大学英语四级(2013年12月考试改革适用)模拟试卷208(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208 (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 short essay entitled More

Chinese People Traveling Abroad based on the statistics provided in bar graph below.

Please convey the information in the graph. You should write at least 120 words but

no more than 180 words.

正确答案： More Chinese People Traveling Abroad (1)The

above is a graph showing the number of Chinese people traveling abroad from 2012

to 2015. Base d upon the data of the chart,(2)one can see that the number of Chinese

people traveling abroad has been(3)on the rise. In 2012, there were only 83 million

people who traveled abroad, while three years later, the number increased

significantly by 37 million. (4)Several possible reasons might account for this

trend. On one hand, people have started to pay attention to(5)spiritual life along with

the development of national economy. Many modern tourists(6)yearn for an exotic

atmosphere and the different culture of other countries, or seek for a new experience.

On the other hand, overseas travel nowadays is at a reasonable price owning to the

improvement of tourism. (7)To sum up, the increasing number of people

traveling abroad symbolizes people’ s rising living standard. And it can be predicted

that in the next few years, the number will continue to grow.

解析：(1)整体上对图表进行简单概述。(2)由表面数据引出主题。(3)on the rise意为“在上升”。(4)承上启下，引出下文。这类语句考生要多积累。(5)spiritual life意为“精神生活”。(6)yearn for意为“渴望”。(7)总结全文。

Part II Listening Comprehension

Section A

听力原文： Spain’s King Juan Carlos, being an emperor for 32 years, turns

70 Saturday. But after years of definite overpraise among Spaniards for putting down

an attempted and sudden change of government in 1981, he’s recently faced more

difficult times. Small groups of leftists have burned his photo, and criticism has also

come from the right with one leading conservative radio host calling for him to resign.

Juan Carlos fired back with a rare public defense of his ruling in a recent speech. “It’ s

been the longest period of stability and prosperity in Spain ever in a parliamentary

monarchy,” the king said.1. How long has Juan Carlos been King of Spain?2. What is

the news item mainly about?

2．

A．For 35 years.

B．For 32 years.

C．For 70 years.

D．For 17 years.

正确答案：B

解析：信息明示题。由Spain’s King Juan Carlos，being an emperor for 32 years，turns 70 Saturday．可知，西班牙的国王Juan Carlos已经在位32年了，故选B。

3．

A．The King’s birthday.

B．The stability of the monarchy.

C．Criticism from both the left and the right.

D．The King’s public defense of his ruling.

正确答案：D

解析：综合推断题。本题考查新闻的主旨，需要考生重点关注新闻的首和尾。由Juan Carlos fired back with a rare public defense of his ruling in a recent

speech．可知，Juan Carlos在一次演讲上捍卫自己在位期间的统治。所以这则新闻的主旨是西班牙国王Juan Carlos捍卫自己的统治地位，故选D。

听力原文： In a suburb in northern Johannesburg South Africa, Lorraine

Melvill is running around trying to organize hospital visits for her clients staying in

her guest house. She started her business, “Surgeon and Safari,” back in 2000 and

since then she has had people from all over the world come to her to do their plastic

surgeries, and perhaps go on a trip too. “For most people in the developed countries

like the UK, and especially in America, their biggest desire is to go on a trip to see

wild animals in Africa,” she explains, “and yet their greatest want in their life was to

have plastic surgery, so why not put the two together?” Like most companies,

however, Surgeon and Safari was affected by the global financial crisis, particularly as

a number of Melvill’s clients were borrowing money to afford their surgeries.

However, while the United States and euro zone economies may have been in

recession, Melvill says that she has benefited from the growth of some African

countries’ economies. “There is a huge emergence of local Africans that chose to

come to South Africa for elective surgery, whether it is breast reduction, tummy

tucks,” she says. 3. What is Lorraine Melvill’ s business?4. Which of the following

statements is NOT true according to the news item?

4．

A．Running a plastic surgery clinic.

B．Arranging for surgery and safari.

C．Providing consultancy to local people.

D．Organizing trips to UK and American.