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篇1：6月大学英语四级考试模拟试卷

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. 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 and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

It is simple enough to say that since books have classes?fiction, biography, poetry―we should separate them and take from each what it is right that each should give us. Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconception when we read, that would be an admirable beginning. Do not dictate to your author; try to become him. Be his fellow?worker and accomplice(同谋).

If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest possible value from what you read. But if you open your mind as widely as possible, then signs and hints of almost imperceptible finess(委婉之处), from the twist and turn of the first sentences, will bring you into the presence of a human being unlike any other. Steep yourself in this, acquaint yourself with this, and soon you will find that your author is giving you, or attempting to give you, something far more definite. The thirty?two chapters of anovel―if we consider how to read a novel first―are an attempt to make something as formed and controlled as a building but words are more impalpable than bricks, reading is a longer and more complicated process than seeing. Perhaps the quickest way to understand the elements of what a novelist is doing is not to read, but to write; to make your own experiment with the dangers and difficulties of words. Recall, then, some event that has left a distinct impression on you―how at the corner of the street, perhaps, you passed two people talking. A tree shook; an electric light danced; the tone of the talk was comic, but also tragic; a whole vision, an entire conception, seemed contained in that moment.

?21.What does the author mean by saying “Yet few people ask from books what books can give us.”?

?A.The author means that lots of people read few books.

?B.The author thinks that readers have only absorbed part of knowledge in books.

?C.The author holds that few people have a proper idea about what content some kind of books should include.

?D.The author considers that readers can scarcely understand most of the books.

?22.According to the passage, which of the following statement is right?

?A.A reader should find some mistakes when he is reading.

?B.The more difficult a book is, the more you can get from it.

?C.To read something is easier than to watch something.

?D.One should be in the same track with the writer when he is reading.

?23.What is the possible meaning of “impalpable” (Paragraph 2) in the passage?

?A.Clear.?B.Elusive.?C.Delicate.?D.Precise.

?24.What’s the main idea of this passage?

?A.The importance of reading.

?B.The proper way to read.

?C.How to get most from one book.

?D.The characters of a good book.

?25.When a writer is writing he often get the whole conception ____.

?A.after a long time’s thinking

?B.through an instant inspiration

?C.according to his own experience

?D.by way of watching the objects attentively

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

According to the dictionary definition of “create”, ordinary people are creative every day. To create means “to bring into being, to cause to exist”―something each of us does daily.

?We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way. First this involves an awareness of our surroundings. It means using all of our sese to become aware of our world. This may be as simple as being aware of color and texture, as well as taste, when we plan a meal. Above all, it is the ability to notice things that others might miss.

?A second part of creativity is an ability to see relationships among things. If we believe the expression, “There is nothing new under the sun,” the creativity is remaking or recombining the old in new ways. For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph.

A third part of creativity is the courage and drive to make use of our new ideas, to apply them to achieve some new results. To think up a new concept is one thing; to put the idea to work is another.

These three parts of creativity are involved in all the great works of genius, but they are also involved in many of our day?to?day activities.

?26.Which of the following activities is NOT a creative one according to the passage?

?A.To prepare a meal.

?B.To arrange the furniture in a peculiar way.

?C.To buy some books from a bookstore.

?D.To “write” a letter with the computer.

?27.The author holds that ____.

?A.creativity is of highly demand

?B.creativity is connected with a deep insight to some extent

?C.creativity is to create something new and concrete

?D.to practise and practise is the only way to cultivate one’s creativity

?28.“There is nothing new under the sun.” (Par.3) really implies that ____.

?A.we can seldom create new things

?B.a new thing is only a tale

?C.a new thing can only be created at the basis of original things

?D.we can scarcely see really new things in the world

?29.What does the author think about the relationship between a new thought and its being put into practice?

?A.It’s more difficult to create a new thought than to apply it in practice.

?B.To find a new thought will definitely lead to the production of a new thing.

?C.One may come up with a new thought, but can not put it into practice.

?D.A man with an excellent ability of practice can easily become an inventor.

?30.The best title for this passage is ____.

?A.How to Cultivate One’s Creativity

?B.What is Creativity

?C.The Importance of Creativity

?D.Creativity―a Not Farway Thing

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

When I was studying at Yale, some phenomena puzzled me greatly. I found that Chinese students or Asian students were very polite in class while American students often interrupted the professor, asking questions and dominating the discussion. The Chinese students were not as aggressive as American students.

I was impressed by the role of the professor in the seminar(讨论会). The professor didn’t act as an authority, giving final conclusions, but as a reseacher looking for answers to questions together with the students. One linguistic(语言的) feature of his interacting with his students was that he used many modal(情态的) verbs―far more than I did in Beiwai. When answering questions, he usually said, “This is my personal opinion and it could be wrong.” or “You could be right, but you might find this point of view also interesting.”

?In China, authorities are always supposed to give wise decisions and correct directions. Therefore, students always expect the professor to give an answer to the question. I still remember how frustrated they were when foreign teachers did not provide such an answer. Their expectations from authorities are much higher than that of American students. Once the Chinese students got the answer, they were sure about it.

Education in China is valued for united thinking. I remember American teachers who taught in our university complaining about the fact that Chinese students uniformly expressed the same idea in their English composition. The examinations in America usually do not test a student’s ability to memorize the material but his ability to analyze and solve problems. Education in America is valued not only as a means to obtain employment but as a process of enhancing critical thinking.

?31.In the USA, when the students are in class, ____.

?A.a Chinese student tends to be very active

?B.an American student likes to make trouble

?C.a Chinese student likes to puzzle the teacher

?D.an American student tends to be vigorous

?32.A teacher in the USA prefers to ____ when he answers questions.

?A.be very sincere B.be very direct

?C.be very self?confident D.be very indifferent

?33.What is the opinion of the author concerning the difference of teaching methods between China and the USA?

?A.He thinks that Chinese teaching metods can make students learn more.

?B.He holds that the major purpose of Chinese teaching methods is to improve students’ remembrance.

?C.He thinks that American teaching is ability?oriented.

?D.He holds that American teachers hate to give a test.

?34.The author thinks that the relationship between the student and the teacher is ____.

?A.more intimate in China B.closer in China

?C.looser in USA D.more harmonious in USA

?35.The education in USA may produce some ____ graduates.

?A.talkative B.conventional

?C.creative D.imaginative

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

On?line courses (also called distance learning) are a hot new trend in American education. According to the nonprofit Distance Education and Training Council,about 400 US colleges and schools offer some portion of their programs on the Web. At the university level, they cost the same as traditional classes and require similar weekly assignments and textbook reading, the difference is in class participation.

Generally speaking, students congregate(使聚集) on?line throughout each week to explore topic with the professor, but these discussions occur “asynchronously(不同时发生地)” rather than in real time. (You read others’ comments and post your own whenever you get a chance.) Written assignments are posted, you email in your work periodically, and you’re required to take a proctored exam in order to receive degree credit. Career?boosting business administration and information technology programs are the most popular, but you’ll also find a variety of literal arts offerings, from film theory to medieval history and foreign language study. While you still can’t get an Ivy League degree on?line, a growing number of elite(卓越的) institutions, including Stanford and New York University are beginning to offer on?line courses.

The benefits for busy people are obvious. “I always get a front?row seat,” says one student studying at the State University of New York Learning Network.“I can get up in the middle of class, grab a cup of coffee. The class is waiting for me when I get back, and I haven’t missed a thing.” On the other hand, some students miss the face?to?face interaction that often sparks interest and involvement.

?36.Generally speaking, on?line education costs ____.

?A.more than the traditional one

?B.less than the traditional one

?C.as much as the traditional one

?D.the author hasn’t mentioned

?37.The major way to hand out assignments of on?line students is ____.

?A.to hand out them in person

?B.to post them

?C.to e?mail in them

?D.to let the teacher enter into their personal main pages

?38.Which kind of program is probably NOT welcomed by most of the students?

?A.Software development. B.Decoration and design.

?C.International trade. D.Company management.

?39.The closest meaning of “Ivy League” (Par. 2) ____.

?A.famous universities in USA

?B.famous business colleges in USA

?C.famous companies in USA

?D.universities with a long history

?40.It is implied that in USA ____.

?A.on?line education will take the place of the traditional one soon

?B.there are only a few on?line programs until now

?C.one need not take part in the exam in order to receive a diploma by way of on?line education

?D.one can not receive a degree certificate of New York University through distant learning

Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D). Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

?41.____ the size and nature of a business, its main goal is to earn a profit.

?A.Whatever B.Whichever C.Whereas D.Because

?42.You are supposed ____ everything ready by now.

?A.to get B.getting C.to have got D.having got

?43.The football player is hoping to ____ to another club.

?A.transfer B.transmit C.transform D.transport

?44.The medicine which the doctor gave her can only ____ her temporarily from pain.

?A.relax B.relieve C.relay D.release

?45.She was simple, ____ and hard?working woman.

?A.practicable B.favorable

?C.feasible D.practical

?46.I found myself completely ____ by his vivid performance.

?A.carried out B.carried off

?C.carried away D.carried on

?47.These safety measures will ____ the reduction of accidents.

?A.give in B.result from

?C.result in D.originate in

?48.After we had been in the village for a few months, we so liked it that we decided to settle there ____.

?A.in turn B.for good C.as usual D.at most

?49.____ these changes we must revise our plan.

?A.In the course of B.In the light of

?C.In spite of D.In addition to

?50.“I don’t feel like ____ now.”

?“But the faster we get the assignment ____ the sooner we can go out and relax.”

?A.to study, to do B.to study, done

?C.studying, done D.studying, to do

?51.In order to be a good scientist, ____.

?A.mathematics is vital

?B.one must master mathematics

?C.mathematics is important to understand

?D.one to understand mathematics

?52.I’m ____ him to arrive on Sunday.

?A.awaiting B.waiting C.expecting D.hoping

?53.It’s high time that something, ____ to prohibit selling fake commodities.

?A.must be done B.was done

?C.be done D.were done

?54.What’s the matter? I smell something ____.

?A.burn B.burns C.being burned D.burning

?55.It was a long time before the cut on my hand ____ completely.

?A.healed B.recovered C.improved D.cured

?56.You’ll have to buy some new shoes as these are ____.

?A.used up B.wasted away

?C.broken down D.worn out

?57.I ____ at home to look after my sick mother.

?A.can’t help stay B.can’t help staying

?C.cannot help but stay D.cannot help but staying

?58.More and more cheaper materials are being ____ for the better, more expensive kind in production.

?A.replaced B.displaced

?C.substituted D.transformed

?59.The taxi had to ____ because the traffic light had turned red.

?A.set up B.catch up C.shut up D.pull up

?60.____ to secret document is denied to all but few.

?A.Access B.Approach C.Contact D.Touch

?61.Will all those ____ the proposal raise their hands?

