大学英语四模拟试题含答案.docx

1、大学英语四模拟试题含答案2019年大学英语四模拟试题含答案Part Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: 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 befor

2、e 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.Amer

3、icas Internet is faster than ever before, but people still complain about their Internet being too slow.New Yorks Attorney Generals office (26)_an investigation in the fall into whether or notVerizon, Cablevision and Time Warner are delivering broadband thats as fast as the providers (27)_it is. Ear

4、lier this month, the office asked for the publics help to measure their speed results, sayingconsumers (28)_to get the speeds they were promised. “Too many of us may be paying for onething, and getting another，” the Attorney General said.If the investigation uncovers anything, it wouldnt be the firs

5、t time a telecom provider got into (29)_over the broadband speeds it promised and delivered customers. Back in June, the Federal Communications Commission fined AT& T $ 100 million over (30)_ that the carrier secretly reduced wireless speeds after customers consumed a certain amount of (31)_ .Even w

6、hen they stay on the right side of the law, Internet providers arouse customers anger over bandwidth speed and cost. Just this week, an investigation found that media and telecom giant Comcast isthe most (32)_ provider. Over 10 months, Comcast received nearly 12,000 customer complaints, many (33)_ t

7、o its monthly data cap and overage (超过额度的）charges.Some Americans are getting so (34)_ with Internet providers theyre just giving up. A recentstudy found that the number of Americans with high-speed Internet at home today (35)_ fell during the last two years, and 15% of people now consider themselves

8、 to be “cord-cutters.”注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。A)accusationsB) actually C) claim D) communicatingE) complainF) data G) deservedH) frustrated I) hated J) launchedK) relatingL) timesM) trouble N) usually O) worriedSection BDirections:In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attach

9、ed to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Fr

10、om Accountant to Yogi: Making a Radical Career ChangeAAt some point, almost all of us will experience a period of radical professional change. Some of us will seek it out; for others it will feel like an unwelcome intrusion into otherwise stable careers. Either way, we have choices about how we resp

11、ond to it when it comes.BWe recently caught up with yoga entrepreneur Leah Zaccaria, who put herself through the fire of change to completely reinvent herself. In her search to live a life of purpose, Leah left her high-paying accounting job, her husband, and her home, in the process, she built a ra

12、dically new life and career. Since then, she has founded two yoga studios, met a new life partner, and formed a new community of people. Even if your personal reinvention is less drastic, we think there are lessons from her experience that apply.CWhere do the seeds of change come from? the Native Am

13、erican Indians have a saying: “Pay attention to the whispers so you wont have to hear the screams.” Often the best ideas for big changes come from unexpected places its just a matter of tuning in. Great leaders recognize the weak signals or slight signs that point to big changes to come. Leah reflec

14、ts on a time she listened to the whispers: “About the time my daughter was five years old. I started having a sense that this isnt right.” She then realized that her life no longer matched her vision for it.DUp until that point, Leah had followed traditional measures of success. After graduating wit

15、h a degree in business and accounting, she joined a public accounting firm, married, bought a house, put lots of stuff in it, and had a baby. “I did what everybody else thought looked successful,” she says. Leah easily could have fallen into a trap of feeling content; instead, her energy sparked a p

16、eriod of experimentation and renewal.EFeeling the need to change, Leah started playing with future possibilities by exploring her interests and developing new capabilities. First trying physical exercise and dieting, she lost some weight and discovered an inner strength. “1 felt powerful because 1 b

17、roke through my own limitations,” she recalls.FHowever, it was another interest that led Leah to radically reinvent herself. “I remember sitting on a bench with my aunt at a yoga studio, she said, having a moment of clarity right then and there:Yoga is saving my life. Yoga is waking me up. Im not ha

18、ppy and I want to change and Im done with this.” In that moment of clarity Leah made an important leap,conquering her inner resistance to change and making a firm commitment to take bigger steps.GCreating the future you want is a lot easier if you are ready to exploit the opportunities that come you

19、r way. When Leah made the commitment to change, she primed herself to new opportunities she may otherwise have overlooked. She recalls:HOne day a man I worked with, Ryan, who had his office next to mine, said, “Leah, lets go look at this space on Queen Anne.” He knew my love for yoga and had seen a

20、space close to where he lived that he thought might be good to serve as a yoga studio. As soon as I saw the location, I knew this was it. Of course I was scared, yet I had this strong sense of “I have to do this.” Only a few months later Leah opened her first yoga studio, but success was not instant

21、.ICreating the future takes time. Thats why leaders continue to manage the present while building toward the big changes of the future. When its time to make the leap, they take action and immediately drop whats no longer serving their purpose. Initially Leah stayed with her accounting job while sta

22、rting up the yoga studio to make it all work.JSoon after, she knew she had to make a bold move to fully commit to her new future. Within two years, Leah shed the safety of her accounting job and made the switch complete. Such drastic change is not easy.KSteering through change and facing obstacles b

23、rings us face to face with our fears. Leah reflects on one incident that triggered her fears, when her investors threatened to shut her down: “I was probably up against the most fear Ive ever had，” she says. “I had spent two years cultivating this community, and it had become successful very fast, b

24、ut within six months I was facing the prospect of losing it all.”LShe connected with her sense of purpose and dug deep, cultivating a tremendous sense of strength. “I was feeling so intentional and strong that I wasnt going to let fear just take over. I was thinking, OK, guys, if you want to try to

25、shut me down, shut me down.And I knew it was a negotiation scheme, so I was able to say to myself, This is not real.” By naming her fears and facing them head-on, Leah gained confidence. For most of us, letting go of the safety and security of the past gives us great fear. Calling out our fears expl

26、icitly, as Leah did,can help us act decisively.MThe cycle of renewal never ends. Leahs growth spurred her to open her second studio and it wasnt for the money.NI have no desire to make millions of dollars. Its not about that; its about growth for me. Honestly, I didnt need to open a second studio. I

27、 was making as much money as I was as an accountant. But I know if you dont grow, you stand still, and that doesnt work for me.OConsider the current moment in your own life, your team or your organization. Where are you in the cycle of renewal: Are you actively preserving the present, or selectively

28、 forgetting the past, or boldly creating the future? What advice would Leah give you to move you ahead on your journey? Once were on the path of growth, we can continually move through the seasons of transformation and renewal.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。36. Readiness to take advantage of new opportunities wi

29、ll make it easier to create ones desired future.37. By conventional standards, Leah was a typical successful woman before she changed her career.38. Leah gained confidence by laying out her fears and confronting them directly.39. In search of a meaningful life, Leah gave up what she had and set up h

30、er own yoga studios.40 Leahs interest in yoga prompted her to make a firm decision to reshape her life.41.Small signs may indicate great changes to come and therefore merit attention.42. Leahs first yoga studio was by no means an immediate success.43. Some people regard professional change as an unp

31、leasant experience that disturbs their stable careers.44. The worst fear Leah ever had was the prospect of losing her yoga business.45. As she explored new interests and developed new potentials，Leah felt powerful internally.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is

32、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 Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.The Urbanization migration away from the suburbs to the city center will be the biggest real estate trend in 2015, a