2010-2011年专四TEM4真题、答案及听力原文

2010-2011年专四TEM4真题、 答案 八年级地理上册填图题岩土工程勘察试题省略号的作用及举例应急救援安全知识车间5s试题及答案 及听力 原文 少年中国说原文俱舍论原文大医精诚原文注音大学原文和译文对照归藏易原文 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2011) -GRADE FOUR- TIME LIMIT: 135 MIN PART I DICTATION [15 MIN] Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE. PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN] In Sections A B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on Answer Sheet Two. SECTION A CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation. 1. Which of the statements about the auto show is INCORRECT? A. The show will have more stands this year. B. The show will have more visitors this year. C. The number of overseas visitors will be the same this year. D. The number of exhibition days will be the same this year. 2. According to the conversation, the price for a stand would include _______. A. a catalogue B. a poster C. two desks D. four chairs 3. During the conversation, the man seems to be more interested in _______. A. the size of the show B. the cost of the stand C. the basic furniture D. the visitor number Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of'the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation. 4. What is Jim interested in? A. Investing in the company‘s product. B. Buying a new educational computer. C. Joing the computer company. D. Reading the campaign plan. 5. The advertisements will be placed in all the following EXCEPT _______. A. family magazines B. Sunday newspapers C. morning television D. teenage magazines 6. The advertisements are intended to be seen by _______. A. parents only B. children only C. school teachers D. whole families 7. Linda sounds _______ about the success of the campaign plan. A. confident B. hesitant C. uncertain D. delighted Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. 8. John has worked in all the following places EXCEPT _______. A. a book shop B. a paper factory C. a school D. a fastfood restaurant 9. From the conversation, we learn that John _______. A. has no interest B. has only one interest C. has two interests D. has quite a few interests 10. Sue Green seems to be more interested in _______. A. working in a paper factory B. working in a young club C.looking after his brother and sister D. looking after his young friends SECTION B PASSAGES In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage. 11. According to the passage, the average age of the fleet of Delta/Northwest is _______. A. 10 years B. 14 years C. 16 years D. 20 years 12. It can be learned from the passage that _______. A. air journeys are quite often far from comfortable B. air travellers usually enjoy luxury during flights C. air travellers usually enjoy upgraded conditions D. airlines always provide good in-flight entertainment 13. Older planes can stay safe for more than 25 years because of the following EXCEPT _______. A. new engines B. strong materials C. proper maintenance D. new interior Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage. 14. Which job will involve supervising workers using dangerous equipment? A. Assistant site manager. B. Carpenter supervisor. C. Assembly supervisor. D. Automobile service station manager. 15. Who will also decide on the prices of products and services? 1 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 A.Airlines‘ flight service manager. B.Automobile service station manager. C.Assistant site manager. D.Carpenter supervisor. 16. Who may also do some of the work he supervises? A. Assistant site manager. B. Airlines‘ flight service manager. C. Assembly supervisor. D. Carpenter supervisor. 17. Which job offers the highest salary? A.Assistant site manager. B.Automobile service station manager. C.Carpenter supervisor. D.Airlines‘ flight service manager. Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage. 18. Where were the two men filmed? A. In the jewelry shop. B. In the City Mall. C. Near the lorry. D. In the parking lot. 19. Witnesses saw the two men _______. A. leave the lorry together B. leave the lorry without hoods C. ran back to the lorry separately D. ran back to the lorry without hoods 20. Which of the following details is CORRECT? A. The lorry was originally painted white. B. The lorry had no registration plates. C. The shorter man was the passenger. D. The taller man was the driver. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now. listen to the news. 21. What did NASA‘s Constellation Programme originally plan to do? A.To set up a moon colony by 2020. B. To send astronauts again to the moon by 2020. C.To continue the shuttle missions till 2020. D. To create more jobs for NASA till 2020. 22. NASA‘s Constellation Programme would be cancelled mainly because _______. A. there were more important space missions B. the space agency lacked funding for the programme C. the current shuttle missions would continue D. Congress failed to pass President Obama‘s budget Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. 23.The Russian cargo ship was sinking. What was the direct cause? A. No explanation of the problem. B. Long distance away from land. C. Slow rescue efforts. D. Severe weather. 24. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a possible means of rescue? A. Aircraft. B. Tugboat. C. Nearby cargo ship. D. Vessels at the oil rig. Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. 25. Why did the singers meet in Hollywood? A. To raise money for African humanitarian efforts. B. To raise money for Haitian earthquake victims. C. To sing in memory of Michael Jackson. D. To make a recording of the original version of the song. 26. Which of the following details about the news is INCORRECT? A. The organizer is one of the co-writers of the first song. B. Singers will use the same recording studio as in 1985. C. The recording session is expected to last long. D. Stars from the original version will take part. Questions 27 and 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. 27. The additional 2 billion dollars will mainly be used to _______. A. upgrade its network capacity B. improve customer services C. develop new products D. market more Iphones 28. Where does AT & T face difficulties in particular? A. Nationwide. B. Overseas. C. In big cities. D. In remote towns. Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. 29. Where is the presence of security patrols most evident? A.Where matches take place. B.Where protests may take place. C.In downtown vancouver. D.Around the athletes‘ village. 30. What is the news item mainly about? A. Political protests during the Olympics. B. Security operations during the Olympics. C. Olympics‘ security forces. D. Security measures in buildings. PART III CLOZE [15 MIN] Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage it" inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on ANSWER SHEET TWO. "Congratulations, Mr. Jones, it's a girl." Fatherhood is going to have a different meaning and (31)____ a different response from every man who hears these words. Some feel (32)____ when they receive the news, (33)____ others worry, wondering whether they will be good father. (34)____ there are some men who like children and may have had (35)____ experience with them, others do not particularly (36)____ children and spend little time with them. Many fathers and mothers have been planning and looking forward to 2 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 children for some time. (37)____ other couples, pregnancy was an accident that both husband and wife have (38)____ willingly or unwillingly. Whatever the (39)____ to the birth of a child, it is obvious that the shift from the role of husband to (40)____ of father is a difficult task. (41)____, unfortunately, few attempts have been made to (42)____ fathers in this resocialization (43)____. Although numerous books have been written about American mothers, (44)___ recently has literature focused on the (45)___of a father. It is argued by some writers that the transition to the father's role, although difficult, is not (46)____ as great as the transition the wife must (47)____ to the mother's role. The mother's role seems to require a complete (48)____ in daily routine and highly innovative adaptation. (49)____, the father's role is less demanding and (50)____. 31. A. bring down B. bring forth C. bring off D. bring in 32. A. emotional B. sentimental C. bewildered D. proud 33. A. while B. when C. if D. as 34. A. When B. If C. Although D. Yet 35. A. considerate B. considerable C. considering D. considered 36. A. care about B. care of C. care with D. care for 37. A. For B. Of C. From D. Upon 38. A. received B. taken C.accepted D. obtained 39. A. reply B. reaction C. readiness D. reality 40. A. what B. this C. one D. that 41. A. As a result B. For example C. Yet D. Also 42. A. educate B. cultivate C. inform D. convert 43. A. step B. process C. point D. time 44. A. \ B. just C. quite D. only 45. A. role B. work C. career D. position 46. A. a little B. just C. nearly D. Almost 47. A. take B. make C. carry D. accept 48. A. transformation B. realization C. socialization D. reception 49. A. In addition B. Above all C. Generally D. However 50. A. current B. immediate C. present D. quick PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN] 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 sentence. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO. 51. My uncle is quite worn out from years of hard work. He is no longer the man _______ he was fifteen years old. A. which B. whom C. who D. that 52. Which of the following statements is a COMMAND? A. Beg your pardon. B. Have a good time. C. Never do that again! D. What noise you are making! 53. Which of the following italicized phrases indicates purpose? A. She said it for fun, but others took her seriously. B. For all its effort, the team didn‘t win the match. C. Linda has worked for the firm for twenty years. D. He sent out for Beijing yesterday. 54. When you have finished with the book, don‘t forget to return it to Tim, _____? A. do you B. will you C. don‘t D. won‘t 55. In phrases like freezing cold, burning hot or soaking wet, the -ING participle is used _____. A. as a command B. as a condition C. for concession D. for emphasis 56. Which of the following italicized phrases is INCORRECT? A. The city is now ten times its original size. B. I wish I have two times his strength. C. The seller asked for double the usual price. D. They come here four times every year. 57. It is not so much the language _____ the cultural background that makes the book difficult to understand. A. as B. nor C. but D. like 58. Which of the following italicized parts is used as an object? A. What do you think has happened to her? B. Who do you think the visiting professor is? C. How much do you think he earns every month? D. How quickly would you say he would come? 59. The additional work will take _____ weeks. A. the other B. another two C. other two D. the more 60. Which of the following italicized parts is a subject clause(主语从句)? A.We are quite certain that we will get there in time. B.He has to face the fact that there will be no pay rise this year. C.She said that she had seen the man earlier that morning. D.It is sheer luck that miners are still alive after ten days. 61. It‘s getting late. I‘d rather you _____ now. A. left B. leave C. are leaving D. will leave 62. In the sentence ―The manager interviewed Jim himself in the morning‖, the italicized word is used to modify _____. A. the object B. the verb C. the subject D. the prepositional phrase 63. There is no doubt _____ the couple did the right thing in coming back home earlier than planned. 