1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 208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 More Chinese People Traveling Abroad based on the statistics provided in bar graph below. Please convey the information in the graph. You should write at least 120 wor
2、ds but no more than 180 words. Section A （ A） For 35 years. （ B） For 32 years. （ C） For 70 years. （ D） For 17 years. （ A） The Kings birthday. （ B） The stability of the monarchy. （ C） Criticism from both the left and the right. （ D） The Kings public defense of his ruling. （ A） Running a plastic surge
3、ry clinic. （ B） Arranging for surgery and safari. （ C） Providing consultancy to local people. （ D） Organizing trips to UK and American. （ A） Local African clients helped keep her business going. （ B） Her clients were unable to pay her the money. （ C） Her business was affected by the global financial
4、 crisis. （ D） She still had as many African clients as before. （ A） To collect data on sources of pollution. （ B） To identify pollution in rivers and lakes. （ C） To help control environmental pollution. （ D） To help control industrial wastes. （ A） Lack of technology. （ B） Rapid economic growth. （ C）
5、 Unknown pollution sources. （ D） Shortage of manpower. （ A） Offices are set up by government departments. （ B） A main centre receives reports from provinces. （ C） A database is set up for each province. （ D） Data will be reviewed and analyzed in mid-2009. Section B （ A） When she is upset. （ B） When
6、she feels boring. （ C） When she feels passive. （ D） When she feels happy. （ A） He left his meal tickets in the cafeteria. （ B） He wasted too much time on TV. （ C） He cannot control himself to switch off the TV. （ D） The TV program is boring. （ A） Your brain becomes less and less passive. （ B） Your b
7、rain becomes more and more active. （ C） You become more and more passive. （ D） You become less and less passive. （ A） Eat a lot. （ B） Go shopping. （ C） Go swimming. （ D） Watch TV. （ A） She has to eat less. （ B） She eats less but remains overweight. （ C） She doesnt eat fast foods but remains overweig
8、ht. （ D） She has to give up fast food. （ A） Try to eat less. （ B） Walk more regularly. （ C） Eat more fruits. （ D） Stop eating fast food. （ A） She should go to the gym to exercise. （ B） She should spend much time on exercise. （ C） She should walk more regularly. （ D） She should walk for a long distan
9、ce. （ A） How to eat in a healthy way. （ B） Why fast food makes people fat. （ C） How to lose weight. （ D） How to cheer the woman up. Section C （ A） They strongly believe in family rules. （ B） They are very likely to succeed in life. （ C） They tend to take responsibility for themselves. （ D） They are
10、in the habit of obeying their parents. （ A） They grow up to be runny and charming. （ B） They often have a poor sense of direction. （ C） They get less attention from their parents. （ D） They tend to be smart and strong-willed. （ A） They usually don t follow family rules. （ B） They don t like to take
11、chances in their lives. （ C） They are less likely to be successful in life. （ D） They tend to believe in their parent s ideas. （ A） Economic growth. （ B） Reducing unemployment. （ C） Social security. （ D） How to pay growing numbers of pensioners. （ A） Aging populations will bankrupt government. （ B）
12、Aging populations will erode economic vitality. （ C） Aging population will harm geopolitical strength. （ D） The truth is that such fears are widely exaggerated. （ A） Political will. （ B） Demographics. （ C） Social security. （ D） Medicare. （ A） Once a week. （ B） Twice a week. （ C） Once a month. （ D） T
13、wice a month. （ A） No one. （ B） One young man. （ C） His son. （ D） Mathew. （ A） Because he was poor. （ B） Because he wanted to retire. （ C） Because he couldnt do his job well. （ D） Because he was going somewhere. （ A） He cut Mathews hair exactly as Mathew liked it. （ B） He cut Mathew s hair better th
14、an the old hairdresser. （ C） He cut Mathew s hair like his own. （ D） He cut Mathew s hair very badly. Section A 26 The mass media is a big part of our culture, yet it can also be a helper, adviser and teacher to our young generation. The mass media affects the lives of our young by acting as a【 C1】
