Westwood Studios used to be owned by EA for many years

　　23. Which of the following behavior does not reflect that we are now in a customer-driven market?

　　A) BMW posts a toolkit to collect customers’ ideas.

　　B) GE brings up 25 luminaries to discuss the evolution of GE’s technology.

　　C) Westwood establishes a department to deal with customers’ innovations.

　　D) GE’s healthcare division calls some of the well-published doctors and research scientists “luminaries”.

　　24. Which of the following can replace the word “customer-driven”?

　　A) customer-centered B) customer-satisfied

　　C) customer-analyzed D) customer-evaluate

　　25. Customers invited by BMW didn’t want any money, instead, they just want .

　　A) to be invited in a conference

　　B) their suggestions and ideas to be accepted by the company and be of use in the cars’ upgrade

　　C) take a look at BMW’s newest models

　　D) get together and exchange experience on driving the BMWs

　　Passage Four

　　Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

　　Half of literature concerns the perils of falling for a soul mate: the Victorian heroine runs off with the gardener; Romeo decides he can’t live without the daughter of a family with whom his is feuding. And these tales always end badly, with disgrace and death, so that the normal order of society can be soberly restored.

　　The new matchmakers take a traditional approach. They believe that people do and should marry within their tribes. The count’s daughter is not going to be happy as a gardener’s wife, no matter how mad she was for him at first, whereas a person from an affluent neighborhood will find comfort in a spouse who grew up in a similar area and went to the same tennis camp. They will speak the same dialect. They will move back to their hometowns and send their kids to that same tennis camp. The matchmakers themselves need not necessarily speak their — or any of their clients’— languages. Rather, matchmakers are like linguists who recognize the sounds and structure of many languages and then get the natives together. And if the clients protest that their hearts aren’t beating fast enough (That town? Near my parents?), the matchmakers will insist that the pairing is right. Once they commit and start building that long-delayed life, they’ll be happy — or happier, at least, than when they were single.

　　Of course, you wonder if these kinds of matches actually last, or whether a few months or years after that hefty wedding bonus has been paid, one of them starts saying: Do we really communicate? Sometimes I wonder if you really understand me. Does the man think, What about all that money I paid for you? Does the woman wonder, should I have a profitable divorce and marry for love the next time?

　　26. The sentence “…the normal order of society can be soberly restored.” (Line 4, Para.1) indicates that .

　　A) Romeo should marry Juliet even though she is the daughter of the family with whom his is feuding

　　B) it is totally OK for heroines run off with the gardener

　　C) Victorian heroine should fall in love with a hero

　　D) Romeo should marry a gardener’s daughter

　　27. The phrase “tennis camp ” in paragraph 2 means .

　　A) some certain place where poor people often go

　　B) the actual tennis court

　　C) a place where lovers like to go

　　D) certain places, especially places rich people often go

　　28. The sentence “their hearts aren’t beating fast enough” in paragragh 2 means .

　　A) there is something wrong with their hearts

　　B) their hearts should have been beating faster

　　C) the two people are not so attracted to each other

　　D) the two people fall in love with each other so passionately that their heart beats slow down a little

　　29. The writer claimed mainly in this article that .

　　A) The normal order of society should be soberly restored

　　B) The new matchmakers take a traditional approach nowadays

　　C) People will be much happier once they start a long-delayed life

　　D) Soul mates may not necessarily be people who share the same social status

　　30. According the writer, what is the most fundamental element in a relationship or marriage?

　　A) favorable communication B) similar family background

　　C) similar financial condition D) equal social position

　　Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)

　　Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

　　31. You may _______ of the extra books in our department library.

　　A) deposit B) enclose C) fade D) dispose

　　32. Although the traffic is not busy, he likes to drive at a _______ speed.

　　A) spare B) fast C) moderate D) moral

　　33. As a teacher, you should not _______ the students from asking questions in class.

　　A) ruin B) restrain C) import D) impose

　　34. If you have any problems during your study here, please do not ______ to call me for help.

　　A) hesitate B) despair C) urge D) request

　　35. He must be from Africa, _____ can be seen from his skin.

　　A) that B) as C) who D) what

　　36. It is not _______ for me to return all the books to the library now because I still need some of them for my research.

