公共英语-公共英语四级模拟12

公共英语-公共英语四级模拟12 公共英语四级模拟12 Section ? Listening Comprehension Directions: This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are three parts in this section, Part A, Part B and Part C. Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answer in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1. If you have any questions, you may raise your hand NOW, as you will not be allowed to speak once the test has started. Now look at Part A in your test booklet. Part A You will hear a dialogue about a lost property. Listen and complete the sentences in questions 1,5 with the information you've heard. Write not more than 5 words in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below. A Passage about Insurance the insurance that is necessary 1. while studying abroad besides education the thing 2. medical expenses can wipe out the amount of types of health 3. insurance the country where you usually 4. purchase your international travel insurance the percentage of the medical 5. cost you will pay with a heath insurance Part B You will hear a conversation about a crime. Answer questions 6-10 while you listen. Use not more than 5 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the questions. You will hear a speech expressing one's appreciation. Answer questions 6, 10 while you listen. Use not more than 5 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the questions. Part C You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one. You will have time to read the questions related to it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have time to check your answer. You will hear each piece once only. 11、 According to the speaker, inequality between parties ______. A. began early in 19th century B. started recently C. have been in existence for a long time D. is becoming more and more serious 12、 In many countries, women ______. A. are treated as inferior creatures B. have to work long hours C. are not allowed to leave the house D. are not allowed to do anything together with their husbands 13、 We can conclude from the passage, that the speaker is ______. A. complaining about the unfair treatment B. calling for equal pay between men and women C. calling women to share housework with their husband D. calling women to rebel 14、 The speaker thinks from now on women should ______. A. depend on themselves for equality B. participate in state affairs C. do less house work D. be as firm and strong as Thatchal 15、 What is the meaning of "Skating on thin ice"? A. One may be doing something quite difficult. B. One may be doing something quite risky. C. One may be doing something quite annoying. D. One may be doing something impossible. 16、 When somebody told you that you will "cut no ice" with him, what did he mean? A. You will not persuade him. B. He is getting nowhere with you. C. You cannot sell your ice to him. D. You should not waste time cutting ice with him. 17、 When the game is really over, which idiom can we use? A. It is iced up. B. Skating on thin ice. C. To cut no ice. D. To break the ice. 18、 Why did Peter go to the Union Trust Bank? A. To draw money that he had won in the contest. B. To stem money. C. To borrow money. D. To invest money. 19、 What was Peter's job? A. A banker. B. A runner. C. A mechanic. D. A pickpocket. 20、 What did the guards do when Peter stared gathering the money? A. Yell out. B. Catch him. C. Call the police. D. Stood back and let him stuff the bills in his shirt and pants. 21、 Why didn't Peter take more money from the bank? A. He had no more time. B. He had no more pockets. C. He was too tired. D. He thought it was enough. Section ? Use of English Read the following text. Choose the best word for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. Being a dutiful father, Walt Disney used to take his small daughters to amusement parks, where he would wait patiently while they enjoyed the rides. As far as he was concerned, there was not 22 that was truly enjoyable about such places; the grounds were dirty, the material shabby, the parents bored. And so it is that, around 1934 or 35, the idea began to 23 in his mind 24 perhaps something could be done to bring more pleasure to children and adults 25 . It was a modest idea at first. When Disney brought it 26 in the open in 1948 ,he was merely proposing