大学英语四级英语考试模拟题《一》

大学英语四级英语考试模拟题《一》（通用8篇）

大学英语四级英语考试模拟题《一》 篇1

2014年大学英语四级模拟题一及答案

Part I Writing

To Get along with Your Roommate

Roommate conflicts among college students are often heard on campus over recent years.Study shows that these conflicts make the excitement of campus life grow grey and have bad effects on both their living and learning.Roommate conflicts often spring from daily trivial things such as time when to turn off the light and space where to store luggage or personal belongs.When personalities don’t mix, the specifics can tear roommates apart and sometimes even lead to serious conflicts.Besides, the fact

that roommates hold different attitudes towards certain issue is another factor causing these conflicts.Roommate conflicts are harmful and need to be settled.Though many people think that school discipline can soften the conflicts, I believe learning to be tolerant with each other can play a more

constructive role because it teaches students flexibility and the art of compromise.Meanwhile, communication contributes to the solution to this problem since many of these conflicts stem from

misunderstanding.Part II Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)

1.Y 2.N 3.Y 4.Y 5.N 6.NG 7.N

8.the educational underachievement

9.working with the family

10.Education Working Group

Part III Listening Comprehension

11~15 CCDAB 16~20 ABDDA 21~25 DCCBC 26~30 DABCA 31~35 ABDCD

36.Laughterr37.Content38.questioned39.research40.adulthood

41.reduced42.astonishing43.effects

44.It speeds up the heart rate, increases blood pressure and quickens breathing

45.listened to either an informative tape, or a cassette intended to relax them or no tape at all

46.those who had listened to the humorous tape could tolerate the discomfort much longer Part IV Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)

47.K48.D49.M50.J51.I52.L53.B54.C55.A56.F

57~61 DACCC62~66 BCCDD

Part V Cloze

67~71 CBACD 72~76 ABCDB 77~81 CBADA 82~86 CADBD

Part VI Translation

87.As long as every Chinese

88.travel wherever /anywhere /everywhere you like

89.is as great as ever

90.to whom I complained

91.where/in which so many people lost their lives

大学英语四级英语考试模拟题《一》 篇2

Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled PayingKids for Chores?You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below.

1.现在有不少家长付钱让孩子做家务

2.有人对此赞成,也有人表示反对

3.我的看法

Paying Kids for Chores?

PartⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(15 minutes)

Directions:In this part,you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answerthe questions.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.

Universities Must Deal Better with Complaints

With student complaints at a record high,universities will have to raise their game once tu-ition fees rise.

Two universities that have broken official rules for dealing with student complaints are namedtoday in the independent adjudicator's(仲裁人的) annual report.The two,Southampton and Westminster,are the first to be exposed in this way—yet another sign of the new era in which universities are expected to be more accountable (负责的) to students who expect to be treated as customers.

The Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA),which reviews complaints when students haveexhausted their university's procedures,also reports a record rise in the number of cases.Last year the office received 1,341 complaints against universities in England and Wales,the highest number ever and an unprecedented(空前的) rise of one-third on the year before.

As the adjudicator himself,Rob Behrens,points out,1,341 complaints represents just 0.05%of higher education students,and 53%of those were not justified.But,he also observes,the proportion of justified and partly justified complaints has grown for the first time in several years.He predicts the increase in complaints will continue."It's to be expected where you have rising tuition fees,where students are being invited to behave like consumers and where the labour market is difficult so students will do what they can to ensure they qualify."

He says his decision to expose the universities of Southampton and Westminster is not"nam-ing and shaming,with all the associations of moral censure that term implies".He was,he explains,simply following OIA rules—something those two institutions failed to do.

Westminster fell short in its handling of two complaints.One was from a student who argueda disability hadn't been properly taken into account.The adjudicator agreed.The other student claimed that an exam question and its marking scheme had been unreasonable.In both cases the university broke the rules by failing to resolve the cases,as recommended,promptly and in full.

At Southampton University,four months after the OIA concluded that an undergraduate had ajustified complaint about their experience on a placement,the university continued to oppose the decision and was refusing compensation.

In a second case,the university also failed to comply with the adjudicator's decision.And ina third one,although the complaint turned out to be unjustified,for 10 months the university delayed the investigation by failing to provide evidence despite the adjudicator's repeated reminders.

At both universities,it was only after the adjudicator involved the vice-chancellors (大学副校长) that the complaints began to be resolved.

Behrens is pleased the relationships between his office and both universities are now muchmore positive."As the government places more emphasis on the student experience,complaints have an important role in safeguarding that,"he says."Universities must see complaints as feedback to become more professional."

Both Southampton and Westminster universities want to charge undergraduates annual fees of£9,000.There is an expectation,not only from ministers,but importantly from students and their families,too,that all universities wishing to increase charges will move to increase student satisfaction as well.

Before making an investment of£27,000,for example,each student will ask,"Is this good val-ue?Is the teaching good?Is this the best route to a successful career?"

Universities are being encouraged,some may say pressurised,to become more transparent andaccountable in a number of ways.

The government is urging all universities to publish a student charter,a sort of statement ofterms and conditions to remind students of their responsibilities and their rights.Universities are also expected to publish"key information sets"by September 2012.These will enable students to shop around by providing the same 17 pieces of information about each institution,including,for example,the proportion of"contact"time and group work,and the careers and starting salaries of previous graduates.

The OIA is already looking at creative ways to cope with both limited resources and likelyfurther rises in student complaints.Settling more disputes by phone is one option;helping universities to install an independent ombudsman (巡视员) on each campus—an idea borrowed from the Netherlands and the US—is another.

The question is,are UK universities well prepared for the new consumer culture where thedeal is if you pay more,you expect more,and if you feel you're not getting it,you'll complain?

The question is particularly pertinent for the universities of Southampton and Westminster onthe day they are exposed for dragging their feet with a legally established adjudicator.Both vicechancellors were unavailable for interview.

In a statement,Professor Debra Humphris,Southampton's pro-vice-chancellor,education,saidthe vast majority of the small number of student complaints are dealt with swiftly,described the dialogue with the OIA as"constructive and supportive"and said that an improved complaints procedure will be in place this autumn.

In a more defiant statement,Professor Geoffrey Petts,vice-chancellor at Westminster,points outthat the university is working with the OIA towards compliance with its recommendations:"The University of Westminster was disappointed to have been cited in the OIA report.The university has robust procedures for handling the very small number of formal complaints which it receives from stude nts.”

Aaron Porter,the president of the National Union of Students,has welcomed the new step ofnaming universities that don't fully co-operate with the adjudicator."In an environment where students are paying higher fees and will therefore raise expectations,they need to know which institutions stic.k to the rules."

He also makes this warning:"Faced with increasing competition to recruit students,many uni-versities are being tempted to make grander and grander claims.They need to improve their offer,but they need to be honest in what they promise."

The advice is echoed by Steve Smith,president of Universities UK and vice-chancellor of theUniversity of Exeter.He sees,in the adjudicator's annual report,a sector getting to grips with a new world where students are more demanding and will make sure universities correctly follow procedures."It is vital that institutions are honest and transparent about what students can expect from their courses.In an age of marketing,don't oversell.Any institution will have to make sure they do what they say.”

1.Southampton and Westminster's being named shows that______.

A) the independent adjudicator is quite impartial

B) the two universities have a very bad reputation

C) universities are expected to be more responsible

D) college students are treated with much respect now

2.What is said about last year's complaints against universities in England and Wales?

A) Few of them turned out to be completely justified.

B) They were much less than those on the year before

C) Most of the complaints were exposed in the report.

D) The number of the complaints reached a record high.

3.According to Rob Behrens,the increase in complaints is likely to continue as long as______.

A) we are living in a customer culture B) universities increase tuition fees

C) students have to pay their tuition fees D) the level of unemployment keeps rising

4.When a student complained about an exam question,the University of Westminster______.

A) deliberately delayed the investigation B) didn't deal with the complaint swiftly

C) modified the marking scheme promptly D) handled the case following official rules

5.Behrens believes that complaints play an important role in______.

A) safeguarding the student experience

B) protecting the interests of universities

C) enhancing customers'shopping experience

D) improving government employees'service

6.Students and their families expect that universities wanting more tuition fees will______.

A) offer more part-time jobs B) lower entrance requirements

C) increase student satisfaction D) invest more in teaching facilities

7.For the OIA,to resolve more complaints with limited resources,one option is to______.

A) urge universities to simplify their procedures

B) use the telephone to deal with the complaints

C) cooperate with officials from other countries

D) send an independent ombudsman to each school

8.According to Professor Debra Humphris,the University of Southampton will be ready to use______this autumn.

9.Aaron Porter warns that universities should not only______butalso be frank in their offer.

10.Steve Smith,president of Universities UK,understands that we have entered a new era wherestudents become more______.

PartⅢListening Comprehension (35 minutes)

Section A

Directions:In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.Atthe 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.

11.A) He fell ill on the jet plane.B) He has been working too hard.

C) He went to bed too late last night.D) He hasn't adapted to the new time yet.

12.A) The man doesn't have a strong enough will.

B) The man loves horror films.

C) The man will see the film anyway.

D) The man studied for the whole night last night.

13.A) Not to worry about the ticket.B) Buy a ticket at a higher price.

C) Book an air ticket in advance.D) Wait for others to cancel their booking.

14.A) The young man had some unusual problems.

B) The problem is common for young people.

C) It's not common for young men to leave home.

D) It was a problem for John when he left home.

15.A) The man will have no choices left.

B) The man had better go there quickly.

C) The man should go when he has spare time.

D) The books are a bit scratched and are of poor quality.

16.A) She can't afford the time for the trip.

B) She will manage to leave this month.

C) She has to change the time for the trip.

D) She hasn't decided where to go next month.

17.A) It is located near a large residential area.

B) It is open around-the-clock on weekends.

C) It is the same as other banks in any way.

D) It provides convenience and quality service.

