1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 248及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the necessity of reducing waste on campus. You should write at l
2、east 120 words but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. Section A （ A） Close to home. （ B） Far away from home. （ C） Good academic reputation. （ D） Money-back guarantee. （ A） Nearly 12 percent. （ B） More than 12 percent. （ C） Less than 10 percent. （ D） Nearly 10 percent. （ A） A
3、 violent hurricane. （ B） Long-lasting hot weather. （ C） A destructive earthquake. （ D） Severe flooding. （ A） Heavy rains havent stroke Queensland for a long time. （ B） People in Queensland have done some preparation for it. （ C） There was no reports about peoples missing or injury. （ D） The bad weat
4、her may be tough for couples. （ A） 27 years old. （ B） 18 years old. （ C） 37 years old. （ D） 45 years old. （ A） They refuse to realize their political power. （ B） They hope to go abroad for further study. （ C） They have power to decide the new government. （ D） They favor the current Congress party. （
5、 A） The unemployment rate is high. （ B） The house market breaks down. （ C） The frustrated political situation. （ D） Prices of goods rise sharply. Section B （ A） They are discussing where to put the furniture. （ B） They are complaining about running out of hot water. （ C） They are planning to rent on
6、e of the rooms. （ D） They are talking about the condition of an apartment. （ A） Whether the rent is too high. （ B） Whether the rent covers water, electricity and gas. （ C） Whether there is a good supply of hot water. （ D） Whether there are too many people expecting to rent these rooms. （ A） $250. （
7、B） $500. （ C） $750. （ D） $1,000.00 （ A） There scarcely are people wanting these rooms. （ B） They have a very nice talking. （ C） The man is child-free. （ D） The man offers the most reasonable rent. （ A） He wrote on a seaside resort. （ B） He travelled with his family. （ C） He stayed at home to relax.
8、（ D） He went shopping with the woman. （ A） She plans to have the man make a tour arrangement for her. （ B） She hopes that he could give her some advice on writing. （ C） She wants to get some suggestions about traveling. （ D） She complains to him about her boring holiday. （ A） Bring enough cash. （ B）
9、 Go with her mother. （ C） Resort to the man. （ D） Reserve a room. （ A） A busy city center convenient for shopping. （ B） A peaceful seashore with beautiful views. （ C） A huge bay with a little balcony. （ D） A room of standard size though noisy. Section C （ A） Cheap clothes. （ B） Expensive clothes. （
10、C） Fashionable clothes. （ D） Casual clothes. （ A） They enjoy loud music. （ B） They seldom lose their temper. （ C） They want to have children. （ D） They enjoy modern dances. （ A） The speaker goes to bed very late and her sister gets up early. （ B） The speakers twin sister often brings friends home an
11、d this annoys her. （ C） The speaker likes to keep things neat while her twin sister doesnt. （ D） They cant agree on the color of the room and furniture. （ A） The great number of people engaged in cigarette producing. （ B） The rapid development of cigarette-making machines. （ C） The rapid development
12、 of cigarette-making factories. （ D） The increasing output of tobacco. （ A） Forty-three. （ B） Thirty-one. （ C） Seventy-five. （ D） Forty-six. （ A） Income, years of schooling and job type. （ B） Family background and work environment. （ C） Education and mood. （ D） Occupation and influence of family mem
13、bers. （ A） City people smoke less than people living on farms. （ B） Better-educated men tend to smoke more heavily than other men. （ C） Better-educated women tend to smoke more heavily than other women. （ D） A well-paid man is likely to smoke more packs of cigarettes per day. （ A） The speed and jour
14、ney of the fastest rocket soaring to the sun. （ B） The brightness of the sun and its distance from the earth. （ C） The size and heat of the sun compared with other stars. （ D） The total heat and time a column of ice needs to melt. （ A） 93 million degrees Centigrade. （ B） 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. （
15、 C） 10,000 degrees Centigrade. （ D） Over 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. （ A） The sun casts its light to millions of other stars. （ B） Most of the suns heat and light are received on the earth. （ C） More resources from the sun will make the earth even prosperous. （ D） Appropriate amount of heat and light
16、makes life on the earth possible. Section A 26 Americans have long prided themselves as being part of an optimistic society. But a new research describes Americans as pessimistic, believing the nation is in decline and that quality of life for【 C1】 _generations may be lower than it is today. Definin
17、g the American Dream is not easy, although four definitions dominate peoples【 C2】 _of what it means to them, according to researchers at the Xavier Universitys Institute for Politics and the American Dream: opportunity, freedom, family and financial success. Happiness, wealth, home ownership are amo
