恩波学校2021年春季大学英语四级第二次模拟考试（上）

1、恩波学校XX年春季大学英语四级第二次模拟考试（上） 恩波学校xx年春季大学英语四级 第二次模拟考试 COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST -Band Four 试 题 册 （120分钟） * 注意事项 一、将自己的姓名、准考证号、所在班级认真涂、写在答题卡和答题纸上。考试结束后，把答题卡和答题纸放在桌上。教师收卷后才可离开考场。 二、仔细读懂题目的说明。 三、在120分钟内答完全部试题，不得拖延时间。 四、多项选择题的答案一定要写在答题卡上。主观部分写在 _二答题纸上。 凡是写在试题册上的答案一律作废。 五、多项选择题只能选一个答案，多选作废。选择答案后，用HB浓度以上的铅笔在相应字母的中

2、部划一条横线。正确方法是： A B C D 使用其他符号答题者不给分。划线要有一定粗度，浓度要盖过红色。 六、如果要改动答案，必须先用橡皮擦净原来选定的答案，然后再按上面的规定重新答题。 art I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both th

3、e conversation and the questions will be spoken only on _. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choi _s _rked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then _rk the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the _n

4、ter. Example: You will hear: A) At the offi _. B) In the waiting room. C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant. From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they have to finish in the evening. This conversation is most likely taking pla _ at the offi _. Therefore, A) “At the

5、 offi _” is the best answer. You should choose A on the Answer Sheet and _rk it with a single line through the _nter. Sample Answer A B C D 1. A) Giving up reading. B) Going to the college library. C) Going to the city library. D) Stopping on the way to the city. 2. A) Three dollars. B) Four dollars

6、. C) Five dollars. D) Seven dollars. 3. A) The _n should join the student union. B) She agrees with the _n. C) The _n shouldnt feel like that. D) She would join the union. 4. A) They both e from Europe. B) They are both interested in art. C) They plan to study art in Europe. D) They will spend the s

7、ummer in Italy. 5. A) She doesnt understand only one point. B) She would like some help from the _n. C) She wont have any problems on the exam. D) She has too _ny problems to deal with. 6. A) Joe wont leave school. B) Joe left school _ny times. C) Joe does not like his school. D) Joe often talks abo

8、ut his school. 7. A) The wo _n enjoyed the TV program. B) The _n didnt like TV program. C) The _n didnt want to listen to the music. D) The wo _n put on a record for herself. 8. A) Reading a book. B) Cooking in the kitchen. C) Getting to the kitchen. D) Showing a book to the wo _n. 9. A) All program

9、s are better than before. B) Most of the programs are interesting. C) Some programs are not good enough. D) Some programs are good but others are better. 10. A) His room feels too cold. B) His plan has been can _lled. C) He doesnt know who called him. D) He doesnt feel very well. Section B Direction

10、s: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only on _. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choi _s _rked A), B), C) and D). Then _rk the correspond

11、ing letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the _nter. Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A) A long stick with two wheels. B) An individual transport vehicle. C) A platform for people to stand on. D) A devi _ improving the speed of a plane.

12、 12. A) From the wind. B) From the _npower. C) From a generator. D) From rechargeable batteries. 13. A) It is very _ to operate. B) It does not produ _ pollution. C) It costs quite a bit of money to use. D) It can repla _ cars in crowded city _nters. Passage Two Questions 14 to 17 are based on the p

13、assage you have just heard. 14. A) To take off his legs. B) He got into a dispute. C) He did as was requested. D) To deposit his belongings. 15. A) He was sorry. B) He was angry. C) He was excited. D) He was agreeable. 16. A) Because they are obliged to _ke people safe and sound. B) Because they wan

14、t to solve the problem of overcrowding. C) Because people do not leave their bags outside obe _ntly. D) Because people can not get to and from their seats fortably 17. A) He _de a disturban _. B) He got into dispute. C) He did as was requested. D) He woke up with a surprise. Passage Three Questions

15、18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 18. A) A crop, similar to fruits or vegetables. B) An industry employing over 100,000 people. C) A seedling that can grow into a traditional relatives. D) A present that can be _de to friends and relatives. 19. A) Three B) Five C) Seven D) Fifte

