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2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第一套)及答案解析---蔡
2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第一套)Part I Writing （30 minutes）Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief account of the impact of the Internet on the way people communicate and then explain whether electronic communication can replace face-to-face contact. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.“Dear Andy---How are you? Your mother and I are fine. We both miss you and hope you are doing well. We look forward to seeing you again the next time your computer crashes and you come downstairs for something to eat. Love, Mom and Dad.”_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part II Listening Comprehension （30 minutes）Section A:Directions: 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 the Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.1. A. go to a place he has visitedB. make her own arrangementsC. consult a travel agentD. join in a package tour2. A. they are on a long trip by carB. they are stuck in a traffic jamC. they are used to getting up earlyD. they are tired of eating out at night3. A. he is a person difficult to deal withB. he dislikes any formal gatherC. he is unwilling to speak in publicD. he often keeps a distance from others4. A. work in another departmentB. pursue further educationC. recruit graduate studentsD. take an administrative job5. A. he would not be available to start the job in timeB. he is not quite qualified for the art director positionC. he would like to leave some more time for himselfD. he will get his application letter ready before May 16. A. cleaner B. mechanic C. porter D. salesman7. A. request one or two roommates to do the cleaningB. help Laura with her term paper due this weekendC. get Laura to clean the apartment herself this timeD. ask Laura to put off the cleaning until another week8. A. a problem caused by the constructionB. an accident that occurred on the bridgeC. the building project they are workingD. the public transportation conditionQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A. to look for a job as a salespersonB. to have a talk with Miss ThompsonC. to place an order for some productsD. to complain about a faulty appliance10. A. the person in charge is not in the officeB. the supplies are out of stock for the momentC. they failed to reach an agreement on the priceD. the company is re-cataloguing the items11. A. 0734,12536 extension 15B. 0734,21653 extension 51C. 0734,38750 extension 15D. 0734,62135 extension 51Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A. since he found a girlfriendB. since he took to heavy smokingC. since he began to exercise regularlyD. since he started to live on his own13. A. he is getting too fatB. he smokes too muchC. he doesn’t eat vegetablesD. he doesn’t look well at all14 A. they are overweight for their ageB. they are respectful to their parentsC. they are still in their early twentiesD. they dislike doing physical exercise15 A. to quit smokingB. to reduce his weightC. to find a girlfriendD. to follow her adviceSection BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16 A. they have destroyed several small townsB. they will soon spread to San FranciscoC. they have injured many residentsD. they are burning out of control17. A. they have been hospitalizedB. they have got skin problemsC. they were choked by the thick smokeD. they were poisoned by the burning chemicals18 A. it failed because of a sudden rocket explosionB. it has been re-scheduled for a midday takeoffC. it has been cancelled due to technical problemsD. it was delayed for eleven hours and thirty minutes19 A. they made frequent long-distance calls to each otherB. they illegally used government computers in New JerseyC. they were found to be smarter than computer specialistsD. they were arrested for stealing government informationPassage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20.A. peaceful B. considerate C. generous D. cooperative21.A. someone dumped the clothes left in the washer and dryerB. someone broke the washer and dryer by overloading themC. Mindy Lance’s laundry blocked the way to the laundry roomD. Mindy Lance threatened to take revenge on her neighbors22. A. asking the neighborhood committee for helpB. limiting the amount of laundry for each washC. informing the building manager of the matterD. installing a few more washers and dryersPassage threeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A. she is both a popular and a highly respected authorB. she is the most loved African novelist of all timesC. she is the most influential author since the 1930sD. she is the first writer to focus on the fate of slaves24. A. The Book Critics Circles AwardB. the Nobel Prize for literatureC. the Pulizer Prize for fictionD. the National Book Award25. A. she is a relative of Morrison’sB. she is a slave from AfricaC. she is a skilled storytellerD. she is a black womanSection CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Many college students today own personal computers that cost anywhere from $1,000 to perhaps $5,000 or more. 26_______, it is not uncommon for them to purchase 27_________ costing another several hundred dollars. Twenty years ago, computers were 28_________, but they were very large and extremely expensive. Few, if any, 29________ purchased computers for home use. Over they years, the price of the “guts” of a computer --- its memory --- has declined to less than a thousandth of the price per unit of memory that prevailed twenty years ago. This is the main reason why computers cost so much less today than they used to. 31_____ memory circuitry that is small enough to fit into the portable personal computers that many of us own and use. 32______, as the price of computation has declined the average consumer and business have spent more on purchasing computers.33________, improved agricultural technology, hybrid(杂交) seeds, 34________ animal breeding, and so on have vastly increased the amount of output a typical farmer can produce. The prices of goods such as meats and grains have fallen sharply relative to the prices of most other goods and services. As agricultural prices have fallen, many households have decreased their total expense on food. Even though the 35______ of a product purchased generally increases when its price falls, total expenses on it may decline.Part III Reading Comprehension （40 minutes）Section ATo get a sense of how women have progressed in science. Take a quick tour of the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley. This is a storied place, the 36_______ some of the most important discoveries in modern science---starting with Ernest Lawrence’s invention of the cyclotron(回旋加速器) in 1931. a generation ago, female faces were 37_______ and, even today, visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte Hall will see a full corridor of exhibits 38_______ the many distinguished physicists who made history here, 39_______ all of them white makes.But climb up to the third floor and you’ll see a 40______ display. There, among the photos of current faculty members and students, are portraits of the 41________head of the department, Marjorie Shapiro, and four other women whose research 42_______ everything from the mechanics of the universe to the smallest particles of matter. A sixth woman was hired just twoweeks ago. Although they’re still only about 10 percent of the physics faculty, women are clearly a presence here. And the real 43_______ may be in the smaller photos to the right: graduate and undergraduate students, about 20 percent of them female. Every year Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the country’s top universities. That makes Shapiro optimistic, but also 44______, “I believe things are getting better,”she says, “but they’re not getting better as 45________ as I would like.”A circumstanceB confidenceC coversD currentE dealsF differentG exposing H fast I honoringJ hope K presently L rareM realistic N site O virtuallySection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Is College a Worthy Investment?A) Why are we spending so much money on college? And why are we so unhappy about it? We allseem to agree that a college education is wonderful, and yet strangely we worry when we see families investing so much in this supposedly essential good. Maybe it’s time to ask a question that seems almost sacrilegious(大不敬的): is all this investment in college education really worth it?B) The answer, I fear, is no. for an increasing number of kids, the extra time and money spentpursuing a college diploma will leave them worse off than they were before they set foot on campus.C) For my entire adult life, a good education has been the most important thing for middle-classhouseholds. My parents spent more educating my sister and me than they spent on their house, and they’re not the only ones…and, of course, for an increasing number families, most of the cost of their house is actually the cost of living in a good school district. Questioning the value of a college education seems a bit like questioning the value of happiness, or fun.D) The average price of all goods and services has risen about 50 percent. But the price of acollege education has nearly doubled in that time. Is the education that today’s students are getting twice as good? Are new workers twice as smart? Have they become somehow massively more expensive to education?E) Perhaps a bit, Richard V edder, an Ohio University economics professor, says, “I look at thedata, and I see college costs rising faster then inflation up the mid-1980s by 1 percent a year.Now I see them rising 3 to 4 percent a year over inflation. What has happened? The federal government has started dropping money out of airplanes.” Aid has increased, subsidized(补贴的) loans have become available, and “the universities have gotten the money.”Economist Bryan Caplan, who is writing a book abut education, agrees: “It’s a giant waste of resources that will continue as long as the subsidies continue.”F) Promotional literature for colleges and student loans often speaks of debt as an “investment inyourself.” But an investment is supposed to generate income to pay off the loans. More thanhalf of all recent graduates are unemployed or in jobs that do not require a degree, and the amount of student-loan debt carried by households had increased more than five times since 1999. these graduates were told that a diploma was all they needed to succeed, but it won’t even get them out of the spare bedroom at Mom and Dad’s. for many, the most visible result of their four years is the loan payments, which now average hundreds of dollars a month on lan balances in the tens of thousands.G) It’s true about the money---sort of. College graduates now make 80 percent more than peoplewho have only a high-school diploma, and though there are no precise estimates, the wage premium(高出的部分) for an outstanding school seems to be even higher. But tha t’s not true of every student. It’s very easy to spend four years majoring in English literature and come out no more employable than you were before you went in. conversely, chemical engineers straight out of school can easily make almost four times the wages of an entry-level high-school graduate.H) James Heckman, the Nobel Prize winning economist, has examined how the returns oneducation break down for individuals with different backgrounds and levels of ability. “Even with these high prices, you’re still finding a high return for individuals who are bright and motivated,: he says. On the other hand, “if you’re not college ready, then the answer is no, it’s not worth it.” Experts tend to agree that for the average student, college is still worth it today, but they also agree that the rapid increase in price is eating up more and more of the potential return. For borderline students, tuition(学费) rise can push those returns into negative territory.I) Everyone seems to agree that the government, and parents, should be rethinking how we investin higher education---and that employers need to rethink the increasing use of college degrees as crude screening tools for jobs that don’t really require college skills. “Employers seeing a surplus of college graduates and looking to fill jobs are just adding that requirement,”says Vedder. “In fact, a college degree becomes a job requirement for becoming a bar-tender.”J) We have started to see some change on the finance side. A law passed in 2007 allows many students to cap their loan payment at 10 percent of their income and forgives any balance after25 years. But of course, that doesn’t control the cost of education; it just shifts it to taxpayers.It also encourages graduated to choose lower-paying careers, which reduces the financial return to education still further. “You’re subsidizing people to become priests and poets and so forth,” says Heckman. “You may think that’s a good thing, or you may not.” Either way it will be expensive for the government.K) What might be a lot cheaper is putting more kids to work Caplan notes that work also builds valuable skills---probably more valuable for kids who don’t naturally love sitting in a classroom. Heckman agrees wholeheartedly: “People are different, and those abilities can be shaped. Tha t’s what we’ve learned, and public policy should recognize that.”L) Heckman would like to see more apprenticeship-style(学徒式) programs, where kids can learn in the workplace---learn not just specific job skills, but the kind of “soft skills,” like getting to work on time and getting along with a team, that are crucial for career success. “It’s about having mentors(指导者) and having workplace-based education,”he says. “Time and again I’ve seen examples of this kind of program working.”M) Ah, but how do we get there from here? With better public policy, hopefully, but also by making better individual decision. “Historically markets have been able to handle these things,”says Vedder, “and I think eventually markets will handle this one. If it doesn’timprove soon, people are going to wake up and ask, ‘Why am I going to college?’”46. Caplan suggests that kids who don’t love school go to work.47. An increasing number of families spend more money on houses in a good school district.48. Subsidized loans to college students are a huge waste of money, according to one economist.49. More and more kids find they fare worse with a college diploma.50. For those who are not prepared for higher education, going to college is not worth it.51. Over the years the cost of a college education has increased almost by 100%.52. A law passed recently allows many students to pay no more than one tenth of their income fortheir college loans.53. Middle class Americans have highly valued a good education.54. More kids should be encouraged to participate in programs where they can learn not only jobskills but also social skills.55. Over fifty percent of recent college graduates remain unemployed or unable to find a suitablejob.Section CPassage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.A recent global survey of 2,000 high-net-worth individuals found that 60% were not planning on a traditional retirement. Among U.S. participants, 75% expected to continue working in some capacity even after stepping away from full-time jobs. “Many of these people made their wealthy by doing something they’re passionate(有激情的) about,” says Daniel Egan, head of behavioral finance for Barclays Wealth Americas. “Given the choice, they prefer to continue working.”Barclays calls these people “nevertirees.”Unlike many Americans compelled into early retirement by company restrictions, the average nevertiree often has no one forcing his hand. If 106-year-old investor Irving Kahn, head of his won family firm, wants to keep coming to work every day, who’s going to stop him? Seventy-eight-year-old Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s job security is guaranteed in the Constitution.It may seem that these elderly people are trying to cheat death. In fact, they are. And it’s working. Howard Friedman, a professor at UC Riverside, found in his research that those who work hardest and are successful in their careers often live the longest lives. “People are generally being given bad advice to slow down, take it easy, stop worrying, are retire to Foloida,”he described one study one study participant, still working at the age of 100, who was recently disappointed to see his son retire.“We’re beginning to see a change in how people view retirement,”says George Leeson, co-director of the Institute of Population Ageing at Oxford. Where once retirement was seen as a brief reward after a long struggle through some miserable job, it is now akin(近似) to being cast aside. What Leeson terms “the Warren Buffett effect”is becoming more broadly appealing as individuals come to “view retirement as not simply being linked to economic productivity but also about contribution.”Observers are split on whether this is a wholly good thing. On the one hand, companies and financial firms can benefit from the wisdom of a resilient(坚韧的) chief. On the other, the new generation can find it more difficult to advance---an argument that typically holds little sway to anevertiree.56. What do we learn about the so-called “nevertiree”?A. they are passionate about making a fortuneB. they have no choice but to continue workingC. they love what they do and choose not to retireD. they will not retire unless they are compelled to57. What do Irving Kahn and Ruth Bader Ginsburg have in common?A. neither of them is subject to forced retirementB. neither of them desires reward for their workC. both cling to their positions despite oppositionD. both are capable of coping with heavy workloads58. What is the finding of Howard Friedman’s research?A. the harder you work, the bigger your fortune will beB. the earlier you retire, the healthier you will beC. elderly people have to slow down to live longerD. working at an advanced age lengthens people’s life59. What is the traditional view of retirement according to the passage?A. it means a burden to the younger generationB. it is a symbol of mature and civilized societyC. it a compensation for one’s life-long hard workD. it helps increase a nation’s economics productivity60. What do critics say about “nevertirees?A. they are an obstacle to a company’s developmentB. they lack the creativity of the younger generationC. they cannot works as efficiently as they used toD. they prevent young people from getting aheadPassage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.When we talk about Americans barely into adulthood who are saddled with unbearable levels of debt. The conversation is almost always about student loan debt. but there’s a growing body of evidence suggesting that today’s young adults are also drowning in credit-care debt---and that many of them will take this debt to their graves.More than 20% overspent their income by more than $100 every single month. Since they haven’t built up their credit histories yet, it’s a safe bet that these young adults are paying relatively high interest rates on the resulting credit card debt.Although many young people blame “socializing”as a barrier to saving money, most of them aren’t knocking back $20 drinks in trendy(时尚的) lounges. They’re struggling with much more daily financial demands.To a disturbingly large extent, the young and the broke are relying on credit cards to make it until their next payday. This obviously isn’t sustainable in the long run, and it’s going to put a huge drag on their spending power even after they reach their peak earning years. Because they’ll still be paying interest on that bottle of orange juice or box of spaghetti（意式面条）they bought a decade earlier.A new study out of Ohio State University found that young adults are accumulating creditcard debt at a more rapid rate than other age groups, and that they’re slower at paying it off. “If what we found continues to hold true, we may have more elderly people with substantial financial problems in the future,” warns Lucia Dunn, professor of economics at Ohio State. “If our findings persist, we may be faced with a financial crisis among elderly people who can’t pay off their credit cards.”Dunn says a lot of these young people are never going to get out from under their credit card debt. “Many people are borrow on credit cards so heavily that payoff rates at these levels are not sufficient to recover their credit card debt by the end of their life, which could have loss implications for the credit card issuing banks.”61. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?A. many young Americans will never be able to pay off their debtsB. credit cards play an increasingly important role in college lifeC. credit cards are doing more harm than student loansD. the American credit card system is under criticism62. Why do young people have to pay a higher interest on their credit card debt?A. they tend to forget about the deadlinesB. they haven’t developed a credit historyC. they are often unable to pay back in timeD. they are inexperienced in managing money63. What is said to be the consequence of young adults relying on credit cards to make ends meet?A. it will place an unnecessary burden on societyB. it will give them no motivation to work hardC. it will exert psychological pressure on themD. it will affect their future spending power64. What will happen to young adults if their credit card debt keeps accumulating according to Lucia Dunn?A. they will have to pay an increasingly higher interest rateB. they may experience a financial crisis in their old ageC. their quality of life will be affectedD. their credit cards may be cancelled65. What does Lucia Dunn think might be a risk for the credit card issuing banks?A. they go bankrupt as a result of over-lendingB. they lose large numbers of their regular clientsC. their clients leave their debts unpaid upon deathD. their interest rates have to be reduced now and thenPart IV Translation （30 minutes）Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.“你要茶还是咖啡？”是用餐人常被问到的问题。
2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题及答案(第一套)
