2012大学英语四级模拟题(备考最佳选择).doc

分院 专业 班级 姓名 学号 封 装 线 请考生拿到试卷后做好听力考试的试音准备。. Listening Comprehension （共20分，1-15题每题1分，16-19题每题0.5分，20-21每题1.5分）Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, one question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the several choices, and decide which the best answer is.注意：此部分试题请在答题卷上作答，在此作答无成绩。1. A) The man should try to be more understanding.B) The mans wife should be more understanding.C) The mans negative attitude may be derived from his childhood.D) The pessimism of mans wife may be the result of her past experiences.2. A) A snowstorm. B) An earthquake.C) A traffic accident.D) A hurricane.3. A) The two speakers are classmates.B) The man is majoring in elementary education.C) The woman is majoring in elementary education.D) The two speakers got to know each other in a class.4. A) Shes got a stomachache. B) She feels perfectly fine.C) Shes going to get married.D) Shes going to have a baby.5. A) It is the best city hes ever visited. B) It was worse than he had expected.C) It is difficult to get around in the city. D) The hotel service is terrible in the city.6. A) To encourage them. B) To stop them immediately.C) To give some explanation.D) To leave them alone.7. A) Unemployment.B) Family breakup.C) Mental problems.D) Drinking.8. A) The woman is the mans boss. B) The man is the womans husband.C) The woman is the headmaster of a school.D) The woman wants to know something about a student.9. A) They are attending a concert. B) They are negotiating about a price.C) They are planning to go for a date. D) They are buying something for their firm.10. A) The man is a football fan. B) The man needs the womans help.C) The man didnt watch TV last night. D) The man often has power failure at home.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear a short passage. At the end of the passage, you will hear 5 questions. You must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.注意：此部分试题请在答题卷上作答，在此作答无成绩。Listen to the following short passage, and answer the questions from 11 to 1511. A) By studying many, many sick people. B) By studying people who didnt get sick.C) By studying lateral thinking. D) With help from Dr. de Bono.12. A) Never giving up. B) Getting help from others.C) Moving sideways. D) Changing you point of view.13. A) The aggressive attitude of vertical thinking. B) Traditionally western lateral thinking.C) A way to change your point of view. D) How Edward de Bono likes to solve problems.14. A) To discuss a major medical breakthroughB) To introduce a new concept of problem solvingC) To talk about the life of Edward de BonoD) To control Eastern and Western ways of thinking15. A) In the early 18th century. B) In the late 18th century.C) In the early 19th century. D) In the late 19th century.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 16 to 19 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 20 to 21 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words 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 you have written.注意：此部分试题请在答题卷上作答，在此作答无成绩。Can you recite the alphabet easily and quickly? Can you write your name (16) _? Can you play scales(音阶) on a musical instrument?You would probably say that you memorized all this. But what you actually did was to learn them. And the way you learned them was by forming a (17) _! In other words, what was once quite difficult for you, such as reciting the alphabet or playing scales, became easy and almost automatic when you formed the habit of doing it. So (18) _ can be described as learning by means of forming habit.A human being has a tremendous number of such habits that (19) _ him to do most of the ordinary things in life, such as fastening buttons or washing hands. But suppose you read a book and then someone asked you what the book was about, or how to describe the plot. (20) _.But if you examine the situation carefully, you will see that something very much like habit does play a part. For example, with ordinary habits, (21) _. Now, when you give the plot of a book, or tell what its about, you are doing the same kind of thing. In fact, some psychologists say that all learning (and this also means money) is made up of a vast combination of simple habits. Vocabulary（共10分，每题0.5分）Section ADirections: Spell the following words with the help of their meanings or definitions and the first letter.注意：此部分试题请在答题卷上作答，在此作答无成绩。22. q _ i _stop (sth.doing sth.)23. posi _ _ _ _ ly in a positive or optimistic way; confidently24. trans _ _ _pass (sth.) from one person or place to another25. in _ _ _ _ _ _not direct26. aggre _ _ _ _behaving in an angry and violent way towards another personSection BDirections: Match the definitions in Column II with the words or phrases in Column I.注意：此部分试题请在答题卷上作答，在此作答无成绩。 