1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 993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 Knock-off Product. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below： 1近年来，山寨产品大量出现 2人们对此看法不一 3我的 看法 On Knock-off Products 二、 Part II Reading Compreh
2、ension (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 st
3、atement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 1 Eight Essential Life Skills That Schools Can Teach Our Kids I learned at an early age from my mother that there was more to school than reading, writing, arithmetic and lunc
4、h. She was a teacher. 1 was an eager student of the academic sort. That didnt impress her. She told me later it was clear I was ready to read when I was 4, but she refused to teach me because I needed more work on my social skills. She will turn 93 at the end of this month. I am tempted to call and
5、ask her to evaluate how I turned out, but I feat the answer. My life has been a lot of reading and writing, with some arithmetic. Even as a parent I rarely considered how well my childrens schools were teaching life skills that went beyond what is assessed under No Child Left Behind. The habits of t
6、he heart are probably learned almost as much at school as at home. But which ones can we reasonably expect teachers to address? What should we look for to make certain these immeasurable but invaluable traits are being reinforced? With help from Local Living Editor Liz Seymour, whose children are ju
7、st starting school, I came up with eight essential life skills. I sought expert opinion on their importance and how to teach them. Here are mine, in no particular orders 1. Organization Linda Allen, a star math teacher in Arlington, said helping students absorb a sense of structure is key to her mid
8、dle schools success. “A good teacher, regardless of the content area, has todays main idea and homework in the same area of the room every day. That teacher reminds students everyday to copy the information down at the start of the class, and gives them time to do that.“ She gives parents timely fee
9、dback about work completion “so that involvement can happen sooner rather than later.“ A related lesson is delaying satisfaction. Psychologists Angela L. Duckworth and Martin E. P. Seligman.by seeing what happens when children have the choice of a dollar today or two dollars next week, have conclude
10、d that self-discipline and self-denial are keys to success. Katherine Bradley, president of the Washington-based City Bridge Foundation, says it “means sticking with something even if its boring, pushing yourself to finish even if its a long assignment.“ 2. Music Kenneth J. Bernstein, a much-admired
11、 social studies teacher at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Prince Georges County, is also a piano player. “I do not think every child needs to learn to sing or play an instrument, “ he said, “but each may need to learn how to listen, because different kinds of music may require different kinds of l
12、istening. In a sense, being exposed to several kinds of music is like learning a second language: It begins to empower one to learn further on ones own, because one has gone beyond the limitations of what one grows up with.“ Allen said students should also learn how to be a good audience. “If a chil
13、d can hold it together in the company of hundreds of their peers, they can hold it together for any event, “ she said. 3. Teamwork Games arent the only way to learn how to cooperate with others toward a shared goal, but for many students such contests have lifelong importance. Frazier OLeary teaches
14、 Advanced Placement English, one of the toughest courses at Cardozo High School in the District; he is also the baseball coach. “Sometimes it is hard for high school students to understand the value of working together until they grow up and realize that teamwork is essential to success, “ he said.
15、4. Exercise Sarah Melanie Fine, a writer, went for a run every morning when she was teaching in a D. C. school. She needed the exercise to survive tough days. Her students often did not have the same chance. “Particularly in an environment where seat time is the ever-growing end-all, kids desperatel
16、y need time where theyre using their bodies and learning a different kind of discipline, “ she said.Not only does it relieve stress, but it clears the head for dividing fractions, declining nouns and other efforts of concentration. 5. Friendship Mike Feinberg, co-founder of the Knowledge Is Power Pr
17、ogram charter schools, which emphasize character, said an essential ingredient of learning to be a friend is what some call social intelligence or emotional intelligence. It includes “not giving in to peer pressure, becoming self-aware and using that self-awareness to self-adjust as necessary, “ he
18、said. He acknowledges that many people think this is something parents should teach, but sometimes they dont, and students futures depend on it. 6. Arguing Bernstein has a favorite trick for teaching this correctly: “I remember once asking students to prepare a debate, three for the affirmative and
19、three for the negative. When they came into class and I checked that they were prepared, I made them argue the other side, not the one they had prepared. With the exception of the class president, who as a politician did not trust me and thus had prepared both sides, they failed. And in that failure
20、 they learned an important lesson: One is far more effective in debate and discourse(演讲 )when one has thought through both sides of an argument.“ 7. Thinking critically I remember that my favorite teacher when I was in high school, Al Ladendorff, encouraged our American history class to criticize th
21、e textbook. I wondered: Was that legal? Much later I realized the contrariant(采取相反态度的 )habits he taught were vital. I am a better writer, a better voter and a better parent for learning to examine popular assumptions and judge if they are correct. 8. Presentation “In learning to make a persuasive ar
22、gument, one has to learn how to address an audience, “ Bernstein said, “be it one person or a large group.“ As adults we often learn the hard way how important it is to be prepared, maintain eye contact and dress appropriately for the situation. It is better to learn this in school than while shakin
23、g in fear two minutes before our first job interview. 2 According to the authors mother, what is more important? （ A） Reading. （ B） Writing. （ C） Arithmetic. （ D） Social skills. 3 The author writes about life skills in this passage mainly for_ . （ A） editors of the Ixx-ai Living column （ B） experts
24、who specialize in education （ C） teachers who will teach kids social skills （ D） advisers who emphasized on child education 4 From the example of the choice of a dollar today or two dollars next week, we can see that success requires_ . （ A） a strong sense of structure （ B） timely feedback and inter