2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第一套）Part I Writing （30 minutes）Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief account of the impact of the Internet on the way people municate and then explain whether electronic munication can replace face-to-face contact. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.“Dear Andy —How are you? Your mother and I are fine. We both miss you and hope you are doing well. We look forward to seeing you again the next time your puter crashes and you e downstairs for something to eat. Love, Mom and Dad.”Part II Listening prehension （30 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 1 with a single line through the centre.1.A）The woman is now working in a kindergarten.B）The man will soon start a business of his own.C）The man would like to be a high school teacher.D）The woman is going to major in child education.2.A）The furniture has to be rearranged.B）The sound equipment has to be set up.C）The conference room has to be cleaned.D）The video machine has to be checked.3.A）She is exhausted. C）She cannot finish work in time.B）She is near-sighted.D）She cannot go straight home.4.A）The woman is too particular about food.B）He would rather have a meal an hour later.C）The woman should order her food quickly.D）He usually prefers ice-cream to sandwiches.5.A）He is not a good mechanic. C）He spends his spare time doing repairs. B）He doesn’t keep his promises. D）He is always ready to offer help to others.6.A）Sam has a big family to support.B）Sam is not interested in traveling.C）The pay offer by the travel agency is too low.D）The work hours in the travel agency are too long.7.A）International trade. C）Financial consulting.B）Product development.D）Domestic retailing.8.A）Go on a business trip. C）Make a ticket reservation.B）Look for a job in Miami. D）T ake a vacation.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A）It is located on Route 18. C）It is a beautiful little town.B）It has an interesting museum. D）It lies seven miles east of Newton.10.A）They are in opposite directions. C）They are quite close to each other. B）They are fifty-five miles apart.D）They are a long drive from Norwalk.11. A）They are connected by Route 7. C）They have lots of old houses.B）They are crowded with tourists. D）They have many rare plants. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A）Bring him up to date on the current situation in Milan.B）Inform him of the arrangements for his trip in Italy.C）Fetch the documents signed by Mr Gartner.D）Acpany Mr Gartner to the Linate airport.13.A）About 8:30. C）About 5:30.B）About 6:30.D）About 4:15.14. A）Mr Gartner from Milan. C）The pany’s sales representative.B）Gianni Riva at Megastar. D）Gavin from the Chamber of merce.15.A）Travel agent. C）Secretary.B）Business manager.D）Saleswoman.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A）, B）, C）and D）. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A）She had a desire to help others. C）She needed some overseas experience. B）She wanted to find out more about it. D）She was interested in farming.17.A）Carry out a cultural exchange program. C）Learn Portuguese. B）Work on an agricultural project. D）Teach English.18.A）She found it difficult to secure a job in her own country.B）She wanted to renew her contact with the Peace Corps.C）She was invited to work as an English teacher.D）She could not get the country out of her mind.19.A）By teaching additional English classes.B）By writing stories for American newspapers.C）By working part time for the Peace Corps.D）By doing odd jobs for local institutions.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 20.A）Time spent exercising. C）Time spent on leisure activities. B）Time spent working. D）Time spent with friends and family. 21.A）Reading. C）Eating out.B）Surfing the Web. D）Watching TV.22.A）Driving. C）Going to the pub.B）Gardening. D）Visiting friends.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23.A）The car driver was trying to avoid hitting a rabbit.B）The car driver was partly responsible for the accident.C）McLaughlin was talking to his manager while driving.D）McLaughlin’s carelessness resulted in the collision.24.A）He crashed into a car parked there.C）He tore down the pany’s main gate. B）He knocked down several mailboxes.D）He did serious damage to a loaded truck.25.A）He will lose his job. C）He will be fined heavily.B）He will have to pay damages. D）He will receive retraining.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.When Captain Cook asked the chiefs in Tahiti why they always ate （26）__________, they replied, “Because it is right.”If we ask Americans why they eat with knives and forks, or why their men wear pants （27）__________ skirts, or why they may be married to only one person at a time, we are likely to get （28）__________ and very uninformative answers: “Because it’s right.”“Because that’s the way it’s done.”“Because it’s the （29）__________.”Or even “I don’t know.”The reason for these and countless other patterns of social behavior is that they are （30）__________ by social norms—shared rules or guidelines which prescribe the behavior that is appropriate in a given situation. Norms （31）__________ how people “ought”to behave under particular circumstances in a particular society. We conform （遵守）to norms so readily that we are hardly aware they （32）__________. In fact, we are much more likely to notice （33）__________ from norms than conformity to them. You would not be surprised if a stranger tried to shake hands when you were introduced, but you might be a little （34）__________ if they bowed, started to stroke you, or kissed you on both （35）__________. Yet each of these other forms of greeting is appropriate in other parts of the world. When we visit another society whose norms are different, we quickly bee aware that things we do this way, they do that way.Part III Reading prehension （40 minutes）Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.To get a sense of how women have progressed in science, take a quick tour of the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley. This is a storied place, the ___36___ of some of the most important discoveries in modern science—starting with Ernest Lawrence’s invention of the cyclotron （回旋加速器）in 1931.A generation ago, female faces were ___37___ and, even today, visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte Hall will see a full corridor of exhibits ___38___ the many distinguished physicists who made history here, ___39___ all of them white males.But climb up to the third floor and you’ll see a ___40___ display. There, among the photos of current faculty members and students, are portraits of the ___41___ head of the department, Marjorie Shapiro, and four other women whose research ___42___ everything from the mechanics of the universe to the smallest particles of matter. A sixth woman was hired just two weeks ago. Although they’re still only about 10 percent of the physics faculty, women are clearly a presence here. And the real ___43___ may be in the smaller photos to the right: graduate and undergraduate students, about 20 percent of them female. Every year Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the country’s top universities. That makes Shapiro optimistic, but also ___44___. “I believe things are getting better,”she says, “but they’re not getting better as ___45___ as I would like.”A）circumstanceI）honoringB）confidenceJ）hopeC）coversK）presentlyD）currentL）rareE）dealsM）realisticF）differentN）siteG）exposingO）virtuallyH）fastSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Is College a Worthy Investment?A）Why are we spending so much money on college? And why are we so unhappy about it? We all seem to agree that a college education is wonderful, and yet strangely we worry when we see families investing so much in this supposedly essential good. Maybe it’s time to ask a question that seems almost sacrilegious （大不敬的）: is all this investment in college education really worth it?B）The answer, I fear, is no. For an increasing number of kids, the extra time and money spent pursuing a college diploma will leave them worse off than they were before they set foot on campus.C）For my entire adult life, a good education has been the most important thing for middle-class households. My parents spent more educating my sister and me than they spent on their house, and they’re not the only ones... and, of course, for an increasing number of families, most of the cost of their house is actually the cost of living in a good school district. Questioning the value of a college education seems a bit like questioning the value of happiness, or fun.D）The average price of all goods and services has risen about 50 percent. But the price of a college education has nearly doubled in that time. Is the education that today’s students are getting twice as good? Are new workers twice as smart? Have they bee somehow massively more expensive to educate?E）Perhaps a bit. Richard Vedder, an Ohio University economics professor, says, “I look at the data, and I see college costs rising faster than inflation up to the mid-1980s by 1 percent a year. Now I see them rising 3 to 4 percent a year over inflation. What has happened? The federal government has started dropping money out of airplanes.”Aid has increased, subsidized （补贴的）loans have bee available, and “the universities have gotten the money.”Economist Bryan Caplan, who is writing a book about education, agrees: “It’s a giant waste of resources that will continue as long as the subsidies continue.”F）Promotional literature for colleges and student loans often speaks of debt as an“investment in yourself.”But an investment is supposed to generate ine to pay off the loans. More than half of all recent graduates are unemployed or in jobs that do not require a degree, and the amount of student-loan debt carried by households has increased more than five times since 1999. These graduates were told that a diploma was all they needed to succeed, but it won’t even get them out of the spare bedroom at Mom and Dad’s. For many, the most visible result of their four years is the loan payments, which now average hundreds of dollars a month on loan balances in the tens of thousands.G）It’s true about the money—sort of. College graduates now make 80 percent more than people who have only a high-school diploma, and though there are no precise estimates, the wage premium （高出的部分）for an outstanding school seems to be even higher. But that’s not true of every student. It’s very easy to spend four years majoring in English literature and e out no more employable than you were before you went in. Conversely, chemical engineers straight out of school can easily make almost four times the wages of an entry-level high-school graduate.H）James Heckman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, has examined how the returns on education break down for individuals with different backgrounds and levels of ability. “Even with these high prices, you’re still finding a high return for individuals who are bright and motivated,”he says. On the other hand, “if you’re not college ready, then the answer is no, it’s not worth it.”Experts tend to agree that for the average student, college is still worth it today, but they also agree thatthe rapid increase in price is eating up more and more of the potential return. For borderline students, tuition （学费）rise can push those returns into negative territory.I）Everyone seems to agree that the government, and parents, should be rethinking how we invest in higher education—and that employers need to rethink the increasing use of college degrees as crude screening tools for jobs that don’t really require college skills. “Employers seeing a surplus of college graduates and looking to fill jobs are just adding that requirement,”says Vedder. “In fact, a college degree bees a job requirement for being a bar-tender.”J）We have started to see some change on the finance side. A law passed in 2007 allows many students to cap their loan payment at 10 percent of their ine and forgives any balance after 25 years. But of course, that doesn’t control the cost of education; it just shifts it to taxpayers. It also encourages graduates to choose lower-paying careers, which reduces the financial return to education still further. “You’re subsidizing people to bee priests and poets and so forth,”says Heckman. “You may think that’s a good thing, or you may not.”Either way it will be expensive for the government.K）What might be a lot cheaper is putting more kids to work. Caplan notes that work also builds valuable skills—probably more valuable for kids who don’t naturally love sitting in a classroom. Heckman agrees wholeheartedly: “People are different, and those abilities can be shaped. That’s what we’ve learned, and public policy should recognize that.”L）Heckman would like to see more apprenticeship-style （学徒式）programs, where kids can learn in the workplace—learn not just specific job skills, but the kind of “soft skills,”like getting to work on time and getting along with a team, that are crucial for career success. “It’s about having mentors （指导者）and having workplace-based education,”he says. “Time and again I’ve seen examples of this kind of program working.”M）Ah, but how do we get there from here? With better public policy, hopefully, but also by making better individual decisions.”Historically markets have been able to handle these things,”says Vedder, “and I think eventually markets will handle this one. If it doesn’t improve soon, people are going to wake up and ask,‘Why am I going to college?’”46. Caplan suggests that kids who don’t love school go to work.47. An increasing number of families spend more money on houses in a good school district.48. Subsidized loans to college students are a huge waste of money, according to one economist.49. More and more kids find they fare worse with a college diploma.50. For those who are not prepared for higher education, going to college is not worth it.51. Over the years the cost of a college education has increased almost by 100%.52. A law passed recently allows many students to pay no more than one tenth oftheir ine for their college loans.53. Middle-class Americans have highly valued a good education.54. More kids should be encouraged to participate in programs where they can learn not only job skills but also social skills.55. Over fifty percent of recent college graduates remain unemployed or unable to find a suitable job.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A）, B）, C）and D）. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.A recent global survey of 2,000 high-net-worth individuals found that 60% were not planning on a traditional retirement. Among U.S. participants, 75% expected to continue working in some capacity even after stepping away from full-time jobs. “Many of these people made their wealth by doing something they’re passionate （有激情的）about,”says Daniel Egan, head of behavioral finance for Barclays Wealth Americas. “Given the choice, they prefer to continue working.”Barclays calls these people “nevertirees.”Unlike many Americans pelled into early retirement by pany restrictions, the average nevertiree often has no one forcing his hand. If 106-year-old investor Irving Kahn, head of his own family firm, wants to keep ing to work every day, who’s going to stop him? Seventy-eight-year-old Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s job security is guaranteed in the Constitution.It may seem that these elderly people are trying to cheat death. In fact, they are. And it’s working. Howard Friedman, a professor at UC Riverside, found in his research that those who work hardest and are successful in their careers often live the longest lives. “People are generally being given bad advice to slow down, take it easy, stop worrying, and retire to Florida,”he says. He described one study participant, still working at the age of 100, who was recently disappointed to see his son retire.“We’re beginning to see a change in how people view retirement,”says George Leeson, co-director of the Institute of Population Ageing at Oxford. Where once retirement was seen as a brief reward after a long struggle through some miserable job, it is now akin （近似）to being cast aside. What Leeson terms “the Warren Buffett effect”is being more broadly appealing as individuals e to “view retirement as not simply being linked to economic productivity but also about contribution.”Observers are split on whether this is a wholly good thing. On the one hand, panies and financial firms can benefit from the wisdom of a resilient （坚韧的）chief. On the other, the new generation can find it more difficult to advance—anargument that typically holds little sway to a nevertiree.56. What do we learn about the so-called”nevertirees”?A）They are passionate about making a fortune.B）They have no choice but to continue working.C）They love what they do and choose not to retire.D）They will not retire unless they are pelled to.57. What do Irving Kahn and Ruth Bader Ginsburg have in mon?A）Neither of them is subject to forced retirement.B）Neither of them desires reward for their work.C）Both cling to their positions despite opposition.D）Both are capable of coping with heavy workloads.58. What is the finding of Howard Friedman’s research?A）The harder you work, the bigger your fortune will be.B）The earlier you retire, the healthier you will be.C）Elderly people have to slow down to live longer.D）Working at an advanced age lengthens people’s life.59. What is the traditional view of retirement according to the passage? A）It means a burden to the younger generation.B）It is a symbol of a mature and civilized society.C）It is a pensation for one’s life-long hard work.D）It helps increase a nation’s economic productivity.60. What do critics say about “nevertirees”?A）They are an obstacle to a pany’s development.B）They lack the creativity of the younger generation.C）They cannot work as efficiently as they used to.D）They prevent young people from getting ahead.Passage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.When we talk about Americans barely into adulthood who are saddled with unbearable levels of debt, the conversation is almost always about student loan debt. But there’s a growing body of evidence suggesting that today’s young adults are also drowning in credit-card debt—and that many of them will take this debt to their graves.More than 20% overspent their ine by more than $100 every single month. Since they haven’t built up their credit histories yet, it’s a safe bet that these young adults are paying relatively high interest rates on the resulting credit card debt.Although many young people blame “socializing”as a barrier to saving money, most of them aren’t knocking back $20 drinks in trendy （时尚的）lounges. They’re struggling with much more daily financial demands.To a disturbingly large extent, the young and the broke are relying on credit cards to make it until their next payday. This obviously isn’t sustainable in the long run, and it’s going to put a huge drag on their spending power even after theyreach their peak earning years, because they’ll still be paying interest on that bottle of orange juice or box of spaghetti （意式面条）they bought a decade earlier.A new study out of Ohio State University found that young adults are accumulating credit card debt at a more rapid rate than other age groups, and that they’re slower at paying it off. “If what we found continues to hold true, we may have more elderly people with substantial financial problems in the future,”warns Lucia Dunn, professor of economics at Ohio State. “If our findings persist, we may be faced with a financial crisis among elderly people who can’t pay off their credit cards.”Dunn says a lot of these young people are never going to get out from under their credit card debt. “Many people are borrowing on credit cards so heavily that payoff rates at these levels are not sufficient to recover their credit card debt by the end of their life, which could have loss implications for the credit card issuing banks.”61. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?A）Many young Americans will never be able to pay off their debts.B）Credit cards play an increasingly important role in college life.C）Credit cards are doing more harm than student loans.D）The American credit card system is under criticism.62. Why do young people have to pay a higher interest on their credit card debt? A）They tend to forget about the deadlines.B）They haven’t developed a credit history.C）They are often unable to pay back in time.D）They are inexperienced in managing money.63. What is said to be the consequence of young adults relying on credit cards to make ends meet?A）It will place an unnecessary burden on society.B）It will give them no motivation to work hard.C）It will exert psychological pressure on them.D）It will affect their future spending power.64. What will happen to young adults if their credit card debt keeps accumulating according to Lucia Dunn?A）They will have to pay an increasingly higher interest rate.B）They may experience a financial crisis in their old age.C）Their quality of life will be affected.D）Their credit cards may be cancelled.65. What does Lucia Dunn think might be a risk for the credit card issuing banks? A）They go bankrupt as a result of over-lending.B）They lose large numbers of their regular clients.C）Their clients leave their debts unpaid upon death.D）Their interest rates have to be reduced now and then.Part IV Translation （30 minutes）Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.许多人喜欢中餐。
13年4级真题及答案解析
13年4级真题及答案解析自从1978年开始，英语四级考试（CET-4）已经成为国内高校的一项必考科目。
随着时间的推移，CET-4考试的知名度和重要性逐渐提高。
对于考生来说，了解历年的真题以及对于这些真题的解析非常有益。
本文将对2013年的CET-4真题进行分析和解答，帮助考生更好地理解考试内容和提升考试技巧。
第一部分：听力2013年的CET-4听力部分一共有四篇短文，分别介绍了不同的主题。
第一篇短文是关于电影票预售的，主要提到如何通过网络预订电影票。
第二篇短文主要介绍了美国大学的夏令营项目，以及如何申请参加夏令营。
第三篇短文主要讲述了野生动物的保护工作。
最后一篇短文讲述了一个人在新西兰长途跋涉的经历。
在答题技巧方面，考生首先需要抓住听对话的关键词，然后理解对话的主题及内容。
在听力过程中，考生可以做一些笔记来帮助记忆。
同时，掌握常用的听力表达方式，如“First of all”和“In addition”等，可以帮助考生更好地理解对话。
第二部分：阅读理解CET-4阅读理解部分共有三篇文章，分别涉及文化、教育和科技等不同领域的话题。
文章主要通过提问和选项的形式来考察考生对文章的理解和推理能力。
在解答阅读理解题时，首先需要明确问题与答案间的逻辑关系。
其次，要扩大阅读范围，将关键信息与文章中的其他内容联系起来。
最后，要注意选项中的转折词或关联词，这些词汇往往能够帮助找到正确答案。
第三部分：综合填空2013年CET-4综合填空部分主要考察考生对句子结构、词汇搭配和语法规则的理解。
这部分一共有三个句子，每个句子有十个空缺，考生需要根据句意和上下文，在四个选项中选择最合适的单词或短语来填空。
在解答这部分题目时，考生可以通过排除法来确定正确答案。
同时，了解常见的固定搭配和语法规则也是非常有帮助的。
第四部分：作文2013年CET-4作文的题目是“大学生就业压力”。
作文要求考生就大学生就业压力的原因、表现和解决方法进行阐述。
大学英语四级考试真题2013
大学英语四级考试真题2013深度解析与备考策略The College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) in 2013 was a significant milestone for many students pursuing their higher education in English. This article aims to provide a detailed analysis of the exam questions, along with effective preparation strategies for future CET-4 candidates.**Listening Comprehension**The listening section of the CET-4 often tests the student's ability to understand recorded materials in various contexts. It is essential to practice listening to native speakers, familiarizing oneself with common accents and speeds. Additionally, practicing with past CET-4 listening materials can help students familiarize themselves with the test format and improve their listening skills.**Reading Comprehension**The reading section评估了学生的阅读速度和理解能力。
To excel in this section, students should practice reading awide range of materials, including newspapers, magazines, and novels. This will help them improve their vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension skills. Moreover, practicingwith past CET-4 reading materials will familiarize students with the test format and help them identify common patterns and techniques used in the exam.**Translation**The translation section tests the student's ability to translate English sentences into Chinese and vice versa. To prepare for this section, students should focus onimproving their vocabulary and grammar skills. Additionally, they should practice translating both simple and complex sentences, paying attention to the accuracy of their translations.**Writing**The writing section评估了学生的写作能力。
