1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 880（无答案）一、Part I Writing (30 minutes)1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Should Class Attendance Be Required ? You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below.1很多大学实行上课点名制出勤2是否有必要实行这种制度3自己的观点二、Part II Reading Comprehension (Ski
2、mming 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 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 contra
3、dicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.1 Why We LaughWe start finding things laughable or not laughable early in life. An infant first smiles at approximately eight days of age. Many psychologists assume this is his first sign of
4、simple pleasure food, warmth and comfort. At six months or less, the infant laughs to express complex pleasuressuch as the light of Mothers smiling face.Between the ages of six months and one year, the baby learns to laugh for essentially the same reasons he will laugh throughout his life, says Dr.
5、Jacob Levine, associate professor of psychology at Yale University. Dr. Levine says that people laugh to express mastery over an anxiety. Picture what happens when a father throws his child into the air. The child will probably laughbut not the first time. In spite of his enjoyment of “flying“, he i
6、s too anxious to laugh. How does he know Daddy will catch him? Once the child realizes he will be caught, he is free to enjoy the game. But more importantly, says Dr. Levine, the child laughs because he has mastered an anxiety.Adult laughter is more subtle, but we also laugh at what we used to fear.
7、 The feeling of achievement, or lack of it, remains a crucial factor. Giving a first dinner party is an anxious event for a new bride. Will the food be good? Will the guests get along? Will she be a good hostess? Will the knives and forks, cups and saucers be all right? All goes well; the party is o
8、ver. Now she laughs freely. Her pleasure from having proved her success is the foundation for her pleasure in recalling the evening activities. She couldnt enjoy the second pleasure without the first, more important oneher mastery of anxiety.Laughter is a social response triggered by cues. Scientist
9、s have not determined a brain center for laughter, and they are perplexed by patients with certain types of brain damage who go into laughing fits for no apparent reason. The rest of us require company, and a reason to laugh.When we find ourselves alone in a humorous situation, our usual response is
10、 to smile. Isnt it hue that our highest compliment to a humorous book is to say that “it made me laugh out of loud“? Of course, we do occasionally laugh alone; but when we do, we are, in a sense, socializing with ourselves. We laugh at a memory, or at a part of ourselves.Of course, we dont always ne
11、ed a joke to make us laugh. People who survive frightening situations, such as a fire or an emergency plane landing, frequently relate their story of the crisis with laughter. Part of the laughter express relief that everything is now all right. During a crisis, definitely, everyone mobilizes energy
12、 to deal with the potential problem. If the danger is avoided, we need to release that energy. Some people cry; others laugh.When we are made the target of a joke, either on a personal or impersonal level, we are emotionally involved in it. Consequently, we wont be able to laugh.Knowing that laughte
13、r blunts emotion, we can better understand why we sometimes laugh when nothing is funny. We laugh during moments of anxiety because we feel no mastery over the situation, claims Dr. Levine. He explains, “very often compulsive laughter is a learned response. If we laugh, it expresses good feelings an
14、d the fact that we are able to cope. When were in a situation in which we cant cope, we laugh to reassure ourselves that we can!“How often have we laughed at a funeral or upon hearing bad news? We laugh to deny an unendurable reality until we are strong enough to accept it. Laughter also breaks our
15、tension. However, we may also be laughing to express relief that the tragedy didnt happen to us. We laugh before giving a big party, before delivering a speech, or while getting a traffic ticket, to say, “This isnt bothering me. See? I am laughing.“But if we sometimes laugh in sorrow, more often we
16、laugh with joy. Laughter creates and strengthens our social bonds. And the ability to share a laugh has guided many marriages through hard periods of adjustment.How could we manage a life with the absence of laugh? According to Dr. Levine, we can measure our adjustment to the world by our capacity t
