1、大学英语四级（2013 年 12 月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 141（无答案）一、Part I Writing1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to unite a short essay entitled Do One Thing at a Time, And Do It Well by commenting on the saying, “I can do many things well at a time if given chances.“ You should write at least120 words but no more
2、 than 180 words.Do One Thing at a Time, And Do It WellSection A（A）Tell Joe about the reception dinner in time.（B） Prepare another more interesting story.（C） Practice more before telling the story.（D）Keep silent about Joes story.（A）Get her money back.（B） Drive them away.（C） Raise the current rent.（D）
3、Borrow fifty dollars from them.（A）Creativity could be born with.（B） It is difficult to have creativity.（C） Creativity has to be trained.（D）Creativity is a skill of art.（A）The man is not satisfied with his job.（B） The man gets along well with his girlfriend.（C） The man has nothing to do so far.（D）The
4、 man wants to spend more energy working.（A）The book is very interesting.（B） He hasnt read the book yet.（C） The book is too thick.（D）He doesnt usually read spy thrillers.（A）She doesnt agree with the man.（B） The man neednt care Marks words.（C） She always looks at everything in a positive way.（D）The ma
5、n should communicate more with Mark.（A）The woman had better call home now.（B） The woman needs to save money regularly.（C） The woman has spent too much shopping.（D）The woman can borrow his things when necessary.（A）He cant find the books he needs.（B） All the books he wants are sold out.（C） He cant che
6、ck out the books he needs.（D）Only the books he needs can be borrowed.（A）The color doesnt suit him.（B） He finds it much too big.（C） It is too small for him now.（D）The quality is not good.（A）Give his money back.（B） Explain the washing instructions to him.（C） Wash the shirt for him.（D）Exchange for anot
7、her shirt for him.（A）Angry.（B） Indifferent.（C） Satisfied.（D）Regretful.（A）Monday and Thursday.（B） Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.（C） Wednesday and Friday.（D）Tuesday and Thursday.（A）The first lecture.（B） A class meeting.（C） The opening ceremony.（D）An orientation.（A）He has another class at 4:30.（B） He h
8、as to go for a part-time job.（C） He needs time to prepare for it.（D）He has to attend a meeting at that time.（A）Attendance is flexible.（B） Attendance is not required.（C） Attendance should be at least 90%.（D）Full attendance is required.Section B（A）Many countries dislike it.（B） All countries observe it
9、.（C） It began with the Americans.（D）It began with the Romans.（A）To show how happy they were.（B） To drive away the evil spirits.（C） To warn the thieves and robbers.（D）To sell their drums and sticks.（A）Sing and dance in the square till midnight.（B） Throw pieces of pottery against friends houses.（C） Ki
10、ss each other when the clock strikes midnight.（D）Go from house to house and make noises.（A）It is the favorite food of young people.（B） It is the last food of the past year.（C） It brings good luck to people.（D）It is good for peoples health.（A）They are not allowed to drink coffee.（B） They think coffee
11、 does no good to them.（C） They think coffee is too expensive.（D）They should not drink coffee when working.（A）Sleeping problems.（B） Stomach problems.（C） Bad emotions.（D）High blood pressure.（A）It improves ones brain function.（B） It increases ones blood flow.（C） It cleans the water of the bodys cells.（
12、D）It keeps one away from depression.（A）It is comfortable.（B） It is best made.（C） It causes no pollution.（D）It makes less noise.（A）Its battery is not powerful enough.（B） Its battery is of enormous size.（C） It costs too much money.（D）It breaks down easily.（A）Improve the batteries of electric cars.（B）
13、Increase the number of electric cars.（C） Design a new device for electric cars.（D）Look for new ways to improve safety.Section C26 Juice may be tasty, but its not really that nourishing. While orange juice is an【B1】_ source of vitamin C, it doesnt contain a significant amount of other minerals and vi
14、tamins. Whats more, 【B2】_ juice consumption can cause all kinds of problems. This is especially troubling when you【B3】_ that children are the ones drinking most of the juice in this country.When you drink juice, youre getting【B4】_ water and carbohydrates(碳水化合物). And if you drink too much, the high c
15、arbohydrate【B5】_ can cause unease. Plus, juice has as many calories as soda, and, like soda, has been linked to the obesity(肥胖)epidemic【 B6】_ in our country.Also, for children, juice often【B7】_ milk because it tastes better. Children who dont drink enough milk are more likely to suffer from calcium
16、and vitamin D deficiencies, which, in some parts of the country, are in fact【B8】_. Finally, keeping a juice bottle in your mouth for a long time can promote tooth decay.The key to juice intake is moderation. The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that children under six should not drink more th
