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大学英语(论坛)四级考试（CET 4）
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Part ⅠWriting (30 minutes)
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Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quic kly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the b est answer from the choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8 to10, com plete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Using the mind to fight diseases
Psychology has a new application in the field of medicine. Many doctors, toget her with their
patients, are looking for alternative methods of treatment of physical problems. In large hospitals and research centers, modern methods of therapy seem to focu s on the physical disease without considering the patients' mental state. Patients m ay feel that they are being treated impersonally, like broken machines. Some docto rs have recognized this as a problem. They are now using psychological therapy w ith patients to use their own minds to fight their diseases. Because the patient is working with the medicine and the doctors against the disease, his or her attitude changes. The patient does not wait for the medicine and treatment to cure him or her, but instead the patient joins in the fight.
Mental therapy
The doctor knows that a disease affects a patient's body physically. The body of the patient (in this case, a man) changes because of the disease. He is not o nly physically affected, but as the physician knows, he also has an emotional resp onse to the disease. Because his mind is affected, his attitude and behavior chang e. The medical treatment might cure the patient's physical problems, but the patient 's mind must fight the emotional ones. For example, the studies of one doctor, Car
l Simonton, M. D., have shown that a typical cancer patient (in this case, a woma n) has predictable attitudes. She typically feels depressed, upset, and angry. Her s elf-image is poor and she feels self-pity. As a result, her behavior changes. Becau se of her constant depression, she acts unfriendly toward her family, friends, doctor s, and nurses. Such attitudes and behaviors prevent the patient from getting well. Therefore, a doctor's treatment must help the patient change her attitudes. Simonto n's method emphasizes treatment of the whole patient by treating both the body an d the mind.
The attitude of a cancer patient who is receiving radiation therapy, an X-ray tr eatment, can become more positive. The physician who is following Simonton's psy chological treatment plan suggests that the patient imagine that he or she can see the tumor（肿瘤）in the body. In the mental picture, the patient "sees" a powerful beam of radiation like a million bullets of energy. The patient imagines the beam hi tting the tumor cells and causing them to shrink. For another cancer patient, Dr. Si monton might make another suggestion. This patient, with a different kind of cancer, needs to take capsules and pills several times a day. The doctor asks the patient to imagine the medicine going from the stomach into the bloodstream and to the cancer cells. The patient imagines that the medicine is like an army fighting the dis eased cells and sees the cancer cells gradually dying. His or her blood carries aw ay the dead cells. Both the medical therapy and the patient's positive attitude fight the disease.
Doctors are not certain why this mental therapy works. However, this use of p sychology does help some patients because their attitudes about themselves chang
e. They become more confident because they use the power within their own mind s to help stop the disease.
Suggestion therapy
Another application of using the mind to help cure disease is the use of sugg estion therapy. Before making the suggestion, the doctor helps the patient to conce ntrate deeply. The patient (in this case, a man)thinks only about one thing. He bec omes so unaware of other things around him that he seems to be asleep. He is s aid to be in a trance （催眠状态）. Then the physician makes "a suggestion" to the patient about the medical problem. The patient's mind responds to the suggestion even after the patient is no longer in the trance.. In this way, the patient uses his mind to help his body respond to treatment.
Suggestion therapy helpful for both adults and children
Doctors have learned that this use of psychology is helpful for both adults and children. For example, physicians have used suggestion to help adults deal with t he strong pain of some disease. Furthermore, sometimes the adult patient(in this c ase, a woman) worries about her illness so much That the anxiety keeps her from getting well. The right suggestions may help the patient to stop being anxious. Su ch treatment may help the patient with a chronic（慢性的）diseases. Asthma （哮喘）is an example of a chronic disorder. Asthma is a disease that causes the patient t o have difficulty in breathing. The patient starts to cough and sometimes has to fig ht to get the air that he or she needs. Psychology can help relieve the symptoms of this disorder. After suggestion therapy, the asthma patient breathes more easily.
Physicians have learned that the psychological method is very useful in treatin g children. Children respond quickly to the treatment because they are fascinated b y it. For example, Dr. Basil R. Collison has worked with 121 asthmatic children in Sydney, Australia, and had good results. Twenty-five of the children had excellent r esults. They were able to breathe more easily, and they did not need medication. Another forty-three were also helped. The symptoms of the asthma occurred less fr equently, and when they did, they were not as strong. Most of the children also fel t better about themselves. Doctors have also used suggestion to change habits like nail-biting, thumb-sucking, and sleep-related problems.
