[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172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 172及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then comment on the purpose of study. You should write at least 120 words but no

2、more than 180 words. Section A （ A） Costly and undependable web service in Nigeria. （ B） A new network project in Nigeria. （ C） New informative websites in Nigeria. （ D） Resources on the web service in Nigeria. （ A） Students, factory workers and researchers. （ B） Students, farmers and researchers. （

3、 C） Students, medical workers and researchers. （ D） Students, medical workers and officers. （ A） The economic situation is glooming. （ B） There are less new graduates every year. （ C） The workers have less experience. （ D） The employers cannot find suitable technical workers. （ A） The number of grad

4、uates is increasing each year. （ B） Technology and workplace are changing faster. （ C） There are more vacant jobs than before. （ D） College fees are higher than before. （ A） It will double the waterways earnings in a decade. （ B） It cant turn around Egypts economy. （ C） It will be successful soon. （

5、 D） It wont improve the lives of Egyptians. （ A） The recovery of Egypts economy. （ B） The development of Egypts industry. （ C） The health of the worlds shipping industry. （ D） The peace of the world. （ A） The education problems. （ B） The discrimination problems. （ C） The population problems. （ D） Th

6、e debt problems. Section B （ A） He has got the first place in the test. （ B） He has got high scores in the test. （ C） He has been praised by his professor. （ D） He has passed all of the tests. （ A） A few weeks before the exam. （ B） A few months before the exam. （ C） A few days before the exam. （ D）

7、A few hours before the exam. （ A） Ask his classmates. （ B） Look up some information. （ C） Go online to check them. （ D） Discuss them with his teachers. （ A） Classmates. （ B） Mother and son. （ C） Teacher and student. （ D） Headmaster and student. （ A） He has to meet an important client. （ B） He has to

8、 attend a meeting. （ C） He has to attend a business discussion. （ D） He has to sign an important contract. （ A） Help him buy some medicine. （ B） Change the time of the meeting. （ C） Send some documents to him. （ D） Book a 12 oclock flight. （ A） He has got a fever. （ B） He is allergic to drugs. （ C）

9、He is allergic to cats. （ D） He has got the flu. （ A） Make an appointment with the doctor. （ B） Go to see the doctor directly. （ C） Find the root cause of the mans allergy. （ D） Go to have a meeting in the mans company. Section C （ A） They think it looks like flowers. （ B） They think it is full of p

10、assion. （ C） They use it to show respect to Christ. （ D） They think it is beautiful. （ A） France. （ B） The Caribbean. （ C） England. （ D） Canada. （ A） It is about the size of an egg. （ B） It is with a brown skin. （ C） It is full of yellow seeds. （ D） It is about the size of an orange. （ A） A book. （

11、B） A clock. （ C） A shirt. （ D） A suitcase. （ A） Fastening her seat belts. （ B） Listening to the music. （ C） Enjoying the beauty of the evening sky. （ D） Sitting in a smoke-filled room. （ A） She lost her ticket. （ B） She was thought bringing a time bomb. （ C） She made some mistakes. （ D） Her passport

12、 had some problems. （ A） They have unwritten regulations. （ B） They never punish the violators. （ C） They have the promising prospects. （ D） They have strict rules. （ A） He will be perceived as a successful person. （ B） He will be less likely to get promotion. （ C） He will be more successful. （ D） H

13、e will be pushed aside by his colleagues. （ A） Try to modify it. （ B） Criticize it directly. （ C） Dont judge it. （ D） Shoot it down. （ A） He who creates the idea deserves the credit himself. （ B） It doesnt matter if a business owner borrows his employees idea. （ C） You can borrow other peoples idea

14、if you work as a team. （ D） The victims will forget soon if you borrow his idea. Section A 26 For centuries, boys were top of the class. But these days, thats no longer the【 C1】 _. A new study by the OECD, examined how 15-year-old boys and girls performed at reading, mathematics and science. Boys st

15、ill score somewhat better at maths, and in science the genders are【 C2】 _equal. But when it comes to the students who really【 C3】 _, the difference is obvious: boys are 50% more likely than girls to fall【 C4】 _of basic standards in all three areas. Why are girls performing better at school than thei

