1、大学四级-201 及答案解析(总分：710.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.00)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter of inquiry following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 假设你是刘梅，准备去美国留学。现向申请学校写信，咨询相关事宜。信件内容如下： 1自我介绍 2咨询相
2、关事宜，如签证、学费、奖学金和语言考试等 3表示感谢，并希望早日得到答复 （分数：106.00）_二、Part Listening Com(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Section A(总题数：3，分数：49.00)Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item. （分数：14.00）A.Because those children could not prove they regularly ate there.B.Because most of those children are healthy.C.Becaus
3、e consumers knew the dangers of McDonald“s products.D.Because some children are not really overweight.A.McDonald“s food is not clean.B.McDonald“s food price is too high.C.McDonald“s food contains high fat.D.McDonald“s environment is not safe.Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item
4、. （分数：14.00）A.Raise the oil prize.B.Cut back production.C.Reduce global economic growth.D.Remain the same level of output.A.To cut petroleum output.B.To fight against imperialism.C.To help his good friend.D.To promote the international exchanges.Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news i
5、tem. （分数：21.00）A.An attack launched by gunmen.B.A peace initiative before the attack.C.The damage to military hardware.D.A militant groups based in Pakistan.A.4.B.2.C.6.D.8.A.At dusk.B.At 3:30 am.C.On Monday morning.D.On Friday afternoon.四、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Conversation One(总题数：1，分数：28.00)Qu
6、estions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：28.00）A.In a drugstore.B.In a supermarket.C.On the phone.D.On the Internet.A.She is going to have dinner with the man.B.She is going back home for her parents“ anniversary.C.She is going to visit her friends in New Orleans.D.She
7、is going to work over time in the office.A.It is the woman“s hometown.B.The woman“s parents will have celebration there.C.The woman went to university there.D.The woman“s relatives will take a trip there.A.The woman should be alert to heavy traffic.B.Many people go to the countryside at the weekend.
8、C.The woman should guard against robbers on the way.D.Give him a call when the woman arrives home.六、Conversation Two(总题数：1，分数：28.00)Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：28.00）A.To free his mind off work.B.To enrich himself.C.To make new friends.D.To kill the time
9、.A.Expensive.B.Unusual.C.Interesting.D.Relaxing.A.She started collecting stamps from her childhood.B.A good stamp collection can be built in a short time.C.A rare set of stamps is worth a lot of money.D.It is nearly impossible to collect a rare set of stamps.A.Electronics.B.Collecting umbrellas.C.Co
10、llecting stamps.D.Playing golf or tennis.七、Section C(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：57.00)Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：57.00）A.Babies begin to learn at 5 or 6 months old.B.Babies begin to learn when they“re born.C.Babies don“t like to be taught by strang
11、ers.D.Babies always want to learn new things.A.To help all the weak children and women.B.To study the genes of babies and mothers.C.To find out what affects healthy development in people.D.To study why babies are influenced by their environment.A.She will clap.B.She will blink.C.She will smile.D.She
12、 will imitate her mother.A.Unborn babies can remember sounds.B.Unborn babies learn how to smile.C.Unborn babies can learn to connect with people.D.Unborn babies are active to learn things.九、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：43.50)Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：43.50）A.They d
13、idn“t like to do housework.B.Their efforts were unnoticed by the woman.C.They were very tired after a whole day“s work.D.They wanted to share the housework with women.A.Cleaning the washroom.B.Carrying shopping bags.C.Taking out the rubbish.D.Changing the bed sheets.A.4.7 hours.B.6.9 hours.C.5.1 hou
14、rs.D.1.5 hours.十、Passage Three(总题数：1，分数：43.50)Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：43.50）A.They can be good if they happen in summer.B.They occur only in South China sea.C.They can usually be seen around the Pacific Ocean.D.They happen in spring most often.A.When the
15、warmer air meets with the cooler air.B.When the wind moves faster than 30 meters a second.C.When the seawater evaporates into the air.D.When the air gets warmer and warmer.A.It is the most active part of a typhoon.B.It moves faster than 40 meters a second.C.It is right in the middle of a typhoon.D.I
16、t is the most dangerous part of a typhoon.十一、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十二、Section A(总题数：1，分数：35.00)Skip that third helping of roast beef, save the planet and do your heart a favor at the same time. That“s the advice of Alan Dangour of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and col
17、leagues who 1 the livestock industry“s potential to help the UK reduce its carbon emissions to half of 1990 levels by 2030, and the knock-on effect on the nation“s health. They found that the industry could reduce its emissions, but only if the livestock the UK produces, and the meat the nation 2 ,
