2023年英語專業(yè)四級真題試卷及其參考答案

２０２3年英語專業(yè)四級真題試卷及其參考答案Sｏuｒce：

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2023-02－２3

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＿__atinthisｗay,tｈepｒesenｔeｃonomicsｉtuationｄoｅsn’tseｅｍsogloｏmy.A.

Ｌｏｏkiｎg

B.

Ｌｏoked

C．

Ｈaｖinglｏoked

Ｄ.

Toｌooｋ

5２.

Manypeopｌeare___toｉnsectbiｔｅs,andsomｅｅveｎhaveｔogoｔｏ

ｈｏspital.A．iｎsｅｎｓitive

Ｂ．a(chǎn)llｅrｇic

Ｃ.seｎｓｉｂle

D.ｉnfｅcｔeｄ

53．

Whｅnyou’redｒｉｖingｏnａｍｏtoｒway,youmustobeyｔｈesignstelliｎgyoutogeｔiｎtotheright_＿_.A.wａy

B.track

C.ｒoad

D．lａｎe

54．

Ｔhｅmotorｉsｔhａｄto___toavｏｉｄknoｃkiｎｇtheolｄwoｍaｎｄowninthemiddｌeoｆtherｏａｄ.A.ｓweｒvｅ

B.ｔwｉｓt

C.depart

D.swing

55.

Inｗiｎtｅｒdrｉvｅｒshaｖetroublesｔoppinｇtheircaｒｓfrom＿＿_onｉｃyroads.

A.sｋａt(yī)ｉng

B.skiddｉng

Ｃ．slidinｇ

D.slｉｐｐing

５６．

Thisprojｅctｗoｕld___ahugｅｉncreaseｉnｄefｅnsesｐendｉnｇ.

A．ｒesｕlt

B.assurｅ

C．eｎtａil

Ｄ.accｏｍplｉsh

５7.

Tｈechａnｃesｏfarepｅtitioｎofｔheseuｎｆoｒtunateeventsarｅ___indeｅd.A．ｄistant

Ｂ.slｉm

C.unｌiｋely

D.narrow

58.

Wesｈouldmａkeaｃlear___ｂeｔween“cｏmpeｔent”aｎd“pｒofiｃient”forthepｕｒposｅsofｏurdisｃussiｏn.A.separatiｏｎ

B．diviｓioｎ

C.distｉncｔｉｏn

Ｄ.ｄｉfｆerence

59.

Iｎｔhｅpreseｎteconｏmic__＿ｗeｃanｍakeevengrｅatｅrpｒogrｅssthaｎpreviｏusly.Ａ．a(chǎn)iｒ

B.mｏｏd

C.aｒea

D.cliｍate

60.

RitｅofPassageisａgoｏｄnoｖeｌｂyａｎysｔandards;__＿，ｉtｓhouldｒaｎkhｉghonaｎylisｔｏfscｉeｎceｆictioｎ.A．conｓｉsteｎｔｌy

B．ｃonｓequｅntly

C．ｉnｖariably

D.foｒtｕnatｅlｙ

６1.

Thediversｉtyoftropiｃａｌｐlaｎｔｓiｎｔｈereｇionｒeprｅsenｔｓaseeｍingｌy＿＿_sourceofrawｍaterials，oｆｗhiｃhｏnlyafewhavebeenutilized.A．ｅxｐloited

B.contrｏversial

C.inｅxhauｓtible

D.

remarkaｂｌe

62.

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B.traveling

C.watｃhiｎg

Ｄ.ｔourinｇ

63.

Yｏumustleｔmehavethｅａnnualrｅportwiｔｈoｕｔ＿_＿byｔeno’clｏｃｋtomoｒrowmｏｒｎｉng.Ａ．failure

B.hesiｔaｔｉｏn

C.trｏｕble

D.fail6４.

Aｓtｈedirecｔorｃan’tcometｏｔｈereceptiｏn,I’ｍｒepｒｅsentingthecｏmpanyA.oｎhisａccouｎt

B．onｈiｓｂｅhalf

C.foｒｈisｐart

D．inhisinｔｅresｔ

6５.

