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大学四级模拟题

大学英语四级考试模拟试卷（五）

PartⅠWriting

Directions:

Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessayentitledCheatingonCampus.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelowinChinese:

1．在大学里存在着考试作弊的现象；

2．你是怎么看待这一现象的；

3．如何才能制止这种现象。

PartⅡReadingComprehension（SkimmingandScanning）

Directions:

Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.

HowShouldYouBuildUpYourVocabulary

Exactlywhatdoyoudoduringanormalday?

Howdoyouspendyourtime?

PaulT.Rankinverymuchwantedananswertothatquestion.Togetit,heaskedsixty-eightindividualstokeepanaccurate,detailedrecordofwhattheydideveryminuteoftheirwakinghours.Whenheconsolidated（巩固）hisfindings,hediscoveredthattheaverageindividualspent70percentofhiswakingtimedoingonethingonly--communication.Thatmeanteitherreading,writing,speakingorlistening.

PutthatevidencealongsideoftheresearchfindingsuncoveredbytheHumanEngineeringLaboratories.Inexploringaptitudesandcareersinvolving,amongotherthings,datafrom30,000vocabularytestsgivenyearly,theydiscoveredthatbigincomesandbigvocabulariesgotogether.Vocabulary,morethananyotherfactoryetknown,predictsfinancialsuccess.

Anditallfits.Eachwordyouaddtoyourvocabularymakesyouabetterreader,writer,speakerandlistener.Furthermore,linguisticscientistsarequicktopointoutthatweactuallythinkwithwords.Ifthatisso,newwordsmakeusbetterthinkersaswellascommunicators.Nowondermorewordsarelikelytomeanmoremoney.Whatbetterreasonforbeginningrightnowtoextendyourvocabulary?

Takereading.Whatexactlydoyouread?

Commonsensesaysyoureadwords.Researchconfirmsthatfact."Vocabularyincontext"contributes39percenttocomprehension.That'smorethananyotherfactorisolatedandstudied--evenmorethanintelligence.And"worddiscrimination"contributesmoretospeedofreadingthananyotherfactor--28percent.Inshort,youreffortstoimprovevocabularywillpayoffinbothcomprehensionandspeed.

Suppose,asyou'rereadingalong,youlumtebsacrossastrangeword.Didyoufindyourselfstoppingforacloserlookatlumtebs?

Pardonthespellingslip.That'sactuallythewordstumble（偶然发现）.Theletterjustgotmixedaround.Obviouslyyounowknowthatstrangewordsdoslowyoudown--orevenstopyoucompletely.Furthermore,strangewordshinder（妨碍）comprehension.Whichiseasiertounderstand,"eschewgarrulity"or"avoidingtalkingtoomuch"?

Whatyouneedisavital,dynamicapproachtovocabularybuilding.Hybrid（混合种）corncombinesthebestqualitiesofseveralvarietiestoensuremaximumproductivity.Ahybridapproachtovocabularyshould,inthesameway,ensuremaximumresults.That'swhyyoushouldusetheCPDformula.

ThroughContext

Whenstudentsinacollegeclasswereaskedwhatshouldbedonewhentheycameacrossanunknownwordintheirreading,84percentsaid,"Lookitupinthedictionary."Ifyoudo,however,youshort-circuittheverymentalprocessesneededtomakeyoureffortsmostproductive.

Butthere'sanotherreason.Supposesomeoneasksyouwhatthewordfastmeans.Youanswer,"speedyorswift".Butdoesitmeanthatinsuchcontextsas"fastcolor","fastwoman",or"fastfriend"?

Andifahorseisfast,isitsecurelytiedorgalloping（飞驰）attopspeed?

Itcouldbeeither.Italldepends.Onthedictionary?

No,oncontext--onhowthewordisactuallyused.Afterall,thereareovertwentydifferentmeaningsforfastinthedictionary.Butthedictionarydoesn'ttellyouwhichmeaningisintended.That'swhyitmakessuchgoodsensetobeginwithcontext.

ThroughWordParts

Nowforthenextstep.Oftenunfamiliarwordscontainoneormoreparts,which,ifrecognized,providedefinitehelpwithmeaning.Supposeyoureadthatsomeone"hadapredilectionforreadingmysteries".Thecontextcertainlyisn'ttoohelpful.Butdoyouseeaprefix,suffixorrootthatyouknow?

Well.there'sthefamiliarprefixpre-,meaning"before".Lookbackatthecontextandtryinserting"before".Readingmysteriesapparentlycomes"before"otherkindsofreading.Yes,apre-dilection--orpreference--issomethingput"before"somethingelse.

Ortakethewordmonolithic.Trytoisolatetheparts.Thereistheprefixmono-,meaning"one",andtherootlith,meaning"stone".Finally,there'sthesuffix-ic,meaning"consistingof".Thosethreepartsadduptothisdefinition:

"consistingofonestone".