27. immensely A. showing readiness to give money, help, kindness, etc.28. intense B. very much29. greedy C. existing in an extreme degree30. cease D. showing, full of, too great a desire for food, money, power, etc.31. generous E. put an end to; stopSection CDirections: Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes each sentence.注意：此部分试题请在答题卷上作答，在此作答无成绩。32. Though she began her _ by singing in a local pop group, she is now a famous movie star.A) employment B) career C) occupation D) profession33. The rest of the day was entirely at his_ for reading or recreation.A) dismissal B) survival C) disposal D) arrival34. On New Years Eve, New York City holds an outdoor_ which attracts a crowd of people.A) affair B) incident C) case D) event35. The doctor told Penny that too much _ to the sun is bad for the skin.A) exposure B) extension C) exhibition D) expansion36. He wrote an article criticizing the Greek poet and won _ and a scholarship.A) faith B) status C) fame D) courage37. His wife is constantly finding _ with him, which makes him very angry.A) errors B) shortcomings C) fault D) flaw38. I caught a _ of the taxi before it disappeared around the corner of the street.A) vision B) glimpse C) look D) scene39. John seems a nice person. _, I dont trust him.A) Even though B) Even so C) Therefore D) Though40. These two areas are similar _ they both have a high rainfall during this season.A) to that B) besides thatC) in that D) except that41. Dont let the child play with scissors_ he cuts himself. A) in case B) so that C) now that D) only if. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) （共10分，每题1分）Directions: In this part, you will have15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.For questions 42-48, markY (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.For question 50-51, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.St. Valentines StoryLet me introduce myself. My name is Valentine. I lived in Rome during the third century. That was long, long ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. I didnt like Emperor Claudius, and I wasnt the only one! A lot of people shared my feelings.Claudius wanted to have a big army. He wanted men to volunteer to join. Many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. As you may have guessed, not many men signed up. This made Claudius very angry. So what happened? He had a crazy idea. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people and I all thought his new law was cruel.I was a priest. One of my favorite activities was to marry couples. Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies secretly. It was really quite exciting. Imagine a small candlelit room with only the bride and groom and myself. We would whisper the words of the ceremony, listening all the while for the steps of soldiers.One night, we did hear footsteps. It was frightening! Thank goodness the couple I was marrying escaped in time. I was caught. I was thrown in prison and told that my punishment was death.I tried to stay cheerful. And do you know what? Wonderful things happened. Many young people came to the prison to visit me. They threw flowers and notes up to my window. They wanted me to know that they, too, believed in love.One of these young people was the daughter of the prison guard. Her father allowed her to visit me in the cell. Sometimes we would sit and talk for hours. She helped me to keep my spirits up. She agreed that I did the right thing. On the day I was to die, I left my friend a little note thanking her for her friendship and loyalty. I signed it, “Love from your Valentine.I believe that note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentines Day. It was written on the day I died, February 14, 269 A.D. Now, every year on this day, people think about love and friendship. And when they think of Emperor Claudius, they remember how he tried to stand in the way of love, and they laugh because they know that love cant be beaten!注意：此部分试题请在答题卷上作答，在此作答无成绩。42. Valentine was born in the third century in Rome.A) Y B) N C) NG43.A lot of people liked Emperor Claudius.A) Y B) N C) NG44. Many man didnt want to fight in wars because they did not want to leave their wives and families.A) Y B) N C) NG45. Claudius allowed people to get married.A) Y B) N C) NG46. No young people went to see Valentine.A) Y B) N C) NG47. A boy was allowed to visit Valentine in the cell by his father.A) Y B) N C) NG48. Valentines Day is the most popular festival in the world.A) Y B) N C) NG49. Valentine was a _.50. Valentine was caught and thrown in prison and told that his punishment was _.51. Valentine believed that note started the custom of exchanging love messages on _. Reading Comprehension (reading in depth)（共30分，其中52-61题每题1分，62-71每题2分）Section ADirections In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.注意：此部分试题请在答题卷上作答，在此作答无成绩。