[外语类试卷]大学英语四级模拟试卷726及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 726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 People are Enjoying a Richer Life. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below: 二、 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minut

2、es) 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 passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information give

3、n in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 2 Foreign Adoptions Madonna, as you might have heard, is in the process of adopting a baby from Malawi. The one-year-old boy named David was flown last month to London. The American pop music star and her husband ha

4、ve a home there. Madonna is married to film director Guy Ritchie and is the biological mother of two children. Madonna recently gave millions of dollars to support efforts to help orphans(孤儿 )in Malawi. The southern African country is one of the poorest nations in the world. Madonna says she wants t

5、o give David a better life. But some people criticized her for adopting a child whose father is still alive; even if the father did agree to it. And some child psychologists said children do best if they are well cared for in their own homeland. The adoption is not yet final. The Lilongwe High Court

6、 gave Madonna and her husband temporary custody of David on October twelfth. The court order is for eighteen months. During that period a social worker will report on how the boy is being cared for. A committee of sixty-seven human rights groups in Malawi argued that adoption laws there normally bar

7、 international adoptions. The committee has brought a legal action to make sure if Madonna received special treatment. Madonna says she did not. But she has supporters. They include Jane Aronson, an influential expert on adoptions and head of the World Orphans Foundation, She says Madonna is offerin

8、g David a new life. More than two thirds of people in the United States who adopt children from other countries are not famous. They are people like Miriam and John Baxter of Bethesda, Maryland. The Baxters have a biological daughter named Olivia. Olivia was almost eight when her new brother, Matthe

9、w, arrived. The Baxters adopted Matthew from an orphanage(孤儿院 ) in South Korea. They had thought about adopting a baby from China. But their plans changed five years ago after the World Trade Center attack in New York. A nearby office where they needed to get a document to satisfy Chinese adoption r

10、equirements was closed temporarily. Waiting for the office to re-open would have delayed the process another month. And the Baxters already faced a year of waiting. Then they learned that it might be faster to try to adopt a child from South Korea. Miriam Baxter has a brother and sister who were ado

11、pted from there. And, in her words, “we wanted the child so much, we just could not wait any longer.“ There are many older children in the United States who could be adopted. Finding permanent homes for them is difficult, especially if they have physical or emotional problems. People who want to ado

12、pt usually want a child who is healthy and very young. In nineteen seventy-three, the Supreme Court ruled that women have a right to end unwanted pregnancies. So, for more and more Americans looking to adopt, the answer is to look in another country. The State Department approved immigrant visas for

13、 eight thousand foreign adopted children in nineteen eighty-nine. By last year the number was almost twenty-three thousand. The Census Bureau says two and a half percent of all children in-the United States are adopted. Of those, about thirteen percent are foreign-born. Years ago, few unmarried Amer

14、icans or couples older than forty adopted babies. Today, it is much more common for single people to adopt. The same is true of older married couples and older singles. Some couples of the same sex also adopt children. Adoption laws differ from state to state. People who want to adopt must show they

15、 can provide a safe and loving home. But sometimes they have to wait years until an adoption agency can find a child for them. So they might seek a private adoption for example, by paying a woman to have a baby for them. By some estimates, the average cost of an adoption is less than twenty thousand

16、 dollars. But some parents pay a lot more. Foreign adoptions can also be costly. For example, to adopt a Russian child can cost more than thirty thousand dollars. Many adoption agencies in the United States handle foreign adoptions. For parents, the easiest adoptions often involve what is called dir

17、ect relinquishment(放弃 ). This means the bio- logical parents might be dead. Or they might have already surrendered their child to an orphanage. But, like many other adoptions, international adoptions take time in some cases, many months. Adoption agencies and the State Department have a number of re

18、quirements for people who want to adopt a foreign child. The prospective parents must prove they are in good health and able to financially support a child. Officials also look for criminal records. And a social worker visits the home, to make sure the home and family will be good for the child. In

19、addition, prospective parents must meet any requirements of foreign adoption agencies and governments. Some doctors in the United States, like Jane Aronson, provide special services for parents who want to adopt a foreign child. Parents have to know there is a risk that the children they adopt might

20、 not be as healthy as they seem. For example, the State Department last month put out a notice to any Americans who recently adopted a child from southern Kazakhstan. The Kazakh government reported that as many as sixty-one children in the Shymkent area were infected with the virus that causes AIDS.

21、 The State Department said parents may wish to talk to their childs doctor about testing for H.I.V. It said testing is now required for all children from Kazakhstan adopted by American parents as of the middle of September. The United States has been preparing to put into effect an international tre

22、aty called the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption. That may happen next year. The treaty aims to fight child trafficking. Some people are concerned that foreign adoptions could take longer and cost more as a result of rule changes required by the treaty. But the Wall Street Journal noted las

23、t week that the rules will mean adoption agencies have to try harder to get health information on children. Any adoption can be complex, both for the parents and the child. This is true especially in families with adopted children from other races and cultures. There are issues of identity and accep

24、tance. 2 This passage is a report on the growing number of Americans who adopt children from other countries. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Some child psychologists said that children do best in their own country. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Most American people who adopt foreign-born children are not famous.

