大学英语四级（2013年12月考试改革适用）-试卷210及答案解析.doc

1、大学英语四级（2013 年 12 月考试改革适用）-试卷 210 及答案解析(总分：118.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Writing(总题数：2，分数：4.00)1.Part I Writing（分数：2.00）_2.For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Test for Civil Servant based on the outline below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

2、1近几年兴起了一股报考公务员的热潮。2分析产生这一现象的原因。3你的看法。（分数：2.00）_二、Listening Comprehens(总题数：12，分数：50.00)3.Part II Listening Comprehension_4.Section A_A.The pro-Iranian Hezbollah.B.The Palestinian group Hamas.C.The Irish Republican Army.D.The Basque separatist group ETA.A.Entering the United States legally.B.Freezing

3、US financial assets abroad.C.Receiving support from other countries.D.Giving weapons to other terrorist groups.A.Upgrade its network capacity.B.Improve customer services.C.Develop new products.D.Market more iPhones.A.Nationwide.B.Overseas.C.In large cities.D.In remote towns.A.A big fire erupted on t

4、he Nile River.B.Helicopters were used to evacuate people.C.Five people were taken to hospital for burns.D.A big fire took place on two floors.A.Electrical short-cut.B.Lack of fire-safety measures.C.Terrorism.D.Not known.A.It is well carried out.B.It is not straightly enforced.C.It haven t enacted.D.

5、It is not suitable.5.Section B_A.He saw the office on his way home from work.B.A friend referred him to Dr. Carter s office.C.He found Dr. Carter s number in the phone book.D.He found Dr. Carter s number on the Internet.A.He has to pick up his tool kits.B.He has to take a bus home.C.He has to open h

6、is store in the morning.D.He has to pick up his kids.A.The man s telephone number is 647-0547.B.The man s telephone number is 603-0547.C.The man was scheduled to meet the doctor at 8:15 a.m. Thursday.D.The man was scheduled to meet the doctor at 8:00 a.m. Thursday.A.He hurt his knees when a tall lad

7、der fell on him.B.He injured his ankle when he fell from a ladder.C.He sprained his hand when he fell off the roof of his house.D.His foot has a paint can on because he likes painting the house.A.He is early for classes.B.He has an accident on the road.C.He always make troubles.D.He makes a complain

8、t.A.He is late for classes too often.B.He has missed too many classes.C.He has failed in the exam again.D.He is a trouble maker at school.A.Students are going to take the final exam today.B.It s the last day Steve can drop the class with a full refund.C.Students have to hand in their reports today.D

9、.It s the final day Steve can apply for a loan.A.Drop the class.B.Make up the missed lessons.C.Stop taking part time job.D.Transfer to another school.6.Section C_A.Countries of America and Europe.B.Countries in the Middle East.C.Jewish countries.D.India.A.On January first.B.The first day of March.C.

10、On Spring Festival.D.At the end of summer.A.People made noise in ancient times to drive away the evil spirits from the home.B.People made noise to welcome evil spirits.C.People made noise to drive away sadness.D.People made noise to be happier on New Year s Day.A.Most of the early diamond miners bec

11、ame wealthy later.B.Diamonds couldn t be formed without great heat and pressure of the volcano.C.The earliest known diamonds were discovered in the River Amazon.D.Explosions of the volcano can damage diamonds as well.A.Under the river bed.B.On the floor of the sea.C.In the volcanoes.D.At the foot of

12、 the mountains.A.Diamond Hunting.B.DiamondA Precious Stone.C.DiamondSymbol of Fortune.D.How Is Diamond Formed and Found?A.The development of electronic musical instruments.B.The relative costs of different types of musical instruments.C.The performance of classical music on synthesizers.D.The replac

13、ement of the harpsichord by the piano.A.At the beginning.B.In the middle.C.Near the end.D.Just after the end.A.He thinks it is too soon to tell.B.He disagrees with it.C.He is prized by it.D.He is alarmed by it.A.In the early nineteenth century.B.In the late nineteenth century.C.In the early twentiet

14、h century.D.In the late twentieth century.三、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：8，分数：60.00)7.Part III Reading Comprehension_8.Section A_Today I would like to tell you about the effects of old age on health. Actually today a lot of 1have taken place in the care of old people and old people s health is not nearl

15、y so bad as it used to be. Probably the most ignored disorder among old people is 2. Maybe about 15% of older people 3from this condition. A lot of it is caused by 4. Although it is better now for old people, we have to admit that the body does change as we grow older. The 5system starts to decline

16、and there are changes in metabolism, lungs, the senses, the brain and the skin. So what should an old person do to 6these changes? He or she should eat a 7dietnot too much fatchicken or fish should be eaten rather than eggs or beef. Eat more high fibre and vitamin rich foods, such as 8and fruit. The

17、 old person should give up smoking if he hasnt already done so. He should also do regular 9at least half an hour, three times a week. No section of the 10can benefit more from exercise than the elderly.A)floatation B)combat C)pervasive D)improvementsE)immune F)depression G)suffer H)populationI)balan

18、ced J)vegetables K)over-medication L)determinedM)contempt N)exercise O)regularly（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_10.Section B_TV Linked to Lower MarksA)The effect of television on children has been debated ever since the first sets were turned on. Now t

19、hree new studies find that too much tube time can lower test scores, retard(妨碍)learning and even predict college performance. The reports appear in the July issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.B)In the first report, researchers studied the effect that having a TV in a child s b

20、edroom can have on third graders. “We looked at the household media environment in relation to academic achievement on mathematics, reading and language arts tests,“ said study author Dina Borzekowski, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.C)Borzekowski and her co

21、lleague, Dr. Thomas Robinson of Stanford University, collected data on 386 third graders and their parents about how much TV the children watched, the number of TV sets, computers and video game consoles in the household and where they were. They also collected data on how much time the children spe

