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大学英语四级考试模拟试题（附答案）一、写作Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of "The Importance of Learning a Second Language". You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.【答案】The Importance of Learning a Second LanguageSecondly, learning a second language improves cognitive abilities. Studies have shown that bilingual individuals often exhibit better problemsolving skills, greater creativity, and a more flexible mindset. Moreover, mastering a second language can open up numerous career opportunities. In an increasingly globalized job market, being proficient in multiple languages is a valuable asset.In conclusion, the benefits of learning a second language are multifaceted, ranging from personal growth to career advancement and cultural preservation. It is a lifelong investment that yields significant rewards.二、听力理解Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear eight short conversations and two long conversations. At the end of eachconversation, 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. A) The woman doesn't want to cook dinner.B) The man will cook dinner for the woman.C) They are going to eat out.D) They are discussing the menu for tomorrow.【答案】C)Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage One2. A) It is a way to express individuality.B) It is a sign of social status.C) It reflects cultural background.D) It is a form of artistic expression.【答案】A)三、阅读理解Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blankfrom a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before makingyour choices. Each choice in the bank is identified a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. You maynot use any of the words in the bank more than once.Passage【答案】26. D) substantial27. A) outweigh28. C) enhance四、翻译Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You shouldwrite your answer on the Answer Sheet.中国传统文化中，龙是吉祥的象征，代表着权力、威严和好运。

2023年12月英语四级考试模拟题及答案

Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled “How to Conduct Patriotic Education Among the Youth of Today”. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:1. 我国爱国主义教育旳现实状况;2. 爱国主义教育旳重要意义;3. 怎样在青少年中开展爱国主义教育?Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Work-life balance: Ways to restore harmony and reduce stressFinding work-life balance in today’s frenetically (疯狂) paced world is no simple task.Spend more time at work than at home, and you miss out on a rewarding personal life. Then again, when you face challenges in your personal life, such as caring for an aging parent or coping with marital problems, concentrating on your job can be difficult.Whether the problem is too much focus on work or too little, when your work life andyour personal life feel out of balance, stress — along with its harmful effects — is the result.The good news is that you can take control of your work-life balance — and giveyourself the time to do the things that are most important to you. The first step is to recognize how the world of work has changed. Then you can evaluate your relationship to work and apply some specific strategies for striking a healthier balance.How work invades your personal lifeThere was a time when employees showed up for work Monday through Friday and workedeight- to nine-hour days. The boundaries between work and home were fairly clear then. But the world has changed and, unfortunately, the boundaries have blurred for many workers. Here’s why:●Global economy. As more skilled workers enter the global labor market and companies outsource or move more jobs to reduce labor costs, people feel pressured to work longer and produce more just to protect their jobs.●International business. Work continues around the world 24 hours a day for some people. If you work in an international organization, you might be on call around the clock for troubleshooting or consulting.●Advanced communication technology. Many people now have the ability to work anywhere — from their home, from their car and even on vacation. And some managers expect this.●Longer hours. Employers commonly ask employees to work longer hours than they’re scheduled. Often, overtime is mandatory (强制性旳). If you hope to move up the career ladder, you may find yourself regularly working more than 40 hours a week to achieve and exceed expectations.●Changes in family roles. Today’s marrie d worker is typically part of a dual-career couple, which makes it difficult to find time to meet commitments to family, friends and community.Married to your workIt can be tempting to rack up the hours at work —especially if you’re trying to earna promotion or some extra money for a child’s education or a dream vacation. For others, working more hours feels necessary in order to manage the workload.But if you’re spending most of your time at work, your home life will likely pay the price. Consider the pros and cons of working extra hours on your work-life balance:●Fatigue. Your ability to think and your eye-hand coordination decrease when you’re tired. This means you’re less productive and may make more mistakes. These mistakes canlead to injury or rework and negatively impact your professional reputation.●Family. You may miss out on important events, such as your child’s first bike ride, your father’s 60th birthday or your high-school reunion. Missing out on important milestones may harm relationships with your loved ones.●Friends. Trusted friends are a key part of your support system. But if you’re spending time at the office instead of with them, you’ll find it difficult to nurture those friendships.●Expectations. If you regularly wo rk extra hours, you may be given more responsibility. This could create a never-ending and increasing cycle, causing more concerns and challenges.Sometimes working overtime is important. If you work for a company that requires mandatory overtime, you wo n’t be able to avoid it, but you can learn to manage it. Most importantly, say no when you’re too tired, when it’s affecting your health or when you have crucial family obligations.Striking the best work-life balanceFor most people, juggling (巧妙处理) the demands of career and personal life is an ongoing challenge. With so many demands on your time — from overtime to family obligations — it can feel difficult to strike this balance. The goal is to make time for the activities that are the most important to you.Here are some ideas to help you find the balance that’s best for you:●Learn to say no. Whether it’s a co-worker asking you to spearhead (充当先锋) an extra project or your child’s teacher asking you to manage the class play, remember that it’s OK to respectfully say no. When you quit doing the things you only do out of guilt or a false sense of obligation, you’ll make more room in your life for the activities that are meaningful to you and bring you joy.●Leave work at work. Make a conscious deci sion to separate work time from personal time. When with your family, for instance, turn off your cell phone and put away your laptop computer.●Manage your time. Organize household tasks efficiently. Do one or two loads of laundry every day, rather than saving it all for your day off. A weekly family calendar of important dates and a daily list of to-dos will help you avoid deadline panic. If your employer offersa course in time management, sign up for it.●Get enough sleep. There’s nothing as stressful and potentially dangerous as working when you’re sleep-deprived. Not only is your productivity affected, but also you can make costly mistakes. You may then have to work even more hours to make up for these mistakes.●Communicate clearly. Limit time-consuming misunderstandings by communicating clearly and listening carefully. Take notes if necessary.●Nurture yourself. Set aside time each day for an activity that you enjoy, such as walking, working out or listening to music.●Set aside one night each week for recreation. Take the phone off the hook, power down the computer and turn off the TV. Discover activities you can do with your partner, family or friends, such as playing golf, fishing or canoeing. Making time for activities you enjoy will rejuvenate (使年轻) you.Remember, striking a work-life balance isn’t a one-shot deal. Creating balance in your life is a continuous process. Balance doesn’t mean doing everything. Examine yourpriorities and set boundaries. Be firm in what you can and cannot do. Only you can restore harmony to your lifestyle.1. What will happen if your work life and personal life feel out of balance?A) You will have little time to finish your work.B) You may feel stress, which will affect you negatively.C) You will have a lot of time to share with your family.D) You will never balance the combination of life and work.2. The boundaries between work and home have blurred for the following reasons, EXCEPT _______.A) global economy B) changes in family rolesC) advanced communication technology D) high divorce rate3. What will happen if you’re spending most of your time at work?A) You will lose both health and wealth. B) You will be hated by your loved ones.C) You will lose all your friends. D) You may be given more responsibility.4. According to the passage, you’d better say no to mandatory overtime when_______________.A) you get bored with the work B) you are not interested in the workC) you can’t get additional allowance D) you have crucial fa mily obligations5. What does the underlined sentence mean?A) You should do the things people ask you to do without feeling guilty.B) You shouldn’t do the things people ask you to do if you don’t want to.C) To do things people ask you to do can bring you a lot of joy.D) To do things for yourself is more meaningful than to do things for others.6. What will NOT happen if you don’t get enough sleep?A) You will feel stressed while working. B) You will have no sense of exhaustion.C) You can make costly mistakes. D) You will have low productivity.7. What does the real balance mean according to the author?A) Examining priorities and deciding what is the most important to you.B) Doing everything you want to do whether you can do it or not.C) Saying yes to everybody in order to maintain good relationships.D) Being firm that working overtime will strike a work-life balance.8. Spend more time at work than at home, and you won’t have enough time to enjoy your _______________.9. You have slow responses and your eye-hand coordination decreases when you’re________.10. You can save a lot of time and avoid misunderstandings if you communicate clearly and____________.Part III Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)■ 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. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 11 to 20 are based on the following passage.Major retailers and car manufacturers have slashed (削减) their marketing budgets in the six months to October, 2023, as the financial crisis has taken its toll, while supermarkets have 11 advertising spending in a battle to prove that they offer the most 12 prices.According to new research undertaken for The Daily Telegraph by Nielsen Media Research, in the six months to September 30, 2023, Marks & Spencer’s advertising spend fell 20.3pc to ￡25.3m, 13 with the same period in 2023.While the retailer has spent heavily on a campaign 14 celebrities in the past two years, it is understood to be cutting back on celebrity spending in 2023. The retailer is, however, still the UK’s 25th largest spender on advertising,15 being at 17th place in the six months to September 30, 2023.Car manufacturers have also significantly 16 back on marketing spending, believed to be a result of the financial crisis. According to Nielsen, Ford spent ￡26.6m in the six months to September 30, 2023, down 21pc from the same period last year. Vauxhall also 17 spending by 15.6pc in the period to ￡26.5m.For supermarkets, however, a significant increase in advertising spending, it appears,is a 18 as they seek to woo (追求) increasingly price- 19 customers. The leading supermarkets have 20 an aggressive price war in the past six months as consumers have been faced with news of higher food prices.A) conscientious I) necessityB) conscious J) contributionC) against K) reducedD) despite L) moreoverE) comparing M) scaledF) compared N) competitiveG) launched O) featuringH) boosted■ Section BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished sentences. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.There are more than 2,000 different kinds of mosquitoes. Female mosquitoes bite people to drink their blood. Male mosquitoes do not drink blood. They drink fluids from plants. Thefemale mosquito uses its thin sucking tube to break the skin, find blood and inject the victim with a substance that keeps blood flowing.The female mosquito drinks the blood and uses it to produce as many as 250 eggs. The insect leaves the eggs in any standing water.The eggs produce worm-like creatures called larvae (幼虫) in two days to a few months. However, some eggs can stay in water for years until conditions are right for development. The larvae feed on organisms in the water. After four to ten days, they change again, into creatures called pupas (蛹). The pupas rise to the surface of the water. Adult mosquitoes pull themselves out of the pupas and fly away.The World Health Organization (WHO) says mosquitoes carry organisms that cause disease and death for millions of people throughout the world. The most important disease spread by mosquitoes is malaria (疟疾). The WHO says 247 million people became infected with malaria in 2023. Malaria caused almost one million deaths, mostly among children in Africa. The disease is found in more than one hundred countries in Africa, Asia, the western Pacific Ocean, the Middle East and Central and South America.Malaria parasites (寄生虫) enter a person’s blood through a mosquito bite. These organisms travel to the liver. They grow and divide there. After a week or two, the parasites invade red blood cells and reproduce thousands of times. They cause the person’s body temperature to rise. They also may destroy major organs. People with malaria may suffer kidney failure or loss of red blood cells.Some medicines are generally effective in preventing and treating malaria. They are designed to prevent the parasites from developing in the body. People die from malaria because they are not treated for the disease or the treatment is delayed.21. According to the passage, we can infer that _________.A) female mosquitoes don’t bite animalsB) female mosquitoes bite people for a substance that keeps blood flowingC) malaria is found everywhere in the worldD) countries in Europe and North America have low malaria death rate22. What is the right order in which mosquitoes grow?a. Adult mosquitoes pull themselves out of the pupas and fly away.b. The larvae change into creatures called pupas.c. The insect leaves the eggs in any standing water.d. The eggs produce worm-like creatures called larvae.A) c, a, b, d B) d, c, b, a C) c, d, b, a D) d, b, c, a23. According to the WHO, the organisms carried by mosquitoes __________.A) are the food for larvaeB) have led to the death of millions of people in the worldC) invade red blood cells first and then destroy major organsD) can enter a person’s brain through the mosquito’s bite24. According to the passage, malaria medicines are generally designed to _______.A) keep people’s bo dy temperature at a normal levelB) prevent parasites from entering people’s skinsC) stop parasites from growing inside the bodyD) stop parasites from invading red blood cells25. What is the passage mainly talking about?A) The growing process of mosquitoes and the diseases spread by them.B) The medicines used in preventing and treating malaria.C) The kinds of mosquitoes in the world today.D) The larvae of mosquitoes feed on organisms in the water.Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Conservationists call them hot spots — habitats that cover just 1.4 percent of the earth’s land surface but are so rich in biological diversity that preserving them could keep an astonishing number of plant and animal species off the endangered list.Since 1988, when Dr. Norman Myers and his colleagues began describing these hot spots in a series of scientific papers and arguing for their protection, they have become a focus of worldwide conservation efforts. Private organizations and government agencies, including the World Bank, have made preserving 25 such ecological arks a top priority for financing and protective legislation. But a growing chorus of scientists is warning that directing conservation funds to hot spots may be a recipe for major losses in the future. Of species that live on land, nearly half of all plants and more than a third of all animals are found only in the hot spots. But they do not include many rare species and major animal groupsthat live in l ess biologically rich regions (“cold spots”). And the hot-spot concept does not factor in the importance of some ecosystems to human beings, the scientists argue.This debate has been simmering quietly among biologists for years; however, it is coming to a boil now with the publication of an article in the current issue of American Scientist arguing that “calls to direct conservation funding to the world’s biodiversity hot spots may be bad investment advice.” “The hot-spot concept has grown so popular in recent years within the larger conservation community that it now risks eclipsing all other approaches,” write the authors of the paper. “The officers and directors of all too many foundations, non-governmental organizations and international agencies have been seduced by thesimplicity of the hot spot idea,” they go on. “We worry that the initially appealing idea of getting the most species per unit area is, in fact, a thoroughly misleading strategy.”But hot spots have their ardent defenders, notably Dr. Norman Myers and Dr. Russell Mittermeier. Dr. Myers says hot spots have been successful at attracting attention and financing for conservation in tropical countries. “And that has been good,” he said. “No one is suggesting that one invest solely in hot spots, but if you want to avoid extinctions, you have to invest in them.”26. The best title for this passage would be ________.A) A Debate on Preserving Hot Spots B) An Introduction to Hot SpotsC) Hot Spots vs. Cold Spots D) How to Finance Hot Spots27. Hot spots occupy a small percentage of the earth’s land surface with _____________.A) a third of all plants B) many major animal groups living in cold spotsC) rich biological diversity D) many rare species living in cold spots28. Critics of hot spots hold the opinion that ________.A) hot spots are always as important as cold spotsB) it is unwise to invest largely in hot spotsC) governments should choose the best time to invest in hot spotsD) the hot-spot approach is a misleading strategy from the very beginning29. According to Dr. Norman Myers, _________.A) protecting and investing in hot spots can save species from extinctionB) conservation efforts should not center on hot spotsC) governments should invest most in cold spotsD) the hot-spot approach now is not as good as it was in the past30. What is the writer’s attitude towards the hot-spot approach?A) Critical. B) Neutral. C) Supportive. D) Doubtful.Part IV Cloze (15 minutes)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.Two million years ago, just as the Earth’s primitive apemen were evolving into big-brained humans, a pair of supernovae explosions occurred near Earth. Our planet was buffeted (冲击) with blasts of radiation —with 31 effects. “These supernovae would 32 away our protective ozone layer,” said Dr Narciso Benitez of Johns Hopkins University. Earth lostits protection 33 ultraviolet light. All sorts of mutational (突变) damage to animals’ DNAwould have occurred. New species could have emerged 34 . It is possible that Homo sapiens (智人) may have been one of these.The likely 35 of a supernova’s radiation led scient ists in the past 36 that one may have affected 37 on Earth. Benitez now believes that 38 two supernovae occurred near Earth two million years ago: The first would have blasted space free 39 interstellar particles; and the second would have struck Earth at full force, 40 its ozone layer.Observations of space around our Sun have revealed that, 41 the rest of the galaxy, space near us has little interstellar gas in it. “ 42 it is missing much of its dust and gas —just as if a supernova 43 it out,” added Maíz-Apellániz. 44 , our tiny corner of the galaxy appears to have been swept clean by a supernova brush about two million years ago; and intriguingly, at just this time, a set of extinctions — known as the Pliocene (上新世) / Pleistocene (更新世) extinctions — is also known 45 .It was also around this time that mankind’s direct ancestor, Homo erectus, the species 46 to be the first true human being, appeared in Africa and Asia after 47 more primitiveape-like creatures. These beings may have been some of the lucky few who were able to 48 advantage of conditions in these hazardous, radioactive 49 . This triumph only occurred thanks to this celestial (上天旳) 50 , however.31. A) devastate B) devastating C) devastated D) devastation32. A) blow B) have blown C) blew D) be blowing34. A) as a result of B) as a result C) the end result D) from the result of35. A) compact B) contact C) intact D) impact36. A) speculate B) speculating C) to speculate D) speculated37. A) evolution B) revolution C) resolution D) solution38. A) at least B) at most C) at first D) at last39. A) with B) without C) at D) of40. A) destroyed B) to destroy C) destroying D) destroy41. A) unlikely B) likely C) unlike D) dislike42. A) Definitely B) Obviously C) Eventually D) Essentially43. A) would clean B) cleaned C) have cleaned D) had cleaned44. A) In word B) In words C) In other words D) In a word45. A) to occur B) to have occurred C) occurring D) have occurred46. A) considered B) was considered C) considering D) being considered47. A) placing B) replacing C) being placed D) being replaced49. A) reasons B) results C) spaces D) times50. A) invention B) intervention C) convention D) creationPart V Translation (5 minutes)Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.51. Don’t get involved in love games too early. _______ (要是……该怎么办) you suffer from failure in love?52. That car ___________________(尽给我添麻烦) ever since I bought it.53. _______________________ (努力不吸入) the vapor, Thomas turned his head.54. But for his wife’s encouragement, he _____________ (就不能发明那个机器).55. It _________________________ (直到得到有关当局旳同意) that we can start the job.Part I WritingOne possible version:How to Conduct Patriotic Education Among the Youth of TodayThese years have seen a widespread neglect of patriotic education in our society. According to some official reports, many patriotic education centers have been closed down or kept open to the public for other more profitable purposes, while many of our national heroes have given way to today’s pop stars in youth’s minds. If this current is allowed to run its course, I am afraid, things are bound to turn for the worse, with less and less sense of patriotism left in the youth.The significance of patriotic education to our society can be seen from the following perspectives: Patriotic education can make youth more aware of the glorious history and culture of our nation, thus building up their sense of pride as Chinese. Furthermore, patriotic education helps youth value today’s hard-earned life so as to hold dearer their golden chances of enriching themselves with knowledge in peace.So the most pressing issue for us now is how to effectively instill patriotism in the youth of today. In my opinion, the first step should be focused upon giving fuller play to the potential of patriotic education centers instead of running them for the purpose of making money. Then, greater efforts must be made to integrate patriotic education into the curriculums throughout a student’s education. In short, where there is effective patriotic education of youth, there is a greater enhancement of national cohesion.Part II Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)1. B)。

大学英语四级听力专项+模拟测试答案unit3

Unit 31~5 BCDBD 6~10 ACADC 11~15 BBCAC 16~20 DCADC 21~25 ADCAB 26~30 CDCBADictation 3-1Last week the sun shone and it got quite hot. I decided to put on my light grey summer trousers. But I got a shock. I could not put them on. They were too small. It is possible that they got smaller during the winter, but I do not think so. I am afraid I got bigger. So I am going to eat less and I am going to take more exercise. I am definitely going to lose some weight.Dictation 3-2Everything changes. Once a lot of people went to the cinema to see silent films. Then when talking pictures started nobody wanted to see silent films any more. But people still went to the cinema and everybody knew the names of all the great film stars. Now we have television. People sit at home night after night watching their favorite programs. But what is going to happen to the cinema?Dictation 3-3Dear Mr. Scott,Thank you for your letter of 15th January. You say that you telephoned our office five times in two days and did not receive a reply.I am sorry about this, but we have had problems with our telephone.Dictation 3-4I have a watch. It is a Swiss watch. It is not new and my friends are sometimes a little rude about it. They tell me to buy a new one. But I do not want a new one. I am very happy with my old watch. Last week it stopped. So I took it to the shop. I did not ask for an estimate. Today I went to get it. Do you know how much I had to pay? Five pounds.Five pounds just for cleaning a watch.Dictation 3-5Have you ever thought what it is like to be one of those beautiful girls that you see on the front of fashion magazines? They meet interesting people, they travel to exciting places, and sometimes they make a lot of money. But they have to work hard. They often have to get up very early in the morning, and of course they have to be very careful about what they eat.UNIT 3This is the VOA Special English Health Report.A panic attack is a sudden feeling of terror. Usually it does not last long, but it may feel like forever.The cause can be something as normally uneventful as driving over a bridge or flyingin an airplane. And it can happen even if the person has driven over many bridges or flown many times before.A fast heartbeat. Sweaty hands. Difficulty breathing. A lightheaded feeling. At first a person may have no idea what is wrong. But these can all be signs of what is known as panic disorder.The first appearance usually is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four. In some cases it develops after a tragedy, like the death of a loved one, or some other difficult situation.In the United States, the National Institute of Mental Health says more than two million people are affected in any one-year period.The American Psychological Association says panic disorder is two times more likely in women than men. And it can last anywhere from a few months to a lifetime. Panic attacks can be dangerous -- for example, if a person is driving at the time. The Chesapeake BayBridge in the state of Maryland is so long and so high over the water, it is famous for scaring motorists. There is even a driver assistance program to help people get across.Test 31—5 BACAC 6—10 ADDCC 11—15 ACBDD 16—20 BACAB21—25 CBDCD26. believed 27. Speaking 28. intense 29. responsible 30. stressed31. bombings 32. district 33. exploded34. A third bomb on another underground train tore a hole through a tunnel wall35. The attacks were timed to cause maximum disruption during the morning rush hour.36. with the underground network still shut down the city’s workers are faced with a long walk home.TEST 3Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, oneor more questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will be spokenonly once. After each question there will be a pause.During the pause, you must read the four choicesmarked A), B), C), and D), and decide which is the bestanswer. Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2with a single line through the center.1. M: Hi, Jane. Do you have some change? I have to make a call on the pay phone.W: Pay phone? Why not use my mobile phone? Here you are.Q: What will the man most probably do?2. M: I need to go out. Is it still raining?W: Yes, but it’s starting to let up a little.Q: What does the woman mean?3. W: There are only a few drops left in the can. I guess we’ll haveto buy some in themorning.M: Well, we can finish up this job tomorrow. Let’s just wash out our brushes for now.Q: What will they probably buy in the morning?4. M: I’d like to have some flowers delivered to PeaceHospital.W: Certainly. If you step over here, I’ll show you some arrangements.Q: What is the man going to do?5. M: Has George returned from Europe yet?W: Yes, but he had been only here for three days before his company sent him toAmerica.Q: Where is George now?6. M: Why didn’t you stop when we first signaled?W: I’m sorry. Will I have to pay a fine?Q: What is the probable relationship between the man and the woman?7. W: If I buy some plants for the house, will you water them for me while I’m on holiday?M: Sure I will, if you water mine while I’m on vacation.Q: What will the man do for the woman?8. M: How are your piano lessons going?W:Very well. My teacher thinks I’m making progress. And I find the lessonswell-worththe time and effort.Q: What does the woman think of her piano lessons?Now you will hear two long conversations.Conversation OneM: Excuse me. Have you been waiting long?W: About ten minutes.M: Did you notice whether the number seven bus has gone by?W: Not while I’ve been standing here. I’m waiting for the number seven myself.M: Good. Ho t today, isn’t it?W: Yes, it is. I wish that it would rain and cool off.M: Me too. This is unusual for March. I don’t remember it ever being so hot and dry in March before.W: You’re from Florida then.M: Not really. I was born in New York, but I’ve lived here for ten years now.W: My mother and I have just moved here from Indiana.M: Pretty cold in Indiana, isn’t it?W: Yes. That’s why we moved. But we didn’t know that it would beso hot here. We should have gone to California. Do you think that we’ve missed the bus?M: No. It’s always a little late.W: It is twenty to one, but my watch is a little fast.M: Don’t worry. It never comes exactly on the half-hour like it should.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. What is the woman doing?10. According to the conversation, what kind of weather is usual for March?11. Where does this conversation take place?12. How often is the bus scheduled to pass their stop?Conversation TwoW: Just a few years ago this city established what is called the Tele-phone Reassurance Service. It was set up by a volunteer group of people to ring up elderly or handicapped persons who live alone, to check on whether they are all right and to help cheer them up.M: That sounds like a good idea.W: Well, they had a 97-year-old woman on television to publicize the project. She lived alone and had never been out of the state she was born in. Although she had relatives,nobody seemed to know what had happened to them.M: You say the service has been going for a few years?W: I think it’s five, but it might even be ten years, and now it has about onethousand volunteers and they keep in daily touch with more than twelve hundred people, mostly senior citizens.M: It must be frightening to be old and alone and have no one who has anyinterest in you.W: The service made its millionth call recently. The volunteer calls once a day and if no one answers, another call is made in about an hour. If there is still no answer, a call is placed to a neighbor or to someone who can check to see if the person is all right. The project is supported twenty percent by federal funds and the rest by donations. The volunteers now go through an instruction course before beginning the calls.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. To what extent has the Telephone Reassurance Service now developed?14. How was the Telephone ReassuranceService publicized?15. What is told about the operation of theTelephone Reassurance Service?Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both thepassage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question, you must choose the bestanswer from the four choices marked A), B), C), and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the center.Passage OneReligious and private schools receive little or no support from public taxes in the United States. As a result, they are more expensive to attend. The religious schools in America are usually run by churches. Therefore they tend to be less expensive than privateschools. When there is free education available to all children in the United States, why do people spend money on private schools? Americans offer a great variety of reasons for doing so. Some parents send their children to private schools because the classes there are usually smaller. In their opinion the public schools in their area are not of high quality to meet their needs. Private schools in the United States range widely in size and quality, and they offer all kinds of programs to meet the needs of certain students.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. Why is it usually expensive to attend religious and private schools?17. Who usually runs religious schools in the United States?18. What is one of the reasons for people to send their children to private schools?Passage TwoNow research from Australia shows that pets are good for your health. The findings of this new study suggest that people who have pets are at less risk from heart disease than those who do not.The new research was carried out over three years and examined 6,000 people. They took tests that measured a variety of different factors known to be involved in heart disease —blood pressure and blood levels. Also, people were asked about their lifestyles. The 800 people who owned pets had low levels on each of the factors measured than those who did not own pets. The study also showed that it did not matter what kind of pet was owned—a cat was as good as a dog—so the benefits could not be attributed to the exercises involved in walking a dog.The question is just how pets manage to make their owners more healthier. The obvious answer is that they make their owners feel more relaxed and happy. The Australian scientists who organized this study commented that if a new drug was available that was as effective as simply having a pet, then this drug would undoubtedly be considered a breakthrough in the control of heart disease.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. What conclusion was drawn from the new research done in Australia?20. Which of the following factors was not measured in the research?21. According to the talk, which of the following statements is true?Passage ThreeHere is an announcement on a university radio station.The Central State University School of Engineering invites you to go fly a kite—that is, once you’ve designed it. This weekend, the Third Annual Kite Competition will take place. Building a kite poses a number of engineering problems. And we want to see how you solve them. As in the two previous years, there are lots of prizes. There will be prizes for the kite with the largest surface area and for the kite with the smallest; for the kite that can lift the heaviest load and for the kite made from the most unusual material; there’s even one for the funniest kite. Of course, all winning kites must be working models; you must be able to fly them at least 100 feet in the air. You don’t have to be an engineering student to compete—all interested students at CentralState are invited to enter. Preliminary events take place on Saturday in the Commons south of the EngineeringTower. Final events will be held at the stadium on Sunday afternoon.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. According to the speaker, how many times has the kite competition been held before this year?23. Which of the following would win a prize in the kite competition?24. According to the speaker, who is eligible to enter the competition?25. According to the speaker, when and where will the final portion of the competition be held?Section CDirections:In this section, you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the first time you shouldlisten for its general idea. Then listen to the passageagain. When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 26to 33 with the exact words you have just heard. For theblanks numbered from 34 to 36 you are required to fillin the missing information. For these blanks, you caneither use the exact words you have just heard or writedown the main points in your own words. Finally, whenthe passage is read for the third time, you should checkwhat you have written.Police in London have warned people to remain cautious fo llowing the bomb attacks during Thursday morning’s rush hour on the city’s transport system. The attacks are (26) believed to have killed at least fifty people and injured around seven hundred more.(27) Speaking on television just hours after the attacks, the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, promised an (28) intense investigation by the police and security services to track down those (29) responsible. Mr. Blair also said he knew those behind the attacks had acted in the name of Islam but he (30) stressed that the overwhelming majority of Muslims abhorred (憎恨) the (31) bombings as much as he did.The first attack came just before nine in the morning on a train close to the main station in the city’s financial (32) district; minutes later the worst incident occurred: a bomb (33) exploded in a deep underground line, killing more than twenty people. (34) A thirdbomb on another underground train tore a hole through a tunnel wall, throwing debrisonto a nearby track and involving a further two trains. The fourth explosion ripped the roof off a bus.(35) The attacks were timed to cause maximum disruption during the morning rush hour, and (36) with the underground network still shut down the city’s workers are faced with a long walk home.。

英语专业四级模拟试题三

英语专业四级模拟试题三——TEM-4 Exercise 03PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN.]In Section A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answerthe questions that follow. Select the correct response for each question.SECTION A STATEMENTIn this section you will hear 8 statements. At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds toanswer each of the following 8 questions. Now listen to the statements.1. How much money is expected to be raised?A. '1/4 millionB. '1/2 millionC. '1 millionD. '2 million正确答案是2. Which statement about the speaker is true?A. He likes grapes better than anyone else does.B. He grows more grapes than anyone else.C. Grapes are more nutritious than he thought.D. He thinks very few people like grapes.正确答案是3. The speaker seems to feel _____.A. that it might take some time for him to ride in his new carB. that he could have his new car come in two daysC. that he couldn't use the new car because the dealer is gettinghim a license D. that he couldn't ride in his new car because the dealer is teaching him how to drive it正确答案是4. The speaker's opinion is _____.A. this is a result of what I readB. you alread6y know what the results will beC. I'd like to try to make it happen if possibleD. I'm prepared to try no matter what happens正确答案是5. The speaker _____.A. really needs to return that article on photography immediatelyB. found the article so good that she copied itC. wishes she could go back to the library nowD. should have made a copy of the article for reference 正确答案是6. How long does it take the local train to get to New York? A. One hour.B. Two hours.C. Three hours.D. Four hours.正确答案是7. What did Cindy do?A. She bought a pair of skates from the shoemaker.B. She asked the shoemaker to sharpen her skates for her.C. She wanted her parents to buy a new pair for her.D. She carefully sharpened her skates herself.正确答案是8. What should be kept in mind when one reserves plane tickets? A. Reservations should be confirmed forty-eight hours before departure. B. Confirmation of reservations can take forty-eight hours. C. Cancellations can be made forty-eight hours in advance. D. Many flights are cancelled forty-eight hours before departure. 正确答案是SECTION B CONVERSATIONIn this section, you will hear 8 short conversations between two speakers. At the end of eachconversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following 8 questions. Nowlisten to the conversations.9. Where is the woman?A. At the department store.B. At the grocery.C. In the garden.D. In the farm.正确答案是10. Why does the woman not want to tell Mr. Brown about the parking ticket?A. He will get very angry.B. He is looking for a parking space.C. He has to buy a parking ticket himself.D. He will discover it himself anyway. 正确答案是11. What time is it?A. 7:10B. 7:00C. 6:50D. 7:05正确答案是12. What does the woman think is harder? A. political science.B. Economics.C. Getting an A.D. Political and economics.