3 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 A. whether B. that C. why D. when 64. The sentence that expresses OFFER is _____. A. I‘ll get some drinks. What will you have? B. Does she need to book a ticket now? C. May I know your name? D. Can you return the book next week? 65. Which of the following italicized phrases indicates a subject-predicate relation(主谓关系)? A. Mr Smith’s passport has been issued. B. The visitor’s arrival was reported in the news. C. John’s travel details have not been finalized. D. The new bookstore sells children’s stories. 66. Our office has recently _____ to a new computer system. A. altered B. converted C. transformed D. modified 67. The crowd went _____ as soon as the singer stepped onto the stage. A. wild B. emotional C. uncontrolled D. unrestricted 68. Our school library is _____ closed for repairs. A. shortly B. quickly C. temporarily D. rapidly 69. John is up to his eyes in work at the moment. The underlined part means _____. A. very excited B. very busy C. very tired D. very efficient 70. Vitoria bumped into her brother quite by chance in the supermarket. The underlined word means _____. A. risk B. opportunity C. possibility D. luck 71. ―Look at those pretty girls‘skirts‖ is _____, because it is not clear whether the girls or the skirts are ―pretty‖. A. ambiguous B. hidden C. indirect D. indistinct 72. House repairs, holidays, school fees and other _____ have reduced his bank balance to almost nothing. A. amount B. payment C. expenses D. figures 73. It was really _____ of you to remember my birthday. A. grateful B. thoughtful C. considerable D. generous 74. You can go to a travel agency and ask for a holiday _____. A. introduction B. advertisement C. book D. brochure 75. The city government is building more roads to _____ the increasing number of cars. A. accommodate B. receive C. accept D. hold 76. They‘ve lifted a two-year-long economic _____ on the country. A. enclosure B. restriction C. blockade D. prohibition 77. Everyone is surprised that she has fallen out with her boyfriend. The underlined part means ____. A. left B. quarreled C. attacked D. defeated 78. His plan is carefully prepared and full of details, so it is a very _____ one. A. elaborate B. refined C. ambitious D. complex 79. The girl‘s voice was so low that we could _____ hear her. A. seldom B. almost C. only D. barely 80. She must have been pretty _____ to fall for such an old trick. A. interested B. gullible C. enthusiast D. shrewd PART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN] In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO. TEXT A We have a crisis on our hands. You mean global warming? The world economy? No, the decline of reading. People are just not doing it anymore, especially the young. Who‘s responsible? Actually, it's more like, What is responsible? The Internet, of course, and everything that comes with it–Facebook, Twitter(微博). You can write your own list. There's been a hue and cry over the imminent death of literate civilization for a long time. In the 20th century, first it was the movies, then radio, then television that seemed to spell doom for the written word. None did. Reading survived; in fact, it not only survived, it has flourished. The world is more literate than ever before – there are more and more readers, and more and more books. The fact that we often access our reading material online today is not something we should worry over. The electronic and digital revolution of the last two decades has arguably shown the way forward for reading and for writing. Take the arrival of e-book readers as an example. Devices like Kindle make reading more convenient and are a lot more environmentally friendly than the traditional paper book. As technology makes new ways of writing possible, new ways of reading are possible. Interconnectivity allows for the possibility of a reading experience that was barely imaginable before. Where traditional books had to make do with photographs and illustrations, an e-book can provide readers with an unlimited number of links: to texts, pictures, and videos. In the future, the way people write novels, history, and philosophy will resemble nothing seen in the past. On the other hand, there is the danger of trivialization. One Twitter group is offering its followers single-sentence-long‖ digests" of the great novels. War and Peace in a sentence? You must be joking. We should fear the fragmentation of reading. There is danger that the high-speed connectivity of the Internet will reduce our attention span — that we will be incapable of reading anything of length or which requires deep concentration. 4 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 In such a fast-changing world, in which reality seems to be remade each day, we need the ability to focus and understand what is happening to us. This has always been the function of literature and we should be careful not to let it disappear. Our society needs to be able to imagine the possibility of a Leo Tolstoy for the information age, someone utterly in tune with modern technology but able to make panoramic sense of a dynamic confusing world. In the 15th century, Johannes Guttenberg's invention of the printing press in Europe had a huge impact on civilization. Once upon a time the physical book was a challenging thing. We should remember this before we assume that technology is out to destroy traditional culture. 81. Which of the following paragraphs briefly reviews the historical challenges for reading? A. Paragraph One. B. Paragraph Two. C. Paragraph Three. D. Paragraph Four. 82. The following are all cited as advantages of e-books EXCEPT _____. A. multimodal content B. environmental friendliness C. convenience for readers D. imaginative design 83. Which of the following can best describe how the author feels toward single-sentence-long novels? A. Ironic. B. Worried. C. Sarcastic. D. Doubtful. 84. According to the passage, people need knowledge of modern technology and ______ to survive in the fast-changing society. A. good judgment B. high sensitivity C. good imagination D. the ability to focus 85. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Technology pushes the way forward for reading and writing. B. Interconnectivity is a feature of new reading experience. C. Technology is an opportunity and a challenge for traditional reading. D. Technology offers a greater variety of reading practice. TEXT B I know when the snow melts and the first robins(知更鸟) come to call, when the laughter of children returns to the parks and playgrounds, something wonderful is about to happen. Spring cleaning I‘ll admit spring cleaning is a difficult notion for modern families to grasp. Today‘s busy families hardly have time to load the dishwasher, much less clean the doormat. Asking the family to spend the weekend collecting winter dog piles from the melting snow in the back yard is like announcing there will be no more Wi-Fi. It interrupts the natural order. "Honey, what say we spend the weekend beating the rugs, sorting through the boxes in the basement and painting our bedroom a nice lemony yellow" I say. "Can we at least wait until the NBA playoffs are over?" my husband answers. But I tell my family, spring cleaning can't wait. The temperature has risen just enough to melt the snow but not enough for Little League practice to start. Some flowers are peeking out of the thawing ground, but there is no lawn to seed, nor garden to tend. Newly wakened from our winter's hibernation(冬眠), yet still needing extra blankets at night, we open our windows to the first fresh air floating on the breeze and all of the natural world demanding "Awake and be clean!" Biologists offer a theory about this primal impulse to clean out every drawer and closet in the house at spring's first light, which has to do with melatonin, the sleepytime hormone(激素) our bodies produce when it's dark. When spring's light comes, the melatonin diminishes, and suddenly we are awakened to the dusty, virus-filled house we've been hibernating in for four months. I tell my family about the science and psychology of a good healthy cleaning at spring's arrival. I speak to them about life's greatest rewards waiting in the removal of soap scum from the bathtub, which hasn't been properly scrubbed since the first snowfall. "I'll do it," chirps the eldest child, a 21-year-old college student who lives at home. "You will? Wow!" I exclaim. Maybe after all these years, he's finally grasped the concept. Maybe he's expressing his rightful position as eldest child and role model. Or maybe he's going to Florida for a break in a couple of weeks and he's being nice to me who is the financial-aid officer. No matter. Seeing my adult son willingly cleaning that dirty bathtub gives me hope for the future of his 12-year-old brother who,instead of working, is found to be sleeping in the seat of the window he is supposed to be cleaning. "Awake and be clean!" I say. 86.According to the passage,―…spring cleaning is a difficult notion for modern families to grasp‖means that spring cleaning__. A. is no longer an easy practice to understand. B. is no longer part of modern family life. C. requires more family members to be involved. D. calls for more complicated skills and knowledge. 87. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be included in family spring cleaning? A. Beating the rugs. B. Cleaning the window. C. Restoring Wi-Fi service. D. Cleaning the backyard. 88. Why does the author say ―spring cleaning can't wait‖? A. Because there will be more activities when it gets warmer. B. Because the air is fresher and the breeze is lighter. C. Because the whole family is full of energy at the spring time. D. Because the snow is melting and the ground is thawing. 89. Which of the following interpretations of the biologists‘ about melatonin is INCORRECT? A. The production of melatonin in our bodies varies at different times. B. Melatonin is more likely to cause sleepiness in our bodies. C. The reduction of melatonin will cause wakefulness in our bodies. D. The amount of melatonin remains constant in our bodies. 5 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 90.Which of the following can best sum up the author‘s overall reaction to hear adult son‘s positive response to spring cleaning? A. Surprised and skeptical. B. Elated and hesitant. C. Relieved and optimistic. D. Optimistic and hesitant. TEXT C These days lots of young Japanese do omiai, literally, ―meet and look.