大学英语四级模拟试题(九)

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大学英语四级模拟试卷第09组(听力)

大学英语四级模拟试卷第09组(听力)
4. A) Stay at home and review the lesson. B) Stay at home and have a good rest. C) Go somewhere else. D) Go to the concert tomorrow.
5. A) There is a flood every two years. B) The flood is the worst ever since sixties. C) There is a serious drought. D) There is a severe flood.
10. A) He has some trouble with his parents. B) His parents had a quarrel. C) He and his wife might have had a quarrel. D) His wife and his parents might have disagreed with each other.
2. A) Clean air. B) Friendly folks. C) Freshness. D) Peaceful surroundings.
3. A) Buy a ticket. mediately. D) Call a taxi.
8. A) He has failed in the exam. B) He has lost in the game. C) He couldn’t represent his team. D) The track meet had been cancelled.
9. A) To return the shoes and get the refund. B) To buy another pair of shoes. C) To change the shoes for another style. D) To change the shoes for a different color.

大学英语四级考试模拟试题(附答案)

大学英语四级考试模拟试题(附答案)

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

英语专业四级模拟试题9(含答案)

英语专业四级模拟试题9(含答案)

英语专业四级模拟试题9(含答案)英语专业四级模拟试题9Part I Dictation ( 15 minutes )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. Now listen to the passage.Part II Listening Comprehension ( 18 minutes )Section AIn this section, you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Conversation OneQuestions 2 to 5 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.2. Which of the following is NOT offered by the apartment?A) Tennis courts.B) A recreation area.C) A sauna.D) A swimming pool.3.If the student decides to rent an apartment from thereceptionist, what will his depositbe?A) One hundred dollars.B) Thirty-five dollars.C) Fifty dollars.D) Two hundred and fifty dollars.4.Why is a deposit required at Melrose Apartment?A) To secure a two-bedroom apartment.B) To renew a six-month lease.C) To pay for a dishwasher.D) To cover property damage.5. How long will the student have to wait for one-bedroom apartment?A) For a week.B) For two weeks.C) For three weeks.D) For a month.Conversation TwoQuestions 6 to 8 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.6. What year is Mike in?A) The first year.B) The second year.C) The fourth year.D) The third year.7.Mike should resign because _______.A) he can't get along with his schoolmates in the UnionB) he can't do the work wellC) he is in debtD) he can't get through his studies8.What do you suppose Mike is majoring in?A) Mathematics.B) Electronics.C) Physics.D) Economics.Conversation ThreeQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.9. Where does this conversation most likely take place?A) In the library on campus.B) In a classroom.。

大学英语专业四级阅读理解模拟试题(含答案)(09)

大学英语专业四级阅读理解模拟试题(含答案)(09)

PART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN]In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with foursuggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.TEXT AAt some time in your life you may have a strong desire to do something strange or terrible. However,chances are that you don’t act on your impulse, but let it pass instead. You know that to commit the action iswrong in some way and that other people will not accept your behavior.Perhaps the most interesting thing about the phenomenon of taboo behavior is how it can change over theyears within the same society, how certain behavior and attitudes once considered taboo can become perfectlyacceptable and natural at another point in time. Topics such as death, for example, were once considered soupsetting and unpleasant that it was a taboo to even talk about them. Now with the publication of important bookssuch as On Death and Dying and Learning to Say Goodbye, people have become more aware of the importance ofexpressing feelings about death and, as a result, are more willing to talk about this taboo subject.One of the newest taboos in American society is the topic of fat. Unlike many other taboos, fat is topic thatAmericans talk about constantly. It’s not taboo to talk about fat; it’s taboo to be fat. The “In the work world, most companies prefer youthful-looking, trim executives to sell their image as well as theirproducts to the public. The thin look is associated with youth, vigor, and success. The fat person, on the otherhand, is thought of as lazy and lacking in energy, self-discipline, and self-respect. In an image-conscious societylike the U.S., thin is “in”, fat is “out”.It’s not surprising, then, that millions of Americans have become obsessed with staying slim andThe pursuit of a youthful physical appearance is not, however, the sole reason for America’s fas and exercise. Recent research has shown the critical importance of diet and exercise for personal health. As inmost technologically developed nations, the life-style of North Americans has changed dramatically during thecourse of the last century. Modern machines do all the physical labor that people were once forced to do by hand.Cars and buses transport us quickly from point to point. As a result of inactivity and disuse, peopleeasily become weak and vulnerable to disease. In an effort to avoid such a fate, millions of Americans arespending more of their time exercising.1.From the passage we can infer taboo is__.A.a strong desire to do something strange or terrible.B.a crime committed on impulse.C.behavior considered unacceptable in society’s eyes.D.an unfavorable impression left on other people.2.Based on the ideas presented in the passage we can conclude “being fat” __ in American society.A.will always remain a taboo.B.is not considered a taboo by most people.C.has long been a taboo.D.may no longer be a taboo some day.3.The topic of fat is __ many other taboo subjects.A.the same asB.different fromC.more popular thanD.less often talked about than.4.In the U.S., thin is “in”, fat is “out”, this means__.A.thin is “inside”, fat is “outside”.B.thin is “diligent”, fat is “lazy”.C.thin is “youthful”, fat is “spiritless”.D.thin is “fashionable”, fat is “unfashionable”.5.Apart from this new understanding of the correlation between health and exercise, the main reason thepassage gives for why so many Americans are exercising regularly is__.A.their changed life-style.B.their eagerness to stay thin and youthful.C.their appreciation of the importance of exercise.D.the encouragement they have received from their companies.TEXT BThe discovery of the Antarctic not only proved one of the most interesting of all geographical adventures, butcreated what might be called “the heroic age of Antarctic exploration”. By their tremendous heroism, m Shakleton, Scott, and Amundsen caused a new continent to emerge from the shadows, and yet that heroic age,little more than a century old, is already passing. Modern science and inventions are revolutionizing the endurance,future journeys into these icy wastes will probably depend on motor vehicles equipped with caterpillar tractionrather than on the dogs that earlier discoverers found so invaluable and hardly comparable.Few realize that this Antarctic continent is almost equal in size to South America, and enormous field ofwork awaits geographers and prospectors. The coasts of this continent remain to be accurately charted, and themaping of the whole of the interior presents a formidable task to the cartographers who undertake the work. Oncetheir labors are completed, it will be possible to prospect the vast natural resources which scientists believe willfurnish one of the largest treasure hoards of metals and minerals the world has yet known, and almostinexhaustible sources of copper, coal, uranium, and many other ores will become available to man. Suchdiscoveries will usher in an era of practical exploitation of the Antarctic wastes.The polar darkness which hides this continent for the six winter months will be defeated by huge batteries oflight, and make possible the establishing of air-fields for the future inter-continental air services by making theseareas as light as day. Present flying routes will be completely changed, for the Antarctic refueling bases will makeflights from Australia to South America comparatively easy over the 5,000 miles journey.The climate is not likely to offer an insuperable problem, for the explorer Admiral Byrd has shown that theclimate is possible even for men completely untrained for expeditions into those frozen wastes. Some of hisparties were men who had never seen snow before, and yet he records that they survived the rigors of theAntarctic climate comfortably, so that, provided that the appropriate installations are made, we may assume thathuman beings from all countries could live there safely. Byrd even affirms that it is probably the most healthyclimate in the world, for the intense cold of thousands of years has sterilize this continent, and rendered itabsolutely germfree, with the consequences that ordinary and extraordinary sickness and diseases from which mansuffers in other zones with different climates are here utterly unknown. There exist no problems of conservationand preservation of food supplies, for the latter keep indefinitely without any signs of deterioration; it may evenbe that later generations will come to regard the Antarctic as the natural storehouse for the whole world.Plans are already on foot to set up permanent bases on the shores of this continent, and what so few years agoof human life and endeavor.was regarded as a “dead continent” now promises to be a most active center6.When did man begin to explore the AntarcticA.About 100years ago.B.In this century.C.At the beginning of the 19th century.D.In 1798.7.What must the explorers be, even though they have modern equipment and techniquesA.Brave and toughB.Stubborn and arrogant.C.Well-liked and humorous.D.Stout and smart.8.The most healthy climate in the world is___.A.in South America.B.in the Arctic Region.C.in the Antarctic Continent.D.in the Atlantic Ocean.9.What kind of metals and minerals can we find in the AntarcticA.Magnetite, coal and ores.B.Copper, coal and uranium.C.Silver, natural gas and uranium.D.Aluminum, copper and natural gas.10.What is planned for the continentA.Building dams along the coasts.B.Setting up several summer resorts along the coasts.C.Mapping the coast and whole territory.D.Setting up permanent bases on the coasts.TEXT CWithout regular supplies of some hormones our capacity to behave would be seriously impaired; withoutothers we would soon die. Tiny amounts of some hormones can modify moods and actions, our inclination to eator drink, our aggressiveness or submissiveness, and our reproductive and parental behavior. And hormones domore than influence adult behavior; early in life they help to determine the development of bodily form and mayeven determine an individual’s behavioral capacities. Later in life the changing outputs of some endocrine glandsand the body’s changing sensitivity to some hormones are essential aspects of the phenomena of aging.Communication within the body and the consequent integration of behavior were considered the exclusiveprovince of the nervous system up to the beginning of the present century. The emergence of endocrinology as aseparate discipline can probably be traced to the experiments of Bayliss and Starling on the hormone secretion.This substance is secreted from cells in the intestinal walls when food enters the stomach; it travels through thebloodstream and stimulates the pancreas to liberate pancreatic juice, which aids in digestion. By showing thatspecial cells secret chemical agents that are conveyed by the bloodstream and regulate distant target organs ortissues. Bayliss and starling demonstrated that chemical integration could occur without participation of thenervous system.The term “hormone” was first used with reference to secretion. Starling derived the term from the Greekhormone, meaning “to excite or set in motion. The term “endocrine” was introduced shortly thereafter “Endocrine” is used to refer to glands that secret products into the bloodstream. The term “e with “exocrine”, which is applied to glands that secret their products though ducts to the site of action. Examplesof exocrine glands are the tear glands, the sweat glands, and the pancreas, which secrets pancreatic juice through aduct into the intestine. Exocrine glands are also called duct glands, while endocrine glands are called ductless.11.What is the author’s main purpose in the passage?A.To explain the specific functions of various hormones.B.To provide general information about hormones.C.To explain how the term “hormone” evolved.D.To report on experiments in endocrinology.12.The passage supports which of the following conclusions?A.The human body requires large amounts of most hormones.B.Synthetic hormones can replace a person’s natural supply of hormones if necessary.C.The quantity of hormones produced and their effects on the body are related to a person’sD.The short child of tall parents very likely had a hormone deficiency early in life.13.It can be inferred from the passage that before the Bayliss and Starling experiments, most people believed thatchemical integration occurred only___.A.during sleep.B.in the endocrine glands.C.under control of the nervous system.D.during strenuous exercise.14.The word “liberate” could best be replaced by which of the following?A.EmancipateB.DischargeC.SurrenderD.Save15.According to the passage another term for exocrine glands is___.A.duct glandsB.endocrine glandsC.ductless glandsD.intestinal glands.TEXT DIf the old maxim that the customer is always right still has meaning, then the airlines that ply the worldbusiest air route between London and Paris have a flight on their hands.The Eurostar train service linking the UK and French capitals via the Channel Tunnel is winning customersin increasing numbers. In late May, it carried its one millionth passenger, having run only a limited servicebetween London, Paris and Brussels since November 1994, starting with two trains a day in each direction to Parisand Brussels. By 1997, the company believes that it will be carrying ten million passengers a year, and continue togrow from there.From July, Eurostar steps its service to nine trains each way between London and Paris, and five betweenLondon and Brussels. Each train carries almost 800 passengers, 210 of them in first class.The airlines estimate that they will initially lose around 15%-20% of their London-Paris traffic to therailways once Eurostar starts a full service later this year (1995), with 15 trains a day each way. A similar servicewill start to Brussels. The damage will be limited, however, the airlines believe, with passenger numbers returningto previous levels within two to three years.In the short term, the damage caused by the 1 million people-levels traveling between London and Paris andBrussels on Eurostar trains means that some air services are already suffering. Some of the major carriers say thattheir passenger numbers are down by less than 5% and point to their rivals-Particularly Air France-as havingsuffered the problems. On the Brussels route, the railway company had less success, and the airlines reportanything from around a 5% drop to no visible decline in traffic.The airlines' optimism on returning traffic levels is based on historical precedent. British Midland, forexample, points to its experience on Heathrow Leeds Bradford service which saw passenger numbers fold by 15%when British Rail electrified and modernized the railway line between London and Yorkshire. Two years later, travel had risen between the two destinations to the point where the airline was carrying record numbers of passengers.16.British airlines confide in the fact that__.A.they are more powerful than other European airlines.B.their total loss won’t go beyond a drop of 5% passengers.C.their traffic levels will return in 2-3 years.D.traveling by rail can never catch up with traveling by air.17.The author’s attitude towards the drop of passengers may be described as__.A.worried.B.delightedC.puzzled.D.unrivaled.18.In the passage, British Rail (Para 6) is mentioned to__.A.provide a comparison with Eurostar.B.support the airlines’ optimism.C.prove the inevitable drop of air passengers.D.call for electrification and modernization of the railway.19.The railway’s Brussels route is brought forth to show that__.A.the Eurostar train service is not doing good business.B.the airlines can well compete with the railway.C.the Eurostar train service only caused little damage.D.only some airlines, such as Air France, are suffering.20.The passage is taken from the first of an essay, from which we may well predict that in the following part theauthor is going to__.-mindedness.A.praise the airlines’ clearB.warn the airlines of high-speed rail services.C.propose a reduction of London/Paris flights.D.advise the airlines to follow British Midland as their model.答案: 1-5 CDBDB 6-10 AACBD 11-15 BDCBA 16-20 ABCB。

