2015年大学英语四级模拟测试三
Part I Writing （30 minutes）
Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Set Clear Aims by commenting on the saying, “Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.” You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.
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Set Clear Aims
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Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
Section A
Directions:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
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1. A) Do her homework. B) Clean the backyard.
C) Wash clothes. D) Enjoy the beautiful day.
2. A) The man is looking for a place to live in.
B) The man has a house for rent.
C) The woman is a secretary.
D) The two speakers are old friends.
3. A) Henry doesn’t like the col or. B) Someone else painted the house.
C) There was no ladder in the house. D) Henry painted the house himself.
4. A) In a cotton field. B) At a railway station.
C) On a farm. D) On a train
5. A) They are entertaining. B) They are time-consuming
C) They are boring. D) They are rewarding.
6. A) A raincoat. B) A rainy day.
C) A lovely hat. D) An attractive hut.
7. A) The woman is driving too fast.
B) The woman is driving at a low speed.
C) The woman has broken a traffic rule.
D) The woman has parked her car in a wrong place.
8. A) She can tell Joan when she sees her at noon.
B) She should tell Joan’s brother about the reception.
C) She must call on Joan after the reception.
D) Sh e may see Joan’s brother at lunch
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. A) To an artistic museum. B) To a movie theater.
C) To a restaurant. D) To a national park.
10. A) Less than five minutes. B) Less than ten minutes.
C) Less than twelve minutes. D) About twenty minutes.
11. A) Inexpensive and well-decorated. B) Expensive and luxurious.
C) Inexpensive and humble. D) Expensive but worthwhile.
12. A) By subway. B) By bus. C) By taxi. D) By train.
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
13. A) March 20th. B) March 21st. C) March 22nd. D) March 23rd.
14. A) It doesn’t have a nice view. B) It doesn’t come with a sauna bath.
C) It has been booked. D) It’s a little too expensive for him.
15. A) 80 dollars. B) 88 dollars. C) 96 dollars. D) 220 dollars.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear three short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
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Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) Withdraw as much money from the bank as he wishes.
B) Obtain more convenient services than other people do.
C) Enjoy greater trust from the storekeeper
D) Cash money wherever he wishes to
17. A) It’s still on the horizon.
B) It’s far from entering their life.
C) It’s already here with them.
D）It’s only a beautiful dream.
18. A) Use of computers in banks.
B) Conveniences brought about by computers in business.
C) Significance of automation in commercial enterprises.
D) Credit cards in the business world.
Passage Two
Questions 19-21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) It is waiting outside the door itself.
B) The family gets it from a station nearby.
C) The postman has delivered it to the door.
D) The newspaper boy has delivered it to the door.
20. A) Because it has many advertisements.
B) Because it has many different sections.
C) Because it has many advertisements and many different sections.
D) Because there is much more world news on Sunday.
21. A) World news. B) Advice about food, health and clothes.
C) News about the death. D) The sports and financial pages.
Passage Three
Questions 22-25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. A) It makes pilots and drivers ill.
B) It dirties airplanes and cars
C) Pilots and drivers cannot bear the pollution.
D) It prevents pilots and drivers from seeing things clearly
23. A) How chemicals reaching us affect our health.
B) How to begin to control pollution.
C) How to protect farm crops and forests.
D) How to save our works of art.
24. A) He wants scientists to find all the answers to the questions about air pollution.
B) He doesn’t know where to get enough money to control the pollution.
C) He doesn’t think it urgent to find all the answers to air pollution.
D) He thinks it more important to control damages than air pollution.
25. A) The government will be forced to fight against pollution.
B) People all over the world will become poorer and poorer.
C) More and More money in controlling air pollution will be wasted.
D) The world will have more and more babies with defects.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
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Most of the colleges of education in the United States are doing an inadequate job of preparing elementary
teachers for teaching children to read, a (26)____ report by the US National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) concludes.