正确答案是13. What does the woman mean?A. Both bags cost the same per pound.B. The man shouldn't spend so much money on potatoes.C. She always buys the same size bag.D. She doesn't usually eat any potatoes. 正确答案是14. What is the woman suggesting? A. Getting a better quality lamp.B. Fixing the lamp tomorrow.C. Changing the light bulb.D. Working with a different lamp. 正确答案是15. What does Mr. Hester mean?A. He does have a background in business.B. He lacks the experience that is called for.C. He isn't interested in being a student.D. He doesn't want to do business at all.正确答案是16. What does Paul do?A. He publishes books.B. He works in industry.C. He collects automobiles.D. He is an author.正确答案是SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTQuestions 17 and 18 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item youwill be given 20 seconds to answer the following questions. Now listen to the news.17. Who was the only person having survived the crash?A. The French judge.B. The French judge's bodyguard.C. Rees Jones, Princess Dianna's bodyguard.D. A French doctor.正确答案是18. Rees Jones didn't talk about the crash shortly after the crash because _____. A. he could only tell the French judge about the crashB. he was seriously wounded and couldn't remember what had happened at the momentC. he refused to talk about itD. his doctors didn't allow him to talk about it then正确答案是Question 19 is based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given10 seconds to answer the following question. Now listen to the news.19. Which statement is false about James McDougall?A. He is Clinton's former business partner.B. He died of a heart attack.C. He died on Sunday.D. He was conducting an investigation in connection with the White Water Real Estate Venture before he died.正确答案是Questions 20 and 21 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 20 seconds to answer the following questions. Now listen to the news.20. What's the minimum figure of the deaths of people in the two bomb explosions? A. 12B. 8C. 16D. 60正确答案是21. How many people have been killed by the sectarian and political violence in Pakistan this year?A. More than 12.B. 60.C. More than 60.D. About 8.正确答案是Questions 22 to 24 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 30 seconds to answer the following questions. Now listen to the news.22. What measures will Indonesia take in order to put out forest fires? A. Send more fire engines.B. Create rain.C. Encourage villagers by offering them more water and equipment.D. Cut more bushes.正确答案是23. How long will the plan of putting out forest fire last?A. One week.B. Five days.C. Ten days.D. One month.正确答案是24. Why was an airport forced to close down?A. Because the blazes from the fire were too hot.B. Because the smoke from the fires was too think.C. Because it was too droughty at the airport.D. Because it rained heavily there.正确答案是Question 25 are based on the following news item. At the end of the news item you will be given 10 seconds to answer the following question. Now listen to the news.25. What is the necessary condition for the waiver?A. Vietnam has received trade benefits.B. Vietnam has made progress in allowing immigration to the US.C. Vietnam must become one of the most-favored nations.D. The relations between the US and Vietnam must be further improved.正确答案是PART II CLOZE [15 MIN.]Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Select the correctchoice for each blank.Today, the Tower of London is one of the most popular tourist(26)_____ and attracts over three million visitors a year. It was occasionally used as a Royal Palace for the Kings and Queens of England (27)_____ the time of James I who (28)_____ from 1603 to 1625, but isbest known as a prison and execution place. Within the walls of the Tower, princes have been murdered, traitors (29)_____, spies shot, andQueens of England beheaded. One of the most famous executions was that of Anne Boleyn in 1526. She was the second wife of Henry VIII. He wanted to (30)_____ her because she could not give him a son, so he accused her of adultery. She was tried and found guilty. She asked to be beheaded with a sword, (31)_____ the usual axe, which can still be seen in the Tower.The Tower was also the (32)_____ of one of London's most famous mysteries. King Edward IV died in 1483. His elder son, Edward, became king (33)_____ his father's death. Young Edward lived in the Tower, and the Duke of Gloucester, his protector, persuaded Edward's brother, Richard, to come and live there so that they could play together. But then the Duke (34)_____ that he was the new king, and he was crowned instead of the twelve-year-old Edward, (35)_____ himself Richard III.After that, the boys were seen less and less and (36)_____ disappeared. It is said that they were suffocated in bed by pillows being (37)_____ their mouths. It is believed that Richard III ordered their deaths, although it has never been (38)_____. In 1674, workmen at the Towerdiscovered two skeletons which were taken away and buried in Westminster Abbey in 1678. The(39)_____ were examined in 1933 and were declared to be those of two children, (40)_____ theage of the Princes.26. A. seatsB. scenesC. groundsD. sights正确答案是27. A. untilB. byC. toD. at正确答案是28. A. reinedB. reignedC. poweredD. controlled正确答案是29. A. ruinedB. destroyedC. torturedD. wounded正确答案是30. A. get away with B. get rid ofC. get done withD. get down on 正确答案是31. A. apart fromB. besidesC. togetherD. rather than 正确答案是32. A. region B. sceneC. placeD. area正确答案是33. A. onB. atC. withD. by正确答案是34. A. revealed B. announced C. pronounced D. advertised 正确答案是35. A. naming B. declaring C. callingD. giving正确答案是36. A. eventuallyB. laterC. lastlyD. completely 正确答案是37. A. forced intoB. squeezed forthC. pressed overD. put on正确答案是38. A. approvedB. provedC. reprovedD. disproved正确答案是39. A. remainsB. corpsesC. bonesD. bodies正确答案是40. A. definitelyB. roughlyC. possiblyD. certainly正确答案是PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY [15 MIN.]There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four choicesmarked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence.41. All the television viewers chose her as their _____ actress.A. favorableB. favoriteC. favoredD. favoring正确答案是42. She pointed out that her wages _____ no relation to the amount of work she did.A. heldB. yieldedC. offeredD. bore正确答案是43. His long beard is a _____ joke among his friends.A. steadyB. standingC. settledD. stable正确答案是44. _____ her inexperience her failure to secure the contract was not surprising.A. In view ofB. By virtue ofC. With regard toD. In recognition of 正确答案是45. Mr. White was told again and again to _____ smoking but he just wouldn't listen.A. cut throughB. cut downC. cut offD. cut away正确答案是46. If this animal had escaped from its cage it could _____ have killed or hurt several people.A. equallyB. bothC. wellD. severely正确答案是47. The president shook hands with everyone, without _____ of rank.A. convictionB. expositionC. distinctionD. recognition正确答案是48. Sometimes they _____ their students' poor comprehension to a lack of intelligence.A. attributeB. assignC. attachD. associate正确答案是49. To _____ greater accuracy, all invoices will be double-checked before leaving the office.A. assureB. ensureC. insureD. ascertain正确答案是50. As a natural body substance, interferon (干扰素) has few side _____. A. influencesB. effectsC. impactsD. functions正确答案是51. The police _____ together all they had found out about the wanted man.A. combinedB. mixedC. piecedD. joined正确答案是52. When Bob came in, Jean _____ her talk with Linda and talked to Bob.A. broke offB. cleared awayC. cut acrossD. set apart正确答案是53. Foreign mutton is _____ to home-grown in flavor.A. worseB. indifferentC. inferiorD. subordinate正确答案是54. I _____ work last week, but I changed my mind.A. were to startB. was to startC. was to have startedD. had started正确答案是55. The children went there to watch the iron tower _____.A. to erectB. be erectedC. erectingD. being erected正确答案是56. After the Arab states won independence, great emphasis was laid on expanding education, with girls aswell as boys _____ to go to school. A. to be encouragedB. been encouragedC. being encouragedD. be encouraged正确答案是57. _____ such a good chance, he planned to learn more.A. To be givenB. Having been givenC. Having givenD. Giving正确答案是58. -- Has Mary finished writing his article?-- No, and it _____ two days ago. A. should be finishedB. should finishC. should have finishedD. ought to have been finished正确答案是59. I had better _____ the problem.A. leave them to settleB. to leave them to settleC. to leave them settlingD. leave them settling 正确答案是60. _____ it is necessary to study the proposals for several more months before making a decision is to bedebated.A. WhetherB. IfC. WhatD. That正确答案是61. _____ is well-known to all, too much stress can cause disease.A. WhichB. ItC. ThatD. As正确答案是62. _____ to speak when the audience interrupted him.A. Hardly had he begunB. No sooner had he begunC. Not until he begunD. Scarcely did he begun 正确答案是63. As is generally agreed, a family without love is not _____ a family as a body without soul in a man.A. suchB. as much ofC. so much ofD. much of正确答案是64. _____, I couldn't understand what is meant by that.A. As I try hardB. Hard as I might tryC. I might try hardD. I tried hard正确答案是65. "What will you be doing tomorrow evening?" "_____ the students' papers."A. CorrectingB. Will be correctingC. To correctD. Will correct正确答案是PART IV READING COMPREHENSION [30 MIN.]SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN.]In this section there are five passages followed by fifteenquestions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answer marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the correct answer.TEXT APeople have been painting pictures for at least 30,000 years. The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals. They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill. Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain. No one knows why they were painted there. Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals. Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories to pictures.About 5,000 years ago the Egyptians and other people in the NearEast began to use pictures as a kind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet.The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture-writing and pictures together. When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. Some of these pictures are like modern comic-strip stories. It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip. But, for the Egyptians, pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple. The ordinary people could not understand it.By the year 1000 BC, people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of writing. The signs they used were very easy to write, and there were fewer of tem than in the Egyptian system. This was because each sign, or letter, represented only one sound in their language. The Greeks developed this system and formed the letters of the Greek alphabet. The Romans copied the idea, and the Roman alphabet is now used all over the world.These days we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. But we still need pictures of all kinds: drawings, photographs, signs and diagrams. We find them everywhere: in books and newspapers, in the street, and on the walls of the places where we live and work. Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting.66. Pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain because _____. A. the hunters wanted to see the picturesB. the painters were animal loversC. the painters wanted to show imaginationD. the pictures were thought to be helpful正确答案是67. The Greek alphabet was simpler than the Egyptian system for all the following reasons EXCEPT that _____.A. the former was easy to writeB. there were fewer signs in the formerC. the former was easy to pronounceD. each sign stood for only one sound正确答案是68. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. The Egyptian signs later became a particular alphabet.B. The Egyptians liked to write comic-strip stories.C. The Roman alphabet was developed from the Egyptian one.D. The Greeks copied their writing system from the Egyptians.正确答案是69. In the last paragraph, the author thinks that pictures _____.A. should be made comprehensibleB. should be made interestingC. are of much use in our lifeD. are disappearing from our life正确答案是TEXT BHuman beings have used tools for a very long time. In some parts of the world you can still find tools that people used more than twomillion years ago. They made these tools by hitting one stone against another. In this way they broke off pieces from one of the stones. These chips of stone were usually sharp on one side. People used them for cutting meat and skin from dead animals, and also for making other tools out of wood. Human beings needed to use tools because they did not have sharp teeth like other meat-eating animals, such as lions and tigers. Tools helped people to get food more easily. Working with tools also helped to develop human intelligence. The human brain grew bigger, and humanbeings began to invent more and more tools and machines. The stone chip was one of the first tools that people used, and perhaps it is the most important. Some scientists say that it was the key to success of mankind.Since 1960 a new kind of tool has appeared. This is the silicon chip -- a little chip silicon crystal. It is smaller than a finger-nail, but it can store more than a million "bits" of information. It is an electronic brain.Every year these chips get cleverer, but their size gets smaller, and their cost gets less. They are used in watches, calculators and intelligent machines that we can use in many ways.In the future we will not need to work with tools in the old way. Machines will do everything for us. They will even talk and play gameswith us. People will have plenty of spare time. But what will they do with it? Human beings used stone chips for more than two million years, but human life changed very little in that time. We have used silicon chips for only a few years, but life is changing faster every day. What will life be like twenty years from now? What will the world be like two million years from now?70. The stone chip is thought to be the most important tool because it _____.A. was one of the first toolsB. developed human capabilitiesC. led to the invention of machinesD. was crucial to the development of mankind正确答案是71. At the end of the passage the author seems to suggest that life in future is _____.A. disastrousB. unpredictableC. excitingD. colorful正确答案是TEXT CA century ago in the United States, when an individual brought suit against a company, public opinion tended to protect that company. But perhaps this phenomenon was most striking in the case of the railroads.Nearly half of all negligence cases decided through 1896 involved railroads. And the railroads usually won.Most of the cases were decided in sate courts, when the railroads had the climate of the times on their sides. Government supported the railroad industry; the progress railroads represented was not to be slowed down by requiring them often to pay damages to those unlucky enough to be hurt working for them. Court decisions always went against railroad workers. A Mr. Farwell, an engineer, lost his right hand when a switchman's negligence ran his engine off the track. The court reasoned that since Farwell had taken the job of an engineer voluntarily at good pay, he had accepted the risk. Therefore the accident, though avoidable had the switchmen acted carefully, was a "pure accident". In effect a railroad could never be held responsible for injury to one employee caused by the mistake of another.In one case where a Pennsylvania Railroad worker had started a fire at a warehouse and the fire had spreadseveral blocks, causing widespread damage, a jury found the company responsible for all the damage. But the court overturned the jury's decision because it argued that the railroad's negligence was the immediate cause of damage only to the nearest buildings. Beyond them the connection was too remote to consider. As the century wore on, public sentiment began to turn against the railroads -- against their economic and political power and high fares as well as against their callousness toward individuals.72. Which of the following is NOT true in Farwell's case?A. Farwell was injured because he negligently ran his engine off the track.B. Farwell would not have been injured if the switchman had beenmore careful. C. The court argued that the victim had accepted the risk since he had willingly taken his job. D. The court decided that the railroad should not be held responsible.正确答案是73. What must have happened after the fire case was settled in court?A. The railroad compensated for the damage to the immediatebuildings.B. The railroad compensated for all the damage by the fire.C. The railroad paid nothing for the damaged building.D. The railroad worker paid for the property damage himself.正确答案是74. The following aroused public resentment EXCEPT _____.A. political powerB. high faresC. economic lossD. indifference正确答案是75. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. Railroad oppressing individuals in the US.B. History of the US railroads.C. Railroad workers' working rights.D. Law cases concerning the railroads.正确答案是TEXT DHawaii's native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty over its own affairs. But much of the archipelago'spolitical establishment, which includesthe White Americans who dominated until the second world war and people of Japanese, Chinese andFilipino origins, is opposed to the idea.The islands were annexed by the US in 1898 and since then Hawaii's native peoples have fared worse than any of its other ethnic groups. They make up over 60 percent of the state's homeless, suffer higher levels of unemployment and their life span is five years less than the average Hawaiians. They are the only major US native group without some degree of autonomy.But a sovereignty advisory committee set up by Hawaii's first native governor, Joahn Waihee, has given the natives' cause a major boost by recommending that the Hawaiian natives decide by themselves whether to re-establish a sovereign Hawaiian nation.However, the Hawaiian natives are not united in their demands. Some just want greater autonomy within the state -- as enjoyed by many American Indian natives over matters such as education. This is a position supported by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), a stateagency set up in 1978 to represent the natives' interests and which has now become the moderate face of the native sovereignty movement. More ambitious is the Ka Lahui group, which declared itself a new nation in 1987 and wants full, official independence from the US.But if Hawaiian natives are given greater autonomy, it is far from clear how many people this will apply to. The state authorities only count as native those people with more than 50 percent Hawaiian blood. Native demands are not just based on political grievances, though. They also want their claim on 660,000 hectares of Hawaiian crown land to be accepted. it is on this issue that native groups are facing most opposition from the state authorities. In 1933, the state government paid the OHA US' 136 million in back rent on the crown land and many officials say that by accepting this payment the agency has given up its claims to legally own the land. The OHA has vigorously disputed this.76. Hawaii's native minority refers to _____.A. Hawaii's ethnic groupsB. people of Filipino originC. the Ka Lahui groupD. people with 50% Hawaiian blood正确答案是77. Which of the following statements is true of the Hawaiian natives?A. Sixty percent of them are homeless or unemployed.B. their life span is 5 years shorter than average Americans.C. Their life is worse than that of other ethnic groups in Hawaii.D. They are the only native group without sovereignty.正确答案是78. Which of the following is NOT true of John Waihee?A. He is Hawaii's first native governor.B. He has set up a sovereignty advisory committee.C. He suggested the native people decide for themselves.D. He is leading the local independence movement.正确答案是79. Which of the following groups holds a less radical attitude on the matter of sovereignty? A. American Indian natives.B. Office of Hawaiian Affairs.C. The Ka Lahui group.D. The Hawaiian natives.正确答案是80. Various native Hawaiians demand all the following EXCEPT _____.A. a greater autonomy within the stateB. more back rent on the crown landC. a claim on the Hawaiian crown landD. full independence from the US正确答案是SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING [5 MIN.]In this section there are six passages with a total of ten multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then select your answers to the questions.TEXT EFirst read the following questions.81. The passage is mainly about _____ of outdoor advertising.A. problemsB. featuresC. attractionD. location正确答案是Now read Text E quickly and select your answers.Outdoor advertising provides the advertiser with the largestcolorful display of his product, package, trade mark, and slogan. It embraces the most spectacular use of lights and animation in order to attract a passer-by and deliver a message. It provides visual continuity to a campaign that may also be appearing in other media.Outdoor advertising has a high degree of geographic flexibility. An advertiser can use it nationally, by region, by markets, and even by specific locations within those markets.Outdoor advertising can be memorable. During an interview eightpeople out of ten revealed that they remembered specific outdoor posters.A problem in using outdoor advertising is that of getting reliabledata on the number of people who actually see an advertisement. It mayalso take time to negotiate for the space for a specific outdoor advertisinglocation, to print the posters, or to paint the board.TEXT FFirst read the following questions.82. The passage focuses on Oxford's _____.A. past and presentB. modern developmentC. present and futureD. traditional structure正确答案是Now read Text F quickly and select your answers.For centuries Oxford has been at Britain's intellectual heart, perhaps the most prestigious among Europe's many ancient universities. Oxford has attracted students from all over the world who have gone on to achieve the highest positions in their countries. Alumni include numerous famous scientists, literary figures and overseas politicians.As a place of learning Oxford's beginnings go back to the Middle Ages. Legend has it that Alfred laid its foundations at the end of the ninth century. Certainly by the 12th century scholars were teaching in the town and their fame had spread to the learning. A group of English scholars left the French capital in 1167 to settle in Oxford and the place became a magnet for students and teachers from all over Britain.。

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大学英语四级阅读模拟题及答案阅读1空调的危害Although many of us may feel air-conditioners bring relief from hot,humid or polluted outside air,they pose many potential health hazards.Much research has looked at how the movement of air inside a closed environment---such as an office building---can spread disease or expose people in the building to harmful chemicals.One of the more widely publicized dangers is that of Legionnaire’s disease,which was first recognized inthe1970s.This was found to have affected people in buildings with air-conditioning systems in which warmair pumped out of the system’cooling towers was somehow sucked back into the air intake(通风口),in mostcases due to poor design.The warm air,filled with bacteria,was combined with cooled,conditioned air andwas then circulated around various parts of the building. Studies showed that even people outside such buildings were at risk if they walked past air exhaust pipes.Large air-conditioning systems add water to the air they circulate by means of humidifiers(湿度调节器).Inolder systems,the water used for this process is kept in special reservoirs,the bottoms of which providebreeding grounds for bacteria which can find their way into the ventilation (通风)system.The risk to human health from this situation has been highlighted by the fact that the immune systems(免疫系统)of approximately half of workers in air-conditioned office buildings have developed the ability to fight off the organisms found at the bottom of system reservoirs. But chemicals called“biocides”are added to reservoirs to make them germ-free,and they are dangerous in their own right in sufficient quantities,as they often contain compounds strongly linked to cancers.Finally,it should be pointed out that the artificial climatic environment created byair-conditioners canalso affect us.In a natural environment,whether indoor or outdoor,there are small variations in temperature and humidity.Indeed,the human body has long been accustomed to these normal changes.In an air-conditioned living or working environment,however,body temperatures remain well under37℃,our normal temperature.This leads to a weakened immune system and thus greater exposure to diseases such as colds and flu.练习题：Choose correct answers to the question:1.What do we know about Legionnaire's disease from the passage?A.It was the most widely concerned office hazard.B.It can affect people both inside and outside the building.C.It happens only in air-conditioned office buildings.D.It does not develop in well-designed buildings.2.In the old air-conditioned systems,bacteria first develop______.A.in the reservoirsB.in the ventilation systemc.in the humidifiersD.in the air intake3.The fact that about half of workers developed the ability to fight off the bacteria may__.A.relieve people’s worry about the danger caused by the bacteriaB.help people find an effective way to get rid of the bacteriaC.reflect the serious danger brought by the bacteriaD.cause serious disease such as cancers to people4.The author most probably wants the readers to treat biocides with an attitude of_.A.cautionB.trustC.enthusiasmD.criticism5.The last paragraph implies that our immune system can be weakened when_•A.we live in an artificial climatic environmentB.there are variations in temperature and humidityC.our body temperatures often remain not high enoughD.we are often exposed to diseases such as colds and flu答案解析：1.[B]事实细节题。

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

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