18、drops by 30 per cent. Farms must also optimise (最优化) their energy 3 by, for example, capturing carbon in animal waste. The health pay-off would be 4 : 18,000 fewer people would die prematurely in the UK each year from heart attacksa(n) 5 of 17 per centas they would eat less of the fats found in meat
19、. The effect would not be limited to rich nations. The team found that Brazil could 6 the same health benefits. “We“re not saying go vegetarian, we“re saying reduce how much livestock produce you consume,“ says Dangour. The savings could be 7 higher if reduced death rates from cancer and obesity had
20、 been included, he adds. Agronomist (农艺学家) Kenneth Cassman of the University of Nebraska warns that cutting production in one region can 8 it elsewhere, causing a rise in global emissions. “Reducing production of livestock products in a developed country like the UK does little to influence global 9
21、 in production and consumption where most of the increase in demand between now and 2050 will come from 10 countries,“ he says. A. developing E. developed I. boast M. reduction B. even F. just J. achieve N. boost C. trends G. considerable K. considerate O. efficiency D. explored H. consumes L. offer
22、s（分数：35.00）十三、Section B(总题数：1，分数：70.00)To Help the Kids, Parents Go Back to SchoolA. For a few years now, every parent of a newborn baby in the South Florida district has received a congratulations packet while still in the hospital that includes, among other things, a colorful animal picture book (
23、in three languages) and a letter from something called the Parent Academy. “Keep in mind that you are, and will always be, your child“s first and most important teacher,“ the letter reads. “Miami-Dade County Public Schools has many resources and opportunities for you to make the most of that awesome
24、 responsibility.“ You have to admit, it“s a pretty genius interpretation of that old advertising saying “Get “em while they“re young.“ B. While the concept of parent academiesin which towns or school districts offer what are essentially classes and workshops on parenting skillshas been around for mo
25、re than a decade, several larger cities are starting or expanding such programs in an effort to engage parents who are otherwise uninvolved in their child“s education. Philadelphia has invested heavily in this year“s launch of a comprehensive and wide-ranging program for parents. Boston is restoring
26、 its Parent University following an earlier version“s shutdown due to budget cuts. And Miami“s Parent Academy, now in its fifth year, offers more than 100 workshops that range from Help Your Child Succeed in Math to Teaching Behavior Skills. C. Parent academies are particularly helpful for urban com
27、munities full of mothers and fathers who for various reasons are disengaged from their children“s education. Many are single parents with second jobs that leave little time to help with schoolwork. Some are immigrants who don“t understand much English. Some are parents uncomfortable with schoolworka
28、 survey released by Intel found that more than 50% of parents would rather talk to their kids about drugs or drunk driving than about math or science. And then there“s the general confusion that often comes from dealing with a bureaucracy (官僚作风) as complicated as the typical American school district
29、. “There are parents who are just not as well informed about the way schools work,“ says Karen Mapp, director of the Education Policy and Management Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. “The policies, the procedures, what state test scores meanit“s not that they don“t care; they just
30、 don“t know how.“ D. Picture yourself in the following supposed situations: you“re a parent who never graduated high school; you“re a parent whose only interactions with schools have been negative ones; you“re a parent who has zero recollection of how to divide fractions; you“re a parent who has no
31、clue as to what the important dates are on the college-application calendar. Now picture yourself experiencing all of the supposed situations at once, and then imagine how your child would suffer from your knowledge deficiency. For as much as the current wave of education reformers like to maintain
32、that quality teachers and schools can help overcome environmental factors, a child“s home life plays an undeniable role in how well they learn, says Mapp. E. “I“ve been doing research on family engagement for about 16 years now,“ she says. “And there“s 40 years of research that indicates a pretty po
33、sitive relationship between families being engaged in their children“s education and positive effects on students in terms of their academic achievement.“ Mapp is currently helping write a case study on Miami“s Parent Academy program, which is one of the nation“s most successful big-city attempts in
