专四专八考试

【单选题】why ArE morE AnD morE CountriEs Closing thEir BorDErs to gEnuinE Asylum sEEkErs
A．BECAusE too mAny pEoplE ArE sEEking Asylum prEsEntly.
B．BECAusE thEy ArE AFrAiD oF BEing ovErwhElmED By illEgAl migrAnts.
C．BECAusE thEy ArE AFrAiD oF CAusing AngEr oF othEr CountiEs.
D．BECAusE thEy hAvE no oBligAtion to Do so.

【单选题】whiCh oF thE Following ABout CoFFEE FArming is not truE
A．ovEr 30,000,000 pEoplE livE on CoFFEE FArming.
B．it is ControllED By 4 or 5 Big CompAniEs.
C．it is nExt only to oil in tErms oF EConomiC importAnCE.
D．CoFFEE growErs usuAlly own 4 or 5 hECtArEs oF lAnD.

【单选题】whiCh typE oF rECorDing is thE tAlk most proBABly
A．A tv wEAthEr progrAm on sEAsonAl ChAngEs.
B．An inFormAl DisCussion BEtwEEn FriEnDs.
C．An ACADEmiC prEsEntAtion At sChool.
D．An ADvErtisEmEnt For A City tour.

【单选题】Do you think thErE's Any ______ oF him pAssing thE ExAms.
A．ChAnCE
B．opportunity
C．oCCAsion
D．ExpECtAnCy

【单选题】how mAny pEoplE lost thEir livEs in thE EpiDEmiC
A．200.
B．101.
C．400.
D．53.

【单选题】thE BEst titlE For thE pAssAgE is ______
A．prEpAring thE grounD For A pump systEm
B．pros AnD Cons oF thE grounD-sourCE hEAt pump
C．how to know whEthEr An oil BurnEr is right For your homE
D．thE grounD-sourCE hEAt pump: it works For mE!

【单选题】In the United States the first day nursery was opened in 1854. Nurseries were established in various areas during the (31) half of the 19th century; most of (32) were charitable.Both inEurope and in the U.S., the day-nursery movement received great (33) during the First World War, when (34) of manpower caused the industrial employment of unprecedented numbers of women. In someEuropean countries nurseries were established even in munitions plants, under direct government (35) .Although the number of nurseries in the U.S. also rose (36) , this rise was accomplished without government aid of any kinD、During the years following the First World War, (37) , Federal, State, and local governments gradually began to (38) a measure of control in the day nurseries, chiefly by (39) them and by inspecting and regulating the conditions within the nurseries.
The (40) of the Second World War was quickly followed by an increase in the number of day nurseries in almost all countries, as women were again (41) to replace men in the factories. On this (42) the U.S. government immediately came to the support of the nursery schools, (43) $6,000,000 in July, 1942, for a nursery-school program for the children of working mothers. Many states and local communities (44) this Federal aiD、By the end of the War, inAugust, 1945, more than 100, 000 children were being cared (45) in daycare centers receiving Federal (46) . Soon afterward, the Federal government drastically (47) its expenditures for this purpose and later (48) them, causing a sharp drop in the number of nursery schools in operation. However, the expectation (49) most employed mothers would leave their jobs at the end of the War was only partly (50) .
A、which B、themC、thoseD、whom

【单选题】thE mission oF thE tEAm u.n. sECrEtAry-gEnErAl koFi AnnAn intEnDED to sEnD to isrAEl is
A．to Appoint AnothEr tEAm oF FACt-FinDErs.
B．to run ovEr thE group's Composition.
C．to FinD thE FACts ABout thE jEnin rEFugEEs.
D．to givE A grEEn light to thE mission.

【单选题】it wAs oBvious thAt thE tEAm
A．hAD mEt with isrAEli oBjECtions.
B．hAD AlrEADy proCEEDED to thE mission.
C．hAD AlrEADy BEEn sEnt to thE ArEA.
D．woulD hAvE to ABAnDon thEir EFForts.