22、nt using the different media, as well as the time spent doing homework and reading. The researchers found that the media in the household, where it is and how it is used can have a profound effect on learning. “We found that the household media environment has a very close association with performan

23、ce on the different test scores,“ Borzekowski said.D)“A child who has a TV in his or her bedroom is likely to have a score that is eight points lower on a mathematics test compared to a child who doesnt have a TV in the bedroom,“ she noted. These children also scored lower on the reading and languag

24、e arts tests. However, children who have access to a home computer are likely to have higher scores on each of the tests compared with children who dont have access to a home computer, Borzekowski noted.E)The reasons why TV has this negative effect are not clear, Borzekowski said. “When there s TV i

25、n the bedroom, parents are less likely to have control over the content and the amount watched,“ Borzekowski said. “They are also unable to know how early or how late the set is on. This seems to be associated with kids performance on academic tests.“ Borzekowski believes that content and the time t

26、he TV is on may be the primary reasons for its negative effect. “If the TV is in the family room, then parents can see the content of what children are watching,“ she said. “Parents can choose to sit alongside and watch, or turn the set off. A simple and straightforward, positive parenting strategy

27、is to keep the TV out of the childs bedroom, or remove it if its already there.“F)In the second report, Dr. Robert Hancox from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, and colleagues found, regardless of your intelligence or social background, if you watch a lot of TV during childhood, you a

28、re a lot less likely to have a college degree by your mid-20s. In their study, the researchers followed 1,037 people born in 1972 and 1973. Every two years, between the ages of 5 and 15, they were asked how much television they watched. The researchers found that those who watched the most televisio

29、n during these years had earned fewer degrees by the time they were 26. “We found that the more television the child had watched, the more likely they were to leave school without any qualifications,“ Hancox said in a prepared statement. “Those who watched little television had the best chance of go

30、ing on to university and earning a degree.“G)Hancoxs team found that watching TV at an early age had the most effect on graduating from college. “An interesting finding was that although teenage viewing was strongly linked to leaving school without any qualifications, it was earlier childhood viewin

31、g that had the greatest impact on getting a degree,“ he said. “This suggests that excessive television in younger children has a long-lasting adverse effect on educational performance.“H)In the third paper, Frederick Zimmerman and Dr. Dimitri Christakis from the University of Washington report that,

32、 for very young children, watching TV can result in lower test scores in mathematics, reading recognition and reading comprehension. “We looked at how much television children watched before age 3 and then at ages 3 to 5,“ Zimmerman said. “We found that for children who watched a small amount of TV

33、in the earlier years, there was consider able beneficial effect compared to children who watched a lot of TV.“I)For children aged 3 to 5, the effect was not as clear, Zimmerman said. “There were some beneficial effects of watching TV on reading, but no beneficial effects for math or vocabulary,“ he

34、noted. “The worst pattern was to watch more than three hours of TV before age 3. Those kids had a significant disadvantage compared to the other kids.“ Parents should follow the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation, which is no TV for children under 2, Zimmerman said. “Personally, I feel th

35、e cutoff should be children under 3, because there is just not any good content for children under 3.“J)One expert believes that TV can have both positive and negative effects, but it all depends on what children are watching. “Content matters,“ said Deborah Linebarger, an assistant professor at the

36、 University of Pennsylvania, who co-authored an accompanying editorial. “Educational content has been found to be related to performance on school readiness tests, higher grades when they are teenagers, whereas, non-educational content tends to be associated with lower academic performance.“K)Anothe

37、r expert agrees. “TV watching takes up space that could be used by more useful things,“ said Dr. Christopher Lucas, a clinical coordinator at the Early Childhood Evaluation and Treatment Program at the New York University Child Study Center. “TV is not necessarily toxic, but is something that has to

38、 be done in moderation: something that balances the other needs of the child for healthy development.“ L)Lucas puts the responsibility for how much TV kids watch and what they watch squarely on parents. “The amount of TV watching certainly has a link with the reduced amount of time reading or doing

39、homework,“ he said. “The key is the amount of control parents have in limiting the amount of access. Get the TV out of the bedroom: be aware of what is being watched: limit the amount of TV watching.“（分数：20.00）(1).According to Borzekowski, children having chances to use a family computer are likely

40、to acquire better results on the different tests.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).The reports issued in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescents Medicine find that watching too much TV leads to poor performance in school.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).Watching more than three hours of TV before age 3 has bad effect on kids

41、.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).According to the second report, the chance for one to acquire a college degree depends on the amount of his TV watching during childhood.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).In Deborah L. Lingbargers opinion, educational content is helpful for teenagers to get better results on school readiness

42、tests.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(6).The environment of family media greatly affects childrens test scores according to the first report.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(7).Borzekowski believes that TVs negative effect on childrens marks may mainly lie in what children watch on TV and how much time they spend on it.（分数：2.00）填

43、空项 1:_(8).Lucas thinks parents should take the responsibility to supervise kids TV watching.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(9).According to the recommendation from American Academy of Pediatrics, children under 2 should watch no TV.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(10).Hancox thinks earlier childhood TV watching affects ones acqui

44、ring a college degree most.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_11.Section C_What you can remember from age 3 may help improve aspects of your life far into adulthood. Children who have the ability to recall and make sense of memories from daily lifethe first day of preschool, the time the cat diedcan use them to better

45、 develop a sense of identity, form relationships and make sound choices in adolescence and adulthood, new research shows. While the lives of many youngsters today are heavily documented in photos and video on social media and stored in families digital archives(档案馆), studies suggest photos and videos have little impact. Parents play a bigger role in helping determine not just how many early memories children can recall, but how children interpret and learn from the events of their earliest experiences. Children whose parents en