18.A) He will go to see a doctor about his coughing.

B) He has had a heart attack because of smoking.

C) He is coughing because of too much smoking.

D) He has a serious lung disease and heart attack already.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19.A) Go to summer school.B) Take a vacation.

C) Stay at home.D) Earn some money.

20.A) They hired someone to stay in their home.

B) They left their pets with neighbors.

C) They rented their house to a student.

D) They asked their gardener to watch their home.

21.A) Walking the dog.B) Cutting the grass.

C) Watching the children.D) Feeding the fish.

22.A) They attend a house-sitter's party.

B) They check a house-sitter's references.

C) They interview a house-sitter's friends.

D) They look at a house-sitter's transcripts.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

23.A) Writing reports for them.

B) Teaching them foreign languages.

C) Helping them deal with daily existence.

D) Introducing work for them.

24.A) They don't have support networks.

B) They cannot cope with the difficulties in their lives.

C) The woman is famous for helping others.

D) People from their nationality refuse to help them.

25.A) They were surprised at the flavors.

B) They could find food they know and love.

C) There was at least one Chinese restaurant in every China town.

D) Americans have different foods.

Section B

Directions:In this section,you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage,youwill hear some questions.Both the passage and questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked A),B),C) and D).Passage One

Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26.A) To do some research.B) To support his family.

C) To pay for his college education.D) To help his partner expand business.

27.A) It stood at an unfavorable place.

B) It lowered the prices to promote sales.

C) It lacked control over the quality of sandwiches.

D) It made no profits due to poor management.

28.A) They had enough money to do it.

B) They had succeeded in their business.

C) They wanted to make others believe that they were successful.

D) They wished to meet the increasing demand of customers.

29.A) Learning by trial and error.B) Making friends with suppliers.

C) Finding a good partner.D) Opening chain stores.

Passage Two

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30.A) To exchange ideas.B) To prove their value.

C) To achieve success in life.D) To overcome their fear of silence.

31.A) About whatever they have prepared.B) About whatever they want to do.

C) About learning something new.D) About getting on well.

32.A) To explain why people keep talking.

B) To persuade people to stop making noises.

C) To encourage people to join in conversations.

D) To discuss why people like talking about weather.

Passage Three

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

33.A) Bettering his way of life.

B) Improving his surroundings.

C) Modifying the face of the planet.

D) Altering the physical features of the earth.

34.A) When the ecological balance of the river is lost.

B) When people consume more fish than they used to.

C) When large numbers of algae,fish and birds are killed.

D) When the production of marine petroleum is increased.

35.A) Ecologists.B) Industrialists.

C) Businessmen.D) Environmentalists.

Section C

Directions:In this section,you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read forthe first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard.For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information.For these blanks,you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.

Today we are going to practice evaluating the main tool used when addressing groups—the (36)______.There are three main elements that combine to create either a positive or negative(37)______for listeners.They can (38)______in a voice that is pleasing to listen to and can be used effectively,or they can create a voice that doesn't hold the attention,or even worse causes an (39)______reaction.The three elements are volume,pitch and pace.

When talking about volume,keep in mind that a good speaker will adjust to the size of boththe room and the audience.Of course,with an (40)______device like a microphone,the speaker can use a (41)______tone.But speakers should not be (42)______on it.A good speaker can speak loudly without shouting.

The second element—pitch—is related to the highness and lowness of the sounds.High pitchesare for most people more difficult to listen to,so in general,the speaker should use the lower (43)______of the voice.(44)______.

The third element,pace—this is how fast or slow words and sounds are articulated—should al-so be varied.(45)______.Pauses ought to be used to signal transitions or create anticipation.It can be very effective when moving from one topic to another(46)______.

PartⅣReading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)(25 minutes)

Section A

Directions:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select oneword 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 the bank is identified by a letter.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.

Perhaps like most Americans you have some extra pounds to shed.You may even have tried afad(时尚) diet or two,but found yourself right back where you 47.The key to weight loss is regular 48 activity.And surprisingly,you don't have to give up eating or make the gym your second home to see long-term,49 effects.

Your body needs a certain amount of energy to maintain basic 50 such as breathing,blood circulation and digestion.The energy required to keep your organs functioning is referred to as the resting or basal metabolic rate.Any time you are active,51 energy is required.It isobtained from glycogen(糖原) and fat stored in the blood,liver,and muscles.The key to losing weight is to draw on the fat rather than on the carbohydrate reserves.

Which of the two energy sources you use depends on the intensity and 52 of your activi-ty.The higher the intensity,the more your body will pull from the stored carbohydrates.The lower the intensity,the 53 your body will rely on fat as its fuel.

Aerobic exercise is most 54 for weight loss.When you perform aerobic activities you 55contract large muscle groups such as your legs and arms.Walking,running,rollerblading,swimming,dancing,and jumping jacks are all forms of aerobic activity.Surprisingly,if your aerobic activity is low to moderately intense and of long duration,you will burn more fat than if you had 56 in a short burst of high-intensity exercise.In short,a brisk 30-minute walk will burn fat while a 100-yard sprint will burn glycogen.

Section B

Directions:There are 2 passages in this section.Each passage is followed by some questionsor unfinished state me nts.For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D).You should decide on the best choice.

Passage One

Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.

The warming of the Arctic is releasing a new wave of banned toxic chemicals that had beentrapped in the ice and cold water,scientists have discovered.

The researchers warn that the amount of the poisons stored in the polar region is unknownand their release could"undermine global efforts to reduce environmental and human exposure to them."

The chemicals leaking out as temperatures rise include DDT,lindane,chlordane,PCBs andHCBs.All of these persistent organic pollutants (Pops) are banned under the 2004 Stockholm Convention.

Pops can cause cancers and birth defects and take a very long time to degrade(降解),mean-ing they can be transported for long distances and accumulate over time.

Over past decades,the low temperatures in the Arctic trapped volatile(易挥发的) Pops in iceand cold water.But scientists in Canada and Norway have now discovered that global warming is freeing the Pops once again.

They examined measurements of Pops in the air between 1993 and 2009 at the Zeppelin re-search station in Svalbaard and Alert weather station in northern Canada.After allowing for the decline in global emissions of Pops,the team showed that the toxic chemicals are being remobilised by rising temperatures and the retreat of the sea ice,which exposes more water to the Sun.For example,air concentrations of PCBs and HCBs have shown a rising trend from about 2004 onwards.

Hayley Hung,a member of Environment Canada and of the team,said its work provided thefirst evidence of the releasing of Pops in the Arctic."But this is the beginning of a story,"she said."The next step is to find out how much is in the Arctic,how much will leak out and how quickly."With the exception of lindane,there was little existing knowledge of the scale of the Pops stored in high latitude(纬度) regions.

The fate of the frozen Pops depends on the speed of warming in the Arctic—it is currentlyheating up much more quickly than lower latitudes—as well as how the chemicals interact with snow and rain.Pops accumulate in fats and are therefore concentrated up the food chain,but Hung cautions that food chains themselves in the Arctic may be altered by climate change.

57.What have the researchers discovered in the Arctic?

A) The ice and cold water in the region contain banned toxic chemicals.

B) Poisons stored in the region are leaking out due to global warming.

C) The amount of toxic chemicals in the region could destroy all mankind.

D) The ecosystem in the region has been changed by rising temperatures.

58.What do we learn about Pops from the passage?

A) They pose a threat to marine life and humans.

B) They are substances that are easily degraded.

C) They can be found only in the polar region.

D) They will decrease in number if moving in the air.

59.By"the toxic chemicals are being remobilised"(Line 3,Para.6),the author means that the Pops______.

A) are taking in the form of ice or water

B) are becoming more and more poisonous

C) are able to move easily and quickly in the water

D) are no longer trapped in the ice and cold water

60.According to Hayley Hung,the scientists need to figure out______.

A) the harm the Pops will do to human beings

B) why the Pops have been trapped in the ice

C) the scale of the Pops stored in the Arctic

D) how to eliminate the banned toxic chemicals

61.What is said about the warming in the Arctic?

A) Human activities have sped it up.

B) It may change the food chains.

C) It is affected by the release of the Pops.D) It happened earlier than other regions.

Passage Two

Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.

If you haven,t heard or seen anything about road rage in the last few months,you've proba-bly been avoiding the media.There have been countless stories about this new and scary phenomenon,considered a type of aggressive driving.If you drive,you have more than likely encountered aggressive driving.

While drunk driving remains a critical problem,the facts about aggressive driving are surely asdisturbing.For instance,according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),41,907 people died on the highways last year.Of those fatalities,the agency estimates that about two-thirds were caused at least in part by aggressive driving behavior.

Why is this phenomenon occurring more than ever now,and why is it something that seemedalmost nonexistent a few short years ago?Experts have several theories,and all are probably partially correct.One suggestion is sheer overcrowding.In the last decade,the number of cars on the roads has increased by over 11%,and the number of miles driven has increased by 35%.Meanwhile,the number of new road miles has only increased by 1%.That means more cars in the same amount of space;and the problem is magnified in urban areas.

Also,people have less time and more things to do.With people working and trying to fit extrachores and activities into the day,stress levels have never been higher.Stress creates anxiety,which leads to short tempers.These factors,when combined in certain situations,can spell road rage.

You may think you are the last person who would drive aggressively,but you might be sur-prised.For instance,have you ever yelled out loud at a slower driver,honked long and hard at another car,or sped up to keep another driver from passing?If you recognize yourself in any of these situations,watch out!

Whether you are getting angry at other drivers or if another driver is visibly upset with you,there are things you can do to avoid major confrontations.If you are susceptible (受影响的) to road rage,the key is to discharge your emotion in a healthy way.If you are the target of another driver's rage,do everything possible to get away from the other driver safely,including avoiding eye contact and getting out of their way.

62.What do we learn from the first paragraph?

A) The media coined the term"Road Rage"only a few months ago

.B) People have been raged by media reports and want to avoid them.

