1、大學英語四級模擬試題十五 (附含答案解析 )17 / 17大學英語四級模擬題十五一二三四五主觀題客觀題總分核查人Part I Writing(1 5)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter toexpress yourthanks to one of your friendswhohelped you most whenyou were in difficulty.Youshould write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Par

2、t II Listening Comprehension (2 5)Section A(1 ×7=7)Directions:In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the newsreportand the questionswillbe spoken only once. Afteryou hear a question, you must choose the best

3、answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) andD). Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet with a single line through the center.News Report OneQuestions 1 and 2 are based on the news reportyouve just heard.1.A) 250, 000 at 50 centres.C) 255, 000 at 50 centres.B) 250, 000 at 55 centres.

4、D) 255,000 at 55 centres.2. A) Electronic detection.B) Telephone call screening.C) Fingerprints identification.D) Sundays dress rehearsal.News Report TwoQuestions 3 and 4 are based on the news reportyouve just heard.3. A) It called for a quality inspection on Peanut Corp. of America.B) It rejected t

5、he business request from Peanut Corp. of America.C) It decided not to cooperate with Peanut Corp. of America.D) It decided to have a lawsuit with Peanut Corp. of America.4. A) They have so far caused 691 people to be sick.B) They have so far caused 3, 516 people to be sent to hospital.C) They have s

6、o far caused 2 plants to be contaminated.D) They have so far caused 9 foods to be recalled in history.News Report ThreeQuestions 5 to 7 are based on the news reportyouve jus t heard.5. A) Inability to keep turning out novel products.B) Inability to implement their business plans.C) Failure to integr

7、ate innovation into their business.D) Lack of a successful business model of their own.6. A) It is a magic tool to bring big rewards.B) It is the secret to business success.C) It is an essential part of business culture.D) It is the creation of something new.7. A) Its hardworking employees.B) Its in

8、novation culture.C) Its flexible promotion strategy.D) Its willingness to make investments.Section B(1×8=8)Directions:In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At theend of each conversation,you willhear fourquestions.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once

9、. After you hear a question, youmust choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).Then mark the correspondingletteron Answer Sheet with a singlelinethrough the center.Conversation OneQuestions 8 to 11 are based onthe conversation youve just heard.8. A) She has no time to stu

10、dy.B) She is short of money.C) She hasn t heard from her parents for a long time.D) She doesn t know where all her money has gone.9. A) 190 dollars.C) 760 dollars.B) 250 dollars.D) 1, 010 dollars.10.A) He is Carinas boyfriend.B) He is Carinas financial consultant.C) He is working in the loan section

11、 of a bank.D) He is studying economics at a university.11.A) She has a poor head for economics.B) She wants to ask for a loan from Tim s bank.C) She earns little but spends far too much money for a student.D) She wants Tim to be her financial consultant.Conversation TwoQuestions 12 to 15are based on

12、 the conversation youve just heard.12.A) At a road crossing.B) Near a school.C) In front of a kindergarten.D) Outside a police station.13.A) He did not notice it.B) He drove too fast to read it.C) It says 45 miles an hour.D) It is not clearly visible.14.A) It is not genuine.B) It actually belongs to

13、 somebody else.C) It should have been renewed two months ago.D) It is no longer valid.15.A) He was fined 35 dollars.B) He had to do two weeks community service.C) He got a ticket.D) He had his drivers license canceled.Section C(1× 10=10)Directions:In this section, you will hear 3 passages. At t

14、he end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and thequestionswillbe spoken only once. Afteryou hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then markthe corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet with a single line throug

15、h the center.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passageyouve just heard.16.A) He is short of money.B) He does not think money is everything.C) He works hard for the sake of money.D) He wants to be a successful businessman and has plenty of time for leisure.17.A) People have reasons to se

16、ek fame.B) People are advised not to seek fame.C) Fame is less important than money.D) Fame is more important than money.18.A) She is not interested in either money or fame.B) She wants to succeed in doing something more inventive.C) She makes a living by doing research.D) She thinksthatthose who se

17、ek fame willend up witha poor reputation.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passageyouve just heard.19.A) Cheating.C) Road accidents.B) Theft.D) Air crash.20.A) Have the right documents.B) Learn the local customs.C) Book tickets well in advance.D) Make hotel reservations.21.A) Get a lift

18、 if possible.B) Contact your agent.C) Have a friend meet you.D) Use official transport.C) The make traditional handicrafts.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passageyouve just heard.22.A) It covers 97 square kilometers.B) It covers 179 square miles.C) It is only half the size of Spain.

