1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 172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: Waste From Our Homes. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the. outline given in Chinese below: 1在家做任何事都会产生废弃物 2废弃物有气体、固体和液体状态 3
2、保护环境要从自己身边的小事做起 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
3、given 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 China promises Internet bounty Yahoo! will pay $ 1 billion for a stake in the Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba. com as it battles ot
4、her U.S. Internet companies for a foothold in Chinas fast-growing Internet market. Other major U.S. Web players such as eBay, Amazon. com, Barry Dillers Interactive Corp. and Monster. com are shelling out big bucks for Chinese companies, although Yahoo! hit a new record. Why the spending spree? The
5、same mason U. S. companies from Coca-Cola to General Motors have long beaten a path to Chinas door: The nation has a lot of people. And now it has a burgeoning middle class, primed to revel in prosperity by buying consumer goods. Less than 8 percent of Chinas 1.3 billion people are online but that s
6、till gives it 103 million Inter- net users, second only to the United States, with 203 million. By 2009, the number of Chinese Netizens is expected to surpass the number of Americans online. That year, Chinese e-commerce will be a $ 390.9 billion market, according to the research firm IDC. Those col
7、ossal projections have U. S. investors salivating even though actual Internet sales in China to date are minuscule. Yahoos billion-dollar deal Thursday gives it a 40 percent stake in a company with just $ 68 million in 2004 revenue. It follows last weeks debut of Baidu. com “the Google of China“ whi
8、ch skyrocketed 354 percent on its opening day of trading on the Nasdaq stock market, despite having just $ 13.4 million in 2004 revenues. Google has a 2.6 percent stake in Baidu and reportedly would like more. Moreover, e-commerce has some big obstacles in a country where credit cards are still, rar
9、e. Internet transactions are sometimes paid for by sending bicycle messengers with cash. PCs are beyond the reach of most of the multitudes, who had a gross national per capita income in 2002 of just $ 940, according to the World Bank. But its massive demographics and surging economy Chinas CDP grew
10、 9 percent in 2004 make the Peoples Republic seem all the riper to U.S. companies. Now that explosive growth has slowed in the United States, Internet moguls see China as vast virgin territory. “We are doubling down in China because the potential for Internet commerce in that country is simply extra
11、ordinary,“ eBay CEO Meg Whitman told analysts in February. Internet firms in China “are getting in at the very beginning of a consumer economy thats really nascent,“ said Laura Martin, senior analyst with Soleil/Media Metrics in Pasadena, Calif. “First movers have the best advantage at creating enor
12、mous amounts of value.“ Add to that the Chinese propensity for homegrown enterprises, and youve got a mini-gold rush as U. S, Internet firms vie for Chinese partners to help them penetrate beyond the Great Wall. Peter Sealey, an adjunct professor of marketing at the University of California-Berkeley
13、s Haas School of Business, was chief marketing officer for the Coca-Cola Corp. in 1979 when it entered China. Like the U.S. Internet firms, Coke allied with Chinese companies. “You always want a partner on the ground whos native to the territory, who knows the political system, who has connections,“
14、 Sealey said. The soft-drink firm faced some marketing challenges. “Coke is an acquired taste,“ he said. “We had Fanta Orange soda a taste (the Chinese) were accustomed to. We used to take a case of 24 bottles of Fanta and swap in two bottles of Coke. Then we had to run ads explaining that Coke shou
15、ld be consumed cold.“ Internet firms are likely to face a different set of cultural barriers. The reliance on a cash economy is a big one. To help spur Web transactions, eBay is introducing its online payment system PayPal in China this year. Alibaba, Yahoos new partner, already has a payment system
16、 called Alipay. Then theres cost. “To use the. Internet you have to have access to a PC, and PCs are multihundred-dollar items, whereas Coke is a 39 cent good in China,“ Martin said. China does have a growing number of Internet cafes, offering a low-cost way to get online. It also has cell phones ga
