大学英语四级模拟试题(6)
大学英语四级模拟试题(6) 大学英语四级模拟试题(6) Part II Reading Comprehension（35 minutes）
Directions：There are 4 passages in this part．Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A），B），C）and D）．You should decided on the choice that best answers the question or completes the statement．Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre ．
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage： The ordinary family in colonial North America was primarily concerned with sheer physical survival and beyond that，its own economic prosperity．Thus，children were valued in terms of their productivity and they assumed the role of producer quite early．Until they fulfilled this role，their position，in the structure of the family was one of subordination，and their psychological need and capacities received little consideration．
As the society became more complex，the status（地位）of children in the family and in the society became more important．In the complex technological society that the United States has become，each member must fulfill a number of personal and occupational roles and be in constant contact with a great many other members．Consequently，viewing children as potentially acceptable and necessarily multifaceted（多方面的）member of society means that they are regarded more as people in their own right than as utilitarian（功利的）organisms ．This acceptance of children as
equal participants in the contemporary family is reflected in the variety of statutes protecting the rights of children and in the social and public welfare programs devoted exclusively to their well-being．
This new view of children and the increasing contact between the members of society has also resulted in a surge of interest in child-rearing techniques．People today spend a considerable portion of their time conferring on the proper way to bring up children．It is now possible to influence the details of the socialization of another person's child by spreading the gospel（原则、信条）of current and fashionable theories and methods of child rearing．
The socialization of the contemporary child in the United States is a two-way transaction between parent and child rather than a one-way parent-to-child training program．As a consequence， socializing children and living with them over a long period of time is for parents a mixture of pleasure，satisfaction，and problem． 21．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage？
A）The Place of Children in United States Society
B）The Children of Colonial North America
C）The Development of Cultural Values
D）The Child as a Utilitarian Organism 22．According to the author，children in colonial North America were mainly valued for their ．
A）academic achievements B）survival instincts C）physical characteristics D）productive roles 23．What can be inferred from the passage about formal schooling in colonial North America？
A）Children were taught to learn from other children's success．
B）Children were taught to be more productive．
C）Schooling at that time was very undeveloped．
D）Teachers and parents would pay much attention to the children's psychological needs．
24．Which of the following does the author mention as a cause of changes in the role of the child in the United States？
A）An increase in technology．
B）The growing complexity of the child's psychological needs．
C）A decrease in the child's intellectual capacities．
D）The growing number of single parent families．
25．According to the passage parents have become increasingly interested in ____ ．
A）their children's future occupations B）having smaller families C）adoptions programs for childless couples
D）child-rearing techniques Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage：
On June 17，1744，the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations．The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College．In a letter the next day they refused the offer as follows：
We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges，and that the costs of living of our young men，while with
四级模拟卷6(2020年整理).pptx
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D) She works as an engineer. 6. A) People will feel happy when daydreaming.
四级模拟卷 6
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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the importance of environmental protection. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
2. A) He is always optimistic about everything. B) He is extremely careful in his diet. C) He sees his doctor as soon as he falls ill. D) He takes a lot of exercise every day.
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9. A) She wants to ask some information about Bali.
6月份英语四级考试模拟试题
6月份英语四级考试模拟试题2023年6月份英语四级考试模拟试题在各领域中，我们都不可避免地会接触到试题，试题可以帮助主办方了解考生某方面的知识或技能状况。
那么一般好的试题都具备什么特点呢？下面是店铺为大家收集的2023年6月份英语四级考试模拟试题，仅供参考，希望能够帮助到大家。
6月份英语四级考试模拟试题 1PartⅠ Writing (答题时间30分钟)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes write a composition on the topic, “The Way to Success” based on the following outlines.You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.PartⅢ reading comprehension(答题时间共40分钟)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one wordfor each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank isidentified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in thebank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Video conferencing is nothing more than a television set or PC monitor with a camera. Through the video conferencing, not only your voice but also your face, the surroundings and any other graphic and physical (26) can be captured and transmitted through the communication system with or without wires. Ofcourse, when you go into the details, the technology involved is very (27) and the subject matter littered with jargon. Such as ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network), POTS(Plain Old Telephone Service) or the (28) behind bandwidth, latency and is corny which are used to explain how videoconferencing works. Good people communication is (29) __ in any business, and the more interaction you can achieve, the more likely it is that your (30) will be the right ones. Videoconferencing not only allows you to speak to people in different locations, but also note (31) expressions and gestures that let you know what the other person is really thinking. Meetings are made more (32) __ by sharing documents and computer applications that a simple telephone cannot (33) . (34) , organizations are discovering the competitive advantages and the power of videoconferencing. With advances in performance, economical pricing, the ability to (35) __ essential meeting tools and connectivity to global telephone networks and stand and iced video conferencing protocols, videoconferencing is now a practical reality for any organization.A) FortunatelyB) effectiveC) imagesD) ANTICULATE) facialF) manageG) decsionsH) connectI) advancedJ) integrateK) progressiveL) conceptsM) picturesN) IncreasinglyO) importantSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Eachstatement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraphfrom 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 thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.How to Use a LibraryA)You’re d riving your car home from work or sch001.And something goes wron9.The engine stalls out at lights，holds back as you go to pass.It needs a tune up and soon.Where do you go? The library.You can take out an auto repair manual that tells step by step how to tune up your make and model.Or your tennis game has fallen off.You’ve lost your touch at the net.Where do you go? The library for a few books on improving your tennis form.B)“The library!”you say.“That’s where my teacher sends me to dough homework."Unfortun ately, I’ve found that’s exactly the way many people feel.If you’re among denying yourself the easiest way to improve yourself, enjoy yourself and even cope with life.My first suggestion for making the most of your library is to do what I did，read and read and read.For pleasure——and for understanding.C)If it’s TV that keeps you from cultivating this delicious habit，I can offer a sure remedy.Take home from the library astack of books that might look interestin9.Pile them on the TV set.Next time you are tempted to turn on a program you really don’t want to see，reach for a book instead.D)Over the years，people collect a mental list of books they mean to read.If you don’t have such a list，here is the suggestion.Take from the library some of the books you might have enjoyed dramatized on TV, like Remargue’s All Quiet on the Western Front，Clavell’s Shegun，T olkien’s The Hobbit，or Victor Hugo’s Les Mise Rables.If you like what you read、you can follow up with other satisfying books by the same authors.E)Some people in their reading limit themselves to current talked—about best sellers.Oh，what they miss! The library is full of yesterday’s best sellers;and they still make compelling reading today. Some that Ive enjoyed：A.B.Guthrie’s The Big Sky，Carl Van Doren’s Benjam in Franklin，Mari Sandoz’s.Old Jules，and Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead.F) How do you find these or any other books you’re looking for? It’s easy—with the card catalog. Every time I go to the library——and I go more than once a week——I invariably make a beeline to the card catalog before anything else.It’s the nucleus of any public library.The card catalog lists every book in the library by：;;t.Let’s pick an interesting subject to look up.I have always been fascinated by astronomy.You’ll be surprised at the wealth of material you will find under “a strong my” to draw upon.And the absorbing books you didn’t know existed on it.CAUTION：Always have a pencil and paper when you use the card catal09.G) Once you jot down the numbers of the books you are interested in，you are ready to find them on the shelves.Librariescall the shelves “the stacks”.In many smaller libraries，which you’ll be using，the stacks will be open for you to browse.To me there is a special thrill in tracking down the books I want in the stacks !For invariably,I find books about which I knew nothin9，and these often turn out to be the very ones l need.You will find the same thing happening to you when you start to browse in the stacks.