2014.4四级模拟试题

2014年大学英语四级模拟测试一

Part I Writing （30 minutes）

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30minutes to write a short essay entitled Low Carbon Lifestyle,

following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

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1. 低碳生活受到人们的普遍欢迎

2. 低碳生活方式非常有好处

3. 我们应该如何去做

Low Carbon Lifestyle

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Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this ction, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each

conversation, one or more question 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 pau. During the pau, 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 2 with a single line through the centre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

Questions 1 to 8 are bad on the conversation you have just heard.

1. A. He does not have a good hearing. B. He has been driving madly for a year.

C. He never takes what she says riously. D. He is always impatient with her.

2. A. He is poor at remembering numbers.

B. He can't remember Mary's phone number.

C. He doesn't know Mary's phone number at all.

D. He doesn't want to tell her Mary's phone number.

3. A. They should go to e the man's father.

B. A guy named Tom will go to a new place.

C. The woman might go with the man to e his mother.

D. Going to e the new kid is the best thing they can do.

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4. A. Their first child is very lovely.

B. They don't want children for the time being

C. They will start a family as soon as they get married.

D. Mrs. Smith wishes to have children, but her husband doesn't.

5. A. He has done what he shouldn't. B. He has done more than enough.

C. He has done as much as he could. D. He hasn't done as much as he could.

6. A. The man paid a lot to join the gym.

B. The man has been working too hard.

C. The man has improved his physical condition.

D. The man has paid off his debts through hard work.

7. A. Margaret wanted to return some magazines to the woman.

B. Margaret wanted to lend some magazines to the woman.

C. Margaret wanted to borrow some magazines from the woman.

D. Margaret wanted to get some magazines back from the woman.

8. A. She didn't go to the game. B. She also left the game before it was over.

C. She's also curious about who won the game. D. She was sitting right behind the man at the game.

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

9. A. in a library. B. in a school. C. in a bookstore D. in a publisher's office.

10. A. Travel. B. Mystery. C. History. D. Poetry.

11. A. She has a copy of one of his books. B. He gave gifts to millions of people.

C. He was a very wealthy man in his time. D. Sample of his writing is worth a lot of money.

12. A. Do some rearch. B. Sell some of her books.

C. Talk to some politicians. D. Sign her name in the book.

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

13. A. It's rather expensive. B. It's too small for the man.

C. It has plenty of light. D. It doesn't have many clots.

14. A. Each renter is given a parking lot.

B. It's difficult to find a parking place.

C. The renter has to pay to park.

D. The renter can u any space in the parking area.

15. A. He is unimpresd by what the woman told him.

B. He doubts he can afford it.

C. He doesn't think it's suitable for him.

D. He's enthusiastic about it.

Section B

Directions

: In this ction, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some

questions . Both the passage and questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choo

the best answer from the four choices marked A) , B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on

Answer

Sheet 2

with a single line through the center.

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Passage One

Questions 16 to 18 are bad on the passage you have just heard.

16. A. People don't often eat English food.

B. People don't like English food.

C. People who travel to Britain eat English food in English home.

D. People who travel to Britain don't know much about English food.

17. A. The speaker thinks that we live to eat, but not eat to live.

B. The speaker doesn't think that we should eat when living.

C. The speaker thinks that we eat to live, but not live to eat.

D. The speaker thinks that we eat to live and live to eat.

18. A. The criticism of English food by visitors is unfair.

B. It is impossible to find good English food in large towns.

C. As well as food people also travel to Britain for shopping and sighteing.

D. If people complain about English food, they will get better food.

Passage Two

Questions 19 to 22 are bad on the passage you have just heard.

19. A. Our lf-respect. B. Our financial rewards.

C. Our advertising ability. D. Our friendly relationship.

20. A. it is equal to lying. B. it is equal to stealing.

C. it is equal to cheating. D. it is equal to advertising

21. A. We'll be very excited. B. We'll feel unfortunate.

C. We'll have a n of honor. D. We'll feel sorry for the clerk.

22. A. How to Live Truthfully B. Importance of Peacefulness

C. Ways of Gaining Self-respect Actions D. Happiness through Honorable Actions

Section C

Directions: In this ction, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you

should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the cond 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。

In many English homes four meals are rved: they are breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. The are the meals

that are rved in the homes of people who are well-to-do. It might be (26) to you to know what sort

of meals English people have and how they behave

at the table, for the people of one country act

(27) from tho of another. An old proverb says

, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do,” and this is

(28) .

