05年12月四六级考试最后最新模拟试题及答案B

Section B 

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 

Passage One 

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 

11. [A] The advantages of an economy based on farming. 

[B] Reason that farmers continued using river transportation. 

[C] The role of cotton in the United States economy. 

[D] Improved methods of transporting farm crops. 

12. [A] The new technology used to build roads. 

[B] The ability to transport goods over land. 

[C] The trade in grain and cotton. 

[D] The linking of smaller local roads into one long road. 

13. [A] They reduced charges for transporting farm products. 

[B] They required payment from vehicles that used their roads. 

[C] They made repairs to older roads. 

[D] They installed streetlights on roads connecting major cities. 


Passage Two 

Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. 

14. [A] To look back to the early days of computers. 

[B] To explain what technical problems may occur with computers. 

[C] To encourage necessary investment in computers. 

[D] To warn against a mentally lazy attitude towards computers. 

15. [A] Use them for business purposes only. 

[B] Check all their answers. 

[C] Substitute them for basic thinking. 

[D] Be reasonably skeptical about them. 

16. [A] A computer used exclusively by one company for its own problems. 

[B] A person\'s storage of knowledge and the ability to process the computer. 

[C] The most up-to-date in-house computer a company can buy. 

[D] A computer from the post-war era which is very reliable. 

17. [A] Computer science courses in high schools. 

[B] Business men and women who use pocket calculators. 

[C] Maintenance checks on computers. 

[D] Companies which depend exclusively on computers for decision-making.