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大学英语四级模拟试题及答案篇1Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the correspondingletter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:Some radio singals were heard in 1967.They were coming from a point in the sky where there was unknown star.They were coming very regularly,too:about once a second,if they were controlled by clock.?The scientists who heard the signals did not tell anybody else.They were rather afraid to tell in case they frightened people.The signals were coming from a very small body—no bigger,perhaps than the earth.Was that why no light could be seen from it?Or were the signals coming from a planet that belonged to some other star??There was no end to the questions,but the scientists kept the news secret.“Perhaps there are intelligent beings out there.”they thought,“who are trying to send messages to other planets,or to us?So the news was notgiven to the newspaper.Instead,the scientists studied the signals and searched for others like them...Well,all that happened in 1967 and 1968.Since then scientists have learnt more about those strange,regular,radio signals.And they have told the story,of course.The signals do not come from a planet;they come from a new kind of star called a “pulsar””.About a hundred other pulsars have now been found,and most of themare very like the first one.?Pulsars are strong radio stars.They are the smallest but the heaviest stars we know at present.A handful of pulsar would weigh a few thousand tons.Their light—if they give much light—is too small for us to see.But we can be sure of this,no intelligent beings are living on them.21. The radio signals discussed in this passage____.A.were regularB.were controlled by a clockC.were heard in 1967 onlyD.were secret messages22. The radio singals were sent by____.A.a satelliteB.a planetC.a sky body which was unknown at that timeD.intelligent beings who were unknown at that time23. The scientists did not tell people about the signals because____.A.the singals stood for secret messagesB.people would ask them too many questionsC.they did not want to frighten peopleD.they stood for unimportant messages24. A pulsar is____.A. a small heavy star which sends out strong radio signals and cannot be seenB. a small heavy planet which sends out strong radio signals and cannot be seenC. a small heavy satellite which sends out strong radio signals and cannot be seenD. a small intelligent being who sends out strong radio signals and cannot be seen 25. Which of the following is true?A.One of the pulsars found by scientists sends radio signals.B.Pulsar began to send radio singals in 1967.C.Scientists have searched for pulsars for many years but found none.D.Scientists have found many pulsars since 1967.Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:Over vast areas of every continent,the rainfall and vegetation necessary for life are disappearing.Already more than 40 percent of the earth's land is desert ordesert?like.About 628 million people—one out of seven—live in these dry regions.In the past,they have managed to survive,but with difficulty.[ZZ(Z]Now largely through problems caused by modern life,their existence is threatened by the slow,steady spread of the earth's deserts.Scientists still do not understand all the complex problems of the desert,but there have been many ideas for saving the land.Sandi Arabia has planted 10 milliontrees to help keep the sand from taking over fertile areas.The Israelis are again using some of the water collection systems left by the ancient people in theNegev desert.They plan to water their orchards with the extra water.Some Sahel farmers still raise cattle on their poor farm land,but before the cattle are sold,they are taken to greener lands in the south to get fat.26. What is the article mainly concerned?A.The problem of spreading desert.B.The rainfall and vegetation in desert areas.C.The water collection systems.D.The difference between modern life and ancient life.27. “one out of seven” refers to____.A.more than a third of the lands' earthB.the percentage of the earth's land that is desert-likeC.the number of people who live in dry regionsD.a day of a week28. In paragraph 2,“they are taken to the greener lands in the south.”Theyrefers to____.A.the Sahel farm landB.the farmersC.the cattlesD.the trees29. How many ideas for saving the land are described?A.Five.B.Two.C.Four.D.Three.30. Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage?A.The earth's desert are slowly spreading.B.One out of 10 people lives in dry regions.C.Their life in the desert is threatened now by traditional problems.D.New water wells can solve the problem in Africa's desert.Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:Telephone, television, radio, and telegraph all help people communicate witheach other. Because of these devices, ideas and news ofevents spread quickly allover the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of anelection in another country. An international football match comes into the homesof everyone with a television set.News of a disaster such as an earthquake or aflood can bring help from distant countries within hours, help is on the way. Because of modern technology like the satellites that travel around the world, information travels fast.How has this speed of communication changed the world? To many people,the world has become smaller. Of course this does not mean that the world is actually physically smaller. It means that the world seems smaller. Two hundred years ago,communication between the continents took a long time. All news was carried on ships that took weeks or even months to cross the ocean. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,it took six weeks for news from Europe to reach America.This time difference influenced people's actions. For example, one battle, or fight, in the War of 1812 between England and the United States could have been avoided. A peace agreement had already been signed. Peace was made in England, but the news of peace took six weeks to reach America. During these six weeks, the large and serious Battle of New Orleans was fought. Many people lost their lives after a peace treaty had been signed.They would not have died if news had come in time.In the past,communication took much time than it does now.?There was a good reason why the world seemed so much larger than it does today.31. News spreads fast because of____.A.modern transportationB.new technologyC.the change of the worldD.a peace agreement32. According to this passage,____is very important to people in a disaster area.A.fast communicationB.modern technologytest newsD.new ideas33. Which of the following statements is true?A.The world now seems smaller because of faster communication.B.The world is actually smaller today.C.The world is changing its size.D. The distance between England and America has changed since the War of 181234. Two hundred years ago,news between the continents was carried____.A.by telephone and telegraphB.by landC.by airD.by sea35. The New Orleans Battle could have been avoided if the peace agreement had been signed____.A.by both sidesB.in timeC.in AmericaD.in EnglandQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:The concept of personal choice in relation to health behaviors is an important one.An estimated 90 percent of all illnesses may be preventable if individuals would make sound personal health choices based upon current medical knowledge.We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society.[ZZ)]The structure of American society allows us to make almost all our own personal decisions that may concern ourhealth.If we so desire,we can smoke,drink excessively, refuse to wear seatbelts,eat whatever foods we want,and live a completely sedentary life-style without any excuse.The freedom to make such personal decisions is a fundamental aspect of our society,although the wisdom of these decisions can be questioned.Personal choices relative to health often cause a difficulty.As one example,a teenager may know the facts relative to smoking cigarettes and health but may be pressured by friends into believing it is the socially accepted thing to do.?A multitude of factors,both inherited and environmental,influence the development of health?related behaviors,and it is beyond the scope of this text to discuss all these factors as they may affect any given individual.However,the decision to adopt a particular health-related behavior is usually one of personal choices.There are healthy choices and there are unhealthy choices.In discussing the moral of personal choice,Fries and Crapo drew a comparison.They suggest that to knowingly give oneself over to a behavior that has a statistical probability of shortening life is similar to attempting suicide.[ZZ)]Thus,for those individuals who are interested in preserving both the quality and quantity of life,personal health choices should reflect those behaviors that are associated with statistical probability of increased vitality and longevity.36. The concept of personal choice concerning health is important because____.A.personal health choices help cure most illnessesB.it helps raise the level of our medical knowledgeC.it is essential to personal freedom in American societyD.wrong decisions could head to poor health37. To “live a completely sedentary life?style”(Para. 1) in the passage means____.”A.to live an inactive lifeB.to live a decent lifeC.to live a life with complete freedomD.to live a life of vice38. Sound personal health choice is often difficult to make because____.A.current medical knowledge is still insufficientB.there are many factors influencing our decisionsC.few people are willing to trade the quality of life for longevityD.people are usually influenced by the behavior of their friends39. To knowingly allow oneself to pursue unhealthy habits is compared by Fries and Crapo to____.A.improving the quality of one's lifeB.limiting one's personal health choiceC.deliberately ending one's lifeD.breaking the rules of social behavior40. According to Fries and Crapo sound health choices should be based on____.A.personal decisionsws of societyC.statistical evidenceD.opinions of friendsPart Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part.For each sentence there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D).Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.41. ____he thought of it,the stars seemed always large andclear before the dawn of Christmas Day.A.As forB.Now thatC.BecauseD.As soon as42. A thought____him like a silver dagger.A.beatB.hitC.struckD.pondered43. I'll____this afternoon.A.get the radio fixedB.get the radio to be fixedC.get the radio being fixedD.get the radio fixing44. Who is____personnel at present?A.in the charge ofB.under charge ofC.under the charge ofD.in charge of45. Tell him to turn down the TV.It's____my nerves.A.get overB.get inC.get crazy withD.get on46. The family decided to raise two cows and five sheep____the chickens,ducks and rabbits.A.exceptB.besidesC.besideD.except for47. I woke up,____that he had gone.A.only findingB.only having foundC.only to findD.only to have found48. The project____by the time you come to China again.A.will be completedB.will have been completedC.is to be completedD.is going to be completed49. In the course of the work,we____lots of difficulties.A.met withB.sawC.got intoD.came across50. ____his accent,he must be from the south.A.Judged byB.Being judged fromC.Judging fromD.Being judged by51. The boy____his father.A.was accused of having killedB.was accused to have killedC.was accused of killingD.was accused to kill52. Missing the train means____for an hour.A.waitingB.to waitC.to be waitingD.have to wait53. Something extraordinary happened in that hospital.A man,who was declaredclinically dead,suddenly____.A.returned to lifeB.restored to lifeC.came to lifeD.survived54. They are glad to see the children____in the day?care center.A.well taken careB.being well taken care ofC.well looked afterD.being well looked after55. She is a woman of rare gifts.Her performance last night was indeed very____.A.impressedB.impressiveC.impressingD.impression56. The road being built was scheduled to____traffic on May Day.A.be close toB.be closed toC.be open toD.be opened to57. It was more than fifteen years ago____I entered the laboratory of Professor Agassiz.A.whenB.thatC.in whichD.since58. ____than it began raining.A.Hardly had he reached homeB.Hardly did he reach homeC.No sooner did he reach homeD.No sooner had he reached home59. The man's life____if he had been sent to a better hospital.A.might have been savedB.may have been savedC.was to be savedD.should be saved60. Everybody looked____the direction of the explosion.A.toB.fromC.inD.into61. This is a____young writer.He has published quite a few good stories inrecent years.A.promisedB.looking forwardC.promisingD.clever62. The doctor insists that the patient____.A.must be operatedB.should be operatedC.be operated onD.needs operating on63. It sounds as if the telephone____.A.were ringingB.was ringing.C.has being ringingD.is ringing64. The family looked on helplessly as their house____.A.burning downB.was burned downC.was burning downD.burned down65. What is the____language in India?A.officeB.officialC.officiallyD.officer66. He____twenty times,striking a match each time to look at his old watch.A.had wakedB.was awakeC.must have wakedD.was waken67. There he bought____chocolate for his daughter,and thenhe had____beers in the bar not far from the school.A.a bar of...a couple ofB.a piece of...a bottle ofC.a dozen of...a couple ofD.a cubic of...a tin of68. With his big fleshy nose he____his grandpa.A.looks likeB.takes afterC.looks afterD.resembles69. The ____majority were in support of this bill so it was passed withoutmuch difficulty.A.overflowingB.overtakingC.overloadingD.overwhelming70. The actress____the terms of her contract and was sued by the producer.A.isolatedB.signedC.implementedD.violatedPart Ⅳ Translation from English into Chinese (15 minutes)Directions:In this part,there are five items which you should translate into Chinese,each item consisting of one or two sentences.These sentences are all taken from the reading passages you have just read in Part Three of the Test Paper.You are allowed 15 minutes to do the translation.You should refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.71.(Passage 1 Para.1)They were rather afraid to tell in case they frightened people.72. (Passage 2 Para.1)Now largely through problems caused by modern life,their existence is threatened by the slow,steady spread of the earth's deserts.73. (Passage 3 Para.1)Because of modern technology like thesatellite that travel around the world,information travels fast.74. (Passage 4 Para.1)We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society.75. (Passage 4 Para.1)They suggest that to knowingly give oneself over to abehavior that has a statistical probability of shortening life is similar to attempting suicide.Par t Ⅴ Writing (30 minutes)Directions:〖YY)〗〖WTBZ〗For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition with the title ON Friendship.Your composition should be no less than 120 words.Remember to write your composition neatly.You should also base your composition on the outline below.1.The need for friends2.True friendship3.My principle in making friends参考答案1、短文大意1967年人类收到了一些太空信号。

