大学英语四级模拟试卷5(题后含答案及解析)

大学英语四级模拟试卷5(题后含答案及解析)
题型有：1. Writing 2. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 3. Listening Comprehension 4. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) 5. Cloze 8. Translation
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
1．For this part, you are allowed to write a composition on the topic Greener City Better Life. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline. 1. 随着城市的发展，城市绿地越来越多。

2. 城市绿地的好处 3. 我们要爱护绿地Greener City Better life
正确答案：Greener City Better Life With the expansion of our city, there appears large amounts of green land. Nowadays, big trees grow well in the parks and along the streets. Grass and flowers decorate the squares and the la 解析：绿色都市让生活更美好，这是现代城市的发展理念。

与我们每一个都息息相关。

把平时注意观察到的城市的变化融入文字中，就可以写出一篇生动具体的文章。

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions attached to the passage. For questions 1-7, mark：Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.
US needs to wake up to fast changing Asia A succession of events taking place in Asia seems to indicate that the United States’ Asia policy is failing to keep up with the developments in the regional political arena. US-DPRK( Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) relations have become a factor that affects the stability in Asia, with the talks on DPRK’s nuclear programme issue travelling along a bumpy road. Revolving around the nuclear issue, disputes between the United States and the Republic of Korea crop up frequently, estranging the two allies. Sins-US relations are getting increasingly complex and different schools of thought inside the United States clash with each other over how to deal with a fast “rising China”. The China policy, to a certain extent, has evolved into a bottleneck for the United States’Asia policy. The Taiwan question becomes ever pressing in the post-Cold-War period, but the United States has so far failed to come up with an effective way to address the situation. In Southeast Asia and South Asia, the US anti-terror campaigns have achieved little, and instead served to distance the United States from the Muslim masses in the region. Thousands upon thousands of US troops are stuck in the quagmire of Iraq. There seems no light at the end of the tunnel on the
issue of Iran’s nuclear undertakings. In the face of all this, US Asia experts have voiced their dissatisfaction over US Asia policy. They generally come to the conclusion that the US Asia policy lags behind the developments and that the definition of the US role in Asia is disorientated. The conclusion is drawn against the background of Asia’s fast changing political, economic and security situations. Strong bias has always blurred the US analysis of international politics, often leading to misjudgement and miscalculation. Confrontation, for example, dominated Sino-US relations for 22 years after 1949, when the People’s Republic of China was founded. This is because US policy-makers understood the event as an outcome of the Soviet Union’s exporting of revolution, thinking China would go along steadily with the “Big Brother” concept for decades to come. The United States paid dearly for the confrontation. The US involvement in Viet Nam offers another example. Ho Chih Minh’s drive for national unification was misread as the expansion of communism in Southeast Asia. Large numbers of American troops were committed to “contain”the “expansion.”Again, the United States paid dearly. The United States, it seems to me, is now misreading China’s fast development. China’s high-speed economic growth is bringing wealth and prosperity to one-fifth of the world’s population. But some American political elite think the rise of China poses a threat and challenge to the US supremacy. They are haunted by how to come up with the best way to deal with China’s rise, and hence the hesitation between engagement and containment. This, in turn, helps explain the volatility of US-China relations. Apart from its misjudgement of the outside world, the wrong definition of its role in Asia is also responsible for policy errors. Desire for hegemony has dominated US Asia policy since World War II. Seeking supremacy is at the core of policy-making considerations. During the Cold War period, Washington claimed “containment of communism,”but they were actually in pursuit of US hegemony. Driven by these hegemonic impulses, the United States got involved first in the Korean War and then the Viet Nam War, taking upon itself commitments that far outstripped its strength. After the failure of Viet Nam, the United States had to reshape its Asia policy, seeking strategic balance instead of supremacy. The change of role helped free it from a predicament. When the Cold War ended in the early 1990s, the United States faced the test again in terms of defining its role in Asia. The Clinton administration wanted to use US values, US models of development and security concepts, the so-called “soft power”, to shape regional politics, economics and security. It can be interpreted as applying new tools to play a leading role in Asia. After President George W. Bush assumed power, the United States’role was defined as a unilateral leader, which was intended to guard against any rising powers. The advent of the September 11 terrorist attacks changed the priorities of the US strategic agenda, but not the Bush administration’s yearning for US supremacy. All this helps bring about the situation that the United States’ Asia policy is increasingly distanced from the fast changing reality in Asia. The United States’ constructive role in Asian affairs would be in the interest of Asian countries as well as in its own. Correct US assessment of the reality in Asia is thus called for. First, it should be understood that Asian countries’
co-operation in political and security affairs among themselves is being strengthened. They axe increasingly reluctant to be told what to do by outsiders. This kind of co-operation will help alter the political and economic landscapes of Asia and will also have a great impact on US-Asian relations. The economic co-operation among the 10+3(10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus China, Japan and the Republic of Korea) framework and the planned East Asia Summit are but just two examples in Asian countries’ intention of forming, a single community. Second, China’s development will not follow the old path of the newly emerging power replacing the old one, and will, therefore, not bring about the situation in which a hysteric arms race is set in motion because the parties involved fear to be left in a weaker position. Using the old-fashioned containment mentality to handle China-and Asia-related affairs is bound to end in tears. Third, Asian countries are becoming increasingly interdependent, whether in terms of economic co-operation or anti-terror campaigns. On the other hand, the United States is getting more and more dependent on other countries in many ways. This requires it to adapt to the fast changing situation in Asia. Fourth, the United States is powerful but not omnipotent. It won a war in Iraq but did not win peace. The United States cannot settle all the questions in Asia, let alone if it tries to do it all in its own way.
2．The dispute on DPRK’s nuclear programme issue gives a negative influence on US-DPRK relations.
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
正确答案：A
解析：文章第二段指出围绕朝鲜核问题的谈判疏远了两国的关系，显然本题的论断说得也是这个意思。

