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1、大学英语四级考试模拟试卷二(总分:461.50,做题时间:120分钟)一、Part I Writing(总题数:1,分数:106.50)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition with the title ON Friendship.Remember to write your composition neatly.You should also base your composition on the outline below.1 .The need for friends2
2、.True friendship3 .My principle in making friendsYou should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.(分数:106.50)正确答案:(As a human being, one can hardly do without a friend. Society is made up of individuals, and making friends is a very important part in our life. Friends can give you a lo
3、t. First, if you have trouble with some problems, you can consult your good friends and exchange opinions. Thus, you will feel comfortable and encouraged. Secondly, if you wish to do some physical exercises, such as playing table tennis, you could play with friends and have a good time.But what is t
4、rue friendship? Some people think friends are people whom they can play with. In my opinion, a friend in need is a friend indeed. True friendship can encourage you when you are in difficulties. A true friend not only shares with you your joy and happiness but also your trouble and anxiety. When you
5、need him, he will give you a hand and spare no efforts.As far as Im concerned,! wish to make as many friends as possible. The world is a big family, and we will feel relaxed in a friendly atmosphere. I wish some day we can all be friends.)解析:Part II reading comprehension(总题数:0,分数:0.00) Section A(总题数
6、:1,分数:35.50)Britain is not just one country and one people; even if some of its inhabitants think so. Britain is, in fact, a nation which can be divided into several (1) parts, each part being an individual country with its own language, character and cultural (2). Thus Scotland, Northern Ireland an
7、d Wales do not claim to (3) to England because their inhabitants are not (4) English. They are Scottish, Irish or Welsh and many of them prefer to speak their own native tongue, which in turn is (5) to the others.These cultural minorities (少数民族)have been Britains original inhabitants. In varying deg
8、rees they have managed to (6) their national characteristics, and their particular customs and way of life. This is probably even more true of the (7) areas where traditional life has not been so affected by the (8) of industrialism as the border areas have been. The Celtic races are said to be more
9、E.G.H.K.解析:细节题。此题着眼点在The book Endangered Peoples,因此锁定有关这本书 的介绍信息,可定位至首段。该段末句是:Davidson先生记录了他们的述说, Art Wolfe和John Isaac拍摄照片,一个名为塞拉俱乐部的组织出版了这本书。由 此可知,这本书不仅有文字而且还有图片。(3) .Art Davidsons initial interest in native people was aroused by an ancient stone arrowhead he found in his childhood, which was once
10、used by an American Indian hunter.(分数:7.1)A.B. VC.D.K.解析:细节题。根据句中关键词 in the interesting native people 和 an ancient stone arrowhead可定位至E)段。他说小时候他发现过一个非常古老的石制箭头,从那 时起,就激起了他对土著民族的兴趣。这个石箭头是被用作武器来猎食的。猎人 是一位早已作古的美洲印第安人。(4) .The native groups are trying very hard to balance between the ancient world and th
11、e modern world.(分数:7.1)A. VB.C.H.K.解析:细节题。根据句中关键词 the native groups 和 balance between the ancient world and the modern world可定位至B)段后三句。他们处在古代世界和现代世界 之间。他们希望继续保持这两个世界的平衡。但是,抛弃传统、融入现代世界的 压力非常大。(5) .By talking with them, Art Davidson finds that the native people throughout the world desire to remain th
12、emselves.(分数:7.1)A.B. VC.D.K.解析:细节题。根据句中关键词 the native people, desire 和 remain themselves 可 定位至D)段。Davidson先生发现他们有着共同的愿望。他说,人们希望他们的 民族可以延续。(6) . Most of the Gwichin are hunters, who live on hunting caribou.(分数:7.1)A.B.C. VD.K.解析:细节题。根据句中关键词the Gwich in和hunting caribou可定位至F)段。与 句中意思一致的两句话是:现在,哥威迅族的人口
