1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 969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 campus love. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese: 1. 对于大学在校本科生谈恋爱的现象，不同的人有不同的看法 。 2你的观点。 二、 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming a
2、nd 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 statement contradict
3、s the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 1 A library to Last Forever “The fundamental reasons why the electric car has not attained the popularity it deserves are the failure of the manufacturers to properly educate the general public
4、 regarding the wonderful utility of the electric; the failure of power companies to make it easy to own and operate the electric by an adequate distribution of charging and boosting stations. “ This quotation would hardly surprise anyone who follows electric vehicles. But it may be surprising to hea
5、r that in the year when it was written thousands of electric cars were produced and that year was nearly a century ago. This appeared in a 1916 issue of the journal Electrical World, which I found in Google Books, our searchable repository of millions of books. It may seem strange to look back a hun
6、dred years on a topic that is so contemporary, yet I often find that the past has valuable lessons for the future. In this case, I was luckyelectric vehicles were studied and written about extensively early in the 20th century, and there are many books on the subject from which to choose. Because bo
7、oks published before 1923 are in the public domain, I am able to view them easily. But the vast majority of books ever written are not accessible to anyone except the most persistent researchers at premier academic libraries. Books written after 1923 quickly disappear into a literary black hole. Wit
8、h rare exceptions, one can buy them only for the small number of years they are in print. After that, they are found only in a vanishing number of libraries and used book stores. As the years pass, contracts get lost and forgotten, authors and publishers disappear, the rights holders become impossib
9、le to track down. Inevitably, the few remaining copies of the books are left to decay slowly or are lost to fires, floods and other disasters. While I was at Stanford in 1998, floods damaged or destroyed tens of thousands of books. Unfortunately, such events are not uncommona similar flood happened
10、at Stanford just 20 years prior. You could read about it in The Stanford-Lockheed Meyer Library Flood Report, published in 1980, but this book itself is no longer available. Because books are such an important part of the worlds collective knowledge and cultural heritage, Larry Page, the co-founder
11、of Google, first proposed that they digitize all books a decade ago, when they were a fledgling(无经验的 ) startup. At the time, it was viewed as so ambitious and challenging a project that they were unable to attract anyone to work on it. But five years later, in 2004, Google Books (then called Google
12、Print) was born, allowing users to search hundreds of thousands of books. Today, they number over 10 million and counting. The next year Google Books were sued (起诉 ) by the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers over the project. While they have had disagreements, they have a commo
13、n goalto unlock the wisdom held in the enormous number of out-of-print books, while fairly compensating the rights holders. As a result, they were able to work together to devise a settlement that accomplishes the shared vision. While this settlement is a win-win for authors, publishers and Google,
14、the real winners are the readers who will now have access to a greatly expanded world of books. There has been some debate about the settlement, and many groups have offered their opinions, both for and against. This agreement aims to make millions of out-of-print but in-copyright books available ei
15、ther for a fee or for free with ad support, with the majority of the revenue flowing back to the rights holders, be they authors or publishers. Some have claimed that this agreement is a form of compulsory(强制的 ) license because, as in most class action settlements, it applies to all members of the c
16、lass who do not opt out by a certain date. The reality is that rights holders can at any time set pricing and access rights for their works or withdraw them from Google Books altogether. For those books whose rights holders have not yet come forward, reasonable default pricing and access policies ar
17、e assumed. This allows access to the many orphan works whose owners have not yet been found and accumulates revenue for the rights holders, giving them a motivator to step forward. Others have questioned the impact of the agreement on competition, or asserted that it would limit consumer choice with
18、 respect to out-of-print books. In reality, nothing in this agreement prevents any other company or organization from pursuing their own similar effort. The agreement limits consumer choice in out-of-print books about as much as it limits consumer choice in unicorns(独角兽 ). Today, if you want to acce
19、ss a typical out-of-print book, you have only one choicefly to one of a handful of leading libraries in the country and hope to find it in the stacks. If Google Books is successful, others will follow. And they will have an easier path: this agreement creates a books rights registry that will encour
20、age rights holders to come forward and will provide a convenient way for other projects to obtain permissions. Last, there have been objections to specific aspects of the Google Books product and the future service as planned under the settlement, including questions about the quality of bibliograph
21、ic information, our choice of classification system and the details of our privacy policy. These are all valid questions, and being a company that obsesses over the quality of the products, they are working hard to address them-improving bibliographic information and categorization, and further deta
22、iling our privacy policy. And if they dont get their product right, then others will. But one thing that is sure to halt any such progress is to have no settlement at all. In the Insurance Year Book 1880-1881, Cornelius Walford chronicles the destruction of dozens of libraries and millions of books.
