大学英语四级模拟试卷613

大学英语四级模拟试卷613

一、作文(本题共7题，每题7.0分，共7分。)

1、Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledAbilityor

Diploma.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow:1.很多

人认为文凭能说明一切2.然而当今社会越来越看重能力3.你的看法Abilityor

Diploma

标?隹答案：AbilityOFDiplomaInthepast,fewpeoplecouldreceivehighereducation

andacquirecorrespondingdiplomas.Sothatpeoplewithdiplomas(1)wereregardedas

talents(2)withoutanydoubt.However,intoday'ssociety,diplomascannotstandfor

everythinganymore.Abilityisbecominganewjudgeoftalents.(3)Tobeginwith,

collegeexpansionallowsmoreandmorepeopletoreceivecollegeeducationandget

diplomas,whichmakesdiplomasnotsorare.Moreover,therearcevenpeoplewhobuy

fakediplomas.Andthatbehaviorfurtherlowersthevalueofdiplomas.(4)Asaresult,

practicalabilityisreceivingmoreattentionthandiplomas.(5)AsfarasIamconcerned,

diplomaisonthewholeuseful,becauseitisakindofsymbolofability.Westillneedto

studyhardtogetthenecessarydiplomas.Andbesides,wealsoneedtoimproveour(6)

all-roundabilitytoadaptourselvestotherequirementsoftoday'ssociety.

知识点解析：(1)regard...as将…看作…(2)withoutanydoubt毫无屣问(3)tobegin

with,moreover使行文更加条理清晰(4)asaresult用来引出结果(5)表述作者观点常

用句(6)all-aroundability全面的能力

二、快速阅读理解(本题共10题，每题1.0分，共10

分。)

HowShouldYouBuildUpYourVocabularyExactlywhatdoyoudoduringanormal

day?Howdoyouspendyourtime?PaulT.Rankinverymuchwantedananswertothat

question.Togetit,heaskedsixty-eightindividualstokeepanaccurate,detailedrecordof

whattheydideveryminuteoftheirwakinghours.Whenheconsolidated(巩固)his

findings,hediscoveredthattheaverageindividualspent70percentofhiswakingtime

doingonethingonly—communication.Thatmeanteitherreading,writing,speakingor

listening.PutthatevidencealongsideoftheresearchfindingsuncoveredbytheHuman

EngineeringLaboratories.Inexploringaptitudesandcareersinvolving,amongother

things,datafrom30,000vocabularytestsgivenyearly,theydiscoveredthatbigincomes

andbigvocabulariesgotogether.Vocabulary,morethananyotherfactoryetknown,

predictsfinancialsuccess.Anditallfits.Eachwordyouaddtoyourvocabularymakes

youabetterreader,writer,speakerandlistener.Furthermore,linguisticscientistsare

quicktopointoutthatweactuallythinkwithwords.Ifthatisso,newwordsmakeus

betterthinkersaswellascommunicators.Nowondermorewordsarelikelytomean

moremoney.Whatbetterreasonforbeginningrightnowtoextendyourvocabulary?

Takereading.Whatexactlydoyouread?Commonsensesaysyoureadwords.Research

confirmsthatfact."Vocabularyincontext"contributes39percenttocomprehension.

That'smorethananyotherfactorisolatedandstudied-evenmorethanintelligence.And

"worddiscrimination"contributesmoretospeedofreadingthananyotherfactor—28

percent.Inshort,youreffortstoimprovevocabularywillpayoffinbothcomprehension

andspeed.Suppose,asyou'rereadingalong,youluintebsacrossastrangeword.Didyou

findyourselfstoppingforacloserlookatlumtebs?Pardonthespellingslip.That's

actuallythewordstumble（偶然发现）.Theletterjustgotmixedaround.Obviouslyyou

nowknowthatstrangewordsdoslowyoudown—orevenstopyoucompletely.

