大学英语四级密卷五

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Model Test Five

 

Part I                              Writing                                           (30minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Courage of Never Giving Up by commenting on the saying “It doesn’t take guts to quit. Anyone can quit. And most people do—on their dreams and on themselves. It’s always easier to quit than to hold on.” You should write at least120 words but no more than 180 words.

 

 

 

 

Part II                             Listening Comprehension              (25 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the news report 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.

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

1. A)They made more efforts to find more new
   1. They tried to prevent the disease out of the capital.
   2. They held a public movement on hygiene
   3. They boosted the accuracy and promptness of their
2. A)It’s the first time that ingestion disease has broken out in
   1. The death rate of ingestion disease is too
   2. Death number will keep increasing for a long
   3. Ingestion disease could join other local diseases in

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.

3. A) The children of the international diplomatic
   1. The program of International Baccalaureate
   2. The school district in the suburb of Detroit,
   3. “Mother Earth” class in IB elementary
4. A) Subject areas are
   1. Classes are held in the open
   2. “Mother Earth” class covers
   3. Teachers prepare classes

Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

5. A)White C) Poison gas.
   1. High temperature D) Hurricane.
6. A) Less than B) About 20.
7. C) About D) More than 750.
8. A)They have found too many dead
9. They want to persuade people to move
10. They don’t know what might happen
11. They need space to carry out the

 

Section B

Directions：In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation 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.

 

Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

8. A) Learning B) Psychology. C)Learning process.                                                     D)Physics.
9. A)Employ them as lab
10. Teach them to pass
11. Give them suitable
12. Pay them for participating in the study.
13. A) To quit her job in the chemistry
14. To get some practical
15. To further her study in psychology
16. To earn extra
17. A) Write the lab
18. Find out Prof. Smith’s
19. Interview some high school
20. Finish their experiment.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12. A) An experiment in
13. The breaking-off of part of the Larsen Ice
14. The formation of the Larsen Ice
15. An expedition in
16. A) They could be a sign of global
17. They are disturbing Antarctic bird
18. They have destroyed research
19. They refute current scientific
20. A)No melting has been observed in
21. The past several winters have been unusually
22. Nothing unusual has happened in other parts of
23. The ice shelves had remained intact for centuries despite the weather
24. A)Warmer water B) Less aquatic life. C)A rise in sea level.               D) Colder winds.

 

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear three 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.

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. A) Urban B) Architecture.
17. C) Fine D) Urban Design.
18. A) Illinois B) Cornell University.
19. Yale D) University of Washington.

 

18. A)Functional
    1. Trends in urban B)Urban planning.
    2. Federal regulations for urban

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19. A) They were just big toys for
20. They were not so
21. They were the most popular form of
22. They were very
23. A)To make it at a low
24. C) To make it not easily be broken down.
25. B) To make it easy for everyone to fix.
26. D) To make it available to everyone.
27. A) The history of car development. B)A popular model of
28. The early development of
29. Costs of big-horsepower

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

22. A) Force ourselves to remember C) Never stop learning. B)Practice and exercise consciously.  D) Try hard to remember things.
23. A) One night he forgot to lock the front
24. One night he forgot locking the front
25. One night he remembered to lock the front door.
26. One night he remembered unlocking the front
27. A)Stories about absent-mindedness are
28. People aren’t interested in the stories about absent-mindedness.
29. People get tired of their absent-mindedness.
30. Absent-mindedness happens more in the
31. A)Painful C) Great trouble. B)More time to find things.            D)Huge money loss.

 

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 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.

Education makes  our lives  richer. It   26    us with  opportunities.  So  the amount that girls  were allowed    to 27  in education is an important part of American history. Women’s participation as teachers is an important  part of history, too.

In Colonial times, school was  28  for boys; it was usually taught by a young man, since parents felt that   boys needed 29 leadership.

