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2012年英语专业四级考试预测试卷(2)总分：100分及格：60分考试时间：130分PART I DICTATION (15 MIN)(1)PART ⅡLISTENING COMPREHENSION (20 MIN) SECTION A CONVERSA TIONS(1)根据听到的材料，回答{TSE}题{TS}What is the man’s problem?A. He is always laughing at other studentB. He was constantly talking with other students in clasC. He disturbed the teacher by asking questionD. He is always showing off in the classroo(2)How did the woman know about the man's problem?A. She observed it herselB. She heard of it by chancC. Several students told heD. The man confessed it to he(3)The woman suggests the man __________．A. listen to her lectures attentivelyB. drop the class periodC. ask others after classD. record the lectures(4)How many times can the man meet the woman in the office every week?A. 2.B. 3.C. 4.D. 5.(5)根据听到的材料，回答{TSE}题{TS}At the beginning of the conversation, what does the man ask the woman to do?A. Turn off the lights and leave therB. Turn off the lights and have a talC. Leave there and have a drink togetheD. Stay there and enjoy the other’s compan(6)The woman is going to celebrate Christmas with __________．A. her family at homeB. her friends in a pubC. nobody but herselfD. her roommates(7)What does the man do?A. He asks the woman for some clothes and a toothbrusB. He promises to go to the woman’s dorm room tomorroC. He invites the woman to have a drink in a baD. He invites the woman to celebrate Christmas with hi(8)根据所听材料，回答{TSE}题{TS}Which of the following is NOT true?A. There is no limit to mileagB. The woman wants to rent a caC. The woman needs a full-size caD. The rate of a compact car is $ 78 a da(9)What does the full insurance include?A. Collision damage and additional driver insurancB. Personal accident and additional driver insurancC. Personal accident and collision damage insurancD. Theft insurance and personal accident insuranc(10)The woman is going to pay __________ for the rental.A. $ 78B. $ 86C. $ 70D. $ 8SECTION B PASSAGES(1)根据所听材料，回答{TSE}题{TS}Daily attendance is required __________．A. at all American universitiesB. only in elementary and high schools in AmericaC. for bad students onlyD. by some college professors(2)According to the passage, a good student in college must__________．A. go to every class, no matter how he or she feelsB. go to class unless there is a good reason not toC. stay in the dormitory and studyD. make excuses to the teacher(3)According to the passage, a good student in college must also__________．A. know the answer to every quiz questionB. answer only interesting questionsC. know the answer to every question the teacher asksD. know the answers to most quiz questions but maybe not the hardest one(4)If students don't understand an important part of the lesson, __________．A. they had better not to ask teachers to explain itB. teachers may be impatient with themC. they should ask other students for helpD. teachers would gladly explain the things to them again(5)根据所听材料，回答{TSE}题{TS}The six policies to prevent millions of death linked to tobacco use are known as __________．A. MPOWERB. NPOWERC. MBOWERD. NBOWER(6)What is the most effective way to reduce tobacco use according to the WHO’s report?A. Monitoring tobacco use and prevention policieB. Protecting people by establishing smoke-free areaC. Enforcing bans on tobacco advertisinD. Raising taxes on tobacc(7)More than 25 percent of all smokers in the world are__________．A. RussianB. ChineseC. AmericanD. Indian(8)根据所听材料，回答{TSE}题{TS}According to the passage, which of the following statements is CORRECT?A. The power of optimism and pessimism is fearfuB. Optimists are less likely to fall ill than pessimistC. Optimism is connected with blind faitD. Pessimism makes people lose interest in anythin(9)Psychologists hold that __________．A. one is born optimistic or pessimisticB. pessimism is inheritedC. optimism is acquired when one is very youngD. pessimism is a long lasting habit(10)Which of the following is CORRECT about the difference between optimists and pessimists?A. Optimists live a more wealthy life than pessimistB. Optimism can help explain the setbacks while pessimism cannoC. Pessimists attribute failure to temporary causes, but optimists don'D. Pessimists usually blame themselves for their mistakes, while optimists don'SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST(1)根据所听材料，回答{TSE}题{TS}According to Obama，American troops will begin to go back home in __________．A. June, 2011B. June, 2010C. July, 2011D. July, 2010(2)The number of American troops in Afghanistan now is __________．A. 30,000B. 40,000C. 70,000D. 100,000(3)This year, the new troop increase will cost about __________．A. $ 300,000,000B. $ 100,000,000C. $ 1,000,000,000D. $ 30,000,000,000(4)根据所听到的材料，回答{TSE}题{TS}Which of the following statements about the labor market is NOT true?A. Women are holding nearly 50 percent of nonfarm jobB. Nowadays more and more women have gone out to worC. The layoff rate for women was higher than that for meD. It is a tough time for men because of the economic depressio(5)Which industry tends to employ high percentage of women?A. ConstructioB. ManufacturinC. Health carD. Farmin(6)根据所听材料，回答{TSE}题{TS}Some foreign students are attending smaller schools because __________．A. education there is more effective and powerfulB. it's easy for them to make a lot of friends thereC. they are able to know everyone in the same schoolD. tuition fees there are cheaper than the larger ones(7)Which of the following is NOT a good reason for attending larger schools?A. There will be more job interviewB. Larger schools have more moneC. Many of them are widely recognizeD. Larger schools hold more activitie(8)根据听力材料，回答{TSE}题{TS}Which of the following statements about new HIV infections is NOT true?A. In East Asia, new infections have fallen by about 25%.B. In Eastern Europe, new infections have decreased 10%.C. New infections have dropped by 17% since 2001 worldwidD. In sub-Saharan Africa, new infections have decreased about 15%.(9)How many people died of AIDS last year?A. 33,500,000.B. 2,000,000.C. 2,700,000.D. 3,500,000.(10)HIV infections are most severe inA. sub-Saharan AfricB. West AfricC. North AfricD. South AfricPART ⅢCLOZE (15 MIN)(1)阅读以上文章，回答{TSE}题(2)[A] successive[B] continuous[C] sequential [D] seriate(3)[A] little much[B] a little much[C] little more [D] a little more(4)[A] give [B] credit[C] prize[D] approve(5)[A] peeps[B] sights[C] glances[D] glimpses(6)[A] passing[B] passed[C] past [D] pass(7)[A] credited[B] discredited[C] approved[D] praised(8)[A] outer[B] external[C] surface[D] objective(9)[A] activity[B] action[C] act[D] acting(10)[A] Movements[B] Outcomes[C] Changes [D] Advances(11)[A] as[B] but[C] when[D] so(12)[A] influencing [B] influenced[C] having influenced[D] are influenced(13)[A] forces [B] force[C] strength [D] strengths(14)[A] with [B] at[C] in[D] through(15)[A] whoever[B] what[C] whom [D] which(16)[A] according to criteria [B] up to standard[C] by criteria[D] to standard(17)[A] care[B] cares[C] concern [D] concerns(18)[A] usually [B] only[C] simply[D] justly(19)[A] primitive[B] primary[C] prior[D] privileged(20)[A] inhabited[B] survived[C] dwelled[D] appearedPART ⅣGRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (15 MIN)(1)So far, the Browns __________ in Tangshan for twenty years.A. have livedB. livesC. liveD. are living(2)Why must we __________ to the established standards of the culture?A. confineB. confirmC. conformD. confront(3)The Summer Palace is one of the most popular tourist __________ in China.A. scenesB. seatsC. sightsD. sites(4)The old man carries an umbrella __________ he goes out for a walk.A. wheneverB. howeverC. whereverD. whatever(5)Which of the following sentences expresses “probability”?A. You can get there in 20 minutes' walB. He couldn't walk any step fartheC. The news can't be truD. Could I take this home?(6)Henry's news report covering the conference was so __________ that nothing had been omitted.A. understandingB. comprehensibleC. comprehensiveD. understandable(7)I missed the last bus last night, so I could not but __________ all the way home.A. walkingB. to walkC. have walkedD. walk(8)It seems that some writers are greater than __________.A. the othersB. the otherC. othersD. other(9)The designing of a satellite in the heavenly environment is __________ an easy job.A. by all meansB. by no meansC. by any meansD. by means of(10)He was __________ give her a blow to the face.A. so angry thatB. such angry as toC. such angry thatD. so angry as to(11)This vase would be perfect but for a few small __________ in its base.A. faultsB. flawsC. shortcomingsD. weaknesses(12)She came __________ as soon as she saw me.A. having criedB. to be cryingC. cryingD. to have been crying(13)Mr. Chen lost a lot of money in his business.__________.A. So did heB. So he didC. So was heD. So he was(14)Very __________ is a specialist capable of being an administrator.A. commonlyB. scarcelyC. rarelyD. hardly(15)It made me sick __________ the sight of the traffic accident.A. inB. forC. atD. with(16)The doctor ordered the woman to be __________ all solid food for at least 24 hours.A. taken offB. kept offC. got offD. set off(17)The doctor __________ a new medicine for the pain in my joints.A. prescribedB. orderedC. advisedD. delivered(18)The increase of wages should be __________ to the rise in price.A. considerableB. proportionalC. responsibleD. reasonable(19)I was caught in the shower on my way home and got wet to the __________ when I got home.A. bodyB. chestC. headD. skin(20)Who is the writer __________ wrote the book on the table?A. whoB. thatC. whomD. which(21)The noise was so __________ that only those with excellent hearing were aware of it.A. slightB. softC. faintD. gentle(22)Let's take the train there near the bank, __________ we?A. willB. won'tC. shallD. shan't(23)What does “If you were a fish, maybe you could know its feelings”mean?A. You are not a fish, so you don't know how it feelB. You are a fish, and maybe you know how it feelC. You know how a fish feels, don't you?D. You were not a fish, were you?(24)We still had great fun while watching some good-looking birds __________ “wild strangers”.A. calledB. callsC. callingD. call(25)Only after he read the article again __________ that he had made a big mistake.A. Jack has realizedB. did Jack realizeC. has Jack realizedD. Jack realized(26)The mayor __________ the fireman's bravery in his opening speech.A. applaudedB. enhancedC. elevatedD. clapped(27)The reason why he adapted to the new situations quickly is that he has a(n) __________ attitude.A. changeableB. alternateC. movableD. flexible(28)Ten thousand dollars __________ not enough to buy a new car.A. isB. areC. wereD. has been(29)He makes __________ to take a cold bath every day.A. it is a ruleB. it as a ruleC. it a ruleD. that a rule(30)I don't __________ his idea about how to catch the criminal；I think it's dangerous.A. go forB. make forC. take forD. call forPART ⅤREADING COMPREHENSION (25 MIN)(1)There are two moments that Alice and Henry remember with exceptional poignancy. The first occurred near the beginning of their relationship, when they looked at each other with the full knowledge of loving and being loved. Years later, they looked into each other's eyes and suddenly saw a stranger; their attitudes shaped by hurt and anger.This couple came to consult me because they wanted to learn if there was any possibility of re-igniting the flame that had once burned between them. ①Both acted almost ashamed, as if they knew they once had something precious and had somehow betrayed it. ②Alice and Henry asked me a question I hear many times in my counseling practice. Are there specific ways in which couples who remain happy in love behave differently from couples who do not? The answer, I told them, is yes．My own studies, as well as those of other marriage counselors, show that happy couples consistently exhibit these behaviors: They say, “I love you.”Happy couples express their love in words. They do not say, “What do you mean, do I love you? I married you, didn't I?”“Saying the words,”one woman remarked, “is a way of touching.”They express their appreciation and admiration．Successful couples talk about what they like in each other.“My husband had a lways been my best audience,” one woman said to me. “Whether it's something I did at work that day, or a clever remark I made at party—he seems to notice everything. He lets me see his pride and delight. I feel like I'm standing in the most marvelous spotlight. I only hope I'm as good at expressing my appreciation of him, becauseI'll tell you something: being loved is the second-best thing in the world；loving someone is the best. ”They reveal themselves to each other. Happy couples share their inner lives with each other more than with any other person. They share thoughts, feelings, hopes and aspirations as well as hurt, anger, longing, and memories of painful or embarrassing experiences. They offer each other emotional support. Couples who are happy are there for each other in times of illness, difficulty and crisis. They are best friends and nurture each other.They express love materially. Happy couples give gifts on more than just routine occasions, or perform tasks in order to lighten the partner's burdens. The cost of such gifts is not relevant. What is relevant is the underlying intention: to give pleasure to the partner. The reward is the expression of joy or satisfaction on the partner's face.They accept demands and put up with shortcomings. Demands and shortcomings are integral to every happy relationship. So are the benevolence and grace with which successful couples respond to them. They do not torment themselves or each other over imperfections. Each knows he or she is not perfect. Both understand that their partner's virtues outweigh his or her flaws. They choose to enjoy the positives rather than drown the relationship in a preoccupation with the negative(2)A happy couple and an unhappy one may NOT differ in the way of __________．A. showing one's affectionB. expressing one's admirationC. caring for each otherD. talking about their lives(3)The word “nurture”in Paragraph 5 means __________．A. feedB. loveC. sustainD. understand(4)According to the passage, we can infer that __________．A. happy couples try their best to maintain their good relationshipB. happy couples can enjoy their marriage for their whole lifeC. unhappy couples take their relationship for grantedD. unhappy couples just want to separate from each other(5)The passage aims to tell people __________．A. how to be kind to othersB. how to get along with othersC. how to save one's marriageD. how to live happily(6)The average young American now spends practically every waking minute—except for the time in school，though reluctantly—using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic devices, according to a new study.Those ages 8 to 18 spend seven and a half hours a day with such devices, compared with less than six and a half hours five years ago. And that does not count the hour and a half that youths spend texting，or the half hour they talk on their cellphones. And because so many of them are multitasking—say, surfing the Internet while listening to music—they pack on average nearly 11 hours of media content into that seven and a half hours.The study's findings shocked its authors, who had concluded in 2005 that use could not possibly grow further, and confirmed the fears of many parents whose children are constantly tethered to media devices. ①It found, moreover, that heavy media use is associated with several negatives, including behavior problems and lower grades.Dr. Michael Rich, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital Boston who directs the Center on Media and Child Health, said that with media use so ubiquitous, it was time to stop arguing over whether it was good or bad and accept it as part of children's environment, “like the air they breathe, the water they drink and the food theyeat.”Contrary to popular wisdom, the heaviest media users reported spending a similar amount of time exercising as the light media users. Nonetheless, other studies have established a link between screen time and obesity.While most of the young people in the study got good grades, 47 percent of the heaviest media users—those who consumed at least 16 hours a day—had mostly C's or lower, compared with 23 percent of those who typically consumed media three hours a day or less. The heaviest media users were also more likely than the lightest users to report that they were bored or sad, or that they got into trouble, did not get along well with their parents and were not happy at school. The study could not say whether the media use causes problems, or, rather, whether troubled youths turn to heavy media use.“This is a stunner,”said Donald F. Roberts, one of the authors of the study. “In the second report, I remember writing a paragraph saying we've hit a ceiling on media use, since there just aren't enough hours in the day to increase the time children spend on media. ②But now it's up an hour. ”阅读以上文章，回答{TSE}题{TS}It can be inferred that young Americans probably __________．A. are not allowed to use electronic devices in schooB. prefer a smart phone to a computer or televisioC. want to buy the newest electronic deviceD. are all very good at sending textin(7)As to the time youngsters spend on electronic devices, they spend __________ hours a day altogether.A. 6.5B. 7.5C. 9.5D. 11(8)Which of the following, statements is NOT true?A. The researchers' prediction several yeas ago proved to be wronB. The overuse of media devices can do harm to youngsterC. Many children became addicted to media devices in 2005.D. Many parents worried about their children's use of media device(9)The word "ubiquitous" in Paragraph 4 is close in meaning to __________．A. prevailingB. obviousC. notoriousD. disastrous(10)It can be inferred from the passage that generally people believe that __________．A. the more time people spend on media use, the less time they spend on exercisingB. the lightest media users spend more time in studying, exercising and sleepingC. the heaviest media users are more likely to suffer healthy problemsD. the heaviest media users are more likely to have emotional problems(11)It seems that the time children spend on media __________．A. has been unexpectedly increasingB. is sure to be on the decline soonC. is not able to increase any moreD. is reported to reach its climax(12)A message to House Democrats: This is your moment of truth. You can do the right thing and pass the Senate health care bill. Or you can look for an easy way out, make excuses and fail the test of history.Tuesday's Republican victory in the Massachusetts special election means that Democrats can't send a modified health care bill back to the Senate. That's a shame because the bill that would have emerged from House-Senate negotiations would have been better than the bill the Senate has already passed. ①But the Senate bill is much, much better than nothing. And all that has to happen to make it law is for the House to pass the same bill, and send it to President Obama's desk. Right now, Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, says that she doesn't have the votes to pass the Senate bill. But there is no good alternative.Some are urging Democrats to scale back their proposals in the hope of gaining Republican support. But anyone who thinks that would work must have spent the past year living on another planet. The fact is that the Senate bill is a centrist document, which moderate Republicans should find entirely acceptable. In fact, it's very similar to the plan Mitt Romney introduced in Massachusetts just a few years ago. Yet it has faced lock-step opposition from the G. O. P. , which is determined to prevent Democrats from achieving any successes.②Why would this change now that Republicans think they're on a roll?Alternatively, some call for breaking the health care plan into pieces so that the Senate can vote the popular pieces into law. But anyone who thinks that would work hasn't paid attention to the actual policy issues. Think of health care reform as being like a three-legged stool．You would,rightly, ridicule anyone who proposed saving money by leaving Off one or two of the legs. Well, those who propose doing only the popular pieces of health care reform deserve the same kind of ridicule.Now what about the suggestion that Democrats use reconciliation to enact health reform? That's a real option, which may become necessary. But reconciliation, which is basically limited to matters of taxing and spending，probably can't be used to enact many important aspects of reform.③In fact, it's not even clear if it could be used to ban discrimination based on medical dies and gentlemen, the nation is waiting. Stop whining, and do what needs to be done.阅读以上文章，回答{TSE}题{TS}We can infer that the author is __________ Democrats' proposals in the health care bill.A. in favor ofB. in opposition toC. indifferent toD. doubtful about(13)The suggestion to scale back Democrats' proposals for Republican support seems to be __________．A. plausibleB. infeasibleC. practicalD. moderate(14)The author is opposed to breaking the health care bill into pieces becauseA. it will be blamedB. it will waste timeC. it's useless to do that wayD. it should remain intact(15)It can be inferred that in the health care bill, there are some pieces concerning __________．A. taxing and spendingB. medical discriminationC. the limited reformD. necessary steps(16)The purpose of the passage is to __________．A. urge House Democrats to modify a health care billB. explain why a health care bill is necessary to passC. call for House Democrats to pass a health care billD. clarify the importance of a health care bill(17)He is waiting at the airline ticket counter when he first notices the young woman. She has glossy black hair pulled tightly into a knot at the back of her head—the man imagines it loosed and cascading to her small back—and carries over her shoulder of her leather coat a heavy black purse. She wears black boots of soft leather. He struggles to see her face—she is ahead of him in line—but it is not until she has bought her ticket and turns to walk away that he realizes her beauty, which is pale and dark-eyed and full-mouthed, and which quickens his heart beat.①She seems aware that he is staring at her and lowers her gaze abruptly.The airline clerk interrupts. The man gives up looking at the woman—he thinks she may be about twenty-five—and buys a round-trip, coach class ticket to an eastern city. His flight leaves in an hour. To kill time, the man steps into one of the airport cocktail bars and orders a scotch and water. While he sips it he watches the flow of travelers through the terminal—including a remarkable number, he thinks, of unattached pretty women dressed in fashion magazine clothes—until he catches sight of the black-haired girl in the leather coat. She is standing near a Travelers Aid counter, deep in conversation with a second girl, a blond in a cloth coat trimmed with gray fur. He wants somehow to attract the brunette's attention, to invite her to have a drink with him before her own flight leaves for wherever she is traveling, but even though he believes for a moment she is looking his way he cannot catch her eye from out of the shadows of the bar. ②In another instant the two women separate；neither of their direction is toward him. He orders a second scotch and water.When next he sees her, he is buying a magazine to read during the flight and becomes aware that someone is jostling him. At first he is startled that anyone would be so close as to touch him, but when he sees who it is he musters a smile. “Busy place,” he says. She looks up at him—is she blushing?—and an odd grimace crosses her mouth and vanishes. She moves away from him and joins the crowds in the terminal.The man is at the counter with his magazine, but when he reaches into his back pocket for his wallet the pocket is empty. Where could I have lost it? He thinks．His mind begins enumerating the credit cards, the currency, the membership and identification cards; his stomach churns with something very like fear. The girl who was so near to me, he thinks—and all at once he understands that she has picked his pocket.阅读以上文章，回答{TSE}题{TS}Which of the following about the young woman is CORRECT?A. She wears long black haiB. She is too proud to notice the maC. She has dark eyes and full lipD. She is quite tall and sli(18)What does “sips” in Paragraph Two probably mean?A. To drink in small mouthfulB. To drink in a gracious manneC. To drink hastily and quicklD. To drink casually but politel(19)We can infer from the passage that the man __________．A. has fallen in love with the dark-haired girlB. knows where the dark-haired girl is goingC. is transferred to an eastern cityD. seems to like observing others(20)The girl's attitude towards the man can be described as __________．A. admiringB. mockingC. timidD. hatefulPART ⅥWRITING SECTION A COMPOSITION (35 MIN)(1)How to Prepare for a Tough Job Market?You are to write in three parts.In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your opinion.In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness．Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.SECTION B NOTE-WRITING (10 MIN)(1)Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation:Now you are writing a term-paper and you want to borrow a book from your classmate Kate．Leave her a note, telling her which book you need to borrow and the time you hope to keep the book．Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.答案和解析PART I DICTATION (15 MIN)(1) :PART ⅡLISTENING COMPREHENSION (20 MIN) SECTION A CONVERSA TIONS (1) :B听力原文(2) :C略(3) :D略(4) :A略(5) :A 听力原文(6) :C略(7) :D略(8) :D 听力原文。

