[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76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 76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 On Whether Young People Should Live Together With Their Parents following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 1有些人愿

2、意和父母居住在一起 2有些人想自己独立居住 3我的看法 On Whether Young People Should Live Together With Their Parents Section A （ A） Go to see the secretary. （ B） Take a test in the classroom. （ C） Open an account in the bank. （ D） Sign in at the Reception Desk. （ A） She could chat with Dr. Lee. （ B） She found Dr. Lee was so

3、 famous. （ C） Dr. Lee led such a simple life. （ D） Dr. Lee was so easy to get along with. （ A） He is a good boss. （ B） He is good company. （ C） He is humorous. （ D） He is a little stupid. （ A） In a bank. （ B） In a supermarket. （ C） In a doctors office. （ D） In a lawyers office. （ A） Cloudy. （ B） War

4、m. （ C） Clear. （ D） Windy. （ A） He watches TV to relax himself. （ B） He likes watching TV very much. （ C） He thinks he can learn a lot from TV. （ D） He thinks the TV programs are all junk. （ A） He thinks they can give Tom a lift. （ B） He isnt sure whether there will be space for Tom. （ C） He thinks

5、the weather will be fine tomorrow. （ D） He doesnt know whether they can get a room. （ A） He is fond of travelling. （ B） He works in the Health Center. （ C） He will have a checkup before going abroad. （ D） He doesnt like the show at the Varsity Theater. （ A） There was a serious traffic accident. （ B）

6、 A driver was killed in her specially-built car. （ C） A woman fell onto a car from a high building. （ D） A car was broken into pieces by a falling object. （ A） She had her car hit by a falling piece of concrete. （ B） She was fined for speeding in South Street. （ C） She had been unable to park her sp

7、ecially-built car. （ D） She could not claim compensation from the insurance company. （ A） Very indifferent. （ B） Awfully annoyed. （ C） Greatly pleased. （ D） Extremely regretful. （ A） A policewoman. （ B） A news reporter. （ C） An inspector. （ D） A government employee. （ A） Because he was absorbed in T

8、V shows. （ B） Because he was receiving a phone call. （ C） Because he was expecting his daughters coming. （ D） Because he thought the knock was made by his wife. （ A） Because his vision is very poor. （ B） Because he was too frightened. （ C） Because his eyes were covered. （ D） Because the robbers face

9、s were covered. （ A） Because the man shouted for help. （ B） Because the dogs next door barked. （ C） Because the man phoned the police. （ D） Because the mans wife knocked at the door. Section B （ A） Along big rivers. （ B） Near the sources of rivers. （ C） Near the sources of lakes. （ D） Near the sourc

10、es of fresh water. （ A） By mixing salt water with fresh water. （ B） By producing more seawater. （ C） By changing salt water into fresh water. （ D） By adding certain amount of chemicals. （ A） It costs too much. （ B） Its process doesnt work yet. （ C） The salt cannot be removed totally in the seawater.

11、 （ D） Seawater cant be processed. （ A） A motor-driven corn sheller. （ B） A hand-powered peanut sheller. （ C） A motor-driven peanut sheller. （ D） A hand-powered corn sheller. （ A） To research and design more advanced shellers. （ B） To popularize agricultural devices in rural areas. （ C） To provide as

12、 many job opportunities as possible. （ D） To develop rural economies and get rid of hunger. （ A） Spread the hand-powered shellers in some urban areas. （ B） Invent new technologies to treat malnutrition. （ C） Design some simple devices for processing healthy foods. （ D） Establish the Full Belly Proje

13、ct in other countries. （ A） To lock people. （ B） To punish people. （ C） To sentence people. （ D） To isolate people. （ A） Because the Europeans committed fewer crimes. （ B） Because a religious group opposed the cruel punishments. （ C） Because the Europeans opposed the use of the cruel punishments. （

14、D） Because the government wanted to adopt less cruel punishments. （ A） Abolishing execution to respect human rights. （ B） Training prisoners to work for the government. （ C） Allowing prisoners to talk and read. （ D） Allowing prisoners to work together. （ A） It classified prisoners based on age. （ B）

15、 It was for offenders of all ages. （ C） It permitted prisoners to work together. （ D） It was stopped by a religious group. Section C 26 Thirty years ago, anyone blaming loneliness for physical illness would have been laughed at. But as scientists studied different populations, loneliness kept emergi