Dｒeamｓarｅ__＿inthemsｅｌves,ｂutwhenｃｏmbiｎｅdwithothｅrdaｔa,theyｃaｎtellusmuｃhaboｕtthedreamer.

A.

uniｎformatｉve

B.

sｔａｒｔliｎg

C.

harmlesｓ

D.

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theｌａｓｔcｅntｕryｔhｅwｅalthymanwithhisownlibrarywasｉndｅeｄｆoｒtunate，but

ｔｏdａytherearepubliclibraries．Foｒtyyearsagopeｏｐleuｓedtｏｆｌocktotheｃｉnｅma,butｎowｆａrmorepeｏpleｓitatｈomeandturnonthｅTVtｏwatｃhaprogrammｅｔhatiｓbeinｇchanneledｉntoｍillionsｏfhomeｓ.’Ｃｏmmuｎiｃａt(yī)ionｉsnｏlongeｒmeｒelyｃoncernｅdwｉtｈｔhetrａnsｍiｓsionofｉnformａｔｉon.Theｍodemcoｍmunicatiｏｎinｄuｓｔrｙinfｌｕenｃesthewａyｐeoｐlelｉveｉnｓoｃietyaｎdｂroａdenstｈeirｈorizonsｂyaｌlowingacｃesstoｉnfoｒmaｔｉon,eduｃatioｎaｎdentｅrｔaiｎｍent.Theｐrintｉｎg,bｒoadcastiｎgａndａdｖertiｓinｇindustrｉeｓarealliｎvｏlvedwithinformｉnｇ,ｅdｕcａt(yī)ｉｎganｄenｔertainｉｎｇ.’Ａｌthougｈaｇrｅatｄｅalofｔhｅｍaｔerialcommunicatｅｄｂythemaｓｓmeｄｉａisveryｖalｕablｅｔｏｔheｉndiｖidualandtｏthesocietyｏfｗhichheisaｐarｔ,ｔheｖａstmodｅｍnetwoｒkｏfcommuｎｉcatioｎsiｓｏｐentoａｂuse.Howeｖer,themassmedｉaarewitｈｕsforbetter,ｆorｗorsｅ,aｎdtｈｅｒeiｓnotｕｒnｉngback．66.

Inthｅfirstpａrａｇｒaｐｈthewrｉｔerempｈaｓizesthe___oｆfacｅ-to-facｅｃontactinsociａlsettiｎgｓ．A．naｔure

B.liｍitatiｏｎ

C.uｓｅfuｌneｓｓ

Ｄ．ｃreaｔiｖity

6７．

Ｉtisimｐlｉedｉnthepａｓsaｇｅthaｔ＿_＿.A.

localｎeｗｓuｓeｄtobeｔheｏnlｙsｏurceoｆiｎfｏｒmation.Ｂ．

locａlnｅwsstｉlltakｅsasigｎificａｎｔｐlace．C.

nationalｎewｓisbecomingｍｏrｅｐoｐulａｒ．D.

inteｒnaｔionalnewｓiｓｔｈｅfasteｓttrａnsｍｉttednｅws.

68.

WhicｈｏｆthefｏlｌoｗｉnｇｓtatementｓｉsINCORＲECＴ？A.

Topossesｓinfoｒmaｔionusedtoｂeaｐriｖilｅｇe．B.

Publiclibrarieshavereｐlacｅdｐrivａt(yī)ｅlｉbｒaries．Ｃ.

Ｃoｍmｕniｃaｔｉonmeansmorｅｔhａntｒａnsmｉsｓion.Ｄ.

Informatｉｏnｉnfluenceswaysofｌifｅandthｉｎking.

69．

Fｒomｔheｌastpａragｒaphwｅcaniｎferthａt(yī)tｈewrｉteｒｉs＿__.Ａ．

indiｆferentｔotheharｍfｕlinflｕｅnceｏfｔｈｅmａssmedｉaＢ.

haｐpyabouｔｔhｅdrastｉｃchａngesiｎthemaｓsｍediaC．

ｐessｉmisｔｉｃaboutthefuｔｕrｅofthemassmediaD.

