[外语类试卷]大学英语四级模拟试卷43及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 43及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition entitled An Interesting Outing. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese: 1. 与同学、朋友或家人 一起去郊游的时间及地点 2. 郊游中进行的一些活动或欣赏到的风影等 3. 本次郊游的感受 An Inte

2、resting Outing 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 g

3、iven in the 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. 2 Americas Highways Americas national road system makes it possible to drive coast to coast. From the Atlantic Ocean in the east to th

4、e Pacific Ocean in the west is a distance of more than four thousand kilo meters. Or you could drive more than two thousand kilometers and go from the Canadian border south to the Mexican border. You can drive these distances on wide, safe roads that have no traffic signals and no stop signs. In fac

5、t, if you do not have to stop for gasoline or sleep, you can drive almost anywhere in the United States without stopping at all. This is possible because of the Interstate Highway System. This system has almost seventy thousand kilometers of roads. It crosses more than fifty-five thousand bridges an

6、d can be found in forty-nine of Americas fifty states. No roads existed when early settlers arrived in the area of North America that would be come the United States. Most settlers built their homes near the ocean or along major rivers. This made transportation easy. A few early roads were built nea

7、r some cities. Travel on land was often difficult because there was no road system in most areas. One of the first roads was built to help these farmers return home after they sold their wood. It began as nothing more than a path used by Native Americans. American soldiers helped make this path into

8、 an early road. The new road extended from the city of Nashville, in Tennessee to the city of Natchez in the southern state of Louisiana. It was called the Natchez Trace. The Natchez Trace was called a road. Yet it was not what we understand a road to be. It was just a cleared path through the fores

9、t. It was used by people walking, or riding a horse or in a wagon pulled by horses. In 1806, President Thomas Jefferson signed legislation that approved money for building a road to make it easier to travel west. Work began on the first part of the road in Cumberland in the eastern state of Maryland

10、. When finished, the road reached all the way to the city of Saint Louis which would become the middle of a western state. Missouri. It was named the National Road. The National Road was similar to the Natchez Trace. It followed a path made by American Indians. Work began in 1811. It was not finishe

11、d until about 1833. The National Road was used by thousands of people who moved toward the west. These people paid money to use the road This money was used to repair the road. Now, the old National Road is part of United States Highway Forty. By the 1920s, High way Forty stretched from the Atlantic

12、 Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. You can still see signs that say “National Road“ along the side of parts of it. Several statues were placed along this road to honor the women who moved west over the National Road in the 1800s. In 1900, it still was difficult to travel by road. Nothing extended from the

13、 eastern United States to the extreme western part of the country. Several people wanted to see a road built all the way across the country. Carl Fisher was a man who had ideas and knew how to act on them. Mister Fisher built the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway where car races still take place. I

14、n 1912, Carl Fisher began working on his idea to build a coast-to-coast highway using crushed rocks. He called this dream the Coast-to-Coast Rock Highway. Carl Fisher asked many people to give money for the project. One of these men was Henry Joy, the president of the Packard Motor Car Company. Mist

15、er Joy agreed, but suggested another name for the highway. He said the road should be named after President Abraham Lincoln. He said it should be called the Lincoln Highway. Everyone involved with the project agreed to the new name. The Lincoln Highway began in the east in New York Citys famous Time

16、s Square. It ended in the west in Lincoln Park in San Francisco. California. The Lincoln Highway was completed in about 1933. Later, the federal government decided to assign each highway, in the country its own number. Numbers were easier to remember than names. The Lincoln Highway became Highway Th

17、irty for most of its length. Today, you can still follow much of the Lincoln Highway. It passes through small towns and large cities. This makes it a slow but interesting way to travel. Highway Thirty still begins in New York and ends near San Francisco. And it is still remembered as the first coast

18、-to-coast highway. In 1919, a young Army officer named Dwight Eisenhower took part in the first crossing of the United States by Army vehicles. The vehicles left Washington, D.C. and drove to San Francisco. It was not a good trip. The vehicles had problems with thick mud, ice and mechanical difficul

19、ties. It took the American Army vehicles sixty-two days to reach San Francisco. Dwight Eisenhower believed the United States needed a highway that would aid in the defense of the country. He believed the nation needed a road system that would permit military vehicles to travel quickly from one coast

20、 to the other. In 1956, Dwight Eisenhower was president of the United States. He signed the legislation that created the federal Interstate Highway System. Work was begun almost immediately. It was very difficult to build the system. Yet lessons learned while building it influenced the building of h

21、ighways around the world. Today, the interstate system links every major city in the United States. It also links the United States with Canada and Mexico. The Interstate Highway System has been an important element in the nations economic growth during the past forty years. Experts believe that tru

22、cks using the system carry over seventy-five percent of all products that are sold. Jobs and new businesses have been created near the busy interstate highways almost all across the United States. These include hotels, motels, eating places, gasoline stations and shopping centers. The highway system

23、 has made it possible for people to work in a city and live outside it. And above all, the highway system has made it possible for people to move freely has provided people with freedom of mobility from one part of the country to another. The United States government renamed the Interstate Highway S

24、ystem for Eisenhower at the end of the 20th century to honor his vision and leadership. Large signs now can be seen a long the side of the highway that say Eisenhower Interstate System. 2 By using the national road system, one can drive to all states of America without stopping. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） N

25、G 3 The Natchez Trace was not a road in a real sense because it was just a path used by walking or riding. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Although Henry Joy agreed to fund the project of the Coast-to-Coast Rock Highway, he asked to name the highway after him. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 The Coast-to-Coast Rock

