1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 137（无答案）一、Part I Writing (30 minutes)1 1. 越来越多的人涌入大城市，有些问题随之产生；2比较明显的问题有；3我对这种现象的想法。City Problems二、Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions attached to the p
2、assage. 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.2 Lessons from the TitanicFrom the comfort of o
3、ur modern lives we tend to look back at the mm of the twentieth century as a dangerous time for sea travelers. With limited communication facilities, and shipping technology still in its infancy in the early nineteen hundreds, we consider ocean travel to have been a risky business. But to the people
4、 of the time it was one of the safest forms of transport. At the time of the Titanics maiden voyage in 1912, there had only been four lives lost in the previous forty years on passenger ships on the North Atlantic crossing. And the Titanic was confidently proclaimed to be unsinkable. Her builders, c
5、rew and passengers had no doubt that she was the finest ship ever built. But still she did sink on April 14, 1912, taking 1,517 of her passengers and crew with her.The RMS Titanic left Southampton for New York on April 10, 1912. On board were some of the richest and most famous people of the time wh
6、o had paid large sums of money to sail on the first voyage of the most luxurious ship in the world. And with nine decks, she was as high as an eleven- storey building. The Titanic carried 329 first-class, 285 second-class and 710 third-class passengers with 899 crew members, under the care of the ve
7、ry experienced Captain Edward J. Smith. She also carried enough food to feed a small town.RMS Titanic was believed to be unsinkable because the hull was divided into sixteen watertight compartments. Even if two of these compartments flooded, the ship could still float. The ships owners could not ima
8、gine that, in the case of an accident, the Titanic would not be able to float until she was rescued. It was largely as a result of this confidence in the ship and in the safety of ocean travel that the disaster could claim such a great loss of life.Iceberg Locations Not PlottedIn the ten hours prior
9、 to the Titanics fatal collision with an iceberg at 11:40 pm, six warnings of icebergs in her path were received by the Titanics wireless operators. Only one of these messages was formally posted on the bridge, the others were in various locations across the ship. If the combined information in thes
10、e messages of iceberg positions had been plotted, the ice field which lay across the Titanics path would have been apparent. Instead, the lack of formal procedures for dealing with information from a relatively new piece of technology, the wireless, meant that the danger was not known until too late
11、. This was not the fault of the Titanic crew. Procedures for dealing with warnings received through the wireless had not been familiarized across the shipping industry at the time. The fact that the wireless operators were rather contracted workers from a wireless company, made their role in the shi
12、ps operation quite unclear.Captains Over-confidenceCaptain Smiths seemingly casual attitude in increasing the speed on that day to a dangerous 22 knots or 41 kilometers per hour, can then be partly explained by his ignorance of what lay ahead. But this only partly accounts for his actions, since the
13、 spring weather in Greenland was known to cause huge chunks of ice to break off from the glaciers (冰河). Captain Smith knew that these icebergs would float southward and had already acknowledged this danger by taking a more southerly route than at other times of the year. So why was the Titanic trave
14、ling at high speed when he knew? Captain Smith was following the practices accepted on the North Atlantic, practices which had coincided with forty years of safe travel. He believed, wrongly as we now know, that the ship could turn or stop in time if an iceberg was sighted by the lookouts.There were
15、 around two and a half hours between the time the Titanic rammed into the iceberg and its final submersion. At this time 705 people were loaded into the twenty lifeboats. There were 473 empty seats available on lifeboats while over 1,500 people drowned. These figures raise two important issues. Firs
16、tly, why there were not enough lifeboats to seat every passenger and crew member on board. And secondly, why the lifeboats were not full.Low Priority Placed on SafetyThe Titanic had sixteen lifeboats and four collapsible boats which could carry just over half the number of people on board her maiden
17、 voyage and only a third of the Titanics total capacity. Regulations for the number of lifeboats required were based on outdated British Board of Trade regulations written in 1894 for ships a quarter of the Titanics size, and had never been revised. Under these requirements, the Titanic was only obl