?A.in relation to B.in excess of

?C.in contrast to D.in favor of

?62.A cold is nothing to you ____ it is merely a cold; but it sometimes becomes a danger.

?A.no matter B.as well as

?C.so long as D.so far as

?63.People here usually ____ channel 2 at 7:00 a.m. to hear the news.

?A.tune B.tune in C.tone D.turn in

?64.The attack on Pearl Harbor ____ the indignation of the whole nation.

?A.rasied B.rose C.aroused D.arose

?65.American people are highly ____, and therefore may find it difficult to become deeply involved with others.

?A.moving B.mobile C.motional D.movable

?66.A large sum of money has been raised for the ____ of the poorly?educated children in the mountainous districts.

?A.profit B.favour C.advantage D.benefit

?67.In arithmetic the rules of addition are basic, and all the other rules are built on this ____.

?A.basis B.base C.bases D.basic

?68.On Christmas Eve, we had several guests, who were ____ friends of our daughter.

?A.almost B.mostly C.most D.nearly

?69.In our culture, honesty has always been considered an important ____of a person’s character.

?A.element B.role C.share D.practice

?70.Students who pass the test will be ____ to the next grade.

?A.progressed B.proceeded

?C.promoted D.proposed

Part Ⅳ Translation from E[nglish into Chinese (15 minutes)

Directions:

In this part, there are five items which you should translate into Chinese, each item consisting of one or two sentences. These sentences are all taken from the Reading Passages you have just read in the Reading Comprehension of the Test Paper. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.

71.Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices.(Passage 1, Para.1)

72.Perhaps the quickest way to understand the elements of what a novelist is doing is not to read, but to write; to make your own experiment with the dangers and difficulties of words. (Passage 1, Para. 2)

73.For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph.(Passage 2, Para. 3)

74.The professor didn’t act as an authority, giving final conclusions, but as a reseacher looking for answers to questions together with the students.(Passage 3, Para.2)

75.Career?boosting business administration and information technology programs are the most popular, but you’ll also find a variety of literal arts offerings, from film theory to medieval history and foreign language study.(Passage4, Para.2)

Part Ⅴ Writing

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “Should Tobacco Industry Be Forbidden?” You should write at least 100 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:

? 1.烟草业目前对我们的社会有一定好处;

? 2.吸烟却有害健康;

? 3.从长远打算，烟草业终将被禁止。

篇2：6月大学英语四级考试试卷

Part Ⅰ Writing (30minutes)

Directions: Forthis part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled ExcessivePackaging following the outline given below. You should write at least 120words but no more than 180 words.

1.目前许多商品存在过度包装的现象

2.出现这一现象的原因

3.我对这一现象的看法和建议

On ExcessivePackaging

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming andScanning)(15minutes)

Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes togo over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet 1. Forquestions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A) ，B) ，C) and D) . For questions 8-10, completethe sentences with the information given in the passage.

Small Schools Rising

This year’s list of the top 100 high schools showsthat today, those with fewer students are flourishing.

Fifty years ago, they were the latest thing ineducational reform: big, modern, suburban high schools with students counted inthe thousands. As baby boomers(二战后婴儿潮时期出生的`人) came of high-school age, big schoolspromised economic efficiency. A greater choice of courses, and, of course,better football teams. Only years later did we understand the trade-offs thisinvolved: the creation of excessive bureaucracies(官僚机构)，the difficulty of forging personalconnections between teachers and students.SAT scores began dropping in 1963;today,on average,30% of students do not complete high school in four years, afigure that rises to 50% in poor urban neighborhoods. While the emphasis onteaching to higher, test-driven standards as set in No Child Left Behindresulted in significantly better performance in elementary (and some middle)schools, high schools for a variety of reasons seemed to have made little progress.

Size isn’t everything, but it does matter, and thepast decade has seen a noticeable countertrend toward smaller schools. This hasbeen due, in part, to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has invested$1.8 billion in American high schools, helping to open about 1,000 smallschools-most of them with about 400 kids each with an average enrollment ofonly 150 per grade, About 500 more are on the drawing board. Districts all overthe country are taking notice, along with mayors in cities like New York,Chicago and San Diego. The movement includes independent public charterschools, such as No.1 BASIS in Tucson, with only 120 high-schoolers and 18graduates this year. It embraces district-sanctioned magnet schools, such asthe Talented and Gifted School, with 198 students, and the Science andEngineering Magnet, with383, which share a building in Dallas, as well as theCity Honors School in Buffalo, N.Y., which grew out of volunteer eveningseminars for students. And it includes alternative schools with studentsselected by lottery(抽签)，such asH-B Woodlawn in Arlington, Va. And most noticeable of all, there is thephenomenon of large urban and suburban high schools that have split up intosmaller units of a few hundred, generally housed in the same grounds that onceboasted thousands of students all marching to the same band.

Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, Calif, is one ofthose, ranking No.423―among the top 2% in the country―on Newsweek’s annualranking of America’s top high schools. The success of small schools is apparentin the listings. Ten years ago, when the first Newsweek list based oncollege-level test participation was published, only three of the top 100schools had graduating Classes smaller than 100 students. This year there are 22.Nearly 250 schools on the full, Newsweek list of the top 5% of schoolsnationally had fewer than 200 graduates in .

Although many of Hillsdale’s students came fromwealthy households, by the late 1990 average test scores were sliding and ithad earned the unaffectionate nickname (绰号)“Hillsjail. ” Jeff Gilbert. A Hillsdale teacher who became principal last year,remembers sitting with other teachers watching students file out of agraduation ceremony and asking one another in astonishment, “How did thatstudent graduate?”

So in Hillsdale remade itself into three“houses,” romantically named Florence, Marrakech and Kyoto. Each of the 300arriving ninth graders are randomly(随机地)assigned to one of the houses. Where they will keep the same four core subjectteachers for two years, before moving on to another for 11th and 12th grades.The closeness this system cultivates is reinforced by the institution of“advisory” classes Teachers meet with students in groups of 25, five mornings aweek, for open-ended discussions of everything from homework problems to badSaturday-night dates. The advisers also meet with students privately and stayin touch with parents, so they are deeply invested in the students’success.“We’re constantly talking about one another’s advisers,” says Englishteacher Chris Crockett. “If you hear that yours isn’t doing well in math, orsee them sitting outside the dean’s office, it’s like a personal failure.”Along with the new structure came a more demanding academic program, the percentageof freshmen taking biology jumped from 17 to 95.“It was rough for some. But bysenior year, two-thirds have moved up to physics,” says Gilbert “Our kids arecoming to school in part because they know there are adults here who know themand care for them.”But not all schools show advances after downsizing, and itremains to be seen whether smaller schools will be a cure-all solution.

The Newsweek list of top U.S. high schools was madethis year, as in years past, according to a single metric, the proportion ofstudents taking college-level exams. Over the years this system has come in forits share of criticism for its simplicity. But that is also its strength: it’seasy for readers to understand, and to do the arithmetic for their own schoolsif they’d like.

Ranking schools is always controversial, and this yeara group of 38 superintendents(地区教育主管)from five states wrote to ask that theirschools be excluded from the calculation.“It is impossible to know which highschools are ‘the best’ in the nation,”their letter read. In part. “Determiningwhether different schools do or don’t offer a high quality of educationrequires a look at many different measures, including students’ overallacademic accomplishments and their subsequent performance in college. Andtaking into consideration the unique needs of their communities.”

In the end, the superintendents agreed to provide thedata we sought, which is, after all, public information. There is, in our view,no real dispute here, we are all seeking the same thing, which is schools thatbetter serve our children and our nation by encouraging students to tackletough subjects under the guidance of gifted teachers. And if we keep workingtoward that goal, someday, perhaps a list won’t be necessary.

注意：此部分试题请在答卡1上作答.

1. Fifty yearsago. big. Modern. Suburban high schools were established in the hope of__________.

A) ensuring nochild is left behind

B) increasingeconomic efficiency

C) improvingstudents’ performance on SAT

D) providing goodeducation for baby boomers

2. What happenedas a result of setting up big schools?

A) Teachers’workload increased.

B) Students’performance declined.

C) Administrationbecame centralized.

D) Studentsfocused more on test scores.

3. What is saidabout the schools forded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation?

A) They areusually magnet schools.

B) They are oftenlocated in poor neighborhoods.

C) They arepopular with high-achieving students.

D) They are mostlysmall in size.

4. What is mostnoticeable about the current trend in high school education?

A) Some largeschools have split up into smaller ones.

B) A great varietyof schools have sprung up in urban and suburban areas.

C) Many schoolscompete for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funds.

D) Students haveto meet higher academic standards.

5. Newsweek rankedhigh schools according to___

A) their students’academic achievement

B) the number oftheir students admitted to college

C) the size andnumber of their graduating classes

D) theircollege-level test participation

6. What can welearn about Hillsdale’s students in the late 1990s?

A) They were madeto study hard like prisoners.

B) They calledeach other by unaffectionate nicknames.

C) Most of themdid not have any sense of discipline,

D) Their schoolperformance was getting worse.

7. According toJeff Gilbert, the “advisory” classes at Hillsdale were set up so that students could.

A) tell theirteachers what they did on weekends

B) experience agreat deal of pleasure in learning

C) maintain closerrelationships with their teachers

D) tackle thedemanding biology and physics courses

8. is stillconsidered a strength of Newsweek’s school ranking system in spite of thecriticism it receives_________.

9. According tothe 38 superintendents, to rank schools scientifically, it is necessary touse_________.

10. To betterserve the children and our nation, schools students to take_________ .

Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension (35minutes)

Section A

Directions: in this section you will hear 8 short conversations;one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversationand the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be apause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A) 、B) 、C) and D) 、and decidewhich is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 2with a single line through the centre.

注意：此部分试题请在答案卡2上作案。

11. A) Trying tosketch a map C) Discussing a house plan.

B) Painting the dining room. D) Cleaning the kitchen.

12. A) She istired of the food in the canteen.

B) She often eatsin a French restaurant.

C) She usuallytakes a snack in the KFC.

D) She in veryfussy about what she eats.

13.A) Listening tosome loud music. C) Talking loudly on the telephone.

B) Preparing foras oral examination. D) Practicing for a speech contest.

14. A) The man hasleft a good impression on her family.

B) The man candress casually for the occasion.

C) The man shouldbuy himself a new suit.

D) The man’s jeansand T-shirts are stylish.

15. A) Grey pantsmade from pure cotton. C) 100% cotton pants in dark blue.

B) Fashionablepants in bright colors. D) Something to match her brown pants.

16. A) Its price. C)Its comfort.

B) Its location D)Its facilities.

17. A) Traveloverseas. C) Take a photo.

B) Look for a newjob. D) Adopt a child.

18. A) It is aroutine offer. C) It is quite healthy.

B) It is new onthe menu. D) It is a good bargain.

Questions 19 to 22are based on the conversation you.