Response from the medical world
Many professional medical groups have accepted the medical use of psycholo gy because they recognize its value. Nobody knows how suggestion works; howeve r, doctors have learned that psychology has important applications in medicine.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A) How to use the mind against disease.
B) How modern methods of therapy focuses on the physical disease.
C) Response from the medical world.
D) How suggestion therapy benefits to adults and children.
2. How does psychological therapy work?
A) The patient waits for the medicine and treatment to cure him.
B) The doctor uses medical treatment to cure the patient's problems.
C) The doctor, the medicine, and the patient work together to fight disease.
D) The patient uses his minds to cure himself.
3. What can we learn from the studies of Carl Simonton, M. D.?
A) The medical treatment can cure the patient's mental disease.
B)The treatment of a patient by treating the body and the mind is necessary.
C)The mental treatment is more important than medical treatment.
D)Few patients have emotional response to the disease.
4. The use of psychological therapy is helpful to some patients in that .
A) the medical effect is better with psychological therapy than without it
B) the patients can see a powerful beam of radiation hitting their tumor cells
C) the patients' attitudes towards themselves have changed
D) the patients are easy to accept the methods the doctors use to treat them
5. , the patient can use his mind to help his body respond to treatment.
A) In medical treatment
B) In mental therapy
C) In the tumor operation
D) In suggestion therapy
6. It can be learned from the passage that suggestion therapy cannot be used to .
A) help adults deal with the strong pain of some diseases
B) help the patients with chronic diseases
C) help change bad habits like nail-biting, thumb-sucking, and sleep-related pr oblems
D) help patient overcome insomnia
7. According to the passage, which of the following remains unknown so far?
A) Many doctors have recognized the psychological value
B) Suggestion therapy is helpful for both adults and children
C) Medical researchers have known how suggestion works
D) Doctors have learned that psychology is important in medical treatment
注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上作答；8－10题在答题卡1上。
catalogue.
B) At the Reference Desk.
C) In The New York Times .
D) In the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature .
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer
from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding lett er on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2 上作答。
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) Synthetic fuel. C) Alcohol.
B) Solar energy. D) Electricity.
27. A) Air traffic conditions. C) Road conditions.
B) Traffic jams on highways. D) New traffic rules.
28. A) Go through a health check. C) Arrive early for boarding.
B) Take little luggage with them. D) Undergo security checks.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. A) Beauty. C) Luck.
B) Loyalty. D) Durability.
30. A) He wanted to follow the tradition of his country.
B) He believed that it symbolized an everlasting marriage.
C) It was thought that a blood vessel in that finger led directly to the heart.
D) It was supposed that the diamond on that finger would bring good luck.
31. A) The two people can learn about each other's likes and dislikes.
B) The two people can have time to decide if they are a good match.
C) The two people can have time to shop for their new home.
D) The two people can earn enough money for their wedding.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A) Because there are no signs to direct them.
B) Because no tour guides are available.
C) Because all the buildings in the city look alike.
D) Because the university is everywhere in the city.
33. A) They set their own exams. C) They award their own degrees.
B) They select their own students. D) They organize their own laboratory work.
34. A) Most of them have a long history.
B) Many of them are specialized libraries.
C) They house more books than any other university library.
D) They each have a copy of every book published in Britain.
35. A) Very few of them are engaged in research.
B) They were not awarded degrees until 1948.
C) They have outnumbered male students.
D) They were not treated equally until 1881.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the pas sage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. Whe n the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks n umbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have heard. For blanks numbere d from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blank s, 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, yo u should check what you have written.
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Part ⅣReading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are require d to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank fo llowing the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choic es. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the correspondin g letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Yo u may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上作答
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the fallowing passage.
Have you ever known anyone famous? If so, you may have found that they a re remarkably similar to the rest of us. You may have even heard them __47__ to people saying there is anything different about them. “I’m really just a normal guy,”__48__ an actor who has recently rocketed into the spotlight. There is, of course, usually a brief period when they actually start to believe they are as great as thei r __49__ fans suggest. They start to wear __50__ clothes and talk as if everyone should hear what they have to say. This period, however, does not often last long. They fall back to reality as fast as they had __51__ risen above it all. What will i t feel like to soar to such __52__ and look down like an eagle from up high on e veryone else? And what will it feel like to have flown so high only to __53__ from your dream and realize you; are only human? Some only see the __54__ in losin g something they had gained. They often make __55__ attempts to regain what th ey lost. Often these efforts result in even greater pain. Some become __56__ finan cially and emotionally. The only real winners are those who are happy to be back on the ground with the rest of us.