16、r male classmates? First, girls read more than boys. Reading【 C5】 _is the basis upon which all other learning is built. When boys dont do well at reading, their performance in other school subjects【 C6】 _too. Second, girls spend more time on homework. Researchers suggest that doing homework【 C7】 _by

17、 teachers is linked to better performance in maths, reading and science. Boys, it【 C8】 _, spend more of their free time in the virtual world: they are 17% more likely to play online games than girls every day. They also use the Internet more. Third, peer pressure plays a【 C9】 _. A lot of boys decide

18、 early on that they are just too cool for school which means theyre more likely to be【 C10】 _in class. Teachers mark them down for this. In anonymous(匿名的 )tests, boys perform better. In fact, the gender gap in reading drops by a third when teachers dont know the gender of the pupil they are marking.

19、 A)appears B)case C)distinguishes D)dramatically E)engaged F)experience G)lazy H)noisy I)proficiency J)role K)roughly L)set M)short N)struggle O)suffers 27 【 C1】 28 【 C2】 29 【 C3】 30 【 C4】 31 【 C5】 32 【 C6】 33 【 C7】 34 【 C8】 35 【 C9】 36 【 C10】 Section B 36 How to Set up Parental Controls on a Smartp

20、hone Save your kids from the dark side of the Internet. A)Kids are always flocking to the latest gadgets. Whether it was Nintendo(任天堂，一款电脑游戏 )in the 80s or the iPhone 6 in 2014, each new generation seems to have a better grasp of technology. So how do you stay one step ahead of your kids and make su

21、re theyre not being exposed to inappropriate content? The answer: parental controls. Luckily, both Apple and Google are well-aware of the problem and have provided plenty of tools to protect your kids(and to make sure they dont rack up hundreds of dollars in in-app purchases). Here we explain how to

22、 set up those controls on both Android and iOS devices: Android Parental Controls B)Googles OS(Operating System)only has parental controls built in for tablets, but it does have decent controls for all devices in the Google Play Store. If you go into the stores settings, you will find a Parental Con

23、trols menu. Its off by default(系统默认 )and requires you to create a four-digit PIN when you turn it on. Once youve created a PIN, you will be able to decide which content ratings are acceptable for your kids, and the Play Store will only display content within those ratings. Unfortunately, you cant sh

24、ut off in-app purchases, but you can require a password for all purchases. To enable passwords for every purchase, tap on “ Require authentication(确认 )for purchases“ under the Play Stores settings menu. This will bring up a prompt asking you to select whether you want to require authentication for e

25、very purchase, every 30 minutes, or never. By default, it should be set for every purchase, but you should check to be sure. C)As for tablet parental controls, these center around an Android feature called “restricted profiles“. Unlike on iPads, Android tablets allow you to set up multiple user acco

26、unts, or profiles, similar to computers. To set up a restricted profile, go into the Android Settings app, tap on Users, tap “Add user or profile“ , and finally tap “Restricted profile“. From here, you can set content restrictions and even shut off access to specific apps. Just make sure that youve

27、also set up Play Store parental controls, as well as put a password on your personal user profile. The last thing you want is for your child to use your unrestricted account to access content they shouldnt be seeing. This is as far as Android goes when it comes to parental controls, but if you want

28、even tighter controls over your kids phones you can use powerful third-party apps thanks to the open nature of Android. iOS Parental Controls D)While Android probably takes the crown when it comes to managing storage space, Apples iOS has far better parental controls. It includes intensive controls

29、for pretty much everything, even the ability to delete an installed app. All of these controls are broken into two separate features of the OS: Restrictions and Family Sharing. E)Restrictions This feature is buried within the iOS Settings, but the amount of control it gives you is incredible. You ca

30、n do everything from shut off cellular data(蜂窝数据 )to block use of the built-in camera. To set up Restrictions, go to Settings General Restrictions. It will immediately ask you to create a four-digit PIN, after which you can define exactly what restrictions you want. Once youve set up a PIN, you can

31、shut off access to the iTunes and App Stores, prevent in-app purchases, set content ratings, block certain websites, and even prevent your kids from changing their phones privacy settings. You will probably find that a lot of the restrictions are unnecessary, but its certainly nice to have the optio

32、ns. You can never be too safe. F)Family Sharing Lets say youve set up Restrictions, but you still want to give your kids the ability to purchase apps. Instead of coming to you with their phones and asking you to enter your password for each purchase, you can set up Apple Family Sharing, a new featur