3．The Taiwan question is the main problem that gaps the Sino-US relations.
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
正确答案：C
解析：文章在谈到中美关系时，只提到：The Taiwan question becomes ever pressing in the post-Cold-War period。

并没有明确说明台湾问题是否是影响中美关系的主要问题。

4．The United States enjoys the best diplomatic relations in Southeast Asia and South Asia among all the Asian nations.
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
解析：本题说美国同东南亚和南亚的关系是所有亚洲国家中最好的，这显然与第四段the US anti-terror campaigns have achieved little，and instead served to distance the United States from the Muslim masses in the region．一句的内容相悖。

5．The author only mentioned one factor that influenced the US-Asia relations.
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
正确答案：B
解析：根据第五段的They generally come to the conclusion that the US Asia policy lags behind the developments and that the definition of the US role in Asia is disorientated，一句我们可知，作者认为美国同亚洲关系出现问题的原因有两个，即US Asia policy lags behind the developments和the definition of the US role in Asia is disorientated。

6．Confrontation has dominated Sino-US relations up to now.
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
正确答案：B
解析：根据第七段的首句：Confrontation，for example，dominated Sino-US relations for 22 years after 1949，显然只需要作一个简单的时间计算就可判断本题论断错误。

7．Some US politicians can not come to an agreement on engaging or containing on China’s rise.
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
正确答案：A
解析：本题论断与十二段They are haunted by how to come up with the best way to deal with China’s rise，and hence the hesitation between engagement and containment．的意思一致。

8．Since World War Ⅱ, America’s top guideline to make policy is to seek hegemony.
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
解析：文章第十四段Desire for hegemony has dominated US Asia policy since World WarⅡ．Seeking supremacy is at the core of policy-making considerations，说明“寻求霸权”是美国制定政策的核心。

9．The US government’s “soft power”means to use US values, ______ and security concepts to shape regional politics, economics and security.
正确答案：US models of development
解析：根据第十九段第二句The Clinton administration wanted to use US values，US models of development and security concepts，the so-called “soft power，”to shape regional politics，economics and security．判断。

