听力（略）
Part II Reading Comprehension
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), and you should decide which is the best choice. (40 points)
Passage 1
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
Just like children, deer often cross British roads to get to the other side. But the cost is the deer's life. At night, speeding cars hit and kill the animals. Now foresters are using natural animal instincts（本能）to prevent dangerous crossings.
In England, the British Forestry Commission has installed thousands of glowing red "wolf eyes" along woodland roads. The eyes are actually reflectors, plastic bars like the red reflectors on your bike. The ten-centimeter long bars are fixed on top of posts, with only these signs directed towards the woods rather than the roads.
When cars speed by, light rays from car headlights reflect off the reflectors' shining surface and flash into the woods. Deer are instantly scared by the wolf eyes ―even though wolves haven't hunted deer in Britain or even lived there for a hundred years!
Scientists think the glowing light imitates the "eye shine" of nightly beasts. (You've probably seen eye shine on cats. Mirror-like cells in the eyes reflect some light that hits them.)
The deer must not have "forgotten" that a wolf can run up to 72 km per hour in hot pursuit, or can sniff（嗅）deer out from 2.4 km away. In some areas where "wolf eyes" keep watch, 90 percent fewer deer have been killed at night.
26. In Britain, deer's life is threatened _____ .
A) by worsening environment
B) by nightly beasts
C) by automobiles
D) by illegal hunting
27. The word "foresters" (Line 2, Para. 1) refers to _____.
A) workers in charge of forests
B) traffic policemen
C) raisers of wild animals
D) road-building engineers
28. The nightly beasts' eyes _____.
A) are as bright as mirrors
B) are as shiny as car headlights
C) can work as plastic bars
D) can reflect incoming light
29. The success of "wolf eyes" proves that _____.
A) the deer is a kind of very timid animal
B) animals can always be easily cheated
C) all things in nature are related to each other
D) the deer's fear of wolves is genetically built
30. It is implied in the passage that _____.
A) a wolf can run very fast in hot pursuit
B) Great Britain pays great attention to animal protection
C) a wolf's smell is ten times more sensitive than man's
D) Britain has built many highways through woodlands
Passage 2
Question 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
"Mind over matter" is an English saying meaning that we can control our bodies with our minds. Now scientists are finding increasing evidence that our mind can have a great effect on our physical health. Since our mind influences how we feel, it's not impossible to say that someone is ill just because he feels ill.
The influence of the mind on how well we feel is the basis of what is known as the placebo (which is Latin for "I shall please") effect. A placebo is a harmless, inactive substance. Patients are sometimes given placebo pills and begin to feel better because they believe that they have been given real drugs and expect to respond to them. The placebo effect is very strong: research on pain suggests that up to 30% of the effect of most painkillers is a placebo effect.
So if it's so powerful, why don't doctors use it today?
According to Dr. Persaud, they do. "Things like wearing a white coat, going to a hospital, being scanned（扫描）all have a very strong placebo effect," he says.
31. The English saying "mind over matter" means that _____.
A) sound mind is more important than good health
B) our mind has strong effect on our body
C) our physical health has nothing to do with our mind
D) mental health mainly depends on physical health
32. According to the first paragraph, if you feel ill, _____.
A) you don't need to see a doctor
B) you are still in good condition
C) it doesn't necessarily mean that you're physically ill
33. According to the passage, placebos _____.
A) are real effective pills
B) are not real drugs
C) can relieve all kinds of pain
D) may make patients feel worse
34. The placebo effect is based on _____.
A) a response of the body to drugs
B) a harmless, inactive substance
C) the constant use of some special drugs
D) the influence of our minds on our bodies
35. Which of the following may least have a placebo effect?
A) Concentrating one's mind over a matter.
B) Taking sleeping pills before going to bed.
C) Taking a physical examination.
D) Talking with a doctor.
Passage 3
Question 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
It is often thought that science fiction is a fairly new development in literature, but its ancestors（先驱）can be found in books written hundreds of years ago. These books were often concerned with the presentation of some form of ideal society, a theme which is still often found in modern stories.
Most of the classics of science fiction, however, have been written within the last one hundred years. Books by writers such as Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, to mention just two well-known authors, have been translated into many languages.
