2023年英语专业四级模拟真题无听力.doc

2023英语专业四级真题
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2023 -GRADE FOUR- )
PART III CLOZE
Electricity is such a part of our everyday lives and so much taken for granted nowadays 31 ___ we rarely think twice when we switch on the light or turn on the TV set. At night, roads are brightly lit, enabling people and32 ___ to move freely. Neon lighting used in advertising has become part of the 33 ___ of every modern city. In the home, many 34 ___ devices are powered by electricity. 35 ___ when we turn off the bedside lamp and are 36 ___ asleep, electricity is working for us, 37 ___ our refrigerators, heating our water, or keeping our rooms air-conditioned. Every day, trains, buses and subways take us to and from work. We rarely 38 ___ to consider why or how they run——39 ___ something goes wrong.
In the summer of 1959, something 40 ___ go wrong with the power-plant that provided New York with electricity. For a great many hours, life came almost to a 41 ___. Trains refused to move and the people in them sat in the dark, 42 ___ to do anything; lifts stopped working, so that 43 ___ you were lucky enough not to be 44. ___ between two floors, you had the unpleasant task of finding your way down 45 ___ of stairs. Famous streets like Broadway and Fifth Avenue in a(n) 46 ___ became as gloomy and uninviting 47 ___ the most remote back streets. People were afraid to leave their houses, 48 ___ . although the police had been ordered to 49 ___ in case of emergency, they were just as confused and50 ___ as anybody else.
31. A. that B. thus C. as D. so
32. A. car B. truck C. traffic D. pedestrians
33. A. appearance B. character C. distinction D. surface
34. A. money-saving B. time-saving C. energy-saving D. labor-saving
35. A. Only B. Rarely C. Even D. Frequently
36. A. fast B. quite C. closely D. quickly
37. A. moving B. starting C. repairing D. driving
38. A. trouble B. bother C. hesitate D. remember
39. A. when B. if C. until D. after
40. A. did B. would C. could D. Should
41. A. pause B. terminal C. breakdown D. standstill
42. A. incompetent B. powerless C. hesitant D. helpless
43. A. although B. when C. as D. even if
44. A. trapped B. placed C. positioned D. locked
45. A. steps B. levels C. flights D. floors
46. A. time B. instant C. point D. minute
47. A. like B. than C. for D. as
48. A. for B. and C. but D. or
49. A. stand aside B. stand down C. standby D. stand in
50. A. aimless B. helpless C. unfocused D. undecided

PART IV GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
51. When you have finished with that book, don’t forget to put it back on the shelf, ____?
A. don’t you　　B. do you　　C. will you　　D. won’t you
52. Mary is __ ___ hardworking than her sister, but she failed in the exam.
A. no less　　B. no more　　C. not less　　D. not so
53. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A. Only one out of six were present at the meeting.
B. Ten dollars was stolen from the cash register.
C. Either my sister or my brother is wrong.
D. Five miles seem like a long walk to me.
54. Which of the italicized parts expresses a future tense?
A. My friend teaches chemistry in a school.
B. I’ll give it to you after I return.
C. What is the matter with you?
D. London stands on the River Thames.
55. It is not so much the language ____ the cultural background that makes the film
difficult to understand.
A. but　　B. nor　　C. like　　D. as
56. There is no doubt ____ the committee has made the right decision on the housing project.
A. why　　B. that　　C. whether　　D. when
57. All the President’s Men ____ one of the important books for scholars who study
the Watergate Scandal.
A. remains　　B. remained　　C. remain　　D. is remaining
58. If you explained the situation to your lawyer, he ___ __ able to advise you much
better than I can.
A. will be　　B. was　　C. would be　　D. were
59. Which of the following is a stative verb (静态动词)?
A. Drink　　B. Close　　C. Rain　　D. Belong
60. Which of the following italicized parts indicates a subject-verb relation?
A. The man has a large family to support.
B. She had no wish to quarrel with her brother.
C. He was the last guest to leave.
D. Mary needs a friend to talk to.
61. The following are all correct responses to “Who told the news to the teacher?”
EXCEPT __ ___?
