Test 4
I. Words and expressions
1. The sad news broke her _____________.
A) mind B) emotions C) heart D) feeling
2. The new technique has _________ them to double the production of the factory.
A) persuaded B) enabled C) made D) dissuaded
3. The girl _____________ herself in sunlight.
A) dived B) divided C)bathed D)sank
4. He is ____to visit us if he knows where we live.
A) likely B) possible C) probable D) necessary
5. Brazilian coffee is usually ____________ by ships because this way is cheaper.
A) traded B) transported C) transferred D) transmitted
6. He ________________ his coffee before tasting it.
A) stirred B) streamed C) steered D) stayed
7. I am very much _____your visit next week.
A) seeing B) looking forward to C) waiting it D) hoping for
8. Students are expected to _____their classes regularly.
A) present B) attend C) go D) follow
9. If you ____your money to mine, we shall have enough.
A) add B) combine C) join D) unite
10. If you want to telephone him you will have to ____the number in the book.
A) look at B) look up C) look through D) look after
11. The ____from the forest fire could be seen ten miles away.
A) smell B) spark C) steam D) smoke
12. On entering another country, a tourist will have to ____the Customs.
A) pass through B) pass by C) pass over D) pass for
13.Don’t drop your cigarette butts on the floor. You could ____fire to the house.
A) have a hurry B) are in a hurry C) have a speed D) are in a speed
14.She was fined ￡20 for failing to keep her dog under___.
A) control B) command C) hand D) orders
15. Don’t drop your cigarette butts on the floor. You could ____fire to the house.
A) cause B) make C) set D) start
16. _____, what he said at the meeting is true except that a few figures he quoted are not very reliable.
A) In general B) In particular C) In respects D) As a matter of fact
17. Reading detective stories is one of his favorite___.
A) occupations B) hobbies C) engagements D) habits
18. Last night’s strong wind nearly took the roof____.
A) away B) out C) down D) off
19. He is the manager of the company. He’s ____it.
A) charged with B) in the charge with C) charged D) in charge of
20. We went to the station to ____.
A) see them out B) see them off C) goodbye them D) say them goodbye
II. Multiple Choice (Reading Comprehension)
Passage 1
For most people, life is easier and more comfortable than ever before. Convenience foods from the supermarket simplify shopping and cooking. Household appliances like the vacuum cleaner and the washing machine have taken the drudgery out of housework. Released from these household chores, many wives have found jobs outside the home. Women are achieving economic independence.
Families, too, are simple today. In America, it is not customary for parents to live with their married children. With your greater mobility, relatives have scattered, the parents retiring to Florida or Arizona and the young people, after they marry, going wherever their jobs or their parents or their interests take them.
Young adult women have new freedom, too. While attending college, they often live away from home, sometimes far from their parents or their relatives. After college, they move to the city, find a job, and set up a “bachelor” apartment. This is the era of women’s liberation.
But all this freedom and affluence have had an unforeseen and in some respects a devastating effect on marriage.
1. In the U.S., families are becoming ________.
A) bigger B) smaller C) easier D) freer
2. Why are women able to achieve economic independence?
A) Because they have their own salary.
B) Because convenience foods are available.
C) Because they are free from drudgery.
D) Because they are attending college.
3. Hard housework was taken away by ________.
A) liberated women
B) retired parents
C) supermarkets
D) modern equipment
4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?
A) Women’s liberation has made it possible for them to study.
B) Comfortable life adversely influences marriage in America.
C) Adults can go wherever they want.
D) Women prefer to be bachelors.
5. The text implies that the author ________.
A) highly praises the liberation of women
B) heartily enjoys this freedom and affluence
C) strongly recommends such kind of social life
D) greatly worries about the bond of marriage
Passage 2
Nuclear power’s danger to health, safety and even to life itself can be summed up in one word: radiation.
Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected by human senses. It cannot be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all around us but we cannot detect them or sense them, without a radio receiver. Similarly, we cannot sense radio activity without a radio detector. But unlike common radio waves, nuclear radiation is not harmless to human beings and other things.
At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being outright by killing masses of cells in vital organs. And even the lowest levels can do serious damage. There is no level of radiation that is completely safe. If the radiation does not hurt anything important, the damage may not be significant. This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and if they are killed outright, your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones. But if the few cells are only damaged, and if they reproduce themselves, you may be in trouble. They reproduce themselves in a deformed way. They can grow into cancer. Sometimes this does not show up for many years.
This is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiation. Serious damage can be done without the victim being aware at the time that damage has occurred. A person can be irradiated and feel fine, then die of cancer five, ten or twenty years later as a result. Or a child can be born weak or liable to serious illness as a result of radiation absorbed by its grandparents.
