1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 82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 impact of social networking websites. You should write at least 120 words
2、 but no more than 180 words. “Im the least popular boy in school. I only have 545 Weibo friends!“ Section A （ A） Prof. Bass is much better than Prof. Brown. （ B） It is easy to follow Prof. Bass in his class. （ C） There is no requirement for notes in Mr. Bass class. （ D） There is no use of taking not
3、es in class. （ A） She was at home all along. （ B） She visited a friend. （ C） She was at her parents home. （ D） She was out for a walk. （ A） She lives on her own. （ B） She has no children or grandchildren. （ C） She lives in a nursing home. （ D） Her children visit her every other week. （ A） He will go
4、 to the supermarket with the woman. （ B） He feels uncomfortable with the womans staring. （ C） He will buy some vegetables on his way back. （ D） He wont go to the supermarket. （ A） It is too hard for them to accomplish. （ B） It is pretty easy to finish. （ C） There is still a difficult part left. （ D）
5、 It is not so hard as the man imagined. （ A） The man should practice his pronunciation often. （ B） To get oneself understood is more important than pronunciation. （ C） She has a similar problem as the man. （ D） She couldnt get the mans words clearly. （ A） Find a roommate to share the rent. （ B） Find
6、 another apartment to reduce the rent. （ C） Try to earn more money to afford the rent. （ D） Give up finding an apartment to live in. （ A） John is late for the appointment. （ B） John has another appointment with his roommate. （ C） The man told John to meet them at 6:00. （ D） John will probably meet t
7、he speakers. （ A） To help people find a better job. （ B） To help people with English learning. （ C） To help people improve their communication skills. （ D） To help people get enrolled in a famous university. （ A） She wants to learn some basic language skills. （ B） Her friend wants to study abroad. （
8、 C） She is calling to consult for her daughter. （ D） She has to study English for the sake of her job. （ A） It is a form that helps the student get a student visa. （ B） It is a certification about the students English proficiency. （ C） It is a certificate that shows the students education experience
9、. （ D） It is a reference letter that helps the student get in the US embassy. （ A） The applicants must confirm the application in person. （ B） The applicants can apply it at any time they want. （ C） The applicants can apply it through Internet or by letter. （ D） The applicants need to pay the tuitio
10、n at the beginning. （ A） A transport planner. （ B） A bus route designer. （ C） An architectural designer. （ D） An environmental appraiser. （ A） It is mainly about the design of bus routes. （ B） It investigates the environmental effect of car use. （ C） It helps to program the construction of a new sho
11、pping center. （ D） Its main purpose is to make full use of the public transport. （ A） Impose a duty on private cars. （ B） Promote the public environmental consciousness. （ C） Abolish the public parking lot. （ D） Raise the petrol prices. Section B （ A） Set a goal before starting an exercise. （ B） Spe
12、nd little time on active sport. （ C） Use every opportunity to exercise. （ D） Take part in all kinds of activities. （ A） Cut down the time of exercise programs. （ B） See a doctor before involving in exercise. （ C） Change our lifestyle or habit beforehand. （ D） Stop exercising for at least a week. （ A
13、） We may give up in face of frustrations. （ B） We may gain the weight back in a short time. （ C） We cant stick to a program for a long time. （ D） We may get exhausted or even injured. （ A） Finish the courses of the present term. （ B） Hold a graduation ceremony for senior students. （ C） Have a discus
14、sion about what they learned. （ D） Decide on what career to choose. （ A） Most students find the process boring. （ B） Over half the students find it useful for their career. （ C） Only a few students think it is a good investment. （ D） Most students spend much time on their study. （ A） Things that are
15、 supposed to learn in classes. （ B） Things that are designed for freshmen. （ C） Things that are connected with their career. （ D） Things that are easy to be understood. （ A） The declining quality of school teachers. （ B） Misunderstanding of the aim of universities. （ C） Students with less capability
16、 for innovation. （ D） The unfair assessment of college students. （ A） Women had a lower social status. （ B） Few women were good at mathematics. （ C） Men had better performance in mathematics. （ D） Biological advantage made men better at math. （ A） Inability in social communication. （ B） Social preju
17、dice against women. （ C） Biological difference between genders. （ D） Educational and family background. （ A） Encouraging international exchange. （ B） Creating single-sex classrooms. （ C） Ensuring gender equality. （ D） Employing women teachers. Section C 26 What do students think of e-textbooks? Admi
