1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 132及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay about an advertisement which touches you most. You should state the reasons and write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Section A （ A） Use the womans mobile phone.
2、 （ B） Buy a mobile phone. （ C） Borrow some change. （ D） Use a pay phone. （ A） She forgets what they have done. （ B） She has been sick. （ C） She will help the man. （ D） She missed some classes. （ A） It is very boring. （ B） It is very difficult. （ C） It is very special. （ D） It is very wonderful. （ A）
3、 She doesnt want to help the man. （ B） She cant fix the computer. （ C） She cant send the e-mails now. （ D） She doesnt know how to send e-mails. （ A） Fix the power plug. （ B） Figure out the sound problem. （ C） Press the play button again. （ D） Make some sound. （ A） She wont have dinner until finishin
4、g the report. （ B） She is too busy to have dinner with them. （ C） She doesnt want to have dinner tonight. （ D） She wont finish the report until tomorrow. （ A） Having a rest. （ B） Going on with the work. （ C） Waiting another minute. （ D） Eating some snacks. （ A） It is very interesting. （ B） It is ver
5、y easy. （ C） It is very boring. （ D） It is very difficult. （ A） It will take a long time. （ B） It will be expensive. （ C） It will be boring. （ D） It will be tiring. （ A） A week in the bush and a week at the Great Barrier Reef. （ B） A week in the bush and a week on the beach. （ C） A week on the beach
6、 and a week at the Great Barrier Reef. （ D） A week in Airs Rock and a week at the Great Barrier Reef. （ A） They can save money on transportation. （ B） They will be free to go anywhere. （ C） They can take their luggage in car. （ D） They can drive all over Australia. （ A） In the second week of August.
7、 （ B） In early August. （ C） In the last week of August. （ D） Before August. （ A） Get a visa. （ B） Buy a plane ticket. （ C） Register for classes. （ D） Pack his things. （ A） He doesnt know what he likes. （ B） He hasnt made the final decision yet. （ C） He needs advice from the admissions counselor. （ D
8、） He wants to change his major in his first year. （ A） Foundation courses are optional. （ B） There are no foundation courses. （ C） Foundation courses are in high school. （ D） Foundation courses need more tuition. Section B （ A） Running is a sport easy to do. （ B） People can wear good shoes. （ C） Muc
9、h equipment is needed. （ D） Business for sports is developing now. （ A） It prevents them from becoming overweight. （ B） It removes worries and unhappiness. （ C） It protects them from illnesses. （ D） It can help cure mental disease. （ A） To please his father who was sick. （ B） To make money for his f
10、ather. （ C） To help the American Liver Foundation. （ D） To stay free of liver disease. （ A） To run as fast as they can. （ B） To take a long miming race. （ C） To keep running without stopping. （ D） To make sure they are healthy enough to run. （ A） They are more independent than before. （ B） They have
11、 to get married late. （ C） They like to live with their parents. （ D） They move out before getting married. （ A） It is set by friends and family members. （ B） It is only for blind people. （ C） People dont know each other. （ D） People will not meet again. （ A） They want to broaden their business. （ B
12、） They are places for most people to date. （ C） They try to do something for single people. （ D） They hold some activities to sell more books. （ A） Drinking too many soft drinks is harmful. （ B） Children should not drink soda. （ C） Mothers are to blame for soft drink problems. （ D） Children should b
13、e friendly at school. （ A） Soft drinks cause childrens aggressive behavior. （ B） Soft drinks have too much sugar. （ C） Soda is the worst soft drink. （ D） Children should have soft drinks but soda. （ A） Destroy their own possessions. （ B） Fight with other students. （ C） Stay away from others. （ D） At
14、tack other people verbally. Section C 26 It is always a tough task to decide on the perfect gift for your perfect mom on a Mothers Day. To offer【 B1】 _to your problem here are some unique and special gift ideas for mother. Remember that your mother is always going to【 B2】 _your feelings behind the g
15、ift you buy. So even if you are a bit incorrect in your choice, she will always【 B3】 _the gift from someone whom she loves the most. However, a little thought while purchasing gift might make her day more【 B4】 _. You may also order online Mothers Day gift on various shopping sites. This way you may【
16、 B5】_a range of gift items and decide on the most suitable and special Mothers Day present for your loving mom. Most moms【 B6】 _jewelry so you cannot go wrong if you decide to get a piece of jewelry as a Mothers Day gift. On Mothers Day, ring and necklace go as perfect gifts. You may go in for a pie
