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全国大学英语四级考试

全国统一模拟冲刺试卷

COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST

— Band Four —

试题册

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注意事项

一、将自己的校名、姓名准考证号写在答题卡1和答题卡2上。将本试卷代号划在答题卡

2上。

二、试卷册、答题卡1和答题卡2均不得带出考场。考试结束，监考员收卷后考生才可离

开。

三、仔细读懂题目的说明。

四、在30分钟内做完答题卡1上的作文题。30分钟后，考生按指令启封试题册，听力题

目做完后，监考员收取答题卡1，考生在答题卡2上完成其余部分的试题。全部答

题时间为130分钟，不得拖延时间。

五、考生必须在答题卡上作答，凡是写在试题册上的答案一律无效。

六、多项选择题每题只能选一个答案；如多选，则该题无分。选定答案后，用HB-2B 浓

度的铅笔在相应字母的中部划一条横线。正确方法是：[A] [B] [C] [D]。使用其他

符号答题者不给分。划线要有一定的粗度，浓度要盖过字母底色。

七、如果要改动答案，必须先用橡皮擦净原来选定的答案，然后再按规定重新答题。

八、在考试过程中要注意对自己的答案保密。若被他人抄袭，一经发现，后果自负。

Part I Writing ( 30 minutes )

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 the lonely

life of aged people. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。

Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. 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. 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 1 with

a single line through the centre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

1. [A] Dr. Smith's waiting room isn't tidy.

[B] Dr. Smith enjoys reading magazines.

[C] Dr. Smith has left a good impression on her.

[D] Dr. Smith may not be a good choice.

2. [A] The man thinks travelling by air is quite safe.

[B] The woman never travels by plane.

[C] Both speakers feel nervous when flying.

[D] The speakers feel sad about the serious loss of life.

3. [A] At the information desk.

[B] At a hotel reception.

[C] In a restaurant.

[D] In a barbershop.

4. [A] Mary has a keen eye for style.

[B] Nancy regrets buying the dress.

[C] Nancy and Mary went shopping together in Rome.

[D] Nancy and Mary like to follow the latest fashion.

5. [A] Wash the dishes.

[B] Go to the theatre.

[C] Pick up George and Martha.

[D] Take her daughter to hospital.

6. [A] He has left his position in the government.

[B] He has already reached the retirement age.

[C] He made a stupid decision at the cabinet meeting.

[D]He has been successfully elected prime minister.

7. [A] They have known each other since their schooldays.

[B] They were both chairpersons of the Students’ Union.

[C] They have been in close touch by email.

[D]They are going to hold a reunion party.

8. [A]Fixing some furniture

[B]Repairing the toy train

[C]Reading the instructions

[D]Assembling the bookcase

Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

9. [A] In a studio.

[B] In a clothing store

[C] At a beach resort.

[D] At a fashion show.

10. [A] To live there permanently.

[B] To stay there for half a year.

[C] To find a better job to support herself.

[D] To sell leather goods for a British company.

11. [A] Designing fashion items for several companies.

[B] Modeling for a world-famous Italian company.

[C] Working as an employee for Ferragamo.

[D] Serving as a sales agent for Burberrys.

12. [A] It has seen a steady decline in its profits.

[B] It has become much more competitive.

[C] It has lost many customers to foreign companies.

[D] It has attracted a lot more designers from abroad.

Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

13. [A] Organizing protests

[B] Recruiting members

[C] Acting as its spokesman.

[D] Saving endangered animals.

14. [A] Anti-animal-abuse demonstrations

[B] Anti-nuclear campaigns

[C] Surveying the Atlantic Ocean floor

[D] Removing industrial waste.

15. [A] Doubtful

[B] Indifferent

[C] Reserved

[D] Supportive

Section B

Directions: 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 once. After

you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked

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A

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,

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B

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,

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C

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and

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D

］

. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single

line through the centre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Passage One

Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. [A] To win over the majority of passengers from airlines in twenty years.

[B] To reform railroad management in western European countries.

[C] To electrify the railway lines between major European cities.

[D] To set up an express train network throughout Europe.

17. [A] Major European airlines will go bankrupt.

[B] Europeans will pay much less for traveling.

[C] Traveling time by train between major European cities will be cut by half.

[D] Trains will become the safest and most efficient means of travel in Europe.

18. [A] Train travel will prove much more comfortable than air travel.

[B] Passengers will feel much safer on board a train than on a plane.

[C] Rail transport will be environmentally friendlier than air transport.

[D] Traveling by train may be as quick as,or even quicker than, by air.

19. [A] In 1981.

[B] In 1989.

[C] In 1990.

[D] In 2000.

Passage Two

Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.

20. [A] The rescue operations have not been very effective.

[B] More than 300 injured passengers were hospitalized.

[C] The cause of the tragic accident remains unknown.

[D] The exact casualty figures are not yet available.

21. [A] There was a bomb scare.

[B] There was a terrorist attack.

[C] A fire alarm was set off by mistake.

[D] 50 pounds of explosives were found.

22. [A] Follow policemen’s directions.

[B] Keep an eye on the weather.

