1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 125（无答案）一、Part I Writing (30 minutes)1 1. 目前，许多在校大学生拥有一张甚至几张信用卡；2. 大学生的信用卡的使用范围；3. 你认为大学生是否有必要持有信用卡。Should College Students Have a Credit Card? 二、Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage qui
2、ckly and answer the questions attached to the passage. For questions 1-7, mark：Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
3、2 The Price Problem of UniversitiesWhen it comes to tuition (学费) breaks at well-known universities, it may sound like a good idea. However, they might not be as good as what they were expected.Stanford is one of the latest universities that announce a new financial-aid package for those middle-class
4、 families. Harvard University was the first one to come to the aid of the middle class. Last December, the university announced sweeping changes to its financial aid policy, eliminating loans and asking students from families with salaries between $ 120,000 and $ 180,000 to pay no more than l0 perce
5、nt of their familys income to attend. Then came Duke, which vowed to reduce loans for students with family incomes up to $ 100 ,000 and also try to establish a loan cap for those wealthier ones. By the end of February, a small group of top private colleges-such as Yale, Pomona, Swarthmore and, most
6、recently, Stanford-all announced their own generous financial aid packages for the middle-income families.The tuition break seems like a very good idea for most people. During the past years, the most selective schools have been steadily raising their tuition. However, even until now, theyve been ig
7、noring the rising volume of complaints from those middle-class parents of high-achieving kids, who say that nowadays tuition, room and board at a top private college, which together have already cost more than $ 40,000 a year in many places, is too high.Theyve also been ignoring many enrollment spec
8、ialists who have long warned that the top schools may soon have a two-tier student body: those full-paying students from the top echelons of the wealthy family and those lower-income kids supported by generous financial aid packages.Nevertheless, what the schools couldnt ignore was the pressure from
9、 Congress, where members have questioned why colleges enjoy tax-exempt status at a time when their endowments and theft tuitions are rising. Last week, 136 of the nations richest colleges were asked to answer the detailed questions posed by the Senate Finance Committee on their endowments and financ
10、ial aid policies. The fact-finding letters were sent by Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, who also held hearings last fall on the growth of college endowments. How did he try to draw the schools attention? Grassley began to discuss legislation that would require colleges and universities, like ot
11、her private foundations, to pay out 5 percent of their assets each year toward charitable purposes, or lose their tax-exempt status, Jill Kozeny, an aide to Grassley, said in an e-mail that the senator would be using information provided by the colleges and universities “to evaluate theft endowments
12、 activities in the con- text of tax-exempt laws and the accompanying obligations to taxpayers and donors“.Some people applaud the middle-class college bailout(摆脱财务困境). “For years top schools have been locked in an arms race, building lavish facilities for their students,“ says Richard Vedder, direct
13、or of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. “Its nice to see they are finally competing on price.“But economists say the effects of it may be far-reaching and not all together rosy. For those starters, it will put a lot of pressure on flagship (旗舰级的)public schools, which traditional
14、ly educate some of the brightest kids, although they are not necessarily the richest. Formerly, a high-achieving middleclass kid from Lansing, Mich. , might get accepted at both Harvard and the University of Michigan but opt to stay in-state and graduate debt-free. Now it may be cheaper for that stu
15、dent to attend Harvard. University of Michigan spokeswoman Kelly Cunningham says the school is monitoring the developments. “Well probably know the effects over the next few years, as prospective students identify and respond to these opportunities,“ she told NEWSWEEK in an e-mail. John Blackburn, d
16、ean of admissions at the University of Virginia, says the new policies at the Ivies will hurt, but not too much. Yes, other colleges will lose more top students to the most selective schools that are pro- viding a great deal of financial aid to the middle class, he noted. But the Ivies have long ski
