英语四级2013年12月模拟题

Model Test Five Part I Writing 30 minutes Directions For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the necessity of reducing waste on campus You should write at Least 120 words but no more than180 words Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1 注意 此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答 Part II Listening Comprehension 30 minutes Section A Directions In this section you wilt hear 8 short conversations and 2 Long conversations At the end of each conversation one or more questions will be asked about what was said Both the conversation and the questions 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 Answer Sheet 1 with a single Line through the centre 注意 此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答 1 A She hasn t finished reading the book B She won t lend her book to the man C The man doesn t need the book D The man can use her book if he likes 2 A To make an appointment with Mr Green B To arrange a date with the woman C To postpone his appointment with Mr Green to 4 o clock D To make sure that Mr Green will see him at 4 o clock 3 A The blue one is too fancy for him B Blue is one of his favorite colors C He doesn t like either of the two D He never wears silk or wool 4 A Buy a computer for himself B Borrow some money to buy a computer C Wait a while before buying a computer D Find a better way to invest his savings 5 A He decides not to take chemistry B He s been tired of physics C He s already found a partner D He s too busy to find a partner 6 A Buying a car from an advertisement B Putting an advertisement in newspaper C Dealing with a second hand car D Taking in a newspaper for a week 7 A The two speakers will go home first B The two speakers will have dinner at home C The two speakers will have dinner outside D The two speakers won t go to the concert 8 A Ask the professor when he ll be available B Help the woman to contact the professor C Solve the question for the woman D Ask the professor to clarify the question Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard 9 A To have one of her teeth filled B To have one of her teeth pulled C To have her teeth cleaned D To have her teeth examined 10 A Have one s heart transplanted B Have one s teeth transplanted C Advance the tooth filling technique D Reduce pain in tooth pulling and filling 11 A Tooth transplant is expensive B Dentists are working on tooth transplant C Tooth transplant has been successful D Tooth transplant has failed Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard 12 A Italy B Portugal C Spain D Costa Rica 13 A She may not find a suitable hotel B She has never been abroad C She hasn t booked tickets for her family D She has to take her children with her 14 A It should have a swimming pool B It should be very quiet C It should be in the downtown D It should be on the beach 15 A Using a tent B Finding a new hotel C Trying the hotel D Giving up that hotel Section B Directions In this section you will hear 3 short passages At the end of each passage you will hear some questions Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once After you hear a question you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A B C and D Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single Line through the centre 注意 此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答 Passage One Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard 16 A The reason why early men were so intelligent B The tools that belonged to early men C The language development of early men D The way the human brain works 17 A It forced early men to do calculations B It improved early men s ability to hunt C It enabled early men to think of new ideas D It motivated early men to eat more 18 A People could use words to improve performance B People could manage their time better than before C People could make their emotions understood better D People could share ideas with each other and other generations Passage Two Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard 19 A To guarantee the students safety on the roads B To help the parents save money C To save time for the parents and students D To relieve the traffic pressure on the road 20 A It is only prepared for children far away from their school B It involves a bus service from Milton to Impington and back C It requires parents to pay less than 60 a term for the service D It is to be tried out for children in Western England 21 A By letting the bus run in the morning only B By limiting the number of the students C By obtaining the support from the government D By linking the new bus service with the existing one Passage Three Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard 22 A Lifting your soup bowl to your mouth B Making a noise when eating C Raising your elbows to the shoulder D Putting your elbows on the table 23 A Putting your hands on the table all the time B Making noise while eating any kind of food C Eating your meals quickly and clearly D Keeping your elbows away from the table 24 A Eating with your right hand B Refusing the offer of the host and hostess C Being unaware of your legs D Eating with your left hand 25 A Imitate what your host and hostess do B Do what you usually do at home C Avoid looking after your own needs D Know about the details of table manners in advance Section C Directions 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 with the exact words you have just heard 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卡答题卡 1 上作答 Everybody wants to get wealthy In today s 26 world