6. According to the passage, the danger of nuclear power lies in ________.
A) nuclear mystery
B) radiation level
C) radiation detection
D) nuclear radiation
7. Radiation can cause serious consequences even at the lowest level ________.
A) when it kills a few cells
B) if it hits anything
C) though the damaged cells can repair themselves
D) if the damaged cells reproduce themselves
8. The word “significant” (Line 4, Para. 3) most probably means ________.
A) remarkable B) meaningful C) fatal D) harmful
9. Radiation can hurt us in the way that it can ________.
A) kill large number of cells in main organs so as to cause death immediately
B) damage cells which may grow into cancer years later
C) affect the healthy growth of the offspring
D) all of the above
10. Which of the following can be best inferred from the passage?
A) The importance of the protection from radiation cannot be over-emphasized.
B) The mystery about the radiation remains unsolved.
C) Cancer is mainly caused by radiation.
D) Radiation can hurt those who are not aware of its danger.
Passage 3
Can you remember the first time you learned how to ride a bike or drive a car? Learning these skills changed your life forever and opened up new horizons. Learning about computers can be like learning how to ride a bike or drive a car. Once you have invested the time to master the skills, you will never go back to the old days. The new technology is simply too convenient and too powerful.
Technological developments through the years have enabled us to do more with less effort. We have continuously looked for better ways of doing things. Each invention and new development has allowed us to extend our capabilities. Today we see one of the most dramatic technologies ever developed—the computer. It extends the capabilities of our minds.
Computers have saved organizations millions of dollars. Furthermore, these same computer systems have opened up new opportunities that would have gone undiscovered or neglected. The computer can multiply what we can do, and the return on investment is high. The growth of computer usage is surprising. On the other hand, the computer can do serious damage. Invasion of privacy, fraud (欺诈), and computer-related mistakes are just a few shocking examples.
The computer is like a double-edged sword. It has the ability to cut us free from some activities, but it can also cut deeply into profits, personal privacy and our society in general. How it is used is not a function of the current technology. It is strictly a function of how people decide to use or misuse this new technology. The choice is yours, and only through the knowledge of computer systems will you be able to avoid the dangers while enjoying the many, many benefits of the computer age.
11. The writer thinks learning about computers is like learning how to ride a bike or drive a car because ________.
A) it is simple and practical
B) it needs a lot of practice
C) it leads people to new life experiences
D) it takes much time to master the skills
12. The word “extend” (Line 3, Para. 2) is closest in meaning to ________.
A) change B) multiply C) save D) master
13. According to the passage, computers bring people the following benefits EXCEPT ________.
A) avoiding mistakes
B) saving money
C) making money
D) opening up opportunities
14. According to the writer, the bad effects of computers can be avoided if we ________.
A) have sound knowledge of computer systems
B) tell people not to misuse computers
C) have strict rules over the use of computers
D) make more investments in the technology
15. This passage is probably written for ________.
A) computer teachers
B) computer producers
C) computer learners
D) computer programmers
Passage 4
In the old days divers used to go down into the sea looking for ship that had sunk, because they hoped to find gold and jewels. Now divers still search for valuable things in sunken ships, but they also try to bring to the surface the ships themselves, or parts of them. The value of different kinds of metals has increased greatly over the last 20 or 30 years and even though a ship has been under the sea for many years, it may be worth a great deal.
One famous sunken ship is the “Lusitania”, which sank off the southern coast of Ireland in 1915 with a loss of nearly 15,000 lives. It has four huge propellers (推进器) made of an expensive metal. Today each of those propellers is worth $300,000 or more. The ship, lying on the sea-bed, has been bought by a man called John Light. He paid about $12,000 for the whole ship. He hopes to bring up those propellers and sell them. He also hopes to sell other parts of the ship, when he has brought them to the surface, for about $600,000.
The “Andria Doria” is another valuable ship which sank in 1956 after a collision with a Swedish ship. The ship itself is worth at least $30,000,000 and in addition she was carrying over $48,000,000 in money and many other valuable things. There is one silver object which is worth over $1,200,000. But the ship is lying in deep water which is very dark and cold, even strong divers have been unsuccessful.