Furthermore,strangewordshinder（妨碍）comprehension.Whichiseasiertounderstand,

"eschewgarrulity"or"avoidingtalkingtoomuch"?Whatyouneedisavital,dynamic

approachtovocabularybuilding.Hybrid（混合种）corncombinesthebestqualitiesof

severalvarietiestoensuremaximumproductivity.Ahybridapproachtovocabulary

should,inthesameway,ensuremaximumresults.That'swhyyoushouldusetheCPD

formula.ThroughContextWhenstudentsinacollegeclasswereaskedwhatshouldbe

donewhentheycameacrossanunknownwordintheirreading,84percentsaid,"Lookit

upinthedictionary."Ifyoudo,however,youshort-circuittheverymentalprocesses

neededtomakeyoureffortsmostproductive.Butthere'sanotherreason.Suppose

someoneasksyouwhatthewordfastmeans.Youanswer,"speedyorswift".Butdoesit

meanthatinsuchcontextsas"fastcolor","fastwoman",or"fastfriend"?Andifahorse

isfast,isitsecurelytiedorgalloping（飞驰）attopspeed?Itcouldbeeither.Itall

depends.Onthedictionary?No,oncontext-onhowthewordisactuallyused.Afteralk

thereareovertwentydifferentmeaningsforfastinthedictionary.Butthedictionary

doesn'ttellyouwhichmeaningisintended.That'swhyitmakessuchgoodsensetobegin

withcontext.ThroughWordPartsNowforthenextstep.Oftenunfamiliarwordscontain

oneormoreparts,which,ifrecognized,providedefinitehelpwithmeaning.Supposeyou

readthatsomeone"hadapredilectionforreadingmysteries".Thecontextcertainlyisn't

toohelpful.Butdoyouseeaprefix,suffixorrootthatyouknow?Well,there'sthe

familiarprefixpre-,meaning"before".Lookbackatthecontextandtryinserting

"before".Readingmysteriesapparentlycomes"before*otherkindsofreading.Yes,a

pre-dilection-orpreference-issomethingput"before"somethingelse.Ortaketheword

monolithic.Trytoisolatetheparts.Thereistheprefixmono-,meaning"one二andthe

rootlith,meaning"stoneFinally,there'sthesuffix-ic,meaning"consistingof.Those

threepartsadduptothisdefinition:"consistingofonestone'1.Tospeedupyouruseof

wordparts,youwillbeintroducedtothefourteenmostimportantwordsintheEnglish

language.Theprefixandrootelementsinthosefewwordsarefoundinover14,000

wordsofdeskdictionarysize.Withthoseamazinglyusefulshortcuts,youcanbuild

vocabulary,notasnail'space,onewordatatime,butingiantstrides,uptoathousand

wordsatatime.Yoursecondstep,then,istolookforfumiliarwordparts.Iftheydonot

giveyouexactmeanings,theyshouldatleastbringyoumuchcloser.Throughthe

DictionaryNowyoucanseewhyyoushouldconsultthedictionarylast,notfirst.You've

lookedcarefullyatthecontext.You'velookedforfamiliarwordparts.Nowyouplay

SherlockHolmes-anexcitingrole.Youhypothesize.Inlightofcontextorwordparts,

youtrytosolveamystery,hatexactlydoesthatstrangewordmean?Onlyafteryougo

throughthementalgymnasticstocomeupwithatentativedefinitionshouldyouopenthe

dictionarytoseeifyou'reright.Afterall,thosefirsttwostepsorapproachessparka

strongerthanusualinterestinthatdictionarydefinition.You'renowpersonallyinvolved.

Didyoufigureoutthewordmeaning?Yourheightenedinterestwillleadtoabetter

memoryofbothwordandmeaning.Italsoencouragesyourdevelopmentofthehabits

neededtoaccelerateyourprogress.Andwhenyouseeinblackandwhitethedefinition

youhadexpected,whatafeelingofaccomplishmentisyours.Inthatway,theCPD

Formulaprovidestheexactdynamicinterplayofapproachesformaximumeffectiveness.

Well,thereitis,yournewfbrmula-Context,Parts,Dictionary.Useit!Theexercisesthat

followwillgiveyouspecific,step-by-stephelpinsharpeningyourawarenessof

contextualclues,learningthemostusefulwordparts,andusingthedictionarywith

increasedaccuracyandease.Theresultswillbelikethemoneyinthebank.

2、What'sthepurposeofthisarticle?

A、Toteachreadershowtoenlargetheirvocabulary.

B、ToexplainthemeaningoftheCPDformula.

C、Tointroducesomeresearchfindingsoncommunication.

