1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 853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: The Importance of Keeping A Good Mood. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese: 1人们每天都生活在压力之下 2所以说保持一个好的心情是十分重要的 3我的观点和原因 二
2、、 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 in the pass
3、age; 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 Youth of Today - No savings, no pension, huge debts- Leaving school or university means financial independence - but does it also mean debt? Some ex
4、perts say the young should take some care. It is life, but not as we know it. As this years school leavers and graduates in Britain move on to further education or work, tasting financial independence for the first time, they show signs of being entirely different to previous generations in their at
5、titudes to money, according to information collected by Cash. Used to debt but more affluent than previous generations, the current crop of 16 to 24-year-olds is a complex sector of society. But if they can handle their debts, these 7.5 million young adults have the potential to become quite sophist
6、icated on money matters. Cash looked for the financial hallmarks of this group. They are going to be big spenders - and will be targeted heavily by retailers. “The market for products and services aimed at this group has continued to thrive“ , concludes research organization Mintel in its recent rep
7、ort for retailers “Selling to and Profiting from the Under 25s“. This is “partly because the period during which people are young, free and single, unencumbered (不受妨碍的 ) by parents and/or children has expanded to the late twenties and early thirties,“ it says. While 13 percent of the population regu
8、larly pays their utility (公共设施 ), credit card and other bills late, this proportion rises to a remarkable 64 percent for 18- to 24-year-olds, according to research conducted among 1000 adults by uS. In theory, this suggests that more than 4 million of them are heading for such poor credit ratings th
9、at they will find it difficult to borrow in the future. But lenders may become more flexible in their lending terms rather than lose out on this huge sector of the consumer market. Near one in three (28 percent) of people under 35 “do not consider their future financial position“, according to resea
10、rch from Accenture HR Services. Although half of 18- to 25-year-olds want to own their home some day, they seem almost insurmountable hurdles, according to Mintel. “For those who had not yet bought their own property, the prospect of trying to do so seemed daunting - if not impossible - financially.
11、“ Or could it be that their future prosperity will depend on whether they inherit properly from their parents? They regard as necessities many items which were seen as luxuries by their parents at the same age. More than nine out of ten have their own mobile phones. “Some looked on their phone as a
12、kind of security blanket, feeling lost without it,“ says Mintel. A car is seen as “vital“ by 64 percent of 18- to 25- year-olds, and designer clothes are worn by 44 percent of men and 35 percent of women in this age group, adds Mintel. Computer equipment is a high priority for many twenty-year-old p
13、eople. Audio- visual equipment is particularly valued by young men. Credit card ownership is increasing. Nearly two-thirds of young adults have a card. More than half (58 percent) of the under-25s do not pay off their credit card bill in full each month, according to Mintel - including 16 percent wh
14、o owe more than 500. With credit card ownership predicted to increase nearly 20 percent by 2009, the younger age group could be increasingly targeted, as they are more accustomed to borrowing than older groups. Debt is commonplace in this age group. Barclays predicts that graduate debt will average
15、17,500 in 2006, rising to nearly 34 000 by 2010. A third of this group believe they are “too young“ to start thinking about a pension, according to Accenture. “There is a sea change in behavior going on here,“ says Mervyn Kohler of Help the Aged. “For recent graduates who are saddled with debt and s
16、truggling to buy a home, the last thing they would care about is pension planning. They have also heard the message that they will have to work until they drop, so they wonder why they should bother with a pension. But when they retire, they will expect the state to ball them out.“ There is evidence
17、 to back up their instincts. More than 73 percent of the current group of forties is on course to be on Pension Credit and other means-tested benefits when they retire, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies. Unless changes are made to the system, this proportion will increase. Despite these d
18、isturbing findings, there is light at the end of the tunnel for the young. Helen Bow- man, welfare officer at De Montfort University s Student Finance Advice Center, believes that many 18- year-olds get into financial difficulty out of ignorance but that “they tend to be very, very good“ at dealing
19、with problems when they face up reality. Part of the problem is that many have received little financial education from their parents. Some young adults do not even know how to shop for food and many do not realize that convenience food from corner shops will be more expensive than fruit and vegetab
20、les and other basic ingredients bought in markets or by looking for bargains, value ranges and discounts in supermarkets. The generosity of parents can also backfire. “There does come a point where parents have to stop helping,“ says Bowman. Credit card companies have made debt far too accessible, s
21、he believed. It could be that lending is more strictly regulated by the authorities in future. The Liberal Democrats are increasingly concerned at the easy availability of credit and this issue could well move up the political agenda. The location of cash machines in pubs does not help, especially f
22、or a generation that drinks heavily. Budgeting is hard for students who have to pay mobile phone and many other bills monthly but whose income in the form of Student Loans comes in at the start of term. But there are many cases of students getting into debt and then finding a way out of the mess, us
23、ually by getting a job. long the way, they learn how to budget and how to avoid temptation by, for instance, leaving their plastic(信用卡 ) at home. Parents may not even be aware, in many of these cases, that their children have got into debt and then scraped their way out. And people like these, who l
24、earnt the hard way, have an understanding of money which is probably deeper than that of people who have never had difficulties. 2 According to the Cash study, the young adults in Britain today form a complex sector of society because they lead a more affluent life by overdrawing their credit card.