Breakfast may be rved any time from ven to nine. Lunch comes at about one o’clock. It generally

(29) cold meat, potatoes and salad. Most people drink water or beer instead of strong alcoholic drinks.

Afternoon tea, rved between four and five, is the most (30) meal of the day.

Dinner is the most important meal of the day and is a very formal meal. Many people even wear

(31) for dinner, so if you are asked out to dinner, you must (32) whether you are expected to

wear a dinner suit. For you’ll feel very (33) , if when you got there, you were the only person in ordinary

clothes. During the meal, conversation is (34) . You should try to get into conversation with the person

on your right or left, but you should not try to talk to someone who was a long way from you. If you are in

(35) surroundings, keep an eye open for what the others are doing.

Part III Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this ction, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to lect 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 bank is identified by a letter. Plea mark the corresponding letter for each

item on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. You may not u any of the words in the bank more

than once.

Questions 36 to 45 are bad on the following passage.

Psychologists take opposing views of how external rewards, from warm prai to cold cash, affect motivation

and creativity. Behaviorists, who study the relation between actions and their conquences, argue that rewards

can (36) performance at work and school. Cognitive (认识派的) rearchers, who study various

aspects of mental life, maintain that rewards often destroy creativity by encouraging dependence on

(37) and gifts from others.

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The latter view has gained many supporters, (38) among educators. But the careful u of small

(39) rewards speaks creativity in grade school children, suggesting that properly prented inducements

(刺激) indeed (40) inventiveness, according to a study in the June Journal of Personality and Social

Psychology.

“If kids know they're working for a reward and can focus on a relatively (41) task, they show the

most creativity,” says Robert Einberger of the University of Delaware in Newark. “But it's easy to

(42) creativity by giving rewards for poor performance or creating too much anticipation for rewards.”

A teacher who continually draws attention to rewards or who hands our high grades for

(43) achievement ends up with uninspired students, Einberger holds. As an example of the latter point,

he notes growing efforts at major universities to tighten grading standards and (44) failing grades.

In early grades, the u of so-called token economies, in which students handle challenging problems and

receive performance-bad points toward valued rewards, shows (45) in raising efforts and creativity,

the Delaware psychologist claims.

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A) mental B) promi C) kill D) avoid E) hope

G) aid F) especially H) ordinary I) approval J) monetary

L) improve O) excellent K) generally N) restore M) challenging

Section B

Directions: In this ction, 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 choo a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by

marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

How to Make Peace with Your Workload

[A] Swamped (忙碌的), under the gun, just struggling to stay ; whatever office cliché you employ to

depict it, we’ve all been in that situation where we feel like we might be swallowed up by our workload.

Nonetheless many a way may be ud to manage your to-do list to prevent feeling overwhelmed. How to

make peace with your workload once and for all goes as follows.

[B] Get organized. “Clear the deadwood out of your desk and keep your office in shape, which enhances your

capability to handle other tasks and rais the probability that you’ll retrieve the items you do need in a faster

and easier fashion,” says Jeff Davidson who works as a work/life expert and writer of more than 50 books on

workplace issues. “When something can be dispod, let it go, given in reality most of what you retain is

replaceable.” Joel Rudy, vice president of operations for Photographic Solutions, with better than thirty years

of business management experience, believes that keeping organized is a must. “Messy work areas are

nonproductive in some measure. Provided that you can’t locate a document or report easily becau it’s lost in

a pile of mess, then you have a problematic situation,” he says. “Thereby you are suppod to take the time

to tidy up your work areas and keep your important files, manuals and reports in an accessible location, which

will maximize your efficiencies.”

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[C] Make a to-do list, then cover it up. It may sound weird, but it works, says Jessica Carlson, an account

executive at Bluefish Design Studio which is an advertising consulting firm. Carlson urges her team to utilize

to-do lists to stay on track and highlight items that are a priority. “Cover up the list, with the exception of one

high-priority task at one time,” she suggests. “This will allow you to focus better on the task at hand;

otherwi, it will be easy to get overwhelmed if you’re reading through a to-do list that spans an entire page.

Concentrating on a single item will make your tasks appear like they are more doable,” Carlson says.

[D] Stop multitasking. Despite what you may consider multitasking, it’s counterproductive. Unless you’re

drinking coffee while scanning your morning e-mails, you’re not saving any time by attempting to do ten

things at once. “If you find yourlf getting tangled in too many things, it may be of much necessity of you to

re-evaluate your involvement,” Rudy says. “Your mind will wander from one topic to another and you may

end up never accomplishing a thing.” Rudy recommends the best way to stop multitasking is to create priority

lists with deadlines. “When applicable, complete one project before you move further on to the next one,” he

says.

