[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45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 45及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Should Students Take Physical Exercise? You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 1有人认为大学生应该参加体 育锻炼 2另一些人认为大学生没有必要参加体育锻炼 3我的看法 Should Students Tak

2、e Physical Exercise? Section A （ A） Conducting a job interview. （ B） Having a job interview. （ C） Discussing the overtime work. （ D） Negotiating a contract. （ A） There is no room available. （ B） The man can get a discount on the room. （ C） The man could live in the single room. （ D） There is no twin

3、-bedded room left. （ A） They can take a taxi to the station. （ B） They can return to the station tomorrow. （ C） They can get home this evening. （ D） They can exchange the tickets with other passengers. （ A） The woman has the contrary idea to the mans. （ B） It is easy for the woman to understand the

4、movie the second time. （ C） Both of them couldnt understand the movie. （ D） The woman has seen this film for many times. （ A） The man has brought two umbrellas from home. （ B） The woman may not be exposed in the rain. （ C） It is raining heavily. （ D） The man regrets not bringing an umbrella. （ A） Co

5、py the womans notes. （ B） Have a review of the first 9 lessons. （ C） Get ready for the mid-term examination. （ D） Ask Prof. Green the range of the examination. （ A） The man can leave for Washington now. （ B） The man will spend three hours flying to Washington. （ C） There is no plane to Washington to

6、day. （ D） The woman is not sure when the man could board. （ A） Rent the apartment for 500 dollars a month. （ B） Find other available apartments. （ C） Give a call to other agencies. （ D） Wait for the message. （ A） Arranging the womans appointment with Mr. Romero. （ B） Fixing the time for the designer

7、s latest fashion show. （ C） Talking about an important gathering on Tuesday. （ D） Preparing for the filming on Monday morning. （ A） Her travel to Japan. （ B） The awards ceremony. （ C） The proper hairstyle for her new role. （ D） When to start the makeup session. （ A） He is Mr. Romeros agent. （ B） He

8、is an entertainment journalist. （ C） He is the womans assistant. （ D） He is a famous movie star. （ A） Make an appointment for an interview. （ B） Send in an application letter. （ C） Fill in an application form. （ D） Make a brief self-introduction on the phone. （ A） Someone having a college degree in

9、advertising. （ B） Someone experienced in business management. （ C） Someone ready to take on more responsibilities. （ D） Someone willing to work beyond regular hours. （ A） Travel opportunities. （ B） Handsome pay. （ C） Prospects for promotion. （ D） Flexible working hours. （ A） It depends on the workin

10、g hours. （ B） It is about 500 pounds a week. （ C） It will be set by the Human Resources. （ D） It is to be negotiated. Section B （ A） It is lined with tall trees. （ B） It was widened recently. （ C） It has high buildings on both sides. （ D） It used to be dirty and disorderly. （ A） They repaved it with

11、 rocks. （ B） They built public restrooms on it. （ C） They beautified it with plants. （ D） They set up cooking facilities near it. （ A） What makes life enjoyable. （ B） How to work with tools. （ C） What a community means. （ D） How to improve health. （ A） They were obliged to fulfill the signed contrac

12、t. （ B） They were encouraged by the city officials praise. （ C） They wanted to prove they were as capable as boys. （ D） They derived happiness from the constructive work. （ A） The majority of them think it less important than computers. （ B） Many of them consider it boring and old-fashioned. （ C） Th

13、e majority of them find it interesting. （ D） Few of them read more than ten books a year. （ A） Novels and stories. （ B） Mysteries and detective stories. （ C） History and science books. （ D） Books on culture and tradition. （ A） Watching TV. （ B） Listening to music. （ C） Reading magazines. （ D） Playin

14、g computer games. （ A） Advice on the purchase of cars. （ B） Information about the new green-fuel vehicles. （ C） Trends for the development of the motor car. （ D） Solutions to global fuel shortage. （ A） Limited driving range. （ B） Huge recharging expenses. （ C） The short life of batteries. （ D） The u

15、naffordable high price. （ A） They need to be further improved. （ B） They can easily switch to natural gas. （ C） They are more cost-effective than vehicles powered by solar energy. （ D） They can match conventional motor cars in performance and safety. Section C 26 Disappointment, as uncomfortable and

16、 even painful as it can be for us, is essential and important on our journey of growth. Making peace with disappointing others allows us to【 B1】 _our erroneous demands for perfection. Letting go of our fear of being disappointed gives us the ability to take more【 B2】 _and ask for what we truly want.

