1、大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷 273 及答案解析(总分：60.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：6，分数：60.00)1.Part III Reading Comprehension（分数：10.00）_2.Section C（分数：10.00）_Engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality, but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a f
2、ool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of course, any sensible student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, famous reputation and lots of good labs and research equipment. But thats not what I did. I chose to study engineering at a sma
3、ll liberal-arts (文科) university that doesnt even offer a major in electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a value system to guide me in my career. I wanted to open my
4、 eyes and expand my vision by interacting with people who werent studying science or engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a sensible choice. They told me I was wise and mature beyond my 18 years, and I believed them. I headed off to college sure I was going to have
5、an advantage over those students who went to big engineering “factories“ where they didnt care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete engineer technical genius and sensitive humanist (人文学者) all in one. Now Im not so sure. Somewhere along the way my noble ideals crashed into
6、 reality, as all noble ideals eventually do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal arts courses, I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile (协调) engineering with liberal-arts courses in college. The reality t
7、hat has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply dont mix as easily as I assumed in high school. Individually they shape a person in very different ways; together they threaten to confuse. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of stu
8、dy is difficult.（分数：10.00）(1).The author chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts university because he _.（分数：2.00）A.intended to be a sensible student with noble idealsB.wanted to be an example of practicality and rationalityC.intended to be a combination of engineer and humanistD.wanted t
9、o coordinate engineering with liberal-arts courses in college(2).According to the author, by interacting with people who study liberal arts, engineering students can _.（分数：2.00）A.broaden their horizonsB.become noble idealistsC.receive guidance in their careersD.balance engineering and the liberal ar
10、ts(3).In the eyes of the author, a successful engineering student is expected _.（分数：2.00）A.to be imaginative with a value system to guide himB.to be a technical genius with a wide visionC.to have an excellent academic recordD.to be wise and mature(4).The authors experience shows that he was _.（分数：2.
11、00）A.creativeB.irrationalC.ambitiousD.unrealistic(5).The word “they“ in “together they threaten to confuse.“ (Line 3, Para, 5) refers to _.（分数：2.00）A.practicality and rationalityB.engineering and the liberal artsC.reality and noble idealsD.flexibility and a value systemThe National Trust in Britain
12、plays an increasingly important part in the preservation for public enjoyment of the best that is left unspoiled of the British countryside. Although the Trust has received practical and moral support from the Government, it is not a rich Government department. It is a charity which depends for its
13、existence on voluntary support from members of the public. The attention of the public was first drawn to the dangers threatening the great old houses and castles of Britain by the death of Lord Lothian, who left his great seventeenth-century house to the Trust together with the 4,500-acre park and
14、estate surrounding it. This gift attracted wide publicity and started the Trusts “Country House Scheme“. Under this scheme, with the help of the Government and the general public, the Trust has been able to save and open to the public about one hundred and fifty of these old houses. Last year about
15、one and three quarters of a million people paid to visit these historic houses, usually at a very small charge. In addition to country houses and open spaces the Trust now owns some examples of ancient wind and water mills, nature reserves, five hundred and forty farms and nearly two thousand five h
16、undred cottages or small village houses, as well as some complete villages. In these villages no one is allowed to build, develop or disturb the old village environment in any way and all the houses are maintained in their original sixteenth-century style. Over four hundred thousand acres of coastli
17、ne, woodland, and hill country are protected by the Trust and no development or disturbances of any kind are permitted. The public has free access to these areas and is only asked to respect the peace, beauty and wildlife. So it is that over the past eighty years the Trust has become a big and impor
18、tant organization and an essential and respected part of national life, preserving all that is of great natural beauty and of historical significance not only for future generations of Britons but also for the millions of tourists who each year invade Britain in search of a great historic and cultur
19、al heritage.（分数：10.00）(1).The National Trust is _.（分数：2.00）A.a rich government departmentB.a charity supported mainly by the publicC.a group of areas of great natural beautyD.an organization supported by public taxes(2).The “Country House Scheme“ was started_.（分数：2.00）A.with the founding of the Nati
20、onal TrustB.as the first project of the National TrustC.after Lord Lothians donationD.to protect Lord Lothians house(3).Land protected by the National Trust _.（分数：2.00）A.can be developed and modernizedB.includes naturally and historically valuable sitesC.consists of country houses and nature reserve
21、sD.is primarily for tourists to Britain(4).The word “invade“ in the last paragraph is used to emphasize that _.（分数：2.00）A.the British do not like touristsB.tourists to Britain are unfriendlyC.tourists come to Britain in large numbersD.Britain is attacked by masses of tourists(5).The main purpose of
22、this passage is to _.（分数：2.00）A.inform the readers about the National TrustB.promote the National Trusts membershipC.make people aware of the natural beauty of BritainD.let the general public share the views of the National TrustSign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have
23、 specialists in language study realized that signed languages are uniquea speech of the hand. They offer a new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language, and throw new light on an old scientific controversy: whether language, complete with grammar, is something that we are born w
24、ith, or whether it is a learned behavior. The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering work of one rebel teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the worlds only liberal arts university for deaf people. When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English, the school
