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1、大學(xué)英語四級(jí)考試模擬試題資料僅供參考大學(xué)英語四級(jí)考試模擬試題Model Test FivePart Listening ComprehensionDirections: This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. Choose the correct answer-A, B, C or

2、 D, and then, mark your answer by writing the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Section A(C) 11. A) He will only be available in the afternoon. B) Its not his office hour. C) He doesnt have time. D) He is too tired after class.(A) 12. A) The woman insists on going out. B) The woman doesnt lik

3、e watching TV. C) The man promised her a gift on her birthday. D) The man is too tired to go out.(B) 13. A) There are too many courses offered to students. B) The woman should take fewer courses next term. C) The man will take four courses next semester. D) It is wiser to take more than four courses

4、.(B) 14. A) In an airplane. B) In a hotel. C) In a restaurant. D) In a store.(D) 15. A) Jane is looking for a summer job. B) Jane is packing for the summer vacation. C) Jane is on her way home. D) Jane is eager to go home for the vacation.(D) 16. A) It doesnt work. B) It only works temporarily. C) I

5、ts really effective. D) It has harmful side effects.(D) 17. A) Went to the station. B) Saw his brother off. C) Visited his brother. D) Stayed at home.(A) 18. A) She can tell Joan when she sees her at noon. B) She should tell Joans brother about the reception. C) She must call on Joan after the recep

6、tion. D) She may see Joans brother at lunch.(A) 19. A) College teachers. B) Maintenance workers. C) Students parents. D) Laboratory supervisors.(A) 20. A) One hour each day only. B) Three and a half hours only. C) As much time as necessary. D) Enough time to do assignments.(D) 21. A) The machine has

7、nt been yet been repaired. B) The students forget to reserve their terminals. C) The supervisor wont observe the regulations. D) The students stay at the terminal too long.(C) 22. A) Invite the lab supervisor to attend class. B) Repair the laboratory in a new way. C) Prepare a notice to give out in

8、class. D) Add more terminals to the laboratory.(A) 23. A) Art. B) French. C) Chemistry. D) German.(C) 24. A) Doing some photography and travel. B) Going to concerts quite frequently. C) Playing traditional jazz and folk music. D) Going to the theatre now and then.(A) 25. A) Experience a thorough tra

9、ining. B) Get off the trainee schedule. C) Know how to work with people. D) Know about all aspects of the work.Section BPassage 1(D) 26. A) 90. B) 108. C) 180. D) 668.(A) 27. A) Englands Footballer of the year. B) A soccer coach in West Germany. C) Wild celebrations of goals. D) A member of the Orde

10、r of the British Empire.(D) 28. A) Editing Sunday Sport. B) Working for Capital Radio. C) Managing professional soccer teams. D) Developing a sports marketing company. Passage 2(C) 29. A) Because he was a famous English writer. B) Because he enjoyed walking along the street. C) Because he had a good

11、 memory. D) Because he was proud of his own ability.(C) 30. A) For they are not hard-working. B) For they are dont have good memories. C) For they havent enough time for it. D) For they are busy with their own language.(B) 31. A) Mind takes clearer photos of what we see. B) Mind takes pictures of al

12、l five senses. C) Mind spends less time taking pictures. D) Mind keeps photos for longer time.(B) 32. A) Picture taking. B) Memory. C) Language learning. D) Poem writing.Passage 3(C) 33. A) Forty million people. B) Forty-five million people. C) Over three million people. D) Five million people.(D) 3

13、4. A) People infected with HIV virus should watch TV series like “Detective Vijay”. B) Governments should play a big role in fighting against AIDS. C) TV series like “Detective Vijay” can make a lot of money. D) The media can play an effective role in fighting against AIDS.(D) 35. A) It is a policem

14、an. B) It is an educative TV show in Ivory Coast. C) It is an educative TV show in South Africa. D) It is an educative TV show in India.Section CThe Library of Congress is Americas national library. It has millions of books and other objects. It has newspapers, (36) _ publication as well as letters

15、of (37) _ interest. It also has maps, photographs, art (38) _, movies, sound recordings and musical (39) _. All together, it has more than 100 million objects.The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for public holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in t

16、he collection. But no one is (40) _ to take books out of the building.The Library of Congress was (41) _ in 1800. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol Building. By 1814, the collection had increased to about 3,000 books. They were all (42) _ that year when the Capitol was

17、 burned down during Americas war with Britain.To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Jeffersons (43) _ included 7,000 books in seven languages.(44) _. Today, three buildings hold the librarys collection.(45) _. It buys some of its books and gets ot

18、hers as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office. (46) _. This mean the Library of Congress receives almost everything that is published in the United States.答案：36. popular 37. historical 38. prints 39. instruments40. permitted 41. established 42. destroyed 43. collection44. In 189

19、7, the library moved into its own building across the street from the Capitol45. The library provides books and materials to the U.S. Congress and also lends books to other American libraries, government agencies, and foreign libraries46. Anyone who wants copyright protection for a publication in U.