C) People not interested in the media know little about recent happenings.

D) Road rage has received much media coverage in the last few months.

63.According to NHTSA,last year on the highways______.

A) approximately two thirds of drivers were killed by road rage

B) road rage remained the No.1 killer and took 41,907 people's lives

C) more people were killed by aggressive driving than by drunk driving

D) drunk driving was a problem more serious than aggressive driving

64.Which of the following is not mentioned as a cause of aggressive driving?

A) Drivers'stress and anxiety.B) Rush hour traffic.

C) Increasing number of cars.D) Overcrowded roads.

65.According to the passage,aggressive driving is characterized by______.

A) driving at full speed B) yelling at another driver

C) talking while driving D) sounding the horn when passing

66.The last paragraph is intended to______.

A) tell people how to cope with road rage

B) inform people how aggressive drivers could be

C) tell people how to control themselves when angry

D) warn people against eye contact with another driver

PartⅤCloze (15 minutes)

Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage.For each blank there are fourchoices marked A),B),C) and D) on the right side of the paper.You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.

Are organically grown foods the best food choices?The advantages claimed for such foods 67 conventionallygrown food products are now being 68.Advocates oforganic foods—a term whose meaning 69 greatly—frequently proclaim that such products are safer andmore nutritious than others.

The growing interest of consumers in the safetyand nutritional quality of the 70 North American dietis a welcome development.71,much of this interest has been sparked by sweeping claims that the foodsupply is unsafe or inadequate in meeting nutritional72.Although most of these claims are not supported by scientific 73,the preponderance (优势) ofwritten material advancing such claims makes it difficult for the general public to distinguish fact74 fiction.As a result,claims that eating a diet consisting entirely of organically grown foods75 or cures disease or provides other benefitsto health have become 76 advertised and form the basis for folklore (民俗).

77 daily the public is surrounded by claimsfor"no aging"diets,new vitamins,and other wonder foods.Many an unfounded report 78 that naturalvitamins are superior 79 synthetic ones,that fertilizedeggs excel unfertilized eggs nutritionally,and the 80.One thing that most organically grown foodproducts seem to have in 81 is that they cost more than conventionally grown foods.But in many82 consumers are misled if they believe thatorganic foods can 83 health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods.84 there is a real cause for concern ifconsumers,85 those with limited incomes,distrust the regular food supply and buy merely expensive organic foods 86.

PartⅥTranslation (5 minutes)

Directions:Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

87.______(冒着破产的危险),he invested all his money in this facto-ry.

88.Many people______(理所当然地认为)marriage is the goal of every young woman's inmost thought.

89.It's time______(采取一些有效措施)to solve the pollution prob-lem all over the county.

90.John can not afford a car,______(更不用说房子了).

91.It______(我想起来)he might be interested in the problem we had disucssed.

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《大学英语四级模拟试卷》参考答案及听力文字材料:

PartⅠ

Possible version 1:

Paying Kids for Chores?

A rising proportion of parents pay their children to do chores around the house nowadays.Forexample,some parents will give their kids allowances if they clean the room,do laundry,set the table,or prepare simple food for the family.

People differ on whether parents should pay their kids for doing housework.Supporters saytying kids'allowances to housework is a good way to teach kids accountability and responsibility.It also helps children learn about money and how it works.But critics of this approach say children should do routine housework for free.The reason is simple:chores are part of a family,and everyone does chores.

Personally,I don't think parents should adopt the pay-for-work view.Paying kids to help outsends the wrong message:they are entitled to freely have everything parents provide for them while the contributions they make to the family have to be paid for.It risks creating teenagers who would worship money and who are likely to drive a hard bargain just to take out the garbage.

Possible version 2:

Paying Kids for Chores?

To foster a love for work and help them become accustomed to it,many Chinese,especiallythose in big cities,pay their only child to do chores at home.Usually the amount of money given to the child depends on the child's age,the family's income and the child's expenses.

People's opinions vary towards this phenomenon.Some people think it's a good idea for par-ents to pay kids to do housework.It motivates children to do more jobs around the house,as paying chores shows them that they have to work in order to get allowances.Others,however,argue that it's improper for parents to take this approach,since paying them makes them lazy.They say many children now refuse to do anything unless there is some kind of compensation.

I'm in the camp that parents should pay their children in return for work done around thehouse.On the one hand,it teaches children that they should work for what they want in life.Onthe other hand,it provides solid lessons and opportunities related to money management.

PartⅡ1.C) 2.D) 3.B) 4.B) 5.A) 6.C) 7.B) 8.an improved complaints procedure9.improve their offer 10.demanding

PartⅢ11.D) 12.A) 13.D) 14.B) 15.B) 16.C) 17.D) 18.C) 19.D) 20.A)21.C) 22.B) 23.C) 24.B) 25.B) 26.C) 27.D) 28.C) 29.A) 30.D) 31.B) 32.A) 33.A) 34.C) 35.B) 36.voice 37.experience 38.result 39.adverse 40.amplifying41.natural 42.dependent 43.registers 44.During a presentation,it's important to vary pitch to some extent in order to maintain interest 45.A slower pace can be used to emphasize important points—note that the time spent not speaking can be very meaningful too 46.because a pause gives the listener time to think about what was just said or even predict what might come next

PartⅣ47.K) 48.F) 49.A) 50.H) 51.B) 52.C) 53.E) 54.D) 55.L) 56.I) 57.B) 58.A) 59.D) 60.C) 61.B) 62.D) 63.C) 64.B) 65.B) 66.A)

PartⅤ67.D) 68.B) 69.A) 70.B) 71.C) 72.A) 73.C) 74.B) 75.A) 76.C) 77.D) 78.B) 79.C) 80.D) 81.A) 82.D) 83.C) 84.B) 85.A) 86.D)

PartⅥ87.At the risk of going bankrupt/Running the risk of going bankrupt

88.take it for granted that

89.(that) some effective measures were taken

90.let alone/not to mention a house

91.occurs to me that

附:听力录音文字材料

Short Conversations

11.W:You look very sleepy and tired.What's wrong,John?Did you stay up very late last night?

M:Oh,no.Well,you know,I've been here for only a few days.In my home country,it isstill late at night now.I am suffering from jet lag.It's so hard to overcome this.

Q:What does the man mean?

12.M:Hey,I've rented a horror film from the shop near the college.Could you come over andenjoy it with me?

W:You told me last night you're going to study this morning.Your plans are always good enough,yet you rarely carry them out.

Q:What can we infer from the conversation?

13.M:I can't believe I can't get a plane ticket for the summer holiday.I mean,it's only March.

W:Well,you know I wouldn't worry about it too much.People cancel their reservations allthe time.

Q:What does the woman suggest the man do?

14.W:John's room was in a mess.It seemed that he had never cleaned it.

M:This problem is not uncommon for a young man from home.

Q:What does the man mean?

15.M:I think I'll get my second-hand books at the Student Union this year.So many of the books we are using are the same print.

W:I hope you're not planning to take your time going there.They are usually snapped up withinthe first week.

Q:What does the woman mean?

16.M:You're going to make a trip to San Francisco,aren't you?

W:Yes.But I haven't got the plane ticket yet.I'm thinking of postponing the trip to next monthsince this is the busiest month for the airlines.

Q:What do we know about the woman from this conversation?

17.W:The bank near the supermarket opens on Sundays,quite different from the other banks in the same street.

M:On Sundays people have time to go there.It is really convenient for people.Besides,theyoffer quite satisfactory service.

Q:What does the man think of the bank?

18.W:Did you go to see the doctor about your cough?

M:The doctor said if I keep smoking it will increase my chance of having a heart attack or,lungdisease.And I am thinking about quitting smoking as the problems seem to be quite serious.

Q:What do we know about the man?

Long Conversation One

M:I really don't know what to do this summer.I can't afford to just sit around,and there don't seem to be any jobs available.

W:Why don't you try house-sitting?Last summer my friend Margaret house-sat for the Dodds when they went away on vacation.Mr.Dodd hired Margaret to stay in their house because he didn't want it left empty.

M:You mean the Dodds paid Margaret just to live in their house?

W:It wasn't that easy.She had to mow the lawn and water the house plants.And when Eric housesat for Dr.Cohen,he had to take care of her pets.

M:House-sitting sounds like a good job.I guess it's a little like baby-sitting—except you're taking care of a house instead of children.

W:The Student Employment Office still has a few jobs posted.

M:Do I just have to fill out an application?

W:Margaret and Eric had to interview with the home owners and provide three references each.

M:That seems like a lot of trouble for a summer job.

W:Well,the home owners want some guarantee that they can trust the house-sitter.You know,they want to make sure you're not the type who'll throw wild parties in their house,or move a group of friends in with you.

M:House-sitters who do that sort of thing probably aren't paid then.

W:Usually they're paid anyway just because the home owners don't want to make a fuss.But if the home owner reported it,then the house-sitter wouldn't be able to get another job.So why don't you apply?

M:Yeah,I think I will.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

Q19.What does the man want to do this summer?

Q20.What did the Dodds do when they went away last summer?

Q21.What is one responsibility the house-sitter probably wouldn't have?

Q22.How do home owners determine the reliability of a house-sitter?

Long Conversation Two

M:So,you must have a lot of contact with overseas students in your work helping people coping with daily existence.

W:Sometimes.You know the life of a social worker is not all wonderful and working to help people in their daily life.I have to spend a lot of time pushing paper,and writing reports too.But when I do get out,yeah,I see a lot of foreigners.And sometimes they come in because life in A merica has just beaten them down and they can't cope financially or emotionally.

M:Really?I would think that they had a good support network in place,especially university students.

W:They do have a network,and a variety of support groups,but these can't meet all of the students'needs.They can't help with paying bills,dealing with American neighbors and customs,fitting in,getting a driver's license,etc.They try,but very often the student has to figure out a lot of this stuff by himself.And if he or she is shy,they don't have the courage to ask other people,even other people from their nationality.people,

M:So what are some of the things that overseas students struggle with?

