恩波大学英语四级模考参考答案删减版
恩波学校2005年春季大学英语四级第一次模考试卷加答案
恩波学校2005年春季大学英语四级第一次模考试卷加答案恩波学校2005年春季大学英语四级第一次模拟考试COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST--Band Four—试题册（120分钟）*****************************************************注意事项一、将自己的校名、姓名、学校代号、准考证号写在答题卡和答题纸上。
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试卷一Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and thequestions 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 center.Example: You will hear: A) At the office. B) In the waiting room.C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they have to finish in the evening. This conversation is most likely taking place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office” i s the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]1. A) She couldn’t make up her mind.B) She doesn’t have time for a job.C) She’d like to have a compa ny of her own. D) She has a mind of her own.2. A) They are too heavy and she can’t carry them.B) They are too many and she can’t read them all.C) They are too difficult and complex.D) She feels too tired to read.3. A) They got a divorce. B) They broke their wedding engagement.C) They are married but not living together. D) Their children haven’t grown up yet.4. A) They froze. B) Somebody cut them.C) Somebody trampled them. D) Bugs ate them.5. A) Go to the concert. B) Go to work.C) See her friends as planned. D) Finish herhomework.6. A) Tom applied for a job. B) Tom was preferred to others.C) Tom wanted other jobs. D) Tom was too unlucky.7. A) The parking places are very far away. B) She isn’t very good at parking the car.C) There are enough parking places. D) She had no problem finding the park.8. A) Jane is packing for the summer vacation. B) Jane is looking for a summer job.C) Jane is on her way home. D) Jane is eager to go home for the vacation.9. A) The woman would understand if she did Mary’s job.B) The woman should do the typing for Mary.C) The woman should work as hard as Mary.D) The woman isn’t a skillful typist.10. A) He hasn’t prepared his speech well. B) He is an inexperienced speaker.C) He is an awful speaker. D) He gets nervous very easily.Section B Compound Dictation注意：听力理解B节（Compound Dictation）为复合式听写（Compound Dictation），题目在试卷二上，现在请翻到试卷二。
恩波学校2021年春季大学英语四级第一次模考试题加答案(之二)
恩波学校XX年春季大学英语四级第一次模考试题加答案（之二）23. The expression “by virtue of” in the last but one senten ___ can best be repla ___d by ________ . A) by means of B) because of C) in case of D) with the help of 24. Most books on interviewing are not con ___rned aboutjournalistic kind because ________ . A) most people like to read broadcasting interviews B) most western people are seemingly familiar with journalistic interviews C) journalistic interviews are too professional for most people D) texts about journalistic interview don’t deal with the “how to” aspects 25. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an oasion of interview? A) Going to see a doctor. B) Reading an article. C) Negotiating with a client. D) Looking for a job.Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: A scientist who does research in economic psychology and who wants to predict the way in which consumers will spend their money must study consumer behavior. He must obtain data both on resour ___s of consumers and on the motives that tend to encourage ordiscourage money spending. If an economist was asked which of three groups borrow most, people with rising ines, stable ines, or declining ines--he would probably answer: those with declining ines. Actually, in the years 1947--1950, the answer was: people with rising ines. People with declining ines were next and pe ople with stable ines borrowed the least. This shows us that traditional assumptions about earning and spending are not always reliable. Another traditional assumption is that if people who have money expect pri ___s to go up, they will hasten to buy. If they expect pri ___s to go down, they will postpone buying. But research surveys have shown that this is not always true. The typical attitude was expressed by the wife of a mechanic in an interview at a time of rising pri ___s, "In a few months, " she said, "we'll have to pay more for meat and milk; we'll have less to spend on other things." Her family had been planning to buy a new car but they postponed this purchase. Furthermore, the rise in pri ___s that has already taken pla ___ ___y be resented and buyer's resistan ___ ___y be evoked. This is shown by the following typical ment: "I just don't pay these pri ___s; they are too high." The investigations mentioned above werecarried out in America. Investigations conducted at the same time in Great Britain, however, yielded results that were more in agreement with traditional assumptions about saving and spending patterns. The condition mostconducive(有助于) to spending appears to be pri ___ stability. If pri ___s have been stable and people consider that they are reasonable, they are likely to buy. Thus, it appears that the mon business policy of ___intaining stable pri ___s is based on a correct understanding of consumer psychology.26. It can be inferred from the passage that if one wants to predict the way consumers will spend their money, he should ________. A) rely on traditional assumptions about earning and spending B) try to encourage or discourage consumers to spend money C) carry our investigations on consumer behavior and obtain data on consumers' ines and money spending motives D) do researches in consumer psychology in a laboratory 27. Aording to Paragraph 2, research s urveys have proved that ________. A) pri ___ increases always stimulate people to hasten to buy things B) rising pri ___s ___y ___ke people put off their purchaseof ___rtain things C) women are more sensitive to therising in pri ___s than men D) the expectations of pri ___ increases often ___ke buyers feel angry 28. The results of the investigations on consumer psychology carried out in America were ________ those of the investigations ___de at the same time in Great Britain. A) somewhat different from B) exactly the same as C) much better than D) not as good as 29. From the results of the surveys, the writer of this article ________. A) concludes that the saving and spending patterns in Great Britain are better than those in America.B) concludes that the consumers always expect pri ___s to re ___in stable C) concludes that ___intaining stable pri ___s is a correct business policy D) does not draw any conclusion 30. Which of the following statements is always TRUE aording to the surveys mentioned in the passage? A) Consumers will put off buying things if they expect pri___s to decrease. B) Consumers will spend their money quickly if they expect pri ___s to increase. C) The pri ___ condition has an influen ___ on consumer behavior. D) Traditional assumptions about earning and spending are reliable.Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a wo ___n and a young boy sat down at the next table, I couldn't help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point, the wo ___n asked: "So, how have you been?" And the boy―who could not have been more than seven or eight years old―replied , "Frankly, I've been feeling a little depressed lately.'' This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn't find out we were "depressed" until we were in high school. The eviden ___ of a change in children has increased steadily in re ___nt years. Children don't seem childlike any more. Children speak more like ___s, dress more like ___s and behave more like ___s than they used to. Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it ___rtainly is different. Childhood as it on ___ was no longer exists. Why? Hu ___n development is based not only on innate (天生的) biological states, but also on patterns of aess to social knowledge. Movement from one social root to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new status. Children have always been taught___ secrets, but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we___ sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders. In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation (揭示) ___chine has been installed in 98 per ___nt of American homes. It is called television. Television passes infor___tion, and indiscriminately (不加区分地), to all viewers alike, no ___tter they are children or ___s. Unable to resist the temptation, ___ny children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more vivid moving pictures. Communication through print, as a ___tter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social infor ___tion to which children have aess. Reading and writing involve a plex code of symbols that must be memorized and practi ___d. Children must read ___ books before they can read plex ___terials.31. Aording to the author, feeling depressed is ________.A) a sure sign of a psychological problem in a child B) somethin g hardly to be expected in a young child C) an inevitable sign of children's mental development D) a mental scale present in all hu ___ns, including children 32. Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the___ world ________. A) through contact with society C) naturally and by biological instinct B) gradually and under guidan ___ D)through exposure to social infor ___tion 33. The phenomenon that today's children seem ___-like is attributed by the author to _ . A) the widespread influen ___ of television B) the poor arrangement of teaching content C) the fast pa ___ of hu ___n in ___ectual development D) the constantly rising standard of living 34. Why is the author in favor of munication through print for children? A) It enables children to gain more social infor ___tion. B) It develops children's interest in reading and writing. C) It helps children to memorize and practi ___ more. D) It can control what children are to learn. 35. What does the author think of the change in today's children? A) He feels amused by their pre ___ture behavior.B) He thinks it is a phenomenon worthy of note. C) He considers it a positive development. D) He seems to be upset about it.Passage Four Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. "Opinion" is a word that is used carelessly today. It is used to refer to ___tters of taste, belief, andjudgment. This casual use would probably cause little confusion if people didn't attach too much importan ___ to opinion. Unfortunately, most do attach great importan ___ to it. "I have as much right to my opinion as you to yours, '' and ''Everyone's ent itled to his opinion, '' are mon expressions. In fact, anyone who would challenge another's opinion is likely to be branded intolerant.模板,内容仅供参考。
2009年6月英语四级考试模拟试卷及参考答案（恩波2）4
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 marked A),B),C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. A) They didn’t use singers. B) They gave free concerts. C) They performed in small nightclubs. D) They shortened the length of their performances. 27. A) To discuss one way it impacted jazz music. B) To explain why the government reduced some taxes. C) To describe a common theme in jazz music. D) To discuss the popularity of certain jazz bands. 28. A) The music contained strong political messages. B) The music had a steady beat that people could dance to. C) The music included sad melodies. D) The music contained irregular types of rhythms. Passage Two Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. A) A museum exhibition of African baskets. B) Changes in basket-weaving. C) Differences between African and American baskets. D) The development of basket weaving in one town. 30. A) Their mothers taught them. B) They traveled to Africa. C) They learned in school. D) They taught themselves. 31. A) They sell them as a hobby. B) They make them as a hobby. C) They use them on their farms. D) They make and sell them to make a living. Passage Three Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. A) Factors that affect the ability to remember. B) The influence of childhood memories on adulthood. C) A proposal for future psychological research. D) Benefits of a busy lifestyle. 33. A) The need to exercise the memory. B) How the brain differs from other body tissues. C) The unconscious learning of a physical activity. D) How nerves control body movement. 34. A) Repeat it aloud. B) Write it down. C) Make a mental picture of it. D) Practice recalling it. 35. A) Ask questions about the assigned reading. B) Give an example of active learning. C) Explain recent research on recalling childhood memories. D) Make an assignment for the next class session. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have 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 wirte down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. Graduate students often work as teaching assistants while they study in the United States. Teaching assistants (T.A.) may get money or get to take classes for (36) , or both. A T.A. usually works about twenty hours each week. In some cases, the professors they assist have big (37) classes with hundreds of students. The professor gives one or two (38) a week, and teaching assistants (39) smaller discussions at other times. They also give tests, (40) work, provide laboratory assistance and meet with students who need help. And they have their own educations to think about. Many states have (41) to require that teaching assistants be able to speak English well enough for students tounderstand them. Universities have increased their (42) to deal with this problem. Our example school this week is the University of Southern California (USC), in Los Angeles.The American Language Institute at USC provides (43) to help international teaching assistants improve their English. (44) . The exam at USC is a fifteen-minute spoken test that involves two examiners. Students talk about their education and interest in the school. (45) .Those who do not score high enough on the test have to take classes to improve their English.(46) .。
恩波学校2021年春季大学英语四级第一次模考试题加答案(之四)
恩波学校XX年春季大学英语四级第一次模考试题加答案（之四）A) current B) dominant C) prevailing D) decisive 57. Although she was not very rich, she was quite with her money. A) noble B) flexible C) liable D) liberal 58. Itried to reason her her worries, but vain. A) out…in C)off … on B) out of… in D) away with …out of 59. Your advi ___ would be valuable to him, who is at present at his wit’s end. A) ex ___edingly B) extensively C) ex___ssively D) exclusively 60. Too much to X-ray can cause skin burns, can ___r or other da ___ge to the body. A) disclosure B) exposure C) exhibition D) pressure 61. At present the whole country is a war against products of imitation and poor quality. A) establishing B) sending &nb sp; C) launching D) delivering 62. His in ___igen ___ and experien ___ will enable him to the plicated situation. A) cope with B) e up with C) interfere with D) put up with 63. Louis Her ___n, at the University of Hawaii, has ________ a series of new experiments in which some ani ___ls have learned to understand senten ___s. A) installed B) equipped C) devised D) for ___tted 64. The son is charged with condemning his critically ill mother to a hell. A) alive B)lively C) living D) live 65. Finding a job can be and disappointing, and therefore it is important that you are prepared. A) exploiting B) frustrating C) profiting D) misleading 66. The announ ___ment has e that all the graduates are supposed to in the ___in hall. A) aumulate B) assemble C) con ___ntrate D) focus 67. We will sign the contract with the dealer, he can promise to offer us the guarantees of the products. A) as far as B) even if C) as long as D) unless 68. In order to prepare for the trip to London, my uncle is going to dollars into pounds. A) shift B) alter C) vary D) convert 69. We are taught that the Stock Exchange is to a likely political change. A)sensitive B) sensible C) sensational D) senseless 70. The totally new-branded printer is with all leading microputer software. A) parable B) patible C) petitive D) parativePart IV Cloze (15 minutes) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choi ___s ___rked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then ___rk the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the ___ntre.Generally speaking, a British is widely regarded as a quiet, shy and conservative person who is __71 only among those with whom he is acquainted. When a stranger is present, he often seems nervous, __72__ embarrassed. You have to take a muter train any morning or evening to 73 the truth of this. Serous-looking busines ___en and women sit reading their newspapers or sleeping in a corner; hardly anybody talks, sin ___ to do so would be considered quite offensive. 74 , there is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior which, 75 broken, ___kes the offender immediately the object of 76 . It has been known as a fact that the British has a _77 for the discussion of their weather and that, if given a chan ___, he will talk about it 78 . Some people argue that it is because the British weather seldom 79 forecast and hen ___ bees a sour ___ of interest and 80 to everyone. This ___y be so. __81 a British cannot have much 82 in the weathermen, who, after promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong 83 a cloud over the Atlantic bringsrainy weather to all districts! The ___n in the street seems to be as aurate---or as inaurate---as the weathermenin his 84 . Foreigners ___y be surprised at the number of referen ___s 85 weather that the British ___kes to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are 86 by ments on the weather. “Ni ___ day, isn’t it ?”“Beautiful!” ___y well be heard instead of “Good mo rning, how are you ?” 87 the foreigner ___y consider this exaggerated and ic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his advantage. 88 he wants to start a conversation with a British but is ___ to know where to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a safe subject which will 90 an answer from even the most reserved of the British.71. A) relaxed B) frustrated C) amused D) exhausted 72. A) yet B) otherwise C) even D) so 73. A) experien ___ B) witness C) watch D) undergo 74. A) Deliberately B) Consequently C) Frequently D) Apparently 75. A) unless B) on ___ C) while D) as 76. A) suspicion B) opposition C) critici ___ D) praise 77. A) feeling B) fancy C) likeliness D) judgment 78. A) at length B) to a great extent C) from his heart D) by all means 79. A) follows B) predicts C)denies D) supports 80. A) devotion B) affection C) consideration D) speculation 81. A) Still B) Also C) Certainly D) Fundamentally 82. A) faith B) relian ___ C) honor D) credit 83. A) if B) on ___ C) when D) whereas 84.A) positions B) predictions C) approval D) denial 85. A) about B) on C) in D) to模板,内容仅供参考。