In the 19th century, more women became school teachers. These teachers were often very young women, even 30 . Usually, they taught for only a few years. By about the 1840s, teaching had become a women’s

 

profession. Now people wanted a teacher who would 31 and support their children, not a strict school master.  They felt that women were more 32 to the job. By the 1850s nearly all teachers were women, especially in the elementary schools. Still, not all girls  33   school, and schools still  focused mainly on educating boys. This   began to change by the end  of  the  19th  century  when  our  country  decided  that  all  children  should  have  free  34   education. However, it did not happen right away; at first, schools still focused on the boys as they had  in the past.

During the 20th century, the majority of children, both boys and girls, attended school regularly.  The teaching 35  continued to be made up mostly of women. Since the 1930s, about 70% of the teaching force has  been women.

 

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.

 

Six Secrets of High-energy People

• There’s an energy crisis in America, and it has nothing to do with fossil fuels. Millions of us get up each morning already weary over what the day holds. “I just can’t get started,” people But it’s not physical energy that most of us lack. Sure, we could all use extra sleep and a better diet. But in truth, people are healthier today than an any time in history. I can almost guarantee that if you long for more energy, the problem is not with your body. What you’re seeking is not physical energy. It’s emotional energy. Yet, sad to say, life sometimes seems designed to exhaust our supply. We work too hard. We have family obligations. We encounter emergencies and personal crises. No wonder so many of us suffer from emotional fatigue, a kind of utter exhaustion of the spirit.
• And yet we all know people who are filled with joy, despite the unpleasant circumstances of their lives. Even as a child, I observed people who were poor, or disabled, or ill, but who, nonetheless faced with optimism and vigor. Consider Laura Hillenbrand, who despite an extremely weak body, wrote the best-seller Seabiscuit. Hillenbrand barely had enough physical energy to drag herself out of bed to write. But she was fueled by having a story she wanted to share. It was emotional energy that helped her succeed. Unlike physical energy, which is finite and diminishes with age, emotional energy is unlimited and has nothing to do with genes or upbringing. So how do you get it? You can’t simply tell yourself to be positive. You must take action. Here are six practical strategies that
• Do something Very little that’s new occurs in our lives. The impact of this sameness on our emotional energy is gradual, but huge: It’s like a tire with a slow leak. You don’t notice it at first, but eventually you’ll get a flat. It’s up to you to plug the leak—even though there are always a dozen reasons to stay stuck in your dull routines of life. That’s where Maura, 36, a waitress, found herself a year ago. Fortunately, Maura had a lifeline—a group of women friends who meet regularly to discuss their lives. Their lively discussions spurred Maura to make small but nevertheless life-altering changes. She joined a gym in the next town. She changed her

 

look with a short haircut and new black T-shirts. Eventually, Maura gathered the courage to quit her job and start her own business. Here’s a challenge: If it’s something you wouldn’t ordinarily do, do it. Try a dish you’ve never eaten. Listen to music you’d ordinarily tune out. You’ll discover these small things add to your emotional energy.

• Reclaim life’s meaning. So many of my patients tell me that their lives used to have meaning, but that somewhere along the line things went stale. The first step in solving this meaning shortage is to figure out what you really care about, and then do something about it. A case in point is Ivy, 57, a pioneer in investment banking. “I mistakenly believed that all the money I made would mean something,” she says. “But I feel lost, like a 22-year-old wondering what to do with her life.” Ivy’s solution? She started a program that shows Wall Streeters how to donate time and money to poor children. In the process, Ivy filled her life with
• Put yourself in the fun zone. Most of us grown-ups are seriously fun-deprived. High-energy people have the same day-to-day work as the rest of us, but they manage to find something enjoyable in every situation. A real-estate broker I know keeps herself amused on the job by mentally redecorating the houses she shows to clients. “I love imagining what even the most run-down house could look like with a little tender loving care.” We all define fun differently, of course, but I can guarantee his: If you put just a bit of it into your day, your energy will increase

[F]Bid farewell to guilt and regret. Everyone’s past is filled with regrets that still cause pain. But from an emotional energy point of view, they are dead weights that keep us from moving forward. While they can’t merely be willed away, I do recommend you remind yourself that whatever happened is in the past, and noting can change theat. Holding on to the memory only allows the damage to continue into the present.

