75. What reason do Americans give for the reduction in traffic accidents?
Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes tow rite a composition on the
topic Practice Makes Perfect. You should write at least 100 words and you
should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1. 怎样理解“熟能生巧”?
2. 例如：在英语学习中…
3. 又如…
Practice Makes Perfect
1997年1月四级参考答案
Part I
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. D
10. C
11. B
12. D
13. C
14. D
15. A
16. A
17. B
18. B
19. A
20. C
Part II
21. D
22. B
23. D
24. B
25. B
26. C
27. A
28. A
29. C
30. D
31. C
32. C
33. D
34. D
35. A
36. B
37. B
38. A
39. B
40. C
41. D
42. B
43. D
44. A
45. A
46. C
47. D
48. C
49. A
50. C
Part III
51. B
52. D
53. C
54. A
55. D
56. A
57. D
58. B
59. B
60. C
61. C
62. A
63. D
64. C
65. A
66. D
67. B
68. C
69. A
70. B
Part IV
71. 1930-1934 (or-1935)/from 1930 to 1934
72. (The introduction of) Driving tests and pedestrian crossings
73. exceeds the speed limits/breaks speeding laws
74. Speed limits reduce accidents.
75. The increase in traffic density.
1997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 a 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 single line through the
center.
Example:
You will hear:
You will read:
A) 2 hours.
B) 3 hours.
C) 4 hours.
D) 5 hours.
From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they
will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore,
D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark
it with a single line through the center.
Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]
1. A) Skating.
B) Swimming.
C) Boating and swimming.
D) Boating and skating.
2. A) Put her report on his desk.
B) Read some papers he recommended.
C) Improve some parts of her paper.
D) Mail her report to the publisher.
3. A) She takes it as a kind of exercise.
B) She wants to save money.
C) She loves doing anything that is new.
D) Her office isn’t very far.
4. A) A shop assistant.
B) A telephone operator.
C) A waitress.
D) A clerk.
5. A) A railway porter.
B) A taxi driver.
C) A bus conductor.
D) A postal clerk.
6. A) Most people killed in traffic accidents are heavy drinkers.
B) She does not agree with the man.
C) Drunk drivers are not guilty.
D) People should pay more attention to the danger of drunk driving.
7. A) $1.40.
B) $6.40.
C) $4.30.
D) $8.60.
8. A) Collect papers for the man.
B) Do the typing once again.
C) Check the paper for typing errors.
D) Read the whole newspaper.
9. A) The woman does not want to go to the movies.
B) The man is too tired to go to the movies.
C) The woman wants to go to the movies.
D) The man wants to go out for dinner.
10. A) By bus.
B) By bike.
C) By taxi.
D) On foot.
Section B Compound Dictation
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. Then listen
to the passage again. When the passage is read for the second time, you are
required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact works
you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10 you are required
to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact works you
have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally,
when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have
written.
In police work, you can never predict the next crime or problem. No working day is
identical to any other, so there is no “(S1) ________” day for a police officer. Some days
are (S2) ________ slow, and the job is (S3) ________; other days are so busy that there is
no time to eat. I think I can (S4) ________ police work in one word: (S5) ________.
Sometimes it’s dangerous. One day, for example, I was working undercover; that is, I
was on the job, but I was wearing (S6) ________ clothes, not my police (S7) ________. I
was trying to catch some robbers who were stealing money from people as they walked
down the street. Suddenly, (S8) ________. Another policeman arrived, and together, we
arrested three of the men; but the other four ran away. Another day, I helped a woman
who was going to have a baby. (S9) ________. I put her in my police car to get her there
faster. I thought she was going to have the baby right there in my car. But fortunately,
(S10) ________.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 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
center.
Passage One
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.
The fridge is considered a necessity. It has been so since the 1960s when packaged
food first appeared with the label: “store in the refrigerator.”
In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthy. The milkman came
daily, the grocer, the butcher (肉商), the baker, and the ice-cream man delivered two or
three times a week. The Sunday meat would last until Wednesday and surplus (剩余的)
bread and milk became all kinds of cakes. Nothing was wasted, and we were never
troubled by rotten food. Thirty years on, food deliveries have ceased, fresh vegetables are
almost unobtainable in the country.
The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food
preservation. A vast way of well-tried techniques already existed-natural cooling, drying,
smoking, salting, sugaring, bottling...
What refrigeration did promote was marketing—marketing hardware and electricity,
marketing soft drinks, marketing dead bodies of animals around the globe in search of a
good price.
Consequently, most of the world’s fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where
they might prove useful, but in the wealthy countries with mild temperatures where they
are climatically almost unnecessary. Every winter, millions of fridges hum away
continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially-cooled space inside
an artificially-heated house-while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of
charge.
The fridge’s effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to
human happiness has been insignificant. If you don’t believe me, try it yourself, invest in
a food cabinet and turn off your fridge next winter. You may miss the hamburgers (汉堡
包), but at least you’ll get rid of that terrible hum.
11. The statement “In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily.”
(Line 1, Para. 2) suggests that ________.
A) the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fifties
B) the author was not accustomed to using fridges even in his fifties
C) there was no fridge in the author’s home in the 1950s
D) the fridge was in its early stage of development in the 1950s
12. Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges?