[外语类试卷]大学英语四级模拟试卷711及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 711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 A Letter Inviting A Foreign Teacher To Visit An Exhibition. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese. Write you composition on t

2、he Answer Sheet. 1. 邀请的原因； 2. 通知参加展览的时间和地点； 3. 其他 (双方如何见面等 )。 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)

3、 if 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. 2 Americans and Food An unusual but timely cartoon recently appeared in the local newsp

4、aper. The single panel showed a gravel pit operation with piles of raw earth and large cranes. Next to one of the cranes stood the owner of the gravel pit a grizzled, tough-looking character, hammer in hand, pointing proudly to the new sign he had just tacked up. The sign road, “Freds Fill Dirt and

5、Croissants.“ The cartoon illustrates an interesting phenomenon: the changing food habits of Americans. Our meals used to consist of something like homecooked pot roast, mashed potatoes laced with butter and salt, a thick slice of apple pie topped with a healthy scoop of vanilla ice cream plain, heav

6、y meals, cooked from scratch, and eaten leisurely at home. But America has changed, and as it has, so have what we Americans eat and how we eat it. We used to have simple, unsophisticated tastes and looked with suspicion at anything more exotic than a hamburger. Admittedly, we did adopt some foods f

7、rom the various immigrant groups who flocked to our shores. We learned to eat croissants, those small, sweet French bread rolls, and also Chinese food and pizza, but in the last few years, the international character of our diet has grown tremendously. We can walk into any mall in Middle America and

8、 buy Mexican food like pita bread and tacos. Such foods are often changed on their journey from exotic imports to ordinary “American“ meals, but the imports are still a long way from hamburger on a bun. Why have we become more worldly in our tastes? For one thing, television blankets the country wit

9、h information about new food products and trends. Viewers in rural Montana know that the latest craving in Washington, D.C. is Cajun cooking and that something called tofu is now available in the local supermarket. Another reason for the growing international flavor of our food is that many young Am

10、ericans have traveled abroad and gotten hooked on new tastes and flavors. Backpacking students and young professionals vacationing in Europe come home with a taste for authentic French bread or German beer. Finally, continuing waves of immigrants settle in the cities where many of us live, causing s

11、ignificant changes in what we eat. Vietnamese, Haitians, and Thais, for instance, bringing their native foods and cooking styles with them and eventually open small markets or restaurants. In time, the new food will become Americanized enough to take its place in our national diet. Our growing conce

12、rn with health has also affected the way we eat. For the last few years, the media have warned us about the dangers of our traditional diet, high in salt and fat, low in fiber. The media also began to educate us about the dangers of processed foods pumped full of chemical additives. As a result, con

13、sumers began to demand healthier foods, and manufacturers started to change some of their products. Many foods, such as lunch meat, canned vegetables, and soups, were made available in low-fat, low-sodium versions. Whole-grain cereals and high-fiber breads also began to appear on the grocery shelves

14、. Moreover, the food industry started to produce all-natural products everything from potato chips to ice cream without additives and preservatives. Not surprisingly, the restaurant industry responded to this switch to healthier foods, luring customers with salad bars, broiled fish, and steamed vege

15、tables. Our food habits are being affected, too, by the rapid increase in the number of women working outside the home. Sociologists and other experts believe that two important factors triggered this phenomenon: the womens movement and a changing economic climate. Women were assured that it was acc

16、eptable, even rewarding, to work outside the home; many women also discovered that they had to work just to keep up with the cost of living. As the traditional role of homemaker changed, so did the way families ate. With Mom working, there wasnt time for her to prepare the traditional three square m

17、eals a day. Instead, families began looking for alternatives to provide quick meals. What was the result? For one thing, there was a boom in fast-food restaurants. The suburban or downtown strip that once contained a lone McDonalds now features Wendys, KFCs, Burger King, and Pizza Hut. Families also

18、 began to depend on frozen foods as another time-saving alternative. Once again, though, demand changed the kind of frozen food available. Frozen food no longer consist of foil trays divided into greasy fried chicken, watery corn niblets, and lumpy mashed potatoes. Supermarkets now stock a range of

19、supposedly tasty frozen dinners. It may not be possible to pick up a ton of fill dirt and a half-dozen croissants at the same place, but Americas food habits are definitely changing. If it is true that“ you are what you eat, “then Americas identity is evolving along with its diet. 2 The grizzled, to

20、ugh-looking cartoon character warned Americans not to change their food habits. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 The various immigrant groups in America contribute to Americans international taste. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Many young Americans who have traveled abroad dislike traditional food more and more, s

21、o they only try exotic food. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Whole-grain cereals and high-fiber breads are examples that manufacturers meet consumers health demand. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Working women dont have enough time to prepare three meals a day so that families depend on traditional frozen food. （

22、A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 According to the passage, American meals at one time were heavy and meat-based. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 Television keeps introducing different kinds of food, which is changing Americans taste. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 An important factor that has affected what Americans eat is i

23、ncreased consciousness about their _. 10 A direct result of the change in Americas economic climate was _. 11 According to the passage, the American identity is changing with the change in _. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the

24、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 answer.

25、（ A） Shes been dismissed for her poor performance. （ B） Shes been fired by the company. （ C） She has been given a months leave. （ D） She has been offered a new job. （ A） He had to work overtime. （ B） His car ran out of gas. （ C） He was held up in traffic. （ D） He had a traffic accident. （ A） Shes br

26、oken the pen. （ B） Shes returned the pen. （ C） Shes lent the pen to someone. （ D） She does not know where the pen is. （ A） Mr. Whites reason for leaving. （ B） How to apply or a job. （ C） Mr. Whites new appointment. （ D） A vacant job. （ A） Be hostile to Nancy. （ B） Talk to Nancy herself. （ C） Ask Nan

27、cy to come out. （ D） Write a letter to Nancy. （ A） He is often asked to go and see exhibitions. （ B） He would like to go and see the exhibition. （ C） He went to see the exhibition last year. （ D） He definitely does not want to go. （ A） Plane. （ B） Train. （ C） Car. （ D） Ship. （ A） Nick cant go on stu

28、dying because he has to work in a steel plant. （ B） Nick has earned enough money for his senior year. （ C） Nick prefers working in a steel plant to going to collage. （ D） Nick doesnt have enough money so hell work during his senior year. （ A） They lived in groups and were cave people. （ B） There wer

29、e societies in Ice Age. （ C） They were advanced in arts. （ D） They had a smart way of building shelters. （ A） By staying in their animal skin houses. （ B） By making their homes facing south. （ C） By bathing themselves in the sun. （ D） By burning trees. （ A） Read the book quickly. （ B） Speak slowly.

30、（ C） Tell him more about the Ice Age societies. （ D） Lend him the magazine. （ A） Looking at some photographs. （ B） Selling cameras. （ C） Teaching a photography class. （ D） Repairing camera equipment. （ A） He has a professional photographer take pictures for him. （ B） He doesnt think he knows. （ C） H

31、e 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. （ C） It is easy to load. （ D） It advances the film automatically. （ A） He cant find good subjects to photograph. （ B） His indoor shots are

32、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. 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 que

33、stion, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） 3. （ B） 4. （ C） 6. （ D） 8. （ A） Art. （ B） Law. （ C） Science. （ D） Education. （ A） Roman law was so advanced that other nations adopted Roman legal principles. （ B） Some Roman-built structures are still standing.

34、（ C） Roman superiority began to decline in the fourth century A. D. （ D） The ancient Romans were talented in many areas. （ A） 20,000 （ B） 26,000 （ C） 30,000 （ D） 36,000 （ A） 55 （ B） 65 （ C） 75 （ D） 85 （ A） The only method of preventing the disease is to get flu vaccines. （ B） Dr. Morens was optimist

35、ic about the immediate future. （ C） As many as 87 percent of the 11,000 people who died from R. S.V. each year were 65 and older. （ D） The vaccine, which is made from a killed virus, can give people the flu. （ A） The President Franklin Roosevelts wife. （ B） A woman working for the President. （ C） A

36、famous writer of America. （ D） A kind woman liking to help the poor. 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 requir

37、ed 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 words you have just heard or write down the 33 Its difficult to imagine the

38、sea ever running out of fish. Its so vast, so deep, so【 B1】 _. Unfortunately, its not bottomless. Over fishing,【 B2】 _with destructive fishing practices, is killing off the fish and【 B3】 _their environment. Destroy the fish, and you destroy the fishermens means of living. At least 60【 B4】_of the wor

39、lds commercially important fish【 B5】 _are already over-fished, or fished to the limit. As a result, governments have had to close down some areas of sea to【 B6】 _fishing. Big, high-tech fleets【 B7】 _that everything in their path is pulled out of the water. Anything too small, or the wrong thing, is

40、thrown back either dead or dying. Thats an【 B8】 _of more than 20 million metric tons every year. When you consider that equals a quarter of the world catch, you begin to see the size of the problem.【 B9】 _. In some parts of the world, for every kilogram of prawns caught, up to 15 kilograms of unsusp

41、ecting fish and other marine wildlife die, simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. True,【 B10】 _before every ocean becomes a dead sea. 【 B11】 _then catch them in a way that doesnt kill other innocent sea life. 34 【 B1】 35 【 B2】 36 【 B3】 37 【 B4】 38 【 B5】 39 【 B6】 40 【 B7】 41 【 B8】 42

42、【 B9】 43 【 B10】 44 【 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 making your choices. Each choice in the

43、 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. 44 While it seems pretty obvious that gratitude is a positive emotion, psychologists for decades rarely delved (探究 )

44、 into the science of giving thanks. But in the last several years many【 S1】 _have shown that it is one of humanitys most【 S2】_emotions. It makes you happier and can change your attitude about life, like an emotional reset button. Beyond【 S3】 _that being grateful helps you, psychologists also are try

45、ing to【 S4】 _out the brain chemistry behind gratitude and the best ways of showing it. University of Miami psychology professor Michael McCullough, who has studied people who are asked to be regularly thankful, points out that giving thanks is a potent (强有力的 ) emotion that feeds on itself, almost th

46、e【 S5】 _of being victorious. He said psychologists used to underestimate the【 S6】 _of simple gratitude: “It does make people happier. Its that incredible feeling.“ One of the reasons why gratitude works so well is that it【 S7】 _us with others, McCullough said. Thats why when you give thanks it shoul

47、d be more【 S8】 _and personal instead of a brief thank you note for a gift or a hastily run-through grace before dinner, psychologists say. Chicago area psychologist and self-help book author Maryann Troiani said she starts getting clients on gratitude【 S9】 _, sometimes just by limiting their complai

48、nts to two whines (牢骚 ) a session. Then she eventually gets them to log good things that happened to them in gratitude journals that are becoming regular therapy【 S10】_where people list weekly or nightly what they are thankful for. A) heartfelt F) immediately K) strength B) experiments G) gradually

49、L) experiences C) tools H) connects M) equivalent D) supposing I) proving N) leave E) figure J) reluctant O) powerful 45 【 S1】 46 【 S2】 47 【 S3】 48 【 S4】 49 【 S5】 50 【 S6】 51 【 S7】 52 【 S8】 53 【 S9】 54 【 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,