1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 207及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Computers in Our Life following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 1当今 ,计算机已进入千家万户。 2计算机给我们的生活带来了许多方便。 3但同时计算机也给我
2、们带来了一些麻烦。 Section A （ A） Terrorists fought with Government troops. （ B） Thai troops killed terrorists. （ C） There were shootings. （ D） There were explosions. （ A） The Muslims wanted independence. （ B） Thai troops have been sent there. （ C） About 2,000 people have been killed. （ D） There have been mo
3、re bombings since 2004. （ A） No explanation of the problem. （ B） Long distance away from land. （ C） Slow rescue efforts. （ D） Bad weather. （ A） Aircraft. （ B） Boat. （ C） Nearby cargo ship. （ D） Vessels at the oil rig. （ A） Rome. （ B） London. （ C） Paris. （ D） New York. （ A） Fossil fuel. （ B） Greenhou
4、se gases. （ C） Increased dryness. （ D） Violent storm patterns. （ A） There were fewer studies done. （ B） There were fewer policy proposals. （ C） There was less agreement. （ D） There were fewer objectives. Section B （ A） It is broken. （ B） It needs cleaning. （ C） It doesn t keep good time. （ D） It is
5、out of battery. （ A） 12 months. （ B） 15 months. （ C） 3 months. （ D） 9 months. （ A） It is reasonable. （ B） It should be not more than $3.99 plus tax. （ C） It should not be that high. （ D） $3.99 should also include the warranty. （ A） Until about 5:00 p.m. （ B） By tomorrow. （ C） In a few minutes. （ D）
6、By this evening. （ A） To film a TV show. （ B） To tape a radio program. （ C） To attend a party. （ D） To see a live show. （ A） Because he can dress casually. （ B） Because he hates his present job. （ C） Because he doesnt have smart suits. （ D） Because he doesn t say the truth. （ A） Not dress up. （ B） W
7、ear casually. （ C） Try to be smart. （ D） Dress in bad taste. （ A） The man prefers working in television studios to working in radio studios. （ B） In TV studios, man should dress smart clothes. （ C） The woman agrees with the man s idea of taking off his ties and shoes. （ D） The man is going to dress
8、some casual clothes after the conversation. Section C （ A） Sought after by too many people. （ B） Too difficult for young people. （ C） For ambitious people only. （ D） For young people only. （ A） Collect tickets. （ B） Take care of the manager s dress. （ C） Play all kinds of parts. （ D） Help advertise
9、their plays. （ A） The most famous actress of the world. （ B） Playing the leading female role in a film. （ C） As famous as the greatest actor of the world. （ D） No less famous than the leading actor of the day. （ A） The development of the computer. （ B） People have more access to the stored informati
10、on. （ C） It is easier to store more and more information at a central point. （ D） All the above. （ A） Information on individuals should not be used without authorized purposes. （ B） The stored information should be kept from individuals access. （ C） Individuals have no right to correct or amend reco
11、rds. （ D） Individuals need no procedures to find out how his information is used. （ A） It s hard to limit access to information. （ B） It s hard to forbid the freedom of information use. （ C） Its hard to get a balance between limiting access to information and using it for social needs. （ D） Its hard
12、 to forbid individuals from invading others privacy. （ A） Because it cannot be noticed by human senses. （ B） Because sometimes it can be detected by human sense. （ C） Because it may be all around us. （ D） Because it may be touched sometimes. （ A） By killing all the cells. （ B） By killing the vital o
13、rgans. （ C） By killing the vital cells. （ D） By killing masses of cells in vital organs. （ A） A few cells of an animal or human being are damaged by radiation. （ B） A few cells of an animal or human being are damaged by radiation and then reproduce themselves. （ C） A few cells of an animal or human
14、being are killed by radiation. （ D） A few cells of an animal or human being are killed by radiation and will never reproduce themselves. （ A） He may feel fine. （ B） He may die of cancer. （ C） He may bring harm to his descendants. （ D） All of the above. Section A 26 Accustomed though we are to speaki
15、ng of the films made before 1927 as “silent“, the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an【 C1】 _accompaniment: when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896, they were【
16、 C2】 _by piano improvisations(即兴创作 )on popular tunes. At first, the music played【 C3】 _no special relationship to the films: an accompaniment of any kind was【 C4】 _. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity(不协调 )of playing lively music to a【 C5】 _film became apparent, and film pianists beg
17、an to take some care in【 C6】 _their pieces to the mood of the film. As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be added to the pianist in certain【 C7】 _, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed. For a number of years the selection