D、Toencouragereaderstothrowtheirdictionariesav/ay.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：此题为主旨题，选项A准确概括了文章标题和次标题，为答案。

3、WhatdidPaulT.Rankinfindabouttheaverageindividual?

A、Hespendsmoretimeinhislifespeakingthanreading.

B、Hespendsmostofhiswakinghoursoncommunication.

C、Hedoesroutineworkatarelativelyfixedtimeoftheday.

D、Hestaysawakeforseventypercentofhislifetime.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：破折号后面的communication为关键词，故选项B为答案。

4、WhatdidtheresearchfindingsoftheHumanEngineeringLaboratoriesshow?

A^Leaderstendtohavelargevocabularies.

B、Averagepeoplecangrasp30000wordseasily.

C^Incomesandvocabulariesarecloselyrelated.

D、Peopleactuallythinkwithwords.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：选项C为原文的同义概括，为本题答案。D是第三段中提及的，与

此实验室无关。

5、isthemostimportantfactorinreadingcomprehension.

A、Intelligence

B、Worddiscrimination

C、Readingskill

D^Vocabularyincontext

标准答案：D

知识点解析：文中的比较句说明选项D为答案。B对阅读速度的作用大。

6、Theauthorhighlyrecommendsthatwedeterminetheexactmeaningofaword

through.

A^context

B、wordparts

C、thedictionary

D、askingauthorities

标准答案：A

知识点解析：最后一句说明选项A为答案。

7、What'stheadvantageofgraspingwordparts?

A、Onecancreatenewv/ordsbyhimself.

B、Onecanestablishself-confidence.

C、Onecangettheexactmeaningofaword.

D、Onecanbuildvocabularyrapidly.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：选项D是倒数第二段最后一句的同义概括，为答案。

8、Whendoestheauthorsuggestthatoneopenthedictionary,?

A、Afterhehasfiguredoutthewordmeaning.

B>Afterhehasatentativedefinitionofaword.

C、Whenhedoesn'tknowhowtospellaword.

D、Whenhecan'tsolvethemysterythroughcontext.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：第一段最后一句说明选项B正确。

9、Ifonehasalargervocabulary,heorshewillbeabetterthinkerandabetter.

标准答案:communicator

知识点解析：根据第三段第四句Ifthatisso,newwordsmakeusbetterthinkersas

wellascommunicators可知本题应填入communicator,注意用单数，因为前面有个

冠词Ho

10、JustlikeHybridcorn,theCPDformulashouldalsoensure.

标准答案：maximumresults

知识点解析：根据第六段第三句Ahybridapproachtovocabularyshould,inthesame

way,ensuremaximumresults可知原句宾语即本题答案。

11>Byusingcontextandwordparts,readers'heightenedinterestwillleadto.

标准答案：abettermemoryofbothwordandmeaning

知识点解析：根据ThroughtheDictionary这个小标题下的第二段第四句Your

heightenedinterestwillleadtoabettermemoryofbothwordandmeaning可知本题答

案。

三、听力短对话（本题共8题，每题1.0分，共8分0）

12、

ANJustgetthetreatmentfromthefirstdoctor.

B、Takeadifferentkindofmedicine.

C^Askanotherdoctorforadvice.

D^Togettreatmentfromanotherdoctorinthesamehospital.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：对话中女士说Jason医生说她受伤的右腿治疗费用很贵，男士说让她

再咨询一下伦敦女王医院的Peterson医生。tohaveasecondopinion意思是“再咨询

一下某人的意见

13、

A、Heagreeswiththewoman'schoice.

B、Hedoesn'twantspicyfood.

C^Hewantsthesaladtobefresh.

D、Garlicishisfavoriteflavor.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：女士说得到一种用大蒜和辣椒做鸡的烹饪方法，男士回答说his

stomach'salittleonedge,即“他的胃有点敏感”，所以prefersth.bland（更喜欢吃一

些无刺激的食物）。故选B）项。

14、

A、Themanwillaskthewomantoshowtheguarantee.

B、Themanwillaskthewomantoshowthereceipt.

C^Themanwillreplacethewoman'scamera.

D、Themanwilladjustthecamera'slens.

