[外语类试卷]大学英语四级模拟试卷185及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 185及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part. you are allowed thirty minutes to write An Application Letter. You should write at least 120 following the outline given below in Chinese: An Application Letter 1.对该学校很感兴趣。想报考该校的 MBA研 究生。 2.介绍自己在北京的学业情况。 3.表达自己求学的迫切心情。 二、 Part II R

2、eading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions attached to the passage. For questions 1-7, mark： Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for

3、 NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 1 Vote for Our Hero of the Year Every month, Readers Digest spotlights ordinary citizens who risk something bigtheir reputation, their money, sometimes even thei

4、r livesto help someone else. Here we profile seven of the most extraordinary Americans we know. Whose story inspired you the most? Cast your vote at www. rd. com/everyday heroes. Well update you on our winner in the April issue. The Good Doctor The tiny village of Bayou La Batre, Ala., had been with

5、out a doctor for several years when Regian Benjamin turned a shuttered pharmacy into a community clinic. And in they camepatients with problems you didnt often see in a medical school; shrimp poisoning from the seafood plants, fishhooks in eyebrows, shark bites. In 1998 Hurricane Georges roared thro

6、ugh, smashing everything in its path. The clinic was destroyed. For two years, Benjamin made house calls in her battered pickup, working weekends as an ER physician and running up her credit cards while rebuilding her clinic. In June 2002, Benjamin, at 45, became the first woman and the first Africa

7、n American to be named president of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. But her passion remains her patients. Every once in a while a headhunter calls with a job offer. For Benjamin the answer is easy: “Not interested.“ The Shadow Driving up a residential street in the quiet suburb of C

8、larkston, Wash., Kim Heimgartner noticed a man pulling a girl of 11 or so into a white sedan. The girl struggled, but the man yanked her by the backpack, shoved her into the backseat and sped off. “Maybe it was her dad,“ Heimgarmer wondered. Possibly. But. With her own sixyearold daughter in her jee

9、p. Heimgartner turned around and followed the sedan out of town. She dialed 911. Ive witnessed a possible abduction, she explained, describing their remote location near a landfill. Heimgartnes hunch (直觉 ) was right. After a threehour standoff with police, the kidnapper surrendered. In his car were

10、a gun, knives, cameras, duct tape and 90 rounds of ammunition. He is now serving a 13year, 8month prison terms. And Heimgartner knows to trust her gut instinct. The Brave Boy “I went into the ditch and fiipped(翻转 ) over twice,“ recalls Tammy Hill of the accident on Thanksgiving, 2002. “Luckily, the

11、kids were all in car seats. I went through the drivers side window.“ Hills sevenyearold son, Titus Adams, suddenly became the head of the family. He wrapped blankets around his two younger sisters, crawled through the broken window and wearing only his pajamas and socks, walked toward the lights of

12、a dairy farm a third of a mile away. Weather reports showed it was below freezing, and Titus was scared of the dark. Colorado State Trooper J. R. Peters was the first officer to arrive at the accident scene. This kid was unbelievable, he said. Tammys injuries were severing, but thanks to her son, sh

13、es going to be okay. The Track Star All Brad McCorkle intended that afternoon was meet his cousin, Kim, for lunch. But when be got to Valley Bank in Davenport, Iowa, where Kim worked as a teller, a man leapt over the gate by the tellers window and rushed past. Kim pointed at the man and mouthed to M

14、cCorkle, a former track star (田径明星 ), “Go get him!“ Across the street, through a supermarket parking lot, over a barbedwire fence, McCorkle chased the man, cornering him in somebodys backyard. When police arrived, they found $12,940 in the mans pocket. Coincidentally, the pursuit lasted a quarter of

15、 a mileMcCorkles best distance. The robber was sentenced to ten years. The Mountain Climber At 13,000 feet, about to summit Colorados Quandary Peak, Andy Kass and Matt Wisniewski felt like they were on top of the world. But in a flash, the snow beneath their feet cracked wide open, and both men were

