on my popcorn ( 爆玉米花 ). I've never understood why they give you so much popcorn! It tasted
pretty good, 79 . After a while I heard 80 more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the 81 of the popcorn crunching ( 咀嚼 ) between my teeth. My thought started to 82 . I remembered when I was in South Korea (韩国 ), I 83 to watch Kojak on TV frequently. He spoke perfect Korean - I was really amazed. He seemed like a good friend tome, 84 _ I saw him again in New York speaking 85 . English instead of perfect Korean. He didn't even have a Korean accent and I 86 like I had been betrayed. When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English.87 we had begun to learn a few words, my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became very 88 and we all seemed to avoid each other. We sat at the dinner table in silence, prefer-ring that to 89 . in a difficult language. Mother tried to say something in English but it 90 out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it! We've been speaking Korean at home ever since. 71. A) warm B) hot C) heated D) cool 72. A) crack B) blank C) break D) opening 73. A) aspect B) view C) space D) angle 74. A) while B) whenever C) or D) and 75. A) attraction B) attention C) affection D) motion 76. A) since B) when C) what D) as 77. A) Within B) After C) For D) Over 78. A) concentrate B) chew C) fix D) taste 79. A) too B) still C) though D) certainly 80. A) much B) any C) no D) few 81. A) voice B) sound C) rhythm D) tone 82. A) wonder B) wander C) imagine D) depart 83. A) enjoyed B) happened C) turn D) used
84. A)until B) because C) then D) therefore 85. A) artificial B) informal C) perfect D) practical 86. A) felt B) looked C) seemed D) appeared 87. A) While B) If C) Before D) Once 88. A) empty B) quiet C) stiff D) calm 89. A) telling B) uttering C) saying D) speaking 90. A) worked B) got C) came D) made
Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic:
A Letter to the University President about the Canteen Service on Campus. You should write at least 100 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:
假设你是李明，请你就本校食堂的状况给校长写一封信，内容应涉及食堂的饭菜质量、价格、环境、服务等，可以是表扬，可以是批评建议，也可以兼而有之。
January 12th, 2002
Dear Mr. President,
Li Ming
2002年1月大学英语四级答案 2002年1月12日四级考试解析
Part I Listening comprehension
1.[D]计算机已坏，当然不能马上发邮件，所以答案为D。
2.[A]既然去时图书馆已经闭馆，当然书也就没有借到，由it closed before I got there可以推论 说话者没有借到书。
3.[A] play键自然是放音的，由此可以判断女士是在play a tape recorder。 4.[A]从OK, we can drop it this time可以判断A不对，从男的道歉来看，是男的曾伤害女士，所以答案为D。
5.[D]从男士许诺保持联系和要飞过去看女士来看，男的是在为女的送行，答案为D。 6.[C]从fulltime student来看，说话者是要停止工作全身心地投入学习。
7.[C] teaching assistant的工作自然是协助教授授课，即assists the professor with his teaching。
8.[A] 认为票很早就买完了也就是认为没有票了。
9.[B]当然男士说How could you sleep through that?显然是责备对方不应该睡觉，那就是应该更认真些，即B。
10.[A]从finance and economics来看，说话者是想在银行工作。
11.[D]本题为信息再现题，文章有明确的表达the man did everything he could to teach the parrot to say Ketennel, the name of his native town, but the never succeeded, .. he lost his temper。
12.[C]从文章最后The parrot was screaming at the fourth, \kill you,\来判断是鹦鹉杀死了三只鸡，即the pet bird。
13.[A] 鹦鹉恐吓鸡的语言与作者所用的语言一致，说明鹦鹉明白了作者的恐吓，答案为A。 14.[D]本题为细节判断题，从about 5 percent of the present population are women可以判断妇女在英国囚犯中占的比例很小。
15.[A]本题为细节判断题。文章最后一句some are allowed out of the ground to study or to do community work说明允许囚犯到外面学习或工作，即A。
16.[B] 本题为细节判断题，文章在介绍封闭性监狱时提到Most of them are paid for what they do.由此可以判断答案为B。
17.[B]本题为信息再现题，可遵循听到的是解的原则，根据the reasons London taxi drivers are so efficient is that they all have gone through a very tough training period可以判断答案 B。
18.[D] 本题为信息再现题。which can take two to four years说明答案为D。 19.[A]从主考官的表现可以看处，主考官很严厉，不管你做得多么好，都不会有什么笑脸，不会有什么称赞，所以答案为A。
20.[C] 文章learner drivers are not allowed to work and earn money as drivers. Therefore, many of them keep their previous jobs说明答案为C，即在学习驾驶时他们没有薪水，所以必须keep previous jobs。 Part II. Reading comprehension
21. [C] 从本题的题干来看，未来汽车比较显著的一种变化应该是不同一般的，也应该是文章所着重要介绍的。文章大部分篇幅所介绍的是未来监控系统，所以本题答案应该是C。 22. [C] 从文章第三段the auto in the future will still be the main problem in urban traffic congestion来看，作者主要关心的还是如何解决交通堵塞的问题，即C。 23．[A] 根据常识来判断，\可伸缩得手臂 \只是用来连接汽车与铁轨的工具，是能源的传导器，也就是说，提供能源的不是\可伸缩的手臂\，而\铁轨\，所以答案为A。
24．[D] 文章的最后一段the driver will use a telephone to dial instructions about his destination into the system说明本题的答案为D，即在计算机监控系统下，司机所做的不过是通过电话告诉系统自己的目的地而已。
25．[C] 从作者对计算机监控系统的使用来看，作者对自行车的前景是抱乐观态度的，所以答案为C。
26．[A] 从短文第三段People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport可以判断，英国人猎狐是作为一种娱乐和消遣，所以答案为A。
27．[C] 从文章第三段and follow strict codes of behavior来看，英国人猎狐是又严格规定的，从而说明答案为C。文章第一段虽然提到or poisoning them但下毒却不属于猎狐的范畴，所以A不对。
28．[B] 本题为细节判断题，文章第四段interfere with the hunt by misleading riders and disturbing the trail of the fox's smell说明答案为B。
29．[B] 本题也是细节理解题，文章最后提到a new law which will make hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal说明法律禁止带狗狩猎。
30．[C] 文章倒数第二段叙述了带狗狩猎被禁止的原因，because they think it is brutal 可以判断，带着狗狩猎被认为是一种很残酷的行为。
31．[B] 本题的理解要结合上下文，从全文来看，本篇文章所介绍的是老年学的问题，所以Old is suddenly in指的是老年学突然流行起来。
32．[A] 文章的细节都应该与文章的主题有关，从Lawyers can specialize in \来看，本题答案为A，即律师可以从老年法律中获益。
33．[A] 文章第二段中are likely to be the wealthiest group of retirees in human history说明了商人之所以能从老年市场获益的原因，是因为这部分退休的老年都十分富有，并且肯为下一代花钱。
34．[D] 文章提到any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with, say, and MBA or law degree will have a license to print money，但是C只说是拥有MBA或法律学位证书的毕业生，而文章说这些资格应该与老年学专业知识结合，