making money or becoming wealthy symbolizes a person s success and capability Many people just make every effort pay any price to 27 greater wealth With money they can buy nice large 28 in nice neighborhoods with money they can own stately 29 cars Wealth seems to bring all happiness in life But is wealth the only road to happiness Not really There are many things in the world which are beyond 30 money such as friendship love health and knowledge Many people are so preoccupied with 31 money that they have no time or would not take the time to form or maintain friendship What happiness can they feel living as lonely 32 creatures with no true love or friends in the world even if they 33 tremendous wealth In my opinion people can t do anything without money but money is not everything What money will bring you depends on your personal 34 and goal in life If you are kind enough to help others especially the poor money is a good thing for you With it you can do much more for the benefit of people and your country and it will 35 your own happiness If you want money just for your own needs you ll never be satisfied or happy In a word only if you are generous can money be the source of your happiness Part III Reading Comprehension 40 minutes Section A Directions 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 the bank is identified by a letter Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as silent the film has never been in the full sense of the word silent From the very beginning music was regarded as an 36 accompaniment when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the United States in February 1896 they were 37 by piano improvisations 即兴创作 on popular tunes At first the music played 38 no special relationship to the films an accompaniment of any kind was 39 Within a very short time however the incongruity 不协调 of playing lively music to a 40 film became apparent and film pianists began to take some care in 41 their pieces to the mood of the film As movie theaters grew in number and importance a violinist and perhaps a cellist would be added to the pianist in certain 42 and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed For a number of years the selection of music for each film program 43 entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra and very often the principal 44 for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown the musical arrangement was 45 improvised in the greatest hurry 注意 此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答 A sufficient B incredible C accompanied D comparatively E matching F rested G normally H occasions I bore J qualification K solemn L indispensable M severe N according O cases Section B Directions In this section you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived You may choose a paragraph more than once Each paragraph is marked with a letter Answer the questions by marking the corresponding Letter on Answer Sheet 2 It Ain t Easy Being Green Green stories of hotels A Over the summer I stayed at four hotels in the United States They were all owned by different companies but they had one thing in common A little card on the bathroom counter telling me that the establishment was very concerned about the environment and appealing to me to do my part to help them save the earth by hanging up my wet towels and using them again the next day Two of the hotels also placed a card next to the bed informing me that housekeeping would not change the sheets unless I left the card on the pillow B It is true that keeping all those towels clean requires an enormous amount of electricity and water and soap and that cutting down on the number of loads of laundry would be more eco friendly than my insisting on a new towel each day But am I a heartless cynic for doubting that a collective environmental anxiety has seized the hotel industry C Here is an alternative explanation All that water soap and electricity costs a lot of money and eats into the hotel s profits A little card on the counter telling customers that they won t get new towels because the hotel doesn t want to pay for laundry wouldn t go over very well But by couching it as a green campaign the hotels actually get credit for providing less service to their customers while pocketing the difference D Industry groups that advise hotels on becoming more environmentally friendly tend to stress the money they ll save just as much as the benefits to the planet Why should hotels be green asks the Green Hotels Association s Web site Haven t you heard Being green goes directly to your bottom line The site explains that by getting guests to recycle towels and sheets hotels can save 5 percent on utility bills Some days housekeeping workers who usually clean 15 rooms a day don t change a single bed said one satisfied hotel owner who estimates that 70 percent of people staying more than one night participate in the program Another member reports that far fewer guests ask for new towels E So let s review We give up a nice luxury to save the hotel money the hotel congratulates itself on being green for peer pressuring us into giving up the luxury under the excuse of environmental consciousness the hotel keeps the money Nice work After all even if profit is the motive the net result is a reduction in the hotel s carbon footprint But here s what gets me the hotels I stayed in this sunmer didn t seem all that interested in being green when it came to other things The lobby of the big resort was air conditioned to meat locker temperatures All day long that frosty air rushed out