Teacher-education programs across the US are (27) ____ to teach the five elements of effective reading instruction that research has proved are (28) ____ phonemic (音素的，音位的) (29) ____, phonics (读音法), vocabulary, (30) ____, and comprehension, according to “What Education Schools Aren’t Teaching About Reading and What Elementary Teachers Aren’t Learning,” (31) ____by NCTQ. The report’s authors (32) ____ information on required reading courses from a (33) ____that was deemed representative of the nation’s nearly 1,300 teacher-education program. “Almost all of the 72 (34) ____ in our sample earned a failing grade,”the report says. Only 11 per cent of the colleges reviewed taught all the components, while nearly one-fourth didn’t appear to teach any of them. Those elements were (35) ____ as necessary for effective reading instruction in the 2000 report of the US National Reading Panel (NRP) and have been the driving force behind state and federal initiatives for raising student achievement ever since. Many colleges of education have already begun reorganizing their reading courses to include more of the research on effective instruction.
Part III Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
The flood of women into the job market boosted economic growth and changed U.S. society in many ways. Many in-home jobs that used to be done (36) ______ by women---ranging from family shopping to preparing meals to doing (37)______ work---still need to be done by someone. Husbands and children now do some of these jobs, a (38) ______ that has changed the target market for many products. Or a working woman may face a crushing “poverty of time “and look for help elsewhere, c reating opportunities for producers of frozen meals, child care centers, dry cleaners, financial services, and the like.
Although there is still a big wage (39) ______ between men and women, the income working women (40) ______ gives them new independence and buying power. For example, women now (41)______ about half of all cars. Not long ago, many cars dealers (42) ______ women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back with their husbands. Now car companies have realized that women are (43) ______ customers. It’s interesting that some leading Japanese car dealers were the first to (44) ______ pay attention to women customers. In Japan, fewer women have jobs or buy cars — the Japanese society is still very much male-oriented. Perhaps it was the (45) ______ contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to pay more attention to women buyers.
A）scale B）retailed C）generate D）extreme
E）technically F）affordable G）situation H）really
I）potential J）gap K）voluntary L）excessive
M）insulted N）purchase O）primarily
Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.
Obesity
[A] How does one define when a person is considered to be obese and not just somewhat overweight?
Height-weight tables give an approximate guideline as to whether one is simply overweight or has passed into the obese stage.
[B] The World Health Organization recommends using a formula that takes into account a person’s height and
weight. The “Body Mass Index”(BMI) is calculated by dividing the person’s weight in kilograms by the square of their height in meters, and is thus given in units of kg/m2. A BMI of 18.5-24.9 is considered to be the healthiest. A BMI of between 25 and 29.9 is considered to be overweight, while a BMI of over 30 is considered to be obese.
[C] However, it is recognized that this definition is limited as it does not take into account such variables as age,
gender and ethnic origin, the latter being important as different ethnic groups have very different fat distributions. Another shortcoming is that it is not applicable to certain very muscular people such as athletes and bodybuilders, who can also have artificially high BMIs. Agencies such as the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) in the USA and the International Diabetes Foundation (IDF) are starting to define obesity in adults simply in terms of waist circumference.
Health Effects of Obesity
[D] Over 2000 years ago, the Greek physician Hippocrates wrote that “persons who are naturally very fat are apt
to die earlier than those who are slender”. This observation remains very true today. Obesity has a major impact on a person’s physical, social and emotional well-being. It increases the risk of developing diabetes mellitus type 2 (“mature onset diabetes”) and also makes Type 2 diabetes more difficult to control. Thus weight loss improves the levels of blood glucose and blood fats, and reduces blood pressure. The association between obesity and coronary heart disease is also well-known.
Cancer
[E] Furthermore, in 2001 medical researchers established a link between being overweight and certain forms of
cancer, and estimated that nearly 10,000 Britons per year develop cancer as a result of being overweight. This figure was made up of 5,893 women and 3,220 men, with the strongest associations being with breast and colon cancers. However, it is thought that being overweight may also increase the risk of cancer in the reproductive organs for women and in the prostate gland for men.
[F] The link between breast cancer and nutritional status is thought to be due to the steroid hormones oestrogen
and progesterone, which are produced by the ovaries, and govern a woman’s menstrual cycle. Researchers have found that the more a woman eats, or the more sedentary her lifestyle, the higher are the concentrations of progesterone. This link could explain why women from less affluent countries have lower rates of breast cancer. Women from less affluent nations tend to eat less food and to lead lifestyles which involve more daily movement. This lowers their progesterone level, resulting in lower predisposition to breast cancer.
