2006年6月大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案

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Part IV Cloze (15 minutes)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are jour choices marked A). B). C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

The part of the environmental movement that draws my firm's attention is the design of cities, buildings and products. When we designed America's first so-called \office building in New York two decades _71_ , we felt very alone. But today, thousands of people come to green building conferences, and the _72_ that buildings can be good for people and the environment will be increasingly influential in years to _73_ .

Back in 1984 we discovered that most manufactured products for decoration weren't designed for _74_ use. The \1970s energy crisis _75_ indoor air quality problems caused by materials such as paint, wall covering and carpet. So far 20 years. we've been focusing on these materials _76_ to the molecules, looking for ways to make them _77_ for people and the planet.

Home builders can now use materials-such as paints that release significantly _78_ amounts of organic compounds -that don't _79_ the quality of the air, water, or soil. Ultimately, _80_, our basic design strategy is focused not simply on being \bad\but on creating _81_ healthful materials that can be either safely returned to the soil _82_ reused by industry again and again. As a matter of _83_, the world's largest carpet manufacturer has already _84_ a carpet that is fully and safely recyclable (可循环利用的).

Look at it this way: No one _85_ out to create a building that destroys the planet. But our current industrial systems are _86_ causing these conditions, whether we like it or not. So _87_ of simply trying to reduce the damage, we are _88_ a positive approach. We're giving people high-quality, healthful products and an opportunity to make choices that have a _89_ effect on the world. It's not just the building industry, either. _90_ cities are taking these environmentally positive approaches to design, planning and building. Portland, Seattle and Boston have said they want to be green cities. Chicago wants to be the greenest city in the world.

71. A) off B) away C) before D) ago 72. A) practice B) idea C) outlook D) scheme 73. A) go B) continue C) come D) arrive 74. A) relevant B) indoor C) flexible D) inward 75. A) revealed B) displayed C) exhibited D) discovered 76. A) back B) near C) down D) next 77. A) cautious B) comfortable C) stable D) safe

78. A) reduced B) revised C) delayed D) descended 79. A) destroy B) deny C) dissolve D) depress 80. A) anyway B) besides C) anyhow D) however 81. A) exactly B) completely C) partially D) superficially 82. A) and B) nor C) or D) but

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83. A) principle B) course C) interest D) fact

84. A) developed B) sketched C) researched D) constructed 85. A) looks B) pulls C) starts D) makes 86. A) originally B) traditionally C) basically D) inevitably 87. A) instead B) because C) out D) regardless 88. A) adjusting B) adopting C) adapting D) admitting 89. A) functional B) sensible C) beneficial D) precious 90. A) Full B) Entire C) Total D) Complete

Part V. Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a poster recruiting volunteers. You should write at Least 120 words following the outline given below:

1．校学生会将组织一次暑假志愿者活动，现招募志愿者 2．本次志愿者活动的目的、活动安排等 3．报名条件及联系方式

以下为2006年6月17日大学英语四级考试试题真题A卷 参考答案 ：

PartⅠ Listening Comprehension

1. B) They knew none of the other guests at the party 2. A) To the dentist's

3. D) Dr. Andrews used to keep the patients waiting 4. A) Tom is usually talkative

5. C) To get the seminar schedule for the woman

6. B) The woman has to get the textbooks in other ways 7. A) Give a speech

8. D) Jessie always says what she thinks 9. A) Helen is quiet

10. C) Jimmy's words are often not reliable

11. A) It has done more harm than good in the southern USA 12. B) They will soon be overgrown with kudzu 13. D) The climate there is unfavorable to its growth 14. C) An association of teachers and scholars

15. B) Its largest expansion took place during that period 16. C) Government funding

17. B) He started the organization Heifer International 18. C) To help starving families to become self-supporting

19. D) They should help other families the way they have been helped 20. A) It has helped relieve hunger in some developing countries

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Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension 21. A) rewarding

22. D) girls will turn out to be less vulnerable than boys 23. C) girls can gain equal access to education

24. B) It will yield greater returns than other known investments 25. C) the economic and social benefits of educating women 26. D) Older parents can take better care of their children

27. A) They have to go on working beyond their retirement age 28. C) older parents tend to be concerned about their aging bodies 29. D) Approaching of death

30. B) Not until they had the twins did they feel that had formed a family 31. A) they have difficulty finding qualified personnel at home 32. C) seeks either his own or his children's development 33. D) take cultural factors into consideration

34. A) provide a detailed description of their study and work experiences 35. C) the differences between the varieties of English

36. B) To prevent the care thief from restarting it once it stops 37. A) self-prepared tools are no longer enough for car theft 38. D) A coded ignition key

39. B) To allow for possible errors in the GPS system 40. C) Contact the car owner.

Part Ⅲ Vocabulary

41.B) participate 42.D) burdened 43.A) penalty 44.B) pick up 45.A) apply

46.D) distinguish 47.B) impression 48.A) treat

49.C) hold on to 50.D) preferences 51.D) laid off 52.C) current 53.D) Inspired 54.B) traced 55.D) held back 56.C) affordable 57.A) mood 58.B) proportion 59.B) evidence

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60.C) performance 61.A) illegal 62.D) tackle 63.D) soared 6 64.B) derive 65.A) feature 66.C) state 67.D) forbids 68.C) occur 69.B) symptoms 70.C) significant

Part Ⅳ Cloze 71. D) ago 72. B) idea 73. C) come 74. B) indoor 75. A) revealed 76. C) down 77. D) safe 78. A) reduced 79. A) destroy 80. D) however 81. B) completely 82. C) or 83. D) fact

84. A) developed 85. C) starts 86. D) inevitably 87. A) instead 88. B) adopting 89. C) beneficial 90. B) Entire

Part Ⅴ Writing 略

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