19、D) It is as big as New York City.23.A) It was cut off from the rest of the world.B) It imported food from foreign countries.C) Its citizens enjoyed a peaceful, comfortable life.D) Its geographic features attracted many visitors.24.A) The increasing investment by developed countries.B) The establishi

20、ng of diplomatic relations with France and Spain.C) The building of roads connecting it with neighboring countries.D) The fast development of its neighboring countries.25.A) They work on their farms.B) They work in the tourist industry.D) They raise domestic animals.Part III Multiple Choice (0.5'

21、;×20=10')Directions:There are 20 incompletesentences in thispart.For each sentencethere are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet .26. The knowledge that a rescue team would cont

22、inue searching for them the trapped miners.A) retainedB) attainedC) maintainedD) sustained27. The committee recommendsthatthe budgetdiscussedat the nextmeeting.A) isB) will beC) beD) are28. Anyone over the age of 18 isto vote.A) illegibleB) legibleC) eligibleD)ineligible29. of us can do everything,

23、but all of us can do.A) None, somethingC) Some, everythingB) Few, nothingD) Few, nothing30. My father oftentells me thata man should aimand never speakof himself.A) highly, highC) high, highB) high, highlyD) highly, highly31. John wasfrom the warehouse to the accounting office, which was considered

24、a promotion.A) transformedB) transferredC) deliveredD)transmitted32. I dont want tohis bad temper.A) put up withC) keep up withB) come up withD) come out with33. The filmyou watched yesterdaywasfrom a novel by Jane Austen.A) adoptedB) basedC) adaptedD) adept34. If he had made an appointment, hethe d

25、irector.A) could seeC) can seeB) could have seenD) had seen35. The government s plan is that social securityabout a fifth of the total public spending.A) takes account ofB) on account ofC) accounts forD) countson36. Give the message toneeds it at the table.A) whomeverB) whateverC) whoseverD) whoever

26、37. He did not realizethatthe unemployment was allthatin the city.A) criticB) criticalC) criticismD) criticize38. are usually preferred by children in the hospital.A) Women doctorC) Woman doctorB) Women doctorsD) Woman doctors39. WecanreadworldwidenewsonthewebsiteofTheBritish Broadcasting.A) Coopera

27、teB) CooperationC) CorporateD) Corporation40. My doctorme to a specialist in heart disease.A) inferredB) preferredC) referredD) differed41. We gave up the house, because ofconsiderations.A) economicB) economicsC) economicalD) economy42. The flu is believedby viruses that like to reproduce in the cel

28、ls inside the human nose and throat.A) causeC) to be causedB) being causedD) to have caused43. Thanks to the modern electrical, housework nowadays has been made easier and easier.A) appliancesB) facilitiesC) toolsD)instruments44. Let me see all the official documentsthe sale of this land.A) concerne

29、dB) concerningC) concernsD) concernedly45. Great as Newton was, many of his theoriestoday and are being modified by the work of scientists of our time.A) are to be challengedC) have been challengedB) are challengingD) may be challengedPart IV Reading Comprehension(35')Section A(0.5× 10 =5)D

30、irections: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 ina word bank followingthe passage. Readthe passage throughcarefullybeforemaking your choices.Each choice in the bank is identifiedby a letter.Pleasewrite th

31、e corresponding letter for each item on theAnswer Sheet.You maynot use any of the words in the bank more than once.（請在答題紙上寫單詞的代號）You havechosentoattendauniversitythatisnotonlyagreat educationalinstitutionbutisalsoagreatresearchinstitution.Iencourage you to take46ofthat.Take courses and47seminarsthat

32、 explore the frontiers of fields where new knowledge and understanding arebeing created. For me, participating in research as an undergraduate ledmefrom mymajor in48engineeringto my major in computer science,and it49a passion for being on the leading edge of discovery. This 50sustained me through my

33、 PhD and continues to excite me after more than 30 years as a Stanford faculty member. Being at the51of discovery and taking part in the creation of new knowledge is an52rewarding andlife-altering experience.As you begin your time at Stanfordand plan your fouryears here,I would53you to remember that

34、 your undergraduate education is a foundation for life. It is a once-in-a-lifetime journey. It is much more than your54to your first job. It is an opportunity to develop the skills and passionforbeing a lifelonglearnerin areas55toand outsideof your career.A) participateB) ticketC) transferredD) useE

35、) ignitedF) advantageG) urgeH) constructiveI) attendJ) immenselyK) passionL) forefrontM) intellectuallyN) relatedO) electricalSection B(1× 10=10)Directions:In this section, you are going to read a passage with tenstatementsattachedto it.Each statementcontainsinformationgiven inone of the paragr

36、aphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information isderived.You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph ismarked with a letter. Answer the questions by writing the corresponding letter ontheAnswer Sheet .The End of the Book?A Amazon, by far the largest bookseller in the country,

37、reported on May 19 that it is now selling more books in its electronic Kindle format than in the old paper-and-ink format. That is remarkable, considering thatthe Kindle has only been around for four years. E-books now account for 14percentof allbook salesinthe countryand are increasingfarfasterthan

