2009年12月英語四級考試預測試題及答案(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]文中明確提到an intensive course that lasts from three to five months，因此正確答案為 [A]。

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

　　【解析】[D]答案依據(jù)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. 從這兩句中可看出看家不屬于導盲犬訓練范圍內(nèi)的技能。

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

　　【解析】[C]最重要的訓練課程持續(xù)四周。文中明確指出了本題答案。The most important part of the training course is a four-week program，從此句中即可看出。

　　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]文章一開始即交待了一個人一晚上要做夢四到六次。從第一句就可看出People dreams four to six times a night。因此，答案為[B]。

　　30.What is true according to this passage?

　　【解析】[D]安眠藥會阻止人們進入REM睡眠狀態(tài)。These sleeping pills didn’t let them go to REM sleep。可看出 [D]項正確。

　　31.Why do people dream?

　　【解析】[D]文中明確給出了答案Dreams give them time to find the answers to some of their problems。因為在夢中人可以找到自己的問題的答案。

　　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]從文章開頭說話者的自我介紹就可以知道他是這個委員會的主席。

　　33.What is the purpose of the meeting?

　　【解析】[D]在座的代表都是被選來計劃畢業(yè)典禮的事。

　　34.What should the students write on the paper?

　　【解析】[A]在座的學生應該在表格上填寫姓名、電話以及工作意向。

　　35.When is the next meeting?

　　【解析】[B]從這句話At our next meeting one week from today可知下次會議在下周召開。

　　Section C

　　36.【答案】educational

　　【解析】本文講的是英國的教育系統(tǒng)，主要講了英國學生要參加的三次重要的考試。

　　37.【答案】taken

　　【解析】英國學生的首次升學考試是在十一歲左右進行。學生參加考試，此處是被動態(tài)，主語是考試，因此用taken。

　　38.【答案】ability

　　【解析】學生的能力和才智將在eleven-plus的升學考試里得到體現(xiàn)，從而決定其是否應留在學校繼續(xù)學習，此空格即是能力ability一詞。

　　39【答案】aptitude

　　【解析】此空格內(nèi)容與前一空格內(nèi)容相關(guān)聯(lián)，學生的能力和才智將在升學考試中得到體現(xiàn)，aptitude是才智、智能的意思。

　　40.【答案】determined

　　【解析】英國學生參加的首次考試 eleven-plus的結(jié)果將決定他們是否繼續(xù)留校學習，因此此處空格填“決定”一詞，而且又為過去分詞，即為 determined。

　　41.【答案】comprehensive

　　【解析】現(xiàn)在所有的學生都進入綜合中學繼續(xù)學習，comprehensive意為“廣泛的、綜合的”。

　　42.【答案】tested

　　【解析】學生接受測試，主語是學生，語態(tài)為被動語態(tài)，因此用tested。

　　43.【答案】Level

　　【解析】一般水平即是ordinary level。Level即為水平、水準之意。

　　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。