1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 713及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 Credit 1信用对一个人的发展很重要 2现代社会面临信用危机 3如何提高信用度 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. Fo
2、r questions 1-7, mark： Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the 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 Click Women are beginning to experience that click!
3、 of recognition that moment of truth that brings a gleam to our eyes and means the revolution has begun. Those clicks are coming faster, and women are getting angry. Not redneck-angry from screaming because we are so frustrated and unfulfilled, but clicking-things-into-place-angry. We have suddenly
4、and shockingly seen the basic lack of order in what has been believed to be the natural order of things. One little click turns on a thousand others. In Houston, Texas, a friend of mine stood and watched her husband step over a pile of toys on the stairs, put there to be carried up. “Why cant you ge
5、t this stuff put away?“ he mumbled. Click! “You have two hands,“ she said, mining away. Last summer I got a letter from a man who wrote: “I do not agree with your last article, and I am canceling my wifes subscription.“ The next day I got a letter from his wife saying, “I am not canceling my subscri
6、ption.“ Click! On Fire Island, my weekend hostess and I had just finished cooking breakfast, lunch, and washing dishes for both. A male guest came wandering into the kitchen just as the last dish was being put away and said, “How about something to eat?“ He sat down, expectantly, and started to read
7、 the paper. Click! “You work all week,“ said the hostess, “and I work all week, and if you want something to eat, you can get it, and wash up after it yourself.“ In New York last fall, my neighbours named Jones had a couple named Smith over for dinner. Mr. Smith kept telling his wife to get up and h
8、elp Mrs. Jones. Click! Click! Two women radicalized at once. A woman I know in St. Louis, who had begun to enjoy a little success writing a grain companys newsletters, came home to tell her husband about lunch in the executive dining room. She had planned a funny little story about the deeply humoro
9、us pomposity (自以为是 ) of the executives, when she noticed her husband rocking with laughter. “Ho ho, my little wife in an executive dining room.“ Click! Last August, I was on a boat leaving an island in Maine. Two families were with me, and the mothers were discussing the troubles of cleaning up afte
10、r a rental summer. “Bob cleaned up the bathroom for me, didnt you, honey?“ she confided, gratefully patting her husbands knee. “Well, what the hell, its vacation,“ he said fondly. The two women looked at each other, and the queerest change came over their faces. “I got up at six this morning to make
11、 sandwiches for the trip home from this vacation,“ the first said. “So I wonder why Ive thanked him at least six times for cleaning the bathroom?“ Click! Click! In suburban Chicago, the party consisted of three couples. The women were a writer, a doctor, and a teacher. The men were all lawyers. As t
12、he last couple arrived, the host said, heartily, “With a roomful of lawyers, we ought to have a good evening.“ Silence. Click! “What are we?“ asked the teacher. “Invisible?“ In an office, a political columnist, male, was waiting to see the editor-in-chief. Leaning against a doorway, the columnist tu
13、rned to the first woman he saw and said, “Listen, call Barry Brown and tell him Ill be late.“ Click! It wasnt because she happened to be the chief editor herself that she refused to make the call. In the end, we are all housewives, the natural people to turn to when there is something unpleasant, in
14、convenient, or inconclusive to be done. It will not do for women who have jobs to pretend that societys ills will be cured if all women are gainfully employed. In Russia, 70 percent of doctors and 20 percent of construction workers are women, but women still do all the housework. Some revolution, as
15、 the Russian womens saying goes, simply freed them to do twice the work. They tell us we are being petty. The future improvement of civilization could not depend on who washes the dishes. Could it? Yes. The liberated society with men, women, and children living as whole human beings, not halves divi
16、ded by sex rolesdepends on the steadfast search for new solutions to just such apparently unimportant problems, on new answers to tired old questions. Such questions as: Denise works as a waitress from 6 am to 3 pm. Her husband is a cabdriver, who moonlights on weekends as a doorman. They have four
17、children. When her husband comes home at night, he asks, “Whats for dinner?“ Jonathan and Joanne are both doctors. They have identical office hours. They come home in the evening to a dinner cooked by the housekeeper. When they go to bed, he drops his clothes on the floor and she picks them up. In t
18、he morning he asks, “Where is my pink and orange striped shirt?“ In moments of suburban strife, Fred often asks his wife, Alice, “Why havent you mended my shirt and lubricated the car?What else have you got to do but sit around the house all day?“ According to insurance companies, it would cost Fred
