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[外语类试卷]专业英语四级模拟试卷1一、PART 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 minuteSECTION A CONVERSATIONSDirections: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.2 When did the man call the woman last time?（A）Yesterday morning.（B）Yesterday noon.（C）Yesterday afternoon.（D）Yesterday evening.3 What is true about the man?（A）He doesn't have good qualifications.（B）His resume hasn' t outlined his past in a proper way.（C）He is not nervous when taking an interview.（D）He always thinks that the interviewer like an enemy.4 What does Miss White suggest him about his resume?（A）He should outline his past better.（B）He should send his resume directly to the manager.（C）He should create a new area in his resume called "value offered". （D）He needn't write different resume to different employers.5 How many millionaires have Stanley surveyed before he wrote his book? （A）1,100（B）1,300（C）3,000（D）3,1006 What were the millionaires average scores in college?（A）A's and B's.（B）B's and C's.（C）C's and D's.（D）Not mentioned.7 What is true about millinaires?（A）They are intellectually gifted.（B）They rely on natural genius.（C）They have great analytic intelligence.（D）They are creative and practical,8 Where does the man work?（A）In a toy factory.（B）In a department store.（C）In a park.（D）Not mentioned.9 What are the kids' names?（A）Henry and Jerry.（B）Henry and Jessie.（C）Jerry and Jessie.（D）None of the above.10 What will the father buy for his son? （A）A toy.（B）Some snacks.（C）A bicycle.（D）A doll.11 How old is the man' s daughter? （A）Four.（B）Five.（C）Six.（D）Seven.SECTION B PASSAGESDirections: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.12 What does this passage want to tell us?（A）Warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experience. （B）Advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer. （C）Show young people it' s unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth and fame. （D）Encourage young people to pursue a writing career.13 Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing career? （A）He wasn' t able to produce a single book.（B）He hadn't seen a change for the better.（C）He wasn' t able to have a rest for a whole year.（D）He found his dream would never come true.14 What is the "shadow land of hope" in the writer' s point of view?（A）The wonderful one often dreams about.（B）The bright future that one is looking forward to.（C）The state of uncertainty before one' s final goal is reached.（D）A world that exists only in one' s imagination.15 What will be most effective about personal interviewing?（A）When people to be interviewed are located in a big area.（B）When people to be interviewed are located in a mountain.（C）When people to be interviewed are located in a small area.（D）When people to be interviewed are located abroad.16 How do you understand the phrase "an invasion of privacy" according to the passage? （A）An unpleasant conversation.（B）A challenge to interviewee' s professional skills.（C）An interference with interviewee' s personal affairs.（D）An interference with interviewee' s hobby.17 What is one of the advantages of the personal interviewing?（A）It is very interesting.（B）It is very exciting.（C）It is somewhat truthful.（D）It is somewhat superficial.18 Why did most early societies grow up near a sufficient supply of wood?（A）Because wood was safer than coal.（B）Because wood burned longer than coal.（C）Because there was more wood than coal.（D）Because they used wood as primary source energy.19 When did the first major energy transition take place?（A）Before 1800.（B）During the 18th century.（C）During the early 1800s.（D）Towards the end of the 18th century.20 Why was coal preferred to wood as a basic source of energy? （A）People found it harder to get a job.（B）People had to live near a source of energy.（C）A lot of wood was shipped to faraway places.（D）Industry developed and people's living standard went up. 21 What happened as a result of the transition from wood to coal? （A）People found it harder to get a job.（B）People had to live near a source of energy.（C）A lot of wood was shipped to faraway places.（D）Industry developed and people' s living standard went up.22 Joseph Connor was _______.（A）US Secretary.（B）US Deputy Secretary for Management.（C）UN Deputy Secretary-General for Management（D）UN Deputy Secretary for Funding23 The 452 million dollars was the total amount of money that _______.（A）the US owed to the UN（B）the US was required to pay by December（C）the US Congress approved for arrears payment（D）the US paid to the UN as part of the arrears payment24 Kofi Annan is expected to make a speech_______.（A）to express his disappointment（B）to call for a strengthening of UN intervention（C）to urge council members to reach a consensus on Kosovo（D）to introduce new measures of UN intervention25 Which of the following is not mentioned as a subject of talks?（A）Women's rights.（B）Economic cooperation.（C）Violence in Angola.（D）Human rights in East Timor.二、PART 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.25 While radio broadcasting was still【C1】_____________ its early stage the wonder of television was【C2】_____________ being developed. The first step towards its invention was【C3】___________ in 1873 but the person responsible for developing 【C4】_________ was John Logie Baird. In 1926 he gave the【C5】 _________ of a television picture.As a home entertainment,【C6】__________ rapidly became more popular than any 【C7】__________ form. A news broadcast became more immediate【C8】________ people could actually see the scene 【C9】 __________ question and the movements of the figures. Films could also be available. One of the advantages of travel programmes was the【C10】___________ of far-away places which many viewers【C11】__________ not otherwise have seen.【C12】___________ much of the entertainment was of a popular 【C13】 __________ like quiz competitions, some remarkable cultural programmes were also broadcast. Just as【C14】_________ radio in earlier days, a group of actors and actresses became familiar in 【C15】 _____________ household.【C16】__________ of the most popular programmes on television was sport and an interesting【C17】________ of the television broadcast was the increased 【C18】___________ at the actual events. How far this was due to a growth in interest【C19】_________ the game and how far out of the people's desire to appear on the【C20】__________ is not clear.26 【C1】（A）during（B）on（C）in（D）with27 【C2】（A）already（B）always（C）not yet （D）ever28 【C3】（A）marked （B）quickened （C）kept（D）taken29 【C4】（A）it（B）television （C）the design （D）the machine 30 【C5】（A）exhibition （B）glimpse （C）demonstration （D）review31 【C6】（A）radio（B）film（C）television （D）broadcasting 32 【C7】（A）entertainment （B）other（C）performance （D）enjoyment 33 【C8】（A）though （B）when（C）before （D）if34 【C9】（A）without （B）out of（C）on（D）in35 【C10】（A）sight （B）glimpse （C）retrospect （D）glance 36 【C11】（A）might （B）should （C）would （D）could37 【C12】（A）Though （B）If（C）As （D）For38 【C13】（A）nature （B）quality（C）tendency （D）kind39 【C14】（A）with （B）for （C）to （D）/40 【C15】（A）any （B）each （C）no （D）every 41 【C16】（A）Some （B）One （C）Either （D）Neither 42 【C17】（A）result（B）phenomenon （C）behaviour （D）appreciation 43 【C18】（A）enjoyment （B）attendance （C）entertainment （D）performance 44 【C19】（A）of（B）at（C）in（D）for45 【C20】（A）spot（B）stage（C）platform （D）screen三、PART 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.46 If the building project ______ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined.（A）being completed（B）is completed（C）to be completed（D）completed47 The president promised to keep all the board members______ of how the negotiations were going on.（A）inform（B）informing（C）be informed（D）informed48 All the tasks ______ ahead of time, they decided to go on holiday for a week.（A）been fulfilled（B）having been fulfilled（C）were fulfilled（D）had been fulfilled49 He was punished ______ he should make the same mistake again.（A）unless（B）provided（C）if（D）lest50 ______ in the United States, St. Louis has now become the 24th largest city. （A）Being the fourth biggest city（B）It was once the fourth biggest city（C）Once the fourth biggest city（D）The fourth biggest city it was51 It is important that the hotel receptionist ______ that guests are registered correctly. （A）make sure（B）has made sure（C）made sure（D）must make sure52 I'll never forget ______ you for the first time.（A）to meet（B）to have met（C）meeting（D）having to be meet-53 That young man still denies ______ the fire behind the store.（A）to start（B）having started（C）start（D）to have started54 ______ in a recent science competition, the three students were awarded scholarships totaling $ 21,000.（A）To be judged the best（B）Having judged the best（C）Judged the best（D）Judging the best55 ______ receiving financial support from family, community or the government is allowed, it is never admired.（A）Once（B）Lest（C）As（D）Although56 %he basic features of the communication process are identified in one question: Who says ______ through what channel to whom?（A）what（B）when（C）how（D）such57 The hours ______ the children spend in their one-way relationship with television people undoubtedly affect their relationships with real-life people.（A）when（B）on which（C）that（D）in which58 I' d rather have a room of my own, however small it is, than ______ a room with someone else.（A）to share（B）to have shared（C）share（D）sharing59 ______ difficulties we may come across, we'll help one another to overcome them. （A）However（B）Whenever（C）Wherever（D）Whatever60 So many directors ______, the board meeting had to be put off.（A）were absent（B）being absent（C）been absent（D）had been absent61 We shall probably never be able to ______ the exact nature of these sub-atomic particles.（A）assert（B）impart（C）ascertain（D）notify62 All the people in the stadium cheered up when they saw hundreds of colorful balloons ______ slowly in to the sky.（A）ascending（B）elevating（C）escalating（D）lingering63 Many years had ______ before they returned to their original urban areas.（A）floated（B）elapsed（C）skipped（D）proceeded64 What you say now is not______ with what you said last week.（A）consistent（B）persistent（C）permanent（D）insistent65 Military orders are ______ and cannot be disobeyed.