[外语类试卷]大学英语四级模拟试卷44及答案与解析.doc
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1、大学英语四级模拟试卷 44及答案与解析 一、 Part I Writing (30 minutes) 1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic High School Students Going Abroad for Studies. You should write at least 120 words and base your composition on the chart and the outline given below in Chinese: 1. 图中所示
2、为1995至 2000年国内中学生申请出国留学生的情况,请描述其变化 2. 请分析产生这些变化的原因 3. 谈谈自己的看法 High school Students Going Abroad for Studies 二、 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions attached to the
3、 passage. For questions 1-7, mark: Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 2 Social and Cultural Changes of America
4、An economics professor from the United States was teaching in Britain in the early Nineteen-Eighties. One of his students asked this question, “What is most important to Americans these days?“ He said, “Earning money.“ Clearly, his answer was far too simple. Still, many observers would agree that gr
5、eat numbers of Americans in the Nineteen-Eighties were concerned with money. These people wanted the good life that they believed money could buy. In some ways, the Nineteen-Eighties were the opposite of the Nineteen-Sixties. The Nineteen-Sixties were years of protest and reform. Young Americans dem
6、onstrated against the Vietnam War. African Americans demonstrated for civil rights. Women demonstrated for equal treatment. For many, societys hero was the person who helped others. For many in the Nineteen-Eighties, societys hero was the person who helped himself. Success seemed to be measured only
7、 by how much money a person made. The period of change came during the Nineteen-Seventies. For a while, these years remained tied to the social experiments and struggles of the Nineteen-Sixties. Then they showed signs of what American would be like in the Nineteen-Eighties. There were a number of re
8、asons for the change. One reason was that the United States ended its military involvement in Vietnam. Another was that the civil rights movement and womens movements reached many of their goals. A third reason was the economy. During the Nineteen-Seventies, the United States suffered an economic re
9、cession. Interest rates and inflation were high. There was a shortage of imported oil. As the Nineteen-Seventies moved toward the Nineteen-Eighties, Americans became tired of social struggle. They became tired of losing money. They had been working together for common interests. Now, many wanted to
10、spend more time on their own personal interests. This change appeared in many popular American society. It affected popular culture, education, and politics. For example, one of the most popular television programs of that time was about serious social issues. It was called “All in the Family“. It w
11、as about a factory worker who hates black people and opposes equal rights for women. His family slowly helps him to accept and value different kinds of people. Other television programs, however, were beginning to present an escape from serious is sues, These included “Happy Days“ and “Threes Compan
12、y.“ Music showed the change, too. In the Nineteen-Sixties, folk music was very popular. Many folk songs were about social problems. In the Nineteen-Seventies, groups played hard rock and punk music, instead. Self-help books were another sign that Americans were becoming more concerned about their ow
13、n lives. These books described ways to make people happier with themselves. One of the most popular was called “Im Okay, Youre Okay“. It was published in Nineteen-Sixty Nine. It led the way for many similar books throughout the Nineteen-Seventies. The Nineteen-Seventies also saw a change in educatio
14、n. In the Nineteen-Sixties, many young people expressed little interest in continuing their education after four years of study in college. They were busy working for social reforms. Many believed that more education only created unequal classes of people. By the middle Nineteen-Seventies, however,
15、more young people decided it was acceptable to make a lot of money. Higher education was a way to get the skills to do this. Law schools and medical schools soon had long lists of students waiting to get in. Politically, the United States went through several changes during the Nineteen-Seventies. T
16、here were liberal Democratic administrations for most of the Nineteen-Sixties. Then a conservative Republican, Richard Nixon, was elected. During his second term, President Nixon was forced to resign because of the Watergate case. Vice President Gerald Ford became president after Nixons resignation.
17、 About two years later, he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter. The election showed that Americans were angry with the Republican Party because of the Watergate case. But they soon became unhappy with President Carter, too. They blamed him for failing to improve the economy. He lost his campaign f
18、or re-election to conservative Republican Ronald Reagan. The Nineteen-Eighties were called the Reagan years, because he was president for eight of them. During his first term, the recession ended. Inflation was controlled. He reduced taxes. Americans felt hopeful that they could make money again. Ob
19、servers created several expressions to describe some groups of people at that time. One expression was “the me generation“. This described Americans who were only concerned a bout themselves. Another expression was “yuppie. It meant “young urban professional“. Both these groups seemed as if they liv
20、ed just to make and spend money, money, and more money. Entertainment in the Nineteen-Eighties showed the interest society placed on financial success. The characters in a number of television programs and movies lived in costly homes, wore costly clothes, and drove costly automobiles. They were not
21、 at all like average Americans. They lived lives that required huge amounts of money. Two of these television programs became extremely popular in the United States and in other countries. They were called “Dallas“ and “Dynasty“. At the movie theater, a very popular film was called “Wall Street“. It
22、 was about a young, wealthy, dishonest powerful man who traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Power was a popular program idea in action films, too. The most successful action films were about a man called “Rambo“. Rambo was impossibly heroic. Naturally, he always won. The films showed good winning
23、 over evil. But Rambo rejected-established rules and was extremely violent. Another form of entertainment became popular in the Nineteen-Eighties. It was the television talk show. People appeared on these shows mostly to talk about themselves: their politics, their families, their sexual relations.
24、They talked in public about things that were once considered private. Much of the popular music of the time also showed this new openness. Heavy metal rock groups sang about sex and drugs. And then the, re was the new form of music called “rap“. In this form, words are spoken, not sung, over a heavy
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