1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 58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 the importance of environment protection. You should write at least 120 words
2、 but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1. Section A （ A） She has already seen the film. （ B） The film is very good. （ C） She is interested in seeing the film. （ D） Most of her classmates think the film is good. （ A） She would swim with the man. （ B） Shes got a pain on her leg.
3、 （ C） She doesnt want to have a rest. （ D） Shed better not go swimming. （ A） He is asking his teacher for help. （ B） He has never done an experiment. （ C） He will help the woman with her term paper. （ D） He will not spare the woman a few more days. （ A） She called the police. （ B） She got a sound sl
4、eep. （ C） She attended a ball. （ D） She didnt sleep at all. （ A） Renting an apartment for their trip. （ B） Reserving a room in a hotel. （ C） Building a house on the shore. （ D） Choosing a room in a building. （ A） The program is satisfactory. （ B） The program is disappointing. （ C） The program is can
5、celled. （ D） The program is better than expected. （ A） She is not easy to get on with. （ B） She is more beautiful than other girls. （ C） She is very kind and helpful. （ D） She is not beautiful at all. （ A） The psychological test was difficult for most students. （ B） The woman has failed the psycholo
6、gical test. （ C） The woman has got a much better grade than her classmates. （ D） Most of the students have already failed the psychological test. （ A） He feels uncomfortable. （ B） He has a stomachache. （ C） He suffers from sleeplessness. （ D） He has a poor appetite. （ A） A sandwich and a cup of coff
7、ee. （ B） A lot of meat. （ C） Vegetables and fruit. （ D） Vitamin pills. （ A） Because he has been eating properly. （ B） Because he has been working late for two weeks. （ C） Because he never takes medicine without doctors suggestion. （ D） Because he decides to start running the next morning. （ A） Chang
8、e lifestyle and give up coffee. （ B） Take a good rest and not stay up late. （ C） Drink more water and get adequate sleep. （ D） Have a healthy diet and take exercise. （ A） Course selection. （ B） School registration. （ C） Meeting time. （ D） Degree granting. （ A） Because they will do part-time jobs dur
9、ing the weekend. （ B） Because they will take more courses in another field. （ C） Because they will have more time to adapt to the college life. （ D） Because they need more time to take part in campus activities. （ A） Have good academic records. （ B） Finish a qualified thesis. （ C） Complete basic cou
10、rses. （ D） Accomplish more than 120 units. Section B （ A） It is difficult for students in the digital age to concentrate. （ B） More than half of American teenagers like surfing online. （ C） Students research habits and skills are negatively influenced. （ D） Internet and digital search tools help stu
11、dents academically. （ A） A good academic thesis. （ B） A quick search on the Internet. （ C） Applying theory to practice. （ D） Idea exchanges with their teachers. （ A） They improve the students research habits and skills. （ B） They make learning more interesting and attractive. （ C） They create meanin
12、gful content on the Internet. （ D） They give the students a hand to learn more and faster. （ A） Many students cant get updated online information. （ B） Many students do not make the most use of printed books. （ C） Many students cant judge the quality of online information. （ D） Many students do not
13、trust the information found online. （ A） India has the biggest population of disabled people in the world. （ B） Disability in any form will result in a mental illness. （ C） Eyesight failing is one of the forms of disability. （ D） People will get progressive disabling diseases when they are old. （ A）
14、 Peoples attitude towards them. （ B） The period of being disabled. （ C） The form of their disability. （ D） Peoples physical condition. （ A） Physical barriers. （ B） Ignorance. （ C） Prejudice. （ D） Mental illnesses. （ A） The words. （ B） The characters. （ C） The tones. （ D） The pictures. （ A） They like
15、d listening to stories more. （ B） They had closer relationships with the teachers. （ C） They did better at word recognition and spelling. （ D） They had more talent in drawing. （ A） They can point to a letter and read it over and over again. （ B） They can make the shape of a letter with a finger. （ C
16、） They can draw pictures of words such as “dog“. （ D） They can discuss the pronunciation of the print. Section C 26 Fatter people are more likely to lose their memories and brain power quicker than those who are thinner, according to British research. Those who are obese(肥胖的 ), and have other health
17、 problems such as high blood【 B1】 _, lose their memory and thinking skills almost a quarter faster. The study was based on almost 6,500【 B2】 _, whose health was monitored between the ages of 50 and 60. They were weighed and measured, their hearts were checked, and they were also asked what【 B3】 _the
