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1、书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘学子：学业有成，金榜题名！语言类考试复习资料大全公共英语四级模拟(无语音，只提供参考78公共英语四级模拟(无语音，只提供参考78Section Listening Comprehension Directions: This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompa

2、ny them. There are three parts in this section, Part A, Part B and Part C. Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test bookl

3、et to ANSWER SHEET 1. If you have any questions, you may raise your hand NOW, as you will not be allowed to speak once the test has started. Now look at Part A in your test booklet. Part A You will hear a speech on womens liberation movement. Listen and complete the sentences in questions 1-5 with t

4、he information youve heard. Write not more than 5 words in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. According to the speaker, what upsets many men?答案: The Womens Liberation Movement.解析 1-5W: A great many men must n

5、ot only be bewildered by but be sick of the increasing sound and angry of the Womens Liberation Movement. They may also feel threatened. Some of my best friends are men. To these men I would like to extend sympathy and hope. You must know that you are not only indispensable but desirable! I agree it

6、 is a revolution only those people are too young or too confused to know what the word really means. If I thought this revolution concerned the weakening, freedom from or control over men, I would have no part of it. For if this movement of women towards social, economic, and political equality with

7、 men is ever to succeed, it will do so only if men, too, are freed of certain burdens and limitations. Those women who consider men the enemy would fare much better if they took men as allies-by understanding them. Once men recognize that their new partners in a life that extends beyond the home and

8、 into the world are no less women, they may realize the frist fruits of a new freedom of man. 2. Why is the speaker sympathetic with men?答案: Some are her best friends.3. By I would have no part of it, the speaker means she will not答案: Take part in it.4. If this movement should get anywhere, men shou

9、ld be first relieved from some答案: Some burdens and limitations.5. According to the speaker, how should women treat men?答案: As allies.Part B You will hear a speech on the change women are experiencing. Answer questions 6-10 while you listen. Use not more than 5 words for each answer. You will hear th

10、e recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the questions. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. Around the year 1900 most women married at about答案: the middle twenties.解析 6-10 The greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable short

11、ening of the proportion of a womans life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time the

12、 youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which custom, opportunity and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a womans youngest child will be fif

13、teen when she is forty-five and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she takes the care of children, her work is lightened by household appliances and convenience food. This change in womens life-pattern has only rece

14、ntly begun to have its full effect on womens economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity, and took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today many girls stay at school after sixteen, and thou

15、gh women tend to marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Many more afterwards return to full or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting more duties of family life and with both

16、 husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of each of them. 2. In late nineteenth-century, if a mother over fifty wanted to find a job, she would答案: Seldom find paid work.3. One reasone why married women of to-day may

17、 take a job is that they答案: They have fewer children.4. It is now quite usual for women in her late life to答案: Take paid work.5. Who spends more time looking after the children in a modern family?答案: Mother.Part C You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will ha

18、ve time to read the questions related to it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have time to cheak your answer. You will hear each piece once only. Questions 11-13 are based on the following talk on equal pay. You now have 15 seconds to read que

19、stions 11-13. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. How much less were women paid for every dollar men received in1963?A.26 centsB.41 centsC.59 centsD.74 cents答案:B解析 11-13W: Equal pay has been the law since 1963. But today, 35 years later, women still are paid less than men even when we do similar work and have s

20、imilar education, skills and experience. In 1996, women were paid 74 cents for every dollar men received. Thats $26 less to spend on groceries, housing childcare and other expenses for every $100 worth of work we do. Because were paid less now, we have less to spend on our families and less to save

21、for our futures. And when we retire, well earn smaller pensions than men. In 1994, womens private-pension benefits were less than half those of men-just $ 3,000 a year, compared with $7, 800. Sure, weve made progress. But it is not nearly enough and not fast enough. In the 35 years since the Equal P

22、ay Act passed, the pay gap between men and women has narrowed by less than half, from 41 cents per dollar to 26 cents. And research by the Institute for Womens Policy Research finds that most of the recent change is because mens real wages have been falling not because womens have risen. Over the pa

23、st few decades, laws barring discrimination in education and employment have helped give working women opportunities our mothers never had. Today, women work in many different fields, each requiring different skills and experience and paying different wages. But opening doors for workingwomen has no

24、t closed the door on pay discrimination. Equal pay is a problem for all working women. 2. What progress does the speaker think men have made?A.The pay gap between men and women has been narrowed.B.Laws barring discrimination in education and employment have been passed.C.The Institute for Womens Pol

25、icy Research has been set up.D.The Equal Pay Act has been passed.答案:A3. What is the speakers regret?A.Most women know they are being underpaid.B.The law has not been carried out.C.Pay discrimination still exists.D.Some women still can not find jobs.答案:C Questions 14-16 are based on the following rep

26、ort about a womens gathering. You now have 15 seconds to read questions 14-16. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 4. Why did so many working women gather in Chicago?A.To set a voice on the job.B.To discuss womens rights.C.To support Delta Airlines flight attendants.D.To take political action.答案:C解析 14-16 More tha

27、n 5,000 working women came together in Chicago March 1. Conference-goers discussed their skills at workshops on equal pay, expanding the Family and Medical Leave Act, organizing, the global economy, political action and dozens more. They capped the conference with a spirited rally at Chicagos OHare

28、Airport to support Delta Airlines flight attendants fighting to get a voice on the job with the Association of Flight Attendants. The conference opened just two days after the release of the latest AFL-CIO, which shows that equal pay, health care, paid family leave, pensions and Social Security top

29、working womens concerns. The Working Women Conference 2000 built on more than 5 000 group discussions hosted last year by the AFL-CIO Working Womens Department in work- places, town halls and homes across the country. It came three years after the AFL-CIOs first Working Womens Conference. Union wome

30、n left the conference energized and ready to go back to their communities and fight for working families. If we tell our members what we heard here, theyll get more involved in our union, said Kristi Hyde, a member of AFT Local 400Q in Macomb, People need to be motivated, and this conference helps u

31、s with that, added Maureen Welch a Steelworkers Local 6787 member from Chesterto Inc. 5. Which of the following is not the primitive concern of the career women?A.Social security.B.Pension.C.Paid family leave.D.Political right.答案:D6. From the passage, we know that the flight attendants are _.A.calli

32、ng for social securityB.complaining about their workC.fighting for chances of promotionD.calling for the right to express their opinion on their work答案:D Questions 17-20 are based on the following speech about the equality between men and women. You now have 20 seconds to read questions 17-20. (如需获取

33、本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 7. According to the speaker, inequality between parties _.A.began early in 19th centuryB.started recentlyC.have been in existence for a long timeD.is becoming more and more serious答案:C解析 17-20 During the first centuries and throughout the earliest parts of the nineteenth century, wom

34、en had been excluded from many of their rights as human beings. Women were shut up by their husbands. They could not share anything with their partners, either inside the house or outside. Throughout much of the world today, the same situation still holds true. The position of married women in their

35、 own households still needs much improvement. Men have treated their wives as beings created only to work. The wife is a twenty-four hour worker with no holidays. When the rest of the community is home from work for a holiday, she must keep active, cleaning, cooking, and taking care of the children.

36、 Even if she is ill, she cannot take time off. Most of the time she is treated as a slave inside the house. She has to follow her masters orders. While her husband relaxes in front of the television, she still has to plan the next days meals and organize the familys activities. Unlike the husband, t

37、he housewife never has any free time. In conclusion, wives have often been treated as inferior creatures with no rights of their own. It is time to realize that women are not creatures that men can use as they want. If women can be leaders of nations, such as in England and India, surely women can b

38、e equal partners in their own homes. 8. In many countries, women _.A.are treated as inferior creaturesB.have to work long hoursC.are not allowed to leave the houseD.are not allowed to do anything together with their husbands答案:C9. We can conclude from the passage, that the speaker is _.A.complaining

39、 about the unfair treatmentB.calling for equal pay between men and womenC.calling women to share housework with their husbandD.calling women to rebel答案:A10. The speaker thinks from now on women should _.A.depend on themselves for equalityB.participate in state affairsC.do less house workD.be as firm

40、 and strong as Thatchal答案:DSection Use of English Read the following text. Choose the best word for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. The introduction of new varieties of rice and wheat in Asia and D tin America has been 1 as the Green Revolution. So far the new seeds and

41、the 2 technology have not resulted 3 increased agricultural production 4 or reduced malnutrition. The direct, quantitative effects of introducing high-yielding 5 of foodgrains have been modest. The indirect and quantitative effects, however, have sometimes 6 significant. The new technology has led t

42、o 7 in crop pattern and in methods of production. It has accelerated the development of 8 market-oriented, capitalist agriculture. It has encouraged the growth of wage labor, and 9 helped to create or augment a 10 of agricultural laborers. It has increased the power of landowners, and this in 11 has

43、 been associated with a greater 12 of classes and intensified conflict. Changes in status and class alignments have been accompained 13 changes in the distribution of income. Profits and rents have increased absolutely and relatively. The share of wages has declined and in some 14 real wage rates or

44、 the number of days worked, or both, have declined. In 15 , and old system of agriculture, slowly 16 swiftly, is in the 17 of being destroyed by the advance of contemporary technology. The policies that have accompanied the Green Revolution in many 18 countries have aggravated the problems these cou

45、ntries 19 . Supplies of some commodities have increased, but the rate of growth of total agricultural production has shown little 20 to rise. At the same time, inequality has become worse, poverty has increased absolutely. 1.A.consideredB.thoughtC.knownD.called答案:A2. A. accompaniedB. accompanying C.

46、 consequent D. consequential答案:B3.A.fromB.byC.ofD.in答案:D4.A.per centB.percentageC.per headD.per man答案:C5.A.variationB.varietiesC.varianceD.nor答案:B6.A.beenB.to beC.beingD.action答案:A7.A.reformsB.modificationsC.changesD.non-developing答案:A8.A.theB.oneC.certainD.confront答案:A9.A.thereinB.thereofC.therebyD

47、.attemp答案:C10.A.classB.groupC.crowdD.variable答案:A11.A.thatB.turnC.allD.be答案:B12.A.polarizationB.polarityC.divisionD.transformation答案:A13.A.fromB.inC.withD.at答案:C14.A.timesB.eventsC.instancesD.thereon答案:D15.A.shortB.wordC.trifleD.gang答案:A16.A.andB.orC.butD.time答案:B17. A. way B. process C. procedureD.

48、 extremity答案:B18. A. underdevelopedB. underdevelopingC. developedD. by答案:A19.A.facingB.confrontingC.faceD.fields答案:C20.A.intentionB.temptationC.tendencyD.essence答案:CSection Reading ComprehensionPart A Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark

49、your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. Passage 1 There are several advantages in making computers as small as one can. Sometimes weight is particularly important. A moden aircraft, for example, carries quite a load of electronic apparatus. If it is possible to make any of these smaller, and therefore light

50、er, the aircraft carry a bigger payload. This kind of consideration applies to space satellites and to all kinds of computers that have to be carried about. But weight is not the only factor. The smaller the computer the faster it can work. The signals go to and fro at very high but almost constant

51、speed. So if one can scale down all dimensions to, let us say, one tenth, the average lengths of the cur- rent-paths will be reduced to one tenth. So very roughly speaking, scalling down of all linear dimensions in the ratio of one to ten also gives a valuable bonus: the speed of operation is scaled

52、 up 10 times. Other techniques allow even further speed increases. This increase of require still more power have to be installed to keep the computer from getting too hot which operation is a real advantage. There are some applications in which computers could be used which require very fast respon

53、se times. Many of these are military, of course, but military applications in engineering sooner or later. For example, automatic blind landing of aircraft requires continuous computer calculations which result in control of the aircraft flight. The more immediate the responses are, the more stable

54、that control can be. Another advantage is that less power is required to run the computer. In space vehicles and satellites this is an important matter; but even in trial application we need not waste power. Sometimes a computer takes so much power that cooling systems which require still more power

55、 have to be installed to keep the computer from getting too hot, which would increase the risk of faults developing. So a computer which doesnt need to be cooled saves power on two counts. Another advantage is reliability. Minicomputers have been made possible by the development of integrated circui

56、ts. Instead of soldering bits of wire to join separate components such as resistors and capacitors sometimes in the most intricate networks, designers can now produce many connected circuits in one unit which involves no soldering and therefore no risk of broken joints at all. 1. Which of the following is not one of the advantages of minicomputers?A.their reliabilityB.the development of integrated circuitsC.the decrease of power neededD.the increase of operation speed答案:D2. A modern aircraft _.A.can carry a bigger pay-load if the electronic a