大学英语四级模拟考试
大学英语四级考试（CET 4）（恩波英语研究所命题）MODEL TEST— Band Four —(4 LSH 2)试题册（125分钟）恩波英语模考试卷-Part ⅠWriting(30 minutes)注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上，请在答题卡1上作答。
Part ⅡReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)Directions:In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Consumer Recycling and Waste Reduction TipsThe following information provides simple tips on how to recycle and reduce waste as a consumer. Grocery StoresMany supermarkets sponsor redemption centers（回收中心）that will buy back California Redemption Value(CRV) containers for recycling and may accept other materials like steel cans, glass jars and newspapers. Some stores have reverse vending machines, which give you money back as CRV containers are fed into them.Many grocery stores in the San Diego area also have a place to recycle used plastic grocery bags and film containers (plastic canisters that package the film):Albertsons (also take newspaper wrappers, dry cleaning bags, or any type of LDPE plastic bag) ·Ralphs·Vons·Wal Mart·Whole Foods MarketAs for the question “Paper or plastic?” why not bring your own reusable cloth shopping bags instead. The cloth bags hold a lot more, so there are fewer trips back and forth from the car and the cloth carrying handles are more comfortable on your hands than paper or plastic handles. Some stores even give a small discount when you bring reusable cloth bags or reuse old shopping bags to carry out your new purchases.Tip: If you bring your own canvas, plastic, or paper bags, be sure to ask the store to credit your bill. Many stores take 5 cents off each bag provided by the customer, even if the store does not recycle plastic bags.And if you buy just one or two items, try going without a bag altogether. The store pays for its bags, which means so do you, and in the end, so does the environment.Dry CleanersMany dry cleaners take back their plastic clothes bags. When you get home and hang up yourclothes, keep the plastic covers and recycle them on your next trip to the dry cleaners—rather than throw them away. Some stores will also reuse clean hangers.Reusing by DonatingThere are many items that even the most active recycler may throw away because they are uncommon recyclables. Some of these items include mattresses, furniture, clothing, appliances, electronics or art materials. They can often be donated to local thrift stores and nonprofit groups to be repaired and reused. Visit , San Diego s resource for thrift stores, second hand, rummage sales, recycling, retro, and more. Plus a calendar of events.Source Reduction—Make It Recyclable and ReusableWhile shopping, you can help the environment by selecting products that use less packaging and are reusable or readily recyclable in your community. When buying a product, stop and think, “Can this item be recycled or reused?” If not, is there an alternati ve brand or product that you can buy? By making these choices, you are using your purchasing power to reward manufacturers that make recyclable and reusable products, not products that are only disposable.Try Ｔhese Ｒeusable Ａlternatives:·Use a sponge instead of throwaway wipes·Buy rechargeable batteries·Buy cloth napkins that you can wash instead of paper you throw away·Buy washable plates and cups for picnics instead of disposables·Buy razors with replaceable blades·Seek out reusable or refillable containers that hold shampoo, soap, etc.·Use plastic containers with lids instead of aluminum foil, plastic bags or plastic wrap·Rinse plastic bags and reuse them Buy Products Made of Recycled MaterialsA phone directory featuring local recycled products is available by calling Environmental Services at(858)694 7000. No recycling program is truly successful unless recyclables collected are transformed into marketable products and then purchased by you! To create a demand for recycled products, make sure to purchase products that contain recycled materials. Ask store managers to stock products made with recycled materials and write to the manufacturers of the products you buy and tell them you prefer that they use recycled materials.When shopping, buy those items that say, “made from recycled materials”and have the highest percentage of post consumer recycled content. (Post consumer content means any material that the public has already used or recycled.) California law requires that any consumer goods labeled “Recycled”must contain at least 10% post consumer content. And beware, claims such as “environmentally friendly”, “eco safe”, “safe for the environment”or “natural”do not necessarily mean that the product can be recycled or contains recycled material!Thanks to today s technology and manufacturing, these products are as high a quality as(if not higher than) products that don t contain recycled materials, and they look just as nice. Look for these items for your home or business in your community:·Clothing and shoes·Children s toys and playground equipment·Garden tools·Carpet pads·Plastic lumber for planters, decks and benches·Motor oil·Floors and countertops·Rain gutters·Packaging materials·Paper products like tissue and towels·Cleaning supplies·Writing or computer paper and envelopesYour choices and efforts can make a significant difference in the success of San Diego and our nation s recycling programs! Avoid Excess Packaging and Buy in Bulk（批量购买）While it s true that some packaging is necessary for health and shelf life considerations, all too many manufacturers over package their products. This excess packaging costs consumers more money, costs our environment more resources and energy, and costs our landfills valuable space.So take a little extra care before you buy. Look for an alternative product without packaging or the least amount of packaging and send a message that you don t like waste. Also, avoid single serving items that are overly wrapped.When it makes sense, buy in bulk, but only purchase the amount you will use within a reasonable time. You will avoid over packaging and save money, since larger quantities are generally discounted. Try these alternatives next time you shop:·Large box of cereal vs. individually wrapped snack pack of mini boxes of cereal·Pudding in a box vs. pudding in plastic cups which are then held together by a cardboard carton ·Fresh vegetables you buy by the pound vs. shrink wrapped vegetables in Styrofoam containers ·1 gallon water jugs vs. 6 pack of individual 12 ounce plastic bottles·Condensed can of soup vs. microwavable single portion soups注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上作答；8~10题在答题卡1上。
2022恩波四级试卷及答案
大学英语四级考试（CET 4）试题册Part ⅠWriting (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Associations on Campus. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:1.社团活动成为大学生活中不可缺少的一部分2.学生为什么热衷参加社团3.我的看法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. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8 to10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Labor ForceThe labor force is the part of a nation's population that works for pay or that is looking for a paying job. In 1800, the United States had about 2 million people in its labor force. Most of them worked on farms, most of whom were men. In 1993, about 130 million Americans were in the labor force. 96 million workers were found in large cities, 46 percent of whom were women.New Kinds of JobsIn the twentieth century, the U. S. labor force has undergone many changes. One of the most significant of these changes is in the decline in the number of blue-collar jobs and the rise in the number of white-collar jobs. A blue-collar job involves manual or outdoor labor. Blue-collar workers include factory assemblers and welders; carpenters, plumbers (水暖工), mechanics, and painters, construction workers, and truck drivers. The future will see a even more declining need for blue-collar workers. Some of their jobs will be taken over by advanced automated and computerized machinery that can do certain blue-collar jobs more quickly and efficiently than people can.In contrast, a white-collar job involves work that is not chiefly manual. For example, white-collar workers include accountants, engineers, teachers, lawyers, and sales personnel. In 1900, white-collar workers made up about 20 percent of the labor force; today, 67 percent of all American wage earners hold white-collar jobs. Advances in computer technology have Created many new white-collar jobs, such as those in programming and information processing. These changes will continue to dramatically change the nature of existing jobs.The Rise of Women in the Labor ForceUntil 1940, the opportunities for women to hold jobs were limited. Prejudice and discrimination (歧视) against women forced many of them to find employment as teachers, nurses, and secretaries. In 1940, women held only 25 percent of the jobs.World War II, 1941 through 1945 brought about many changes in the labor force. Men were drafted to serve in the armed forces of the United States. At the same time, the country needed labor to keep factories running at full production to support the war effort. As a result, women were suddenly needed and hired even though they had been previously excluded from such jobs. Women not only repaired airplanes and land vehicles, but they also drove trucks, operated radios and machinery, and did clerical work.During the war years, the percentage of women in the labor force rose from 25 percent to 35 percent. Married women, many of whose husbands were in the armed forces, made up the greatest number of new women workers. In 1940, fewer than half of working women were single, but by 1945a majority of women workers were married. By the end of the war, one out ofevery three workers in industry and business was a woman.The Postwar YearsAfter the war, the men who returned from the armed forces went back to the same jobs they had held prior to the war. As a result, many women lost their wartime jobs. However, not all the women who had held jobs for the first time returned to their former roles as homemakers. Women had proved they could do these jobs well. As a result, the traditional barriers against the employment of women in such industries as steel and shipbuilding started to disappear. As the postwar prosperity continued, new positions became available for the returning men and for the many women workers now in the labor force.Many women found that they enjoyed not only employment outside their homes but also the benefits of paying jobs. Many women were beginning to see work as a permanent part of their lives. By earning their own income, they became less dependent and more self-sufficient. Their independence gave them new choices and made them aware of a wider range of roles available to them.The economic prosperity that followed the war also enabled many young couples to purchase houses. Many began raising families. Some women chose to stay at home to raise their Children, while their husbands went to work. As a result, the percentage of women workers declined after the war, but it never went as low as it was in 1940.The 1960s to the 1990sThe 1960s saw the beginning of many social changes in the United States, some of which were brought about by the women's liberation movement. Many women became keenly aware that they were often paid less than men for doing the same kind of work and that they were not promoted as easily or quickly as men. They also found that discrimination in jobs and in education still existed.As a result of women's protests, equal opportunity laws were passed that made discrimi- nation against women in jobs and education illegal. This legislation opened up to women many business and professional positions that had previously been closed to them.The 1970s were troubled by ongoing inflation. For many couples, the high standard of living combined with the high cost of living, made it necessary for both the husband and wife to hold paying jobs. The two-income family became a way of life that continues today. Many divorced, separated, or widowed women also entered the labor force in the 1970s.The 1980s brought more changes. Many businesses were not able to survive the recession of that period. Many manufacturing industries, such as the auto, steel, textile, and clothing industries, suffered at the hands of increased competition from foreign countries. As a result, many plants and factories closed; the number of available jobs-sharply declined. Because of the recession more mothers of young children entered the labor force: In general, families in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s have had fewer children than families of earlier generations. There has therefore been less need for women to stay at home for many years to care for young children, and more married women have been free to join the job market.Coupled with the trend toward two-income families, the labor force participation of married women with young children has risen dramatically since the 1970s. About 19 percent of mothers with children below age 6 were employed in 1970. In 1993, About 60 percent were employed.A Changing Labor ForceShifts from blue-collar to white-collar jobs and the increase in the number of working women continue to affect the labor force. These trends are altering the relationship between workers and their work, and people require new skills and training in all fields of employment. Nevertheless, today's (1990s) workers whether blue-collar or white-collar, male or female earn higher wages, work shorter hours, and receive more extra benefits than workers prior to the 1940s.1. In 1993, women held ______ percent of the paying jobs in the United States.A) 2 B) 13 C) 46 D) not mentioned in the passage2. The application of _________ will result in loss of some blue-collar jobs.A) advanced automated and computerized machineryB) computersC) machineriesD) robots3. During World War II, some jobs which previously excluded women were ___________.A) open to women B) still excluded womenC) excluded men D) exclude men and open to women4. Due to the development of postwar economy, many new jobs were created for __________.A) the returning men from the armed forcesB) the women who had already begun their career during wartime.C) the women who traditionally stayed at home as housewives.D) both A and B.5. __________ realized they suffered inequality in jobs and education in the 1960s.A) few women B) many women C) a few women D) none6. Most of the mothers entered the labor force again in the _______.A) 1980s B) 1990s C) 1970s D) 1960s7. The passage mainly illustrates trends in the US labor force during _________.A) 1940s and 1960s B) 1960s and 1990sC) 1970s and 1990s D) 1940s and 1990s8. In the 1970s, the high standard and cost of living contributed to the emergence of_______.9. In 1980s, many manufacturing industries were increasingly confronted with______.10. Compared with the workers before 1940s, workers in the 1990s earn more, work shorterhours, and are given_______.Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.11. A) He will change his attitude toward her.B) He won’t revenge himself on her.C) He has done her wrong by accident.D) He hasn’t been hard on the woman.12. A) It culturally links the United States and China.B) It’s one of the most translated short novels.C) It’s a best-selling romance in America.D) Its author became popular for his language talent.13. A) The man could tell fake money from the real just by looking at them.B) The man was overcharging the woman for repairing her machine.C) The woman made big money so she didn’t care how much the bill was.D) The woman didn’t realize the money she gave the man was not real.14. A) In Chicago. B) In Boston.C) In Washington. D) In Manchester.15. A) A guest and a receptionist. B) A passenger and an air hostess.C) A customer and a shop assistant. D) A lodger and a land lady.16. A) He doesn’t want Jenny to get into trouble.B) He doesn’t agree with the woman’s remark.C) He thinks Jenny’s workload too heavy at college.D) He believes most college students are running wild.17. A) The actors were enthusiastic. B) It was just terrible.C) It was applaudable. D) The plot was funny enough.18. A) He has been back in Canada for weeks.B) He is studying French in Canada.C) He is having a vacation in Canada.D) He is planning to return to Canada in a year..Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19.A) To return some business books.B) To apply for a new library card.C) To check out some books from the library.D) To find out where the art books are located.20. A) The woman thinks he has an overdue book.B) The books he needs have been checked out by someone else.C) The woman is unable to locate the books that he needs.D) A library notice was sent to him at his previous address.21. A) The man has mistakenly received someone else’s books.B) The man changed his major from art to business.C) The man recently moved off campus.D) There are two students named Richard Smith.22. A) See if he is related to any of the students. B) Apply for a job as a library assistant.C) Use his middle name. D) Use a different library.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) To make an appointment. B) To ask for an interview.C) To promote advertisements. D) To have a negotiation.24. A) Impatient but then reluctant. B) Indifferent but then interested.C) Reluctant but then convinced. D) Impatient but then accepted.25. A) Some customers have got their payment back as they’re not satisfied with the products.B) The company will refine the products again and again until the customers are satisfied.C) The company does not sign a contract with its customers concerning its service.D) The man will use the company’s service when he has a new product.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some question. 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 center. Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) The city is too crowded. B) It is a very attractive place.C) The streets are too narrow. D) The students there lead a comfortable life.27. A) Watching traditional plays. B) Visiting the magnificent libraries.C) Boating on the river. D) Cycling on narrow streets.28. A) There are many visitors there. B) There are many students there.C) There are many old streets there. D) There are many bicycles there.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) He is a sportsman. B) He is a photographer.C) He is an actor. D) He is a publisher.30. A) He was good at writing about interesting people.B) It was much easier to write stories about people.C) He believed that people are always eager to learn about other people.D) He thought people played an important role in world events.31. A) Business people. B) Journalists.C) Sport fans. D) Celebrities.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) In the first semester. B) In the second semester.C) In the third semester. D) In the fourth semester.33. A) She is ill. B) She is too old.C) Her husband wants her to. D) Her husband is ill.34. A) His girlfriend. B) His mother.C) His cousin. D) His teacher.35. A) He has decided to continue his study. B) He has still to take a part time job.C) He has decided to give up his job. D) He has still to make a decision.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have 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 your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Department stores are large retail stores selling many different kinds of merchandise arranged in separate departments. Such stores are found in nearly every important city in the world, and the large department stores often (36) _________ more than 100 separate departments. The two major (37) _________ of merchandise sold in department stores are clothes and home (38) _________.The organization of a modern department is often (39) _________ because of the large number of goods and services provided. Typically, the operation of a store is conducted through five (40) _________ divisions. There is the merchandising division, which is (41) _________ for the buying and pricing of merchandise. Then there is the sales (42) _________ division, which controls advertising, display, public relations, and other related matters. Of cause, there is the (43) _________, which supervises employment and the training and welfare of employees. Next, (44) ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________.Finally, there is the finance and control division, which deals with accounting, customer credit, expense control, and other financial and budgetary matters. Within these five divisions are many subdivisions. (45) _____________________________ ___________________________________________________. Nowadays another kind of store that provides such service is a mall or a plaza. A mall is a group of stores built as a unit with on-site parking. (46) ______________________________ ____________________________________________. Large mall may also contain such places as hotels, restaurants, libraries, bank, post offices, medical clinics, theatres, and parks.Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section ADirections:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.With 950 million people, India ranks second to China among the most populous countries. But since China launched a family planning program in 1971, India has been (47) the gap. Indians have reduced their birth rate but not nearly as much as the Chinese have. If current growth rates continue, India's population will (48) China's around the year 2028 at about 1.7 billion.Should that happen, it won't be the (49) of the enlightened women of Kerala, a state in southern India. While India as a whole adds almost 20 million people a year, Kerala's population is virtually (50) .The reason is no (51) , nearly two-thirds of Kerala women practice birth control, compared with about 40% in the entire nation.The difference lies in the emphasis put on health programs, including birth control, by the state authorities. And an educational tradition and matrilineal (母系的) customs in parts of Kernia help girls and boys get (52) good schooling. While one in three Indian women is (53) , 90% of those in Kerala can read and write.Higher literacy rates (54) family planning. "Unlike our Parents, we know that we can do more for our children if we have fewer of them," says Leila Cherian, 33, who lives in the village of Kudamaloor. She has limited herself to three children -one below the (55) average of four. That kind of restraint (抑制，克制）will keep Kerala from putting added (56) on world food supplies.Section 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 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.The word conservation has a thrifty meaning. To conserve is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. Our forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials; most of them, even until very recently, had the foolish idea that the treasures were "limitless" and "inexhaustible". Most of the citizens of earlier generations knew little or nothing about the complicated and delicate system that runs all through nature, and which means that, as in living body, an .unhealthy condition of one part will sooner or later be harmful to all the others.Fifty years ago nature study was not part of the school work; scientific forestry was a newidea; timber was still cheap because it could be brought in any quantity from distant woodlands; soil destruction and river floods were not national problems; nobody had yet studied long-term climatic cycles in relation to proper land use; even the word "conservation" had nothing of the meaning that it has of us today.For the sake of ourselves and those who will come after us, we must now set about repairing the mistakes of our forefathers. Conservation should, therefore, be made a part of everyone's daily life. To know about the Water table in the ground is just as important to us as knowledge of the basic arithmetic formulas. We need to know why all watersheds(流域)need the protection of plant life and why the running current of streams and rivers must be made to yield their full benefit to the soil before they finally escape to the sea. We need to be taught the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting them. We need to know the importance of big, mature trees, because living space for most of man's fellow creatures on this planet is figured not only in square measure of surface but also in cubic volume above the earth. In brief, it should be our goal to restore as much of the original beauty of nature as we can.57. According to the author, the greatest mistake of our forefathers was that____.A) they had no idea of scientific forestryB) they were not aware of the significance of nature studyC) they had little or no sense of environmental protectionD) they had no idea of how to make good use of raw materials58. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that earlier generation didn't realize___.A) the importance of the proper use of landB) the interdependence of water, soil, and living thingsC) the value of the beauty of natureD) the harmfulness of soil destruction and river floods59. To avoid the mistakes of our forefathers, the author suggests that_____.A) we plant more treesB) we return to nature .C) natural sciences be taught to everybodyD) environmental education should be directed to everyone60. What does the author imply by saying "living space.., is figured.., also in cubic volumeabove the earth" in Para. 3?A) We need to take some measures to protect space.B) We must preserve good living conditions for both birds and land animals.C) Our living space should be measured in cubic volume.D) Our living space on the earth is getting smaller and smaller.61. They author's attitude towards the current situation in the exploitation of natural resources is______A) critical B)neutral C) positive D) suspiciousPassage TwoQuestions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.Culture is the sum total of all the tradition, customs, beliefs, and ways to life of a given group of human being. In this sense, every group has a culture, however savage, undeveloped, or uncivilized it may seem to us. To the professional anthropologists, there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic hierarchy (等级、制度) among languages.People once thought of the languages of backward groups as savage, undeveloped forms of speech, consisted largely of grunts and groans. While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of "backward" languages that no spoken tongue answers the description today. Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex, delicate, and ingenious pieces of machinery for the transfer of ideas. They fall behind our western language not in their sound patterns or grammatical structure, which usually are fully adequate for all language needs, but only in their vocabularies, which reflect the objects and activities known to their speakers. Even in this department, however, two things are to be noted: 1. All languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion, either by putting together words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system. 2. The objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in "backward" languages, while different from ours, are often surprisingly numerous and complicated. A western language distinguished merely between two degrees of remoteness ("this" and "that") some languages of the American Indians distinguish between what is close to the speaker, or to the person addressed, or removed from both, or out of sight, or in the past, or in the future.This study of language, in turn casts a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists that all cultures are to be viewed independently, and without ideas of rank or hierarchy.62. The language of uncivilized groups as compared to western language is limited in____.A) vocabulariesB) grammatical structuresC) sound patternsD) rank and hierarchy63. The statement that "every group has a culture" grows out of the author's_____.A) bias in regard to civilized humanB) philosophyC) feeling about human beingsD) definition of culture64. According to the author, anthropologists would have all culture viewed_____.A) comparativelyB) independentlyC) intrinsicallyD) hierarchically65. According to the author, languages whether "civilized or not" have_____.A) the same way to transfer ideasB) the potential for increasing sound patternsC) the potential for expanding vocabularyD) the same grammatical structures66. Which of the following is implied but not stated in the passage?A) The study of language is the same as the study of anthropology.B) The study of language has reinforced anthropologists in their view that there are nohierarchies among cultures.C) The study of language discredited the anthropological studies.D) The study of language casts a new light upon the claims of anthropologists.Part V 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 with a single line through the centre.Part ⅥTranslation (5 minutes)Directions: Complete the sentence by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.87.The traditional approach ____________________________（处理复杂问题）is to break themdown into more easily managed thing.88.The price of each bottle of beer _______________________________（从30美分到2美元不等）during the summer season..89.He wears a pair of sunglasses_________________________________（惟恐被别人认出来）.90.Your losses in trade this year are nothing______________________________(与我的相比).91.By contrast, American mother were more likely ________________________________ (把孩子的成功归因于)natural talent.Key for reference:Part 1 作文：(见范文)Associations on CampusNowadays, there are various associations on campus, with associations activities being an indispensable part of college students’ life.Associations do have many advantages which hold appeal for college students. Firstly, associations activities can enrich college students’ life. Whatever they are interested in, they can find relevant associations, such as calligraphy associations or painting associations to take part in. Secondly, they can get acquainted with many friends with similar interests in associations. Just as the saying goes: Birds of a feather flock together. They may become good friends. Thirdly, the experience gained in associations may pave the way for their upcoming career development. Take a friend of mine as an example: since she was a pupil, she has set her mind to be a journalist. She joined the photography association of the university and the skills as well as experience she gained there are of great help for her later job-hunting. Finally her dream came true.In my opinion, association is to college students what salt is to food. They can not only add flavor to our college life, but may also provide us a passport to a bright future.Part 2 快速阅读(1-7) DAADBCD8.the two-income families9. competition from foreign countries.10.extra benefits.Part 3 听力Section A(11-15) BCDDB (16-20) BCBCA (21-25) DCCBBSection B(26-30) BCDDC (31-35) CCACDSection C(36) contain (37) categories (38) furnishing (39) complex(40) principal (41) responsible (42) promotion (43) personnel(44) there is the operations division, responsible for customer and selling services, for deliveries,and for the receiving and maintenance of merchandise(45) The heads or managers of the five principal divisions are responsible to the general manager(46) Some malls are enclosed so that people can shop comfortably in any kind of weather。
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W: Oh, dear! Did you report it when you landed?
