1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 42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 food safety problems. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 18
2、0 words. Section A （ A） She used to be in poor health. （ B） She was popular among boys. （ C） She was somewhat overweight. （ D） She didnt do well at high school. （ A） At the airport. （ B） In a restaurant. （ C） In a booking office. （ D） At the hotel reception. （ A） Teaching her son by herself. （ B） Ha
3、ving confidence in her son. （ C） Asking the teacher for extra help. （ D） Telling her son not to worry. （ A） Have a short break. （ B） Take two weeks off. （ C） Continue her work outdoors. （ D） Go on vacation with the man. （ A） He is taking care of this twin brother. （ B） He has been feeling ill all we
4、ek. （ C） He is worried about Rods health. （ D） He has been in perfect condition. （ A） She sold all her furniture before she moved house. （ B） She still keeps some old furniture in her new house. （ C） She plans to put all her old furniture in the basement. （ D） She brought a new set of furniture from
5、 Italy last month. （ A） The woman wondered why the man didnt return the book. （ B） The woman doesnt seem to know what the book is about. （ C） The woman doesnt find the book useful any more. （ D） The woman forgot lending the book to the man. （ A） Most of the mans friends are athletes. （ B） Few people
6、 share the womans opinion. （ C） The man doesnt look like a sportsman. （ D） The woman doubts the mans athletic ability. （ A） She was invited only for the weekend. （ B） The weather was too hot. （ C） She had an appointment. （ D） She had schoolwork to do. （ A） She had to go home. （ B） She was too tired
7、to continue. （ C） She had to finish her schoolwork. （ D） She was thirsty. （ A） The water was too cold. （ B） The water was too deep. （ C） She doesnt know how to swim. （ D） She didnt have enough time. （ A） Whether or not snowflakes can be analyzed. （ B） How snowflakes are formed. （ C） What causes a sn
8、owstorm. （ D） Where the largest snowflakes can be found. （ A） She has never seen snow before. （ B） She is conducting a research on snow. （ C） She wants to make artificial snow. （ D） She has just read about snowflakes. （ A） The shape of the dust particles in the air. （ B） The relative humidity. （ C）
9、The temperature of the air. （ D） The geography of the area. （ A） Inspect snowflakes more carefully. （ B） Make a copy of the article. （ C） Write down more information. （ D） Draw diagrams of the different shapes. Section B （ A） Her parents thrived in the urban environment. （ B） Her parents left Chicag
10、o to work on a farm. （ C） Her parents immigrated to America. （ D） Her parents set up an ice-cream store. （ A） He taught English in Chicago. （ B） He was crippled in a car accident. （ C） He worked to become an executive. （ D） He was born with a limp. （ A） She was fond of living an isolated life. （ B）
11、She was fascinated by American culture. （ C） She was very generous in offering help. （ D） She was highly devoted to her family. （ A） He suffered a nervous breakdown. （ B） He was wrongly diagnosed. （ C） He was seriously injured. （ D） He developed a strange disease. （ A） He was able to talk again. （ B
12、） He raced to the nursing home. （ C） He could tell red and blue apart. （ D） He could not recognize his wife. （ A） Twenty-nine days. （ B） Two and a half months. （ C） Several minutes. （ D） Fourteen hours. （ A） They welcomed the publicity in the media. （ B） They avoided appearing on television. （ C） Th
13、ey released a video of his progress. （ D） They declined to give details of his condition. （ A） For people to share ideas and show farm products. （ B） For officials to educate the farming community. （ C） For farmers to exchange their daily necessities. （ D） For farmers to celebrate their harvests. （
14、A） By bringing an animal rarely seen on nearby farms. （ B） By bringing a bag of grain in exchange for a ticket. （ C） By offering to do volunteer work at the fair. （ D） By performing a special skill at the entrance. （ A） They contribute to the modernization of American farms. （ B） They help to increa
15、se the state governments revenue. （ C） They provide a stage for people to give performances. （ D） They remind Americans of the importance of agriculture. Section C 26 A survey showed that American women are more concerned about losing weight than they are about【 B1】 _cancer, heart disease or diabete
16、s. More than half of the 3,000 women questioned in the【 B2】 _by Meredith Corporation and NBC Universal were worried about diet and weight,【 B3】 _23 percent who were concerned about cancer and 20 percent who were【 B4】 _about their cardiovascular health. The women were asked to【 B5】 _the health issues
17、 they were concerned about from a list of 20 problems. The survey showed many women thought they should be【 B6】 _with more than 80 percent saying they were overweight. But just 43 percent said they were exercising at least three times a week, and 11 percent played team and individual sports. And les