（A）defective（B）conservative（C）alternative（D）imperative66 Some educator try to put students of similar abilities into the same class because they believe this kind of ______ grouping is advisable.（A）homogeneous（B）instantaneous（C）spontaneous（D）anonymous67 Even sensible men do ______ things sometimes.（A）abrupt（B）absurd（C）acute（D）apt68 The commission would find itself ______at every turn if its members couldn' t reach an agreement.（A）collided（B）savaged（C）crumbled（D）hampered69 Grain production in the world is ______, but still millions go hungry.（A）staggering（B）shrinking（C）soaring（D）suspending70 He developed a ______ attitude after years of frustration in his career.（A）sneaking（B）disgusted（C）drastic（D）cynical71 They believed that this was not the ______ of their campaign for equality but merely the beginning.（A）climax（B）summit（C）pitch（D）maximum72 My father seemed to be in no ______ to look at my school report.（A）feeling（B）attitude（C）emotion（D）mood73 Our new house is very ______ for me as I can get to the office in five minutes. （A）adaptable（B）convenient（C）available（D）comfortable74 We couldn' t really afford to buy a house so we got it on hire purchase and paid monthly______（A）investments（B）requirements（C）arrangements（D）installments75 The magician made us think he cut the girl into pieces but it was merely an______ （A）illusion（B）impression（C）image（D）illumination75 Staggering tasks confronted the people of the United States, North and South, when the Civil War ended. About a million and a half soldiers from both sides had to be demobilized, readjusted to civilian life, and reabsorbed by the devastated economy. Civil government also had to be put back on a peacetime basis and interference from the military had to be stopped.The desperate situation of the South had eclipsed the fact that reconstruction had to be undertaken also in the North, though less spectacularly. Industries had to adjust to peacetime conditions; factories had to be retooled for civilian needs.Financial problems loomed large in both the North and the South. The national debt had shot up from a modest $ 65 million in 1861, the year the war started, to nearly $ 3 billion in 1865, the year the war ended. This was a colossal sum for those days but one that a cautious government could pay. At the same time, war taxes had to be reduced to less burdensome levels.Physical devastation caused by invading armies, chiefly in the South and border states, had to be repaired. This difficult task was ultimately completed, but with discouraging slowness.Other important questions needed answering. What would be the future of the four million black people who were freed from slavery? On what basis were the Southern states to be brought back into the Union?What of the Southern leaders, all of whom were liable to charges of treason? One of these leaders, Jefferson Davis, president of the Southern Confederacy, was the subject of an insulting popular Northern song, "Hang Jeff Davis from a Sour Apple Tree," and even children sang it. Davis was temporarily chained in his prison cell during the early days of his two-year imprisonment. But he and the other Southern leaders were finally released, partly because it was unlikely that a jury from Virginia, a Southern Confederate state, would convict them. All the leaders were finally pardoned by President Johnson in 1868 in an effort to help reconstruction efforts proceed with as little bitterness as possible.76 What does the passage mainly discuss?（A）Wartime expenditure.（B）Methods of repairing the damage caused by the war.（C）Problems facing the United States after the war.（D）The results of government efforts to revive the economy.77 According to the passage, which of the following statements about the damage in the South is correct?（A）It was worse than the North.（B）The cost was less than expected.（C）It was centered in the border states.（D）It was remedied rather quickly.78 The passage refers to all of the following as necessary steps following the Civil War EXCEPT_______.（A）increasing taxes（B）restructuring industry（C）returning government to normal（D）helping soldiers readjust79 The author mentioned a popular song_______.（A）to compare the Northern and Southern presidents（B）to illustrate the Northern love of music（C）to emphasize the cultural differences between the North and the South（D）to give an example of a Northern attitude towards the South79 When I was growing up, the whole world was Jewish. The heroes were Jewish and the villains were Jewish. The landlord, the doctor, the grocer, your best friend, the village idiot, the neighborhood bully: all Jewish. We were working class and immigrants as well, but that just came with the territory. Essentially we were Jews on the streets of New York. We learned to be kind, cruel, smart and feeling in a mixture of language and gesture that was part street slang, part grade-school English, part kitchen Yiddish.One Sunday evening when I was eight years old my parents and I were riding in the back seat of my rich uncle's car. We had been out for a ride and now we were back in the Bronx, headed for home. Suddenly, another car sideswiped us. My mother and aunt shrieked. My uncle swore softly. My father, in whose lap I was sitting, said out the window at the speeding car, "That's all right. Nothing but a few Jews in here." In an instant I knew everything. I knew there was a world beyond our streets, and in that world my father was a hu- miliated man, without power or standing.When I was sixteen a girl in the next building had her nose straightened; we all went together to see Selma Shapiro lying in state, wrapped in bandages from which would emerge a person fit for life beyond the block. Three buildings away a boy went downtown for a job, and on his application he wrote "Anold Brown" instead of "Anold Braunowiitz." The newsswept through the neighborhood like a wild fire. A nose job? A name change? What was happening here? It was awful; it was wonderful. It was frightening; it was delicious. Whatever it was, it wasn't standstill. Things felt lively and active. Self-confidence was on the rise, passivity on the wane. We were going to experience challenges. That's what it meant to be in the new world. For the first time we could imagine ourselves out there.But who exactly do I mean when I say we? I mean Arnie, not Selma. I mean my brother, not me. I mean the boys, not the girls. My mother stood behind me, pushing me forward. "The girl goes to college, too," she said. And I did. But my going to college would not mean the same thing as my brother's going to college, and we all knew it. For my brother, college meant going from the Bronx to Manhattan. But for me? From the time I was fourteen I yearned to get out of the Bronx, but get out into what? I did not actually imagine myself a working person alone in Manhattan and nobody else did either. What I did imagine was that I would marry, and that the man I married would get me downtown. He would brave the perils of class and race, and somehow I'd be there alongside him.80 In the passage, we can find the author was_______.（A）quite satisfied with her life（B）a poor Jewish girl（C）born in a middle-class family（D）a resident in a rich area in New York81 Selma Shapiro had her nose straightened because she wanted_______.（A）to look her best（B）to find a new job in the neighborhood（C）to live a new life in other places（D）to marry very soon82 Anold Brown changed his name because_______.（A）there was racial discrimination in employment（B）Brown was just the same as Braunowiitz（C）it was easy to write（D）Brown sounds better83 From the passage we can infer that_______.（A）the Jews were satisfied with their life in the Bronx（B）the Jewish immigrants could not be rich（C）all the immigrants were very poor（D）the young Jews didn't accept the stern reality83 Function of the LungsBlood vessels running all through the lungs carry blood to each air sac, or alveolus (肺泡), and then back again to the heart. Only the thin wall of the air sac and the thin wall of a capillary (毛细管) are between the air and the blood. So oxygen easily diffuses from the air sacs through the walls into the blood, while carbon dioxide easily diffuses from the blood through the walls into the air sacs.When blood is sent to the lungs by the heart, it has come back from the cells in the rest of the body. So the blood that goes into the wall of an air sac contains much dissolved carbon dioxide but very little oxygen. At the same time, the air that goes into the air sac contains much oxygen but very little carbon dioxide. You have learned that dissolved materials always diffuse from where there is more of them to where there is less. Oxygen from the air dissolves in the moisture on the lining of the air sac and diffuses through the lining into the blood. Meanwhile, carbon dioxide diffuses from the blood into the air sac. The blood then flows from the lungs back to the heart, which sends it out all other parts of the body.Soon after air goes into an air sac, it gives up some of its oxygen and takes in some carbon dioxide from the blood. To keep diffusion going as it should, this carbon dioxide must be gotten rid of. Breathing, which is caused by movements of the chest, forces the used air out of the air sacs in your lungs and brings in fresh air. The breathing muscles are controlled automatically so that you breathe at the proper rate to keep your air sacs supplied with fresh air. Ordinarily, you breathe about twenty-two times a minute. Of course, you breathe faster when you are exercising and slower when you are resting. Fresh air is brought into your lungs when you breathe in, or inhale, while used air is forced out of your lungs when you breathe out, or exhale.Some people think that all the oxygen is taken out of the air in the lungs and that what we breathe out is pure carbon dioxide. But these ideas are not correct. Air is a mixture of gases that is mostly nitrogen. This gas is not used in the body. So the mount of nitrogen does not change as air is breathed in and out. But while air is in the lungs, it is changed in three ways: (1) About one-fifth of the oxygen in the air goes into the blood. (2) An almost equal amount of carbon dioxide comes out of the blood into the air. (3) Moisture from the linings of the air passages and air sacs evaporates until the air is almost saturated.84 While air is in the lungs, it changes in the following way:_______.