1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 236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 “On a Sense of Responsibility“. You should write at least i20 words following the outline given below. 1. 在当今社会，因缺乏责任感而引发的事故频频发生，可举例 (如官员渎职、医疗事故、安全事故等：加以说明。 2. 从一个大学生的角度，谈一下加强责任感的重要
2、性及如何培养责任感。 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 Can We Live Without Our Mobiles? Are you a mobile phone addict? HELLO. My name is Damian and Im a mobile-phone addict. I am here today t
4、o face the truth about my condition and hope that by speaking out 1 can help others to overcome their own problems. The casual observer probably couldnt detect anything wrong with me. I have a respectable appearance and my behavior in public isnt shocking or conspicuous. I hadnt even realized myself
5、 that I was a mobile phonoholic, until the past few days. But I have just spent two of those days conducting an experiment that has revealed the awful reality. I have suffered mentally and physically. And my experience has convinced me that I am only one of millions of fellow addicts. You may well b
6、e one yourself. I have just attempted to live my life without a mobile phone. I was one of four people asked to eschew(回避 )my phone for two days. Russell Crowe was not officially part of our group, but maybe he was trying a similar thing in a New York hotel lately. If he had used his mobile, rather
7、than the hotel phone, to call his wife in Sydney he might have been able to secure a connection and wouldnt have been so enraged that he threw a phone at a clerk and ended up handcuffed(拷上手铐 )in a Manhattan court. The magic power of mobile phones Mobile phones have been the biggest agent of change i
8、n the daily behavior of Britons in the past decade. Today there are more than 55 million mobile phone subscribers in Britain, a huge leap from less than 10 million users in 1997. As the size of the handsets has diminished, their influence has grown, altering the speed and frequency of our communicat
9、ion with each other, quickening the pace of decision- making and altering radically the way we plan our working and social lives. As the coverage of mobile phones has extended, so the world has shrunk; now it has been announced that we will soon even be able to use them on the London Underground. Th
10、ere will be nowhere beyond their reach (and, even as an addict, I dread this. The only thing worse than a mobile phone train bore(在火车上用手机聊天的无聊之人 ) will surely be someone exposing their sweaty armpits(腋窝 )to lift their phone to their ear and yabber(急促而含混不清地说话 ). “ello darlin. Im underground I said IM
11、UNDERGROUND! Amazin innit?“) Two days without a mobile phone Switching it off at the beginning of Day I was strange. For the past few years I have done this only when boarding an aircraft. Even on holiday and this may strike you as rather sad I put the phone on silent and annoy my wife by checking i
12、t at least every few hours. Dorothy Rowe, a clinical psychologist, tells me that this sort of behavior is consistent with extroverts “who need reassurance that other people are thinking of them. Your degree of self-confidence will determine how much you worry about it.“ Worry about it? Me? Dont be r
13、idiculous, l check only out of idle curiosity. Im not a needy control freak or anything. I should have left the phone at home, or at least put it in a drawer for two days. But i couldnt bring myself to do that, so I left it sitting on my desk. For the first few hours of abstinence (节制 )I kept involu
14、ntarily picking it up and looking at the display to see if I had any messages or had missed a call, only to see that it was, of course, switched off. When I had got used to the fact that it was off, I still picked it up, turned it over in my hand and fiddled with it, like a smoker fidgeting with a p
15、acket of cigarettes. I realized that I had a whole routine of nervous tics (不自觉的习惯行为 ) involving my phone and that these were exacerbated (加剧 ) by my desire to use it. I took these to be the physical effects of undergoing the process of withdrawal. My 40-minute walk home at the end of the day is nor
16、mally a time for making calls, mostly to friends or family. Now that I was banned from doing this, the phone felt as if it was torching a hole in my pocket. I was desperate to use it. My fingers twitched(抽搐 ) These two days were mostly office-bound and I didnt need to use my phone to do my job. I ca
17、nt imagine how I would have been able to operate if I had been out on a story. Like anyone working on the hoof away from the office the phone is glued to my car and I can make and receive dozens of calls a day. Can we live without this machine? How did we ever work without mobile phones? I dimly rec
