1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 331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 competition vs. cooperation. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese: 1. 有人认为现代社会竞争比 合作更重要，说明原因。 2也有人认识合作更重要。 3你的观点。 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 Football and Money Why was it football, rather than the other great Victorian sports, that captured the world? One reason may have been that it does not require expens
4、ive equipment or a well-manicured playing surface. Football is ideally adapted to kick-arounds in the favelas (巴西的贫民区 ) of Brazil or the shanty (简陋小屋，棚屋 ) towns of Africa, which continue to produce many of the worlds leading players. Footballs simplicity may also have contributed to its popularity a
5、s a spectator sport. It means not only that everybody can play, but also that any country or club can aspire to win. Even the most famous players from the richest nations or clubs can be defeated by 11 inspired opponents. Footballs superpowers are Brazil, Argentina, Italy, France and Germany. Its ri
6、sing powers are in Africa. Any event that can attract the attention of billions of people would seem sure to be a big money-spinner. What would business or product not yearn for exposure on such a scale? Certainly there is an ever-increasing amount of money washing around the game. The television ri
7、ghts for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups were sold for a minimum of $ 1.7 billion, an eightfold increase on the deal covering the previous three championships. Companies such as Budweiser, Coca-Cola, Toshiba, Hyundai and MasterCard queued up to sign World Cup sponsorship deals, said to cost up to $ 45m
8、 apiece. MasterCards Deborah Hughes says the World Cup “delivers the most broad-based international TV audience possible,“ and points out that after the last tournament MasterCard issued 1.5m “World Cup Affinity“ credit cards. Most of them were new accounts. In Western Europe, the popularity of foot
9、ball has played a big part in the evolution of the media over the past decade. In Britain, the success of BSkyB, a subscription-based satellite-television service that has broken the monopoly of terrestrial broadcasters such as the BBC, was built on Skys acquisition in 1992 of the rights to live Pre
10、mier League football. In France, Canal Plus, a subscription-based channel, wooed its audience with a formula of football and films. The print media too have become devoted to football. In Spain, France and Italy, some of the countries best-selling newspapers are given over to sport, and above all fo
11、otball. And even such publications as Le Monde and the Financial Times (as well as The Economist) now write about the game. Footballers and football clubs are also playing with ever bigger amounts of money. Mr Zidane recently attracted the biggest transfer fee in football history, when Real Madrid p
12、aid $ 64.5m to secure his services; his post-tax pay is thought to be over $ 150,000 a week. That is still less than a top American sports star such as basketballs Michael Jordan can command, but perhaps not for long. Calculations by Deloitte Touche Sport, a consultancy, show that Manchester United,
13、 the richest club in international football, now has larger revenues than any franchise in Americas National Football League (the kind that is played with helmets and hands). Stefan Szymanski, an economist at Imperial College, London, suggests that the football industry worldwide is worth about 150
14、billion ($ 216 billion). But large revenues do not necessarily mean profitability. The world of football seems beset by commercial disasters. The last two companies to own the rights to World Cup football-ISL of Switzerland and Kirch of Germany-have both gone bankrupt. Kirch made a profit out of sel
15、ling on the World Cup rights, but suffered big losses on its pay-TV operations in Germany, mainly because it had overestimated the publics willingness to pay for watching televised German league football. Similar problems have sunk ITV Digital in Britain, which had paid 315m to get the rights to som
16、e low-grade English soccer games, only to find that viewers were not very interested. ITV Digital is now in administration and says it cannot pay Englands lower-league clubs the money they had been promised. As many as 30 of the less glamorous professional English football clubs are thought to be in
17、 danger of going bust. The big money in international soccer is concentrated on the elite European clubs, but some of them are also suffering serious losses. In Italy top clubs such as Fiorentina and Lazio have had trouble paying their players this year. The English Premier League (英超联赛 ) is widely
18、regarded as admirably businesslike, yet almost all Premier League clubs will lose money this year. The share prices of the 20 quoted football clubs in Britain have been plummeting, generally to around a third of their level two years ago. European problems, however, are dwarfed by the financial chao
19、s in Latin Americas clubs, where bankruptcies and strikes are commonplace. Some of Europes difficulties can be explained by technological and commercial change. When pay-TV arrived, it became plain that football rights were seriously undervalued, so their price shot up, making them too expensive in
20、many markets. Now the inevitable correction has set in. This is the kind of thing that could happen in any business. But football as an industry may also have a more systemic problem. The very passion that excites football crowds (and once excited investors) often causes decisions to be taken on non
21、-commercial grounds. Many football clubs across the world are run at a loss by rich men, either for the love of the game or to boost their ego. With so many rich sponsors willing to burn money to fund their teams, even the clubs that are quoted companies-and thus obliged to put profits first-are suc
22、ked into a desperate struggle to secure the services of the best players. Footballers pay has spiraled out of control. The more money the clubs receive, the more they are compelled to spend. Alan Sugar, an English businessman who retired from football-club ownership after a disillusioning decade, ca
23、lls it the “prune-juice effect“: you can pour a lot in, but it all comes out at the other end. In Italy, according to recent calculations by UEFA, the European football authority, the cost of the players now averages 125% of club revenues. 2 Its footballs simplicity that may have contributed to its
24、popularity as a spectator sport and captured the world. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Japan is one of the superpowers in football. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 This passage indicates that football is a big money-spinner and is very profitable. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 BSkyB wooed its audience with a formula of
25、football and films. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Mr Zidane earns less than Michael Jordan. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 The share prices of the 20 quoted football clubs in Britain are much lower than those two years ago. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 Alan Sugars “prune-juice effect“ in this passage shows that footb
26、all clubs can get a lot of money by buying in super players. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 The television rights for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups were sold for _, an eightfold increase on the deal covering the previous three championships. 10 Kirch made a profit out of selling on the World Cup rights, but
27、 suffered big losses on its pay-TV operations in Germany, mainly because _. 11 The very passion that excites football crowds (and once excited investors) often causes decisions to be taken _. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the
28、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 read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
29、（ A） He likes it. （ B） He has no idea about it. （ C） He appreciates it. （ D） He doesnt like it. （ A） He is arguing with the woman. （ B） He is apologizing to the woman. （ C） He is asking for help. （ D） He is offering for help. （ A） She felt very happy about it. （ B） She was not at all pleased about i
30、t. （ C） She felt disappointed about it. （ D） She hated it. （ A） She came for money. （ B） She came to visit the man. （ C） She came because of the rain. （ D） She came in order to check the time. （ A） Cash. （ B） Neither cash nor checks. （ C） Checks. （ D） Credit cards. （ A） Bill. （ B） Linda. （ C） Frank.