标准答案：C

知识点解析•：对话中女士说她在店中所购买的相机有问题，不能正常工作已经有一

段时间了，且现在根本就不能聚焦了；男士说鉴于她一直是店里的常客，他将给她

换一个新的相机（I'lljuslgiveyouareplacementinsteadD）。replacement为“替代

品"。故选C）项。

15、

A、Themanwantstoreschedulehisappointment.

B、ThemanwillwaitforMr.Barleyinthemeetingroom.

C.ThemanisdissatisfiedwhenhefindsthatMr.Barkleycan'tmeethim.

D、ThemanwishestoknowMr.Barleyearlier.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：男士对女士的回应是一种虚拟语气，由此可知Mr.Barkley有紧急会

议要开，而女士没有提前告知男士Mr.Barkley不能立即见他，因此男士表示不

*44-

酒。

16、

A^Stayhometopreparefortheexams.

B、Attendconcertnextv/cckaftertheexamsarcover.

C、Takeacoffeebreak.

D^Gototheconcertwiththeman.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：对话中男士问女士是否能够与他一起去听音乐会，女士说要在家准备

下周的考试，不过休息疾一下心情会更好，况且只是一晚上！意即同意跟男士一起

去听音乐会，故选D项。

17、

A、Nancydoesn'tlikegoingtoconcerts.

B、Nancyisbusycleaningtherefrigerator.

C、Nancyisexperiencinghardtimes.

D、Nancyismakingalotofmoney.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：Nancy没去听音乐会而清理冰箱让男士感到惊讶。女士说Nancy刚刚

丢掉了兼职工作，最近三子过得不容易。词组hardtimes意为“艰苦岁月，日子不

好过

18、

A、She'splanningatriptoWestAfrica.

B、Shethinksattendingthelecturewillbehelpfultoherreportwriting.

C^Herhistoryclassisrequiredtoattendthelecture.

D、Shehasalreadyfinishedwritingherreport.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：对话中男士邀请女士听报告，演讲人曾经在西非生活过一年；女士说

她正在创作关于黑人奴隶西非故乡的report,也许会从中得到有用的信息，这说明

女士会去听讲座，故选B)项。

19、

A、Enjoyable.

B、Toocomplicated.

C^Interesting.

D、Touching.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：对话中女士说演讲中的大多数时间她都在打瞌睡(dozedoff),因为讲

座toodifficultforhertofollow,意即“太难,跟不上“；故选B)项。

四、听力长对话（含3小题）（本题共3题，每题1.0

分,共3分。）

20、

A^Shewritesreportsforthem.

Shehelpspeopleafterwork.

C>Shehelpsthemstrugglewithdailyexistences.

D^Sheintroducesworkforthem.

标准答案：C

知识点露析：女士是一名社会工作者，日常工作中常常要和外国人打交道，帮助他

们克服生活中的各种困难。

21、

A、Becausetheydon'thavesupportnetworks.

B、Becausetheycannotcopewiththedifficultiesintheirlives.

C、Becausethewomanisfamousforhelpingothers.

D、Becausepeoplefromtheirnationalityrefusetohelpthem.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：通过对话可知，女士是在一个社会福利组织工作，她本身并没有多么

出名，人们前来求助是因为他们自己没有办法应付生活中的困难，或者其他的救助

组织没有多余的力量帮助他们。

22、

A、Theyweresurprisedattheflavors.

B、Theycouldfindfoodtheyknowandlove.

C、TherewasatleastoneChineserestaurantineveryChinatown.

D、Americanshavedifferentfoods.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：文中以中国人为例，说明人们到美国后如何适应饮食方面的不适。

"TheythinkthattherewillbegoodrestaurantswithChinesefoodthattheylove".文「T没

有时间短语，但从上下文可以看出这是中国人到美国之前的想法。

五、听力长对话（含4小题）（本题共4题，每题7.0

分,共4分。）

23、

A、Polltakerandpassenger.

B、Programhostandguest.

C、Studentandteacher.

D、Politicianandsupporter.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：问话者提问前先用了。Excuseme,而答话人又说自己inrathera

hurryactually,说明二者是在街上碰到的陌生人，从后面所问的题目内容看，他们

只可能是调查员和路人的关系。

24、

A、Whenevertheygo.

B、Whenonnormalduly.

C^Whenchasinganarmedcriminal.

D、Whenchasingacriminaltheyknow.

