2015年英语四级考试每日一练(8月21日)
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单项选择题
1、Questionsare based on the following passage.
Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as “silent”，the film has never been，in the full sense of the word，silent．From the very beginning，music was regarded as an 36 accompaniment；when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896，they were 37 by piano improvisations（即兴创作）on popular tunes．At first，the music played 38 no special relationship to the films；an accompaniment of any kind was 39 ．Within a very short time，however，the incongruity（不协调）of playing lively music to a 40 film became apparent，and film pianists began to take some care in4l their pieces to the mood of the film.
As movie theaters grew in number and importance，a violinist，and perhaps a cellist，would be added to the pianist in certain 42 , and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed．For a number of years the selection of music for each film program 43 entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal 44 for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces．Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown, the musical arrangement was 45 improvised in the greatest hurry.
A．sufficient
B．incredible
C．accompanied
D．comparatively
E．matching
F．rested
G．normally
H．occasions
I．bore.
J．qualification
K．solemn
L．indispensable
M．severe
N．according
O．cases
第(36)题应填__________
2、听录音,
回答题
A． Go to a place he has visited．
B． Makeherownarrangemenm．
C． Consult a travel agent．
D． Join in a package tour．
3、听录音,
回答题
A．Place another order.
B．Call to check on it.
C．Wait patiently.
D．Go and fred the furniture.
4、
Ancient Egyptian Sculpture
A) In order to understand ancient Egyptian art, it is vital to know as much as possible of the elite Egyptians' view of the world and the functions and contexts of the art produced for them. Without this knowledge we can appreciate only the formal content of Egyptian art, and we will fail to understand why it was produced or the concepts that shaped it and caused it to adopt its distinctive forms.
B ) In fact, a lack of understanding concerning the purposes of Egyptian art has often led it to be compared unfavorably with the art of other cultures: Why did the Egyptians not develop sculpture in which the body turned and twisted through space like classical Greek statuary? Why do the artists seem to get left and right confused? And why did they not discover the geometric perspective as European artists did in the Renaissance? The answer to such questions has nothing to do with a lack of skill or imagination on the part of Egyptian artists and everything to do with the purposes for which they were producing their art.
C) The majority of three-dimensional representations, whether standing, seated, or kneeling, exhibit what is called frontality: they face straight ahead, neither twisting nor turning. When such statues are viewed in isolation, out of their original context and without knowledge of their function, it is easy to criticize them for their rigid attitudes that remained unchanged for three thousand years. Frontality is, however, directly related to the functions of Egyptian statuary and the contexts in which the statues were set up. Statues were created not for their decorative effect but to play a primary role in the cults of the gods, the king, and the dead. They were designed to be put in places where these beings could manifest themselves in order to be the recipients of ritual actions. Thus it made sense to show the statue looking ahead at what was happening in front of it, so that the living performer of the ritual could interact with the divine or deceased recipient.
D) Very often such statues were enclosed in rectangular shrines or wall niches whose only opening was at the front, making it natural for the statue to display frontality. Other statues were designed to be placed within an architectural setting, for instance, in front of the monumental entrance gateways to temples known as pylons, or in pillared courts, where they would be placed against or between pillars: their frontality worked perfectly within the architectural context.
E) Statues were normally made of stone, wood, or metal. Stone statues were worked from single rectangular blocks of material and retained the compactness of the original shape.. The stone between the arms and the body and between the legs in standing figures or the legs and the seat in seated ones was not normally cut away. From a practical aspect this protected the figures against breakage and psycho- logically gives the images a sense of strength and power, usually enhanced by a supporting back pillar. By contrast, wooden statues were carved from several pieces of wood that were pegged together to form the finished work, and metal statues were either made by wrapping sheet metal around a
wooden core or cast by the lost wax process.
F) The arms could be held away from the body and carry separate items in their hands; there is no back pillar. The effect is altogether lighter and freer than that achieved in stone, but because both perform the same function, formal wooden and metal statues still display frontality.
