大学英语-大学英语四级阅读模拟题22 大学英语四级阅读模拟题22
Reading Comprehension
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 the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
The whole world put attention to the South Asia where the tsunami happened. Before, musicians produced a "sonic tsunami", Wall Street analysts 1 "tsunamis" of bad earnings news and Japanese restaurants served "tsunami" sushi rolls. The word was used in dozens of different 2 , but now
it likely will appear with just one tragic meaning.
Because of the South Asian tsunami disaster that has killed more than 150,000 people, the word assumes a(n) 3 solemn use, much the way "Ground Zero",
for the site of the World Trade Center, had its meaning 4 from "starting
point" to the center of the Sept. 11 tragedy, said Paul Payack, head of Global Language Monitor. Payack said that since the Dec. 26 tsunami, the 5 word
has appeared more than 18.5 million times and been the subject of 88,000 articles in major media.
"Before Sept. 11, 2001, the term Ground Zero was a business clichegrave meaning starting point, especially when 6 a project over again as in "going
back to ground zero". "That term now represents what many consider
to be hallowed ground and its old usage is rarely 7 ," he said.
"In the same manner, we envision that the word tsunami will be the subject of considerable discretion before being used in anything other than a most 8 manner," he said. Payack said thousands of 9 teams around the world
use tsunami into their names, like the Tsunami Aquatics Swim team of Livermore, California.
He said there are also some 10,000 products called tsunami, like Tsunami Point-to-Point Wireless Bridges, Tsunami Multimedia Speakers and Tsunami Image Processors. Newspaper headline writers also liked the 10 word, as the Detroit
News' "Ford Releases a Tsunami of New Products" and "Heading for the presidency on a tsunami of visions" in London's The Times.
A(colorful B(concerts C(serious
D(changed
E(pursuing F(contexts G(usually
beginning H(
I(foolish J(solely K(thought
L(Japanese
M(employed N(foresaw O(sports
The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radios, televisions, and telephones that it is 11 to imagine what
life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight, cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in 12 refrigerators.
Yet people began to understand how electricity works only a little more than two centuries ago. Nature has 13 been experimenting in this field for
millions of years. Scientists are 14 more and more that the living world
may hold many interesting secrets of electricity that could 15 humanity.
All living cells send out tiny pulses of electricity. As the heart 16 ,
it sends out pulses that can be measured and recorded on the surface of the body. When the pulses are recorded, they form an electrocardiogram, which a doctor can study to determine how well the
heart is working. The brain, too, sends out brain 17 of electricity, which can be recorded in an
electroencephalogram (脑动电流图). The electric currents generated
by most
living cells are extremely small—often so small that sensitive instruments
are needed to 18 them. But in some animals, certain muscle cells have become so specialized as electrical generators that they do not work as muscle cells at all. When large 19 of these cells are linked together, the effect can be astonishing.
The electric eel is an amazing living storage battery. It can send a jolt of as much as eight hundred volts of electricity through the water in which it lives. (An electric house current is only one hundred twenty volts.) As many as four-fifths of all the cells in the electric eel's body are specialized for generating electricity, and the strength of the shock it
can 20 corresponds roughly to the length of its body.
A(deliver B(produce C(benefit
D(record
E(get F(beats G(waves
H(pulses
I(discovering J(hardly K(hard
L(apparently
M(numbers N(silent O(cold
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.
The Voices Of Time
A(Time talks. It speaks more plainly than words. Time communicates
in many ways. Consider the different parts of the day, for example. The time of the day when something is done can give a special meaning to the event. Factory managers in the United States fully realize the importance of an announcement made during the middle of the morning or afternoon that takes everyone away from his work. Whenever they want to make an important announcement, they ask, "When shall we let them know?"
B(In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone
very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 p.m. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it is a matter of life and death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.
C(Imagine the excitement and fear caused by a crowd of people
arriving at the door at 2:00 a.m. on an island in the South Pacific: a plant manager from the United States had just such an experience. The
natives of the island met one night to discuss a problem. When they arrived at a solution, they went to see the plant manager and woke him up to tell him what had been decided. Unfortunately, it was after two
o'clock in the morning. They did not know that it is a very serious matter to wake up Americans at this hour. The plant manager, who did not understand the local culture, thought there was a fight
and called out the military. It never occurred to him (or to the natives) that parts of the day have different meanings in different culture.
