1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 335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 importance of self-education. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese: 1. 不论在远古还 是在现代社会 ,自学都起着十分重要的作用（举例说明） 2其重要性主要体现在哪些方面？ 3你认为应如何进行
2、自学？ 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 in the
3、 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 Right and Left-handedness in Humans Why do humans, quite different from the other animal species, display a distinct left or right handedness?
4、Not even our closest relatives among the apes(猿 ) possess such decided lateral(横向的，侧面的 ) asymmetry(不对称 ), as psychologists call it. Yet about 90 per cent of every human population that has ever lived appears to have been right-handed. Professor Bryan Turner at Deakin University has studied the resea
5、rch literature on left-handedness and found that handedness goes with sidedness. So nine out of ten people are right-handed and eight are right-footed. He noted that this distinctive asymmetry in the human population is itself systematic. “Humans are able to think about things in categories: black a
6、nd white, up and down, left and right, Its a system of signs that enables us to categorize phenomena that are essentially ambiguous.“ The Relationship of Handedness to Gene and Inheritance Research has shown that there is genetic or inherited(遗传的 ) element to bandedness. But while left-handedness te
7、nds to appear in families, neither left nor right handers will automatically produce children with the same handedness; in fact about 6 per cent of children with two right-handed parents will be left-handed. However, among two left-handed parents, perhaps 40 per cent of the children will also be lef
8、t-handed. With one right and one left-handed parent, 15 to 20 per cent of the children will be left-handed. Even among identical twins who have exactly the same genes, one in six pairs will differ in their handedness. Researchers Turned to the Brain for Reasons while anything on the left is dangerou
9、s or even evil. We speak of left-handed advantages, and on the other hand according to Moore, “it is certain that left-handers often develop a stammer(口吃 ) as they are robbed of their freedom of speech.“ However, as more research is undertaken on the causes of left handedness, attitudes towards left
10、-handed people are gradually changing for the better. Indeed when the champion tennis player Ivan Lend was asked what the only factor had improved his game, he said he would like to become a left-hander. Geoff Maslen (Adapted) 2 The passage mainly tells us that prejudice should not be put against th
11、e left-handed people. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Left-handed people usually have difficulties in emotional problems. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Boys are more likely to be left-handed than girls. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 After a stroke, left-handed people recover their speech more quickly than right-handed
12、people. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Difference in the size of the two hemispheres exists in a monkeys brain. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 The two sides of a human brain are the same before birth. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 Asymmetry is a unique feature of the human body. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 About _ per cent
13、 of children with two right-handed parents will be left-handed. 10 With two left-handed parents, about _ per cent of children will be right-handed. 11 The right half of the body is controlled by _ of the brain. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long con
14、versations. 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 read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which i
15、s the best answer. （ A） By car. （ B） By bus. （ C） On foot. （ D） By train. （ A） Most people that the man met think differently from the woman. （ B） The man is surprised to hear what the woman says. （ C） The man doesnt look like an active participant in sport. （ D） The woman always thinks the man is a
16、n athlete. （ A） He thought it was terrible. （ B） He thought the actor was hard. （ C） He likes it a great deal. （ D） He thought it was very funny. （ A） At two oclock. （ B） At eight oclock. （ C） At four oclock. （ D） At six oclock. （ A） Cold and windy. （ B） Snow will be replaced by strong wind. （ C） Ra
17、iny and cold. （ D） It will get better. （ A） She is really an unlucky person. （ B） She is a good storyteller. （ C） She is an unbelievable person. （ D） What she said is not always true. （ A） To wait for her turn. （ B） To fill in an application form. （ C） To make a phone call. （ D） He shares the womans
18、 opinion. （ A） He persuaded the man not to take the course. （ B） He convinced the man to apply to graduate school. （ C） He advised the man to take that course. （ D） He didnt want to talk with the man. （ A） How to select a good umbrella. （ B） How to sharpen the senses. （ C） How to treat minor aches a
19、nd pains. （ D） How to predict the weather. （ A） It stops working. （ B） It becomes sharper. （ C） It confuses odors. （ D） It detects fewer odors. （ A） They both have leg injuries. （ B） They are too tired to walk any further. （ C） They have no umbrella with them. （ D） They have seen no signs to give th
20、em directions. （ A） Those who want to deposit money. （ B） Those who have illegal incomes. （ C） Officials who have given others cash, presents or securities as bribes. （ D） Government officials who have taken bribes. （ A） Because they can remain healthy for a period of time. （ B） Because they can avo
21、id being punished. （ C） Because they may be treated the same way as those who have rejected bribes. （ D） Because they may be pardoned and wont be sent to prison. （ A） The practice can help build a clean government. （ B） The practice shows the idea of “ruling society by men.“ （ C） The practice does n
22、ot contradict current laws. （ D） The account will help corrupt officials avoid punishment. （ A） He supports it. （ B） He is against it. （ C） He is indifferent to it. （ D） He makes no comment. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will h
23、ear 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） Because of their love for hobbies and pastimes. （ B） Because of their enthusiasm for sports. （ C） Because of th
24、eir fear of heart attacks. （ D） Because of their strong desire for good health. （ A） It was decreasing. （ B） It was increasing. （ C） It remained almost unchanged. （ D） It was going up slowly. （ A） Those who have heart attacks. （ B） Those who have the desire to be physically fit. （ C） Those who have