18、 of music for each film program【 C8】 _entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal【 C9】 _for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces. Since the conductor seldom saw the fi
19、lms until the night before they were to be shown, the musical arrangement was【 C10】 _improvised in the greatest hurry. A)sufficient B)incredible C)accompanied D)comparatively E)matching F)rested G)normally H)occasions I)bore J)qualification K)solemn L)indispensable M)severe N)according O)cases 27 【
20、C1】 28 【 C2】 29 【 C3】 30 【 C4】 31 【 C5】 32 【 C6】 33 【 C7】 34 【 C8】 35 【 C9】 36 【 C10】 Section B 36 Creative Book Report Ideas A)Are you at a loss for creative book report ideas for your students? If yes, then this article will help you make reading and reviewing books more creative for your class. I
21、n an age of PSPs, Xbox, anime and gaming arcades(街机游戏 ), reading has lost its foothold in the list of hobbies that children tend to cite. B)Most of the reading that kids do today comes in the form of compulsory books that they need to read for school, and maybe that is the reason they find reading t
22、o be an insurmountable(难以克服的 )and boring task. If you want to inculcate(反复灌输 )the love for languages and literary masterpieces in your students and want them to devour books everyone should read, then a good way of going about the same would be to get them to start working on creative book report id
23、eas. While working on creative ideas for book reports, your students will have to understand the book in a way that allows them to come up with new ways to present to the class, the essence of the book. C)As a teacher while encouraging your students to activate their creative gray cells, you will ha
24、ve to help them out with basic ideas that they can work on. Depending on the age group that your students belong to, the creative book report ideas will vary. This is so, not just because of the varying attention spans that children of various age groups possess but also because of the amount of wor
25、k that kids can put into the report. While a middle school student will be comfortable handling a handy camera, a student from elementary school will be more fascinated if he is working with paints and puppets. So do you want to know how to write a book report creatively? In this article, we will li
26、st out for you, a couple of good creative book report ideas for elementary students and for middle school students. D)A book report sandwich is a good creative idea for book reports. As a teacher you can get drawings of a sandwich on sheets of paper that are of the color of the ingredients of your s
27、andwich, for example, a cream sheet of paper to resemble mayonnaise(蛋黄酱 ), red to represent tomato and likewise. Obviously, each ingredient should be cut in a way that when assembled together, it looks like a sandwich. Now, give each of your students one of these book sandwiches to create their book
28、 report. E)It can start with the name of the book and the authors name on the top slice of the sandwich. The second ingredient can have the summary of the book on it. Each subsequent ingredient can have a description of the main characters, the setting of the book, the plot, and then his or her view
29、s about the book. Once they are done with their book reports, they can staple(用订书机订 )the book sandwich together and then, you can create a class bulletin board with all the book report sandwiches on display. F)One of the good techniques to retell a story, it is also one of the favorite creative book
30、 report ideas among students. The job that the student will have is to read the book and then pick a few objects at his / her home which will allow him / her to retell the story in a way that makes it interesting for his / her audience. Every time he / she picks out an object from the bag to report
31、the book he / she has read, there has to be a valid connection between the book and the object, which the student can first ask the audience to guess and then go ahead and explain it. This idea is spin-off on the normal show and allows for an interactive book report session. G)This is one of the cre
32、ative ideas for book reports in which as the teacher, you will have to divide your class into groups and give them one book each. The students can then read the book and get together and write a play and act it out for the class. To give a deeper insight into the book, one of the students can play t
33、he role of the author and as a group, the students can try and recreate the thought process of the author. The student playing the role of the author can then interrupt the play at important parts and talk about the reasons for these twists in the play and how he / she came up with these plot lines.