18、all the beginning of my career, more than a dozen years ago, constantly searching for phone boxes, laboriously leaving messages and placing hourly check calls to my editors. Many mobile calls we make in our private lives are certainly unnecessary. But the convenience of a phone is undeniable. 1 wast
19、ed 15 minutes trying to locate an address in my car because I couldnt call and ask for directions. I also bought the wrong skin cream for my son because I couldnt make a call home from Boots. Rowe suggests that being hooked on our mobile phones may not have made os better at communicating, particula
20、rly in our personal lives. “Our communication is not necessarily better. A good rule used to be that if you were angry with somebody you wrote them a letter but, rather than post it straight away, you slept on it. The trouble with instant mobile phone communication is that you can act on impulses th
21、at you will later regret. When I switched the phone back on after two days I found I had three messages and four texts. OK, so l was a bit put out that there were not more. I had missed the chance to do a phone interview that I had been trying to secure for two weeks and an invitation to a last-minu
22、te lunch. Frustrating, but to be honest, no more than that. However, I was relieved to have the phone back on. My fingers soon stopped twitching. I sent some trivial texts and made a couple of meaningless calls and that cheered me up. I remain convinced that the phone is a crucial tool for work, but
23、 realize that otherwise it is often just a pointless security blanket: “Hi, darlin. Im on my way home. Just leaving the office now. Love you. Byeeeee.“ So do I have the strength of character to stop using it as such? Of course I do. I just choose not to. As I said, Im not a needy person. 2 The autho
24、r had long realized that he was a mobile phonoholic. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 The author and other three people conducted an experiment, trying to live without their mobile phones for two days. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 To Britons, mobile phones have been the greatest invention in the past decade. （ A）
25、 Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 According to the author, mobile phones will be able to cover everywhere. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 At the beginning the author felt comfortable turning his mobile phone off because nobody could bother him any longer. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 From the experiment the author realized t
26、hat having a mobile phone or not wouldnt make any difference to him in his work. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 Although many calls we make are absolutely unnecessary, mobile phones can surely bring us convenience. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 Rowe believes that being addicted to our mobile phones wont do us go
27、od in _. 10 After turning his mobile phone on again, the author felt _. 11 The attitude of the author towards mobile phone is that it is a crucial tool for work, but _. in other respects. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end
28、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 read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A）
29、 The man thinks the children should have a play room. （ B） The woman hasnt made up her mind. （ C） The man objects to the expense. （ D） The woman wants to compromise. （ A） He can talk without preparing. （ B） He can speak standing up. （ C） He likes to talk without thinking. （ D） He talks with his toes
30、. （ A） At 10, 00. （ B） At 9:00. （ C） At 9:15. （ D） At 9:30. （ A） His father is sick. （ B） He doesnt like school. （ C） He causes a lot of trouble. （ D） Hes a poor student. （ A） The weather. （ B） About the hotel. （ C） The price of the plane fare. （ D） The cooking facilities. （ A） Watching a movie. （ B
31、） In line at a museum. （ C） in line outside a movie house. （ D） In the subway. （ A） Because the planes turn sharply. （ B） Because it is 22 miles. （ C） Because there are no signs. （ D） Because of driving conditions. （ A） Building an office complex. （ B） Building a clubhouse. （ C） Building a private r
32、esidence. （ D） Building an apartment house. （ A） She gets it from the library. （ B） She subscribes to it at the post office. （ C） She gets it at her office. （ D） She gets it from a book club. （ A） Because she is tired of reading novels. （ B） Because she hasnt found a novel to her liking. （ C） Becaus
