1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 158及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 Write an essay commenting on the remark “Life is full of roses and thorns.“ You may state your own view on disasters. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Section A （ A） 4. （ B） 13. （ C） 17. （ D） 18. （ A） Methane e
2、xplosion in Turkey. （ B） Miscounting of the people died in the accident. （ C） Terrible working conditions of coal miners. （ D） The worst mining disaster in history. （ A） 13 months old. （ B） 13 days old. （ C） 13 years old. （ D） 30 months old. （ A） The girls two thighs are fused together. （ B） The gir
3、ls legs fused together from her thighs to her ankles. （ C） The girls two knees are fused together. （ D） The girls two ankles are fused together. （ A） Copied CDs. （ B） Copied VCDs. （ C） Pirated CDs. （ D） Pirated VCDs. （ A） 50 million. （ B） 60 million. （ C） 30 million. （ D） 2 million. （ A） Trade mark.
4、 （ B） Production right. （ C） Registered right. （ D） Property right. Section B （ A） Stay at home. （ B） Hold parties. （ C） Do part-time jobs. （ D） Travel. （ A） Hired Eric to take care of the pets. （ B） Hired Margaret to look after the house. （ C） Asked Mr. Cohen to take care of the children. （ D） Hire
5、d Eric to water the plants. （ A） By interviewing the applicants. （ B） By examining the application letter. （ C） By taking suggestion from the student employment office. （ D） By listening to their friends recommendation. （ A） The house-sitter looks after the owners house carefully. （ B） The homeowner
6、s dont want to make a fuss. （ C） The house-sitter makes the owners house neatly. （ D） The house-sitter holds a party in the owners house with many classmates. （ A） His major. （ B） High salary. （ C） His preference. （ D） His tutors advice. （ A） They just keep them in small cages. （ B） They dont feed t
7、hem with enough food. （ C） They give them too much training. （ D） They dont give them food at regular time. （ A） To obtain a toy. （ B） To decorate their life. （ C） To make money. （ D） To show their wealth. （ A） Tourist and animal feeder. （ B） Consultant and animal expert. （ C） Interviewer and interv
8、iewee. （ D） Pet owner and animal doctor. Section C （ A） She often practices taking notes. （ B） She often practices oiling the gate. （ C） She often practices singing high notes. （ D） She often practices overcoming her weakness. （ A） Because he had run out of gas. （ B） Because his tires were stabbed.
9、（ C） Because he had heard a noise. （ D） Because he was attracted by Mrs. Jones. （ A） The noise came from the tires. （ B） The noise came form the brakes. （ C） The noise came from Mrs. Jones singing. （ D） The noise came from another car passing by. （ A） Hard work is the most important thing for ones s
10、uccess. （ B） Hard work may invite good luck. （ C） Good luck plays an important role in ones success. （ D） Success has nothing to do with luck. （ A） Working hard may prepare yourself opportunity. （ B） Success always depends on opportunity. （ C） Opportunity can replace hard work in job hunting. （ D） W
11、orking hard will ensure you success. （ A） Its Columbus pure luck. （ B） It proves that the earth is not round. （ C） It enriched the American people. （ D） Its one of the biggest lucky mistakes. （ A） He suffered a nervous breakdown. （ B） He was wrongly diagnosed. （ C） He was seriously injured. （ D） He
12、developed a strange disease. （ A） He was able to talk again. （ B） He raced to the nursing home. （ C） He could tell red and blue apart. （ D） He could not recognize his wife. （ A） Twenty-nine days. （ B） Two and a half months. （ C） Several minutes. （ D） Fourteen hours. （ A） They welcomed the publicity
13、in the media. （ B） They avoided appearing on television. （ C） They released a video of his progress. （ D） They declined to give details of his condition. Section A 26 Videoconferencing is nothing more than a television set or PC monitor with a camera. Through the video conferencing, not only your vo
14、ice but also your face, the surroundings and any other graphic and physical【 C1】 _can be captured and transmitted through the communication system with or without wires. Of course, when you go into the details, the technology involved is very【 C2】 _and the subject matter littered with jargon. Such a
15、s ISDN(Integrated Services Digital Network), POTS(Plain Old Telephone Service)or the【 C3】 _behind bandwidth, latency and is ochrony which are used to explain how videoconferencing works. Good people communication is【 C4】 _in any business, and the more interaction you can achieve, the more likely it
16、is that your【 C5】 _will be the right ones. Videoconferencing not only allows you to speak to people in different locations, but also note【 C6】 _expressions and gestures that let you know what the other person is really thinking. Meetings are made more【 C7】 _by sharing documents and computer applicat