17、ce of fashion jewelry which is trendy, comes in【 B7】_style and is easy on pockets. Pearl sets are a favourite of most moms. But to come to a right decision, you must【 B8】 _her a little before the Mothers Day. Engage her in a little discussion on jewelry and she will tell you what is going to be the
18、next item in her collection. Delight her by making her wish【 B9】 _sooner than she expected. Flowers are a wonderful way of expressing your love and【 B10】 _to your mother on the special occasion of Mothers Day. Carnations are the traditional flowers for the occasion. But you may say thank you to your
19、 dear Mom with a bouquet of her favourite flowers. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 England has long been the jurisdiction(辖区 )of choice for wives who have the luxury of being able to choose where they divorce. English law tries
20、to【 C1】_lifelong need and fairness. The poorer partner 【 C2】 _a wife bringing up children can expect housing and many years of income, especially if she has【 C3】_her career for the marriage. A court ruling on February 23rd has nonetheless continued a recent【 C4】 _of turning the scales a little for h
21、usbands. Tracey Wright objected to her ex-husbands bid to cut her 75,000 annual【 C5】 _, awarded after an 11-year marriage failed in 2008. She argued that she was too busy with the two children even to look for work. She lost, on【 C6】 _. Lord Justice Pitchford said Mr. Wrights payments should drop of
22、f as he neared retirement and that his ex-wife should get a job. The ruling is a【 C7】 _landmark chiefly because it sets out a mothers duty at least to have to seek a job as her children grow older. As David Hodson, a specialist lawyer, notes, that principle has long applied to poor women when it com
23、es to【 C8】_welfare benefits. But an ex-wife will still be able to argue that no【 C9】_work is available for her and that she needs her ex-husbands help in order to keep up her own and her childrens living standards. Such arguments would【 C10】_little ice in most other countries. A)appeal I)provide B)b
24、alance J)purpose C)claiming K)sacrificed D)currently L)suitable E)cut M)suspended F)decent N)trend G)legal O)typically H)maintenance 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Why the Super-Rich Arent Leaving Much of Their Fortunes to Thei
25、r Kids A)What do Sting, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have in common? All three have huge fortunes, and none of them are giving them to their kids. Sting just revealed that most of his $ 300 million would not end up with his six adult children. The musician said that he certainly didnt want to leave
26、 them trust funds that are obstacles round their necks. “ They have to work. All my kids know that and they rarely ask me for anything, which I really respect and appreciate. “ B)Bill and Melinda Gates are giving a reported $ 10 million for each of their three children: pocket change compared with t
27、heir $ 76 billion. Buffetts three kids each have a $ 2 billion foundation funded by Dear Old Dad. The rest of his money goes to charity, just like Gates and several other billionaires who have invested their vast fortunes in improving the world. As Buffett famously put it, the perfect amount to leav
28、e children is “ enough money so that they would feel they could do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing. “ C)All those spoiled rich kids with more money than sense wont make smart choices or live healthy, productive lives if they have unlimited access to the money they inherit. Celeb
29、rity chef Nigella Lawson has stated she has no intention of leaving a substantial inheritance: “ I am determined that my children should have no financial security. It ruins people not having to earn money. “ D)Wealthy families have always struggled with this issue. But the same drama is now playing
30、 out on a smaller scale for millions of baby boomers(婴儿潮时期出生的人 ), who hesitate to give away $30 trillion over the next 30 years the largest transfer of wealth in American history. What used to be a private family matter has become a public discussion about wealth, privilege and personal responsibili
31、ty. Who gets the big money? Should it be the heirs? Or are they better off without it? E)“We probably struggled over this more than any other issue,“ says a local self-made multimillionaire. The businessman and his wife, worth hundreds of millions, grew up modestly in middle-class families and wante
32、d to create a financial plan that would take care of their children but not spoil them if the couple died suddenly. “ We were fearful of what might happen if they had control of a large amount of money at a young age,“ he says. “ The more we stared at that, the more we became uncomfortable. “ F)Insp
33、ired by Buffetts example, they created trusts for each of their now college-age children. Each kid has $2. 5 million controlled by trustees, who can release money only for education, health care, a home purchase or a business start-up. Any unspent money in the trust will continue to be invested and