D(In social life, time plays a very important part. In the United States, guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the
invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But this is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten.
E(The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from cultures that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the U.S, no one would think of keeping a business associate waiting for an hour; it would be too impolite. When equals meet, a person who is five minutes late is expected to make a short
apology. If he is less than five minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence.
F(This way of treating time is quite different from that of several other cultures. This helps to explain the unfortunate experience of a certain agriculturist from the United States, assigned to a duty in another country. After what seemed to him a suitable waiting period, he announced that he would like to call on the minister of agriculture. For various reasons the suggested time did not suit the minister; there were indirect indications that the time was not yet suitable. The American, however, pressed for an appointment, which was finally granted.
G(Arriving a little before the appointed hour (according to the American way of showing respect), the agriculturist waited. The hour came and passed; five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes. At this point he suggested to the secretary that perhaps the minister did not know he was waiting in the outer office. This gave him the feeling of having done something to solve the problem, but he had not. Twenty minutes passed, then thirty then forty-five. To an American, that is the beginning of the "insult period". No matter what is said in apology, there is little that can remove the damage done by an hour's wait in an outer office. Yet in the country where this story took place, a forty-five-minute waiting period was not unusual. Instead of being the very end of the allowable waiting scale, it was just the beginning. Thus, when the American agriculturist left the office (after giving the
secretary an angry message for the minister), his action seemed as unreasonable as it was impolite.
H(In the western world, particularly in the United States, people tend to think of time as something fixed in nature, something from which one cannot escape. As a rule, Americans think of time as a road or a ribbon stretching into the future, along which one progresses. The road has many sections, which are to be kept separate—"one thing at a time." People who cannot plan events are not highly regarded. Thus, an American may feel angry when he has made an appointment with someone and then finds a lot of other things happening at the same time.
I(Americans look ahead and are concerned almost entirely with the future. The American idea of the future is limited, however. It is the foreseeable future and not the future of the South Asian, which may involve centuries. Someone has said of the South Asian idea of time. "Time is like a museum with endless halls and rooms. You, the viewer, are walking through the museum in the dark holding a light to each scene as you pass it. God is in charge of the museum, and only He knows all that is in it. One lifetime represents one room."
J(Since time has such different meanings in different cultures, communication is often difficult. We will understand each other a little better if we can keep this fact in mind.
21、 Misunderstandings arise between people because the meaning of time differs to them.
22、 The U.S. factory managers are most concerned about the time for an announcement because announcement at unsuitable time will take people away from their work.
23、 To an American an early telephone call, while one is shaving or having breakfast, shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention.
24、 According to people of South Asia, future is unforeseeable.
25、 A plant manager on the island misunderstood the late call at 2.00
a.m. for an unexpected violence.
26、 In meeting equals, one should make a short apology if he is 5 minutes late.
27、 In the country, where the American agriculturist worked, a
forty-five-minute waiting period was considered usual.
28、 We must keep in mind that time has different meanings in different cultures so as to communicate better with people from other countries.
29、 In the U.S., to show your respect for a guest, you should
notify him of the invitation to a party more than a week ahead of the date.
30、 According to the western culture, time is considered as a road with sections along which one thing is done at a time.
TV Linked To Lower Marks
A(The effect of television on children has been debated ever since the first sets were turned on. Now three new studies find that too much
tube time can lower test scores, retard learning and even predict college performance. The reports appear in the July issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
B(In the first report, researchers studied the effect that having a TV in a child's bedroom can have on third graders. "We looked at the household media environment in relation to academic achievement on mathematics, reading and language arts tests," said study author Dian L.G. Borzekowski, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Borzekowski and her colleague Dr. Thomas Robinson of Stanford University, collected data on 385 third graders and their parents about how much TV the children watched, the number of TV sets, computers and video game consoles in the household and where they were. They also collected data on how much time the children spent using the different media, as well as the time spent doing homework and reading. The researchers found that the media in the household, where it is and how it is used can have a profound effect on learning. "We found that the household media environment has a very close association with performance on the different test scores," Borzekowski said.