a small amusement area 27 a corner of the Burbank lot—eleven acres all 28 . Even so, the plan was not modest enough for Roy, who vetoed it instantly, lecturing at 29 about loans, debts, and extravagant dreams. Walter kept dreaming, nonetheless, and adding to his first concept. There should be more 30 rides and merry-go-rounds, he thought; it would be nice to have shops for the parents, soda fountains and theaters for all, a horse-drawn street car, plenty of things to do and see. 31 he went, either in the United States or 32 , he visited parks, county fairs, circuses, carnivals, open air attractions of all kinds—and, 33 all, zoos. 34 , Lilly announced that she would not travel with him 35 more if it was to visit another zoo. Most of the places that he saw looked dirty and sad 36 Disney. The only amusement park that 37 his approval was Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens, because they were clean and cheerful, with friendly attendants and brightly painted attractions. The more he thought about his 38 , the more enthusiastic Disney felt about it. Although he was not 39 to the business side of such a venture, the park 40 more than a moneymaking device for him. He ;vas envisioning it as "a place for people to find happiness and knowledge... a place for parents and children to 41 pleasant times in one another's company; a place for teachers and pupils to discover greater ways of understanding and education." 22、 A. so B. a lot C. much D. such 23、 A. form B. occur C. happen D. exist 24、 A. which B. that C. what D. why 25、 A. altogether B. all C. alike D. both 26、 A. in B. away C. about D. out 27、 A. on B. at C. of D. in 28、 A. estimated B. together C. told D. counted 29、 A. length B. least C. best D. last 30、 A. of B. further C. than D. with A. Where B. Wherever C. When D. Whenever 31、 32、 A. home B. abroad C. everywhere D. Canada 33、 A. above B. after C. in D. at 34、 A. Firstly B. Lastly C. Initially D. Eventually 35、 A. no B. further C. any D. much 36、 A. to B. with C. at D. for 37、 A. witnessed B. showed C. saw D. met 38、 A. task B. project C. activity D. assignment 39、 A. ignorant B. active C. aware D. blind 40、 A. proved B. turned C. served D. represented 41、 A. kill B. share C. win D. enjoy Section ? Reading Comprehension Part A Passage 1 "Dinosaur" is the story of a young Iguanodon dinosaur whose life is uprooted when a meteor hits the planet and he and his family are forced to look for a new home. "It's about characters who have to face adversity and stick together," Schumacher said, a human story told with animals. But he admits the real achievement of "Dinosaur" is taking digitally created characters and blending them with real images like waves crashing on the beach or clouds floating in the sky. This creates "a live-action type of film." To be different from traditional cartoons, "Dinosaur" attempts to re-create the real-life existence of dinosaurs. And the talking animals offer simple lessons in how to live. In short, it is vintage Disney. The 90-minute movie took more than five and a half years to produce, and Disney built a huge campus in Burbank, California for the new digital studio, called "The Secret Lab, "that would create "Dinosaur." While a typical live-action film takes about two years to make from beginning to the cinema, Disney animators took 18 months just to make a "test" version of the film to see if it could be done. Four years later, they have "Dinosaur," and early reviews are ecstatic. Trade newspaper Daily Variety called it "an eye-popping visual spectacle that serves up a vivid picture of what the planet might have looked like." The film follows the life of Aladar, an Iguanodon--a sort of cow-like animal weighing up to five tons--who is separated from his herd and raised by a family of primates called Lemurs. Aladar, voiced by actor D. B. Sweeney, feels the Lemurs are his kin. But he is actually an outsider. When a meteor hits Earth, Aladar saves his family from the fire and devastation that follow and they find themselves on a quest for food and water. While on their trek, they meet other prehistoric beasts all looking for a safe nesting ground. During the journey, Aladar fights with the herd's leader, Kron, falls in love with Kron's sister, Neera, and teaches the other dinosaurs that if they all work together they can achieve a common goal. The scenery is bright and beautiful. When herd members locate their nesting paradise, the sky is the bluest of blue, the grass a deep green, and the water looks cool and inviting. The film is rated PG, meaning parental guidance is suggested because of its violence. 