19. A) Hosting anevening TV program. C) Lecturing on business management.

B) Having herbicycle repaired. D) Conducting a market survey.

20. A) He repairedbicycles. C) He worked as a salesman.

B) He served as aconsultant. D) He coached in a racing club.

21. A) He wantedto be his own boss.

B) He found it moreprofitable

C) He didn’t wantto start from scratch.

D) He didn’t wantto be in too much debt.

22. A) They workfive days a week. C) They are paid by the hour.

B) They are allthe man’s friends. D) They all enjoy gambling.

Questions 23 to 25are based on the conversation you have just heard.

23. A) It hasgradually given way to service industry.

B) It remains amajor part of industrial activity.

C) It has ahistory as long as paper processing.

D) It accounts for80 percent of the region’s GDP.

24. A) Transportproblems. C) Lack of resources.

B) Shortage offunding. D) Poor management.

25. A) Competitionfrom rival companies. C) Possible locations for a new factory

B) Productpromotion campaigns. D) Measures to create job opportunities.

Section B

Directions: Inthis section you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, youwill hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spokenonly once After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from thefour choices marked A) ,B) ,C) and D) .Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

Passage One

Questions 26 to 28are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. A) They sharedmutual friends in school.

B) They had knowneach other since childhood.

C) They sharedmany extracurricular activities.

D) They had manyinterests in common.

27. A) At a localclub. B) At the sports center.

B) At Joe’s house.D) At the bearing school.

28. A) Durable friendshipscan be very difficult to maintain

B) One has to berespectful of other people in order to win respect.

C) It is hard forpeople from different backgrounds to become friends

D) Socialdivisions will break down if people get to know each other

Passage Two

Questions 29 to 31are based as the passage you have just heart.

29. A) Near theentrance of a park. C) At a parking meter.

B) In hisbuilding’s parking lot D) At a street corner.

30. A) It had beentaken by the police C) It had been stolen by someone.

B) It had beenmoved to the next block. D) It had been parked at a wrong place

31. A) At theGreenville center. C) In a neighboring town.

B) At a publicparking lot. D) In the city garage.

Passage Three

Questions 32 to 35are based on the passage you have just heard.

32. A) Famouscreative individuals. C) A major scientific discovery.

B) Themysteriousness of creativity. D) Creativity as shown in arts.

33. A) It issomething people all engage in. C) It starts soon after we are born.

B) It helps peopleacquire knowledge. D) It is the source of all artistic work.

34. A) Creativeimagination. C) Natural curiosity.

B) Logicalreasoning D) Critical thinking.

35. A) It isbeyond ordinary people. C) It is part of everyday life.

B) It is yet to befully understood. D) It is a unique human trait.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passagethree times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listencarefully 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 exactwords you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are requiredto fill in the missing information. For these blanks you can other use the exactwords you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what youhave written.

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Students have been complaining more and more aboutstolen property. Radios, cell phones, bicycles, pocket (36), and books have allbeen reported stolen. Are there enough campus police to do the job?

There are 20officers in the Campus Security Division Their job is to (37) crime, accidentslost and found (38) ,and traffic problems on campus. More than half of theirtime is spent directing traffic and writing parking tickets.(39) promptly toaccidents and other(40) is important, but it is their smallest job.

Dealing with crimetakes up the rest of their time. Very (41) do any violent crimes actually (42).In the last five years there have been no(43) .seven robberies and about 60other violent attacks, most of these involving fights at parties. On the otherhand, (44), which usually involves breaking windows or lights or writing onwalls. The thefts are not the carefully planned burglaries(入室盗窃)that you see in movies.(45)______ Do we reallyneed more police? Hiring more campus police would cost money, possibly makingour tuition go up again. (46)________

短对话：

11:

M: As you can see from the drawings, the kitchen has one door into the diningroom, another into the family room and a third to the outside.

W: The door into the family room isn’t big enough. Could it be made wider?

Q: What are the speakers doing?

12.

M: I’m thinking about where to go for a bite tonight. Any suggestions, Barbara?

W: Well, how about the French restaurant near the KFC? Frankly, I’ve had enoughof our canteen food.

Q: What do we learn about the woman?

13.

W: Hey, if you can’t enjoy the music at a sensible volume, why not use earphones?I’m preparing for the speech contest.

M: Oh, sorry. I didn’t realize I’ve being bothering you all this time.

Q: What is the man probably doing?

14.

M: Finally, I’ve got the chance to put on my new suit tonight. I hope to make agood impression on your family.

W: Come on! It’s only a family reunion. So jeans and T-shirts are just fine.

Q: What does the woman mean?

15.

M: Would you like to see those pants in brown and navy blue? These two colorsare coming in this season.

W: Oh, actually grey is my favorite color, but I prefer something made fromcotton, 100% cotton I mean.

Q: What is the woman looking for?

16.

W: From here, the mountains look as if you could just reach out and touch them.

M: That’s why I chose this lodge. It has one of the best views in Switzerland.

Q: What is the man’s chief consideration in choosing the lodge?

17.

M: What do I have to do to apply for a passport?

W: You need proof of citizenship, either an old passport or a birth certificateand three photographs. Then you must complete this form and pay a fee.

Q: What is the man most probably going to do?

18.

M: Miss, can I interest you in a pork special with serving tonight? It’s only799, half the usual price and it’s very tasty.

W: Oh really? I will try it.

Q: What does the man say about the dish?

长对话：

Conversation 1

W：Good evening andwelcome to this week’s Business World, the program for and about businesspeople. Tonight, we have Mr. Steven Kayne, who has just taken over andestablished bicycle shop. Tell us, Mr. Kayne, what made you want to run yourown store?

M: Well, I always loved racing bikes and fixing them. When I was workingfull-time as a salesman for a big company, I seldom had time to enjoy my hobby.I knew then that as soon as I had enough money to get my own business going,I’ll do it. I had my heart set on it and I didn’t let anything stand in my way.When I went down to the bank and got a business loan, I knew I’d love being myown boss. Now my time is my own. I open the store when I want and leave when Iwant.

W: You mean you don’t keep regular hours?

M: Well, the sign on my store says the hours are ten to six, but if business isslower than usual, I can just lock up and take off early.

W: Have you hired any employees to work with you yet?

M: Yeah, a couple of friends of mine who love biking as much as I do. They helpme out a few days a week. It’s great because we play cards or just sit aroundand talk when there are no customers.

W: Thank you, Mr. Kayne. We wish you success in your new business.

Question 19-22 are based on theconversation you have just heard.

19. What is the woman doing?

20. What did Mr. Kayne do before he took over the bicycle shop?

21. Why did the man take over a bicycle shop?

22. What do we learn about the people working in the shop?

Conversation 2

W: Well, the main activities in the region were historically steel and paperprocessing, I think.

M: Yes, but I’m not quite sure about the status of those industries now. Couldyou tell us something about that?

W: Yes, of course. In fact, they are less significant, but steel-relatedmanufacturing still accounts for 44% of industrial activity. So it’s still veryimportant. In fact, 80% of Spain’s machine tools are from the Basque Country.As for paper processing, there’s still a little. But it’s no longer what itonce was in the region. So, is that clear?

M: Yes, thanks.

W: Now, to get back to what I was saying, there’s a lot of unemployment as wellas geographical problems in the region.

M: Sorry, Victoria. What do you mean by geographical problems?

W: Well, what I mean is the area is very hilly, mountainous in parts. So thereused to be transport problems, now though there are new train links and betterroads, but it may be that some smaller towns inland remain not very wellconnected, is that OK? Does that make sense? When we talk about specificlocation suggestions for the factory, we’ll see this in more detail, so we’llcome back to this question, OK?

M: OK, right.

W: So I was about to say something about the work force in the region and thelevel of training and education. In general, it’s very good and improving.

Question 23-25 are based on theconversation you have just heard.

23. What does the woman say about the steel-related manufacturing in theregion?

24. What problem hinders the region’s development?

25. What will the speakers discuss later?

短文：

Passage 1

I first met Joe Ganz when we were both nine years old, which is probably theonly reason he’s one of my best friends. If I had first met Joe as a freshmanin high school we wouldn’t even have had the chance to get to know each other.Joe is a day student, but I am a boarding student. We haven’t been in sameclasses, sports or extra-curricular activities. Nonetheless, I spend nearlyevery weekend at his house and we talk on the phone every night. This is not tosay that we would not have been compatible if we had first met in our freshmanyear. Rather, we would not have been likely to spend enough time getting toknow each other due to the lack of immediately visible mutual interests. Infact, to be honest, I struggle even now to think of things we have in common.But maybe that’s what makes us enjoy each other’s company so much. When I lookat my friendship with Joe, I wonder how many people I’ve known whom I neverdisliked, but simply didn’t take the time to get to know. Thanks to Joe, I haverealized how little basis there is for the social divisions that exist in everycommunity. Since this realization, I have begun to make an even more determinedeffort to find friends in unexpected people and places.

Q:

26: Why does the speaker say Joe Ganz became one of his best friends?

27: Where does the speaker spend most of his weekends?

28: What has the speaker learned from his friendship with Joe?

Passage 2

It was a bad night for Lewis. His research in the neighboring town has takenlonger than he expected. It was late and he was very tired when he drove home.He turned into his building’s parking lot, but all the spaces were full. Hedrove back out onto the street, looking for a parking space. The first block wasfull. The next block was almost empty. Lewis didn’t see a “no parking” sign,but he has expected that his parking were allowed there. Most the spaces wouldbe filled. Then he saw a small parking lot with two free spaces. He was so gladto see them that he didn’t even think to read the sign by the entrance. Hedrove in, parked and hurried home to go to bed. The next morning he went backto the lot to get his car. It was gone. He ran home and telephoned the citypolice to say that his car had been stolen. It took the police only a minute totell him what had happened: his car had been on a private lot. It had beentaken away by the police. Lewis had to take a taxi to visit the city garage farfrom the city center. He had to pay a fee of 40 dollars to get his car back. Inaddition, he got a parking ticket, his first one ever in Greenville.

Q:

29: Where did Lewis intend to park his car when he came back from work onenight?

30: What did Lewis think had happened to his car the next morning?

31: Where did Lewis finally get his car back?

Passage 3

Well, to pick up where we left off last time, I believe we agreed thatcreativity is a mysterious idea. It was those things we all recognize when wesee it, but we don’t really understand what it is. We seem to feel that somepeople are naturally creative, but we don’t know how they got that way. Iscreativity a natural gift like good looks, or is it something that can beacquired like knowledge? Perhaps if we analyze the creative process carefully,we might get some insight into what it is and how it might work in our lives.The creative process has always been accepted as the source of all importantwork in the arts, but we should not think the creativity plays a role only inthe arts. Every major scientific discovery began with someone imagining theworld to look differently from the way others saw it. And this is whatcreativity is all about -- imagining the world in a new way. And despite whatyou may believe about the limits of your own creative imaginations, we all havethe potential to imagine the world in an absolutely new way. In fact, you areborn with it. It is your birth right as a human being. And what’s more, you useit every day, almost every moment of your life. Your creative imagination iswhat you use to make sense of your experiences. It’s your creative mind thatgets meaning from chaos of experiences and brings order to your world.