the vast double doors which were left open in the July heat The resort also had a fleet of big gas guzzling 耗油 vans idling at the curb to transport guests around the grounds Green stories of companies F Hotels are not the only offenders in this kind of green fakery Some companies have embraced conservation for real They build headquarters with solar panels and rainwater collection systems they think of the environmental impact of every aspect of their businesses and actually change the way they do things to reduce waste But this is labor intensive often expensive and takes commitment Faced with that many corporations take a different approach They don t do much of anything to change the way they do business but make a big show of their contribution to Mother Earth G It s usually easy to spot these companies They make their customers do the work and then take the credit In the name of saving the planet my cable TV operator keeps asking for permission to stop sending paper statements in the mail each month Instead fm supposed to check my statement online The real reason of course is that doing so would save them paper printing and postage This is a perfectly reasonable reason for them to want me to switch But when they pretend that it s all about the environment it just makes me hate my cable company even more than I already do Green stories of ad campaigns H Sometimes a good ad campaign does a better job of enhancing a company s green reputation than going through the expense and difficulty of adopting actual environmentally sound practices Billboards in Washington appeal to me to join the cause I will unplug stuff more reads one Another says I will at least consider buying a hybrid 合成物 These ads are the work of Chevron the giant oil company whose Will You Join Us ads try to convince people that saving the planet is at the top of their fist You might think that if Chevron was really worried about problems like global warming they would spend some of those dollars lobbying Congress to adopt stricter gas mileage 英里数 requirements for automobiles They do not do this Instead fm apparently supposed to praise them as environmental heroes because they tell me to unplug my toaster and think about getting a Toyota Prius I Yet ad campaigns like these work Chevron lands at No 371 out of 500 companies on Newsweek s green ranlangs But it claims the No 62 spot when it comes to green reputation thanks in part to those pretty polished ads Green marketing has also helped Wal Mart appear kinder and gentler in recent years To be fair the retailing giant has done more than redesign its logo The company which ranks 59th on Newsweek s list has embraced a series of in house green initiatives and is demanding its suppliers do the same The result Wal Mart scores first place in our reputation survey J Given the power of positive marketing it s easy to see why those little towel cards are so popular enough so that there are now a lot of companies that market them to hotels along with all manner of products intended to make customers feel good about themselves while helping the hotels feel good about their bank balances I suppose it is time that I step up and do my part On behalf of the planet I will dutifully sleep on day old sheets But please for the love of all that is good and right keep the towels coming 注意 此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答 46 Industry groups tend to emphasize the money hotels can save along with the benefits to the environment when they persuade hotels into being eco friendly 47 Some companies take the real actions to embrace conservation while others are just green fakeries 48 Cutting down the number of loads of laundry can save a large amount of electricity and water for the hotels 49 One way to spot the green fakery is to see whether the company makes its customers do the work and then takes the credit itself 50 Ad campaigns help companies like Chevron raise their ranks of green reputation 51 In America it is common for hotels to appeal to customers to recycle towels 52 It is estimated that seventy percent of the hotel guests are willing to participate in the green program launched by the hotels 53 As for enhancing a company s green reputation it is more effective to set up an ad campaign with eco friendly slogans than to take up actual green programs 54 The hotels purpose of not changing the towel is to get credit for providing less service to their customers 55 Hotels shows indifference to be green in some aspects like air conditioning in the hotel lobby Section C Directions There are 2 passages in this section 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single Line through the centre Passage One Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage U S Education Secretary Arne Duncan appealed Friday for a new generation of extraordinary teachers calling education the civil rights cause of our time Duncan told about 100 prospective 未来的 teachers at the University of Virginia that veterans retirees and professionals seeking a second career must pay attention to the call to teach He said the need is especially acute for black men in the nation s classroom The Virginia address is the first of several Duncan will make in October to press for bright candidates to enter teaching He ll host a virtual town meeting with teachers from around the nation on Oct 20 then deliver a major address on teacher preparation two days later in New York City Duncan stressed the importance of teaching as the U S competes with an increasingly educated global work force saying strong