[G] The Times newspaper, in 2002 reported that obesity was the main avoidable cause of cancer among
non-smokers in the Western world!
Aging
[H] Research published by St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK in 2005 showed a correlation between body fat and
aging, to the extent that being obese added 8.8 years to a woman’s biological age. The effect was exacerbated by smoking, and a non-overweight woman who smokes 20 cigarettes a day for 20 years added 7.4 years to their biological age. The combination of being obese and a smoker added at least ten years to a woman’s biological age, and although the study only involved women, the lead researcher Professor Tim Spector believes the finding would also apply to men.
[I] The aging effect was determined by measuring the length of telomeres, tiny “caps”on the ends of
chromosomes, which help protect the DNA from the ageing process. Indeed, telomeres have been dubbed the “chromosomal clock” because, as an organism ages, they become progressively shorter, and can be used to determine the age of the organism. Beyond a certain point, the telomere becomes so short that it is no longer able to prevent the DNA of the chromosome from falling apart. It is believed that excess body fat, and the chemicals present in tobacco smoke release free radicals which trigger inflammation. Inflammation causes the production of white blood cells which increases the rate of erosion of telomeres.
Dementia
[J] Recent research (2005) conducted in the USA shows that obesity in middle age is linked to an increased risk of dementia, with obese people in their 40s being 74% more likely to develop dementia compared to those of normal weight. For those who are merely overweight, the lifetime risk of dementia risk was 35% higher. [K] Scientists from the Aging Research Centre at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden have been able to take information such as age, number of years in education, gender, body mass index, blood pressure level, physical activity and genetic factors, assigning each a risk score. They then used this information to devise a predictive test for dementia. This test will enable people at risk, for the first time, to be able to affect lifestyle changes which will reduce their risk of contracting dementia.
Other Problems
[L] The world-wide upsurge in obesity, particularly in children, is of major economic concern, liable to drain economies. Of further concern is that research conducted in Australia and published in 2006, shows that up to one third of breech pregnancies were undetected by the traditional “palpation” examination, the danger being greatest for those women who are overweight or obese—a growing proportion of mothers. This means that such women are not getting the treatment required to turn the baby around in time for the birth, and in many cases require an emergency Caesarean section.
[M] This is a true health-care crisis, far bigger than Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and ultimately, even bigger than AIDS.
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46. Using the “Body Mass Index”to define a person’s weight ideal is limited, because it does not takes into
account many variables such as age, gender and ethnic origin.
47. You can judge whether one is simply overweight or has passed into the obese stage according to the
height-weight table.
48. A person’s emotional well-being would be affected by obesity.
49. A non-overweight woman who smokes 20 cigarettes a day for 20 years added 7.4 years to her biological age.
50. Obesity has something to do with cancer in the prostate gland for man.
51. The predictive test for dementia will help people to affect lifestyle changes that will reduce their risk of
contracting dementia.
52. The excess body fat, like the chemicals present in tobacco smoke, can lead to inflammation.
53. Obese people in middle age run an increased risk of dementia.
54. Women from less affluent nations tend to have much less breast cancer.
55. The world-wide upsurge in obesity, particularly in children, will possibly drain economies.
Section C
Directions: There are two passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
If the population of the earth goes on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources left to sustain life on the planet. By the middle of the 21st century, if present trends continue, we will have used up all the oil that drives our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded conditions on earth will make it necessary for us to look for open space somewhere else. But none of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution to the problem, however, has recently been suggested by American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan.
Sagan believes that before the earth’s resources are completely exhausted it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and so create a new world almost as large as earth itself. The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the earth and there is only a tiny amount of water there.
Sagan proposes that algae (水藻) organisms that can live in extremely hot or cold atmospheres and at the same time produce oxygen, should be bred in condition similar to those on Venus. As soon as this has been done, the algae will be placed in small rockets. Spaceship will then fly to Venus and fire the rockets into the atmosphere. In a fairly short time, the algae will break down the carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon.
