英语四级模拟题(附答案)

1、大学英语四级模拟试卷Part IWriting(30minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay.You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on “too much care spoils a child ” , You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180

2、words.Part nListening Comprehension(30minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 longconversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.

3、After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. A) It is really nice to change them.B) They ought to

4、have been changed long ago.C) They are of wrong colors.D) They are still quite good.2. A) Mixed. C) Enthusiastic.8) Fascinated. D) Disinterested.3. A) Wait until the weather gets better. C)Walk around the city rightnow.8) Go to visit the park tomorrow. D) Enjoy the snow scene in the park.4. A) He ll

5、 start a new business in properties.B) He has been left property there.C) He s made a fortune from his aunt.D) His aunt wants his company there.5. A) They didn t attend the literature class.B) They asked Prof. Lane the same question.C) They knew the assignment of the literature class.D) They knew th

6、e answer to the question.6. A) He has already decided on his future plan.B) He would consult the woman if necessary.C) He doesn t want to consult the woman at all.D) He doesn t have any idea what to do in the future.7. A) She wants to get enough food for the holiday period.B) The supermarket is clos

7、ing down after the New Year s Day.C) The man is going to help her with shopping.D) Tomorrow is the only day she is free before the New Year s Day.8. A) The woman is good at English and computing.B) The woman is not capable of the job advertised.C) The man is refusing the woman s application.D) Engli

8、sh and computer skills are essential for the job.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) Do the interior decoration. C) Buy the materials.8) Make a shopping list. D) Make a design of the decoration.10. A) Make a schedule for their decoration.B) Getting everything ne

9、eded purchased on one trip.C) Be the weekend fights through purchasing.D) Go shopping as early as possible.11. A) Have the interior decoration done by themselves.B) Go shopping together to make it as expected.C) Buy building materials at different departments.D) Make a detailed plan and allocate the

10、 shopping list.12. A) He thinks he is too tired to do it.B) He does not care about it.C) He wants to change it.D) He agrees with it.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A) It is very hot outside the room.B) The air conditioner makes the room hot.C) He fed the pig

11、just now.D) He did morning exercise just now.14. A) It s cool and wet. C) It s cool and dry8) It s hot and wet. D) It s hot and dry.15. A) Do the housework for her.B) Give a winter coat to her.C) Get her a cup of hot tea.D) Get her a glass of iced tea.Section BDirections:In this section, you will he

12、ar 3 short passages. At the end of eachpassage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet wit

13、h a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) They gave their children post-game meals.B) They provide enough nutrition for their children.C) They usually visit their children after the games.D) They were interested in the childr

14、en s sports activities.17. A) To provide enough nutrition.B) To supplement the body.C) To meet their growing need.D) To make them grow faster.18. A) It makes them less active.B) It makes them less healthy.C) It makes them fatter and fatter.D) It makes them lazier than before.19. A) They should give

15、them enough food.B) They should give them healthy food.C) They should advise their children to have healthy meals.D) They should advise their children to have more meals.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20. A) To express their religious belief and activities

16、.B) To memorize the important people in their life.C) To describe their daily life vividly.D) To symbolize objects, concepts and sounds.21. A) It was complicated because of the pictures magic power.B) It was a weird language which only a few people understood.C) It was more relevant to pictures than

17、 to Egyptian words.D) It was used by certain people who understood the magic power.22. A) The Egyptian alphabet. C) The Roman alphabet.8) The Greek alphabet. D) The Mediterranean alphabet.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A) They made tools with special

18、 instruments. C) They made tools out of animal skin.8) They made tools out of wood first. D)They made tools out of stonesfirst.24. A) Stone chips have been used for thousands of years.B) Silicon chips have been used for hundred of years.C) Stone chips have changed people s life dramatically.D) Silic

19、on chips have changed people s life dramatically.25. A) An introduction to two kinds of tools.B) The origin of the silicon chips.C) The way ancient people made tools.D) The changes brought about by tools.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. Whenthe passage is re

20、ad for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Accompl

21、ished teachers of world languages are keenly aware that young people learn in various ways. They used their knowledge of children in 26 and providing appropriate instruction to their students. They recognize and make professional accommodations for 27 in students age levels, cognitive,physical, and

22、motor development, gender, multiple intelligence, and learning styles. Attitude also 28 in student success. Students with low self-esteem or little confidence about their ability to learn another language might benefit from extra encouragement from the teacher.Of course, all students can benefit fro

23、m positiveteacher feedback. Teachersmight have students 29 sothat they can also benefit from the help and positivereinforcement of their peers. Students who are 30 and confident might work well independently, using computer software, Those who teach young children know the importance of working at 3

24、1 levels; students might learn to tell time 32 . As mature students, teachers need to provide more abstract and analytical challenges. Teachers should be aware that personalizing the language experience is helpful to students because many students will talk 33 about themselves and their experiences.