[E] Set time limits. Deborah Chaddock-Brown, a work-at-home single parent, says she’s frequently overwhelmed

by the demands of maintaining order in her residence and running her own business. Still, she manages to “do

it all” by tting a time limit for each task. “I have the type of personality that flits (轻轻地掠过)from thing

to thing becau I do have so much on my plate,” Brown says. “As a conquence I assign time slots: For the

next 15 minutes I will participate in social media for the purpo of marketing my business (not nding

photos or playing Farmville) and that is the only thing I am about to do for the next 15 minutes. When the time

is up, I move on to the next task. That way, at night I don’t end up with a pile of tasks to accomplish even

though I felt busy all day.”

[F] Talk to your manager. “Quite often, people are working on things that are no longer a top priority, but

someone forgot to tell them (that they’re no longer important). There are usually clear priorities in the

manager’s head; he or she has just not done a great job communicating tho with the employee,” says Holly

Green, CEO of The Human Factor. Green’s suggestion unfolds in this manner: “If you find yourlf

confronted with too many responsibilities, sit down, note the significant things you are in charge of, and go to

your manager to have a conversation to discuss priorities, trade-offs, time commitments and

interdependencies required to do each thing well, and then ask what you should stop working on or work on

less so you can get the right things done.” Green says managers should be willing to help sort out priorities,

so long as employees have a can-do approach and aren’t just complaining about their workload.

[G] Eliminate time wasters. “If interruptions are keeping you from your responsibilities, learn how to deal with

them accordingly,” says Eileen Roth, author of Organizing for Dummies. Roth propos the following

suggestions to combat disruptions: “U voice mail to cut down on telephone interruptions, turn off the alert

that says ‘You’ve got an e-mail; and give staff members a t time to visit you.” Justin Gramm, president of

Globella Buyers Realty, exemplifies Roth’s point. “E-mail had been a big time waster for me in the past

becau it was a constant interruption, causing me to lo focus on the task at hand,” he says. Since

determined to check his e-mails only twice a day, Gramm says he has become much more efficient. “If

people want to get more work done, they need to stop checking e-mails and get down to business,” he says.

[H] Asss your workload before taking on new tasks. “The paradox of today’s work environment is that the

more you do, the more that’s expected of you,” Davidson says. In order to better asss your workload,

Davidson suggests asking yourlf the following questions before agreeing to undertake new responsibilities:

Is the task aligned (使一致)with your priorities and goals; Are you likely to be as prone to saying yes to such

a request tomorrow or next week; What el could you do that would be more rewarding; What other

pressing tasks and responsibilities are you likely to face; Does the other party have options other than you;

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Will he or she be crushed if you say no?

[I] Want to know more? Most of our experts recommended books for additional tips on how to maximize

efficiency, but one book was mentioned time and again. Check out The Seven Habits of Highly Effective

People.

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46. “The more you do, the more you are expected to do” has been a paradox in today’s work environment.

47. As long as employees have a can-do attitude and do not just complain about their workload, the managers

would like to help them decide what to do first.

48. As a single parent, Deborah Chaddock-Brown finds it difficult to make a balance between business and

houwork.

49. There are many uful methods of preventing people from feeling overwhelmed by workload.

50. Messy work areas are nonproductive to some extent, so you are suppod to keep your work areas tidy and

important files at hand.

51. To know more about how to maximize efficiency, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is

recommended.

52. In Organizing for Dummies, using voice mail to cut down on telephone interruptions and turning off the e-mail

notice are suggested in combating interruptions.

53. According to Rudy, the best way to stop multitasking is to make a list of priorities and t deadlines for each

task.

54. Focusing on a single matter will make your tasks appear more possible to be done.

55. In fact, most of what people retain is substitutable, so dispo the things that are disposable.

Section C

Directions: There are 2 passages in this ction. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished

statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best

choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Passage one

Questions 56 to 60 are bad on the following passage.

Some people say the traditional calendar of 180 days no longer meets the needs of American society. They

point out that students in most other industrial countries are in school more hours a day and more days a year.

Critics also say a long summer vacation caus students to forget much of what they learned and schools are under

pressure to rai test scores. Some schools have changed their calendars to try to improve student performance.

They have lengthened the school day or added days to the year or both. This can be costly if schools need air

conditioning on hot days and school employees need to be paid for the extra time.

Some schools have a year-round schedule. The school year is extended over twelve months. Instead of a long

vacation, there are many short ones. Local business may object to a longer school year becau students are

unable to work as long at summer jobs. Some parts of the country had year-round programs in the nineteenth

century, mostly for economic reasons. They felt it wasted money to u school buildings for only part of the year.