When the algae have done their work, the atmosphere will become cooler, but before man can set foot on Venus it will be necessary for the oxygen to produce rain. The surface of the planet will still be too hot for man to land on it but the rain will eventually fall and in a few years something like earth will be reproduced on Venus.
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56. In the long run, the most insoluble problem caused by population growth on earth will probably be the lack of
_____.
A) food B) oil C) space D) resources
57. Carl Sagan believes that Venus might be colonized from earth because _____.
A) it might be possible to change its atmosphere
B) its atmo sphere is the same as the earth’s
C) there is a good supply of water on Venus
D) the days on Venus are long enough
58. On Venus there is a lot of _____.
A) water B) carbon dioxide C) carbon monoxide D) oxygen
59. Algae are plants that can _____.
A) live in very hot temperatures B) live in very cold temperatures
C) manufacture oxygen D) all of the above
60. Man can land on Venus only when _____.
A) the algae have done their work B) the atmosphere becomes cooler
C) there is oxygen D) it rains there
Passage Two
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
Mobile office is the mutual product of economic, scientific, and social progress．Mobile office has become a solution that provides users with convenient, prompt, safe, reliable, and reasonably priced communications and office faculty anywhere anytime via the support of mobile interconnection platform（MIP）and its applications systems. Using mobile office and WAP technology, people can do their work anywhere anytime, can send and receive data via terminals such as mobile phone, and palm computer, and can surf the Internet.
When you leave your office to attend meetings or travel on business, what would happen to your business routine？Of course, faxes and e-mails would be still sent to your fax machine or e-mail box, but you cannot read them and make prompt reaction timely. When your clients need you to make some urgent modifications on your work and you are neither in the office nor carrying relevant documents, what can you do？Maybe you have to say “sorry” to the clients. But, your business will be affected, the clients will be unhappy and disappointed because of your delay, and you will lose a lot of business opportunities.
In fact, very frequently, you need to check, reply, distribute, modify, or read some materials when you are not in your office. You must get out of this dilemma. The best solution to normally handle your business anywhere anytime and not to disappoint your clients is to let your office “move”with you. With the development of communications technology, mobile office has become simpler and smaller, and even can be realized via one mobile phone with data communications function. Thus, mobile office has already been put into your pocket, and office mobility has been realized.
Mobile office has provided people with convenient, casual working environment, but at the same time it still has some unsatisfactory aspects such as mismatching equipment interface and inadequate battery. Nevertheless, we believe that with technical progress, people can certainly overcome all kinds of difficulties. Mobile office will realize the dream of completely free communication. Users will enjoy more colorful life and better working environment, and users’ living standard, working efficiency, and even enterprises’ production efficiency will certainly be immensely raised.
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61. According to the passage, mobile office helps you with the following except ________ .
A) keeping update with the latest news
B) checking e-mails any time one wants
C) conducting internet surfing
D) finding one’s true love in life
62. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the second paragraph?
A) You would lose a lot of business opportunities if you always delay your work.
B) You should read and reply faxes and e-mail timely.
C) When you leave your office your business routine might be damaged.
D) When you cannot meet the need of your clients you should immediately say sorry.
63. When you let your office “move” with you, you __________ .
A) will never let your clients down
B) you don’t have to stay at office anymore
C) you then find the best way to handle your business anywhere anytime
D) you no longer face the dilemma between work and life
64. It can be inferred from the passage that __________ .
A) mobile office communication is very cost-consuming
B) with the development of science, mobile office has eventually come to our life
C) people had no convenient and reliable communications and office faculty before