（A）Nitrogen is absorbed from the air（B）About one-fifth of the carbon dioxide and about one-half of the oxygen in the air goes into the blood（C）The moisture in the air is almost completely evaporated（D）About one-fifth of the oxygen in the air goes into the blood and an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide enters the air from the blood85 In the respiratory process, the following action takes place:_______.（A）Diffusion of blood through capillary walls into air sacs（B）Exchange of alveoli and oxygen within air sacs（C）Diffusion of oxygen through the air sac and capillary walls into the blood（D）None of the above86 The number of times per minute that you breathe is_______.（A）fixed at twenty-two times per minute（B）influenced by your age and sex（C）dependent upon the amount of fresh air available to you at any given time（D）controlled automatically by an unspecified body mechanism87 The process by which carbon dioxide and oxygen are transferred does not dependon_______.（A）the presence of nitrogen in the blood（B）the muscles of the thoracic cavity（C）the flow of blood（D）the moisture in the air sac linings87 A recent study, published in last week's Journal of the American Medical Association, offers a picture of how risky it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a 16-year-old driver with three or more passengern is three times as likely to have a fatal accident as a teenager driving alone. By contrast, the risk of death for drivers between 30 and 59 decreases with each additional passenger.The authors also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased dramatically after 10 p.m., and especially after midnight. With passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late-night accident.Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with "really stupid behavior" than with just a lack of driving experience. "The basic issue" he says. "is that adults who are responsible for issuing licenses fail to recognize how complex and skilled a task driving is."Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to mitigate the problem is to have states institute so-called graduated licensing systems in which getting a license is a multistage process. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself capable of driving in the presence of an adult followed by a period of driving with night or passenger restrictions before graduating to full driving privileges.Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage driver crashes according to recent studies. About half of the states now have some sort of graduated licensing system in place, but only l0 of those states have restrictions on passengers. California is the stricter, with a novice driver prohibited from carrying any passenger under 20 (without the presence of an adult over 25) for the first six months.88 Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage?（A）Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway affair 10 p.m.（B）A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car.（C）Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night.（D）A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight.89 According to Robert Foss, the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to ______（A）their frequent driving at night（B）their improper way of driving（C）their lack of driving experience（D）their driving with passengers90 According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements is TRUE?（A）Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive.（B）Driving is a skill too complicated for teenagers to learn.（C）Restrictions should be imposed on teenagers applying to take driving lessons. （D）The licensing authorities are partly responsible for teenagers' driving accidents.91 A suggested measure to be taken to reduce teenagers' driving accidents is ______ （A）driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule（B）they should be prohibited from taking on passengers（C）they should not be allowed to drive after l0 p.m.（D）the licensing system should be improved92 The present situation in about half of the states is that the graduated licensing system ______（A）is under discussion（B）is about to be set up（C）has been put into effect（D）has been perfected92 It' s no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt them. That's especially true of children who remain in abusive homes because the law blindly favors biological parents. It' s also tree of children who suffer for years in foster homes because of parents who can' t or won' t care for them but refuse to give up custody rights.Fourteen-year-old Kimberly Mays fits neither description, but her recent court victory could eventually help children who do. Kimberly has been the object of an angry custody battle between the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge ruled that the teenager can remain with the only father she's ever known and that her biological parents have "no legal c/aim" on her.The ruling, though it may yet be reversed, sets aside the principle that biology is the primary determinant of parentage. That's an important development, one that's long overdue.Shortly after birth in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another infant were mistakenly switched and sent home with the wrong parents. Kimberly' s biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests showed that the child wash' t the Twiggs' own daughter, but kimberly was, thus sparking a custody battle with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families agreed that Mr. Mays would maintain custody with the Twiggs getting visiting rights. Those rights were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being harmed.The decision to leave Kimberly with Mr. Mays rendered her suit debated. But the judge made clear that Kimberly did have standing to sue on her own behalf. Thus he made clear that she was more than just property to be handled as adults saw fit.Certainly, the biological link between parent and child is fundamental. But biological parents aren't always preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not convey an absolute ownership that cancels all the rights of children.。

大学英语四级听力模拟试题(1)及答案

大学英语四级听力模拟试题（一）及答案听力试题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 l with a single line through the centre．回答1-25题：1、A．To a museum．B．To awedding．C．To New Mexico．D．To visit a friend in Afizona．2、A．They are politicians．B．They are news reporters．C．They are TV actors．D．They are cat lovers．3、A．He dresses more formally now．B．What he wears does not match his position．C．He has ignored his friends since graduation．D．He failed to do well at college．4、A．Peaches are in season now．B．Peaches are not at their best now．C．The woman didn’t know how to bargain．D．The woman helped the man choose the fruit．5、A．It will reduce government revenues．B．It will stimulate business activities．C．It will mainly benefit the wealthy．D．It will cut the stockholders’dividends．6、A．Taking a picture of Prof．Brown．B．Commenting on an oil-painting．C．Hosting a TV program．D．Staging a performance．7、A．Fixing some furniture．B．Repairing the toy train．C．Reading the instructions．D．Assembling the bookcase．8、A．$240．B．$200．C．$300．D．$120．9、听录音，回答以下问题：A．1999．B．1990．C．1969．D．1996．10、A．The Frontier．B．The lakes and Winter Wonderland．C．The Canadian border．D．The Appalachian mountains．11、A．North．B．Northeast．C．MidwestD．West．12、A．It is the north side ofthe US．B．It is in Canada．C．It is in the east part ofthe US．D．Itis onthewest edge ofthe US．听录音，回答以下问题：13、A．Transferring to another department．B．Studying accounting at a university．C．Thinking about doing a different job．D．Making preparation for her wedding．14、A．She has finally got a promotion and a pay raise．B．She has got a satisfactory job in another company．C．She could at last leave the accounting department．D．She managed to keep her position in the company．15、A．He and Andrea have proved to be a perfect match．B．He changed his mind about marriage unexpectedly．C．He declared that he would remain single all his life．D．He would marry Andrea even without meeting her．Section BDirections：In this section，you will 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 1 with a single line through the centre．Passage One听录音，回答以下问题：16、A．To win over the majority ofpassengers from airlines in twenty years．B．To reform railroad management in western European countries．C．To electrify the railway lines between major European cities．D．To set up an express train network throughout Europe．17、A．Major European airlines will go bankrupt．B．Europeans will pay much less for traveling．C．Traveling time by train between major European cities will be cutby half．D．Trains will become the safest and most efficient means of travel in Europe．18、A．Train travel will prove much more comfortable than air travel．B．Passengers will feel much safer on board a train than on a plane．C．Rail transport will be environmentally friendlier than air transport．D．Traveling by train may be as quick as，or even quicker than，by air．19、A．In 1981．B．In 1989．C．In 1990．D．In 2000．Passage Two听录音，回答以下问题：20、A．Customers may get addicted to the smells．B．Customers may be misled by the smells．C．It hides the defects of certain goods．D．It gives rise to unfair competition．21、A．Flexible．B．CriticA.．C．Supportive．D．Cautious．22、A．The flower scent stimulated people’s desire to buy．B．Stronger smells had greater effects on consumers．C．Most shoppers hated the smell in the shoe store．D．84％of the customers were unaware of the smells．Passage Three听录音，回答以下问题：23、A．It may produce an increasing number of idle youngsters．B．It may affect the quA.ity of higher education in America．C．It may cause many schools to go out of operation．D．It may lead to a lack of properly educated workers．24、A．It iS less serious in cities than in rural areas．B．It affects both junior and senior high schools．C．It results from a worsening economic climate．D．It is a new chA.lenge facing American educators．25、A．A lowing them to choose their favorite teachers．B．Creating a more relaxed learning environment．C．Rewarding excellent academic performance．D．Helping them to develop better study habits．Section CDireetions：In this section．you will hear a passage three times．