大学英语四级模拟题十一(含规范标准答案)

part　ii　reading　comprehension　(35　minutes)　directions:there　are　four　reading　passages　in　this　part.　each　passage　is　followed　by　some　questions.　for　each　question　there　are　four　suggested　answers　marked　a,b,c　and　d.　you　should　choose　the one　best　answer　and　blacken　the　corresponding　letter　on　the　answer　sheet　with　a　pencil. passage　1　mrs.　lester　kept　on　asking　her　husband　to　take　her　to　the　ballet.　mr.　lester　hates　the　ballet,　but when　his　employer　invited　him　and　his　wife,　he　could　not　get　out　of　it.　as　they　drove　to　the theatre　that　evening,　the　fog　got　worse　and　worse.　the　traffic　slowed　down　to　a　walking　pace　and　almost　stopped.　when　they　eventually　got　to　the　theatre,　the　ballet　was　over.　mrs.　lester　could not　work　out　how　it　had　taken　them　so　long　to　get　there,　even　taking　the　fog　into　account.　the　theatre　was　within　walking　distance　of　their　house.　it　took　her　a　long　time　to　get　over　the　disappointment.　a　month　later,　mrs.　lester　found　out　what　had　happened.　mr.lester　told　a　friend　of　his　that　he　had　taken　wrong　turning　on　purpose.　this　friend　told　his　wife,　and　the　wife　immediately　went　around　to　tell　mrs.　lester.　the　two　women　began　to　plan　a　revenge.　one　day,　when　mr.　lester　was　not　in,　they　broke　into　his　study,　which　he　always　locked.　his　hobby　was　collecting　old　coins.　mrs.　lester　had　already　worked　out　how　much　his　collection　was　worth:$850!they　were　taking some　coins　out　of　the　case　when　they　heard　a　car　pull　up　outside　the　house.　mrs.　lester　quickly　switched　the　light　off,　and　they　waited,　holding　their　breath.　the　front　door　opened　and　mr.　lester　came　in.　they　heard　him　take　hisc　oat　off.　he　walked　towards　the　study　door　and　opened it.　there　was　no　chance　for　the　women　to　get　away　without　being　seen.　mr.　lester　switched　the light　on　and　was　astounded　to　see　his　wife　standing　there　with　a　handful　of　valuable　coins.　it took　both　husband　and　wife　a　long　time　to　get　over　this. 1.　which　of　the　following　is　correct?看答案a.　mr.　lester　likes　to　watch　ballet.　b.　mrs.　lester　likes　to　watch　ballet.c.　both　of　them　like　to　watch　ballet　d.　neither　of　them　likes　to　watch　ballet. 2.　it　was　quite　when　they　drove　to　the　theatre..看答案a.　rainyb.　stormyc.　cloudyd.　foggy3.　the　theater　is　from　mr.　and　mrs.　lester's.看答案a.　an　hour-drivingb.　in　the　other　side　of　the　city　c.　very　neard.　half　an　hour　of　bicycle　riding 4.　the　wife　of　mr.　lester's　friend　is　a　.看答案a.　social　workerb.　house　cleanerc.　baby　sitterd.　gossip 5.　how　many　persons　are　mentioned　in　this　story?看答案a.　threeb.　fourc.　fived.　six.　passage　2the　motor　vehicle　has　killed　and　disabled　more　people　in　its　brief　history　than　any　bomb　or　weapon　ever　invented.　much　of　the　blood　on　the　street　flows　essentially　from　uncivil　behavior　of　drivers　who　refuse　to　respect　the　legal　and　moral　rights　of　others.　so　the　massacre　on　the　road　may　be　regarded　as　a　social　problem.　in　fact,　the　enemies　of　society　on　wheels　are　rather　harmless　people　just　ordinary　people　acting　carelessly,　you　might　say.　but　it　is　a　principle　both　of　law　and　common　morality　that　carelessness is　no　excuse　when　one's　actions　could　bring　death　or　damage　to　others.　a　minority　of　the　killers　go　even　beyond　carelessness　to　total　negligence.　researchers　have　estimated　that　as　many　as　80　per　cent　of　all　automobile　accidents　can　be　attributed　to　the　psychological　condition　of　the　driver.　emotional　upsets　can　distort　drivers'　reactions,　slow　their　judgement,　and　blind　them　to　dangers　that　might　otherwise　be　evident.　the　experts　warn that　it　is　vital　for　every　driver　to　make　a　conscious　effort　to　keep　one's　emotions　under　control.　yet　the　irresponsibility　that　accounts　for　much　of　the　problem　is　not　confined　to　drivers.　street　walkers　regularly　violate　traffic　regulations,　they　are　at　fault　in　most　vehicle　walker　accidents;　and　many　cyclists　even　believe　that　they　are　not　subject　to　the　basic　rules　of　the　road.　significant　legal　advances　have　been　made　towards　safer　driving　in　the　past　few　years.　safety　standards　for　vehicle　have　been　raised　both　at　the　point　of　manufacture　and　through　periodic　road-worthiness　inspections.　in　addition,　speed　limits　have　been　lowered.　due　to　these　measures,　the　accident　rate　has　decreased.　but　the　accident　experts　still　worry　because　there　has　been　little　or　no　improvement　in　the　way　drivers　behave.　the　only　real　and　lasting　solution,　say　the　experts,　is　to　convince　people　that　driving　is　a　skilled　task　requiring　constant　care　and　concentration.　those　who　fail　to　do　all　these　things　present　a　threat　to　those　with　whom　they　share　the　road.6.　what　is　the　author's　main　purpose　in　writing　the　passage?看答案a.　to　show　that　the　motor　vehicle　is　a　very　dangerous　invention.b.　to　promote　understanding　between　careless　drivers　and　street　walkers.c.　to　discuss　traffic　problems　and　propose　possible　solutions.d.　to　warn　drivers　of　the　importance　of　safe　driving. 7.　according　to　the　passage,　traffic　accidents　may　be　regarded　as　a　social　problem　because　.看答案a.　autos　have　become　most　destructive　to　mankindb.　people　usually　pay　little　attention　to　law　and　moralityc.　civilization　brings　much　harm　to　peopled.　the　lack　of　virtue　is　becoming　more　severe 8.　why　does　the　author　mention　the　psychological　condition　of　the　driver　in　paragraph　three?看答案a.　to　give　an　example　of　the　various　reasons　for　road　accidents.b.　to　show　how　important　it　is　for　drivers　to　be　emotionally　healthy.c.　to　show　some　of　the　inaccurate　estimations　by　researchers.d.　to　illustrate　the　hidden　tensions　in　the　course　of　driving. 9.　who　are　not　mentioned　as　being　responsible　for　the　road　accidents?看答案a.　careless　bicycle-riders.b.　mindless　people　walking　in　the　street.c.　irresponsible　drivers.d.　irresponsible　manufactures　of　automobiles. 10.　which　of　the　following　best　reflects　the　author's　attitude　toward　a　future　without　traffic　accident　problems?看答案a.　doubtful　yet　still　longing　forb.　happy　and　rather　confidentc.　surprised　and　very　pleasedd.　disappointed　and　deeply　worried　passage　3　in　the　early　days　of　nuclear　power,　the　united　states　made　money　on　it.　but　today　opponents　have　so　complicated　its　development　that　no　nuclear　plants　have　been　ordered　or　built　here　in　12　years.　the　greatest　fear　of　nuclear　power　opponents　has　always　been　a　reactor　“meltdown”.　today,　the　chances　of　a　meltdown　that　would　threaten　u.s.　public　health　are　testing　new　reactors　that　rely　not on　human　judgment　to　shut　them　down　but　on　the　laws　of　nature.　now　general　electric　is　already　building　two　advanced　reactors　in　japan.　but　don't　expect　them　even　on　u.s.　shores　unless　things　change　in　washington.　the　procedure　for　licensing　nuclear　power　plants　is　a　bad　dream.　any　time　during,　or　even　after,　construction,　an　objection　by　any　group　or　individual　can　bring　everything　to　a　halt　while　the　matter　is　investigated　or　taken　to　court.　meanwhile,　the　builder　must　add　nice but not necessary　improvements,　some　of　which　force　him　to　knock　down　walls　and　start　over.　in　every　case　when　a　plant　has　been　opposed,　the　nuclear　regulation　commission　has　ultimately　granted　a　license　to　construct　or　operate.　but　the　victory　often　costs　so　much　that　the　utility　ends　up　abandoning　the　plant　anyway.　a　case　in　point　is　the　shoreham　plant　on　new　york's　long　island.　shoreham　was　a　virtual　twin　to the　millstone　plant　in　connecticut,　both　ordered　in　the　mid 60s'.　millstone,　complete　for　$　101　million,　has　been　generating　electricity　for　two　decades.　shoreham,　however,　was　singled　out　by　antinuclear　activists　who,　by　sending　in　endless　protests,　drove　the　cost　over　$　5　billion　and　delayed　its　use　for　many　years.shoreham　finally　won　its　operation　license.　but　the　plant　has　never　produced　a　watt　power.　governor　mario　cuomo,　an　opponent　of　a　shoreharn　start up,　used　his　power　to　force　new　york's　publicutilities　commission　to　accept　the　following　settlement:　the　power　company　could　pass　the　cost　of　shoreham　along　to　its　consumers　only　if　it　agreed　not　to　operate　the　plant.　today,　a　perfectly　good　facility,　capable　of　servicing　hundreds　of　thousands　of　homes,　sits　rusting. 11.　the　author's　attitude　towards　the　development　of　nuclear　power　is　.看答案a.　negativeb.　neutralc.　positived.　questioning 12.　what　has　made　the　procedure　for　licensing　nuclear　plants　a　bad　dream?看答案a.　the　inefficiency　of　the　nuclear　regulation　commission.b.　the　enormous　cost　of　construction　and　operation.c.　the　length　of　time　it　takes　to　make　investigations.d.　the　objection　of　the　opponents　of　nuclear　power. 13.　it　can　be　inferred　from　paragraph　2　that　.看答案a.　there　are　not　enough　safety　measures　in　the　u.s.　for　running　new　nuclear　power　plantsb.　it　is　not　technical　difficulties　that　prevent　the　building　of　nuclear　power　plants　in　the　u.s.c.　there　are　already　more　nuclear　power　plants　than　necessary　in　the　u.s.d.　the　american　government　will　not　allow　japanese　nuclear　reactors　to　be　installed　in　the　u.s. 14.　governor　mario　cuomo's　chief　intention　in　proposing　the　settlement　was　to　.看答案a.　stop　the　shoreham　plant　from　going　into　operationb.　urge　the　power　company　to　further　increase　its　power　supplyc.　permit　the　shoreham　plant　to　operate　under　certain　conditionsd.　help　the　power　company　to　solve　its　financial　problems 15.　from　which　sentence　of　the　article　can　you　see　the　attitude　of　the　author　and　that　of　govenor　mario　cuomo　respectively?看答案a.　the　2nd　sentence　in　the　frist　paragraph,　the　3rd　sentence　in　the　last　paragraph.b.　the　last　sentence,　the　last　sentence　but　one　c.　the　last　sentence　in　para.2,　last　sentence　but　one.d.　the　last　sentence　in　para　3,　the　3rd　sentence　in　the　fifth　paragraph.　passage　4oes　a　bee　know　what　is　going　on　in　its　mind　when　it　navigates　its　way　to　distant　food　sources and　back　to　the　hive　(蜂房),　using　polar i z e d 0 s u n l i g h t 0 a n d 0 t h e 0 t i n y 0 m a g n e t 0 i t 0 c a r r i e s 0 a s 0 a 0 n a v i g a t i o n a l 0 a i d ? 0 o r 0 i s 0 t h e 0 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专业英语四级（语法与词汇）模拟试卷111(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 4. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARYPART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (15 MIN)Directions: There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.1．Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?A．Fifteen miles seems like a long walk to me.B．John, as much as his brothers, was responsible for the loss.C．Neither you, nor I, nor anyone else was awarded the prize.D．Enough of the data has been collected.正确答案：D解析：主谓一致。

A项中，当名词词组中心词为表示度量、时间等复数名词时，可以根据意义一致的原则，把这些复数名词看作一个整体，谓语动词采用单数形式；B项中，当主语后跟有as well as，as much as，rather than，more than，no less than等引导的介词短语时，其谓语动词形式依主语的单复数而定；C项中，由or, either…or…，neither…nor…，not only…but also…连接的并列主语的主谓一致，按就近原则处理。

D项中，当名词词组中心词是all，most，half或者the rest，the remainder等，其主谓一致关系一般遵循意义一致的原则：如果所指为复数意义，动词用复数形式；反之，用单数。