16、ng as a risk【 B1】 _In one study, Californiaresearchers followed 4 700【 B2】 _of Alameda County for ten years, starting in 1965. At first, the【 B3】 _reported their key sources of companionship and estimated the time they【 B4】 _each other. During the study, the people who reported the least social【 B5】

17、 _died at nearly three times the rate of those reporting the most. The source of companionship didnt matter, but time spent with others was【 B6】 _Since then, researchers have studied men, women, soldiers and students from countries all over the world. And the same【 B7】 _keeps emerging. Women who say

18、 they feel isolated go on to die of cancer at several times the expected rate. College students who report “strained and cold“ relationships with their parents suffer【 B8】 _rates of hypertension(高血压 )and heart disease decades later. Heart-attack【 B9】 _who happen to live by themselves die at twice th

19、e rate of those who live with others. For those of us who are still healthy, the lesson should be obvious. Its clear that reaching out to others can help our bodies thrive. Its equally clear that were growing more isolated. In 1900, only 5% US households【 B10】 _one person living alone. The proportio

20、n reached 13% in 1960, and it stands at 25% today. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 When was the last time you flashed a fake smile at the office? For some, it may be just another mundane(乏味的 )aspect of work life putting on a gam

21、e face to hide your inner unhappiness. But new research suggests that it may have unexpected【 C1】 _: worsening your own mood and【 C2】 _you to withdraw from the tasks at hand. In a study, scientists tracked a group of bus drivers for two weeks, focusing on them because their jobs require【 C3】 _, and

22、generally courteous, interactions with many people. The scientists examined what happened when the drivers【 C4】 _in fake smiling, known as “surface acting“, and its opposite, “deep acting“, where they generated【 C5】 _smiles through positive thoughts, said an author of the study, Brent Scott, an assi

23、stant professor of management at Michigan State University. After following the drivers closely, the researchers found that when the smiles were forced, the subjects moods deteriorated and they【 C6】 _to withdraw from work. The fact of trying to【 C7】 _negative thoughts, it turns out, may have made th

24、ose thoughts even more【 C8】 _But when the subjects tried to【 C9】 _smiles through deeper efforts by actually cultivating pleasant thoughts and memories their overall moods improved and their productivity increased. Women were affected more than men. Dr. Scott suspected cultural norms might be at play

25、: women are more【 C10】 _expressive in social intercourse, he said, so hiding emotions may create more strain. Research suggests that an inauthentic smile to hide unhappiness can further worsen your mood. A)attractions F)contribution K)persistent B)authentic G)display L)retreat C)causing H)emotionall

26、y M)stable D)completely I)engaged N)suppress E)consequences J)frequent O)tended 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Free School Meals A)Millions of American schoolchildren are receiving free or low-cost meals for the first time as t

27、heir parents, many once solidly middle class, have lost jobs or homes during the economic crisis, qualifying their families for the decades old safety-net program. B)The number of students receiving subsidized(补贴的 )lunches rose to 21 million last school year from 18 million in 2006-2007, a 17 percen

28、t increase, according to an analysis by the New York Times of data from the Department of Agriculture. “These are very large increases and a direct reflection of the hardships American families are facing,“ said Benjamin Senauer, a University of Minnesota economist who studies the meals program, add

29、ing that the surge had happened so quickly “that people like myself who do research are struggling to keep up with it. “ C)In Sylva, N. C. , layoffs at lumber and paper mills have driven hundreds of new students into the free lunch program. In Las Vegas, where the collapse of the construction indust

30、ry has caused hardship, 15 000 additional students joined the subsidized lunch program this fall. Around Rochester, unemployed engineers and technicians have signed up their children after the downsizing of Kodak and other companies forced them from their jobs. Many of these formerly middle-income p

31、arents have pleaded with school officials to keep their enrollment a secret. D)Students in families with incomes up to 130 percent of the poverty level or $29 055 for a family of four are eligible(有资格的 )for free school meals. Children in a four-member household with income up to $ 41 348 qualify for

32、 a subsidized lunch priced at 40 cents. E)Among the first to call attention to the increases were Department of Education officials, who use subsidized lunch rates as a poverty indicator in federal testing. This month, in releasing results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, they not

