2013年公共英语四级考前预测模拟试题（1）
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Section I Listening Comprehension
(30 minutes)
Directions:
This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of selected materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are three parts in this section: Part A, Part B, and Part C.
Remember while you are doing the test you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1
If you have any questions, you may raise your hand NOW as you will not be allowed to speak once the test has started.
Now look at Part A in your test booklet.
Part A
You will hear a passage about vegetable growing. Listen and complete the sentences in questions 1～5 with the information you have heard. Write not more three words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice.
1. By growing vegetables which live in cool climate in the hot places, they will grow faster and .
2. What the engineers used is simply.
3. They placed pipes in the soil and cold water flowing through them cools .
4. What is especially appealing about this process is that nothing damaging to is being used.
5. Another innovative use for cold ocean water is .
Part B
You will hear a passage. Answer questions 6～10 while you listen. Write as simply as possible for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read each questions.
6.As a result of rising university costs, what are many students finding it necessary to do ?
7. For some students, what could these part _ time jobs lead to?
8. What kind of part _ time job requires the least time?
9. To ask for information, what should the students bring?
10. Who ll give hints to successful interviewing?
Part C
You will three dialogues or passages. Before listening to each one, you will have time to read the questions related to it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B,C or D. After listening, you will have time to read your answer. You will hear piece only once.
Questions 11～13 are based on the following passage. You now have 15 seconds to read questions 11～13.
11. How did the friend get into the flat?
[A] Through the kitchen window.
[B] Through the living _ room window.
[C] The door was not locked.
[D] The neighbor gave him the key.
12. Why did the speaker ask his friend to help himself to food and drink?
[A] The friend was very hungry.
[B] There were eggs and chicken in the refrigerator.
[C] He would come home late.
[D] The friend was very good at cooking.
13. Why was the speaker astonished?
[A] The friend was expecting to stay with him.
[B] There was no key under the door _ mat.
[C] The friend had a wonderful meal in his absence.
[D] The friend got into the neighbor s flat.
Questions 14～16 are based on the following passage You now have 15 seconds to read the questions 14～16.
14. How far is the earth away from the sun?
[A] 93 million miles.
[B] 193 million miles.
[C] 930 million miles.
[D] 93 billion miles.
15. What is the temperature on the sun?
[A] Not clear.
[B] 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
[C] 10,000 degrees Centigrade.
[D] Over 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
16. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
[A] The sun s light comes from millions of candles.
[B] Most of the sun s heat and light are received on the earth.
[C] The temperature of the sun is the same as that of the earth.
[D] Without the correct balance of heat and light, life on the earth would not be possible.
Questions 17～20 are based on the following passage. You now have 20 seconds to read the questions 17～20.
17. What was the woman doing when the policeman found her?
[A] She was lying near a lonely road.
[B] She was driving along a lonely road.
[C] She was ill seriously.
[D] She was having a terrible accident.
18. According to the woman s account, what happened to her?
She was attacked by robbers.
[B] She escaped from her family.
[C] She survived traffic accident.
[D] She was forced to enter a flying saucer.
19. Which of the following statements is true?
[A] The woman was intended to leave her husband without telling him.
[B] The woman had met some creatures from outer space.
[C] The woman and the creatures couldn’t understand each other.
[D] The creatures could read and speak English.
20. What is the title of the passage?
[A] An astonishing story about husband and wife.
[B] An astonishing story about a woman and a flying saucer.
[C] Flying saucer.
[D] An astonishing story about a policeman and a woman.
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Section II Use of English (15 minutes)
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
There was a time when parents who wanted an educational present for their children would buy a typewriter, a globe or an encyclopedia set.
Now those 21 seem hopelessly old _ fashioned: this Christmas, there were a lot of22computers under the tree. 23 that computers are their key to success, parents are also frantically insisting that children24taught to use them on school-as early as possible.
The problem for schools is that when it25computers, parents don’t always know best. Many schools are 26 parental impatience and are purchasing hardware without 27 educational planning so they can say, “OK, we’ve moved into the computer age." Teachers 28 themselves caught in the middle of the problem-between parent pressure and 29 educational decisions.
Educators do not even agree30how computers should be used. A lot of money is going for computerized educational materials 31 research has shown can be taught32with pencil and paper. Even those who believe that all children should33to computer warn of potential34to the very young.
The temptation remains strong largely because young children 35 so well to computers. First graders have been 36 willing to work for two hours on math skills. Some have an attention span of 20 minutes.
37 school, however, can afford to go into computing, and that creates 38 another problem: a division between the haven s and have _ note s. Very few parents ask 39 computer instruction in poor school districts,40there may be barely enough money to pay the reading teacher.
