大学英语四级考试实战指南(模拟试卷)

大学英语四级考试实战指南(模拟试卷) 大学英语四级考试实战指南(模拟试卷)篇一:大学英语四级试 题模拟试卷二 大学英语四级模拟试卷二 Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic “Education: Examination-Oriented or Quality-Oriented”. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese: 1. 应试教育现状及其原因; 2. 素质教育的优点; 3. 你的观点。 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Selling Expertise on the Internet for Extra Cash Teresa Estes, a licensed mental-health counselor, watched as business at her private practice decreased last year. Then the single mother turned to her keyboard to boost her income. Ms. Estes applied to become an “expert” on LivePerson Inc., a Web site where clients pay for online chat time with professionals and advisers of all fields. For $1.89 a minute — a rate she set — the 39-year-old from Marianna, Fla., dispenses advice to clients around the globe. She spends about four hours a day online, often at night, when her daughter has gone to bed. “It was the economy,” she says of her move to take her skills online. “Live Person is more profitable than my private practice.” Ms. Estes had charged her private clients up to $75 an hour. As the recession deepens, a small but growing number of people are taking their skills online, offering expertise or performing specified tasks for a fee. Labor-at-the-keyboard sites are gaining popularity as people increasingly turn to the Web in search of work. Internet job-search sites saw a 51% rise in traffic from January 2008 to January 2009, according to comScore Media Metrix, to 26.7 million unique visitors. Among the many fee-for-service Web sites out there, at least three are attracting a significant number of users — though consumers should exercise a healthy degree of skepticism when consulting any of these sites. Live Person seeks out experts on a slew of topics, including mental health, financial services, shopping and fashion, as well as psychics and spiritual advisers. Mechanical Turk, a Web service run by Amazon.com Inc., pays workers to perform tasks, such as cataloging products online. Associated Content pays contributors to write articles on a wide range of subjects, from organic flower gardening to how to apply for financial aid. Live Person went public in 2001, and the current version of the site was launched in late 2007. Today, the site has 30,000 registered experts, attracting an average of 100,000 people a year who pay for the offered services, says Chief Executive Officer Robert LoCascio. Roughly 3,500 people have made contributing to the site their full-time job, he says. Live Person says it vets contributors’ qualifications, such as medical licenses or financial certification, through a third party, and relies heavily on its community reviews. Some 200 people a day apply to be Live Person experts, up from 120 a year ago, says Mr. LoCascio. Once cleared, advisers work with clients on a cost-per-minute basis set by the adviser. The site takes a commission of between 30% and 35%. Associated Content, by contrast, reviews submissions in house and then decides how much to pay for them. The site, which specializes in how-to pieces and feature stories on news topics, had 237,000 registered contributors and more than one million content pieces as of February, both about double from the same month a year ago. After posting the content, the site sells advertisements against it and distributes it to other companies, such as online shoe retailer Zappos, which use the content on their own Web sites. If Associated Content accepts a submission (it says it rejects about 25% of them), the author gets between $5 and $30, plus $1.50 for each 1,000 page views. An ability to write “search-engine-optimized” content, an industry term for generating good Google results, helps, says site founder Luke Beatty. People are not only looking for payment but also establishing their credentials “as somebody with experience”, he says. Writing about a specific profession, such as law or real estate, helps raise a person’s profile online, enhancing his job searches, says Mr. Beatty. Sabah Karimi, a 26-year-old from Orlando, Fla., left a career in marketing to become a full-time freelance writer and now spends between 8 and 10 hours a week writing for Associated Content. She has been at it for about three years and says she earns roughly $1,000 a month from her past and current submissions. Ms. Karimi cautions newcomers to Associated Content that it takes time to build up earnings. She says she learned how to write articles that would bring traffic and often looks for newsy ideas that will attract readers. Mechanical Turk, by contrast, is based on “crowd sourcing”, or breaking a task into lots of tiny pieces and giving it to a big group of people to complete quickly. Most of these jobs — which the site calls HITs, for human intelligence tasks — pay just a few cents. Efficient MTurkers, as they call themselves, can make more than $100 a week doing things such as finding someone’s email address or labeling images of a particular animal in a photograph. Amazon says that MTurk now has 