2013年12月英语四级考试(改革题型)预测试卷附答案(6)
日期:2013-12-13 23:58

(单词翻译:单击)

写作

  Part I Writing.(30 minutes)
  1.以下是某城市各类培训班的数目图,请简要描述图表;
  2.给出可能的原因;
  3.你的观点。

听力

  1、
  A.No. He has to finish his homework.
  B.No. He doesn't like going to the club.
  C.Yes. He'll go after he finished his homework.
  D.Yes. He'll write his paper after he returns.
  2、
  A.At a newsstand.
  B.At a car dealer's.
  C.At a publishing house.
  D.At a newspaper office.
  3、
  A.A movie.
  B.A lecture.
  C.A play.
  D.A speech.
  4、
  A.Having a break.
  B.Continuing the meeting.
  C.Moving on to the next item.
  D.Waiting a little longer.
  5、
  A.At a library.
  B.In a bus.
  C.At the airport.
  D.At a post office.
  6、
  A.The man wants to go to San Francisco.
  B.There are no flights to Los Angeles for the rest of the day.
  C.There are two direct flights to Los Angeles within the next two hours.
  D.If the man boards the plane to Los Angeles now, he will have to transfer atSan Francisco.
  7、
  A.Shop assistant.
  B.A telephone operator.
  C.A waitress.
  D.A clerk.
  8、
  A.If the game is held there the team will lose.
  B.If the game is held there the team will win.
  C.It makes no difference since the team will lose.
  D.It makes no difference since the team will win.

  9、Conversation One.
  听材料,回答下列问题:
  why did the man decide to go to the library?
  A.One of his classes finished early.
  B.He wanted to get some studying done.
  C.The library had a special display on the Industrial Revolution.
  D.His books were ten days overdue.
  10、After getting the books,what did the man do?
  A.Checked them out.
  B.Took notes on them.
  C.Returned them to the shelves.
  D.Put them in his book bag.
  11、According to the man ,what happens to all the books in the library?
  A.They are marked with colored labels.
  B.They are specially coded.
  C.They are checked out.
  D.They are inspected by the guard.

  12、Conversation Two.
  听材料,回答下列各题:
  According to the woman,why does she respect he parents?
  A.Because her parents love her very much.
  B.Because her parents never force her to do anything she doesn't want to do.
  C.Because she is allowed to have her career.
  D.Because she has too much freedom.
  13、What happende when the women began to study nursing?
  A.She didn't need her parents' money any more.
  B.She begins to get on well with her parents.
  C.She always stayed with her parents.
  D.She rented a government house and lived alone.
  14、What attitude did the man‘s parents have towards his study abroad?
  A.They allowed him to come to England immediately.
  B.They thought he should go abroad as a child.
  C.They were reluctant until their son persuaded them.
  D.They tried to control his English study.
  15、Which of the following statements is true according to the conversation?
  A.The two speakers are from different countries.
  B.The man gets along very well with his parents.
  C.British parents never interfere with their children.
  D.The man doesn't like his parents at all.

  16、Passage One.
  听材料,回答下列各题:
  what is the main idea of the passage?
  A.The degree of violence in program is too high.
  B.There shouldn't be any commercials on television.
  C.Watching too much television is undesirable for children.
  D.Television programs in the United States are of low quality.
  17、Accordign to the passage,what do you think "Sesame Street"is?
  A.A recreational program.
  B.An educational program.
  C.A program for cartoons.
  D.A program for commercials.
  18、What will be the consequence if a child forms a habit of watching hours of television every day?
  A.They will become inactive and dull.
  B.They will not go to cinemas as often.
  C.They will forget to do their homework.
  D.They will imitate what they see in the program.

  19、Passage Two.
  听材料,回答下列各题:
  Where are the largest black bears living according to the passage?
  A.They are living in the tall building of Manhattan.
  B.They are living in the tall building of Philadelphia.
  C.They are living in northern Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains.
  D.They are living in their home with other wild lives.
  20、What is the purpose in naming Pocono as one of America's "Last Great Place"?
  A.To gain support from the local community.
  B.To protect it from irresponsible development.
  C.To make it a better home for black bears.
  D.To provide financial security for future generations.
  21、How many acres of environmentally important land in the area for the Conservancy's protection?
  A.More than 14,000 acres.
  B.Less than 14,000 acres.
  C.About 14,000 acres.
  D.More than 1,400 acres.
  22、What is the key to protecting these remarkable lands according to the passage?
  A.Connecting with the wildlife.
  B.Connecting with the local administration.
  C.Connecting with the local conservancy.
  D.Connecting with the local community.

