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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51公共英语四级模拟51Section 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 accompany them. There are t

2、hree parts in this section, Part A, Part B and Part C. Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answer 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 booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1.

3、 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 dialogue about a lost property. Listen and complete the sentences in questions 15 with the information youve heard.

4、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. A Passage about Time the thing that he thinks a lot of 1. the percent of employees who dont have enough time for themselves 2. the percent of employees who dont have

5、enough time for their spouses or partners 3. the percent of employees who don t have enough time for their children 4. the thing that workers demand over their time 5. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1.答案:time听力原文 1-5 Time! I think a lot about time. And not just because its the name of the news organization I

6、work for. Like most working people, I find time or the lack of it a never ending frustration and an unwinnable battle. My everyday is a race against the clock that I never ever seem to win. This is hardly a lonesome complaint. According to the Families and Work Institutes national study of the chang

7、ing workforce, fifty-five percent of employees say they dont have enough time for themselves; sixty-three percent dont have enough time for their spouses or partners, and sixty-seven percent dont have enough time for their children. Its also not a new complaint. I bet our ancestors returned home for

8、m hunting wild animals and gathering nuts and complained about how little time they had to pay in battle scenes on their cave wars. The difference is that the boss of animal-hunting and the head of nut-gathering probably told them to shut up or no survival for you. Todays workers are still demanding

9、 control over their time. The difference is todays bosses are listening. Ive been reading a report issued today called When Work Words produced jointly by three organizations. They set out to find and award the employers who employ the most creative and most effective ways to give their workers flex

10、ibility. I found this report worth reading and suggest ever), boss should read it for ideas. 解析 细节题。根据“I think a lot about time.”可知正确答案。2.答案:fifty-five解析 细节题。根据“fifty-five percent of employees say they dont have enough time for themselves”可知正确答案。3.答案:sixty-three解析 细节题。根据“sixty-three percent dont hav

11、e enough time for their spouses or partners.”可知正确答案。4.答案:sixty-seven解析 细节题。根据“sixty-seven percent dont have enough time for their children.”可知正确答案。5.答案:control解析 细节题。根据“Todays workers are still demanding control over their time.”可知正确答案。Part B You will hear a conversation about a crime. Answer questi

12、ons 6-10 while you listen. Use not more than 5 words for each answer. You will hear the 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. In a sudden and unexpected development, the Dow-Jones Index fell by答案: over 140 points/about 7%.听力原文6-10 Prices on the New Y

13、ork stock exchange have suffered one of their biggest falls ever. In a sudden and unexpected development, the Dow-Jones Index fell by just over 140 points, or about 7%. It was the 3rd largest fall in the history of Wall Street. Most of it came in the last hour of trading. Before then, the stock exch

14、ange had been showing only minor losses. A BBC correspondent in New York says that the strong selling of American government bonds early in the day is believed to have been one reason for the fall. But he says them were other reasons. These included a belief that next weeks American trade figures wo

15、uld be bad and fears that interest rates would not decrease. The market was also affected by worries that the federal budget deficit would be higher than expected. Coinciding with a fall in prices on Wall Street, a presidential commission has sent a report to the White House on the stock markets big

16、gest ever crash on October 19 last year when the Dow-Jones Index fell by 508 points. The commission has made numerous proposals to regulate stock exchange trading. These include limits on the daily price movements of shares. The commission also wants a new high-level body to oversee the American fin

17、ancial markets and close them if necessary when trading is in danger of going out of control. 2. Among other deeper reasons for the fall is a belief that next weeks American trade figures答案: will be bad.3. On October 19th last year, prices on the New York stock exchange suffered their答案: biggest fal

18、l/crash.4. The commission has made numerous proposals to regulate答案: stock exchange trading/trading in5. The commission also wants a new high-level body to control American答案: financial markets. shares.Part C You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one. You will have ti

19、me 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 check your answer. You will hear each piece once only. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. According to common belief, in what way are the first child and the only child