W:This might interest you,but they struggle with the food,especially Chinese.You know,they come here knowing that Americans love Chinese food so much.They think that there will be good restaurants with Chinese food that they love.But they get here and they are extremely surprised.Americans enjoy totally different flavors.

M:So what do they do?

W:If they're brave and curious,they look around and test all the restaurants.There is usually at least one restaurant in every town that has almost quality food.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

Q23.In which aspect does the woman help people in her work?

Q24.Why do people come to the woman for help?

Q25.How did Chinese students expect the American-made Chinese food before they came to the US?

Passage One

It was the summer of 1965.DeLuca,then 17,visited Peter Buck,a family friend.Buck askedDeLuca about his plans for the future."I'm going to college,but I need a way to pay for it,"DeLuca recalls saying."Buck said,you should open a sandwich shop."

That afternoon,they agreed to be partners.And they set a goal:to open 32 stores in tenyears.After doing some research,Buck wrote a check for$1,000.DeLuca rented a storefront in Connecticut,and when they couldn't cover their start-up costs,Buck kicked in another$1,000.

But business didn't go smoothly as they expected.DeLuca says,"After six months,we weredoing poorly,but we didn't know how badly,because we didn't have any financial controls."All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.

DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time.Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York.They'd meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running."We convinced ourselves to open a second store.We figured we could tell the public,'We are so successful,we are opening a second store.'"And they did—in the spring of 1966.Still,it was a lot of learning by trial and error.

But the partners'learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest strength.Every Fri-day,DeLuca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers."It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn't necessary,but as a result,the suppliers got to know me very well,and the personal relationships established really helped out,"DeLuca says.

And having a goal was also important."There are so many problems that can get you down.You just have to keep working toward your goal,"DeLuca adds.DeLuca ended up founding Subway Sandwich,the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.

Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Q26.What was DeLuca's purpose in opening the first sandwich shop?

Q27.What can we learn about DeLuca and Buck's first shop?

Q28.Why did DeLuca and Buck decide to open a second store?

Q29.What contributes most to their success according to the speaker?

Passage Two

Silence is unnatural to man.He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness.In between hedoes all he can to make a noise in the world,and he fears silence more than anything else.Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence.If he is introduced to another person,and a number of pauses occur in the conversation,he regards himself as a failure.He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly,but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure.

The aim of conversation is for the most part,to communicate ideas;it is to keep up thebuzzing sound.There are,it must be admitted,different qualities of buzz;there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito.But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person.Most buzzing,fortunately,is pleasant to the ear,and some of it is pleasant even to the mind.He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors.

Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to knowthe reason why human beings wish to talk.Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new.Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people's ears.They have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel.At the end of an evening,during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time,they just prove themselves to be successful conversationalists.

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Q30.What is people's purpose in making conversation according to the speaker?

Q31.What do people usually talk about to their neighbors according to the passage?

Q32.What is the speaker's purpose in giving this speech?

Passage Three

Throughout history man has changed his physical environment in order to improve his way oflife.With the tools of technology he has altered many physical features of the earth.He has transformed wood lands into farmland,and made lakes and reservoirs out of rivers for irrigation purposes or hydroelectric power.Man has also modified the face of the earth by draining marshes and cutting through mountains to build roads and railways.

However,man,s changes to the physical environment have not always had beneficial results.Today,pollution of the air and water is an increasing danger to the health of the planet.Each day thousands of tons of gases come out of the exhausts of motor vehicles;smoke from factories pollutes the air of industrialized areas and the surrounding areas of countryside.The air in cities is becoming increasingly unhealthy.

The pollution of water is equally harmful.In the sea,pollution from oil is increasing and killingenormous numbers of algae (a very simple plant without stems or leaves that grows in or near water),fish and birds.The whole ecological balance of the sea is being changed.The same problem exists in rivers.Industrial wastes have already made many rivers lifeless.

Conservationists believe that it is now necessary for man to limit the growth of technology inorder to survive on earth.

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Q33.What is the purpose of man changing his physical environment?

Q34.When is the ecological balance of the sea lost?

Q35.Who would most probably disagree with conservationists?

Compound Dictation

Today we are going to practice evaluating the main tool used when addressing groups—thevoice.There are three main elements that combine to create either a positive or negative experience for listeners.They can result in a voice that is pleasing to listen to and can be used effectively,or they can create a voice that doesn't hold the attention,or even worse causes an adverse reaction.The three elements are volume,pitch and pace.

When talking about volume,keep in mind that a good speaker will adjust to the size of boththe room and the audience.Of course,with an amplifying device like a microphone,the speaker can use a natural tone.But speakers should not be dependent on it.A good speaker can speak loudly without shouting.

The second element—pitch—is related to the highness and lowness of the sounds.High pitchesare for most people more difficult to listen to,so in general,the speaker should use the lower registers of the voice.During a presentation,it's important to vary pitch to some extent in order to maintain interest.

2008年中考英语模拟题(一) 篇3

1.——Look, what’s in the tree?

——There is ____ bird singing there.

A. theB. anC. aD. /

2. ——Who is the boy ____ glasses?

——He is a student of ____.

A. wearing; Mr. WangB. wears; Mr. Wang’s

C. with; Mr. Wang’sD. in; Mr. Wangs’

3. Come on, Mike and Jack. Help yourselves to some ____ if you like.

A. fish and chickenB. fishes and chicken

C. fish and chickensD. fishes and chickens

4. ——Are you going to Guangzhou by plane?

——It’s fast, but expensive. So I am not sure. I ____ take a train.

A. shouldB. mayC. mustD. will

5. Remember, class. ____ you work, ____ result you’ll get.

A. The better; the harderB. The harder; the better

C. The hard; the betterD. The harder; the good

6. ——____ will you stay in Beijing for your holiday?

——For about two weeks.

A. How oftenB. How longC. How soonD. What time

7. Sunglasses are used ____ protecting your eyes in sunny days.

A. forB. toC. withD. in

8. Does your brother know ____?

A. where will the team play

B. when will the team leave

C. who will be our team leader

9. ——Do you go to school every day?

——No, we go to school only ____ Monday to Friday.

A. fromB. onC. betweenD. in

10. ——Scott has already returned to our town.

——Really? Where ____ you ____ him?

A. do; seeB. have; seenC. did; see

11. Hurry up!The film ____ for ten minutes.

A. has been onB. beganC. had begunD. has begun

12. I will not buy that refrigerator because I have ____ money.

A. got out ofB. taken out of

C. looked out ofD. run out of

13. The real great man is the man ____ makes every man feel great.

A. whereB. whoC. whichD. when

14. ——Mum, can I go out and play?

——If your work ____.

A. will be doneB. is doneC. has doneD. was done

15. ——I’m going to spend my summer holiday in Hawaii.

——What a lucky guy!____ And don’t forget to send me a post card.

A. That sounds good.B. Have a nice time!

C. Good luck!D. Can I go with you?

Ⅱ.完形填空(每小题2分，共20分)

I set up a classroom library of books that I bought with my own money. The library looks beautiful, like a __1__, and my students __2__ it very much. I read the children a story. It is about a girl __3__ is so poor that she wears the __4__ dress to school every day. But she says she has a hundred dresses at home. The other girls laugh at her until she goes away. __5__, her classmates discover she really has a hundred beautiful drawings of dresses. Oh, God, every child cries when I close the book. __6__ a moment everything is quiet. Then a boy __7__ in my ear, “I have to tell the class something.” He shows me that he has half a finger missing. I turn him towards the class and he __8__ his hands. “I…I only have nine and a half fingers. Please don’t laugh at me about it.” The students become noisy. Then one boy calls out, “If __9__ makes fun of you, I’ll kick them.”

“Me, too,” says __10__.

When the boy sees the class become united, he is very happy and smiles at me.

1. A. fruit shopB. bookshopC. flower shopD. toy shop

2.A. borrowB. buyC. likeD. carry

3. A. whichB. whomC. whoD. she

4. A. expensiveB. sameC. differentD. modern

5. A. LaterB. BeforeC. AgoD. Late

6. A. SinceB. OnC. WithD. For

7. A. speaksB. talksC. tellsD. says

8. A. puts downB. puts awayC. puts upD. puts on

9. A. anybodyB. nobodyC. no oneD. none

10. A. the otherB. othersC. anotherD. other

Ⅲ.补全对话(每小题2分，共10分)

A: Tim, supper is ready; ask your friend to dinner, please.

B: OK! Mum!__1__ What delicious food!Are they all for us?

A: Of course!__2__

B: Thank you, Mum. Lily, they are all your favourite. Would you like

to taste them?

C: Thank you, Tim. __3__

B: What about something to drink, Lily?

C: No, thanks. I’m full now. It’s very kind of you. __4__

B: __5__

A. It’s a pleasure.

B. I’d like some chicken.

C. We are coming.

D. The food agrees with me very much.

E. It doesn’t matter.

F. Help yourselves!

G. Thank you for your dinner.

Ⅳ.阅读理解(每小题2分，共30分)

(A)

A magician(魔术师) was working on a ship. He had a different audience each week, so he allowed himself to show the same program over and over again. There was only one problem. The captain’s parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every step.

Once he understood, he started shouting in the middle of every show, “Look, that’s not the same hat!Now he’s hiding the flowers under the table!Hey, why are all the cards the same?”

The magician was very angry but couldn’t do anything about it, because it was the captain’s parrot.

One day an accident happened—the ship sank!The magician found himself on a piece of wood in the middle of the ocean with the parrot.

They looked at each other, but did not say a single word for days.

After a week, the parrot said, “OK, I give in. Where did you hide the ship?”

