大学英语四级考试冲刺试卷03

Model Test Three
Part 1 Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
Section A
Orations: In this section you will hear l0 short career suctions. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation aim the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you mast read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. A) Check the time of high tide.
B) Go stand under the clock.
C) Wait a little longer.
D) Look for the traffic light.

2. A) Catch a cold.
B) Hurry to get the bus.
C) Sit next to the bus stop.
D) Fix his tom sleeve.

3. A) The room is on fire.
B) The two persons are bothered by the smoke.
C) There is very little breeze.
D) The two persons are not permitted in the memo.

4. A) He's a boat builder.
B) He smokes a pipe.
C) He paints in watercolors.
D) He fixes pipes.

5. A) A trip she has already taken.
B) A trip she takes frequently.
C) A restaurant she owns.
D) A famous statue in Philadelphia.

6. A) Barry no longer lives in New York.
B) Barry doesn't know how to boo economical.
C) The woman called Barry in California.
D) The woman didn't ever moot Ban/.

7. A) She gave a lecture to the psychology class.
B) She advised the man to see a psychologist.
C) She persuaded the man not to take the course.
D) She convinced the man to apply to graduate school.

8. A) He thought about it once.
B) He thinks the weather is great.
C) The school has never land to close.
D) Weather caused the school to close on one occasion.

9. A) Bob isn't ready to buy a new car yet.
B) Bob has two cars, a new one and an old one.
C) Bob's old car is still in good condition.
D) Bob doesn't know much about cars.

10. A) She doesn't like dissent.
B) She had dessert long ago.
C) She isn't pleased with the service.
D) She got the wrong dessert.

Section B
Directions: 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 mar fed A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) The heart disease.
B) Cancer.
C) Accidents.
D) Medical Accidents.

12. A) Headache.
B) Lung disease.
C) Cancer.
D) Eating fat.

13. A) They live longer.
B) They eat more salt.
C) rub

y have changed their sleeping habits.
D) They eat less fruit.

Passage Two
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A) A scientist.
B) An inventor.
C) A ream who imagined himself to be an inventor.
D) An enthusiastic reader of scientific books.

15. A) Appreciated.
B) Believed to be realistic.
C) Completely ignored.
D) Not treated seriously.

16. A) There were three men in the hollow ship.
B) The ship was fired fem a gnat.
C) There was even a dog in the ship.
D) The ship fell into a certain place in the sea.

17. A) His personal experience.
B) His scientific knowledge.
C) His wide reading of other novelists.
D) His reasoning power.

Passage Three
Quasars 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. A) The procedure of Nobel prize awarding.
B) The people who award Nobel prize.
C) The people who receive Nobel prizes.
D) The ceremony of Nobel prize awarding.

19. A) In December.
B) In November.
C) In October.
D) In October or November.

20. A) A diploma.
B) A medal.
C) Cash.
D) A cheek.

Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: I this part you will read four passages. After each passage, there are five questions. Choose the best am-wet for each question. Finding the corresponding letter on the Amstar Sheet and mark your answer with a single line through the canter.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
The aim of writing a summary is precision, which means you must convey exactly what the author wanted to get across, but I fewer words. Students are sometimes satirized to learn that it is easier to be 4A 03- 2 Beth accurate and brief if the main ideas are entirely rephrased, except for any irreplaceable key words or technical tempts necessary for precision. Trying to patch together pieces of the original is difficult and rarely results in a clear summary. To do the job effectively, you will need to substitute wants for phrases, phrases for sentences and general statements for lists of details.
Such rephrasing demands a wide vocabulary and the ability to choose the most appropriate words for conveying what the author intended. This is one reason why it is se important to read widely and become acquainted with words as they are actually used. Learning words in context not only adds to the number of words known. It is also the best way to become aware of subtle differences in near-synonyms. The search for appropriate language develops an appreciation of shades of meaning. By demanding a precise use of words, therefore, the habit of summarizing encourages tether vocabulary growth.
A good summary never misrepresents an author by nuking him say something he did not intend to say, connecting his ideas ina