CET4模拟测试题9ModelTest9

CET4模拟测试题9ModelTest9

CET4模拟测试题9ModelTest9Model Test N i n ePart I Writing (30minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. Suppose you have two ways to learn about other countries: one is to travel abroad and the other to obtain the information online. You are to make a choice. Write an essay to explain the reasons for your choice. You should write at least120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)Section AQuestions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1.A) Because the storm had cut power to them.B)Because the roads to them had been flooded.C)Because there might be mud slides.D)Because there might be tsunami.2.A) It is expected to last until Saturday afternoon.B)It has caused over 300 traffic deaths.C)It is the strongest one in years.D)It will be at its strongest on Saturday afternoon.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3.A) A car crash. B) A bushfire. C) A burglary. D) A terrorist attack.4.A) More than 15 homes had moved our.B)More than 50 homes had joined the fight.C)They had not had the fire under control yet.D)They had found a way to put out the fire.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5.A) They are useful in terms of security but have rusted.B)They are useful in terms of security but not beautiful.C)They are no longer strong enough to protect the tower.D)They are no longer needed as a photo spot.6.A) It is the most visited monument in the world.B)It is totally free of charge for visiting.C)The entry to the forecourt of the tower is free.D)The entry to the forecourt of the tower will be charged.7.A) Less visitor entrances. C) Ornamental lights.B)More security guards. D) Better elevators.Section BQuestions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8.A) He played tennis for his high school team.B)He played football for his high school team.C)He played tennis starting from his junior year.D)He played tennis starting from his senior year.9.A) Tennis. B) Basketball. C) Golf. D) Volleyball.10.A) Because he has a lot in common with the woman.B)Because he thinks the woman is a good player.C)Because his team lacks girl players.D)Because his team can learn a lot from the woman.11.A) Join the man to watch a match. B) Visit a new stadium with the man.C) Watch the man play in a match. D) Join the man to play in a match. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A) An interview between a customer and a shopping aB)An interview between an airport staff and a passenger.C)A conversation between two working staff about the airport’s future improvement.D)A conversation between an air-hostess and a passenger about the inflight meal service.13.A) Because many people want to stay in shape.B)Because he wants to take every chance to improve his health.C)Because many people are tired after long flights.D)Because massaging will be a good way to kill time.14.A) Seasonal ones. B) Fresh ones. C) Local ones. D) Juicy ones.15.A) Disappointing. B) Satisfying. C) Outdated. D) Lovely.Section CQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A) Because the planets are the same size as Earth.B)Because the planets are similar in many aspects to Earth.C)Because the planets are capable of supporting life.D)Because the planets have water on their surface.17.A) They are rocky planets . B) They are gaseous like Jupiter.C) They are covered by water. D) They are covered by sea ice.18.A) Because it has the right temperature and enough greenhouse gases.B)Because it has the right amount of water and enough greenhouse gases.C)Because it has the right atmosphere and enough greenhouse gases.D)Because it has the right gravity and enough greenhouseQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A) They should be widely used in the field of social services.B)They should be blamed for the increasing unemployment.C)They should be taxed the same amount as the people they replace.D)They should be taxed more than the ordinary people.20.A) They will surely face massive unemployment.B)They will need less income tax to spend.C)They will have less income tax to spend.D)They will have no need to cope with the changes.21.A) Psychologists. C) Room cleaners.B) Police officers. D) Doctors.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22.A) People who sleep late are smarter and more creative.B)People who sleep late are always late for their jobs.C)People who sleep late are easily irritated.D)People who sleep hate are slow and ineffective in their jobs.23.A) You will feel exhausted all day long. B) You can’t justify your lateness.C) You will be late for your work. D) You can’t find persuasive excuses.I) flexibility J) identical K) informed L) likely M) mistake N) selectively O) shapingA) betterB) competitivelyC) contraryD) curiosityE) evidenceF) explainedG) facilityH) fact24. A) Because they can fully enjoy themselves late at night.B) Because they can fully concentrate their attention late at night.C) Because they can read the most fascinating book late at night.D) Because they can make rapid progress in mentality late at night.25. A) Group intelligence tests. C) Deductive reasoning tests.B) Emotional intelligence tests. D) Inductive reasoning tests.Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension ( 40 minutes )Section AQuestions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Ask a left-wing Briton what they believe about the safety of nuclear power, and you can guess their answer. Ask a right-wing American about the risks posed by climate change, and you can also make a 26 guess than if you didn’t know their politic al affiliation. Issues like these feel like they should be 27 by science, not our political tribes, but sadly, that’s not what happens.Psychology has long shown that education and intelligence won’t stop your politics from 28 your broader worldview, even if those beliefs do not match the hard evidence. Instead ,your ability to weigh up the facts may depend on a less well-recognised trait- 29 .There is now a mountain of 30 to show that politics doesn’t just help predict people’s views on some scientific issues; it alsoaffects how they interpret new information. This is why it is a 31 to think that you can somehow “ correct” people’s views on an issue by giving th em more facts, since study after study has shown that people have a tendency to 32 reject facts that don’t fit with their existing views.But smarter people shouldn’t be susceptible to prejudice swaying their opinions, right? Wrong. Other research shows that people with the most education, highest mathematical abilities, and the strongest tendencies to be reflective about their beliefs are the most 33 to resist information which should contradict their prejudices . This undermines the simplistic assumption that prejudices are the result of too much gut instinct and not enough deep thought. Rather, people who have the 34 for deeper thought about an issue can use those cognitive powers to justify what they already believe and find reasons to dismiss apparently_ 35 evidence.Section BHow to Fix the Internet[A] We have to fix the internet. After 40 years, it has begun to corrode, both itself and us . It is still a marvelous and miraculous invention, but now there are bugs in the foundation, bats in the belfry, and trolls in the basement.[B] I do not mean this to be one of those technophobic rants insulting the interne for rewiring our brains to give us the nervous attention span of Donald Trump on Twitter or pontificating about how we have to log off and smell the flowers. Those worries about new technologies have existed ever since Plato was concerned that the technology of writing would threaten memorization and oratory (演讲术) .I love the interne and all of its digital offshoots. What I feel sad for is its decline.[C]There is a bug in its original design that at first seemed like a feature but has gradually, and now rapidly, been exploited by hackers and trolls and malevolent actors: Its packets are encoded with the address of their destination but not of their authentic origin. With a circuit-switched network, you can track or trace back the origins of the information, but that’s not true with the packet-switched design of the internet.[D]Compounding this was the architecture that Tim Berners-Lee and the inventors of the early browsers created for the World Wide Web. It brilliantly allowed the whole of the earth’s computers to be webbed together and navigated through hyperlinks. But the links were one-way. You knew where the links took you . But if you had a webpage or pi ece of content, you didn’t exactly know who was linking to you or coming to use your content.[E]All of that protected the potential for anonymity. You could make comments anonymously. Go to a webpage anonymously. Consume content anonymously. With a little effort, send email anonymously . And if you figured out a way to get into someone’s servers or da tabases, you could do it anonymously.[F]For years, the benefits of anonymity on the net outweighed its drawbacks. People felt more free to express themselves, which was especially valuable if they were holding different opinions or hiding a personal secret. This was celebrated in the famous 1993 New Yorker cart oon, “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.”[G]Now the problem is nobody can tell if you’re a troll. Or a hacker . Or a bot .Or a Macedonian (马其顿的) teenager publishing a story that the Pope has supported Trump . This haspoisoned civil discourse, enabled hacking, permitted cyberbullying , and made email a risk.[H]The lack of secure identification and authentication ( 身份认证) inherent in the internet’s genetic code had also prevented easy transactions, obstructed financial inclusion, destroyed the business models of content creators, unleashed the overflow of spam ( 垃圾邮件) ,and forced us to use passwords and two-factor authentication schemes that would have confused Houdini. The trillions being spent and the IQ points of computer science talent being allocated to tackle security issues make it a drag, rather that a spur, to productivity in some sectors.[I]It Pla to’s Republic, we learn the tale of the Ring of Gyges. Put it on , and you’re invisibl e and anonymous. The question that Plato asks is whether those who put on the ring will be civil and moral. He thinks not, The internet has proven him correct. The web is no longer a place of community, no longer a marketplace. Every day more sites are eliminating comments sections.[J]If we could start from scratch, here’s what I think we would do:Greate a system that enables content producers to negotiate with aggregators ( 整合者) and search engines to get a royalty whenever their content is used, like ASCAP has negotiated for public performances and radio airings of its members’ works. Embed (嵌入) a simple digital wallet and currency for quick and easy small payments for songs, blogs, articles , and whatever other digital content is for sale. Encode emails with an authenticated return or originating address. Enforce critical properties and security at the lowest levels of the system possible, such as in the hardware or in the programming language, instead of leaving it to programmers to incorporate security into everyline of code they write. Build chips and machines that update the notion of an internet packet. For those who want, their packets could be encoded or tagged with metadata ( 元数据) that describe what they contain and give the rules for how it can be used.[K]M ost internet engineers think that these reforms are possible, from Vint Cerf, the original TCP/IP coauthor, to Milo Medin of Google, to Howard Shrobe, the director of cybersecurity at MIT. “We don’t need to live in cyber hell,”Shrobe has argued. Implementing them is less a matter of technology than of cost and social will .Some people, understandably, will resist any reduction of anonymity, which they sometimes label privacy.[L]S o the best approach, I think, would be to try to create a voluntary system, for those who want to use it, to have verified identification and authentication. People would not be forced to use such a system. If they wanted to communicate and surf anonymously, they could. But those of us who choose, at times, not to be anonymous and not to deal with people who are anonymous should have that right as well. That’s the way it works in the real world.[M]T he benefits would be many. Easy and secure ways to deal with your finances and medical records. Small payment systems that could reward valued content rather than the current incentive to concentrate on clickbait for advertising. Less hacking, spamming, cyberbullying, trolling, and spewing of anonymous hate . And the possibility of a more civil discourse.36.The one-way hyperlinks enable users to do many things online anonymously.37.Although anonymity can make people conceal their identity online, now it has poisoned their online life.38.To adopt the voluntary system would be advantageous to our online life in a number of aspects.39.There are several ways to reduce anonymity if we can rebuild the internet from the very beginning.40.The author suggested inventing a system to let people go online anonymously or not as they wish.41.The author thinks the internet should be fixed not because he is afraid of new technologies but because problems arise in it.42.Pubic opposition could become one of the biggest obstacles to carrying out the reforms.43.The hazard of anonymity mentioned by Plato has been shown on the internet.44.People used to think that anonymity online did more good than harm.45.It is the design of the internet that makes it impossible to find out where the information comes from. Section C Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.In today’s world, online social media has become more powerful and the most destructive thing over worldwide. Although with time all generations have come to embrace the changes social network has brought about, teenagers and young adults are the most fanatic users of these sites. According to various research studies in the field of online social networks, it has been revealed that these sites are impacting the lives of the youth greatly. When using these sites such as Twitter, Facebook or Myspace, there are both positive and negative effects on the youth.Firstly, social media helps the youth and any other userupdated with what is happening around the world, and helps the teenagers stay connected and interact with each other even if they are many miles apart. This strengthens their relationship. Even if they finished school and moved to different locations, they stay connected and update one another.In addition, social media sites have provided a platform whereby the youth can create groups and pages based on their common discipline and end up building connections and opportunities for their respective careers by updating various topics to discuss. Youth who have been interviewed say that social media has become their lifestyle and it makes their lives easier and more efficient.While on the one hand social network sites seem to bring people together and stay connected, on the other hand it causes many physical and mental health problems such as eyes infection, back problems, etc. Other negative effects of social networking various people suggested included encouraging poor spelling and grammar, exposing underage to online predators ( 捕食者) , allowing spread of misinformation that is seen as fact, decreasing productivity as those who are supposed to e working spend time in the sites to chat, providing a perfect platform for cyberbullying and providing details that increase risks of identity theft.“The more social media we have, the more we think we’re connecting, yet we are really disconnecting from each other.”In conclusion, social networking clearly portrays both positive and negative effects on the youth. It is the decision of individuals whether to use it in a right way or wrong.46.According to the first paragraph, .A)both online and offline social media have developed quicklyB)social medial sites are always being attackedC)the effects of social medial were welcomed in the beginningD)the most crazy fans of social medial are the youth47.What is young people’s purpose in adopting the platform offered by social media sites?A. To improve their academic performance.B)To lay the foundation for their future careers.C)To practice their debate skills.D)To change their way of living.48.What does the author mainly imply about the disadvantages of social networking?A)Increasing the prevalence of oral errors. B) Putting minors in danger.C) Spreading falsehoods and rumors. D) Leaki ng users’ personal information.49.The author’s attitude towards social media is .A)objective B) positive C) negative D) impassive50.What’s the main topic of this passage?A)The introduction of online social media history.B)The research on online social media.C)The influence of online social media on the youth.D)The correct way to use online social media.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Cutting toxic levels of city air pollution to safer levels is simple, but not easy-it requires resolve. Yet, despite the key culprit (罪犯) in the UK being well known-diesel (柴油机的) vehicles-the government has been asleep at the wheel for years.Levels of nitrogen dioxide (二氧化氮) have been illegally highacross much of the UK since 2010. In 2015 86% of major urban areas broke annual limits. Cutting this pollution means choking off diesel emissions and there is a wide range of effective measures available.Creating zones in city centres where polluting care are either banned or charged is important, while making cities safe for cycling cuts traffic too.Cleaner buses and taxis have an important role to play and change to the perverse taxes that encourage people to buy diesel over cleaner cars is needed. There is also some support for a revival of a scrappage scheme which saw dirty old bangers taken off the road.The environment and transport departments were well aware of all this and proposed many of these measures internally, only for the Treasury to reject most of them, arguing they “ would be political ly very difficult, especially given the impacts on motorists.”Motorists happen to be particularly badly exposed to air pollution, but the real political difficulty for the government is two humiliating legal defeats in two years where judges ruled its air pollution plans were so bad they were illegal.Ministers have now been forced to come up with a third plan, but clean air zones and car tax changes take time to clean up the air. Yet the UK government is also in the slow lane when it comes to emergency measures.When foul air descended on Paris in December, officials there swung into action. Public transport was made free and the number of cars allowed on roads was restricted, alternately barring those with odd and even licence plates. In the UK, during the same December smog, the government sent a few tweets.At the root of the problem are diesel cars, which successive governments across Europe have utterly failed to ensure meet legal emissions limits when driving in real-world conditions on the road. The gaming of regulatory tests by carmakers was blown open by the Volkswagen scandal. The scandal of governments prioritising supposed driver freedom over the lungs and health of their citizens is only now playing out.51.What does the author think of fixing air pollution in the first paragraph?A)It is a piece of cake. B) It needs political will.C) It is the main problem. D) It has a lone way to go.52.The aim of those in favor of a scrappage scheme is .A)to reduce diesel emissions B) to encourage the use of old carsC) to retire low-end old vehicles D) to cut own on traffic accidents53.It can be inferred from the passage that the Treasury .A)was quite clear about the current situation of air pollutionB)opposed almost every proposal about reducing air pollutionC)believed the anti-pollution measures to be unaffordableD)made such objections partly due to the effects on drivers54.Why do the UK ministers have to put forward a third air pollution plan?A)Because drivers are suffering the most from sir pollution.B)Because the first two plans were found illegal by the judges.C)Because long-term solutions are ignored by the government.D)Because emergency measures are falling behind.55.Which of the following measures did the Frenchgovernment take when smog suddenly arrived in December?A)Establishing clean air zones. C) Limiting vehicles based on license plate number.B)Reforming car taxes. D) Posting several announcements on Twitter.Part ⅣTranslation (30 minutes)西汉时期,中国的船队就达到了印度和斯里兰卡(Sri Lanka),用中国的丝绸换取了琉璃(colored glaze)、珍珠等物品。

4级模拟试题

4级模拟试题

4级模拟试题一、听力理解Section A1. 根据对话,男士为什么迟到了?A) 交通堵塞B) 闹钟没响C) 忘记时间D) 找不到地点2. 女士在对话中提到了什么活动?A) 看电影B) 去图书馆C) 参加派对D) 健身Section B3. 根据短文,哪个部门最近很忙?A) 市场部B) 财务部C) 人力资源部D) 研发部4. 短文中提到的项目预计何时完成?A) 一个月内B) 两个月内C) 三个月内D) 四个月内Section C5. 演讲者在演讲中主要讨论了什么主题?A) 环境保护B) 教育改革C) 科技发展D) 社会公平6. 演讲者提到了哪个国家作为例子?A) 美国B) 中国C) 英国D) 澳大利亚二、阅读理解Passage 1In recent years, the popularity of online education has surged. According to a recent survey, more than half of the students prefer online courses over traditional classroom settings. This trend has been attributed to the flexibility and convenience that online education offers. However, there are also concerns about the quality of education and the lack of interaction between students and teachers.Questions:7. What is the main reason for the surge in online education?A) Cost-effectivenessB) Flexibility and convenienceC) Better quality of educationD) Greater availability of courses8. What is the concern regarding online education?A) Technical difficultiesB) High costC) Quality of educationD) Lack of student participationPassage 2The use of renewable energy sources has been on the rise globally. Governments and private sectors are investing heavily in solar, wind, and hydroelectric power. Despite the initial costs, the long-term benefits of using renewable energy are significant. It not only reduces reliance on fossil fuels but also helps in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Questions:9. What is the main advantage of renewable energy?A) Low initial costB) Long-term cost savingsC) High energy outputD) Wide availability10. What is the environmental benefit of using renewable energy?A) Increased biodiversityB) Reduced greenhouse gas emissionsC) Improved air qualityD) All of the above三、完形填空The internet has revolutionized the way we communicate and access information. It has made our lives more convenient and has opened up new opportunities for learning and business. However, with the growth of the internet, there are also concerns about privacy and security. It is important to be aware of the potential risks and take necessary precautions to protect our personal information.11. The internet has changed our lives in many ways, making them ______.A) more difficultB) more convenientC) less interestingD) more challenging12. As the internet grows, we need to be ______ about our privacy.A) concernedB) indifferentC) ignorantD) confused四、翻译将下列句子从中文翻译成英文:13. 随着科技的发展,我们的生活变得越来越便利。

大学英语四级模拟试卷9(题后含答案及解析)

大学英语四级模拟试卷9(题后含答案及解析)

大学英语四级模拟试卷9(题后含答案及解析)题型有:1. Writing 2. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 3. Listening Comprehension 4. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) 5. Cloze 8. TranslationPart I Writing (30 minutes)1.For this part, you are allowed to write a composition on the topic Our Bad Habits in Life Should Be Removed. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline. 1. 我们在生活中有很多不良习惯,如随地吐痰等。