1. The magician ____.

A. was working on a different ship

B. had the same audience each week

C. always showed the same program

D. had no problem

2. Who owned the parrot? ____.

A. The magicianB. The shipC. The audienceD. The captain

3. Why did the parrot understand how the magician did every step? ____.

A. The magician taught the parrot

B. The captain taught the parrot

C. The audience taught the parrot

D. The parrot saw the shows every week

4. The magician ____.

A. was not happy with the parrot

B. did many things about the parrot

C. was angry with the captain

D. was not pleased with the audience

5. Which of the following is correct? ____.

A. The magician made the ship sink

B. What had happened to the ship was an accident

C. The magician hid the ship

D. The parrot knew where the magician had hidden the ship

(B)

6. This is a ____.

A. studying plan of Edward Scott

B. teaching plan of Ivy

C. school report of Edward Scott

D. working plan of M. L. Martin

7. Which subject is NOT mentioned (提及) in the form? ____.

A. ChineseB. MusicC. MathD. Geography

8. Edward’s best subject is ____.

A. ScienceB. EnglishC. FrenchD. History

9. Edward is not so good at ____.

A. Science and GeographyB. History and French

C. Music and EnglishD. Math and History

10. According to the form, which of the following sentences is TRUE? ____.

A. Edward doesn’t do well in science

B. Edward can’t sing songs well

C. Edward studies two languages at school

D. Edward likes pop songs so much

(C)

The police do many things for us. They help keep our things and us safe. They help keep cars moving safely. They take care of people who are hurt, then they see these people get to a doctor.

The police go around town to see that everything is all right. They get around town in many ways. Some of them walk or go by car. In some big cities, some of the police ride on horses. It is strange to see these animals in the street.

As they go around town, the police help people. Sometimes they find lost children. They take the children home. If the police see a fight, they put an end to it right away. Sometimes people will ask the police how to get to a place in town. The police can always tell the people which way to go. They know all the streets and roads well.

Some police stand at crossings. They tell the cars when to go and when to stop. They make sure that the cars do not go too fast. They help children cross the street. They also help people who can’t walk too well.

Without the police, our streets would not be safe. Cars might go too fast and hurt people. Lost people might never be found. The police do a good job. We need them. And we should thank them for a job well done.

11. The police do many things for us. They help keep our things and us

____.

A. warmB. cleanC. quietD. safe

12. How do some of the police get around in some big cities? ____.

A. By taxiB. On horsesC. By busD. On bikes

13. In the text, “put an end to” means “____”.

A. stopB. cutC. killD. fly

14. Why do some police stand at crossings? ____.

A. Because they like doing that

B. Because they can tell the cars when to go and stop

C. Because they can help people

D. B and C

15. The text is mainly talking about the ____ of the police.

A. lifeB. roadC. jobD. day

Ⅴ.书面表达(满分25分)

根据以下内容提示，写一篇80词左右的英语日记。

1.时间：12月3号，星期天；

2.天气：晴；

3.在商店购物时遇到一对美国夫妇，他们想买一部照相机，但与售货员语言不通；

4.我帮助他们，他们对我表示感谢；

5.我很高兴自己能用英语交谈了。

六级英语考试模拟试题(一) 篇4

Directions：

Part One Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)(略) Part Two Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage 1

Good sense is the most equitably distributed thing in the world, for each man considers himself so well provided with it that even those who are most difficult to satisfy in everything else do not usually wish to have more of it than the y have already. It is not likely that everyone is mistaken in this; it shows, rather, that the ability to judge rightly and separate the true from the false, which is essentially what is called good sense or reason, is by nature equal in all men, and thus that our opinions differ not because some men are better endowed with reason than others, but only because we direct our thoughts along different paths, and do not consider the same things, for it is not enough to have a good mind: what is most important is to apply it rightly. The greatest souls are cap able of the greatest vices; and those who walk very slowly can advance much further, if they always keep to the direct road, than those who run and go astray.

For my part, I have never presumed my mind to be more perfect than average in an y way; I have, in fact, often wished that my thoughts were as quick, or my imagination as precise and distinct, or my memory as capacious or prompt, as those of some other men. And I know of no other qualities than these which make for the perfection of the mind; for as to reason, or good sense, in as much as it alone makes us men and d

考研英语模拟考场(一) 篇5

Section ⅠUse of English

Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

The fitness movement that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s centered around aerobic exercise. Millions of individuals became 1 in a variety of aerobic activities, and 2 thousands of health spas 3 around the country to capitalize on his 4 interest in fitness, particularly aerobic dancing for females. A number of fitness spas existed 5 to this aerobic fitness movement, even a national chain with spas in most major cities. However, their 6 was not on aerobics, 7 on weight?training programs designed to develop muscular mass, 8 , and endurance in their primarily male 9 . These fitness spas did not seem to benefit 10 from the aerobic fitness movement to better health, since medical opinion suggested that weight?training programs 11 few, if 12, health benefits. In recent years, however, weight training has again become increasingly 13 for males and for females. Many 14 programs focus not only on developing muscular strength and endurance but on aerobic fitness as well.

15, most physical fitness tests have usually included measures of muscular strength and endurance, not for health related reasons, but primarily 16 such fitness components have been related to 17 in athletics. 18, in recent years, evidence has shown that training programs designed primarily to improve muscular strength and endurance might also offer some health 19 as well. The American College of Sports Medicine now 20 that weight training be part of a total fitness program for healthy Americans.

1.[A] imposed [B] engaged [C] confined [D] illustrated

2.[A] affluently [B] eligibly [C] gorgeously [D] literally

3.[A] enhanced [B] manifested [C] developed [D] established

4.[A] emerging [B] hovering [C] intriguing [D] mingling

5.[A] prior [B] entitled [C] liable [D] subjected

6.[A] action [B] focus [C] cement [D] snap

7.[A] or [B] or else [C] and [D] but rather

8.[A] strength [B] nutrition [C] tolerance [D] ambition

9.[A] practitioners [B] enthusiasts [C] referees [D] recipients

10.[A] financially [B] particularly [C] legitimately [D] excessively

11.[A] presented [B] offered [C] indicated [D] demonstrated

12.[A] something [B] some [C] anything [D] any

13.[A] popular [B] vigorous [C] intelligible [D] formidable

14.[A] current [B] primitive [C] uneven [D] incredible

15.[A] Practically [B] Eventually [C] Essentially [D] Historically

16.[A] because [B] in only [C] although [D] now that

17.[A] performance [B] harassment [C] identification [D] portrayal

18.[A] Moreover [B] Therefore [C] However [D] Anyway

19.[A] advantages [B] benefits [C] interests [D] profits

20.[A] recommends [B] reassures [C] speculates [D] mediates

Section ⅡReading Comprehension

Part A

Directions: Reading the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)

Text 1

Gene therapy and gene?based drugs are two ways we could benefit from our growing mastery of genetic science. But there will be others as well. Here is one of the remarkable therapies on the cutting edge of genetic research that could make their way into mainstream medicine in the coming years.

While it’s true that just about every cell in the body has the instructions to make a complete human, most of those instructions are inactivated, and with good reason: the last thing you want for your brain cells is to start churning out stomach acid or your nose to turn into a kidney. The only time cells truly have the potential to turn into any and all body parts is very early in a pregnancy, when so?called stem cells haven’t begun to specialize.

Yet this untapped potential could be a terrific boon to medicine. Most diseases involve the death of healthy cells ― brain cells in Alzheimer’s, cardiac cells in heart disease, pancreatic cells in diabetes, to name a few; if doctors could isolate stem cells, then direct their growth, they might be able to furnish patients with healthy replacement tissue.

It was incredibly difficult, but last fall scientists at the University of Wisconsin managed to isolate stem cells and get them to grow into neural, gut, muscle and bone cells. The process still can’t be controlled, and may have unforeseen limitations; but if efforts to understand and master stem?cell development prove successful, doctors will have a therapeutic tool of incredible power.

The same applies to cloning, which is really just the other side of the coin; true cloning, as first shown with the sheep Dolly two years ago, involves taking a developed cell and reactivating the genome within, resetting its developmental instructions to a pristine state. Once that happens, the rejuvenated cell can develop into a full?fledged animal, genetically identical to its parent.

For agriculture, in which purely physical characteristics like milk production in a cow or low fat in a hog have real market value, biological carbon copies could become routine within a few years. This past year scientists have done for mice and cows what Ian Wilmut did for Dolly, and other creatures are bound to join the cloned menagerie in the coming year.

Human cloning, on the other hand, may be technically feasible but legally and emotionally more difficult. Still, one day it will happen. The ability to reset body cells to a pristine, undeveloped state could give doctors exactly the same advantages they would get from stem cells: the potential to make healthy body tissues of all sorts, and thus to cure disease. That could prove to be a true “miracle cure.”

21.The writer holds that the potential to make healthy body tissues will

[A] aggravate moral issues of human cloning.

[B] bring great benefits to human beings.

[C] help scientists decode body instructions.

[D] involve employing surgical instruments.

22.The word “rejuvenated” (Para. 5) most probably means

[A] modified. [B] re-collected. [C] classified. [D] reactivated.

23.The research at the University of Wisconsin is mentioned to show

[A] the isolation of stem cells. [B] the effects of gene therapies.

[C] the advantages of human cloning. [D] the limitations of tissue replacements.

24.Which of the following is true according to the text?

[A] The principle of gene therapy is applicable to that of cloning.

[B] The isolation of stem cells is too difficult to be feasible.

[C] It is reasonable for all body instructions to be activated.

[D] Cloned animals will eventually take control of the world.

25.Towards the genetic research, the author’s attitude can best be said to be that of

[A] Frustration. [B] Indifference. [C] Amazement. [D] Opposition.

Text 2

6月大学英语四级模拟试题 篇6

section a

directions：in this section,you will hear 10 short conversations. at the end of each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said. both the conversation and the question 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 the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

example:

you will read: a) at the office. b) in the waiting room.

c) at the airport. d) in a restaurant.

from the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. this conversation is most likely to have taken place at the office. therefore,a)“at the office” is the best answer. you should choose a) on the answer sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.

sample answer ［a］［b］［c］［d］

1. a) the fourth floor. b) the fifth floor. c) the sixth floor. d) the seventh floor.

