【正文】 aditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders. The evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to. ve been feeling a little depressed lately.39。s statement (Lines 45. Para. 4), panies prefer ________. A) people who have a strategic mind B) people who are talented in fine arts C) people who are ambitious and aggressive D) people who have received training in mechanics 29. David Birch claims that he only hires liberalarts people because ________. A) they are more capable of handling changing situations B) they can stick to established ways of solving problems C) they are thoroughly trained in a variety of specialized fields D) they have attended special programs in management 30. Which of the following statements does the author support? A) Specialists are more expensive to hire than generalists. B) Formal schooling is less important than job training. C) Onthejob training is, in the long run, less costly. D) Generalists will outdo specialists in management. Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. s degree in humanities. B) People with an MBA degree front top universities. C) People with formal schooling plus work experience. D) People with special training in engineering 27. By saying “…but the impact of a degree washes out after five years” (Line 3, Para, 3), the author means ________. A) most MBA programs fail to provide students with a solid foundation B) an MBA degree does not help promotion to managerial positions C) MBA programs will not be as popular in five years39。 As further evidence of the erosion (銷蝕) of corporate(公司的) faith in specialized degrees, Michigan State’s Scheetz cites a pattern in corporate hiring practices, Although panies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out gencralists for middle and upperlevel management. “They want someone who isn’t constrained(限制)by nuts and bolts to look at the big picture,”says Scheetz. t pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval. The MBA may open doors and mand a higher salary injtially, but the impact of a degree washes out after five years. s School of Hotel Administration, for example, bachelor39。That39。 driving accidents is that ________ . A) driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule B) they should be prohibited from taking on passengers C) they should not be allowed to drive after 10 . D) the licensing system should be improved 25. The present situation in about half of the states is that the graduated licensing system ________. A) is under discussionB) is about to be set upC) has been put into effect D) has been perfected Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. Graduated licensing systems have reduced leenage driver crashes, according to recent studies, About half of the states now have some sort of graduated Hcensing system in place, but only 10 of those states have restrictions on passengers, California is the strictest, with a novice(新手)driver prohibited from carrying any passenger under 20(without the presence of an adult over 25)for the first six months. 21. Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage? A) Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 . B) A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car. C) Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night. D) A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight. 22. According to Robert Foss. The high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to ________ .A) their frequent driving at nigntB) their improper way of drivingC) their lack of driving experience D) their driving with passengers 23. According to Paragraph 3. which of the following statements is TRUE? A) Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive. B) Driving is a skill too plicated for teenagers to learn. C) Restrictions should be imposed on teenagers applying to take driving lessons. D) The licensing authonties are partly responsible for teenagers39。Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experience. “The basic issue.” Be says, “is that adults who are responsible for issuing licenses fail to recognize how plex and skilled a task driving is.” A rectal study, published in last week’s Journal of the American Medical Association, offers a picture of how risky it is to get a lift from a teenage driver, Indeed, a 16yearold driver with three or more passengers is three times as likely to have a fatal accident as a teenager driving alone, By contrast, the risk of death for drivers between 30 and 59 decreases with each additional passenger. s going to say goodbye to Bill. D) She39。s flying to Hong Kong. B) She39。s quite cold in New York now. 9.A) The old lady sitting next to the couple likes toys very much. B) An old lady took the couple’s suitcase for her own. C) The couple39。2003年6月大學(xué)英語四級考試試題及參考答案Part IListening Comprehension(20 minutes)Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversation. At the end of each conversation. a question wilt be asked about what was the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). and decide which is the best answer Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: You will hear: You will read: A)