2012年6月英语四级考试全真预测试卷(1)-中大网校

2012年6月英语四级考试全真预测试卷(1)总分：710分及格：426分考试时间：120分Part I Writing（30 minutes）(1)For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a Composition entitled The Prevalence of Western Holidays. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:1．我国某些传统节日受到冷遇，而西方节日却日益升温；2．形成这种现象的原因；3．你对这种现象的看法。

The Prevalence of Western HolidaysPart II Reading Comprehension （15 minutes）(1)Does contagious yawning mean you're nice?You're in a conversation with another person and he casually yawns. As you wonder whether he's bored with the discussion, you find that you're yawning, too. A man walking by, sees you yawn, and pretty soon he yawns. It's carried on and on, passing from one person to another in a domino effect. Science is still investigating exactly what makes us yawn, but it's a well-known and little-studied fact: Yawning is contagious.We know that much of yawning is due to suggestibility－it's infectious. You don't need to actually see a person yawn to involuntarily yawn yourself; hearing someone yawn or even reading about yawning can cause the same reaction. Chances are you'll yawn at least once while reading this article.But contagious yawning goes beyond mere suggestibility. Recent studies show that the phenomenon is also related to our predisposition toward empathy--the ability to understand and connect with others' emotional states. It sounds strange, but whether or not you're susceptible to contagious yawning may actually be related to how much empathy you feel for others.Empathy is an important part of cognitive development. We learn from an early age to value ourselves based on the amount and type of empathy our parents display, and developmental psychologists have furred that people who weren't shown empathy by their parents struggle later on in life. A lack of early empathy has been shown to lead to the development of sociopathic behavior in adults.So empathy is important, sure, but how could it possibly be related to contagious yawning? Leave it up to psychologists at Leeds University in England to answer that. In their study, researchers selected 40 psychology students and 40 engineering students. Each student was made to wait individually in a waiting room, along with an undercover assistant who yawned 10 times in as many minutes. The students were then administered an emotional quotient test: Students were shown 40 images of eyes and asked what emotion each one displayed.The results of the test support the idea that contagious yawning is linked to empathy. The psychology students－whose future profession requires them to focus on others－yawned contagiously an average of 5.5 times in the waiting room and scored 28 out of 40 on the emotional test. The engineering students--who tend to focus on things like numbers and systems－yawned an average of 1.5 times and scored 25.5 out of 40 on the following test. The difference doesn't sound like much, but researchers consider it significant. Strangely, women, who are generally considered more emotionally attuned, didn't score any higher than men.These findings support what neurologists found through brain imaging: Contagious yawning is associated with the same partsof the brain that deal with empathy. These regions, the precuneus and posterior temporal gyrus, are located in the back of the brain. And although the link between contagious yawning and empathy has been established, explanations for the link are still being investigated.Researchers are looking into the world of development disorders and at higher.primates for answers to this riddle.Primate Yawing, Autism and Contagious Yawning Yawning may serve a number of functions, and these functions might be different for different animals. Humans aren't the only animals that yawn--even fish do. But only humans and chimpanzees, our closest relative in the animal kingdom, have shown definite contagious yawning.One study, conducted in Kyoto, Japan, observed six chimps in captivity. Chimps were shown videos of other chimps yawning, along with chimps that opened their mouths but did not yawn. Of the six, two chimps yawned contagiously a number of times. Even more interesting, like their human counterparts under age 5, the three chimp infants showed no susceptibility to contagious yawning.This may be related to the fact that empathy is taught and learned. If contagious yawning is the result of empathy, then contagious yawning wouldn't exist until the ability to empathize was learned. But what if empathy is never developed?Another study, led by cognitive researcher Atsushi Senju, sought to answer that question.People with autism spectrum disorder are considered to be developmentally impaired emotionally. Autistics have trouble connecting with others and find it difficult to feel empathy. Since autistics have difficulty feeling empathy, then they shouldn't be susceptible to contagious yawning.TO find out, Senju and his colleagues placed 48 kids aged 7 to 15 in a room with a television. Twenty-four of the test subjects had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, the other half were non-autistic kids. Like the Kyoto chimp study, the test subjects were shown short clips of people yawning as well as clips of people opening their mouths but not yawning.While the kids with autism had the same lack of reaction to both kinds of clips, the non-autistic kids yawned more after the clips of people yawning.But there could be another interpretation to Senju's findings. Autistics tend to focus on the mouths of people with whom they interact. But contagious yawning is thought to be cued---not by movements in the mouth area--but by changes to the area around the yawning person's eyes. This could explain why autistics are less susceptible to contagious yawning –perhaps they're just missing the cues.However, that notion is undermined by another study. Conducted by researchers at Yale University, this study examined the reactions of autistic adults while they watched emotionally charged scenes from the movie, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Researchers found that those autistics who watched the eyes of the characters didn't register any more emotional reaction than those who focused on the mouth. This indicates that contagious yawning amounts to more than just cues; the autistics who watched the eyes received little information from the cues they found there.It's become pretty clear that contagious yawning is linked to empathy. But why?Perhaps the best explanation for why we yawn, as well as why yawning is contagious, can be found around the watering hole on the savannah tens of thousands of years ago.Some scientists believe that yawning is an involuntary response to a stressful situation: When we yawn, we increase the blood flow to the brain, thus making us more alert. Contagious yawning may be a method of quiet communication by which our ancestors spread the word that a hungry lion was nearby. Fear is an emotion with which we can empathize, and yawning may serve as a cue by which we spread that fear.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答；填空部分在答题卡1上。