[G]Make up your mind. Say you’ve been thinking about cutting your hair short. Will it look stylish—or too extreme? You endlessly think it over. Having the decision hanging over your head is a huge energy drain. Every time you can’t decide, you burden yourself with alternatives. Quit thinking that you have to make the right decision; instead, make a choice and don’t look back.

[H]Give to get. Emotional energy has a king of magical quality: The more you give, the more you get back. This is the difference between emotional and physical energy. With the latter, you have to get it to be able to give it. With the former, however, you get it by giving it. Start by asking everyone you meet. “How are you?” as if you really want to know, then listen to the reply. Be the one who hears. Most of us also need to smile more often. If you don’t smile at the person you love first thing in the morning, you’re sucking energy out of your relationship. Finally, help another person—and make the help real, concrete. Give a massage( 按 摩 )to someone you love, or cook her dinner. Then, expand the circle to work. Try asking yourself what you’d do if your goal were to be  helpful rather than efficient. After all, if it’s true that what goes around cones around, why not make sure that what’s circulating around you is the good stuff?

 

36. High-energy people usually find themselves some fun and increase their energy quickly. 37.Even small changes people make in their lives can help increase their emotional energy. 38.People holding on to sad memories of the past will find it difficult to move forward. 39.People nowadays are looking for emotional energy.
37. When it comes to decision-making, one should make a quick choice without looking back. 41.The energy crisis in America discussed here doesn’t refer to a shortage of fossil fuels.
38. Emotional energy is in a way different from physical energy in that the more you give, the more you get back.
39. The author believes emotional energy is not inherited or genetically 44.Ivy filled her life with meaning by launching a program to help poor children.
40. Laura Hillenbrand is an example cited to show how emotional energy can contribute to one’s success in

 

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 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

 

Nowadays, Internet shopping is becoming increasingly popular and many more high street stores and supermarkets are now offering this facility. You can shop for just about anything from the comfort of your own home, and all you need to do is to sit in your armchair and order things directly on the Internet.

Shopping on the Internet offers convenience and time-saving benefits to shoppers, as compared to traditional storefront( 店 面 )shopping. People can shop for a variety of products on the Internet, ranging from physical products, such as books, CDs, clothes and food, to information products, such as online news or magazine stories. If it is too inconvenient for you to go out for shopping on your own, or if lack of time makes it difficult for you to shop at physical locations such as stores and shopping malls, you can choose to do shopping on the Internet. The Internet operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and shoppers can expect to find and purchase goods on the Internet anytime, unlike traditional storefronts which have fixed opening hours. No wonder that some research findings indicate that consumers view the Internet as an “instrument of convenience”.

Despite the advantages of Internet shopping, there are also disadvantages of Internet shopping. The main disadvantage on Internet shopping is that you cannot actually see the products you are buying or check their quality. Sometimes the computer image of the products can hardly compare with those that can be touched for quality and put on for comfort. Furthermore, Internet shopping cannot provide the social interaction and the sense of community. Many people will find it completely unpleasant because they may miss the opportunity to talk to friends. Some people are worried about paying for goods using credit cards, so Internet companies are now finding ways to make online payment safe.

As a new type of shopping, Internet shopping is bound to become more and more popular in the future. Moreover, if the problem of the security of payment can be overcome, there will be more people willing to try online shopping.