13、大概有5000,主要以狩猎为 生。狩猎驯鹿就是哥威迅人的生活方式。(7) .Cultural Survival is an organization which aims at protecting the rights and cultures of peoples throughout the world.(分数:7.1)A.B.C.D.E. VF.解析:细节题。根据句中关键词 Cultural Survival 和 protecting the rights and cultures of peoples可定位至J)段的前两句。文化拯救协会这一组织已成立22年了。它试 图保护世界各民族的
14、权利和文化。(8) .According to Theodore MacDonald, the Cultural Survival organization .would like to develop a system of early warnings when a societys rights are to be violated. (分数:7.1)A.B.C.D.K. V解析:细节题。根据句中关键词 Theodore MacDonal 和 a system of early warnings 可定位至末段中间局部。Theodore MacDonald指出文化拯救协会旨在保护各民族 的
15、权利,并不是只保护个人权利。他说,该组织欲建立一个早期预警系统,当这 些权利遭到威胁时向人们提出警告。(9) .The book State of the Peoples: a Global Human Rights Report on Societies in Danger describes the conditions of different native and minority groups.(分数:7.1)A.B. E.F.G.H.K. V解析:细节题。根据句中关键词 the book a Global Human Rights Report on Societies in Da
16、nger可定位至K)段。该段对这本书进行了详细介绍,其中包括描述内容, 即不同土著民族和少数民族的生存现状。(10) .The Gwich in tried to stop oil companies from drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Preserve for fear that it should drive the caribou away.(分数:7.1)A.B.C.D. VK.解析:细节题。根据句中关键词 stop oil companies from drilling 和 drive the caribou a
17、way可定位至H)段二至四句。石油企业想在北极国家野生动物保护区勘探石油。 这片区域是驯鹿繁殖下一代的地方。哥威迅人担忧驯鹿会消失。五、Section C(总题数:2,分数:142.00)Passage OneLike fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last.And good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full-blown.Quite the oppos
18、ite, just as the cook has to undergo a particular training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose isschoolwork, matters of business, or purely social communication.You may be sure that the mo
19、re painstaking the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding.There are st川 some faraway places in the world where you might find a public scribe to do your business or social writing for you, for money. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service of that ra
20、re kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from.But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers.We are constantly called on to put words
21、 to papers.lt would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put into mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figures must be extremely large.What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes whatever he writes will be read, from first word to last,
22、 not just thrown into some u letters-to-be-read “ files or into a wastepaper basket.This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing.Choose correct answers to the question:(分数:71.0)(1) .ln this passage, good writing is compared to fin
23、e food in that.(分 数:14.2)A.both writers and cooks have to work a long time every dayB.both are essential to lifeC.both are writers and cooks can earn a good livingD.both are enjoyable V解析:文章首句提到,如同美味的食物,我们可以从好的作品中获得乐趣和享受, D与之相符,故为答案。(2) .A public “scribe” (Para 2, Line 1) is.(分数:14.2)A.a secretary w
24、ho does your business or social writingB.a machine that does writing for youC.a public school where writing is taughtD.a person who ears a living by writing for others V解析:原文第2段首句提到,这种public scribe会帮你写商业文件或社会交流文章, 但他们也会收费的,D与之相符A中的secretary应该是不收贵的,故排除;D 中的machine与文中的remote places不相符,故也可排除。(3) .Accor
25、ding to the passage, some managers dont have to do any letter writing because.(分数:14.2)A.they rely on quick notesB.they have excellent secretaries VC.they have a computer to do itD.they prefer making phone calls解析:文章第2段第2句提到,个别幸运的经理只需写下简便的笔记,其秘书就会 写好所有的信件,因此B为答案。(4) .According to the author , if you