18、nistrators at Northwest Missouri State University wanted to【 B1】 _Earlier this year, they tested them with 500 students in 20 classes. The university is unusual. It not only provides laptop computers to all 7 000 of its【 B2】 _students. It does not require students to buy their textbooks, either. The
19、y rent them to save money. The school【 B3】 _save even more by moving to e-textbooks. The students in the survey reported that【 B4】 _the books from the Internet was easy. They liked the idea of carrying【 B5】 _backpacks. And 56% said they were better able to find information. But most found that using
20、 e-textbooks did not change their study【 B6】 _And 60% felt they read more when they were reading on paper. In all, almost half the students said they still liked physical textbooks better. But the survey found that cost could be a big【 B7】 _55% said they would choose e-textbooks if using them meant
21、their textbook rental fee would not increase. The administrators are【 B8】 _the e-textbooks now available because the【 B9】_are not interactive, for now, most of the books are just words on a【 B10】_It is believed growth will come when more digital books include video, activities, games and other ways
22、to interact. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 They may not have the name recognition of a Google or a Yahoo, but they can claim to belong in the same league. The websites of Digital Sky Technologies(DST) 【 C1】 _for more than 70%
23、of page-views on the Russian-language Internet. Naspers is Africas biggest media group. And Tencent is Chinas largest Internet company by market【 C2】 _and the third largest in the world. Now these firms are【 C3】 _making their presence felt beyond their home markets. Between them they have【 C4】 _in d
24、ozens of Internet firms around the globe. The most adventurous of the three, DST, has already moved westand paid top dollar for stakes in fast-growing American companies,【 C5】 _Facebook, the worlds biggest social network. Despite their differences, the three firms can be seen as a block. For one thi
25、ng, they are financially【 C6】 _Naspers owns part of mail. ru and was an early investor in Tencent. What is more, the firms are on the same mission: finding【 C7】 _Internet companies in countries where Western investors rarely dare to go. DSTs【 C8】_are Russia and its neighbours, most of which are home
26、 to one of its collection of companies; these【 C9】 _social networks such as VKontakte. ru and Nasza-Klasa. pl. Naspers has the largest portfolio(有价证券 )of Internet firms in developing countries. Tencent has so far been the most【 C10】 _of the three, which has some minority stakes in games companies be
27、sides its recent investment in DST. This international presence allows the firms to apply lessons they have learned in one country to another. A)account F)include K)notably B)capitalization G)increasingly L)notoriously C)cautious H)interrelated M)possession D)conclude I)invested N)promising E)depend
28、ed J)non-profit O)territories 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Five Myths About Abraham Lincoln A)No American hero, with the possible exception of George Washington, has been more set with myth than Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln did b
29、oast virtues that required few words to glamorize. He rose from obscurity(默默无闻 )through hard work, self-education and honesty. He endured severe criticism to save the Union and end slavery. He died shortly after his greatest triumph at the hands of an assassin. But tall-taletellers have never hesita
30、ted to rewrite Lincolns biography. On Presidents Day, its well worth dispelling some repeated misconceptions about the man on the $ 5 bill. 1. Lincoln was a simple country lawyer. B)This durable legend, personified by short-spoken Henry Fonda in John Fords film “Young Mr. Lincoln,“ dies hard. Lincol
31、ns law partner William H. Herndon, looking to boost his own reputation, introduced the rumor that Lincoln cared little about his legal practice, did scant research, joked around with juries and judges, and sometimes failed to collect fees. Lincoln himself may have compromised his legal reputation wi
32、th his oft-quoted warning “Discourage litigation(诉讼 ). “ C)True, politics became lawyer Lincolns chief ambition. Still, in the 1850s he ably(and profitably)represented the Illinois Central Railroad and the Rock Island Bridge Co. the company that built the first railroad bridge over the Mississippi R
33、iverand earned a solid reputation as one of his home states top appeals lawyers. D)Lincolns legal papers testify to a diverse and profitable practice. Had he not been “aroused,“ as he put it, to speak out in 1854 against the pro-slavery Kansas-Nebraska Act before seeking a Senate seat, he likely wou