M: Yes, I told them at the information desk but I didnt have time to contact you then. I had a business meeting to attend.
4. M: Mary, I wish youd asked me before you borrowed my dictionary. I wanted to look up a word in that dictionary, but I couldnt find it.
W: Im really sorry about that, Tom. I didnt think youd mind. I borrowed it once before, remember?
Q: What does the man suggest that they do?
6. W: The students have been protesting against the increasing tuition.
M: Yes. I heard about the protest, but I dont know how much good it will do.
恩波英语模考试卷cet42022答案
恩波英语模考试卷cet42022答案1、40．—________ apples do we need to make fruit salad?—Let me think…We need three apples. [单选题] *A．How longB．How oftenC．How muchD．How many(正确答案)2、Last week they _______ in climbing the Yuelu Mountain. [单选题] *A. succeeded(正确答案)B. succeedC. successD. successful3、The story has _______ a lot of students in our class. [单选题] *A. attracted(正确答案)B. attackedC. appearedD. argued4、Boys and girls, please _______ your favorite book here and show it to us next class. [单选题] *A. bring(正确答案)B. sellC. buyD. take5、Something must be wrong with the girl’s _______. She can’t hear clearly. [单选题] *A. ears(正确答案)B. noseC. armsD. eyes6、We’re proud that China _______ stronger and stronger these years. [单选题] *A. will becomeB. becameC. is becoming(正确答案)D. was becoming7、I’m looking forward to hearing from you _______. [单选题] *A. recentlyB. soon(正确答案)C. quicklyD. fast8、My mother and my aunt are both _______. They work in a big supermarket. [单选题] *A. actressesB. doctorsC. salesmenD. saleswomen(正确答案)9、Tony can _______ the guitar.Now he _______ the guitar. [单选题] *A. play; plays(正确答案)B. playing; playingC. plays; is playingD. play; is playing10、--How is your friend coming?--I’m not sure. He _______ drive here. [单选题] *A. may(正确答案)B. canC. mustD. will11、37．—What will you be ___________?—I'm not sure. Maybe I'll be a doctor like my father. [单选题] *A．right nowB．in the future(正确答案)C．at onceD．at the moment12、It was _____the policeman came_____the parents knew what had happened to their son. [单选题] *A.before…asB. until…whenC. not until…that(正确答案)D.until…that13、When Max rushed to the classroom, his classmates _____ exercises attentively. [单选题] *A. didB. have doneC. were doing(正确答案)D. do14、—Tony, it’s cold outside. ______ wear a jacket?—OK, mom.（）[单选题] *A. Why not(正确答案)B. Why don’tC. Why did youD. Why do you15、Jim wants to hang out with his friends at night, but his parents don’t allow him ______ so. （）[单选题] *A. doB. doneC. to do(正确答案)D. doing16、I’m _______ I must be leaving now. [单选题] *A. afraid(正确答案)B. thinkC. thoughtD. free17、_____he was seriously ill, I wouldn’t have told him the truth. [单选题] *A.If I knewB.Had I known(正确答案)C.Did I knowD.Were I known18、Galileo was ____ Italian physicist and astronomer who invented _____ telescope. [单选题] *A. a, aB. the, theC. an, aD. an, the(正确答案)19、Many volunteers _______ food and water to the local people in Japan after tsunami(海啸）. [单选题] *A. gave out(正确答案)B. cut outC. put outD. found out20、What do you think of the idea that _____ honest man who married and brought up a large family did more service than he who continued single and only talked of _____ population. [单选题] *A. a, /B. an, /C. a, theD. an, the(正确答案)21、They were both born _______ March, 1 [单选题] *A. in(正确答案)B. atC. onD. since22、What lovely weather,（）? [单选题] *A.is itB. isnt it(正确答案)C. does itD.doesn’t it23、It ______ me half an hour to return to school.（）[单选题] *A. takes(正确答案)B. spendsC. costsD. brings24、There _______ some milk in the glass. [单选题] *A. is(正确答案)B. areC. haveD. has25、17．Joe is a good student and he is busy ______ his studies every day. [单选题] * A．inB．with(正确答案)C．byD．for26、Its’time to go to bed. _______ your computer, please. [单选题] *A. Turn onB. Turn inC. Turn off(正确答案)D. Turn down27、35．Everyone in China ______ Mid-Autumn Day. [单选题] *A．likes(正确答案)B．likeC．is likingD．are like28、_______! Jack,the floor is wet. [单选题] *A. Be careful(正确答案)B. Be careful toC. Be careful forD. Be careful with29、Don’t swim in the river. It’s too _______. [单选题] *A. interestingB. easyC. difficultD. dangerous(正确答案)30、---Where’s that report?---I brought it to you ____you were in Mr. Black’s office yesterday. [单选题] *A. ifB. when(正确答案)C. becauseD. before。
恩波学校2005年春季大学英语四级第二次模拟考试（下）
恩波学校2005年春季大学英语四级第二次模拟考试（下）Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences it: this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose cite ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the Corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.41. The beam that is ________by a laser differs in several ways from the light that comes out of a flashlight.A) emitted B) transmitted C) discharged D) expelled 42. He is a boy of promise; he never fails to ________ the expectation of his parents and teachers.A) live up with B) stand up with C) live up to D) stand up for43. It is indeed much more difficult to ________ a social reform on a large scale than just to talk about it.A) bring up B) bring forward C) bring about D) bring in44. No matter how ________ a hill may be, it is not necessarily worthless.A) vacant B) bare C) empty D) hollow45. When I took his temperature, I found it was two degrees above ________.A) average B) ordinary C) regular D) normal46. This newly-built grand theatre has a seating ________ often thousand audience.A) volume B) capacity C) power D) capability47. Finding a job can be ________and disappointing, and therefore it is important that you are prepared.A) exploiting B) frustrating C) profiting D) misleading48. The existing government has been ________ great importance to the improvement of the quality of education.A) concentrating B) attaching C) focusing D) contributing49. After a day’s fierce fighting, the enemy finally had to ________ their troops from the occupied area.A) retreat B) return C) dismiss D) withdraw50. He was very ________ to go, but he had no other choice.A) resolute B) hesitant C) willing D) reluctant51. I wandered through the cool ________ of the forest trees.A) shadow B) shade C) shelter D) shape52. The National Safety Council urges drivers and passengers to wear seat belts as a ________ against injury.A) caution B) precaution C) security D) safety53. You can ________ different kinds of people, dictionaries or maps, to find out what you wish to know.A) contact B) consult C) refer D) request54. The bus ran over the cliff on the way back to the camp because its ________ failed.A) controls B) gears C) brakes D) signals55. My cousin ________ his playground plans to the City Council.A) subjected B) yielded C) submitted D) surrendered56. Mrs. Jones was born in Germany and still speaks English with a German ________.A) pronunciation B) dialect C) trace D) accent57. Before moving to another city, Mr. London ________ of the horse and the furniture.A) discarded B) dismissed C) discharge D) disposed58. Unfortunately, the rate of his expenditure ________ that of his income.A) precedes B) dominates C) exceeds D) prevails59. He obviously displays a great________ for some of your poems.A) consent B) admiration C) respect D) pleasure60. A series of border incidents would ________ lead the twocountries to war.A) inevitably B) consistently C) uniformly D) persistently61. Louis was asked to ________ the man who stole her purse.A) confirm B) recognize C) claim D) identify62. The captured criminals were ________ in chains through the streets.A) exhibited B) displayed C) paraded D) revealed63. Teaching students of threshold level is hard work but the effort is very ________ .A) precious B) rewarding C) worth D) challenging64. The explorer lost his way so he climbed to the top of the hill to ________ himself.A) spot B) locate C) place D) situate65. While some office jobs would seem________ to many people, there are quite a few jobs that are stimulating, exciting and satisfying.A) hostile B) tedious C) fantastic D) courageous66. After the collision, he examined the considerable________ to his car.A) ruin B) destruction C) damage D) injury67. Recycling wastes slows down the rate________which we use up the Earth’s finite resources.A) in B) of C) with D) at68. In many cultures people who were thought to have the ability to ________ dreams were likely to be highly respected.A) interpret B) interfere C) inherit D) inform69. When he applied for a ________in the office of the local newspaper he was told to see the manager.A)vocation B) profession C) career D) position70. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning, whereas the behavior of an animal depends mainly on ________ .A) consciousness B) impulse C) instinct D) response试卷二Part ⅣShort Answer Questions (15 minutes)Directions: In this part there is a short passage with 8 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in fewest possible words. Your answer may be a word, a phrase, a short sentence, or fewest possible words. Write your answers in thespaces provided on the right of the page.Sports is one of the world’s largest industries, and most athletes are professionals who are paid for their efforts. Because an athlete succeeds by achievement only—not by economic background or family connections—sports can be a fast route to wealth, and many athletes play only for money than for love.This has not always been true. In the ancient Olympics the winner got only a wreath of olive leaves (橄榄叶花环). Even though the winners became national heroes, the games remained amateur for centuries. Athletes won fame, but no money. As time passed, however, the contests became increasingly less amateur and cities began to hire athletes to represent them. By the fourth century A.D., the Olympics were ruined, and they were soon ended.In 1896, the Olympic games were revived (使再度兴起)with the same goal of pure amateur competition. The rules bar athletes who have ever received a $50 prize or an athletic scholars or who have spent four weeks in a training camp. At least one competitor in the 1896 games met these qualifications. He was Spiridon Loues, a water carrier who won the marathon race, After race, a rich Athenian offered him anything he wanted. A true amateur, Loues accepted only a cart and a horse. Then he gave up running forever. But Loues was an exception and now, as the Chairman of the German Olympic Committee said, “Nobody pays any attention to these rules.” Many countries pay their athletes to train year-round, and Olympic athletes are eager to sell their names to companies that make everything from ski equipment to fast food.Even the games themselves have become a huge business. Countries fight to hold the Olympics not only for honor,but for money. The 1972 games in Munich cost the Germans 545 million dollars, but by selling medal symbols, TV rights, food, drink ,hotel rooms, and souvenirs (纪念品), they managed to make a profit. Appropriately, the symbol of victory in the Olympic games is no longer a simple olive wreath—it is a gold medal.Questions:S1. To many people, sports today is nothing S1._______________but ____S1____. S1._______________ S2. What do most athletes of today go after? S2.________________S3. What reward could an ancient Greek athleteexpect?S3___ S3._________________S4. By the fourth century A.D., Olympic contests S4._____________became increasingly more__S4____ thus ruining the Olympics.S5.When the Olympic games were revived in1896, athletes who had received specialtraining in camps would be___S5_______. S5.________S6. What did Spiridon Loues do after he acceptedthe Athenian’s gift?____S6______. S6.____________S7. According to the author, some athletes areeven willing to advertise for businesses whichsell things like S7. S7.____________S8. The 1972 Munich games managed to makea big profit mainly by S8(1)services S8.(1)_____________and selling S8(2). (2)_____________Part V Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic The Internet and I. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:1. 讲述自己第一次上网的经历；2. 说明因特网给人们生活、学习和工作等各个方面带来的影响。
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3] 听⼒理解 Part ⅢListening Comprehension(35 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 11. A) In a post office. B) In an apartment. C) In a department store. D) In a drug store. 12. A) To go to the shops. B) To lend him her umbrella. C) To say sorry to him. D) To buy a pen for him. 13. A) These watches are made in Switzerland. B) These watches are newly made. C) Most people can afford these watches. D) No one would like to live here. 14. A) She takes it as a kind of exercise. B) She wants to save money. C) She loves doing anything that is new. D) Her office isn't very far away. 15. A) Shop assistant. B) A telephone operator. C) A waitress. D) A clerk. 16. A) She doesn't look as young as she did ten years ago. B) She has not changed at all. C) She wears glasses and has short hair. D) She wears long hair and no longer has glasses. 17. A) At 8∶00. B) At 7∶20. C) At 7∶30. D) At 7∶13. 18. A) Because he would graduate from a school. B) Because he wanted to enter a university. C) Because he was sure he would get the highest score. D) Because he was looking for a job. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. A) Because her parents love her very much. B) Because her parents never force her to do anything she doesn't want to do. C) Because she is allowed to have her career. D) Because she has too much freedom. 20. A) She didn't need her parents' money any more. B) She begins to get on well with her parents. C) She always stayed with her parents. D) She rented a government house and lived alone. 21. A) They allowed him to come to England immediately. B) They thought he should go abroad as a child. C) They were reluctant until their son persuaded them. D) They tried to control his English study. 22. A) The two speakers are from different countries. B) The man gets along very well with his parents. C) British parents never interfere with their children. D) The man doesn't like his parents at all. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. A) He failed in a power test yesterday. B) He never expected himself to be happy. C) It was because of his father's foot. D) He missed about 30 minutes of a program. 24. A) His mother's use of the washing machine. B) His father'turning on the microwave oven. C) His long hours of watching TV. D) The switch on of two air-conditioners. 25. A) Not use any electric appliances any more. B) Take part in a basketball final. C) Ask his neighbor to check the power. D) Watch a ball game television.。
