1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 793及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are allowed to write a composition on the topic Private Cars in Ordinary Chinese Families. You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline. 1. 小轿车开始进入越来越多的中国普通家庭。 2. 对这一社会现象人们的两种截然相反的观点。
2、3. 我的看法。 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 information given i
3、n 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 Academy Awards Every February Oscar Fever hits the entertainment community and film fans around the world. Hundreds of millions of cinema
4、lovers glue themselves to their television sets to learn who will receive the golden statuettes. After more than seven decades of recognizing excellence in film-making achievement, the presentation of the Oscars has become the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences most famous activity. The Aca
5、demy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a professional honorary organization of over 6,000 motion picture professionals, was founded to advance the arts and sciences of motion pictures foster cooperation among creative leaders for cultural, education
6、al and technologic progress; recognize outstanding achievements; cooperate on technical research and improvement of methods and equipment; provide a common forum and meeting ground for various branches and craft; represent the viewpoint of actual creators of the motion picture; foster educational ac
7、tivities between the professional community and the public-at-large. The Academy Awards The Oscars! Every January, when the calendar has turned to a new year, the*attention of the entertainment community and of film fans around the world turns to the upcoming Academy Awards. After three-quarters of
8、a century of recognizing excellence in cinema achievement, the annual presentation of the Oscars has become the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences most famous activity. The Academy Awards Presentation is also the activity that enables the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to maint
9、ain its varied year-round calendar of programs and events and a wide- ranging educational and cultural agenda. History of the Academy Awards When the first Academy Awards were handed out on May 16, 1929, movies had just begun to talk. That first Awards ceremony took place during a banquet held in th
10、e Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The attendance was more than 270 and tickets for members were no charge and guests cost $ 5. The suspense which now touches most of the world at Oscar time was not always a characteristic of the Awards. At first the winners were known prior to the Awa
11、rds banquets. Results were given in advance to the newspapers for publication at 11 p.m. on the night of the Awards. But in 1940, guests arriving for the affair could buy the 8:45 p.m. edition of the Los Angeles Times, which announced the winning achievements. As a result, the sealed-envelope system
12、 was adopted the next year and remains in use today. Since the earliest years, interest in the Academy Awards has run high, if not at the modern fever- pitch. The first presentation was the only one to escape a media audience, but by the second year enthusiasm for the Awards was so high that a Los A
13、ngeles radio station actually did a live, one-hour broadcast. The Awards have had broadcast coverage since. For 15 years the Academy Awards Presentations were banquet affairs held, after the first in the Blossom Room. The custom of presenting the statuettes at a banquet was discontinued after 1942.
14、Increased attendance and the war had made banquets impractical, and the presentation ceremonies have since been held in theaters. In 1966, the Oscars were first broadcast in color. From 1971 through 1975 the NBC-TV network carried the Awards. ABC has telecast the show since 1976 and is under contrac
15、t through 2008. On April 14, 1969, the 41st Academy Awards ceremonies moved to the brand new Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of Los Angeles County. It was the first major event for this world-renowned cultural center. The Awards remained at the Music Center until 1986, when the ceremon
16、ies returned to the Shrine Auditorium (礼堂 ) for the 60th and 61st Awards. Since then the Awards have moved back and forth between the Shrine and the Music Center. The larger Shrine Auditorium (6,000 seats) is used principally to afford Academy members an opportunity to attend the telecast, an opport
17、unity that is limited by the Music Centers size (about 2,500 seats). The 74th Awards, in 2002, were held at a new venue, the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood directors, for instance, are the only nominators for Achievement in Directing. Nominations for awards in the foreign language category are made by a
18、 large committee of members drawn from all branches. Best Picture nominations and final winners in most categories are determined by vote of the entire membership Kodak Theatre The Kodak Theatre, the anchor of Los Angeles Hollywood the others had wives and children back home.【 B10】 _. By this time,
19、they could hear the enemy soldiers who were getting closer and closer to the bridge. The Captain had to make a quick decision.【 B11】 _. 31 【 B1】 32 【 B2】 33 【 B3】 34 【 B4】 35 【 B5】 36 【 B6】 37 【 B7】 38 【 B8】 39 【 B9】 40 【 B10】 41 【 B11】 Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with
20、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 letter for each item with
21、a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 41 The comparatively treeless plains of North Africa have suffered a progressive drying up, both 【 S1】 _and man-made, but the region was【 S2】 _so rich in fertile soil that the district we now know as the L
22、ibyan Desert was, in the old days, part of the granary(粮仓 )of the Roman Empire, and the centre of the Sahara【 S3】 _a busy trading population for a long period. That was when there were【 S4】 _. in plenty and the fields were the traditional “fields of the woods“ - clearings in the forest - and therefo
23、re always tree【 S5】 _ It is the trees that lift the water and send【 S6】 _into the air so that it may fall as dew or rain further on. Trees reduce the speed of the wind, and provide shelter and shade; the roots【 S7】 _minerals in the soil and these are carried to the leaves which, when they have fulfi
24、lled their function, return to the earth, giving the soil the combination of minerals that plants require. But through the ages Africa has been【 S8】 _. Successive invaders have felled the forest to provide grazing lands for their flocks and herds. With the removal of the essential tree cover, the wa
25、ter【 S9】 _was broken, the earth became feverish and sick, and in course of time was unable to support those who had broken the【 S10】 _of life by removing the earths green mantle - the trees. A)moisture I)fed B)cycle J)exploited C)water K)social D)rhythm L)natural E)contain M)forest F)trap N)usually
