大学英语四级分类模拟题521及答案解析.doc

1、大学英语四级分类模拟题 521 及答案解析(总分：187.50，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.50)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief account of education in “Chinese mom“ style and then explain why this style of

2、 education is inadvisable. You should write at least 120 words and no more than 180 word. （分数：106.50）_二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：71.00)They say that sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you. Yet childhood bullying really can damage your lon

3、g-term health. Gone are the days when bullying was considered an inevitable and ultimately harmless part of growing upjust last month we learned that childhood bullying can lead to poorer mental health even into middle age. Now William Copeland at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and his c

4、olleagues have shown that it can have lingering physiological effects too. They tracked 1420 9-year-olds right through their teens. Each child was seen up to nine times during the study and quizzed about bullying. The team then measured levels of C-reactive protein in their blood. CRP is a marker of

5、 inflammation (炎症) linked to higher risk of cardiovascular disease (心血管疾病) and problems like diabetes. “Because we were collecting biological samples throughout, we were able to look at CRP levels in subjects prior to their bullying involvement,“ says Copeland. “This really gives us an idea of the c

6、hanges bullying brings about.“ Although CRP levels naturally rise in everyone during adolescence, levels were highest in children who reported being tormented by bullies. Even at the ages of 19 and 21, children who had once been bullied had CRP levels about 1.4 times higher than peers who were neith

7、er perpetrators nor victims. In a cruel twist, the bullies had the lowest levels of all, suggesting they didn“t suffer the same health risks. They may even see a benefit from their behavior, though Copeland stresses it doesn“t vindicate (辩护) their actions. “The goal would instead be to find other wa

8、ys to produce this protective effect without it being at someone else“s expense,“ he says. Andrea Danese at King“s College London has previously shown that maltreatment during childhood can lead to high levels of inflammation in adult life. “This new study is a helpful addition in showing that these

9、 effects extend to another important childhood stressor,“ he says. He suggests that care workers could monitor levels of CRP in children having psychotherapy to see if it is helping to soothe the stress of being bullied.（分数：71.00）(1).What do you know about CRP?（分数：14.20）A.It is a symbol of the infla

10、mmation.B.It is a symbol of cardiovascular.C.It relates directly to diabetes.D.It is a symbol of physiological effects caused by bullying.(2).What does Copeland mean by saying “prior to their bullying involvement“ (Line 2, Para. 4)?（分数：14.20）A.Before the children bullied others.B.Before the children

11、 were bullied.C.In preference to the children“s bullying behavior.D.In preference to the children“s being bullied.(3).What can be learned from paragraph 5?（分数：14.20）A.The levels of CRP of the children being bullied are much higher than their peers.B.CRP levels naturally rise along with the increase

12、of age.C.The bullies are not blamed for the health risks of the bullied.D.Copeland intends to defend the benefit of the bullies“ actions.(4).What does Andrea Danese suggest about childhood maltreatment?（分数：14.20）A.It has nothing to do with inflammation in adult life.B.Copeland“s study shows nothing

13、related to it.C.CRP is the marker of childhood abuse.D.It has an influence on Children“s CRP levels.(5).What is the main idea of this passage?（分数：14.20）A.Bullying is harmless to children“s growth.B.CRP levels reflect the risks of poorer health.C.Bullying does harm to a person all through his life.D.

14、Children once bullied have higher CRP levels than peers who are not.五、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Languages will continue to diverse. Even if English were to become the universal language, it would still take many different forms. Indeed the same could happen to English as has happened to Chinese: a

15、language of intellectuals which doesn“t vary hugely alongside a large number of variations used by local peoples. We will continue to teach other languages in some form, and not just for reasons of practical use. Learning a language is good for your mental health; it forces you to understand another

16、 cultural and intellectual system. So I hope British education will develop a more rational approach to the foreign languages available to students in line with their political importance. Because so many people believe it“s no longer important to know another language, I fear that time devoted to l

17、anguage teaching in schools may well continue to decline. But you can argue that learning another language well is more exhausting than, say, learning to play chess wellit involves sensitivity to a set of complicated rules, and also to context. Technology will certainly make a difference to the use

18、of foreign languages. Computers may, for instance, relieve the hard work that a vast translation represents. But no one who has seen a computer translation will think it can substitute for live knowledge of the different languages. A machine will always be behind the times. Still more important is t

