考試吧恩波：2008年12月四級預(yù)測試卷及解析(五)

　　19. According to the woman, why does she respect their parents?

　　20. What happened when the woman began to study nursing?

　　21. What attitude did the man’s parents have towards his study abroad?

　　22. Which of the following statements is true according to the conversation?

　　Conversation Two

　　W: You don’t look smart this morning. I can see you’re not happy.

　　M: I had never expected this would have happened to me. We had a power failure at home last night.

　　W: How come? Did anyone in the family do anything wrong?

　　M: You’ve guessed it. It was all my father’s fault.

　　W: What did he do?

　　M: I was just watching a wonderful football feature program on TV when the lights suddenly went out.

　　W: Why was that?

　　M: You see, we’d just had our dinner. My mother was washing my jeans in the washing machine. And the air-conditioners were on in both rooms. I was in my room watching TV.

　　W: What was your father doing then?

　　M: He wanted to warm his tea in the microwave oven. He plugged it in and the fuse broke.And everything stopped all of a sudden.

　　W: Your next-door neighbor is an electrician, isn’t he?

　　M: Yes. Luckily, he happened to be at home. He came and fixed it up. But it was half an hour later. I had already missed a lot.

　　W: It was an annoying experience for a sports fan like you. But don’t miss the basketball final this evening. Make sure there is no power failure tonight.

　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　23.Why does the man look depressed this morning?

　　24. What was the immediate cause of the power failure?

　　25.What will the man probably do tonight?

　　Section B

　　26. B 27. D 28. B 29. D 30. C 31. A 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. D

　　Passage One

　　We know little about how primitive people came to use the money,but we do know some of the articles which have been used as money. During the days of ancient Rome, salt was hard to obtain. Salt for the preparation of food was considered so precious that soldiers were paid with it. This salt money was known as salarium, and from it we get our word salary.

　　In some regions of Asia, tin was used for money; and the American Indian used a variety of shell beads which he called wampum. In some places special kinds of sea-shells, bird feathers, or nuts were used. Perhaps the most common money of all was an animal of some kind. In some places today, cows are still used as a kind of money. So you see, things highly valued by everybody may serve as money.

　　The Chinese were the first people to use coins as money. Today most coins are round; but the coins of ancient peoples were of many shapes. Some were round, some were square or rectangular, and others were even egg-shaped or had square holes in their centers.

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

　　26.What did ancient Rome use as money?

　　27.Who first used coins as money?

　　28.What is the main idea of the passage?