1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 16及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter of inquiry following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. 假设你是刘梅，准备去美国留学。现向申请学校写信，咨询相关事宜。信件内容如
2、下： 1自我介绍 2咨询相关事宜，如签证、学费、奖学金和语言考试等 3表示感谢，并希望早日得到答复 Section A （ A） They should go camping at the beach. （ B） They should do as they have planned. （ C） They can change their plan according to the weather. （ D） The terrible weather has ruined their weekend plan. （ A） Her presentation was really successf
3、ul. （ B） She will do a presentation in the meeting. （ C） She spoke to many people without being nervous. （ D） She just sat in the meeting without saying a word. （ A） His project is going very well. （ B） He needs financial support. （ C） Its difficult to finish his project. （ D） He needs capable perso
4、ns. （ A） The car was all right in the accident. （ B） The car was broken badly in the accident. （ C） The womans brother was mad due to the accident. （ D） The womans brother was badly hurt in the accident. （ A） Carl should go on working. （ B） Carl should come back to class. （ C） She is surprised that
5、Carl earned a lot of money. （ D） She also wants to be a consultant to that company. （ A） The woman is too fat. （ B） The woman should buy some new clothes. （ C） The woman is prettier now. （ D） The woman should eat less from now on. （ A） Come back by coach. （ B） Go a longer distance. （ C） Come back by
6、 train. （ D） Come back by air. （ A） The woman may be sick. （ B） The woman is a stranger to him at first. （ C） Things are really strange. （ D） He understands the womans feeling. （ A） She likes to do some extreme sports. （ B） She gets much pleasure from skiing. （ C） She was influenced by her parents.
7、（ D） She can show off her skiing skills. （ A） Spend the whole vacation with her. （ B） Head back home for Christmas. （ C） Stay in California and learn to ski. （ D） Try to become a professional skier. （ A） Ski in California. （ B） Teach the man to ski. （ C） Visit her friends in Europe. （ D） Stay with t
8、he mans family. （ A） She is too busy to spare time. （ B） She has lost her voice. （ C） She doesnt have the mans number. （ D） She doesnt want to talk to the man. （ A） Cancel the class. （ B） Teach the class. （ C） Hand out exam papers. （ D） Collect students homework. （ A） He will use a master key to ope
9、n the door. （ B） He will get Ashleys key from the woman. （ C） He will ask the departments secretary for help. （ D） He will force the lock with a hammer. （ A） She teaches in math department. （ B） She will not recover until Friday. （ C） She often misses classes for being sick. （ D） She has a class to
10、teach on Friday. Section B （ A） The reason why early men were so intelligent. （ B） The tools that belonged to early men. （ C） The language development of early men. （ D） The way the human brain works. （ A） It forced early men to do calculations. （ B） It improved early mens ability to hunt. （ C） It e
11、nabled early men to think of new ideas. （ D） It motivated early men to eat more. （ A） People could use words to improve performance. （ B） People could manage their time better than before. （ C） People could make their emotions understood better. （ D） People could share ideas with each other and othe
12、r generations. （ A） To guarantee the students safety on the roads. （ B） To help the parents save money. （ C） To save time for the parents and students. （ D） To relieve the traffic pressure on the road. （ A） It is only prepared for children far away from their school. （ B） It involves a bus service f
13、rom Milton to Impington and back. （ C） It requires parents to pay less than 60 a term for the service. （ D） It is to be tried out for children in Western England. （ A） By letting the bus run in the morning only. （ B） By limiting the number of the students. （ C） By obtaining the support from the gove
14、rnment. （ D） By linking the new bus service with the existing one. （ A） Lifting your soup bowl to your mouth. （ B） Making a noise when eating. （ C） Raising your elbows to the shoulder. （ D） Putting your elbows on the table. （ A） Putting your hands on the table all the time. （ B） Making noise while e
15、ating any kind of food. （ C） Eating your meals quickly and clearly. （ D） Keeping your elbows away from the table. （ A） Eating with your right hand. （ B） Refusing the offer of the host and hostess. （ C） Being unaware of your legs. （ D） Eating with your left hand. （ A） Imitate what your host and hoste
16、ss do. （ B） Do what you usually do at home. （ C） Avoid looking after your own needs. （ D） Know about the details of table manners in advance. Section C 26 Today American parents are finding themselves in a dilemma about how to deal with teenage drinking, a serious social problem. A recent survey has
17、【 B1】 _that 92% of high school seniors have tried alcohol at least once and two-thirds take a drink once a month. Alcohol has resulted in a lot of teenage car【 B2】 _, as well as suicides and murders. Parents are【 B3】 _ why they cant keep their children from drinking. Now many are beginning to conclu