42、 If you want to know "Dinosaur" in detail, you have to go to ______ . A. the museum B. the library C. the cinema D. The Secret Lab 43、 We can learn from the text that "Dinosaur" is actually based on ______ . A. human experience B. prehistoric life C. wild life D. dinosaur history 44、 The author tells us that the story involves ______ . A. rich imagination B. old tradition C. violent action D. present high-tech 45、 According to the story, dinosaurs' misfortune results from ______ . A. a meteor stroke B. aliens attack C. extreme coldness D. a sudden disaster 46、 In order to survive the disaster, the dinosaurs had to ______ . A. separate B. unite C. compete D. fight Passage 2 Karen Rusa was a 30-year-old woman and the mother of four children. For the past several months Karen had been experiencing repetitive thoughts that centered around her children's safety. She frequently found herself imagining that a serious accident had occurred; she was unable to put these thoughts out of her mind. On one such occasion she imagined that her son, Alan, had broken his leg playing football at school. There was no reason to believe that an accident had occurred, but she kept thinking about the possibility until she finally called the school to see if Alan was all right. Even after receiving their assurance that he had not been hurt, she described herself as being somewhat surprised when he later arrived home unharmed. Karen also noted that her daily routine was seriously hampered by an extensive series of counting work that she performed throughout each day. Specific numbers had come to have a special meaning to her; she found that her preoccupation with these numbers was hampering her ability to perform everyday activities. One example was grocery shopping. Karen believed that if she selected the first item on the shelf, something terrible would happen to her oldest child. If she selected the second item, some unknown disaster would fall on her second child, and so on for the four children. Karen's preoccupation with numbers extended to other activities, most notable the pattern in which she smoked cigarettes and drank coffee. If she had one cigarette; she believed that she had to smoke at least tour in a row, or one of her children would be harmed in some way. If she drank one cup of coffee, she felt compelled to drink tour. Karen acknowledged the unreasonableness of these rules, but, nevertheless, maintained that she felt more comfortable. When she observed them earnestly, when she was occasionally in too great a hurry to observe these rules, she experienced considerable anxiety, in the form of a subjective feeling of dread and fear. She described herself as tense, uneasy, and unable to relax during these periods. The occurrence of rarely minor accidents does not reduce her belief that she had been directly responsible because of her inability to observe the rules about number. 47、 The main idea of this passage is to A. describe a woman who suffered from a psychological disease. B. warn the readers against any imagination. C. explain the reason why Karen had such fanciful thoughts. D. present a case for the readers to study. 48、 Which of the following statements, if tree, could most probably cure Karen of the illness? A. Her children were all right. B. She had a job having little to do with numbers. C. She went to a psychoanalyst. D. She gave up smoking and drinking coffee. 49、 What does the underlined word preoccupation mean? A. The first right to occupy something. B. The first impression. C. The extreme focus of attention. D. The question. 