1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 44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 Jobs College Graduates Want to Do based on the statistics provided in the chart below(College Graduates Ideal Occupations). Please give a brief description of the chart
2、 first and then make comment on it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Jobs College Graduates Want to Do Section A （ A） It could help people of all ages to avoid cancer. （ B） It was mainly meant for cancer patients. （ C） It might appeal more to viewers over 40. （ D） It wa
3、s frequently interrupted by commercials. （ A） The man is fond of traveling. （ B） The woman is a photographer. （ C） The woman took a lot of pictures at the contest. （ D） The man admires the womans talent in writing. （ A） The man regrets being absent-minded. （ B） The woman saved the man some trouble.
4、（ C） The man placed the reading list on a desk. （ D） The woman emptied the waste paper basket. （ A） He quit teaching in June. （ B） He has left the army recently. （ C） He opened a restaurant near the school. （ D） He has taken over his brothers business. （ A） She seldom reads books from cover to cover
5、. （ B） She is interested in reading novels. （ C） She read only part of the book. （ D） Shewaseagertoknowwhatthebookwasabout （ A） She was absent all week owing to sickness. （ B） She was seriously injured in a car accident. （ C） She called to say that her husband had been hospitalized. （ D） She had to
6、be away from school to attend to her husband. （ A） The speakers want to rent the Smiths old house. （ B） The man lives two blocks away from the Smiths. （ C） The woman is not sure if she is on the right street. （ D） The Smiths new house is not far from their old one. （ A） The man had a hard time findi
7、ng a parking space. （ B） The woman found they had got to the wrong spot. （ C） The woman was offended by the mans late arrival. （ D） The man couldnt find his car in the parking lot. （ A） The college doesnt have any rock-climbing equipment. （ B） Not many students are interested in it. （ C） There is no
8、 one to teach them how to do it. （ D） There are no appropriate places for rock-climbing nearby. （ A） Climbers develop skills useful in other activities. （ B） Climbers have the opportunity to be outside and enjoy the scenery. （ C） Climbing isnt as expensive as other sports. （ D） Learning to climb doe
9、snt take a very long time. （ A） Finding a climbing partner. （ B） Selecting the appropriate equipment. （ C） Increasing upper-body strength. （ D） Discussing popular climbing sites. （ A） He cant find his office key. （ B） He has misplaced some exams. （ C） He is unable to talk. （ D） He doesnt like his cl
10、assroom. （ A） Mark the latest homework assignment. （ B） Put a cancellation notice on the classroom door. （ C） Make an appointment with the doctor. （ D） Return exam papers to his students. （ A） Teach Dons class while hes absent. （ B） Give Professor Webster the key to Dons office. （ C） Leave a message
11、 on the board in Dons classroom. （ D） Bring Don the homework that was due that day. （ A） To give Dons students the next assignment. （ B） To leave the master key for Don. （ C） To put the homework on Dons desk. （ D） To call Don at the end of the afternoon. Section B （ A） The lack of time. （ B） The qua
12、lity of life. （ C） The frustrations at work. （ D） The pressure on working families. （ A） They were just as busy as people of today. （ B） They saw the importance of collective efforts. （ C） They didnt complain as much as modern man. （ D） They lived a hard life by hunting and gathering. （ A） To look f
13、or creative ideas of awarding employees. （ B） To explore strategies for lowering production costs. （ C） To seek new approaches to dealing with complaints. （ D） To find effective ways to give employees flexibility. （ A） Family violence. （ B） The Great Depression. （ C） Her fathers disloyalty. （ D） Her
14、 mothers bad temper. （ A） His advanced age. （ B） His childrens efforts. （ C） His improved financial condition. （ D） His second wifes positive influence. （ A） Love is blind. （ B） Love breeds love. （ C） Divorce often has disastrous consequences. （ D） Happiness is hard to find in blended families. （ A）
15、 It was located in a park. （ B） Its owner died of a heart attack. （ C） It went bankrupt all of a sudden. （ D） Its potted plants were for lease only. （ A） Planting some trees in the greenhouse. （ B） Writing a want ad to a local newspaper. （ C） Putting up a Going Out of Business sign. （ D） Helping a c
16、ustomer select some purchases. （ A） Opening an office in the new office park. （ B） Keeping better relations with her company. （ C） Developing fresh business opportunities. （ D） Building a big greenhouse of his own. （ A） Owning the greenhouse one day. （ B） Securing a job at the office park. （ C） Cult
17、ivating more potted plants. （ D） Finding customers out of town. Section C 26 You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways【 B1】 _the situation they are in. This is very natural. All languages have two general levels of usage: a formal level and an informal level. Engl
18、ish is no【 B2】 _. The difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use a【 B3】 _level. Formal language is the kind of language you find in text books, 【 B4】 _books and in business letters. You would also use formal English in【 B5】 _and essays that you write in school. Informal languag
