1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 365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: Lectures and Discussions. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese. 1. 一些学生赞成讲座 式教学 2. 另一些学生偏爱讨论式教学 3. 你的看法 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 Can Drugs Make Us Happier? Samrter? It depends on what is meant by “happy“ and “smart.“ There are already drugs that brighten moods, like Prozac, and other antidepress
4、ants that control levels of a brain chemical called serotonin. While originally meant to treat depression, these drugs have been used for other psychological conditions like shyness and anxiety and even by otherwise healthy people to feel better about themselves. But is putting people in a better mo
5、od really making them happy? People can also drown their sorrows in alcohol or get a euphoric feeling using narcotics, but few people who do so would be called truly happy. The Presidents Council on Bioethics said in a recent report that while antidepressants might make some people happier, they can
6、 also substitute for what can truly bring happiness: a sense of satisfaction with ones identity, accomplishments and relationships. “In tike pursuit of happiness human beings have always worried about falling for the appearance of happiness and missing its reality,“ the council wrote. It added, “Yet
7、 a fraudulent happiness is just what the pharmacological management of our mental lives threatens to confer upon us.“ Now the race is on to develop pills to make people smarter, at least in one sense. These drugs, several of them already in clinical trials, aim at memory loss that occurs in people w
8、ith Alzheimers disease or a precursor called mild cognitive impairment. But it is lost on no one that if a memory drug works and is safe, it may one day be used by healthy people to learn faster and remember longer. Studies have already shown that animals can be made to do both whelk the activity of
9、 certain genes is increased or decreased. Dr. Tom Fully, a professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, created genetically engineered fruit flies that he said had “photographic memory.“ In one session, he said, they could learn something that took normal flies 10 sessions. “It immediately convinced
10、everyone that memory was going to be just another biological process,“ Dr. Tully said. “Theres nothing special about it. That meant that it was going to be treatable and manip-ulable.“ But experts say that improving memory will not necessarily make one smarter, in the sense of I.Q. , let alone in wi
11、sdom. “It would be a mistake to think that drugs that have an impact on memory necessarily will have an effect on intelligence,“ said Dr. Daniel L. Schachter, chairman of psychology at Harvard. Dr. Tully, who is also acting chief scientific officer of Helicon Therapeutics, which is developing memory
12、 pills, agreed. “You dont think better than you did before, he said. “You just get the facts in with less practice. Still, he said, that would be significant help to students at exam time. Any pill used widely by healthy people to improve memory would have to be extremely safe, so that the risks wou
13、ld not outweigh the benefit. Psychological side effects also remain a possibility. “Is it a good thing to remember everything?“ Dr. Tully asked. Could a brain too crammed with information suffer some sort of overload? Dr. Joe Z. Tsien, a professor of molecular biology at Princeton who genetically en
14、gineered smarter mice a few years ago, says he is skeptical that the results can be transferred to people. “If you look at how people improve their brain power, its through education,“ he said. “That has proven to have 100 percent efficiency with minimal side effects.“ 2 There are already antidepres
15、sants that control levels of a brain chemical called serotonin. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 In the pursuit of happiness human beings have always worried about missing its reality. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Animals can be made to do both when the activity of certain genes is doubled. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG
16、5 It would be a mistake to think that drugs that have an impact on memory necessary will have an effect on intelligence. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Helicon Therapeutics was established in 1965. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 Dr. Tully is also acting chief technological officer of Helicon Therapeutics. （ A） Y
17、（ B） N （ C） NG 8 Dr. Joe Z Tsien is a professor of mloecular biology at Harvard. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 Now the race is on to develop pills to make people smarter, at least _. 10 Dr. Tully created genetically engineered fruit flies that he said had“ _.“ 11 Any pill used widely by healthy people to
18、improve memory, would have to be _. 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 questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After e
19、ach 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） It is about to start raining. （ B） The rain will stop soon. （ C） It has been raining all day. （ D） It just stopped raining. （ A） Cell phones are more c
20、onvenient when they are smaller. （ B） He should change his thinking and understand that smaller phones are better. （ C） He should accept the fashion. （ D） Cell phones are not worth buying these days. （ A） Japanese. （ B） Arabic. （ C） Spanish. （ D） Chinese. （ A） The food at the new restaurant is not v
21、ery good. （ B） He has not been to the new restaurant yet. （ C） He would like to go to the new restaurant with the woman. （ D） A restaurants atmosphere is very important to him. （ A） She isnt sure about where things are on campus. （ B） The man should not ask the registration office. （ C） The registra
22、tion is outside of the building. （ D） The people outside are very good to ask. （ A） The fault was the University. （ B） The man should have seen the light. （ C） The lights were net working that night. （ D） There were lights there since she has seen them. （ A） Jennifer is wearing a bandage over her le
23、g. （ B） Jennifer will be a runner. （ C） Jennifers brother hit her in the leg. （ D） Jennifer tried to climb the tree. （ A） Lending something to a student. （ B） Reading a students application. （ C） Asking for some financial aid. （ D） Borrowing money for a business. （ A） They re classmates. （ B） They r
24、e roommates. （ C） They re cousins. （ D） They re lab partners. （ A） He couldnt decide on a topic for his paper. （ B） He thought his paper was late. （ C） He hadnt heard from his family in a while. （ D） He thought the woman had been ill. （ A） Visit his parents. （ B） Write a paper. （ C） Observe how bees