“A learned mind is the end product of browsing.”CAUTION：If you take a book from the stack s to your work desk，do not try to return it to its proper place.That’s work for the experts.If you replace it incorrectly, the next seeker won’t be able to find it.H)Some of the brightest and ed men and women in America are the librarians who specialize in providing reference help.Introduce yourself State your problem.And be amazed at how much he p you will receive.CAUTION：Don’t waste the time of this expert by asking silly questions you ought to solve yourself.Save the reference librarian for the really big ones.I) You shot：ld also learn to use the Readers Guide to Periodical Literature.This green—bound index is me of the most useful items in any library.It indexes all the articles in the major magazines，including newspaper magazine supplements.Thus it provides a guide to the very latest expert information of any subject that interests you.So if you want to do a really first—class job，find out which magazines your library subscribes to，then consult the Readers Guide and track down recent articles on your subject.When you use this wonderful tool effectively, you show the mark of a real scholar.J) Since you can take most books home，but not magazines，take full notes when using the latter. Many libraries today provide a reprographic machine that can quickly copy pages you needfrom magazines and books.Ask about it：If you are working on a project of some size which will require repeated library visits，keep a small notebook in which you record the identification numbers of the books you will be using frequently.This will save you valuable time，because you won’t have to consult the card catalog or search aimlessly through the stacks each time you visit for material you seek.Sol fie of the very best books in any library are the reference books，which may not be taken home.Learn what topics they cover and how best to use them，for these books are wonderful repositories (储藏室、资料库)of human knowledge.K) Your library can give you help on any subject.It can even be your business and legal advisor.How many times have you scratched your head over how to get a tax rebate(折扣)on your summer job? You，11 find guides to that.Want to defend yourself in traffic coup? Find out how in legal books at the library.L) Library Projects Can Be Fun and Rewardin9.Here are a few ideas：1.What are your roots? Trace your ancestors.Many libraries specialize in genealogy.2.Did George Washington sleep nearby? Or Billy the Kid? Your library’s collection of local history books can put you on the trail.3.Cook a Polynesian feast.Or an ancient Roman banquet.Read how in the library’s cook books.4.Take up photography.Check the library for consumer reviews of cameras before you buy.T ake out books on lightin9，composition，or darkroom techniques or—you name it!M)If you haven，t detected by now my enthusiasm for libraries，let me offer two personal notes.Im particularly pleasedthat in recent years two beautiful libraries have been named after me：a small community library in Quakertown，Pennsylvania，and the huge research library located at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley.And I like libraries so much that I married a librarian.36.The nucleus of any public library is the car，d catalog.37.Yesterday’s best sellers are still good for readin9，which shouldn’t be ov erlooked.38.The author suggests that people should go to the library for answers when things go wrong39.The Reader，s Guide is a green—bound index which provides a guide to very latest expert information of any subject that interests readers.40.The sure remedy to kick the TV habit is to take home from the library interesting books to read.41.There are various kinds of fun and rewarding projects available in different libraries.42.A notebook will help readers to record the identification numbers of the f requently used books which can’t be taken home.43.Readers should not try to return the book taken from the stacks to their desk to its proper place.44.When asking for help，readers are suggested not asking the reference librarians silly questions they ought to solve themselves.45.When asking for help，readers are suggested not asking the reference librarians silly questions they ought to solve themselves.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passageis followed by some questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C andD . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.There is no denying that students should learn something about how computers work，just as we expect them at least to understand that the internal-combustion engine(内燃机)has something to do with burning fuel，expanding gases and pistons (活塞)being driven.For people should have some basic idea of how the things that they use do what they do. Further，students might be helped by a course that considers the computer‘s impact on society.But that is not what is meant by computer literacy.For computer literacy is not a formof literacy (读写能力);it is a trade skill that should not be taught as a liberal art.Learning how to use a computer and learning how to program one are two distinct activities.A case might be made that the competent citizens of tomorrow should free themselves from their fear of computers.But this is quite different from saying that all ought to know how to program one. Leave that to people who havechosen programming as a career.While programming can be lots of fun，and while our society needs some people who are experts at it，the same is true of auto repair and violin-making.Learning how to use a computer is not that difficult，and it gets easier all the time as programs become more “user-friendly”。
6月大学英语四级考试阅读选词填空模拟试题及答案
xx年6月大学英语四级考试阅读选词填空模拟试题及答案以下是的xx年6月大学阅读选词填空的模拟试题，还有详细的答案解析，同学们一定要加强练习，总结适合自己的解题方法。
Cloze (15 minutes)Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage.For each blank there are four choices markedA),B),C) and D) on the right side of the paper.You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.Then markthe corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a singleline through the centre.In recent years, more and more foreigners are involvedin the teaching programs of the United States. Both the advantages and the disadvantages67 using foreign faculty(教师总称)68 teaching positions have to be69 , of course. It can be said that the foreign70 that makes the faculty member from abroad an asset also71 problems of adjustment, both for the university and for the individual. The foreign research scholar usually isolates72 in the laboratory as a means of protection;73 , what he needs is to be fitted 74 a highly organized university system quite different from75at home. He is faced in his daily work76 differences in philosophy, arrangements of courses and methods of teaching. Both the visiting professor and his students77 a mon ground in each other’s cultures, some78 of what is already in the minds of American students is79 for the foreignprofessor.While helping him to80 himself to his new environment, the university must also81 certain adjustments in order to82 full advantage of what the newer can83 . It isn’t always known how to make84 use of foreign faculty, especially at smaller colleges. This is thought to be a85 where further study is called86 . The findings of such a study will be of value to colleges and universities with foreign faculty.67. A) with B) for C) of D) at68. A) in B) on C) for D) within69. A) thought B) measured C) balanced D) considered70. A) situation B) circumstances C) background D) condition71. A) carries B) create C) emerges D) solves72. A) himself B) oneself C) him D) one73. A) otherwiseB) moreover C) however D) whatever74. A) into B) by C) to D) with75. A) those B) which C) what D) that76. A) toward B) with C) to D) at77. A) have B) possess C) need D) lack78. A) concept B) feeling C) plan D) intelligence79. A) ordered B) asked C) put D) required80. A) place B) adapt C) put D) direct81. A) remain B) keep C) make D) cause82. A) take B) make C) do D) be83. A) show B) afford C) express D) offer84. A) powerful B) creative C) imaginary D) advanced85. A) scope B) range C) field D) district86. A) on B) for C) upon D) at67. C此题考查搭配关系。
2017年6月大学英语四级阅读理解经典模拟试题六
2017年6月大学英语四级阅读理解经典模拟试题六*英语四级阅读模拟试题：Among the more colorful characters of Leadville’s golden agewere H.A.W.Tabor and his second wife, Elizabeth McCourt, better known as “Baby Doe”. Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West. Horace Austin Warner Tabor was a school teacher in Vermont. With his first wife and two children he left Vermont by covered wagon in 1855 to homestead in Kansas. Perhaps he did not find farming to his liking, or perhaps he was lured by rumors of fortunesto be made in Colorado mines. At any rate, a few years later he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. “Great deposits of lead are sure to be found here.” he said.As it turned out, it was silver, not lead, that was to make Leadville’s fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store, which sold everything from boots to salt, flour, and tobacco.『It was his custom to“grubstake” prospective miners, in other words, to supply them with food and supplies, or“grub”, while they looked for ore, in returnfor which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered.』