专四专八考试

【单选题】TheislandofLilliputcanbefoundin（）
A.RobinsonGrusoe
B.Gulliver‘sTravels
C.AdventuresofTomeSawyer
D.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

【单选题】thE pAssAgE is mAinly ABout
A．how to BE A Do-it-yoursElFEr
B．thE Do-h-yoursElF movEmEnt
C．thE FuturE oF thE Do-it-yoursElF movEmEnt
D．thE origin oF thE Do-it-yoursElF movEmEnt

【单选题】In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied (31) by his prospective employer. The problem here is that theDepartment of theEmployment has the right to (32) or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be (33) about it.
It would be extremely unwise (34) a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is (35) to immediate deportation. There are some (36) to this rule, moot notably people from theCommon Market countries, who are (37) to work without permits, and who are often given (38) residence permits of up to five years. Some (39) people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, (40) and others, can work without permits.
The problem with theAct is not just that some of its rules are unfair but (41) it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigrations official has the power to stop a visitor (42) these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the (43) to appeal (44) the immigration appeal tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no (45) but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the (46) visitors badly, and appear to accept or reject them for no (47) reason. Which side of the political (48) you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the (49) , for it (50) frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real injustice.
A．exemptions
B．exceptions
C．excerptions
D．expositions

【单选题】in An AttEmpt to gEt to thE ______oF thE proBlEm, thE rEportEr intErviEwED EvEry EyEwitnEss.
A．root
B．gist
C．BAsE
D．CEntEr

【单选题】A ______ oF smAll glittEring Fish swAm By.
[A] pACk
[B] swArm
[C] FloCk
[D] sChool

【单选题】Governing bodies of theAmerican colonies raised questions about land distribution and use soon after winning independence.
A、1785 law provided for surveying the west, with the intention of opening up land for family farms.Areas between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, for example, were allowed to become states on equal terms with the original thirteen as soon as their populations reached a certain level. The lands were to be sold at $ 2. 50 per hectare. Most of the settlers who braved the many dangers of western expansion did not have money to pay for lanD、Often they settled as occupiers of land without any clear title to their farms.After becoming established, these settlers campaigned to get the law changed so that some of the land was declared free, while other lands could be bought at a minimal price and paid for over a period of years. Successive laws culminated in the HomesteadAct of 1862, giving free land to prospective settlers provided they agreed to farm the land or live on the land for a period of years. The strategy behind this and subsequent laws was to get land into the hands of family farmers. Land was also given to those who organized the railroads to encourage those costly ventures, and other lands were given to "land grant colleges," which were designed to educate farmers in the newest agricultural and scientific methods. In turn, these groups sometimes sold land to settlers at modest cost.All in all, the law-making did meet its objective of covering the new nation with family farms. From the passage we can see ______.
A、early land policy was favorable for the expansion of the new nation
B．rich families moved west and bought land
C．there were no financial problems in building railroads in the middle of the 19th century
D．colleges in the original thirteen states could own land

【单选题】thE DoCtor sEnt him to BED, sAying BE wAs muCh ______.
A．too ill
B．vEry ill
C．ill Enough
D．ill

【单选题】
What is the topic of this passage
[A] Insects that feed on plants. [B]Animals that feed on insects.
[C] Plants that use insects to survive. [D] Insects that are attractive to plants.

【单选题】This is the life of someone who wrote little, spoke little, and about whom there are few memories. Yet if anyone’s life is worthy of a biography it is surelyAbram Petrovich Gannibal, anAfrican slave adopted by Peter the Great, who studied mathematics and cryptography before training as a military engineer, spied for the tsar in Paris, became an expert in fortification, was sent to Siberia, became governor-general of Tallinn, and finally retired to an estate ’in northern Russia as the owner of slaves himself.
These days he is best known as the great grandfather ofAlexander Pushkin, whose family liked to think their illustrious forebear was anAbyssinian prince, and a direct descendant of the legendaryCarthaginian general whose name he boldly adopted ( spelling it in the Russian way with a "g" ). It was not until the 1990s that an enterprising scholar fromBenin was able to challenge centuries of Russian racism and suggest that Gannibal in fact came from blackAfric
A、
Having traveled toCameroon and paddled up-river in a 30-foot wooden boot to interview the Sultan of Logone, the intrepid HughBarnes lends credence to this theory with a tantalizingly plausible interpretation for the mysterious word "Fummo" ( Kotoko for "homeland" ) to be found underneath the elephant portrayed on the family crest. Mr.Barnes does far more than just "join up the dots" between Pushkin’s unfinished novel about his ancestor and its subject. The result is not merely the first detailed account inEnglish of this remarkable life, but the fullest in any language. It is a fascinating reaD、
With this book, the fruit of research in an impressive list of obscure archives, Mr.Barnes not .only joins the ranks of those journalists able to give academics a good run for their money, but also shows himself to be a travel writer of distinction. The story of his quest to discover Gannibal’s identity in places as farflung as Novoselengisk on theChinese border, and Pskov at the other end of the Russian empire, is engagingly tolD、With so little biographical material to go on ( even the fabled portrait of Gannibal turns out to be that of a white man when it is restored), the dots have inevitably to be joined up with a degree of speculation. Just occasionally it leads the author astray--the Winter Palace, for example, was painted first yellow and then crimson before finally acquiring the "icy turquoise facade", which Mr.Barnes claims greeted Gannibal when he received his dismissal fromCatherine the Great in 1762.
While plenty of evidence is marshaled to show that Gannibal was the first black intellectual inEurope, his personality remains frustratingly elusive. Nevertheless, this biography of the Russian Othello does much to recast our understanding of 18th century Russian life.
Which one is NOT the objective description of HughBarnes
A、He was very brave, persistent and ambitious.
B．He did not blindly worship the authorities.
C．He was down to earth and tried to be objective.
D．He devoted himself to his work, but was liable to fishing for fame and money.

【单选题】
A．whErEAs
B．whErEin
C．whErEon
D．whErEForE