1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 787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: Marriage and Partner Relationship. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below. 1. Show your understanding of marriage 2. Make a comparison b
2、etween marriage and partner relationship 1) The respective advantages of marriage and partner relationship 2) Their disadvantages 3. Your preference 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
3、 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 contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
4、2 Takeover hostility Acquisitions of Chinese enterprises by foreign companies are increasingly being challenged amidst a growing mood of “economic patriotism.“ The former National Bureau of Statistics Commissioner Li Deshui is one of the most prominent of the critics. During last months session of t
5、he National Peoples Congress(NPC. the countrys law-making body, he warned that the acquisition of promising local companies by multinational investors was creating monopolies in a number of sectors. “If China lets multinationals malicious mergers and acquisitions go ahead freely, China can only act
6、as labor in the global supply chain,“ said Li, worrying that Chinese brands and the innovation ability of the national industry would disappear gradually and core parts, key technologies and high value added of Chinas leading enterprises might be completely controlled by multinationals.“ His pointed
7、 criticism generated wide media exposure and created fears of a foreign mergers and acquisitions(M it only makes matters worse.“ Compared with other regions around the world, the M&A wave in China has not yet reached its peak and has been picking up only in recent years with the easing of restrictio
8、ns. The total volume of Asia-Pacific M&As last year hit a record US $474.3 billion, up 46 percent from US $324.5 billion in 2004. China leads the race as the most targeted country outside Japan, recording a total US $66 billion in announced deals in 2005, compared to US $58.9 billion in 2004, accord
9、ing to market data firm Dealogic. At the same time, MOFCOM data shows that foreign greenfield investment last year fell 0.5 percent to US $60.33 billion. Many foreign investors now prefer acquisitions of Chinese enterprises rather than greenfield investments, because it saves time for those eager to
10、 gain a foothold in the country, Wang says. Investment bankers warn that the current negative sentiment could reduce overseas companies and buyout groups appetite for takeovers. Carlyle Groups landmark 3 billion yuan(US $370 million) take-over of Xugong Group, Chinas largest construction equipment m
11、aker, has been stalled. People familiar with the situation say MOFCOM is refusing to approve the dealthe countrys largest private equity buyoutunless Carlyle promises not to sell its majority stake to a foreign construction-equipment group in the future. It remains to be seen whether the tougher con
12、ditions being imposed on foreign investors will result in longer-term restrictions on foreign takeovers of Chinese companies and the creation of an anti-trust regime that is aimed at foreigners, according to an analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Carlyles problems are matched by similar delays for C
13、aterpillar, the worlds largest construction-equipment company, in its efforts to buy into Xiamen Engineering Machinery. The company has already purchased Shandong Engineering Machinery Corp. James Owens, chairman and chief executive officer of Caterpillar, says he is amused that people think Caterpi
14、llar is seeking a monopoly. “Our market share in China is less than 5 percent, lower than any other country in Southeast Asia.“ Owens says he expects the companys sales to more than double in the next five years as China continues to build expressways and subways. But the expectation is based on its
15、 current expansion plan in China, which hinges on a mix of joint ventures, wholly-owned enterprises and acquisitions, a strategy under threat in the present climate. 2 According to Li Deshui, the former National Bureau of Statistics Commissioner, we should not let multinationals malicious mergers an
16、d acquisitions go ahead freely. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 Chinese oil giant CNOOC has emerged Unocal last year with US $18. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Fei Guoping doesnt think that it is not necessary to care too much about the tendency mentioned by Li Deshui. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 The Ministry of Comm
17、erce(MOFCOM) and the National Development and Reform Commission(NDRC) have the same function. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 Chinese government may participate more in M&As in China than in other countries. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 According to Fei, we should put less emphasis on M&A review process. （ A） Y
18、（ B） N （ C） NG 8 CFIUS is responsible to recommend the president to block any foreign acquisition of a US company that threatens to impair national security. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 According to Wang Zhile, if the national security should not be too frequently mentioned, because it is not _. 10 In o
19、rder to save time to gain a foothold in China, foreign investors often choose _. 11 We can judge whether a company is seeking a monopoly by seeing its _. 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
20、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） The weather is mild compared to t
21、he past years. （ B） They are having the coldest winter ever. （ C） The weather will soon get warmer. （ D） The weather may get even colder. （ A） The mystery story. （ B） The hiring of a shop assistant. （ C） The search for a reliable witness. （ D） An unsolved case of robbery. （ A） Borrow some money. （ B
22、） Buy a heater. （ C） Get some information. （ D） Pay the rent. （ A） He found it fascinating. （ B） You have to be well dressed to enter. （ C） It took many hours to put together. （ D） They should spend their lunch hour there. （ A） He knows someone who can get the woman a job. （ B） Greg and his uncle do
23、nt like their jobs. （ C） Greg only got the job because of his uncle. （ D） He doesnt know the womans uncle. （ A） He should not do the experiment after all. （ B） He must be extremely careful. （ C） She will help him do the experiment. （ D） Shes sure he is right. （ A） Shes spending time going over her a
24、ccounts. （ B） Shes been home for only a few days. （ C） Shes exciting about going home. （ D） Shes counting the number of vacation days. （ A） Teach half days. （ B） Take a longer tour. （ C） Tour the country. （ D） Rest for the day. （ A） Open a camera shop. （ B） Open a movie theatre. （ C） Open a news sta
