1、大学英语四级 168 及答案解析(总分：746.57，做题时间：130 分钟)一、Writing (30 minutes)(总题数：1，分数：30.00)1.For this part, you are required to write a composition on the topic College English Teaching in China according to the following outline (given in Chinese). Your composition should be no less than 120 words. Remember to w
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10、t it has become his workshop. This is partly because the average Englishman is keen on working with his hands and partly because he feels, for one reason or another, that he must do for himself many household jobs for which, some years ago, he would have hired professional help. The main reason for
11、this is a financial one: the high cost of labor has meant that builders and decorators costs have reached a level which makes them so high that the house-proud English people of modest means hang back. So, if they wish to keep their houses looking bright and smart, they have to deal with some of the
12、 repairs and decorating themselves. As a result, there has grown up in the post-war years what is sometimes referred to as the “Do-It-Yourself Movement“. The “Do-It-Yourself Movement“ began with home decorating but has since spread into a much wider field. Nowadays there seem to be very few things t
13、hat cannot be made by the “do-it-yourself method. A number of magazines and handbooks exist to show hopeful handymen of ages just how easy it is to build anything from a coffee table to a fifteen-foot sailing boat. All you need, it seems, is a hammer and a few nails. You follow the simple instructio
14、ns step-by-step and, before you know where you are, the finished article stands before you, complete in every detail. Unfortunately, it is not always quite as simple as it sounds! Many a “do-it-yourselfer“ has found to his cost that one cannot learn a skilled craftsmans job overnight. How quickly on
15、e realizes, when doing it oneself, that a job which takes the skilled man an hour or so to complete takes the amateur five or six at least And then there is the question of tools. The first thing the amateur learns is that he must have the right tools for the job. But tools cost money. There is also
16、 the wear and tear on the nerves. It is not surprising then that many people have come to the conclusion that the expense of paying professionals to do the work is, in the long run, more economical than “doing it yourself.“ （分数：177.50）(1).Some people say that “the Englishmans home is no longer his c
17、astle“ because_.（分数：35.50）A.England prohibits the building of new castleB.Englishmen work all day and there isnt any romance at homeC.Englishmen have to do a lot of work themselves that used to be done by professional workersD.the Englishmens house is more and more modernized(2).What factor is the k
18、ey to the flourish of “Do-It-Yourself Movement“ in England?（分数：35.50）A.Financial concern.B.Physical concern.C.Interest in handy work.D.Security concern.(3).So many Englishmen are following the “Do-It-Yourself Movement“ because of the following EXCEPT_.（分数：35.50）A.there are instructions that are easy
19、 to followB.any material is available for average EnglishmenC.there seem to be very few things that cannot be made by the “do-it-yourself methodD.it sounds less expensive to do it yourself(4).Why paying the professional can be more economical than doing-it-yourself?（分数：35.50）A.Nobody can really do i
20、t by himself.B.The tools used by the amateurs can be very expensive.C.A skilled craftsman job cannot be learnt overnight.D.The non-professionals may easily be hurt in the work.(5).According to the passage, which of the following in true?（分数：35.50）A.All Englishmen have turned their homes into worksho
21、ps.B.All Englishmen are handy and can do any builders and decorators work.C.The Englishmen want to keep their home smart and bright.D.Englishmen are more confined to home than people in other nations.The beat generation mainly referred to the youth who were born and brought up around the Second Worl
22、d War. They showed their disdain (蔑视，轻视) for almost everything traditional, such as government authority, respect for parents, ones duty, moral standards, and traditional customs. They developed a kind of absolute individualism and liberty. They preferred long hair, mini-dresses or close-fitting clo
23、thes to show off the figure. They advocated freedom of sex and cohabitation (同居). Their influence could be seen from the fact that about one third of the American couples living together were not married by law. And the divorce rate was very high. The endless U. S. wars abroad and sharp class strugg
24、le at home caused many American youths to develop a kind of cynicism. They doubted the existing social system, possibility of harmonious human relations, and the long-honored standard for correct behavior. They felt society overlooked their needs. Therefore, they refused to do any duty that was requ
25、ired of them by society. They declared “Dont believe anyone over thirty. “All this came from the sick society. Its wrong to imagine they all fought against capitalism in support of revolutionary things. Some of their ideas were even more decadent (颓废的) and impractical. It was an abnormal phenomenon
26、in an abnormal society.（分数：177.50）(1).Based on the passage, how many of one hundred and twenty American couples of the beat generation practiced cohabitation?（分数：35.50）A.about 20 couples.B.about 30 couples.C.about 60 couples.D.about 40 couples.(2).Which of the following is TRUE according to the pass
27、age?（分数：35.50）A.The beat generations refused to do any duty.B.The beat generation was in support of almost everything traditional.C.The beat generation believes no one except that he is over thirty.D.The beat generations ideas were not impractical.(3).Cynicism in this passage most probably means_.（分
28、数：35.50）A.a state of mind against realismB.a state of mind doubting everything in existenceC.a theory advocating mutual helpD.a theory advocating individualism(4).The reason why the beat generation refused to cooperate with society was_.（分数：35.50）A.they had no interestB.they found hard to cooperate
