英语四级模拟五套题.docx

1、英语四级模拟五套题2011年02月01日 星期二模拟试题1、模拟试题一模拟试题一试卷一Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: 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

2、once. After each question 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Example: You will hear:You will read: A) At th

3、e 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 conversation is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the best answer. You

4、should choose A on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.Sample Answer A B C D1. A) go to a Chinese restaurant B) go to a western restaurantC) go to a pub for a change D) go to a food shop2. A) She likes math very much.B) She does not like math at all.C) She wants to mak

5、e the math interesting.D) She likes math and thought it was interesting.3. A) He wants to wash the dishes. B) He doesnt want to wash the dishes.C) He will help them wash the dishes. D) He will do anything for the woman.4. A) She disagrees with the man.B) She agrees with the man.C) She thinks it is n

6、ot the time we should turn our attention to the danger of drunk driving.D) She only agrees with the man at one point.5. A) His partner B) His teacherC) His sister D) His boss6. A) At a cigarette store. B) At a bus station.C) At a gas station. D) At her parents7. A) Fifteen. B) Twenty-nine.C) Sixteen

7、. D) Sixty.8. A) Do her housework. B) Clean the backyard.C) Wash clothes. D) Enjoy the beautiful day.9. A) Wife and husband B) Teacher and studentC) Mum and son D) Neighbors10. A) The unsmiling faces B) The weatherC) The Londoners D) The colorSection B Compound Dictation注意：听力理解的B节(Section B)为复合式听写(C

8、ompound Dictation)，题目印刷在试卷二上，现在请取出试卷二。Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. 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 a

9、nd mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.The most fashionable trend in college sports celebrations today is as innocent as a lettermans sweater, as old-fashioned as school pride, and re

10、served only for people who can wear the name of their school across their chest.It can be spotted after any surprising victory, when the most jubilant player grabs the front of his jersey with both hands and displays it to the crowd, framing the college name as if in an advertisement for the school.

11、Popping the jersey, as it has become known, is becoming more and more common. When Donald Brown helped his team win an unlikely victory, he raised his jersey high enough to cover his chin. When Niagara won a major tournament this season, two players popped for the photograph.“Our team doesnt have na

12、mes on the back of our jerseys,” Brown said. “So we play for the name on the front. You have to understand, college basketball is not like the N.B.A., where a team chooses you and then you have to play for them. Here, you choose where you want to go, and you go there for a good reason.”“This is one

13、thing Ive never seen in the N.B.A., and I dont think I ever will,” Erroll Knight said. “It is our way to represent where were from and tell people that were proud of it.”Like most dance steps and slang words, no one really knows who started the latest thing. One of the first documented accounts of j

14、ersey-popping occurred in December 2000, when Earl Watson faced the student section and tugged at the front of his jersey after his team erased a 19-point deficit against their opponents.“Basketball is an urban sport, a hip-hop sport, and what youre seeing right now comes from that,” Knight said. “I

15、f a guy is wearing a really nice shirt on the street and he wants to show it off to everyone, hell do whats called popping his collar hell sort of flick his collar to demonstrate the value it has. What guys are doing now with their jerseys is the same thing, only they have taken it to another level.

16、”11. According to the passage, we can tell that Erroll Knight is a player for .A) soccer B) tennis C) basketball D) field hockey12. The trend in college sports celebrations today, as told in the text, is .A) innocent but sophisticated B) as fashionable as in the old daysC) beloved by everyone D) pur

17、e as well as old-fashioned13. Which of the following statement is true according to the author?A) Popping the jersey is not in vogue any more.B) The victory of Donald Browns team is out of expectation.C) N.B.A and college basketball are much the same.D) People pop their collars because they are dirt

18、y.14. The word “pop” (Para 3, L1)in this passage is closest in meaning to which of the following word/phrase?A) spank B) flick C) popular D) show off15. The reason why college sports players pop the jerseys is because .A) their jerseys are exquisitely designedB) it is a rule of their collegesC) they

19、 are very proud of their sports teamD) it is a form of demonstration of the value being the representative of their schoolsPassage TwoQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.In the 16th century, Venetian and French glassmakers perfected a technique of coating glass with an alloy of sil

20、ver to produce an effective mirror. Mirrors soon proliferated in public spaces and private homes, and owning a pocket or hand mirror became a marker of status. The mirror, you might say, was an early personal technology ingenious, portable, effective and like all such technologies, it changed its us

21、ers. By giving us, for the first time, a readily available image of ourselves that matched what others saw, it encouraged self-consciousness and introspection and, as some worried, excesses of vanity.By the 19th century, it was the machines of the Industrial Revolution the power loom, the motor, the

22、 turbine that prompted concern about the effects of technology on the person. Karl Marx argued that factory work alienated the worker from what he was toiling to produce, transforming him into “a cripple, a monster.” Men were forced to become more like machines: efficient, tireless and soulless.Toda

23、ys personal technologies, particularly the cellphone and the digital video recorder, have not provoked similar worries. They are marvels of individual choice, convenience and innovation; they represent the democratization of the power of the machine. Our technologies are more intuitive, more facile

24、and more responsive than ever before. In a rebuke to Marx, we have not become the alienated slaves of the machine; we have made the machines more like us and in the process toppled decades of criticism about the dangerous and potentially enervating effects of our technologies.16. The word “coat” (Li

25、ne 1, Para.1) means .A) to cover sth. with a layer of sth. B) to combine two different thingsC) to make sth. into the shape of a coat D) to put a coat on sth.17. Which of the following statement is true according to the text?A) Soon after being invented, mirrors became unpopular among people.B) Mirr

26、ors were first invented by French and Vietnamese.C) Karl Marx criticized that factory work had turned the workers into thoughtless monsters.D) The motor is among the machines of ancient inventions.18. Why did some people worried that the mirror might be excesses of vanity?A) Because pocket and hand

27、mirror became a marker of status.B) Because mirrors were extremely expensive during that time.C) Because only wealthy people can afford buying a mirror.D) Because mirrors were invented for important figures.19. The authors purpose of writing this article is .A) to give a definition on modern technol

28、ogyB) to give evidence to the statement that todays personal technologies are marvels of individual choiceC) to prove the rebuke of Karl MarxD) to illustrate how modern technologies of different times affect peoples life20. Compared with technologies in the 16th and 19th century, technologies today

29、are more .A) ingenious and portable B) marvelous and effectiveC) intuitive and unreliable D) facile and responsivePassage ThreeQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.BMWs efforts to harness the creativity of its customers began two years ago when it posted a toolkit on its website. Th

30、is toolkit let BMWs customers develop ideas showing how the firm could take advantage of advances in telematics and in-car online services. From the 1,000 customers who used the toolkit, BMW chose 15 and invited them to meet its engineers in Munich. Some of their ideas (which remain under wraps for

31、now) have since reached the prototype stage, says BMW. “They were so happy to be invited by us, and that our technical experts were interested in their ideas,” says Mr Reimann. “They didnt want any money.”Westwood Studios, a game developer now owned by EA, first noticed its customers innovating its products after the launch of a game, “Red Alert,” in 1996: gamers were making new content for existing games and posting it freely on fan websites. Westwood made a conscious decision to embrace this phenomenon. Soon it was shipping basic game-development tools with its gam