When the passage is readfor thefirst time,you shouM listen carefully for its general idea．When the passage is readfor the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have lust heard．Finally,when the passage is readfor the third time,you should check what you have written．根据下列材料，请回答：The economy is one of the most important and urgent issues for Nicholas Sarkozy，France’s new President．He focused on change during his(26)__________ campaign，but trade unions are expected to strongly(27)__________ some of the changes he is planning．There’s no doubting the scA.e o f the economic problems(28)__________ Nicholas Sarkozy．France’s(29)__________ rate hasn’t fallen below 8 percent in a quarter of a century and its economic growth rate during 2006 was the slowest of any(30)__________ in the European Union，except PortugA.．But the new President has(31)__________ change．He wants to make it easier for businesses to hire and fire workers．Anyone who(32)__________ a job offer will lose their unemployment benefit．The civil service will be slimmed down to help fund big tax cuts for both businesses and individuals．And any time the French work above the thirty-five hour week will be completely tax free．These measures won 7t go down well with trade unions—who in the past have organized campaigns of open defiance to force French presidents with plans for painful reform to back down．But Mr．Sarkozy has made it an election pledge that unions will(33)__________ be able to bring the country to a standstill．Workers in key areas like public transport will facenew(34)__________ to provide minimum levels of service even during strikes．The unions may not like it—but the new President’s entire programme of reform(35)__________ his winning any stand off．26、请回答（26）题__________.27、请回答（27）题__________.28、请回答（28）题__________.29、请回答（29）题__________.30、请回答（30）题__________.31、请回答（31）题__________.32、请回答（32）题__________.33、请回答（33）题__________.34、请回答（34）题__________.35、请回答（35）题__________.听力答案Test 11-5．BBABC 6-10．CDDAB 11-15．CCCAB16-20．DCDAB 21-25．CADBC 26．election 27．disagree with 28．facing 29．unemployment 30．nation 31．promised 32．rejects33．no longer 34．requirements 35．depends on。

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专业英语四级模拟试卷654(总分：160.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、 DICTATION(总题数：2，分数：4.00)1.PART I DICTATIONDirections: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done 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 done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work.（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 解析：2.（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(正确答案： The Story of Tea Tea remained unknown to the western world / until the sixteenth century, / when European explorers who traveled to China and other Far Eastern countries / returned with a host of new foods, spices, and beverages. / Very soon a thriving commerce in China teas was established. / In 1826 the Dutch established plantations on Java, / followed some ten years later by British, / who set up tea estates in India. / The production of tea has since spread rapidly. / Tea is made from the leaves of an evergreen tropical and subtropical plant.) 解析：二、 LISTENING COMPREHENSION(总题数：6，分数：40.00)3.PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION__________________________________________________________________________________________ 解析：4.SECTION A TALKIn this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word (s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. __________________________________________________________________________________________ 解析：Famous Christmas PlacesThere are many【T1】 1 traditions in Christmas. 【T1】 2The two famous Christmas places are:1. MiddleburgChristmas: a time of gift-giving and【T2】3【T2】4Performances, trees with lights and a big man in【T3】 5【T3】 6Middleburg: a yearly Christmas 【T4】 7【T4】8People from【T5】 9come to visit【T5】 102. Xitan, ChinaKnown as a【T6】 11【T6】 12It shipped around $100 million in colorful【T7】 13. 【T7】 14Main customers: 【T8】 15【T8】 16Factories are【T9】17to make products. 【T9】1840 larger factories and【T10】19smaller workshops. 【T10】20Famous Christmas PlacesThere are many【T1】 21 traditions in Christmas. 【T1】 22The two famous Christmas places are:1. MiddleburgChristmas: a time of gift-giving and【T2】23【T2】24Performances, trees with lights and a big man in【T3】 25【T3】 26Middleburg: a yearly Christmas 【T4】 27【T4】28People from【T5】29come to visit【T5】302. Xitan, ChinaKnown as a【T6】31【T6】32It shipped around $100 million in colorful【T7】33. 【T7】34Main customers: 【T8】35【T8】36Factories are【T9】37to make products. 【T9】3840 larger factories and【T10】39smaller workshops. 【T10】40（分数：20.00）(1).【T1】（分数：2.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：正确答案：ancient and modern）解析：解析：本题出现在短文开头，对圣诞节传统的描述，空格位于traditions之前，可考虑填形容词，录音提到关于圣诞节的传统很多，既有古老的又有现代的，因此填ancient and modern。

[外语类试卷]专业英语四级模拟试卷664.doc

[外语类试卷]专业英语四级模拟试卷664一、PART I DICTATIONDirections: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done 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 done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. SECTION A TALKIn this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word (s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.1 Social History of the East End of London1. 1st-4th centuriesProduce from the area was used to 【T1】______ the people of London.2. 5th-10th centuriesNew technology allowed the production of goods made of 【T2】______ and leather.3. 11th centuryLack of 【T3】______ in the East End encouraged the growth of businesses.4. 16th century-Construction of facilities for the building of 【T4】______ stimulated international trade.-Agricultural workers came from other parts of 【T5】______ to look for work.5. 17th centuryMarshes were drained to provide land that could be 【T6】______ on.6. 19th centuryInhabitants lived in conditions of great 【T7】______ with very poor sanitation.7. Early 20th centuryLiving conditions for most workers were 【T8】______:-Houses were 【T9】______ closely together-【T10】______ of the housing was the major concern2 【T1】3 【T2】4 【T3】5 【T4】6 【T5】7 【T6】8 【T7】9 【T8】10 【T9】11 【T10】SECTION B CONVERSATIONSIn this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation , five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of [A], [B], [C] and [D], and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have thirty seconds to preview the questions.（A）Dressing styles throughout the world.（B）A journey to Sri Lanka in South Asia.（C）Life of a Sri Lankan woman.（D）Traditional dress in Sri Lanka.（A）Saris are practical.（B）Saris are fashionable.（C）Saris are not cheap.（D）Saris are difficult to walk in.（A）Education.（B）Family background.（C）Friends people make.（D）Countries they have been to.（A）Men in the countryside don't wear a sarong. （B）Men in the city wear sarongs to relax at home. （C）Men wear pants and shirts now, never sarongs. （D）Men wear sarongs only on formal occasions. （A）Because she sees more value in saris.（B）Because she has married an American.（C）Because she wants to be in style.（D）Because she likes to appear really exotic. （A）They are compulsory.（B）They are available to any student.（C）They are interesting.（D）They are for science students only. （A）Spend more time on the college premises. （B）Get used to working independently. （C）Work harder than they did at school. （D）Understand the requirements of courses. （A）It has limited opening hours.（B）It has too few resources.（C）It gets too crowded.（D）It opens too late.（A）Cooperate with other students.（B）Study all the time.（C）Take some leisure activities.（D）Use time systematically.（A）Talk with some of his lecturers.（B）Consult his tutor.（C）Get more information from him.（D）Read the questions carefully.二、PART III LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGEThere are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words, phrases or statements marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose one word, phrase or statement that best completes the sentence.22 Which of the following is a stative verb (静态动词)?（A）Step.（B）Push.（C）Run.（D）Understand.23 Which of the following is CORRECT?（A）The first roses.（B）A few space.（C）That workers.（D）Many a milk.24 Which of the following sentences indicates ABILITY?（A）The police are doing all they can to find her.（B）Can I have a cigarette, please?（C）I am confident that a solution can be found.（D）Any police officer can insist on seeing a driver's license.25 I'm going to ______ to visit my brother.（A）hospitals（B）the hospital（C）hospital（D）a hospitals26 Which of the following underlined parts indicates a subject-predicate relationship? （A）Dad was pleased at Molly's quick recovery from illness.（B）He was reading Lucy's letter in the meeting room.（C）Have you seen my father's new car? （D）The radio has reported the prisoner's release. 27 Which of the following tag questions is INCORRECT?（A）There's no hope for it, is there?（B）None of the boys can do it, can't he?（C）I'm late, aren't I?（D）One can't be too careful, can one?28 Which of the following reflexive pronouns (反身代词) is used as an object? （A）The boss himself will interview Nancy.（B）He often puts himself forward.（C）I spoke to the manager himself.（D）Lucy will perform the operation herself.29 The children were allowed to do ______ they liked.（A）whenever（B）whichever（C）wherever（D）whatever30 Which of the following underlined parts modifies an adverb?（A）My own position is rather different.（B）It feels very cold today.（C）He was limping rather badly.（D）I live about 10 miles away.31 When the sentence "You should take good care of the little kid" is turned into passive voice, which of the following is CORRECT?（A）The little kid should be taken good care of.（B）Good care should be taken little kid.（C）Good care should be taken for the little kid.（D）The little kid should be taken good care.32 The British constitution is ______ a large extent a product of the historical events described above.（A）at（B）within（C）by（D）to33 She feels it a disgrace to speak to those socially ______.（A）inferior（B）down（C）below（D）under34 As the mountains were covered with a ______ of cloud, we couldn't see their tops. （A）coating（B）film（C）veil（D）shade35 ______ we have not made any arrangement for our picnic.