25、 （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 The process of adopting Chinese-born children is slower than that of adopting children from South Korea. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Growing number of Americans seek to adopt foreign-born children after women have a right to end unwanted pregnancies in 1973. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） N

26、G 7 Approximately thirteen percent of all adopted children in the U.S. are from another country. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 Parents who want to adopt a foreign child have to satisfy all the requirements of foreign adoption agencies and the federal government. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 That people pay a w

27、oman to have a baby for them is an example of _. 10 The aim of the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption is to fight _. 11 The complex issues in families facing both the parents and the adopted child are _. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long co

28、nversations. 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. 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

29、is the best answer. （ A） By subway. （ B） By taxi. （ C） By bus. （ D） In their own car. （ A） A speech. （ B） A movie. （ C） A play. （ D） A lecture. （ A） The man doesnt want to repeat what he Mid. （ B） The man has learned a lesson from his car accident. （ C） The man is shy, so he cant drive fast. （ D） Th

30、e woman cant tolerate the mans attitude. （ A） She doesnt believe he can do it. （ B） She agrees with the man. （ C） She expects to see him soon. （ D） She will go to the library. （ A） He doesnt live in the dormitory any more. （ B） He came back to school this semester. （ C） Hes busy moving into a new ro

31、om. （ D） He cant talk about it right now. （ A） At a nursery. （ B） In an orchard. （ C） In a grocery store. （ D） In a church. （ A） He wont have to wait much longer. （ B） He was waiting in the wrong place. （ C） The woman was mistaken. （ D） The woman should get another job. （ A） She must learn to unders

32、tand Johns humor better. （ B） She doesnt appreciate Johns humor. （ C） She enjoys Johns humor a great deal. （ D） She thinks John is not funny enough. （ A） It was damaged in an accident. （ B） It broke down. （ C） It was stolen in a night. （ D） Mary sold it unwillingly. （ A） He is fond of driving. （ B）

33、He has got used to driving a car to work. （ C） He spends too much time on the bus. （ D） Hes working at night far from home. （ A） Not buy an old car. （ B） Get some information of the car owner. （ C） Look at the car with a mechanic. （ D） Check the service records. （ A） To the supermarket. （ B） To scho

34、ol. （ C） To her home. （ D） To her neighbors house. 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 question, you must choose the best answer

35、from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） Three minutes. （ B） Two minutes. （ C） One minute. （ D） Five minutes. （ A） To win a competition. （ B） To break a record. （ C） To deliver the news of victory. （ D） To win the first prize. （ A） Because he is over the fellow runners. （ B） Because he is ov

36、er former runners. （ C） Because he is over his own body. （ D） Because he wins the prize. （ A） People dont often eat English food. （ B） People dont like English food. （ C） People who travel to Britain eat English food in English home. （ D） People who travel to Britain dont know much about English foo

37、d. （ A） The speaker thinks that we live to eat, but not eat to live. （ B） The speaker doesnt think that we should eat when living. （ C） The speaker thinks that we eat to live, but not live to eat. （ D） The speaker thinks that we eat to live and live to eat. （ A） The criticism of English food by visi

38、tors is unfair. （ B） It is impossible to find good English food in large towns. （ C） As well as food people also travel to Britain for shopping and sightseeing. （ D） If people complain about English food, they will get better food. （ A） A man w. ho is courageous. （ B） A man who knows his faults. （ C

39、） A man who knows his weakness. （ D） A man who has a clear knowledge of himself. （ A） People became courageous. （ B） Socrates taught young men evil things. （ C） Socrates ideas did harm to their ruling. （ D） People were encouraged to ask questions about themselves. （ A） 25 days. （ B） 30 days. （ C） 35

40、 days. （ D） 40 days. （ A） Socrates was hanged by the rulers of Rome. （ B） Socrates was calm and cheerful after he was arrested. （ C） Socrates ideas had a great influence upon the Western culture. （ D） Socrates friends and pupils did a lot to help Socrates out of prison. Section C Directions: In this

41、 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. For blan

42、ks 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 34 From Monday until Friday, most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on 【 B1】 _ they are free to relax a

43、nd enjoy themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies; others 【 B2】 _ in sports. It depends on 【 B3】_ interests. There are many different ways to spend our 【 B4】 _ time. Almost everyone has some kinds of 【 B5】 _. It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplane. Some hobbi

44、es are very 【 B6】 _, but others dont cost anything at all. Some collections are worth a lot of money, while others are 【 B7】 _ only to their owners. I know a man who has a 【 B8】 _ collection worth several thousand dollars. 【 B9】 _. On the other hand, my youngest sister collects matchboxes. She has a

45、lmost 600 of them but I doubt if they are worth any money. 【 B10】 _. Thats what a hobby means, I guess. 【 B11】 _. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is. 34 【 B1】 35 【 B2】 36 【 B3】 37 【 B4】 38 【 B5】 39 【 B6】 40 【 B7】 41 【 B8】 42 【 B9】 43 【 B10】 44 【 B11】 Section A Dir

46、ections: 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 bank is identified by a letter. Please

47、 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 To call something “marginal“ means it is not very good. Farmers have their own way to【 S1】 _marginal land: It is the last to be planted under good condi

48、tions, and has the【 S2】 _to be avoided under poor conditions. Low【 S3】 _soil is not the only reason land could be considered marginal. It might be in an area where rainfall is【 S4】 _or where a hillside might rise too steeply(陡峭地 ). There are uses for marginal land, however. Most often it is used as

49、grassland. Grasses provide excellent【 S5】 _for grazing(吃草 )animals like cattle, sheep and goats. Grass seed can be bought from a foreign supplier or【 S6】 _grasses can be used. However, using marginal land for grazing is not a simple issue. There is a【 S7】_of overgrazing. Cattle can damage the crops by eating down to the roots. Also, the weight of the animals crushes the soil and can make it too hard fo