1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 142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 account of peoples practice of forwarding best wishes messages and then express your views on this practice
2、. You should write at least120 words but no more than 180 words. Section A （ A） She wants to invite the man to Boston. （ B） She prefers to have dinner at her own home. （ C） She cannot join in the dinner with the man. （ D） She would rather try a dinner of another style. （ A） At a hospital. （ B） In a
3、car. （ C） On a plane. （ D） At home. （ A） She will go back home soon. （ B） She needs help from the man. （ C） She feels bad about the delay. （ D） She wants to cancel the flight. （ A） Jenny is not an acquaintance of the womans. （ B） The mans sister doesnt like Jenny at all. （ C） Jenny doesnt want to co
4、me to the party. （ D） The woman doesnt like the way Jenny talks. （ A） The man doesnt like the coat except for its color. （ B） The man doesnt like the coat, especially its color. （ C） The man likes the coat but not the color. （ D） The man likes the coat, particularly the color. （ A） The man should ta
5、ke her words seriously. （ B） She is regretful the man recovers too slowly. （ C） The man should not drink much when he is ill. （ D） She is unhappy for not being invited to the Smiths. （ A） He has been working outdoors lately. （ B） Hed like to get some exercise on weekend. （ C） He is a good tennis pla
6、yer. （ D） He rarely uses his computer. （ A） Her classmate. （ B） Her teacher. （ C） Her boss. （ D） Her colleague. （ A） An international drivers license. （ B） An Arizona drivers license. （ C） A regular license. （ D） A limited license. （ A） A regular license will cost much more money. （ B） A regular lic
7、ense has a shorter effective period. （ C） A five-year license is much easier to get for students. （ D） A five-year license is more popular among students. （ A） An Italian student studies for two years. （ B） An Italian immigrant resides for ever. （ C） A Spanish tourist is on a visit for half a year.
8、（ D） A Spanish teacher teaches for three years. （ A） Someone phoned. （ B） Someone came. （ C） The woman went out. （ D） The woman phoned the man. （ A） She didnt take Mr. Cooper to the restaurant. （ B） She didnt phone him when Mr. Cooper came. （ C） She has lost the card he had given to her. （ D） She ma
9、de an excurse for her fault. （ A） An information card of a restaurant. （ B） His own business card. （ C） Mr. Coopers business card. （ D） A note of what to do. （ A） A student and a teacher. （ B） The secretary and the boss. （ C） A salesgirl and a customer. （ D） The wife and the husband. Section B （ A）
10、They wanted to follow his example. （ B） They fully supported his undertaking. （ C） They were puzzled by his decision. （ D） They were afraid he wasnt prepared. （ A） It is more exciting than space travel. （ B） It is much cheaper than space travel. （ C） It is much safer than space travel. （ D） It is le
11、ss time-consuming than space travel. （ A） They both attract scientists attention. （ B） They both can be quite challenging. （ C） They are both thought-provoking. （ D） They both lead to surprising findings. （ A） To show how simple the mechanical aids for diving can be. （ B） To provide reasons for his
12、changeable character. （ C） To explore the philosophical issues of space travel. （ D） To explain why he took up underwater exploration. （ A） Gold was discovered in the city. （ B） The citys population grew to twelve thousand. （ C） The Golden Gate Bridge was constructed. （ D） Telegraph communications w
13、ith the East were established. （ A） It is almost two million. （ B） It is almost three million. （ C） It is almost five million. （ D） It is almost six million. （ A） It is one mile long. （ B） It cost 32 million dollars. （ C） It is the largest in the world. （ D） It was completed in 1936. （ A） 300 millio
14、n. （ B） 3 billion. （ C） Over 335 million. （ D） More than 28 million. （ A） National conflict. （ B） Agricultural problems. （ C） Population decrease. （ D） Economic problems. （ A） Asking people to use less water in the daily life. （ B） Finding ways to use water for more than one purpose. （ C） Making goo
15、d use of seawater for daily life. （ D） Importing fresh water from other countries. Section C 26 Imagining being asked to spend twelve or so years of your life in a society which【 B1】 _ only of members of your own sex, how would you react? Unless there was something【 B2】 _ wrong with you, you wouldnt
16、 be too happy about it, to say the【 B3】 _. It is all the more surprising therefore that so many parents in the world choose to【 B4】 _ such abnormal conditions on their children. Any discussion of this topic【 B5】 _question the aims of education.【 B6】_childrens heads full of knowledge is far from bein
17、g the most important among them. One of the chief aims of education is to equip future citizens with all they require to【 B7】 _in adult society. Now adult society is made up of men and women, so how can a segregated(隔离的 )school possibly offer the right sort of preparation for it? Anyone entering adu
