TEM4模拟试题集(2016新题型版)
12月CET4模拟试卷及答案（3）
12月CET4模拟试卷及答案（3）2016年12月CET4模拟试卷及答案Part ⅢVocabulary (20 minutes)Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.41.A great deal of ___ for our success should go to Michael Lee, head of our team.A) merit B) creditC) favor D) reward42.They question whether a fair way can be ___ to tell which employees really perform better than their fellow employees.A) depicted B) devisedC) decorated D) designated43.The report indicates that it is financially ___ to build a water power station in the area.A) adaptable B) availableC) feasible D) flexible44.Somehow she felt that she herself had to some extent been the cause of all the trouble,and suffered___.A) accordingly B) respectivelyC) consequently D) incidentally45.The gas company ___ a leak in the main line and evacuated all the tenants of the building.A) detected B) inspectedC) discerned D) explored46.At the 27th Olympic Games she ___ two gold and one silver medals in the track and field events.A) carried away B) carried offC) carried over D) carried through47.More than 790,000 youths were reported to have____the National Master’s Entrance Examination last year.A) sat on B) sat upC) sat in D) sat for48.As a general rule, people with a great deal of ___ often have admiring friends and bitter enemies.A) personality B) temperamentC) disposition D) character49.After she gave birth to a child, she was ___ to go back to work in order to make the ends meet.A) compelled B) enforcedC) imposed D) depressed50.That football club tried to ___ the famous player with offers of a tremendous sum of money.A) deceive B) persuadeC) tempt D) indulge51.Many animal can ___ with their surroundings because of their protective coloring.A) integrate B) matchC) blend D) merge52.The strange phenomenon has ___ and puzzled many scientists for more a century.A) annoyed B) embarrassedC) fascinated D) frustrated53.As we all know, the same gestures may have different ___ which vary from one culture to another.A) implications B) presumptionsC) expressions D) assumptions54.With the advent of PC and home-information systems, we’ll one day be able to ___ most business dealings from home.A) implement B) executeC) conduct D) supplement55.It was an awful accident. I wonder how you managed to ___ without a scratch.A) see through B) come throughC) get through D) break though56.This difficult problem we face in the project has to be tackled before we can ___ to others.A) pursue B) advocateC) precede D) proceed57.While most scientists agree that the greenhouse effect is coming, there are not enough data yet to say with absolute ___ what its consequences will be.A) confirmation B) conformityC) conviction D) conscience58.It is a___that in such a rich and prosperous country there should be so many poverty-stricken people.A) controversy B) paradoxC) aversion D) conversion59.It’s a well-known fact that truth will in the end ___ over falsehood, and right over wrong.A) dominate B) prevailC) thrive D) conquer60.We can’t choose whet her we will pay income tax or not, for payment of income tax is ___.A) compulsory B) voluntaryC) arbitrary D) dutiable61.It’s generally agreed that fluctuations in birth rate are ___ to a number of economic factors.A) entitled B) attributedC) confined D) dedicated62.It’s always better to ___ a problem before it arises than to search for a solution to it afterwards.A) evaluate B) predictC) anticipate D) estimate63.It takes tremendous courage to ___ a belief that is not shared by many others.A) persist in B) abide byC) hold on D) adhere to64.As a good employer, he knows how to make full use of the ___ of his employees’ talents and abilities.A) validity B) integrityC) diversity D) versatility65.Over the years jazz has changed and developed but it has essentially ___ its fundamental characteristics.A) remained B) retainedC) reserved D) resumed66.Economics is a subject that ___ all people’s lives whether they are conscious of it or not.A) draws on B) catches onC) touches on D) embarks on67.When one gets a good ___ into a problem, he will usually find a way to approach it or solve it.A) outlook B) perspectiveC) version D) insight68.She cares much about other people’s opinions about her and is particularly ___ to personal criticisms.A) sensational B) sentimentalC) sensible D) sensitive69.My secretary has typed out the first___of the report,but I must revise it before I submit to the conference.A) draft B) sketchC) script D) outline70.They reported the loss in the financial fraud and gave all the necessary ___ to the police.A) particulars B) provisionsC) procedures D) precautionsPart ⅤWriting (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Economic Development and Moral Decline. You should write at least 150 words and you should base your compositionon the outline (given in Chinese) below:1.近年来我国经济建设取得了很大成就2.但与此同时,社会风气随着经济的发展也日益下降下载文档。
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2016年美赛A题热水澡一个人用热水通过一个水龙头来注满一个浴缸，然后坐在在浴缸中,清洗和放松.不幸的是，浴缸不是一个带有二次加热系统和循环喷流的温泉式浴缸，而是一个简单的水容器。
过一会儿,洗澡水就会明显地变凉,所以洗澡的人需要不停地将热水从水龙头注入，以加热洗浴水。
该浴缸的设计是以这样一种方式，当浴缸里的水达到容量极限，多余的水通过溢流口泄流。
考虑空间和时间等因素，建立一个浴缸的水温模型，以确定最佳的策略，使浴缸里的人可以用这个模型来让整个浴缸保持或尽可能接近初始的温度，而不浪费太多的水。
使用你的模型来确定你的策略对浴缸的形状和体积，浴缸里的人的形状、体积、温度，以及浴缸中的人的运动等因素的依赖程度。
如果这个人一开始用了一种泡泡浴剂加入浴缸，以协助清洗，这会怎样影响你的模型的结果？除了要求的一页MCM摘要提交之外，你的报告必须包括一页的为浴缸用户准备的非技术性的说明书来阐释你的策略,同时解释为什么洗澡水的温度得到均衡地保持是如此之难。
2016年美赛B题太空垃圾在地球轨道上的小碎片的数量已引起越来越多的关注。
据估计，目前有超过500，000块的空间碎片，也被称为轨道碎片，由于被认为对空间飞行器是潜在的威胁而正在被跟踪。
2009年2月10日，俄罗斯卫星kosmos—2251和美国卫星iridium-33相撞之后，该问题受到了新闻媒体更广泛的讨论。
2016年12月大学英语四级考试模拟试卷及答案（6）
Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Dormitory Life . You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese: Dormitory Life 1. ⼤学宿舍的集体⽣活是全新的体验。
2. 宿舍⽣活与在家⽣活的不同之处。
3. 宿舍⽣活利与弊。
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet1. Testing Times Researchers are working on ways to reduce the need for animal experiments, but new laws may increase the number of experiments needed. The current situation In an ideal world, people would not perform experiments on animals. For the people, they are expensive. For the animals, they are stressful and often painful. That ideal world, sadly, is still some way away. People need new drugs and vaccines. They want protection from the toxicity of chemicals. The search for basic scientific answers goes on. Indeed, the European Commission is forging ahead with proposals that will increase the number of animal experiments carried out in the European Union, by requiring toxicity tests on every chemical approved for use within the union's borders in the past 25 years. Already, the commission has identified 140,000 chemicals that have not yet been tested. It wants 30,000 of these to be examined right away, and plans to spend between ~ 4 billion — 8 billion ($5 billion—10 billion) doing so. The number of animals used for toxicity testing in Europe will thus, experts reckon, quintuple (翻五倍) from just over lm a year to about 5m, unless they are saved by some dramatic advances in non-animal testing technology. At the moment, roughly 10% of European animal tests are for general toxicity, 35% for basic research, 45% for drugs and vaccines, and the remaining 10% a variety of uses such as diagnosing diseases. Animal experimentation will therefore be around for some time yet. But the search for substitutes continues, and last weekend the Middle European Society for Alternative Methods to Animal Testing met in Linz, Austria, to review progress. A good place to start finding alternatives for toxicity tests is the liver--the organ responsible for breaking toxic chemicals down into safer molecules that can then be excreted. Two firms, one large and one small, told the meeting how they were using human liver cells removed incidentally during surgery to test various substances for long-term toxic effects. One way out of the problem PrimeCyte, the small firm, grows its cells in cultures over a few weeks and doses them regularly with the substance under investigation. The characteristics of the cells are carefully monitored, to look for changes in their microanatomy. Pfizer, the big firm, also doses its cultures regularly, but rather than studying individual cells in detail, it counts cell numbers. If the number of cells in a culture changes after a sample is added, that suggests the chemical in question is bad for the liver. In principle, these techniques could be applied to any chemical. In practice, drugs (and, in the case of PrimeCyte, food supplements) are top of the list. But that might change if the commission has its way: those 140,000 screenings look like a lucrative market, although nobody knows whether the new tests will be ready for use by 2009, when the commission proposes that testing should start. Other tissues, too, can be tested independently of animals. Epithelix, a small firm in Geneva, has developed an artificial version of the lining of the lungs. According to Huang Song, one of Epithelix's researchers, the firm's cultured cells have similar microanatomy to those found in natural lung linings, and respond in the same way to various chemical messengers. Dr. Huang says that they could be used in long-term toxicity tests of airborne chemicals and could also help identify treatments for lung diseases. The immune system can be mimicked and tested, too. ProBioGen, a company based in Berlin, is developing an artificialhuman lymph node (淋巴结) which, it reckons, could have prevented the neardisastrous consequences of a drag trial held in Britain three months ago, in which (despite the drag having passed animal tests) six men suffered multiple organ failure and nearly died. The drug the men were given made their immune systems hyperactive. Such a response would, the firm's scientists reckon, nave teen identified by their lymph node, which is made from cells that provoke the immune system into a response. ProBioGen's lymph node could thus work better than animal testing. A second alternative Another way of cutting the number of animal experiments would be to change the way that vaccines are tested, according to Coenraad Hendriksen of the Netherlands Vaccine Institute. At the moment, all batches of vaccine are subject to the same battery of tests. Dr. Hendriksen argues that this is over-rigorous. When new vaccine cultures are made, belt-and-braces tests obviously need to be applied. But if a batch of vaccine is derived from an existing culture, he suggests that it need be tested only to make sure it is identical to the batch from which it is derived. That would require fewer test animals. All this suggests that though there is still some way to go before drugs, vaccines and other substances can be tested routinely on cells rather than live animals, useful progress is being made. What is harder to see is how the use of animals might be banished from fundamental research. Weighing the balance In basic scientific research, where the object is to understand how, say, the brain works rather than to develop a drug to treat brain disease, the whole animal is often necessarily the object of study. Indeed, in some cases, scientific advances are making animal tests more valuable, rather than less. Geneticmodification techniques mean that mice and rats can be remodelled to make them exhibit illnesses that they would not normally suffer from. Also, genes for human proteins can be added to them, so that animal tests will more closely mimic human responses. This offers the opportunity to understand human diseases better, and to screen treatments before human trials begin. However, the very creation of these mutants (突变异种) counts as an animal experiment in its own right, so the number of experiments is increasing once again. What is bad news for rodents, though, could be good news for primates. Apes and monkeys belong to the same group of mammals as humans, and are thus seen as the best subjects for certain sorts of experiment. To the extent that rodents can be "humanised", the number of primate experiments might be reduced. Some people, of course, would like to see them eliminated altogether, regardless of the effect on useful research. On June 6th the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, an animal-rights group, called for the use of primates in research to be banned. For great apes, this has already happened. Britain, Austria, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Sweden have ended experiments on chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orang-utans. Experiments on monkeys, though, are still permitted. And some countries have not banned experiments on apes. In America, for example, about 1,000 chimpanzees a year are used in research. This is a difficult area. Great apes are man's closest relatives, having parted company from the human family tree only a few million years ago. Hence it can be (and is) argued that they are indispensable for certain sorts of research. On the other hand, a recent study by Andrew Knight and his colleagues at Animal Consultants International, an animal-advocacy group, casts doubt on the claim that apes are used only for work of vital importance to humanity. Important papers tend to get cited as references in subsequent studies, so Mr. Knight looked into the number of citations received by 749 scientific papers published as a result of invasive experiments on captive chimpanzees. Half had received not a single citation up to ten years after their original publication. That is damning. Animal experiments are needed for the advance of medical science, not to mention people's safety. But if scientists are to keep the sympathy of the public, they need to do better than that. 1. The passage summarizes harmful effects of animal experiment. However, as animal experiment is indispensable in a number of areas, it might not be stopped or replaced by other alternatives. 2. Animal experiments are needed in research to find new drugs and vaccines, and to find ways of protection from the toxicity of chemicals. 3. It is predicted by experts that the number of animals used for toxicity testing in Europe will quintuple due to a plan to have a large variety of chemical tested. 4. People are trying to find alternatives to animal testing, and they started with liver. 5. PrimeCyte and Pfizer began to find alternatives to animal testing because they were advocates of animal protection. 6. It is found that tissues from liver, lung, and immune system can all be tested independently of animals. 7. Although there is more than one alternative to animal experiment, there is still concern over how to eliminate animal testing in fundamental research. 8. In basic scientific research, the object is to understand how, say, the brain works rather than to develop a drug to______ brain disease. 9. Indeed, in some cases, scientific advances are making animal tests ___________ 10. Recently, an animal-advocacy group casts doubt on the scientists' claim that apes are used only for __________ Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. What is suburbanization? If by "suburb" is meant an urban (47) that grows more rapidly than its already developed interior, the process of suburbanization began during the (48) of the industrial city in the second quarter of the 19th century. Before that period the c i t y w a s a s m a l l h i g h l y ( 4 9 ) c l u s t e r i n w h i c h p e o p l e m o v e a b o u t o n f o o t a n d g o o d s w e r e ( 5 0 ) b y h o r s e a n d c a r t . B u t t h e e a r l y f a c t o r i e s b u i l t i n t h e 1 8 3 0 s a n d 1 8 4 0 s w e r e ( 5 1 ) a l o n g w a t e r w a y s a n d n e a r r a i l h e a d s a t t h e e d g e s o f c i t i e s , a n d h o u s i n g w a s n e e d e d f o r t h e t h o u s a n d s o f p e o p l e d r a w n b y t h e p r o s p e c t o f e m p l o y m e n t . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 0 9 " > 0 0 I n t i m e , t h e f a c t o r i e s w e r e ( 5 2 ) b y p r o l i f e r a t i n g m i l l t o w n s o f a p a r t m e n t s a n d r o w h o u s e s t h a t a b u t t e d t h e o l d e r , m a i n c i t i e s . A s a d e f e n s e ( 5 3 ) t h i s e n c r o a c h m e n t a n d t o e n l a r g e t h e i r t a x b a s e , t h e c i t i e s a p p r o p r i a t e d t h e i r i n d u s t r i a l n e i g h b o r s . 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E a c h p a s s a g e i s f o l l o w e d b y s o m e q u e s t i o n s o r u n f i n i s h e d s t a t e m e n t s . F o r e a c h o f t h e m t h e r e a r e f o u r c h o i c e s m a r k e d [ A ] 0 [ B ] 0 [ C ] a n d [ D ] . Y o u s h o u l d d e c i d e o n t h e b e s t c h o i c e a n d m a r k t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g l e t t e r o n A n s w e r S h e e t 2 w i t h a s i n g l e l i n e t h r o u g h t h e c e n t r e . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 2 7 " > 0 0 P a s s a g e O n e / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 2 8 " > 0 0 A s y o u m a k e y o u r w a y t h r o u g h t h e c r o w d e d s t a l l s o f B e ij i n g ' s f o o d m a rk e t s n o w a d a y s , y o u m a y s o m e t i m e s b e c o n f u s e d a s t o j u s t w h a t y o u s h o ul d b e l o o k i n g f o r . T h e r e i s a p r o f u s i o n o f f r e s h v e g e t a b l e s l a i d o u t f o r s a l e , s om u c h c e l e r y , s o m an y D u t c h b e a n s , to m a t o e s , e v e n b r o c c o l i a n dp a r s l e y . H o w d i f f e r e n t t h i n g s w e r e o n l y a s c a n t 1 5 y e a r s a g o . A t t h a t t i m e t h e r e w a s n o v a r i e t y i n t h e s e l e c t i o n o f v e g e t a b l e s . T o d a y , w i t h b r e a d , j a m , m i l k a n d e g g s a v a i l a b l e f o r b r e a k f a s t i n s t e a d o f p o r r i d g e , d e e p - f r i e d d o u g h s t r i p s a n d p i c k l e s , m o r e a n d m o r e p e o p l e c a n a f f o r d th e i n d u l g e n c e o f e a t i n g w h a t e v e r t h e y w a n t . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 2 9 " > 0 0 I t i s a l l t h e r a g e f o r f a s hi o n a b l e t e e n a g e r s t o g o t o a W e s t e r n r e s t a u r a n t f o r s p a g h e t t i , a h a m b u r g e r , f i l e d c h i c k e n , p i z z a o r a s a n d w i c h . O l d e r f o l k s i n C h i n a h a v e n o t q u i t e c a u g h t o n t o t h e s e t r e n d s , a s t h e i r y o u n g e r c o u n t e r p a r t s h a v e , a n d t e n d t o b e m o r e p r a c t i c a l , f o c u s i n g t h e i r a t t e n t i o n o n s i m p l e b u t s e n s i b l e f o o d . T h e p u r p o s e o f e a t i n g i s n o t s i m p l y t o f i l l o n e ' s s t o m a c h , t h e y m a s o n , b u t a l s o t o m a i n t a i n o n e ' s m i n d a n d b o d y . P r o d u c t s l i k e l o w - f a t f o o d s , v e g e t a b l e s , b e a n p r o d u c t s a n d " b l a c k f o o d " ( f o o d s d a r k i n c o l o r , b e l i e v e d t o b e h i g h l y n u t r i t i o u s ) h a v e a l l w o n o v e r m a n y o l d e r c o n s u m e r s w h o w o u l d p r o b a b l y b l a n c h a t t h e t h o u g h t o f a M c D o n a l d ' s H a p p y M e a l f o r l u n c h . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 3 0 " > 0 0 I t i s a n o l d C h i n e s e t r a d i t i o n t o a t t a c h g r e a t i m p o r t a n c e a n d c e r e m o n y t o t h e a r t o f d i n i n g . W h e n f r i e n d s c o m e f o r d i n n e r , t h e y a r e o f t e n t r e a t e d t o a s u m p t u o u s b a n q u e t , w h i c h r e s u l t s i n a l o t o f w a s t e d f o o d . Y o u n g p e o p l e n o w a d a y s p a y m o r e a t t e n t i o n t o q u a l i t y t h a n q u a n t i t y , t h o u g h , a n d i n n o v a t i v e c o n t r a p t i o n s l i k e c h a f i n g d i s h e s a r e s t a r t i n g t o a p p e a r o n C h i n e s e t a b l e s i n s t e a d o f t h e o l d " e i g h t c o u r s e s ( u s u a l l y f o u r m e a t d i s h e s a n d f o u r v e g e t a b l e d i s h e s ) a n d o n e s o u p " a l l o w i n g d i n e r s t o c h a t w h i l e t h e y e a t . S o m e c o m p a n i e s a r e n o w b e g i n n i n g t o t r e a t g u e s t s t o b u f f e t s i n s t e a d o f t h e t r a d i t i o n a l b i g b a n q u e t , w h i c h h e l p s i n t u r n t o c u t c o s t s . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 3 1 " > 0 0 C h i n a i s w e l l - k n o w n f o r i t s f o o d , a n d t h a t i s s a y i n g a l o t . T h e f a m o u s " e i g h t c u i s i n e s " o f C h i n e s e k i t c h e n s h a v e w o n a c c o l a d e s f r o m c u s t o m e r s a s f a r a f i e l d a s C a p e t o w n a n d S a l t L a k e C i t y . B u t p r e p a r i n g C h i n e s e d i s h e s i s n o e a s y j o b , a n d i t t a k e s o n e o r t w o h o u r s t o s e r v e u p o n e d i s h w i t h t h e r i g h t f l a v o r , c o l o r , t a s t e a n d s h a p e t o s a t i s f y d e m a n d i n g C h i n e s e p a l a t e s . P e o p l e o f t h e 1 9 9 0 ' s j u s t d o n ' t h a v e t h e t i m e a n y m o r e . A f f l u e n c e b r i n g s m o r e f a s t f o o d a n d i n s t a n t m e a l s i n a b o x ,e s p e c i a l l yf r o z e n f o o d , a n d t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n o f e l e c t r i c s t e a m e r s , m i c r o w a v e o v e n s a n d e l e c t r i c r a ng e s g i v e s m a n y p e o p l e a n e x c u s e t o s p e n d f e w e r a n d f e w e rh o u r si n t h e k i t c h e n p r e p a r i n g a d e c e n t m e a l . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 3 2 " > 0 0 5 7 . W h a t d i d C h i n e s e p e o p l e u s u a l l y h a v e f o r b r e a k f a s t 1 5 y e a r s a g o ? / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 3 3 " > 0 0 [ A ] B e a n s , t o m a t o e s , b r o c c o l i a n d p a r s l e y . [ B ] B r e a d ,j a m , m i lk a n d e g g s . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 3 4 " > 0 0 [ C ] P o r r i d g e , d e e p - f il e d d o u g h s t r i p s a n d p i c k l e s . [ D ] B r e a d ,m i l k , p o r r i d g e an d p i c k l e s . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 3 5 " > 0 0 5 8 . A c co r d i n g t o t h e C h i n e s e t r a d i t i o n , d i n i n g i s n o t o n l y a w a y t o f i l l o n e ' s s t o m a c h b u t a l s o a /p > p b d s f i d = " 1 3 6 " > 0 0 [ A ] r e v o l u t i o n [ B ] t r e n d [ C ] c e r e m o n y [ D ] w a s t e / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 3 7 " > 0 0 5 9 . W h i c h o f t h e f o l l o w i n g i s N O T o n e o f t h e r e a s o n s t h a t C h i n e s e p e o p l e a r e s p e n d i n g l e s s t i m e i n t h e k i t c h e n n o w t h a n i n t h e p a s t ? / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 3 8 " > 0 0 [ A ] T h e y a r e m u c h b u s i e r t h a n b e f o r e . [ B ] T h e y c a r e l e s s a b o u t e a t i n g t h a n b e f o r e . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 3 9 " > 0 0 [ C ] M o r e f a s t f o o d a n d i n s t a n t m e a l s a r e a v a i l a b l e t h a n b e f o r e . [ D ] M o r e m o d e m e l e c t r i c a p p l i a n c e s a r e a v a i l a b l e t h a n b e f o r e . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 4 0 " > 0 0 6 0 . W h i c h o f t h e f o l l o w i n g s t a t e m e n t s i s T R U E a c c o r d i n g t o t h e p a s s a g e ? / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 4 1 " > 0 0 [ A ] A l a r g e v a r i e t y o f f o o d s a r e a v a i l a b l e i n t h e C h i n e s e m a r k e t n o w . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 4 2 " > 0 0 [ B ] C h i n e s e p e o p l e l i k e t o g o t o W e s t e r n r e s t a u r a n t s . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 4 3 " > 0 0 [ C ] T r a d i t i o n a l C h i n e s e p e o p l e p a y m o r e a t t e n t i o n t oq u a n t i t y t h a n t o q u a l i t y . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 4 4 " > 0 0 [ D ] A tr a d i t i o n a l C h i n es e d i s ht h a t p r e s e n t s t h e r i g h t t a s t e , f l a v o r , a n d c o l o r i s r e g a r d e d a s a n e x c e l l e n t d i s h . 0 1 . B 2 . A 3 . A 4 . A 5 . C 6 . A 7 . A / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 4 5 " > 0 0 8 . t r e a t / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 4 6 " > 0 0 9 . m o r e v a lu a b l e / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 4 7 " > 00 1 0 . w o r k o f v i t a l i m p o r t a n c e t o h u m a n i t y / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 4 8 " > 0 0 P a r t I V R e a d i n g C o m p r e he n s i o n ( R e a d i n g i n D e p t h ) / p > p b d sf i d = " 1 4 9 " > 0 0 S e c t i o n A / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 5 0 " > 0 0 4 7 . B 48 . F 4 9 . D 5 0 . C 5 1 . A 5 2 . H 5 3 . M 5 4 . O 5 5 . L 5 6 . K / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 5 1 " > 0 0 S e c t i o n B / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 5 2 " > 0 0 5 7 . C 5 8 . C 5 9 . B 6 0 . A 0 / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 5 3 " > 0 0 6 1 . W h a t i s t h e a u t h o r ' s a t t i t u d e t o w a r d C h i n a ' s g a s t r o n o m i c r e v o l u t i o n ? / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 5 4 " > 0 0 [ A ] I n f a v o r o f . [ B ] I n d i f f e r e n t . [ C ] A g a i n s t . [ D ] H o l d s a b a l a n c e d v i e w . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 5 5 " > 0 0 P a s s a g e T w o / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 5 6 " > 0 0 T h e L a n g u a g e L e a r n i n g T h e o r y c o u r s e i s a n o p t i o n d u r i n g t h e t h i r d s e m e s t e r o f y o u r p r o g r a m . I t i s a n i n t r o d u c t i o n t o a s p e c t s o f P s y c h o l i n g u i s t i c s a n d S e c o n d L a n g u a g e A c q u i s i t i o n R e s e a r c h . T h e c o u r s e w i l l d e a l s p e c i f i c a l l y w i t h t h o s e a s p e c t s o f r e c e n t r e s e a r c h t h a t a r e r e l e v a n t t o t h e c o m p r e h e n s i o n a n d p r o d u c t i o n o f s p o k e n l a n g u a g e . M o s t o f t h e c o u r s e w i l l , i n o t h e r w o r d s , b e s p e n t c o n s i d e r i n g t h e p r o c e s s e s i n v o l v e d i n u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d p r o d u c i n g s p o k e n l a n g u a g e . A t e a c h s t a g e , w e s h a l l b e r e l a t i n g t h e i m p l i c a t i o n s o f r e c e n t r e s e a r c h a n d t h e o r i e s t o t h e p r a c t i c e o f f o r e i g n l a n g u a g e t e a c h i n g . T h e c o u r s e a i m s t o p r o v i d e r e l e v a n t b a c k g r o u n d f o r a l l l a n g u a g e t e a c h e r s w h o a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n W H Y a n d H O W c u r r e n t t e a c h i n g a p p r o a c h e s h a v e b e e n d e v e l o p e d . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 5 7 " > 0 0 T h e c o u r s e w i l l b e h e l d d u r i n g t h e f i r s t t e n w e e k s o f t h i s s e m e s t e r f r o m 8 : 3 0 t o 1 0 : 3 0 o n T u e s d a y m o r n i n g s . A h a n d o u t g i v i n g a n o u t l i n e o f t h e t o p i c s o f e a c h o f t h e t e n s e s s i o n s i s a v a i l a b l e f o r t h o s e w h o w i s h t o c o n s i d e r t h e c o u r s e i n m o r e d e t a i l . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 5 8 " > 0 0 T h e c o u r s e w i l l b e p r i n c i p a l l y c o n d u c t e d t h r o u g h l e c t u r e a n d s e m i n a r . L e a r n e r s w i l l , a t t i m e s , b e a s k e d t o t a k e p a r t i n s m a l l l a n g u a g e e x p e r i m e n t s . H a n d o u t s a n d w o r k s h e e t s w i l l b e d i s t r i b u t e d e a c h w e e k . P r e p a r a t o r y r e a d i n g a n d f o l l o w - u p r e a d i n g w i l l b e r e q u i r e d f o r e a c h s e s s i o n . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 5 9 " > 0 0 L e a r n e r s ' p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n c l a s s a c t i v i t i e s w i l l b e t a k e n i n t o c o n s i d e r a t i o n . A t t e n d a n c e a t c l a s s e s i s e s s e n t i a l . T h e r e w i l l b e f o u r s h o r t , a s s e s s e d a s s i g n m e n t s d u r i n g t h e c o u r s e . P a r t i c i p a t i o n i n c l a s s e s w i l l a c c o u n t f o r 1 0 % o f t h e f i n a l m a r k . A s s i g n m e n t s w i l l a c c o u n t f o r 6 0 % . T h e r e m a i n i n g 3 0 % i s f o r t h e f i n a l t e s t w h i c h w i l l b e h e l d o n e w e e k a f t e r t h e e n d o f t h e c o u r s e . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 6 0 " > 0 0 Y o u m a y c o l l e c t t h e h a n d o u t ( c o v e r i n g t h e i n f o r m a t i o n I h a v e g i v e n y o u t o d a y ) f r o m m e a t t h e e n d o f t h i s s e s s i o n . I f y o u n e e d f u r t h e r d e t a i l s , y o u a r e w e l c o m e t o a s k m e p e r s o n a l l y o r s e e t h e s e c r e t a r y i n R o o m 5 1 3 . T h e c o u r s e c o d e i s L L T 9 6 . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 6 1 " > 0 0 6 2 . S t u d e n t s w h o a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n _ _ _ _ _ _ a r e m o s t U N L I K E L Y t o t a k e t h i s c o u r s e ? / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 6 2 " > 0 0 [ A ] L i n g u i s t i c s ( l a n g u a g e s t u d i e s ) . [ B ] L a n g u a g e t e a c h i n g . [ C ] I m p r o v i n g o r a l s k i l l s . [ D ] P s y c h o l o g y . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 6 3 " > 0 0 6 3 .A c c o r d i n g t o t h e p a s s a g e , w h e n w i l l t h e f i n a l t e s t o f t h e c o u r s e b e g i v e n ? / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 6 4 " > 0 0 [ A ] T h e 1 1 t h w e e k . [B ] T h e 1 0 t h w e e k . [C ] T h e 9 t h w e e k . [D ] T h e 1 8 t h w e e k . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 6 5 " > 0 0 6 4 . I f a s t u d e n t n e v e r s k i p s a c l a s s a n d g e t s a n o v e r a l l m a r k o f 8 0 ( o u t o f 1 0 0 ) f o r a s s i g n m e n t s , w h a t i s t h e m i n i m u m m a r k t h a t t h e s t u d e n t m u s t o b t a i n i n t h e f i n a l e x a m i n o r d e r t o g e t 8 5 ( o u t o f 1 0 0 ) a s t h e f i n a l m a r k o f t h e c o u r s e ? / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 6 6 " > 0 0 [ A ] 8 0 . [ B ] 8 5 . [ C ] 9 0 . [ D ] 9 5 . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 6 7 " > 0 0 6 5 . W h i c h o f t h e f o l l o w i n g i s F A L SE a c c o r d i n g t o t h e p a s s a g e ? / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 6 8 " > 0 0 [ A ] L a n g u a g e t e a c h i n g t h e o r y i s a c o m p u l s o r y c o u r s e . [ B ] E a c h s e s s i o n o f t h i s c o u r s e w i l l l a s t 2 h o u r s . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 6 9 " > 0 0 [ C ] R e a d i n g w i l l b e r e q u i r e d b o t h b e f o r e a n d a f t e r e a c h s e s s i o n o f t h i s c o u r s e . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 7 0 " > 0 0 [ D ] S t u d e n t s i n t e r e s t e d i n m o r e d e t a i l s a b o u t t h i s c o u r s e m a y s e e t h e s p e a k e r i n p e r s o n . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 7 1 " > 0 0 6 6 . T h i s p a s s a g e i s t h e t r a n s c r i p t o f a s p e e c h m o s t p r o b a b l y g i v e n b y _ _ _ _ _ . / p > p b d s f i d = " 1 7 2 " > 0 0 [ A ] a t e a c h i n g s e c r e t a r y [ B ] a t e a c h e r [ C ] a s c h o o l d i r e c t o r [ D ] a s t u d e n t / p > /。
2016年12月大学英语四级考试模拟试卷及答案（12）
