1、大学英语四级（2013 年 12 月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 164（无答案）一、Part I Writing1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Be a Civic-minded Tourist. You should include in your essay tourists uncivil behaviors in the scenic spots and the corresponding solutions. You should write at least 120
2、words but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.Be a Civic-minded TouristSection A（A）To probe into CIA territory.（B） To gather military intelligence.（C） To rival the CIA（D）To bend the law.（A）Supportive.（B） Indifferent.（C） Negative.（D）Worried.（A）He learned to use gun at the age o
3、f 21.（B） He wrote a lot of books about his brief life.（C） He was considered as a murderer rather than a hero.（D）The number of victims killed by him was uncertain.（A）He has been dead for 130 years.（B） He was an infamous criminal.（C） His life was full of romanticism.（D）The evidence didnt support the p
4、ardon.（A）Vegetarians may have higher risk on heart attack.（B） People should eat less meat to protect the environment.（C） Processed meat and red meat may cause cancer.（D）Meat industry is banned to produce processed meat.（A）It will probably cause heart disease.（B） It is the symbol of European lifestyl
5、e.（C） It is not as delicious as red meat.（D）It is difficult to produce.（A）The industry is causing climate change.（B） Vegetarians are healthier than meat eaters.（C） Hamburgers are no long popular among people.（D）People are more likely to develop heart disease now.Section B（A）Recycling and its benefit
6、s.（B） The group she belongs to.（C） Her belief on environmental protection.（D）The project her group is involved in.（A）To get funding from the citys recycling center.（B） To raise peoples awareness of recycling.（C） To force the government to change its actions on plant funding.（D）To prevent the governm
7、ent from funding the main plant.（A）The council cares about the issues.（B） The group has been dealing with the issues.（C） The group has cut off the main plant.（D）The woman has been interviewed several times.（A）Writing an article in the newspapers.（B） Dumping garbage on the city lawn.（C） Publishing an
8、 editorial to show disapproval.（D）Organizing several strikes in the streets.（A）To spend a holiday and see friends.（B） To attend the Arts Festival.（C） To visit the exhibition of cellos.（D）To give private cello lessons.（A）It was specially made for him by his uncle.（B） He got it from his uncle.（C） He h
9、as been using it since the age of eight.（D）A cello maker gave it to him as a present.（A）Half size.（B） Two-thirds size.（C） Full size.（D）Three-fifths size.（A）He reserves a seat for it.（B） He leaves it at home.（C） He ships it by express.（D）He shares the seat with it.Section C（A）It started out as a soft
10、 drink.（B） It was first a cure for headaches.（C） It tasted bitter and no one liked it.（D）It was sold to patients only.（A）Heat it.（B） Add oil to it.（C） Shake it gently.（D）Mix it with water.（A）It tasted bitter.（B） It tasted good.（C） It was strange.（D）It was sweet.（A）It tastes the same as the past.（B）
11、It is not refreshing now.（C） It cant cure headaches.（D）It is much cheaper than before.（A）Convenient.（B） Clean.（C） Crowded.（D）Lovely.（A）There are too many people.（B） People are impolite.（C） The streets are not wide enough.（D）Every one is in a rush.（A）People tend to be asleep on the trains.（B） People
12、usually read newspapers there.（C） They always leave and arrive on time.（D）There are always not enough trains.（A）Enjoyed the wine and delicious foods.（B） Listened to the stories of friends.（C） Sat alone and waited someone to come up.（D）Talked to the interesting looking people.（A）Its a good way to kno
13、w each other.（B） People care nobody except themselves.（C） People are not interested in public affairs.（D）People care more about themselves.（A）We need to learn the skills of talking.（B） Listening is easier than talking.（C） Being a listener is more important than a talker.（D）We need interesting topics
14、 in a party.Section A26 Men are much “smarter“ than women when it comes to shopping, according to a survey of 1,000 people which found that 42% of men arm themselves with loyalty cards and vouchers(优惠券)before they 【C1 】_the stores, compared with 38% of women.Actually this is【C2】_for several reasons.
