1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 999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 Is College Education Essential to Ones Future Success? You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below: 1有人认为大学教育是个人未来取得成功所必需的 2有人认为大学教育与成功没有关系 3我的观点
2、Is College Education Essential to One s Future Success? 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 th
3、e statement agrees with the information given in 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 The Redistribution of Hope “HOPE“ is one of the most overused words in public life, up ther
4、e with “change“. Yet it matters enormously. Politicians always pay close attention to right-track/wrong-track indicators. Confidence determines whether consumers spend, and so whether companies invest. The “power of positive thinking“, as Norman Vincent Peale pointed out, is enormous. For the past 4
5、00 years the West has enjoyed a comparative advantage over the rest of the world when it comes to optimism. Western intellectuals dreamed up the ideas of enlightenment and progress, and Western men of affairs harnessed technology to impose their will on the rest of the world. The Founding Fathers of
6、 the United States, who firmly believed that the country they created would be better than any that had come before, offered citizens not just life and liberty but also the pursuit of happiness. Desperation road The Westerners growing pessimism is reshaping political life. At present, the mood in Wa
7、shington is as glum as it has been since Jimmy Carter argued that America was suffering from “malaise(不安 )“. The Democrats dream that the country was on the verge of a 1960s-style liberal renaissance foundered in the midterms. But the Republicans are hardly hopeful: their creed leans towards anger a
8、nd resentment rather than optimism. Europe, meanwhile, has seen mass protests, some of them violent, on the streets of Athens, Dublin, London, Madrid, Paris and Rome. If the countries on the European Unions periphery are down in the dumps it is hardly surprising, but there is pessimism at its more s
9、uccessful core, too. The best-selling book in Germany is Thilo Sarrazins Germany Does Away With Itself, a jeremiad(血泪史 )about the “fact“ that less able women are having more children than their brighter sisters. French intellectuals will soon have Jean-Pierre Chevenements Is France Finished? on thei
10、r shelves alongside Eric Zemmours French Melancholy. The immediate explanation for this asymmetry(不对称 )is the economic crisis, which has not just shaken Westerners confidence in the system that they built, but also widened the growth gap between mature and emerging economies. China and India are gro
11、wing by 10% and 9%, compared with 3% for America and 2% for Europe. Many European countries unemployment rates are disgraceful even by their own dismal standards: 41% of young Spaniards are unemployed, for example. And the great American job machine has stalled: one in ten is unemployed and more tha
12、n a million may have given up looking for work. But the change goes deeper than that to the dreams that have propelled the West. For most of its history America has kept its promise to give its citizens a good chance of living better than their parents. But these days, less than half of Americans th
13、ink their childrens living standards will be better than theirs. Experience has made them gloomy: the income of the median worker has been more or less stagnant since the mid-1970s, and, thanks to a combination of failing schools and disappearing mid-level jobs, social mobility in America is now amo
14、ng the lowest in the rich world. European dreams are different from American ones, but just as important to hopes of a peaceful and prosperous future. They come in two forms: an ever deeper European Union(banishing nationalism)and ever more generous welfare states(offering security). With the break-
15、up of the Euro a possibility, and governments sinking under the burden of unaffordable entitlements as their populations age and the number of workers contracts, those happy notions are evaporating. Shift happens In the emerging world, meanwhile, they are not arguing about pensions, but building col
16、leges. Chinas university population has quadrupled(成四倍 )in the past two decades. UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)notes that the proportion of scientific researchers based in the developing world increased from 30% in 2002 to 38% in 2007. World-class companies
17、such as Indias Infosys and Chinas Huawei are beating developed-country competitors. The rise of positive thinking in the emerging world is something to be welcomed not least because it challenges the present situation. Nandan Nilekani of Infosys says that his companys greatest achievement lies not i