2012年12月英语四级考试预测试卷第一套

最牛英语口语培训模式：躺在家里练口语，全程外教一对一，三个月畅谈无阻！洛基英语，免费体验全部在线一对一课程：/wenkxd.htm（报名网址）1. What was Barry Mills, ~the president ofBowdoin College, proud of?A) The College's high enrollment rate ofwhite students.B) The College's high enrollment rate ofminority students.C) The College's high graduation rate ofwhite students.D) The College's high graduation rate ofminority students.2. Since American's rank in graduation ratedropped dramatically, ______.A) more poor and non-white students cannotenter collegeB) the enrollment rate of white studentsmay increaseC) the young may be less well educated thantheir fathersD) more money and effort will be put on highereducation3. In the University of Wisconsin-Madison,what's the graduation rate of its blacksin 2007?A) 81%.B) 56%.C) 15%.D) 25%.4. Private colleges and universities havehigher graduation rates for minorities partly becauseA) their classes are usually larger thanpublic Ivies'B) they offer more scholarships to minoritystudentsC) the minority students they enroll aregenerally betterD) they pay more attention to student'sindividual need5. The students that are sent to"undermatched" colleges __A) tend to have a higher graduationrateB) don't receive enough help from schoolsC) pay lower tuitions than theirpeersD) learn practical ability to get a betterjob6. What's the recession's impact on highereducation?A) Universities receive fewer contribhtionsfrom individuals.B) Tuitions have been rising twice the rateof inflation.C) The scholarship grants or loans increaseto match the hike.D) More and more scholarships are based onneed rather than scores.7. How has the University ofWisconsin-Madison managed to narrow the graduation gap?A) It has poured resources to providefinancial help to minority students.B) It has organized programs to helpstudents adapt the pace of class pattern.C) It has arranged to bring minoritystudents onto campus before freshman year.D) It has given chances to less qualifiedstudents to enter university.8. Before the minorities enter university,Princeton and MIT arrange them to take part in9. Washington and Lee worked together withparents as ____________to help minorities at a special preenrollment session.10. More attention should be paid toincrease the graduation rate of minorities in order to____________“成千上万人疯狂下载。

2012年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语试题仿真卷4(含解析).pdf

2012年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语试题仿真卷4 第一部分　听力理解(共30分) 第一节　(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分) 听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话你将听一遍。

1．What did the man win in his dream? A．A holiday. B．A new car. C．Some money. 2．Will the woman come to the party? A．Maybe. B．No. C．Certainly. 3．How long has the woman been an author? A．About 30 years. B．About 40 years. C．About 70 years. 4．What does the woman want? A．A radio. B．Some pens. C．Some batteries. 5．What is the woman doing? A．Asking for information. B．Asking for an apology. C．Asking for help. 第二节　(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) 听下面6段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟时间阅读各个小题。

听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白你将听两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6,7题。

6．How many coats does the woman want? A．25. B．30. C．50. 7．What is the order number for gloves? A．P25G5. B．P26T5. C．P28D5. 听第7段材料，回答第8,9题。

2012年6月英语四级考试密押卷及答案

2011年12月英语四级考试密押卷及答案（2）Part I Writing （30 minutes）Directions： For this part， you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Students’ Driving to School. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below.1. 目前有不少大学生开车上学2. 人们对此看法不一3. 我的看法Students’ Driving to SchoolPart 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 on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7， choose the best answer from the four choices marked A）， B）， C） and D）。

For questions 8-10， complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Many with New College Degree Find the Job Market HumblingThe individual stories are familiar. The chemistry major tending bar. The classics major answering phones. The Italian studies major stocking shelves at Wal-Mart.Now evidence is emerging that the damage caused by the sour economy is more widespread than just a few careers led astray （偏离正轨地） or postponed. Even for college graduates — the people who were most protected from the effects of recession — the outlook is rather bleak （黯淡的）。

2012年公共英语等级(PETS5)全真预测试卷(4)-中大网校

2012年公共英语等级(PETS5)全真预测试卷(4)总分：110分及格：66分考试时间：140分Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Part A(1){MP3:/examfiles/2012/listenfiles/pets/pets05-4.mp3}根据以下听力资料，回答{TSE}题。

{TS}(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)Part B(1)根据以下听力资料，回答{TSE}题。

{TS}Where can the boy use a photocopying machine?A. AtBright'B. AtHatchers'.C. AtthepostofficD. Atabooksho(2)What can the boy do at Bright's?A. Tohaveone'shaircuB. TohavesomesheetswasheC. Tohaveone'sshoesrepaireD. Tohaveajacketcleane(3)Which of the following is NOT on the High Street according to the conversation?A. ThesupermarkeB. ThelibrarC. ThebranchoftheNationalBanD. Thebutcher's,(4)根据以下听力资料，回答{TSE}题。

{TS}What is one of the biggest challenges facing employers and educators today?A. ThefiercecompetitioninthemarkeB. ThegrowingnecessityofstafftraininC. Theacceleratedpaceofglobalization,D. Theurgentneedofadiverseworkforc(5)What should students do first before they can really understand other cultures?A. GainadeepunderstandingoftheirownculturB. TakecoursesofforeignlanguagesandcultureC. SharetheexperiencesofpeoplefromothercultureD. Participateininternationalexchangeprogram(6)What should college students realize according to the speaker?A. ReflectivethinkingisbecomingcriticaB. LabormarketisgettingglobalizeC. KnowingaforeignlanguageisessentiaD. Globalizationwilleliminatemanyjob(7)根据以下听力资料，回答{TSE}题。

2012年公共英语等级(PETS1)全真预测试卷(4)-中大网校

2012年公共英语等级(PETS1)全真预测试卷(4)总分：100分及格：60分考试时间：90分本节中，你将听到10个句子，每个句产配有[A]、[B]、[C]三幅图片，请选择与句子内容相符合的一幅图片，并标在试卷的相应位置。

每句话后有15秒钟的停顿，以便选择图片并看下一组图片。

每句话读两遍。

(1){MP3:/examfiles/2012/listenfiles/pets/pets01-4.mp3}(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)在本节中，你将听到15段对话．每段对话后有一个问题。

请从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选出答案，并标在试卷的相应位置。

每段对话后有15秒钟的停顿，以便回答问题并阅读下一问题及其选项。

每段对话读两遍。

(1)What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?[A]Doctor and patient．[B]Manager and secretary．[C]Shop assistant and customer．(2)Where are they?A. OnabuB. InsubwaC. onatax(3)What does the woman mean?A. ShewantstoknowwhatthemanfoundinthehoteB. ShewantstoknowhowthemanlikesthehoteC. Shethinksthehotelisnotverygoo(4)What is the date today?A. TuesdayB. December 11thC. October 12th(5)What is the woman doing these days?A. LearningtouseacomputeB. WorkingonacomputeC. [c]Buyingacompute(6)Why isn’t the marl going to work?A. ThebosswantshimtohavearesB. HewantstogoforapicniC. Heissickandhastostayhom(7)What will the woman do on Thursday?A. SheisgoingtothecinemawiththemaB. SheisgoingtodoherEnglishhomeworkathomC. Sheisgoingtostayinthelibrar(8)What does the man mean?A. ThewomancanusehisdictionarB. ThewomanshoulduseherowndictionarC. Hehasnodictionaryatal(9)What do we learn from the dialogue?A. ThemanthinksthatthewomanshouldgiveupplayingtenniB. ThewomanhasneverlostagamebeforC. Thewomanisdiscouraged(沮丧)byherfailureinthegam(10)What does the man mean?A. HewantstogowiththemB. HeisnotinterestedingoingwiththemC. Hewillinvitehisfriendsandgowiththem(11)What does the man mean?A. HewillstayforsuppeB. HelikestostayforsupperbuthehasnotimC. Hedoe sn’twanttostayforsuppe(12)What does Grandpa look like?A. KindandbenB. KindandwithwhitehaiC. Bentandwithwhitehai(13)What can we learn about the boy from the conversation?A. TheboyishurB. TheboyisluckC. Theboyisallrigh(14)What has caused the accident?A. ItwastoodarktherB. ThedriverwastoocarelesC. Itwasnotmentionedinthedialogu(15)When will John talk with the woman about her work?A. OnSundayafternoorLB. Hecan’ttalkwithheraboutiC. OnSaturdayafternoo第二部分英语知识运用 第一节单项填空从[A]、[B]、[C]和[D]四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

2012年公共英语等级(PETS5)全真预测试卷(2)-中大网校

2012年公共英语等级(PETS5)全真预测试卷(2)总分：110分及格：66分考试时间：140分Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Part A(1){MP3:/examfiles/2012/listenfiles/pets/pets05-2.mp3}根据以下听力，回答{TSE}题。

{TS}(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(9)(10)Part B(1)根据以下听力，回答{TSE}题。

{TS}How did the man go from Calais to Paris?A. BybuB. ByboaC. BytraiD. Byplan(2)Why did the man take a bus to Avignon in the south of France?A. It'scheapeB. [HewantedtoseethevillageC. It'sfasteD. Hemetafriendonthebu(3)What did the man not do in Madrid?A. WentouttobarB. VisitedthePradoMuseuC. WenttoabullfighD. Stayedinasmallhote(4)根据以下听力，回答{TSE}题。

{TS}What is the current time in the conversation?A. 3:40B. 4:15C. 4:30D. 4:45(5)How does the driver figure out that the passenger is a first-time visitor to the city?A. Thepassengercatchesataxiforashortone-miletriB. ThepassengerdoesnotunderstandtherulesfortippingdriverC. ThedriverfindsthepassengerlostonthestreetbeforepickingheruD. Thedrivernoticesthepassengergazingupwardatthetallbuilding(6)What is one item the driver did NOT mention about the restaurant?A. ThepricB. TheservicC. TheinteriordesigD. Theservingsiz(7)根据以下听力，回答{TSE}题。

2012年6月英语四级考试全真预测试卷(4)-中大网校

2012年6月英语四级考试全真预测试卷(4)总分：710分及格：426分考试时间：120分Part I Writing（30 minutes）(1)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a Composition entitled On Holiday Reform. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:1．有人建议将春节假期延长至正月十五；2．也有人提出反对意见；3．我的看法。

