1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 3及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 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 money. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Section
2、 A （ A） She thinks her son has almost everything he wants. （ B） She is not sure whether an MP3 player is a nice gift. （ C） She finds it hard to find a proper gift for her husband. （ D） Shes afraid she cant afford anything the mans father wants. （ A） He doesnt write well enough. （ B） He is not a prof
3、essional writer. （ C） He has no professional experience. （ D） He didnt perform well in the interview. （ A） They dont know how to get to Mickeys home. （ B） They will go to Mickeys graduation ceremony. （ C） They are discussing when to meet again. （ D） They went to the same ceremony some time ago. （ A）
4、 Love stories. （ B） Detective stories. （ C） Stories about jail escapes. （ D） Stories about royal families. （ A） She has trouble getting along with the professor. （ B） She regrets having taken up much of the professors time. （ C） She knows the professor has been busy. （ D） She knows the professor has
5、 run into trouble. （ A） The color suits her. （ B） It goes with her shoes. （ C） It is a little bit expensive. （ D） The style doesnt fit her well. （ A） It was beautiful. （ B） It was messed up. （ C） It was well-organized. （ D） It was clean. （ A） Its cloudy. （ B） It drizzles. （ C） It showers. （ D） It ra
6、ins heavily. （ A） The female lead. （ B） The clown. （ C） The painted face. （ D） The old lead. （ A） The actress looks younger than her real age. （ B） The actress looks older than her real age. （ C） The actress looks as old as her real age. （ D） The actress looks like the famous actor Mei Lanfang. （ A）
7、 By different gesture. （ B） By different voice. （ C） By different color. （ D） By different costume. （ A） It stands for loyalty. （ B） It stands for disloyalty. （ C） It stands for uprightness. （ D） It stands for integrity. （ A） She is busy at work. （ B） She has gone shopping. （ C） She is resting in be
8、d. （ D） She is feeling sorry. （ A） He tells her honestly what he thinks about it. （ B） He refuses to eat it. （ C） He throws it away after making it. （ D） She can tell by his non-verbal expressions. （ A） They decide to go out to eat. （ B） They eat at a friends house. （ C） They eat something different
9、 at home. （ D） They decide to eat nothing at all. Section B （ A） Good looks. （ B） Clever brains. （ C） Sweet personality. （ D） Willingness to serve. （ A） They should be at the age of 18 to 23. （ B） They should have the bachelor degree. （ C） They should speak fluent mother tongue and English. （ D） The
10、y should be single. （ A） They can prepare and serve meals. （ B） They know how to take care of children. （ C） They have received proper training. （ D） They know the theory of flying. （ A） The career of an air hostess. （ B） How to go air-traveling. （ C） The knowledge of an aircraft in detail. （ D） A n
11、ewspaper advertisement of Japan Air Lines. （ A） All the buildings in the city look alike. （ B） There are no signs to direct them. （ C） No tour guides are available. （ D） The university is everywhere in the city. （ A） They award their own degrees. （ B） They select their own students. （ C） They set th
12、eir own exams. （ D） They organize their own laboratory work. （ A） They were not treated equally until 1881. （ B） They were not awarded degrees until 1948. （ C） They have no exams until 1948. （ D） Very few of them are engaged in research. （ A） To help older politicians get elected. （ B） To practice t
13、heir law knowledge. （ C） To prepare for their own future elections. （ D） To find a job in the political club. （ A） Having frequent meetings with their supporters. （ B） Winning public support by making speeches. （ C） Balancing government budget. （ D） Fighting corruption. （ A） His standpoint in import
14、ant issues. （ B） His effort to get equal rights for women. （ C） His ability to create job opportunities. （ D） His performance at work. Section C 26 When a consumer finds that an item she or he bought is faulty or does not【 B1】_the manufacturers claim for it, the first step is to present the【 B2】 _at
15、 the store. In most cases, this action will produce results. However, if it does not, there are various means the consumer may use to gain satisfaction. A simple and【 B3】 _method used by many consumers is to complain【 B4】 _to the store manager. In general, the “higher up“ the consumer takes his or h
16、er complaint, the faster he or she can expect it to be settled. In such a case, it is usually settled in the consumers【 B5】 _, if he or she has a just claim. Consumers should go to the store of purchase to complain whenever possible, but if they cannot get to the store, it【 B6】 _phone or write the c