10．George W. Bush’s administration’s foreign policy calls for ______.
正确答案：US supremacy
解析：根据第二十二段The advent of the September 11 terrorist attacks changed the priorities of the US strategic agenda，but not the Bush administration’s yearning for US supremacy。

判断。

11．The word “omnipotent”in the first sentence of last paragraph means ______.
正确答案：do everything successfully
解析：这个词可根据后文对第一句话的解释猜测。

Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
12．
A．She doesn’t plan to continue studying in the university next year.
B．She recently visited a different university.
C．She already told the man about her plans.
D．She isn’t planning to transfer to a different university.
正确答案：D
解析：M: I hear you are not planning to transfer to a different university next year, are you?W: If I were, you’d be the first to know.Q: What does the woman imply?
13．
A．She thinks it’s too late anyway.
B．She thinks he should wait a minute.
C．She thinks he should do things early.
D．She thinks there might still be a chance even if it is last minute.
正确答案：C
解析：M: I can’t talk for long, I’d better get in my registration form if I still got time.W: Why do you always wait till the last minute?Q: What does the woman mean?
14．
A．Take the class over again.
B．Take the class this semester.
C．Get permission to take the class.
D．Register for the class next semester.
正确答案：B
解析：W: I can’t decide whether I should take physics now or wait till next semester.M: You might as well get it over with if you can.Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
15．
A．Try not to think about her audience.
B．Practice her presentation in front of him.
C．Find out who her audience will be tomorrow.
D．Let him attend her presentation in Class tomorrow.
正确答案：B
解析：W: I’ve got to give my oral presentation in class tomorrow and I’m so nervous.M: Maybe you just need a trial run. Why don’t you use me as your audience?Q: What does the man imply the woman should do?
16．
A．They can order for a delivery.
B．They should call off the order.
C．They can order in advance and pick it up.
D．They can call in advance and then eat there.
正确答案：A
解析：M: I wish I didn’t have to make a special trip to the restaurant just for some spare ribs.W: Oh, you don’t know? If you call them, they’ll bring it out to you in no time at all.Q: What does the woman mean?
17．
A．She needed the notes last week.
B．The man can return her notes after the exam.
C．She’ll have enough time to prepare for the exam.
D．The man won’t need to study the notes for the exam.
正确答案：C
解析：M: Finally here are the notes you lent me from last week’s chemistry class. Sorry I kept them so long.W: Hey. Don’t worry about it. Our final exam’s not for another week.Q: what does the woman imply?
18．
A．Boss and Secretary.
B．Wife and Husband.
C．Salesman and customer.
D．Taxi driver and passenger.
正确答案：B
解析：W: There is not much left in the refrigerator.M: I’ll pick up a few things on my way home after work.Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
19．
A．Dr. Turner often gives quizzes.
B．She didn’t expect to have a quiz today.
C．She doesn’t know anything about the quiz either.
D．She didn’t know Dr. Turners lecture would be so interesting.
正确答案：C
解析：M: You know that quiz we took in Dr. Turner’s class today? Did you know he was going to give it to us?W: Actually I was just as surprised as you were.M: What does the woman mean?
听力原文：M: Hello! You seem worried. Can I help you?W: Oh, I feel so strange with my feet in the skis.M: So you don’t know how to ski. Is it the first time you’ve come here skiing?W: It’s even the first time I see the real white snow.M: No kidding! Where are you from, young lady?W: My family and I live in Hainan province, China. We do not have snow in winter; It’s always sunshine.M: No wonder. I guess you must be a very good swimmer, then.W: You’re right. Swimming is my favorite hobby. But I simply don’t know what to do with these skis.M: Don’t worry. I’m sure you will learn it very soon. Now walk as I do, all right? Good! Let’s go up the hill and try once, shall we? When you want to go up the slope, you should stand side-ways and go up step by step, just like a crab!W: Oh, it’s really funny. I’ve never walked in this way, but it’s interesting.M: Let’s move to the gentle slope, shall we? It will make things easier.W: I
guess I’m a little nervous.M: Take it easy. Trust yourself. Now, keeping leaning forward while going down. Remember the tips mustn’t cross or you’ll fall down. If you want to stop, you should point the tips together, got it?W: I see. Oh. I make it! Thank you. You are so kind!M: Congratulations!
