1、大学英语四级分类模拟题 524 及答案解析(总分：131.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：20.00)1.Directions : For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on true friendship. You should write at least 120
2、words but no more than 180 words. （分数：20.00）_二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Sensational at the time, Brown“s counsel seems sensible now. Certainly both sexes have taken it to heart, marrying later, divorcing readily and living alone in larger numbers than ever before
3、. In America more than half of all adults are single and roughly one out of seven lives alone. Worldwide, the number of solo dwellers has climbed from 153m in 1996 to 202m in 2006a 33% jump in a decade, according to Euromonitor International, a market analyst. Yet little is known about the wider soc
4、ial effects of this unprecedented boom, writes Eric Klinenberg, a sociologist at New York University. His new book “Going Solo“ offers a comprehensive look at the lures and perils of living alone. Mr. Klinenberg parts with those who see the rise of solo living as yet another sign of the decline of c
5、ivic society. Now that marriage is no longer the ticket to adulthood, a desire to live alone is perfectly reasonable, he writes. Young adults view it as a rite of passage, a period of personal growth before possibly settling down. Its cultural acceptance has helped to liberate women from bad marriag
6、es and oppressive families, granting them a space to return to civic life. Solitary living need not mean solitude. The author offers evidence that people who live alone are often more socially active than their cohabitating peers. The “communications revolution“ has allowed more people to experience
7、 the pleasures of social life from the comforts of home, and cities with high numbers of singletons enjoy a thriving public culture of bars, cafs and restaurants. Urban officials are now eager to lure professional singlesknown to both work and play hardin the hope that they will stimulate the local
8、culture and economy. Living alone is easy enough for the young and solvent; less so for the elderly, frail and poor. Mr. Klinenberg came to this story while working on a book about the lethal Chicago heatwave of 1995, when hundreds of people died alone at home, out of touch with friends and neighbou
9、rs. The trend for solo living can too easily morph into social isolation, particularly for men, who are less adept than women at making and sustaining connections. Other bugbears include loneliness, discrimination (in the workplace, the tax code and so on) and workaholism.（分数：20.00）(1).What can we i
10、nfer from the first paragraph?（分数：4.00）A.Brown“s counsel played an important role in changing people“s attitude to Solitary living.B.More and more people preferred living alone all over the world.C.Divorcing is one of the most important factors causing the unprecedented boom.D.It talks about the rea
11、son why the unprecedented boom appears.(2).Why can the cultural acceptance liberate women from bad marriages and oppressive families?（分数：4.00）A.The cultural acceptance can enhance their social status.B.The cultural acceptance makes woman more financially independent.C.The cultural acceptance makes o
12、ther people accept divorced women in the social life.D.The cultural acceptance creates more freedom for the woman.(3).Which cannot be inferred from Paragraph 3?（分数：4.00）A.People who live alone are more likely to attend social activities.B.People who live alone like to make friends in public.C.People
13、 who live alone play an important role in the local development.D.People who live alone are indulged in the comforts of home.(4).Which of the following is not the disadvantage of solitary living?（分数：4.00）A.Solitary living may lead to people“s indifference to the neighborhood.B.Solitary living may ma
14、ke the old isolate from the society.C.Solitary living may produce people who are absorbed in work.D.Solitary living may make women feel lonelier than men.(5).What does the passage mainly talk about?（分数：4.00）A.The social effects of the rising of solitary living.B.The advantage of solitary living.C.Th
15、e role of the solitary living.D.The function of solitary life.五、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Protests at the use of animals in research have taken a new and fearful character in Britain with attempted murder of two British scientists by the terrorist technique of the pre-planted car-bomb. The research
16、 community will rightly be alarmed at these developments , which have two objectives: to arouse public attention and to frighten people working in research with animals. The first need is that everything should be done to identify those responsible for the crimes and to put them on trial. The Defens
17、e Research Society has taken the practical step of offering a reward of 10,000 pounds for information leading to those responsible, but past experience is not encouraging. People are unlikely to be tempted by such offers. The professional police will similarly be confronted by the usual problem of f