26、 Highway was finished in 1930s. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Eisenhower once believed that a national highway system would ensure military success in national defense. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 Legislation that built a national highway system was not signed until the 1950s. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 The expe

27、rience gained while building the system had worldwide influence on the building of highways. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 It is believed that trucks using the Interstate Highway System deliver more than _ of all goods. 10 The biggest change brought about by the interstate system was to provide people wit

28、h _. 11 In the late 20th century, the Interstate Highway System was officially renamed after Eisenhower in honor of _. 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

29、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 the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） Very happy. （ B） Greatly surprised. （ C） Rather disappointed. （ D） V

30、ery angry. （ A） Hell probably never finish writing that paper. （ B） Hell finish it the day after tomorrow. （ C） He works only during the day. （ D） He is working hard. （ A） They are counting the number of vacation days. （ B） They are excited about going home. （ C） They are anxious to go back school.

31、（ D） They are going over their accounts. （ A） Shoemaker. （ B） Blacksmith. （ C） Carpenter （ D） Cab driver. （ A） An X-ray camera. （ B） A movie camera. （ C） Photographers camera. （ D） A television camera. （ A） $20 （ B） $30 （ C） $50 （ D） $90 （ A） The wrong address of Pauls house. （ B） Pauls house is thr

32、ee blocks from his old one. （ C） The exact address of Pauls house. （ D） No information about Pauls house. （ A） Secondhand and small one. （ B） Secondhand and large one. （ C） New and small one. （ D） New and large one. （ A） The employer and employee. （ B） The interviewer and interviewee. （ C） The teach

33、er and student. （ D） The police officer and driver. （ A） She didnt yield to children crossing the road. （ B） She parked illegally near the school. （ C） She exceeded the speed limit. （ D） She is drunk. （ A） The woman gets a ticket. （ B） The man arrests the woman. （ C） The woman is taken to court. （ D

34、） The woman ran away. （ A） More work as a teaching assistant. （ B） A higher salary. （ C） A longer vacation period. （ D） A research assignment. （ A） Hell start next week. （ B） He wouldnt enjoy it. （ C） He would like time to decide. （ D） He wants his advisers opinion. （ A） Finish his degree in the fal

35、l. （ B） Let someone else read his evaluation. （ C） Consider taking fewer courses. （ D） Get more teaching experience. （ A） Franks talent for teaching. （ B） Franks interesting approach to research. （ C） A present Frank will receive for graduation. （ D） A congratulatory letter from the department. Sect

36、ion B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short 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） A solu

37、tion to mans food problem. （ B） A solution to the population problem. （ C） Advantages of soybean. （ D） How to develop good eating habits. （ A） Because people have to spend too much time and energy to produce it. （ B） Because too much grain protein is needed to produce it. （ C） Because it contains to

38、o much fat and protein. （ D） Because it is not good to the health. （ A） It is similar to real meat in appearance but not in taste. （ B） It is similar to real meat neither in appearance nor in taste. （ C） It is similar to real meat both in appearance and in taste. （ D） It is similar to real meat in t

39、aste, but not in appearance. （ A） An examination of farmers in northern Japan. （ B） Tests given on a thousand old people. （ C） Examining the brain volumes of different people. （ D） Using computer technology. （ A） Our brain contract as we grow old. （ B） One part of the brain does not contract. （ C） S

40、ixty-year olds have better brains than thirty-year olds. （ D） Some peoples brains have contracted earlier than other peoples. （ A） Most of us should take more exercise. （ B） Its better to live in the town. （ C） The brain contracts if it is not used. （ D） The more one uses his brain, the sooner he be

41、comes old. （ A） Televisions bad effects on the young. （ B） Televisions bad effects on society in general. （ C） The history of television. （ D） The good sides of television. （ A） Children do not know whether TV shows are true or not. （ B） Children can tell that some programs are real and some are not

42、. （ C） Children know clearly that TV shows present an unreal world. （ D） Children dont care whether or not TV shows are real. （ A） About 625 days. （ B） About 700 days. （ C） About 750 days. （ D） About 500 days. （ A） Production of TV sets will be stopped due to its bad effects. （ B） The number of TV s

43、ets will remain the same in the future. （ C） Television will still be in use for all its shortcomings. （ D） Television must stay where it is now. 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 i

44、ts 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. 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

45、 words you have just heard or write down the 37 Its never too early to 【 B1】 _ your skin or your childrens from the sun. The sun produces 【 B2】 _ rays 【 B3】 _ A(UVA) and 【 B4】 _ B(UVB) that can cause short- and long-term skin damage. The immediate effects of harmful 【 B5】 _ 【 B6】 _, photosensitive 【

46、 B7】 _ , and cell and 【 B8】 _. damage are bad enough. But medical experts believe that 【 B9】 _. Health experts also believe that UVA may weaken the immune system. 【 B10】 _. Using sunscreens regularly on children, for example, can reduce their risk of skin damage later in life. Sunscreens provide som

47、e protection by blocking the suns rays on the skin. 【 B11】_. But no sunscreen totally blocks the suns rays. 37 【 B1】 38 【 B2】 39 【 B3】 40 【 B4】 41 【 B5】 42 【 B6】 43 【 B7】 44 【 B8】 45 【 B9】 46 【 B10】 47 【 B11】 Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required

48、 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 with a single line through the ce

49、nter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 48 Rola, a 16-year-old girl, is excited, yet scared, as she begins her first year of college in the United States. She attributes her achievement in English to her public school 【 S1】 _ in the Middle Eastern country of Lebanon. In Lebanon, teachers in public schools teach students two or three 【 S2】 _ languages, usually French and English. Since Rola