Year-round programs can also reduce crowding in schools. In one version, students attend school for nine weeks

and then have three weeks off. The students are in groups that are not all in school at the same time.

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Another year-round calendar has all students in school together for nine weeks and off for three. This is

meant to provide the continuous learning that can be lost over a long break. But year-round schooling has

opponents. They say it can cau problems for families when they want to make summer plans. And they say it

interferes with activities outside school – including summer employment.

Some experts say no really good studies have been done to measure the effect of school calendars on

performance. But some educators think year-round schooling especially helps students from poor families that

lack educational support at home.

56. The best title for the passage ems to be .

A. Debating upon Year-round Schooling

B. Advantages of Year-round Education

C. Disadvantages of a Long Summer Vacation

D. Different Types of School Calendars

57. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that schools should extend school days?

A. The traditional calendar is out of date.

B. Long holidays cau students to forget much of what they learned.

C. Schools face pressure to rai test marks.

D. Schools in other countries do so.

58. There were year-round programs in the 19th century becau of .

A. the need of science B. the need of rearch

C. economic reasons D. political reasons

59. Tho against year-round schooling argue that .

does little to help improve students' performance at school

may cau learning-weariness

will not have much educational value

affects students’ activities outside school

60. We learn from the passage that year-round schooling .

A. will enable students to rai their scores

B. is expected to get under way soon

C. remains a controversial issue

D. is approved by the government

Passage Two

Questions 61 to 65 are bad on the following passage.

Wouldn't it be great if you could just look up at the sky and read the weather forecast right away? Well, you

can. The forecast is written in clouds. If you can read that writing, you can tell something about the atmosphere.

With some practice, you can become a pretty good weather forecaster. Who knows, you might even do as well as

meteorologists.

Meteorologists u much more information than just the appearance of the clouds to make their forecast.

They collect data from all over the world. Then they put it into powerful, high speed computers. This does give

the meteorologists an advantage, becau they can track weather patterns as they move from west to east across

the country. But you have an advantage, too. You can look at the sky and get your data directly. A meteorologist

us a computer forecast that’s veral hours old to make a local forecast.

What are you eing when you look at a cloud? “A picture of moisture is doing in the atmosphere,” says

meteorologist Peter Leavitt. There's moisture throughout the atmosphere. Most of the time you don't e it,

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becau it's in the form of an invisible gas called water vapor. Sometimes, the temperature of the air gets cold

enough to cau the water vapor to change to liquid water. It's called condensation, and we e it happen all the

time (for example, when humid air from the shower hits the cold glass of a mirror). When enough water vapor

condens, droplets come in the air. The droplets scatter light. A cloud is en.

Watching clouds over a day or two tells you a lot more than a single cloud about the weather to come.

Changes in clouds show changes in the atmosphere. You should begin to notice patterns. Certain clouds, following

each other in order, can signal an approaching storm. But don't take our word for it; e for yourlf.

61. The word "meteorologists" in the first paragraph means .

A. people who broadcast weather on TV

B. people who are in charge of weather forecast

C. experts who study the earth's atmosphere and its changes

D. experts who study the earth's crust, rocks, strata and the history of its development

62. According to the passage, an ordinary person might do as well as meteorologist in weather forecast .

A. with some simple practice looking up at the sky

B. with the help of the high-speed computers

C. through complex instruments

D. consulting a weather station

63. Meteorologists can make their weather forecast .

using information of the appearance of the clouds only

collecting data from parts of the world

calculating and analyzing this data

watching the sky

64. According to the passage, your advantage in weather forecasts is that .

A. you have a high-speed computer

B. you obrve the sky and obtain your data directly

C. you have more instruments at home

D. you can track weather patterns as they move from west to east across the country

65. This passage mainly tells us about how to .

A. train yourlf as a meteorologist

B. be an assistant to a meteorologist

C. forecast the weather by ourlves

D. broadcast the weather forecast

Part IV Translation (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chine into English. You should

write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

注意： 此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答，只需写出译文部分。

博客(blog)的实质只不过是一种“网络日志”，即在网页上按照时间顺序排列(chronologically)个人信息

的一种记录形式。博客的最大特点就是利用网络空间，发表自己的观点主张，最大程度地彰显个人的自主

性或独立性。尽管它正在成为一种越来越重要的文化载体(carrier)甚至社会载体，但是无论如何都不可能取

代最古老的知识传承方式—读书。

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