1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 780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 Should Peking Opera Be Made Compulsory? You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below： 1京剧被纳入一些中小学 的音乐必修课中 2对此有人支持，有人反对 3我的看法 Should Peking Opera Be
2、 Made Compulsory? 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. For questions 1-7, mark： Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the informatio
3、n 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 Anti-Fascist War in the 1930s and 1940s The anti Fascist war between the 1930s and 1940s was the first just war of a global scale
4、 in human history. It ended in the Axis unconditional surrender in 1945, 60 years ago. Over 2 billion people in Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania (exceeding four-fifths of the world population at that time) were involved in the war. People who had experienced that unheard-of calamity will never forge
5、t those days when flames of battle raged everywhere. China was the first country to fight the Fascist aggressor, experiencing the longest period of struggle, and suffering great sacrifices and heavy losses. (The death toll of Chinese people is more than 3.5 million and directly economic loss is US $
6、 100 billion.) An important part of the international anti Fascist war, the Chinese Peoples War of Resistance Against Japan was closely bound up with it. People will never forget August 15, 1945, the date on which the Japanese government issued a note to the Allied Countries, announcing its uncondit
7、ional surrender. Japanese militarism, the No. 2 war criminal in World War , collapsed. The Chinese people won the final victory in the anti-Japanese national liberation war through their bitter struggles. Chinas War of Resistance Against Japan was a righteous struggle against a war of aggression pro
8、voked by Japanese militarists against the will of the Japanese people. As for the Chinese, it was an anti-aggression war to defend state sovereignty and vindicate national honor. The War of Resistance Against Japan was a turning point in modern Chinese history. It ended the divided situation in whic
9、h China found itself since the Opium War of 1840. It aroused the Chinese people, filled them with a common hatred against the enemy, and enhanced their traditional national spirit as never before. The War of Resistance Against Japan was not merely a struggle between the Chinese people and the Japane
10、se militarists or merely a local war between China and Japan. Viewed from the general situation of the international anti-Fascist struggle, Chinas War of Resistance Against Japan was an important part of the war against aggression Waged by people throughout the world, and the China theater was a maj
11、or theater of decisive importance to World War . Chinas War of Resistance strongly supported the anti-Fascist struggle in the European and Pacific theaters, disrupted the overall plan of the Japanese imperialists who attempted to dominate the world, thwarted Japans “northern march“ plot to invade th
12、e Soviet Union, and delayed its “southern march“ schedule for unleashing the Pacific War. More important still, the Chinese people through great sacrifices pinned down Japans million troops on the Chinese battlefront so that it could not enhance its military forces in the Far East and the Pacific Oc
13、ean. As a result, it greatly reduced the pressure on the Allied forces. When the Pacific War broke out, Japans military strength totaled 2. 1 million soldiers, of which 1. 4 million were sent to the Chinese theater. At this time less than 400,000 Japanese soldiers were fighting on the several millio
14、n-square-kilometer Pacific battlefield. Thus, 67 percent of the total Japanese military strength was tied up in China during the most dangerous period of the Pacific War. In other words, the Japanese military force that China (one nation) resisted trebled what more than 10 nations headed by the Unit
15、ed States resisted. The leaders of the Allies knew this well. Franklin D. Roosevelt, then US President, once commented that without China, or if China had been defeated, many more Japanese divisions would have been deployed to other areas and they would have been able to occupy Australia and India i
16、mmediately without any trouble, and then push to the Middle East. In the spring of 1942, the United States proposed to establish a China War Zone, and invited Chiang Kai-shek to be the supreme commander. The China War Zone consisted of the China proper, as well as Viet Nam, Thailand, Burma (now Myan