20、 alike?A.Their parents pay a lot of attention to them.B.Their ability is the same.C.Their family have the same many people.D.They are happy.答案:A听力原文 11-13 Were you the first or the last child in you family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think it matters where you were born in yo

21、ur family. But there axe different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children are smart and strong-willed. They are very likely to be successful. The reason for this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child, and they give him or her a lot of attention

22、. So this child is very likely to do well. An only child will succeed for the same reason. What happens to the other children in the family? Middle children dont get so much attention, so they dont feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. T

23、he youngest child, though, often gets special treatment. He or she is the baby. Often this child grows up to be funny and charming. Do you believe these ideas of birth order too? A recent study saw things quite differently. The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didnt tak

24、e many chances in their lives. They usually followed orders. Rules didnt mean as much to later children in the family. They went out and followed their own ideas. They took chances and they often did better in life. 解析 细节题。上文说第一个孩子可能成功是由于父母给了他们太多的关注，下文说独生子女成功的原因也一样。由此可知本题答案为A。2. What do people usual

25、ly say about middle children?A.They get a lot of attention.B.They are smart.C.They usually get ignored by families.D.They are powerful.答案:C解析 推断题。文中说中间的孩子在家里像被丢失了一样，也就是说他们经常被人忽略，故本题答案为C。3. What do we learn about later children in a family from a recent study of birth order?A.They are less principle.

26、B.They stick to principles.C.They want to do things on their own.D.They dont like to take chances.答案:C解析 细节题。文中说他们喜欢按照自己的想法做事情。可知本题答案为C。 (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 4. How far is the earth away from the sun?A.93 million miles.B.193 million miles.C.930 million miles.D.93 billion miles.答案:A听力原文17-20 Life on

27、earth depends on the sun. Day after day we see its light and feel its warmth, but we do not often consider their origin. Yet there are many remarkable things about the sun. One is its distance from the earth. This is about ninety-three million miles. A journey of this distance, even if it could be m

28、ade, would take several hundred years even in the fastest rocket. The sun makes us feel hot, even at a distance of ninety-three million miles. This is not surprising. The temperature on the sun is about ten thousand degrees Fahrenheit. But we receive only a small part of this heat. The total heat of

29、 the sun could melt a column of ice two and a quarter miles thick and ninety-three million miles high in one second. The brightness of the sun is equally astonishing. As we said earlier, we receive only a very small part of the sun s heat. We also receive only a very small part of its light. This is

30、 sufficient for the growth of trees and plants, and for the existence of living creatures on earth. Too much heat and light would destroy the balance of life. The heat and light from the sun come in just the right quantities for life on earth. 5. What is the temperature on the sun?A.Not clear.B.10,0

31、00 degrees Fahrenheit.C.10,000 degrees Centigrade.D.Over 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.答案:B6. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A.The sun s light comes from millions of candles.B.Most of the sun s heat and light are received on the earth.C.The temperature of the sun is the same as t

32、hat of the earth.D.Without the correct balance of heat and light, life on the earth would not be possible.答案:D7. What does sufficient mean?A.enoughB.goodC.muchD.adequate答案:A (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 8. What topic does the passage mainly discuss?A.Educational policy in the U.S.B.Four levels of American e

33、ducation.C.The purposes of the four levels of education in the U.S.D.The subject offered at different levels of education.答案:B 听力原文 14-16 Education in the United States is usually divided into four levels. These are early childhood, elementary, secondary, and higher education. School attendance is r

34、equired in every state of the country, and in most states students must attend school until the age of 16. The first level is early childhood education. Its main purpose is to prepare children for school. The second level is elementary education. Education at this level is divided into six or eight

35、grades, and children learn Reading, Arithmetic, Writing, Social Studies and Science. They also have Art, Music, and Physical Education. The third level is secondary education. It is for junior and senior high school students. Some students take courses to prepare themselves for college. Other studen