标准答案：c

知识点3析：答话人认为只有警察确认追捕的罪犯携枪时，他们才能带枪。定语从

句（acriminal）theyknowhasgotagun中，意义重点在gotagun,即armede

25、

A^Absolutelyagree.

Agree.

C、Absolutelydisagree.

D、Disagree.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：“Whatrubbish!”表达的感情色彩非常明确，可以判断出答话人对改变

驾驶方向的强烈否定态度。

26、

A、BritainshouldnotjointheEEC.

B、BritainshouldtrytobenefitfromtheEEC.

C>ItisdifficultforBritaintoliveintheEEC.

D、ItisnecessaryforBritaintostayin.

标准答案：B-

知识点解析：最后一个问题是：“英国应该退出欧共体。”答话人对这个问题的态度

比较复杂。首先，他认为当初就不该加入。但是现在想退出不容易，不如留下来，

最大限度地发挥这个组织的作用，makethebestofsth.是固定搭配，意为“最大限度

地利用要注意，have2和necessary的含义不同，leave和live是两个词，不要

误选C项和D项。

六、听力短文（含3小题）（本题共6题，每题7.0

分，共6分。）

27、

A、Theirincomesare75%ofmen's.

B>Theirincomesare75centslessthanmen's.

C、Theirincomesare25%ofmen's.

D^Theirincomesareequalwithmen.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：通过文中第一句话得知，美国女人在男人挣1美元时只能赚取75美

分，可以推断她们的收入只是男人的75%。故A）项正确。

28、

A、Theychoosetoworkharder.

B、Theychoosetobehousewivesorworkathome.

C、Ihcychoosetoteachtheirchildrenathome.

D、Theychoosetocompetewithmen.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：文中指出现在很多女性会选择离开工作场所，在家里陪孩子或者在家

里工作。故B）项正确。

29、

A^Womenwouldearnmorethanmen.

B、Whitemenwouldearnmorethanblackmet.

C、Therewouldbelessdiscrimination.

D、Blackmenwouldcammorethanwhitemen.

标准答案：c

知识点0析：文中提到在未来二三十年内，在同等年龄、技术和教育条件下，移民

挣的钱会与出生于美国本土的人挣得差不多或者更多，由此可以推断美国在十几或

二十几年后歧视将会减少。故C）项正确。

30、

A^TheAtlanticOlympicGames.

B>TheGreekOlympicGames.

C^TheBarcelonaOlympicGames.

D、TheLondonOlympicGames.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：文中开头帮出在1992年巴塞罗那奥运会闭幕式上，歌手莎拉•布莱曼

和JoseCarreras合唱了奥运会主题歌“AmigosParaSicmprc”。故C）项正确。

31、

A、Shewasveryexcited.

B、Shewasindifferenttoit.

C>Shewasunhappy.

D^Shefeltsorrowaboutthatsong.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：文中指出虽然是第二次唱奥运会主题曲，莎拉的激动之情依然很强

烈。故A）项正确。

32、

A^Shewasmovedtotearsbyitsgracefulyetsimplemelodyandhonestlyrics.

B、Shewasmovedtotearsbyitsorientalstyle.

C、Shedislikedityetstillpromisedtosing.

D、Shedislikeditbuthadtosing.

标准答案：A-

知识点解析：文中指出当莎拉笫一次听到《我和你》这首歌时，就被其优雅简洁的

旋律和质朴的歌词感动得热泪盈眶。故A）项正确。

七、听力短文（含4小题）（本题共4题，每题1.0

分,共4分。）

33、

A、Grayorwhite.

B、Brownorred.

C、Redoryellow.

D、Yelloworred.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：很显然，文章一开始就提到了在东部的黑熊以及在北部的黑熊的皮毛

颜色。关键在于抓住tothenorth三个词。

34、

A^From400to600pounds.

B、From400to500pounds.

C、From300to500pounds.

D、From600to700pounds.

标准答案：C

知识点》析：黑熊的体重的范围大约是多少，这是一个细节性问题，考查的是考生

对数字的敏感度，考生需仔细辨别数字词。

35、

A、Leaves.

Herbs.

C、Fruit.

