大学英语四级模拟试题及答案解析.docx

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大学英语四级模拟试题及答案解析

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2008年12月大学英语四级

模拟试题及答案解析

2008年12月大学英语四级模拟试题及答案解析

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一、选词填空题

第1题：

Directions:

Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

　　注意：

答题是如：

ABCD.....依次按题选择做答.

　　Wefeelthattherearemanydisadvantagesinarrangingpupilsintodifferentclasses.Itisratherunrealtogradepeoplejustaccordingtotheirintellectualability.Thisisonlyoneaspectoftheirtotal1.Weareconcernedtodeveloptheabilitiesofallourpupilstothefull,notjusttheir2ability.Wealsovaluepersonalqualitiesandsocialskills,andwefindthatmixedabilityteachingcontributestoalltheseaspectsoflearning.

　　Inourclassrooms,weworkin3ways.Thepupilsoftenworkingroups,whichgivesthemthe4tolearntocooperate,toshare,andtodevelopleadershipskills.Theyalsolearnhowtocopewith5problemsaswellaslearninghowtothink,tomakedecisions,toanalyzeandevaluate,andto6effectively.Thepupilslearnfromeachotheraswellasfromtheteacher.

Sometimesthepupilsworkinpairsoron7tasksandassignments,andtheycandothisattheirownspeed.Theyalsohavesomeformalclassteachingwhenthisis8.Weencourageourpupilstousethelibrary,andweteachthemtheskillstheyneedinordertodothisefficiently.Weexpectourpupilstodotheirbest,nottheir9,andwegivethemeveryencouragementto10thisgoal.

　　A）academicB）appropriateC）attainD）communicateE）hardship

　　F）individualG）inferiorH）leastI）opportunityJ）personal

　　K）personalityL）relaxM）reliableN）solveO）various

【参考答案】：

KAOIJDFBHC

二、阅读理解

第2题：

Whatissciencefiction?

Tobeginwith,thefollowingdefinitionshouldbehelpful:

sciencefictionisaliterarysub-classwhichrequiresachange（forhumanbeings）fromconditionsasweknowthemandfollowtheimplicationsofthesechangestoaconclusion.Althoughthisdefinitionwillnecessarilybemodified,andexpanded,andprobablychanged,inthecourseofthisexploration,itconveysmuchofthebasicgroundworkandprovidesapointofdeparture.

　　Thefirstpoint—thatsciencefictionisaliterarysub-class—isaveryimportantone,butonewhichisoftenoverlookedorignoredinmostdiscussionsofsciencefiction.Specially,sciencefictionisasub-classofprosefiction,fornearlyeverypieceofsciencefictioniseitherashortstoryoranovel.Thereareonlyafewdramaswhichcouldbecalledsciencefiction,withKarelCapek’sRUR（Rossum’sUniversalRobots）beingtheonlyonethatiswellknown;thebodyofpoetrythatmightbelabeledsciencefictionisonlyslightlylarger.Tosaythatsciencefictionisasub-classofprosefictionistosaythatithasallthebasiccharacteristicsandservesthesamebasicfunctioninmuchthesamewayasprosefictioningeneral—thatis,itsharesagreatdealwithallothernovelsandshortstories.

　　Everythingthatcanbesaidaboutprosefiction,ingeneral,appliestosciencefiction.Everypieceofsciencefiction,whethershortornovel,musthaveanarrator,astory,aplot,asetting,characters,language,andtheme.Andlikeanyprose,thethemesofsciencefictionareconcernedwithinterpretingman’snatureandexperienceinrelationtotheworldaroundhim.Themesinsciencefictionareconstructedandpresentedinexactlythesamewaysthatthemesaredealtwithinanyotherkindoffiction.Theyaretheresultofaparticularcombinationofnarrator,story,plot,character,setting,andlanguage.Inshort,thereasonsforreadingandenjoyingsciencefiction,andthewaysofstudyingandanalyzingitarebasicallythesametheywouldbeforanyotherstoryornovel.

　1.Sciencefictioniscalledaliterarysub-classbecauseit.

　　A）haslimitsofitsown

　　B）cannotbemadeintoadramaticpresentation

　　C）isnotimportantenoughtobealiteraryform

　　D）sharescharacteristicswithothertypesofprosefiction

　2WhichofthefollowingdoesNOTusuallycontributetothethemeinapieceofsciencefiction?

　　A）Narrator.B）Setting.C）Rhyme.D）Plot.

　　3.Anappropriatetitleforthepassagewouldbe.

　　A）OntheDramaticFeaturesofScienceFiction

　　B）TowardaDefinitionofScienceFiction

　　C）ScienceFictionvsProseFiction

　　D）TheThemesofProseFiction

　　4.Theauthor’sdefinitionsuggeststhatallsciencefictiondealswith.

　　A）theunfamiliarorunusualconditions

　　B）thesametopicsaddressedbynovelsandshortstories

　　C）KarelCape’swell-knownhypothesis

　　D）theconflictbetweenscienceandfiction

5.Acc