（A）So far（B）Up to now（C）Thus far（D）As yet36 We expect Mr. White will ______ Class One when Ms Jenny retires.（A）take over（B）take up（C）take off（D）take to37 She is only ______ satisfied to copy the homework of others without the pain of thought for herself.（A）very（B）so（C）much（D）too38 In order to strengthen his arguments, George ______ respectable social scientists who agree with him.（A）recites（B）confirms（C）quotes（D）convinces39 The ______ of our trip to London was the visit to Buckingham Palace.（A）summit（B）height（C）peak（D）highlight40 You cannot imagine how ______ I feel with my duties sometimes.（A）overflowed（B）overthrown（C）overwhelmed（D）overturned41 Tom went through the documents again carefully for fear of______ any important data.（A）relaying（B）overlooking（C）deleting（D）revealing三、PART IV CLOZEDecide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. The words can be used ONCE ONLY.41 A. risk B. plausible C. ongoing D. sum E. stronglyF. outsetG. asH. meaningfulI. causingJ. processK. contribute to L. prescribed M. easily N. make O. trulyWe all know that emotions originate in the brain. But we usually talk about our emotions coming from our hearts. If someone you know doesn't give up 【C1】______, you might say, "He's got a lot of heart." Then what about bad emotions? When you feel so sad that your heart "aches," could it actually be true? A new study shows what goes on in your mind can, literally, break your heart.In the study, just published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers looking at more than 63,000 women who were participants in the 【C2】______ Nurses' Health Study, found that, those who reported basic symptoms of depression had a higher-than-normal 【C3】______ of heart attack. And women who were clinically depressed were more than twice as likely 【C4】______ other women to suffer sudden heart attack. None of the participants had heart problems at the study's 【C5】______, but nearly 8% had symptoms of depression.The researchers theorize that depression might have some direct physiological impact on the heart-like 【C6】______ it to work harder in the face of stress. Or it may be that the antidepressants (抗抑郁药) 【C7】______ to treat those with mood problems were associated with heart diseases; in the study, sudden heart attack was linked more 【C8】______ with antidepressant use than with women's symptoms of depression.No one is sure exactly how depression hurts the heart, and one 【C9】______ explanation is that a damaged heart and its consequent stress on the body might activate, somehow, genes or other physiological changes that 【C10】______ depression.42 【C1】43 【C2】44 【C3】45 【C4】46 【C5】47 【C6】48 【C7】49 【C8】50 【C9】51 【C10】SECTION AIn this section there are several passages followed by ten multiple-choice questions. For each question, there are four suggested answers marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.51 (1)The Westlife story really began way back in December 1996 when the three original members of Westlife were performing in a local production of the musical Grease. Shane Filan, Kian Egan and Mark Feehilly were all born and bred in Sligo, a small town a few hours west of the Republic of Ireland's capital city, Dublin. During breaks the three would get together and sing covers of some of their favorite songs including Boyz II Men's I Make Love To You. The reaction to their singing was so positive that they decided to form a band as soon as they had finished their exams at school. This they duly did and on July 3 1997 they formed I.O.U.(2)The boys organized concerts in the area and even produced their own CDs to sell locally. This local success led to an appearance on TV that was to prove extremely important. Among the viewers who saw the trio perform in a children's hospital was Boyzone's manager, Louis Walsh. Soon after Shane's mother contacted him about I.O.U. and found he had been desperately trying to get in contact with them.(3)Louis Walsh decided to hold auditions to recruit two new members in June of 1998. This is when Nicky Byrne and Bryan McFadden, two Dublin boys and friends entered the picture. A quick name change and Westside was born. Yes, WESTSIDE. This was to be the quintet's name until they discovered another band already using the name and a final change to Westlife was called for. The final link in the chain was Ronan Keating, Boyzone's lead singer, who at Louis Walsh's request joined him to help and nurtured this raw talent. His experience proved an invaluable help.(4)The next step was to secure a record deal. The band organized a showcase in Dublin and soon representatives of every major record label were offering the bewildered boys contracts. In October 1998 Westlife signed to RCA, a label that had a proven track record with the successful marketing of both Take That and Five.(5)Barely had the ink on the contract dried when they headed out on tour as part of the Smash Hits Show, which led to them winning the Best New Tour Act in December 1998 (this was an award Boyzone themselves had won in 1994 which seemed like a pretty good omen).(6)Styled by Kenny Ho, who was responsible for The Spice Girls image, Westlife's first single Swear It Again was released in March 1999. In their native Ireland it went straight to number one and became the biggest selling debut single in the history of the Irish charts. A month later Swear It Again repeated the feat in the UK, staying at number one for two weeks and following on from Boyzone's dominance of the UK top spot. This success was soon matched all around Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.(7)They look set to repeat their success now in the USA. A tour throughout the States has meant Swear It Again is rapidly climbing the Billboard charts. This is the good newsthe boys needed as Bryan McFadden recently suffered nervous exhaustion and had to miss some shows while recuperating back in Ireland with his family. Not only that but Ronan Keating's solo plans have forced him to give up his co-managing duties due to lack of time. More good news, though, is they have recently recorded with Mariah Carey and are due to begin work on their second album.52 Before the I.O.U. was formed, its members were ______.（A）neighbors（B）classmates（C）co-performers（D）playmates53 The TV appearance was extremely important to the I.O.U. because ______.（A）they got to know Louis Walsh at the show（B）their talents were recognized by Louis Walsh（C）they got great local success（D）it was their first concert on TV54 "The quintet's name" (Line 3, Para 3) most probably means ______.（A）the name of a five-member group（B）the name of an outstanding group（C）the name which will soon become popular（D）the name which will never be forgotten55 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the last paragraph?（A）Bryan McFadden will have to give up the second album.（B）Mariah Carey has taken Ronan Keating's role.（C）Westlife might be upset about Ronan Keating's withdrawal.（D）Westlife will have the second album recorded in the U.S.55 (1)When does history begin? It is tempting to reply "In the beginning", but like many obvious answers, this soon turns out to be unhelpful. As a great Swiss historian once pointed out in another connection, history is the one subject where you cannot begin at the beginning. If we want to, we can trace the chain of human descent back to the appearance of vertebrates, or even to the photosynthetic cells which lie at the start of life itself. We can go back further still, to almost unimaginable upheavals which formed this planet and even to the origins of the universe. Yet this is not "history".(2)Commonsense helps here: history is the story of mankind, of what it has done, suffered or enjoyed. We all know that dogs and cats do not have histories, while human beings do. Even when historians write about a natural process beyond human control, such as the ups and downs of climate, or the spread of disease, they do so only because it helps us to understand why men and women have lived (and died) in some ways rather than others.(3)This suggests that all we have to do is to identify the moment at which the first human beings step out from the shadows of the remote past. It is not quite as simple as that, though. We have to know what we are looking for first and most attempts to define humanity on the basis of observable characteristics prove in the end arbitrary and cramping, as long arguments about "apemen" and "missing links" have shown. Physiological tests help us to classify data but do not identify what is or is not human. That is a matter of a definition about which disagreement is possible. Some people have suggested that human uniqueness lies in language, yet other primates possess vocal equipment similar to our own; when noises are made with it which are signals, at what point do they become speech? Another famous definition is that man is a tool-maker, but observation has cast doubt on our uniqueness in this respect, too, long after Dr. Johnson scoffed at Boswell for quoting it to him.(4)What is surely and identifiably unique about the human species is not its possession of certain faculties or physical characteristics, but what it has done with them—its achievement, or history, in fact. Humanity's unique achievement is its remarkably intense level of activity and creativity, its cumulative capacity to create change. All animals have ways of living, some complex enough to be called cultures. Human culture alone is progressive: it has been increasingly built by conscious choice and selection within it aswell as by accident and natural pressure, by the accumulation of a capital of experience and knowledge which man has exploited. Human history began when the inheritance of genetics and behavior which had until then provided the only way of dominating the environment was first broken through by conscious choice. Of course, human beings have always only been able to make their history within limits. These limits are now very wide indeed, but they were once so narrow that it is impossible to identify the first step which took human evolution away from the determination of nature. We have for a long time only a blurred story, obscure both because the evidence is poor and because we cannot be sure exactly what we are looking for.56 According to the author, when should be regarded as the beginning of human history?