　　A) continuous B) difficult C) convenient D) sufficient

　　37. When traveling alone in the mountains, you’d better take a _______ with you in case you get lost.

　　A) compass B) compress C) compose D) campus

　　38. Both sugar and salt can ______in water.

　　A) desert B) absorb C) dissolve D) involve

　　39. Without a proper education, people could _______ all kinds of crimes.

　　A) conduct B) swear C) commit D) sweat

　　40. This boy was _______ for what he had done in the class.

　　A) scolded B) accused C) inclined D) displayed

　　41. After working for twenty hours without any rest, the doctors were _______.

　　A) exhausted B) mounted C) wrapped D) restored

　　42. He _______ to study harder in the future so that he could have more opportunities to find a better job.

　　A) resolved B) resorted C) requested D) reserved

　　43. This river forms a natural _______ between China and Korea.

　　A) boundary B) edge C) margin D) frontier

　　44. All the memories of his childhood had _______ from his mind by the time he was 65.

　　A) faded B) illustrated C) confined D) concerned

　　45. This river is so big that it is impossible to build a _______ under it without modern technology.

　　A) canal B) tunnel C) channel D) cable

　　46. _____ before we depart the day after tomorrow, we should have a wonderful dinner party.

　　A) Had they arrived B) Were they arriving

　　C) Would they arrive D) Were they to arrived

　　47. The _______ is nearly dead , so I can not start the car again.

　　A) bean B) beam C) bake D) battery

　　48. When making modern cameras , people began to _______ plastics for metal.

　　A) surround B) substance C) stretch D) substitute

　　49. He is easily _______ so I do not like to talk with him.

　　A) defended B) afforded C) created D) offended

　　50. After talking for nearly ten hours, he _______ to the government’s pressure at last.

　　A) expressed B) yielded C) decreased D) approved

　　51. My hands and feet were ________ with cold as I waited for the bus.

　　A) cliff B) still C) stiff D) stick

　　52. This year our university does not have any _______ to continue the international student exchange program.

　　A) function B) fundamental C) funeral D) funds

　　53. Many English words are _______ from Latin.

　　A) displayed B) spread C) lost D) derived

　　54. Many years ago, a lot of factories were _______ from big cities to the mountainous areas in case of war.

　　A) transferred B) transformed C) transmitted D) transported

　　55. When the fire ________ in the movies, the people lost their heads and ran in all directions.

　　A) broke in B) broke up C) broke out D) broke into

　　56. My throat is _______. I cannot speak any more.

　　A) sore B) purchase C) glow D) faint

　　57. ____ by the police, the kidnappers had no choice but to surrender.

　　A) Surrounded B) Surrounding

　　C) Having surrounded D) To be surrounded

　　58. The international situation is very _______ in the Middle East.

　　A) delicious B) perfect C) delicate D) permeate

　　59. Don’t hang ______ the window. It’s dangerous.

　　A) out B) out of C) off D) from?

　　60. We _______ that it will take another four months to finish this plan.

　　A) grant B) estimate C. back D) guarantee

　　Part IV Cloze (15 minutes)

　　Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

　　If you stand a short distance away from a high wall and shout, your voice sometimes comes back to you as an echo. This happens because the 61 waves are reflected

　　62 the wall. This is the principle of radar, 63 instead of sound it is radio waves which are reflected. This 64 was made a few years before the last war, 65

　　radio waves from a transmitting station 66 reflected back from a distant aeroplane.

　　It was realized 67 an apparatus could be devised to send out radio waves

　　68 and record the 69 from any approaching aeroplanes, it would be a wonderful method of defense 70 war.

