1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 217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 Should Smoking Be Banned in Public Places? You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words following the outline given below. Write your essay on Answer
2、 Sheet 1. 1.近年来越来越多的公共场所禁烟 2.这项举措在受到拥护的同时也引发了争议 3.我的看法 Should Smoking Be Banned in Public Places? Section A （ A） To probe into CIA territory. （ B） To gather military intelligence. （ C） To rival the CIA. （ D） To bend the law. （ A） Supportive. （ B） Indifferent. （ C） Negative. （ D） Worried. （ A） He lea
3、rned to use gun at the age of 21. （ B） He wrote a lot of books about his brief life. （ C） He was considered as a murderer rather than a hero. （ D） The number of victims killed by him was uncertain. （ A） He has been dead for 130 years. （ B） He was an infamous criminal. （ C） His life was full of roman
4、ticism. （ D） The evidence didnt support the pardon. （ A） Vegetarians may have higher risk on heart attack. （ B） People should eat less meat to protect the environment. （ C） Processed meat and red meat may cause cancer. （ D） Meat industry is banned to produce processed meat. （ A） It will probably cau
5、se heart disease. （ B） It is the symbol of European lifestyle. （ C） It is not as delicious as red meat. （ D） It is difficult to produce. （ A） The industry is causing climate change. （ B） Vegetarians are healthier than meat eaters. （ C） Hamburgers are no long popular among people. （ D） People are mor
6、e likely to develop heart disease now. Section B （ A） He often goes on exploring expeditions. （ B） He is a racing driver for many years. （ C） He likes to join in extreme sports. （ D） He often drives fast during the night. （ A） During the British Grand Prix. （ B） During the Mexican Grand Prix. （ C） O
7、n his way to the studio. （ D） During his last race. （ A） Several drivers were killed in the accident. （ B） There was a multiple motor vehicle collision. （ C） His car ran into the car in front of him. （ D） His car was damaged but he wasnt hurt. （ A） There were too many cars. （ B） He saw a traffic acc
8、ident. （ C） He hit a car in front of him. （ D） His car suddenly flamed out. （ A） For quiet concentration. （ B） For fresh air and excitement. （ C） For a special course. （ D） For less money involved. （ A） Outdoor hobbies. （ B） Indoor hobbies. （ C） Money-saving hobbies. （ D） Time-consuming hobbies. （ A
9、） She learned it when she was a small child. （ B） She started it when she was a student. （ C） She didnt learn it until she left school. （ D） She started it after she was married. （ A） By attending special courses. （ B） With the help of her friends. （ C） By reading books on hobbies. （ D） Under the gu
10、idance of her mother. Section C （ A） To find the similarity of soybeans in the world. （ B） To protect soybeans against dry condition. （ C） To collect materials for their papers. （ D） To study the impact of global warming. （ A） China is the only country to grow soybeans. （ B） China is the ancestral h
11、ome of soybeans. （ C） China has a long history of growing soybeans. （ D） China has different kinds of soybeans. （ A） They produce the same yield in different locations. （ B） They are suitable to grow only in the United States. （ C） They produce better quality soybeans under dry weather. （ D） They ha
12、ve better production under drought conditions. （ A） They like mass produced things. （ B） They design things themselves and sell them. （ C） They make clothes and tools for themselves. （ D） They use crafts to decorate their homes. （ A） In shopping centers or churches. （ B） In community or parking lots
13、. （ C） On playgrounds or country grounds. （ D） In public parks or on county grounds. （ A） Candies and toys. （ B） Clothes and gifts. （ C） Rides and shows. （ D） Rides and foods. （ A） Things in craft fairs have better quality than in stores. （ B） They want to buy things that are different and original.
