大学英语四级四季考试模拟卷十二（带答案）

1、大学英语四级四季考试模拟卷十二（总分:100.00,做题时间：125分钟）Listening Comprehension（总题数：0,分数：0.00）Section A（总题数：3,分数：28.00）. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1.（分数：8.00）A.Play with Santa Claus during Christmas.B.Make healthier choices of food. VC.Tell interesting stories to children.D.Tak

2、e part in more social activities.解析：听力原文The World Santa Claus Congress is designed for people who enjoy playing Santa Claus during the holiday season. This week, more than 120 Santas from 15 countries have gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark for a three-day meeting. They are preparing for the holiday se

3、ason and discussing a number of issues. A man calling himself Santa Douglas is from Washington, D.C. He thinks the Santas should urge people to make healthier food choices this year.The World Santa Claus Congress has taken place every summer in Denmark since 1957. This year, many of the Santas parad

4、ed through the center of Copenhagen. They also visited the citys famous statue of the Little Mermaid, a character from the well-known childrens story. Other events include Christmas cake baking demonstrations and storytelling for children. The congress is also an opportunity for the delegates to mee

5、t with other Santas and socialize.What should Santas encourage people to do this year according to Santa Douglas?. Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3.（分数：8.00）A.Who owns the sunken ship. VB.How much the lost treasure is worth.C.When to recover the sunken wrecks.D.Wh

6、y the ship sank 300 years ago.解析：听力原文Ownership of undersea gold treasure discovered near a Spanish ship that sank more than 300 years ago is making waves. The ship, named the San Jose, could be worth billions of dollars in lost treasure.The Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History says it dis

7、covered the sunken wreck. But an American company called Sea Search Armada says it found the wreck in 1982, and owns much of the treasure. Courts in the United States, Colombia and Spain have looked at the dispute.The Colombian government says the video and pictures prove the sunken ship is the San

8、Jose. The San Jose was attacked by British warships and sunk June 8, 1708. Almost all of the 600 people on the ship died. Experts say they believe it was carrying jewels and millions of gold coins. Those jewels and coins were taken from Spanish colonies. Spain used the money to wage war against Brit

9、ain.What do America and Columbia dispute?. Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5.（分数：12.00）A.Great women soccer players in the United States.B.Records set in the Womens World Cup final match. VCJapans poor performance in the Womens World Cup.D.Audience ratings about the

10、 final match between the US and Japan.解析：听力原文The Womens World Cup final match between the US and Japan set all kinds of records over the weekend.The womens final was the most-watched soccer match ever, mens or womens, in United States history. Sundays game averaged 25.4 million television viewers.Am

11、erican Carli Lloyd became the first woman to score a hat trick in a final match. In other words, Lloyd scored three goals in the game. She also broke the record for the fastest three goals scored in Womens World Cup history. With seven total goals between the US and Japan, the game was the highest-s

12、coring final in World Cup history. The US team set a record of its own, with five goals scored in the final match. Japan also set some World Cup records. Japanese midfielder Homare Sawa now shares the record with Brazils Formiga for playing in six of the seven Womens World Cups.Despite record-breaki

13、ng television audiences and historic plays, the US womens team will receive only $2 million for winning its third World Cup一the only womens team ever to do so. In comparison, the German team walked away with $ 35 million when it won the Mens World Cup last year.What is the news report mainly about?S

14、ection B（总题数：2,分数：32.00）1.（分数：16.00）A.lnterviewer and interviewee. VB.Teacher and student.C.Husband and wife.0.Colleagues.解析：听力原文M: Hi, this is Paul from England. First question is: Do you give money to charities?W: Well, Paul, its a difficult question, but I always question myself if the money real

15、ly gets to where its supposed to go, so personally I rarely do give money to charities. What about you?M: Yeah, I guess that makes sense. If its a registered charity then I dont see theres really a problem with giving a donation.W: Yeah, I guess so, but I really wonder. There are so many charities i

16、n the world, and you wonder really how much money the people actually get, so its difficult to really know.M: How about if youre walking down the street and you see a homeless person asking for money?W: Homeless people? But if its a disabled person, I am more willing to give, rather than just the ho

17、meless.M: Yeah, Id agree with you. Usually I never give money to men but if its like an elderly woman, Im happy to give a small donation.W: Why not men and only women?M: Well, going back to what you said about supporting their way of life, I mean, not in every case, but I think that often it can jus

