Part IV Close (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage.For each blank there are four choices marked A)，B)，C)and D) on the right side of the paper.You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.Then mark the corresp onding letter on，the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
When television first began to expand, very few of the people who had become famous as ___71___ announcers were able to be equally effective ___72___ television. Some of the difficulties they experienced when they were trying to ___73___ themselves to the new medium were technical. When ___74___ on radio, for example, they had become ___75___ to seeing on behalf of the listener. This art of seeing for others ___76___ that the announcer has to be very good ___77___ talking. Above all, he has to be able to ___78___ a continuous sequence (序列) of
visual (视觉的) images which add meaning ___79___ the round the listener hears. In the ___80___ of television, however, the announcer sees ___81___ with the viewer. His duty, ___82___, is completely different. He is there to make ___83___ that the viewer does not ___84___ any point of interest, to help him focus ___85___ particular things, and to help him ___86___ the images on the television screen. ___87___ his radio colleague, he must know the ___88___ of silence and how to use it at those ___89___ when the pictures speak for ___90___.
71.
A) television
B) advertisement
C) radio
D) newspaper
72.
A) of
B) in
C) at
D) on
73.
A) adopt
B) adjust
C) alter
D) stape
74.
A) working
B) listening
C) appearing
D) showing
75.
A) practised
B) experienced
C) determined
D) used
76.
A) guarantees
B) means
C) convinces
D) warns
77.
A) at
B) with
C) in
D) of
78.
A) reflect
B) create
C) cause
D) affect
79.
A) to
B) in
C) on
D) about
80.
A) occasion
B) matter
C) example
D) case
81.
A) something
B) everything
C) nothing
D) anything
82.
A) moreover
B) therefore
C) furthermore
D) nevertheless
83.
A) clear
B) definite
C) sure
D) easy
84.
A) miss
B) ignore
C) drop
D) catch
85.
A) to
B) at
C) in
D) on
86.
A) reveal
B) expose
C) understand
D) translate
87.
A) Unlike
B) Besides
C) Like
D) As
88.
A) price
B) cost
C) value
D) worth
89.
A) minutes
B) periods
C) times
D) moments
90.
A) them
B) him
C) themselves
D) himself
Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part you are allowed30 minutes to write a composition in no less than 100 words, on the topic: Is Failure a Bad Thing? You should base your
composition on the following outline (give in Chinese )
1，失败是常有的事?
2，人们对失败有各种不同的态度。
3，我对失败的态度。
You should write your composition in three paragraphs. Remember to write your composition in readable handwriting on the right side of this sheet.
Is Failure a Bad Thing?
1991年大学英语四级试题及参考答案(6月)
