2016年12月英语四级考试模拟试卷及答案(七)

　　26.The writer considered the old country guide interesting because he found　in it ____ .

　　A) the names of so many of the shops in the village around

　　B) the many people selling to, and doing jobs for, residents in local villages at the time it appeared

　　C) the variety of shops and services available in Victorian days in Britain

　　D) information about all the jobs there were in his own and surrounding villages at the time it appeared

　　27.The local grocer's shop is expanding even though ____ .

　　A) women spend a lot of their time there just gossiping

　　B) town shops are larger and rather cheaper

　　C) people like to shop where they are less well known

　　D) people get personal service in his shop

　　28.The writer implies that one disadvantage of town shops is that ____.

　　A) their prices are higher

　　B) people cannot telephone them

　　C) their staff may take less trouble to satisfy customers

　　D) one has to queue up in them

　　29.The writer appreciates the village shop because ____.

　　A) he welcomes competition with organized business

　　B) he likes the idea that a humble person can be successful

　　C) this is a case of individual success in a world of increasing

　　D) he welcomes an example of private enterprise surviving in an age of giant companies

　　30.What is the village shoemaker's reaction to mass produced shoes?

　　A) He considers they are not worth the effort of mending properly.

　　B) He is angry with the customers for bringing in such rubbish.

　　C) He despises their quality.

　　D) He feels exasperated because people waste their money on inferior shoes.

　　Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

　　Black Americans have served with honor in every American military action, though this fact is often omitted in history books. Even though black men almost had to beg to be allowed to serve in the Revolutionary War, they went on to serve well. Two blackmen, Oliver Cromwell and Prince Whipple, were with Washington when he crossed the Delaware on Christmas Day, 1776, to attack the British at Trenton. A black man named Estabrook captured the Royal Army's general Prescott Newport, and Peter Salem, a black, killed Major Pitcairn as he was savoring his expected victory at Bunker Hill.

　　Even though they were forced to serve in separated units, black soldiers distinguished themselves in combat. This was despite the fact that whites had long believed that blacks could neither command nor use firearms. In 1863, William Carney of the Massachusetts Colored Infantry received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his role in battles with the Plains Indians. Isaiah Dorman, Coster's black　scout, served and died at the Little Big Horn in 1876.Henry Flipper was the first black graduate of West Point in 1877.

　　In World War Ⅰ, 40,000 black American combat soldiers served with the French command. Neither U.S. nor British commanders would use these men. But Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts, soldiers in the 369th Infantry's black “Hellfighters” were still the first Americans to win the Croix de Guerre, France's top military　award.

　　During World War Ⅱ over 600,000 black men and women served in the armed forces, including some 400,000 who served overseas. Dorie Miller, a black mess attendant in navy, was one of our first heroes in this war. At Pearl Harbor during the　Japanese sneak attack, he manned a machine gun and shot down four planes. The black fighter pilots of Benjamin Davis, Jr. distinguished themselves throughout the war. They served most courageously during the Italian campaign. During the war in Vietnam, mainly because of civil rights pressures in America but also owing to the fine record of black military units, all American forces were fully integrated. Once again blacks played vital roles. And 13.2 percent of all war deaths were of blacks, even though blacks constitute only 11 percent of all Americans. Black American soldiers continue to serve their land well.