A. Bob did it　　B. Bob did so　　C. Bob did that　　D. Bob did.
62. Which of the following is INCORRECT?
A. Another two girls　　B. Few words　　C. This work　　D. A bit of flowers
63. Which of the following italicized words does NOT indicate willingness?
A. What will you do when you graduate?
B. They will be home by now.
C. Who will go with me?
D. Why will you go there alone?
64. When one has good health, ___ should feel fortunate
A. you　　B. she　　C. he　　D. we
65. There ____ nothing more for discussion, the meeting came to an end half an hour earlier.
A. to be　　B. to have been　　C. be　　D. being
66. Two of her brothers were _ __ during the Second World War.
A. called up　　B. called on　　C. called for　　D. called out
67. Bottles from this region sell __ ____ at about $50 a case.
A. entirely　　B. totally　　C. wholesale　　D. together
68. The product contains no ____ colours, flavours, or preservatives.
A. fake　　B. artificial　　C. false　　D. wrong
69. Davis accepted the defeat in the semi-final with good grace. The underlined part is
closest in meaning to ___ ___.
A. cheerfully　　B. wholeheartedly　　C. politely　　D. quietly
70. __ ___ and business leaders were delighted at the decision to hold the national
motor fair in the city.
A. Civil　　B. Civilized　　C. Civilian　　D. Civic
71. The city council is planning a huge road-building programme to ease congestion.
The underlined part means __ ___.
A. calm　　B. relieve　　C. comfort　　D. still
72. His unfortunate appearance was offset by an attractive personality. The underlined
part means all the following EXCEPT ____.
A. improved　　B. made up for　　C. balanced　　D. compensated for
73. The doctor said that the gash in his check required stitches. The underlined part means ____.
A. lump　　B. depression　　C. swelling　　D. cut
74. During the economic crisis, they had to cut back production and __ ___ workers.
A. lay off　　B. lay into　　C. lay down　　D. lay aside
75. The university consistently receives a high __ ____ for the quality of its teaching and research.
A. standard　　B. evaluation　　C. rating　　D. comment
76. To mark its one hundredth anniversary, the university held a series of activities
including conferences, film shows, etc. The underlined part means __ ___.
A. signify　　B. celebrate　　C. symbolize　　D. suggest
77. His fertile mind keeps turning out new ideas. The underlined part means _ ____.
A. abundant　　B. unbelievable　　C. productive　　D. generative
78. The local news paper has a ___ __ of 100,000 copies a day.
A. spread　　B. circulation　　C. motion　　D. flow
79. These issues were discussed at length during the meeting. The underlined part means __ ___.
A. eventually　　B. subsequently　　C. lastly　　D. fully
80. A couple of young people were giving out leaflets in front of the department store.
The underlined part means __ ___.
A. distributing　　B. handling　　C. dividing　　D. arranging
PART V READING COMPREHENSION
Text A
Inundated by more information than we can possibly hold in our head, we're increasingly handing off the job of remembering to search engines and smart phones. Google is even reportedly working on eyeglasses that could one day recognize faces and supply details about whoever you're looking at. But new research shows that outsourcing our memory – and expecting that information will be continually and instantaneously available --is changing our cognitive habits.
Research conducted by Betsy Sparrow, an assistant professor of psychology at Columbia University, has identified three new realities about how we process information in the Internet age. First, her experiments showed that when we don't know the answer to a question, we now think about where we can find the nearest Web connection instead of the subject of the question itself. A second revelation is that when we expect to be able to find information again later on, we don't remember it as well as when we think it might become unavailable. And then there is the researchers' final observation: the expectation that we'll he able to locate inf orination down the line leads us to form a memory not of the fact itself but of where we'II be able to find it.
But this handoff comes with a downside. Skills like critical thinking and analysis must develop in the context of facts: we need something to think and reason about, after all. And these facts can't be Googled as we go;they need to be stored in the original hard drive, our long-term memory. Especially in the case of children, "factual knowledge must precede skill," says Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology, at the University of Virginia -- meaning that the days of drilling the multiplication table and memorizing the names of the Presidents aren't over quite yet. Adults, too, need to recruit a supply of stored knowledge in order to situate and evaluate new information they encounter. You can't Google context.
Last, there's the possibility, increasingly terrifying to contemplate, that our machines fail us. As Sparrow puts it, "The experience of losing our Internet connection becomes more and more like losing a friend." If you're going to keep your memory on your smart phone, better make sure it's fully charged.
81. Google’s eyeglasses are supposed to _ __.
[A]improve our memory　　 [B]function like memory
[C]help us see faces better　　[D]work like smart phones
82. According to the passage, “cognitive habits” refers to _ __.
[A] how we deal with information　　[B] functions of human memory
[C] the amount of information　　[D] the availability of information
83. Which of the following statements about Sparrow’s research is CORRECT?
[A] We remember people and things as much as before.