200,000 workers from 100 different countries, but it doesn’t keep track of past figures. The site — named for an 18th-century stunt involving a turbaned chess-playing “machine” with an actual chess master hidden within — began as a way to help Amazon manage its product database, says Sharon Chiarella, vice president of Amazon Mechanical Turk. Amazon uses the site to help sort images and content, paying people a few cents a task. Mechanical Turk also serves a variety of companies who need Web tasks performed, especially those that require a human element. Test-prep startup Knewton Inc., for example, uses it extensively for focus-group-type tasks, as well as enlisting people to take its practice tests. Keri Knutson, a mother of five from Independence, La., discovered Mechanical Turk when her eldest son was headed for college. Ms. Knutson, now 45, needed money for his tuition and fees. She took on all kinds of low-paying but easy tasks at the beginning, from finding a place to purchase a specific item to identifying the name of a street in a photograph. People looking to make money online as fee-for-service experts should read the fine print. Live Person has one of the more formal payment systems, requiring users to sign up for an account before talking with an expert. Some sites, including Associated Content and Mechanical Turk, reserve the right to refuse payment if a task is not completed satisfactorily. Most sites have a robust community of workers who regularly offer one another tips on which tasks pay the best. Mechanical Turk users have an independent site called Turker Nation (turkers.proboards80.com), which reviews the companies that solicit (索求) and pay for tasks so that workers can check a company’s record before taking on a task. Consumers who use these sites also need to exercise caution. Relying on legal or medical advice from an unknown online source has obvious drawbacks, and the Web sites acknowledge that some users have registered complaints about the advice offered on the sites. LivePerson warns consumers to offer their financial and personal details with care. For the workers on these sites, even incremental sources of income are helpful these days. Ms. Knutson now spends the majority of her time transcribing Web audio and video for clients, earning about $250 a week for 30 hours of work. She says she has seen more competition lately but is determined to keep up her weekly pace. “If I didn’t have this money,” she says, “we’d be struggling to find what to eat every week.” 1. What is the passage mainly talking about? A) The economic recession will last a few years. B) More people are taking their skills online to make money. C) Asking for advice through the Internet is a good way to solve your problems. D) People shouldn’t release their financial and personal details online. 2. Live Person Inc. is a Web site where ___________. A) people chat with each other and make friends freely B) professionals and advisers help others for free C) people pay money for applying to become an expert D) clients pay for online chat time with professionals and advisers 3. Why are labor-at-the-keyboard sites gaining popularity? A) Because people love to work on the Internet. B) Because more people are finding jobs on the Internet. C) Because people are being asked to work on the Internet. D) Because working on the Internet is easier than other ways of working. 4. How much will an expert get through Live Person if a client pays $10? A) $3 to $3.5. B) $10. C) $6.5 to $7. D) $5. 5. Mechanical Turk originated as a method to _________. A) label images of a particular animal in a photograph B) serve a variety of companies who need Web tasks performed C) help Amazon manage its product database D) find someone’s email address 6. What does Turker Nation do? A) It reserves the right to refuse payment if a task is not completed satisfactorily. B) It relies on legal or medical advice from an unknown online source. C) It registers complaints about the advice offered on the site. D) It reviews the companies that solicit and pay for tasks. 7. What does Ms. Knutson spend the majority of her time doing? 大学英语四级考试实战指南(模拟试卷)篇二:大学英语四级考 试模拟试卷二答... 湖南理工学院大学英语四级考试模拟试卷二(2014年上) 答案及详解 Part IWriting 参考范文: The past years have witnessed a mounting number of Chinese scholars returning from overseas. As is lively illustrated by the column chart, the number of returnees climbed from a mere 69.3 thousand in 2008 to over 272.9 thousand in 2012, at an annual increase rate of around 50%. A multitude of factors may have led to the tendency revealed by the chart, but the following are the critical ones from my perspective. First and foremost, along with the development of Chinese economy and society, the number of Chinese studying abroad has been soaring in the past years, which has provided an expanding base for the number of returnees. In the second place, the government has enacted a series of preferential policies to attract overseas Chinese scholars back home. Last but not least, the booming economy, science and technology