C("A child who has a TV in his or her bedroom is likely to have a score that is eight points lower on a mathematics test compared to a child who doesn't have a TV in the bedroom," she noted. These children also scored lower on the reading and language arts tests. However, children who have access to a home computer are likely to have higher
scores on each of the tests compared with children who don't have access to home computer, Borzekowski noted.
D(The reasons why TV has this negative effect are not clear, Borzekowski said. "When there's TV in the bedroom, parents are less likely to have control over the content and the amount watched," Borzekowski said. "They are also unable to know how early or how late the set is on. This seems to be associated
with kids' performance on academic tests," Borzekowski believes that content and the time the TV is on may be the primary reasons for its negative effect. "If the TV is in the family room, then parents can see the content of what children are watching," she said. "Parents can choose to sit alongside and watch, or turn the set off. A simple and straightforward, positive parenting strategy is to keep the TV out of the child's bedroom, or remove it if it's already there."
E(In the second report, Dr. Robert J. Hancox from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, and colleagues found, regardless of your intelligence or social background, if you watch a lot of TV during childhood, you are a lot less like to have a college degree by your mid-20s. In their study, the researchers followed 1,037 people born in 1972 and 1973. Every two years, between the ages of 5 and 15, they were asked how much television they watched. The researchers found that those who watched the most television during these years had earned fewer degrees by the time they were 26. "We found that the more television the
children had watched, the more likely they were to leave school without
any qualifications," Hancox said in a prepared statement. "Those who watched little television had the best chance of going on to university and earning a degree."
F(Hancox's team found that watching TV at an early age had the most effect on graduating from college. "An interesting finding was that although teenage viewing was strongly linked to leaving school without any qualifications, it was earlier childhood viewing that had the greatest impact on getting a degree," he said. "This suggests that excessive television in younger children has long- lasting adverse
effect on educational performance."
G(In the third paper, Frederick J. Zimmerman and Dr. Dimitri A. Christakis from the University of Washington report that, for very young children, watching TV can result in lower test scores in mathematics, reading recognition and reading comprehension. "We looked at how much television children watched before age 3 and then at ages 3 to 5," Zimmerman said. "We found that for children who watched a small amount of TV in the earlier years, there was considerable beneficial effect compared to children who watched a lot of TV."
H For children aged 3 to 5, the effect was not as clear, Zimmerman said. "There were some beneficial effects of watching TV on reading, but no beneficial effects for math or vocabulary," he noted, "The worst pattern was to watch more than three hours of TV before age 3. Those kids had a significant disadvantage compared to the other kids." Parents should follow the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation, which
is no TV for children under 2, Zimmerman said. "Personally, I feel the cutoff should be children under 3, because there is just not any good content for children under 3."
I(One expert believes that TV can have both positive and negative effects, but it all depends on what children are watching. "Content matters," said Deborah L. Linebarger, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who co-authored an accompanying editorial. "Educational content has been found to be related to performance on school readiness tests, higher grades when they are teenagers, whereas, non-educational content tends to be associated with lower academic performance."
J(Another expert agrees. "TV watching takes up space that could be used by more useful things," said Dr. Christopher P. Lucas, a clinical coordinator at the Early Childhood Evaluation and Treatment Program at the New York University Child Study Center. "TV is not necessarily toxic, but is something that has to be done in moderation; something that balances the other needs of the child for healthy development."
K(Lucas puts the responsibility for how much TV kids watch and what they watch squarely on parents. "The amount of TV watching certainly has a link
with the reduced amount of time reading or doing homework," he said. "The key is the amount of control parents have in limiting the amount of access. Get the TV out of the bedroom; be ware of what is being watched; limit the amount of TV watching."
31、 According to Borzekowski, children having chances to use a
family computer are likely to acquire better results on the different tests.
32、 The reports issued in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine find that watching too much TV leads to poor performance in school. 33、 Watching more than three hours of TV before age 3 has a bad effect on kids.
34、 According to the second report, the chance for one to acquire a college degree depends on the amount of his TV watching during childhood.
35、 In Deborah L. Lingbarger's opinion, educational content is helpful for teenagers to get better results on school readiness tests.
36、 The environment of family media greatly affects children's test scores according to the first report.
37、 Borzekowski believes that TV's negative effect on children's marks may mainly lie in what children watch on TV and how much time they spend on it. 38、 Lucas thinks parents should take the responsibility to supervise kids'TV watching.