32. What did the speaker mostprobably discuss last time?

33. What is the widely accepted idea about the creative process?

34. What leads to major scientific discoveries according to the speaker?

35. What does the speaker imply about the creative process?

复合式听写：

Students have been complainingmore and more about stolen property. Radios, cell phones, bicycles, pocketcalculators and books have all been reported stolen. Are there enough campuspolice to do the job? There are twenty officers in the campus securitydivision. Their job is to handle crime, accidents, lost-and-found items andtraffic problems on campus. More than half of their time is spent directingtraffic and writing parking tickets. Responding promptly to accidents and otheremergencies is important, but it is their smallest job. Dealing with crimetakes up the rest of their time. Very rarely do any violent crimes actuallyoccur. In the last five years. There have been no murders, seven robberies andabout 60 other violent attacks, most of these involving fights at parties. Onthe other hand, there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberatedamaging of public property, which usually involves breaking windows or lightsor writing on walls. The thefts are not the carefully planned burglaries thatyou see in movies. Things get stolen when it’s easy to steal them, because theyare left lying around unwatched. Do we really need more police? Hiring morecampus police will cost money, possibly making our tuition go up again. Abetter way to solve this problem might be for all of us to be more careful withour things.

Part Ⅳ ReadingComprehension (Reading in depth)(25minntes)

Section A

Directions: Inthis section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to selectone word for each blank from a list of choices given in a ward bank Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bankis identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each of themon Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any ofthe words in the bank more than once.

Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage,

One in six.Believe it or not, that’s the number of Americans who struggle with hanger. Tomake tomorrow a little better, Feeding Action Month. As part of its 30 Ways in30 Days program, it’s asking 48 across the country to help the more than 200food banks and 61,000 agencies in its network provide low-income individualsand families with the fuel they need to 49.

It’s the kind ofwork that’s done every day at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio,People who 50 at its front door on the first and third Thursdays of each montharen’t looking for God-they’re there for something to eat, St. Andrew’s runs afood pantry(食品堂)that 51 the city and several of the 52towns. Janet Drane is its manager.

In the wake of the53 .the number of families in need of food assistance began to grow. It is 54that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal what’smost surprising is that 36% of them live in 55 where at least one adult is.Working. “It used to be that one job was all you needed.” says St. Andrew’sDrane. “The people we see now have three or four part-time jobs and they’restill right on the edge 56.”

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A) surviveI)formally

B) surroundingJ)financially

C) servesK)domestic

D) reviewedL)competition

E) reportedM)communities

F) recessionN)circling

G) householdsO)accumulate

H) gather

Section B

Directions: thereare 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements For each of them there are four choices marked A) ,B) ,C)and D) .You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letteron

Answer Sheer 2with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.

In times ofeconomic crisis. Americans turn to their families for support. If the GreatDepression is any guide, we may see a drop in our sky high divorce rate. Butthis won’t necessarily represent. an increase in happy marriages. In the longrun, the Depression weakened American families, and the current crisis willprobably do the same.

We tend to thinkof the Depression as a time when families pulled together to survive huge joblosses, by 1932. When nearly one-quarter of the workforce was unemployed, thedivorce rate had declined by around 25% from 1929 But this doesn’t mean peoplewere suddenly happier with their marriages. Rather, with incomes decreasing andinsecure jobs, unhappy couples often couldn’t afford to divorce. They fearedneither spouse could manage alone.

Today, given thejob losses of the past year, fewer unhappy couples will risk starting separatehouseholds, Furthermore, the housing market meltdown will make it moredifficult for them to finance their separations by selling their homes.

After financialdisasters family members also tend to do whatever they can to help each otherand their communities, A 1940 book. The Unemployed Man and His Family,described a family in which the husband initially reacted to losing his job“with tireless search for work.”He was always active, looking for odd jobs todo.

The problem isthat such an impulse is hard to sustain Across the country, many similarfamilies were unable to maintain the initial boost in morale(士气). For some, the hardships of life without steady workeventually overwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together. Thedivorce rate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery tookhold.

Millions ofAmerican families may now be in the initial stage of their responses to thecurrent crisis, working together and supporting one another through the earlymonths of unemployment.

Today’s economic crisis could well generate a similarnumber of couples whose relationships have been irreparably(无法弥补地)ruined. So it’s only when the economy is healthyagain that we’ll begin to see just how many broken families have been created.

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57. In the initialstage, the current economic crisis is likely to __________.

A) tear manytroubled families apart

B) contribute toenduring family ties

C) bring about adrop in the divorce rate

D) cause a lot ofconflicts in the family

58. In the GreatDepression many unhappy couples close to stick together because

A) starting a newfamily would be hard

B) they expectedthings would turn better

C) they wanted tobetter protect their kids

D) livingseparately would be too costly

59. In addition tojob losses. What stands in the way of unhappy couples getting a divorce?

A) Mounting familydebts

B) A sense ofinsecurity

C) Difficulty ingetting a loan

D) Falling housingprices

60. What will thecurrent economic crisis eventually do to some married couples?

A) It will force themto pull their efforts together

B) It willundermine their mutual understanding

C) It will helpstrengthen their emotional bonds

D) It willirreparably damage their relationship

61. What can beinferred from the last paragraph?

A) The economicrecovery will see a higher divorce rate

B) Few couples canstand the test of economic hardships

C) A stable familyis the best protection against poverty.

D) Money is thefoundation of many a happy marriage

Passage Two

Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage:

People are beinglured (引诱)onto Facebook with the promise of a fun,free service without realizing they’re paying for it by giving up toads ofpersonal information. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling theirdata to advertisers that want to send targeted messages.

Most Facebookusers don’t realize this is happening. Even if they know what the company is upto, they still have no idea what they’re paying for Face book because peopledon’t really know what their personal data is worth.

The biggestproblem, however, is that the company keeps changing the rules Early on youkeep everything private. That was the great thing about facebook you couldcreate own little private network. Last year. The company changed its privacyrules so that many things you city. Your photo, your friends’ names-were set,by default (默认)to be shared with everyone on theInternet.

According to Facebook’s vice-president Elliot Schrage,the company is simply making changes to improve its service, and if peopledon’t share information They have a “less satisfying experience”.

Some critics thinkthis is more about Facebook looking to make more money. In original businessmodel, which involved selling ads and putting then At the side of the pagestotally Who wants to look at ads when they’re online connecting with theirfriends?

The privacy issuehas already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington. In April, SenatorCharles Schumer called on Facebook to change its privacy policy. He also urgedthe Federal Trade Commission to set guidelines for social-networking sites. “Ithink the senator rightly communicated that we had not been clear about whatthe new products were and how people could choose to use them or not to usethem,” Schrage admits.

I suspect thatwhatever Facebook has done so far to invade our privacy, it’s only thebeginning. Which is why I’m considering deactivating(撤销)my account. Facebook is a handy site, but I’m upsetby the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don’t That’s toohigh a price to pay.

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62. What do welearn about Facebook from the first paragraph?

A) It is a websitethat sends messages to targeted users.

B) It makes moneyby putting on advertisements.

C) It profits byselling its users’ personal data.

D) It providesloads of information to its users.

63. What does theauthor say about most Facebook users?

A) They arereluctant to give up their personal information.

B) They don’t knowtheir personal data enriches Facebook.

C) They don’tidentify themselves when using the website.

D) They care verylittle about their personal information.

64. Why doesFacebook make changes to its rules according to Elliot Schrage?

A) To renderbetter service to its users.

B) To conform tothe Federal guidelines.

C) To improve its users’connectivity.

D) To expand itsscope of business.

65. Why doesSenator Charles Schumer advocate?

A) Settingguidelines for advertising on websites.

B) Banning thesharing of users’ personal information.

C) Formulatingregulations for social-networking sites.

D) Removing adsfrom all social-networking sites.

66. Why does theauthor plan to cancel his Facebook account?

A) He isdissatisfied with its current service.

B) He finds manyof its users untrustworthy.

C) He doesn’t wanthis personal data abused.

D) He is upset byits frequent rule changes.

Part V Cloze(15 minutes)

Directions: Thereare 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose theONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

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Because conflict and disagreements are part ofall close relationships, couples need to learn strategies for managing conflictin a healthy and constructive way. Some couples just 67 and deny the presenceof any conflict in a relationship. 68 ,denying the existence of conflictresults in couples 69 to solve their problems at early 70 ,which can then leadto even greater problems later 71 .Not surprisingly, expressing anger anddisagreement leads to lower marital (婚姻的)satisfactionat the beginning. However, this pattern of behavior 72 increases in maritalsatisfaction over time. Research suggests that working 73 conflicts is animportant predictor of marital satisfaction.

So, what can youdo to manage conflict in your own relationships? First, try to understand theother person’s point of view 74 put yourself in his or her place. People whoare 75 to what their partner thinks and feels 76 greater relationshipsatisfaction. For example, researchers found that among people in datingrelationships 77 marriages, those who can adopt their partner’s perspectiveshow more positive 78 .more relationship-enhancing attributes and moreconstructive responses 79 conflict.

Second, becauseconflict and disagreements are an 80 part of close relationships. People needto be able to apologize to their partner for wrongdoing and 81 forgiveness fromtheir parents for their own acts. Apologies minimize conflict, lead toforgiveness, and serve to restore relationship closeness. In line 82 this view,spouses who are more forgiving show higher mental 83 over time. Increasingly,apologizing can even have 84 health benefits. For example, when people reflecton hurtful 85 and grudges(怨恨)，they shownegative physiological(生理的) effects, including 86 heart rate andblood pressure, compared to when they reflect on sympathetic perspective-takingand forgiving.

67. A) resolve B) regretC) abandon D) avoid

68. A) Besides B) ThereforeC) Moreover D) However

69. A) trying B) decliningC) failing D) striving

70. A) ages B) yearsC) stages D) intervals

71. A) on B) by C)off D) away

72. A) prescribes B)protests C) proves D) predicts

73. A) round B) amidC) among D) through

74. A) so B) whileC) but D) and

75. A) sensitive B)superior C) exclusive D) efficient

76. A) expose B) experienceC) explore D) exploit

77. A) as long as B)as far as C) as well as D) as soon as

78. A) minds B) emotionsC) psychology D) affection

79. A) to B) againstC) at D) toward

80. A) absolute B)inevitable C) essential D) obvious

81. A) require B) inquireC) receive D) achieve

82. A) over B) withC) up D) of

83. A) quality B) identityC) charity D) capability

84. A) creative B)positive C) objective D) competitive

85. A) prospects B)concepts C) memories D) outlooks

86. A) added B) toughenedC) strengthened D) increased

Part Vl Translation (5 minutes)

Directions:Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given inbrackets.

