1、大学四级-559 及答案解析(总分：693.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.00)1.B Is Environmental Pollution a Crime?/B 1破坏生态环境是一种犯罪行为 2破坏生态给人类造成经济损失及生存危机 3保护环境人人有责（分数：106.00）_二、BPart Reading (总题数：1，分数：70.00)B “My TV reception is so clear; youd think I had a50-foot antenna (天线) on my roof!“/BIm amazed at the
2、way technology has improved television. From the silent film centuries ago to three-dimensional videos, technology also changed the role TV sets have played in peoples daily life. Developments in electronic circuits have resulted in TV sets that have sharper pictures, brilliant colors and clearer so
3、und. From the smallest portables to wide-screen home theater systems, televisions continue to work better and better as visual innovations are introduced. In addition, various TV programs, from current news to entertainment programs, from talk shows to TV series, all have greatly enriched peoples le
4、isure life. When assessing the impact that certain media have on public audiences, we must recognize that TV is the more “socially accepted“ media with greater appeal to us than radio. So is there anyone who can deny the importance of TV even in this fast- developed century? Unfortunately, a televis
5、ions picture is only as good as the broadcast its receiving, and even the worlds best televisions cannot make up for a weak or distorted signal. Antenna technology has not kept pace with television design, and the rabbit ears from the 1950s are not far removed from whats available today. Well, there
6、s finally been a quantum leap in the design of antennas, and its the result of two patented components developed by scientists. These improvements are the secret behind Emersons revolutionary new antennas.Cable subscription solves the problem of getting the signal to your television, but storms and
7、other factors can result in cable outages. If you prefer not to pay the rising monthly fees for cable or live in an area where its not available, your picture is likely to be weak, undefined and distorted.One way to improve your reception would be to mount a large antenna on you roof. Unfortunately,
8、 most roof antennas are not particularly pleasing to the eye and may even be prohibited in the area where you live. Rabbit ear antennas dont improve your picture to any great degree and make your room look like something from an earlier decade. Most antennas need to be aimed at the source of the bro
9、adcast and require tuning mechanisms to pick up the signal dearly.Whether you live miles out in the country or in a concrete building next door to a broadcast tower, bad reception can rob you of the definition and color you were intended to see. The Optima antenna gives you the signal-grabbing power
10、 of a large antenna in an unobvious, low-profile size.In the past, creating an antenna with optimal (最佳的) reception meant making it big, with a large amount of surface area. This resulted in products that were large and unattractive or small and ineffective. Either way, the aesthetic look of your ro
11、om or house suffered. Research and development tended to focus on the television, not on signal reception.until now.Recently, a brilliant scientist in Colorado developed an antenna that would maximize reception without being overly conspicuous. Emerson, a leader in electronic technology, has now mad
12、e this innovation available to the public.At a lab in Colorado, they developed two patented design improvements that made the Optima antenna possible. First, they created a flexible circuit board with a serpentine (弯曲的) antenna, resulting in a large surface area confined to a small space. Second, th
13、ey developed a technique that converts the copper shielding on the attached cable to an additional signal receiver. This greatly enhances the antennas reception power and allows you to tune the antenna by simply moving the cable! The antenna works best at a range of up to 30 miles from the signal so
14、urce. We recommend an amplifier for reception up to 45 miles away. Ask your representative for details.The handmade assembly is encased in aircraft-grade plastic and high-density foam. The weather-resistant cover is a neutral white and can be painted to match the color of the house or room. Plus, th
15、e omni directional (全方位的) design allows you to mount the unit anywhere you please. The Optimas universal design makes it adaptable to any component, and installation is a snap (迅速，容易). So sit back, relax and enjoy the dearest picture you can get from your television.Call now to order the small anten
16、nas that get big reception. They both come with a 90-day manufacturers limited guarantee and Comtrads exclusive risk-free home trial. Try them, and if youre not completely satisfied, return them within 90 days for a full “No Questions Asked“ refund. Indoor/Outdoor Antenna . $ 69.95 $ 8 S same educat
17、ion, age and union status; live in different regions of the country.B.Live in the same region of the country; same age and union status; work same number of hours.C.Worked for the government; lived in the same region of the country; education; same age; union status and education.D.Work the same num
18、ber of hours; same age, union status and education; lived in the same region of the country.BPassage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard./B（分数：28.00）32A.4,000-5,000.B.50-60,000.C.500-600.D.5,000-6, 000.A.The sun.B.The moon.C.Shadows.D.Sandals.A.Sun clock.B.Hemicycle.