On Holiday ReformPart II Reading Comprehension （15 minutes）(1)Hate Your Job? Here's How to Reshape ItOnce upon a time, if you hated your job, you either quit or bit your lip. These days, a group of researchers is trumpeting a third option: shape your job so ifs more fruitful than futile."We often get trapped into thinking about our job as a list of things to do and a list of responsibilities," says Amy Wrzesniewski, an associate professor at the Yale School of Management. "But what if you set aside that mind-set?" If you could adjust what you do, she says, "who would you start talking to, what other tasks would you take on, and who would you work with?"To make livelihoods more lively, Wrzesniewski and her colleagues Jane Dutton and Justin Berg have developed a methodology they call job-crafting. They're working with Fortune 500 companies, smaller firms and business schools to change the way Americans think about work. The idea is to make all jobs--even mundane (平凡的) ones---more meaningful by empowering employees to brainstorm and implement subtle but significant workplace adjustments.Step 1: Rethink Your Job--Creatively"The default some people wake up to is dragging themselves to work and facing a list of things they have to do," says Wrzesniewski. So in the job-crafting process, the first step is to think about your job holistically. You first analyze how muchtime, energy and attention you devote to your various tasks. Then you reflect on that allocation( 分配). See I0 perfect jobs for the recession--and after.Take, for example, a maintenance technician at Burt's Bees, which makes personal-care products. He was interested in process engineering, though that wasn't part of his job description. To alter the scope of his day-to-day activities, the technician asked a supervisor if he could spend some time studying an idea he had for making the firm's manufacturing procedures more energy-efficient. His ideas proved helpful, and now process engineering is part of the scope of his work.Barbara Fredrickson, author of Positivity and a professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at ChapelHill, says it's crucial for people to pay attention to their workday emotions. "Doing so," she says, "will help you discover which aspects of your work are most life-giving-and most life-draining."Many of us get stuck in ruts (惯例). Berg, a Ph.D. student at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania who helped develop the job-crafting methodology, says we all benefit from periodically rethinking what we do. "Even in the mostconstraining jobs, people have a certain amount of wiggle room," he says. "Small changes can have a real impact on life at work."Step 2: Diagram Your DayTo lay the groundwork for change, job-crafting participants assemble diagramsdetailing their workday activities. The first objective is to develop new insights about what you actually do at work. Then you can dream up fresh ways to integrate what the job-crafting exercise calls your "strengths, motives and passions" into your daily routine. You convert task lists into flexible building blocks. The end result is an "after" diagram that can serve as a map for specific changes.lna Lockau-V ogel, a management consultant who participated in a recent job-crafting workshop, says the exercise helped her adjust her priorities. "Before, 1 would spend so much time reacting to requests and focusing on urgent tasks that I neverhad time to address the real important issues." As part of the job-crafting process, she decided on a strategy for delegating and outsourcing (外包) more of her administrative responsibilities.In contrast to business books that counsel, managers to influence workers through incentives, job-crafting focuses on what employees themselves can do to re-envision and adjust what they do every day. Given that according to the Bureau of LaborStatistics, it now takes the average job seeker more than six months to find a new position, it's crucial to make the most of the job you've got.Step 3: Identify Job Loves and HatesBy reorienting (使适应) how you think about your job, you free yourself up for new ideas about how to restructure your workday time and energy. Take an IT worker who hates dealing with technologically incompetent callers. He might enjoyteaching more than customer service. By spending more time instructing colleagues--and treating help-line callers as curious students of tech--the disgruntled IT person can make the most of his 9-to-5 position.Dutton, a professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, says she has seen local auto-industry workers benefit from the job-crafting process. "They come in looking worn down, but after spending two hours on this exercise, they come away thinking about three or four things they can do differently.""They start to recognize they have more control over their work than they realized," says Dutton, who parmered with Wrzesniewski on the original job-crafting research.Step 4: Put Your Ideas into Action To conclude the job-crafting process, participants list specific follow-up steps: Many plan a one-0n-one meeting with a supervisor to propose new project ideas. Others connect with colleagues to talk about trading certain tasks. Berg says as long as their goals are met, many managers are happy to let employees adjust how they work.Job-crafting isn't about revenue, per se, but juicing up ( 活跃) employee engagement may end up beefing up the bottom line. Amid salary, job and benefit cuts, more and more workers are disgruntled. Surveys show that more than 50% aren't happywith what they do. Dutton, Berg and Wrzesniewski argue that emphasizing enjoyment can boost efficiency by lowering turnover rates and jacking up productivity. Job-crafting won't rid you of a lousy boss or a subpar salary, but it does offer some remedies for job dissatisfaction. If you can't ditch or switch a job, at least make it more likable.(2)What does Amy Wrzesniewski think about job?(3)What's your first thing to do in the job-crafting process?(4)The idea of a maintenance technician at Burt's Bees turned out to be(5)What's Berg's suggestion about work?(6)According to Ina Lockau-V ogel, what's the benefit from job-crafting?(7)According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, what's the situation in job market?(8)Dutton has seen that local auto-industry workers profit from__________(9)According to Berg, if the job-crafting process is successful, the supervisors are willing to let employees __________hat to do.(10)If you can't quit your job, using job-crafting may at least offer__________ for job dissatisfaction.Part III Listening Comprehension(Section AB)section AB(1){MP3:/examfiles/2012/listenfiles/xdftl/Test4.mp3}根据所听对话及提问，作答______A. At the dentist'B. At a grocerC. At a lawyer'D. At a psychiatrist'(2)根据所听对话及提问，作答______A. Purchase some ingredientB. Give the man a recipC. Write down the directions to the supermarkeD. Check to see if the stew is read(3)根据所听对话及提问，作答______A. She doesn't like to watch basketbalB. She would like the man to accompany her to the gamC. She doesn't have a televisioD. She'll sell the man her ticke(4)根据所听对话及提问，作答______A. He failed to finish the experiment that daB. He hasn't had time to do the experimenC. He did only part of the experimenD. The experiment turned out wel(5)根据所听对话及提问，作答______A. The man is a football faB. The man needs the woman's helC. The man didn't watch TV last nighD. The man often has power failure at hom(6)根据所听对话及提问，作答______A. An art museuB. A beautiful parC. A college campuD. An architecture exhibitio(7)根据所听对话及提问，作答______A. Mike should have arrived at 8:00.B. Mike will arrive at 8:30.C. Mike is usually punctuaD. Mike is not very punctua(8)根据所听对话及提问，作答______A. AirplanB. BuC. SubwaD. Ca(9)Questions{TSE}are based on the conversation you have just heard.A.[B] Tobacco companieB.[C] Smoking meC.[D] Smoking wome(10)[A] 14,000. [B] 15,000.[C] 140,000.[D] 1,400,000.(11)[A] A light cigarette contains low nicotine.[B] Smoking a light cigarette is different from smoking a regular one.[C] Women who smoke light cigarettes want to get higher levels of nicotine.[D] Tobacco companies advertise cigarettes as "light" to obscure smoking risks.(12)[A] Macho or cool expression. [B] Social and culture events. [C] Sports and entertainment.[D] Social and political issues.(13)Questions{TSE}are based on the conversation you have just heard.A.[B] By plane and by coacB.[C] By train and by buC.[D] By bus and by plan(14)[A] Short hair. [B] Glasses. [C] Moustache.[D] Beard.(15)[A] In the third room on the right.[B] In the Common Room. [C] In a room at this end.[D] In Room 501.(16)Questions{TSE}are based on the passage you have just heard.A.[B] We have to make our eyes, brain and muscles work almost at the same timB.[C] We have to use mainly the arms and legs to hiC.[D] We have to use mainly the muscles so that the ball is met and hit bac(17)[A] What he does out of class. [B] What he learns in books. [C] His place in society. [D] His lessons in school.(18)[A] It is its members. [B] It is its team work. [C] It is the football field.[D] It is the climate.(19)Questions{TSE}are based on the passage you have just heard.A.[B] They live in several hundred different varieties of treeB.[C] They live in a forty-degree band of latitudC.[D] They live in areas where the rainforest has been cleare(20)[A] One acre per minute. [B] One acre per second. [C] One hundred acres per minute.[D] Two hundred acres per hour.(21)[A] The land will be eroded by the rains.[B] Many species of plants and animals that depend on the ra inforest will become extinct.[C] The future of the human species may be changed.[D] The rainforest will grow, but at a much slower rate.(22)Questions{TSE}are based on the passage you have just heard.A.[B] To offer advice to prospective car buyerB.[C] To sell new carC.[D] To explain how to finance a ca(23)[A] In December.[B] In the fall. [C] On the first day of the month.[D] At the end of the week.(24)[A] Negotiating a lower price than the one that appears on the sticker.[B] Not telling the dealer that you have a car to trade in.[C] Financing the new car at the dealership.[D] Buying a car that is on the dealer's lot instead of ordering one.(25)[A] Negotiating a price for most purchases is not common in the United States.[B] Car dealers in the United States are not honest.[C] New cars are very expensive in the United States.[D] Most shoppers have a car to trade in.Listening Comprehension(Section C)(1){MP3:/examfiles/2012/listenfiles/xdftl/Test4.mp3}British workers are suffering "email stress" because they are swamped with messages and constantly monitoring their inboxes.Staffers are left tired, (36) __________ and unproductive as they (37) __________to cope with a constant deluge of emails, researchers from Glasgow and Paisley universities in Scotland have found.More than a third said they thought they checked their inboxes every 15 minutes and 64 percent said they looked more than once an hour.When researchers (38 ) __________ monitors to their computers, workers were found to be viewing e-mails up to 40 times an hour.About 33percent said they felt stressed by the (39) __________ " of e-mails and the need to reply quickly.A further 28 percent said they felt "driven" when they checked messages because of the pressure to (40) __________ Just 38 percent of workers were (41) __________enough to wait a day or longer before replying.Researchers found that many workers felt "(42) __________ " by e-mails interrupting them as they tried to (43) __________ on their work. (44) __________Karen Renaud, a computer scientist at Glasgow University, and Judith Ramsay, a psychologist at Paisley University, surveyed almost 200 workers.They concluded, "Email has become an indispensable tool in business. (45) __________and that many computer users experience stress as a result of email-related pressure. "Renaud said, "(46 ) __________(2)请作答（37）______(3)请作答（38）______(4)请作答（39）______(5)请作答（40）______(6)请作答（41）______(7)请作答（42）______(8)请作答（43）______(9)请作答（44）______(10)请作答（45）______(11)请作答（46）______Part III Reading Comprehension （Reading in Depth）（25 minutes）Reading Comprehension （Reading in Depth）(1)Questions{TSE}are based on the following passage.(2)请作答（48）______(3)请作答（49）______(4)请作答（50）______(5)请作答（51）______(6)请作答（52）______(7)请作答（53）______(8)请作答（54）______(9)请作答（55）______(10)请作答（56）______Reading Comprehension （Reading in Depth）(1)Questions{TSE}are based on the following passage.You're busy filling out the application form for a position you really need. Let's assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isn't it tempting to lie just a little, to claim on theform that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University?More and more people are turning to utter deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university.Registrars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week.Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them "impostors (骗子)"; another refers to them as "special cases". One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by "no such people". To avoid outright( 彻底的) lies, some job-seekers claim that they "attended" or "were associated with" a college or university. After carefully checking, a personnel officer may discover that "attending" means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that "being associated with" a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century--that's when they began keeping records, anyhow. If you don't want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a phony diploma.One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from "Smoot State University". The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the "University of Purdue". As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

