[外语类试卷]大学英语四级模拟试卷794及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 794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: Job Problem for Graduates. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese. 1. 大学毕业生在 择业方面有什么变化 2. 导致这种变化的原因是什么 3. 就如何解决这个问题给出你的建议 Job

2、 Problem for Graduates 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 the infor

3、mation 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 Dad, Why Did You Do It? Every time the phone rings in my flat I jump, especially if its near midnight. Deep down I know its

4、only Mum, ringing for a chat because, yet again, she cant sleep. But for a fraction of a second I freeze. It was midnight when the call came that changed the way I felt about the person I loved most my dad. Id watch his friends playing around with young girls and then look at Dad. “Ridiculous,“ hed

5、say, and Id smile, knowing he could never behave that way. Last October, as if to prove the point, he whisked Mum away for a romantic weekend in Rome to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary. She was so happy. I didnt think any couple could he closer and I always dreamed that when I got married

6、 it would be the same for me secure and caring. Dad always wanted the best for me and he made sure I got it. Thanks to his Army career and pension we were financially better off than most. But he always pushed me to achieve things for myself and not be too dependent on him and Mum. I loved him for t

7、hat, but when he packed me off to America for a year to “find myself“ I didnt want to go. Hugging me at the airport, Dad wiped away my tears. “Itll be character building, Emma,“ he said, adding: “Anyway, if you dont like it after a few months you can come back. But trust me Princess, youll love it.“

8、 He was right. I loved the States, and living there built up my confidence. Still. I missed Dad like mad. I remember sitting in a coffee bar in Chicago and hiding behind the menu as tears poured down my face. I was frightened, alone and I knew Dad wasnt there to put his arms around me and reassure m

9、e. I rushed out to a phone booth to call him. As soon as I heard his sleepy voice I felt okay. Then, when I got home 12 months later, nothing much had changed.I thought. Mum was as madly in love with Dad as shed been since the day hed first kissed her in the school playground; and Dad seemed to feel

10、 the same on the outside. Except hed finally left the Army and was now an area manager for a car manufacturer. Mum was over the moon it meant he no longer had to travel all over the country and spend months away from home. Dad was excited about his new job, and when he started working late neither M

11、um nor I thought anything of it. He told us it was a new project, and so confidential he wasnt allowed to tell us much about it. I believed he was at work, tucked away in his officeuntil I got that unforgettable midnight call. The womans voice was hesitant but panicky. She asked if I was Georges dau

12、ghter, I didnt realize who she was until she told me Dad was with her at midnight. She said she hadnt wanted to ring, that shed never wanted me to find out about her, but she had no choice. Someone had to know that Dad was on his way to hospital. “Hes had a heart attack,“ she said, her voice trembli

13、ng. As I paced up and down the hospital corridor, this strange woman explained that shed been with my father when hed collapsed. The thought of them together made me feel ill. While I rushed to the toilet to splash water on my face, I heard a cry. It was her. As soon as I saw the doctor taking off h

14、is mask and laying a hand on her shoulder, I knew Dad had gone. I couldnt make myself go and look at him. I wouldve seen a stranger lying there. The man who for 24 years had told me never to lie, to be true to myself and always to treasure family values above all else, had slipped away from my lift

15、for ever. Only then did I discover this woman worked for the company. She was Dads so-called “confidential project“. An hour or so later I broke the news to Mum. I said Dad had suffered a heart attack while he was at his friend Roys house; that has made me feel even more guilty, because Ive had to d

16、raw Roy into it all. I told Mum that Dad had been going over the new project with Roy and had collapsed. Nothing could be done. I even remember saying hed been working much too hard lately. The last image I have of my Dad was as hed waved good-bye that night. Hed ruffled my hair and told me he loved

17、 me. Then he went to see her. If Mum ever found out that hed been deceiving her and had died in someone elses arms, it would kill her. So Ive tried to make sure that never happens. Sometimes I wonder how Im strong enough to keep this secret Dad has burdened me with. But I must for Mums sake. In the

18、last six months I seem to have lost all sense of what is right and wrong. Worst of all, Ive lost the person who meant so much to me. In my eyes, my Dad died once when I heard her voice on the phone. And he died again when his heart stopped beating. The pain of knowing I lost him twice makes it doubl

19、y hard to bear. 2 Emma was afraid to answer her mothers phone call at midnight. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Emmas father spent much of the night with a strange woman secretly. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 After hearing the strange womans explanation, Emma rushed to the toilet to wash her tears away. （ A） Y （

20、 B） N （ C） NG 5 Emmas father really has a new project on his new job. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Emma told her mother that her father got heart attack and collapsed in his doing the new project. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 In fact, Emmas mother once suspected her husband. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 Both Emma

21、and her father told lies. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 Emma told her story in a _ tone. 10 At first, Emma _ her father because she thought he was faithful to her mother. 11 I saw the doctor taking off his mask and laying a hand on her shoulder. implies that the doctor took the woman as the mans _. Sectio

22、n 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 each question there will be a pause. During

23、 the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ 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

24、） He was held up in traffic. （ C） His car ran out of gas. （ D） He had a traffic accident. （ A） Shes broken the pen. （ B） Shes lent the pen to someone. （ C） Shes returned the pen. （ D） She does not know where the pen is. （ A） Mr. Whites reason for leaving. （ B） Mr. Whites new appointment. （ C） How to

25、 apply for a job. （ D） A vacant job. （ A） Be hostile to Nancy. （ B） Ask Nancy to come out. （ C） Talk to Nancy herself. （ 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） H

