1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 756及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 Internet Slang Widely Used 1网络语言在青年人中越来越流行 2网络语言应用的领域 3你对网络语言的态度如何 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 at
2、tached 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 contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 1 Better Halves Jerry and Ei
3、leen Spinelli met, quite literally, over writing. At the time, they worked for the same company but were barely acquainted. One day while waiting at a trolley stop, Eileen took three binders of poetry and dropped them into Jerrys lap. “Those were the days when I wanted to be Edna St. Vincent Millay,
4、“ Eileen explains today with a laugh. A surprised Jerry began to read. “Very nice. This is nice,“ he managed to say. “Perhaps I was unfair to her since I saw her as Eileen in the circulation department,“ Jerry says. “After all, how good of a poet could she be? That compromised my judgment; I only sa
5、w half of what was there, and my compliments were half empty. Still, if Id had my wits, I would have fallen off the bench over her right them“ A connection was forged that day, one strong enough that today the Spinellis are married, and both of them are highly successful writers of books for audienc
6、es ranging from young children through older adolescents. Jerry won a Newbery Medal for Maniac Magee and has written other books ranging from the lighthearted Who Ran My Underwear Up the Flagpole? to the beautifully grim Milkweed. Eileen has written the renowned Lizzie Logan series as well as award
7、winning picture books and poems. Each writes individually, but they share the results of their efforts. “We are supportive of one another and supportive of our dreams together,“ Jerry explains. Its a partnership that benefits Jerry, Eileen, and their many readers, too. Different approaches to writin
8、g Their lives together are worked around different approaches to writing. Jerry writes every morning from 10: 00 to noon barring family emergencies or other commitments such as attending conferences. Sometimes he also writes at night, but that time is optional. “Its easy to put writing down and hard
9、 to pick it up,“ he says. Eileen, on the other hand, does not have a specific writing schedule and is more inclined to wait for inspiration; Her favorite writing pieces are picture books, which allow her to “tap into human issues. I am drawn to a focus on language and images, and I have never been d
10、isappointed,“ she says. One of the advantages - or dangers - of being married to another writer is having a live-in critic. Honesty characterizes the Spinellis interactions. “We made a pact to be honest,“ Jerry says about their roles as the others first reader. They react differently to that honesty
11、. “I tend to ball up the paper and throw it away,“ Eileen says. “I rend to get more argumentative and defend my writing,“ Jerry says, smiling, as Eileen nods in agreement. “Sometimes it gets very quiet around here, she says. But each also knows that the other does not have the last word. Instead, th
12、eir own gut feelings about their writing are the final arbiters. “sometimes the problem is that I love everything she writes,“ Jerry explains. “Then I have to try to find something I dont like. If I spend a year giving her nothing but flattery, Ill lose my credibility.“ Because Jerry is likely to wr
13、ite longer books, Eileen reads them chapter by chapter. In fact, she was the one who started him on his book Milkweed, a poignant account of children surviving during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. She had told him about an article shed read about a father who saved his daughter by giving her a pill
14、 that made her seem to be dead and then smuggling her out of the ghetto in a coffin. Although he didnt use the incident in the novel, the idea was his starting point, and she shared her enthusiasm for the work-and her admiration of his skillful writing as it developed. Jerrys inspiration in Eileens
15、work often comes from a different direction. Sometimes shell show him a poem that she has written, thinking that it was meant to be nothing more. Jerry, however, will be so moved by what he reads that he will insist to her, “This is so good that it needs to be its own picture book.“ Genuine admirati
16、on That sort of genuine admiration shines through whenever the Spinellis talk about each others work. They make it obvious that writing is a special way to make a living. Reading educators and others who care about the written word could be forgiven if they imagined that life was lived on a more rar
17、efied and lofty plane in the home of two writers than it is by the rest of us. But its not so, say the Spinellis. “We are only writers 20% of the time,“ insists Jerry. Eileen agrees, saying, “I do the laundry, clean the house - we have real lives.“ But no matter how real the everyday lives of these
18、two writers may be, the intertwining of those lives that started at a trolley stop years ago left them better off as writers and their many readers are. better off because of it, too. 2 Jerry and Eileen were working in the same company and Jerry thought highly of Eileens writing talent. （ A） Y （ B）
19、N （ C） NG 3 After marriage, Jerry and Eileen have cooperated with each other in writing and together they have made great achievements in their career. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Jerry has a timetable for writing while Eileen only writes when her inspiration comes. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Jerry and Eil
20、een proofread each others works and the final draft is always improved based on the others comments. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 They live a normal life as non-writer couples do; they have to take care of their children and sometimes play games with them. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 Eileen admires Jerry ver
21、y much and often tries to learn from him so as to improve her writing. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 Jerry and Eileen spend twenty percent of their time being writers and for the rest of their time, they have real lives just as ordinary couples do. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 Both of them are successful write
22、rs of books intended for audience ranging from _. 10 When Jerry writes, he bars _ such as attending conferences. 11 The intertwining of their lives benefits _. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or
23、 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 is the best answer. （ A） She is full. （ B） She has p
24、roblems digesting apples. （ C） She is afraid there arent enough apples. （ D） She just wants a small one. （ A） It is exciting. （ B） It is crazy. （ C） It is violent. （ D） It is hard. （ A） The players use a round ball in the game. （ B） The players cannot pass the ball with their hands. （ C） The game is
25、 a rugby game. （ D） The players use an elliptic ball in the game. （ A） Both prefer soccer to American football. （ B） Both prefer American football to soccer. （ C） Belinda disagrees with Martin. （ D） It is not clear from the conversation. （ A） Mike knows the film is stupid. （ B） Mike didnt like the b
26、ook. （ C） Jane had .seen it once. （ D） Jane didnt want to. （ A） Because Jane had never seen it. （ B） Because Mike wanted to see it. （ C） Because both of them were happy to see it. （ D） Because they had no other alternative. （ A） At Mikes home. （ B） At Janes home. （ C） Outside the cinema. （ D） Outsid
27、e the restaurant. （ A） At 6:30. （ B） At 7:00. （ C） At 8:45. （ D） At 7:30. 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
28、choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） Food selling. （ B） Food growing. （ C） Food distribution. （ D） Food manufacturing. （ A） 2 （ B） 3 （ C） 4 （ D） 5 （ A） To ask the family for help. （ B） To make a study of financial courses. （ C） To do research on the price of colleg
29、e. （ D） To get to know how to ask for financial aid. （ A） To introduce college life. （ B） To make JohnsonReview popular. （ C） To help audiences find the right college. （ D） To suggest ways to prepare for college learning. （ A） Humans. （ B） Poultry. （ C） Fish. （ D） Monkeys. （ A） 5. （ B） 10. （ C） 15.