①He did this for a number of years, but no one that he aided everfound anything of value.Finally one day in the year 1878, so the story goes, two miners came in and asked for “grub”. Tabor had decided to quit supplyingit because he had lost too much money that way. These were persistent, however, and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. “Oh help yourself. One more time won’t make any difference,” He said andwent on selling shoes and hats to other customers. The two minerstook $17 worth of supplies, in return for which they gave Tabor aone-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place on the mountain side and began to dig. After nine days they struck arich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the other two men,and so the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known as the “Pittsburgh Mine,” made 1 300 000 for Tabor in return for his $17 investment.Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for $117 000. This turned out to be even more fabulous than the Pittsburgh, yielding $35 000 worth of silver per day at one time. Leadville grew. Tabor became its first mayor, and later became lieutenant governor of the state.◆1. Leadville got its name for the following reasons EXCEPT______.A. because Tabor became its leading citizenB. because great deposits of lead is expected to be found thereC. because it could bring good fortune to TaborD. because it was renamed◆2. The word “grubstake” in paragraph 2 means ______.A. to supply miners with food and suppliesB. to open a general storeC. to do one’s contribution to the development of the mineD. to supply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share in the mine, if one was discovered◆3. Tabor made his first fortune ______.A. by supplying two prospective miners and getting in return a one-third interest in the findingsB. because he was persuaded by the two miners to quit supplyingC. by buying the shares of the otherD. as a land speculator◆4. The underlying reason for Tabor’s life career is ______.A. purely accidentalB. based on the analysis of miner’s being very poor and their possibility of discovering profitable mining siteC. through the help from his second wifeD. he planned well and accomplished targets step by step◆5. If this passage is the first part of an article ,who might be introduced in the following part?A. Tabor’s life.B. Tabor’s second wife, Elizabeth McCourt.C. Other colorful characters.D. Tabor’s other careers.备注说明，非正文，实际使用可删除如下部分。
6月英语四级阅读理解模拟练习题及答案
20XX年6月英语四级阅读理解模拟练习题及答案2017年6月英语四级阅读理解模拟练习题：【原文】Imagining being asked to spend twelve or so years of your life in a society which consisted only of members of own sex. How would you react? Unless there was something definitely wrong with you, you wouldnt be too happy about it, to say the least. It is all the more surprising therefore that so many parents in the world choose to impose such abnormal conditions on their children –conditions which they themselves wouldnt put up with for one minute!Any discussion of this topic is bound to question the aims of education. Stuffing childrens heads full of knowledge is far from being foremost among them. One of the chief aims of educations is to equip future citizens with all they require to take their place in adult society. Now adult society is made up of men and women, so how can a segregated school possibly offer the rightsort of preparation for it? Anyone entering adult society after years of segregation can only be in for a shock.A co-educational school offers children nothing less than a true version of society in miniature. Boys and girls are given the opportunity to get to know each other, to learn to live together from their earliest years. They are put in a position where they can compare themselves with each other in terms of academic ability, athletic achievement and many of theextra-curricular activities which are part of school life. What a practical advantage it is ( to give just a small example ) to be able to put on a school play in which the male parts will be taken by boys and the female parts by girls! What nonsenseco-education makes of the argument that boys are cleverer than girl or vice-versa. When segregated, boys and girls are made to feel that they are a race apart. Rivalry between the sexes is fostered. In a coeducational school, everything falls into its proper place.But perhaps the greatest contribution of co-education is the healthy attitude to life it encourages. Boys dont grow up believing that women are mysterious creatures – airy goddesses, more like book-illustrations to a fairy-tale, than human beings.Girls dont grow up imagining that men are romantic heroes. Years of living together at school dispel illusions of this kind. There are no goddesses with freckles, pigtails, piercing voices and inky fingers. There are no romantic heroes with knobbly knees, dirty fingernails and unkempt hair. The awkward stage of adolescence brings into sharp focus some of the physical and emotional problems involved in growing up. These can better be overcome in a co-educational environment. Segregated schools sometimes provide the right conditions for sexual deviation. This is hardly possible under a co-educational system. When the time comes for the pupils to leave school, they are fully prepared to enter society as well-adjusted adults. They have already had years of experience in coping with many of the problems that face men and women.2017年6月英语四级阅读理解模拟练习题：【题目】1. What is the best title for this passage?[A] only co-education can be in harmony with society.[B] people are in great need of co-education.[C] any form of education other than co-education is simply unthinkable.[D] co-education has many features.2. what does co-education offer to children?[A] A society.[B] A true small model of society.[C] A real life.[D] True version of social condition.3. According to the passage, what is one of the chief aims of education?[A] It is for students to acquire knowledge.[B] It is to equip future citizens with scientific technology.[C] It is to equip future citizens with what is required in getting a position in society.[D] It is for students to get academic achievements.4. Why do boys and girls in co-education have no illusion about each other?[A] They live together and know each other too well.[B] Years of living together at school dismiss such illusion.[C] co-education encourage them to have an healthy attitude toward life.[D] They are familiar with each others problems.2017年6月英语四级阅读理解模拟练习题：【答案】1-4 CBCB猜你感兴趣：1.2017年6月大学英语四级阅读理解信息匹配模拟题2.2017年6月英语四级翻译模拟练习题带答案3.2017最新英语四级阅读理解练习模拟题及答案解析4.2017年6月英语四级翻译模拟练习题附答案5.2017年英语四级阅读练习题带答案6.2017年大学英语四级阅读题含答案。
6月大学英语四级考试模拟试题及答案
xx年6月大学英语四级考试模拟试题及答案Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutesto write a short essay entitled Excessive Packagingfollowing the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.1.目前许多商品存在过度包装的现象2.出现这一现象的原因3.我对这一现象的看法和建议On Excessive PackagingDirections: In this part, you will have 15 minutes togo over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet 1. For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A)，B)，C)and D). Forquestions 8-10,plete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Small Schools RisingThis year’s list of the top 100 high schools showsthat today, those with fewer students are flourishing.Fifty years ago, they were the latest thing in educational reform: big, modern, suburban high schools with students counted in the thousands. As baby boomers(二战后婴儿潮时期出生的人) came of high-school age, big schools promised economic efficiency. A greater choice of courses, and, of course, better football teams. Only years later did we understandthe trade-offs this involved: the creation of excessivebureaucracies(官僚机构)，the difficulty of forging personal connections between teachersand students.SAT scores began dropping in 1963;today,on average,30% of students do not plete high school in four years, a figure that rises to 50% in poor urban neighborhoods. While the emphasis on teaching to higher, test-driven standards as set in No Child Left Behind resulted in significantly better performance in elementary(and some middle)schools, high schools for a variety of reasons seemed to have made little progress.Size isn’t everything, but it does matter, and the past decade has seen a noticeable countertrend toward smaller schools. This has been due ,in part ,to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has invested $1.8billion in American high schools, helping to open about1,000 small schools-most of them with about 400 kids each with an average enrollment of only 150 per grade, About 500 more are on the drawing board. Districts all over the country are taking notice, along with mayors in cities like New York, Chicago and San Diego. The movement includes independent public charter schools, such as No.1 BASIS in Tucson, with only 120 high-schoolers and 18 graduates this year. It embraces district-sanctioned mag schools, such as the Talented and Gifted School, with 198 students, and the Science and Engineering Mag,with383,which share a building in Dallas, as well as the City Honors School in Buffalo,N.Y., which grew out of volunteer evening seminars for students. And it includes alternative schools with students selected by lottery(抽签)，such as H-B Woodlawn in Arlington, Va. And most noticeable of all, there is the phenomenon of large urban and suburban high schools that have split up into smaller units of a few hundred, generally housed in the same grounds that once boasted thousands of students all marching to the same band.Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, Calif, is one of those, ranking No.423—among the top 2% in the country—on Newsweek’s annual ranking of America’s top high schools. The suess of small schools is apparent in the listings. Ten years ago, when the first Newsweek list based on college-level test participation was published, only three of the top 100 schools had graduating Classes smaller than 100 students. This year there are 22. Nearly 250 schools on the full ,Newsweek list of the top 5% of schools nationally had fewer than 200 graduates in xx. Although many ofHillsdale’s st udents came from wealthy households, by the late 1990 average test scores were sliding and it had earned the unaffectionate nickname (绰号) “Hillsjail. ” Jeff Gilbert. A Hillsdale teacher who became principal last year, remembers sitting with other teachers watching students file out of a graduation ceremony and asking one another in astonishment, “How did that student graduate?”So in xx Hillsdale remade itself into three “houses,” romantically named Florence, Marrakech and Kyoto. Each of the 300 arriving ninth graders are randomly(随机地) assigned to one of the houses. Where they will keep the same four core subject teachers for two years, before moving on to another for 11th and 12th grades. The closeness this system cultivates is reinforced by the institution of “advisory” classes Teachers meet with students in groups of 25, five mornings a week, for open- ended discussions of everything from homework problems to bad Saturday-night dates. The advisers also meet with students privately and stay in touch with parents, so they are deeply invested in the students’ suess.“We’re constantly talking about one another’s advisers,” says English teacher Chris Crockett. “If you hear that yours isn’t doing well in math, or see them sitting outside the dean’s office, it’s like a personal failure.” Along with the new structure came a more demanding academic program, the percentage of freshmen taking biology jumped from 17 to 95.“It was rough for some. But by senior year, two-thirds have moved up to physics,” says Gilbert “Our kids are ing to school in part because they know there are adults here who know them and care for them.”But not all schools show advances after downsizing, and it remains to be seen whether smaller schools will be a cure-all solution.The Newsweek list of top U.S. high schools was madethis year, as in years past, aording to a single metric, the proportion of students taking college-level exams. Over the years this system has e in for its share of criticism for its simplicity. But that is also its streng th: it’s easy for readers to understand, and to do the arithmeticfor their own schools if they’d like.Ranking schools is always controversial, and this year a group of 38 superintendents(地区教育主管)from five states wrote to ask that their schools be excluded from the calculation.“It is impossible to know which high schools are ‘the best’ in the nation, ”their letter read. in part. “Determining whether different schools do or don’t offer a high quality of education requires a look at man different measures,inc luding students’ overall academic aomplishments and their subsequent performance in college. And taking into consideration the unique needs of their munities.” In the end, the superintendents agreed to provide the data we sought, which is, after all, public information. There is, in our view, no real dispute here, we are all seeking the same thing, which is schools that better serve our children and our nation by encouraging students to tackle tough subjects under the guidance of gifted teachers. And if we keep working toward that goal, someday, perhaps a list won’t be necessary.注意：此局部试题请在答卡1上作答.1. Fifty years ago. big. Modern. Suburban high schools were established in the hope of .A) ensuring no child is left behindB) increasing economic efficiencyC) improving students’ performance on SATD)providing good education for baby boomers2. What happened as a result of setting up big schools?A)Teachers’ workload increased.B)Students’ performance declined.C)Administration became centralized.D)Students focused more on test scores.3.What is said about the schools forded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation?A)They are usually mag schools.B)They are often located in poor neighborhoods.C)They are popular with high-achieving students.D)They are mostly small in size.4.What is most noticeable about the current trend in high school education?A)Some large schools have split up into smaller ones.B)A great variety of schools have sprung up in urban and suburban areas.C)Many schools pete for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funds.D)Students have to meet higher academic standards.5.Newsweek ranked high schools aording to .A)their students’ academic achievementB)the number of their students admitted to collegeC)the size and number of their graduating classesD)their college-level test participation6.What can we learn about Hillsdale’s students in the late 1990s?A)They were made to study hard like prisoners.B)They called each other by unaffectionate nicknames.C)Most of them did not have any sense of discipline,D)Their school performance was getting worse.7.Aording to Jeff Gilbert, the “advisory” classes at Hillsdale were set up so that students could .A)tell their teachers what they did on weekendsB)experience a great deal of pleasure in learningC)maintain closer relationships with their teachersD)tackle the demanding biology and physics courses8. is still considered a strength of News week’s school ranking system in spite of the criticism it receives.9.Aording to the 38 superintendents, to rank schools scientifically, it is necessary to use .10.To better serve the children and our nation, schools students to take .Section ADirections: in this section you will hear 8 short conversations, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A)、B)、C)and D)、and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此局部试题请在答案卡2上作案。
大学英语四级模拟试题及答案
大学英语四级模拟试题及答案Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of To Getalong with Your Roommates. You should write at least 120 words following the outline givenbelow.1. 室友之间的冲突在校园里常有发生2. 冲突的主要原因3. 室友之间如何和睦相处To Get along with Your Roommate注意:此部分试题在答题卡 1 上。
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer thequestions on Answer sheet 1.For questions 17,markY (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. For questions 810,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Early Childhood Education‘Education To Be More? was published last August. It was the report of the New ZealandGovernment?s Early Childhood Care and Education Working Group. The report argued forenhanced equity (公平) of access and better funding for childcare and early childhood educationinstitutions. Unquestionably, that?s a real need; but since parentsdon?t normally send children topreschoolsuntil the age of three, are we missing out on the most important years of all?A 13yearstudy of early childhood development at Harvard University has shown that, by theage of three, most children have the potential to understand about 1000 words – most of thelanguage they will use in ordinary conversation for the rest oftheir lives. Furthermore, research has shown that while every child is born with a natural curiosity, it canbe suppressed dramatically during the second and third years of life. Researchers claim that thehuman personality is formed during the first two years of life, and during the first three yearschildren learn the basic skills they will use in all their later learning both at home and at school.Once over the age of three, children continue to expand on existing knowledge of the world.It is generally acknowledged that young people from poorer socioeconomicbackgroundstend to do less well in our education system. That?s observed notjust inNew Zealand, but also inAustralia, Britain and America. In an attempt to overcome that educational underachievement,anationwide program called …Headstart? was launched in the United States in 1965. A lot of moneywas poured into it. It took children into preschoolinstitutions at the age of three and wassupposed to help the children of poorer families succeed in school. Despite substantial funding, results have been disappointing. It is thought that there are twoexplanations for this. First, the program began too late. Many children who entered it at the age ofthree were already behind their peers in language and measurable intelligence. Second, the parentswere not involved. At the end of each day, …Headstart? children returned to the same disadvantagedhome environment.As a result of the growing research evidence of the importance of the first three years of achild?s life and the disappointing results from …Headstart?, a pilot program was launched inMissouri in the US that focused on parents as the child?s first teachers.The …Missouri? programwas predicated on research showing that working with the family, rather than bypassing theparents, is the most effective way of helping children get off to the best possible start in life. Thefouryearpilot study included 380 families who were about to have their first child and whorepresented a crosssectionof socioeconomicstatus, age and family configurations (结构). Theyincluded singleparentand twoparentfamilies, families in which both parents worked, andfamilies with either the mother or father at home.The program involved trained parent educators visiting the parents? home and working withthe parent, or parents, and the child. Information on child development, and guidance on things tolook for and expect as the child grows were provided, plus guidancein fostering the child?sintellectual, language, social and motorskilldevelopment. Periodic checkupsof the child?seducational and sensory development (hearing and vision) were madeto detect possible handicapsthat interfere with growth and development. Medical problems were referred to professionals.Parenteducatorsmade personal visits to homes and monthly group meetings were held withother new parents to share experience and discuss topics of interest. Parent resource centers,located in school buildings, offered learning materials for families and facilities for child.At the age of three, the children who had been involved in the …Missouri?program wereevaluated alongside a crosssectionof children selected from the same range of socioeconomic backgrounds and family situations, and also a random sample of children that age. The resultswere phenomenal. By the age of three, the children in the program were significantly moreadvanced in language development than their peers, had made greater strides in problem solvingand other intellectual skills, and were further along in social development. In