1、大学英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷 27及答案与解析 Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. 0 Sarr Elyse took a sip from a plastic cup. Lik
2、e a practised wine taster, she swilled the dark liquid around in her mouth then swallowed. “I love Coca-Cola and this is not Coca-Cola,“ she said with a slight grimace (鬼脸 ). It certainly wasnt and thats the point of Mecca-Cola a soft drink named after Islams holiest land and created to protest agai
3、nst US foreign policy in the Middle East. Senegal is one of the first sub-Saharan African countries to put Mecca-Cola on the market, and its an obvious choice. The population is 95 percent Muslim and opposition to the war in Iraq has been more【 1】 here than elsewhere in the region. Thousands took to
4、 the streets to protest against the fighting in Iraq and now Mecca-Cola, which has sales of about five million bottles in Europe, will gives thirsty Senegalese a thought-provoking,【 2】 thirst reliever to the US brand. “Being a Muslim, I was attracted by the name Mecca-Cola,“ said Hassane Brahim Fard
5、oun, the businessman behind the drinks distribution in Senegal. “I will do my best to【 3】 the Senegalese market with this new product.“ The drinks launch【 4】 with increasing popular opposition to US foreign policy and the first six-packs of Mecca-Cola were delivered to two shops in Senegals capital
6、Dakar the same week US troops stormed Baghdad. More will follow if it sells well. He says the advertising【 5】 has not yet started because posters have not arrived from France, but he has high hopes for word of mouth marketing. Elyse is one of the first to taste the new drink at a tiny shop in the ci
7、ty centre. Unfortunately for Fardoun, she is Catholic, and a little reserved about whole-heartedly【 6】 the political viewpoints behind Mecca-Colas existence. Mecca-Cola has already found fans in Africa, as well as in Europe. The cola with a crusade (改革运动 ) is the【 7】 of French businessman Tawfik Mat
8、hlouthi, who launched the drink last November in France as a protest against US foreign policy. Mecca-Cola is not unique. There is a wide range of similar【 8】 drinks, like Muslim Up or British-based Qibla-Cola, whose website cries “Liberate your taste“.【 9】 , the drink that typifies the American way
9、 of life was flavoured originally with cola nuts, widely prized in West Africa as a【 10】 and a dowry gift at weddings. A. injected B. alternative C. racially D. brainchild E. constituent F. vocal G. campaign H. ironically I. optimum J. backing K. coincided L. ideological M. penetrate N. stimulus O.
10、inherently 1 【 1】 2 【 2】 3 【 3】 4 【 4】 5 【 5】 6 【 6】 7 【 7】 8 【 8】 9 【 9】 10 【 10】 10 Halloween On October 31st, dozens of children dressed in costumes knock on their neighbors doors and yell “Trick or Treat“ when the door opens. Pirates and princesses, ghosts and popular heroes of the day all hold
11、bags open to catch the candy or other goodies that the neighbors drop in. As they give each child a treat the neighbors exclaim over the costumes and try to guess who is under the masks. Since the 800s November 1st is a religious holiday known as All Saints Day. The Mass mat was said on this day was
12、 called Allhallowmas. The evening before became known as All Hakkiween, or Halloween. Like some other American celebrations, its origins lie in both pre-Christian and Christian customs. October 31st was the eve of the Celtic new year. The Celts were the ancestors of the present-day Irish, Welsh and
13、Scottish people. On this day ghosts walked and mingled with the living, or so the Celts thought. The townspeople baked food all that day and when night fell they dressed up and tried to resemble the souls of the dead. Hoping that the ghosts would leave peacefully before midnight of the new year. Muc
14、h later, when Christianity spread throughout Ireland and October 31st was no longer the last day of the year, Halloween became a celebration mostly for children. “Ghosts“ went from door to door asking for treats, or else a trick would be played on the owners of the house. When millions of Irish peop
15、le immigrated to the United States in the 1840s the tradition came with them. Today school dances and neighborhood parties called “block parties“ are popular among young and old alike. More and more adults celebrate Halloween. They dress up like historical or political figures and go to masquerade p
16、arties (化装舞会 ). In larger cities, costumed children and their parents gather at shopping malls early in the evening. Stores and businesses give parties with games and treats for the children. Teenagers enjoy costume dances at their schools and the more outrageous the costume the better! Certain pran
17、ks (恶作剧 ) such as soaping car windows and tipping over garbage cans are expected. But partying and pranks are not the only things that Halloweeners enjoy doing. Some collect money to buy food and medicine for needy children around the world. Symbols of Halloween Halloween originated as a celebration