23、 I hope such destruction never happens again, but history would suggest otherwise. More important, even if our cultural heritage stays intact(未触动的 ) in the worlds foremost libraries, it is effectively lost if no one can access it easily. Many companies, libraries and organizations will play a role i
24、n saving and making available the works of the 20th century. Together, authors, publishers and Google are taking just one step toward this goal, but its an important step. Lets not miss this opportunity. 2 What is true about the quotation in the beginning paragraph? （ A） It tells us the fundamental
25、reasons why the electric car has attained the popularity nowadays. （ B） It would surprise anyone who runs after electric vehicles. （ C） It was written nearly one hundred years ago. （ D） It was written in Google Books. 3 When the author said “he was lucky“, it means the following except _. （ A） the t
26、opic he found in a book a century ago is so strange （ B） he often finds that the past has valuable lessons for the future （ C） there are many books on electric vehicles in the 20th century （ D） books published before 1923 are in the public domain 4 What happened to books written after 1923? （ A） The
27、y are handed down generation after generation. （ B） People can buy them with large amount of money. （ C） They are preserved in libraries and bookstores. （ D） Most of them are lost year by year. 5 The author mentioned Stanford in order to _. （ A） tell people floods hit Stanford in 1998 （ B） show how
28、common the natural disasters were （ C） illustrate the loss of books caused by natural disasters （ D） remind people of the natural disasters 6 What can we learn about Larry Page and Google from Paragraph 5? （ A） Larry Page founded Google Books with others a decade ago. （ B） Larry Page proposed that w
29、e made the digital version of all books a decade ago. （ C） Google attracted some ambitious and challenging people in 1999. （ D） Google Books was born in 2004 to allow users to search over 10 million books. 7 What is true about the settlement between the Authors Guild, the Association of American Pub
30、lishers and Google? （ A） The Google would compensate the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers. （ B） None of them benefited from the settlement. （ C） There were some disagreement on this settlement, though it was a win-win for them. （ D） The settlement aimed at copying the in-prin
31、t books either for a fee or for free with ad support. 8 An example illustrating whether there are limitations on consumer choice is that _. （ A） rights holders can at any time set pricing and access rights for their works. （ B） people have to fly to a certain library to find a typical out-of-print b
32、ook （ C） other rights holders will be encouraged to conduct similar projects （ D） google is working hard to improve bibliographic information 9 The Googles success is likely to provide for other projects an easier way to _ from right holders. 10 If no one can access the books in the worlds foremost
33、libraries easily, they will be _. 11 Authors, publishers and Google are working hard to make the books of the 20th century _. 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 abou
34、t 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） To the restaurant （ B） To the bank. （ C） To meet her friends.
35、 （ D） To see a movie. （ A） Dr Anderson agrees with what the woman says. （ B） Its up to the students. （ C） Dr Anderson will probably not give an open-book exam. （ D） The students can bring their books to the exam. （ A） To the bookstore. （ B） To the fresh fruit shop. （ C） To the vegetable shop. （ D） T
36、o the supermarket. （ A） She doubts if shell be able to go. （ B） Shes eager to go. （ C） If the man goes, she will go too. （ D） Shell do her homework tomorrow. （ A） Taxi driver. （ B） Traffic officer. （ C） Policeman. （ D） Ticket salesman. （ A） Find a second job as a supplement. （ B） Come back again to
37、apply for the same job. （ C） Think about whether she will really resign or not. （ D） Apply for an additional part-time job. （ A） 5 minutes. （ B） 10 minutes. （ C） 15 minutes. （ D） 20 minutes. （ A） The woman speaker doesnt believe what he said. （ B） Mount Everest is very high. （ C） The woman speaker i
38、s a mountaineer. （ D） The man is a photographer. （ A） A famous photographer. （ B） Photographic processes in the 1800s. （ C） Photographic equipment used in the 1800s. （ D） A new museum. （ A） Her subjects home. （ B） Her subjects social status. （ C） Her subjects personality. （ D） Her subjects role in h
39、istory. （ A） Children. （ B） Historical scenes. （ C） Well-known people. （ D） Landscapes. （ A） Everybodys talking about E-mail nowadays. （ B） If you dont have one, you will be out of time. （ C） Its the easiest way to communicate with other users. （ D） Its printed on every card people exchange with oth
40、ers. （ A） It may not be of a high level of security. （ B） It cannot contain any commercial information. （ C） You can only use the free E-mail account at home. （ D） It is difficult to get access to the website with such service. （ A） Internet Explorer. （ B） IE and Windows. （ C） The operating system.
41、（ D） Additional software. （ A） Print an E-mail address on her card. （ B） Check her hardware and software. （ C） Pay the ISP for the E-mail account. （ D） Try to get a free E-mail account. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear s
42、ome 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. （ A） Before the Civil War. （ B） After the Civil War. （ C） During the Civil War. （ D） Thirty years ago. （ A） Milk cows. （
43、B） Build the barn. （ C） Cut wood. （ D） Harvest crops. （ A） Jim joined the army after leaving the farm. （ B） James A. Garfield was Jims idol. （ C） Taylor must regret refusing Jim. （ D） Taylor suffered a crop failure. （ A） To find out how clever monkeys were. （ B） To test the intelligence of different
44、 animals. （ C） To compare the difference between man and the monkey. （ D） To find out how monkeys search for food. （ A） To give the monkey a surprise. （ B） To see how the monkey ate from a box. （ C） To see how soon the monkey could find it. （ D） To find out how the monkey would open the box. （ A） By
45、 watching it through the keyhole. （ B） By waiting outside the door. （ C） By kneeling down at the door. （ D） By putting it in a small box. （ A） In a fast-food restaurant. （ B） At a shopping center. （ C） At a county fair. （ D） In a bakery. （ A） Avoid eating any food. （ B） Prepare the right type of pie
46、 to eat. （ C） Wash his hands thoroughly. （ D） Practice eating a pie quickly. （ A） Sitting on his hands. （ B） Reaching out his hands to help the eating process. （ C） Tying his hands behind his back. （ D） Theres no rule concerning the hands. （ A） Looking sideways to see how fast your neighbors eat. （
47、B） Eating from the outside toward the middle. （ C） Swallowing the pie with water. （ D） Holding the pie in the right position. 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. Whe
48、n 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 just
49、 heard or write down the 36 Captain McKay is in【 B1】 _of eight soldiers. A large company of enemy soldiers is【 B2】 _them. Of all of them, Captain McKay is the only one who knows the way through the【 B3】 _. Its his【 B4】 _to get his men back to the camp safely. Captain McKay led his men across a wooden bridge which【 B5】 _a wide river. He knew that the enemy wasnt very far behind them. There was only one way to【 B6】_. Someone had to stay behind and blow up the bridge, a
