四级模拟题范文答案听力原文201305.doc

2013 年 6 月四级模拟题 作文范文、听力原文及答案 作文范文 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled On Students’ Physical Well-being based on following materials given bellow. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 材料一: 当前大学生戴眼镜、“豆芽菜”、小胖墩的比例明显较 10 年前多； 材料二: 某大学女生 800 米跑、男生 1000 米跑测试较 2000 年分别下降 10.3%和 10.9%。 Your essay should cover the following outline: 1. 说明材料反应的情况； 2. 出现这种情况可能的原因； 3. 你认为应该采取的措施。 On Students’ Physical Well-being There is no denying that physical well-being is of vital importance to the development of college students. However, many students, as well as educators and parents, fail to realize the truth. It can be proved by the evidence that increasing number of students are faced with the problems of near-sightedness and obesity, and that the results of 800-meter running test for girls and 1000-meter test for boys in a university decreased by 10.3% and 10.9% respectively compared with those in 2000. Various reasons accounts for the decline in students’ physical condition. First and foremost, it’s partly due to the fact that some college students are unaware of the significance of physical training and exercise. They believe that they are still young and there is no need to worry about their health condition. In addition, some students are preoccupied with study or computer games, which leave them little time for development of their constitution. What’s more, related authorities don’t make effective instruction and regulations to encourage students to build up their bodies. All in all, it is high time for us to pay due attention to students’ physical well-being. For one thing, it is the students themselves that can make a difference, which means active participation in doing more exercise. For another, government should take measures to help students cultivate healthy living styles. 1 听力原文 Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) Section A 11. M: You didn’t go to the theater for Romeo and Juliet, either, did you? Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.37 cm W: No. I was sure to be there but I got struck by stomachache. Q: What can we learn from the conversation? 12. W: Jason, I’m confused about the Professor Lee’s comment on my paper. Do you have any idea? Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.37 cm M: Why don’t you ask him on your own? Q: What does the conversation imply? 13. M: How did you go to New Zeeland, Christina? Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.37 cm W: I was planning to go by sea but Jacky finally talked me into flying there instead. Q: What can you infer from the woman’s response? 14. W: Our new director arrives tomorrow. Do we need to make any special arrangements for him？ Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.37 cm M: No. The only thing we need to do is to move the drawers to the other side so he can use it with the other hand, like a left-handed person. Q: What does the conversation imply? 15. M: You know what? Sherry has been awarded “Excellent Student” for two years in a row. I wish I Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.37 cm could be that lucky. W: But I don’t think so. Success cannot be made without the painstaking efforts indeed. Q: What does the woman imply? 16. W: I’m really in favor of calling my foreign friends on Christmas Day. It is fun to have a long chat, Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.37 cm but it’s quite expensive. M: Can’t you talk to your friends in an Internet chat room. Q: What does the man mean? 17. M: If you want to keep fit, you have to try to lose some weight. Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.37 cm W: How about losing 20 pounds? I used to weigh 160 pounds before, but now if I can just get down to 140 pounds, I’ll be happy. Q: What was the woman weight before? 18. W: Hello, would you please send someone up to my apartment? The flush toilet in the bathroom is blocked. M: Sorry, my men are all out now. But I’ll come to help you. Q: What kind of person does the woman want the man to send to her? 2 Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.37 cm Conversation 1 W: Mr. Johnson, how did you first get into voluntary work? M: ... Well, I started working with a special organization called VSO—Voluntary Service Overseas. It’s an excellent organization and a lot of people—both young and old who want to do something different with their lives. W: Can you tell us exactly what your reasons were for volunteering? M: My relatives suggested I become a teacher to earn as much money as possible to feed my family. But I thought that society had given me a good life and a good education and I felt that I should give something back. W: I see. And what kind of personal qualities do you think are necessary to be a volunteer? M: Well, a qualified volunteer must be sure that that is the kind of life they want for a year. It must not be regarded as a kind of free holiday. Also, it helps if you are a little adventurous. You need to be outgoing and willing to try new things, talk to new people and eat new food. You also need to be able to entertain yourself. It can get very lonely in some of the places. You can’t just pack up and go home to your mum if you get a bit lonely. W: And finally, what are the most important things you’ve got out of working as a volunteer? M: Oh ... so many things. I can now see that many of the problems here in this country are really not very important at all when compared to the problems that other countries have to face every day. I think it has made me realize how lucky I am to be living here. I think it has made me a better teacher. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Formatted: Space Before: 6 pt Questions 19. What are the two speakers talking about? Questions 20. Why did the man choose to be a volunteer? Questions 21. What kind of personal quality is not mentioned to be a qualified volunteer? Conversation 2 W: Hello, Charles. I just want to know if you fancy coming out for a cup of tea. M: Oh, I was just writing a letter. W: Writing a letter! Is your phone out of order? M: No—well, not exactly a letter. Kevin has applied for a job at a children’s camp and they’ve asked me for a character reference. W: Oh dear—you’re not going to tell them the truth, are you? M: What do you mean? W: Well, he’s a self-important show-off who never does a day’s work. M: Oh, come on, he’s not that bad—I mean, kids love him. He’s always entertaining his little brother’s friends with his magic tricks. W: Oh yes, he’s great with children—but he’s a big kid himself, isn’t he? M: Yes, I suppose he is a bit immature. W: And I hope they don’t expect him to work before four o’clock in the afternoon. You know what he 3 Formatted: Space Before: 6 pt is like—he needs a bomb under him to get up in the morning. M: Mm. W: Also, he hates taking orders from anybody. Do you remember that job he had last summer in a restaurant? He ended up throwing a bucket of water over the chef when the chef asked him to wash the kitchen floor. M: Mind you, he did run that restaurant single-handed when the chef and two of the waiters were off sick with food poisoning. OK. So forget about it. Let’s go out for a cup of tea. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Formatted: Space Before: 6 pt Questions 22. What did the woman want Charles to do? Questions 23. What was Charles doing when the woman came? Questions 24. What is true about Kevin? Questions 25. What can be concluded from the conversation? Section B Passage One It seems that the custom of giving birthday presents started thousands of years ago. People used to fear evil spirits—especially on their birthdays. It was a common belief that evil spirits were more Formatted: Indent: First Line: 0.78 cm, Space Before: 6 pt dangerous to a person when he or she experienced a change in their daily life, such as turning a year older. As a result, birthdays were celebrated with family and friends, who surrounded the birthday person with laughter to protect him or her from evil. It was thought to be even better if the guests brought gifts. Of course, people from different countries around the world celebrate birthdays in different ways. For example, the children in Argentina have their ears pulled by all their family and friends—one for each year of their lives. In Israel, the child sits in a special chair and gets lifted into the air—again, once for each year of life. The lucky children of Ireland receive “birthday bump” —they are held upside down and gently knock against the floor the number of years of life. So, once again we can see that although the practice of celebrating birthdays is very widespread around the world, the ways in which the celebrations are performed are very varied. Sometimes they seem very strange, sometimes even amusing to people who have different customs—but always very interesting to learn about and, with luck, someday experience. Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. Question 26. Why were birthdays originally thought to be dangerous? Question 27. Why did people give gifts to a birthday person in ancient time? Question 28. What is the Irish ways of celebrating a child’s birthday? Question 29. What is the main purpose of the speaker in the passage? Passage Two 4 Formatted: Space Before: 6 pt One of the greatest inventors of all times must surely be Leonardo Da Vinci. Da Vinci is probably best known as an artist, the painter of the “Mona Lisa”, currently the most valuable painting in the world. However, Da Vinci was much more than that. He was truly a “Man of both worlds”. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, inventor, and scientist. Da Vinci was born in 1452 in the small town of Anchiano, which was close to Vinci. He was an illegitimate child of a relatively poor office worker and a peasant woman. While he was still young, his parents divorced and Leonardo stayed with is father. Both parents re-married and eventually Leonardo had a total of 17 half-brothers or half-sisters. However, from these humble beginnings Leonardo became perhaps the greatest scholar ever. The list of Da Vinci’s accomplishments is endless. He made groundbreaking discoveries in anatomy, architecture, mathematics, and weaponry. Although many, if not most, of his sketches and plans were never actually built, they were remarkable predictions of what might be developed hundreds of years later. Examples of his “inventions” include such things as the parachute, aircrafts, skis, automobiles, cannons, multi-barreled guns, even satellites. If ever there was an example to our young people of a man who rose above his humble beginnings and, by opening his mind to what is around him and by not being content with the way things are, Leonardo Da Vinci must be that example. Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. Question 30. What does the speaker mean when he says Da Vinci was “A man of both worlds”? Question 31. Why does the speaker give us so many details about Leonardo’s early life? Question 32. Which of the statements is NOT true? Passage Three Experts say the "I Love You" virus is one of the most dangerous they have ever seen. The experts say it may have caused as much as 10 billion dollars in destroyed information and lost computer work time. The virus got in each computer as electronic mail that appeared to be sent from a friend. Its title was “I Love You.” When the computer user opened the message, the virus did several things. It found the computer’s address book and immediately mailed copies of itself to each computer address listed. It destroyed electronic pictures kept in the computer’s memory. It also searched for secret words used to protect computer information and attempted to steal them. The “I Love You” Virus quickly spread through computers used in governments and private businesses. Electronic address books in these computers quickly sent copies of the virus to other government computer systems. Business computers sent copies of the virus to other business computers. Within days the “I Love You” virus had spread from computer to computer around the world. Experts in computer crime are still investigating the incident. They have followed electronic evidence to The Philippines where there are no laws against this kind of Computer activity. Computer experts say as many as 50,000 computer viruses may now exist. These viruses spread very quickly on the Internet computer network. Experts warn all computer users to be careful about the electronic mail 5 Formatted: Space Before: 6 pt they open, and to protect their computers with anti-virus program. Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. Question 33. What is NOT true about the virus mentioned in the passage? Question 34. What can’t the virus do when computer user opens the message? Question 35. What can we learn from the experts? Section C Equality is, for Americans, one of their most cherished values. This concept is so important for Americans that they have even given it a religious basis. They say all people have been "created equal." Most Americans believe that God views all humans alike without regard to intelligence, physical condition or economic status. In secular terms this belief is translated into the assertion that all people have an equal opportunity to succeed in life. Americans differ in opinion about how to make this ideal into a reality. Yet virtually all agree that equality is an important civic and social goal. The equality concept often makes Americans seem strange to foreign visitors. Seven-eighths of the world feels quite differently. To them, rank and status and authority are seen as much more desirable considerations—even if they personally happen to find themselves near the bottom of the social order. Class and authority seem to give people in those other societies a sense of security and certainty. People outside the United States consider it reassuring to know, from birth, who they are and where they fit into the complex system called "society". Many high-ranking foreign visitors to the United States are insulted by the way they are treated by service personnel (such as waiters in restaurants, clerks in stores, taxi drivers, etc.). Americans have an aversion to treating people of high position in a deferential manner, and, conversely often treat lower class people as if they were very important. Newcomers to the United States should realize that no insult is intended by this lack of respect to rank or position in society. A foreigner should be prepared to be considered "just like anybody else" while in the country. 6 Formatted: Space Before: 6 pt Deleted: ¶ 答 案 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. D 8. bad drug habits 9. a tool 11.D 12. B 13. C 21. A 22. D 31. B 32. A 36. cherished 5. A 6. A ¶ 7. B 10.a healthy opinion 14.B 15. A 16. B 17.D 18. C 19. A 20. C 23. C 24. B 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. A 29. C 30. B 33. D 34. A 35. D 37. basis 38. intelligence 39. translated 40. differ 41. virtually 42. concept 43. desirable 44. Class and authority seem to give people in those other societies a sense of security and certainty. 45. Many high-ranking foreign visitors to the United States are insulted by the way they are treated by service personnel 46. Newcomers to the United States should realize that no insult is intended by this lack of respect to rank or position in society. 47. C 48. M 49. L 50.H 51. K 52. A 53. F 54. N 55. J 56. I 57. B 58. D 59. D 60. A 61. C 62. A 63. B 64. D 65. B 66. C 67. B 68. B 69. C 70. A 71. B 72. C 73. D 74. A 75. D 76. C 77. A 78. B 79. C 80. D 81. A 82. C 83. B 84. C 85. B 86. B 87. It wasn’t until we had stayed together for a couple of weeks 88. all young people who have strong desire for progress 89. I would have seized every opportunity of promotion 90. defending at the expense of life 91. Whether the scholar is qualified for the academic research (or not) 7