2. 我们应该改掉这些坏习惯,防止疾病的传播。

正确答案:Our Bad Habits in Life Should be Removed In our life some of us have very bad habits, such as spitting in public, eating something without washing hands. Someone even goes further, having a mania for eating wild animals Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions attached to the passage. For questions 1-7, mark:Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.How to Make a Good Impression Research shows that we start to make up our minds about people within seven seconds of meeting them. Much of the communication is unspoken. Consciously or unconsciously, we show our true feelings with our eyes, faces, bodies and attitudes. At the same time, we cause in each other a chain of emotional reactions, ranging from comfort to fear. Think about some of your most memorable meetings: an introduction to your future spouse, a job interview, or an en counter with a stranger. Focus on the first seven seconds. What did you feel and think? How did you “read” the other person, and how do you think he read you? You are the message. For 25 years I’ve worked with thousands of business and political leaders, show business personalities, and other men and women who want to be successful. I’ve helped them make persuasive presentations, answer unfriendly questions, communicate more effectively. The secret of that training has always been that you(the whole you) are the message. If you use your good qualities, other people will want to be with you and cooperate with you. The personal qualities include: physical appearance, energy, rate of speech, pitch, and tone of voice, gestures, expressiveness of eyes, and the ability to hold the interest of others. Another person will form an impression about you based on all of these. Now recall three times in your life when you know you made a good impression. What made you successful? I’m sure of this: you were committed to what you were talking about, and you were soabsorbed in the moment that you lost all self consciousness. Be yourself. Many how-to books advise you to stride into a room and show your personality to impress. They instruct you to greet others with “power handshakes”. They tell you to fix your eyes on the other person. If you follow all this advice, you’ll drive everyone crazy—including yourself. The trick is to be consistently you, at your best. The most effective people never change character from one situation to another. They’re the same whether they’re having an intimate conversation, addressing their garden club or being inter viewed for a job. They communicate with their whole being. The tones of their voices and their gestures completely go with their words. Public speakers, however, often send confusing signals to their audience. My favorite is the kind who say, “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m very happy to be here”, while looking at their shoes. They don’t look happy. They look angry, frightening or depressed. The audience will always go with what they see over what they hear. They think, “He’s telling me he’s happy, but he’s not. He’s not being honest.”Use your eyes. Whether you’re talking to one person or one hundred, always remember to look at them. Some people start to say something while looking right at you, but, three words into the sentence, they break eye contact and look out the window. As you enter a room, move your eyes comfortably, then look directly at those in the room and smile. This demonstrates that you are at ease. Some people think entering a room full of people is like going into a lion’s cage. I disagree. If I did agree, however, I am sure I wouldn’t look at my feet, and I wouldn’t look at the ceiling. I’d keep my eye on the lion! Smiling is important. The best type of smile and eye contact is gentle and comfortable, not forced. Listen before you leap. My father taught me the idea of “absorbing”other people before showing myself. He said, “Boy, you can’t learn any thing when you’re talking.” I before showing myself He said, “Boy, you can’t lear anything when you’re talking.”When you attend a meeting, a party or an interview, don’t immediately start throwing out your opinions. Stop for a second. Absorb what’s going on. What’s the mood of others—are they down, up, happy, expectant? Are they eager to learn from you, or do they show resistance? If you can sense what’s happening with others, you will be better able to reach them. Focus your energy. Jack Benny taught me another important lesson. Late in his career, the great comedian was a guest on “The Mike Douglas Show” where I was executive producer. When I met Benny, I found a little old man in a corner of the sofa. I thought, my gosh, be is going to pass away right during the show! And then it was air time. I held my breath. The band hit “Love in Bloom”, his them a song. Benny took a breath, and energy seemed to enter his body. He straightened up, winked at me, smiled and, as the doors opened for his entrance, broke into his famous arm-swinging stride and walked on stage. The “real” Jack Benny had suddenly appeared right before our eyes. He had been saving his energy for the performance. How do you get your energy up? Before I meet someone, I usually sit quietly and collect my thoughts.I breathe deeply. I think about the goals of the meeting, mine and the other person’s. Sometimes I walk around for a few minutes, to get my heart pumping. Once I go through that doorway, I no longer think about myself I focus on the other person and try to find things to like about him. Properly collected energy comes across whenwe sincerely believe something. When people with energy speak, they are involved with their audience and their message. You may disagree with them, but you can’t question their belief.(When people with energy speak, they are involved with their audience and their message. You may disagree with them, but you can’t question their belief. It’s important to have an air of certainty. We often see people start to speak up and. then muffle their voices with their hands. Nobody is going to follow a tentative person. It’s okay to be calm, cautious and deliberate, but not tentative. Lighten up. I was once in a staff meeting with one of the most powerful chairmen in the entertainment industry—a much feared ty rant. He became very angry over some minor problems, scolding each person, seeming to enjoy his ability to intimidate. When he got to me, he shouted, “And you, Ailes, what are you doing?”I said, “Do you mean now, this evening or for the rest of my life?” There was a moment of silence, The others were wide- eyed. Then the chairman threw back his head and roared with laughter. The others laughed too. Humor broke the tension of a very uncomfortable scene. If I had to summarize in two words the advice I give to many of my clients, it would be “lighten up”! You can always spot people who take themselves too seriously. Usually they are either brooding or talking a great deal about themselves. Take a good hard look at yourself. Do you say ‘T’ too often? Are you usually focused on your own problems? Do you complain frequently? If you answered yes to even one of these questions, you need to lighten up. To make others comfortable, you have to appear comfortable yourself. Don’t make any dramatic changes in your personality. Just be yourself, at your best. The fact is, you already have the magic of making a good impression within you, because nobody can be you as well as you can.2.We can make up our minds about some people within only seven seconds of meeting them.A.YB.NC.NG正确答案:C解析:文章第一句话介绍了Research shows that we start to make up our minds about people within seven seconds of meeting them.但并没指出是不是有些人只需要7秒钟就能判断的。

2021年大学英语四级翻译模拟试题及答案(卷九)

2021年大学英语四级翻译模拟试题及答案(卷九)

2021年大学英语四级翻译模拟试题及答案(卷九)公平教育为了促进教育公平,中国已经投入360亿元,用于改善农村地区教育设施和加强中西部地区农村义务教育。

这些资金用于改善教学设施、购买书籍,使16万多所中小学收益。

资金还用于购置音乐和绘画器材。

现在农村和山区的儿童可以与沿海城市的儿童一样上音乐和绘画课。

一些为接受更好教育而转往城市上学的学生如今又回到了本地农村学校就读。

参考译文:In order to promote equity in education, China has invested 36 billion yuan for the improvement of educational facilities in rural areas and strengthening of rural compulsory education Midwest. These funds were used to improve the teaching facilities, purchase of books, so that more than 160,000 primary and secondary income. Funds are also used to purchase music and painting equipment. Now children in rural and mountainous areas with children’s coastal cities like music and painting lessons. Some receive a better education for the city school students now transferred back to the local rural schools now.粤港澳大湾区粤港澳大湾区包括香港特别行政区、澳门特别行政区和广东省广州市、深圳市、珠海市、佛山市、惠州市、东莞市、中山市、江门市、肇庆市(以下称珠三角九市),总面积5.6万平方公里,2017年末总人口约7000万人,是我国开放程度最高、经济活力最强的区域之一,在国家发展大局中具有重要战略地位。

2016年12月大学英语四级考试模拟试卷及答案(9)

2016年12月大学英语四级考试模拟试卷及答案(9)
The tapes proved otherwise. In 10 taped lessons (in secondary school and college), Spender never gave the girls more than 42 per cent of her attention (the average was 38 percent) and never gave the boys less than 58 percent. There were similar results for other teachers, both male and female.
THE CLASSROOM is a man's world, where boys get two thirds of the teachers' attention — even when they are in a minority— taunt (辱骂) the girls without punishment, and receive praise for sloppy work that would not be tolerated from girls. They are accustomed to being teachers' pets, and if girls get anything like equal treatment, they will protest eagerly and even wreck lessons.
Not surprisingly, vast areas of the shallows are awash with bacteria and it doesn't take long for these to reach people. Professor William Brumfitt of the Royal Free Hospital once calculated that anyone who goes for a swim in the Mediterranean has a one in seven chance of getting some sort of disease. Other scientists say this is an overestimate; but almost all of them agree that bathers are at risk. Industry adds its own poisons. Factories cluster round the coastline, and even the most modern rarely has proper waste treatment plant. They do as much damage to the sea as sewage.

