[外语类试卷]大学英语四级模拟试卷42（无答案）.doc

1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 42（无答案）一、Part I Writing (30 minutes)1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic How to Keep Psychologically Healthy? You should write at least i20 words following the outline given below in Chinese:1心理健康问题往往是导致疾病的原因2分析人们产生心理健康问题的原因(可从失业、压力过重、缺少支持、缺乏人际交往

2、能力等方面加以分析)3你认为人们应如何保持心理健康How to Keep Psychologically Healthy?二、Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions attached to the passage. For questions 1-7, mark：Y (for YES) if

3、the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.2 Foreign AdoptionsMadonna, as you might have heard, is in the process of adopting a baby from

4、 Malawi. The one-year-old boy named David was flown last month to London. The American pop music star and her husband have a home there. Madonna is married to film director Guy Ritchie and is the biological mother of two children.Madonna recently gave millions of dollars to support efforts to help o

5、rphans(孤儿)in Malawi. The southern African country is one of the poorest nations in the world.Madonna says she wants to give David a better life. But some people criticized her for adopting a child whose father is still alive; even if the father did agree to it. And some child psychologists said chil

6、dren do best if they are well cared for in their own homeland.The adoption is not yet final. The Lilongwe High Court gave Madonna and her husband temporary custody of David on October twelfth. The court order is for eighteen months. During that period a social worker will report on how the boy is be

7、ing cared for.A committee of sixty-seven human rights groups in Malawi argued that adoption laws there normally bar international adoptions. The committee has brought a legal action to make sure if Madonna received special treatment.Madonna says she did not. But she has supporters. They include Jane

8、 Aronson, an influential expert on adoptions and head of the World Orphans Foundation, She says Madonna is offering David a new life.More than two thirds of people in the United States who adopt children from other countries are not famous. They are people like Miriam and John Baxter of Bethesda, Ma

9、ryland. The Baxters have a biological daughter named Olivia. Olivia was almost eight when her new brother, Matthew, arrived. The Baxters adopted Matthew from an orphanage(孤儿院) in South Korea.They had thought about adopting a baby from China. But their plans changed five years ago after the World Tra

10、de Center attack in New York. A nearby office where they needed to get a document to satisfy Chinese adoption requirements was closed temporarily.Waiting for the office to re-open would have delayed the process another month. And the Baxters already faced a year of waiting.Then they learned that it

11、might be faster to try to adopt a child from South Korea. Miriam Baxter has a brother and sister who were adopted from there. And, in her words, “we wanted the child so much, we just could not wait any longer.“There are many older children in the United States who could be adopted. Finding permanent

12、 homes for them is difficult, especially if they have physical or emotional problems. People who want to adopt usually want a child who is healthy and very young.In nineteen seventy-three, the Supreme Court ruled that women have a right to end unwanted pregnancies. So, for more and more Americans lo

13、oking to adopt, the answer is to look in another country. The State Department approved immigrant visas for eight thousand foreign adopted children in nineteen eighty-nine. By last year the number was almost twenty-three thousand.The Census Bureau says two and a half percent of all children in-the U

14、nited States are adopted. Of those, about thirteen percent are foreign-born.Years ago, few unmarried Americans or couples older than forty adopted babies. Today, it is much more common for single people to adopt. The same is true of older married couples and older singles. Some couples of the same s

15、ex also adopt children.Adoption laws differ from state to state. People who want to adopt must show they can provide a safe and loving home. But sometimes they have to wait years until an adoption agency can find a child for them. So they might seek a private adoptionfor example, by paying a woman t

16、o have a baby for them.By some estimates, the average cost of an adoption is less than twenty thousand dollars. But some parents pay a lot more. Foreign adoptions can also be costly. For example, to adopt a Russian child can cost more than thirty thousand dollars.Many adoption agencies in the United

17、 States handle foreign adoptions. For parents, the easiest adoptions often involve what is called direct relinquishment(放弃). This means the bio- logical parents might be dead. Or they might have already surrendered their child to an orphanage.But, like many other adoptions, international adoptions t

18、ake timein some cases, many months. Adoption agencies and the State Department have a number of requirements for people who want to adopt a foreign child.The prospective parents must prove they are in good health and able to financially support a child. Officials also look for criminal records. And

19、a social worker visits the home, to make sure the home and family will be good for the child. In addition, prospective parents must meet any requirements of foreign adoption agencies and governments.Some doctors in the United States, like Jane Aronson, provide special services for parents who want t

20、o adopt a foreign child. Parents have to know there is a risk that the children they adopt might not be as healthy as they seem. For example, the State Department last month put out a notice to any Americans who recently adopted a child from southern Kazakhstan. The Kazakh government reported that a

21、s many as sixty-one children in the Shymkent area were infected with the virus that causes AIDS.The State Department said parents may wish to talk to their childs doctor about testing for H.I.V. It said testing is now required for all children from Kazakhstan adopted by American parents as of the mi

22、ddle of September.The United States has been preparing to put into effect an international treaty called the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption. That may happen next year. The treaty aims to fight child trafficking. Some people are concerned that foreign adoptions could take longer and cost

23、more as a result of rule changes required by the treaty. But the Wall Street Journal noted last week that the rules will mean adoption agencies have to try harder to get health information on children.Any adoption can be complex, both for the parents and the child. This is true especially in familie

24、s with adopted children from other races and cultures. There are issues of identity and acceptance.2 This passage is a report on the growing number of Americans who adopt children from other countries.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG3 Some child psychologists said that children do best in their own country.（A）Y（B） N

25、（C） NG4 Most American people who adopt foreign-born children are not famous.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG5 The process of adopting Chinese-born children is slower than that of adopting children from South Korea.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG6 Growing number of Americans seek to adopt foreign-born children after women have a rig

26、ht to end unwanted pregnancies in 1973.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG7 Approximately thirteen percent of all adopted children in the U.S. are from another country.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG8 Parents who want to adopt a foreign child have to satisfy all the requirements of foreign adoption agencies and the federal government.