17、mar), etc. , a clear indication that the Allies relied heavily on China. Because of this, on New Years Day, 1942, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union united with China, and issued the United Nations Declaration. Thus, China became one of the four major anti-Fascist powers. In December 19
18、43, China, Britain and the United States jointly issued the Cairo Declaration. It formulated the general principles of resistance against Japanese imperialists in the anti-Fascist struggle. The Potsdam Proclamation was also jointly issued by Chinese, American and British governments in July 1945, an
19、d won wholehearted support worldwide. (The Soviet Union entered into it in August.) It sounded the death knell for the international Fascist warmongers, at the same time becoming an official denunciation against the Japanese Fascists. Chinas prestige and influence not only frightened the Japanese wa
20、rlords, but also won for it the respect of all those people who wanted to free themselves from under the iron heel of the Fascists. 2 The anti-Fascist war between the 1930s and 1940s ended in the Axis conditional surrender in 1945. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 The Chinese Peoples War of Resistance Agains
21、t Japan played a great role in the international anti-Fascist war. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 About 20,000 American soldiers died in WW . （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 Chinas War of Resistance Against Japan was provoked by Japanese militarists at their own sweet will. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 The War of Resis
22、tance Against Japan was merely a local war between China and Japan. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 Chinas War of Resistance thwarted Japans “northern march“ plot to invade the northeast of China. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 The Cairo Declaration formulated the general principles of resistance against Japanese
23、imperialists in the anti-Fascist struggle. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 The death toll of Chinese people in the Anti-Fascist War is _ and directly economic loss is _. 10 The War of Resistance Against Japan ended the divided situation in which China found itself since _. 11 Chinas prestige and influence n
24、ot only frightened the Japanese warlords, but also _. 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
25、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） Jack could have run even faster. （ B） He can run faster than Jack in spite of his age. （ C） He could run faster than Jack when he was
26、 Jacks age. （ D） The woman is unfair in his judgement. （ A） What that thing is. （ B） How long will he have to wait. （ C） Where the woman has been. （ D） Where are they going. （ A） $15.00. （ B） $12.00. （ C） $40.00. （ D） $42.00. （ A） Because she forgot to turn up the air conditioner. （ B） Because she f
27、orgot to turn on the air conditioner. （ C） Because the air conditioner was broken. （ D） Because she wanted to save electricity. （ A） The woman should ask the man by the door. （ B） The woman should get off immediately. （ C） He will tell the woman when to get off. （ D） The woman should check the map.
28、（ A） A clerk at the airport information desk. （ B） A clerk at the railway station information desk. （ C） A policeman. （ D） A taxi driver. （ A） The milk had gone bad. （ B） The milk hadnt turned sour. （ C） The man had put away the milk. （ D） The woman had put the milk away. （ A） The man will not be ab
29、le to sleep. （ B） Someone will enter the back door while the man is sleeping. （ C） The lock on the door will break. （ D） The man will not be able to come back. （ A） The drug made them lose N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the informa
30、tion is not given in the passage. 2 【正确答案】 B 3 【正确答案】 A 4 【正确答案】 C 5 【正确答案】 A 6 【正确答案】 B 7 【正确答案】 B 8 【正确答案】 A 9 【正确答案】 more than 3.5 million; US 100 billion 10 【正确答案】 the Opium War of 1840 11 【正确答案】 won for it the respect of all those people who wanted to free themselves from under the iron heel of
31、 the Fascists 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 each question there wil
32、l 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. 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 W: Jack is the best marathon runner weve ever had in this school. M: You are right. But you should have seen me when I was his age. Q: What does the man mean?