Please write yourtranslation on Answer Sheet 2

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87.Those flowerslooked as if they_____________________(好长时间没有浇水了).

88.Fred bought acar last week. It is______________________(比我的车便宜一千英镑).

89.This TV programis quite boning We might______________(不妨听听音乐)

90.He left hisoffice in a hurry, with______________________(灯亮着，门开着)

91.The famousnovel is said to __________________________(已经被译成多种语言).

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Part Ⅰ Writing (30minutes)

Directions: Forthis part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled ExcessivePackaging following the outline given below. You should write at least 120words but no more than 180 words.

1.目前许多商品存在过度包装的现象

2.出现这一现象的原因

3.我对这一现象的看法和建议

On ExcessivePackaging

篇3：12月大学英语四级考试模拟试卷

Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. 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 and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

Acculturation, which begins at birth, is the process of teaching new generations of children the customs and values of the parents' culture. How people treat newborns, for example, can be indicative of cultural values. In the United States it is not uncommon for parents to put a newborn in a separate room that belongs only to the child. This helps to preserve parents' privacy and allows the child to get used to having his or her own room, which is seen as a first step toward personal independence. Americans traditionally have held independence and a closely related value, individualism, in high esteem. Parents try to instill these prevailing values in their children. American English expresses these value preferences: children should “cut the (umbilical) cord” and are encouraged not to be “tied to their mothers' apron strings.” In the process of their socialization children learn to “look out for number one” and to “stand on their own two feet”.

Many children are taught at a very early age to make decisions and be responsible for their actions. Often children work for money outside the home as a first step to establishing autonomy. Nine-or ten-year-old children may deliver newspapers in their neighborhoods and save or spend their earnings. Teenagers (13 to 18 years) may baby-sit neighbors' homes in order to earn a few dollar a week. Receiving a weekly allowance at an early age teaches children to budget their money, preparing them for future financial independence. Many parents believe that managing money helps children learn responsibility as well as appreciate the value of money.

21. According to this passage, the way people treat newborns _____.

A) is a sign of their customs

B) is an indication of their level of knowledge

C) symbolizes their social system

D) varies from culture to culture

22. The expression, “to cut the cord”, is used to show that _____.

A) children don't like their parents

B) parents don't feel close to their children

C) parents would not like to live together with their children

D) independence from one's family is an important personal goal in USA

23. Children who are “tied to the apron strings” _____.

A) are caught in their mothers' aprons

B) must always wear an apron when they eat

C) are very dependent on their mothers

D) are independent from their parents

24. American people often let their children work for money outside the home at a very early age because _____.

A) children have to earn money to help the family

B) they need more money

C) they want them to begin establishing autonomy

D) children have to save money for future use

25. It can be inferred from this passage that _____.

A) Americans are money lovers

B) Americans admire independence

C) Americans are good at decision-making

D) Americans are all responsible

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

Many people believe that the glare from snow causes snowblindness. Yet, dark glasses or not, they find themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes, and even snowblindness, when exposed to several hours of “snow light”.

The United States Army has now determined that glare from snow does not cause snowblindness in troops in a snow-covered country. Rather, a man's eyes frequently find nothing to focus on in a broad expanse of barren snow-covered terrain. So his gaze continually shifts and jumps back and forth over the entire landscape in search of something to look at. Finding nothing, hour after hour, the eyes never stop searching and the eyeballs become sore and the eye muscles ache. Nature offsets this irritation by producing more and more fluid which covers the eyeballs. The fluid covers the eyeball in increasing quantity until vision blurs, then is obscured, and the result is total, even though temporary, snowblindness.

Experiments led to the Army to a simple method of overcoming this problem. Scouts ahead of a main body of troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a dotted line as they cross completely snow-covered landscape. Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight, dark colored objects ahead on which they too can focus. The men following can then see something. Their gaze is arrested. Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to see, stop scouring the snow-blanketed landscape. By focusing their attention on one object at a time, the men can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly snowblind or lost. In this way the problem of crossing a solid white terrain is overcome.

26. To prevent headache, watering eyes and blindness caused by the glare from snow, dark glasses are _____.

A) indispensable

B) useful

C) ineffective

D) available

27. When the eyes are sore tears are produced to _____.

A) clear the vision

B) remedy snowblindness

C) ease the irritation

D) loosen the muscles

28. Snowblindness may be avoided by _____.

A) concentrating on the solid white terrain

B) searching for something to look at in snow-covered terrain

C) providing the eyes with something to focus on

D) covering the eyeballs with fluid

29. The eyeballs become sore and the eye muscles ache because _____.

A) tears cover the eyeballs

B) the eyes are irritated by blinding sunlight

C) the eyes are irritated by blinding snow

D) there is nothing to focus on

30. A suitable title for the passage would be _____.

A) Snowblindness and How to Overcome It

B) Nature's Cure for Snowblindness

C) Soldiers in the Snow

D) Snow Vision

篇4：6月大学英语四级考试时间

6月14日，全国大学英语四、六级考试拉开帷幕，新版四六级再度卷土重来，是否会将难度再度提升?

大学英语四级考试时间：

9：00-9：10发放作文考卷

9：10开始作文考试

9：40-10：10听力考试开始

10：10听力考试结束，收答题卡

10：15-11：15作答阅读理解和翻译

11：15监考老师提醒，10分钟后考试结束

篇5：6月大学英语四级考试作文

题目要求：

Private Tutoring

Outline:

1. 为孩子聘请家教目前非常普遍

2.家教的利与弊

3.我的看法

参考范文：

Sample:

A recent investigation shows that about 80 percent of pupils have private tutors.Such a popular practice indicates that people are attaching greater importance to education. Many parents, for various reasons, missed the chance of obtaining a good education. When their children meet with difficulties in study, they are helpless. Private tutoring is the only solution. As private tutoring is usually one-to-one, the teacher knows the strong points as well as the weak points of the pupil clearly.

However, private tutoring has its own disadvantages. For one thing, it takes up so much of the pupils’ time that they can hardly find enough time for rest and entertainment, which are essential for their physical and mental health. For another, some teachers, busy “shuttling” from one family to another, tend to neglect their regular teaching duties. What’s more, some teachers are eager to help pupils do well in the test, offering the so-called tips for test-taking rather than help them acquire what is more meaningful.

Generally speaking, its disadvantages outweigh its advantages. Greater emphasis should be laid on classroom teaching and practice, on the improvement of teaching quality and on the tapping of pupils’ potentials. Only in this way can a new generation be healthily brought up.

6月大学英语四级作文范文二：参加选秀节目

题目要求：

1. 现在许多大学生放弃学业去参加“选秀”节目;

2. 有人认为“选秀”节目为这些大学生提供了展示自我的平台，他们应该抓住机会“秀出自己”;但也有人认为这种选秀节目会养成大学生 “急功近利”的心态;

3. 那么作为一个大学生，你是怎么看待这件事情的?

参考范文：

Sample:

Nowadays, TV PK Shows (or we can call it Talent Shows) are great hit in China and have attracted many young people. As for me, TV PK Shows, as all other things, have both positive and negative effects. Therefore, the most crucial thing is how we see them.

Some people think Talent Shows provide grass-root people with a stage to display their talents, so they should seize every opportunity to show off their talents. Some College students even give up their studies to attend these TV PK Shows in the hope of becoming famous overnight. They even regard TV PK shows as a shortcut to the success. While other people reckon that TV PK Shows will develop the undergraduates’ attitude of anxious of achieving quick success. And once they were failed in these shows, they would suffer a great psychological unbalance. This is really bad to their physical and psychological health.

To sum up, everything has its limit. As long as the right attitude is employed, then it is OK.

206月大学英语四级作文范文三：校园选星比赛

题目要求：

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled My View on the “Campus Star” Contest. You should write 120 words following the outline given below.

1. 校园里也涌现出了各种选“星”比赛

2. 这种现象带来的问题

3. 你的看法

参考范文：

Sample:

My View on the “Campus Star” Contest

At an age of character and individuality being encouraged and demonstrated, we see various “stars” pop up―singing stars, dancing stars, movie stars and sport stars, etc. Many schools even hold contests to choose their “Campus Stars”. Although these activities make our cultural life in campus more colorful and varied, a lot of problems spring up at the same time.

First of all, these activities can result in the swelling of vanity in some students, making them become arrogant, or even feel superior to other students. Moreover, these activities can greatly distract the students from their study. In order to become a star, they will, without any doubt, spend a lot of time and energy on the preparation and competition. The focus of their academic life will be shifted, and even worse, they can become too enthusiastic about extracurricular activities and hate the academic knowledge and skills they need to grasp for their future development.

On the whole, I think these various “Campus Star” contests should be controlled in the campus. After all, schools are different from any other social institutions. Extracurricular activities should be encouraged, but they should be helpful to the student’s academic study and all-round development.

篇6：6月大学英语四级考试模拟题

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)?

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. 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 and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.?

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:?

American Indians played a central role in the war known as the American Revolution. To them, however, the dispute between the colonists and England was peripheral. For American Indians the conflict was a war for American Indian independence, and whichever side they chose, they lost it. Mary Brant was a powerful influence among the Iroquois. She was a Mohawk, the leader of the society of all Iroquois matrons, and the widow of Sir William Johnson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Her brother, Joseph Brant, is the best?known American Indian warrior of the Revolution, yet she may have exerted even more influence in the confederacy than he did. She used her influence to keep the western tribes of Iroquois loyal to the English king, George Ⅲ. When the colonists won the war, she and her tribe had to abandon their lands and retreat to Canada. On the other side, Nancy Ward held positions of authority in the Cherokee nation. She had fought as a warrior in the war against the Creeks and as a reward for her heroism was made “Beloved Woman” of the tribe. This office made her chief of the women’s council and a member of the council of chiefs. She was friendly with the white settlers and supported the Patriots during the Revolution. Yet the Cherokees too lost their land.

?21.What is the main point the author makes in the passage?

?A.Siding with the English in the Revolution helped American Indians regain their land.

?B.At the time of the Revolution the Superintendent of Indian Affairs had little power.

?C.Regardless of whom they supported in the Revolution, American Indians lost their land.

?D.The outcome of the Revolution was largely determined by American Indian women.

?22.The word “it” in line 5 refers to ____.

?A.side B.revolution

?C.dispute D.independence

?23.How did Ward gain her position of authority?

?A.By bravery in battle.

B.By marriage to a chief.

?C.By joining the confederacy.

D.By being born into a powerful family.

?24.To which tribe did Nancy Ward belong?

?A.Mohawk. B.Iroquois. C.Cherokee. D.Creek.

?25.According to the passage, what did Mary Brant and Nancy Ward had in common?

?A.Each was called “Beloved Woman” by her tribe.

?B.Each influenced her tribe’s role in the American Revolution.