34、ld have remained a full-time lawyer and earned fame and fortune at the bar. 2. Lincoln was gay. E)Gay rights activist Larry Kramer has long speculated that Lincoln was gay, claiming in 1999 that hed discovered Lincolns love letters to onetime roommate Joshua Speed. The claim is reportedly featured i
35、n Kramers forthcoming history of homosexuality, “The American People,“ but historian Gabor Boritt called Kramers assertion “almost certainly. a hoax. “ F)Still, the idea persists. In 2005, “The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln,“ written by queer theory professor C. A. Trippa colleague of sex resear
36、cher Alfred Kinseyalleged to prove that Lincoln was an active homosexual who married only to conform to 19th-century convention and continued flirting and sleeping with young men throughout his presidency. Tripp went so far as to suggest that Lincolns sexual indifference is what contributed to his w
37、ifes mental illness. G)Is it true? And if it is, does it matter? According to Herndon, Lincoln exhibited a “powerful“ attraction to women and was a regular customer of prostitutes before his marriage at age 33. His first son was born just nine months after his marriage, which suggests enthusiasm if
38、not experience. Then again, proving that a man loves women isnt the same as proving that he doesnt love men. Maybe its best to throw up our hands and remember that Lincolns sexual orientation is but a small part of his historical legacy. 3. Lincoln was depressed. H)Four generations of biographers at
39、test(证明 )that Lincoln was often depressed, but Washington Colleges Joshua Wolf Shenk made the case in his recent book, “Lincolns Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled his Greatness,“ that the 16th president was clinically depressed. Lincoln certainly had moments of what he cal
40、led the “hypo,“ most notably when his first serious crush, Ann Rutledge, died in 1835,. and again when he broke up with fiancee Mary Todd on the eve of their wedding in 1841. I)Though I co-edited a collection of Lincoln papers with Shenk, we disagree on this point. Genuine depression was untreatable
41、 in the 19th century, and its victims often descended into madness or took their own lives. It is impossible to reconcile this debilitating disease with Lincoln who labored tirelessly and effectively during his demanding presidency. Clinically depressed people often cant get out of bed, lei alone co
42、mmand an army. 4. Lincoln was too compassionate. J)Much has been made by poet and Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg and other historians over the notion that Lincoln was a serial pardoner. This is untrueLincoln not only approved the execution of deserters, but 38 alleged Indian raiders were hanged by
43、 his order in Mankato, Minn, on Dec. 26, 1862, still the largest mass execution on the US soil. K)Meanwhile, Lincoln conducted the bloodiest war in American history to preserve the Union, authorized the deployment of deadly new weaponry such as mines, ironclad warships and niter(硝酸钾 ), and accepted
44、unprecedented casualties for his chosen cause. L)The recent scandal over an altered National Archives pardona document allegedly changed by historian Thomas P. Lowry in 1998 to make it appear that Lincoln spent his final hours pardoning a soldier for desertiongives us the opportunity to reconsider t
45、he chronic oversimplification of Lincolns soft touch. In light of the Archives melee(混乱 ), historians should re-examine the thousands of pardons Lincoln issued to weigh their authenticity and balance them against the death sentences he did allow. 5. Lincoln was mortally ill. M)No shortage of armchai
46、r physicians are ready to diagnose Lincoln 150 years after his death. He had cardiovascular(心血管的 )disease, some say. Or he had the rare genetic disorder Marfans Syndrome. Or he had the fatal cancer MEN2B. Had Lincoln not been assassinated on April 14, 1865, medical historians like John Sotos imply,
47、he would have died soon enough without John Wilkes Booths help. N)If any of these illnesses wracked Lincolns body during his presidency, how do we explain his inexhaustible physical constitution? Or the rarity of his wartime illnesses, limited to a mild bout of smallpox which killed his valet(贴身男仆 )
48、? How do we explain the ease with which the 56-year-old demonstrated his favorite frontier feat of strength-holding a heavy ax at arms length between his fingersjust a few days before his death? O)Like many presidents, Lincoln grew visibly haggard(憔悴的 )during his presidency. He also lost weight. But
49、 the physicians who attended him on his deathbed marveled at his muscular arms and chest. A weaker man, they concluded, would have died the minute he was shot. Lincoln fought off death for nine hours hardly within the ability of a man with a pre-existing condition. 47 Lincoln became famous in his home state after he successfully represented an important railroad company. 48 In spite of harsh criticism, Lincoln managed to save his
