1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 47及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 80 minutes to write a short essay entitled My View on American TV Dramas following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 1在中国，美剧越来越受到年轻人的欢迎 2有人认为看美剧能够提高英语水平，有人认
2、为美剧会给青少年带来不良影响 3我的观点 My View on American TV Dramas Section A （ A） The woman is the managers secretary. （ B） The man found himself in a wrong place. （ C） The man is the managers business associate. （ D） The woman was putting up a sign on the wall. （ A） He needs more time for the report. （ B） He needs
3、 help to interpret the data. （ C） He is sorry not to have helped the woman. （ D） He does not have sufficient data to go on. （ A） A friend from New York. （ B） A message from Tony. （ C） A postal delivery. （ D） A change in the weather. （ A） She is not available until the end of next week. （ B） She is n
4、ot a reliable source of information. （ C） She does not like taking exams. （ D） She does not like psychology. （ A） He will help the woman carry the suitcase. （ B） The womans watch is twenty minutes fast. （ C） The woman shouldnt make such a big fuss. （ D） There is no need for the woman to be in a hurr
5、y. （ A） Mary is not so easygoing as her. （ B） Mary and she have a lot in common. （ C） She finds it hard to get along with Mary. （ D） She does not believe what her neighbors said. （ A） At an information service. （ B） At a car wash point. （ C） At a repair shop. （ D） At a dry cleaners. （ A） The woman c
6、ame to the concert at the mans request. （ B） The man is already fed up with playing the piano. （ C） The piece of music the man played is very popular. （ D） The mans unique talents are the envy of many people. （ A） The man drinks too much. （ B） The man lost his job. （ C） The womans father asked her t
7、o do so. （ D） The man broke up with his girlfriend. （ A） They are honest 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. （
8、 D） Meet people and keep clear-minded. （ A） Its a club for people to meet 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）
9、Its exercise room opens from 9:00 to 17:00. （ C） It provides wireless Internet 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
10、 room is unavailable. （ A） Try another hotel. （ B） Stay at the hotel. （ C） 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
11、is. （ D） The healthier the heart is, the less chances to get mental illness. （ 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
12、also the smarter one. （ B） The twins are as intelligent as each other. （ 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
13、school curriculum. （ C） The students should be encouraged to do more exercise. （ 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）
14、 Friendship doesnt exist in other species. （ A） Friends who are thought of 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 classmat
15、es and colleagues. （ A） Friends should be willing to sacrifice and never 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
16、device that monitors a babys mood. （ B） It is a toy that could tell when 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） Peopl
17、e who become parents for the first time. （ C） People who have difficulty 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
18、 not convincing. （ D） It is of little practical use. Section C 26 The nicotine gum and patches are often used by millions of smokers to help kick their habit. But they have no lasting benefit and may backfire in some cases, according to the most【 B1】 _long-term study to date of so-called nicotine re
19、placement therapy. The study, published Monday in the【 B2】 _Tobacco Control, included nearly 800 people trying to quit smoking over a period of several years, and is likely to intensify a long-running debate about the value of nicotine【 B3】 _. The market for nicotine replacement products has taken o
20、ff in recent years, rising to more than $ 800 million annually from $ 129 million in 1991. The products were【 B4】_over-the-counter sale in 1997, and many state Medicaid programs cover at least one of them. In medical studies, the products have proved【 B5】 _, making it easier for people to quit, at l
21、east in the short term. Those earlier, more encouraging findings were the basis for federal【 B6】 _that recommended the products for quitting smoking. But in surveys, smokers who have used the over-the-counter products have reported little benefit. Doctors said that the study findings were not unexpe
22、cted, given the occasional way many smokers used the products. “Patient【 B7】 _is a very big issue,“ said Dr. Richard Hurt, director of the Nicotine Dependence Center at the Mayo Clinic, who was not【 B8】 _the study. The researchers argue that while nicotine replacement appears to help people quit, it
23、 is still not enough【 B9】 _Motivation matters a lot; so does a persons social environment, the amount of support from friends and family, and the rules【 B10】_at the workplace. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 On my last visit, ab
24、out three months ago, my doctor had told me that as a 6-foot-tall, 39-year-old man, I should weigh around 180 pounds. At 217 pounds, I was not just overweight, but【 C1】 _than Id ever been. I wasnt exactly surprised. Ive【 C2】_with my weight since I was a kid. My doctor【 C3】 _my parents to motivate me
25、, an only child, to play outside more. But I fought hard against the suggestion that I engage in team or【 C4】 _sports, roughhousing, fighting, exploring or anything else that required【 C5】 _or physical exertion(用力 ), or that could【 C6】 _in a bloody nose or dirty hands. The only time I【 C7】 _exercise
26、 was when my mother enrolled me in Jazzercise at the tenderly awkward age of 14, when the scale read 210 pounds. I lived the stereotypes. I liked staying【 C8】 _, by myself, to play with my Star Wars figures, read Gone With the Wind, watch Search for Tomorrow. When my teenage peers were discovering t
27、heir easy athleticism, I was asking myself【 C9】 _, usually in the dreaded confines of the boys locker room: “Why am I not like you? Why dont I look like you?“ The answers were painful: “Im fat. Im【 C10】_Im not like the other boys. Ill be unwanted.“ I felt betrayed and cheated by my chubby body. In m
28、any ways I still do. A)enjoyed F)struggled K)abnormal B)combination G)outdoors L)competition C)heavier H)urged M)doubtfully D)indoors I)silently N)result E)consequence J)individual O)normal 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Debora