17、an six ounces of juice a day, and that older children shouldnt drink more than twelve ounces. All children should be【B9】_ to go straight to the source and eat whole fruit, which contains more nourishing【B10】_ than juice, plus other good stuff, like fiber.27 【B1 】28 【B2 】29 【B3 】30 【B4 】31 【B5 】32 【B
18、6 】33 【B7 】34 【B8 】35 【B9 】36 【B10 】Section A36 Would you be happier if you spent more time discussing the state of the world and the meaning of lifeand less time talking about the weather?It may sound counterintuitive(违反直觉的), but people who spend more of their day having deep discussions and less t
19、ime engaging in small talk seem to be happier, said Matthias Mehl, a psychologist at the University of Arizona who published a study on the【C1】_.“We found this so interesting, because it could have gone the other wayit could have been, Dont worry, be happyas long as you surf on the【C2】_level of life
20、 youre happy, and if you go into the essential depths youll be unhappy,“ Dr. Mehl said.But, he【C3】_, deep conversation seemed to hold the【C4 】_to happiness for two main reasons: both because human beings are driven to find and create【 C5】_in their lives, and because we are social animals who want an
21、d need to【C6 】_with other people.“By engaging in meaningful conversations, we manage to impose meaning on a(n) 【C7】 _pretty chaotic world,“ Dr. Mehl said. “And interpersonally, as you find this meaning, you bond with your interactive partner, and we know that interpersonal connection and integration
22、 is a core【C8】_foundation of happiness.“Dr. Mehls study was small and doesnt【C9】_a cause-and-effect relationship between the kind of conversations one has and ones happiness. But thats the【C10】_next step, when he will ask people to increase the number of deep conversations they have each day and cut
23、 back on small talk, and vice versa.A)proposed B)contact C)otherwise D)shallowE)calculated F)subject G)prove H)plannedI)connect J)love K)fundamental L)neverthelessM)meaning N)fantastic O)key37 【C1 】38 【C2 】39 【C3 】40 【C4 】41 【C5 】42 【C6 】43 【C7 】44 【C8 】45 【C9 】46 【C10 】Section B46 Are Bad Economic
24、Times Good for Health?A)Most people are worried about the health of the economy. But does the economy also affect your health? It does, but not always in ways you might expect. The data on how an economic downturn influences an individuals health are surprisingly mixed. Its clear that long-term econ
25、omic gains lead to improvements in a populations overall health, in developing and industrialized societies alike.B)But whether the current economic downturn will take a toll on your own health depends, in part, on your health habits when times are good. And economic studies suggest that people tend
26、 not to take care of themselves in boom timesdrinking too much(especially before driving), dining on fat-filled restaurant meals and skipping exercise and doctors appointments because of work-related time commitments.C)“The value of time is higher during good economic times,“ said Grant Miller, an a
27、ssistant professor of medicine at Stanford. “So people work more and do less of the things that are good for them, like cooking at home and exercising; and people experience more stress due to the severity of hard work during booms.“D)Similar patterns have been seen in some developing nations. Dr. M
28、iller, who is studying the effects of fluctuating coffee prices on health in Colombia, says that even though falling prices are bad for the economy, they appear to improve health and decrease death rates. When prices are low, laborers have more time to care for their children. “When coffee prices su
29、ddenly rise, people work harder on their coffee plots and spend less time doing things around the home, including things that are good for their children,“ he said. “Because the things that matter most for infant and child health in rural Colombia arent expensive, but require a substantial amount of
30、 timesuch as breast-feeding, bringing clean water from far away, taking your child to a distant health clinic for free vaccinations(接种疫苗)infant and child death rates rise.“E)In this country, a similar effect appeared in the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression, according to a 2007 paper by Dr. Mill
31、er and colleagues in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The data seem to contradict research in the 1970s suggesting that in hard times there are more deaths from heart disease, cirrhosis(肝硬化), suicide and murder, as well as more admissions to mental hospitals. But those findings h
32、ave not been repeated, and several economists have pointed out flaws in the research.F)In May 2000, the Quarterly Journal, of Economics published a surprising paper called “Are Recessions Good for Your Health?“ by Christopher J. Ruhm, professor of economics at the University of North Carolina, Green
33、sboro, based on an analysis measuring death rates and health behavior against economic shifts and jobless rates from 1972 to 1991. Dr. Ruhm found that death rates declined sharply in the 1974 and 1982 recessions, and increased in the economic recovery of the 1980s. An increase of one percentage poin