大学英语四级考试（CET4）模拟试题及答案
大学英语四级考试（CET 4）(恩波英语研究所命制)MODEL TEST— Band Four —(6 MSH 2)试题册（125分钟）-Part ⅠWriting(30 minutes)注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上，请在答题卡1上作答。
Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1~7, markY (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.For questions 8~10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.The T rouble with T elevisionIt is difficult to escape the influence of television. If you fit the statistical averages, by the age of 20 you will have been exposed to at least 20,000 hours of television. Y ou can add10,000 hours for each decade you have lived after the age of 20. The only things Americans do more than watch television are work and sleep.Calculate for a moment what could be done with even a part of those hours. Five thousand hours, I am told, are what a typical college undergraduate spends working on a bachelors degree. In 10,000 hours you could have learned enough to become an astronomer or engineer. Y ou could have learned several languages fluently. If it appealed to you, youcould be reading Homer in the original Greek or Dostoyevsky in Russian. If it didn t, you could have walked around the world and written a book about it.The trouble with television is that it discourages concentration. Almost anything interesting and rewarding in life requires some constructive, consistently applied effort. The dullest,the least gifted of us can achieve things that seem miraculous to those who never concentrate onanything. But television encourages us to apply no effort. It sells us instantgratification（满意）. It diverts us only to divert, to make the time pass without pain. Television s variety becomes a narcotic（麻醉的）, nor a stimulus. Its serial, kaleidoscopic （万花筒般的）exposures force us to follow its lead. The viewer is on a perpetual guidedtour: 30 minutes at the museum, 30 at the cathedral, 30 for a drink, then back on the bus to the next attraction—except on television, typically, the spans allotted arc on theorder of minutes or seconds, and the chosen delights are more often car crashes and people killing one another. In short, a lot of television usurps（篡夺；侵占）one of the mostprecious of all human gifts, the ability to focus your attention yourself, rather than just passively surrender it.Capturing your attention—and holding it—is the prime motive of most television programming and enhances its role as a profitable advertising vehicle. Programmers live in constantfear of losing anyone s attention—anyone s. The surest way to avoid doing so is to keep everything brief, not to strain the attention of anyone but instead to provide constantstimulation through variety, novelty, action and movement. Quite simply, television operates on the appeal to the short attention span.It is simply the easiest way out. But it has come to be regarded as a given, as inherent in the medium itself; as an imperative, as though General Sarnoff, or one of the other augustpioneers of video, had bequeathed（遗留；传于）to us tablets of stone commanding that nothing in television shall ever require more than a few moments Concentration.In its place that is fine. Who can quarrel with a medium that so brilliantly packages escapist entertainment as a mass marketing tool? But I see its values now pervading this nationand its life. It has become fashionable to think that, like fast food, fast ideas are the way to get to a fast moving, impatient public.In the case of news, this practice, in my view, results in inefficient communication. I question how much of television s nightly news effort is really absorbable and understandable.Much of it is what has been aptly described as “machine gunning with scraps.”I think the technique fights coherence. I think it tends to make things ultimately boring (unless theyare accompanied by horrifying pictures) because almost anything is boring if you know almost nothing about it.I believe that TV s appeal to the short attention span is not only inefficient communication but decivilizing as well. Consider the casual assumptions that television tends tocultivate: that complexity must be avoided, that visual stimulation is a substitute for thought, thatverbal precision is an anachronism. It may be old fashioned, but I was taughtthat thought is words, arranged in grammatically precise.There is a crisis of literacy in this country. One study estimates that some 30 million adult Americans are “functionally illiterate” and cannot read or write well enough to answer thewant ad or understand the instructions on a medicine bottle.Literacy may not be an inalienable human right, but it is one that the highly literate Founding Fathers might not have found unreasonable or even unattainable. We are not only notattaining it as a nation, statistically speaking, but we are falling further and further short of attaining it. And, while I would not be so simplistic as to suggest that television is thecause, I believe it contributes and is an influence.Everything about this nation—the structure of the society, its forms of family organization, its economy, its place in the world—has become more complex, not less. Y et itsdominating communications instrument, its principal form of national linkage, is one that sells neat resolutions to human problems that usually have no neat resolutions. It is allsymbolized in my mind by the hugely successful art form that television has made central to the culture, the 30 second commercial: the tiny drama of the earnest housewife whofinds happiness in choosing the right toothpaste.When before in human history has so much humanity collectively surrendered so much of its leisure to one toy, one mass diversion? When before has virtually an entire nationsurrendered itself wholesale to a medium for selling?Some years ago Y ale University law professor Charles L. Black. Jr. wrote: “… forced feeding on trivial fare is not itself a trivial matter. I think this society is being forced, fed with trivialfare, and I fear that the effects on our habits of mind, our language, our tolerance for effort, and our appetite for complexity are only dimly perceived. If I am wrong, we will havedone no harm to look at the issue skeptically and critically, to consider how we should be residing it. I hope yo u will join with me in doing so.”注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上作答；8~10题在答题卡1上。
(出版社送)(2014)四级模考答案
听力原文
Section ●A
1. W: I suggest we take Linda with us. What do you think?
M: Whatever you decide is alright with me.
Q: What does the man mean?
2. M: Charles enjoyed his twoweek drive through South China.
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth）
Section ●A
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Part Ⅳ Translation
The MidAutumn Festival is one of the Chinese traditional festivals held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Its said that the moon is at its brightest and roundest on that day. There are many legends about this festival, among which Chang Er flying to the moon is the most wellknown. Although customs differ in different districts, enjoying the beautiful moon is the most popular activity.On that day when the moon rises, all the family members will sit around the table to talk and enjoy the glorious full moon as well as the fruits and desserts such as moon cakes, pomegranates and dates.
恩波学校2005年春季大学英语四级第一次模考试题加答案(之五 )
恩波学校2005年春季大学英语四级第一次模考试题加答案（之五）86. A) started B) conducted C) replaced D) proposed87. A) Since B) Although C) However D) Only if88. A) Even if B) Because C) If D) For89. A) at a loss B) at last C) in the end D) on the occasion90. A) stimulate B) constitute C) furnish D) provoke【请接着做试卷二上的题目】试卷二Listening ComprehensionSection B Compound DictationDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for the general idea. Then listen to the passage again. When the passage is read for thesecond time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10 you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.We can (S1)___________ stress any time we feel we don’t have control. It can come from a feeling that we can’t do anything about. Basically, it is the body’s way of showing (S2)________ or worry.Stress is not just caused by our (S3)____________ or emotional condition, it is also (S4)________ by how tied we are, whether we have a (S5)____________ diet with enough vitamins and minerals, whether we get enough physical exercise, and whether we can relax.If we feel stressed, there are several things that we can do. First, we need to learn how to relax and(S6)_________ slowly and smoothly.We can also take some time out of our worried,busy (S7)___________to notice the small things in life. Smell the air, look at the flowers,notice The mall designs in the leaves on a tree --- (S8) _____________________________________________________.We need to take care of our bodies.(S9). Finally, we need to find what is causing the stress in our lives.(S10)______________________________________________________ _____________________________________. If we believe that we can control stress, we can begin to control our lives.PartV Writing(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutesto write a composition on the topic Why Stage the Reform of the CET System？ You should write at least 120 words a cording to the outline given below in Chinese.1. 大学英语考试在英语教学中的作用（全面、客观、科学、准确地评估教学）2. 现行考试制度的弊端（题型设置，与教学脱节，重阅读轻听说，等等）3. 改革的具体措施及其近期、长期的影响.（听力Section B 和 Part V 答案请写到试卷二答题纸上！）05春季四级一模参考答案:1-10 CBCAA BCDAB21-40 BCBBC CBABC BBADB ABCDC41-70 BCADA DBACD BCABD ADBAB CACCB BCDAB71-90 ACBDB CBAAD CACBD CBCAD复合式听写S1 experience S2 anxiety S3 men tal S4 influencedS5 balanced S6 breathe S7 scheduleS8 these activities can do much to quiet us and give ourselves a small break in a busy schedule.S9 We need to get enough rest, eat well, and do some regular exercise.S10 Once we have found it, we need to begin to change that part of our lives..。
2009年6月英语四级考试模拟试卷及参考答案（恩波46
K) eroded L) temperature M) amazement N) changes O) clever Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. It is 4 o’clock in the early morning.Everything but the computing room on the campus of the university appears as quiet and misty as the mysterious hell. In the computing room, 30 students crumpled with blurred eyes, sit still at their desk, thumping the dirty and worn keys. Staring at the colorful screen, they tap continuously for hours. For the other parts in the world, it might be in the midst of the night, nevertheless here time represents nothing. It is an utterly enclosed field. These young computer "hackers" are tracing a sort of stimulus; a drive so exciting and absorbing it downplays nearly anything else in their lives and founds as the focus their being. They are compelled computer programmers. Some of these students have been glued to the console for no less than twenty hours even with no break for meals or rest. Some have been sleeping on sofas and lounge chairs in the computing room, trying to struggle for a few moments’rest but hate to get too far away from their addicted machines. It is no necessary for most of these students to be at the computing room in the middle of the night. What they are working belong to no assignments. They remain there because they desire to be-they can not resist the attraction of the computers. Furthermore they are in groups instead of alone. There are hackers at computing rooms all over the country. In the unimaginable way, they focus on nothing but computer. They escape from schooling and live beyond friendship; they might have difficulty being employed, choosing to travel from one computing room to another. They may even abandon personal health. "There is one hacker in my memory. We actually had to lift him away from his chair to feed him and arrange him to rest and sleep. We truly worried about his health," says a computing science professor at California University. Professors of computer science are nowadays shedding more light on this hacker phenomenon and are on the watch for latent hackers and more and more severe computer addictives. They are sober that hackers are not simply resulted from the close relationship with a machine. It is the result of social relationship with the attractive thinking machines, which are becoming nearly universal. 57. We can learn from the passage that those at the computing room in the middle of the night are . A) students working on a program B) students using computers to amuse themselves C) hard-working computer science majors D) students deeply fascinated by the computer 58. Which of the following is NOT true of those young computer "hackers"? A) Most of them are top students majoring in computer programming. B) For them, computer programming is the sole purpose for their life. C) They can stay with the computer at the centre for nearly two days on end. D) Their "love" for the computer is so deep that they want to be near their machines even when they sleep. 59. It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that . A) the"hacker"phenomenon exists only at university computing rooms B) university computing rooms are open to almost everyone C) university computing rooms are expecting outstanding programmers out of the"hackers" D) the"hacker"phenomenon is partly attributable to the deficiency of the computing rooms 60.The author’s attitude towards the "hacker" phenomenon can be described as . A) affirmative B) contemptuous C) anxious D) disgusted 61. Which of the following may be the most appropriate title for the passage? A) The Charm of Computer Science B) A New Type of Electronic Toys C) Compulsive Computer Programmers D) Computer Addicts Passage Two Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage. Very few commenters have a better point of that forbidding exchanging media called E-mail than John Moon, the CEO of E-mail management company Talk Labs. Moon examines a network that deals with 5.0 million letters everyday. The servers run and fixed by Talk Labs manage mail delivery and routing for many companies, including Security Company of England and Malshef Business. As a matter of fact, all of Talk Labs’customers are madeup of companies whose daily E-mail outflow and inflow have substantially increased with the expansion of the Web. "E-mail usage has significantly risen recently," he says. Indeed, Talk Labs estimates that it has risen from 20 a day each employee as lately as three years ago to 30 or 40 at present. The implications for Corporate America are equally huge. As E-mail researcher and consultant Jack Blour believes, companies can be in the expectation of the volume of E-mail rising through their servers to grow 70% to 90% in 2002. And as individual messages soar it is most likely that they contain memory-companies could finally pay 100% to 150% more simply this year on systems in the store and management of those messages. That’s the reason why tech consultancy Tadigul Group predicts demand for software manageing E-mail, such as Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes, to grow from $2.6 billion in sales today to $4.4 billion by 2005. Controlling pure junk will cost too much money. About 20% of the E-mail Talk Labs manages is uninvited, according to Moon-who further states that about 1.25% of all the E-mail his company cancels includes useless files. It is estimated that handling spam（垃圾邮件） costs $8.6 billion throughout the world, according to a 2001 Japanese study. And some companies has been worried that the jam of pornographic spam may urge employees to sue on grounds of disturbance due to brought discomfort. 