专四专八考试

【单选题】Astheskygrewdarker，itbecameobvioustousthattheboystofinishthegamequicklyiftheywantedtoavoidthestorm.（）
A.have
B.wouldhave
C.oughttohave
D.having

【单选题】TheUnitedStatesis（）
A.themostpopulouscountryintheworld
B.thesecondmostpopulouscountryintheworld
C.thethirdmostpopulouscountyintheworld
D.thefourthmostpopulouscountryintheworld

【单选题】ComputErs ArE AlrEADy wiDEly usED in inDustry AnD in univErsitiEs AnD thE timE mAy ComE whEn it______ possiBlE For orDinAry pEoplE to usE thEm As wEll.
A．is
B．will BE
C．must BE
D．mAy BE

【单选题】
A．ContEnt
B．quAlity
C．stylE
D．DEsign

【单选题】
A．though
B．But
C．thErEForE
D．BECAusE

【单选题】who First CrEAtED thE nEtworks thAt lAtEr DEvElopED into thE intErnEt
A．somE sCiEntists AnD univErsity stuDEnts.
B．Big BusinEssEs.
C．thE u.s. DEpArtmEnt oF DEFEnsE.
D．thE u.s. govErnmEnt togEthEr with sEvErAl EuropEAn govErnmEnts.

【单选题】From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When. humans first (31) they were like newborn children, unable to use this (32) tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kinds’ future (33) and culture growth increaseD、
Many linguists believe that evolution is (34) for our ability to produce and use language. They (35) that our highly evolved brain provides us (36) innate language ability not found in lower (37) . Proponents of this innateness theory say that our (38) for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, (39) a function of the growth of the brain during childhooD、Therefore there are critical (40) times for language development.
Current (41) of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities is undeniable. (42) more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in (43) grades. Young children often can learn several languages by being (44) to them, while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the (45) of their first language have been firmly fixeD、
(46) some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically in a vacuum.Children who have been (47) from other human beings de not possess language. This demonstrates that (48) with other human beings unnecessary for proper language developments. Some linguists believe that this is even more basic to human language (49) than any innate capacities. These theories view language as imitative, learned behavior. (50) , children learn language from their parents by imitating them. Parents gradually shape their child’s language skills by positively reinforcing precise imitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones.
A．In other words
B．Indeed
C．In a sense
D．In a word

【单选题】thE young mAn ______ is An EnginEEr oF our FACtory.
A. thAt yon just tAlkED
B. you just tAlkED to
C. whom you just tAlkED
D. you just tAlkED to him

【单选题】______ thE huBBlE spACE tElEsCopE, AstronomErs DEtECtED thE two smAll, FAint moons orBiting pluto in thE kupiEr BElt.
A. to usE
B. using
C. hAving usED
D. usE

【单选题】Until recently,Chinese people had (31) reasons not to roam for pleasure. Travelling in ancientChina was (32) .As a proverb (33) it, "You can be comfortable at home for a thousand days, (34) step out the door and run right into trouble. "Confucius threw guilt into the mix: "While your (35) are alive, it is better not to travel far away. " (36) , ancientBuddhist monks visited India, and Zheng He, a fifteenth-century eunuch, famously (37) the emperor’s fleet as far asAfrica, to "set eyes on barbarian regions".
Over the centuries,Chinese (38) settled around the world, but tourism had been considered as politically forbidden until the late seventies of the last century when mostChinese gained (39) to go abroad for anything other than work or study. First, they were permitted to visit relatives in Hong Kong, and, (40) , to tour Thailand, Singapore, and MalaysiA、In 1997, the government (41) the way for travellers to venture to other countries in a "planned, organized, and controlled manner. "China doles out approvals with an eye to geopolitics. Vanuatu became an approved destination in 2005, after it agreed not to give diplomatic (42) to Taiwan. )Eighty percent of first-timeChinese travellers went in groups, and they soon earned a reputation as (43) , if occasionally overwhelming, guests.At a Malaysian casino hotel in 2005, some three hundredChinese visitors were (44) special meal coupons bearing cartoon pig faces. The hotel said that the illustrations were (45) to differentiateChinese guests from Muslims, who don’t eat pork, but the (46) Chinese tourists staged a sit-in, singing the national anthem.
Most countries begin to send large numbers of tourists overseas only when the average citizen has a (47) income of five thousand dollars.ButChina— (48) urban residents are at barely half that level—has made travel affordable by booking tickets in bulk and bargaining mercilessly for hotels in distant suburbs. Last year, more than fifty-seven millionChinese people went abroad, (49) China third worldwide in international tourism. The World Tourism Organization predicts that before the end of the decadeChina will (50) that.
A．leading
B．ranking
C．rendering
D．advancing