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1999年6月大学英语四级考试参考答案Part I ListeningComprehension1-10:DCCABBDACA11-20:ACBDA CBDDBPart II ReadingComprehension21.C 22.D 23.B24.C 25.A26.D 27.B 28.A 29.C 30.A31.D32.C 33.A 34.B 35.B36.A 37.D38.B 39.C 40.DPart III Vocabulary andStructure41.B 42.D 43.C 44.B45.D46.D 47.B 48.A 49.A 50.D51.A 52.C53.D 54.C 5 5.B56.B 57.A 58.B59.B 60.A61.D 62.C 63.A 64.C 65.B66.A67.A 68.C 69.C 70.APart IVShort AnswerQuestionsS1.Economics.S2.Because the increased costwill be morethan Marges income.S3.Economic factors and emotionalneeds.S4.Thathomemaking gives them the deepestsatisfaction.S5.Stay home.PartVWriting(略)1999年6月大学英语四级考试（听力材料）Section A1. W: Excuse me, Sir.Youare not supposed to be here. This area is for airport staffonly.M:Im sorry, I didnt note the sign.Q: What do we larn fromtheconversation?2. W: If I buy some plants for the house, willyouwater them for me while Im a way?M: Sure I will, if you waterminewhile I am on vacation.Q: What will the man do for the woman?3.W:Excuse me, Professor Hill. May I ask you a few questions?M: Yes,ofcourse. But Im sorry I have a class at ten. Why dont you comeinmy office hours. That is 4 to 5 P.m. Monday, Thursday andFriday.Q:Why cant professor Hill answer her question noew?4. M: Idontfeel lie going out. Why dont we just stay home and watchTVinstead?W: Come on! You promised to take me out for dinner andtothe theatre on my birthday.Q: What do we learn fromtheconversation?5. W: Im thinking of taking five coursesnextsemester.M: Wouldnt four be wiser?Q: What does the man mean?6.W:I want to ask the Johnsons to come to the party.Do you knowtheiraddress?M: No. But I like them to come. I think Tom can giveyoutheir address.Q: What is the woman going to do?7. M: IsJanelooking forward to going home for the summer?M: She is countingthedays.Q: What does the woman imply?8. W: I think I will takethehalf-day tour of the city.M: Why not the whole day?Q: What doestheman suggest?9. M: This is one-way street. Didnt you ee thesign?W:Sorry. I didnt.Q: What do we learn from theconversation?10.W: Iought to call Joan, and tell her about thereception thisevening.M: Why bother? You will see her at lunch.Q:What does theman mean?Section BPassage OneWe use all sort ofservices withoutthinking how we get them. But such services costmoney. We pay forthem throught taxes. What would happen if everyonein a city stop.The street might not be cleaned. There would be nopolice force topro tect people and property.The chief duty of everygovernment isto protect persons and property. more thanthree-fourths of themoney spent by our government is used for thispurpose .The nextlargest amount of public money goes to teach andtrain ourcitizens. Billions of dollars each year are spent onschools andlibraries. Public money is used to pay the teachers andotherpublic officials.Years ago the government made money from thesaleof public lands. But most of the best public lands has nowbeensold. The money raised was used to help pay he cost ofgovernment.There are still some public lands that contain oil,coal, gas, andother natural products. They could be sold, but wewant to savethem for future years. So we all must pay our share fortheservices that make our lives comfortable.11. Whats the chiefdutyof every government?12. How did the government raise money inthepast?13. What is the passage mainly about?Passage TwoWhen I wasatschool, my ambition was to be a pilot in the Air Force. Butmyeyesight wasnt good enought. So I had to give up the idea. Iwentto university and studies physics. I wanted to stay on thereand doresearch, but my father died at about that time. So I thoughtIdbetter get a job and earn my living. I started working inanengineering firm.I expected to stay in that job for a longtime.But then, they appointed a new managing director. I didnt getonwith him, so I resigned and applied for a job withanotherengineering company. I would certainly have accepted the jobifthey had offered it to me, but on my way to the interview I metafriend certainly have accepted the job if they had offered ittome, but on my way to the interview I met a friend who wasworkingfor a travel agency. He offered me a job in Spain. And Ivealwaysliked Spain, so I took it.I worked in the travel agency fortwoyears and then they wanted to send me to South America. But Ihadjust got married. So I decided to tay here. Then we had a babyandI wasnt earning enough to support the faily. So I startedgivingEnglish lessons at a school in the evening.I liked theEnglishteachingmore than working for the travel agency, and the ntheowner of the school offered me a full-time job as a teacher. SoIresigned from the agency. Two years later, the owner of theschoolwanted to retire, so he asked me to take over as thedirector. Andhere I am.14. Why did the man give up studyingphysics?15. Why didthe man resign from the engineeing firm?16. Whydid the man takethe job at the travel agency?17. Why did the manstart to teachEnglish part time?Passage ThreeColumbus sailed fromSpain in Septr1492, looking for gold. native Americans greeted him,offeringgifts of corn. Columbus found little gold on that trip, buthecollected many plants, including corn, to bring backtoSpain.Columbus didnt know it. But the corn was much morevaluablethan gold. Farmers from Europe to Asia accepted itimmediately.They grew it on cold mountainsides and in tropicalforest. Today itfeeds millions of people all over the world .On hissecond trip,Columbus brought back a few chocalate beans to makechocalae.Europeans and Asians love this new drink, and soon theywere payinga great deal of money for the beans. Chocalate beansbecame sovaluable in Central america that they were used as cashfor 200years.Tomatoes and patatoes took some time to becomepopular.Eventually, however, they became the basis of a lot ofpopularfoods. It is hard to imagine life without fried potatoesorchocalate. Thanks to native American cultures, many people areableto enjoy lots of tasty food.18. Why is corn feeding millionsofpeople today?19. What did Columbus bring back on hissecondtrip?20. What was the result of Columbus two tripstoamerica?
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