1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 960（无答案）一、Part I Writing (30 minutes)1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Ability or Diploma. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:1. 很多人认为文凭能说明一切2. 然而当今社会越来越看重能力3. 你的看法Ability or Diploma二、Part II Reading Comprehensio
2、n (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 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
3、contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.1 Football and MoneyWhy was it football, rather than the other great Victorian sports, that captured the world? One reason may have been that it does not require expensive equipment or
4、a well-manicured playing surface. Football is ideally adapted to kick-arounds in the favelas (巴西的贫民区) of Brazil or the shanty (简陋小屋，棚屋) towns of Africa, which continue to produce many of the worlds leading players. Footballs simplicity may also have contributed to its popularity as a spectator sport
5、. It means not only that everybody can play, but also that any country or club can aspire to win. Even the most famous players from the richest nations or clubs can be defeated by 11 inspired opponents. Footballs superpowers are Brazil, Argentina, Italy, France and Germany. Its rising powers are in
6、Africa.Any event that can attract the attention of billions of people would seem sure to be a big money-spinner. What would business or product not yearn for exposure on such a scale? Certainly there is an ever-increasing amount of money washing around the game. The television rights for the 2002 an
7、d 2006 World Cups were sold for a minimum of $ 1.7billion, an eightfold increase on the deal covering the previous three championships. Companies such as Budweiser, Coca-Cola, Toshiba, Hyundai and MasterCard queued up to sign World Cup sponsorship deals, said to cost up to $ 45m apiece. MasterCards
8、Deborah Hughes says the World Cup “delivers the most broad-based international TV audience possible,“ and points out that after the last tournament MasterCard issued 1.5m “World Cup Affinity“ credit cards. Most of them were new accounts.In Western Europe, the popularity of football has played a big
9、part in the evolution of the media over the past decade. In Britain, the success of BSkyB, a subscription-based satellite-television service that has broken the monopoly of terrestrial broadcasters such as the BBC, was built on Skys acquisition in 1992 of the rights to live Premier League football.
10、In France, Canal Plus, a subscription-based channel, wooed its audience with a formula of football and films. The print media too have become devoted to football. In Spain, France and Italy, some of the countries best-selling newspapers are given over to sport, and above all football. And even such
11、publications as Le Monde and the Financial Times (as well as The Economist) now write about the game.Footballers and football clubs are also playing with ever bigger amounts of money. Mr Zidane recently attracted the biggest transfer fee in football history, when Real Madrid paid $ 64.5m to secure h
12、is services; his post-tax pay is thought to be over $ 150,000 a week. That is still less than a top American sports star such as basketballs Michael Jordan can command, but perhaps not for long. Calculations by Deloitte Touche Sport, a consultancy, show that Manchester United, the richest club in in
13、ternational football, now has larger revenues than any franchise in Americas National Football League (the kind that is played with helmets and hands). Stefan Szymanski, an economist at Imperial College, London, suggests that the football industry worldwide is worth about 150 billion ($ 216 billion)
14、.But large revenues do not necessarily mean profitability. The world of football seems beset by commercial disasters. The last two companies to own the rights to World Cup football-ISL of Switzerland and Kirch of Germany-have both gone bankrupt. Kirch made a profit out of selling on the World Cup ri
15、ghts, but suffered big losses on its pay-TV operations in Germany, mainly because it had overestimated the publics willingness to pay for watching televised German league football. Similar problems have sunk ITV Digital in Britain, which had paid 315m to get the rights to some low-grade English socc
16、er games, only to find that viewers were not very interested. ITV Digital is now in administration and says it cannot pay Englands lower-league clubs the money they had been promised. As many as 30 of the less glamorous professional English football clubs are thought to be in danger of going bust.Th
17、e big money in international soccer is concentrated on the elite European clubs, but some of them are also suffering serious losses. In Italy top clubs such as Fiorentina and Lazio have had trouble paying their players this year. The English Premier League (英超联赛) is widely regarded as admirably busi
18、nesslike, yet almost all Premier League clubs will lose money this year. The share prices of the 20 quoted football clubs in Britain have been plummeting, generally to around a third of their level two years ago. European problems, however, are dwarfed by the financial chaos in Latin Americas clubs,
19、 where bankruptcies and strikes are commonplace.Some of Europes difficulties can be explained by technological and commercial change. When pay-TV arrived, it became plain that football rights were seriously undervalued, so their price shot up, making them too expensive in many markets. Now the inevi
20、table correction has set in.This is the kind of thing that could happen in any business. But football as an industry may also have a more systemic problem. The very passion that excites football crowds (and once excited investors) often causes decisions to be taken on non-commercial grounds. Many fo
21、otball clubs across the world are run at a loss by rich men, either for the love of the game or to boost their ego. With so many rich sponsors willing to burn money to fund their teams, even the clubs that are quoted companies-and thus obliged to put profits first-are sucked into a desperate struggl
22、e to secure the services of the best players. Footballers pay has spiraled out of control. The more money the clubs receive, the more they are compelled to spend. Alan Sugar, an English businessman who retired from football-club ownership after a disillusioning decade, calls it the “prune-juice effe
23、ct“: you can pour a lot in, but it all comes out at the other end. In Italy, according to recent calculations by UEFA, the European football authority, the cost of the players now averages 125% of club revenues.2 Its footballs simplicity that may have contributed to its popularity as a spectator spo
24、rt and captured the world.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG3 Japan is one of the superpowers in football.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG4 This passage indicates that football is a big money-spinner and is very profitable.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG5 BSkyB wooed its audience with a formula of football and films.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG6 Mr Zidane earns l