14、 （ C） It is more convenient to buy things in craft fairs. （ D） They can buy everything they want in craft fairs. （ A） It is the largest supplier of valuable minerals. （ B） It will disappear in about thirty years. （ C） It is beginning to grow smaller and smaller. （ D） It offers many resources to help
15、 mankind survive. （ A） Iron and copper. （ B） Gold and copper. （ C） Nickel and bronze. （ D） Iron and bronze. （ A） The sea level will be 20 centimeters higher than it is now. （ B） The sea will be empty if we continue fishing at this pace. （ C） The problems to explore the sea will have been largely sol
16、ved. （ D） People will depend largely on sea foods and minerals. Section A 26 Think before you post. You might not be aware of how much information youre【 C1】 _ . Thats the message from the founders of Please Rob Me, a website launched last week that【 C2】 _ just how easy it is to rob people blind on
17、the basis of the information theyre posting on the Web. The site uses streams of data from Foursquare, a(n)【 C3】_ popular location-based social network that is based on a game-like premise (前提 ). Players use smart phones or laptops to “check in“ to a location,【 C4】 _ their position on a map for frie
18、nds using the service to see. The more often you check in, the better your chances of being declared the mayor of a【 C5】 _ location, be it a restaurant, bar, office or even your own home. The problem comes when users also post these locations to Twitter, says Boy van Amstel, one of the founders of P
19、lease Rob Me. Then the information becomes【 C6】_ available, making it possible for a robber to keep a close watch on when you say youre in your home or not. So how can you keep yourself off Please Rob Me and, more important, keep your home out of the police notebook? A little foresight goes a long w
20、ay. Sites like Foursquare and its competitors dont post your location unless you give it to them, nor is it posted to Twitter without your【 C7】 _ . Its always up to the user to【 C8】 _ what to post. Are you going to get robbed because youre oversharing? Its【 C9】 _ . But Please Rob Me shows that somet
21、imes a little【 C10】 _ online can go a long way. A) illustrates E) decide I) typical M) means B) likely F) excessively J) increasingly N) consent C) publicly G) realize K) revealing O) recording D) particular H) caution L) unlikely 27 【 C1】 28 【 C2】 29 【 C3】 30 【 C4】 31 【 C5】 32 【 C6】 33 【 C7】 34 【 C
22、8】 35 【 C9】 36 【 C10】 Section B 36 To Help the Kids, Parents Go Back to School A For a few years now, every parent of a newborn baby in the South Florida district has received a congratulations packet while still in the hospital that includes, among other things, a colorful animal picture book (in t
23、hree languages) and a letter from something called the Parent Academy. “Keep in mind that you are, and will always be, your childs first and most important teacher,“ the letter reads. “Miami-Dade County Public Schools has many resources and opportunities for you to make the most of that awesome resp
24、onsibility.“ You have to admit, its a pretty genius interpretation of that old advertising saying “Get em while theyre young.“ B While the concept of parent academies in which towns or school districts offer what are essentially classes and workshops on parenting skills has been around for more than
25、 a decade, several larger cities are starting or expanding such programs in an effort to engage parents who are otherwise uninvolved in their childs education. Philadelphia has invested heavily in this years launch of a comprehensive and wide-ranging program for parents. Boston is restoring its Pare
26、nt University following an earlier versions shutdown due to budget cuts. And Miamis Parent Academy, now in its fifth year, offers more than 100 workshops that range from Help Your Child Succeed in Math to Teaching Behavior Skills. C Parent academies are particularly helpful for urban communities ful
27、l of mothers and fathers who for various reasons are disengaged from their childrens education. Many are single parents with second jobs that leave little time to help with schoolwork. Some are immigrants who dont understand much English. Some are parents uncomfortable with schoolwork a survey relea
28、sed by Intel found that more than 50% of parents would rather talk to their kids about drugs or drunk driving than about math or science. And then theres the general confusion that often comes from dealing with a bureaucracy (官僚作风 ) as complicated as the typical American school district. “There are
29、parents who are just not as well informed about the way schools work,“ says Karen Mapp, director of the Education Policy and Management Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. “The policies, the procedures, what state test scores mean its not that they dont care; they just dont know how
30、.“ D Picture yourself in the following supposed situations: youre a parent who never graduated high school; youre a parent whose only interactions with schools have been negative ones; youre a parent who has zero recollection of how to divide fractions; youre a parent who has no clue as to what the
31、important dates are on the college-application calendar. Now picture yourself experiencing all of the supposed situations at once, and then imagine how your child would suffer from your knowledge deficiency. For as much as the current wave of education reformers like to maintain that quality teacher