in this country have generated more attative job opportunites for scholars returning from overseas. The waves of returnees will definitely contribute to this nation’s development, since they have brought back not only advanced science and technology but also pioneering concepts of education and management. With more scholars coming back from overseas, and with the concerted efforts of the whole nation, we have reasons to expect a faster rejuvenation of this country. Part II Listening Comprehension Section A 1-5BAABB Section B16-20 BCDCB 6-10 CADAB 11-15 ACBAD 21-25 DCDAB Section C 26. stolen property 27. handle28. items 29. directing 30. emergencies 31. rarely 32. occur 33. attacks34. involves35. go up Tape Script of Listening Comprehension Section A 1. M: As you can see from the drawings, the kitchen has one door into the dining room, another into the family room and a third to the outside。 W: The door into the family room isn’t big enough. Could it be made wider? Q: What are the speakers doing? 2. M: I’m thinking about where to go for a bite tonight. Any suggestions, Barbara? W: Well, how about the French restaurant near the KFC? Frankly, I’ve had enough of our canteen food。 Q: What do we learn about the woman? 3. W: Hey, if you can’t enjoy the music at a sensible volume, why not use earphones? I’m preparing for the speech contest。 M: Oh, sorry. I didn’t realize I’ve being bothering you all this time。 Q: What is the man probably doing? 4. M: Finally, I’ve got the chance to put on my new suit tonight. I hope to make a good impression on your family. W: Come on! It’s only a family reunion. So jeans and T-shirts are just fine. Q: What does the woman mean? 5. M: Would you like to see those pants in brown and navy blue? These two colors are coming in this season。 W: Oh, actually grey is my favorite color, but I prefer something made from cotton, 100% cotton I mean。 Q: What is the woman looking for? 6. W: From here, the mountains look as if you could just reach out and touch them。 M: That’s why I chose this lodge. It has one of the best views in Switzerland。 Q: What is the man’s chief consideration in choosing the lodge? 7. M: What do I have to do to apply for a passport? W: You need proof of citizenship, either an old passport or a birth certificate and three photographs. Then you must complete this form and pay a fee。 Q: What is the man most probably going to do? 8. M: Miss, can I interest you in a pork special with serving tonight? It’s only 799, half the usual price and it’s very tasty。 W: Oh really? I will try it。 Q: What does the man say about the dish? Conversation 1 W:Good evening, and welcome to this week’s Business World, the program for and about business people. Tonight, we have Mr. Steven Kayne, who has just taken over and established bicycle shop. Tell us, Mr. Kayne, what made you want to run your own store? M: Well, I always loved racing bikes and fixing them. When I was working full-time as a salesman for a big company, I seldom had time to enjoy my hobby. I knew then that as soon as I had enough money to get my own business going, I’ll do it. I had my heart set on it and I didn’t let anything stand in my way. When I went down to the bank and got a business loan, I knew I’d love being my own boss. Now my time is my own. I open the store when I want and leave when I want。 W: You mean you don’t keep regular hours? M: Well, the sign on my store says the hours are ten to six, but if business is slower than usual, I can just lock up and take off early。 W: Have you hired any employees to work with you yet? M: Yeah, a couple of friends of mine who love biking as much as I do. They help me out a few days a week. It’s great because we play cards or just sit around and talk when there are no customers。 W: Thank you, Mr. Kayne. We wish you success in your new business。 Question9-12 are based on the conversation you have just heard。 9.What is the woman doing? 10.What did Mr. Kayne do before he took over the bicycle shop? 11.Why did the man take over a bicycle shop? 12.What do we learn about the people working in the shop? Conversation 2 W: Well, the main activities in the region were historically steel and paper processing, I think。 M: Yes, but I’m not quite sure about the status of those industries now. Could you tell us something about that? W: Yes, of course. In fact, they are less significant, but steel-related manufacturing still accounts for 44% of industrial activity. So it’s still very important. In fact, 80% of Spain’s machine tools are from the Basque Country. As for paper processing, there’s still a little. But it’s no longer what it once was in the region. So, is that clear? M: Yes, thanks。 W: Now, to get back to what I was saying, there’s a lot of unemployment as well as geographical problems in the region。 M: Sorry, Victoria. What do you mean by geographical problems? W: Well, what I mean is the area is very hilly, mountainous in parts. So there used to be transport problems, now though there are new train links and better roads, but it may be that some smaller towns inland remain not very well connected, is that OK? Does that make sense? When we talk about specific location suggestions for the factory, we’ll see this in more detail, so we’ll come back to this question, OK? M: OK, right。 