大学英语一(4套AB卷试题及答案)1
大学英语一〔1-A单选题1.I was afraid ________ being off by myself, away from my family for the first timeA. ofB. atC. butD. that2.I soon learned that my life was ________ me.A. up toB. towardC. out forD. onto3.As a result, I began to look upon myself ________ a different perspective.A. atB. toC. fromD. around4.____________ Louis went to his father’s workshop.A. Three-years-oldB. Three year oldC. Three-year oldD. Three-year-old5.One day, the pastor of Louis church told his parents _______ a school for the blind in ParisA. aboutB. onC. ofD. to6.Louis thought the officer‘s code was slow and the dashes took _______ too much space.A. outB. upC. downD. away7.The child __________ and fell down on the ice.A. slippedB. sprangC. stoppedD. fitted8.The poor boy was __________ with hunger and cold.A. faintedB. curiousC. shockedD. blunt9.Jenny ____________ to pass her driving test on the fifth attempt.A. managedB. controlledC. handledC. handled10.When the teacher ___________ the classroom, all the students stood up.A. cameB. arrivedC. appearedD. entered多选题1.What was the author of A Transition Point in My Life afraid of when entering college?A. Being away from homeB. Being not so smart as the new schoolmatesC. Being surrounded by the people he didn‘t know.D. Being unable to do well in his studies2.What did the writer of A Transition Point in My Life do in order to do well in his studies?A. Asking his friends to helpB. Going to class on timeC. Doing his assignment and handing them in.D. Making notes3.Why does Alexis Walton think that higher learning is necessary in today‘s society?A. Maintaining assurance of ourselvesB. Making other people confused.C. Becoming good at math.D. Making us be familiar with our environment and everyone in it.4. A university professor is different from a high school teacher in that ___________.A. he knows more about the subject he teachesB. he teaches his students how to learn the subjectC. he helps his students to study by themselvesD. he writes books for his students5.Braille was _____________.A. the only sun of the familyB. youngest child in the familyC. slow in his class because of his blindnessD. helped with his homework by his sisters and a friend6.Books for the blind to read in the Paris school _____________.A. were big and heavyB. were written with large and raised lettersC. were only of 14D. took much time to read7.Braille system___________.A. consists of dots and dashesB. was created when Braille was 15C. is only used in FranceD. uses six dots to express different letters8.For hundreds of years, people in Europe and America ____________ .A. thought tomatoes were poisonousB. did like the colour of tomatoesC. did not dare to eat tomatoesD. rejected to plant tomatoes9.The Wright brothers tried ______________ .A. automobilesB. kitesC. glidersD. The Wright Flyer10.What decisions did the author of A Transition Point in My Life have to make?A. When to go to bedB. When to eat, when and what to drink.C. What courses to take.D. With whom to be friendly是非题1.Short after you left, a girl came into our office looking for you.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误2.When you‘re away from your family, you have to be responsible to yourself.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误3.Tom fell and broke his leg. As a result, he would have to be away from school for a monthor twoY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误4.My friend told me how to play the game long ago, but I have forgotten it now.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误5.The earth is surrounding by air, which makes up its atmosphere.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误6.The book says that modern music was first developped in Italy.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误7.Don‘t you think watching TV has taken up too much of your time?Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误8."记着到那儿以后给我写信"的正确译文是：Remember to write to me when you will get home.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误9.The message had spread among the soldiers before they were delivered to the officers.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误10.Did it still rain when you came in?Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误大学英语一〔1-B单选题：1.When I first entered college as a freshman, I was afraid _______ I was not ableto do well in my studies.A. ofB. atC. butD. that2.I would have to make friends _______ them and perhaps also compete ______ themfor grades.A. to…forB. w ith…withC. at…toD. to…to3.However, after a short period of time, I had my life ___________ control.A. inB. atC. underD. within4.I really was not certain what I would do with the years _________ me.A. in the front ofB. ahead ofC. out ofD. away from5.Louis’s father was a saddle maker who made items out ________ leather.A. fromB. byC. throughD. of6.It took the workers two years ___________ the bridge.A. buildingB. builtC. buildD. to build7.It suddenly came _________ me that Mary hates fish.A. forB. atC. towardD. to8.The news has already _________ all over the country.A. imitatedB. spreadC. shockedD. increased9.Women, _________ men, have the right to work.A. as soon asB. as long asC. as far asD. as well as10.I had to work hard to ____________ the other students.A. keep away fromB. keep up withC. keep backD. keep out多选题1.How did the author of A Transition Point in My Life manage his college life?A. Set a study program.B. Buy some interesting books.C. Decide when to go to bedD. Go to class on time2.What mistakes did the writer of A Transition Point in My Life make at first?A. Taking his courses improperly.B. Using his time improperlyC. Staying in the dorm all dayD. Spending too much time making friends.3.What does Alexis Walton plan to do after his graduation after high school?A. Go to college.B. Pursue higher learningC. Begin a careerD. Make history in his family4.Devlin‘s Advice is written for the students _____________ .A. who have just finished their high school educationB. who have finished their college educationC. who have just entered collegeD. who were the freshmen in colleges5.Devlin‘s advice includes the pieces of _____________.A. being successfulB. enjoying your college lifeC. working hard at the subjects you don‘t likeD. taking college as the pre-life6.Braille was blind ________________.A. because he was born soB. because his father injured his eyes by accidentC. because he himself injured one of his eyes accidentally when he was threeD. because his good eye was infected and lost its sight7.How di d Braille think about Charles Barbier‘s alphabet code?A. Complicated.B. The dashes took up much spaceC. UselessD. Slow to read8.According to Michael William, tomatoes were first found _______________.A. in North AmericaB. in Central AmericaC. in South AmericaD. growing wild in Peru9.Which of the following statement is true?A. A woman got fainted when biting a tomato.B. The courthouse tried the case whether tomatoes could be eatenC. Today‘s tomatoes are massively consumed at tables.D. Robert Johnson co rrected the people‘s false attitude toward tomatoes.10.Flyer II was better than The Wright Flyer in that _____________.A. it had a stronger bodyB. its engine was more powerfulC. it could stay longer in the airD. it could change directions more easily 是非题1.George is a very smart boy; he is one of the best student in his class.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误2.John was so comfortable and warm in bed that he didn’t want to get upY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误3.The boy said that he wanted to be a computer scientist when he grew upY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误4.In additionally, I have something else to do this weekendY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误5."他们把数学老师视为他们最好的老师"的译文:They looked upon their math teacheras their best friend.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误6.My finger was injured when I tried to collect the broken glass by hand.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误7.I don‘t think quarrels will ever lead to any good results.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误8.Wanted very much to read himself, Louis decided to create a better way of readingfor the blindY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误9.It is fitting that October 1, the birthday of the People’s Republic of China,is picked up as the National DayY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误10.He is leaving for Beijing tomorrow morning.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误大学英语一〔2-A一、单选题1.__________ of us know what has happened in that place. It is no use asking ussuch a questionA. FewB. A fewC. LittleD. A little2.I send you my best wishes on ___________ of your silver wedding anniversaryA. occasionB. caseC. the caseD. the occasion3.There are so many reasons to say thank you. You were always there when you were________A. neededB. needingC. to needD. need4.The film reminded him __________ what he had seen in ChinaA. toB. forC. atD. of5.Nothing could keep their son _________ going abroad.A. forB. ofC. fromD. out6.She was running __________ outside her house, shouting for help.A. from and toB. to and fromC. up and downD. down and up7.I prefer to live in the countryside ___________ spend a lot of time travellingto work every dayA. instead ofB. would ratherC. rather thanD. to8.Believe it or not, our foreign teacher is quite _____________ cooking Chinesedishes.A. skill forB. skilled atC. well atD. nice on9.Mary _______ for the Normans for six months now. She _________ theNormans‘ rooms every dayA. works…cleansB. has worked…is cleaningC. has worked…cleansD. has working…clean10.While I was sitting there, I examined every part of the room with my eyes" canbe changed into__________.A.While I sat there, examining every part of the room with my eyesB.I sat there, examined every part of the room with my eyesC.While sitting there, I examined every part of the room with my eyesD.I sitting there, I examined every part of the room with my eyes二、多选题1.When Bob Burns was a boy, he occasionally had ____________ on his bodyA. bumpsB. scrapesC. inkD. cuts2.What does Bob Burns think of his mother?A. Gentle.B. Hard on her children.C. Best mother.D. Helpful.3.Wyverne Fla tt‘s four grandparents wanted to arrange for each kid to be placed_____________.A. in the neighbourhoodB. in an orphanageC. with a different uncle and auntD. with themselves4.Why did the man‘s business become so welcomed?A.He brought pleasure to his children.B.He got pleasure from his children.C.He served the customers pleasantly.D.His service was excellent5.Which of the following phrases describe the characters of Lisa‘s mother?A. A bargain shopper.B. Shy.C. Loving to socialize.D. Tolerant.6.Which of the following are the basic skills for running?A. Speed.B. EnduranceC. BalanceD. Gravity7.How to use gravity pull to save one‘s energy when running?A.Lean forward enoughB. Swing arms long to keep balanceC. Keep the leaning position in the entire courseD. Jump at times8.In Exercise: What Can It Do for You, people believe that exercise can help thembecome ________A. attractiveB. relaxedC. tallerD. healthy9.You can become relaxed by ___________.A. not smokingB. exerciseC. positive attitudeD. good diet10.If you have decided to begin your walking routine, you should ________A.pay attention to the weatherB. choose proper shoesC. set practical goalsD. find a good place三、是非题1.He didn‘t speak for long, but everything he said was around the pointY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误2.The monitor will be in charge when the teacher leaves the classroom.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误3."The most difficult thing is to decide" can be changed into "Nothing is sodifficult as to decide".Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误4.During the winter I decided that I would grow tomatoes when summer cameY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误5.The odd couple‘s personalities are quiet different.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误6.Most sports require athletes to be skilled at both speed or endurance.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误7.She seems so quiet, but actual she likes to talk.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误8.Tom was hit by a car when he was crossing the streetY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误9.What about reducing stress by exercising?Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误10.The body doesn‘t really start burning its fat stores untill after 30 minutesof activity.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误大学英语一〔2-B一、单选题1.The country didn‘t want to get caught __________ in another country’s warA. downB. upC. outD. outside2.He often takes weekends __________ his motherA. in visitingB. on visitingC. to visitD. visit3.Your contract is _________ and I think you have to look for another jobA. duingB. duedC. dueD. to due4.There was nothing quite so humbling ________ standing outside my elementaryschool classroom.A. soB. asC. thatD. upto5.But you were never _______ busy to help with a problem, or just give a hand.A. soB. tooC. suchD. much6.You can become a faster runner __________ learning and practicing runningtechniques.A. byB. withC. inD. through7.The disease is commonly ____________ heart attackA. know ofB. known asC. known forD. know as8.Is there anything ____________ that you like to do this afternoon?A. specialB. speciallyC. especialD. especially9.When we were kids, we ______ to Beijing for our holidays, but I ______ therefor years.A. go…am notB. went…did not goC. gone…haven‘t beenD. went…haven‘t been10.Actually, the less she worried, ____________.A. the better she didB. she did betterC. she did the betterD. the better she does二、多项题1.Bob Burns has the following reasons to say "Thank you" to his motherA.His mother tended him very well when he was hurt in his boyhood.B.She kept him on the straight pathC.She mentioned him that he was in charge when he grew upD.She taught him by taking herself as an example2.What did Bob Burns‘ mother do for him when he was youngA. The laundry.B. The cooking and cleaningC. Letting him learn the basics in the kitchenD. Chiding him gently but right to the point3.I need some time to ____________ what has just happenedA. doB. think aboutC. reflect onD. think4.What did the children do to help the family?A. CookingB. Making farming equipmentC. FarmingD. Laundry5.Lisa Giacomo regards her parents as "an odd couple" because they are oppositein ___________.A. personalitiesB. attitude toward moneyC. temperamentsD. clothing6.Which of the following phrases describe the characters of Lisa‘s fatherA. ConservativeB. Fond of champagne.C. A house bookkeeperD. Stubborn7.When sprinting, an athlete uses his ___________ to gain his top speed.A. heelsB. armsC. padD. toes8. A football player needs __________.A. speedB. thick legsC. enduranceD. powerful fists9.Practically,____________ can change your appearance a bitA. weight-liftingB. readingC. dietingD. exercise10.In Walk, Don‘t Run, walking is believed to be good for___________.A. heartB. weight lossC. helping solve problemsD. big appetite三、是否题1.Thank you for reminding me that someone is waiting for me in the officeY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误2.With no one taking care of him, the boy had to be on one‘s own after his father‘sdeathY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误3.This was given to me as a present on the occasion of I graduation from high schoolY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误4.Our computer was broken and we hoped the new one will arrive soonY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误5.This man‘s work had been the lonely but joyful task of raising his family.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误6.Speed is the measure of how fast a person can runY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误7.But as with any other athletic skill, the more often one practices, the betterone becomes.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误8.This word has four seperate meaningsY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误9.Americans of all ages are running, jumping, and lifting weights to keeping inshape.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误10.These running techniques sound easy to learn and practice, but in a matter offact they are rather difficult.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误大学英语一〔3-A单选题1.The old farmer sent _______ his sons to come to his bedside, as he wished to speak to them.A. forB. awayC. offD. to2.I‘ve told you __________ not to play with fire, but you n ever listen to me.A. many timeB. now and thenC. time and time againD. here and there3.There are many interesting English books in my library. You can _________ a few to read inyour vacation.A. pick upB. pick outC. pick atD. pick apart4._______ the accident happened.A. After soonB. Soon afterC. Soon afterwardsD. Afterwards soon5.The younger brother spent much time ___________ the carambola tree and gained a good harvestA. to care forB. caring forC. cared forD. to caring for6.At last I‘ve managed ___________ my fear of public speaking.A. to overcomeB. to overworkC. to overdoD. to outcompete7.Did hear what _____________ David last night?A. happened toB. was happening toC. happened onD. was happening on8.He is staying at home these days. His arm hasn‘t healed ________ the injury.A. overB. fromC. offD. on9.At the stair corner, a running girl __________ and scattered the books in my arm onto thestepsA. ran over meB. happened on meC. clashed to meD. bumped into10.Though in great pain, he forced himself to exercise ______ and finally took a few painfulstepsA. daysB. everydayC. daylyD. daily多选题1.In The Treasure in the Orchard, the dying man ___________. 选BC也对A. was middle-agedB. had two sonsC. had an orchardD. had buried some treasure in the orchard2.What kinds of fruit grew in the orchard?A. bananasB. applesC. cherriesD. oranges3.When the two sons were digging up for the treasure, they _______________ .A. were in fact weeding the orchardB. found some precious stonesC. were getting rid of the stones in the orchardD. could sometimes rest in the tree shade4.At last the two sons found_________ .A. the treasure was some special stonesB. the treasure was that they had become good farmersC. the precious stones his father had hiddenD. the treasure was the good harvest after their hard work5.Choose the true statements about the connection between the younger brother and the carambolatree.A. He spent all his time caring for the tree.B. He hoped the tree would bear a rich crop of fruit.C. He decided to sell the fruit to his greedy brotherD. The carambola tree finally brought him some gold coins.6.In A Dinner of Smells, the poor man __________ . 选BC也对A. was a special person who could steal smellsB. had no money to pay for the smellC. couldn‘t sleep because the rest aurant owner would take him to the court the next morningD. begged the wise mullah to pay for him7.While running, Ashley Hodgeson thought _____________ . 选BC也对A. The "Hooray!" from the crowd was the loudest she had ever heardB. she could beat the girl ahead of her in the next year, but not that momentC. the crowd would keep watching her running until the last minuteD. she would not compete in track the next year8.Ashley Hodgeson __________ .A. lost the raceB. told the crowd her foot was injuredC. won the crowd‘s respect for her courageD. the running is not worthwhile9.Ashley Hodgeson concluded from the racing that ____________ .A. kindness and confidence make difference to peopleB. strength and courage are not always measured in medals and victoriesC. you would defeat the others if you kept onD. participants〔参与者should not try to win the race10.The leg-injuring boy __________ before he became a world-class runnerA. exercised every dayB. took painful stepsC. threw away crutches and tried to walk independentlyD. practiced running是非题1.We didn‘t consider him for the job, not because he was inexperienced, but because he didn‘tdo well in the test.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误2.We elected John the captain of our football teamY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误3.He wants me to give up my job when we are married, but I could never agree to that.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误4."挣些外快"can be translated into "earn some extra money".Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误5.Owing to the storm, the flight was delayed for one and a half hours.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误6.I‘ve voiced my opinion at every meeting I‘ve attended to.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误7.I wouldn‘t lose courage even if I should fail ten times.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误8.What would you do if you were in his position?Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误9.Mike, rather than his brothers, is responsible for the loss.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误10.If it had not been for your help, I would have failed.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误大学英语一〔3-B单选题1.____________ the students‘ request, the teacher has begun to give them more chances to speakin class.A. To answer toB. To reply toC. In responsibility forD. In answer to2.The kid __________ his homework immediately after getting home from school.A. set upB. set toC. set offD. set out3.But I‘ve hidden a treasure in my orchard __________ you ___________.A. of…to findB. for…findC. of…findingD. for…to find4.The price was fair. And they ___________ the bargain delightedly.A. agreedB. deniedC. acceptD. struck5.I will pay you in pure gold ________ .A. to what I eatB. for what I eatC. to what do I eatD. for what do I eat6.He helped us entirely out of ________ , not for moneyA. kindB. kindlyC. kinderD. kindness7.After five miles, Tara felt tired and started to ___________A. leave behindB. keep behindC. stay behindlyD. fall behind8.Hurry up! Everyone is waiting ___________.A. for you finishing your make-upB. for you to finish your make-upC. for you to have finished your make-upD. for your finish9.It is part of a teacher‘s job _________ self-confidence _________ his or her students.A. to place … onB. to put … intoC. to instill … inD. to jam … into10.Looking deep _________ his student‘s eyes, the teacher said seriously, "T ell me the truth."A. atB. forC. ontoD. into多选题1.___________ believed it had always been a good orchard for years.A. The fatherB. One of the two sonsC. Both of the sonsD. Neither the father nor his two sons2.The treasure was supposed to have been hidden _____________ .A. right under the treesB. closely near the treesC. in the midway between two treesD. not too far from the trunks3.The orchard had a wonderful harvest after the father‘s death because __________ .选BC也可以A. the father had buried some treasure in itB. the weather was so favourableC. the two sons spent much time digging up the treasure without realizing they were in factcaring for the orchardD. no one disturbed them4.In The Golden Carambola Tree, the parents left ___________ to their two sons after their deathA. coinsB. goldC. housesD. land5.After exchanging〔交换his fortune with his younger brother, the greedy brother _________A. also found a chance to collect gold coins on the islandB. picked handfuls of coins for each piece of his fruitC. was brought home on the back of the phoenix successfullyD. had more than enough wealth, but he did not share it with his brother6.In Tracking Down My Dream, the writer __________.A. took part in a national meetB. took a 3200-meter raceC. had a strong desire to attend the sports meetD. fell behind ever since the beginning7.The enthusiastic cheer at the ending of Ashley Hodgeson‘s race was _________ .选BC也可以A. for the boysB. for Ashley HodgesonC. as loud as the one for the first girl who passed the finish lineD. the loudest one she had ever heard8.The girl bumped into Ashley Hodgeson and said __________A. they were cheering for herB. Ashley Hodgeson had got courageC. she would have quit if she were Ashley HodgesonD. she would take Ashley Hodgeson as an example9.The world-class runner ___________ .选BC也可以A. was naughty<淘气的in his boyhoodB. had suffered a serious burning injury when he was a boyC. his legs were nearly to be amputatedD. was trained to be a racing athlete by a doctor10.Socrates _________ .A. was the wisest of the townB. liked to teach his students by illustrationC. wanted to drown〔溺死the boyD. taught the boy how to survive when under water是非题1.This is the most difficult exercise he has yet done.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误2.I‘m tired of travelling; I‘d like to settling down in a small town.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误3.We‘d better start work straight away. Here, "straight away" means "directly off".Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误4.You will have to buy some new shoes as these are used up.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误5.Scientist are interested in finding out if or not the earth‘s temperature is beginning toriseY. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误6.I often mistake her as her sister on the phone.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误7.This book is as more interesting as the one I read last week.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误8.Several of the students was absent.Y. 对<没有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误N. 错<有语法. 搭配或拼写等错误。