18、inding a needle in a haystack. That is why the intellectual community in Britain and elsewhere must act more actively in its own defense. There are several steps that can be taken, of which the chief one is to demand of all the organizations that exist with the declared objectives of safeguarding th
19、e interests of animals that they should declare clearly where they stand on violence toward people. And it will not be enough for the chairmen and chairwomen of these organizations to make placatory (安抚的) statements on behalf of all their members. These people should also undertake that it will be a
20、 test of continuing membership in their organizations that members and would-be members should declare that they will take no part in acts of violence against human beings. Even such undertakings would be fully effective: people, after all, can lie. But at least they would distinguish the organizati
21、ons entitled to a continuing voice in the dialogue with the research community about the rights of animals in research from the organizations that deserve no say.（分数：71.00）(1).The underlined words “these developments“ in paragraph 2 most probably refer to _.（分数：14.20）A.the acts of violence against s
22、cientistsB.the use of animals in researchC.the techniques of planting bombs in carsD.the establishment of new animal protection organizations(2).What does the author think will likely happen to the car-bomb planting terrorists?（分数：14.20）A.They will soon be arrested and severely punished.B.The police
23、 will have great difficulty catching them.C.They will escape overseas with the help of their organizations.D.The police are unlikely to continue their efforts to identify them.(3).What does the underlined word “they“ in paragraph 3 refer to?（分数：14.20）A.The organizations that will talk with the resea
24、rch community.B.The animal-protecting organizations.C.Those who support the use of animals in research.D.Those who support the animal-protecting organizations.(4).The author“s purpose in writing this article is to demand that animal-protecting organizations _.（分数：14.20）A.declare their objectives cle
25、arlyB.give up the use of violenceC.continue the dialogue with the scientific communityD.help to find those responsible for the attempted murder(5).In the author“s opinion _.（分数：14.20）A.since people can lie, the problem about the rights of scientists can“t be solvedB.animal-protecting organizations s
26、hould be held responsible for acts of violence against scientistsC.animal protection organizations should be declared illegalD.the scientists should take effective measures to protect themselves六、Part Translation(总题数：1，分数：20.00)2.公务员热近些年来的“公务员热(civil servant fever)”使得国家公务员考试成为竞争最为激烈的考试之一。毕竟，人们都希望在风险
27、最小而又轻松的情况下获得最高的回报。如果成为一名政府工作人员是一份比其他任何工作都富有成效的工作的话，那大学毕业生们这样选择就不足为奇了。同时，就业压力、工作保障和社会福利也都被认为是人们不遗余力想成为公务员的原因。 （分数：20.00）_大学英语四级分类模拟题 524 答案解析(总分：131.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Writing(总题数：1，分数：20.00)1.Directions : For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should start your essay
28、 with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on true friendship. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：()解析：参考范文 A Friend in Need Is a Friend IndeedAs is vividly revealed in the picture above, there are two people in the picture keepi
29、ng the rain off their heads. The picture reminds us of an old sayingA friend in need is a friend indeed. We all need real friendship. But what is real friendship? It means that friends can help you when you are in trouble. True friends will not leave you alone no matter what you have encountered. Th
30、ey would like to share both your happiness and sadness. A true friend should be a person whom you trust and understand, who tastes happiness and bitterness with you, who gives you confidence and encouragement. In one word, I believe true friendship will not change through time, and we should treasur
31、e the real friendship. Only by having a true friend can we not be lonely on the long road of life.二、Part Reading Compr(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Passage One(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Sensational at the time, Brown“s counsel seems sensible now. Certainly both sexes have taken it to heart, marrying later, divorcing readil
32、y and living alone in larger numbers than ever before. In America more than half of all adults are single and roughly one out of seven lives alone. Worldwide, the number of solo dwellers has climbed from 153m in 1996 to 202m in 2006a 33% jump in a decade, according to Euromonitor International, a ma
33、rket analyst. Yet little is known about the wider social effects of this unprecedented boom, writes Eric Klinenberg, a sociologist at New York University. His new book “Going Solo“ offers a comprehensive look at the lures and perils of living alone. Mr. Klinenberg parts with those who see the rise o
