1992专四真题与答案

TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS(1992)——GRADEFOUR——PARTIWRITING(45MIN)SECTIONACOMPOSITION(35MIN)WriteinyourANSWERBOOKLETacompositionofabout150wordsonthefollowingtopic:MyViewsonReadingExtensivelyRequirements:Writethecompositionin3paragraphs.Inthefirstparagraph,statewhatyourviewison“readingextensively”.Inthesecondparagraph,giveatleasttworeasonstosupportyourview.Andinthelastparagraph,giveabriefsummaryofwhatyouhavediscussedintheprecedingparagraphs.SECTIONBNOTE-WRITING(10MIN)WriteinyourANSWERBOOKLETanoteofabout80wordstoafriendofyoursbasedonthefollowingsituation:Yourfriendswanttomakeatripto...andyouintendedtojointhemintheirtrip.Butnowforsomereasonsyoucan’tgowiththem.Pleasestateyourreasons.PARTIIPROOFREADING&ERRORCORRECTION(15MIN)Directions:Thereareerrorstobecorrectedinthefollowingpassage.Nolinehasmorethanoneerrorandoneortwolinesareerrorfree.Proofreadthepassageinthisway:Forawrongword,underlinethewrongwordandwritethecorrectwordintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline.Foramissingword,markthepositionofthemissingwordwitha“\/”signandwritethewordyousupplyintheblankprovidedForanunnecessaryword,strikeofftheunnecessarywordwithaslash“/”andwritethewordyoudeleteintheblankprovidedForanerrorlessline,putatick“\/”intheblankprovided.Example:Manyaidswhichareadvertisingasliberatingthe(1)advertisedmodernwomantendtohaveVoppositeeffect,(2)thebecausetheysimplychangethenatureofwork(3)toinsteadofeliminatingit.(4)\/Manyscientistsareoptimisticthatnewwaysofgeneratinglargeamountsofenergywillbesuccessfullydeveloped,butatthesametimetheyfeartheconsequence.Iftheworldpopulation(1)goesonincreasinglyatitspresentrate,andeach(2)individualcontinuestousemoreenergyinevery(3)1992-1year,wemay,infiftyyear’stime,beburningup(4)somuchthatwewoulddamagetheearth’satmosphere.(5)Byrisingthetemperatureoftheatmosphere,(6)wecouldmeltArcticandAntarctic(7)ice-capsandreplacethepatternofvegetable(8)andanimallivesthroughouttheworld(9)afrightenedpossibility.(10)Thesedangerwillhavetobekeptin(11)mindasscientistscontinueattheirexperiments.(12)Inthemeantime,weallhelpprotectthe(13)environmentbywastingenergy.Thismeansdriving(14)morecarefullyandturningunnecessarylighting(15)andheatinginthehome.Inthesesmallwayswecanallhelptomaketheworldacleaner,healthierplaceforfuturegenerations.PARTIIIDICTATION(15MIN)Listentothefollowingpassageandwritedownthewholepassage.Altogetherthepassagewillbereadtoyoufourtimes.Forthefirsttime,justlistenandtrytounderstandthemeaning.Thefirstreadingwillbereadatthenormalspeed.Forthesecondandthethirdreading,thepassagewillbereadatthenormalspeedagainanditisforyoutocheckyourwork.PARTIVLISTENINGCOMPREHENSION(25MIN)SECTIONADirections:Inthissectionyouwillhear10statements.TheStatementwillbereadONCEONLY.Theywillnotbewrittenoutforyou,andyoumustlistencarefullyinordertounderstandwhatthespeakersays.Afteryouhearastatement,youwillhaveaperiodof15to20secondstoreadthefoursentencesinyourtestbookanddecidewhichoneisclosestinmeaningtothestatementyouhaveheard.Then,onyouranswersheet,findthenumberofthequestionandmarkyouranswerbydrawingwithapencilashortbaracrossthecorrespondingletterinthebrackets.Listentothefollowingexample:Youwillhear:Susanisfifty-fouryearsoldthisyear.ShehasbeenanEnglishteachersinceshewastwenty-six.HowlonghasshebeenteachingEnglish?Youwillread:A.Thirty-twoyears.B.Thirty-fouryears.C.Twenty-eightyears.D.Twenty-sixyears.ChoiceC“Twenty-eightyears”isthecorrectanswer.Therefore,youshouldchooseCandmarkyouranswerintheANSWERBOOKLETbydrawingwithapencilashortbaracrossthecorrespondingletterinthebrackets.SampleAnswer:ABCD1.A.Fifteenyuan.B.Tenyuan.C.Fiveyuan.D.Threeyuan.1992-22.A.Thisisanorder.B.Thisisanarrangement.C.Thisisapieceofadvice.D.Thisisarequest.3.A.Thisisreasoning.B.Thisisbelief.C.Thisissupposition.D.Thisisexperience.4.A.Idon’tthinkitgoodtolendyoumybicycle.B.IthinkIhadbetterlendyoumybicycle.C.Iobjecttoyourhavingabicycleofyourown.D.Isuggestthatyouhaveabicycleofyourown.5.A.HewouldnotlendmeanythingbecauseheknewwhatIwantedtoborrow.B.Iwasalwaysborrowingfromhimthoughhewasnotwillingtolendmeanything.C.Hewasreluctanttolendmeanything,sohesaidhedidn’thaveit.D.HewasalwayswillingtolendmewhatIwantedtoborrow.6.A.Peterhasgotabetterjob.B.Peterisnotajuniorclerknow.C.Peterisnotwillingtobeajuniorclerk.D.Peterloveshispostasajuniorclerk.7.A.Iamsurethattheliftisstillnotworking.B.Iamsurethattheliftisworkingnow.C.Iliketousethestairsinsteadofthelift.D.Iliketousetheliftinsteadofthestairs.8.A.Youshouldtakethosechairsinside.B.Youshouldbringthosechairsinside.C.Youshouldcarrythosechairsinside.D.Youshouldsendthosechairsinside.9.A.Donotstopbythebighouseifyouarenotinvited.B.Donotenterthebighouseevenifyouareinvited.C.Donotgetinthebighouseevenifyouareinvited.D.Donotlookintothebighouseonlyifyouareinvited.10.A.Youshouldhavetheboyhelphimself.B.Youshouldhavetheboydoithimself.C.Itisnecessaryfortheboytobedependent.D.Itisnecessaryfortheboytodependonyou.SECTIONBDirections:Inthissectionyouwillhear10shortconversationsbetweentwospeakers.Attheendofeachconversation,athirdvoicewillaskaquestionaboutwhatwassaid.YouwillhearthequestionONCEONLY.Af