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专四2016年英语专业四级真题和答案2016年英语专业四级考试真题试卷（含听力和原文）第一部分：真题试卷TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS(2016)-GRADE FOUR-TIME LIMIT: 130 MIN PART ⅠDICTATION [10 MIN] Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third reading, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given ONE minute to check through your work once more.Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.音频：关注公众号“超能资料库”回复关键词“专四”获取免费音频PART ⅡLISTENING COMPERHESION [20 MIN] SECTION A TALKIn this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at the task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.Now listen to the talk. When it is over, you will be given TWO minutes to check your work.SECTION B CONVERSATINSIn this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of [A], [B], [C] and [D], and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions.Now listen to the conversations.Conversation One1.[A] To tell the man that he has been shortlisted for interview.[B]To ask the man a few questions about his interview.[C]To explain to the man how to make a presentation.[D]T o tell the man the procedure of the interview.2.[A] Questions related to the job.[B]General questions about himself.[C]Specific questions about his CV.[D]Questions about his future plan.3.[A] Questions from the interviewers.[B]Questions from the interviewee.[C]Presentation from the interviewee.[D]Requests from the interviewee.4.[A] Educational and professional background.[B]Problems be has faced and solved.[C]Major successes in his career so far.[D]Company future and his contribution.5.[A] 11 a. m., next Tuesday. [B] 11 a. m., next Thursday.[C] 9 a. m., this Tuesday. [D] 9 a. m., this Thursday.Conversation Two6.[A] The disadvantages of college loans.[B]Government financing in college education.[C]How to handle the problem of college loans.[D]How college students pay for their education.7.[A] It has increased by 6 to 8%.[B]It has increased by 8 to 10%.[C]It has decreased by 6 to 8%.[D]It has decreased by 8 to 10%.8.[A] Student’s family income.[B]First year salary after graduation.[C]A fixed amount of 30,000 dollars.[D]Payment in the next ten years.9.[A] Students can borrow money first.[B]Students pay no tax on savings.[C]Students pay less tax after graduation.[D]Students withdraw without paying tax.10.[A] Giving up charitable or volunteer work.[B]Neglecting their study at college.[C]Giving up further education.[D]Neglecting high salary in job-seeking.PART ⅢLANGUAGE USAGE [10 MIN] There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four options marked [A]. [B], [C] and [D]. Choose one word phrase that best completes the sentence.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.11.How can I concentrate if you continually me with silly questions?[A] have… interrupted [B] had… inter rupted[C] are… interrupting[D] were… interrupting12.A mong the four sentences below, Sentence express the highest degree of possibility.[A]It may take a long time to find a solution to the problem.[B]It might take a long time to find a solution to the problem.[C]It could take a long time to find a solution to the problem.[D]It should take a long time to find a solution to the problem.13.She is a better speaker than in the class.[A] any boy [B] the other boys [C] other any girl [D] all the girls14.Nobody heard him sing, ?[A] did one [B] did he [C] didn’t they [D] did they15.I can’t put up with .[A]that friend of you [B] that friend of yours[C] the friend of you [D] the friend of yours16.There has been an increasing number of in primary schools in past few years.[A]man teacher [B] men teacher [C] man teachers [D] men teachers17.This is one of the issues that deserve .[A] being mentioned [B] mentioning [C] to mention [D] for mention18.The audience excited on seeing favorite star glide onto the stage.[A] were… their [B] were… its [C] was… their [D] was… one’s19. your advice, I would have made the wrong decision.A. ample F. genuinely K. scantB. combinationsG. insteadL. shapedC. directlyD. disseminatedH. lists I. promulgatedM. sophisticated N. transplantedE. generationsJ. publicizedO. virtual[A] Hadn’t it been for [B] Had it not been for[C] Had it been for [D] Had not it been for20.The sentence I wish I had been more careful in spending money express the speaker’s.[A]hope [B] joy [C] regret [D] relief21.T he Attorney General ordered a federal autopsy of Brown’s body, seeking to the family and community there would be a thorough investigation into his death.[A]ensure [B] insure [C] assure [D] ascertain22.T he police department came under strong criticism for both the death of an unarmed and its handling of the .[A]consequence [B] outcome [C] result [D] aftermath23.The Foreign Secretary tried to doubts about his handling of the crisis.[A] dispel [B] expel [C] repel [D] quell24.Mutual funds are thus best for investors who don’t want to take the time to study stocks in detail or whothe resources to build a portfolio.[A]deprive [B] lack [C] yearn [D] attain25.Chris ran John at a sporting-goods trade show and the two quickly struck an easy rapport.[A]into…up[B] on…into[C] across…on[D] against…into26.“I’m leaving the country soon,” he told a convened group of reporters.[A] especially [B] particularly [C] specially [D] specifically27.Israel and Hamas had reached a deal on extending the ceasefire by an extra 24 hours until Tuesday at midnight.[A]contemporary [B] makeshift [C] spontaneous [D] temporary28.to unplugging the alarm clock and trusting your ability to wake on time on your own, you should probably ease yourself into the new arrangement by keeping a very regular schedule for several weeks.[A]Due [B] Prior [C] Related [D] Thanks29.I f you are an athlete, strong abdominal muscles help you ensure a strong back and freedom from injury during upper-body movement.[A]valiant [B] variable [C] vigilant [D] vigorous30.F inning is a cruel in which the shark’s fins are lopped off, and the live shark is thrown back to sea.[A]reality [B] truth [C] practice [D] skillPART ⅣCLOZE [10 MIN] Decide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blank. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. Mark the letter for each word on ANSWER SHEET TWO.Imagine a world without writing. Obviously there would be no books: no novels, no encyclopedias, no cookbooks, no textbooks, no telephone books, no scriptures, no diaries, no travel guides. There would be no ball-points, no typewriters, no computers, no Internet, no magazines, no movie credits, no shopping lists, no newspapers, no tax returns. But such (31) of subjects almost miss the point. The world we live in has been indelibly marked by the written word, (32) by the technology of writing over thousands of years. Ancient kingsproclaimed their authority and (33) their laws in writing. Scribes administered great empires by writing, their knowledge of recording and retrieving information essential to governing complex societies. Religious traditions were passed on through (34) , and spread to others, in writing. Scientific and technological progress was achieved and (35) through writing. Accounts in trade and commerce could be kept because of writing. Nearly every step of civilization has been mediated through writing. A world without writing would bear (36) resemblance to the one we now live in. Writing is a (37) necessity to the societies anthropologists call civilizations. A civilization is distinguished from other societies by the complexity of its social organization, by its construction of cities and large public buildings, and by the economic specialization of its members, many of whom are not (38) involved in food procurement or production. A civilization, with its taxation and tribute systems, its trade and its public works, requires a (39) system of record keeping. And so the early civilizations of Egypt, China, and (probably) India all developed a system of writing. Only the Peruvian civilization of the Incas and their predecessors did not use writing but (40) invented a system of keeping records on knotted color-coded strings known as quipu.PART ⅤREADING COMPREHENSION [35MIN] SECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONSIn this section there are three passages followed by ten multiple choice questions. For each multiple choice question, there are four suggested answers marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that you think is the best answer and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.PASSAGE ONE(1)When I was twenty-seven years old, I was a mining-broker’s cle rk in San Francisco, and an expert in all the details of stock traffic. I was alone in the world, and had nothing to depend upon but my wits and a clean reputation; but these were setting my feet in the road to eventual fortune, and I was content with the prospect. My time was my own after the afternoon board, Saturdays, and I was accustomed to putting it in on a little sail-boat on the bay. One day I ventured too far, and was carried out to sea. Just at nightfall, when hope was about gone, I was picked up by a small ship which was bound for London. It was a long and stormy voyage, and they made me work my passage without pay, as a common sailor. When I stepped ashore in London my clothes were ragged and shabby, and I had only a dollar in my pocket. This money fed and sheltered me twenty-four hours. During the next twenty-four I went without food and shelter.(2)About ten o’clock on the following morning, dirty and hungry, I was dragging myself along Portland Place, when a child that was passing, towed by a nurse-maid, tossed a big pear—minus one bite—into the gutter. I stopped, of course, and fastened my desiring eye on that muddy treasure. My mouth watered for it, my stomach craved it, my whole being begged for it. But every time I made a move to get it some passing eye detected my purpose, and of course I straightened up then, and looked ind ifferent and pretended that I hadn’t been thinking about the pear at all. This same thing kept happening and happening, and I couldn’t get the pear.(3)I was just getting desperate enough to brave all the shame, and to seize it, when a window behind me was raised, and a gentleman spoke out of it, saying: “ Step in here,please.”(4)I was admitted by a man servant, and shown into a sumptuous room where a couple of elderly gentlemen were sitting. They sent away the servant, and made me sit down. They had just finished their breakfast, and the sight of the remains of it almost overpowered me. I could hardly keep my wits together in the presence of that food, but as I was not asked to sample it,I had to bear my trouble as best as I could.(5)Now, something had been happening there a little before, which I did not know anything about until a good many days afterwards, but I will tell you about it now. Those two old brothers had been having a pretty hot argument a couple of days before, and had ended by agreeing to decide it by a bet, which is the English way ofsettling everything.(6)You will remember that the Bank of England once issued two notes of a million pounds each, to be used for a special purpose connected with some public transaction with a foreign country. For some reason or other only one of these had been used and canceled; the other still lay in the vaults of the Bank. Well, the brothers chatting along, happened to get to wondering what might be the fate of a perfectly honest and intelligent stranger who should be turned adrift in London without a friend, and with no money but that million-pound bank-note, and no way to account for his being in possession of it. Brother A said he would starve to death; Brother B said he wouldn’t. Brother A said he coul dn’t offer it at a bank or anywhere else, because he would be arrested on t he spot. So they went on disputing till Brother B said he would bet twenty thousand pounds that the man would live thirty days, anyway, on that million, and keep out of jail, too. Brother A took him up. Brother B went down to theBank and bought that note. Then he dictated a letter, which one of his clerks wrote out in a beautiful round hand, and then the two brothers sat at the window a whole day watching for the right man to give it to.(7)I finally became the pick of them.41.In Para. 1, the phrase “set my feet” probably means .A. put me asideB. prepare meC. let me walkD. start my journey42.It can be concluded from Para. 2 that .A.the man wanted to maintain dignity though starvedB.the man could not get a proper chance to eat the pearC.the man did not really want the pear since it was dirtyD.it was very difficult for the man to get the pear/doc/5615631332.html,pared with Brother A, Brother B was more towards the effect of the one-million-pound bank-note on a total strange.A.neutralB. negativeC. reservedD. positivePASSAGE TWO(1)The concept of peace is a very important one in cultures all over the world. Think about how we greet people. In some language, the phrases for greetings contain the word for peace. In some cultures we greet people by shaking hands or with another gesture to show that we are not carrying weapons —that we come in peace. And there are certain symbols which people in very different cu ltures recognize as representing peace. Let’slook at a few of them.The dove(2)The dove has been a symbol of peace and innocence for thousands of years in many different cultures. In ancient Greek mythology it was a symbol of love and the renewal of life. In ancient Japan a dove carrying a sword symbolized the end of war.(3)There was a tradition in Europe that if dove flew around a house where someone was dying then their soul would be at peace. And there are legends which say that devil can turn himself into any bird except for a dove. In Christian art, the dove was used to symbolized the Holy Ghost and was often p ainted above Christ’s head.(4)But it was Pablo Picasso who made the dove a modern symbol of peace when he used it on a poster for the World Peace Congress in 1949.The rainbow(5)The rainbow is another ancient and universal symbol, often representing the connection between human beings and their gods. In Greek mythology it was associated with Iris, the goddess who brought messages from the gods on Mount Olympus. In Scandinavian mythology the rainbow was a bridge between the gods and the earth. In the Bible a rainbow showed Noah that the Biblical flood was finally over, and that God had forgiven his people. In the Chinese tradition, the rainbow is a common symbol for marriage because the colours represent the union of yin and yang. Nowadays the rainbow is used by many popular movements for peace and the environment, representingthe possibility of a better world in the future and promising sunshine after rain.Mistletoe(6)This plant was sacred in many cultures, generally representing peace and love. Most people know of the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe at Christmas time, which probably comes from Scandinavian mythology. The goddess Freya’s son was killed by an arrow made of mistletoe, so, in honour of him, she declared that it would always be a symbol of peace. It was often hung in doorways as a sign of friendship.(7)The ancient Druids believed that hanging mistletoe in your doorway could protect you from evil spirits. Tribes would stop fighting for a period of time if they found a tree with mistletoe. But you will never see mistletoe in a Christian church —it is banned because of its associations with pagan religion and superstition.The olive branch(8)The olive tree has always been a valuable source of food and oil. In Greek mythology, the goddess Athena gave the olive tree to the people of Athens, who showed their gratitude by naming the city after her. But no one knows for sure when or why it began to symbolize peace. There is probably a connection with ancient Greece. Wars between states were suspended during the Olympics Games, and the winners were given crowns of olive branches. The symbolism may come from the fact that the olive tree takes a long time to produce fruit, so olives could only be cultivated successfully in long periods of peace. Whatever the history, the olive branch is a part of many modern flags symbolizing peace and unity. One well-known example is the United Nations symbol.The ankh(9)The ankh is an ancient symbol which was adopted by thehippie movement in the 1960s to represent peace and love. It was found in many Asian cultures, but is generally associated with ancient Egypt. It represented life and immortality. Egyptians were buried with an ankh, so that they could continue to live in the “afterworld”. The symbol was also found alon g the sides of the Nile, which gave life to the people. They believed that the ankh could control the flow of the river and make sure that there was always enough water.44.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A.Concept of Peace.B. Popular Peace Symbols.C. Origin of Peace Symbols.D. Cultural Difference of Peace.45.The rainbow represents the connection between human beings and their gods in all the following countries EXCEPT .A.SwedenB. GreeceC. FinlandD. China46.In North Europe mistletoe was often hung in doorways to indicate .A.friendshipB. loveC. kinshipD. honour47.The origin of the ankh can date back to .A.the NileB. the “afterword”C. the hippie movementD. ancient EgyptPASSAGE THREE(1)Two sides almost never change: That you can manipulate people into self-sufficiency and that you can punish them into good citizenship.(2)The first manifests itself in our tireless search for the magical level at which welfare grants are big enough to meet basic needs but small enough to make low-paid work attractive. The second has us looking to the criminal justice system to cure behavior that is as much as anything the result of despair.