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1、书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘学子：学业有成，金榜题名！语言类考试复习资料大全公共英语四级模拟114公共英语四级模拟114Section Listening ComprehensionPart A (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1.答案:78,760解析 Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, occupying the northern part of the islands of Great Britain. It has an area of 78,760 square kilomete

2、rs. About two thirds of Scotland is covered by the highlands. Ben Nevis, which is located in the highlands of Grampian Mountains, is the highest mountain of Great Britain. It is 1343 meters high. This region is one of the least populated areas of Great Britain. The central lowlands of Scotland which

3、 include the valley of the Clyde, Tay and Forth rivers are the most important parts in Scotland. Most of the industrial centers, farmland and three quarters of the population of Scotland are all located here. The capital city, Edinburgh and the largest city of Scotland Glasgow are both located in th

4、is area. The rich Scotland culture has gone through many changes since the past years. Scotland was mostly inhabited by the Celtic descendants in the Scottish Highlands. Scots dominated the Southern part of the country. Mostly the Scots are smart and vigilant. The Scottish culture is very energetic.

5、 The Edinburghs International Festival of Music and Drama reflects the culture 6f Scotland. It is one of the biggest cultural events. 2.答案: highlands3.答案: 13434.答案: Edinburgh5.答案: largestPart B (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. The talk is mainly about tile method used to assign答案:housing to students解析W: I ne

6、ed to make sure you understand how to get housing for next year. When you entered as first year students this year, the school assigned you to a dorm and a roommate. But next year as returning students, youll choose both your roommate and your dorm. But whether or not you actually get to live in you

7、r first choice depends on what number you or your roommate draws in the lottery system. The system gives priority to the students who have been here the longest. Fourth year students get the first block of numbers, third years students get the second block and second years, like youll be, get the th

8、ird. The lower the number you draw, the sooner you choose. No. 1 gets the first choice, No. 2 gets the second choice, and so on. You can use either your own or your intended roommates number to make your room choice. If your roommate for next year has been in the school longer than you have, theyll

9、be in a better block of numbers and so will have a better number than any second year student. But most of you will probably be sharing with other second year students and so neither of you may have a great number. You may not get into your first or even second choice. Of course, if youve made plans

10、 to live off campus, you dont need to enter the lottery at all. Dorm space will be especially tight this year because the dorms on the north campus will be closed for renovations. This means that those of you who draw the worst numbers wont be able to get dorm housing at all. In that case the housin

11、g office will help you find off campus housing.解析 本题考查主旨大意。我们需要对短文进行整体把握和归纳。在听的时候，首先应当把握题干中的关键词“assign”，集中注意力寻找关键词出现的信息；其次，短文听力的主旨大意往往出现在三个地方；开头、结尾、中间。结合这两点，我们发现，短文开头提到：“I need to make sure you understand how to get housing for next yearWhen you entered as first year student this year，the school ass

12、igned you to a dorm and a roommate(我想确保你们清楚明年如何获得住宿。今年，作为新生入校，由学校来为你们分配宿舍和室友)”。由此判断，短文讲述的是给学生分配住宿的方法。2. The school assigned first year student to a dorm and a答案:roommate解析 本题考查细节理解。浏览题干，我们可以判断出，题干中的关键信息在于“assign first year student to a dorm”，因此应该注意出现该类信息的地方。具体原文参看第6题，可知“学校为新生分配宿舍和室友”。3. Who will get

13、 the third block of number?答案:Second year students解析 本题考查细节理解。原文中提到：“Fourth year students get the first block of numbers，third years get the second block and second years get the third”，听到的就是答案，即：“Second year students(二年级学生)”。4. Students arent expected to enter the housing lottery if they live答案:off

14、 campus解析 本题考查细节理解。浏览题干，关键词是“if they live”，信息提示词是“not enter the housing lottery”，原文中出现的信息顺序和题干是相反的，即条件在信息提示词前面，而不是后面。原文中提到：“If youve (students) made plans to live off campus，you dont need to enter the lottery at all(如果有学生计划住在校外，就没有必要参加住宿的抓阄抽号)”。5. Due to renovations, the dorms on North campus will b

