1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 89及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the following topic. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Online bookstores such as Amazon and Dangdang are enjoying great popularity in recent yea
2、rs. Some people argue that traditional bookstores will be replaced by those online bookstores since people can always buy cheaper books there. What s your opinion? Section A （ A） The woman insists on going out. （ B） The woman doesn t like watching TV. （ C） The man promised her a gift on her birthday
3、. （ D） The man is too tired to go out. （ A） He is thoughtful. （ B） He is humorous. （ C） He is careless. （ D） He is helpful. （ A） There are different kinds of folders. （ B） This decision requires careful thought. （ C） It doesn t matter which color she chooses. （ D） The color should suggest the conten
4、t. （ A） Shop assistant and customer. （ B） Post clerk and customer. （ C） Store keeper and customer. （ D） Waitress and customer. （ A） His girlfriend complained of his going to the party without her. （ B） He was together with his girlfriend yesterday. （ C） He has been busy dating his girlfriend these d
5、ays. （ D） He brought his girlfriend to the party. （ A） Jane is looking for a summer job. （ B） Jane is packing for the summer vacation. （ C） Jane is on her way home. （ D） Jane is eager to go home for the vacation. （ A） Spending more time on sightseeing. （ B） Visiting the city with a group. （ C） Touri
6、ng the city on a fine day. （ D） Taking the man with her on the tour. （ A） The woman is driving too fast. （ B） The woman is driving at a slow speed. （ C） The woman has broken a traffic rule. （ D） The woman has parked her car in a wrong place. （ A） Bacon. （ B） Mushrooms. （ C） Italian chicken. （ D） Oni
7、ons. （ A） Pineapple and mushrooms on one half and green peppers and Italian sausage on the other. （ B） Pineapple and green peppers on one half and mushrooms and Italian sausage on the other. （ C） Pineapple and mushrooms on one half and red peppers and Italian sausage on the other. （ D） Pineapple and
8、 red peppers on one half and mushrooms and Italian sausage on the other. （ A） The total of his order is $17.90. （ B） The phone number is 340-1870. （ C） The address is 1340 North 16 East. （ D） The customer wants a half-and-half pizza. （ A） Three orders of bread sticks for free. （ B） A three-dollar de
9、duction on the next pizza you order. （ C） A three-dollar coupon for use this time you order a large pizza. （ D） A free order of steak. （ A） Once a week. （ B） Three every month. （ C） Five every month. （ D） Two every month. （ A） When there are more than twelve people. （ B） When there are five people.
10、（ C） When there are fifteen people. （ D） When there are more than fifteen people. （ A） Call the office. （ B） Sign your name on the notice board in advance. （ C） Pay the money. （ D） There is no need to reserve a place. Section B （ A） The mouth. （ B） The throat. （ C） The nose. （ D） A computer. （ A） Ho
11、w much air normally goes through your nose when you talk. （ B） The force of air that comes from the lungs. （ C） The highness or lowness of sounds. （ D） The length of speech for each sound. （ A） Decibels(分贝 ). （ B） Small fractions per sound. （ C） Cycles per sound. （ D） The force of air. （ A） Short, t
12、iring, and often dangerous. （ B） Long, tiring but not dangerous. （ C） Short but dangerous. （ D） Long, weary and often dangerous. （ A） For pleasure and excitement. （ B） For new places where their herds could feed. （ C） For animals. （ D） For tree trunks. （ A） Bicycles, cars, trains, and ships. （ B） Bi
13、cycles, cars, trains, and planes. （ C） Cars, trains, ships, and planes. （ D） Ferries, cars, trains, and planes. （ A） Because there are no signs to direct them. （ B） Because no tour guides are available. （ C） Because all the buildings in the city look alike. （ D） Because the university is everywhere
14、in the city. （ A） They set their own exams. （ B） They select their own students. （ C） They award their own degrees. （ D） They organize their own laboratory work. （ A） Most of them has a long history. （ B） Many of them are specialized libraries. （ C） They house more books than any other university li
15、brary. （ D） They each have a copy of every book published in Britain. （ A） Very few of them are engaged in research. （ B） They were not awarded degrees until 1948. （ C） They have outnumbered male students. （ D） They were not treated equally until 1881. Section C 26 Most people have outside interests
16、 which they pursue in their【 B1】 _time in order to keep themselves amused. We call these hobbies. What people【 B2】 _as their hobby depends on their individual interests. It also depends on how much time and how much money they have got. Nowadays【 B3】 _things like stamps, coins and matchboxes is very