Modern science fiction writers don't often write about men from Mars or space adventure stories. They are more interested in predicting the effects of technical developments on society and the human mind; or in imagining future worlds which are a reflection of the world which we live in now. Because of this their writing has obvious political undertones.
In an age where science fact frequently overtakes science fiction, the writers may find it difficult to keep ahead of scientific advances. Those who are sufficiently clear-sighted to see the way we are going, however, may provide a valuable lesson on how to deal with the problems which society will inevitably face as it tries to master its new technology and come to terms with a continually changing view of the world.
36. Science fiction appeared _____.
A) a few decades ago
B) within the last one hundred years
C) hundreds of years ago
D) thousands of years ago
37. Which of the following is less likely to be written in modern science fiction?
A) Imagined space adventure and conquering new stars.
B) Prediction of effects of technical developments on society.
C) Prediction of effects of technical developments on human mind.
D) Imagination of the future world in reflection of today's world.
38. It can be concluded that modern science fiction writers _____.
A) tend to show their political views in their works
B) follow the model set by Jules Verne and H.G. Wells
C) are more creative than those in the past
D) are more interested in classic works
39. The presentation of an ideal society is found _____.
A) neither in classic and modern science fiction
B) both in classic and modern science fiction
C) only in classic science fiction
D) as a fairly new trend in science fiction
40. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) Science fiction often overtakes science fact.
B) Writers may find it easy to keep ahead of scientific advances.
C) Science fiction is based on successful adventurous events.
D) Science fiction helps us to face challenges of the future.
Passage 4
Question 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:
My mother never let herself get down; no matter how bad things were, she stayed cheerful. Even though we had a hard life, she still maintained the attitude that everything was fine. I remember her coming home tired from her job at the restaurant and saying that we were lucky. We didn't have a lot of clothes or toys, but my mother always made sure we had enough to eat.
Her love and devotion for my brother and me made our lack of material possessions seem insignificant. Even today, if I were given a choice between having love at home with no wealth and having wealth with no love, I would want it just the way I had it. I grew up poor in material things but rich in love.
Since my father was never around long enough to teach me physical things or to play games with me, I didn't succeed in any competitive sport. My mother did her best as a substitute, throwing a ball with me in the lot behind our house, but it wasn't the same. She was too protective of me, and I didn't have enough confidence in my own abilities to really try anything physically demanding.
41. We can see from the story that the author is _____ his mother.
A) proud of
B) worried about
C) pitiful for
D) concerned about
42. "My mother never let herself get down" means _____.
A) she never got tired
B) she never felt sad
C) she never fell ill
D) she was never impatient
43. The author's mother often played games with him because _____.
A) his mother tended to protect him too much
B) his father was not good enough at sports
C) his father didn't have enough time to be with him
D) his mother was excellent at physical things
44. The story implies that the author's mother was least likely _____.
A) to be pleased with her role in the family
B) to make friends wherever she went
C) to do things which were to be done by her husband
D) to cry over difficulties in life
45. According to the author, a child won't be happy unless he _____.
A) enjoys love at home
B) gets enough to eat
C) lives with his parents
D) has a lot of clothes and toys
Part III Vocabulary and Structure
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentences. (10 points)
46. In fact, to make life _____ easier for themselves, some Americans prefer less demanding jobs, even with less pay.
A) somewhat B) somehow C) sometime D) somewhere
47. Human cloning has been the most controversial _____ in life sciences this year.
A) question B) issue C) problem D) trouble
48. We hope the measures to control water pollution, _____ taken by the government, will succeed.
A) that B) because C) since D) as
49. It is one thing to enjoy listening to good music, but it is quite _____ to perform skillfully yourself.
A) other thing
B) another
C) something
D) the other
50. The chemical works that has _____ the fertile fields faces billions of dollars in fines.
A) injured B) rotted C) spoiled D) upset
51. The first two items of this contract are especially _____ of notice.
A) worth B) worthy C) worthwhile D) worthless
52. What was intended as a peaceful demonstration rapidly _____ into violence.
A) caused B) resorted C) generated D) degenerated
53. "Do you want to see my ID card or student card?" "Oh, _____."