16、en 20. A) To have them replanted in fields. B) To control how fast the trees grow. C) To give the trees the traditional shape. D) To remove the unwanted from the trees. Part Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions o

17、r unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choi _s _rked A), B), C)and D). You should decide on the best choi _ and _rk the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single ling through the _ntre. Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: The case for col

18、lege has been aepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical eviden _, because college will help them earn more money, bee better people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who dont go. But college

19、 has never been able to work its _gic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who wont fit the pattern are being more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each others experim

20、ents and write false letters of remendation in the intense petition for admission to graduate school. Others find no stimulation in their stu _s, and drop out often encouraged by college administrators. Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves they are spoiled and they are ex

21、pecting too much. But thats a condemnation of the students as a whole, and doesnt explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. Weve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy cant absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-

22、olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either. Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college _y not be the best, the proper, the only pla _ for every young person after the pleti

23、on of high school. We _y have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experien _s. Perhaps college doesnt _ke people in _igent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things _ybe its just the other way arou

24、nd, and in _igent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first pla _. And perhaps all those suessful college graduates would have been suessful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy(异端邪说) to those of us who ha

25、ve been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But contrary eviden _ is beginning to mount up. 21. Aording to the author, _. A) people used to question the value of college education B) people used to have full confiden _ in higher education C) all high

26、 school graduates went to college D) very few high school graduates chose to go to college 22. In the 2nd paragraph, “those who dont fit the pattern” refers to _. A) high school graduates who arent suitable for college education B) college graduates who are selling shoes and driving taxis C) college

27、 students who arent any better for their higher education D) high school graduates who failed to be admitted to college 23. The drop-out rate of college students seems to go up because _. A) young people are disappointed with the conventional way of teaching at college B) _ny young people are requir

28、ed to join the army C) young people have little motivation in pursuing a higher education D) young people dont like the intense petition for admission to graduate school 24. Aording to the passage the problems of college education partly arise from the fact that _. A) society cannot provide enough j

29、obs for properly trained college graduates B) high school graduates do not fit the pattern of college education C) too _ny students have to earn their own living D) college administrators encourage students to drop out 25. In the passage the author argues that _. A) more and more eviden _ shows coll

30、ege education _y not be the best thing for high school graduates B) college education is not enough if one wants to be suessful C) college education benefits only the in _igent, ambitious, and quick-learning people D) in _igent people _y learn quicker if they dont go to college Passage Two Question

31、26 to 30 are based on the following passage. The petition among produ _rs of personal puters is essentially a ra _ to get the best, most innovative products to the _rketpla _. Marketers in this enviro _ent frequently have to _ke a judgment as to their pe _s role when _ _rketing strategy decisions. I

32、f _jor pe _s are changing their products, then a _rketer _y want to follow suit to re _in petitive. Apple Computer, Inc. has introdu _d two new, faster personal puters, the Mackintosh II and Mackintosh SE, in anticipation of the introduction of a new PC by IBM, one of Apples _jor pe _s. Apples new p

33、uters are much faster and more powerful than its earlier models. The improved Mackintosh is able to run programs that previously were impossible to run on an Apple PC, including IBM patible(兼容的)programs. This patibility feature illustrates puter _nufacturers new attitude of giving customers the feat

34、ures they want. Making Apple puters capable of running IBM software is Apples effort at _ the Mackintosh patible with IBM puters and thus more popular in the offi _, where Apple hopes to increase sales. Users of the new Apple can also add aessories(附件) to _ke their _chines specialize in specific use

35、s, such as engineering and writing. The new puters represent a big improvement over past models, but they also cost much more. Company officials do not think the higher pri _ will slow down buyers who want to step up to a more powerful puter. Apple wants to stay in the high pri _ end of the personal

36、 puter _rket to finan _ research for even faster, more sophisticated puters. Even though Apple and IBM are _jor pe _s, both panies realize that their pe _s puters have _rtain features that their own models do not. The Apple line has always been popular for its sophisticated color graphics(图形)，wherea

37、s the IBM _chines have always been favored in offi _s. In the future, there will probably be more patibility between the two panies products, which no doubt will require that both Apple and IBM change _rketing strategies. 26. Aording to the passage, Apple Computer, Inc. has introdu _d the Mackintosh