　　Scientists 71 solving the problem and radar was 72 . An apparatus was made which sent out waves in pulses, and the presence of a distant aeroplane was shown on the screen of a cathode(阴极)ray tube, (this is 73 we have in a television set).

　　74 this way radar stations could detect the approach of enemy aircraft.

　　After the war radar was put to peaceful uses. It is now installed at airports to 75

　　aeroplanes down safely in fog. It is fitted to ships so that they are warned 76 obstr- uctions ahead, 77 icebergs. It guides ships into port. It provides aeroplanes and ships 78 a magic eye, with 79 they can see 80 into the distance, in the dark or in fog.

　　61. A) voice B) sound C) shout D) echo

　　62. A) off B) on C) in D) against

　　63. A) so B) on C) but D) as

　　64. A) found B) discover C) knowledge D) discovery

　　65. A) when B) as C) until D) before

　　66. A) was B) were C) is D) are

　　67. A) if that B) if when C) that if D) when if

　　68. A) all time B) every time C) any time D) all the time

　　69. A) echoes B) voices C) sounds D) waves

　　70. A) on B) in C) at D) off

　　71. A) set off B) set aside C) set up D) set about

　　72. A) found B) seen C) made D) invented

　　73. A) what B) that C) which D) that

　　74. A) On B) Upon C) In D) Along

　　75. A) tell B) guide C) make D) warn

　　76. A) from B) of C) to D) in

　　77. A) so on B) so that C) such as D) as if

　　78. A) with B) of C) for D) in

　　79. A) which B) that C) this D) what

　　80. A) away B) along C) off D) far

　　试卷二

　　Section B Compound Dictation

　　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 S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10 you are required to fill in the missing information. 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.

　　The United States is a “telephone land”. Almost every one uses the telephone to (S1)

　　social engagements, visit with friends, conduct business and (S2) all kinds of information. It is the chief method for sending and (S3) information in the United States. Some visitors (S4) to use telephone much at first, either because it is (S5) , because they think it is expensive (as it is in many countries), or because they fear they will be (S6) the person they call from more important business. In fact, local telephone calls are only 10 cents at public phones and less expensive still in (S7) homes, (S8) .

　　Within normal hours—after 9:00 A.M. and before 9:00 P.M. — (S9)

　　. You need never worry about calling a business office for information. (S10) .

　　If the person you are calling is out of the office, leave a message with his or her secretary.

　　Part V Writing (30 minutes)

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the title Should Olympic Athletes Get High Salaries according to the following OUTLINE given in Chinese. Your composition should have no fewer than 120 words.

　　Outline：1.雅典奥运会后，关于获奖运动员高薪的问题引起了社会的广泛关注。

　　2.有些人支持这种做法，认为运动员们付出了很多，应赢得回报;有些人则持反对意见。

　　3.我的观点。

　　模拟试题2、模拟试题二

　　模拟试题二

　　试卷一

　　Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　Example: You will hear.

　　You will read: A) At the office. B) In the waiting room.

　　C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant.

　　From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This conversation is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.

　　Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]

　　1. A) No one on the bus was injured.

　　B) More than one student on the bus was injured.

　　C) Every one on the bus was injured.

　　D) Only one student on the bus was injured.

　　2. A) He didn’t like any juice.

　　B) He wanted other kind of juice.

　　C) He liked banana juice as well as apple juice and orange juice.

　　D) He liked all sorts of fruit except for apple juice and orange juice.

　　3. A) He will lend the bike to Tom. B) His bike has a flat type too.

　　C) He can not lend it to the woman. D) Tom will lend the bike to the girl.

　　4. A) Taking a walk everyday is not very good. B) She agrees with the man.

　　C) She disagree with the man. D) She want to take a walk today.

　　5. A) Go to the party. B) Work in the restaurant.

　　C) Do her homework. D) Study English.

　　6. A) Lily made the trip a lot of fun.

　　B) Lily spoiled the trip.

　　C) She like Lily to go with them.

　　D) She made a journey to China only with Lily.

