1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 109及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on Chinese Style of Crossing Streets. You should wri
2、te at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. Section A （ A） She will help the man later. （ B） She doesnt want to help the man with the homework. （ C） The man should do the homework himself. （ D） The man should watch the program first. （ A） She didnt notice th
3、e posters. （ B） Betty probably made the posters. （ C） The collection doesnt belong to Mary Ann. （ D） Mary Anns posters are very attractive. （ A） They didnt like the restaurant. （ B） The man generally eats more than the woman. （ C） The woman eats more than the man. （ D） They ate all the meals. （ A） H
4、e is indifferent of the interview. （ B） He is worried about the result. （ C） He is confident about his performance. （ D） He is angry with the HR. （ A） Her present was a surprise to him. （ B） He had hoped the gift would surprise her. （ C） She wasnt surprised by the gift after all. （ D） He didnt know
5、about the surprise party either. （ A） She can probably do the job. （ B） She has heard about the letter. （ C） She has written many letters. （ D） She knows who the translator is. （ A） He was pleased to get the medal. （ B） He was very courageous. （ C） He used to be a firefighter. （ D） He was accused of
6、 causing fire. （ A） She doesnt like either of them. （ B） John copied it from Jim. （ C） Jim copied it from John. （ D） One composition is the copy from the other. （ A） Hes explaining the language laboratory. （ B） He wants to know where the tapes are. （ C） Hes showing her a new tape recorder. （ D） Hes
7、recording her voice on a tape. （ A） It needs to have more French lesson tapes. （ B） It needs to have its controls repaired. （ C） It is different from all the other laboratories. （ D） It can be operated rather easily. （ A） Change her class schedule. （ B） Fill out a job application. （ C） Organize tape
8、s on the shelves. （ D） Work on the French lessons. （ A） There arent enough cabinets. （ B） There is too much noise. （ C） Office supplies are taking up space. （ D） Some teaching assistants dont have desks. （ A） To get help with the course. （ B） To chat with Jack socially. （ C） To hand in their assignm
9、ents. （ D） To practice giving interviews. （ A） Give Jack a different office. （ B） Complain to the department head. （ C） Move the supplies to the storage room. （ D） Try to get a room to use for meetings. （ A） He thinks it is useless. （ B） He will think about it later. （ C） He thinks it might work. （
10、D） He has no idea about it. Section B （ A） A visit to a prison. （ B） The influence of his father. （ C） A talk with some miserable slaves. （ D） His experience in the war between France and Austria. （ A） He sent surgeons to serve in the army. （ B） He provided soldiers with medical supplies. （ C） He re
11、cruited volunteers to care for the wounded. （ D） He helped to flee the prisoners of war. （ A） All men are created equal. （ B） The wounded and dying should be treated for free. （ C） A wounded soldier should surrender before he receives any medical treatment. （ D） A suffering person is entitled to hel
12、p regardless of race, religion or political beliefs. （ A） To honor Swiss heroes who died in the war. （ B） To show Switzerland was neutral. （ C） To pay tribute to Switzerland. （ D） To show gratitude to the Swiss government for its financial support. （ A） To learn the chemical elements in the Ice Age
13、for the last ten thousand years. （ B） To learn the pattern of solar wind activity for the last ten thousand years. （ C） To learn the composition of different trees for the last ten thousand years. （ D） To learn whats being happening on the suns surface for the last ten thousand years. （ A） The lifec
14、ycle of trees. （ B） The number of trees. （ C） The intensity of solar burning. （ D） The quality of air. （ A） It affects the growth of trees. （ B） It has been increasing since the Ice Age. （ C） It is determined by the chemicals in the air. （ D） It follows a certain cycle. （ A） Facial expression. （ B）
15、Gesture. （ C） Movements of the body. （ D） Non-verbal language. （ A） Because there is large number of vocabulary. （ B） Because the non-verbal languages are not easy to understand. （ C） Because the grammar is too complicated. （ D） Because there is no language learning environment. （ A） They will think
16、 that the child is brave. （ B） They will think that the child is angry. （ C） They will think that the child does not respect the older people. （ D） They will think that the child is uncomfortable. Section C 26 Man is a land animal, but he is also closely tied to the sea.【 B1】 _history the sea has su
17、rvived the needs of man. The sea has provided man with food and【 B2】_to travel to many parts of the world. Today, experts【 B3】 _that nearly two-thirds of the worlds population lives within eighty kilometers of the seacoast. In the modern technological world the sea offers many resources to help mank