62.The first sentence of this passage "Very few commenters have a better point of that forbidding exchanging media called E-mail than John Moon..."most probably means . A) John Moon clearly know the E-mail is wasting resources B) no one knows the fact that E-mail is gossip exchanging way but John Moon C) John Moon does not know anything about the E-mail D) the John Moon always concentrated on the ocean of the junk E-mail 63. Which of the following is NOT true about Talk Labs? A) It is an E-mail management company. B) All of Talk Labs’customers are corporations. C) John Moon is the chief technology officer of Talk Labs. D) The company puts the great emphasis on dealing with the junk E-mail. 64. The word "that" in the last sentence of the third paragraph most possibly means . A) it is expected that Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes grow from $2.6 billion in sales today to $4.4 billion by 2005 B) the junk E-mail has been overloaded in the Internet C) the increase of individual messages needs more staff D) the company has paid 100% to 150% for individual message storage 65.The following statements about the E-mail have been mentioned EXCEPT . A) Moon examines a network that processes 5.0 million letters each day B) according to Jack Blour, companies can expect the volume of E-mail passing through their servers to grow not more than 50% in 2002 C) too much money has been spent in controlling the junk E-mail D) some employees might take legal action in accordance with annoyance arising from exposure to some unpleasant resources. 66. What is the best title for the passage? A) The E-mail Monster B) Talk Labs Business Introduction C) To Avoid E-mail Surge D) E-mail Destroys Everything。
四级模考及答案
大学英语四级考试（CET4）大学英语四级考试参考答案(恩波英语模考答案)Part ⅠWritingStudying Abroad With Low AgeNowadays, there is a trend that more and more children are sent to study abroad at an early age, some in high school and some in middle school.How to explain this trend? On one hand, with the development of economy, companies and institutions at home are giving more and more emphasis on overseas experiences. So, pursuing overseas study has become a kind of short cut in gaining a better future for a child. On the other, the rapid economic progress in the past few years in China has enabled more and more parents to afford the huge cost for their children’s overseas study.As for me, overseas study is a helpful way to get both advanced knowledge and necessary experiences, but overseas study at an early age is neither necessary nor beneficial. The students may be too young to either tend for themselves or think for themselves. I do think that overseas study can contribute to one’s self-improvement, but it’s better to be pursued after one has finished his college study at home, when he is more capable of learning and living on his own.Part ⅡReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)1. B2. D3. D4. B5. C6. D7. B8. get rid of them 9. the formal dining room 10. regain her officePart ⅢListening Comprehension11-15 DDCDB 16-20 BCDCC 21-25 ABCAA26-30 BDCBA 31-35 ACCDC36. terrible 37. expected 38. pressure 39. embarrassed40. pretended 41. delighted 42. continued 43. illegally44. Fortunately I was never stopped by the police and the next time I took my driving test, I passed45. Anyway, I d been thinking about learning to drive and I persuaded her to let me have a go46. We were having such fun that we didn’t notice the tide was coming in until the car was actually swimming in thewaterPart ⅣReading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)47-51 BHOLF52-56 IKDEC57-61 CDBBD62- 66 CDBACPartⅤCloze67-76 CADBBCBCDA77-86 DCBACABDBAPart ⅥTranslation87. their children were / had been taken great care of; Or: their kids were / had been looked after well88. the more modest he usually is89. that she realized it was too late to go home90. needn’t have borrowed it from the bank91. shall have left for London听力原文11. M: I’d appreciate it if you would send the report to State University as soon as possible.W: All right, Mr. Smith. But I must charge you four dollars as our usual fee.Q: Where did this conversation probably take place?12. M: Make 30 copies for me and 20 copies for Mr. Brown.W: Certainly, sir. As soon as I make the final corrections on the original.Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?13. W: I’d like to exchange this brown cloth that I bought yesterday for the blue one.M: Let’s see now. The blue one is only ＄10.30. The brown one is ＄11.60.Q: How much money does the clerk owe the woman?14. M: I didn’t know till recently that Helen was going to be engaged to John, that rude guy.W: That took us all by surprise.Q: What does the woman say about Helen?15. W: I hope we have a good view.M: I’ve got some great tickets. Right behind the goal. Perfect view!Q: What are they probably doing?16. M: Mind if I put my raincoat here on the wall?W: Not at all. But please shake it off outside first, would you?Q: What does the woman tell the man?17. W: Aren’t we supposed to have Prof. Cardon’s physics class?M: It was cancelled. We shall have Miss Everson’s English class instead.Q: What class or classes will they have?18. W: I can hardly hear what the teacher is saying.M: I don’t understand why he doesn’t speak a bit louder before such a big audience.Q: Why is the woman complaining?Conversation OneM: Would you like to play snooker?W: I’ve never tried it before, but I’d like to learn. Can you show me how to play? It looks very difficult.M: The rules are quite simple. Stand like this and hold the end of the cue in one hand. Put the other hand on the table, behind the ball you want to hit.W: Like this?M: This leg must be straight. That’s right. Put your head closer to the cue, so that you can see the exact direction that you will hit the ball in. That’s good.W: Now, I hit the white ball onto the other balls and try to hit them into the pockets, right?M: Yes, that’s right. You can see that there are 15 colored balls. Seven have stripes and seven have spots. The last ball is black.W: We take it in turns to hit the white ball and try to hit one of our balls into the pockets, right? If I hit a stripe into a pocket first, I play stripes, don’t I? We each play our balls—stripes or spots—and then we must hit the black ball into a pocket to win.M: That’s right. You’ve obviously watched people play before. OK, I’ll put all the balls into the correct starting positions and we can begin.W: The balls have numbers on them. What does that mean?M: That’s just for identification. We don’t need to worry about that when we are just playing for fun.19. Where did this conversation probably take place?20. Which is TRUE about the snooker according to the conversation?21. According to the man, what do the numbers on the balls mean?Conversation TwoW: Hey, Ray, what are you doing right now?M: Not much, Joanna. Do you want to hang out?W: Yes, I do. I’m at home myself right now with nothing much to do.M: Me, too. What would you like to do?W: Well, we could go to a movie. Have you seen Shrek 2?M: I have, actually. How about the movie, Million Dollar Baby?W: Hmm... I’ve seen that, too. We could go for a walk in the park.M: We could, but it looks like it’s going to rain soon.W: I guess that’s right. Why don’t we go shopping?M: I’d really rather not. I’ll be too tempted to buy something that I can’t afford!W: OK. I guess we’d better not do that, either, then. What do you want to do?M: I don’t know. Do you want to go bowling at the new bowling alley on 1st street?W: I would like to, but I injured my wrist last week.M: Let’s see. Do you want to go to a bar and sing some karaoke?W: That sounds interesting, but I can’t drink alcohol with the medicine I’m taking.M: Doesn’t sound like that’ll be fun, then. Do you want to come here?W: I don t have a car.M: Goodness, we’re not having much luck here, are we?W: Why don’t you come here? We could play poker cards!M: That sounds great! See you then!22. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?23. Why don’t they go to a movie?24. Why don’t they sing karaoke?25. What will the man probably do?Passage OneAmericans are great law followers. Driving habits illustrate their respect for the law. A driver will usually stop for a red light, even when there are no other cars around. People treat the lines marking streets and roads as definite boundaries, not just decorations. Vehicles yield to those with right of way. Actually, though, drivers don’t always keep traffic rules. For example, many drivers ignore freeway speed limits. But Americans generally drive with careful attention to the rules. History gives several clues to explain Americans attitude towards the law. The US Constitution, the basis of all laws in America, reflects many historical influences. The Magan Carta, or “Great Charter,”was one. King John of England was forced to sign this document in 1215. It placed the king under the authority of the law. No longer was the king law; rather, the law was king. America’s Christian heritage has also shaped how people view the law. For one thing, the Bible reveals God’s unchanging laws which people must obey. It also teaches people to respect human authority as established by God. Of course, not everyone in America abides by the law. Crime is a growing problem. For that reason, law enforcement officials will never be out of a job. Police officers have their hands full trying to arrest lawbreakers. Detective agencies spend countless hours trying to figure out unsolved crimes. Nevertheless, most Americans still like to believe that “the long arm of the law” will eventually catch the bad guys.26. Which aspect does not account for the Americans respect for the law?27. What kind of change did the “Great Charter” bring?28. What’s the best title for the passage?Passage TwoThe first step to stop drug abuse is to know why people start to use drugs. The reasons people abuse drugs are as different as people are from one to another. But there seems to be one common thread: people seem to take drugs tochange the way they feel. They want to feel better or feel happy or to feel nothing. Sometimes, they want to forget or to remember. People often feel better about the roseleaf when they are under the influence of drugs. But the effects don’t last long. Drugs don’t solve problems. They just postpone them. No matter how far drugs may take you, it’s always a round trip. After a while, people who miss drugs may feel worse about themselves, and then they may use more drugs. If someone you know is using or abusing drugs, you can help. The most important part you can play is to be there. You can let your friends know that you care. You can listen and try to solve the problem behind your friends need to use drugs. Two people together can often solve a problem that seems too big for one person alone. Studies of heavy abusers in the United States show that they feel unloved and unwanted. They don’t have close friends to talk to. When you or your friends take the time to care for each other, you’re all helping to stop drug abuse. After all, what is a friend for?29. Why do some people abuse drugs?30. According to the passage, what is the best way to stop friends from abusing drugs?31. What are the findings of the studies about heavy drug users?Passage ThreeCare in what you eat and drink is the most important health rule; stomach upsets are the most likely travel health problem since 30% to 50% of travelers in a two week stay may experience this. If the food available is poor or limited, if you’re traveling hard and fast and therefore missing meals, or if you simply lose your appetite, you can soon start to lose weight and place your health at risk. Make sure your diet is well balanced. Eggs, tofu, beans, and nuts are all safe ways to get protein. Fruit you can peel, like bananas and oranges, is always safe and a good source of vitamins. Try to eat plenty of grains and bread. Remember that although food is generally safer if it is cooked well, overcooked food loses much of its value. If your diet isn’t well balanced or if your food intake is insufficient, it’s a good idea to take vitamin and iron pills. In hot climates make sure you drink enough—don’t rely on feeling thirsty to indicate when you should drink. Always carry a water bottle with you on long trips. Excessive sweating can lead to loss of salt and therefore weaken your muscles. Salt tablets are not a good idea as a preventative, but in places where salt is not used much, adding salt to food can help.32. Why do so many people experience stomach upset during their travel?33. Which of the following have the same effect as vitamins pills?34. What is the proper drinking habit?35. Why do people’s muscles feel weakened?。
大学英语四级考试参考答案