34、t in state unemployment rates correlated with a 0.5 percentage point decline in the death rateor about 5 fewer deaths per 100,000 people. Over all, the death rate fell by more than 8 percent in the 20-year period of mostly economic decline, led by drops in heart disease and car crashes.G)The economi
35、c downturn did appear to take a toll on factors having less to do with prevention and more to do with mental well-being and access to health care. For instance, cancer deaths rose 23 percent, and deaths from flu and pneumonia increased slightly. Suicides rose 2 percent, homicides 12 percent.H)The is
36、sue that may matter most in an economic crisis is not related to jobs or income, but whether the slump widens the gap between rich and poor, and whether there is an adequate health safety net available to those who have lost their jobs and insurance. During a decade of economic recession in Japan th
37、at began in the 1990s, people who were unemployed were twice as likely to be in poor health as those with secure jobs. During Perus severe economic crisis in the 1980s, infant deaths jumped 2.5 percentage pointsabout 17,000 more children who died as public health spending and social programs collaps
38、ed.I)In August, researchers from the Free University of Amsterdam looked at health studies of twins in Denmark. They found that individuals born in a recession were at higher risk for heart problems later in life and lived, on average, 15 months less than those born under better conditions. Gerard J
39、. van den Berg, an economics professor who was a co-author of the study, said babies in poor households suffered the most in a recession, because their families lacked access to good health care. Poor economic conditions can also cause stress that may interfere with parent bonding and childhood deve
40、lopment, he said. He noted that other studies had found that recessions can benefit babies by giving their parents more time at home.J)“This scenario(情况)may be relevant for well-to-do families where one of the parents loses a job and the other still brings in enough money,“ he said. “But in a crisis
41、 where the family may have to face huge housing-cost losses and the household income is insufficient for adequate nutrition and health care, the disadvantageous effects of being born in a recession seem much more relevant.“K)In the USA, there are already signs of the economys effect on health. In Ma
42、y, the market research firm Information Resources reported that 53 percent of consumers said they were cooking more than they did just six months beforein part, no doubt, because of the rising cost of prepared foods. At the same time, health insurance costs are rising. With premiums and co-payments,
43、 the average employee with insurance pays nearly one-third of medical costsabout twice as much as four years ago, according to Paul H. Keckley, executive director of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.L)In the United States, which unlike other industrialized nations lacks a national health pla
44、n, the looming recession may take a greater toll. About 46 million Americans lack health insurance, Dr. Keckley says, and even among the 179 million who have it, an estimated 1 in 7 would be bankrupted by a single health crisis. The economic downturn “is not good news for the health care industry,“
45、he said. “There may be something positive, but I think this needs pondering.“47 Gerard J. van den Berg noted that recessions can benefit babies born in well-to-do families.48 For the family whose income is not sufficient for adequate health care, recession has negative effects on the children, rathe
46、r than benefits them.49 The rise of child and infant death rates in Colombia is usually the result of parents lack of time.50 During the economic downturns in 1974 and 1982, death rate decreased dramatically in the US.51 During the decade of recession in Japan, compared with those with secure jobs,
47、the unemployed were more likely to fall ill.52 Partly due to the rising price of prepared foods in the US, more than half of people now prefer to cook at home.53 There is no national health plan in the United States.54 It is shown in economic studies that, people in boom times tend to exercise less.
48、55 Long-term economic prosperity is helpful for a populations overall health in developing countries.56 In August researchers found that those who were born during a recession were more likely to develop heart problems than those who were born under better conditions.Section C56 By and large, marrie
49、d people appear to have better health than their single peers. However, if the marriage ends, that healthy edge tends to disappear, with divorced and separated people reporting one of the highest rates of illness. Now, a new study published in the May issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family shows that co-habitating(同居的)couples also experience a decrease in health after splitting up. “Leaving a co-habitation, like a marriage, tends to have a harmfu