(仅供参考)大学英语四级新题型全真模拟-10套模拟试题完整答案和听力文本

(仅供参考)大学英语四级新题型全真模拟-10套模拟试题完整答案和听力文本

❙答案与解析1㊀❙答案与解析T e s t 1P a r tⅠ㊀S a m p l eW r i t i n gT h e p i c t u r ed e p i c t sas c e n a r i oi nac l a s s r o o m w h e nt h et e a c h e r i s t e a c h i n g th es t u d e n t sb a s i c m a t h e q u a t i o n s s u c ha sm u l t i p l i c a t i o na n da s t u d e n t q u e s t i o n s t h en e c e s s i t y o f l e a r n i n g th e s e f u n d a m e n t a l s k i l l s .I n m y o p i n i o n ,t h e b a s i cs k i l l s m u s tb e m a s t e r e d b y hu m a n m i n d sn o m a t t e rh o w t h e m o d e r n t e c h n o l o g y d e v e l o p s .T h ee x p a n s i o no fk n o w l e d g ei s l i k et h ec o n s t r u c t i o no fas k y s c r a p e r .M a n y ofu s h a v e t h ea m b i t i o n t ob u i l d i tw a y u p i n t o t h e s k y ,a sh i g ha s p o s s i b l e .B u tw i t h o u t t h e f o u n d a t i o n ,t h o s e u g l y r o u g hb r i c k s ,t h eb e a u t i f u l l y a m a z i n g h e i g h t o f t h e s k y s c r a p e r c a no n l y e x i s t i n p e o p l e s i m a gi n a t i o n .T h em u l t i p l i c a t i o n i nm a t h ,s i m p l e f o r m u l a s i n p h y s i c s a n d t h e s y m b o l s f o r c h e m i c a l e l e m e n t s a r e j u s t l i k e t h o s e f o u n d a t i o nb r i c k s .O n l y a f t e rm a s t e r i n g t h e s eb a s i c s k i l l s ,c a no u r l o g i c a n dk n o w l e d geb e e x t e n d e d i n t oh i gh e r p l a c e s .T h u s ,i t i s o f p r o f o u n d s i g n i f i c a n c e t o l e a r n t h eb a s i c s k i l l s .T h e a d v a n c e d t e c h n o l o g y i s j u s t a t o o l t o b eu t i l i z e da n dm a n i p u l a t e db y h u m a n m i n d s .B e f o r ew e t a k ea d v a n t a geo f t h e m ,w em u s th a v ea s o l i d ,c o n c r e t ek n o w l e d geb a s e .P a r tⅡ1.B ㊀2.C ㊀3.B ㊀4.A ㊀5.D ㊀6.D ㊀7.C ㊀8.A ㊀9.C ㊀10.D ㊀11.B ㊀12.D ㊀13.A14.C ㊀15.D ㊀16.B ㊀17.B ㊀18.C ㊀19.A ㊀20.D ㊀21.C ㊀22.B ㊀23.D ㊀24.C ㊀25.D 26.s t e m s f r o m ㊀27.c o n s e q u e n c e s ㊀28.i l l u s t r a t e s ㊀29.s p r a y ㊀30.i m m e d i a t e r e s u l t s 31.f a i l e d t o p r e d i c t ㊀32.b e n e f i c i a l ㊀33.r e s i s t a n c e ㊀34.m u l t i pl i e d ㊀35.a s e c o n dc u r e P a r tⅢS e c t i o nA ㊀36)F ㊀37)I ㊀38)H ㊀39)L ㊀40)E ㊀41)J ㊀42)D ㊀43)O ㊀44)G ㊀45)CS e c t i o nB ㊀46.B ㊀47.E ㊀48.I ㊀49.G ㊀50.F ㊀51.H ㊀52.C ㊀53.D ㊀54.J ㊀55.CS e c t i o nC56.A.细节题㊂参见文章第二段第二行㊂ ...w h a t e v i d e n c e c a nb eu s e d t o p r o v e t h e mi nc o u r t同时还要注意 p r o v e 与 j u s t i f y 之间的替换㊂57.C.上下文理解题㊂参见文章第三段第二行 H ew i l l s p e n dm o s t o f i sw o r k i n g l i f e t y p i n g mi l l i o n so f w o r d s o nt h o u s a n d so ff o r m s ... ,此处的 t y p i n g ...w o r d so n ...f o r m s 应理解为警探的 r o u t i n e w o r k ( 日常工作 )㊂因此[C ]为正确答案㊂58D.细节题㊂参见文章第四段第三行 E x c e p t i nv e r ys e r i o u s c a s e s l i k em u r d e r s a n d t e r r o r i s t a t t a c k s ,...l i t t l e e f f o r t i s s p e n t o n s e a r c h i n g ,正确把握 e x c e pt 的含义,即可推出遇到这种案件时发生的情况㊂59.B .细节题㊂参见文章第一段㊂ ...h a r d l y r e c o g n i z ea n y r e s e m b l a n c eb e t w e e n ... 60.D.全文主旨题㊂上一题为本题作了很好的铺垫㊂纵观全文,主要讲述的是警探的真实生活和他们出❙答案与解析2㊀❙现在电视荧屏上的形象之间的差别,故选项D 最为合宜㊂61.A.上下文理解题㊂文章第一段第二句指出:‘牛津英语词典“的解释是:t i p 一词是17世纪黑社会的行话,意思是 给 ㊂例如他们说: 要么把命给我 ㊂而后面的话更加肯定了我们的理解: o r i g i n a l l y af o r mo f t h e f t ... 由此可见,说这话的应该是犯法者㊂62.C.细节题㊂参见文章第二段第二句话, ...i t i s n o t s u i t e d t o a c o u n t r y wi t h o u t a n e s t a b l i s h e d s e r v a n t c l a s s ... ,因内战之前,美国还没有形成服务阶层,小费制也就不适合于这个国家㊂而本句s e r v a n tc l a s s 也激活了对v o id 一词的理解,不难得出答案㊂63.B .细节题㊂参见文章最后一段第二行, t i p p i n g ha sb ec o m eu n i v e r s a l ,n o t l e a s tb e c a u s e ,i na n i n c r e a s i n g l y...t o t a x r e v i e w. (指出给小费比较流行,在很大程度上是因为在现代经济越来越不稳定的情况下,小费可以为不断壮大的服务阶层提供像工资一样可靠的收入㊂)因此[B ]为正确答案㊂64.C.上下文理解题㊂参见文章最后一段第二句: N o ts u r p r i s i n g l y ...a m o n g th ef e w d i e -h a r d s ...q u e s t i o n t h e t i p p i n g s y s t e m [C ]s k e pt i c a l 表示怀疑的 最合适㊂65.A.全文主旨题㊂从全文内容看,本文主要讲述了小费制度的形成过程㊂注意区分段落主题与全文主旨的区别㊂P a r tⅣA s t h e c r a d l eo fm a n y d i s t i n g u i s h e d c o m p o s e r s ,E u r o p e i s t h eh o m e t o s y m p h o n i cm u s i c a n d t oo pe r a a sw e l l .C h i n ah a so p e r a ,t o o .T h a t sP e k i n g O p e r a ,w h i c ho r i g i n a t e df r o m B e i j i ng s o m e 200y e a r sa g o d u r i n g th eQi n g D y n a s t y .I t s a p e r f o r m i n g a r t c o m b i n i n g s i n g i n g ,m u s i c ,d a n c i n g an d m a r t i a l a r t s .T h e c o s t u m ee x p o s i t i o n w i l l p r e s e n tt h e 200-y e a r h i s t o r y o ft h i s O r i e n t a l O pe r a a n dt h e p e rf o r m a n c e c o s t u m e s d a t i ng t o th e l a t eQi n g D y n a s t y .T h ec o s t u m ed e s i g na d o p t e de x a g g e r a t i o na n ds y m b o l i cm e a n s a n db r i g h t c o l o r s .T h em a t e r i a l s a r eu n i q u e ,s oa r e t h e t a i l o r i n g s k i l l s .T e s t 2P a r tⅠ㊀S a m p l eW r i t i n gD e v e l o p C o l l e g e S t u d e n t s C r e a t i v eT h i n k i n g A b i l i t yA sw ea l lk n o w ,t h ea b i l i t y t ot h i n kc r e a t i v e l yp l a y sac r u c i a lr o l ei n b o t hi n d i v i d u a la n ds o c i a l d e v e l o p m e n t .H o w e v e r ,w h e nw e c a s u a l l yp i c ku p an e w s p a pe r ,o r t u r no n t h eT V ,k i n d s of c r i t i c i s mo f c o l l eg e s t u d e n t s l a c ko fi n n o v a t i o n a l i d e a sc o m ef l o o d i n g t oo u re y e sa n de a r s .I t i ss a i dth a tc o l l e ge s t u d e n t s a r e g o o d i n l e a r n i n g t h ek n o w l e d g ef r o mt e x t b o o k s ,b u t t h e y a r e r a t h e rw e a k i ng e n e r a t i n g th e i r o w n i d e a s t o s o l v e t h e p r o b l e m s .W h a t c a u s e s t h i s p h e n o m e n o n ?I t h i n k t h e a n s w e r l i e s i n t h ew a yt h a t o u r e d u c a t i o no p e r a t e s .O n e t h eo n eh a n d ,t h e t e s t -o r i e n t e d e d u c a t i o nm o d e l i s t h e p r i m a r y c a u s e .I n t h i sm o d e l ,o u r c o l l e g e s t u d e n t s a r ea c c u s t o m e dt os o l v i n g t h e p r o b l e m so fw h i c ht h es t a n d a r da n s w e r i sk n o w n ,b u tt h e y ar e h a r d l y t a u g h t t o t r yt h e i r o w nn e w i d e a s .T h e u l t i m a t e g o a l o f e d u c a t i o n i s t o g a i n g o o d t e s t r e s u l t s ,n o t t o d e v e l o p o n e s c r e a t i v ew a y o f t h i n k i n g.O n t h eo t h e rh a n d ,s c h o o l s a n d s o c i e t y h a v en o t p r o v i d e de n o u g ho p po r t u n i t i e s f o r c o m m o n s t u d e n t s t o t r y t h e i r o w nn e wi d e a s .W h e na s t u d e n t t h i n k s u p an e wi d e ao n ed a y ,h ew i l l f i n d i t i s n o t s oe a s y to t r y i t o u t .S o m ew o n d e r f u l i d e a s a r ew o e f u l l y l a i dw a s t e d .T h ee d u c a t i o n a la u t h o r i t i e ss h o u l da t t a c h g r e a t e ri m p o r t a n c et o d e v e l o p i n g th es t u d e n t s c r e a t i v e❙答案与解析3㊀❙t h i n k i n g a b i l i t y .W em i g h t s t a r tb y r a i s i n g th es t u d e n t s a w a r e n e s so f t h e i s s u e ,a n dt h e nt a k ee f f e c t i v e m e a s u r e s t oa d j u s tt h e g o a lo fc o l l e g ee d u c a t i o n ,t o p r o v i d e m o r eo p p o r t u n i t i e s ,a n ds e tu p are w a r d s y s t e mt oe n c o u r a g e c r e a t i v e t h i n k i n g on t h e p a r t o f s t u d e n t s .P a r tⅡ1.D ㊀2.C ㊀3.D ㊀4.B ㊀5.C ㊀6.B ㊀7.A ㊀8.C ㊀9.C ㊀10.B ㊀11.C ㊀12.A ㊀13.D ㊀14.D ㊀15.B ㊀16.B ㊀17.A ㊀18.D ㊀19.B ㊀20.D ㊀21.C ㊀22.B ㊀23.B ㊀24.A ㊀25.C 26.c h a l l e n g e ㊀27.d e p e n d e n c eo n ㊀28.h i g h l y a u t o m a t e d ㊀29.p r o p o r t i o n ㊀30.d o m i n a t e 31.P r o v i s i o n ㊀32.i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r ㊀33.g e o g r a ph i c a l ㊀34.d e t e r m i n a t i o n ㊀35.v a s t d i m e n s i o n s P a r tⅢS e c t i o nA ㊀36.I ㊀37.B ㊀38.J ㊀39.E ㊀40.M ㊀41.H ㊀42.O ㊀43.L ㊀44.F ㊀45.NS e c t i o nB ㊀46.D ㊀47.E ㊀48.B ㊀49.J ㊀50.A ㊀51.I ㊀52.D ㊀53.G ㊀54.C ㊀55.GS e c t i o nC56.B .全文主旨题㊂文中多次出现t r a n s m i t t i n g,c u l t u r a l t r a n s m i s s i o n ,t h e t r a n s m i s s i o no f c u l t u r e 等核心词㊂57.D.细节题㊂根据第二段第一句 T h e g r a n d t o t a l ...a s t h e c u l t u r eo f a g r o u p(社会上每一代人传给下一代人的所有物体㊁知识㊁行为方式㊁习惯㊁价值和态度等的全部总和就构成了人类学家所经常提及的群体文化㊂)可知,答案A ㊁B ㊁C 中分别提到的知识㊁生产技术㊁生活方式价值观念等都属于文化概念的范畴㊂第二段第二句还提到,文化的传递是人类针对其他物种赖以适应环境的 本能(i n s t i n c t) 的替代品,可见答案D 中的 生物本能(b i o l o gi c a l i n s t i n c t ) 不属于文化范畴㊂58.C.生词推测题㊂根据第一段最后一句 t h ec u l t u r a l h e r i t a g e f r o mt h e p r e c e d i n gge n e r a t i o n (来自上一代人的文化)推断,可传递的且与文化相关的事物很可能是 传统习俗或文化遗产 ,故选C ㊂59.D.细节题㊂参见第一段第一㊁二句 M a n i s e n d l e s s l y in v e n t i v e .B u th i s g r e a t e s t i n v e n t i o n ...w h i c h pr e c e d e dh i m. (人类的发明创造力无时不在㊂然而人类最伟大的发明还是 毫无发明创造 ,即人们把从上一代学来的基本行为方式完整地㊁一成不变地传给下一代的机能㊂)60.D.细节题㊂参见第二段最后一句 Y e ti t (c u l t u r a lt r a n s m i s s i o n )i s m o r ef l e x i b l e ...a n y ot h e r s pe c i e s . (然而文化的传递比本能更灵活㊁更有生长力;也就是说,文化传递能储存新信息,其速度远远超过任何其他物种通过生物进化过程来丰富其本能储备量的速度㊂)61.D.全文主旨题㊂第一㊁二㊁三段概述了浮游生物特征,随后两段以k r i l l(磷虾)为例,进步阐述浮游生物的食物价值㊂62.B .细节题㊂参见第一段最后二句 I nt h e p o t e n t i a l f o o dv a l u e ....t h e s e a s p l a n k t o n g e n e r a t e sm o r et h a n t w i c ea sm u c h .(然而,浮游生物的潜在食物价值远胜过陆地上的草㊂根据一位科学家的估计,全世界陆地草每年产出490亿吨宝贵的碳水化合物,而海洋浮游生物的碳水化合物产出量则是其两倍㊂)63.C.细节题㊂参见第三段:尽管还没有人认真提出 浮游生物包 会像汉堡包一样普及全球㊂但作为一种潜在的可培植的补充食物源,浮游生物正引起海洋科学家的极大兴趣㊂64.B .细节题㊂参见第四段倒数第3句 b e c a u s eo f t h e i r p i n kc o l o r ... ㊂65.D.细节题㊂参见第一段第三句㊁最后一句㊂全文对p l a n k t o n 的化学成分是否含有污染物只字未提㊂P a r tⅣZ h o n g Q i uJ i e ,a l s ok n o w na s t h e M i d -A u t u m nF e s t i v a l ,i sc e l e b r a t e do nt h e 15t hd a y oft h e 8t h❙答案与解析4㊀❙m o n t ho f t h e l u n a r c a l e n d a r .I t i s a t i m e f o r f a m i l y m e m b e r s a n d l o v e do n e s t o g a t h e r a n de n j o y th e f u l l m o o n -a s y m b o l o f a b u n d a n c e ,h a r m o n y a n d l u c k .A d u l t sw i l l u s u a l l y i n d u l ge i nd e l i c i o u sm o o n -c a k e sw h i l e t h e l i t t l eo n e s r u na r o u n dw i t h t h e i r r a b b i t l a n t e r n s .Z h o n g Q i uJ i e p r o b a b l y b e ga na s ah a r v e s t f e s t i v a l .T h e f e s t i v a lw a s l a t e r g i v e na m y t h o l o g i c a lf l a v o r w i t hl e g e n d so fC h a n g -E ,t h eb e a u t i f u l l a d y i nt h e m o o n .I n t h e 14t hc e n t u r y ,e a t i n g m o o n -c a k e s a tZ h o n g Q i u J i ew a s g i v e n a n e w m e a n i n g .T h e s t o r y g o e s t h a tw h e nZ h uY u a nZ h a n g w a s p l o t t i n g t oo v e r t h r o wt h eY u a nD y n a s t y ,t h e r e b e l s h id t he i rm e s s a ge s i n t h em o o n -c a k e s .Z h o n g Q i u J i e i s h e n c e a l s o a c o m m e m o r a t i o nof t h e o v e r t h r o wo f t h eM o ng o l i a n s b yt h e H a n p e o p l e .T e s t 3P a r tⅠ㊀S a m p l ew r i t i n gA M o t i v a t i o nS pe e c h H e l l o ,e v e r y o n e !T h a n k sf o rc o m i ngh e r ef o r m y s p e e c h .M y t o pi c i sa b o u t g o a l s e t t i n g,a ni s s u e p a r t i c u l a r l y r e l a t e dt o y o u t h ef i r s t -y e a rc o l l e g es t u d e n t s .F r o m t h e m o m e n t y o us t e p p e d o n t ot h i s c a m p u s ,an e w ,e x c i t i n g e p i s o d eo f y o u ra d u l t l i f es t a r t e dt ou n f o l di nf r o n to f y o u .H a v e y o ue v e r t h o u g h t a b o u th o w y o u a r e g o i n g t o g ot h r o u g h t h ef o l l o w i n g fo u r y e a r s ?D o y o u g i v e y o u r s e l fa m e a n i n g f u l ,u n f o r g e t t a b l e e x p e r i e n c e ?T h e f i r s t s t e p t od o s o ,i n m y o p i n i o n ,i s t os e td e f i n i t e g o a l s f o r y o u r s t u d y a n d l i f e r i g h t a t t h eb e g i n n i n g o f y o u r c o l l e g e e d u c a t i o n .W h y i s s e t t i n gg o a l s s o i m p o r t a n t ?F i r s t o f a l l ,g o a l s c a nh e l py o ud o ,b e ,a n de x p e r i e n c e e v e r y t h i n g y o uw a n t i n l i f e .I n s t e a do f j u s t l e t t i n g l i f eh a p p e n t o y o u ,g o a l s a l l o w y o u r s e l f t o t a k ec o n t r o l a n dm a k e y o u r l i f eh a p p e n .T h a t i s ,g o a l s a r e t h e g u i d e i n y o u r l o n g w a y t o s u c c e s s .I f y o uh a v e a g o a l ,i tw o u l db e m u c he a s i e r f o r y o u t ok n o w w h a t y o us h o u l dd on e x t .S e c o n d l y ,g o a l sw i l lh e l py o u m a n a ge y o u r t i m e m o r e ef f i c i e n t l y .T i m eo nc a m p u s i sm u c hm o r e f r e ea n df l e x i b l e .A n d t i m e f l i e s .W i t h o u tg o a l s t ok e e p y o uo n th e ri g h t t r a c k ,i t s e a s y f o r s t u d e n t s t o l o s ec o n t r o l o f t h e i r t i m e ,w a n d e r i n g a i m l e s s l y f r o m o n e d a y t oa n o t h e ra n df i n a l l y e n d i n g u p f e e l i n g l i k eaf a i l u r e .W h a t s m o r e ,g o a l sa r et h ei m pe t u sw h i c h s t i m u l a t e s y o u t om a k et h e m o s tof y o u r p o t e n t i a l a b i l i t y .M a n y s u c c e s s f u l p e o p l ea i m h i gh ,s t r i v eh a r d a n dm a k eam i r a c l eo f t h e m s e l v e s i n t h e p r o c e s s o f p u r s u i n g th e i r g o a l s .S ol e t ss e t g o a l sa n d f o l l o w t h r o u g h o nt h e m.T h i n k c a r e f u l l y :W h a ta r e y o u rs t r e n g t h sa n d w e a k n e s s e s ?W h a t d o y o uw a n t i n y o u r l i f e ?W h a t c a r e e r d o y o uh o p e t ob u i l d ?W h a t p r e pa r a t i o n s s h o u l d y o u rm a k e f o r y o u r f u t u r e p o s i t i o n i ns o c i e t y ?F i n dt h ea n s w e r sa n dt h e n g e t t h e r eb y m a k i n gpl a n sa n d s e t t i n gg o a l s .S o m e t i m e s y o u rd r e a m o rm i s s i o na p p e a rb et o ol a r g ea n dt o od i f f i c u l t t of u l f i l l .I nt h a t c a s e ,y o un e e d t ob r e a k i t d o w n i n t o s m a l l e r ,s h o r t -t e r m g o a l s ,w h i c hw i l l t a k e y o u f o r w a r d s t e p b y s t e p t o y o u r f i n a l d e s t i n a t i o n .P a r tⅡ1.B ㊀2.D ㊀3.C ㊀4.A ㊀5.D ㊀6.B ㊀7.C ㊀8.A ㊀9.B ㊀10.C ㊀11.A ㊀12.D ㊀13.A14.C ㊀15.A ㊀16.B ㊀17.D ㊀18.D ㊀19.C ㊀20.D ㊀21.A ㊀22.D ㊀23.B ㊀24.B ㊀25.D26.t r e a t m e n t s ㊀27.p r o c e d u r e s ㊀28.c l a r i t y ㊀29.t h e r i s k s a n d r e a l i t i e s ㊀30.r e s t r i c t i o n s ㊀31.m e d i c a l q u a l i f i c a t i o n s ㊀32.i n f e c t e d ㊀34.h a n d i c a p p e d ㊀35.W i n du p w i t h ㊀36.ga z e s i n t o❙答案与解析5㊀❙P a r tⅢS e c t i o nA ㊀36.F ㊀37.G ㊀38.K ㊀39.B ㊀40.E ㊀41.O ㊀42.A ㊀43.J ㊀44.I ㊀45.N S e c t i o nB ㊀46.H ㊀47.C ㊀48.A ㊀49.D ㊀50.C ㊀51.B ㊀52.G ㊀53.H ㊀54.I ㊀55.F S e c t i o nC56.D.细节推断题㊂本文第三段提到,由于室内正常气压与龙卷风中心低气压的差异,平均每平方英寸有2磅的向外压力不能被向内的压力抵消㊂根据第四段第三句 B u t i f t h ew i n d o w s a r e s h u t t i g h t l y,t h e e n o r m o u s i n s i d e p r e s s u r em a y c a u s e t h eb u i l d i n g tob u r s t . 可推知,紧闭的窗户使内外空气不流通,室内压力积聚,最后巨大的室内压力导致房屋爆裂㊂57.B .细节题㊂参见第四段第一㊁二句 I f t h ew i n d o w s a r eo p e n ...o u t s i d e t h eb u i l d i n g. (若打开楼房窗户,室内的一些空气可以流出㊂这将使楼房内外压力得以平衡㊂)58.B .细节题㊂参见第四段第四㊁五句 U n f o r t u n a t e l y ,h e a v y ra i n a n d h a i l o f t e n o c c u r i n t h u n d e r s t o r m s ...m a y c a u s e f a rw o r s ed a m a ge l a t e r . (不幸的是,雷暴雨往往先带来大雨与冰雹,随后便产生龙卷风㊂所以人们经常要关闭所有门窗以保护室内财产㊂)59.A.生词猜测题㊂参见最后一段 B e f o r e t h i sw a t e r e v a p o r a t e s i t i s l i f t e da na v e r a g eo f 80f e e t t h r o u gh t r u n k s a n db r a n c h e s .A n y o n e t h i n k s t h i s a t r i f l e w o u l dd ow e l l t ow o r ko u t h o w m a n y b u c k s i tw o u l d m e a n ,t ow h i c hf l o o r .Q u i t ea c o n s i d e r a b l ea c h i e v e m e n t . (这20顿水分在蒸发之前先要沿树干与树枝平均每日上升80英尺㊂如果有人认为这只是小事一桩,试想一下20吨的水上升80英尺意味着要提多少桶水爬多少层楼㊂)60.C.细节题㊂选项A ㊁B ㊁D 分别可在最后一段的第一句㊁第四句和倒数第四句找到依据㊂61.D.推断题㊂本文开始提到欧洲货币统一是 ah u g e e c o n o m i c e x p e r i m e n t (大型的经济试验)㊂无人知道 w h a t i s g o i n g t oh a p p e n (将发生什么);接下来列举了欧元支持者与反对者两方面的看法,参见第一段第三句 T h e f a n s o fE MUs a y ... ,第二段第一句 T h ec r i t i c s o f t h e s i n g l ec u r r e n c y s a y... ㊂由此可推知作者对欧元的未来保持客观中立的态度㊂62.A.细节题㊂参见第二段第二句 T h e y w a r n t h a t a c e n t r a l l y s e t i n t e r e s t r a t e ...t e n s i o n s i nE u r o pe (他们告诫说,统一的货币利率未必适应于欧元使用区的各个地区,实际上还可能加剧欧洲的经济紧张㊂)63.A.细节题㊂参见最后一段第一句 A l t h o u g he u r on o t e sa n dc o i n sw i l ln o ta p p e a ru n t i l 1J a n u a r y 2002... (尽管直到2002年,欧元才以纸币或硬币形式出现 )㊂故D 对(在2000年,欧元还不会以纸币或硬币形势流通㊂)㊂64.C.推断题㊂根据倒数第二段第一句 T h ee u r oa n di t s g u a r d i a n ...i nt h e w o r l de c o n o m y an dt h e w o r l d s f i n a n c i a l s ys t e m (欧元及其保护者欧洲中央银行将不得不在全球经济和金融体系中证明自己的价值),这意味着作者暗示欧元在1999年欧元正式成为欧洲统一货币后可能遇到困难㊂答案A ㊁D的内容是作者明说的,非暗示,参见第63题㊂65.B .多处细节题㊂A 项在第一段第三句可找到依据;D ㊁C 项可在第三段找到依据;而B 项望文生义,认为欧元将与美元及其他货币相冲突(a c ta g a i n s t ),此句意曲解了本文倒数第二段最后一句的意思 F r o mt h e no n ,t h ev a l u eo ft h ee u r oa ga i n s tt h ed o l l a ra n da l lo t h e rc u r r e n c i e s ...w i l lf l u c t u a t e a c c o r d i n g tom a r k e t c o n d i t i o n s . (从此,欧元相对于美元以及所有其他货币的价值 包括欧元区以外的四个成员国的货币 将根据市场因素而波动㊂)P a r tⅣI nC h i n a , N a k e dm a r r i a g e s ,a l s ok n o w na s p r o p e r t y -l e s s o n e s a r ek n o w n ,a r e e n d o r s e d /a c c e p t e db y i n c r e a s i n g n u m b e r s o f y o u n gp e o p l e .B u t a s t h e yg e to l d e r ,t h e i ra t t i t u d e sm a y c h a n g e .M o r t g a g e so f t e n p r e c e d em a r r i a g e s .A c c o r d i n g t o p o p u l a rb e l i e f ,i fa m a na n dh i sf a m i l y c a n n o tb u yp r o p e r t y he w i l l s t r u g g l e t of i n dab r i d e .I nc h o o s i ng ah u s b a n d ,t h r e e -q u a r t e r s o fw o m e nc o n si d e rh i s a b i l i t y to p r o v i d ea❙答案与解析6㊀❙h o m e ,a c c o r d i n g t oar e c e n t s u r v e y o f y o u n gp e o pl e i n C h i n a sc o a s t a l c i t i e s .E v e ni faw o m a nh e r s e l f d i s m i s s e s t h i s c r i t e r i o n ,h e r f a m i l y a n d f r i e n d s ,n o t t om e n t i o n t h e c o u n t r y s e s t a t e a ge n t s ,w i l l n o t l e t h e rf o rg e t i t .T e s t 4P a r t IM y V i e wo n I n t e r n e tA s aL e a r n i n g Re s o u r c e W i t h t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of i n f o r m a t i o n t e c h n o l og y ,I n t e r n e t i s p l a y i n g a n i n c r e a s i n g l y i m po r t a n t r o l e i n o u rw o r ka n d l i f e ,g r o w i n g i n t oa c o m p r e h e n s i v e t o o l f o r l e a r n i n g ,c o m m u n i c a t i o na n de n t e r t a i n m e n t .A s a l e a r n i n g r e s o u r c e ,I n t e r n e t h a s q u i t ean u m b e r o f a d v a n t a g e s o v e r t r a d i t i o n a l l e a r n i n g ma t e r i a l s i n t h e c l a s s r o o m.F i r s t ,t h e r e s o u r c e s o n t h e I n t e r n e t c a nb ee a s i l y ac c e s s e da n dr e n e w ed p r o m p t l y .A s a re s u l t ,i t c a n c a t e r t o t h e d e m a n d s of t h e d i f f e r e n t p e o p l ew i t h i t s v a s t s t o r e o f i n f o r m a t i o n .S e c o n d ,m o r e a n dm o r e c o l l eg e s t u d e n t sa r eu s i n g I n t e r n e t i ta sa ne x t e n s i o nf o rc l a s s r o o ml e a r n i n g.W e p r a c t i c eo r a l E n g l i s h s k i l l s b y w a t c h i n g E n g l i s h m o v i e s ,a n di m p r o v eo u rr e a d i n g s k i l lb y b r o w s i n g E n gl i s h w e b s i t e s .B e s t o fa l l ,l e a r n i n g -r e s o u r c e so nt h eI n t e r n e ta r e m o s t l y f r e e .P e o p l ec a nd o w n l o a d w h a tt h e y ne e d i n s t e a dof p a y i ng f o r b o o k s .H o w e v e r ,i f n o tw i s e l y u s e d ,I n t e r n e tm a y n e g a t i v e l y a f f e c t o u r l e a r n i n g e f f i c i e n c y.I n t e r n e t i s f u l l o f t e m p t a t i o n s ,f o r i n s t a n c e ,o n l i n e g a m e s a n ds o c i a l c h a t t i n g .I fw ed o n tw a t c hi t ,w e j u s t g e td i s t r a c t e d a n d l o s eo u r s e l f -c o n t r o l ,w a s t i n g v a l u e t i m ew i t h o u t a c c o m p l i s h i n g o r i gi n a l t a s k .I nm y o p i n i o n ,I n t e r n e t h a s b e c o m e p a r t o f l i f e .W e s h o u l d t a k e g o o d a d v a n t a g e s o f t h e I n t e r n e t a n d m a k e s e n s eo f t h ed y n a m i c ,c o n f u s i n g w o r l d .P a r tⅡ1.A ㊀2.C ㊀3.D ㊀4.B ㊀5.B ㊀6.A ㊀7.C ㊀8.C ㊀9.C ㊀10.A ㊀11.A ㊀12.D ㊀13.B14.B ㊀15.D ㊀16.C ㊀17.B ㊀18.D ㊀19.A ㊀20.C ㊀21.B ㊀22.D ㊀23.A ㊀24.B ㊀25.A26.r e l a t i v i t y ㊀27.s t r e t c h i n g o r s h r i n k i n g ㊀28.a r o c k e t t r i p t o ㊀29.I ne f f e c t ㊀30.s u r f a c e 31.i n t e n s e ㊀32.d e m o n s t r a t e d ㊀33.c o n t r o v e r s i a l ㊀34.a ne x i t a sw e l l a s a ne n t r a n c e ㊀35.c o l l a p s e P a r tⅢS e c t i o nA ㊀36.B ㊀37.K ㊀38.I ㊀39.E ㊀40.G ㊀41.M ㊀42.D ㊀43.A ㊀44.N ㊀45.H S e c t i o nB ㊀46.F ㊀47.G ㊀48.C ㊀49.J ㊀50.H ㊀51.I ㊀52.B ㊀53.D ㊀54.E ㊀55.E ㊀S e c t i o nC56.D.全文主旨题㊂本文主要讨论食盐的过度摄取及其健康隐患(高血压)㊂57.D.推断题㊂根据第一段第四㊁五句提到 I tm a k e s t h eb o d y re t a i n sf l u i d s ...h e a r t d i s e a s e a n d s t r o k e :钠使人体保留体液,体液保留量的增长可提高总血容量,从而导致血压升高㊂在食盐摄入不受限制的地区,很多人患上慢性高血压,而慢性高血压又是导致心脏病与中风的主要因素㊂由此可见,食盐是导致心脏病的间接因素㊂58.C.数字推论计算题㊂参见第二段第一句 T h eb o d y o fa na d u l tn e e d so n l y a b o u t 200m i l l i g r a m so f s o d i u mad a y t h ea m o u n t i n 500m i l l i g r a m s ,o r 1/10o f t e a s po o n ,o f s a l t (一个成人每天仅需要200毫克钠 相当于500毫克盐,即十分之一茶勺盐中的钠含量㊂)由此可知,1茶勺食盐的钠含量是❙答案与解析7㊀❙2000毫克(200ˑ10);根据第1段倒数第2句:日本北方农民每天食用6茶勺盐(s i x t e a s p o o n s ad a y),其中钠含量可推断为12000毫克(2000ˑ6),故选C ㊂59.B .生词猜测题㊂根据第二段第三句 a s h a r p re d u c t i o n i s r e c o m m e n d e d 可知,权威人士建议大量减少食盐用量;最后一段第一句认为,采纳此建议意味着食品中缺少盐这种调味剂,食品必然淡而无味很难吃㊂60.C.细节题㊂参见最后一段第二句 S o s o m e p h y s i c i a n s p r e s c r i b ea s a r e p l a c e m e n t s e a s o n i n gp o t a s s i u m c h l o r i d e ,w h i c h t a s t e s s a l t y bu t c o n t a i n sn o s o d i u m. (因此一些医生建议病人用氯化钾充当替代调味剂,氯化钾有咸味但不含钠㊂)本题询问医生建议病人食用氯化钾的主要原因,选项B (不含钠)并非主要原因㊂61.A.参见第一段 P r o t e s t sa t t h eu s eo fa n i m a l s ...t h e p r e -p l a n t e dc a r -b o m b . 和第二段第一句 T h e r e s e a r c hc o m m u n i t y w i l l r i g h t l y b ea l a r m e da t t h e s ed e v e l o pm e n t s (对于用动物做试验的抗议活动在英国出现新的令人生畏的发展迹象 有人试图通过安置汽车炸弹的恐怖手段谋害领命英国科学家㊂对这些发展情况,科研群体完全有理由感到惊恐㊂)62.B .细节题㊂参见第二段最后一句 T h e p r o f e s s i o n a l p o l i c ew i l l s i m i l a r l y b ec o n f r o n t e db y th eu s u a l p r o b l e mo f f i n d i n g an e e d l e i nah a y s t a c k . (警察同样将面临以往那样大海捞针的困难㊂)63.B .指代关系判断题㊂参见第三段第二句 T h e r e a r e s e v e r a l s t e ps t h a t c a nb e t a k e n ,o fw h i c h t h e c h i e f o n e i s t od e m a n do fa l l t h eo r g a n i z a t i o n s t h a te x i s tw i t ht h ed e c l a r e do b j e c t i v e so f s a f e g u a r d i n g t h e i n t e r e s t s o f a n i m a l s t h a t t h e y... (目前已采取数项措施,其中主要的一项是要求所有以保护动物利益为明确目标的组织清楚地声明他们在反人类的暴力行为问题上的立场㊂)该长句结构 d e m a n do fa l lt h eo r ga n i z a t i o n s (t h a t e x i s t sw i t h ...a n i m a l s )t h a t ... 是动词词组 d e m a n d s t ho f sb 的变异用法,其中 t h a t e x i s t sw i t h ...a n i m a l s 为修饰o r g a n i z a t i o n s 的定语从句㊂64.B .全文主旨题㊂本文第一㊁二段提及有人为抗议利用动物做试验而对科学家采取恐怖活动,警方与 防御研究协会 随即对恐怖分子展开追查,但破案成功的机率不大㊂因此作者在第三段提出,研究人员要更加积极自我防卫,采取有效措施,其中一项措施就是要求动物保护协会明确表态不参与暴力活动㊂参见第三段第二句与倒数第三句 ...m e m b e r sa n dw o u l d -b e m e m b e r s s h o u l dd e c l a r et h a t t h e y w i l l t a k en o p a r t i na c t s o f v i o l e n c e a g a i n s t h u m a nb e i n gs . 可见作者写作目的是要求动物保护组织放弃暴力㊂65.D.细节题㊂参见第三段第一㊁二句 T h a t i sw h y t h e i n t e l l e c t u a l c o m m u n i t y inB r i t a i na n de l s e w h e r e m u s t a c tm o r ea c t i v e l y i n i t s o w nd e f e n s e .T h e r ea r e s e v e r a l s t e ps t h a t c a nb e t a k e n ... (因此无论是英国还是其他地方的知识分子团体都必须积极行动起来保护自己,可以采取多项措施 )P a r tⅣT h ed e v e l o p m e n t o fC h i n a s s o c i a l i s tm a r k e t e c o n o m y r e q u i r e s t h er e f o r m o fo u r s o c i a lw e l f a r ea n d s e c u r i t y s y s t e m ,w h i c hi nt u r nh o l d sh i g h e re x p e c t a t i o n sf o rt h e w o r ko fc o m m u n i t y se r v i c e .W i t ht h e t r a n sf o r m a t i o no fg o v e r n m e n t a l f u n c t i o n s ,th ew o r ki n v o l v i n g s o c i a l s e r v i c e s t h a tw a s i n i t i a l l y un d e r t a k e n b y t h e g o v e r n m e n t w i l l h a v e t o b e t r a n s f e r r e d g r a d u a l l y t o s o c i a l g r o u p s a n d n o n -g o v e r n m e n t a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s .O nt h e o n e h a n d ,t h e g o v e r n m e n t w i l ls h o u l d e r g r e a t e rr e s p o n s i b i l i t i e si ni t s m a c r o -m a n a g e m e n t ;a n do nt h eo t h e rh a n d ,s o c i a l g r o u p sa n d n o n -g o v e r n m e n t a lo r g a n i z a t i o n s w i l ln e e dt o i n v o l v e t h e m s e l v e sm o r e i nc o m m u n i t y s e r v i c e .C o n s e q u e n t l y ,t h e r e e m e r g e dan e wi s s u e c o n c e r n i n g h o w t h e g o v e r n m e n t a n d s o c i a l g r o u p s s h o u l dc o l l a b o r a t e t o p r o m o t e t h ed e v e l o p m e n t o f c o m m u n i t y se r v i c e .❙答案与解析8㊀❙T e s t 5P a r tⅠ㊀S a m p l eW r i t i n gT h eB e s t P a r e n t sB a s e d o n t h e c h i l d -p a r e n t s r e l a t i o n s h i p ,p s y c h o l o g i s t s h a v e i d e n t i f i e d t h r e e t y pe s of p a r e n t s :p e r m i s s i v e ,a u t o c r a t i c a n da u t h o r i t a t i v e .C o n f r o n t e db y a 15-y e a r -o l dw h ow a n t s t oa t t e n daS a t u r d a y -n igh t p a r t y ,a p e r mi s s i v e p a r e n tm i g h t s a y : O k a y ,b u t t r y n o t t os t a y ou t t o ol a t e . P e r m i s s i v e p a r e n t sa r ee i t h e r i n d i f f e r e n t t ot h e i rk i d so r s p o i l t h ek i d s t o om u c h .A na u t o c r a t i c p a r e n tm i g h t r e s p o n d , N o ,y o ua r e t o o y o u n g fo r t h a t . E n do f d i s c u s s i o n .A u t o c r a t i c p a r e n t sd i c t a t e ,d o w nt ot h el a s td e t a i l s .T h ea u t h o r i t a t i v e p a r e n tc o n s i d e r st h ec h i ld s v ie w p o i n t ,t h e nd e c i d e s : Y o uk n o wo u r r u l e a b o u tw e e k e n d s .W e a gr e e do na 10o c l o c k c u r f e w.Y o u c a n g o t o t h e p a r t y i f y o u r eh o m eb y 10. K i d sm a yp r e f e r p e r m i s s i v e p a r e n t sa n dr e b e la g a i n s ta u t o c r a t i c p a r e n t s .U n d o u b t e d l y,t h e m o s t b e n e f i c i a l t o t h ec h i l d r e n s g r o w t hi s t h ea u t h o r i t a t i v es t y l e ,w h i c h g i v e s t h e ml e e w a y b u ta l s os e t s f i r m l i m i t s .C o m i n g d o w nh a r do ne v e r yp e t t y d e t a i l e s c a l a t e sm i n o rd i s a gr e e m e n t s i n t oa l l -o u tw a r f a r e ,a n d m a y a l i e n a t e t h e c h i l d r e n f r o mt h e i r p a r e n t s .O n t h e o t h e r h a n d ,a l l o w i n g k i d s f u l l f r e e d o m m e a n s l e a v i n gt h e m g r o w i n g w i l d .O n l y t h e p a r e n t s w h o a l l o w t h e i r k i d sf r e e d o m w i t h r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ,a n d w i t h i n d i s c i p l i n a r yl i m i t s ,h a v em o r e i n f l u e n c e t h a ne i t h e ra u t o c r a t i c p a r e n t so r p e r m i s s i v eo n e s .C h i l d r e nw i t h a u t h o r i t a t i v e p a r e n t s a l w a y s e n j o y ah e a l t h y en v i r o n m e n t i nw h i c h t o g r o w.P a r tⅡ1.C ㊀2.D ㊀3.B ㊀4.D ㊀5.C ㊀6.B ㊀7.A ㊀8.A ㊀9.C ㊀10.B ㊀11.A ㊀12.C ㊀13.D14.B ㊀15.D ㊀16.D ㊀17.A ㊀18.B ㊀19.C ㊀20.C ㊀21.A ㊀22.D ㊀23.B ㊀24.A ㊀25.C 26.e s s e n t i a l ㊀27.p r i n c i p l e s ㊀28.c o n s t i t u t e ㊀29.r u l e s o f c o n d u c t ㊀30.t r a i t s ㊀31.c o n f u s i o n 32.t a l e n t ,e n e r g y a n d p e r s o n a l i t y ㊀33.l i t e r a t u r e ㊀34.f i g u r e s ㊀35.t h e f o u n d a t i o no f t h e i r l i v e s ㊀P a r tⅣS e c t i o nA ㊀36.D ㊀37.K ㊀38.M ㊀39.C ㊀40.F ㊀41.B ㊀42.N ㊀43.O ㊀44.A ㊀45.G S e c t i o nB ㊀46.E ㊀47.F ㊀48.G ㊀49.A ㊀50.C ㊀51.H ㊀52.J ㊀53.I ㊀54.B ㊀55.C S e c t i o nC56.C.推断题㊂参见第一段第一㊁二句 T h em o s t e x c i t i n g k i n do f e d u c a t i o n ...t h a t i s i m p o r t a n t t o y o u ! (最令人激动的教育也是最个性化的,没有比自己去发现重要的东西更快乐的事了);第1段倒数第3句 S u c h p e r s o n a l e n c o u n t e r s a r e t h e p a y o f f i ne d u c a t i o n (这些个人知识遭遇就是教育中的回报)㊂由 e x c i t i n g , j o y , p a yo f f 等词可推知作者认为个人的知识发现是教育中作有价值的部分㊂57.A.推断题㊂参见第二段第四句 B u t t h e r e s e a r c h p a p e r a l s o g i v e s y o u a c h a n c e t o ...s h o wo t h e r sw h a t yo u c a nd o . (但是写论文还给你提供机会去将学校作业个性化,使一份作业适合你的兴趣与能力,向别人显示你能做些什么)㊂58.D.生词猜测题㊂根据下文中出现的 a n x i e t y ㊁ t h r e a t e n i n g 可推知,d i s c o n c e r t i n g 指令人不安㊁焦虑㊂59.C.全文主旨题㊂参见第二段最后一句 S o ,t o p r o d u c ea g o o dr e s e a r c h p a pe r i sb o t hau s ef u l a n da t h o r o ugh l y s a ti s f y i n g e x p e r i e n c e ! (因此,写一份优秀研究论文是一种既有益又万群令人满足的经历㊂);第三段第三句 B u t t h e s e i s n on e e d t oa p p r o a c h t h e r e s e a r c h p a p e r a s s i gn m e n t ...a no b s t a c l e t o。