33、e introduced with iOS 8. G)While this feature has a number of different functions, the best is the way it handles purchases for your family. Apple notes that all purchases are made with the same credit card, but they can be separately operated by each member of the family, preventing your iPhone fro

34、m filling up with apps you didnt download, like your kids latest games. Perhaps the best part of Family Sharing is the “Ask to Buy“ feature. If you set this up on your kids devices, all of their purchase requests will be routed to your phone, presenting a notification where you can either allow or d

35、eny the purchase. And if you decide you want to download the app as well, you can access their purchases to download it yourself. Family Sharing also allows you to keep an eye on your kids locations via the Find My Friends app, as well as the locations of their devices with the Find My iPhone app. H

36、)To set up Family Sharing, go into the Settings app on your iPhone(not your kids)and tap iCloud. You will see a button that says “ Set up Family Sharing“ , which will walk you through the process. According to Apple, once you add family members via their Apple IDs, they will receive invitations to j

37、oin your family group. If your kids are under the age of 13, Apple now allows you to make Apple IDs for them, which you can do by going back into your iCloud settings, tapping Family, and then hitting “ Create an Apple ID for a child. “ Once youve set up Family Sharing, Apple explains how you can en

38、able Ask to Buy on your kids devices by going to Settings iCloud Family, then selecting a family member and tapping “Ask to Buy“. I)With all of these different features, you should be able to lock down your kids devices to uncrackable levels. They may be a bit frustrated by it all, but at least you

39、can keep them safe online and avoid costly bills from the App Store. 37 You can set up several user accounts or profiles on Android tablets as you do on computers. 38 Find My Friends and Find My iPhone are two apps for Family Sharing, which can help you to locate your kids and their phones. 39 Paren

40、tal controls can help parents to preset the content their kids have access to in in-app stores. 40 Once you set up the “Ask to Buy“ feature, any purchase your kids operate will be notified to your phone and confirmed by you. 41 With a PIN, parents will be able to ensure that the content ratings are

41、suitable for kids. 42 With Family Sharing, you can establish a family group by inviting family members in via their Apple IDs. 43 iOS Parental Controls have two different characteristics: Restrictions and Family Sharing. 44 Android is compatible to third-party apps, some of which can help to carry o

42、ut tighter controls over kids phones. 45 All the features of Android and iOS parental controls could help to confine your kids phone use strictly to a safe boundary. 46 Many restrictions in iOS settings may never be used, but they offer parents choices nicely. Section C 46 For years, high school stu

43、dents have received identical textbooks as their classmates. Even as students have different learning styles and abilities, they are force-fed the same materials. “ Imagine a digital textbook where because Im a different person and learn differently, my book is different than your book,“ said Richar

44、d Baraniuk, founder of OpenStax. OpenStax will spend two years developing the personalized books and then test them on Houston-area students. The books will also go through a review and evaluation process similar to traditional textbooks. Baraniuk expects 60 people to review each book before publica

45、tion to ensure its quality. The idea is to make learning easier, so students can go on to more successful careers and lives. Baraniuk isnt just reproducing physical textbooks on digital devices, a mistake e-book publishers have made. Hes seriously rethinking that the educational experience should be

46、 in a world of digital tools. To do this means involving individuals with skills traditionally left out of the textbook business. Baraniuk is currently hiring cognitive scientists and machine learning experts. Baraniuk wants to use the tactics(策略 )of Google, Netflix and Amazon to deliver a personali

47、zed experience. These Web services all rely on complex algorithms(算法 )to automatically adjust their offerings for customers. Just as Netflix recommends different movies based on your preferences and viewing history, a textbook might present materials at a different pace. The textbook which will be s

48、tored on a range of digital devices will automatically adjust itself thanks to machine learning. As a student learns about a topic, he or she could be interrupted by brief quizzes that evaluate whether he or she masters the area. Depending on how the student does, the subject could be reinforced wit

49、h more material. Or a teacher could be automatically e-mailed that the student is struggling with a certain concept and could use some one-on-one attention. This personalized learning experience is possible thanks to the wealth of data a digital textbook can track. This data can be used to better track students progress during a course. Parents and teachers can monitor a students development and provide in time more proper assistance. With personalized learning methods, our stude