1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 117及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the following question. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Suppose a foreign friend of yours wants to experience a traditional Chinese festival,
2、 which festival is the most interesting one you would like to introduce to him/her and why? Section A （ A） Improve community service quickly. （ B） Study French with him. （ C） Practice French with local people. （ D） Find out some French courses. （ A） The gallery might be closed before they arrive. （
3、B） The gallery is a right place to visit. （ C） It isnt worth getting upset about the delay. （ D） Its relaxing to appreciate paintings. （ A） Pick up the woman at five. （ B） Meet the woman at the restaurant. （ C） Buy some food from a restaurant. （ D） Repair his car after dinner. （ A） She needs to chan
4、ge a roommate. （ B） She is angry with the time change. （ C） Her roommate cant come to the meeting. （ D） Her roommate is a terrible message-taker. （ A） He prefers Germany to other European countries. （ B） He prefers large notes when traveling. （ C） Hed rather take travelers checks than cash. （ D） He
5、lost his wallet when traveling in Europe. （ A） His classes are very difficult. （ B） He will publish a book soon. （ C） His work is well respected. （ D） He is often interviewed by the press. （ A） Its good of Jones to help his friend. （ B） Its convenient to move at weekends. （ C） Not many people spend
6、weekends at home. （ D） Jones helped them put up a new tent. （ A） Hed like to take the woman to work. （ B） Hell try to get a ride from someone else. （ C） Judys home is nearer to the office. （ D） Judy has agreed to give him a ride. （ A） She cant find it. （ B） She will fix it right now. （ C） She asks t
7、he man to sew it. （ D） She forgets where it is. （ A） It cannot be removed. （ B） It is from some drinks. （ C） It is made by the woman. （ D） It is newly made. （ A） 20% of the full price. （ B） 80% of the full price. （ C） Half of the full price. （ D） Full price. （ A） To take a computer class. （ B） To ha
8、ve an interview. （ C） To ask the man some questions. （ D） To discuss about the advertisement. （ A） She has a computer related major. （ B） She can mend computers. （ C） She is good at language. （ D） She is a college student now. （ A） Software can solve all the problems. （ B） Software may take place of
9、 hardware. （ C） Hardware is not needed any more. （ D） Hardware will develop better. （ A） Surprised. （ B） Disappointed. （ C） Self-confident. （ D） Hesitating. Section B （ A） They gave their children post-game meals. （ B） They provide enough nutrition for their children. （ C） They usually visit their c
10、hildren after the games. （ D） They were interested in the childrens sports activities. （ A） To provide enough nutrition. （ B） To supplement the body. （ C） To meet their growing need. （ D） To make them grow faster. （ A） It makes them less active. （ B） It makes them less healthy. （ C） It makes them fa
11、tter and fatter. （ D） It makes them lazier than before. （ A） They should give them enough food. （ B） They should give them healthy food. （ C） They should advise their children to have healthy meals. （ D） They should advise their children to have more meals. （ A） To express their religious belief and
12、 activities. （ B） To memorize the important people in their life. （ C） To describe their daily life vividly. （ D） To symbolize objects, concepts and sounds. （ A） It was complicated because of the pictures magic power. （ B） It was a weird language which only a few people understood. （ C） It was more
13、relevant to pictures than to Egyptian words. （ D） It was used by certain people who understood the magic power. （ A） The Egyptian alphabet. （ B） The Greek alphabet. （ C） The Roman alphabet. （ D） The Mediterranean alphabet. （ A） They made tools with special instruments. （ B） They made tools out of wo
14、od first. （ C） They made tools out of animal skin. （ D） They made tools out of stones first. （ A） Stone chips have been used for thousands of years. （ B） Silicon chips have been used for hundreds of years. （ C） Stone chips have changed peoples life dramatically. （ D） Silicon chips have changed peopl
15、es life dramatically. （ A） An introduction to two kinds of tools. （ B） The origin of the silicon chips. （ C） The way ancient people made tools. （ D） The changes brought about by tools. Section C 26 Businesses are structured in different ways to meet different needs. The【 B1】_form of business is call
16、ed an individual or sole business. The businessman owns all of the property of the business and is【 B2】 _everything. For legal purposes, with this kind of business, the owner and the company are the same. This means the businessman gets to keep all of the profits of the business, but must also【 B3】
17、_. Another kind of business is the partnership. Two or more people go into business together. An【 B4】 _is usually needed to decide how much of the partnership each person controls. One kind of partnership is called a limited liability (责任 )partnership. These have full partners and limited partners.