D) economic factors are essential in the operation of mobile office
65. According to the author, mobile office _________ .
A) would help achieve complete communication mobility
B) is too expensive to afford by small companies
C) has some fatal defects impossible to modify
D) is too complicated to operate in everyday business
Part IV Translation (30 minutes)
Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
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中国的传统节日历史悠久，是我们中华民族的灿烂文化的一个重要组成部分，既体现着人与自然的关系，又反映着的人与人的联系。庸常的生活因为有了各式各样的节日，才使人生因充满着期待、愉悦而显得非同寻常。这些传统节日是中华民族一份宝贵的精神文化遗产。然而现代化促使人们改变了生活方式，许多传统节日逐渐被淡化。
大学英语四级模拟题四 Part One Reading Comprehension (2’×10 = 20’) Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Air pollution can spread from city to city. It even spreads from one country to another. Some northern European countries have had “black snow”from pollutants that have traveled through the air from other countries and have fallen with the snow. So air pollution is really a global problem. Air pollution can kill babies, older people, and those who have respiratory（呼吸的）diseases. As found in cities, air pollution increases the risks of certain lung diseases. Air pollution can cause both airplane and car accidents because it cuts down visibility （能见度）. There are other possible health dangers from air pollution that we don’t know much about. For example, scientists are trying to find out whether chemicals that reach us from the air may cause changes in our cells. These changes might cause babies to be born with serious birth defects. Scientists are trying to learn how all the many chemicals are apt（易于的）to take into our bodies from air, water, food, and even medicines act together to affect our health and the way our bodies work. That is another reason why it is so important to begin to control pollution now instead of waiting until we learn all the answers. Air pollution costs us a lot of money. It corrodes（腐蚀）our buildings. It damages farm crops and forests. It has a destructive effect on our works of art. The cost of all this damage to our government is great. It would be much more worthwhile, both for us and for the government, to spend our tax dollars on air pollution control. 1. Air pollution may lead to airplane accidents because . A. it may cause pilots to be ill B. engines may fail from the air-borne dirt C. visibility is reduced D. it brings a lot of black snow 2. Scientists are trying to find a link between pollution and . A. intelligence levels B. birth problems C. man’s behavior D. the nervous system 3. Scientists have not yet determined . A. all of the effects of pollution on the human body B. how pollution can be controlled successfully C. when the atmosphere first became polluted D. how some snow becomes black 4. The author suggests that before air pollution becomes more serious, . A. factories will be forced to stop operating B. buildings should be protected C. the earth will begin to grow colder D. more money should be spent to solve the problem 5. We can conclude that . A. civilization may be ruined if pollution is not controlled B. pollution is more serious in Europe than it is in America C. most people do not know that pollution is a serious problem D. we should learn all the answers before we begin to control pollution Passage Two Stiletto heels could be banned from the workplace because of health and safety reasons, according to British Trade Union bosses. The Trade Union Congress, predominantly male, has proposed a motion arguing that high heels are disrespectful to women while they also contribute to long term injuries. They propose instead that women wear “sensible shoes”with an inch heel limit in an attempt to avoid future foot and back pain as well as injuries. The motion is due to be debated at next month’s conference. The motion states: “Congress believes high heels may look glamorous on the Hollywood catwalks but are completely in appropriate for the day-to-day working environment. Feet bear the burden of daily life, and for many workers prolonged standing, badly fitted footwear, and in particular high heels can be a hazard. Around two million days a year are lost through sickness as a result of lower limb disorders. Wearing high heels can cause long-term foot problems and also serious foot, knee and back pain and damaged joints. Many employers in the retail sector force women workers to wear high heels as part of their dress code. More must be done to raise awareness of this problem so that women workers and their feet are protected.” Nadline Dorries, the Tory Member of Parliament, however criticized the motion and said the extra height heels give women can help them when in the workplace. “I’m 5ft 3in and need every inch of my Christian Louboutin heels to look my male colleagues in the eye,”she said. “If high heels were banned in Westminster, no one would be able to find me. The Trade Union leaders need to get real, stop using obvious sexist tactics by discussing women’s
