2009年12月英语四级考试预测试题及答案(2)

　　Passage Three

　　My parents ran a small restaurant.The restaurant was open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.And my first job when I was six years old was shining shoes for customers.My duties increased as I grew older.By age ten I was clearing tables and washing plates.My father made it clear that I had to meet certain standards.I had to be on time, hard-working and polite to the customers.I was never paid for any work I did.One day I made a mistake of telling Dad I thought he should give me 10 pounds a week.He said, “OK, then how about you paying me for the three meals a day when you eat here and for the times you bring in your friends for free drinks。” He figured I owed him about 40 pounds a week.This taught me quite a lot。

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

　　32. What was the speaker’s job before he was 10 years old?

　　【解析】[C]男孩的工作就是给顾客擦皮鞋。

　　33.What was one of the requirements laid down by the boy’s father?

　　【解析】[B]从这一句I had to be on time中可知他工作不能迟到。

　　34.What did the boy ask his father to do one day?【解析】A 男孩认为爸爸应该付他工钱I thought he should give me 10 pounds a week。

　　35.Why did the boy’s father refuse to pay him?【解析】[D] 因为父亲认为 it was his son who should pay him。

　　Section C

　　36.【答案】medical

　　【解析】medical 意为“医学的”。纵观全文可知此处应填medical，美国人对本国所达到的医学成就倍感骄傲。

　　37. 【答案】prevention

　　【解析】prevention意为“预防、防止”。医学家已经发现预防和治疗脑灰质炎以及肺结核的方法。

　　38. 【答案】cancer

　　【解析】cancer意为“癌症”。他们对癌症和心脏病做了大量研究。

　　39. 【答案】equipped

　　【解析】equip意为“装备、配备”。美国的医院是最现代化的，配备有世界上最好的医疗设备。

　　40. 【答案】national

　　【解析】national 意为“国家的”。美国有一个全民健康计划。

　　41. 【答案】available

　　【解析】available意为“可用到的，可利用的”。为了这个全民健康目的美国有许多项目计划。

　　42.【答案】sum

　　【解析】sum 意为“一笔(金额)”a sum of money 是固定搭配。公司定期付一笔款项到这个基金里。

　　43. 【答案】employee

　　【解析】employee意为“职员、雇员”。当职员需要就医，他可以从这个基金里拿钱付医疗费用。

　　44.【答案】They pay insurance premiums each month to insurance companies which then pay for medical expenses when they are needed

　　45.【答案】People regularly pay the hospital directly

　　46. 【答案】The government has health insurance programs for older people, poor people and those with long term illness