1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 920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 On Income Gap. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below: 1有人认为收入差距的存在是合理的 2有人认为收入差距的 存在是不合理的 3收入差距对社会的影响 On Income Gap 二、 Part II Reading Compr
2、ehension (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 passage; N (for NO) if the
3、statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 2 The World in a Glass: Six Drinks That Changed History Tom Standage urges drinkers to savor the history of their favorite beverages along with the taste. The author of A Hi
4、story of the World in 6 Glasses (Walker with a decline of 50 accounted for 51 percent of the net nationwide drop. St. Louis, on the other hand, saw an increase of 39 murders.【 B10】 _.【 B11】 _. said Professor James Fox of Northeastern University. The fastest growing population segment is still people
5、 over age 50, who commit few violent crimes, so that should produce some decline in murder, but “its not a rosy picture all around the country.“ 37 【 B1】 38 【 B2】 39 【 B3】 40 【 B4】 41 【 B5】 42 【 B6】 43 【 B7】 44 【 B8】 45 【 B9】 46 【 B10】 47 【 B11】 Section A Directions: In this section, there is a pass
6、age 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. Please mark the corresponding letter for each i
7、tem with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 47 Perhaps like most Americans you have some extra pounds to【 S1】 _. You may even have tried a fad diet or two, but found yourself right back where you started. The key to weight loss is regular【
8、S2】 _activity. And surprisingly, you dont have to give up eating or make the gym your second home to see long-term,【 S3】_effects. Your body needs a certain mount of energy to maintain basic【 S4】 _such as breathing, blood circulation and digestion. The energy required to keep your organs functioning
9、is referred to as the resting or basal metabolic rate. Any time you are active,【 S5】 _energy is required. It is obtained from glycogen and fat stored in the blood, liver, and muscles. The key to losing weight is to draw on the fat rather than on the carbohydrate reserves. Which of the two energy sou
10、rces you use depends on the intensity and【 S6】_of your activity. The higher the intensity, the more your body will pull from the stored carbohydrates. The lower the intensity, the more your body will【 S7】 _on fat as its fuel. Aerobic exercise is most【 S8】 _for weight loss. When. you perform aerobic
11、activities you【 S9】 _contract large muscle groups such as your legs and arms. Walking, running, rollerblading, swimming, dancing, and jumping jacks are all forms of aerobic activity. Surprisingly, if your aerobic activity is low to moderately intense and of long duration, you will burn more fat than
12、 if you had【 S10】 _in a short burst of high-intensity exercise. In short, a brisk 30-minute walk will burn fat while a 100-yard sprint will burn glycogen. A positive I participated B additional J rely C duration K cut D effective L repeatedly E shed M uses F physical N little G food O obvious H func
13、tions 48 【 S1】 49 【 S2】 50 【 S3】 51 【 S4】 52 【 S5】 53 【 S6】 54 【 S7】 55 【 S8】 56 【 S9】 57 【 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 d
14、ecide on the best choice. 58 Most of the people who appear most often and most gloriously in the history books are great conquerors and generals and soldiers, whereas the people who really helped civilization forward are often never mentioned at all. We do not know who first set a broken leg, or lau
15、nched a seaworthy boat, or calculated the length of the year, or manured(施肥于 ) a field; but we know all about the killers and destroyers. People think a great deal of them, so much that on all the highest pillars in the great cities of the world you will find the figure of a conqueror or a general o
16、r a soldier. And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are those that have beaten in battle the greatest number of other countries and ruled over them as conquerors. It is just possible they are, but they are not the most civilized. Animals fight; so do savages; hence to be good at
17、 fighting is to be good in the way in which animal or a savage is good, but it is not to be civilized. Even being good at getting other people to fight for you and telling them how to do it most efficiently-this, after all, is what conquerors and generals have doneis not being civilized. People figh
18、t to settle quarrels. Fighting means killing, and civilized peoples ought to be able to find some ways of settling their disputes other than by seeing which side can kill off the greater number of the other side, and then saying that that side which has killed most has won. And not only has it won,
