1996年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题试卷-在线考试系统

1、【单选题】
Writing is a slow process, requiring ________ thought, time, and effort. [1分]

、 significant

、 considerable

、 enormous

、 numerous

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2、【单选题】
________ right now, she would get there on Sunday. [1分]

、 Would she leave

、 If she leaves

、 Were she to leave

、 If she had left

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3、【单选题】
It’s already 5 o’clock now. Don’t you think it’s about time ________? [1分]

、 we are going home

、 we go home

、 we went home

、 we can go home

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4、【单选题】
Lightning is a ________ of electrical current from a cloud to the ground or from one cloud to another. [1分]

、 rush

、 rainbow

、 rack

、 ribbon

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5、【单选题】
Today, ________ major new products without conducting elaborate market research. [1分]

、 corporations hardly introduce ever

、 corporations hardly ever introduce

、 hardly corporations introduce ever

、 hardly corporations ever introduce

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6、【单选题】
I’ve already told you that I’m going to buy it, ________. [1分]

、 however much it costs

、 however does it costs much

、 how much does it cost

、 no matter how it costs

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7、【单选题】
New York ________ second in the production of apples, producing 850,000,000 pounds this year. [1分]

、 ranked

、 occupied

、 arranged

、 classified

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8、【单选题】
Melted iron is poured into the mixer much ________ tea is poured into a cup from a teapot. [1分]

、 in the same way like

、 in the same way which

、 in the same way

、 in the same way as

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9、【单选题】
By success I don’t mean ________ usually thought of when that word is used. [1分]

、 what is

、 that we

、 as you

、 all is

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10、【单选题】
I caught a ________ of the taxi before it disappeared around the corner of the street. [1分]

、 vision

、 glimpse

、 look

、 scene

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11、【单选题】
It can be inferred form the first paragraph that ________. [1分]

、 every glance has its significance

、 staring at a person is an expression of interest

、 a gaze longer than 3 seconds is unacceptable

、 a glance conveys more meaning than words

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12、【单选题】
If you want to be left alone on an elevator, the best thing to do is ________. [1分]

、 to look into another passenger’s eyes

、 to avoid eye contact with other passengers

、 to signal you are not a threat to anyone

、 to keep a distance from other passengers

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13、【单选题】
By “a dimming of the lights” (Para. 1, Line 9) Erving Goffman means “________”. [1分]

、 closing one’s eyes

、 turning off the lights

、 creasing to glance at others

、 reducing gaze-time to the minimum

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14、【单选题】
If one is looked at by a stranger for too long, he tends to feel ________. [1分]

、 depressed

、 uneasy

、 curious

、 amused

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15、【单选题】
The passage mainly discusses ________. [1分]

、 the limitations of eye contact

、 the exchange of ideas through eye contact

、 proper behavior in situations

、 the role of eye contact in interpersonal communication

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16、【单选题】
Judging from the passage, McGuire was ________. [1分]

、 a moderate labor leader

、 an extreme-anarchist in the labor movement

、 a devoted socialist fighting against exploitation of man by man

、 a firm anti-capitalist demanding the elimination of wage slavery

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17、【单选题】
We can see from the first paragraph that the first Labor Day march ________. [1分]

、 immediately won nationwide support

、 involved workers from 30 states

、 was opposed by many factory owners

、 was organized by the UBCJ

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18、【单选题】
Which of the following is the key factor in the immediate approval of Labor Day as a national holiday? [1分]

、 The lawmakers’ respect for the workers.

、 The worker’s determination to have a holiday of their own.

、 The socialists’ demands for thorough reform.

、 The politicians’ fear of the workers’ anger.

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19、【单选题】
We lean from the passage that the establishment of Labor Day ________. [1分]

、 was accepted by most bosses as a compromise

、 marked a turning point in the workers’ struggle for more rights

、 indicated the improvement of the workers’ welfare

、 signaled the end of “wage slavery”

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20、【单选题】
McGuire proposed Labor Day in order to ________. [1分]

、 draw people’s attention to the striking contrast between the rich and the poor

、 make prominent the important role of the working class in society

、 win for the workers the right to shorter working hours

、 expose the exploitation of the workers by their bosses

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21、【单选题】
The elders of contemporary Americans ________. [1分]

、 were often absent when a family member was born or dying

、 were quite unfamiliar with birth and death

、 usually witnessed the birth or death of a family member

、 had often experienced the fear of death as part of life

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22、【单选题】
Children in America today are denied the chance ________. [1分]

、 to learn how to face death

、 to visit dying patients

、 to attend to patients

、 to have access to a hospital

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23、【单选题】
Five hundred critically ill patients were investigated with the main purpose of ________. [1分]

、 observing how they reacted to the crisis of death

、 helping them and their families overcome the fear of death

、 finding out their attitude towards the approach of death

、 learning how to best help them and their families

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24、【单选题】
The need of a dying patient for company shows ________. [1分]

、 his desire for communication with other people

、 his fear of approaching death

、 his pessimistic attitude towards his condition

、 his reluctance to part with his family

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25、【单选题】
It may be concluded from the passage that ________. [1分]

、 dying patients are afraid of being told of the approach of death

、 most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need

、 dying patients should be truthfully informed of their condition

、 most patients are unable to accept death until it is obviously inevitable

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26、【单选题】
By using the example of finger prints, the author tells us that ________. [1分]

、 people can learn to recognize faces

、 people have different personalities

、 people have difficulty in describing the features of finger prints

、 people differ from each other in facial features

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27、【单选题】
According to this passage, some animals have the gift of ________. [1分]

、 telling people apart by how they behave

、 typing each other

、 telling good people from had people

、 recognizing human faces

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28、【单选题】
Who most probably knows best how to describe people’s personality? [1分]

、 The ancient Greek audience

、 The movie actors

、 Psychologists

、 The modern TV audience

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29、【单选题】
According to the passage, it is possible for us tell one type of person from another because ________. [1分]

、 people differ in their behavioral and physical characteristics

、 human fingerprints provide unique information

、 people’s behavior can be easily described in words

、 human faces have complex features

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30、【单选题】
Which of the following is the major point of the passage? [1分]

、 Why it is necessary to identify people’s personality

、 Why it is possible to describe people

、 How to get to know people

、 How best to recognize people

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31、【简答题】
(Passage 1, Lines 6-7, Para. 1)
You very likely give other passengers a quick glance to size them up and to assure them that you mean no threat. [2.5分]

解析：
你很可能给其他乘客很快的一瞥，打量他们一下，以此让他们确信你对他们没有威胁。

32、【简答题】
(Passage 2, Lines 2-3, Para. 2)
In the 1880s the United States was a land sharply divided between the immensely wealthy and the very poor. [2.5分]

解析：
十九世纪八十年代的美国是一个贫富分化极为分明的国家。

33、【简答题】
(Passage 3, Lines 3-5, Para. 3)
We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential outcome [2.5分]

解析：
给我们留下极深印象的事实是：即使那些没有被告知严重病情的病人，对其疾病的潜在后果也是非常清楚的。

34、【简答题】
(Passage 4, Lines 2-3, Para. 1)
Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. [2.5分]

解析：
即使是很老到的作家也很可能不能描述出区分人脸的全部特征。

35、【简答题】
1.人们以为淡水是取之不尽的
(提示：雨水、河水、井水…)

2.实际上淡水是非常紧缺的
(提示：人口增加，工业用水增加，污染…)

3.我们应该怎么办
Global Shortage of Fresh Water [20分]

解析：