15、e答案:closed解析 本题考查细节理解。原文中出现：“Dorm space will be especially tight this year because the dorms on the north campus will be closed for renovations(今年宿舍会特别紧张，因为北校区的宿舍要修缮，需关闭)”。可见原文的信息基本和题干中的信息提示词完全吻合。Part C (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. In 1998, the total value transacted in e-commerce was _.A.$ 680 000 milli

16、onB.$ 68 900 millionC.$ 68 900 billionD.$16 890 billion答案:B解析 Prophecies of the expanding global e-commerce are breathtaking. Andersen Consulting, for instance, predicts the growth that has already started to increase rapidly. The total value transacted in e-commerce was $ 68 900 million in 1998,but

17、 increased to $ 354 000 million by the year 2006! The General Electric Company already draws most of its revenues from e-commerce. Some in the metal industries say the new technologies will not seriously change the way they do business. They think that only standard and second class products will be

18、 traded through the web. Those with vision say the changes will be greater than generally expected, They predict a future where tailor-made industrial products will be sold and marketed on the web just like computers and electronic equipment are mid today. Part of the business might soon be covered

19、by virtual producers that only organize the value chain. the logistics without any production capacity of their own, buying and selling metals and metal products with open prices. This new species of market animal may turn out to be a real killer for those who are slow to come up with their products

20、 and do not have a flexible system for meeting challenges rapidly. Only quality and service will keep their business alive and profitable. And this quality means physical product quality as well as process efficiency, from order to delivery, including a significant cut in tile lean times. In a few y

21、ears many industrial products will be bought and sold on the Internet, either at auction-type sites or via one-on-one customer specific sites. 本题答案信息对应于独白第三句话：The total value.was $68 900 million in l998，考生应注意的是数字的读法，以及million与billion的发音区别。2. Some people in the metal industry think the new trend will

22、 _.A.seriously change the way they do businessB.seriously damage the way they do businessC.not seriously change the way they do businessD.not seriously damage the way they do business答案:C本题答案对应于独白第五句话：Some in the metal industry.will not seriously change the way they do business，即他们认为新技术对他们的经营方式不会产生大

23、的影响，选C。3. Some people in the metal industry think only _ products will be traded on the web.A.standard and second classB.high-techC.computer and softwareD.industrial答案:A本题答案对应于独白第六句话：They think that only standard and second class products will be traded through the web。而由前面一句可知这里的They指的就是some (peopl

24、e) in the metal industry (冶金行业的一些人)，选A。 (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 4. What is the womans present position?A.An employee in the city council at Birmingham.B.Assistant Director of the Admission Office.C.Head of the Overseas Students Office.D.Secretary of Birmingham Medical School.答案:B解析M: Sarah, you work in

25、 the admission office, dont you?W: Yes, Ive been working here for ten years as assistant director.M: Really? What does that involve?W: Well, Im in charge of all the admissions of postgraduate students in the university.M: Only postgraduates?W: Yes, postgraduates only. I have nothing at all to do wit

26、h undergraduates.M: Do you find that you get particularsort of. different national groups? I mean, do you get large numbers from Latin America or.W: Yes. Well, of all the students enrolled last year, nearly half were from overseas. They were from African countries, the Far East, the Middle East, and

27、 Latin America.M: Em. But have you been doing just that for the last 10 years, or, have you done other things?W: Well, Ive been doing the same job. Er, before that, I was secretary of the medical school at Birmingham, and further back, I worked in the local government.M: Oh, I see.W: So Ive done dif

28、ferent types of things.M: Yes, indeed. How do you imagine your job might develop in the future? Can you imagine shifting into a different kind of responsibility or doing something else?W: Oh, yes, from October 1, I11 be doing an entirely different job. Theres going to be more committee work. I mean,