2012年公共英语四级考试(pets4)全真预测试卷(5)-中大网校

2012年公共英语四级考试(pets4)全真预测试卷(5)总分：100分及格：60分考试时间：140分Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) 听力A(1){MP3:/examfiles/2012/listenfiles/pets/pets04-5.mp3}For Questi0ns 1～5，you will hear a conversation between a inzln and a woman．While you listen，fill out the table with the information you have heard．Some of the information has been given to you in the tablP．Write 0nly 1 word in each numbered box．You will hear the recording twice．You now have 25 seconds to rgQd the tablebelow．{TS}此题正确的答案是_____________.(2)此题正确的答案是_____________.(3)此题正确的答案是_____________.(4)此题正确的答案是_____________.(5)此题正确的答案是_____________.听力B(1)For Questions 6～10．you will hear a talk about cigarette smoking．While you listen，complete the sentence(s)and answer the question(s)．Use not more than 3 words for each anszeyer．You will hear the recording twice．Younow have 25 seconds to read the sentence(s)and the question(s)below．(2)此题正确的答案是_____________.(3)此题正确的答案是_____________.(4)此题正确的答案是_____________.(5)此题正确的答案是_____________.听力C(1)Question 11～13 are based on a taped library tour．You nOW have l5 seconds to read Questions 11～13．根据听到的内容，回答{TSE}题{TS}Where would you find this month’S issue of Time Magazine?A. Level1．B. Level2．C. Level3．D. Level4．(2)Where would you find a book on electronic engineering?A. Level1．B. Level2．C. Level3．D. Level4．(3)How much would you have to pay in late fees if you had a book that was 40 days overdue?A. 50centB. $15．00．C. $15．50．D. $20．00．(4)Questions 14～16 are based on a text about ice phrases．You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14～16．根据听到的内容，回答{TSE}题{TS}What is the meaning of“Skating on thin ice”?A. lOnemaybedoingsomethingquitedifficulB. 0nemaybedoingsomethingquiteriskC. OnemaybedoingsomethingquiteannoyinD. Onemaybedoingsomethingimpossibl(5)When somebody told you that you will“cut no ice”with him，what did he mean?A. YouwillnotpersuadehiB. HeisgettingnowherewithyoC. YoucannotsellyouricetohiD. Youshouldnotwastetimecuttingicewithhi(6)When the game is really over，which idiom can we use?A. ItisiceduB. SkatingonthinicC. TocutnoicD. Tobreaktheic(7)Questions 17～20 are based on a conversation about hunting an apartment．You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17～20．根据听到的内容，回答{TSE}题{TS}What is wrong with the worilan’s current apartment?A. It，stoonoisB. ThewallsaretoothiC. Thebusesdon’tgointhatdirectioD. Theboileroftengoeswron(8)What do you think the woman is?A. AuniversitystudenB. AlandladC. AresearcheD. Arepairwoma(9)At what time of the year does the conversation most probably take place?A. WinteB. SummeC. SprinD. Autum(10)What does the woman require of her next apartment?A. ItmustbeahighrisB. ItmustneartheuniversitC. ItmustbequieD. ItmustbenewandfunctionaSection II Use of English (15 minutes) 英语常识(1)根据短文，回答{TSE}题{TS}此处正确答案是A. roadB. pathC. wayD. passage(2)此处正确答案是A. DuringB. ForC. AtD. Since(3)此处正确答案是A. findB. discoverC. diveD. reach(4)此处正确答案是A. wreckB. ruinC. relicD. waste(5)此处正确答案是A. AlthoughB. UnlessC. AsD. If(6)此处正确答案是A. researchB. operationC. movementD. search(7)此处正确答案是A. willingB. luckyC. committedD. engaged(8)此处正确答案是A. AllinallB. InadditionC. IncaseD. Afterall(9)此处正确答案是A. assignmentB. temptationC. attemptD. commission(10)此处正确答案是A. introducedB. persuadedC. associatedD. stimulated(11)此处正确答案是A. chanceB. lookC. measureD. choice(12)此处正确答案是A. businessB. estateC. obligationD. property(13)此处正确答案是A. profitB. benefitC. successD. welfare(14)此处正确答案是A. aboutB. aroundC. toD. from(15)此处正确答案是A. getB. takeC. workD. try(16)此处正确答案是A. whichB. whereC. hereD. there(17)此处正确答案是A. onB. inC. amongD. along(18)此处正确答案是A. managedB. achievedC. succeededD. fulfilled(19)此处正确答案是A. beforeB. byC. withD. round(20)此处正确答案是A. thatB. muchC. farD. soSection III Reading Comprehension (60 minutes) 阅读理解A(1)根据短文，回答{TSE}题。

2012年11月大学英语四级模拟考试题答案

2012年11月大学英语四级模拟考试题答案2012年11月大学英语四级模拟考试题答案1、范文：Dear Xiao Wang,I'm delighted to learn that you are going to visit me during the week-long vacation. My parents will also be happy to see you again. I'm sure you will enjoy every minute here.I know you are fond of swimming. A river lies not far away from my home. We can go swimming there. I think it would be very pleasant and refreshing to swim in such hot summer days. In every big room of my home there is an air-conditioner. We can watch TV, play CDs or read books very comfortably at home.A mountain about two miles away from here is beautiful and it is worth touring. We can go there on foot. When we climb to the top of the mountain, we can have a wonderful bird-eye view of the whole village.Just phone me before you set off. There is no need for you to take anything. I'll prepare everything for you.I am looking forward to seeing you soon.1-7ADBACBD 8challenged 9can be proud of.10 stay silent.11----4611. M: Before we play again, I’m going to buy a good tennis racket.W: Your sh oes aren’t in very good shape, either.Q: What does the woman imply?【解析】选[C]。

公共英语四级模拟试题及答案解析(4)