A) desperate
B) disappointing
C) cruelty
D) bankrupt
E) fancy
F) protects
G) altitude
H) similarly
I) wake
J) contest
K) object
L) worshipping
M) dignity
N) originally
O) protests
Section B
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 c orresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上作答。
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
A detailed and thorough research project undertaken by the Open University r ecently reported that their evidence appears to show that competition between near by schools does not significantly improve academic standards. Indeed, their report i
nclines to the opposite outcome; the exam results may actually decline where com petition is fiercest.
When the further education sector was " privatized" a few years ago, competiti on between colleges became truly fierce, at least in urban areas where potential st udents could choose between several of them. Colleges appointed highly paid mark eting directors and gave them large budgets; some even "bribed" interested student s with promises of hundreds of pounds if they completed certain courses satisfactor ily.
Fully competitive markets being a philosophical foundation of Britain's recent g overnments, it was no surprise to hear claims that many educational developments of the 1990s would move us towards a free market in secondary education---givin g youngsters and their parents a free choice of where to study. However, the seco ndary sector did not become particularly competitive while, admittedly, the consume rs have been given more information, which is one aspect of a truly free market. It is very rare that two nearby schools with at least some empty places are similar enough to be comparable yet different enough to be rankable; only where that occ urs can there be true competition.
The Open University research was probably not flawed---but its conclusions ar e. This is because the team did not really compare areas having true competition (as just defined) with areas that do not.
But, let us all breathe a sigh of relief. Secondary schools had started of late t o move in the marketing direction----considering allocating scarce resources of staff and money to persuading the pupils that their schools are the best in the area. N
o schools could afford to do that properly, so it is a relief to realize this research t ells us we don't have to.
Competition? We haven't got time for it! Let's spend our small budget in teach ing and learning, not in competing and marketing.
57. It is indicated in the passage that competition between schools results in .
A) higher enrollment rate
B) lower academic standard
C) higher marketing expenses
D) privatization of further education
58. Real competition can happen only when .
A) academic standard is improved
B) there are comparable schools with different educational qualities
C) students have different interests
D) schools of all areas have sufficient budget for their development
59. According to the passage, the free market in secondary education .
A) only provides consumers with more information
B) is more competitive than the higher education market
C) means there will be more intensive competition than in colleges
D) is a real surprise to Britain's recent government
60. The author of the passage feels relieved that .
A) secondary schools have to market themselves
B) most secondary schools have scarce resources of staff and money
C) the research by Open University proves that most secondary schools are t he best in its area
D) schools needn't prove that they are the best
61. What might be the author's attitude towards competitions between nearby schools?
A) The author is in favor of various kinds of competition.
B) The author is indifferent to any competition and its result.
C) The author is not certain of the effect of competitions.
D) The author is against inter-collegiate competitions.
Passage 2
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
Going online is a favorite recreation for millions of American children. Almost1 0 million (14 percent) of America's 69 million children are online. The Internet both entertains and educates children, however, there are some possible negative cons equences for children who access kid-based Web sites. Advertising on kid-based W eb sites has become both a rapidly growing market for consumer companies and a concern for parents. With a click on an icon, children can link to advertisers and be granted tremendous spending power. Children are an important target group for
consumer companies. Children under age 12 spent $14 billion, teenagers another $67 billion, and together they influenced $160 billion of their parents' income.
Many critics question the appropriateness of targeting children in Internet adver tising and press to require that children be treated as a "special case" by advertise rs. Because children lack the analytical abilities and judgment of adults, they may be unable to evaluate the accuracy of information they view, or understand that the information they provide to advertisers is really just data collected by an advertiser. Children generally lack the ability to reject the release of personal Information to a n advertiser, an even greater problem for children when they are offered incentives (刺激)for providing personal information, or when personal information is required b efore they are allowed to register for various services. Children may not realize tha t in many cases these characters provide hotlinks directly to advertising sites.
The Internet does present some challenges for advertisers who want to be eth ical in their
marketing practices. Many advertisers argue that we underestimate（低估）the l evels of media
awareness shown by children. By the age of seven or eight most children can recognize an advertisement and know that its purpose is to sell something and ar e able to make judgments about the products shown in advertisements. However, t his somewhat optimistic and decidedly libertarian view of children runs aground wh en we realize that they are (like a surprising number of adults) unable to judge ac curately between entertainment and advertising. Adults can fend for themselves but,
as marketers, we should be explicit（明确的）about our purpose when advertising to children on the Internet.