D、Human.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：黑熊以什么为生?文中在论及到黑熊的生存属性时，这个问题显然是

必不可少的，需要考生留心注意。其他三个选项都出现过，只有D）human未提

及。

36、

A、Duringmatingseason.

B、Exceptduringthematingseason.

C、Alltheyearround.

D、Onlyinspring.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：该问题在文中较靠后的地方有所提及(Mostblackbearslivealone,

exceptduringmatingseason)0注意except的意义。

八、听力复合式听写(本题共〃题，每题7.0分，共

〃分。)

Educatorsarcseriouslyconcernedaboutthehighrateofdropoutsamongthedoctorof

philosophycandidatesandtheconsequentlossof[36]toanationinneedofPh.Ds.

Somehaveplacedthedropoutslossashighas50percent.The[37]ofthelosswas,

however,largelyamatterofexpert[38].Lastweekawell-roundedstudywas

published.Itwasbasedon22000questionnairessentto[39]graduatestudentswho

were[40]in24universitiesanditseemedtoshowmanypastfearstobe[41]The

dropoulsralewasluundtobe31percent,andininoslcasesthedropouts,whilenul

completingthePh.D.requirement,wentontoproductivework.Theyarcnotonlydoing

well[42],but,accordingtothereport,arenotfarbelowtheincomelevelsofthose

whowentontocompletetheirdoctorates.Lackofmotivationwasthe[43]reasonfor

droppingout.Mostdropoutswentasfarintheirdoctoralprogramaswasconsistentwith

theirlevelsofabilityortheirspecialities.[44].Nearly75percentofthedropoutssaid

therewasnoacademicreasonfortheirdecision,[45],uncompletedresearchand

failuretopasslanguageexams.[46]wasmarkedby19percent.

37、

标准答案：talent

知识点解析：暂无解析

38、

标准答案:extent

知识点解析：根据前后的The和of以及谓语was,此处需要单数名词。extent“程

度”。

39、

标准答案：guessing

知识点解析：介词。f后面的中心同应该是名词词性，故此处需要动词guess力Hing

构成动名词。

40、

标准答案：former

知识点解析：此处需要形容词修饰graduatestudents。former"以前的“，不要写成

fbrmal“正式的”。

41、

标准答案：enrolled

知识点解析：根据were,此处需要过去分词。enrolled”（被）录取”。

42、

标准答案：groundless

知识点解析：此处需要形容词作宾语补足语。groundless”没有根据的”。

43、

标准答案：financially

知识点解析：此处需要副词，说明在哪方面doingwell。financially"财政上，金融

上”。

44、

标准答案：principal

知识点解析：冠词之后名词之前需要形容词作定语。principal”最重要的；主要

的”。

45、

标准答案：Mostdropoutsarenowengagedinworkconsistentwiththeireducationand

motivation

知识点解析：此句为简单句，注意短语beengagedin以及宾语work后面的形容词

短语consistentwiththeireducationandmotivation作定语。

46、

标准答案：butthosewhomentionedacademicreasoncitedfailuretopassthequalifying

examination

知识点解析：此句主谓宾很简单：thosecitedfailure。但是主语后面有定语从句

whomentionedacademicreason,宾语failure后面有不定式作定语lopassthe

qualifyingexaminationo好在其中难写的academic一词在前一句中出现过。而

failuretopass又在这句话的尾部再次出现了，所以真正需要听记的内容并不多也不

难，关键在于把握句子结构。

47、

标准答案：Amongthesinglemostimportantpersonalreasonsidentifiedbydropouts,

lackofhnanccs

知识点解析：此空所填内容不是完整的句子，而是最后一句的状语和主语。关键词

是single,personalreasons和lackoffinanceso

九、阅读(选词填空)(本题共10题，每题1.0分，共

10分。)