A) intense E) partner I) career M) opportunityB) tense F) activist J) school N) conferredC) benefits G) think K) discharge O) changedD) joy H) noted L) mostReading can be so many things: work or (52) _, reality or escape, obligation or opportunity. In this unit, three very different authors reflect on how the act of reading has profoundly (53) _ their lives for the better. In Text A, political (54) _ Malcolm X remembers how his “Prison Studies” gave him a truly deep love of learning and a better (55) _ to develop intellectually than any (56) _ could have. Text B, “Reading for Life”, discuss the many (57) _ of reading, from simple pleasure to helping one make the (58) _ of ones (59) _ opportunities. Finally, in “Moon on a Silver Spoon”, Eudora Welty describes the (60) _ childhood love of books, language, storytelling that would lead her to become one of the most (61) _ writers of America south.Section BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice.注意：此部分试题请在答题卷上作答，在此作答无成绩。Passage OneQuestions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.The first day of April is known as April Fools Day in Europe, in the United States, and in other English-speaking countries. Making fools of people on April 1st is a time-honored and widespread custom. This is a cheerful day when any person, young or old, important or unimportant, may be made an April Fool.Young people are very eager to follow the tradition. They try to find someone unwary enough to fall into their well-prepared traps. Their victims are friends, family members, schoolteachers, etc. Although many of their tricks have often been used before, they do not seem to have lost their power to fool people. There are many kinds of jokes.The origin of this custom still remains unclear. There are several explanations. One of them goes like this. In Europe, until the sixteenth century, March 25th was New Years Day. On April 1st, the last day of the festival, people used to make presents and send them to one another. In 1564, Charles , the French king, used the Gregorian calendar and fixed January 1st as New Years Day. Those who were against the change continued to express their complaints and they gave presents or paid New Years visits on April 1st in fun. Those people became laughingstocks and made other people feel cheerful.62. April Fools Day is the _ day of April.A) 1st B) 2nd C) 3rd D) 4th63. Where is April Fools Day celebrated?A) Europe B) United StatesC) other English-speaking countries D) All of A, B and C64. Who are the victims of the young people on April Fools Day?A) friends B) family membersC) school teachers D) All of A, B and C65. Who used the Gregorian calendar and fixed January 1st as New Years Day in 1564?A) Charles B) Charles C) Charles D) Charles 66. What did the people who were against the change do?A) Express complains. B) Gave presents.C) Paid New Years visit. D) All of A, B and CPassage TwoQuestions 67 to 71 are based in the following passage.When I was growing up, I was interested in science and math and computers. I loved finding out how things worked. At fifteen, I bought myself a computer and took it apart. Those were the days when you could take the top off and, with the help of books, figure out what each of the parts did. (Today, if you unplugged a computer and took off the top, youd see a big black chip in there, and youd have no idea what it does!) Playing with that computer taught me that you learn almost everything by doing.My early curiosity about computers helped lead me to the job I have today, which I love. So whenever I see kids becoming passionate about an interest or pursuit, I try to encourage them. Maybe your curiosity will lead you to a job you love, too.Its good to be curious. I also think its good to look for opportunities and to try new ways of doing things.At one of my first jobs, I learned this lesson through experience. I was sixteen, and I got a job with the Houston Post, selling newspaper subscriptions over the telephone. My co-workers and I would call people and say, “Hey, would you like to buy the Houston Post?”During my first few weeks, I figured out that most people who wanted to buy the newspaper were either moving or getting married. So I thought, “Well, how can I get the names of all these people who are moving or getting married?”I did some research and found out that a lot of that information is legally available to anyone. Once I learned how to get those names and addresses, I sent out offers to buy the newspaper. My experiment was a success! Within my first month on the job, I became the top salesperson.67. What was the author interested in _ when he was growing up? A) science B) mathC) computers D) All of A, B and C 68. When did the author buy himself a computer? A) At his 14. B) At his 15.C) At his 16. D) At his 17. 69. Where did the author get a job when he was sixteen? A) Washington Post B) USA TodayC) Houston Post D) China Daily70. What kind of people wanted to buy Houston Post? A) the people who were moving B) the people who were getting married C) either A or B D) neith