29、 more policy work, and less dealing with students. Unfortunately, Ill miss my contact with students.5. What do we learn about the postgraduates enrolled last year in the womans university?A.Nearly fifty percent are foreigners.B.About fifteen percent are from Africa.C.A large majority are from Latin

30、America.D.A small number are from the Far East.答案:A6. What will the womans new job be like?A.She will have more contact with students.B.It will bring her capability into fuller play.C.She will be more involved in policy-making.D.It will be less demanding than her present job.答案:C (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名

31、) 7. According to the radio program, which one of the following four sentences is wrong?A.Stanford University lies in California.B.Stanford accepted less than eleven percent of the students who applied.C.Stanford has accepted an unusually low percentage of students for admission this fall.D.Stanford

32、 has accepted a lower percentage of students for admission, but not the lowest.答案:D解析 Some of Americas best universities have accepted an unusually low percentage of students for admission this fall. For example, the Wall Street Journal reported that Stanford University had a record low admission ra

33、te this year. The newspaper said the California school accepted less than eleven percent of the students who applied. College admissions officers give a number of reasons for the higher rates of rejection letters this year. They say the main reason is that high school seniors are applying to more sc

34、hools than in the past Some colleges reported big increases in the number of applications. Another reason is the general increase in students going to college. Electronic forms make applying easier. For example, students can send an online form called the Common Application to many different college

35、s and universities. Many students who apply to top schools are placed on a waiting list. They do not get a decision until the school knows how many applicants who are offered admission will accept the offer. Just as students compete, so do schools. Wait-listed applicants might not find out until May

36、 or June, at the end of their senior year. Admissions officers say they use wait-listing because it is difficult to know which applicants really want to attend their school 由独白第二段所举的Stanford大学的例子可知其余三项都是正确的，只有D与该段第一句中的a record low admission rate一处不符。8. High school seniors are applying to more school

37、s probably by way of _.A.copying others applicationsB.using common applications which are the same as othersC.sending a large number of application letters to different collegesD.electronic application forms through Internet答案:D独自第四段指出，电子表格让申请变得容易一些，学生可以通过网络发送一种称作“通用申请”的在线表格给许多不同的学院和大学。由此可知前面三项都是错误的

38、，选D。9. If a student is on a waiting list, it means he will _.A.wait for another year to apply againB.wait for the school to make the decisionC.go m the college if he accepts the offerD.wait until other applicants get the result答案:B由独白第五段中They do not get a decision.accept the offer一句可知处于等待名单上的学生等待的就是

39、学校的决定，因此选B。本题由常识也可选出答案。 (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 10. In the market-oriented economic system, _.A.consumers spend their money at willB.consumers spend their money in accordance with producers desireC.consumers actions in the marketplace have nothing to do with the businessmenD.consumers actions affect pr

40、oduction greatly答案:D解析 The American economic system is organized around a basically private-enterprise, market-oriented economy in which consumers largely determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the marketplace for those goods and services that they want most. Private businessmen

41、, striving to make profits, produce these goods and services in competition with other businessmen; and the profit motive, operating under competitive pressures, largely determines how these goods and services are produced. Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consume

42、rs, coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes, that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it. An important factor in a market-oriented economy is the mechanism by which consumer demands

43、 can be expressed and responded to by producers. In the American economy, this mechanism is provided by a price system, a process in which prices rise and fall in response to relative demands of consumers and supplies offered by seller-producers. If the product is in short supply relative to the dem

44、and, the price will be bid up and some consumers will be eliminated from the market. If, on the other hand, producing more of a commodity results in reducing its cost, this will tend to increase the supply offered by seller. Price is the regulating mechanism in the American economic system. The impo

45、rtant factor in a private-enterprise economy is that individuals are allowed to own productive resources ( private property), and they are permitted to hire labor, gain control over natural resources, and produce goods and services for sale at a profit, In the American economy, the concept of privat