A) either one does well
B) each one is good
C) either one will do
D) each will be fine
54. The number of people invited to the party _____ two hundred, but a number of them _____ absent for various reasons.
A) were … was B) was … were C) was … was D) were … were
55. The two most common _____ in making a cake are flour and sugar.
A) elements B) factors C) components D) ingredients
56. We had to refuse the dinner invitation because of a _____ engagement.
A) primary B) preceding C) prior D) prevalent
57. On no _____ will you be allowed to drive after drinking alcohol.
A) occasion B) circumstance C) situation D) condition
58. The student was _____ his head and wondering how he could afford such an expensive computer.
A) scratching B) scraping C) screening D) screeching
59. The visitors were amazed to see so many _____ and precious treasures in the museum.
A) strange B) infrequent C) rare D) odd
60. In summer I like to go to the seaside. It _____ good to lie on the beach or swim in the cool sea.
A) feels B) does C) gets D) makes
61. The last ten years _____ tremendous changes in the city.
A) searched B) investigated C) witnessed D) overlooked
62. Mr. Jason is an _____ force ― he pushes his students to excel far beyond their own expectations.
A) excessive B) agreeable C) aggressive D) inspirational
63. Foreign tourists who have paid tax on things they have brought into the country can _____ it when they leave the country with them.
A) claim B) acclaim C) exclaim D) reclaim
64. _____ in thought, Mr. Smith almost ran into the car in front of him.
A) Losing B) Lost C) Having lost D) To lose
65. For the health of babies, breastfeeding is far superior _____ bottle-feeding.
A) to B) than C) beyond D) versus
Part IV Translation
Section A:
Directions: Read the following passage and translate the 5 underlined sentences into Chinese.
(5 points)
Two groups who want to clone human babies defended their efforts yesterday before a panel（专门小组）set up by the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. (66) But they failed to erase concerns raised by animal-cloning researchers, who believe attempts at human cloning are unethical and may lead to dead, deformed or ill infants.
(67) For a moment, many thought one would-be cloner had claimed her research group had cloned human embryos ― something researchers have avoided for ethical reasons.Brigitte Boisselier, who runs a human-cloning operation associated with a UFO-worshipping religious sect, made reference to cloned embryos while being questioned by one of the panel members about human cloning. (68) Later, she told a group of reporters she had been misunderstood: Her research team was working with cow embryos.
(69) The whole exchange was typical of those between would-be human cloners, the press and the panel: sound, fury and a lot of nothing. Often, the sideshow created by the would-be cloners seemed like it might take over the meeting.
Scientists at the meeting didn't doubt either group would try. (70) The chances of success appear relatively slim ― and it seems certain they would create a lot of pain and suffering.
66. __________________________________________________________________________
67. __________________________________________________________________________
68. __________________________________________________________________________
69. __________________________________________________________________________
70. __________________________________________________________________________
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will translate 5 sentences below into English. (10 points)
71. 上周，美国威胁要针对日本和俄罗斯在美国市场倾销钢材产品采取行动。
72. 在游览巴黎时有一个地方不能错过，那就是巴黎的咖啡馆。一些世界著名作家曾在这里写过他们的作品。
73. 居里夫人（Madame Curie）是第一个获得两次诺贝尔奖的人，一次在1903年，另一次在1911年。
74. 在美国，21岁以下的人买酒是非法的，向他们出售酒也是非法的。
75. 工业国家的人口约占世界人口的20%，但却消费了86%的铝（aluminium），81%的纸，80%的钢铁和76%的木材（timber）。
Part V Writing
Write a short passage (100~120 words) with the title: Drug Facts in the United States based on the outline and chart below. (10 points)
1. Do a brief analysis of the information shown in the chart;
2. Draw your own conclusion about the issue.
Drug Facts in the United State
答案：
2627282930
C A
D D B
3132333435
B C B D A
3637383940
C A A B D
4142434445
A B C D A
4647484950
A B D B C
5152535455
B D
C B D
5657585960
C A A C A
6162636465
C D D B A
66. 但他们未能消除从事动物克隆的研究人员提出的担忧，这些研究人员认为克隆人类的尝试是有悖伦理道德的，并可能导致死亡、畸形或患病的婴儿出生。
67. 一时间，许多人认为一位自称克隆者的声称说，她的研究小组已经克隆出了人类胚胎--这是研究人员出于伦理原因一直回避的事情。
68. 后来，她对一群记者说她的话被误解了：她的研究小组从事的是牛的胚胎的研究。
69. 在自称克隆者、新闻媒介和专门小组之间展开的整个交锋的特征是：喧闹、愤怒和许许多多空论。
70. 成功的可能性显得较为渺茫--不过似乎可以肯定的是他们会造成不少的痛苦和灾难。
71. Last week the USA threatened action against Japan and Russia for dumping steel products in the American market.
72. One place you can not miss while visiting Paris is its cafes, where some world-famous writers used to write their works.
