1、大学英语四级分类模拟题 495 及答案解析(总分:217.50,做题时间:90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数:1,分数:106.50)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the Chinese art. You should write at least 120 words
2、 but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. (分数:106.50)_二、Part Reading Compr(总题数:0,分数:0.00)四、Passage One(总题数:1,分数:20.00)Deception and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths, while reality is fabulous. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to
3、be cheated, life, to compare it with such things as we know, would be like a fairy tale and the Arabian Nights“ Entertainments. If we respect only what is inevitable and has a right to be, music and poetry would resound along the streets. When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great a
4、nd worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, and that petty fears and petty pleasure are but the shadow of reality. This is always exciting and great. By closing the eyes and falling asleep, by allowing to be deceived by shows, men establish and confirm their daily life of routine and
5、 habit everywhere, which still is built on purely false foundation. Children, who play life, differentiate its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live worthily, but who think that they are wiser by experience, that is, by failure. If a man should give us an account of the real
6、ities he saw, we should not recognize the place in his description. Look at a meeting-house, or a court-house, or a jail, or a shop. Or a dwelling-house and say what that thing really is before a true gaze, and they would all go to pieces in your account of them. Men esteem truth remote, in the outs
7、kirts of the system, behind the farthest star, before Adam and after the last man. In eternity there is indeed something true and great. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine in the lapse of all ages
8、. And we are enabled to understand at all what is great and noble only by the continuing understanding and immersing of the reality that surrounds us. The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. Let us spend our lives i
9、n conceiving then. The poet or the artist never yet had as fair and noble a design but some of his posterity at least could accomplish it.(分数:20.00)(1).What does the word “fabulous“ (in the first sentence of Paragragh 1) mean?(分数:4.00)A.Extremely pleasing.B.Barely credible.C.Extremely wonderful.D.Di
10、sgusting.(2).According to the passage, the art is _.(分数:4.00)A.only the artists“ businessB.something to admireC.something suspicious and unsteadyD.something unreal and deceptive(3).The author thinks that the grown-ups are _.(分数:4.00)A.wiser than children because of their life experienceB.ever knowin
11、g their true originC.capable of appreciating the real artsD.turning a blind eye to true life(4).The author is primarily urging the readers to _.(分数:4.00)A.look to the future for enlightenmentB.appraise the present for its true valueC.honor the wisdom of the past agesD.spend more time in leisure acti
12、vities(5).The passage is primarily focused on _.(分数:4.00)A.history and economicsB.society and populationC.biology and physicsD.theology and philosophy五、Passage Two(总题数:1,分数:71.00)Language is, and should be, a living thing, constantly enriched with new words and forms of expression. But there is a vi
13、tal distinction between good developments, which add to the language, enabling us to say things we could not say before, and bad developments, which subtract from the language by rendering it less precise. A vivacious, colorful use of words is not to be confused with mere slovenliness. The kind of s
14、lovenliness in which some professionals deliberately indulge is perhaps akin to the cult (迷信) of the unfinished work, which has eroded most of the arts in our time. And the true answer to it is the same that art is enhanced, not hindered, by discipline. You cannot carve satisfactorily in butter. The
15、 corruption of written English has been accompanied by an even sharper decline in the standard of spoken English. We speak very much less well than was common among educated Englishmen a generation or two ago. The modern theatre has played a baneful (有害的) part in dimming our appreciation of language
16、. Instead of the immensely articulate dialogue of, for example, Shaw (who was also very insistent on good pronunciation), audiences are now subjected to streams of barely literate trivia, often designed, only too well, to exhibit “lack of communication“, and larded (夹杂) with the obscenities (下游的话) a
17、nd grammatical errors of the intellectually impoverished. Emily Post once advised her readers: “The theatre is the best possible place to hear correctly- enunciated speech.“ Alas, no more. One young actress was recently reported to be taking lessons in how to speak badly, so that she should fit in b