25、spare time. （ D） Those who have inactive jobs. （ A） In the white pages. （ B） In the blue pages. （ C） In the yellow pages. （ D） In a special section. （ A） On the first page of the telephone book. （ B） At the end of the telephone book. （ C） In the front of the white pages. （ D） Right after the white p
26、ages. （ A） Check your number and call again. （ B） Tell the operator what has happened. （ C） Ask the operator to put you through. （ D） Ask the operator what has happened. （ A） Angry. （ B） Sad. （ C） Shocked. （ D） Ashamed. （ A） They have to contact more people so as to find a new job. （ B） There are al
27、ways downward changes in their lives. （ C） Many of them stand a good chance of finding new and better jobs. （ D） People will forget them soon. （ A） He has more time doing his own things. （ B） He can stay up as late as he likes. （ C） He is able to look after the children. （ D） He is able to do someth
28、ing different. （ A） He will try to make the best of unemployment. （ B） He will suffer psychologically. （ C） He will have a lot of trouble at home. （ D） He will learn a new skill or run his own business. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is r
29、ead 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 heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing in
30、formation. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 36 We have arrived at an important moment in【 B1】 _the threat posed to our nation and to peace by Saddam Hussein and his weapons of terror. In New York tomorrow, the United Nations【 B2】 _Council wil
31、l receive an update from the chief weapons【 B3】 _. The world needs him to answer a single question: Has the Iraqi regime fully and【 B4】 _disarmed, as required by Resolution 1441, or has it not? Iraqs【 B5】 _has made a public show of producing and destroying a few missiles-missiles that【 B6】 _the【 B7】
32、 _set out more than 10 years ago. Yet, our【 B8】 _shows that even as he is destroying these few missiles,【 B9】_Iraqi operatives (技术人员 ) continue to hide biological and chemical agents (制剂 ) to avoid detection.【 B10】 _.【 B11】 _. Scientists are required by Iraqi intelligence to wear concealed recording
33、 devices during interviews, and hotels where interviews take place are bugged (窃听 ) by the regime. 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 selec
34、t 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 corresponding letter for each item with a single line through the center. You
35、 may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 47 The printed word is just about the most important way we have of communication with one another. Look around you at the【 S1】 _in school, at the newspapers at home, at the posters on walls and the stamps you【 S2】 _on envelopes before postin
36、g them. Consider too, the【 S3】 _of being able to understand the instructions【 S4】_on packets of food and medicine sold in shops. In these and in many other ways, the printed word has become so important that it is easy to imagine how life could go on without it, in everyday life there are hundreds o
37、f situations in which people need to【 S5】 _with one another, and the printed word is nearly【 S6】 _the best method of communication where large numbers of people are involved. 【 S7】 _you may know, communication intended to reach a large number of people is called “mass communication“. The main presen
38、t-day【 S8】 _of mass communication using the printed word are newspapers, magazines and books. The best known forms of【 S9】 _mass communication which do not use the printed word are television and radio. Television or radio【 S10】 _, like newspapers, may also reach millions of people at a time. A) lib
39、raries E) instance I) books M) broadcasts B) printed F) stick J) modern N) movement C) easy G) always K) communicate O) progressing D) as H) forms L) advancing 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 thi
40、s 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 on the best choice. 57 Many people seem to think that science fiction is typified by the Bug-eyed Monster, embodying every feature that most
41、 people find repulsive. This is unfortunate because it degrades a worthwhile literary endeavor. Instead, the basic interest of science fiction lies in the relation between man and his technology and between man and the universe. Science fiction is a literature of change and a literature of the futur
42、e, and the aspects of human life that it considers make it well worth reading and studying for no other literary form does quite the same things. What is science fiction? To begin with, the following definition should be helpful: science fiction is a literary subgenre which postulates (以 为前提 ) a cha
43、nge (for human beings) from conditions as we know them and follows the implications of these changes to a conclusion. The first point that science fiction is a literary subgenre is a very important one, but one which is often overlooked or ignored in most discussions of science fiction. Specifically
44、, science fiction is either a short story or a novel. There are only a few dramas which could be called science fiction, and the body of poetry that might be labeled science fiction is only slightly larger. To say that science fiction is a subgenre of prose fiction is to say that it has all the basi
45、c characteristics and serves the same basic functions in much the same way as prose fiction in general, that is, it shares a great deal with all other novels and short stories. Everything that can be said about prose fiction, in general, applies to science fiction. Every piece of science fiction, wh
46、ether short story or novel, must have a narrator, a story, a plot, and the themes of science fiction are concerned with interpreting mans nature and experience in relation to the world around him. Themes in science fiction are constructed and presented in exactly the same ways that themes are dealt
47、with in any other kind of fiction. They are the result to a particular combination of a narrator, story, plot, character, setting, and language. In short, the reasons for reading and enjoying science fiction, and the ways of studying and analyzing it, are basically the same as they would be for any
48、other story or novel. 58 The first paragraph mainly talks about _. （ A） differences between science fiction and other literature （ B） definition of science fiction （ C） the popularity of science fiction （ D） the effect of science fiction 59 Which of the followings can be called science fiction? （ A）
49、 Human beings living together with dinosaurs. （ B） Description of universe. （ C） Clone. （ D） Story of God. 60 The essential elements of science fiction include_. （ A） a narrator, a plot, environment （ B） a story, surroundings, heroes （ C） a narrator, a story, theme （ D） a narrator, a story, a plot, character, setting, language 61 What can we i