18、Limited partners may not share as much in the profits, but they also have less responsibility for the business. Doctors, lawyers and【 B5】 _ often form partnerships to share their risks and profits. A husband and wife can form a business partnership together. Partnerships【 B6】 _only for as long as th
19、e owners remain alive. The same is true of individual business. But corporations are【 B7】 _to have an unlimited lifetime. A corporation is the most complex kind of business organization. Corporations can sell stock as a way to【 B8】 _. Stock represents shares of ownership in a company. Investors who
20、buy stock can【 B9】_their shares or keep them as long as the company is in business. A company might use some of its【 B10】 _to pay dividends (红利 )as a reward to shareholders. Or the company might reinvest the money back into the business. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】
21、 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 The element of surprise has a big impact on how we feel from moment to moment. Were happier when satisfied【 C1】 _instead of certain of a positive outcome in advance, according to a new mathematical model of happiness. “【 C2】 _is not about how well youre doin
22、g in general, but rather if youre doing better than expected,“ said study author Robb Rutledge. For 【 C3】 _, you go to a restaurant where the food was the best youve ever had. According to the happiness model, you would actually be happier at the end of the meal if you had expected it to be just ave
23、rage, as【 C4】 _to assuming it would be as delicious as it was. But this doesnt mean that having low expectations is the path to happiness, because the model also shows that such 【 C5】 _thought leads to unpleasant feeling while you wait for an outcome. So if you make plans with an odd friend and【 C6】
24、 _hell cancel, youll take a hit on your happiness in the meantime, even if he shows up on time. On the other hand, imagine cheering for expectation about finally【 C7】_concert tickets to see your favorite musician. “The whole day, you might be a little bit happier as a(n)43 ,“ Rutledge said, even if
25、the performance eventually【 C9】_and causes unhappiness later on. “ Before you find out the outcome, youll be happier if your expectation is higher. “ Both degree of surprise and overall expectation play a part in determining our happy feeling, although Rutledge found that surprise【 C10】 _more. A)clo
26、sely I)obtaining B)Consciousness J)opposed C)containing K)pessimistic D)disappoints L)result E)distance M)significant F)Happiness N)suppose G)instance O)unexpectedly H)mattered 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 College Requires Fi
27、tness Assessment for Freshmen A)During their first semester at Coker College, students this year will take a new required sequence designed to ease the transition from high school. But its not your typical orientation class. Yes, it will involve advice on how to live independently, serve the communi
28、ty and engage with peers of differing opinions. But a major component of Coker College 101 compels students to do something theyre probably not used to being told to do: get fit. All freshmen this year will take a compulsory “fitness assessment,“ in which they will among other things receive their b
29、ody mass index (BMI)(体质指数 )score, which measures body fat; do a one-mile run/walk; and see how many push-ups and sit-ups they can do in a few minutes. If time permits, the students may also do curl-ups, trunk lifts, and beep tests, in which they run back and forth between two cones at increasingly q
30、uick speeds. B)The timing is not accidental. South Carolina this year climbed from number nine to number eight on the list of “ Top Ten Fattest States. “ Last year, 32 percent were obese and an additional 35 percent of its residents were overweight, and these facts are not lost on Coker administrato
31、rs. C)When Coker President Robert L. Wyatt gave his inauguration speech in March 2010, he suggested it was time for the college to make some changes. “ For more than a century now, Coker has prepared students for the next step in their lives,“ Wyatt said. “Looking forward, Coker will greet students
32、of a new century, and we must redefine what it means to prepare this generation. “ Noting the states obesity and diabetes rates, Wyatt said Coker must face the issue by teaching its students, faculty and staff how to lead healthy lives. In an e-mail exchange with Inside Higher Ed, Wyatt explained ho
33、w his own experience shaped this mission: the President has lost 100 pounds since his own days as a college student. That seems to be one reason why people responded more to that part of his speech than any other. D)With announcement of the fitness assessments this year, Coker has already broadened
