1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 21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 Blackboard-Writing or PowerPoint 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.
2、1多媒体课件在英语教学中得到广泛应用 2与传统板书相比其优势和缺陷 3我的看法 Blackboard-Writing or PowerPoint Section A （ A） Prof. Bushs lecture is too hard to understand. （ B） The man is good at taking notes. （ C） The woman missed Prof. Bushs lecture. （ D） The woman had problems concentrating on the lecture. （ A） Surprised. （ B） Indif
3、ferent. （ C） Respectful. （ D） Suspicious. （ A） It lasts long. （ B） Its of a famous brand. （ C） Its loud and clear. （ D） Its fashionable. （ A） He thinks John has a poor eyesight. （ B） He doesnt think Johns girlfriend is beautiful. （ C） He feels the woman is too critical. （ D） He thinks people in love
4、 are beautiful. （ A） On Monday. （ B） On Tuesday. （ C） On Saturday. （ D） On Sunday. （ A） The man enjoyed his trip very much. （ B） Winter was not the best time to travel. （ C） The man had been on a business trip. （ D） The flight was a disaster for the man. （ A） At the womans house. （ B） At the mans ho
5、use. （ C） At a bar. （ D） At the mans office. （ A） Taking a photo. （ B） Designing a hairstyle. （ C） Hunting. （ D） Moving the background. （ A） The man drinks too much. （ B） The man lost his job. （ C） The womans father asked her to do so. （ D） The man broke up with his girlfriend. （ A） They are honest
6、and frank. （ B） They are not true friends. （ C） They are supportive. （ D） They should quit drinking with the man. （ A） Quit drinking with her. （ B） Break with those so-called friends. （ C） Go to Alcoholics Anonymous with her. （ D） Meet people and keep clear-minded. （ A） Its a club for people to meet
7、 together and have some drinks. （ B） People need to pay some membership fees to join it. （ C） The meeting is open to the public there. （ D） It aims to help people quit drinking. （ A） It serves breakfast from 6:00 to 9:00. （ B） Its exercise room opens from 9:00 to 17:00. （ C） It provides wireless Int
8、ernet with some extra fees. （ D） There is a refrigerator in each room. （ A） The hotel charges too much for its facilities. （ B） There is no refrigerator in his room. （ C） The hotel refuses to offer a discount. （ D） The exercise room is unavailable. （ A） Try another hotel. （ B） Stay at the hotel. （ C
9、） Talk to the manager. （ D） Pay the cancellation fee. Section B （ A） The healthier ones heart is, the less smart he is. （ B） The healthier ones heart is, the smarter he is. （ C） The smarter a person is, the healthier his heart is. （ D） The healthier the heart is, the less chances to get mental illne
10、ss. （ A） It could increase the blood pressure. （ B） It could bring the brain more hydrogen and nutrients. （ C） It could improve the brain structure. （ D） It could make the nerve cells more sensitive. （ A） The healthier twin is also the smarter one. （ B） The twins are as intelligent as each other. （
11、C） The raising environment has nothing to do with their intelligence. （ D） The genes have a great influence on their intelligence. （ A） It is helpful for the students to know themselves. （ B） It is helpful to create a balanced school curriculum. （ C） The students should be encouraged to do more exer
12、cise. （ D） It is better to check the students heart regularly. （ A） Animals have little interaction with other species. （ B） Human has the widest interaction with its companions. （ C） Friendship represents a persons worth. （ D） Friendship doesnt exist in other species. （ A） Friends who are thought o
13、f as family members are thought as close friends. （ B） The inner circle plays the most important role in a persons life. （ C） The not-so-close circle couldnt be called friends in theory. （ D） The close circle refers to classmates and colleagues. （ A） Friends should be willing to sacrifice and never
14、ask for rewards. （ B） There should be no secrets between friends. （ C） Friends should seek and share the same interests and activities. （ D） It is necessary for friends to share the same social circle. （ A） It is an electronic device that monitors a babys mood. （ B） It is a toy that could tell when
15、the baby is hungry. （ C） It is a device that helps the parents to communicate with their babies. （ D） It is a piece of clothes that could monitor a babys movement. （ A） People who have no time to attend their babies. （ B） People who become parents for the first time. （ C） People who have difficulty
16、communicating with their babies. （ D） People who have a heavy burden to support the family. （ A） It is too expensive for an ordinary family. （ B） It is dangerous for its an electronic device. （ C） The information it provides is not convincing. （ D） It is of little practical use. Section C 26 New Yea
17、r in the United States is celebrated on January 1, the first day of the Gregorian Calendar. This is a federal【 B1】 _in the US. On this day, many people make resolutions to【 B2】 _bad deeds and renew life with good ones. Its the time to remember the【 B3】 _and make merry for the New Year. New Year is【