15、_for a number of institutions and social contacts. In this way, it【 C2】_a variety of functions in human life. The time spent in front of the television screen is usually at the【 C3】 _of leisure: there is less time for games, amusement and rest.【 C4】 _by what is happening on the screen, children not
16、only imitate what they see but directly identify themselves with different characters. Americans have been concerned about the prevalence of violence in the media and its【 C5】 _harm to children and adolescents for at least forty years. During this period, new media【 C6】 _, such as video games and th
17、e Internet. Another large societal concern on our young generation imposed by the media is body image. 【 C7】 _forces can in fluence body image positively or negatively. In the mass media, the images of standardized beauty fill magazines and newspapers,【 C8】_from our televisions and entertain us at t
18、he movies. Even in advertising, the mass media【 C9】 _on accepted cultural values of thinness and fitness for commercial gain. Young adults are presented with a【 C10】 _defined standard of attractiveness, an ideal that carries unrealistic physical expectations. A)preference B)expense C)fulfills D)Attr
19、acted E)External F)emerged G)Explicit H)beam I)play J)take K)potential L)barely M)narrowly N)imposed O)substitute 27 【 C1】 28 【 C2】 29 【 C3】 30 【 C4】 31 【 C5】 32 【 C6】 33 【 C7】 34 【 C8】 35 【 C9】 36 【 C10】 Section B 36 Identity theft A)Identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to all
20、types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person s personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain. B)The numbers associated with identity theft are beginning to add up fast these days. A recent General Accounting Office report estima
21、tes that as many as 750,000 Americans are victims of identity theft every year. And that number may be low, as many people choose not to report the crime even if they know they have been victimized. C)Identity theft is “an absolute epidemic“, states Robert Ellis Smith, a respected author and advocat
22、e of privacy, “Its certainly picked up in the last four or five years. Its worldwide. It affects everybody, and there s very little you can do to prevent it and, worst of all, you can t detect it until it s probably too late.“ D)Unlike your fingerprints, which are unique to you and cannot be given t
23、o someone else for their use, your personal data, especially your social security number, your bank account or credit card number, your telephone calling card number, and other valuable identifying data, can be used, if they fall into the wrong hands, to personally profit at your expense. In the Uni
24、ted States and Canada, for example, many people have reported that unauthorized persons have taken funds out of their bank or financial accounts, or, in the worst cases, taken over their identities altogether, running up vast debts and committing crimes while using the victims names. In many cases,
25、a victims losses may include not only out-of-pocket financial losses, but substantial additional financial costs associated with trying to restore his reputation in the community and correcting erroneous information for which the criminal is responsible. E)According to the FBI, identity theft is the
26、 number one fraud committed on the Internet. So how do job seekers protect themselves while continuing to circulate their resumes online? The key to a successful online job search is learning to manage the risks. Here are some tips for staying safe while conducting a job search on the Internet. F)Ch
27、eck for a privacy policy. If you are considering posting your resume online, make sure the job search site you are considering has a privacy policy, like CareerB. The policy should spell out how your information will be used, stored and whether or not it will be shared. You may want to think twice a
28、bout posting your resume on a site that automatically shares your information with others. You could be opening yourself up to unwanted calls from solicitors(推销员 ). When reviewing the sites privacy policy, youll be able to delete your resume just as easily as you posted it. You wont necessarily want
29、 your resume to remain out there on the Internet once you land a job. Remember, the longer your resume remains posted on a job board, the more exposure, both positive and not-so-positive, it will receive. G)Take advantages of site features. Lawful job search sites offer levels of privacy protection.