34、its opportunities for healthy living. Students are guaranteed a nutritious plate option at every meal. Participation in intramural (校内的 )sports and wellness programs, like Zumba (尊巴舞 ), kick-boxing (跆拳道 )classes, or discussions with a dietician (饮食学家 )and strength training plans, meanwhile, skyrocke
35、ted from about 25 to 320 between fall 2010 and May of this year; thats about 30 percent of the 1,100 students who attend Coker. All these options fall under what the college calls the COBRAFIT program. As part of Coker College 101, students will be required to participate in at least four of these a
36、ctivities. E)Margaret McCoy, who graduated last year after studying fitness programming, noticed that people of all fitness levels took part. “ I think everybody was very driven,“ McCoy said. “ People wanting to get fit, that werent already had the ability to do that and do it for free. And I think
37、they really, really enjoyed that. “ F)But during the course of all this, its been important for staff to not make students feel threatened or judged. So intramural options are combined with activities such as inner yoga which is less competitive. At one point officials considered installing scales i
38、n the dorms or setting up weigh stations elsewhere on campus, but, with eating disorders becoming an ever-increasing health issue among students, they went against that idea. “Were not exactly sold on the fact that that would bring more benefit than it would harm,“ Umfress said. “ Were sensitive to
39、the fact that we do have students who have body image problems. “ G)McCoy sympathized with students who might feel bombarded (被轰炸的 )or singled out, but said its good that the university is requiring the entire freshman class to take the fitness assessment. “ I think assessments are a great idea. I d
40、o feel, though, that maybe some people might be offended. “ H)“Faculty had routinely witnessed many students, initially skeptical and resistant to the intervention, even though this program did bring them benefits,“ they wrote.“ When we identify any factor that we believe to do harm to a persons wel
41、l-being, we must identify those adverse effects and provide resources for addressing them. Will that notification be uncomfortable, awkward, or unsettling for both students and educators? Probably. However, to deny its existence or to minimize its impact is a dereliction of duty (玩忽职守 ). “ I)Now, al
42、l students must take a “ Dimensions of Wellness“ class. After a series of health risk appraisals (评估 )that address fitness, nutrition, alcohol and drugs and other topics, faculty may recommend that a student enroll in Fitness for Life. But opting out wont threaten a students ability to graduate. J)F
43、ain will work with those students to develop personal exercise or nutrition plans, as he did with one female student last year who decided she wanted to lose 17 pounds. She only lost 15 but she wasnt disappointed. Fain hasnt forgotten about faculty and staff, either theyre welcome to participate in
44、“COBRAFTT Plus“ activities like walking clubs, fitness classes or intramural sports. Or, if they really want to take it to the next level, they can join in on the “Biggest Loser“ competition Fain is planning. But again, it wont all be about weight contestants will also focus on building endurance, s
45、peed and strength. “ If they get discouraged from the start, theyll quit,“ Fain said.“And we dont want them to quit. “ 47 According to Margaret McCoy, those who cant afford to get fit as they want might welcome the fitness program most. 48 Coker College 101 mainly asks the freshmen to take a require
46、d fitness assessment this year. 49 Less competitive activities like inner yoga are set up to make students not feel threatened or judged. 50 The Coker College asks students to get fit because many of its students are overweight. 51 Many students in Coker treated the fitness assessment at first with
47、skepticism and resistance. 52 In his inauguration speech, Robert L. Wyatt suggests that college make changes for the new generation. 53 Withdrawing from the class of “Fitness for Life“ will not affect a students ability to graduate. 54 In Wyatts opinion, Coker should deal with obesity and diabetes p
48、roblems by teaching its students and faculty to live healthily. 55 Faculty and staff joining in “COBRAFTT Plus“ activities may quit if they feel discouraged. 56 Coker provided nutritious meals for students in developing healthy living. Section C 56 In London, over half of the homes built between 191
49、9 and 1980 had one garage. But many are becoming needless. Between 2002 and 2012 the proportion of vehicles kept in garages at night dropped from 22% to 14% . This is in part because some households now have more cars than garage space. But it is also because big modem cars do not fit in older garages, says David Leibling, a transport expert. Few rust when left outside, and many are more difficult to steal; between 2003 and 2013 the nu
