1、大学英语四级（ 2013年 12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷 32及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled Talent Show. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words according to the outline given below in Chinese. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.1下图为 X市抽样调查市民
2、对选秀节目态度的结果，请简述该图； 2请简述双方持各自观点的原因；3你对选秀节目的看法，是支持、反对，还是不置可否，总结全文。Section A （ A） He refused to take Linda with them. （ B） He agreed to take Linda with them. （ C） He thought Linda should decide herself. （ D） He thought Linda should write something. （ A） By car. （ B） By bus. （ C） By plane. （ D） By train.
3、 （ A） Dont drink beer. （ B） Drink dark beer. （ C） Dont use ice. （ D） Boil the beer. （ A） The teacher postponed the meeting this afternoon. （ B） There wont be a test this afternoon. （ C） The students will be attending the meeting. （ D） The students will take a test this afternoon. （ A） If he can help
4、 her fill out a job application. （ B） If he can introduce her to the campus counselor. （ C） If he knows of any job openings with his former employer. （ D） If hell return to the campus where he worked last year. （ A） Someone else should make the introduction. （ B） Dan isnt a very good violinist. （ C）
5、 There will be other musicians to introduce. （ D） Its rather late to ask Dan to make the introduction now. （ A） She doesnt have much trouble. （ B） She understood the reading last night. （ C） She understands very little. （ D） She hasnt been doing much of the reading. （ A） The man has been complaining
6、 too much. （ B） The mans toothache will go away by itself. （ C） The man should have seen the dentist earlier. （ D） The man should confirm his appointment with the dentist. （ A） One of his classes finished early. （ B） He wanted to get some studying done. （ C） The library had a special display on the
7、Industrial Revolution. （ D） His books were ten days overdue. （ A） Checked them out. （ B） Took notes on them. （ C） Returned them to the shelves. （ D） Put them in his book bag. （ A） They are marked with colored labels. （ B） They are specially coded. （ C） They are checked out. （ D） They are inspected b
8、y the guard. （ A） Because her parents love her very much. （ B） Because her parents never force her to do anything she doesnt want to do. （ C） Because she is allowed to have her career. （ D） Because she has too much freedom. （ A） She didnt need her parents money any more. （ B） She begins to get on we
9、ll with her parents. （ C） She always stayed with her parents. （ D） She rented a government house and lived alone. （ 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 contro
10、l his English study. （ 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 doesnt like his parents at all. Section B （ A） The threat of poisonous desert animals and plants. （ B） T
11、he exhaustion of energy resources. （ C） The destruction of energy resources. （ D） The spread of the black powder from the fires. （ A） The underground oil resources have not been affected. （ B） Most of the desert animals and plants have managed to survive. （ C） The oil lakes soon dried up and stooped
12、 evaporating. （ D） The underground water resources have not been affected by the oil wells. （ A） To restore the normal production of the oil wells. （ B） To estimate the losses caused by the fire. （ C） To remove the oil left in the desert. （ D） To use the oil left in the oil lakes. （ A） In New York.
13、（ B） In a bank. （ C） Near a prison. （ D） In the countryside. （ A） A policeman. （ B） Mr. Blakes old friend. （ C） A prison official. （ D） A runaway criminal. （ A） At least 14 miles an hour. （ B） At least 40 miles an hour. （ C） At most 40 miles an hour. （ D） At most 14 miles an hour. （ A） Because a pol
14、ice-car followed him. （ B） Because he wanted the man in his car arrested. （ C） Because it grew darker and darker. （ D） Because he wanted to return home earlier. （ A） A museum exhibition of African baskets. （ B） Changes in basket-weaving. （ C） Differences between African and American baskets. （ D） Th
15、e development of basket weaving in one town. （ A） Their mothers taught them. （ B） They traveled to Africa. （ C） They learned in school. （ D） They taught themselves. （ A） They sell them as a hobby. （ B） They make them as a hobby. （ C） They use them on their farms. （ D） They make and sell them to make
16、 a living. Section C 26 Man is a land animal, but he is also closely tied to the sea.【 B1】 _history the sea has survived the needs of man. The sea has provided man with food and【 B2】_to travel to many parts of the world. Today, experts【 B3】 _that nearly two-thirds of the worlds population lives with
17、in eighty kilometers of the seacoast. In the modern technological world the sea offers many resources to help mankind【 B4】 _. Resources on land are beginning to grow less. The sea, however, still offers hope to【 B5】 _many of mans needs. The riches of the sea yet to be developed by mans technology ar
18、e【 B6】 _. Oil and gas exploration has existed for nearly thirty years. Valuable【 B7】 _such as iron, nickel and copper exist on the ocean floor, ready to be【 B8】 _. Fish farming promises to be a good way to produce large quantities of food. The culture of fish and selfish is an ancient skill practice
19、d in the past mainly by【 B9】_peoples. Besides oil and gas, the sea may offer new sources of energy. Experts believe that the warm temperature of the ocean can be used in a way similar to that of the steam in a steamship. Ocean currents and waves offer possible use as a source of hydroelectric power.
