[外语类试卷]大学英语四级模拟试卷770及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 770及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 Students Rating of Their Teachers 1在大学里，学生给老师打分已经很普遍 2学生对其持不同态度 3你的看法 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

2、 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 given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 1 The Kind of Work Daddy

3、Does It is not surprising that modem children tend to look blank and dispirited when informed that they will someday have to “go to work and make a living. “The fact is they cannot visualiave what work is in corporate America. Not so long ago, when a parent said he was off to work, the child knew ve

4、ry well what was about to happen. His parent was going to make something or fix something, The parent could take his offspring to his place of business and let him watch while he repaired a car or built a table. When a child asked,“ What kind of work do you do, Daddy?“ his father could answer in ter

5、ms that a child could come to grips with. “I fix steam engines. “I make horse collars.“ Well, a few fathers still fix engines and build things, but most do not. Nowadays, most fathers sit in glass buildings performing tasks that are absolutely incomprehensible to children. Tile answers they gave whe

6、n asked, “What kind of work do you do, Daddy? “are likely to be very puzzling to the child. “I sell space. “I do market research. “I am a data processor. “I am in public relations. “I am a systems analyst. “Such explanations must seem nonsense to a child. How can he possibly imagine anyone analyzing

7、 a system or researching a market? Even grown men who do market research have trouble visualizing what a public relations man does with his day, and it is a safe bet that the average systems analyst is as puzzled about what a space saleman does at the shop as the average space salesman is about the

8、tools needed to analyze a system. In the common everyday job, nothing is made any more. Things are now made by machines. Very little is repaired. The machines that make things make them in such a fashion that they will quickly fall apart in such a way that repairs will be too expensive. Thus the buy

9、er is encouraged to throw the thing away and buy a new one. In effect, the machines are making junk. The handful of people remotely associated with these machines can, of course, tell thier inquisitive children“ Daddy makes junk. “Most of the work force, however, is too remote from junk production t

10、o sense any contribution to the industry. What do these people do? Consider the typical twelve - story glass building in the typical American city. Nothing is being made in this building and nothing is being repaired, including the building itself. Constructed as a piece of junk, the building will b

11、e discarded when it wears out , and another piece of junk will be set in its place. Still, the building is filled with people who think of themselves as working. At any given moment during the day perhaps one - third of them will be talking into telephones. Most of these conversations will be about

12、paper for paper is what occupies nearly everyone in this building. Some jobs in the building require men to fill paper with words. There are persons who type neatly on paper and persons who read paper and jot notes in the margins. Some persons make copies of paper and other persons deliver paper. Th

13、ere are persons who file paper and persons who file paper. Some persons mail paper. Some persons telephone other persons and ask that paper be sent to them. Others telephone to ascertain the whereabout of paper. Some persons confer about paper. In the grandest offices, men approve of some paper and

14、disapprove of other paper. The elevators are filled throughout the day with young men carrying paper from floor to floor and with vital men carrying paper to be discussed with other vital men. What is a child to make of all this? His father may be so important that he lunches with other men about pa

15、per. Suppose he brings his son to work to give the boy some idea of what work is all about. What does the boy see happening? His father calls for paper. He reads paper. Perhaps he makes an angry red mark on paper. He telephones another man and says they had better lunch over paper. At lunch they tal

16、k about paper. Back at the office, the father orders the paper retyped and reproduced in quintuplicate, and then sent to another man for comparison with paper that was reproduced in triplicate last year. Imagine his poor son afterwards thinking about the mysteries of work with a friend, who asks him

17、, “What does your father do? “What can the boy reply? “It beats me, “perhaps, if he is not very observant. Or if he is, “Something that has to do with making junk, I think. Same as everybody else.“ 2 Modern children like to ask their parents many questions. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Modern children fe

18、el disheartened when they have to go to work. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 The machines themselves are constructed of junk. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 A child could understand his fathers job better in the past. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Most of the jobs at that time were the past. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 A c

19、hild would think that his father was doing something very meaningful. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 The tone of the passage is optimistic. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 Its not strange that modern children tend to look_. 10 According to the passage, if a child were to observe his father at work nowadays, he wou

20、ld not_. 11 Things are now made_. 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 will be spoken only once. After eac

21、h 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 woman doesnt need to join the chess club. （ B） The woman needs lots of time to play chess. （ C） Hes not a very good chess player himself. （ D） Hes wi

22、lling to teach the woman how to play chess. （ A） A telephone operator. （ B） A real estate agent. （ C） A tourist guide. （ D） An architect. （ A） One. （ B） Two. （ C） Three. （ D） Four. （ A） The master bedroom with its own bathroom. （ B） The main door to the living room. （ C） Dining area as part of the l

23、iving room. （ D） The work area at the back of the garage. （ A） He is a teacher of English in Cambridge. （ B） He is a consultant to a Scottish company. （ C） He is a specialist in computer science. （ D） He is a British tourist to China. （ A） 22 . （ B） 25 . （ C） 23 . （ D） 34 . Section B Directions: In

24、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） All teachers. （ B） Business

25、men and professional people. （ C） Many college students. （ D） Some armymen. （ A） Reading papers. （ B） Research and preparation. （ C） Teaching pupils. （ D） Preparing examinations. （ A） Many teachers are on call every hour of the working day. （ B） Some teachers are chained to the telephone every day:

26、（ C） A few teachers have a fortnight holidays in July. （ D） Few teachers are tied to the desk. （ A） National Similarities and Global Differences （ B） World Culture and the Future of Schooling （ C） National Differences, Global Similarities: Worm Culture and the Future of Schooling （ D） National Simil