18、iged to carry enough lifeboats to seat 962 people. At design meetings in 1910, the shipyards managing director, Alexander Carlisle, had proposed that forty-eight lifeboats be installed on the Titanic, but the idea had been quickly rejected as too expensive.Ignorance of the Impending DisasterThe beli
19、ef that the Titanic was unsinkable was so strong that passengers and crew alike clung to the belief even as she was actually sinking. This attitude was not helped by Captain Smith, who had not acquainted his senior officers with the full situation. For the first hour after the collision, the majorit
20、y of people aboard the Titanic, including senior crew, were not aware that she would sink, that there were insufficient lifeboats or that the nearest ship responding to the Titanics distress (遇险信号) calls would arrive two hours after she was on the bottom of the ocean. As a result, the officers in ch
21、arge of loading the boats received a very halfhearted response to their early calls for women and children to board the lifeboats. People felt that they would be safer, and certainly warmer, aboard the Titanic than perched in a litde boat in the North Adantic Ocean. Not realizing the magnitude of th
22、e coming disaster themselves, the officers allowed several boats to be lowered only half full.Inadequate TrainingProcedures again were at fault, as an additional reason for the officers reluctance to lower the lifeboats at full capacity was that they feared the lifeboats would buckle under the weigh
23、t of 65 people. They had not been informed that the lifeboats had been fully tested prior to departure. Such procedures as assigning passengers and crew to lifeboats and lifeboat loading drills were simply not part of the standard operation of ships nor were they included in crew training at that ti
24、me.As the Titanic sank, another ship, believed to have been the Californian, was seen motionless less than twenty miles away. The ship failed to respond to the Titanics eight distress rockets. Although the officers of the Californian tried to signal the Titanic with their flashing Morse lamp, they d
25、id not wake up their radio operator to listen for a distress call.After the Titanic sank, investigations were held in both Washington and London. In the end, both inquires decided that no one could be blamed for the sinking. However, they did address the fundamental safety issues which had contribut
26、ed to the enormous loss of life. As a result, international agreements were drawn up to improve safety procedures at sea. The new regulations covered 24 hour wireless operation, crew training, proper lifeboat drills, lifeboat capacity for all on board and the creation of an international ice patrol.
27、2 The enormous loss of life on the Titanic was primarily caused by inadequate equipment, training and procedures.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG3 Nobody had thought of installing enough lifeboats to accommodate all the passengers and crew in the event of an emergency.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG4 Captain Smith didnt inform his
28、officers of the tree situation because he didnt want to cause a panic.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG5 The lifeboats would have buckled if they had been fully loaded.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG6 The number of lifeboats on the Titanic met the regulations for much smaller ships but not the Titanic.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG7 The Captain of
29、 the Californian could have brought his ship to safety if he had realized that the Titanic was sinking.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG8 Standard operating procedure is most at fault for the magnitude of the Titanic disaster.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG9 Passenger ships across the North Atlantic Ocean had had an excellent safety
30、 record in the _.10 The Titanics owners were _ that even if the Titanic was letting in water, she would float indefinitely until help arrived.11 The Titanics safety feature, which convinced most people that she wouldnt sink, was her sixteen _.Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 sho
31、rt 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. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A,
32、 B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.（A）The man asks Carol to attend Mr. Whites class with him.（B） The man asks Carol to lend him the notes from the history class.（C） If Mr. White had a history class last Monday.（D）The man asks Carol for the notes from the science class.（A）The man thinks
