1996年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题试卷

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the robbery, the shop installed a sophisticate alarm system as an insurance ________ further losses.

________ the earth to be flat, many feared that Columbus would fall off the edge of the earth.

A healthy life is frequently thought to be ________ with the open countryside and homegrown food.

Sir Denis, who is 78, has made it known that much of his collection ________ to the nation.

Before the first non-stop flight made in 1949, it ________ necessary for all planes to land for refueling.

In Britain today women ________ 44% of the workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.

________ might be expected, the response to the question was very mixed.

If I correct someone, I will do it with as much good humor and self-restraint as if I were the one ________.

Features such as height, weight, and skin color ________ from individual to individual and from face to face.

I make notes in the back of my diary ________ thing to be mended or replaced.

The room is in a terrible mess; it ________ cleaned.

A well-written composition ________ good choice of words and clear organization among other things.

The traditional approach ________ with complex problems is to break them down into smaller, more easily managed problems.

It has been revealed that some government leaders ________ their authority and position to get illegal profits for themselves.

We were struck by the extent ________ which teachers’ decisions served the interests of the school rather than those of the students.

Shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first ________.

The ancient Egyptians are supposed ________ rockets to the moon.

The store had to ________ a number of clerks because sales were down.

All the students in this class passed the English exam ________ the exception of Li Ming.

Young adults ________ older people are more likely to prefer pop songs.

Writing is a slow process, requiring ________ thought, time, and effort.

________ right now, she would get there on Sunday.

It’s already 5 o’clock now. Don’t you think it’s about time ________?

Lightning is a ________ of electrical current from a cloud to the ground or from one cloud to another.

Today, ________ major new products without conducting elaborate market research.

I’ve already told you that I’m going to buy it, ________.

New York ________ second in the production of apples, producing 850,000,000 pounds this year.

Melted iron is poured into the mixer much ________ tea is poured into a cup from a teapot.

By success I don’t mean ________ usually thought of when that word is used.

I caught a ________ of the taxi before it disappeared around the corner of the street.

It can be inferred form the first paragraph that ________.

If you want to be left alone on an elevator, the best thing to do is ________.

By “a dimming of the lights” (Para. 1, Line 9) Erving Goffman means “________”.

If one is looked at by a stranger for too long, he tends to feel ________.

The passage mainly discusses ________.

Judging from the passage, McGuire was ________.

We can see from the first paragraph that the first Labor Day march ________.

Which of the following is the key factor in the immediate approval of Labor Day as a national holiday?

We lean from the passage that the establishment of Labor Day ________.

McGuire proposed Labor Day in order to ________.

The elders of contemporary Americans ________.

Children in America today are denied the chance ________.

Five hundred critically ill patients were investigated with the main purpose of ________.

The need of a dying patient for company shows ________.

It may be concluded from the passage that ________.

By using the example of finger prints, the author tells us that ________.

According to this passage, some animals have the gift of ________.

Who most probably knows best how to describe people’s personality?

According to the passage, it is possible for us tell one type of person from another because ________.

Which of the following is the major point of the passage?

(Passage 1, Lines 6-7, Para. 1)
You very likely give other passengers a quick glance to size them up and to assure them that you mean no threat.

(Passage 2, Lines 2-3, Para. 2)
In the 1880s the United States was a land sharply divided between the immensely wealthy and the very poor.

(Passage 3, Lines 3-5, Para. 3)
We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential outcome

(Passage 4, Lines 2-3, Para. 1)
Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another.

1.人们以为淡水是取之不尽的
(提示：雨水、河水、井水…)

2.实际上淡水是非常紧缺的
(提示：人口增加，工业用水增加，污染…)

3.我们应该怎么办
Global Shortage of Fresh Water