16、 swept downhill at 50 m.p.h. Kass somersaulted some 200 feet; when he awoke, his face was bloody and his friend was gone. Dazed and shivering, he started down the mountain, hoping to find Wisniewski before sunset. But his numb fingers couldnt grip the handholds in the cliff and barn! he fell, droppi

17、ng four stories onto solid granite, smashing his kneecap. Kass screamed out in pain, but struggled to his feet and kept going. At the bottom, he saw Wisniewski, his face blank and his body temperature dangerously low. Kass forced himself into a run, adrenaline(肾上腺素 ) helping him pusfi through the pa

18、in, until he found a house with a phone to call 911. Wisniewskis heart stopped twice while medics rushed him to the hospital. Amazingly, he recovered, marveling: “Andy ran for my life.“ The Boogie Boarder Day one of his vacation in Maul; Stephen Bona was goofing around on his boogie board when he sa

19、w something huge and gray leap out of the water about 20 yards away. Shark! Instinctively, he turned to catch the next wave in. hen he heard screams. A tenfoot shark had grabbed hold of Julie GivenGlance, a 34yearold triathlete. Her right hand was nearly severed and she was losing blood. The other s

20、wimmers headed back in. Common sense told Bona to follow. Instead, he paddled into the crimson waves. He slipped his board under the victims back and Started kicking for the faraway beach. They both knew that blood attracts sharks. It took surgeons four hours to reartach GivenGlances hand. But a yea

21、r after the attack, she planned to head back to Hawaiiback to the Pacific to swim. The Cowgirl Just before Christmas, 2002, intruders broke into Melissa Alexanders parents garage in German Township, Ohio. Theyd intended to steal a car, or the presents stashed in Melissas moms mink, or both. As two f

22、igures ran down the driveway, Melissa, pajamaclad and shoeless, dashed after them. One intruder looked back just as Melissaall fivefootthree and 115 pounds Of hertook a running jump. She tackled him as they slid across the icy ground. “Dont even think about moving,“ she said. With a 37foot lunge lin

23、e (套马绳 ), used to tame horses, she roped the mans hands behind his head and pinned him to the ground with her body weight. The men were found guilty of criminal trespass and theft charges. 2 The tiny village in which Regian Benjamin worked as a doctor was far from sea. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Heimga

24、rtner was alone in her jeep when she noticed a man pulling a girl of 11 or so into a white sedan. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 The brave boy Titus who saved his mother was not scared of the dark at all. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Brad McCorkle was able to catch the robber because hes good at running. （ A） Y

25、 （ B） N （ C） NG 6 With his face blank and his body temperature dangerously low, Kass tried his best to help his friend. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 It was the first time for Andy Kass and Matt Wisniewski to Summit Colorados （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 Stephen Bona was on holiday when he saw a huge and gray

26、shark leap out of the water at the sea. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 GivenGlance planned to _ the Pacific to swim a year after the shark attack. 10 Melissa roped one intruder with a _ and pinned him to the ground. 11 The two men who Melissa caught were found guilty of _. Section A Directions: In this sec

27、tion, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read t

28、he four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） Lend the notes to him in an hour. （ B） Lend him the notes during the weekend. （ C） Do nothing as she doesnt have the notes now. （ D） Get the notes from her friend and lend it to him. （ A） Give a speech. （ B） Meet His law

29、yer. （ C） Attend a conference. （ D） Make a business trip. （ A） Helen is quiet. （ B） Helen is talkative. （ C） Helen is sociable. （ D） Helen is active. （ A） Its results were just as expected. （ B） It wasnt very well designed. （ C） It fully reflected the students ability. （ D） Its results fell short of

30、 her expectations. （ A） A lesson requires students active involvement. （ B） Students usually take an active part in a lecture. （ C） More knowledge is covered in a lecture. （ D） There is a larger group of people interested in lessons. （ A） The woman is strict with her employees. （ B） The man always h

31、as excuses for being late. （ C） The woman is a kindhearted boss. （ D） The mans alarm clock didnt work that morning. （ A） The man deserved the award. （ B） The woman helped the man succeed. （ C） The man is thankful to the woman for her assistance. （ D） The woman worked hard and was given an award. （ A