33、e she is busy attending classes. （ D） Because she spends almost her time watching television. （ A） She is a teacher. （ B） She is a student. （ C） She is an office clerk. （ D） She is a stockbroker. （ A） Calculators. （ B） Microwaves. （ C） Computers. （ D） Electroscopes (doctors instrument). （ A） Monitor
34、ing patients in surgery. （ B） Assisting in patient diagnosis (诊断 ). （ C） Decreasing the gap between doctor and patient. （ D） Both A and B. （ A） Information about diseases. （ B） Knowledge of specialists. （ C） Patients specific symptoms. （ D） Knowledge of medical textbooks. （ A） The election for senat
35、or. （ B） The election for treasurer. （ C） The election for secretary. （ D） The election for president. （ A） Theyre competing against each other in an election. （ B） The man is writing the womans speech. （ C） The woman is planning the mans campaign. （ D） The man is interviewing the woman. （ A） Junior
36、 class treasurer. （ B） President. （ C） Senior class treasurer. （ D） Vice president. （ A） Make posters. （ B） Write a speech. （ C） Answer questions. （ D） Study chemistry. （ A） How to start a university. （ B） How colleges have changed in America. （ C） The American Revolution. （ D） The world famous coll
37、eges in America. （ A） In 1636. （ B） In 1638. （ C） In 1836. （ D） In 1782. （ A） Latin and Greek. （ B） English and French. （ C） French and German. （ D） Latin, Greek, French, and German. （ A） Colleges and universities are smaller than before. （ B） All college students study to become teachers or ministe
38、rs. （ C） Different kinds of colleges and universities have been set up to meet the needs of students. （ D） Early schools are not alike. Section B Directions: 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
39、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） In 700 AD. （ B） In 600 AD. （ C） In 500 AD. （ D） In 400 AD. （ A） It means eggplant. （ B） It means banana. （ C） It means wolf peach. （ D） It means the apple of love. （
40、A） In 1992. （ B） In 2000. （ C） In 2004. （ D） In 1972. （ A） By watching some films about World Environment Day. （ B） By listening to some lectures and planting trees, etc. （ C） By planting trees, having some green concerts, bicycle parades, etc. （ D） By delivering some speeches about World Environmen
41、t Day. （ A） On 5 June. （ B） On 20 March. （ C） On 15 July. （ D） On 26 April. （ A） Wanted! Earth and Seas. More care for the earth. （ B） Wanted! Rivers and Oceans. More care for the water. （ C） Wanted! Seas and Oceans Dead or Alive? （ D） Wanted! To live or to die. More care to ourselves. Section C Dir
42、ections: 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 blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just
43、 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 39 The camera is often thought to be a modem invention. But as early 1727, a German physicist 【 B1】 _ that light d
44、arkens silver salt in a chemical 【 B2】 _ . Using a camera, a big box with a small hole to let the light in, he made 【 B3】 _ images on the salt. Silver salt is still the 【 B4】 _ of film today. Then a French scientist made the first 【 B5】 _ picture by using a special 【 B6】 _ of metal sensitized with s
45、ilver salt. A photography he made in 1826 still 【 B7】 _ . The painter, Daguerre improved on the process 【 B8】 _ placing common salt the kind we eat on the metal. This was in 1839, 【 B9】 _ , but the problem was the printing of photographs, and it wasnt until other scientists developed the kind of pap
46、er we now use, that good printing was possible and photograph become truly modem. In 1860, Matthew Bradey was able to take his famous pictures of the American Civil War, 【 B10】 _ . In the 20th century, George Eastman of the United States simplified film developing, and Dr. Edwin Land invented the so
47、-called “instant“ camera with self developing film. 【 B11】 _ it has taken more than one hundred years for the camera to reach its present condition of technical refinement. 40 【 B1】 41 【 B2】 42 【 B3】 43 【 B4】 44 【 B5】 45 【 B6】 46 【 B7】 47 【 B8】 48 【 B9】 49 【 B10】 50 【 B11】 Section A Directions: In t
48、his section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given 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 cor
49、responding letter for each item with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 50 To understand the marketing concept, it is only necessary to understand the difference between marketing and selling. Not too many years ago, most industries concentrated 【 S1】 _ on the efficient production of goods, and then relied on “persuasive salesmanship“ to 【 S2】 _ as much of these goods a