16. Divers today try to bring to the surface and sell ________.
A) gold and jewels
B) valuable things in the ships
C) whole ships
D) all of the above
17. Divers try to bring up metal from sunken ships because ________.
A) gold and jewels are not valuable
B) some kinds of metals are worth a lot of money today
C) it is easy to bring up metal
D) metal becomes better after it has been in the sea
18. John Light thinks that he may be able to sell all the parts of the “Lusitania” for ________.
A) $12,000 B) $600,000 C) $30,000,000 D) $1,800,000
19. John Light bought the “Lusitania” ________.
A) before 1915
B) after it sank
C) after it had been brought to the surface
D) after he has brought up those propellers
20. Divers have tried to bring up things from the “Andria Doria” because ________.
A) the water is not very deep
B) it is lying on the seabed
C) there is silver in the ship
D) the ship and the things in it are very valuable
III. Cloze
Statistics show that rapid population growth creates problems for developing countries. So why don’t people have (1)_____ children? Statistics (2)_____ the developed countries suggest that (3)_____ only when people’s living standards begin to rise that birth rates begin to (4)_____. There are good reasons for (5)_____. Poor countries cannot (6)_____ social services and old age pensions (养老金), and people’s incomes are so (7)_____ that they have nothing to spare for savings. (8)_____, people look to their children to provide them (9)_____ security (安全) in their old age. (10)_____ a large family can be a (11)_____ of insurance. And (12)_____ while they are still quite young, children can do (13)_____ useful jobs (14)_____ a small farm. So poor people in the developing country will need (15)_____ clear signs of much better conditions ahead (16)_____ they will think of having smaller families. But their conditions cannot be improved (17)_____ there is a reduction in the rate at (18)_____ population is increasing. This will (19)_____ on a very much wider acceptance of family planning and this, (20)_____, will mean basic changes in attitudes.
| 1. | A) less | B) more | C) a few | D) fewer |
| 2. | A) from | B) of | C) on | D) off |
| 3. | A) / | B) it is | C) now that | D) though |
| 4. | A) raise | B) fall | C) rise | D) reduce |
| 5. | A) this | B) it | C) them | D) these |
| 6. | A) supply | B) apply | C) afford | D) affect |
| 7. | A) large | B) less | C) high | D) low |
| 8. | A) Moreover | B) Yet | C) As a result | D) In addition to |
| 9. | A) with | B) for | C) to | D) by |
| 10. | A) Supporting | B) Having | C) Maintaining | D) Moving |
| 11. | A) shape | B) formality | C) form | D) sign |
| 12. | A) ever | B) never | C) if | D) even |
| 13. | A) a good deal of | B) very much | C) a lot of | D) all |
| 14. | A) on | B) in | C) over | D) with |
| 15. | A) see | B) seeing | C) to see | D) have seen |
| 16. | A) after | B) until | C) till | D) before |
| 17. | A) when | B) unless | C) for | D) after |
| 18. | A) which | B) that | C) what | D) if |
| 19. | A) spend | B) depend | C) defend | D) look |
| 20. | A) instead | B) therefore | C) in turn | D) in contrast |
In some countries, students’ textbooks are in perfect condition. Students ___1___them carefully in plastic. They turn the pages carefully. They never ___2___ the corner of a page up or down. And they never, never write in their textbooks. The ___3___is quite different in the United States. American students’ textbooks are a ___4___. Students ___5___ deface them－but not because these students are messy people.
Most American college students need to be ___6___ readers. This is necessary because full-time students probably have to read several hundred pages every week. They don’t have time to read a chapter three or four times. They need to extract as much as possible from the first or second reading.
An extraordinarily important study skill is knowing how to ___7___ a book. Students mark the main ideas and important details with felt-tip pen－yellow or blue or orange. Some students mark new vocabulary in a different color. Most students also use a pen or pencil. They write questions or short notes in the margins.
Marking a book is a useful skill, but it’s important to do it right. First, read a chapter with one felt-tip pen in your hand and others next to you on the desk. Second, read a ___8___ paragraph before you mark anything. Don’t mark too much; usually you’ll mark about 10 percent of a passage. Third, decide on your own ___9___ for marking. For example, maybe you’ll mark main ideas in yellow, important ___10__ in blue, and new words in orange. Maybe you’ll put question marks in the margin when you don’t understand something.
When your chapter is a rainbow of marking, you don’t have to read all of it again before an exam. Instead, you just need to review your marks, and you can save a lot of time.
A. system F. details K. fold
B. determined G. whole L. memorizing
C. mess H. willingly M. efficient
D. blind I. situation N. constant
| E. absolutely J. mark O. cover |
1. ____________________ (据我所知), all they have to do is to come to see the child they want to bring up and fill out a form.
2. The old couple dreamed of climbing the Great Wall 20 years ago, and today they
(在雨中实现了夙愿).
3. I had to run ___________________ (赶上他们).
4. Recently many reports have been issued to ___________________ (警告核武器有可能扩散).
5. The way a college professor teaches _____________________________ (并不只限于告诉学生) the basic facts. He or she also stimulates discussions and debates.
Keys to Test 4
Part I words and expressions
II. Reading Comprehension
12. B 13. A 14. D 15. D 16. D
17. D 18. D 19. C 20. D 21. A
22. C 23. B 24. A 25. A 26. C
27. D 28. B 29. D 30. B 31. D
III. Cloze
32. D 33. A 34. B 35. B 36. A 37. C 38. D 39. C 40. A 41. B 42. C 43. D 44. C 45. A 46. C 47. D 48. B 49. A 50. B 51. C
IV. Translation
52. As far as I know
53. realized their old dream in the rain
54. to keep up with them
55. warn of the possible spread of nuclear weapons
56. is not confined only to telling his students
V. Bank Cloze
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