?C.Each lost a brother in the American Revolution.

?D.Each went to England after the American Revolution.

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.?

Born in 1830 in rural Amherst, Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson spent her entire life in the household of her parents. Between 1858 and 1862, it was later discovered, she wrote like a person possessed, often producing a poem a day. It was also during this period that her life was transformed into the myth of Amherst. Withdrawing more and more, keeping to her room, sometimes even refusing to see visitors who called, she began to dress only in white―a habit that added to her reputation as an eccentric.

?In their determination to read Dickinson’s life in terms of a traditional romantic plot, biographers have missed the unique pattern of her life―her struggle to create a female life not yet imagined by the culture in which she lived. Dickinson was not the innocent, lovelorn and emotionally fragile girl sentimentalized by the Dickinson myth and popularized by William Luce’s 1976 play, the Belle of Amherst. Her decision to shut the door on Amherst society in the 1850’s transformed her house into a kind of magical realm in which she was free to engage her poetic genius. Her seclusion was not the result of a failed love affair, but rather a part of a more general pattern of renunciation through which she, in her quest for self?sovereignty, carried on an argument with the puritan fathers, attacking with wit and irony their cheerless Calvinist doctrine, their stern patriarchal God, and their rigid notions of “true womanhood”.

?26.What’s the author’s main purpose in the passage?

?A.To interpret Emily Dickinson’s eccentric behavior.

?B.To promote the popular myth of Emily Dickinson.

?C.To discuss Emily Dickinson’s failed love affair.

?D.To describe the religious climate in Emily Dickinson’s time.

?27.Which of the following is not mentioned as being one of Emily Dickinson’s eccentricities?

?A.Refusing to eat. B.Wearing only white.

?C.Avoiding visitors. D.Staying in her room.

?28.According to the passage, biographers of Emily Dickinson have traditionally ____.

?A.criticized most of her poems

?B.ignored her innocence and emotional fragility

?C.seen her life in romantic terms

?D.blaming her parents for restricting her activities

?29.The author implies that many people attribute Emily Dickinson’s seclusion to ____.

?A.physical illness B.a failed love affair

?C.religious fervor D.her dislike of people

?30.It can be inferred from the passage that Emily Dickinson lived in a society that was characterized by ____.

?A.strong Puritan beliefs

?B.equality of men and women

?C.the encouragement of nonconformity

?D.the appreciation of poetic creativity

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.?

The railroad industry could not have grown as large as it did without steel. The first rails were made of iron. But iron rails were not strong enough to support heavy trains running at high speeds. Railroad executives wanted to replace them with steel rails because steel was ten or fifteen times stronger and lasted twenty times longer. Before the 1870’s, however, steel was too expensive to be widely used. It was made by a slow and expensive process of heating, stirring and reheating iron ore.

?Then the inventor Henry Bessemer discovered that directing a blast of air at melted iron in a furnace would burn out the impurities that made the iron brittle. As the air shot through the furnace, the bubbling metal would erupt in showers of sparks. When the fire cooled, the metal had been changed, or converted to steel. The Bessemer converter made possible the mass production of steel. Now three to five tons of iron could be changed into steel in a matter of minutes.

Just when the demand for more and more steel developed, prospectors discovered huge new deposits of iron ore in the Mesabi Range, a 120?long region in Minnesota near Lake Superior. The Mesabi deposits were so near the surface that they could be mined with steam shovels.

?Barges and steamers carried the iron ore through Lake Superior to depots on the southern shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. With dizzying speed Gary, Indiana, and Toledo, Youngstown, and Cleveland, Ohio, became major steel?manufacturing centers. Pittsburgh was the greatest steel city of all.

?Steel was the basic building material of the industrial age. Production skyrocketed from seventy?seven thousand tons in 1870 to over eleven million tons in 1900.

31.According to the passage, the railroad industry preferred steel to iron because steel was ____.

?A.cheaper and more plentiful

?B.lighter and easier to mold

?C.cleaner and easier to mine

?D.stronger and more durable

?32.According to the passage, how did Bessemer method make the mass production of steel possible?

?A.It directed air at melted iron in a furnace, removing all impurities.

?B.It slowly heated iron ore then stirred it and heated it again.

?C.It changed iron ore into iron which was a substitute for steel.

?D.It could quickly find deposits of iron ore under the ground.

?33.According to the passage, where were large deposits of iron uncovered?

?A.In Pittsburgh. ?B.In the Mesabi Range.

?C.Near Lake Michigan.?D.Near Lake Erie.

?34.The words “Barges and steamers” could best be replaced by which of the following?

?A.Trains.B.Planes.?C.Boats.?D.Trucks.

?35.It can be inferred from the passage that the mass production of steel caused ____.

?A.a decline in the railroad industry

?B.a revolution in the industrial world

?C.an increase in the price of steel

?D.a feeling of discontent among steel workers

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

There were two widely divergent influences on the early development of statistical methods. Statistics had a mother who was dedicated to keeping orderly records of governmental units (state and statistics come from the same Latin root, status) and a gentlemanly gambling father who relied on mathematics to increase his skill at playing the odds in games of chance. The influence of the mother on the offspring, statistics, is represented by counting, measuring, describing, tabulating, ordering, and the taking of censuses―all of which led to modern descriptive statistics. From the influence of the father came modern inferential statistics, which is based squarely on theories of probability.

?Descripitive statistics involves tabulating, depicting, and describing collections of data. These data may be either quantitative, such as measures of height, intelligence, or grand level―variables that are characterized by an underlying continuum―or the data may represent qualitative variables, such as sex, college major, or personality type. Large masses of data must generally undergo a process of summarization or reduction before they are comprehensible. Descriptive statistics is a tool for describing or summarizing or reducing to comprehensible from the properties of an otherwise unwieldy mass of data.

?Inferential statistics is a formalized body of methods for solving another class of problems that present great difficulties for the unaided human mind. This general class of problems characteristically involves attempts to make prediction using a sample of observations. For example, a school superintendent wishes to determine of the proportion of children in a large school system who come to school without breakfast, have been vaccinated for flu, or whatever. Having a little knowledge of statistics, the superintendent would know that it is unnecessary and inefficient to question each child; the proportion for the entire district could be estimated fairly accurately from a sample of as few as 100 children. Thus, the purpose of inferential statistics is to predict or estimate characteristics of a population from a knowledge of the characteristics of only a sample of the population.

?36.With what is the passage mainly concerned?

?A.The drawbacks of descriptive and inferential statistics.

?B.Applications of inferential statistics.

?C.The development and use of statistics.

?D.How to use descriptive statistics.

?37.Why does the author mention the “mother” and “father” in the first paragraph?

?A.To point out that parents can teach their children statistics.

?B.To introduce inferential statistics.

?C.To explain that there are different kinds of variables.

?D.To present the background of statistics in a humorous and understandable way.

?38.Which of the following is NOT given as an example of qualitative variable?

?A.Gender. B.Height.

?C.College major. D.Type of personality.

?39.Which of the following statements about descriptive statistics is best supported by the passage?

?A.It simplifies unwieldy masses of data.

?B.It leads to increased variability.

?C.It solves all numerical problems.

?D.It changes qualitative variables to quantitative variables.

?40.According to the passage which is the purpose of examining a sample of a population?

?A.To compare different groups.

?B.To predict characteristics of the entire population.

?C.To consider all the quantitative variables.

?D.To tabulate collections of data.

篇7：6月大学英语四级模拟试题

part ⅰ listening comprehension (20 minutes)

section a

directions：in this section,you will hear 10 short conversations. at the end of each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said. both the conversation and the question 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. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

example:

you will read: a) at the office. b) in the waiting room.

c) at the airport. d) in a restaurant.

from the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. this conversation is most likely to have taken place at the office. therefore,a)“at the office” is the best answer. you should choose a) on the answer sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.

sample answer ［a］［b］［c］［d］

1. a) the fourth floor. b) the fifth floor. c) the sixth floor. d) the seventh floor.

2. a) john bought a cheap computer. b) john bought morris a computer.

c) morris bought a computer from john. d) morris bought a new computer.

3. a) recognize jane first. b) tell the woman why.

c) go on a diet. d) feel at ease.

4. a) the white one. b) the brick one.

c) the prettier one. d) the better one.

5. a) the summer this year is terribly hot. b) last summer was even hotter.

c) hot weather helps lose weight. d) light was stronger this morning.

6. a) no one on the bus was injured.

b) everyone on the bus was injured.

c) only one student on the bus was injured.

d) more than one student on the bus was injured.

7. a) drawing some money. b) opening a deposit account.

c) saving much money. d) putting money in the bank.

8. a) they have too little patience. b) they are not strict with students.

c) they are very hard on students. d) they are more hardworking than before.

9. a) the woman is very worried. b) the man doesn’t like thinking.

c) the man has done something wrong. d) the woman can do nothing for the man.

10. a) because the waist was a bit too tight.

b) because there wasn’t any of her size.

c) because she didn’t look good in the dress.

d) because the style was not what she liked.

section b compound dictation

注意：听力理解的b节（section b）为复合式听写（compound dictation），题目在试卷二上。

现在请取出试卷二。

a supermarket club card is a new way for people to save money on items they buy. people used to cut out coupons (赠券)to(s1) save money. now they use a card that looks like a(s2)credit card when they pay for items. only people with cards can get the(s3)lower price.

to get a card, people must give out their name, address, and other(s4)personal information. everything club card-users buy is (s5)stored on a computer in a file with their name on it. in the coupon days, no one kept (s6)track of the things people bought. now, computers allow huge(s7)amounts of information to be saved.

in order to save money with the cards, people could lose privacy. so far, the information, or data, is private. but that could change. there are many companies who might be interested in knowing what people buy. for instance, (s8)an insurance company might want to know if their clients buy healthy food, or if people buy a lot of medicine from the store.

a california senator, debra bowen, wants to make sure there are laws to protect data kept on computers. she says,“(s9)the laws that govern privacy really haven’t caught up with technology. ”

stores that use club cards have promised to keep the information private. (s10)some people are afraid the stores might change their minds if companies offered enough money. some people say the information is worth as much as treasure.

part ⅱ reading comprehension(35 minutes)

directions: there are 4 passages in this part. 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 and mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

passage one

questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

the predictability of our mortality rates is something that has long puzzled social scientists. after all, there is no natural reason why 2,500 people should accidentally shoot themselves each year or why 7,000 should drown or 55,000 die in their cars. no one establishes a quota for each type of death. it just happens that they follow a consistent pattern year after year.

a few years ago a canadian psychologist named gerald wilde became interested in this phenomenon. he noticed that mortality rates for violent and accidental deaths throughout the western world have remained oddly static throughout the whole of the century, despite all the technological advances and increases in safety standards that have happened in that time. wilde developed an intriguing theory called “risk homeostasis”. according to this theory, people instinctively live with a certain level of risk. when something is made safer, people will get around the measure in some way to reassert the original level of danger. if, for instance, they are required to wear seat belts, they will feel safer and thus will drive a little faster and a little more recklessly, thereby statistically canceling out the benefits that the seat belt confers. other studies have shown that where an intersection is made safer, the accident rate invariably falls there but rises to a compensating level elsewhere along the same stretch of road. it appears, then, that we have an innate need for danger.

in all events, it is becoming clearer and clearer to scientists that the factors influencing our lifespan are far more subtle and complex than had been previously thought. it now appears that if you wish to live a long life, it isn’t simply a matter of adhering to certain precautions … eating the right foods, not smoking, driving with care. you must also have the right attitude. scientists at the duke university medical center made a 15-year study of 500 persons personalities and found, somewhat to their surprise, that people with a suspicious or mistrustful nature die prematurely far more often than people with a sunny disposition. looking on the bright side, it seems, can add years to your life span.