17、ions that a simple telephone cannot【 C8】 _. 【 C9】 _. organizations are discovering the competitive advantages and the power of videoconferencing. With advances in performance, economical pricing, the ability to【 C10】 _essential meeting tools and connectivity to global telephone networks and standard
18、ized videoconferencing protocols, videoconferencing is now a practical reality for any organization. A)Fortunately B)effective C)images D)articulate E)facial F)manage G)decisions H)connect I)advanced J)integrate K)progressive L)concepts M)pictures N)Increasingly O)important 27 【 C1】 28 【 C2】 29 【 C3
19、】 30 【 C4】 31 【 C5】 32 【 C6】 33 【 C7】 34 【 C8】 35 【 C9】 36 【 C10】 Section B 36 In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You ma
20、y choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. How to Use a Library A)Youre driving your car home from work or school. And something goes wrong. The engine stalls out at lights, holds back as yo
21、u go to pass. It needs a tune-up and soon. Where do you go? The library. You can take out an auto repair manual that tells step-by-step how to tune up your make and model. Or your tennis game has fallen off. Youve lost your touch at the net. Where do you go? The library for a few books on improving
22、your tennis form. B)“The library!“ you say. “Thats where my teacher sends me to do ugh homework.“ Unfortunately, Ive found thats exactly the way many people feel. If youre among them, youre denying yourself the easiest way to improve yourself, enjoy yourself and even cope with life. My first suggest
23、ion for making the most of your library is to do what I did, read and read and read. For pleasure and for understanding. C)If its TV that keeps you from cultivating this delicious habit, I can offer a sure remedy. Take home from the library a stack of books that might look interesting. Pile them on
24、the TV set. Next time you are tempted to turn on a program you really dont want to see, reach for a book instead. D)Over the years, people collect a mental list of books they mean to read. If you dont have such a list, here is the suggestion. Take from the library some of the books you might have en
25、joyed dramatized on TV, like Rcmargucs All Quiet on the Western Front, Clavells Shogun, Tolkiens The Hobbit, or Victor Hugos Les Mise Rabies. If you like what you read, you can follow up with other satisfying books by the same authors. E)Some people in their reading limit themselves to current talke
26、d-about best sellers. Oh, what they miss! The library is full of yesterdays best sellers: and they still make compelling reading today. Some that Ive enjoyed: A. B. Guthries The Big Sky, Carl Van Dorens Benjamin Franklin, Mari Sandozs Old Jules, and Norman Mailers The Naked and the Dead. F)How do yo
27、u find these or any other books youre looking for? Its easy with the card catalog. Every time I go to the library and I go more than once a week 1 invariably make a beeline to the card catalog before anything else. Its the nucleus of any public library. The card catalog lists every book in the libra
28、ry by:l. author: 2. title: 3. subject. Lets pick an interesting subject to look up. 1 have always been fascinated by astronomy. Youll be surprised at the wealth of material you will find under “astronomy“ to draw upon. And the absorbing books you didnt know existed on it. CAUTION: Always have a penc
29、il and paper when you use the card catalog. G)Once you jot down the numbers of the books you are interested in, you are ready to find them on the shelves. Libraries call the shelves “the stacks“. In many smaller libraries, which youll be using, the stacks will be open for you to browse. To me there
30、is a special thrill in tracking down the books I want in the stacks! For invariably, I find books about which 1 knew nothing, and these often turn out to be the very ones I need. You will find the same thing happening to you when you start to browse in the stacks. “A learned mind is the end product
31、of browsing.“CAUTION: If you take a book from the stacks to your work desk, do not try to return it to its proper place. Thats work for the experts. If you replace it incorrectly, the next seeker wont be able to find it. H)Some of the brightest and best-informed men and women in America are the libr
32、arians who specialize in providing reference help. Introduce yourself. State your problem. And be amazed at how much help you will receive. CAUTION: Dont waste the time of this expert by asking silly questions you ought to solve yourself. Save the reference librarian for the really big ones. I)You s
33、hould also learn to use the Readers Guide to Periodical Literature .This green-bound index is one of the most useful items in any library. It indexes all the articles in the major magazines, including newspaper magazine supplements. Thus it provides a guide to the very latest expert information of a