Tospeedupyouruseofwordparts,youwillbeintroducedtothefourteenmostimportantwordsintheEnglishlanguage.Theprefixandrootelementsinthosefewwordsarefoundinover14,000wordsofdeskdictionarysize.Withthoseamazinglyusefulshortcuts,youcanbuildvocabulary,notasnail'space,onewordatatime,butingiantstrides,uptoathousandwordsatatime.

Yoursecondstep,then,istolookforfamiliarwordparts.Iftheydonotgiveyouexactmeanings,theyshouldatleastbringyoumuchcloser.

ThroughtheDictionary

Nowyoucanseewhyyoushouldconsultthedictionarylast,notfirst.You'velookedcarefullyatthecontext.You'velookedforfamiliarwordparts.NowyouplaySherlockHolmes--anexcitingrole.Youhypothesize.Inlightofcontextorwordparts,youtrytosolveamystery.Whatexactlydoesthatstrangewordmean?

Onlyafteryougothroughthementalgymnasticstocomeupwithatentativedefinitionshouldyouopenthedictionarytoseeifyou'reright.

Afterall,thosefirsttwostepsorapproachessparkastrongerthanusualinterestinthatdictionarydefinition.You'renowpersonallyinvolved.Didyoufigureoutthewordmeaning?

Yourheightenedinterestwillleadtoabettermemoryofbothwordandmeaning.Italsoencouragesyourdevelopmentofthehabitsneededtoaccelerateyourprogress.Andwhenyouseeinblackandwhitethedefinitionyouhadexpected,whatafeelingofaccomplishmentisyours.Inthatway,theCPDFormulaprovidestheexactdynamicinterplayofapproachesformaximumeffectiveness.

Well,thereitis,yournewformula--Context,Parts,Dictionary.Useit!

Theexercisesthatfollowwillgiveyouspecific,step-by-stephelpinsharpeningyourawarenessofcontextualclues,learningthemostusefulwordparts,andusingthedictionarywithincreasedaccuracyandease.Theresultswillbelikethemoneyinthebank.

1.What'sthepurposeofthisarticle?

A）Toteachreadershowtoenlargetheirvocabulary.

B）ToexplainthemeaningoftheCPDformula.

C）Tointroducesomeresearchfindingsoncommunication.

D）Toencouragereaderstothrowtheirdictionariesaway.

2.WhatdidPaulT.Rankinfindabouttheaverageindividual?

A）Hespendsmoretimeinhislifespeakingthanreading.

B）Hespendsmostofhiswakinghoursoncommunication.

C）Hedoesroutineworkatarelativelyfixedtimeoftheday.

D）Hestaysawakeforseventypercentofhislifetime.

3.WhatdidtheresearchfindingsoftheHumanEngineeringLaboratoriesshow?

A）Leaderstendtohavelargevocabularies.

B）Averagepeoplecangrasp30000wordseasily.

C）Incomesandvocabulariesarecloselyrelated.

D）Peopleactuallythinkwithwords.

4.______isthemostimportantfactorinreadingcomprehension.

A）IntelligenceB）WorddiscriminationC）ReadingskillD）Vocabularyincontext

5.Theauthorhighlyrecommendsthatwedeterminetheexactmeaningofawordthrough______.

A）contextB）wordpartsC）thedictionaryD）askingauthorities

6.What'stheadvantageofgraspingwordparts?

A）Onecancreatenewwordsbyhimself.B）Onecanestablishself-confidence.

C）Onecangettheexactmeaningofaword.D）Onecanbuildvocabularyrapidly.

7.Whendoestheauthorsuggestthatoneopenthedictionary'?

A）Afterhehasfiguredoutthewordmeaning.

B）Afterhehasatentativedefinitionofaword.

C）Whenhedoesn'tknowhowtospellaword.

D）Whenhecan'tsolvethemysterythroughcontext.

8.Ifonehasalargervocabulary,heorshewillbeabetterthinkerandabetter______.

9.JustlikeHybridcorn,theCPDformulashouldalsoensure______.

10.Byusingcontextandwordparts,readers'heightenedinterestwillleadto______.

PartⅢListeningComprehension

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear8shortconversationsand2longconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

11.A）She'sapoorstudent.B）Sheshouldn'tworryabouthergrades.

C）Shedoesn'tliketotalkabouthergrades.D）Shehasn'tgothergradesyet.

12.A）ThewomanshouldbuysomeJewelryinstead.

B）ThewomanshouldbuyabatteryfromtheSmith'sJewelry.

C）Heknowswhat'swrongwiththewoman'swatch.

D）Thejewelrystorecanprobablyrepairthewoman'swatch.

13.A）Lookingforatimetable.B）Buyingsomefurniture.

C）Reservingatable.D）Windowshopping.

14.A）Hewilldefinitelycome.B）Hecan'tacceptsuchgenerosity.

C）Heistoobusy.D）Hewillbeoutoftownthisweekend.

15.A）Jim'sgradesweretoopoortogetascholarship.

B）Jimwouldhavegotascholarshipifhismathgradeshadbeenbetter.

C）Jim'smathwaspoorsincehedoesn'tknowhowtomeasure.

D）Jim'smathgradessharplygodownthistime.

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