大学英语四级考试模拟试题

大学英语四级考试模拟试题

大学英语四级考试模拟试题第一部分:听力理解(共20小题)1.问题:What is the main topic of the conversation? 答案:The maintopic of the conversation is about travel plans.2.问题:What does the man imply about his work schedule? 答案:The man implies that his work schedule is flexible....第二部分:阅读理解(共20小题)1.问题:What can be inferred from the passage about the author? 答案:The author has a strong interest in ancient history.2.问题:What does the word "deficit" in paragraph 3 mean? 答案:The word "deficit" means a lack or shortage of something. ...第三部分:综合英语(共10小题)1.问题:According to the passage, what are some commonmisconceptions about meditation? 答案:•Meditation requires complete silence and stillness. •Meditation is only for religious or spiritual purposes.•Meditation is time-consuming and difficult.2.问题:What does the phrase "mindfulness-based stress reduction"refer to? 答案:The phrase refers to a program that helpsindividuals reduce stress through mindfulness techniques....第四部分:写作(共1篇)题目: The Impact of Social Media on Society介绍: Social media has become an integral part of our lives and has greatly influenced society as whole. In this essay, I will discuss some key impacts of social media on society.正文: 1. Communication: Social media platforms have revolutionized communication, enabling individuals to connect with others around the world and share information in real-time. This has both positive and negative effects on society.rmation dissemination: Social media allows for the rapid spreadof news and information, but it also presents challenges in terms of fake news and misinformation. Society must learn to criticallyevaluate the information they consume....结论: Overall, social media has had a profound impact on society, influencing various aspects of our lives. It is important for individuals to be aware of both the positive and negative effects of social media and use it responsibly.第五部分:翻译(共5小题)请将以下句子翻译成英文: 1. 我正在学习如何使用新的软件。

