1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 34及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are allowed to write a composition on the topic Can Money Buy Happiness. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline. 1. 一些人认为 “钱能买到 幸福 ” 2. 一些人认为 “钱不能买到幸福 ” 3. 我的观点。 二、 Part II Readin
2、g 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 passage; N (for NO)
3、if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 2 “Golden week“ tests HK Disneylands popularity Having over 10 million visitors to Hong Kong yearly, the mainland has been deemed as a natural market for the citys Di
4、sneyland. However, the idea is once again put into test when low attendance was reported in the park during the ongoing Labor Day “golden week“ holidays. “Golden Week“ Sees Flat Reaction While Hong Kong expecting to receive about 420,000 visitors from the mainland, Disneyland also announced the seve
5、n-day holidays as its “golden week“ for guests. Related publicity activities included custom-made shining golden dresses for Mickey and Minnie Mouses, set meal of Chinese dishes and uplifted ticket price for special dates. Compared to the aggressive promotion, the theme parks “golden week“ kicked of
6、f in a quiet and orderly way due to low attendance of visitors. On Monday, officially the first day of the holidays, neither long lines nor big crowds were formed in the park. A handful of working reporters and local cable TVs satellite transition disks became so remarkable against an almost empty M
7、ain Street USA in the park. At the entrance of several popular games, it took only five to ten minutes waiting for visitors to have a ride, which on some weekends would have people stand in line for at least half an hour. Until Wednesday, tickets to the park for the rest of the “golden week“ are sti
8、ll available for on-line purchase. Its a sharp contrast to what occurred in the Chinese New Year holidays only three months ago, when Disneyland closed its gate to hundreds of visitors after the park reaching its maximum reception capabilities soon after opening. The waiting crowd, mostly tourists f
9、rom mainland with advance-purchased tickets, turned into rally ramming against the gate, climbing over the rail or passing their kids over the fence. While local press hinted that memory of the incident caused the low turnout of the “golden week“, Disneyland firmly denied the connection. The parks e
10、xecutive vice-president Bill Ernest said its just the beginning of the seven-day vacation and the park was expecting“ steady buildup of visitors“ over the week. At least, Mr. Zhao and his families from Shanghai were not intimidated by what occurred in Disneyland in the Chinese New Year. “We know tha
11、t, but guess many people wont come here for the sake. Thats why here we are,“ he said while taking photos for his daughter in front of a spring with Mickeys stature. High Price a Concern However, Mickey Mouses magic isnt strong enough to get every mainland tourist forget the ticket incident or overc
12、ome the high price of Disneyland ticket for holidays. Out of the gate of Disneylands rivalry, Hong Kong Ocean Park, a woman named Lai said that her family had no plan to visit Disneyland. “We heard its over packed and expensive,“ she said with her child around. When asked whether her daughter wanted
13、 to visit Disneyland and have a close look at the Mickey Mouse, Lai answered for the seven-year-old, “No, we are fine here. Disneyland is no fun.“ While answering so, the mother clutched the kids hand and used her body hiding the girl. Disneyland charged 350 HK dolam(45 U.S. dollars) for one adult o
14、n special dates such as the “golden week“ holidays, while one adult ticket of Ocean Park costs only 185 HK dollars(24 U.S. dollars) all the time. While Disneyland defending its entrance fee with promise of wonderful experience and quality service, the price factor still weighs heavy in mainland visi
15、tors head, or at least those going to the Ocean Park only. A tourist guide named Qian said that most of her guests chose Ocean Park rather than Disneyland, for the latters price ticket was “so high“. “In our place, people have a tight budget when they traveling around,“ said Qian from the south-west
16、ern Sichuan Province. For the guests opposition, Qians travel agency has cut Disneyland from its Hong Kong tour itinerary. The guide will lead a tour to the magic kingdom only when a certain number of guests in a group agreed to pay the extra entrance fee. A Strange Culture Called Disney Though the