2. a) john bought a cheap computer. b) john bought morris a computer.

c) morris bought a computer from john. d) morris bought a new computer.

3. a) recognize jane first. b) tell the woman why.

c) go on a diet. d) feel at ease.

4. a) the white one. b) the brick one.

c) the prettier one. d) the better one.

5. a) the summer this year is terribly hot. b) last summer was even hotter.

c) hot weather helps lose weight. d) light was stronger this morning.

6. a) no one on the bus was injured.

b) everyone on the bus was injured.

c) only one student on the bus was injured.

d) more than one student on the bus was injured.

7. a) drawing some money. b) opening a deposit account.

c) saving much money. d) putting money in the bank.

8. a) they have too little patience. b) they are not strict with students.

c) they are very hard on students. d) they are more hardworking than before.

9. a) the woman is very worried. b) the man doesn’t like thinking.

c) the man has done something wrong. d) the woman can do nothing for the man.

10. a) because the waist was a bit too tight.

b) because there wasn’t any of her size.

c) because she didn’t look good in the dress.

d) because the style was not what she liked.

section b compound dictation

注意：听力理解的b节（section b）为复合式听写（compound dictation），题目在试卷二上。

现在请取出试卷二。

a supermarket club card is a new way for people to save money on items they buy. people used to cut out coupons (赠券)to(s1) save money. now they use a card that looks like a(s2)credit card when they pay for items. only people with cards can get the(s3)lower price.

to get a card, people must give out their name, address, and other(s4)personal information. everything club card-users buy is (s5)stored on a computer in a file with their name on it. in the coupon days, no one kept (s6)track of the things people bought. now, computers allow huge(s7)amounts of information to be saved.

in order to save money with the cards, people could lose privacy. so far, the information, or data, is private. but that could change. there are many companies who might be interested in knowing what people buy. for instance, (s8)an insurance company might want to know if their clients buy healthy food, or if people buy a lot of medicine from the store.

a california senator, debra bowen, wants to make sure there are laws to protect data kept on computers. she says,“(s9)the laws that govern privacy really haven’t caught up with technology. ”

stores that use club cards have promised to keep the information private. (s10)some people are afraid the stores might change their minds if companies offered enough money. some people say the information is worth as much as treasure.

part ⅱ reading comprehension(35 minutes)

directions: there are 4 passages in this part. 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 the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

passage one

questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

the predictability of our mortality rates is something that has long puzzled social scientists. after all, there is no natural reason why 2,500 people should accidentally shoot themselves each year or why 7,000 should drown or 55,000 die in their cars. no one establishes a quota for each type of death. it just happens that they follow a consistent pattern year after year.

a few years ago a canadian psychologist named gerald wilde became interested in this phenomenon. he noticed that mortality rates for violent and accidental deaths throughout the western world have remained oddly static throughout the whole of the century, despite all the technological advances and increases in safety standards that have happened in that time. wilde developed an intriguing theory called “risk homeostasis”. according to this theory, people instinctively live with a certain level of risk. when something is made safer, people will get around the measure in some way to reassert the original level of danger. if, for instance, they are required to wear seat belts, they will feel safer and thus will drive a little faster and a little more recklessly, thereby statistically canceling out the benefits that the seat belt confers. other studies have shown that where an intersection is made safer, the accident rate invariably falls there but rises to a compensating level elsewhere along the same stretch of road. it appears, then, that we have an innate need for danger.

in all events, it is becoming clearer and clearer to scientists that the factors influencing our lifespan are far more subtle and complex than had been previously thought. it now appears that if you wish to live a long life, it isn’t simply a matter of adhering to certain precautions … eating the right foods, not smoking, driving with care. you must also have the right attitude. scientists at the duke university medical center made a 15-year study of 500 persons personalities and found, somewhat to their surprise, that people with a suspicious or mistrustful nature die prematurely far more often than people with a sunny disposition. looking on the bright side, it seems, can add years to your life span.

11. what social scientists have long felt puzzled about is why .

a) the mortality rate can not be predicted

b) the death toll remained stable year after year

c) a quota for each type of death has not come into being

d) people lost their lives every year for this or that reason

12. in his research, gerald wilde finds that technological advances and increases in safety standards .

a) have helped solve the problem of so high death rate

b) have oddly accounted for mortality rates in the past century

c) have reduced mortality rates for violent and accidental deaths

d) have achieved no effect in bringing down the number of deaths

13. according to the theory of “risk homeostasis”, some traffic accidents result from .

a) our innate desire for risk

b) our fast and reckless driving

c) our ignorance of seat belt benefits

d) our instinctive interest in speeding

14. by saying “…statistically canceling out the benefits that the seat belt confers” (para. 2),the author means .

a) wearing seat belts does not have any benefits from the statistic point of view

b) deaths from wearing seat belts are the same as those from not wearing them

c) deaths from other reasons counterbalance the benefits of wearing seat belts

d) wearing seat belts does not necessarily reduce deaths from traffic accidents

15. which of the following may contribute to a longer life span?

a) showing adequate trust instead of suspicion of others

b) eating the food low in fat and driving with great care

c) cultivating an optimistic personality and never losing heart

d) looking on the bright side and developing a balanced level of risk

passage two

questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

in california the regulators, the utilities and the governor all want the federal energy regulatory commission to cap spot (现货的) market prices. the californians claim it will rein in outrageous prices. federal regulators have refused. the battle is on.

governor gray davis says,“i’m not happy with the federal regulatory commission at all. they’re living in an ivory tower. if their bills were going up like the people in san diego, they would know that this is a real problem in the real world.”

as part of deregulation, price caps were removed to allow for a free market. timing is everything; natural gas prices had already skyrocketed. demand was high from california’s booming economy. no new power plants had been built here in ten years, and power producers had the right to hike prices along with demand. and hike them they did.

loretta lynch of the public utilities commission says,” this commission and all of california was beating down the door of federal regulators to say‘help us impose reasonable price caps to help to keep our market stable.”

federal regulators did ask for longer-term contracts between power producers and the utilities to stabilize prices. the federal commission, unavailable for comment on this story, released a recent statement defending its position not to re-regulate.

federal energy regulatory commission dec. 15,: “the commissions intention is to enable the markets to catch up to current supply and demand problems and not to reintroduce command and control regulation that has helped to produce the current crisis.”

some energy experts believe that, without temporary price caps, the crisis will continue.

severin borenstein of the u.c. energy institute says,“some federal regulators have a blind commitment to making the market work and i think part of the problem is they really dont understand whats going on.”

gary ackerman of the western power trading forum says,“he’s dead wrong about that. the federal regulators understand far better than any individual state that, though it might be painful and it certainly is painful in california, price caps don’t work. they never work.”

16. the battle between californians and federal regulators is about .

a) control over the price of power

b) necessity of removing price caps

c) hiking the energy prices in california

d) a regulation concerning power supply

17. governor gray davis was dissatisfied with the federal regulatory commission because .

a) they did not know what the real problem was

b) they were living an easy life in an ivory tower

c) they could not experience the life in san diego

d) they turned a blind eye to the situation in california

18. the federal commission uncapped the energy price with the intention to .

a) help california’s economy booming steadily

b) prevent power price from going up any further

c) enable the market to deal with supply and demand problems

d) have contracts signed between power producers and the utilities

19. to help keep prices from going higher, people and groups in california .

a) imposed reasonable price caps

b) beat down the door of federal regulators

c) urged the federal authorities to take action

d) struggled against federal policy to hike prices

20. energy experts against price caps believe that .

a) the present situation in california will continue unless there is price control

b) the current crisis is partly attributed to previous command and control policy

c) price caps can temporarily solve energy problems an individual state meets with

d) they do understand what is going on in california and will take proper measures

passage three

questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

another cultural aspect of nonverbal communication is one that you might not think about: space. every person perceives himself to have a sort of invisible shield surrounding his physical body. when someone comes too close, he feels uncomfortable. when he bumps onto someone, he feels obligated to apologize. but the size of a person’s “comfort zone” depends on his cultural ethnic origin. for example, in casual conversation, many americans stand about four feet apart. in other words, they like to keep each other “at arms length”,people in latin or arab cultures, in contrast, stand very close to each other, and touch each other often. if someone from one of those cultures stands too close to an american while in conversation, the american may feel uncomfortable and back away.

when americans are talking, they expect others to respond to what they are saying. to americans, polite conversationalists empathize by displaying expressions of excitement or disgust, shock or sadness. people with a “poker face”, whose emotions are hidden by a deadpan expression, are looked upon with suspicion. americans also indicate their attentiveness in a conversation by raising their eyebrows, nodding, smiling politely and maintaining good eye contact. whereas some cultures view direct eye contact as impolite or threatening, americans see it as a sign of genuineness and honesty. if a person doesn’t look you in the eye, american might say, you should question his motives—or assume that he doesn’t like you. yet with all the concern for eye contact, americans still consider staring—especially at strangers—to be rude.

