英语专业四级真题及答案详解版本.pdf

TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS(2013)
—GRADEFOUR—
TIMELIMIT:130MIN

PART3CLOZE15MIN

Decidewhichofthechoicesgivenbelowwouldbestcomplete

thepassageifinsertedinthecorrespondingblanks.Markthebest

choiceforeachblankonAnswerSheetTwo.

Everyoneknowsthattaxationisnecessaryinamodernstate:

withoutit,it(31)_____notbepossibletopaythesoldiersand

policemenwhoprotectus;(32)_____theworkersingovernment

officeswho(33)_____ourhealth,ourfood,ourwater,andallthe

otherthingsthatwecannotdoforourselves.(34)_____taxation,

wepayforthingsthatweneedjust(35)_____weneedsomewhere

toliveandsomethingtoeat.But(36)_____everyoneknowsthat

taxationisnecessary,differentpeoplehavedifferentideas

about(37)____taxationshouldbearranged.

Inmostcountries,adirecttaxon(38)_____,whichiscalled

incometax,(39)_____.Itisarrangedinsuch(40)______thatthe

poorestpeoplepaynothing,andthepercentageoftaxgrows(41)

____asthetaxpayer'sincomegrows.Insomecountries,forexample,

thetaxontherichestpeople(42)______ashighasninety-five

percent(43)_____countrieswithtaxationnearly(44)_____have

indirecttaxationtoo.Manythingsimportedintothecountryhave

topaytaxesor“duties.”Ofcourse,itisthemenandwomenwho
buytheseimportedthingsintheshops(45)______reallyhaveto

paytheduties,inthe(46)______ofhigherprices.Insome

countries,(47)_____,thereisataxonthingssoldintheshops.

Ifthemostnecessarythingsaretaxed,alotofmoneyis(48)

____butthepoorpeoplesuffermost.Ifunnecessarythings

(49)___jewelsandfurcoatsaretaxed,lessmoneyisobtainedbut

thetaxis(50)______astherichpayit.

Probablythislastkindofindirecttax,togetherwithadirecttax

onincomeswhichislowforthepoorandhighfortherich,isthe

bestarrangement.

PART4GRAMMAR&VOCABULARY15MIN

Therearethirtysentencesinthissection.Beneatheachsentence

therearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Chooseone

wordorphrasethatbestcompletesthesentence.Markyouranswers

onAnswerSheetTwo.

51.Facingtheboardofdirectors,hedidntdeny________breaking

theagreement.

A.him

B.it

C.his

D.its

52.Xinchunreturnedfromaboardadifferentma