15、Firstly when men are out shopping, they are【C3 】_always with a female partner. When men go shopping as part of a couple, nine times out of 10 it is his female partner who【 C4】_the purse-fattening loyalty cards.Secondly, a lot of men【C5】_to stay in the car, waiting outside the front door. A fat lot o
16、f use a loyalty card or discount voucher is to themunless its for money off petrol.Thirdly, women are much more【C6】_about what they need to feed their family. They will survey the fridge, plan meals, write a list of【C7】_and pretty much stick to it.Then the survey claims that 46% of us buy own-label
17、goods rather than【C8】_products. The findings dont specify whether this percentage is mainly【C9】_of men or women, but in reality you will find more valuable and own-brand products in a female shoppers cart.However, there was one【C10】_that made us understand what this survey was all about. It said: “I
18、n fact, 84% of men will do everything in their power to be smart about their spending rather than go without treats for themselves or their family.“A)shares E)carries I)branded M)reasonableB)nearly F)unbelievable J)realistic N)hitC)mainly G)statement K)composed O)intendD)prefer H)staples L)arrive27
19、【C1 】28 【C2 】29 【C3 】30 【C4 】31 【C5 】32 【C6 】33 【C7 】34 【C8 】35 【C9 】36 【C10 】Section B36 To Help the Kids, Parents Go Back to SchoolAFor a few years now, every parent of a newborn baby in the South Florida district has received a congratulations packet while still in the hospital that includes, amo
20、ng other things, a colorful animal picture book(in three languages)and a letter from something called the Parent Academy. “Keep in mind that you are, and will always be, your childs first and most important teacher,“ the letter reads. “Miami-Dade County Public Schools has many resources and opportun
21、ities for you to make the most of that awesome responsibility.“ You have to admit, its a pretty genius interpretation of that old advertising saying “Get em while theyre young.“BWhile the concept of parent academiesin which towns or school districts offer what are essentially classes and workshops o
22、n parenting skillshas been around for more than a decade, several larger cities are starting or expanding such programs in an effort to engage parents who are otherwise uninvolved in their childs education. Philadelphia has invested heavily in this years launch of a comprehensive and wide-ranging pr
23、ogram for parents. Boston is restoring its Parent University following an earlier versions shutdown due to budget cuts. And Miamis Parent Academy, now in its fifth year, offers more than 100 workshops that range from Help Your Child Succeed in Math to Teaching Behavior Skills.CParent academies are p
24、articularly helpful for urban communities full of mothers and fathers who for various reasons are disengaged from their childrens education. Many are single parents with second jobs that leave little time to help with schoolwork. Some are immigrants who dont understand much English. Some are parents
25、 uncomfortable with schoolworka survey released by Intel found that more than 50% of parents would rather talk to their kids about drugs or drunk driving than about math or science. And then theres the general confusion that often comes from dealing with a bureaucracy(官僚作风)as complicated as the typi
26、cal American school district. “There are parents who are just not as well informed about the way schools work,“ says Karen Mapp, director of the Education Policy and Management Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. “The policies, the procedures, what state test scores meanits not that
27、 they dont care: they just dont know how.“DPicture yourself in the following supposed situations: youre a parent who never graduated high school: youre a parent whose only interactions with schools have been negative ones: youre a parent who has zero recollection of how to divide fractions: youre a
28、parent who has no clue as to what the important dates are on the college-application calendar. Now picture yourself experiencing all of the supposed situations at once, and then imagine how your child would suffer from your knowledge deficiency. For as much as the current wave of education reformers
29、 like to maintain that quality teachers and schools can help overcome environmental factors, a childs home life plays an undeniable role in how well they learn, says Mapp.E“Ive been doing research on family engagement for about 16 years now,“ she says. “And theres 40 years of research that indicates
30、 a pretty positive relationship between families being engaged in their childrens education and positive effects on students in terms of their academic achievement. “Mapp is currently helping write a case study on Miamis Parent Academy program, which is one of the nations most successful big-city at
31、tempts in this area. Privately funded by local philanthropists(慈善家)and businesses, the Parent Academy has seen more than 120,000 people participate in its workshops during the past half-decade. It has taught parents everything from how to reinforce reading lessons at home to how to deal with threat
32、and the dangers of sexing.FThe county has partly adjusted its approach to serve its large non-English-speaking community. “Many of our newly arrived immigrants dont understand what they can do to support their childs success, and they dont understand the systemtheres no point in going to the school