39、 According to the recommendation from American Academy of Pediatrics, children under 2 should watch no TV.
40、 Hancox thinks earlier childhood TV watching affects one's acquiring a college degree most.
Section C
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
Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Henry Ford, the famous U.S. inventor and car manufacturer, once said, "The business of America is business." By this he meant that the U.S. way of life is based on the values of the business world.
Few would argue with Ford's statement. A brief glimpse at a daily newspaper vividly shows how much people in the United States think about business. For example, nearly every newspaper has a business section, in which the deals and projects, finances and management, stock prices and labor problems of corporations are reported daily. In addition, business news can appear in every other section. Most national news has an important financial aspect to it. Welfare, foreign aid, the federal budget, and the policies of the Federal Reserve Bank are all heavily affected by business. Moreover, business news appears in some of the unlikeliest places. The world of arts and entertainment is often
referred to as "the entertainment industry" or "show business."
The positive side of Henry Ford's statement can be seen in the prosperity that business has brought to U.S. life. One of the most important reasons so many people from all over the world come to live in
the United States is the dream of a better job. Jobs are produced in abundance (大量地) because
the U.S. economic system is driven by competition. People believe that this system creates more wealth, more jobs, and a materially better way of life.
The negative side of Henry Ford's statement, however, can be seen when the word business is taken to mean big business. And the term big business—referring to the biggest companies, is seen in opposition to labor. Throughout U.S. history working people have had to fight hard for higher wages, better working conditions, and the fight to form unions. Today, many of the old labor disputes are over, but there is
still some employee anxiety. Downsizing (精简，裁员)—the laying off of thousands of workers to keep expenses low and profits high—creates feelings of insecurity for many.
41、 The United States is a typical country ______.
A(which encourages free trade at home and abroad
B(where people's chief concern is how to make money
C(where all businesses are managed scientifically
D(which normally works according to the federal budget
42、 The influence of business in the U.S. is evidenced by the fact that ______.
A(most newspapers are run by big businesses
B(even public organizations concentrate on working for profits.
C(Americans of all professions know how to do business
D(even arts and entertainment are regarded as business
43、 According to the passage, immigrants choose to settle in the U.S., dreaming that ______.
A(they can start profitable businesses there
B(they can be more competitive in business
C(they will make a fortune overnight there
D(they will find better chances of employment
44、 Henry Ford's statement can be taken negatively because ______.
A(working people are discouraged to fight for their rights
B(there are many industries controlled by a few big capitalists C(there is a conflicting relationship between big corporations and labor
D(public services are not run by the federal government
45、 A company's efforts to keep expenses low and profits high may result in ______.
A(reduction in the number of employees
B(improvement of working conditions
C(fewer disputes between labor and management
D(a rise in workers' wages
According to a survey, which was based on the responses of over 188,000 students, today's traditional-age college freshmen are "more materialistic and less altruistic (利他主义的)" than at any time in the 17 years of the poll.
Not surprising in these hard times, the student's major objective
"is to be financially well off. Less important than ever is developing a meaningful philosophy of life." It follows then that today the most popular course is not literature or history but accounting.
Interest in teaching, social service and the "altruistic" fields is at a low. On the other hand, enrollment in business programs, engineering and computer science is way up.
That's no surprise either. A friend of mine (a sales representative for a chemical company) was making twice the salary of her college instructors her first year on the job—even before she completed her
two-year associate degree.
While it's true that we all need a career, it is equally true that our civilization has accumulated an incredible amount of knowledge in fields far removed from our own and that we are better for our understanding of these other contributions—be they scientific or artistic. It is equally true that, in studying the diverse wisdom of others, we learn how to think. More important,
perhaps, education teaches us to see the connections between things, as well as to see beyond our immediate needs.
Weekly we read of unions who went on strike for higher wages, only
to drive their employer out of business. No company; no job. How shortsighted in the long run!
But the most important argument for a broad education is that in studying the accumulated wisdom of the ages, we improve our moral sense.
I saw a cartoon recently which shows a group of businessmen looking puzzled as they sit around a conference table; one of them is talking on the intercom (对讲机): "Miss
Baxter," he says, "could you please send in someone who can distinguish right from wrong?"
From the long-term point of view, that's what education really ought to be about.
