大學(xué)英語四級(jí)模擬試題十五附含答案解析

1、7')大學(xué)英語四級(jí)模擬題十五1 / 17一二三四五主觀題客觀題總分核查人Part I Writing(15,)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter toexpress yourthanks to one of your friends whohelped you most whenyou were in difficulty.Youshould write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening

2、 Comprehension(2 5)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the endof each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the newsreport and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four cho

3、ices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.News Report OneQuestions 1 and 2 are based on the news reportyou' ve just heard.1. A) 250, 000 at 50 centres.C) 255, 000 at 50 centres.8) 250, 000 at 55 centres.D) 255,000 at 5

4、5 centres.2. A) Electronic detection.B) Telephone call screening.C) Fingerprints identification.D) Sunday' s dress rehearsal.News Report Twoyou" ve just heard.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report3. A) It called for a quality inspection on Peanut Corp, of America.B) It rejected the

5、 business request from Peanut Corp, of America.C) It decided not to cooperate with Peanut Corp, of America.D) It decided to have a lawsuit with Peanut Corp, of America.4. A) They have so far caused 691 people to be sick.B) They have so far caused 3, 516 people to be sent to hospital.C) They have so

6、far caused 2 plants to be contaminated.D) They have so far caused 9 foods to be recalled in history.News Report ThreeQuestions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you" ve jus t heard.5. A) Inability to keep turning out novel products.B) Inability to implement their business plans.C) Failure to

7、integrate innovation into their business.D) Lack of a successful business model of their own.6. A) It is a magic tool to bring big rewards.B) It is the secret to business success.C) It is an essential part of business culture.D) It is the creation of something new.7. A) Its hardworking employees.B)

8、Its innovation culture.C) Its flexible promotion strategy.D) Its willingness to make investments.Section B(1' >8 =8')Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At theend of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversationand the questions w川 b

9、e 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 with a single line through the center.Conversation OneQuestions 8 to 11 are based onthe conversation you ' ve just hear

10、d.2 / 178. A) She has no time to study.B) She is short of money.C) She hasn ' t heard from her parents for a long time.D) She doesn ' t know where all her money has gone.9. A) 190 dollars.C) 760 dollars.8) 250 dollars.D) 1,010 dollars.10 .A) He is Carina' s boyfriend.B) He is Carina '

11、; s financial consultant.C) He is working in the loan section of a bank.D) He is studying economics at a university.11 .A) She has a poor head for economics.B) She wants to ask for a loan from Tim ' s bank.C) She earns little but spends far too much money for a student.D) She wants Tim to be her

12、 financial consultant.Conversation TwoQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you ' ve just heard.3 / 1712 .A) At a road crossing.B) Near a school.C) In front of a kindergarten.D) Outside a police station.13 .A) He did not notice it.B) He drove too fast to read it.C) It says 45 miles an

13、 hour.D) It is not clearly visible.14 .A) It is not genuine.B) It actually belongs to somebody else.C) It should have been renewed two months ago.D) It is no longer valid.15 .A) He was fined 35 dollars.B) He had to do two weeks ' community service.C) He got a ticket.D) He had his driver ' s

14、license canceled.Section C(1x 1010')Directions: In this section, you w川 hear 3 passages. At the end of eachpassage, you w川 hear three or four questions. Both the passage and thequestions w川 be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices mark

15、ed A), B), C) and D). Then markthe corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you" ve just heard.16 .A) He is short of money.B) He does not think money is everything.C) He works hard for the sake of money.D)

16、He wants to be a successful businessman and has plenty of time for leisure.17 .A) People have reasons to seek fame.B) People are advised not to seek fame.C) Fame is less important than money.D) Fame is more important than money.18 .A) She is not interested in either money or fame.B) She wants to suc

17、ceed in doing something more inventive.C) She makes a living by doing research.D) She thinks that those who seek fame w川 end up with a poor reputation.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you" ve just heard.19 .A) Cheating.C) Road accidents.8) Theft.D) Air crash.20 .A) Have th

18、e right documents.B) Learn the local customs.C) Book tickets well in advance.D) Make hotel reservations.21 .A) Get a lift if possible.B) Contact your agent.C) Have a friend meet you.D) Use official transport.4 / 17Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you" ve just heard.22 .A

19、) It covers 97 square kilometers.B) It covers 179 square miles.C) It is only half the size of Spain.D) It is as big as New York City.23 .A) It was cut off from the rest of the world.B) It imported food from foreign countries.C) Its citizens enjoyed a peaceful, comfortable life.D) Its geographic feat

20、ures attracted many visitors.24 .A) The increasing investment by developed countries.B) The establishing of diplomatic relations with France and Spain.C) The building of roads connecting it with neighboring countries.D) The fast development of its neighboring countries.25 .A) They work on their farm

