[外语类试卷]大学英语四级模拟试卷508及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 508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 based on the topic “On Interview“. You must write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below. Remember to write clearly. 1. 面试是如今社会上招聘人才的主要手

2、段 ; 2. 面试的意义； (为什么要面试，面试有什么好处 ?) 3. 如何成功地通过面试。 On Interview 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) i

3、f the statement agrees with the information given 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. 1 The Internet In November 2005, thousands of government representatives and information

4、experts met in Tunis, Tunisia to discuss the future of the Internet. The United Nations organized the World Summit on the Information Society to discuss Internet growth in developing nations. But the three-day meetings also developed into a struggle over who controls the Internet. The Internet grew

5、out of research paid for by the United States Defense Department in the 1960s and 1970s. As a result, the United States government still has .some control over it. In 1998, the Commerce Department set up a non-profit organization to supervise the domain name system of the Internets World Wide Web. T

6、he Web is a major service on the Internet. The group, based in California, is called the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN. A domain name is a series of words separated by dots. It identifies an Internet Web site. ICANN operates a list of Web site owners and approves new

7、endings for Web addresses, such as dot-com, dotnet or dot-gov. The group guarantees that Internet users around the world do not visit different Websites using the same Web address. For example, thanks to ICANN, a person in Cuba will see the same www. unsv. com Website as someone in Belarus. ICANN al

8、so has some Internet policy powers. It can remove Web sites from the Internet. It also decides who can sell and list domain names. The European Onion, China, Brazil, India and other countries want the United States to release at least some control over the World Wide Web. They believe that the Inter

9、net is an international resource that should be supervised by the United Nations or some other independent organization. The Bush Administration disagrees. It says that ICANN is the best way to guarantee an open, secure and dependable online environment. Heavy governmental controls, it says, would s

10、uppress Internet growth and development. Hours before the start of the Tunis conference, negotiators agreed to leave day-to-day supervision of the Internet with ICANN. The compromise proposal from the European Union calls for the creation next year of an international governance committee. Governmen

11、ts, businesses and organizations will be able to discuss public policy issues, including Internet crime, junk mail and viruses. The committee, however, will not have powers to make rules. The World Future Society estimated last year, the year of 2004, that about 950 million people around the world w

12、ere using the Internet. That number is expected to rise to more than 1,000 million people within the next two years. Most Internet communication is business-to-business, instead of personal electronic mail. Buying and selling goods and services over the Internet is growing around the world. The Worl

13、d Future Society estimates that 2.7 million million dollars was earned through Internet commerce in 2004.But, there are risks involved with this e-commerce. For example, the Federal Trade Commission estimates that more than 52,000 million dollars in goods and services were purchased last year throug

14、h identity theft. Identity thieves steal personal information from Americans. They collect Social Security numbers, banking records and telephone numbers. They use this information to request loans, or to get credit cards in the name of the victim. Identity thieves often use computer viruses to coll

15、ect a victims personal information. They may also use spyware. These are programs that are loaded onto a computer without the owners knowledge. Spyware follows the computer users online activities. Identity thieves also use another method called Internet “phishing.“ These e-mail messages attempt to

16、collect an Internet users personal information, such as credit card numbers, by acting like a real business. People can protect themselves from identity theft in several ways. Anti-virus and anti-spyware computer programs can help. So can firewalls. These are programs or devices that limit informati

17、on coming through an Internet connection. Banks and individuals can also use Fob technology. A fob is a small device connected to a computer. Every sixty seconds it creates a special series of numbers, or a code. A computer user must type the code created at the exact minute that the user wants to s

18、ee his or her online financial information or bank records. Advertisers interested in selling products over the Internet may use adware to identify possible buyers. Adware is a software program sent with free files or programs to a computer. Once loaded onto a computer, adware can collect informatio

19、n about a persons interests. Adware can use this information to provide targeted sales messages to the computer user. These unwanted sales messages are sent through a persons e-mail. They can also be a problem for people using an Internet browser to find information. In this case, pop-up blockers ca

20、n help. A pop-up blocker is a computer program that prevents unwanted sales messages from opening. One of the most popular kinds of communication on the Internet is through personal Web sites called blogs. Blog is a shortened name for a Web log. Anyone can create his or her own blog. A blog may cont

21、ain stories, pictures, links to other Web sites and comments from visitors. Some people add information to their blogs every day. Blogs offer a way to present news and political or personal information. Blogs have become a place for public expression on many subjects. The Blog Herald estimates that

22、there are more than 60 million blogs around the world. People who have blogs are called bloggers. In the United States, many well known people have blogs. So do many other Americans, including teenagers and college students. Even United States soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan are blogging. T

23、roops are using their mailblogs to share opinions, emotions and memories of lost soldiers. The United States military restricts troops from writing personal information about other soldiers. It also restricts operational security information from being published in a biog. You can find blogs about a

24、 subject by using a special search engine created by Google. The Web address is blogsearch, google, com. Google is one of the most popular “search engines“ for the Internet. People use a search engine to find information about almost any subject on the Web. There are many ways to link computers with

25、 other forms of communication. For example, mobile telephones can send voice messages, color photographs and written information called text messages. They can even receive electronic mail. Small hand-held computer devices can store and read electronic books. Starting in 2006, the world s largest so

26、ftware company - Microsoft - will offer one hundred thousand books from the British Librarys collection. People will be able to search and read the literature on the Internet for free. Google has started its own project. The company has put thousands of library books and documents on the Internet. I

