cet4_200606英语四级真题.doc

2006年6月大学英语四级考试试题
Part Writing (30 minute)
Directions: For this part ,you are allowed 30minute to write a short essay on the topic of students selecting their lectures. You should write at least 120 words following the outline when bellow:
1.有些大学允许学生自由选择某些课程的任课教师
2.学生选择教师时所考虑的主要因素
3.学生自选任课教师的益处和可能产生的问题

Part II Reading comprehension (skimming and scanning ) (15 minute)
Highway
    A government study recommended a national highway system of 33,920 miles, and congress passed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944,which called for strict, centric controlled desert criteria.
    The interstate highway system was finally launched in 1956 and has been hailed as one of the greatest public works projects of the century .To build its 44,000-mile web of highways, bridge and tunnels, hundreds of unique engineering designs and solutions had to be worked out. Consider the many geographic, features of the country: mountains, steep grades, wetlands, rivers, deserts and plains. Variables included the slope of the land, the ability of the pavement to support the load. Innovative, designs of roadways, tunnels, bridges, overpasses, and interchanges that could run through or bypass urban areas soon began to weave their way across the country, forever altering the face of American.
    Long-span, segmented-concrete, cable-stayed bridges such as Hale Boggs in Louisiana and the Sunshine Skyway in Florida ,and remarkable tunnels like Fort Mchenry in Maryland and Mr. baker in Washington developed under the nation's physical challenges, Traffic control systems and methods of construction developed under the interstate program soon influenced highway construction around the world, and were invaluable in improving the condition of urban streets and traffic patterns.
    Today the interstate system links every major city in the U.S, and the U.S with Canada and Mexico. Built with safety in mind the highways have wide lanes and shoulders, dividing medians, or barriers, long entry and exit lanes, our engineered for safe turns, and limited access. The death rate on highways is half that of all other U.S roads (0.86 deaths per 100 million passenger miles compared to 1.99 deaths per 100 million on all other roads)
    By opening the North American continent, highways have enabled consumer goods and services to reach people in remote and rural areas of jobs, access to the growth options in terms of jobs access to cultural programs health care, and other benefits. Above all, the interstate system provides individuals with what they enrich most: personal freedom of mobility.
    The interstate system has been an essential element of the nation's economic growth in terms of shipping and job creation: more than 75 percent of the nation's freight deliveries arrive by truck. And most products that arrive by rail or air use interstates for the last leg of the journey by vehicle.
Not only has the highway system affected the American economy by providing shipping routes, it has led to the growth of spin-off industries like service stations ,motels, restaurants, and shopping centers. It has allowed the relocation of manufacturing plants and other industries from urban areas to rural.
    By the end of the century there was an immense network of paved roads, residential streets, expressways, and freeways built to support millions of vehicles. The high way system was officially renamed for Eisenhower to honor his vision and leadership. The year construction began he said: "Together, the united forces of our communication and transportation systems are dynamic elements in the very name we bear -United States. Without them, we would be a mere alliance of many separate parts."
1. National standards for paved roads were in place by 1921.
2. General Eisenhower felt that the broad German motorways made more sense than the two-lane highways of America.
3. It was in the 1950s that the American government finally took action to build a national highway system.
4. Many of the problems presented by the country’s geographical features found solutions in innovative engineering projects.
5. In spite of safety considerations, the death rate on interstate highways is still higher than that of other American roads.
6. The interstate highway system provides access between major military installations in America.
7. Services stations, motels and restaurants promoted the development of the interstate highway system.
8. The greatest benefit brought about by the interstate system was___________
9.Trucks using the interstate highways deliver more than__________________
10.The interstate system was renamed after Eisenhower in recognition_____________

Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. A)The girls got on well with each other. B)It's understandable that girls don't get along.
C)She was angry with the other young stars. D)The girls lacked the courage to fight.
12. A)The woman does her own housework. B)The woman needs a housekeeper.
C)The woman's house is in a mess. D)The woman works as a housekeeper.
13. A)The Edwards are quite well-off.
B)The Edwards should cut down on their living expenses.
C)It'll be unwise for the Edwards to buy another house.
D)It's too expensive for the Edwards to live in their present house.
14.A)The woman didn't except it to be so warm at noon. B)The woman is sensitive to weather changes.
C)The weather forecast was unreliable D)The weather turned cold all of a sudden.
15. A)At a clinic. B)At a restaurant. C)In a supermarket. D)In an ice cream shop.
16. A)The woman did not feel any danger growing up in the Bronx.
B)The man thinks it was quite safe living in the Bronx district.
C)The woman started working at an early age to support her family .
D)The man doesn’t think it safe to send an 8-year-old to buy things.
17. A)The man has never seen the woman before. B)The two speakers work for the same company.
C)The two speakers work in the same floor. D)The woman is interested in market research.
18. A)The woman can't tolerate any noise. B)The man is looking foe an apartment.
C)The man has missed his appointment. D)the woman is going to take a train trip.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A)To make a business report to the woman . B)To be interviewed for a job in the woman's company.
C)To resign from his position in the woman's company. D)To exchange stock market information with the woman.
20. A)He is head of a small trading company. B)He works in an international insurance company.
C)He leads s team of brokers in a big company. D)He is a public relations officer in a small company.
21. A)The woman thinks Mr. Saunders is asking for more than they can offer.
B)Mr. Saunders will share one third of the woman's responsibilities.
C)Mr. Saunders believes that he deserves more paid vacations.
D)The woman seems to be satisfied with Mr. Saunders' past experience.
22. A)She's worried about the seminar. B)The man keeps interrupting her.
C)She finds it too hard. D)She lacks interest in it.
23. A)The lecturers are boring. B)The course is poorly designed.
C)She prefers Philosophy to English. D)She enjoys literature more.
24. A)Karen's friend. B)Karen's parents. C)Karen's lecturers. D)Karen's herself.
25. A)Changing her major. B)Spending less of her parents' money.
C)Getting transferred to the English Department. D)Leaving the university.
Section B
Passage One Question 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) Rent a grave. B) Burn the body. C) Bury the dead near a church. D)buy a piece of land for a grave.
27. A) To solve the problem of lack of land. B)To see whether they have decayed.
C)To follow the Greek religious practice. D)To move them to a multi-Storey
28. A)They should be buried lying down . B)They should be buried standing up.
C)They should be buried after being washed. D)They should be buried when partially decayed.
29. A)Burning dead bodies to ashes. B)Storing dead bodies in a remote place.
C)Placing dead bodies in a bone room. D)Digging up dead bodies after three years.