21、s.B) They work in the tourist industry.C) The make traditional handicrafts.D) They raise domestic animals.Part III Multiple Choice (0.5' >20=10')Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE an

22、swer that best completes the sentence. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.26. The knowledge that a rescue team would continue searching for them the trapped miners.A) retainedB) attainedC) maintained D)sustained27. The committee recommendsthat the budget discussed at the next me

23、eting.A) isB) will beC) beD) are28. Anyone over the age of 18 is to vote.5 / 17A) illegibleB) legibleC) eligibleD)ineligible29.of us can do everything, but all of us can do.A) None, somethingC) Some, everythingB) Few, nothingD) Few, nothing30. My father often tells me that a man should aim and never

24、 speakof himself.A) highly, highC) high, highB) high, highlyD) highly, highly31. John was from the warehouse to the accounting office, whichwas considered a promotion.A) transformed B) transferredC) deliveredD)transmitted32. I don ' t want to his bad temper.A) put up withC) keep up withB) come u

25、p withD) come out with33. The film you watched yesterday was from a novel by Jane Austen.A) adoptedB) basedC) adaptedD) adept34. If he had made an appointment, he the director.A) could seeC) can seeB) could have seenD) had seen35. The government ' s plan is that social security about a fifthof t

26、he total public spending.A) takes account of B) on account of C) accounts forD) countson36. Give the message to needs it at the table.A) whomever B) whateverC) whoseverD)whoever37. Hedid not realize that the unemployment was all that in the city.A) criticB) criticalC) criticismD)criticize38. are usu

27、ally preferred by children in the hospital.A) Women doctorC) Woman doctorB) Women doctorsD) Woman doctors39. We can read worldwide news on the website of The BritishBroadcastin g.6 / 17today and are beingA) are to be challengedC) have been challengedB) are challengingA) CooperateB) CooperationC) Cor

28、porateD)Corporation40. My doctor me to a specialist in heart disease.A) inferredB) preferredC) referredD)differed41. We gave up the house, because of considerations.A) economicB) economics C) economical D) economy42. The flu is believed by viruses that like to reproduce in thecells inside the human

29、nose and throat.A) causeC) to be causedB) being causedD) to have caused43. Thanks to the modern electrical, housework nowadays has been made easier and easier.A) appliances B) facilitiesC) toolsD)instruments44. Let me see all the official documents the sale of this land.A) concernedB) concerning C)

30、concernsD)45. Great as Newton was, many of his theoriesmodified by the work of scientists of our time.D) may be challengedPart IV Reading Comprehension(35')Section A(0.5' x 10 =5')Directions:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You arerequired to select one word for each

31、blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Readthe passage through carefullybeforemaking your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Pleasewrite the corresponding letter for each item on theAnswer Sheet. You maynot use any of the words in the bank mo

32、re than once.(請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}紙上寫單詞的代號(hào))You have chosen to attend a university that is not only a great14 / 17concernedlyeducational institutionbut is also a great research institution.encourage you to take 46 ofthat. Take courses and 47 seminars thatpercent of all book sales in the country and are increasing fa

33、r faster thanexplore the frontiers of fields where new knowledge and understanding arebeing created. For me, participating in research as an undergraduate ledmefrom my major in 48 engineering to my major in computer science, and it 49 a passion for being on the leading edge of discovery. This 50 sus

34、tained me through my PhD and continues to excite me after more than 30 years as a Stanford faculty member. Being at the 51 of discovery and taking part in the creation of new knowledge is an 52 rewarding and life-altering experience.As you begin your time at Stanford and plan your four years here, I

35、 would 53 you to remember that your undergraduate education is a foundation for life. It is a once-in-a-lifetime journey. It is much more than your 54 to your first job. It is an opportunity to develop the skills and passion for being a lifelong learner in areas 55 to and outside of your career.A) p

36、articipateB) ticketC) transferredD) useE) ignitedF) advantageG) urgeH) constructiveI) attendJ) immenselyK) passionL) forefrontM) intellectuallyN) relatedO) electricalSection B(1' x 10=10')Directions:In this section, you are going to read a passage with tenstatements attached to it. Each stat

37、ement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information isderived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by writing the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.The End of the Book?

