2009年6月英语四级真题

　　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 centre.

　　Kimiyuki Suda should be a perfect customer for Japan’s car-makers. He’s a young , successful executive at an Internet-services company in Tokyo and has plenty of disposable__67__. He used to own Toyota’s Hilux Surf, a sport utility vehicle . But now he uses_68_subways and grains . “It’s not inconvenient at all ,” he says__69__ “having a car is so 20th century.”

　　Suda reflects a worrisome__70__in Japan; the automobile is losing its emotional appeal,__71__among the young ,who prefer to spend their money on the latest electronic devices.__72__mini-cars and luxury foreign brands brands are still popular ,everything in between is__73__.Last years sales fell 6.7 percent, 7.6 percent__74__you don’t count the mini-car market . There have been__75__one-year drops in other nations :sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2007__76__a tax increase . But experts say Japan is__77__in that sales have been decreasing steadily __78__time. Since 1990, yearly new-car sales have fallen from 7.8 million to 5.4 million units in 2007.

　　Alarmed by this state of __79__, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA)__80__a comprehensive study of the market in 2006. It found that a __81__wealth gap, demographic(人口结构的) changes and __82__ lack of interest in cars led Japanese to hold their__83__longer , replace their cars with smaller ones__84__give up car ownership altogether .JAMA

　　__85__a further sales decline of 1.2 percent this year. Some experts believe that if the trend continues for much longer , further consolidation (合并) in the automotive sector is__86__.

　　67. A) profit　　　　 C) income

　　B) payment　　　　D) budget

　　68. A) mostly　　　　 C) occasionally

　　B) partially　　　D) rarely

　　69. A) Therefore　　　C) Otherwise

　　B) Besides　　　　D) Consequently

　　70. A) drift　　　　　C) current

　　B) tide　　　　　 D) trend

　　71. A) remarkably　　 C) specially

　　B) essentially　　D)particularly

　　72. A) While　　　　　C) When

　　B) Because　　　　D) Since

　　73. A) surging　　　　C) slipping

　　B) stretching　　 D) shaking

　　74. A) unless　　　　 C) as

　　B) if　　　　　　 D) after

　　75. A) lower　　　　　C) broader

　　B) slighter　　　 D) larger

　　76. A) liable to　　　C) thanks to

　　B) in terms of　　D) in view of

　　77. A) unique　　　　 C) mysterious

　　B) similar　　　　D) strange

　　78. A) over　　　　　 C) on

　　B) against　　　　D) behind

　　79. A) mess　　　　　 C) growth

　　B) boom　　　　　 D) decay

　　80. A) proceeded　　　C) launched

　　B)relieved　　　　D) revised

　　81. A) quickening　　 C) strengthening

　　B) widening　　　 D) lengthening

　　82. A) average　　　　C) abundant

　　B) massive　　　　D) general

　　83. A) labels　　　　 C) vehicles

　　B) cycles　　　　 D) devices

　　84. A) or　　　　　　 C) but

　　B) until　　　　　D) then

　　85. A) concludes　　　C) reckons

　　B) predicts　　　 D) prescribes

　　86. A) distant　　　　C) temporary

　　B) likely　　　　 D) immediate