25、enrolled him in a course in signing. But Stokoe noticed something odd: among themselves, students signed differently from his classroom teacher. Stokoe had been taught a sort of gestural code, each movement of the hands representing a word in English. At the time, American Sign Language (ASL) was th
26、ought to be no more than a form of pidgin English (混杂英语). But Stokoe believed the “hand talk“ his students used looked richer. He wondered: Might deaf people actually have a genuine language? And could that language be unlike any other on Earth? It was 1955, when even deaf people dismissed their sig
27、ning as “substandard“. Stokoes idea was academic heresy (异端邪说). It is 37 years later. Stokoenow devoting his time to writing and editing books and journals and to producing video materials on ASL and the deaf cultureis having lunch at a cafe near the Gallaudet campus and explaining how he started a
28、revolution. For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English, French and Japanese. They assumed language must be based on speech, the modulation (调节) of sound. But sign language is based on the movement of hands, the modulation of space. “What I said,“ S
29、tokoe explains, “is that language is not mouth stuff-its brain stuff.“（分数：10.00）(1).The study of sign language is thought to be _.（分数：2.00）A.a new way to look at the learning of languageB.a challenge to traditional views on the nature of languageC.an approach to simplifying the grammatical structure
30、 of a languageD.an attempt to clarify misunderstanding about the origin of language(2).The present growing interest in sign language was stimulated by _.（分数：2.00）A.a famous scholar in the study of the human brainB.a leading specialist in the study of liberal artsC.an English teacher in a university
31、for the deafD.some senior experts in American Sign Language(3).According to Stokoe, sign language is _.（分数：2.00）A.a substandard languageB.a genuine languageC.an artificial languageD.an international language(4).Most educators objected to Stokoes idea because they thought_.（分数：2.00）A.sign language wa
32、s not extensively used even by deaf peopleB.sign language was too artificial to be widely acceptedC.a language should be easy to use and understandD.a language could only exist in the form of speech sounds(5).Stokoes argument is based on his belief that_.（分数：2.00）A.sign language is as efficient as a
33、ny other languageB.sign language is derived from natural languageC.language is a system of meaningful codesD.language is a product of the brainWhen todays college graduates get together for a reunion someday, they may decide to do it by computer. Thats because right now, nearly one in five college s
34、tudents takes at least one class online, according to a new survey. For professors, the growth of e-learning has meant a big shift in the way they deal with students. Take professor Sara Cordell of the University of Illinois-Springfield: Her day doesnt end at 6 p.m., as it does for some college prof
35、essors. Cordell sits at her computer in her campus office to chat with a half-dozen students gathered in front of their screens: One is in Tennessee, another in Californias central valley, another in Ohio. Theyre all here to talk about Thomas Hardys 19th-century novel Tess of the DUrbervilles. Corde
36、ll has a microphone hooked up to her PC, and her students listen from home. All but one of them type their responses, which appear in chat-format on Cordells screen. The process looks kind of awkwardthe natural flow of a regular class is missing, as responses arrive onscreen in a digital flood. But
37、at second glance, theres something else here not seen in a regular college class: All of the students are paying attention and all are engaged. Cordell, who is in her 50s, has been teaching offline for 25 years; online for four. She said she was initially skeptical about how meaningful an English co
38、urse could be online. But now shes a convert. Online classes conducted in real time have a special kind of immediacy, Cordell said. “Theyre right there. Theyre listening. And they like talking to each other, typing to each other. That, I think, is a big attraction, because they get to engage real ti
39、me with the other students as much as with me,“ Cordell said. After two hours of discussion, Cordell signs off. But the class actually never goes to sleep. The students, including a mother of six, will keep the conversation going. This is known as the asynchronous part of the class, and it happens o
40、n an online education content management system, where written assignments are posted. That means the work never stopsand many instructors say teaching an online class is more work.（分数：10.00）(1).The author takes professor Sara Cordell as an example to illustrate the point that_.（分数：2.00）A.online tea
41、ching requires more time and energyB.online teaching is different from regular teachingC.teachers must catch up with the new trends in teachingD.teachers regard online classes as a more efficient teaching(2).What do we learn about Sara Cordells students from the passage?（分数：2.00）A.They major in Engl
42、ish Literature.B.They are adult evening students.C.They come from places outside the Illinois State.D.They voluntarily take Part In the online learning.(3).By saying that Cordell is a “convert“, the author means that Cordell finds online teaching _.（分数：2.00）A.significantB.time-savingC.advancedD.effi
43、cient(4).Cordell regards it as a great attraction that_.（分数：2.00）A.the students take Part In discussions more activelyB.the students get to engage real time with her online classesC.the students like communicating by typing to each otherD.the students are all present for her classes(5).What happens
44、in the asynchronous part of the class?（分数：2.00）A.The students hand in their written assignment.B.The students keep discussing without the teacher.C.The students take turns to play the role of the teacher.D.The students sign off after they finish their homework.大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷 273 答案解析(总分：60.00，做题
45、时间：90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：6，分数：60.00)1.Part III Reading Comprehension（分数：10.00）_解析：2.Section C（分数：10.00）_解析：Engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality, but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be
46、 an electrical engineer and, of course, any sensible student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, famous reputation and lots of good labs and research equipment. But thats not what I did. I chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts (文科) university th
47、at doesnt even offer a major in electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a value system to guide me in my career. I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by inte
48、racting with people who werent studying science or engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a sensible choice. They told me I was wise and mature beyond my 18 years, and I believed them. I headed off to college sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering “factories“ where they didnt care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete engineer