18、t be mens choice to be homeless on the street and he does have a chance to get a job, I think.What may be the relationship between the two speakers?5.（分数：16.00）A.She taught at university on that day.B.She taught Japanese students.C.She received nothing from her students. JD.She received no chocolate

19、 from her boyfriend.解析：听力原文M: So, Doron, what did you do last Valentines Day?W: Last Valentines Day I got disappointed I think, because I taught at university, and Ive heard that Japanese students always give their teachers loads and loads of chocolate.M: Oh, really?W: How about you? Are you looking

20、 forward to it this year?IZI: Im planning on going to South Korea with my co-workers to escape the Valentines Day.W: To escape?M: Atmosphere, yes.W: Youre not a fan then?M: I like Valentines Day, but I dont plan on celebrating it this year. Is Valentines Day big in England?W: I havent lived in Engla

21、nd for a while now, about ten years. When I was a kid it was big in the school, like in junior school, and we used to have a little Valentines postbox in our class where we could write little messages to our classmates and then we put it in the box and itd get delivered.M: Oh, in a box?W: Yeah, in a

22、 little Valentines postbox. The teacher would deliver them.M: Did you only get notes or did you get candy as well?W: No, it was just notes. In England we dont really give candy and chocolate and presents to people. We just give letters, unless its like a boyfriend or a girlfriend or something. But w

23、hen you are seven, you dont really bother.Why did the woman feel disappointed on last Valentines Day?Section C（总题数:3,分数：40.00）.（分数：16.00）A.The children walk past a historic opportunity.t is a waste of time playing video games. VC.The children are attracted by the cars.D.The children are obsessed in

24、weapons.解析：听力原文Kids these days all the time are obsessed with all those video games. Isnt it terrible? While many parents and teachers complain what a waste of time video games are, they are walking past a historic opportunity. The only thing being wasted here is the true value and potential of thes

25、e technological devices. Instead of giving negative comments on them, we could be using these high-tech toys to create a revolution in education and training. These games take our kids into a 3D world where they learn how to operate a breathtaking range of tools, including attractive vehicles, advan

26、ced weapons, and other machines. Take a few minutes to really watch them in one of these games. They pour hours into memorizing elaborate scenes and developing the most sophisticated strategies to accomplish goals and win the game. What happens to our kids after they spend hours of such concentrated

27、 communication and sophisticated strategic collaboration in this advanced 3D learning environment? They shut down their machines and head off to school. They must feel like theyre stepping into a time machine one that takes them backwards. Too often adults see video games as a negative, but thats on

28、ly because of our thinking. We tend to think that automation means no more human jobs, but thats not true either. No matter what you think, you step into a future where games and education, automation and humanizing, go hand in hand and lead to real solutions in todays crisis in education and traini

29、ng. And that future could be happening right now.What do teachers and parents complain about?5.（分数：12.00）A.To play some word games.B.To accompany words with gestures. VC.To have some outdoor exercise.D.To choose classes in the future.解析：听力原文Lets move around to learn a language in a faster way! Langu

30、age classes of the future might come with some physical exercises. It is found that people learn a new language more easily when words are combined with the relative movements. And people learn a new tongue more quickly when words are accompanied by movements. Researchers enrolled 20 volunteers in a

31、 six-day course to learn a language designed to explain the study results in an easy way. Half of the teaching materials were taught by using spoken and written instructions and exercises, while the other half was taught with body movements to combine each word. In the teaching process, the learners

32、 will be asked to act out. For instance, in teaching cut to the learners, the trainer did the movement in cutting things into several pieces, and then the learners followed him and memorized it by doing the gesture. It was resulted that the learners remembered more of the words with movements and us

33、ed them more readily when creating new sentences. The researchers explained that the acting of the words helps the learners memory by creating a more complex representation of the word and this can leave a deep impression of the word in learners minds. One of the researchers claimed that the method

34、could really speed up foreign language learning in the real language classes of schools.What is the fast way to learn a new language introduced in the passage?8.（分数：12.00）A.People are willing to stay at home and watch TV.B.People dont like to go to the cinema nowadays.C.People dislike Hollywood movi

35、es nowadays0.People can watch movies at lower prices at home. V解析：听力原文Home theaters have the tendency to replace the role of cinema in some cities of the US. Home theaters that use large high-definition television sets and sound systems can provide the typical experience for watching movies at lower prices. So they began to threaten the movie industrys ticket sales. More and more people are waiting for Hollywoods new movie discsso they can experience them in the comfort of their own homes, rather than pay a lot of money at a local cinema with the silve