36、ts take technical or vocational courses that prepare them for jobs after they graduate from high school. Higher education continues after high school. There are many kinds of institutions of higher education. Technical institutes offer two-year programs in electronics, engineering, business and othe

37、r subjects. After two years at a junior college, students receive an associate degree and then they can continue at a four-year college. 9. Is school attendance required in the U.S.?A.Yes, it is required in the whole country.B.Yes, but only in some states.C.Yes, it is required in most states of the

38、country.D.Yes, but not until children reach the age of 16.答案:A10. At what levels are programs of technical and vocational courses offered?A.The 1st and 2nd levels.B.The 2nd and 3rd levels.C.The 3rd and 4th levels.D.The 4th level only.答案:CSection Use of English Read the following text. Choose the bes

39、t word for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. With Airbuss giant A380 airliner about in to take to the skies, you might think planes could not get much bigger and you would be right. For a given design, it turns 1 , there comes a point where the wings become too heavy to ge

40、nerate 2 lift to carry their own weight. 3 a new way of designing and making materials could 4 that problem. Two engineers 5 University College London have devised an innovative way to customise and control the 6 of a material throughout its three-dimensional structure. In the 7 of a wing, this woul

41、d make possible a material that is dense, strong and load-bearing at one end, close to the fuselage, 8 the extremities could be made less dense, lighter and more 9 . It is like making bespoke materials, 10 you can customise the physical properties of every cubic millimetre of a structure. The new te

42、chnique combines existing technologies in a(n) 11 way. It starts by using finite-element-analysis software, of the type commonly used by engineers, 12 a virtual prototype of the object. The software models the stresses and strains that the object will need to 13 throughout its structure. Using this

43、information it is then 14 to calculate the precise forces acting on millions of smaller subsections of the structure. 15 of these subsections is 16 treated as a separate object with its own set of forces acting on it and each subsection 17 for a different microstructure to absorb those local forces.

44、 Designing so many microstructures manually 18 be a huge task, so the researchers apply an optimisation program, called a genetic algorithm, 19 This uses a process of randomization and trial-and-error to search the vast number of possible microstructures to find the most 20 design for each subsectio

45、n. 1.A.sampleB.caseC.conditionD.situation答案:B考点解析 本题的考点为名词的近义辨析。the case of a wing机翼的情况。其他选项：A sample样品，C condition条件状况，D situation情形状况；均不合题意。2.A.whileB.whichC.whatD.where答案:A考点解析 本题的考点为连词的运用。A while表示对照关系，相当于where as。B which和C what为关系代词，D where为地点副词；均不能很好地连接下文。3.A.easyB.flexibleC.reflectiveD.compat

46、ible答案:B考点解析 本题的考点为形容词的辨析。more flexible更加柔韧。其他选项A easy容易，C reflective反射的，D compatible兼容的；都不合题意。4.A.asB.sinceC.becauseD.so long as答案:C考点解析 本题的考点为连词的词义辨析，此处需要用because来说明原因：因为你可以按客户具体要求制造(customise)出其物理特性。其他选项A as由于；B since既然，D so long as只要；均不合题意。5.A.novelB.strangeC.oddD.peculiar答案:A考点解析 本题的考点为形容词的词义辨析

47、。in a novel way以一种新颖的方法。其他选项B strange奇怪的，C odd奇数的，古怪的，D peculiar奇特的；都不能与后面的词语形成通顺的连接。6.A.createsB.and createsC.creatingD.to create答案:D考点解析 本题的考点为动词的非谓语形式。此处需要用不定式to create来表示目的状语。A creates和B and creates为动词，C creating为动名词；均不符合语法，故选项D为正确答案。7.A.standB.sustainC.understandD.withstand答案:D考点解析 本题的考点为动词的词义辨