34、 H)As a young adult, your student s fascination may go beyond the immediate concerns of the book. He / she may want to understand the circumstances in which the book was written, the times then, the events happening in the world and get the author s perspective about the book. Encourage your student
35、s to mink on those lines. Divide the class into pairs and give each pair one book to read. Let them then do the roles of the author and a journalist. You can have an interview session in front of the class enabling them to analyze the book and get a peek into the authors world. I)In a technology-obs
36、essed world, it maybe a very tiny minority of your class that does not get excited with the prospect of shooting a film. It is one of the best creative book report ideas for middle school, and you will need to divide the class into groups and give them at least two months to adapt the book that they
37、 have been assigned into a film. The movie should have a well-adapted screenplay, and all other prerequisites, like a lighting engineer, sound engineer, costume designer, etc. At the end of the given time, the film can be screened in front of the class and then discussed. J)If you are on the lookout
38、 for good individual creative book report ideas, then this one could be for you. Assign every student a book and then ask them to start maintaining a diary, from the author s point of view. Ask them to come up with imaginary incidents from the authors life and use historical events to explain why th
39、e author wrote the book in a certain manner. Alternately, you can also ask your students to give a surrogate ending to the story. K)These are just few of the options that you could use to inspire your students to come up with creative book report ideas. As kids we tend to be more imaginative and cre
40、ative. Encourage your students to mink on of the box and appreciate them for their efforts. This will help you have a class that is not only lively and inquisitive by nature but also a class that will cultivate a love for words. 37 The creative book report ideas vary according to ages because childr
41、en in different age groups have different attention spans. 38 If teachers ask their students to shoot a film about a book, they should give them no fewer than two months. 39 Adopting the method of knowing your author, teachers can encourage students to think beyond the immediate concerns of the book
42、. 40 While working on creative ideas for book reports, students will have to understand the book. 41 Retelling a story is one of the favorite creative book report ideas among students and it allows for an interactive book report session. 42 Teachers can create a class bulletin board to display all t
43、he book report sandwiches after their students finish their reports. 43 Teachers tend to be more imaginative and creative as kids. 44 Nowadays, most of book children read are those they need to read for school. 45 Asking me students to write from their own point of view is suitable for teachers who
44、are on the lookout for good individual creative book report ideas. 46 Each students group are given one book individually, read the book, write a play and act it out for the class, which is a good creative book report ideas. Section C 46 Is language, like food, a basic human need without which a chi
45、ld at a critical period of life can be starved and damaged? Judging from the drastic experiment of Frederick II in the thirteenth century, it may be. Hoping to discover what language a child would speak if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to keep silent. All the infants died before the
46、first year. But clearly there was more than lack of language here. What was missing was good mothering. Without good mothering, in the first year of life especially, the capacity to survive is seriously affected. Today no such severe lack exists as that ordered by Frederick. Nevertheless, some child
47、ren are still backward in speaking. Most often the reason for this is that the mother is insensitive to the signals of the infant, whose brain is programmed to learn language rapidly. If these sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal time for acquiring skills passes and they might never be learned
48、 so easily again. A bird learns to sing and to fly rapidly at right time, but the process is slow and hard once the critical stage has passed. Experts suggest that speech stages are reached in a fixed sequence and at a constant age, but there are cases where speech has started late in a child who ev
49、entually turns out to be of high IQ. At twelve weeks a baby smiles and utters vowel like sounds: at twelve months he can speak simple words and understand simple commands: at eighteen months he has a vocabulary of three to fifty words. At three he knows about 1,000 words which he can put into sentences, and at four his language differs from that of his parents in style rather than grammar. Recent evidence suggests that an infant is bora with the capacity to speak. What is special about man s brain, compa
