1、大学英语四级分类模拟题 492 及答案解析(总分：154.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：71.50)Pregnancy mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones. The so-called text4baby campaign is the first free,
2、 health education program in the U.S. to harness the reach of mobile phones, according to its sponsors. Organizers say texting is an effective means of delivering wellness tips because 90 percent of people in the U.S. have cell phones. “Especially if you start talking about low-income people, cell p
3、hones are the indispensable tool for reaching them and engaging them about their health,“ said Paul Meyer, president of Voxiva, a company which operates health texting programs in Africa, Latin America and India. Studies in those countries have shown that periodic texts can reduce smoking and other
4、unhealthy behaviors in pregnant mothers. Meyer said the U.S. program, run by Voxiva, will be the largest health-related texting program ever undertaken. Under the new service, mothers-to-be who text “BABY“ to a specified number will receive weekly text messages, timed to their due date or their baby
5、“s birth date. The messages, which have been scanned by government and nonprofit health experts, deal with nutrition, immunization and birth defect prevention, among other topics. The messages will continue through the baby“s first birthday. Text4baby is expected to be announced Thursday morning by
6、officials from the White House“s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Government officials will be publicizing the campaign in speeches and promotional materials. Organizers hope the effort can curb premature (早产的) births, which can be caused by poor nutrition, excessive stress, smoking and drin
7、king alcohol. About 500,000 babies are born prematurely in the U.S. each year. The nonprofit is among the sponsors of the campaign. “The real scary thing is that we“re an industrialized nation and we“re not doing very well on infant death rate, and we know prematurity is a big part of that,“ said th
8、e group“s director, Judy Meehan. Currently the U.S. ranks 30th worldwide for infant death rate, according to Meehan, behind most Western European nations. Researchers at the George Washington University have agreed to evaluate the effectiveness of text4baby by measuring health trends for mothers and
9、 newborns.（分数：71.50）(1).The word “harness“ in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “_“.（分数：14.30）A.take advantage ofB.be independent ofC.produce an effect onD.expand the range of(2).What do we know about Africa, Latin America and India?（分数：14.30）A.They are among the profitable markets.B.Women seldom care
10、about their health.C.People there are relatively poor.D.Cell phones are popular there.(3).The Text4baby program is aimed at helping pregnancy women _.（分数：14.30）A.in the U.S.B.in poor countriesC.all over the worldD.in Western European nations(4).What is the purpose of the Text4baby program?（分数：14.30）
11、A.To warn women against bad habits.B.To let people care about prematurity.C.To improve babies“ nutrition.D.To reduce infant death rate.(5).Compared with the U.S., most Western European nations _.（分数：14.30）A.have higher infant death ratesB.do better on infant death ratesC.do more studies on Text4baby
12、D.pay less attention to Text4baby四、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：72.50)Women still have an uneasy relationship with power and the traits necessary to be a leader. There is this internalized fear that if we are really powerful, we are going to be considered heartless or unpleasantly aggressive or forceful. We