　　7. A) Sue came to two parties. B) Sue missed most of the parties.

　　C) Sue has joint most of the parties. D) Sue missed all of their parties.

　　8. A)He is attending his sick mother at home . B) He is at home on sick leave.

　　C) He is on a vocation in Asia. D) He is in Asia to see his mother.

　　9. A) She can use his car. B) She can get a car somewhere else.

　　C) She must get her car fixed. D) She can’t borrow his car.

　　10. A) The man is too tired to go to the movies.

　　B) The woman does not want to go to the movies.

　　C) The man wants to go out for dinner.

　　D) The woman wants to go to the movies.

　　Section B Compound Dictation

　　注意：听力理解的B节(Section B)为复合式听写(Compound Dictation)，题目在试卷二上，现在请取出试卷二。

　　Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

　　Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　Passage One

　　Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

　　Chaz Albert is a passionate “texter,” someone who loves to send and receive text messages via cell phone. He does it at home, at school and at work. He often prefers texting over talking on his cell phone.

　　In the last two years, text messages — which cell carriers generally limit to 160 characters — have become a rage among teenagers, who embrace the technology as yet another way to escape a boring class or stay in touch with friends.

　　But text-messaging, or texting for short, has a downside. It can be expensive. Many high school and college students accustomed to sending unlimited instant messages on their computers do not adapt easily to text messaging’s pay-per-message format, and end up with unexpectedly high bills when they get involved in keypad conversations that involve hundreds, even thousands, of messages a month. The results are angry confrontations with parents, long-term payment plans and the loss of cell phone privileges.

　　Text-messaging has flourished for years in Europe and Asia, where it is immensely popular among young people. In the United States, activity was limited until 2002, when a breakthrough in the wireless market allowed short text messages to be sent among customers of the major cellular carriers. Previously, customers could send messages only to those who used the same carrier.

　　The service, known as S.M.S. (for Short Message Service), has since taken off. According to a recent report Americans sent 2.5 billion text messages a month in mid-2004, triple the number sent in mid-2002.

　　Teenagers are clearly driving the trend. “Younger people do text messaging a lot more than older folks,” said Mr. Nogee. “They’re more used to it from instant messaging on the computer, from growing up with it. Older people would rather call up and talk.”

　　11. The word “texter” (Line 1, Para 1) mainly refers to .

　　A. people who only call up and talk on cell phones

　　B. people who not only “tezting”, but also call up on cell phones

　　C. people who never call up but only send messages on cell phones

　　D.people who do a lot more messaging than calling with a cell phone

　　12. Why are teenagers so addicted to text-messaging?

　　A) texting is much cheaper than making calls

　　B) texting is regarded as another way of escape a boring class or stay in touch with friends

　　C) texting on a cell phone allows unlimited characters

　　D) texting has flourished for many years in Europe and Asia

　　13. One downside of text-messaging is .

　　A) it may be expensive if one are not so familiar with its paying format

　　B) it may be a waste of time

　　C) one may become less talkative on the phone

　　D) it usually has a limitation of 160 characters

　　14. Which of the following version is NOT true according to the article?

　　A) Younger people are more used to instant messaging on a computer than older folks.

　　B) Statistics has shown that text message business has proliferated over the past three years.

　　C) U.S’s S.M.S business in mid-2004 is four times larger than in mid-2002.

　　D) One of the punishment parents give to carelessly use of texting is kids may lose cell phone privileges.

　　15. The word “rage” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .

　　A) anger B) fashion C) trend D) phenomenon

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

　　More than 100 colleges in Beijing enrolled fewer than 40,000 students in total this year, 10,000 less than last year, according to the Beijing Star Daily. In 2002, they attracted 80,000 students in total.

　　The head of a private college in the capital told the newspaper that the cost of educating a student at one of these establishments was about 30,000 yuan a year. He said a college needed to enrol 2,000 students a year to make ends meet. But in Beijing, they had enrolled fewer than 400 on average this year.

　　“Some private colleges will go bankrupt in the coming years if the number of enrolments continues to drop,” the head was quoted as saying.