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Model Test ThreePart I Writing(30minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write a short essay.You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the huge difficulty of teenagers’homework.You should write at least120words but no more than180words.Part II Listening Comprehension(25minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear three news reports.At the end of each conversation,you will hear four questions.Both the news report 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 Sheet1with a single line through the centre.Questions1and2are based on the news report you have just heard.1.A)The law of weapon purchasing in Illinois State.B)The relationship between crime and mental illness.C)The graduate student of Northern Illinois University.D)The shooting happened in Northern Illinois University.2.A)The gunman has mental disease.B)The gunman is dissatisfied with the university.C)The gunman is dissatisfied with the lecture.D)It is not clear.Questions3and4are based on the news report you have just heard.3.A)It has been influenced by war.B)It is devalued by its government.C)It is more competitive than before.D)It has turned into a global currency.4.A)Most experts support the four countries’currency change.B)The meeting on Friday is useless for global recovery.C)Currency wars threaten global economic recovery.D)Policymakers should cooperate with central bankers.Questions5to7are based on the news report you have just heard.5.A)The preservation of coastal resorts.C)The gap between the rich and the poor.B)The closure of political disputes.D)The commitments to reduce carbon emissions.6.A)Promising.B)Hopeful.C)Disappointing.D)Satisfying.7.A)18.C)94.B)80.D)194.Section BDirections：In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversation,you will hear four questions.Both the conversation 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 Sheet1with a single line through the centre.Questions8to11are based on the conversation you have just heard.8.A)He eats a lot after marriage.B)He sleeps a lot after marriage.C)He exercises less after marriage.D)He drinks a lot after marriage.9.A)Its membership is expensive.B)Its membership is inexpensive.C)Most of its members work out two times a week.D)Most of its members are white-collar workers.10.A)She is under20years old.B)She is in her20s.C)She is under30years old.D)She is in her30s.11.A)Buy a ticket for the health club.B)Bring a guest pass.C)Make a membership card.D)Borrow the woman’s card.Questions12to15are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A)Ask her assistant to wet the man’s hair.B)Talk with the man about his hair.C)Communicate with her assistant about the haircut.D)Show the man the latest style.13.A)It is dry and thick.B)It is very curly.C)It is dry and has split ends.D)It is quite oily.14.A)His diet.B)His habit.C)His living environment.D)His inheritance.15.A)Use air blower to make the hair dry.B)Use shampoo of high quality.C)Let the hair dry naturally.D)Cut hair once a week.Section CDirections:In this section,you will hear three 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 Sheet1 with a single line through the centre.Questions16to18are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A)People can buy sliced bread at stores.B)There was no sliced bread at stores.C)There was no delicious bread at stores.D)People made bread at home and never bought it.17.A)From the customer.B)From the ingredient.C)From the balloon.D)From the tradition.18.A)It is full of delicious bread.C)It is full of colorful balloons.B)It looks very serious.D)It is covered with oaintings.Questions20to22are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A)A skin care brand.B)A leather brand.C)A watch brand.D)A daily use brand.20.A)Most of it comes from skin care line.C)50%of it is derived from foundation.B)More than half of it is from makeup.D)25%of it is from makeup brushes.21.A)It was invented in1968.C)It cannot deal with skin problems such as burning.B)It is available in every store.D)It is designed for pre-and post-operation skin care. Questions23to25are based on the passage you have just heard.22.A)They get more freedom.C)They shoulder more social responsibilities.B)They encounter more pressure.D)They are required to do better at researching.23.A)They teach students how to research and write.B)They ask students to study independently.C)They help students to learn about society.D)They communicate with students frequently.24.A)They prevent students from thinking.B)They don’t provide enough explanations for facts.C)They don’t offer informative researches.D)They don’t have basic facts.25.A)Take encyclopedias as their mere information resource.B)Focus on more information of specific topics.C)Be independent from their professors.D)Accumulate their own evidence from broader sources.PartⅢReading Comprehension(40minutes)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 on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions26to35are based on the following passage.Cloud-to–ground lightning bolts are a common phenomenon,yet their power is extraordinary.Each bolt can contain up to one billion volts of electricity.This enormous electrical discharge is caused by an___26___between positive and negative charges.During a storm,colliding particles(对撞粒子)of rain,ice,or snow____27____this imbalance and often negatively charge the lower reaches of storm clouds.Objects on the ground,become positively charged-creating an imbalance that nature seeks to remedy by passing current between the two charges.A step-like series of negative charges,called a stepped leader,___28____its way increasingly downward from the bottom of a storm cloud toward the Earth.Each of these segments is about46meters long.When the lowermost step comes within46meters of a positively charged___29____it is met by a climbing surge of positive electricity,which can rise up through a building,or even a person.The process forms a___30___through which electricity is transferred as lightning.Some types of lightning never leave the clouds but___31____between differently charged areas within or between clouds.Other rare forms can be sparked by extreme forest fires and snowstorms.Lightning is____32___hot-a flash can heat the air around it to temperatures five times hotter than the sun’s surface.This heat causes___33___air to rapidly expand and shake,which creates the pealing thunder.Lightning is___34___.About2,000people are killed worldwide by lightning each year.Hundreds more survive strikes but suffer from a variety of___35___aymptoms,including memory loss,dizziness,weakness,and other life-altering sicknesses.A)absolutely I)obstacleB)channel J)powerfulC)dangerous K)surroundingD)extremely L)trackE)imbalance M)travelF)increase N)unsteadinessG)lasting O)worksH)objectSection BDirections:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2.Testing Baby’s Brain[A]As far as her friends and teachers are concerned,Ashdod is an ordinary,bright,playful5-ywar-old girl. They might be surprised to learn that not long ago therapists(治疗专家)were fighting to keep her from suffering from autism(孤独症)–a brain disorder that afflicts one in100children,typically leaving them with lifelong difficulties in communicating,socializing and carrying out many basic tasks.Ashdod was lucky;when she was10 months old,her parents became alarmed that she had little interest in looking them in the wyes,wating and moving from her back,and took her to the Mifne Center in Rosh Pinna,Israel,a clinic that focuses on children5 months and older who show early warning signs of autism.The results of the Mifne treatment were shocking, recalls the girl’s mother,Tikva.“Now she goes to a regular school where she is the same sort of active,funny, normal child as anyone wlse,”she says.[B]Despite a big jump in autism awareness in the past decade,parents,schools and schools and doctors still frequently ignore warning signs in very young children,These can be difficult to detect:a child never points at things,shows more interest in objects than people,has delayed speech and develops a fascination with toys turning around.Many experts regard these symptoms as harmless habits that kids will outgrow.New research and experience in some autism clinics,however,suggests that staring treatment by age2is critical to mitigating and in some cases entirely avoiding the disorder.[C]That’s because unlike the brain of an adult or even an older child,a12-or18-month-oid’s brain is,in a sense,highly reprogrammable—that is,it responds well to treatments designed to permanently change basic patterns of thought and behavior.“All the evidence we have suggests that outcomes tor these children will be better with an earlier diagnosis(诊断)，before they reach18months,if possible,”says Christopher Gillberg,a professor at Gothenburg University in Sweden.[D]Although there are currently no effective treatments for autism symptoms in older children or adults,the prospects are turning out to be entirely different for very young children who get prompt treatment.Psychologists have had remarkable success with behavioral therapy,which involves therapists working intensively with children to get them to do tasks they’re having difficulty with.The Mifne Center in Israel applies its own form of intensive therapy,typically lasting about two weeks and focusing on getting the child to make contact with parents and to eat and move normally.Some200children have been through the program;about three quarters have remained free of any signs of autism or any other significant developmental disorder,according to Mifne founder and director Hanna Alonim.“If we can get them here as babies,close to100percent won’t develop autism,”she says.“If we don’t see them until they’re2,it’s a different story.”To support Mifne’s findings with more-formal research, doctors at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center have begun screening and videotaping infants thought to be at risk of pre-autism before the Mifne treatment.[E]Having a treatment choice for infants raises the hard issue of diagnosis.Autism can be tricky to recognize—it encompasses any or all of a broad range of symptoms,including difficulty with social interactions, language,motor skills and taking in sensory information,as well as repetitive behaviors,eating problems and in some cases unusually high or low levels of activity.A study of nearly10,000children in Bergen,Norway, indicated that the number of children who showed“pronounced autistic features”was about five times higher than the number who qualified for a formal diagnosis of autism.[F]Even children who exhibit only partial or mild versions of autism symptoms are at risk of ending up with lifelong challenges,say researchers,and would benefit from autism therapies.But tagging more very young children as candidates for autism therapy creates another problem.The cost of behavioral therapy is eye-opening--applied behavior analysis,an intensive treatment that requires15-to-25hours of sessions a week, costs about$30,000a year,and even a modest program typically runs about$10,000a year.That’s one reason studies estimate that less than one in10very young children with a diagnosis of autism get25hours a week of therapy.[G]Health-care systems are not up to this task.In the United States,where health insurance rarely covers such treatments,the chances of having the government pay for therapy varies wildly from state to state.Children don’t necessarily fare much better under national health care.The United Kingdom pays for treatment—but often only after the parents hire a lawyer and win their case at a regional“tribunal”,where more often than not communities will fight to force the parents to settle for the few hours a week of therapy offered in a local special-education program.In Italy,toddlers with disorders who love near large cities in the north-central part of the country can get the attention of a team of therapists,but those in the southern,rural areas tend to get few urence Robel, a child psychiatrist and autism researcher at the Necker Children’s Hospital in Paris,notes that France keep a bias against behavioral therapy,which critics compare to training a dog or programming a robot.“Away from Paris,”she says,“children are lucky to receive much treatment at all.”[H]Experts insist that governments are being penny-wise and pound-foolish in refusing to pony(付清)up for intensive therapy to infants and toddlers who show early signs of a developmental disorder.Simple,brief screening tests are now designed to flag children at risk as early as18months.Earlier diagnosis might be possible by measuring brain activity and recognizing patterns that are unique to autism.Researchers at the Baby Lab in Uppsala University in Sweden are looking for these patterns by placing dozens of soft-foam sensors on infant’s heads.