年6月英語四級考試真題

1、同學(xué)是上海交大的， 從他老師那里要來的題， 說是今年命題組會出， 現(xiàn)在分享給大家，不管你信不信，反正我信Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Eachpassage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C andD . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding lette

2、r on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions46 to 50 are based on the followingpassage.Educators today are more and more oftenheard to saythatcomputerliteracyisabsolutelynecessaryforcollegestudents. Many even argue that each incomingfreshmanshouldhavepermanentaccesst

3、ohisorherownmicrocomputer.What advantagesdocomputersofferthecollege students?Any studentwho has used a word processorwillknow onecompellingreasontouseacomputer:towritepapers.Although notall students feel comfortable composing on aword processor,most ,findrevisingand editingmucheasieron it. One can a

4、lter, insert, or delete just bypressing afewkeys,thuseliminatingtheneedtorewriteorre-type.Furthermore,sincethe revisionprocess islessburdensome, students are morelikely to revise as often asisnecessary to end up with the best paperpossible. Forthesereasons, many freshman English cottrses requiretheu

5、seof aword processor.Computers are also useful in the contextof languagecourses,wheretheyareusedtodrillstudentsinbasicskills.Software programs reinforce ESL(English as aSecond Language .instruction, aswell as instrnction inFrench,German,Spanish,andotherlanguages.Byusingtheseprogramsonaregularbasis,s

6、tudentscanimprovetheirproficiencyinalanguagewhileproceeding attheir own pace.Science students take advantage ofcomputers in manyways.Usingcomputergraphiccapabilities,forexample,botanystudents can represent and analyze different plantgrowthpatterns.Medicalstudentscan learntointerpretcomputerized imag

7、es of internal body structures.Physicsstudents can completecomplex calculationsfarmore quicklythan theycould without the use of computer.Similarly, business and accountingstudents find thatcomputerspreadsheetprogramsareallbutindispensabletomanyaspectsof theirwork, whilestudentspursuing careers in gr

8、aphic arts,marketing, and publicrelationsfindthatknowledgeofcomputergraphicisimportantEducationmajorslearntodevelopgradingsystems usingcomputers,while social science students usecomputers for analyzing andgraphically displacing theirresearch results.Itisno wonder,then,thateducatorssupportthepurchase

9、 and use of microcomputersby students.A Versatiletool, the computer can help students learn.And that is,after all, the reason for going to college.46 、 The word"literacy"(Line1,Paragraph1)means_.A.the ability to read andwriteB.the ability to useC.literatureD.the knowledge of language47、 Th

10、e main purpose of thispassage is to _.A.persuade the educators toincrease computer use intheir own classroomB.analyzeadvantages anddisadvantagesof computer useamong college studentsC.identifysome ofthewaysthatcomputersbenefitcollege studentsD.describe how computers canbe used to teach foreign langua

11、ges48、According to the author, aword processor can be used to_.A.revise papersB.retype papersC.reduce the psychologicalburden of writing papers D.improve the writing skillsof a student49、 In thispassage, thewriter'sargument isdevelopedprimarily through the use of_.A.cause-effect analysisB.compar

12、ison andcontrastC.inductionD.examples50、 Accordingto the author,thereason forstudentstogo to college is _.A.to learn somethingB.to perfect themselvesC.to improve computerskillsD.to make the best use ofcomputersPassage TwoQuestions51 to 55 are based on the followingpassage.Language is, and should be,

13、a livingthing, constantlyenriched with new words and forms of expression. Butthereisa vitaldistinctionbetween good developments,which addto the language,enabling us to say things wecould not saybefore,andbaddevelopments,whichsubtractfromthelanguagebyrenderingitlessprecise.Avivacious,colorfuluseofwor

14、dsisnottobe confusedwithmereslovenliness.Thekindofslovenlinessinwhichsomeprofessionals deliberately indulge is perhaps akin tothecult ( 迷信 . of theunfinished work, which haseroded most of the arts in our time. And the trueanswer to it is the same that art is enhanced, not hindered, bydiscipline. You

15、cannot carve satisfactorily in butter.The corruption of written English hasbeen accompanied by an even sharper decline in the standard of spoken English. Wespeak very much less well than wascommonamong educated Englishmen a generation or two ago.The modem theatre has played a baneful ( 有害的 in dimmin

16、g our appreciation oflanguage. Instead) partoftheimmensely articulate dialogue of, for example, Shaw(whowas also very insistent on good pronunciation.,audiences are now subjectedto streams of barely literate trivia,oftendesigned,onlytoowell,toexhibit'laekofcommunication', and larded (夾雜 . wi

17、th theobscenities( 下流的話 . and grammatical errors of theintellectuallyimpoverished.EmilyPostonceadvisedherreaders:"Thetheatreisthebestpossibleplacetohearcorrectly-enunciated speech. "Alas, no more. One youngactress was recently reported to be taking lessons inhowto speakbadly, so that she s

18、hould fit in better.But the BBC is the worst traitor. Aideryears of verysuccessfullyhelpingtoraisethegeneralstandardofspokenEnglish,itsuddenlywent intoreverse. As theheadofthe PronunciationUnitcoyly( 含 蓄 地 .putit,"Inthe1960s the BBC opened thefield to a much wider range ofspeakers." To hea

19、r a BBC disc jockeytalking to thelatestape-likepopidolisa trulyshockingexperienceofverbalsqualor. And the prospect seems to be of evenworsetocome. Schoolteachers areactively encouragedto ignorelittle Johnny's incoherent grammar,atrociousspelling andhaphazardpunctuation,becauseworryingaboutsuchth

20、ingsmight inhibit his creative genius.51 、 The writerrelateslinguisticslovenlinesstendencies in the arts today in that they both_A.occasionally aim at acertain fluidityB.appear to shunperfectionC.from time to time showregard forthe finishingD.make use of economical shortcutstotouch52 、 "Artisen

21、hanced,nothindered,bydiscipline"(Lines 6-7, Paragraph 1 ) means_A.an artist'swork willbefinerifhe observes certainaesthetic standardsB.anunfinishedworkisboundtobecomparativelyinferiorC.theskillofcertainartistsconcealstheirslovenlinessD.artistic expression isinhibited by too many rules53 、 Many modem plays,theauthorfinds,frequentlycontain speech which _A.is incoherent andlinguistically