[外语类试卷]大学英语四级模拟试卷259及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 259及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are all owed 30 minutes to write a composition on the title Studying Abroad. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese: 1. 近年来，出国留学呈增长趋 势； 2. 出国留学的益处是显而易见的，但也客观存在着一些负面影响； 3. 要正确看待和谨慎处理出国留学

2、 . 二、 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions attached to the passage. For questions 1-7, mark： Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the

3、passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 1 The Australian Parties The Australian political scene is dominated by two major parties that have quite different political agendas. However, th

4、e policies of the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party have become much more difficult to tell apart in recent years. In fact, it would be true to say that both parties consist of conservative, moderate and radical elements, and therefore the general public is often perplexed about which par

5、ty to vote for. Nonetheless, it is usual to find that an Australian will lean towards supporting one of these two parties and remain faithful to that party for life. The Labor Party was formed early in the twentieth century to safeguard the interests of the common working man and to give the trade u

6、nions political representation in Parliament. The Party has always had strong connections with the unions, and supports the concept of a welfare society in which people who are less fortunate than others are financially, assisted in their quest for a more equitable slice of the economic pie. The pro

7、blem is that such socialist political agendas are extremely expensive to implement and maintain, especially in a country that, although comparatively ,wealthy, is vast and with a small working and hence taxpaying population base. Welfare societies tend towards bankruptcy unless government spending i

8、s kept in check. The Liberal Party, on the other hand, argues that the best way to ensure a fair division of wealth in the country is to allow more freedom to create it. This, in turn, means more opportunities, jobs created etc. , and therefore more wealth available to all. Just how the poor are to

9、share in the distribution of this wealth (beyond being given, at least in theory, the opportunity to create it) is, however, less well understood. Practice, of course, may make nonsense of even the best theoretical intentions, and often the less politically powerful are badly catered for under gover

10、nments implementing free-for-all policies. It is no wonder that given the two major choices offered them, Australian voters are increasingly turning their attention to the smaller political parties, which claim to offer a more balanced swag of policies, often based around one major current issue. Th

11、us, for instance, at the last election there was the No Aircraft Noise Parry, popular in city areas, and the Green Party, which is almost solely concerned with environmental issues. 2 Radical groups are only found within the Labor Party. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Policies with support of the concept o

12、f a welfare society are costly. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Australians usually vote for the party they supported early in life. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 The Labor Party was formed by the trade unions. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 The Liberal Party-was formed after the Labor Party. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 Wel

13、fare-based societies invariably become bankrupt. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 According to the author, theories do not always work in practice. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 Some Australian voters are _ about who to vote for. 10 Policies of the small parties are usually concentrated on a main _. 11 _ is strong

14、ly concerned with environmental issues. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. Aft

15、er each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） The weather is mild compared to the past years. （ B） They are having the coldest winter ever. （ C） The weather will soon get warmer. （ D） The weath

16、er may get even colder. （ A） The mystery story. （ B） The hiring of a shop assistant. （ C） The search for a reliable witness. （ D） An unsolved case of robbery. （ A） Borrow some money. （ B） Buy a heater. （ C） Get some information. （ D） Pay the rent. （ A） He found it fascinating. （ B） You have to be we

17、ll dressed to enter. （ C） It took many hours to put together. （ D） They should spend their lunch hour there. （ A） He knows someone who can get the woman a job. （ B） Greg and his uncle dont like their jobs. （ C） Greg only got the job because of his uncle. （ D） He doesnt know the womans uncle. （ A） He

18、 should not do the experiment after all. （ B） He must be extremely careful. （ C） She will help him do the experiment. （ D） Shes sure he is right. （ A） Shes spending time going over her accounts. （ B） Shes been home for only a few days. （ C） Shes exciting about going home. （ D） Shes counting the numb

19、er of vacation days. （ A） Teach half days. （ B） Take a longer tour. （ C） Tour the country. （ D） Rest for the day. （ A） Ask for a job interview. （ B） Talk about the arrangement of a news conference. （ C） Make a discussion about the new book. （ D） Make an appointment with the man. （ A） Sunday morning,

20、 11 oclock. （ B） Thursday morning, around 10 oclock. （ C） Friday morning, around 10 oclock. （ D） Monday morning, 11 oclock. （ A） They will go to fifth Avenue of downtown area. （ B） The woman will pick up the man at his place. （ C） The man win go to the garden of the womans house. （ D） They will have

21、 a talk at a hotel. （ A） He wants to become a cook. （ B） He hopes to go on to graduate school. （ C） He wants to travel around the world. （ D） Hed like to work at a hotel. （ A） History. （ B） French. （ C） Computer Science. （ D） Hotel Management. （ A） She has a part-time job. （ B） She received a schola

22、rship. （ C） Her parents pay for it. （ D） She is working as a tourist guide. （ A） At a bakery. （ B） At a restaurant. （ C） In a library. （ D） At a travel agency. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the pa

23、ssage 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） They bumped into each other over a swimming pool. （ B） They avoided each other by turning in different directions. （ C） They narrowly escaped

24、crashing into each other. （ D） One plane climbed above the other at the critical moment. （ A） To show the key role played by air traffic controllers. （ B） To show the great responsibility shouldered by the pilots. （ C） To give an example of air disasters. （ D） To show that air travel is far safer th

25、an driving a car. （ A） They want to change the way English is taught. （ B） They learn English to find well-paid jobs. （ C） They want to have an up-to-date knowledge of English. （ D） They know clearly what they want to learn. （ A） Professionals. （ B） College students. （ C） Beginners. （ D） Intermediat