‖ Many of them do so willingly. In today's prosperous and increasingly conservative Japan, the traditional omiai kekkon, or arranged marriage, is thriving. But there is difference. In the original omiai, the young Japanese couldn‘t reject the partner chosen by his parents and their middleman. After World War ?, many Japanese abandoned the arranged marriage as port of their rush to adopt the more democratic ways of their American conquerors. The Western ren’ai kekkon, or love marriage, became popular; Japanese began picking their own mates by dating and falling in love. But the Western way was often found wanting in an important respect: It didn‘t necessarily produce a partner of the right economic, social, and educational qualifications. ―Today‘s young people are quite calculating,‖ says Chieko Akiyama, a social commentator. What seems to be happening now is a repetition of a familiar process in the country‘s history, the ―Japanization‖ of an adopted foreign practice. The western ideal of marring for love is accommodated in a new omiai in which both parties are free to reject the match. ―Omiai is evolving into a sort of stylized introduction,‖ Mrs. Akiyama says. Many young Japanese now date in their early twenties, but with no thought of marriage. When they reach the age — in the middle twenties for woman, the late twenties for men — they increasingly turn to omiai. Some studies suggest that as many as 40% of marriages each year are omiai kekkon. It ?s hard to be sure, say those who study the matter, because many Japanese couples, when polled, describe their marriage as a love match even if it was arranged. These days, doing omiai often means going a computer matching service rather than to a nakodo. The nakodo of traditional was an old woman who knew all the kids in the neighborhood and went around trying to pair them off by speaking to their parents; a successful match would bring her a wedding invitation and a gift of money. But Japanese today find it‘s less awkward to reject a proposed partner if the nakodo is a computer. Japan has about five hundred computer machining services. Some big companies, including Mitsubishi, run one for their employees. At a typical commercial services, an applicant pays $80 to $125 to have his or her personal data stored in the computer for two years and $200 or so more if a marriage results. The stored information includes some obvious items, like education and hobbies, and some not-so-obvious ones, like whether a person is the oldest child. (First sons, and to some extent first daughters , face an obligation of caring for elderly parents.) 91. According to the passage, today‘s young Japanese prefer _____. A. a traditional arranged marriage. B. a new type of arranged marriage. C. a Western love marriage. D. a more Westernized love marriage. 92. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? A. A Western love marriage tend to miss some Japanese values. B. Less attention is paid to the partner‘s qualification in arranged marriages. C. Young Japanese would often calculate their partner‘s wealth. D. A new arranged marriage is a repetition of the older type. 93. According to the passage, the figure 40% (Paragraph Five) is uncertain because_____. A. there has been a big increase in the number of arranged marriages. B. Western love marriage still remains popular among young Japanese. C. young Japanese start dating very early in their life in a Western tradition. D. the tendency for arranged marriages could be stronger than is indicated. 94. One of the big differences between a traditional nakodo and its contemporary version lies in the way _____. A. wedding gifts are presented B. a proposed partner is refused C. formalities are arranged D. the middleman/woman is chosen. 95. What is the purpose of the last paragraph? A. To tell the differences between an old and modern nakodo. B. To provide some examples for the traditional nakodo. C. To offer more details of computerized nakodo. D. To sum up the main ideas and provide a conclusion. TEXT D Cordia Harrington was tired of standing up all day and smelling like french fries at night. She owned and operated three McDonald's shops in Illinois, but as a divorced mother of three boys, she yearned for a business that would provide for her children and let her spend more time with them. Her lucky moment came, strangely enough, after she was nominated in 1992 to be on the McDonald's bun committee. "The company picked me up in a corporate jet to see bakeries around the world," she recalls. "Every time I went to a meeting, I loved it. This was global!" The experience opened her eyes to business possibilities. When McDonald‘s decided it wanted a new bun supplier, Harrington became determined to win the contract, even though she had no experience running a bakery. Harrington studied the bakery business and made sure she was never off executives’ radar. ―If you have a dream, you can‘t wait for people to call you,‖ she says. ―So I‘d visit a mill and send them photos of myself in a baker‘s hat and jacket, holding a sign that says ?I want to be your baker.‘‖ After four years and 32 interviews, her persistence paid off. Harrington sealed the deal with a handshake, sold her shops, and borrowed $13.5 million. She was ready to build the fastest, most automated bakery in the world. 6 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 The Tennessee Bun Company opened ahead of schedule in 1997, in time for a slump in U.S. fast-food sales for McDonald‘s. Before Harrington knew it, she was down to her last $20,000, not enough to cover payroll. And her agreement with McDonald‘s required that she sell exclusively to the company. ―I cried myself to sleep many nights,‖ she recalls. ―I really did think, I am going to go bankrupt.‖ But Harrington worked out an agreement to supply Pepperidge Farm as well. ―McDonald‘s could see a benefit if our production went up and prices went down, and no benefit if we went out of business,‖ she says. ―That deal saved us.‖ Over the next eight years, Harrington branched out even more: She started her own trucking business, added a cold-storage company, and now has three bakeries producing fresh buns and frozen dough—all now known as the Bun Companies. Speed is still a priority: It takes 11 people at the main bakery to turn out 60,000 buns an hour for clients across 40 states, South America, and the Caribbean. Grateful for the breaks she‘s had, Harrington is passionate about providing opportunities to all 230 employees. ―Financial success is the most fun when you can give it away,‖ she says. ―We had a project that came in under budget one year, and we gave each of our project managers a car with a big bow!‖ The current economy is challenging. Some of her clients‘ sales have declined, but she‘s found new clients and improved efficiencies to help sustain the company‘s double-digit growth. Cordia Harrington doesn‘t have to stand on her feet all day anymore. Two of her sons now work for her. And she‘s remarried—her husband, Tom, is now her CFO. ―This is more than a job,‖ says Harrington. ―It‘s a mission. I‘m always thinking, How can we best serve our employees? If we support them, they‘ll do their best to look after our clients. That‘s how it works here.‖ 96. According to the passage, which of the following was most significant in her early career? A. Her nomination on the Mcdonald‘s bun committee. B. Her travel and the visits to bakeries around the world. C. A business contract with local bun suppliers. D. The interviews and experience in running a bakery. 97. ―Harrington…made sure she was never off executives’ radar.‖(Paragraph Four) means that she _____. A. herself wanted to be company executive B. meant to hire executives to run the business C. meant to keep her management knowledge and skills. D. focused on the management of the bakery business. 98. How did she survive the crisis at the start of her bakery business? A. By supplying buns for another company. B. By opening her bun company ahead of schedule. C. By keeping supplies up for McDonald‘s. D. By making a new agreement with McDonald‘s. 99. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT in describing her current business? A. It is fast growing. B. It is diversified. C. Its clients are all local. D. It is more efficient. 100. According to the passage, which of the following is fundamental to Harrington‘s success? A. Efficiency and love for the family. B. Perseverance and concern for employees. C. Business expansion and family support. D. Opportunities and speed. PART VI WRITING [45 MIN] SECTION A COMPOSITION [35 MIN] Recently government agencies in some big cities have been studying the possibility of putting a ―pollution tax‖ on private cars. The amount of tax private car owners would have to pay would depend on the emission levels, i.e. engine or vehicle size. This has caused quite a stir among the public. Some regard it as an effective way to control the number of cars and reduce pollution in the city. But others don‘t think so. What is your opinion? Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition of about 200 words on the following: Should Private Car Owners be Taxed for Pollution? You are to write in three parts. In the first part, state specially what your opinion is. In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your opinion. In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, language and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks. SECTION B NOTE-WRITING [10 MIN] Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation: During the summer vacation you would like to invite your best friend to your home town. Write a note to him/her, extending your invitation and telling him/her how to get to your home town. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. —THE END— 7 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2011)-GRADE FOUR-2011年英语专业四级参考答案 PART I DICTATION British holidaying habits In the late 1970s, air travel became affordable for the average family in the UK, and more people started travelling abroad for their summer holidays. After all, the British weather wasn‘t very good, even in summer, so a lot of people left the country for a vacation. In the 1980s and 1990s, young people in the UK became wealthier on average. As a result, they started to go abroad in groups, to places such as Spain and Greece. Once they arrived at their destination, they met with other groups of young people and had one long party. British holidaying habits have begun to change, however. Climate change means that the UK now has a hotter climate, so people do not need to go overseas to find good weather. Also, going abroad is more expensive. As a result, more British people are choosing to spend their summer holidays in the UK. PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A 1-5. CDBAC 6-10. DACDB; 11-15. CADCB 16-20. DACBB; SECTION C 21-25. BBACB 26-30. CACDB SECTION B PART III CLOZE 31-35.BDACB 36-40.DACBD 41-45.CABDA 46-50.CBADB PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY 51-55. BCABD 56-60. BACBD 61-65. ACBAB 66-70. BACBD 71-75. ACBDA 76-80. CBADB PART V READING COMPREHENSION A) 81-85.BDBAC; B) 86-90.ACADB; C) 91-95.BADDC; D) 96-100. BCACB PART VI WRITING SECTION A COMPOSITION Should Private Car Owners be Taxed for Pollution? With the development of society, many people can afford a car. As the number of the cars is rising, we are facing some problems. One big problem is the pollution caused by the use of cars. In order to solve this problem, government agencies in some big cities recently suggest that a ―pollution tax‖ should be put on private cars in order to control the number of cars and reduce pollution in the city. For my part, I agree to this viewpoint, and my reasons are as follows: To begin with, cars contribute to the environmental pollution. For example, a lot of big cities in China are now plagued by serious air pollution. Then it is the responsibility of these private car owners to pay for the pollution and they should be taxed. The purpose of collecting environmental pollution tax is to raise the fund, and then utilize the tax revenue lever to protect our environment. Secondly, it is a good way to raise people‘s environmental awareness by putting a pollution tax on private cars. If people suffer from the financial loss when making a decision, they will think more about their decision. Then they will consider more when deciding to buy a private car. Consequently, the increase rate of the number of the private cars can be controlled. In a word, it is a very good and necessary attempt to use the means of taxation to treat the pollution. Of course, it must be kept in mind that all people, including the private car owners, should try their best to protect the environment. SECTION B NOTE-WRITING April 16, 2011 Dear my friend, The summer vacation is coming next month. I hope you will visit our home town and stay with us. It's very beautiful here with everything in bloom now. If possible, you can come here by the train No. 1010, which will arrive here at 18:00.I am looking forward to seeing you as soon as possible. Sincerely, Tom 8 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 2011专业四级(TEM4)听力原文 Part II:LISTENING COMPREHENSIO—SECTION A CONVERSATIONS W: Good afternoon, International Trade Center Exhibition Services. How can I help? 1 M: Oh, hello. I‘d like some information about exhibiting at the International Auto Mobile Show. W: The Auto Show? So, what would you like to know? M: First, can you give me an idea of how big the fair is? W: Well, 121 companies had stands last year and that figure should be up to 140 this time. M: Sorry, how many? W: 140. M: What about visiting numbers? W: Over the two days, we had 6500 visitors, so with more stands we‘d hope for more people this time. M: And where did they to be said come from? W: About 57% were from overseas: America and Europe, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. The remained were local people. M: That‘s interesting, now, a few practical questions. We‘re thinking of taking a stand about 45 square meters. How much will that cost? W: $400 per square meter. M: Sorry, can you give me the cost again? W: Yes. It‘s $400. So if you‘re looking at 45 square meters, it would be, let me see, $18000. But that‘s just the cost for a basic stand. M: What does the price include? W: You get a list in a catalogue in both Chinese and English, some basic furniture—a desk and four chairs, and electricity in lighting. M: So anything else would be extra like a poster. W: That‘s right. 