18、lt society after years of segregation can only be in for a shock. A co-educational school offers children nothing less than a small, true【 B8】 _of society. Boys and girls are given the opportunity to get to know each other, to learn to live together from their earliest years. They are put in a posit
19、ion where they can compare themselves with each other in terms of 【 B9】 _ability, athletic achievement and many of the extra【 B10】 _ which are part of school life. In a co-educational school, everything falls into its proper place. But perhaps the greatest contribution of co-education is the healthy
20、 attitude to life it encourages. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Dont let vacations or business travel sideline(使退出 )your exercise routine. Physical activity is a great way to【 C1】 _stress and adjust to a new time zone when your
21、e traveling. Heres how to get the most out of it: Find fitness-friendly【 C2】 _. Call ahead to make sure your hotel or motel has a good fitness facility or at least a place where youll feel safe and【 C3】 _going for a walk. Take【 C4】 _of the local attractions. Many places offer their own【 C5】_exercise
22、 opportunities trails through beautiful parks or forests, beach walks, boat rides on the lake, bike rides out of town. Check the travel【 C6】 _of your bookstore or look on-line for information before you travel. Be sure to bring along what youll need. Walking shoes, gym shorts, a T-shirt, resistance
23、bands make a checklist of all the things youll need while youre away and make sure to【 C7】 _it all. Use every opportunity. Too busy to set aside a block of time for【 C8】 _? Look for every opportunity you can to be active. Book a room on the third floor and take the stairs. Walk whenever you can betw
24、een meetings, while youre waiting at the airport, on .our way from here to there. Be【 C9】 _. If youre on a busy business trip, dont add to the stress by trying to do too much. Spending【 C10】 _15 minutes on refreshing walking, along with climbing a few flights of stairs instead of taking the elevator
25、, should hold you until you get home againand back to your regular routine. A)pack B)realistic C)advantage D)equipment E)identically F)accommodations G)activity H)enjoyable I)oppose J)sketch K)unique L)potential M)section N)relieve O)merely 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【
26、C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Preparing Children to Be Safe at College A)Money can buy many things to help children excel academically, like tutors and private school educations. But as those children go off to college, the one thing otherwise protective parents typically do not spend
27、 money on is making sure their children do not become victims of a crime. One reason is cost. The price of protection ranges from consultations billed at several hundred dollars an hour to Ostrander Internationals security assessment and training program, mainly for the children of international bus
28、iness executives, royalty and celebrities, which starts at $41,000 for the first year. B)Parents may believe that security at college is not something they have to worry about. But just because you are paying tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars for your childs education does not mean the
29、university is a safe place. C)A report released this week by Insite Security is sure to shake parents confidence. The security firm analyzed crime statistics on and around the campuses of the eight Ivy League colleges as well as Duke, Stanford, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Unive
30、rsity of Chicago. This study was unique because it looked not only at the on-campus statistics that colleges are required to report, it also took into account crime in the areas where students socialize off campus. D)The Insite report said three-quarters of the colleges and their surrounding areas h
31、ad sex offense rates that were 83 percent higher than the national average, with Dartmouth having the highest rate. It said that Harvard had the highest rate of stealing among the 12. “Keeping kids safe or making a wise decision about where your kids go to school is more complicated than reviewing t
32、he police log at the college security office,“ said Christopher Falkenberg, president of Insite. E)In response to the report, Sylvia Spears, dean of Dartmouth, said, “Increased reporting is not necessarily an indicator of increased sexual violence on campus but may indicate better education about se
33、xual violence and increased awareness of various services and offices on a campus that are available to a victim.“ A spokesman for Harvard said, “It is important to note that how property crimes are classified and reported varies from school to school, and when you look at property crime statistics