27、（A）Y（B） N（C） NG9 That people pay a woman to have a baby for them is an example of _.10 The aim of the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption is to fight _.11 The complex issues in families facing both the parents and the adopted child are _.Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 s

28、hort conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked

29、A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.（A）They are twins.（B） They are classmates.（C） They are friends.（D）They are colleagues.（A）An English-Spanish dictionary.（B） A Japanese-English dictionary.（C） A Spanish-English dictionary.（D）A French-English dictionary.（A）The woman wants to attend tom

30、orrows show.（B） There arent any tickets left for tonights show.（C） There arent any tickets left for tomorrows show.（D）The woman doesnt want to attend tomorrows show.（A）The woman was late for coming.（B） The woman asked the man to wait for her half an hour ago.（C） The man annoyed by her late coming.（D

31、）The man was quite all right.（A）At a house.（B） At a post office.（C） In a library.（D）In a restaurant.（A）Solving some problems.（B） Working harder.（C） Meeting more people.（D）Not sitting at home.（A）It was a long lecture, but easy to understand.（B） It was not as easy as he had thought.（C） It was as diffi

32、cult as he had expected.（D）It was interesting and easy to follow.（A）The woman reserved a room some time ago.（B） The woman wants to buy a fiat on the second floor.（C） The woman has booked a room with no bath.（D）The woman wants to reserve a room.（A）They were going to the mall.（B） They were riding an e

33、levator.（C） They were thinking about the stairs.（D）They were carrying a heavy box upstairs.（A）She usually gets to work at 3: 30.（B） She usually gets to work at 3: 45.（C） She usually gets to work at 4: 00.（D）She usually gets to work at 4: 15.（A）They are strangers.（B） They are colleagues.（C） They are

34、friends.（D）They are neighbors.（A）The relationship of purchases to time spent in shopping.（B） The length of time required for drugstore shopping.（C） The increases in the size and stock of drugstores.（D）The buying of clothing from department stores.（A）A druggists suggestion.（B） An article.（C） An adver

35、tisement.（D）A sales clerks comment.（A）People enjoy shopping in it.（B） People spend little time in it.（C） People are more likely to buy something in it if time is limited.（D）People spend too much time reading articles about quick cures sold in drugstore.（A）They know what they want to buy.（B） They hav

36、e little money to spend.（C） They talk themselves out of purchase.（D）They shop at the cheapest stores.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you

37、hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.（A）To enter junior college in San Francisco.（B） To find a good job at a university.（C） To go to evening classes.（D）To leave her parents.（A）By asking her parents for help.（B） By borrowing money from her relati

38、ves.（C） By working herself.（D）With the government loan.（A）Because it was so young that it had no buildings of its own.（B） Because classes were held all over the city.（C） Because she must immediately decide upon a college major.（D）All of the above.（A）The researchers in Chicago.（B） The doctors in Chic

39、ago.（C） The medical students at the University of Chicago.（D）The researchers in a dream lab at the University of Chicago.（A）Everyone dreams from three to seven times a night.（B） Dreams are easily remembered.（C） Dreams are likely to be frightening.（D）Everyone dreams only one time a night.（A）He relaxe

40、s.（B） He lies still.（C） He fidgets.（D）He makes more eye movements.（A）Because he knew he would be paid more than what was usual.（B） Because Robin was just over 20.（C） Because he felt sorry for the handsome young man.（D）Because the boat could only carry one passenger.（A）In spring.（B） In summer.（C） In

41、autumn.（D）in winter.（A）In the morning.（B） In the afternoon.（C） At noon.（D）At night.（A）He used to live in London or Madrid.（B） He was in poor health.（C） He had never been to any city.（D）He was going to find a job in London.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. Whe

42、n the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill

43、 in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 37 The Tomato Growers Association, or TGA, has set out to grow a 【B1】_ tomato at an 【 B2】_ farm near San Diego, California. 【B3】_ biotechnology and developments in DNA research, th

44、e TGA has determined to grow the “tomato of tomorrow.“ By 【B4】_ a repellent in the form of an odor, the tomato plant would be able to fight off 【B5】_ by insects. It would 【B6】_ disease and rot, and would maintain its shape when 【B7 】_ at the bottom of a 【B8】 _ of tons of tomatoes.【B9 】_. Its heavy,

45、thick leaves would prevent it form becoming sunburned. All tomatoes on a plant would ripen at the same time, to prevent the loss from machine harvest of under-or-over ripened fruit. 【B10】_.While development of this plant will prove to be extremely expensive, TGA scientists believe that 【B11】_.37 【B1

46、 】38 【B2 】39 【B3 】40 【B4 】41 【B5 】42 【B6 】43 【B7 】44 【B8 】45 【B9 】46 【B10 】47 【B11 】Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through

47、 carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.48 The Swedes are among the most charming peoples in Europe.

48、 And their charm comes from an apparent 【S1】_ in the national character. They are extremely 【S2】_ in social relationships: within the family and when meeting friends and business acquaintances, their conduct is governed by strict social patterns. At the same time, they are one of the most intellectu

49、ally 【S3】_ people in the world. They are always open to new ideas.All social occasions in Sweden are 【S4】_ by rules and traditions. And these traditions are ex pressed in a 【S5】_ routine made up of formal bows, handshakes, and greetings. When a visitor enters a Swedish home, he is always received with a “Welcome“; when he leaves, his host will tell him “You will be welcome again.“ These 【S6】 _ phrases are an indispen