四级模拟试题试卷及答案

四级模拟试题试卷及答案

四级模拟试题试卷及答案一、听力理解(共30分)1. A) 根据所听内容,选择正确答案。

A. 他今天没有参加会议。

B. 他参加了会议,但迟到了。

C. 他没有迟到,但错过了会议。

D. 他准时参加了会议。

[答案] B2. B) 根据对话内容,回答以下问题。

What is the woman going to do this weekend?A. Go shopping.B. Visit her parents.C. Stay at home.D. Attend a concert.[答案] B3. C) 根据短文内容,完成句子。

The speaker is talking about _______.A. the importance of environmental protection.B. the latest technology in smartphones.C. the benefits of regular exercise.D. the history of a famous city.[答案] A二、阅读理解(共40分)1. 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选择最佳选项。

Passage 1[文章内容]...Questions:41. What is the main idea of the passage?A. The history of the company.B. The development of the company.C. The company's products.D. The company's management.[答案] B42. According to the passage, what did the company do last year?A. It expanded its market.B. It reduced its staff.C. It increased its profits.D. It launched a new product.[答案] A2. 阅读下列短文,回答后面的问题。

英语专业四级模拟试题9(含答案)

英语专业四级模拟试题9(含答案)

英语专业四级模拟试题9Part I Dictation ( 15 minutes )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. Now listen to the passage.Part II Listening Comprehension ( 18 minutes )Section AIn this section, you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Conversation OneQuestions 2 to 5 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.2. Which of the following is NOT offered by the apartment?A) Tennis courts.B) A recreation area.C) A sauna.D) A swimming pool.3.If the student decides to rent an apartment from the receptionist, what will his depositbe?A) One hundred dollars.B) Thirty-five dollars.C) Fifty dollars.D) Two hundred and fifty dollars.4.Why is a deposit required at Melrose Apartment?A) To secure a two-bedroom apartment.B) To renew a six-month lease.C) To pay for a dishwasher.D) To cover property damage.5. How long will the student have to wait for one-bedroom apartment?A) For a week.B) For two weeks.C) For three weeks.D) For a month.Conversation TwoQuestions 6 to 8 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.6. What year is Mike in?A) The first year.B) The second year.C) The fourth year.D) The third year.7.Mike should resign because _______.A) he can't get along with his schoolmates in the UnionB) he can't do the work wellC) he is in debtD) he can't get through his studies8.What do you suppose Mike is majoring in?A) Mathematics.B) Electronics.C) Physics.D) Economics.Conversation ThreeQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will answer the questions.Now, listen to the conversation.9. Where does this conversation most likely take place?A) In the library on campus.B) In a classroom.。

大学英语四级模拟题九(含答案)

大学英语四级模拟题九(含答案)

(郑家顺)大学英语四级模拟预测Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Fora Better understanding Between Parent and Child? You should write at least 120words but no more than 180words, and base your composition on the outline(given in English) below:Outline:1) Present situation: Lack of communication between parent and child2) Possible reasons: a. Different likes and dislikesb. Misunderstandingc. Others3) Suggestions: a. For parentsb. For childrenPart III Reading Comprehension (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. Readthe passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank isidentified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in thebank more than once.Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Every year in the first week of my English class, some students inform me that writing is too hard. They never write, unless assignments 26 it. They find the writing process 27 and difficult.How awful to be able to speak in a language but not to write in i t—28 English, with its rich vocabulary. Being able to speak but not write is like living in an 29 mansion (豪宅) and never leaving one small room. When I meet students who think they can’t write, I know as a teacher my 30 is to show them the rest of the rooms. My task is to build fluency while providing the opportunity inherent in any writing activity to 31 the moral and emotional development of my students. One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done 32 , just like exercise; just as muscles grow stronger with exercise, writing skills improve quickly with writing practice. I often see a rise in student confidence and 33 after only a few weeks of journal writing.Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and 34 lives. They build skills so that some day they might write a greatnovel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the perfect love letter. Every day that they write inDirections: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 theparagraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph morethan once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by markingthe corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Protect Y our Privacy When Job-hunting Online【A】Identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person’s personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain.【B】The numbers associated with identity theft are beginning to add up fast these days. A recent General Accounting Office report estimates that as many as 750,000 Americans are victims of identity theft every year. And that number may be low, as many people choose not to report the crime even if they know they have been victimized.【C】Identity theft is “an absolute epidemic,” states Robert Ellis Smith, a respected author and advo cate of privacy. “It’s certainly picked up in the last four or five years. It’s worldwide. It affects everybody, and there’s very little you can do to preve nt it and, worst of all, you can’t detect it until it’s probably too late.”【D】Unlike your fingerprints, which are unique to you and cannot be given to someone else for their use, your personal data, especially your social security number, your bank account or credit card number, your telephone calling card number, and other valuable identifying data, can be used, if they fall into the wrong hands, to personally profit at your expense. In the United States and Canada, for example, many people have reported that unauthorized persons have taken funds out of their bank or financial accounts, or, in the worst cases, taken over their identities altogether, running up vast debts and committing crimes while using t he victims’ names. In many cases, a victim’s losses may include not only out-of-pocket financial losses, but substantial additional financial costs associated with trying to restore his reputation in the community and correcting erroneous information for which the criminal is responsible.【E】According to the FBI, identity theft is the number one fraud committed on the Internet. So how do job seekers protect themselves while continuing to circulate their resumes online?The key to a successful online job search is learning to manage the risks. Here are some tips for staying safe while conducting a job search on the Internet.【F】If you are considering posting your resume online, make sure the job search site you areconsidering has a privacy policy, like The policy should spell out how your information will be used, stored and whether or not it will be shared. You may want to think twice about posting your resume on a site that automatically shares your information with others. You could be opening yourself up to unwanted calls from solicitors (推销员). 【G】When reviewing the site’s privacy policy, you’ll be able to delete your resume just as easily as you posted it. You won’t necessarily want your resume to remain out there on the Internet once you land a job. Remember, the longer your resume remains posted on a job board, the more exposure, both positive and not-so-positive, it will receive.【H】Lawful job search sites offer levels of privacy protection. Before posting your resume, carefully consider your job search objectives and the level of risk you are willing to assume., for example, offers three levels of privacy from which job seekers can choose. The first is standard posting. This option gives job seekers who post their resumes the most visibility to the broadest employer audience possible. The second is anonymous posting. This allows job seekers the same visibility as those in the standard posting category without any of their contact information being displayed. Job seekers who wish to remain anonymous but want to share some other information may choose which pieces of contact information to display. The third is private posting. This option allows a job seeker to post a resume without having it searched by employers. Private posting allows job seekers to quickly and easily apply for jobs that appear on without retyping their information.【I】Career experts say that one of the ways job seekers can stay safe while using the Internet to search out jobs is to conceal their identities. Replace your name on your resume with a generic identifier, such as “Intranet Developer Candidate,” or “Experienced Marketin g Representative.” You should also consider eliminating the name and location of your current employer. Depending on your title, it may not be all that difficult to determine who you are once the name of your company is provided. Use a general description of the company such as “Major auto manufacturer.” or “International packaged goods supplier.” If your job title is unique, consider using the generic equivalent instead of the exact title assigned by your employer.【J】Another way to protect your privacy while seeking employment online is to open up an email account specifically for your online job search. This will safeguard your existing email box in the event someone you don’t know gets hold of your email address and shares it with others. Using an email address specifically for your job search also eliminates the possibility that you will receive unwelcome emails in your primary mailbox. When naming your new email address, be sure that it doesn’t contain references to your name or other information that will give away your identity. The best solution is an email address that is relevant to the ***********************************************.【K】If your resume contains a section with the names and contact information of your references, take it out. There’s no sense in safeguarding your information while sharing private contact information of your references.【L】Do not, under any circumstances, share your social security, driver’s license, and bank account numbers or other personal information, such as race or eye color. Honest employers do not need this information with an initial application. Don’t provide this even if they say they need it in order to conduct a background check. This is one of the oldest tricks in the book—don’t fall fo r it.36. Concealing identities and using a general title on the resume instead of the real name is a safeway to protect job hunters online.37. Identity theft is a widely spread crime that may influence everybody and can hardly bedetected and prevented.38. It is regarded guilty to obtain others’personal information through ways like fraud ordeception for economic profit.39. On a lawful website like , three levels of privacy are available for jobhunters to protect their personal information.40. Since a lot of people choose to hide the fact that their identity is being stolen, the actualnumber of victims of identity theft is underestimated.41. The risk of your personal information being exposed to others is in proportion to the timeduration your resume is posted online.42. Victims of identity theft may suffer not only from loss of money, but also other financial lossesrelated to an effort to regain his fame among people around him.43. When applying for a job, you don’t need to share information like your race or eye color evenif you are asked to.44. While seeking a job online, it is safe to use an email account especially for the job search andthe name of this email address should not reveal your identity.45. It is advisable to post your resume on job hunting site that has a clearly stated privacy policy. 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) andD). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage:"There is a senseless notion that children grow up and leave home when they're 18, and the truth is far from that," says sociologist Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin. Today, unexpected numbers of young adults are living with their parents. "There is a major shift in the middle class," declares sociologist Allan Schnaiberg of Northwestern University, whose son, 19, moved back in after an absence of eight months.Analysts cite a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. The marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people. A high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally hurt survivors back to parental shelters. For some, the expense of an away-from-home collegeeducation has become so excessively great that many students now attend local schools. Even after graduation, young people find their wings clipped by skyrocketing housing costs.Living at home, says Knighton, a school teacher, continues to give her security and moral support. Her mother agreed, "It's ridiculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent. It makes sense for kids to stay at home." But sharing the family home requires adjustments for all. There are the hassles over bathrooms, telephones and privacy. Some families, however, manage the delicate balancing act. But for others, it proves too difficult. Michelle Del Turco, 24, has been home three times—and left three times. "What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem," she explains. "He never liked anyone I dated, so I either had to hide away or meet them at friends' houses."Just how long should adult children live with their parents before moving on? Most psychologists feel lengthy homecomings are a mistake. Children, struggling to establish separate identities, can end up with "a sense of inadequacy, defeat and failure". And aging parents, who should be enjoying some financial and personal freedom, find themselves stuck with responsibilities. Many agree that brief visits, however, can work beneficially.46. There was apparently a trend in the U.S. ______.A) for young adults to leave their parents and live independentlyB) for middle class young adults to stay with their parentsC) for married young adults to move back home after a lengthy absenceD) for young adults to get jobs nearby in order to live with their parents47. Which of the following does not account for young adults returning to the nest?A) Young adults find housing costs too high.B) Young adults are psychologically and intellectually immature.C) Young adults seek parental comfort and moral support.D) Quite a number of young adults attend local schools.48. One of the disadvantages of young adults returning to stay with their parents is that ______.A) there will inevitably be inconveniences in everyday lifeB) the parents have to spend more money keeping a bigger family goingC) the young adults tend to be overprotected by their parentsD) public opinion is against young adults staying with their parents49. The word "hassles" in the passage (Line 4, Para. 3) probably means ______.A) agreements B) worries C) disadvantages D) quarrels50. According to the passage what is the best for both parents and children?A) They should adjust themselves to sharing the family expenses.B) Children should leave their parents when they are grown-up.C) Adult children should visit their parents from time to time.D) Parents should support their adult children when they are in trouble.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them formost of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships.I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog: you can't win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents' control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.51. The author is primarily addressing ______.A) parents of teenagers C) those who give advice to teenagersB) newspaper readers D) teenagers52. The first paragraph is mainly about ______.A) the teenagers' criticism of their parentsB) misunderstandings between teenagers and their parentsC) the dominance of the parents over their childrenD) the teenagers' ability to deal with crises53. Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles because they ______.A) want to show their existence by creating a culture of their ownB) have a strong desire to be leaders in style and tasteC) have no other way to enjoy themselves betterD) want to irritate their parents54. Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they ______.A) have already been accepted into the adult worldB) feel that they are superior in a small way to the adultsC) are not likely to win over the adultsD) have a desire to be independent55. To improve parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be ______.A) obedient B) responsible C) co-operative D) independentPart 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 2.2001年,我国加入世贸组织(WTO)后,市场经济发展迅速,我国汽车市场的发展也愈加提速。

大学英语四级阅读理解模拟题(9)

大学英语四级阅读理解模拟题(9)

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Popping food into the microwave for a couple of minutes may seem utterly harmless, but Europe’s stock of these quick-cooking ovens emit as much carbon as nearly 7 million cars, a new study has found. And the problem is growing. With costs falling and kitchen appliances becoming “status”items, owners are throwing away microwaves after an average of eight years. This is pushing sales of new microwaves which are expected to reach 135 million annually in the EU by the end of the decade.A study by the University of Manchester calculated the emissions of CO2—the main greenhouse gas responsible for climate change—at every stage of microwaves, from manufacture to waste disposal. “It is electricity consumption by microwaves that has the biggest impact on the environment,”say the authors. The authors also calculate that the emissions from using 19 microwaves over a year are the same as those from using a car. According to the same study, efforts to reduce consumption should focus on improving consumer awareness and behaviour. For example, consumers could use appliances in a more efficient way by adjusting the time of cooking to the type of food.However, David Reay, professor of carbon management, argues that, although microwaves use a great deal of energy, their emissions are minor compared to those from cars. In the UK alone, there are around 30 million cars. These cars emit more than all the microwaves in the EU. Backing this up, recent data show that passenger cars in the UK emitted 69 million tons of CO2 in 2015. This is 10 timesthe amount this new microwave oven study estimates for annual emissions for all the microwave ovens in the EU. Further, the energy used by microwaves is lower than any other from of cooking. Among common kitchen appliances used for cooking, microwaves are the most energy efficient, followed by a stove and finally a standard oven. Thus, rising microwave sales could be seen as a positive thing.51. What is the finding of the new study?A) Quick-cooking microwave ovens have become more popular.B) The frequent use of microwaves may do harm to our health.C) CO2 emissions constitute a major threat to the environment.D) The use of microwaves emits more CO2 than people think.52. Why are the sales of microwaves expected to rise?A) They are becoming more affordable.B) They have a shorter life cycle than other appliances.C) They are getting much easier to operate.D) They take less time to cook than other appliances.53. What recommendation does the study by the University of Manchester make?A) Cooking food of different varieties.B) Improving microwave users’habits.C) Eating less to cut energy consumption.D) Using microwave ovens less frequently.54. What does Professor David Reay try to argue?A) There are far more emissions from cars than from microwaves.B) People should be persuaded into using passenger cars less often.C) The UK produces less CO2 than many other countries in the EU.D) More data are needed to show whether microwaves are harmful.55. What does Professor David Reay think of the use of microwaves?A) It will become less popular in the coming decades.B) It makes everyday cooking much more convenient.C) It plays a positive role in environmental protection.D) It consumes more power than conventional cooking.解析:51.【D】The use of microwaves emits more CO2 than people think.答案解析:根据题干中“new study”可以定位到原文第一段第一句话“..., but Europe’s stock of these quick-cooking ovens emit as much carbon as nearly 7 million cars, a new study has found. ”大意为“尽管把食物放到微波炉里几分钟看起来完全无害,但是欧洲已有的微波炉存储可释放的二氧化碳量相当于七百万的汽车”A 选项为“微波炉很流行”,B选项为“频繁使用微波炉有害健康”,C选项为“二氧化碳排放量对环境产生威胁”,D选项为“使用微波炉释放的二氧化碳比人们想的还要多”,结合原文,D选项中含有关键词“microwaves”“CO2”正确。

