d) no one knows what they will ????? 17. a) carry ropes across rivers. b) measure the speed of wind. c) pass on secret messages. d) give warnings of danger.
18. a) to protect houses against lightning. b) to test the effects of the lightning rod. c) to find out the strength of silk for kites. d) to prove the lightning is electricity. passage two
questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19.a) she enjoys teaching languages. b) she can speak several languages. c) she was trained to be an interpreter.
d) she was born with a talent for languages.
20. a) they acquire an immunity to culture shock. b) they would like to live abroad permanently.
c) they want to learn as many foreign languages as possible. d) they have an intense interest in cross-cultural interactions. 21.a) she became an expert in horse racing.
b) she got a chance to visit several european countries. c) she was able to translate for a german sports judge. d) she learned to appreciate classical music. 22. a) taste the beef and give her comment. b) take part in a cooking competition. c) teach vocabulary for food in ?? d) give cooking lessons on ???? passage three
questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23. a) he had only a third-grade education. b) he once threatened to kill his teacher. c) he grew up in a poor ??? d) he often helped his ??? 24.a) careless. b) stupid. c) brave. d) active.
25.a) write two book reports a week.
b) keep a diary.
c) help with housework. d) watch education?? section c
directions:in this section, you will hear a passage three times. when the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. when the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. when you look up at the night sky, what do you see？there are other bodies out there besides the moon and stars. one of the most of this is a comet. comets were formed around the same the earth was formed. they are made up of ice and other frozen liquids and gasses. these dirty snow balls begin to orbit the sun just as the planets do. as a comet gets closer to the sun, some gasses in it begin to unfreeze. they combine with dust particles from the comet to form a huge cloud. as the comet gets even nearer to the sun and solar wind blows the cloud behind the comet thus forming its tail. the tail and generally fuzzy atmosphere around the comet are that can
helpthis phenomenon in the night sky. in any given year，about dozen known comets come close to the sun in their
orbits. the average person can’t see them all of course. usually there is only one or two a year bright enough to be seen with the_________eye. comet hale-bopp discovered in 1995 was an unusually bright comet. its orbit bought it _________to the earth within 122 million miles of it. but hale-bopp came a long way on its earthly visit. it won’t be back for another 4 thousand years or so. section a
directions: in this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. you are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given
in a word bank following the passage. read the passage
through carefully before making your choices. each choice in the bank is
identified by a letter. please mark the corresponding letter for each item on answer sheet 2 with a single line through the
centre. you may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
for many americans, 2013 ended with an unusually bitter cold spell. november and december 36 early snow and bone-chilling temperatures in much of the country, part of a year when, for the first time in two 37 , record-cold days will likely turn out to have outnumbered record-warm ones. but the u.s. was the
exception; november was the warmest ever38 , and current data indicates that 2013 is likely to have been the fourth hottest year on record.
enjoy the snow now, because 39 are good that 2014 will be even hotter, perhaps the hottest year since records have been kept. that’s because, scientists are predicting, 2014 will be an ei niuo year.
ei niuo, spanish for “the child”, 40 when surface ocean waters in the southern pacific become abnormally warm. so large is the pacific, covering 30% of the planet’s surface, that
the 41 energy generated by its warming is enough to touch off a series of weather changes around the world. ei ninos
are 42 with abnormally dry conditions in southeast asia and australia. they can lead to extreme rain in parts of north and south america, even as southern africa 43 dry weather. marine life may be affected too; ei ninos can 44 the rising of the cold, nutrient-rich（营养丰富的）water that supports large fish 45 ,and the unusually warm ocean temperatures can destroy coral(珊瑚). section b
directions:in this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. you may choose a paragraph more than once.
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11. how can i concentrate if you _________ continually ______ me with silly questions? a. have… interrupted b. are… interrupted c. had… interrupting d. were… interrupting
选a。 虽然我觉得更应该说you are continually interrupting me with silly questions。不过这里用现在完成时表示的是一个动作发生过成为过去经历，有可能多次发生，也就是打断一次、两次、三次等等不断重复到现在。
12. among the four sentences below, sentence ___ expresses the highest degree of possibility?
a. it may take a long time to find a solution to the problem. b. it might take a long time to find a solution to the problem. c. it could take a long time to find a solution to the problem. d. it should take a long time to find a solution to the problem. 选d。四个里把握度最高的是should，其次是may，最后是 might和could。
13. she is a better speaker than _____ in the class. a. any boy
b. the other boys c. other any girl d. all the girls
选a。 主语是she，女的，所以不能选b。c的正确说法是any other girl。
14. nobody heard him sing, ______? a. did one b. did he
c. didn’t they d. did they
选b。根据专四语法出题依据的书《新编英语语法教程》（章振邦）317页，nobody这种附加疑问句，书面语里用he。口语里偶见they。实际上，现代英语里为了避免有语言歧视（为什么只有he，没有she），很多人都避免只用he，而多改为they。 15. i can’t put up with ________. a. that friend of you b. that friend of yours c. the friend of you
d. the friend of yours
选b。根据专四语法出题依据的书《新编英语语法教程》（章振邦）57-58页，这种双重属格结构所修饰的名词可带a, any, some等表示非确定特指的限定词，但通常不带定冠词。比如a daughter of mrs. green’s, any/some daughters of mrs/ green’s。
16. there has been an increasing number of _______ in primary schools in the past few years. a. man teacher b. men teacher c. man teachers d. men teachers
选d。合成名词复数，man/woman这种，两种都要变成复数，比如women drivers。
17. this is one of the issues that deserve _____. a. being mentioned b. mentioning c. to mention d. for mention
选b。deserve后面接动名词表示被动含义。要么就说deserve to be mentioned。
18. the audience ______ excited on seeing _______ favorite star glide onto the stage. a. were…their b. were…its c. was…their d. was…one’s
选a。虽然audience这个集合名词和class, team等一样属于可单可复，但用代词回指时要保持数的一致性。所以 c错了，要用its。 19. ________ your advice, i would have made the wrong decision.
a. hadn’t it been for b. had it not been for c. had it been for
d. had not it been for
选b。条件虚拟句if省略后，had、were、should要到句首倒 装。
20. the sentence “i wish i had been more careful in spending money” expresses the speaker’s ______.
a. hope b. joyc. regretd. relief
选c。 wish这里引导的是虚拟句，我当时花钱应该更小心点。
21. the attorney general ordered a federal autopsy of brown’s body, seeking to ___ the family and community there would be a thorough investigation into his death. a. ensure b. insure c. assure d. ascertain
选c。assure somebody that/ assure somebody of something指to tell someone that something will definitely happen or is
definitely true so that they are less worried，也可以用reassure。ensure是make sure的意思，后面不能接somebody。ascertain是find out
22. the police department came under strong criticism for
both the death of an unarmed man and its handling of the ____. a. consequence b. outcomec. result d. aftermath
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