19、C.Obelisk.D.Shadow clock.A.Half a year.B.Half a circle.C.A bicycle.D.Quarter of a circle.五、BSection C/B(总题数：1，分数：77.00)A battle has been going on over who governs the Internet, with America demanding to maintain a key role in the network it helped create and other countries demanding more control. T
20、he European commission isU (36) /Uthat if a deal cannot beU (37) /Uat a meeting in Tunisia next month the Internet willU (38) /Uapart.At issue is the role of the US government inU (39) /Uthe Internets address structure, called the domain name system (DNS), whichU (40) /Ucommunication between the wor
21、lds computers. It isU (41) /Uby the California-based, not-for-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) under contract to the US department of commerce.A meeting ofU (42) /Uin Geneva last month was meant toU (43) /Ua way of sharing Internet governance which politicians could
22、 unveil at the UN-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis on November 16-18.U (44) /U.Viviane Reding, European IT commissioner, says that if a multilateral approach cannot be agreed, countries such as China, Russia, Brazil and some Arab states could start operating their own versi
23、ons of the Internet and the ubiquity that has made it such a success will disappear.U (45) /U.The US government, which funded the development of the Internet in the 60s, said in June it intended to retain its role overseeing Icann, reneging on a pledge made during Bill Clintons presidency.U (46) /U.
24、（分数：77.00）(1).（分数：7.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_六、BPart Reading (总题数：1，分数：90.00)The Bush Administration appears determined to continue the war on drugs that has been actively U(47) /U by all US governments since the Nixon Administration.Defenders o
25、f the war on drugs often throw in an economic U(48) /U. It has been U(49) /U because it curtails (削减) use by raising street prices. It does this because suppliers have to be compensated for the risk of imprisonment and other punishments. It may be true that high prices have U(50) /U the demand for d
26、rugs, but the fact remains that most illegal drugs remain popular and U(51) /U, regardless of price. More important, any U(52) /U in the number of addicts and other users has come with an enormous price label. The US alone spends almost $ 40 billion annually waging the drug war, and other countries
27、also spend big sums.The war is fought by seizing and destroying drugs and by apprehending and imprisoning suppliers. A U(53) /U fact is that the US imprisons a larger fraction of its population for drug-related offenses than European nations do for all crimes.The high prices due to the war have U(54
28、) /U huge profits for cartels and others who evade detection and punishment. Estimates place the world market value of illegal drugs at several hundred billions of dollars - in the same league as the markets for cigarettes and alcohol.Although legalization would make drugs cheaper and more U(55) /U
29、available, sales to minors could be discouraged by harsh punishments and by restricting U(56) /U sales to fixed shops.A) reduced I) compensatedB) disagreement J) legalC) depressing K) argumentD) pursued L) availableE) damaging M) speedilyF) reduction N) successfulG) provided O) illegalH) easily（分数：9
30、0.00）(1).（分数：9.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_七、BSection B/B(总题数：2，分数：80.00)BPassage One/BHumans are forever forgetting that they cant control nature. Exactly 20 years ago, a magazine cover story announced that “scientists are on the verge of being able to p
31、redict the time, place and even the size of earthquakes“. The people of quake-ruined Kobe learned last week how wrong that assertion was.None of the methods praised two decades ago have succeeded. Even now, scientists have yet to discover a uniform warning signal that precedes all quakes, let alone
32、any sign that would tell whether the coming quake is mild or killer. Earthquake formation can be triggered by many factors, says Hiroo Kanamori, a seismologist (地震学家) at the California Institute of Technology. So, finding one all-purpose warning sign is impossible. One reason: Quakes start deep in t
33、he earth, so scientist cant study them directly.If a quake precursor (预兆) were found, it would still be impossible to warn humans in advance of all dangerous quakes. Places like Japan and California are filled with hundreds, if not thousands, of minor faults. It is impossible to place monitoring ins