18、y were taking. In addition, they were asked to【 B4】 _mental tests three times during the decade, which were used to【 B5】 _memory and other cognitive skills. Of the 6,401 people in the study, nine percent were obese. Of those, 350 had two additional【 B6】 _factors such as heart attack, and were taking
19、 medicines for either condition. The researchers found the obese【 B7】 _their mental powers faster than their thinner colleagues, while those who also had additional factors lost their memory and thinking skills fastest of all. The latter group【 B8】 _a 22. 5 percent faster decline on the cognitive te
20、st scores over the decade than those who were healthy. It is still not known why obesity【 B9】 _poorer brain performance, but with obesity levels on the rise, it will be important to explore a little deeper into this association. Meanwhile, it is also suggested that a【 B10】 _, regular exercise, not s
21、moking and controlling blood pressure in midlife can also help keep away from brain diseases. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 We all like to feel needed. But new research suggests having a sense of purpose is good for our health
22、, too. In a study of 7,000 people, those with the strongest sense of direction in life were over 70 percent less likely to suffer a stroke. The researchers【 C1】 _for other aggravating factors such as blood pressure and alcohol use and believe the【 C2】 _comes through regulating the immune system. It
23、has long been thought that【 C3】 _meaningful activity after retirement is important for physical and mental health which often declines【 C4】 _soon after retirement. But while past research focused on the【 C5】 _effects of negative psychological traits, such as depression and anxiety, new research is i
24、nvestigating how positive traits, such as【 C6】 _, protect against illness. In the recent study, men and women aged 50 and over were【 C7】 _for four to five years and completed psychological tests while researchers recorded strokes. The results show that the higher someones sense of purpose, the lower
25、 their risk of a stroke. Those with the greatest sense of purpose were 73 percent less likely to suffer a stroke compared to those with the lowest. Other research has shown that positive mood can lower levels of the stress hormone Cortisol(荷尔蒙皮质醇 ), also【 C8】 _in stroke. “This is significant as we h
26、ave an【 C9】 _population and it helps show what behaviours prevent people from getting ill,“ says Cary Cooper, professor of health psychology at Lancaster University. “Maybe【 C10】 _is not good for some. “ A)accounted I)implicated B)ageing J)optimism C)ambition K)outstanding D)damaging L)pursuing E)de
27、creasing M)retirement F)dramatically N)searched G)effect O)tracked H)gradually 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Haiti Dreams of Tourism Revival A)Like many of its Caribbean neighbors, Haiti once drew many tourists. But decades of
28、 political instability, repression and poverty, as well as natural disasters, led to the decay of the tourism infrastructure, and almost no visitors come now. Officials would like to change that. The arts town of Jacmel is one place they think could be a start. B)A couple of untidy aid workers were
29、sucking down Sunday morning beers at the Hotel Florita here when the minister of tourism rolled up to the roadside, followed by the interior minister with body guards and then the star of the show, New York fashion designer Donna Karan of DKNY. The notables were in Jacmel, the funky(含有黑人韵味的爵士 )art a
30、nd carnival capital of Haiti, to plot the transformation of the earthquake-rattled port from a faded flower of the Caribbean to a resort destination for celebrities. C)“Were trying to rebrand Haiti, and so were bringing Donna here to help us with our vision,“ Tourism Minister Stephanie Balmir Villed
31、rouin said in an interview. “Were trying to raise the bar a little bit,“ Said Karan, as she swept through the abandoned Hotel Jacmelienne its seaside swimming pool green with grass, its overgrown gardens littered with broken glass “ Oh, we can definitely work with this!“ D)As hard as it may be for y
32、oung Haitians to believe, their country was once a tourist destination. Even during the bad old days of the Duvalier dictatorships(独裁 ), the tourists came. Or at least a few: see Graham Greenes 1966 novel The Comedians, set incidentally at a hotel and based on a real-life mansion(大厦 ), the Hotel Olo
33、ffson in the capital; the hotel is still in operation but is now run by Richard Morse, front man for the rock band RAM and the new governments special political envoy(大使 )to the Americas. Today, nobody visits Haiti for fun, except Haitians returning from the abroad. The arrivals at the Port-au-Princ
