大学英语四级（2013年12月考试改革适用）模拟试卷189 (题后含答案及解析)
题型有：1. Writing 2. Listening Comprehension 3. Reading Comprehension 4. Translation
Part I Writing
1． For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Do One Thing at a Time, And Do It Well by commenting on the saying, “I can do many things well at a time if given chances.” You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Do One Thing at a Time, And Do It Well
正确答案： Do One Thing at a Time, And Do It Well Though many of us often boast that “I can do many things well at a time if given chances”, in most cas, we would ultimately mess things up when we really have to handle many things at the same time. Such failure drives us to follow the principle that “do one thing at a time, and do it well”. At first glance, multitasking ems to be productive, but it actually splits our attention, making our work ineffective and unsuccessful. Image a student trying to win an English speech contest, play
in the college football team, take an internship and write a graduation thesis in one single term. Rather than getting veral things half-done, why not try to get one thing handsomely done? Once we fully concentrate on one thing without distraction, we can finish the task faster and better. And the previous good performance will give us more confidence to move forward, thereby creating a healthy circle. Success doesn’t depend on how many things we have done, but on how well we can get things done.
解析： 这篇谚语型作文要求考生结合“如果给予我机会，我可以同时把很多事情做好”这种说法展开讨论并发表白己的见解，并以“一次做一件事，并把它做好”为题。根据题目要求，文章结构可安排如下： 第一段简要说很多人都有一次做很多事情但最终失败的经历，指出“一次做一件事，并把它做好”才是正确的原则。 第二段通过举例来论述同时做几件事的不足和一次做好一件事的优势。 第三段用一句话总结全文。范文用了一个对比句式来总结，是个不错的观点表达句式。
Part II Listening Comprehension
Section A
听力原文： The United States central bank has raid an important interest rate by one-fourth of 1 percent. The federal funds rate, a rate paid by banks for short-term loans, is now one-half of 1 percent. Janet Yellen, the first woman to lead the Federal Rerve System, spoke after the announcement. The decision was bad on a few factors, Yellen said. Economic growth is expected to continue in the U.S. Another reason to increa interest rates, Yellen noted, was the low official rate of inflation. The central bank has said its target inflation rate is 2 percent. It says that rate would help support employment and keep prices stable. However, inflation currently is not at the target rate, but below 1 percent. The federal rerve chief also said the strong labor market provided another reason to rai rates. The U.S. economy is adding about 200,000 jobs each month.1 What is the news report mainly about?2 What do we learn about the target inflation rate t by the central bank?
2．
A．The U.S. central bank decides monetary policy.
B．The U.S. central bank has raid an interest rate.
C．The U.S. economic growth is expected to continue.
D．The U.S. economy is adding about 200,000 jobs each year.
正确答案：B
解析：题目问新闻主旨。新闻开篇便说“美国央行将一项重要利率提高了0．25个百分点”。之后解释了加息原因。B“美国央行提高了利率”将首句加以提炼，去掉具体的数据，表明了全文主旨。
3．
A．It is expected to grow.
B．It is t below 1 percent.
C．It would affect interest rates.
D．It would be good for price stability.
正确答案：D
解析：题目询问由美国央行设定的target inflation rate“目标通胀率”的相关信息。新闻提到央行将target inflation rate设定在2％，央行表示该通胀率有助于支持就业(help support employment)和保持物价稳定(keep prices stable)，D中的price stability与后者对应，其中的stability是stable的名词形式。
听力原文： The campaign group Amnesty International says it has evidences that Russian air strikes in Syria since September have killed hundreds of civilians, causing widespread destruction to basic facilities. Amnesty suggests the strikes are in violations of international humanitarian law and accus Russia of attempting a cover-up. After interviewing witness, doctors and human rights groups, Amnesty reports that homes and hospitals were hit as well as a market and a Muslim building. In most cas, the location and timing of the attacks correspond with Russian defen ministry reports on air strikes though it says it was targeting so-called IS militants. Despite dropping thousands
of bombs in Syria, Russian officials have never acknowledged causing any civilian casualties there. They were proud of their effective pinpoints strikes against terrorists and had dismisd previous claims to the country as part of an anti-Russian information war by the west.3 What did Amnesty International say about the Russian air strikes?4 What was Russia’s reaction towards civilian casualties?
4．
A．They had killed civilians and destroyed basic facilities.
B．They covered the whole nation of Syria
C．They attempted to destroy Syria’s government facilities.
D．They were launched bad on humanitarian law.
正确答案：A
解析：题目询问Amnesty International“国际特赦组织”关于俄罗斯此次空袭的说法。新闻开
头就提到，该组织认为俄罗斯的空袭杀死了数百名平民(killed hundreds of civilians)并毁坏了一些基础设施(destruction to basic facilities)，故A正确。
5．
A．It promid to stop air strikes in September.
B．It did not feel guilty for the casualties.
C．It was proud of causing the casualties.
D．It claimed to take responsible for the casualties.
正确答案：B
解析：题目询问俄罗斯对造成的平民伤亡(civilian casualties)的反应。新闻中提到，俄方从未承认他们伤及平民(never acknowledged causing any civilian casualties)，即他们从不为平民伤亡感到抱歉，故B正确。
听力原文： Road traffic crashes kill 1.25 million people each year worldwide. But the World Health Organization (WHO) says they are preventable. The report surveyed 180 countries, and it shows the number of annual deaths from traffic crashes is stabilizing. And that is good news as the number of motor vehicles grows worldwide. But the data also show that road crashes are the No. 1 cau of death among young people aged 15 to 29. Young adults around the world are the worst driving risks. Even in the U.S., drivers aged 15 to 24 account for about 30 percent of all driving-related accidents. The WHO report also finds a big gap in road safety and deaths between poor and rich countries. Poor countries have only 54 percent of the world’s vehicles. But tho countries have some of the worst safety statistics in the report. “Africa has only two percent of the world’s vehicles, but has the highest death rate on the road.” That is what Etienne Krug, the head of the WHO Department of Non-communicable Dias, says. Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are leaders in preventing traffic deaths. The highest death rates are in Africa and the Middle East.5 Why is the survey result good news?6 What does the survey report show?7 What do we learn about the road crashes in poor countries?
6．
A．The growing number of motor vehicles doesn’t mean more traffic crashes.
B．All countries surveyed have great progress in preventing traffic deaths.
C．Road traffic crashes are decreasing in tho 180 countries surveyed.
D．Road crashes have been prevented thoroughly in most poor countries.
正确答案：A
解析：题目问调查结果为什么是一个好消息。新闻中提到的survey result是指“每年因交通事故丧生的人数持续稳定”(the number of…deaths…is stabilizing)，新闻之后提到，鉴于全球机动车辆日益增长(the number of motor vehicles grows)，这也是个好消息，A“机动车辆的日益增长并未引发更多的交通事故”对新闻内容进行了概况，为正确选项。
7．
A．There is no way to make roads safer in developed countries.
B．About 30 percent of driving-related accidents are from drunk driving.
C．All countries surveyed have implemented tougher road safety laws.
D．Young adults around the world are facing rious driving risks.
正确答案：D
解析：题目问调查表明了什么。新闻中段提到，全球青少年面临着最糟糕的驾驶风险(Young adults around the world are the worst driving risks)，D意为“青少年有严重的驾驶风险”，大意与新闻内容相同，故为正确选项。