19、but, because it has won, it has been in the right. For that is what going to war means; it means saying that might is right. That is what the story of mankind has on the whole been like. Even our own age has fought the two greatest wars in history, in which millions of people were killed or mutilate
20、d. And while today it is true that people do not fight and kill each other in the streets-while, that is to say, we have got to the stage of keeping the rules and behaving properly to each other in daily lifenations and countries have not learnt to do this yet, and still behave like savages. 58 The
21、first sentence of the passage tells us that _. （ A） most history books were written by conquerors, generals and soldiers （ B） those who really helped civilization forward is not mentioned in any history book （ C） conquerors, generals and soldiers should not be mentioned in history books （ D） history
22、 books tells us far more about conquerors and soldiers than about those who really helped civilization forward 59 According to the passage, most people believe that the greatest countries are those that _. （ A） built the highest pillars for their Conquerors （ B） were ruled by the greatest number of
23、conquerors （ C） won the greatest number of battles against other countries （ D） were beaten in battle by the greatest number of other countries 60 In the authors opinion, the countries that ruled over a large number of other countries are _. （ A） certainly not the greatest in any way （ B） neither th
24、e greatest nor the most civilized （ C） possibly the most civilized but not the greatest （ D） possibly the greatest in some sense but not the most civilized 61 The author says that civilized people should _. （ A） not have any quarrels to settle （ B） settle their quarrels without fighting （ C） not fig
25、ht when there are no quarrels to settle （ D） settle their quarrels by seeing which side can kill off the greater number of the other side 62 Which of the following is closest in meaning to the sentence “That is what going to war means; it means saying that might is right.“? （ A） Only those who are p
26、owerful should go to war. （ B） In a war only those who are powerful will win. （ C） Those who are right should fight against those who are wrong. （ D） Those who fight believe that the winner is right and the loser wrong. 62 The idea of test-tube babies may make you either delighted at the wonders of
27、modern medicine or irritated while considering the moral, or legal, or technological implications of starting life in a laboratory. But if youve ever been pregnant yourself, one thing is certain. You wonder what its like to carry a test-tube baby. Are these pregnancies normal? Are the babies normal?
28、 The earliest answers come from Australia, where a group of medical experts at the Queen Victoria Medical Center in Melbourne have taken a look at the continents first nine successful invitro pregnancies. The Australians report that the pregnancies themselves seemed to have proceeded according to pl
29、an, but at birth some unusual trends did show up seven of the nine babies turned out to be girls. Six of the nine were delivered by Caesarean section. And one baby, a twin, was born with a serious heart defect and a few days later developed life-threatening problems. What does it all mean? Even the
30、doctors dont know for sure, because the numbers are so small. The proportion of girls to boys is high, but until there are many more test-tube babies no one will know whether thats something that just happened to be like that or something special that happens when egg meets sperm in a test tube inst
31、ead of a fallopian tube. The same thin is true of the single heart defect. It usually shows up in only 15 out of 60000 births in that part of Australia, but the fact that it occurred in one out of nine test-tube babies does not necessarily mean that they are at special risk. One thing the doctors ca
32、n explain is the high number of Caesareans. Most of the mothers were older, had long histories of fertility problems and in some cases had had surgery on the fallopian tubes, all of which made them likely candidates for Caesareans anyway. The Australian researchers report that they are quite encoura
33、ged. All the babies are now making normal progress, even the twin with the birth defects. 63 What concern will the test-tube baby raise according to the passage? （ A） Whether the pregnancies of test-tube babies would be normal. （ B） Whether the test-tube babies would be encouraged. （ C） Why the prop
