1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 1012及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Blind-date Show on TV following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 1如今电视相亲节目火爆，各电视台纷纷热播 2出现这种现象的原因是 3我的看法 Blind-date
2、Show on TV 二、 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions attached to the passage. For questions 1-7, mark： Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given
3、 in the passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 1 Ten Strategies for Success Abroad Working across cultures requires a diverse skill set and a different approach from business in general
4、. When bridging cultures both similar and foreign to your own, certain strategies are crucial to international business success. Here are ten strategies for interacting with people from different cultures. Learn about the business beforehand. This general business strategy becomes increasingly impor
5、tant when dealing with businesses across cultures. Get on their website, check out their promotional material. Get a feel for the atmosphere, attitude, and angle that the business has. Many cultural factors are passed down from the societal level to businesses. However, each organization will have i
6、ts own culture, personality, and way of doing things. Observe. Because your mind is processing a lot of information in new environments, your observation skills when working across cultures may be flooded or unfocused. Keep your observation skills engaged and alert to elements that will help you do
7、business. Notice how people act, dress, and treat each other. Especially if you come from a culture that emphasizes verbal communication, make a point of looking for messages that are conveyed without being said. Being able to read a situation will greatly improve your ability to have a successful m
8、eeting. Ask questions. Many people dont want to reveal how little they know about other cultures, so they dont ask questions. Ultimately, they limit their ability to work in other cultures. Questions show you are interested in your colleagues culture. This interest and consideration helps build your
9、 relationship, which is especially important if your culture has a reputation for trying to culturally dominate others(e. g. the U. S.). Demonstrate that you are working to create harmony between your cultures with questions. In doing so, you create room for the mistakes you may make; people are mor
10、e willing to look past cultural errors if they know you are trying to learn about the culture you are working with. Stay aware of yourself. Some people feel like they have somewhat of an out-of-body experience when in cross-cultural situations because they are focused on everything new outside of th
11、emselves. There can be so much going on around you that you forget to focus on yourself as well. Take advantage of down time(and make time for it)so you can get in touch with your body and feelings. Whats your instinctive feeling? Where is it coming from? This process can help you feel more grounded
12、 and secure in your experience abroad. Allow for more time. Working across cultures takes more time. Communication may be slowed and logistics may be different. You may be working with a culture with a different concept of time altogether. Expect most things to take longer than they would when deali
13、ng with a business from your same culture or country. Also give yourself more time to process all the information before making decisions. Look for individual differences. Introductions of cultures are meant to be guidelines only. Individuals may have values and behaviors that vary greatly from thos
14、e of their native culture. Many people make the mistake of trying to fit people they are working with into cultural molds, when often they dont fit. Peoples values and behaviors are influenced in part by their culture, but also by their background, experiences, and personality. Be careful not to att
15、ribute too much of what you observe to a cultural difference. Find the humor. Humor heals and helps you through difficult situations. Travel can be stressful, as can new environments and change in general. This stress can limit both your flexibility and your ability to handle cross-cultural situatio
16、ns. Combat stress with humor. Be able to step away(at least mentally)from situations and find the humor in them. Learn to tolerate uncertainty. This is an essential skill, and one that can be extremely difficult for people from some cultures where directness and exactness are valued(e. g. Germany, t
17、he U. S.). There will be a great deal of unknowns when doing business across cultures. Specific, concrete answers may not always be given, especially if you are working with a culture with a high tolerance for uncertainty. Focus on what you can determine and try to let go of minor details that are u
18、nclear.(Similarly, if you come from a culture that doesnt place a high value on exactness and are working with someone from a culture that does, try to provide clarification and details when possible.) Go early. If your meeting is face-to-face and youll be traveling abroad, go a few days before your
19、 scheduled meeting. Give yourself time to adjust; you will have to deal with physical adjustments(jet lag, different foods)as well as a number of cultural adjustments as well. These changes can be overwhelming and should be spread out to make them manageable. Give yourself time to adjust physically
20、and then your mind will be better able to make cultural adjustments that are essential for success. Build your intercultural skills. When working with people from different cultures, you need a solid understanding of the norms of that culture. You also need communication skills and business strategi
21、es that can be applied across cultures. The items listed above reflect the necessary skills for intercultural work in general. However, individuals need to further their intercultural competence based on their own situations and needs. To determine what skills you need to develop, reflect on past in
22、tercultural experiences(for people with limited experience abroad, think of experiences working and interacting with people and groups different from you). When do you become uncomfortable, rigid, or shut down? What mistakes have you made in the past? Commit yourself to continually developing the sk
23、ills that will help you in similar situations in the future. View your experiences with different cultures as a track, rather than a string of individual experiences. Link the different experiences you have and you can link the personal development and learning that comes with them. 2 To achieve int
24、ernational business success, it is very important to_. （ A） study the rules of doing business （ B） interact with other people （ C） get some ways to bridge cultures （ D） live in foreign cultures beforehand 3 What can you know after learning about the business in advance? （ A） The operation of the bus