18、B4】_to bring good luck and charm for people and this is the reason why Americans love to celebrate it with fun and enjoyment. New Years Eve celebration is a【 B5】_affair for the people of the US. They love to enjoy even the last minute of the going year and welcome the New Year with a【 B6】 _Midnight
19、parties, luxury dinners, live music and the dance floors make a【 B7】 _New Years Eve bash. Every year, a huge ball is organized at Times Square in New York City, which is joined over by large number of Americans. A minute before the New Years Day, a brightly lighted ball is【 B8】 _the top of a pole. A
20、s soon as the ball reaches the ground, it gives a【 B9】 _of New Year and everybody hugs and kisses each other wishing Happy New Year. Elsewhere, many of the New Years parties in the US have a dress code or a theme. People cover their faces with masks. To have some merriment with the family members at
21、 the beginning of the New Year, people prefer to celebrate it at their homes. There is also a tradition to open【 B10】 _bottles as the clock strikes midnight on New Years Eve. They unmask themselves only when the clock strikes 12. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8
22、】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 When was the last time you flashed a fake smile at the office? For some, it may be just another mundane(乏味的 )aspect of work life putting on a game face to hide your inner unhappiness. But new research suggests that it may have unexpected【 C1】 _: worsening your own m
23、ood and【 C2】 _you to withdraw from the tasks at hand. In a study, scientists tracked a group of bus drivers for two weeks, focusing on them because their jobs require【 C3】 _, and generally courteous, interactions with many people. The scientists examined what happened when the drivers【 C4】 _in fake
24、smiling, known as “surface acting“, and its opposite, “deep acting“, where they generated【 C5】 _smiles through positive thoughts, said an author of the study, Brent Scott, an assistant professor of management at Michigan State University. After following the drivers closely, the researchers found th
25、at when the smiles were forced, the subjects moods deteriorated and they【 C6】 _to withdraw from work. The fact of trying to 【 C7】 _negative thoughts, it turns out, may have made those thoughts even more【 C8】 _But when the subjects tried to【 C9】 _smiles through deeper efforts by actually cultivating
26、pleasant thoughts and memories their overall moods improved and their productivity increased. Women were affected more than men. Dr. Scott suspected cultural norms might be at play: women are more【 C10】 _expressive in social intercourse, he said, so hiding emotions may create more strain. Research s
27、uggests that an inauthentic smile to hide unhappiness can further worsen your mood. A)consequences F)persistent K)attractions B)contribution G)stable L)frequent C)authentic H)causing M)emotionally D)retreat I)tended N)completely E)suppress J)engaged O)display 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【
28、 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Free School Meals A)Millions of American schoolchildren are receiving free or low-cost meals for the first time as their parents, many once solidly middle class, have lost jobs or homes during the economic crisis, qualifying their famil
29、ies for the decades old safety-net program. B)The number of students receiving subsidized(补贴的 )lunches rose to 21 million last school year from 18 million in 2006-2007, a 17 percent increase, according to an analysis by the New York Times of data from the Department of Agriculture. “These are very l
30、arge increases and a direct reflection of the hardships American families are facing,“ sad Benjamin Senauer, a University of Minnesota economist who studies the meals program, adding that the surge had happened so quickly “that people like myself who do research are struggling to keep up with it.“ C
31、)In Sylva, N. C., layoffs at lumber and paper mills have driven hundreds of new students into the free lunch program. In Las Vegas, where the collapse of the construction industry has caused hardship, 15 000 additional students joined the subsidized lunch program this fall. Around Rochester, unemplo
32、yed engineers and technicians have signed up their children after the downsizing of Kodak and other companies forced them from their jobs. Many of these formerly middle-income parents have pleaded with school officials to keep their enrollment a secret. D)Students in families with incomes up to 130
33、percent of the poverty level or $29 055 for a family of four are eligible(有资格的 )for free school meals. Children in a fourmember household with income up to $41 348 qualify for a subsidized lunch priced at 40 cents. E)Among the first to call attention to the increases were Department of Education off