ChinaiscastingsuchahugeshadowontheUnitedStalesthatmanyAmericansaretrying

hardtolearntheChineselanguagewithanefforttokeeptheircompetitiveedge.HInterest

inlearningChineseamongAmericanyouthandtheirparentshasgrown[47]inthepast

fiveyears,"saidVivienStewart,vicepresidentattheAsiaSociety,aUSgrouptryingto

bridgethe【48】betweenAmericansandthepeoplesofAsiaandthePacific.China's

rapidprogressisdriving(heinlereslto[49]thelanguage,experlssay."TheChii心e

richculturaltraditionsand[50]economymeanthatitisnowessentialforallofour

studentstobebetterpreparedtoengagethemandseizeopportunitiestogether,"said

MichaelLevine,AsiaSociety'sexecutivedirectorofeducation.A2004CollegeBoard

surveyfoundthat2400highschools-an[51]number-wouldbeinterestedin[52]the

AdvancedPlacement(AP)coursesinChineselanguageandculturewhenthecourses

becomeavailablein2005.China,theworld'smostpopulous(人口稠密的)nation,is

[53]totheUnitedStatesbecauseitisaleadingtrader,consumerandinvestor.Ithas

[54]theUnitedStatesastheworldslargestconsumerandcouldbecomethesecond

largesteconomyintheworld,inthenexttwotothreedecades.EventhoughtheUSState

DepartmenthasregardedtheChineselanguageextremelyimportanttonational

prosperity,the"[55]conditionstosupportrecruitmentofstudentsandteachersaswell

asthegrowthofhighqualityprogramsare[56]inadequate,anAsiaSocietystudysays.

A)thrivingB)automaticallyC)dramaticallyD)importantE)regainedF)replacedG)

pursueH)requestI)incredibleJ)efficientK)gapL)scarcelyM)currentN)offeringO)

discouragingly

48、

标准答案：C

知识点解析：根据句子结构分析可知此处需要填入一个副词作句子的状语，可选范

围缩小到B、C、L和O,根据上下文可知这里是说美国的年轻人和他们的父母们

对中文的兴趣急速膨胀，故答案为C。

49、

标准答案：K

知识点解析：这里需要填入一个名词或动名词作bridge(这里用作动词)的宾语，可

选范围缩小到A、H、K和N,bridgethegapbetween为固定搭配，另外,根据后

半句betweenAmericansandthepeoplesofAsiaandthePacific可确定正确答案为

Ko

50、

标准答案：G

知识点解析：根据结构分析可知这里需要一个动词原形，可选范围缩小到G和

H,根据上下文可知这里是说学习中文这门语言，故答案为G。

51、

标准答案：A

知识点解析：根据结构分析可知这里需要一个能与前半句中rich对等的褒义形容

词或相当于形容词功能的单词，可选范围缩小到A、I、J,根据本句所表达的意思

以及前半句richculturaltraditions可确定空白处应填入表示正面意义的单词。正确

答案为A。

52、

标准答案：I

知识点解析：这里需要一个形容词或相当于形容词功能的单词，而前面的不定冠词

an决定了这个词必须以元音开头，可选范围缩小到I、J和N,正确答案为I,形容

number大得令人难以置信。

53、

标准答案：N

知识点解析：位于介词in之后，这里需要一个以course为宾语的动名词，只有N

符合要求。

54、

标准答案：D

知识点解析：这里需要一个能够与t。搭配的形容伺或相当于形容词功能的单词作

句子的表语，选择范围缩小到D、E、F、J和M,根据下文对中国现状的介绍可知

这里说的是中国对美国的重要性，故答案为D。

55、

标准答案：F

知识点解析：这里需要一个动词的过去分词，选择范围缩小到E和F。此处说中国

已代替美国成为世界上最大的消费国，可确定正确答案为F。

56、

标准答案：M

知识点解析：这里需要一个形容词或相当于形容词功能的单词作定语修饰

conditions,选择范围缩小到E、J和M,根据最后一段内容上的转折可确定答案为

Mo

57、

标准答案：0

知识点解析：这里需要二支入一个副词来修饰inadequate,诜择范围缩小到B、L和

OoB放入空白处明显不合逻辑，L放进去意思和上下文不符，只有0“令人泄气

地，，是“不足，，的正常反应，故正确答案为0。

十、阅读（常规阅读理解）（本题共10题，每题1.0

分，共10分。）

ThepresidentoftheUnitedStateshasoneofthetoughestjobsintheworld.Hardly

anyoneelseiswatchedsocloselybysomanypeople.Reportersfollowthepresident

patiently,eagerforhisopiniononeverythingfromnuclearwarheadstotheoutcomeofa

footballmatch.Thepresidentmustbecarefulatalltimesthathisanswerstoreporters'

