2009年12月英语四级考试预测试题及答案(1)

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　A guide dog is a dog especially trained to guide a blind person. Dogs chosen for such training must show good intelligence, physical fitness, and responsibility。

　　At the age of about fourteen months, a guide dog begins an intensive course that lasts from three to five months. It becomes accustomed to the leather harness and stiff leather handle it will wear when guiding its blind owner. The dog learns to watch traffic and to cross streets safely. It also learns to obey any command that might lead its owner into danger。

　　The most important part of the training course is a four-week program in which the guide dog and its future owner learn to work together. However, many blind people are unsuited by personality to work dogs. Only about a tenth of the blind find a guide dog useful。

　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard。

　　26. How long does the intensive course last?

　　【解析】[A]文中明确提到an intensive course that lasts from three to five months，因此正确答案为 [A]。

　　27.Which of the following is not a necessary skill guide dogs have to learn?

　　【解析】[D]答案依据是The dog learns to watch traffic and to cross streets safely. It also learns to obey any command that might lead its owner into danger. 从这两句中可看出看家不属于导盲犬训练范围内的技能。

　　28.How long does the most important training course last?

　　【解析】[C]最重要的训练课程持续四周。文中明确指出了本题答案。The most important part of the training course is a four-week program，从此句中即可看出。

　　Passage Two

　　People dream four to six times a night. They dream while they are in the REM stage of sleep, which means rapid eye movement stage in one’s sleep. Sleepers go into the REM stage about every 90 minutes. The first dream of the night may last about ten minutes. Each dream gets a little longer. The last dream of the night may be an hour long。

　　People need their dreams. Younger children spend more time dreaming. Babies spend almost half of their sleep in the REM stage。

　　One experiment showed that everyone needs to dream. Doctors gave some people sleeping pills. These sleeping pills didn’t let them go to REM sleep. After a few nights without dreams, they began to feel bad. They became angry easily, they worried a lot, and they wanted to fight with everyone. Then they stopped taking the sleeping pills. They all began to dream all night for a few nights to catch up。

　　Why do people dream? Dreams give them time to find the answers to some of their problems. If they think they will have difficult problems the next day, they may spend more time on REM sleep the night before. In their dreams, they may find an answer to their problems。

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard。

　　29.How often does a person dream each night?

　　【解析】[B]文章一开始即交待了一个人一晚上要做梦四到六次。从第一句就可看出People dreams four to six times a night。因此，答案为[B]。

　　30.What is true according to this passage?

　　【解析】[D]安眠药会阻止人们进入REM睡眠状态。These sleeping pills didn’t let them go to REM sleep。可看出 [D]项正确。

　　31.Why do people dream?

　　【解析】[D]文中明确给出了答案Dreams give them time to find the answers to some of their problems。因为在梦中人可以找到自己的问题的答案。

　　Passage Three

　　O.K., everybody. Can we start the meeting now? I’m Jeff Milton, the chairperson of the Graduation Committee for this year. You’ve all been selected as representatives to plan the graduation ceremonies. I’m sending around the sheet of paper for you to fill in your name and telephone number. Also, please write down what part of the ceremonies you would like to work on. Remember, as a representative, you will have a lot of responsibilities. So only sign up if you feel you have the time to participate. When everyone has finished writing down the information, please return the paper to me. At our next meeting one week from today, we’ll start to discuss the details of the ceremonies。

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard。

　　32.Who is the speaker?

　　【解析】[C]从文章开头说话者的自我介绍就可以知道他是这个委员会的主席。

　　33.What is the purpose of the meeting?

　　【解析】[D]在座的代表都是被选来计划毕业典礼的事。

　　34.What should the students write on the paper?

　　【解析】[A]在座的学生应该在表格上填写姓名、电话以及工作意向。

　　35.When is the next meeting?

　　【解析】[B]从这句话At our next meeting one week from today可知下次会议在下周召开。

　　Section C

　　36.【答案】educational

　　【解析】本文讲的是英国的教育系统，主要讲了英国学生要参加的三次重要的考试。

　　37.【答案】taken

　　【解析】英国学生的首次升学考试是在十一岁左右进行。学生参加考试，此处是被动态，主语是考试，因此用taken。

　　38.【答案】ability

　　【解析】学生的能力和才智将在eleven-plus的升学考试里得到体现，从而决定其是否应留在学校继续学习，此空格即是能力ability一词。

　　39【答案】aptitude

　　【解析】此空格内容与前一空格内容相关联，学生的能力和才智将在升学考试中得到体现，aptitude是才智、智能的意思。

　　40.【答案】determined

　　【解析】英国学生参加的首次考试 eleven-plus的结果将决定他们是否继续留校学习，因此此处空格填“决定”一词，而且又为过去分词，即为 determined。

　　41.【答案】comprehensive

　　【解析】现在所有的学生都进入综合中学继续学习，comprehensive意为“广泛的、综合的”。

　　42.【答案】tested

　　【解析】学生接受测试，主语是学生，语态为被动语态，因此用tested。

　　43.【答案】Level

　　【解析】一般水平即是ordinary level。Level即为水平、水准之意。

　　44.【答案】This examination covers a wide range of subjects。

　　45.【答案】The final examination, at eighteen, covers only the content of the special subjects。

　　46.【答案】In a real sense, the English boy or girl is a specialist from the age of fifteen。