12月英语四级考试预测试卷(3)

Part ⅤCloze （15 minutes）

　　Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. 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 centre.

　　Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play?　67an event takes

　　place; newspapers are on the streets68the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to69the news. Newspapers

　　have one basic70, to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to71it. Radio, telegraph, television,and

　　72inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 73, this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the74and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are75and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers76of

　　the latest news, today’s newspapers77and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers’

　　economic choices78advertising. Most newspapers

　　depend on advertising for their very79.News

　　papers is sold at a price that80even a small

　　fraction of the cost of production. The main81of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The82in selling advertising depends on a

　　newspaper’s value to advertisers. This83in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends84on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment85 in a newspaper’s pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper’s value to readers as a source of information　86 the community, city, country, state, nation, and world?and even outer space.

　　67.［A］ Just when［B］ While

　　［C］ Soon after［D］ Before

　　68.［A］ to give［B］ giving

　　［C］ given［D］ being given

　　69.［A］ gather［B］ spread

　　［C］ carry［D］ bring

　　70.［A］ reason［B］ cause

　　［C］ problem［D］ purpose

　　71.［A］ make［B］ publish

　　［C］ know［D］ write

　　72.［A］ another［B］other

　　［C］ one another［D］ the other

　　73.［A］ However［B］ And

　　［C］ Therefore［D］ So

　　74.［A］ value［B］ ratio

　　［C］ rate［D］ speed

　　75.［A］spread［B］ passed

　　［C］ printed［D］ completed

　　76.［A］ inform［B］ be informed

　　［C］ to informed［D］ informed

　　77.［A］ entertain［B］ encourage

　　［C］ educate［D］ edit

　　78.［A］ on［B］ through

　　［C］ with［D］ of

　　79.［A］ forms［B］ existence

　　［C］ contents［D］ purpose

　　80.［A］ tries to cover

　　［B］manages to cover

　　［C］ fails to cover

　　［D］ succeeds in

　　81.［A］ source ［B］ origin

　　［C］ course［D］ finance

　　82.［A］ way［B］ means

　　［C］ chance ［D］ success

　　83.［A］ measures［B］ measured

　　［C］ is measured［D］ was measured

　　84.［A］ somewhat ［B］ little

　　［C］ much［D］ something

　　85.［A］ offering［B］ offered

　　［C］ which offered［D］ to be offered

　　86.［A］ by ［B］ with

　　［C］ at［D］ about

Part ⅥTranslation(5 minutes）

Direction:Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.


87.There’s a man at the reception desk who seems very angry and I think he means (想找麻烦).


88.Why didn’t you tell me you could lend me the money? I (本来不必从银行借钱的).


89.(正是由于她太没有经验) that she does not know how to deal with the situation.


90.I (将在做实验) from three to five this afternoon.


91.If this can’t be settled reasonably, it may be necessary to (诉诸武力).