[外语类试卷]大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷133（无答案）.doc

1、大学英语四级改革适用（听力）模拟试卷 133（无答案）Section C0 New words enter the English language all the time. In fact English has always been in a state of【 B1】_and in recent years more and more words and phrases have entered the language. But where do all these new words come from?Words come out of the culture that the

2、y【B2】_ and they describe so if youve got a new development in medicine, for example bird flu, then youll get a new word coming out of that. If theres a【B3】_conflict, that may well bring all sorts of new words to the fore (前部).【B4】_ in time the First and Second World Wars were times of great【B5 】_ of

3、 language because people from different countries met each other and【B6】_ their words and words developed from there. So words come from the playground; they come from politics; they come from any area of life because every area of life is changing from day to day.And does English have more words th

4、an any other language? It【B7】_ has more than other European languages and probably more than any other language in the world. English is put together from so many different【B8】_. Originally it was a Germanic(德国的)language and then after the Norman Conquest in 1066 there was an【B9】_ influx( 流入 )of Fre

5、nch words. And it comes from a country, the United Kingdom, which was quite an【B10】_, trading, colonial power in the past and all these have brought all sorts of other new words into the language.1 【B1 】2 【B2 】3 【B3 】4 【B4 】5 【B5 】6 【B6 】7 【B7 】8 【B8 】9 【B9 】10 【B10 】10 A new study from the Universi

6、ty of New South Wales has discovered that during the working week, Australian fathers only spend an【B1】_ of just over a minute each day along with their children. Australian mothers, on the other hand, spend three hours a week【B2 】_ looking after their childrena much greater disparity(不一致)than in ot

7、her countries like America, Denmark, Italy and France, where couples divide the child-care more【B3 】_.According to the author of the study, traditionally Australian fathers appear to like the fun aspects of parenthood(父母身份), but【B4】_ daily child-care activities. So while they tend to be happy taking

8、 the kids to the park or to sports events, they are unlikely to【B5】_ feeding, bathing, or taking the kids to school. In short, Australian parenting is seen as a womans job and a mans【B6】_.However, the last twenty years have seen the arrival of the【B7】_ “new man“the man who is willing to share the ho

9、usework and child-care. The new man has a picture of his children on his computer desktop at work; he never misses the kids school plays and he【 B8】_ a drink after work so that he can get home in time to read their bedtime story.This new study suggests that the new man feels a little more at home in Europe than in Australia. Indeed, a poll conducted in the UK【B9】 _that almost 70% of British women thought that men were as good at【B10】_ children as women.11 【B1 】12 【B2 】13 【B3 】14 【B4 】15 【B5 】16 【B6 】17 【B7 】18 【B8 】19 【B9 】20 【B10 】