20．
A．Skiing.
B．Skating.
C．Swimming.
D．Jogging.
正确答案：C
解析：What is the woman’s favorite hobby?
21．
A．The top of the hill.
B．The gentle slope of the hill.
C．The foot of the hill.
D．The side of the hill.
正确答案：B
解析：Where did the mall lead the woman to first in order to make things easier?
22．
A．She should keep leaning forward
B．She should cross.
C．She should go step by step like a crab.
D．She should point the tips together.
正确答案：D
解析：If the woman wants to stop, what should she do?
听力原文：M: You should have seen the line at the housing office. It took me an hour to make my dormitory deposit for next year. Have you made yours yet?W: No, I’m not sure I’m going to.M: There’s not much time left. The deadline’s May 1. That is just two weeks from now. Are you short of cash?W: No, I’m Okay.M: You’d better hurry up if you want a dorm room next September. There aren’t enough rooms for every one, and first-year students have priority.W: Well, I’ve been thinking about living off campus.M: Have you any idea how much that would cost? There is the rent, utilities, and you’d probably need a car.W: I know it would be more expensive. I think I can handle it though. The dorm is just so noisy that I can’t get anything done. Maybe my grades would be better if I had some peace and quiet in a place of my own.M: You should study in the library the way I do. Think of the money you’d save.W: I’ve got to think it over some more. There’s still two weeks left in April.
23．
A．When to move.
B．Where to live the following year.
C．How much time to spend at home.
D．Whose house to visit.
正确答案：B
解析：What are the speakers discussing?
24．
A．Take some money to the housing office.
B．Inform the director of student housing in a letter.
C．Fill out a form in the library.
D．Maintain a high grade average.
正确答案：A
解析：What must a person do in order to live in a university house?
25．
A．Both live on campus.
B．Both live off campus.
C．The man lives on campus; the woman lives off campus.
D．The woman lives on campus; the man lives on campus.
正确答案：A
解析：Where do the two speakers live now?
26．
A．Grades.
B．Privacy.
C．Sports.
D．Money.
正确答案：D
解析：What does the man seem to be concerned about?
Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文：Good evening! Welcome to the first meeting, of our spring cycling season. It’s a pleasure to see so many new faces here. I certainly hope that most of you will soon feel right at home with our group, and bicycling will become a
regular hobby for you and a part of your physical fitness routine. Some of you may not realize that the state of New Jersey offers ample opportunities for bicyclists of all abilities. We have rolling countryside, miles of beaches, lovely hills and valleys and thousands of miles of little used roads. Beginners will find the shore and area south of Princeton suitable for their needs, while expert riders will discover that the steep trails of the region around High Point offer a challenge to their skill and stamina. In addition, New Jersey is rich in places of historical interest. The state abounds in colonial architecture, battle fields of the revolution and other historical sites important in the early history of this country. Most are carefully pre served, or have been meticulously restored. We organized tours to a variety of places nearly every weekend. Next Saturday’s tour will be a relatively easy one: from Rutgers University to the Gateway National Park. Interested cyclists should meet at 8:00 a.m. in the parking lot at the comer of Hamilton Street and College Avenue in New Brunswick. The minimum time for this tour is about six hours. We’ll use a buddy system throughout the ride. Each new rider should team up with a more experienced rider. If the buddies look after each other, we can be sure that no one will be left behind on the backroads. You can pick up a map of Saturday’s tour at the information table before you leave this evening.
27．
A．Its large number of bicycle clubs.
B．Its network of superhighways.
C．Its geographic variety.
D．Its mild climate.
正确答案：C
解析：According to the speaker, what makes New Jersey a good place to bicycle?
28．
A．Go on a bicycle tour.
B．Repair their bicycles.
C．Take rest about road safety.
D．Participate in a bicycle race.
正确答案：A
解析：What will some of the listeners probably do on Saturday?
29．
A．To save money on equipment.
B．To help keep participants from getting lost.
C．To instruct newcomers about bicycle maintenance.
D．To ensure that everyone knows about the historical sites.
