2006年12月23日英语四级最新预测卷（一）

Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
Sixteen years ago, Eileen Doyles husband, an engineer, took his four children up for an early morning cup of tea, packed a small case and was never seen or heard of again. Eileen was astonished and in a state of despair. They had been a happy family and, as far as she knew, there had been nothing wrong with their marriage.
Every day of the year a small group of men and women quietly pack a few belongings and without so much as a note or a good—bye close the front door for the last time, leaving their debts, their worries and their confused families behind them.
Last year, more than 1,200 men and nearly as many women were reported missing from home—the highest in 15 years. Many did return home within a year, but others rejected the past completely and are now living a new life somewhere under a different identity.
To those left behind this form of desertion is a terrible blow to their pride and selfconfidence. Even the finality of death might be preferable. At least it does not imply rejection or failure. Worse than that, people can be left with an unfinished marriage, not knowing whether they will have to wait seven years before they are free to start a fresh life.
Clinical psychologist Paul Brown believes most departures of this kind to be well planned rather than impulsive. “It’s typical of the kind of personality which seems able to ignore other people’s pain and difficulties. Running away, like killing yourself, is a highly aggressive act. By creating an absence the people left behind feel guilty, upset and empty.”
62. When her husband left home, Eileen Doyle             .
A)  could not forgive him for taking the children
B)  had been expecting it to happen for some time
C)  could not understand why
D)  blamed herself for what had happened
63. Most people who leave their families behind them            .
A)  do so without warningB)  do so because of their debts
C)  come back immediatelyD)  change their names
64. Some people would even prefer the death to the running away of their spouse(配偶) because             .
A)  their spouse would feel no pain during the death
B)  their spouse death would not blow their pride and confidence
C)  a desertion would not bring a feeling of rejection or failure
D)  their spouse death would make them feel less painful
65. The man or woman left behind with an unfinished marriage usually             .
A)  admits responsibility for the situationB)  wishes the person who has left were dead
C)  comes back within a yearD)  will have no legal marriage life for seven years
66. Paul Brown regards leaving home in such circumstances as             .
A)  an act of despair      B)  an act of selfishness
C)  the result of a sudden decisionD)  the result of the enormous sense of guilt
 
Part ⅤError Correction
Direction:This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.
 
We live in a society in there is a lot of talk about              67       
science, but I would say that there are not 5 percent of
the people who are equipped with schooling, including
college, to understand scientific reasoning. We are
more ignorant of science as people with comparable           68       
educations in Western Europe.
There are a lot of kids who know everything about
computers—how to build them, how to take them apart,
how to write programs for games. So if you ask them           69       
to explain about the principles of physics that have gone        70       
into creating the computer, you don’t have the faintest idea.    71       
The failure to understand science leads to such
things like the neglect of the human creative power.             72       
It also takes rise to a blurring(模糊) of the distinction            73       
between science and technology. Lots of people don’t
differ between the two. Science is the production                74       
of new knowledge that can be applied or not, since              75       
technology is the application of knowledge to the
production of some products, machinery or the like.
The two are really very different, and people who have
the faculty for one very seldom have a faculty for the other.
    Science in itself is harmless, more or less. But as
soon as it can provide technology, it is not necessarily
harmful.No society has yet learned how to forecast the            76       
consequences of new technology, which can be enormous.
 
Part ⅥTranslation (5 minutes)
Direction:Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
提示:在实考试卷中，该试题在答题卡2上。
77. The beauty of the West Lake in Hangzhou is             (我无法用言语来描述).
78. Last week, Tom and his friends celebrated his twentieth birthday,             (尽情地唱歌跳舞).
79. Why is she looking at me            （像是她认识我似的）? Ive never seen her before in my life.
80. Mr. Johnson made full preparation for the experiment            (以便实验能顺利进行).
81. I avoided mentioning the sensitive subject lest            (触犯他).
 
答案与解析
Part ⅠWritingColleges Have Opened Their Doors Wider
Colleges have opened their doors wider in recent years because the student population has increased enormously from 4 million to more than 7 million in less than six years since 1997. Is this a good thing?
Some argue that the enrollment increase will benefit individuals and the society as well. It allows more students to pursue higher educations and state loans enable children from poor families to complete their education at universities and colleges. This may in turn contribute to helping them to eliminate poverty for the society.
Others express concerns over the rapid expansion. They are afraid that some problems may arise from it, for example, the problem of employment. A lot more graduates may have great trouble in finding a job after graduation, which will lead to a social problem.
In my opinion, the former view is more reasonable. Admittedly, a rapid increase of graduates seemingly places a heavy burden on the society. However, on second thoughts, we find that it is due to the rapid expansion that, to a great extent, we can delay the approach of the upcoming employment wave. Moreover, just as property and wealth once were keys to success, education has become the main provider of individual opportunity in our society and an element that most ensures success in life and eliminates poverty. In this sense, I am convinced that the admission expansion is very instrumental.