17、lore which provide a vehicle for people to shop, search, text-message and make other online transactions. “Chinese are crazy about cell phones; the penetration is incredible,“ said Chris McNally, a China analyst at the East-West Center in Honolulu. “I traveled through a remote, scarcely populated pa
18、rt of Ti- bet and along the roadside saw poor farm girls speaking on cell phones with their friends.“ Still, the infrastructure challenges mean the payoff for Internet firms could be a while coming. “Were talking about a multidecade period here over which things will unfold,“ Martin said. 2 Less tha
19、n 18 percent of Chinas 1.3 billion people are online. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Google has a 2.6 percent stake in Sohu and reportedly would like more. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Chinas GDP grew 9 percent in 2004. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 The potential for Internet commerce in China is simply extraordinary
20、. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Chinas GNP will grow 12 percent in this year. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 Peter Sealey is an adjunct professor of marketing at the University of California-Berkeleys Haas School of Business. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 Yahoo, Alibabas new partner, already has a payment system calle
21、d Alipay. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 Now China has a _, primed to revel is prosperity by buying consumer goods, burgeoning 10 Internet firms in China “are getting in at the very beginning of a _ thats really nascent“. 11 Internet firms are likely to face a different set of _. Section A Directions: In t
22、his section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will 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
23、 read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） She accepts it. （ B） She rejects it. （ C） She tells him to decide for himself. （ D） She will think about it. （ A） Catch a bus. （ B） Demand a telephone number. （ C） Cash a check. （ D） Make a phone call. （ A） His re
24、lation with the woman comes to an end. （ B） He is going to take an air trip. （ C） He is expressing his gratefulness. （ D） He feels ashamed to ask for excuse. （ A） She thinks its too far from her home. （ B） She likes new working environment. （ C） She doesnt like the company she is working with. （ D）
25、She wants to save money for a journey. （ A） $1.00. （ B） $5.00. （ C） $0.75. （ D） $3.25. （ A） It is appropriate. （ B） It is too informal. （ C） It is normal. （ D） It is too formal. （ A） Roses new husband is a writer. （ B） The man shouldnt believe everything he read. （ C） Appearances are often deceiving
26、. （ D） She likes Roses new husbands book. （ A） She saw an ad. in the newspaper. （ B） She learned about it from a friend. （ C） She heard about it during a television interview. （ D） She saw it on a list of job openings. （ A） Dyes the plastic for colored products. （ B） Makes bowls and cups and things.
27、 （ C） Produces shampoo bottles, car handles, and so on. （ D） Manufactures plastic things. （ A） 50 minutes. （ B） 60 minutes. （ C） 10 minutes. （ D） 15 minutes. （ A） Their lives and friends. （ B） Marketing strategy and production. （ C） Meetings and suppliers. （ D） Production and customers. （ A） 150 hea
28、lthy people. （ B） 150 unhealthy people. （ C） 300 patients. （ D） 300 people. （ A） Humorous individuals. （ B） People who had undergone treatment for blocked arteries. （ C） People who did not laugh much. （ D） People who had a strong sense of humor. （ A） To express your anger rather than bottle it up in
29、side you. （ B） To make yourself laugh. （ C） To offset the harmful effect of stress in your arteries. （ D） To hide your feelings. （ A） Work. （ B） Food. （ C） Social status. （ D） Age. （ A） It is healthy. （ B） It contains sugar. （ C） It doesnt have sugar in them. （ D） It is sour. （ A） Paul is keen on sw
30、eet food. （ B） Pauls teeth are not healthy. （ C） Paul eats too much sweet food. （ D） Paul is crazy about sweets. （ A） Lettuce. （ B） Spinach. （ C） Parsley. （ D） Watercress. （ A） Diagnosis on a disease. （ B） How to avoid being fat. （ C） Hot to cook. （ D） Suggestions on the diet of a child. Section B D
31、irections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. 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） Ancient. （ B）
32、 Complexity. （ C） Individualistic. （ D） Homogeneous population. （ A） Their comprehensiveness. （ B） Their complexity. （ C） Their abstruseness. （ D） Their openness. （ A） Decided that he would plead guilty. （ B） Told another prisoner about his old friend. （ C） Succeeded in seeing his friend secretly on
