1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 429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 entitled English Corners. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below : 1.英语角在大学里很普遍 2. 英语角在英语学习中的 积极作用 3. 我对参加英语角的建议 二、 Part II Reading Comprehension (Ski
2、mming 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 the statement con
3、tradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 1 E-mail Imagine being able to send a letter to someone, anywhere in the world, that included pictures and sounds as well as written words, and not even have to put a stamp on it. With e
4、-mail you can do just that. E-mail allows you to send messages quickly and easily to other people using computers rather than the postal service. To the Internet user, the ordinary post is known as “snail mail“ because it is so much slower than e-mail, which can deliver its message to the other side
5、 of the world in seconds. In some ways, e-mail is like a cross between a letter and a telephone call. You type a note or a letter on your screen and then you send it down the telephone line to another person for as little as it costs you to call your service provider. Whether your message is going t
6、o Calgary in Canada or to Copenhagen in Denmark, it will cost the same. You can even attach a file from your computer, whether it be a sound, an image or a text, to your e-mail message. E-mail addresses are made up of two distinct parts, separated by the “ sign. The first part of the address identif
7、ies the specific user. Many people use their names, or their initials or a nickname. After the sign comes the host address or node name, which is the actual place where the users electronic mailbox is situated. Here is an example. My e-mail address is “novemberdircon.co.uk.“ I picked “November“ beca
8、use that was the month in which I was born, and “dircon“ is the Direct Connection, my service provider, a commercial company based in the UK. Easy, isnt it? When a new user joins the Internet for the first time, he or she will get an e-mail address that allows the user both to send and receive messa
9、ges. Just as you need to put the correct address on an envelope to make sure it gets to the right place, so you must also put the correct e- mail address on your electronic correspondence. Computers are not so understanding as postmen and women, who can sometimes work out where a wrongly addressed l
10、etter is meant to go. If you make a slight mistake with your address, your message will simply be bounced right back to you. How do you find out what someones e-mail address is? Naturally, the easiest and best way is simply to ask them. Because there is no one in charge of the whole Internet and bec
11、ause it is expanding so rapidly, there is no complete record anywhere of everyone who is connected. When someone sends you a message via e-mail, it will be stored on the computer at your service provider, or if your school has its own connection to the Internet, on the main server. Once you have log
12、ged on to the Net you can launch your e-mail program. Eudora is one of the most popular and easy-to-use programs and is available for both Macintosh and IBM compatibles. There is a version that you can download from the Internet. Many programs will automatically search for new messages when they are
13、 first launched. E-mail has obvious advantages for schools and businesses that want to keep track of their messages. For example, it allows you to quote all or part of the message you are replying to, without having to type it all out again. The handy thing about this feature is that if you are answ
14、ering questions, you can keep them in your reply. This saves the other person having to refer back to the original documents when he or she gets your reply. Another thing e-mail allows you to do is to forward a message on to someone else. If someone sends you a piece of information that you feel wou
15、ld be of interest to another person, you can send a copy of the message to him. Again this is invaluable for large organizations that might have offices all over the world. For example, someone in the London office might send a query or a new idea to someone else in New York in the United States. He
16、, realizing that this is something that another person in Sydney in Australia has been working on, passes the message on almost instantly. If you want to send a graphics file (one containing a picture), a sound file, a document or a video clip with your e-mail, you can do that too. Most e-mail reade
17、rs have a menu item that allows you to attach a file using an instruction, or command, called “attach file“ or something similar. To do this the e-mail program uses Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) to attach the file and process it into the chunks of the right size for sending via e-mail
18、. If the Internet has any lasting effect on our lives it may well be through the use of e-mail. As we have seen, there are many advantages that e-mail enjoys over snail mail in terms of speed and usefulness. It also has a big advantage over a message taken over the telephone you cannot print out a t
19、elephone call. Probably more people join the Internet to get access to e-mail than for any other reason. E-mail is easy to use and it saves time and money. The differences in time in different parts of the world do not matter when sending e-mail. It is a twenty-four-hour service that allows you to s
20、end information at any time of the day or night. If you want to know what it is like to live in the Arctic, send a message to a school in Alaska and find out. If a company wants to know how much it costs to print a book in the Far East, it can e-mail some printers in Singapore or Hong Kong. The mess
21、age will be there the next time someone at the other end switches on his or her computer and logs on. No one has to be there to answer the telephone. It does not matter if they are in bed when you send the message, or you are watching a film at the cinema when they send a reply. If you want to make
22、friends on the Internet, it is just as well to have good manners. One of the most important rules to follow is, DONT TYPE ALL OF YOUR MESSAGES IN CAPITAL LETTERS. It is the Internet equivalent of shouting the telephone. Be careful how you say things. Because it is so fast and easy to send e-mail mes
23、sages, people often do not bother to check what they have written before pressing the “send“ button. Write your e-mail with the same care and attention you would use for other forms of communication. Reply to your messages promptly. If someone has taken the trouble to write to you, take the trouble
24、to write back. It is only polite. 2 In the passage, the writer has listed some advantages of e-mails as a new way of communication, and finally gives us suggestions about making friends on Internet. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 The cost of sending an e-mail to a friend in Canada is much higher than that
25、of in Denmark. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Sometimes if there is a wrong delivery of mails in the postal service, the postmen or women would try their best to deliver again until they get to the right place. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 We can find a friend on Internet according to the record of people conne
26、cted. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 We dont have to rewrite the message received if we want to send it to someone else. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 It is possible for us to send a sound file to a friend via e-mail without any consideration about the size of it. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 The traditional ways of
27、communication will be replaced by e-mail in near future. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 Compared with e-mail, the postal service is so slow that the Internet users give it a nickname as_. 10 People usually use their names, birthdays, a nickname or something else to identify themselves in the _ part of thei
28、r e-mail addresses. 11 It is suggested by the writer that we should not write our e-mails all in _letters. 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. Bo
29、th 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） To sell their old car. （ B） To keep their old car. （ C） To leave it in the garag
30、e to be repaired. （ D） To get it repaired. （ A） Look for the key. （ B） Paint a shelf. （ C） Repair the car. （ D） Fix a shelf. （ A） The woman be more careful. （ B） The woman find a spare key. （ C） They come downstairs. （ D） They try to think of a solution. （ A） An English book. （ B） A chemistry book.