18、n producing technology but in redefining the boundaries of the possible. If people in other countries take those ideas seriously, they will make life uncomfortable for the old in China and Arabia. But there are dangers, too. Optimism can easily become irrational exuberance(兴奋 ): asset prices in some
19、 emerging markets have risen too high. And there is a danger of a Western backlash. Unless developing countries start taking their responsibility for global security seriously, Americans and Europeans may begin to wonder why they are policing the world to keep markets open for others to get rich. As
20、 for the Westerners gloom, it has its uses. There is a growing recognition that the old rich world cannot take its prosperity for granted that it will be overtaken by hungrier powers if it fails to deal with its structural problems. Americans are beginning to accept that their country must become le
21、ss wasteful. Europeans are realizing that they need to make their economies more agile and innovative. Both are beginning to treat this crisis as the opportunity that it is. Nor should Westerners overdo the despair, for the emergence of new great powers will benefit them, too. True, their government
22、s will find it harder to boss the rest of the world around; their most desirable properties will increasingly be owned by foreigners; their children will have to work harder to get good jobs in an increasingly globalized economy. But the rising number of Indians, Chinese and Brazilians who can affor
23、d to buy their products and services will help their companies prosper. The countries that have provided them with workers will increasingly provide them with customers, too. It may not feel like it in the West, but this is, in many ways, the best of times. Hundreds of millions are climbing out of p
24、overty. The Internet gives ordinary people access to information that even the most privileged scholar could not have dreamed of a few years ago. Medical advances are conquering diseases and extending life spans. For most of human history, only a privileged few have reasonably been able to hope that
25、 the future would be better than the present. Today the masses everywhere can; and that is surely the reason to be optimistic. 2 What happened in the past 400 years according to the second paragraph? （ A） Intellectuals contributed more to technology. （ B） Westerners were more optimistic than others.
26、 （ C） Americans enjoyed a higher living standard. （ D） Europeans took the lead in almost all areas. 3 Compared with the Democrats, the Republicans tend to be_. （ A） less hopeful and less optimistic （ B） more confident in political life （ C） suffering more from malaise （ D） caring more about liberal
27、renaissance 4 Thilo Sarrazins best-seller tells us about_. （ A） violence in European Union countries （ B） melancholy of the French people （ C） the sufferings of those less able women （ D） the jeremiad of the women in Germany 5 What does the economic crisis bring about? （ A） The optimism of Europeans
28、 and Americans. （ B） The failure of emerging economies. （ C） The confidence of people in developing countries. （ D） The unbalanced economic growth rate. 6 What did America promise to do in history? （ A） Give its citizens children a better life. （ B） Offer more jobs for median workers. （ C） Reduce th
29、e gap between the rich and the poor. （ D） Make people feel optimistic day after day. 7 What does UNESCO find in the developing world? （ A） More international companies appear. （ B） People are talking about pensions. （ C） The number of scientific researchers increases sharply. （ D） Technology develop
30、s more quickly. 8 According to Nandan Nilekani, Infosys greatest success lies in_. （ A） the advancement in technology （ B） the rise of positive thinking （ C） the happiness of its employees （ D） its influence on the emerging countries 9 Westerners realize they will be overtaken by other countries if
31、they cannot tackle_. 10 The fact that more people from emerging countries buy things from the West may lead to the_of western companies. 11 Unlike the past, today people everywhere can imagine a better future and feel_. Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2
32、 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked 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 decid
33、e which is the best answer. （ A） Children today spend too much time exercising. （ B） Children today spend too much time playing computer. （ C） Children never spend a lot of time playing computer. （ D） Children used to spend a lot of time playing computer （ A） He was good at history in school. （ B） H