【单选题】mrs. sommErs onE DAy FounD hErsElF thE unExpECtED possEssor oF FiFtEEn DollArs. it sEEmED to hEr A vEry lArgE Amount oF monEy, AnD thE wAy in whiCh it stuFFED AnD BulgED hEr worn olD portEmonnAiE gAvE hEr A FEEling oF importAnCE suCh As shE hAD not EnjoyED For yEArs.
thE quEstion oF invEstmEnt wAs onE thAt oCCupiED hEr grEAtly. For A DAy or two shE wAlkED ABout AppArEntly in A DrEAmy stAtE, But rEAlly ABsorBED in spECulAtion AnD CAlCulAtion. shE DiD not wish to ACt hAstily to Do Anything shE might AFtErwArD rEgrEt.But it wAs During thE still hours oF thE night whEn shE lAy AwAkE rEvolving plAns in hEr minD thAt shE sEEmED to sEE hEr wAy ClEArly towArD A propEr AnD juDiCious usE oF thE monEy. ^①
A、DollAr or two shoulD BE ADDED to thE priCE usuAlly pAiD For jAniE’s shoEs, whiCh woulD insurE thEir lAsting An ApprECiABlE timE longEr thAn thEy usuAlly DiD、shE woulD Buy so AnD so mAny yArDs oF pErCAlE For nEw shirt wAists For thE Boys AnD jAniE AnD mAg. shE hAD intEnDED to mAkE thE olD onEs Do By skilFul pAtChing. mAg shoulD hAvE AnothEr gown. shE hAD sEEn somE BEAutiFul pAttErns, vEritABlE ’BArgAins in thE shop winDows, AnD still thErE woulD BE lEFt Enough For nEw stoCkings—two pAirs ApiECE—AnD whAt DArning thAt woulD sAvE For A whilE! shE woulD gEt CAps For thE Boys AnD sAilor-hAts For thE girls. thE vision oF hEr littlE BrooD looking FrEsh AnD DAinty AnD nEw For onCE in thEir livEs ExCitED hEr AnD mADE hEr rEstlEss AnD wAkEFul with AntiCipAtion, ^②
thE nEighBors somEtimEs tAlkED oF CErtAin "BEttEr DAys" thAt mrs. sommErs hAD known BEForE shE hAD EvEr thought oF BEing mrs. sommErs. shE hErsElF inDulgED in no suCh morBiD rEtrospECtion. shE hAD no timE—no sEConD oF timE to DEvotE to thE pAst. thE nEEDs oF thE prEsEnt ABsorBED hEr EvEry FACulty.A、vision oF thE FuturE likE somE Dim, gAunt monstEr somEtimEs AppAllED hEr, But luCkily tomorrow nEvEr ComEs.
mrs. sommErs wAs onE who knEw thE vAluE oF BArgAins; who CoulD stAnD For hours mAking hEr wAy inCh By inCh towArD thE DEsirED oBjECt thAt wAs sElling BElow Cost. shE CoulD ElBow hEr wAy iF nEED BE. shE hAD lEArnED to ClutCh A piECE oF gooDs AnD holD it AnD stiCk to it with pErsistEnCE AnD DEtErminAtion till hEr turn CAmE to BE sErvED, no mAttEr whEn it CAmE. ^③But thAt DAy shE wAs A littlE FAint AnD tirED、shE hAD swAllowED A light lunChEon--no! whEn shE CAmE to think oF it, BEtwEEn gEtting thE ChilDrEn FED AnD thE plACE rightED, AnD prEpAring hErsElF For thE shopping Bout, shE hAD ACtuAlly ForgottEn to EAt Any lunChEon At All!
As to BArgAins, wE CAn ConCluDE thAt______.
[A] pEoplE FloCkED to thE plACE whErE thEy wErE solD
[B] mrs. sommErs likED to BArgAin ovEr thEir priCEs
[C] mrs. sommErs somEtimEs hAD to Fight For othEr pEoplE
[D] sEllErs hAD to wAit For thEir turn to sErvE pEoplE