(8)大学英语四级考试模拟试题

大学英语四级考试模拟试题 Model Test Eight Part Listening Comprehension Directions 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 D and then mark your answer by writing the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet Section A 11 A At 2 50 B At 3 50 C At 1 50 D At 4 50 12 A Murder B Burglary C Stealing D Robbery 13 A She is seldom happy B She is always happy C She likes her new job D She hardly likes her new job 14 A New York B Chicago C Los Angeles D Washington 15 A Saying goodbye to a friend B Buying a ticket for a sports event C Paying a bill at the bank D Arranging a plane trip for the woman 16 A She thinks that the man is strange B She wants the policeman to protect her C She does not know how to get to the nearest hotel D She does not know how to talk with a stranger 17 A He is interested only in her ideas B He will accept a later paper from her C He will not accept a later paper from her D He wants her to hand in her paper immediately 18 A Two years ago B Last year C This year D In December 19 A He needs to take one more course as required B He plays an instrument the group needs C She thinks taking the course would improve his grades in general D She thinks he s the best musician at the college 20 A Once a week B Twice a week C Every other day D Every evening 21 A Cello B Piano C Violin D Bass 22 A Try to find his music books B Look for a new instrument C Start taking lessons from a professional D Practice playing his instrument 23 A It is made of hour tomato and cheese B It is made of flour fish and chocolate C It can be flavored with various things D It doesn t contain any fish 24 A Low calorie B Low protein C High calorie D Very strange 25 A Two years B Three years C Four years D A few years Section B Passage 1 26 A It is as long as the civilization of India B It is as long as that of any western country C It is a little shorter than civilization of India D It is longer than the civilization of India 27 A It belongs exclusively to the nation s wealthiest B It is believed by only the illiterate masses C It has an increasing number of gods D It is gradually replaced by the idea of materialism 28 A Because it is based on real stories B Because it evolves with human history C Because it is believed by many people D Because it has such a long history Passage 2 29 A Crowded air traffic B The large size of airplanes C Mistakes by air traffic controllers D Bad weather 30 A 79 and 176 B 69 and 197 C 69 and 176 D 79 and 197 31 A To show that air travel is far safer than driving a car B To show the great importance of pilots C To give an example of air disasters D To show the key role played by air traffic controllers 32 A Those who were born in spring B Those who were born in summer C Those who were born in autumn D Those who were born in winter Passage 3 33 A Seasonal differences in what mothers ate during pregnancy B Infection occurring at different times of the year C Its family background D Both A and B 34 A At the beginning of the 18th century B At the beginning of the 19th century C At the beginning of the 20th century D At the beginning of the 21th century 35 A A mother giving birth in spring will eat less vitamins than those giving birth in autumn B In summer babies are likely to suffer infections of the digestive system C In Austria adults born in autumn lived longer than those born in spring D Although nutrition at all times of the year has improved the seasonal pattern persists Section C The new medical insurance system that will see gradual will see gradual introduction this year will change the life and healthcare for China s 400 million 36 residents Unlike now employees of 37 owned enterprises will no longer be 38 under the new 39 People who have enjoyed virtually free medical care working for government offices and state owned businesses will have to learn to be 40 when dealing with health problems Employees of China s state owned enterprises and institutions 41 enjoyed free medical care with expenses 42 by the government and state owned enterprises According to the new system both the employers and employees will share medical expenses Enterprises will contribute six percent of the entire 43 salaries to medical care insurance 44 The rest will be set aside as overall medical funds 45 The overall medical funds the pool of money created by the employer will start contributing to medical expenses when they exceed 10 per cent of that person s average annual income 46 the money will be subtracted from that individual account 答案 11 C12 D13 C14 D15 D16 C17 B18 C19 B20 A 21 C22 D 23 C24 A25 D26 D27 C28 B29 D30 C 31 D32 C33 D34 C35 C 36 urban 37 non publicly 38 excluded 39 scheme 40 thriftier 41 previously 42 shouldered 43 staff s 44 Of that total thirty percent will go to employees personal accounts 45 Employees will have to pay two percent of their monthly salaries into their personal medical insurance accounts 46 When medical costs for a person are below ten per cent of the patient s average annual income Part Writing 30 minutes Directions for this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Online Chat You should write at least 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline given below in Chinese 1 随着计算机和网络的普及 网上聊天越来越普遍 2 网上聊天有一定的好处 但也带来一些问题 Online Chat With the Internet joining people all over the world online chat has become very common in our daily life For college students in China most of them have experiences in online chatting Just imagine you can chat with your parents friends or even strangers by using the Internet However the magic of online chat is the freedom that you will experience while you are chatting online You can express your thoughts feelings and experiences to people whom you have never met You can easily make friends and find someone you love However fascinating online chat may be never spend too much time on it For us college students the priority is to complete