1999年1月大學英語四級(CET-4)真題試卷

1、1999年1月大學英語四級(cet-4)真題試卷questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.thatching is in fact the oldest of all the building crafts practiced in the british isles (英論諸島). although thatch has always been used for cottage and farm buildings, it was once used for castles and churches, too.21.which

2、 of the following remains a unique feature of the english countryside?a) narrow streets lined with pink or white houses.b) rolling hills with pretty farm buildings.c) cottages with thatched roofs.d) churches with cottages around them.（c）22.what do we know about thatching as a craft?a) it is a collec

3、tive activity.b) it is practised on farms all over england.c) it is quite different from what it used to be.d) it is in most cases handed down among family members.（d）23.thatched houses are still preferred because of _.a) their style and comfortb) their durabilityc) their easy maintenanced) their ch

4、eap and ready-made materials（a）24.people in developing countries also live under thatch because _.a) thatched cottages are a big tourist attractionb) thatched roof houses are the cheapestc) thatch is an effective defense against the heatd) they like thatched houses better than other buildings（b）25.w

5、e can learn from the passage that _.a) thatched cottages in england have been passed down from ancient timesb) thatching is a building craft first created by the english peoplec) the english people have a special liking for thatched housesd) most thatched cottages in england are located on hillsides

6、（a）questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.president coolidges statement, “the business of america is business,” still points to an important truth today-that business institutions have more prestige (威望) in american society than any other kind of organization, including the government

7、. why do business institutions posses this great prestige?26.the statement “the business of america is business” probably means “_”.a) the business institutions in america are concerned with commerceb) business problems are of great importance to the american governmentc) business is of primary conc

8、ern to americansd) america is a great power in world business（c）27.americans believe that they can realize their personal values only _.a) when given equality of opportunityb) through doing businessc) by protecting their individual freedomd) by way of competition（d）28.who can benefit from business c

9、ompetition?a) honest businessmen.b) both businessmen and their customers.c) people with ideals of equality and freedom.d) both business institutions and government.（b）29.government is believed to differ strikingly from business in that government is characterized by _.a) its absolute control of powe

10、rb) its function in preserving personal freedomc) its role in protecting basic american valuesd) its democratic way of exercising leadership（a）30.it can be inferred from the passage that the author believes _.a) americans are more ambitious than people in other countriesb) in many countries success

11、often depends on ones social statusc) american businesses are more democratic than those in other countriesd) businesses in other countries are not as competitive as those in america（b）passage threequestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.sometimes advertising is intentionally misleadin

12、g. a few years ago a brand of bread was offer to dieters (節(jié)食者) with the message that there were fewer calories (熱量單位，大卡) in every slice. it turned out that the bread was not dietetic (適合于節(jié)食的), but just regular bread. there were fewer calories because it was sliced very thin, but there were the same

13、number of calories in every loaf.31.advertising can persuade the consumer to buy worthless products by _.a) stressing their high qualityb) convincing him of their low pricec) maintaining a balance between quality and priced) appealing to his buying motives（d）32.the reason why the bread advertisement

14、 is misleading is that _.a) thin slices of bread could contain more caloriesb) the loaf was cut into regular slicesc) the bread was not genuine breadd) the total number of calories in the loaf remained the same（d）33.the passage tells us that _.a) sometimes advertisements really sell what the consume

15、r needsb) advertisements occasionally force consumers into buying things they dont needc) the buying motives of consumers are controlled by advertisementsd) fire insurance is seldom a worthwhile investment（a）34.it can be inferred from the passage that a smart consumer should _.a) think carefully abo

16、ut the benefits described in the advertisementsb) guard against the deceiving nature of advertisementsc) be familiar with various advertising strategiesd) avoid buying products that have strong emotional appeal（a）35.the passage is mainly about _.a) how to make a wise buying decisionb) ways to protec

17、t the interests of the consumerc) the positive and negative aspects of advertisingd) the function of advertisements in promoting sales（c）questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.so long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake to do

18、for children that which only children can do for themselves. teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. it is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. douglas insists that “reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible.”

19、36.the problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that _.a) it is one of the most difficult school coursesb) students spend endless hours in readingc) reading tasks are assigned with little guidanced) too much time is spent in teaching about reading（d）37.the teaching of r

20、eading will be successful if _.a) teachers can improve conditions at school for the studentsb) teachers can enable students to develop their own way of readingc) teachers can devise the most efficient system for readingd) teachers can make their teaching activities observable（b）38.the word “scrutiny” (line 3, para. 3) most probably means “_”.a) inquiryb) observationc) cont