18、de that it is not the kids but the parents who should be held【 B4】 _their permissive attitudes. Some parents find that【 B5】_attitudes and methods are impractical and ineffective. They try to teach their children to drink responsibly. Many parents believe that supervised drinking is a safe【 B6】 _. Ho
19、wever, an increasing number of parents fear that this will endanger(危及 )their childrens safety. Therefore, hardliners are【 B7】 _to form a united front to lay down common rules to be【 B8】 _ enforced. And the most popular method in some communities is what they call “safe homes“, where unsupervised pa
20、rties with alcohol are【 B9】 _. The hardliners think that in this way their children will learn【 B10】 _, but experts and educators fear that such attitudes might result in complete resistance from the children. Both sides agree that teenage drinking can be dealt with if no excessive drinking attitude
21、s are established early, and supported by school authorities. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Americans have long prided themselves as being part of an optimistic society. But a new research describes Americans as pessimistic, b
22、elieving the nation is in decline and that quality of life for【 C1】 _generations may be lower than it is today. Defining the American Dream is not easy, although four definitions dominate peoples【 C2】 _of what it means to them, according to researchers at the Xavier Universitys Institute for Politic
23、s and the American Dream: opportunity, freedom, family and financial success. Happiness, wealth, home ownership are among the things that【 C3】 _as less important in peoples views of what the dream means. However people define it, they believe the American Dream is harder to achieve for this generati
24、on that it was for their parents generation. Sixty percent of those【 C4】_by Xavier University said that was their conclusion. Even more 68 percentsaid their children and grandchildren will find it more【 C5】 _to achieve than they have. The results may not be【 C6】 _, given the state of the economy. Th
25、e deep recession that has gripped the nation sent the unemployment【 C7】 _to 9.7 percent. Add to that the damage done to retirement savings accounts by the【 C8】 _decline in the stock market. Today, a majority of Americans 58 percent see the country in decline. A smaller majority 52 percent believe th
26、e world now【 C9】 _to many other places to see where the future is. Its little wonder Americans are in a pessimistic【 C10】 _. A)looks B)mood C)ratio D)rank E)surveyed F)contemporary G)difficult H)future I)rate J)supported K)sharp L)hopes M)perceptions N)disappointing O)surprising 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39
27、 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Young Workers Push Employers for Wider Web Access A)Ryan Tracy thought hed entered the Dark Ages when he graduated college and arrived in the working world. His employer blocked access to Facebook, Gmail and other po
28、pular Internet sites. He had no wireless access for his laptop and often ran to a nearby cafe on work time so he could use its Wi-Fi connection to send large files. Sure, the barriers did what his employer intended: They stopped him and his colleagues from using work time to mess about online. But T
29、racy says the rules also got in the way of reasonable work he needed to do as a scientific analyst for a health care services company. B)“It was a constant battle between the people that saw technology as an advantage, and those that saw it as a hindrance,“ says the 27-year-old Chicagoan, who now wo
30、rks for a different company. He was sure there had to be a better way. Its a common complaint from young people who join the work force with the expectation that their bosses will embrace technology as much as they do. Then some discover that sites theyre supposed to be researching for work are bloc
31、ked. Or they cant take a little down time to read a news story online or check their personal e-mail or social networking accounts. In some cases, they end up using their own Internet-enabled smart phones to get to blocked sites, either for work or fun. C)So some are wondering: Could companies take
32、a different approach, without compromising security or workplace efficiency, that allows at least some of the online access that younger employees particularly long for? “Its no different than spending too much time around the water cooler or making too many personal phone calls. Do you take those a
33、way? No,“ says Gary Rudman, president of GTR Consulting, a market research firm that tracks the habits of young people. “These two worlds will continue to conflict until theres a mutual understanding that performance, not Internet usage, is what really matters.“ D)This is, after all, a generation of