(3)The welfare example is well known. We don’t want poor people to live in squalor or their children to be malnourished. But we also don’t want to subsidize the indolence of people who are too lazy to work. The first impulse leads us to provide housing, food stamps, medical care and a cash stipend for families in need. The second gets us to think abo ut “workforce”.(4)We’ve been thinking about it for two reasons: the “nanny” pro blems of two high-ranking government officials (who hired undocumented foreigners as household helpers, presumably because they couldn’t findAmericans to do the work) and Pre sident Clinton’s proposal to put a two-year limit on welfare.(5)Maybe something useful will come of Clinton’s idea, but I’m not all that hopeful. It looks to me like one more example of trying to manipulate people into taking care of themselves.(6)On the criminal justice side, we hope to make punishment tough enough to discourage crime but not so tough as to clog our prisons with relatively minor offenders. Too short a sentence, we fear, will create contempt for the law. Too long a sentence will take up costly space better used for the violent and unremorseful.(7)Not only can we never find the “perfect” punishment,our search for optimum penalties is complicated by our desire for fairness: to let the punishment fit the crime. The problem is that almost any punishment—even the disgrace of being charged with a crime—is sufficient to deter the middle class, while for members of the underclass, probation may be translated as “I beat it”.(8)So how can you use the system —welfare or criminal justice —to produce the behavior we want? The answer, I suspect is: You can’t.(9)We keep trying to use welfare and prison to change people—to make them think and behave the way we do —when the truth is the incentives work only for those who already think the way we do: who view today’s action with an eye on the future.(10)We will take lowly work (if that is all that’s available) because we believe we can make bad jobs work for us. We avoid crime not because we are better people but because we see getting caught as a future-wrecking disaster. We are guided by a belief that good things will happen for us in the future if we take proper care of the present. Even under the worst of circumstances, we believe we are in control of our lives.(11)And we have trouble understanding that not everybody believes as we believe. The welfare rolls, the prison and the mean street of our cities are full of people who have given up on their future. Without hope for the future, hard work at a low-paid job makes no sense. Working hard in school, or pleasing a boss, or avoiding pregnancy makes no sense. The deadly disease is hopelessness. The lawlessness and poverty are only the obvious symptoms.(12)I’m not advocating that we stop looking for incentivesto move poor people toward self-sufficiency or that we stop punishing people for criminal behavior. There will always be some people who need help and some who deserve to be in jail.(13)All I’m saying is that the long-term answer both to welfare and the crime that plagues our communities is not to fine tune the welfare and criminal justice systems but to prevent our children from getting the disease of despair.(14)If we encourage our young people to believe in the future, and give them solid evidence for believing, we’ll find both crime and poverty shrinking to manag eable proportions.48.What is the author’s attitude towards Clinton’s proposal to welfare?A.Pessimistic.B. Optimistic.C. Suspicious.D. Sarcastic.49.It can be inferred from Para. 7 that optimum penalties are to the underclass.A.hopelessB. uselessC. frighteningD. humiliating50.Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?A. Lawlessness and Poverty.B. Criminal Justice System.C. Welfare Grants.D. Disease of Despair.SECTION B SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONSIn this section there are five short answer questions based onthe passages in Section A. Answer the questions with NO more than TEN words in the space provided on ANSWER SHEET TWO.PASSAGE ONE51.In Para. 4, what does the man mean by saying “I had to bear my trouble”?52.What can be inferred from the last sentence of the passage?PASSAGE TWO53.Why does the UN use the olive branch in its symbol?PASSAGE THREE54.According to the author, what balance should we keep in welfare?55.What does the author mean b y saying “Even under the worst of circumstances, we believe we are in control of our lives” (Para.10)?PART ⅥWRITING [45MIN]Read carefully the following excerpt on term-time holiday arguments in the UK, and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should:summarize the main message of the excerpt, and thencomment on whether parents should take children out of school for holiday during term time in order to save money.You should support yourself with information from the excerpt.Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.Term-time holidays will be bannedParents are to be banned by Michael Gove, UK’s Edu cation Secretary, from taking their children out of school to save moneyon holidays.He is to abolish the right of head teacher to “authorise absence” from the classroom, which has been used to let families take term-time breaks, and will warn them they face fines for their children not being at school.“Any time out of school has the potential to damage a child’s education,” a senior source at the Department for Education said this weekend. “That is why the government will end the distinction between authorised and unauthorised absence.”“This is part of the government’s wider commitment to bring down truancy levels in our schools. There will also be stricter penalties for parents and schools.”The tough measures on truancy are part of a wider attempt by Mr. Gove to make education more academically rigorous and to tackle a cultu re in the educational establishment which he believes has accepted “excuses for failure”.Russell Hobby, the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said the measure would discourage parents from trying to put pressure on heads to sanction term-time holiday. “ The high cost of holidays outside of term time is still an issue but ultimately a child’s education is more important than a holiday,” he said.Write your response on ANSWER SHEET THREE.—THE END—PART ⅡLISTENING COMPRENSIONSECTION A TALK下列各题必须使用黑色字迹签字笔在答题区域内作答，超出红色矩形边框限定区域的答案无效。
2016英语专四完形填空新题型参考答案(真题改编版2014-解读
第一篇（2014）10个空缺为原真题中31，32，37，42，45，46，47，48，49，50，参考答案见真题解析相应题目。
Increasingly, conceived, practical, invented, secure, period, custom, compensate, until, rise 第二篇（2013年）10个空缺为原真题中32, 34，37，38，41，43，44，46，48，50参考答案见真题解析相应题目。
nor, by means of, how, persons, larger, but, always, from, collected, fairer第三篇（2012年）10个空缺为原真题中3233,35,37,39,40,42,44,45,50参考答案见真题解析相应题目。
Destoryed, continously, collides with, however, unpredictable, crust, or, active, still,save第四篇（2011年）10个空缺为原真题中32,34,35,37,39,42,45,47,48,50参考答案见真题解析相应题目。
Proud, although, considerable, for, reaction, educate, role, make, transformation,immediate第五篇（2010年）10个空缺为原真题中32,35,39,40,41,43,44,45,47,50参考答案见真题解析相应题目。
Sounds, combined, filled, and, recall, increases, powerfully, charming, words, make 31、B 32、A 33、C[解析]根据句意，人会发出某种特定的声音来表示相应的思想感情、行为动作和其他事情，目的是为了交流，应选C 项so that 。
2016年12月大学英语四级考试模拟试卷及答案（4）
Part one Writing Directions : For this part , you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Sounds in three paragraphs You have been given the first sentence of each paragraph .You should write at least 100 words . Sounds 1)The world is filled with many sounds _____________ 2)Some sounds are useful __________ 3)But some sounds are harmful _________ Part threeReading Comprehension ( 35 minutes ) Directions : There are 4 passages in this part .Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A) , B) , C) , D) . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center . Question 21 to 35 are based on the following passage . The beat generation mainly referred to the youth who were born and brought up around the Second World War . They showed their disdain ( ) for almost everything traditional , such as government authority , respect for parents , one’s duty , moral standards , and traditional customs . They developed a kind of absolute individualism and liberty. They preferred long hair , minidresses or close-fitting clothes to show off the figure . They advocated freedom of sex and cohabitation ( ) . Their influence could be seen from the fact that about one third of the American couples living together were not married by law . And the divorce rate was very high . The endless U.S wars abroad and sharp class struggle at home caused many American youths to develop a kind of cynicism . They doubted the existing social system , possibility of harmonious human relations , and the long-honored standard for correct behavior . They felt society overlooked their needs . Therefore , they refused to do any duty that was required of them by society . They declared “Don’t believe anyone over thirty .” All this came from the sick society . It’s wrong to imagine they all fought against capitalism in support of revolutionary things . Some of their ideas were even more decadent () and impractical . It was an abnormal phenomenon in an abnormal society. 21. Based on the passage , how many of one hundred and twenty American couples of the beat generation practiced cohabitation . A)about 20 couples B) about 40 couples C) about 60 couples D) about 30 couples 22. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ? A)The beat generation refused to do any duty B)The beat generation was in support of almost everything traditional . C)The beat generation believes no one except that he is over thirty . D)The beat generation’s ideas were not impractical . 23. “Cynicism” in this passage most probably means ______. A)a state of mind against realism B) a state of mind doubting everything in existence. C)a theory advocating mutual help D)a theory advocating individualism 24. The reason why the beat generation refused to cooperate with society was ____. A) they had no interest B) they found hard to cooperation with it C)the laws block their way to do so . D) they thought their need was neglected . 25. This passage is mainly about _____. A)the young Americans B) the generation gap . C)the education of the young D) an American social phenomenon Question 26 to 30 are based on the following passage . Tress should only be pruned when there is a good and clear reason for doing so and , the number of such reasons is small . Pruning involves the cutting away of overgrown and unwanted branches , and the inexperienced gardener can be encouraged by the thought that more damage results from doing it unnecessarily than from the tree to grow in its own way . First , pruning may be done to make sure that trees have a desired shape or size . The object may be to get a tree of the right height , and at the same time to help the growth of small side branches , which will thicken its appearance or give it a special shape . Secondly , pruning may be done to make the tree heavier . You may cut out diseased or dead wood , or branches that are rubbing against each other and thus cause wounds . The health of a tree may be encouraged by removing branches that are blocking up the center and so preventing the free movement of air . One result of pruning is that an open wound is left on the tree and this provides an easy entry for disease , but it is a wound that will heal . Often there is a race between the healing and the disease as to whether the tree will live or die , so that there is a period when the tree is at risk . It should be the aim of every gardener to reduce that risk of death as far as possible . It is essential to make the area , which has been pruned smooth , and clean , for healing will be slowed down by roughness . You should allow the cut surface to dry for a few hours and then paint it with one of the substances available from garden shops especially for this purpose . Pruning is usually done in winter , for then you can see the shape of the tree clearly without interference from the leaves and also it is very unlikely that the cuts you make will bleed . If this does happen , it is , of course , impossible to paint them properly . 26. Pruning should be done to _____. A)make the tree grow taller . B) does not protect them form the wind C)get rid of the small branches D) make the small branches thicker . 27. Trees become unhealthy if the gardener_______ A)allows too many branches to grow in the middle B)does not protect them from the wind C)forces them grow too quickly D)damages some of the small side branches. 28 . Why is a special substance painted on the tree ? A)to make a wound smooth . B)to prevent disease entering a wound . C)to cover a rough surface . D) to help a wound to dry . 29. A good gardener prunes tree ____ A) at intervals throughout the year B) as quickly as possible C) occasionally when necessary D) regularly every winter 30 . What was the author’s purpose when writing this passage ? A)to give practical instruction for pruning a tree B)to give a gardener description of pruning C)to explain how trees develop disease D)to discuss different methods of pruning Question 31 to 35 are based on the following passage . On Thursday afternoon Mrs.Carke , dressed for going out , took her handbag with her money and her key in it , pulled the door behind her to lock it and went to the over 60s Club . She always went there on Thursdays . It was a nice outing for an old woman who lived alone . At six o’clock she came home , let herself in and at once smelt cigarette smoke in her house ? How ? Had someone got in ? She checked the back door and the windows . All were locked or fastened , as usual . There was no sign of forced entry . Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door-“a master key” perhaps . So she stayed at home the following Thursday .Nothing happened . Was anyone watching her movements ? On the Thursday after that she went out at her usual time , dressed as usual , but she didn’t go to the club . Instead she took a short cut home again , letting herself in through her garden and the back door . She settled down to wait . It was just after four o’clock when the front door bell rang . Mrs.Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time . The bell rang again , and then she heard her letter-box being pushed open . With the kettle of boiling water in her hand , she moved quietly towards the front door . A long piece of wire appeared through the letter-box , and then a hand . The wire turned and caught around the knob on the door-lock Mrs.Clark raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand . These was a shout outside , and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove . The wire fell to the floor , the band was pulled back , andMrs.Clarke heard the sound of running feet . 31.Mrs.Clarke looked forward to Thursday because ___________. A)She worked at a club on Thursday B) She had visitors on Thursday C) She visited a club on Thursday D) a special visitor came on Thursday 32. If someone had made a forced entry ______. A)Mrs. Clarke would have found a broken door or window . B)He or she was still in the house C)Things would have been thrown about D)He or she would have needed a master key 33.On the third Thursday Mrs. Clarke went out _____. A)because she didn’t want to miss the club again B)to see if the thief was hanging about outside C)to the club but then changed her mind D)in an attempt to trick the thief 34.The lock on the front door was one which _____. A)needed a piece of wire to open it B)could be opened from outside without a key C) couldn’t be opened without a key D) used a knob instead of a key 35. The wire fell to the floor _______. A)because Mrs. Clarke refused to open the door B) when the man’s glove dropped off C) because it was too hot to hold D) because the man just wanted to get away Listening Comprehension Section A1. C2. D3. A4. B5.C6. D7. A8. B9. C 10. D 11. domestic 12. conventional 13. scattered 14. remote 15. mountainous 16. extensive 17. competition 18. Despite 19. business 20. utilized Reading Comprehension 21. D 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. B 29. C 30. B 31. C 32. A 33. D 34. B 35. D。
精品2016年12月大学英语四级考试模拟试卷及答案(21)