19、e is used in conversation with【 B6】 _, family members and friends, and when we write personal notes or letters to close friends. Formal language is different from informal language in several ways. First, formal language【 B7】 _be more polite. What we may find interesting is that it usually takes mor
20、e words to be polite. For example, I might say to a friend or a family member, “Close the door, please,“ but to a【 B8】 _, I probably would say “Would you mind closing the door?“ Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the【 B9】_. There are bound to be some words and phrases
21、 that belong in formal language and others that are informal. Lets say that I really like soccer. If I am talking to my friend, I might say “I am just 【 B10】 _soccer!“ But if I were talking to my boss, I would probably say “I really enjoy soccer.“ 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6
22、】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 One in five US workers regularly attends after-work drinks with co-workers, where the most common【 C1】 _range from bad-mouthing(说 的坏话 )another worker to kissing a colleague and drinking too much, according to a study【 C2】 _on Tuesday. Most workers
23、attend so-called happy hours to【 C3】 _with colleagues, although 15 percent go to hear the latest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel obligated, said the survey conducted for CareerBuilder. com, an online job site. As to what happens when the after-work drinks flow, 16 percent reported
24、bad-mouthing a colleague, 10 percent shared a secret about a colleague, 8 percent kissed a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too much and acted【 C4】 _. 5 percent said they had shared a secret about the company, and 4 percent【 C5】 _to singing karaoke. While 21 percent of those who attend say ha
25、ppy hours are good for【 C6】 _, 85 percent said attending had not helped them get【 C7】 _to someone higher up or get a better position. An equal number of men and women said they attend happy hours with co-workers, with younger workers aged 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55 least【 C8】_to attend
26、. Overall, 21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workers and, of those,【 C9】 _a quarter go at least once a month. The survey was【 C10】 _online by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder. com among 6,987 full-time employees. A)bond I)conducted B)acknowledged J)idly C)nearly K)unprofe
27、ssionally D)specially L)networking E)anywhere M)released F)mishaps N)confessed G)obligated O)researched H)likely 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Protect Your Privacy When Job-hunting Online A)Identity theft and identity fraud ar
28、e terms used to refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another persons personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain. B)The numbers associated with identity theft are beginning to add up fast these days. A recent General Acc
29、ounting Office report estimates that as many as 750,000 Americans are victims of identity theft every year. And that number may be low, as many people choose not to report the crime even if they know they have been victimized. C)Identity theft is “an absolute epidemic“, states Robert Ellis Smith, a
30、respected author and advocate of privacy, “Its certainly picked up in the last four or five years. Its worldwide. It affects everybody, and theres very little you can do to prevent it and, worst of all, you cant detect it until its probably too late.“ D)Unlike your fingerprints, which are unique to
31、you and cannot be given to someone else for their use, your personal data, especially your social security number, your bank account or credit card number, your telephone calling card number, and other valuable identifying data, can be used, if they fall into the wrong hands, to personally profit at
32、 your expense. In the United States and Canada, for example, many people have reported that unauthorized persons have taken funds out of their bank or financial accounts, or, in the worst cases, taken over their identities altogether, running up vast debts and committing crimes while using the victi
33、ms names. In many cases, a victims losses may include not only out-of-pocket financial losses, but substantial additional financial costs associated with trying to restore his reputation in the community and correcting erroneous information for which the criminal is responsible. E)According to the F
34、BI, identity theft is the number one fraud committed on the Internet. So how do job seekers protect themselves while continuing to circulate their resumes online? The key to a successful online job search is learning to manage the risks. Here are some tips for staying safe while conducting a job sea
35、rch on the Internet. F)Check for a privacy policy. If you are considering posting your resume online, make sure the job search site you are considering has a privacy policy, like CareerB. The policy should spell out how your information will be used, stored and whether or not it will be shared. You
36、may want to think twice about posting your resume on a site that automatically shares your information with others. You could be opening yourself up to unwanted calls from solicitors(推销员 ). When reviewing the sites privacy policy, youll be able to delete your resume just as easily as you posted it.