20、 Technology is enabling man to explore even deeper under the sea. New undersea technology is providing divers with diving suits and【 B10】 _that are kept at sea-level pressure. The development of strong, new materials has made this possible. 27 【 B1】 28 【 B2】 29 【 B3】 30 【 B4】 31 【 B5】 32 【 B6】 33 【
21、B7】 34 【 B8】 35 【 B9】 36 【 B10】 Section A 36 The typical pre-industrial family not only had a good many children, but numerous other dependents as well grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. Such “extended“ families were suited for survival in slow paced【 C1】 _societies. But such families are hard
22、 to【 C2】 _. They are immobile. Industrialism demanded masses of workers ready and able to move off the land in pursuit of jobs, and to move again whenever necessary. Thus the extended family【 C3】 _shed its excess weight and the so-called “nuclear“ family emerged a stripped-down, portable family unit
23、【 C4】_only of parents and a small set of children. This new style of family, far more【 C5】 _than the traditional extended family, became the standard model in all the industrial countries. Super-industrialism, however, the next stage of eco-technological development,【 C6】 _even higher mobility. Thus
24、 we may expect many among the people of the future to carry the streamlining process, a step further by remaining children, cutting the family down to its more【 C7】_components, a man and a woman. Two people, perhaps with matched careers, will prove more efficient at navigating through education and
25、social status, through job changes and geographic relocations, than the ordinarily child-cluttered family. A【 C8】_maybe the postponement of children, rather than childlessness. Men and women today are often torn in【 C9】 _between a commitment to career and a commitment to children. In the future, man
26、y【 C10】 _will side aside this problem by deferring the entire task of raising children until after retirement. A)transplant B)solution C)gradually D)transport E)elemental F)conflict G)continually H)mobile I)couples J)agricultural K)including L)compromise M)requires N)primary O)consisting 37 【 C1】 38
27、 【 C2】 39 【 C3】 40 【 C4】 41 【 C5】 42 【 C6】 43 【 C7】 44 【 C8】 45 【 C9】 46 【 C10】 Section B 46 The Art of Friendship A)One evening a few years ago I found myself in an anxiety. Nothing was really wrong my family and I were healthy, my career was busy and successful I was just feeling vaguely down and
28、in need of a friend who could raise my spirits, someone who would meet me for coffee and let me rant until the clouds lifted. I dialed my best friend, who now lives across the country in California, and got her voicemail. Thats when it started to dawn on me lonesomeness was at the root of my drearin
29、ess. My social life had dwindled to almost nothing, but somehow until that moment Id been too 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-rang
30、e negative consequences of social isolation on ones health. But my concerns were more short-term. I needed to feel understood right then in the way that only a girl friend can understand you. I knew it would be wrong to expect my husband to replace my friends: He couldnt, and even if he could, to wh
31、om would I then complain about my husband? So I resolved to acquire new friends women like me who had kids and enjoyed rolling their eyes at the world a little bit just as I did. Since Id be making friends with more intention than Id ever given the process, I realized I could be selective, that I co
32、uld in effect design my own social life. The downside, of course, was that I felt pretty frightened. C)After all, its a whole lot harder to make friends in midlife than it is when youre younger a fact woman Ive spoken with point out again and again. As Leslie Danzig, 41, a Chicago theater director a
33、nd mother, sees it, when youre in your teens and 20s, youre more or less friends with everyone unless theres a reason not to be. Your college roommate becomes your best pal at least partly due to proximity. Now there needs to be a reason to be friends. “There are many people Im comfortable around, b
34、ut 1 wouldnt go so far as to call them friends. Comfort isnt enough to sustain a real friendship,“ Danzig says. D)At first, finding new companions felt awkward. At 40 I couldnt run up to people the way my4-year-old daughters do in the playground and ask, “Will you be my friend?“ “Every time you star