18、etter. But the BBC is the worst traitor. After years of very successfully helping to raise the general standard of spoken English, it suddenly went into reverse. As the head of the Pronunciation Unit coyly (含蓄地) put it, “In the 1960s the BBC opened the field to a much wider range of speakers.“ To he
19、ar a BBC disc jockey talking to the latest ape-like pop idol is a truly shocking experience of verbal squalor. And the prospect seems to be of even worse to come. School teachers are actively encoul“ aged to ignore little Johnny“s incoherent grammar, atrocious spelling and haphazard punctuation, bec
20、ause worrying about such things might inhibit his creative genius.(分数:71.00)(1).The writer relates linguistic slovenliness to tendencies in the arts today in that they both(分数:14.20)A.occasionally aim at a certain fluidityB.appear to shun perfectionC.from time to time show regard for the finishing t
21、ouchD.make use of economical short cuts(2).“Art is enhanced, not hindered, by discipline“ (Lines 67, Paragraph 1) means _.(分数:14.20)A.an artist“s work will be finer if he observes certain aesthetic standardsB.an unfinished work is bound to be comparatively inferiorC.the skill of certain artists conc
22、eals their slovenlinessD.artistic expression is inhibited by too many rules(3).Many modern plays, the author finds, frequently contain speech which _.(分数:14.20)A.is incoherent and linguistically objectionableB.is far too ungrammatical for most people to followC.unintentionally shocks the audienceD.t
23、ries to hide the author“s intellectual inadequacies(4).The author says that the standard of the spoken English of BBC _.(分数:14.20)A.is the worst among all broadcasting networksB.has raised English-speaking up to a new levelC.has taken a turn for the worse since the 1960sD.is terrible because of a fe
24、w popular disc jockeys(5).Teachers are likely to overlook the linguistic lapses in their pupils since _.(分数:14.20)A.they find that children no longer respond to this kind of discipline nowadaysB.they fear the children may become less coherentC.more importance is now attached to oral expressionD.the
25、children may be discouraged from expressing their ideas六、Part Translation(总题数:1,分数:20.00)2.中国茶文化中国的茶文化可以追溯到 周期 (the Zhou Dynasty),约有 4000 年的历史。“一日三餐茶饭”成为中国人的一种日常习惯。有客人来访时,通常递上的也是一杯茶。饮茶在中国既是一种艺术也是一门学问。在中国的许多地方,沏茶的方法很复杂。中国茶叶以独特的色、香、味、形而闻名于世。在中国各种茶叶中,最著名的是绿茶、红茶、 乌龙茶 (oolong tea)和 花茶 (scented tea)。 (分数:
26、20.00)_大学英语四级分类模拟题 495 答案解析(总分:217.50,做题时间:90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数:1,分数:106.50)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the Chinese art. You should write at least 120
27、 words but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. (分数:106.50)_正确答案:()解析:范文 The picture reveals two foreigners who are concentrating on practicing Chinese calligraphy. The woman is holding the brush in a very standard posture, while the Chinese character she wrote is of high aest
28、hetic value. Clearly, she has mastered a high level of this mystical Chinese art. First and foremost, the picture aims to remind us that Chinese art, with its diversified elements, is drawing enthusiastic attention from the rest of the world. Chinese culture has taken the world over. Let us say, the
29、 western society finds Chinese kung fu enthralling, which is particularly mirrored by the popularity of kung fu movies. Meanwhile, the world has also been conquered by Chinese tai chi, as well as traditional Chinese music, painting, calligraphy, and architecture. Even traditional Chinese medicine is
30、 gaining a steadily increasing recognition with its holistic perspective in treating diseases and maintaining health. More importantly, foreign interest in Chinese culture is no longer in just about appreciation of the surface, but explores the essence of the civilization. From a personal point of v
31、iew, I am delighted to witness the prevalent circulation of Chinese culture. For one thing, the mood derives from a national pride that we can contribute enormously to the diversity of global culture. For another, Chinese art provides a great platform for people home and abroad to create friendships
32、 across countries. The communication between different cultures we feel to be uniquely worthy of investigation.二、Part Reading Compr(总题数:0,分数:0.00)四、Passage One(总题数:1,分数:20.00)Deception and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths, while reality is fabulous. If men would steadily observe realities
33、only, and not allow themselves to be cheated, life, to compare it with such things as we know, would be like a fairy tale and the Arabian Nights“ Entertainments. If we respect only what is inevitable and has a right to be, music and poetry would resound along the streets. When we are unhurried and w