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Calculate for a moment what could be done with even a part of those hours. Five thousand hours, I am told, are what a typical college undergraduate spends working on a bachelor's degree. In 10,000 hours you could have learned enough to become an astronomer or engineer. You could have learned several languages fluently. If it appealed to you, you could be reading Homer in the original Greek or Dostoyevsky in Russian. If it didn't, you could have walked around the world and written a book about it. The trouble with television is that it discourages concentration. Almost anything interesting and rewarding in life requires some constructive, consistently applied effort. The dullest, the least gifted of us can achieve things that seem miraculous to those who never concentrate on anything. But Television encourages us to apply no effort. It sells us instant gratification(满意). It diverts us only to divert, to make the time pass without pain. Television's variety becomes a narcotic(麻醉的), nor a stimulus. Its serial, kaleidoscopic (万花筒般的)exposures force us to follow its lead. The viewer is on a perpetual guided tour: 30 minutes at the museum, 30 at the cathedral, 30 for a drink, then back on the bus to the next attraction—except on television., typically, the spans allotted arc on the order of minutes or seconds, and the chosen delights are more often car crashes and people killing one another. In short, a lot of television usurps(篡夺;侵占) one of the most precious of all human gifts, the ability to focus your attention yourself, rather than just passively surrender it. Capturing your attention—and holding it—is the prime motive of most television programming and enhances its role as a profitable advertising vehicle. Programmers live in constant fear of losing anyone's attention—anyone's. The surest way to avoid doing so is to keep everything brief, not to strain the attention of anyone but instead to provide constant stimulation through variety, novelty, action and movement. Quite
洛基英语，中国在线英语教育领导品牌 Model Test 1 Part One Listening Comprehension Section A Directions： In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said - Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A）, B）, C）and D）, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a line through the centre. Example： You will hear： You will read： A） At the office. B） In the waiting room. C） At the airport. D） In a restaurant. From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A） At the office is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. 1. A） She is not interested in the article. B） She has given the man much trouble. C） She would like to have a copy of the article. D） She doesn't want to take the trouble to read the article. 2. A） He saw the big tower he visited on TV~ B） He has visited the TV tower twice. C） He has visited the TV tower once. D） He will visit the TV tower in June. 3. A） The woman has trouble getting along with the professor. B） The woman regrets having taken up much of the professor's time. C） The woman knows the professor has been busy. D） The woman knows the professor has run into trouble. 4. A） He doesn't enjoy business trips as much as he used to. B） He doesn't think he is capable of doing the job. C） He thinks the pay is too low to support his family, D） He wants to spend more time with his family. 5. A） The man thought the essay was easy. B） They both had a hard time writing the essay. C） The woman thought the essay was easy. D） Neither of them has finished the assignment yet. 6. A） In the park. B） Between two buildings C） In his apartment. D） Under a huge tree. 7. A） It's awfully dull. B） It's really exciting.
大学英语四级考试模拟试题
大学英语四级考试模拟试题 Model Test Five Part ⅠListening Comprehension Directions: This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. Choose the correct answer---A, B, C or D, and then, mark your answer by writing the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Section A (C) 11. A) He will only be available in the afternoon. B) It’s not his office hour. C) He doesn’t have time. D) He is too tired after class. (A) 12. A) The woman insists on going out. B) The woman doesn’t like watching TV. C) The man promised her a gift on her birthday. D) The man is too tired to go out. (B) 13. A) There are too many courses offered to
大学英语四级模拟题十 Part I Listening Comprehension (35’) Section A Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations and 1 long conversation. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上对应题号作答。 1. A) At 9:15. B) Before 9:15. C) At 9:30. D) Before 9:50. 2. A) He does not understand it. B) He does not like it. C) He is used to it. D) He does not have to take it. 3. A) They were in a doctor’s office. B) They worked in the same office. C) They were in a workshop. D) They were talking in the weight lifting room at the gym. 4. A) Carry the suitcase with the woman. B) Carry the suitcase upstairs. C) Carry the suitcase up to the plane. D) Carry the suitcase down to the ship. 5. A) At eight o’clock. B) At nine o’clock. C) At ten o’clock. D) An hour later. 6. A) He broke his leg. B) He caught a cold. C) He had a car accident. D) He did n’t like to go to dance with the girl. 7. A) He doesn’t know what he wants to do. B) He likes to work this summer. C) He wonders whether the woman has a job. D) He can’t decide where to go on vacation. 8. A) At a hairdresser’s. B) At a tailor’s C) At a photographer’s. D) At a butcher’s. 9. A) The content of the note book. B) What the woman wrote in the note. C) Why people are not allowed to talk in the library. D) Whether people can smoke in the library. 10. A) Because it’s bad for her health. B) Because it had bad influences on children. C) Because it makes him smell. D) Because it makes him cough. Questions 11 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 11. A) He is not satisfied with his present job. B) He worries too much about his grandmother. C) People dislike his food. D) He is going to be fired. 