公共英语四级模拟试题及答案解析（4）(1~5/共5题)Part BRead the following text carefully and them translate the underlined segments into Chinese.Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.That low moaning sound in the background just might be the founding fathers protesting from beyond the grave. They have been doing it ever since the republicans announced a "religious war" in the name of "traditional values". It grew several decibels louder last week when george bush, at a breakfast of religious leaders, attacked the democrats for failing to mention god in their doctrines and declaimed that a president needs to believe in the almighty. What about the constitutional ban on "religious tests" for public office? The founding fathers would want to know. 1 What about Tom Jefferson´s conviction that it is possible for a nonbeliever to be a moral person, "find incitements to virtue in the comfort and pleasantness you feel in its exercise"? Even George Washington must shudder in his sleep to hear the constant emphasis on "judeo-christian values". 2 It was he who wrote, "We have abundant reasons to rejoice that in this land.., every person may here worship god according to the dictates of his own heart." George Bush should know better than to encourage the theocratic ambitions of the christian right. 3 He has claimed—to much ironic scorn—that when he was shot down during World War Ⅱand lay floating in the pacific for four hours, he meditated on "god and faith and the separation of church and state". But there could be no better themes for a patriot to address in his final moments. 4 The "wall of separation" the founding fathers built between church and state is one of the best defenses freedom bas ever had. Or have we already forgotten why the founding fathers put it up? They had seen enough religious intolerance in the colonies: quaker women were burned at the stake in puritan massachusetts; Virginians could be jailed for denying the bible´s authority. They knew Europe had terribly disfigured itself in a religious war recalled now only by its duration-30 years. 5 No wonder John Adams once described the Judeo-Christian tradition as "the most bloody religion that ever existed, " and that the founding fathers took such pains to keep the hand that holds the musket separate from the one that carries the cross.第1题第2题第3题第4题第5题下一题(6~10/共5题)Section I Listening ComprehensionDirections:This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. you will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are three parts in this section, Part A, Part B and Part C.Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1.If you have any questions, you may raise your hand NOW as you will not be allowed to speak once the test is started.Now look atPart A in your test booklet.Part AYou will hear a passage. Listen and complete the sentences in questions 1-5 with the information you have heard. Write not more than three words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the questions below. Play00:0002:58VolumeFor Questions 1—5, you will hear a monologue about a girl´s pursuit. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Write only 1 word in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below.The pursuit of my idealthe speaker´s birth place1the speaker´s would-be career 2the result of the speaker´s first application 3The rate of the applicants offered positions was less than 4The times of the speaker´s application 5第6题第7题第8题第9题第10题上一题下一题(11~15/共5题)Part BYou will hear a passage. Answer questions 6-10 while you listen. Write as simply as possible for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read each questions.Play00:0003:21VolumeFor Questions 6—10, you will hear a dialogue. While you listen, complete the sentences and answer the question. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below.第11题When the man last saw her, the woman was looking for第12题The woman get a new position in第13题The woman was relieved when she第14题The woman was surprised when she knew the man was第15题Now the man and Andrea have been dating for上一题下一题(16~18/共10题)Part CYou will hear three dialogues or passages. Before listening to each one, you will have time to read the questions related to it. While listening, answer each question by choosing [A]、[B]、[C] or [D]. After listening, you will have time to check your answer. You will heareach piece once only.Play00:0001:57VolumeQuestions 14—16 are based on the following passage. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14—16.第16题Why does a newborn baby have to spend the first year of his life learning to listen?A.Because he tikes learning.B.Because his hearing center is still immature.C.Because his ears are immature.D.Because he wants to know how to use his ears.第17题What´s a newborn baby´s reaction to a loud noise near him?A.Get angry.B.Look away.C.Begin crying.D.Ignore it.第18题When does a baby begin to use more vowels and consonants?A.When he is pleased.B.As he grows.C.When he gets angry.D.When he hears other baby crying.上一题下一题(19~22/共10题)Part CYou will hear three dialogues or passages. Before listening to each one, you will have time to read the questions related to it. While listening, answer each question by choosing [A]、[B]、[C] or [D]. After listening, you will have time to check your answer. You will hear each piece once only.Play00:0002:06VolumeQuestions 17—20 are based on the following monologue. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17—20.第19题According to the speaker, what should the listeners do as soon as possible?A.Find a roommate.B.Hand in applications.C.Go to Spanish house.D.Buy a meal ticket for the cafeteria.第20题Which type of housing allows cooking?A.Women´s dorms.B.Men´s dorms.C.Family housing.D.International houses.第21题Which place has no more room for students?A.Coed dorms.B.Family student housing.C.International houses.D.Spanish house.第22题What will the listeners probably do next?A.Visit the type of housing they like.B.Move into the housing.C.Fill out forms.D.Buy a meal ticket.上一题下一题(23~25/共10题)Part CYou will hear three dialogues or passages. Before listening to each one, you will have time to read the questions related to it. While listening, answer each question by choosing [A]、[B]、[C] or [D]. After listening, you will have time to check your answer. You will hear each piece once only.Play00:00…VolumeYou will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE. Questions 11—13 are based on the following dialogue about the nuclear power. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11—13.第23题What are the two speakers talking about?A.The benefits of nuclear weapons.B.The environmental pollution caused by nuclear-powered stations.C.The disadvantages of used fuel.D.The advantages of nuclear-powered stations.第24题Where is the used fuel disposed of?A.The United Nations Atomic Energy Authority.B.The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Organization.C.The United States Atomic Energy Authority.D.The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.第25题Which is NOT the advantage of the nuclear stations?A.The nuclear stations are safer than the coal-fired stations.B.The cost of building the nuclear stations is more than that of the coal-fired stations.C.The cheaper running of the nuclear stations can offset its great construction.D.The nuclear stations are much cleaner than the conventional ones.上一题下一题(26~45/共20题)Section II Use of EnglishRead the following text. Choose the best word for eachnumbered blank and mark [A]、[B]、[C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1.Besides climate change, developing countries like China need to deal with energy 1 and environmental issues: the development of sources of clean energy needs to be 2 line with their interests. Clean energy has been given greater prominence than ever before; it is seen as a new industrial 3 and 4 of economic growth for the new century. The time for clean energy has come. In China, clean energy is moving ahead at full speed. Take wind power as an example: by the end of last year, China had 5 wind power generating capacity of 12.21 GW, making China the largest wind power generator in Asia and first in the world. But according to the research, one-third of wind power capacity is running 6 due to an inability to get the power to the national 7 .India-like China—relies 8 on coal for its energy needs. This will only change if the funds and technology to develop clean energy, such as wind and nuclear power, are 9 . India will not choose clean energy 10 , Nuclear power is currently the most 11 of clean energy sources. 12 , if it is to be 13 on a large scale by developing nations, technological advances will be needed to make it competitive with coal.Compared 14 developed countries, developing countries have more 15 choices when it comes to energy structure. Promoting economic growth requires 16 energy—and coal, the cheapest and most 17 source of energy for many countries—is the 18 choice. Cheap coal means cheap electricity and a competitive economy. Rising electricity prices would cause public 19 and impact on standards of 20 .第26题A.scarceB.scareC.scarcityD.scary第27题A.onB.inC.withD.along第28题A.revolutionB.evolutionC.advanceD.development第29题A.resourceB.reasonC.rootD.source第30题A.inspectedB.inspiredC.instigatedD.installedA.effectivelyB.regularlyC.slowlyD.idle第32题workC.gridD.mesh第33题A.mainlyB.significantlyC.majorlyD.vitally第34题A.providentB.providentialC.providingD.provided第35题A.by itselfB.on its ownC.voluntarilyD.automatically 第36题A.cheapestB.expensivepetitiveD.advanced第37题A.ThereforeB.HoweverC.FurthermoreD.Otherwise第38题A.adoptedB.adaptedC.adaptableD.admitted第39题A.toB.withC.in第40题A.limitedB.limitlessC.maximalD.minimal第41题A.expensiveB.muchpetitiveD.cheap第42题A.absurdB.abundanceC.absentD.abundant第43题A.goodB.bestC.firstst第44题A.discordB.contentC.discontentD.discomfort第45题A.lifeB.livingC.liveD.lives上一题下一题(46~50/共20题)Section III Reading ComprehensionPart ARead the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A]、[B]、[C] or [D]. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.U.S. health officials are increasing surveillance measures at doctors" offices and international borders to guard against the spread of swine flu. Washington also has begun dispersing medicine from a federal stockpile.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there have been only mild cases of swine flu in the United States, but experts remain on guard.Acting agency director, Richard Besser, says the epidemic in Mexico prompted U.S. doctors to begin monitoring actively for possible infections."We are asking doctors when they see someone who has flu-like illness who has traveled to an affected region, to do a culture, take a swab in the nose and send it to the lab so we can see: is itinfluenza, is it this type?" he said.Speaking Sunday at the White House, Besser said the extra detection efforts have enabled officials to find more infections than under normal circumstances. He also says he expects the number of infections will rise and the illness will spread to other U.S. regions, as doctors continue to monitor the problem.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it does not recommend people travel to Mexico, where the outbreak of swine flu is centered and more than 100 deaths have been reported. But officials have not ordered a travel ban to the country.Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says, instead, airlines have the option of screening passengers on flights from Mexico."We are letting air carders and our employees at the gates on those flights make sure that they are asking people if they are sick; and if they are sick, that they should not board the plane," she said.Denise Korniewicz, an infectious disease expert at the University of Miami, says officials should take bolder steps to screen passengers at international borders, as Japan and other Asian nations are doing."We have a very transient population here. And Japan has taken a lot of precautions. What Japan is doing is they are making everyone take a temperature when they get off the airplane," she said. "As far as I am concerned, I think that is a good idea."U.S. officials say they are holding off on more aggressive actions because the outbreak has been limited in the United States and they do not want to cause a health scare.Korniewicz says around the country health centers are putting in place emergency response measures aimed at limiting disease outbreaks.第46题What promotes American doctors to begin monitoring actively for possible infections?A.There have been serious cases of swine flu in the United States.B.S. health officials are increasing surveillance measures at doctors" offices.C.The epidemic happened in Mexico.D.Experts remained on guard.第47题When someone has flu-like illness, why will a swab be taken in the nose and sent to the lab?A.To find more infections than under normal circumstances.B.To examine if it is influenza or swine flu.C.To see if the illness is serious.D.To stop the illness spreading to other areas.第48题Why are people advised not to travel to Mexico?A.Because it is the most serious area for the outbreak of swine flu.B.Because a travel ban to the country has been ordered.C.Because more than 100 cases of swine flu have been reported.D.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention forbids doing so.第49题What is one of the precautions that Japan has taken?A.They make sure that they are asking flight passengers if they are sick.B.They are taking a temperature of every passenger when they get off the airplane.C.They are screening passengers on flights from Mexico.D.They are forbidding people travelling to Mexico.第50题Which statement is not true according to the passage?A.S. health officials are increasing surveillance measures at doctors" offices.B.So far, the cases of swine flu in the United States are not very serious.C.S. officials are determined to take more aggressive actions against swine flu.D.Besser says the number of infections will probably rise.上一题下一题(51~55/共20题)Section III Reading ComprehensionPart ARead the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A]、[B]、[C] or [D]. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.The most subversive question about higher education has always been whether the college makes the student or the student makes the college. Along with skepticism, though, economic downturns also create one big countervailing force that pushes people toward college: many of them have nothing better to do. They have lost their jobs, or they find no jobs waiting for them after high school. In economic terms, the opportunity cost of going to school has been reduced. Over the course of the 1930s, the percentage of 17-year-old who graduated from high school jumped to 50 percent, from less than 30 percent. Boys—many of whom would have been working in better times—made up the bulk of the influx. In our Great Recession, students have surged into community colleges.So who is right—these students or the skeptics? It isn"t too much of an exaggeration to say that the field of labor economics has spent the past 30 years trying to come up with an answer. In one paper after another, economists have tried to identify the portion of a person"s success for which schooling can fairly claim credit. One well-known study, co-researched by Alan Krueger, a Princeton professor now serving as the Treasury Department" s chief economist, offered some support for the skeptics. It tracked top high-school students through their 30s and found that their alma maters had little impact on their earnings. Students who got into both, say, the University of Pennsylvania and Penn State made roughly the same amount of money, regardless of which they chose. Just as you might hope, the fine-grain status distinctions that preoccupy elite high-school seniors (and more to the point, their parents) seem to be overrated.The rest of the evidence, however, has tended to point strongly in the other direction. Several studies have found a large earnings gap between more and less-educated identical twins. Another study compared young men who happened to live close to a college with young men who did not. The two groups were similar except for how easy it was for them to get to school, and the upshot was that the additional education attained by the first group lifted their earnings. "College can"t guarantee anybody a good life," says Michael McPherson, an economist who runs the Spencer Foundation in Chicago, which finances education research. "But it surely ups the odds substantially."第51题In economic downturns, many people go to college ______.A.voluntarilyB.happilyC.reluctantlyD.with contempt第52题During 1930s, why did the percentage of 17-year-old who graduated from high school jumped greatly?A.Because they believed high school education is necessary.B.Because they couldn"t find jobs and they had no better choices.C.Because the cost of going to school was reduced.D.Because they believed high school education could help them make more money in the future.第53题According to Princeton professor Alan Krueger"s study, which is true?A.College education is closely related to earnings.B.The better college one goes to, the more money he will make.C.It"s reasonable to be skeptical about higher education.D.Alma maters mean much to one"s future fortune.第54题What"s the attitude of Michael McPherson towards college education?A.Skeptical.B.Supportive.C.Critical.D.Satisfied.第55题Which of the statement is true according to the passage?A.In recession, more youths will choose to work.B.All evidence shows that college makes the student.C.Economic downturns has great negative impact on college education.D.Studies mentioned in the passage show divided conclusions on the value of college education. 上一题下一题(56~60/共20题)Section III Reading ComprehensionPart ARead the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A]、[B]、[C] or [D]. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.Parents now have a popular belief that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have taught in has ever ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, greatly different ideas about how to teach it or how much priority (优先) it must be given over general language development and writing ability. The problem is that how to encourage a child to express himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities of spelling.If spelling becomes the only focal point of his teacher"s interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to "play safe". He will be prone to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to avoid adventurous language. That"s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personalexperience:"This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is illegible (难以辨认的)." It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil"s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted to read the essay, which included some beautiful expressions of the child"s deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centred on the child"s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more motivation (动力) to seek improvement.第56题Teachers are different in their opinions about ______.A.the difficulties in teaching spellingB.the role of spelling in general language developmentC.the complexities of the basic writing skillsD.the necessity of teaching spelling第57题The expression "play safe" probably means ______.A.to write carefullyB.to do as teachers sayC.to use dictionaries frequentlyD.to avoid using words one is not sure of第58题Teachers encourage the use of dictionaries so that ______.A.students will be able to express their ideas more freelyB.students will have more confidence in writingC.teachers will have less trouble in correcting mistakesD.students will learn to be independent of teachers第59题The writer seems to think that the teacher"s judgement on that sensitive piece of writing is ______.A.unfairB.reasonableC.foolishD.careless第60题The major point discussed in the passage is ______.A.the importance of developing writing skillsB.the complexities of spellingC.the correct way of marking compositionsD.the relationship between spelling and the content of a composition上一题下一题(61~65/共20题)Section III Reading ComprehensionPart ARead the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A]、[B]、[C] or [D]. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.In the 1960s the West Coast became an important center for rock music. Los Angeles and Southern California are famous for sunshine and surfing. There, a quieter kind of rock called surfrock became famous. The Beach Boys sang songs like "Surfin" U.S.A. ", "California Girls" and "Fun, Fun, Fun". These songs made people dream about the good life in California.San Francisco was a center for young people and rock music in the late 1960s. This was the time of the Vietnam War, student protest, hippies, and drugs. Hippies talked about love and peace. They wore brightly colored clothes and had long hair. They listened to rock and folk-rock music. Drugs were a serious problem during that time. The deaths of three young rock stars, Janis Jopling, Jim Morrison and the great guitar player Jimi Hendrix were all related to drugs.Not all of the rock musicians came from California or the U.S.A. That was the time of the great British rock groups like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. British rock musicians had a very important place in the rock music of the 1960s in America.Another kind of softer rock music was created by the singers. Singers like Joni Mitchell and James Taylor wrote their own lyrics and their own music. Their songs were about love and friendship, good and bad times.In the 1960s big rock concerts were very welcomed by everyone. The most famous concert was Woodstock. In 1969 in New York State, a million young people came together to hear the rock stars. This peaceful Woodstock concert was the most important musical event of the 1960s. After World War Ⅱa great number of black people moved from the South to the big industrial cities like New York, Detroit, and Philadelphia. Many black people lived in poor parts of the city such as Harlem in New York. Musicians wrote and sang about life in the big cities. Life was difficult but music and dancing made it a little easier.Popular black music had a strong beat for dancing. At first this music was called rhythm and blues. The 1960s called it soul.In Detroit, a black musician named Berry Gordy set up an all black record company. It was called Motown. Motown or motor town is another name for Detroit, where cars are made. Most of the famous soul musicians like the Supremes, the Temptations, and the Jackson Five recorded with Motown.第61题Where in the United States did pop music first emerge?A.The West.B.New York.C.The South.D.San Francisco.第62题What was the war affair in late 1960s that made many American young people love to take up pop music?A.The Korean War.B.The Word War Ⅱ.C.The Vietnam War.D.The Gulf War.第63题The term "Hippies" refers to ______.A.three young rock starsB.four Liverpool boysC.the rock group of the Rolling StonesD.the lost generation第64题American rock music of the 1960s was greatly influenced by ______.A.American country musicB.British rock musicC.Hollywood film musicD.the Hippies第65题How did the black people feel about the pop music in the 1960s?A.Terrible.B.Humiliating.C.Enjoyable.D.Holy.上一题下一题(1/1)Section ⅣWriting第66题Love is always an eternal topic on earth. To some people, if there is no love, one will live a dull and boring life. While other people believe that love is blind. Love is an sensitive topic on campus.In your essay, give your views on love in college.You should write 160—200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.上一题交卷交卷答题卡答案及解析(1~5/共5题)Part BRead the following text carefully and them translate the underlined segments into Chinese.Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.That low moaning sound in the background just might be the founding fathers protesting from beyond the grave. They have been doing it ever since the republicans announced a "religious war" in the name of "traditional values". It grew several decibels louder last week when george bush, at a breakfast of religious leaders, attacked the democrats for failing to mention god in their doctrines and declaimed that a president needs to believe in the almighty. What about the constitutional ban on "religious tests" for public office? The founding fathers would want to know. 1 What about Tom Jefferson´s conviction that it is possible for a nonbeliever to be a moral person, "find incitements to virtue in the comfort and pleasantness you feel in its exercise"? Even George Washington must shudder in his sleep to hear the constant emphasis on "judeo-christian values". 2 It was he who wrote, "We have abundant reasons to rejoice that in this land.., every person may here worship god according to the dictates of his own heart." George Bush should know better than to encourage the theocratic ambitions of the christian right. 3 He has claimed—to much ironic scorn—that when he was shot down during World War Ⅱand lay floating in the pacific for four hours, he meditated on "god and faith and the separation of church and state". But there could be no。

2012年6月英语四级考试模拟试题及答案解析

Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled College Students on the Job Market. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.1.当今大学生面临着严重的就业压力2.这一现象的产生有多方面的原因3.解决的办法College Students on the Job Market_____________________________________________________________________________ Part I Writing【写作思路】本文是关于对某种社会现象的讨论，探讨其原因，并提供解决问题的方案。

