2013年12月英语四级考试(改革题型)预测试卷附答案(4)
日期:2013-12-13 20:01

(单词翻译:单击)

写作

  Part I Writing.(30 minutes)
  1.近来电视相亲节目很流行;
  2. 有人反对,有人支持;
  3.你的观点。


听力

  1、
  A.She will help the man later.
  B.She doesn't want to help the man with the homework.
  C.The man should do the homework himself.
  D.The man should watch the program first.
  2、
  A.She didn't notice the posters.
  B.Betty probably made the posters.
  C.The collection doesn't belong to Mary Ann.
  D.Mary Ann's posters are very attractive.
  3、
  A.They didn't like the restaurant.
  B.The man generally eats more than the woman.
  C.The woman eats more than the man.
  D.They ate all :he meals.
  4、
  A.He is indifferent of the interview.
  B.He is worried about the result.
  C.He is confident about his performance.
  D.He is angry with the HR.
  5、
  A.Her present was a surprise to him,
  B.He had hoped the gift would surprise her.
  C.She wasn't surprised by the gift after all.
  D.He didn't know about the surprise party either.
  6、
  A.She can probably do the job.
  B.She has heard about the letter.
  C.She has written many letters.
  D.She knows who the translator is.
  7、
  A.He was pleased to get the medal.
  B.He was very courageous.
  C.He used to be a firefighter.
  D.He was accused of causing fire.
  8、
  A.She doesn't like either of them.
  B.John copied it from Jim.
  C.Jim copied it from John.
  D.One composition is the copy from the other.

  9、Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard
  A.From the newspaper.
  B.From her classmates.
  C.From her friends.
  D.From the man.
  10、
  A.Plant some trees on campus.
  B.Organize a picnic.
  C.Build a parking lot.
  D.Protect the natural beauty on campus.
  11、
  A.She will attend a meeting.
  B.She will attend a clss.
  C.She will visit her friends.
  D.She will go to the parking lot.
  12、
  A.Lend her pen to the man.
  B.Go to the administration with the man.
  C.Give out the handouts with the man.
  D.Sign her name to support the student action union.

  13、 Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
  A.They had to stay in Denver for two days.
  B.They missed seeing the Grand Canyon.
  C.They started out on the wrong highway.
  D.They almost didn't see Indian Falls.
  14、
  A.Highway 40.
  B.Highway 14.
  C.Highway 90.
  D.Highway 19.
  15、
  A.John was prevented from going fishing.
  B.Jimmy got sick from eating too many grapes.
  C.They stayed with the wife's cousin.
  D.They had some trouble with their automobile.Section B

  16、 Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
  A.He obtained his philosophy degree.
  B.He sold his own life on the Internet.
  C.He became famous for his website.
  D.He requested to part with his girltriend.
  17、
  A.He intended to do something special.
  B.He wanted to ask for donations for charities.
  C.He did not know the reason himself.
  D.He meant to offer some help to poor people.
  18、
  A.Driving license.
  B.Training course.
  C.Cooking skills.
  D.Australian passport.

  19、 Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
  A.Because they had caught serious disease.
  B.Because they had been away from home for many years.
  C.Because it was said they had died.
  D.Because they were put into prison.
  20、
  A.His bitter experience abroad.
  B.What he saw in the Asian countries.
  C.Made-up stories based on his imagination.
  D.The stories about his family.
  21、
  A.Where the countries are.
  B.How to make a travel around the world.
  C.What he told about is quite true.
  D.How to find the black stone for cooking.Passage Three

  22、 Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
  A.She was believed to be the last survivor after the big ship sank.
  B.She was reported to die at her own home in England on Sunday.
  C.She was the youngest passenger on board when the disaster happened.
  D.She was taking a journey with her family when the liner hit an iceberg.
  23、
  A.Her father.
  B.Her mother.
  C.Her brother,
  D.Her sister.
  24、
  A.Because it would make her feel uncomfortable.
  B.Because she was too sick to attend the ceremony.
  C.Because she didn't like being treated as a celebrity.
  D.Because she had to make some miserable speeches.
  25、
  A.Valuable prints taken from the ship.
  B.A suitcase filled with donated clothes.
  C.Her lifesaving sack in the disaster.
  D.Apology letters to her from the Fund.