30、（ D） 20. （ A） Out of the 15 confirmed human cases of bird flu in China last year, there were 8 deaths. （ B） Out of the 15 confirmed human cases of bird flu in China last year, there were 10 deaths. （ C） Out Of the 34 confirmed human cases of bird flu in China last year, there were 15 deaths. （ D） Ou
31、t of the 34 confirmed human cases of bird flu in China last year, there were 10 deaths. （ A） Europe. （ B） Africa. （ C） America. （ D） Asia. 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 gene
32、ral 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 information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words
33、you have just heard or write down the 27 A serious threat to farmers in many parts of the world is erosion. Erosion occurs if a large area of land is 【 B1】 _ of trees and is then badly treated by the farmers. The rain and wind may 【 B2】 _ wash away, or blow away much of the topsoil. When this happen
34、s, 【 B3】_ of wheat or corn become weaker and weaker until nothing grows well. If erosion continues, it will turn good land into a desert. In the past when erosion 【 B4】 _ , farmers sometimes moved to a new place to farm. Sometimes they could not move, but continued to try to grow food in the 【 B5】 _
35、 soil. This caused them to sink into 【 B6】 _ . Soon some people 【 B7】 _ that there was little rich, 【 B8】 _ soil in the world, so the government began to try to stop erosion. One of the first experiments to stop erosion began in the United States in 1933. The experiment was carried out in the area o
36、f the Tennessee River. 【 B9】 _ As a result, most of the people living around the Tennessee River were very poor. 【 B10】 _ The government workers also helped farmers to fertilize their soil and to learn new farming methods which could stop erosion. At the beginning, the farmers were not interested. B
37、ut soon, good healthy crops began to appear on the land where new methods were used. 【 B11】 _ The great success of this experiment had led to similar projects in the other parts of the world. 28 【 B1】 29 【 B2】 30 【 B3】 31 【 B4】 32 【 B5】 33 【 B6】 34 【 B7】 35 【 B8】 36 【 B9】 37 【 B10】 38 【 B11】 Section
38、 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.
39、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. 38 The first baby in Britain to survive a heart transplant celebrated her 18th birthday yesterday. Kaylee Davidson was five months old when she recei
40、ved a new heart during a【 S1】_operation at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1987. Now fit and healthy, she studies performing arts at a college in Sunderland and is in training to【 S2】 _Britain at the World Transplant Games in Canada this summer. Miss Davidson, who admitted that she was
41、 “looking forward to my first【 S3】 _drink“, will be the guest of honor(嘉宾 )tomorrow at a charity ball which is being held to mark her coming of age. “I am living【 S4】 _that people can make a difference by becoming an organ donor,“ she said. “I was only five months old when I had my transplant, just
42、a tiny baby. I wasn t given much chance, but the doctors were【 S5】 _and I was lucky enough to grow stronger and stronger.“ Her mother, Carol Davidson, 37 yesterday【 S6】 _that for the first few weeks of her daughters life all had seemed【 S7】 _, until one evening, when she suddenly had breathing diffi
43、culties. A GP(普通全科医师 )suggested that Kaylee was suffering from a【 S8】 _cold, but within 24 hours her lips turned blue. She was admitted to hospital and placed on a life-support machine. Her mother, a school inspector, said: “My baby s heart was destroyed and the doctors said she would【 S9】 _without
44、a transplant.“ Till then, there had been no successful heart transplants on babies in Europe. The two【 S10】 _in Britain had both failed. A)legal I)severe B)attempts J)recalled C)amazing K)breakthroughs D)condemn L)depart E)pioneering M)proof F)reminded N)spark G)normal O)represent H)complicated 39 【
45、 S1】 40 【 S2】 41 【 S3】 42 【 S4】 43 【 S5】 44 【 S6】 45 【 S7】 46 【 S8】 47 【 S9】 48 【 S10】 Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this 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 t
46、he best choice. 48 Oceanography has been defined as “The application of all sciences to the study of the sea“. Before the nineteenth century, scientists with an interest in the sea were few and far between. Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his writings, but he was reluct
47、ant to go to sea to further his work. For most people the sea was remote, and with the exception of early intercontinental travelers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it, let alone to ask what lay beneath the surface. The first time that
48、the question “what is at the bottom of the oceans?“ Had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed. The engineers had to know the depth profile of the route to estimate the length of cable that had to be manufactured. It was to Maury of the US Navy that the Atlantic Telegraph Company turned, in 1853, for information on this matter. In the 1840s, Maury had been responsible for encouraging voyages during which soundings were taken to investigate the depths of the North Atlant