2016年12月大学英语四级考试模拟试卷及答案(21)Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part.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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:Some radio singals were heard in 1967.They were coming from a point in the sky where there was unknown star.They were coming very regularly,too:about once a second,if they were controlled by clock.The scientists who heard the signals did not tell anybody else.They were rather afraid to tell in case they frightened people.The signals were coming from a very small body―no bigger,perhaps than the earth.Was that why no light could be seen from it?Or were the signals coming from a planet that belonged to someother star?There was no end to the questions,but the scientists kept the news secret.“Perhaps there are intelligent beings out there.”they thought,“who are trying to send messages to other planets,or to us?So the news was not given to the newspaper.Instead,the scientists studied the signals and searched for others like them...Well,all that happened in 1967 and1968.Since then scientists have learnt more about those strange,regular,radio signals.And they have told the story,of course.The signals do not come from a planet;they come from a new kind of star called a “pulsar””.About a hundred other pulsars have now been found,and most of them are very like the first one.Pulsars are strong radio stars.They are the smallest but the heaviest stars we know at present.A handful of pulsar would weigh a few thousandtons.Their light―if they give much light―is too small for us to see.But we can be sure of this,no intelligent beings are living on them.21. The radio signals discussed in thispassage____.A.were regularB.were controlled by a clock答案1短文大意1967年人类收到了一些太空信号。
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2016年12月大学英语四级考试模拟试卷及答案(20)Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 21 to 25 arebased on the following passage:We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money, but most mistakes are about people. “Did Jerry really care when I b roke up with Helen?” “When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?” “And Paul ― why didn't I pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car?” When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it's too late.Why do we go wrong about our friends ― or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we don't really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “You're a lucky dog.” Is he really on your side? If he says, “You're a lucky guy” or “You're a lucky gal,” that's being friendly. But “lucky dog”?There's a bit of envy in those words. Maybe hedoesn't see it himself. But bringing in the “dog” bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn't think you deserve your luck.“Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for” is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important. It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night.How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says square with the tone of voice? His posture? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.21.When the writer recalls the things that happened between him and his friends, he ____.A) feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to himB) feel s he may not have “read” his friends' true feelings correctlyC) thinks it was a mistake to view Jim as afriendD) is sorry that his friends let him down22.By saying “You're a lucky dog.”, the speaker ____.A) is just being friendlyB) exp resses the same meaning as “You're a lucky guy.” or“You ' re a lucky gal.”C) is humorous to apply the word “dog” to peopleD) has a hidden jealous feeling behind the words23.In listening to a person, the important thing is ____.A) to notice his tone, his posture, and the look in his eyeB) to listen to how he pronounces his wordsC) to check his words against his manner, his tone of voice, and his postureD) not to believe what he says24.If you followed the advice of the writer, you would ____.A) weigh carefully what people say to determine their real meaningB) get along well with peopleC) trust what other people sayD) have no doubts about our friends25.This passage tries to tell you how to ____.A) avoid mistakes about both money and peopleB) say things elegantlyC) avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell youD) keep people friendly without trusting themQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:Sleep is part of a person's daily activity cycle. There are several different stages of sleep, and they too occur in cycles. If you are an averagesleeper,your sleep cycle is as follows. When you first drift off into slumber (安睡), y our eyes will roll about a bit, your temperature will drop slightly, your muscles will relax, and your breathing were slow and become quite regular. Your brain waves slow down a bit too, with the alpha rhythm of rather fast waves predominating for the first few minutes. This iscalled stage 1 sleep. For the next half hour or so, as you relax more and more, you will drift down through stage 2 and stage 3 sleep. The lower your stage of sleep, the slower your brain waves will be. Then about 40 to 60 minutes after you lose consciousness you will have reached the deepest sleep of all. Your brain waves will show the large slow waves that are known as the delta rhythm. This is stage 4 sleep.You do not remain at this deep fourth stage all night long, but instead about 80 minutes after youfall into slumber, your brain activity level will increase again slightly. The delta rhythm will disappear, to be replaced by the activity pattern of brain waves. Your eyes will begin to dart around under your closed eyelids (眼皮) as if you were looking at something occurring in front of you. This period of rapid eye movement lasts for some 8 to 15 minutes and is called REM sleep. It is during REM sleep period,your body will soon relax again, your breathing will grow slow and regular once more, and you will slip gen tly back from stage 1 to stage 4 sleep ― only to rise once again to the surface of near consciousness some 80 minutes later.26.The stages of sleep take on ____.A) an irregular aspect.B) a regular aspectC) a punctual aspectD) a similar aspect27.Stage 4 sleep lasts ____.A) about 80 minutesB) about 4060 minutesC) about 30 munutesD) about 2040 minutes28.The brain waves are the slowest during ____.A) stage 1 C) stage 4B) stage 2 and stage 3D) REM sleep29.In the second paragraph the word “dart” means ____.A) glare C) stop movingB) move rapidly or suddenly D) gaze30.One of the features of REM sleep is that ____.A) there are large slow waves, though rapid for the first few minutesB) you have the deepest sleepC) there are no brain wavesD) the brain waves are a little fast and the brain becomes a little active答案Part Ⅱ1ざ涛拇笠猹本文与我们日常生活关系十分密切。
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2016年12月大学英语四级考试模拟试卷及答案（1）Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part.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 correspondingletter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:Some radio singals were heard in 1967.They were coming from a point in the sky where there was unknown star.They were coming very regularly,too:about once a second,if they were controlled by clock.The scientists who heard the signals did not tell anybody else.They were rather afraid to tell in case they frightened people.The signals were coming from avery small body―no bigger,perhaps than the earth.Was that why no light could be seen from it?Or were the signals coming from a planet that belonged to some other star?There was no end to the questions,but the scientists kept the news secret.“Perhaps there are intelligent beings out there.”they thought,“who are trying to send messages to other planets,or to us?So the news was not given to the newspaper.Instead,the scientists studied the signals and searched for others like them...Well,all that happened in 1967 and1968.Since then scientists have learnt more about those strange,regular,radio signals.And they have told the story,of course.The signals do not come from a planet;they come from a new kind of star called a “pulsar””.About a hundred other pulsars have now been found,and most of them are very like the first one.Pulsars are strong radio stars.They are the smallest but the heaviest stars we know at present.A handful of pulsar would weigh a few thousandtons.Their light―if they give much light―is too small for us to see.But we can be sure of this,no intelligent beings are living on them.21. The radio signals discussed in thispassage____.A.were regularB.were controlled by a clockC.were heard in 1967 onlyD.were secret messages22. The radio singals were sent by____.A.a satelliteB.a planetC.a sky body which was unknown at that timeD.intelligent beings who were unknown at that time23. The scientists did not tell people about the signals because____.A.the singals stood for secret messagesB.people would ask them too many questionsC.they did not want to frighten peopleD.they stood for unimportant messages24. A pulsar is____.A. a small heavy star which sends out strong radio signals and cannot be seenB. a small heavy planet which sends out strong radio signals and cannot be seenC. a small heavy satellite which sends out strong radio signals and cannot be seenD. a small intelligent being who sends out strong radio signals and cannot be seen25. Which of the following is true?A.One of the pulsars found by scientists sends radio signals.B.Pulsar began to send radio singals in 1967.C.Scientists have searched for pulsars for many years but found none.D.Scientists have found many pulsars since 1967.rn life and ancient life.27. “one out of seven” refers to____.A.more than a third of the lands' earthB.the percentage of the earth's land that is desert-likeC.the number of people who live in dry regionsD.a day of a week28. In paragraph 2,“they are taken to the greener lands in the south.”They refers to____.A.the Sahel farm landB.the farmersC.the cattlesD.the trees29. How many ideas for saving the land are described?A.Five.B.Two.C.Four.D.Three.30. Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage?A.The earth's desert are slowly spreading.B.One out of 10 people lives in dry regions.C.Their life in the desert is threatened now by traditional problems.D.New water wells can solve the problem inAfrica's desert.Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:Telephone, television, radio, and telegraph all help people communicate with each other. Because of these devices, ideas and news of events spread quickly all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an election in another country. An international football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set.News of a disaster such as an earthquake or a flood can bring help from distant countries within hours, help is onthe way. Because of modern technology like the satellites that travel around the world, information travels fast.How has this speed of communication changed the world? To many people,the world has become smaller. Of course this does not mean that the world is actually physically smaller. It means that the world seems smaller. Two hundred years ago,communication between the continents took a long time. All news was carried on ships that took weeks or even months to cross the ocean. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,it took six weeks for news from Europe to reach America.This time difference influenced people's actions. For example, one battle, or fight, in the War of 1812 between England and the United States could have been avoided. A peace agreement had already been signed. Peace was made in England, but the news of peace took six weeks to reach America. During thesesix weeks, the large and serious Battle of New Orleans was fought. Many people lost their lives after a peace treaty had been signed.They would not have died if news had come in time.In the past,communication took much time than it does now.There was a good reason why the world seemed so much larger than it does today.31. News spreads fast because of____.A.modern transportationB.new technologyC.the change of the worldD.a peace agreement32. According to this passage,____is very important to people in a disaster area.A.fast communicationB.modern technologytest newsD.new ideas33. Which of the following statements is true?A.The world now seems smaller because of faster communication.B.The world is actually smaller today.C.The world is changing its size.D. The distance between England and America has changed since the War of 181234. Two hundred years ago,news between the continents was carried____.A.by telephone and telegraphB.by landC.by airD.by sea35. The New Orleans Battle could have been avoided if the peace agreement had been signed____.A.by both sidesB.in timeC.in AmericaD.in EnglandQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:The concept of personal choice in relation to health behaviors is an important one.An estimated 90 percent of all illnesses may be preventable if individuals would make sound personal health choices based upon current medical knowledge.We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society.[ZZ)]The structure of American society allows us to make almost all our own personal decisions that may concern our health.If we so desire,we can smoke,drink excessively, refuse to wear seat belts,eat whatever foods we want,and live a completely sedentary life-style without any excuse.The freedom to make such personal decisions is a fundamental aspect of our society,although the wisdom of these decisions can be questioned.Personal choices relative to health often cause a difficulty.As one example,a teenager may know the facts relative to smoking cigarettes and health but may be pressured by friends into believing it is the socially accepted thing to do. A multitude of factors,both inherited and environmental,influence the development of heal threlated behaviors,and it is beyond the scope of thistext to discuss all these factors as they may affect any given individual.However,the decision to adopt a particular health-related behavior is usually one of personal choices.There are healthy choices and there are unhealthy choices.In discussing the moral of personalchoice,Fries and Crapo drew a comparison.[ZZ(Z]They suggest that to knowingly give oneself over to a behavior that has a statistical probability of shortening life is similar to attemptingsuicide.[ZZ)]Thus,for those individuals who are interested in preserving both the quality and quantity of life,personal health choices should reflect those behaviors that are associated with statistical probability of increased vitality and longevity.36. The concept of personal choice concerning health is important because____.A.personal health choices help cure most illnessesB.it helps raise the level of our medical knowledgeC.it is essential to personal freedom in American societyD.wrong decisions could head to poor health37. To “live a completely sedentary lifestyle”(Para. 1) in the passage means____.”A.to live an inactive lifeB.to live a decent lifeC.to live a life with complete freedomD.to live a life of vice38. Sound personal health choice is oftendifficult to make because____.A.current medical knowledge is still insufficientB.there are many factors influencing our decisionsC.few people are willing to trade the quality of life for longevityD.people are usually influenced by the behavior of their friends39. To knowingly allow oneself to pursue unhealthy habits is compared by Fries and Crapo to____.A.improving the quality of one's lifeB.limiting one's personal health choiceC.deliberately ending one's lifeD.breaking the rules of social behavior40. According to Fries and Crapo sound health choices should be based on____.A.personal decisionsws of societyC.statistical evidenceD.opinions of friendsPart Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part.For each sentence there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D).Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.41. ____he thought of it,the stars seemed always large and clear before the dawn of Christmas Day.A.As forB.Now thatC.BecauseD.As soon as42. A thought____him like a silver dagger.A.beatB.hitC.struckD.pondered43. I'll____this afternoon.A.get the radio fixedB.get the radio to be fixedC.get the radio being fixedD.get the radio fixing44. Who is____personnel at present?A.in the charge ofB.under charge ofC.under the charge ofD.in charge of45. Tell him to turn down the TV.It's____my nerves.A.get overB.get inC.get crazy withD.get on46. The family decided to raise two cows and five sheep____the chickens,ducks and rabbits.A.exceptB.besidesC.besideD.except for47. I woke up,____that he had gone.A.only findingB.only having foundC.only to findD.only to have found48. The project____by the time you come to China again.A.will be completedB.will have been completedC.is to be completedD.is going to be completed49. In the course of the work,we____lots of difficulties.A.met withB.sawC.got intoD.came across50. ____his accent,he must be from the south.A.Judged byB.Being judged fromC.Judging fromD.Being judged by51. The boy____his father.A.was accused of having killedB.was accused to have killedC.was accused of killingD.was accused to kill52. Missing the train means____for an hour.A.waitingB.to waitC.to be waitingD.have to wait53. Something extraordinary happened in that hospital.A man,who was declaredclinically dead,suddenly____.A.returned to lifeB.restored to lifeC.came to lifeD.survived54. They are glad to see the children____in the day care center.A.well taken careB.being well taken care ofC.well looked afterD.being well looked after55. She is a woman of rare gifts.Her performance last night was indeed very____.A.impressedB.impressiveC.impressingD.impression56. The road being built was scheduledto____traffic on May Day.A.be close toB.be closed toC.be open toD.be opened to57. It was more than fifteen years ago____I entered the laboratory of Professor Agassiz.A.whenB.thatC.in whichD.since58. ____than it began raining.A.Hardly had he reached homeB.Hardly did he reach homeC.No sooner did he reach homeD.No sooner had he reached home59. The man's life____if he had been sent to a better hospital.A.might have been savedB.may have been savedC.was to be savedD.should be saved60. Everybody looked____the direction of the explosion.A.toB.fromC.inD.into61. This is a____young writer.He has published quite a few good stories inrecent years.A.promisedB.looking forwardC.promisingD.clever62. The doctor insists that the patient____.A.must be operatedB.should be operatedC.be operated onD.needs operating on63. It sounds as if the telephone____.A.were ringingB.was ringing.C.has being ringingD.is ringing64. The family looked on helplessly as their house____.A.burning downB.was burned downC.was burning downD.burned down65. What is the____language in India?A.officeB.officialC.officiallyD.officer66. He____twenty times,striking a match each time to look at his old watch.A.had wakedB.was awakeC.must have wakedD.was waken67. There he bought____chocolate for his daughter,and then he had____beers in the bar not far from the school.A.a bar of...a couple ofB.a piece of...a bottle ofC.a dozen of...a couple ofD.a cubic of...a tin of68. With his big fleshy nose he____his grandpa.A.looks likeB.takes afterC.looks afterD.resembles69. The ____majority were in support of this bill so it was passed without much difficulty.A.overflowingB.overtakingC.overloadingD.overwhelming70. The actress____the terms of her contract and was sued by the producer.A.isolatedB.signedC.implementedD.violatedPart Ⅳ Translation from English into Chinese (15 minutes)Directions:In this part,there are five items which you should translate into Chinese,each item consisting of one or two sentences.These sentences are all taken from the reading passages you have just read in Part Three of the Test Paper.You are allowed 15 minutes to do the translation.You should refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.71.(Passage 1 Para.1)They were rather afraid to tell in case they frightened people.72. (Passage 2 Para.1)Now largely through problems caused by modern life,their existence is threatened by the slow,steady spread of the earth's deserts.73. (Passage 3 Para.1)Because of modern technology like the satellite that travel around theworld,information travels fast.74. (Passage 4 Para.1)We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society.75. (Passage 4 Para.1)They suggest that to knowingly give oneself over to a behavior that has a statistical probability of shortening life is similar to attempting suicide.答案1短文大意1967年人类收到了一些太空信号。
16年改革后英语专四考试新题型材料作文模拟练习及范文分析
专四新题型写作自2016年起，专四考试写作部分改革，要求根据所给的题目、图表或阅读材料等，写一篇200词左右的作文。
出现的新题型命题+材料作文对考生的阅读理解及归纳能力提出了更高的要求。
考生可以采取“简短概述材料—评论—总结”的写作模式。
值得注意的是，在写作过程中，概述材料和进行评论缺一不可，否则将可能被扣分。
例题1PART VI WRITINGRead carefully the following excerpt and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 WORDS, in which you should:1)Summarize the main message of the excerpt, andthen2)Comment on whether students learn more fromclasses than from other resourcesYou can support yourself with information from the excerpt.Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss ofmarks.theoretical explanation but also practical experience about life. They have accumulated a large body of intelligence that is profoundly more precise than other sources. Teachers not only function as initiators who impart knowledge but also serve as supervisors or guardians. The conventional role of instructors, in this day and age, has evolved to become evaluators and facilitators, guiding students in their academic and personal efforts.范文1In the information age, the traditional student-teacher relationship has been affected deeply and people begin to doubt whether students can learn more from classes than from other resources.（介绍背景）According to the conventional view, teachers are still the primary source from which students obtain professional knowledge, timely class interaction, and effective supervision from teachers.（总结第一种观点）On the contrary, nowadays, many people believe that students can learn more from other resources such as Internet and TV since they are more accessible and engage students more actively in research.（总结第二种观点）For me, I am in favor of the first view.（表明立场）Teachers play an irreplaceable role in education, whether it’s in the past or at present, since they not only impart knowledge, but also educate people.（总论据）For one thing, what students learn from their classes is more precise than from other resources which provide an enormous amount of data needed to be sifted through to determine which information is accurate.（理由一）For another, teachers in school put the shaping of personality in a place as important as the teaching of knowledge, which is hard for students to obtain from other resource.（理由二）In conclusion, the development of cutting-edge technology exert s a big impact on modern education. However, it can never eliminate the need for high-quality professionals in classroom.（重申论点）(213 words) 例题2PART VI WRITINGRead carefully the following excerpt and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 WORDS, in which you should:1）Summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then 2）Comment on whether people should choose to become indoorsyYou can support yourself with information from the excerpt.Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.Being indoorsy can allow people to think and work in a peaceful environment. For example, writers can be quite creative when they are alone at home without being interrupted.Some sociologists warn that the indoorsy lifestyle will make people become self-centered and naive. If people stay at home for a long time, they will have little interpersonal contact with others. They do not know how to have face-to-face communication with others, and they may become shy, uncomfortable, or self-centered when范文2审题思路本题讨论“宅”生活是否可取。
2016模拟考试卷整合版(修改0.2)
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have justheard.
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A) How much you can afford topay.
C)Rising unemployment worldwide.
D)Global economicrecovery.
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A)Many countries have not taken measures to create enough jobs.
B)Few countries know how to address the current economic crisis.
PartIIListening Comprehension(25 minutes）
Section A
Directions:In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or threequestions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from thefour choices marked A), B), C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.
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2016年12月大学英语四级考试模拟试卷及答案(16)Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:American Indians played a central role in the war known as the American Revolution. To them, however, the dispute between the colonists and England was peripheral. For American Indians the conflict was a war for American Indian independence, and whichever side they chose, they lost it. Mary Brant was a powerful influence among the Iroquois. She was a Mohawk, the leader of the society of all Iroquois matrons, and the widow of Sir William Johnson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Her brother, Joseph Brant, is the bestknown American Indian warrior of theRevolution, yet she may have exerted even more influence in the confederacy than he did. She used her influence to keep the western tribes of Iroquois loyal to the English king, George Ⅲ. When the colonists won the war, she and her tribe had to abandon their lands and retreat to Canada. On the other side, Nancy Ward held positions of authority in the Cherokee nation. She had fought as a warrior in the war against the Creeks and as a reward for her heroism was made “Beloved Woman” of the tribe. This office made her chief of the women’s council and a member of the council of chiefs. She was friendly with the white settlers and supported the Patriots during the Revolution. Yet the Cherokees too lost their land.21.What is the main point the author makes in the passage?A.Siding with the English in the Revolution helped American Indians regain their land.B.At the time of the Revolution the Superintendent of Indian Affairs had little power.C.Regardless of whom they supported in the Revolution, American Indians lost their land.D.The outcome of the Revolution was largely determined by American Indian women.22.The word “it” in line 5 refers to ____.A.sideB.revolutionC.disputeD.independence23.How did Ward gain her position of authority?A.By bravery in battle.B.By marriage to a chief.C.By joining the confederacy.D.By being born into a powerful family.24.To which tribe did Nancy Ward belong?A.Mohawk.B.Iroquois.C.Cherokee.D.Creek.25.According to the passage, what did Mary Brant and Nancy Ward had in common?A.Each was called “Beloved Woman” by her tribe.B.Each influenced her tribe’s role in the American Revolution.C.Each lost a brother in the American Revolution.D.Each went to England after the American Revolution.Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.Born in 1830 in rural Amherst, Massachusetts,Emily Dickinson spent her entire life in the household of her parents. Between 1858 and 1862, it was later discovered, she wrote like a person possessed, often producing a poem a day. It was also during this period that her life was transformed into the myth of Amherst. Withdrawing more and more, keeping to her room, sometimes even refusing to see visitors who called,she began to dress only in white―a habit that addedto her reputation as an eccentric.In t heir determination to read Dickinson’s lifein terms of a traditional romantic plot, biographers have missed the unique pattern of her life―her struggle to create a female life not yet imagined by the culture in which she lived. Dickinson was not the innocent, lovelorn and emotionally fragile girl sentimentalized by the Dickinson myth and popularized by William Luce’s 1976 play, the Belle of Amherst.Her decision to shut the door on Amherst society inthe 1850’s transformed her house into a kind of magical realm in which she was free to engage her poetic genius. Her seclusion was not the result of a failed love affair, but rather a part of a moregeneral pattern of renunciation through which she, in her quest for selfsovereignty, carried on an argument with the puritan fathers, attacking with wit and ironytheir cheerless Calvinist doctrine, their stern patriarchal God, and their rigid notions of “true womanhood”.26.What’s the author’s main purpose in the passage?A.To interpret Emily Dickinson’s eccentr ic behavior.B.To promote the popular myth of Emily Dickinson.C.To discuss Emily Dickinson’s failed love affair.D.To describe the religious climate in Emily Dickinson’s time.27.Which of the following is not mentioned as being one of Emily Dickin son’s eccentricities?A.Refusing to eat.B.Wearing only white.C.Avoiding visitors.D.Staying in her room.28.According to the passage, biographers of Emily Dickinson have traditionally ____.A.criticized most of her poemsB.ignored her innocence and emotional fragilityC.seen her life in romantic termsD.blaming her parents for restricting heractivities29.The author implies that many people attribute Emily Dickinson’s seclusion to ____.A.physical illnessB.a failed love affairC.religious fervorD.her dislike of people30.It can be inferred from the passage that Emily Dickinson lived in a society that was characterized by ____.A.strong Puritan beliefsB.equality of men and womenC.the encouragement of nonconformityD.the appreciation of poetic creativityQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.The railroad industry could not have grown as large as it did without steel. The first rails were made of iron. But iron rails were not strong enough to support heavy trains running at high speeds. Railroad executives wanted to replace them with steel rails because steel was ten or fifteen times stronger and lasted twenty times longer. Before the 1870’s, however, steel was too expensive to be widely used. Itwas made by a slow and expensive process of heating, stirring and reheating iron ore.Then the inventor Henry Bessemer discovered that directing a blast of air at melted iron in a furnace would burn out the impurities that made the iron brittle. As the air shot through the furnace, the bubbling metal would erupt in showers of sparks. When the fire cooled, the metal had been changed, or converted to steel. The Bessemer converter made possible the mass production of steel. Now three to five tons of iron could be changed into steel in a matter of minutes.Just when the demand for more and more steel developed, prospectors discovered huge new deposits of iron ore in the Mesabi Range, a 120long region in Minnesota near Lake Superior. The Mesabi deposits were so near the surface that they could be mined with steam shovels.Barges and steamers carried the iron ore through Lake Superior to depots on the southern shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. With dizzying speed Gary, Indiana, and Toledo, Youngstown, and Cleveland, Ohio, became major steelmanufacturing centers. Pittsburgh was the greatest steel city of all.Steel was the basic building material of the industrial age. Production skyrocketed from seventyseven thousand tons in 1870 to over eleven million tons in 1900.31.According to the passage, the railroad industry preferred steel to iron because steel was ____.A.cheaper and more plentifulB.lighter and easier to moldC.cleaner and easier to mineD.stronger and more durable32.According to the passage, how did Bessemer method make the mass production of steel possible?A.It directed air at melted iron in a furnace, removing all impurities.B.It slowly heated iron ore then stirred it and heated it again.C.It changed iron ore into iron which was a substitute for steel.D.It could quickly find deposits of iron ore under the ground.33.According to the passage, where were large deposits of iron uncovered?A.In Pittsburgh.B.In the Mesabi Range.C.Near Lake Michigan.D.Near Lake Erie.34.The words “Barges and steamers” could best be replaced by which of the following?A.Trains.B.Planes.C.Boats.D.Trucks.35.It can be inferred from the passage that the mass production of steel caused ____.A.a decline in the railroad industryB.a revolution in the industrial worldC.an increase in the price of steelD.a feeling of discontent among steel workers答案Part Ⅱ1短文大意文章主要描述了美国印第安人在美国革命中所面临的矛盾，无论印第安人支持哪一方――殖民主义者还是英格兰，他们都将失去自己的领土与独立。
英语专四完形(新题型)真题(2016-2019) 及模拟试题