17、o laugh. When we are secure about our abilities, we can laugh at the defects of our own character. If we can laugh through our anxieties, we will not be overpowered by them.The ability to laugh starts early, but it takes a lifetime to perfect. Says Dr. Grotjahn, “when social relationships are master
18、ed, when the individual has mastered.a peaceful relationship with himself, then he has.the sense of humor.“ And then he can throw back his head and laugh.Both infants and adults laugh for the same reasons.2 Giving your first dinner party is a source of laughter.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG3 The cues that trigger
19、 laughter have been studied by scientists.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG4 Ordinary people laugh a lot when they are alone.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG5 If you escape from a dangerous situation you might cry.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG6 When someone makes a joke about us we are able to share to joke.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG7 Funerals are a good sou
20、rce of jokes.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG8 It takes a lifetime to perfect the ability to laugh.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG9 Laughter is a defense mechanism when reality is too hard or if we hear_.10 A child of one and an old man laugh to show their_of anxiety.11 Laughter is a social glue that_our relations.Section ADirectio
21、ns: 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,
22、you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.（A）At the department store.（B） At the office.（C） In the restaurant.（D）In the drug store.（A）He is upset.（B） He is disappointed.（C） He is confident.（D）He is worried.（A）Its too high.（B） Its acceptable.（C） Its cheap
23、 indeed.（D）The woman should have bargained for it.（A）At two oclock.（B） At three oclock.（C） At four oclock.（D）At five oclock.（A）Shop assistant and customer.（B） Post clerk and customer.（C） Store keeper and customer.（D）Waitress and customer.（A）To park the car.（B） To take pictures.（C） To take her to the
24、 park.（D）To have a look at the sight.（A）His girlfriend complained of his going to the party without her.（B） He was together with her girlfriend yesterday.（C） He has been busy dating his girlfriend these days.（D）He brought his girlfriend to the party.（A）She regretted having bought the second-hand ear
25、.（B） It is unnecessary to rent another house.（C） They should sell their second -hand car and buy a new one.（D）They can afford a second-hand car.（A）Use of library facilities.（B） Library regulations.（C） Library personnel.（D）Location of the library.（A）Book publishers.（B） Librarians.（C） Returning facult
26、y members.（D）New university students.（A）Heart, blood pressure, tongue and chest.（B） Tongue, eyes, blood pressure and lungs.（C） Pulse, heart, lungs and abdomen.（D）Heart, pulse, blood pressure and chest.（A）A severe cough.（B） His high blood pressure.（C） The hit on the nose.（D）The pressure of his work.（
27、A）He is afraid of getting strokes and heart attacks.（B） He is anxious to go back to work.（C） He doesnt want to be hospitalized.（D）His lungs hurt while coughing.（A）To stay in bed for a week.（B） To have a skull X-ray.（C） To go on as normal.（D）To be hospitalized.Section BDirections: In this section, yo
28、u 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）Three minutes.（B） Two minutes.（C） One minute.（
29、D）Five minutes.（A）To win a competition.（B） To break a record.（C） To deliver the news of victory.（D）To win the first prize.（A）Because he is over the fellow runners.（B） Because he is over former runners.（C） Because he is over his own body.（D）Because he wins the prize.（A）The increase in driving offence
30、s.（B） The increase in professional gangs.（C） The increase in car stealing.（D）The increase in car owners.（A）Parked on the roadside at night.（B） Twenty miles away.（C） In South-well Park.（D）In the rich residential area.（A）To lock up their garages at night.（B） To leave their cars in the garages unlocked
31、.（C） To lock up their cars even when they are kept in locked garage.（D）To park their cars on the roadside instead of in the garage.（A）The decreasing circulation of American newspapers.（B） The investigation on American newspapers.（C） The false circulation reports of American newspapers.（D）The punishm
32、ent on American newspapers.（A）Governmental fund.（B） Readers payments.（C） Advertisers payments.（D）Money provided by the private companies.（A）Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.（B） Newsday and Dallas Morning News.（C） Los Angeles Times and Hey.（D）Dallas Morning News and Chicago Tribune.（A）Twenty