11. what social scientists have long felt puzzled about is why .

a) the mortality rate can not be predicted

b) the death toll remained stable year after year

c) a quota for each type of death has not come into being

d) people lost their lives every year for this or that reason

12. in his research, gerald wilde finds that technological advances and increases in safety standards .

a) have helped solve the problem of so high death rate

b) have oddly accounted for mortality rates in the past century

c) have reduced mortality rates for violent and accidental deaths

d) have achieved no effect in bringing down the number of deaths

13. according to the theory of “risk homeostasis”, some traffic accidents result from .

a) our innate desire for risk

b) our fast and reckless driving

c) our ignorance of seat belt benefits

d) our instinctive interest in speeding

14. by saying “…statistically canceling out the benefits that the seat belt confers” (para. 2),the author means .

a) wearing seat belts does not have any benefits from the statistic point of view

b) deaths from wearing seat belts are the same as those from not wearing them

c) deaths from other reasons counterbalance the benefits of wearing seat belts

d) wearing seat belts does not necessarily reduce deaths from traffic accidents

15. which of the following may contribute to a longer life span?

a) showing adequate trust instead of suspicion of others

b) eating the food low in fat and driving with great care

c) cultivating an optimistic personality and never losing heart

d) looking on the bright side and developing a balanced level of risk

passage two

questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

in california the regulators, the utilities and the governor all want the federal energy regulatory commission to cap spot (现货的) market prices. the californians claim it will rein in outrageous prices. federal regulators have refused. the battle is on.

governor gray davis says,“i’m not happy with the federal regulatory commission at all. they’re living in an ivory tower. if their bills were going up like the people in san diego, they would know that this is a real problem in the real world.”

as part of deregulation, price caps were removed to allow for a free market. timing is everything; natural gas prices had already skyrocketed. demand was high from california’s booming economy. no new power plants had been built here in ten years, and power producers had the right to hike prices along with demand. and hike them they did.

loretta lynch of the public utilities commission says,” this commission and all of california was beating down the door of federal regulators to say‘help us impose reasonable price caps to help to keep our market stable.”

federal regulators did ask for longer-term contracts between power producers and the utilities to stabilize prices. the federal commission, unavailable for comment on this story, released a recent statement defending its position not to re-regulate.

federal energy regulatory commission dec. 15,: “the commissions intention is to enable the markets to catch up to current supply and demand problems and not to reintroduce command and control regulation that has helped to produce the current crisis.”

some energy experts believe that, without temporary price caps, the crisis will continue.

severin borenstein of the u.c. energy institute says,“some federal regulators have a blind commitment to making the market work and i think part of the problem is they really dont understand whats going on.”

gary ackerman of the western power trading forum says,“he’s dead wrong about that. the federal regulators understand far better than any individual state that, though it might be painful and it certainly is painful in california, price caps don’t work. they never work.”

16. the battle between californians and federal regulators is about .

a) control over the price of power

b) necessity of removing price caps

c) hiking the energy prices in california

d) a regulation concerning power supply

17. governor gray davis was dissatisfied with the federal regulatory commission because .

a) they did not know what the real problem was

b) they were living an easy life in an ivory tower

c) they could not experience the life in san diego

d) they turned a blind eye to the situation in california

18. the federal commission uncapped the energy price with the intention to .

a) help california’s economy booming steadily

b) prevent power price from going up any further

c) enable the market to deal with supply and demand problems

d) have contracts signed between power producers and the utilities

19. to help keep prices from going higher, people and groups in california .

a) imposed reasonable price caps

b) beat down the door of federal regulators

c) urged the federal authorities to take action

d) struggled against federal policy to hike prices

20. energy experts against price caps believe that .

a) the present situation in california will continue unless there is price control

b) the current crisis is partly attributed to previous command and control policy

c) price caps can temporarily solve energy problems an individual state meets with

d) they do understand what is going on in california and will take proper measures

passage three

questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

another cultural aspect of nonverbal communication is one that you might not think about: space. every person perceives himself to have a sort of invisible shield surrounding his physical body. when someone comes too close, he feels uncomfortable. when he bumps onto someone, he feels obligated to apologize. but the size of a person’s “comfort zone” depends on his cultural ethnic origin. for example, in casual conversation, many americans stand about four feet apart. in other words, they like to keep each other “at arms length”,people in latin or arab cultures, in contrast, stand very close to each other, and touch each other often. if someone from one of those cultures stands too close to an american while in conversation, the american may feel uncomfortable and back away.

when americans are talking, they expect others to respond to what they are saying. to americans, polite conversationalists empathize by displaying expressions of excitement or disgust, shock or sadness. people with a “poker face”, whose emotions are hidden by a deadpan expression, are looked upon with suspicion. americans also indicate their attentiveness in a conversation by raising their eyebrows, nodding, smiling politely and maintaining good eye contact. whereas some cultures view direct eye contact as impolite or threatening, americans see it as a sign of genuineness and honesty. if a person doesn’t look you in the eye, american might say, you should question his motives—or assume that he doesn’t like you. yet with all the concern for eye contact, americans still consider staring—especially at strangers—to be rude.

21. what the author discussed in the previous section is most probably about .

a) classification of nonverbal communication

b) the reasons why people should think about space

c) the relationship between communication and space

d) some other cultural aspects of nonverbal communication

22. how far people keep to each other while talking is closely associated with their .

a) origin b) culture c) custom d) nationality

23. when an italian talks to an arabian on informal occasions,.

a) he stands about four feet away

b) “comfort zone” does not exist

c) keeping close enough is preferred

d) communication barriers may emerge

24. a “poker face” (line 3,para. 2) refers to a face which is .

a) attentive b) emotional c) suspicious d) expressionless

25. in a conversation between friends, americans regard it as sincere and truthful to .

a) maintain direct eye contact

b) hide emotions with a deadpan expression

c) display excitement or disgust, shock or sadness

d) raise their eyebrows,nod and smile politely

passage four

questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

we all know that dna has the ability to identify individuals but, because it is inherited, there are also regions of the dna strand which can relate an individual to his or her family (immediate and extended), tribal group and even an entire population. molecular genealogy (宗谱学) can use this unique identification provided by the genetic markers to link people together into family trees. pedigrees (家谱) based on such genetic markers can mean a breakthrough for family trees where information is incomplete or missing due to adoption, illegitimacy or lack of records. there are many communities and populations which have lost precious records due to tragic events such as the fire in the irish courts during civil war in 1921 or american slaves for whom many records were never kept in the first place.

the main objective of the molecular genealogy research group is to build a database containing over 100,000 dna samples from individuals all over the world. these individuals will have provided a pedigree chart of at least four generations and a small blood sample. once the database has enough samples to represent the world genetic make-up, it will eventually help in solving many issues regarding genealogies that could not be done by relying only on traditional written records. theoretically, any individual will someday be able to trace his or her family origins through this database.

in the meantime, as the database is being created, molecular genealogy can already verify possible or suspected relationships between individuals. “for example, if two men sharing the same last name believe that they are related, but no written record proves this relationship, we can verify this possibility by collecting a sample of dna from both and looking for common markers (in this case we can look primarily at the y chromosome (染色体)),” explains ugo a. perego, a member of the byu molecular genealogy research team.

26. people in a large area may possess the same dna thread because .

a) dna is characteristic of a region

b) they are beyond doubt of common ancestry

c) dna strand has the ability to identify individuals

d) their unique identification can be provided via dna

27. the possible research of family trees is based on the fact that .

a) genetics has achieved a breakthrough

b) genetic information contained in dna can be revealed now

c) each individual carries a unique record of who he is and how he is related to others

d) we can use dna to prove how distant an individual is to a family, a group or a population

28. the molecular genealogy research group is building a database for the purpose of .

a) offering assistance in working out genealogy-related problems

b) solving many issues without relying on traditional written records

c) providing a pedigree chart of at least four generations in the world

d) confirming the assumption that all individuals are of the same origin

29. if two men suspected for some reason they have a common ancestor, .

a) we can decide according to their family tree

b) we can find the truth from their genetic markers

c) we can compare the differences in their y chromosome

d) we can look for written records to prove their relationship

30. which of the following cannot be inferred from the passage?

a) we are a walking,living,breathing record of our ancestors

b) many american slaves did not know who their ancestors were.

c) an adopted child generally lacks enough information to prove his identity.

d) molecular genealogy can be used to prove a relationship between individuals.

part ⅲvocabulary(20 minutes)

directions: there are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. for each sentence there are four choices marked a),b),c)and d). choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

31. wto is regarded by some countries as an access to foreign markets rather than as a for opening up the home market.

a) commerce b) committee c) commitment d) commission

32. we should recognize that every company and every person is part of a long of customers and suppliers.

a) pool b) line c) stream d) chain

33. today the small town is better against flood than it was 20 years ago.

a) protected b) prevented c) preserved d) prepared

34. did you mean i should keep the receipt? im afraid i have .

a) run it over b) torn it up c) taken it apart d) shaken it off

35. unlike photocopies of books, the digital copies are virtually in quality to the original.

a) similar b) identical c) resembling d) alike

36. the price of fresh vegetables according to the weather.

a) fluctuates b) increases c) soars d) maintains

37. your proposal looks good ,but i am not convinced it can be put into effect.

a) on paper b) at sight c) under cover d) in bulk

38. the government that refuses to meet the needs of its people must bear the .

a) results b) outcomes c) effects d) consequences

39. the elderly people in this country are entitled to a special heating allowance from the government when they pass the age of sixty.

a) claim b) declare c) inquire d) apply

40. the snow has been steadily for hours and the ground is completely covered.

a) showering b) dropping c) descending d) falling

41. the hostess went to great to make the child comfortable and feel at home.

a) efforts b) lengths c) heights d) details

42. you said the post office is on this block, can you be a bit more ?

a) particular b) specific c) abstract d) especial

43. his composition was so confusing that i could hardly make any of it whatsoever.

a) meaning b) message c) information d) sense

44. i am afraid that you have to alter your views in light of the tragic news that has just arrived.