大学英语四级考试模考参考答案As a person, we must have independent thoughts and personality.大学英语四级考试预测试题答案Part I Writing【范文】Dama square dance culture has generated some controversy recently. In my opinion, square dance has exceptional advantages of enriching senior citizens’ lives.First of all, there is no doubt that Dama square dance can play an important role in improving the elderly’s health. Doing square dance may help cure some chronic diseases, thus lowering the costs of health care for the elderly. Secondly, this group activity has a social function for the lonely and helpless senior citizens, especially those from other cities. It offers a golden opportunity to make friends and communicate with one another. Finally, Damas do not need to spend any money on square dance.In order to avoid disturbing people in the neighborhood, we should impose some restrictions on the “timing” and “music volume” of square dance. For instance, square dance should finish before 7 ., and music volume should be turned down to such an extent so as not to affect other people’s life.Government should also draft relevant regulations as soon as possible.Part II Listening Comprehension1. B2. C3. A4. D5. D6. A7. C8. C9. B 10. D11. A 12. B 13. A 14. A 15. B 16. A 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. B21. D 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. CPart III Reading Comprehension26. E 27. L 28. H 29. N 30. B 31. I 32. C 33. M 34. A 35. K36. D 37. J 38. F 39. A 40. G 41. C42. K 43. B 44. H 45. E46. B 47. D 48. A 49. C 50. B 51. B 52. B 53. D 54. D 55. APart IV Translation【参考译文】Confucius （551 .~479 .） is a great educator, thinker and statesman in China’s history, and the founder of Confucianism as well. He set up private schools, enrolling and educating disciples, and created his own ethics with “benevolence” as the core. It’s said that he had 3,000 disciples and he led some of them to visit various states. His views and dialogues with his disciples were collected and compiled into TheAnalects of Confucius, which has been read through all ages. Since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has predominated the traditional Chinese culture for more than 2,000 years with a far-reaching impact.。

四级模拟标准试题及答案一、听力理解（共30分）1. A) 根据题目所给的选项，选择与所听材料相符的一项。

A) 选项AB) 选项BC) 选项CD) 选项D[答案] C2. B) 根据所听对话，选择正确答案。

A) 选项AB) 选项BC) 选项CD) 选项D[答案] A3. C) 根据所听短文，回答以下问题。

What is the main idea of the passage?A) 选项AB) 选项BC) 选项CD) 选项D[答案] B二、阅读理解（共40分）1. 根据所给文章，选择最佳答案。

A) 选项AB) 选项BC) 选项CD) 选项D[答案] A2. 阅读下文，回答以下问题。

What does the author mainly discuss in the passage?A) 选项AB) 选项BC) 选项CD) 选项D[答案] C3. 阅读文章，判断以下陈述是否正确。

A) 陈述AB) 陈述BC) 陈述CD) 陈述D[答案] A) 正确B) 错误C) 正确D) 错误三、完形填空（共20分）1. 根据上下文，选择最合适的选项填入空白处。

A) 选项AB) 选项BC) 选项CD) 选项D[答案] B2. 根据文章内容，选择最合适的词组填入空白处。

A) 选项AB) 选项BC) 选项CD) 选项D[答案] C3. 根据语境，选择最合适的短语填入空白处。

A) 选项AB) 选项BC) 选项CD) 选项D[答案] A四、翻译（共10分）1. 将以下句子从中文翻译成英文。

中文句子：__________English translation: __________[答案] English translation: _________2. 将以下句子从英文翻译成中文。

English sentence: ____________中文翻译：__________[答案] 中文翻译：__________五、写作（共30分）1. 根据所给题目，写一篇不少于120词的短文。

大学英语四级模拟试题及答案解析 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. C) it's very exhausting. D) It's quite challenging. 8. A) movie. B) A lecture. C) A play. D) A speech. 9. A) The weather is mild compared to the past years. B) They are having the coldest winter ever. C) The weather will soon get warmer. D) The weather may get even colder. 10. A) The mystery story. B) The hiring of a shop assistant. C) The search for a reliable witness. D) An unsolved case of robbery. Section B Passage One Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) They want to change the way English is taught. B) They learn English to find well-paid jobs. C) They want to have an up-to-date knowledge of English. D) They know clearly what they want to learn. 12. A) Professionals. B) College students. C) Beginners D) Intermediate earners. 13. A) Courses for doctors. B) Courses for businessmen. C) Courses for reporters. D) Courses for lawyers. 14. A) Three groups of learners. B) The importance of business English. C) English for Specific Purposes. D) Features of English for different papacies. Passage Two Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. 15. A) To show off their wealth. B) To feel good. C) To regain their memory. D) To be different from others. 16. A) To help solve their psychological problems. B) To play games with them. C) To send sham to the hospital. D) To make them aware of its harmfulness. 17. A) They need care and affection. B) They are fond of round-the-world trips. C) They are mostly from broken families. D) They are likely to commit crimes. Passage Three Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 18. A) Because it was too heavy. B) Because it did not bend easily. C) Because it did not shoot far. D) Because its string was short. 19. A) It went out of use 300 years ago B) h was invented alter the short how. C) It was discovered before fire and the wheel. D) It's still in use today. 20. A) They are accurate and easy to pull. B) Their shooting range is 40 yards. C) They are usually used indoors. D) They took 100 years to develop. 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. Design of all the new tools and implements is based on careful experiments with electronic instruments. First, a human “guinea pig”is tested using a regular tool. Measurements are taken of the amount of work done, and the buildup of heat in the body. Twisted joints and stretched muscles can not perform as well, it has been found, as joints and muscles in their normal positions. The same person is then tested again, using a tool designed according to the suggestions made by Dr. Tichauer. All these tests have shown the great improvement of the new designs over the old. One of the electronic instruments used by Dr. Tichauer, the myograph （肌动记器）, makes visible through electrical signals the work done by human muscle. Another machine measures any dangerous features of tools, thus proving information upon which to base a new design. One conclusion of tests made with this machine is that a tripod stepladder is more stable and safer to use than one with four legs. This work has attracted the attention of efficiency experts and time-and-motion-study engineer, but its value goes far beyond that. Dr. Tichauer’s first thought is for the health of the tool user. With the repeated use of the same tool all day long on production lines and in other jobs, even light manual work can put a heavy stress on one small area of the body. In time, such stress can cause a disabling disease. Furthermore, muscle fatigue is a serious safety hazard. Efficiency is the by-product of comfort, Dr. Tichauer believes, and his new designs for traditional tools have proved his point. 21. What are involved in the design of a new tool according to the passage? A) Electronic instruments and a regular tool. B) A human “guinea pig”and a regular tool. C) Electronic instruments and a human “guinea pig”. D) Electronic instruments, a human “guinea pig”and a regular tool. 22. From the passage we know that joints and muscles perform best when __________________. A) they are twisted and stretched B) they are in their normal positions C) they are tested with a human “guinea pig” D) they are tested with electronic instruments 23. A “myograph”(Para. 2, Line 1) is an electronic instrument that ________________. A) is able to design new tools B) measures the amount of energy used C) enable people to see the muscular movements D) visualizes electrical signals 24. It can be inferred from the passage that ________________. A) a stepladder used to have four legs. B) it is dangerous to use tools C) a tripod is safer in a tool design D) workers are safer on production lines 25. Dr. Tichauer started his experiments initially to _________________. A) improve efficiency B) increase production C) reduce work load D) improve comfort Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: More and more, the operations of our businesses, governments, and financial institutions are controlled by information that exists only inside computer memories. Anyone clever enough to modify this information for his own purposes can reap big reward. Even worse, a number of people who have done this and been caught at it have managed to get away without punishment. It’s easy for computer crimes to go undetected if no one checks up on what the computer is doing. But even if the crime is detected, the criminal may walk away not only unpunished but with a glowing recommendation from his former employers. Of course, we have no statistics on crimes that go undetected. But it’s disturbing to note how many of the crimes we do know about were detected by accident, not by systematic inspections or other security procedures. The computer criminals who have been caught may have been the victims of uncommonly bad luck. Unlike other lawbreakers, who must leave the country, commit suicide, or go to jail, computer criminals sometimes escape punishment, demanding not only that they not be charged but that they be given good recommendations and perhaps other benefits. All too often, their demands have been met. Why? Because company executives are afraid of the bad publicity that would result if the public found out that their computer had been misused. They hesitate at the thought of a criminal boasting in open court of how he juggled (诈骗) the most confidential （保密）records right under the noses of the company’s executives, accountants, and security staff. And so another computer criminal departs with just the recommendations he needs to continue his crimes elsewhere. 26. It can be concluded from the passage that _______________. A) it is still impossible to detect computer crimes today B) people commit computer crimes at the request of their company C) computer criminals escape punishment because they can’t be detected D) computer crimes are the most serious problem in the operation of financial institutions 27. It is implied in the third paragraph that _________________. A) most computer criminals who are caught blame their bad luck B) the rapid increase of computer crimes is a troublesome problem C) most computer criminals are smart enough to cover up their crimes D) many more computer crimes go undetected that are discovered 28. Which of the following statements is mentioned in the passage? A) A strict law against computer crimes must be enforced B) Companies usually hesitate to uncover computer crimes to protect their reputation C) Companies will guard against computer crimes to protect their reputation D) Companies need to impose restrictions on confidential information 29. What may happen to computer criminals once they are caught? A) With a bad reputation they can hardly find another job. B) They may walk away and easily find another job. C) They will be denied access to confidential records D) They must leave the country to go to jail. 30. The passage is mainly about _________________. A) why computer criminals are often able to escape punishment B) why computer crimes are difficult to detect by systematic inspections C) how computer criminals mange to get good recommendations from their former employers D) why computer crimes can’t be eliminated Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply separated and where many household tasks are shared to a greater or lesser extent, notions of male superiority are hard to maintain. The pattern of sharing in tasks and indecision makes for equality and this in turn leads to further sharing. In such a home, the growing boy and girl learn to accept equality more easily than did their parents and to prepare more fully for participation in a world characterized by cooperation rather than by the “battle of the sexes”. If the process goes too far and man’s role is regarded as less important –and that has happened in some cases – we are as badly off as before, only in reverse. It is time to reassess the role of the man in the American family. We are getting a little tired of “Momism”– but we don’t want to exchange it for a “neo-Popism”. What we need, rather, is the recognition that bringing up children involves a partnership of equals. There are signs that psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and specialists on the family are becoming more aware of the part men play and that they have decided that women should not receive all the credit – nor the blame. We have almost given up saying that a woman’s place is in the home. We are beginning, however, to analyse man’s place in the home and to insist that he does have a place in it. Nor is that place irrelevant to the healthy development of the child. The family is a co-operative enterprise for which it is difficult to lay down rules, because each family needs to work out its own ways for solving its own problems. Excessive authoritarianism（命令主义）has unhappy consequences, whether it wears skirts or trousers, and the ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is pertinent （相关的，切题的）not only to a healthy democracy, but also to a healthy family. 31. The ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is _________________. A) fundamental to a sound democracy B) not pertinent to healthy family life C) responsible for Momism D) what we have almost given up 32. The danger in the sharing of household tasks by the mother and the father is that ___________. A) the role of the father may become an inferior one’ B) the role of the mother may become an inferior one C) C) the children will grow up believing that life is a battle of sexes D) sharing leads to constant arguing 33. The author states that bringing up children ________________. A) is mainly the mother’s job B) belongs among the duties of the father C) is the job of schools and churches D) involves a partnership of equals 34. According to the author, the father’s role in the home is ____________________. A) minor because he is an ineffectual parent B) irrelevant to the healthy development of the child C) pertinent to the healthy development of the child D) identical to the role of the child’s mother 35. With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree? A) A healthy, co-operative family is a basic ingredient of a healthy society. B) Men are basically opposed to sharing household chores. C) Division of household responsibilities is workable only in theory. D) A woman’s place in the home – now as always. Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage: Teaching children to read well from the start is the most important task of elementary schools. But relying on educators to approach this task correctly can be a great mistake. Many schools continue to employ instructional methods that have been proven ineffective. The staying power of the “look-say” or “whole-word” method of teaching beginning reading is perhaps the most flagrant example of this failure to instruct effectively. The whole-word approach to reading stresses the meaning of words over the meaning of letters, thinking over decoding, developing a sight vocabulary of familiar words over developing the ability to unlock the pronunciation of unfamiliar words. It fits in with the self-directed, “learning how to learn”activities recommended by advocates （倡导者）of “open”classrooms and with the concept that children have to be developmentally ready to begin reading. Before 1963, no major publisher put out anything but these “Run-Spot-Run” readers. However, in 1955, Rudolf Flesch touched off what has been called “the great debate”in beginning reading. In his best-seller Why Johnny Can’t Read, Flesch indicted（控诉）the nation’s public schools for miseducating students by using the look-say method. He said – andmore scholarly studies by Jeane Chall and Rovert Dykstra later confirmed –that another approach to beginning reading, founded on phonics（语音学）, is far superior. Systematic phonics first teachers children to associate letters and letter combinations with sounds; it then teaches them how to blend these sounds together to make words. Rather than building up a relatively limited vocabulary of memorized words, it imparts a code by which the pronunciations of the vast majority of the most common words in the English language can be learned. Phonics does not devalue the importance of thinking about the meaning of words and sentences; it simply recognizes that decoding is the logical and necessary first step. 36. The author feels that counting on educators to teach reading correctly is _____________. A) only logical and natural B) the expected position C) probably a mistake D) merely effective instruction 37. The author indicts the look-say reading approach because _________________. A) it overlooks decoding B) Rudolf Flesch agrees with him C) he says it is boring D) many schools continue to use this method 38. One major difference between the look-say method of learning reading and the phonics method is _______________. A) look-say is simpler B) Phonics takes longer to learn C) look-say is easier to teach D) phonics gives readers access to far more words 39. The phrase “touch-off”(Para 3, Line 1) most probably means _____________. A) talk about shortly B) start or cause C) compare with D) oppose 40. According to the author, which of the following statements is true? A) Phonics approach regards whole-word method as unimportant. B) The whole-word approach emphasizes decoding. C) In phonics approach, it is necessary and logical to employ decoding. D) Phonics is superior because it stresses the meaning of words thus the vast majority of mostcommon words can be learned. Part Three Vocabulary and Structure Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 41. Word had come from the manager ____________ a new transaction would be concluded. A) who B) that C) which D) when 42. There was a traffic jam, but she ____________ get to the destination in time. A) could B) might C) ought to D) was able to 43. "Do you think ____________ I should attend the lecture?" she asked me. A) that B) whether C) if D) when 44. Their room was on the third floor, its window ____________ the sports ground. A) overlooks B) overlooking C) overlooked D) to overlook 45. On no account ____________ to anyone who works in the company. A) my name must be mentioned B) my name must mention C) must my name be mentioned D) must my name mention 46. Jim knows little of mathematics, ____________ of chemistry. A) and still less B) as well as C) no less than D) and still more 47. The man denied ____________ any thing at the supermarket when he was questioned by the police. A) to have stolen B) to steal C) having stolen D) having been stealing 48. Did he tell you what ____________ if he had a chance? A) was he going to do B) he would do C) be had done D) had to do 49. The results were to ____________ yesterday, but we have heard nothing. A) reveal B) have revealed C) be revealed D) have been revealed 50. Calculations, which are astronomically exact, have been made ____________ with the use of computers. A) possible B) it possible C) possibly D) to be possible 51. To handle the delicate situation, you must ；be____________ A) more than careful B) more carefully C) carefully enough D) enough carefully 52. The governess agreed to teach the temperamental child ____________ she was given complete authority. A) whether B) for C) that D) provided 53. According to the periodic table, ____________ still some elements undiscovered. A) there seem to be B) it seems to be C) it seems that D) here seem 54. The farmer used wood to build a house ____________ to store grain. A) with B) in which C) which D) where 55. A beam of light will not bend round the corners unless ____________ to do so with the help of a reflecting device. A) being done B) made C) to be made D) having made 56. ____________, the more severe the winters are. A) The more north you go B) The farther you go the north C) The more you go north D) The farther north you go 57. Vicky has been sad recently, for her plan to go to college ____________ at the last moment. A) fell out B) fell behind C) fell through D) fell off 58. You had better ____________ teasing these newcomers, for that will hurt their feeling. A) leave out B) leave for C) leave off D) leave behind 59. Don't lose heart! You should _____________ your courage and overcome the difficulty. A) hold up B) set up C) pull up D) pluck up 60. He ____________ a sum of money every month to help the two orphans. A) sets aside B) sets up C) sets along D) sets in 61. His debts had to be _____________ after he committed suicide with his rifle. A) laid off B) written off C) turned off D) put off 62. The gentleman ____________ a cherub with his letter. A) combined B) included C) kept D) enclosed 63. At the meeting both sides exchanged their views on a wide ____________ of topics they were interested in. A) extent B) number C) collection D) range 64. His ____________ has changed but he has kept the fine qualities of a scientific researcher. A) state B) status C) station D) statue 65. She can speak French and German, to ____________ nothing of English. A) say B) speak C) talk D) tell 66. If you play with electricity, you may get an electric ____________ A) strike B) beat C) shock D) knock 67. It was a wonderful play with a ____________ of over fifty actors and actresses. A) list B) group C) bunch D) herd 68. A ____________change in policy is needed if relations are ever to improve. A) strict B) wide C) ever D) radical 69. Please give my best ____________ to your family. A) notice B) attention C) regards D) cares 70. They bought the land with a ____________ to build a new office block. A) purpose B) view C) goal D) reason Part IV Close (15 minutes ) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the one that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Methods of studying vary; what works__71__ for some students doesn’t work at all for others. The only thing you can do is experiment __72__ you find a system that does work for you. But two things are sure: __73__ else can do your studying for you, and unless you do find a system that works, you won' t although college. Meantime, there are a few rules that__74__ for everybody. The hint is "don't get ___75___ ". The problem of studying, __76__ enough to start with, becomes almost__77__ when you are trying to do __78__ in one weekend. __79__ the fastest readers have trouble __80__ that. And if you are behind in written work that must be __81__, the teacher who accepts it __82__late will probably not give you good credit. Perhaps he may not accept it__83__ . Getting behind in one class because you are spending so much time on another is really no __84__. Feeling pretty virtuous about the seven hours you 'spend on chemistry won' t __85__one bit if the history teacher pops a quiz. And many freshmen do get into trouble by spending too much time on one class at the __86__of the others, either because they like one class much better or because they find it so much harder that they think, they should __87__all their time to it. __88__the reason, going the whole work for one class and neglecting the rest of them is a mistake, if you face this __89__, begin with the shortest and easiest __90__. Get them out of the way and then go to the more difficult, time consuming work. 71. A) good B) easily C) sufficiently D) well 72. A) until B) after C) while D ) so 73. A) somebody B) nobody C) everybody D) anybody 74. A) follow B) go C) operate D) work 75. A) behind B) after C) slow D) later 76. A) hardly B) unpleasant C) hard D) heavy 77. A) improbable B) necessary C) impossible D) inevitable 78. A) three week's work B) three weeks' works C) three weeks' work D) three week' s works 79. A) Even B) Almost C) If D) with 80. A) to do B) doing C) at doing D) with doing 81. A) turned in B) tuned up C) turned out D) given in 82. A) very B) quite C) such D) that 83. A) anyway B) either C) at all D) too 84. A) solution B) method C) answer D) excuse 85. A) help B) encourage C) assist D) improve 86. A) expense B) pay C) debt D) charge 87. A) devote B) put C) spend D) take 88. A) Whichever B) Whatever C) However D) Wherever 89. A) attraction B) decision C) temptation D) dilemma 90. A) arrangements B) way C) assignments D) class Part V Writing Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Good Manners. You should write at least 100 words and you should base your composition on the outline(given in Chinese)below: 1世界上的人都看重良好的行为举止. 2在公共场合的一些奶好的行为举止. 3如果每个人都培养起了好的行为举止, 答案及详解 Part One Listening Comprehension Section A 1-10 CCBDB DACDD 11-20 DABCB AACBA Tapescript Section A 1. M: Would you like a copy of professor Smith's article? W: Thanks, if it's not too much trouble. Q: What does the woman imply? 2. W: Did you visit the Television Tower when you had your vacation in Shanghai last summer? M: I couldn't make it last June. But I finally visited it two months later. I plan to visit it again sometime next year. Q: What do we learn about the man? 3. M: Prof. Kennedy has been very busy this semester. As far as I know, he works until mid-night every day. W: I wouldn't have troubled him so much if I had know he was so busy. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 4. W: If I were you, I would have accepted the job. M: I turned down the offer because it would mean frequent business trips away from my family: Q: Why didn't the man accept the job? 5. M: How are you getting on with your essay, Mary? I'm having a real hard time with mine. W: After two sleepless nights, I'm finally through with it. Q: What do we learn from this conversation? 6. W: Where did you say you found this bag? M: It was lying under a big tree between the park and the apartment building Q: Where did the man find the bag? 7. M: Wouldn't you get bored with the same routine year after year teaching the same things to children? W: I don't think it would be as boring as working in an office. Teaching is mat stimulating. Q: What does the woman imply about office work? 8. M: I was terribly embarrassed when some of the audience got up and left in the middle of the performance. W: Well, some people just can't seem to appreciate real-life drama. Q: What are they talking about? 9. W: Oh, it's so cold. We haven't had such a severe winter for so long, have we? M: Yes, the forecast says it's going to get worse before it warms up. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 10. M: You were seen hanging about the store on the night when it was robbed, weren't you? W: Me? You must have made a mistake. I was at home that night. Q: What are they talking about? Section B Passage One There are three groups of English learners: beginners, intermediate learners, and learners of special English. Beginners need to learn the basics of English. Students who have reached an intermediate level benefit from learning general English skills. But what about student who want to learn specialist English for their work or professional life? Most students, who fit into this third。