25、ess than Michael Jordan.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG7 The share prices of the 20 quoted football clubs in Britain are much lower than those two years ago.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG8 Alan Sugars “prune-juice effect“ in this passage shows that football clubs can get a lot of money by buying in super players.（A）Y（B） N（C） NG9
26、The television rights for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups were sold for _, an eightfold increase on the deal covering the previous three championships.10 Kirch made a profit out of selling on the World Cup rights, but suffered big losses on its pay-TV operations in Germany, mainly because _.11 The very
27、 passion that excites football crowds (and once excited investors) often causes decisions to be taken _.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 t
28、he 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, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.（A）The chocolate cookie tastes terrible.（B） The chocolate cookie is very delicious.（C） Jac
29、k will never make such cookies.（D）He got the only one in this world.（A）25 percent.（B） 5 percent.（C） 45 percent.（D）10 percent.（A）The competition for jobs in Chinas six largest cities is most intense.（B） Jobs in Chinas six largest cities are easy to find.（C） Every one is suffered from insomnia to some
30、 degree.（D）People in the cities are less likely to suffer from insomnia.（A）Teachers and students.（B） Managers and doctors.（C） White collar workers and students.（D）Businessmen and clerks.（A）Its not so good as she expected.（B） Its terrible.（C） Its very good.（D）Its just so-so.（A）Los Angeles is a wonder
31、ful city.（B） Theres a good subway system in Los Angeles.（C） She visited some movie stars homes in Hollywood.（D）She had a very good time in Disneyland.（A）Because it used to be hot in the city.（B） Because it is winter now.（C） Because it is summer now.（D）Because it is not like what the weather forecast
32、 said.（A）Because San Francisco is much bigger than Los Angeles.（B） Because San Francisco is cleaner than Los Angeles.（C） Because there is no bay in Los Angeles.（D）Because it is more convenient to get around in San Francisco than in Los Angeles.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 sh
33、ort 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）Seasonal variations in nature.（B） How we can improve our intel
34、ligence.（C） How intelligence changes with the change of seasons.（D）Why summer is the best season for vacation.（A）Summer.（B） Fall.（C） Winter.（D）Spring.（A）All people are less intelligent in summer than in the other seasons of the year.（B） Heat has no effect on peoples mental abilities.（C） People livin
35、g near the equator are the most intelligent.（D）Both climate and temperature exert impact on peoples intelligence.（A）Because they are full of vitamin.（B） Because it is easy to grow them.（C） Because they can bring fun to people.（D）Because they are different from the traditional ones.（A）Buy the colorfu
36、l seeds.（B） Expose them in the sunlight.（C） Grow them with the water and fertilizer.（D）Leave them on the vine for a few weeks.（A）Because the bean is an important food in areas of Asia.（B） Because it has different flavor.（C） Because the appearance is special while the taste is traditional.（D）Because
37、it contains more vitamin than the green bean.（A）In the 15th century.（B） In the 16th century.（C） In the 5th century.（D）In the 6th century.（A）Because of the beautiful garden in front of it.（B） Because of its old style of architecture.（C） Because it was the only modern building there.（D）Because it was
38、at the seaside.（A）To keep the tourists away.（B） To welcome the tourists.（C） To make money.（D）To warn the tourists not to ruin his garden.（A）In order to earn more money.（B） In order to have more peace.（C） In order to have more visitors.（D）In order to have a bigger garden.Section CDirections: In this
39、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 the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blank
40、s 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 30 Professional sports are very popular in the United States, and they are big business. The most【B1】sports are baseball, football
41、and basketball. Each has its own【B2】, and millions of supporters.【B3】teams are named for the cities where they are【B4】. Their strongest supporters live in these cities. When a team plays in a championship game, most people in the city follow the game with interest and【B5】. Basketball is well-known a
42、round the world. Professional basketball games in the United States are played【B6 】 during the winter months. From November to April one can find a professional basketball game several nights a week in most large American cities. ,Basketball is an American sport. It has been called the national【B7】.
43、 The game is played in the evenings nearly every day of the week and on【B8】as well. The season begins in April and finishes with the World Series in October.【B9】. Football has become the most popular professional sport in the U. S. It is played on Sundays during the fall from August to January.【B10】
44、. Both games require strength and special skills. Professional Athletes are very well paid. The most famous athletes make millions of dollars for their playing skill.【B11】.30 【B1 】31 【B2 】32 【B3 】33 【B4 】34 【B5 】35 【B6 】36 【B7 】37 【B8 】38 【B9 】39 【B10 】40 【B11 】Section ADirections: In this section,
45、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 identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding le
46、tter for each item with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.40 Nowadays, it was fashionable to speak of a generation gap, a【S1】_between young people and their elders. Parents complained that their children did not show them proper respect and
47、【S2】_. while children complained that their parents did not understand them at all. What had gone wrong? Why had the generation gap【S3 】_appeared? Actually, the generation gap has been around for a long time. Many critics argue that it is built into the fabric of our society.One important cause of t
48、he generation gap is the【S4 】_that young people have to choose their own lifestyles. In more【S5 】_societies, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the【S6】_area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and approve of, and often to continue the family occupation. In our
49、society, young people often travel great distances for their education, move out of the family home at an early age, marry or live with people whom their parents have never【 S7】_. and choose occupations different from those of their parents.In our modern society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did; to find better jobs, to make more money, and to do all the things that they were unable to do. But often they discover that they have very li