50、 Which of the following inferences is most probably NOT true according to the passage? A. When Karen was in a great hurry to smoke, she would feel much anxiety. B. If she selected the fourth item on the shelf in a group, the fourth child must experience some unknown disaster. C. Drinking four cups of coffee would make Karen more comfortable than drinking two cups. D. Karen was a mother of four sons. 51、 The author cited the example of the grocery shopping to A. demonstrate her children's safety was closely related to the item she selected in the store. B. account for Karen's inability to perform everyday activities. C. show how specific numbers were related to the safety of her children. D. further explain that Karen was suffering from a psychological illness. Part B Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. I have noticed that children are not even being school in social graces. At a Sunday brunch, a clown was making balloon animals for the children. 61) My friend's daughter, Sarah, stood by me waiting for her turn. The children grabbed their balloons one by one and ran. 62) I was the only adult present who prompted "What do you say" when the clown handed Sarah her balloon. The clown beamed at us, grateful he had actually been acknowledged. I don't blame the children, however. They emulate what they see. 63) And what they are seeing is a society focused solely on acquisition -- be it another drink in a restaurant or a space on a crowded freeway -- without ever stopping to thank the source. Rude language is now so common that it is accepted behavior. And I'm not talking about the obviously blue vocabulary in books and movies, or that damn is considered harmless compared to what else has become acceptable. I'm referring to inconsiderate word choice. For example, while discussing a story idea with an editor, a very young stall member asked if I was the "chick" who had called for information. I said nothing, knowing that a show of displeasure would have labeled me oversensitive rather than him rude. 64) Most people today feel proud to have built a society that treats the races, sexes, and economic classes more equally ever before. And, yes, we have made real strides in these areas. But isn't it ironic that these same people don't find it necessary to say "Excuse me" to an older couple walking very slowly in front of them, before zooming around the couple? It's not necessary to provide yet another analysis of the disintegration of the family or the breakdown of the social fabric or the price of democracy to explain what has happened to our society. The matter at hand is simply to thank the next person who provides a helping hand when needed. In a crowded world, manners are very important. Small, friendly human interactions help ease the everyday stress of having to hurry, trying to squeeze onto a crowded thoroughfare, standing in one more line to deal with a clerk of some kind, or calling a customer service representative for the third time about a mistake on a bill. Manners make us aware that everything we have derives from a source. 65) Are we really so pressured that we cannot stop to observe simple courtesy? Section ? Writing 57、 Write a composition on the following topic: Your school has received a gift of money. What do you think is the best way for your school to spend this money? You should write 160--200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. 答案: Section ? Listening Comprehension Part A 1、health [听力原文] 1-5 Obtaining good health insurance is a real necessity while you are studying overseas. It protects you from minor and major medical expenses that can wipe out not only your savings but your dreams of an education abroad. There are often two different types of health insurance you can consider buying, international travel insurance and student insurance in the country where you will be going. An international travel insurance is usually purchased in your home country before you go abroad. It generally covers a wide variety of medical services and you are often given a list of doctors in the area where you will travel who may even speak your native language. The drawback might be that you may not get your money back immediately, in other words, you may have to pay all you medical expenses and then later submit your receipts to the insurance company. On the other hand, getting student health insurance in the country where you will study might allow you to only pay a small percentage of the medical cost at the time of the service and thus you don't have to have sufficient cash to pay the entire bill at once. Whatever you decide, obtaining some form of health insurance is something you should consider before you go overseas. You shouldn't wait until you are sick with a major medical bills to pay off. [解析] 细节。