1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 93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. It is very common in college that many students are absent from the class and some teache
2、rs tend not to care about it. What do you think of this phenomenon? Section A （ A） Kathy will get paid more as a dean. （ B） Kathy s hard work had a positive result. （ C） Kathy could not afford what she wanted. （ D） Kathy will have more work to do as a dean. （ A） She will help the man later. （ B） She
3、 doesn t want to help the man with the homework. （ C） The man should do the homework himself. （ D） The man should watch the program first. （ A） She didn t notice the posters. （ B） Betty probably made the posters. （ C） The collection doesn t belong to Mary Ann. （ D） Mary Ann s posters are very attrac
4、tive. （ A） He d rather exercise by walking than by playing tennis. （ B） He doesn t like to work as much as he likes to play tennis. （ C） His ability to play tennis has improved since he started walking. （ D） He quit playing tennis because it was not enough exercise. （ A） They dont want to hear the n
5、ews yet. （ B） He already told them the news. （ C） He is surprised that they don t know the news. （ D） They don t have any way to hear the news. （ A） He is a member of a computer information club. （ B） He doesnt want to forget what he just learned. （ C） He is organizing the information by number. （ D
6、） He is leaving with his notes. （ A） In a bookstore. （ B） In a grocery store. （ C） In a department store. （ D） In a stationery store. （ A） There will be a short delay. （ B） There will be a long delay. （ C） The flight has been canceled. （ D） The condition is still uncertain. （ A） He doesn t have time
7、 to leave. （ B） He would have difficulty. （ C） He s paid her rent for the summer in advance. （ D） He doesnt want to paint another apartment. （ A） Three weeks. （ B） One month. （ C） Three months. （ D） Over one year. （ A） She s spoken to him on the phone. （ B） She met him during her vacation one summer
8、. （ C） She went on a summer trip with him. （ D） She used to work with him. （ A） Leave it vacant. （ B） Rent it to the woman he is talking with. （ C） Sublet it to Jim Thomas. （ D） Ask his landlord to sublet it. （ A） To organize activities for the students. （ B） To give the students chance to make mone
9、y. （ C） To improve the reputation of the university. （ D） To raise fund for a hospital. （ A） To serve food. （ B） For the band to play music. （ C） To sell donations. （ D） For entertainment. （ A） He is confused about this. （ B） He thinks the fair is profitable. （ C） He believes it is too complicated.
10、（ D） He thinks it is a great event. Section B （ A） The first stomach compartment. （ B） The name of the upper jaw. （ C） The stomach where digestion takes place. （ D） The name of the bacteria in the cow s stomach. （ A） Food storage. （ B） The production of milk. （ C） Digestion. （ D） The creation of cud
11、s. （ A） Cud. （ B） Reticulum. （ C） Bacteria. （ D） Grass. （ A） Because you have more opportunities. （ B） Because you have much pressure of your former colleagues. （ C） Because your old friends aren t watching you. （ D） Because everyone knows you in a new place. （ A） You may feel lonely and unhappy at
12、the beginning. （ B） You can t find a good job. （ C） You may waste a lot of time. （ D） You have to leave your children. （ A） You should think about the future when you move. （ B） Moving brings opportunities as well as some problems. （ C） Husband and wife dont matter if he or she can benefit from the
13、move. （ D） Children are always happy to move to a new city. （ A） Better memories. （ B） Better study habits. （ C） More efficient ways of conveying information. （ D） Greater abilities to deal with complex tasks. （ A） They can spend more time in mastering language. （ B） They dont make things more compl
14、ex. （ C） They have a good memory. （ D） They are not afraid of making mistakes. （ A） Because they have complex communication needs. （ B） Because they don t want to appear stupid. （ C） Because they are always in a hurry. （ D） Because they have to finish work first. （ A） Who are the better language lea
15、rners, children or adults? （ B） Why do adults learn a foreign language? （ C） What are the advantages and disadvantages of adults in learning language? （ D） What are the troubles and worries of adults in learning language? Section C 26 How much do you know about Thanksgiving Day? It is a typical Amer
16、ican holiday. The【 B1】 _of thanksgiving has always been peace and plenty, health and happiness. It is a historical, national and【 B2】 _holiday that began with the Pilgrims. The first Thanksgiving Day was celebrated by the English【 B3】 _in Plymouth, Massachusetts on December 12, 1621. After a good ha