46、e property embraces not only the ownership of productive resources but also certain rights, including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with another private individual. 11. How does price system in the American economic system work?A.It only regulates the relat

47、ive demands of consumers.B.It only influences the supplies of seller-producers.C.It regulates the relative demands of consumers and suppliers offered by seller-producers.D.Price doesnt rise or fall.答案:C12. What is the passage mainly about?A.American consumers.B.American seller-producers.C.American e

48、conomic system.D.American price system.答案:CSection Use of English Man has been storing up useful knowledge about himself and the universe at the rate which has been spiraling upward for 10,000 years. The 1 took a sharp upward leap with the invention of writing, but even 2 it remained painfully slow

49、for several centuries. The next great leap forward 3 knowledge acquisition did not occur 4 the invention of movable type in the 15th century by Gutenberg and others. 5 to 1500, by the most optimistic 6 Europe was producing books at a rate of 1000 titles per year. This means that it 7 a full century

50、to produce a library of 100,000 titles. By 1950, four and a half 8 later, the rate had accelerated so sharply that Europe was producing 120,000 titles a year. 9 once took a century now took only ten months. By 1960, a 10 decade later, the rate had made another significant jump, 11 a centurys work co

51、uld be finished in seven and a half months. 12 , by the mid-sixties, the output of books on a world 13 , Europe included, approached the prodigious figure of 900 titles per day.One can 14 argue that every book is a net gain for the advancement of knowledge. Nevertheless we find that the accelerative

52、 15 in book publication does, in fact, crudely 16 the rate at which man discovered new knowledge. For example, prior to Gutenberg 17 11 chemical elements were known. Antimony the 12th, was discovered 18 about the time he was working on his invention. It was fully 200 years since the 11th, arsenic, h

53、ad been discovered. 19 the same rate of discovery continued, we would by now have added only two or three additional elements to the periodic table since Gutenberg. 20 , in the 450 years after his time, certain people discovered some seventy additional elements. And since 1900 we have been isolating

54、 the remaining elements not at a rate of one every two centuries, but of one every three years.1.A.accumulationB.developmentC.knowledgeD.rate答案:D解析 the rate“速率”，全文自始至终都在谈存储知识出版书的速率问题。故应选D。2.A.soB.ifC.thenD.when答案:A解析 even so“即使这样”。故应选A。3.A.toB.byC.fromD.in答案:A解析 in knowledge acquisition在知识的获得方面。在方面的

55、大跃进应用in。故应选A。4.A.untilB.sinceC.whenD.before答案:A解析 notuntil“直到才”，固定搭配。故应选A。5.A.AsB.DueC.PriorD.Next答案:C解析 prior to“以前”，固定搭配。故应选C。6.A.examplesB.estimatesC.evidenceD.evaluation答案:B解析 by the most optimistic estimates依最乐观的估计。estimate“估计，猜测”，如It estimated that the painting was worth of $ 20，000 at that ti

56、me。evaluate“评估”，如 evaluate a school评估学校。故应选B。7.A.would takeB.had takenC.was takingD.would have taken答案:A解析 过去将来时。故应选A。8.A.decadesB.centuriesC.dozensD.years答案:B解析 从1500到1950，正好是四个半世纪，因此选century。故应选B。9.A.ThisB.TheseC.ItD.What答案:D解析 主语从句，既缺少主语又缺少关联词。故应选D。10.A.plainB.historicC.singleD.eventful答案:C解析 从上下文by 1950，by 1960看，强调的是时间的短暂性，只用了一个十年。故应选C。11.A.now thatB.so thatC.asD.when答案:B解析 so that“所以”；now that=since“既然”。故应选B。12.A.HoweverB.ButC.AndD.Therefore答案:C解析 从下文，60年代中期书的产量来看，文章是要表达60年代一个世纪的；作在七个半月完成的并列关系，都突出了时间的快速。故应选C。13.A.scopeB.sphereC.scaleD.stretch答案:C解析 sphere“球”；stretch表示“地方、空间”；scope表示“覆盖面的