38、A Amazon, by far the largest bookseller in the country, reported onMay 19 that it is now selling more books in its electronic Kindle format than in the old paper-and-ink format. That is remarkable, considering that the Kindle has only been around for four years. E-books now account for 14overall boo

39、k sales. E-book sales are up 146 percent over last year, while hardback sales increased 6 percent and paperbacks decreased 8 percent.B Does this spell the doom of the physical book? Certainly not immediately, and perhaps not at all. What it does mean is that the book business will go through a trans

40、formation in the next decade or so more profound than any it has seen since Gutenberg introduced printing with moveable type in the 1450s.C Physical books will surely become much rarer in the marketplace.Mass market paperbacks, which have been declining for years anyway, will probably disappear, as

41、will hardbacks for mysteries, thrillers,“romancefiction, " etc. Such books, which only rarely end up in permanent collections, either private or public, will probably only be available as e-books within a few y ears. Hardback and trade paperbacks for “serious " nonfiction and fiction will

42、surely last longer. Perhaps it will becomethe mark of an author to reckon with that he or she is still published in hard copy.D As for children ' s books, who knows? Children ' s books are like dog food in that the purchasers are not the consumers, so the market (and theE For clues to the bo

43、ok s future, let s look at some examples of technological change and see what happened to the old technology.F One technology replaces another only because the new technology is better, cheaper, or both. The greater the difference, the sooner and more thoroughly the new technology replaces the old.

44、Printing with moveable type on paper dramatically reduced the cost of producing a book compared with that of the old-fashioned ones handwritten on vellum, which comes from sheepskin. A Bible to be sure, a long book required vellum made from 300 sheepskins and countless man-hours of labor. Before pri

45、nting arrived, a Bible cost more than a middle-class house. There were perhaps 50,000 books in all of Europe in 1450. By 1500 there were 10 million.G But while printing quickly caused the hand written book to die out, handwriting lingered on (繼續(xù)存在)well into the 16th century. Very special books are s

46、till occasionally produced on vellum, but they are one-of-a-kind show pieces.marketing) is inherently strange.to drive live theater out of the marketplace, but they didnt, becauseH Sometimes a new technology doesn' t drive the old one out, but only parts of it while forcing the rest to evolve. T

47、he movies were widely predicted theater turned out to have qualities movies could not reproduce. Equally, TV was supposed to replace movies but, again, did not.I Movies did, however, fatally impact some parts of live theater. And while TV didn ' t kill movies, it did kill second-rate pictures, s

48、horts, and cartoons.J Nor did TV kill radio. Comedyand drama shows ( "Jack Benny,“Amosand Andy, ”“The Shadow" ) all migrated to television. But because youcan' t drive a car and watch television at the same time, rush hour became radio ' s prime, while music, talk, and news radio g

49、reatly enlarged their audiences. Radio is today a very different business than in the late 1940s and a much larger one.K Sometimes old technology lingers for centuries because of its symbolic power. Mounted cavalry (騎兵)replaced the chariot (二輪戰(zhàn)車)on the battlefield around 1000 BC. But chariots mainta

50、ined their place in parades and triumphs right up until the end of the Roman Empire 1,500 years later.The sword hasn' t had a military function for a hundred years, but is still part of an officer ' s full -dress uniform, precisely because a sword always symbolized “an officer and a gentlema

51、n. ”L Sometimes new technology is a little cranky(不穩(wěn)定的 )at first.Television repairman was a common occupation in the 1950s, for instance.And so the old technology remains as a backup. Steamships captured the North Atlantic passenger business from sail in the 1840s because of its much greater speed.

52、But steamships didn ' t lose their sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines had a nasty habit of breaking down. Until ships became large enough (and engines small enough) to mount two engines side by side, they needed to keep sails. (The high cost of steam and the lesser need for spee

53、d kept the majority of the world' s ocean freight moving bysail until the early years of the 20th century.)M Then there is the fireplace. Central heating was present in every upper-and middle-class home by the second half of the 19th century. But functioning fireplaces remain to this day a power

54、ful selling point in a house or apartment. I suspect the reason is a deep-rooted love of the fire. Firewas one of the earliest major technological advances for humankind, providing heat, protection, and cooked food (which is much easier to eatand digest). Humancontrol of fire goes back far enough (o

55、ver a million years)that evolution could have produced a genetic leaning towards fire as a central aspect of human life.N Books especially books the average person could afford-haven' tbeen around long enough to produce evolutionary change in humans. But they have a powerful hold on manypeople n

56、onetheless, a hold extending far beyond their literary content. At their best, they are works of art and there is a tactile(觸覺的) pleasure in books necessarily lost in e-book versions.The ability to quickly thumb through pages is also lost. And a room with books in it induces, at least in some, a fee

57、ling not dissimilar to that of a fire in the fireplace on a cold winter ' s night.O For these reasons I think physical books will have a longer existence as a commercial product than somecurrently predict. Like swords, books have symbolic power. Like fireplaces, they induce a sense of comfort an

58、d warmth. And, perhaps, similar to sails, they makea useful back-up for whenthe lights go out. .56. The increase of e-book sales will force the book business to makechangesfor centuries.57. Authors still published in printed versions will be considered important ones.58. The radio business has changed greatly and now attract