34、grow. Those restrictions remain in place until each child reaches age 40: after that, the money is all theirs to do as they please. By 40, their parents assume they will be mature enough to use the money wisely or save it as a safety net. The rest of the multimillion-dollar family fortune is going t
35、o a foundation, which will eventually be managed by the children and can be used only for charity. The kids are aware of the trusts and the planning that went into them. “ They really are thrilled with it,“ their father says. “ They want to be their own persons. “ A huge inheritance, he believes, ca
36、n be a lifelong trap for children of rich parents. “I didnt want them to look in the mirror and say, Who am I?“ G)Whether having so much money is good or bad for trust-fund babies depends on how the family has prepared the kids, their personal qualities and how well they handle the pressures of grea
37、t wealth and the fear of not inheriting. For every party girl like Paris Hilton, theres an Ivanka Trump, who got a business degree from Wharton and has made her familys money and famous name valuable into a prosperous career. Johnson used his inheritance to launch a filmmaking career and to live, al
38、l things considered, a relatively normal life in New York. “In my case, it turned out to be a great benefit,“ he says. H)Most parents want to protect their children from the dark excesses of money drugs, legal troubles, and so on and preserve the family fortune for future generations. That usually d
39、oesnt work out: The first generation makes the money, the second spends the majority of it, and the third drains the rest. Hence the old saying goes like “ Shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves in three generations. “ Traditionally, the wealthy gave all their money to their children and grandchildren, and
40、then hoped for the best. Baby boomers, says consulting firm Accenture managing director Bob Gach, are living longer and struggling to balance their own retirement needs and interests with their childrens welfare. Boomers are different from previous generations: more likely to give away money while t
41、heyre still alive, more concerned about their adult children finding and keeping jobs. Excess properties typically go into tax-protected trusts. I)There are really good reasons to leave a legacy(遗产 )in a thoughtful way ways that promote the production and healthy lifestyles. Many trusts are structur
42、ed to distribute inheritances at the specific ages determined in advance. A common practice is to give a third at 25, a third at 30 and the rest at 35. Some inheritances are set up to encourage the heirs to graduate from college, marry or hold a job for a specific amount of years before any money wi
43、ll be released. J)A lot of people dont like to talk about money because they dont want the kids to know how much theyre actually worth or what they might inherit. Although adult children in the United States have no legal rights to their parents money, its rare for heirs to get cut off with nothing.
44、 But that doesnt mean they get everything. Bill Gates, the worlds richest man, wont disclose the exact amount each of his three kids will inherit, but he said theyll get an “unbelievable“ education and health care and the reported $ 10 million, which still puts them firmly in the One Percent but not
45、 even close to their self-made fathers billions. For that, theyll have to found their own empire. In terms of their income, they will have to pick a job they like and go to work. 47 If rich kids are well cultivated and prepared for the trust fund, it will be beneficial to their future. 48 A great ma
46、ny wealthy people tend to keep the amount of their possessions secret from their children. 49 Sting felt satisfied that all his children seldom requested anything from him and earned their living by themselves. 50 From rags to riches and back again in three generations. 51 How to deal with the big p
47、roperty has turned into a public concern instead of a private issue. 52 The inheritance is commonly given out in portions at a certain age of the heirs decided in advance. 53 If an abundant inheritance is at the disposal of spoiled rich children, they wont choose or lead their lives wisely. 54 Baby
48、boomers having longer life spans care both about their retirement requirements and about their kids well-being. 55 A local businessman from rags to riches and his wife established a detailed plan about their hundreds of millions of money for their children. 56 Several billionaires have devoted a lar
49、ge sum of money to making the world better and better. Section C 56 Next month, New York students in grades three through eight will take the states standardized tests: three days of exams devoted to English Language Arts and Mathematics tests, except Art, Gym, Health, History and Science which are set up in the usual classes. These are often referred to as high-stakes tests because of the impact that the results can have