英语四级模拟训练题九(附答案)

英语四级模拟训练题九(附答案)

英语四级模拟训练题九(附答案)Model Test 9Part I WritingDirections: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled A Good Teacher-student Relationship.. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below.1. 良好的师生关系很重要2. 怎样建立良好的师生关系3. 你是如何做的A Good Teacher-student RelationshipPart II Reading 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 sheet1.Can Business Be Cool?Why a growing number of firms are taking global warming seriously.Companies supporting environment protectionRupert Murdoch is no green activist. But in Pebble Beach later this summer, the annual gathering of executives of Mr Murdoch's News Corporation--which last year led to a dramatic shift in the media conglomerate's attitude to the Internet--will be addressed by several leading environmentalists, including a vice-president turned climate-change movie star. Last month BSkyB, a British satellitetelevision company chaired by Mr. Murdoch and run by his son, James, declared itself "carbon-neutral", having taken various steps to cut or offset its discharges of carbon into the atmosphere.The army of corporate greens is growing fast. Late last year HSBC became the first big bank to announce that it was carbon-neutral, joining other financial institutions, including Swiss Re, a reinsurer, and Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, in waging war on climate-warming gases (of which carbon dioxide is the main culprit). Last year General Electric (GE), an industrial powerhouse, launched its "Ecomagination" strategy, aiming to cut its output of greenhouse gases and to invest heavily in clean (i.e., carbon-free) technologies. In October Wal-Mart announced a series of environmental schemes, including doubling the fuel-efficiency of its fleet of vehicles within a decade. Tesco and Sainsbury, two Of Britain's biggest retailers, are competing fiercely to be the greenest. And on June 7th some leading British bosses lobbied Tony Blair for a more ambitious policy on climate change, even if that involves harsher regulation.The other sideThe greening of business is by no means universal, however. Money from Exxon Mobil, Ford and General Motors helped pay for television advertisements aired recently in America by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, with the daft slogan "Carbon dioxide: they call it pollution; we call it life". Besides, environmentalist critics say, some firms are engaged in superficial "greenwash to boost the image of essentially climate-hurting businesses. Take BP, the most prominent corporate advocate of action on climate change, with its "Beyond Petroleum" ad campaign, high-profile investments in green energy, and even a "carbon calculator" on its websites helps consumers measure their personal "carbon footprint", or overall emissions of carbon. Yet, critics complain, BP's recent record profits are largely thanks to sales of huge amounts of carbon-packed oil and gas.On the other hand, some free-market thinkers see the support of firms for regulation of carbon as the latest attempt at"regulatory capture", by those who stand to profit from new rules. Max Schulz of the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, notes darkly that "Enron was into pushing the idea of climate change, because it was good for its business".Others argue that climate change has no more place in corporate boardrooms than do discussions of other partisan political issues, such as Darfur or gay marriage. That criticism, at least, is surely wrong. Most of the corporate converts say they are acting not out of some vague sense of social responsibility, or even personal angst, but because climate change creates real business risks and opportunities—from regulatory compliance to insuring clients on flood plains. And although these concerns vary hugely from one company to the next, few firms can be sure of remaining unaffected.The climate of opinionThe most obvious risk is of rising energy costs. Indeed, the recent high price of oil and natural gas, allied to fears over the security of energy supplies from the Middle East and Russia—neither of which have anything to de with climate change—may be the main reason why many firms have recently become interested in alternative energy sources. But at the same time, a growing number of bosses—whatever their personal views about the scientific evidence of climate change—now think that the public has become convinced that global warming is for real. Hurricane Katrina was particularly important in changing opinion in America. Many businessmen have concluded that this new public mood will result, sooner or later, in government action to control carbon emissions—most likely, using some sort of carbon tax or Kyoto-like system of tradable caps on firms' carbon emissions.A carbon-trading system is already in place in the European Union. But even in America, some influential businesses are exerting pressure on the government to control carbon emissions. One motive is to help firms facing decisions that will depend for their long-term profitability on what carbon regime, if any, is in place. "Some asset-intensive industries are making investments now that have a 30-to-50-year horizon," says Travis Engen, who recently stepped down as boss of Alcan, a big aluminium firm. "As CEO, I wanted to make damn sure my investments were good for the future, not just today"—which, for him, meant evaluating investments assuming that his firm would soon have to pay to emit carbon.Indeed, some expect President Bush to start thinking more about climate change after November's mid-term elections, especially now that he has appointed a keen environmentalist as treasury secretary—Hank Paulson, who as boss of Goldman Sachs was the force behind the investment bank's greener stance. "American businesses are starting to realise that something is going to happen on carbon," says Jim Rogers, chief executive of Duke Energy, one of the country's biggest power producers, who reckons legislation is quite likely to pass in Congress by 2009. Companies' moveAs firms try to do something about climate change, the typical first step is to improve their energy efficiency, by both reducing consumption and also shifting the mix of sources from hydrocarbons towards cleaner alternatives. Given high oil prices, those that have already done so have found energy efficiency to be surprisingly good for profits."Carbon Down, Profits Up", a report by the Climate Group, an organisation founded in 2004 by various firms andgovernments, listed 74 companies from 18 industries in 11 countries that are committed to cutting greenhouse-gas emissions. So far, this has brought them combined savings of $11.6 billion, claims the report. Four firms- Bayer, British Telecom, DuPont and Norske Canada—account for $4 billion of this between them.Many companies, including BP, also see the chance to make money from providing things that help reduce global warming—from clean coal-fired power-stations, to wind farms, to mortgages with better rates for homes that are carbon-neutral. GE plans to double its revenues from 17 clean-technology businesses to $20 billion by 2010. HSBC's decision to become carbon-neutral is part of a plan to develop a carbon-finance business, both for retail consumers and corporate clients. "We believe it is a major business opportunity for us, not a hobby or corporate social responsibility," says Francis Sullivan of HSBC. And even as car firms lobby against regulating carbon, they are investing heavily in cleaner hybrid cars,Going carbon-neutral—in which a firm cuts its carbon output as much as possible and then offsets any left over by paying to reduce emissions elsewhere—is particularly attractive to firms that sell directly to the public and reckon that their customers want them to take climate change seriously. Since these sorts of firms are often not great carbon-emitters in the first place, "carbon neutrality" can be fairly painless.A recent study by the Carbon Trust, a British quango, reckoned that, for industries such as airlines, up to 50% of brand value may be at risk if firms fail to take action on climate change.1. This passage is mainly about the impact of environmental issues on activities of individual companies.2. More and more companies are joining in the support of limiting carbon dioxide emission because they are increasingly concerned about the harmful effect on environment and climate change.3. City Bank also announced its determination to be carbon-neutral just after HSBC made its move.4. Although an increasing number of companies began to support limitation on emission, there are still some companies that do the opposite.5. There are some companies, such as BP, which are engaged in superficial activities in order to boost their good images.6. It is believed by some companies that alternative energy sources are significant especially when the recent price of oil and natural gas rose.7. The author mentioned the disaster of Hurricane Katrina because he wanted to demonstrate the harmful effects of unlimited emission of carbon dioxide.8. In America, some influential businesses are exerting pressure on the government to control carbon emissions because their______ depends on what carbon regime is in place.9. Generally speaking, as firms try to do something about climate change, their typical first step is to improve their______.10. A recent study by the Carbon Trust indicated that industries such as airlines, if they______.half of its brand value may be at risk.Part ⅢL istening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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. Aftereach question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must rend the four choices marked [A]、[B]、[C] and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.11. [A] 35. [B] 36. [C] 34. [D] 40.12. [A] Uncle and niece. [B] Aunt and nephew. [C] Cousins. [D] Father and daughter.13. [A] She had an accident. [B] She wants to go to a foreign country to learn its language. [C] Andrew is a native speaker of English. [D] Andrew speaks English quite well.14. [A] To help her solve the problem. [B] To make an arrangement. [C] T o deal with the hardest problem first.[D] To handle the most important problem first.15. [A] She has not enjoyed a good film for long. [B] She seems reluctant to see the film. [C] She believes the film if not worth seeing. [D] She has seen Titanic.16. [A] She doesn't like playing cards. [B] She has something else to do this evening. [C] She doesn't feel like playing cards this evening. [D] She is in a bad mood.17. [A] She thinks it is unacceptable that the man have damaged her plastic flowers. [B] She wants to get rid of these flowers sooner. [C] She means to offer a polite reply to the man's apology. [D] She doesn't mind it at all. 18. [A] They are talking over the meal. [B] The man is English, but the woman is not. [C] The man isn't English but the woman is. [D] They are talking about British people's behavior at breakfast.Conversation 119. [A] How to learn well in college. [B] How to find a roommate. [C] Their major and college funding. [D] How to find funding for college.20. [A] He wants to work in a travel agency in another city. [B] He has no idea. [C] He wants to find a job in IT industry. [D] He wants to work in a travel agency in this area.21. [A] Physics. [B] Computer science. [C] Tourism. [D] Mechanical engineering.22. [A] Teaching assistantship. [B] Student's loan from a bank.[C] A part-time job as a tour guide. [D]Four-year scholarship.Conversation 223. [A] Dyes the plastic for colored products. [B] Makes bowls and cups and things. [C] Produces shampoo bottles, car handles, and so on. [D] Manufactures plastic things.24. [A] 50 minutes. [B] 60 minutes. [C] 10 minutes. [D] 15 minutes.25. [A] Their lives and friends. [B] Marketing strategy and production. [C] Meetings and suppliers. [D] Production and customers.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 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage One26. [A] 150 healthy people. [B] 150 unhealthy people. [C] 300 patients. [D] 300 people.27. [A] Humorous individuals. [B] People who had undergone treatment for blocked arteries. [C] People who did not laughmuch. [D] People who had a strong sense of humor.28. [A] To express your anger rather than bottle it up inside you. [B] T o make yourself laugh. [C] T o offset the harmful effect of stress in your arteries. [D] To hide your feelings.Passage Two29. [A] Work. [B] Food. [C] Social status. [D] Age.30. [A] Old people. [B] Teenagers. [C] Infants. [D] Adults.31. [A] Their food is less nutrient. [B] They do not have enough money to go to hospital. [C] They live in narrow space where colds infection rate is higher. [D] They have to work very hard.Passage Three32. [A] Die. [B] Become such people as George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison. [C] Become very successful. [D] Find it extremely difficult to get a job.33. [A] A college diploma will help one to get a successful career more easily. [B] After college education, one should not pursue further education. [C] After college education, one must have an MBA from a first-rate university. [D] After college education, the more one gets education, the less he will earn after graduation.34. [A] Physics or chemistry. [B] English or history. [C] Anthropology or political science. [D] Language or philosophy.35. [A] High school teachers. [B] Taxi drivers. [C] Waiters. [D] Fruit sellers,Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in you own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Yesterday we discussed the problem of rising prices. In other words, or in the (36) terms, it is regarded as inflation. We noted that, during the (37) of inflation, all prices and incomes do not rise at the same rate. Some incomes rise more slowly than the cost of living, and a few do not rise at all. Other incomes, (38) , rise more (39) than the cost of living.We concluded that persons with fixed incomes, as for example, the (40) who depend upon pensions, a person with slow-rising incomes as, for example, an (41) with a salary agreed to in a long-term (42) will be most seriously affected by inflation. Please (43) that while their dollar incomes stay the same, the cost of goods and services rises, and in effect, real income decreases; that is (44) .We also talked about the fact that (45) , since high prices would increase sales and profits would likely rise faster then the cost of living.And now, before we begin today's lecture, (46) ? Part IV Reading 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 following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark thecorresponding 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.Archaeology is a source of history, not just a humble auxiliary discipline. Archaeological data are historical (47) in their own right, not mere illustrations to written texts. Just as much (48) any other historian, an archaeologist studies and tries to (49) the process that has created the human world to which we live—and us ourselves in so far as we are each creatures of our age and (50) environment. Archaeological data are all changes in the material world (51) from human action or, more succinctly, the fossilized results of human behavior.The sum total of these constitutes (52) may be called the archaeological record. This record exhibits certain (53) and deficiencies the consequences of which produce a rather superficial (54) between archaeological history and the more familiar kind based (55) written records.Not all human behavior fossilizes. The words I utter and you hear as vibrations in the air are of great importance,(56) they leave no sort of trace in the archaeological records unless recorded.A) social B) as C) what D) upon E) document F) yetG) and H) relic I) like J) contrast K) destroy L) similarityM) reconstitute N) resulting O) commonalitiesSection 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 OneWhen risk of death from heart attack is plotted on a graph against alcohol consumption, studies consistently show a U-shaped curve, which suggests that non-drinkers and heavy drinkers have higher rates of heart disease than light to moderate drinkers. The implication is that moderate drinking offers protection from heart disease.For years, doctors believed that the death rate among people who do not drink at all was artificially high because it included a substantial number of reformed drinkers, irreparably damaged by alcohol. However, more recent studies which separate life-long drinkers from abstainers have shown that abstainers are still at high risk.Studies have shown that moderate drinkers have higher levels of high-density lipoproteins (脂蛋白) in their blood. This is the "good" cholesterol that protects against heart disease. Alcohol also appears to reduce the risk of heart diseases. Though drinking alcohol in moderation undoubtedly brings some benefits, it is important not to play down the dangers of heavy drinking. Alcohol is related to a string of health problems including cirrhosis (硬化) of the liver, cancer of the mouth, high blood pressure and hemorrhage stroke.Some people believe that wine, in particular, has additional beneficial properties that set it apart from other alcoholic drinks. The French have significantly less heart disease than does any other industrialized nation except Japan. For example, in Toulouse, France, the annual heart disease death rate per 100,000 men is 78--barely a fifth of the number in Glasgow, Scotland. French doctors believe that the low rate of heart disease is a result of the fact that the French consume large quantities of wine.The relationship between alcohol consumption and the risk of developing cancer has also been studied. Population studies suggest that people who drink moderately are at less risk than those who do not drink at all. Again, wine may be largely responsible for the benefits.Other research suggests that drinking moderate amounts of alcohol also reduces the risk of catching everyday infections like colds. A recent study showed that drinking two units of alcohol dally can halve susceptibility to infections.57. What is the main idea of this passage?[A] Why people should not drink alcohol. [B] The relationship between drinking alcohol and the possibility of cancer. [C] Benefits and dangers of drinking alcohol. [D] Reasons for drinking alcohol.58. What is the implication of the study mentioned in Paragraph 1?[A] It provides reasons for heavy drinkers of alcohol. [B] It proves that drinking causes the possibility of heart disease. [C] It consolidated people's believe that drinking is harmful. [D] It shows that moderate drinking might help reduce the possibility of heart disease.59. What does the word "abstainer" (Line 4, Para. 2) mean?[A] Heavy drinkers. [B] People who never drink. [C] People who used to drink but not any more. [D] Moderate drinkers.60. Which of the following is the substance mentioned that helps to protect against heart disease?[A] Lipoproteins. [B] Cholesterol. [C] Both. [D] Neither.61. Which country is given as an example to show the benefits of wine on people's health?[A] Britain. [B] The United States. [C] France. [D] Japan.Passage TwoDinkum's informed their workforce last week that in a desperate attempt to save jobs, they would move over to a job-share system. Rather than face unemployment, their workers are being offered the chance to work on a half-time basis where two people will share the responsibility of one. "We're giving our workers a choice. They can take redundancy if they prefer but if they want to stay with us, we can only offer them half their previous earnings," said a spokesman for the factory.Beryl Harris, 47, is one of the many workers who have opted for the job-share arrangement. "I know what it's like to be unemployed. I've watched my husband lose his self-respect in these last two years."Sunnington has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. Ron has been looking for work since Dinkum's broke the news to him two and a half years ago. "I've probably applied for more than a hundred jobs: as a laborer, a watchman and so on and I even tried to get a job as a dustman once--bnt nobody wants a guy of my age."Ron's experience is not uncommon. "The streets are full of broken men and the employment exchange is one of the worst places imaginable." Ron and Beryl are already starting to worry about whether their two teenage children will find work when they leave school. "It's bad enough with two of us trying to keep busy at home in the afternoons now but I have nightmares thinking about four of us without jobs," says Beryl.When asked what they think of Dinkum' s new job-share plan, Ron and Beryl Were in agreement. "At least they're trying to find a solution. It' s not their fault that this government of this country has made such a mess of things. Anything's better than living onstate benefit and waking up every day without anything to do." Ron recalled cases of an unemployed man committing suicide in a nearby town. "I can see why he did it but I'll never get to that stage." It's a widely recognized problem that people who do not work can become severely depressed and listless.62. What does the new mechanism do to solve the problem of unemployment?[A] It guarantees job for people who are employed currently.[B] It helps to get work for more people by giving each of them less work. [C] It ensures a welfare payment to unemployed people. [D] It helps people to find new jobs through providing training.63. Why did Beryl decide to take the job-share arrangement?[A] She needs money to pay for her children's tuition. [B] She is afraid of depression and losing self-esteem. [C] She loves her job and the factory. [D] She believes her luck will not change.64. What is one reason mentioned in the passage that Ron hasn't been able to find a new job for a long time?[A] No jobs are available. [B] He has been too picky about jobs. [C] He is too old. [D] He watches too much television.65. What can be inferred from this passage?[A] There are a lot of people like Ron. [B] There is few companies in this county. [C] People in this county do not want to work. [D] The county is far away from major business center.66. Beryl and Ron believe that it's ______ fault that they only have half a job between them.[A] their own [B] the government's [C] the factory's [D] the children'sPart ⅤClozeDirections: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. Foreach 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.The Chinese New Year is a big traditional holiday in Singapore. On its Eve, while many will (67) for the reunion dinner, others will head for the airport or train station to "flee" (68) such festivities. With a (69) number of Singaporeans going on overseas tours during this time, the Chinese New Year holiday has in recent years become a (70) season for travel agents, (71) it Used to be a lull period for them. Isn't Chinese New Year the (72) important traditional festival for the Chinese? Well, for those who choose to (73) flight, it means an opportunity to enjoy a holiday out of the country. The concern is, if even Chinese New Year can be (74) , what other traditional festivals cannot be disregarded? Why do we need to (75) traditional festivals? Firstly, they are inseparable from our ethnic identity. The Chinese, Malays and Indians all have their own traditional festivals (76) which they derive "a sense of belonging to a particular community". So if any Chinese does not see himself (77) one, there is no need for him to celebrate any Chinese festivals. True, everyone has the right to (78) traditions. The problem is: you cannot deny your ethnic origins or change your skin color. We are (79) with a certain skin color which cannot be "bleached"—if one has a "yellow face" and yet refuse to (80) with the Chinese, who else can he or she identify with? Secondly, the (81) spirit of the more than 2000-year-old Chinese New Year is closely intertwined with the traditional culture and values of the Chinese. (82) its core is the Confucian value of good interpersonal relationships. Traditional Chinese festivals (83) center on maintaining and improvinghuman relations. Reunion dinner helps to (84) family ties while the exchange of gifts and greetings enhance relations among friends. To skip the reunion dinner and stay (85) from Chinese New Year means losing many great opportunities to forge stronger kinship and friendship ties. A tradition must be capable of being (86) down from one generation to another. Yet this does not mean traditions cannot be changed.67. [A] separate [B] invite [C] gather [D] long68. [A] from [B] for [C] over [D] back to69. [A] constant [B] decreasing [C] stable [D] increasing70. [A] moderate [B] peak [C] gloomy [D] festival71. [A] although [B] despite [C] so [D] because72. [A] less [B] more [C] desired [D] most73. [A] deny [B] delay [C] take [D] miss74. [A] cherished [B] ignored [C] dismissed [D] forgot75. [A] preserve [B] conceal [C] note [D] disguise76. [A] from [B] to [C] on [D] like77. [A] have [B] as [C] in [D] on78. [A] take [B] refute [C] reject [D] endure79. [A] born [B] given [C] having [D] covered80. [A] live [B] recognize [C] identify [D] realize81. [A] superficial [B] marginal [C] essence [D] fundamental82. [A] in [B] at [C] by [D] with83. [A] seldom [B] frequently [C] invariably [D] hardly84. [A] improve [B] deepen [C] maintain [D] refurbish85. [A] awake [B] away [C] home [D] aloft86. [A] preserved [B] handled [C] passed [D] changedPart VI TranslationDirections: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.。