34、ise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, and that petty fears and petty pleasure are but the shadow of reality. This is always exciting and great. By closing the eyes and falling asleep, by allowing to be deceived by shows, men establish and confi
35、rm their daily life of routine and habit everywhere, which still is built on purely false foundation. Children, who play life, differentiate its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live worthily, but who think that they are wiser by experience, that is, by failure. If a man sho
36、uld give us an account of the realities he saw, we should not recognize the place in his description. Look at a meeting-house, or a court-house, or a jail, or a shop. Or a dwelling-house and say what that thing really is before a true gaze, and they would all go to pieces in your account of them. Me
37、n esteem truth remote, in the outskirts of the system, behind the farthest star, before Adam and after the last man. In eternity there is indeed something true and great. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be mo
38、re divine in the lapse of all ages. And we are enabled to understand at all what is great and noble only by the continuing understanding and immersing of the reality that surrounds us. The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is lai
39、d for us. Let us spend our lives in conceiving then. The poet or the artist never yet had as fair and noble a design but some of his posterity at least could accomplish it.(分数:20.00)(1).What does the word “fabulous“ (in the first sentence of Paragragh 1) mean?(分数:4.00)A.Extremely pleasing.B.Barely c
40、redible. C.Extremely wonderful.D.Disgusting.解析:解析 细节理解题。根据题干 the word “fabulous“ (in the first sentence 0f Paragraph 1)定位第一段第一句话。这句话的意思是如果虚伪和欺骗被尊为至高无上,那么现实就会荒谬无比。本题考验考生对文章关键句的正确理解。虽然 fabulous 在不同上下文具有本题四项所有的意思,但在本文中的确切意思是 B,所以本题的正确答案为 B。(2).According to the passage, the art is _.(分数:4.00)A.only the
41、artists“ businessB.something to admire C.something suspicious and unsteadyD.something unreal and deceptive解析:解析 推理判断题。根据题干 According to the passage, the art is.定位第二段的第一句:如果我们只尊重必然的东西,尊重有权威为必然的东西,那么音乐和诗歌会重新在街上唱诵。本文最后一句:虽然诗人或艺术从来没有如此美好和崇高的设想,但他们有些后代至少会达到这一步的。这些都说明作者对艺术视为崇高和美好,不是被蒙蔽的东西。因此本文的正确答案应该选 B。(
42、3).The author thinks that the grown-ups are _.(分数:4.00)A.wiser than children because of their life experienceB.ever knowing their true originC.capable of appreciating the real artsD.turning a blind eye to true life 解析:解析 细节判断题。根据题干 The author thinks that the grown-ups are.定位第三段第一句。这句话的意义是闭上眼睛,昏昏欲睡,允
43、许自己被表面现象所蒙蔽,人们通过这些手段来建立和确定他们的生活日程和各种习惯。这仍然是建立在幻(觉)想基础上的东西。可见作者对成年人持一种否定态度。因此本题的正确答案应该是 D。(4).The author is primarily urging the readers to _.(分数:4.00)A.look to the future for enlightenmentB.appraise the present for its true value C.honor the wisdom of the past agesD.spend more time in leisure activi
44、ties解析:解析 细节归纳题。本题是一项归纳题。整篇文章都围绕着“珍视目前的真正价值”这一主题展开的。这在文章倒数第五句:永恒中,确实有真实和崇高的东西存在。但是所有这一切时间、地点、机遇都是在此时此地。上帝本身在现时达到了顶峰。在今后流逝的岁月中,它绝不会更加神圣崇高。我们只有长期不断地灌输和浸润在周围现实之中,才能理解什么是崇高和神圣的东西。不论我们的步伐快还是慢,路线已为我铺定。那就让我们的生命在体会感受中度过。”作者强调现实才是人们应该抓住的。A 答案是指望未来给予启迪。C 答案是尊重过去的智慧。D 答案是在悠闲的活动中花更多的时间。因此本题的正确答案是 B。(5).The pass
45、age is primarily focused on _.(分数:4.00)A.history and economicsB.society and populationC.biology and physicsD.theology and philosophy 解析:解析 主旨大意题。本题是整体归纳题。整篇文章都传递了神学和哲学这两个内容,特别是哲学推理论说。五、Passage Two(总题数:1,分数:71.00)Language is, and should be, a living thing, constantly enriched with new words and forms
46、 of expression. But there is a vital distinction between good developments, which add to the language, enabling us to say things we could not say before, and bad developments, which subtract from the language by rendering it less precise. A vivacious, colorful use of words is not to be confused with
47、 mere slovenliness. The kind of slovenliness in which some professionals deliberately indulge is perhaps akin to the cult (迷信) of the unfinished work, which has eroded most of the arts in our time. And the true answer to it is the same that art is enhanced, not hindered, by discipline. You cannot ca
48、rve satisfactorily in butter. The corruption of written English has been accompanied by an even sharper decline in the standard of spoken English. We speak very much less well than was common among educated Englishmen a generation or two ago. The modern theatre has played a baneful (有害的) part in dimming our appreciation of language. Instead of the immensely articulate dialogue of, for example, Shaw (who was also very insistent on good pronunciation), audiences are now subjected to streams of barely literate trivia, often designed, only too