1、大学英语四级（2013 年 12 月考试改革适用）-试卷 206 及答案解析(总分：118.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Writing(总题数：2，分数：4.00)1.Part I Writing（分数：2.00）_2.For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Changes of Urban Green Coverage Ratio based on the statistics provided in the bar graph below. Please convey t
2、he information in the graph. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. （分数：2.00）_二、Listening Comprehens(总题数：12，分数：50.00)3.Part II Listening Comprehension_4.Section A_A.Offices.B.Restaurants.C.Bars.D.School playgrounds.A.Television producers.B.Hotel owners.C.Medical workers.D.Ho
3、spital management.A.1.5 years.B.1.4 years.C.1.2 years.D.1.1 years.A.New-born baby.B.Maternal.C.Male.D.Middle-aged.A.Doctors are sometimes professionally incompetent.B.In cases like that hospitals have to pay huge compensations.C.Language barriers might lower the quality of treatment.D.Language barri
4、ers can result in fatal consequences.A.71 million.B.91million.C.81million.D.17 million.A.They have seen the need for hiring trained interpreters.B.They have realized the problems of language barriers.C.They have begun training their staff to speak two or more languages.D.They have taken steps to pro
5、vide accurate diagnosis.5.Section B_A.Theyre partners.B.Theyre roommates.C.Theyre classmates.D.Theyre cousins.A.He couldn t decide on a topic for his paper.B.He thought the woman would not finish the paper on time.C.He hadn t heard from his family in a while.D.He thought his paper was late.A.To iden
6、tify their relatives.B.To locate plant fibers.C.To find their way back to the nest.D.To identify kinds of honey.A.Visit his parents.B.Write his paper.C.Research how bees build nests.D.Plan a family reunion.A.A popular television program.B.A new electronics store.C.A breakthrough in technology.D.A re
7、cent purchase.A.Ask for a cheaper price on the television.B.Be satisfied with what he has.C.Try a different store.D.Research what television is best for him.A.2,400 dollars.B.4,800 dollars.C.1,200 dollars.D.600 dollars.A.Watch less television.B.Return the television to the store.C.Pay for the televi
8、sion.D.Accept the television as it is.6.Section C_A.The mouth.B.The throat.C.The nose.D.A computer.A.How much air normally goes through your nose when you talk.B.The force of air that comes from the lungs.C.The highness or lowness of sounds.D.The length of speech for each sound.A.Decibels(分贝).B.Smal
9、l fractions per sound.C.Cycles per sound.D.The force of air.A.Short, tiring, and often dangerous.B.Long, tiring but not dangerous.C.Short but dangerous.D.Long, weary and often dangerous.A.For pleasure and excitement.B.For new places where their herds could feed.C.For animals.D.For tree trunks.A.Bicy
10、cles, cars, trains, and ships.B.Bicycles, cars, trains, and planes.C.Cars, trains, ships, and planes.D.Ferries, cars, trains, and planes.A.Because there are no signs to direct them.B.Because no tour guides are available.C.Because all the buildings in the city look alike.D.Because the university is e
11、verywhere in the city.A.They set their own exams.B.They select their own students.C.They award their own degrees.D.They organize their own laboratory work.A.Most of them has a long history.B.Many of them are specialized libraries.C.They house more books than any other university library.D.They each
12、have a copy of every book published in Britain.A.Very few of them are engaged in research.B.They were not awarded degrees until 1948.C.They have outnumbered male students.D.They were not treated equally until 1881.三、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：8，分数：60.00)7.Part III Reading Comprehension_8.Section A_The
13、se days, people who do 1work often receive far more money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as “white-collar“ workers for the simple reason that they usually wear a(n) 2and tie to go to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are ofte
14、n willing to sacrifice higher pay for the 3of becoming white-collar workers. This can give 4to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a(n) 5for the Ellesmere Corporation. When he got married, Alf was too 6to say anything to his wife about his job. He simply told her
15、 that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then 7into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a dustman. 8returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept h
16、is secret. Alf s wife has never 9that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in 10is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a s
17、uit all day and others will call him “Mr. Bloggs“, not “Alf.A)knowledge B)rise C)discovered D)privilegeE)embarrassed F)collar G)strengthened H)enviousI)status J)changed K)before L)mentalM)dustman N)manual O)willing（分数：20.00）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:_10.Sec
18、tion B_When Mom and Dad Grow OldA)The prospect of talking to increasingly fragile parents about their future can be “one of the most difficult challenges adult children will ever face,“ says Clarissa Green, a Vancouver therapist. “People often tell me they dont want to raise sensitive issues with th
19、eir parents about bringing in caregivers or moving,“ she says. “Theyll say, I dont want to see dad cry.“ But Green usually responds, “What s wrong with that?“ Adult children, she says, need to try to join their parents in grieving their decline, acknowledge their living arrangements may no longer wo
20、rk and, if necessary, help them say goodbye to their beloved home. “Its sad. And its supposed to be. Its about death itself.“B)There are almost four million men and women over age 65 in Canada. Nearly two thirds of them manage to patch together enough supportfrom family, friends, private and governm
21、ent servicesto live independently until virtually the day they die, according to Statistics Canada.C)Of the Canadian seniors who live to 85 and over, almost one in three end up being moved sometimes kickingto group living for the last years of their lives. Even in the best-case scenarios(可能出现的情况), s
22、uch dislocations can bring sorrow. “Often the family feels guilty, and the senior feels abandoned“ says Charmaine Spencer, a professor in the gerontology department of Simon Fraser University. Harassed with their own careers and children, adult children may push their parents too fast to make a majo
23、r transition.D)Val MacDonald, executive director of the B.C. Seniors Services Society, cautions adult children against imposing their views on aging parents. “Many baby boomers can be quite patronizing(高人一等的),“ she says. Like many who work with seniors, Macdonald suggests adult children devote many
24、conversations over a long period of time to collaborating on their parents future, raising feelings, questions and optionsgently, but frankly. However, many middle-aged adults, according to the specialists, just muddle(应付)through with their aging parents.E)When the parents of Nancy Woods of Mulmur H