a) optimistic b) distressing c) indifferent d) pessimistic

45. as the saying goes, reading without reflecting is like eating without .

a) chewing b) tasting c) digesting d) releasing

46. all of us did quite a good job but the teacher only him out for praise.

a) yelled b) singled c) selected d) pulled

47. without a sure supply of water, farming in that area remains at the of the weather.

a) disposal b) risk c) cost d) mercy

48. industrial communities should be close enough to crowded centers but enough to reduce potential dangers.

a) advanced b) reliable c) distant d) sophisticated

49. she had a guilty about not telling the police what had actually happened.

a) consciousness b) conscience c) consequence d) confusion

50. there is a beautiful of pine forest near my country house.

a) extension b) length c) spell d) stretch

51. we’ve all our time and effort in this plan, and we don’t want it to fail.

a) invested b) exhausted c) devoted d) assigned

52. the workers demands were，they only asked for a small raise in their wages.

a) general b) moderate c) partial d) numerous

53. you should know to spend all your money on those impractical fancy goods.

a) other than b) rather than c) more than d) better than

54. everybody seemed to have known about his scandal, only his wife was kept in the .

a) dark b) ignorance c) shade d) shadow

55. all students in the class a loud laugh when the professor told them a joke.

a) let up b) let down c) let off d) let out

56. it can be safely that there is no living beings on that planet.

a) resumed b) assessed c) assumed d) assured

57. there are certain when you have to interrupt people who are in the middle of doing something.

a) chances b) situations c) occasions d) opportunities

58. mother into the room and kissed her sleeping baby.

a) crept b) staggered c) rushed d) marched

59. the building started with a steel which was later filled in with bricks and concrete.

a) institution b) terminal c) sightseeing d) framework

60. this book does not have an structure. some parts are even contradictory .

a) integrated b) informed c) intensive d) inward

part ⅳcloze(15 minutes)

directions: there are 20 blanks in the following passage. for each blank there are four choices marked a),b),c)and d)on the right side of the paper. you should choose the one that best fits into the passage. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

a food bank is the center of food collection and distribution in a community. this food usually 61 from grocery stores or manufacturers that have thousands of pounds of food to give 62 . food banks operate intricate and advanced warehousing operations, 63 food is collected, 64 and re-distributed to the community. traditionally, a food bank does not distribute food 65 to those in 66 . 67 ,food banks serve an 68 network of organizations in their 69 communities. these organizations serve one part of the 70 and know the needs of the people there. 71 ,working together, the food bank and the community organization can serve a greater 72 of people in the most efficient way.

many food banks provide 73 services. they 74 from after school feeding programs, 75 kids cafe,to community agriculture projects.

in the aftermath (其后的一段时期) of welfare reform, food banks throughout the country are raising private 76 to operate innovative programs and to 77 those who are hungry. every food bank strives to be a hunger advocate,producing 78 studies and tracking statistics, while lending their hands-on expertise to get legislation passed and ensuring that the 79 of domestic hunger is not lost in the shadow of an “ 80 boom”.

61. a) results b) collects c) comes d) gathers

62. a) away b) out c) over d) off

63. a) which b) where c) what d) how

64. a) accepted b) offered c) processed d) sorted

65. a) instantly b) directly c) voluntarily d) readily

66. a) need b) haste c) debt d) order

67. a) however b) otherwise c) instead d) certainly

68. a) abnormal b) optional c) imaginary d) extensive

69. a) individual b) respective c) special d) widespread

70. a) organization b) bank c) operation d) community

71. a) therefore b) nevertheless c) still d) conversely

72. a) amount b) deal c) number d) quantity

73. a) regular b) other c) daily d) depositing

74. a) change b) alter c) differ d) range

75. a) including b) providing c) managing d) distributing

76. a) demands b) properties c) funds d) plans

77. a) shelter b) feed c) clothe d) finance

78. a) poverty b) welfare c) hunger d) food

79. a) issue b) policy c) reform d) project

80. a) economical b) economics c) economy d) economic

part ⅴwriting(30 minutes)

directions: for this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter applying for a bank loan. you should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in chinese.

1． 你的基本情况

2． 你申请贷款的原因、数额及用途

3． 你如何保证专款专用以及你的还款打算

篇8：大学英语四级考试试卷分析

大学英语四级考试试卷分析

摘要：本文研究从英语等级考试着手，探讨其考试的客观性和准确性以及对提升大学生英语实际使用能力的作用。结果表明，大学生通过参加水平考试可提升学生的学习兴趣和能力，激发学习动机，有效提高英语的实际应用能力。

关键词：英语实际应用能力 大学生 提升

清晰透彻地把握四级的命题规律及命题方向，了解学生在考试中常犯的错误，帮助学生熟悉各种题材的写作，有利于提高学生的应试能力。四级考试是本科生第四个学期安排的一个阶段性检测考试，有些学校仍然把学位证跟大学四级成绩挂钩。四级的成绩不能作为最终的奋斗目标，无论你继续你的学业或者就业，仅凭四级的成绩，这还是远远不够的。与现在继续求学或社会职场的要求还有差距，四级的分数再高，也不能达到当今社会各方面的要求。但只要通过四级，就不要再重考，因为通过四级考试，意味着你已经取得了一个向更高级别攀登的敲门砖，为什么不把你的时间、精力、热情投入未来的六级学习中去，或参加考研英语以及出国考试的托福或雅思。制定更高的目标，可以提高你的英语水平，还可以提高证书的含金量。各种水平的英语考试都有一些可遵循的规律。四级考试第一题就是30分钟的定时写作，占总分的15%，也就是在规定的时间内完成写作任务，这样安排比较合理，它最能体现考生的语言掌握状况。而旧的四级考试，把写作放在最后一部分，很多学生不能合理地分配时间，出现了很多学生写作交白卷或者只留下几分钟进行草草的写作，不能真实地体现自己应有的写作水平。这就要求学生在平时训练时一定要进行定时的训练。所谓定时训练就是不要拿一篇作文来做一天，而是必须在给定的30分钟内写好一篇文章。仿写范文也是一种很好的练习。所以不要只看你写了多少篇文章，而是必须在规定的时间里完成这个题目，这是四级英语越来越追求的特点。此外四级的另一特点就是比较注重阅读和听力，尤其是听力的比重越来越高。以后的四级改革将和雅思和托福一样与机考接轨。现在很多高校是机考和纸考并重，这种运势表明听力考核已经越来越重视了，因为只有听懂你才能答题，才能与人交流沟通，这也是未来英语发展的一个趋势。听说读写译已是语言学习的五项基本技能，如果你边第一项听都不能符合要求，就谈不上去应用，与人沟通交流。当今越来越多的考题测重听力的生活化，这就是为什么我们目前纸质的4级考试听力占到35%，比重是相当高的。而未来的改革趋势就是进行机考，而机考的所有题目都是依托于视听材料。所以备考四级阶段一定要注重听力训练。而听力训练一定要从日常的应用角度出发，越来越侧重实应性。现在的四级考试能和西方的真正的生活化场景接轨，给你营造这么一种氛围和环境，让你进入一种语境状态下去应用英语。这是如今四级考试的一个大的特点。而阅读在四级考试中也是占35%。学生在平时的练习中一定要注意去给定的时间内迅速作出选择，这也包括像完型填空这种运用性非常强的题以及少量的翻译题。在每年的阅卷老师感受最深的是作文阅卷。很多学生对一些英语小的细节、小的单词拼写，小的标点符号或者很小的一些分段等非知识能力型细节不加注意。这都是一些注意一下能够改正的`东西，很多同学不拘小节，认为这一点点小错误没关系，主要作文整体过得去，阅卷老师能看懂所表达的意思。阅卷老师会认为这个学生连最基本的单词都不会写，最基本的标点符号都用错，最起码的分段都不懂，他还会给你高分吗？按照四级的作文模试一般分成三段，非常清晰的三段。其次你的书写一定要清晰让阅卷老师一目了然，知道你的中心点是什么？知道段和段之间的衔接是什么？知道每段表达什么样的观点，最后把整体的文章按照新的要求作一个清晰地表达，避免一些因粗心而犯的错误。学生失分较多的起型是完型填空，因为完型填空在整体的四级考试中所占的比重较较小，即10%。一些同学采取放弃不准备的态度，另外一些人则认为再怎么练也是这么多分，到考场再临时发挥吧。完型填空，也称英语知识运用，它是一种最综合、最能体现学生的综合水平，大家不要小看完型填空，在考试的最后阶段一定要重视完型填空，因为它和其它各种起型紧密联系在一起，这种完型填空题如果补上那些词就成为一篇阅读理解，因此考生在备考完型填空的同时，阅读能力也在不断地提高。而完型填空里的一些好词好句对你的写作也是有帮助的。在你准备完型填空的过程中，对你的听力以及翻译也是有所帮助的。这种题型是历届考生得分率最低的，而这个题目的及分率低往往又影响其它的题目。有一个很有意思的现象，四级考高分的同学往往完型填空的得分较高，这两种成绩成正比。如果真正搞定完型填空，以完型填空为契机，迎刃而解四级考试，完型得高分，四级总成绩也高。因此不要因为只有10%而放弃，它与整个四级的成绩有着密切的联系。四级考试中还有翻译题也是考生不太愿意去面对的问题，翻译只占5%，占整体总分比例较小，因而很多考生认为不用准备，到时临场发挥一下。如何最快最好地突破翻译题呢？大一时就必须明确告诉学生，翻译是四级考试最后必须经历的一种题型。因而从大一起就应该把课本里面的重要的词组，包括课本后面重要的练习作为你未来翻译准备的目标，扎实准备。四级考试历年来的翻译题进行积累总结。准备大学四级考试，课本是根本，真题是指向，只有抓住根本，按照真题的指向去准备才不会走偏，才不会脱离根本。时间比较紧张，回归课本学习没有时间，我们就必须以真题为指向，把真题进行全面疏理。把真题里出现过的翻译考查的词汇、考查点、语法现象。进行全面汇总后，你会发现，它会呈现出课本的印象。四级的翻译题只是把课本曾经出现过的一些翻译题目呈现在试卷上，真题试卷是课本翻译题的印象。如果有时间回归课本，时间比较紧张，一定要把真题出现的翻译题搞懂搞透。考前做历年来的试题，一定要在规定的时间里完成题目。

过去很多人误认为懂得英语语音语法词汇就通运用英语，因此英语语音语法词汇就是英语的运用能力，一些考试也都是根据这些概念来设计的。实际上应试分数并不等于实际语言的应用能力。要用好一种语言，必须在学好语言知识的基础上，不断反复实践、积累经验，逐步把知识能力转化为实际应用语言的能力。现代很多考试贴近生活、贴近实际，能比较准确地反映一个人的语言使用能力。

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[2] 杨福全著 大学英语四级考试复习指导 北京理工大学出版社

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