25、 Teachers recognize that providing learning experiences in the affective field by encourage open-ended personal expression is s valuable way of 34 student s cognitive ability, cultural understanding, andlinguistic 35 . Teachers provide a range of meaningful, interesting, and personally relevant inst

26、ruction for students at all levels of development for ability.Part mRea ding Comprehension (40 minutes)Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read

27、 the passage through carefully before asking your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are b

28、ased on the following passage.Weall like to feel needed. But new research suggests have a sense of purpose is good for our health, too.In a study of 7,000 people, those with the strongest sense of direction in life were over70 percent less likely to suffer a stroke.The researcher 36 for other aggrav

29、ating factors such as blood pressureand alcohol use and believe the 37 comes through regulating the immune system.It has been long thought that 38 meaningful activity after retirement is important for physical and mental health- which often declines 39 soonafter retirement.While past research focuse

30、d on the 40 effects of negative psychological traits, such as depression and anxiety, new research is investigating how positive traits, such as 41 , protect against illness.In the recent study, men and women aged 50 and over were 42 for four to five years and completed psychological tests while res

31、earchers recorded strokes.The results show that the higher someone; s sense of purpose, the lower their risk of a stroke. Those with the greatest sense of purpose were 73% percent less likely to suffer a stroke compared to those with the lowest.Other research has shown that positive mood can lower l

32、evels of the stress hormone cortisol (荷尔蒙皮质醇)，also 43 in stroke.“This is signigicant as we have a (n) 44 population and it helps showwhat behaviours prevent people from getting ill,“ says Cary Cooper, professorof health psychology at Lancaster University.Maybe 45 is not good for_ ”some.A) accountedI

33、) implicatedB) ageingJ) optimismC) ambitionK) outstandingD) damagingL) pursuingE) decreasingM) retirementF) dramaticallyN) searchedG) effectO) trackedH) graduallySection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains informat

34、ion given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet.The End of the Book ?A) The cold snap in March

35、 could lead to Britain s gas supplies running out next month, forcing the nation to pay higher prices for fuel from elsewhere, as the demand increased quickly during the coldest March in 50 years. Forecasts suggest that gas supplies in the UK will be exhausted by 8 April, requiring Britain to turn t

36、o imports from Norway and Russia. The warning came on the day Scottish and Southern Energy, one of the UK s biggest power suppliers, warned there could be electricity blackouts in the country whining three years. A lack of gas storage facilities, and rapid reduction at the UK s North Seagas fields,

37、has led to UK having as little as two days supply of the fuelin reserve.B) Though experts have warned of the problem for years, and the government has championed a “dash for gas that would see a massive rise in demand for the fuel, little has been done to increase storage facilities.C) Ian Marchant,

38、 chief executive of SSE(Scottish and Southern Energy), said there is a “very risk of the lights going out“ with the next three years. SSEintends to shutting down power plants, enough to have supplied 2 million homes, as the stations are either unecomonic or coming to the end of their lives. Other fi

39、rms are also planning to take power stations out of service, including the UK s fleet of ageing nuclear reactors, increasing the risk that demand for electricity will exceed the available supply. Marchant said: It appears the government is significantly underestimating the scale of the capacity crun

40、ch( 危急f#况 )facing the UK in the next three years and there is a very real risk of the lights going out as a result.”D) His comments follow warnings by Alistair Buchanan, the departing chief of Ofgem(Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets), that power shortages will be many times more likely in th

41、e next five years. Government estimates suggest that energy bill could rise by 100 a year this winter. The warnings are aparticular blow to George Osbome, the chancellor (大臣), who has championed a new “dash for gas in the UK, that would see gas take over as the dominat fuel in the UK s power generat