Passage Two Question 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. A)Many foreign tourist visit the Unite States every year. B)Americans enjoy eating out with their friends.
C)The United States is a country of immigrants. D)Americans prefer foreign foods to their own food.
31. A)They can make friends with people from other countries.
B)They can get to know people of other cultures and their lifestyles.
C)They can practice speaking foreign languages there.
D)They can meet with businessmen from all over the world.
32. A)The couple cook the dishes and the children help them .
B)The husband does the cooking and the wife serves as the address.
C)The mother does the cooking while the famepand children within the guests.
D)A hired cook prepares the dishes and the family members serve the guests.

Passage Three Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard .
33. A)He took them to watch a basketball game. B)He trained them to play European football.
C)He let them compete in getting balls out of a basket. D)He taught them to play an exciting new game.
34. A)The players found the basket too high to teach. B)The players had trouble getting the ball out of the basket.
C)The players had difficulty understanding the complex rules. D)The players soon found the game boring.
35. A)By removing the bottom of the basket. B)By lowering the position of the basket.
C)By simplifying the complex rules. D)By altering the size Of the basket.

Section C
For American time is money. They say, “you only get so much time in this life; you'd better use it wisely." The (36)__________without be better than the past or present. As American are (37)__________to see things, unless people use their time for constructive activity, Thus American(38)__________a "well-organized" person is punctual and is(40)__________of other people's time. They do not (41)__________people's time with conversation or other activity that has no(42)__________beneficial outcome.
The American attitude toward time is not (43)__________shared by others, especially non-Europeans. They are more likely to regard time as (44)__________.
One of the more difficult things many students must adjust to in the states is the notion that time must be saved whenever possible and used wisely every day.
In the contest (45)__________.McDonald’s, KFC, and eating meals. As McDonald’s restaurants (46)__________, bringing not just hamburgers but an emphasis on speed, efficiency, and shiny cleanliness.

Part IV reading comprehension(reading in depth)
Section A
EI Nino is name given to the mysterious and often unpredictable change in the climate of the world. This strange ___47_____happens every five to eight years. It starts in the Pacific Ocean and is thought to be caused by a failure in the trade winds(信风)，which affects the ocean currents driven by these winds. As the trade winds lessen in ____48____,the ocean temperatures rise causing the Peru current flowing in form the east to warm up by as much as 5`C.
The warming of the ocean has far-reaching effects. The hot, humid(潮湿的)air over the ocean causes severe ___49___thunderstorms.The rainfall is increased across South American ____50____floods to Peru. In the West pacific, there are droughts affecting Australia and Indonesia. So while some parts of the world prepare for heavy rains and floods, other parts face drought, poor crops and____51____.
EI Nino usually lasts for about 18 months The 1982-83 EI Nino brought the most___52____weather in modern history .Its effect was worldwide and it left more than 2,000 people dead and caused over eight billion pounds ____53___of damage. The 1990 EI Nino will ____55___,but they are still not __56___sure what leads to it or what affects how strong it will be.
A)estimate B)strength C)deliberately D)notify E)tropical F)phenomenon G)stable H)attraction
I)completely J)destructive K)starvation L)bringing M)exhaustion N)worth O)strike

Section B
Passage One
Communications technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth. The first study to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails. The fact that emails are automatically recorded-and can come back to haunt(困扰)you appears to be the key to the finding.
Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca, Mew York, asked 30 students to keep a communications diary for a week. In it they noted the number of conversations or email exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, and confessed to how many lies they told. Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation foe each medium .He found that lies made up 14 per cent of emails, 21 per cent of instant messages,27 per cent of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37 per cent of phone calls.
His resolves to be presented at the conference on human-computer interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists. Some expected e-mailers to be the biggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people uncomfortable, the detachment(非直接接触）of emailing would make it easier to lie. Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practiced at that form of communication.
But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real time. People appear to be afraid to lie when they know the communication could later be used to hold them to account, he says. This is why fewer lies appear in email than on the phone.
People are also more likely to lie in real time in a instant message or phone call say-than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock. He fond many lies are spontaneous(脱口而出的)responses to an unexpected demand, such as: “Do you like my dress?"
Hancock hopes his research will help companies work our the best ways for their employees to communicate. For instance, the phone might be the best medium foe sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth. But, given his result, work assessment where honesty is a priority, might be best done using email.
57.Hancock's study focuses on ____________.
A)the consequences of lying in various communications’ media.
B)the success of communications technologies in conveying ideas.
C)people are less likely to lie in instant messages.
D)people 's honesty levels across a range of communications media.
58.Hancock's research finding surprised those who believed that________________.
A)people are less likely to lie in instant messages. B)people are unlikely to lie in face-to-face interactions.
C)people are most