大学英语四级(2013年12月考试改革适用)模拟试卷318(题后含答案及解析)

大学英语四级（2013年12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷318 (题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. Writing 2. Listening Comprehension 3. Reading Comprehension 4.

Translation

Part I Writing

1． For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on an

English idiom “It’s never too old to learn”. Do you support it or disapprove of it?

Write down your ideas with 120 -180 words.

正确答案： It’ s Never Too Old to Learn We have heard a lot of

times that it’ s never too old to learn. Sometimes we don’t take it seriously, and find

many excuses not to learn something new. To be frank, we need to learn no matter

how old we are. On the one hand, with the fast development of science and

technology, we must admit that if we don’ t learn new things we are likely to be

eliminated by our society. For example, Wechat has a very close relationship with our

daily life, not only among the circle of friends, but also with other people. Much work

is done through Wechat. Imagine everybody except you knows how to use Wechat,

you may feel uncomfortable. On the other hand, learning new things helps us be more

intelligent. Human brain is like a machine, and if we use it more it will work better:

on the contrary, if we use it less, it will work worse. All in all, it’s never too old to

learn. No matter how old we are, learning new things helps us maintain an active state

of mind: we will be less likely to feel loneliness because we are with the world.

解析：“活到老学到老”这句话我们每个人都耳熟能详。题目要求考生写出自己的观点或看法，我们可以就学习的重要性展开论述，摆出自己的想法。作文可分为三段：第一段引出话题，开门见山，摆明观点；第二段解释观点，分条论述；第三段总结全文，重申论点。

Part II Listening Comprehension

Section A

听力原文： The United States central bank has raised an important interest

rate by one-fourth of 1 percent. The federal funds rate, a rate paid by banks for

short-term loans, is now one-half of 1 percent. Janet Yellen, the first woman to

lead the Federal Reserve System, spoke after the announcement. The decision was

based on a few factors, Yellen said. Economic growth is expected to continue in the

U.S. Another reason to increase interest rates, Yellen noted, was the low official rate

of inflation. The central bank has said its target inflation rate is 2 percent. It says that

rate would help support employment and keep prices stable. However, inflation

currently is not at the target rate, but below 1 percent. The federal reserve chief also

said the strong labor market provided another reason to raise rates. The U.S. economy

is adding about 200,000 jobs each month.1 What is the news report mainly about?2

What do we learn about the target inflation rate set by the central bank?

2．

A．The U.S. central bank decides monetary policy.

B．The U.S. central bank has raised an interest rate.

C．The U.S. economic growth is expected to continue.

D．The U.S. economy is adding about 200,000 jobs each year.

正确答案：B

解析：题目问新闻主旨。新闻开篇便说“美国央行将一项重要利率提高了0．25个百分点”。之后解释了加息原因。B“美国央行提高了利率”将首句加以提炼，去掉具体的数据，表明了全文主旨。

3．

A．It is expected to grow.

B．It is set below 1 percent.

C．It would affect interest rates.

D．It would be good for price stability.

正确答案：D

解析：题目询问由美国央行设定的target inflation rate“目标通胀率”的相关信息。新闻提到央行将target inflation rate设定在2％，央行表示该通胀率有助于支持就业(help support employment)和保持物价稳定(keep prices stable)，D中的price stability与后者对应，其中的stability是stable的名词形式。

听力原文： The campaign group Amnesty International says it has evidences

that Russian air strikes in Syria since September have killed hundreds of civilians,

causing widespread destruction to basic facilities. Amnesty suggests the strikes are in

violations of international humanitarian law and accuses Russia of attempting a

cover-up. After interviewing witnesses, doctors and human rights groups, Amnesty

reports that homes and hospitals were hit as well as a market and a Muslim building.

In most cases, the location and timing of the attacks correspond with Russian defense

ministry reports on air strikes though it says it was targeting so-called IS militants.

Despite dropping thousands of bombs in Syria, Russian officials have never

acknowledged causing any civilian casualties there. They were proud of their

effective pinpoints strikes against terrorists and had dismissed previous claims to the

country as part of an anti-Russian information war by the west.3 What did Amnesty

International say about the Russian air strikes?4 What was Russia’s reaction towards

civilian casualties?

4．

A．They had killed civilians and destroyed basic facilities.

B．They covered the whole nation of Syria