34、f solo living as yet another sign of the decline of civic society. Now that marriage is no longer the ticket to adulthood, a desire to live alone is perfectly reasonable, he writes. Young adults view it as a rite of passage, a period of personal growth before possibly settling down. Its cultural acc
35、eptance has helped to liberate women from bad marriages and oppressive families, granting them a space to return to civic life. Solitary living need not mean solitude. The author offers evidence that people who live alone are often more socially active than their cohabitating peers. The “communicati
36、ons revolution“ has allowed more people to experience the pleasures of social life from the comforts of home, and cities with high numbers of singletons enjoy a thriving public culture of bars, cafs and restaurants. Urban officials are now eager to lure professional singlesknown to both work and pla
37、y hardin the hope that they will stimulate the local culture and economy. Living alone is easy enough for the young and solvent; less so for the elderly, frail and poor. Mr. Klinenberg came to this story while working on a book about the lethal Chicago heatwave of 1995, when hundreds of people died
38、alone at home, out of touch with friends and neighbours. The trend for solo living can too easily morph into social isolation, particularly for men, who are less adept than women at making and sustaining connections. Other bugbears include loneliness, discrimination (in the workplace, the tax code a
39、nd so on) and workaholism.（分数：20.00）(1).What can we infer from the first paragraph?（分数：4.00）A.Brown“s counsel played an important role in changing people“s attitude to Solitary living.B.More and more people preferred living alone all over the world. C.Divorcing is one of the most important factors c
40、ausing the unprecedented boom.D.It talks about the reason why the unprecedented boom appears.解析：解析 细节推理题。根据题干中的 infer 和 the first paragraph 定位第一段。第一段主要是说明独居的现象越来越普遍，独居的人越来越多。选项 A，C，D 并不能从第一段得出，选项 B 越来越多的人喜欢独居，从第一段给出的增长数据不难得出，选项 B 是正确的。因此正确答案是 B。(2).Why can the cultural acceptance liberate women from
41、 bad marriages and oppressive families?（分数：4.00）A.The cultural acceptance can enhance their social status.B.The cultural acceptance makes woman more financially independent.C.The cultural acceptance makes other people accept divorced women in the social life. D.The cultural acceptance creates more f
42、reedom for the woman.解析：解析 细节推理题。根据题干中的 the cultural acceptance 和 liberate 定位第二段第四句。意思是文化上对独居的接受帮助妇女从不幸的婚姻和受压迫的家庭解放出来，为保障她们重返公民生活提供空间。选项 A，B，D 在文中并未被提及。选项 C 的意思是文化上对独居的接受让别人在社会生活中接受离异妇女。这和文章意思相符。因此正确答案是 C。(3).Which cannot be inferred from Paragraph 3?（分数：4.00）A.People who live alone are more likely
43、to attend social activities.B.People who live alone like to make friends in public.C.People who live alone play an important role in the local development.D.People who live alone are indulged in the comforts of home. 解析：解析 细节推理题。根据题干中的 infer 和 Paragraph 3 定位第三段。第三段的意思是独居生活并不意味着独自一人，作者在书中列出了种种实例，表明独居
44、的人比群居的同龄人更热衷于社交活动。“通信革命”使得更多人尝到了由居家舒适带来的社交愉悦，有许多单身族的城市有着酒吧、咖啡厅和餐馆同欢的兴盛的公众文化。由于单身族工作努力且乐于享受，城市官员热切地希望有职业的单身族在当地定居以促进当地文化和经济的发展。选项 A，B，C 在从文章中均有提及，选项 D 是说独居的人沉迷于居家舒适，而文中未提及。因此正确答案是 D。(4).Which of the following is not the disadvantage of solitary living?（分数：4.00）A.Solitary living may lead to people“s i
45、ndifference to the neighborhood.B.Solitary living may make the old isolate from the society.C.Solitary living may produce people who are absorbed in work.D.Solitary living may make women feel lonelier than men. 解析：解析 细节推理题。根据题干中的 disadvantage 和 solitary living 定位第四段。第四段的意思是对年轻和富有的人来说，独居很容易，但是对老人，体弱多
46、病及穷人来说，独居并不容易。克兰伯格是在写一本关于芝加哥致命热潮的书时关注到这一现象，在那时成百上千的人孤独地死在家中，朋友邻居一无所知。独居这一趋势很容易衍变成社会孤立，尤其是男性，他们不如女性那样擅长创造和维系社会联系，其它不好的方面还包括孤独感，歧视和工作狂。从第四段的译文我们不难看出选项 A、B、C 均是独居的缺点，选项 D 和文章的意思相反。因此正确答案是 D。(5).What does the passage mainly talk about?（分数：4.00）A.The social effects of the rising of solitary living. B.The
47、 advantage of solitary living.C.The role of the solitary living.D.The function of solitary life.解析：解析 主旨大意题。题目是让我们总结文章的主旨。从对上文的阅读，不难看出整篇文章讨论的是独居的崛起对社会的影响，讨论了独居的崛起带来的好与坏。因此正确答案是 A。五、Passage Two(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Protests at the use of animals in research have taken a new and fearful character in Britain
48、 with attempted murder of two British scientists by the terrorist technique of the pre-planted car-bomb. The research community will rightly be alarmed at these developments , which have two objectives: to arouse public attention and to frighten people working in research with animals. The first need is that everything should be done to identify those responsible for the crimes and to put them on trial. The Defense Research Society has taken the practical step of offering a reward of 10,000 pounds for information leading to those responsible, but past experience is not encour