　　Wei Honglin , head of the Beijing Education Consulting and Complaint Centre, said private colleges had suffered huge losses during the SARs outbreak last year.

　　Education experts said private colleges were becoming less attractive to students because of rising unemployment among graduates. They said high school graduates, especially those from less-developed areas, were reluctant to pay money and spend years on private college education when there was no guarantee of a job.

　　For many private college students, graduation is often a guarantee of unemployment because they are less popular with employers than graduates from well-known public colleges and universities.

　　An expansion of public colleges and universities since 1999 has also made it difficult for private colleges to survive. There are more than 1,300 privately run colleges across the country and nearly all are struggling to attract enough interest to keep running. To attract more students, more than 1 billion yuan was spent on publicising private colleges last year. “For every student enrolled, the private colleges on average spent 3,000 yuan on publicity,” Mr Wei said.

　　16. What may be one of the results if a private college fails to enroll 2,000 students a year?

　　A) Students will leave to find another one.

　　B) The college will have to pay a certain penalty to the government.

　　C) The college will have to shut down because of bankrupt.

　　D) President of the college will be put in jail.

　　17. Why are students from less-developed areas reluctant to go to private colleges?

　　A) Fees of private colleges are too high for students from those areas.

　　B) It is more difficult for them to enroll private colleges.

　　C) Private colleges have a not so good repute.

　　D) After graduation from private colleges, the chance of getting a job is slimmer than from public colleges and universities.

　　18. What has been done in private colleges in order to survive?

　　A) Private colleges has gradually decrease their tuition in order to attract students from less-developed areas.

　　B) Private colleges has tried to use advertisements to promote themselves.

　　C) An expansion of private colleges has been undertaking.

　　D) Private colleges now employ more experienced teachers.

　　19. Based on the passage, what can be one of the reasons to cause losses to private colleges last year?

　　A) The outbreak of SARs.

　　B) The expansion of public colleges and universities.

　　C) The careless operation of the colleges.

　　D) The quality of the colleges’ faculty.

　　20. Which is the following statement is false on the grounds of the facts in the text?

　　A) Nearly all the private colleges are struggling to survive throughout the country.

　　B) For every student enrolled, 3,000 yuan a year is spent on all kinds of promotion on average.

　　C) Private colleges usually guarantee of a much better job than universities.

　　D) Private colleges in Beijing enrolled about 50,000 students last year.

　　Passage Three

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

　　In Elizabethan England, there were laws to prevent members of the rabble from dressing above their station. This was never really effective, but to understand how truly futile it is these days for the upper classes to try keeping the masses in their sartorial place, you need to know what a chav is. “Chav” — the champion buzzword of 2004 in Britain, according to one language maven there — refers to something between a subculture and a social class. The unofficial definition is a clueless suburbanite with appalling taste and a tendency toward track suits and loud jewelry.

　　In any case, there’s one aspect of chavness that almost every description mentions right away: Chavs love Burberry. The recognizable plaid pattern of Burberry, the venerable English luxury brand, has long since come to serve as a status signifier. Presumably it is status that chavs are looking for when they snap up anything and everything emblazoned with the plaid. The most popular element of the chav uniform is the Burberry plaid cap.

　　Stacey Cartwright, a Burberry executive, argues that this chav business is just a trivial tabloid story. The international brand continues to thrive in chav-free North America and Asia, she says. Responding to reports that Burberry discontinued one of its plaid caps in the U.K., she says that the “small” British market was slow anyway. “The chav issue won’t have helped, but it’s on top of what was already quite a sluggish market,” she says. Besides, she continues, “the caps that the so-called chavs wear are actually counterfeit products; they’re not our products.” Burberry still offers, for example, a $200 cashmere plaid cap in Britain. “That’s out of the price range of most of these individuals,” Cartwright says.

