Part V Cloze (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 corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.

　　Every year more than half a million American kids have drainage (排泄) tubes surgically implanted in their ears to combat persistent infections. The procedure, know as tympanostomy, may not be as 62 as the tonsillectomy was in the 1940s, but it now 63 as the nation's leading childhood 64 and a new study suggests it's being vastly overused. In 65 more than 6,000 scheduled ear tube operations, a team of experts 66 by Harvard pediatrician Lawrence Kleinman found that fewer than half were clearly justified. "Each year", the researchers write in the current Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), "several hundred thousand children in the United States may be 67 tympanostomy tubes that offer them no demonstrated 68 ...and may place them at increased 69 ."

　　Tube placement isn't a 70 risky procedure, but it costs $1,000 to $1,500 and sometimes scars the eardrum, causing a partial loss of 71 . Studies show that the benefits are most likely to 72 the risks if a child's middle ear has produced sticky fluid 73 more than four months despite treatment 74 antibiotics. For less virulent infections, drug treatment is usually a(n) 75 , safer alternative (though drugs, too, can be overused). In the new JAMA study, Kleinman's team reviewed the medical charts of 6,429 kids, all under 16, 76 doctors had recommended the procedure. Even making "generous assumptions" about the likely 77 , the researchers found that a quarter of the proposed operations were 78 , since less invasive alternatives were available, 79 another third were as likely to harm the recipients as help them.

　　Parents needn't 80 about ear tubes that are already in place. Once 81 implanted, the tiny devices provide drainage for six months to a year, then come out by reducing health costs by hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

　　62. [A] rare [B] common [C] general [D] abnormal

　　63. [A] considers [B] alternates [C] ranges [D] ranks

　　64. [A] operation [B] disease [C] condition [D] injection

　　65. [A] finding [B] reviewing [C] amending [D] performing

　　66. [A] controlled [B] conducted [C] legitimated [D] led

　　67. [A] receiving [B] accepting [C] undertaking [D] initiating

　　68. [A] disadvantage [B] agreement [C] advantage [D] shortcoming

　　69. [A] bottom [B] risk [C] edge [D] extent

　　70. [A]subtly [B] hopefully [C] merely [D] terribly

　　71. [A] feeling [B] hearing [C] health [D] memory

　　72. [A] outfit [B] outflow [C] outweigh [D] outgrow

　　73. [A] for [B] on [C] in [D] to

　　74. [A] by [B] upon [C] with [D] along

　　75. [A] expensive [B] faster [C] further [D] cheaper

　　76. [A] which [B] whose [C] that [D] who

　　77. [A] risks [B] dangers [C] chances [D] benefits

　　78. [A] inappropriate [B] favorable [C] preferable [D] inadequate

　　79. [A] where [B] when [C] whether [D] while

　　80. [A] outrage [B] panic [C] complain [D] protest

　　81. [A] lively [B] quickly [C] successfully [D] formally

　　Part VI Translation (5 minutes)

　　Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

　　82. When the train came, ________________________ (人們立即涌進站臺).

　　83. To open a file and show the information, ________________________(你需要雙擊文件名).

　　84. After fifteen years' working for the company, ________________________(他被任命為主管).

　　85. She works in administration, ________________________(她一天中的絕大多數時間都花在文書工作和維護記錄上).

　　86. Every executive is resp onsible for the success of the company

　　________________________(無論做什么工作).

　　2010年6月大學英語四級考試全真預測試卷五答案詳解

　　Part I Writing

　　To Be a Small Fish in a Big Pond or a Big Fish in a Small Pond?

　　There are distinct differences between being a small fish in a big pond and a big fish in a small pond, so it is with working as a subordinate in a large enterprise and presiding in a small firm.

　　With the former, you can derive a deep sense of satisfaction from being a member of a well-known organization such as General Motors, or the Bell. You have the opportunities of learning from experienced executives and knowing about the standard working process.

　　With the latter, you have greater responsibilities and your decision may bring immediate effect. Normally you are exposed to various experiences and expected to do a great many things without much help or guidance, which will indeed improve your abilities.

　　Personally I prefer to work in a small firm, where I have great prospect of promotion as long as I work hard. And I'm sure I'll become an important figure within my small pond.

　　Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

　　1. N 結合標題To Save Trees, Fighting One Alien Insect with Others迅速掃讀全文可知，文章主要不是描寫HWA這種蟲害本身，而是如何防治這種蟲害，故題干表述不正確。

　　2. Y 根據題干中的信息詞hallmark和Appalachia's national parks定位原文，第三段明確指出The evergreen trees, a hallmark of southern Appalachia's national parks...，可知題干表述正確。

　　3. Y 根據題干中的信息詞HWA定位原文，第四段有Already the tiny bug from Japan, known as the hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA)...，可知題干表述正確。

　　4. Y 題干中有acting quickly, 與一小標題同，估計答案在其下段落下。定位到第二段，發現題干是文中原句，故題干表述正確。

　　5. N 根據題干中的信息詞An infected tree定位原文，在Acting Quickly下的倒數第二段段末有An infected tree usually dies within five years of initial attack，可知題干表述錯誤。

　　6. NG 文章后半部分講到為了控制HWA，美國已在受災部分地區投放HWA的天敵St bettles，但是在文章倒數第二段末尾指出這種方法是否有效還無法判斷(too early to measure their impact)，故本題表述正確與否末可知。

　　7. N 在對抗HWA的方法中，文章著重介紹了引入其天敵來達到生態平衡的方法，且在Plans of Attack下的第四段段首有明確說明，故題干表述錯誤。

　　8. 15 U.S. states。根據題干中的信息詞1951定位原文，在Acting Quickly下第一段可找到答案。

　　9. another type of infestation。讀完原文，發現Risky Business下講了用St bettles來控制HWA這種方法可能帶來的風險，而題干正是談的這種方法，定位Risky Business下的段落，首段即可找到答案。

　　10. keep HWA in check。最后一題多出現在文章末尾，根據題干中的信息詞year-round定位Risky Busines下的段落，在第三段第一句可以找到答案。