[外语类试卷]大学英语四级（2013年12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷13及答案与解析.doc

1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 13及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled College Students Booklist based on the statistics provided in the table below. Please give a brief description of the table first and then make comments on it. You should wr

2、ite at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.College Students Booklist Section A （ A） Phone the Village Inn for a reservation. （ B） Ask her parents to come some other time. （ C） Call each hotel in the area to check. （ D） Find a hotel close to the campus. （ A）

3、 The interview is very important for him. （ B） He has never been to an interview. （ C） He hasnt prepared for the interview. （ D） The interview is said to be quite demanding. （ A） The woman is going out for supper. （ B） The woman wants to eat some chocolate. （ C） The woman will go to a convenience st

4、ore. （ D） The woman will go to a bar for a drink. （ A） He needs some tomato juice. （ B） His pants are stained. （ C） His pants need mending. （ D） His pants are missing. （ A） The woman has to remain in the class. （ B） The woman will have to finish the report. （ C） Dr. Brown enforces strict deadlines o

5、n work. （ D） He would like to drop the class too. （ A） She is going to Venice. （ B） She travels around the world. （ C） She likes to collect postcards. （ D） She is going on vacation. （ A） Her notebook has got missing. （ B） Her handwriting is difficult to read. （ C） She needs to attend more lectures.

6、（ D） She has lent her notes to someone else. （ A） Shes bored with the present job. （ B） She is going to make a move. （ C） She hates commuting to work. （ D） She has a bad sleep at night. （ A） Which company the man has worked for. （ B） What the mans advantage and disadvantage are. （ C） Whether the man

7、 has any experience as a security guard. （ D） Whether the man has worked for any alarm system manufacturer. （ A） He prefers to sleep late in the morning. （ B） He writes for the local paper in the morning. （ C） He has classes during the day. （ D） He wants a higher-paying evening job. （ A） Complete an

8、 application form. （ B） Wait a few minutes for the result. （ C） Go back home and wait for the result. （ D） Complete his resume as soon as possible. （ A） A cheap new car. （ B） A fancy new car. （ C） An old Buick Century. （ D） A used car thats a bargain. （ A） She is too old to see clearly. （ B） She has

9、 been tired of the old car. （ C） She is seriously ill. （ D） She has been injured in an accident. （ A） It looks very new inside and outside. （ B） There is nothing wrong with it. （ C） Many parts of it need renewing. （ D） It was expensive when it was new. （ A） About $2,650. （ B） $500 or less. （ C） Over

10、 $3,500. （ D） About $10,000. Section B （ A） Babies begin to learn at 5 or 6 months old. （ B） Babies begin to learn when theyre born. （ C） Babies dont like to be taught by strangers. （ D） Babies always want to learn new things. （ A） To help all the weak children and women. （ B） To study the genes of

11、babies and mothers. （ C） To find out what affects healthy development in people. （ D） To study why babies are influenced by their environment. （ A） She will clap. （ B） She will blink. （ C） She will smile. （ D） She will imitate her mother. （ A） Unborn babies can remember sounds. （ B） Unborn babies le

12、arn how to smile. （ C） Unborn babies can learn to connect with people. （ D） Unborn babies are active to learn things. （ A） They didnt like to do housework. （ B） Their efforts were unnoticed by the woman. （ C） They were very tired after a whole days work. （ D） They wanted to share the housework with

13、women. （ A） Cleaning the washroom. （ B） Carrying shopping bags. （ C） Taking out the rubbish. （ D） Changing the bed sheets. （ A） 4.7 hours. （ B） 6.9 hours. （ C） 5.1 hours. （ D） 1.5 hours. （ A） They can be good if they happen in summer. （ B） They occur only in South China sea. （ C） They can usually be

14、 seen around the Pacific Ocean. （ D） They happen in spring most often. （ A） When the warmer air meets with the cooler air. （ B） When the wind moves faster than 30 meters a second. （ C） When the seawater evaporates into the air. （ D） When the air gets warmer and warmer. （ A） It is the most active par

15、t of a typhoon. （ B） It moves faster than 40 meters a second. （ C） It is right in the middle of a typhoon. （ D） It is the most dangerous part of a typhoon. Section C 26 What does it mean to obey the law? That【 B1】 _ where you are. Different cultures have very different views of obeying the law. In s

16、ome cultures, law-abiding citizens try to keep the letter of the law. That is, whatever the law says, they do. In other cultures, good citizens live by the【 B2】 _ of the law. They see the law only as a general【 B3】 _. Often they obey the law only when someone official is looking. The situation in Am

17、erica fits into the first【 B4】 _. That doesnt mean all Americans keep the law. But American culture teaches people to respect the law even to the smallest detail. Driving habits【 B5】 _ American respect for the law. A driver will usually stop for a red light, even when there are no other cars around.