W: So I was about to say something about the work force in the region and the level of training and education. In general, it’s very good and improving。 Question 13-15 are based on the conversation you have just heard。 13. What does the woman say about the steel-related manufacturing in the region? 14. What problem hinders the region’s development? 15. What will the speakers discuss later? Section B Passage 1 I first met Joe Ganz when we were both nine years old, which is probably the only reason he’s one of my best friends. If I had first met Joe as a freshman in high school we wouldn’t even have had the chance to get to know each other. Joe is a day student, but I am a boarding student. We haven’t been in same classes, sports or extra-curricular activities. Nonetheless, I spend nearly every weekend at his house and we talk on the phone every night. This is not to say that we would not have been compatible if we had first met in our freshman year. Rather, we would not have been likely to spend enough time getting to know each other due to the lack of immediately visible mutual interests. In fact, to be honest, I struggle even now to think of things we have in common. But maybe that’s what makes us enjoy each other’s company so much. When I look at my friendship with Joe, I wonder how many people I’ve known whom I never disliked, but simply didn’t take the time to get to know. Thanks to Joe, I have realized how little basis there is for the social divisions that exist in every community. Since this realization, I have begun to make an even more determined effort to find friends in unexpected people and places。 Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16: Why does the speaker say Joe Ganz became one of his best friends? 17: Where does the speaker spend most of his weekends? 18: What has the speaker learned from his friendship with Joe? Passage 2 It was a bad night for Lewis. His research in the neighboring town has taken longer than he expected. It was late and he was very tired when he drove home. He turned into his building’s parking lot, but all the spaces were full. He drove back out onto the street, looking for a parking space. The first block was full. The next block was almost empty. Lewis didn’t see a “no parking” sign, but he has expected that his parking were allowed there. Most the spaces would be filled. Then he saw a small parking lot with two free spaces. He was so glad to see them that he didn’t even think to read the sign by the entrance. He drove in, parked and hurried home to go to bed. The next morning he went back to the lot to get his car. It was gone. He ran home and telephoned the city police to say that his car had been stolen. It took the police only a minute to tell him what had happened: his car had been on a private lot. It had been taken away by the police. Lewis had to take a taxi to visit the city garage far from the city center. He had to pay a fee of 40 dollars to get his car back. In addition, he got a parking ticket, his first one ever in Greenville。 Questions 19to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19: Where did Lewis intend to park his car when he came back from work one night? 20: What did Lewis think had happened to his car the next morning? 21: Where did Lewis finally get his car back? Passage 3 Well, to pick up where we left off last time, I believe we agreed that creativity is a mysterious idea. It was those things we all recognize when we see it, but we don’t really understand what it is. We seem to feel that some people are naturally creative, but we don’t know how they got that way. Is creativity a natural gift like good looks, or is it something that can be acquired like knowledge? Perhaps if we analyze the creative process carefully, we might get some insight into what it is and how it might work in our lives. The creative process has always been accepted as the source of all important work in the arts, but we should not think the creativity plays a role only in the arts. Every major scientific discovery began with someone imagining the world to look differently from the way others saw it. And this is what creativity is all about -- imagining the world in a new way. And despite what you may believe about the limits of your own creative imaginations, we all have the potential to imagine the world in an absolutely new way. In fact, you are born with it. It is your birth right as a human being. And what’s more, you use it every day, almost every moment of your life. Your creative imagination is what you use to make sense of your experiences. It’s your creative mind that gets meaning from chaos of experiences and brings order to your world。 Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 22. What did the speaker most probably discuss last time? 23. What is the widely accepted idea about the creative process? 