2 M: Hello Linda. W: Hello Jim. M: I‘m thinking of invest in your new educational computer that your company has produced and I‘m interested in the advertise campaign. W: Oh, thank you. What would you like to know? M: I‘ve read your campaign plan. It looks ok. I only have a couple of questions mainly about where you intend to place these advertisements. W: Well, as you can see from the plan, we intend to place them in family magazines and on early evening television. We want whole families that parents and children to see them. M: Mnn…but are you sure they‘ll be the right families? W: The right families? Well… M: I mean are you certain that the parents who read these magazines and watch these television programs are the people who will buy an educational computer for their children? W: Yes, we are quite certain. A market research shows that… M: Good. I‘m sure you‘re right. And I see that you‘re thinking of placing advertisements in teenage magazines as well. W: Yes, we intend to place them in some teenage magazines, the more serious ones, you know. And we‘re also thinking of putting them in Sunday newspapers because it‘s likely that the whole family will be together on Sundays. M: I see, but do you really think that the parents and children will like the same advertisements? W: We‘ve done the research and we think they‘ll like our advertisements. M: Good. 3 W: Hello. I‘m Sue Green. You must be John Fox. M: Yes, I am. W: Thanks for coming to this job interview. Let me ask you a few questions. M: Yes, please. W: Have you got any work experience? M: Yes. I had a job in a paper factory for a few months after I left school. Then I worked in summer holidays in the university, first in a fast-food restaurant, then at a book shop. : Ok. Do you drive? Have you got a driving license? M: Yes, I have. W W: That‘s fine then. So what kind of interests do you have? M: Interests? Well, I like travelling. I play a lot of sports and I play the piano. W: What sorts of sports do you like? M: Football, tennis and swimming. W: Right. And what sort of music do you play? M: Oh, a lot of, different types, classic, jazz. W: Ok, the most important question now. What experience have you had with children? M: well, I‘ve looked after my brother and sister as babies and as they‘re young children. I also worked with children in a youth club. W: A youth club? M: Yes. I‘ve been working as a helper in a youth club since I studies in university as sort of a volunteer with teenagers. W: Good. Ok, well, let you know our decisions in a few days. M: Thank you. SECTION B PASSAGES 1 Few people expect luxury while flying, but these days, even the basic seems to be in bad shape. It‘s not our common to find your trade table broken, the in-flight entertainment system not working and your seat cushion worn. All of these can make you think how old this plane is anyway. The reality for many US air travelers is the most of the journeys take place some planes that have been in service for a decade or more. The average age of the fleet of the seven large USA passenger airlines is about 14 years old according to the airline monitor. If found American and Delta Northwest have the oldest fleets at about 16 years on average. At the end of 2008, a small percentage of the merged Delta Northwest planes dated back to the later 1960s. ―US. fleets are among the oldest in the world,‖ said Bridge Ablafare. And Adiation analyzed, ― I‘m not really sure the people should read that much into that.‖ Ablafare said, ― For the safety‘s fine point, a lot of the old planes will build tougher and with proper maintenance. There‘s no reason why flying constant safe for 25 to 30 years. It‘s also important to remember that the plane may be 20 years old, but its engines and another major systems could be recently manufactured and upgraded.‖ said Ablafare, ―There‘s less pressure on the airlines to upgrade the interior unless the safety issue or redesign above save money. 2 Higher education isn‘t for everyone and people have variety of parts to choose from once they graduate from high school. They might know from the start that they want to go street to the professional world. If you‘re in the market for a job that doesn‘t require a degree but does come with that a salary, here are a few jobs to consider: 9 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 Assembly supervisors over see workers who put together products by using power tools or other dangerous equipment; the annual salary is $19926. At construction side assistant site managers report to the head site manager and plan, director and coordinate the necessary tasks to complete that day‘s activities. Salary: $86584. And automobile service station manager draws up guidelines for gas stations and automobile repair shops and decides on our operations, a signs of job duties, and sets prices for services and products. Salary: $81793. Carpenter supervisors over see carpentry work on a specify project to ensure that workers on schedule and executing the plan accordingly. The supervisors also perform some of carpenter duties if time permits. Salary: $70565. Airlines flight services managers ensure that flight attendance adhere to personal experience and preflight requirements. They also compile fly reports. Salary: $ 67766. Illustrators design funs and imitate for variety of media from website to printing campaigns and video. They often work for advertisement agencies. Salary: $54995. 3 The police release the first video emergency yesterday of the two men believe to be involved in robbing a jewelry shop in the city seven days ago. But the video pictures taken a week ago were not very clear. The camera which filmed the men was about 200 meters away from a park lorry which the robbers later used as a getaway vehicle. The men were also filmed wearing hoods as they ran towards the lorry after the robbery. The pictures are timed at 9:05 a.m. last Saturday, just half an hour before the robbery occurred. Witnesses have confirmed that some time during this half an hour, they saw the two men without hoods leave the lorry separately. Despite the quality of the video, the police believe the robbers are distinctive enough not to be identified. The first suspect who got at the drive side of the lorry was about 5 foot and 6 inches tall and fat. He was wearing a grey jacket with a hood and dark trousers. The passenger was slimmer and slightly taller, about 5 foot and 8 inches. He was wearing light blue jeans and white jacket with a hood jogging top. According to the police, the lorry stored in the parking lot of the city mall last month have been repainted from white toss over, filled with false registration plates. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST 1 American astronauts would not return to the moon as plan if US congress passes president Obama‘s propose budget. Obama‘s budget which in cut funding in certain areas while increasing money used to create jobs would cancel NASA‘s constellation programme. The programme has sought to send astronauts back to the moon by 2020. NASA‘s programme also intend to study the idea on establishing the moon colony. The programme was set to follow the USA space agency shuttle missions which are due to end in September. On its website, the White House Budget Office says the programme to send astronauts to the moon is behind schedule, over budget and ever less important than other space investments. ―Using abroad range of criteria and independent view, panel determined that even fully funded NASA‘s programme to repeat many of their achievements of the polar-Euro 50 years later was the least attractive reproach to specific separation as compared to potential alternatives.‖ the site says. 2 A Russian cargo ship with about 30 crew members aboard was in danger of sinking off Russia‘s eastern coast while storming weather interfered with rescue efforts stayed around it. TASS news agency sent Friday. I set for just outside of the ship and the crew chip middle off. The crew sent out distress signal but there was no explanation of the problem. Because of the severe weather aircraft can‘t be used to rescue the crew. According to esh or TASS the vessel is about 19 miles from oil rig where rescue vessels abased while tugboat dispatched from land were still about 4 times farther away. The cargo ship had been on rue to a fishing area when they experiences the problems. The news agency reported. The ship host fish from boat to ports. 3 Dozens of recording stars began converging on a Hollywood studio Monday to add their voices to a song. They hope raise millions of dollars for Haitian earthquake relief. The words and music are updated version of we‘re the world, a song that raised least $30 million for African humanitarian programme 25 years ago. Linar reach who co-work the first song with Machael Jackson is organizing the effort. The original producer Quency Johns is using the same studio he used in 1985. Reporters and security surrounded Hansom Studios anticipating the arrival of limersing to libering MacDonald on Monday afternoon for what is expect to be a merry fund recording session. Smoky Robinson who sang on the original said the least 100 singers asked to take part does not include any of the 45 stars from the previous version. Organizers have not said when the song might be ready for the world to hear. 4 AT&T plans to spend 18 billion dollars in 2010 upgrading its wireless networks to handle the increasing a mart of new traffic. There is roughly 2 billion dollars more than the company had invested in the previous year. Specifically AT&T will add 2000 new sale sites and upgrade existing sale sites with 3 times more fablance than it had in 2009. This will increase capacity to connect the salety to AT&T‘s may network. AT&T which is the only wireless operator in the US. selling iPhone had been the target of much criticism over this past year as many iPhone sperscrappers particularly in densely populated urban areas have complained about dropped calls, slow internet access and poor service. Some critics claimed the company has not been spending enough on network upgrade to keep up with growing demand. AT&T has acknowledge that it has faced some difficulties particularly in big cities, but the company is closing the gap. 5 An Olympics security plan, five years in the making, is taking shape in Vancouver this week. The Canadian police since handing up the 900 million dollars security operation the largest in Canada‘s history. It would involve 15000 police, private security and military personnel. The Winter Olympics would take pace from Feb. 12 to 28 in 2010 in Vancouver. Political protest may post big threats to the games. The threat of terrorist attack is really does low, but the memory of the 1972 Olympics has not gone away. That year a terrorist group attacked the athletes‘ village, eventually killing 11 Israeli athletes and coaches. It is no coincidence that in Vancouver security patrols are particularly evident around the low rise apart buildings with the athletes would be housed. In downtown Vancouver some roads are already closed and wrings of security fencing surround some key 10 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 venues. Perched on top of fencing is never work from 900 surveillance cameras to detect intrusions. 