25、（ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 3 There are 13 percent of young adults who regularly pay their bills late. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 4 Over ninety percent of 18- to 25-year-olds have got their own mobile phones. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 5 It is predicted that there will be more credit card users among young people t
26、han among older people. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 6 The average graduate debt will be greatly increased in file coming five years. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 7 Most young people didnt receive enough financial education from their parents. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 8 The passage suggests that parents should alway
27、s help their children in paying their debt. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 9 Compared with precious generations, the current graduates have very different attitudes _. 10 At the time when their parents were young, a lot of modern necessary equipment owned by young people now was regarded as _. 11 The last th
28、ing most young people think they are still too young to bother about is _. 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 ques
29、tions 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 blood sample collection. （ B） Religious concern about research. （ C） Results of genetic testing. （ D） The wa
30、y to get the blood sample. （ A） Because she is younger than the previous managers. （ B） Because she has more experience. （ C） Because she is sure that she is mentally stronger. （ D） Because she has few psychological problems. （ A） The man has taken away the womans stuff. （ B） The womans roommate is
31、missing. （ C） The man thinks the womans roommate might be stealing. （ D） The woman has taken away her roommates stuff. （ A） People deserve all the disasters. （ B） People shouldnt have deserved the disasters. （ C） People have been ready for the tornado. （ D） People must protect themselves against dis
32、asters. （ A） Different cultures and customs. （ B） The womans first year at university. （ C） Things that the woman is doing now. （ D） The foreign roommates of the woman. （ A） He was pushed by the woman. （ B） He put forth great efforts. （ C） He made a wheelchair by himself. （ D） He was very proud of h
33、imself. （ A） Doctor and patient. （ B） Teacher and student. （ C） Father and daughter. （ D） Coach and player. （ A） Because she can pay the higher fuel costs. （ B） Because rising fuel costs can benefit the environment. （ C） Because she can save more money. （ D） Because she can cut her consumption. （ A）
34、 In 1886. （ B） In 1892. （ C） In 1893. （ D） In 1895. （ A） To ask for help finding a job. （ B） To ask him to give her some advice. （ C） To invite him to go shopping with her later. （ D） To find out what hes doing during the summer. （ A） He might get a good job later. （ B） He could stay at a hotel at a
35、 discount. （ C） He might be able to get course credits for her work. （ D） Itd give him a chance to make a lot of money immediately. （ A） Hell have to work at the hotel during the school year. （ B） Hell have to work long hours. （ C） His rent will be expensive. （ D） It doesnt pay very well. （ A） Visit
36、 the hotel. （ B） Work in the clothing store. （ C） Continue her job search for a while. （ D） Make extra money while taking classes. 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
37、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） Under 18. （ B） Under 16. （ C） Over 19. （ D） Under 1 （ A） In a registry office. （ B） In a church. （ C） By a public announcement. （ D） Secretly with the company of two passe
38、rs-by. （ A） Look carefully before one jumps. （ B） Think carefully before one makes any decision. （ C） Think carefully before they make the decision to get married. （ D） Take longer time to make up ones mind to divorce. （ A） A factory with more automobiles. （ B） A factory with improved cars. （ C） A f
39、actory with an assembly line. （ D） A factory with few people. （ A） There was not enough room to make the Detroit factory bigger. （ B） There were no enough workers in Detroit. （ C） It was no longer practical to have plants only in Detroit. （ D） It had enough old factories. （ A） Small factories use li
40、ttle oil. （ B） Small factories have less pollution. （ C） Small factories need no electricity. （ D） Small factories are more efficient. （ A） Because he was a famous English writer. （ B） Because he enjoyed walking along the street. （ C） Because he had a good memory. （ D） Because he was proud of his ow
41、n ability. （ A） For they are not hard-working. （ B） For they dont have good memories. （ C） For they haven t enough thne for it. （ D） For they are busy with their own language. （ A） Mind takes clearer photos of what we see. （ B） Mind takes pictures of all five senses. （ C） Mind spends less time takin
42、g pictures. （ D） Mind keeps photos for longer time. （ A） Picture taking. （ B） Memory. （ C） Language learning. （ D） Poem writing. 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 general idea.
43、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 you have j
44、ust heard or write down the 34 Modern mass-production methods lower the cost of making goods, and thus give us better values. At the same time, American ingenuity and science are【 B1】 _at work【 B2】 _the quality of products. In this way, better quality products at good 【 B3】 _are continually being br
45、ought to the people of all【 B4】 _groups. As an example of how this works, when facial tissues were first put on the market in 1924, they were made in【 B5】 _quantities and sold at 65 cents per box of 200. People liked these facial tissues immediately and began asking for them when they went into diff
46、erent stores. Because there was such a【 B6】 _for the product,【 B7】_began making tissues in larger and larger quantities. Because the makers were making tissues in great quantities, their production costs were【 B8】 _so that the cost of tissues went down. In the meanwhile,【 B9】 _, and each manufacture
47、r strove to make his product better than his competitors. Today, instead of costing 65 cents,【 B10】 _.【 B11】 _ everyone benefits. 35 【 B1】 36 【 B2】 37 【 B3】 38 【 B4】 39 【 B5】 40 【 B6】 41 【 B7】 42 【 B8】 43 【 B9】 44 【 B10】 45 【 B11】 Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten bl
48、anks. 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 a sing
49、le line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 46 Religion evokes strong reactions in people. In the name of religion, people have invaded countries and fought wars. To prevent that from happening, people with various religious backgrounds need to be 【 S1】 _ of each other. But what exactly is tolerance? Tolerance is defined in Websters Dictionary as, “a sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or pr