大学英语四级模拟题十一Part I Writing （15%）Directions: For this part, you are required to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief account of the picture below and then elaborate the importance of exercise for human beings. You should write at least 120words but no more than 180.Part II Listening Comprehension （35%）Section ADirections: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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.1.A) Something went wrong with his bus.B) He took someone to the hospital.C) His car was out of work.D) He bought a new car.2.A) They want to go to downtown.B) He wants to go to the park, but she doesn’t.C) He wants to find out where the park is.D) He doesn’t know where to park the car.3.A) I can help solve problems.B) It will most likely to be inefficient.C) It is a new weapon.D) It will help detect all kinds of liars.4.A) She thinks it is too difficult.B) She thinks the book is interesting.C) She hasn’t read it.D) She hasn’t decided whether to read it.5.A) Because he has got an appointment.B) Because he doesn’t want to.C) Because he has to work.D) Because he wants to eat in a new restaurant.6.A) Company president. B) Personal secretary.C) Air hostess. D) President of a country.7.A) 15 miles. B) 25 miles.C) 20 miles. D) 40 miles.8.A) Wife-husband. B) Daughter-father.C) Student-teacher. D) Patient-doctor.Conversation OneQuestion 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A) Accountant. B) Translator.C) Salesman. D) Human resources manager.10.A) Because the salary is too low.B) Because the company is facing bankrupt.C) Because the man is looking forward to some change in his job.D) Because the company is going to cut the number of the employees.11.A) $1400. B) $1500.C) $1600. D) $1700.12.A) The exact time he can start his new job.B) How many days of paid vacations he can get.C) If the company offers as many extra benefits as other companies do.D) If people hired in the company have chances for advancement.Conversation TwoQuestion 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13.A) 200 and 400 million years ago.B) 300 and 500 million years ago.C) 200 and 500 million years ago.1 / 5D) 300 and 400 million years ago.14.A) Because they have huge shells.B) Because they lost their shells.C) Because they could live for a very long time.D) Because their shells evolved too.15.A) The squids（鱿鱼）are monsters.B) People are less intelligent than them.C) They can easily get away from human.D) Human could not swim fast enough.Section BDirections:In this section, you’ll hear 3 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.Passage OneQuestion 16 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.16.A) Coins. B) Salt.C) Animals. D) Cows.17.A) Romans. B) Americans.C) Indians. D) Chinese.18.A) Today most coins are round.B) Things highly valued by everybody could serve us.C) We know very little about money.D) How coins came into use.Passage TwoQuestion 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19.A) When they don’t have a car.B) When they live in a huge country.C) When they don’t use planes.D) When they have a car.20.A) The United States is huge.B) Public transportation is not so good.C) Americans like to be independent.D) Americans like to move around.21.A) A new kind of car.B) Public transportation.C) The gas shortage.D) Poor people.Passage ThreeQuestion 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22.A) Work gets a lot easier after the age of 40.B) Most of one’s work is done before the age of 40.C) There isn’t much work to do after the age of 40.D) Work gets more difficult after the age of 40.23.A) Generally speaking, work gets much easier after 40.B) Generally speaking, work gets much harder after 40.C) Age and work has nothing to do with each other.D) The writer doesn’t say.24.A) The ability to work long hours. B) Experience.C) Judgment. D) Profession skills.25.A) Know your strength. B) Keep learning.C) Know who you are. D) Live the right style.Section C:Directions:In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is readfor the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage isread for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words youhave just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should checkwhat you have written.（答案请写在答题纸上）Three years ago, a study of overfishing led to a sharp debate. It (26) ___________ that the world’s ocean fish could be almost gone by the middle of the century. Now, anew study offers more hope. It shows that the (27) ___________ of fisheries collapse hasrecently decreased in some areas -- some, but not all.Boris Worm at DalhousieUniversity in Canada and Ray Hilborn at the University of Washington in Seattle were lead (28) ___________ of the new study.They led a team that studied ten areas. In five of them, the rate at which fish are being (29) ___________ the sea has dropped to a level that should let the populationsrecover. Three areas still had overfishing, but corrective measures have begun. Yet, in all,almost (30) ___________ of fish populations studied worldwide still need rebuilding.Only two areas did not have an overfishing problem in either the new study or the earlierone. They are New Zealand and the American (31) ___________ of Alaska. The findingsfrom two years of (32) ___________ appear in the journal Science.2 / 5Using nets that let smaller fish (33) ___________ and agreeing not to fish in certain areas can help reduce overfishing. The study showed that these measures helped fish populations grow in Kenya.But one of the authors of the study, Tim McClanahan from the Wildlife Conservation Society, says fisheries in Africa face another threat. Most countries in Africa, he says, are selling fishing rights to industrialized nations which catch large (34) ___________ seafood.The study shows what happened when industrialized nations increased restrictions on fishing in their own waters. Seafood companies moved their boats to (35) ___________countries with fewer restrictions.Part II Reading Comprehension （30%）Section ADirections: 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 write the corresponding letter for each item on the Answer Sheet. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.（答案请写在答题纸上）A bookless life is an incomplete life. Books influence the depth and breadth of life. They meet the natural (36) ___________ for freedom, for expression, for creativity and beauty of life. Learners, therefore, must have books, and the right type of book, for the satisfaction of their need. Readers turn (37) ___________ to books because their curiosity concerning all manners of things, their eagerness to share in the experiences of others and their need to (38) ___________ from their own limited environment lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit. Through their reading they find a deeper significance to life as books acquaint them with life in the world as it was and it is now. They are presented with a (39) ___________ of human experiences and come to (40) ___________ other ways of thought and living. And while (41) ___________ their own relationships and responses to life, the readers often find that the (42) ___________in their stories are going through similar adjustments, which help to clarify and give significance to their own.Books provide (43) ___________ material for readers’imagination to grow. Imagination is a valuable quality and a motivating power, and stimulates achievement. While enriching their imagination, books (44) ___________ their outlook, develop a fact-finding attitude and train them to use leisure (45) ___________. The social and educational significance of the readers’books cannot be overestimated in an academiclibrary.paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph morethan once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by writing acorresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.（答案请写在答题纸上）Boomerang Children（归巢族）A)Jennifer Bliss was no inexperienced lawyer when she moved back in with herparents. At 39, she had burned through her retirement funds after losing her law-firm jobin July 2007. She gave the bank the keys to the home she was unable to sell in GrandRapids, Mich., and last November, she packed up her two Great Danes and moved about60 miles, to Lansing, to live with her mother and stepfather. “This has been awful,” saysBliss, who has sent out some 600 resumes nationwide looking for legal work or amanagerial position in another field. “I went to law school to have a solid profession sothat I wouldn’t wind up in a situation like this.”B)The term boomerang children used to refer to young adults moving back in withtheir parents, but the recession is forcing people in their 30s and 40s and older--oftenwith a spouse and kids in tow--to stay with the parents until they regain their financialfooting. Since the recession began in December 2007, the US has lost 3.6 million jobs.An AARP survey released in May found that more than a third of retirees have had tohelp a child pay bills in the last year. And the number of multigenerational householdshas increased from 5 million in 2000 to 6.2 million in 2008, according to AARP.Crowded quarters, wounded pride and general anxiety about the global economic crisisdo not make the most pleasant living situation. But there are ways to ease the transition.Talk about ExpectationsC)And be sure to discuss one another’s needs up front, says Brian Carpenter, apsychology professor at WashingtonUniversity in St. Louis, Mo. Failure to do so can leadto a lot of conflicts. That’s what happened when Michael Gallagher, 40, moved in withhis mother in Los Angeles in October 2007 after he was fired from his job as an audioengineer. “When he came home to live, I was thinking ‘family’, and he was thinking‘roommate’,” says BJ Gallagher, 59, an author and a video producer. “I would feel badwhen he wouldn’t say hello when he walked in the door.” At the same time, her son feltshe was checking up on him and “lurking”（潜伏）around, she says. “We both ended updisappointed and annoyed until we discussed it and dealt with it.”3 / 5D)Donna Butts, executive director of Generations United, an intergenerational advocacy group based in Washington, says it’s a good idea to create an approximate timetable for achieving specific goals, such as “get a job”, “move out”.Build in PrivacyE)If possible, everyone should have at least some space of his or her own. For instance, when Michael Gallagher took over the part of his mother’s house that she had been using as an office, she moved her computer and video equipment into a much smaller room adjoining her bedroom. “We each needed our own space. There was no way around that,” BJ says of the rearranging she had to accommodate her son.Share Household ExpensesF)Pay parents rent, or help with bills, and take over housework like mowing the lawn. “This way, everyone is helping in some way, and no one feels taken advantage of,”says Elizabeth Carll, a psychologist in Huntington, N. Y., who is an expert on dealing with stress. Bliss does all the cooking and cleaning. Michael Gallagher buys his own food, and beyond that, his mother says, he has “paid in trade” by persuading her to have the hip replacement she had needed for a while and by taking care of her after the operation.G)In late 2006, John Kreuzer, 30, and his wife moved from Portland, Ore., into his in-laws’ house in San Jose, Calif., because he got a public relation job in Silicon Valley. They decided to keep staying there--with their two little kids--because Kreuzer’s father-in-law was laid off. As the job market got tighter, it just made sense for everyone to share living expenses in such a high-cost area, Kreuzer says.H)Along the way, there have been differences of opinion when it comes to bringing up children. Kreuzer has explained to his children that they must abide by their grandparents’ rules, e.g., no r oughhousing（打闹的）indoors. “My in-laws really help out with the kids while my wife and I are working,” he says. “I know that once we move out, my children will miss their time together with Grandma and Pop-pop.” Once we move out? That brings up one last point.Be RealisticI)The economy has to turn around someday, and in the meantime, rents are falling. In March, Kreuzer and his family are moving into a nearby town house with rent so cheap, he can continue to help his in-laws pay their monthly bills. Michael Gallagher also found a killer deal on a rental. He moved out of his mom’s place in November, but she has yet to rearrange her stuff. “I’m not moving anything back just yet,”she says. “With this awful economy, he could boomerang（回来）right back in here.”46.Failure to discuss each other’s needs can result in a lot of conflicts.47.Michael Gallagher helped his mother by caring for her after her surgery.48.Michael Gallagher’s mother moved her computer into a smaller room in order toprovide personal space for her son.49.The children have been told that they have to comply with their grandparents’ rules.50.The economy will recover sooner or later, and at the same time, rents will fall.51.With the job market becoming tighter, it is sensible for people living in the high-costarea to share living expenses.52.A female lawyer said she went to law school for the purpose of finding a decent job.53.The number of families sharing one house between different generations hasincreased by 1.2 million.54.A lawyer used up her pension funds when she lost her job.55.Michael Gallagher was thinking they were just roommates when he moved to livewith his mother.Section CDirections:There is 1 passage in this section. It is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. There are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You shoulddecide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asingle line through the center.Like a needle climbing up a bathroom scale, the number keeps rising. In 1991, 15% of Americans were obese（肥胖）。