17、rvest in the fall, the Pilgrims invited Indians, their good friends to have a big【 B4】 _outdoors at long tables to thank God for his love and mercy. They ate, drank and played games for three days. After that, Thanksgiving Days were celebrated【 B5】 _. And in 1941 the Congress【 B6】 _the fourth Thursd
18、ay in November to be a national day. Today the Americans usually hold a big family dinner to celebrate the holiday, which often【 B7】_four days. They have such traditional food as roast turkey, pumpkin pie, apples, cranberry sauce, and so on. They relax and enjoy family【 B8】 _. A traditional Thanksgi
19、ving dinner also takes place yearly at the White House. American football games are also played everywhere.【 B9】 _people watch the game on television. In China Thanksgiving Day is becoming popular. On this day numerous people say out their love and show their【 B10】 _to the family, friends, colleague
20、s and even some strangers. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【 B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 Who designed the first helicopter? Who【 C1】 _of the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most【 C2】 _? There is an【 C3】 _to all thes
21、e questions Leonardo de Vinci(达芬奇 ). Leonardo may have been the greatest【 C4】 _people have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldnt【 C5】 _a helicopter
22、with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked. But Leonardo wasnt just an【 C6】 _. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master painter, and as he got older he became【 C7】 _more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand in t
23、en different ways【 C8】 _he was ready to paint. Many of Leonardo s wonderful【 C9】 _are still with us today. You may know one of his most famous works the【 C10】_woman known as the Mona Lisa. A)answer B)paintings C)because D)painted E)surprising F)inventor G)smiling H)spectacular I)even J)doctors K)bef
24、ore L)scientists M)genius N)managed O)build 37 【 C1】 38 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 Universities Branch Out A)As never before in their long history, universities have become instruments of national competition as well as instruments of
25、peace. They are the place of the scientific discoveries that move economies forward, and the primary means of educating the talent required to obtain and maintain competitive advantage. But at the same time, the opening of national borders to the flow of goods, services, information and especially p
26、eople has made universities a powerful force for global integration, mutual understanding and geopolitical stability. B)In response to the same forces that have driven the world economy, universities have become more self-consciously global: seeking students from around the world who represent the e
27、ntire range of cultures and values, sending their own students abroad to prepare them for global careers, offering courses of study that address the challenges of an interconnected world and collaborative(合作的 )research programs to advance science for the benefit of all humanity. C)Of the forces shap
28、ing higher education none is more sweeping than the movement across borders. Over the past three decades the number of students leaving home each year to study abroad has grown at an annual rate of 3.9 percent, from 800,000 in 1975 to 2.5 million in 2004. Most travel from one developed nation to ano
29、ther, but the flow from developing to developed countries is growing rapidly. The reverse flow, from developed to developing countries, is on the rise, too. Today foreign students earn 30 percent of the doctoral degrees awarded in the United States and 38 percent of those in the United Kingdom. And
30、the number crossing borders for undergraduate study is growing as well, to 8 percent of the undergraduates at America s best institutions and 10 percent of all undergraduates in the UK. In the United States, 20 percent of the newly hired professors in science and engineering are foreign-born, and in
31、 China many newly hired faculty members at the top research universities received their graduate education abroad. D)Universities are also encouraging students to spend some of their undergraduate years in another country. In Europe, more than 140,000 students participate in the Erasmus program each
32、 year, taking courses for credit in one of 2,200 participating institutions across the continent. And in the United States, institutions are helping place students in summer internships(实习 )abroad to prepare them for global careers. Yale and Harvard have led the way, offering every undergraduate at
33、least one international study or internship opportunity and providing the financial resources to make it possible. E)Globalization is also reshaping the way research is done. One new trend involves sourcing portions of a research program to another country. Yale professor and Howard Hughes Medical I
