2009年12月英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試預(yù)測(cè)試題及答案(2)

　　Passage Three

　　My parents ran a small restaurant.The restaurant was open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.And my first job when I was six years old was shining shoes for customers.My duties increased as I grew older.By age ten I was clearing tables and washing plates.My father made it clear that I had to meet certain standards.I had to be on time, hard-working and polite to the customers.I was never paid for any work I did.One day I made a mistake of telling Dad I thought he should give me 10 pounds a week.He said, “OK, then how about you paying me for the three meals a day when you eat here and for the times you bring in your friends for free drinks�！� He figured I owed him about 40 pounds a week.This taught me quite a lot。

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard。

　　32. What was the speaker’s job before he was 10 years old?

　　【解析】[C]男孩的工作就是給顧客擦皮鞋。

　　33.What was one of the requirements laid down by the boy’s father?

　　【解析】[B]從這一句I had to be on time中可知他工作不能遲到。

　　34.What did the boy ask his father to do one day?【解析】A 男孩認(rèn)為爸爸應(yīng)該付他工錢(qián)I thought he should give me 10 pounds a week。

　　35.Why did the boy’s father refuse to pay him?【解析】[D] 因?yàn)楦赣H認(rèn)為 it was his son who should pay him。

　　Section C

　　36.【答案】medical

　　【解析】medical 意為“醫(yī)學(xué)的”�？v觀全文可知此處應(yīng)填medical，美國(guó)人對(duì)本國(guó)所達(dá)到的醫(yī)學(xué)成就倍感驕傲。

　　37. 【答案】prevention

　　【解析】prevention意為“預(yù)防、防止”。醫(yī)學(xué)家已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)預(yù)防和治療腦灰質(zhì)炎以及肺結(jié)核的方法。

　　38. 【答案】cancer

　　【解析】cancer意為“癌癥”。他們對(duì)癌癥和心臟病做了大量研究。

　　39. 【答案】equipped

　　【解析】equip意為“裝備、配備”。美國(guó)的醫(yī)院是最現(xiàn)代化的，配備有世界上最好的醫(yī)療設(shè)備。

　　40. 【答案】national

　　【解析】national 意為“國(guó)家的”。美國(guó)有一個(gè)全民健康計(jì)劃。

　　41. 【答案】available

　　【解析】available意為“可用到的，可利用的”。為了這個(gè)全民健康目的美國(guó)有許多項(xiàng)目計(jì)劃。

　　42.【答案】sum

　　【解析】sum 意為“一筆(金額)”a sum of money 是固定搭配。公司定期付一筆款項(xiàng)到這個(gè)基金里。

　　43. 【答案】employee

　　【解析】employee意為“職員、雇員”。當(dāng)職員需要就醫(yī)，他可以從這個(gè)基金里拿錢(qián)付醫(yī)療費(fèi)用。

　　44.【答案】They pay insurance premiums each month to insurance companies which then pay for medical expenses when they are needed

　　45.【答案】People regularly pay the hospital directly

　　46. 【答案】The government has health insurance programs for older people, poor people and those with long term illness