33、ed that the proportion of the nations fourth graders enrolled in the lunch program had climbed to 52 percent from 49 percent in 2009, crossing a symbolic watershed. In the Rockdale County Schools in Conyers, Ga. , east of Atlanta, the percentage of students receiving subsidized lunches increased to

34、63 percent this year from 46 percent in 2006. F)One of those is Sheila Dawson, a Wal-Mart saleswoman whose husband lost his job as the manager of a Waffle House last year, reducing their income by $45 000. “Were doing whatever we can to save money,“ said Ms. Dawson, who has a 15-year-old daughter. “

35、We buy clothes at the thrift store, we see fewer movies and this year my daughter qualifies for reduced-price lunch. “ G)Although the troubled economy is the main factor in the increases, experts said, some growth at the margins has resulted from a new way of qualifying students for the subsidized m

36、eals, known as direct certification. In 2004, Congress required the nations 17 000 school districts to match student enrollment lists against records of local food-stamp agencies, directly enrolling those who receive food stamps for the meals program. The number of districts doing so has been rising

37、 as have the number of school-age children in families eligible for food stamps, to 14 million in 2010-2011 from 12 million in 2009-2010. H)“The concern of those of us involved in the direct certification effort is how to help all these districts deal with the exploding caseload of kids eligible for

38、 the meals,“ said Kevin Conway, a project director at Mathematica Policy Research, a co-author of an October report to Congress on direct certification. I)Congress passed the National School Lunch Act in 1946 to support commodity prices after World War II by reducing farm surpluses while providing f

39、ood to schoolchildren. By 1970, the program was providing 22 million lunches on an average day, about a fifth of them subsidized. Since then, the subsidized portion has grown while paid lunches have declined, but not since 1972 have so many additional children become eligible for free lunches as in

40、fiscal year 2010, 1.3 million. Today it is a $ 10. 8 billion program providing 32 million lunches, 21 million of which are free or at reduced price. J)All 50 states have shown increases, according to Agriculture Department data. In Florida, which has 2.6 million public school students, an additional

41、 265 000 students have become eligible for subsidies since 2007, with increases in virtually every district. “Growth has been across the board,“ said Mark Eggers, the Florida Department of Education official who oversees the lunch program. K)In Las Vegas, with 13. 6 percent unemployment, the enrollm

42、ent of thousands of new students in the subsidized lunch program forced the Clark County district to add an extra shift at the football field-size central kitchen, said Virginia Beck, an assistant director at the school food service. L)In New York, the Gates Chili school district west of Rochester h

43、as lost 700 students since 2007-2008, as many families have fled the area after mass layoffs. But over those same four years, the subsidized lunch program has added 125 mouths, many of them belonging to the children of Kodak and Xerox managers and technicians who once assumed they had a lifetime job

44、, said Debbi Beauvais, district supervisor of the meals program. “Parents signing up children say, I never thought a program like this would apply to me and my kids,“ Ms. Beauvais said. M)Many large urban school districts have for years been dominated by students poor enough to qualify for subsidize

45、d lunches. In Dallas, Newark and Chicago, for instance, about 85 percent of students are eligible, and most schools also offer free breakfasts. Now, some places have added free supper programs, fearing that needy students otherwise will go to bed hungry. One is the Hickman Mills C-l district in a th

46、readbare Kansas City, Mo. , neighborhood where a Home Depot, a shopping mall and a string of grocery stores have closed. Ten years ago, 48 percent of its students qualified for subsidized lunches. By 2007, that proportion had increased to 73 percent, said Leah Schmidt, the districts nutrition direct

47、or. Last year, when it hit 80 percent, the district started feeding 700 students a third meal, paid for by the state, each afternoon when classes end. “This is the neediest period Ive seen in my 20-year career,“ Ms. Schmidt said. 47 Many middle-income parents around Rochester have signed up their ch

48、ildren because companies like Kodak have made them jobless. 48 In Florida, weve seen an enormous growth in the number of qualified students in almost every district. 49 The subsidized lunch rates were utilized by some government officials to indicate poverty in federal testing. 50 As the former mana

49、gers and technicians in some large companies, they never thought the meals program would apply to them and their kids. 51 The researchers dont seem quite ready for the sudden increase of students receiving subsidized lunches. 52 In a district of Kansas City, the percentage of the students qualified for subsidized lunches has increased by 32 percent in the past ten years. 53 The year of 2010 has seen the greatest increase of students qualified fo