2012 年英语专业四级考试真题
PART III CLOZE 【 15 MIN 】
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inrted in the corresponding blanks．Mark the best choice for each blank on Answer Sheet Two．
The earthquake of 26th December 2004 resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in living memory．It was a (31) _____ underwater quake and occurred in the Indian Ocean．It (32) ____ coastlines，communities and
brought death to many people．
Why do earthquakes happen?
The surface of the earth has not always looked as it does today；it is moving(33)____ (although very
slowly)and has done so for billions of years．This is one(34)____ of earthquakes调节心情的方法，when
one ction of the earth
(tectonic plate)(35)____ another．Scientists can predict where but not(36)____ this might happen and the area
between plates is called a fault line．On one fault line in Kobe，Japan in 1923 over 200,000 people were killed capital．(37)____，earthquakes do not always
鲜为人知是什么意思happen on fault lines，(38)____ is why they are so dangerous and (39) ．
Where do volcanoes happen?
Volcanoes happen where the earth's(40)____ is thin：wud lava，dust and gas(41)____ from beneath the
earth．They can ri into a huge cone shape like a mountain and erupt，(42)____ they can be so violent(43)____
they just explode directly from the earth with no warning． There are 1511(44)'____' volc
anoes in the
world ．This means that they may(45)____ be dangerous． In 1985 the Colombian volcano Nevado del Ruiz
erupted． The lava melted a glacier and nt tones of mud(46)____ the town below．Twenty thousand people
died．Natural disasters like volcanic eruptions are often unpredictable．We regularly do not know when they(47)____ pen，电子商务英语怎么说or (48)____ where they will happen．lorraineIn the future，scientists may be able to watch and
predict(49)____ before they happen． This could(50)____ many lives．
31． A ．会计舞弊massive B． significant C ．great D．grand
32． A ．changed B．converted C． destroyed D．transformed
33． A ．frequently B．continuously C．regularly D． periodically
34． A ．source B．reason C．movement D．cau
bogus
35． A ．collides with B ．confronts with C．meets with D． faces with
36． A ．how B． why C． when D．what
37． A ．Generally B． However C．Similarly D ．Anyway
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38． A ．that B．it C ． this D．which
39． A ．unpredictable B． unaccountable C． inevitable D． irresistible
40． A ．surface B．appearance C． crust D．cover
41． A ．flowed out B ．burst out C．1eaked out D． trickled out
42． A ．or B． and C．nor D．but
43． A ．like B ．for C ． as D．that
44． A ．living B ． active C．alive D．live
45． A ．relatively B ．hardly C．still D ．radiofrequencygradually
46． A ．down B．on C．across D．beyond
47． A ．are to B． should C． must D． might
48． A ．el B． even C． though D． whether
49． A ．accidents B．incidents C． occasions D．events
50． A ．rescue B．save C． prerve D． shelter
PART IV GRAMMAR ＆ VOCABULARY 【15 MIN 】
There are thirty ntences in this ction． Beneath each ntence there are four words, phras or statements marked A，B, C and D．Choo one word, phra or statement that best completes the ntence．Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two．
