2017年9月全国英语等级考试（PETS）四级部分真题
(总分100,考试时间120分钟)
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The loudest outcry about poverty emed to come in the wealthiest country by far in the world. According to most calculations, ____A1____ most of the 1945-1970 period the United States had a standard of living well ____A2____ Europe’s and many times above the world ____A3____ . Yet ____A4____ about grinding poverty, hunger, and dreadful need proceed more from the United States than from countries with one-fortieth of their living standard. An annual per capita income of eight dollars is____A5____ of much of Africa and Asia and not a little of South America.It would em strange to the people ____A6____ they only aware of the fact that American radicals demand a ____A7____ from an American ____A8____ to the far corners of the globe so that the money thus saved can be spent raising the standard of living of ____A9____ Americans. What this last point suggests is not so much that human ____A10____ are never to be sa
tisfied though this is doubtlessly true, and the American suburbanite ____A11____ of his cond car and his color TV suffers just as ____A12____ as an African farmer in need of a cond cow and a screen door. Rather, it suggests the ____A13____ of contemporary breach of social ____A14____ —the emancipation of the individual lf.People have learned to consider any ____A15____ to personal fulfillment an ____A16____ insult. They have greatly expanded the circle of lf-awareness. They no longer accept sharp limitations on individual desires in the ____A17____ of the group. The amount of potential human discontent has always been ____A18____ — miry, failure, misfitting, bitterness, hatred, envy ____A19____ telling. It has usually failed of ____A20____ , and in the past it was accepted passively as being beyond help.
1. A1
A. until B. through
C. in D. onto
2. A2
A. over
B. above
C. against
D. below
3. A3
A. average小学五年级英语上册
B. common
C. mean
D. ordinary
4. A4
A. stormsficc
B. rage
C. protests
D. fury
5. A5
A. now that
B. regardless
C. ignorant
D. typical
6. A6
A. was B. being
C. were D. to be
7. A7
A. retreat
B. compromi
C. restraint
D. detachment
8. A8
A. confinement
B. commitment
C. complement
D. concealment
9. A9
pigeons
A. underprivileged
B. misguided
C. underlined
D. overjoyed
10. A10英语四级真题
裙子的英语单词A. anticipations
B. shelters
C. shortages
D. wants
11. A11
A. informed
B. deprived
C. ensured
D. relieved
12. A12
A. acutely
B. abnormally
C. aggressively
D. initially
13. A13
A. margin
B. scope
C. range
D. extent
14. A14
A. liberties
B. norms
C. institutions
D. practices
15. A15
A. access
B. exception
joyesC. obstacle
D. approach
16. A16
A. incomprehensible
B. uninterpretable
C. intolerable
D. negligible
17. A17
A. face B. company
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C. name D. wake
18. A18
A. bulky
B. prompt
C. momentary
D. infinite
19. A19
A. at B. beyond
C. on D. with
20. A20
A. utterance
B. admittanceswan
C. admittance
D. importance
阅读理解
In the traditional(传统的)marriage, the man worked at a job to earn money for the family , Most men worked in an office , a factory, or some other place away from the home .Since the man earned the money , he paid the bills(帐).The money was ud for food , clothes , the hou , and other family needs , The man made most of the decisions , He was the boss.In the traditional marriage, the woman ldom worked away from the hou. she stayed at home to care for the children and her husband, She cooked meals, cleaned the hou , washed the clothes , and did other houwork , Her job at home was very important.In recent years , many couples(夫妇)continue to have a traditional relationship of the kind . The man has a job and earns the money for the family . The woman stays at home and cares for the children and the hou .Many Americans are happy with the kind of marriage .But some other Americans have a different impression of marriage and family responsibilities(责任).There are two important differences in male(男性)and female (女性)roles(角 色)now. One is that both men and women have many more choices .They may choo to marry or to stay single .They may choo to work or stay at home .Both m
en and women may choo roles that **fortable for them.A cond difference in male and female roles is that within marriage many decisions and responsibilities are shared .The husband and wife may choo to have children, or they may not .If they have children, the man take care of them some of the time , all of the time or not at all .The woman may want to stay at home and take care of the children .Or she may want to go to work .Men and women now decide the things together in a marriage , Many married people now share the decisions and the responsibilities of their families.
21. Which of the following is NOT true in the traditional marriage ?
A. Men worked at a job to earn money for the family .
B. The women made most of decisions.
C. The woman stayed at home to care the children.
D. The man paid the bills.
22. In recent years ________.
A. young couples (拒绝)the traditional relationship.
B. the woman has a job and earns the money for the family .
C. the woman doesn't stay at home and care for the children and the hou.
D. the role of men and women has begun to change .
23. Men and women may now choo all the following except to _______.
A. marry or to stay single .
B. work or stay at home .
C. leave their jobs just becau they have children
D. have their roles that **fortable for them
24. The following are all now true except __________.
A. they may choo to have children or not
B. the man may tack care of the children some of the time.
C. the woman is the most important person in the hou
D. the woman may want to go to work
25. Which of the following is not true?
A. Everyone tries to get married.
B. The man was the boss in the traditional marriage.cosy
C. The woman's job at home was very important in the past.
D. Many Americans still have a traditional marriage.
brokerIn reading science, a heading (标题)often gives a clue (线索)to a problem that is going to be discusd .Getting the problem clearly in your mind is the first step to take in studying such material. You are advid to do this in reading science articles.1. Read the title and t
hink about it .2. Read all of the headings .You should get a clear idea of what the problems are without reading anything but the headings.3. Next , read the article all the way through carefully. Each time **e to a heading that names a problem, read the paragraphs under that heading to find out : 1. more information about the problem; 2.how the problem may be met .