34、 this area. Privately funded by local philanthropists (慈善家) and businesses, the Parent Academy has seen more than 120,000 people participate in its workshops during the past half-decade. It has taught parents everything from how to reinforce reading lessons at home to how to deal with threat and the
35、 dangers of sexing. F. The county has partly adjusted its approach to serve its large non-English-speaking community. “Many of our newly arrived immigrants don“t understand what they can do to support their child“s success, and they don“t understand the systemthere“s no point in going to the school
36、board when you“re concerned about your child“s homework,“ says Anne Thompson, director of the Miami-Dade program. Because of language issues, she often sees students having to do their parents“ jobs in terms of navigating school bureaucracy. G. In Philadelphia, superintendent Arlene Ackerman set up
37、a Parent University this year after expressing concern over low literacy rates for parents and children, as well as a general lack of parental engagement among low-income families, especially among African-American men. Tasked with cherry-picking the best elements from other programs around the coun
38、try (and tossing the worst), Karren Dunkley, deputy of the Philadelphia School District“s Office of Parent, Family and Community Services, and her colleagues realized that they needed to ground the program within the context of adult continuing education. That is, if you“re trying to teach adults so
39、mething, give them the respect of having it resemble a real class, which meets more than once, reinforces lessons and allows parents to form learning-centered relationships with instructors and fellow studentsjust as their kids do. “When we looked around the country, we found one-hit wonders, where
40、parents would come into schools for daylong workshops,“ says Dunkley. “That really didn“t produce transformative results, nor did it sustain interest or truly give support to parents.“ H. Supported primarily by federal funds, the Philadelphia Parent Academy“s “curriculum“ runs the scope from a 10-we
41、ek math-literacy course to a multipart social-etiquette (社交礼仪) class to a one-day session on attendance and truancy (逃课) that teaches parents about “compulsory education and attendance law.“ It“s all targeted toward families in need: parents of children at low-performing schools and residents of hou
42、sing projects and emergency shelters. Of course, there“s no guarantee that the people who need these programs the most will actually take advantage of themyou can“t force parents to care, no matter how many free classes you offer. Still, says Harvard“s Mapp, you have to make progress where you can.
43、“Family engagement is a shared, mutual partnership between educators and parents,“ she says. “It“s a two-way conversation between home and school.“（分数：70.00）(1).Some students have to navigate school bureaucracy by themselves, because their parents don“t know English.（分数：7.00）(2).Some big cities are
44、launching parent academies programs to engage parents in their child“s education.（分数：7.00）(3).The letter in the congratulations packet intends to persuade parents to go back to school.（分数：7.00）(4).Mapp believes that besides teachers and schools, the parents“ help at home is essential for children“s
45、study.（分数：7.00）(5).A government official realized that the parent academic program should be on the basis of adult continuing education.（分数：7.00）(6).Educators and parents should work in a shared, mutual partnership to help the kids, says a university staff member.（分数：7.00）(7).The survey by Intel fou
46、nd that more than half of parents were unwilling to deal with schoolwork.（分数：7.00）(8).Miami“s Parent Academy program is considered as a great success.（分数：7.00）(9).The Philadelphia Parent Academy“s “curriculum“ is funded primarily by federal funds.（分数：7.00）(10).A Parent University was set up in Phila
47、delphia partly due to the high illiteracy rates for parents and children.（分数：7.00）十四、Section C(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十五、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：71.50)Earlier this year I met with a group of women in Matela, a small farming village in Tanzania, and we discussed something that“s been on all of our minds lately:
48、finding a safe place to save money. The women said their babies were getting sick from malaria (疟疾), and they could afford the drugs if they saved money over timebut with no access to formal savings accounts, they had a hard time safeguarding cash. So they saved in risky and inefficient ways. They m
49、ade loans to each other, or bought goats or jewelry, then sold them if they suddenly needed money. The success of microloans has opened new opportunities for many poor people and has been a crucial factor in reducing poverty. But loans are not enough. Savings accounts could help people in the developing world with unexpected events, accumulate money to invest in education, increase their productivity and income, and build their financial security. Fortunately, this is a moment of opportu
