2017年6月大学英语四级模拟试题（12）

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Passage Four

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

Americans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching

, experimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor.

“We are slaves to nothing but the clock,” it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost tangible. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it,

kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious commodity. Many people have a rather acute cet4v.com shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count.

A foreigner’s first impression of the U. S. is likely to be that everyone is in

a rush-often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurry to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, elbowing others as t

hey try to complete their errands. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating places are waiting for you to finish so they too can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. Each person hurries to make room for the next person. If you don’t, waiter will hurry you.

You also find drivers will be abrupt and that people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, small courtesies with strangers. Don’t take

it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain courtesy point.

This view of time affects the importance we attach to patience. In the American system of values, patience is not a high priority. Many of us have what might be

called “a short fuse.” We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some return-be this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest. Those coming from lands where time is looked upon differently may find this matter of pace to be one of their most difficult adjustments in both business and day life.

Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesies of a business call, for example. They will miss the ritual socializing that goes with a welcoming

cup of tea or coffee that may be traditional in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a café or coffee house. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talk; much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust and report. Rapport to most of us is less important

than performance. We seek out evidence of past performance rather than evaluate a business colleague through social courtesies. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly.

Most Americans live according to time segments laid out in engagement calendars.

We often give a person two or three ( or more) segments of our calendar, but in business world we almost always have other appointments following hard on the heels of whatever we are doing. Time is therefore always ticking in our inner ear.

As a result we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices; we communicate rapidly through telexes phone calls or memos rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer-especially given our traffic-filled streets. We therefore save most personal visiting for after work hours or for social weekend gatherings.

36.“If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind.”(Para.1,Line1) means ____.

A) if you are moving, you are falling down

B) you would fall behind if you move ahead

C) you are moving ahead or you are falling behind

D) you are not moving, you are disappear

37. The second paragraph implies____.

A) everyone’s life has his regrets

B) everybody has his defaults

C) lifetime is not long for everyone

D) lifetime is full of pities

38. In the American system of value, patience is not a high priority indicates ____.

A) patience is very important

B) patience is high valuable

C) patience is not of value

D) patience is ranked after others

39. “We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without

some return...”, this sentence reflects Americans’ attitude to life ____.

A) is not patient enough

B) gets angry easily

C) saves times

D) values time

40. Is the article to ____

A) narrate B) tell story

C) inform D) argue

Part Ⅲ

Vocabulary and Structure(20 minutes)

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) . Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

41. We consider ____ the instrument should be adjusted each time it is

used.

A) necessary that

B) necessary of it that

C) cet4v.com

D) that it necessary

42. “____ he would not agree to this plan”

A) Why do you know

B) Do you know why

C) You know why

D) You know the reason why

43. When you play football, the person with whom you are playing against is your ____.

A) opposition

B) oppositionist

C) competition

D) opponent

44. I wonder if John has forgotten my number. I ____ him to call for the past two hours.

A) have been expecting

B) have expected

C) have been expected

D) expected

45. Tom as well as two of his classmates ____ invited to the party.

A) are B) will be

C) is D) be

46. cet4v.com correct, and ____.

A) neither is mine

B) mine is neither

C) neither am I

D) either is mine

47. You look so tired tonight, It’s time you ____ to bed.

A) go B) went

C) going D) to go

48. Our company has made a ____ with a foreign automobile company to buy

50 cars.

A) contract B) contrast

C) contact D) convert

49. Success is not worth the ____ of your health.

A) value B) attitude

C) bargain D) sacrifice

50. My suggestion is that we ____ a trade delegation to Malaysia.

A) sent B) be sent

C) send D) being sent

51. Why not ____ that suit to see it matches with your shirt

A) try back B) try on

B) try for D) try out

52. A ____ is official permission to visit a country granted by the government of that country. It may be obtained from the embassy of the country you wish to visit.A) visa B) patent

C) license D) passport

53. The criminal always paid ____ cash so the police could not track him

down.

A) in B) by

C) on D) for

54. ____ your cooperation, we could not have succeeded in our experiment.

A) Because of B) Because

C) But that D) But for

55. No one can avoid ____ by advertisements.

A) influencing

B) influenced

C) being influenced

D) to influence

56. I have so much work to do that a holiday for me this year is ____.

A) out of question

B) out of the question

C) out of a question

D) out question

57. ____ their common aim may seem good, people probably do not realize that dieting can do harm to their health.

A) If B) Because

C) Though D) When

58. The discount houses were first established in that period of time ____ people’s purchasing power was low.

A) what B) where

C) which D) when

59. He ____ the money, he is not such kind of person.

A) can’t have stolen

B) mustn’t have stolen

C) can’t steal

D) may not steal

60. ____ by the earthquake, the city had to be rebuilt.

A) Having badly damaged

B) Having been badly damaged

C) Been badly damaged

D) Being badly damaged

61. Would you mind ____ quiet for a moment I’m trying ____ of form.

A) keeping,to fill out

B) keeping,filling out

C) keep,to fill out

D) to keep,to fill out

62. Mercury is different from other industrial metals ____ it is a liquid.

A) because of

B) whereas

C) in that

D) though

63. He made a hypothesis ____ the great storms on the sun create large amounts of electric energy.

A) why B) which

C) when D) that

64. He had the ____ over other boys of having had very good preschool education.

A) alternative B) advantage

C) ability D) challenge

65. ____ went to the birthday party last night.

A) Many friends of John

B) Many John’s friends

C) Many of John friends

D) Many friends of John’s

66. —“Are you tired”

—“No, not ____.”

A) in the least

B) at the least

C) so to speak

D) at least

67. The notice says that no books in the reading room are allowed ____ out of it.

A) to take

B) take

C) taking

D) to be taken

68. ____ in the front row and ____ a pair of binoculars I saw everything

clearly and beautifully.

A) Seated,using

B) Seating,using

C) Seated,used

D) Seating,used

69. ____ they want to the bar to enjoy a drink.

A) No sooner had they got to know the news when

B) Hardly they had got to know the news than

C) No sooner had they got to know the news than

D) Scarcely had they got to know the news than

70. At the beginning of a year, everybody ____ many plans for the comingdays.

A) come up with

B) come up to

C) come through

D) come round

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