  听力填空题
  26、听材料,回答下列各题:
  A unique laboratory at the University of Chicago is busy only at night. It is a dream laboratorywhere researchers are at work studying dreamers. Their findings have (26)___________ that everyonedreams from three to seven times a night; although in (27)___________life a person may remember none oronly one of his dreams. What people dream usually (28)___________ !heir waking life experiences, whichare mostly visual in nature. Dream is (29) __ to be a passive event, a (30)___________ that peopleexperience but do not (31) __ control. While the subjects - - usually students___________sleep, specialmachines record their (32) __ waves and eye movementss well as the body movements thatsignal the end of a dream. Surprisingly, all subjects sleep (33) . Observers report that a personusually feels anxious before a dream. Once the dream has started, h is body relaxes and his eyes becomemore active, as if the curtain had gone up on a show. As soon as the machine indicates that the dreamis over, the sleeper is weakened by the researcher. He (34)___________, records his dream, and goes backto sleep___________perhaps to dream some more. Researchers have found that if the dreamer is wakened afterhis dream (35)___________, he can usually recall the entire dream. If he is allowed to sleep even five moreminutes, his memory of the dream will have faded.

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选词填空

  Section A
  36、Questions 36-46 are based on the following passage.
  Videoconferencing is nothing more than a television set or PC monitor with a camera.Through the video conferencing, not only your voice but also your face, the surroundings and any other graphicand physical (36) ~ can be captured and transmitted through the communication system with orwithout wires. Of course, when you go into the details, the technology involved is very (37) __and the subject matter littered with jargon. Such as ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network), POTS(Plain Old Telephone Service) or the (38) __ behind bandwidth, latency and is ochrony whichare used to explain how videoconferencing works. Good people communication is (39) __ in anybusiness, and the more interaction you can achieve, the more likely it is that your (40) will bethe right ones. Videoconferencing not only allows you to speak to people in different locations, but alsonote (41) __ expressions and gestures that let you know what the other person is really thinking.Meetings are made more (42) __ by sharing documents and computer applications that a simpletelephone cannot (43) __. (44) __ , organizations are discovering the competitive advantagesand the power of videoconferencing. With advances in performance, economical pricing, the ability to(45) __ essential meeting tools and connectivity to global telephone networks and standardizedvideoconferencing protocols, videoconferencing is now a practical reality for any organization.

  A.Fortunately
  B.effective
  C.images
  D.ANTICULATE
  E.facial
  F.manage
  G.decsions
  H.connect
  I.adcanced
  J.integrate
  K.progressive
  L.concepts
  M.pictures
  N.Increasingly
  O.important

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  Section B
  46、回答46-56题:
  The Art of Friendship
  A) One evening a few years ago I found myself in an anxiety. Nothing was really wrong -- my fam-ily and I were healthy, my career was busy and successful -- I was just feeling vaguely down andin need of a friend who could raise my spirits, someone who would meet me for coffee and let merant until the clouds lifted. I dialed my best friend, who now lives across the country in California,and got her voicemail. That's when it started to dawn on me -- lonesomeness was at the root of mydreariness. My social life had dwindled to almost nothing, but somehow until that moment I'd beentoo busy to notice. Now it hit me hard. My old friends, buddies since college or even childhood,knew everything about me; when they left, they had taken my context with them.
  B) Research has shown the long-range negative consequences of social isolation on one's health. Butmy concerns were more short-term. I needed to feel understood right then in the way that only a girlfriend can understand you. I knew it would be wrong to expect my husband to replace my friends:He couldn't, and even if he could, to whom would I then complain about my husband? So I resolvedto acquire new friends -- women like me who had kids and enjoyed rolling their eyes at the worlda little bit just as I did. Since I'd be making friends with more intention than I'd ever given the pro-cess, I realized I could be selective, that I could in effect design my own social life. The downside,of course, was that I felt pretty frightened.
  C) After all, it's a whole lot harder to make friends in midlife that it is when yon're younger -- a fact woman I've spoken with point out again and again. As Leslie Danzig, 41, a Chicago theater directorand mother, sees it, when you're in your teens and 20s, you're more or less friends with everyoneunless there's a reason not to be. Your college roommate becomes your best pal at least partly dueto proximity. Now there needs to be a reason to be friends. "There are many people I'm comfort-able around, but I wouldn't go so far as to call them friends. Comfort isn't enough to sustain a realfriendship," Danzig says.
  D) At first, finding new companions felt awkward. At 40 I couldn't run up to people the way my4-year-old daughters do in the playground and ask, "Will you be my friend? Every time you start anew relationship, you're vulnerable again," agrees Kathleen Hall, D Min, founder and CEO of theStress Institute, in Atlanta. "You're asking, 'Would you like to come into my life?' It makes us self-conscious."
  E) Fortunately, my discomfort soon passed. I realized that as a mature friend seeker my vulnerabilityrisk was actually pretty low. If someone didn't take me up on my offer, so what: I wasn't in ju-nior high, when I might have been rejected for having the wrong clothes or hair. At my age I haveamassed enough self-esteem to realize that I have plenty to offer.
  F) We're all so busy, in fact, that mutual interests -- say, in a project, class, or cause that we alreadymake time for -- become the perfect catalysts for bringing us in contact with candidates for camara-derie. Michelle Mertes, 35, a teacher and mother of two in Wausau, Wisconsin, says anew friend shemade at church came as a pleasant surprise. "In high school I chose friends based on their popular-ity and how being part of their circle might reflect on me. Now's it's our shared values and activitiesthat count." Mertes says her pal, with whom she organized the church's youth programs, is nothinglike her but their drive and organizational skills make them ideal fiiends.
  G) Happily, as awkward as making new friends can be, self-esteem issues do not factor in -- or if theydo, you can easily put them into perspective. Danzig tells of the mother of a child in her son's pre-school, a tall, beautiful woman who is married to a big-deal rock musician. "I said to my husband,'she's too cool for me,'" she jokes. "I get intimidated by people. But once I got to know her, sheturned out to be pretty laid-back and friendly." In the end there was no chemistry between them, sothey didn't become good pals. "I realized that we weren't each other's type, but it wasn't about hi-erarchy." What midlife friendship is about, it seems, is reflecting the person you've become (or arestill becoming) back at yourself, thus reinforcing the progress you've made in your life.
  H) Harlene Katzman, 41, a lawyer in New York City, notes that her oldest friends knew her back whenshe was less sure of herself. As much as she loves them, she believes they sometimes respond to is-sues in light of who she once was. An old chum has the goods on you. With recently made friends,you can turn over a new leaf.
  I) A new friend, chosen right, can also help you point your boat in the direction you want to go. HannaDershowitz, 39, an attorney and mother in Los Angeles, found that a new acquaintance from workwas exactly what she needed in a friend. In addition to liking and respecting Julia, Dershowitz had afeeling that the fit and athletic younger woman would help her to get in shape.
  J) While you're busy making new friends, remember that you still need to nurture your old ones. Weasked Marla Paul, author of The Friendship Crisis: Finding, Making, and Keeping Friends WhenYou "re Not a Kid Anymore, for the best ways to maintain these important relationships. Keep in touch. Your friends should be a priority; schedule regular lunch dates or coffee catch-up sessions, nomatter how busy you are. Know her business. Keep track of important events in a friend's life andshow your support. Call or e-mail to let her know you're thinking of her. Speak your mind. Tell afriend (politely) if something she did really upset you. If you can't be totally honest, then you needto reexamine the relationship. Accept her flaws. No one is perfect, so work around her quirks --she's chronically late, or she's a bit negative -- to cut down on frustration and fights. Boost her ego.Heartfelt compliments make everyone feel great, so tell her how nuch you love her new sweater orwhat a great job she did on a work project.
  