48、析，D withstand经受住。A stand站立，B sustain支撑，C understand理解；都不合题意。8.A.possibleB.impossibleC.likelyD.unlikely答案:A考点解析 本题考点为形容词的近义辨析。possible to calculate the precise forces有可能计算出精确的作用力。其他选项B impossible意思搞反了，C likely和D unlikely意思不准确；因此只有A才是正确答案。9.A.EachB.OneC.EveryD.All答案:A考点解析 本题的考点为代词的词义辨析与理解。Each of thes

49、e subsections这些小部分中的每一个。其他选项：B One意思不对，C Every为形容词，D All后面的动词应为复数形式are；因此只有选项A才符合题意。10.A.nextB.thenC.afterD.since答案:B考点解析 本题的考点为副词的辨析。此处的then为“于是”之意。其他选项A next接着，C after之后，D since自从；均不合题意。11.A.asksB.callsC.demandsD.requires答案:B考点解析 本题的考点为动词的搭配。call for需要，要求；如：to call for bid招标；The occasion calls for

50、 a cool head. 这种场合需要冷静的头脑。其他选项A asks for请求，C demands和D requires为及物动词，与for不能搭配。12.A.is toB.shouldC.wouldD.has to答案:C考点解析 本题的考点为情态动词。此处用would表示推测，一定会，该是，其他 选项：A is to表示安排、计划，B should应该，D has to不得不；都不符合题意。13.A.in orderB.in placeC.in spiteD.instead答案:D考点解析 本题考的是对副词及短语的辨析。根据上下文，此处需要instead代替，顶替；如：If ther

51、e is no coal, oil can be used instead.如果没有煤，可以用石油来代替。其他选项：A in orderB in place和C in spite; 均不合题意。14.A.perfectB.completeC.suitableD.proper答案:C考点解析 本题的考点是形容词的搭配及对上下文语境的正确理解。the most suitable design最合适的设计。其他选项：A perfect完美，B complete全部，D proper恰当；均不合题意，所以C为正确答案。15.A.offB.outC.awayD.in答案:B考点解析 本题的考点为动词短语

52、搭配，turn out意为“证明是，结果是”。其他选项：A turn off关闭，C turn away转过脸去，D turn in拐进去；都不符合题意。16.A.manyB.muchC.enoughD.necessary答案:C考点解析 本题的考点为形容词的区别，generate enough lift产生足够的升力。其他选项：A many和B much都不妥；D necessary必要的；都不准确。据上下文，只有C才符合题意。17.A.ButB.AndC.OrD.Yet答案:A考点解析 本题的考点为副词的辨析。A but为转折副词，正符合题意。其他选项：B And和C Or为并列复词，D

53、Yet用于让步；因此均不是正确答案。18.A.findB.discoverC.get overD.get around答案:D考点解析 本题的考点为动词短语搭配。get around为“避开”之意。其他选项：A find找到，B discover发现，C get over做完；均不符合题意。19.A.ofB.atC.inD.from答案:B考点解析 本题的考点为介词的词义辨析。engineers at University大学工作的工程师。at表示“从事于”。其余选项搭配不当。20.A.propertiesB.natureC.qualitiesD.characteristics答案:A考点解析

54、 本题的考点为名词的近义辨析以及上下文搭配。the properties of a material材料的属性。property属性，性质；如：Many plants have medicinal properties.许多植物具有药性。其他选项B nature本性，性质；C qualities质量，品质；D characteristics特征，特性；都不符合题意。Section Reading ComprehensionPart APassage 1 The USSupreme Court has forbidden prayers in public schools，but many Am

55、ericans cling to the idea that their educational system has a moral purposeIt is an idea common to both the Greeks and the medieval ChurchIn todays world， the moral purpose of education takes non-religious forms，racial integration，sex education，good citizenshipAt the college level，the ambiguities be

56、come more complexShould a morally objectionable person be allowed to teach？Should a morally objectionable doctrine be permitted？ Many people are understandably dismayed by such inspectionBut would they prefer moral neutrality？Should engineers be trained to build highways without being taught any concern for the homes they displace？Should prospective corporate managers learn how to increase profits regardless of pollution or unemployment？Just the opp