大学英语四级考试参考答案恩波英语模考答案-Part ⅠWritingMy View on DUI OffencesEvery year, thousands upon thousands of people are killed or injured in road accidents. A large proportion of these are alcohol related. Studies show that the use of alcohol results in decreased driving ability and increased risk of car crashes. People who drive under the influence of alcohol are nicknamed “highway killers”.Unfortunately, DUI remains a serious problem in China today in spite of some progress. Why is it so difficult to stop “highway killing”? What makes the DUI offenders reckless of the risk? I think the first reason may be the drivers failure to recognize the consequence. When they drink before driving, they think “just one drink won t hurt,”turning a blind eye to the danger. The second but more important reason is the drivers disregard for the law. They totally ignore their responsibility for road safety and are not deterred by the legal punishment because it is not severer enough.It is Irish time to take critical steps to prevent DUI offences. Apart from an education campaign to call for responsible driving and raise public awareness, there is an urgent need for more effective supervision, such as more frequent random breath testing to spot DUI offenders and stifferpenalties including revocation of driving licenses, heavy fines and even jail sentences. Only with these measures taken, can we prevent more tragedies from happening.Part ⅡReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)1. D2. C3. A4. B5. A6. D7. C8. neglected9. set limits10. the temptation of technologyPart ⅢListening Comprehension11-15 DCDAC 16-20 DABBD 21-25 ABAAD26-30 DCCAB3135CADDC36 considerable 37 assessment 38 unbearable 39 structure 40 define 41 perform 42 effectiveness 43 physical44 At university, you are concerned about the importance of your results in relation to the career you want to follow45 Of course, too, it goes without saying that preparations for examinations can place a terrible strain on students46 Sometimes there may be problems locating or having access to the resources one needsPart ⅣReading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)47-51 KDMAG52-56 ICNOE57-6 1CDBAC62-66 CDABCPart ⅤCloze67-76 BACBDADCCB77-86 DDAABDBBCAPart ⅥTranslation87 learn how to get along with each other88 but that he has been addicted to the Net for a long time89 compared with other forms of energy such as oil90. he regretted having made such a hasty decision91. No sooner had he gone to sleep听力原文11. M: I know that short hair is fashionable these days, but you looked so much nicer with long hair.W: Long hair may look nice, but during the summer it s so uncomfortable. Even after I bought an air conditioner my hair still bothered me.Q: Why does the woman have her hair cut?12. W: Is the rescue crew still looking for survivors of the plane crash? M: Yes, they have been searching the area for hours, but they haven t found anybody else. They ll keep searching until night falls.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?13. M: How about going to the movies tonight, Helen?W: I d love to. But my mother is going to New Zealand to visit my brother, and I have to drive her to the airport. How about some other time, Henry?Q: What will Helen do tonight?14. M: I m really exhausted, but I don t want to miss that feature film that comes on at midnight.W: If I were you, I d skip it. We both have to get up early tomorrow morning and anyway I ve heard it s not that exciting.Q: What does the woman think the man should do?15. M: While you re having your hair done, I might as well do the shopping.W: Good, it will take at least a week to get to Denmark. Buy some stamps while you are there, and some airmail envelopes, will you?Q: What is the man planning to do now?16. M: I have to type my term paper for history until late into the night, but I m afraid my roommate won t be able to go to sleep.W: That certainly is true. Why don t you try the typing room in the basement? It is soundproof.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?17. M: I could really use a small calculator like that one for my statistics homework!W: Why don t you go in and see what they cost here. It looks like they re having a sale.Q: What does the woman think the man should do?18. M: I have such a bad ear infection that I won t be able to come to the final exam this afternoon.W: Only your instructor can tell you what to do in this situation.Q: What does the woman mean?Conversation OneM: You re my campaign manager, Julie. (19) (20)How do I convince members of the Student Union that I m the best for school president? W: That won t be easy.M: Thanks a lot.W: I m just kidding, Bob. Actually I think once we show everyone how well you did as a junior class treasurer, you will win easily.M: How do we do that? Meet with all three thousand people who are members of the Student Union?W: Come on. What I m thinking of first is hanging campaign posters in all the hallways, where most of the students are sure to see them.M: That sounds good. But everyone puts up posters. What can we do to make that different?W: (21)The campus radio station is willing to let you have five minutes tomorrow morning at seven o clock to outline your plans for the year.Lots of students will be listening, then.M: That s a great idea!W: I ve also arranged for you to give a speech during dinner tomorrow. At least five hundred of the students will be there. You ll answer questions after you ve finished speaking.M: (22)That means I d better come up with the speech pretty quickly. How about if I write it tonight and show it to you after chemistry class tomorrow?W: Fine. I ll see you after class.M: Thanks for all your help!19. What are the two speakers talking about?20. What post will the man run for?21. When is the radio broadcast scheduled?22. What will the man do tonight?Conversation TwoW: I saw a really interesting program on TV last night. It talked about the type of things that record companies have to be careful with when they come out with new CDs.M: What do you mean?W: Well, (23)they have to be very careful not to offend people—especially parents with young kids who might buy a CD that contained violent content or used strong language.M: How can that be avoided?W: Well, don t you remember when that woman—some senator s wife, I think, made a fuss over this issue? It s not really a law, (24)but music companies are now encouraged to put a warning label on albums that describe violence or use strong language.M: I don t understand. Doesn t that reduce the musician s freedom of speech?W: Not really. (25)Musicians still have a right to free speech, but the message on the label says, “Buyer, be careful:if you get upset by violence and ugly language, don t buy this album. ”You agree with that, don t you?M：I don t know. I still think the whole thing is funny and unreasonable. Musicians should have the right to say what they want to say without having to have a warning label put on their music, I mean, who gets to decide what is considered offensive and what isn t, we don t need a sticker to tell us what to do!23. What was the topic of the program that the woman saw last night?24. What is the result of that senator s wife making a fuss over the issue?25. What is the man’s opinion about the warning label on the music? Passage OneSpaceships travel around the earth, go to the moon, and return home safely.The astronauts carry important supplies with them on the spaceship—food, water, and air. Sometimes there are problems on the spaceship, and the astronauts have to understand how the spaceship works in order to repair the problems.In a way, all of us are really on a spaceship, the planet Earth. (27)We move around the sun at 18 miles per second and never stop. On our spaceship we have four billion people and a limited supply of air, water, and land. These supplies, just like the limited supplies on the astronauts spaceship, have to be used carefully because we can t buy new air, water, or land from anywhere else. Everyone needs air, water, and land to live—this is our environment.The environment on our planet is a closed system; nothing new is ever added. Nature recycles its resources. Water, for example, evaporates and rises to form clouds. This same water returns to the earth as rain or snow. The rain that falls today is actually the same water that fell on the dinosaurs 70 million years ago.Over the years, people have changed the environment. We have poured back into the land, air, and water more wastes than nature can clean. So we have pollution today.To continue to survive, we must learn how to use the Earth s resources wisely without destroying them. To save the spaceship Earth, we must cooperate with nature and learn better ways to use, not abuse, ourenvironment.26. What is the best title for this passage?27. Which of the following is true according to the passage?28. What can we conclude from the passage?Passage Two(29)There are three types of noise that can block communication. The first, external noise includes those obvious things that make it difficult to hear, as well as many other kinds of distractions. For instance, too much cigarette smoke in a crowded room might make it hard for you to pay attention to another person, and sitting in the rear of an auditorium might make a speaker s remarks unclear. External noise can interrupt communication almost anywhere in our model—in the sender, channel, message, or receiver.The second type of noise is physiological. (30)A hearing disorder is probably the most obvious type of physiological barrier, although many more exist. Consider, for instance, the difficulty you experience as a listener when you are suffering from a cold or are very tired. In the same way you might speak less when you have a sore throat or a headache. (31)Psychological noise refers to forces within the sender or receiver that make these people less able to express or understand the message clearly. For instance, a fisherman might exaggerate the size and number of fish in order to convince himself and others of his talents. In the same way, astudent might become so upset upon learning that she failed a test that she would be unable to clearly understand where she went wrong.29. What is the passage mainly about?30. What does a hearing disorder belong to?31. What does psychological noise mean?Passage ThreeThe New York Public Library is a very special place. Even though it is in the busiest part of the city, it has grass and trees around it, and benches for people to sit on. Even more unusual in crowded New York, (32)its rooms are very large. The roof of the main reading room is 51 feet high. Here a reader can sit and think, and work and comfort. The library has 30 million books and paintings. (33)It owns one of the first copies of a Shakespeare play, a Bible printed in the 15th century, and a letter written by Columbus in which he tells of the finding of the New World. Every New Yorker can see and use the library s riches free, but the cost of running the library has risen rapidly in recent years. (34)And the library does not have enough money to continue its work. (35)In the past it was open every evening, and also on Saturdays and Sundays. Now it is closed at those times to save money. The library is trying in every possible way to raise more money to meet its increasing costs. Well known New York writers and artists are trying to help, so are the universities whose students use the library, and the governments of New York City and New York State. But the problemsremain serious. Yet ways must be found to save the public library. Because as one writer said, the public library is one of the most important buildings in New York City, it contains all our knowledge.32. According to the passage, what is the most unusual feature of the New York Public Library?33. Which of the following is collected in the library?34. What is the main problem of the New York Public Library?35. When is the library open?。
恩波教育：2008年大学新题型英语四级模拟题(含答案)
大学英语4级考试College English Model Test one—Band Four—Part ⅠWriting(30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: Aid Education in China. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given in Chinese below:1. 每年，高校许多大学生受到鼓舞去贫困地区支教。
2. 支教活动的意义。
3. 我的看法。
提示:在实考试卷中，该试题在答题卡1上。
Aid--Education in ChinaPart ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)Directions:In this part,you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7,markY(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.For questions 8-10,complete the sentences with information given in the passage.Will We Run Out of Water?Picture a “ghost ship” sinking into the sand, left to rot on dry land by a r eceding sea. Then imagine dust storms sweeping up toxic pesticides and chemical fertilizers from the dry seabed and spewing them across towns and villages.Seem like a scene from a movie about the end of the world? For people living near the Aral sea (咸海) in Central Asia, it‟s all too real. Thirty years ago, government planners diverted the rivers that flow into the sea in order to irrigate (provide water for ) farmland. As a result, the sea has shrunk to half its original size, stranding (使搁浅) ships on dry land. The seawater has tripled in salt content and become polluted, killing all 24 native species of fish.Similar large--scale efforts to redirect water in other parts of the world have also ended in ecological crisis, according to numerous environmental groups. But many countries continue to build massive dams and irrigation systems, even though such projects can create more problems than they fix. Why? People in many parts of the world are desperate for water, and more people will need more water in the next century.