19、 8,000 9,000 a year to replace Alices services if she died.Alice, being an average ideal suburban housewife, works 99.6 hours a week always feeling there is too much to be done and always guilty because it is never quite finished. Besides, her work doesnt seem important. After all, Fred is paid for
20、doing whatever he does. Abstract statistics make no impact on Alice. “My situation is different,“ she says. Of course it is. All situations are different. But sooner or later she will experience in a blinding click a moment of truth. She will remember that she once had other interests, vague hopes,
21、and great plans. She will decide that the work in the house is less important than reordering that work so she can consider her own life. The problem is: What does she do then? 2 Women are beginning to realize the unfairness of their being totally responsible for housework. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 C
22、lick! means womens recognition of a chore to be done. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Last summer the author got a letter from a man asking to cancel his wifes subscription. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 The woman who wrote newsletters for a grain company was very successful. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 In a party in
23、 suburban Chicago, the three womens husbands had the same job as lawyer. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 The male political columnist did not expect the editor-in-chief to be a woman. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 Women should free themselves by getting rid of all the housework. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 The libera
24、ted society depends on the consistent search for new answers to _. 10 Jonathan and Joanne neednt worry about cooking since they _. 11 Insurance companies estimate that it would cost about _ annually to replace a housewifes services. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conver
25、sations 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 each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and
26、 D, and decide which is the best answer. （ A） She agrees with the man. （ B） She doesnt know the book. （ C） She likes the book very much. （ D） She doesnt know what to do. （ A） She can go with him this afternoon. （ B） She has a lot to do today. （ C） Shes almost as busy as he is. （ D） She might be fini
27、shed by noon. （ A） The man should buy a different meal ticket each month. （ B） Individuals eat different amounts. （ C） Buying the meal ticket wont save the man money. （ D） The price of a meal varies from month to month. （ A） The application isnt available at the office. （ B） The woman should mail a
28、copy of her application. （ C） The photocopy machine isnt there anymore. （ D） The woman can make copies at the post office. （ A） Tea is hatter than coffee. （ B） The man should switch to tea. （ C） There are two reasons for not drinking coffee. （ D） The man shouldnt drink tea either. （ A） He doesnt exp
29、ect to meet her at the seashore. （ B） He wants to know when shes coming. （ C） He wants to see how her experiment is progressing. （ D） He isnt interested in watching her. （ A） She doesnt like the professor very much. （ B） She doubts class will be canceled. （ C） She doesnt want to attend the conferenc
30、e. （ D） She wonders whether the professor is an accountant. （ A） The mail was sent back to the post office. （ B） He doesnt have anything to drop in the mailbox. （ C） Its too soon to go hack there. （ D） The post office is closed for an hour. （ A） To the science museum. （ B） To the art museum. （ C） To
31、 the state museum. （ D） To the history museum. （ A） The cost of the ticket. （ B） The number of the platform. （ C） The ticket machine. （ D） The stops of the train. （ A） About every five minutes. （ B） About every six minutes. （ C） About every seven minutes. （ D） About every eight minutes. （ A） A three
32、-bedroom apartment. （ B） A two-bedroom apartment. （ C） A three-bedroom hotel. （ D） A two-bedroom hotel. （ A） He lives in the hotel. （ B） He lives in the same building. （ C） He lives in the first apartment. （ D） He lives on the floor. （ A） The couple could not stop by this evening. （ B） The couple ar
33、e now living in a hotel. （ C） The couple can surely move in tomorrow. （ D） The woman is not satisfied with the apartment. （ A） TV series. （ B） News broadcasting. （ C） Football game. （ D） A lively talk show. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each pas
34、sage, 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） Courses in British history. （ B） Language courses. （ C） Courses in sports. （ D） Teacher trainin
35、g courses. （ A） To attract more students. （ B） To make the courses suitable for students of all levels. （ C） To let the students have a good rest. （ D） To make the summer school more like a holiday. （ A） Because they all work very hard. （ B） Because their teachers are all native speakers of English.