  46、Leslie Danzig thought making friends at one's middle age needed some reasons.
  47、 A well-chosen new friend can help you go in the direction that you like.
  48、 A few years ago the author felt lonely and depressed when she phoned her best friend in another city who was much wanted then but unavailable.
  49、 According to Kathleen Hall, one might feel sensitive in the first c,,urse of making new friends.
  50、 Midlife friendship can help you realize your direction of life and reinforce the progress you've made in your life.
  51、 In Mafia Paul's book, to be a better friend, you should keep track with your fiiends, care for yourfriend's job, express yourself, accept her flaws and compliment your friend for her/his good dressingand job.
  52、 For the author, a girl friend might be the right person to unde "stand her and erase her negative feeling.
  53、 According to Michelle Mertes, midlife friendship is based on the shared values and activities
  54、 As a mature friend seeker, the author finds herself with enough confidence to offer and take rejection with grace.
  55、 With newly made friends, you can have a chance to take on a new look in your life.

仔细阅读.

  Section C
  56、 Questions 56-61 are based on the following passage.
  Because of satellite links which now enable broadcast news organizations to originate liveprogramming from any part of the globe, the entire world is becoming one giant sound stage fortelevision news. As a result, Shakespeare's famous line, "all the worh is a stage," has taken on aninteresting new twist in meaning.
  Even before today's worldwide satellite links were possible, the growing effect of broadcast news technology on national and international politics was becoming increasingly evident.
  Because television is a close-up medium and a medium that seerns to most readily involve emotions, it is most effective when it is revealing the plights of people; During the Vietnam War, readingabout war was one thing, but war took on a deeper and more unsavor' ( 令人讨厌的) dimension when   it was exported directly into U. S. living rooms night after night by television. Public opinion eventuallyturned against the war and to some measure against President Johnson who was associated with it. As a result of the public opinion backlash (消极反应) during these tines, the Pentagon was thereaftermuch more careful to control what foreign correspondents and TV crews would be allowed to see andreport.
  It was during this time that President Carter brought the issue of human rights to the centre of hisforeign policy, and, to some degree, to the centre of international pol tics. "Human rights is the soul ofour foreign policy," Carter said. "Of all human rights the most basic s to be free of arbitrary violence,whether that violence comes from government, from terrorists, from criminals, or fi'om self-appointedmessiahs (救世主) operating under the cover of politics or religion. "
  Although political viewpoints have changed since then, because of the emotional nature of humanrights, this has emerged as the "soul" of television news. The transgression (侵犯) of human rightshas been the focus of many, if not most, major international television news stories. The reporting ofthese stories has created outrage in the world, prompted attempts at censorship by dictators, and in many cases resulted in the elimination of human rights abuses.