38、 II and the Mackintosh SE because . A) IBM is changing its puter models continuously B) it wants to _ke its _chines specialize in specific uses C) it wants to stay ahead of IBM in the petitive puter _rket D) it expects its _jor pe _ IBM to follow its example 27. Apple hopes to increase Mackintosh sa

39、les chiefly by . A) _ its new models capable of running IBM software B) improving the color graphics of its new models C) copying the _rketing strategies of IBM D) giving the customers what they want 28. Apple sells its new puter models at a high pri _ because . A) they have new features and functio

40、ns B) they are more sophisticated than other models C) they have new aessories attached D) it wants to aumulate funds for future research 29. It can be inferred from the passage that both Apple and IBM try to gain a petitive advantage by . A) copying each others technology B) incorporating features

41、that _ke their products distinctive C) _ their puters more expensive D) _ their puters run much faster 30.The best title for the passage would be . A) Apples Efforts to Stay Ahead of IBM B) Apples New Computer Technology C) Apples New Personal Computers D) Apples Research Activities Passage Three Qu

42、estions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. A re _nt study, published in last weeks Journal of the American Medical Association, offers a picture of how risky it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a 16-year-old driver with three or more passengers is three times as likely to ha

43、ve a fatal aident as a teenager driving alone. By contrast, the risk of death for drivers between 30 and 59 decreases with each additional passenger. The author also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased dra _tically after 10 p.m., and especially after midnight, with passengers in

44、 the car, the driver was even more likely to _ in a late-night aident. Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experien

45、_. “The basic issue.” he says, “is that _s who are responsible for issuing li _nses fail to recognize how plex and skilled a task driving is.” Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to mitigate (使缓解)the problem is to have states institute so-called graduated li _nsing systems, in w

46、hich getting a li _nse is a multistage pro _ss. A graduated li _nse requires that a teenager first prove himself capable of driving in the presen _ of an _, followed by a period of driving with night of passenger restrictions, before graduating to full driving privileges. Graduated li _nsing systems

47、 have redu _d teenage driver crashes, aording to re _nt stu _s, About half of the states now have some sort of graduated li _nsing system in pla _, but only 10 of those states have restrictions on passengers, California is the strictest, with a novi _(新手)driver prohibited from carrying any passenger

48、 under 20(without the presen _ of an _ over 25)for the first six months. 31. Which of the following situations is most dangerous aording to the passage? A) Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 p.m. B) A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car. C) Adults drivin

49、g with three or more teenage passengers late at night. D) A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight. 32. Aording to Robert Foss, the high death rate of teenage drivers is _inly due to _ A) their frequent driving at night B) their improper way of driving C) their lack of dr

50、iving experien _ D) their driving with passengers 33. Aording to Paragraph 3. which of the following statements is TRUE? A) Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive. B) Driving is a skill too plicated for teenagers to learn. C) Restrictions should be imposed on teenagers applying to take d

51、riving lessons. D) The li _nsing authorities are partly responsible for teenagers driving aidents. 34. A suggested measure to be taken to redu _ teenagers driving aidents is that _ . A) driving in the presen _ of an _ should be _de a rule B) they should be prohibited from taking on passengers C) the

52、y should not be allowed to drive after 10 p.m. D) the li _nsing system should be improved 35. The present situation in about half of the states is that the graduated li _nsing system _. A) is under discussion B) is about to be set up C) has been put into effect D) has been perfected Passage Four Que

53、stions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a wo _n and a young boy sat down at the next table. I couldnt help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the wo _n asked: So, how have you been? And the bo

54、ywho could not have been more than seven or eight years old replied. Frankly, Ive been feeling a little depressed lately. This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didnt find out we were “depressed” un

55、til we were in high school. The eviden _ of a change in children has increased steadily in re _nt years. Children dont seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like _s, dress more like _s and behave more like _s than they used to. Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it _rtainly i

56、s different. Childhood as it on _ was no longer exists, why? Hu _n development is based not only on innate (天生的) biological states, but also on patterns of aess to social knowledge. Movement from one social rote to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new status. Children have always been taught _ secrets, but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we _ sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders. In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation (揭示) _chine has been