[C] Avoid snow-covered roads.

[D] Drive with special care.

Passage Three

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

23. [A] It may produce an increasing number of idle youngsters.

[B] It may affect the quality of higher education in America.

[C] It may cause many schools to go out of operation.

[D] It may lead to a lack of properly educated workers.

24. [A] It is less serious in cities than in rural areas.

[B] It affects both junior and senior high schools.

[C] It results from a worsening economic climate.

[D] It is a new challenge facing American educators.

25. [A] Allowing them to choose their favorite teachers.

[B] Creating a more relaxed learning environment.

[C] Rewarding excellent academic performance.

[D] Helping them to develop better study habits.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage isread 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.

注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Psychologists are finding that hope plays a surprisingly vital role in giving people a

measurable advantage in zones of diverse as academic achievement, bearing up in tough jobs

and coping with tragic illness. And by contrast, the loss of hope is (26)__________to be a

stronger sign that a person may (27)_________ than other factors long thought to be more

likely risks. Hope’s (28)______ a powerful predictor of outcome in every study we’ve done

so far.” said Doctor Charles R Snider. A psychologist who has (29)________ a scale to assess

how much hope a person has. For example, in research with 3920 college students, Doctor

Snider and his colleagues found that the level of hope among freshmen at the beginning of

their first semester was a more (30)__________ predictor of their college grades than were

their SAT scores or their grade point averages in high school-the two measures most

commonly used to predict college performance. Students with high hope set themselves

higher goals and know how to work to attain them.” Doctor Snider said. When you compare

students of (31)_________ intelligence and past academic achievements, what sets them apart

is hope. In devising a way to assess hope (32)___________, Doctor Snider went beyond the

simple notion that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all right. That

(33)_______ is not concrete enough and it blurs two key (34) _________of hope.” Doctor

Snider said. Having hope means believing you have both the will and the way to (35)_______

your goals whatever they may be.

Part III Reading 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

the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is

identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2

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 based on the following passage.

There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No

school I have taught in has ever36spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There

are, however, vastly different ideas about how to teach it, or how much37it must be given

over general language development and38 ability. The problem is how to encourage a child to

express himself freely and 39in writing without holding him back with the complexities of

spelling.

If spelling becomes the only focal point of his teacher's interest, clearly a bright child will be

likely to "play safe". He will 40 to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to

41adventurous language. That's why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries

and pay attention to 42rather than technical ability.

I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal

experience: "This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is

illegible." It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil's technical abilities in writing, but it

was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted to read the essay, which contained

some beautiful expressions of the child's deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw

attention to the43,but if his priorities had 44on the child's ideas, an expression of his

disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more motivation to seek 45.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

［A］confidently ［I］largely

［B］avoid ［J］maintain

［C］content ［K］ignored

［D］errors ［L］notion

［E］tend ［M］centered

［F］writing ［N］improvement

［G］priority ［O］notebook

［H］instinct

Section B

Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.

Each statement contains information 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 2.

Highways

(A) Early in the 20

th

century, most of the streets and roads in the U.S. were made of dirt, brick,

and cedar wood blocks. Built for horse, carriage, and foot traffic, they were usually

poorly cared for and too narrow to accommodate(容纳)automobiles.

(B)With the increase in auto production, private turnpike(收费公路)companies under local

authorities began to spring up, and by 1921 there were 387,000 miles of paved roads.

Many were built using specifications of 19

th

century Scottish engineers Thomas Telford

and John Mac Adam(for whom the macadam surface is named), whose specifications

stressed the importance of adequate drainage. Beyond that, there were no national

standards for size, weight restrictions, or commercial signs. During World War I, roads

throughout the country were nearly destroyed by the weight of trucks. When General

Eisenhower returned from Germany in 1919, after serving in the U.S. Army’s first

transcontinental motor convoy(车队)，he noted: “The old convoy had started me thinking

about good, two-lane highways, but Germany’s Autobahn or motorway had made me see

the wisdom of broader ribbons across the land.”

(C)It would take another war before the federal government would act on a national highway

system. During World War II, a tremendous increase in trucks and new roads were

required. The war demonstrates how critical highways were to the defense effort. Thirteen

per cent of defense plants received all their supplies by truck, and almost all other plants

shipped more than half of their products by vehicle. The war also revealed that local

control of highways had led to a confusing variety of design standards. Even federal and

state highways did not follow basic standards. Some states allowed trucks up to 36,000

pounds, while others restricted anything over 7,000 pounds.

(D) A government study recommended a national highway system of 33,920 miles, and

Congress soon passed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944, which called for strict,

centrally controlled design criteria.

(E)The interstate highway system was finally launched in 1956 and has been hailed as one of

the greatest public works projects of the century. To build its 44,000-mile web of highways,

bridge, and tunnels, hundreds of unique engineering designs and solutions had to be

worked out. Consider the many geographic features of the country: mountains, steep

grades, wetlands, rivers, desserts, and plains. Variables included the slope of the land, the

ability of the pavement to support the load, the intensity of road use, and the nature of the

underlying soil. Urban areas were another problem. Innovative designs of roadways,