1、1993年1月英语四级真题及答案Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section A1.A) Go over the list.B) Do some shopping.C) List everything her friend needs.D) Go for an outing.（C）2.A) The man did most of the talking.B) The man and the woman robbed the bank.C) The woman was wearing a black sweater.D) The man a
2、nd the woman had dark hair.（A）3.A) The traffic.B) The weather.C) Their health.D) Their time-table.（D）4.A) John missed a test.B) John has kept his job.C) John has stolen a car.D) John was called a thief.（C）5.A) To buy Frank a new car.B) To drive Franks car.C) To help Frank sell his car.D) To help Fra
3、nk repair his car.（C）6.A) English.B) English and Education.C) Education.D) Neither English nor Education.（A）7.A) As big as she expected.B) Much bigger than she expected.C) Not as big as she expected.D) So small that she is not satisfied.（A）8.A) The rent is too high.B) He cant afford the high taxes.C
4、) He doesnt want to live in the suburbs.D) Its too far away from his office.（D）9.A) No. He has to finish his homework.B) No. He doesnt like going to the club.C) Yes. Hell go after he finished his homework.D) Yes. Hell write his paper after he returns.（A）10.A) Because Maria doesnt like football.B) Be
5、cause Maria fell ill.C) Because he didnt have the time.D) Because he cant stand football.（D）Section BPassage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A) His friend bought them for him.B) He bought them himself.C) He booked them quite a while ago.D) He got them free of ch
6、arge.（D）12.A) Her husband was taking her out to the theater.B) Her husband had got her a job in his office.C) Her husband was going to buy her some nice gifts.D) Her husband had found his lost money.（C）13.A) He had lost the tickets for the theater.B) He had lost his briefcase.C) He had left his brie
7、fcase at home.D) He had left the ticket in the office.（A）Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14.A) Lack of electricity.B) Shortage of books.C) Lack of clean water.D) Shortage of experts.（A）15.A) A system which trains doctors.B) A group of experts who can provid
8、e professional advice.C) A computer program which can provide professional advice.D) A system which trains computer experts.（B）16.A) It is not easy to see the shortage of experts in the villages.B) Many doctors and engineers are sent to the villages to make up for the shortage of experts.C) Expert m
9、edical systems are widely used in developing countries.D) Expert systems are owned by wealthy farmers and businessmen.（C）Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17.A) To learn Spanish.B) To tour the city.C) To see the ancient art.D) To visit friends.（C）18.A) By t
10、axi.B) By bus.C) By subway.D) By foot.（B）19.A) He got lost.B) A taxi was faster.C) He lost his map.D) The policeman advised him to.（B）20.A) He was greatly disappointed.B) He was pleased to get there finally.C) He was pleased with his knowledge of Spanish.D) He was at a loss about what to do.（D）Part
11、II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.With fifteen years Britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge industrial complexes for the recycling of waste. The word rubbish could lose its meaning because everything w
12、hich goes into the dumps (垃圾堆) would be made into something useful. Even the most dangerous and unpleasant wastes would provide energy if nothing else.The latest project is to take a city of around half a million inhabitants and discover exactly what raw materials go into it and what go out. The aim is to find out how much of these raw materials could be provided if a plant for recycling waste were built just outside the city. This plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper,