25、 build nests. （ D） Plan a family reunion. （ A） He cant find his office key. （ B） He has misplaced some exams. （ C） He is unable to talk. （ D） He doesnt like his classroom. （ A） Mark the latest homework assignment. （ B） Put a cancellation notice on the classroom door. （ C） Make an appointment with th
26、e doctor. （ D） Return some exams to his students. （ A） Teach Dons class while hes absent. （ B） Give Professor Webster the key to Dons office. （ C） Leave a message on the board in Dons classroom. （ D） Bring Don the homework that was due today. （ A） To put the homework on Dons desk. （ B） To leave the
27、master key for Don. （ C） To give Dons students the next assignment. （ D） To call Don at the end of the afternoon. 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 on
28、ce. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） The difference between classical music and rock music. （ B） Why classical music is popular with math students. （ C） The effects of music on the results of math tests. （ D） How to improve y
29、our reasoning ability. （ A） Because it stimulates your nerve activity. （ B） Because it keeps you calm. （ C） Because it strengthens your memory. （ D） Because it improves your problem solving strategies. （ A） Piano music could interfere with your reasoning ability. （ B） The effects of music do not las
30、t long. （ C） The more you listen to music, the higher your test scores will be. （ D） Music, whether classical or rock, helps improve your memory. （ A） Men are cleverer than women. （ B） It was the womens invention that changed history. （ C） Life was difficult and dangerous in ancient times. （ D） Wome
31、ns work was at home. （ A） The invention of machines. （ B） The invention of the alphabet. （ C） The invention of rockets. （ D） The invention of agriculture. （ A） They spent all their time looking for food. （ B） Men had to go out hunting but women didnt. （ C） Women stayed at home and looked after the a
32、nimals. （ D） They kept animals and killed them for food. （ A） English pronunciation, spelling and handwriting. （ B） The status of Received Pronunciation in the English-speaking countries. （ C） The difficulty of achieving a standard in English pronunciation. （ D） The importance of achieving a standar
33、d in English pronunciation. （ A） Sub-standard form of the English language. （ B） An ideal form of English pronunciation. （ C） A standard form of English pronunciation among intellectuals. （ D） A somewhat standard form of English pronunciation in English. （ A） They can both be learnt with complete pr
34、ecision. （ B） They vary from individual to individual. （ C） Neither of them is essential to the acquisition of the English language. （ D） They can hardly be imitated. （ A） Most people do not go to public schools. （ B） There is a lot of controversy over the pronunciation. （ C） No two people can be sa
35、id to pronounce words in exactly the same way. （ D） Dialect speakers do not want to change their pronunciation. 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
36、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 information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or writ
37、e down the 36 Schools across China are racing to implement the Education Ministry s decrees【 B1】_them to relieve the burden from the【 B2】 _shoulders of students who have long complained of too much homework, too many【 B3】 _class hours and not enough spare time. The stakes are rather high. The headma
38、sters of some schools who ignore the orders are【 B4】_.It is a rare chance for parents, educators and students to ponder what is most important in education. For a long time, they have been too busy preparing for exams to【 B5】 _this question. Examination results have long been viewed as the best indi
39、cators of teachers performance and students【 B6】 _. But fewer and fewer people am now taking the【 B7】 _of examinations for granted. More people have been【 B8】 _schools to pay more attention to students creativity and personal development. With this new emphasis,【 B9】 _, which is only appropriate as
40、the profession of teacher does not automatically make a person morally or intellectually superior than those under their charge. 【 B10】 _. Already some parents have vocally disputed the soundness of the Education Ministry s decrees, keeping alive the question:【 B11】 _: the State, teachers, parents o
41、r the pupils themselves? What should the students do with their newly gained spare time? The decrees may not solve all the problems at once, but by raising such questions, they are surely a start. 37 【 B1】 38 【 B2】 39 【 B3】 40 【 B4】 41 【 B5】 42 【 B6】 43 【 B7】 44 【 B8】 45 【 B9】 46 【 B10】 47 【 B11】 Se
42、ction A Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. 47 For many women choosing whether to work or not to work outside their home is a lu
43、xury: they must work to survive. Others face a hard decision. Perhaps the easiest choice has to do with economics. One husband said, “Marge and I decided after careful consideration that for her to go back to work at this moment was an extravagance (奢侈 ) we couldnt afford.“ With two preschool childr
44、en, it soon became clear in their figuring that with babysitters (临时照看不孩的人 ) , transportation, and increased taxes, rather than having more money, they might actually end up with less. Economic factors are usually the first to be considered, but they are not the most important. The most important as
45、pects of the decision have to do with the emotional needs of each member of the family. It is in this area that husbands and wives find themselves having to face many confusing and conflicting feelings. There are many women who find that homemaking is boring or who feel imprisoned(被囚禁 ) if they have
46、 to stay home with a young child or several children. On the other hand, there are women who think that homemaking gives them the deepest satisfaction. From my own experience, I would like to suggest that sometimes the decision to go back to work is made in too much haste. There are few decisions th
47、at I now regret more. I wasnt mature enough to see how much I could have gained at home. I regret my impatience to get on with my career. I wish I had al lowed myself the luxury of watching the world through my little girls eyes. 48 Which word in the first two paragraphs best explains why many women
48、 have to work? 49 Why did Marge and her husband think it an extravagance for Marge to go back to work? 50 What are the two major considerations in deciding whether women should go out to work? 51 Some women would rather do housework and take care of their children than pursue a career because they f
49、eel _. 52 If given a second chance, the writer would probably choose to _. 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 identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a s
