C) The signing of the ADA has failed to change a thing in their life.D) Their rights are still being ignored.
得 分 Part Ⅳ Cloze (20’)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Kimiyuki Suda should be a perfect customer for Japan’s car-makers. He’s a young, successful executive at an Internet-services company in Tokyo and has plenty of disposable 31 . He used to own Toyota’s Hilux Surf, a sport utility vehicle. But now he uses 32 subways and grains . “It’s not inconvenient at all ,” he says 33 , “having a car is so 20th century.”
Suda reflects a worrisome 34 in Japan; the automobile is losing its emotional appeal, 35 among the young ,who prefer to spend their money on the latest electronic devices. 36 mini-cars and luxury foreign brands are still popular ,everything in between is 37 .Last years sales fell 6.7 percent, 7.6 percent 38 you don’t count the mini-car market . There have been39 one-year drops in other nations :sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2007 40 a tax increase . But experts say Japan is
41 in that sales have been decreasing steadily 42 time. Since 1990, yearly new-car sales have fallen from 7.8 million to 5.4 million units in 2007.
Alarmed by this state of 43, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) 44 a comprehensive study of the market in 2006. It found that a 45 wealth gap, demographic(人口结构的) changes and 46 lack of interest in cars led Japanese to hold their 47 longer , replace their cars with smaller ones 48 give up car ownership altogether .JAMA 49 a further sales decline of 1.2 percent this year. Some experts believe that if the trend continues for much longer , further consolidation (合并) in the automotive sector is 50 .
31. A) profit
32. A) mostly33. A) Therefore34. A) drift
35. A) remarkably36. A) While37.A) surging38. A) unless39. A) lower40. A) liable to41. A) unique42. A) over43. A) mess
44. A) proceeded45. A) quickeningB) paymentB) partiallyB) BesidesB) tide
B) essentiallyB) BecauseB) stretchingB) if
B) slighterB) in terms ofB) similarB) againstB) boomB) relievedB) wideningC) income
C) occasionallyC) OtherwiseC) currentC) specially C) WhenC) slippingC) as
C) broaderC) thanks toC) mysteriousC) onC) growthC) launchedC) strengthening
D) budgetD) rarely
D) ConsequentlyD) trend
D) particularlyD) SinceD) shakingD) afterD) largerD) in view ofD) strangeD) behindD) decayD) revisedD) lengthening
46. A) average47. A) labels48. A) or
49. A) concludes50. A) distant 得 分B) massiveB) cyclesB) untilB) predictsB) likelyPart Ⅴ Translation (20’)
C) abundantC) vehiclesC) butC) reckonsC) temporary
D) general
D) devicesD) then
D) prescribesD) immediate
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write you translation on the Answer Sheet.
51. I thought it odd _____________ (他似乎不记得自己的生日). 52. Next Tuesday is the deadline for handing in the papers ，_____________(可是至今大部分学生却几无进展).
53. _____________ （校长心里很难受）to find the number of students shrinking.
54. There are abundant supplies of meat in this region, ____________ (但新鲜果蔬奇缺).
55. _____________（比尔已是个成熟的小伙子) who is no longer dependent on his parents for decisions.
56. _____________(依靠工人们的智慧)，the engineers invented a new production method that led to increased productivity.
57. _____________(我们有充裕的时间)for a leisurely lunch.
58. After her husband died, _____________(她只好独自挑起抚养五个孩子的经济重担).
59. One of the best ways to prove or refute a point is to____________(从亲身经历中举出例子).60. Too much exposure to solar radiation _________________________ (伤害我们的皮肤).
VIP专享大学英语读写译4 试题四