根据“Obtaining good health insurance is a real necessity while you are studying overseas.”可知正确答案。 2、savings [解析] 细节题。根据“It protects you from minor and major medical expenses that can wipe out not only your savings but your dreams of an education abroad.” 可知正确答案。 3、two [解析] 细节题。根据“There are often two different types of health insurance you can consider buying”可知正确答案。 4、home [解析] 细节题。根据“An international travel insurance is usually purchased in your home country…”可知正确答案。 5、small [解析] 细节题。根据“…getting student health insurance in the country where you will study might allow you to only pay a small percentage of the medical cost…” 可知正确答案。 Part B 6、Author( [听力原文] 6-10 We have made reference in this book to certain trademarks for the sole purpose of rendering a more real-life flavor to the various situations presented to our students. We do not want to infer or imply in any manner that there exists a relationship or association between the authors and/or publisher and the named firms. We wish to take this opportunity to acknowledge the trademark usage of Coke of the CocaCola Company. We are grateful to Cambridge University Press for permission to reproduce copyright material. We would like to thank the teachers and students from Centennial High School in Fort Collins, Colorado, for their contributions to chapter nine. Many colleagues and many students have contributed generously to the preparation of the three volumes over an extended period of time. Teachers and students have made many valuable comments and suggestions as they have worked with various drafts of the texts. Sandra C. Browne made an exceptional contribution to the project through a careful reading of the manuscript. A special note of appreciation goes to recent EAP students enrolled in oral communication seminars for their interesting and creative oral presentations. A number of these have been adapted and used in this book. Over the past fifteen years many Michigan teachers have participated in the development of the approach to the study of speech or pronunciation that is presented in this book. Special thanks go to the colleagues who made valuable suggestions on the contents of this book. Finally, sincere appreciation is hereby expressed to James L.Bixler, broadcast engineer, for his expert recording of the entire text, to Language Laboratory Director Trisha Dvorak and staff members Lynne Crandall, Kathy Kemp for the interdepartmental support and assistance extended to me and the English Language Institute over many years.7、To acknowledge the trademark usage( 8、Reading the manuscript( 9、Cambridge University Press( 10、Recording the entire text( Part C 11、C [听力原文]17-20 During the first centuries and throughout the earliest parts of the nineteenth century, women had been excluded from many of their rights as human beings. Women were shut up by their husbands. They could not share anything with their partners, either inside the house or outside. Throughout much of the world today, the same situation still holds true. The position of married women in their own households still needs much improvement. Men have treated their wives as beings created only to work. The wife is a twenty-four hour worker with no holidays. When the rest of the community is home from work for a holiday, she must keep active, cleaning, cooking, and taking care of the children. Even if she is ill, she cannot take time off. Most of the time she is treated as a slave inside the house. She has to follow her master's orders. While her husband relaxes in front of the television, she still has to plan the next day's meals and organize the family's activities. Unlike the husband, the housewife never has any free time. In conclusion, wives have often been treated as inferior creatures with no rights of their own. It is time to realize that women are not creatures that men can use as they want. If women can be leaders of nations, such as in England and India, surely women can be equal partners in their own homes.12、 C 13、A 14、D 15、B [听力原文] 14-16 In many places, ice is as widely used as bread, and it would be surprising indeed if ice did not give birth to many special phrases. The expression," to break the ice", meant, to make your first move, to do something for the first