26、e definitely does not want to go. （ A） Plane. （ B） Car. （ C） Train. （ D） Ship. （ A） Nick cant go on studying 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 college. （ D） Nick doesnt have enough mo

27、ney so hell work during his senior year. （ A） Before finishing school. （ B） After finishing university. （ C） During her university course. （ D） Between school and university. （ A） International childrens projects. （ B） Social and environmental projects. （ C） Projects for people with no money. （ D） P

28、rojects involving sports and language. （ A） Mainly from London. （ B） Mainly from England. （ C） From different countries. （ D） From charity organizations. （ A） The strength of ocean currents. （ B） The movement of sediment deep in the ocean. （ C） A new way of measuring the depth of the ocean. （ D） The

29、 best methods for studying deep ocean processes. （ A） What a turbidity current is. （ B） The causes of underwater earthquakes. （ C） How winds can affect some ocean currents. （ D） Why the book talks about turbidity currents. （ A） By crushing large amounts of stone. （ B） By causing mud or sand to mix w

30、ith ocean water. （ C） By creating large waves on the surface of the ocean. （ D） By greatly increasing the oceans depth in some areas. （ A） To explain the effects of turbidity currents. （ B） To explain how winds cause turbidity currents. （ C） To remind the student about the next assignment. （ D） To r

31、emind the student where ocean sediments originate. 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

32、from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） Alcohol helps develop peoples intelligence. （ B） Heavy drinking is not necessarily harmful to ones health. （ C） Controlled drinking helps people keep their wits as they age. （ D） Drinking, even moderately, may harm ones health. （ A） Worried. （ B） Plea

33、sed. （ C） Surprised. （ D） Unconcerned. （ A） At a conference. （ B） In a newspaper. （ C） On television. （ D） In a journal. （ A） Keeping warm and dry. （ B） Drinking a lot of liquid. （ C） Living close to the hospital. （ D） Kissing the nose of an animal. （ A） Men who live in windy areas. （ B） Women who v

34、olunteered to stay outside. （ C） Travelers who take showers. （ D） People who are under stress. （ A） Because cold viruses can endure unfavorable climates. （ B） Because winters are wet and cold. （ C） Because people tend to stay more time indoors. （ D） Because the disease may be caused by contaminated

35、foods. （ A） They both live in communities. （ B） They both have soldiers to defend their societies. （ C） They both show great capacity for learning. （ D） They both have a division of labor. （ A） Human beings show no capacity for developing a social tradition based on learning. （ B） Human behaviors ar

36、e determined by innate instinctive mechanisms. （ C） Insects of the community do not Work together. （ D） Insects social behaviors are determined by innate instinctive mechanisms. （ A） Both provide accommodations for the young. （ B） Both have places to store food. （ C） Both have devices for regulating

37、 the temperature. （ D） Both function as innate instinctive mechanisms. （ A） Human beings are more intelligent than insects. （ B） The lifestyles between human beings and insects have some similarities. （ C） Insects are powerful in many ways. （ D） Insects can imitate human beings. Section C Directions

38、: 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 required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard.

39、 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 37 The advantages and disadvantages of a large population have long been a subject of discussion among economists. It has

40、 been argued that the supply of good land is limited. To feed a large population, inferior land must be 【 B1】 _ and the good land worked 【 B2】 _. Thug, each person produces less and this means a 【 B3】_ average income than could be obtained with a smaller population. Other economists have argued that

41、 a large population gives more 【 B4】 _ for specialization and the development of 【 B5】 _ such as ports, roads and railways, which are not likely to be built unless there is a big demand to 【 B6】 _ them. One of the difficulties in carrying out a 【 B7】 _ birth control program lies in the fact that off

42、icial attitudes to population growth 【 B8】 _ from country to country depending on the level of industrial development and the availability of food and raw materials, in the developing country where a vastly expanded population is pressing hard upon the limits of food, space and natural resources, 【

43、B9】 _, whatever the consequences may be. In a highly industrialized society the problem may be more complex. 【 B10】 _.When the pressure of population on housing declines, prices also decline and the building industry is weakened. Faced with considerations such as these, 【 B11】 _, rather than one whi

44、ch is stable or in decline. 37 【 B1】 38 【 B2】 39 【 B3】 40 【 B4】 41 【 B5】 42 【 B6】 43 【 B7】 44 【 B8】 45 【 B9】 46 【 B10】 47 【 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 f

45、ollowing 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 any of the words in the bank more than once. 48 The life o

46、f the cowboy was not always, of course, as romantic as Hollywood showed it. It was often 【 S1】 _ hard. The cowboy had to 【 S2】 _ his herd from the dangers of 【 S3】 _ animals and thieves, from snowstorms, tornadoes(龙卷风 ), and desert sunstroke(中暑 ). He 【 S4】 _ broken bones and being kicked or dragged

47、to death. He often had no companion but his horse during days and nights of lonely keeping 【 S5】 _ of his herd. And yet his principle of living, which permitted a kind of rough and tough manner, allowed no complaining. The cowboy was 【 S6】 _ a person who had great self-control, who could 【 S7】 _ pai

48、n and discomfort without complaint and was very proud, “an aristocrat(贵族 ) among the working men of the Old West.“ Todays cowboy has been modernized. His faithful companion and most valuable tool, 【 S8】 _, has been replaced by the automobile, the jeep, even the airplane; his way of 【 S9】 _ has been

49、simplified, replaced by blue jeans and nylon shirts. But his traditional 【 S10】 _ is still being preserved. In folk festivals throughout the west, adventure-seekers can still thrill to the spectacle and dangers of saddling wild horses, riding bareback, roping and wrestling bulls. Word Bank: A. risked I. preserve B. bitterly J. wild C.