25、ills, Ont., were in their mid-80s, they made the decision to downsize from their large family home to an apartment in Toronto. As Wood s parents, George and Bernice, became frailer(更虚弱的), she believed they knew she had their best interests at heart. They agreed to her suggestion to have meals on Whe
26、els start delivering lunches and dinners. However, years later, after a crisis, Woods discovered her parents had taken to throwing out the prepared meals. Her dad had appreciated them, but Bernice had come to believe they were poisoned. “My father was so loyal,“ says Woods, “he had hid that my mothe
27、r was overwhelmed by paranoia(偏执狂).“ To her horror, Woods discovered her dad and mom were “living on crackers and oatmeal porridge“ and were weakening from the impoverished diet. Her dad was also falling apart with the stress of providing for Bernicea common problem when one spouse tries to do every
28、thing for an ailing partner. “The spouse who s being cared for might be doing well at home,“ says Spencer, “but often the other spouse is burned out and ends up being hospitalized.“F)Fortunately, outside help is often available to people struggling through the often-distressing process of helping th
29、eir parents explore an important shift. Sons and daughters can bring in brochures or books on seniors issues, as well as introduce government health-care workers or staff at various agencies, to help raise issues and open up discussions, says Val Macdonald, whose nonprofit organization responds to t
30、housands of calls a year from British Columbians desperate for information about how to weave through the dizzying array of seniors services and housing options. The long list of things to do, says MacDonald, includes assessing their ability to live independently: determining your comfort level with
31、 such things as bathing a parent: discussing with all household members whether it would be healthy for an elderly relative to move in: monitoring whether, out of pure duty, youre overcommitting yourself to providing a level of care that could threaten your own well-being.G)The shock phone call that
32、 flung Nancy Woods and her parents into action came from her desperate dad. “I got this call from father that he couldnt cope anymore. My mother was setting fires in the apartment,“ she says. “He didnt want to see it for what it was. Up to then hed been in denial.“ Without knowing she was following
33、the advice of experts who recommend using outside sources to stimulate frank discussion with parents, Woods grabbed a copy of The 36-Hour Day: a family guide to caring for persons with Alzheimer disease, related dementing illness, and memory loss in later life. She read sections of the book to her d
34、ad and asked him, “Who does that sound like? “ Her father replied, “It s mother. It s dementia(痴呆).“ At that point, Woods said, her dad finally recognized their tragic plight(困境). She told her father she would help them move out of their apartment. “He nodded. He didnt yell or roar. He took it on th
35、e chin(忍受痛苦).“H)Woods regrets that she “had not noticed small details signaling moms dementia.“ But shes satisfied her dad accepted his passage into a group residence, where he and his wife could stay together in a secure unit where staff were trained to deal with patients with dementia. “From the m
36、oment they moved into the Toronto nursing home, their physical health improved. On the other hand, it was the beginning of the end in terms of their mental abilities. Perhaps they couldnt get enough stimulation. Perhaps it was inevitable.“I)After my father died in 2002, the grim reality of my mother
37、s sharply declining memory set in starkly. With her expanding dementia, mom insisted on staying in her large North Shore house, even though she was confused about how to cook, organize her day or take care of herself. For the next three years we effectively imposed decisions on her, most of them inv
38、olving bringing in caregivers, including family members. In 2005 mom finally agreed, although she barely knew what was happening, to move to a nearby nursing home, where, despite great confusion, she is happier. As Spencer says, the sense of dislocation that comes with making an important passage ca
39、n be “a very hard adjustment for a senior at the best of times. But it s worse if it s not planned out.“（分数：20.00）(1).Clarissa Green suggests that adult children should try to share their fragile parents grieving feelings.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).When Nancy Woods father got to know their tragic situation
40、, he finally moved out of their apartment.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).When Nancy Woods parents reached their mid-80s, they moved into an apartment.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).Despite knowing little about what was happening, his mother lived more happily in a nearby nursing home.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).Val MacDonald s o
41、rganization is non-profit and helps adult children cope with their aging parent issues through phone calls.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(6).Under stress from their own careers and children, adult children will always push their parents to group living.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(7).Most Canadian seniors older than 65 live
42、independently until they die, Statistics Canada, reported.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(8).Val MacDonald hopes baby boomers not to force their parents to understand their ideas.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(9).Since Nancy Woods parents moved into the Toronto nursing home, they became physically healthier, but had new problem
43、s with their mental abilities.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(10).When her mother set fires in the apartment, Nancy Woods father couldnt handle it.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_11.Section C_In August, environmentalists in the Philippines vandalized(肆意破坏)a field of Golden Rice, an experimental grain whose genes had been modified
44、. Its seeds will be handed out free to farmers. The aim is to improve the health of children in poor countries by reducing vitamin A deficiency, which contributes to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths and cases of blindness each year. Environmentalists claim that these sorts of actions are ju
45、stified because genetically modified crops pose health risks. Now the main ground for those claims has crumbled. Last year a paper which was published in a respected journal found that unusual rates of tumours and deaths in rats that had been fed upon a variety of genetic modification(GM)(转基因)corn. Other studies found no such effects. But this one enabled campaigners to make a health-and-safety argument against GM cropsone persuasive enough to influence governments. After the study appeared, Russia suspended imports of