“Growing populations will worsen problems with water,” says Peter H.Gleick, an environmental scientist at the Pacific Institute for studies in Development,Environment, and Security, a research organization in California. He fears that by the year 2025, as many as one--third of the world‟s projected (预测的) 8.3 billion people will suffer from water shortages.WHERE WATER GOESOnly 2.5 percent of all water on Earth is freshwater, water suitable for drinking and growing food, says Sandra Postel, director of the Global Water Policy Project in Amherst, Mass. Two--thirds of this freshwater is locked in glaciers (冰山) and ice caps （冰盖）. In fact, only a tiny percentage of freshwater is part of the water cycle, in which water evaporates and rises into the atmosphere, then condenses and falls back to Earth as precipitation (rain or snow).Some precipitation runs off land to lakes and oceans, and some becomes groundwater, water that seeps into the earth. Much of this renewable freshwater ends up in remote places like the Amazon river basin in Brazil, where few people live. In fact, the world‟s population has access to only 12,500 cubic kilometers of freshwater—about the amount of water in Lake Superior(苏必利尔湖). And people use half of this amount already. “If water demand continues to climb rapidly,” says Postel, “there will be severe shortages and damage to the aquatic (水的) environment.”CLOSE TO HOMEWater woes(灾难) may seem remote to people living in rich countries like the United States. But Americans could face serious water shortages, too especially in areas that rely on groundwater. Groundwater accumulates in aquifers (地下蓄水层)，layers of sand and gravel that lie between soil and bedrock. (For every liter of surface water, more than 90 liters are hidden underground.) Although the United States has large aquifers, farmers, ranchers, and cities are tapping many of them for water faster than nature can replenish(补充) it. In northwest Texas, for example, overpumping has shrunk groundwater supplies by 25 percent, according to Postel.Americans may face even more urgent problems from pollution. Drinking water in the United States is generally safe and meets high standards. Nevertheless, one in five Americans every day unknowingly drinks tap water contaminated with bacteria and chemical wastes, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In Milwaukee, 400,000 people fell ill in 1993 after drinking tap water tainted with cryptosporidium (隐孢子虫)，a microbe (微生物) that causes fever, diarrhea (腹泻) and vomiting.THE SOURCEWhere so contaminants come from? In developing countries, people dump raw (未经处理的) sewage(污水) into the same streams and rivers from which they draw water for drinking and cooking; about 250 million people a year get sick from water borne (饮水传染的) diseases.In developed countries, manufacturers use 100,000 chemical compounds to make a wide range of products.Toxic chemicals pollute water when released untreated into rivers and lakes. (Certain compounds, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (多氯化联二苯)，or PCBs, have been banned in the United States.)But almost everyone contributes to water pollution. People often pour householdcleaners, car antifreeze, and paint thinners (稀释剂) down the drain; all of these contain hazardous chemicals. Scientists studying water in the San Francisco Bay reported in 1996 that 70 percent of the pollutants could be traced to household waste.Farmers have been criticized for overusing herbicides and pesticides, chemicals that kill weeds and insects but insects but that pollute water as well. Farmers also use nitrates, nitrogen--rich fertilizer that helps plants grow but that can wreak havoc (大破坏) on the environment. Nitrates are swept away by surface runoff to lakes and seas. Too many nitrates “over enrich” these bodies of water, encouraging the buildup of algae, or microscopic plants that live on the surface of the water. Algae deprive the water of oxygen that fish need to survive, at times choking off life in an entire body of water.WHAT’S THE SOLUTION?Water expert Gleick advocates conservation and local solutions to water--related problems; governments, for instance, would be better off building small--scale dams rather than huge and disruptive projects like the one that ruined the Aral Sea.“More than 1 billion people worldwide don‟t have access to basic clean drinking water,” says Gleick. “There has to be a strong push on the part of everyone—governments and ordinary people—to make sure we have a resource so fundamental to life.”提示:在实考试卷中，8-10题在答题卡1上。
2009年6月英语四级考试模拟试卷及参考答案（恩波5）20
M: Do you think young people are given too much freedom nowadays, and that as a result they've lost respect for their parents and their elders generally? W: I don't thinks so. My parents never interfered with my plans too much. They advised me but never forced me to do anything I didn't want to do. I was allowed to take up the career I wanted. I think I respect and love them more for this. M: Are you quite independent of them now? W: Yes. As soon as I left school and started my studies as a nurse I became independent financially. I have a government grant. It is enough for my daily life. But I still stay with them a lot, as you know. M: You seem very close to your parents. W: I am. Many young people today say they have nothing in common with their parents but I'm rather lucky because I get on very well with mine. What about you? M: Well, we value family life very much in my country. I'm very fond of my family, but I don't always get on very well with them. They try to control me too much. W: But they allow you to come to study in England on your own. M: Yes, but only after a lot of persuasion! Your parents treat you as an adult; my parents treat me as a child. W: As I said, I'm lucky. Some English parents are like yours. They interfere too much and they just refuse to understand our generation. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. According to the woman, why does she respect their parents? 20. What happened when the woman began to study nursing? 21. What attitude did the man's parents have towards his study abroad? 22. Which of the following statements is true according to the conversation? Conversation Two W: You don't look smart this morning. I can see you're not happy. M: I had never expected this would have happened to me. We had a power failure at home last night. W: How come? Did anyone in the family do anything wrong? M: You've guessed it. It was all my father's fault. W: What did he do? M: I was just watching a wonderful football feature program on TV when the lights suddenly went out. W: Why was that? M: You see, we'd just had our dinner. My mother was washing my jeans in the washing machine. And the air-conditioners were on in both rooms. I was in my room watching TV. W: What was your father doing then? M: He wanted to warm his tea in the microwave oven. He plugged it in and the fuse broke.And everything stopped all of a sudden. W: Your next-door neighbor is an electrician, isn't he? M: Yes. Luckily, he happened to be at home. He came and fixed it up. But it was half an hour later. I had already missed a lot. W: It was an annoying experience for a sports fan like you. But don't miss the basketball final this evening. Make sure there is no power failure tonight. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23.Why does the man look depressed this morning? 24. What was the immediate cause of the power failure? 25.What will the man probably do tonight? Section B 26. B 27. D 28. B 29. D 30. C 31. A 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. D Passage One We know little about how primitive people came to use the money,but we do know some of the articles which have been used as money. During the days of ancient Rome, salt was hard to obtain. Salt for the preparation of food was considered so precious that soldiers were paid with it. This salt money was known as salarium, and from it we get our word salary. In some regions of Asia, tin was used for money; and the American Indian used a variety of shell beads which he called wampum. In some places special kinds of sea-shells, bird feathers, or nuts were used. Perhaps the most common money of all was an animal of some kind. In some places today, cows are still used as a kind of money. So you see, things highly valued by everybody may serve as money. The Chinese were the first people to use coins as money. Today most coins are round; but the coins of ancient peoples were of many shapes. Some were round, some were square or rectangular, and others were even egg-shaped or had square holes in their centers. Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26.What did ancient Rome use as money? 27.Who first used coins as money? 28.What is the main idea of the passage? Passage Two I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. He seemed quite hysterical and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadn't the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go. It had been snowing heavily that day and I didn't know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Milly had already died."She meant more to me than anyone...even my own wife!" he said. I could see that he had been crying. I assumed a terrible tragedy had taken place with the overtones of a possible scandal. I must admit I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn."I wouldn't leave her out in the cold!"he said. Milly had clearly been a secret sweetheart of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door and pointed his torch at a motionless shaps on the straw."She was such a good cow! I wouldn't let anyone but a doctor touch her!"he said, and burst into tears again. Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. Why did the speaker say that she obviously had to go? 30. What was the weather like that day? 31. Who did the speaker think Milly was when she saw the farmer? Passage Three What does the word "library"mean to you?Do you think a library is a large, silent room containing hundreds of books? It may surprise you to learn that there are other kinds of libraries. Most libraries do lend books, but some also lend art, music, and even toys! In some libraries, you can borrow an excellent reproduction of a famous painting for your home for several weeks. Then, you can return it and bring another one home. This is also true for records. You may choose your favorite record and take it home. There you may listen to it as often as you like. Later you may return it and try something else. Toy-lending is a new idea in libraries. In a toy library children's toys and games are classified by age groups just as books usually are. Children may play with anything in the library, and instead of demanding silence, toy libraries encourage children to make noise! Toy libraries not only provide toys and games for children, but also give them a place to come and meet and play with other children. Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. What are some of the things that you can borrow from an art library? 33. What is toy-lending? 34. In what kind of library can children make as much noise as they want? 35. Apart from toys and games, what else do toy libraries provide for children? Section C The automobile has many advantages. Above all, it (36) offers people freedom to go where they want when they want to. To most people, cars are also personal (37) fantasy machines that serve as (38) symbols of power, success, speed, excitement, and (39) adventure. In (40) addition, much of the world's economy is built on producing vehicles and supplying roads, services, and repairs of vehicles. Half of the world's paychecks are (41) auto-related. In spite of their advantages, motor vehicles have many harmful effects on human lives and on air, water, land and wildlife resources. Though we (42) tend to deny it, (43) riding in cars is one of the most dangerous things we do in our daily lives. Every year, (44) cars and trucks worldwide kill an average of 250,000 people, and they injure or permanently disable ten million more. (45) Half of the world's people will be involved in an auto accident at sometime in their lives. Motor vehicles are the largest sources of air pollution, producing a haze of smog over the world's cities. (46)In some countries, they produce at least 50% of the countries-air pollution.。
恩波大学英语四级模考参考答案删减版
恩波大学英语四级模考参考答案删减版Document serial number【UU89WT-UU98YT-UU8CB-UUUT-UUT108】恩波大学英语四级模考参考答案Part Ⅰ WritingHoliday EconomyAs we see, the extended holidays have caused unexpected great travel craze and brisk economic activities.But there are many debates on the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of holiday economy. Many people, especially some economists, are in favor of the holiday economy. They believe that tourism based holiday economy has raised consumption and helped to spur the domestic demands. In addition, transportation, catering, hotels and serviceindustries become flourishing during long holidays. However, many others argue that the holiday economy do more harm than good. First, the travel craze puts a heavy burden on thetraffic system. Second, thousands of tourists flock to scenic spots causing over crowdedness and safety problems.As to me, I believe the advantages of holiday economy outweigh its disadvantages. After all, holiday economy greatly benefits the development of our overall economy. Besides, consumers can enjoy more colorful commodities and more preferential policies provided by the merchants. But thegovernment should take effective measures to reduce the side effects of holiday economy.Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)1. C2. D3. B4.C5. A6. D7. B8. 800 meters9. oceans and ice caps10. dependence on the planetPa rt ⅣReading ComprehensionSection47-51ONEKJ 52-56CLAGBSection57-61ADBCC 62-66AABACPart ⅤCloze67-76DBCBBCBADA 77-86BACBABDCDBPart ⅣTranslation87. must have met by chance88. did he confess his crime89. even if that means he has to quit school90. As is announced in today s papers91. could not help laughing。
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恩波大学英语四级模考参考答案
Part Ⅰ Writing
Holiday Economy
As we see, the extended holidays have caused unexpected great travel craze and brisk economic activities.
But there are many debates on the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of holiday economy. Many people, especially some economists, are in favor of the holiday economy. They believe that tourism based holiday economy has raised consumption and helped to spur the domestic demands. In addition, transportation, catering, hotels and service industries become flourishing during long holidays. However, many others argue that the holiday economy do more harm than good. First, the travel craze puts a heavy burden on the traffic system. Second, thousands of tourists flock to scenic spots causing over crowdedness and safety problems.
As to me, I believe the advantages of holiday economy outweigh its disadvantages. After all, holiday economy greatly benefits the development of our overall economy. Besides, consumers can enjoy more colorful commodities and more preferential policies provided by the merchants. But the government should take effective measures to reduce the side effects of holiday economy.
Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1. C
2. D
3. . A6. D7. B
8. 800 meters
9. oceans and ice caps
10. dependence on the planet
Part ⅣReading Comprehension
Section
47-51ONEKJ 52-56CLAGB
Section
57-61ADBCC 62-66AABAC
Part ⅤCloze
67-76DBCBBCBADA 77-86BACBABDCDB
Part ⅣTranslation
87. must have met by chance
88. did he confess his crime
89. even if that means he has to quit school
90. As is announced in today s papers
91. could not help laughing。