历年四六级真题阅读

2007

PART III

CLOSE [15 MIN]

Decide

which

of

the

choices

given

below

would

best

complete

the

passage

if

inserted

in

the

corresponding the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.

Until I took Dr Offutt’s class in DeMatha High school

, I was an underachieving student,but I left

that class (31)_______never to underachieve not only

31. ned

d

ined

d

Taught me to think,he convinced me,(32)________by example as

32. A. as much

B. much as

C. as such

D. such as

Words that it was my moral (33)_______to do so and to serve

33.A. work

B. job

C. duty

tion

others.

(34)_____of us could know how our relationship would

34.A. Both

B. Neither

C. Either

D. Each

(35)_______over the years .When I came back to DeMatha to

35. A. evolve

B. stay

C. remain

D. turn

teach English, I worked for Dr Offutt,the department

discussion with him were like graduate seminars in adolescent

(36)______,classroom management and school leadership.

s

ure

pment

nt

After several years,I was (37)_______department chair,

d

and our relationship(38)________again. I thought that it might

38.A. moved

B. altered

C. went

D. shifted

be (39)______chairing the department ,since all of

d

ral

my (40)______English teachers were

40.A. older

enced

D. /

(41)_______there,but Dr Offutt supported me

41. A.

/

y

(42)_______.He knew when to give me advice

42. h

hout

the beginning

the way

(43)_______curriculum,texts and personnel,and when to

43.

let me (44)______my own course. 44.

be

In 1997,I needed his (45)______about leaving DeMatha

n

t

sion

to become principal at another school.(46)_______he had asked

if

gh

me to stay at DeMatha,I might have .(47)_______,he encouraged

lly

d

uently

me to seize the opportunity.

Five years ago ,I became the principal of DeMatha.(48)________, again

edly

ly

ctedly

Dr Offutt was there for me,letting me know that I could (49)_______ in

down

out

on

him. I have learned from him that great teachers have an inexhaustible

(50)________of lessons to teach.

PART IV

GRAMMER &VOCABULARY [15MIN]

There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases

marked A,B,C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentences.

51. There are as good fish in the sea _____ever came out of it .

the

President’s

Men

______one

of

the

important

books

for

historians

who

study

the

Watergate Scandal.

s ed

remaining

53.’You ______ borrow my notes provided you take care of them,’ I told my friend.

only the patient ______a different treatment instead of using the antibiotics, he might still be

alive now.

received ed

receive

receiving

was _____te experiment a month ago,but she changed her mind at the last minute.

A.

to start

have started be starting have been starting

_____fifty or so when I first met her at the conference.

A. must be

been

be

have been

is

not

______much

the

language

as

the

background

that

makes

the

book

difficult

to

understand.

comminttee has anticipated the problems that ________in the road construction project.

arise

arisen

student said there were a few points in the essay he _______impossible to comprehend.

found

found

find

would have finished his college education,but he _______to quit and find a job to support

his family.

had

have

research requires more money than ________.

been put in

been put in

put in

be put in

pulation poses a terrible threat to the human it is probably ________a threat to

the human race than enviromental destruction.

more

more

more

more

is

not

uncommon

for

there

_______problems

of

communication

between

the

old

and

the

young.

be

be

64.________at in his way,the situation does not seem so desperate.

g

looked

look

is absolutely essential that William________his study in spite of some learning difficulties.

continue ued

ue

ues

painting he bought at the street market the other day was a_______forgery.

-made

B. natural

’s always been

kind to me

–I can’t just turn ______on her now that she needs my help.

A. my back

B .my head

C. my eye

D. shoulder

bar in the club is for the ______use of its members.

A. extensive

B. exclusive

C .inclusive

D. comprehensive

tutition fees are ______to students coming from low-income families.

A .approachable

B. payable

C. reachable

D. affordable

medical

experts

warned

the

authorities

of

the

danger

of

diseases

in

the

_______of

the

earthquake.

A. consequence

B. aftermath

C. results

D. effect

sort of rude behaviour in public hardly ______a person in your position.

A. becomes

B. fits

C. supports

D. improves

72.I must leave now.

_______,if you want that book I’ll bring it next time.

A. Accidentally

B .Incidentally

C. Eventually

D. Naturally

a long delay, she ______replying to my e-mail.

A. got away with

B. got back at

C. got back

D. got round to

al computers are no longer something beyond the ordinary people; they are________

available these days.

A. promptly

B. instantly

C. readily

D. quickly

my first year at the university I learnt the _______of journalism.

A. basics

B. basic

C. elementary

D. elements

ing to the new tax law, any money earned over that level is taxed at the ______of

59 percent

A. ratio

B. percentage

C. proportion

D. rate

nds

of

_______at

the

stadium

came

to

their

feet

to

pay

tribute

to

an

outstanding

performance.

A .audience

B. participants

C. spectators

D. observers

stood still ,gazing out over the limitless ______of the dessert.

A. space

B. expanse

C. stretch

D. land

often ______uneasiness in the people they deal with.

A. smell

B. hear

C. sense

D. tough

sat at the table, looked at the plate and ______her lips.

A. smacked

B. opened

C. parted

D. seperated

PART III CLOZE [15 MIN]

2008

Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the

eorresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.

Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today.

Salt may seem rather a strange (31)____ to use as money, (32)_____ in countries where the

food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often an (33)_____ necessity. Cakes of salt, stamped

to show their (34)____, were used as money in some countries until recent (35)_____, and cakes

of salt (36)____ buy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa.