1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 177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 the picture below and then elaborate the importance of exercise for human beings. You should wri
2、te at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Section A （ A） Human brains are very good at multi-tasking. （ B） Multi-tasking means dealing with two things simultaneously. （ C） Computers are not that good at multi-tasking as we think. （ D） Multi-tasking is doing more than one thing at the same ti
3、me. （ A） He is actually doing both activities at the same time. （ B） He just transfers attention from one task to another. （ C） He actually completes the tasks one by one. （ D） He needs to activates both halves of his brain. （ A） They were formed alter stars died. （ B） They were formed after two sta
4、rs collided. （ C） They were formed after stars lost gravity. （ D） It is not referred in the news. （ A） Collapse of the universe. （ B） Collapse of the solar system. （ C） A huge explosion. （ D） A new black hole. （ A） In 1988. （ B） In 1986. （ C） In 1894. （ D） In 1886. （ A） Over 8 hours. （ B） Close to 7
5、 hours. （ C） About 6 hours. （ D） At least 4 hours. （ A） At dawn. （ B） In the morning. （ C） At noon. （ D） In the evening. Section B （ A） He is a doctor. （ B） He is a psychologist. （ C） He is a financial trader. （ D） He is a professor. （ A） When they feel being controlled by a situation. （ B） When the
6、y are controlled by other people. （ C） When they fail to meet their goals. （ D） When they have a situation totally in control. （ A） He goes to markets for shopping. （ B） He cooks a meal for himself at home. （ C） He goes to do some exercise. （ D） He gets together with some friends. （ A） He enjoys it
7、very much. （ B） He feels it stressful but he will continue. （ C） He is considering to change his job. （ D） He is not satisfied with the salary. （ A） He needs to repair the house. （ B） He needs to fix some home appliances. （ C） He has lost his job and is short of money. （ D） He earns less than before
8、. （ A） When he graduates from college. （ B） When he has spare time. （ C） When he finds a new job. （ D） When he has enough money. （ A） He puts a box against the door. （ B） He pushes the door heavily. （ C） He has the door fixed. （ D） He puts a chair against the door. （ A） The house is in a good condit
9、ion. （ B） The price of the house is reasonable. （ C） The house is too shabby for her. （ D） The house is too expensive for her. Section C （ A） The writer likes sleeping very much. （ B） The writer doesnt care about money at all. （ C） Bill Gates does not know how to enjoy himself. （ D） Mental well-bein
10、g is the most important thing. （ A） Material life. （ B） Sports life. （ C） Spiritual life. （ D） Working life. （ A） It is very indifferent. （ B） It is very noisy. （ C） It is very insecure. （ D） It is very colorful. （ A） They dont want to give birth to a child. （ B） They need to be taken care of in the
11、ir old age. （ C） They like and care a lot about children. （ D） They want children to keep them company. （ A） They are usually adopted from distant places. （ B） Their birth information is usually kept secret. （ C） Their birth parents often try to conceal their birth information. （ D） Their adoptive p
12、arents dont want them to know their birth parents. （ A） They generally hold bad feelings towards their birth parents. （ B） They do not want to hurt the feelings of their adoptive parents. （ C） They have mixed feelings about finding their birth parents. （ D） They are fully aware of the expenses invol
13、ved in the search. （ A） Negotiating a price is not common in the United States. （ B） Car dealers in the United States are not honest. （ C） New cars are very expensive in the United States. （ D） Most shoppers have a car to trade in. （ A） Complaining about car dealers. （ B） Offering advice to prospect
14、ive car buyers. （ C） Selling new cars. （ D） Explaining how to finance a car. （ A） In December. （ B） At the end of the year. （ C） On the first day of the month. （ D） At the end of the week. （ A） Because it will give the car dealer the chance to arrange financing. （ B） Because the car dealer will sell
15、 more cars to you. （ C） Because the car dealer may offer a lower price. （ D） Because it allows you to pay in an alternative way. Section A 26 If you have heart problems, you might want to plug in that iPod or pop in a CD of mellow songs. Hospital patients with coronary heart disease(冠心病 ) 【 C1】 _the
16、ir heart rates, breathing rate and blood pressure just by listening to music, a Temple University review of 23【 C2】 _studies found. The report, published in the latest issue of The Cochrane Library, found that the soothing effects were greatest when these patients chose their own【 C3】 _. For example
17、, patients pulse rates fell by more beats per minute when they made the selections【 C4】 _with those who listened to music selected by researchers. “So we do know from experience that if people select music they like, and the music has sedative【 C5】 _such as slow tempo, predictable harmonies and【 C6】