18、 connected with evil spirits. Witches flying on broomsticks with black cats, ghosts, goblins (小精灵 ) and skeletons have all evolved as symbols of Halloween. They are popular trick-or-treat costumes and decorations for greeting cards and windows. Black is one of the traditional Halloween colors, proba
19、bly because Halloween festivals and traditions took place at night. In the weeks before October 31st, Americans decorate windows of houses and schools with silhouettes (轮廓 ) of witches and black cats. Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween. The pumpkin is an orange-colored squash, and orange has be
20、come the other traditional Halloween color. Carving pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns is a Halloween custom also dating back to Ireland. A legend grew up about a man named Jack who was so stingy (吝啬的 ) that he was not allowed into heaven when he died, because he was a miser (吝啬鬼 ). He couldnt enter hell
21、 either because he had played jokes on the devil. As a result, Jack had to walk the earth with his lantern until Judgement Day. The Irish people carved scary faces out of turnips (芜菁根 ), beets (甜菜根 ) or potatoes representing “Jack of the Lantern,“ or Jack-o-lantern. When the Irish brought their cust
22、oms to the United States, they carved faces on pumpkins because in the autumn they were more plentiful than turnips. Today jack-o-lanterns in the windows of a house on Halloween night let costumed children know that there are goodie (糖果 ) waiting if they knock and say “Trick or Treat! “ Halloween tr
23、eats Dried Pumpkin Seeds After carving your pumpkin, separate the pulp from the seeds. Rinse the seeds and spread them out to dry. The next day, add enough melted butter or margarine (人造黄油 ) to coat each seed. Spread the seeds onto a cookie sheet (甜酥饼干 ) and bake for 20 minutes in a 300 degree oven
24、or until they are slightly brown. Caramel (饴糖 ) Apples Take the paper wrapping off about 100 caramels and put them in a saucepan (炖锅 ). Put the saucepan over a pan of boiling water. Boil the water until the caramels melt. Put a wooden stick into the top of each apple, dip the apple into the caramel.
25、 Let them cool on wax paper and enjoy! Scary stories No Halloween party is complete without at least one scary story. Usually one person talks in a low voice while everyone else crowds together on the floor or around a fire. The following is a retelling of a tale told in Britain and in North Carolin
26、a and Virginia. “What Do You Come For?“ There was an old woman who lived all by herself, and she was very lonely. Sitting in the kitchen one night, she said, “Oh, I wish I had some company.“ No sooner had she spoken than down the chimney tumbled two feet from which the flesh had rotted. The old woma
27、ns eyes bulged with terror. Then two legs dropped to the hearth (壁炉地面 ) and attached themselves to the feet. Then a body tumbled down, then two arms, and a mans head. As the old woman watched, the parts came together into a great, tall man. The man danced around and around the room. Faster and faste
28、r he went. Then he stopped, and he looked into her eyes. “What do you come for?“ She asked in a small voice that shivered and shook. “What do I come for?“ he said. “I come for YOU! “ The narrator shouts and jumps at the person near him! 11 Halloween is on _. （ A） November 1st （ B） October 31st （ C）
29、October 30th （ D） October 29th 12 October 31st was originally celebrated as the eve of_. （ A） the Irish new year （ B） the Welsh new year （ C） the Scottish new year （ D） the Celtic new year 13 The “Trick or Treat! “ tradition was brought to the United States by_. （ A） Irish immigrants （ B） Irish chil
30、dren （ C） Irish Christians （ D） Irish priests 14 Who welcome “block parties“? （ A） Young men. （ B） Senior citizens. （ C） Both young and old. （ D） Neither young nor old. 15 What do windows of a house decorated with jack-o-lanterns mean? （ A） Children can get candies from the house. （ B） No candy is a
31、vailable from the house. （ C） The house owner is named Jack. （ D） The house owner is stingy. 16 When making caramel apples, boiling water is used to_. （ A） heat wax paper （ B） cook the apple （ C） heat the wooden stick （ D） melt the caramels 17 The storyteller in Halloween party talks in low voice to
32、 _. （ A） attract listeners attention （ B） keep from interrupting others （ C） create the scary atmosphere （ D） show sympathy to the character in the story 18 When adults go to masquerade parties, they wear costumes which make them look like _ 19 Halloween was celebrated at night this made_one traditi
33、onal Halloween color. 20 Before the Irish people moved to America, they celebrated Halloween by carving faces on _ 20 Secrets of Grade-A Parents Helping your child get ahead at school starts at home When Carey Graham started Grade One, he got a very special teacher. “She recognized my passion for le