29、with itC.the laws block their way to do soD.they thought their need was neglected(5).This passage is mainly about_.（分数：35.50）A.the young AmericansB.the generation gapC.the education of the youngD.an American social phenomenon八、Section B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)The timing, route and point of origin of the fir
30、st colonization of the Americas remains a most arguable topic in human (47) 1. However, a new theory claimed that a “LOST TRIBE“ that reached America from Australia may have been the first Native Americans. If proved by DNA evidence, the theory will shatter long (48) 2 beliefs about the southerly (4
31、9) 3 of people who entered America across the Bering Strait, found it empty and occupied it. On this theory rests the authority of Native Americans (previously known as Red Indians) to have been the first true Americans. To a European, this may seem like an academic (50) 4, but to Americans it is a
32、philosophical question about (51) 5, Silvia Gonzales, of Liverpool John Moores University said. She argued that there were several migration waves into the Americas at different times by different human groups. Her claims are based on (52) 6 found in the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico that have
33、 skulls quite unlike the broad Mongolian features of Native Americans. These narrow-skulled people have more in common with southern Asians, Aboriginal Australians and people of the South Pacific Rim. The bones, stored at the National Museum of Anthropology (人类学) in Mexico City, have been carbon-dat
34、ed and one is 12,700 years old, which places it several thousand years before the arrival of people from the North. But comparisons based on skull shape are not considered (53) 7 by anthropologists, so a team of Mexican and British scientists, backed by the Natural Environment Research Council, has
35、also (54) 8 to extract DNA from the bones. Dr Gonzales declined yesterday to say exactly what the results were, as they need to be checked, but indicated that they were (55) 9 with an Australian origin. She believes that they arrived by boat, settled in what is now Mexico and at other points along t
36、he Pacific coast, and survived for thousands of years. The first Spanish colonists and missionaries (传教士) described the people they found in the area, the Pericue, as slim hunter-gatherers. They lacked much culture, but did have burial customs in which bodies were laid out in the sun before being pa
37、inted with ochre and buried. The Spanish collected the people into their religious missions, where they (56) 10 in the 18th century. Word Bank A) ancient B) skeletons C) dispute D) evolution E) research F) consistent G) liberty H) argument I) identity J) conclusive K) migration L) attempted M) prope
38、rly N) established O) died out （分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_九、Cloze (15 minutes)(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Many people in the literary would say that British literature has lost its 【B1】 nowadays. Many others 【B2】 with this opinion. But what is not 【B3】 doubt
39、is that a lot of the exciting new literature published in Britain in recent years 【B4】 been written by people from outside Britain. Since 1981, nine of the fourteen winners of the Booker Prize, an important prize 【B5】 a work of fiction, were writers from 【B6】 British colonies like India. 【B7】 many o
40、f the best serious British writers manage to be popular as well as pro found, the vast 【B8】 of the books could not be classified as serious literature. Britain is the home of 【B9】 might be called middlebrow literature. (That is, mid-way between serious and popular fiction) Many British authors write
41、 novels 【B10】 as romances , one of the middlebrow types. The British publisher which sells more books than any other is Mills that it has become his workshop. This is partly because the average Englishman is keen on working with his hands and partly because he feels, for one reason or another, that
42、he must do for himself many household jobs for which, some years ago, he would have hired professional help. The main reason for this is a financial one: the high cost of labor has meant that builders and decorators costs have reached a level which makes them so high that the house-proud English peo
43、ple of modest means hang back. So, if they wish to keep their houses looking bright and smart, they have to deal with some of the repairs and decorating themselves. As a result, there has grown up in the post-war years what is sometimes referred to as the “Do-It-Yourself Movement“. The “Do-It-Yourse
44、lf Movement“ began with home decorating but has since spread into a much wider field. Nowadays there seem to be very few things that cannot be made by the “do-it-yourself method. A number of magazines and handbooks exist to show hopeful handymen of ages just how easy it is to build anything from a c
45、offee table to a fifteen-foot sailing boat. All you need, it seems, is a hammer and a few nails. You follow the simple instructions step-by-step and, before you know where you are, the finished article stands before you, complete in every detail. Unfortunately, it is not always quite as simple as it
46、 sounds! Many a “do-it-yourselfer“ has found to his cost that one cannot learn a skilled craftsmans job overnight. How quickly one realizes, when doing it oneself, that a job which takes the skilled man an hour or so to complete takes the amateur five or six at least And then there is the question o
47、f tools. The first thing the amateur learns is that he must have the right tools for the job. But tools cost money. There is also the wear and tear on the nerves. It is not surprising then that many people have come to the conclusion that the expense of paying professionals to do the work is, in the
48、 long run, more economical than “doing it yourself.“ （分数：177.50）(1).Some people say that “the Englishmans home is no longer his castle“ because_.（分数：35.50）A.England prohibits the building of new castleB.Englishmen work all day and there isnt any romance at homeC.Englishmen have to do a lot of work themselves that used to be done by professional workers D.the Englishmens house is more and more modernized解析：段落理解题。这句话出现在文章的第一段，实际上是通过引用他人的话延伸至文章的主要话题“自己动手”运动。第一段的后半部分对此做出说明he must do for himself many household jobs(他必须亲自动手干活)。同时，将