21. what the author discussed in the previous section is most probably about .

a) classification of nonverbal communication

b) the reasons why people should think about space

c) the relationship between communication and space

d) some other cultural aspects of nonverbal communication

22. how far people keep to each other while talking is closely associated with their .

a) origin b) culture c) custom d) nationality

23. when an italian talks to an arabian on informal occasions,.

a) he stands about four feet away

b) “comfort zone” does not exist

c) keeping close enough is preferred

d) communication barriers may emerge

24. a “poker face” (line 3,para. 2) refers to a face which is .

a) attentive b) emotional c) suspicious d) expressionless

25. in a conversation between friends, americans regard it as sincere and truthful to .

a) maintain direct eye contact

b) hide emotions with a deadpan expression

c) display excitement or disgust, shock or sadness

d) raise their eyebrows,nod and smile politely

passage four

questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

we all know that dna has the ability to identify individuals but, because it is inherited, there are also regions of the dna strand which can relate an individual to his or her family (immediate and extended), tribal group and even an entire population. molecular genealogy (宗谱学) can use this unique identification provided by the genetic markers to link people together into family trees. pedigrees (家谱) based on such genetic markers can mean a breakthrough for family trees where information is incomplete or missing due to adoption, illegitimacy or lack of records. there are many communities and populations which have lost precious records due to tragic events such as the fire in the irish courts during civil war in 1921 or american slaves for whom many records were never kept in the first place.

the main objective of the molecular genealogy research group is to build a database containing over 100,000 dna samples from individuals all over the world. these individuals will have provided a pedigree chart of at least four generations and a small blood sample. once the database has enough samples to represent the world genetic make-up, it will eventually help in solving many issues regarding genealogies that could not be done by relying only on traditional written records. theoretically, any individual will someday be able to trace his or her family origins through this database.

in the meantime, as the database is being created, molecular genealogy can already verify possible or suspected relationships between individuals. “for example, if two men sharing the same last name believe that they are related, but no written record proves this relationship, we can verify this possibility by collecting a sample of dna from both and looking for common markers (in this case we can look primarily at the y chromosome (染色体)),” explains ugo a. perego, a member of the byu molecular genealogy research team.

26. people in a large area may possess the same dna thread because .

a) dna is characteristic of a region

b) they are beyond doubt of common ancestry

c) dna strand has the ability to identify individuals

d) their unique identification can be provided via dna

27. the possible research of family trees is based on the fact that .

a) genetics has achieved a breakthrough

b) genetic information contained in dna can be revealed now

c) each individual carries a unique record of who he is and how he is related to others

d) we can use dna to prove how distant an individual is to a family, a group or a population

28. the molecular genealogy research group is building a database for the purpose of .

a) offering assistance in working out genealogy-related problems

b) solving many issues without relying on traditional written records

c) providing a pedigree chart of at least four generations in the world

d) confirming the assumption that all individuals are of the same origin

29. if two men suspected for some reason they have a common ancestor, .

a) we can decide according to their family tree

b) we can find the truth from their genetic markers

c) we can compare the differences in their y chromosome

d) we can look for written records to prove their relationship

30. which of the following cannot be inferred from the passage?

a) we are a walking,living,breathing record of our ancestors

b) many american slaves did not know who their ancestors were.

c) an adopted child generally lacks enough information to prove his identity.

d) molecular genealogy can be used to prove a relationship between individuals.

part ⅲvocabulary(20 minutes)

directions: there are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. for each sentence there are four choices marked a),b),c)and d). choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

31. wto is regarded by some countries as an access to foreign markets rather than as a for opening up the home market.

a) commerce b) committee c) commitment d) commission

32. we should recognize that every company and every person is part of a long of customers and suppliers.

a) pool b) line c) stream d) chain

33. today the small town is better against flood than it was 20 years ago.

a) protected b) prevented c) preserved d) prepared

34. did you mean i should keep the receipt? im afraid i have .

a) run it over b) torn it up c) taken it apart d) shaken it off

35. unlike photocopies of books, the digital copies are virtually in quality to the original.

a) similar b) identical c) resembling d) alike

36. the price of fresh vegetables according to the weather.

a) fluctuates b) increases c) soars d) maintains

37. your proposal looks good ,but i am not convinced it can be put into effect.

a) on paper b) at sight c) under cover d) in bulk

38. the government that refuses to meet the needs of its people must bear the .

a) results b) outcomes c) effects d) consequences

39. the elderly people in this country are entitled to a special heating allowance from the government when they pass the age of sixty.

a) claim b) declare c) inquire d) apply

40. the snow has been steadily for hours and the ground is completely covered.

a) showering b) dropping c) descending d) falling

41. the hostess went to great to make the child comfortable and feel at home.

a) efforts b) lengths c) heights d) details

42. you said the post office is on this block, can you be a bit more ?

a) particular b) specific c) abstract d) especial

43. his composition was so confusing that i could hardly make any of it whatsoever.

a) meaning b) message c) information d) sense

44. i am afraid that you have to alter your views in light of the tragic news that has just arrived.

a) optimistic b) distressing c) indifferent d) pessimistic

45. as the saying goes, reading without reflecting is like eating without .

a) chewing b) tasting c) digesting d) releasing

46. all of us did quite a good job but the teacher only him out for praise.

a) yelled b) singled c) selected d) pulled

47. without a sure supply of water, farming in that area remains at the of the weather.

a) disposal b) risk c) cost d) mercy

48. industrial communities should be close enough to crowded centers but enough to reduce potential dangers.

a) advanced b) reliable c) distant d) sophisticated

49. she had a guilty about not telling the police what had actually happened.

a) consciousness b) conscience c) consequence d) confusion

50. there is a beautiful of pine forest near my country house.

a) extension b) length c) spell d) stretch

51. we’ve all our time and effort in this plan, and we don’t want it to fail.

a) invested b) exhausted c) devoted d) assigned

52. the workers demands were，they only asked for a small raise in their wages.

a) general b) moderate c) partial d) numerous

53. you should know to spend all your money on those impractical fancy goods.

a) other than b) rather than c) more than d) better than

54. everybody seemed to have known about his scandal, only his wife was kept in the .

a) dark b) ignorance c) shade d) shadow

55. all students in the class a loud laugh when the professor told them a joke.

a) let up b) let down c) let off d) let out

56. it can be safely that there is no living beings on that planet.

a) resumed b) assessed c) assumed d) assured

57. there are certain when you have to interrupt people who are in the middle of doing something.

a) chances b) situations c) occasions d) opportunities

58. mother into the room and kissed her sleeping baby.

a) crept b) staggered c) rushed d) marched

59. the building started with a steel which was later filled in with bricks and concrete.

a) institution b) terminal c) sightseeing d) framework

60. this book does not have an structure. some parts are even contradictory .

a) integrated b) informed c) intensive d) inward

part ⅳcloze(15 minutes)

directions: there are 20 blanks in the following passage. for each blank there are four choices marked a),b),c)and d)on the right side of the paper. you should choose the one that best fits into the passage. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

a food bank is the center of food collection and distribution in a community. this food usually 61 from grocery stores or manufacturers that have thousands of pounds of food to give 62 . food banks operate intricate and advanced warehousing operations, 63 food is collected, 64 and re-distributed to the community. traditionally, a food bank does not distribute food 65 to those in 66 . 67 ,food banks serve an 68 network of organizations in their 69 communities. these organizations serve one part of the 70 and know the needs of the people there. 71 ,working together, the food bank and the community organization can serve a greater 72 of people in the most efficient way.

many food banks provide 73 services. they 74 from after school feeding programs, 75 kids cafe,to community agriculture projects.

in the aftermath (其后的一段时期) of welfare reform, food banks throughout the country are raising private 76 to operate innovative programs and to 77 those who are hungry. every food bank strives to be a hunger advocate,producing 78 studies and tracking statistics, while lending their hands-on expertise to get legislation passed and ensuring that the 79 of domestic hunger is not lost in the shadow of an “ 80 boom”.

61. a) results b) collects c) comes d) gathers

62. a) away b) out c) over d) off

63. a) which b) where c) what d) how

64. a) accepted b) offered c) processed d) sorted

65. a) instantly b) directly c) voluntarily d) readily

66. a) need b) haste c) debt d) order

67. a) however b) otherwise c) instead d) certainly

68. a) abnormal b) optional c) imaginary d) extensive

69. a) individual b) respective c) special d) widespread

70. a) organization b) bank c) operation d) community

71. a) therefore b) nevertheless c) still d) conversely

72. a) amount b) deal c) number d) quantity

73. a) regular b) other c) daily d) depositing

74. a) change b) alter c) differ d) range

75. a) including b) providing c) managing d) distributing

76. a) demands b) properties c) funds d) plans

77. a) shelter b) feed c) clothe d) finance

78. a) poverty b) welfare c) hunger d) food

79. a) issue b) policy c) reform d) project

80. a) economical b) economics c) economy d) economic

part ⅴwriting(30 minutes)

directions: for this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter applying for a bank loan. you should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in chinese.

1． 你的基本情况

2． 你申请贷款的原因、数额及用途

大学英语四级英语考试模拟题《一》 篇7

通过计算机联网进行网上考试具有传统考试无可比拟的优越性,它可以将传统考试过程中的各个环节缩小到一至两个环节,几乎屏蔽掉了所有人工干预考试活动的可能性,既能节约大量的人力、物力与财力,还可以大幅度提高考试成绩的客观性和公正性[1]。

本文给出了一个基于C/S与B/S混合架构的模拟英语四六级网上考试系统的开发过程。

1 系统分析

目前大学英语四六级考试大多还采用一年两次的纸质试卷考试方式,这种纸笔考试弊病较多,比如对保密性要求非常高,一旦发生疏漏容易导致试卷或答案外泄;限时限次导致灵活性差等。网络考试的大力推行会从根本上改变四六级考试的现状,可解决当前传统四六级考试所存在的各种弊端,所以采用四六级英语网上考试势在必行[2]。

大学英语四六级考试对系统安全性要求非常高,并且需要中央系统的集中控制,所以网考适合在相对非公开的局部网络中进行,故本系统考试环节采用C/S架构,而成绩的查询对安全性要求稍低些,为保证学生能及时随时随地查询,故查询成绩环节采用B/S架构[3]。