25、iness website. （ B） The weather conditions around it. （ C） The ranking level in the whole society. （ D） The cultural characteristic of the business. 4 When observing others, people from the culture focusing on verbal communication are suggested to_. （ A） deal with a lot of information in mind （ B） f
26、ocus on the observation skills （ C） attach importance to non-verbal messages （ D） improve the communicative ability 5 If you are willing to ask questions in other cultures, you can_. （ A） conceal how little you know about other cultures （ B） help others adjust to the new culture （ C） get the reputat
27、ion of being culturally dominating （ D） show interest and consideration to your colleagues 6 Talking to yourself about your own feelings, you will_. （ A） focus on everything new outside of the body （ B） feel the world instinctively （ C） secure what is going on around you （ D） feel more accustomed an
28、d safer abroad 7 When dealing with the individual differences, many people fail to_ （ A） make an introduction of their own cultures （ B） break the limitation of cultural molds （ C） attribute the mistakes to the cultural difference （ D） impose their values and behaviors on others 8 How can you deal w
29、ith the stress from new environments and change? （ A） To travel around. （ B） To be flexible and able. （ C） To find the humor. （ D） To be certain. 9 In Germany and the U. S. , people are very difficult to tolerate uncertainty because they value_. 10 Traveling ahead of the scheduled time can help you
30、adjust physically as well as_. 11 Understanding of the norms of that culture, communication skills and business strategies generally reflect_. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions w
31、ill be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） The weather forecast. （ B） The cancellation
32、of playing tennis. （ C） The hot weather. （ D） The tennis being played. （ A） He would be promoted if he didnt leave. （ B） He must resign reluctantly. （ C） He shouldnt leave under some pressure. （ D） He has potentials to do better. （ A） Its hard for him to read the terrific news. （ B） Its unexpected f
33、or him to know the news. （ C） It calls attention to solve the rush-hour traffic. （ D） It reminds us to focus on the danger of drunk driving. （ A） Stand the way Harry talks. （ B） Invite Harry to the party. （ C） Convince the woman to go to the party. （ D） Refuse to go to the party. （ A） He has mastere
34、d German perfectly by himself. （ B） He feels that German novel pretty well. （ C） He wont need teacher to guide him any more. （ D） He had read that German novel without much difficulty. （ A） He is not sure if he is on the right street. （ B） He does not believe what the announcer said. （ C） He finds t
35、hey have got to the wrong spot. （ D） He thinks they will be late for work. （ A） Chinese. （ B） Japanese. （ C） French. （ D） Spanish. （ A） Because the students will have a lecture until four oclock. （ B） Because the students will be shown to a lecture until seven oclock. （ C） Because the students will
36、be engaged until seven oclock. （ D） Because the students will watch an English film at four oclock. （ A） Course selection. （ B） School registration. （ C） Meeting time. （ D） Degree granting. （ A） Because they will do part-time jobs during the weekend. （ B） Because they will take more courses in anoth
37、er field. （ C） Because they will have more time to adapt to the college life. （ D） Because they need more time to take part in campus activities. （ A） Have good academic records. （ B） Finish a qualified thesis. （ C） Complete basic courses. （ D） Accomplish more than 120 units. （ A） Because people can
38、t survive alone. （ B） Because good friends benefit business. （ C） Because he has few friends. （ D） Because he can learn from friends. （ A） Develop new hobbies. （ B） Play the video games. （ C） Take part in sports. （ D） Make friends. （ A） They are helpful in improving the team spirit. （ B） They are re
39、levant to business management. （ C） They are helpful in his previous work. （ D） They are relevant to the job of assistant manager. （ A） An assistant manager. （ B） A sales manager. （ C） A college lecturer. （ D） A football player. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.
40、At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） Different ways to pay for shopping. （ B） A weakness in paying in cash. （
41、C） The difference between paying in cash and by card. （ D） The security problem of paying by card. （ A） Viruses can be sent to copy the payment card. （ B） Computers, will be used to attack the payment card. （ C） The payment card may be stolen by a criminal. （ D） Money may be withdrawn from the card
42、by someone else. （ A） The cardholders. （ B） The merchants. （ C） The banks. （ D） The police. （ A） It develops very fast in the past few years. （ B） It has already reached its peak. （ C） It keeps a steady development in the past few years. （ D） It is a newly developed industry. （ A） The reduction of h
43、ighway toll fees on passenger cars. （ B） The decrease in the number of private cars. （ C） Passengers new holiday plan and low rental price. （ D） Governmental and car rental companies beneficial policies. （ A） Because of the transform of the traveling cars. （ B） Because of the cancellation of the dai
44、ly travel mileage limit. （ C） Because of the adjustment of the driving technique. （ D） Because of the falling down of the petrol price. （ A） The influence of ones birthday on his life. （ B） The unexpected present on ones birthday. （ C） The cause of ones death on his birthday. （ D） The unexpected ris
45、k of death on ones birthday. （ A） Men. （ B） Women. （ C） Young people. （ D） Old people. （ A） They are more pessimistic than women. （ B） They are more apt to get a heart attack. （ C） They are weaker under the pressure of growing old. （ D） They are more likely to commit suicide. （ A） Stroke. （ B） High
46、blood pressure. （ C） Heart diseases. （ D） Cancer. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the b
47、lanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 36 Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience
48、 of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have【 B1】 _how difficult it is to find a good childrens book. Either the author has aimed too high, so that the children cant【 B2】 _what is in his or more often, her story, or the story seems to be talking to the readers. The best children
49、s books are neither very difficult nor very simple, and【 B3】_both the child who hears the story and the adult who reads it.【 B4】 _, there are in fact a few books like this, so the【 B5】 _of finding the right bedtime story is not easy to【 B6】 _. This may be why many of books【 B7】 _as works of childrens literature were in fact written for the【 B8】 _. Alices Adventure in Wonderland is perhaps the most obvious of this. Children, left for themselves, of