27、n October, 2005, Google gave three million dollars to help the United States Library of Congress create a World Digital Library on the Web. This will be a collection of rare books, documents, maps and other materials from Americas library and other national libraries. The head of the Library of Cong

28、ress says people will be able to learn about other cultures without traveling farther than the nearest computer. 2 The passage mainly describes how different nations struggle against U.S. control over domain names. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 ICANN is primarily in charge of the selling and buying of dom

29、ain names. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 As a prevalent way of communication, blogs are used by most people on the Internet in the United States. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Many countries, including China, believe that the World Wide Web should be administrated by the U.N. instead of the U. S. （ A） Y （ B） N

30、（ C） NG 6 The information put on personal Blogs can be browsed by unfamiliar net users. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 The European Union indicates the non-profit organization of ICANN can ensure a safe online environment. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 Once spyware or adware programs are loaded onto a computer,

31、it may collect the users personal information. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 Personal information that may be attained by identity thieves includes_. 10 By the year of 2007, the population using the Internet may incease to more than_ people. 11 Internet users may adopt anti-virus and anti-spyware computer

32、 programs,_ in order to safeguard themselves against-identity theft. 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

33、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） The man and woman study the same course. （ B） Jim lives nearer to the university than the man. （ C） The man lives near

34、er to the university than Jim. （ D） The man and woman live together. （ A） She already has it. （ B） In an hour. （ C） Today. （ D） Never. （ A） In a classroom. （ B） In a cafe. （ C） On the street. （ D） In an office. （ A） She often organizes the class reunions. （ B） She is better organized than the man. （

35、 C） She is more intelligent than the man. （ D） The man thinks the place is good for the class reunion. （ A） Because she has nothing else to do that evening. （ B） Because she likes the man. （ C） Because she has once read a book written by the man. （ D） Because she is interested in the topic of the le

36、cture. （ A） The university will be better than the woman thinks. （ B） The pictures in the prospectus show the university as it really is. （ C） The speakers have decided where to study. （ D） The pictures in the prospectus are very nice. （ A） Planning their summer holiday. （ B） Reading magazines. （ C）

37、 Watching TV. （ D） Reading books. （ A） Visiting an exhibition about China. （ B） Walking in a garden. （ C） Choosing a place to live. （ D） Looking at a magazine advertising flats. （ A） The rooms are smaller and darker than in the other flat they looked at. （ B） The rooms are larger and darker than in

38、the other fiat they looked at. （ C） The rooms are brighter and smaller than in the other flat they looked at. （ D） The rooms are brighter and larger than in the other flat they looked at. （ A） One of them has a part-time job. （ B） They like climbing stairs because it helps them keep fit. （ C） The ma

39、n is more concerned about money than the woman. （ D） They will ride their bicycles to university. （ A） The rent. （ B） Redecorating the flat. （ C） How they can use the extra room. （ D） There is no landlady. （ A） Water （ B） Crops （ C） Money （ D） Trees （ A） Maintaining genetic diversity in herds. （ B）

40、A lack of food for elephants on the reservation. （ C） Some elephants dont like each other. （ D） The elephants are destroying crops. （ A） It would have a bad effect on the local people. （ B） The local people do not want to sell any land. （ C） The government doesnt allow land to be sold. （ D） There is

41、nt enough money available to buy land. （ A） Two local people. （ B） A local person and a reservation worker. （ C） Two reservation workers. （ D） A reporter and a reservation worker. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some qu

42、estions. 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） family, buffet and serving. （ B） Take away, restaurant and snacks. （ C） home cooking and fast food. （ D） French, Chinese a

43、nd Italian. （ A） evening meal. （ B） afternoon tea. （ C） breakfast. （ D） snacks. （ A） hug them. （ B） shake hands. （ C） shout at them. （ D） kiss them. （ A） 5 years old. （ B） 10 years old. （ C） 7 years old. （ D） 16 years old. （ A） 10,000 pounds per year. （ B） Its very expensive. （ C） Nothing, its free.

44、 （ D） 2 pounds per day. （ A） A level. （ B） GCSE. （ C） GRE （ D） IELTS （ A） England. （ B） Korea. （ C） France. （ D） America. （ A） Blue Friday. （ B） Black Friday. （ C） Shopping Friday. （ D） Harvest Friday. （ A） the cowboys and the Indians. （ B） the British and the French. （ C） the Pilgrims and the India

45、ns. （ D） the pilgrims and the cowboys. （ A） turkey and pumpkin pie. （ B） chicken and pumpkin pie. （ C） pork and apple pie. （ D） turkey and apple pie. 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 f

46、or 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. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the e

47、xact words you have just heard or write down the 36 The home secretary, Charles Clarke, will today guarantee that the personal details contained on the national identity card will not go beyond those currently on passports. He will write the【 B1】 _. into the legislation which passes through its fina

48、l【 B2】 _in the Commons to day. The bill【 B3】 _that only name, date and place of birth, gender, address, nationality and immigration【 B4】 _can be recorded on the ID database. The home secretary has promised fresh legislation will have to be introduced if extra personal details such as health records,

49、【 B5】 _. Records or other background information were added. Mr Clarke will also promise that everyone will be able to access their entry on the national ID card database and see which organizations had been【 B6】 _their identity. At the same time ministers will table new government amendments to ensure those who【 B7】 _the national ID cards register will not be able to tell who has a criminal re cord on the police【 B8】 _computer. 【 B9】 _the Home Office has opened tal