18、ind【 B4】 _. Resources on land are beginning to grow less. The sea, however, still offers hope to【 B5】 _many of mans needs. The riches of the sea yet to be developed by mans technology are【 B6】 _. Oil and gas exploration has existed for nearly thirty years. Valuable【 B7】 _such as iron, nickel and cop
19、per exist on the ocean floor, ready to be【 B8】 _. Fish farming promises to be a good way to produce large quantities of food. The culture of fish and selfish is an ancient skill practiced in the past mainly by【 B9】_peoples. Besides oil and gas, the sea may offer new sources of energy. Experts believ
20、e that the warm temperature of the ocean can be used in a way similar to that of the steam in a steamship. Ocean currents and waves offer possible use as a source of hydroelectric power. Technology is enabling man to explore even deeper under the sea. New undersea technology is providing divers with
21、 diving suits and【 B10】 _that are kept at sea-level pressure. The development of strong, new materials has made this possible. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 The flood of women into the job market boosted economic growth and ch
22、anged U.S. society in many ways. Many in-home jobs that used to be done【 C1】 _by women ranging from family shopping to preparing meals to doing【 C2】 _work still need to be done by someone. Husbands and children now do some of these jobs, a【 C3】 _that has changed the target market for many products.
23、Or a working woman may face a crushing “poverty of time“ and look for help elsewhere, creating opportunities for producers of frozen meals, child care centers, dry cleaners, financial services, and the like. Although there is still a big wage【 C4】 _between men and women, the income working women【 C5
24、】 _gives them new independence and buying power. For example, women now【 C6】 _about half of all cars. Not long ago, many cars dealers【 C7】 _women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back with their husbands. Now car companies have realized that women are【 C8】_customers. Its intere
25、sting that some leading Japanese car dealers were the first to【 C9】 _pay attention to women customers. In Japan, fewer women have jobs or buy cars the Japanese society is still very much male-oriented. Perhaps it was the【 C10】 _contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to pay more
26、attention to women buyers. A)scale B)retailed C)generate D)extreme E)technically F)affordable G)situation H)really I)potential J)gap K)voluntary L)excessive M)insulted N)purchase O)primarily 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 A Gra
27、ssroots Remedy A)Most of us spend our lives seeking the natural world. To this end, we walk the dog, play golf, go fishing, sit in the garden, drink outside rather than inside the pub, have a picnic, live in the suburbs, go to the seaside, buy a weekend place in the country. The most popular leisure
28、 activity in Britain is going for a walk. And when joggers(慢跑者 )jog, they dont run the streets. Every one of them instinctively heads to the park or the river. It is my profound belief that not only do we all need nature, but we all seek nature, whether we know we are doing so or not. B)But despite
29、this, our children are growing up nature-deprived(丧失 ), I spent my boyhood climbing trees on Stratham Common, south London. These days, children are robbed of these ancient freedoms, due to problems like crime, traffic, the loss of the open spaces and odd new perceptions about what is best for child
30、ren, that is to say, things that can be bought, rather than things that can be found. C)The truth is to be found elsewhere. A study in the U.S. families had moved to better housing and the children were assessed for ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(多动症 ).Those whose accommodation had mo
31、re natural views showed an improvement of 19%; those who had the same improvement in material surroundings but no nice view improved just 4%. D)A study in Sweden indicated that kindergarten children who could play in a natural environment had less illness and greater physical ability than children u
32、sed only to a normal playground. A U.S. study suggested that when a school gave children access to a natural environment, academic levels were raised across the entire school. E)Another study found that children play differently in a natural environment. In playgrounds, children create a hierarchy(等
33、级 )based on physical abilities, with the tough ones taking the lead. But when a grassy area was planted with bushes, the children got much more into fantasy play, and the social hierarchy was now based on imagination and creativity. F)Most bullying(恃强凌弱 )is found in schools where there is a tarmac(柏