34、ortion of defected babies is so high. （ D） Why the number of Caesareans is so high. 64 What does the word “invitro“ underlined in Paragraph 2 most probably mean? （ A） Normal. （ B） Test-tube. （ C） Built-in. （ D） Formal. 65 Which of the following statements about the experiment mentioned in the passag
35、e is TRUE? （ A） Only the twins are defected. （ B） Most of the babies are delivered by means of Caesarean. （ C） There are some troubles during all mothers pregnancies. （ D） One baby appears to be abnormal. 66 Which of the following explanations regarding the high number of Caesarean operations is NOT
36、 true? （ A） Some mothers have passed the best age for a natural delivery. （ B） Some mothers have fertility problems. （ C） Some mothers favor the operations of this type. （ D） Some mothers have had surgical operations on their fallopian tubes. 67 What is the authors tone in this passage? （ A） Depress
37、ed. （ B） Optimistic. （ C） Opposing. （ D） Negative. 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. 67 Businesses large and【 C1】 _,now realize
38、that physical work space influences employee behaviour.【 C2】 _, businesses are redesigning their buildings and offices with the intent of offering their employees better working environment. As firms 【 C3】 _ their offices, they focus on three main factors that have a strong impact【 C4】 _ employee be
39、haviour: how much space employees have, how the space is arranged, and how much【 C5】 _ employees have. Historically, the amount of space an employee had was【 C6】 _ related to his or her position. The higher an individual was in an organization,【 C7】 _ the office he or she typically got. That,【 C8】 _
40、, no longer seems to be true. As organizations seek to develop more equality, the trends have been toward reducing space【 C9】_ to specific employees, and making more space【 C10】 _ for groups or teams to meet in. According to recent【 C11】 _, the amount of personal office space organizations give to a
41、dministrative employees has【 C12】 _by 25 to 50 percent over the past decade. This change is【 C13】 _ in part to economies. Space costs money【 C14】_ reducing space cuts costs. But a lot of this reduction can be【 C15】 _ to changes in the organizations. As jobs have been redesigned and traditional hiera
42、rchies(等级制度 )replaced【 C16】 _ teamwork, the need for large offices has lessened. Today, an increasing number of organizations are changing closed offices to cubicles (小隔间 ) which are【 C17】 _ in size. Research has shown that people are more likely to【 C18】 _ with those individuals who are physically
43、close to them. Employees work location,【 C19】_, are likely to influence the information【 C20】 _ they are exposed. 68 【 C1】 （ A） modern （ B） advanced （ C） small （ D） beneficial 69 【 C2】 （ A） To be exact （ B） Generally speaking （ C） For example （ D） As a result 70 【 C3】 （ A） redesign （ B） reshape （ C）
44、 restore （ D） rebuild 71 【 C4】 （ A） to （ B） on （ C） for （ D） at 72 【 C5】 （ A） ability （ B） skill （ C） privacy （ D） money 73 【 C6】 （ A） primarily （ B） previously （ C） probably （ D） consequently 74 【 C7】 （ A） the larger （ B） the less （ C） the smaller （ D） the better 75 【 C8】 （ A） though （ B） therefore
45、 （ C） however （ D） accordingly 76 【 C9】 （ A） directed （ B） dedicated （ C） demanded （ D） delivered 77 【 C10】 （ A） attainable （ B） reliable （ C） considerable （ D） available 78 【 C11】 （ A） estimates （ B） regulations （ C） principles （ D） practices 79 【 C12】 （ A） enlarged （ B） expanded （ C） shrunk （ D） a
46、ltered 80 【 C13】 （ A） caused （ B） made （ C） due （ D） dedicated 81 【 C14】 （ A） though （ B） and （ C） so （ D） as 82 【 C15】 （ A） dated （ B） followed （ C） changed （ D） traced 83 【 C16】 （ A） for （ B） with （ C） as （ D） to 84 【 C17】 （ A） large （ B） various （ C） constant （ D） nice 85 【 C18】 （ A） interact （ B
47、） speak （ C） involve （ D） relate 86 【 C19】 （ A） in addition （ B） whats more （ C） therefore （ D） however 87 【 C20】 （ A） at which （ B） for which （ C） by which （ D） to which 四、 Vocabulary and Grammar Directions: There are some incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices.
48、 Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. 88 Prof Flynn found no students in the lecture hall when he arrived. Only then did he realize that he came _ early. （ A） too much （ B） much too （ C） so much （ D） much so 89 We had a long wait, but it was _ because we got the tickets of the movie. （ A） worthwhile （ B） worth （ C） worthy （ D） worthless 90 Before I noticed some small difference, I had thought that the two musical instruments were _. （ A） artificial （ B） equivalent （ C） identical （ D） occasional 91 After a c
