2005年四级新东方考前预测模拟试卷
Part Ⅰ
Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a third voice will ask a question 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 blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.
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 have to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore A“At the office” is the best answer. You should choose answer A on the Answer Sheet and blacken it with a pencil.
1. A) Twenty-five dollars. B) Twenty dollars.
C) Forty dollars. D) Fifty dollars.
2 . A) To go to the French restaurant.
B) To try a new restaurant.
C) To visit a friend.
D) To stay at home.
3. A) Easy-going and friendly. B) Very nervous.
C) Angry. D) Not easy-going.
4. A) He plays jazz music. B) He is a jazz fan.
C) He needs 300 jazz records. D) He likes classical music.
5. A) At a post office. B) At a bank.
C) At a restaurant. D) At an airport.
6. A) He was sacred. B) He was upset.
C) He hasn’t got a car. D) He is glad to drive her there.
7. A) Lending money to a student. B) Filling a form.
C) Reading a student’s application. D) Asking for some financial aid.
8. A) 12:30. B) 11:30. C) 12:00. D) 11:00.
9.A) Skiing. B) Tennis. C) Swimming. D) Golf.
10.A) Sick. B) Comfortable. C) Better. D) Fine.
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. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 11 to 17 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 18 to 20 you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words 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.
Very high waves are destructive when they 11 ____ the land. Fortunately, this 12 ____ happens. One reason is that out at sea, waves moving in one direction almost always run into waves moving in a different direction. The two __ 13 __ of waves tend to cancel each other out. Another reason is that water is __ 14 __ near the shore. As a wave gets closer to land,;the shallow __ 15 __ helps reduce its __ 16 __.
But the power of waves striking the shore can still be very great. During a winter gale, waves sometimes strike the __ 17 __ with the force of 6,000 pounds for each square foot. That means a wave, 25 feet high and 500 feet along its face, may __ 18 __.
Yet __ 19 __. During the most raging storms, __ 20 __.
PartⅡ
Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 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.
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
In recent years many countries of the world have been faced with the problem of how to make their workers more productive. Some experts claim the answer is to make jobs more varied. But do more varied jobs lead to greater productivity? There is evidence to suggest that while variety certainly makes the workers’ life more enjoyable, it does not actually make him work harder. As far as increasing productivity is concerned, the variety is not an important factor.
Other experts feel that giving the worker freedom to do his job in his own way is important and there is no doubt that this is true. The problem is that this kind of freedom cannot easily be given in the modern factory with its complicated machinery which must be used in a fixed way. Thus while freedom of choice may be important, there is usually very little that can be done to create it. Another important consideration is how much each worker contributes to the product he is making. In most factories the worker sees only one small part of the product. Some car factories are now experimenting with having many small production lines rather than one large one, so that each worker contributes more to the production of the cars on his line. It would seem that not only is the degree;of workers’ contribution an important factor, therefore, but it is also one we can do something about.
To what extent more money led to greater productivity? The workers themselves certainly think this is important. But perhaps they want more money only because the work they do is so boring. Money just lets them enjoy their spare time more. A similar argument may explain demands for shorter working hours. Perhaps if we succeed in making their jobs more interesting, they will neither want more money, nor will shorter working hours be so important to them.
21. Which of these possible factors leading to greater productivity is not true?
A) To make jobs more varied.
B) To give the worker freedom to do his job in his own way.
C) Degree of work contribution.
D) Demands for longer working hours.
22. Why workers want more money?
A) Because their jobs are too boring.
B) In order to enjoy more spare time.
C) To make their jobs more interesting.
D) To;demand shorter working hours.
23 . The last sentence in this passage means that if we succeed in making workers’ jobs more interesting __.
A) they will want more money
B) they will demand shorter working hours
C) more money and shorter working hours are important factors
D) more money and shorter working hours will not be so important to them
24 . In this passage, the author tells us __.
A) how to make the workers more productive
B) possible factors leading to greater efficiency
C) to a certain extent more money lead to greater productivity
D) how to make workers’ jobs more interesting
25 . The author of this passage is probably a __.
A) teacher B) worker C) manager D) physicist