34、as a whole, Harvard does not lead in the rankings.“ F)For prominent families, the costs of a security plan to reduce these risks are part of life, but for most affluent families, such security is prohibitively expensive even though their children may be easily harmed by crime. Several security advis
35、ers here offered advice to wealthy families considering security plans while also providing tips to parents of more modest means. Top threats G)Curtis Ostrander, the founder of Ostrander International and former vice president for risk management and public safety at Cornell, said the biggest threat
36、 he sought to counter was students belief that nothing was going to happen to them. His business focuses on the top targets for campus crime: international students and children from wealthy homes. It might seem obvious that someone adjusting to a new culture while getting used to college could run
37、into problems. But children from families who are upper-middle class and higher on the wealth ladder are often innocent about personal security, and that makes them targets for theft, alcohol-related crimes and sexual assault(攻击 ). “If you grew up in a poorer neighborhood, youd be more aware of some
38、one coming up behind you and stealing your bag,“ Mr. Ostrander said. He added that the very rich were the least prepared: “Having security growing up makes it worse because they never had to consider the threats.“ H)Mr. Falkenberg said a new trick illustrated this problem. It starts with an attracti
39、ve, older woman pretending to fall in love with a wealthy male student in the hope of getting pregnant, if not married, and laying claim to his familys money. “Theyre only innocent kids, and the story is always the same,“ he said. “Its really hard because you have to tell the kid this is not the lov
40、e of his life.“ Student responsibility I)Regardless of the threat, the key is to work with students before they leave for college. And this is where the fees for one-on-one preparation start to climb. Mr. Ostrander, for example, has a psychologist and a self-defense instructor on staff, and he will
41、work personally with the student in the home country or on campus. Thomas Ruskin, president of CMP Protective and Investigative Group, said his agents had accompanied clients children on trips, pretending tour guides or drivers, but had also done simple things like monitoring tracking technology on
42、their cellphones. “Its about teaching them how to leave the nest but also to teach them what theyve been protected from,“ Mr. Ruskin said. J)Short of hiring an expensive consultant, parents themselves can do more to prepare children for what can happen on campus. For male students, the main worries
43、are being beaten up or involved in an alcohol-related crime, and for women, the concerns center on sexual assault. Yet Mr. Ostrander says parents usually do not do enough to prepare children for theft and computer frauds. These include the infamous Nigerian prince asking for money and more personali
44、zed frauds devised from the abundance of personal information on the Web. “Some of us say thats just common sense, but not for people without a lot of life experience“ he said. Parental anxiety K)Thinking about what could happen to your child is enough to send the most level-headed parent into overp
45、rotective mode. Yet the experts offered some simple steps for parents to take. For example, encourage your daughter to use campus escorts(护送者 )at night. The worst thing a parent can do for a child, the experts agreed, is send a bodyguard to class. The same goes for the middle-class parent repeatedly
46、 warning a child not to drink. That could lead to worse behavior. “We dont say, Dont drink,“ Mr. Ostrander said. “We say, If you drink, here are some of the possible problems.“ He added, “I teach these kids in classes, but these are the same skills they will use the rest of their lives to be safe.“
47、And that is what any parent wants from college. 47 As for the male students, the main concern centers on being beaten up and involved in an alcohol-related crime. 48 The students growing up in a poorer neighborhood tend to be more aware of property crimes. 49 The most level-headed parents may turn i
48、nto overprotective mode if they just think about what could happen to their children at college. 50 The report released by Insite Security was unique in that it analyzed the crimes off campus along with the on-campus crimes statistics. 51 According to a recent report, the sex offense rates near most
49、 campuses were much higher than the national average. 52 Training students before they go to college is the key to tackle security threats at college. 53 Most protective parents dont think of spending money on preparing children to be safe at college. 54 The price of a security plan to reduce potential campus risk is too high for most affluent families. 55 As a way to protect children, sending a bodyguard to class is as bad as repeatedly warning a