G) Apart from statues representing deities, kings, and named members of the elite that can be called formal, there is another group of three-dimensional representations that depicts generic figures, frequently servants, from the non-elite population. The function of these is quite different. Many are made to be put in the tombs of the elite in order to serve the tomb owners in the afterlife. Unlike formal statues that are limited to static poses of standing, sitting, and kneeling, these figures depict a wide range of actions, such as grinding grain, baking bread, producing pots, and making music, and they are shown in appropriate poses, bending and squatting as they carry out their tasks.
H) It is suggested that one choose something to read about the archaeology before he goes to carry on the research. It is interesting that many try to understand the old things in their own perspective. One tends to consider that the big bowl is for the ancient male and the small one for the female because that is basically the case in the world now. However, in most of the ancient time, female individuals use the bigger one instead of their husbands because there used to be a period--or there is in some remote are-as-when the mother enjoys a greater respect over the father. That is very different from today's situation.
I) No one is sure of the reason for setting the statues into the tomb. The first group thinks that the servants taking the forms of the statues would still be with those who died there, in the afterlife. There come the same cases in other Asian countries including China, Japan and India. And there may be something more horrific. In the ancient China, nobles seldom died lonely since shortly after their death, their emperors would choose some children to follow them. And this is said to set up a group of servants who would make service for the dead. However, the second group counters this opinion by saying that this may be a way to reserve the love from the living family members and from other friends. When laid in the tomb, the servants could represent those who love the dead and still be with them.
Without certain knowledge we will fail to understand why the sculpture was produced.
5、听句子，回答问题。
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have jnst heard.
A．To give background information about Santa Catalina Island.
B．To tell the audience about new books on Santa Catalina.
C．To introduce a training film on baseball.
D．To tell people about the music from the 1930s and 1940s.
6、Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
A．He has a lot of free time.
B．Many of his friends are actors.
C．She knows he likes acting.
D．He's looking for an acting job.
填空题
7、根据下列材料，回答题
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Careercast.com is out with its list of best and worst jobs of 2012. It's bad news for the writer of this story, but much brighter for the (26) __________ who program the code that keeps this website humming.
Using a methodology that looked at (27) __________demands, work environment, income, stress and hiring outlook, career website Careercast.com, ranked the top 200 jobs. They also ranked the jobs with the most stress.
Not (28) __________ none of the most stressful jobs (29)__________ on the best jobs list.
At the top is software engineer and at the bottom is the woodcutter. (30) __________failed to skate above the bottom 10 percent in all ranking categories, excluding income. (31) __________ for woodcutters is very high, and the demand for their (32)__________is expected to continue to fall through 2016. And while working outside all day may seem like a great job perk, being a woodcutter (33) __________ is considered the worst job, but also one of the world's most dangerous.
And, the salary that most dangerous job can expect to(34) __________ is a little more than $32,000 a year, That's about $56,000 less than the light job of a software engineer, which has the average salary of $88,000 a year, (35) __________ Careercast.
26.__________
简答题
8、1．有人认为出国留学是个人发展的选择；
2．也有人坚持在国内也能实现自己的理想；
3．我的看法。
9、Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
逆境(adversity)就是人在生活中遇到的困难和遭受的挫折(setback)。人生在世，每个人都会遇到逆境，它在人们的成长和成熟的过程中起着重要作用。人们看待它的态度决定了它对人们的影响。用积极的态度看待逆境，我们的性格会变得成熟。因此逆境其实是一种挑战和考验，它能使人的潜力发挥到。它能帮人驱走惰性，在与困难进行的搏斗中完善自己，这就是逆境的意义所在!
10、众所周知。电子商务是我国新兴的商务模式。在社会日新月异的今天。电子商务已经成为人们日常生活中的一部分。电子商务让人们的生活变得更加便捷，让人们能够足不出户就得到自己想要的商品，而且可以通过自己想要的排序方式，来进一步进行选择。比如说按照价钱来进行排序，这样可以得到更加物美价廉的商品。电子商务正处在空前的发展时期(unprecedented per i od of deve J opment)．推动着世界经济的快速发展。
1、Questionsare based on the following passage.
Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as “silent”，the film has never been，in the full sense of the word，silent．From the very beginning，music was regarded as an 36 accompaniment；when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896，they were 37 by piano improvisations（即兴创作）on popular tunes．At first，the music played 38 no special relationship to the films；an accompaniment of any kind was 39 ．Within a very short time，however，the incongruity（不协调）of playing lively music to a 40 film became apparent，and film pianists began to take some care in4l their pieces to the mood of the film.
As movie theaters grew in number and importance，a violinist，and perhaps a cellist，would be added to the pianist in certain 42 , and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed．For a number of years the selection of music for each film program 43 entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal 44 for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces．Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown, the musical arrangement was 45 improvised in the greatest hurry.
A．sufficient
B．incredible
C．accompanied
D．comparatively
E．matching
F．rested
G．normally
H．occasions
I．bore.
J．qualification
K．solemn
L．indispensable
M．severe
N．according
O．cases
第(36)题应填__________
2、听录音,
回答题
A． Go to a place he has visited．
B． Makeherownarrangemenm．
C． Consult a travel agent．
D． Join in a package tour．
3、听录音,
回答题
A．Place another order.
B．Call to check on it.
C．Wait patiently.
D．Go and fred the furniture.
4、
Ancient Egyptian Sculpture
A) In order to understand ancient Egyptian art, it is vital to know as much as possible of the elite Egyptians' view of the world and the functions and contexts of the art produced for them. Without this knowledge we can appreciate only the formal content of Egyptian art, and we will fail to understand why it was produced or the concepts that shaped it and caused it to adopt its distinctive forms.
B ) In fact, a lack of understanding concerning the purposes of Egyptian art has often led it to be compared unfavorably with the art of other cultures: Why did the Egyptians not develop sculpture in which the body turned and twisted through space like classical Greek statuary? Why do the artists seem to get left and right confused? And why did they not discover the geometric perspective as European artists did in the Renaissance? The answer to such questions has nothing to do with a lack of skill or imagination on the part of Egyptian artists and everything to do with the purposes for which they were producing their art.
C) The majority of three-dimensional representations, whether standing, seated, or kneeling, exhibit what is called frontality: they face straight ahead, neither twisting nor turning. When such statues are viewed in isolation, out of their original context and without knowledge of their function, it is easy to criticize them for their rigid attitudes that remained unchanged for three thousand years. Frontality is, however, directly related to the functions of Egyptian statuary and the contexts in which the statues were set up. Statues were created not for their decorative effect but to play a primary role in the cults of the gods, the king, and the dead. They were designed to be put in places where these beings could manifest themselves in order to be the recipients of ritual actions. Thus it made sense to show the statue looking ahead at what was happening in front of it, so that the living performer of the ritual could interact with the divine or deceased recipient.
D) Very often such statues were enclosed in rectangular shrines or wall niches whose only opening was at the front, making it natural for the statue to display frontality. Other statues were designed to be placed within an architectural setting, for instance, in front of the monumental entrance gateways to temples known as pylons, or in pillared courts, where they would be placed against or between pillars: their frontality worked perfectly within the architectural context.
E) Statues were normally made of stone, wood, or metal. Stone statues were worked from single rectangular blocks of material and retained the compactness of the original shape.. The stone between the arms and the body and between the legs in standing figures or the legs and the seat in seated ones was not normally cut away. From a practical aspect this protected the figures against breakage and psycho- logically gives the images a sense of strength and power, usually enhanced by a supporting back pillar. By contrast, wooden statues were carved from several pieces of wood that were pegged together to form the finished work, and metal statues were either made by wrapping sheet metal around a
wooden core or cast by the lost wax process.
F) The arms could be held away from the body and carry separate items in their hands; there is no back pillar. The effect is altogether lighter and freer than that achieved in stone, but because both perform the same function, formal wooden and metal statues still display frontality.