19、he fact that no computer will ever get at the associations beyond the words associations that may not be expressed but which carry much of the meaning. In languages like Arabic that context is very important. Languages come with heavy cultural baggage tooin French or German if you miss the cultural

20、references behind a word you“re very likely to be missing the meaning. It will be very hard to teach all that to a computer. All the predictions are that English will be spoken by a declining proportion of the world“s population in the 21st century. I don“t think foreign languages will really become

21、 less important, but they might be perceived to beand that would in the end bea very bad thing.（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following statements about Chinese is true?（分数：2.00）A.Chinese will soon become the universal language.B.Chinese is a language of intellectuals.C.There are many dialects in Chines

22、e.D.Chinese will be regarded as important as English.(2).According to the second paragraph, the author may most probably agree that _.（分数：2.00）A.other languages should be taught principally for practical reasonsB.learning a language is to know a country“s cultural and intellectual systemC.British ed

23、ucation has a rational approach to the teaching of foreign languagesD.learning another language well is too exhausting and complicated(3).The worst disadvantage of computer translation is that _.（分数：2.00）A.the expressions used in it are always behind the timesB.it can only be used in the translation

24、 of certain languagesC.it cannot replace live knowledge of the different languagesD.it can never express the implied meanings beyond word associations(4).By saying “languages come with heavy cultural baggage“, the author means that _.（分数：2.00）A.much unnecessary cultural background blocks the underst

25、anding of a languageB.a language usually contains important cultural traditions and customC.it is a burden for a language learner to understand the related cultureD.the understanding of a language is affected by the various contexts it is in(5).The author thinks it would be a bad thing if _.（分数：2.00

26、A.English is spoken by fewer people in the 21st centuryB.foreign languages become less important in the 21st centuryC.English is not as important as foreign languages in the 21st centuryD.foreign languages are regarded as less important in the 21st century大学英语四级分类模拟题 521 答案解析(总分：187.50，做题时间：90 分钟)一

27、Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.50)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief account of education in “Chinese mom“ style and then explain why this style of education is inadvisable. You should write

28、at least 120 words and no more than 180 word. （分数：106.50）_正确答案：()解析：Education in “Chinese Mom“ StyleAs the cartoon above exhibits, “Chinese morn“ has become a derogatory term among American students. The reason lies in their problematic education style, that is, to combine strict demand and excessiv

29、e love. Why do Chinese morns develop such an education style? Two kinds of psychologies are the determining factors of this phenomenon. One is comparing psychology and the other is compensation psychology . Above all, having comparing psychology is a specialty of our nation, which makes parents do e

30、very effort to compete against one another in everything, especially in children“s education, different from setting goals for children, because it implies their lack of confidence. Compensation psychology results from the hardship experienced by the parents who do not have chances to attend famous

31、colleges and universities. They tend to encourage, even force their children to enroll into them so that the parents may feel balanced. Comparing psychology and compensation psychology are the reasons for education of Chinese mom style of going extremes. Chinese parents should broaden their horizon

32、and jump out of the circle and find new concepts for successful education.二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：71.00)They say that sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you. Yet childhood bullying really can damage your long-term health. Gone are the

33、days when bullying was considered an inevitable and ultimately harmless part of growing upjust last month we learned that childhood bullying can lead to poorer mental health even into middle age. Now William Copeland at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and his colleagues have shown that it

34、 can have lingering physiological effects too. They tracked 1420 9-year-olds right through their teens. Each child was seen up to nine times during the study and quizzed about bullying. The team then measured levels of C-reactive protein in their blood. CRP is a marker of inflammation (炎症) linked to

35、 higher risk of cardiovascular disease (心血管疾病) and problems like diabetes. “Because we were collecting biological samples throughout, we were able to look at CRP levels in subjects prior to their bullying involvement,“ says Copeland. “This really gives us an idea of the changes bullying brings about

36、 Although CRP levels naturally rise in everyone during adolescence, levels were highest in children who reported being tormented by bullies. Even at the ages of 19 and 21, children who had once been bullied had CRP levels about 1.4 times higher than peers who were neither perpetrators nor victims.