（A）The appearance of vertebrates.（B）The point when human beings consciously chose to do something.（C）The coming into being of the photosynthetic cells.（D）The origins of the universe.57 The passage is mainly about ______.（A）what history is（B）the difference between human beings and animals（C）what point should be the beginning of the human history（D）how the human beings make their history58 What can be inferred from the passage?（A）When we are sure about what we are looking for, we will understand the whole human history.（B）No other culture is advancing as the human culture.（C）As long as the group forms a culture, they may have history.（D）It will be impossible to find the beginning of the human history.58 (1)Remember the Stone Age days of research back in elementary school and middle school? We would spend countless hours digesting the information we could find on index cards. Do you recall using those ancient computers that ran with the Gopher program or some generic database whose name connoted a marmot that could take half an hour to find Moby Dick?(2)Well, all I have to say can be summed up in five words: Thank God For The Internet! Screw going to the library! I have access to dozens of databases, journals, and collections of literature right at my fingertips. I can complete all of my research at home and no longer must run amok in the library, stressing out while trying to find Shakespeare's The Tempest or some other book, all the while trying to block out the noisy study groups who have forgotten what the "silence policy of libraries" means.(3)If you recall the flood epidemic that hit Colorado State University just a couple summers ago, that natural disaster wreaked havoc all over campus. A large portion of journals and texts were located in our libraries' basement which completely filled up with about 10 feet of rain water in a matter of hours.(4)The Lory Student Center's basement was also flooded and that was where the university bookstore was located. This forced almost every professor to order new textbooks and that really put a dent in our wallets. Many students here, myself included, still have to face the disappointment of searching for a particular book or journal for a last minute paper, only to find out that the certain item was a casualty of the flood.(5)Thanks to the Internet, the university implemented the Inter-library Loan system. Several universities around Colorado have generously aided us in our research endeavors by loaning any resource we need for at least two to three weeks. All we have to do is type in a request and five other university libraries automatically search for that information.(6)Without this program, I may have failed several papers and projects. I would have had to spend my nights running from public library to public library around the state just to find a certain article or novel. The World Wide Web has also given us the capability to order any textbook at a much lower price than the university bookstores charge. Hey,we're all college students and we're usually broke, so anytime we can find a deal or discount that will save us a few bucks, we will gladly take it.(7)And last but not least, for those of us who are constantly homesick, have a special someone far away or still want to keep in touch with pals, we have e-mail. Like most of you, I moved away from home to go to school and my high school friends spread out across the globe. Instead of wasting money on stationery and envelopes and stamps (which seem to increase in price about every year), I can chat with everyone through the Internet. Plus, scanning has allowed us to send pictures to our sweethearts, friends, andfamily who have forgotten what we look like. So, I'm asking everyone to get on their hands and knees and to pay homage to the telecommunications god, the Internet.59 What is the disappointment many students have to face in finishing their paper? （A）Almost every professor forced them to buy textbooks by themselves.（B）The books or journals they are searching for are destroyed by the flood.（C）They are too busy fighting against the flood to finish their paper.（D）Their papers are greatly damaged by the unexpected flood.60 What can be inferred from the 6th paragraph?（A）Books sold at the university bookstores are usually expensive.（B）It is not easy to find books on sale or at a discount.（C）College students can borrow novels from any public library in the state.（D）The college students like bargaining with the university bookstores.61 The author is grateful to the World Wide Web program just because of the following EXCEPT ______.（A）it brings much convenience and saves a lot of time（B）it helps to save much money for the students who are usually poor（C）it enables the author to finish the paper in time after the flood（D）it enables the students to keep in touch with their pals and relativesSECTION BIn this section there are five short answer questions based on the passages in Section A. Answer the questions with No more than TEN words in the space provided.61 PASSAGE ONE62 Why did Hippies give flowers to people?62 PASSAGE TWO63 What do many people think to be the ultimate cause of this summer's drought?63 PASSAGE THREE64 Why can McDonald's food cause heart disease?64 PASSAGE FOUR65 What do we know about an extended family according to the passage?66 What do children regard their parents as in American family?四、PART VI WRITING67 More and more Chinese science and technology papers have been included in SCI. Look at the following chart carefully and write your response in about 200 words, in which you should start with a brief description of the chart, interpret the chart, and give your comments. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization, language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your response on ANSWER SHEET THREE.\。

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[外语类试卷]大学英语四级模拟试卷1015一、Part I Writing (30 minutes)1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled Self-confidence Pays by commenting on one of the most popular sentences online, "REMEMBER . . . always act like you're wearing an invisible crown." You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Self-confidence Pays二、Part II Reading 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 attached to the passage. For questions 1-7, mark：Y (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.1 Farewell, Libraries?'s recent announcement that sales of e-books at the online megastore had overtaken sales of hardcover books came as no surprise. It had to happen sometime. But the news did conjure quite an interesting mental image.-libraries that from now on will look smaller and less crowded.For the moment, let's not argue with the proposition that people will read as much as they ever have, no matter whether they read an actual book or a book on a screen. The habits of readers may not change(if anything, people may read ore, or at least buy more—several stories have quoted e-book owners who say they buy more titles for their e-readers than they did when they were buying hardcover books). But if readers aren't changing, their environments will. Rooms that once held books will well, whatever they hold from now on, it won't be books, or not as many books. Theoretically, your space will be more spare, more serenely uncluttered. That's the theory, at least. My experience is that stuff expands to fill the space available. But you can dream.All of this has already happened big time in the music business, where downloads have gradually but surely replaced CDs. I don't know how many people I've overheard crowing because they managed to transfer their entire music collections onto their computers. All those CDs taking up space on the wall have gone—All those CDs that travel from car to kitchen to bedroom to living room, with the CD and the case getting separated somewhere along the way a problem no more in the digital age. From now on, we'll own what might be described as the idea of stuff, since the actual physical things-records, tapes, photographs, CDs, and now books — have been as good as vaporized, with the information contained therein stored away on a hard drive.This, of course, is merely collateral(并行的)damage in the digital revolution, if damage it is. There's as yet no way to tell if this transition is good, bad, both, or neither, but surely the absence of a physical library, be it musical or literary, marks a fundamental shift in the way we live and think about things. In music, for example, the rise of iTunes, Pandora, YouTube, and all the other online music players has quickly eroded our devotion to the long-playing album as the principal means of organizing music. After a half century of neglect, the lowly single is back on top. Most immediately this has consequences for artists, maybe not so much for the people who buy their music. But who knows?With books, the absence of packaging does nothing to the contents. 