questionsreflecthispolicies.Inaddition,whereverthepresidentmaygo,heneverfora

momentescapestheresponsibilitiesofhisoffice.Theeveningnewsmayshowhimona

workingvacation,buttheworkisalwayswithhim.Thejobseemstodemandapersonof

outstandingability,soyoumightthinktheUSConstitution（宪?去）wouldcontainalong

listofjobqualifications.However,itlistsonlythree.ArticleII,Section1ofthe

ConstitutionstatesthatthePresidentmust:1.beanatural-borncitizenoftheUnited

States;2.beatleast35yearsold;3.havebeentheresidentoftheUnitedStatesfor14

years.WhileConstitutionlistsonlythreequalificationsfbrthePresident,thevoters

certainlyconsidermanyothers.Amongtheseareintelligence,goodhealth,experiencein

government,abilitytoleadothers,knowledgeofnationalandworldaffairs,personality,

abilitytospeakwell,andpersuasiveness.ThePresidentistheChiefExecutiveofthe

UnitedStatesandheadstheexecutivebranchoftheGovernment.However,thePresident

mustsharepowerwithmembersoftheothertwobranchesofGovernment:the

legislative.（立法的）branch,ortheCongress;andthejudicial（司法的）branch,orthe

federalcourts.TheConstitutionstatesthepowersanddutiesofthePresidency;italso

tellshoweachbranchoftheGovernmentistocheckthepowersoftheothertwoinorder

tobalancethepowersandpreventanysinglebranchfromabusingitspower.Thissystem

ofchecksandbalanceswasdesignedbythewritersoftheConstitutionbecausetheydid

notwantanyonepersonorbranchoftheGovernmenttogaintoomuchpower.

58、Thebesttitleforthispassagewouldbe.

A、AGoodSystem

B、ADifficultJob

C、TheUSPresidentandtheConstitution

D^ThreeBranchesoftheUSGovernment

标准答案：B

知识点解析：主旨题。整篇文章其实都是围绕着president这个关键词展开的，讲

的主要是美国总统的繁忙工作和被限制和监督了的职权等，意在说明美国总统其实

并不好当，故答案为B,

59、Accordingtothepassage,theUSPresidentmust.

A、beengagedineverythingfromnuclearwarheadstotheoutcomeofallfootball

matches

B>beapersonofoutstandingabilitywhomeetsmanyqualificationsstaledinthe

Constitution

C、becarefulnottomakemistakeswhenheisansweringreporters'questionsonhis

policies

D、beamiddle-agednativeAmericanwithlongenoughresidenceinthecountry

标准答案：D''

知识点解析：细节题。艰据题干中的Constitution和Presidentmust定位到3条要求

之前，D是对3条要求的概括，为答案。

60、Itcanbeinferredinihepassagethat.

A、thePresidentoftheUnitedStatescanenjoysomeworkingvacationswhenheistoo

tired

noAmericanBornChinesecanmeetthequalificationsforPresidentoftheUnited

States

C、thePresidentoftheUnitedStatesactuallyshouldmeetmorequalificationsthanthose

statedintheConstitution

D、thePresidentoftheUnitedStatesisplayingaleadingroleamongallthethree

branchesoftheUSGovernment

标准答案：C

知识点解析：推断题。分别对四个选项进行定位，根据第三段第一句…thevoters

certainlyconsidermanyothers可推断答案为Co

61、Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothepassage?

A、TheUSPresidentisalwaysattentionfocusedofpeopleworldwide.

B、ItisprescribedbylawthatGovernmentbranchessuperviseeachother.

C>Americanpeopleexpectmoreoftheirleadersthanotherpeoplesdo.

D、TheprocedureofpresidentialelectionintheUnitedStatesiscomplicated.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：细节题。最后一段主要讲的是美国宪法所规定的“三权分立”，B是对

中间—句TheConstitutionstatesthepowersanddutiesofthePresidency;italsotells

howeachbranchoftheGovernmentistocheckthepowersoftheothertwo的同义概

括，为本题答案。

62、Theword"abusing"inthelastparagraphmeans.

A^misusing

B、charging

C、checking

D^sharing

标准答案：A

知识点解析:语义题。根据上文checkthepowersoftheothertwoinordertobalance

thepowers可知其目的是为了监督和平衡三方的权力，也就是说各尽其职而不是滥