2013年四级模拟试卷及答案
大学四级模拟Part ⅠWritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On lnternet Rumors. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:1.最近网络上的谣言比较多2.这种现象可有造成危害3.解决这一问题的办法On Internet RumorsPart ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)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 8-20, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Community College SqueezeEighteen-year-old Jenna Tibbitts has a near-perfect GPA(Grade Point Average), and her parents can afford to send her to the four-year university of her choice. But the New Jersey senior is opting instead to attend nearby Atlantic Cape Community College on a scholarship for two years before transferring to a four-year school so that she can reduce the overall cost of her education. "It just makes more sense," Tibbitts says.Similarly, Sarah Tibbling, 18, an honor student from Vernon, N.J., plans to attend Sussex County Community College next fall,a move she sees as a stepping-stone on the way to getting her degree at a four-year institution. "Community college is more popular with students these days," she says, and that's reduced some of the negative stigma (污名)." It's no longer considered a place for lower-level students."Like Tibbling and Tibbitts, high-achieving high-school graduates nationwide are increasingly putting four-year institutions on hold and enrolling at community colleges for part of their education. According to a survey from the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, nearly one-fifth of private colleges and universities reported a smaller than anticipated freshman class this fall. At the same time, the American Association of Community Colleges reports that community-college enrollment rose 8 to 10 percent. That's not unexpected--community-college enrollment usually climbs during a down economy as newly unemployed workers look to get additional training. But normally, the age of the average student rises, whereas this time around, the average age on campus has remained low because there are so many more traditional-aged students, say administrators. "The segment of fresh high-school graduates is growing fast," says Anson Smith, public relations coordinator for Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, Conn.Community-college administrators are thrilled to attract top performers,but they also worry that the influx (涌进) of students who can afford other options is squeezing out the disadvantaged students such schools were built to serve. Most community colleges have open admission--no SAT(Scholastic Aptitude Test)or GPA required--but classroom slots fill up on a rolling basis. "Unfortunately for students who can't make plans in advance, they will get to the doors and find out there is no room," says Northern Virginia Community College President Robert Templin. Many students typically register for classes later on because they're unprepared to navigate the system, he says, and they're often first-generation college students or coming from underperforming high schools. While administrators like Templin have made efforts to reach out to less-advantaged students earlier in high school,he says it's difficult to offer individualized support to a burgeoning (生机勃勃的) prospective student population. "Many community-colleges administrators are very fearful that middle class students will come and squeeze out poorer and moderate-income students," he says.At most schools, the pressure is mounting. Community-college enrollment spiked this fall, but the schools were already experiencing a trend of increased enrollment. From 2000 to 2006, enrollment grew 10 percent, according to the most recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics. George Boggs, president of the American Association of Community Colleges, attributes the growth to changes in the general perception of community colleges. "Our reputation has continued to improve," he says. According to a 2008 report from the Department of Education, the proportion of high-school seniors with high standardized-test scores and strong overall qualifications enrolling in community colleges has grown since 1992.The report also found that two-thirds of students who apply to community colleges intend to go on to earn a four- year degree at another institution. Still, some college counselors remain wary about advising high-performing students to take this route. "The community college may not be a good academic fit for all students," says Bob Bardwell, a guidance counselor in Monson,Mass. "Some complain it's not challengingenough." Furthermore, he adds, students often find it's not as easy to transfer into the four-year schools they want as they might have thought.But just when their profile is improving and demand is climbing, community colleges are seeing their resources disappear. The struggling economy has prompted state and local government, the main revenue source for most community colleges, to cut back on budgets, which means freezing new hires and slashing class sections. "The funding gets cut at the worst possible time," says Boggs. According to a 2007 survey conducted by the National Council of State Directors of Community Colleges, 16 states reported that they lacked the capacity to meet the projected community- college needs of high-school graduates in their states. Leo Chavez, president of Sierra College in Rocklin, Calif., is bracing for further budget cuts, though he already had to turn away many prospective students this fall. "We have students coming to us in droves," he says."It's really a crisis. Applications are rising dramatically and, at the same time, we are reducing what we can offer."As is the case nationwide, in California, applications are already pouring in for the fall 2009 semester; the state's Community College League estimates that up to 250,000 students will have to be turned away. Simone The lemaque, 24, of Palo Alto,Calif. ,knows that frustration firsthand. She worked as a waitress to save enough money for classes at nearby Foothill College. But when she went to register in July, two months before the start of the semester, she was already too late. Her math and English classes were already at capacity. "It's really discouraging," she says. Unlike some other students,she can't afford to take classes anywhere else. But Thelemaque hasn't given up. She's hoping to get the classes this upcoming semester and if she can't, she'll try again next year. She's determined to get a college degree, because it's what she needs to get her dream job:she wants to be a teacher.1.Why does Jenna Tibbitts choose to attend Atlantic Cape Community College first instead of the four-year university'?A) She has a near-perfect GPA. B) Her parents are worried about her safety.C) She wants to reduce the cost. D) She is not ready to go to university.2.What does Sarah Tibbling say about community college?A) It's just a stepping-stone to society.B) It's more popular than a four-year institution.C) It's the only way to getting a higher degree.D) It was once considered a place for poor-achieving students. 3.What did the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities find about some private colleges and universities?A) Their enrollments decrease. B) Their enrollments climb up.C) Their students' average age rises. D) Their students' average age remains low.4.Why has the average age on community college campus remained low this year?A) There are fewer unemployed workers.B) The recession drives people to get training early.C) There are more fresh high-school graduates.D) There are fewer adult students for additional training.5.The original purpose of community colleges was to serve______.A) the underperforming students B) the top graduatesC) the students from poor families D) the middle-class students6.According to George Boggs, what has contributed to the increasing enrollments of community colleges?A) The improved reputation of the community colleges.B) The rapid growth of the economy.C) The high standardized-test scores of students.D) The increased number of fresh high-school graduates.7.What do some students complain about community college according to Bob Bardwell?A) Its tuition fee is too high to be afforded.B) Its courses are targeted at high-performing students.C) Its facilities are not enough for everyone.D) Its courses are not challenging enough.8.According to Leo Chavez, due to budget cuts, his community college has to turn down many______.9.Simone Thelemaque failed in applying for Foothill College because she was______for registration.10.Before Simone Thelemaque could get her dream job,she has to get______.Part ⅣReading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank followingthe passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre .You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Species can respond to global warming in two ways: adapt and survive, or die. Biologists foresee climate change driving many species to (47) over the next century,especially those that are unable to adjust (48) enough. Plants and animals evolved to (49) in specific ecological environment, and while some may adapt to new environments--and many have already--for many others, it will take time. But the changes driven by human-generated greenhouse gases may be coming on too fast.That's exactly what appears to be happening with the worldwide lizard (蜥蜴) population. A few years ago, a team of herpetologists (爬虫学家) first noticed a suspicious pattern of extinctions among populations of European lizards. At the time,it wasn't (50) why they were dying--it could have been global warming,but it also could have been disease or loss of habitat. So researchers set out to get the hard evidence, ultimately launching a global study that (51) drew in more than two dozen scientists from around the world.The results,appearing in the May 14 issue of Science, are (52) :populations of lizards have been lost on five continents over the past few decades, and based on these extinction patterns--and the current (53) of global warming--scientists (54) that by 2080 nearly 40% of all lizard populations and 20% of lizard species could vanish. Given that lizards are a key (55) of food for many birds, snakes and other animals, and are important predators of insects,the (56) of these animals could have major influence up and down the food chain.A) clear I) predictB) distinguish J) disappearanceC) extinction K) expectD) vividly L) surviveE) eventually M) sourceF) believable N) dramaticG) rapidly O) rateH) originSection BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A ), B), C)and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage One"Do you know what the most complex mass of protoplasm (原生质) on earth is?"Marian Diamond asks her students on the first day of anatomy class as she casually opens a flowery hatbox and lifts out a preserved human brain. "This mass only weighs 3 lb., and yet it has the capacity to conceive of a universe a billion light-years across. Isn't that marvelous?"Diamond is an esteemed neuroanatomist (神经解剖学家) and one of the most admired professors at the University of California, Berkeley. It would be a privilege for anyone to sit in on her lectures. And, in fact, anyone can. Videos of her popular course are available free online, part of a growing movement by academic institutions worldwide to open their once exclusive halls to all who want to peek inside. In March,YouTube launched an education hub called YouTube Edu, dedicated exclusively to videos from the more than 100 schools--ranging from Grand Rapids Community College to Harvard Business School--that have set up official channels on the site. Liberated from the stew of pop-culture vlogs (视频博客) and silly cat videos, the collection highlights how much free education is out there.The bigger question is, why have colleges started posting all this stuff at no charge? "Schools have always wanted to have their own area where they could be among their peer institutions and help with the discovery of their content," says Obadiah Greenberg,who leads the project at YouTube.The volume of YouTube Edu's content, which includes campus tours and other nonacademic material, can be overwhelming, but the view-count sorting feature helps users quickly locate must-see videos, which they can comment on and rate on a five-star scale.There is clearly a big appetite for all kinds of online lectures. But one of the most interesting consequences of open courseware may be its impact on teachers,who have a new way to get feedback--and exposure."It used to be that research was No. 1. Now people are working harder to be better teachers," Diamond says. Sifting through e-mails, the 82-year-old professor reads overmessages she's saved from students and teachers who watched her lectures from as far away as England and Egypt. "At this time of life, when everybody else is retiring and stepping aside, thinking they've done it all, you're getting this worldwide connection. It's beautiful."57. Why can anyone have the privilege to listen to Diamond's lecture?A) Everyone can have the opportunity to tour around the campus.B) Her university opens its door to all who want to study there.C) Videos of her courses are now available to people online.D) She has been touring around the world to give lectures.58. What do we know about YouTube Edu?A) It is aimed to open lectures to all who want to have a look.B) It helps many schools to set up official channels online.C) Viewers can comment on the videos of courses on the site.D) It is a collection of pop-culture vlogs and fun videos.59.According to Greenberg,colleges post the courses online for free to______.A) claim its status in a particular area B) attract potential studentsC) follow the innovation in education D) share their intellectual property60.According to the passage, how could students find the most popular videos quickly in YouTube Edu?A) By entering the title of the video. B) By referring to the view-count sorting.C) By reading the viewers' comments. D) By using an open courseware.61.What is the positive influence the online video courses have on teachers?A) They can pay more attention to research.B) They can know better about students' responses.C) They can delay their retiring time.D) They can connect worldwide teachers together.Passage TwoAdmit it: at some point in your life, you've been completely obsessed. Obsessed with a particular project perhaps, or a great author,or that hot senior who smiled at you once when you were a freshman. Obsession is common and typically harmless, often a powerful motivator and a source of artistic inspiration. Yet its extremes are also feared and criticized, because they form the foundation for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a disease that has apparently exploded in prevalence in recent decades. How exactly can we reconcile two conflicting notions of the same phenomenon?Perhaps we can't--but we can gain some insight by taking a closer look at society's complex history with obsession, Lennard J. Davis assumes in his new book. Since the 18th century our understanding of obsession has evolved from believing it to be an incurable "madness", thought to afflict a small number of people who were typically poor, to a potentially curable disease afflicting many, including the upper classes.Mental illnesses such as OCD and depression (or at least the tendencies toward them)have practically become a hallmark of passion. This association could partially explain why such illnesses are now so commonly diagnosed, Davis maintains since 1970 diagnoses of OCD have increased at least 40-fold.Davis's book also provides biographies of famous artists and psychiatrists with obsessive tendencies. Those who have a purely scientific interest in OCD, however, may find themselves a little bored at times. However, Davis makes several interesting points. For one thing, he says, the difference between OCD and healthy obsession may simply be self- perception. People with OCD feel they are abnormal and wish they could change; obsessive people who do not have OCD--including people with "obsessive-compulsive personality", considered by psychiatrists to be normal--feel just fine.Considering the close relation between OCD and "healthy obsessions" ,Davis argues that we tend to draw too strong a line between the healthy and the pathological (病态的). Many people have careers that require repetitive-almost obsessive—attention,and most of us take notice of warnings to take careful precautions in our daily routines to stay healthy and protect ourselves. "We suffer from many requirements of modern life that make us focus on one thing, or many single things," Davis writes. OCD, he explains, is simply a subcategory (子范畴) of what we all do every single day.62. How does the author understand obsession?A) It is a popular project that improves people's feeling.B) It is a h~rmless thing that motivates and inspires people.C) It is a kind of mental illness which is fearful and prevalent.D) It is a symptom that will certainly develop into OCD.63.What is Lennard J. Davis's opinion towards the reconciliation of the two notions?A) People are definitely unable to reconcile the two notions.B) People today have to look at the OCD closely.C) It's not difficult to reconcile the two notions.D) People can comprehend them through history observation.64.How do people's views about obsession evolve?A) People nowadays believe obsessions may be generally curable.B) People in the past believed it was madness carried by all classes.C) People in the past believed it was an incurable physical disease.D) People nowadays believe only upper class carry the disease.65.What may be the difference between obsessive people and people with OCD according to Davis?A) People with OCD behave abnormally but think they are normal.B) The two kinds of people just have different self-perceptions.C) People with OCD have obsessive-compulsive personality.D) Obsessive people think they are better than people with OCD.66. What attitude to OCD and healthy obsession should people take in life?A) People should draw a line between OCD and healthy obsession.B) People would better take careful measures to fight OCD.C) People should not make a fuss of obsession.D) People with careers requiring obsessive attention should worry about themselves.Part ⅤClozeDirections: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.There is not much new about people's doubts about organic food. Many are beginning to believe that organic food is not all that it is cracked up to be and they (67) having to pay a premium for it. The British have always (68) price to quality when it comes (69) food, and with no new scandal to (70)our fears and minds,we have reverted (恢复, 重提) to type.The organic movement itself has not helped matters much. There is such an absurd proliferation (增值,繁茂) of (71)licensed to declare products as organic, each with differing (72) for what constitutes organic.There will always be a very small sector of the market which will buy organic products on an ethical (73) , and another which remains convinced by the health arguments,(74)these remain tiny in (75) to the food market as a whole. The conversion of the mass market to the organic way depended on either a) continuing food scares~or b) strongly 76 benefits (77) quality and flavor if it was to ride over the (78) British obsession with price.Well,we have run out of food scares for the time being, and the trouble is that the qualitative differences between organic and non-organic foods are not (79)obvious. There were, are, some splendid products, but far too many were badly (80) , (81) made or simply (82) . The differential in price is not (83) by a visible improvement 84 quality.In the end, (85) ,whether or not the organic sector (86) or fades will not depend on public demand or public skepticism. It will depend on what the supermarkets decide to sell us.67. A) like B) resent C) resemble D) reside68. A) preferred B) liked C) increased D) chose69. A) in B) with C) about D) to70. A) inspire B) attack C) focus D) prevent71. A) parties B) ambitions C) bodies D) foreigners72. A) criteria B) criticism C) creativity D) crafts73. A) range B) dependence C) basement D) basis74. A) for B) but C) so D) or75. A) interest B) benefit C) relation D) extreme76. A) recognized B) judged C) approved D) perceived77. A) in view of B) in terms of C) thanks to D) reliable to78. A) traditional B) radical C) historic D) ordinary79. A) hardly B) scarcely C) readily D) clearly80. A) cooked B) conceived C) eaten D) sold81. A) well B) perfectly C) badly D) wisely82. A) unsatisfied B) terrific C) dreary D) upset83. A) matched B) compared C) replaced D) balanced84. A) about B) at C) under D) in85. A) furthermore B) however C) in addition D) consequently86 A) disappears B) enriches C) flourishes D) perishesPart ⅥTranslationDirections: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese givenin brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2.87. ______(如果这种动物灭绝了) ,our future generation would not even have a chance to see it.88. ______(就个人能力而言) ,he is competent for the work.89. Anyone______(犯罪)can not escape being punished.90. My parents always educated me to ______(预留一些钱以备急用).91. ______(在三个月内掌握一门外语)is not an easy thing,but he made it.。