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Of no accountD. By all account9.____ the advances of the science, the discomforts of old age will no doubt always be with us.A. As forB. DespiteC. ExceptD. Besides10. ____ the claim about German economic might, it is somewhat surprising how relatively small the German economy actually is.A. To giveB. GivenC. GivingD. Having given11. ____ the sight of the police officers, the men ran off.A. InB. AtC. OnD. With12. ____ the wall, we decided that we should need three tins of paint.A. Making upB. Doing upC. Putting upD. Sizing up13. ____ the whole, early American city planning was excellent.A. InB. FromC. OnD. Above14. ____ we are having these days!B. What lovely weathersC. What lovely weatherD. What lovely a weather15. ____, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.A. Other things being equalB. Were other things equalC. To be equal to other thingsD. Other things to be equal16. ____, he does not love her.A. As he likes her very muchB. Though much he likes herC. Much although he likes herD. Much though he likes her17. A drunk man walked in, ____ in appearance.A. repulsiveB. reluctantC. reproachfulD. reputed18. A good many houses ____ knocked down by the earthquake.A. wasB. wereC. isD. are19. A good teacher must know how to ____ his ideas.A. conveyB. displayC. consultD. confront20. A large part of human activity, particularly in relation to the environment, is ____ conditions or events.A. in response toB. in favor ofC. in contrast toD. in excess of21. A love marriage, however, does not necessarily ____ much sharing of interests and responsibilities.22. A man has to make _____ for his old age by putting aside enough money to live on when old.A. supplyB. assuranceC. provisionD. adjustment23. A river _____ through the narrow wooded valley below.A. extendsB. poursC. expandsD. twists24. A writer has to ____ imagination as well as his experiences for his writing.A. drawing back fromB. draw inC. draw upD. draw on25. According to the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, wisdom comes from the _____ of maturity.A. fulfillmentB. achievementC. establishmentD. accomplishment26. After a concert tour in Asia, Canada and the U.S., he will _____ work on a five-language opera.A. confineB. indulgeC. resumeD. undergo27. After briefly ____ the history of the author, Prof. Li turned to the novel itself immediately.A. dipping inB. dipping atC. dipping intoD. dipping toAfter negotiation, the two countries ____ the terms of peace.A. agreed with29. After performing a successful operation, the doctor at last pulled the patient ____.A. backB. inC. upD. through30. After reading these books, he was _____ to the Darwinian theory of evolution.A. changedB. convertedC. transferredD. adjusted31. Airplane and television are among the ____ of science.A. masksB. martyrsC. marvelsD. marrow32. All experts agree that the most important consideration with diet drugs is carefully ____ the risks and benefits.A. weighingB. valuingC. evaluatingD. distinguishing33. Although Asian countries are generally more ____ in social customs than Western countries, there have been several notable examples of women leaders in both China and India.A. conservativeB. confidentialC. comprehensibleD. consistent34. Although he is very rich, his undutiful children are the ____ of his life.A. torchB. tormentC. topicD. topper35. Although he thought he was helping us to prepare the dinner, he was actually ____ the way.B. offC. byD. on36. Although most birds have only a negligible sense of smell, they have ____ vision.A. vigorousB. exactC. acuteD. vivid37. Although sports ____ the household, Joe drew the line when they interfered with family traditions and routine.A. overwhelmedB. affectedC. dominatedD. influenced38. Although the town had been ____ by the storm several times, little damage was done.A. attackedB. injuredC. harmedD. struck39. America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it ____ before the West was settled.A. couldB. wasC. wouldD. did40. Among the many subjects in school, mathematics is probably the most _____, depending least on a student's background and culture.A. universalB. abstractC. arbitraryD. concrete41. As a _____ actor, he can perform, sing, dance and play several kinds of musical instruments.A. flexibleB. versatileC. sophisticatedD. productive42. As a salesman, he works on a (an) _____ basis, taking 10% of everything he sells.B. commissionC. salaryD. pension43. As an excellent shooter, Peter practiced aiming at both _____ targets and moving targets.A. stationaryB. standingC. stableD. still44. As teachers we should concern ourselves with what is said, not what we think _____.A. ought to be saidB. must sayC. have to be saidD. need to say45. As the plane was getting ready to take off, we all _____ our seat belt.A. tiedB. lockedC. fastenedD. closed46. At first, the speaker was referring to the problem of pollution in the country, but halfway in her speech, she suddenly _____ to another subject.A. committedB. switchedC. favoredD. transmitted47. At no time _____ other countries.A. China will invadeB. will invade ChinaC. will China invadeD. invade will China48. Be here on Friday _____ the latest.A. atB. byC. forD. in49. Because the whole country is in a financial dilemma, the government calls on us to _____ economy.C. carryD. develop50. Before he started the work, I asked the builder to give me an _____ of the cost of repairing the roof.A. assessmentB. estimateC. announcementD. evaluation51. Beryl hardly ever goes to _____ the cinema.A. neither the theatre orB. either the theatre norC. neither the theatre norD. the theatre or52. Beside being expensive, the food tastes _____.A. badlyB. too much badC. too badlyD. bad53. Britain's press is unusual _____ it is divided into two very different types of newspaper: the quality press and the popular press.A. in howB. in whatC. in whichD. in that54. By moving the radar beam around slowly in circles, we can _____ the surroundings.A. exploreB. exposeC. exploitD. expand55. Cancer is second only _____ heart disease as a cause of death.A. ofB. toC. withD. from56. Care should be taken to decrease the length of time that one is _____ loud continuous noise.C. associated withD. attached to57. Careful surveys have indicated that as many as 50 percent of patients do not take drugs ______ directed.A. likeB. soC. whichD. as58. Changing from solid to liquid, water takes in heat from all substances near it, and this ______ produces artificial cold surrounding it.A. absorptionB. transitionC. consumptionD. interaction59. Charles can't go to work today because he _____ a cold.A. hasB. feelsC. takesD. thinks60. Charles has not the least ______ of giving up his research.A. intentionB. decisionC. ideaD. hope61. Columbus' decision to sail west to reach the East _____ on his belief that the earth was round.A. existedB. satC. relaxedD. rested62. Despite the wonderful acting and well-developed plot the _____ movie could not hold our attention.A. three-hoursB. three-hourC. three-hours'D. three-hour's63. Difficulties can _____ a person's best qualities.C. bring aboutD. bring to64. Doctors sometimes _____ old cures when modern medicine doesn't work.A. fall onB. fall down onC. fall back onD. fall in upon65. Does brain power _____ as we get older? Scientists now have some surprising answers.A. descendB. declineC. deduceD. collapse66. Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true _____ it comes to classroom tests.A. whenB. sinceC. beforeD. after67. Don't worry. The company will _____ all your expense.A. satisfyB. meetC. payD. submit68. Eventually, people spread throughout the continent, ______ the entire species.A. wiping outB. wiping awayC. wiping offD. wiping up69. Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to ______ healthy.A. preserveB. stayC. maintainD. reserve70. Faced with the ______ difficulties, they are determined to carry on their program.71. Fewer and fewer of today's workers expect to spend their working lives in the same field, ______ the same company.A. all elseB. much worseC. let aloneD. less likely72. Flying in an airplane was once thought to be an impossible ______.A. taskB. professionC. promiseD. contest73. Fresh vegetables are straight from the ______ and raw vegetables are ______.A. earth...cookedB. soil...uncookedC. floor...cookedD. ground...uncooked74. From this material we can _____ hundreds of what you may call direct products.A. deriveB. discernC. diminishD. displace75. Fruit is cheapest _____ season.A. atB. onC. inD. through76. Fruit pickers are paid at the _____ of '4.00 an hour.A. rateB. scaleC. sumD. value78. George wasn't in class today, Professor Brown excused him ______.A. from attendingB. of attendingC. to attendD. attending79. Class will _____ at a high temperature and will be in a liquid condition.A. dissolveB. disappearC. meltD. evaporate80. Hamlet _____ his father's death on his uncle.A. reversedB. revertedC. revengedD. revealed81. He _____ tennis every day since he ______ sixteen.A. has played... isB. played... has beenC. was playing...has beenD. has been playing...was82. He appeared _____ with our team's performance.A. satisfyingB. to be satisfyingC. to satisfyD. satisfied83. He believed that the greatest of his _____ was that he'd never had a college education.A. grievesB. misfortunesC. disastersD. sorrows84. He delivered _____ orders for a Chinese restaurant for the whole summer vacation so as to earn enough money for his tuition.85. He does not _____ as a teacher of English as his pronunciation is terrible.A. equalB. matchC. qualifyD. fit86. He finished _____ in the 1,500-meter run.A. championB. championshipC. firstD. No. one87. He has been asked to account _____ his absence.A. forB. onC. ofD. about88. He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any _____ on what he promises.A. faithB. beliefC. creditD. reliance89. He is _____ the run from the police.A. inB. offC. onD. after90. He is an artist with seemingly unlimited _____.A. creativityB. creatureC. creationD. creative91. He knows the rules but does not know how to ______ it.D. run92. He made a ____ inspection of the doors and the windows before leaving.A. slowlyB. leisurelyC. carefullyD. seriously93. He made such a _____ contribution to the university that they are naming one of the new building after him.A. genuineB. minimumC. modestD. generous94. He must have had an accident, or he _____ then.A. would have been hereB. had to be hereC. should be hereD. would be here95. He often sat in a small bar drinking considerably more than _____.A. he was in good healthB. his health was goodC. his good health wasD. was good for his health96. He pointed out that the living standard of urban and _____ people continued to improve.A. remoteB. municipalC. ruralD. provincial97. He said nothing at all, but his eyes spoke _____ him.A. forB. upC. outD. against98. He took me _____ task for not doing it.C. toD. on99. He used examples to _____ his argument.A. strengthenB. increaseC. fixD. underline100. He was here _____ the stroke.A. inB. onC. withD. to101. He was one of the greatest writers _____ had ever lived.A. whoB. whichC. thatD. as102. He would try to ingratiate himself _____ his clients in order to earn more money.A. intoB. withC. forD. from103. Her address made a great impression _____ the audience.A. atB. ofC. inD. on104. Here is one of the most interesting novels that _____ been published _____ the war.A. has ... afterB. have ... afterC. have ... sinceD. has ... since105. His companions have threatened to _____ his crimes to the police.106. His extravagance reduced him _____ for his living.A. to begB. from beggingC. to beggingD. into begging107. His death _____ with age.A. deterioratedB. determinedC. detectedD. detained108. His long service with the company was _____ with a present.A. admittedB. acknowledgedC. attributedD. accepted109. His novel _____ some light on life in China in Ming Dynasty.A. sendsB. providesC. throwsD. puts110. His tastes and habits _____ with those of his wife.A. combineB. competeC. coincideD. compromise111. His wife is quite lazy. Her reluctance to wash her own clothes is a case _____ point.A. inB. onC. toD. for112. His work is only _____, certainly not distinguished.113. Hot metal _____ as it grows cooler.A. contractsB. reducesC. condensesD. compresses114. Housewives who do not go out to work often feel they are not working to their full _____.A. capacityB. strengthC. lengthD. possibility115. How close parents are to their children _____ a strong influence on the character of the children.。
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2016专四改革新题型完形填空15选10填空模拟练习题（1）2015年八月2016年专四专八改革，完型填空由原始20个选择题，变为15选10 的选词填空(与四六级形式一致)。
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After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report: The damage and death toll(死亡人数) could have been much worse. More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, and earthquake of similar __1__ that shook America in 1998 claimed 25,000 victims.Injuries and deaths were __2__ less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4:31 a.m. On a holiday, when traffic was light on the city's highway. In addition, __3__ made to the construction codes in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the city's buildings and highways, making them more __4__ to quakes.In the past, making structures quake-resist-ant meant firm yet __5__ materials, such as steel and wood, that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to __6__ the impact of ground vibrations. The most __7__ designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports, called smart buildings, the structuresrespond like living organisms to an earthquake's vibrations. When ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would __8__ the building to shift in the opposite direction. The new designs should offer even greater __9__ to cities where earthquakes ofen take place.The new smart structures could be very __10__ to build. However, they would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes.[A]changes[B]flexible[C]decrease[D]recent[E]push[F]reduce[G]relatively[H]safety[I]resistant[J]expensive[K]force [L]accordingly [M]intensity [N]security [O]opposed答案解析：全文翻译1994年洛杉矶发生强烈大地震后，地震学家报告了一个好消息：地震所造成的伤亡和损害并不大。
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Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the following topic. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.题目一：Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your campus, what is the most interesting place you would like to take him/her to see and why?假设你的一位外国朋友来参观你的校园，你最感兴趣的地方想带他/她去看?为什么?题目二：Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown, what is the most interesting place you would like to take him/her to see and why?假设你的一位外国朋友来参观你的家乡，你最感兴趣的地方想带他/她去看?为什么?题目三：Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit China, what is the most interesting place you would like to take him/her to see and why?假设你的一位外国朋友来参观中国，你最感兴趣的地方想带他/她去看?为什么?Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Global warming is a trend toward warmer conditions around the world. Part of the warming is natural; we have experienced a 20,000-year-long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice__36___away,However , we have already reached temperatures that are in __37__with other minimum-ice periods, so continued warming is likely not natural. We are __38__to a predicted worldwide in increase in temperatures__39__betweem 1℃ and 6℃ over the next 100 years. The warming will be more__40__in some areas, less in other, and some places may even cool off. Likewise, the __41__of this warming will be very different depending on where you are-coastal areas must worry about rising sea levels, while Siberia and northern Canada may become more habitable(宜居的)and __42__for humans than these areas are now.The fact remains, however, that it will likely get warmer, on __43__, everywhere. Scientists are in general agreement that the warmer conditions we have been experiencing are at least in part the result of a human-induced global warming trend. Some scientists___44__that the changes we are seeing fall within the range of random(无规律的)variation-some years are cold, others warm, and we have just had an unremarkable string of warm years__45___--but that is becoming an increasingly rare interpretation in the face of continued and increasing warm conditions.A) appealing I) meltedB) average J) persistC) contributing K) rangingD) dramatic L) recentlyE) frequently M) resolvedF) impact N) sensibleG) line O) shockH) maintainSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.The End of the Book?[A] Amazon, by far the largest bookseller in the country, reported on May 19 that it is now selling more books in its electronic Kindle format than in the old paper-and-ink format. That is remarkable, considering that the Kindle has only been around for four years. E-books now account for 14 percent of all book sales in the country and are increasing far faster than overall book sales. E-book sales are up 146 percent over last year, while hardback sales increased 6 percent and paperbacks decreased 8 percent.