13、 are still working at trying to overcome the fear that power and womanliness are mutually exclusive. In my case, I think I may have had an easier time dealing with this fear because my first taste of leadership came in a situation fin which I was a blissfully (幸福地) ignorant outsider. It was in colle
14、ge, when I became president of the Cambridge Union debating society. Since I had grown up in Greece, I had never heard of the Cambridge Union or the Oxford Union and didn“t know about their place in English culture, so I wasn“t weighed down with the kinds of overwhelming notions that may have stoppe
15、d British girls from even thinking about trying for such a position. The same thing happened when my first book, The Female Woman , came out. I was 23 and my U.S. publisher, Random House, flew me from London to New York. They handed me my schedule, and my first interview was with Barbara Waiters on
16、the Today show. This didn“t confuse and shock me since I had no idea who Barbara Walters was, and had never heard of the Today show. So I was less nervous than if I had been on a local show in Athens that my family and classmates could have watched. In this way, it was a blessing that I started my c
17、areer outside my home environment. It had its own problems in that I was laughed at for my accent and was demeaned (贬低) as someone who spoke in a funny way. But it also taught me that it is easier to overcome people“s judgments than to overcome our own self-judgment, the fear we internalize. Aleksan
18、dr Solzhenitsyn said, “If you want to change the world, who do you begin with, yourself or others?“ I believe if we begin with ourselves and do the things that we need to do and become the best person we can be, we have a much better chance of changing the world for the better.（分数：72.50）(1).Accordin
19、g to the first paragraph, women leaders fear that they may be regarded as _.（分数：14.50）A.inconsiderateB.lacking in womanlinessC.incompetentD.lacking in leadership(2).What was the author“s attitude towards “the kinds of overwhelming notions“?（分数：14.50）A.She was ignorant.B.She was unhappy.C.She wasn“t
20、stressed.D.She wasn“t satisfied.(3).What is said about Barbara Walters?（分数：14.50）A.She was the interviewer on theTodayshow.B.She was a famous women leader in the U.S.C.She was a clerk working for Random House.D.She was the most faithful fan of the author.(4).In what situation did the author find it
21、easier to deal with fear?（分数：14.50）A.When she had her first book published.B.When she was in an unfamiliar culture.C.When she was with friends and family.D.When she got used to facing the public.(5).The author suggests that it is more difficult to overcome _.（分数：14.50）A.prejudice against women leade
22、rsB.fear for the unpredictable futureC.others“ judgments on usD.our own internalized fear五、Part Translation(总题数：1，分数：10.00)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2. 中国饮食 (Chinese cuisine)不
23、但花样繁多，而且具有色、香、味、形俱佳的特点。由于中国地域辽阔，各地的物产、气候和生活习惯不同，因此人们的口味也各不相同。例如，南方人口味清淡，北方人口味较重，四川人喜欢吃辣，山西人喜欢吃酸。这样，在中国就形成了各具地方风味特色的菜系。其中，鲁菜、川菜、淮扬菜和粤菜被称为中国的四大菜系。 （分数：10.00）_大学英语四级分类模拟题 492 答案解析(总分：154.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：71.50)Pregnancy mothers are getting a new to
24、ol to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones. The so-called text4baby campaign is the first free, health education program in the U.S. to harness the reach of mobile phones, according to its sponsors. Organizers say texting is an effective me
25、ans of delivering wellness tips because 90 percent of people in the U.S. have cell phones. “Especially if you start talking about low-income people, cell phones are the indispensable tool for reaching them and engaging them about their health,“ said Paul Meyer, president of Voxiva, a company which o