大学英语四级考试试题真题 (9)

大学英语四级考试试题真题 (9)

大学英语四级考试试题真题Passage fourQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Lead deposits, which accumulated in soil and snow during the 1960's and 70's, were primarily the result of leaded gasoline emissions originating in the United States. In the twenty years that the Clean Air Act has mandated unleaded gas use in the United States, the lead accumulation world-wide has decreased significantly.A study published recently in the journal Nature shows that air-borne leaded gas emissions from the United States were the leading contributor to the high concentration of lead in the snow in Greenland. The new study is a result of the continued research led by Dr. Charles Boutron, an expert on the impact of heavy metals on the environment at the National Center for Scientific Research in France. A study by Dr. Boutron published in 1991 showed that lead levels in arctic(北极的) snow were declining.In his new study, Dr. Boutron found the ratios of the different forms of lead in the leaded gasoline used in the United States were different from the ratios of European, Asian and Canadian gasolines and thus enabled scientists to differentiate ( 分区) the lead sources. The dominant lead ratio found in Greenland snow matched that found ingasoline from the United States.In a study published in the journal Ambio, scientists found that lead levels in soil in the North-eastern United States had decreased markedly since the introduction of unleaded gasoline.Many scientists had believed that the lead would stay in soil and snow for a longer period.The authors of the Ambio study examined samples of the upper layers of soil taken from the same sites of 30 forest floors in New England, New York and Pennsylvania in 1980 and in 1990.The forest environment processed and redistributed the lead faster than the scientists had expected.Scientists say both studies demonstrate that certain parts of the ecosystem (生态系统) respond rapidly to reductions in atmospheric pollution, but that these findings should not be used as a license to pollute.26. The study published in the journal Nature indicates thatA) lead deposits in arctic snow are on the increaseB) the Clean Air Act has not produced the desired resultsC) the US is the major source of lead pollution in arctic snowD) lead will stay in soil and snow longer than expected27. Lead accumulation worldwide decreased significantly after the use of unleaded gas in the USA) was introducedB) was discouragedC) was prohibited by lawD) was enforced by law28. How did scientists discover the source of lead pollution in Greenland?A) By analyzing the data published in journals like Nature and Ambio.B) By studying the chemical elements of soil and snow in Northeastern America.C) By comparing the chemical compositions of leaded gasoline used in various countries.D) By observing the lead accumulations in different parts of the arctic area.29. The authors of the Ambio study have found thatA) forests get rid of lead pollution faster than expectedB) lead deposits are widely distributed in the forests of the USC) lead accumulations in forests are more difficult to deal withD) the upper layers of soil in forests are easily polluted by lead emissions30. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that scientistsA) lack sufficient means to combat lead pollutionB) still consider lead pollution a problemPart III Vocabulary (20 minutes)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.31. Salaries for positions seem to be higher than for permanent ones.A) temporaryB) voluntaryC) optionalD) legal32. Mrs. gmithwas so about everything that no servants could please her.A)preciseB)particularC)speCificD)speCial33. His temper and personalky show that he can become a soldier of the topA) circleB) categoryC) gradeD) rank34. There has been a collision a number of cars on the main road to town.A) engagingB) composingC) involvingD) consisting35. Norman Davis will be remembered by many with not only as a great scholar but also as a most delightful and faithful friend.A) friendlinessB) affectionC) kindnessD) warmth36. Science and technology have in important ways to the improvement of agricultural production.A)witnessedB) assistedC) attachedD)contributed37. He never arrives on time and my is that he feels the meetings are useless.A) conferenceB) inferenceC) preferenceD) reference38. Only those who can to lose their money should make high-risk investments.A) affordB) endureC) sustainD) maintain39. Ten days ago the young man info~ed his boss of his intention toA) rejectB) retreatC) resignD) replace40. Though she began her by singing in a local pop group,she is nowa famous Hollywood movie star.A) professionB) employmentC) occupationD) career41. As he has our pratience,we’ll not wait for him any longer.A) exhaustedB) wastedC) tornD) consumed42. Tomorrow the mayor is to a group of Canadian businessmen ona tour of the city.A) cooperateB) accompanyC) coordinateD) associate43. Most people agree that the present role of women has already affected U.S. society.it has affected the traditional role of men.A) Above allB) In allC) At mostD) At last44. It is obvious that this new rule is applicable to everyone withoutA) exclusionB) substitutionC) modificationD) exception45. As one of the world's highest paid models, she had her face. for five million dollarsA) despoiledB) measuredC) insuredD) assured46. The machine looked like a large, ,old-fashioned typewriter.A) clumsyB) trickyC) forcefulD) intense47. Within two weeks of arrival, all foreigners had to with the local policeA) inquireB) registerC) consultD) profession48. I'm enough to know it is going to be a very difficult situation to compete against three strong teams.A) awareB) consciousC) radicalD) realistic49, He found the media attention intolerable and decided to go abroad.A) constantB) sufficientC) steadyD) plenty50, elephants are different from wild elephants in many aspects, including their tempers.A) CivilB) TameC) CultivatedD) RegulatedPart IV Cloze (15 minutes)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Wise buying is a positive way in which you can make your money go further. The 61 go about purchasing an article or a service can actually 62 you money or can add 63 the cost.Take the 64 example of a hairdryer. If you are buying a hairdryer, you might 65 you are making the 66 buy if you choose one 67 look you like and which is also the cheapest 68 price. But when you get it home you may find that it 69 twice as long as a more expensive 70 to dry your hair. The cost of the electricity plus the cost of your time could well 71 your hairdryer the most expensive one of all.So what principles should you 72 when you go out shopping?If you_ 73 your home, your car or any valuable 74 in excellent condition, you'll be saving money in the long 75 Before you buy a new 76 , talk to someone who owns one.If you can,use it or borrow it to check it suits your particular 77 .Before you buy an expensive 78 ,or a service,do check the price and 79 is on offer. If possible, choose 80 three items or three estimates.61. A) formLB) wayC) methodD) fashion62. A)raiseB)retainC) saveD) preserve63. A) toB) onC) upD) in64. A) singleB) simpleC) easyD) similar65. A) convinceB) examineC) acceptD) think66. A) bestB) mostC) properD) reasonable67. A) whichB) whoseC) itsD) what68. A) onB) forC) inD) with69. A) spendsB) lastsC) consumesD) take70. A) modeB) copyC)modelD) sample71. A) makeB) causeC) leaveD) prove72. A) layB) stickC) adoptD) adapt73. A) keepB) storeC)reserveD) decorate74. A) productsB) materialC) ownershipD) possession75. A) intervalB) periodC) runD) time76. A) equipmentB) applianceC) utilityD) facility77. A) goalB) taskC) functionD) purpose78. A) itemB) elementC) particleD) component79. A) thisB) whichC) whatD) that80. A) inB) fromC) ofD) byPart V Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a campaign speech in support of your election to the post of chairman of the student union. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.A Campaign Speech1 你认为自己具备是什么条件(能力,性格,爱好)可以胜任学生会主席工作,2 如果当选你将会为本校同学做什么?参考答案PartⅠListening ComprehensionSection A1.C) The man used to own a car2.D) Tony should continue taking the course.3.A) She has to study for the exam.4.B) They will continue to exist along with on-line education.5.C) Most students find a job by reading advertisements.6.A) Finish his assignment.7.C) Some of the students are not on the professor’s list.8.D) She’s modest about her success in the contest.9.A) Reading newspapers.10.B) They shouldn’t change their plan.Section B Compound DictationS1. qualityS2. investigated S3. valueS4. familiarS5. recommend S6. perhapsS7. additional S8. Equivalent German models tend to be heavier and slightly less easy to use.S9. Similarly, it is smaller than most of its competitors, thus fitting easily into a pocket or a handbag.S10. The only problem was slight awkwardness in loading the film.PartⅡ Reading Comprehension11.C) Japanese preschool education emphasizes academic instruction12.C) group experience 13.B) shaping children's character14.D) lighten children's study load15.C) They can have better chances of getting a first-rate education.16.A) They usually ignore the effect of exercise on losing weight.17.C) they find it hard to exercise while on a diet18.D) partially believe diet plays a supporting role in weight reduction19.A) Weight reduction is impossible without exercise.20.C) To show the most effective way to lose weight.21.D) shorten the duration of the illness22.A) over-the-counter drugs can be taken to ease the misery caused by a cold or the flu23.A) one should take medicine upon catching the disease24.D) A high temperature25.B) are advised not to give them aspirin26.C) the US is the major source of lead pollution in arctic snow27.D) was enforced by law28.C) By comparing the chemical compositions of leaded gasoline used in various countries.29.A) forests get rid of lead pollution faster than expected30.B) still consider lead pollution a problemPart Ⅲ Vocabulary31.A) temporary32.B) particular33.D) rank34.C) involving35.B) affection36.D) contributed37.B) inference38.A) afford39.C) resign40.D) career41.A) exhausted42.B) accompany43.D) put aside44.D) exception45.C) insured46.A) clumsy47.B) register48.B) conscious49.A) constant50.B) Tame51.C) Above all52.D) manually53.C) slightest54.B) uate55.A) count on56.D) figures57.B) slender58.A) range59.C) loosen60.D) illustratedPart IV Cloze61. B) way62. C) save63. A) to64. B) simple65. D) think66. A) best67.B) whose68. C) in69. D) takes70. B) model71. A) make72. C) adopt73. A) keep74. D) possession75. C) run 76. B) appliance77. D) purpose78. A) item79. C) what80. B) from。

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洛基英语,中国在线英语教育领导品牌part ii reading comprehension(35minutes)directions:there are four reading passages in this part.each passage is followed by some questions.for each question there are four suggested answers marked a,b,c and d.you should choose the one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a pencil.passage 1david thomson is an electronics technician,trained by the u.s.navy, wrist is surrounded by a force field that can broadcast emotions to other human beings.the ability to receive such force fields, thomson believes,explains how one can sense another's fear, nervousness,aggression,panic,or friendliness.this theory of emotional communication occurred to thomson when he told a psychiatrist(精神病医生),dr.jack ward,that he was certain his own hypertension(高血压,过度紧张)made those near him uncomfortable.to demonstrate the theory,thomson constructed a transmitter capable of generating an electromagnetic field similar to that of a man beset by hyper anxiety(过度焦虑).for a year,with this in his pocket,thomson made people miserable.he would find a hungry man delightedly preparing to eat a steak in a restaurant, turn on the transmitter,and watch as the man became tense and irritable and finally left with his steak uneaten.in another test, thomson cleared a crowded room in fifteen minutes.such an exodus(出去)could not be due,thomson observed,to personality problems alone.dr.ward,who had become thomson's partner,insisted that there was already misery enough in the world.thomson fashioned a "happiness transmitter,"which can duplicate the force field of a contented man.university psychologists in the united states report some encouraging results in current tests of the thomson-and-ward transmitter.the"happiness machine"has many possibilities.thomson has speculated on its use near disturbed or anxious patients in hospitals, and in unruly crowds.tranquility(平静),like panic and violence, may be contagions(传染性的).1.the theory is based on belief in the existence of.分析与解答plicated equipmentb.individual force fieldsc.nervousnessd.aggression2.the theory occurred to thomson because he was convinced that people near him.分析与解答a.could hypnotize himb.could make him feel uncomfortablec.were reading his thoughtsd were affected by his hypertension3.for his first demonstrations,thomson chose people who.分析与解答a.were in a happy moodb.seemed hyper anxiousc.were aggressived.both b and c4.the thomson-and-ward transmitter was constructed because.分析与解答a.university psychologists suggested itb.the"misery machine"had not workedc.dr.ward felt there was misery enoughd.police forces asked for it5.thomson has speculated on.分析与解答a.some helpful uses of a"happiness machine"b.possible wrongful uses of a"happiness machine"c.the disadvantages of a tranquil populationd.the final report on the psychologists'testspassage 2just30years ago some700million people lived in cities. today the number stands at1,800million,and by the end of the century it will to3,000million—more than half the world's estimated population.by the year2000an estimated650million people will crowd into60cities of five million or more—three quarters of them in the developing worl d.only a single first world city—metropolitan tokyo,which will have24million people—is expected to be among the global top five;london,ranked second in1950with ten million people,will not even make2000's top 25.in places where rates of natural population increase exceed three per cent annually—meaning much of the third world—that alone isenough to double a city's population within20years.but equally powerful are the streams of hopeful migrants from the countryside.what faces and confuses urban planners is the huge scale of these trends.there have never been cities of30million people,let alone ones dependent on roads,sewer and water supplies barely adequate for urban areas a tenth that size.and the flood of new arrivals in swelling third world cities far overtakes the supply of jobs—particularly as modern industries put a premium on technology rather than manpower.so it will be virtually impossible to find permanent employment for30to40per cent of the1,000million new city inhabitants expected by the year2000.despite the terrible conditions that the city newcomers face, their numbers are growing at rates as much as twice that of the cities themselves—and every step taken to improve their living conditions in the slums only attracts more migrants.“成千上万人疯狂下载。

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