33、board when youre concerned about your childs homework,“ says Anne Thompson, director of the Miami-Dade program. Because of language issues, she often sees students having to do their parents jobs in terms of navigating school bureaucracy.GIn Philadelphia, superintendent Arlene Ackerman set up a Pare
34、nt University this year after expressing concern over low literacy rates for parents and children, as well as a general lack of parental engagement among low-income families, especially among African-American men. Tasked with cherry-picking the best elements from other programs around the country(an
35、d tossing the worst), Karren Dunkley, deputy of the Philadelphia School Districts Office of Parent, Family and Community Services, and her colleagues realized that they needed to ground the program within the context of adult continuing education. That is, if youre trying to teach adults something,
36、give them the respect of having it resemble a real class, which meets more than once, reinforces lessons and allows parents to form learning-centered relationships with instructors and fellow studentsjust as their kids do. “When we looked around the country, we found one-hit wonders, where parents w
37、ould come into schools for daylong workshops,“ says Dunkley. “That really didnt produce transformative results, nor did it sustain interest or truly give support to parents.“HSupported primarily by federal funds, the Philadelphia Parent Academys “curriculum“ runs the scope from a 10-week math-litera
38、cy course to a multipart social-etiquette(社交礼仪 )class to a one-day session on attendance and truancy(逃课)that teaches parents about “compulsory education and attendance law.“ Its all targeted toward families in need: parents of children at low-performing schools and residents of housing projects and
39、emergency shelters. Of course, theres no guarantee that the people who need these programs the most will actually take advantage of themyou cant force parents to care, no matter how many free classes you offer. Still, says Harvards Mapp, you have to make progress where you can. “Family engagement is
40、 a shared, mutual partnership between educators and parents,“ she says. “Its a two-way conversation between home and school.“37 Some students have to navigate school bureaucracy by themselves, because their parents dont know English.38 Some big cities are launching parent academies programs to engag
41、e parents in their childs education.39 The letter in the congratulations packet intends to persuade parents to go back to school.40 Mapp believes that besides teachers and schools, the parents help at home is essential for childrens study.41 A government official realized that the parent academic pr
42、ogram should be on the basis of adult continuing education.42 Educators and parents should work in a shared, mutual partnership to help the kids, says a university staff member.43 The survey by Intel found that more than half of parents were unwilling to deal with schoolwork.44 Miamis Parent Academy
43、 program is considered as a great success.45 The Philadelphia Parent Academys “curriculum“ is funded primarily by federal funds.46 A Parent University was set up in Philadelphia partly due to the high illiteracy rates for parents and children.Section C46 Pregnancy mothers are getting a new tool to h
44、elp keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones.The so-called text4baby campaign is the first free, health education program in the U.S. to harness the reach of mobile phones, according to its sponsors. Organizers say texting is an effective means of d
45、elivering wellness tips because 90 percent of people in the U.S. have cell phones.“Especially if you start talking about low-income people, cell phones are the indispensable tool for reaching them and engaging them about their health,“ said Paul Meyer, president of Voxiva, a company which operates h
46、ealth texting programs in Africa, Latin America and India.Studies in those countries have shown that periodic texts can reduce smoking and other unhealthy behaviors in pregnant mothers.Meyer said the U.S. program, run by Voxiva, will be the largest health-related texting program ever undertaken.Unde
47、r the new service, mothers-to-be who text “BABY“ to a specified number will receive weekly text messages, timed to their due date or their babys birth date. The messages, which have been scanned by government and nonprofit health experts, deal with nutrition, immunization and birth defect prevention
48、, among other topics. The messages will continue through the babys first birthday.Text4baby is expected to be announced Thursday morning by officials from the White Houses Office of Science and Technology Policy. Government officials will be publicizing the campaign in speeches and promotional mater
49、ials.Organizers hope the effort can curb premature(早产的)births, which can be caused by poor nutrition, excessive stress, smoking and drinking alcohol. About 500,000 babies are born prematurely in the U.S. each year. The nonprofit is among the sponsors of the campaign.“The real scary thing is that were an industrialized nation and were not doing very well on infant death rate, and we know prematurity is a big part of that,“ said the groups director,