concernedaboutthｅｗｒｏnｇｕseoftheｍaｓｓmedia

ＴEXTB’ThemeｎａndwomeｎｏfＡnglo-ＳaxonEnｇｌａｎdｎormａｌｌｙbｏreonenameonly.Disｔinguishｉnｇepitheｔｓweｒｅrａrｅlｙaｄｄeｄ.Thesemigｈtｂｅpatrｏnymiｃ,deｓcｒｉｐtiveorocｃuｐａｔｉonａl.Tｈeywerｅ,ｈoｗｅver,hａrｄlyｓurｎaｍeｓ.ＨeｒitablｅnamesgraduallybecameｇeneｒaｌinｔhethrｅeｃｅｎtｕriesfｏllｏwｉｎgtheNormanConqueｓtin１066.Itｗａｓnotuntilｔhe13thand14tｈcentuｒｉesthａt(yī)ｓｕrnaｍeｓbｅｃａmefixeｄ，aｌthoughformanｙyearsaftｅrthat,thｅdegｒeｅｏfstaｂｉｌiｔｙｉnfamilyｎaｍｅｓvarｉedcｏｎsideｒablyindifferｅntpaｒｔsoftｈecouｎtｒy.’Bｒitishsｕrｎａmｅsfallmainｌｙiｎtofoｕrｂｒｏａdcategｏｒies:patronｙｍｉc,ocｃupａt(yī)ioｎaｌ，ｄｅsｃrｉptiveａndlocal．Ａｆewｎamｅｓ,iｔｉstｒｕe,willremａinpuzｚｌｉｎg：foreigｎnaｍes，ｐｅrhａｐs,crudeｌｙtｒanslated，ａdaptｅdｏｒabｂreviated;orartificｉalnames.Infacｔ,ｏｖerfiftypｅｒcｅnｔｏfgeｎｕineＢｒitishsｕrnaｍesｄeriｖefromplacenａｍesofｄｉfｆereｎｔkinds，anｄsoｔhｅybelｏngｔｏｔｈelastoｆｏurfｏuｒmaｉnｃａt(yī)ｅgoｒｉes.EvensucｈａｎamｅａsＳimｐsonmaybelongtoｔhislasｔgrｏup，andnottｏthｅｆｉrst,hadｔhefａmｉlyｏnｃｅｈaditsｈoｍeiｎtheａnciｅntvillａgeoｆtｈatnaｍe.Ｏtherwisｅ,Simｐsonｍeaｎs“theｓonoｆＳｉmon”,asmightｂｅexpecｔｅd．’Ｈuｎdrｅdｓofｏccupａt(yī)ionａｌｓurｎaｍesａreａt(yī)oｎｃｅfamｉliartouｓ,orａt(yī)ｌeaｓtrecogｎisablｅａｆterａlittlｅthoｕｇht：Archer,Carteｒ,Ｆisｈｅｒ,Mａson,Ｔhaｔcher,Ｔaylor，ｔonamebutafｅw.Hｕndｒedsofｏtｈersaremoreｏbscurｅintｈeirｍeaningｓａndtestifytｏtｈｅaｍaziｎｇspｅcｉａｌizationinｍediｅvalarts，ｃraftsandfuｎcｔiｏnｓ．Sucｈaｒe“Ｄay”，(OｌdＥnｇlishforbreadmａker)and“Walkeｒ”(ａfuｌleｒｗhoseｊｏbitwaｓtｏcleanandｔhickｅnnewlyｍaｄecｌotｈ).’Allｔｈｅsevｏcａt(yī)ionalｎaｍescａｒryｗiththemaｃｅrtａｉngraｖitｙanｄdignity,wｈiｃhdescriptｉvenamesoｆtｅnlack.Ｓome,itisｔrｕe,lｉｋｅ“Ｌonｇ”,“Short”or“Liｔtｌe”，ａresimple.Thｅymａybetaｋeｎｑｕiteliteｒally．Otｈersrequirｅｍorｅtｈｉnkinｇ：ｔｈeiｒmeaniｎｇｓareslighｔlｙｄｉfferｅntｆroｍthemｏdemｏnes.“Blａｃk”and“Whｉｔｅ“impliedｄａrkanｄfａiｒresｐectivｅｌｙ．“Shaｒｐ”meａｎtgenuｉｎeｌｙｄisceｒnｉｎg,alｅrt,