46、 According to the author's observation, college students ______.
A(have never been so materialistic as today
B(have never been so interested in the arts
C(have never been so financially well off as today
D(have never attached so much importance to moral sense
47、 The students' criteria for selecting majors today have much to do with ______.
A(the influences of their instructors
B(the financial goals they seek in life
C(their own interpretations of the courses
D(their understanding of the contributions of others
48、 By saying "While it's true that... be they scientific or artistic" (Para. 5), the author means that ______.
A(business management should be included in educational programs B(human wisdom has accumulated at an extraordinarily high speed
C(human intellectual development has reached new heights
D(the importance of a broad education should not be overlooked 49、Studying the diverse wisdom of others can ______.
A(create varying artistic interests
B(help people see things in the right perspective
C(help improve connections among people
D(regulate the behavior of modern people
50、 Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A(Businessmen absorbed in their career are narrow-minded.
B(Managers often find it hard to tell right from wrong.
C(People engaged in technical jobs lead a more rewarding life.
D(Career seekers should not focus on immediate interests only.
Passage Two
It is hard to track the blue whale, the ocean's largest creature, which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling and is now listed as an endangered species. Attaching radio devices to it is difficult, and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior.
So biologists were delighted early this year when, with the help of the Navy, they were able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days, monitoring its sounds. This was possible because of the Navy's formerly top-secret system of underwater listening devices spanning the oceans.
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.
大学英语四级阅读理解模拟题 The most frightening words in the English language are, "Our computer is down. " You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, "I' m sorry, I can' t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down. " "If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket. " "I can' t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so. " I looked down on the computer and every passenger .was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, "What do all you people do?" "We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not. " "So when it goes down, you go down with it. " "That' s good, sir. " "How long will the computer be down?" I wanted to know. "I have no idea. Sometimes it' s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There' s no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it' s down it won' t answer us. "
1 / 7 系别 班级 学号 姓名 ……………………………密………………………….封……………………….线…………………………… 大学英语四级模拟题八 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) A tourist guide. B) A travel agent. C) A receptionist. D) A clerk in a ticket office. 2. A) Paul usually flies to Japan with Betty. B) Paul changed his mind at the last minute. C) Paul persuaded Betty to change her mind. D) Paul planned to go to Japan with Betty by sea. 3. A) He thinks a portable DVD would be a nice gift. B) He thinks he will give her a new portable DVD for her birthday. C) He thinks they should buy a DVD player. D) He thinks her mother needs a new DVD player. 4. A) Send an e-mail to Mr. Johnson without delay for Mr. Davis. B) Ask Tom to send an e-mail to Mr. Johnson at once. C) Photocopy the report right away. D) Ask someone to send an e-mail to Mr. Johnson immediately. 5. A) About 40 minutes. B) About an hour. C) More than 40 minutes. D) More than an hour. 6. A) At a party. B) In a hotel. C) In a restaurant. D) In an office. 7. A) Ask his roommate about Dr. Lee and his latest books. B) Ask his roommate where she can buy a copy of Dr. Lee's new book. C) Ask his roommate how to get in touch with Dr. Lee. D) Ask his roommate if she can have his extra copy of Dr. Lee's new book. 8. A) They are close friends. B) They are cousins. C) They are twins. D) They are desk-mates. 9. A) George survived an accident. B) George bought a new car for his wife. C) George's wife got injured in an accident. D) George was killed in an accident. 10. A) She never does extra work. B) She enjoys her job very much. C) She doesn't mind doing a lot of work for others. D) She doesn't care how much work she does as long as she can keep her job. Questions 11 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 11. A) He finds it hard to afford the rent all by himself. B) He feels lonely living all by himself. C) He needs to find somebody to make the apartment more comfortable. D) He wants to get help with his courses from his roommate. 12. A) The carpet in the living room is soiled in several places. B) The carpet in the living room is worn out in several places. C) The toilet is clogged and the sink has a few leaks. D) The windows in the bathroom can keep out rain and snow. 13. A) He used some cardboard to keep it shut. B) He applied some super glue to keep the hinges on tightly. C) He pushed a box against the door to keep it shut. D) He pushed a chair against the door to keep it shut. 14. A) Find a job for the man. B) Split the rent. C) Help Dave fix up the house. D) Look for another place. 15. A) Fixing a house. B) Renting a house. C) Sharing the rent of the house. D) Finding another house. Section B