21.[A] items [B] toys [C] sets [D] series
22.[A] private [B] children [C] school [D] personal
23.[A] Given [B] Provided [C] Convinced [D] Believed
24.[A] are [B] be [C] are being [D]were
25.[A] talks about [B] comes to [C] turns to [D] mentions
26.[A] ignorant of [B] blaming [C] yielding to [D] improving
27.[A] reason [B] sound [C] hard [D] some
28.[A] relied on [B] relaxed [C] freed [D] found
29.[A] wise [B] clever [C] slow [D] enough
30.[A] on [B] with [C] to [D] among
31.[A] however [B] where [C] what [D] that
32.[A] equally [B] the same way [C] just as well[D] not as well
33.[A] be open [B] have access [C] look [D] turn
34.[A] approaches [B] exposures [C] dangers [D] laziness
35.[A] adopt [B] keep [C] adapt [D] devote
36.[A] watched [B] seen [C] told [D] taught
37.[A] High [B] Not every [C] No [D] Any
38.[A] already [B] of course [C] in addition [D] yet
39.[A] for [B] against [C] to buy [D] to use
40.[A] in that [B] in any case [C] although [D] where
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Section III Reading Comprehension
(60 minutes)
Part A
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text 1
One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank _ issued credit card. They give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even abroad, and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatically, making it possible to withdraw or deposit money in scattered locations, whether or not the local branch bank is open. For many of us the” cashless society” is not on the horizon-it s already here.
[B] While computers offer these conveniences to consumers, they have many advantages for sellers too. Electronic cash registers can do much more than simply ring up sales. They can keep a wide range of records, including who sold what, when, and to whom. This information allows businessmen to keep track of their list of goods by showing which items are being sold and how fast they are moving. Decisions to reorder or return goods to suppliers can then be made. At the same time these computers record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient, allowing personnel and staffing assignments to be made accordingly. And they also identify preferred customer for promotional campaigns. Computers are relied on by manufacturers for similar reasons. Computer analyzed marketing reports can help to decide which products to emphasize now, which to develop for the future, and which to drop. Computers keep track of goods in stock, of raw materials on hand, and even of the production process itself.
Numerous other commercial enterprises, from theaters to magazine publishers, from gas and electric utilities to milk processors, bring better and more efficient
services to consumers through the use of computers.
41. According to the passage, the credit card enables its owner to .
[A]withdraw as much money from the bank as he wishes
[B]obtain more convenient services than order people do
[C]enjoy greater trust from the storekeeper
[D]cash money where he wishes to
42. From the last sentec of the first paragraph we learn that.
[A]in the future all the Americans will use credit cards
[B]credit cards are mainly used in the United States today
[C]nowadays many Americans did not pay in cash
[D]it is now more convenient or use credit cards than before
43. The phrase"ring up sales"most probably means .
[A]make an order of goods
[B]record sales on a cash register
[C]call the sages manager
[D]keep track of the goods in stock
44. What is this passage mainly about?
[A]Approaches to the commercial use of computers.
[B]Conveniences brought about by computers in business.
[C]Significance of automation in commercial enterprises.
[D]Advantage of credit cards in business.
45. It can be inferred that
[A] Computers will bring disaster.
[B] Computer industry will not develop faster.
[C] Computers will bring about more convenience to people s life.
[D] None.
Text 2
Studies of the effect that makes many of us slumber or feel sleepy during the queen s Speech on Christmas Day have revealed that changes may be required in Britain s drink drive legislation.
Dr James Horne, director of the Sleep Research Laboratory at Loughborough University, is investigating pose _ lunch sleepiness."We humans are designed to sleep twice a day, once at night and a short nap after lunch, but in this part of the world we tend to repress that."
It is a remnant of the same primeval programming that makes all animals in the bush rest in the hot afternoon sun to conserve energy.
"Hot environments make it worse and many cultures living near the equator", says Dr Horne,"have conceded to the inevitable, where the afternoon siesta is the way of life."
In this studies Dr Horne has been investigating the role of alcohol."The theory is that if you are more sleepy after lunch then it figures that alcohol will be more potent after lunch. One would figure then that a pint of beer at lunchtime has more effect than in the evening, when people are more alert. Indeed, we find that it has about twice the effect."
This has more sinister implications."If people take alcohol up to the legal driving limit, their performance is seriously impaired after lunch." He said.
It seems that alcohol interacts with the circadian rhythm of sleep to cause afternoon sleepiness, so that one pint at lunch _ time is equivalent, in effect, to a quart in the evening.