　　21. The best title of this article may be .

　　A) Burberry’s influence upon the chav business

　　B) The good, the plaid and the ugly

　　C) The definition of chavness

　　D) The laws to prevent members of the rabble from dressing above their station

　　22. From the text, we can infer that the most significant sign of Burberry is .

　　A) plaid pattern B) paisley pattern C) checked pattern D) striped pattern

　　23. What’s Stacey Cartwright’s attitude towards the chav business?

　　A) She thinks Burberry will thrive in chav-free areas.

　　B) She believes the chav business is of no great influence to Burberry.

　　C) She thinks the chavness business will soon be out of date.

　　D) She believes the chavness is the business of counterfeit products.

　　24. What can we infer from the passage?

　　A) People always wear the proper garment to their social positions in the Elizabethan England.

　　B) Track suits and loud jewelry always appeal to clueless suburbanite.

　　C) Production of all sorts of plaid caps is shut down now, according to a Burberry executive.

　　D) The chav issue has little effect on Burberry’s market in and outside England.

　　25. Which is the following statement is true according to the text?

　　A) Burberry is a local English brand and can be seen only in England.

　　B) Chav usually wear a special kind of uniform with a plaid cap.

　　C) Chavs are people of fancy taste.

　　D) What the so-called chavs wear now are not real products of Burberry.

　　Passage Four

　　Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

　　Each day, 50,000 shiny, fire-engine-red apples work their way through a sprawling factory in Swedesboro, N.J. Inside, 26 machines wash them, core them, peel them, seed them, slice them and chill them. At the end of the line, they are deposited into little green bags featuring a jogging Ronald McDonald.

　　From there, the bags make their way in refrigerated trucks to thousands of McDonald’s restaurants up and down the Eastern Seaboard. No more than 14 days after leaving the plant, the fruit will take the place of French fries in some child’s Happy Meal.

　　The apple slices, called Apple Dippers, are a symbol of how McDonald’s is trying to offer healthier food to its customers — and to answer the many critics who contend that most of its menu is of poor nutritional quality.

　　It remains to be seen whether these new offerings will assuage the concerns of public health officials and other critics of McDonald’s highly processed fat — and calorie — laden sandwiches, drinks and fries. So far, they have not — at least not entirely. But this much is already clear: Just as its staple burger-and-fries meals have made McDonald’s the largest single buyer of beef and potatoes in the country, its new focus on fresh fruits and vegetables is making the company a major player in the $80 billion American produce industry.

　　The potential impact goes beyond dollars and cents. Some people believe that McDonald’s could influence not only the volume, variety and prices of fruit and produce in the nation but also how they are grown.

　　26. According to the text, what will be found in some children’s Happy Meal in stead of French fries?

　　A) apple pies B) hamburger C) apple dippers D) apple flavor French

　　27. Why is McDonald using fruit production to take the place of traditional French fries?

　　A) Price of potato is increasing.

　　B) Apple are adored by more people.

　　C) McDonald wants to make their food diversified.

　　D) Fruit production, for instant, apple is of higher nutrition.

　　28. What can we infer from the text?

　　A) People can now feel relieved about the nutrition in McDonald’s food.

　　B) We can no longer find French fries in children’s Happy Meal.

　　C) Fries, drinks and sandwiches are regarded as fat-and-calories laden.

　　D) McDonald spend $80 billion on fresh fruits and vegetables.

　　29. Which of the following statement is true according to the text?

　　A) Health officials and other critics’ attitude towards McDonald’s food has changed magnificently.

　　B) Each year, McDonald consumes the largest amount of potatoes and beef throughout the U.S.

　　C) Rising price of fruits is the only aspect of McDonald’s action.

　　D) Carefully chosen fire-engine-red apples are made into McDonald food after 14 days leaving the plant.

　　30. Why could McDonald influence the grow of the fruits?

　　A) Because McDonald will supervise the process of fruits growing.

　　B) Because more high-quality fruits are needed to make nutritional McDonald food.

　　C) Because McDonald is going to run a orchard itself.

　　D) Because how the fruits are grown matters the cost of McDonald food.

