Einstein replied without __72__
moment’s hesitation. “Finding how to __73__ about the problem.”
The same __74__ is told about Sir Isaac Newton and __75__ other scientists. We
have no proof __76__ any of these well-known conversations __77__ took place, but we
are prepared to __78__ that they did, and, if so, that the __79__ was the same one
Einstein gave, __80__ this is the “way scientists work __81__ science progresses.”
Scientists usually work toward models of the process of structure they are studying.
__82__ we have models of the structure __83__ the universe and of the atom, models of
the process __84__ which the genetic (遗传的) pattern is passed from one building block
of life to __85__ models of the economic system and __86__ on. Some models are
mathematical, but a __87__ does not have to have equations (方程) or even diagrams; the
__88__ requirement is no doubt that it __89__ an insight (洞察) into the relationships
that determine __90__ something works as it does or how it is put together.
71. A) designing
B) inventing
C) revealing
D) developing
72. A) a
B) the
C) an
D) some
73. A) know
B) learn
C) think
D) argue
74. A) event
B) news
C) story
D) information
75. A) any
B) more
C) few
D) several
76. A) that
B) since
C) which
D) as
77. A) naturally
B) actually
C) eventually
D) regularly
78. A) forget
B) consider
C) believe
D) realize
79. A) question
B) answer
C) conversation
D) topic
80. A) although
B) because
C) unless
D) once
81. A) while
B) or
C) and
D) but
82. A) Otherwise
B) Nevertheless
C) Still
D) Thus
83. A) of
B) in
C) with
D) over
84. A) for
B) by
C) on
D) to
85. A) either
B) other
C) both
D) another
86. A) so
B) later
C) further
D) straight
87. A) structure
B) pattern
C) process
D) model
88. A) urgent
B) important
C) original
D) unnecessary
89. A) provide
B) will provide
C) provided
D) is provided
90. A) when
B) what
C) why
D) whether
Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition about
“Bicycle – An Important Means of Transport in China”. You should base
your composition on the following outline:
1. 为什么自行车在中国这样普及。
2. 和汽车比较。
3. 自行车在中国的前途。
Your composition should be no less than 100 words. Remember to write your
composition on the Composition Sheet.
Bicycle – An Important Means of Transport In China.
1991年1月四级参考答案
Part I Listening Comprehension
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. B
8. D
9. A
10. A
11. A
12. A
13. C
14. D
15. D
16. C
17. A
18. B
19. D
20. C
Part II Reading Comprehension
21. A
22. A
23. D
24. D
25. A
26. C
27. D
28. C
29. C
30. A
31. C
32. C
33. C
34. B
35. D
36. B
37. A
38. B
39. D
40. A
Part III Vocabulary and Structure
41. C
42. B
43. B
44. B
45. A
46. C
47. A
48. C
49. B
50. B
51. D
52. C
53. A
54. D
55. D
56. B
57. A
58. B
59. D
60. C
61. D
62. C
63. C
64. D
65. A
66. A
67. D
68. D
69. D
70. B
Part IV Close
71. D
72. A
73. C
74. C
75. D
76. A
77. B
78. C
79. B
80. B
81. C
82. D
83. A
84. B
85. D
86. A
87. D
88. B
89. A
90. C
1991年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题试卷
Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each
conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the
conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question
there will be pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices
marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark
the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a line through the centre.
Example:
You will hear:
You will read:
A) At the office.
B) In the waiting room.
C) At the airport.
D) In a restaurant.
From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they
had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. There
fore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet
and mark it with a single line through the centre.
Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]
1. A) She paid ￥40.00 for the coat.
B) Her husband presented it to her as a gift.
C) She bought the coat on her fortieth birthday.
D) Her friend sent it to her as a birthday gift.
2. A) To keep his old car and get a new one.
B) To leave it in the garage to be repaired.
C) To sell his car for a new one.
D) To get his car repaired later.
3. A) Husband and wife.
B) Father and daughter.
C) Doctor and patient.
D) Teacher and student.
4. A) The man went to the concert, but the woman didn’t.
B) The woman went to the concert, but the man didn’t.