四级模拟试题及答案[正文]四级模拟试题及答案Part I: 听力Section AQuestions 1-31. C) Attend a lecture.2. A) The school cafeteria.3. B) In the library.Section BQuestions 4-64. C) It's next door to the bookstore.5. A) The woman's watch is more expensive.6. B) She needs the man's help for furniture assembly. Section CQuestions 7-107. C) A university course.8. B) In a hospital.9. C) He was improved by medication.10. A) Studying on the beach.Part II: 阅读理解Passage One11. B) The invention of the steam engine.12. C) Coal mining.13. A) Reducing road congestion.14. D) It is an ineffective means of transportation. Passage Two15. C) Use solar energy to charge electronic devices.16. B) The design of the cap on the water bottle.17. D) You can use the built-in filter for tap water.18. A) They reduce the use of plastic water bottles. Passage Three19. D) It has many Internet users.20. A) It aids the government in monitoring its citizens.21. B) Over-dependence on technology.22. C) Greed and corruption within the government. Part III: 英语知识运用23. C) suddenly24. B) challenging25. A) dishonorable26. D) interpretation27. C) creative28. B) abstractPart IV: 写作Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a short essay on the topic "The Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Learning". You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Online Learning: Advantages and DisadvantagesOnline learning, also known as e-learning or distance education, has gained increasing popularity in recent years. It provides students with the flexibility to study at their own pace and convenience. However, it also brings some disadvantages.One of the advantages of online learning is the flexibility it offers. Students can access course materials and lectures anytime and anywhere as long as they have an internet connection. This is especially beneficial for working adults who may not have the time to attend traditional classes. Moreover, online learning allows students to review the materials repeatedly until they fully understand the concepts.Another advantage is the cost-saving aspect. Online courses are often more affordable than traditional classroom-based courses. Students can save money on commuting, housing, and textbooks. Additionally, online learning opens up opportunities for students who do not have access to certain courses or universities in their local area.Despite its advantages, online learning also has some disadvantages. The lack of face-to-face interaction with instructors and peers can be a drawback for some students. Students may feel isolated and miss out on social interactions that are often experienced in a traditional classroom setting. Moreover, self-discipline and time management skills are crucial for successful online learning, and not all students possess these qualities.In conclusion, online learning has both advantages and disadvantages. It provides flexibility and cost-saving benefits, but it may also result in a lack of social interaction and require strong self-discipline from students. As technology continues to advance, it is important to find a balance between online and traditional learning methods for optimal educational experiences.答案及解析听力：1-3 主旨题。