34、arning,“ says the now 20-year-old. “Every morning wed sit down with workbooks and do writing and math exercises. And any time during the day, she could always be counted on to read to me. She always encouraged me to learn all I could about everything.“ This extraordinary teacher was his mom, Jeanne
35、Lambert, who homeschooled Graham until high school. Hes now in his second year in the University of Torontos Peace and Conflict Studies program, having received a provincial “Aiming for the Top“ scholarship. Graham is considering a law degree or a masters in political science down the road. He attri
36、butes his academic success to the foundation laid by his parents. “You cant be a parent without being a teacher,“ says Bruce Arai, a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. “Perhaps the most important teaching in a childs life is
37、done by his parents, not by some professional with certificates,“ he says. Homeschooling isnt about sitting your kids down in the kitchen and teaching them in the formal sense, says Arai, but about“making sure the resources and opportunities for learning are available to them.“ And that, any parent
38、can do. Here, then, are some methods that parents who would never consider homeschooling can pick up from those who do. Lesson 1 Think Outside the Classroom When homeschooler Kerri Paquette, a mother of six, was building a house in Lansdowne, she saw it as a learning opportunity. “They learned math
39、as we measured, about soil as we dug the foundation, about water while we did the plumbing, and about electricity when we did the electrical work. My children make the subjects come alive as much I do,“ says Paquette. Her kids, aged three to 13, continue to view the world as their classroom. They st
40、udy food and plant growth through their organic garden. They learn about cows by talking to the neighboring farmers. And they learn math, measuring and science while helping Paquette cook. “The other day my nine-year-old, Maddison, started learning a new educational computer program. The section on
41、fractions was all new, but she knew it from when we bake.“ Every activity, says Paquette, can include a lesson. Lesson 2 Eliminate Learning Limits A teacher with a class of 25 students cant continue a unit on, say, the body just because one child is still keen but you can. “We dont have a time frame
42、 that restricts our investigations, and we dont have a daily schedule,“ says Linda Clement, who homeschools her two daughters in Victoria. When her 14-year-old showed an interest in the human body, the curious student read dozens of relevant books and surfed web sites. Janets curiosity took her in a
43、ll sorts of directions: a dictionary of poisons and antidotes, an encyclopedia of medicine, books about human personality and much more. The benefit to your child goes beyond a thorough knowledge of a subject. Studying deeply a topic builds independent research skills and a love of learning. “If my
44、children are interested in a subject,“ says Clement, “we can go as far into the subject, answering as many questions as they have, for as long as is necessary. This freedom encourages their investigations.“ Lesson 3 Teach Your Kids Their Way Some children are visual learners (they absorb best when t
45、hey see something), some are auditory (they need to hear it), some are kinesthetic (they need hands-on experience) and some are a combination. Uncovering how your child learns best will increase your effectiveness in helping him or her with schoolwork. Unsure of your childs learning style? Ask his t
46、eacher. The way Melissa Cowls six children, aged three to 15, pick up on math highlights the great differences in learning styles. “Our ten-year-old, Matthew, needs everything in black and white: Tell him what to do and how to do it, and its done,“ says the mother. “He had a math text that was too c
47、olorful, with a layout that was difficult to follow. I switched to a text that was more step-by-step, more concrete. Now he does math tests with no trouble.“ “Our eight-year-old, Ryan, however, is very hands-on. For math, he uses a variety of colorful pens to figure out things like addition and frac
48、tions. He needs to see it and feel it. Not one of my kids learns the same way as the others.“ Lesson 4 Let Them See You Learn One of the best parts of homeschooling is that you can continue your own educationand your kids can see you doing it and pick up on your love of learning. The same principle
49、can be applied by any parent. “Learning never ends,“ says Julia Goforth, a homeschooling mother of four. “We try new things all the time, whether Im reading something new or were all tasting foods wed never normally eat.“ Reversing the roles also has benefits, giving kids a sense of pride in their own newfound knowledge. “Today my 12-year-old daughter, Denise, explained to me how she figured out a math problem. Shed wound up with the right answer, but I didnt understand how she managed