毕业生就业压力大，是目前比较热门的话题，媒体、社会以及学生本人都会时不时的讨论，所以文章难度不是很大。

文章开篇提出就业压力大的问题，毕业生越来越多，而就业市场却保持稳定，两者之间的不平衡，导致毕业生面临越来越大的就业压力。

第二段讨论出现这种问题的原因。

第一方面，从宏观上来看，整个世界的经济危机影响了就业市场;第二方面，从学校招生来看，热门专业人数过多，结果供过于求，而冷门专业学生很少，结果供不应求。

第三段针对第二段的原因，探讨相应的解决方案。

从政府的角度出发，要尽可能的采取各种手段帮助经济恢复，帮助学生就业;从个人角度出发，要学会自主选择，不追潮流，学习自己感兴趣的，努力提高自身素质，增强竞争能力。

【参考范文】More and more graduates are going out of universities and entering into the society every year while the demand on the job market remains stable. The college students are facing greater and greater pressure in job-hunting.There are many reasons behind the current phenomenon. To begin with, the economy has been confronted with depression in recent years on a global level, and it takes time for the worldwide economy to recover. What's more, there is an element of irrationality in the enrollment of the campuses. Some hot majors have enrolled too many students, and many people compete for one position after graduation, whereas the majors with little attention have few students, and more graduates are needed than the campus can supply.The solution to this problem lies with both the government as a whole and the individual in specific. The government takes whatever measures possible to help the economy recover and to create more job opportunities for the applicants. And for the individual students, it is better to study what they are interested in and to gain experience through practice, thus better prepared for the society.Part ⅡReading 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 on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Will Electronic Medical Records Improve Health Care?Electronic health records (EHRs) have received a lot of attention since the Obama administration committed $19 billion in stimulus funds earlier this year to encourage hospitals and health care facilities to digitize patient data and make better use of information technology. The healthcare industry as a whole, however, has been slow to adopt information technology and integrate computer systems, raising the question of whether the push to digitize will result in information that empowers doctors to make better-informed decisions or a morass of disconnected data.The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) knows firsthand how difficult it is to achieve the former, and how easily an EHR plan can fall into the latter. UPMC has spent five years and more than $1 billion on information technology systems to get ahead of the EHR issue. While that is more than five times as much as recent estimates say it should cost a hospital system, UPMC is a mammoth network consisting of 20 hospitals as well as 400 doctors' offices, outpatient sites and long-term care facilities employing about 50,000 people.UPMC's early attempts to create a universal EHR system, such as its ambulatory electronic medical records rolled out between 2000 and 2005, were met with resistance as doctors, staff and other users either avoided using the new technology altogether or clung to individual, disconnected software and systems that UPMC's IT department had implemented over the years.On the mendAlthough UPMC began digitizing some of its records in 1996, the turning point in its efforts came in 2004 with the rollout of its eRecord system across the entire health care network. eRecord now contains more than 3.6 million electronic patient records, including images and CT scans, clinical laboratory information, radiology data, and a picture archival and communication system that digitizes images and makes them available on PCs. The EHR system has 29,000 users, including more than 5,000 physicians employed by or affiliated with UPMC.If UPMC makes EHR systems look easy, don't be fooled, cautions UPMC chief medical information officer Dan Martich, who says the health care network's IT systems require a "huge, ongoing effort" to ensure that those systems can communicate with one another. One of the main reasons is that UPMC, like many other health care organizations, uses a number of different vendors for its medical and IT systems, leaving the integration largely up to the IT staff.Since doctors typically do not want to change the way they work for the sake of a computer system, the success of an EHR program is dictated not only by the presence of the technology but also by how well the doctors are trained on, and use, the technology. Physicians need to see the benefits of using EHR systems both persistently and consistently, says Louis Baverso, chief information officer at UPMC's Magee-Women's Hospital. But these benefits might not be obvious at first, he says, adding, "What doctors see in the beginning is that they're losing their ability to work with paper documents, which has been so valuable to them up until now."Opportunities and costsGiven the lack of EHR adoption throughout the health care world, there are a lot of opportunities to get this right (or wrong). Less than 10 percent of U.S. hospitals have adopted electronic medical records even in the most basic way, according to a study authored by Ashish Jha, associate professor of health policy and management at Harvard School of Public Health. Only 1.5 percent have adopted a comprehensive system of electronic records that includes physicians' notes and orders and decision support systems that alert doctors of potential drug interactions or other problems that might result from their intended orders.Cost is the primary factor stalling EHR systems, followed by resistance from physicians unwilling to adopt new technologies and a lack of staff with adequate IT expertise, according to Jha. He indicated that a hospital could spend from $20 million to $200 million to implement an electronic record system over several years, depending on the size of the hospital. A typical doctor's office would cost an estimated $50,000 to outfit with an EHR system.The upside of EHR systems is more difficult to quantify. Although some estimates say that hospitals and doctor's offices could save as much as $100 million annually by moving to EHRs, the mere act of implementing the technology guarantees neither cost savings nor improvements in care, Jha said during a Harvard School of Public Health community forum on September 17. Another Harvard study of hospital computerization likewise determined that cutting costs and improving care through health IT as it exists today is "wishful thinking". This study was led by David Himmelstein, associate professor at Harvard Medical School.The cost of getting it wrongThe difference between the projected cost savings and the reality of the situation stems from the fact that the EHR technologies implemented to date have not been designed to save money or improve patient care, says Leonard D'Avolio, associate center director of Biomedical Informatics at the Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC). Instead, EHRs are used to document individual patients' conditions, pass this information among clinicians treating those patients, justify financial reimbursement and serve as the legal records of events.This is because, if a health care facility has $1 million to spend, its managers are more likely to spend it on an expensive piece of lab equipment than on information technology, D'Avolio says, adding that the investment on lab equipment can be made up by charging patients access to it as a billable service. This is not the case for IT. Also, computers and networks used throughout hospitals and health care facilities are disconnected and often manufactured by different vendors without a standardized way of communicating. "Medical data is difficult to standardize because caring for patients is a complex process," he says. "We need to find some way of reaching across not just departments but entire hospitals. If you can't measure something, you can't improve it, and without access to this data, you can't measure it."To qualify for a piece of the $19 billion being offered through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), healthcare facilities will have to justifythe significance of their IT investments to ensure they are "meaningful users" of EHRs. The Department of Health and Human Services has yet to define what it considers meaningful useAggregating info to create knowledgeIdeally, in addition to providing doctors with basic information about their patients, databases of vital signs, images, laboratory values, medications, diseases, interventions, and patient demographic information could be mined for new knowledge, D'Avolio says. "With just a few of these databases networked together, the power to improve health care increases exponentially," D'Avolio suggested. "All that is missing is the collective realization that better health care requires access to better information—not automation of the status quo." Down the road, the addition of genomic information, environmental factors and family history to these databases will enable clinicians to begin to realize the potential of personalized medicine, he added.1. In America, it is slow to adopt information technology because —————.A) the funds invested by the government is not enough in the pastB) EHRs have received less attention of the public in the pastC) whether it will be useful to doctors or not is doubtfulD) UPMC knows how difficult it is to digitize the hospital2. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) —————.A) is the first medical center to adopt information technologyB) satisfy the requirement of the government on information technologyC) spent less money on information technology than it was estimatedD) attempted to created a universal EHR system, but met some difficulties3. The health care network’s IT systems require a lot of effort to ensure it can communicate with one another mainly because —————..A) the integration among different system is largely up to the IT staffB) UPMC is like many other health care organizations in the United StatesC) UPMC makes EHR systems look easyD) UMPC began digitizing some of its records in 19964. The success of the EHR program is decided by —————..A) the fact whether the information technology is available or notB) the fact how well the doctors are trained to use the information technologyC) not only the presence of the technology but the doctor’s training on technologyD) the fact whether physicians can see the benefits of using EHR systems5. The most important reason of most hospitals being reluctant to adopt EHR system is that —————.A) the cost is too high for the hospital to affordB) physicians are unwilling to adopt itC) there is a lack of staff with adequate IT expertiseD) doctor worry about its negative influence on patients6. According to the study led by David Himmelstein through health IT —————.A) it is possible to cut the costs of the hospitalB) it is possible to improve the health careC) it ensure neither cost saving nor improvement in careD) it could save as much as $100 million annually7. The hospital’s managers prefer to —————.A) spend money on an expensive piece of equipment than on information technologyB) charge patients access to the information technology as a billable serviceC) purchase the information technology to improve the health care of the hospitalD) invest more money on the training of the physicians to charge patients more money8. Jha said the mere act of implementing the technology guarantees ______________________.9. D'Avolio says the investment on lab equipment can be made up by_____________________.10. Databases of vital signs, images, laboratory values, medications, diseases, interventions, and patient demographic information could be ____________________. Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)原文精译【1】给自己的事业买最好的保险消防队无意之中淹没了Mad Gab's的总部，Mad Gab's是Gabrielle Melchionda二十多年前建立的美容公司。

2012年6月英语四级模拟题带答案（一至五）

2012年6月英语四级模拟题带答案（一至五）大学英语四级考试模拟题一Part Ⅰ Writing （30 minutes）Directions：For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic: ONE –OFF CHOPSTICKS. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese：1. 你和你的朋友在餐厅就餐，你的朋友对餐厅提供的非一次性筷子不满。

2. 餐厅的负责人解释说这是为了节约资源，并保证这些餐具已经严格消毒；3. 你对此事的看法和采取的做法。

One-off Chopsticks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 the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A,B, C and D. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答；8-10题在答题卡1上。

Plastic Bag PollutionThe use of plastic bags has increased at an alarming rate since they became popular in the 1980s. Big black bin liners, plastic carrier bags carrying advertising logos, clear sandwich bags and a variety of other forms. They?re lightweight, handy and easily discarded. Too easily discarded. Just take a look around you. Plastic bags can be seen hanging from the branches, flying in theair, settled amongst bushes, and floating on rivers. They block up drains causing water and sewage to overflow and become the breeding grounds of bacteria that cause diseases.Plastic bags are difficult and costly to recycle and most end up on landfill sites where they take around 300 years to decay. They break down into tiny toxic particles that pollute the soil and waterways and enter the food chain when animals accidentally consume them. But the problems surrounding waste plastic bags start long before they decay. Our planet is becoming increasingly endangered by our over-use of plastic bags.Production of Plastic BagsPlastic bags are made from ethylene (乙烯)，a gas that is produced as a by-product of oil, gas and coal production. Ethylene is made into polymers (聚合体)—chains of ethylene molecules—called polyethylene. This substance, also known as polythene, is used to produce a range of items, including plastic bags.Y ou have probably noticed two types of plastic shopping bag s—the lighter, filmy bags you get from supermarkets and food outlets, and the heavier bags from other retail outlets, like clothing stores. The supermarket bags are made from high density polyethylene (HDPE), while the thicker bags are made from low density polyethylene (LDPE). Unlike HDPE, LDPE can not be recycled. While plastic bags may not be the most high tech application of plastics technology, it is certainly one of the most prevalent. According to Clean Up Australia, Australians use in excess of 6 billion plastic bags per year. If tied together these bags would form a chain that is long enough to go around the world 37 times. More than half of these bags (3.6 billion) are made fromHDPE.Dangers to Sea LifePlastic bags are now amongst the top 12 items of waste most often found along the coastlines. Animals and sea creatures are hurt and killed every day by discarded plastic bag s—a dead turtle with a plastic bag hanging from its mouth isn?t a pleasant sight but mistaking plastic bags for food is commonplace amongst marine animals. Plastic blocks their intestines (肠道) and leads to slow starvation. Others become entangled in plastic bags and drown.Because plastic bags take hundreds of years to break down, ever y year our seas become “home” to more and more bags that find their way there through our sewers and waterways. Every bag that?s washed down a drain during rainfall ends up in the sea; every bag that?s flushed down a toilet ends up in the sea; every bag that?s blown into a river will most likely end up in the sea. One disquieting fact stemming from this is that plastic bags can become serial killers. Once an animal diet of plastic bags, it decays at a much faster rate than the bag. Once the animal has decomposed, the bag is released back into the environment more or less intact, ready to be eaten by another misguided organism. The incredibly slow rate of decay of plastic bags also means that each bag we use compounds the problem, because the bags simply accumulate.Pollution T axes & BansDifferent countries have adopted a range of approaches to discourage the use of plastic bags in an attempt to cut down on the number of bags finding their way into the environment. In South Africa for instance, where an estimated eight billion plastic bags are used annually, the government has implemented newregulations that will see only thicker, more durable plastic bags produced. As well as making them more suitable for reuse, it is hoped that the extra cost associated with their production and supply will prevent retailers giving the higher quality bags away, making their use a more expensive option for consumers.The use of plastic bags is being discouraged in other places such as Singapore and Tainwan, while the tax imposed on the use of plastic shopping bags in Ireland has resulted in the use of plastic shopping bags being reduced by 90% in just six months. Prior to the 15 euro cent per bag tax, it was estimated that 1.2 million plastic shopping bags were being handed out in Ireland per year. The money raised from the tax will be used to fund environmental initiatives.While anything that lowers our consumption is good, why wait until we?re hit financially before we change our habits when changes aren?t difficult to make?How about taking previously used bags with you next time you go to the shops? Or even better—turn back time and do as grandma did and take a bamboo basket with you every time you go shopping. Shop-owners would rather you use their bags as they?re a convenient and cheap form of advertising, but what?s more important, shareholder profits or the environment?Plastic bags can be re-cycled although only about one in every 200 ever finds its way to a recycling unit. Find out if there?s a re-cycling bin near you and , if not, ask your local authority for one.Greenhouse GasesSome countries have introduced so called “environmentally friendly plastic bags”that are biodegradable (可生物降解). These bags take about three years to break down into practicallynothing and while that sounds like an attractive solution, the truth is that the process of breaking down these petrol-based bags causes carbon to become methane (甲烷) which is a greenhouse gas.It?s also possible to get “plastic”bags manufactured from corn. These break down veryquickly and give off no more methane than another corn product on landfill sites. Unfortunately, they?re more expensive to produce and few shops use them.Garbage BinsOne question that?s often raised in connection with the plastic bag dilemma is what should be used to line bins if not plastic bags?To answer that, let?s go back in time to when plastic bags were yet to become commonplace. What did we do?For one, we had far less garbage. Goods had much less packaging than is the case today so we didn?t fill our bins as quickly. Peelings , eggshells, tea bags and coffee grounds were all used as compost (肥料) for crops, as was any paper that wasn?t needed for lighting fires. What was left went into an unlined bin with anything dirty or wet being wrapped in newspaper first.If we choose carefully when shopping so as not to bring home more packaging than necessary—there?s really no point in bring it home just to throw it straight in the bin when we unpack, the amount of waste that goes into the kitchen bin will be halved , at least.Individual EffortBy refusing to use plastic bags, you can make a huge difference to the pollution problem. Remember that each person uses about 83 bags a year. If there are four people in your family,that?s 332 plastic bags less every year. That?s 332 bags less that will:—release toxins into the ground water from landfill sites—stay in the environment for hundreds of years—get into the food chain through animals—waste energy during the manufacturing process—kill any of the estimated 100,000 marine animals that die each year of plastic pollutionThese are all-important factors that have a profound affect on our environment and the creatures we share our planet with. Should we really put our own selfish needs before the needs of everything around us now and the lives of future generations? That?s up to you to decide.1.Many thick, clothing-carrying plastic bags, made from ________, can hardly be recycled.A. high density polyethyleneB. low density polyethyleneC. oil and coalD. gas and cola2. The annual use of plastic bags in ________ exceeds 6 billion.A. SingaporeB. AustraliaC. IrelandD. Taiwan3. Plastic bags can become a horrible serial killer because of ________.A. their toxic particlesB. their lightweightC. their incredibly slow rate of decayD. their overuse by people4. In South Africa, in line with a new government regulation, ________ will be banned from production.A. thicker, more durable plastic bagsB. plastic bags suitable for reuseC. thinner, short-living plastic bagsD. thicker, higher-quality plastic bags5. ________ , though friendly to the environment, cost too much in manufacture to widely used.A. The petrol based bagsB. The methane-releasing bagsC. The carbon-releasing bagsD. he corn-based bags6. What is bothering people in connection with plastic bag dilemma?A. The question of what should be used to replace plastic bags as garbage bin liners.B. The fact that only one in every 200 plastic bags end up being recycled.C. The increasing amount of garbage.D. The high cost involved in producing environmentally friendly bags.7. I t?s estimated that every year about ________ are killed by discarded plastic bags.A. 10,000 animalsB. 100,000 sea animalsC. 100,000 land animalsD. 10,000 wildlife8. The final destination of many carelessly discarded plastic bags is____________________.9. In Ireland, following the collection of a 15 euro cent perbag tax, plastic bag usage has dropped by ________.10. The so-called environmentally friendless bags are much quicker to break down, but will release a great deal of ______________________________.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. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