38、overall book sales. E-book sales are up 146 percent over last year, while hardback sales increased 6 percent and paperbacks decreased 8 percent.B Does thisspellthedoom ofthephysicalbook? Certainlynot immediately, and perhaps not at all. What it does mean is that the bookbusiness will go through a tr

39、ansformation in the next decade or so more profound than any it has seen since Gutenberg introduced printing with moveable type in the 1450s.C Physical books will surely become much rarer in the marketplace.Mass market paperbacks, which have been declining for years anyway, willprobably disappear, a

40、s will hardbacks for mysteries, thrillers,“romance fiction,” etc.Such books, which only rarelyend up in permanent collections, eitherprivateor public,willprobablyonlybe availableas e-books withina few y ears. Hardback and trade paperbacks for“serious ” nonfiction and fictionwillsurelylastlonger.Perh

41、aps itwillbecomethe mark of an authorto reckon with that he or she is still published in hard copy.D As forchildrens books, who knows? Children s books are likedog food in that the purchasers are not the consumers, so the market (and themarketing) is inherently strange.E For clues to the books futur

42、e, lets look at some examples of technological change and see what happened to the old technology.F One technology replaces another only because the new technology is better, cheaper, or both. The greater the difference, the sooner and morethoroughlythe new technologyreplacesthe old.Printingwithmove

43、able type on paper dramatically reduced the cost of producing a book compared withthat of the old-fashioned ones handwritten on vellum, which comes fromsheepskin. A Bibleto be sure, a long book required vellum made from 300 sheepskins and countless man-hours of labor. Before printing arrived, aBible

44、 cost more than a middle-class house. There were perhaps 50,000 books in all of Europe in 1450. By 1500 there were 10 million.G But whileprintingquicklycaused the hand writtenbook to die out,handwritinglingeredon（繼續(xù)存在 ）wellintothe 16th century.Very special books are stilloccasionallyproduced on vell

45、um,but they are one-of-a-kindshow pieces.H Sometimes a new technologydoesntdrivethe old one out,but only partsof itwhile forcingthe restto evolve.The movies were widely predictedto drive live theater out of the marketplace, but they didnt, becausetheater turned out to have qualities movies could not

46、 reproduce. Equally, TV was supposed to replace movies but, again, did not.I Movies did, however, fatally impact some parts of live theater. And while TV didn t kill movies, it did kill second-rate pictures, shorts, and cartoons.J Nor did TV killradio.Comedyand drama shows ( “Jack Benny,” “Amos and

47、Andy, ” “The Shadow”) all migrated to television. But because you cant drive a car and watch television at the same time, rush hour becameradio s prime, while music, talk, and news radio greatly enlarged their audiences. Radio is today a very different business than in the late 1940sand a much large

48、r one.K Sometimes oldtechnologylingersforcenturiesbecauseofitssymbolic power. Mounted cavalry （騎兵 ）replaced the chariot （二輪戰(zhàn)車 ）on the battlefield around 1000 BC. But chariots maintained their place in paradesand triumphs right up until the end of the Roman Empire 1,500 years later.The sword hasnthad

49、 a militaryfunctionfora hundred years,but isstill part of an officers full-dress uniform,precisely because a sword alwayssymbolized“an officer and a gentleman.”L Sometimes new technology is a little cranky（不穩(wěn)定的 ）at first.Television repairman was a common occupation in the 1950s, for instance.And so

50、the old technologyremains as a backup. Steamships capturedthe North Atlantic passenger business from sail in the 1840s because of its muchgreater speed. Butsteamships didnt lose their sails until the 1880s,because earlymarine engines had a nasty habitof breakingdown. Untilships became large enough (

51、and engines small enough) to mount two engines sideby side, they needed to keep sails. (The high cost of steam and the lesserneed for speed kept the majority of the worlds ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century.)M Then there is the fireplace. Central heating was prese

52、nt in every upper-and middle-class home by the second half of the 19th century. Butfunctioningfireplacesremain to thisday a powerfulsellingpointin a house or apartment. I suspect the reason is a deep-rooted love of the fire. Firewas oneoftheearliestmajortechnologicaladvancesforhumankind, providing h

53、eat, protection, and cooked food (which is much easier to eatand digest).Humancontrolof firegoes back farenough (over a millionyears)that evolution could have produced a genetic leaning towards fire as a central aspect of human life.N Books especially books the average person could affordhavent been

54、 around long enough to produce evolutionary change in humans. But theyhave a powerfulhold on manypeople nonetheless,a hold extendingfarbeyond their literary content. At their best, they are works of art and there isa tactile（觸覺的） pleasure in books necessarily lost in e-book versions.The ability to quickly thumb through pages is also lost. And a room with books in it induces, at least in so