大学英语四级模拟题十D) Whether people can smoke in the library. 10. A) Becauseit ’s bad for her healthB. ) Because it had bad influences on children. Part I Listening Comprehension (35’）C) Because it makes him smell. D) Because it makes him cough. Section A Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations and 1 long conversation. Questions 11 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about 11. A) He is not satisfied with his present job. what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only B) He worries too much about his grandmother. once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must C) People dislike his food. read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best D) He is going to be fired. answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single 12. A) He learned it in a training center of cooking. line through the center. B) He learned it from his grandmother. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上对应题号作答。C) He learned it from his mother. 1. A) At 9:15. B) Before 9:15. C) At 9:30. D) Before 9:50. D) He learned it from his wife. 2. A) He does not understand it. B) He does not like it. 1 3. A) He dislikes other businessmen. 3. C) He is used to it. D) He does not have to take it. B) He wants to have more chance to go on business. 4. A) They were in a doctor s office’. 5. C) He doesn ’t want to trouble others. B) They worked in the same office. D) He wants to be self-employed. C) They were in a workshop. 14. A) Whether he would have enough funds. D) They were talking in the weight lifting room at the gym. B) Whether his food is to the customers ’taste. 6. A) Carry the suitcase with the woman. C) Whether his family members would support him. 7. B) Carry the suitcase upstairs. D) Whether he can pay less tax to the government. 8. C) Carry the suitcase up to the plane. 15. A) Daniel gets encouragement from his friend Misha. 9. D) Carry the suitcase down to the ship. B) The two speakers haven ’t seen each other g f o t r i m a el o.n 10. A) At eight o ’clock. B) At nine o ’clock. C) Daniel wants to be in the food business. 11. C) At ten o ’clock. D) An hour later. D) Daniel ’s grandmother is an experienced businesswoman. 12. A) He broke his leg. B) He caught a cold. C) He had a car accident. D) He didn’t like to go to dance with the girl. Section B 13. A) He doesn ’t know what he wants to do. Directions:In this section, you will hear 2 short passages. At the end of each passage, B) He likes to work this summer. you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be C) He wonders whether the woman has a job. spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best D) He can ’t decide where to go on vacation. answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the 14. A) At a hairdresser ’s. B) At a tailor ’ｓcorresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. C) At a photographer ’s. D) At a butcher ’s. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上对应题号作答。 15. A) The content of the note book. Questions 16 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. B) What the woman wrote in the note. 16. A) His age and appearance. B) His personality. ...
最牛英语口语培训模式：躺在家里练口语，全程外教一对一，三个月畅谈无阻！ 洛基英语，免费体验全部在线一对一课程：https://www.doczj.com/doc/ef3395890.html,/ielts/xd.html（报名网址）Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. Material culture refers to what can be seen, held, felt, used -what a culture produces. Examining a culture’s tools andtechnology can tell us about the group’s history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of mus ic can help us to understand the music-culture. The most vivid body of material culture in it, of course, are musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph (留声机) was invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about music-cultures in the remote past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence: instruments well preserved and instruments pictured in art. Through the study of instruments, as well as paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Near East to China over a thousand years ago, or we can outline the spread of Near Eastern influence to Europe that resulted in the development of most of the instruments in the symphony orchestra（交响乐）. Sheet music（乐谱）or printed music, too, is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music-cultures as those in which people learn and sing music by earrather than from print, but research shows mutual influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain, and America. Printed versions limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation（乐谱）has a far-reaching effect on musicians and, when it becomes widespread, on the music-culture as a whole. One more important part of music’s material culture should be singled out: the influence of the electronic media-radio, record player, tape recorder, television, and videocassette, with the future promising talking and singing computers a nd other developments. This is all part of the “information revolution”, a twentieth-century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution was in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modern nations; they have affected music-cultures all over the globe. 31. Research into the material culture of a nation is of great importance because ____. A) it helps produce new cultural tools and technology B) it can reflect the development of the nation C) it helps understand the nation’s past and present D) it can demonstrate the nation’s civilization 32. It can be learned from this passage that ____. A) the existence of the symphony was attributed to the spread of Near Eastern and Chinese music