1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 155及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: The Best Way to Stay Healthy. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese: 1锻 炼身体和平衡饮食 2哪个是保持健康的最佳办法 3我的观点 二、 Part II Reading C
2、omprehension (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 in the passage; N (for NO) if
3、the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 1 Robot Cars to Do Battle in Desert Race When 15 competitors lined up in Nevada last year for the U.S. Defense Departments first million-dollar robot race, hopes were hi
4、gh. The challenge: to drive a vehicle without a human driver or remote control some 150 miles (241 kilometers) through the Mojave Desert. But those hopes quickly went up in a cloud of dust as most robots barely managed to get off the starting line. The best performer, a modified Humvee built by engi
5、neers at Pennsylvanias Carnegie Mellon University, traveled 7 miles (11 kilometers) before breaking down. To robot devotees(热爱者 ), however, it was a minor hiccup. No surprise, then, that 43 teams showed up to out for this years race, dubbed (被称作 ) the Grand Challenge. For the past week, teams rangin
6、g from garage enthusiasts to well-funded university engineers have been fine-tuning their machines at qualifying rounds here at the California Speedway in Fontana, California. (Watch the robots in action in our exclusive video.) Twenty-three finalists were announced Thursday fur Saturdays Grand Chal
7、lenge. The 175-mile (282-kilometer) course starts and finishes in Primm, Nevada. The race promises to be even tougher than last years run. But 18 months is an eternity in the robotics world, and the technology has vastly improved. Organizers believe several teams have a real shot of finishing the ra
8、ce in less than ten hours to earn the grand prize of two million U.S. dollars. “When the first team out not just equality in jobs or education, but in social【 B8】 _ . Hold a door open for some women and youre likely to get an angry lecture on treating women as inferiors, unable to open doors for the
9、mselves.【 B9】 _ ; though on second thoughts perhaps thats not such a bad idea. 【 B10】 _ . On the other hand, automatic male politeness is perhaps slowly being replaced by true consideration for the needs and feelings of women,【 B11】 _ . Maybe thats worth standing in the bus or train for. 37 【 B1】 38
10、 【 B2】 39 【 B3】 40 【 B4】 41 【 B5】 42 【 B6】 43 【 B7】 44 【 B8】 45 【 B9】 46 【 B10】 47 【 B11】 Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide o
11、n the best choice. 47 Youre busy filling out the application form for a position you really need. Lets assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isnt it tempting to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents
12、 a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University? More and more people are mining to utter deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant
13、 may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university. Registrars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week. Personnel officers do check up on degr
14、ees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them “impostors (骗子 )“, another refers to them as “special cases“. One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delica
15、te phrase of all, says that these claims are made by “no such people“. To avoid outright (彻底的 ) lies, some job-seekers claim that they “attended“ or “were associated with“ a college or university. After carefully checking, a personnel officer may discover that “attending“ means being dismissed after
16、 one semester. It may be that “being associated with“ a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century-thats when they began keeping records, any
17、how. If you dont want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a phony diploma. One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name oh a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diplom
18、a from “Smoot State University“. The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the “University of Purdue“. As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper. 48 The main idea of this passage is that _. （
19、 A） employers are checking more closely on applicants now （ B） lying about college degrees has become a widespread problem （ C） college degrees can now be purchased easily （ D） employers are no longer interested in college degrees 49 According to the passage, “special cases“ refers to cases that _.
20、（ A） students attend a school only part-time （ B） students never attended a school they listed on their application （ C） students purchase false degrees from commercial firms （ D） students attended a famous school 50 We can infer from the passage that _. （ A） performance is a better judge of ability
21、 than a college degree （ B） experience is the best teacher （ C） past work histories influence personnel officers more than degrees do. （ D） a degree from a famous school enables an applicant to gain advantage over others in job competition 51 This passage implies that _. （ A） buying a false degree i
22、s not moral （ B） personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schools （ C） most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from school （ D） society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications 52 The word “phony“ ( Line 13, Para. 2 ) means _. （ A） thorough （ B） ulti
23、mate （ C） false （ D） decisive 52 Material culture refers to what can be seen, held, felt, used-what a culture produces. Examining a cultures tools and technology can tell us about the groups history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us to understand the
24、 music culture. The most vivid body of material culture in it, of course, is musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph was invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about music cultures in th
25、e remote past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence: instruments well preserved and instruments pictured in art. Through the study of instruments, as well as paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Near East to China over a th6usand
26、years ago, or we can outline the spread of Near Eastern influence to Europe that resulted in the development of most of the instruments in the symphony orchestra. Sheet music or printed music, too, is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music cultures as those in which people learn and sing
27、 music by ear rather than from print, but research shows mutual influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain, and America. Printed versions limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different song