73. Madame Curie was the first person ever to receive two Nobel Prizes, one in 1903 and the other in 1911.
74. In the United States, it is illegal for those under age 21 to buy alcohol, and illegal to sell alcohol to them.
75. People in industrial countries account for about 20% of world population, yet consume 86% of its aluminum, 81% of its paper, 80% of its iron and steel, and 76% of its timber.
洛基英语，中国在线英语教育领导品牌 全国大学英语四级全真模拟题（最新710分）文都教育提供 PARTⅠLISTENING COMPREHENSION (占总分的35%)(略) PART ⅡREADING COMPREHENSION (占总分的35%) Section A Reading Comprehension (占总分的25%) Directions:There are three 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 While traveling abroad,Mr.Jackson Frank ran short of money. So he wrote to his brother,asking for $500.“Send the money by telegram,”he wrote,“to the Fisher Bank in P…” After a week he began calling at the Fisher Bank.He showed his passport.“Nothing has come for you,”he was told.This went on for two weeks and Mr.Frank got very worried.He sent a telegram to his brother,asking where the money was.There was no reply,and no money arrived for him. In the fourth week Mr.Frank was arrested for failing to pay his hotel bill.His passport was taken from him.He tried to explain the problem,but no one believed him.He was sent to prison for six days. When he came out,he went immediately to the Fisher bank.The clerk he spoke to was a new man. “Have you received $500 for me?”he ask,“My name is Jackson Frank.”The clerk checked his books.“Yes,Jackson,it’s here.It came by telegram.—let me see—oh,more than two months ago.We wondered where you were.”He showed Mr.Frank the order. The order read:“Pay Mr.Frank Jackson the sum of $500...”“But my name is Jackson Frank,not Frank Jackson.” “Oh,that’s all right,sir.It was in our books under the letter‘J’,but it’s your money.”The clerk laughed,“A human mistake,sir!We’re all human beings,aren’t we?And so we all make mistakes.A family name like Frank sounds strange to me.” Mr Frank was silent.He really wanted to hit somebody.At last he said,“A human mistake——is that what you call it?I think some humans need kicking.” 35.Jackson didn’t just go to his brother and get some money because ____. A.he was afraid to see his brother
大学英语四级模拟题四 Part One Reading Comprehension (2’×10 = 20’) Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. 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 Air pollution can spread from city to city. It even spreads from one country to another. Some northern European countries have had “black snow”from pollutants that have traveled through the air from other countries and have fallen with the snow. So air pollution is really a global problem. Air pollution can kill babies, older people, and those who have respiratory（呼吸的）diseases. As found in cities, air pollution increases the risks of certain lung diseases. Air pollution can cause both airplane and car accidents because it cuts down visibility （能见度）. There are other possible health dangers from air pollution that we don’t know much about. For example, scientists are trying to find out whether chemicals that reach us from the air may cause changes in our cells. These changes might cause babies to be born with serious birth defects. Scientists are trying to learn how all the many chemicals are apt（易于的）to take into our bodies from air, water, food, and even medicines act together to affect our health and the way our bodies work. That is another reason why it is so important to begin to control pollution now instead of waiting until we learn all the answers. Air pollution costs us a lot of money. It corrodes（腐蚀）our buildings. It damages farm crops and forests. It has a destructive effect on our works of art. The cost of all this damage to our government is great. It would be much more worthwhile, both for us and for the government, to spend our tax dollars on air pollution control. 