1、大学英语四级（2013 年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 250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 on the following topic. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Some people claim that there are mor
2、e disadvantages of the car than its advantages. Do you agree or disagree?（分数：2.00）_二、Listening Comprehens(总题数：12，分数：50.00)3.Part II Listening Comprehension_4.Section A_A.The police.B.The district lawyer.C.The prison authorities.D.Institute of Childhood and Family.A.To be imprisoned and fined.B.To ha
3、ve their children taken away.C.To be handed over to the authorities.D.None.A.0.4 percent.B.3.4 percent.C.4.4 percent.D.3 percent.A.2.B.3.C.4.D.5.A.Engineer.B.Passengers.C.Architects.D.Workers of airport.A.Airports.B.Passengers.C.Architects.D.Companies.A.Sleep boxes can be rented for different length
4、s of time.B.Renters of normal height can stand up inside.C.Bedding can be automatically changed.D.Renters can surf the Internet inside the box.5.Section B_A.He saw the office on his way home from work.B.A friend referred him to Dr. Carters office.C.He found Dr. Carters number in the phone book.D.He
5、found Dr. Carter s number on the Internet.A.He has to pick up his tool kits.B.He has to take a bus home.C.He has to open his store in the morning.D.He has to pick up his kids.A.The mans telephone number is 647-0547.B.The man s telephone number is 603-0547.C.The man was scheduled to meet the doctor a
6、t 8:15 a.m. Thursday.D.The man was scheduled to meet the doctor at 8:00 a.m. Thursday.A.He hurt his knees when a tall ladder fell on him.B.He injured his ankle when he fell from a ladder.C.He sprained his hand when he fell off the roof of his house.D.His foot has a paint can on because he likes pain
7、ting the house.A.He is early for classes.B.He has an accident on the road.C.He always make troubles.D.He makes a complaint.A.He is late for classes too often.B.He has missed too many classes.C.He has failed in the exam again.D.He is a trouble maker at school.A.Students are going to take the final ex
8、am today.B.It s the last day Steve can drop the class with a full refund.C.Students have to hand in their reports today.D.It s the final day Steve can apply for a loan.A.Drop the class.B.Make up the missed lessons.C.Stop taking part time job.D.Transfer to another school.6.Section C_A.They strongly b
9、elieve in family rules.B.They are very likely to succeed in life.C.They tend to take responsibility for themselves.D.They are in the habit of obeying their parents.A.They grow up to be funny and charming.B.They often have a poor sense of direction.C.They get less attention from their parents.D.They
10、tend to be smart and strong-willed.A.They usually don t follow family rules.B.They don t like to take chances in their lives.C.They are less likely to be successful in life.D.They tend to believe in their parent s ideas.A.Economic growth.B.Reducing unemployment.C.Social security.D.How to pay growing
11、 numbers of pensioners.A.Aging populations will bankrupt government.B.Aging populations will erode economic vitality.C.Aging population will harm geopolitical strength.D.The truth is that such fears are widely exaggerated.A.Political will.B.Demographics.C.Social security.D.Medicare.A.Once a week.B.T
12、wice a week.C.Once a month.D.Twice a month.A.No one.B.One young man.C.His son.D.Mathew.A.Because he was poor.B.Because he wanted to retire.C.Because he couldnt do his job well.D.Because he was going somewhere.A.He cut Mathew s hair exactly as Mathew liked it.B.He cut Mathew s hair better than the ol
13、d hairdresser.C.He cut Mathew s hair like his own.D.He cut Mathew s hair very badly.三、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：8，分数：60.00)7.Part III Reading Comprehension_8.Section A_As Whats your earliest childhood memory? Adults seldom 1events much earlier than the year or so before entering school, just as child
14、ren younger than three or four 2retain any specific, personal experiences. Adults think in words, and their life memories are like stories or 3 one event follows anotheras in a novel or film. But when they search through their mental files for early childhood memories to add to this verbal life stor
15、y, they dont find any that fits the 4. Its like trying to find a Chinese word in an English dictionary. Now psychologist Annette Simms of the New York State University offers a new 5for childhood amnesia. According to Dr. Simms, children need to learn to use someone else s spoken description of thei
16、r personal experiences in order to turn their own short-term, quickly 6impressions of them into long-term memories. In other 7, children have to talk about their experiences and hear others talk about theirsMother talking about the afternoon 8looking for seashells at the beach or Dad asking them abo
17、ut their day at Ocean park. Without this 9reinforcement, says Dr. Simms, children cannot form 10memories of their personal experiences. A)words B)narratives C)spent D)pattern E)forgotten F)largely G)recall H)explanation I)cases J)rarely K)taken L)factor M)habitual N)permanent O)verbal（分数：20.00）填空项 1
18、:_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.Section B_How to Make Peace with Your Workload A)Swamped(忙碌的), under the gun, just struggling to stay above water: whatever office cliche you employ to depict it, weve all been in that situation where we feel like we might be swallo
19、wed up by our workload. Nonetheless many a way may be used to manage your to-do list to prevent feeling overwhelmed. How to make peace with your workload once and for all goes as follows. B)Get organized. “Clear the deadwood out of your desk and keep your office in shape, which enhances your capabil
20、ity to handle other tasks and raises the probability that youll retrieve the items you do need in a faster and easier fashion, “ says Jeff Davidson who works as a work / life expert and writer of more than 50 books on workplace issues. “When something can be disposed, let it go, given in reality mos
21、t of what you retain is replaceable.“ Joel Rudy, vice president of operations for Photographic Solutions, with better than thirty years of business management experience, believes that keeping organized is a must. “Messy work areas are nonproductive in some measure. Provided that you cant locate a d
22、ocument or report easily because its lost in a pile of mess, then you have a problematic situation, “ he says. “Thereby you are supposed to take the time to tidy up your work areas and keep your important files, manuals and reports in an accessible location, which will maximize your efficiencies.“ C
23、)Make a to-do list, then cover it up. It may sound weird, but it works, says Jessica Carlson, an account executive at Bluefish Design Studio which is an advertising consulting firm. Carlson urges her team to utilize to-do lists to stay on track and highlight items that are a priority. “Cover up the