26、r letter is thrown into some uletter-to-be-readfile, .(分数:14.2)A.it will receive immediate attentionB.it will be dealt with by the secretaryC.it is likely to be neglected VD.it is meant to be delivered soon解析:文章第3段倒数第2句的大意是:我们希望自己写的东西能被人从头到尾地 读,能不被扔进 letters-to-be read file,且根据下文的 a wastepaper baske
27、t 可 推测这里说的是希望自己写的东西不被忽视,故此题应选C。(5).The purpose of the author in writing this passage is.(分数:14.2)A.to explain and persuade VB.to comment and criticizeC.to interest and entertainD.to argue and demonstrate解析:由文章的结尾的this is the reason,知道作者有“解释”的目的,同时他说 “我们要尽最大的努力学习和练习有趣、有效地写作的技巧”,可知有 persuade(说服)的目的,应选
28、A。Passage TwoOn average, American kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more that they did in 1981.They also did more household work and participated in more of such organized activities as soccer and ballet (芭蕾舞)。 Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1
29、981 to 1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log hall that time. All in all, however, childrens leisure time dropped from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25%.uChildren are affected by the same time crunch (危机)that affects their parents says Sandra Hofferth, who headed
30、the recent study of childrens timetable.A chief reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home.Nevertheless, children in both double-income and “male breadwinner” house holds spent comparable amounts of time interacting with their parents 19 hours and 22 hours respectively.ln co
31、ntrast, children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers.)All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. Play is the most powerful way a child explores the world and learns about himself, “ says T. Berry Brazelton, professor at Harvard Medical School Unstructured play encourages
32、independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate their relationships with their peers, but kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it.The children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing “free time” watching television.But that, believe it or not, was one of the fin
33、dings parents might regard as good news.If theyre spending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids arent replacing it with reading.Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week reading.Lets face it, whos got the time?Choose correct answers
34、to the question:(分数:71.0)(1) .By mentioning “the same time crunch” (Line 1, Para.2) Sandra Hofferth means.(分数:14.2)A.children have little time to play with their parentsB.children are not taken good care of by their working parentsC.both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure time VD.both
35、parents and children have trouble managing their time解析:语义理解题。该短语所在句子的上文(第1段最后一句)说明“孩子的课余时 间比以前少了”,而本句指出父母和孩子都受time crunch的影响,可见thesame time crunch是指空闲时间不够用,故C正确。(2) .According to the author, the reason given by Sandra Hofferth for the time crunch is.(分数:14.2)A.quite convincingB.partially true VC.to
36、tally groundlessD.rather confusing解析:观点态度题。第2段第2句中括号里的内容说明了作者的观点。转折词 Nevertheless说明作者的观点跟上文Sandra Hofferth的看法不完全一致,而作者 在下文举例中提到,单身母亲因为要上班,与孩子在起的时间只有9个小时,确 实少了很多,这与Hofferth所述一致,因此选B。(3) .According to the author a child develops better if.(分数:14.2)A.he has plenty of time reading and studyingB.he is le
37、ft to play with his peers in his own way VC.he has more time participating in school activitiesD.he is free to interact with his working parents解析:事实细节题。第3段最后一句说明孩子自由玩乐能促使他们独立思考,并使 他们学会处理与同龄关系,其中unstructured play相当于B中的play in his own way,故B正确。(4) .The author is concerned about the fact that American
