1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 741（无答案）一、Part I Writing (30 minutes)1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write A Letter to the Mayor of the Capital. Suppose you are Li Ming from Peking University. You have watched the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and are interested in becoming a volunteer for 2008 Beijing Olympi
2、c Games. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:1. 为北京 2008 年奥运会的筹备提出建议2. 表达你想成为志愿者的愿望A Letter to the Mayor of the Capital二、Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the pa
3、ssage quickly 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
4、 passage.1 Do We Need Cities Any More?I dont want to live in a city. Perhaps we divide naturally into two types: those for whom cities are vibrant(振动的 )and exciting, a focus for human activity; and those for whom they are dirty, noisy and dangerous. It may be unfashionable, but Im in the latter camp
5、. I do not believe that we are a species whose behavior improves in overcrowded conditions.A new study proposes a significant increase in the capacity of towns and cities through a combination of increased housing densities, lower on-plot provision for cars and more on-street parking, and the re-use
6、 of marginal open space that is empty of any amenity value(休闲价值). The benefit of this approach is to reduce the loss of green fields and to help “move towards more sustainable patterns of development“.This study suggests that it would be possible to achieve a 25% increase in density in a typical pro
7、vincial city without changing the traditional street scene, although it would be necessary to reduce the size of the houses and substitute parking spaces for garages. Therefore, the cost of this approach is to have more people living in smaller homes at higher densities, along, streets that are line
8、d with parked cars. Can we really accept the notion that space within dwellings may be reduced even further? In times when, we are told, living standards are rising in real terms, is it realistic to seek to reduce personal space standards?The streets of many inner suburbs are already lined with cars
9、 on both sides, reducing movement to a single lane. Increasing densities means accepting urban streets that are designed as linear car parks, bounded by even smaller living units and modified only by occasional trees growing from the tarmac(柏油碎石路 ). Would the benefits of higher density be worth the
10、disadvantages of increasing on-street parking? Can we achieve a satisfactory visual environment from such raw materials? Higher urban densities may be communally good for us, but they will fail to meet the desire of many prospective home owners.Those without economic choice can be directed to live i
11、n this way, but if we are to continue to rely on the private sector to produce this urban housing, it will need to appeal to the private developers customers. Who will choose to live in these high-density developments of small dwellings, with minimal open space and a chance to park on the highway if
12、 you are lucky enough to find a space? The main consumers will be single people, couples without children, and perhaps some “empty nesters“(people whose children have grown up and left home). These are people who can choose to spend much of their time outside their home, making the most of those urb
13、an cultural opportunities or getting away at weekends to a country cottage or sporting activities.The combination of a young family and a mortgage(抵押贷款)restricts the mobility and spending power of many couples. Most people with a family will try to avoid bringing up their children in an overcrowded
14、flat or house. Space for independent activity is important in developing the individual and in maintaining family balance. The garden is the secure place where the children can work off excess energy.There is a danger that planners may take a dispassionate(冷清的), logical view of how we should live, a
15、nd seek to force society into that shape. A few years ago a European Commission study provided a good example of this. It took the view, quite sensibly, that housing should not be under-occupied because this is a waste of resources. Therefore, it would be much better if the many thousands of old lad
16、ies who live alone in large detached houses would move into small urban flats, thus releasing the large houses for families. What the study failed to recognize was that many of those old ladies prefer to continue to live in their family home with their familiar surroundings and, most importantly, wi
17、th their memories. What is good for us is not necessarily what we want.The urban housing option may be technically sustainable, but individually unacceptable. There still seems to be a perception among planners that new housing investment can be forced into those areas that planners want to see deve
18、loped, without proper consideration of where the prospective purchasers want to live. There is a fatal flaw in this premise(前提). Housing developers run businesses. They are not unavoidably committed to building houses and they are not obliged to invest their resources in housing development. Unless
19、there is a reasonable prospect of a profit on the capital at risk in a housing project, they may simply choose to invest in some other activity.2 According to the author, we are a species whose behavior improves in overcrowded conditions.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG3 It is proposed that the capacity of towns and
20、 cities be greatly decreased.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG4 The author doubts that people can really accept the notion that space within dwellings may be reduced even further.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG5 For every family with a mortgage, their mobility and spending power is restricted.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG6 Most parents will try n
21、ot to let their children grow up in an overcrowded flat or house.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG7 Space for independent activity contributes to creative thinking.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG8 What is good for us is usually what we want.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG9 The main consumers who can choose to make the most of those urban cultural o
22、pportunities or get away at weekends to the countryside will be _ and perhaps some “empty nesters“.10 According to a European Commission study, housing should be fullyoccupied to avoid _.11 Without a _ of a profit, housing developers may simply choose to invest in some other activity.Section ADirect
23、ions: 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. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause
24、, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.（A）She can do the job.（B） She could call a friend.（C） Shes just switched off the light.（D）Shes already replaced the shelf.（A）They want to go downtown.（B） He wants to go to the park, but she doesnt.（C） He doesn