34、e always got high score in school. （ C） He isnt good at remembering dates. （ D） He had trouble talking to the teacher. （ A） Winning is less important than participation. （ B） Winning should be emphasized. （ C） Winning is more important than participation. （ D） Winning is never overemphasized. （ A） S
35、he is really fat. （ B） She is on a diet. （ C） She is slim all the time. （ D） She lost a lot of weight. （ A） She bought some windows. （ B） She bought a lot of things. （ C） She bought nothing. （ D） She bought something to eat. （ A） In a grocery store. （ B） In a pet store. （ C） In a jewelry store. （ D）
36、 In a dress store. （ A） Prepare for the exam. （ B） Go to crazy. （ C） Go to see a movie. （ D） Have a rest. （ A） John will succeed. （ B） John is a dreamer. （ C） John is miserable. （ D） John is diligent. （ A） Friends. （ B） Coworkers. （ C） Interviewer and interviewee. （ D） Doctor and patient. （ A） He th
37、ought Art was useless. （ B） He was offered a job in a big accounting firm. （ C） He wanted to go to London to study Art. （ D） He wanted to do some interesting things. （ A） Going to concerts frequently. （ B） Doing a lot of photography. （ C） Playing traditional jazz and folk music. （ D） Traveling in Af
38、rica. （ A） College teachers. （ B） Maintenance workers. （ C） Students parents. （ D） Library supervisors. （ A） One hour each day only. （ B） Three and a half hours only. （ C） As much time as necessary. （ D） Enough time to do assignments. （ A） The machine hasnt been repaired yet. （ B） The students forge
39、t to reserve their terminals. （ C） The supervisor wont observe the regulations. （ D） The students stay at the terminal too long. （ A） Invite the lab supervisor to attend class. （ B） Repair the laboratory in a new way. （ C） Prepare a memo to give out in class. （ D） Add more terminals to the laborator
40、y. 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 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）
41、 Men suffer more than women when pretending to be happy. （ B） Smiling for the sake of smiling makes one feel gloomier. （ C） Faking smile is a necessary factor in customer-service work. （ D） Putting a smiling face on ones sorrow is good for his health. （ A） Because it masks the true feelings of the w
42、orkers. （ B） Because it leads to more complaints from the workers. （ C） Because it prevents the workers from recalling pleasant memories. （ D） Because it makes the workers feel emotionally exhausted and withdraw. （ A） They are more likely to be fired. （ B） They benefit more from deep acting. （ C） Th
43、ey benefit more from surface acting. （ D） They are more likely to feel happy in work. （ A） Students in 180 countries can take the IELTS. （ B） Students in 180 countries can take the TOEFL. （ C） Most American universities only accept IELTS. （ D） There are 2 000 universities in the world recognizing th
44、e IELTS. （ A） Admission. （ B） Employment. （ C） Graduation. （ D） Immigration. （ A） The number of people who take the tests. （ B） Languages that the test papers are based on. （ C） Testing methods that the speaking tests adopt. （ D） The qualification of people who take the tests. （ A） $8 000. （ B） $50
45、000. （ C） $75 000. （ D） $92 000. （ A） The Columbia University. （ B） The State Government. （ C） The Congress. （ D） The President. （ A） The interests of the loans will be lowered. （ B） People can pay back less every month. （ C） The income tax will be cut down. （ D） The total amount of debt could be re
46、duced. （ A） The government is trying to relieve graduates from heavy debt. （ B） There are a lot of different programs to help students pay their tuition. （ C） The government encourages students to choose public-service jobs. （ D） The total expense in American universities is too high. Section C Dire
47、ctions: 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 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
48、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 heard or write down the 36 One of the most famous and most talked-about actresses to come out of Hollywood has died. Film【 B1】 _ Elizabeth
49、Taylor died Wednesday of congestive heart failure at the age of 79. Her【 B2】 _ in National Velvet made Taylor a star at the age of 12, and then the parts and the 【 B3】 _kept on coming. Twice she won the【 B4】 _ Award for Best Actress, for her performance in Butterfield Eight, about a call girl【 B5】 _with a married man, and in 1966 as a 【 B6】 _bickering wife opposite actor Richard Burton in Whos Afraid of Virginia Wolf? Born in London to American parents, she moved to