26、e earners. （ A） Courses for doctors. （ B） Courses for businessmen. （ C） Courses for reporters. （ D） Courses for lawyers. （ A） Three groups of learners. （ B） The importance of business English. （ C） Features of English for different papacies. （ D） English for Specific Purposes. Section C Directions:

27、In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. F

28、or 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 32 Some people argue that the pressures on international sportsmen and sportswomen kill the essence of sport-the pursuit of

29、 personal excellence. Children【 B1】 _a football around for fun. When they get older and play for local school teams, they become【 B2】 _but they still enjoy playing. The【 B3】 _representing his country cann0t afford to think about enjoying himself; he has to think only about winning. He is【 B4】 _for a

30、n entire nations hopes, dreams and【 B5】 _. A good example is the Football World Cup. Football is the worlds most important sport. It is even more important now that the United States is【 B6】 _taking it up. Winning the World Cup is perhaps the【 B7】 _of international sporting success. Mention “Argenti

31、na“ to someone and the chances are that hell think of football. In a sense, winning the World Cup put Argentina on the map. Sports fans and【 B8】 _get quite irrational about the World Cup.【 B9】 _ Last year thousands of super fans sold their cars, and even their homes, and spent all their money travel

32、ing to Korea and Japan, where the finals were played. 【 B10】 _?Certainly not ! Do the Argentineans really believe that because eleven of their men proved the most skillful at football, their nation is in every way better than all others? Not really.【 B11】 _. 33 【 B1】 34 【 B2】 35 【 B3】 36 【 B4】 37 【

33、B5】 38 【 B6】 39 【 B7】 40 【 B8】 41 【 B9】 42 【 B10】 43 【 B11】 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 makin

34、g your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 43 They call them the new bread earners. They are women, and they are set to take

35、over. Women are beginning to rise【 S1】 _to the top in the workplaee all over the developed world. New figures show that in almost a third of American【 S2】_with a working wife, the woman brings home more money than her husband and that they now occupy half the countrys“ high-paying, executive, admini

36、strative and【 S3】 _occupations“, compared with 34 per cent 20 years ago. The trend is【 S4】 _by two main factors, experts say-a【 S5】_acceptance of men as househusbands and mass unemployment of male white-collar workers from the technology, finance and media industries in the last three years. The Uni

37、versity of Maryland has【 S6】 _a report that shows women to be the chief earner in 11 per cent of all US marriages. Pushing a buggy(婴儿车 ) on a sunny afternoon in New Yorks Central Park last week, Jonathan Blinderman, 33, said, he was【 S7】 _he had been able to see every moment of his daughter Lindsays

38、 first six months of life while his wife, sage, was out working. It is a sign of these times of【 S8】 _that when he mentions his status at parties he is either praised as a saint or【 S9】 _as a slave-cum-freeloader(爱占便宜的奴隶 ). For the revolution is nowhere near complete. But Maria Cancian, an economist

39、 at the University of Wisconsin, said【 S10】_women were increasingly looking for househusbands. A) caused B) proud C) produced D) mocked E) carelessly F) managerial G) greedy H) precaution I) argued J) transition K) ambitious L) tackled M) growing N) steadily O) households 44 【 S1】 45 【 S2】 46 【 S3】

40、47 【 S4】 48 【 S5】 49 【 S6】 50 【 S7】 51 【 S8】 52 【 S9】 53 【 S10】 Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. 53 In m

41、ost work success is measured by income, and while our capitalistic society continues, this is inevitable. It is only where the best work is concerned that this measure ceases to be the natural one to apply. The desire that men feel to increase their income is suited as much as desire for success as

42、for the extra comforts that a higher income can obtain. However dull work may be, it becomes bearable if it is a means of building up a reputation whether in the world at large or only in ones own circle. Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, an

43、d for most men this comes chiefly through their work. In this respect those women whose lives are occupied with housework are much less fortunate than men, or than women who work outside the home. The domestic wife does not receive wages, as no means of bettering herself, is taken for granted by her

44、 husband(who sees practically nothing of what she does), and is valued by him not for her housework but for quite other qualities. Of course this does not apply to those women who are sufficiently rich to make beautiful houses and beautiful gardens and become the envy of their neighbors. But such wo

45、men are comparatively few, and for the great majority housework cannot bring as much satisfaction as work of other kinds bring to men and to professional women. 54 According to the passage, when are people NOT concerned with the money they get from work? （ A） When they think the work is well worth d

46、oing. （ B） When they have obtained a high income. （ C） When they have built up a reputation. （ D） When their work keeps them fully occupied. 55 Which of the following contributes most to a persons ultimate happiness? （ A） To be highly paid for his or her work. （ B） To be able to work consistently to

47、wards a goal. （ C） To have the best kind of job. （ D） To be able to build up a good reputation. 56 The author thinks the work of a housewife is _. （ A） usually highly valued by the husband （ B） valued for its quality by the husband （ C） valued for the satisfaction it brings to the husband （ D） usual

48、ly not valued by the husband 57 According the passage, the housework often brings satisfaction to women _. （ A） who are very rich （ B） who envy their neighbors （ C） who work outside the home （ D） who are dependent on their husbands 58 Which of following is the best title of the passage? （ A） Motivat

49、ion of Work. （ B） Housewife and Housework. （ C） Income and Work. （ D） Value of Work. 58 When we think of creative people the names that probably spring to mind are those of men such as Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, and Pablo Picasso, i.e. , great artists, inventors and scientists-a select and exceptionally gifted body of men with r