专业英语四级模拟试卷11(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. DICTATION 2. LISTENING COMPREHENSION 3. CLOZE 4. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY 5. READING COMPREHENSION 6. WRITINGPART I DICTATION (15 MIN)Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minute 听力原文：Let Children Learn to Judge Their Own Work A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time. If corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, when children learn to do all the other things, such as walking, running, climbing, and riding a bicycle, they learn to do them without being taught. Rather, they compare those performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his own mistakes for himself. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher.1．正确答案：Let Children Learn to Judge Their Own Work A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time. If corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, when children learn to do all the other things, such as walking, running, climbing, and riding a bicycle, they learn to do them without being taught. Rather, they compare those performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his own mistakes for himself. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher.PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION (20 MIN)Directions: In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.SECTION A CONVERSATIONSDirections: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.听力原文：M: We seem to be having this conversation over and over again.W: You’re right.M: Look, I know how you feel about my smoking. You don’t have to tell me every day.W: I’m sorry. I worry about you.M: I know. But work and school have me so stressed out. Maybe I’ll be able to quit after I graduate.W: Let’s be honest. There’s always going to be a reason. After you graduate, it’s going to be hard to find a job, then there will be the stress from just starting a job, then.M: Okay, I get your point. It’s just so hard. You don’t really understand because you have never smoked.W: You need some help. Why don’t you go to a doctor?M: You mean a psychiatrist?W: No. I don’t. I mean a general practitioner. Maybe you can get a patch, or some pills, well, I don’t know, something to help you with the withdrawal.M: Really, I believe I can quit on my own. But I’ll think about it. I will.W: All right. I won’t mention it for a week. Then I want to know your decision. Because if you don’t get some help, I need to rethink our plans.M: You mean you’d break our engagement over this? I can’t believe it!W: I don’t know. I love you, but I’m not sure I could accept everything that goes along with the smoking.2．What is the main topic of this conversation?A．The man’s graduation.B．The couple’s engagement.C．The man’s smoking.D．The man’s stress.正确答案：C3．How does the man feel about the woman’s decision?A．Patient.B．Surprised.C．Worried.D．Irritated.正确答案：B4．What can we infer about the woman?A．That she has stopped smoking.B．That she does not want to get married.C．That she has asked the man to quit smoking many times.D．That she is not in love with the man.正确答案：C听力原文：M: Hi, Maggie! Haven’t seen you for long! Where have you beenthese days?W: I’ve been to Hong Kong for a few days.M: Oh, have you been there on business?W; No. Actually I’ve been there for a break with my boyfriend.M: Really? I guess you must have had a wonderful time.W: Yes, indeed. Hong Kong is such a lovely city, and it has got so much to see and do. We got up early and went to bed late; it was rather tiring.M: What was the first thing on your list?W: Ocean Park. It was so much fun! We saw a lot of sharks and dolphins; they were so cute when they were giving performances. Besides, the tropical fishes are just fantastic. I’ve even decided to keep some fish at my place.M: Sounds interesting. Have you been to the Peak?W: Yes, of course. We took the Peak Tram there, and we enjoyed a superb view of the whole Hong Kong, including the famous Bank of China Building.M: Did you take any photos?W: Yes. In fact. we took the video camera with us. Would you like to come over some day and watch the tapes?M: That would be great!5．Why did the woman go to Hong Kong?A．On business.B．On holiday.C．Visiting friends.D．Taking pictures.正确答案：B6．What is NOT mentioned when Maggie is talking about her experience in Ocean Park?A．Sharks.B．Dolphins.C．Tropical fishes.D．Crocodiles.正确答案：D7．How did Maggie get to the Peak?A．By Peak Tram.B．By cable.C．On foot.D．Not mentioned.正确答案：A听力原文：M: Miss Barnes, I understand that you are quitting.W: That’s right. I gave my supervisor two weeks advance notice yesterday.M: If you don’t mind my asking, why are you leaving us?W: I’m going to work for another law firm, Snodgrass, Ellington and Pitts.M: Why are you going to work for them?W: They offered me a better salary.M: Well, Miss Barnes, good legal secretaries are hard to find and we’ve been quite satisfied with your work here. I’ll be glad to match whatever Snodgrass,Ellington and Pitts offered you.W: You should have said that a month ago when I asked you for a raise I started looking for a new job the next day.M: I’ll even give you ten dollars a week more than their offer.W: It’s not the money. I wouldn’t work for you, if you offered to double my salary. I want to work for some one who appreciate the work I do and gives me raises before I have to ask for them.M: I’m sorry you feel that way, Miss Barnes.W: And I’m sorry I spent the past year working for you instead of Snodgrass, Ellington and Pitts.8．What is Miss Barnes’ job?A．Lawyer.B．Supervisor.C．Accountant.D．Legal secretary.正确答案：D9．How long has Miss Barnes been looking for a new job?A．A week.B．A month.C．Two weeks.D．One year.正确答案：B10．What is the final offer of a raise the man makes Miss Barnes?A．Twice her present salary:B．Ten dollars more per week.C．The same as Snodgrass. Ellington and Pitts.D．Ten dollars more per week than Snodgrass, Ellington and Pitts.正确答案：D11．Why did Miss Barnes refuse the man’s final offer?A．She feels her value wasn’t appreciated.B．She wants a more interesting job.C．She’s tired of working.D．She wants more money.正确答案：ASECTION B PASSAGESDirections: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.听力原文：My father woke me up early one morning when I was fourteen and announced “Get up, you are going with me to cut grass.” I felt proud and excitedbecause my father thought I was responsible enough to help him in his business. Actually, that first day was very hard. From sunrise to sunset, my father, my younger brother and I cut and cut very large yards in well-to-do part of the city. By the end of the day I was exhaust- ed, but I felt good. I put out a hard day’s labor and earned six dollars. One day, my father spotted some weeds I had missed cutting and pulled me inside. “Chat that section again!’ he said firmly “and don’ t make me have to tell you again.”The message was very dear. Today I stress the importance of doing the job right the first time. Every job I have held from cutting lawns to washing dishes to working a machine on the construction site, I have learned something that help me in my next job. If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.12．The speaker felt ______ when his father asked him to help cut grass.A．anxious and worriedB．proud and excitedC．nervous and confusedD．inspired and confident正确答案：B13．What did his father do when the speaker missed cutting some weeds?A．His father scolded him severely.B．His father took back the six dollars.C．His father made him do the cutting again.D．His father cut the weeds himself.正确答案：C14．What did the speak want to tell us in this passage?A．One can benefit a lot from working with his father.B．Manual laborers should n’ t be looked down upon.C．One should always do his job earnestly.D．Teenagers tended to be careless.正确答案：C听力原文：In Britain, ff you are found guilty of a crime, you can be sent to prison or be fined or be ordered to do community work, such as tidying public places and helping the old. You may also be sent to special centers where you learn practical skills like cooking, writing and car maintenance. Around 5 % of the prison population are women. Many prisons were built over 100 years ago. But the government will have built 11 new prisons by next year. There are two sorts of prisons--the open sort and the dosed sort. In the closed sort, prisoners are given very little freedom. They spend three to ten hours outside the cells when they exercise, eat, study, learn skills, watch TV and talk to the other prisoners. All prisoners are expected to work. Most of them are paid for what they do, whether it is doing maintenance orcooking and cleaning. Prisoners in the open prisons are locked up at night, but for the rest of time, they are flee within the prison grounds. They can exercise, have visitors or study, and some are allowed out of the grounds to study or do community work.15．Women prisoners in Britain ______A．are kept in open prisonsB．are allowed out of the prison groundsC．are ordered to do cooking and cleaningD．are a small portion of the prison population正确答案：D16．In what way are the open prisons different from the closed prisons?A．Some of their prisoners are allowed to study or work outside prisons.B．Most of their prisoners are expected to work.C．Their prisoners are often sent to special centers for skill training.D．Their prisoners are allowed freedom to visit their families.正确答案：A17．What do we learn about prisoners in Britain?A．They are encouraged to do maintenance for the training centre.B．Most of them get paid for their work.C．They have to cook their own meals.D．They can choose to do community work.正确答案：B听力原文：London taxi drivers know the capital like the back of their hands, no matter how small and indistinct the street is, the driver will be able to get you there without any trouble. The reason that London taxi drivers are so efficient is that they have all gone through a very tough training period to get the special taxi driving license. During this period which can take from 2 to 4 years, the would-be taxi driver has to learn the most direct road to every single road and every important building in London. To achieve this, most learners go around the city on small motorbikes, practising how to move to and from different points of the city. Learner taxi drivers are tested several times during the training period by government officers. Their exams are terrible experience. The officers will ask you, “How do you get from the Buckingham Palace to the Tower of London?” And you have to take them there in the direct line. When you get to the tower they won’ t say “well done!’ They will quickly move on to the next question. After 5 to 6 questions, they will just say “see you in two months lime”, and then you know the exam is over. Learner drivers are not allowed to work and earn money as drivers, therefore many of them keep their previous jobs until they obtain the license. The training can cost quite a lot becauselearners have to pay for their own expenses on the tests and a medical exam. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST18．London taxi drivers arc very efficient ______A．because they have a driving licenseB．because they have received special trainingC．because the traffic conditions in London are goodD．because the traffic system of the city is not very complex正确答案：B19．The training period lasts _______A．two to four monthsB．about three weeksC．at least half a yearD．two years or more正确答案：D20．The speaker thinks the driving test is a terrible experience ______A．because the government officers are hard to pleaseB．because the learner has to go through several tough testsC．because the learner usually fails several times before he passes itD．because the driving test usually lasts two months正确答案：B21．Learner drivers have to keep their previous jobs ______A．because they don’ t want their present bosses to know what they’re doingB．because they want to earn money from both jobsC．because they cannot earn money as taxi drivers yetD．because they look forward to further promotion正确答案：C听力原文：China’s US $ 56.56 billion of imports and US $ 60.51 billion of exports of hi-tech products for the first 4 months of the year represent the country’s 7-month long trade surplus on hi-tech products since last October. The hi-tech foreign trade from January to April posted a year-on-year rise of 26.8 percent. The hi-tech exports went up faster than the imports by 12 percent. The hi-tech trade surplus totaled more than US $ 3.9 billion for the first 4 months. The hi-tech exports accounted for 27.8 percent of the total exports for the first 4 months. USS 35.38 billion, or 58.5 percent of hi-tech exports, came from integrated circuit, color TV, mobile phones, and automatic data processing equipment. They have won largerorders at higher prices.22．China’s hi-tech trade surplus has lasted for______ so far.A．4 monthsB．7 monthsC．4 yearsD．7 years正确答案：B23．Integrated circuit, color TV, mobile phones, and automatic data processing equipment accounted for ______ of the hi-tech exports.A．26.8 percentB．12 percentC．27.3 percentageD．58.5 percent正确答案：D听力原文：Newsweek magazine on Monday retracted a report that U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay had desecrated the Koran after the story triggered protests in Afghanistan that killed 16 people and the White House criticized it. “Based on what we know now, we are retracting our original story that an internal military investigation had uncovered Koran abuse at Guantanamo Bay,”Newsweek Editor Mark Whitaker said in a statement, a day after apologizing for the report. The retraction came as the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department all heavily criticized the report and said it had damaged the U.S. image abroad. White House spokesman Scott McClellan had said it was “puzzling” that Newsweek had not retracted the story a day after apologizing for it.24．The original report in Newsweek reported ______A．that 16 Afghanistan prisoners were killed at Guantanamo BayB．that interrogators dishallowed the Koran at Guantanamo BayC．that interrogators heavily criticized U.S. policy at Guantanamo BayD．that prisoners of war were abused at Guantanamo Bay正确答案：B25．From the news item, we can see that Newsweek magazine retracted its report because ______A．Bush administration had pressured it toB．the interrogators had already apologizedC．the report leaded to unexpected reactionsD．the report was invented by a reporter正确答案：A听力原文：The Atlantic Seaboard and the Gulf Coast could be in for another bad hurricane season, one of the goveminent’s top forecasters said Monday. Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr., head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, predicted 12 to 15 tropical storms, seven to nine of them becoming hurricanes, and three to five of those major hurricanes, with winds of at least 111 mph. On average, the United States is hit by two major hurricanes every three years. Last year, them were 15 tropical storms, with nine of them hurricanes---six of them major. The hurricane season begins June I and runs through Nov. 30.26．______ major hurricanes were predicted by the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.A．3 to 5B．7 to 9C．9 to 15D．12 to 15正确答案：A27．The hurricane season lasts for ______months.A．4B．5C．6D．7正确答案：C听力原文：This year’ s federal budget deficit will reach a record $ 422 billion, and the government is now expected to accumulate $ 2.3 trillion in new debt over the next 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported yesterday. The expected deficit for the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, is $ 56 billion less than the CBO predicted in March, as a recovering economy added to tax receipts. But it is $ 46 billion more than last year’s record shortfall, with even more red ink possible. A nonpartisan agency reported: The expected total 10-year deficit would climb from $ 2.3 trillion to $ 3.6 trillion if President Bush is able to extend the tax cuts he enacted. They are currently set to expire in 2011.28．This year’s federal budget deficit will be _______A．$ 442 billionB．$ 56 billionC．$ 2.3 trillionD．$ 3.6 trillion正确答案：A29．This fiscal year’s deficit is less than GBO predicted in March because______A．the tax cut has been much less than originally plannedB．Bush administration has reduced the federal expenditureC．a better economy has increased tax incomeD．CBO’s estimate in March was based on a wrong assumption正确答案：C听力原文： A new data shows nations in every part of the world, 51 in all, are suffering declining life expectancies because of an increasing prevalence of HIV infection. The impact is occurring in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, but is greatest in sub-Saharan in Africa, with only 10% of the world’s population, but 70% of its HIV infections. Seven African countries have life expectancies of less than forty years. For example, in Botswana, life expectancy is 39 years. By 2010, it will be less than 27 years. Without Ali)S, it would have been 74 years. In such Asian countries as Cambodia and Burma, life expectancies are predicated to decline to around 60 years from what would have been in the mid-sixties. Even in countries where the number of new infections is dropping, such as Thailand, Uganda and Senegal, small life expectancy drops are forecast.30．Which of the following regions in the world will witness the sharpest drop in life expectancy?A．Latin America.B．Sub-Saharan Africa.C．Asia.D．The Caribbean.正确答案：B31．According to the news, which country will experience small life expectancy drops?A．Burma.B．Botswana.C．Cambodia.D．7haUand.正确答案：DPART III CLOZE (15 MIN)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.More than forty thousand readers told us what they looked for in close friendships, what the 【C1】______ friends, what they were willing to give in 【C2】______ , and how satisfied they were【C3】______ the quality of their friendships. The【C4】______ give little comfort to social critics. Friendship【C5】______to be a unique form of 【C6】______ bonding. Unlike marriage or the ties that 【C7】______ parents and children, it is not defined or regulated by 【C8】______ Unlike other social roles that we are expected to【C9】______ as citizens, employees, members of professional societies and【C10】______ organizations--it has its own principle, which to promote【C11】______of warmth, trust, love, and affection 【C12】______ two people. The survey on friendship appeared in the March 【C13】______ of Psychology Today. The indings 【C14】______ that issues of trust and betrayal are【C15】______ to friendship. They also suggest that our readers do not 【C16】______for friends only among those who are 【C17】______like them, but find many【C18】______ differ in race, religion, and ethnic background. Arguably the most important【C19】______that emerges from the data【C20】______, is not something that we found--but what we did not.32．【C1】A．onB．ofC．toD．for正确答案：B解析：expect sth．of sb ．是固定搭配，意思是“希望从某人那里得到某东西”，例如：I was notified that a speech was expected of me．我接到通知，要我作个演讲。

大学英语模拟真题Test 2第一部分：交际用语（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）此部分共有5个未完成的对话，针对每个对话中未完成的部分有4个选项，请从A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. —Why not go and have dinner in the restaurant? —_________ It’s too expensive. A. Why not. B. I agree . C. I ’m afraid not. D. I ’m sure. 2. —Mike,I am going to skate in the mountains tomorrow. —Oh,really? _________ A. Good luck. B. Great. C. Have a good time. C. Have a good time. D. Congratulations! D. Congratulations! 3. —Please help yourself to the fish. —_________ A. Thanks,but I don’t like the fish.B. Sorr y ,I can’t help.y,I can’t help.C. Well,fish don’t suit me.D. No,I can’t.4. —_________ —He teaches physics in a school. A. What does your father want to do? B. Who is your father? C. What is your father? D. Where is your father now? 5. —Excuse me, how much is the jacket? —It It’’s 499 Yuan. _________ A. Oh, no. Tha t’t’s OK! s OK! B. How do you like it? C. Which do you prefer? D. Would you like to try it on? 第二部分：阅读理解（共10小题；每小题3分，满分30分）此部分共有2篇短文，在第一篇短文后有5个正误判断题，从每题后的两个选项中选出正确答案；在第二篇短文后有5个问题。

大学英语四级（听力篇章）专项练习试卷11(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1.听力原文：How much living space does a person need? What happens when his space requirements are not adequately met? Sociologists and psychologists are conducting experiments on rats to try to determine the effects of overcrowded conditions on man. Recent studies have shown that the behavior of rats is greatly affected by space. If rate have adequate living space, they eat well, sleep well, and reproduce well. However, if their living conditions become too crowded, their behavior pattern and even their health perceptibly change. They cannot sleep and eat well, and signs of fear and tension become obvious. The more crowded they are, the more they tend to bite each other and even kill each other. Thus for rats, population and violence are directly related. Is this a natural law for human society as well? Is adequate space not only desirable, but essential for human survival? 16. What affects rats’ behavior?17. What effect may inadequate living space have on rats according to the passage?18. What is the experiment done on rats intended to prove?1．A．Diet.B．Sleep.C．Space.D．Stress.正确答案：C解析：听到“最近研究表明：鼠类行为受空间影响颇大”，可判断C(空间)正确。

大学英语四级模拟练习题及答案大学英语四级模拟练习题及答案forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times, and the confused times.以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的大学英语四级模拟练习题及答案，希望能给大家带来帮助!A breakthrough (突破) in the provision of energy from the sun for the European Economic Community (EEC) could be brought froward by up to two decades, if a modest increase could be provided in the EEC’s researcheffort in this field, according to the senior EEC scientists engaged in experiments in solar energy at EEC’s scientific laboratories at Ispra, near Milan.The senior West German scientist in charge of the Community’s solar energy programme, Mr. Joachim Gretz, told journalists that at present levels of research spending it was most unlikely that solar energy would provide as much as three per cent of the Community’s energy requirements even after the year 2000. But hesaid that with a modest increase in the present sums, devoted by the EEC to this work it was possible thatthe breakthrough could be achieved by the end of the next decade.Mr. Gretz calculates that if solar energy only provided three per cent of the EEC’s needs, this could still produce a saving of about a billion pounds in the present bill for imported energy each year. And he believes that with the possibility of utilizing more advanced technology in this field it might be possible to satisfy a much bigger share of the Community’s future energy needs.At present the EEC spends about $2.6 millions a year on solar resea rch at Ispra, one of the EEC’s official joint research centres, and another $3 millions a year in indirect research withuniversities and other independent bodies.练习题：Choose correct answers to the question:1. The phrase "be brought forward" (Line 2, Para. 1) most probably means "______".A. be expectedB. be completedC. be advancedD. be introduced2. Some scientists believe that a breakthrough in the use of solar energy depends on ______.A. sufficient fundingB. further experimentsC. advanced technologyD. well-equipped laboratories3. According to Mr. Gretz, the present sum of money will enable the scientists to provide _____.A. more than 3% of the EEC’s needs after the year 2000B. only 3% of the EEC’s needs before the year 2000C. less than 3% of the EEC’s needs before the year 2000D. 3% of the EEC’s needs after the year 20004. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage ?A. The EEC spends one billion pounds on imported energy each year.B. At the present level of research spending, it is difficult to make any significant progress in the provision of energy from the sun.C. The desired breakthrough could be obtained by the end of the next decade if investment were increased.D. The total yearly spending of the EEC on solar energy research amounted to almost 6 million.5. The application of advanced technology to research in solar energy ______.A. would lead to a big increase in research fundingB. would make it unnecessary to import oilC. would make it possible to meet the future energy needs of the EECD. would provide a much greater proportion of the Community’s future energy needs参考答案1.[C] 本题可以采用排除法。

