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2009年12月大学英语四级模拟试题(4)

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  American teenagers have always
  worked for extra pocket money. More
  than their predecessors, today'swww.Examda.CoM考试就到考试大
  adolescents are __51__ to work long 51. A) about B) fond
  hours during the week for hundreds of C) likely D) possible
  dollars each month. They spend the
  money __52__ themselves rather than 52. A) by B) on
  C) in D) for
  __53__ it to their families. In a 1987 53. A) contributing B) contribute
  C) paying D) pay
  __54__ of 16,000 high school seniors 54. A) view B) inspection
  C) observation D) survey
  nationwide, it was __55__ that eighty 55. A) suggested B) found
  percent of students who work spend C) recommended D) advised
  their earnings on their own needs,
  __56__ clothing, stereo equipment, 56. A) for example B) such as
  C) that is to say
  D) in other words
  records and __57__. __58__ five 57. A) going to the movie
  B) going to movies
  C) movies D) the movie
  percent said they contributed most 58. A) Other B) Only
  of their income, which often exceeded C) Additional D) Further
  ??200 a month, to help pay family
  living __59__ . 59. A) expenses B) money
  The benefits of this work-and- C) values D) charges
  spend ethic are being __60__ debated. 60. A) furiously B) heatedly
  C) thoroughly D) entirely
  __61__ experts, and many parents, 61. A) No B) All
  C) Any D) Some
  __62__ that year-round part-time 62. A) insist B) demand
  employment increases youngsters' sense C) suggest D) require
  of worth, teaches them financial__63__ 63. A) accounts B) ability
  C) responsibility D) well-being
  and reduces tension -- and thus __64__ 64. A) crash B) conflict
  -- within the family. C) battle D) struggle
  Others, __65__, argue that working 65. A) furthermore B) therefore
  teenagers are inappropriately separat- C) however D) besides
  ed, physically and financially, __66__ 66. A) in B) with
  C) from D) by
  their families, which __67__ parental 67. A) weakens B) loses
  authority. C) reduces D) destroys
  Teenagers' schoolwork can also
  __68__. "When youngsters work for 68. A) be suffered B) suffer
  C) be suffered from
  D) suffer from
  luxuries, they are buying __69__ 69. A) destruction B) separation
  from education," said a program C) affection D) distraction
  director for the U.S. Department of
  Education. Working teenagers them-
  selves say they have __70__ time to 70. A) more B) less
  spend with friends and family. C) reduced D) sufficient
  READING COMPREHENSION
  Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage:
  It was very late before Guglielmo followed his brother up to bed, foran extraordinary idea had come to him. If a spark could cause ether wavesto travel to another machine across a room and make that machine spark,why couldn't a bigger spark make waves travel a longer distance and causeanother spark, say, a mile away? And, by using long and short sparks, whycouldn't this be used to send messages by Morse Code? Indeed, why shouldn'tmessages be sent this way over great distances, using the ether instead ofwires?
  The elder man found his young brother poor company during the rest ofthat holiday, for Guglielmo was so interested in his idea that he couldnot take his thoughts off it.
  At last they arrived home at their father's mansion outside Bjologna,and young Marconi hurried to his laboratory to start his experiments.Assisted by his brother Alfonso, who, although nine years his senior, was not ashamed to work under this brilliant young scientist, he struggled formonths testing his idea. At last, to their joy, they got the instrument atthe other end of the room to give its answering spark.
  Marconi now decided to show his father that there really was somethingin this idea of his, for Signor Marconi, who had made a large fortune inbusiness, had not a great deal of faith in his youngest son's science.
  At last the apparatus was ready, and Guglielmo invited his father andmother to come to the laboratory.
  Signor Marconi entered, his good-humoured face beaming."What is thisnew toy you have made, my boy?"he asked.
  "Listen." the young inventor said, and he pressed a switch.
  Faintly, in the lower part of the big house, an electric bell rang.
  "Well?"his father inquired.
  "There are no wires running to that bell. Don't you see what it means.Father? Messages can be sent through space without wires to carry them."
  But Signor Marconi was not convinced."Let me take one of your machinesdown to the lawn. Then, if you can send me a signal, I'll believe you."he said.
  Marconi took him at his word. A little later he was back in the lab, hishand on the morse key. Through the window he could see his father at thereceiver. The young man's heart thumped as he tapped ?- the test signal, S,which telegraphists use. He could tell by the expression on his father'sface that the message had got through.
  That evening Signora Marconi talked to her husband and on the followingday Guglielmo was overjoyed to receive from his father 5,000 lire -- about??250 -- to help with his experiments.
  71. According to Gaglielmo _______.
  A) any spark could send ether waves to wherever it wanted
  B) ether waves could be used to operate machines
  C) messages could be sent by ether instead of wires
  D) bigger sparks could travel a mile and send messages
  72. In Guglielmo's opinion, the distance ether waves travel depends on
  _______.
  A) the force of a spark
  B) the size of the room
  C) the type of the machine
  D) the way the machine is operated
  73. Guglielmo was so taken up with the idea that _______.
  A) he decided to put an end to his holiday
  B) stayed up late wondering about it
  C) he paid little attention to anything else
  D) he didn't want to stay with his brother
  74. His father didn't see the point of his invention till _______.
  A) he heard the bell ring
  B) he saw the apparatus
  C) he listened to his son's explanation
  D) he received the signal himself with the machine
  75. What is implied in the passage?
  A) Guglielmo was better than his brother in science.
  B) His father was so fascinated by his invention that he proposed to join them.
  C) Guglielmo discovered that a spark can make other waves travel.
  D) Morse Code was invented by the Marconi brothers.

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