34、 young people known for what University of Toronto sociologist Barry Wellman calls “media multiplexity(多重性 ).“ College students he has studied tell him how they sleep with their smart phones and, in some cases, consider their electronic tools to be like a part of their bodies. Theyre also less likel
35、y to fit the traditional 9-to-5 work mode and are willing to put in time after hours in exchange for flexibility, including online time. So, Wellman and others argue, why not embrace that working style when possible, rather than fight it? E)There is, of course, another side of the story from employe
36、rs who worry about everything from wasted time on the Internet to giving away secret information and liability for what their employees do online. Such concerns have to be taken especially seriously in such highly regulated fields as finance and health care, says Nancy Flynn, a corporate consultant
37、who heads the Ohio-based ePolicy Institute. From a survey Flynn did this year with the American Management Association, she believes nearly half of U.S. employers have a policy banning visits to personal social networking or video sharing sites during work hours. Many also ban personal text messagin
38、g during working days. Flynn notes that the rising popularity of BlackBerrys, iPhones and other devices with Web access and messaging have made it much more difficult to enforce whats being done on work time, particularly on an employees personal phone. Or often the staff uses unapproved software ap
39、plications to get around the blocks. F)As a result, more employers are experimenting with opening access. Thats what Joe Dwyer decided to do when he started Chicago-based Brill Street sound and operationally safe; operational but in need of major repair and inoperable; posing a serious risk of major
40、 failure and breakdown. The surveyors also record whether buildings are suitable for student living, teaching and learning under four more categories, from “excellent“ to “unsuitable for current use“. Property consultants who advise universities said that, at its most extreme, buildings deemed inope
41、rable could break fire regulations, have leaks and rot. 62 In the “legal battle“, it was ruled by court that _. （ A） many universities had buildings at serious risk （ B） the risk of university buildings should be revealed （ C） the Guardian mustnt interfere in university administration （ D） universit
42、ies should improve the quality of their buildings 63 The word “deemed“ in the second paragraph has the closest meaning to “_“. （ A） judged （ B） revealed （ C） criticized （ D） concealed 64 What did universities do with the buildings at risk? （ A） They denied the risk of the buildings. （ B） They were i
43、gnorant of the risk of the buildings. （ C） They did improvement to the buildings. （ D） They were short of fund to repair the buildings. 65 The database was originally intended for_. （ A） the government （ B） the Hefce （ C） the public （ D） the universities 66 At least of the university estate was judg
44、ed inoperable and at serious risk of major breakdown. （ A） 1% （ B） 10% （ C） 0.09 （ D） 0.9 二、 Part Translation 67 端午节，又称龙舟节和重五 (Double Fifth)，是一个源于中国的传统节日。每年的农历五月初五为端午节。这就是重五这一别称的由来。端午节里流传最广的三种活动是吃粽子、喝雄黄酒 (realgar wine)以及赛龙舟。其他常见的 活动还包括挂钟馗 (Zhong Kui)像、写符咒 (spells)和佩戴香囊药包 (perfumed medicine bags)。古代的
45、人们认为所有这些活动，连同喝雄黄酒，都能有效防病驱邪、促进生活安康。 大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 16答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 【正确答案】 A Letter of Inquiry Dear Sir/Madam, I am a junior student majoring in Business Administration in South University. I am thinking about pursuing further study in your university. And I am wondering if y
46、ou can help me with some issues regarding my application. Firstly, what kind of language test does your school require for a foreign student? Should I take TOEFL? Secondly, I am not sure how much the tuition fees would be for studying a postgraduate degree on business administration in your school.
47、Is there any way that I can apply for scholarships? Thirdly, what kind of materials should I prepare for a student visa? Thank you for your attention. I am looking forward to hearing from you shortly. Best regards. Yours sincerely, Liu Mei Section A 2 【听力原文】 M: This terrible weather has ruined our w
48、eekend plan. W: Anyhow, we might as well have a dinner at the Grand Restaurant and then go to the Broadway Theater instead of a picnic and camping at the beach. Q: What does the woman imply? 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 男士抱怨坏天气破坏了他们的周末计划，而女士则建议去餐厅吃饭和去百老汇剧院看戏，来取代野餐和海滩露营。可见女士认为他们可以根据天气改变活动计划， C正确。 3 【听力原文】 M: Di
49、d you hear Evas presentation in the meeting last night? W: Yes. How she could be so calm in front of such a large audience is really beyond me. Q: What do we learn about Eva? 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 男士问女士有没有听到 Eva昨天在会议上的发言，女士说听到了，并说真不知道 Eva怎样能在众多听众面前表现得如此冷静。可见 Eva对着很多人讲话不会紧张， C正确。 4 【听力原文】 W: Hi, John, hows your project going? M: Oh, just so so. You know, it seems less difficult to get financial support for
