大学英语新四级考试冲刺模拟试题

Section B

Directions：There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.

Romantic love is a culture trait found primarily in industrialized societies. Elsewhere in the world, pragmatic considerations rather than flights of fancy are often used to make a choice of partner, and romantic love is seen as an unfortunate inconvenience that gets in the way of the ordinary, rational process of mate selection. Traces of this attitude persist in the American upper classes, where daughters are expected to marry “well”-----that is, to a male who is eligible by reason of family background and earning potential. Most Americans, however, see romantic love as essential for a successful marriage, and tend to look askance（轻蔑地）at anyone who marries for a more practical reason in which love plays no part.

The phenomenon of romantic love occurs when two young people meet and find one another personally and physically attractive. They become mutually absorbed, start to behave in what appears to be a flighty（充满幻想的）, even irrational manner, decide that they are right for one another, and may then enter a marriage whose success is expected to be guaranteed by their enduring love. Behavior of this kind is portrayed and warmly endorsed（赞同）throughout American popular culture, by books, magazines, comics, records, popular songs, movies, and TV.

Romantic love is a noble ideal, and it can certainly provide a basis for the spouses to “live happily ever after.” But a marriage can equally well be founded on much more practical considerations”----as indeed they have been in most societies throughout most of history. Why is romantic love of such importance in the modern world? The reason seems to be that it has some basic

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 centre.

注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上作答。

Today the world's economy is going through two great changes, both bigger than an Asian financial crisis here or a European monetary union there.

The first change is that a lot of industrial_67_is moving from the United States, Western Europe and Japan to _68 _countries in Latin America, South-East Asia and Eastern Europe. In 1950, the United States alone _69_ for more than half of the world's economy output. In 1990, its _70_ was down to a quarter. By 1990, 40% of IBM's employees were non-Americans; Whirlpool, America's leading _71_ of domestic

appliances, cut its American labor force _72_ 10%. Quite soon now, many big western

companies will have more _73_ (and customers)

in poor countries than in rich _74_ .

The second great change is _75_, in the rich countries of the OECD, the balance of economic activity is _76_ from manufacturing to _77_. In

the United States and Britain, the _78_ of

workers in manufacturing has _79_ since 1900

from around 40% to barely half that. _80_ in

Germany and Japan, which rebuilt so many _81_

after 1945, manufacturing's share of jobs is now below 30%. The effect of the _82 is increased

_83_ manufacturing moves from rich countries to

the developing ones, _84_ cheap labor _85_ them

a sharp advantage in many of the _86_ tasks required by mass production.

67. A. product B. production C. products D. productivity

68. A. other B. small C. capitalistic D. developing

69. A. accounted B. occupied C. played D. shared

70. A. output B. development C. share D. economy

71. A. state B. consumer C. representative D. supplier

72. A. by B. at C. through D. in

73. A. products B. market C. employees D. changes

74. A. one B. ones C. times D. time

75. A. what B. like C. that D. how

76. A. ranging B. varying C. swinging D. getting

77. A. producing B. products C. servicing D. services

78. A. proportion B. number C. quantity D. group

79. A. changed B. gone C. applied D. shrunk

80. A. Furthermore B. Even C. Therefore D. Hence

81. A. armies B. weapons C. factories D. countries

82. A. question B. manufacturing C. shift D. rebuilding

83. A. with B. as C. given D. if

84. A. while B. whose C. who's D. which

85. A. give B. is giving C. gives D. gave

86. A. repetitive B. various C. creative D. enormous

Part Ⅵ Translation (5 minutes)

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

注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上；请在答题卡2上作答。