fact, the averagechild on the program was performing at the level of the top 15 to 20 per cent of their peers in suchthings as auditory comprehension, verbal ability and languageability. Most important of all, the traditional measures of …risk?, such as parents? age and education, orwhether they were a single parent, bore little or no relationship to the measures of achievementand language development. Children in the program performed equally well regardless ofsocioeconomicdisadvantages. Child abuse was virtually eliminated. The one factor that wasfound to affect the child?s development was family stress leading to a poor quality of parentchildinteraction. That interaction was not necessarily bad in poorer families.These research findings are exciting. There is growing evidence in New Zealand that childrenfrom poorer socioeconomicbackgrounds are arriving at school less well developed and that our school system tends to perpetuate (使永存) that disadvantage. The initiative outlined above couldbreak that cycle of disadvantage. The concept of working with parents in their homes, or at theirplace of work, contrasts quite markedly with the report of the Early Childhood Care and EducationWorking Group. Their focus is on getting children and mothers access to childcare andinstitutionalized early childhood education. Education from the age of three to five is undoubtedlyvital, but without a similar focus on parent education and on the vital importance of the first threeyears, some evidence indicates that it will not be enough to overcome educational inequity.1. The skills learned by children at age of three will be used inall their later learning in life.2. The …Headstart? program finally succeeded in its aim.3. The …Missour? program supplied many forms of support and training toparents.4. Most …Missouri? program threeyearoldsscored highly in areas such as listening, speaking,reasoning and interacting with others.5. …Missouri? program children of young, uneducated, single parents scored less highly on thetests.6. The richer famili es in the …Missouri? program had higher stress levels.7. Educational inequity cannot be overcome for children from different family backgrounds.8. The aim of …Headstart? program is to help children from poor families overcome____________________.9. The most effective way of helping children get off to the best possiblestart in life is____________________.10. The concept of working with parents in their homes contrasts quite markedly with the reportof the Early Childhood Core and ____________________.Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At theend of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each section there will be apause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decidewhich is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a singleline through the centre.11. A) To order some medicine for Aunt Margaret. B) To get some exercise.C) To buy some items.D) To see their aunt.12. A) Anyone can do it.B) No one can do it.C) Alex can probably do it.D) Alex probably shouldn?t do it.13. A) Tea is better than coffee.B) The man should switch to tea.C) There are two reasons not to drink coffee. D) The man shouldn?t drink either.14. A) At a hairdresser?s. B) At a tailor?s.C) At a butcher?s. D) At a photographer?s.15. A) Angry. B) Tired. C) Hungry. D) Disappointed. 16. A) She would like some soup.B) She?s inviting the man to lunch.C) She wants to know if the man likes chicken.D) She ate lunch earlier.17. A) Very few people come to it.B) A good name hasn?t been found for it.C) People don?t like climbing the stairs to get there.D) She has decided to phone the ticket office. 18. A) It was designed by modern artists. B) It will color black and white prints. C) Its merchandise must be carefully sorted through. D) Its best selection is of modern art prints. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) A class presentation they?re preparing.B) A television program the man is watching. C) Visiting a close fiend of theirs.D) Studying for a test.20. A) He?s taking a break from studying.B) He has already finished studying.C) He was assigned to watch a program by his professor. D) He?sfinding out some information for a friend.21. A) He didn?t know that she was enrolled in a mathematic course.B) He thought she preferred to study alone. C) He thought she had made arrangements to study with D) He had told her that he had done poorly ona recent test. 22. A) He and Elizabeth argued recently.B) He heard Elizabeth did poorly on the last test. C) He doesn?twant to bother Elizabeth so late in the evening.D) He?d rather study in his own dormitory.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) They look darker.B) They look smaller.C) They look clearer.D) They look cloudier.24. A) It stops working.B) It becomes sharper.C) It confuses odors.D) It defects fewer odors.25. A) They both have leg injuries.B) They?re too tired to walk any farther.C) They have no umbrella with them.D) They?ve seen no signs to give them directions.Section B:Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you willhear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After youhear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) andD). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through thecentre.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26.A) To do as much as you can.B) To do only what is necessary.C) To act carefully and quickly.D) To do what is necessary as carefully and quickly as possible. 27.A) Leave him lying where he is.B) Do as much as you can to save him.C) Put his arms and legs in place.D) Roll him up in a blanket.28. A) Stop the flow of blood if the person is bleeding. B) Perform the operation whenever necessary.C) Do artificial respiration if the person has stopped breathing. D) Do the best you can until a doctor arrives.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29.A) A few inches above the knee.B) A little below the knee.C) Down to the ankle.D) Floorlength.30. A) Boots. B) Sneakers. C) Slippers. D) Leather shoes. 31. A) Fashions change overtime.B) Men are thriftier than women.C) Skirts and shoes are more important than other clothing.D) Some clothing may suit all occasions. Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) Energy conservation.B) Transportation of the future.C) Strip cities.D) Advantages of air transportation over railroads. 33. A) A lack of available flights.B) Long delays at the airport.C) Tiredness on long flights.D) Long trips to and from airports.34. A) It uses nuclear energy.B) It rests on a cushion of pressurized air. C) It flies over magnetically activated tracks. D) It uses a device similar with engine35. A) They are subject to fires.B) They become less fuelefficient.C) They produce too much noise.D) They have trouble staying on the tracks.Section C:Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for thefirst time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for thesecond time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exactwords you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in themissing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heardor write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for thethird time, you should check what you have written.Doctors are starting to believe that laughter not only improves your state of mind, butactually affects your entire physical wellbeing.Britain?s first (36) ________ therapist, RobertHolden says: “Instinctively we know that laughing help us feel healthy and alive. Each time welaugh we f eel better and more (37) __________.”A French newspaper found that in 1930 the French laughed on average for nineteen minutesper day. By 1980 this had fallen to six minutes. Eight per cent of the people (38) _________ saidthat they would like to laugh more. Other (39) _________ suggests that children laugh on averageabout 400 times a day, but by the time they reach (40) __________ this had been (41) _________to about fifteen times. Somewhere in the process of growing up we lose an (42) _______ 385laughs a day.William Fry, a psychiatrist from California studied the (43)_________of laughter on thebody. He got patients to watch funny films, and monitored their blood pressure, heart rate andmuscle tone. He found that laughter has a similar effect to physical exercise. (44) _____________________________________________________________________________ _____. It alsomakes our facial and stomach muscles work. Fry thinks laughter is a type of jogging on the spot.Laughter can even provide a kind of pain relief. Fry had proved that laughter producesendorphinschemicalsin the body that relieve pain. Researchers divided forty university studentsinto four groups. The first group listened to a funny cassette for twenty minutes. The other threegroups (45)____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________.Researchers found that if theyproduce pain in the students, (46)___________________________________________________________________________________________________. Somedoctors are convinced thathumor should be a part of every medical consultation, as there is evidence to suggest that laughterstimulates the immune system.Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are requested to select oneword for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Readthe passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank isidentified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each itemon Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank morethan once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.For many environmentalists, the world seems to be getting worse. They have developed ahitlistof our main fears: natural resources are 47 out; the population is ever growing,leaving less and less to eat; species are becoming 48 in vast numbers, and the planet?sair and water are becoming ever more polluted.But a quick look at the facts shows a different picture. First, energy and other naturalresources have become more 49 not less s o, since the book …TheLimits to Growth? waspublished in 1972 by a group of scientists. Second, more food is now produced per 50 ofthe world?s population than at any time in history. Fewer people are 51 . Third, althoughspecies are indeed becoming extinct, only about 0.7% of them are expected to disappear in thenext 50 years, not 25~50%, as has so often been 52 . And finally, most forms ofenvironmental pollution either appear to have been 53 , or are transient –associated withthe early stages of industrialization and therefore best cured not by restricting economic growth,but by 54 it. One form of pollution – the release of greenhouse gases thatcauses globalwarming – does appear to be a phenomenon that is going to extend well into our future, but itstotal impact is unlikely to 55 a devastating (令人心神不安的) problem. Abiggerproblem may well turn out to be an inappropriate response to it.Yet opinion polls suggest that many people nurture the belief that environmental standardsare declining and some factors seem to cause this disjunction between 56 and reality.A) pose I) starvingB) exaggerated J) headC) accelerating K) runningD) extinct L) predictedE) exist M) abundantF) perception N) conceptionG) wealthy O) reducingH) magnifiedSection BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Youshould decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2 with asingle line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.Most conceptions of the process of motivation begin with the assumption that behavior is, atleast in part, directed towards the attainment of goals or towards the satisfaction of needs ormotives. Accordingly, it is appropriate to begin our consideration of motivation in the work placeby examining the motives for working. Simon points out that an organization should be able tosecure the participation of a person by offering him inducements(引诱)which contribute in someway to at least one of his goals. The kinds of inducements offered by an organization are varied,and if they are effective in maintaining participation they must necessarily be based on the needsof the individuals.Maslow examines in detail what these needs are. He points out not only that there are manyneeds ranging from basic physiological drives such as hunger to a more abstract desire forselfrealization,but also that they are arranged in a hierarchy( 等级制度)w hereby thelowerorderneeds must to a large degree be satisfied before the higherorder ones come into play.One of the most obvious ways in which work organizations attract and retain members isthrough the realization that economic factors are not the only inducement for working as indicatedby Morse and Weiss. In line with the social respect andselfrealization needs discussed by Maslow,factors such as associations with others, selfrespectgained through the work, and a high interestvalue of the work can serve effectively to induce people to work. 57. According to Maslow, a work organization is able to motivate people to work by _______.A) satisfying their physiological needsB) satisfying their selfrealizationneedsC) satisfying hierarchy of their higherorderneedD) first satisfying their lowerorderneeds58. Lowerorderneeds concern a person?s _______.A) essential physical needs C) selfrealizationB) selfrespectD) working relationships with others59. Which of the following is NOT a higher need that attracts people to work?A) Association with others. C) Interest value of the work.B) Possibility of earning a good salary. D) Cultivation of selfrespect. 60. Which of the following statements may be supported by Morse and Weiss?A) Physiological needs are the most basic.B) There is a hierarchy of needs that must be met.C) Economic factors are the greatest inducement.D) Personal esteem and the gaining of power is the most important factor. 61. Simon points out that ________.A) the needs of individuals range from hunger to selfrealization B) economic factors are not the only inducement for working C) effective inducements must be based on what individuals want D) inducements must not be too variedPassage TwoQuestions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.The justification for a university is that it preserves the connection between knowledge andthe zest of life, by uniting the young and the old in the imaginative consideration of learning. Theuniversity imparts information, but it imparts it imaginatively. At least, this is the function which itshould perform for society. A university which fails in this respect has no reason for existence.This atmosphere of excitement, arising from imaginative consideration, transforms knowledge. Afact is no longer a burden on the memory, it is energizing as the poet of our dreams and as thearchitect of our purposes.Imagination is not to be divorced from the facts: it is a way of illuminating the facts. It worksby eliciting the general principles which apply to the facts, as they exist, and then by anintellectual survey of alternative possibilities which are consistent with those principles. It enablesmen to construct an intellectual vision of a new world, and it preserves the zest of life by thesuggestion of satisfying purposes.Youth is imaginative, and if the imagination be strengthened by discipline, this energy ofimagination can in great measure be preserved through life. The tragedy of the world is that thosewho are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feebleimagination. Fools act on imagination without knowledge; pedants(学究)act on knowledgewithout imagination. The task of university is to weld together imagination and experience.62. The main theme of the passage is ____.A) the access to knowledge in universityB) the function of universitiesC) the role of imagination in our livesD) the relationship between imagination and experience63. According to the passage, the justification for a university is that ____.A) it presents facts and experience to young and oldB) it imparts knowledge to imaginative peopleC) it combines imagination with knowledge and experience D) it enables men to construct an intellectual vision of the world 64. The word “eliciting” in paragraph 2 probably means ____.A) applying C) drawing forthB) challenging D) preserving65. Which of the following is NOT discussed as one of the things imagination can do?A) It makes our life exciting and worthwhile.B) It helps us to understand the world.C) It helps us to formulate Laws about the facts. D) It provides inspiration to the artists.66. According to the author, the tragedy of the world is that ____.A) our energy of imagination cannot be preserved B) our imagination is seldom disciplinedC) we grow old inevitablyD) too many people are either fools or pedantsPart V Cloze (15 minutes)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that bestfits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single linethrough the centre.In a telephone survey of more than 2,000 adults, 21% said they believed the sun revolved (旋转) around the earth. An ___67___ 7% did not know which revolved around ___68___ I have nodoubt that ___69___ all of these people were ___70___ in school that the earth revolves aroundthe sun; ___71___ may even have written it ___72___ a test. But they never ___73___ theirincorrect mental models of planetary (行星的) ___74___ because their everyday observationsdidn?t support ___75___ their teachers told them: People see the sun “moving” ___76___ the skyas morning turns to night, and the earth seems stationary (静止的) ___77__ that is happening.Students can learn the right answers ___78___ heart in class, andyet never combined them___79__ their working models of the world. The objectively correct answer the professor acceptsand the ___80___ personal understanding of the world can ___81___side by side, each unaffectedby the other.Outside of class, the student continues to sue the ___82___ model because it has alwaysworked well ___83___ that circumstance. Unless professors address___84___ errors in students?personal models of the world, students are not ___85___ to replace them with the ___86___ one.67. A) excessive B) extra C) additional D) added68. A) what B) which C) that D) other69. A) virtually B) remarkably C) ideally D) preferably 70. A)learned B) suggested C) taught D) advised 71. A) those B) these C) who D) they72. A) on B) with C) under D) for73. A) formed B) altered C) believed D) thought 74. A) operation B) position C) motion D) location 75. A) how B) which C) that D) what76. A) around B) across C) on D) above77. A) since B) so C) while D) for78. A) to B) by C) in D) with79. A) with B) into C) to D) along80. A) adult?s B) teacher?s C) scientist?s D) student?s81. A) exist B) occur C) survive D) maintain 82. A) private B) individual C) personal D) own 83. A) in B) with C) on D) for84. A) general B) natural C) similar D) specific 85. A) obliged B) likely C) probable D) partial 86. A) perfect B) better C) reasonable D) correctPart VI Translation (5 minutes)Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating intoEnglish the Chinesegiven in brackets.87. _____________________________( 只要每个中国人) works to hiscapacity in theconstruction of China?s economy, the rise of Chinese nation is round thecorner.88. With a special train ticket you can___________________________________(任何国家旅行)in Europe for just over 100 pounds.89. In spite of the fact that hotel prices have risen sharply, the number oftourists_________________________ (和以前一样多).90. The hotel manager, ________________________(我向他投诉过)about the service，refunded part of our bill.91. The Tower of London,_____________________________________________ (在里面曾有许多人丧命) is now a tourist attraction.答案Part I WritingTo Get along with Your RoommateRoommate conflicts among college students are often heard on campus over recent years.Study shows that these conflicts make the excitement of campus life grow grey and have badeffects on both their living and learning.Roommate conflicts often spring from daily trivial things such as time when to turn off thelight and space where to store luggage or personal belongs. When personalities don?t mix, thespecifics can tear roommates apart and sometimes even lead to serious conflicts. Besides, the factthat roommates hold different attitudes towards certain issue is another factor causing theseconflicts.Roommate conflicts are harmful and need to be settled. Though many people think that school。