34、truments on all of them. And these inconspicuous sites can be just as deadly as their better-known cousins like the San Andreas. Both the Kobe and the 1994 Northridge quakes occurred on small faults.Prediction would be less important if scientists could easily build structures to withstand every new
35、 quake reveals unexpected weaknesses in “quake-resistant“ structure, says Terry Tullis, a geophysical at Brown University. In Kobe, for example, a highway that opened only last year was damaged.In the Northridge earthquake, on the other hand, well-built structures generally did not collapse. But eng
36、ineers have since found hidden problems in 120 steel-frame buildings that survived. Such structures are supposed to sway with the earth rather than crumple (崩溃). They may have swayed, but the quake also unexpectedly weakened the joints in their steel skeletons. If the shaking had been longer or stro
37、nger, the buildings might have collapsed.A recent report in Science adds yet more anxiety about life on the fault lines. Researchers can computer simulations to see how quake-resistant buildings would fare in a moderate-size tremor, taking into account that much of a quakes energy travels in a large
38、 “pulse of focused shaking“. The results: Both steel-frame buildings and buildings that sit on insulating rubber pads suffered severe damage.More research will help experts design stronger structures and possibly find quake pressures. But it is still a certainty that the next earthquake will prove o
39、nce again that every fault cannot be monitored and every highway cannot be completely quake-proofed.（分数：40.00）(1).Which of the following statements is NOT true?（分数：8.00）A.Scientists have not discovered one single warning sign for all quakes.B.Scientists have not yet discovered any sign that would te
40、ll the size of quakes.C.Scientists claimed that they had found some methods of predicting earthquakes, but they didnt work.D.The methods scientists boasted of 20 years ago of predicting quakes didnt produce desired results.(2).According to the passage, quakes _.（分数：8.00）A.can in no way be studied fu
41、llyB.can be warned of beforehandC.can trigger minor faultsD.on small faults cannot possibly be as deadly as those best known quakes(3).It is implied in the passage that _.（分数：8.00）A.well-erected structures do not collapseB.the existent quake-resistant buildings need to be redesignedC.steel-frame bui
42、ldings survive any earthquakesD.seismic (地震的) engineering has improved well enough for structures to resist quakes(4).The best tide for this passage could be _.（分数：8.00）A.“Nature Is Beyond Humans Control“B.“No Method or Stronger Structures Are Founds to Predict and Withstand Quakes“C.“Cant We Predic
43、t Earthquakes?“D.“Earthquake, Hard to Predict!“(5).It is impossible to warn of all dangerous quakes in advance because _.（分数：8.00）A.small faults can trigger just as fatal quakesB.nothing is found that precedes and shows quakes comingC.no structures will withstand quakesD.all of the aboveBPassage Two
44、/BConcern with money, and then more money, in order to buy the conveniences and luxuries of modern life, has brought great changes to the lives of most Frenchmen. More people are working than ever before in France. In the cities the traditional leisurely midday meal is disappearing. Offices, shops,
45、and factories are discovering the great efficiency of a short lunch hour in company lunchrooms. In almost all lines of work emphasis now falls on ever-increasing output. Thus the “typical“ Frenchman produces more, earns more, and buys more consumer goods than his counterpart of only a generation ago
46、. He gains in creature comforts and ease of life. What he loses to some extent is his sense of personal uniqueness, or individuality.Some say that France has been Americanized. This is because the United States is a world symbol of the technological society and its consumer products. The so-called A
47、mericanization of France has its critics. They fear that “assembly-line life“ will lead to the disappearance of the pleasures of the more graceful and leisurely (but less productive) old French style. What Mil happen, they ask, to taste, elegance, and the cultivation of the good things in life - to joy in the smell of a freshly picked apple, a stroll by the river, or just happy hours of conversation in a local card?Since the late 1950s life in France ha