17、omplaint in a letter. Complaining is usually most【 B7】_when it is done politely but firmly, and especially when the consumer can show what is wrong with the item in question. If this cannot be done, the consumer will succeed best by presenting specific information as to what is wrong, rather than by
18、 making【 B8】_statements. The store manager may advise the consumer to write to the manufacturer. If so, the consumer should do this, stating the complaint as politely and firmly as possible. But if a polite complaint does not achieve the【 B9】 _result, the consumer can go a step further. She or he ca
19、n threaten to take the seller to court or report the seller to a public organization【 B10】_protecting consumers rights. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Young people tend to be critical of their parents at times and blame them fo
20、r most of the misunderstandings between them. I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also【 C1】 _how they themselves felt when young. For example, young people like doing things on spur of the moment: it is one of their ways of showing that they can accept a【 C
21、2】 _. Older people worry more【 C3】 _; most of them plan things ahead, at least in the back of their minds, and do not like their plans to be upset by something【 C4】 _. So my advice to you is this: when you want to borrow the family car or get your mother to mend something for you, you will have bett
22、er success if you can possibly ask in advance. Young people also make it harder for their parents to trust them because they like to【 C5】_them. They say things like “Everybody we know drives at ninety miles an hour“, or “We ve all decided we wont study for our final examinations its【 C6】 _.“ Young p
23、eople often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their main【 C7】 _. They feel cut off from the adult world, into which they have not yet been accepted. So they【 C8】 _a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that
24、their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them【 C9】 _enjoyment. They feel they are【 C10】 _, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste. A)create I)shock B)worse J)easily C)additional K)benefit D)superior L)motive
25、E)challenge M)forget F)recall N)helpful G)importantly O)useless H)unexpected 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Blood Donation: a Life-Saving Cause A)China enshrined the practice of voluntary, non-remunerated blood donations into l
26、aw with the promulgation(颁布 )of the Blood Donation Law on October 1, 1998. According to statistics from the Ministry of Health, the number of non-remunerated blood donors climbed steadily across the country in 2005. Last year, blood donated by non-remunerated donors accounted for 95 percent of the t
27、otal used for medical purposes, and 84 percent of these donations were purely voluntary. This compares with respective figures of 22 percent and 5 percent in 1998. B)While more and more people are making voluntary blood donations, other statistics illustrate the hazards such donors face despite thei
28、r goodwill. Minister of Health Gao Qiang told the media November of 2005 that around 70,000 people in China contracted HIV/ AIDS through blood transmission, either as donors or recipients. China has a population of 840,000 living with HIV, the majority of whom were infected through the intravenous(静
29、脉内的 )injection of drugs and unprotected sexual intercourse. Safe blood refers to blood that will not jeopardize the health of recipients through the risk of disease. For both donors and recipients, the safety of blood is directly related to their health and life, and it is vital that there are no la
30、pses in the process. Therefore, as more people donate blood, the government is working to ensure that the nations blood supply is safe, for both donors and recipients. Stringent Testing Procedures C)Every voluntary blood donor must go through complex testing procedures before donating blood, includi
31、ng an ID check and examination of blood pressure and blood composition, including a check for hepatitis. Besides the strict medical indicators, even something as simple as a sneeze in front of the medical staff could also bar a donor as being unsuitable. “It is out of a responsible attitude toward d
32、onors, since ailments might cause a negative reaction. Meanwhile, illnesses might harm the quality of the blood,“ said a worker at the Xidan mobile blood bank. “Donors are perfectly safe while donating blood here because all the equipment used to collect blood, such as needles, will be discarded and
33、 replaced with new, sterile material each time a procedure is performed. So there is no risk of infection and no unsafe factor for the donors.“ The Blood Donation Law clearly stipulates(规定 )that seven components, including tests for HIV, hepatitis B(乙型肝炎 ), hepatitis C(丙型肝炎 )and syphilis(梅毒 ), blood
