2010年12月英语四级考试模拟试题及答案(3)

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.

　　Material culture refers to what can be seen, held, felt, used—what a culture produces. Examining a culture’s tools and technology can tell us about the group’s history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us to understand the music culture. The most vivid body of material culture in it, of course, is musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph was invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about music cultures in the remote past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence: instruments well preserved and instruments pictured in art. Through the study of instruments, as well as paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Near East to China over a thousand years ago, or we can outline the spread of Near Eastern influence to Europe that resulted in the development of most of the instruments in the symphony orchestra.

　　Sheet music or printed music, too, is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music cultures as those in which people learn and sing music by ear rather than from print, but research shows mutual influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain, and America. Printed versions limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on music and, when it becomes widespread, on the music culture as a whole.

　　One more important part of music’s material culture should be singled out: the influence of the electronic media—radio, record player, tape recorder, television, and videocassette, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This is all part of the "information revolution", a twentieth-century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution was in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modern nations; they have affected music cultures all over the globe.

　　62. Research into the material culture of a nation is of great importance because ________ .

　　[A] it helps produce new cultural tools and technology

　　[B] it can reflect the development of the nation

　　[C] it helps understand the nation’s past and present

　　[D] it can demonstrate the nation’s civilization

　　63. It can be learned from this passage that ________ .

　　[A] the existence of the symphony was attributed to the spread of Near Eastern and Chinese music

　　[B] Near Eastern music had an influence on the development of the instruments in the symphony orchestra

　　[C] the development of the symphony shows the mutual influence of Eastern and Western music

　　[D] the musical instruments in the symphony orchestra were developed on the basis of Near Eastern music

　　64. According to the author, music notation is important because ________ .

　　[A] it has a great effect on the music culture as more and more people are able to read it

　　[B] it tends to standardize folk songs when it is used by folk musicians

　　[C] it is the printed version of standardized folk music

　　[D] it encourages people to popularize printed versions of songs

　　65. It can be concluded from the passage that the introduction of electronic media into the world of music ________ .

　　[A] has brought about an information revolution

　　[B] has speeded up the appearance of a new generation of computers

　　[C] has given rise to new forms of music culture

　　[D] has led to the transformation of traditional musical instruments

　　66. Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage?

　　[A] Musical instruments developed through the years will sooner or later be replaced by computers.

　　[B] Music cannot be passed on to future generations unless it is recorded.

　　[C] Folk songs cannot be spread far unless they are printed on music sheets.

　　[D] The development of music culture is highly dependent on its material aspect.

　　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 center.

　　Today, most countries in the world have canals. Many countries have built canals near the coast, and parallel 67 the coast. Even in the twentieth century, goods can be moved more cheaply by boat than by any other 68 of transport. These 69 make it possible for boats to travel 70 ports along the coast without being 71 to the dangers of the open. Some canals, such as the Suez and the Panama, save ships weeks of time by making their 72 a thousand miles shorter. Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not 73 on the coast; still other canals 74 lands where there is too much water, help to 75 fields where there is not enough water, and 76 water power for factories and mills. The size of a canal 77 on the kind of boats going through it. The canal must be wide enough to permit two of the largest boats using it to 78 each other easily. It must be deep enough to leave about two feet of water 79 the keel of the largest boat using the canal. When the planet Mars was first 80 through a telescope, people saw that the round disk of the planet was crises-crossed by a 81 of strange blue-green lines. These were called "canals" 82 they looked the same as canals on earth 83 are viewed from an airplane. However, scientists are now 84 that the Martian phenomena are really not canals. The photographs 85 from space-ships have helped us to 86 the truth about the Martian "canals".

　　67. [A] off [B] with [C] to [D] by

　　68. [A] way [B] means [C] method [D] approach

　　69. [A] waterways [B] waterfronts [C] channels [D] paths

　　70. [A] among [B] between [C] in [D] to

　　71. [A] revealed [B] exposed [C] opened [D] shown

　　72. [A] trip [B] journey [C] voyage [D] route

　　73. [A] lain [B] stationed [C] set [D] located

　　74. [A] escape [B] drain [C] dry [D] leak

　　75. [A] water [B] wet [C] soak [D] irrigate

　　76. [A] furnish [B] afford [C] offer [D] give

　　77. [A] focuses [B] bases [C] depends [D] takes

　　78. [A] cross [B] pass [C] move [D] advance

　　79. [A] down [B] beneath [C] below [D] off

　　80. [A] studied [B] researched [C] surveyed [D] observed

　　81. [A] plenty [B] number [C] deal [D] supply

　　82. [A] although [B] because [C] so [D] if

　　83. [A] that [B] where [C] when [D] as

　　84. [A] exact [B] definite [C] certain [D] decisive

　　85. [A] held [B] taken [C] got [D] developed

　　86. [A] find [B] expose [C] uncover [D] discover

　　Part Vi Translation (5 minutes)

　　Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

　　87. It is time the whole society began to take action to ________________________(使我们的环境免于毁灭).

　　88. If we had set out earlier, ________________________(我们就不会在雨中行走).

　　89. When this semester is over, ________________________ (我就能抽空读这部小说了).

　　90. ________________________ (在我设计出这个问题的解决方案后)，I’ll submit a report to the committee.

　　91. ________________________ (我已得出结论)that it would be unwise to accept his proposal.