34、icials, who use subsidized lunch rates as a poverty indicator in federal testing. This month, in releasing results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, they noted that the proportion of the nations fourth graders enrolled in the lunch program had climbed to 52 percent from 49 percent
35、in 2009, crossing a symbolic watershed. In the Rockdale County Schools in Conyers, Ga., east of Atlanta, the percentage of students receiving subsidized lunches increased to 63 percent this year from 46 percent in 2006. F)One of those is Sheila Dawson, a Wal-Mart saleswoman whose husband lost his jo
36、b as the manager of a Waffle House last year, reducing their income by $ 45 000. “Were doing whatever we can to save money,“ said Ms. Dawson, who has a 15-year-old daughter. “We buy clothes at the thrift store, we see fewer movies and this year my daughter qualifies for reduced-price lunch.“ G)Altho
37、ugh the troubled economy is the main factor in the increases, experts said, some growth at the margins has resulted from a new way of qualifying students for the subsidized meals, known as direct certification. In 2004, Congress required the nations 17 000 school districts to match student enrollmen
38、t lists against records of local food-stamp agencies, directly enrolling those who receive food stamps for the meals program. The number of districts doing so has been rising as have the number of school-age children in families eligible for food stamps, to 14 million in 2010-2011 from 12 million in
39、 2009-2010. H)“The concern of those of us involved in the direct certification effort is how to help all these districts deal with the exploding caseload of kids eligible for the meals,“ said Kevin Conway, a project director at Mathematica Policy Research, a co-author of an October report to Congres
40、s on direct certification. I)Congress passed the National School Lunch Act in 1946 to support commodity prices after World War II by reducing farm surpluses while providing food to schoolchildren. By 1970, the program was providing 22 million lunches on an average day, about a fifth of them subsidiz
41、ed. Since then, the subsidized portion has grown while paid lunches have declined, but not since 1972 have so many additional children become eligible for free lunches as in fiscal year 2010, 1.3 million. Today it is a $ 10.8 billion program providing 32 million lunches, 21 million of which are free
42、 or at reduced price. J)All 50 states have shown increases, according to Agriculture Department data. In Florida, which has 2. 6 million public school students, an additional 265 000 students have become eligible for subsidies since 2007, with increases in virtually every district. “Growth has been
43、across the board,“ said Mark Eggers, the Florida Department of Education official who oversees the lunch program. K)In Las Vegas, with 13.6 percent unemployment, the enrollment of thousands of new students in the subsidized lunch program forced the Clark County district to add an extra shift at the
44、football field-size central kitchen, said Virginia Beck, an assistant director at the school food service. L)In New York, the Gates Chili school district west of Rochester has lost 700 students since 2007-2008, as many families have fled the area after mass layoffs. But over those same four years, t
45、he subsidized lunch program has added 125 mouths, many of them belonging to the children of Kodak and Xerox managers and technicians who once assumed they had a lifetime job, said Debbi Beauvais, district supervisor of the meals program. “Parents signing up children say, I never thought a program li
46、ke this would apply to me and my kids,“ Ms. Beauvais said. M)Many large urban school districts have for years been dominated by students poor enough to qualify for subsidized lunches. In Dallas, Newark and Chicago, for instance, about 85 percent of students are eligible, and most schools also offer
47、free breakfasts. Now, some places have added free supper programs, fearing that needy students otherwise will go to bed hungry. One is the Hickman Mills C-l district in a threadbare Kansas City, Mo., neighborhood where a Home Depot, a shopping mall and a string of grocery stores have closed. Ten yea
48、rs ago, 48 percent of its students qualified for subsidized lunches. By 2007, that proportion had increased to 73 percent, said Leah Schmidt, the districts nutrition director. Last year, when it hit 80 percent, the district started feeding 700 students a third meal, paid for by the state, each after
49、noon when classes end. “This is the neediest period Ive seen in my 20-year career,“ Ms. Schmidt said. 47 Many middle-income parents around Rochester have signed up their children because companies like Kodak have made them jobless. 48 In Florida, growth in the number of qualified students is almost in every district. 49 The subsidized lunch rates were utilized by some government officials to indicate poverty in federal testing. 50