1. Air pollution may lead to airplane accidents because . A. it may cause pilots to be ill B. engines may fail from the air-borne dirt C. visibility is reduced D. it brings a lot of black snow 2. Scientists are trying to find a link between pollution and . A. intelligence levels B. birth problems C. man’s behavior D. the nervous system 3. Scientists have not yet determined . A. all of the effects of pollution on the human body B. how pollution can be controlled successfully C. when the atmosphere first became polluted D. how some snow becomes black 4. The author suggests that before air pollution becomes more serious, . A. factories will be forced to stop operating B. buildings should be protected C. the earth will begin to grow colder D. more money should be spent to solve the problem 5. We can conclude that . A. civilization may be ruined if pollution is not controlled B. pollution is more serious in Europe than it is in America C. most people do not know that pollution is a serious problem D. we should learn all the answers before we begin to control pollution Passage Two Stiletto heels could be banned from the workplace because of health and safety reasons, according to British Trade Union bosses. The Trade Union Congress, predominantly male, has proposed a motion arguing that high heels are disrespectful to women while they also contribute to long term injuries. They propose instead that women wear “sensible shoes”with an inch heel limit in an attempt to avoid future foot and back pain as well as injuries. The motion is due to be debated at next month’s conference. The motion states: “Congress believes high heels may look glamorous on the Hollywood catwalks but are completely in appropriate for the day-to-day working environment. Feet bear the burden of daily life, and for many workers prolonged standing, badly fitted footwear, and in particular high heels can be a hazard. Around two million days a year are lost through sickness as a result of lower limb disorders. Wearing high heels can cause long-term foot problems and also serious foot, knee and back pain and damaged joints. Many employers in the retail sector force women workers to wear high heels as part of their dress code. More must be done to raise awareness of this problem so that women workers and their feet are protected.” Nadline Dorries, the Tory Member of Parliament, however criticized the motion and said the extra height heels give women can help them when in the workplace. “I’m 5ft 3in and need every inch of my Christian Louboutin heels to look my male colleagues in the eye,”she said. “If high heels were banned in Westminster, no one would be able to find me. The Trade Union leaders need to get real, stop using obvious sexist tactics by discussing women’s
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Calculate for a moment what could be done with even a part of those hours. Five thousand hours, I am told, are what a typical college undergraduate spends working on a bachelor's degree. In 10,000 hours you could have learned enough to become an astronomer or engineer. You could have learned several languages fluently. If it appealed to you, you could be reading Homer in the original Greek or Dostoyevsky in Russian. If it didn't, you could have walked around the world and written a book about it. The trouble with television is that it discourages concentration. Almost anything interesting and rewarding in life requires some constructive, consistently applied effort. The dullest, the least gifted of us can achieve things that seem miraculous to those who never concentrate on anything. But Television encourages us to apply no effort. It sells us instant gratification(满意). It diverts us only to divert, to make the time pass without pain. Television's variety becomes a narcotic(麻醉的), nor a stimulus. Its serial, kaleidoscopic (万花筒般的)exposures force us to follow its lead. The viewer is on a perpetual guided tour: 30 minutes at the museum, 30 at the cathedral, 30 for a drink, then back on the bus to the next attraction—except on television., typically, the spans allotted arc on the order of minutes or seconds, and the chosen delights are more often car crashes and people killing one another. In short, a lot of television usurps(篡夺;侵占) one of the most precious of all human gifts, the ability to focus your attention yourself, rather than just passively surrender it. Capturing your attention—and holding it—is the prime motive of most television programming and enhances its role as a profitable advertising vehicle. Programmers live in constant fear of losing anyone's attention—anyone's. The surest way to avoid doing so is to keep everything brief, not to strain the attention of anyone but instead to provide constant stimulation through variety, novelty, action and movement. Quite