62. According to the first paragraph, children as an Internet market .
A) are becoming increasingly rational
B) are using Internet at an earlier and earlier age
C) have created a growing advertising market
D) are overtaking the adult market due to their spending power
63. Targeting children for advertising is controversial because children .
A) are unable to analyze and judge advertisements
B) are unable to cooperate since they are too young
C) often give off information that may be dangerous to them.
D)are not ready to evaluate advertisements or information requests
64. Many advertisers defend the targeting of children because .
A) no actual sales take place
B ) it is up to parents to monitor their children
C) children understand what an advertisement is trying to do
D)children are provided a game in return for the information
65. One reason why children are unable to resist giving personal information o n the Internet is
that .
A) they feel they must follow an adult's orders
B) it is presented in connection with entertainment
C) they do not know that the information is going to be read by someone
D) due to their inability to distinguish an advertisement from a non-advertisem ent
66. In the passage the author wants his marketers to understand that .
A) advertising to children must stop
B) a libertarian view in advertising is unethical
C) advertising to children must have a clear purpose
D) children must be treated differently when advertising
Part V Cloze (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 sh ould choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上作答。
We are living in the age of a tele- communications revolution. In order to kee p from getting _67_ many developing countries are making an intensive effort to st rengthen their telecommunications infrastructure.（基础设施）This will help them _6
8_ the developed countries. It was, after all, advanced tele- communications_69_ g ave some countries an
economic advantage _70_ others during the 20th century. There is one place that developing nations are _71_ improve upon. That is enabling their citizens and businesses to get _72_ to the Web. They are installing advanced optical fibers. Th ese fibers, a millimeter in _73_ can bring the information super-highway to their door. The _74_ investments that countries like Vietnam are making m ay seem too great because they still lack basic_75_, like electricity and water. How ever, government officials say that these moves are _76_. They
are also confident that their countries will _77_ the benefits. They will benefit f rom having more _78_ and up-to-date telecommunications
equipment and gaining more _79_. One Vietnamese leader said, "It is underst andable that people want to _80_ their immediate
problems first. Still, our entire future is _81_.
People don't always understand the _82_ of the problem, though." He continu ed, "There are problems with using the antique communications equipment. And if we continue to use such old equipment, the _83_ between us and the developed world will continue to widen. _84_ have to be made now so that our children will have a country with opportunities equal _85_ those they see in the developed world." It will not be far _86_ they can cruise alongside Americans and Western Europeans on the information superhighway.
67. A) left out B) left alone
C) left behind D) left off
68. A) make up for B) stand up to
C) get involved in D) catch up with
69. A) that B) what
C) where D) which
70. A) above B) over
C) than D) with
71. A) looking up B) looking to
C) looking for D) looking into
72. A) assistance B) approval
C) access D) asset
73. A) circle B) length
C) round D) diameter
74. A) partial B) initial
C) potential D) influential
75. A) appliances B) standards
C) utilities D) conveniences
76. A) temporary B) magic
C) logic D) strategic
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
2017年12月大学英语四级考试真题及答案（第一套）Part I Writing （25 minutes） Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short easy on how to best handle the relationship between doctors and patients. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening Comprehension （25 minutes） Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard. 1. A) Her friend Erika. C) Her grandfather. B) Her little brother. D) Her grandmother. 2. A) By taking pictures for passers-by. C) By selling lemonade and pictures. B) By working part time at a hospital. D) By asking for help on social media. Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. A) Finding cheaper ways of highway construction. B) Generating electric power for passing vehicles. C) Providing clean energy to five million people. D) Testing the efficiency of the new solar panel. 4. A) They can stand the wear and tear of natural elements. B) They can be laid right on top of existing highways. C) They are only about half an inch thick. D) They are made from cheap materials. Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard. 5. A) Endless fighting in the region. C) Inadequate funding for research. B) The hazards from the desert. D) The lack of clues about the species. 6. A) To observe the wildlife in the two national parks. B) To identify the reasons for the lions’ disappearance. C) To study the habitat of lions in Sudan and Ethiopia.
