2012年英语专业四级考试真题及答案

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1、2012年英语专业四级考试真题PARTIIICLOZE【15MIN】　　Decidewhichofthechoicesgivenbelowwouldbestcompletethepassageifinsertedinthecorrespondingblanks．MarkthebestchoiceforeachblankonAnswerSheetTwo．　　Theearthquakeof26thDecember2004resultedinoneoftheworstnaturaldisastersinlivingmemory．Itwasa(31)_

2、____underwaterquakeandoccurredintheIndianOcean．It(32)____coastlines，communitiesandbroughtdeathtomanypeople．　　Whydoearthquakeshappen?　　Thesurfaceoftheearthhasnotalwayslookedasitdoestoday；itismoving(33)____(althoughveryslowly)andhasdonesoforbillionsofyears．Thisisone(34)____ofe

3、arthquakes，whenonesectionoftheearth(tectonicplate)(35)____another．Scientistscanpredictwherebutnot(36)____thismighthappenandtheareabetweenplatesiscalledafaultline．OnonefaultlineinKobe，Japanin1923over200,000peoplewerekilled．(37)____，earthquakesdonotalways　　happenonfaultlines，(

4、38)____iswhytheyaresodangerousand(39)____．　　Wheredovolcanoeshappen?　　Volcanoeshappenwheretheearth's(40)____isthin：lava，dustandgases(41)____frombeneaththeearth．Theycanriseintoahugeconeshapelikeamountainanderupt，(42)____theycanbesoviolent(43)____theyjustexplodedirectlyfromthee

5、arthwithnowarning．Thereare1511(44)'____'volcanoesintheworld．Thismeansthattheymay(45)____bedangerous．In1985theColombianvolcanoNevadodelRuizerupted．Thelavameltedaglacierandsenttonesofmud(46)____thetownbelow．Twentythousandpeopledied．Naturaldisasterslikevolcaniceruptionsareoften

6、unpredictable．Weregularlydonotknowwhenthey(47)____pen，or(48)____wheretheywillhappen．Inthefuture，scientistsmaybeabletowatchandpredict(49)____beforetheyhappen．Thiscould(50)____manylives．　　31．A．massiveB．significantC．greatD．grand　　32．A．changedB．convertedC．destroyedD．transformed　

7、　33．A．frequentlyB．continuouslyC．regularlyD．periodically　　34．A．sourceB．reasonC．movementD．cause　　35．A．collideswithB．confrontswithC．meetswithD．faceswith　　36．A．howB．whyC．whenD．what第53页共53页　　37．A．GenerallyB．HoweverC．SimilarlyD．Anyway　　38．A．thatB．itC．thisD．which　　39．A．unpredictabl

8、eB．unaccountableC．inevitableD．irresistible　　40．A．surfaceB．appearanceC．crust