大学英语四级模拟试题（2）_第4页

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [Gl 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.

Have you ever wondered what our future is like? Practically all people   67  a desire to predict  their future    68   . People seem inclined to   69   this task using causal reasoning. First, we generally   70    that future circumstances are   71   caused or conditioned by present ones. We learn that getting an education will   72   how much money we earn later and that swimming beyond the reef may bring an unhappy   73   with a shark.

       Second, people also learn that such    74   of cause and effect are probabilistic in nature. That is, the effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the causes are   75   , but not always.   76   , students learn that studying hard produces good grades   77 most instances, but not every time. Science makes these concepts of causality and probability more clear and   78   techniques for dealing with them more   79   than does causal human inquiry. In looking at ordinary human inquiry, we need to   80   between prediction and understanding. Often, even if we don’t understand why, we are willing to act on the basis of a demonstrated   81   ability.

      Whatever the primitive drives that   82   human beings, satisfying them depends heavily on the ability to predict future circumstances. The attempt to predict is often played in the   83   of knowledge and understanding. If you can understand why certain regular patterns   84   , you can predict better than if you simply observe those patterns. Thus, human inquiry’ aims   85   answering both "what" and "why" questions, and we   86   these goals by observing and figuring out.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

67.
 A exhibit    
 B exploit   
 C release   
 D expose
 
68.
 A occasions  
 B circumstances 
 C prospects   
 D occurrences
 
69.
 A maintain   
 B undergo
 C experience  
 D undertake
 
70.
 A recall     
 B recommend  
 C reckon  
 D recognize
 
71.
 A somehow  
 B somewhat  
 C anyhow  
 D whereas
 
72.
 A effect     
 B affect  
 C relate      
 D decide
 
73.
 A experience
 B occurrence 
 C encounter
 D sighting
 
74.
 A patterns   
 B designs  
 C arrangements
 D styles
 
75.
 A scarce    
 B absent  
 C rare        
 D present
 
76.
 A Thus    
 B Yet  
 C However   
 D Therefore
 
77.
 A on      
 B in 
 C at          
 D with
 
78. A prevents  
 B produces  
 C provides   
 D predicts
 
79.
 A dominantly
 B increasingly 
 C heavily   
 D seriously
 
80.
 A distinguish 
 B determine 
 C identify    
 D distract
 
81.
 A precautious
 B predictive 
 C assumptive 
 D watchful
 
82. A provoke  
 B discourage 
 C motivate  
 D annoy
 
83.
 A content 
 B contact  
 C contest   
 D context
 
84.
 A happen  
 B occur 
 C occupy    
 D vanish
 
85. A at     
 B on 
 C to        
 D beyond
 
86.
 A search  
 B pursue 
 C chase   
 D follow

Part VI   Translation

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

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. By the time you get to New York，I______________________________ (该已经动身往伦敦去了)．

88. Some children have trouble                       (把事实和想像区分开来)and may believe that such things actually exist．

89. There was a big hole in the road which _________________________________ (耽搁了路上交通)．

90. None Of us__________________________________(预料到他会出现)  at the party．  We thought he was still in hospital.

91. The boy spent________________________(同样的时间) watching TV as he did studying.