ccurately- or changing his emphasis. Neither does it add information or conclusions not in the original. In making research notes it is very important to distinguish clammily between your summary of the author's ideas and your personal comments on the ideas; the difference must be clear in the talk or essay based on these notes too.
For most summaries, it is best to begin with the usual previewing and a rapid reading for general comprehension. The close reading which follows can be broken into manageable parts by pausing after each paragraph or group of related paragraphs to phrase the main ideas mentally. At the end of a section, the ideas can often be unified in a more general statement. One advantage of these pauses is that you are continually testing and improving your comprehension. For research notes, pausing also encourages you to check the relevance of the information for your purposes before you go to the trouble of recording it.
Having already established what the main ideas are and how they can be condensed, you can concentrate at the writing stage on choosing accurate words to link the ideas together. Transition words such ms because, however, although mid also indicate how ideas are related and contribute to a smooth style.
21. According to the passage, the ability to summarize __ vocabulary developed.
A) determines
B) has little to de with
C) must be preceded by
D) goes hand in hand with

22. Words in the original passage should be retained in a summary __
A) as often as possible
B) when precision demands it
C) when they are difficult
D) whenever they are technical

23. I've best way to write a summary is to___
A) pick out important phrases
B) alternate reading and writing
C) rephrase essentials
D) reduce sentences to phrases

24. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A ) Quotations fame the original often result in a good summary.
B) Making a summary demands a wide vocabulary.
C) A good summery represents the thoughts of the author pensively.
D) It is best to choose accurate words.

25. The most important quality of a good summary is___
A) brevity
B) precision
C) style
D) good expression

Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
The basic building block of the nervous system is known as the neuron. It tm tins primarily to receive and transmit information about the body. The human brain, perhaps the most complex neural network in existence, contains a trillion neurons, each of which is directly connected to several hundred other nerve cells.
Each neuron consists of three main regions: the soma (or cell body), the dendrites, and the axon. The cell body consists of the sane structures typically found in animal cells-a cell membrane, which maintains the overall structure of the cell, the various cytoplasm features which support internal cell functions; and the nucleus whic

h contains the nucleons and the chromosomes. The dendrites, intricate structures that exist within the cytoplasm, receive signals from other nerve cells while the axon, a long fiber that may actually reach several feet in length, transmits in formation from one neuron to another.
There are two different types of neurons, bipolar and univocal. Most of the sensory neurons located in the peripheral nervous systems, including sight, sound, and hearing are bipolar nerve cells in smite. This kind of cell emanates from the soma both dendrites and axons, responding to and communicating with other cells of insects, there are neurons capable of either of these two functions, but not both, thus, these cells are known as univocal.
26. What is the main point of this passage?
A) The similarities between neurons and other body cells.
B) The structure and functions of neurons.
C) There are three regions of the neuron.
D) There are two types of neurons.

27. Which best describes one function of the neuron?
A) The neuron relays the message of the senses and the mind.
B) The neuron is the basis of thought.
C) The neuron mamba maintains the structure of the body.
D) The neuron provides the electrical energy necessary for life.

28. Which of the following is NOT found within the soma?
A) Axons.
B) Dendrites.
C) Cell wall.
D) Nucleus.

29. What is notable about the axon?
A) Its great molecular weight.
B) Its high electrical charge.
C) Its complex bonds.
D) Its extended length.

30. Which of the following would have dipolar neurons?
A) A human infant.
B) A dog.
C) A computer.
D) A mosquito.

Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following Passage:
The Panama Canal-which was opened on August 15,1914--was boom amid controversy, and saved by a stamp.
In 1880, a French company contracted to build a water way across the Isthmus of Panama, then a territory of Colombia. The French laid out the route and commenced the digging but had to abandon the colossal project several years later when, in addition to health and construction problems, they also ran out of funds.
Tile canal night have died right there had it not been for the vision of a 26 year old French engineer named Philippe Buna Vanilla. He had dreamed of such a canal from boyhood, had worked on laying out the route and was determined to see a waterway built across the Isthmus. He decided that the rich Americans were the logical people to take over the French option and complete the canal. So he took his proposal to Washington.
With its swelling international trade, the United States was indeed interested in a canal linking the two great oceans. But not through Panama. A route through Nicaragua, thought Congress, would be easier to build and cheaper to maintain. By the spring of 1902 the laminate were r

