1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 123及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled The Pros and Cons of Dormitory Life. You should write at least 120 words but on more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. Section A （ A） Jill has recovered.
2、（ B） Jill resists practicing. （ C） Jill is a weak girl. （ D） Jill should have a rest. （ A） The woman has waited three hours. （ B） The woman is worried. （ C） The woman is out of job. （ D） The woman has no patience to wait. （ A） The man had better not go to the library today. （ B） The number 101 bus d
3、oesnt run today. （ C） The man should wait for the number 101 bus. （ D） The man has never taken the bus to the library. （ A） Give Bob a phone call. （ B） Go and pick Bob up. （ C） Go and look for Bob. （ D） Wait for Bob. （ A） Toms sister and her husband were leaving for Boston. （ B） Toms sister was leav
4、ing for New York. （ C） Toms sister was going to Boston. （ D） Toms sister was going to New York. （ A） The woman hasnt called the travel agency yet. （ B） The man may have to reschedule his trip. （ C） The woman doesnt know when her semester ends. （ D） The man should take his vacation somewhere else. （
5、A） She isnt going to change her major. （ B） She plans to major in tax law. （ C） She studies in the same school as her brother. （ D） She isnt going to work in her brothers firm. （ A） He plans to sell the books to a collector. （ B） The old books are worth a lot to collectors. （ C） He wont sell the boo
6、ks until he has read them. （ D） The books probably arent worth much in terms of money. （ A） It needs cleaning. （ B） It needs regular servicing. （ C） It needs a new battery. （ D） It was ruined by water. （ A） $3.99. （ B） $5.50. （ C） $6.99. （ D） $9.50. （ A） The shop guarantees the battery for a year. （
7、 B） The man will clean it without extra. （ C） The man can repair watches very quickly. （ D） The shop is offering a special discount. （ A） Tourism. （ B） Business studies. （ C） Information technology. （ D） English. （ A） Contrasting negotiation styles. （ B） Studying information technology. （ C） Contras
8、ting cultures. （ D） Studying international trade. （ A） Classmates. （ B） Colleagues. （ C） Teacher and student. （ D） Customers. （ A） English for Special Purpose. （ B） Electronic Stability Program. （ C） Extrasensory Perception. （ D） Electrosensitive Programming. Section B （ A） Because foxes kill farm a
9、nimals. （ B） Because foxes look just like farm dogs. （ C） Because foxes are very cunning. （ D） Because foxes may harm farmers children. （ A） Shooting them. （ B） Poisoning them. （ C） Asking the local hunt to hunt for them. （ D） All of the above. （ A） Because they dont think foxes are harmful. （ B） Be
10、cause they think fox hunting is cruel. （ C） Because they think fox hunting is expensive. （ D） Because they think the number of foxes has dropped a lot. （ A） Studying yoga. （ B） Adult education. （ C） Playing tennis. （ D） The search for physical fitness. （ A） The job market. （ B） Their former schools.
11、 （ C） Good schools. （ D） The local high school or colleges. （ A） Because they want to return to the job market. （ B） Because they want to learn something new. （ C） Because they want to make up for the education they missed. （ D） Because they want to prove themselves to be useful. （ A） Because London
12、 taxi drivers all have gone through a very tough training period to get special taxi driving license. （ B） Because London taxi drivers all are very familiar with every street of London. （ C） Because all London drivers are living in the corner of the Capital. （ D） Not given. （ A） Two years. （ B） Four
13、 years. （ C） Three years. （ D） Two to four years. （ A） To learn most direct route to every single road. （ B） To learn most direct route to every important building in London. （ C） To learn the most direct route to every single road and to every important building in London. （ D） To go around the cit
14、y on small motorbikes practicing. （ A） Because learners have to pay for their own expenses on the tests and the medical exam. （ B） Because for some learners, the training cost is too expensive. （ C） Because the training time is too long. （ D） Because learners cannot get payment during the training p
15、eriod. Section C 26 The World Health Organization is calling for urgent international action to prevent millions of children from dying every year as a result of environmental hazards. The WHO is【 B1】 _World Health Day to healthy environments for children, to call attention to what it says are these
16、 needless,【 B2】 _deaths. The World Health Organization says more than five million children, mainly in developing countries, die every year from diseases,【 B3】 _and accidents related to their environments.【 B4】 _. it notes two-million children under the age of five die from【 B5】 _respiratory infecti
17、ons because the air they breathe is【 B6】_. The WHO says children are not given the importance and the attention they need. It says they suffer from disease out of【 B7】 _their numbers. Children under the age of five【 B8】 _only 10 percent of the worlds population, it says, yet they bear 40 percent of
