英语四级

单项选择题
1、Questionsare based om the following passage．
Libraries are my world．I've been a patron(老主顾)all my life，and for the past nine years I've worked at multiple libraries and archives in and around Detroit The library as an institution has many roles，but as our country struggles through an economic crisis，I have watched the library where l work evolve into a career and business center，a community gathering place and a bastion(堡垒)for hope．
In the spring of 2007 I got a Ubrary internship(实习生的位置)at the Southfield Public Library(SPL)，just north of Detroit．Summers at SPL were usually slow，but that ye屿we experienced a library that was as busy as science-fair project week,midterms or tax season．Yet patrons weren’t looking for Mosby's Nursing Drug Reference or tax return forms．They were coming for information on growing their small business．
I interpreted people’s interest in our business collection as the first step to pursuing their dreams，but these patrons were not motivated by dreams．They were responding to reality，and they were looking for Plan B．
Things worsened in 2008，and in 2009 the economic crisis continues to plague Michigan．Last year, we put up a display with a variety of job resources that we restocked every hour．Each night the library closed，the display was bare．While we normally keep displays up for a week，we kept the job resources display up for months．
Then there’s the tightening credit market．People see the writmg on the wall and they want to get educated．They can’t afford a financial adviser，but checking books out is flee．Some of the most popular rifles now are Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Think and Grow Rich, and Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan．
The economic downturn affects us all．I have had to work long hours and don’t get to see much of my boyfriend or experience any kind of social life lately．but I am thankful to be in a position where I can help people overcome this struggle．In Michigan，we haven’t lost hope．As long as there are libraries here，there will always be hope．
What change has the current economic crisis brought to the library?
A．It has opened its age-old archives to the general public．
B．It has become a job and business information center．
C．It has evolved into a place for business transactions．
D．It has had to cut its budget to get through the crisis．


2、听录音,回答题

A．It reflects American people's view of French politics．
B．It is first published in Washington and then in Paris．
C．It explains American politics to the French public．
D．It is popular among French government officials．


3、听录音,回答题

A．The lack of time．
B．The quality of life．
C．The frustrations at work．
D．The pressure on worldng families．


4、根据材料，回答问题。
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

A．Speed limits were the same in all areas.
B．She had told him what his speed was.
C．There were signs along the road.
D．He had just received his driving license.


5、根据下面内容，回答题。
A．A recent Cambridge University analysisof 76 studies involving more than 650，000 peopleconcluded，“The current evidence does not clearlysupport guidelines that low consumption of total Saturated fats．“Yet the American Heart Association（Arial，in its most recent dietary guidelines，heldfast to the idea that we must A．l eat low．fat diets for optimal  hearthealth．It’s a stance that—at the very best—is controversial，and at worst is dead wrong．As a practicing cardiologist（心脏病学家）for more than three decades，I agree with the latte—it’s dead wrong．Whydoes the AHA cling to recommendations that fly in the face of scientificevidence？
B．What I discovered was both eye．opening and disturbing．The AHA not only ignored all the other risk factors for heart disease，but it appointed someone with ties to Big Food and bizarrescientific beliefs to lead the guideline-writing panel—just the type of thing that undermines the public’s confidence in the medical community．The AHA guidelines warrant that saturated fat make up no more than 5 to 6 percent of daily calories for adults because this will lower “bad” cholesterol（胆固醇）．And，for those people who need blood pressure control，the guidelines A．so suggest lowering sodium（salt）intake to no more than a teaspoon（2，300 mg）daily．Despite many other known risk factors for heart disease，salt and fat were，astonishingly，the only two considered by the AHA panel writing the guidelines．There are many other recognized risk factors the AHA ignored，including blood sugar level，low “good” cholesterol，insulin（胰岛素）levels，and body weight—an of these are influenced by diet．