[B] We remember more Internet connections than before.
[C] We pay equal attention to location and content of information.
[D]We tend to remember location rather than the core of facts.
84. What does the author mean by “context”?
[A]It refers to long-term memory.　　 [B]It refers to a new situation.
[C]It refers to a store of knowledge.　　[D]It refers to the search engine.
85. What is the implied message of the author?
[A]Web connections aid our memory.
[B]People differ in what to remember.
[C]People keep memory on smart phones.
[D]People need to exercise their memory.

Text B
　　I was a second-year medical student at the university, and was on my second day of rounds at a nearby hospital. My university's philosophy was to get students seeing patients early in their education. Nice idea,but it overlooked one detail:second-year students know next to nothing about medicine.
Assigned to my team that day was an attending - a senior faculty member who was there mostly to make patients feel they weren't in the hands of amateurs. Many attendings were researchers who didn't have much recent hospital experience. Mine was actually an arthritis specialist. Also along was a resident (the real boss, with a staggering mastery of medicine, at least to a rookie like myself). In addition there were two interns(住院实习医生). These guys were just as green as I was，but in a scarier way: they had recently graduated from the medical school, so they were technically MDs.
I began the day at 6:30 am. An intern and I did a quick check of our eight patients; later, we were to present our findings to the resident and then to the attending. I had three patients and the intern had the other five - piece of cake.
But when I arrived in the room of 71-year-old Mr. Adams，he was sitting up in bed, sweating heavily and panting (喘气). He'd just had a hip operation and looked terrible. I listened to his lungs with my stethoscope, but they sounded clear. Next I checked the log
of his vital signs and saw that his respiration and heart rate had been climbing, but his temperature was steady. It didn't seem like heart failure, nor did it appear to be pneumonia. So I asked Mr. Adams what he thought was going on.
"It's really hot in here, Doc," he replied.
So I attributed his condition to the stuffy room and told him the rest of the team would return in a few hours. He smiled and feebly waved goodbye.
At 8:40 am., during our team meeting, "Code Blue Room 307!" blared from the loudspeaker. I froze.
That was Mr. Adams's room.
When we arrived, he was motionless.
The autopsy (尸体解剖) later found Mr. Adams had suffered a massive pulmonary embolism (肺部栓塞). A blood clot had formed in his leg, worked its way to his lungs, and cut his breathing capacity in half. His symptoms had been textbook: heavy perspiration and shortness of breath despite clear lungs. The only thing was: I hadn't read that chapter in the textbook yet. And I was too scared, insecure, and proud to ask a real doctor for help.
This mistake has haunted me for nearly 30 years, but what's particularly frustrating is that the same medical education system persists. Who knows how many people have died or suffered harm at the hands of students as naive as I, and how many more will?
86. Why was the author doing rounds in a hospital?
[A]He himself wanted to have practice.
[B]Students of all majors had to do so.
[C]It was part of his medical training.
[D]He was on a research team.
87. We learn that the author’s team members had __.
[A]much practical experience　　[B]adequate knowledge
[C]long been working there 　　[D]some professional deficiency
88. While the author was examining Mr. Adams, all the following symptoms caught
his attention EXCEPT __ __.
[A]moving difficulty 　　[B]steady temperature
[C]faster heart rate 　　[D]breathing problem
89. “His symptoms had been textbook” means that his symptoms were _ ___.
[A]part of the textbook　　 [B]no longer in the textbook
[C]recently included in the textbook　　[D]explained in the textbook
90. At the end of the passage, the author expresses __ __ about the medical education system.
[A]optimism　　[B]hesitation　　[C]concern　　[D]support

TEXT C
　　 The war on smoking, now five decades old and counting, is one of the nation's greatest public health success stories - but not for everyone.
As a whole, the country has made amazing progress. In 1964, four in ten adults in the US smoked; today fewer than two in ten do. But some states - Kentucky, South Dakota and Alabama to name just a few - seem to have missed the message that smoking is deadly.
Their failure is the greatest disappointment in an effort to save lives that was started on Jan. 11, 1964, by the first Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health. Its finding that smoking is a cause of lung cancer and other diseases was major news then. The hazards of smoking were just starting to emerge.
The report led to cigarette warning labels, a ban on TV ads and