[外语类试卷]大学英语四级模拟试卷525及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 525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 on the topic Changes in the Way People Spent Holidays. You should write at least 120 words according to the outlines given below in Chinese:1上表显示 1993、 1998、 2003年人们的不同度假方式。请描述其变化 2

2、说明发生这些变化的原因 3今后人们的度假方式还可能有怎样的变化 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

3、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 Like time, space is perceived differently in different cultures. Spatial consciousness in many Western cultures is

4、based on a perception of objects in Space, rather than of space itself. Westerners perceive shapes and dimensions, in which space is a realm of light, color, sight, and touch. Benjamin L. Whorl, in his classic work Language, Thought and Reality, offers the following explanation as one reason why Wes

5、terners perceive space in this manner. Western thought and language mainly developed from the Roman, Latin-speaking, culture, which was a practical, experience-based system. Western culture has generally followed Roman thought patterns in viewing objective “reality“ as the foundation for subjective

6、or “inner“ experience. It was only when the intellectually crude Roman culture became influenced by the abstract thinking of the Greek culture that the Latin language developed a significant vocabulary of abstract, nonspatial terms. But the early Roman-Latin element of spatial consciousness, of conc

7、reteness, has been maintained in Western thought and language patterns, even though the Greek capacity for abstract thinking and expression was also inherited. However, some cultural-linguistic systems developed in the opposite direction, that is, from an abstract and subjective vocabulary to a more

8、 concrete one For example, Whorl tells us that in the Hopi language the word heart, a concrete term, can be shown to be a late formation from the abstract terms think or remember, Similarly, although it seems to Westerners, and especially to Americans, that objective, tangible “reality“ must precede

9、 any subjective or inner experience, in fact, many Asian and other non-European cultures view inner experience as the basis for ones perceptions of physical reality. Thus although Americans are taught to perceive and react to the arrangement of objects in space and to think of space as being “wasted

10、“ unless it is filled with objects, the Japanese are trained to give meaning to space itself and to value “empty“ space. It is not only the East and the West that are different in their patterning of space. We can also see cross-cultural varieties in spatial perception when we look at arrangements o

11、f urban space in different Western cultures. For instance, in the United States, cities are usually laid out along a grid, with the axes generally north/south and east/west. Streets and buildings are numbered sequentially. This arrangement, of course, makes perfect sense to Americans. When Americans

12、 walk in a city like Paris, which is laid out with the main streets radiating from centers, they often get lost. Furthermore, streets in Paris are named, not numbered, and the names often change after a few blocks. It .is amazing to Americans how anyone gets around, yet Parisians seem to do well. Ed

13、ward Hall, in The Silent Language, suggests that the layout of space characteristic of French cities is only one aspect of the theme of centralization that characterizes French culture. Thus Paris is the center of France, French government and educational systems are highly centralized, and in Frenc

14、h offices the most important person has his or her desk in the middle of the office. Another aspect of the cultural patterning of space concerns the functions of spaces. In middle class America, specific spaces are designated for specific activities. Any intrusion of one activity into a space that i

15、t was not designed for is immediately felt as inappropriate. In contrast, in Japan, this case is not true: Walls are movable, and rooms are used for one purpose during the day and another purpose in the evening and at night. In India there is yet another culturally patterned use of space. The functi

16、on of space in India, both in public and in private places, is connected with concepts of superiority and inferiority. In Indian cities, villages, and even within the home, certain spaces are designated as polluted, or inferior, because of the activities that take place there and the kinds of people

17、 who use such spaces. Spaces in India are segregated so that high caste and low caste, males and females, secular and sacred activities are kept apart. This pattern has been used for thousands of years, as demonstrated by the archaeological evidence uncovered in ancient Indian cities. It is a remark

18、ably persistent pattern, even in modern India, where public transportation reserves a separate space for women. For example, Chandigarh is a modern Indian city designed by a French architect. The apartments were built according to European concepts, but the Indians living there found certain aspects

19、 inconsistent with their previous use of living space. Ruth Freed, an anthropologist who worked in India, found that Indian families living in Chandigarh modified their apartments by using curtains to separate the mens and womens spaces. The families also continued to eat in the kitchen, a tradition

20、al pattern, and the living room-dining room was only used when Western guests were present. Traditional Indian village living takes place in an area surrounded by a wall. The courtyard gives privacy to each residence group. Chandigarh apartments, however, were built with large windows, reflecting th

21、e European value of light and sun, so many Chandigarh families pasted paper over the windows to recreate the privacy of the traditional courtyard. Freed suggests that these traditional Indian patterns may represent an adaptation to a densely populated environment. Anthropologists studying various cu

22、ltures as a whole have seen a connection in the way they view both time and space. For example, as we have seen, Americans look on time without activity as “wasted“ and space without objects as “wasted.“ Once again, the Hopi present an interesting contrast. In the English language, any noun for a lo

23、cation or a space may be used on its own and given its own characteristics without any reference being made to another location or space. For example, we can say in English: “The room is big“ or “The north of the United States has cold winters.“ We do not need to indicate that “room“ or “north“ has

24、a relationship to any other word of space or location. But in Hopi, locations or regions of space cannot function by themselves in a sentence. The Hopi cannot say “north“ by itself; they must say “in the north,“ “from the north,“ or in some other way use a directional suffix with the word north. In

25、the same way, the Hopi language does not have a single word that can be translated as room. The Hopi word for room is a stem, a portion of a word, that means “house,“ “room,“ or “enclosed chamber,“ but the stem cannot be used alone. It must be joined to a suffix that will make the word mean “in a ho

26、use“ or “from a chamber.“ Hollow spaces like room, chamber, or hall in Hopi are concepts that are meaningful only in relation to other spaces. In some cultures a significant aspect of spatial perception is shown by the amount of “personal space“ people need between them-selves and others to feel com

27、fortable and not crowded. North Americans, for instance, seem to require about four feet of space between themselves and people near them to feel comfortable. On the other hand, people from Arab countries and Latin America feel comfortable when they are close to each other. People from different cul

28、tures, therefore, may unconsciously infringe on each others sense of space. Thus just as different perceptions of time may create cultural conflicts, so too may different perceptions of space. 2 The passage is about cross-cultural spatial perceptions. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 European cultures genera

29、lly value inner personal experience more than non-European cultures do. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 China is an example of a highly centralized society. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Japan and the United States are similar in that both cultures use the same space f0r a variety of different purposes. （ A） Y （

30、B） N （ C） NG 6 In India, public and private space is separated for males and females. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 The Hopi language locates places only in connection with other spaces or directions. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 Arab, Latin American, and North American cultures all have similar perceptions of

31、 personal space. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 Ancient Greek culture emphasized _. 10 Streets and buildings are numbered sequentially in _. 11 A French architect designed a modern Indian city, named _. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At

32、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 the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answ

33、er. （ A） He cant explain some concepts of engineering. （ B） He regularly gives talks to high school students. （ C） He doesnt want the woman to postpone the talk. （ D） He hasnt finished preparing for his presentation. （ A） To be an architect. （ B） To go into the business. （ C） To be more interesting.

34、 （ D） To become an artist. （ A） Photocopy the book at Sands store. （ B） Go back to the school bookstore and look near the side. （ C） Go to the bookstore near the school. （ D） Go to the bookstore near the Sams. （ A） She rarely makes mistakes. （ B） Her boss is hard to work with. （ C） She always tells

35、others what she thinks. （ D） She regretted having replaced the secretary. （ A） He is always late on Friday. （ B） He is most forgetful on Friday. （ C） He is always behind on his work on Friday. （ D） He prefers Friday mornings to; Monday mornings. （ A） Mary forgot about the seminar. （ B） Mary has been

36、 ill for several weeks. （ C） Mary wasnt able to attend the seminar. （ D） Mary hadnt planned to attend the seminar. （ A） Dave will never listen. （ B） She doesnt know Dave. （ C） She thinks Dave is insane. （ D） She thinks Dave will listen one day. （ A） She may not be able to help the man. （ B） She will

37、 talk to Judy about the problem. （ C） She isnt sure if Judy can solve the problem. （ D） The man should solve the problem by himself. （ A） The use of photographs in painting. （ B） The TV program about Norman Rockwell. （ C） The Saturday Evening Post magazine. （ D） Exhibits of art on magazine covers. （

38、 A） He imagined them. （ B） He used magazine covers. （ C） He hired models. （ D） He read stories. （ A） He was a prolific painter. （ B） He was an eccentric person. （ C） He was an avid reader. （ D） He was a good teacher. （ A） Looking at some photographs. （ B） Selling cameras. （ C） Teaching a photography

39、 class （ D） Repairing camera equipment. （ A） He has a professional photographer take pictures for him. （ B） He doesnt think he knows. （ C） He doesnt have a flash attachment. （ D） He thinks a big camera would be too much trouble. （ A） It focuses automatically. （ B） It has a lot of specialized lenses.

40、 （ C） It is easy to load. （ D） It advances the film automatically （ A） He can t find good subjects to photograph. （ B） His indoor shots are too dark. （ C） His pictures are often blurry. （ D） His camera is too old for good detail. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.

41、 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） His wife. （ B） A tree. （ C） A clock. （ D） Lightning. （ A） Edwards had be

42、en blind for nine years. （ B） Edwards was unconscious for twenty minutes after the lightning had struck him. （ C） Doctors believe that Edwards was never really blind or deaf. （ D） Edwards awoke with his face in a puddle of water. （ A） He regained his sight from a head injury when he fell from a tree

43、. （ B） He was happy after his wife entered his room for the first time in nine years. （ C） The lightning took the feeling from his legs and gave feeling in his eyes. （ D） Because the blow that blinded him was very severe, it took another very severe blow to restore his sight. （ A） They can do better

44、 than others. （ B） It is expensive to hire labor. （ C） They do not like to be helped. （ D） They do not trust others. （ A） It publishes books only for children. （ B） It publishes books about peoples pets. （ C） It uses computers to make stories. （ D） It makes the young readers the leading characters i

45、n the stories. （ A） With the reader himself in the story. （ B） Telling stories about the reader himself. （ C） Printed with standard things. （ D） Published with the help of computer. （ A） A region high in the mountains. （ B） A city deep in the jungle. （ C） A city that exists only in the imagination.

46、（ D） A distant island. （ A） For their priests to live in. （ B） As residences for spirits. （ C） As a place to gather. （ D） As a place for weddings, funerals and special events. （ A） The number of temples for the size of the population. （ B） The absence of wars and natural disasters. （ C） The belief t

47、hat there are no evil spirits. （ D） The Chara population has no chief or other ruler. （ A） A couples experience as volunteers. （ B） The need for volunteers in the Third World. （ C） A new public emphasis on volunteering. （ D） the rewards of volunteering. Section C Directions: In this section, you wil

48、l 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. For blanks numbered from

49、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 Music which is【 B1】 _is individual and personal. That is to say, it can be【 B2】_as belonging to a【 B3】 _composer. It has particular【 B4】 _, or a style, which are not copied from one another. If you can【 B5】 _the style of a composer, you will probably be able to tell that a certain composition belongs to him or her even though you have n