29、h Kennys “Born to Rise“ Tells Story of Harlem Village Academies A)Deborah Kenny, CEO of the Harlem Village Academies, is frustrated with the nations current education system. Unlike most, though, she decided to do something about it. Part declaration part record, her book Born to Rise writes down he
30、r journey toward creating and running her own system of progressive charter schools in Harlem in New York City. What is your educational philosophy? B)We want our students to receive the same high-quality education as students who are privileged to attend the best private schools in the country. Per
31、sonally, 1 believe a progressive education is superior as long as its delivered by really smart, talented teachers who know how to execute well. Its a sophisticated approach that really only works well in the hands of a really sophisticated educator. Were dealing with a little bit of a challenge bec
32、ause students enter this school from the regular public system. And when they enter in fifth grade, theyre not yet well-trained in the basics reading, writing, and math which means that we have to catch them up on basic math skills, on the basics of writing. And many of them come in at a kindergarte
33、n-, first-, second-grade level in reading. So we have to accelerate their mastery of the basics, but we reject the idea that if you do that you cant teach that at a high level. We push ourselves constantly to think about how we can make sure that our students will catch up while we teach at the high
34、est possible level. It means asking difficult, delicate questions, not accepting an answer that is not backed up by evidence, the kinds of things that you would expect to see in the best private schools. We aim for a high level in rich discussions where the students are asked to analyze a challengin
35、g text and where the teacher does not accept just any answer simply because the student is behaving. What makes the Harlem Village Academies different? C)First of all, I have to say what we have in common with other charter schools because we have learned so much from them: creating an expectation t
36、hat all students will attend college, naming classrooms after colleges, the longer school day, the longer school year. I feel its important to give credit where credit is due because I learned from them. In those early years when I opened the school, most of these other schools had been around for s
37、even years, ten years, some of them even longer. D)As far as what makes us different, Ill tell you what the teachers say: teachers tell us that the level of professionalism and passion for teaching at a high level and teaching above the test, not to the test, and working in an environment, where eve
38、rybody is trusted to do their job and continually learning theres this incredible culture of learning. Theres this incredible workplace culture where the adults are continually becoming better and learning more about how to become a better teacher. The teachers get to make all of the decisions about
39、 their own professional development rather than being enforced to attend the training. They are treated like professional-grade doctors and lawyers at the highest level. They actually make the decisions not only about what books to use and what teaching method, but even about what their own professi
40、onal development looks like. Theres a very clear set of standards for what the students need to know and be able to do at the end of each year and quarter, and we hold people accountable for that end goal. But we give them complete freedom to decide how theyre going to achieve it, which is how all p
41、rofessionals are treated. Unfortunately, its not how most teachers are treated in this country. Most teachers are treated like factory workers, where theres a big set of rules on how they have to do everything. What does the curriculum look like at Harlem Village Academy schools? E)It looks like a c
42、lassic liberal-arts curriculum, where math, reading, and writing are not the only subjects taught. Even if the state focuses its testing on those things, we do not let the state dictate our curriculum. We are interested in a rich curriculum that includes art and music and science and social studies
43、and a wide variety of electives, and character education is integrated throughout. How do you address the criticisms people have regarding charter schools? F)Id say that the main criticisms are stemming from the fact that in a charter system the teachers are not unionized, and theyre treated as prof
44、essionals instead of as manual laborers. The charter movement is challenging the current situation, Its coming along and saying we need to completely change the underlying premise(前提 )of how we go about public education. Parents should be able to choose the school. We should give power to all parent
45、s, regardless of socioeconomic level, to choose where they send their child, and that creates market competition: if you have an amazing school with caring teachers and great results, parents are going to want to choose that school. The charter movement is putting the needs of children first and is
46、holding teachers accountable. It challenges the notion of tenure(终身教职 ), where theres no accountability at all. Whats next for you and the Harlem Village Academies? G)We are going to triple(增至三倍 )in size in the next two years. We will have a full K-12 system. Were starting two new elementary schools
47、, we will be serving 2 000 children, but we are not eager to grow super-big. We want to use the platform of what weve learned and the results that weve produced that our teachers have produced to have a national influence on policy and on teaching methods. The laws that govern how schools run constr
48、ain the ability of the principal to run the school well. Theyre not allowed to build a team. And building a team where teachers are trusted, happy and cooperative is really the foundation for an excellent school. So we want to find a way to get our message out nationally and continue to be part of t
49、he movement. 47 In the Harlem Village Academies, teachers can decide themselves how they are going to achieve the teaching objectives. 48 The charter movement challenges the tenure system in making childrens needs a priority and holding teachers responsible. 49 The Harlem Village Academies will be able to enroll 2 000 children in the next two years. 50 Deborah Kenny admits that she learns a lot from other charter schools. 51 Th