46. What is the most important advantage of Internet shopping?
    1. The reasonable C) The convenience it brings to you.
    2. The quality of the D) The speed at which the goods are delivered to you. 47.The phrase “physical products” (Line3 ,Para.2)means      .
    3. A) anything you can use B) things useful for health care
    4. C) things connected with study D) things you can see or feel
47. Online news and magazine stories are .
    1. not yet available on the Internet
    2. everywhere on the Internet and on the Internet
    3. information products available on the Internet
    4. the most popular products on the Internet We can learn from the third paragraph that .
48. a delivery charge added to the shopping bill discourages people from shopping online
49. online payment is so safe that people can do shopping on the Internet securely
50. people who enjoy the social experience will not choose online shopping
51. the quality of the goods is not always exactly what you expect
52. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
    1. Sometimes people worry about the money they pay
    2. Shopping on the Internet is a relatively new shopping
    3. Shopping is made easier by Internet
    4. People need to get used to computer system for a secure way of

 

Passage Two

Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

 

Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labor. Men worked outside the home and earned the income to support their families, while women cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children. These roles were firmly fixed for most people, and there was not much opportunity for men or women to exchange their roles. But by the middle of this century, men’s and women’s roles were becoming less firmly fixed.

In the 1950s, economic and social success was the goal of the typical American. But in the 1960s a new force developed called the counterculture. The people involved in this movement did not value the middle-class American goals. The counterculture presented men and women with new role choices. Taking more interest in childcare, men began to share child-raising tasks with their wives. In fact, some young men and women moved to communal( 社区的)homes or farms where the economic and child care responsibilities were shared equally by both sexes. In addition, many Americans did not value the traditional male role of soldiers. Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the war in Vietnam.

In terms of numbers, the counterculture was not a very large group of people. But its influence spread to  many parts of American society. Working men of all classes began to change their economic and social patterns. Industrial workers and business executives alike cut down on “overtime” work so that they could spend more leisure time with their families. Some doctors, lawyers, and teachers turned away from high paying situations to practice their professions in poorer neighborhoods.

In the 1970s, the feminist movement, or women’s liberation, produced additional economic and social changes. Women of all ages and at all levels of society were entering the work force in greater number. Most of them still took traditional women’s jobs such as public school teaching, nursing, and secretarial work. But some women began to enter traditionally male occupations: police work, banking, dentistry, and construction work. Women were asking for equal work.

Today the experts generally agree that important changes are taking place in the roles of men and women.

Naturally, there are difficulties in adjusting to these changes.

51. According to the passage, in the past .
    1. women usually worked outside the home for wages
    2. men’s and women’s roles were easily exchanged
    3. men’s roles at home were more usually quite than women’s
    4. men’s and women’s roles were usually quite separated
52. Which of the following was the result of counterculture force?
    1. Men were more interested in
    2. Soldiers refused to fight in the war in Vietnam.
    3. Working men all cut down “overtime” work.
    4. Women asked for equal work with
53. In the passage the author suggests that the counterculture .
    1. destroyed the United States
    2. changed some Americans’ point of value
    3. was not important in the United States
    4. brought people more leisure time with their families
54. It could be inferred from the passage that .
    1. men and women will never share the same goals
    2. some men will be willing to change their traditional male roles
    3. most men will be happy to share some of the household responsibilities with their wives
    4. more American householders are headed by women than ever before

 

55. The best title for the passage may be . A)Results of Feminist Movement
56. New Influence on Americans’ Life
57. Counterculture and Its Consequences
58. Traditional Division of Male and Female Roles

 

 

Part Ⅳ             Translation                                            (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into

English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

在中国，北方的冬天在 12 月和 3 月之间，相当寒冷（chilly）。北京的气温不会在 0oC 以上，尽管通常会比较干燥和晴朗。长城以北，在内蒙古（Inner Mongolia）和黑龙江，要冷得多。北方的夏季在 5 月和8 月之间。北京的气温偶尔会达到 37oC，甚至更高。7 月和 8 月同时也是这个城市的雨季。春秋季是游览的最好季节。白天的气温会在 21oC 至 29oC 之间，而且雨水偏少。

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