[B] Does this spell the doom of the physical book? Certainly not immediately, and perhaps not at all. What it does mean is that the book business will go through a transformation in the next decade or so more profound than any it has seen since Gutenberg introduced printing from moveable type in the 1450s.[C] Physical books will surely become much rarer in the marketplace. Mass market paperbacks, which have been declining for years anyway, will probably disappear, as will hardbacks for mysteries, thrillers, “romance fiction,” etc. Such books, which only rarely end up in permanent collections, either private or public, will probably only be available as e-books within a few years. Hardback and trade paperbacks for “serious” nonfiction and fiction will surely last longer. Perhaps it will become the mark of an author to reckon with that he or she is still published in hard copy.[D] As for children’s books, who knows? Children’s books are like dog food in that the purchasers are not the consumers, so the market (and the marketing) is inherently strange.[E] For clues to the book’s future, let’s look at some examples of technological change and see what happened to the old technology.[F] One technology replaces another only because the new technology is better, cheaper, or both. The greater the difference, the sooner and more thoroughly the new technology replaces the old. Printing with moveable type on paper dramatically reduced the cost of producing a book compared with the old-fashioned ones handwritten on vellum, which comes from sheepskin. A Bible—to be sure, a long book—required vellum made from 300 sheepskins and countless man-hours of labor. Before printing arrived, a Bible cost more than a middle-class house. There were perhaps 50,000 books in all of Europe in 1450. By 1500 there were 10 million.[G] But while printing quickly caused the hand written book to die out, handwriting lingered on (继续存在) well into the 16th century. Very special books are still occasionally produced onvellum, but they are one-of-a-kind show pieces.[H]Sometimes a new technology doesn’t drive the old one out, but only parts of it while forcing the rest to evolve. The movies were widely predicted to drive live theater out of the marketplace, but they didn’t, because theater turned out to have qualities movies could not reproduce. Equally, TV was supposed to replace movies but, again, did not.[I] Movies did, however, fatally impact some parts of live theater. And while TV didn’t kill movies, it did kill second-rate pictures, shorts, and cartoons.[J] Nor did TV kill radio. Comedy and drama shows (“Jack Benny,” “Amos and Andy,” “The Shadow”) all migrated to television. But because you can’t drive a car and watch television at the same time, rush hour became radio’s prime, while music, talk, and news radio greatly enlarged their audiences. Radio is today a very different business than in the late 1940s and a much larger one.[K] Sometimes old technology lingers for centuries because of its symbolic power. Mounted cavalry (骑兵) replaced the chariot (二轮战车) on the battlefield around 1000 BC. But chariots maintained their place in parades and triumphs right up until the end of the Roman Empire 1,500 years later. The sword hasn’t had a military function for a hundred years, but is still part of an officer’s full-dress uniform, precisely because a sword always symbolized “an officer and a gentleman.”[L] Sometimes new technology is a little cranky (不稳定的) at first. Television repairman was a common occupation in the 1950s, for instance. And so the old technology remains as a backup. Steamships captured the North Atlantic passenger business from sail in the 1840s because of its much greater speed.But steamships didn’t lose their sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines had a nasty habit of breaking down. Until ships became large enough (and engines small enough) to mount two engines side by side, they needed to keep sails. (The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world’s ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century.)[M] Then there is the fireplace. Central heating was present in every upper-and middle-class home by the second half of the 19th century. But functioning fireplaces remain to this day a powerful selling point in a house or apartment. I suspect the reason is a deep-rooted love of the fire. Fire was one of the earliest major technological advances for humankind, providing heat, protection, and cooked food (which is much easier to cat and digest). Human control of fire goes back far enough (over a million years) that evolution could have produced a genetic leaning towards fire as a central aspect of human life.[N] Books—especially books the average person could afford—haven’t been around long enough to produce evolutionary change in humans. But they have a powerful hold on many people nonetheless, a hold extending far beyond their literary content. At their best, they are works of art and there is a tactile(触觉的)pleasure in books necessarily lost in e-book versions. The ability to quickly thumb through pages is also lost. And a room with books in it induces, at least in some, a feeling not dissimilar to that of a fire in the fireplace on a cold winter’s night.[O] For these reasons I think physical books will have a longer existence as a commercial product than some currently predict. Like swords, books have symbolic power. Like fireplaces, theyinduce a sense of comfort and warmth. And, perhaps, similar to sails, they make a useful back-up for when the lights go out.46. Authors still published in printed versions will be considered important ones.47. Some people are still in favor of printed books because of the sense of touch they can provide.48. The radio business has changed greatly and now attracts more listeners.49. Contrary to many people’s prediction of its death, the film industry survived.50. Remarkable changes have taken place in the book business.51. Old technology sometimes continues to exist because of its reliability.52. The increase of e-book sales will force the book business to make changes not seen for centuries.53. A new technology is unlikely to take the place of an old one without a clear advantage.54. Paperbacks of popular literature are more likely to be replaced by e-books.55. A house with a fireplace has a stronger appeal to buyers.。
2016--2019年新TEM4作文真题
2016 年专四作文题目Read carefully the following excerpt on term-time holiday arguments in the UK, and then write your response In NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should:1)summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then2)comment on whether parents should take children out of school for holiday during term time in order to save moneyYou should support yourself with information from the excerptMarks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marksTerm-time holidays will be bannedParents are to be banned by Michael Gove, UK’sEducation Secretary, from taking their children out of school to save money on holidays.He is to abolish the right of head teachers to "authorise absence" from the classroom, which has been used to let families take term-time breaks, and will warn them they face fines for their childrennot being at school“Any time out of school has the potential to damage a child ’seducation, " a senior source at the Department for Education said this weekend. "That is why the government will end the distinction between authorised and unauthorised absence”.“This is part of the government ’swider commitment to bring down truancy levels in our schools. There will also be stricter penalties for parents and schools”.The tough measures on truancy are part of a wider attempt by Mr. Gove to make education more academically rigorous and to tackle a culture in the educational establishment which he believes has accepted "excuses for failure”.Russell Hobby, the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said the measure would discourage parents from trying to put pressure on heads to sanction term time holidays. "The high cost of holidays outside of term time is still an issue but ultimately a child's education is more important than a holiday, "he said.2017 年专四作文题目Read carefully the following excerpt and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should1)summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then2)comment on whether our brains will get lazy in a world run by intelligent machines.You can support yourself with information from the excerpt.Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marksWith intelligent machines to do the thinking, will our brains get lazy?Changing technology stimulates the brain and increases intelligence. But that may only be true if the technology challenges us. In a world run by intelligent machines, our lives could get a lot simpler. Would that make us less intelligent?Artificial intelligence is taking over many human jobs. For instance, planes are being flown much of the time by automatic pilots. And the complex problem of controlling air traffic around large modern airports is also achieved by artificial intelligence that operates well beyond the capability of mere human air traffic controllers.Artificial intelligence is embedded in many features of modern life for the simple reason that intelligent machines can already outperform humans, including some aptitudes where there was once thought to be a human advantage, such as playing chess, and writing poetry, or even novels.As machines get smarter, they will do more of our thinking for us and make life easier. In the future, the electronic assistant will develop to the point that it serves similar functions as a real living butler, fulfilling requests such as: "Organize a dinner party for six on Thursday and invite the usual guests”.At that point, our long struggle with challenging technologies is at an end. Like Bertie Wooster, we can take it easy knowing that the hard work of planning and organizing is being done by a better brain-----the electronic assistant. Starved of mental effort, our brains will regress.2018 年专四作文题目Read carefully the following report, and then write your response inNO LESS THAN 200words, Inwhich you should:1) summarize the main message of the report, and then2)comment on the two points made by Stephen Corry, Survivals DirectorYou can support yourself with information from the reportMarks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality, Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks Write your response on ANSWER SHEET THREE.Report exposes the dark side of conservationA report launched by Survival International---the global movement for tribal people right ’s------reveals how conservation has led to the eviction of millions of tribal people from protected areas, "since protected areas "like national parks should generally be no go " for miming, agriculture, dams, roadsand pipelines.Survival's report shows that nearly all protected areas are, or have been, the ancestral homelands of tribal peoples, who have been dependent on, and managed them for thousands of years. But in the name of "conservation", tribal peoples are being "illegally driven out" from these lands and accuse “poaching"; meanwhile, tourists and fee-paying big game hunters are welcomed in.Bushman Daugoo Xukuri from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana said, " I sit and look around the country. Wherever there are bushmen, there is game. Why? Because we know how to take care of animals”.Survival's report concludes that the current model of conservation needs a radical shakeup. Conservation must stick to international law, protect tribal peoples' rights to their lands, listen to them. and then be prepared to back them up as much as they can.Survivals Director Stephen Corry said,“Millions are being spent by conservationists every year, and yet the environment's in deepening crisis. It's time to wake up and realize that there is another way and it's much, much better. Firstly, tribal peoples' rights have to be acknowledged and respected. Secondly, they have to be treated as the best experts at defending their own lands. Conservationists must realize it's they, themselves, who are junior partners.”2019 年专四作文题目Read carefully the following excerpt and then write your response in NO LESSTHAN200 WORDS,in which you should1) summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then2)comment on Brewer's view that parents should join in with their kids rather than limit their media consumption,You can support yourself with information from the excerpt.Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.Write your response on ANSWER SHEET THREEHow much screen time is too much for kids?Parents have been advised to limit media consumption of their children, but research suggests it's the nature of it that matters.For many parents in the digital age, battles with their kids over screen time and devices have become a depressing part of family life. Many parents will now be relieved to hear that recent research suggests that it’snot so much the length, but the nature of the screen time that matters.Jocelyn Brewer, a psychologist who specializes in the concept of "digital nutrition" likens media diets to what's on our plates: rather than counting calories (or screen time) think about what you’re eating."It's not Just about whether you consume any potential digital Junk foods, but also your relationship to technology and the role it plays in your family life, "says Brewer.For young children, the most important thing is whether parents and kids are playing, watchingor browsing together.A study of 20,000 parents published late last year by the Oxford Internet Institute and Cardiff University determined that there was no correlation between limiting device use and children's well-being. The study's lead author Dr. Andrew Pryzbylski said: "Our findings suggest the broader family context, how parents set rules about digital screen time, and if they are actively engaged in exploring the digital world together, are more important than the raw screen time.”“The consensus is that screen time, in and of itself, is not harmful ---and reasonable restrictions vary greatly, depending on a child's behavior and personality. There is little point in worrying about how many minutes a day your kids are spending with screens, says Brewer. "Instead, parents should be doing what they can to ensure that what they are watching, playing and reading is high quality, age-appropriate and safe-----and joining in wherever possible”.。
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TEM4模拟练习五
1.culture shock 文化冲击
2.constrain强制;限制
3.do brainstorming 集思广益
4.permanent永久的;长久的
5.bibliography参考书目
6.eliminate淘汰;消除
7.redundancy①裁员
②多余,冗余
8.so much…so that..如此..以至于
9.solicitor(事务)律师
10.scarcely=hardly几乎不
scarcely when=hardly when
一/刚……就
11.working class 工人阶级
12.evolutionary theory 进化论
13.make oneself scarce 回避,溜走
14.so as to (目的)以便
such as to(结果)以致
15.descend 下降;传下来
descendant n.后代adj.祖传的
descend into sth [无被动]逐渐
陷入
descend on sb/sth突然大批来
访
16.derive from从…衍生出;起源于
17.inherit (from) 继承;遗传
18.segmentn.①部分;片段
②(水果)瓣
v.分割,划分
market segment 分块市场
19.pile up 堆积,累积
a pile of 堆;叠;摞
20.startlingly惊人地
21.enormously(范围、程度)极大地
22.in the light of = according to
鉴于;考虑到
23.in the case of在..情况下,就…
而言
in case of 万一;如果
24.at the cost of 以…为代价
25.manifestation表露,表现
26.implementation执行,落实;完成27.demonstration表演;演示;游行
28.put sb. through sth. 使某人经
受苦难、考验等
putsb. throughto sb. 为某人接
通电话
29.turnsb. out 赶走某人
30.givesb. up ①对…不再抱有希
望②与某人断绝关系
31.circulation报纸、杂志的发行
32.manipulation操作,操纵;巧妙处
理
33.reproduction复制,翻版;繁殖
34.penetration渗透;洞察力
35.breakdown①停止运转②失败,
瓦解(collapse, fail)
36.break out 突然发生或爆发
37.spiritperplexity精神困惑
38.bewilderment困惑;晕头转向
39.aggravate加剧,激怒
40.alleviate减轻,缓解
41.evoke唤起,引起
42.disperse使分散,驱散
43.sufficient足够的,充足的
44.emphasize强调
45.submarine潜水艇
46.talkdown引导
47.take responsibility for 对…负
责
48.fundamentally=radically根本上
49.simulation模拟;仿真
50.unobtrusive不显著的,不引人注
目的
51.interdependent相互依存
52.invader入侵者
53.considerate考虑周到的;体贴的
considerable相当多(大、重要)
的
54.transplant移植(器官)
patible兼容的;和睦的
56.immunesystem免疫系统
57.renewablesourcesofenergy
可再生资源
58.untappedsources未开发的资源
59.civilengineering土木工程
60.lowercostsandhighreturns
低成本高回报
61.practicalviability可行性
62.cite引用;引述
63.on this issue
64.put knowledge into practice
理论联系实践
65.academic career 学业
66.weighing the advantages and
disadvantages 权衡利弊67.Those who… consider/believe
that… 那些…人认为…
68.be worth noting that 值得一提
的是
69.if the schedule permits 若时间
允许。