17、 popular. Some people like watching TV in their spare time. Some people prefer to rest, doing nothing at all. When people are asked why they have taken up a【 B4】 _hobby, they tend to give very different reasons. Some say they ought to do something useful in their spare time; others talk about 【 B5】
18、_and the importance of learning to do something new. A very popular【 B6】 _ for the pursuit of a hobby is that it【 B7】 _an opportunity to do something completely different from one s usual work. I【 B8】_woodwork not because I want to kill time but because I want to make better use of my spare time. If
19、 I had more money, I would take up a more expensive hobby, like radio-making for example. I never feel bored in my spare time. I wish I could have more. I enjoy my hobbies very much. They offer me an opportunity to do something【 B9】_. They are always a【 B10】 _of incalculable pleasure. 27 【 B1】 28 【
20、B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Keeping healthy requires a conscious effort. You make choices about the foods you eat, just【 C1】 _you make choices about getting fresh air, exercise, and rest. And if you are like most people, you are making ba
21、d choices, particularly in your diet. Id like to offer some【 C2】 _here. Nowadays, health experts are【 C3】 _against fats and proteins. Though these experts are right in telling you to be careful about the foods you eat, they are wrong in【 C4】 _you to stay away from fats and proteins. Both of these th
22、ings serve important【 C5】 _in the body. Fats provide【 C6】 _. And they are especially useful because they can be【 C7】 _in the body for future use. Proteins are required for growth needs and for【 C8】 _the body against diseases. It is equally important that they are included in your diet too. A good di
23、et is one that includes some fats and proteins but not too much. You should already be eating five servings of vegetables and four servings of fruits every day. So be sure to include two servings of something high in protein and one or two servings of something【 C9】 _in fat into your diet. Then you
24、will be on the【 C10】 _to great health! A)but B)road C)as D)functions E)advising F)collecting G)defending H)unrealistic I)warning J)proper K)energy L)suggestions M)stored N)while O)rich 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Americans a
25、nd Their Cars A)It has been one of the worlds most enduring and passionate love affairs: Americans and their cars. It s no secret that America is a nation of cars. A recent survey of the number of cars on America s roads counted some 204 million vehicles in the U.S. There is an average of 1.9 motor
26、vehicles for every household in America, and just to illustrate how many cars this is, consider that the average American household has only 1.8 drivers; America has more vehicles than it has drivers to drive them. By the time a middle-class American reaches 35 years of age, he or she has likely own
27、ed 3 cars in his or her life. B)The United States lawmakers have done little to undermine the romance between their citizens and their automobiles. Taxes on gasoline have been kept low, while massive highway building projects allow more and more cars to take to the road. Public transportation, on th
28、e other hand, has traditionally suffered from neglect. From the 1970s, since Americans have more than doubled their reliance on cars for long-distance rides, train and bus usage has largely stopped developing. Inner city transit systems in most cities were either deteriorating or crime-ridden, as in
29、 New York, or dysfunctional(机能不良的 ),as in Los Angeles. C)There are, however, signs that U.S. drivers are quietly looking for alternatives to car usage with growing backing from legislators. Throughout the country a record number of commuters are taking buses and transit to work. In Washington D.C.,
30、city officials say this summer has been the busiest in the history of the Metro rail system, with trains often carrying more than 600,000 passengers a day. In Cincinnati, transit authorities say there have been up to 50 percent more users this summer on some commuter routes. The Atlanta and Portland
31、 transit systems are also recording heavy usage. Nationwide, public transportation systems have recorded a 4.8 percent increase for the first quarter of 2003 over the same period in 2002, according to the American Public Transportation Association(APTA). D)Transit officials say the main reason is th
32、e recent rise in gasoline prices. Feeling the impact of cuts in production by oil-exporting countries, gasoline prices in US shot up from a national average of $1.30 dollars a gallon(nearly 3.8 litres)late last year to high of $1.68 a gallon in June this year. In parts of the country, prices even re