大学英语四级考试综合分类模拟试题(含答案)
大学英语四级考试综合分类模拟试题Part ⅠWritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Cooperation and Competition. You should write at least 120 words and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below.1、有人认为人生最好的准备，就是学会与他人合作。
有些人则持相反意见，认为只有竞争中有成功。
谈谈你的看法，并说明原因。
Part ⅡError correctionDirections: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧)in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (—)in the blank.One of the three major commercial networks, CBS were 1. ______organized in 1928 when its founder William Paley acquiredownership of a group of radio station. 2. ______As the Columbia Broadcasting System expanded itsoperations, soon become the largest radio network in the United 3. ______States, it precociously recognized the potential for the rapidlyevolved television broadcasting technology. On July 13th, 1931, 4. ______ it began experimentally television broadcasting in New York, 5. ______ and ten years later began regular black and white week 6. ______ broadcasts over its WCBW TV station in the same city, that 7. ______ became WCBS TV in November 1946. With Television City inHollywood, CBS launched the industry's first full scaleproduction studio.Today CBS owns television stations, radio stations, andhome video productions and distribution interests. The CBSBroadcasting Group composed of six divisions: television 8. ______ network, entertainment, sports, news, local television stations,andradio.For most of commercial television history, CBS has beenthe leader in prime time ratings, having the highest ratedshows in almost every year from the mid-1950s through themid-1914s. During the late 1914s, however, CBS lost its topposition from NBC. 9. ______CBS has traditionally been strong in the TV news area. Thenetwork began the first regular TV news program in 1948 withDouglas Edwards as anchor. Journalism legends such as EdwardR. Murrow and Walter Cronkite gave CBS its reputation asquality news broadcaster. 10. ______Part ⅢTranslationDirections: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.12、The Beijing 2008 Olympics will be noted for ____________________ (注入文化、科技元素).13、Things are back to normal since we ____________________ (还清所有债务).14、The regulation will ____________________ (同样适用于) men and women except when in case of maternity leave(产假).15、The schoolmaster's smiling face ____________________(让我放松下来).16、____________________ (不论是什么建议), he will turn a deaf ear to them.答案:Part ⅠWriting1、Cooperation and CompetitionAs we proceed through life, we are faced with many types of situations. Each situation requires us to behave in different ways. We may be faced with a large project which, in order to be accomplished efficiently, demands the cooperation of each person. In this instance, we must be flexible, supportive, and be willing to compromise. Each person is only a small part of a much larger machine.Being competitive also plays a role in life. The desire for success inspires us to work harder. If there was no competition, a sports meeting will never be exciting and successful; we could never have champions.To succeed in life, we must learn to be both cooperative and competitive. The most important thing to learn in life is to know when to be cooperative and when to be competitive.Part ⅡError correction2、were→was3、station→stations4、become→becoming5、evolved→evolving6、experimentally→experimental7、week →weekly8、that→which9、Group ∧composed→is 10、from→to 11、as ∧quality→aPart ⅢTranslation12、its injection of culture and technology elements 13、paid off all our debts 14、apply equally to 15、put/made me at ease 16、whatever the suggestion is。
6月大学英语四级模拟题及答案
xx年6月大学英语四级模拟题及答案Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Aulturation, which begins at birth, is the process of teaching new generations of children the customs and values of the parents' culture. How people treat newborns, for example, can be indicative of cultural values. In the United States it is not unmon for parents to put a newborn in a separate room that belongs only to the child. This helps to preserve parents' privacy and allows the child to get used to having his or her own room, which is seen as a first step toward personal independence. Americans traditionally have held independence and a closely related value, individualism, in high esteem. Parents try toinstill these prevailing values in their children. American English expresses these value preferences: children should "cut the (umbilical) cord" and are encouraged not to be "tied to their mothers' apron strings." In the process of their socialization children learn to "look out for number one" and to "stand on their own two feet".Many children are taught at a very early age to make decisions and be responsible for their actions. Often children work for money outside the home as a first step to establishing autonomy. Nine-or ten-year-old children may deliver newspapers in their neighborhoods and save or spend their earnings. Teenagers (13 to 18 years) may baby-sit neighbors' homes in order to earn a few dollar a week. Receiving a weekly allowance at an early age teaches children to budget their money, preparing them for future financial independence. Many parents believe that managing money helps children learn responsibility as well as appreciate the value of money.21. Aording to this passage, the way people treat newborns .A) is a sign of their customsB) is an indication of their level of knowledgeC) symbolizes their social systemD) varies from culture to culture22. The expression, "to cut the cord", is used to show that .A) children don't like their parentsB) parents don't feel close to their childrenC) parents would not like to live together with their childrenD) independence from one's family is an important personal goal in USA23. Children who are "tied to the apron strings" .A) are caught in their mothers' apronsB) must always wear an apron when they eatC) are very dependent on their mothersD) are independent from their parents24. American people often let their children work for money outside the home at a very early age because .A) children have to earn money to help the familyB) they need more moneyC) they want them to begin establishing autonomyD) children have to save money for future use25. It can be inferred from this passage that .A) Americans are money loversB) Americans admire independenceC) Americans are good at decision-makingD) Americans are all responsibleQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Many people believe that the glare from snow causes snowblindness. Yet, dark glasses or not, they find themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes, and even snowblindness, when exposed to several hours of "snow light".The United States Army has now determined that glare from snow does not cause snowblindness in troops in a snow-covered country. Rather, a man's eyes frequently find nothing to focus on in a broad expanse of barren snow-covered terrain. So his gaze continually shifts and jumps back and forth over the entire landscape in search of something to look at. Finding nothing, hour after hour, the eyes never stop searching and the eyeballs bee sore and the eye muscles ache. Nature offsets this irritation by producing more and more fluid which covers the eyeballs. The fluid covers the eyeball in increasing quantity until vision blurs, then is obscured, and the result is total, even though temporary, snowblindness.Experiments led to the Army to a simple method of overing this problem. Scouts ahead of a main body of troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a dotted line as they cross pletely snow-covered landscape. Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight, dark colored objects ahead on which they too can focus. The menfollowing can then see something. Their gaze is arrested. Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to see, stop scouring the snow-blanketed landscape. By focusing their attention on one object at a time, the men can cross the snow without being hopelessly snowblind orlost. In this way the problem of crossing a solid white terrain is overe.。
6月大学英语四级考试模拟题