34、 pressure must be strictly examined and no error is allowed in the testing. The staff confirmed that each of these factors is double-checked later, and if blood is discovered to contain any abnormality, it is destroyed. D)Stringent tests await blood that is donated. Instead of putting the blood into
35、 blood banks right away, collectors store it according to strict procedures. Immediately after the donated blood is delivered to the blood center, the blood type will be tested for the seven mandatory(命令的 )items. To guarantee the accuracy of tests, they are conducted on two samples of a donors blood
36、 at the same time. The environment of the test labs, including the air and floor, is disinfected every day to make sure it is germ free. After these standard procedures, the accepted blood goes through various processes, such as the separation of blood components. In the final step, the medical staf
37、f obtains all the information on every blood donation from a computer scan of the label on each bag, if all results are normal, staff members will affix(贴上 )the blood type to the bag. These bags are then stored in a blood bank for use. Health and Safe Blood E)Zou Zhengrong, Deputy Director of the Sh
38、anghai Blood Center, said, “There is no absolutely safe blood. One reason is scientific limitations. The disease must register abnormal figures before you can detect it and kill it. Second, the virus must accumulate to a certain amount before it can be discovered.“ He explained that there is a gap b
39、etween the time a virus invades a healthy body and when it can be detected. He noted that this “window period“, or the time it takes for a person who has been infected with a disease to test positive for antibodies, is 22 days in the case of HIV. F)In order to avoid problems threatening blood safety
40、, such as concealing a disease history or the frequent sale of blood, China stipulates in the Blood Donation Law that the blood for clinical use supplied by all blood centers across the country must come from non-remunerated blood donors. China has two types of “non-remunerated“ blood donation. One
41、is voluntary, which means donors do not receive any compensation in the form of nutrition fees or other subsidies from the blood collection agency or the donors employer. The other is planned blood donation. Companies and government branches organize their employees to donate blood on a regular basi
42、s. This group of donors receives various types of material compensation from their employers. G)A real name system might serve as an effective method to defuse(消除 )hidden dangers induced by economic incentives, experts say. Therefore, many cities have invested generously in establishing a system so
43、as to identify blood sellers. Aside from cracking down on the practice of paying people to donate blood, a real name system has other advantages. Zou said, “If every donor registers his or her real name and identity, if a rare blood type is badly needed, hospitals could save lives by tracing the don
44、ors by record. This solution is quite feasible.“ Government Investment H)In the mid-1990s, illegal blood collection generated the spread of HIV/ AIDS in certain regions. To address this problem, China has adopted a series of laws and regulations to guarantee blood safety and set severe penalties for
45、 organizers of blood trade. Other measures also include cracking down on undocumented blood collectors, intensifying rectification of blood banks, implementing an HIV testing procedure and encouraging non-remunerated blood donation. With such efforts, the government has been committed to the elimina
46、tion of the illegal blood trade and will punish those involved according to law. Issues concerning blood safety will be seriously dealt with. I)The government has also stepped up investment in improving facilities in blood stations. Vice Minister of Health Chen Xiaohong revealed at a national confer
47、ence in March that in order to guarantee blood safety, governments at all levels invested a total of 2.25 billion Yuan in initiating a blood supply system construction project, which includes upgrading equipment for 318 blood stations and 119 blood centers. This project has built the first group of
48、blood stations in the western area and greatly boosted conditions and facilities in blood stations. Meanwhile, this campaign closed down many unqualified blood collection agencies. By the end of 2005, a total of 387 grassroots blood stations and blood banks had been closed or merged. Thus, China has
49、 formed a blood supply network consisting of blood centers at the provincial level, blood stations at the prefecture level and local blood banks. Meanwhile, blood donation and collection services are more accessible to the public and the level of blood safety has been greatly upgraded. 47 As more and more people are making voluntary donations, the government is working on making sure that both donors and recipients will be prevented from contracting the dise