34、ny subject that interests you. So if you want to do a really first-class job, find out which magazines your library subscribes to, then consult the Readers Guide and track down recent articles on your subject. When you use this wonderful tool effectively, you show the mark of a real scholar. J)Since
35、 you can take most books home, but not magazines, take full notes when using the latter. Many libraries today provide a reprographic machine that can quickly copy pages you need from magazines and books. Ask about it. If you are working on a project of some size which will require repeated library v
36、isits, keep a small notebook in which you record the identification numbers of the books you will be using frequently. This will save you valuable time, because you wont have to consult the card catalog or search aimlessly through the stacks each time you visit for material you seek. Some of the ver
37、y best books in any library are the reference books, which may not be taken home. Learn what topics they cover and how best to use them, for these books are wonderful repositories(储藏室、资料库 )of human knowledge. K)Your library can give you help on any subject. It can even be your business and legal adv
38、isor. How many times have you scratched your head over how to get a tax rebate(折扣 )on your summer job? Youll find guides to that. Want to defend yourself in traffic court? Find out how in legal books at the library. L)Library Projects Can Be Fun and Rewarding. Here are a few ideas: What are your roo
39、ts? Trace your ancestors. Many libraries specialize in genealogy. Did George Washington sleep nearby? Or Billy the Kid? Your librarys collection of local history books can put you on the trail. Cook a Polynesian feast. Or an ancient Roman banquet. Read how in the librarys cook books. Take up photogr
40、aphy. Check the library for consumer reviews of cameras before you buy. Take out books on lighting, composition, or darkroom techniques or you name it! M)If you havent detected by now my enthusiasm for libraries, let me offer two personal notes. Im particularly pleased that in recent years two beaut
41、iful libraries have been named after me: a small community library in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, and the huge research library located at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. And I like libraries so much that I married a librarian. 37 The nucleus of any public library is the card catalog.
42、38 Yesterdays best sellers are still good for reading, which shouldnt be overlooked. 39 The author suggests that people should go to the library for answers when things go wrong. 40 The Reader $ Guide is a green-bound index which provides a guide to very latest expert information of any subject that
43、 interests readers. 41 The sure remedy to kick the TV habit is to take home from the library interesting books to read. 42 There are various kinds of fun and rewarding projects available in different libraries. 43 A notebook will help readers to record the identification numbers of the frequently us
44、ed books which cant be taken home. 44 Readers should not try to return the book taken from the stacks to their desk to its proper place. 45 When asking for help, readers are suggested not asking the reference librarians silly questions they ought to solve themselves. 46 Your library not only helps y
45、our business, but also becomes your legal advisor. Section C 46 The ownership of pets brings a variety of benefits that the uninitiated would never believe. For every tale of shredded cushion, flattened plants, and chew slippers, there is another testimony of intelligence, sympathy and undying devot
46、ion. Now the growing body of research into the medical and social advantages of pet ownership has confirmed what pet owners have always intuitively known that pets are not just loving companions but actually do us good. Researchers have established the value of pets in soothing and reassuring humans
47、, particularly when ill, lonely or in distress. Perhaps the unquestioning love and approval pets give us is something we dont always get from out human nearest and dearest. Our makeshift understanding psychology leads many of us to view very close relationships with pets with suspicion. Childless co
48、uples in particular give rise to speculation, but a consultant in animal behavior says, “There is no evidence that a pet is a direct substitute for child.“ And while many adults feel foolish if caught talking to their pets, they have no need to. The experts say you cannot have a close relationship w
49、ith a pet without treating it as a person and that talking to a pet is not unhealthy simply a way of establishing camaraderie. The shaking helplessness of a young puppy or fluffy kitten stirs protective instincts deep within us and prompts many parents to buy pets for their children in the hope of instilling a sense of responsibility and caring and acceptance of the facts of life and death. Hut animals dont have to be soft and fond to bring out the best in us