11 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2010) -GRADE FOUR- TIME LIMIT: 135 MIN PART I DICTATION [15 MIN] Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE. PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN] In Sections A B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on Answer Sheet Two. SECTION A CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation. 1. The following details have been checked during the conversation EXCEPT _______. A. number of travelers. B. number of tour days. C. flight details. D. room services. 2. What is included in the price? A. Air tickets and local transport. B. Local transport and meals. C. Air tickets, local transport and breakfast. D. Air tickets, local transport and all meals. 3. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? A. The traveler is reluctant to buy travel insurance. B. The traveler is ready to buy travel insurance. C. The traveler doesn't have to buy travel insurance. D. Travel insurance is not mentioned in the conversation. Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of'the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation. 4. Which of the following details is CORRECT? A. Mark knows the exact number of airport buses. B. Mark knows the exact number of delegates' spouse. C. Mark doesn't know the exact number of delegates yet. D. Mark doesn't know the number of guest speakers. 5. What does Linda want to know? A. The arrival time of guest speakers. B. The departure time of guest speakers. C. The type of transport for guest speakers. D. The number of guest speakers. 6. How many performances have been planned for the conference? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Not mentioned. 7. Who will pay for the piano performance? A.Pan-Pacific Tours. B.Johnson & Sons Events. C.Conference delegates. D.An airline company. Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. 8. What is NOT missing in Mary's briefcase? A. Her cheque book. B. Her papers for work. C. Her laptop. D. Her appointment book. 9. Where was Mary the whole morning? A. At the police station. B. At a meeting. C. In her client's office. D. In the restaurant. 10. Why was Mary sure that the briefcase was hers in the end? A. The papers inside had the company's name. B. The briefcase was found in the restaurant. C. The restaurant manager telephoned James. D. The cheque book inside bore her name. SECTION B PASSAGES In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage. 11. We learn from the passage that about two-thirds of the courses are taught through _______. A. the School of Design and Visual Arts. B. the School of Social Work. C. the School of Business. D. the Arts and Sciences program. 12. What is the cost of undergraduate tuition? A.Twenty thousand dollars. B.Thirty thousand dollars. C.Twenty-seven thousand dollars. D.Thirty-eight thousand dollars. 13. International students can receive all the following types of financial assistance EXCEPT _______. A. federal loans. B. private loans. C. scholarships. D. monthly payment plans. Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage. 14. According to the passage, mothers in ____ spend more time looking after children. 12 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 A. France B. America C. Denmark D. Australia 15. Which of the following activities would Australian fathers traditionally participate in? A. Feeding and playing with children. B. Feeding and bathing children. C. Taking children to the park and to school. D. Taking children to watch sports events. 16. According to the study, the "new man" likes to _______. A. spend more time at work. B. spend more time with children. C. spend time drinking after work. D. spend time on his computer. 17.It is suggested in the passage that the "new man" might be less acceptable in _______. A. France. B. Britain. C. Australia. D. Denmark. Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage. 18.The services of the new partnership are provided mainly to _______. A. mothers of infected babies. B. infected children and women. C. infected children in cities. D. infected women in cities. 19.Which of the following details about Family Health International is INCORRECT? A. It is a nonprofit organization. B. It provides public health services. C. It carries out research on public health. D. It has worked in five countries till now. 20.The example of Cambodia mainly shows _______. A. the importance of government support. B. the importance of public education efforts. C. the progress the country has made so far. D. the methods used to fight AIDS. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now. listen to the news. 21. According to the news, the victim was _______. A.A 17-year-old girl. B.A 15-year-old boy. C.A 23-year-old woman. D.An l 8-year-old man. 22. We learn from the news that the suspects were arrested _______. A. one month later. B. two months later. C. immediately D. two weeks later. Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. 23.The Iraqi parliament can vote on the security agreement only after _______. A. all parties have agreed on it. B. the US troops have pulled out. C. the cabinet has reviewed it. D. the lawmakers have returned from Mecca. 24.According to the news, the US troops are expected to completely pull out by _______. A. mid-2009. B. the end of 2009. C. mid-2011. D. the end of 2011. Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. 25.The following are involved in the operations to rescue the children in Honduras EXCEPT _______. A.the police. B.the district attorney. C.the prison authorities. D.Institute of Childhood and Family. 26. What punishment would parents face if they allowed their children to beg? A. To be imprisoned and fined. B. To have their children taken away. C. To be handed over to the authorities. D. None. Question 27 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item，you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question. Now, listen to the news. 27.What is the news item about? A. Coastlines in Italy. B. Public use of the beach. C. Swimming and bathing. D. Private bathing clubs. Question 28 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question. Now, listen to the news. 28.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the news? A. The airport was shut down for Friday. B. There was a road accident involving two buses. C. Local shops were closed earlier than usual. D. Bus service was stopped for Friday. Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. 29.How many people were rescued from the apartment building? A. 17. B. 24. C. 21. D. 41. 30.Which of the following details in the news is CORRECT? A.The rescue operation involved many people. B.The cause of the explosions has been determined. C.Rescue efforts were stopped on Thursday. D.The explosions didn't destroy the building. PART III CLOZE [15 MIN] Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage it" inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on ANSWER SHEET TWO. How men first learned to invent words is unknown; (31) ____, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain (32) ____ to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, (33) ____ 13 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed (34) ____ certain signs, called letters, which could be (35) ____ to represent those sounds, and which could be (36) _____. Those sounds, whether spoken, (37) _____ written in letters, we call words. The power of words, then, lies in their (38) ____ the things they bring up before our minds. Words become (39) ____ with meaning for us by experience; (40)._____ the longer we live, the more certain words (41) _____ to us the happy and sad events of our past: and the more we (42) ____, the more the number of words that mean something to us (43) ____ Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal (44)___to our minds and emotions. This (45)___and telling use of words is what we call (46)___style. Above all, the real poet is a master of (47)___. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music, and which (48)___their position and association can (49)____ men to tears. We should, therefore, learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will (50)___our speech or writing silly and vulgar. 31. A. in addition B. in other words C. in a word D. in summary 32. A. sounds B. gestures C. signs D. movements 33. A. such that B. as that C. so that D. in that 34. A. in B. with C. of D. upon 35. A. spelt B. combined C. written D copied 36. A. written down B. handed down C. remembered D. observed 37. A. and B. yet C. also D. or 38. A. functions B. associations C. roles D. links 39. A. filled B. full C. live D. active 40. A. but B. or C. yet D. and 41. A. reappear B. recall C. remember D. recollect 42. A. read and think B. read and recall C. read and learn D. read and recite 43. A. raises B. increases C. improves D. emerges 44. A. intensively B. extensively C. broadly D. powerfully 45. A. charming B. academic C. conventional D. common 46. A. written B. spoken C. literary D. dramatic 47. A. signs B. words C. style D. sound 48. A. in B. on C. over D. by 49. A. move B. engage C. make D. force 50. A. transform B. change C. make D. convert PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN] 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 sentence. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO. 51. Which of the following italicized phrases indicates CAUSE? A. Why don't you do it for the sake of your friends? B. I wish I could write as well as you. C. For all his efforts, he didn't get an A. D. Her eyes were red from excessive reading. 52. Nancy's gone to work but her car's still there. She ____ by bus. A. must have gone B. should have gone C. ought to have gone D. could have gone 53. He feels that he is not yet ____ to travel abroad. A. too strong B. enough strong C. so strong D. strong enough 54. After___ seemed an endless wait, it was his turn to enter the personnel manager's office. A. that B. it C. what D. there 55. Fool ____ Jerry is, he could not have done such a thing. A. who B. as C. like D. that 56. Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT? A. They each have two tickets. B. They cost twenty yuan each. C. Each they have bought the same book. D. They were given two magazines each. 57. She seldom goes to the theatre, _____? A. doesn't she B. does she C. would she D. wouldn't she 58. Dr Johnson is head of the department, ____ an expert in translation. A. or B. either C. but D. and 59. When one has good health, _____ should feel fortunate. A. you B. they C. he D. we 60. It is necessary that he ____ the assignment without delay. A. hand in B. hands in C. must hand in D. has to hand in 61. In the sentence "It's no use waiting for her", the italicized phrase is)____. A. the object B. an adverbial C. a complement D. the subject 62. Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT? A. All his lectures are very interesting. B. Half their savings were gone. C. Many his friends came to the party. D. Both his sisters are nurses. 14 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 63. Which of the following sentences has an object complement? A. The directors appointed John manager. B. I gave Mary a Christmas present. C. You have done Peter a favour. D. She is teaching children English. 64. Which of the following words can NOT be used to complete "We've seen the film ___"? A. before B. recently C. lately D. yet 65. _____ should not become a serious disadvantage in life and work. A. To be not tall B. Not being tall C. Being not tall D. Not to be tall 66. Due to personality _____, the two colleagues never got on well in work. A. contradiction B. conflict C. confrontation D. competition 67. During the summer vacation, kids are often seen hanging _____ in the streets. A. about B. on C. over D. out 68. There were 150 ____ at the international conference this summer. A. spectators B. viewers C. participants D. onlookers 69. School started on a ____ cold day in February. A. severe B. bitter C. such D. frozen 70. In the face of unexpected difficulties, he demonstrated a talent for quick, ____ action. A. determining B. defensive C. demanding D. decisive 71. The team has been working overtime on the research project ____. A. lately B.just now C. late D. long ago 72. Because of the economic crisis, industrial output in the region remained A. motionless B. inactive C. stagnant D. immobile 73. The police had difficulty in ____ the fans from rushing on to the stage to take photos with the singer. A. limiting B. restraining C. confining D. restricting 74. Joan is in the dorm, putting the final ____ to her speech. A. details B. remarks C. comments D. touches 75. His_____ in gambling has eventually brought about his ruin. A. indulgence B. habit C. action D. engagement 76. The teacher told the students to stay in the classroom and they did _____. A. absolutely B. accidentally C. accordingly D. accurately 77. You can actually see the deer at close range while driving through that area. The italicized phrase means _____. A. clearly B. very near C. quickly D. very hard 78. He listened hard but still couldn't what they were talking about. A. make over B. make up C. make upon D. make out 79. For the advertised position, the company offers a(n) salary and benefits package. A. generous B. plentiful C. abundant D. sufficient 80. As there was no road, the travelers ____ up a rocky slope on their way back. A. ran B. hurried C. scrambled D. crawled PART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN] In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO. TEXT A What is the nature of the scientific attitude, the attitude of the man or woman who studies and applies physics, biology, chemistry, geology, engineering, medicine or any other science? We all know that science plays an important role in the societies in which we live. Many people believe, however, that our progress depends on two different aspects of science. The first of these is the application of the machines, products and systems of applied knowledge that scientists and technologists develop. Through technology, science improves the structure of society and helps man to gain increasing control over his environment. The second aspect is the application by all members of society of the special methods of thought and action that scientists use in their work. What are these special methods of thinking and acting? First of all, it seems that a successful scientist is full of curiosity - he wants to find out how and why the universe works. He usually directs his attention towards problems which he notices have no satisfactory explanation, and his curiosity makes him look for underlying relationships even if the data available seem to be unconnected. Moreover, he thinks he can improve the existing conditions and enjoys trying to solve the problems which this involves. He is a good observer, accurate, patient and objective and applies logical thought to the observations he makes. He utilizes the facts he observes to the fullest extent. For example, trained observers obtain a very large amount of information about a star mainly from the accurate analysis of the simple lines that appear in a spectrum. He is skeptical—he does not accept statements which are not based on the most complete evidence available—and therefore rejects authority as the sole basis for truth. Scientists always check statements and make experiments carefully and objectively to verify them. Furthermore, he is not only critical of the work of others, but also of his own, since he knows that man is the least reliable of 15 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 scientific instruments and that a number of factors tend to disturb objective investigation. Lastly, he is highly imaginative since he often has to look for relationships in data which are not only complex but also frequently incomplete. Furthermore, he needs imagination if he wants to make hypotheses of how processes work and how events take place. These seem to be some of the ways in which a successful scientist or technologist thinks and acts. 81. Many people believe that science helps society to progress through _______. A. applied knowledge. B. more than one aspect. C. technology only. D. the use of machines. 82. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about curiosity? A. It gives the scientist confidence and pleasure in work. B. It gives rise to interest in problems that are unexplained. C. It leads to efforts to investigate potential connections. D. It encourages the scientist to look for new ways of acting. 83. According to the passage, a successful scientist would not _______. A. easily believe in unchecked statements. B. easily criticize others' research work. C. always use his imagination in work. D. always use evidence from observation. 84. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. Application of technology. B. Progress in modem society. C. Scientists' ways of thinking and acting. D. How to become a successful scientist. 85. What is the author's attitude towards the topic? A. Critical. B. Objective. C. Biased. D. Unclear. TEXT B Over the past several decades, the U.S., Canada, and Europe have received a great deal of media and even research attention over unusual phenomena and unsolved mysteries. These include UFOs as well as sightings and encounters with "nonhuman creatures" such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster. Only recently has Latin America begun to receive some attention as well. Although the mysteries of the Aztec, Mayan, and Inca civilizations have been known for centuries, now the public is also becoming aware of unusual, paranormal phenomena in countries such as Peru. The Nazca "lines" of Peru were discovered in the 1930s. These lines are deeply carved into a flat, stony plain, and form about 300 intricate pictures of animals such as birds, a monkey, and a lizard. Seen at ground level, the designs are a jumbled senseless mess. The images are so large that they can only be viewed at a height of 1,000 feet - meaning from an aircraft. Yet there were no aircraft in 300 B.C., when it is judged the designs were made. Nor were there then, or are there now, any nearby mountain ranges from which to view them. So how and why did the native people of Nazca create these marvelous designs? One answer appeared in 1969, when the German researcher and writer Erich von Daniken proposed that the lines were drawn by extraterrestrials as runways for their aircraft. The scientific community did not take long to scoff at and abandon von Daniken's theory. Over the years several other theories have been put forth, but none has been accepted by the scientific community. Today there is a new and heightened interest in the Nazca lines. It is a direct result of the creation of the Internet. Currently there are over 60 sites dedicated to this mystery from Latin America's past, and even respected scientists have joined the discussion through e-mail and chat rooms. Will the Internet help explain these unsolved mysteries? Perhaps it is a step in the right direction. 86. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? A. Latin America has long received attention for unusual phenomena. B. Public attention is now directed towards countries like Peru. C. Public interest usually focuses on North America and Europe. D. Some ancient civilizations have unsolved mysteries. 87. According to the passage, the Nazca lines were found _______. A. in mountains. B. in stones. C. on animals. D. on a plain. 88. We can infer from the passage that the higher the lines are seen, the _______ the images they present. A. smaller B. larger C. clearer D. brighter 89. There has been increasing interest in the Nazca lines mainly because of _______. A.the participation of scientists. B.the emergence of the lnternet.C.the birth of new theories. D.the interest in the Internet. 90. The author is ____ about the role of the internet in solving mysteries. A. cautious B. pessimistic C. uncertain D. optimistic TEXT C Graduation speeches are a bit like wedding toasts. A few are memorable. The rest tend to trigger such thoughts as, "Why did I wear such uncomfortable shoes?" But graduation speeches are less about the message than the messenger. Every year a few colleges and universities in the US attract attention because they've managed to book high-profile speakers. And, every year, the media report some of these speakers' wise remarks. Last month, the following words of wisdom were spread: "You really haven't completed the circle of success unless you can help somebody else move forward." (Oprah Winfrey, Duke University). "There is no way to stop change; change will come. Go out and give us a future worthy of the world we all wish to create together." (Hillary Clinton, New York University). "'This really is your moment. History is yours to bend." (Joe Biden, Wake Forest University). Of course, the real "get" of the graduation season was first lady Michelle Obama's appearance at the University of California, 16 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 Merced. "Remember that you are blessed," she told the class of 2009, "Remember that in exchange for those blessings, you must give something back... As advocate and activist Marian Wright Edelman says, 'Service is the rent we pay for living ... it is the true measure, the only measure of success'." Calls to service have a long, rich tradition in these speeches. However, it is possible for a graduation speech to go beyond cliche and say something truly compelling. The late writer David Foster Wallace's 2005 graduation speech at Kenyon College in Ohio talked about how to truly care about other people. It gained something of a cult after it was widely circulated on the Internet. Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs' address at Stanford University that year, in which he talked about death, is also considered one of the best in recent memory. But when you're sitting in the hot sun, fidgety and freaked out, do you really want to be lectured about the big stuff?. Isn't that like trying to maintain a smile at your wedding reception while some relative gives a toast that amounts to "marriage is hard work"? You know he's right; you just don't want to think about it at that particular moment. In fact, as is the case in many major life moments, you can't really manage to think beyond the blisters your new shoes are causing. That may seem anticlimactic. But it also gets to the heart of one of life's greatest, saddest truths: that our most "memorable" occasions may elicit the fewest memories. It's probably not something most graduation speakers would say, but it's one of the first lessons of growing up. 91. According to the passage, most graduation speeches tend to recall ____ memories. A. great B. trivial C. unforgettable D. unimaginative 92. "But graduation speeches are less about the message than the messenger" is explained _______. A. in the final paragraph. B. in the last but one paragraph. C. in the first paragraph. D. in the same paragraph. 93. The graduation speeches mentioned in the passage are related to the following themes EXCEPT _______. A. death. B. success. C. service. D. generosity. 94. It is implied in the passage that at great moments people fail to _______. A. remain clear-headed. B. keep good manners. C. remember others' words. D. recollect specific details. 95. What is "one of the first lessons of growing up"? A. Attending a graduation ceremony. B. Listening to graduation speeches. C. Forgetting details of memorable events. D. Meeting high-profile graduation speakers. TEXT D Cultural rules determine every aspect of food consumption. Who eats together defines social units. For example, in some societies, the nuclear family is the unit that regularly eats together. The anthropologist Mary Douglas has pointed out that, for the English, the kind of meal and the kind of food that is served relate to the kinds of social links between people who are eating together. She distinguishes between regular meals, Sunday meals when relatives may come, and cocktail parties for acquaintances. The food served symbolizes the occasion and reflects who is present. For example, only snacks are served at a cocktail party. It would be inappropriate to serve a steak or hamburgers. The distinctions among cocktails, regular meals, and special dinners mark the social boundaries between those guests who are invited for drinks, those who are invited to dinner, and those who come to a family meal. In this example, the type of food symbolizes the category of guest and with whom it is eaten. In some New Guinea societies, the nuclear family is not the unit that eats together. The men take their meals in a men's house, separately from their wives and children. Women prepare and eat their food in their own houses and take the husband's portion to the men's house. The women eat with their children in their own houses. This pattern is also widespread among Near Eastern societies. Eating is a metaphor that is sometimes used to signify marriage. In many New Guinea societies, like that of the Lesu on the island of New Ireland in the Pacific and that of the Trobriand Islanders, marriage is symbolized by the couple's eating together for the first time. Eating symbolizes their new status as a married couple. In U.S. society, it is just the reverse. A couple may go out to dinner on a first date. Other cultural rules have to do with taboos against eating certain things. In some societies, members of a clan, a type of kin (family) group, are not allowed to eat the animal or bird that is their totemic ancestor. Since they believe themselves to be descended from that ancestor, it would be like eating that ancestor or eating themselves. There is also an association between food prohibitions and rank, which is found in its most extreme form in the caste system of India. A caste system consists of ranked groups, each with a different economic specialization. In India, there is an association between caste and the idea of pollution. Members of highly ranked groups can be polluted by coming into contact with the bodily secretions, particularly saliva, of individuals of lower-ranked castes. Because of the fear of pollution, Brahmans and other high-ranked individuals will not share food with, not eat from the same plate as, not even accept food from an individual from a low-ranking caste. 96. According to the passage, the English make clear distinctions between _______. A. people who eat together. B. the kinds of food served. C. snacks and hamburgers. D. family members and guests. 97. According to the passage, who will NOT eat together? A. The English. B. Americans on their first date. C. Men and women in Near Eastern societies. D. Newly-weds on the island of New Ireland. 98. According to the passage, eating together indicates all the following EXCEPT _______. A. the type of food. B. social relations. C. marital status. D. family ties. 99. The last paragraph suggests that in India ____ decides how people eat. A. pollution B. food C. culture D. social status 100. Which of the following can best serve as the topic of the passage? 17 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 A. Different kinds of food in the world. B. Relations between food and social units. C. Symbolic meanings of food consumption. D. Culture and manners of eating. PART VI WRITING [45 MIN] SECTION A COMPOSITION [35 MIN] It was recently reported in a newspaper that six students who shared a dorm at a local university hired a cleaner to do laundry and cleaning once a week. And each of them paid her 60 yuan a month. This has led to a heated debate as to whether college students should hire cleaners. Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: Should College Students Hire Cleaners? You are to write in three parts. In the first part, state clearly what your view is. In the second part, support your view with appropriate reasons. In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks. SECTION B NOTE-WRITING [10 MIN] Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation: Your good friend, John, is thinking of organizing an end-of-the-term party. Write him a note telling him that you like his idea and offer to help him. You have to be specific about how you can help him. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. —THE END— 18 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2010)-GRADE FOUR-2010年英语专业四级参考答案 PART I DICTATION Freshmen's Week Britain has a well-respected higher education system and some of the top universities and research institutions in the world. But to those who are new to this system, it can sometimes be confusing. October is usually the busiest month in the academic calendar. Universities have something called Freshmen's Week for their newcomers. It's a great opportunity to make new friends, join lots of clubs and settle into university life. However, having just left the comfort of home and all your friends behind, the prospect of meeting strangers in classrooms and dormitories can be worrying.Where do you start? And who should you make friends with? Which clubs and society should you join? Luckily, there will be thousands of others in the same boat as you. They worry about starting their university social life on the right foot. So just take it all in slowly. Don't rush into anything that you'll regret for the next three years. PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A 1-5. DDACA 6. BDCCD; 11-15.DBADD 16-20.BCBDA; SECTION C 21-25.CBADC 26-30.ABACA SECTION B PART III CLOZE 31-35.BACDB 36-40.ADBAD 41-45.BCBDA 46-50.CBDAC PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY 51-55.DADCB 56-60. CBDCA 61-65.DCADB 66-70.BDCBD 71-75.ACDDA 76-80.CBDAC PART V READING COMPREHENSION A) 81-85.BAACB; B) 86-90. ADCBD; C) 91-95.BDDCC; D) 96-100. DCADD PART VI WRITING SECTION A COMPOSITION Should College Students Hire Cleaners? Recently, that six college students hired a cleaner to do their cleaning and laundry has led to a hot discussion.Most people will hold that it is wrong for them to do so. But, as for me, it is wise for them to hire a cleaner to do their cleaning and laundry. To begin with,the main task for college students is to learn knowledge. They should use every minute to study including the time to wash clothes and do cleaning. Secondly,in the economy society, hiring a cleaner can offer a part-time job, which will benefit some laid-off workers. Finally, managing our daily life with an eye of economy is necessary for the college students to step into their coming career. To sum up, the college is like a small society and the college students can do most things including hiring cleaners as the common people do. So it is acceptable for college students to hire clearners to do some work as cleaning and laundry. SECTION B NOTE-WRITING April 17, 2010 Dear John, It is kind of you to organize a party at the end of the term. How relaxing and enjoyable the party will be! I would love to offer a helping hand for the preparation of the party. I will be very glad if you let me buy fruit and desserts. I will also be delighted to pick up our classmates. I'll call you to discuss more details of the party later. Good luck! Yours sincerely, Tom 19 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 2010专业四级(TEM4)听力原文 Part II:LISTENING COMPREHENSIO—SECTION A CONVERSATIONS 1 W:OK, so let‘s go through the travel details again. Two adults, 8 days in Britain from April 26th to May 3rd, flying from Beijing to London and back with Air China, and you are in a double room. M: Yes, that‘s right. Umm, do you know what the flight times are? W: The outward flight from Beijing is, umm, let me see, yes, 10:30 in the morning. And the return is, I think it‘s early evening. Yes, 7:15. Fifteen past seven in the evening. Local time, that is. M: Right, that‘s fine. Oh, sorry, I can‘t remember what else you include in the price, apart from the air tickets. Is it all meals or just breakfast? W: Yes, it‘s full board, so all meals, and transport from the airport to your hotel. Everything is included. M: Good. W: Now can you tell me if you need travel insurance? M: Ah, yes. Yes, we do. W: OK, well, that‘s an extra 300 Yuan each. Is that OK? M: Well, there is no choice, is there? I mean we have to have it, don‘t we? W: Yes, I‘m afraid so. M: Well, all right then. 2 M: Pan-Pacific Tours. How can I help you? W: Good afternoon. Can I speak to Mark, please? M: Speaking. W: Oh, hello, Mark. This is Linda from Johnson & Sons Events. M: Hello, Linda. What can I do for you? W: I was just wanting to clear up a few details of the conference events of organizing. M: Right, what do you need to know? W: Well, first I‘ve got to have numbers—delegates to the conference, their husbands or wives, and so on—for the transport as much as anything else. M: So far, we‘ve got 183 who‘ve booked up. And we might get a few more. W: Does that include husbands and wives as well? M: Not really. I‘ll e-mail you the exact number because I haven‘t counted them yet. W: Fine. M: And there‘ll be six guest speakers. W: Six? M: Yes, who want picking up from the airport by car, not in your fleet of buses. W: Right. You‘ll let me know when they are arriving, won‘t you? M: Just as soon as I know. W: Now, special events.You wanted a local-style dance for the opening ceremony, didn‘t you? M: It would be great. I‘m sure everyone will enjoy it. W: And we will have to fly the dancers in specially. M: Sure. W: And then after the welcoming feast, there is going to be a piano