32、） The air pollution is caused by the development of industry. （ B） The city was poor because there wasnt much industry then. （ C） The womans exaggerating the seriousness of the pollution. （ D） He might move to another city very soon. （ A） A flight. （ B） Cooking. （ C） Manners. （ D） A problem. （ A） Be

33、cause something was wrong. （ B） Because she wanted to pay her bill. （ C） Because she needed to order her meal. （ D） Because she needed to be seated. （ A） Angry. （ B） Concerned. （ C） Pleased. （ D） Disappointed. （ A） Coca Cola. （ B） Sausage. （ C） Milk. （ D） Fried chicken. （ A） He has had thirteen deca

34、yed teeth. （ B） He doesnt have a single decayed tooth. （ C） He has fewer decayed teeth than other people of his age. （ D） He never had a single tooth pulled out before he was fifty. （ A） Brush your teeth right before you go to bed in the evening. （ B） Have as few of your teeth pulled out as possible

35、. （ C） Have your teeth Xrayed at regular intervals. （ D） Clean your teeth shortly after eating. （ A） Because the bird couldnt repeat his masters name. （ B） Because the bird screamed all day long. （ C） Because the bird uttered the wrong word. （ D） Because the bird failed to say the name of the town.

36、（ A） Wives and husbands doing exactly the same thing. （ B） Equality of the sexes. （ C） Husbands earning enough money to support their families. （ D） Wives making exactly as much money as their husband. （ A） Passenger and taxi driver. （ B） Teacher and student. （ C） Fianc and fiancee. （ D） Wife and hu

37、sband. （ A） Give her a perfect dictionary definition. （ B） Earn enough money for the both of them. （ C） Stand when women enter a room. （ D） Let her share all the responsibilities. （ A） Traditional. （ B） Modern. （ C） Special. （ D） Unfriendly. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 sho

38、rt passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） Provincial colleges were taken over by larger universities.

39、（ B） Its largest expansion took place during that period. （ C） Small universities combined to form bigger ones. （ D） Its role in society went through a dramatic change. （ A） Private donations. （ B） Fees paid by students. （ C） Government funding. （ D） Grants from corporations. （ A） He was interested

40、in the study of wild animals. （ B） He started the organization Heifer International. （ C） He was wounded in the Spanish Civil War. （ D） He sold his cows to many countries in the world. （ A） To make plans for the development of poor communities. （ B） To teach people how to use new skills to raise ani

41、mals. （ C） To help starving families to become selfsupporting. （ D） To distribute food to the poor around the world. （ A） They should submit a report of their needs and goals. （ B） They should provide food for the local communities. （ C） They should offer all baby animals to their poor neighbors. （

42、D） They should help other families the way they have been helped. （ A） It has helped relieve hunger in some developing countries. （ B） It has improved animal breeding skills all over the world. （ C） It has bridged the gap between the rich and the poor in America, （ D） It has promoted international e

43、xchange of farming technology. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from

44、 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 36 The Library of Congress is Americas national library. It has【 B1】 _

45、of books and other objects. It has newspapers,【 B2】 _publications as well as letters of【 B3】 _interest. It also has maps, photographs, art【 B4】 _, movies, sound recordings and musical【 B5】_. All together, it has more than 100 million objects. The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday thro

46、ugh Saturday, except for public holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is【 B6】 _to take books out of the building. The Library of Congress was【 B7】 _in 1800. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol Building. By 1814, the collection had

47、increased to about 3,000 books. They were all【 B8】 _that year when the Capitol was burned down during Americas war with Britain. To help rebuild the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Jeffersons collection included 7,000 hooks in seven languages. 【 B9】 _. Today, th

48、ree buildings hold the librarys collection. 【 B10】 _. It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office.【 B11】 _This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything that is published in the United States. 37 【 B1】 38 【 B2】 39 【 B3】 40 【

49、B4】 41 【 B5】 42 【 B6】 43 【 B7】 44 【 B8】 45 【 B9】 46 【 B10】 47 【 B11】 Section A Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. 47 Put the pedal to the metal, if youre driving in Montana. That state is about to abandon the little loved 65mpb speed limit and, indeed, any limit at al