1993年1月四级真题及答案

part i listening comprehension (20 minutes)
section a
1. (a) go over the list. (c) list everything her friend needs.
(b) do some shopping. (d) go for an outing.
2. (a) the man did most of the talking.
(b) the man and the woman robbed the bank.
(c) the woman was wearing a black sweater.
(d) the man and the woman had dark hair.
3. (a) the traffic. (c) their health.
(b) the weather. (d) their time-table.
4. (a) john missed a test. (c) john has stolen a car.
(b) john has kept his job. (d) john was called a thief.
5. (a) to buy frank a new car. (c) to help frank sell his car.
(b) to drive frank's car. (d) to help frank repair his car.
6. (a) english. (c) education.
(b) english and education. (d) neither english nor education.
7. (a) as big as she expected. (c) not as big as she expected.
(b) much bigger than she expected. (d) so small that she is not satisfied.
8. (a) the rent is too high. (c) he doesn't want to live in the suburbs.
(b) he can't afford the high taxes. (d) it's too far away from his office.
9. (a) no. he has to finish his homework. (c) yes. he'll go after he finished his homework.
(b) no. he doesn't like going to the club. (d) yes. he'll write his paper after he returns.
10. (a) because maria doesn't like football. (c) because he didn't have the time.
(b) because maria fell ill. (d) because he can't stand football.
section b
passage one
questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. (a) his friend bought them for him. (c) he booked them quite a while ago.
(b) he bought them himself. (d) he got them free of charge.
12. (a) her husband was taking her out to the theater.
(b) her husband had got her a job in his office.
(c) her husband was going to buy her some nice gifts.
(d) her husband had found his lost money.
13. (a) he had lost the tickets for the theater. (c) he had left his briefcase at home.
(b) he had lost his briefcase. (d) he had left the ticket in the office.
passage two
questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. (a) lack of electricity. (c) lack of clean water.
(b) shortage of books. (d) shortage of experts.
15. (a) a system which trains doctors.
(b) a group of experts who can provide professional advice.
(c) a computer program which can provide professional advice.
(d) a system which trains computer experts.
16. (a) it is not easy to see the shortage of experts in the villages.
(b) many doctors and engineers are sent to the villages to make up for the shortage of experts.
(c) expert medical systems are widely used in developing countries.
(d) expert systems are owned by wealthy farmers and businessmen.
passage three
questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. (a) to learn spanish. (c) to see the ancient art.
(b) to tour the city. (d) to visit friends.
18. (a) by taxi. (c) by subway.
(b) by bus. (d) by foot.
19. (a) he got lost. (c) he lost his map.
(b) a taxi was faster. (d) the policeman advised him to.
1. (a) he was greatly disappointed.
(b) he was pleased to get there finally.
(c) he was pleased with his knowledge of spanish.
(d) he was at a loss about what to do.

part ii reading comprehension (35 minutes)
passage one
questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
with fifteen years britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge industrial complexes for the recycling of waste. the word rubbish could lose its meaning because everything which goes into the dumps (垃圾堆) would be made into something useful. even the most dangerous and unpleasant wastes would provide energy if nothing else.
the latest project is to take a city of around half a million inhabitants and discover exactly what raw materials go into it and what go out. the aim is to find out how much of these raw materials could be provided if a plant for recycling waste were built just outside the city. this plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper, but also paper and rubber as well.
another new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating the rubbish. when this project is complete, the rubbish will be processed like this: first, it will pass through sharp metal bas which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually packed; then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids; after that grounders and rollers will break up everything that can be broken. finally, the rubbish will pass under magnets (磁铁) , which will remove the bits of iron and steel; the rubber and plastic will then be sorted out in the final stage.
the first full-scale giant recycling plants are perhaps fifteen years away. indeed, with the growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps, some big cities will be forced to build their own recycling plants before long.
21. the phrase "be well on with ..." (para.1, line 1) most probably means _____.
(a) have completed what was started (c) have achieved a great deal in
(b) get ready to start (d) put an end to
22. what is not mentioned as a part of the recycling process described in paragraph 3?
(a) breaking up whatever is breakable.
(b) sharpening metal bars.
(c) separating light elements from the heavy ones.
(d) sorting out small pieces of metal.
23. what's the main reason for big cities to build their own recycling plants?
(a) to deal with wastes in better way.
(b) to protect the environment from pollution.
(c) to get raw materials locally.
(d) to get big profits from those plants.
24. the first full-scale huge recycling plants ______.
(a) began to operate fifteen years ago
(b) will probably take less than fifteen years to build
(c) will be built fifteen years later
(d) will probably be in operation in fifteen years
25. the passage is mainly about ______.
(a) a cheap way to get energy (c) new ways of recycling wastes
(b) the location of recycling plants (d) the probably of city environment
passage two
questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
by 1970, according to a world wildlife fund report, only about 4,500 tigers survived throughout the world-half of them in india. mr. foresters, who followed and counted tiger footprints, estimated that in may 1972 only about 1,800 tigers existed in india. project tiger supported by w.w.f. was immediately launched. nine tiger reserves were created, with armed guards protecting them.
the project provided opportunities for researchers from india and abroad to study tigers in the reserves and gather previously unavailable information about their habits. studies show that a male tiger may control a hunting territory of between 10 and 20 sq. kms. depending on its age, size and strength. the territory of male includes the smaller territories of three or four tigressess. a tiger marks the boundaries of its territories by spraying urine (尿) and other bodily liquids on bushes. but it tries to avoid territorial fights, being guided by the distinctive body smell of other tigers. tigers fight to death only when a tigress is defending her young, or when a tiger is guarding a tigress from the attentions of other males.
the popular image of the tiger is that of a merciless and unconquerable hunter. but studies show that it catches only one of 20 victims (牺牲品) it tries to attack.
fears have recently developed that project tiger has been too successful. it has enabled the tiger population to double (by mid-80 s), but india's human population has also grown out of control. currently it is 750 million and likely to be 900 million by the end of the century. land problem is becoming serious and many rural people feel bitter about the