大學(xué)英語四級(jí)試卷

（滿分120分，考試時(shí)間90分鐘）

一、選擇題：（本題共20小題，每小題3分，共60分）

1.Thebestwaytocontrolratsisbyseeingthattheyhaveas.

A.possiblylittlenourishment

B.nourishmentpossiblylittle

C.littleaspossiblenourishment

D.littlenourishmentaspossible

2.allrainwaterfallingfromacloudreachestheground;some

ofitislostthroughevaporation.

A.Nowhere

B.Not

C.No

D.None

3.Hehadapproachedeveryfriendandacquaintanceforhelpinvain,and

nowhewashiswit，send.

A.at

B.in

C.out

D.on

4.Thefishermengatheredabaloneadepthofsevenfeet.

A.with

B.without

C.at

D.within

5.Alllivingorganismsconstantlyabsorbcarbon14this

existence.

A.out

B.about

C.around

D.throughout

6.Lightcomesinthewindow.

A.by

B.through

C.outof

D.in

7.Theyoungworkerexpressedtheindignationbeingdismissed

withoutanyreason.

A.for

B.at

C.to

D.of

8.Sciencehasbrought_manychangesinourlife.

A.out

B.into

C.about

D.forward

9.onetime,Manchester,NewHampshire,wasthehomeofthemost

productivecottonmillsintheworld.

A.On

B.At

C.By

D.To

10.Ifsomethingisoutthequestion,itisimpossible.

A.of

B.to

C.with

D.in

11.Anychildwhoismadeavictimofviolencefrombrothersor

sisterswillhaveemotionaltroubleswhenhegrowsup.

A.repeatedly

B.quickly

C.briskly

D.rarely

12.Fredhaskindofhumourthatcanonlybeappreciatedbythese

willingtosearchbeneaththesurface.

A.onobviousB.ahiddenC.asubtleD.controlled

A.hadworkedhard

B.wouldhaveworkedhard

C.didworkedhard

D.workhard

19.Thepolicemenwouldhavecaughtthemurdererafewminutes

earlier.

A.weretheytoarrive

B.hadtheyarrived

C.iftheyshouldhavearrivedD.iftheywouldhavearrived

20.HadPaulreceivedsixmorevotesinthelastelection,he

ourchairmannow.

A.musthavebeenB.wouldhavebeenC.wereD.wouldbe

二、完型填空(共計(jì)20分)

WhowontheWorldCup1994footballgame?WhathappenedattheUnited

Nations?Howdidthecriticslikethenewplay?(1)一一aneventtakesplace,

newspapersareonthestreets(2)-thedetails.Whereveranything

happensintheworld,reportsareonthespotto(3)-the

news.Newspapershaveonebasic(4)--,togetthenewsasquicklyas

possiblefromitssource,fromthosewhomakeittothosewhowantto(5)

一it.Radio,telegraph,television,and6inventionsbroughtcompetition

fornewspapers.Sodidthedevelopmentofmagazinesandothermeansof

communication.(7)一,thiscompetitionmerelyspurredthenewspaperson.

Theyquicklymadeuseofthenewerandfasterrr.eansofcommunicationto

inprovethe(8)-andthustheefficiencyoftheirownoperations.Today

morenewspapersare(9)-andreadthaneverbefore.Competitionalso

lednewspaperstobranchoutsintosmanyotherfields.Besideskeeping

readers(10)--ofthelatestnews,today'snewspapers(11)--and

influencereadersaboutpoliticsandotherimportantandseriousmatters.

Newspapersinfluencereaders'economicchoices(12)-advertising.Mest

newspapersdependonadvertisingfortheirvery(13)一.Newspapersare

soldatapricethat(14)-evenasmallfractionofthecostof

production.Themain(15)-ofincomeformostnewspapersiscommercial

advertising.The(16)--insellingadvertisingdependsonanewspaper's

valuetoadvertisers.This(17)-intermsofcirculation.Howmany

peoplereadthenewspaper?Circulationdepends(18)-ontheworkofthe

circulationdepartmentandontheservicesorentertainment(19)-in

anewspaper*spages.Butforthemostpart,circulationdependson

anewspaper，svaluetoreadersasasourceofinformation(20)-the

community,city,country,state,nation,andworld—andevenouterspace.

1.A.JustwhenB.WhileC.SoonafterD.Before

2.A.togiveB.givingC.givenD.beinggiven

3.A.gatherB.spreadC.carryD.bring

4.A.reasonB.causeC.problemD.purpose

5.A.makeB.publishC.knowD.write

6.A.anotherB.otherC.oneanotherD.theother

7.A.HoweverB.AndC.ThereforeD.So

8.A.valueB.ratioC.rateD.speed

9.A.spreadB.passedC.printedD.completed

10.A.informB.beinformedC.tobeinformedD.informed

11.A.entertainB.encourageC.educateD.edit

12.A.onB.throughC.withD.of

13.A.formsB.existenceC.contentsD.purpose

14.A.triestocoverB.managestocover

C.failstocoverD.succeedsin

15.A.sourceB.originC.courseD.finance

16.A.wayB.meansC.chanceD.success

17.A.measuresB.measuredC.IsmeasuredD.wasmeasured

18.A.somewhatB.littleC.muchD.something

19.A.offeringB.offeredC.whichofferedD.tobeoffered

20.A.byB.withC.atD.about

三、閱讀理解：（共25分）

GeorgeWashingtondidnotwishtocommutefarfromMountVernonc.atidal

rivernearbymadeforeasyoceanaccessd.Virginiawantedtogetridof

somelandPETS3Text1Afterabusydayofworkandplay,thebodyneeds

torest.Sleepisnecessaryforgoodhealth.Duringthistime,thebody

recoversfromtheactivitiesofthepreviousday.Therestthatyouget

whi1esleepingenablesyourbodytoprepareitselfforthenextday.

Therearefourlevelsofsleep,eachbeingalittledeeperthantheone

before.Asyousleep,yourmusclesrelaxlittlebylittle.Yourheart

beatsmoreslowly,andyourbrainslowsdown.Afteryoureachthefourth

level,yourbodyshiftsbackandforthfromonelevelofsleeptothe

other.

Althoughyourmindslowsdown,fromtimetotimeyouwilldream.

Scientistswhostudysleepstatethatwhendreamingoccurs,youreyeballs

begintomovemorequickly(Althoughyoureyelidsareclosed).Thisstage

ofsleepiscal1edREM,whichstandsforrapideyemovement.

Ifyouhavetroublefallingasleep,somepeoplerecommendbreathingvery

deeply.Otherpeoplebelievethatdrinkingwarmmilkwillhelpmakeyou

drowsy.Thereisalsoanoldsuggestionthecountingsheepwillputyou

tosleep!

1.Agoodtitleforthisis.

A.Sleep

C.Dreams

B.GoodHealth

D.WorkandRest

2.Theworddrowsyinthelastparagraphmeans__.

A.sick

C.asleep

B.standup

D.alittlesleepy

3.Thissuggeststhatnotgettingenoughsleepmightmakeyou

A.drcammoreoftenC.nervous

B.havepoorhealthD.breathequickly

4.DuringREM,.

A.youreyesmovequicklyC.youarerestless

B.youdream

D.bothAandB

5.Theaveragenumberofhoursofsleepthatanadultneedsis

A.approximatelysixhours

B.aroundtenhours

C.abouteighthours

D.notstatedhere

四、書面表達(dá)：

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要求：語句通順，表達(dá)完整；詞數(shù)120詞左右。

參考答案：

一、選擇題：

1-5題答案:DBACD

6-10題答案:BBCBA

11T5題答案:BCBCA

16-20題答案：DBABD

二、完型填空

1.【答案】Ajust在此為副詞，意為“剛剛”，做狀語。此句意為“一個(gè)事件

剛剛發(fā)生，街上就有報(bào)紙報(bào)道詳情了。說明報(bào)紙對(duì)新聞的反應(yīng)之快。

2.【答案】Atogive和giving都合乎語法，但giving強(qiáng)調(diào)的是正在發(fā)生

的動(dòng)作，而此處重點(diǎn)表達(dá)的是“反應(yīng)快”，不是正在做什么。

3.【答案】A消息，信息要靠收集。

4.【答案】D后面的不定式短語表示目的。

5.【答案】C提供信息的目的是為了讓他人知道，所以選Co

6.【答案】Bother意為“其他的”。此句意為：無線電，電報(bào)，電視，及其

它發(fā)明，成為報(bào)紙的競爭對(duì)手。

7.【答案】A根據(jù)句中的merely及其后所述內(nèi)容，應(yīng)選however,表轉(zhuǎn)折。

8.【答案】D使用更新，更快的通訊工具，目的是提高速度。

9.【答案】C報(bào)紙是印出夾的，先印后看（讀）。

10.【答案】DkeepsB.+過去分詞是一種復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)，sB.與過去分詞為被動(dòng)

關(guān)系，意為保持這種關(guān)系的繼續(xù)。此句的意思是：報(bào)紙不斷地為讀者提供新聞

信息。

11.【答案】C關(guān)于politics之類的嚴(yán)肅話題，只能選educateo

12.【答案】B此句意為：報(bào)紙通過廣告影響讀者在經(jīng)濟(jì)生活中的選擇。

13.【答案】B大多數(shù)報(bào)紙依靠廣告收入來維持生存，此現(xiàn)象人人皆知。

".【答案】C報(bào)紙的售價(jià)之低，不足以抵付成本的一小部分。符合上下文關(guān)于

廣告收入的說法。

15.【答案】A收入來源應(yīng)該用source。因?yàn)閟ource指河流，泉水的發(fā)源地；

常指抽象事物的根源或來源以及資料，信息的出處或來源。origin起源，起

因。指事物后來發(fā)生，發(fā)展變化的最初起點(diǎn)，或指人的出身和血統(tǒng)。

16.【答案】Dsucceedin為固定短語。此句意為：廣告業(yè)務(wù)的成功，取決于

報(bào)紙?jiān)诳蛻簦ㄒ驈V告的人）心中的價(jià)值。

17.【答案】C根據(jù)上下文，此處應(yīng)該用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)的被動(dòng)語態(tài)，此句意為：