18、s than two-thirds of all women said they get an annual physical. “These findings should be a wake-up call to American women everywhere to make their yearly【 B7】 _without fail and make their own personal health a top【 B8】_said Diane Salvatore, editor in chief of Ladies Home Journal, which is publishe
19、d by Meredith Corp. While the majority of women said they were overweight, 68 percent said they were【 B9】 _their identity and development as an individual. But 40 percent said it was wrong for a man to tell a woman she was overweight. To improve their health, 26 percent of women said they took natur
20、al herbs and【 B10】 _while 25 percent bought or adopted a pet, according to the survey. Four percent visited a spiritual or religious leader and one percent went to a hypnotist. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Some years ago I wa
21、s offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe.had been abroad a couple of times, but I could hardly【 C1】_. to know my way around the continent. Moreover, my knowledge of foreign languages was【 C2】 _to a little college French. I hesitated. How would I, unable
22、 to speak the language,【 C3】 _ unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems, set up【 C4】 _and do research? ft seemed impossible, and with considerable【 C5】 _I sat down to write a letter begging off. Halfway through, a thought ran through my mind: you cant learn if you dont try. So I acc
23、epted the assignment. There were some bad【 C6】 _. But by the time 1 had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler. And ever since, I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places, without guides or even【 C7】 _bookings, confident that somehow 1 will manage. The point is that t
24、he new, the different, is almost by definition【 C8】 _. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you. Ive learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a【 C9】 _. And I know Ill go on doing such things. Its not because Im braver or more darin
25、g than others. Im not. But Ill accept anxiety as another name for challenge and I believe I can【 C10】_wonders. A)accomplish I)manufacture B)advanced J)moments C)balloon K)news D)claim L)reduced E)constantly M)regret F)declare N)scary G)interviews O)totally H)limited 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C
26、4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 How to Make Peace with Your Workload A)Swamped(忙碌的 ), under the gun, just struggling to stay above water.; whatever office clich6 you employ to depict it, weve all been in that situation where we feel like we might be swallowed u
27、p by our workload. Nonetheless many a way may be used to manage your to-do list to prevent feeling overwhelmed. How to make peace with your workload once and for all goes as follows. B)Get organized. “Clear the deadwood out of your desk and keep your office in shape, which enhances your capability t
28、o handle other tasks and raises the probability that youll retrieve the items you do need in a faster and easier fashion,“ says Jeff Davidson who works as a work/life expert and writer of more than 50 books on workplace issues. “When something can be disposed, let it go, given in reality most of wha
29、t you retain is replaceable.“ Joel Rudy, vice president of operations for Photographic Solutions, with better than thirty years of business management experience, believes that keeping organized is a must. “Messy work areas are nonproductive in some measure. Provided that you cant locate a document
30、or report easily because its lost in a pile of mess, then you have a problematic situation,“ he says. “Thereby you are supposed to take the time to tidy up your work areas and keep your important files, manuals and reports in an accessible location, which will maximize your efficiencies.“ C)Make a t
31、o-do list, then cover it up. It may sound weird, but it works, says Jessica Carlson, an account executive at Bluefish Design Studio which is an advertising consulting firm. Carlson urges her team to utilize to-do lists to stay on track and highlight items that are a priority. “Cover up the list, wit
32、h the exception of one high-priority task at one time,“ she suggests. “This will allow you to focus better on the task at hand; otherwise, it will be easy to get overwhelmed if youre reading through a to-do list that spans an entire page. Concentrating on a single item will make your tasks appear li
33、ke they are more doable,“ Carlson says. D)Stop multitasking. Despite what you may consider multitasking, its counterproductive. Unless youre drinking coffee while scanning your morning e -mails, you re not saving any time by attempting to do ten things at once. “If you find yourself getting tangled