"For this reason, most drivers ought not to drink at all at lunchtime and the legal blood alcohol limit is no guide to safe driving here,"said Dr Horne.
For those who wish to enjoy the Queen s speech, Dr Horne recommends mild exercise, a splash of cold air or cold water on the face, or a cup of coffee. Otherwise, take a cat nap. But this should be less than 15 minutes,"otherwise, sleep really sets in and one can wake up feeling very groggy and far sleepier than to ??? be in with."
46. It is implied that British people
[A]like to take a short nap after lunch.
[B]don t take a short nap after lunch.
[C]don t feel sleepy after lunch.
[D]like to sleep twice a day.
47. take a rest in the hot afternoon sun.
[A]All animals in the bush
[B]The remnant of the same primeval programming
[C]The same primeval programming
[D]All animals in the world
48. Most drivers ought not to drink at all at lunch time because
[A]alcohol will be less potent after lunch.
[B]a pint of beer at lunchtime is equivalent to a quart in the evening, it cause afternoon sleepiness.
[C]people are more alert at lunchtime.
[D]it is not legal to drink at lunchtime.
49. According to the passage, if you sleep more than 15 minutes after lunch
[A]you will be refreshed.
[B]you will be waken up.
[C]you will feel far sleepier.
[D]you will take a cat nap.
50. It can be inferred that
[A] People are not allowed to drive after they drink one quarter in the evening.
[B] People are still allowed to drive after they drink one quarter in the evening.
[C] People are still allowed to drive after they drink out pint at lunch _ time.
[D] None.
Text 3
Society was fascinated by science and things scientific in the nineteenth century. Great breakthroughs in engineering, the use of steam power, and electricity were there for all to see, enjoy, and suffer. Science was fashionable and to it is not surprising that, during this great period of industrial development, scientific methods should be applied to the activities of man, particularly to those involved in the processes of production. Towards the end of the nineteenth century international competition began to make itself felt. The three industrial giants of the day, Germany, America, and Great Britain, began to find that there was a limit to the purchasing power of the previously apparently inexhaustible markets. Science and competition therefore provided the means and the need to improve industrial efficiency.
Frederick Winslow Taylor is generally acknowledged as being the father of the scientific management approach, as a result of the publication of his book. The Principles of Scientific Management, published in 1911. However, numerous other academics and practitioners had been actively applying such approaches since the beginning of the century. Charles Babbage, and English academic, well _ known for his invention of the mechanical computer (with the aid of a government grant as long as 1820) applied himself to the costing of processes, using scientific methods, and indeed might well be recognized as one of the fathers of cost accounting.
Taylor was of well _ to _ do background and received an excellent education but, partly owing to troubles with his eyesight, decided to become an engineering apprentice. He spent some twenty _ five years in the tough, sometimes brutal, environment of the US steel industry and carefully studied methods of work when he eventually attained supervisory status. He made various significant innovations in the area of steel processing, but his claim to fame is through his application of methods of science to methods of work, and his personal efforts that proved they could succeed in a hostile environment.
In 1901, Taylor left the steel industry and spent the rest of his life trying to promote the principles of managing scientifically and emphasizing the human aspects of the method, over the slave _ driving methods common in his day. He died in 1915, leaving a huge school of followers to promote his approach worldwide.
51. According to the passage, what was badly needed to improve industrial efficiency?
[A]Great breakthroughs.
[C] B]Unlimited purchasing power.
[C]Science and competition.
[D]International competition.
52. Taylor is most famous for.
[A]his application of scientific methods to work
[B]his book"The Principles of Scientific Management"
[C]his various innovations in steel processing
[D]The spreading of his scientific management method
53. Charles Babbage, an English academic,.
[A]tried to use computers in production processes
[B]first used computers in the area of cost accounting
[C]was the father of modern computers
[D]tried a scientific management approach
54. Taylor s scientific management method was described as .
[A]scientific and human
[B]efficient but slave _ driving
[C]academic but practicable
[D]brutal but highly successful
55. When he died in 1905, Taylor
[A] purchased a steel mill.
[B] sold a steel mill.
[C] started to protect environment.
[D] left a huge school of followers.
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Text 4
This is the weather Scobie loves. Lying in bed he touches his telescope lovingly, turning a wistful eye on the blank wall of rotting mud _ bricks which shuts off his view of the sea.