正确答案：B
解析：What’s the purpose of the buddy system?
听力原文：Conversations are really kind of interesting. I guess it’s a kind of hobby of mine to listen to conversations that I can hear in public. It’s amazing how different the style, or the tone or the content of different conversations can be and to listen to the differences in the language that people use when they speak to different people. If you’re ever in a bookstore or department store, it’s interesting to hear how the same salesperson talks to different people. There’re other interesting places to listen to conversations too. I think, and one place that I’ve found is on bus trips. People often talk to each other as if no one else were there. I guess they think people can’t hear their conversations. Recently-I was on a bus, and I was listening to a conversation of two people behind me. I can’t really say t was listening. I guess it would have been hard not to hear it. It was amusing to listen to the two people, though, because they were playing a kind of language, uh, word game about states and state capitals. One person would say the name of the state, and the other person would say the name of the capital. It sounds like a kind of simple game that doesn’t involve much language, and you wouldn’t think that it would involve very much conversation, but actually this wasn’t the case because they were playing this game. They continued to compliment one another and talk about how much they knew about history and how many of the other things that they could or couldn’t remember about those places from their trips or from their reading. It was really kind of fun to listen to them.
30．
A．Criticizing others on bus.
B．Amusing people in pubic.
C．Enjoying talking to people.
D．Listening to people’s conversations in public.
正确答案：D
解析：Which of the following is the speaker’s hobby?
31．
A．Playing a word game.
B．Arguing with each other.
C．Whispering to each other.
D．Talking about their families.
正确答案：A
解析：What were the two people doing on the bus?
32．
A．Surprising.
B．Amusing.
C．Quite boring.
D．Extremely exciting.
正确答案：B
解析：What does the speaker think of the conversation?
听力原文：The Greek philosopher Socrates taught “the man who is master of himself is truly free”. By being master of one self he meant first knowing oneself, one’s faults and weak nesses and one’s good points, without making any pretence, and then being able to control oneself. This knowledge of himself was what helped a man to be courageous, and the courageous man has a very important sort of freedom: freedom from fear. Socrates himself always felt free to teach what he thought was right; however, this might make him unpopular with the powerful people in Athens. Some of the rulers in Athens did not like people to be encouraged to ask too many questions; they feared that people would begin asking questions about what their rulers were doing. So they accused Socrates of teaching young men evil things. At last they had him arrested and sentenced him to death. During the 30 days that lay between Socrates’ trial and execution, his friends and pupils were allowed to spend a great deal of time with him in his prison. They were astonished to find that he was calm and cheerful and seemed to have no fear of dying. He talked to them and taught them just as he used to in the streets and market places of the city. The Greeks’way of executing people was to make them drink a cup of deadly poison. When the poison was brought to Socrates, his friends were in tears, but Socrates took the cup quietly and drank it as if it were a glass of wine at a banquet.
33．
A．A man who is courageous.
B．A man who knows his faults.
C．A man who knows his weakness.
D．A man who has a clear knowledge of himself.
正确答案：D
解析：According to Socrates, what kind of man is truly free?
34．
A．People became courageous.
B．Socrates taught young men evil things.
C．Socrates’ ideas did harm to their ruling.
D．People were encouraged to ask questions about themselves.
正确答案：C
解析：What were the rulers of Athens afraid of?
35．
A．25 days.
B．30 days.
C．35 days.
D．40 days.
正确答案：B
解析：After how many days was Socrates killed after his trial?
36．
A．Socrates was hanged by the rulers of Rome.
B．Socrates was calm and cheerful after he was arrested.
C．Socrates’ ideas had a great influence upon the Western culture.
D．Socrates’ friends and pupils did a lot to help Socrates out of prison.
正确答案：B
解析：What do we learn from the passage?
Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the In many countries, authority is seldom questioned, either because it is highly respected, or because it is 【B1】______. Sometimes, too, because 【B2】______ has been important in certain societies for a long time, people have been trained never to question those in authority. In other countries, 【B3】______ America, children are trained to question and search for answers. When a child asks a question, he will be often told to go to the library and find the answer for himself. By the time students reach the age of 14 or 15, they may be 【B4】______ exciting new ideas in all fields of science and the arts. To encourage such creativity, there are many national 【B5】______ offered to students every year for their scientific discoveries and artistic 【B6】______. This interest in questioning and searching may be 【B7】______ by some people as bad for young people’s 【B8】______, that young people lack respect for authority. 【B9】____________. However, this is because many Americans have different attitudes toward authority that may exist in other areas of the world. In a work or business situation, ideas are freely and openly discussed and argued. 【B10】____________. The two are quite separate. The purpose of the searching, questioning, and arguing is to find the facts in a particular situation, and therefore a solution, 【B11】____________.
37．【B1】
正确答案：feared
38．【B2】
正确答案：rank
39．【B3】
正确答案：including
40．【B4】
正确答案：developing
41．【B5】
正确答案：prizes
42．【B6】
正确答案：accomplishments
43．【B7】
正确答案：considered
44．【B8】
正确答案：manners
45．【B9】
正确答案：This impression may be created when visitors notice young Americans asking questions and arguing with older people
46．【B10】
正确答案：It is vital to remember that it is the person’s ideas that are being questioned，not the individual himself
47．【B11】
正确答案：so that the work of the business can progress in the most effective manner possible
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section ADirections: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or
incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
By the 1950s many American families owned television sets. During television’s first 20 years, deaf people missed most of the fun. They could not hear what was being said and had to guess. Deaf people who watched television liked sports and action shows, but they were disappointed with other programs. If there was a lot of dialogue, deaf viewers couldn’t follow the plot. Even the most skilled lip-readers could only catch part of the talking. This frustrated many deaf people. In the late 1960s, a man started experimenting. Malcolm Norwood thought that deaf people could enjoy television pro grams, too. He wanted to develop captions for the programs. Norwood worked for the federal government’s Media Services and Captioned Films Division at the Bureau of Education of the Handicapped. Norwood surveyed many hearing Americans; He wanted to see how they felt about seeing captions on the television screen. Too many people were against the idea. Norwood realized he had to develop another way of captioning—one that would not bother hearing people. In October of 1971, Norwood’s office signed a contract with WGBH-TV, a public television station in Boston. WGBH was hired to experiment with captions. They agreed to make a captioned television program for Norwood. That program was made. It was shown on television and at a special convention. The type of captions made by WGBH could be seen on any television. No special equipment was needed. These were called “open captions.”Later, a new machine was invented. This device was ma& to send signals on a special part of the television picture. The signals could be captions. If a family had another kind of machine in their home or in their TV set, then the captions(or signals) would appear on their television screen. Without the machine, no captions would be seen. That special ma chine is called a decoder. It receives the signals transmitted from the television station. Captions that require a decoder are called “closed captions.”
48．During television’s first 20 years, deaf people missed most of the fun because they ______.
正确答案：could not hear what was being said/could not catch the talking．
解析：见原文第一段第二和第三句。

49．Deaf people who watched television did not like programs other than sports and action shows because ______.
正确答案：there was a lot of dialogue
解析：见原文第二段第二句“If there was a lot of dialogue，deaf viewers couldn’t follow the plot”，如果有许多对话，聋人就跟不上故事情节的发展了。

可见，其它电视节目对话多，而聋人又听不懂，所以他们不喜欢这种节目。

50．A decoder is a machine to ______.。