18、ng the things that【 C3】 _as less important in peoples views of what the dream means. However people define it, they believe the American Dream is harder to achieve for this generation that it was for their parents generation. Sixty percent of those【 C4】_by Xavier University said that was their concl
19、usion. Even more 68 percentsaid their children and grandchildren will find it more【 C5】 _to achieve than they have. The results may not be【 C6】 _, given the state of the economy. The deep recession that has gripped the nation sent the unemployment【 C7】 _to 9.7 percent. Add to that the damage done to
20、 retirement savings accounts by the【 C8】 _decline in the stock market. Today, a majority of Americans 58 percent see the country in decline. A smaller majority 52 percent believe the world now【 C9】 _to many other places to see where the future is. Its little wonder Americans are in a pessimistic【 C1
21、0】 _. A) looks I) rate B) mood J) supported C) ratio K) sharp D) rank L) hopes E) surveyed M) perceptions F) contemporary N) disappointing G) difficult O) surprising H) future 27 【 C1】 28 【 C2】 29 【 C3】 30 【 C4】 31 【 C5】 32 【 C6】 33 【 C7】 34 【 C8】 35 【 C9】 36 【 C10】 Section B 36 Young Workers Push E
22、mployers for Wider Web Access A Ryan Tracy thought hed entered the Dark Ages when he graduated college and arrived in the working world. His employer blocked access to Facebook, Gmail and other popular Internet sites. He had no wireless access for his laptop and often ran to a nearby cafe on work ti
23、me so he could use its Wi-Fi connection to send large files. Sure, the barriers did what his employer intended: They stopped him and his colleagues from using work time to mess about online. But Tracy says the rules also got in the way of reasonable work he needed to do as a scientific analyst for a
24、 health care services company. B “It was a constant battle between the people that saw technology as an advantage, and those that saw it as a hindrance,“ says the 27-year-old Chicagoan, who now works for a different company. He was sure there had to be a better way. Its a common complaint from young
25、 people who join the work force with the expectation that their bosses will embrace technology as much as they do. Then some discover that sites theyre supposed to be researching for work are blocked. Or they cant take a little down time to read a news story online or check their personal e-mail or
26、social networking accounts. In some cases, they end up using their own Internet-enabled smart phones to get to blocked sites, either for work or fun. C So some are wondering: Could companies take a different approach, without compromising security or workplace efficiency, that allows at least some o
27、f the online access that younger employees particularly long for? “Its no different than spending too much time around the water cooler or making too many personal phone calls. Do you take those away? No,“ says Gary Rudman, president of GTR Consulting, a market research firm that tracks the habits o
28、f young people. “These two worlds will continue to conflict until theres a mutual understanding that performance, not Internet usage, is what really matters.“ D This is, after all, a generation of young people known for what University of Toronto sociologist Barry Wellman calls “media multiplexity (
29、多重性 ).“ College students he has studied tell him how they sleep with their smart phones and, in some cases, consider their electronic tools to be like a part of their bodies. Theyre also less likely to fit the traditional 9-to-5 work mode and are willing to put in time after hours in exchange for fl
30、exibility, including online time. So, Wellman and others argue, why not embrace that working style when possible, rather than fight it? E There is, of course, another side of the story from employers who worry about everything from wasted time on the Internet to giving away secret information and li
31、ability for what their employees do online. Such concerns have to be taken especially seriously in such highly regulated fields as finance and health care, says Nancy Flynn, a corporate consultant who heads the Ohio-based ePolicy Institute. From a survey Flynn did this year with the American Managem
32、ent Association, she believes nearly half of U.S. employers have a policy banning visits to personal social networking or video sharing sites during work hours. Many also ban personal text messaging during working days. Flynn notes that the rising popularity of BlackBerrys, iPhones and other devices
33、 with Web access and messaging have made it much more difficult to enforce whats being done on work time, particularly on an employees personal phone. Or often the staff uses unapproved software applications to get around the blocks. F As a result, more employers are experimenting with opening acces