17、 When were able to embrace disappointment, we create a sense of【 B3】 _and space that frees us up to be who we truly are and let go of our attachment with others opinions. This is not always easy, but is so powerful and can be【 B4】 _. Here are a few things you can consider and do to expand your capac

18、ity to【 B5】_disappointment: First, take inventory(详细目录 ). Take【 B6】 _at some of the most important relationships and activities in your life. How many of your actions, thoughts, conversations have to do with your【 B7】 _of disappointing others or being disappointed? Second, practice saying “no.“ This

19、 is a great practice, especially for those “people pleasers“ who find saying “yes“ to stuff they dont really want to do. While there is great value in being someone who is【 B8】 _“yes“ in life, there is also power in owning our “no“ as well. Third, expand and express your desires. Make a list of some

20、 of the most important and【 B9】 _desires you currently have the things you really want, but maybe have been【 B10】 _. When you allow yourself to express your authentic desires, you give yourself the freedom to ask, dream and create. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【

21、B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Karen Collins Henry, who lost her real estate job when the housing market began to collapse in 2007, says her【 C1】 _for work in a variety of fields have been rejected or ignored, so shes given up looking. Last fall, she began taking computer graphics【 C2】 _and is

22、pinning her hopes on a career developing video games that help【 C3】 _needs students learn in the classroom. Henry is among a growing number of【 C4】 _people in the Washington region opting for job training, some using government funding and others getting tax credits, to reinvent(改头换面 )themselves aft

23、er an often drawn-out and【 C5】 _search for work. Training officials caution that theres【 C6】 _guarantee that a job will be waiting given the economic climate, even in the Washington area, where closeness to the federal government has【 C7】 _shielded the region from the large-scale job losses seen in

24、other parts of the nation. The government is focusing much attention on creating 3 million green jobs, attempting to【 C8】 _that by increasing customer demand. Under President Obamas economic stimulus plan, the tax credit for homeowners who purchase energy-efficient improvements, such as air conditio

25、ners, heat pumps or furnaces, will【 C9】_to 30 percent from 10 percent. So far, job training officials say such jobs have been slow to【 C10】 _ A)achieve F)avoid K)little B)unemployed G)fruitless L)materialize C)courses 11)applications M)diminish D)obscure I)special N)increase E)vividly J)largely O)ex

26、ecution 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Jaguars Dont Live Here Anymore A)Earlier this month, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would appoint “critical habitat“ for the endangered jaguar. Jaguars the worlds

27、 third-largest wild cats, weighing up to 250 pounds, with distinctive black rosettes(玫瑰花色 )on their fur are a separate species from the smaller, tawny(黄褐色的 )mountain lions, which still roam large areas of the American West in the United States and take the first steps toward mandating(批准 )a jaguar r

28、ecovery plan. This is a policy reversal and. on the surface, it may appear to be a victory for the conservation community and for jaguars, the largest wild cats in the Western Hemisphere. B)But as someone who has studied jaguars for nearly three deeades, I can tell you it is nothing less than a slap

29、 in the face to good science. Whats more, by changing the rules for animal preservation, it stands to weaken the Endangered Species Act. C)The debate on what to do about jaguars started in 1997. when, at the urging of many biologists(including me), the Fish and Wildlife Service put the jaguar on the

30、 United States endangered species list, because there had been occasional sightings of the cats crossing north over the United States-Mexico border. At the same time, however, the agency ruled that it would not be “prudent“(谨慎的 )to declare that the jaguar has critical habitat a geographic area conta

31、ining features the species needs to survive in the United States. Determining an endangered species critical habitat is a first step toward developing a plan for helping that species recover. D)The 1997 decision not to determine critical habitat for the jaguar was the right one. because even though

32、they cross the border from time to time, jaguars dont occupy any territory in our country and that probably means the environment here is no longer ideal for them. E)In prehistoric times, these beautiful cats inhabited significant areas of the western United States, but in the past 100 years, there

