外语类试卷大学英语四级改革适用阅读模拟试卷117及答案与解析

1、 history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West. Horace Austin Warner Tabor was a school teacher in Vermont. With his first wife and two children he left Vermont by covered wagon in 1855 to homestead in Kansas. A few years later he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. “Great deposits of lead are sure to be found here.“ he said. As it turned out, it was silver, not lead, that was t。

2、ck as the 13th century in Bohemia and the Czech Republic. Both places have a history steeped in beautiful hand blown glass as well as molded and cut glass. By 1918 glass was no longer limited to functional items. Czechoslovakian glass began to make its appearance in dazzling and brilliant jewelry. This Czech glass became known as rhinestones. Rhinestones were manmade gems from highly refined glass. By using various metals the glass was colored to the desired shade. It was then pressed into molds。

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4、p riders at their expense? At Gotham Bikes in Tribeca, manager W. Ben said the shop has seen an increase in its overall sales due to the bike-share program. “Its getting more people on the road, more people learning about the sport and getting involved,“ he said. An employee at Dannys Cycles in Gramercy also said Citi Bike is a good option for people to ease into biking in a city famed for its traffic jams and aggressive drivers. “ They can try out a bike without committing to buying o。

5、ething, or sometime in the future when we will finally be happy. But we know from last weeks attack that there are no【 C1】 _there will be a tomorrow. Life is precious and we must【 C2】 _each day. Before the attack, what brought many of us happiness were【 C3】 _things. Now we are seeing that family, friends, and being our true selves is what life is all about. Before the attack, we may have known that we wanted to be happy, but we put ourselves on hold because there were respons。

6、ce and technology seemed to offer solutions to almost every problem. Newly created state colleges and universities devoted themselves almost entirely to scientific, technological, and engineering fields. Many Americans came to believe that scientific certainty could not only solve scientific problems, but also reform politics, government, and business. Two world wars and a Great Depression rocked the confidence of many people that scientific expertise alone could create a prosperous and ordered 。

7、d 8,000 feet cuts out between 20 and 50 percent of the sunlight and up to 90 percent of the ultraviolet light (紫外线 ). But dust is not the only thing to【 C2】 _about. When fuels are burned, whether in a factory, or in a home, or in the engine of a car, CO2 is given off. CO2 in the atmosphere acts as a kind of【 C3】 _around the earth, keeping warms in and so slowly raising the【 C4】 _of the earth. This could really change the climate all over the world. Everybody wants to have a car.【 。

8、 for the first three minutes.“ If you are placing the call in New York State, dont try to ask the operator a question. There is no one on the line with you. The voice you hear comes from a computer. It has vocabulary of seventy words in its memory. This program is known as the Automatic Coin Telephone Service. The word and numbers are first recorded, each word and number by itself, by an actress. The sounds are then changed into electronic signal and stored in a computer memory circuit(电路 )。

9、undergraduate degree in three years instead of four, and save about 543,000 the amount of one years tuition and fees. A number of innovative colleges are making the same offer to students anxious about saving time and money. Thats both an opportunity and a warning for the best higher-education system in the world. B)The United States has almost all of the worlds best universities. A recent Chinese survey ranks 35 American universities among the top 50, eight among the top 10. Our。

10、mical messengers. They carry a nerve impulse across the gap between nerve cells. The release of neurotransmitter molecules from one neuron and their attachment to receptor sites on another keep a nerve impulse moving. Nerve impulses carry messages from the environment to the brain, for example, the pain you feel when you stub (踢碰 ) your toe. They also carry messages in the other direction, from the brain to the muscles. Thats why you back away from the obstacle that initiated the pain signa。

11、scientist at Britains University of Strathclyde, concluded that lying is an important part of【 C1】_in the modern democracy. “Politicians need to be more honest about lying,“ he told the newspaper. According to Newey, voters expect to be lied to in certain circumstances, and sometimes even【 C2】 _it. “Politics should be regarded as less like an exercise in producing【 C3】 _statements and more like a poker game,“ he said. “And there is an expectation by a poker player that you tr。