1 can buy a hardcover copy of Moby-Dick or download it onto an e-reader, and Melville is still Melville. But I grew up loving Rockwell Kent's illustrations of that novel, and later Barry Moser's. It's hard to think of the book without them. I can do that, certainly, but some little thing is lost.Paperbacks and public libraries made books cheap or free but certainly available to millions who might otherwise not have been able to afford them, and all that happened long before I was born. Nevertheless, I was brought up by people who had been taught —and who taught me—that books were valuable things, things to be cared for and cherished, and I have owned some volumes for close to half a century(almost none of them, 1 should point out, qualify as "collectible" or valuable to an antiquarian book collector; owning a rare book makes me nervous. I like books I can hold, read, and even here my mother is spinning in her grave write in).I come from a generation for whom the books and records on the shelf signaled, in some way, who you were(starting with the fact that you were a person who owned books or records or CDs). If you visited a friend, you took the first chance you had to secretly scan that friend's shelves to get a handle on the person. I suppose I could sneak a peek at a friend's Kindle, but is that the same? And try that kind of snooping on a bus or in a coffee shop and you'll probably get arrested.The stuff of our lives is a comfort. We look up at the shelves and we see old friends. Yes, there are books on my shelves that aren't my friends, that I haven't finished or even started, but someday I will, I promise—my home library is a physical manifestation of ambivalence. There is comfort in the continuity of seeing the same books year after year.I guess there might be some of the same pleasure in scrolling through a digital library or music playlist, but somehow I think something will be lost.For years audiophiles(音响爱好者)have tried to persuade more casual music fans that a vinyl record played on a decent sound system sounds better than a digital recording played on the same system. Digital sound is not as warm, not as seductive to the ear. The resurgence, albeit modest, of vinyl, especially among young listeners and musicians,proves that this argument is not generational. It's not, in other words, just old fogies versus young hipsters.Something of the same argument might be made for books, or for the tactile(触觉的)pleasure of holding and reading a well-made book. At its simplest, a book is a tool, or an information-delivery system, if you will, and it does what it does supremely well. To conceive of a world without physical books is to conceive of a world somehow diminished. It may be more efficient—yes, you can take a "stack" of books on vacation with an e-reader. It may spare quite a few forests from the ax. But efficiency is no substitute for pleasure. The future may be less cluttered. It may also be less fun.2 What did announce?（A）Libraries will be smaller and less crowded.（B）E-books will be sure to replace hardcover books.（C）It was not a surprise for e-books to share a larger market.（D）Sales of e-books exceeded that of traditional books.3 The popularity of e-books may make e-book owners______.（A）buy more e-books for their readers（B）read more books on the screen（C）eventually give up traditional books（D）change the mind of readers4 According to the author's experience, what happens to the rooms originally for books? （A）They are not larger than before.（B）They are filled with other things.（C）They are filled with CDs.（D）They are cleaner and more spare.5 What can we learn about the CDs in music business?（A）They will take up much room of their collectors.（B）They will become cheaper because of less popularity.（C）They will be replaced by online music finally.（D）They will no longer appear in cars.6 What will be the result of the digital revolution if there isn't a physical library? （A）Our lifestyle and way of thinking will be changed.（B）There will be more bad consequences than good ones.（C）The life of both artists and buyers will be changed.（D）More online bookstores will appear.7 The author was taught the idea that books are______.（A）more cherished by previous people（B）mostly stored in public libraries for free reading（C）luxuries for people when they were young（D）valuable for people to collect and treasure8 Why do some people secretly scan friends' books and records on the shelf? （A）Because books and records reflect one's nature.（B）Because it is polite to do so.（C）Because they want to supply each other's needs.（D）Because books and records of others are better.9 When the author sees the same books on the shelf year after year, he feels______.10 When a book is considered as a tool, or an information-delivery system, holding and reading a well-made book will get______.11 Reading books with an e-reader is quite efficient, but it cannot be a______.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.（A）Because her necklace was stolen.（B）Because her necklace was a fake.（C）Because her necklace could not be found.（D）Because her necklace was sold at a low price.（A）Scolding the man.（B）Comforting the man.（C）Helping the man repair the car.（D）Helping the man escape from the accident.（A）The flood has caused heavy casualties.（B）The flood has caused the food prices to rise.（C）The flood has made it impossible to grow crops.（D）The flood has caused food shortage in the whole country. （A）He is a workaholic now.（B）He has divorced his wife.（C）He has changed a new job.（D）He has changed his work style.（A）Jazz.（B）Blues.（C）Rock and roll.（D）Popular music.（A）He will set the table later.（B）He will ask Tom to set the table.（C）The woman should set the table herself.（D）The woman should ask Tom to set the table.（A）Mute the phone.（B）Call the customer service.（C）Disable incoming calls.（D）Leave the phone in the dormitory.（A）A landlord.（B）A publisher.（C）An operator.（D）A real estate agent.（A）Buy an ordinary TV.（B）Buy a computer.（C）Purchase local channels.（D）Purchase channels on cable TV.（A）Films and TV plays.（B）News and teaching programs.（C）Sports, films, operas and children's programs. （D）News, entertainment and children's programs. （A）They are annoying.（B）They often interrupt a program.（C）They have existed for a long time.（D）They only appear between programs.（A）She might not be able to graduate.（B）She can't find a job when she graduates. （C）Most of her classmates have no job offers.（D）Nobody tells her how to find a job.（A）Because she doesn't want to rely on her relatives too much.（B）Because she hasn't graduated from university yet.（C）Because she can find a satisfactory job herself.（D）Because she has a lot of working experience.（A）Very relaxed.（B）Quite upset.（C）Rather satisfied.（D）Really happy.（A）Get some milk to drink.（B）Play online games to relax.（C）Ask the counselor to help find a job.（D）Search for some useful information from the Internet.Section BDirections: In this section, you will 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.（A）She was born in 1903 in Chicago.（B）She was a writer as well as a critic.（C）She once worked for the magazine Vanity Fair.（D）She didn't receive much education.（A）Margin for Error was a failure.（B）The Women was made into a movie.（C）Her plays were famous for their beautiful language. （D）Her play Abide with Me was well accepted by the critics. （A）Women are mistreated by people.（B）Women should be granted more rights.（C）It's impossible for women to succeed.（D）Society discriminates against women.（A）The British Parliament.（B）The House of Lords.（C）The work of Committees.（D）The law-making process.（A）Make the bill.（B）Propose the bill.（C）Pass the bill.（D）Reject the bill.（A）All the work of the House is done in the Committees.（B）Visitors may observe many of the committee meetings.（C）The Appellate Committee is the final court of appeal in criminal cases. （D）Speaker of the House of Lords belongs to the Appellate Committee. （A）Because they want to work for more people.（B）Because they need training overseas.（C）Because there is a nursing shortage worldwide.（D）Because they want to pursue a better development.（A）Developed countries have a much larger proportion of nurses.（B）Nurses in developed countries are paid much more.（C）Developed countries have trained more nurses.（D）All the world has realized the shortage of nurses.（A）Fewer people will devote to heath care.（B）The aging population is becoming larger.（C）The shortage of nurses will be more serious.（D）The need for nurses is going to rise.（A）Developed countries with less nurses.（B）Developing countries with less nurses.（C）Countries where there are enough care trainers.（D）Countries lacking nurse schools.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the36 The need for birth control methods has developed fairly recently, with the desire among many women to be able to decide when they want to have a baby. At the same time, there is a growing【B1】______ of the problem of a rapidly increasing world population.This problem of a rising world population is largely the result of【B2】______ medical skills, which have【B3】______the death rate and at the same time raised the birth rate by increasing live births and the number of babies who【B4】______early childhood. There is a growing【B5】______that food production cannot keep【B6】______ with these increase, the result of which is that in some countries, people are already starving to death. This problem is further【B7】______by the fact that in places like America and Europe, we obtain by trade and【B8】______far more food and resources like oil than, say, the average India.【B9】______.World population is rising at a rate of two percent a year; this means an addition of 70 million people a year to the present population of more than 3 500 million.【B10】______. The fastest growing region is Latin America which includes South and Central America and the Caribbean, while Africa and Asia closely follow Latin America. However,【B11】______37 【B1】38 【B2】39 【B3】40 【B4】41 【B5】42 【B6】43 【B7】44 【B8】45 【B9】46 【B10】47 【B11】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 the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.47 Think twice next time when someone asks you for "five minutes of your time" it could cost you more than you think. A British professor has【S1】______a mathematical formula to help people find out【S2】______how much an hour of their time is worth. Professor Ian Walker of Warwick University【S3】______the value of time after research showed that over 80 percent of 【S4】______would buy more time if they could afford it. "Traditionally, salaries have【S5】______ an indication of how we are valued at work," Walker, a(n) 【S6】______professor, said in a statement. "However, by looking at salaries against taxation, the cost of living and【S7】______variations, we can see how much an hour of our time is worth whether at work or home." The formula could help in making【S8】______. such as whether to cook a meal or to get a takeaway, or whether to take【S9】______transport or a taxi. Visitors to www. barclaycard. co.uk/timeismoney can find out the value of an hour of their time by entering their salary, the region where they work and what kind of work they do. For example, for a professional working in London and earning 25 000 pounds a year, an hour would be worth 6. 44 pounds. Cooking dinner would cost 5. 