大学英语4级考试预测试题 1

C) on-1ine trading enables the retirees to get rid of their advisers

D) on-1ine trading offers incredible tools and high profits to investors 63．People generally believe that on-line trading is a practice of_______. A) senior investors B) people in a specific province

C) relatively young people D )groups made up of 20 or 30 traders

64．The elderly investors no longer employed the stock brokers mainly because_. A) the brokers can’t give the investors advice useful enough B) the brokers charge too high a fee for their service C) the brokers are not so analytical as the investor D) the brokers are not as helpful as the internet

65．The retired crafts designer Carol Potts sounds to be ________. A) very analytical B) quite shrewd

C) kind of seasoned D)rather confident

66. Compared with other age groups, why should older investors be more prudent

about their investment?

A) They often turn a deaf ear to others ' advice． B) They tend to be more gambling in nature． C) They are not so quick-witted as the young． D) They do not have as many sources of income．

Part V Cloze (15 minutes)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passages. For each blank there are

four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.

注意: 此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答.

Until the 1980s, the American homeless population comprised mainly older males. Today, homelessness strikes much __67___ part of society. In fact, a 25-city __68___ by the U. S. Conference of Mayors in 1987 found that families with children make ___69___ the fastest growing part of the homeless population. Many homeless children ___70___ in inner cities; this transient(短暂的) and ___71___ frightened student population creates additional ___72__ — both legal and educational — for already overburdened urban school administrators and teachers.

Estimates of the number of homeless Americans __73___from 350,000 to three million. ____74__, estimates of the number of homeless school children vary

radically. A U.S. Department of Education report, ___75___ on state estimates, states that there are 220,000 homeless school-age children, about a third of __76__do not attend school on a regular basis, __77__ the National Coalition for the Homeless estimates that there are at least two times __78__many homeless children, and that less than half of them attend school ___79____.

One part of the homeless population that is particularly difficult to count

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__80___ of the “throwaway” youths who have been __81__ out of their homes. The Elementary School Center in New York City estimates that there are 1.5 million of them, many of whom are not counted as children ___82__they do not stay in family shelters and tend to __83__ by themselves on the streets.

Federal law, the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, includes a section that ___84____ the educational needs of homeless children. The educational provisions of the McKinney Act are based on the belief __85__ all homeless children have the right ___86__a free, appropriate education.

67. A) elder B) senior C) younger D) junior 68. A) survey B) planning C) observation D) view 69. A) out B) up C) of D) from

70. A) collect B) amass C) gather D) accumulate 71. A) rarely B) occasionally C) frequently D) regularly 72. A) disturbances B) incidents C) solutions D) problems 73. A) range B) increase C) rise D) add

74. A) However B) Likewise C) Otherwise D) Moreover 75. A) picked B) carried C) based D) insisted 76. A) what B) that C) which D) whom 77. A) for B) but C) and D) or 78. A) like B) as C) so D) too 79. A) regularly B) consistently C) instantly D) scarcely 80. A) conducts B) constitutes C) consists D) comprises 81. A) deserted B) forced C) abandoned D) cast 82. A) because B) since C) although D) if 83. A) have B) sleep C) live D) feed 84. A) addresses B) satisfies C) meets D) opposes 85. A) when B) which C) what D) that 86. A) on B) to C) of D) in

Part VI Translation (5 minutes)

Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in

brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2 注意: 此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答, 只需写出译文部分。

87．The next question we have to decide is _______________________(我们何时呈

交报告). 88. ______________________________ (新政策刚刚实施)than the unemployment rate began to drop.

89. if I were a teacher, I _________________________(严格要求学生). 90. The size of the newly built square is ______________________(是旧的四倍).

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91. I ________________________ (被这些话深深感动)that I kept them in my mind for the rest of my life.

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