大学英语四级考试（CET 4）(恩波英语研究所命制)MODEL TEST— Band Four —(6 MSH 2)试题册（125分钟）-Part ⅠWriting(30 minutes)注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上，请在答题卡1上作答。

Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1~7, markY (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 8~10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.The T rouble with T elevisionIt is difficult to escape the influence of television. If you fit the statistical averages, by the age of 20 you will have been exposed to at least 20,000 hours of television. Y ou can add10,000 hours for each decade you have lived after the age of 20. The only things Americans do more than watch television are work and sleep.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 bachelors degree. In 10,000 hours you could have learned enough to become an astronomer or engineer. Y ou could have learned several languages fluently. If it appealed to you, youcould 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 onanything. But television encourages us to apply no effort. It sells us instantgratification（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 guidedtour: 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 theorder 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 mostprecious 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 constantfear 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 constantstimulation through variety, novelty, action and movement. Quite simply, television operates on the appeal to the short attention span.It is simply the easiest way out. But it has come to be regarded as a given, as inherent in the medium itself; as an imperative, as though General Sarnoff, or one of the other augustpioneers of video, had bequeathed（遗留；传于）to us tablets of stone commanding that nothing in television shall ever require more than a few moments Concentration.In its place that is fine. Who can quarrel with a medium that so brilliantly packages escapist entertainment as a mass marketing tool? But I see its values now pervading this nationand its life. It has become fashionable to think that, like fast food, fast ideas are the way to get to a fast moving, impatient public.In the case of news, this practice, in my view, results in inefficient communication. I question how much of television s nightly news effort is really absorbable and understandable.Much of it is what has been aptly described as “machine gunning with scraps.”I think the technique fights coherence. I think it tends to make things ultimately boring (unless theyare accompanied by horrifying pictures) because almost anything is boring if you know almost nothing about it.I believe that TV s appeal to the short attention span is not only inefficient communication but decivilizing as well. Consider the casual assumptions that television tends tocultivate: that complexity must be avoided, that visual stimulation is a substitute for thought, thatverbal precision is an anachronism. It may be old fashioned, but I was taughtthat thought is words, arranged in grammatically precise.There is a crisis of literacy in this country. One study estimates that some 30 million adult Americans are “functionally illiterate” and cannot read or write well enough to answer thewant ad or understand the instructions on a medicine bottle.Literacy may not be an inalienable human right, but it is one that the highly literate Founding Fathers might not have found unreasonable or even unattainable. We are not only notattaining it as a nation, statistically speaking, but we are falling further and further short of attaining it. And, while I would not be so simplistic as to suggest that television is thecause, I believe it contributes and is an influence.Everything about this nation—the structure of the society, its forms of family organization, its economy, its place in the world—has become more complex, not less. Y et itsdominating communications instrument, its principal form of national linkage, is one that sells neat resolutions to human problems that usually have no neat resolutions. It is allsymbolized in my mind by the hugely successful art form that television has made central to the culture, the 30 second commercial: the tiny drama of the earnest housewife whofinds happiness in choosing the right toothpaste.When before in human history has so much humanity collectively surrendered so much of its leisure to one toy, one mass diversion? When before has virtually an entire nationsurrendered itself wholesale to a medium for selling?Some years ago Y ale University law professor Charles L. Black. Jr. wrote: “… forced feeding on trivial fare is not itself a trivial matter. I think this society is being forced, fed with trivialfare, and I fear that the effects on our habits of mind, our language, our tolerance for effort, and our appetite for complexity are only dimly perceived. If I am wrong, we will havedone no harm to look at the issue skeptically and critically, to consider how we should be residing it. I hope yo u will join with me in doing so.”注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上作答；8~10题在答题卡1上。

四级模拟考试题目IntroductionRecently, there has been an increasing demand for simulation exercises as part of language learning and testing. Simulating real-life scenarios allows learners to apply their language skills in a practical context. In this article, we will present a simulated exam question for the English proficiency test known as the CET-4 (College English Test) in China. This question aims to gauge the students' listening, reading, and writing abilities.Listening sectionInstructions: In this section, you will hear a short conversation followed by three questions. Choose the best answer to each question and mark it on your answer sheet.1. Conversation:Woman: Have you seen my umbrella? I can't find it anywhere.Man: I think I saw it in the hallway. You should check there.Question 1: Where does the man suggest the woman look for her umbrella?a) In the kitchenb) In the hallwayc) In her bedroomd) Near the front doorQuestion 2: What is the woman looking for?a) Her bagb) Her umbrellac) Her keysd) Her jacketQuestion 3: Why does the man think the woman's umbrella is in the hallway?a) He saw someone take it there.b) He left it there himself.c) He noticed it while passing by.d) He heard the woman talking about it.Reading sectionInstructions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.Youth Employment ProgramThe Youth Employment Program (YEP) is designed to assist young individuals in gaining valuable work experience. Participants have the opportunity to learn essential workplace skills, such as teamwork, communication, and problem-solving. YEP strives to bridge the gap between education and employment, preparing the next generation for successful careers.Question 4: What is the main purpose of the Youth Employment Program?a) To provide financial assistance to young individuals.b) To help young individuals gain vital work experience.c) To offer educational courses to young individuals.d) To promote the importance of teamwork and communication.Question 5: What skills can participants acquire through YEP?a) Cooking and gardening skillsb) Research and writing skillsc) Workplace and communication skillsd) Leadership and management skillsWriting sectionInstructions: Write an essay of approximately 250 words on the following topic.Topic: The advantages and disadvantages of online learningIn recent years, online learning has gained significant popularity, especially due to the widespread availability of the internet. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of online learning, and provide examples to support your arguments.ConclusionSimulated exams offer students an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the format and expectations of the actual test. By practicing with realistic exam questions, students can develop their skills and improve their performance. In preparation for the CET-4 exam, it is crucial for students to practice listening, reading, and writing tasks, as showcased in the simulated questions provided above. Good luck with your exam preparation!。

大学英语四级考试模拟卷十一(总分：100.00，做题时间：125分钟)Listening Comprehension(总题数：0，分数：0.00)Section A(总题数：7，分数：0.00).Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1.（分数：8.00）A.The highest price of gold on Asian markets.B.The highest price of gold on African markets.C.The lowest price of gold on Asian markets.√D.The lowest price of gold on African markets.解析：[听力原文]The price of gold fell to its lowest level in five years in trading early Monday. For a time, gold was selling at less than 1 100 dollars an ounce on Asian markets. Some traders are calling the price drop a "mini flash crash."Thirty billion dollars in short selling took place within half an hour during what are known as "stop-loss" sell-offs. Traders executed sell orders when gold prices reached targets set by investors. The sales manager of a Singapore business that sells gold and other precious metals says, "In the physical market, this would not be possible because that would consume a whole lot of physical gold. But in the futures market, because it's all digital as long as you find a buyer to bid for it, then that would be possible."What is the news report mainly about?.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3.（分数：8.00）A.Birds and bats may fly into the turning blades.√B.Birds and bats can't stand the high wind speed.C.Wind turbines can produce electricity.D.Wind turbines can release poisonous gas.解析：[听力原文]Wind turbines are tall structures with large blades used to produce electricity. They are useful sources of low-cost, renewable energy. But they can also be deadly to birds and bats. The turbines' large blades turn quickly in the sky. Birds and bats sometimes fly into them and are killed.But a new type of wind generator may offer an answer to that problem. Mr. Yanez and his friend Raoul Martin built a small wind tunnel to experiment on their own. They built a large working model of the generator in a field near their workspace. They called the equipment Vortex. Mr. Yanez described how the Vortex generator works. It does not spin around. So it creates no risk to birds and bats. It is made mostly of plastic and has very few moving parts. The generator also does not create noise.Why are wind turbines deadly to birds and bats?.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5.（分数：12.00）A.The hot conditions.B.The cold conditions.C.The wet conditions.D.The dry conditions.√解析：[听力原文]The dry conditions in California are good for people who like to swim in the Pacific Ocean. Because of the drought, there is less water runoff from cities into the ocean. As a result, the ocean water is cleaner. But pollution remains a problem in other areas, including popular beaches.People could become infected with a number of diseases from swimming in polluted ocean water. Public health officials are looking for a fast way to identify water quality levels along the California coast. Currently, they use laboratory tests. If the tests show the quality is poor, warning signs are placed along the coastline. But because lab workers need more thana day to test the water, the information on the sign can be outdated. Right now it takes 18 to24 hours to get those water quality results, but people want to know on the day or when they are going in the water whether or not they can be getting sick. They say the current warning system is not very helpful.What climate conditions benefit the Pacific Ocean swimmers?Section B(总题数：8，分数：0.00).Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.（分数：16.00）A.She hasn't seen snow.√B.She doesn't like skiing.C.She is afraid of skiing.D.She lives very far away from the ski field.解析：[听力原文]M: Hello! You seem worried. Can I help you?W: Oh, I feel so strange with my feet in the skis.M: So you don't know how to ski. Is it your first time skiing here?W: Actually, it's my first time seeing real white snow.M: Are you kidding? Where are you from, young lady?W: I used to live in Singapore. We do not have snow there. It's always sunny.M: No wonder. I guess you must be a good swimmer.W: You bet. Swimming is my favorite hobby. But I simply don't know what to do with these skis.M: Don't worry. I'm sure you will learn it very quickly. I'll show you how to move. Now walk like me, all right? Good! Let's go up the hill and try, shall we? When you want to go up the slope, you should stand sideways and go up step by step, just like a crab.W: Oh, that's really funny. I've never walked in this way, but it's interesting.M: Let's move to the gentle slope. It will make it easier.W: I guess I'm a little nervous.M: Take it easy. Trust yourself. Now, keep leaning forward while going down. If you want to stop, you should point the tips together, got it?W: I see.M: Now, let's try. OK. Go! How do you feel? Still afraid?W: No, not at all. As a matter of fact, I feel quite pleased and proud of myself, thankyou very much. You are so kind.Why does the woman know nothing about skiing?.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation yon have just heard.5.（分数：16.00）A.She is honest and hardworking.B.She is very competent for the job.C.She likes her job very much.D.She is hardworking but incompetent.√解析：[听力原文]M: Hi, Monica, please come in and take a seat.W: Well, you would like to talk about the new web designer with me, right?M: Yes, well, how does she perform?W: Well, that depends... She is very hardworking, but it seems that she often can't meet our expectations. For example, she was assigned to build the BBS the other day, but it seemed that she was not as good as what we had thought before. She told me just now that she could not complete that task.M: Well, didn't you talk with her about what she should do at the beginning?W: Not really. She was recommended by John and from what he told me, she sounded to be pretty qualified to do the job. I'm not asking for terrific web design but to build up a structure with all the basic elements of web design.M: Did you ask her why she wasn't frank with you in the beginning if she couldn't do the BBS?W: Well, from what she said, she learned that all by herself, and had no professional training.M: So now what do you plan to do since she got the job half done?W: On the one side, we can ask her to leave in a week since she was not honest when applying for the job and made so many mistakes. On the other side, we will have to hire someone with experience in that field to take over her job.M: Yes, I agree. That should also teach her a lesson. For us, I think we had better turn to our Job Center for help. There, we can get a professional to work at it.How does the new web designer perform according to the woman?Section C(总题数：10，分数：0.00).Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.1.（分数：12.00）A.Sipping a glass of wine before getting into bed.B.Drinking a cup of tea one hour before sleep.C.Exercising one or two hours before bedtime.√D.Taking a hot shower half an hour before bedtime.解析：[听力原文]Say you get into bed, prepared for a healthy seven or eight hours and then stare at the clock for four of them. Is all lost? If you have trouble sleeping for a few days here and there, taking steps to improve your sleep should get you back on track. The first step for anyone with sleep problems should be to take a careful look at your sleep hygiene. This means organizing your surroundings and activities to promote sleep as bedtime approaches.Skip caffeine after noon. Avoid alcohol or heavy meals within three hours of bedtime. Exercise is great for sleep, especially falling asleep. You'll get the most benefit by exercising one or two hours before bedtime. A hot shower or bath about an hour and a half before bedtime can also be helpful. In addition, reserve your bed for sleep. If you can't sleep, get out of bed, go somewhere else, do something quiet, calm and relaxing. Go back to bed when you're sleepy again. Go to bed and wake up at the same time—within a half hour—every day. Finally, don't make your Facebook page, BlackBerry or TV your final destination of the evening. Using these devices for communication is clearly eating into our sleep time. Texting friends, playing computer games or just watching TV stimulates our brains and bodies, and the extra light we expose ourselves to when we peer at a screen could be throwing off our body clocks.Which of the following is helpful for falling asleep according to the passage?.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.4.（分数：16.00）A.Her teacher found that she had great skill.B.She didn't have trouble at school any more.C.She could follow all the rules from then on.D.She found she could express herself with the painting.√解析：[听力原文]Amanda LaMunyon lives in Oklahoma. She is 14 years old. She had been having trouble at school. Her teachers said the little girl knew all the rules but could not seem to follow them. Then, Amanda says, art changed her life. When she started painting, she discovered she could express herself with color and canvas. Her art teacher discovered that Amanda had great skill. Amanda created a website to sell her art. She donated the earnings to organizations that help sick children. Amanda says she does not want children to ever give up because they do not know what they can do until they try. Zach Bonner knows just how far trying can get you. Earlier this month, the 11-year-old boy completed his biggest charity project to date. He walked almost 2 000 kilometers from his home in Florida to Washington, D.C., to raise money for homeless children in America. He called his project "From My House to the White House. " He carried a message to President Obama and lawmakers. He asked for help for the more than one million homeless children in the United States. The walk raised tens of thousands of dollars for Zach's cause. His mother says Zach has always enjoyed community service work. She says it began when Hurricane Charley hit Florida in 2004. Zach decided to help victims by walking around his area with his little red wagon collecting and giving out bottles of water. He got the nickname "Little Red Wagon Boy."Why did Amanda say that art changed her life?.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.8.（分数：12.00）A.It doesn't work as expected.B.It can do harm to children.√C.It can find out serious injuries.D.It can provide a detailed image of the brain.解析：[听力原文]The injury to the brain caused by a blow happens when the brain is shaken, often in acar crash or a fall or a strike to the head in sports. It can be mild, but doctors may order a CT scan to look for a more serious injury. Computed X-rays provide a detailed image of the brain. But a recent study warned that more children than necessary are being exposed to radiation in this way. A national team led by two doctors at the University of California, Davis, studied hospital records from thousands of children with head injuries. They found that in many cases, the risk of developing cancer from the radiation outweighed the risk of a serious brain injury. The study found that one in five children over age two had a low risk of serious injury but received CT scans anyway. The same was true of almost one in four children under age two. The researchers have developed rules to predict if a head injury is serious enough for a scan. For children under two, doctors are advised against it if there is.. normal mental activity, no swelling in the back of the head, no feeling of a broken bone in the skull, and no loss of consciousness for more than five seconds. Doctors should also consider how the child was injured and whether the parents say the child is acting normally. For patients from two to eighteen, the guidelines are similar except there should be no loss of consciousness, no vomiting and no severe headache.What's the new discovery about the CT scan?。