eady to endorse this project.
But young Buna Vanilla, fighting to save his Isthmus water-way, decided to change the corporate mind of Congress. He did so by one of the boldest moves ever made by a single individual to alter the already- agreed-upon judgment of an entire gnu emend-and an alien one.
A few days before Congress was to meet and formally vote on the construction of a canal through Nicaragua, a major volcano blew its head off in the Caribbean. Nicaragua was in a panic. The country badly needed the revenue the canal would bring and had previously assured the United States that all local volcanoes were totally inactive, the imposed waterway would never boo endangered by exploding mountains. Now the entire Caribbean area had been disturbed by volcanic nabbing from the latest eruption.
Quickly, Buna Vanilla saw and grasped the opportunity offered by this natural disaster.
He remembered that, just a few years boom, Nicaragua had issued a stamp bearing a picture of Momentum, a famous volcanic mountain in that country and one lying near the mute of the proposed canal. It was said to be extinct, yet the stamp showed the peak crowned with a plume of smoke as benefits an active volcano.
Skunking around Washington, Buna Avella managed to track down ninety of these Nicaraguan stamps, one for each of the Senators who was about to vote on the canal site. The following morning, on each senatorial desk, there was an envelope containing a stamp and a note in Buna Vanilla' s handwriting. "Official witness to volcanic activity in Nicaragua.
The Senators took a long look at the stamp, did some hard thinking and then reversed themselves. When the vote was taken a few days later, it was found that the Senate had dropped the Nicaraguan mute. It voted instead to pick up the unexcited French contract and build the canal across Panama.
One revolution, one Republic of Panama established, and one year later the treaty was signed, and the Madam went on to build the Panama Canal. All contrived by the amazing Buna Vanilla starting with the stamp.
31. It can boo learned from the passage that Buna Vanilla___
A) had high ambitions even when he was a child
B) had played his part in designing the mute for the Panama Canal
C) figured on America to carry over the unaccomplished project
D) all of the above

32. All of the following statements can bow inferred from the passage EXCEPT that___
A) American economy was on the rise at the beginning of the 20th century
B) a canal to built on its original site was not what the Congress intended at first
C) being lack of funds, France failed to compete with America for the right of the canal
D) Panama was not an independent republic when the canal project was first set about

33. We may conclude from the passage that___
A) Niangua is famous for its active volcanoes
B) extinct volcanoes do not give off' smokes
C) plumes can be found at the peak of volcanoes
D) volcano

activities cannot be predicted

34. In order to carry out his plan, Buna Vanilla___.
A) issued a set of stamps with a picture of Monmouth
B) went to Nicaragua to look for the stamps
C) wrote a warning note on each stamp for the senators
D) None of the above

35. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A) Instead of picking up the French contract, tile Senate finally decided to drop it.
B) Foreigner as he was, Buna Vanilla was so courageous as to change American movement' s decision.
C) Some days after receiving Buna Vanilla' s letters, the Senate took the final vote.
D) The senators took Buna Vanilla' s opinion into careful consideration.

Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
Man is endlessly inventive. But his greatest invention is no invention, the skill of transmitting intact(完美无损的)and unchanged from one generation to the next the fundamental ways of doing things which he learned tom the generation which preceded him. Children ate conceived and reared, houses built, fish caught, and enemies killed in much the same way by most of the members of any society; and these patterns are maintained for relatively long periods of time. From the perspective of those in each new generation, and for the society as an enduring, historical entity (统一体), this process of cultural transmission yields enormous economy. Thanks to it , each generation need not rediscover at great cost in time and subject to great risk of failure, what those coming before have already- learned. Not only is knowledge thus conserved, but the basis for communal life, resting on pennon information and understanding is thus established. Since all those in each generation receive more or less the same cultural heritage from the preceding generation, they can more easily relate to one another and more effectively continue their actions.
The grand total of all the objects, ideas, knowledge, ways of doing things, habits values, and attitudes which each generation in a society passes on to the next is what the anthropologist often refers to as the culture of a group. The transmission of culture is man's substitute for the instincts ( 本能) whereby most other haying creatures are tipped with the mark for coping with their environment and relating to one another. Yet it is more flexible than instinct, and can grow; that is, it can store new information, infinitely more rapidly than the process of mutation and biological evolution can enrich the instinctual storehouse of any other species.
36. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A) The relation between culture and invention.
B) The transmission of human culture.
C) The history of human civilization.
D) The biological evolution of nm.