18、 People treat the lines marking streets and roads as【 B6】 _ boundaries, not just decorations. Vehicles yield to those with the right of way particularly pedestrians. Actually, though, drivers dont always keep traffic rules. For example, many drivers【 B7】 _ freeway speed limits. But Americans general

19、ly drive with careful attention to the traffic rules. Of course, not everyone in America abides by the law. Crime is a growing problem. For that reason, law enforcement officials will never【 B8】 _ a job. Police officers have their hands full trying to arrest lawbreakers. Detective agencies spend cou

20、ntless hours trying to【 B9】 _ unsolved crimes. Nevertheless, most Americans still like to believe that the law will【 B10】 _ catch the bad guys. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Could the reason for the worlds economic misfortunes

21、 all come down to finger length? Although certainly an oversimplification of our【 C1】 _troubles, scientists have shown that financial traders who lose the biggest dollars are more【 C2】 _to have shorter ring fingers than index fingers. Former Wall Street trader and scientist John Coates of the Univer

22、sity of Cambridge wondered whether finger ratio really correlated with trader success. His team【 C3】_that traders with the lowest index-to-ring-finger ratios made the most money over a 20-month period, even when the researchers controlled for years of experience. They averaged the【 C4】 _of $1,232,59

23、0, nearly six times more than that of men with【 C5】 _ratios. “I almost fell off my chair,“ says Coates. “I could not believe what I was seeing.“ Tim Harford, a columnist for the Financial Times and author of The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World, calls the study “fascinati

24、ng.“ He says hes glad to see that economists have【 C6】 _looking at financial markets in terms of natural【 C7】 _instead of looking at them in terms of rational people making rational decisions. Coates, 【 C8】 _, says it is important to note that this study【 C9】 _on only one type of trading, and increa

25、sed confidence and quick reactions may in fact be an obstacle to those trading over long periods of time, like investors at hedge funds and investment banks. “Each【 C10】 _of trading may require a different set of traits,“ he says. A)focuses B)started C)however D)figure E)strengthens F)likely G)equiv

26、alent H)style I)high J)conventional K)found L)studied M)moreover N)selection O)current 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Masters of Your Own Field A)In the face of a fearsome job market and high graduate unemployment levels, postg

27、raduate education is booming. More than 270,000 students returned to university to add a dash of postgraduate flash to their CVs in the previous year: demand for masters degrees surged 27%, while the number of PhD candidates rose 9%. And the latest research suggests that those currently sweating ove

28、r postgraduate thesis proposals can sit back and look content. Postgraduate Education in the United Kingdom, a paper published by the British Library and the Higher Education Policy Institute(Hepi), found that, three and a half years after graduation, 94% of postgraduates found work in the professio

29、ns, compared to 78% of undergraduates. B)There were more reasons to smile from the Higher Education Careers Services Unit, whose research into graduate market trends confirmed that masters graduates experienced lower rates of unemployment during the recession than their first-degree peers. But that

30、extra employability comes at a cost. The average price tag attached to a one-year masters course for a domestic student has risen to 4,000. The average cost of an MBA, meanwhile, has hit 12,000. Add that expense to the growing concern that universities ability to provide advanced learning could be h

31、it by staffing cuts and funding squeezes, and the outlook for postgraduate education looks less rosy. C)Those worries come out in the Hepi report, which also shows that the pay premium(奖金 )for postgraduates is decreasing. The reports authors admit that postgraduate study may “no longer carry the wei

32、ght it used to, as increasing numbers of postgraduate qualifiers compete for jobs in UK workplaces“. They also admit that as the financial returns from higher study decrease while fees rise, “it may become increasingly difficult for those from less economically secure backgrounds to consider this co

