2010年6月英语四级全真预测试卷及答案详解(3)

　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　23. [A] Her professor did not like her story.

　　[B] She had trouble finishing her assignment.

　　[C] She did not like the topic she had chosen for her paper.

　　[D] She was taking too many courses.

　　24. [A] Take some extra time. [C] Do some work for another course.

　　[B] Do a writing exercise. [D] Write the story ending first.

　　25. [A] To go shopping. [C] To meet with her professor.

　　[B] To do research for her story. [D] To take a break from her work.

　　Section B

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.

　　Passage One

　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　26. [A] Given by the local government. [C] Bought from different cities and villages.

　　[B] Born by a large number of bitches. [D] Captured over grassland.

　　27. [A] 11-week course for control duty. [C] 9-week course for control duty.

　　[B] 11-week course for patrol duty. [D] 9-week course for patrol duty.

　　28. [A] Catching runaway criminals. [C] Patrolling the dangerous town.

　　[B] Scratching the hidden bombs. [D] Drug-sniffing or bomb-sniffing.

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　29. [A] Gold was discovered.

　　[B] The transcontinental railroad was completed.

　　[C] The golden Gate Bridge was constructed.

　　[D] Telegraph communications were established with the East.

　　30. [A] About two million. [C] About five million.

　　[B] About three million. [D] About six million.

　　31. [A] 19 million dollars. [C] 37 million dollars.

　　[B] 32 million dollars. [D] 42 million dollars.

　　Passage Three

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　32. [A] Computers have become part of our daily lives.

　　[B] Computers have advantages as well as disadvantages.

　　[C] People have different attitudes to computers.

　　[D] More and more families will own computers.

　　33. [A] Computers can bring financial problems.

　　[B] Computers can bring unemployment.

　　[C] Computers can be very useful in families.

　　[D] Computerized robots can take over some unpleasant jobs.

　　34. [A] Computers may change the life they have been accustomed to.

　　[B] Spending too much time on computers may spoil people's relationship.

　　[C] Buying computers may cost a lot of money.

　　[D] Computers may take over human beings altogether.

　　35. [A] Affectionate. [C] Approving

　　[B] Disapproving. [D] Neutral.

　　Section C

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blank, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

　　Development banks are international lending groups. They lend money to developing countries to help fuel economic growth and social (36) ________. They are not part of the World Bank, the International (37) ________ Fund or the United Nations. The money comes from member countries and borrowing on world markets.

　　Development banks provide long-term loans at market (38) ________. They provide even longer-term loans at below-market interest rates. These banks also provide technical (39) ________ and (40) ________.

　　There are four main ones. The oldest is the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C. It began in 1959. President Juscelino Kubitschek of Brazil had (41) ________ a bank to aid economic growth in the Americas. The (42) ________ of American States agreed. Today the bank is worth over 100,000 million dollars. It holds only 4 percent of that. The other money is (43) ________ by its members. (44) ________________________________________. 26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean borrow from the bank.

　　The African Development Bank has its roots in an agreement signed in Sudan in 1963. It is based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (45) ________________________________________. The country with the most votes in the bank is Nigeria, followed as of July by the United States, Japan and Egypt.

　　The Asian Development Bank started in 1966. It is based in Manila, in the Philippines. There are 63 members, mostly in Asia. (46) ________________________________________.

　　Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.