12. A) He learned it in a training center of cooking. B) He learned it from his grandmother. C) He learned it from his mother. D) He learned it from his wife. 13. A) He dislikes other businessmen. B) He wants to have more chance to go on business. C) He doesn’t want to trouble others. D) He wants to be self-employed. 14. A) Whether he would have enough funds. B) Whether his food is to the customers’ taste. C) Whether his family members would support him. D) Whether he can pay less tax to the government. 15. A) Daniel gets encouragement from his friend Misha. B) The two speakers haven’t seen each other for a lon g time. C) Daniel wants to be in the food business. D) Daniel’s grandmother is an experienced businesswoman. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 2 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上对应题号作答。 Questions 16 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. A) His age and appearance. B) His personality. C) His scholarship. D) His relationship with students. 第 1 页共7 页
大学英语四级考试模拟试卷及参考答案(第 一套） Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is foll owed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are fou r choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and ma rk the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. There is a difference between science and technology. Science is a method o f answering theoretical questions; technology is a method of solving practical problems. Science has to do with discovering the facts and relationships betwee n observable phenomena in nature and with establishing theories that serve to o rganize these facts and relationships; technology has to do with tools, techniq ues, and procedures for implementing the finding of science. Another distinction between science and technology has to do with the progr ess in each. Progress in science excludes the human factor. Scientists, who seek to comp rehend the universe and know the truth within the highest degree of accuracy an d certainty, cannot pay attention to their own or other people's likes or disli kes or to popular ideas about the fitness of things. What scientists discover m ay shock or anger people-as did Darwin's theory of evolution. But even an unple asant truth is more than likely to be useful; besides, we have the choice of re fusing to believe it! But hardly so with technology; we do not have the choice
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids (小行星) now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists. Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids (流星) that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don’t threaten us. But there are also thousands of asteroids whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth. Buy $50 million worth of new telescopes right now. Then spend $10 million a year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks. By the time we spot a fatal one, the scientists say, we’ll have a way to change its course. Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapons. But the cost wouldn’t be cheap. Is it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk re: 1) How likely the event is; and 2) How bad the consequences if the event occurs. Experts think an asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500,000 years. Sounds pretty rare—but if one did fall, it would be the end of the world. “If we don’t take care of these big asteroids, they’ll take care of us,” says one scientist. “It’s that simple.” The cure, though, might be worse than the disease. Do we really want fleets of nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth? “The world has less to fear from doomsday (毁灭性的) rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against them,” said a New York Times article. 21. What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids? A) They are heavenly bodies different in composition. B) They are heavenly bodies similar in nature.
大学英语四级考试模拟试卷（1） Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part.Each passage is followed by so me questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: Some radio singals were heard in 1967.They were coming from a point in the sky where there was unknown star.They were coming very regularly,too:about once a second,if they were controlled by clock. The scientists who heard the signals did not tell anybody else.They were rather afraid to tell in case they frightened people.The signals were coming from a very small body—no bigger,perhaps than the earth.Was that why no light could be seen from it?Or were the signals coming from a planet that belonged to some other star?There was no end to the questions,but the scientists kept the news secret.“Perhaps there are intelligent beings out there.”they thought,“who are trying to send messages to other planets,or to us?So the news was not given to the newspaper.Instead,the scientists studied the signals and searched for others like them...Well,all that happened in 1967 and 1968.Since then scientists have learnt more about those strange,regular,radio signals.And they have told the story,of course. The signals do not come from a planet;they come from a new kind of star called a “pulsar””.About a hundred other pulsars have now been found,and most of them are very like the first one. Pulsars are strong radio stars.They are the smallest but the heaviest stars we know at present.A handful of pulsar would weigh a few thousand tons.Their light—if they give much light—is too small