26、perates health texting programs in Africa, Latin America and India. Studies in those countries have shown that periodic texts can reduce smoking and other unhealthy behaviors in pregnant mothers. Meyer said the U.S. program, run by Voxiva, will be the largest health-related texting program ever unde
27、rtaken. Under the new service, mothers-to-be who text “BABY“ to a specified number will receive weekly text messages, timed to their due date or their baby“s birth date. The messages, which have been scanned by government and nonprofit health experts, deal with nutrition, immunization and birth defe
28、ct prevention, among other topics. The messages will continue through the baby“s first birthday. Text4baby is expected to be announced Thursday morning by officials from the White House“s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Government officials will be publicizing the campaign in speeches and p
29、romotional materials. Organizers hope the effort can curb premature (早产的) births, which can be caused by poor nutrition, excessive stress, smoking and drinking alcohol. About 500,000 babies are born prematurely in the U.S. each year. The nonprofit is among the sponsors of the campaign. “The real sca
30、ry thing is that we“re an industrialized nation and we“re not doing very well on infant death rate, and we know prematurity is a big part of that,“ said the group“s director, Judy Meehan. Currently the U.S. ranks 30th worldwide for infant death rate, according to Meehan, behind most Western European
31、 nations. Researchers at the George Washington University have agreed to evaluate the effectiveness of text4baby by measuring health trends for mothers and newborns.（分数：71.50）(1).The word “harness“ in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “_“.（分数：14.30）A.take advantage of B.be independent ofC.produce an ef
32、fect onD.expand the range of解析：解析 根据题干定位到第 2 段第 1 句。 根据第 1 段 tips sent.to their cell phones 和第 2 段第 2 句中的 texting 等信息可以推断第 2 段第1 句中的 harness 意为“使用；利用”，表示 text4baby 是一个利用手机进行的活动，因此，本题应选A。 将选项的意思代入文中，不难发现其他词义不符合上下文的句意。上下文表明 text4baby 要依赖手机作为传送工具，因此，B(脱离的影响)可以立刻排除；且本文提到手机只是为了说明它是推行 text4baby的工具，并没有讨论 t
33、ext4baby 对手机产生了什么影响，C(对手机产生影响)和 D(扩大手机的使用范围)均不正确。(2).What do we know about Africa, Latin America and India?（分数：14.30）A.They are among the profitable markets.B.Women seldom care about their health.C.People there are relatively poor. D.Cell phones are popular there.解析：解析 根据题干中的 Africa，Latin America an
34、d India 定位到第 3 段。 从该段第 1 句中的 low-income 可以推断这些国家相对较穷，因此本题应选 C。 本文只有第 3 段提到了有关 Africa，Latin America and India 的内容，A 和 B 没有原文依据。D 试图用其中的 cell phone 与原文扯上关系，但手机是否 popular 这一点无从证实。(3).The Text4baby program is aimed at helping pregnancy women _.（分数：14.30）A.in the U.S. B.in poor countriesC.all over the wo
35、rldD.in Western European nations解析：解析 第 2 段第 1 句、第 5 段和第 7 段第 1 句。 根据第 2 段第 1 句提到的 first.in the U.S.、第 5 段提到的 the U.S. program 和第 7 段第 1 句中发布该计划的机构名称可以知道该计划是在美国推行的，因此，本题应选 A。 本题最具干扰性的是 B 和 C。第 3 段提到了在非洲、拉美和印度有类似的项目，容易误以为 text4baby 就是面向这些地方的计划，而事实上这些是 Voxiva 公司实施的项目；如果将文章中提到过的所有地理名称概括起来，又容易误以为 text4b
36、aby 面向全世界。(4).What is the purpose of the Text4baby program?（分数：14.30）A.To warn women against bad habits.B.To let people care about prematurity.C.To improve babies“ nutrition.D.To reduce infant death rate. 解析：解析 第 8 段。 第 8 段第 1 句提到的 the effort 指的就是 text4baby 计划，由此可见，该计划的目的是为了 curb premature births，而早
37、产正是婴儿死亡率高的一个重要因素，抑制早产即意味着降低婴儿死亡率。D 为本题答案。 其他选项都使用了原文提到的只言片语，但与第 8 段第 1 句提到的目的相差甚远，而且原文也没有其他段落提到了相关的目的。(5).Compared with the U.S., most Western European nations _.（分数：14.30）A.have higher infant death ratesB.do better on infant death rates C.do more studies on Text4babyD.pay less attention to Text4bab