37 pounds【S10】______to get a takeaway, once you add the cost of the raw materials needed to make it yourself.Brushing your teeth comes at 32 pence perhaps hard to find someone to do it for you for less.A)given F)economics K)cheaperB)investigated G)students L)happilyC)regional H)exactly M)respondentsD)developed I)psychology N)earnedE)decisions J)public O)easy48 【S1】49 【S2】50 【S3】51 【S4】52 【S5】53 【S6】54 【S7】55 【S8】56 【S9】57 【S10】Section BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.57 Research on friendship has established a number of facts, some interesting, some even useful. Did you know that the average student has 5-6 friends, or that a friend who has previously an enemy is liked more than one who has always been on the right side? Would you believe that physically attractive individuals are preferred as friends to those less comely(秀丽的), and is it fair that physically attractive defendants are less likely tobe found guilty in court? Unfortunately, such facts don't tell us much more about the nature or the purpose of friendship.In fact, studies of friendship seem to implicate more complex factors. For example, one function friendship seems to fulfill is that it supports the image we have of ourselves, and confirms the value of the attitudes we hold. Certainly we appear to project ourselves onto our friends; several studies have shown that we judge them to be more like us than they objectively are. This suggests that we ought to choose friends who are similar to us rather than those who would be complementary. In our experiment, some developing friendships were monitored amongst first-year students living in the same hostel. It was found that similarity of attitudes towards politics, religion and ethics, pastimes and aesthetics was a good prediction of what friendships would be established by the end of four months.There have also been studies of pairings, both voluntary(married couples)andforced(student roommates), to see which remained together and which split up. Again, the evidence seems to favor similarity as a sign of a successful relationship, though there is an exception: where marriage is concerned, once the field has been narrowed down to potential mates who come from similar backgrounds and share a broad range of attitudes and values, a degree of complementarity(互补性)seems to become desirable. Similarity can breed contempt; it has also been found that when we find others offensive, we dislike them more if they are like us than when they are dissimilar.The difficulty of linking friendship with similarity of personality probably reflects the complexity of our personalities: we have many sides and therefore require a different group of friends to support us. This of course can explain why we may have two close friends who have little in common. By and large, though, it looks as though we would do well to choose friends(and spouses)who resemble us. If this were not so, computer dating agencies would have gone out of business years ago.58 What can we infer from the research on friendship in the first paragraph?（A）Averagely, each student has at least 5 friends in school.（B）People tend to develop friendship with their enemies.（C）It is easy for good-looking people to make friends.（D）Judges are able to judge people by their looks.59 Studies of friendship in the second paragraph suggest that______.（A）people want their friends to be totally supportive（B）people should judge their friends more subjectively（C）people think their friends resemble them more than the friends do（D）people need friends who can make up for their shortcomings60 What do studies of marriage relationship indicate?（A）A happy marriage must be based on the completely same likes and dislikes.（B）It can only be successful when the couple share the same attitudes and values.（C）The only difference between marriage and friendship is that the former is voluntary.（D）In the most successful marriages people are alike but not exactly the same.61 In studies of pairings, when people are similar to their partners, ______.（A）it- will be difficult for them to endure the mistake of their partners（B）they will be bored since they always agree with each other（C）a mutual understanding will soon occur between them（D）they can understand the importance of complementarity62 According to the passage, why do people have close friends who have nothing in common?（A）Because they will benefit from the varieties the friends bring into their life.（B）Because the different aspects of their personalities can give support to their friends. （C）Because sometimes they choose friends through computer dating agencies.（D）Because it's good for them to have friends who are complementary to each other.62 Holding on to the belief that children will shed their "baby fat" as they get older may allow the childhood obesity epidemic last forever, and laying a foundation for obesity later in life among overweight kids. According to 2006 data from the Centers for Disease Control, 16% of American children were obese, and 32% overweight, with a growing proportion of overweight and obese children under age four. It is critical to identify the "tipping point" between baby fat and obesity risk, according to research from Eastern Virginia Medical School and Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters. In a study of 111 overweight patients between the ages of 2 and 20, researchers analyzed the patterns of children's weight gain to determine at what age intervention to prevent obesity is most useful. Their conclusions: some children were on the road to obesity as early as three months, meaning that doctors need to discuss unhealthy weight gain with parents as early as their child's infancy, but certainly no later than age two.The children included in the study all had a body mass index(BMI)higher than 85% of the rest of their age group—the definition for overweight and, according to their medical records, on average most had begun gaining excess weight as early as three months old. As they got older, the increasing accumulation of excess weight caught up with them, with more than half of children becoming overweight by age two, and 90% becoming overweight by age five.The findings, the researchers stress, indicate the need for pediatricians(儿科医生)to address weight gain during routine check-ups as children grow, and to equip parents with the information they need to ensure that their children aren't on course for obesity in childhood or later. The key, the researchers write in the study, is prevention: "Older identified overweight children arise from excessive weight gain in infancy," a finding which means that, "future research should investigate prevention and treatment strategies to mitigate(减轻)excessive weight gain at this early stage."63 What does the 2006 data from the Centers for Disease Control show about American children?（A）Most American children under age four were obese.（B）Half of American children under age four were overweight.（C）Most overweight children are four years old.（D）More children under age four are becoming obese.64 Identifying the "tipping point" between baby fat and obesity risk is very important in that______.（A）baby fat is quite different from obesity（B）baby fat will not develop into obesity（C）early baby fat can lead to obesity later（D）baby fat and obesity have much in common65 What does the study of 111 overweight patients imply?（A）Children are becoming obese as early as three months old.（B）Doctors should discuss children's unhealthy weight gain with their parents when they are age two.（C）They can't determine when they should intervene to prevent children's obesity problem.（D）Children's obesity problem should be discussed as early as their infancy.66 The children studied are different from their counterparts in that______.（A）they have a body mass index 85% higher（B）they gain weight as early as three months old（C）they become overweight at age two（D）their body mass index is higher than most of their age group67 A finding of the research shows that the most important thing in reducing children's obesity is that______.（A）prevention and treatment measures to reduce extra weight gain should be researched（B）doctors should pay more attention to weight gain during routine check-ups（C）parents should pay more attention to their children's obesity（D）overweight children arise from excessive weight gain in infancy or childhood三、Part V 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.67 Who wants to pay for "D"-quality plumbing(管道)? Fly the skies with a " D "-rated pilot? Settle【C1】______a "D" restaurant?Exactly.The way the Mount Olive school district【C2】______it, its students should not be 【C3】______by with D's on their report cards,【C4】______This fall, there will no longer be any D's,【C5】______A's, B's, C's and F's."D's are【C6】______not useful in society," said Larrie Reynolds, the Mount Olive superintendent(主管), who led the【C7】______against D's as a way to raise the bar and 【C8】______students to work harder. "It's a throwaway grade. No one wants to hire aD-anything, so why would we have D-students and give them【C9】______for it?" The no-D policy, which was【C10】______by the school board last week, has led to a【C11】______of Facebook messages from students calling it the worst idea【C12】______, and has been debated on soccer fields and around swimming pools in this suburban township in northwestern New Jersey. 【C13】______some teachers have expressed【C14】______that it may result in more students failing."I really don't like it," said Chris Radler, 13, who is entering ninth grade; he said it was unfair and would【C15】______the pressure on students. "If you're a little【C16】______less than a C, but not quite an F, you're still going to fail. Some kids aren't at that level【C17】______They aren't able to get that upper【C18】______. " But parents like Christine Priest, a mother of six, 【C19】______the new policy for reinforcing a message that they have long taught at home: D's are not good enough. "With my kids, we always told them a D is an F," she said. "D just wasn't enough of an【C20】______"68 【C1】（A）up （B）for （C）with （D）down 69 【C2】（A）advises （B）looks （C）watches （D）sees70 【C3】（A）passing （B）flowing （C）getting （D）running 71 【C4】（A）either （B）instead （C）though。

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