  23、Passage Three.
  听材料,回答下列各题:
  Why did the speaker say that she obviously had to go?
  A.Milly was probably her secret sweetheart.
  B.The farmer was threatening her.
  C.She was curious about who Milly was.
  D.She was a doctor.
  24、What was the weather like that day?
  A.It was raining.
  B.It was clear.
  C.It was snowing.
  D.It was cloudy.
  25、Who did the speaker think Milly was when she saw the farmer?
  A.The farmer's secret sweetheart.
  B.The farmer's mother.
  C.The farmer's wife.
  D.The farmer's sister.

  26、听材料,回答下列各题:
  Today, students who want to learn English in the US have a wide choice of courses and institutionsto (26)________ from. And, because the US is such a big country, they also have a huge (27)________ oflocations in which to study. The US has a long (28)________of teaching English because, (29)________its history, the country has welcomed (30)________from all over the world, most of who have neededto learn English. Today, the US English language teaching sector is well developed and its teachersare highly qualified and (31) ________. American universities and colleges welcome many thousands of (32) ________students each year, who (33)________on degree or post graduate courses. Most of theseinstitutions provide preparation courses for students who need to improve their English before they startuniversity.study. These courses are called Intensive English Language Programmes and they are themost (34)________ type of courses taken by overseas students. In addition to language tuition, IntensiveEnglish Language Programmes give students the chance to get to know the school where they will bestudying and become more familiar with the American (35)________ environment.

  26、第(26)题__________。
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选词填空

  Section A
  36、Questions 36-46are based on the following passage.
  They go to one of the world's most prestigious universities and pride themselves on their superior intellect but almost half of Cambridge students admit they are not immune from the temptation to cheat and submit essays they find on Google, a survey suggests.
  The results of a(n) 36________ online poll of more than 1,000 students 37________ by the student newspaper Varsity found that 49 per cent of undergraduates pass other people's work off as their own at some point during their university 38________ . Only 5 per cent said they had 39________ been caught plagiarizing ( 剽窃).Academics in universities across the country have been 40________ by their peers of turning a blind eye to the practice to 41________ their institutions to improve their national and international ranking.
  One student told Varsity, "Sometimes, when I am really fed up, I Google the essay 42________ , copy and throw everything on to a blank word 43________ and jiggle ( 微调) the order a bit. They usually end up being the best essays."
  Law students were most prone to ( 倾向于… ) plagiarism with 62 per cent of those questioned 44________ to breaking university rules.
  A university spokesman told Varsity that it regarded plagiarism as a "serious and potentially disciplinary offence which can lead to failure to obtain, or withdrawal of a 45________ ." He said the university was planning to introduce detection software to crack down on the problem.