time; it was not possible until the ice was broken. Later, the expression developed another meaning, covering a relationship between people. When you have not broken the ice with someone, you have not yet cleared the way to his trust in you, to his friendship. You must get through to him, just as the small boats had to clear the river's ice jam. When you tell someone that he "cuts no ice" with you, you are making certain things clear to him— that you are not moved or impressed or influenced by him in any way. You are putting it to him straight — that he is getting nowhere with you. "Skating on thin ice" is something else again. This means that a man may be doing or saying some- thing risky. It might be offensive and get him into trouble. Thin ice is not much support; if he is not more careful, he may sink right through. In sports or any other kind of contest, you will hear the phrase, "The game is on ice" or "It is iced up". This simply means that the game is really over, that one side is so far ahead that the other cannot catch up. There is no longer any doubt as who the winner will be. 16、B 本题答案对应于解释cut no ice这一短语的第三段。其中最后一句指出用这个短语的人的意 思:...that he is getting nowhere with you，因此答案是[B]。 17、A 独白中涉及game的是最后一段，这一段是对The game is on ice和It is iced up两个与ice 有关的短语的说明，因此本题答案无疑是[A]。 18、A [听力原文] 17-20 Some people dream of being President of the United States. Some dream of becoming stars in a Hollywood movie, and others of making millions of dollars overnight. But, could a dream like that come true in real life? Well, it did happen to Peter Johnson. Peter was an auto mechanic. One day, he walked into the Union Trust Bank in Baltimore and took 5,000 dollars that did not belong to him. The guards and other employees stood back and let him stuff the bills in his shirt and pants without trying to prevent him from taking the money. No one tripped an alarm. No one pulled a gun. No one called the police. Why did they allow him to get away with it? Well, everything was legal. Peter had won a contest promoted by a Baltimore radio station. The first prize entitled him to enter the Union Trust Bank and gather up as much money as he could lay his hands within five minutes. Because he could not bring any large bags or boxes into the bank, all the money had to be placed in his pockets. As the time went by, Peter ran about wildly, trying to pick up as many large bills as he could find. When his time was up, he was out of breath, but was $5,000 richer. [解析] 细节题。根据“…everything was legal…in his pockets.”可知正确答案为A。 19、C [解析] 细节题。根据“Peter was an auto mechanic.”可知本题答案为C。 20、D [解析] 细节题。因为这是一场比赛，所以他们都在旁边观看。因此本题答案为D。 21、A [解析] 细节题。根据“When his time was up…”可知是由于没有时间了，所以本题选C。 Section ? Use of English 22、C 23、A 24、B 25、C 26、D 27、D 28、C 29、 A 30、C 31、B 32、B 33、A 34、D 35、C 36、 A 37、D 38、B 39、D 40、D 41、B Section ? Reading Comprehension Part A Passage 1 42、C 43、A 44、D 45、A 46、B Passage 2 47、A [命题目的] 本题考查考生归纳中心思想的能力。 [解题要点] 文章第一段前五句说“在过去几个月，这位妇女一直受到有关她孩子安全的困扰。她经 常发现自己总是在想像发生一系列的严重事故。一次，她对儿子的安全产生怀疑，打电话到学校证实 儿子安然无恙”。这些足以证明这个妇女深受心理障碍之苦。 48、C [命题目的] 本题考查细节和推理能力。 [解题要点] 本题可用排除法，A项“她的孩子安好无恙”，B项“她的工作和数字无太大关系”，D项“她 戒烟，且不喝咖啡”，这些都只触及她心理障碍的象，不可能治愈她的心理疾病。对于一个遭受心 理障碍困扰的女人，应该“看心理医生”。 49、C [命题目的] 本题考查结合上下文猜测词义。 [解题要点] preoccupation意为“关注”。the first impression意为“第一印象”。即使不知道词义，通过上下文也应推测出这里作者想说，“她对数字的过分关注损坏了日常生活能力”，能达到影响日常生活能力的一定是产生负面影响的活动，只有C项表示出“过分”的含义，所以猜测是该选项。 50、D [命题目的] 本题考查对信息的捕捉和推理能力。 [解题要点] A项是事实，文中倒数第三句有原文表示。文中倒数第六句提到了“这位妇女在抽烟时会感到紧张，要连抽4根烟，因为害怕如果少抽几根，会给她的孩子带来灾难”，从原文可推测，这是因为她将自己抽的每一根烟看成自己孩子的安全的象征，漏了哪一个，就都会给哪个孩子带来灾难，这间接说明她有4个孩子，故B项也属实。根据倒数第五句“她喝了一杯咖啡，那她就一定要连喝到4杯咖啡”， C项符合原文意思。D项说她有4个儿子，文中只说她有4个孩子，不一定都是儿子。 51、D [命题目的] 本题考查推理判断。 [解题要点] 文章主要想描述一个受心理疾病困扰的女人，那么作者引用例子的目的是与此相关的选项。A项和C项是妇女所抱有的错误想法，而非作者的引用目的。B项“解释凯伦不能做日常事情的原因”与中心无关。“买东西”的例子说明妇女心里困扰已经到了影响日常生活的地步，与D项相符。 Part B 52、[译文] 我朋友的女儿莎拉站在我身边，等着轮到她。 [解析] waiting for her turn等着轮到她。 53、[译文] 当小丑把气球递给莎拉时，我提醒她说:“您该说什么?”我是在场的大人中惟一个这么做的人。小丑微笑地看着我们，很感激有人注意到他。 [解析] prompt“提示”;beam at“向…眨眼睛”;acknowledge“表示感谢”。 54、[译文] 他们所看到的社会是一个完全专注于索求的社会——不管是对餐馆里的另外一杯咖啡还是对繁忙的高速公路上的一块空位，没有人停下来说谢谢。 [解析] what they are seeing是主语从句;focus on“专注”;acquisition“获取”;freeway“高速公路”。 55、[译文] 今天大部分的人都为建立了一个比过去任何时候更平等地对待种族、性别、经济阶层的社会而感到骄傲。是的，我们在这些领域确实取得了大幅进步。 [解析] make a stride“前进”。 56、[译文] 我们真的忙得不能停下来注意一下最基本的礼节吗? [解析] be pressured“有压力的”;courtesy“礼貌”;observe courtsy“注 重礼节”。 Section ? Writing 57、(略)