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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
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未得到监考老师指令前，不得翻阅该试题册! Part 1 Writing (30 minutes) (请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and them comment on this kind of modern life. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. THIS MODERN LIFE: WORK HOME PLAY SLEEP 请用黑色签字笔在答题卡1指定区域作答作文题，在试题册上的作答无效。
Part II Listening Comprehension (30minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will bear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each questions there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B),C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 1 with a single line through the center. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答 1. A) He is pleased to sit on the committee C) He will tell the woman his decision later B) He is willing to offer the woman a hand D) He would like to become a club member 2. A) Their planned trip to Vancouver is obviously overpriced B) They should borrow a guide book instead of buying one C ) The guide books in the library have the latest information D) The library can help order guide books about Vancouver 3. A) He regrets having taken the history course B) He finds little interests in history books
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.
大学英语四级历年真题及答案（经典版） 2012年6月英语四级 Part ⅠWriting (30minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Excessive Packaging following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 1.目前许多商品存在过度包装的现象 2.出现这一现象的原因 3.我对这一现象的看法和建议 On Excessive Packaging Part ⅡReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet 1. 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. Small Schools Rising This year's list of the top 100 high schools shows that today, those with fewer students are flourishing. Fifty years ago, they were the latest thing in educational reform: big, modern, suburban high schools with students counted in the thousands. As baby boomers(二战后婴儿潮时期出生的人) came of high-school age, big schools promised economic efficiency. A greater choice of courses, and, of course, better football teams. Only years later did we understand the trade-offs this involved: the creation of excessive bureaucracies(官僚机构)，the difficulty of forging personal connections between teachers and students.SAT scores began dropping in 1963;today,on average,30% of students do not complete high school in four years, a figure that rises to 50% in poor urban neighborhoods. While the emphasis on teaching to higher, test-driven standards as set in No Child Left Behind resulted in significantly better performance in elementary(and some middle)schools, high schools for a variety of reasons seemed to have made little progress. Size isn't everything, but it does matter, and the past decade has seen a noticeable countertrend toward smaller schools. This has been due ,in part ,to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has invested $1.8 billion in American high schools, helping to open about 1,000 small schools-most of them with about 400 kids each with an average enrollment of only 150 per grade, About 500 more are on the drawing board. Districts all over the country are taking notice, along with mayors in cities like New York, Chicago and
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大学英语四级考试模拟试题 Model Test Five Part ⅠListening Comprehension Directions: This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. Choose the correct answer---A, B, C or D, and then, mark your answer by writing the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Section A (C) 11. A) He will only be available in the afternoon. B) It’s not his office hour. C) He doesn’t have time. D) He is too tired after class. (A) 12. A) The woman insists on going out. B) The woman doesn’t like watching TV. C) The man promised her a gift on her birthday. D) The man is too tired to go out. (B) 13. A) There are too many courses offered to
2016年12月大学英语四级真题（第一套） Part I Writing (30minutes) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. Suppose you have two options upon graduation: one is to take a job in a company and the other to go to a graduate school. You are to make a choice between the two. Write an essay to explain the reasons for your choice. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 1and 2 are based on the news report you have just the heard. 1. A) It was going to be renovated. C) It was dangerous to live in. B) He could no longer pay the rent. D) He had sold it to the royal family. 2. A) A storm. C) A forest fire. B) A strike. D) A Terrorist attack. Questions 3and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. A) They lost contact with the emergency department. B) They were injured by suddenly falling rocks. C) They sent calls for help via a portable radio. D) They were trapped in an underground elevator. 4. A) They provided the miner with food and water.
2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题及答案(完整版) Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: You should write atleast 120 words but no more than 180 words. Supposea foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown, what is the mostinteresting place you would like to take him/her to see and why? Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Questions 36 to 45 are based onthe following passage. Global warming is a trend towardwarmer conditions around the world. Part of the warming is natural; we haveexperienced a 20,000 -year -long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice 36 away.However, we have already reached temperatures that are in 37 withother minimum-ice periods, so continued warming is likely not natural. We are 38 toa predicted worldwide increase in temperatures 39 between 1℃and 6℃over the next 100 years. The warming will be more 40 in some areas, less in others, and some placesmay even cool
2017年6月大学英语四级真题及答案(三) Part I Writing (30 minutes) (请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell some of the course books you used at college. Your advertisement may include a brief description of their content,their condition ,their price and your contact information. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) 说明：2017年6月大学英语四级考试全国共考了两套听力.本套的听力内容与第二套相同，因此本套听力部分不再重复给出。 Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices, Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage. As if you needed another reason to hate the gym, it now turns out that exercise can exhaust not only your muscles, but also your eyes. Fear not, however, for coffee can stimulate them again. During (26)_______ exercise, our muscles tire as they run out of fuel and build up waste products. Muscle performance can also be affected by a (27)_______ called "central fatigue,” in which an imbalance in the