17、price factor influenced peoples choice between the two theme parks, its not the only reason that deterred mainland tourists from visiting Disneyland. Offering a variety of aquarium exhibition, dolphin show and mechanical games such as roller coaster, Ocean Park is a concept-clear entertainment place
18、 to most mainland visitors of any age group. Growing up with most children in the West, Disneyland doesnt always ring a bell to people in the mainland, where cartoon and movies produced by Walter Disney Co. made its debut in the 1980s and mostly in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai. Though alread
19、y walking on the Main Street USA in Disneyland on Monday morning, Miss Gao and her nine friends from the northwestern province of Shangxi were still in a loss of what to see. Asked whats their impression of the world-famous park, Gao and her friend said they were just beginning to feel it. They actu
20、ally turned the interview into a consultation. With Miss Gao spreading the map of Disneyland, the group of middle-aged mainland tourists asked Xinhua reporter which were the most popular sites in the park and what those tongue-twisting words such as “Buzz Light year Astro Blasters“ and “Space Mounta
21、in“ stood for. Getting the mainland people acquainted with the so-called Disney culture has become the top agenda of the Disneyland “golden week“. Beginning with the week, the park started giving free leaflets introducing the parks facilities in simplified Chinese and running its two Broadway-style
22、show with simplified Chinese subtitles. The new measures were results of two recent whirlwind trips to the mainland by the executive vice-president Bill Ernest. The trip was aimed to found out bow the mainland market reacted to the brand after the Chinese New Year incident. However, Ernest admitted
23、that it would be a long -term and complicated task to win the recognition of the Disney culture. “It is all about awareness-building,“ he told reporters at an empty Chinese restaurant in the park over lunch time on Monday. “We need to tell them the stories.If they dont understand the stories, they d
24、ont understand the themes.“ 2 Because Hong Kong have millions of visitors each year, so the Disneylands attendance is sure to be very high during the Labor Day holidays. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Disneyland has expected to receive 420,000 visitors during the seven-day holidays. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4
25、 To enter some popular games in Disneyland, the visitors usually need to queue for only five to ten minutes. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Some local press guess that the low attendance may be caused by the incident occurred in the Chinese New Year. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 A adult visitor usually need onl
26、y 185 HK dollars to visit Ocean Park, while on some special days, he need to spend much more. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 Disneyland confirms that their service deserves the high costs of visitors. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 Qians travel agency has cut Disneyland from its Hong Kong tour itinerary for the s
27、ake of high costs for it. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 When a mainland visitor enters the Ocean Park, those programs such as dolphin show and mechanical games is sure to be a _ entertainment for him. 10 When Miss Gao was interviewed about her impression of Disneyland, she turn the interview into _ instea
28、d of replying directly. 11 Disneylands executive vice-president Bill Ernest considers winning mailandersrecognition of the Disney culture is a _ task. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more que
29、stions 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） He had only one foot. （ B） He was fi
30、ve feet tall. （ C） He is six feet tall now. （ D） He was almost six feet tall. （ A） In an insurance company. （ B） At the railway station. （ C） At the post office. （ D） At the customs. （ A） A farmer. （ B） A dramatist. （ C） An actor. （ D） A politician. （ A） She hopes that she will do better during the
31、interview. （ B） She could not forget about her interview. （ C） She forgot to take the interview. （ D） She thought the interview was pleasant. （ A） Exciting. （ B） Interesting. （ C） Moving. （ D） Dull. （ A） Students should wait a moment after class. （ B） Students should be careful in the examination. （