四级模拟试题试卷及答案一、听力理解（共30分）1. A) 根据所听内容，选择正确答案。

A. 他今天没有参加会议。

B. 他参加了会议，但迟到了。

C. 他没有迟到，但错过了会议。

D. 他准时参加了会议。

[答案] B2. B) 根据对话内容，回答以下问题。

What is the woman going to do this weekend?A. Go shopping.B. Visit her parents.C. Stay at home.D. Attend a concert.[答案] B3. C) 根据短文内容，完成句子。

The speaker is talking about _______.A. the importance of environmental protection.B. the latest technology in smartphones.C. the benefits of regular exercise.D. the history of a famous city.[答案] A二、阅读理解（共40分）1. 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

Passage 1[文章内容]...Questions:41. What is the main idea of the passage?A. The history of the company.B. The development of the company.C. The company's products.D. The company's management.[答案] B42. According to the passage, what did the company do last year?A. It expanded its market.B. It reduced its staff.C. It increased its profits.D. It launched a new product.[答案] A2. 阅读下列短文，回答后面的问题。

英语4级模拟试题及答案一、听力理解（共30分）1. A) 短对话理解根据所听内容，选择正确答案。

(1) What does the man want to do?A. Go to the library.B. Visit the museum.C. Watch a movie.(2) What is the woman's suggestion?A. To eat out.B. To cook at home.C. To order takeout.答案：1. C 2. A2. B) 长对话理解根据所听对话，回答下列问题。

(3) Why does the man feel stressed?(4) What will the woman do next?答案：3. He has a lot of work to do. 4. She will help the man with his work.3. C) 短文理解根据所听短文，回答以下问题。

(5) What is the main topic of the passage?(6) What does the speaker think of the topic?答案：5. The importance of environmental protection.6. The speaker thinks it is very important.二、阅读理解（共40分）1. 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

ANowadays, more and more people are concerned about their health. ...(7) What is the main idea of the passage?A. Health is becoming a major concern.B. People are living longer than before.C. The cost of healthcare is increasing.D. There are various ways to stay healthy.(8) What does the author suggest about exercise?A. It is the most important factor for health.B. It should be combined with a healthy diet.C. It is not as important as a balanced diet.D. It can replace the need for a healthy diet.答案：7. A 8. BBThe article discusses the impact of technology on education...(9) What is the author's opinion on technology in education?A. It is beneficial but needs to be used wisely.B. It has no significant impact on learning.C. It should be avoided in educational settings.D. It is the only way to improve education.(10) According to the article, what is the role of teachers?A. To replace technology in the classroom.B. To integrate technology into their teaching.C. To oppose the use of technology in education.D. To focus solely on traditional teaching methods.答案：9. A 10. B三、完型填空（共20分）阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Part I Listening Comprehension(Omitted)Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 reading 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 OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.There is a difference between science and technology. Science is a method of answering theoretical questions; technology is a method of solving practical problems. Science has to do with discovering the facts and relationships between observable phenomena in nature and with establishing theories that serve to organize these facts and relationships; technology has to do with tools, techniques, and procedures for implementing the finding of science.Another distinction between science and technology has to do with the progress in each.Progress in science excludes the human factor. Scientists, who seek to comprehend the universe and know the truth within the highest degree of accuracy and certainty, cannot pay attention to their own or other people's likes or dislikes or to popular ideas about the fitness of things. What scientists discover may shock or anger people-as did Darwin's theory of evolution. But even an unpleasant truth is more than likely to be useful; besides, we have the choice of refusing to believe it! But hardly so with technology; we do not have the choice of refusing to hear the sonic boom produced by a supersonic aircraft flying overhead; we do not have the option of refusing to breathe polluted air; and we do not have the option of living in a non-atomic age. Unlike science progress, technology must be measured in terms of the human factor. The legitimate purpose of technology is to serve people in general, not merely some people; and future generations, not merely those who presently wish to gain advantage for themselves. Technology must be humanistic if it is to lead to a better world.21. The difference between science and technology lies in that _____.A) the former provides answers to theoretical questions while the latter to practical problemsB) the former seeks to comprehend the universe while the latter helps change the material worldC) the former aims to discover the inter-connections of facts and the rules that explain them while the latter, to discover new designs and ways ofmaking the things we use in our daily lifeD) all of the above22. Which of the following may be representative of science?A) The improvement of people's life.B) The theory of people's life.C) Farming tools.D) Mass production.23. According to the author, scientific theories _____.A) must be strictly objectiveB) usually take into consideration people's likes and dislikesC) should conform to popular opinionsD) always appear in perfect and finished forms24. The author states that technology itself _____.A) is responsible for widespread pollution and resource exhaustionB) should serve those who wish to gain advantage for themselvesC) will lead to a better world if put to wise useD) will inevitably be for bad purpose25. The tone of the author in this passage is _____.A) positiveB) negativeC) factualD) criticalPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Americans have always been ambivalent in their attitudes toward education. On the one hand, free and universal public education was seen as necessary in a democracy, for how else would citizens learn how to govern themselves in a responsible way? On the other hand, America was always a country that offered financial opportunities for which education was not needed: on the road from rags to riches, schooling-beyond the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic-was an unnecessary detour.Even today, it is still possible for people to achieve financial success without much education, but the number of situations in which this is possible is decreasing. In today's more complex world, the opportunities for financial success is closely related to the need for education, especially higher education.Our society is rapidly becoming one whose chief product is information, and dealing with this information requires more and more specialized education. In other words, we grow up learning more and more about fewer and fewer subjects.In the future, this trend is likely to continue. Tomorrow's world will be even more complex than today's world, and, to manage this complexity, even more specialized education will be needed.26. The topic treated in this passage is _____.A) education in generalB) Americans' attitudesC) higher educationD) American education27. Americans' attitudes toward education have always been _____.A) certain B) contradictoryC) ambitious D) unclear28. Today, financial success is closely related to the need for _____.A) higher education B) public educationC) responsible citizens D) learning the basics29. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that _____.A) information is our only productB) education in the future will be specializedC) we are entering an age of informationD) we are living in an age of information30. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A) The History of American Education.B) The Need for Specialized Education.C) The Future of the American Educational System.D) Attitudes toward American Education.Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.A growing world population and the discoveries of science may alter this pattern of distribution in the future. As men slowly learn to master diseases, control floods, prevent famines, and stop wars, fewer people die every year; and in consequence the population of the world is steadily increasing. In 1925 there were about 2,000 million people in the world; by the end of the century there may well be over 4,000 million.When numbers rise the extra mouths must be fed. New lands must be brought under cultivation, or land already farmed made to yield larger crops. In some areas the accessible land is so intensively cultivated that it will be difficult to make it provide more food. In some areas the population is so dense that the land is parceled out in units too tiny to allow for much improvement in farming methods. Were a large part of this farming population drawn off into industrial occupations, the land might be farmedmuch more productively by modern methods.There is now a race for science, technology, and industry to keep the output of food rising faster than the number of people to be fed. New strains of crops are being developed which will thrive in unfavorable climates: there are now farms beyond the Arctic Circle in Siberia and North America; irrigation and dry-farming methods bring arid lands under the plough, dams hold back the waters of great rivers to ensure water for the fields in all seasons and to provide electric power for new industries; industrial chemistry provides fertilizers to suit particular soils; aeroplanes spray crops to destroy locusts and many plant diseases. Every year some new means is devised to increase or to protect the food of the world.31. The author says that the world population is growing because _____.A) there are many rich valleys and fertile plainsB) the pattern of distribution is being alteredC) people are living longerD) new land is being brought under cultivation32. The author says that in densely populated areas the land might be more productively farmed if _____.A) the plots were subdividedB) a large part of the people moved to a different part of the countryC) industrial methods were used in farmingD) the units of land were made much larger33. We are told that there are now farms beyond the Arctic Circle. This has been made possible by _____.A) producing new strains of cropsB) irrigation and dry-farming methodsC) providing fertilizersD) destroying pests and disease34. Which of these words is nearest in meaning to the word "strains"?A) types B) sizesC) seeds D) harvests35. The author's main purpose is to _____.A) argue for a belief B) describe a phenomenonC) entertain D) propose a conclusionPassage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.For some time past it has been widely accepted that babies-and other creatures-learn to do things because certain acts lead to "rewards"; andthere is no reason to doubt that this is true. But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards, at least in the early stages, had to be directly related to such basic physiological(生理的) "drives" as thirst or hunger. In other words, a baby would learn if he got food or drink or some sort of physical comfort, not otherwise.It is now clear that this is not so. Babies will learn to behave in ways that produce results in the world with no reward except the successful outcome.Papousek began his studies by using milk in the normal way to "reward" the babies and so teach them to carry out some simple movements, such as turning the head to one side or the other. Then he noticed that a baby who had had enough to drink would refuse the milk but would still go on making the learned response with clear signs of pleasure. So he began to study the children's responses in situations where no milk was provided. He quickly found that children as young as four months would learn to turn their heads to right or left if the movement "switched on" a display of lights-and indeed that they were capable of learning quite complex turns to bring about this result, for instance, two left or two right, or even to make as many as three turns to one side.Papousek's light display was placed directly in front of the babies and he made the interesting observation that sometimes they would not turn back to watch the lights closely although they would "smile and bubble" when the display came on. Papousek concluded that it was not primarily the sight of the lights which pleased them, it was the success they were achieving in solving the problem, in mastering the skill, and that there exists a fundamental human urge to make sense of the world and bring it under intentional control.36. According to the author, babies learn to do things which .A) are directly related to pleasureB) will meet their physical needsC) will bring them a feeling of successD) will satisfy their curiosity37. Papousek noticed in his studies that a baby .A) would make learned responses when it saw the milkB) would carry out learned movements when it had enough to drinkC) would continue the simple movements without being given milkD) would turn its head to right or left when it had enough to drink38. In Papousek's experiment babies make learned movements of the head in order to .A) have the lights turned onB) be rewarded with milkC) please their parentsD) be praised39. The babies would "smile and bubble" at the lights because .A) the lights were directly related to some basic "drives"B) the sight of the lights was interestingC) they need not turn back to watch the lightsD) they succeeded in "switching on" the lights40. According to Papousek, the pleasure babies get in achieving something is a reflection of .A) a basic human desire to understand and control the worldB) the satisfaction of certain physiological needsC) their strong desire to solve complex problemsD) a fundamental human urge to display their learned skillsPart III Vocabulary (20 minutes)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.41. It's the in this country to go out and pick flower on the first day of spring.A) case B) custom C) habit D) precedent42. He didn't take the flat because he couldn't afford the .A) hire B) fare C) rent D) salary43. I've made an for you to see the dentist at 5 o'clock tomorrow.A) appointment B) interviewC) opportunity D) assignation44. The house was poorly built; for , the roof leaked.A) short B) certainC) one thing D) sure45. the weather is concerned, I do not think it matters.A) So long as B) So far asC) As long as D) So far46. The continuous rain set the harvesting of wheat by two weeks.A) off B) back C) down D) about47. The helicopter hovered the trees.A) in B) over C) down D) up48.The mother made a shirt for the boy out of the of the cloth.A) odd and end B) odd and endsC) odds and end D) odds and ends49. Let's get this old barn. It's of no use to us.A) over B) readyC) rid of D) used to50. George's ability to learn from observations and experience greatly to his success in public life.A) owed B) contributed C) attached D) related51. I asked him where my sister was, and he the store across the street.A) nodded B) indicated C) figured D) guessed52. They are staying with us the time being until they find a place of their own.A) during B) for C) since D) in53. 100 competitors had the race.A) put their names for B) entered forC) put themselves for D) taken part54. He me by two games to one.A) beat B) conquered C) gained D) won55. They have put the bird in a cage to it from flying away.A) avoid B) prevent C) forbid D) control56. In recent years, new buildings have up like mushrooms in the city.A) jumped B) sprung C) leapt D) put57. I from among the crowd an old friend of mine whom I hadn't seen for ten years.A) figured out B) picked outC) realized D) picked over58. I thought he'd never anything, but it's turned out that I was wrong.A) arrive B) amount to C) reach for D) add to59. He managed to pay off his debts.A) anyhow or other B) anyhow or anotherC) somehow or other D) somehow or another60. You'd better not Mr. Ganz. He may get angry.A) play a joke on B) play outC) play into the hands of D) play at61. We existed on nothing but the necessities.A) empty B) bare C) hollow D) undressed62. The seasons change, independent anyone's wishes.A) on B) to C) with D) of63. The mail was for two days because of the snowstorm.A) misled B) lost C) delayed D) damaged64. He has been absent class for quite some time.A) in B) for C) with D) from65. I owe a great deal my parents and teachers.A) to B) for C) toward D) of66. We must manage to do our work better with people.A) less money and fewB) less money and fewerC) little money and lessD) few money and less67. Mr. Black is to our English evening.A) more pleased than to comeB) more pleased to come thanC) more than pleased to comeD) more pleasing than to come68. You that car with the brakes out of order. You might have had a serious accident.A) ought to drive B) oughtn't do driveC) ought to have driven D) oughtn't to have driven69. If it for their support, we would be in a very difficult position.A) is not B) weren't C) was not D) be not70. If only we as we were told! This would never have happened.A) would do B) had done C) do D) didPart IV Cloze (15 minutes)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.Everyone ___71___ of the President of the US ___72___ the most powerful man in ___73___. But when the representatives of the 13 former British colonies ___74___ to draw up the constitution of the new country ___75___ 1788, ___76___ of them were not sure whether they ___77___ to have a President at all. There were even ___78___ who ___79___ a king, ___80___ their successful war against the British king, George III. The decision was in doubt ___81___ the last moment. One group wanted ___82___ for life, while ___83___ suggested that ___84___ not be a President, because a Committee would govern the country better; a third group ___85___ a President ___86___ term of office would last seven years but who could not stand for reelection, because they were afraid he would spend his time ___87___ votes at the next election. In the end they chose George Washington as President for four years and let him ___88___ for reelection because they trusted him. But they were ___89___ to make rules in case a future President ___90___ badly and these rules were used to get rid of President Nixon two hundreds years later.71. A) use to think B) think C) thinks D) uses to think72. A) to be B) being C) like D) as73. A) western world B) the western world C) accident D) the accident74. A) found B) met C) encountered D) put together75. A) at B) by C) on D) in76. A) a number B) a great deal C) a large amount D) the most77. A) should B) would C) needed D) must78. A) few B) a few C) little D) a little79. A) had preferred B) would have preferred C) should have preferred D) were preferring80. A) although B) however C) nevertheless D) in spite of81. A) until B) as far as C) so far as D) by82. A) that the President was electedB) that the President would be electedC) to elect the PresidentD) to be elected the President83. A) another B) other C) the other D) some other84. A) it should B) it would C) there should D) there would85. A) would have liked B) would rather C) would like D) would be liking86. A) that's B) whose C) which D) of which87. A) looking for B) to look for C) to look at D) looking at88. A) stand B) to stand C) be standing D) that he stood89. A) so careful B) too careful C) careful enough D) enough careful90. A) would carry B) carried C) would behave D) behavedPart V Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic "The Expenses of an Average Worker". You should study the following table carefully and base your composition on the outlines given below. You should write at least 100 words.1. The changes in the worker's expenses from 1990 to 2000.2. The possible reasons for the changes.3. My prediction.Year Food (%) Clothing (%) Daily articles (%) Entertainment (%) Education (%) Total income (yuan)1990 50 8 20 2 10 50002000 20 15 10 12 30 12000The Expenses of an Average Worker答案21. DBACC 26. DBABD 31. CDAAA 36. CCADA41. BCACB 46. BBDCB 51. BBBAB 56. BBBCA 61. BDCDA 66. BCDBB71. CDBBD 76. ACBBD 81. ACACC 86. BAACC。