18、the global disease burden. WHO Executive Director David Nabarro said most child deaths【 B9】 _the environment can be prevented. He said there are simple, 【 B10】 _measures people can take which can make a huge difference. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】
19、 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Psychologists take opposing views of how external rewards, from warm praise to cold cash, affect motivation and creativity. Behaviorists, who study the relation between actions and their consequences, argue that rewards can【 C1】 _performance at work and school. Cognitive(认知学派
20、的 )researchers, who study various aspects of mental life, maintain that rewards often destroy creativity by encouraging dependence on【 C2】 _and gifts from others. The latter view has gained many supporters,【 C3】 _among educators. But the careful use of small【 C4】 _rewards sparks creativity in grade
21、school children, suggesting that properly presented inducements(刺激 )indeed【 C5】 _inventiveness, according to a study in the June Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. “If kids know theyre working for a reward and can focus on a relatively【 C6】_task, they show the most creativity,“ says Rober
22、t Eisenberger of the University of Delaware in Newark. “But its easy to【 C7】 _creativity by giving rewards for poor performance or creating too much anticipation for rewards.“ A teacher who continually draws attention to rewards or who hands out high grades for【 C8】 _achievement ends up with uninspi
23、red students, Eisenberger holds. As an example of the latter point, he notes growing efforts at major universities to tighten grading standards and【 C9】 _failing grades. In early grades, the use of so-called token economies, in which students handle challenging problems and receive performance-based
24、 points toward valued rewards, shows【 C10】 _in raising efforts and creativity, the Delaware psychologist claims. A)mental B)promise C)kill D)avoid E)hope F)especially G)aid H)ordinary I)approval J)monetary K)generally L)improve M)challenging N)restore O)excellent 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】
25、41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 TV Linked to Lower Marks A)The effect of television on children has been debated ever since the first sets were turned on. Now three new studies find that too much tube time can lower test scores, retard learning and even predict co
26、llege performance. The reports appear in the July issue of the Archives of Pediatrics something that balances the other needs of the child for healthy development.“ L)Lucas puts the responsibility for how much TV kids watch and what they watch squarely on parents. “The amount of TV watching certainl
27、y has a link with the reduced amount of time reading or doing homework,“ he said. “The key is the amount of control parents have in limiting the amount of access. Get the TV out of the bedroom; be aware of what is being watched; limit the amount of TV watching.“ 47 According to Borzekowski, children
28、 having chances to use a family computer are likely to acquire better results on the different tests. 48 The reports issued in the Archives of Pediatrics each year about 25,000 healthy people die unexpectedly in the United States, usually in accidents. The problem is that fewer than 20% become donor
29、s. This trend persists despite laws designed to encourage organ recycling. Under the federal uniform Anatomical Gift Act, a person can authorize the use of his organs after death by signing a statement. Legally, the next of kin can veto these posthumous(死后的 )gifts, but surveys indicate that 70 to 80
30、 % of the public would not interfere with a family members decision. The bigger roadblock, according to some experts, is that physicians dont ask for donations, either because they fear offending grieving survivors or because they still regard some transplant procedures as experimental. When there a
31、rent enough organs to go around, distributing the available ones becomes a matter of deciding who will live and who will die. Once donors and potential recipients have been matched for body size and blood type, the sickest patients usually go to the local waiting list. Beyond the seriousness of the
32、patients condition, doctors base their choice on such criteria as the length of time the patient has been waiting, how long it will take to obtain an organ and whether the transplant team can gear up in time. 57 According to the first paragraph, which of the following is true? （ A） He failed finally
33、, though Dr. Thomas Starzl worked hard with his colleagues. （ B） To prevent the recipients immune system from rejecting the organ is often very risky. （ C） All liver-transplant patients can live more than a year except for the three-year-old boy who died on the operating table. （ D） After his first