33、-three million dollars.（B） Four million dollars.（C） A million dollars.（D）Hundreds of millions of dollars.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
34、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 the exact words you have just heard or write down t
35、he 35 If you were to stop people in the street and ask them to name a ship that had been sunk, it is likely that nearly all of them would say the Titanic. For the【B1】_of the Titanic was, if not the most【B2】_, certainly the most famous sea disaster in the history of ocean【B3】 _.The Titanic was built
36、as a luxury liner, intended to be the fastest in the world, and a great deal of publicity had【B4】_it. The last point probably explains why so many important people from all【B5 】_of life were on the boat when it went down.The Titanic was on its maiden【B6】_to America in 1921 when it【B7 】_an iceberg an
37、d sunk. Of its 2,200 passengers, more than two-third were drowned. Because the Titanic was thought to be【B8】_unsinkable, no one was prepared for the tragedy.【 B9】_. There was a severe shortage of lifeboats and those that were launched were still half-empty. The one point of calm was to be found in t
38、he ballroom where the band carried on playing right to the very end.【B10】_. In addition, one ship was only ten miles away, but did not receive the distress call. One good thing did, however, result from the disaster.【B11】_.36 【B1 】37 【B2 】38 【B3 】39 【B4 】40 【B5 】41 【B6 】42 【B7 】43 【B8 】44 【B9 】45 【B
39、10 】46 【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 carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is ident
40、ified 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.47 The life of the cowboy was not always, of course, as romantic as Hollywood showed it. It was often 【S1】_ hard. The cowboy had to
41、 【S2 】_ his herd from the dangers of 【S3】_ animals and thieves, from snowstorms, tornadoes(龙卷风), and desert sunstroke(中暑). He 【S4 】_ broken bones and being kicked or dragged to death. He often had no companion but his horse during days and nights of lonely keeping 【S5 】_ of his herd. And yet his pri
42、nciple of living, which permitted a kind of rough and tough manner, allowed no complaining. The cowboy was 【S6】_ a person who had great self-control, who could 【S7】_ pain and discomfort without complaint and was very proud, “an aristocrat(贵族) among the working men of the Old West.“ Todays cowboy has
43、 been modernized. His faithful companion and most valuable tool, 【S8】_, has been replaced by the automobile, the jeep, even the airplane; his way of 【S9】_ has been simplified, replaced by blue jeans and nylon shirts. But his traditional 【S10】_ is still being preserved. In folk festivals throughout t
44、he west, adventure-seekers can still thrill to the spectacle and dangers of saddling wild horses, riding bareback, roping and wrestling bulls.Word Bank:A. risked I. preserveB. bitterly J. wildC. notice K. strangelyD. seldom L. protectE. horse M. watchF. dressing N. alwaysG. bear O. livingH. image47
45、【S1】48 【S2】49 【S3】50 【S4】51 【S5】52 【S6】53 【S7】54 【S8】55 【S9】56 【S10】Section BDirections: 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.56 Ja
46、pan is going through a complex national identity crisis. That may be no bad thing, says a new book by an American researcher. The economy is ceased making progress, but the society is in motion. Japan is a difficult country to report on and analyze because things do not change in big, noticeable way
47、s. They change in an increasing process, generally of small steps but which, over time, can add up to big movements. And just such a big movement seems to be taking place.Mr. Nathan has been observing Japan since the 1960s. Whereas most people look at economic data or the comings and goings of prime
48、 ministers, he is more interested in schools, novels, comic books, and the minds of young entrepreneurs and maverick (持不同意见的) local politicians. In particular, his focus is on whether Japans famously cohesive, conformist society may be breaking under the strain of economic stagnation (停滞), and on ho
49、w such strains have been affecting the countrys sense of purpose and of national identity.Fractures arc what he looks for and fractures are what he finds. On balance, they are neither obviously dangerous nor obviously positive, but they are, as he says, signs of motion which could, in time, lead in unpredictable directions. The most worrying fractures h