33、13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 W: Where have you been? M: Where have I been? I was wondering the same thing about you. Q: What does the man want to know? 14 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 W: I would like to check out now. My name is Mary White, room 312. M: Yes, here we are. The rate on that room is $30.00. You made a long di
34、stance call, person to person, so the telephone bill is $12.00. Q: How much does the woman have to pay? 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 M: I dont think this room is cold enough. Would you please run up the air conditioner a little? W: Oh, Im sorry. I forgot to turn it on. Q: Why isnt the room cool? 16 【正确答案】 D 【
35、试题解析】 W: Do you know if this bus stops at the Madison street stop? M: There is a road map over them by the door. Q: What does the man mean? 17 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 W: Could you please tell me if flight 356 from Sandiego will be on time? M: Yes, Madam. It would be arriving in about 5 minutes. Q: Whom do y
36、ou think the woman is talking to? 18 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 W: The milk wouldnt have turned sour if you had put it in the fridge. M: I thought you had done it. Q: What does the woman mean? 19 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 W: If I were you, Id be more careful about locking the back door at night. M: Dont worry. No one wi
37、ll break in. Q: What does the woman mean? 20 【听力原文】 The inhabitants of Tango, a small island in the South Pacific, discovered a plant that contained a powerful drug. This drug made it more difficult for them to think rationally it stopped them worrying about the future, and enabled them to forget al
38、l their problems. At the same time, it made it much easier for them to relax and enjoy themselves: so much so, indeed, that the whole population of the island stopped working and spent all their time singing and dancing and looking at the sea. Unfortunately this had a very bad effect on the countrys
39、 economy, and people began to run short of food. This, however, didnt discourage the people from taking the drug. The Prime Minister made speeches on the TV warning them about the drug, but nobody took any notice, and before long the economy was in ruins. This forced the Government to make the drug
40、illegal. But that only made the situation worse. The law couldnt prevent the people from taking the drug, which grew wild all over the island. Eventually, the Government found a better solution: they exported the drug to other countries. This saved the islanders from having to work more than one day
41、 a week, and allowed them to spend the rest of their time sitting in the sun without a care in the world. 20 【正确答案】 A 21 【听力原文】 M: Excuse me. Have you been waiting long? W: About ten minutes. M: Did you notice whether the number seven bus has gone by? W: Not while Ive been standing here. Im waiting
42、for the number seven myself. M: Good. Hot today, isnt it? W: Yes, it is. I wish that it would rain and cool off. M: Me too. This is unusual for March. I dont remember it ever being so hot and dry in Match before. W: Youre from Florida then? M: Not really. I was born in New York, but Ive lived here f
43、or ten years now. W: My mother and I have just moved here from Indiana. M: Pretty cold in Indiana, isnt it? W: Yes. Thats why we moved. But we didnt know that it would be so hot here. We should have gone to California. Do you think that weve missed the bus? M: No. Its always a little late W: I have
44、twenty to one, but my watch is a little fast. M: Dont worry. It never comes exactly on the half-hour like it should. 21 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 事实题。从对话中 “Im waiting for No.7 myself”可知这位女士正在等公交车，所以选 C)。 A)项与事实矛盾。因为这位女士与这位男士以前从未见过面。 D)与事实矛盾。因为她希望 “It would rain and cool off”。 B)没有提及。 22 【正确 答案】 C 【试题解析】 推理题。从
45、对话 “I dont remember it ever being so hot and dry in March before”可知，以前在三月份天气比对话中当天的天气凉爽。答案为 C)。 A)项指的是 Indiana的天气，而不是 Florida的天气。而 B)指的是谈话当天的天气，并不是通常情况下的天气情况。 D)项与正确选项 C)相矛盾。 23 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 判断题。从对话 “Youre from Florida then ”“I was born in New York， but Ive lived here(In Florida)for ten years， no
46、w”可知， A)是正确答案。 B)是这位男士的出生地。 C)指这位女士想居住的地方。 D)项指来 Florida之前居住的地方。 24 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 判断题。从对话 “It never comes exactly on the half-hour like it should”可知，公交车停车的频率是半小时一趟。 A)指的是这位女士等车的时间。B)指的是谈话的时间。 D)项没有提及。答案为 C)。 Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each
47、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. 25 【听力原文】 This guy goes to a bar thats on the tenth floor of a hotel. He sits clown and has a cou
48、ple of drinks, then stands up, announces loudly that he has had enough, and goes over and jumps out the window. Now, there are two men who are sitting at a window table, and having that natural human curiosity about the strange situation, watch as this man put himself to certain death. However, just as he is about to hit the ground, he rights himself, pulls his feet underneath himself, and lands gracefully. He then turns and comes back into the building. Naturally, the two men are amazed. The guy comes back into the bar, orders a few drinks, then repeats the process. The two men