37、You wont necessarily want your resume to remain out there on the Internet once you land a job. Remember, the longer your resume remains posted on a job board, the more exposure, both positive and not-so-positive, it will receive. G)Take advantages of site features. Lawful job search sites offer leve
38、ls of privacy protection. Before posting your resume, carefully consider your job search objectives and the level of risk you are willing to assume. CareerB, for example, offers three levels of privacy from which job seekers can choose. The first is standard posting. This option gives job seekers wh
39、o post their resumes the most visibility to the broadest employer audience possible. The second is anonymous(匿名的 )posting. This allows job seekers the same visibility as those in the standard posting category without any of their contact information being displayed. Job seekers who wish to remain an
40、onymous but want to share some other information may choose which pieces of contact information to display. The third is private posting. This option allows a job seeker to post a resume without having it searched by employers. Private posting allows job seekers to quickly and easily apply for jobs
41、that appear on CareerB without retyping their information. H)Safeguard your identity. Career experts say that one of the ways job seekers can stay safe while using the Internet to search out jobs is to conceal their identities. Replace your name on your resume with a generic(泛指的 )identifier, such as
42、 “Intranet Developer Candidate“, or “Experienced Marketing Representative“. You should also consider eliminating the name and location of your current employer. Depending on your title, it may not be all that difficult to determine who you are once the name of your company is provided. Use a general
43、 description of the company such as “Major auto manufacturer,“ or “International packaged goods supplier.“ If your job title is unique, consider using the generic equivalent instead of the exact title assigned by your employer. I)Establish an email address for your search. Another way to protect you
44、r privacy while seeking employment online is to open up an email account specifically for your online job search. This will safeguard your existing email box in the event someone you dont know gets hold of your email address and shares it with others. Using an email address specifically for your job
45、 search also eliminates the possibility that you will receive unwelcome emails in your primary mailbox. When naming your new email address, be sure that it doesnt contain references to your name or other information that will give away your identity. The best solution is an email address that is rel
46、evant to the job you are seeking such as . J)Protect your references. If your resume contains a section with the names and contact information of your references, take it out. Theres no sense in safeguarding your information while sharing private contact information of your references. K)Keep confid
47、ential(机密的 )information confidential. Do not, under any circumstances, share your social security, drivers license, and bank account numbers or other personal information, such as race or eye color. Honest employers do not need this information with an initial application. Dont provide this even if
48、they say they need it in order to conduct a background check. This is one of the oldest tricks in the book dont fall for it. 47 Those who post their resumes online for a long time will run an increased risk of becoming victims of identity theft. 48 Robert Ellis Smith says that identity theft is spre
49、ading around the world and hard to detect beforehand. 49 Victims of identity theft may suffer additional financial losses in order to restore their reputation and correct wrong information. 50 In the US, 750,000 people are estimated to become victims of identity theft each year. 51 It is a safer way to find a job online when you use an email account specifically. 52 One is supposed to l