our education and get ourselves prepared for the future Besides the Internet can be an ugly world Be aware of the possibility that you may be trapped in the Internet and find yourself lost Part Reading Comprehension Skimming and Scanning 15 minutes The United Nations The World in One Building Do you know the old Arab story about a bird called the phoenix First it burned to death Then it came back to life That doesn t sound believable does it But there is an example of the phoenix in our own time The United Nations In 1945 it brought the dream of world peace back to life again after World War Reasons for the existence of the UN Since the day of its birth the United Nations has been the subject of much debate Some people attack the organization because they think it is too powerful Others think that it is too weak We can better understand this debate if we learn more about the UN and its history The UN was started for two reasons First when the idea was born people all over the world were tired of war They were tired not just of World War but of war itself They felt that there must be peaceful answers to the world s problems They felt that only an international organization could keep world peace The second reason was that modern science had developed new bombs and airplanes These weapons made it almost impossible for a country to defend itself National borders were beginning to lose their meaning There was also a feeling that this was only the beginning Science would develop even more dangerous weapons in the future Only an international organization would be able to control modern science Founders of the UN Franklin Delano Roosevelt who was President of the United States at the time believed that the Allies should plan for peace before the war ended On December 1 1943 Roosevelt Winston Churchill of Great Britain and Joseph Stalin of the former Soviet Union agreed to start an organization for world peace They asked all countries large and small to join them During the next year and a half the idea of such an organization was debated in all the capitals of the world Then came a big day in modern history On April 11 1945 the first international meeting of the United Nations took place in San Francisco The goal of the meeting was to write the UN Charter All of the fifty one nations at the meeting had their own ideas to offer for the Charter After a long debate a Charter was agreed upon Every nation present voted for the Charter no one voted against it The UN Charter The UN Charter is a beautiful piece of writing In language it explains why the UN was started The reasons are 1 to keep world peace 2 to find answers to the world s social and economic problems 3 to win respect for human rights and 4 to help win freedom for people on earth Since 1945 the number of nations that have signed the UN Charter has more than doubled These countries contain almost the whole population of the world Every kind of government can be found at the UN And there is one idea which all these countries agree on the need for world peace A brief introduction to the UN Most of the offices of the United Nations are in New York City But there are other important UN offices all over the world The World Health Organization for example is in Geneva Switzerland The International Court of Justice is in Hague Holland The buildings in New York stand along the East River on the island of Manhattan The park around them leads right to the water The park contains many works of art that were given as presents to the UN by member countries There is a Russian work of art next to an American one In another part of the garden there is a beautiful Japanese bell In some ways the garden itself shows the idea of the UN peace among the nations of the world Outside the UN buildings there is a line of flags almost five blocks long These are the flags of the member nations The flag of the United Nations flies above them When all the flags are flying the General Assembly is meeting inside The Workings of the UN The General Assembly is the most important part of the UN At its meetings any country can bring a problem to the attention of the world But the first big problem of the UN was what language to use How would the delegates understand each other Should they translate everything into all languages or should they choose one language and translate everything into it They decided to do neither Instead they chose five languages Everything that is spoken at the General Assembly is translated into Chinese English French Russian and Spanish Above the hall of the General Assembly there are several little glass rooms The translators sit inside them They are very good at their jobs They must be able to listen to delegates and to translate at the same time This is a difficult but very important job One small mistake could cause many problems The Security Council also meets in New York Its job is to solve serious problems before they lead to war It also has the power to send an army into a country if members of the Security Council agree There are many other smaller organizations in the UN One is supposed to help countries with their economic and social problems Another is supposed to help countries win independence Another is meat to help women all over the world Different Opinion about the UN Since its earliest days many people have criticized the UN They say that the UN is too weak As an example they say that some member countries promise to respect human rights but many member countries show little or no respect for human rights The UN can do nothing about this Some also say that the Security Council is too weak to do any good This happens because all five big powers have to agree before the UN can act But there are many people who defend the United Nations They say that only the citizens of a country can make their government respect human rights The UN can act only when two countries are at war It can