[I]The benefits of early treatment are likely to grow in coming years as new research into developmental disorders continues to pay off.36.In Italy,the chances for young children to receive services of a team of autism therapists vary between thenorth-central part of the country and the southern,rural areas.37.In detecting the warning signs of autism in young children,parents,schools and doctors now haven’t donesufficiently on it.38.Autism is not easy to recognize because it covers a wide range of symptoms.39.It is very important to treat a child with autism by age of two,because children at that age respond well tothe related treatment.40.According to the text,children who get autism may suffer from troubles in communicating.41.It is an effective treatment for older children with signs of autism to ask them to do tasks which are difficultfor them.42.According to experts,those governments are extremely foolish if they refuse to support the intensive therapyto young children showing early signs of a developmental disorder.43.Most very young children with a diagnosis of autism do not have an intensive treatment,because it’s tooexpensive to receive the intensive treatment.44.About150children have recovered from signs of autism in the Mifne Center.45.In the United States,different state governments pay differently for autism therapy because health insurancerarely covers such treatments.Section CDirections:There are2passages in this section.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C)and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions46to50are based on the following passage.Students in Washington will return to classrooms this month to begin a new school year.But at least50%of their teachers will not return with st month,the District of Columbia public schools told206teachers that they are not good enough to stay.The school system dismissed75teachers last year.It was the first year of a new teacher rating system.Experts say such large numbers of dismissals are rare in American schools.But in Washington the rating system is not governed by the labor contract with the teachers union.So school officials have more freedom.The system is called IMPACT.Teachers are observed in the classroom five times a year for at least thirty minutes each time.They are also judged by student test scores.Administrators rated65of the206teachers as“ineffective”.The others lost their jobs because they were rated“minimally effective”for a second year.The National Council on Teacher Quality is a research group that works to increase the number of effective teachers.Emily Cohen,a policy director there,says the council supports the IMPACT system.“This is an evaluation instrument that is finally able to capture who is highly effective and who is ineffective and who could be doing better and could use some assistance.Most evaluation instruments in the country do not capture teacher performance—all teachers are rated satisfactory.”Teachers with the highest rating can receive a performance bonus of up to twenty-five thousand dollars.In addition,they can receive a pay increase.Some Washington teachers say their ratings depend too heavily on test scores.For some teachers,half of their rating is based on how well their students do.But Emily Cohen says test scores are important.“Testing is the most objective data that we have on teacher performance.The District also is looking at other things,using master educators to evaluate teachers.So it’s not just looking at student test performance,it is using other sources of data.”Michelle Rhee created the IMPACT system.She gained national attention for her aggressive reform efforts when she led the troubled school system in the nation’s capital.She left last year and her deputy took her place.The Washington Teachers Union says IMPACT unfairly hurts teachers who work in schools with high rates of poverty.Most of the teachers with the highest rating work in schools with lower poverty rates.46.Why can schools in Washington dismiss so many teachers?A)Because those teachers did not perform well in the classroom.B)Because they must be strict in the first year of the new rating system.C)Because those teachers were rated“minimally effective”for a second year.D)Because they are not restricted by the teachers union’s labor contract.47.Why dies the National Council support the IMPACT system?A.Because the system can provide teachers a large amount of bonus.B)Because the system can distinguish good teachers from bad ones.C)Because the system has successfully dismissed ineffective teachers.D)Because the system has increased the number of effective teachers.48.Some Washington teachers have different opinions with Emily Cohen on whether______.A)test scores should play such an important role in their ratingsB)teachers with the lowest rating should stay at schoolC)the students should perform well in the rating systemD)the District should use master educators to evaluate teachers49.What can we learn about Michelle Rhee?A)She led the school system falling into the biggest trouble it ever met.B)She left her work because she had a better offer in the nation’s capital.C)She did not perform as well as her deputy in the working ability.D)She was noted for her efforts in changing the chaotic school system.50.The Washington Teachers Union’s attitude towards the IMPACT system is______.A)supportive B)unclearC)optimistic D)criticalPassage TwoQuestions51to55are based on the following passage.More than40years ago,U.S.Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said that while it was difficult to define pornography(色情文学)，“I know it when I see it.”The etiquette(礼仪)police who are trying to keep up with the rapidly evolving world of mobile devices and their effect on the workplace probably would say the same.They may not be able to define what is considered bad manners,but they know the terrible behavior when they see an employee’s email,text,blog entry,or Facebook posting.It appears others do,too.A recent Intel survey found that9of10Americans report they’ve seen others misuse technology;75%agree that mobile etiquette is worse than it was a year ago.The results don’t surprise Lisa Grotts,a reputed etiquette consultant.“Welcome to the new world,”she says.“Someday a sociologist is going to have a study on how our rules have changed because of technology and online communication.”Because technological changes are so constant,she thinks it’s inevitable that some social and professional misbehaviors will be made.The Intel study found that we’re often aware of our own poor behavior.Almost1in5respondents report they know they’re being rude but do it because everyone else does.So it’s a little difficult to complain about a cubicle(小隔间)mate for talking too loudly on a cellphone when you’ve been guilty of doing the same thing—or something equally annoying.Adding to the problem:What may be OK in your social circles could be considered annoying in professional ones.Still,the Intel study found that it’s worth making an effort to adjust your behavior when using your iPhone, BlackBerry or other mobile device if you want to keep the peace in your office and not bother the boss.Of those participating in the survey,65%say they get angry at those who are disrespectful toward others with tech use.So,even though your cubicle mate talks loudly on her cellphone or texts her boyfriend constantly,it doesn’t mean you should do the same thing Instead,taking the time to find a private place to have a private conversation may impress colleagues and your manager with your professionalism.51.We can learn from the passage that the etiquette police________.A)can not find proper words to describe bad mannersB)want to know more about mobile devicesC)have known about Justice Potter Stewart for many yearsD)agree with the definition of bad manners by Potter Stewart52.According to a recent Intel survey,we can learn that technology misuse________.A)is totally ignored by the majority of peopleB)becomes a common phenomenon in AmericaC)has greatly influenced people’s way of lifeD)is accepted by more people than before53.What can we learn about Lisa Grotts?A)She becomes famous for her unique views about bad manners.B)She is not satisfied with the present situation of mobile etiquette.C)She is going to study what have caused our rules to change.D)She believes some bad social manners are inevitable to occur.54.Why do people still behave badly although they know it is rude?A)Because they don’t realize that their manners are bad.B)Because they don’t care about others’opinion about them.C)Because they want to attract other people’s attention.D)Because they see others do the same thing as they do.55.What the author may suggest us do about tech use?A)Get angry at those who bother others with their tech use.B)Refuse to post any personal information on your Facebook.C)Impress your manager with your professional tech skills.D)Talk privately when you have a mobile phone call.PartⅣTranslation(30minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese intoEnglish.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet2.中国受欢迎的体育运动在过去的50年间得到了迅速的发展。

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Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report 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 center.News Item OneQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.1.A) The infants. C) The middle-aged.B) The teenagers. D) The old.2.A) Heart diseases C) Acute diseases.B)Traffic accidents. D) Chronic non-infectious diseases.News Item TwoQuestions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.3. A) A 17-year-old girl. C) A 23-year-old woman.B) A 15-year-old boy. D) An 18-year-old man.4. A) One month later. C) Immediately.B) Two months later. D) Two weeks later.News Item Three5. A) They are delighted because they can enjoy the scenery while driving.B) They are frightened because traffic accidents are frequent.C) They are annoyed because the bridge is jammed with cars.D) They are pleased because it saves them much time.6. A) They don’t have their own cars to drive to work.B) Many of them are romantic by temperament.C) Most of them enjoy the drinks on the boat.D) They tend to be more friendly to each other.7. A) Many welcome the idea of having more bars on board.B) Many prefer the ferry to maintain its present speed.C) Some suggest improving the design of the deck.D) Some object to using larger luxury boats.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation 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 center.Conversation oneQuestions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8．A) Their plans for the next semester. C) Their favorite band.B) Why the woman can’t go to the concert. D) A psychology class.9．A) Work at the bookstore. C) Cover a friend’s shift.B) Go to the movies. D) Go to a concert.10．A) Because her textbook has a new edition now.B) Because her professor forced her to buy a new one.C) Because she has lost her textbook.D) Because she is not willing to use a used one.11．A) The woman never works on weekends.B) The man and the woman take the same courses.C) Matt would like to go to the concert too.D) The new psychology book might sell out.Conversation TwoQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12．A) Play basketball with friends from work.B) Try out for the company baseball team.C) Get in shape and compete in a cycling race.D) Enjoy a TV play while having snacks.13．A) Her husband’s spending too much time away from home.B) Her husband’s passion for sports.C) Her husband’s health condition.D) Her husband’s diet habits.14．A) He should see a doctor.B) He should start with light workout.C) He should abandon the idea.D) He should lose some weight.15．A) He has been an active basketball p0layer throughout the years.B) He has been exercising under a fitness instructor’s guidance.C) He has fairly healthful diet habit.D) He has loving and caring wife.Section CPassage OneDirections: 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 center. Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16．A) It was about the ban on wearing jewelry made from ivory.B) It passed an international law to cease illegal hunting of elephants.C) It announced that it should be illegal to make any transactions of ivory.D) It was aimed at promoting the welfare of African peasants and workers.17．A) Illegal hunting of elephants was prohibited.B) The number of elephants fell by 700,000.C) Many African farmers of factory workers hunted elephants.D) Over 100 countries sold jewelry made from the tusks of elephants.18．A) To stabilize the elephant population.B) To protect the environment.C) To relieve the burden on the local people.D) To improve the international agreement.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) The important key to recycling.B) The importance of technology for recycling.C) Guidelines for paper recycling.D) Raising the public environmental awareness.20. A) The public would try to gain information for recycling by various means.B) The public would lose interest in recycling gradually.C) The public would not be affected by the lack of a system.D) The public would teach and learn from each other about recycling.21. A) To set up sites for collecting recycled materials.B) To teach the public how to separate various kinds of recycled materials.C) To make policies favorable for upgrading equipment for recycling.D) To increase the demand for recycled materials.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) Writing book reports.B) Reading magazines articles.C) Selecting information sources.D) Writing research sources.23. A) Stealing other people’s ideas.B) Turning in the assignment late.C) Giving credit to the original author.D) Gathering irrelevant information.24. A) Inexperienced students.B) People doing research.C) Some teachers.D) Magazine publishers.25. A) In direct quotations.B) In Short phrases.C) In shorthand.D) In the student s’ own words.。