Scobie is getting on for seventy and still afraid to die; his one fear is that he will awake one morning and find himself dead-Lieutenant _ Commander Scobie, O.B.E. Consequently it gives him a severe shock every morning when the water _ carriers shriek under his window before dawn, waking him up. For a moment, he says, he dares not open his eyes. Keeping them fast shut (for fear they might open on the heavenly host) he gropes along the cake _ stand beside his bed and grabs his pipe. It is always loaded from the night before and an open matchbox stands beside it. The first whiff of tobacco restores both his composure and his eyesight. He breathes deeply, grateful for reassurance. He smiles. He gloats. Then, drawing the heavy sheepskin which serves him as a bed _ cover up to his ears, he sings a little triumphal song to the morning.
Taking stock of himself he discovers that he has the inevitable headache. His tongue is raw from last night s brandy. But against these trifling discomforts the prospect of another day in life weighs heavily. He pauses to slip in his false teeth. He places his wrinkled fingers to his chest and is comforted by the sound of his heart at work. He is rather proud of his heart. If you ever visit him when he is in bed he is almost sure to grasp your hand in his and ask you to feel it. Swallowing a little, you shove your hand inside his cheap night _ jacket to experience those sad, blunt, far _ away humps-like those of an unborn baby. He buttons up his pajamas with touching pride and give his imitation roar of animal health-"Bounding from my bed like a lion"-that is another of his phrases. You have not experienced the full charm of the man unless you have actually seen him, bent double with rheumatism, crawling out from between his coarse cotton sheets like a ruin. Only in the warmest months of the year do his bones thaw out sufficiently to enable him to stand erect. In the summer afternoons he walks in the park, his little head glowing like a minor sun, his jaw set in a violent expression of health.
His tiny nautical pension is hardly enough to pay for one cockroach _ infested room; he ekes it out with an equally small salary from the Egyptian government, which carries with it the proud title of Bimbashi in the Police Force. Origins he h
as none. His past spreads over a dozen continents like a true subject of myth. And his presence is so rich with imaginary health that he needs nothing more-except perhaps an occasional trip to Cairo during Ramadhan, when his office is close
d and presumably all crime comes to a standstill because of the past.
56. Scobie liked to have his telescope in bed because
[A]he enjoyed looking at the passers _ by, even if he could see the sea.
[B]he refused touching it and looking through it at the wall.
[C]he refused to accept the fact that he could not see the sea.
[D]he enjoyed looking at he passers _ by, even if he could not see the sea.
57. Every morning Scobie
[A]refused to open his eyes until he had had his first cigarette.
[B]according to himself, did not open his eyes in case he had died in the night.
[C]denied that he opened his eyes until he had had his first died in the night.
[D]could not see anything when the first noises in the street woke him.
58. Scobie s morning discovery that he was still alive made him feel
[A]delighted with his success in surviving the night.
[B]delightful because of his achievement in living.
[C]satisfied with his victory over life.
[D]satisfying with his victory over death.
59. When he got out of bed, Scobie
[A]jumped out like a young man, to show how healthy he was.
[B]got out slowly because he was too busy talking.
[C]could hardly get out although he suffered badly from rheumatism.
[D]got out with difficulty because his homes were stiff and painful.
60. What can his pension enough to pay for?
[A] one big apartment
[B] a Two _ room apartment
[C] one cockroach _ infested room
[D] his well _ being life
Part B
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET
61)The main impression growing out of twelve years on the faculty of a medical school is that the No.1 health problem in the US. today, even more than AIDS or cancer, is that Americans don t know how to think about health and illness.
62)Our reactions are formed on the terror level. We fear the worst, expect the worst, thus invite the worst. 63)The result is that we are becoming a nation of weaklings and hypochondriacs, a self _ medicating society incapable of distinguishing between casual, everyday symptoms and those that require professional attention.
Somewhere in our early education we become addicted to the notion that pain means sickness. We fail to learn that pain is the body s way of informing the mind that we are doing something wrong, not necessarily that something is wrong. We don t understand that pain may be telling us that we are eating too much or the wrong things; or that we are smoking too much or drinking too much; or that there is too much emotional congestion in our lives; or that we are being worn down by having to cope daily with overcrowded streets and highways, the pounding noise of garbage grinders, or the cosmic distance between the entrance to the airport and the departure gate. We get the message of pain all wrong. Instead of addressing ourselves to the cause, we become pushovers for pills, driving the pain underground and inviting it to return with increased authority.
64)Early in life, too, we become seized with the bizarre idea that we are constantly assaulted by invisible monsters called germs, and that we have to be on constant alert to protect ourselves against their fury.65)Equal emphasis, however, is not given to the presiding fact that our bodies are superbly equipped to deal with the little demons and the best way of forestalling an attack is to maintain a sensible life _ style.
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Section IV Writing (35 minutes)
66.The opening up policy has brought about great advances in various fields in China, yet a few still claim that things were much better before.