38、y解析：解析 根据题干中的 Western European nations 定位到倒数第 2 段。 从倒数第 3 段可知美国与别的先进国家相比，在控制婴儿死亡率方面做得不够好，behind 一词也含有“落后于”之义。由此可见，西欧国家的婴儿死亡率应该是较低的，因此本题应选 B。 A 与原文内容相反，故不能选。原文没有提到西欧国家与 text4baby 的关系，因此 C 和 D 均无依据。四、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：72.50)Women still have an uneasy relationship with power and the traits necessary
39、 to be a leader. There is this internalized fear that if we are really powerful, we are going to be considered heartless or unpleasantly aggressive or forceful. We are still working at trying to overcome the fear that power and womanliness are mutually exclusive. In my case, I think I may have had a
40、n easier time dealing with this fear because my first taste of leadership came in a situation fin which I was a blissfully (幸福地) ignorant outsider. It was in college, when I became president of the Cambridge Union debating society. Since I had grown up in Greece, I had never heard of the Cambridge U
41、nion or the Oxford Union and didn“t know about their place in English culture, so I wasn“t weighed down with the kinds of overwhelming notions that may have stopped British girls from even thinking about trying for such a position. The same thing happened when my first book, The Female Woman , came
42、out. I was 23 and my U.S. publisher, Random House, flew me from London to New York. They handed me my schedule, and my first interview was with Barbara Waiters on the Today show. This didn“t confuse and shock me since I had no idea who Barbara Walters was, and had never heard of the Today show. So I
43、 was less nervous than if I had been on a local show in Athens that my family and classmates could have watched. In this way, it was a blessing that I started my career outside my home environment. It had its own problems in that I was laughed at for my accent and was demeaned (贬低) as someone who sp
44、oke in a funny way. But it also taught me that it is easier to overcome people“s judgments than to overcome our own self-judgment, the fear we internalize. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said, “If you want to change the world, who do you begin with, yourself or others?“ I believe if we begin with ourselves
45、and do the things that we need to do and become the best person we can be, we have a much better chance of changing the world for the better.（分数：72.50）(1).According to the first paragraph, women leaders fear that they may be regarded as _.（分数：14.50）A.inconsiderateB.lacking in womanliness C.incompete
46、ntD.lacking in leadership解析：解析 第 1 段最后一句。 第 1 段最后两句都提到了女性领导者害怕什么，其中最后一句表明她们担心人们认为女性领导者缺乏女性特质，由此可见，本题应选 B。 第 1 段第 1 句提到的内容和用词很容易让考生联想到女性领导者担心被认为不够资格担任领导工作，但接下来的两句解释了第 1 句中的 uneasy relationship，表明女性领导者并不是担心“工作能力”等方面，因此，有关“工作能力”“领导才能”的 C 和 D 均不正确。(2).What was the author“s attitude towards “the kinds of
47、 overwhelming notions“?（分数：14.50）A.She was ignorant.B.She was unhappy.C.She wasn“t stressed. D.She wasn“t satisfied.解析：解析 第 2 段最后一句。 原文该句中的 Since.，so.表明因为不知道剑桥联合会的重要性，因此作者对成为其辩论团的主席并没有觉得“不堪重负”，由此可见，I wasn“t weighed down 应表明作者没有感到过多的压力，因此，本题选 C。 本文讨论的是女性领导者在事业上所受的“压力”问题，三个干扰项与此主题的关系都不如 C 密切。(3).What
48、is said about Barbara Walters?（分数：14.50）A.She was the interviewer on theTodayshow. B.She was a famous women leader in the U.S.C.She was a clerk working for Random House.D.She was the most faithful fan of the author.解析：解析 根据题干中的 Barbara Walters 定位到第 3 段第 3 句。 该句提到作者去美国参加“今日秀”节目，并接受了 Barbara Walters 的
49、采访，可推断 Barbara Walters是主持“今日秀”节目的主持人，本题应选 A。 第 3 段提到 Barbara Walters，该段主要是讲作者接受访问，在不知晓访谈主持人的身份和节目的知名度的情况下表现轻松自如的这一经历。了解了大致内容，其他选项均可轻松排除。(4).In what situation did the author find it easier to deal with fear?（分数：14.50）A.When she had her first book published.B.When she was in an unfamiliar culture. C.When she was with friends and family.D.When she got used to facing the public.解析：解析 第 4 段第 1 句。 第 4 段第 1 句是对第 2 段和第 3 段内容的小结，该句表明当作者
