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1、5大学英语四级考试模拟试题大学英语四级考试模拟试题Model Test FivePart Listening ComprehensionDirections: 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, a

2、nd 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) Its not his office hour. C) He doesnt have time. D) He is too tired after class.(A) 12. A) The woman insists on going out. B) The woman doesnt like wat

3、ching 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 students. B) The woman should take fewer courses next term. C) The man will take four courses next semester. D) It is wiser to take more than four courses.(B)

4、14. A) In an airplane. B) In a hotel. C) In a restaurant. D) In a store.(D) 15. A) Jane is looking for a summer job. B) Jane is packing for the summer vacation. C) Jane is on her way home. D) Jane is eager to go home for the vacation.(D) 16. A) It doesnt work. B) It only works temporarily. C) Its re

5、ally effective. D) It has harmful side effects.(D) 17. A) Went to the station. B) Saw his brother off. C) Visited his brother. D) Stayed at home.(A) 18. A) She can tell Joan when she sees her at noon. B) She should tell Joans brother about the reception. C) She must call on Joan after the reception.

6、 D) She may see Joans brother at lunch.(A) 19. A) College teachers. B) Maintenance workers. C) Students parents. D) Laboratory supervisors.(A) 20. A) One hour each day only. B) Three and a half hours only. C) As much time as necessary. D) Enough time to do assignments.(D) 21. A) The machine hasnt be

7、en yet been repaired. B) The students forget to reserve their terminals. C) The supervisor wont observe the regulations. D) The students stay at the terminal too long.(C) 22. A) Invite the lab supervisor to attend class. B) Repair the laboratory in a new way. C) Prepare a notice to give out in class

8、. D) Add more terminals to the laboratory.(A) 23. A) Art. B) French. C) Chemistry. D) German.(C) 24. A) Doing some photography and travel. B) Going to concerts quite frequently. C) Playing traditional jazz and folk music. D) Going to the theatre now and then.(A) 25. A) Experience a thorough training

9、. B) Get off the trainee schedule. C) Know how to work with people. D) Know about all aspects of the work.Section BPassage 1(D) 26. A) 90. B) 108. C) 180. D) 668.(A) 27. A) Englands Footballer of the year. B) A soccer coach in West Germany. C) Wild celebrations of goals. D) A member of the Order of

10、the British Empire.(D) 28. A) Editing Sunday Sport. B) Working for Capital Radio. C) Managing professional soccer teams. D) Developing a sports marketing company. Passage 2(C) 29. A) Because he was a famous English writer. B) Because he enjoyed walking along the street. C) Because he had a good memo

11、ry. D) Because he was proud of his own ability.(C) 30. A) For they are not hard-working. B) For they are dont have good memories. C) For they havent enough time for it. D) For they are busy with their own language.(B) 31. A) Mind takes clearer photos of what we see. B) Mind takes pictures of all fiv

12、e senses. C) Mind spends less time taking pictures. D) Mind keeps photos for longer time.(B) 32. A) Picture taking. B) Memory. C) Language learning. D) Poem writing.Passage 3(C) 33. A) Forty million people. B) Forty-five million people. C) Over three million people. D) Five million people.(D) 34. A)

13、 People infected with HIV virus should watch TV series like “Detective Vijay”. B) Governments should play a big role in fighting against AIDS. C) TV series like “Detective Vijay” can make a lot of money. D) The media can play an effective role in fighting against AIDS.(D) 35. A) It is a policeman. B

14、) It is an educative TV show in Ivory Coast. C) It is an educative TV show in South Africa. D) It is an educative TV show in India.Section CThe Library of Congress is Americas national library. It has millions of books and other objects. It has newspapers, (36) _ publication as well as letters of (3

15、7) _ interest. It also has maps, photographs, art (38) _, movies, sound recordings and musical (39) _. All together, it has more than 100 million objects.The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for public holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the co

16、llection. But no one is (40) _ to take books out of the building.The Library of Congress was (41) _ in 1800. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol Building. By 1814, the collection had increased to about 3,000 books. They were all (42) _ that year when the Capitol was burn

17、ed down during Americas war with Britain.To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Jeffersons (43) _ included 7,000 books in seven languages.(44) _. Today, three buildings hold the librarys collection.(45) _. It buys some of its books and gets others

18、as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office. (46) _. This mean the Library of Congress receives almost everything that is published in the United States.答案：36. popular 37. historical 38. prints 39. instruments40. permitted 41. established 42. destroyed 43. collection44. In 1897, th

19、e library moved into its own building across the street from the Capitol45. The library provides books and materials to the U.S. Congress and also lends books to other American libraries, government agencies, and foreign libraries46. Anyone who wants copyright protection for a publication in U.S. mu

20、st send two copies to the libraryPart Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic The Old and the Young. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:1. 老年人与年轻人之间常会发生冲突；2. 谈谈你对这种现象的饿认识及解决的办法。The

21、Old and the YoungOld people are always saying that young people are not what they were. Every new generation is different from the one that preceded it. Today the difference is very marked indeed.On the one hand, the young are better educated. They have a lot more money to spend and enjoy more freed

22、om. They grow up more quickly and are not so dependent on their parents. They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept the ideas of their elders. On the other hand, the old always assume that they know more for the simple reason that they have been around a bit longer. They dont like to f

23、eel that their values are being questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the young are doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders and disturbing their complacency. What they reject more than anything is conformity.Traditionally, the young turned to their elders for guida

24、nce. Today, the situation is reversed to some extent. The oldif they are prepared to admit itcould learn a thing or two from their children. Perhaps a mutually beneficial relationship between the two sides is more acceptable than quarrels and clashes.Part Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning

25、) (15 minutes)Hybrid CarsHybrid CarsAn Innovation for TodayHave you checked the price of gasoline lately? Have you recently paid more that 3.00 per gallon? Is the size of the gas tank in your current car bigger than in the car you were driving a few years ago? How much does it cost you now to fill u

26、p the gas tank of your car? Are you paying more than 30, 40 or even 50 to fill up? Take a look in the future, what will the price per gallon be 2 or 3 years from now? What will it cost then to fill up the gas tank of your vehicle?There is still a lot of fossil fuel in the world but the fuel that is

27、easy to find and to extract from the ground is disappearing. Those searching for new supplies of fossil fuel must search in places that are more difficult to work (due to the cold, the heat, the depth of the water, or the unfriendly political situation of the country). The cost of the search continu

28、es to increase, as does the expense of extracting the fuel. This expense is not only measured in dollars, but also in the damages to the environment.Now think of what it might cost you 2 or 3 years in the future for a tank of gas if you continue to drive the same types of vehicles. The automobile in

29、dustry, in foreign countries and in the United States, has developed the technology to help reduce these energy needs and to decrease pollution. This innovation is called hybrid cars. These cars are available in the US today from 2 or 3 manufacturers and many more are on the way.What Are Hybrid Cars

30、?A vehicle is a hybrid if it has more than one source of power. We have hybrid vehicles all around us such as diesel-electric trains, diesel-electric buses, and nuclear-electric submarines. Maybe some of you remember the Mo-Ped, a modified bicycle that used a combination of a gasoline engine and mus

31、cle power of its rider. In a similar manner, the gasoline-electric hybrid car is a combination of gasoline-powered car and an electric car.What Is Reason for Developing Such a Complicated Car?There are two major reasons: 1) To reduce tailpipe emissions and 2) To increase average gas mileage. These two goals interact with each other so that the overall performance of the hybrid car enhances both of them, todays hybrids provide gas efficiency of 40 to 60 miles/gallon. The hybrids have reduced emissions to approxima