33、have been few, if any, resident breeding populations here. The last time a female jaguar with a cub(幼兽 )was sighted in this country was in the early 1900s. F)Two well-intentioned conservation advocacy groups, the Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife, sued the Fish and Wildlife S

34、ervice to change its ruling. Thus in 2006, the agency reassessed the situation and again determined that no areas in the United States met the definition of critical habitat for the jaguar. Despite occasional sightings, mostly within 40 miles of the Mexican border, there were still no data to indica

35、te jaguars had taken up residence inside the United States. G)After this second ruling was made, an Arizona rancher(牧场主 ), with support from the state Game and Fish Department, set infrared-camera(红外摄像机 )traps to gather more data, and essentially confirmed the Fish and Wildlife Services findings. Th

36、e cameras did capture transient jaguars, including one male jaguar, nicknamed Macho B, who roamed the Arizona borderlands for more than a decade. But Macho B, now dead, might have been the sole resident American jaguar, and his extensive travels indicated he was not having an easy time surviving in

37、this dry, rugged region. H)Despite the continued evidence, the two conservation advocacy groups continued to sue the government. Apparently, they want jaguars to repopulate the United States even if jaguars dont want to. Last March, a federal district judge in Arizona ordered the Fish and Wildlife S

38、ervice to revisit its 2006 determination on critical habitat. I)The facts havent changed: there is still no area in the United States essential to the conservation of the jaguar. But, having asserted this twice already, the service, now under a new president, has bent to the tiresome litigation(诉讼 )

39、. On Jan. 12, Fish and Wildlife officials claimed to have evaluated new scientific information that had become available after the July 2006 ruling. They determined that it is now prudent to appoint critical habitat for the jaguar in the United States. J)This means that Fish and Wildlife must now al

40、so formulate a recovery plan for the jaguar. And since jaguars have not been able to reestablish themselves naturally over the past century, the government will likely have to go to significant expense to attempt to bring them back especially if the cats have to be reintroduced. K)So why not do ever

41、ything we can, at whatever cost, to bring jaguars back into the United States? To begin with, the American Southwest is, at best, marginal habitat for the animals. More important, there are better ways to help jaguars. South of our border, from Mexico to Argentina, thousands of jaguars live and bree

42、d in their true critical habitat. Governments and conservation groups(including the one I head)are already working hard to conserve jaguar populations and connect them to one another through an initiative called the Jaguar Corridor. L)The jaguars that now and then cross into the United States most l

43、ikely come from the northernmost population of jaguars, in Sonora, Mexico. Rather than demand jaguars return to our country, we should help Mexico and other jaguar-range countries conserve the animals true habitat. M)The recent move by the Fish and Wildlife Service means that the rare federal funds

44、devoted to protecting wild animals will be wasted on efforts that cannot help save jaguars. It also stands to weaken the Endangered Species Act, because if critical habitat is redefined as any place where a species might ever have existed, and where you or I might want it to exist again, then the do

45、or is open for many other senseless efforts to bring back long-lost creatures. N)The Fish and Wildlife officials whose job is to protect the countrys wild animals need to grow a stronger backbone- stick with their original, correct decision and save their money for more useful preservation work. Oth

46、erwise, when funds are needed to preserve all those small, ugly, non-charismatic endangered species at the back of the line, there may be no money left. 47 It is still a fact that there is no suitable place for jaguars to live safely in the United States. 48 The United States Fish and Wildlife Servi

47、ce should be more determined and thrifty for the conservation work. 49 Jaguars were regarded as endangered species because of their rare appearance on the United States-Mexico border. 50 Money was not spent effectively in helping save jaguars in the recent move by the Fish and Wildlife Service. 51 T

48、he United States is probably not the best place for jaguars to live in because they dont occupy any territory in America. 52 South of the United States border, from Mexico to Argentina, is the true critical habitat for jaguars. 53 The number of jaguars breeding populations in significant areas of th

49、e western United States has decreased in the past century. 54 It is necessary for the government to invest lots of funds in order to help jaguars to reestablish themselves. 55 It didnt indicate that jaguars had settled down in the United States even though they were seen within 40 miles of the Mexican border at times. 56 Fish and Wildlife officials were sure enough to appoint critical habitat for the jaguar in the United States. Section C 56