  36、第(36)题__________。
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长篇阅读

  Section B
  46、
  A Grassroots Remedy
  A) Most of us spend our lives seeking the natural world. To this end, we walk the dog, play golf, go fishing, sit in the garden, drink outside rather than inside the pub, have a picnic, live in the suburbs,go to the seaside, buy a weekend place in the country. The most popular leisure activity in Britain is going for a walk. And when joggers (慢跑者) jog, they don't run the streets. Every one of the minstinctively heads to the park or the river. It is my profound belief that not only do we all need nature, but we all seek nature, whether we know we are doing so or not.
  B) But despite this, our children are growing up nature-deprived ( 丧失) , I spent my boyhood climbing trees on Stratham Common, south London. These days, children are robbed of these ancient freedoms, due to problems like crime, traffic, the loss of the open spaces and odd new perceptions about what is best for children, that is to say, things that can be bought, rather than things that can be found.
  C) The truth is to be found elsewhere. A study in the U.S. families had moved to better housing and the children were assessed for ADHD -- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( 多动症) .Those whose accommodation had more natural views showed an improvement of 19%; those who had the same improvement in material surroundings but no nice view improved just 4%.
  D) A study in Sweden indicated that kindergarten children who could play in a natural environment had less illness and greater physical ability than children used only to a normal playground. A U.S. study suggested that when a school gave children access to a natural environment, academic levels were raised across the entire school.
  E) Another study found that children play differently in a natural environment. In playgrounds, children create a hierarchy (等级) based on physical abilities, with the tough ones taking the lead. But when a grassy area was planted with bushes, the children got much more into fantasy play, and the social hierarchy was now based on imagination and creativity.
  F) Most bullying (持枪凌弱) is found in schools where there is a tarmac (柏油碎石) play ground;the least bullying is in a natural area that the children are encouraged to explore. This reminds me unpleasantly of Sunny hill School in Stratham, with its harsh tarmac, where I used to hang about incomers fantasizing about wildlife. The children are frequently discouraged from involvement with natural spaces, for health and safety reasons, for fear that they might get dirty or that they might cause damage. So, instead, the damage is done to the children themselves: not to their bodies but to their souls.
  G) One of the great problems of modem childhood is ADHD, now increasingly and expensively treated with drugs. Yet one study after another indicates that contact with nature gives huge benefits to ADHD children. However, we spend money on drugs rather than on green places.
  H) The life of old people is measurably better when they have access to nature. The increasing emphasis for the growing population of old people is in quality rather than quantity of years. And study after study finds that a garden is the single most important thing in finding that quality.
  I) In wider and more difficult areas of life, there is evidence to indicate that natural surrounding simprove all kinds of things. Even problems with crime and aggressive behavior are reduced when there is contact with the natural world. Dr. William Bird, researcher from the Royal Society for the Protection of birds, states in his study, "A natural environment can reduce violent behavior because its restorative process helps reduce anger and impulsive behavior." Wild places need encouraging for this reason, no matter how small their contribution.
  J) We tend to look on nature conservation as some kind of favor that human beings are granting to the natural world. The error here is far too deep: not only do humans need nature for themselves, but the very idea that humanity and the natural world are separable things is profoundly damaging. Human beings are a species of mammals (哺乳动物) . For seven million years they lived on the planet as part of nature. Our ancestral selves miss the natural world and long for contact with nonhuman life .Anyone who has patted a dog, stoked a cat, sat under a tree with a pint of beer, given or received a bunch of flowers or chosen to walk through the park on a nice day, understands that. We need the wild world. It is essential to our well-being, our health, our happiness. Without the wild world we are not more but less civilized. Without other living things around us we are less than human.
  K) Five Ways to Find Harmony with the Natural World Walk: Break the rhythm of permanently being under a roof. Get off a stop earlier, make a circuit of the park at lunchtime, walk the child to and from school, get a dog, feel yourself moving in moving air, look, listen, absorb.
  Sit: Take a moment, every now and then, to be still in an open space. In the garden, anywhere that's not in the office, anywhere out of the house, away from the routine. Sit under a tree, look at water ,feel refreshed, ever so slightly renewed.
  Drink: The best way to enjoy the natural world is by oneself; the second best way is in company .Take a drink outside with a good person, a good gathering: talk with the sun and the wind with bird-song for background.
  Learn: Expand your boundaries. Leam five species of bird, five butterflies, five trees, five bird songs .That way, you see and hear more: and your mind responds gratefully to the greater amount of wildness in your life.
  Travel: The places you always wanted to visit: by the seaside, in the country, in the hills. Take a week-end break, a day trip, get out these and do it: for the scenery, for the way through the woods, for the birds, for the bees. Go somewhere special and bring specialness home. It lasts forever, after all.

  根据以上内容,回答46-56题。
  46、The study in Sweden shows that more access to nature makes children less likely to fall ill.
  47、The author's profound belief is that people instinctively seek nature in different ways.
  48、It can be very helpful to provide more green spaces for children with ADHD.
  49、Elderly people will enjoy a life of better quality when they contact more with nature.
  50、Nowadays, people think things that can be bought are best for children, rather than things that can be found.
  51、According to a study in the U. S. Children with ADHD whose accommodation had more natural views showed much better improvement.
  52、Dr. William Bird suggests in his study that access to nature contributes to the reduction of violence.
  53、Children who have chances to explore natural areas are less likely to be involved in bullying.
  54、We can find harmony with the natural world in various ways, among which there are walking,sitting, drinking, learning and traveling.
  55、It is extremely harmful to think that humanity and the natural world can be separated.

仔细阅读.

  Section C
  56、Questions56-61are based onthe following passage.
  Friendship is one of the basic bondsbetween human beings. While the characteristics of friendshipmight vary fromone country to another, people from all cultures not only enjoy friends butneed them.Many studies have shown that teenagers who have no friends oftensuffer from psychologicaldisorders. It has been shown that teenagers, perhapsmore than any other age group, need companionshipand a sense of belonging. Thenegative consequences of loneliness have also been observed among theelderly.The death of a spouse often leaves a widow or a widower totally bereft. If,however, they aresurrounded by friends and relatives and if they are able toarticulate their feelings, they are more likelyto recover from their grief.
  "No man is an island." In otherwords, we are all parts of society. We all need the love, admiration,respectand moral support of other people. If we are fortunate, our friends willprovide us with all ofthese necessary aspects of life.
  As most people observe, there are manylevels of friendship. The degree or intensity of friendshipvaries depending onthe personality of the individuals involved and the context of therelationships.Extroverts enjoy being surrounded by many people whereasintroverts are perhaps content with fewerbut more intense friendships.
  Everyone is not equally open with alltheir friends. The degree of intimacy is determined bymany factors. Closefriends can be formed at any stage in one's life but they are usually veryrare. Notvery many people have more than a few really close friends.Irrespective of the level of intimacy, allfriendships are based on reciprocity,honesty and a certain amount of love and affection.