17、mmed the cream off his candidate pool. “What you have to remember is that (even with the new financial aid policies) the number of kids that were talking about is very small,“ says Blackburn.At second-and-third-tier private universities, though, the impact could be much more severe. “We do provide w
18、hat we think are very generous financial aid packages for the middle class,“ says Colgate Universitys David Hale, vice president for Finance and administration. But Colgate, with an endowment of $ 700 million, has less prestige and cant provide the kind of handouts that Harvard, with its $ 34 billio
19、n endowment, can. Colgate isnt changing its financial aid policy, says Hale, “but we do have to be aware of Whats going on. Schools really compete hard with each other for those students,“Economist Ronald Ehrenberg, director of the Cornel1 Higher Education Research Institute, thinks he knows how the
20、 new policies will play out for schools like Colgate, and hes worried. “Each institution wants to maintain their place in the pecking order(权势等级) ,“ says Ehrenberg. Top colleges have signaled their intention to use their considerable endowments to bid against each other “for the same small group of
21、talented middle-class students“. Second-tier and third-tier schools, which arent sitting on the same kind of endowment war chest, “will have to sweeten the packages in order to lure top middle-class kids by taking money away from students who really need it: low-income students. In that case, it wou
22、ld be bad.“Of course, most low-income students are educated at public colleges and universities. But at a time when the United States is failing to keep pace with an increasingly educated global workforce, the notion of narrowing any portal of access to higher education for poor kids seems like a ba
23、d idea indeed.2 Policies catering to a low tuition in top universities may turn out to bring negative effect,（A）Y（B） N（C） NG3 Harvard University has completely changed its tuition policy for students from middle class families last year.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG4 It has been a tendency that a student has to p
24、ay $ 40,000 a year in order to get enrolled in top universities.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG5 Experts have long been interested in the education reforms in some top universities.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG6 According to Grassley, if a top university refuses to pay 5% of its assets yearly for charitable purposes, it will be
25、heavily fined.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG7 Traditionally, the best choice for a bright student from a moderate income family is to attend a first-class public school.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG8 John Blackburn regards the new financial aid policies of top universities as a big threat to those first-class public universitie
26、s.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG9 Under the new tuition policy, a hard competition for bright students will be stimulated between _.10 Second and third ranking private universities have to cater for kids from rich families instead of helping those _.11 According to the author, the financial aid policies in top uni
27、versities will in fact narrow the access to _.Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once
28、. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.（A）A holiday.（B） Work.（C） Luck.（D）An accident.（A）She prefers the stadium.（B） The light isnt bright enough.（C） She agrees with the man.（D）The dining
29、hall isnt large enough.（A）Two hours by train.（B） One hour by bus.（C） One hour by train.（D）One hour by car.（A）English.（B） Australian.（C） Canadian.（D）Austrian.（A）Straight ahead on the street.（B） On the left.（C） On the right.（D）Over there.（A）Crowns.（B） Peters.（C） Mrs. Petersons.（D）Mr. Petersons.（A）Dent
30、ist and patient.（B） Roommates.（C） Schoolmates.（D）Workmates.（A）Because she was not at home.（B） Because she was washing her hair.（C） Because she didnt hear the telephone ting.（D）Because she didnt want to answer.（A）She preferred homestay families.（B） She didnt like her cousin.（C） Her aunt needed the ro
31、om for her cousin.（D）Her aunt didnt like her.（A）Eighteen months.（B） Six months.（C） Twelve months.（D）Fifteen months.（A）General English.（B） Medicine.（C） Academic English.（D）Medical English.（A）Judging peoples behavior.（B） Changing peoples attitudes.（C） Common causes of anger.（D）The effects of negative