38、 kids.(分数: 14.2)A.are engaged in more and more structured activities VB.are increasingly neglected by their working mothersC.are spending more and more time watching TVD.are involved less and less in household work解析:观点态度题。文章一开头作者就说孩子们比1981年时上学的时间每周多8 小时,他们还做更多的家务,参加更多的有组织性的活动等等,而这些均是造成 孩子们空闲时间越来越少的
39、原因,而孩子们空闲时间少也正是作者忧虑的问题, 故可推知此题选A.B是作者在第2段括号里反驳过的观点;C错在more and more time,而且作者对孩子看电视也不完全反对;孩子们事实上要做更多家务,故D 错。(5) .We can infer from the passage that.(分数:14.2)A.extracurricular activities promote childrens intelligenceB.most children will turn to reading with TV sets switched offC.efforts to get kids
40、interested in reading have been fruitfulD.most parents believe reading to be beneficial to children V解析:推理判断题。文章最后一段倒数第2句说“尽管父母费尽心思培养孩子的读 书兴趣,可孩子们一周也只不过花一个多小时读书”。由此可见,父母认为读书 对孩子有好处,即 D.A 中的 extracurricular activities 包含 structured and unstructured activities,文中只说unstructured activities有助于培养孩子独立思考 以及
41、与同龄人交往的能力,没有说structured activities对intelligence有什么帮助; B与文章的倒数第3句不符;C与倒数第2句不符。六、Part III Translation(总题数:1,分数:106.50)2.气功(Qigong)是中国文化的杰出遗产(legacy),也是传统中医的一个重要组 成局部。它是以调心、调息、调身为手段的身心锻炼方法。气功能解乏并改善睡 眠质量,从而提高工作效率。因此,在当代中国气功仍然很流行。气功分为医疗 气功(healing Qigong)和健身气功(fitness Qigong两类:医疗气功用于治疗身体疾病; 健身气功主要用于强健体魄,
42、延缓衰老。越来越多的外国人加入练气功的行列。(分数:106.50)正确答案:(Qigong is an outstanding legacy of Chinese culture as well as an important part of traditional Chinese medicine.lt is to exercise both the body and the mind through the regulation of the mind,the breath and the body.Qigong relieves fatigue and improves sleep qu
43、ality so as to improve work efficiencyzwhich is why it is still popular in China now.There are two kinds of Qigong practices,that is,healing Qigong and fitness Qigong. The former serves as a treatment for diseases while the latter is used for strengthening the body and delaying aging.An increasing n
44、umber of foreigners join the ranks of practicing Qigong.)解析:emotional by nature than the English. An Irish temper is legendary. The Scots would rather (9) about their reputation for excessive thrift and prefer to be remembered for their folk songs and dances, while the Welsh are famous for their sin
45、ging. The Celtic (10)as a whole produces humorous writers and artists, such as the Irish Bernard Shaw, the Scottish Robert Bums, and the WelshDylan Thomas, to mention but a few.A) incomprehensibleB) temperC) remoteD) separateE) understandableF) forgetG) generallyH) temperamentI) preserveJ) strictlyK
46、) traditionsL) reserveM) growthN) applyO) belong (分数:35.50)P) (分数:3.55)A.B. VC.D.K.L.解析:此处应填形容词,修饰名词partSo文章首句即提出观点Britain is not just one country and one people 英国不只是一个国家和一个民族”,又从后文的divided into, each part以及individual corn.时可知英国被分成几个别离的局部,选项中 只有separate表达了这个意思,故D正确。(2) .(分数:3.55)A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.K.
47、VL.M.解析:此处应填名词。选项中有四个词temper temperament, traditions和growth, 能和language和character并列且能被cultural修饰只有traditions,其他几个名 词不符合文意。(3) .(分数:3.55)A.B.C.D.K.L. V解析:此处应填动词原形。前文中说明英国被分成独立的几局部,各自保存自己的 文化传统;后文中“because”说明苏格兰、北爱尔兰以及威尔士的居民不承 认自己是“English,说明他们并不成认自己属于England,故这里应该选择 belongo apply也可以和to连用,但apply to表示“
48、将应用于”,不符合上下文意思。.(分数:3.55)A. C.D.E.F.G. VH.I.解析:此处应填形容词或副词修饰Englisho选项中的副词有generally和strictly, 文中要表达的意思是因为这几个局部都有自己的语言和文化传统,所以严格来说, 他们不是“English”,但他们都属于English。故strictly符合文意。generally “一 般地,大体地”放在原文意义上不够严谨。三个形容词不能使语义通顺。(5) .(分数:3.55)VA.B.C.D.K.L.解析:此处应填形容词。从前文中prefer to speak their own native tongue即苏 格兰语、爱尔兰语和威尔士语,而这些语言对the others来说是陌生的,听不懂 的。那么就不难从选项中的in come.sensible和understandable中选择前者,