There is a discussion in a newspaper on these two viewpoints.
Write an essay to the newspaper
1) criticizing their view and
2) justifying your stand.
In your essay, make full use of the information provided in the graphs printed below.
You should write 160_200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Section Voral Test
Part A
Interlocutor:
●Good morning/afternoon. Could I have your mark sheets, please? Thank you.
●My name is and this is my colleague .He/She is just going to the listening to us. So, you are and ?Thank you.
●First of all we d like to know something about you, so I m going to ask some questions about you.
●Can you say something about yourselves?(Where are you from? What can you tell me about your family? Can you tell me something about your work or studies? Do you have any hobbies? How did you become interested in your hobby?)
Part B
Interlocutor:
●Now I d like you to talk about something between yourselves, but speak loudly so that we can hear you. You should take care to share the opportunity of speaking.(Put the picture in front of both candidates and give instructions with reference to the picture)
●Suppose you are classmates. You are talking about the end of the school term. Both of you are going to leave school and start work. Discuss between yourselves that you d like to do after leaving school and why you want to choose the job.
●This picture is for your reference. You have three minutes for this. Would you like to begin now, please?
Part C
Interlocutor:
●I m going to give each of you a picture and I d like you to first briefly describe and then give your comment on what you see in the picture.
(Put picture 1 in front of both candidates)
●Candidate A, this is your picture. You have three minutes to talk about it.
●Candidate B, listen carefully while Candidate A is speaking. When he/she has inished, I d like you to ask him/her a question about what he/she has said.
●Candidate A, would you like to begin now, please?
Candidate A:(Three minutes)
picture 1
Interlocutor:
●Thank you. Now, Candidate B, could you please ask your partner a question?
(Half a minute for asking and answering the question)
(Take back picture 1 and put picture 2 in front of both candidates)
●OK, Candidate B, here is your picture. You also have three minutes to talk about your picture.
●Candidate A, listen carefully while Candidate B is speaking. When he/she has finished, I d like you to ask him/her a question about he/she has said.
●Candidate B, would you like to begin now, please?
Candidate B:(Three minutes)
Distance
picture 2
Interlocutor:
●Thank you. Now, Candidate A, could you please
ask your partner a question?
(Half a minute for asking and answering the question)
●Thank you. That is the end of the test.
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Section I
Part A
1. taste better
2. cold sea water
3. the earth
4.the natural environment
5. to cool buildings
Part B
6. To take on part _ time jobs
7. Full time work after graduation
8. Child care
9. A resume
10. Our counselors
Part C
11.B12.C13.D14.A15.B16.D17.A18.D19.B20.B
Section II
21.A22.D23.C24.B25.B26.C27.B28.D29.B30.A
31.B32.C33.B34.C35.C36.B37.B38.D39.A40.A
Section III
41.B42.C43.B44.B45.C46.B47.48.B49.C50.A
51.C52.A53.D54.A55.D56.C57.B58.A59.D60.C
Part B
61.医学院的学生在学习12年之后得到的主要印象是如今美国的头号健康问题甚至比艾滋病或癌症更严重，那就是美国不知道如何考虑健康和疾病的问题。
62.我们对上述问题的反应仅形成在恐惧的层次上。我们害怕最坏的情况，期待最坏的情况出现，这样做的结果是导致最坏的情况出现。
63.结果是我们成了一个体弱多病的和患有疑病的国家，成为了一个自我治疗的社会。我们无法区分临时的、日常的病症和那些需要专业医生治疗的病症。
64.小时候，我们也曾被一种怪异的想法所支配，那就是我们一直不断地遭受一种看不见的、叫做"细菌"的怪物的攻击，而且我们不得不时刻保持警惕，以防这些怪物发怒时对我们的身体造成伤害。
65.但是我们没有对另外一个决定性事实给予同样的重视。这个事实就是我们有完美的身体机质来对付这群小恶魔，而对它们的攻击采取先发制人的最佳方法是保持一种明智的生活方式。
Section IV
66.Great Advancement
With the introduction of the opening up policy, China has made rapid progress in various fields. The tremendous increase in overseas tourism of one city shown here is one example.
The two graphs demonstrate the increase in overseas tourists person/time and the growth of foreign currency income from international tourism. In 1979, at the beginning of the implementation of the opening up policy, the total number of the person/time tourists was only 28,352, winning a small amount of foreign currency of 5,500,000 US dollars. As the opening up program continues, both figures are going up. By 1990, the number of person/time tourists had reached 65,404, nearly double that of 1979; the foreign currency rose to 23,140,000 US dollars, an increase of more than four fold. Since 1990, however, tourism has undergone more rapid development.