28、s. Besides, the ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on music and, when it becomes widespread, on the music culture as a whole. One more important part of musics material culture should be singled out. the influence of the electronic media-radio, record player, tape recorder, tel
29、evision, and videocassette, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This is all part of the “information revolution“, a twentieth-century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution was in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to
30、 modem nations; they have affected music cultures all over the globe. 53 Research into the material culture of a nation is of great importance because _. （ A） it helps produce new cultural tools and technology （ B） it can reflect the development of the nation （ C） it helps understand the nations pas
31、t and present （ D） it earl demonstrate the nations civilization 54 It can be learned from this passage that _. （ A） the existence of the symphony was attributed to the spread of Near Eastern and Chinese music （ B） Near Eastern music had an influence on the development of the instruments in the symph
32、ony orchestra （ C） the development of the symphony shows the mutual influence of Eastern and Western music （ D） the musical instruments in the symphony orchestra were developed on the basis of Near Eastern music 55 According to the author, music notation is important because _. （ A） it has a great e
33、ffect on the music culture as more and more people are able to read it （ B） it tends to standardize folk songs when it is used by folk musicians （ C） it is the printed version of standardized folk music （ D） it encourages people to popularize printed versions of songs 56 It can be concluded from the
34、 passage that the introduction of electronic media into the world of music _. （ A） has brought about an information revolution （ B） has speeded up the appearance of a new generation of computers （ C） has given rise to new forms of music culture （ D） has led to the transformation of traditional music
35、al instruments 57 Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage? （ A） Musical instruments developed through the years will sooner or later be replaced by computers. （ B） Music cannot be passed on to future generations unless it is recorded. （ C） Folk songs cannot be spread far
36、unless they are printed on music sheets. （ D） The development of music culture is highly dependent on its material aspect. 三、 Part V Cloze (15 minutes) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that
37、 best fits into the passage. 57 British Columbia has greater variations in climate than any other province in Canada. When warm winds from the west hit the cold【 C1】 _ of the many mountain ranges, the result is heavy rainfall. Inland plateaus, however, are largely【 C2】 _ On the lower coast, the temp
38、erature is mild, with little【 C3】 _ any snow. In the northern belt, temperatures range from 50 below zero to 90 above zero. This area has more rain and snow. The forests of British Columbia【 C4】 _ about one hundred million acres. The【 C5】 _ of many mountain ranges are blanketed with【 C6】_ . Red ceda
39、r(雪松 ), and hemlock (铁杉 ) are found in large【 C7】 _ . While lumber is the most important industry for British Columbia, its【 C8】 _ also supply large revenues, particularly in the southern areas. Cod and salmon are the most abundant【 C9】 _ of commercial value. There are many kinds of【 C10】_ . Goats a
40、nd sheep axe found in the mountains, and moose and deer in the valleys and woods.【 C11】 _ this wildlife is a source of food and other valuable products, trap- pets caught and killed large numbers of these animals with no【 C12】 _ to preserve the supply. As a re- suit, the government has had to regula
41、te trapping and has introduced fur farming. These【 C13】 _ have been successful. Consequently, the supply of wildlife has been【 C14】 _ . British Columbia does not【 C15】 _ only upon its natural resources to provide employment. In Vancouver, many【 C16】_ plants employ large numbers of workers. Large ind
42、ustrial plants make【 C17】_ and aluminum. Smaller factories turn out a variety of products. In recent years, there has been a marked【 C18】 _ in livestock (家畜 )raising. In addition, poultry(家禽 ) and eggs. as well as fruits and vegetables, are important products in the【 C19】 _ areas southeast of Vancou
43、ver. Manufactured and agricultural products are【 C20】 _ by rail to Canadas eastern regions. 58 【 C1】 （ A） snow （ B） air （ C） gas （ D） rain 59 【 C2】 （ A） rainy （ B） hot （ C） snowy （ D） dry 60 【 C3】 （ A） for （ B） since （ C） if （ D） but 61 【 C4】 （ A） cover （ B） occupy （ C） stretch （ D） measure 62 【 C5】
44、 （ A） shapes （ B） slit （ C） shadow （ D） slopes 63 【 C6】 （ A） evergreens （ B） land （ C） houses （ D） belts 64 【 C7】 （ A） quality （ B） quantities （ C） number （ D） sizes 65 【 C8】 （ A） mountains （ B） waterways （ C） birds （ D） cities 66 【 C9】 （ A） animals （ B） birds （ C） fish （ D） food 67 【 C10】 （ A） trib
45、es （ B） insects （ C） animals （ D） homes 68 【 C11】 （ A） Since （ B） However （ C） Ever since （ D） if 69 【 C12】 （ A） target （ B） attention （ C） attempt （ D） temptation 70 【 C13】 （ A） efforts （ B） effects （ C） affects （ D） offers 71 【 C14】 （ A） protected （ B） used （ C） eaten （ D） lost 72 【 C15】 （ A） have
46、 （ B） depend （ C） support （ D） trust 73 【 C16】 （ A） hunting （ B） gardening （ C） manufacturing （ D） fishing 74 【 C17】 （ A） steel （ B） cotton （ C） clothes （ D） property 75 【 C18】 （ A） raise （ B） addition （ C） arise （ D） increase 76 【 C19】 （ A） fishing （ B） farm （ C） cold （ D） mountain 77 【 C20】 （ A） p
47、aced （ B） shipped （ C） transferred （ D） trained 四、 Part VI Translation (5 minutes) Directions: Complete the sentences in the blanks by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. 78 _ (幸亏遇到一位好心的出租车司机 ), Amy arrived at the test room in time. 79 _ (这是一个生死攸关的问题 ) and therefore we must pay m
48、ore attention to it. 80 The problem of internet crime _ (近些年来引起了广泛关注 ). 81 The computer isnt working properly; _ (肯定有什么地方出了毛病 ). 82 _ (应当注意的是 ) that pollution has become one of the thorniest problems in many big cities. 大学英语四级模拟试卷 155答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 【正确答案】 The Best Way to Stay Healthy If you have recently started or restarted an exercise program, you are not alone, and it proves to be the best way to stay healthy. In the first place, exercise makes your body, most importantly, your heart stronger-by helping it pump more blood with each heartbeat. The blood then deliver
