[外语类试卷]大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷133（无答案）.doc

1、大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷 133（无答案）Section A0 For many people in the U.S., sports are not just for fun. They are almost a religion. Thousands of sports fans buy expensive tickets to watch their favorite teams and athletes play in【C1】_. Other fans watch the games at home, not leaving their TV sets a minute.

2、The most【C2】_sports fans never miss a game. Many a wife becomes a “sports widow“ during her husbands favorite season. Americas devotion to athletics has created a new class of【C3】_people: professional athletes. Sports stars often receive million-dollar salaries. Some even make big money appearing in

3、【C4 】_for soft drinks, shoes and so on.Not all Americans【C5】 _sports, but athletics are an important part of their culture. Throughout their school life, Americans learn to play many sports. All students take physical education classes in school. Athletic events at universities attract many fans and

4、【C6】_the whole community. Many people also enjoy non-competitive【 C7】_like hiking, biking, horseback riding, camping or hunting. To communicate with American, it helps if you can talk sports.Sports in America represent the international【C8】_of the people who play. Many sports were【C9】_from other cou

5、ntries. European immigrants (移民) brought tennis, golf, bowling and boxing to America. Football and baseball came from other Old World games. Only basketball has a truly American origin. Even today some【C10】_“foreign“ sports like soccer are gaining American fans. In 1994 the U.S. hosted the World Cup

6、 for the first time ever.A. wealthy B. benefit C. duration D. constantE. imported F. activities G. devoted H. necessarilyI. worship J. person K. comprised L. advertisementsM. heritage N. sufficient O. formerly1 【C1 】2 【C2 】3 【C3 】4 【C4 】5 【C5 】6 【C6 】7 【C7 】8 【C8 】9 【C9 】10 【C10 】10 For some educato

7、rs, there is nothing wrong with fun and games. A group called the Education Arcade recently held a conference in Los Angeles to discuss the future of【C1】_games. The Education Arcade brings together international game designers, publishers, teachers and policymakers. They say they want to lead【C2 】_i

8、n the way the world learns through computer and video games.The【C3 】_was part of E-three, the Electronic Entertainment Exposition This is a yearly trade【C4】_where companies show off new games and educational products.The Education Arcade started at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, near Bos

9、ton. Professors worked with the Microsoft company to create what they called the Games-to-Teach Project. The group began to【C5】_ways to use technology in teaching and learning. They worked with game designers to develop ideas about how【C6】_and science could mix with game playing. The Education Arcad

10、e is the research part of this Games-to-Teach Project.The group recently announced that a “Games for Learning“ statement will be【C7】_on some products. This should begin to appear in American stores in about six months. The【C8】_is to help people find games that are fun but will also teach. The Educat

11、ion Arcade says it also wants to get businesses to produce more games that teach.Companies have been creating systems like hand-held educational【C9】_made by LeapFrog. And new educational role-playing games are being developed. M.I.T. and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Virginia are developin

12、g a game called “Revolution.“ Players will get to experience the American Revolution【C10】_.A. placed B. mathematics C. primarily D. goalE. occurrences F. show G. explore H. estimatedI. radical J. educational K. change L. onlineM. devices N. conference O. inherit11 【C1 】12 【C2 】13 【C3 】14 【C4 】15 【C5

13、 】16 【C6 】17 【C7 】18 【C8 】19 【C9 】20 【C10 】20 “It hurts me more than you“, and “This is for your own good.“ These are the【C1】_my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.That was before we entered the【C2】_period in education in which we decide

14、d it was all right not to push our children to【C3】_their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy on us. They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone【C4】_. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators, turned on the television, left t

15、he teaching to the teachers and went on【C5 】_.Now teachers,【C6】_with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are【C7】_weve made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her students“so passive“and wonders what happened. Nothing was demanded

16、 of them, she believes. Television, says Klompus,【C8】_to childrens passivity. “Were not training kids to work any more,“ says Klompus. “Were talking about a generation of kids whove never been hurt or hungry. They have【C9】_somebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying go look it up, you tel

17、l them the answer. It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.“Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. Its time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work Its time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but its for their own【C10】 _. Its time to start telling them “no“ again.A. policy B. good C. relief D. contributesE. statements F. adopts G. learned H. facedI. realizing J. permissive K. vacation L. profitM. summarized N. successive O. achieve21 【C1 】22 【C2 】23 【C3 】24 【C4 】25 【C5 】26 【C6 】27 【C7 】28 【C8 】29 【C9 】30 【C10 】