专四专八考试

【单选题】ArE toDAy’s stuDEnts morE EmotionAlly ______ thAn thEir prEDECEssors
A、Crisp B、BrittlE
C、DEliCAtE
D、FrAgilE

【单选题】Which of the following italicized phrases is INCORRECT
A、You can make the drink taste better by adding sugar.
B、I think she’s coming by train.
C、The parcel is so big it would cost a fortune to send it by air.
D、Can I pay by my credit card

【单选题】
quEstions 21 to 23 ArE BAsED on thE Following nEws.At thE EnD oF thE nEws itEm, you will BE givEn 15 sEConDs to AnswEr thE quEstions.
now listEn to thE nEws.
how long hAD popE john pAul BEEn lEADing thE romAnCAtholiCChurChA．For morE thAn 84 yEArs.
B．For morE thAn 26 yEArs.
C．For morE thAn 60 yEArs.
D．For morE thAn 30 yEArs.

【单选题】whiCh oF thE Following is not truE in FArwEll's CAsE
A．FArwEll wAs injurED BECAusE hE nEgligEntly rAn his EnginE oFF thE trACk.
B．FArwEll woulD not hAvE BEEn injurED iF thE switChmAn hAD BEEn morE CArEFul.
C．thE Court ArguED thAt thE viCtim hAD ACCEptED thE risk sinCE hE hAD willingly tAkEn his joB.
D．thE Court DECiDED thAt thE rAilroAD shoulD not BE hElD rEsponsiBlE.

【单选题】thE mothEr DiDn't know who ______ For thE BrokEn glAss.
A．will BlAmE
B．to BE BlAmED
C．to BlAmE
D．BlAmEs

【单选题】whAt CAn BE inFErrED ABout thE proFEssor
A．hE is not plAnning to tAlk ABout thE hAnDouts now.
B．hE ExpECts thE womAn to rEsponD to quEstions in thE hAnDouts.
C．hE is ConCErnED thAt thE hAnDouts mAy BE DiFFiCult to unDErstAnD.
D．hE is not surE iF hE hAs thE hAnDouts thE womAn nEEDs.

【单选题】In general, our society is becoming one or giant enterprises directed by a bureaucratic management in which man becomes a small, well-oiled cog in the machinery. The oiling is done with higher wages, well-ventilated factories and piped music, and by psychologists and "human-relations" experts; yet all this oiling does not alter the fact that man has become powerless, that he is bored with it. In fact, the blue and the white-collar workers have become economic puppets who dance to the tune of automated machines and bureaucratic management.
The worker and employee are anxious, not only because they might find themselves out of a job; they are anxious also because they are unable to acquire any real satisfaction of interesting life. They live and die without ever having confronted the fundamental realities of human existence as emotionally and intellectually independent and productive human beings.
Those higher up on the social ladder are no less anxious. Their lives are no less empty than those of their subordinates. They are even more insecure in some respects. They are in a highly competitive race. To be promoted or to fall behind is not a matter of salary but even more a matter of self-respect. When they apply for their first job, they are tested for intelligence as well as for the right mixture of submissiveness and independence. From the moment on they are tested again and again-by the psychologists, for whom testing is a big business, and by their superiors, who judge their behavior, sociability, capacity to get along, etC、This constant need to prove that one is as good as or better than one’s fellow- competitor creates constant anxiety and stress, the very causes of unhappiness and illness.
Am I suggesting that we should return to the preindustrial mode of production or to nineteenth-century "free enterprise" capitalismCertainly not. Problems are never solved by returning to a stage which one has already outgrown. I suggest transforming our social system form a bureaucratically managed industrialism in which maximal production and consumption are ends in themselves into a humanist industrialism in which man and full development of his potentialities—those of all love and of reason—are the aims of social arrangements. Production and consumption should serve only as means to this end, and should be prevented from ruling man.
By "a well-oiled cog in the machinery" the author intends to deliver the idea that man is ______.
A、a necessary part of the society though each individual’s function is negligible
B、working in complete harmony with the rest of the society
C、an unimportant part in comparison with the rest of the society
D、a humble component of the society, especially when working smoothly

【单选题】thE sCEnE is so BEAutiFul thAt it ______ my powEr oF DEsCription.
A. AsCEnDs
B. DEsCEnDs
C. trAnsCEnDs
D. ovErtAkEs

【单选题】
quEstions 21 to 23 ArE BAsED on thE Following nEws.At thE EnD oF thE nEws itEm, you will BE givEn 15 sEConDs to AnswEr thE quEstions.
now listEn to thE nEws.
thEBoEing rEprEsEntAtivE in hong kong, ivy tAkAhAshi sAiD ______.A．ChinA hAs DElAyED its purChAsing plAn BECAusE oF thE Collision oF A us spy plAnE AnDChinEsE FightEr jEt lAst month
BoEing hAs got ConFirmAtion oF thE orDErs FromBEijing
C．BoEing will not Cut its proDuCtion DEspitE oF its EConomiC tEnsion
D．ChinA’s plAn to purChAsE thE plAnEs AppEArs to BE on trACk

【单选题】Clothing mADE oF plAstiC FiBErs hAs CErtAin ADvAntAgEs ovEr ______ mADE oF nAturAl FiBErs likE Cotton, wool, or silk.
A．onE
B．thE onE
C．thAt
D．whAt