31、 （ D） None of them. （ A） She is booking seats for a party of six. （ B） She is reserving seats for eight people. （ C） She is making a reservation at six this evening. （ D） She is ordering food for a party of eight. （ A） She was teaching English in the States. （ B） She was teaching English in Poland.
32、（ C） She was learning English in the States. （ D） She was learning English in Poland. （ A） A guide. （ B） A waiter. （ C） A porter. （ D） A cook. （ A） Coca Cola. （ B） Sprite. （ C） Coffee. （ D） Mineral water. （ A） Indifferent. （ B） Hospitable. （ C） Unkind. （ D） Quick-tempered. （ A） In the shopping cente
33、r. （ B） In the office. （ C） On the phone. （ D） In the bank. （ A） Discussing with Jane about his favorite western film. （ B） Discussing with Jane about what they can do at weekend. （ C） Discussing with Jane about his favorite science fiction movie. （ D） Discussing with Jane about seafood. （ A） A west
34、ern movie. （ B） A restaurant. （ C） A science fiction movie. （ D） A teahouse. （ A） Meet at the Captains Table for dinner on Saturday at 7 oclock. （ B） Meet at the Captains Table for dinner on Sunday at 7 oclock. （ C） Meet at the Captains Table for dinner on Saturday at 8 oclock. （ D） Meet at the Capt
35、ains Table for dinner on Sunday at 8 oclock. 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 will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from t
36、he four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） They are kept in open prisons. （ B） They are allowed out of the prison grounds. （ C） They are ordered to do cooking and cleaning. （ D） They are a small portion of the prison population. （ A） Some of their prisoners are allowed to study or work outside priso
37、ns. （ B） Most of their prisoners are expected to work. （ C） Their prisoners are often sent to special centers for skill training. （ D） Their prisoners are allowed freedom to visit their families. （ A） They are encouraged to do maintenance for the training centre. （ B） Most of them get paid for their
38、 work. （ C） They have to cook their own meals. （ D） They can choose to do community work. （ A） American wedding. （ B） The institution of marriage in the U.S. （ C） An English wedding. （ D） The marriage ceremony in the U.S. （ A） They are sometimes matched by a computer. （ B） They are sometimes matched
39、 by their fathers. （ C） They are sometimes matched by their mothers. （ D） They axe sometimes matched by their parents. （ A） For women 20 21 and for men 22 23. （ B） For women 21 and for men 22. （ C） For women 20 23 and for men 22 24. （ D） For women 21 22 and for men 22 23. （ A） Shops that sell cats a
40、nd dogs. （ B） Shops that sell jewelry, clothing and food for pets. （ C） Shops that provide medical treatment for pets. （ D） Shops that take care of cats and dogs. （ A） To make them live a good life. （ B） To have good and friendly company. （ C） To keep away unwanted animals. （ D） To keep away lonelin
41、ess. （ A） Pet owners have some affectionate feelings for their pets. （ B） There are special shops for pets only. （ C） Kitty Cat lives much better than most people do. （ D） People treat their pets like members of their families. （ A） Yes, they do. （ B） No, they dont. （ C） Its hard to say. （ D） The pa
42、ssage doesnt tell. 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 blanks numbered from 36 to 43 wi
43、th 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 The library of Congress is Americas national library. It has millions of books
44、and other objects. It has newspapers,【 B1】 _publications as well as letters of【 B2】_interest. It also has maps, photographs, art【 B3】 _,movies, sound recordings and musical【 B4】 _. All together, it has more than 100 million objects. The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturd
45、ay, except for public holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is 【 B5】 _to take books out of the building. The Library of Congress was【 B6】 _in 1800. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol Building. By 1814, the collection had increased
46、 to about 3,000 books. They were all【 B7】 _that year when the Capitol was burned down during Americas war with Britain. To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Jeffersons【 B8】 _included 7,000 books in seven languages. 【 B9】 _. Today, three buildings
47、 hold the librarys collection.【 B10】 _.It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office.【 B11】_. This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything that is published in the United States. 37 【 B1】 38 【 B2】 39 【 B3】 40 【 B4】 41 【 B5】 4
48、2 【 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 given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making you
49、r 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 once. 47 Between about 1910 and 1930, new artistic movements in European art were making themselves felt in the United States. American artists became【 S1】 _with the new art on their trips to Paris and at the【 S2】 _in the fam