30、 Before posting your resume, carefully consider your job search objectives and the level of risk you are willing to assume. CareerB, for example, offers three levels of privacy from which job seekers can choose. The first is standard posting. This option gives job seekers who post their resumes the
31、most visibility to the broadest employer audience possible. The second is anonymous(匿名的 )posting. This allows job seekers the same visibility as those in the standard posting category without any of their contact information being displayed. Job seekers who wish to remain anonymous but want to share
32、 some other information may choose which pieces of contact information to display. The third is private posting. This option allows a job seeker to post a resume without having it searched by employers. Private posting allows job seekers to quickly and easily apply for jobs that appear on CareerB wi
33、thout retyping their information. H)Safeguard your identity. Career experts say that one of the ways job seekers can stay safe while using the Internet to search out jobs is to conceal their identities. Replace your name on your resume with a generic(泛指的 )identifier, such as “Intranet Developer Cand
34、idate“, or “Experienced Marketing Representative“. You should also consider eliminating the name and location of your current employer. Depending on your title, it may not be all that difficult to determine who you are once the name of your company is provided. Use a general description of the compa
35、ny such as “Major auto manufacturer,“ or “International packaged goods supplier.“ If your job title is unique, consider using the generic equivalent instead of the exact title assigned by your employer. I)Establish an email address for your search. Another way to protect your privacy while seeking e
36、mployment online is to open up an email account specifically for your online job search. This will safeguard your existing email box in the event someone you dont know gets hold of your email address and shares it with others. Using an email address specifically for your job search also eliminates t
37、he possibility that you will receive unwelcome emails in your primary mailbox. When naming your new email address, be sure that it doesn t contain references to your name or other information that will give away your identity. The best solution is an email address that is relevant to the job you are
38、 seeking such as salesmgr2QQ. J)Protect your references. If your resume contains a section with the names and contact information of your references, take it out. There s no sense in safeguarding your information while sharing private contact information of your references. K)Keep confidential(机密的 )
39、information confidential. Do not, under any circumstances, share your social security, drivers license, and bank account numbers or other personal information, such as race or eye color. Honest employers do not need this information with an initial application. Dont provide this even if they say the
40、y need it in order to conduct a background check. This is one of the oldest tricks in the bookdont fall for it. 37 In order to restore their reputation, victims of identity theft may suffer additional financial losses. 38 Job seekers are advised to describe the company they are serving at the time i
41、n a general way but not giving an exact name. 39 Learn how to avoid the risks, if one hopes to seek jobs online safely. 40 Job seekers who want to share part of their information while remain anonymous may choose pieces of contact information to display. 41 The number 750,000 is not exact, people wh
42、o become victims of identity theft each year may be more than it. 42 Identity theft is spreading around the world and difficult to detect. 43 A safer way to search a job online is to use your email account. 44 Make sure your email address wont be named in a way that could let out your personal infor
43、mation. 45 Resumes posted online for a long time will increase the risk of becoming victims of identity theft. 46 Honest employers wont ask their initial job applicants to reveal their social security account or bank account numbers. Section C 46 If you want to teach your children how to say sorry,
44、you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your own children. But how you say it can be quite tricky. If you say to your children “Im sorry I got angry with you, but.“ what follows that “but“ can render the apology ineffective: “I had a bad day“ or “your noise was giving me a headache“ le
45、aves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior in expecting an apology. Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say “Im sorry youre upset“: this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to
46、 get upset by what the other person has done. Then there is the general, all covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again. Saying “I m useless as a paren
47、t“ does not commit a person to any specific improvement. These pseudo-apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness, Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not resort to these pseudo-apologies. But even when pre
48、sented with examples of genuine contrition, children still need help to become aware of the complexities of saying sorry. A three-year-old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology. A
49、 six-year-old might need reminding that spoiling other children s expectations can require an apology. A 12-year-old might need to be shown that raiding the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent s clothes without permission is not. 47 If a mother adds “but“ to an apology,_. （ A） she does not feel that she should have apologized （ B） she does not realize that the child has been hurt （ C） the child m