C) The speakers did not go to the concert.
D) Both speakers went to the concert.
5. A) An English textbook.
B) A Chinese textbook.
C) A chemistry hook.
D) A history book.
6. A) The woman goes to school during the day and works at night.
B) The woman has to work to support herself.
C) The woman’s classes are not difficult.
D) The woman studies at night.
7. A) She feels that he won’t accept anything.
B) She’s sure he already has a pocket calculator.
C) She thinks he has almost everything he wants.
D) She’s afraid he wants more than she can afford.
8. A) Tom survived the accident.
B) Tom was killed in the accident.
C) Someone saved Tom’s life.
D) It did little damage to Tom’s car.
9. A) The train is crowded.
B) The train is late.
C) The train is empty.
D) The train is on time.
10. A) No, all the rooms are taken.
B) Yes, there is a double room.
C) Yes, there are some spare rooms.
D) Yes, there is a single room.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage,
you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be
spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best
answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), Then mark the
corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the
centre.
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) Her husband had got a higher position.
B) Her husband had lost his job.
C) She wanted to have a cleaner house.
D) She wanted to move to New York.
12. A) His telephone went out of order.
B) The buyers had to leave soon.
C) He began to work at 8 a.m.
D) He had made an appointment with her for 8 a.m.
13. A) To return the shoes to the store.
B) To pay the manager a visit.
C) To buy more of the 12-dollar shoes.
D) To complain about the price of the shoes.
14. A) 12 dollars
B) 20 dollars
C) Less than 12 dollars
D) More than 12 dollars
Passage Two
Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
15. A) Short and cool.
B) Long and cool.
C) Long and hot.
D) Short and hot.
16. A) Because the price was too high.
B) Because Alaska has an extremely cold winter.
C) Because they thought Alaska was a useless land.
D) Because the climatic difference there is too great.
17. A) No, only a few became rich.
B) No, none became rich.
C) No, very few people had actually found gold.
D) Yes, hundreds of thousands of people became rich.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. A) She was driving along a country road.
B) She was lying near a lonely road, trembling.
C) She was lying in a hospital bed.
D) She was telling an astonishing story to a doctor.
19. A) She fainted due to the effects of some drug.
B) She was stopped by a policeman and treated rudely.
C) She was attacked by robbers.
D) She was stopped and forced to enter a flying saucer.
20. A) The women made up an astonishing story.
B) The women had intended to leave her husband without a word.
C) The women had been taken over a thousand miles away from her home.
D) The women had been dishonest to her husband.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some
questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices
marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark
the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the
centre.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
The aim of the teacher is to get his pupils as quickly as possible over the period in
which each printed symbol is looked at for its shape, and arrive at the stage when the
pupil looks at words and phrases, for their meaning, almost without noticing the shapes
of the separate letters.
When a good reader is at work he does not look at letters, nor even at words, one by
one, however, he quickly takes in the meaning of two, three, or four words at a time, in a
single moment. Watch carefully the eyes of a person who is reading, and it will be seen
that they do not travel smoothly along the lines of print, but they move by jumps
separated by very short stops. The eyes of a very good reader move quickly, taking long
jumps and making very short halts (停顿); the eyes of a poor reader move more slowly,
taking only short jumps and stopping longer at each halt. Sometimes, when he meets a
difficulty, he even goes backwards to see again what has already been looked at once.
The teacher’s task is therefore clear: it is to train his pupils to take in several words at
a glance (one eye-jump’) and to remove the necessity for going backwards to read
something a second time.
This shows at once that letter-by-letter, or syllable-by-syllable, or word-by-word
reading, with the finger pointing to the word, carefully fixing each one in turn, is wrong.
It is wrong because such a method ties the pupil’s eyes down to a very short jump, and
the aim is to train for the long jump. Moreover, a very short jump is too short to provide
any meaning or sense; and it will be found that having struggled with three or four words
separately, the pupil has to look at them again, all together and in one group, in order to
get the meaning of the whole phrase.
21. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the first paragraph?