34、in too many things, it may be of much necessity of you to reevaluate your involvement,“ Rudy says. “Your mind will wander from one topic to another and you may end up never accomplishing a thing.“ Rudy recommends the best way to stop multitasking is to create priority lists with deadlines. “When app
35、licable, complete one project before you move further on to the next one,“ he says. E)Set time limits. Deborah Chaddock-Brown, a work-at-home single parent, says shes frequently overwhelmed by the demands of maintaining order in her residence and running her own business. Still, she manages to “do i
36、t all“ by setting a time limit for each task. “I have the type of personality that flits(轻轻地掠过 )from thing to thing because I do have so much on my plate,“ Brown says. “As a consequence I assign time slots: For the next 15 minutes I will participate in social media for the purpose of marketing my bu
37、siness(not sending photos or playing Farmville)and that is the only thing I am about to do for the next 15 minutes. When the time is up, I move on to the next task. That way, at night I dont end up with a pile of tasks to accomplish even though I felt busy all day.“ F)Talk to your manager. “Quite of
38、ten, people are working on things that are no longer a top priority, but someone forgot to tell them(that theyre no longer important). There are usually clear priorities in the managers head; he or she has just not done a great job communicating those with the employee,“ says Holly Green, CEO of The
39、 Human Factor. Greens suggestion unfolds in this manner: “If you find yourself confronted with too many responsibilities, sit down, note the significant things you are in charge of, and go to your manager to have a conversation to discuss priorities, trade -offs, time commitments and interdependenci
40、es required to do each thing well, and then ask what you should stop working on or work on less so you can get the right things done.“ Green says managers should be willing to help sort out priorities, so long as employees have a can-do approach and arent just complaining about their workload. G)Eli
41、minate time wasters. “If interruptions are keeping you from your responsibilities, learn how to deal with them accordingly,“ says Eileen Roth, author of Organizing for Dummies. Roth proposes the following suggestions to combat disruptions: “Use voice mail to cut down on telephone interruptions, turn
42、 off the alert that says Youve got an e-mail and give staff members a set time to visit you.“ Justin Gramm, president of Globella Buyers Realty, exemplifies Roths point. “E-mail had been a big time waster for me in the past because it was a constant interruption, causing me to lose focus on the task
43、 at hand,“ he says. Since determined to check his e-mails only twice a day, Gramm says he has become much more efficient. “If people want to get more work done, they need to stop checking e-mails and get down to business,“ he says. H)Assess your workload before taking on new tasks. “The paradox of t
44、odays work environment is that the more you do, the more thats expected of you,“ Davidson says. In order to better assess your workload, Davidson suggests asking yourself the following questions before agreeing to undertake new responsibilities: Is the task aligned(使一致 )with your priorities and goal
45、s; Are you likely to be as prone to saying yes to such a request tomorrow or next week; What else could you do that would be more rewarding; What other pressing tasks and responsibilities are you likely to face; Does the other party have options other than you; Will he or she be crushed if you say n
46、o? I)Want to know more? Most of our experts recommended books for additional tips on how to maximize efficiency, but one book was mentioned time and again. Check out The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. 47 “The more you do, the more you are expected to do“ has been a paradox in todays work e
47、nvironment. 48 As long as employees have a can-do attitude and do not just complain about their workload, the managers would like to help them decide what to do first. 49 As a single parent, Deborah Chaddock-Brown finds it difficult to make a balance between business and housework. 50 There are many
48、 useful methods of preventing people from feeling overwhelmed by workload. 51 Messy work areas are nonproductive to some extent, so you are supposed to keep your work areas tidy and important files at hand. 52 To know more about how to maximize efficiency, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
49、 is recommended. 53 In Organizing for Dummies, using voice mail to cut down on telephone interruptions and turning off the e-mail notice are suggested in combating interruptions. 54 According to Rudy, the best way to stop multitasking is to make a list of priorities and set deadlines for each task. 55 Focusing on a single matter will make your tasks appear more possible to be done. 56 In fact, most of what people retain is substitutable