37、 In a cruel twist, the bullies had the lowest levels of all, suggesting they didn“t suffer the same health risks. They may even see a benefit from their behavior, though Copeland stresses it doesn“t vindicate (辩护) their actions. “The goal would instead be to find other ways to produce this protectiv

38、e effect without it being at someone else“s expense,“ he says. Andrea Danese at King“s College London has previously shown that maltreatment during childhood can lead to high levels of inflammation in adult life. “This new study is a helpful addition in showing that these effects extend to another i

39、mportant childhood stressor,“ he says. He suggests that care workers could monitor levels of CRP in children having psychotherapy to see if it is helping to soothe the stress of being bullied.（分数：71.00）(1).What do you know about CRP?（分数：14.20）A.It is a symbol of the inflammation. B.It is a symbol of

40、 cardiovascular.C.It relates directly to diabetes.D.It is a symbol of physiological effects caused by bullying.解析：解析 概念理解题。文章第三段指出，CRP(即 C 反应蛋白)是炎症的一个标志物，这种炎症与心血管疾病及糖尿病类问题有关，CRP 也并不是欺凌引起的生理效应的标志物，故选 A。(2).What does Copeland mean by saying “prior to their bullying involvement“ (Line 2, Para. 4)?（分数：1

41、4.20）A.Before the children bullied others.B.Before the children were bullied. C.In preference to the children“s bullying behavior.D.In preference to the children“s being bullied.解析：解析 细节理解题。这里的 prior to 意思为“先于，在之前”，结合上下文可知，这里所说的孩子是受到欺负的那些，柯普兰小组通过观察孩子在受欺负前后的 CRP 水平变化了解到受到欺凌所带来的影响。故选 B。(3).What can be

42、 learned from paragraph 5?（分数：14.20）A.The levels of CRP of the children being bullied are much higher than their peers. B.CRP levels naturally rise along with the increase of age.C.The bullies are not blamed for the health risks of the bullied.D.Copeland intends to defend the benefit of the bullies“

43、 actions.解析：解析 段落细节题。由本段第二句和第三句话可知，受到欺负的小孩的 CRP 水平在青少年时期是所有小孩中是最高的，甚至在成年之后也会比同龄人的高。文中指出，每个人的 CRP 水平在青少年时期会自然上升；柯普兰指出，恶霸行径虽然有好处，但却不能成为他们这么做的正当理由。故选 A。(4).What does Andrea Danese suggest about childhood maltreatment?（分数：14.20）A.It has nothing to do with inflammation in adult life.B.Copeland“s study sh

44、ows nothing related to it.C.CRP is the marker of childhood abuse.D.It has an influence on Children“s CRP levels. 解析：解析 段落细节题。在最后一段中，安德烈妲尼斯指出，童年虐待会导致成年生活中炎症水平升高，由此可知，儿童虐待会影响到 CRP，而柯普兰的研究也证明了虐待的后果是童年的另一个压力源。故选 D。(5).What is the main idea of this passage?（分数：14.20）A.Bullying is harmless to children“s g

45、rowth.B.CRP levels reflect the risks of poorer health.C.Bullying does harm to a person all through his life. D.Children once bullied have higher CRP levels than peers who are not.解析：解析 文章主旨题。本文通过引用柯普兰和安德烈妲尼斯的研究证明了欺凌确实会影响人的健康，主要表现在 CRP 水平的升高以及升高后可能会引起心血管疾病或者像糖尿病之类的问题，以及受欺负对心理健康状况的影响。而且这些影响甚至会一直持续下去。故

46、选 C。五、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Languages will continue to diverse. Even if English were to become the universal language, it would still take many different forms. Indeed the same could happen to English as has happened to Chinese: a language of intellectuals which doesn“t vary hugely alongside a

47、large number of variations used by local peoples. We will continue to teach other languages in some form, and not just for reasons of practical use. Learning a language is good for your mental health; it forces you to understand another cultural and intellectual system. So I hope British education w

48、ill develop a more rational approach to the foreign languages available to students in line with their political importance. Because so many people believe it“s no longer important to know another language, I fear that time devoted to language teaching in schools may well continue to decline. But yo

49、u can argue that learning another language well is more exhausting than, say, learning to play chess wellit involves sensitivity to a set of complicated rules, and also to context. Technology will certainly make a difference to the use of foreign languages. Computers may, for instance, relieve the hard work that a vast translation represents. But no one who has se