[外语类试卷]大学英语四级模拟试卷835（无答案）.doc

1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 835（无答案）一、Part I Writing (30 minutes)1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an announcement to welcome students to join to a club. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:1. 本社团的主要活动内容2. 参加本社团的好处3. 如何加入本社团二、Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimmin

2、g 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 the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradict

3、s the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.2 You hear the same complaint all the time as people get older: My memory is terrible. Is it all in the mind, or do real changes take place in the brain with age to justify such grumbling(抱怨)? Th

4、e depressing answer is that the brains cells, the neurons, die and decline in efficiency with age.Professor Arthur Shimamura, of the University of California at Berkeley, says there are three main ways in which mental function changes. The first is mental speed, for example how quickly you can react

5、 to fast-moving incidents on the road. Drivers in their late teens react quickly but tend to drive too fast, while the over sixties are more cautious but react more slowly. The near-inevitable slowing with age also partly explains why soccer players are seen as old in their thirties, while golf prof

6、essionals are still in their prime at that age. This type of mental slowing results from a reduction in the efficiency with which the brains neurons work.The fact that adults find it harder to learn musical instruments than children points to a second type of mental loss with agea reduction in learn

7、ing capacity. The parts of the brain known as the temporal lobes control new learning, and are particularly vulnerable to the effects of aging. This means that, as we get older, we take longer to learn a new language, are slower to master new routines and technologies at work, and we have to rely mo

8、re on diaries and other mental aids.Working memory is the third brain system which is vulnerable to the effects of aging. Working memory is the brains blackboard, where we juggle from moment to moment the things we have to keep in mind when solving problems, planning tasks and generally organizing o

9、ur day-to-day life. Absent-mindedness occurs at all ages because of imperfections in the working memory systemso, for instance, you may continually lose your glasses, or find yourself walking into a room of your house only to find that you cannot remember what you came for.Such absent-mindedness ten

10、ds to creep up on us as we age and occurs because our plans and intentions, which are chalked up on the mental blackboard, are easily wiped out by stray thoughts and other distractions. Stress and preoccupation can also cause such absent-mindedness, in addition to age-related changes in the brain. T

11、he frontal lobes of the brainlocated behind the forehead and above the eyes are where the working memory system is located. Like the temporal lobes, which handle new learning, the frontal lobes are more vulnerable to the aging process than other parts of the brain.The news, however, is not all bleak

12、. Although neurons reduce in number with age, the remaining neurons send out new and longer connecting fibres(dendrites) to maintain connections and allow us to function reasonably well with only relatively small drops in ability.This and other evidence suggests that the principle use it or lose it

13、might apply to the aging brain. Professor Shimamura studied a group of university professors who were still intellectually active, and compared their performance on neuropsychological tests with that of others of their age group, as well as with younger people. He found that on several tests of memo

14、ry, the mentally active professors in their sixties and early Seventies were superior to their contemporaries, and as good as the younger people.Research on animals provides even stronger evidence of the effects of stimulation on the brain structure. Professor Bryan Kolb, of the University of Lethbr

15、idge in Canada, has shown that animals kept in stimulating environments show sprouting(生长) and lengthening of the connecting nerve fibres in their brains, in comparison With animals kept in unstimulating environments.The beneficial effects of continued mental activity are shown by the fact that olde

16、r contestants in quiz shows are just as fast and accurate in responding to general knowledge questions as younger competitors, suggesting that at least part of their intellectual apparatus is spared the effects of aging because of practice and skill.Such findings lead to the intriguing possibility o

17、f mental fitness training to accompany jogging and workouts for the health conscious. Research in Stockholm by Professor Lars Backman and his colleague has shown that older people can be trained to use their memory better, with the effects of this training lasting several years.Just as people go bal

18、d or grey at different rates, so the same is true for their mental faculties. Why this should be the case for memory and other mental functions is not yet clear, If Professor Shimamura is fight, then the degree to which people use and stretch their mental faculties may also have a role to play.2 The

19、 passage gives a description of several methods of testing mental ability.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG3 Professor Shimamura identified a number of areas in which mental function may change.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG4 As the temporal lobes of the brain are affected by aging, it becomes harder to pick up new skills.（A）Y（B） N

20、（C） NG5 Absent-mindedness is not necessarily a sign of aging.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG6 Research indicates that physical training can help to improve memory.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG7 Taking part in quizzes is the best way to stimulate the brain.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG8 Scientists now understand why peoples mental faculties de

21、cline at different rates.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG9 If a person is under stress, _ may become more frequent.10 When the frontal lobes of the brain are affected by aging, there is a gradual deterioration in _.11 If an animals brain is kept active and stimulated, _.Section ADirections: In this section, you will

22、 hear 8 short 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 choice

23、s marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.（A）He has to work with his brother.（B） He has no definite plans.（C） He usually works on weekends.（D）His plan depends on the woman.（A）Your hands look good.（B） Your hair is in good condition.（C） You have a good beautician to serve you.（D）You

24、can relax.（A）He is a teacher of English in Cambridge.（B） He is a consultant to a Scottish company.（C） He is a specialist in computer science.（D）He is a British tourist to China.（A）22.（B） 25.（C） 23.（D）34.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage,

25、 you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.（A）4.（B） 14.（C） 40.（D）None.（A）Big windows.（B） A good view.（C） Tall buildings.（D）Pleasant rooms.（A）Water.（B