12、d and allowed to rust. Other authorities, however, think the auto is here to stay. They hold that the car will remain a leading means of urban travel in the foreseeable future. The motorcar will undoubtedly change significantly over the next 30 years. It should become smaller, safer, and more economical, and should not be powered by the gasoline engine. The car of the future should be far more pollution-free than present types. Regardless of its power source, the auto in the future will still be。

13、belief that the heavenly bodies form patterns that can reveal a persons character or future. Many people throughout the world believe in astrology. These people base important decisions on the advice of an astrologer (a person who tells fortunes by studying the stars). Other people declare there is no scientific basis for astrology, and they consider it a form of entertainment. B) Astrology differs from astronomy. Astrology developed from a set of principles that originated more than 2,000 。

14、 find whatever the right balance is. For me, that balance is family, work, and service.“ As an【 C1】 _at Wellesley College, Hillary mixed academic excellence with school government. Speaking at graduation, she said, “The challenge now is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible,【 C2】 _.“ After graduation, Hillary advised the Childrens Defense Fund in Cambridge and joined the impeachment inquiry staff advising the Judiciary Committee of the House of Re。

15、tivity and beauty of life. Learners, therefore, must have books, and the right type of book, for the【 C3】 _of their need. Readers turn naturally to books because their【 C4】_concerning all manners of things, their eagerness to share in the experiences of others and their need to【 C5】 _from their own limited environment lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit. Through their reading they find a deeper significance to life as books acquaint them with life in the wo。

16、mer photography and dominated the film market for decades, but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution. Although many attribute Kodaks downfall to “complacency,“ that explanation doesn t acknowledge the lengths to which the company went to reinvent itself. Decades ago, Kodak anticipated that digital photography would overtake film and in fact, Kodak invented the first digital camera in 1975 but in a fateful decision, the company chose to shelf its new discovery to focus 。

17、在中国很多地区仍然流行将订亲和结婚分别叫作“受茶 ”和 “吃茶 ”，而且定亲钱和彩礼分别叫作 “茶钱 ”和 “茶礼 ”。
2 中国的音乐发展史源远流长。
据历史记载，最早的乐器 陶埙(Taoxun)距今已有 6 000多年，最早的官方音乐机构 乐府出现在 2 000多年前，传世的最早一张古琴谱的创作年代距今约有 1 500年。
音乐无国界，优美的旋律让世界相连。
2011年，李云迪推出了首张中国音乐作品集红色钢琴。
他对中国传统音乐经典作出了全新的诠释，让世界更好地领略了中华文化的博大精深。
3 如今，越来越多的大学生抱怨很难找到好工作。
造成这一现象的主要原因如下：首先，许多大学生 把在校的大多数时间都用在了专业学科学习上，当他们开始找工作的时候，才意识到自己缺乏必要的职业培训。
其次，大学生之间的竞争越来越激烈，这导致任何一名大学生找到工作的机会都变小了。
因此，强烈建议大学生在课余时间做一些兼职工作，以 积累 (accumulate)相关的工作经验。
4 近年来，中国 一线城市 (first-tier city)房价上涨势头已经回落，这也是中国整体经济增长势头有所冷却。

18、t 120 words following the outline given below: 1名 校校园正成为旅游新热点 2校园是否应对游客开放，人们看法不同 3我认为 2 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Dont Hesitate to Say “No“. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below: 1别人请求帮助时，在什么情况下我们会说 “不 ” 2为什么有些人在该说 “不 ”的时候不说 “不 ” 3该说 “不 ”时不说 “不 ”的坏处 3 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled It Pays to Be Honest. You should write at least 120 words following the outline。

19、t only your savings but your dreams of an education abroad There are often two different types of health insurance you can consider buying: international travel insurance and student insurance in the country where you will be going. An international travel insurance【 B3】 _ is usually purchased in your home country before you go abroad It generally covers a wide【 B4】 _of medical services and you are often given a list of doctors in the area where you will travel who may even speak your 。

20、mayor had hoped the law would slow the pace of the obesity epidemic by limiting the number of empty calories citizens drink daily. Although the link between sugary drinks and obesity is only circumstantial, most public-health experts strongly supported the move. The average American takes in about 170 calories a day from sugary drinks, and our consumption has doubled in the past few decades, mirroring the rise in obesity. The verdict delighted fans of enormous sugary drinks everywhere. To them, 。