4级模拟试题四级模拟试题Part I: Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section A: Short Conversations (10 questions)1. M: Have you finished your assignment yet?W: No, I still have a few more pages to read.2. M: Are we going to have a meeting tomorrow?W: Yes, it's scheduled for 2 p.m. in the conference room.3. M: Did you hear about the new restaurant that opened downtown?W: Yeah, I heard it's really popular. We should check it out sometime.4. M: I can't find my wallet anywhere. Have you seen it?W: I saw it on the kitchen counter this morning. Maybe it's still there.5. M: What's the weather like today?W: It's sunny and warm. Perfect for a picnic in the park.6. M: Did you buy the tickets for the concert?W: No, they were sold out by the time I got to the ticket office.7. M: Do you want to come over for dinner this evening?W: I'd love to, but I have plans with my family tonight.8. M: Can you believe it? The company is giving us a bonus this year.W: That's great news! We've all been working really hard.9. M: What do you think of the new English teacher?W: I find her lectures quite interesting and engaging.10. M: Are you going to attend the seminar on Friday?W: Yes, I've already registered and paid the registration fee.Section B: Passages (10 questions)Passage 1Are you tired of your daily routine? Feeling stressed out and in need of a break? Well, why not try a yoga retreat? Yoga retreats are becoming increasingly popular for people seeking relaxation and rejuvenation. Located in serene and picturesque destinations, these retreats offer a variety of yoga classes, meditation sessions, and healthy meals. Participants can immerse themselves in a peaceful environment, away from the distractions of daily life. Whether you're a seasoned yogi or a total beginner, a yoga retreat is a great opportunity to take care of your body and mind.11. What are yoga retreats designed for?A. Business training.B. Sightseeing purposes.C. Stress relief and relaxation.D. Adventurous activities.12. What can participants do at yoga retreats?A. Visit tourist attractions.B. Attend yoga classes and meditation sessions.C. Take part in extreme sports.D. Relax in luxury spas.13. Who can benefit from attending a yoga retreat?A. Only experienced yoga practitioners.B. People looking for high-intensity workouts.C. Individuals seeking peace and tranquility.D. Tourists interested in local cultures.Passage 2Do you find it hard to concentrate while studying? You're not alone. Many students struggle with distractions and lack of focus. However, there are several strategies you can try to improve your study habits. First, create a dedicated study space that is free from noise and other disruptions. This will help you stay focused and minimize distractions. Second, break your study sessions into shorter intervals. Research shows that studying for 25-30 minutes, followed by a short break, can boost productivity. Finally, make sure to take care of your physical and mental health. Get enough sleep, eat nutritious meals, and practice relaxation techniques to reduce stress.14. What problem do many students encounter while studying?A. Lack of motivation.B. Difficulty finding study materials.C. Distractions and inability to concentrate.D. Lack of access to learning resources.15. What is one strategy mentioned to improve study habits?A. Studying in a noisy environment.B. Extending study sessions to several hours.C. Taking frequent short breaks during study sessions.D. Skipping meals to save time for more studying.16. What does research suggest about study sessions?A. They should be longer than 30 minutes.B. They should be conducted in groups.C. They should be followed by intense physical exercise.D. They should involve a variety of educational materials.Passage 3Are you considering pursuing a career in environmental science? If so, you will have numerous opportunities to make a positive impact on the planet. Environmental scientists study the natural world and work towards finding solutions to environmental problems. They play a crucial role in addressing issues such as climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. By conducting research, analyzing data, and implementing strategies, environmental scientists contribute to the sustainable development of oursociety. With an increasing global focus on environmental issues, this field offers diverse and rewarding career paths.17. What do environmental scientists aim to achieve?A. Maintaining the status quo of the natural world.B. Creating new environmental problems.C. Finding solutions to environmental challenges.D. Advancing the industrial sector.18. What are some of the environmental problems mentioned in the passage?A. Economic inequality and political unrest.B. Technological advancements and automation.C. Climate change and pollution.D. Educational disparities and healthcare issues.19. How do environmental scientists contribute to society?A. By conducting scientific experiments.B. By analyzing financial data.C. By developing new technologies.D. By addressing environmental issues.That's the end of the listening section.Part II: Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section A: Multiple Choice Questions (10 questions)Read the following passage and answer the questions below.Title: The Benefits of Learning a Second LanguageMany people question the value of learning a second language, especially if they already speak a widely-spoken language like English. However, research has shown that there are numerous benefits to bilingualism. First of all, learning a second language enhances cognitive abilities and can improve problem-solving skills. Bilingual individuals have been found to have greater mental flexibility and better attention control. They can switch between tasks more efficiently, adapt to new situations more quickly, and demonstrate advanced analytical thinking.Secondly, speaking a second language opens up a world of cultural opportunities. Language is deeply intertwined with culture, and by learning another language, you gain access to different customs, traditions, and ways of thinking. This can lead to greater empathy and understanding of people from diverse backgrounds. Additionally, being bilingual increases your employability. In an increasingly globalized world, companies highly value employees who can communicate with international clients and navigate different cultural contexts.20. What has research shown about bilingual individuals?A. They have weaker cognitive abilities than monolinguals.B. They have poor attention control compared to monolinguals.C. They have greater mental flexibility and advanced analytical thinking.D. They demonstrate slower adaptation to new situations than monolinguals.21. How does learning a second language contribute to cultural understanding?A. By limiting exposure to different customs and traditions.B. By promoting empathy and understanding of diverse backgrounds.C. By discouraging interaction with people from other cultures.D. By restricting access to cultural opportunities.22. Why do companies highly value bilingual employees?A. Because they can navigate different cultural contexts.B. Because they have superior problem-solving skills.C. Because they restrict business communication to a single language.D. Because they are less adaptable to new situations.Section B: Cloze Test (10 questions)Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.Title: The Power of Positive ThinkingPositive thinking is an essential mindset that can greatly impact our lives. It involves cultivating a (23) _______ and optimistic outlook, even inchallenging situations. While it may seem difficult to maintain a positive attitude (24) _______ faced with adversity, it can lead to numerous benefits for our physical and mental well-being.Studies have shown that positive thinking can (25) _______ stress levels and improve overall health. When we think positively, our bodies release hormones such as dopamine and endorphins, which promote feelings of happiness and reduce (26) _______. This can boost our immune system, lower blood pressure, and decrease the risk of certain diseases.In addition, positive thinking enhances our problem-solving skills and (27) _______ resilience. When we approach problems with a positive mindset, we are more likely to think creatively and find effective solutions. Moreover, a positive attitude fosters (28) _______ relationships and social connections, as it often attracts like-minded individuals and inspires others.While positive thinking alone may not solve all of life's challenges, it does empower us to tackle (29) _______ with a mindset of possibility rather than defeat. By embracing positivity, we open ourselves to new opportunities, personal growth, and a greater sense of happiness and fulfillment.23. A. negative B. stagnant C. dynamic D. positive24. A. as B. but C. if D. or25. A. increase B. decrease C. maintain D. ignore26. A. stress B. energy C. motivation D. confidence27. A. hinder B. encourage C. limit D. suppress28. A. distant B. strained C. healthy D. toxic29. A. problems B. achievements C. distractions D. opportunitiesThat's the end of the reading section.Part III: Writing (30 minutes)Write an essay of about 300 words on the following topic:The Importance of Volunteer WorkVolunteering is an activity that involves offering one's time and skills to help others in need, without expecting anything in return. While many people may view volunteering as an additional burden on their already busy schedules, it is essential to recognize the importance and benefits of this selfless act.First and foremost, volunteer work plays a crucial role in addressing societal issues and creating positive change. Volunteers contribute to community development by providing support to marginalized groups, such as the elderly, homeless individuals, or refugees. They offer valuable assistance in areas such as education, healthcare, and environmental conservation. Without volunteers, many non-profit organizations and charity initiatives would struggle to function and fulfill their missions.In addition to benefiting the recipients of volunteer work, individuals who engage in volunteering also experience personal growth and development. By dedicating their time to help others, volunteers gain a sense of fulfillment, purpose, and satisfaction. They develop empathy, as they interact with individuals from diverse backgrounds and gain a deeperunderstanding of different life experiences. Volunteering also provides opportunities for acquiring new skills, building networks, and enhancing one's resume, which can be beneficial for future career prospects.Furthermore, volunteer work fosters a stronger sense of community and social cohesion. When people come together for a common cause, social barriers and divisions are often dissolved. Volunteering creates a sense of belonging and unity among individuals who share similar values and aspirations. It strengthens social bonds, promotes mutual support, and enhances social harmony.In conclusion, volunteer work is of great importance as it addresses societal needs, contributes to personal growth, and fosters community cohesion. By offering our time and skills to help others, we not only make a positive impact on the lives of those in need but also enrich our own lives in countless ways. Therefore, it is crucial for individuals and society as a whole to recognize the value and embrace the spirit of volunteerism.。