32、behavior.（A）when theyre unable to control the persons behavior.（B） when the consequences of the behavior are unpleasant.（C） When the causes of the behavior are obvious.（D）When the behavior is expected.（A）Their behavior should be attributed to factors beyond their control.（B） Their behavior should be
33、 attributed to internal factors.（C） Their behavior should be attributed to external factors.（D）Their behavior should be attributed to others.（A）We should blame external factors.（B） We should blame others.（C） We should blame internal factors.（D）We neednt blame ourselves.Section BDirections: In this s
34、ection, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.（A）He was trained as an electronics eng
35、ineer.（B） He was trained as a communication engineer.（C） He was trained as a mechanical engineer.（D）He was trained as a nuclear engineer.（A）Fishing and hunting.（B） Nuclear science.（C） He began to show great interest in natural beauty.（D）Amateur radio.（A）An old friend of his.（B） His younger brother.（
36、C） His elder brother.（D）His younger son.（A）The Bachelors degree.（B） The Masters degree.（C） The Associate degree.（D）The Doctors degree.（A）A technical associate degree.（B） A bachelors degree.（C） A degree which is designed for transfer.（D）The last degree one can ever hope to attain.（A）120 quarter hours
37、.（B） 120 credit hours.（C） 95 quarter hours.（D）72 credit hours.（A）How to Make Violins.（B） Stradivariuss Secret.（C） Expensive Violins.（D）Italian Violin Makers.（A）Hundreds of violins every day.（B） Only one violin.（C） Over 100,000 violins during his career.（D）Hundreds of violins during his career.（A）His
38、 notes were never found.（B） His notes were found by other violin makers.（C） His notes were left to his sons.（D）There were not any written notes about his secret.（A）Special properties of wood of the violin,（B） Different steps involved in the violins construction.（C） The shape and construction of the
39、instrument.（D）The special coat of paint on the violin.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in th
40、e blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the 37 Scientists have developed a new cancer drug.
41、So far, they have tested it only on【B1 】animals. The drug is designed to【B2】and kill cancer cells but not healthy cells.First, the drug enters the cancer and destroys the supply of blood. Then it releases【B3 】 to destroy the cancer ceils.Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Ca
42、mbridge carried out the study. The【B4】appeared in Nature 【B5】. A school news release called the drug an “anti-cancer smart bomb.“Ram Sasisekharan is a professor at M.I.T. He says his team had to【B6】three problems. They had to find a way to destroy the blood vessels, then to【B7】the growth of new ones
43、. But they also needed the blood vessels to supply chemicals to destroy the cancer.So, the researchers designed a two-part “nanocell“. The cell is【B8】in nanometers, or one thousand millionth of a meter.【B9】.The scientists say it was small enough to pass through the blood vessels of the cancer, but i
44、t was too big to enter normal blood vessels. The surface of the nanocells also helped them to avoid natural defenses.【B10 】. That cut off the blood supply and trapped the nanocell inside the cancer. Then, the nanocell slowly released chemotherapy drugs to kill the cancer cells.【B11 】.37 【B1 】38 【B2
45、】39 【B3 】40 【B4 】41 【B5 】42 【B6 】43 【B7 】44 【B8 】45 【B9 】46 【B10 】47 【B11 】Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefull
46、y before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.48 Nearly one in five U. S. workers claim to be in excellent health-d
47、espite being overweight, smoking, drinking too much or never exercising, according to a newly published survey. In the nationwide study of 1,450 employed adults【S1】by Oxford Health Plans Inc., 17 percent【S2】their health as excellent but【S3 】not-so-excellent habits. Of those people, 55 percent said t
48、hey were at least 25 pounds overweight, 31 percent smoked, 21 percent drank at least three glasses of【S4 】a day, and 65 percent never exercised, quarter of them said they【S5】eat fried foods and salty or sugary snacks(快餐). “When it comes to your health,【S6】 is dangerous. It exacts a heavy toll down t
49、he road.“ Alan Muney,【S7】vice president of Oxford, said in a statement. The study also showed people with healthier habits such as frequent exercise and good diet are most【S8】at work, ranking 8.9 on a 10-point scale, and most useful on the job,【S9】9 on a 10-point scale. Those with the healthiest habits were the least likely to lose sleep over their jobs and least likely to miss【S10】or family activities due to work. Of those workers with the most bad habits, 37 percent said they sat at their des