18、_of sudden changes. they will be better able to relax to the music.“ said researcher Joke Bradt. assistant director of the Arts and Quality of Life Research Center at Temple University. The review looked at past studies on how music affected 1,461 patients with coronary heart disease, either during
19、a cardiac procedure or within two days of hospitalization. In all the studies, the music used had slow tempos, but in some cases, a music therapist was【 C7】 _to help with the song selections. Dr. Robert Bonow, a past president of the American Heart Association,【 C8】_the findings. While【 C9】 _that al
20、leviating stress is important for heart patients, he said the new review shows “no conclusive【 C10】 _that this relaxation therapy actually reduces the stress, let alone reducing the outcome of the stress. “ A)absence B)agreeing C)capabilities D)challenged E)clinical F)compared G)employed H)evidence
21、I)pace J)previous K)physical L)qualities M)reduced N)tunes O)weakened 27 【 C1】 28 【 C2】 29 【 C3】 30 【 C4】 31 【 C5】 32 【 C6】 33 【 C7】 34 【 C8】 35 【 C9】 36 【 C10】 Section B 36 The Telecommunications Revolution A)A transformation is occurring that should greatly boost living standards in the developing
22、 world. Places that until recently were deaf and dumb are rapidly acquiring up-to-date telecommunications that will let them promote both internal and foreign investment. It may take a decade for many countries in Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe to improve transportation, power supplies, and
23、 other utilities. But a single optical fiber with a diameter of less than half a millimeter can carry more information than a large cable made of copper wires. By installing optical fiber, digital switches, and the latest wireless transmission systems, a parade of urban centers and industrial zones
24、from Beijing to Budapest are stepping directly into the Information Age. A spiders web of digital and wireless communication links is already reaching most of Asia and parts of Eastern Europe. B)All these developing regions see advanced communications as a way to leap over whole stages of economic d
25、evelopment. Widespread access to information technologies, for example, promises to condense the time required to change from labor-intensive assembly work to industries that involve engineering, marketing, and design. Modern communications will give countries like China and Vietnam a huge advantage
26、 over countries stuck with old technology. C)How fast these nations should push ahead is a matter of debate. Many experts think Vietnam is going too far by requiring that all mobile phones be expensive digital models, when it is desperate for any phones, period. “These countries lack experience in w
27、eighing costs and choosing between technologies,“ says one expert. D)Still, theres little dispute that communications will be a key factor separating the winners from the losers. Consider Russia. Because of its strong educational system in mathematics and science, it should thrive in the information
28、 age. The problem is its national phone system is a rusting antique that dates from the 1930s. To lick this problem, Russia is starting to install optical fiber and has a strategic plan to pump $40 billion into various communications projects. But its economy is stuck in recession and it barely has
29、the money to even scratch the surface of the problem. E)Compare that with the mainland of China. Over the next decade, it plans to pour some $ 100 billion into telecommunications equipment. In a way, Chinas backwardness is an advantage, because the expansion occurs just as new technologies are becom
30、ing cheaper than copper wire systems. By the end of 1995, each of Chinas provincial capitals except for Tibet will have digital switches and high-capacity optical fiber links. This means that major cities are getting the basic infrastructure to become major parts of the information superhighway, all
31、owing people to log on to the most advanced services available. F)Telecommunications is also a key to Shanghais dream of becoming a top financial center. To offer peak performance in providing the electronic data and paperless trading global investors expect, Shanghai plans telecommunications networ
32、ks as powerful as those in Manhattan. G)Meanwhile, Hungary also hopes to jump into the modern world. Currently, 700,000 Hungarians are waiting for phones. To partially overcome the problem of funds and to speed the import of Western technology , Hungary sold a 30% stake in its national phone company
33、 to two Western companies. To further reduce the waiting list for phones, Hungary has leased rights to a Dutch-Scandinavian group of companies to build and operate what it says will be one of the most advanced digital mobile phone systems in the world. In fact, wireless is one of the most popular wa
