新题型：英语四级真题及详解精讲版(2006年6月)

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　　62. According to the author, the United States claims to be a nation_______.

　　A) composed of people having different values B) encouraging individual pursuits

　　C) sharing common interests D) founded on shared ideals

　　63. How did the immigrants in Salt Lake City feel about “Operation Safe Travel”?

　　A) Guilty. B) Offended.

　　C) Disappointed. D) Discouraged.

　　64. Undocumented workers became the target of “Operation Safe Travel” because______.

　　A) evidence was found that they were potential terrorists

　　B) most of them worked at airports under threat of terrorist attacks

　　C) terrorists might take advantage of their illegal status

　　D) they were reportedly helping hide terrorists around the airport

　　65. By saying “we’re going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are” (Line 2, Para.3), Mayor Alderson means“_______”.

　　A) we will turn a blind eye to your illegal status

　　B) we will examine the laws in a different way

　　C) there are other ways of enforcing the law

　　D) the existing laws must not be ignored

　　66. What do we learn about Ana Castro from the last paragraph?

　　A) She will be deported sooner or later.

　　B) She is allowed to study permanently.

　　C) Her case has been dropped

　　D) Her fate remains uncertain.

　　Part Ⅴ Cloze (15 minutes)

　　Directions：There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

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　　Do you wake up every day feeling too tired, or even upset? If so, then a new alarm clock could be just for you. The clock, called Sleep Smart, measures your sleep cycle, and waits 67 you to be in your lightest phase of sleep 68 rousing you. Its makers say that should 69 you wake up feeling refreshed every morning.

　　As you sleep you pass 70 a sequence of sleep: states—light sleep, deep sleep and REM (rapid eye movement)sleep—that 71 approximately every 90 minutes. The point in that cycle at which you wake can 72 how you feel later, and may 73 have a greater impact than how much or little you have slept. Being roused during a light phase 74 you are more likely to wake up energetic.

　　Sleep Smart 75 the distinct pattern of brain waves 76 during each phase of sleep, via a headband equipped 77 electrodes (电极) and a microprocessor. This measures the electrical activity of the wearer’s brain, in much the 78 way as some machines used for medical and research 79 , and communicates wirelessly with a clock unit near the bed. You 80 the clock with latest time at 81 you want to be wakened, and it 82 duly (适时地) wakes you during the last light sleep phase before that.

　　The 83 was invented by a group of students at Brown University in Rhode Island 84 a friend complained of waking up tired and performing poorly on a test. “ 85 sleep deprived people ourselves, we started thinking of 86 to do about it”, says Eric Shashoua, a recent college graduate and now chief executive officer of Axon Sleep Research Laboratories, a company created by the students to develop their idea.

　　67. A) beside B) near C) for D) around

　　68. A) upon B) before C) towards D) till

　　69. A) ensure B) assure C) require D) request

　　70. A) through B) into C) about D) on

　　71. A) reveals B) reverses C) resumes D) repeats

　　72. A) effect B) affect C) reflect D) perfect

　　73. A) already B) every C) never D) even

　　74. A) means B) marks C) says D) dictates

　　75. A) removes B) relieves C) records D) recalls

　　76. A) proceeded B) produced C) pronounced D) progressed

　　77. A) by B) of C) with D) over

　　78. A) familiar B) similar C) identical D) same

　　79. A) findings B) prospects C) proposals D) purposes

　　80. A) prompt B) program C) plug D) plan