2013年四月大学英语A级统考作文整理
1、Nowadays water crisis has become a problem worldwide. People cannot have adequate clean drinking water. Write an essay on the topic "How to Deal with Water Crisis". You should base your essay on the outline below.1.水资源危机是一个世界性问题，多年来全世界各部门以及各国政府做出了许多努力，解决水危机问题。
2.同时水源浪费现象很严重。
3.你认为有效的节水措施该有哪些？People can’t imagine life without water. Without it, the earth we live on would be a dead one. However, nowadays water crisis has become a problem worldwide. People cannot have adequate clean drinking water. Altho ugh nearly three quarters of the earth’s surface is covered with water, it is sea water and undrinkable. The demand for water is increasing, while water resources are scarce. Agricultural production needs enormous amounts of water, so does industry. Besides, the rapid growth of population makes it more and more difficult for people to survive because of the water shortage. So water shortage has become one of the most serious problems. Fortunately, people have realized this pressing problem and are trying to find ways to salve it. First, people are urged to economize on water. Second, measures are taken to protect water resources. Third, circulating water is used for industrial purposes over and over in factories and treated sewage water is used for irrigation in farming land.2、Water, a vital part of natural resources for human being, is getting more and more heavily polluted with the development of economy. Write an essay on the topic "What Can We Do with the Water Pollution? ". You should base your essay on the outline below.1.水资源污染的主要原因；2.水资源污染带来的危害；3.如何解决水资源污染的问题。
2013英语专业四级真题
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2013)—GRADE FOUR—TIME LIMIT: 135 MINPART 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 then answer 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 1 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.1.According to the conversation, an example of “Christmas trimmings” could beA. presents.B. fruits.C. sauce.D. meat.2. A Christmas lunch would include all the following EXCEPTA. roast turkey.B. sweet potatoes.C. meat.D. carrots.3.Why did Helen come to Rob‟s house?A. She wanted to talk to Rob.B. She had come to help Rob.C. She had been invited to lunch.D. She was interested in cooking.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.Why did the woman phone the club?A. She wanted to know more about it.B. She was a new comer and felt lonely.C. She wanted to learn a new language.D. She was interested in social activities.5.We learn from the conversation that the clubA. mainly organizes language activities.B. accepts members from local students.C. has been set up for a long time.D. is increasing its membership.6.According to the conversation, the woman might come to practice German onA. Wednesday.B. Tuesday.C. Monday.D. Friday.7.What is the man going to do after the conversation?A. Call up the woman for her address.B. Wait for the woman to call him again.C. Mail the woman some information.D. Wait for the woman to pick up a form.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 woman, what actually makes her job difficult?A. Difficult questions from interviewees.B. Embarrassing requests from interviewees.C. Lack of professional background.D. Lack of interviewing skills.9.The woman uses all the following adjectives when talking about attending job fairsEXCEPTA. prospective.B. useful.C. important.D. tiring.10.We learn from the conversation that the womanA. works better at job fairs.B. prefers honest people.C. often works on her own.D. is experienced in her work.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.According to today's weather forecast, which part of Europe has dry weather?A. Scandinavian mountains.B. Northwestern Europe.C. Northern Europe.D. Southern Europe.12.In which part of Europe does the weather stay both fine and cool?A. Southern Europe.B. Northern Europe.C. Eastern Europe.D. Northwestern Europe.13.In which region will the weather change tomorrow?A. Northern parts of the Mediterranean.B. Eastern parts of the Mediterranean.C. Central parts of the Mediterranean.D. Southern parts of the Mediterranean.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, what benefit can technology bring to people?A. Closer contact with modern devices.B. Greater changes in social organization.C. Better understanding of mass media.D. More useful information to better their life.15.The speaker questions about everybody's access to technological advances. The mainreason isA. illiteracy.B. poverty.C. food shortage.D. ignorance.16.According to the UN plan, all the following will be achieved within ten years EXCEPTA. giving everyone a radio or TV.B. starting to carry out the scheme in ten years.C. offering internet service to more people.D. providing more job opportunities.17.What could be the topic of the passage?A. Growth in telecommunications.B. Technology and the developing world.C. Education and medical care.D. Building an information society.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.People in Latin America wear something __________ to express their hopes for wealth inthe New Year.A. newB. redC. whiteD. yellow19.Which of the following New Year‟s traditions signals friendship?A. Throwing old dishes.B. Wearing something red.C. Wearing something white.D. Eating round fruits.20.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one's own New Year's tradition?A. Watching TV at home.B. Going to bed early.C. Visiting friends.D. Running and shouting outside.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 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.21.What is happening to the schools in Fairfax County this school year?A. 15 schools have started social studies.B. 15 schools have used digital textbooks.C. Students are ready to use electronic resources.D. Digital textbooks are used for social studies.22.With digital textbooks, schools have saved about __________ million dollars.A. 1B. 2C. 3D. 4Questions 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.Who found the suspicious item at the airport?A. TSA agents.B. FBI agents.C. The police.D. Passengers.24.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A. The terminal was closed temporarily afterwards.B. There was a thorough search inside the airport.C. Passengers at the airport were safe and sound.D. The security authorities identified the explosives.Questions 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 news item, doctors use art therapy to treat the following problemsEXCEPTA. alcohol abuse.B. smoking.C. depression.D. schizophrenia.26.Why did doctors introduce art therapy in the first place?A. To prevent patients from smoking.B. To better understand patients.C. To get patients occupied.D. To teach patients some skills.Question 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.What is the main purpose of the new rules?A. To reduce the number of pilots on duty.B. To prevent pilots from working overtime.C. To ensure an adequate amount of sleep.D. To fix the amount of work for each pilot.28.The Independent Pilots Association was unhappy about the new rules because theyA. had only covered cargo plane pilots.B. had failed to cover all the pilots.C. would be put into effect in two years.D. would be too costly if implemented.Questions 29 and 30 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.29.Why is increase in livestock production necessary?A. Because livestock production is highly efficient.B. Because more people will become wealthier.C. Because it may help double food production.D. Because it has fewer ecological risks.30.What does the word “challenge” mean in the news item?A. Balance between human survival and ecology.B. Conflict between less land and more production.C. Difference between present and future needs.D. Calls by environmental critics to consume less meat.PART 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.Everyone knows that taxation is necessary in a modern state: without it, it (31) ______ not be possible to pay the soldiers and policemen who protect us; (32) ______ the workers in government offices who (33) ______ our health, our food, our water, and all the other things that we cannot do for ourselves. (34) ______ taxation, we pay for things that we need just (35) ______ we need somewhere to live and something to eat. But (36) ______ everyone knows that taxation is necessary, different people have different ideas about (37) ______ taxation should be arranged. 31. A. canB. mayC. couldD. would32. A. norB. neitherC. neverD. not33. A. look intoB. look overC. look afterD. look through34. A. In accordance withB. By means ofC. With reference toD. On account of35. A. as well asB. as good asC. as such asD. as much as36. A. ifB. whenC. thoughD. as37. A. whenB. howC. whyD. whichIn most countries, a direct tax on (38) ______, which is called income tax, (39) ______. It is arranged in such (40) ______ that the poorest people pay nothing, and the percentage of tax grows (41) ______ as the taxpayer's income grows. In some countries, for example, the tax on the richest people (42) ______ as high as ninety-five per cent!(43) ______ countries with taxation nearly (44) ______ have indirect taxation too. Many things imported into the country have to pay taxes or “duties.” Of course,it is the men and women who buy these imported things in the shops (45) ______ really have to pay the duties, in the (46) 38. A. personsB. sectorsC. communitiesD. classes39. A. remainsB. staysC. existsD. happens40. A. formB. wayC. measureD. method41. A. quickerB. speedierC. moreD. larger42. A. grows upB. increases upC. goes upD. lifts up43. A. ButB. ConsequentlyC. SimilarlyD. And44. A. periodicallyB. almostC. oftenD. always45. A. whichB. whoC. whatD. whom______ of higher prices. In some countries, (47) ______, there is a tax on things sold in the shops. If the most necessary things are taxed, a lot of money is (48) ______ but the poor people suffer most. If unnecessary things (49) ______ jewels and fur coats are taxed, less money is obtained but the tax is (50) ______, as the rich pay it. 46. A. mannerB. formC. meansD. way47. A. eitherB. alsoC. tooD. often48. A. lentB. savedC. borrowedD. collected49. A. alikeB. likeC. asD. for50. A. heavierB. fairerC. finerD. betterPART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN]There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two.51. Facing the board of directors, he didn‟t deny __________ breaking the agreement.A. himB. itC. hisD. its52. Xinchun returned from aboard a different man. The italicized part functions as a (n)__________.A. appositive (同位语)B. objectC. adverbialD. complement.53. Which of the following is a compound word (复合词)?A. Nonsmoker.B. Deadline.C. Meanness.D. Misfit.54. Which of the following sentences contains subjunctive mood?A. Lucy insisted that her son get home before 5 o‟clock?B. She used to drive to work, but now she takes the city metro.C. Walk straight ahead, and don't turn till the second traffic lights.D. Paul will cancel his flight if he cannot get his visa by Friday.55. The following determiners(限定词) can be used with both plural and uncountable nounsEXCEPTA. more.B. enough.C. many.D. such.56. Which of the italicized parts indicates CONTRAST?A. She opened the door and quietly went in.B. Victoria likes music and Sam is fond of sports.C. Think it over again and you‟ll get an answer.D. He is somewhat arrogant, and I don't like this.57. Which of the following CANNOT be used as a nominal substitute(名词替代词)?A. Much.B. Neither.C. One.D. Quarter.58. All the following sentences definitely indicate future time EXCEPTA. Mother is to have tea with Aunt Betty at four.B. The President is coming to the UN next week,C. The school pupils will be home by now.D. He is going to email me the necessary information.59. Which of the following sentences is grammatically INCORRECT?A. Politics are the art or science of government.B. Ten miles seems like a long walk to me.C. Mumps is a kind of infectious disease.D. All the furniture has arrived undamaged.60. Which of in the following phrases indicates a subject-predicate relationship?A. The arrival of the touristsB. The law of NewtonC. The occupation of the islandD. The plays of Oscar Wilde61. Which of the following italicized parts serves as an appositive?A. He is not the man to draw back.B. Tony hit back the urge to tell a lie.C. Larry has a large family to support.D. There is really nothing to fear.62. Which of the following is NOT an imperative sentence?A. Let me drive you home, shall I?B. You will mind your own business!C. Come and have dinner with us.D. I wish you could stay behind.63. If it _______ tomorrow, the match would be put off.A. were to rainB. was to rainC. was rainingD. had rained64. Which of the following sentences expresses a fact?A. Mary and her son must be home by now.B. Careless reading must give poor results.C. It‟s getting late, and I must leave now.D. He must be working late at the office.65. The following are all dynamic verbs(动态动词) EXCEPTA. remain.B. turn.C. write.D. knock.66. __________ to school life was less difficult than the pupil had expected.A. AdheringB. AdoptingC. AdjustingD. Acquaintingpart means __________.A. dullB. boringC. longD. hardpart means __________.A. I was unable to doB. I couldn‟t understandC. I was unable to stopD. I couldn‟t tolerate69. The couple __________their old house and sold it for a vast profit.A. did forB. did inC. did withD. did up70. Sally contributed a lot to the project, but she never once accepted all the __________ forherself.A. creditB. attentionC. focusD. awardmeans __________.A. as far as one has learntB. as far as one is concernedC. as far as one can seeD. as far as one is told72. The __________ that sport builds character is well accepted by people nowadays.A. issueB. argumentC. pointD. sentenceunderlined part means __________.A. limitedB. unnecessaryC. overdueD. muchThe underlined part means __________.A. if an accident happensB. if an accident can be preventedC. before an accidentD. during an accident75. Traditionally, local midwives would __________ all the babies in the area.A. handleB. produceC. deliverD. helpA. propositionB. advertisementC. buildingD. string77. The court would not accept his appeal unless __________ evidence is provided.A. conclusiveB. definiteC. eventualD. concluding78. As soon as he opened the door, a __________ of cold air swept through the house.A. flowB. movementC. rushD. blast79. She really wanted to say something at the meeting, but eventually __________ from it.A. preventedB. refrainedC. limitedD. restrictedunderlined part means __________.A. brightlyB. light-heartedlyC. cheerfullyD. lightlyPART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN]In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two.TEXT AThe art of public speaking began in ancient Greece over 2,000 years ago. Now, twitter, instant messaging, e-mail, blogs and chat forums offer rival approaches to communication—but none can replace the role of a great speech.The spoken word can handle various vital functions: persuading or inspiring, informing, paying tribute, entertaining, or simply introducing someone or something or accepting something.Over the past year, the human voice has helped guide us over the ups and downs of what was certainly a stormy time.Persuasion is used in dealing with or reconciling different points of view. When the leaders met in Copenhagen in December 2009, persuasive words from activists encouraged them to commit themselves to firmer action.Inspirational speeches confront the emotions. They focus on topics and matters that are close to people's hearts. During wars, generals used inspiring speeches to prepare the troops for battle.A speech that conveys knowledge and enhances understanding can inform us. The information must be clear, accurate, and expressed in a meaningful and interesting way. When the H1N1 pandemic（流行病）was announced, the idea of “swine flu”（猪流感）scared many people. Informative speeches from World Health Organization officials helped people to keep their panic under control so they could take sensible precautions.Sad events are never easy to deal with but a speech that pays tribute to the loss of a loved one and gives praise for their contribution can be comforting. Madonna's speech about Michael Jackson, after his death, highlighted the fact that he will continue to live on through his music.It's not only in world forums where public speaking plays an important role. It can also be surprisingly helpful in the course of our own lives.If you‟re taking part in a debate you need to persuade the listeners of the soundness of your argument. In sports, athletes know the importance of a pep talk（鼓舞士气的讲话）before a match to inspire teammates. You yourself may be asked to do a presentation at college or work to inform the others about an area of vital importance.On a more personal level, a friend may be upset and need comforting. Or you might be asked to introduce a speaker at a family event or to speak at a wedding, where your language will be needed to move people or make them laugh.Great speaking ability is not something we're born with. Even Barack Obama works hard to perfect every speech. For a brilliant speech, there are rules that you can put to good use. To learn those rules you have to practice and learn from some outstanding speeches in the past.81. The author thinks the spoken word is still irreplaceable becauseA. it has always been used to inspire or persuade people.B. it has a big role to play in the entertainment business.C. it plays important roles in human communication.D. it is of great use in everyday-life context.82. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the role of public speaking?A. Speeches at world forums can lead to effective solutions to world problems.B. Speeches from medical authorities can calm people down in times of pandemics.C. The morale of soldiers before a battle can be boosted by senior officers' speeches.D. Speeches paying tribute to the dead can comfort the mourners.83. Public speaking can play all the following roles EXCEPTA. to convince people in a debate.B. to inform people at a presentation.C. to advise people at work.D. to entertain people at a wedding.84. According to the passage, which of the following best explains the author's view on“great speaking ability”?A. It comes from observing rules.B. It can be perfected with easy effort.C. It can be acquired from birth.D. It comes from learning and practice.85. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Public speaking in international forums.B. The many uses of public speaking.C. Public speaking in daily life context.D. The rules of public speaking.TEXT BEvery business needs two things, says Skullcandy CEO Rick Alden: inspiration and desperation. In 2001, Alden had both. He'd sold two snowboarding businesses, and he was desperately bored. But he had an idea: He wanted to make a new kind of headphone.“I kept seeing people missing their cell phone calls because they were listening to music,” he explains. Then I'm in a chairlift（索道）, I've got my headphones on, and I realize my phone is ringing. As 1 take my gloves off and reach for my phone, I think, “It can't be that tough to make headphones with two plugs, one for music and one for your cell phone.”Alden described what he wanted to a designer, perfected a prototype, and outsourced（外包）manufacturing overseas.Alden then started designing headphones into helmets, backpacks - anywhere that would make it easy to listen to music while snowboarding. “Selli ng into board and skate shops wasn't a big research effort,” he explains. “Those were the only guys I knew!”Alden didn‟t want to be a manufacturer. And by outsourcing, he'd hoped he could get the business off the ground without debt. But he was wrong. So he asked his wife, “Can I put a mortgage（抵押贷款）on the house? She said, …What is the worst thing that can happen? We lose the house, we sell our cars, and we start all over again.‟ I definitely married the right woman!”For the next two years, Alden juggled mortgage payments and payments to his manufacturers. “Factories won't ship your product till they get paid,” he says. “But it takes four or five months to get a mortgage company so upset that they knock on your door. So we paid the factory first.”Gradually, non-snowboarders began to notice the colorful headphones. In 2006, the company started selling them in 1,400 FYE (For Your Entertainment) stores. “We knew that nine out often people walking into that store would be learning about Skullcandy for the first time. Why would they look at brands they knew and take home a new brand instead? We had agreed to buy back anything we didn‟t sell, but we were dealing with huge numbers. I t‟d killus to take back all the products.”Alden‟s fears faded as Skullcandy bec ame the No. 1 headphone seller in those stores and tripled its revenue to $120 million in one year. His key insight was that headphones weren‟t gadgets; they were a fashion accessory. “In the beginning,” he says, “that little white wire that said you had an iPod—that was cool. But now wearing the white bud means you‟re just like everyone else. Headphones occupy this critical piece of cranial real estate and are highly visible.”Today, Skullcandy is America's second-largest headphone supplier, after Sony. With 79 employees, the company is bigger than Alden ever imagined.86. Alden came up with the idea of a new kind of headphone because heA. was no longer in snowboarding business.B. had no other business opportunities.C. was very fond of modern music.D. saw an inconvenience among mobile users.87. The new headphone was originally designed forA. snowboarders.B. motorcyclists.C. mountain hikers.D. marathon runners.88. Did Alden solve the money problem?A. He sold his house and his cars.B. Factories could ship products before being paid.C. He borrowed money from a mortgage company.D. He borrowed money from his wife's family.89. What did Alden do to promote sales in FYE stores?A. He spent more money on product advertising.B. He promised to buy back products not sold.C. He agreed to sell products at a discount.D. He improved the colour design of the product.90. Alden sees headphones asA. a sign of self-confidence.B. a symbol of status.C. part of fashion.D. a kind of device.TEXT CI was standing in my kitchen wondering what to have for lunch when my friend Taj called.