1994年1月四级真题及答案

part i listening comprehension (20 minutes)
section a
1. (a) once a week. (c) three times a week.
(b) twice a week. (d) four times a week.
2. (a) he left his notes at home.
(a) he doesn't know where his notes are.
(b) he doesn't want to lend his notes to the woman.
(c) he agrees to lend her his notes.
3. (a) he will go in spite of the cold weather. (c) he will go when he feels better.
(b) he won't go since he is not feeling well. (d) he won't go as he hasn't finished his work.
4. (a) check the timetable. (c) travel on a later train.
(b) go to the railway station earlier. (d) cancel the trip earlier.
5. (a) in new york. (c) in newport.
(b) in boston. (d) in washington.
6. (a) a clerk at the airport information desk. (c) a policeman.
(b) a clerk at the railway station information desk. (d) a taxi-driver.
7. (a) a guest and a receptionist. (c) a customer and a shop assistant.
(b) a passenger and an air hostess. (d) a guest and a waitress.
8. (a) he's better. (c) he's sick in bed.
(b) he's feeling worse. (d) he has recovered.
9. (a) the man didn't want the woman to have her hair cut.
(b) the woman followed the man's advice.
(c) the woman is wearing long hair now.
(d) the man didn't care if the woman had her hair cut or not.
10. (a) he will return from paris in two weeks.
(a) he is studying french in paris.
(b) he is having a vacation in paris.
(c) he is planning to go back to paris in a year.
section b
passage one
questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. (a) washing plates. (c) shining shoes.
(b) clearing tables. (d) sweeping the floor.
12. (a) he must work six days a week. (c) he must study hard in his spare time.
(b) he should never be late for work. (d) he should not bring his friends to the restaurant.
13. (a) to pay him for his work. (c) to give his friends free drinks.
(b) to let him have 3 meals a day in the restaurant. (d) to allow him to have more free time.
12. (a) because the boy was not a full-time worker.
(b) because the boy had made some mistakes.
(c) because he thought the boy had failed to meet his requirements.
(d) because he thought it was his son who should pay him.
passage two
questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
15. (a) watching traditional plays. (c) boating on the river.
(b) visiting the magnificent libraries. (d) cycling in narrow streets.
16. (a) there are many visitors there. (c) there are many old streets there.
(b) there are many students there. (d) there are many bicycles there.
17. (a) he thinks the city is too crowded. (c) he thinks the streets are too narrow.
(b) he likes the place very much. (d) he admires the comfortable life of the students there.
passage three
questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. (a) he was good at writing about interesting people.
(b) it was much easier to write stories about people.
(c) he believed that people are always easier to learn about other people.
(d) he thought people played an important role in world events.
19. (a) action. (c) enterprise.
(b) world news. (d) faces and places.
20. (a) he is a sportsman. (c) he is a photographer.
(b) he is an actor. (d) he is a publisher.

part ii reading comprehension (35 minutes)
passage one
questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
suppose we built a robot (机器人) to explore the planet mars. we provide the robot with seeing detectors to keep it away from danger. it is powered entirely by the sun. should we program the robot to be equally active at all times? no. the robot would be using up energy at a time when it was not receiving any. so we would probably program it to cease its activity at night and to wake up at dawn the next morning.
according to the evolutionary (进化的) theory of sleep, evolution equipped us with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking for the same reason. the theory does not deny (否认) that sleep provides some important restorative functions. it merely says that evolution has programmed us to perform those functions at a time when activity would be inefficient and possibly dangerous. however, sleep protects us only from the sort of trouble we might walk into; it does not protect us from trouble that comes looking for us. so we sleep well when we are in familiar, safe place, but we sleep lightly, if at all, when we fear that bears will nose into the tent.
the evolutionary theory accounts well for differences in sleep among creatures. why do cats, for instance, sleep so much, while horses sleep so little? surely cats do not need five times as much repair and restoration as horses do. but cats can afford to have long periods of inactivity because they spend little time eating and are unlikely to be attacked while they sleep. horses must spend almost all their waking hours eating, because what they eat is very low in energy value. moreover, they cannot afford to sleep too long or too deeply, because their survival depends on their ability to run away from attackers.
21. the author uses the example of the robot in space exploration to tell us ______.
(a) the differences between robots and men (c) about the need for robots to save power
(b) the reason why men need to sleep (d) about the danger of men working at night
22. evolution has programmed man to sleep at night chiefly to help him ______.
(a) maintain a regular pattern of life (c) avoid danger and inefficient labor
(b) prevent trouble that comes looking for him (d) restore his bodily functions
23.according to the author, we cannot sleep well when we _____.
(a) are worrying about our safety (c) are in a tent
(b) are overworked (d) are away from home
24.cats sleep much more than horses do partly because cats _____.
(a) need more time for restoration
(b) are unlikely to be attackers
(c) are more active than horses when they are awake
(d) spend less time eating to get enough energy
25.which of the following is the main idea of the passage? ______.
(a) evolution has equipped all creatures with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking.
(b) the study of sleep is an important part of the evolutionary theory.
(c) sleeping patterns must be taken into consideration in the designing of robots.
(d) the sleeping pattern of a living creature is determined by the food it eats.
passage two
questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
" congratulations, mr. jones, it's a girl."
fatherhood is going to have a different meaning and bring forth a different response from every man who hears these words. some feel pride when they receive the news, while others worry, wondering whether they will be good father. although there are some men who like children and may have had considerable experience with them, others do not particularly care for children and spend little time with them. many fathers and mothers have been planning and looking forward to children for some time. for other couples, pregnancy (怀孕) was an accident that both husband and wife have accepted willingly or unwillingly.
whatever the reaction to the birth of a child, it is obvious that the shift from the role of husband to that of father is a difficult task. yet, unfortunately, few attempts have been made to educate fathers in this resocialization process. although numerous books have been written about american mothers, only recently has literature focused on the role of a father.
it is argued by some writers that the transition to the father's role, although difficult, is not nearly as great as the transition the wife must make to the mother's role. the mother's role seems to require a complete transformation in daily routine (生活规律) and highly innovative (创新的) adaptation, on th