35、t a new relationship, youre vulnerable again,“ agrees Kathleen Hall, D Min, founder and CEO of the Stress Institute, in Atlanta. “Youre 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 vul
36、nerability risk was actually pretty low. If someone didnt take me up on my offer, so what: I wasnt in junior high, when I might have been rejected for having the wrong clothes or hair. At my age I have amassed enough self-esteem to realize that I have plenty to offer. F)Were all so busy, in fact, th
37、at mutual interests say, in a project, class, or cause that we already make time for become the perfect catalysts for bringing us in contact with candidates for camaraderie. Michelle Mertes, 35, a teacher and mother of two in Wausau, Wisconsin, says anew friend she made at church came as a pleasant
38、surprise. “In high school I chose friends based on their popularity and how being part of their circle might reflect on me. Nows its our shared values and activities that count.“ Mertes says her pal, with whom she organized the churchs youth programs, is nothing like her but their drive and organiza
39、tional skills make them ideal friends. G)Happily, as awkward as making new friends can be, self-esteem issues do not factor in or if they do, you can easily put them into perspective. Danzig tells of the mother of a child in her sons preschool, a tall, beautiful woman who is married to a big-deal ro
40、ck musician. “I said to my husband, shes too cool for me,“ she jokes. “I get intimidated by people. But once I got to know her, she turned out to be pretty laid-back and friendly.“ In the end there was no chemistry between them, so they didnt become good pals. “I realized that we werent each others
41、type, but it wasnt about hierarchy.“ What midlife friendship is about, it seems, is reflecting the person youve become(or are still becoming)back at yourself, thus reinforcing the progress youve made in your life. H)Harlene Katzman, 41, a lawyer in New York City, notes that her oldest friends knew h
42、er back when she was less sure of herself. As much as she loves them, she believes they sometimes respond to issues 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 boa
43、t in the direction you want to go. Hanna Dershowitz, 39, an attorney and mother in Los Angeles, found that a new acquaintance from work was exactly what she needed in a friend. In addition to liking and respecting Julia, Dershowitz had a feeling that the fit and athletic younger woman would help her
44、 to get in shape. J)While youre busy making new friends, remember that you still need to nurture your old ones. We asked Maria Paul, author of The Friendship Crisis: Finding, Making, and Keeping Friends When Youre Not a Kid Anymore, for the best ways to maintain these important relationships. Keep i
45、n touch. Your friends should be a priority; schedule regular lunch dates or coffee catch-up sessions, no matter how busy you are. Know her business. Keep track of important events in a friends life and show your support. Call or e-mail to let her know youre thinking of her. Speak your mind. Tell a f
46、riend(politely)if something she did really upset you. If you cant be totally honest, then you need to reexamine the relationship. Accept her flaws. No one is perfect, so work around her quirks shes chronically late, or shes a bit negative - to cut down on frustration and fights. Boost her ego. Heart
47、felt compliments make everyone feel great, so tell her how much you love her new sweater or what a great job she did on a work project. 47 Leslie Danzig thought making friends at ones middle age needed some reasons. 48 A well-chosen new friend can help you go in the direction that you like. 49 A few
48、 years ago the author felt lonely and depressed when she phoned her best friend in another city who was much wanted then but unavailable. 50 According to Kathleen Hall, one might feel sensitive in the first course of making new friends. 51 Midlife friendship can help you realize your direction of li
49、fe and reinforce the progress youve made in your life. 52 In Maria Pauls book, to be a better friend, you should keep track with your friends, care for your friends job, express yourself, accept her flaws and compliment your friend for her/his good dressing and job. 53 For the author, a girl friend might be the right person to understand her and erase her negative feeling. 54 According to M