33、urse“. Thats one of the issues being tackled in an official review of postgraduate education currently being undertaken by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. D)For now, however, rising fees and lower salary premiums mean wannabe-postgraduates need to be discerning(有辨别力的 )when choosi

34、ng a course. One crucial thing to look at, according to Carl Gilleard, chief executive of the Association of Graduate Recruiters, is how the course will help you meet your future employment aims. “If postgraduate qualifications are undertaken for the right reason, and the graduate is able to explain

35、 their value to prospective employers, they can certainly be very worthwhile additions to CVs,“ he says. “The desirability of a postgraduate degree varies between sectors in science and engineering a postgraduate qualification is often a requirement, and in investment banking an MBA is seen by many

36、as invaluable when supported by structured work experience. But if the real reason is to delay the job search or as a last resort after failing to secure a job, then it is not going to be a worthwhile exercise.“ E)Gilleard also advises postgraduate students to carry out work experience while studyin

37、g. “Its important to find ways to build on employability skills the majority of recruiters think that the ability to demonstrate the competencies required for a role is just as important as having an additional academic qualification.“ F)That was an important consideration for Jamie Esterkin, 23, fr

38、om Manchester, who graduated with a law degree from Nottingham University in 2008. He knew that one day he wanted to work as a lawyer, but decided to do a masters in another subject to broaden his knowledge first. “I was interested in property and business, and wanted to sample life in London, so I

39、chose to do a masters in real estate development at the University of Westminster,“ Esterkin explains. “I thought it would be especially useful if I choose to specialise in real estate law one day.“ G)He began searching websites and university introductions, looking for a course that covered a range

40、 of property topics, had a strong reputation and offered good value for money. “I found that business and property postgraduate courses at many London universities cost upwards of 20,000 for a single year, but they mainly covered similar areas.“ The price tag was one of the things that drew Esterkin

41、 to the Westminster course: he could fund the 5,000 fee through savings, help from his parents and a part-time job. H)“Looking back, I think it represented good value for money the teaching was excellent and the course was interesting and varied,“ he says. “The postgraduate learning style was more p

42、ractical, with hands-on experience that helped me gain a better understanding of the workings of the commercial world.“ Esterkin has now returned for a final year of legal study, having secured a training contract with a City firm next year. “Given the level of competition in law, I definitely think

43、 that my postgraduate degree helped to distinguish me from the crowd,“ he says. His tip for future postgraduates is to work harder from the start. “Postgraduate courses are taught and examined in a very different way from undergraduate degrees, and as they only last nine months, its tough to judge t

44、he level you need to succeed.“ I)The drive to find a good job was also a key motivation for Lauren Dolan, 22, from Bath, who graduated with a degree in management systems from Manchester Metropolitan University in June 2008. She chose to engage in masters study with one eye on the competitive gradua

45、te job market and another on the gloomy economic climate. “I wanted to have something over and above an undergraduate degree to make me stand out from other candidates,“ she says. Although she had had weekend and holiday jobs since she was 15, a lack of professional work experience led her to choose

46、 a masters in advanced management practice at Bath Universitys business school, which included a six-month work placement in industry. J)“ The course gave me a very solid foundation, both in terms of theoretical knowledge and practical work experience,“ Dolan explains. She spent her placement workin

47、g at yoghurt-maker Danone, where she says: “I was given responsibility from the start and the very varied tasks enabled me to develop my skills.“ The fact that she successfully applied for a permanent job at the firm after graduation means that Dolan feels the 12,000 tuition fees were a worthy inves

48、tment. She adds: “Although it initially sounds expensive, I started work the day after my course ended, so it was definitely worthwhile.“ 47 Carl Gilleard suggests that one should choose a course based on future employment aims. 48 The cruel job market and the gloomy economic climate drove Lauren Do

49、lan to engage in masters study. 49 Most employers think that the ability to demonstrate the competencies is equally important as academic qualification. 50 Given its high cost and universities declining ability to provide advanced learning, the outlook for postgraduate education looks less encouraging. 51 In order to broaden his knowledge, Esterkin chose to seek a masters in real estate development. 52 It becomes increasingly difficult