24. What leads to major scientific discoveries according to the speaker? 25. What does the speaker imply about the creative process? Section C Students have been complaining more and more about. Radios, cell phones, bicycles, pocket calculators and books have all been reported stolen. Are there enough campus police to do the job? There are twenty officers in the campus security division. Their job is to crime, accidents, lost-and-found writing parking tickets. Responding promptly to accidents and other is important, but it is their smallest job. Dealing with crime takes up the rest of their time. Verylast five years. There have been no murders, seven robberies and about 60 other violent, most of these involving fights at parties. On the other hand, there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property, which usuallycarefully planned burglaries that you see in movies. Things get stolen when it’s easy to steal them, because they are left lying around unwatched. Do we really need more police? Hiring more campus police will cost money, careful with our things. Part III Reading Comprehension Section A36. F 37. K38. H39. G40. N41. I42. B43. A44. O45. M Section B 46. B 47. M48. A49. C50. G51. F52. H53. L54. J 55. N Section C Passage One 56. D 推理判断题。根据关键词Hancock’s study，答案可定位 在第二段最后两句。根据第二段最后两句， 其中用电子邮件交流时说谎的比例最低，而用电话交流时比例 最高，因此他关注的是人们在不同媒介下的诚实度。 57. C 事实细节类题。根据题干中的关键词Hancock's research finding surprised，答案可定位在第三段第一 句。根据第三段的第二句，一些专家认为人们在电子邮件中最易于说谎，因此汉考克教授的研究结果令他们吃惊。 58. A 推理判断题。根据题干中more likely to tell the truth，答案可定位在第四段。根据第四段第二句”当人 们知道交流内容日后可能被拿来与他们对证时，就不太敢说谎了”，这说明人们害怕留下撒谎的。 59. B 推理判断题。根据medium for promoting sales答案可定位在第六段第二句。根据第六段第二句"电话 可以作为销售的最好媒介，因为在打电话时，雇员们有勇气夸大其词"，此句的意思恰好与B项的意思吻合。 60.C 推理判断题。答案定位在最后一段。原文最后一段，作者认为打电话时，雇员们有勇气夸大其词。 但考虑到注重诚信的工作业绩考察，最好还是通过电子邮件展开，由此可以得出结论:为了不同的交际目的，应该选用不同的媒介形式。 Passage Two 61. A 细节题，A选项为第一段第一句的同义达。 62. D细节题，D选项是范围内最后一句话的统一表达。 63. D推断题。答案就是第三段的中心句，也就是第一句话。D选项没有违反比较级，因为中心句中 含有比较级。所以为正确选项。 64. A观点态度题。从最后一段下划线的几句话来看，这个人只 是不上心或者说没太在意这件事，而不是 BCD这几个选项说的有那么明显反对或者消极态度。所以A为 正确选项。 65. B 主题题。答案处在最后一段最后一句。或者纵观整片文章 的行文，从上下文看出正确答案应该在A、 B两项中。A错在了soon这一个词上，是推断过度，从原文虽 能看出作者是支持并且肯定绿色商品的未来的，但推不出“不久” 就会成为主流。而B则把这个意思表达的更圆滑，说“会有一个 有希望的未来”， 所以B为正确选项。 Part IV Translation The Lion Dance is one of the most widespread folk dances in China. The lion is the king of animals. In Chinese tradition, the lion is regarded as a mascot, which can bring good luck. Ancient people regarded the lion as a symbol of braveness and strength, which could drive away evil and protect humans. The dance has a recorded history of more than 2,000 years. During the Tang Dynasty, the Lion Dance was already introduced into the royal family of the dynasty. Therefore, performing the lion dance at the Lantern Festival and other festive occasions became a custom where people could pray for good luck, safety and happiness. 难点精析 1. 广为流传的widespread 2. 被视为be regarded/deemed/viewed/consdered „ as 3. „化身a symbol of 4. 驱赶邪恶 drive away evil 5. 皇室the royal family of the dynasty 大学英语四级考试实战指南(模拟试卷)篇三:2015年大学英 语四级考试(新题型)模拟试卷 2015年大学英语四级考试(新题型)模拟试卷 Part I Writing.(30 minutes) 1、1(目前，一些城市开始推行垃圾分类 2(垃圾分类的重要性 3(为此(我们应该?? The Importance of Waste Sorting ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 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. 2、听音频: 根据听力，回答2-26题: A(Go fishing( B(Entertain at home( C(Work at home( D(Have a lest( 3、 A(She is very fired of physics。 B(She is too busy to work on chemistry. C(She hasn't got a chemistry partner yet( D(She prefers physics to chemistry( 4、 A(He gets a sore throat in the meeting( B(Re feels hard to recover( C(He is uneasy about his performance( D(He looks down on himself( 5、 A(Change his mind( B(Go swimming with others( C(Finish his book report( D(Answer his letters( 6、 A(She hasn't finished the reading( B(She does n’t want to plebe Lyonnaise. C(She doesn't like the book( D(She would not hand in the report( 7、 A(ht sist on a discount( B(Pick up some colleagues. C(Buy some fresh apple pies( D(Make a call(to his co—worker( 8、 A(T—he mall should work harder. B(The man cart pass the course. C(The man should have a try( D(The man must think twice( 9、 A(The woman will go for a ride around the town tomorrow( B(The woman has lent her car to her sister for tomorrow use。 C(The man will drive his mother around town tomorrow( D(The man will go shopping in the supermarket tomorrow( 10、根据听力，回答题: A(She spoils her daughter so much in the daily life。 B(She thinks there are,many traps on the Internet( C(She balances the negative and(positive sides of the Internet( D(She prefers to discipline her daughter to study hard( 11、 A(He normally practices oral English every day( B(He always speaks English with his best friend( C(He often practices English on the Internet( D(He gets many free materials about oral English( A(Talk more about Internet( B(Download QQ from the Internet( C(Chat in English on the Internet( D(Persuade more people to use Internet( 13、 根据听力，回答题: A(The flu the man suffered from( B(The earthquake they experienced( C(The proper response to an earthquake(