27、arities, Global Differences: World Culture and the Future of Schooling （ A） The book was written by David Baker. （ B） We can find information on about 15 countries in the book. （ C） The professors started to write the book in 1994. （ D） The book compares public education systems around the world. （

28、A） Hungary, Malaysia and the Philippines. （ B） Hungary, Romania and the Philippines. （ C） Spain, Romania and the Philippines. （ D） Hungary, Australia and Iraq. （ A） On roads. （ B） On rivers. （ C） On lakes. （ D） Both B and C. （ A） Animal. （ B） Rollers. （ C） Wheel. （ D） Load. （ A） One. （ B） Two. （ C）

29、Three. （ D） Four. （ A） Traveling became easier. （ B） The invention of wheel. （ C） The stagecoach in America. （ D） The reason of roads developmcnt. 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

30、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 exac

31、t words you have just heard or write down the 27 Money, especially sugar money, 【 B1】 _ the force for annexation (合并，吞并 ) of Hawaii. American sugar 【 B2】 _ had a place to stay in Hawaii by the time the United States moved to annex the Pacific 【 B3】 _ in the 1890s. American sugar producers 【 B4】 _ ab

32、out three-fourths of the island wealth and imported Chinese and Japanese 【 B5】 _ to plant and harvest the crop when they began contesting the 【 B6】 _ government of King Kalakaua and his sister Queen Liliuokalani. In 1887, they 【 B7】 _ the king to grant foreigners the right to vote. In 1890, Congress

33、 enacted a tarrif that allowed all 【 B8】 _ sugar into Americain duty free. Domestic growers got a 2-cent per pound subsidy. 【 B9】 _ . prominent American growers in Hawaii sought annexation of the islands to the United States. In 1891, with Queen Liliuokalani now on the throne, Americans pressed hard

34、er. By 1893, American troops occupied Honolulu, 【 B10】 _ . Not everyone favored annexation, however. Outgoing President Benjamin Harrison sent the Senate a treaty of annexation in early 1893, but incoming president Grover Cleveland withdrew it. Hawaii was not annexed until 1898, 【 B11】 _ . Advocates

35、 of annexation proclaimed the islands tactically necessary because of their location. 28 【 B1】 29 【 B2】 30 【 B3】 31 【 B4】 32 【 B5】 33 【 B6】 34 【 B7】 35 【 B8】 36 【 B9】 37 【 B10】 38 【 B11】 Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word fo

36、r 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 center. You may not use

37、any of the words in the bank more than once. 38 Friendships can profoundly affect the physical and【 S1】 _health of both men and women. Studies show that people who have no friends or who are【 S2】_, die earlier, get sick more often and weather transitions with greater physical wear and tear than thos

38、e who have a support system of friends. Sometimes, family members may be more【 S3】 _to giving advice or telling you what you dont want to hear. It may not be as good as a friend who will listen and guide you, but supports your decisions anyway. The most important factors about friendships are those

39、who offer support and do not judge your decisions【 S4】 _on society. One reason for the link between social support and good health practices seems to be that people who feel cared for by others are less【 S5】 _to the effects of stress and more protected against the【 S6】 _of depression and loneliness.

40、 Generally, women benefit most because of how to【 S7】 _with stress. Women are more social in how to cope with stress than men, while men are more likely to have a “fight or flight“ reaction. Women also tend to have【 S8】 _, denser social network, in which more people know each other, while men typica

41、lly have smaller groups of friends and will rely on their spouses or significant other for more【 S9】 _. While aggression and withdrawal take a psychological toll, friendship brings comfort that lessens the ill effects of stress and that difference contributes to the【 S10】_difference in longevity. Fr

42、iendships do make people feel better. A) gender B) lonely C) friends D) vulnerable E) prone F) alone G) volunteer H) like I) large J) mental K) deal L) symptoms M) support N) based O) larger 39 【 S1】 40 【 S2】 41 【 S3】 42 【 S4】 43 【 S5】 44 【 S6】 45 【 S7】 46 【 S8】 47 【 S9】 48 【 S10】 Section B Directio

43、ns: 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, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. 48 Some twenty years ago, the performance of girls and boys in class was compared. Boys s

44、cored better in exams, so various measures were introduced to improve the performance of girls, including having single sex girl-only classes. Now, the situation is reversed, with girls consistently out-performing boys. So, what has gone wrong with boys, and what can be done about it? John Dunsford,

45、 leader of the association of head teachers of secondary schools, says that the academic failure of boys is a problem which has its roots in society rather than the classroom. Girls, more than boys, see education as a passport to a good job. On the other hand, according to Penny Lewis, a head teache

46、r, young men lack confidence, which they hide with a show of bravado. Theyre uncertain about their place in society. Some boys grow up in families where there is no male role model to follow. Moreover, boys may learn in a different way from girls, preferring small amounts of work with immediate dead

47、lines rather than large projects stretching into the distance. And education is not seen as cool. As one contributor to a BBC website put it, “Girls achieve more at school because they are watching the future while the boys are watching the girls.“ This is not just a problem in Britain. In a study b

48、y the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and UNESCO, girls out-performed boys at reading at the age of 15 in all 45 countries. The UK ranks ninth out of the 45 countries for reading despite the fact that pupils in the UK spend less time reading than in most other countries. Intere

49、stingly, the study suggested that British children read for pleasure more often than those in other countries. 49 The passage is mainly discussing _. （ A） how to solve the academic problem of boys （ B） why boys cannot perform as well as girls （ C） what causes boys to lose confidence （ D） why girls study to out-perform boys 50 According to the passage, what does the word “bravado“ ( Paragraph