34、ys to get a phone system up fast in developing countries. Its cheaper to build radio towers than to string lines across mountain ridges, and businesses eager for reliable service are willing to accept a significantly higher price tag for a wireless callthe fee is typically two to four times as much
35、as for calls made over fixed lines. H)Wireless demand and usage have also exploded across the entire width and breadth of Latin America. For wireless phone service providers, nowhere is business better than in Latin Americahaving an operation there is like having an endless pile of money at your dis
36、posal. BellSouth Corporation, with operations in four wireless markets, estimates its annual revenue per average customer at about $2,000 as compared to $ 860 in the United States. Thats partly because Latin American customers talk two to four times as long on the phone as people in North America. I
37、)Thailand is also turning to wireless, as a way to allow Thais to make better use of all the time they spend stuck in traffic. And it isnt that easy to call or fax from the office: the waiting list for phone lines has from one to two million names on it. So mobile phones have become the rage among b
38、usiness people, who can remain in contact despite the traffic jams. J)Vietnam is making one of the boldest leaps. Despite a per person income of just $220 a vear, all of the 300,000 lines Vietnam plans to add annually will be optical fiber with digital switching, rather than cheaper systems that sen
39、d electrons over copper wires. By going for next-generation technology now, Vietnam-ese telecommunications officials say theyll be able to keep pace with anyone in Asia for decades. K)For countries that have lagged behind for so long, the temptation to move ahead in one jump is hard to resist. And d
40、espite the mistakes theyll make, theyll persistso that one day they can cruise alongside Americans and Western Europeans on the information superhighway. 37 Latin America is the best place for wireless phone service providers. 38 Russia is starting to set up optical fiber and makes a strategic plan.
41、 39 Most of the important cities in China will get the basic infrastructure to become major parts of the information superhighway. 40 Vietnam is jumping bravely. 41 In Thailand, businessmen would like to use mobile phones to keep contact with others even in traffic jams. 42 Vietnam lacks experience
42、in weighing costs and selecting technologies. 43 Most of Asia and parts of Eastern Europe have already gotten a spiders web of digital and wireless communication links. 44 One of the important factors to fulfill Shanghais dream of becoming a top financial center is telecommunications. 45 All these d
43、eveloping regions consider advanced communications as a way to jump over whole stages of economic development. 46 Hungary also hopes to enter into the modern world. Section C 46 Comedys legendary Monty Python membersyou know, “Im a lumberjack(伐木工人 )and Im OK,“ the Killer Rabbit, the Dead Parrotwere
44、tired of seeing their legendary sketches pirated and posted on YouTube, free to whoever wanted a quick laugh. So they posted their own, higher-quality versions on YouTubealso freebut let fans know that complete DVD versions were available for purchase. As a result, sales rose 23,000 percent! “Free w
45、orked, worked brilliantly.People are making lots of money charging nothing, but nothing or enough that we have essentially created a country-sized economy around the price of $ 0. 00. “ Anderson, 48, the editor of Wired Magazine, discussed the allure of zero with Jesse Kornblu. In the 20th century,
46、“free“ meant giving away one thing to create demand for another. Get a free cell phone, lor example, by buving a monthly plan. What is “free“ now? Yes, 20th century “free“ was about real objects made of atoms. Real costs were invoked, so the consumer paid one way or another. In the 21st century, “fr
47、ee“ is digital bit with marginal costs. For all practical purposes, they really are free. In the digital economy, someone pays, but increasingly its not you. Google and Wikipedia, for example, dont show up on your credit card. So how do you pay? Not with money, but with your time and attention. Some
48、 resources, of course, are scarce and getting scarcer: you pay for those. Digital goods and services, because they can be reproduced and distributed at almost no cost, are abundant. Once youve given content away on the web, can you get people to pay? Absolutely. Use free to get an audience. The Wall
49、 Street Journal created a clever hybridsome free articles, some available only to paid subscribers. I get the sense thatwhen it comes to news, anywaywell soon have two classes of internet users: 1)people who have money and will pay for quality reporting and analysis and: 2)people who are less well-off or care less about quality and will accept any information that s free. So the elite will be better informed , and others may get trashier media. Im simply observing what happens in economics when