31、（ C） A history book. （ D） A Chinese book. （ A） The man could buy a shirt of a different color. （ B） The size the man wants will arrive soon. （ C） The size of the shirt is all right for the man. （ D） The man could not buy a shirt of the size he wants. （ A） To make the woman angry. （ B） To please the
32、mans mother. （ C） David is the mans good friend. （ D） David is good at carrying on conversation. （ A） The man saw Mark on the street two month ago. （ B） The woman had forgotten Marks number. （ C） The woman made a phone call to Mark yesterday. （ D） Mark and the woman had not been in touch for some ti
33、me. （ A） Help the company recruit graduate students. （ B） Visit the electronics company next week. （ C） Get a part-time job on campus before graduation. （ D） Apply for a job in the electronics company. （ A） Because he didnt want to go to the womans party. （ B） Because he was deeply attracted by a pr
34、ogram about Oprah Winfrey. （ C） Because he participated in Oprah Winfreys program. （ D） Because he forgot about the womans party. （ A） She is a US actress. （ B） She is a US speaker. （ C） She is the sponsor of a US talk show. （ D） She is the hostess of a US talk show. （ A） Oprah Winfrey has a disting
35、uished family background. （ B） Oprah Winfrey is frank and genuine. （ C） Oprah Winfrey never spreads gossip or scandal. （ D） Oprah Winfrey was Americas first African-American news anchor. （ A） To take part in a debate. （ B） To make an advertisement. （ C） To sell a new product. （ D） To have a picnic.
36、（ A） Providing information people need. （ B） Reducing the price of the product. （ C） Reducing production cost by expanding production scale. （ D） Supporting noncommercial programs with the money they bring in. （ A） The woman thinks advertisements tell us which product is the best. （ B） The woman thi
37、nks advertisements provide information that we need. （ C） The woman thinks advertisements provide true information about the product. （ D） The woman thinks people dont have to believe in advertisements. （ A） Positive. （ B） Negative. （ C） Neutral. （ D） Not given. Section B Directions: In this section
38、, 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 choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） Talking casually about the old in front
39、 of them as if they were absent. （ B） Patting old people in their faces. （ C） Rearranging the neckwear for the old. （ D） Pulling at old peoples shawls. （ A） Too much sympathy will inevitably humiliate the old. （ B） People respect the old and want to take care of them. （ C） The old should be left to
40、do all they can by themselves. （ D） People today care too little about the elderly. （ A） Comfortable environment. （ B） Frequent visits by their children. （ C） Organized entertainments. （ D） Human dignity and the respect of ones fellows. （ A） The mind should be quiet and conscious but alert. （ B） The
41、 mind should be relax and unconscious. （ C） The mind should be quiet and smart. （ D） The mind should be quiet and conscious. （ A） The posture is natural and relaxed. （ B） Motion remains even and fluid. （ C） Breathing is deep and regular. （ D） All movements are carried out in half squatting position.
42、 （ A） It can be used as an effective treatment. （ B） Body movements are well coordinated throughout the entire exercise period. （ C） While practicing Taiji Quan, the weight of the body is mainly supported by the legs. （ D） The practice of Taiji Quan requires a combination of vigor and gentleness. （
43、A） Wide coverage of events. （ B） Quick speed of production. （ C） Immediacy of reporting. （ D） Focus on local events. （ A） Because people scan for the news they are interested in. （ B） Because different people prefer different newspapers. （ C） Because people are rarely interested in the same kind of
44、news. （ D） Because people have different views about what makes a good newspaper. （ A） Because it tries to serve different readers. （ B） Because it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality. （ C） Because readers are difficult to please. （ D） Because readers like to: read different newspa
45、pers. （ A） Newspaper readers apply reading technique skillfully. （ B） Newspaper readers jump from one newspaper to another. （ C） Newspaper readers appreciate the variety of a newspaper. （ D） Newspaper readers usually read a newspaper selectively. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear
46、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 heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 4
47、6 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 California State Law requires that all bicycle riders under age 18 wear protective helmets whenever they ride on public streets or trails Medical resea
48、rch shows that 85% of【 B1】 _brain injuries can be【 B2】 _by wearing a bicycle helmet About 1000 bicycle riders are killed in the U.S.every year， usually in【 B3】_with cars， and 75% of them die of head injuries Many thousands more suffer less severe but still debilitating injuries which are【 B4】 _than
49、simple road rash and broken bones Children can suffer permanent personality changes and learning【 B5】 _from a brain injury Common long term【 B6】 _includes concentration difficulties， aggressiveness， headaches and balance problems【 B7】_your great pain if this happens and you have to blame it on your【 B8】 _to buy a helmet! There are many good helmets off the market You can make your choice based on three criteria：【 B9】 _ A helmet that doesnt fit， doesnt sit corr