26、G)once O)trees H)surrounded 42 【 S1】 43 【 S2】 44 【 S3】 45 【 S4】 46 【 S5】 47 【 S6】 48 【 S7】 49 【 S8】 50 【 S9】 51 【 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,
27、 C and D. You should decide on the best choice. 52 For Lee Ann Laraway, polio(脑灰质炎 ) has made almost everything in life just out of reach. But what her hands cant retrieve, her assistant can. Meet Jeannie, a three-year-old help, has become Lee Anns arms and legs. Jeannie understands no fewer than 72
28、 commands. To get a feel for what that means, Lee Ann takes us on a shopping trip in San Jose. First stop: The bank, where she got cash from the teller. From the bank, its on to the drug store, where Jeannie got a candy bar for Lee Ann. Then Jeannie helped pay the cashier, and got change hack. “When
29、 you have a really good working animal, they come and interact with you all the time,“ Lee Ann said. While theres no argument that Jeannie is an ordinary animal, she wasnt born that way. She was tutored and trained here at a facility that has become the final legacy of one of the Bay Areas most belo
30、ved figures. Canine Companions for Independence sits on twelve acres of land in Santa Rosa donated by late Peanuts cartoonist Charles Shultz, Here, handlers work with specially selected labs for hours a day but not every dog will make the cut. The work is serious Business. In the case of hearing dog
31、s, the animals alert their disabled owners to everything from ringing telephones to doorbells. Other dogs will work with severely disabled patients like eight-year-old Noah Habib of Mountain View who communicates with a special computer. “I like it when new people come up to ask me about my dog,“ he
32、 says. “People are really interested in the dog and will come over and ask to pet her and ask to play with her, and ask about what she does, and these are people that normally might not approach us and want to talk to Noah,“ says his Dad. And back in San Jose Lee Ann is arriving home with Jeannie an
33、d her groceries. With just one chore leftopening her own door. “You can train a dog to do a lot of things,“ said Lee Ann. “You cannot give them the heart to do the job, and that is what a good working dog has.“ 52 Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage? （ A） Lee Anns pet
34、 dog Jeannie is wonderful. （ B） Dogs can be of good help for people who are in need. （ C） Dogs can be trained to greatly aid disabled people. （ D） Training dogs is no easy job, especially for handicapped people. 53 Lee Anns dog Jeannie cannot _. （ A） get cash at the bank （ B） pay a cashier for her （
35、 C） take on a telephone for her （ D） open the door 54 Canine Companions for Independence is a place for _. （ A） severely disabled children to have practice （ B） people to donate money or legacy （ C） ordinary dogs to be coached （ D） people to learn business 55 Which of the following can replace the p
36、hrase “make the cut“ (Line 3, Para 4)? （ A） become a good working dog （ B） hurt the coach （ C） become a helpful star （ D） hurt itself 56 According to Lee Ann, you cannot train an ordinary dog _. （ A） to put things on peoples laps （ B） to always interact with its owner （ C） to alert deaf people （ D）
37、to love working 56 A new era is upon us. Call it what you will: the service economy, the information age, the knowledge society. It all translated to a fundamental change in the way we work. Already were partly there. The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramati
38、cally in the Western World. Today the majority of jobs in America, Europe and Japan (two thirds or more in many of these countries) are in the service industry, and the number is on the rise. More women are in the work force than ever before. There are more part-time jobs. More people are self-emplo
39、yed. But the breadth of the economic transformation cant be measured by numbers alone, because it also is giving rise to a radical new way of thinking about the nature of work itself. Long-held notions about jobs and careers, the skills needed to succeed, even the relation between individuals and em
40、ployersall these are being changed. We have only to look behind us to get some sense of what may lie ahead. No one looking ahead 20 years possibly could have foreseen the ways in which a single invention, the chip (芯片 ), would transform our world thanks to its applications in personal computers, dig
41、ital communications and factory robots. Tomorrows achievements in biotechnology, artificial intelligence or even some still unimagined technology could produce a similar wave of dramatic changes. But one thing is certain: information and knowledge will become even more vital, and the people who poss
42、ess it, whether they work in manufacturing or services, will have the advantage and produce the wealth. Computer knowledge will become as a basic requirement as the ability to read and write. The ability to solve problems by applying information instead of performing routine tasks will be above all
43、else. If you cast your mind ahead 10 years, information services will be predominant. It will be the way you do your job. 57 A characteristic of the information age is that _. （ A） the service industry is relying more and more on the female work force （ B） manufacturing industries are steadily incre
44、asing （ C） people find it harder to earn a living by working in factories （ D） most of the job opportunities can now be found in service industry 58 One of the great changes brought about by the knowledge society is that _. （ A） the difference between the employee and the employer has become insigni
45、ficant （ B） peoples traditional concepts about work no longer hold true （ C） most people have to take part-time jobs （ D） people have to change their jobs from time to time 59 By referring to computers and other inventions, the author means to say that _. （ A） people should be able to respond quickl
46、y to the advancement of technology （ B） future achievements in technology will bring about inconceivable dramatic changes （ C） the importance of high technology has been overlooked （ D） computer science will play a leading role in the future information services 60 The future will probably belong to
47、 those who _. （ A） possess and know how to make use of information （ B） give full play to their brain potential （ C） involve themselves in service industries （ D） cast their minds ahead instead of looking back 61 Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? （ A） Computers and the
48、Knowledge Society. （ B） Service Industries in Modern Society. （ C） Features and Implications of the New Era. （ D） Rapid Advancement of Information Technology. 三、 Part V Cloze (15 minutes) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. 61 A well-documented body of information exists. It shows that noise can【 C1】_humans in both physiological and psychological ways. Hearing losses in【 C2】_occupations such as boiler-making and construct