25、vention （ C） self-discipline and self-denial （ D） sticking with something even if its boring 5 Students should learn how to be a good audience because it will help them_. （ A） learn how to sing or play an instrument （ B） learn how to listen to different kinds of music （ C） learn a foreign language b
26、etter （ D） learn to hold themselves for any event 6 What do we know about Frazier OLeary? （ A） He is a life consultant. （ B） He is a teacher and baseball coach. （ C） He teaches cooperation as a course. （ D） He organizes some teamwork. 7 What might be the reason for Sarah Melanie Fine to keep running
27、 every day? （ A） She exercises to lose weight. （ B） The teaching career requires it. （ C） She gets tough with the students. （ D） It helps relieve stress. 8 The Knowledge Is Power Program charter schools hold that people should_. （ A） pay more attention to character （ B） develop their intelligence （
28、C） give in to peer pressure （ D） cherish friendships 9 From Bernsteins trick we can learn that if you have thought through both sides of an argument in a debate and discourse, you will be_. 10 The author would not have been a better writer, a better voter and a better parent if he had not learned ho
29、w to examine popular assumptions and_ . 11 As for presentation, it is important to get prepared, dress appropriately as well as _ . 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 aske
30、d 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） Hell go to the play with the woman. （ B） He cant go to
31、the play. （ C） He has told others where hes going. （ D） Hes already seen the play. （ A） Shell put on a pair of gloves right away. （ B） She doesnt need a pair of gloves. （ C） Shell bring a pair of gloves for the man. （ D） She doesnt have a pair of gloves with her right now. （ A） The woman swims as we
32、ll as he does. （ B） He doesnt have time to teach the woman to swim. （ C） He doesnt enjoy swimming. （ D） He learned to swim at a young age. （ A） He has been sick recently. （ B） He is tired of looking for an apartment. （ C） He wants an apartment near his work. （ D） He has been looking for a new job fo
33、r a long time. （ A） She agrees with the man about going to the movies. （ B） She has heard about a good new movie. （ C） She is tired of going to the movies. （ D） She already has plans for tonight. （ A） Shell get the things the man needs. （ B） Sally wants to go to the bookstore too. （ C） There isnt en
34、ough time to go to the bookstore. （ D） The student center closes at four oclock. （ A） His father doesnt have time to listen to a book on tape. （ B） His father might find a book on tape convenient. （ C） Books on tape arent as popular as paperback books. （ D） His father likes mysteries better than his
35、torical novels. （ A） Mary owes money to her parents. （ B） Mary does well because of her parents. （ C） Mary needs more support from her parents. （ D） Marys parents want her to change schools. （ A） All sorts of exciting and interesting places. （ B） The popular tourist tracks around the country. （ C） T
36、he tourist tracks away from the desert. （ D） Great tourist destinations not known to all. （ A） You can find that it is hot during the night. （ B） You may travel across few rough roads. （ C） You can not find shade in the desert during the day. （ D） You can go out without any protection. （ A） The beau
37、tiful sceneries she enjoyed. （ B） The people she travelled with. （ C） The buses and villages she visited. （ D） Hie knowledge she got in the journey. （ A） An intended traveler in a summer camp. （ B） A staff in World Summer Campus. （ C） A journalist in an American newspaper. （ D） An interviewer in a s
38、ports company. （ A） He wants to join a summer camp. （ B） He wants to ask about an advertisement. （ C） He wants to find something on the Internet. （ D） He wants to apply for a job. （ A） He is a language student in university. （ B） He has never been to America before. （ C） He is in the university bask
39、etball team. （ D） He prefers sailing rather than swimming. （ A） He has ever worked in America. （ B） He has taught tennis in the university team. （ C） He has taught sports at a summer school. （ D） He has been a driver for a summer school. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short p
40、assages. 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 choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） They were mainly placed by the fireside. （ B） They were used by
41、hunters in the pasture. （ C） They were used as major motive power. （ D） They watched over planes and helicopters. （ A） Their frightening and sorrowful howls. （ B） Their capability of seeing gods and ghosts. （ C） Their extraordinary sensitivity and sense ability. （ D） Their lives saved by the masters
42、 in time of danger. （ A） Dogs have comforted thousands of lonely souls in the world. （ B） Research on dogs has provided references for human. （ C） Dogs have made it possible to switch heart with others. （ D） Dogs help us fight against diseases like rabies, distemper. （ A） He was once a journalist in
43、 The New York Times. （ B） He believed in thorough and accurate news. （ C） He often felt stressed out when he was working. （ D） He was the first man to know the Titanics sinking. （ A） He decided to abandon the short and confusing news. （ B） He remained conservative and cautious as usual. （ C） He beli
44、eved the ship was sinking and worked on the story. （ D） He inserted words like “rumors“ in his newspaper. （ A） It turned out to be quite different from all official reports. （ B） It was not confirmed by the fact until many years later. （ C） It was very risky, therefore failed when the wireless news
45、came. （ D） It remains one of the great feats in journalism history. （ A） The industry revolution. （ B） The large supply of goods. （ C） The modern printing technology. （ D） The development of newspaper and pamphlets. （ A） The pictures painted on the walls of buildings. （ B） The ones appeared in newsp
46、apers. （ C） Signs on shop doors. （ D） Sample products. （ A） They were of modern standard. （ B） They were whole page spreads. （ C） They were usually on the front page. （ D） They were important in marketing. （ A） Name some famous advertisers in the world. （ B） Tell people some industry revolution stor
47、ies. （ C） Show some advertisements during the industry revolution. （ D） Compare the advertising forms of different periods. 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. When
48、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 h
49、eard or write down the 36 Of the thousands of different kinds of animals that exist in the world man has learned to make friends with an enormous number.Some are pets, and offer him【 B1】_; some give him protection, and some do hard work which man can not do for himself.The【 B2】 _of certain countries are【 B3】 _for their very lives on the camel. the yak, or the reindeer. In the West Indies the little donkey, strong and sure-footed, carrying heavy loads even in【 B4】 _place