37. Which of the following is NOT included in the meaning of culture according to the passage?
A) Knowledge of various disciplines.
B) Planetoid technology.
C) Ways of living, life habits and values.
D) Biological ins

tincts.

38. The word "heritage" as used in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to __
A) history
B) civilization
C) tradition
D) feature

39. According to the first paragraph, all of the following statements can be accepted EXCEPT that___
A) man is a ways inventive
B) learning from the preceding generation saves much effort
C) non-invention is a technique of learning skills from the preceding generation
D) non-invention is always contrary to invention

40. In the last sentence of the Passage, the author implies, but does not directly state, that___
A) human culture can further develop and grow
B) biological evolution can improve the instinct of creatures
C) human culture is more flexible and can store new information far more rapidly than instinct
D) the instinct of living creatures may also grow, but at a much slower pace

Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four chokes 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 center.
41. So humorous was our host that he had us all ___through the dinner.
A) laughing
B) laugh
C) to laugh
D) laughed

42. A good tool-box is something__ for anyone to have in the house.
A) feasible
B) hazardous
C) harmonious
D) handy

43. We haven' t found any evidence so far which shows that the new vehicles will cause as much pollution as___ petrol or diesel vehicles.
A) am
B) do
C) is
D) has

44. His first novel "Night" was an account of the Hazy crimes __ though the eyes of a teenaged boy.
A) and were seen
B) which saw
C) but was seen
D) as seen

45. Mother does not know how much I spent __ TV; if she ever found out, I'm sure she fie.
A) to watch, would never forgive
B) on watching, will never forgive
C) watching, would never forgive
D) in watching, will never forgive

46. It was true that the pianist played too loud, but I was not upset by his loudness __ by bus lack of art.
A) rather than
B) instead of
C) more than
D) so much as

47. A body weighs ___ from the surface of the Earth.
A) less the farther it gets
B) the farther it gets, the toss
C) less than it gets farther
D) less than it the farther it gets

48. A series of measures, people in that area managed to survive the severe famine___
A) having taken

B) were taken
C) having been taken
D) have been made

49. Give me an undisturbed hour,__ I'll finish the work Jack has left unfinished.
A) and
B) or
C) so that
D) in order that

50. Since you changed lanes without signaling, you are as much ___ for the accident as the other driver.
A) to be blamed
B) for blaming
C) blared
D) to blame

51. The farmer cut more firewood than usual, in anticipation of a cold winter when there will be a food___ and fuel
A) shortage
B) scarcity
c) lack
D) rarity

52. The government is responsible for the __ of marls and other pubic facilities.
A) service
B) maintenance
C) conservation
D) illustration

53. Many scientists believe that man is __ from apes.
A) descended
B) evolved
C) revolved
D) proceeded

54. To ohm disappointment, the quality of the article we bought was to what we had expected___.
A) familiar
B) interior
C) superior
D) inferior

55. I can't any difference between the two paintings; they are so much alike___.
A) perceive
B) penetrate
C) distinguish
D) experience

56. The Milan Team were determined to their plans to defeat the rivals___.
A) appeal to
B) subject to
C) resort to
D) stick to

57. The truth of the story is beyond __
A) distinction
B) dispute
C) question
D) debate

58. Professor as he is, he is very __ of the computer science.
A) innocent
B) ignorant
C) unnoticeable
D) uneducated

59. Everyone agreed that she was the very __ of her mother.
A) personality
B) image
C) figure
D) shape

60. His influence over the union members has since their struggle for higher wages failed___.
A) lowered
B) shrank
C) minimized
D) declined