36、 （ C） Because they learn not only in but also out of class. （ D） Because they are all advanced students. （ A） He missed the appointment. （ B） He arrived late. （ C） He was sick. （ D） He was very busy. （ A） He was busy sightseeing. （ B） He couldnt reach Mr. Jordans office. （ C） He didnt want to see Mr
37、. Jordan any more. （ D） He didnt want to take the trouble making it. （ A） His criminal record. （ B） The high unemployment rate in New York. （ C） The long distance between his home town and New York. （ D） His unpopular character. （ A） He wanted to make himself well known. （ B） He wanted to be put in
38、prison again. （ C） He needed the money to support his family. （ D） He hated the barber there. （ A） He drove out of tile town and tried to escape. （ B） He went directly to the police station. （ C） He argued with the police angrily. （ D） He waited for the police to arrest him. （ A） The people in New Y
39、ork were not very efficient. （ B） Mr. Smith enjoyed living in prison. （ C） The only way for Mr. Smith to support his family was by going to the prison again. （ D） Mr. Smith was known as a greedy man in his community. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When th
40、e 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 46 you are required to fill in
41、the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 35 Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the greatest 【 B1】 _ who ever lived. He thought that people could be free when they wrote music. Before his time, music was composed for a special 【
42、B2】 _ . Often it was church music. Or, music was written to 【 B3】 _ at parties and concerts. Beethoven was born in Germany in 1770. He was a very musical child. The boy learned to play the 【 B4】 _ and piano, but he was not happy at home. His mother died when he was in his teens. After that, his fath
43、er was often drank and 【 B5】 _ . Beethoven became a 【 B6】 _ in a rich family. His students mother was very kind to the young teacher. She helped him meet many famous 【 B7】 _ . One of them was Mozart. He said, “That boy will give the world something worth listening to.“ When Beethoven was in his twen
44、ties, he began to go deaf. The deafness changed his behaviors. He became 【 B8】 _ and moody. 【 B9】 _ . Beethoven died when he was 57 years old. 【 B10】 _ . 【 B11】 _ 36 【 B1】 37 【 B2】 38 【 B3】 39 【 B4】 40 【 B5】 41 【 B6】 42 【 B7】 43 【 B8】 44 【 B9】 45 【 B10】 46 【 B11】 Section A Directions: In this sectio
45、n, 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
46、 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. 46 After 1785, the production of childrens books in the United States increased but remained largely reprints of British books, often those【 S1】 _by John Newbery. Ultimately, how
47、ever, it was not the cheerful, commercial-minded Newhery, but Anglo-Irish author Maria Edgeworth who had the strongest influence on this period of American childrens literature. The eighteenth century had seen a gradual【 S2】 _away from the spiritual intensity of earlier American religious writings t
48、oward a more generalized moralism. Americans looked on childrens books as vehicles for instruction, not amusement, though they would accept a moderate amount of fictional entertainment for the【 S3】_of more successful instruction. As the childrens book market expanded what both public and publishers
49、wanted was the kind of fiction Maria Edgeworth wrote: stories interesting enough to【 S4】 _children. American reaction against imported books for children set in after the War of 1812 with the British. A wave of nationalism permeated(渗透 )everything, and the self-conscious new nation found foreign writings(particularly those from the British monarchy)【 S5】 _for the children of a democratic republic,