34、e airport is filled with Baptist missionaries, UN officials and American nurses not a real tourist in sight. Tourism dollars E)Yet across the Caribbean, revenue from tourism represents about 16 percent of gross domestic product, and many island nations, such as the Bahamas, Barbados and Antigua, gen
35、erate at least a third of their GDP from visitors. For most of the Caribbean, tourists dollars, euros and pesos(比索 )are the No. 1 source of foreign investment. F)Haiti let its tourism infrastructure degrade over three decades of political instability, hurricanes, earthquakes and deadly disease. But
36、the poorest country in the Western hemisphere has a lot to offer the adventuresome visitor, according to international planners and Haitian officials. The Creole French cuisine(美食 )here is some of the best in the Caribbean; its artisans are of world renown, its blend of African and Spanish music uni
37、que. All this, and rock music, too. G)The still-evolving plans for Haiti 2. 0 forecast Jacmel as a stand-alone destination, meaning tourists would not land in the disordered, dangerous, poor capital, Port-au-Prince, but arrive directly here via air or boat. H)With development aid from banks and dono
38、r nations, the government of former carnival singer and current President Michel Martelly is planning to extend the airport runway at Jacmel so it can accommodate small jets that would shuttle from Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ; Puerto Rico; and Guadaloupe. The deserted port is also scheduled for
39、 restoration to allow big cruise ships to dock. I)In the late 1800s, Jacmel was an important Caribbean crossroads in Haiti then called the “ Pearl of the Antilles“ and its downtown still harbors the Creole architecture of iron balconies and shuttered warehouses for coffee and orange peel. The town r
40、eminds many visitors of the French Quarter in New Orleans, and it hosts one of the best carnivals in the Caribbean, as well as a music festival and a film festival, now struggling to gain promotion again after the 2010 earthquake. Seeing potential in ruin J)Donna Karan knows Jacmel well; she shot he
41、r fall catalog at the Hotel Florita. The New Yorker gamely jumped into the bed of a small truck for a tour of town. It stopped at the Manoir Alexandre, once the most prominent building in the city and now a ruin that is slowly being restored by Leon Paul, a Haitian American orthopedic surgeon from N
42、ew York. K)“We want to restore the mansion to its former glory, but as you can see, that is a big job,“ Paul said as he walked Karan through the property, with its peeling wallpaper, holes in the roof, missing stairs and tilting balcony. L)He said Jacmel, his home town, will rise from the ruins, and
43、 he promised that someday soon, Haitians and visitors will be sitting in his restored mansion, listening to a band, drinking rum and celebrating. As Karan crawled through the ruins, she saw not despair, but hope: “Wow. Look at this. These are my colors. The rust, yellow and blue. Take a picture. Thi
44、s is perfect!“ 47 In the Caribbean, Jacmel is well-known for its music festival, film festival and carnivals. 48 The novel The Comedians was mentioned by the author to show Haitis role as a tourist destination in the past. 49 The airport runway at Jacmel is scheduled for extension to cater to the fl
45、ights of small jets. 50 Haiti has become a place of little attraction due to its political instability, repression and poverty as well as natural disasters. 51 Tourism has become a major channel for Caribbean countries to attract foreign investment. 52 The French cuisine, unique music and famous art
46、isans made Haiti attractive to visitors. 53 Donna Karan showed up in Jacmel to make plans for the transformation of the city. 54 According to Haitis restoration plans, tourists will be able to arrive at Jacmel straightly. 55 According to Paul, the restoration work of Manoir Alexandre to its former g
47、lory is quite challenging. 56 Officials concerned plan to revive the current tourism industry of Haiti by restoring Jacmel as a starting point. Section C 56 If you are trying to do your bit for sustainability and save water by taking shorter showers, then a new report on sustainability reveals for t
48、he first time that there are more effective ways that our everyday choices can have a positive impact on the environment. For example, the glass of juice you have for breakfast might have used the same amount of water in its production as the amount you have just saved by cutting your shower from 10
49、 to 5 minutes. The milk on your cereal might have used even more. Balancing Act, a world first that has been developed for the Australia economy by scientists from CSIRO(澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织 )and the University of Sydney, looks across 135 industry sectors of the Australian economy and quantifies the impacts and contributions across ten social, environmental, and financial indicators. Report co-author CSIRO scientist, Barney Foran, says that sustainability