24、list, with the exception of one high-priority task at one time, “ she suggests. “This will allow you to focus better on the task at hand: otherwise, it will be easy to get overwhelmed if youre reading through a to-do list that spans an entire page. Concentrating on a single item will make your tasks
25、 appear like they are more doable, “ Carlson says. D)Stop multitasking. Despite what you may consider multitasking, its counterproductive. Unless youre drinking coffee while scanning your morning e-mails, youre not saving any time by attempting to do ten things at once. “If you find yourself getting
26、 tangled in too many things, it may be of much necessity of you to re-evaluate your involvement, “ Rudy says. “Your mind will wander from one topic to another and you may end up never accomplishing a thing.“ Rudy recommends the best way to stop multitasking is to create priority lists with deadlines
27、. “When applicable, complete one project before you move further on to the next one, “ he says. E)Set time limits. Deborah Chaddock Brown, a work-at-home single parent, says shes frequently overwhelmed by the demands of maintaining order in her residence and running her own business. Still, she mana
28、ges to “do it all“ by setting a time limit for each task. “I have the type of personality that flits(轻轻地掠过)from thing to thing because I do have so much on my plate, “ Brown says. “As a consequence I assign time slots: For the next 15 minutes I will participate in social media for the purpose of mar
29、keting my business(not sending photos or playing Farmville)and that is the only thing I am about to do for the next 15 minutes. When the time is up, I move on to the next task. That way, at night I dont end up with a pile of tasks to accomplish even though I felt busy all day.“ F)Talk to your manage
30、r. “Quite often, people are working on things that are no longer a top priority, but someone forgot to tell them(that theyre no longer important). There are usually clear priorities in the managers head: he or she has just not done a great job communicating those with the employee, “ says Holly Gree
31、n, CEO of The Human Factor. Greens suggestion unfolds in this manner: “If you find yourself confronted with too many responsibilities, sit down, note the significant things you are in charge of, and go to your manager to have a conversation to discuss priorities, trade-offs, time commitments and int
32、erdependencies required to do each thing well, and then ask what you should stop working on or work on less so you can get the right things done.“ Green says managers should be willing to help sort out priorities, so long as employees have a can-do approach and arent just complaining about their wor
33、kload. G)Eliminate time wasters. “If interruptions are keeping you from your responsibilities, learn how to deal with them accordingly, “ says Eileen Roth, author of Organizing for Dummies. Roth proposes the following suggestions to combat disruptions: “Use voice mail to cut down on telephone interr
34、uptions, turn off the alert that says You ve got an e-mail: and give staff members a set time to visit you.“ Justin Gramm, president of Globella Buyers Realty, exemplifies Roths point. “E-mail had been a big time waster for me in the past because it was a constant interruption, causing me to lose fo
35、cus on the task at hand, “ he says. Since determined to check his e-mails only twice a day, Gramm says he has become much more efficient. “If people want to get more work done, they need to stop checking e-mails and get down to business, “ he says. H)Assess your workload before taking on new tasks.
36、“The paradox of todays work environment is that the more you do, the more thats expected of you, “ Davidson says. In order to better assess your workload, Davidson suggests asking yourself the following questions before agreeing to undertake new responsibilities: Is the task aligned(使一致)with your pr
37、iorities and goals: Are you likely to be as prone to saying yes to such a request tomorrow or next week: What else could you do that would be more rewarding: What other pressing tasks and responsibilities are you likely to face: Does the other party have options other than you: Will he or she be cru
38、shed if you say no? I)Want to know more? Most of our experts recommended books for additional tips on how to maximize efficiency, but one book was mentioned time and again. Check out The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.（分数：20.00）(1).Taking time to tidy up work areas will maximize your effici
39、encies.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Deborah Chaddock Brown finds she is overwhelmed trying to make a balance between business and housework.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).There are many useful methods of preventing people from feeling overwhelmed by workload.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).To know more about how to maximize effici
40、ency, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is recommended.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).Davidson says, today s paradox is the more one does, the more he is expected to do.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(6).Focusing on one single thing will make your tasks appear more possible to be done.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(7).In Organiz
41、ing for Dummies, using voice mail to cut down on telephone interruptions is suggested in combating interruptions.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(8).Rudy said, the best way to stop multitasking is to make a list of priorities and set deadlines for each task.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(9).When something can be disposed, let it
42、 go, considering most of what you retain is replaceable in reality.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(10).If employees have a can-do attitude and do not complain about their workload, the managers would like to help them decide what to do first.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_11.Section C_In August, environmentalists in the Philippi
43、nes vandalized(肆意破坏)a field of Golden Rice, an experimental grain whose genes had been modified. 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 deat
44、hs and cases of blindness each year. Environmentalists claim that these sorts of actions are justified 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 tum
45、ours 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 the grain in question. Kenya banned all GM crops. And the French prime minister said that if the results were confirmed he would press for a Europe-wide ban on the GM corn. There is now no serious scientific