  56、The second paragraphimplies that________
  A.teenagers without friendswill suffer from psychological problems
  B.a widow or a widower willdie very soon without companionship
  C.human beings needcompanionship and a sense of belonging
  D.some people need friendship
  57、"No man is anisland"(Line 1, Para.3.implies that________
  A.everyone is a part of anisland
  B.man cannot be an island
  C.everyone is just a part ofsociety
  D.society is an island
  58、The degree of intimacy offriendship mainly depends on________
  A.age
  B.belongings
  C.personality
  D.culture
  59、The author thinks thatclose friends________
  A.can be easily formed whenone is young
  B.cannot be long-lasting
  C.are not rare foreveryone
  D.are rare for most people
  60、The word"irrespective"(Last sentence, Para.5.means________
  A.not respecting
  B.dishonoring
  C.regardless
  D.considering

  61、Questions{TSE} are based onthe following passage.
  Sixteen years ago, Eileen Doyle's husband,an engineer, took his four children up for an early morning cup of tea, packeda small case and was never seen or heard of again. Eileen was astonished and ina state of despair. They had been a happy family and, as far as she knew, therehad been nothing wrong with their marriage.
  Every day of the year a small group of menand women quietly pack a few belongings and without so much as a note or agoodbye close the front door for the last time, leaving their debts, theirworries and their confused families behind them.
  Last year, more than 1,200 men and nearlyas many women were reported missing from home -- the highest in 15 years. Manydid return home within a year, but others rejected the past completely and arenow living a new life somewhere under a different identity.
  To those left behind this form ofdesertion is a terrible blow to their pride and self-confidence. Even thefinality of death might be preferable. At least it does not imply rejection orfailure. Worse than that ,people can be left with an unfinished marriage, notknowing whether they will have to wait seven years before they are free tostart a fresh life.
  Clinical psychologist Paul Brown believesmost departures of this kind to be well planned rather than impulsive."It's typical of the kind of personality which seems able to ignore otherpeople's pain and difficulties. Running away, like killing yourself, is ahighly aggressive act. By creating an absence the people left behind feelguilty, upset and empty."

  61、When her husband left home,Eileen Doyle________
  A.could not forgive him fortaking the children
  B.had been expecting it tohappen for some time
  C.could not understand why
  D.blamed herself for what hadhappened
  62、Most people who leave theirfamilies behind them________
  A.do so without warning
  B.do so because of their debts
  C.come back immediately
  D.change their names
  63、Some people would evenprefer the death to the running away of their spouse because________
  A.their spouse would feel nopain during the death
  B.their spouse's death wouldnot blow their pride and confidence
  C.a desertion would not bringa feeling of rejection or failure
  D.their spouse's death wouldmake them feel less painful
  64、The man or woman leftbehind with an unfinished marriage usually________
  A.admits responsibility forthe situation
  B.wishes the person who hasleft were dead
  C.comes back within a year
  D.will have no legal marriagelife for seven years
  65、Paul Brown regards leavinghome in such circumstances as________
  A.an act of despair
  B.an act of selfishness
  C.the result of a suddendecision
  D.the result of the enormoussense of guilt

翻译

  Part IV Translation.(30minutes)
  66、苏州街原称买卖街(Merchants Street),乾隆时(Emperor Qianlong’s reign)仿江南水乡(SouthChina towns)而建,是专供清代帝后逛市游览的的一条水街,一八六零被英法联军(Angl0—FrenchAllied Forces)焚毁,一九九零年在遗址上复建。街全长三百余米,以水当街,以岸作市,沿岸设有茶馆、酒楼、药房、钱庄、帽店、珠宝铺、点心铺(grocery store)等六十多个铺面,集中展现了十八世纪中国江南的商业文化氛围。

参考答案

1-10 ADCAD DCCAD 11-20 BBACA CBACB 21-25 ADDCA

26.choose 27.variety 28.tradition 29.throughout 30.immigrants 31.experienced 32.overseas

33.enroll 34.common 35.academic

36-45 OHCEL GDJNI 46-55 DAGHB CIFKJ

56-65 CCCDC CADBD

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重点单词
  • fantasyn. 幻想 v. 幻想
  • separatedadj. 分居;分开的;不在一起生活的 v. 分开;隔开
  • despairn. 绝望,失望 vi. 失望
  • intellectn. 智力,理智,才智非凡的人,知识份子
  • tendv. 趋向,易于,照料,护理
  • certainadj. 确定的,必然的,特定的 pron. 某几个,某
  • evidencen. 根据,证据 v. 证实,证明
  • unfinishedadj. 未完成的
  • communityn. 社区,社会,团体,共同体,公众,[生]群落
  • spousen. 配偶