t help the people of a country fight their own government Another important defense of the UN is this where would we be without it When someone speaks at the UN everyone hears about it There are reports in the newspapers on the radio and on television No one can stop the debates at the UN Even the smallest country on earth can have its voice heard We are all citizens of the United Nations Each of us should learn more about how this important organization works If we work to make it better maybe this phoenix will never burn to death again Y The author writes this article to some extent in order to defend the existence of the UN in spite of the various negative opinions about it Y The first international meeting of the United Nations was held in 1945 attended by fifty one member nations N The author seems to say that the sole purpose for the creation of the UN at that time was to end World War as soon as possible NG According to the UN Charter every member nation has the duty to fight against terrorism N Translation for the UN General Assembly is a very important job because they must be able to listen and translate at the same time Y Without the permission from the members of the Security Council the Security Council cannot send an army into countries at war to help keep peace and solve serious problems Y The article cites the example that some member countries promise to respect human rights but many member countries show little or no respect for human rights in order to show that the UN is too weak to do anything about it In talking about the role of the UN the author says that frontiers of nations have lost their meaning because of modern science technology The article says in the last paragraph that since we are citizens of the United Nations we should learn more about the world organization and understand how how the UN works In spite of their widely different opinions the one idea that all countries agree on is that the world needs peace Part Reading Comprehension Reading in Depth 25 minutes Section A Kitchen duties may have traditionally been viewed as women s work but not at the White House Until now Cristeta Comerford has been named executive chef After an 1 D six month search first lady Laura Bush announced Sunday that Comerford was chosen from hundreds of 2 K to head the executive kitchen A naturalized US citizen from the Philippines she will be the first woman and first 3 B to hold the post The 42 year old Comerford has been an assistant chef at the White House for 10 years She worked under former executive chef Walter Scheib who 4 I in February Scheib said Sunday that Comerford was 5 F the best assistant he had in his 30 year career and is a wonderful choice to take over He said she is a great cook with an artistic eye and a calm manner that can 6 H the pressure cooker in the White House kitchen Comerford has a bachelor s degree in Food Technology from the University of the Philippines She has worked at Le Ciel in Vienna Austria and restaurants in two Washington hotels While being executive chef at the White House is honorable the job also can be 7 L commerford will be in charge of everything from state dinners for world leaders to dessert for the commander in chief his family and guests The head chef is 8 A for designing and executing menus for state dinners social events holiday functions receptions and official luncheons 9 O by the president and first lady The job pays 10 E 80 000 100 000 a year A responsible B minority C challenge D extensive E approximately F undoubtedly G identical H handleI resigned J convinced K applicants L exhausting M skillfully N regained O hosted Section B Passage One The more women and minorities make their way into the ranks of management the more they seem to want to talk about things formerly judged to be best left unsaid The newcomers also tend to see office matters with a fresh eye in the process sometimes coming up with critical analyses of the forces that shape everyone s experience in the organization Consider the novel views of Harvey Coleman of Atlanta on the subject of getting ahead Coleman is black He spent 11 years with IBM and now serves as a consultant to the likes of AT people act on the basis of messages they receive from others and how they understand those messages This can be seen in a concept developed by sociologist Charles Horton Cooley known as the looking glass self By the looking glass self Cooley meant the self image that each of us develops according to the messages we receive from others we think and behave according to our understanding of those messages If for example a young girl is repeatedly told that she is pretty she will come to believe that 1 she is in fact pretty and 2 being pretty is an important thing in her life Similarly if she is told that she is not good or not expected to be good at certain things such as math she will come to believe that she is not good at such things and would be better off working at things she can be successful at The likely product is a young woman who devotes a great deal of attention to her appearance regards being pretty as a key to success in life and who is intimidated by anything connected with numbers Since we know that young girls are given messages like these and that young boys are given different messages we can see a good part of how sex roles are taught There is little or no evidence of differences in what young girls and young boys can do but the older children become the greater the differences in the areas in which boys and girls are interested C According to the passage if one is given a certain message about himself or herself time and again he or she will A regard it as important in all his or her life B pay much attention to his or her appearance C find it believable and then behave accordingly D make it known to others to see whether it is true C Cooley s concept of looking glass self can help us understand A