  56、The passage mainly discusses____________.
  A.the evolution of international politics in the United States
  B.the broadcast media gives its primary concern on human rights
  C.the global television communication has a huge impact on pet,pie's emotions
  D.the broadcast media plays a growing role in international poli ics
  57、According to the passage, people were against the Vietnam War may be as a result of____________.
  A.the influence of news broadcast on people's emotions
  B.the anger from the audiences of all nations
  C.the extensive coverage of the War
  D.the viewing of American army's cruel behaviors on TV
  58、What did the Pentagon do when faced with the public opinion backlash on the Vietnam War?
  A.They thereafter tried to control the news coverage.
  B.They punished the correspondents and TV crews.
  C.They put a ban on the discussion of the War.
  D.They did nothing about it.
  59、What was a possible result when President Carter brought the issue of human rights to the centre of his foreign policy?
  A.The Pentagon failed to control the report of the media.
  B.People turned their attention to the transgression of human rights.
  C.All censorship of broadcast news was eliminated.
  D.The Vietnam War was ended.
  60、Which of the following has NOT been mentioned as a result of the television focus on the issue of human rights?
  A.Anger aroused on the transgression of human rights.
  B.Better understanding and appreciation of different cultures.
  C.Prompted attempts at censorship by dictators.
  D.The elimination of human rights abuses.

  61、 Questions {TSE} are based on the following passage.
  You never see them, but they're with you every time you fly. They record where you are going,
  how fast you're traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally. Their abilityto withstand almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. They're knownas the black box.
  When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the Indiaocean June 30, 2009, the black box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong. So when a Frenchsubmarine (潜水艇) detected the device's homing signal five day; later, the discovery marked a huge
  step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed.
  In 1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight-memory recorder that would trackbasic information like altitude and direction. That was the first mode for a black box, which becamea requirement on all U.S. commercial flights by 1960. Early model,, often failed to withstand crashes,
  however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane - the arealeast subject to impact - from its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱). The same year,  theFederal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be painted orangeor yellow to aid visibility.
  Modem airplanes have two black boxes: a voice recorder, which tracks pilots' conversations, and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine nois,~s and other operating functions thathelp investigators reconstruct the aircraft's final moments. Placed in an insulated ( 隔绝的) case   andsurrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of stainless steel, the boxes can withstand massive force andtemperatures up to 2,000~F. When submerged, they're also able to emit signals from depths of 20,000 ft.
  Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crasned near Brazil on June l, 2009, are inwater nearly that deep, but statistics say they're still likely to turn up.In the approximately 20 deep-seacrashes over the past 30 years, only one plane's black boxes were never recovered.

  61、What does the author say about the black box?
  A.It ensures the normal functioning of an airplane.
  B.The idea for its design comes from a comic book.
  C.Its ability to ward off disasters is incredible.
  D.It is an indispensable device on an airplane.
  62、What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni airliner?
  A.Data for analyzing the cause of the crash.
  B.The total number of passengers on board.
  C.The scene of the crash and extent of the damage.
  D.Homing signals sent by the pilot before the crash.
  63、Why was the black box redesigned in 1965?
  A.New materials became available by that time.
  B.Too much space was needed for its installation.
  C.The early models often got damaged in the crash.
  D.The early models didn't provide the needed data.
  64、Why did the Federal Aviation Authority require the black boxes be painted orange or yellow?
  A.To distinguish them from the colour of the plane.
  B.To caution people to handle them with care.
  C.To make them easily identifiable.
  D.To conform to international standards.
  65、What do we know about the black boxes from Air France Fligh 447?
  A.There is still a good chance of their being recovered.
  B.There is an urgent need for them to be reconstructed.
  C.They have stopped sending homing signals.
  D.They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil.

翻译

  Part IV Translation.(30minutes)
  66、对全球的应用程序(app)开发商来说,打入中国,这个世界最大的智能手机(smartphone)市场是非常不容易的。程序开发商们必须与数十家应用程序零售店(retail store)打交道,政府对这些零售店的监管要比美国宽松。程序开发商在中国还必须努力避免自己受到“山寨”产品泛滥的冲击,避开各种监管障碍以及中国本地程序开发商的激烈竞争。

参考答案

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36-45 CILOG EBFNG

46-55 CIADG JBFEH

56-65 DAABB CACCA

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  • commercialadj. 商业的 n. 商业广告
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  • matureadj. 成熟的,(保单)到期的,考虑周到的 v. 成熟
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