25、nd. （ D） Open a candy store. （ A） The rent is very cheap. （ B） It is across from the park. （ C） It is next to the movie theater. （ D） It is on the second floor. （ A） Cheap rent. （ B） Central location. （ C） No competition. （ D） Next to a bus stop. （ A） At a bakery. （ B） In a library. （ C） At a restau
26、rant. （ D） At a travel agency. 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 choose the best answer from the four choice
27、s marked A, B, C and D. （ A） 3. （ B） 4. （ C） 6. （ D） 8. （ A） Art. （ B） Law. （ C） Science. （ D） Education. （ A） Roman law was so advanced that other nations adopted Roman legal principles. （ B） Some Roman-built structures are still standing. （ C） Roman superiority began to decline in the fourth centu
28、ry A. D. （ D） The ancient Romans were talented in many areas. （ A） 86 were injured, 22 dead. （ B） 22 were injured, 86 dead. （ C） No one was injured or dead. （ D） Only the head engineer was injured. （ A） Chemicals, lumber and cattle. （ B） Lumber, automobiles and cattle. （ C） Chemicals, automobiles an
29、d cattle. （ D） Chemicals, lumber and automobiles. （ A） They caught them on the spot. （ B） They discovered them on the video. （ C） They got clues from some witnesses. （ D） They found some evidence at the scene. （ A） Wall Street Journal. （ B） National Enquirer. （ C） USA Today. （ D） Time. （ A） going to
30、 the moon. （ B） the atomic bomb. （ C） AIDS. （ D） Watergate. （ A） north and south. （ B） east and west. （ C） south and west. （ D） north and east. （ A） everyone agrees. （ B） no one. （ C） some people agree, some people disagree. （ D） Most people disagree. Section C Directions: In this section, you will
31、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 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
32、 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 write down the 33 The world is not only hungry, but thirsty for water. That may seem【 B1】 _to you, since nearly 75% of the earths surface is【 B2】 _with water, but a
33、bout 97% of this【 B3】_amount is sea water, or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3%the fresh water from rivers, lakes, underground, and other【 B4】 _. And we cannot even use all of that, because some of it is in the form of【 B5】 _and glaciers. Even worse, some of it has been【 B6】 _. How
34、ever, this small amount of fresh water is still enough for us, but our need for water is increasing【 B7】 _. Only if we take steps to deal with the problem now can we avoid a【 B8】_worldwide water shortage later on.【 B9】 _. Today water is used only once and then discharged into a sewer system, and it
35、eventually returns to the sea or runs into underground storage tanks. It is possible to pipe used water to a purifying plant.【 B10】 _. Even if every large city purified and reused its water, we still would not have enough.【 B11】_. If we take these steps, well be in no danger of drying up! 34 【 B1】 3
36、5 【 B2】 36 【 B3】 37 【 B4】 38 【 B5】 39 【 B6】 40 【 B7】 41 【 B8】 42 【 B9】 43 【 B10】 44 【 B11】 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
37、 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 single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 45 As war spreads to many comers of the globe, chil
38、dren sadly have been drawn into the center of conflicts. In Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups of children have been taking part in peace education 【 S1】 _ The children, after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the 【 S2】 _ of peacemakers. The Childrens Movement for Peace in Colom
39、bia was even nominated (提名 ) for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998. Groups of children 【 S3】 _ as peacemakers studied human rights and poverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota known as The Schools of Peace. The classroom 【 S4】 _ opportunities for children
40、to replace angry, violent behaviors with 【 S5】 _ , peaceful ones. It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a step 【 S6】 _ toward becoming peacemakers. Fortunately, educators have access to many online resources that are 【 S7】 _ useful when helping chil
41、dren along the path to peace. The Young Peacemakers Club, started in 1992, provides a Website with resources for teachers and 【 S8】 _ on starting a Kindness Campaign. The World Centers of Compassion for Children International call attention to childrens rights and how to help the 【 S9】 _ of war. Sta
42、rting a Peacemakers Club is a praiseworthy venture for a class and one that could spread to other classrooms and ideally affect the culture of the 【 S10】 _ school. WORD BANK A) acting I) information B) assuming J) offers C) comprehensive K) projects D) cooperative L) respectively E) entire M) role F
43、) especially N) technology G) forward O) victims H) images 45 【 S1】 46 【 S2】 47 【 S3】 48 【 S4】 49 【 S5】 50 【 S6】 51 【 S7】 52 【 S8】 53 【 S9】 54 【 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 ther
44、e are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. 54 Deep inside a mountain near Sweatwater in East Tennessee is a body of water known as the Lost Sea. It is listed by the “Guinness Book of World Records“ as the worlds largest underground lake. The lost Sea is part of an
45、 extensive and historical cave system called Craighead Caverns. The caverns have been known and used since the days of the Cherokee Indian Nation. The cave expands into a series of huge rooms from a small opening on the side of the mountain. Approximately one mile from the entrance, in a room called
46、 “the Council Room“, many Indian artifacts have been found. Some of the items discovered include pottery, arrowheads, weapons and jewelry. For many years there were persistent rumors of a large underground lake somewhere in a cave, but it was not discovered until 1905. In that year, a thirteen-year-
47、old boy named Ben Sands crawled through a small opening three hundred feet underground. He found himself in a large cave half filled with water. Today tourists visit the Lost Sea and ride far out onto it in glass-bottomed boats powered by electric motors. More than thirteen acres of water have been
48、mapped out so far and still no end to the lake has been found. Even though teams of divers have tried to explore the Lost Sea, the full extent of it is still unknown. 55 According to the passage, the lost Sea is unique because it is _. （ A） part of a historical cave system （ B） the biggest underground lake in the world （ C） listed in the “Guinness Book of World Records“ （ D） the largest body of water in Tennessee 56 According to the passage, how can the caverns be entered? （ A） From an opening in a mountainside. （ B） By riding far out onto file lake. （ C） By diving into the water. （ D）