“Sit down,” she said.I thought she was going to tell me she had just gotten the haircut from hell. I laughed and said, “It can't be that bad.”But it was. Before the phone call, I had 30 years of retirement saving in a “safe” fund with a brilliant financial guru（金融大亨）.When I put down the phone, my savings were gone. I felt as if I had died and, for some unknown reason, was still breathing.Since Bernie Madoff‟s arrest on charges of running a $65 million Ponzi scheme, I‟ve read many articles about how we investors should have known what was going on. I wish I could say I had reservations about Madoff before “the Call”, but I did not.On New Year‟s Eve, three weeks af ter we lost our savings, six of us Madoff people gathered at Taj's house for dinner. As we were sitting around the table, someone asked, “If you could have your money back right now, but it would mean giving up what you have learned by losing it, would you take the money or would you take what losing the money has given you?”My husband was still in financial shock. He said, “I just want the money back.” I wasn't certain where I stood. I knew that losing our money had cracked me wide open. I‟d been walking around like what the Buddhists call a hungry ghost: always focused on the bite that was yet to come, not the one in my mouth. No matter how much I ate or had or experienced, it didn‟t satisfy me, because I wasn‟t really taking it in, wasn't absorbing it. Now I was forced to pay attention. Still, I couldn't honestly say that if someone had offered me the money back, I would turn it down.But the other four all said that what they were seeing about themselves was incalculable, and they didn‟t think it would have become apparent without the ground of financial stability being ripped out from underneath them.My friend Michael said, “I‟d started to get complacent. It‟s as if the muscles of my heart started to atrophy（萎缩）. Now they‟re awake, alive—and I don‟t want to go back.”These weren‟t just empty words. Michael and his wife needed to take in boarders to meet their expenses. Taj was so broke that she was moving into someone‟s garage apartment in three weeks. Three friends had declared bankruptcy and weren't sure where or how they were going to live.91. What did the author learn from Taj‟s call?A. had got an awful haircut.B. They had lost their retirement savings.C. Taj had just retired from work.D. They were going to meet for lunch.92. How did the author feel in the following weeks?A. Angry.B. Disappointed.C. Indifferent.D. Desperate.93. According to the passage, to which was she “forced to pay attention”?A. Her friends.B. Her husband.C. Her lost savings.D. Her experience.94. Which of the following statements is CORRECT about her friends?A. Her friends valued their experience more.B. Her friends felt the same as she did.C. Her friends were in a better financial situation.D Her friends were more optimistic than she.95. What is the message of the passage?A. Desire for money is human nature.B. One has to be decisive during crises.。
大学英语四级(2013年12月考试改革适用)模拟试卷4(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语四级（2013年12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷4(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Writing 2. Listening Comprehension 3. 4. Reading Comprehension 5. TranslationPart I Writing1．For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on individualism. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.individualism: 个人主义正确答案：On Individualism The picture shows that it rains heavy. “Do you think that individualism is an increasing tendency?” The journalist, protected by an umbrella, asks a pedestrian who is like a drenched chicken in the rain. Nowadays, with the exchange of cultures and minds between the West and the East, the idea of individualism has raised great debates. Some people think that individualism may have good effects—it emphasizes the benefits of each single individual and the individuality that each social member strives to keep. It may promote the diversity of society. However, others hold opposite opinions. For one thing, they deem that individualism makes people care so much about their own benefits that some may become indifferent and hard-hearted to others(just like the journalist in the picture). For another, exceeding individualism hinders the cooperation between people, companies and organizations. In my opinion, we should try our best to avoid the bad effects of individualism and make full use of its beneficial effects so that a diversified and harmonious world will be built up.Part II Listening ComprehensionSection A听力原文：W: There is a limit of three books each person, but you take four books. M: Thank you for telling me this. I’ll drop this one and be certain to return the other three on time. Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?2．A．In a library.B．In a book store.C．In a book company.D．In a booking office.正确答案：A解析：女士说每个人最多只可以借三本书，而男士拿了四本，男士说他将放回去一本，并表示一定会按时归还其他三本，由此可知，对话最可能发生在图书馆，故答案为A)。
2013年英语专四作文真题及范文
2013年英语专四作文真题及范文全文共3篇示例，供读者参考篇12013年英语专四作文真题及范文In the 2013 National College English Test (CET-4) writing section, the topic given was about the growing issue of environmental pollution, specifically focusing on the effects of pollution on people's health. Here is the essay question:Topic: The Impact of Environmental Pollution on People's HealthInstructions:1. Describe the growing problem of environmental pollution.2. Discuss the impact of pollution on people's health.3. Provide your opinions on how to deal with this issue.With the rapid industrialization and urbanization of society, environmental pollution has become a major concern for people around the world. The pollution of air, water, and soil not only damages nature but also poses a serious threat to human health. Therefore, it is crucial to address this issue and find effectivesolutions to protect the environment and safeguard public health.First of all, environmental pollution has led to a variety of health problems for people. Air pollution, caused by emissions from vehicles and factories, can result in respiratory diseases such as asthma and bronchitis. Water pollution, caused by the discharge of toxic chemicals and waste into rivers and lakes, can lead to waterborne diseases like cholera and dysentery. Soil pollution, caused by the use of pesticides and fertilizers in agriculture, can contaminate food sources and cause illnesses in humans.The impact of pollution on people's health is not limited to physical ailments but also extends to mental and emotional well-being. Living in a polluted environment can increase stress levels and reduce overall quality of life. Furthermore, thelong-term exposure to pollutants can lead to chronic illnesses and even shorten life expectancy.To address the issue of environmental pollution and protect public health, individuals, communities, and governments must take collective action. First and foremost, there needs to be stricter regulations on industrial emissions and waste disposal to reduce pollution levels. Companies should be held accountablefor their environmental impact and encouraged to adopt sustainable practices. Additionally, individuals can contribute by reducing their carbon footprint, recycling waste, and supporting green initiatives.In conclusion, environmental pollution is a pressing issue that requires immediate attention. By raising awareness, implementing policies, and taking action at all levels, we can mitigate the impact of pollution on people's health and create a sustainable future for generations to come.Overall, the 2013 CET-4 writing topic provided athought-provoking discussion on the impact of environmental pollution on people's health, prompting test takers to reflect on the importance of environmental protection and public health.篇22013年英语专四作文真题及范文2013年的英语专四考试作文题目为"College Students and Their Job-hunting Expectation", 要求考生写一篇关于大学生就业期望的文章。
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编号：专业班学号：姓名：装订线出题人：大学英语教研室教研室负责人签字：王志慧系主任签字：冯梅河北传媒学院2013～2014学年第一学期期末考试Part I Writing （20 points）Directions: For this part, you are allowed to write a short essay on the topic of My DreamJob. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:1. 我梦想的工作是……2. 为什么我有这样的梦想；3. 为实现我的梦想我要……Part II Fast Reading （10 points）Directions: In this part, you will go over two passages quickly and answer the questions onAnswer Sheet. For questions 1-10, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B), C) and D).Passage One:Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:People over the age of 65 in the United States are called senior citizens. Most seniorcitizens retire or no longer work full time. Also it is unusual for people of this age to livewith their children and grandchildren. For many senior citizens, the years after age of 65 arenot enjoyable. They feel unproductive when they no longer work. Their lives lose meaning.In addition, they may feel lonely being away from their families. Moreover, they becomemore concerned about their health as they grow older. If they live in big cities, they oftenworry about their safety.Other senior citizens enjoy their lives. They feel free to do things they were not able todo when they were working and raising families. They now have time to enjoy hobbies andsports and travel. They associate with their fellow senior citizens who have commoninterests and equal free time. Many senior citizens move to retirement communities locatedin warm climates. Some senior citizens continue to work beyond retirement age. Many findnew careers and professional opportunities after they retire.The number of the senior citizens in the United States is increasingrapidly because people are living longer than before. The average lifespan(寿命)for Americans is now more than 74 years. Because of theirlarger numbers and more active life styles, senior citizens are gainingsocial influence in the country both politically and economically. Theirconcerns are receiving a wider audience than ever before. The time maycome when all Americans will look forward to becoming seniorcitizens.1. Many senior citizens are not happy due to the following reasonsEXCEPT________.A. lonelinessB. less moneyC. poor healthD. meaningless life2. It’s implied in the first paragraph that________.A. living in the country is safer for elder people than living in bigcitiesB. people become senior citizens in the U.S at 65C. most senior citizens live with their childrenD. people retire at 65 in the U.S.3. From Para. 2 we learn that________.A. senior citizens’ life can be enjoyableB. senior citizens enjoy their livesC. senior citizens enjoy living in retirement communitiesD. senior citizens enjoy working after retirement4. It can be learned from the passage that senior citizens must _____ tobe happy.A. have free timeB. find fun in lifeC. continue to workD. live with their children5. According to the writer, in the future, senior citizens will be _______.A. enjoying a longer life spanB. a burden to the societyC. highly respectedD. fewer in numberPassage Two:编号：专业班学号：姓名：装订线出题人：大学英语教研室教研室负责人签字：王志慧系主任签字：冯梅Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:Sex years ago, Dr. Leslie Gordon found that her 21-month-old son, Sam, suffered froman extremely rare disease called progeria (早衰).Gordon, an assistant professor in an American college of medicine, wanted to find outwhat caused her son’s condition and what she could do about it. But, at that time, no oneknew the cause of the deadly disease. So she rounded up a team of experts. This team finallydiscovered the gene mutation that causes progeria and announced it on April 16.Researchers found that this gene mutation causes the nucleus of all the body’s cells,except for those in the brain, to become unbalanced. The nucleus holds most of the cell’sgenes and chromosomes(染色体).“The nucleus is usually a nice, round structure,”said Gordon. “But with the disease,bubbles(水泡，气泡)form there. That most likely causes them to become unbalanced andlead to cell death.”This discovery is a big step towards finding a cute for affected children. But it’s not theend of the story.Every human being could benefit from this research. It provides a better understandingof what occurs in the bodies of aging people.Aging is a condition that eventually affects everyone. And Gordon believes drugcompanies will be interested in her findings because everyone wants to fight old age.Of course, she keeps her highest hopes for her son.“I hope, I hope, I hope that we can help Sam,” she said.“I live every day thinking we just need to do the best that we can. And we need to havehope. But this research is there for all the children.”6. Gordon’s son caught progeria six years ago when________.A. the disease frequently happened to childrenB. the cause of the disease was unknown to peopleC. much work had been done concerning the diseaseD. some ways had been discovered to treat the disease7. “Gene mutation” in the second paragraph refers to ________.A. the change in the geneB. the bubble in the geneC. the death of the geneD. the balance of the gene8. Which of the following statements is the writer’s point in the passage?A. Life is a mystery.B. Nature is dangerous.C. Science can help us live.D. A child can cause a parent a lot of worries.9. The research benefits everyone, because________.A. it helps people fight agingB. it prevents people from dyingC. drug companies can develop more quicklyD. progeria is attacking more and more people10. The story of Gordon tells the following facts EXCEPT that______.A. she is a great motherB. she is a devoted researcherC. she is a qualified leaderD. she is a chemistry professorPart III Listening Comprehension （30 points）Sections A：Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations. At theend of each conversation, one question will be asked about what wassaid. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you mustread the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is thebest answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheetwith a single line through the center.11. A. She can do the job. B. She could call a friend.C. She’s just switched off the light.D. She’s already replaced the switc h by herself.12. A. They want to go downtown.B. He wants to go to the park, but she doesn’t.C. He doesn’t know where to park the car.D. He wants to find out where the park is.13. A. Company and customer. B. Repairman and customer.C. Teacher and student’s parent.D. Wife and husband.14. A. She didn’t like working in a company.B. She disliked machines.编号：专业班学号：姓名：装订线出题人：大学英语教研室教研室负责人签字：王志慧系主任签字：冯梅C. She was not good at doing business.D. She didn’t like accounting.15. A. It was cleaned.B. There was a large sale.C. The employees had to work very late.D. There was a robbery.16. A. Salesman. B. A telephone repairman.C. A plumber.D. An electrician.17. A. He’s playing sports. B. He’s walking.C. He’s driving.D. He’s fighting.18.A. She didn’t feel well. B. She went dancing earlier.C. She came down to go dancing.D. She got mad at the woman.Sections B:Directions: In this section, you will hear 4 short passages. After you hear a passage, youmust choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. When did Mark Twain write The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn?A. In 1835B. In 1847C. In 1884D. In 188620. How many languages has The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn been published?A. thirtyB. fortyC. fiftyD. sixty21. What’s the meaning of “mark twain”?A. It was a pilot’s name.B. It was a name of a river.C. It was a measure for the depth of water.D. It was the name of a steamboat on the Mississippi River.Passage Two:Questions 22 to 24 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. The definition of the American Dream appeared in in a history book .A. 1913B. 1931C. 1916D. 196123. Who was the author of the book which first explained the definition of “AmericanDream”?A.Benjamin FranklinB.George WashingtonC. Abraham LincolnD. James Truslow Adams24. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Each individual may define the American Dream differently.B. Many immigrants come to America to seek the American Dream.C. The expression first appeared in the Book The Tragedy ofAmerica.D. The general idea is that a person in the United States has thefreedom to carry out his or her goals.Passage ThreeQuestions 25 to 27 are based on the passage you have just heard.25. Helen Keller was born , in a small town in .A. July 17, 1818; southern AlbamaB. June 27, 1880; northern AlbamaC. June 17, 1818; southern AlbamaD. July 27, 1880; northern Albama26. What special meaning has the name Helen Keller had for manypeople?A. It represents hope.B. It represents a miracle.C. It represents unfortunate.D. It represents misery.27. Which of the following statements about Helen Keller is NOT true?A. She could not see or hear.B. Her father was a captain.C. Her mother was much younger than her father.D. Helen Keller was her parents’ second child.Passage FourQuestions 28 to 30 are based on the passage you have just heard.28. Which kinds of animals also share some of the genes found in theplatypus?A. Birds and amphibians.B. Amphibians and reptilesC. Reptiles and birds.D. Reptiles and fish.29. What do platypus’ webbed feet like?A. duckB. chickenC. birdD. dog编号：专业班学号：姓名：装订线出题人：大学英语教研室教研室负责人签字：王志慧系主任签字：冯梅30. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the platypus?A. It is native to eastern Australia.B. It is endangered.C. It has hair covering its body.D. It is an unusual-looking animal.Sections C：Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read forthe first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read forthe second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have justheard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you havewritten.When Bob Smith was invited to attend an international conference, he was 31 .The conference was to take 32 in Geneva and Bob thought that it would be a goodopportunity to take his wife Susan on a short 33 . They decided that they would go toParis for a week before Bob traveled on to Geneva for the conference. Susan would thenreturn home.Bob and Susan spent a nice week in Paris. They did a lot of 34 and at the end ofthe week, they were very 35 . Bob went with Susan to the airport and saw her on to aplane for London. While he was waiting for his plane to Geneva, a mist began to form.Finally his plane took off. 36 after the plane's take-off, Bob fell fast asleep.Unfortunately, as the plane 37 towards Geneva, the mist changed into thick fog. Itwas impossible to land in Geneva because of the fog. When this news was given to thepassengers, Bob was still having his sweet dream. He did not 38 up until the planelanded back in Paris.Still very sleepy, he got out of the airport and 39 a taxi. He asked the driver to takehim to the Geneva International Hotel. The surprised driver looked at him as if he were 40 .He asked, "Are you sure you want a taxi?" "Yes," Bob said, "I feel too tired to walk."Part IV Reading Comprehension （25 points）Section ADirections: In this section, there are ten sentences with ten blanks. You are required to selectone word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank. Read the sentencesthrough carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by aletter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet with a single linethrough the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank morethan once.Questions 41 to 50 are based on the following sentences:41. , the pilot survived the plane crash.42. He indicated the of the Persian Gulf with a pen on themap.43. Won’t you your decision to leave the club?44. The war the trade between the two countries.45. This is the painting, and the others are copies.46. The witness that she had never seen Mr. Smith before.47. China is rich in natural .48. Beethoven didn’t himself though his hearing began toweaken when he was 29.49. After a long journey, she felt and was eager to go backhome.50. Tom failed to his term paper on time, though he worksvery hard.Section BDirections:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage isfollowed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of themthere are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide onthe best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheetwith a single line through the center.Passage One:Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:编号：专业班学号：姓名：装订线出题人：大学英语教研室教研室负责人签字：王志慧系主任签字：冯梅While the cities of China have undergone modernization evident in the rising towersand bright lights that have awakened the sleeping country, the countryside remains largelythe same.Rectangular (长方形的) rows of rice fields litter the long lanes of water designed toprovide the constant supply of water that is vital to producing the crop. The experience is notunlike driving through the American Midwest, only rice not corn dominates the landscape.Four years ago, when I last took this trip, the roads were dust and telephone wires didnot run parallel to the highway. Bare roads have been replaced by sleek, newly pavedhighways running from Shanghai to Nanking, to my smaller, home city, Wuhu. Unlike thechanges I had heard of and expected in Shanghai, Wuhu was much more of a surprise. Thesmall city where I was born had grown up as I have. There are large high-rise buildings, eachringed with smaller buildings around it, many of these apartment complexes. Little seemedfamiliar and I wonder what my grandparent’s flat built of brick and mortar had become.Perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised to find out that their home had beendemolished and rebuilt as a six story apartment complex as well. Walking up to the secondfloor I saw my grandfather’s face peering out of the screen door. He began to smile as hesaw me, and so did I. Their home is now no different from a western apartment. Equippedwith the modern amenities of a gas stove, a toilet, a shower, this was indeed different fromfour years ago.51. According to the author, dramatic changes took place in______.A. cities but not countryside of ChinaB. both cities and countryside of ChinaC. countryside but not in large citiesD. everywhere52. It can be inferred from the second paragraph that ______.A. peasants lead similar life all over the worldB. Chinese irrigating system is more impressing than that in AmericaC. peasants in Midwest America raise more corns while Chinese peasants raise more riceD. peasants in Midwest America raise more rice while Chinese peasants raise more corn53. The author was traveling to Wuhu,______.A. in order to take a stop during the trip from Shanghai to NankingB. in order to find some place similar to his hometownC. in order to visit his grandparentsD. in order to find out changes in small cities54. The author’s grandparents ______.A. live in their house of brick and mortarB. live in an apartment similar to westernersC. led a totally westernized lifeD. was poor as they always were55. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. Flash back to ChinaB. From Shanghai to NankingC. Wuhu TodayD. Back With My Grand ParentsPassage Two:Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage:Now let us look at how we read. When we read a printed text, oureyes move across a page in short, jerky movement. We recognize wordsusually when our eyes are still when they fixate. Each time they fixate,we see a group of words. This is known as the recognition span or thevisual span. The length of time of which the eyes stop --- the durationof the fixation --- varies considerably from person to person. It alsovaies within any one person according to his purpose in reading and hisfamiliarity with the text. Furthermore, it can be affected by such factorsas lighting and tiredness.Unfortunately, in the past, many reading improvement courseshave concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the printedpage. As a result of this misleading emphasis on the purely visualaspects of reading, numerous exercises have been devised to train theeyes to see more words at one fixation. For instance, in some exercises,words are flashed on to a screen for, say, a tenth or a twentieth of asecond. One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes onsome central point, taking in the words on either side. Such wordpatterns are often constructed in the shape of rather steep pyramids sothe reader takes in more and more words at each successive fixation. Allthese exercises are very clever, but it’s one thing to improve a person’sability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability toread a text efficiently. Reading requires the ability to understand the编号：专业班学号：姓名：装订线出题人：大学英语教研室教研室负责人签字：王志慧系主任签字：冯梅relationship between words. Consequently, for these reasons, many experts have now begunto question the usefulness of eye training, especially since any approach which trains aperson to read isolated words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading acontinuous text.56. The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following facts except ______.A. one’s familiarity with the textB. one’s purpose in readingC. the length of a group of wordsD. lighting and tiredness57. The author may believe that reading ______.A. requires a reader to take in more words at each fixationB. requires a reader to see words more quicklyC. demands a deeply-participating mindD. demands more mind than eyes58. What does the author mean by saying “but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability tosee words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently.” in thesecond paragraph?A. The ability to see words is not needed when an efficient reading is conducted.B. The reading exercises mentioned can’t help to improve both the ability to see and tocomprehend words.C. The reading exercises mentioned can’t help to improve an efficient reading.D. The reading exercises mentioned has done a great job to improve one’s ability to seewords.59. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The visual span is a word or a group of words we see each time.B. Many experts began to question the efficiency of eye training.C. The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading.D. The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous text.60. The tune of the author in writing this article is ______.A. criticalB. neutralC. pessimisticD. optimisticPart V Translation （15 points）Directions: Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese given in the brackets intoEnglish. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet .61. Would you please ________________（详细地说明一下主题）?62. The policeman described it as the bloodiest murder ever and saidthat _______________________(其残忍的程度令人难以置信)63. The man _______________________（挣扎着从泥泞中爬起来）and ran away.64. ________________________（看着瀑布在你面前飞流直下）,you will be amazed by the awesomeness of nature.65. A working party has been set up to (调查该问题).。
201301批次网上考试大学英语(4) A 卷
201301批次网上考试大学英语（4） A 卷考试批次：201301批次网上考试课程：大学英语（4）已做/题量40 / 40 1 / 1 4 / 4 45 / 45 得分/分值40 / 40 17 / 20 38 / 40 95 / 100一、单项选择题（共40题、总分40分、得分40分）1. 1 France Viuard an excellent political speaker but she was also among the first membersof the populistparty. (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 Not onlyB、 If onlyC、 Only ifD、 Not only was题目信息难度： 1 习题编号：050c7432-bd81-48a1-9d86-39ca46fdf3e9正确答案： D解题方案： Not only was but also was2. What sports do you like to play? （） (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、I’m fond of it very much.B、 I like to play table tennis and go swimming.C、I’d love to learn.D、 I like watch TV.题目信息难度： 1 习题编号：096ac7a1-7d8a-4411-9186-dcf5768ac0a1正确答案： B解题方案：运动的种类项目3. How are you feeling now? （） (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 Oh, much better.B、 I am very happy.C、It’s not important.D、 So beautiful and sweet.题目信息难度： 1 习题编号：21c8e7d2-d36d-4e46-b430-f215f46dba68正确答案： A解题方案：回答和程度有关的句子4. Would you agree to 1 the operation? (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
2013.7大学英语四级试卷 A卷及答题卷(2011级)word文本
2012-2013学年第二学期期末考试《大学英语四级试题》普通班A卷（2011级）（答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试题纸上不得分）Paper One注意!！！请先做听力部分。
I. Skimming and Scanning (1*10= points)Directions:In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.A Few Aspects of American LifeTravelIt’s summertime. For many Americans, this is the season to travel. Why? Because school is over and the weather is great. And most of all, they believe they deserve a break. When Americans take a break, they often head for their favorite vacation spot.Throughout their history, Americans have been people on the move. The early immigrants had to travel to get to the New World. Once they arrived, the settled along the East Coast. But they weren’t content to stay here. Explorers and traders journeyed to the unknown western territories. Later, settlers moved west to develop new areas. As a result of this west movement, Americans eventually occupied the whole continent—from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Even today, Americans seem unable to stay put. Research says that average American moves every five years.Americans are used to traveling. Some people make long-distance commuting to work daily. Their jobs may even require them to take frequent business trips. Most companies provide an annual vacation for their employees, and people often use that time to travel. Some people just visit friend or relatives in distant states. Some go on low-budget weekend trips and stay in economy motels. Those with more expensive tastes choose luxurious hotels. Camping out in the great outdoors appeals to adventurous types. Some travel in recreational vehicles to camp out in comfort, while others “rough it”by sleeping in tents. Families often plan their trips with the kids in mind. More and more “family friendly” hotels offer special programs for children.PetAmericans love pets. Many pet owners treat their pets as a part of the family. You might say Americans treat their pets like they treat their children—sometimes even better.In America, there are more households with pets than those with children. At least 43 percent of US homes have pets of some sort. Usual creatures, such as monkeys, snakes and even wolves, find a home with some Americans. More common pets include fish, mice and birds. But the all-time favorites are cats and dogs, even at the White House. Americans sometimes have strong feelings about whether dogs or cats make better pets. “Dog people”and “cat people” often enjoy friendly competition.Many grocery stores in America sell pet foods. Pets can even accompany their owners on vacation. Fancy hotels are beginning to accommodate both man and animal. Animal guests at Four Seasons Hotels can enjoy delicious meals served on fine china and sleep in soft beds.The average American enjoys having pets around, and for good reason. Researchers have discovered that interacting with animals lowers a person’s blood pressure. Dogs can offer protection from robbers and unwelcome visitors. Cats can help rid the home of unwanted mice. Little creatures of all shapes and sizes can provide friendship and love. In many cases, having a pet prepares a young couple for the responsibilities of parenthood. Pets even encourage social relationships: they give their owners an appearance of friendliness, and they provide a good subject of conversation.Pets are as basic to American culture as hot dogs or apple pie. To Americans, pets are not just property, but a part of the family.Marriage“I do.” To Americans, these two words carry great meaning. They can even change your life, especially if you say them at your own wedding. Making wedding promises is like signing a contract. Now Americans don’t really think marriage is a business deal. But marriage is a serious business.It all begins with engagement (婚约). Traditionally, a young man asks the father of his sweetheart for permission to marry her. If the father agrees, the man later proposes to her. Often he tries to surprise her by asking her to marry him in a romantic way.Sometimes the couple just decides together that the time is right to get married. They may be engaged for weeks, months or even years. As the big approaches, bridal (新娘的) showers and bachelor’s parties provide many gifts. Today many couples also receive counseling during engagement. This prepares them for the challenges of married life.At last it’s time for the wedding. Although most weddings follow long-held traditions, there’s still room for individualism. For example, the usual place for a wedding is in a church. But some people get married outdoors. A few even have the ceremony while skydiving or riding on horseback! The couple may invite hundreds of people or just a few close friends.They choose their own style of colors, decorations and music during the ceremony. But some things rarely change. The bride usually wears a beautiful, long white wedding dress. She traditionally wears “something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue”. The groom (新郎) wears a formal suit. Relatives and close friends participate in the ceremony.As the ceremony begins, the groom stands with the minister, facing the audience. Music signals the entrance of the beautiful bride. Nervously, the young couple repeats their promises. Traditionally, they promise to love each other “for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health”. But sometimes the couple composes their own promises. They give each other a gold ring as a symbol of their marriage promise. Finally the minister announces the big moment: “I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss your bride!”1.What is the top reason Americans travel in the summertime?A)School is over.B)They think they deserve a rest.C)Summer is the season to travel.D)The weather is great.2.Every year, most companies _______.A)require a business tripB)insist that workers commuteC)have employees travel togetherD)provide a vacation for workers3.Many Americans treat their pets as _______.A)very usual thingsB)very common thingsC)their own propertyD)their family members4.According to the passage, some fancy hotels could provide for your pets the followingexcept _______.A)good accommodationB)some well-served foodC) a soft bedD)delicious Chinese meals5.It’s discovered that interaction with pet animals is good for health as they can help to_______.A)guard against unwelcome visitorsB)catch unwanted miceC)lower blood pressureD)keep company6.Pet can encourage social relationship by _______.A)acting as basic element to American cultureB)providing a subject for chattingC)becoming members for the familyD)having a friendly appearance7.Traditionally, if a young man wants to get married to his girlfriend he is supposed to_______.A)propose to his friend at the right timeB)ask his girlfriend to marry him in a romantic wayC)get the permission of his girlfriend’s motherD)get the permission of his girlfriend’s father8. The counseling during engagement can prepare a couple for ___________.A) the knowledge of married lifeB) the information about each otherC) the challenges of married lifeD) the ceremony of their marriage9. During the ceremony the bride usually wears a beautiful, long white wedding while thegroom wears___________.A) a formal suitB) a black suitC) a dark jacketD) a nice shirt10. When the bride and groom begin to exchange their rings, it is a symbol of their___________.A) beginning of new lifeB) big moment of the ceremonyC) marriage promiseD) ending of the ceremonyII. Listening Comprehension (25 points)Section A (1*5=5 points )Directions: In this section, you’ll hear five short conversations. After each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and question will beread only once. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.11. A. She contacts her parents occasionally.B. She phones her parents regularly at weekends.C. She visits her parents at weekends when the fares are down.D. She often calls her parents regardless of the rates.12. A. The woman is meeting the man at the airport.B. They are complaining about the poor airport service.C. They are discussing their plan for Christmas.D. The man is seeing the woman off.13. A. She wants to take the most direct way.B. She may be late for the football game.C. She is worried about missing her flight.D. She is currently caught in a traffic jam.14. A. He is an experienced sales manager.B. He is being interviewed for a job.C. He is a close friend of the woman.D. He is good at answering tricky questions.15. A. The man should consider his privacy first.B. The man will choose a low-rent apartment.C. The man is not certain if he can find a quieter place.D. The man is unlikely to move out of the dormitory.Section B (1*5=5points )Directions:In this section, you’ll hear a long conversation. The conversation will be read only once. At the end of the conversation, you’ll hear five questions about whatwas said. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.16. A. A notice by the electricity board.B. Ads promoting electric appliances.C. The description of a thief in disguise.D. A new policy on pensioners' welfare.17. A. Speaking with a proper accent.B. Wearing an official uniform.C. Making friends with them.D. Showing them his ID.18. A. To be on the alert when being followed.B. Not to leave senior citizens alone at home.C. Not to let anyone in without an appointment.D. To watch out for those from the electricity board.19. A. She was robbed near the parking lot.B. All her money in the bank disappeared.C. The pension she had just drawn was stolen.D. She was knocked down in the post office. 20. A. In his twenties.B. In his thirties.C. In his forties.D. In his fifties.Section C (1*5=5points )Directions:In this section, you’ll hear a short passage. The passage will be read only once.At the end of the passage, you’ll hear five questions about what w as said. Listencarefully and choose the best answer to each question.21. A. Because both have a limited supply of air, water, and other resources.B. Because the Earth moves around the sun as fast as a spaceship.C. Because we can travel to outer space.D. Because the Earth never stops moving.22. A. More than 60 million.B. More than 60 billion.C. More than 6 million.D. More than 6 billion.23. A. About 80 miles per second.B. About 70 miles per second.C. About 18 miles per second.D. About 17 miles per second.24. A. Because the Earth is heavily polluted.B. Because nature cannot recycle its resources.C. Because there are more and more people living on the earth.D. Because no more resources can be added.25. A. Nature has changed our environment over the years.B. We must avoid wasting resources and polluting our environment.C. Our resources are nearly used up.D. Trips to other planets will help eliminate pollution.Section D ( 0.5*8+2*3=10 points)Directions:In this section, you’ll hear a passage three times. Listen carefully during the first reading. When the passage is read for the second time, you should fill in theblanks numbered from S1 to S8 with the exact words you have just heard. Forblanks numbered from S9 to S11 you are required to write down the main pointsabout what was said. Check your answers when the passage is read for the thirdtime.The Romans built great “aqueducts” to carry fresh water from the mountains to the cities. Many of these aqueducts are still standing today. The Roman (S1) _____ even set up a government health service. They built the first great public (S2) _____ in Europe, and they paid doctors to look after poor people.When the Roman Empire fell to pieces, these (S3) _____ methods of treatment (S4 )_____ from most of Europe, for more than a thousand years. People went back to the old ways. They lived in dirty (S5) ______, which helped to cause diseases; and they asked God to cure the (S6) _____. They shut up (S7 ) _____ sick people in prisons. Or they burnt them alive because they were supposed to have (S8) _____ powers. But the work of the Greek and Roman doctors was not lost.Over a thousand years ago, the Arabs moved into many of the Mediterranean countries. (S9) _________________________. They translated the Greek and Roman medical books into Arabic. Arab doctors themselves made many new discoveries.(S10)____________________________________________________________. Slowly, European doctors discovered again the things that the Greeks and Romans had known so long ago. (S11) __________________________________________________________________.III. Reading Comprehension (2*15=30 points)Directions: In this section there are three passages. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements with four choices marked A), B), C), and D).You are supposed to read the passage and make the best choice to complete eachquestion or unfinished statement. Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:Culture is one of the most challenging elements of the international marketplace. This system of learned behavior patterns characteristic of the members of a given society is constantly shaped by a set of dynamic variables: language, religion, values and attitudes, manners and customs, aesthetics, technology, education, and social institutions. To cope with this system, an international manager needs both factual and interpretive knowledge of culture. To some extent, the factual knowledge can be learned; its interpretation comes only through experience.The most complicated problems in dealing with the cultural environment stem from the fact that one cannot learn culture—one has to live it. Two schools of thought exist in the business world on how to deal with cultural diversity. One is that business is business the world around, following the model of Pepsi and McDonald’s. In some cases, globalization is a fact of life; however, cultural differences are still far from converging.The other school proposes that companies must tailor business approaches to individual cultures. Setting up policies and procedures in each country has been compared to an organ transplant; the critical question centers around acceptance or rejection. The major challenge to the international manager is to make sure that rejection is not a result of cultural myopia or even blindness.Fortune examined the international performance of a dozen large companies that earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas. The internationally successful companies all share an important quality: patience. They have not rushed into situations but rather built their operations carefully by following the most basic business principles. These principles are to know your adversary, know your audience, and know your customer.26. According to the passage, which of the following is true?A. All international managers can learn culture.B. Business diversity is not necessary.C. Views differ on how to treat culture in business world.D. Most people do not know foreign culture well.27. According to the author, the model of Pepsi _____.A. favors the idea that the business is business the world aroundB. is different fr om the model of McDonald’sC. shows the reverse of globalizationD. has converged cultural differences28. The two schools of thought _____.A. both propose that companies should tailor business approaches to individual culturesB. both advocate that different policies be set up in different countriesC. admit the existence of cultural diversity in business worldD. both try to separate business from culture29. This article is supposed to be most useful for those _____.A. who are interested in researching the topic of cultural diversityB. who have connections to more than one type of cultureC. who want to travel abroadD. who want to run business on an international scale30. According to Fortune, successful international companies ______.A. earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseasB. all have the quality of patienceC. will follow the overseas local culturesD. adopt the policy of internationalizationQuestions31 to 35 are based on the following passage:Sport is not only physically challenging, but it can also be mentally challenging. Criticism from coaches, parents, and other teammates, as well as pressure to win can create an excessive amount of anxiety or stress for young athletes. Stress can be physical, emotional, or psychological, and research has indicated that it can lead to burnout. Burnout has been described as dropping or quitting of an activity that was at one time enjoyable.The early years of development are critical years for learning about oneself. The sport setting is one where valuable experiences can take place. Young athletes can, for example, learn how to cooperate with others, make friends, and gain other social skills that will be used throughout their lives. Coaches and parents should be aware, at all times, that their feedback to youngsters can greatly affect their children. Youngsters may take their parents’ and coaches’ criticisms to heart and find a flaw in themselves.Coaches and parents should also be cautious that youth sport participation does not become work for children. The outcome of the game should not be more important than the process of learning the sport and other life lessons. In today’s youth sport setting, young athletes may be worrying more about who will win instead of enjoying themselves and the sport. Following a game, many parents and coaches focus on the outcome and find fault with youngsters’ performances. Positive reinforcement should be provided regardless of the outcome. Research indicates that positive reinforcement motivates and has a greater effect on learning than criticism. Again, criticism can create high levels of stress, which can lead to burnout.31. An effective way to prevent the burnout of young athletes is _____.A. to make sports less competitiveB. to make sports more challengingC. to put more emphasis on the resultsD. to increase their sense of success32. The positive feedback of their parents and coaches will help the young athletes_____.A. learn more about societyB. cooperate with othersC. find flaws in themselvesD. gain valuable social experiences33. According to the author, severe criticisms of the young athletes would _____A. help them enjoy themselves in sportsB. make them remember life’s lessonsC. be beneficial for their early developmentD. destroy their self confidence34. What the parents and coaches have tried to do is to _____.A. help children to win every gameB. pay more attention to letting children enjoy sportsC. enable children to understand the positive aspect of sportsD. train children to cope with stress35. The author’s purpose in writing the passage is _____.A. to persuade young children not to worry about criticismB. to discuss the skill of combining criticism with encouragementC. to stress the importance of positive reinforcement to childrenD. to teach young athletes how to avoid burnoutQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships. One strength of the human conditions is our tendency to give and receive support from one another under stressful circumstances. Social support consists of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties. Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to cope with major life changes and daily hassles (困难). People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties. Studies over a range of illnesses, from depression to heart disease, reveal that the presence of social support helps people fend off illness, and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely.Social support cushions stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives, andco-workers may let us know that they value us. Our self-respect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others despite our faults and difficulties. Second, other people often provide us with informational support. They help us to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them. Third, we typically find social companionship supportive. Engaging in leisure-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting us from our worries and troubles. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support—financial aid, material resources, and needed services—that reduces stress by helping us resolve and cope with our problems.36. Interpersonal relationships are important because _____.A. they are indispensa ble to people’s social well-beingB. they awaken people’s desire to exchange resourcesC. they help people to cope with life in the information eraD. they can cure a range of illnesses such as heart disease, etc.37. Research shows that people’s phy sical and mental health _____.A. relies on the social welfare systems which support themB. has much to do with the amount of support they get from othersC. depends on their ability to deal with daily worries and troublesD. is closely related to their strength for coping with major changes in their lives38. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “cushions” (Line 1, Para. 2)?A. Adds up to.B. Does away with.C. Lessens the effect of.D. Lays the foundation for.。
2013英语一text4答案及解析
2013英语一text4答案及解析1、Let us put the matter to the vote,（）? [单选题] *A. will youB. can weC. may ID. shall we(正确答案)2、I arrived _____ the city _____ 9:00 am _______ April [单选题] *A. at, in, atB. to, on, atC. in, or, atD. in, at, on(正确答案)3、35．___________ good music the teacher is playing! [单选题] * A．What(正确答案)B．HowC．What aD．What the4、Guilin is _______ its beautiful scenery. [单选题] *A. famous for(正确答案)B. interested inC. fond ofD. careful with5、I don’t like snakes, so I ______ read anything about snakes.（）[单选题] *A. alwaysB. usuallyC. oftenD. never(正确答案)6、Kate has a cat _______ Mimi. [单选题] *A. called(正确答案)B. callC. to callD. calling7、A healthy life is generally thought to be（）with fresh air, clean water, and homegrown food. [单选题] *A. joinedB. boundC. lackingD. associated(正确答案)8、_____you may do, you must do it well. [单选题] *A.WhichB.WheneverC.Whatever(正确答案)D.When9、Boys and girls, please _______ your favorite book here and show it to us next class. [单选题] *A. bring(正确答案)B. sellC. buyD. take10、_______ your help, I can’t finish my job. [单选题] *A. withB. without(正确答案)C. inD. into11、75．Why not________ for a walk? [单选题] *A．go out(正确答案)B．to go outC．going outD．goes out12、8．Turn right ________ Danba Road and walk ________ the road, then you will findMeilong Middle school. [单选题] *A．in...alongB．into...along (正确答案)C．in...onD．into...on13、There are about eight ______ students in my school.（）[单选题] *A. hundred(正确答案)B. hundredsC. hundred ofD. hundreds of14、What’s your _______ for the coming new year? [单选题] *A. playB. plantC. plan(正确答案)D. plans15、I took?some _______of the Great Wall?in China last year. [单选题] *A. potatoesB. tomatoesC. photos(正确答案)D. paintings16、He prefers to use the word “strange”to describe the way（）she walks. [单选题] *A. in which(正确答案)B. by whichC. in thatD. by that17、I _______ Zhang Hua in the bookstore last Sunday. [单选题] *A. meetB. meetingC. meetedD. met(正确答案)18、It _____ us a lot of time to do this job. [单选题] *A. spentB. madeC. took(正确答案)D. cost19、For the whole period of two months, there _____ no rain in this area. Now the crops are dead [单选题] *A. isB. wasC. has been(正确答案)D. have been20、The house was completed five months ago. [单选题] *A. 完成(正确答案)B. 复杂C. 开始D. 装着21、The three guests come from different _______. [单选题] *A. countryB. countrysC. countryesD. countries(正确答案)22、Mary _______ a phone call with her mother now. [单选题] *A. will makeB. madeC. is making(正确答案)D. makes23、—______some nice crayons. I think they are ______.（）[单选题] *A. Here is; Betty’sB. Here are; BettyC. Here is; BettyD. Here are; Betty’s(正确答案)24、Jack can speak Japanese, and his brother can _______ speak Japanese. [单选题] *A. tooB. also(正确答案)C. eitherD. as well25、The carbon we produce when we breathe is much less than（）produced by a car. [单选题] *A. oneB. itC. that(正确答案)D. those26、As I know, his salary as a doctor is much higher_____. [单选题] *A. than that of a teacher(正确答案)B. than a teacherC. to that of a teacherD. to a teacher27、There is a bank ______ the street. [单选题] *A. on the end ofB. in the end ofC. at the end of(正确答案)D. by the end of28、We need two ______ and two bags of ______ for the banana milk shake.（）[单选题]*A. banana; yogurtB. banana; yogurtsC. bananas; yogurt(正确答案)D. bananas; yogurts29、--Henry treats his secretary badly.--Yes. He seems to think that she is the _______ important person in the office. [单选题] *A. littleB. least(正确答案)C. lessD. most30、16．We asked ______ engineer we met before to help repair the radio yesterday. [单选题] *A．aB．anC．the(正确答案)D．/。
14-15学年第二学期大学英语IV（A卷）试题
14-15学年第⼆学期⼤学英语IV（A卷）试题| | | | | | | |装| | | | |订| | | | | |线| | | | | | | | |防灾科技学院2014 ~ 2015学年第⼆学期期末考试⼤学英语IV试卷(A) 使⽤班级2013级⾮英语专业本科答题时间120分钟考试开始后15分钟，开始放听⼒；请将选择题1-55题答案涂在机读答题卡上，主观题Part IV-VI写在答题纸上Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) （本⼤题共25⼩题，每题1分，共25分。
）Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 5 short 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.1. A. He doesn’t have enough money to buy a house.B. He really does not want to buy a house.C. He plans to buy a house in a little while.D. He will have enough money for a house soon.2. A. They will buy the vase.B. They will draw money from the bank.C. They will go to more places to look for a less expensive vase.D. They will go back home to save more money for the vase.3. A. They will rent the house with good appliances.B. They will rent the house with not so good appliances.C. They will buy the house whose rent is low.D. They will buy the house whose rent is high.4. A. FoodB. RentC. LightD. Heating5. A. They will borrow $10,000 from their friends.B. They will buy the car on installments for ten years.C. They will buy the car on installments for five years.D. They will pay all the money for the car at one time.Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 2 long conversations. At the end of eachconversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversationand the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During thepause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C, and D and decide which is the bestanswer.Conversation OneQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the passage you have just heard.6. A. They are making a film.B. They are attracting more customers.C. They are working.D. They are paying for embroidery(刺绣品).7. A. A day time bar.B. A needle work bar.C. A coffee bar.D. A ceramic(陶瓷的) bar.| | | | | | | |装| | | | |订| | | | | |线| | | | | |8. A. Two cups, both with holes on the bottom. B. A cup with a hole on its bottom.C. Twp cups, one of them has a hole on its bottom.D. A cup make by herself.9. A. People can have a try to do embroidery if they pay some money. B. The woman invites the man to the bar during the day time.C. The woman didn ’t tell the man his birthday gift was made by herself.D. The woman improved much to make ceramic cups. 10. A. The woman and the man will go to the DIY bar.B. The woman and the man will make some ugly cups.C. The woman and the man will check out the ceramic cups.D. The woman changed her mind to go to the DIY bar. Conversation TwoQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the Conversation you have just heard. 11. A. She needs to connect the cable on the desk to her phone.B. Her phone gets wireless Internet access.C. Her phone couldn ’t use the Internet.D. It ’s not mentioned.12. A. A camera with two megapixels(百万像素).B. A camera with four megapixels.C. A camera with seven megapixels.D. A camera with eight megapixels.13. A. To teach her how to use iPhone.B. To learn how to use iPhone.C. To borrow her phone for his own use.D. To help her buy a new phone.14. A. Yes, he is.B. No, he isn ’t.C. Yes, the same as the woman.D. It ’s mot mentioned.15. A. The man will help the woman check her email.B. The woman will check email for the man.C. The woman will help the man buy a new phone.D. The man will use a public phone.Section CDirections : In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the following passage.16. A. The “win-win ” solution.B. The “Lose-lose ” solution.C. Learning to win arguments at home.D. Learning to take control at home.17. A. He was dismissed in consequence of his bad work.B. His wife spent too much on clothes.C. His wife didn ’t allow him to invite friends to dinner.D. He and his wife had different tastes for wallpaper.18. A. Eventually the speaker and his wife found a pattern they both liked.B. Eventually the speaker won the argument.C. Eventually the speaker ’s wife won the argument.D. The speaker and his wife divorced.| | | | | | | |装| | | | |订| | | | | |线| | | | | |Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the following passage.19. A. They sent a digital camera into space.B. They dissected frogs.C. They danced at the dancing party.D. They learned photography.20. A. 20 miles.B. 100,000 feet.C. 80,000 feet.D. 30,000 feet.21. A. In February 2008.B. In January 2008.C. In February 2009.D. In January 2009.22. A. The equipment was totally broken.B. The equipment was still working.C. The equipment was melting.D. The equipment was caught by a dog.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A. Women. B. Men C. Children D. Adults24. A. Australia B. France C. Mexico D. The United States.25. A. 61% B. 40% C 70% D.12%Part II Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) （本⼤题共20⼩题，26-35每题2分，36-45每题1分，共30分。
201304大学英语(1)B卷 参考答案
201301批次网上考试大学英语（1） A 卷一、单项选择题 （共40题、总分40分、得分40分）1. The man knocked at the door ( ) nobody answered. (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A 、andB 、soC 、orD 、 but2. He ( ) when his teacher asked him to hand it in. (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A 、has just finished his paperB 、just finished his paperC 、would just finish his paperD 、 had just finished his paper3. There isn’t any difference between the two. I really don’t know( ). (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A 、which to chooseB 、to choose whatC 、what to chooseD 、 to choose which4. ( ) the bad weather, the football match had to be put off. (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A 、Because ofB 、 BecauseC、In caseD、 On occasion5. When you come out of the elevator, turn ( ) left. (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、aB、anC、theD、×6. It is a nice day to me. Why not ( ) for a picnic? (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、go forB、go toC、go outD、 go in7. Would you please present the project ( ) (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
2013年12级大学英语4期末A卷及答案
武汉大学2013—2014学年度第一学期2012级《大学英语三级》期末试卷（A卷）2014年01月06日学号姓名院（系）英语班号: ____考生注意事项：1．本次考试共计120分钟（14：30 ——16 ：30）；2．09：00正式播放听力录音；3．在机读答题卡准考证号一栏填入自己的学号；4．准考证号一栏涂黑相应的阿拉伯数字（漏填或填错将影响卷面得分）；5．在试卷类型处涂黑A或B （机读卡的试卷类型在答题卡左上角，主观题答题纸试卷类型在答题纸上方。
两卡都要填写试卷类型。
漏填或填错将影响卷面得分）；6．主观题部分（听写、翻译、作文等）写在主观题答题纸上；7．考试结束时请将机读答题卡、主观答题纸和试题册一并交给监考人员（不交试题册者按零分处理）；8．请将姓名、学号等相关信息填入上栏（重修学生请在姓名后注明“重修”二字）。
9．考生联系方式__________________________.审题人：Part I Listening Comprehension (25%)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear eight short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. A) He disagrees with the woman.B) He’s too busy to eat breakfast.C) He doesn’t want to eat breakfast.D) He wants to know whether the woman eats breakfast.2. A) It could help people of all ages to avoid cancer.B) It mainly meant for cancer patients.C) It might appeal more to viewers over 40.D) It was frequently interrupted by commercials.3. A) The man is fond of traveling.B) The woman is a photographer.C) The woman took a lot of pictures at the contest.D) The man admires the woman’s talent in writing.4. A) The man regrets being absent-minded.B) The woman saved the man some trouble.C) The man placed the reading list on a desk.D) The woman emptied the waste paper basket.5. A) She used to be in poor health. B) She didn’t do well at high school.C) She was popular among boys. D) She was somewhat overweight.6. A) At the airport. B) At the hotel reception.C) In a restaurant. D) In a booking office.7. A) Having confidence in her son.B) Telling her son not to worry.C) Teaching her son by herself. D) Asking the teacher for extra help.8. A) Have a short break. B) Take two weeks off.C) Go on vacation with the man. D) Continue her work outdoors.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear TWO long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the following passage:9. A) The hotel clerk had put his reservation under another name.B) The hotel clerk insisted that he didn’t make any reservation.C) The hotel clerk tried to take advantage of his inexperience.D) The hotel clerk couldn’t find his reservation for that night.10. A) A grand wedding was being held in the hotel.B) There was a conference going on in the city.C) The hotel was undergoing major repairs.D) It was a busy season for holiday-makers.11. A) Demand compensation from the hotel.B) Ask for additional discount.C) Complain to the hotel manager.D) Find a cheaper room in another hotel.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the following passage:12. A) On business. B) For sightseeing.C) On holiday. D) Visiting friends and relatives.13. A) Because the street lights in the city are never off until daytime.B) Because the footlights on the buildings and palaces make the city look like awonderland at night.C) Because the footlights on the buildings and palaces are beautifully designed.D) Because Paris has been known as the world’s Capital of Night Life.14. A) Take pictures of the city’s famous sights.B) Take part in business activities.C) Enjoy French food.D) Cruise on the River Seine.15. A) Sam took advantage of his business trip to Paris to do some sightseeing.B) Sam spent a very short time sightseeing in Paris.C) Sam prefers the splendid buildings and palaces in Paris to French food.D) Sam will invite Linda to visit Paris sometime later.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear One passage TWICE. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with information you get from the recording.(注意：本部分请直接把答案写在主观答题纸上。
2013四级试题及答案
2013四级试题及答案2013年的四级考试是中国大学英语四级考试（CET-4）的一次重要考试，它涵盖了听力、阅读、写作和翻译等多个部分。
以下是2013年四级考试的试题及参考答案的概述。
# 听力部分听力部分通常包括短对话、长对话、短文听写和听力理解。
以下是一些样题及参考答案。
样题：1. A) The man is too busy to attend the meeting.B) The meeting has been postponed.C) The man has missed the meeting.D) The man will attend the meeting.参考答案：1. C) The man has missed the meeting.# 阅读部分阅读部分包括快速阅读、阅读理解和仔细阅读。
考生需要根据所给文章内容选择正确答案。
样题：What is the main idea of the passage?A) The importance of teamwork in business.B) The benefits of working in a team.C) The challenges of working in a team.D) The disadvantages of working alone.参考答案：A) The importance of teamwork in business.# 写作部分写作部分通常包括短文写作和图表作文。
考生需要根据给定的题目或图表写出一篇连贯、有逻辑性的短文。
样题：Write an essay of 120-180 words based on the picture below.In your essay, you should1) describe the picture briefly,2) interpret its intended meaning, and3) give your comments.参考答案：[考生的作文]# 翻译部分翻译部分要求考生将给定的中文句子翻译成英文，考察语言转换能力和语言准确性。
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201301批次网上考试大学英语（4） A 卷考试批次：201301批次网上考试课程：大学英语（4）已做/题量40 / 40 1 / 1 4 / 4 45 / 45 得分/分值40 / 40 17 / 20 38 / 40 95 / 100一、单项选择题（共40题、总分40分、得分40分）1. 1 France Viuard an excellent political speaker but she was also among the first membersof the populistparty. (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 Not onlyB、 If onlyC、 Only ifD、 Not only was题目信息难度： 1 习题编号：050c7432-bd81-48a1-9d86-39ca46fdf3e9正确答案： D解题方案： Not only was but also was2. What sports do you like to play? （） (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、I’m fond of it very much.B、 I like to play table tennis and go swimming.C、I’d love to learn.D、 I like watch TV.题目信息难度： 1 习题编号：096ac7a1-7d8a-4411-9186-dcf5768ac0a1正确答案： B解题方案：运动的种类项目3. How are you feeling now? （） (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 Oh, much better.B、 I am very happy.C、It’s not important.D、 So beautiful and sweet.题目信息难度： 1 习题编号：21c8e7d2-d36d-4e46-b430-f215f46dba68正确答案： A解题方案：回答和程度有关的句子4. Would you agree to 1 the operation? (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 Parsons having full control ofB、 Parsons controlC、 Parson''s having full control ofD、 be in Parson''s control题目信息难度： 1 习题编号：24ff0a77-274f-4cf4-ade7-327e0d2ab547正确答案： C解题方案：判断词的变形是否正确5. The population in the United States, where immigrants account for more than ten percent of residents, increases by about1 per cent annually, ( ) with just 0.2 per cent in the EU. (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 comparingB、 compared beingC、 comparedD、 and compared题目信息难度： 1 习题编号：32018954-15d0-4c14-9d13-81999ad24685正确答案： B解题方案： Immigrants移民,是美国被动与欧洲进行比较6. What are the hours of your work? （） (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 I like it.B、 I am busy at the moment.C、 It is long.D、 The working hours are from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. on Saturdays.题目信息难度： 1 习题编号：5af70f5e-c20e-40c0-8a34-97f9f8b6e2c7正确答案： D解题方案：工作的时间7. Hello, I''d like to speak to Mark, please. （） (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 Yes, I''m Mark.B、 This is Mark speaking.C、 It''s me here.D、 This is me.题目信息难度： 1 习题编号：800ddb44-a205-49a8-be25-38791448c520正确答案： B解题方案：打电话的表达8. How can I apply for the job? （） (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 You may come in and get an application.B、 Yes, you can.C、 No, you cannot.D、 It is for you only.题目信息难度： 1 习题编号：a3093ee5-d7e1-4299-befc-61db25848bbb正确答案： A解题方案： apply 提供9. Hi, is Mary there, please? （） (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 Hold on. I''ll get herB、 No, she isn''t hereC、 Yes, she lives hereD、 Yes, what do you want题目信息难度： 1 习题编号：a6da037c-a65b-47f8-bf53-ce702fd880f8正确答案： A解题方案：根据对话判断是打电话10. E xcuse me, how can I get to the Dodak Company? （） (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 See it on the left side.B、 Go straight for about 10 minutes.C、 Ask him.D、I can’t understand.题目信息难度： 1 习题编号：aa8d6cdf-145b-4bc7-8cae-676efb1b8073正确答案： B解题方案： how to go to somewhere 怎么到某处11. T he boy won’t sop playing his toy gun even though his mother has ( ) him many times to do his homework. (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 arguedB、 urgedC、 bargainedD、 asked题目信息难度： 2 习题编号：46292da8-bd04-4e8a-8d0f-0c5fd1f90cf9正确答案： B解题方案：排除讨论争论，选要求12. H is ( ) that he had nothing to do with the affair was greeted with some suspicion. (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 statementB、 stateC、 stimulusD、 stimulation题目信息难度： 2 习题编号：7745e533-94ac-495b-ba17-4124437e4899正确答案： A解题方案： Affair事件13. J ulie's anger slowly ( ) after she heard Robert's explanation. (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 disappeared awayB、 vanished awayC、 melted awayD、 passed away题目信息难度： 2 习题编号：7c4c6b07-a01c-4182-acac-e20abe93ecbe正确答案： C解题方案：一般是减少，消失之类14. E very candidate who ( ) the presidential campaign is required to make several public speeches on TV. (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 takes partB、 joins inC、 participates inD、 competes题目信息难度： 2 习题编号：82f054e3-0119-4715-b13d-580f6b81d90a正确答案： D解题方案： presidential campaign总统竞选15. T he twins are dressed differently to make them ( ) from each other. (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 separateB、 distinctC、 distinguishedD、 disgusting题目信息难度： 2 习题编号：85bc4a91-9630-4290-b218-fd2832cbecdd正确答案： D解题方案：一般是看起来不合群16. I saw the baby was about to fall off the bed and caught it just ( ) the nick of time. (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 inB、 onC、 atD、 for题目信息难度： 2 习题编号：0fcab5da-7d2d-495b-8b37-a0b8181accd1正确答案： A解题方案： be about to将要,即将17. C hildren need praise much ( ) flowers need water. (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 in the same wayB、 like in the same wayC、 which in the same wayD、 as in the same way题目信息难度： 2 习题编号：1180b14f-554e-434d-bf93-7b3a9de198a3正确答案： C解题方案：就像..一样18. T he agency is more ( ) with making arty ads than understanding its clients（客户）. (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。
)A、 concernB、 concernedC、 concerningD、 to concern题目信息难度： 2 习题编号：1329125c-1352-4ada-8140-11283d748d7f正确答案： B解题方案：根据语境应选择表示关心的被动语态19. W e don''t need a car, ( ). (本题分数：1 分，本题得分：1 分。