26、） Hills.（C） Flat land.（D）Tall buildings.（A）The state laws.（B） The church authorities.（C） The local communities.（D）The national government.（A）Forty percent.（B） Seventy percent.（C） Forty five percent.（D）Seventy five percent.（A）Because students vary in needs,（B） Because teaching methods vary greatly.（C

27、） Because schools offer different subjects.（D）Because there are different aids at school.（A）Your eyesight.（B） Your driving ability.（C） Your cars mechanical condition.（D）Your knowledge of traffic regulations. （A）To practice driving with an experienced driver.（B） To drive under normal highway conditio

28、n.（C） To have the car checked by the license officer.（D）To use it as an identification card. （A）The license office provides the test vehicle.（B） The examiner shows how to start, stop or park.（C） The examiner watches you driving in your car.（D）The test is carried out where there is little traffic. （A

29、）Drivers to be.（B） Traffic regulation makers.（C） License examiners.（D）Policemen. Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When 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

30、 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 in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 25 Imagining being as

31、ked to spend twelve or so years of your life in a society which【B1】_only of members of your own sex, how would you react? Unless there was something【B2 】_wrong with yon, you wouldnt be too happy about it, to say the【B3】_. It is all the more surprising therefore that so many parents in the world choo

32、se to【B4 】 _such abnormal conditions on their children.Any discussion of this topic is【B5】_to question the aims of education.【B6】_childrens heads full of knowledge is far from being the most important among them. One of the chief aims of education is to【B7】_future citizens with all they require to t

33、ake their place in adult society. Now adult society is made up of men and women, so how can a egregated(隔离的)school possibly offer the right sort of【B8】_for it? Anyone entering adult society after years of segregation can only be in for a shock.A co-educational school offers children nothing less tha

34、n a small, true version of society.【B9 】_to learn to live together from their earliest years. They are put in a position where they can compare themselves with each other【B10】_In a co-educational school, everything falls into its proper place.【B11】_.26 【B1 】27 【B2 】28 【B3 】29 【B4 】30 【B5 】31 【B6 】32

35、 【B7 】33 【B8 】34 【B9 】35 【B10 】36 【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 carefully before making your choices. Each

36、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.36 When Roberto Feliz came to the USA from the Dominican Republic, he knew only a few words of English.

37、Education soon became a【S1】_“I couldnt understand anything,“ he said. He【S2】_from his teachers, came home in tears, and thought about dropping out.Then Mrs. Malave, a bilingual educator, began to work with him while teaching him math and science in his【S3】_Spanish. “She helped me stay smart while te

38、aching me English,“ he said. Given the chance to demonstrate his ability, he【S4】_confidence and began to succeed in school.Today, he is a【S5 】_doctor, runs his own clinic, and works with several hospitals. Every day, he uses the language and academic skills he【S6 】_through bilingual education to tre

39、at his patients.Robertos story is just one of【S7】_success stories. Research has shown that bilingual education is the most【S8】_way both to teach children English and ensure that they succeed academically. In Arizona and Texas, bilingual students【S9 】_outperform their peers in monolingual programs. C

40、alexico, Calif. , implemented bilingual education, and now has dropout rates that are less than half the state average and college【S10】_rates of more than 90%. In E1 Paso, bilingual education programs have helped raise student scores from the lowest in Texas to among the highest in the nation.A)wond

41、er I)hidB)acquired J)prominentC)consistently K)decentD)regained L)countlessE)nightmare M)recalledF)native N)breakthroughG)acceptance O)automaticallyH)effective37 【S1】38 【S2】39 【S3】40 【S4】41 【S5】42 【S6】43 【S7】44 【S8】45 【S9】46 【S10】Section BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passag

42、e is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.46 The word conservation has a thrifty(节俭) meaning. To conserve is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition

43、 that others may also share the enjoyment. Our forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials; most of them, even until very recently, had the foolish idea that the treasures were “limitless“ and “inexhaustible“. Most of the citizens of earlier

44、 generations knew little or nothing about complicated and delicate system that runs all through nature, and which means that, as in a living body, an unhealthy condition of one part will sooner or later be harmful to all the others.Fifty years ago nature study was not part of the school work; scient

45、ific forestry was a new idea; timber was still cheap because it could be brought in any quantity from distant woodlands; soil destruction and river floods were not national problems; people had hardly studied long-term climatic cycles in relation to proper land uses even the word “conservation“ had

46、nothing of the meaning that it has for us today.For the sake of ourselves and those who will come after us, we must now set about repairing the mistakes of our forefathers. Conservation should therefore, be made a part of everyones daily life. To know about the water table (水位) in the ground is just

47、 as important to us as a knowledge of the basic arithmetic formulas. We need to know why all watersheds (分水岭) need the protection of plant life and why the running currents of streams and rivers must be made to yield their full benefit to the soil before they finally escape to the sea. We need to be

48、 taught the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting them. We need to know the importance of big, mature trees, because living space for most of mans fellow creatures on this planet is figured not only in square measure of surface but also in cubic volume above the earth. In brief, it should be

49、our goal to restore as much of the original beauty of nature as we can.47 The authors attitude towards the current situation in the exploitation of natural resources is_.（A）positive（B） natural（C） suspicious（D）critical48 According to the author, the greatest mistake of our forefathers was that_.（A）they had no idea about scie