performance, right? M: Yes, but we‘ll have to contact the airline company about it. They are sponsoring the event. W: So we will send the bill direct to them for it. M: You could do. W: Well, that‘s all my queries for the time being. M: OK, if you need anything else, just pick up the phone or drop me an e-mail. W: I will. Thanks. Bye. M: Bye. 3 W: Sorry, I‘m late, James. M: It‘s all right, Mary. Where have you been? W: At the police station. M: Where? W: At the police station. I‘ve lost my briefcase. M: Oh, no. What happened? Was there anything important in it? W: Yes, my chequebook, all the papers I need for work, my appointment book. M: Oh, that‘s terrible! How did you lose your briefcase? W: Well, as you know, I was with my client at meeting all morning, and we had lunch together. After lunch, I went shopping. And when I wanted to buy something, I couldn‘t find my chequebook. Then I remembered that it was in my briefcase. And my briefcase was in my car. M: So you went back to your car? W: Yes, I went back to my car. No briefcase. But luckily, my laptop was there. M: And then you went to the police? W: Not immediately. Before I went to the police station, I called my client‘s office. No luck. He said the briefcase wasn‘t there. M: Excuse me. I‘ve got a phone call. Yes? Yes, there is. Mary Hopkins. Oh, really? I will tell her. It was very kind of you to call. Bye. W: Who was that? M: That was the manager of the riverside restaurant. Just after lunch today, he found a briefcase under a table. When he opened the case, he found a lot of papers. He said they had the name of our company on them. And he found a chequebook with the name of Hopkins on it. M. Hopkins, M for Mary. W: Ah, thank God. SECTION B PASSAGES 1 Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, is a medium-sized school in the Midwest. It has almost eleven thousand students. Twelve percent this last school year were international students, mostly graduate students. The university has schools for law, medicine and social work. It also has a business school, a school of design and visual arts and a school of engineering and applied science. But more than seventy percent of courses are taught through the Arts and Sciences program. The new school year that begins this fall will cost fifty-two thousand dollars for undergraduates. That includes twelve months of living expenses estimated at seventeen thousand dollars. Graduate tuition differs by program. Tuition for the Master of Social Work program, for example, will cost twenty-seven thousand dollars in the coming year. The Master of Business Administration program will cost about thirty-eight thousand dollars. The university offers financial assistance to international students, including first-year students, but says its resources are limited. 20 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 Scholarships are available. The university also offers a monthly payment plan to spread out the cost of tuition. And it offers loan programs. International students in the United States generally cannot receive federal student loans. But they may be able to take out private loans, as many American students do. The student loan industry is in the news right now. Investigations are looking at questionable dealings between colleges and lenders. Washington University in Saint Louis was named Eliot Seminary when it opened in eighteen fifty-three. Later the name was changed to honor the first American president, George Washington. 2 A new study from the University of New South Wales has discovered that during the working week, Aussie fathers only spend an average of just over a minute each day alone with their children. Australian mothers, on the other hand, spend three hours a week purely looking after their children – a much greater disparity than in other countries like America, Denmark, Italy and France, where couples divide the child-care more evenly. These findings will infuriate those who want to shake off the perhaps unfair image of Australia as a land of old-fashioned male chauvinism. According to the author of the study, Australian fathers appear to like the fun aspects of parenthood, but shy away from the drudgery. So while they tend to be happy taking the kids to the park or to sports events, they are unlikely to participate regularly in feeding, bathing, or taking the kids to school. In short, Australian parenting is seen as a woman's job and a man's hobby. Many people believe that the last twenty years have seen the arrival of the so-called ?new man‘ – the man who is willing to share the housework and child-care and is not afraid to demonstrate his sensitive side either. The new man has a picture of his children on his computer desktop at work; he never misses the kids‘ school plays and he passes on a drink after work so that he can get home in time to read their bedtime story. This new study suggests that the new man feels a little more at home in Europe than in Australia. Indeed, a poll conducted in the UK for the think-tank the Fatherhood Institute in January indicated that almost 70% of British women thought that men were as good at raising children as women. 3 UNICEF is joining with a nonprofit group to bring AIDS-prevention programs to more women and children in five countries. UNICEF is joining with a nonprofit group to bring AIDS-prevention programs to more women and children in 5 countries. UNICEF, the United Nations Children‘s Fund, will work with Family Health International. The new partnership would be established at first in Guyana, India, Malawi, Nigeria and Zambia. One of the goals is to improve care for babies infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Another is to prevent the spread of HIV from mother to child. Activities would depend on the needs of each country. In some cases, anti-AIDS drugs would be provided to infected parents or children. Women and children living in rural communities will receive most of the services. Both UNICEF and Family Health International will expand their partnership into more countries in the future. Family Health International has been working on public health issues since 1971. The organization is based in North Carolina and has programs in 70 countries. It does research on infectious diseases and reproductive health, and also provides services. Experts say an important part of fighting AIDS is political will. One example they point to is Cambodia. That country has been getting attention for its progress in reducing some of the highest infection rates in Asia. Experts praise the government for supporting public education efforts and programs. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST 1 Four American teenagers, all children of US military personnel, have been arrested on charges of attempted murder after a woman was knocked off her motorbike with a rope strung across two poles, Japanese police said. The four suspects — two 15-year-old boys, a 17-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man — were taken into custody on Saturday, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said. They are accused of causing a severe head injury to a 23-year-old restaurant employee by stringing a rope between poles across a road. US Forces in Japan was informed of the August incident in late October, a public information officer said. There was no clear explanation for the delay in the handover of the suspects to police, other than it involved rules between Washington and Tokyo covering US forces and their dependents in Japan. The US military presence and its impact on Japanese residents have been a thorny issue over the years. 2 Iraqi lawmakers are expected to vote on the security agreement by Wednesday, which will keep the US troops here until the end of 2011, the parliament speaker said yesterday. After hours of heated debate, speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani announced that the vote is scheduled for Wednesday, and can be put forward provided parties in the parliament would reach an agreement on the pact. The long-delayed agreement passed the Iraqi cabinet last week and went to the parliament for reviewing. The vote date was originally set for tomorrow. The security agreement will replace the UN mandate to grant US Military presence in Iraq legal status from 2009. The US has agreed to pull troops out of Iraqi cities and towns by mid-2009 and leave Iraq by the end of 2011. The Iraqi government wants the parliament to make the decision before lawmakers would set out for a pilgrimage trip to Mecca next week. 21 2010-2011年专业四级(TEM4)真题、答案及听力原文【整理版】 ants05 3 Honduran authorities dedicated to the protection of children and adolescents have undertaken a campaign to protect youngsters who beg on the streets. In the capital of Tegucigalpa alone, the effort has resulted in the rescue of 350 children, city officials say. The Honduran Institute of Childhood and Family, together with the police and the district attorney, carry out operations around the country to rescue the children and punish the parents. ―Many children are used for begging,‖ said Nora Urbina, special prosecutor for children‘s issues. ―Many children are rented and that is precisely what we want to punish, because Article 170 of the Juvenile Penal Code sets a penalty of up to 6 years in detention.‖ Those children who were rescued and taken to the Honduran Institute of Childhood and Family and then handed over to their parents with the promise that their rights will be protected. Parents who allow their children to be exploited in this way face, in addition to as many as 6 years in prison, the equivalent of a $500 fine. 4 A campaign is getting underway in Italy to take back large stretches of the country‘s beaches from private bathing clubs, which usually charge to use them. This has been a summer of discontent because despite government efforts, an entire coastline has been monopolized by profiteering bathing clubs. Italy has some of the Europe‘s finest beaches, but they are often buried under a mountain of deck chairs and umbrellas. The government says the state owns the shorelines and swimming should be free. 5 The Northwest braced for blizzards Friday night. Icy roads created from storms this week paralyzed much of the greater Seattle, Washington area, where schools were closed and bus routes were suspended Friday as roads were too icy to navigate. Two charter buses carrying 80 people that collided and skidded off a road were pulled to safety. The buses crashed through a metal railing and hung precariously over Interstate 5 for several hours before two trucks pulled them back on the road. The snowfall closed the airport for several hours and cut into local business hours for retail shops during the busiest shopping season of the year. 6 Hundreds of emergency workers combed the site of a five-story apartment building in southern Ukraine Thursday after a series of explosions reduced it to rubble, authorities said. The blasts Wednesday night in the Black Sea resort town of Yevpatoria left at least 17 people dead and 24 others missing, according to Igor Krol, a spokesman for the Ukraine‘s Emergency Situations Ministry. 21 people have been rescued. ―We are now investigating all possible reasons for the explosions,‖ Krol said. Volodymiyr Shandra, the Ukrainian Emergency Situations minister, told local media that oxygen canisters being stored in the basement of the building could have triggered the blasts. Television footage showed the rescuers trying to free people buried underneath fallen debris, while others scrabbled through wires, construction rods and boulders. 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