1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 138及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then comment on the purpose of study. You should write at least 120 words but no
2、more than 180 words. Section A （ A） Use the womans mobile phone. （ 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 dif
3、ficult. （ C） It is very special. （ D） It is very wonderful. （ A） 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
4、. （ D） Make some sound. （ A） She wont have dinner until finishing 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）
5、 Eating some snacks. （ A） It is very interesting. （ B） It is very easy. （ C） It is very boring. （ D） It is very difficult. （ A） There are few honest people. （ B） It takes a long time to find honest friends. （ C） People wont be honest until they know you. （ D） It will be long before you can really te
6、ll. （ A） They can be good friends. （ B） They are humorous. （ C） They are never serious. （ D） They like playing jokes. （ A） They have the same friends. （ B） They have different ideas about people. （ C） They have the same characteristics. （ D） They like changes in their lives. （ A） He looks younger th
7、an he really is. （ B） He is the only math teacher in school. （ C） He is not young enough to teach math. （ D） He is not so charming. （ A） There is no need to prepare for exams. （ B） Using English is more important than memorizing. （ C） Passing the class is not an easy thing. （ D） Complex words should
8、nt be used often. （ A） She will learn well because of her passion for it. （ B） She will pass the exam because the teacher says so. （ C） She needs some more time to know about it. （ D） She should put more efforts into her lessons. （ A） The woman doesnt really like her English teacher. （ B） The Englis
9、h teacher is not responsible at all. （ C） The woman doesnt like too much homework. （ D） The woman should review her lessons today. Section B （ A） Running is a sport easy to do. （ B） People can wear good shoes. （ C） Much equipment is needed. （ D） Business for sports is developing now. （ A） It prevent
10、s 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 father. （ C） To help the American Liver Foundation. （ D） To stay free of liver dise
11、ase. （ A） To run as fast as they can. （ B） To take a long running 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 to get married late. （ C） They like to live with their parents. （ D） They move o
12、ut 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） They are places for most people to date. （ C） They try to do something for sing
13、le 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 be friendly at school. （ A） Soft drinks cause childrens aggressive behavior. （ B）
14、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） Attack other people verbally. Section C 26 If you want to live a passionate life of
15、 freedom, quit your job and start your own business. Escaping the【 B1】 _of 9 -5 is the only way to experience true freedom. But to be sure your【 B2】 _will be successful, ask yourself some questions before you【 B3】 _. Are you willing to do whatever it takes? To start your own business you have to be
16、willing to do whatever it takes. Sometimes thats not fun: its【 B4】 _and you cant do what you really want to. The willingness to do whatever it takes comes from a deep【 B5】 _to your business that all successful entrepreneurs must have. Are you【 B6】 _adapt your approach often? The only way for a busin
17、ess to fail is to stop adapting. If a product doesnt sell, keep adapting, modifying, changing and【 B7】 _it until it does. You might change its color, change its price, change who you sell it to or change its stated purpose. You may need to change the product, change the service or change the product
18、 into a service. Keep changing until you get it right.【 B8】 _only comes when you stop doing this. Are you focused enough to start your own business? Focus worked for Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, so it will probably work pretty well for you. There are only two【 B9】 _you put into creating a business
19、: time and money. To successfully start your own business, you have to pour all you have into it. Your business needs as much of your resources as you can【 B10】 _give it, so pour it all in. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Accord
20、ing to new government figures, pollution levels are rising again after several years of gradual decline. Data【 C1】 _Friday by the Energy Department show American factories and power plants putting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere during the first six months of 2014 compared with the same peri
21、od in each of the past two years. The figures【 C2】 _a reversal first seen in 2013, when the trend of steadily falling emissions【 C3】 _halted. The higher emissions are primarily a reflection of a【 C4】 _economy, as American businesses burned more gas and oil to meet higher demand. But the shift also h
22、ighlights the challenge【 C5】 _the Obama administration as it seeks to honor a pledge to sharply cut U. S. emissions of greenhouse gases by the end of the decade. Administration officials said the【 C6】 _was not particularly surprising given the improving economy, and some pointed to one of the report
23、s bright spots: Even as the economy expanded, carbon【 C7】 _from automobiles have remained essentially flat, as more Americans switched to fuel-efficient cars and trucks. Some also cited another【 C8】 _trend in the report: Big jumps in the use of alternative and renewable【 C9】 _. Solar, wind and hydro
24、power were up more than 7 percent compared with two years ago, according to the report, and renewable sources now【 C10】 _for nearly 12 percent of the countrys domestic energy production. A)abruptly B)account C)accumulation D)cited E)confirm F)confronting G)emissions H)encouraging I)energy J)graduall
25、y K)identify L)increase M)outstanding N)recovering O)released 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 Their Kids A)What do Sting, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have in common? A
26、ll 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 them trust funds that are obstacles round their necks. “ They have to
27、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 their $ 76 billion. Buffetts three kids each have a $ 2 billion foundati
28、on 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 leave children is “ enough money so that they would feel they could do anyt
29、hing, 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. Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has stated she has no intention of leaving a s
30、ubstantial 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 out on a smaller scale for millions of baby boomers(婴儿潮时期出生的人 ), who he
31、sitate to give away $30 trillion over the next 30 yearsthe 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 responsibility. Who gets the big money? Should it be the heirs? Or are they better of
32、f 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 wanted to create a financial plan that would take care of their childrenbut no
33、t spoil themif 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)Inspired by Buffetts example, they created trusts for each of their now college
34、-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 grow. Those restrictions remain in place until each child reaches age 40: a
35、fter 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 to a foundation, which will eventually be managed by the children and can be
36、 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, can be a lifelong trap for children of rich parents. “ I didnt want them to l
37、ook 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 great wealth and the fear of not inheriting. For every party girl like Paris H
38、ilton, 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, all things considered, a relatively normal life in New York. “In my case, it
39、 turned out to be a great benefit,“ he says. H)Most parents want to protect their children from the dark excesses of moneydrugs, legal troubles, and so onand preserve the family fortune for future generations. That usually doesnt work out: The first generation makes the money, the second spends the
40、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 then hoped for the best. Baby boomers, says consulting firm Accenture managi
41、ng 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 theyre still alive, more concerned about their adult children finding and kee
42、ping jobs. Excess properties typically go into tax-protected trusts. I)There are really good reasons to leave a legacy(遗产 )in a thoughtful wayways that promote the production and healthy lifestyles. Many trusts are structured to distribute inheritances at the specific ages determined in advance. A c
43、ommon 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 will be released. J)A lot of people dont like to talk about money because they
44、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. But that doesnt mean they get everything. Bill Gates, the worlds richest man
45、, 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 Percentbut not even close to their self-made fathers billions. For that, theyll have to foun
46、d 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 for their future. 48 A great many wealthy people tend to keep the amount of their possessions secret from th
47、eir 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 property has turned into a public concern instead of a private issue. 52 The i
48、nheritance 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 boomers having longer life spans care both about their retirement requirement
49、s 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 donated a large sum of money to making the world better and better. Section C 56 Millions of teenagers are in danger of putting their health at risk by getting hooked on e-cigarettes, experts warn. Leading health researchers