32、 C） Students should pay attention to the time. （ D） Students should prepare for the exam early. （ A） He agrees with her. （ B） He expresses no opinion. （ C） He is angry with her remarks. （ D） He wants to get rid of the woman. （ A） It ran into a field. （ B） It ran into a river. （ C） It was badly damag
33、ed. （ D） It turned over and fell off the road. （ A） Mike and Mary are going to see the movie tonight. （ B） Mary is inviting Mike to see the movie “Star Wars“. （ C） The movie has been shown for about a month. （ D） The movie will be shown for the first time. （ A） A friend of his gave him the tickets a
34、s a present. （ B） A friend of his sold him these two tickets. （ C） He got the tickets free from charge from “Pepsi“. （ D） He bought the tickets at a “black ticket market“. （ A） Its 50 dollars. （ B） Its 100 dollars. （ C） Its 200 dollars. （ D） The conversation didnt tell us. （ A） They are talking abou
35、t Australia. （ B） They are talking about America. （ C） They are talking about England. （ D） They are talking about New Zealand. （ A） Massachusetts. （ B） Connecticut. （ C） Virginia. （ D） Michigan. （ A） Queen Victoria. （ B） Queen Virgin. （ C） Queen Anne. （ D） Queen Elizabeth. （ A） Kentucky. （ B） Alaba
36、ma. （ C） Washington. （ D） Seattle. 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 the four ch
37、oices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） Teen pregnancy and difficulty in school. （ B） Low self-esteem and poor nutrition. （ C） Difficulty in school and physical abuse. （ D） Illiteracy and teen pregnancy. （ A） More relative depravity. （ B） More relative depression. （ C） More relative deprivation. （ D） More
38、relative degradation. （ A） 34%. （ B） 41%. （ C） 17%. （ D） 8%. （ A） Shortage of days. （ B） Superstition. （ C） Inability to divide the year. （ D） Too many months. （ A） 355. （ B） 366. （ C） 365. （ D） 445. （ A） We lose a day. （ B） We add 24 hours. （ C） We gain 12 hours. （ D） We add an extra month. （ A） Ve
39、rtically handicapped. （ B） Short. （ C） Secondary handicapped. （ D） Height challenged. （ A） Health. （ B） Age. （ C） Weight. （ D） Height. （ A） Financial security. （ B） Education. （ C） Career. （ D） Age. （ A） Career, age, economic status. （ B） Height, age, economic status. （ C） Social status, economic st
40、atus, career. （ D） Social status, career, height. 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 b
41、lanks 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 37 The continental United States will face more ext
42、reme temperatures during the next century and worse rainfall along its Gulf Coast which has been ravaged by hurricanes this year, according to a climate study. The study warned that 【 B1】 _ gases will likely swell to twice their 【 B2】 _ levels by the centurys end. “Imagine the weather during the hot
43、test two weeks of the year,“ lead 【 B3】 _ Noah Diffenbaugh said, referring to northeast United States. “The area could experience temperatures in that range 【 B4】 _ for periods of up to two months by centurys end,“ he said. Researchers claimed the study, run on supercomputers, is the most comprehens
44、ive 【 B5】 _ model to date. It 【 B6】 _ the southwest United States could endure a 500 percent increase in hot events, leaving less water for the growing population, that the Gulf Coast region would 【 B7】 _ more rainfall in a shorter time span and that summers in the northeast would be shorter and hot
45、ter. Overall, the United States would experience a warming 【 B8】 _, the study predicts. “The changes our model predicts are large enough to substantially disrupt our economy and infrastructure,“ said Diffenbaugh. 【 B9】 _. The model considered circumstances not fully included in previous models, such
46、 as snow which reflects energy from the sun back into space, and mountain peaks, which can stand in the way of traveling weather fronts. 【 B10】 _. “The model performed admirably,“ Diffenbaugh said. 【 B11】 _. 37 【 B1】 38 【 B2】 39 【 B3】 40 【 B4】 41 【 B5】 42 【 B6】 43 【 B7】 44 【 B8】 45 【 B9】 46 【 B10】 4
47、7 【 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 your choices. Each choice in the bank is identifi
48、ed 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. 48 Throughout history man has had to accept the fact that all living things must die, but people now live longer than they used to. Y
49、et, all 【 S1】 _ things still show the effect of aging, which will eventually result in death, the body and the 【 S2】 _ they form do not function as well as they did in childhood and adolescence(青春期 ). The body provides less 【 S3】 _ against disease and is more prone(易于 的 ) to accident. A number of related causes may 【 S4】 _ to aging. Some cells of the body have a 【 S5】 _ long life, but they are not 【 S6】 _