20、S. must send two copies to the libraryPart Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic The Old and the Young. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:老年人與年輕人之間常會(huì)發(fā)生沖突；談?wù)勀銓?duì)這種現(xiàn)象的餓認(rèn)識(shí)及解決的辦法。The O

21、ld and the YoungOld people are always saying that young people are not what they were. Every new generation is different from the one that preceded it. Today the difference is very marked indeed.On the one hand, the young are better educated. They have a lot more money to spend and enjoy more freedo

22、m. They grow up more quickly and are not so dependent on their parents. They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept the ideas of their elders. On the other hand, the old always assume that they know more for the simple reason that they have been around a bit longer. They dont like to fe

23、el that their values are being questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the young are doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders and disturbing their complacency. What they reject more than anything is conformity.Traditionally, the young turned to their elders for guidan

24、ce. Today, the situation is reversed to some extent. The oldif they are prepared to admit itcould learn a thing or two from their children. Perhaps a mutually beneficial relationship between the two sides is more acceptable than quarrels and clashes.Part Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

25、 (15 minutes)Hybrid CarsHybrid CarsAn Innovation for TodayHave you checked the price of gasoline lately? Have you recently paid more that 3.00 per gallon? Is the size of the gas tank in your current car bigger than in the car you were driving a few years ago? How much does it cost you now to fill up

26、 the gas tank of your car? Are you paying more than 30, 40 or even 50 to fill up? Take a look in the future, what will the price per gallon be 2 or 3 years from now? What will it cost then to fill up the gas tank of your vehicle?There is still a lot of fossil fuel in the world but the fuel that is e

27、asy to find and to extract from the ground is disappearing. Those searching for new supplies of fossil fuel must search in places that are more difficult to work (due to the cold, the heat, the depth of the water, or the unfriendly political situation of the country). The cost of the search continue

28、s to increase, as does the expense of extracting the fuel. This expense is not only measured in dollars, but also in the damages to the environment.Now think of what it might cost you 2 or 3 years in the future for a tank of gas if you continue to drive the same types of vehicles. The automobile ind

29、ustry, in foreign countries and in the United States, has developed the technology to help reduce these energy needs and to decrease pollution. This innovation is called hybrid cars. These cars are available in the US today from 2 or 3 manufacturers and many more are on the way.What Are Hybrid Cars?

30、A vehicle is a hybrid if it has more than one source of power. We have hybrid vehicles all around us such as diesel-electric trains, diesel-electric buses, and nuclear-electric submarines. Maybe some of you remember the Mo-Ped, a modified bicycle that used a combination of a gasoline engine and musc

31、le power of its rider. In a similar manner, the gasoline-electric hybrid car is a combination of gasoline-powered car and an electric car.What Is Reason for Developing Such a Complicated Car?There are two major reasons: 1) To reduce tailpipe emissions and 2) To increase average gas mileage. These tw

32、o goals interact with each other so that the overall performance of the hybrid car enhances both of them, todays hybrids provide gas efficiency of 40 to 60 miles/gallon. The hybrids have reduced emissions to approximately 10% of the Japanese standards or about equal to the California standards, whic

33、h are the most restrictive in the US.How Do Hybrid Car Work?There are two types of hybrid cars. One is known as the parallel hybrid and the other is known as a series hybrid. Both types use the same components, which are:Small Gasoline EngineFuel TankElectric MotorGenerator (used mostly in the serie

34、s hybrid)BatteriesTransmissionIn the parallel hybrid, the fuel tank supplies gasoline to engine and batteries supply power to the electrical motor. Both the engine and the electric motor can turn the transmission at the same time, and the transmission turns the wheels. An onboard computer controls t

35、he system so that the maximum efficiency is obtained. In a series hybrid, the gasoline engine turns a generator, which either charges the batteries or powers an electric motor that drives the transmission. The gasoline engine never powers the vehicle directly.How Do These Combinations Meet the Desir

36、ed Goals?The key to hybrid car performance is that the gasoline engine can be much smaller than the engine in a conventional high horsepower car. But how can this be when you will be competing on the highway with much more powerful autos on the road?The answer is that a conventional engine must supp

37、ly power for all driving conditions. The engine needs to be powerful enough to accelerate onto a freeway and up hills, but it to use only a small percentage of its power at highway speeds.In a hybrid, the gasoline engine provides the power at higher highway speeds and the battery-electric motor comb

38、ination provides the power for city driving and for acceleration needs. With this combination, each power source works at its optimal level.Some other tricks the hybrid car uses to get more efficiency are as follows:The system returns energy to the battery when it decelerates. When you push on the b

39、rakes, the electric motor acts as a generator and recharges the battery. This energy is lost in a conventional car.The hybrid can shut off the gasoline motor when it is not needed. This is very important when you are doing stop and go driving in the city and you have to stop a lot (gasoline is not w