61. The pace __ their attention to the evidence and events that might lead to the discovery of the criminal.
A) confined
B) confirmed
C ) conformed
D) conserved

62. The doctor spent much time helping correct children with __ speech.
A) instinct
B) impressive
C) fa

ulty
D) inaccurate

63. I'll take __ put you to the trouble of going all the way downtown to buy more.
A) less paper than
B) less paper rather than
C) less paper than to
D) less paper so as to

64. One be too hardworking in learning a foreign language, as he thinks it worth learning___.
A) mustn't
B) needn't
C) shouldn't
D) can't

65. Such a fool as I am, I __ believe that I will be given the opportunity.
A) must know better than
B) should have known better than
C) must know, better than to
D) shout know better than to

66. The canella is no where to be found; I'm not sure __ I could have done with it.
A) what
B) where
C) how
D) whether

67. I find it difficult lo get used to the climate there, so I might be better off where I am now___.
A) to stay
B) staying
C) stay
D) by staying

68. The laboratory __ next year will be more advanced than the one last year.
A) built, built
B) to be bulk, being bulk
C) being built, bush
D) to be built, bush

69. Suppose there a machine free from any friction, the work you put into file machine would___ be equal to that you get out of it.
A) be
B) were
C) is
D) being

70. He says he feels at home whenever he is with his friends but___.
A) actually he hardly is
B) he is hardly actually
C) he actually is hardly
D) actually handily is he

Part live 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). 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 center.
In future trade the key development to watch is the relationship between the industrialized and the developing nations. The__71__World countries export their mineral__72__and tropical agricultural products, which bring them__73__foreign exchange. Tourism has also been greatly responsible__74__the rapid development of some__75__nations. Many Third world nations with high__76__and low wages have seen an emigration (移居) of workers__77__the developed nations. Western Europe has__78__millions of such workers from Mediterranean countries. The developing nations profit__79__these workers bring their savings and their acquired technical skills__80__home. Many developing nations benefit when western nations __81__ manufacturing in their countries to

take__82__of cheap labor.
__83__economies mature, economic growth rates tend to level off(稳定).The rate of__84__growth is leveling off today in Western nations. This leveling off__85__leads to static non-growth markets. A point of saturation(饱和) __86__ in- technology and innovation have .seemed to achieve the impossible, __87__then how much further can it go? Herman Kahn, __88__his book The Next 200 Years, say's that a shift in priorities will have to occur for industrialized nations. __89__is the creation of money and jobs essential; __90__is rather the improvement of the quality of life that moot be our concern.
71. A)First
B) Second
C) West
D) Third

72. A) ranges
B) scopes
C) deposits
D) products

73. A) desired
B) possible
C) available
D) abandon

74. A) to
B) for
C) towards
D) over

75. A) developed
B) powerful
C) industrialized
D) developing

76. A) employment
B) employment
C) development
D) improvement

77. A) to
B) by
C) at
D) in

78. A) exploited
B) imported
C) received
D) specified

79. A)because
B) before
C) since
D) when

80. A) down
B) all
C) back
D) outside

81. A)establish
B) decide
C) predict
D) mention

82. A)disadvantage
B) challenge
C) advantage
D) privilege

83. A) Since
B) As
C) Though
D) Whereas

84. A) economy
B) mankind
C) society
D) population

85. A) relatively
B) eventually
C) sometimes
D) hardly

86. A) naives
B) reports
C) sets
D) but

87. A) or
B) but
C) for
D) so

88. A) by
B) from
C) after
D) in

89. A) No longer
B) No doubt
C) Of course
D) S9 far

90. A) it
B) that
C) there
D) which

Part v writing (3o minutes)
Directions For the Art you are allowed 30minutes to write a composition on the topic: "The Way to Success "based on the following outlines Your composition should be no less than 100words.
1.每个人都试图在事业上获得成功。
2.意志紧强,锲而不舍,勤奋进取是成功的三大要素
3.我坚信.....