6月大学英语四级考试模拟题Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)?Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.?Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:?American Indians played a central role in the war known as the American Revolution. To them, however, the dispute between the colonists and England was peripheral. For American Indians the conflict was a war for American Indian independence, and whichever side they chose, they lost it. Mary Brant was a powerful influence among the Iroquois. She was a Mohawk, the leader of the society of all Iroquois matrons, and the widow of Sir William Johnson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Her brother, Joseph Brant, is the best?known American Indian warrior of the Revolution, yet she may have exerted even more influence in the confederacy than he did. She used her influence to keep the western tribes of Iroquois loyal to the English king, George Ⅲ. When the colonists won the war, she and her tribe had to abandon their lands and retreat to Canada. On the other side, Nancy Ward held positions of authority in the Cherokee nation. She had fought as a warrior in the war against the Creeks and as a reward for her heroism was made “Beloved Woman” of the tribe. This office made her chief of the women’s council and a member of the council of chiefs. She was friendly with the white settlers and supported the Patriots during the Revolution. Yet the Cherokees too lost their land.21.What is the main point the author makes in the passage?A.Siding with the English in the Revolution helped American Indians regain their land.B.At the time of the Revolution the Superintendent of Indian Affairs had little power.C.Regardless of whom they supported in the Revolution, American Indians lost their land.D.The outcome of the Revolution was largely determined by American Indian women.22.The word “it” in line 5 refers to ____.A.sideB.revolutionC.disputeD.independence23.How did Ward gain her position of authority?A.By bravery in battle.B.By marriage to a chief.C.By joining the confederacy.D.By being born into a powerful family.24.To which tribe did Nancy Ward belong?A.Mohawk.B.Iroquois.C.Cherokee.D.Creek.25.According to the passage, what did Mary Brant and Nancy Ward had in common?A.Each was called “Beloved Woman” by her tribe.B.Each influenced her tribe’s role in the American Revolution.C.Each lost a brother in the American Revolution.D.Each went to England after the American Revolution.Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.?Born in 1830 in rural Amherst, Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson spent her entire life in the household of her parents. Between 1858 and 1862, it was later discovered, she wrote like aperson possessed, often producing a poem a day. It was also during this period that her life was transformed into the myth of Amherst. Withdrawing more and more, keeping to her room, sometimes even refusing to see visitors who called, she began to dress only in white—a habit that added to her reputation as an eccentric.In their determination to read Dickinson’s life in terms of a traditional romantic plot, biographers have missed the unique pattern of her life—her struggle to create a female life not yet imagined by the culture in which she lived. Dickinson was not the innocent, lovelorn and emotionally fragile girl sentimentalized by the Dickinson myth and popularized by William Luce’s 1976 play, the Belle of Amherst. Her decision to shut the door on Amherst society in the 1850’s transformed her house into a kind of magical realm in which she was free to engage her poetic genius. Her seclusion was not the result of a failed love affair, but rather a part of a more general pattern of renunciation through which she, in her quest for self?sovereignty, carried on an argument with the puritan fathers, attacking with wit and irony their cheerless Calvinist doctrine, their stern patriarchal God, and their rigid notions of “true womanhood”.26.What’s the author’s main purpose in the passa ge?A.To interpret Emily Dickinson’s eccentric behavior.B.To promote the popular myth of Emily Dickinson.C.To discuss Emily Dickinson’s failed love affair.D.To describe the religious climate in Emily Dickinson’s time.27.Which of the following is not mentioned as being one of Emily Dickinson’s eccentricities?A.Refusing to eat.B.Wearing only white.C.Avoiding visitors.D.Staying in her room.28.According to the passage, biographers of Emily Dickinson have traditionally ____.A.criticized most of her poemsB.ignored her innocence and emotional fragilityC.seen her life in romantic termsD.blaming her parents for restricting her activities29.The author implies that many people attribute Emily Dickinson’s seclusion to ____.A.physical illnessB.a failed love affairC.religious fervorD.her dislike of people30.It can be inferred from the passage that Emily Dickinson lived in a society that was characterized by ____.A.strong Puritan beliefsB.equality of men and womenC.the encouragement of nonconformityD.the appreciation of poetic creativityQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.?The railroad industry could not have grown as large as it did without steel. The first rails were made of iron. But iron rails were not strong enough to support heavy trains running at high speeds. Railroad executives wanted to replace them with steel rails because steel was ten or fifteen times stronger and lasted twenty times longer. Before the 1870’s, however, steel was too expensive to be widely used. It was made by a slow and expensive process of heating, stirring and reheating iron ore.Then the inventor Henry Bessemer discovered that directing a blast of air at melted iron in a furnace would burn out the impurities that made the iron brittle. As the air shot through the furnace, the bubbling metal would erupt in showers of sparks. When the fire cooled, the metal had been changed, or convertedto steel. The Bessemer converter made possible the mass production of steel. Now three to five tons of iron could be changed into steel in a matter of minutes.Just when the demand for more and more steel developed, prospectors discovered huge new deposits of iron ore in the Mesabi Range, a 120?long region in Minnesota near Lake Superior. The Mesabi deposits were so near the surface that they could be mined with steam shovels.Barges and steamers carried the iron ore through Lake Superior to depots on the southern shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. With dizzying speed Gary, Indiana, and Toledo, Youngstown, and Cleveland, Ohio, became major steel?manufacturing centers. Pittsburgh was the greatest steel city of all.Steel was the basic building material of the industrial age. Production skyrocketed from seventy?seven thousand tons in 1870 to over eleven million tons in 1900.31.According to the passage, the railroad industry preferred steel to iron because steel was ____.A.cheaper and more plentifulB.lighter and easier to moldC.cleaner and easier to mineD.stronger and more durable32.According to the passage, how did Bessemer method make the mass production of steel possible?A.It directed air at melted iron in a furnace, removing all impurities.B.It slowly heated iron ore then stirred it and heated it again.C.It changed iron ore into iron which was a substitute for steel.D.It could quickly find deposits of iron ore under the ground.33.According to the passage, where were large deposits of iron uncovered?A.In Pittsburgh. ?B.In the Mesabi Range.C.Near Lake Michigan.?D.Near Lake Erie.34.The words “Barges and steamers” could best be replaced by which of the following?A.Trains.B.Planes.?C.Boats.?D.Trucks.35.It can be inferred from the passage that the mass production of steel caused ____.A.a decline in the railroad industryB.a revolution in the industrial worldC.an increase in the price of steelD.a feeling of discontent among steel workersQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:There were two widely divergent influences on the early development of statistical methods. Statistics had a mother who was dedicated to keeping orderly records of governmental units (state and statistics come from the same Latin root, status) and a gentlemanly gambling father who relied on mathematics to increase his skill at playing the odds in games of chance. The influence of the mother on the offspring, statistics, is represented by counting, measuring, describing, tabulating, ordering, and the taking of censuses—all of which led to modern descriptive statistics. From the influence of the father came modern inferential statistics, which is based squarely on theories of probability.Descripitive statistics involves tabulating, depicting, and describing collections of data. These data may be either quantitative, such as measures of height, intelligence, or grandlevel—variables that are characterized by an underlying continuum—or the data may represent qualitative variables, such as sex, college major, or personality type. Large masses of data must generally undergo a process of summarization or reduction before they are comprehensible. Descriptive statistics is a tool for describing or summarizing or reducing to comprehensible from the properties of an otherwise unwieldy mass of data.Inferential statistics is a formalized body of methods for solving another class of problems that present great difficulties for the unaided human mind. This general class of problems characteristically involves attempts to make prediction using a sample of observations. For example, a school superintendent wishes to determine of the proportion of children in a large school system who come to school without breakfast, have been vaccinated for flu, or whatever. Having a little knowledge of statistics, the superintendent would know that it is unnecessary and inefficient to question each child; the proportion for the entire district could be estimated fairly accurately from a sample of as few as 100 children. Thus, the purpose of inferential statistics is to predict or estimate characteristics of a population from a knowledge of the characteristics of only a sample of the population.36.With what is the passage mainly concerned?A.The drawbacks of descriptive and inferential statistics.B.Applications of inferential statistics.C.The development and use of statistics.D.How to use descriptive statistics.37.Why does the author mention the “mother” and “father” in the first paragraph?A.To point out that parents can teach their children statistics.B.To introduce inferential statistics.C.To explain that there are different kinds of variables.D.To present the background of statistics in a humorous and understandable way.38.Which of the following is NOT given as an example of qualitative variable?A.Gender.B.Height.C.College major.D.Type of personality.39.Which of the following statements about descriptive statistics is best supported by the passage?A.It simplifies unwieldy masses of data.B.It leads to increased variability.C.It solves all numerical problems.D.It changes qualitative variables to quantitative variables.40.According to the passage which is the purpose of examining a sample of a population?A.To compare different groups.B.To predict characteristics of the entire population.C.To consider all the quantitative variables.D.To tabulate collections of data.。