2012年英语专业四级考试真题及答案

2012年英语专业四级考试真题PART I DICTATION [15 MIN]Listen to the following passage．Altogether the passage will be read to you four times．During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning．For the second and third readings，the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase，with intervals of 15 seconds．The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work．You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more．Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE．PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN]In Sections A,B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and thenanswer the questions that follow．Mark the best answer to each question on Answer Sheet Two．SECTION A CONVERSATIONSIn this section you will hear several conversations．Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Questions l to 3 are based on the following conversation．At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions．Now, listen to the conversation.l．The Ethical Consumer Research Association will provide information to shoppers onA．product price．B．product quality．C．manufacturers．D．production methods．2．According to the conversation，an ethical shopper shouldA．ask for others?advice before buying things．B．consider the worth of something to be bought．C．postpone buying things whenever possible．D．search for things that are less costly．3．According to the conversation，ethical shoppers can be best described asA．shrewd．B．thrifty．C．extravagant．D．cautious．Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation．At the end of the conversation，you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions．Now,listen to the conversation．4．Which of the following statements is CORRECT about Mary?A．She is enjoying her language study．B．She is enjoying her management study．C．She is not feeling very well at the moment．D．She is not happy about her study pressure．5．What does Mary think of the course initially?A．It is useful．B．It is difficult．C．It is challenging．D．It is interesting．6．What is Mary?s problem of living in a family house?A．She dislikes the food she eats．B．She is unable to sleep well．C．She has no chance to make friends．D．She finds the rent high．7．Which of the following is Mr．Davies?advice?A．To tryto make more friends．B．To try to change accommodation．C．To spend more time on English．D．To stop attending language classes．Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation．At the end of the conversation，you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions．Now,listen to the conversation．8．According to the conversation，the day is special becauseA．many people are surfing the net on that day．B．it is an anniversary of the internet．C．the net brought about no changes until that day．D．big changes will take place on that day．9．We learn from the conversation that peopleA．cannot Jive without the internet．B．cannot work without the internet．C．all use the internet to keep in touch．D．have varied opinions about internet use．10．At the end of the conversation．the speakers talk aboutA．the future of the internet．B．the type of office furniture．C．when changes will come．D．how people will use the internet．SECTION B PASSAGESIn this section，you will hear several passages．Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage．At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions．Now, listen to the passage．11．In order to open a bank account，you need to produce____in addition to your passport．A．a library card B．a registration formC．a telephone bill D．a receipt12．Which of the following might NOT be included in the,utility bill??A．Rent．B．Gas．C．Water．D．Telephone．13．According to the passage，what can one do in the post office?A．Getting contact details．B．Obtaining tax forms．C．Paying housing rents．D．Applying for loans．Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage．At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions．Now, listen to the passage．14．According to the passage，,scheduling?means that youA．need to be efficient in work．B．plan your work properly．C．try to finish work ahead of time．D．know how to work in teams．15．According to the passage, one of the activities to relax could beA．protecting wild animals．B．spending time with your family．C．learning how to read efficiently．D．learning how to do gardening．16．One of the ways to reduce stress is toA．do better than anyone else．B．fulfill high ambitions in one's work．C．work and have reasonable aims．D．start with a relatively low aim．17．According to the passage，to reduce stress has something to do with the following EXCEPTA．one's position．B．one's interest．C．one's health．D．one's mood．Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage．At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions．Now, listen to the passage．18．According to the passage，new words tend to come fromA．world politics．B．advances in science．C．areas of life．D．all the above．19．The passage explains the larger and richer vocabulary of English mainly from a viewpoint．A．historical B．culturalC．commercial D．colonial20．According to the passage，which of the following statements best describes the English language?A．It is outdated in grammar．B．It accepts new words from science．C．It has begun taking in new words．D．It tends to embrace new words.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section，you will hear several news items．Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow．Questions 21 and 22 are based OH the following news．At the end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions．Now listen to the news．21．Where was the marble statue found?A．Out in the sea．B．Inside a bath house．C．On a cliff along the coast．D．On the coast outside Jerusalem．22．Which of the following best describes the condition of the statue?A．It was incomplete．B．It was recent artwork．C．It was fairly tall．D．It was in pieces．Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news．At the end of the news item．you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions．Now, listen to the news．23．The rescue efforts concentrated mainly onA．the U．S．-Canada border B．snow-stricken regions．C．highways．D．city streets．24．According to the news，the last group of people might have been stranded in their vehiclesfor more than ____ hours before being rescued．A．24 B．25 C．40 D．48Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news．At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions．Now, listen to the news．25．According to the 2006 anti-smoking restrictions，smoking was NOT allowed inA．offices．B．restaurants．C．bars．D．school playgrounds．26．According to the news，which of the following groups reacts negatively to the new law?A．Television producers．B．Hotel owners．C．Medical workers．D．Hospital management．Questions 27 and 28 are based on the following news．At the end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions．Now, listen to the news．27．According to the news，who first discovered the fraud?A．A client．B．A bank manager．C．The police．D．Bank headquarters．28．When did the bank employee hand himself in?A．A month before the fraud was discovered．B．A day before the fraud was discovered．C．A day after the police launched investigation．D．A month after he transferred the money．Question 29 is based on the following news．At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question．Now, listen to the news．29．What is this news item mainly about?A．How to open Hotmail accounts．B．How to retrieve missing e-mails．C．New e-mail service by Microsoft．D．Problems and complaints about e-mails．Question30 is based on the following news．At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question．Now, listen to the news．30．Compared with 2009，which of the following figures remained about the same in 2010?A．Number of tickets sold．B．Box office revenues．C．Attendance rate． D Number of cinemasPART III CLOZE 【15 MIN】Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks．Mark the best choice for each blank on Answer Sheet Two．The earthquake of 26th December 2004 resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in living memory．It was a (31) _____ underwater quake and occurred in the Indian Ocean．It (32) ____ coastlines，communities and brought death to many people．Why do earthquakes happen?The surface of the earth has not always looked as it does today；it is moving(33)____ (although very slowly)and has done so for billions of years．This is one(34)____ of earthquakes，when one section of the earth (tectonic plate)(35)____ another．Scientists can predict where but not(36)____ this might happen and the area between plates is called a fault line．On one fault line in Kobe，Japan in 1923 over 200,000 people were killed．(37)____，earthquakes do not alwayshappen on fault lines，(38)____ is why they are so dangerous and (39)____．Where do volcanoes happen?Volcanoes happen where the earth's(40)____ is thin：lava，dust and gases(41)____ from beneath the earth．They can rise into a huge cone shape like a mountain and erupt，(42)____ they can be so violent(43)____ they just explode directly from the earth with no warning．There are 1511(44)'____' volcanoes in the world．This means that they may(45)____ be dangerous．In 1985 the Colombian volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted．The lava melted a glacier and sent tones ofmud(46)____ the town below．Twenty thousand people died．Natural disasters like volcanic eruptions are often unpredictable．We regularly do not know when they(47)____ pen，or (48)____ where they will happen．In the future，scientists may be able to watch and predict(49)____ before they happen．This could(50)____ many lives．31．A．massive B．significant C．great D．grand32．A．changed B．converted C．destroyed D．transformed33．A．frequently B．continuously C．regularly D．periodically34．A．source B．reason C．movement D．cause35．A．collides with B．confronts with C．meets with D．faces with36．A．how B．why C．when D．what37．A．Generally B．However C．Similarly D．Anyway38．A．that B．it C．this D．which39．A．unpredictable B．unaccountable C．inevitable D．irresistible40．A．surface B．appearance C．crust D．cover41．A．flowed out B．burst out C．1eaked out D．trickled out42．A．or B．and C．nor D．but43．A．like B．for C．as D．that44．A．living B．active C．alive D．live45．A．relatively B．hardly C．still D．gradually46．A．down B．on C．across D．beyond47．A．are to B．should C．must D．might48．A．else B．even C．though D．whether49．A．accidents B．incidents C．occasions D．events50．A．rescue B．save C．preserve D．shelterPART IV GRAMMAR ＆VOCABULARY 【15 MIN】There are thirty sentences in this section．Beneath each sentence there are four words, phrases or statements marked A，B, C and D．Choose one word, phrase or statement that best completes the sentence．Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two．51．Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?A．Twenty miles seems like a long walk to him．B．No one except his supporters agree with him．C．Neither Julia nor I were going to the party．D．Few students in my class are really lazy．52．Which of the following determiners(限定词)can be placed before both singular count nouns and plural count nouns?A．many a B．few C．such D．the next53．Which of the following reflexive pronouns(反身代词)is used as an appositive(同位语)?A，He promised himself rapid progress．B．The manager herself will interview Mary．C．I have nothing to say for myself．D．They quarreled themselves red in the face．54．My boss ordered that the legal documents ____ to him before lunch．A．be sent B．were sent C．were to be sent D．must be sent55．Which of the following sentences expresses WILLINGNESS?A．By now she will be eating dinner．B．I shall never do that again．C．My brother will help you with the luggage．D．You shall get a promotion．56．Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT? A．How strange feelings they are!B．How dare you speak to me like that!C．What noise they are making!D. What a mess we are in!57．which of the italicized parts functions as a subject?A．We never doubt that her brother is honest．B．The problem is not who will go but who will stay．C．You must give it back to whoever it belongs to。