2 总体设计

经过系统分析,本系统应具有以下功能:考生登录界面、试卷组题、生成考生答题界面、作文题人工阅卷、成绩查询管理、系统维护管理。系统功能如图1所示[4]。

3 数据库设计

1) 考生信息表:考生姓名、性别、考生单位、考生身份证、准考证号、考试类别、是否答题标记。

2) 管理员信息表:管理员姓名、管理员单位、登录账号、登录密码。

3) 教师信息表:教师姓名、教师单位、登录账号、登录密码。

4) 答题卡表:准考证号、题号、试题分值、正确答案、考生答案、考生得分、是否评分标记。

5) 成绩单表:准考证号、客观题得分、主观题得分、各部分得分、总分。

6) 题库表:题干、题目、各选项、正确答案、分值[5]。

4 系统功能设计与实现

本系统主要分为登录模块、答题模块和后台管理模块等功能模块。登录模块有两种权限,考生登录和教师登录,考生登录界面主要功能是对考生信息进行验证,教师登录主要是阅卷和查询;答题模块主要功能是,生成考生答题界面,对考生提交答案进行处理,考试时间的控制,考试结束后客观题的评分和录入数据库;后台管理模块的主要功能是对试题库添加试题、管理试题库考生信息的添加更改、管理员和阅卷教师信息的添加和更改。

考生答题模块中听力部分试题的显示处理较复杂一些,因听力部分包含音频的加载和文字信息的显示两部分,为了解决音频数据在数据库中存储的问题,我们在数据库中定义了一个二进制类型的字段,通过对文件流的操作实现答题环境中听力信息的播放[6]。

系统主要功能模块介绍如下:

1) 考生登录界面:考生录入身份证号和准号证号,系统进行身份验证,通过验证后提供考生的基本信息供考生核对,考生确认后点击验证无误按钮并开始答题;

2) 试卷组题:试卷分为六个部分,每个部分对应一种题型,考生点击开始答题按钮后,系统自动从每种题型的题库中随机抽取规定数目的试题组成标准化试卷;

3) 生成考生答题界面:系统给考生提供一个模拟传统纸质的答题界面,分为六个部分:作文写作、快速阅读、听力、阅读理解、完形填空、翻译。同时该界面显示考试时间,并且在考生交卷后客观题就进行自动评分并保存,其界面如图2所示[7]。

考生答题界面载入后,系统会自动往答题卡数据库中添加此考生的答题卡,并标记考生为已答题状态,其实现代码如下:

4) 作文题人工阅卷:主要是教师对考生的作文部分进行评分并录入成绩,录完一个考生的作文成绩后系统会自动综合考生的各部分成绩和总成绩并录入到成绩单数据库;

5) 成绩查询功能:为了方便考生能及时查询成绩,该部分功能是在Web环境下实现的,输入考生的准考证号和身份证号即可查询该考生的成绩并且打印成绩单;

6) 系统维护管理:该模块主要实现考生信息、教师信息、试题数据的录入、查询和删除及考生考试状态的更改(是否已答卷)。

5 结论

本系统采用C/S和B/S混合架构来实现的,考试部分相关功能采用Visual Studio 2005开发工具、C#语言和SQL Server2005数据库开发而成,成绩查询功能的采用ASP等相关技术来实现的,系统实现了网上四六级英语考试,避免了传统纸质考试中试题容易泄露、考生易于作弊、考试准备时间长、人力需求多、纸张浪费、阅卷时间长等一些弊端。

该系统的核心模块有:考生答题界面、系统维护管理,系统的设计风格是力求界面简洁、功能全面、答题环境接近真实、后台管理易于操作、试题易于添加,并能使这套系统在实际中得到推广并应用。

摘要：该系统采用C#语言和SQL Server2005数据库开发而成,系统主要的功能是实现网上四六级英语考试,利用计算机来实现试卷的随机生成和自动阅卷评分的科学化、规范化,可解决当前传统四六级考试所存在的各种弊端,提高考试成绩的客观性和公正性。

大学英语四级英语考试模拟题《一》 篇8

关键词：联合国实践；大学英语；英语教学

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一、引言

模拟联合国是如今广受年轻人欢迎的一项组织活动。模拟联合国是一项官方的活动，也是世界各国官方组织特意为年轻人组织和举办的，主要是模拟联合国的形式还有一些重要的国际机构或者国际会议，然后模拟其运作性质进行一些国际热点来召开会议，并针对热点问题进行相关讨论。模拟联合国的活动形式和规模是灵活多样的，根据组织者的举办目的和参会人数来决定，而参加这一活动的主要为大学生或者中学生，如今，模拟联合国已经发展了六十多年，甚至已经风靡全球，参加过模拟联合国的人数已经超过了四百万人，近50多个国家开展了模拟联合国活动。

就我国开展模拟联合国的活动情况来看，主要分为了两种会议，一种是中国联合国协会主办的中国模拟联合国大会；二是由北京大学模拟联合国协会主办的亚洲国际模拟联合国大会，这两项会议每年都会吸引成年上万的中国学生甚至其他国家的学生参与其中，众多高校也会组织一些小型的联合国模拟活动。通过大大小小的模拟联合国实践活动，可以看出，模拟联合国活动在锻炼学生能力的同时更可以提高学生们的综合能力，尤其对学生的英语应用能力有很大的提高，因此，模拟联合国已经成为了提高学生应用能力的一项重要活动。

二、大学英语现状

1.大学生英语口语现状

目前大学生英语现状中，口语能力欠佳是最显著的一个问题，有这样一组数据，对大学生的口语能力进行过官方的统计，大学四六级考试委员会的情况报告表明通过四六级的考生中只有50%左右的学生能用英语进行熟练的口语表达，能够用英语就熟悉的题材进行一些熟练的日常交际。在通过大学英语四级的考试中，大学生的英语口语能力更有所欠缺，都普遍存在一些問题。第一，大部分英语口语能力较差的学生中有一个共性的问题就是发音不标准，许多学生由于受方言的影响，在英语口语中更是夹带方言味道的口语，表达起来也不是很流畅；第二，对口语单词的应用不准确，不知道在什么场合下使用什么词语，没有去很好的理解语言，分不清楚一些词语到底是在正式场合还是非正式场合使用，因此，使用词语比较混乱，表达起来给人词穷和语无伦次的感觉；第三，对英语背后的文化没有深入的了解，不容易进行流畅地沟通；第四，学生们能够进行表达口语的机会少之甚少，没有足够的机会去锻炼口语，也没有足够的场合去使用外语，这导致他们在表达英语的时候会缺乏一定的勇气，进而挫伤他们学习的积极性和主动性。

2.大学生英语教学现状

近几年来，英语教学中对英语口语越来越重视，但是，收到的效果不是很明显，没有达到满意的教学效果，教学问题中依然存在一定的共性问题，主要表现为，第一，教师在教学过程中不注重对学生文化的培养，学生不懂语言背后的文化素养，导致学生在应用英语过程中不懂得如何确切的使用英语；第二，学生的教学方式比较呆板，教学内容比较单一，没有给学生营造一些表达英语的氛围，也没有给学生适当地制造一些表达口语的机会，学生没有机会去使用英语，使得他们的表达能力没有实质性的提高；第三，学生可训练的素材比较少，甚至现有的部分素材过于陈旧，学生训练起来没有一定的新鲜感，学生不会完全沉浸其中，使得师生之间缺乏一定的互动。

三、开展模拟联合国实践的必要性

大学英语中开展模拟活动是非常有必要的，尤其是开展情境性的联合国模拟，为学生提供一个真实背景的模拟，对于学生英语能力的提高更是有着显著的作用。首先，在联合国模拟实践下开展的教学，是从提高学生的兴趣出发的，而不是一些刻板生硬的教学内容，学生接受起来会更加容易，这样学生会更积极主动的去参与；其次，在联合国实践下的模拟活动，学生们的表达能力，学生能力的交际能力是有具体目的的，学生要想很好的完成活动必须具有一些相关知识的储备，也必须在课堂有足够充分的准备，如果没有足够的知识和技能是很难将这一项具有挑战性的活动进行下去的，这也就促进了学生学习的积极主动性，学生会更加主动地去获取知识；第三，为学生提供了锻炼的机会，学生在这段时间可以使用自己大量的语言，可以进行大篇幅地表达，从而对他们的表达能力和语言的使用率有很大的提高，更容易提高他们语言的流畅性；第四，联合国实践活动对学生能力的考验来说，是一项综合性的课堂训练，学生在特定的环境之下可以提高学生的应变能力、分析能力和解决问题的能力，甚至作为一项团队项目，还可以提高学生的团队协作能力，同时还可以提高学生的交际技巧，学生的能力得到全方面的提高，模拟联合国实践活动对于学生英语能力的提高来说是一项非常重要的和理想的途径。与此同时，联合国实践活动也为老师们提供一个广阔的平台，老师和学生可以设计一些大规模的活动，提高学生的组织活动能力。

四、联合国实践在大学英语教学中的应用

开展英语教学的最终目的是英语实际应用能力，学生能通过英语的学习达到语言的准确应用，学生能够明白语言能够在什么场合使用什么词汇，用什么口吻来表达，更要注意语言的准确性，对语言表达更要注意得体性。

“模拟联合国”各个团队可以模拟任何一个国家的联合国代表团，学生扮演的是这些代表团的外交官，探讨一些重要的问题，在模拟活动之前，学生需要准备大量的素材，收集自己代表团的资料，通过自己的整理和分析总结出自己立场的文稿。学生通过收集大量的素材来扩大自己的知识面，了解所代表国家的相关背景，甚至对历史、经济、政治都会有更深入的了解；学生在获得充足的英文资料后，学生们要在有限的准备时间里大量阅读，阅读能力和综合分析能力会得到进一步的提高，这些能力会在当场的演、辩论、陈述中得到提高和锻炼；学生还要在会前撰写所代表国的立场文件，能够激发学生的团队协作精神和责任感。“模联”训练可以对学生的阅读、分析、归纳总结、撰写成文，演讲辩论的综合能力得到显著的提高。在模拟实践中，学生可以通过演讲或者辩论的形式来表达自己的观点，与对立国谈判，从而形成决议草案。并且按照正常的形式和规则，通过投票形成正式决议案。

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