2017年大学英语四级快速阅读技巧 2017年大学英语四级的3个试题特点 大学英语四级的试题特点1. 题干中的细节信息往往反映文章的主旨和段落主题。通过快速地阅读题干中的若干细节信息，考生可以迅速了解原文的主旨大意。 大学英语四级的试题特点2. 题干提供的细节信息中往往暗含一些说明文或议论文所必需的逻辑关系，考生可以利用这种关系预先对一些表达进行排序，这对于解答信息匹配题有着非常重要的意义。 大学英语四级的试题特点3. 提干提供的信息表达中通常包括如下三类：能够指示开头段的词，如overview, introduction, initiation, main idea, definition 等;能够指示结尾段的词，如future, solution, conclusion, suggestion, summary 等;能够帮助考生回原文定位的特殊词，如rate, ration, proportion, percentage, number, figure, statistical demographics 等。 4.有些试题题干中的细节信息往往会和原文的其他某一题目联系密切，考生可通过先解答原文的其他题目来获得解答题目的线索和提示性信息。 2017年英语四级快速阅读的6个解题技巧 快速阅读的解题技巧(1) 判定词性时可以重点分析动词的时态，即哪几个是一般时，哪几个是过去时又或者是过去分词。 因为根据样题，它对考生不做选项改写要求，所以我们可以根据上下文时态对应的原则，给自己进一步缩小选择范围。
如果选项中出现指代词时，往往该选项不能放在首句，要注意指代成立的条件。 快速阅读的解题技巧(3) 如果选项中出现一组反义词时，往往有一个是干扰选项，它注重考察的是对于文章框架结构的理解，要求考生理解整篇文章的语境色彩。 快速阅读的解题技巧(4) 如果选项中出现一组近义词时，往往也有一个是干扰选项，它注重考察的是词汇的精确理解，要求考生分析清楚其细微的区别。 快速阅读的解题技巧(5) 如果选项为连词时，要关注上下句内在的逻辑关系。常见的逻辑关系有：因果，并列平行，递进，强对比，前后意思一致等。 快速阅读的解题技巧(6) 要有总体观，不必按顺序作题。先把自己最有把握的词选出，然后删除该选项，为吃不准的选项缩小选择范围。 2017年快速判定英语四级文章主题3个技巧 快速判定主题的技巧(1) 读文章时重点关注文章的首段和首末句。按照西方人习惯性的思维方式和写作习惯，他们惯用的是演绎法：即文章一开始先扔出自己的核心观点，然后具体一步步论证。 根据统计，每一段的第一句、第二句和最后一句话为本段的主题句的概率分别为50%、20%、20%，三句话成为主题句的概率超过九成，当然也就成为我们阅读的重中之重。
洛基英语，中国在线英语教育领导品牌 Model Test 1 Part One Listening Comprehension 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 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 line through the centre. Example： You will hear： 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 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. 1. A） She is not interested in the article. B） She has given the man much trouble. C） She would like to have a copy of the article. D） She doesn't want to take the trouble to read the article. 2. A） He saw the big tower he visited on TV~ B） He has visited the TV tower twice. C） He has visited the TV tower once. D） He will visit the TV tower in June. 3. A） The woman has trouble getting along with the professor. B） The woman regrets having taken up much of the professor's time. C） The woman knows the professor has been busy. D） The woman knows the professor has run into trouble. 4. A） He doesn't enjoy business trips as much as he used to. B） He doesn't think he is capable of doing the job. C） He thinks the pay is too low to support his family, D） He wants to spend more time with his family. 5. A） The man thought the essay was easy. B） They both had a hard time writing the essay. C） The woman thought the essay was easy. D） Neither of them has finished the assignment yet. 6. A） In the park. B） Between two buildings C） In his apartment. D） Under a huge tree. 7. A） It's awfully dull. B） It's really exciting.
大学英语四级阅读理解模拟题 The most frightening words in the English language are, "Our computer is down. " You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, "I' m sorry, I can' t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down. " "If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket. " "I can' t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so. " I looked down on the computer and every passenger .was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, "What do all you people do?" "We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not. " "So when it goes down, you go down with it. " "That' s good, sir. " "How long will the computer be down?" I wanted to know. "I have no idea. Sometimes it' s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There' s no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it' s down it won' t answer us. "
大学英语四级快速阅读技巧 15分钟做完，先看小标题（现只看2-3个，多了也记不住），再通过1-7 小题的题干的名词、动词找出原句来做， 特别注意： 做题顺序，先看文章标题，直到文章主要内容，然后看第一小题，在小题部分的定位词先圈出来，在回原文找。找到第一小题后，再看第二小题。看一个题，作一个；不要把文章看完再做题，或题看完再读文章。 特别注意：比较容易定位的词是： A. 不能用中心思想词定位，因为整篇文章都说的是它。 B. 时间、数字、地点、大写字母的单词容易定位。 C. 比较长，难的名词容易定位，好找。 D. 定位词找2-3个就行，多了也记不住。最好是位置不同的两个词。 一般判断N0和NG的标准如下: NO题: (l)信息与原文相反 (2)将原文信息张冠李戴 (3)将原文中不确定的或未经证实的内容作为正确的或客观的来表述 (4)改变原文的条件、范围、频率、可能性等 NG题: (l)无中生有 (2)以个别代替整体，即将原文所举例子的特殊现象推广为普遍现象 (3)随意比较原文中提到的两个事物 (4)将原文具体化，即题目中涉及的范围小于原文涉及的范围 (5)原文中作者或某个人物的目标、目的、愿望、誓言等内容，在题目中作为客观事实陈述 Promote Learning and Skills for Young People and Adults This goal places the emphasis on the learning needs of young people and adults in the context of lifelong learning. It calls for fair access to learning programs that are appropriate, and mentions life skills particularly.