G) Apart from statues representing deities, kings, and named members of the elite that can be called formal, there is another group of three-dimensional representations that depicts generic figures, frequently servants, from the non-elite population. The function of these is quite different. Many are made to be put in the tombs of the elite in order to serve the tomb owners in the afterlife. Unlike formal statues that are limited to static poses of standing, sitting, and kneeling, these figures depict a wide range of actions, such as grinding grain, baking bread, producing pots, and making music, and they are shown in appropriate poses, bending and squatting as they carry out their tasks.
H) It is suggested that one choose something to read about the archaeology before he goes to carry on the research. It is interesting that many try to understand the old things in their own perspective. One tends to consider that the big bowl is for the ancient male and the small one for the female because that is basically the case in the world now. However, in most of the ancient time, female individuals use the bigger one instead of their husbands because there used to be a period--or there is in some remote are-as-when the mother enjoys a greater respect over the father. That is very different from today's situation.
I) No one is sure of the reason for setting the statues into the tomb. The first group thinks that the servants taking the forms of the statues would still be with those who died there, in the afterlife. There come the same cases in other Asian countries including China, Japan and India. And there may be something more horrific. In the ancient China, nobles seldom died lonely since shortly after their death, their emperors would choose some children to follow them. And this is said to set up a group of servants who would make service for the dead. However, the second group counters this opinion by saying that this may be a way to reserve the love from the living family members and from other friends. When laid in the tomb, the servants could represent those who love the dead and still be with them.
Without certain knowledge we will fail to understand why the sculpture was produced.
5、听句子，回答问题。
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have jnst heard.
A．To give background information about Santa Catalina Island.
B．To tell the audience about new books on Santa Catalina.
C．To introduce a training film on baseball.
D．To tell people about the music from the 1930s and 1940s.
6、Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
A．He has a lot of free time.
B．Many of his friends are actors.
C．She knows he likes acting.
D．He's looking for an acting job.
填空题
7、根据下列材料，回答题
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Careercast.com is out with its list of best and worst jobs of 2012. It's bad news for the writer of this story, but much brighter for the (26) __________ who program the code that keeps this website humming.
Using a methodology that looked at (27) __________demands, work environment, income, stress and hiring outlook, career website Careercast.com, ranked the top 200 jobs. They also ranked the jobs with the most stress.
Not (28) __________ none of the most stressful jobs (29)__________ on the best jobs list.
At the top is software engineer and at the bottom is the woodcutter. (30) __________failed to skate above the bottom 10 percent in all ranking categories, excluding income. (31) __________ for woodcutters is very high, and the demand for their (32)__________is expected to continue to fall through 2016. And while working outside all day may seem like a great job perk, being a woodcutter (33) __________ is considered the worst job, but also one of the world's most dangerous.
And, the salary that most dangerous job can expect to(34) __________ is a little more than $32,000 a year, That's about $56,000 less than the light job of a software engineer, which has the average salary of $88,000 a year, (35) __________ Careercast.
26.__________
简答题
8、1．有人认为出国留学是个人发展的选择；
2．也有人坚持在国内也能实现自己的理想；
3．我的看法。
9、Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
逆境(adversity)就是人在生活中遇到的困难和遭受的挫折(setback)。人生在世，每个人都会遇到逆境，它在人们的成长和成熟的过程中起着重要作用。人们看待它的态度决定了它对人们的影响。用积极的态度看待逆境，我们的性格会变得成熟。因此逆境其实是一种挑战和考验，它能使人的潜力发挥到。它能帮人驱走惰性，在与困难进行的搏斗中完善自己，这就是逆境的意义所在!
10、众所周知。电子商务是我国新兴的商务模式。在社会日新月异的今天。电子商务已经成为人们日常生活中的一部分。电子商务让人们的生活变得更加便捷，让人们能够足不出户就得到自己想要的商品，而且可以通过自己想要的排序方式，来进一步进行选择。比如说按照价钱来进行排序，这样可以得到更加物美价廉的商品。电子商务正处在空前的发展时期(unprecedented per i od of deve J opment)．推动着世界经济的快速发展。
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