33、e day. （ D） Told his family about his old friends. （ A） To be found guilty. （ B） His friend could persuade the other members of the jury to consider less severely. （ C） To escape from the prison. （ D） To be found not guilty. （ A） Five minutes. （ B） 15 hours （ C） Five hours. （ D） 15 minutes （ A） Firi
34、ng them out. （ B） Tearing them up. （ C） Dating them. （ D） Exhausting them. 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
35、required to fill in the blanks 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 Sometimes, an old story
36、 could be so meaningful that people can learn a lot from it. There were once three sons of a 【 B1】 _ businessman. Whenever they met, the two eldest, who were twins, used to 【 B2】 _ about which of them should take over his fathers business. The youngest, who was not the least 【 B3】 _ took no part in
37、their 【 B4】 _ . Before they left home, the father arranged for an 【 B5】_ income to be provided for each of them but insisted that apart from this they were able to be 【 B6】 _ self-supporting. The elder twin, who had the advantage of good looks and a striking 【 B7】 _ took up the stage as a career. He
38、 was often 【 B8】 _ for his parts and was accordingly unpopular with his fellow actors. 【 B9】 _ So, he became an artist. But he was not successful either. 【 B10】 _ The youngest son, who had no special artistic talent, worked hard and was awarded a university scholarship. 【 B11】 _ . He lived a happy l
39、ife with his salary and his fathers allowance. 37 【 B1】 38 【 B2】 39 【 B3】 40 【 B4】 41 【 B5】 42 【 B6】 43 【 B7】 44 【 B8】 45 【 B9】 46 【 B10】 47 【 B11】 Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices giv
40、en in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than
41、once. 47 Reading involves looking at graphic symbols and formulating mentally the sounds and ideas they re- present. Concepts of reading have changed【 S1】 _ over the centuries. During the 1950s and 1960s especially, increased attention bas been devoted to defining and describing the reading process.
42、 Although specialists agree that reading involves a complex organization of higher mental【 S2】 _ , they disagree a- bout the exact nature of the process. Some experts, who regard language primarily us a code using symbols to represent sounds,【 S3】 _ reading as simply the decoding of symbols into the
43、 sounds they stand for. These authorities【 S4】 _ that meaning, being concerned with thinking, must be taught independently of the decoding process. Others maintain that reading is【 S5】 _ related to thinking, and that a child who pronounces sounds without【 S6】 _ their meaning is not truly reading. Th
44、e reader, according to some, is not just a person with a theoretical ability to read but one who actually reads. Many adults, although they have the ability to read, have never read a book in its entirety. By some expert they would not be【 S7】 _ as readers. Clearly, the philosophy, objectives, metho
45、ds and materials of reading will depend on the definition one use. By the most【 S8】 _ and satisfactory definition, reading is the ability to【 S9】 _ the sound-symbols code of the language, to interpret meaning for various【 S10】 _ at various rates, and at various levels of difficulty, and to do so wid
46、ely and enthusiastically. In short reading is the interpretation of ideas through the use of symbols representing sounds and ideas. A contempt B substantially C reassure D explaining E interpreting F functions G inexplicably H inclusive I view J purposes K conclusive L unlock M contend N classified
47、O opinions 48 【 S1】 49 【 S2】 50 【 S3】 51 【 S4】 52 【 S5】 53 【 S6】 54 【 S7】 55 【 S8】 56 【 S9】 57 【 S10】 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 sho
48、uld decide on the best choice. 57 If there is one thing I hate more than anything else, it is queue-jumping. It is uncultured, selfish, meaner than the meanest act of any lesser animal. For although in order to secure a mate or food or to flee danger, a beast will sometimes stop at nothing in trying
49、 to get ahead of the next fellow creature, it at least does it openly, guiltlessly, without the sophistication peculiar only to man. One of the more usual procedures of queue-jumping involves finding an acquaintance in the queue, going up to him, starting a conversation, perhaps offering him a cigarette, and finally squeezing ones way into the line. Even if