40、asted by running the engine at idle while the car waits at a traffic light.)Hybrid cars are designed with the latest aerodynamics. This reduces the drag at higher highway speeds.Hybrid use low-rolling resistant tires. These are stiffer and inflated to a higher pressure and cause about half the drag

41、of conventional tires. The ride is a little rougher but the gas saving can be huge.Hybrid also use very lightweight materials. This reduces the overall weight of the car and the mileage is increased.The above designs will provide a very useful and comfortable auto that also gives you a maximum of ga

42、s mileage.Hybrids are somewhat scarce right now (about 3% of the cars sold in the US) but should be plentiful for next years models ( ).The above description of hybrid cars is meant to be only an introduction to this new technology. If you are interested in getting one of these marvelous cars in the

43、 future, you should start your investigation now. Take a test drive in some of the available hybrid cars, you will find some surprises. One is that the cars are extremely quiet, they have additional insulation in order to decrease the need for air conditioning and heating (the purpose is to save ene

44、rgy but the resulting quietness is a very nice benefit). A second is that these cars are very peppy, unlike early automobiles designed for energy conservation. The advantages and disadvantages will vary with each manufacturer, type and model of the hybrid. It will take a lot of time to look at all t

45、he various models but it will be well worth it for your future driving pleasure. (N) There is enough fossil fuel in the world, but it will be difficult to find and to extract it from the ground.(Y) In the US today, a lot of manufacturers are trying to produce hybrid cars in order to reduce these ene

46、rgy needs and to decrease pollution.(Y) Mo-Ped is one kind of hybrid vehicle.(NG) There are other types of hybrid which use different components.(N) In both types, the gasoline engine can work to drive the transmission.(NG) The most important advantage of hybrid car is that its gasoline engine can b

47、e much smaller than the engine in a conventional high horsepower car.(Y) The gasoline engine and the battery-electric motor in a hybrid work together to provide the power for city driving and for acceleration needs.Hybrid also use light materials to reduce _ of the car. (the overall weight)The above

48、 designs can make a very useful and comfortable car which can also give you _. (a maximum of gas mileage)If you want to get one hybrid car in the future, you should _. (start your investigation now)Part Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section AThe impact of the frontier has been

49、 traditionally assumed by historians, who have studied its 1(H) on mountain men and cowboys, on different political and social institutions. Yet the impact of the frontier on the most common dimension of life upon the family remains largely 2(C) . Although family has been 3(L) significant in the his

50、torical process, it is relatively a new area of historical research.In terms of westward migration, family played a special role. For people who 4(I) the church as much as the state, family was the only institution that could be entrusted with the enterprise of settling the continent . A Christian f

51、amily was enough of the church; a Christain family was 5(E) expression of political and social order. In 1862, Congress provided for the 6(O) of lands to heads of households in a law, but that law merely recognizes that settlement had been the business of families since the seventeenth century.Famil

52、ies took up the challenge of the western lands in a variety of ways. Some families moved west in loosely 7(G) groups made up of families in similar directions. They drew up constitutions and elected leaders and generally applied the democratic process to the journey west. The government, for its par

53、t, 8(A) little helpno maps or transportation, no tools or agricultural information, no medical services and little protection. Beyond the westward-running rivers there was no road until wagons left deep 9(D) on the ground so that one could see a trailor until enough wagons became lost and doubled ba

54、ck to warn others against their mistakes. Nonetheless, the attraction of “free land” was irresistible. One day or another, in a wagon train or all alone, a family packed its 10(N) and livestock and set off toward the next “empty” videdusuallyunexaminedtrackssufficientbendorganizedeffectsmis

55、trustedfarmingbargainespeciallyconsiderablebelongingsdistributionSection BPassage OneIn the past, it was believed that depression was more prevalent among the poorer and less educated people, but that is not the case. The truth is, depression can afflict people from all walks of life, and often it h

56、its the most ambitious, creative and conscientious. It is fallacious to think that people on the corporate rung of the social ladder are not prone (易于) to this malady (疾病). In fact, executives and professionals who are burdened with mounting pressures in their work may succumb to all these pressures

57、 and become depressed. The suicide of Vincent Foster, Jr., a noted American lawyer and White House official is a case in point. Despite the glamour of his position, which many people thought enviable, the felt overburdened with pressures and decided to take the easy way out.Studies show that people

58、born later in this century have experienced much more depression than those born earlier. In fact the rate of depression over the last two generations has increased tenfold. Experts theorize that it could be due to the fact that the younger generations have higher expectations from life and are ther

59、efore more likely to suffer from failure, disappointment and hence, depression.Depression is easily recognizable. The depressed person feels sad or down in the dumps, and loses interest in even the most pleasurable activities. Moreover, he suffers from either significant gain or loss of weight, slee

60、plessness or oversleeping, sluggish movement and thinking, fatigue, feelings of guilt and worthlessness, impaired concentration and forgetfulness, and in extreme cases, the afflicted person may have suicidal tendencies. It is often believed that depression runs in the family, but this is not conclus