2019 大学英语四级听力考试全真模拟题(3) Passage Three Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. [A] Diet. [B]Weight control. [C]Aerobic exercise. [D]Eating habits and exercise. 33. [A] Nuts. [B]Sugar. [C]Vegetable oil. [D]Dairy products. 34. [A] Forty or fifty minutes of exercise once a week. [B]Twenty or thirty minutes of exercise every day. [C]Fifteen or twenty minutes of exercise five days a week. [D]Thirty or forty minutes of exercise three or four days a week. [B]Indirect fat. [C]Body fluid. [D]Fat.
Section C Today, students who want to learn English in the US have a wide choice of courses and institutions to (36)______from. And, because the US is such a big country, they also have a huge (37) ______of locations in which to study. The US has a long (38) ______of teaching English because, (39) ______its history, the country has welcomed (40) ______from all over the world, most of whom have needed to learn English. Today, the US ’s English language teaching sector is well developed and its teachers are highly qualified and (41) ______American universities and colleges welcome many thousands of (42) ______students each year, who (43) ______on degree or post graduate courses. (44) ___________________________________________. These courses are called Intensive English Language Progmp3s and (45) ________________________. In addition to language tuition, Intensive English Language Progmp3s give students (46) ____________________________________________. 答案及解析： Section C 36.【解析】 choose。根据本空前的动词不定式小品词 to 及空后的介词 from 可知，本空中应填一原形动词。所填词与from 构成固定搭配，并且是名词choice 的同根词复现。 37.【解析】 variety 。a (considerable, great, wide)variety of 为习惯用语，表示“各种各样的 , 种类繁多的”。 38.【解析】 tradition 。从空格前的 a long 和空格后的介词 of 能够推断此处应填一名词。空后的 history 对所填词起一定的提示作 用。
最牛英语口语培训模式：躺在家里练口语，全程外教一对一，三个月畅谈无阻！ 洛基英语，免费体验全部在线一对一课程：https://www.doczj.com/doc/1914742245.html,/ielts/xd.html（报名网址）Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. Material culture refers to what can be seen, held, felt, used -what a culture produces. Examining a culture’s tools andtechnology can tell us about the group’s history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of mus ic can help us to understand the music-culture. The most vivid body of material culture in it, of course, are musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph (留声机) was invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about music-cultures in the remote past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence: instruments well preserved and instruments pictured in art. Through the study of instruments, as well as paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Near East to China over a thousand years ago, or we can outline the spread of Near Eastern influence to Europe that resulted in the development of most of the instruments in the symphony orchestra（交响乐）. Sheet music（乐谱）or printed music, too, is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music-cultures as those in which people learn and sing music by earrather than from print, but research shows mutual influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain, and America. Printed versions limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation（乐谱）has a far-reaching effect on musicians and, when it becomes widespread, on the music-culture as a whole. One more important part of music’s material culture should be singled out: the influence of the electronic media-radio, record player, tape recorder, television, and videocassette, with the future promising talking and singing computers a nd other developments. This is all part of the “information revolution”, a twentieth-century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution was in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modern nations; they have affected music-cultures all over the globe. 31. Research into the material culture of a nation is of great importance because ____. A) it helps produce new cultural tools and technology B) it can reflect the development of the nation C) it helps understand the nation’s past and present D) it can demonstrate the nation’s civilization 32. It can be learned from this passage that ____. A) the existence of the symphony was attributed to the spread of Near Eastern and Chinese music