32、s and schools can help overcome environmental factors, a childs home life plays an undeniable role in how well they learn, says Mapp. E “Ive been doing research on family engagement for about 16 years now,“ she says. “And theres 40 years of research that indicates a pretty positive relationship betw
33、een families being engaged in their childrens education and positive effects on students in terms of their academic achievement. “Mapp is currently helping write a case study on Miamis Parent Academy program, which is one of the nations most successful big-city attempts in this area. Privately funde
34、d by local philanthropists (慈善家 ) and businesses, the Parent Academy has seen more than 120,000 people participate in its workshops during the past half-decade. It has taught parents everything from how to reinforce reading lessons at home to how to deal with threat and the dangers of sexing. F The
35、county has partly adjusted its approach to serve its large non-English-speaking community. “Many of our newly arrived immigrants dont understand what they can do to support their childs success, and they dont understand the system theres no point in going to the school board when youre concerned abo
36、ut your childs homework,“ says Anne Thompson, director of the Miami-Dade program. Because of language issues, she often sees students having to do their parents jobs in terms of navigating school bureaucracy. G In Philadelphia, superintendent Arlene Ackerman set up a Parent University this year afte
37、r expressing concern over low literacy rates for parents and children, as well as a general lack of parental engagement among low-income families, especially among African-American men. Tasked with cherry-picking the best elements from other programs around the country (and tossing the worst), Karre
38、n Dunkley, deputy of the Philadelphia School Districts Office of Parent, Family and Community Services, and her colleagues realized that they needed to ground the program within the context of adult continuing education. That is, if youre trying to teach adults something, give them the respect of ha
39、ving it resemble a real class, which meets more than once, reinforces lessons and allows parents to form learning-centered relationships with instructors and fellow students just as their kids do. “When we looked around the country, we found one-hit wonders, where parents would come into schools for
40、 daylong workshops,“ says Dunkley. “That really didnt produce transformative results, nor did it sustain interest or truly give support to parents.“ H Supported primarily by federal funds, the Philadelphia Parent Academys “curriculum“ runs the scope from a 10-week math-literacy course to a multipart
41、 social-etiquette (社交礼仪 ) class to a one-day session on attendance and truancy (选课 ) that teaches parents about “compulsory education and attendance law.“ Its all targeted toward families in need: parents of children at low-performing schools and residents of housing projects and emergency shelters.
42、 Of course, theres no guarantee that the people who need these programs the most will actually take advantage of them you cant force parents to care, no matter how many free classes you offer. Still, says Harvards Mapp, you have to make progress where you can. “Family engagement is a shared, mutual
43、partnership between educators and parents,“ she says. “Its a two-way conversation between home and school.“ 37 Some students have to navigate school bureaucracy by themselves, because their parents dont know English. 38 Some big cities are launching parent academies programs to engage parents in the
44、ir childs education. 39 The letter in the congratulations packet intends to persuade parents to go back to school. 40 Mapp believes that besides teachers and schools, the parents help at home is essential for childrens study. 41 A government official realized that the parent academic program should
45、be on the basis of adult continuing education. 42 Educators and parents should work in a shared, mutual partnership to help the kids, says a university staff member. 43 The survey by Intel found that more than half of parents were unwilling to deal with schoolwork. 44 Miamis Parent Academy program i
46、s considered as a great success. 45 The Philadelphia Parent Academys “curriculum“ is funded primarily by federal funds. 46 A Parent University was set up in Philadelphia partly due to the high illiteracy rates for parents and children. Section C 46 Of all the lessons taught by the financial crisis,
47、the most personal has been that Americans arent so good at money-management. We take out home loans we cant afford. We run up sky-high credit-card debt. We dont save nearly enough for retirement. In response, supporters of financial-literacy education are moving with renewed enthusiasm. School distr
48、icts in states such as New Jersey and Illinois are adding money-management courses to their curriculums. The Treasury and Education departments are sending lesson plans to high schools and encouraging students to compete in the National Financial Capability Challenge that begins in March. Students w
49、ith top scores on that exam will receive certificates but chances for long-term benefits are slim. As it turns out, there is little evidence that traditional efforts to boost financial know-how help students make better decisions outside the classroom. Even as the financial-literacy movement has gained steam over the past decade, scores have been falling on tests that measure how well students learn about things such as budgeting, credit cards, insu