34、油碎石 )playground; the least bullying is in a natural area that the children are encouraged to explore. This reminds me unpleasantly of Sunny hill School in Stratham, with its harsh tarmac, where I used to hang about in corners fantasizing about wildlife. The children are frequently discouraged from i
35、nvolvement with natural spaces, for health and safety reasons, for fear that they might get dirty or that they might cause damage. So, instead, the damage is done to the children themselves: not to their bodies but to their souls. G)One of the great problems of modern childhood is ADHD, now increasi
36、ngly and expensively treated with drugs. Yet one study after another indicates that contact with nature gives huge benefits to ADHD children. However, we spend money on drugs rather than on green places. H)The life of old people is measurably better when they have access to nature. The increasing em
37、phasis for the growing population of old people is in quality rather than quantity of years. And study after study finds that a garden is the single most important thing in finding that quality. I)fn wider and more difficult areas of life, there is evidence to indicate that natural surroundings impr
38、ove all kinds of things. Even problems with crime and aggressive behavior are reduced when there is contact with the natural world. Dr. William Bird, researcher from the Royal Society for the Protection of birds, states in his study, “A natural environment can reduce violent behavior because its res
39、torative process helps reduce anger and impulsive behavior.*“ Wild places need encouraging for this reason, no matter how small their contribution. J)We tend to look on nature conservation as some kind of favor that human beings are granting to the natural world. The error here is far too deep: not
40、only do humans need nature for themselves, but the very idea that humanity and the natural world are separable things is profoundly damaging. Human beings are a species of mammals(哺乳动物 ). For seven million years they lived on the planet as part of nature. Our ancestral selves miss the natural world
41、and long for contact with nonhuman life. Anyone who has patted a dog, stoked a cat, sat under a tree with a pint of beer, given or received a bunch of flowers or chosen to walk through the park on a nice day, understands that. We need the wild world. It is essential to our well-being, our health, ou
42、r happiness. Without the wild world we are not more but less civilized. Without other living things around us we are less than human. K)Five Ways to Find Harmony with the Natural World Walk: Break the rhythm of permanently being under a roof. Get off a stop earlier, make a circuit of the park at lun
43、chtime, walk the child to and from school, get a dog, feel yourself moving in moving air, look, listen, absorb. Sit: Take a moment, every now and then, to be still in an open space. In the garden, anywhere thats not in the office, anywhere out of the house, away from the routine. Sit under a tree, l
44、ook at water, feel refreshed, ever so slightly renewed. Drink: The best way to enjoy the natural world is by oneself; the second best way is in company. Take a drink outside with a good person, a good gathering: talk with the sun and the wind with bird-song for background. Learn: Expand your boundar
45、ies. Learn five species of bird, five butterflies, five trees, five bird songs. That way, you see and hear more: and your mind responds gratefully to the greater amount of wildness in your life. Travel: The places you always wanted to visit: by the seaside, in the country, in the hills. Take a weeke
46、nd break, a day-trip, get out these and do it: for the scenery, for the way through the woods, for the birds, for the bees. Go somewhere special and bring specialness home. It lasts forever, after all. 47 The study in Sweden shows that more access to nature makes children less likely to fall ill. 48
47、 The authors profound belief is that people instinctively seek nature in different ways. 49 It can be very helpful to provide more green spaces for children with ADHD. 50 Elderly people will enjoy a life of better quality when they contact more with nature. 51 Nowadays, people think things that can
48、be bought are best for children, rather than things that can be found. 52 Dr. William Bird suggests in his study that access to nature contributes to the reduction of violence. 53 According to a study in the U. S. Children with ADHD whose accommodation had more natural views showed much better impro
49、vement. 54 Children who have chances to explore natural areas are less likely to be involved in bullying. 55 We can find harmony with the natural world in various ways, among which there are walking, sitting, drinking, learning and traveling. 56 It is extremely harmful to think that humanity and the natural world can be separated. Section C 56 It was once thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factori