34、liver transplant operation, Dr. Starzl became very discouraged. 58 Nowadays one third of all liver-transplant patients can live_. （ A） about one year （ B） not more than one year （ C） more than one year （ D） not long enough to get out of the hospital 59 The tragic problem of the severe shortage of do
35、nor organs can be settled if_. （ A） the operation of liver transplant is more successful （ B） the American Council on Transplantation can give more money to the organ donors （ C） more and more people go on the waiting lists （ D） most of the healthy people who die unexpectedly can become donors 60 Th
36、e phrase “go around“ in the last paragraph means_. （ A） donate （ B） recycle （ C） meet every patients need （ D） transplant 61 The best title of this passage would be_. （ A） Success in Transplant Surgery and Shortage of Organs （ B） Dr. Starzl and His Liver Transplant Operation （ C） How to Settle the P
37、roblem of Shortage of Organs （ D） Learn to Live with Failure 61 In the second journey to the East I had not come without some precautions. I had a secret interview with one of our best medicine men, and when I left his wigwam I carried securely in my sleeve a tiny bunch of magic roots. This possessi
38、on assured me of friends wherever I should go. So absolutely did I believe in its charms that I wore it through all the school routine for more than a year. At the close of high school, I chose to continue college career against my mothers will. I had written for her approval, but in her reply I fou
39、nd no encouragement. She called my notice to her neighbors children, who had completed their education in three years. They had returned to their homes, and were then talking English with the frontier settlers. I went to college and entered an oratorical contest among the various classes. In the cha
40、pel the classes assembled together, with their invited guests. One after another I saw and heard the orators. Each contestant received a loud burst of applause, and some were cheered heartily. Too soon my turn came, and I paused a moment behind the curtains for a deep breath. After my concluding wor
41、ds, I heard the same applause that the others had received. Upon my retreating steps, I was astounded to receive from my fellow-students a large bouquet of roses tied with flowing ribbons. With the lovely flowers I fled from the stage. This friendly token was a rebuke(指责 )to me for the hard feelings
42、 I had borne them. Later, the decision of the judges awarded me the first place. A few weeks afterward, I appeared as the college representative in another contest between different colleges. Here again was a strong prejudice against my people. After the orations were delivered, some college rowdies
43、 threw out a large white flag, with a drawing of a most forlorn Indian girl on it. Under this they had printed in bold black letters words that ridiculed the college which was represented by a “squaw(印第安妇女 ). Such worse than barbarian rudeness embittered me. There were two prizes given, that night,
44、and one of them was mine! The evil spirit laughed within me when the white flag dropped out of sight, and the hands which hurled it hung limp in defeat. Leaving the crowd as quickly as possible, I was soon in my room. The rest of the night I sat in an armchair and gazed into the crackling fire. I la
45、ughed no more in triumph when thus alone. The little taste of victory did not satisfy a hunger in my heart. In my mind I saw my mother far away on the Western plains, and she was holding a charge against me. 62 What is the purpose of the bunch of magic roots? （ A） Help her in her studies. （ B） Bring
46、 her good health. （ C） Make her very rich. （ D） Bring her good friends. 63 Her mother reminded her that her neighbors children_. （ A） had not had an education as good as her （ B） were learning their English from settlers （ C） had finished their schooling more quickly （ D） had not returned to their p
47、arents home 64 The experience the narrator had when winning the class oratorical competition made her realized that_. （ A） she was perhaps to be blamed for her loneliness （ B） her classmates really didnt like her at all （ C） there was a lot of prejudice against Indians （ D） it was very easy to win a
48、n oratorical contest 65 The racial prejudice the narrator encountered at the college oratorical contest made her feel_. （ A） sad and lonely （ B） bitter and pound （ C） upset and tearful （ D） happy and amused 66 When the narrator went back to her room, she_. （ A） laughed in triumph at her victory （ B）
49、 felt her hunger was satisfied （ C） went to sleep feeling wonderful （ D） realized that she missed her mother 二、 Part Translation 67 苗族妇女通常戴银冠 (silver crown)、银手镯，全身都佩戴银链子 (chains)，而且是越多越好，越重越好，以此来展示自己的美丽和财富。穿着华丽服装的苗族女人，身上的银饰可以重达 10到 15公斤。饰品也可以作为爱情承诺的信物，儿童避邪的吉祥物 (mascot)，甚至还可以直接作为货币流通或存储。因此，苗族的银饰不仅是装饰，也是一种植根于苗族社会生活的文化载体 (cultural carrier)。 大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 123答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 【正确答案】