ａｃuteｒatｈertｈaｎquiｃk-ｗｉｔｔedｏrclevｅr.Plａce-nａｍｅｓhaveａｌastingiｎｔerestsinｃeｔhereｉｓhaｒdlｙatowｎorｖｉｌlaｇeinalｌEｎglandthathａsnotaｔｓomeｔiｍegｉvｅｎｉtｓnametoaｆamｉly.Thｅｙmａyｂｅｐｉcｔｕreｓｑｕe，ｅvenｐoetical；ｏrtｈeｙmａybeｐｅdestriaｎ，eventriviaｌ．Amoｎgｔmoneｒnameswhichsurvivewiｔhrｅlａt(yī)ivelylittleｃhaｎgｅfrｏｍｏｌd-Enｇlishtimesａre“Milton”(mｉddleenclosｕre)and“Hiｌtｏn”（eｎclosureoｎａhill）.７0.

Sｕｒnameｓarｅsaｉdｔobe__＿ｉnAnglo-SaxoｎＥｎglａｎd．Ａ.cｏｍmon

B．ｖocational

C.unusuaｌ

D.dｅｓcriptｉve

７1.

Wｅlearnfromtｈeｆirstpａrａgraｐｈ___fｏrｍaｎｙyeaｒsａｆterｔｈe１３thanｄ１4ｔhcentｕｒies.Ａ.

ｆamｉlynaｍｅｓbeｃａmeｄesｃriptiveａnｄoccupatｉonalB.

peｏplｅinsｏmｅareaｓｓｔiｌlhadnosurｎamesC.

somepeoplekeptｃhangiｎｇtｈｅirsurnａmesD.

allｆａmilyｎamesbecamefixedｉnEｎｇland

72.

“Patronyｍｉc”inthesecoｎdparagraphisclｏsｅｓtｉnmeａniｎgto“foｒmedfrom___.A.

ｔhenamｅofone’sfａt(yī)hｅr”

B.

ｔhefａmｉｌyocｃupation”C.ｏne’sfamiｌyｈome”

D．

one’ｓfamｉlyhistory”

73．

Whichoｆthefolｌowinｇsentｅnｃeｓｉsanopinionratheｒthanａｆacｔ?A.

hunｄｒedsｏfｏccuｐaｔionaｌnamesareａt(yī)oｎcefamiliartous.B．

“Blaｃｋ”aｎｄ“White”impｌiｅｄ“ｄark”ａｎd“ｆaｉｒ”reｓpeｃtｉveｌｙ.C．

Vocatｉoｎalnaｍｅｓcａrrywiththemacｅrtaingravｉｔyanddｉｇnｉty.D.

EvｅrypｌａceｉｎEnglandhａsgｉvenitsnaｍetoａfamily．

ＴEXTＣＳｉｎｃetheeａrｌy１930s,Swisｓｂankｓｈaｄpriｄedthｅmselｖesontheirsｙsｔｅmofbａnkｉｎｇsecrｅcyandnumｂeｒedacｃｏuｎts．

Ｏverｔhｅyeａrs，tｈｅyｈadsuccessfulｌywｉthｓtooｄeveryｃｈallｅｎgetoｔｈiｓｓystembｙｔheiｒｏwngoveｒnmｅｎtｗho,ｉnｔurn,hａｄbeｅｎfrequｅntlyurgedbｙforeｉgngoveｒｎmentstorｅvｅalinｆoｒｍａｔiｏnａbｏutｔhefiｎａｎｃｉalaｆｆairsｔocｅrｔaｉｎaccｏuntholｄers.

ThｅｒeｓulｔｏfthiｓpoliｃｙoｆsecrｅcywastｈaｔakiｎdofmｙsｔiquehadｇroｗnuｐarｏundＳwiｓsｂａnking．

Ｔherｅｗａsawidｅｌy-heｌdｂｅliefthａｔSwitzerlａnｄｗasirｒeｓiｓtibｌetowｅalｔhyforeｉgnｅrｓ，mａinlybecauseｏｆitｓｎumbｅｒeｄaccoｕｎtsａndbａｎｋｅrs’relｕctａncetoaskaｗkwardquｅstiｏｎｓofｄepositｏｒｓ．Contriｂutingtothemysｔｉquewasｔheｖｉｅw，carefｕｌlyproｐagatedｂｙtｈｅbａnkstｈeｍsｅlves，tｈatiｆthisｓｅcｒeｃywaseveｒｇｉｖenup,foreigｎersｗouldｆalloｖｅrtheｍseｌveｓｉｎtｈｅｒushtoｗｉｔhdrawmｏnｅy,andtheSwissｂankingsｙstemwｏulｄvirtuallycｏllapseovernｉｇht.’Toｍａｎy,therｅｆoｒe,ｉtｃaｍelikeaboｌtouｔofｔhｅbｌue,when,iｎ1977，tｈｅSwｉsｓbanksaｎnoｕncedtheyhaｄsｉgnedapacｔwiththeSｗissNａt(yī)ｉonalBaｎｋ(theＣentrａlBａｎｋ).

Theaiｍoftheagｒeｅmeｎtｗasｔopｒeventtoimｐｒopｅruｓeofｔｈecountry’sbanｋsecｒｅcｙlaｗs,andiｔseffectwastｏｃurｂsｅｖｅrelytｈeｓｙsｔｅｍofsecrecy.’Tｈｅruleswhichｔhebaｎkshaｄａgrｅedｔoobservemadｅtheｏpeningoｆnumberedａccountssｕbｊecttoｍuｃhcloｓerscrｕtinythanbefｏｒe.

Ｔｈebaｎkswouldberequired,ｉfnecｅssary,tｏｉdｅntifｙｔｈｅorｉginoffoｒeignfｕndsgoingｉntonumberedaｎｄothｅrａccoｕnts.

Theｉdｅａｗasｔｏstoｐsucｈaｃｃouｎtｓbeinｇusedｆorｄubiｏuspｕｒｐｏses.Alsotheｙaｇｒeeｄnotｔoaccｅptfｕndｓreｓultingｆromｔａxｅｖasioｎorｆroｍcｒime.’Theｐactreｐrｅsentedeｓsｅnｔiallyaｔigｈｔeninguｐofbankingrules．Althoughｔｈebａnksａgreｅdtoendrｅlatioｎsｗｉthclienｔswhｏseidenｔitieｓwereuncleａroｒwｈowerｅpｅrｆoｒminｇimｐropｅracｔｓ,ｔheywｅrestｉllnotoblｉｇedtoｉnｆorｍｏnaclienttｏａnyone,inｃluｄinｇthｅSwisｓｇovｅrnmｅnｔ.Ｔoｓomeｅｘteｎt,therefore,thｅprｉnciplｅofseｃrecｙhadｂeenmaｉｎtａined.74.

Sｗｉssbankstookprideｉn___．A.

ｔｈenｕmberoｆtheiraｃcｏuntsＢ.

withhoｌｄingclientiｎfｏrmationC.

beｉｎgｍysｔｅrｉｏｕｓｔoｔheoutsｉdｅrsD．

ａt(yī)tｒaｃtｉngｗeaｌｔｈyforｅｉgnｃliｅnts

75.

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denｉed

B.

ｃriｔｉcｉzeｄ

C．

rｅvｉewed

D.

defended

76.

Intｈｅｌasｔparagｒaｐh，thｅwriｔｅrtｈinkｓthat__＿.Ａ.

compｌeｔechａngeshaｄbｅｅｎintｒoduｃedintoSｗｉssbanｋsＢ.

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ｃhangesinthebankｐolicｉeshaｄbｅeｎｓomｅwhaｔｓuperficialＤ．

morｅcｈangesｎｅeｄｔobeconsｉｄereｄａnｄmade

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B.dirｔｙ

C.noisy

D.ｓavage

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C.reｓidentiａl

D．commerciaｌ

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theworkmen

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D．tｈerustｌinｇwoｏds

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Whｉchiｓtheａutｈoｒ’sopinionｏｆCoketown？Ａ．

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Thｅtownhadtoｏｍｕｃhｏiliniｔ.Ｄ.

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Thｅwrｉｔｅｒｉscｏncernｅdａbouｔ_＿_．A.

bｕdｇethouｓeｋｅeｐiｎg

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