33、ached $2 a gallon for the first time. E)While the price rise angered car drivers, many transportation experts feel it has turned attention to Americas meager(不景气的 )public transport. “The public transport system has been better now than in the past decades,“ says Delon Lowas, an urban planning analys
34、t at the Sierra Club, the environmental group. According to APTA, a person commuting 10 miles to work every day by train instead of by car could save as much as 314 gallons(1193 liters)of gasoline annually thus reducing emissions of hydrocarbon gases and other pollutants. F)The oil price rise might
35、just have been the induction to result in a new revolution in the travel habits of US commuters, say environmentalists. As evidence, they point to the popularity of new light-rail systems in cities such as Portland. Even Los Angeles, whose residents are famous for their infatuation(迷恋 )with cars, re
36、cently installed 17 miles of subway tracks. Now, US politicians are also warming to public transport. Federal and state governments are toying(玩弄 )with some initiatives, such as tax breaks for people who use trains or buses. G)But public transportation continues to have its ideological critics. “It
37、shouldnt be encouraged at the expense of private ownership of vehicles,“ says Ben Lieberman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute(CEI). He asserts that the governments priority should be to make owning and driving a car more affordable by reducing environmental restrictions that push up the price
38、of gasoline. H)The expansion of public transportation systems also draws opposition from those who are worried about the immense costs involved. They cite Los Angeles subway expansion, which cost a record $4.7 billion, as an instance of how expensive public transport can be. I)Citing costs of constr
39、uction, Tome DeLay, the powerful Republican Whip of the House of Representatives, have moved to block funds for a proposed light-rail system in Houston. Mr. DeLay argues that the city should conduct a referendum(公民投票 )before investing taxpayer money. The result: the Houston authorities might well ha
40、ve to manage without federal funds or scrap the light-rail project entirely. Given the strong political pressure against it, some observers think the flirtation(对 的一时兴趣 )with public transport will pass, not least because there are signs already that gas prices have started to fall. Mr. Lovaas, howev
41、er, thinks that there has been “genuine grass-roots change“ as people understand the environmental and social need for cutting down on automobile use. But he admitted that political opposition could take a long time to overcome. “The people at the top will be the last to get it.“ 47 The underground
42、railway system in Washington D.C. has been very busy this summer, city officials said. 48 Tax breaks are one of the initiatives federal governments takes into consideration for people using buses. 49 Since 1970s, train and bus usage in America has stopped developing largely, because people have reli
43、ed on cars more for their long-distance travel. 50 If a person commutes 10 miles a day taking instead of a car to work, he will save about 1193 liters of gasoline a year. 51 Someone who concerns immense costs opposes the expansion of public transit. 52 Mr. Lovaas thinks cutting down on automobile us
44、e can benefit the environment and society. 53 One factor for the sharp rising price of gasoline in the US this year was oil production cuts by oil-exporting countries. 54 CEI s Ben Lieberman is in favor of allowing people to have the right of owning private cars. 55 Recently, a survey revealed that
45、there are over 200 million cars on America s roads. 56 Environmentalists think the change of American commuters travel habits might have been caused by the rise of oil price. Section C 56 If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your
46、own children. But how you say it can be quite tricky. If you say to your children “Im sorry I got angry with you, but.“ what follows that “but“ can render the apology ineffective: “I had a bad day“ or “your noise was giving me a headache“ leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should
47、 be apologizing for his bad behavior in expecting an apology. Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say “Im sorry you re upset“; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done. Then there i
48、s the general, all covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again. Saying “Im useless as a parent“ does not commit a person to any specific improvement. Th
49、ese pseudo-apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness, Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not resort to these pseudo-apologies. But even when presented with examples of genuine contrition, children still need help to become aware of the complexities of saying sorry. A three-year-old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he do