34、nstitute investigator Tian Xu directs a research center focused on the genetics of human disease at Shanghai Fudan University, in collaboration with faculty colleagues from both schools. The Shanghai center has 95 employees and graduate students working in a 4,300-square-meter laboratory facility. Y
35、ale faculties, post-doctors and graduate students visit regularly and attend video-conference seminars with scientists from both campuses. The arrangement benefits both countries; Xus Yale lab is more productive, thanks to the lower costs of conducting research in China, and Chinese graduate student
36、s, post-doctors and faculty get on-the-job training from a world-class scientist and his U.S. team. F)As a result of its strength in science, the United States has consistently led the world in the commercialization of major new technologies, from the mainframe computer and integrated circuit of the
37、 1960s to the Internet infrastructure(基础设施 )and applications software of the 1990s. The link between university-based science and industrial application is often indirect but sometimes highly visible: Silicon Valley was intentionally created by Stanford University, and Route 128 outside Boston has l
38、ong housed companies spun off from MIT and Harvard. Around the world, governments have encouraged copying of this model, perhaps most successfully in Cambridge, England, where Microsoft and scores of other leading software and biotechnology companies have set up shop around the university. G)For all
39、 its success, the United States remains deeply hesitant about sustaining the research-university model. Most politicians recognize the link between investment in science and national economic strength, but support for research funding has been unsteady. The budget of the National Institutes of Healt
40、h doubled between 1998 and 2003, but has risen more slowly than inflations since then. Support for the physical sciences and engineering barely kept pace with inflation during that same period. The attempt to make up lost ground is welcome, but the nation would be better served by steady, predictabl
41、e increases in science funding at the rate of long-term GDP growth, which is on the order of inflation plus 3 percent per year. H)American politicians have great difficulty recognizing that admitting more foreign students can greatly promote the national interest by increasing international understa
42、nding. Adjusted for inflation, public funding for international exchanges and foreign-language study is well below the levels of 40 years ago. In the wake of September 11, changes in the visa process caused a dramatic decline in the number of foreign students seeking admission to U.S. universities,
43、and a corresponding surge in enrollments in Australia, Singapore and the UK. Objections from American university and business leaders led to improvements in the process and a reversal of the decline, but the United States is still seen by many as unwelcoming to international students. I)Most America
44、ns recognize that universities contribute to the nations well-being through their scientific research, but many fear that foreign students threaten American competitiveness by taking their knowledge and skills back home. They fail to grasp that welcoming foreign students to the United States has two
45、 important positive effects: first, the very best of them stay in the States and like immigrants throughout historystrengthen the nation; and second, foreign students who study in the United States become ambassadors for many of its most cherished values when they return home. Or at least they under
46、stand them better. In America as elsewhere, few instruments of foreign policy are as effective in promoting peace and stability as welcoming international university students. 47 In China, many hired members at good research universities received their graduate education abroad recently. 48 Most Ame
47、ricans worry that the enrollment of international students will threaten its competitiveness. 49 The number of foreign students applying to Australia has surged after September 11 due to changes in the visa process. 50 From 1975 to 2004, the enrollment of overseas students has increased at an annual
48、 rate of 3.9 percent. 51 In the world, governments encourage the model of linking university-based science and industrial application. 52 The way research done in universities has changed due to globalization. 53 When foreign students leave America, they will bring American values back to their home
49、 countries. 54 Nowadays, universities have become a powerful force for global integration. 55 Most politicians recognize investment in science can improve national economic strength, but federal funding for research has been unsteady for years. 56 American universities provide their undergraduates chances to study abroad for international career. Section C 56 There are people who are especially attracted to the notion of “climbing the ladder“ so