34、s. Thats what Joe Dwyer decided to do when he started Chicago-based Brill Street rice and dishes left over in the waste buckets. It is high time that such campus waste should be eliminated because we are living in a world with limited resources. And if we do not cherish things we have today, sooner
35、or later we will be short of them. To reduce waste on campus, we should all discipline ourselves: Turn off the lights when we leave the classroom; eat our meals up; dont waste water, etc. The world will become much more beautiful as long as we all do our bit. 【试题解析】 这是一篇看图作文。要求考生先简单描述图片内容，继而就 “减少校园浪
36、费的必要性 ”这个话题进行阐述。根据题目要求，可将文章内容安排如下： 第一段：简明扼要地描述图片内容。 第二段：简述减少校园浪费的必要性。 第三段：提出减少校园浪费现象的一些建议，结束全文。 Section A 2 【听力原文】 How do you choose a college? Some of you might choose a school based on the courses that it offers. Some might choose one thats close to home, or really far away. 1But how about for a m
37、oney-jack guarantee? Lansing Community College in Michigan is offering that deal to some students. If you take certain classes, and if you dont get a job within one year after you finish, you can get your money back! There is some fine print to this. You cant miss any classes, you have to do all you
38、r assignments, and you have to prove that youve been looking for a job. Its an interesting idea, 2especially in a state whose unemployment rate is nearly 12 percent. 1. What may be the advantage for Lansing Community College? 2. What is the unemployment rate in Michigan? 2 【正确答案】 D 3 【正确答案】 A 4 【听力原
39、文】 Well, were taking you to Australia next today, where 3the state of Queensland in northeast Australia is struggling through the effects of a powerful hurricane. If Queensland sounds familiar, this same region was hit with severe flooding recently. This time, the disaster is Cyclone Yasi. Yasi coul
40、d be one of the worst hurricanes Australia has ever seen. We want you to look at this video. You can see what looks like a sign that got blown down, flying through the street, being ripped apart. 4People in Queensland were warned about Yasi a few days ago, so they had some time to get ready. But one
41、 official said it could be a tough couple days. 3. What are the Australians suffering from? 4. What can we learn about Yasi from the news? 4 【正确答案】 A 5 【正确答案】 B 6 【听力原文】 India is home to more than 1.2 billion people and second only to Chinas population. Because of that huge population and the fact t
42、hat its a federal republic like the U.S. India is often called the worlds largest democracy. Indias population is also young. 5Its median age is 27 years old. In the U.S. that age is closer to 37. Its no wonder why so many Indians who are close to the voting age of 18 are realizing they have politic
43、al power. This is something that countrys politicians are noticing, too. Many young people are first time voters. 6Given that Indias youth makes up half of its billion plus population, how Indias young vote will determine the countrys future. They are obviously really frustrated with current politic
44、al situation in their country. The only government these youngsters have really known is the current Congress party Led One, which is in power for the last ten years. 7During that time, prices have risen sharply. The price of petrol is doubled. Some young people are going to vote for a different par
45、ty, one that will fight inflation and will take firm action to control inflation in the difficult global economy. 5. What is the median age in India? 6. What can we learn about the young people in India? 7. What is the current largest economic problem in India? 6 【正确答案】 A 7 【正确答案】 C 8 【正确答案】 D Secti
46、on B 9 【听力原文】 M: Good afternoon, maam. Im Mr. Smith. I called you a little while ago about the apartment for rent. W: Oh, right, Mr. Smith. Come in. Let me show you the place. 10The two rooms are upstairs. Come with me. M: You have a very nice house. W: Thanks. Here we are. Both are simply furnished
47、 with a bed, a desk and a cupboard. M: This is not bad. 9Hows the hot water? Thats very important. Im asking because where I live now keeps running out of hot water. I cant tell you how many cold showers Ive had to take. In fact, I had to take one just this morning. I cant stand taking cold showers
48、any more. W: Dont worry. You can shower to your hearts content in here. M: How much is the rent? W: 10Well, how about $250 a month for each room? That includes water, electricity and gas. M: Well, that sounds quite reasonable. Did you say quite a few people are waiting for these two rooms? W: Right.
49、 11But you have no children. Id like to put you up higher on the list. M: Well, thank you very much. Ill consult with my wife and contact you as soon as we make up our minds. Its really very nice talking with you. W: Thank you. Im glad you like the rooms. Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 8. What are the two speakers talking about? 9. Which of the following does the man pay more attention to? 10. How much w