25、t know where to park the car.（D）He wants to find out where the park is.（A）Company and customer.（B） Repairman and customer.（C） Teacher and students parent.（D）Wife and husband.（A）She didnt like working in a company.（B） She disliked machines.（C） She was not good at doing business.（D）She didnt like acco
26、unting.（A）He has some money to buy a new car.（B） He fails in borrowing enough money from the woman.（C） He will spend much money on his house.（D）He wants to buy a new house and a new car.（A）He had much trouble with his pronunciation.（B） He began studying English too early.（C） No one can understand hi
27、m.（D）He knew nothing about English.（A）Frustration.（B） Joy.（C） Excitement.（D）Sorrow.（A）He likes to go out of town.（B） He cant attend.（C） He never attends novel reading.（D）He isnt going out of town next week.（A）Her colleagues.（B） Her neighbors.（C） Her friends.（D）Her schoolmates.（A）At supper-time.（B） B
28、efore Jane went to bed.（C） Around eleven.（D）After midnight.（A）To watch the night scenes.（B） To look up at the stars.（C） To clean up the roof.（D）To show their visitor the view.（A）They dont get rid of flabby arms.（B） They can damage arm muscles.（C） They arent acceptable to most people.（D）They can rais
29、e ones blood pressure.（A）By talking to an expert.（B） By reading an article.（C） By attending an exercise class.（D）By listening to the radio.（A）Exercising the entire body.（B） Having your blood pressure taken daily.（C） Losing weight prior to exercising.（D）Weighing in before each exercise session.（A）Wea
30、ring arm weights while you are swimming.（B） Jogging vigorously in one place for a long time.（C） Using bicycles that require you to use both your arms and legs.（D）Walking slowly while swinging your arms back and forth.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of
31、 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）Everyone understands Einsteins theory today.（B） Einstein achieved more than any other sci
32、entists in history.（C） The Theory of Relativity can be quickly learned by everyone.（D）Our ideas about the universe are different today because of Einstein.（A）Einstein was a famous chemist.（B） Einstein was popular in America.（C） Einstein headed a research institute.（D）Einstein enjoyed reading about w
33、ar.（A）Germans usually have a high respect for science.（B） Einstein was forced to serve in the German army.（C） Albert Einstein had no other interests besides science.（D）Einsteins reputation was ruined because of his work during World War I.（A）Germany.（B） Holland.（C） France.（D）England. （A）The Irish.（B
34、） The Blacks.（C） The Chinese.（D）The Indians. （A）The Blacks are discriminated against the most nowadays in America.（B） The Chinese have Chinatown in New York for religious reasons.（C） An Irish scientist helped Americans walk on the moon.（D）Each race plays a great role in keeping the United States as
35、a great country. （A）They want to be great soldiers.（B） They want to be savages.（C） They want to win then they can be right.（D）They want to be civilizations.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefu
36、lly 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 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use
37、the exact words you have just heard or write down the 33 The idea of television, transmitting pictures through the air or over wires, has been around since the late 19th【 B1】_. But it wasnt until 1925, when J. L. Baird, a Scottish【B2】_. became the first to electrically transmit moving pictures, that
38、 television became a【B3】_.Bairds first television was a mechanical system consisting of several moving parts. It had a small【B4】_ onto which pictures were transmitted 10 times per second at 30 lines of resolution (分辨率). With the help of a photoelectric cell (光电管), bright and dim light were【B5】_ into
39、 an electrical signal and sent via radio waves. In June 1925, Baird transmitted the【B6】_ of a human face, winking and smiling from one room of the laboratory to another, without the aid of【B7】_ or wires. Television truly came into its own in the 1930s with the advent of the cathode-ray tube (阴极射线管),
40、 which allowed for electronic line-by-line scanning of【B8】_. With the help of the Radio Corporation of America and an improved cathode-ray tube, the first all-electronic TV was demonstrated in 1932.【 B9】_.As televisions evolution continues, high-definition (分辨率) digital TV is supposed to replace tod
41、ays 625-1ine sets with 1,050 or more lines of resolution.【B10】_. This trend has developed very fast.【B11】_.34 【B1 】35 【B2 】36 【B3 】37 【B4 】38 【B5 】39 【B6 】40 【B7 】41 【B8 】42 【B9 】43 【B10 】44 【B11 】Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select on
42、e word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully 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
43、 not use any of the words in the bank more than once.44 Name-calling and teasing are overwhelmingly the main type of classroom bullying, says a study funded by UNESCO.However, the study does【S1】_some good news. The research in the British part of the program has found that the problem of bullying in
44、 schools has【S2 】_. A decade of anti-bullying initiatives has led to the first recorded drop in the number of victims and a【S3 】_fall in the number of young bullies. This is the first【S4 】_study to show school bullying on the decrease. The research, being published in the year 2000, was carried out
45、by psychologist Peter Smith, of Goldsmiths College, London. The war on【S5】_and name-calling has been so successful that Britain is no longer the bullying capital of Europe, showing major improvements in【S6】_with other European countries.The international research shows that there has been a【S7】_of a
46、t least 72,000 in the number of English teenagers who say they have been bullied, compared with 10 years ago. Meanwhile the number of perpetrators(作恶者)has more than halved,【S8】_from 550,000 to 240,000 over the same period.Back in 1990, Smith【S9】_interviews with 7,000 Yorkshire children aged between
47、10 and 16. He found that the proportion of pupils suffering【S10】_at the hands of bullies ranged from 15% in West Yorkshire to 13.1% in Sheffield. Last year he repeated the exercise, questioning 2,300 pupils from across England. He discovered that only 12.2% of pupils were bullied.A)combination F)abs
48、tract K)delightedB)decreased G)decline L)suddenlyC)dramatic H)involving M)shrinkingD)substantial I)conducted N)revealE)violence J)regularly O)comparison45 【S1】46 【S2】47 【S3】48 【S4】49 【S5】50 【S6】51 【S7】52 【S8】53 【S9】54 【S10】Section BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is fo
49、llowed 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.54 That experiences influence subsequent behavior is evidence of an obvious but nevertheless remarkable activity called remembering. Learning could not occur without the function popularly name