33、 his rent is very cheap.（B） The man thinks his rent is very expensive.（C） The man thinks he lives in a good area.（D）The man thinks his rent is reasonable.（A）The man wants to see a thrilling movie.（B） The man really loves watching romance movies.（C） The man doesnt want to see a movie.（D）The man wants
34、 to see an action movie.（A）He knows her from their elementary school science class.（B） She knows him from computer science class.（C） They went to the same high school.（D）She is his sister.（A）The man is thinking of going around the world for a third time.（B） The woman wants to go on vacation.（C） Jame
35、s wants to go on vacation.（D）The man hasnt decided where to go on vacation.（A）The woman is thinking about applying for a job.（B） They are discussing a movie.（C） They are planning a surprise party for a friend.（D）The man is applying for university.（A）Kim is addicted to cleaning.（B） Kim is usually rel
36、iable.（C） They all enjoy cleaning.（D）They wish that Kim would be more focused on the housework.（A）Doctor and patient.（B） Student and teacher.（C） Sales assistant and customer.（D）Manager and office clerk.（A）They were able to fly it in the air.（B） They were able to stay up in the air for half an hour a
37、nd more in the machine.（C） They were able to carry travelers.（D）They were able to fly in around Dayton.（A）Yes, a very nice man.（B） No, nobody likes him.（C） Hes OK.（D）She doesnt have a boss.（A）Shes a waitress.（B） Shes an engineer.（C） Shes a computer programmer.（D）Shes a computer technician.（A）No, its
38、 not famous.（B） Yes, its very famous.（C） No, he doesnt like cartoons.（D）Yes, he works there too.（A）Have a chat with her boss.（B） Quit her job.（C） Come to work in his company.（D）Talk to her co-workers.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, yo
39、u 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）The material to be tested that day.（B） The history of the slide library.（C） The use of slides in the cours
40、e.（D）The outline of the course.（A）The beginning of the semester.（B） Just before the first weekly exam.（C） Halfway through the course.（D）Just before the final exam.（A）Those who have visual disabilities.（B） Those who intend to become artists.（C） Those who have no interest in painting.（D）Those who have
41、 never taken art history before.（A）Reasons for Peoples Sleeping.（B） Four Stages of Sleep.（C） Reasons for sleepwalking.（D）A Sleep Experiment.（A）Stage One.（B） Stage Two.（C） Stage Three.（D）Stage Four.（A）People cant sleepwalk.（B） Your body becomes very relaxed.（C） You can still be awakened without diffi
42、culty.（D）If you are awakened, you might feel very confused.（A）Nothing.（B） A lot.（C） Hardly anything.（D）A little.（A）The reporters didnt believe what people told them about the flights.（B） The Government didnt give the Wrights any money.（C） The Government thought the Wrights wanted money in order to b
43、uild an airplane.（D）At the time it seemed no one could understand them.（A）The advantages of traditional surveying methods.（B） Using satellites to communicate with mountain climbers.（C） Obtaining new information about a mountain.（D）Controlling satellites from the top of a mountain.（A）To indicate how
44、climbers communicated.（B） To show that climbers enjoyed many comforts.（C） To show that modern telephones work at high altitudes.（D）To emphasize how small some equipment had become.（A）Detailed maps from previous studies.（B） Recent advances in technology.（C） Plenty of funding for the study.（D）Experien
45、ce carrying heavy loads up mountains.（A）To carry information that would help determine elevation.（B） To provide accurate weather reports.（C） To relay information from scientists around the world.（D）To indicate which route the mountain climbers should take.Section CDirections: In this section, you wi
46、ll 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 the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from
47、 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 When a consumer finds that an item she or he bought is faulty or does not live up to the manufacturers【B1】for it, the first, step is to present
48、 the guarantee at the store of purchase. In most eases, this action will【B2】results. However, if it does not, there are various means the consumer may use to gain satisfaction. A simple and common method used by many consumers is to complain directly to the store manager. In general, the “higher up“
49、 the consumer takes his or her【B3】, the faster he or she can expect it to be settled. In such a case, it is usually settled in the consumers favor,【B4】be or she has a just claim.Consumers should complain in【B5】whenever possible, but if they cannot get to the place of purchase, it is【B6】to phone or write the complaint in a letter.Complaining is usually most effective when it is done politely but【B7 】, and especially when the consumer can demonstrate what is wrong with the item in【B8】. If this