42、ion market. Much of the generating capacity that SSE plans to retire consists of gas-fired power stations, though the recent budget has given tax breaks forshale gas (页岩气)extraction in theUK and indicated what could be the biggest expansion of UK gas-fired power in a generation.E) SSE said gas-fired

43、 power was uneconomic because of the fuel s high pricecompared with the coal. The move by SSE highlights the disputes over energy policy and energy generation, following upheavals (激变)in the international markets for fossil fuels. It also bring into question whether targets to cut carbon dioxide can

44、 be met.F) Andrew Pendleton, head of campaigns at Friends of the Earth, said energy firms were trying to hold the government to ransom(赎金)by threatening power cutthat would help them extract concessions to get financial benefits. The UK has only six big energy suppliers to households, which campaign

45、ers say reduces competition and raises prices.G) Coal has become much cheaper because of the use of fossil fuel in the US in the past five years, where a massive increase in the supply of cheap gas is attributed to the controversial method of blasting dense rocks apart under high pressure. The coal

46、that would have been burned in the US is now available on international markets at cut-price,and now become “the preferred fuel ”,according to SSE.H) That is the opposite of what the government, and the EU intended by their energy policies in the past decade. Coal was supposed to become more expensi

47、ve than gas, because of the EU emissions trading scheme, which puts a price on carbon emissions. That has not happened, because flaws within the system means the price of carbon is near an all-time low, meaning coal-fired power stations are not penalized for their effect on the climate.I) Marchant u

48、rged the government to bring forward reforms favoring gas.agovernment can reduce this risk of power cuts very easily, by taking swift action to provide much greater clarity on its electricity market reforms.”J) An energy bill is under discussion by parliament at the moment. SSE s warnings were dismi

49、ssed by green campaigners as “ an attempt to force the government s hand” . Pendleton said:the risk is that these companies are holding us toransom, in order to make the environment more favorable to their forms of generation. There is a lot at stake here. Basing our energy strategy on gas rather th

50、an clean forms of energy such as renewable means we could be held to ransom more and more in the future in this way. It could do a huge amount of harm.”K) The government rebuffed( 回绝)the claims from SSE. John Hayes, minister for energy, said:we are alive to the challenge facing us. The bill beforepa

51、rliament will set the conditions of for the investment needed to keep Britain s lights on in the long-term. The amount of spare power available today is currently comfortable.As old infrastructure (基础设施) closes overthe coming years we expect this margin to reduce but we will make sure it stays manag

52、eable.”L) Most of the UK s nuclear power plants are planned for closure by 2022, and many coal-fired stations must be closed or run at reduced capacity with the next few years because of EU rules on pollution.M) Experts have warned for years of a looming“ energy gap between demand and supply. The bu

53、ilding of wind farms and other forms of renewable energy, which were supposed to fill the gap, has been below expectations, in part due toplanning laws. Hayes said: we are not complacent( 沾沾自喜)about this Weare confident in our approach and in the responsiveness of the market inproviding secure power

54、 supplies. Joss Garman, political director of Greenpeace, said: Not content with the profits they are making from sky-high energy bills the gas industry now seems to be trying to hold everybody toransom- give us even more of your cash or we ll turn out the lights . N) Cheap coal and the collapse of

55、the carbon price have made gas burning lessprofitable, but that s the reason to ban unabated(为减弱的)coal burning and reform the carbon market, not to give handouts to the big six energy companies.“Gas-fired generation should only be a last-ditch backup for renewable energy sources, and ministers shoul

56、d priorities support for interconnectors, storage, and combined heat and power stations that would compliment renewables and guarantees we have secure power. ”46. Many of the UK s nuclear power plants and coal-fired stations are plannedto be shut down due to EU rules on pollution.47. The shutdown of

57、 power plants at Scottish and Southern Energy will cause the electricity shortage of 2 million homes.48. The EU puts a price on carbon emissions in its emissions trading scheme.49. According to SSE, gas-fired power was not economic, because gas was more expensive than coal.50. The UK had to import f

58、uel from other countries at higherprices, because thecold weather raised the demand for it.51. Andrew Pendleton thought the energy firm s purpose of threatening power cut was to get financial benefits.52. The parliament of the UK is discussing an energy bill at the present time.53. The sudden decrease of the carbon price and cheap coal has caused gas burning to be less profitable