　　Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)

　　Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

　　31. He read the paper several times but he still _______ some printer’s errors.

　　A) overlooked B) ignored C) noticed D) outlined

　　32. You have greatly _______us. What you have done is not what you told us about several weeks ago.

　　A) disappointed B) deserted C) clarified D) opposed

　　33. The financial support is decided not only according to your GRE score, but also according to your _______ in college.

　　A) performance B) policy C) smart D) statement

　　34. As a commander, you should not _______ the soldiers to unnecessary danger.

　　A) express B) explode C) exploit D) expose

　　35. Although in great danger, the wounded still did not want to _______ from the front.

　　A) feedback B) backward C) withdraw D) departure

　　36. In the class the teacher asked the students to _______ their bad habits.

　　A) weaken B) omit C) overcome D) overtake

　　37. When you study in the United States, usually you have to buy your own health _______.

　　A) insurance B) expense C) evidence D) payment

　　38. ____ in 1636, Harvard is one of the most famous universities in the United States.

　　A) Founding B) It was founded C) Being founded D) Founded

　　39. Chocolate and ice-cream have different _______.

　　A) favour B) favourites C) fever D) flavours

　　40. Though tired and hungry, the explorers had to _____ their walk through the forest.

　　A) carry off B) carry on C) carry out D) carry away

　　41. He made a rough _______ of the first floor of that building, showing us where his office was located.

　　A) painting B) illustration C) drawing D) sketch

　　42. He always leaves _______ for all the words he does not know in his translation.

　　A) blankets B) blind C) black D) blanks

　　43. If you just stay in this city for few days, we can give you a _______ library card and you can still make use of the books in the city library.

　　A) terminal B) temporary C) regular D) chamber

　　44. These programs are designed for those young people who want to _______ higher education but do not have enough time to go to university.

　　A) insure B) purse C) purchase D) pursue

　　45. What she achieved in her research might _______ what she had been expecting.

　　A) exceed B) exclaim C) excess D) extend

　　46. Both O. J. Simpson and Jim Brown have been ______ as the greatest players in the history of football.

　　A) ranked B) recorded C) stocked D) stripped

　　47. What they produced has no any _______ value. But it is very useful to their research.

　　A) filter B) fold C) partial D) commercial

　　48. When talking about Chinese culture, people often _______ its origin with the Yellow River.

　　A) worship B) vain C) reveal D) associate

　　49. When he caught a _______ of his girl-friend in the rain, Jack asked the taxi driver to stop to pick her up.

　　A) stare B) glance C) glimpse D) peep

　　50. Without the _______ materials imported from abroad, Japan can hardly produce anything.

　　A) original B) cruel C) spare D) raw

　　51. We may be able to _______ you in some way if you can not finish your work on time.

　　A) resist B) insist C) assist D) disease

　　52. Even though he has lived in China for many years, Mark still can not _______ himself to the Chinese customs.

　　A) adopt B) adjust C) adapt D) accept

　　53. He tried to _______ with the manager for his salary.

　　A) evaluate B) object C) bargain D) pause

　　54. The news announcer ______ on the regular program to announce the election results.?

　　A) cut away B) cut in C) cut off D) cut down

　　55. To some _______, Mary still does not understand this unit. But she herself does not believe so.

　　A) extend B) part C) extent D) content

　　56. If you want to see the chairman of the department, you’d better make an _______ with his secretary first.

　　A) admission B) agreement C) appointment D) date

　　57. She is narrow minded and always _______ what other people have.

　　A) jealous B) owes C) misses D) envies

　　58. You____ to town to see the film yesterday. It will be on TV tonight.

　　A) needn’t go B) had better not go

　　C) should not go D) needn’t have gone

　　59. When he woke up from his dream, the frightened boy tried to _______ his mother’s arm.

　　A) grape B) grey C) grip D) grave

　　60. He is a man of great experience, _____ much can be learned.

　　A) who B) that C) from which D) from whom