英语四级新题型模拟试题及答案

2007年英语四级新题型模拟试题及答案(3)

大学英语4级考试

College English Model Test Three —Band Four—

Part ⅠWriting（30 minutes）

Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a letter to your American friend Lawrence, to introduce Spring Festiv al in China and invite him to join you to spend this Spring Festival. Suppose you are Yuan Chao. You should write at least 120 words fol lowing the suggestions given below in Chinese:

1. 表达你对Lawrence的想念之情；

2. 介绍中国的春节；

3. 邀请Lawrence和你们一起过春节。

提示:在实考试卷中，该试题在答题卡1上。 A Letter to Lawrence September 23, 2005

Dear Lawrence,

Yours,

Yuan Chao

Part ⅡReading Comprehension （Skimming and Scanning）（15 minutes）

Directions:In this part,you will have 15 minutes to go over the passa ge quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7,mark

Y （for YES）if the statement agrees with the information given in th e passage;

N （for NO）if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;

NG （for NOT GIVEN）if the information is not given in the passage. For questions 8-10,complete the sentences with information given in the passage.

Computer Crime

A computer crime is generally defined as one that involves the use of computers and software for illegal purposes. This doesn't mean that all the crimes are new types of crime. On the contrary, many of these crimes, such as embezzlement of funds, the alteration of records, th eft, vandalism, sabotage, and terrorism, can be committed without a c omputer. But with a computer, these offenses can be carried out more quickly and with less chance that the person responsible for the crim e will be discovered.

Computer crimes are on the rise and have been for the last twelve yea rs. Just how much these computer crimes cost the American public is i n dispute, but estimates range from ＄3 billion to ＄5 billion an nually. Even the FBI, which attempts to keep track of the growth or d ecline of all kinds of crimes, is unable to say precisely how large a loss is involved; however, it estimates that the average take from a company hit by computer crime is ＄600,000. A number of reasons ar e given for the increase in computer crime: （A） more computers in u se and, thus, more people who are familiar with basic computer operat

ion; （B） more computers tied together in satellite and other data—t ransmission networks; and （C） the easy access of microcomputers to huge mainframe data bases.

The Criminal

Movies and newspaper stories might lead us to believe that most compu ter crimes are committed by teenage “hackers”—brilliant and basica lly good children who let their imagination and technical genius get them into trouble. But a realistic look at the crimes reveals that th e offender is likely to be an employee of the firm against which the crime has been committed, i.e., an “insider”.

Difficulty of Detection and Prevention

Given the kind of person who commits a computer crime and the environ ment in which the crime occurs, it is often difficult to detect who t he criminal is. First of all, the crime may be so complex that months or years go by before anyone discovers it.

Second, once the crime has been revealed, it is not easy to find a cl ear trail of evidence that leads back to the guilty party. After all, looking for “weapons” or fingerprints does not occur as it might i n the investigation of more conventional crimes.

Third, there are usually no witnesses to the computer crime, even tho ugh it may be taking place in a room filled with people. Who is to sa y if the person at the next terminal, calmly keying in data, is doing the company's work or committing a criminal act?

Fourth, not enough people in management and law enforcement know enou gh about computer technology to prevent the crimes. Authorities have

to be familiar with the computer's capabilities within a given situat ion to guard against its misuses. In some large cities, such as Los A ngeles, police departments have set up specially trained computer cri me units.

But even when an offender is caught, the investigators, attorneys （律师）, judges, or juries may find the alleged crime too complicated an d perplexing to handle. More attorneys are specializing in computer l aw and studying the computer's potential for misuse.

After a computer crime has been discovered, many companies do not rep ort it or prosecute （起诉） the person responsible. A company may no t announce the crime out of fear that the pubic will find out the wea knesses of its computer system and lose confidence in its organizatio n. Banks, credit card companies, and investment firms are especially sensitive about revealing their vulnerabilities （脆弱性） because th ey rely heavily on customer trust.

To avoid public attention, cautious companies will often settle cases of computer tampering out of court. And if cases do go to trial and the offenders are convicted, they may be punished only by a fine or l ight sentence because the judge or jury isn't fully trained to unders tand the nature and seriousness of the crime.

Not all companies are timid in apprehending computer criminals. For e xample, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company decided it had to get tough on violators. So when the company discovered that one of it s computer technicians had embezzled ＄200,000 by entering false be nefit claims, it presented it findings to the state's attorney and ai

ded in the prosecution of the technician. The technician was found gu ilty and sentenced to prison, not just for the computer misuse, but a lso for grand theft and insurance fraud. Connecticut General now has a policy of reporting all incidents of theft or fraud, no matter how small.

提示:在实考试卷中，8-10题在答题卡1上。

1. The FBI knows exactly how large a loss is involved in computer cri mes.

2. It has become easy for microcomputer owners to use huge mainframe data bases.

3. It is implied in the Paragraph 3 that most computer criminals are the employees of the concerned companies.

4. Many companies don t report computer crimes because law procedur es against computer crimes usually cost a lot of money.

5. When computer crime takes place in a room filled with people, ther

e are usually many witnesses to the crime.

6. The passage is mainly about the increase of computer crimes in Ame rica and the difficulties in combating computer crimes.

7. Computer crimes are on the rise because more cheap microcomputers are available.

8. According to the passage, computer crimes has been on the rise for the last years.

9. Connecticut General Life Insurance company is cited as of companie s that took serious measures to fight against computer crimes.

10. Banks, credit card companies, and investment firms are especially sensitive about revealing their vulnerabilities because they place t oo much reliance on .

Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension（35 minutes）

Section A

Directions:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the end of each conversation,one or more quest ions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only 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 co rresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the c entre.

11. A） She won't let her friend borrow the car.

B） She will shop for a car.

C） She has a good car.

D） She will lend her car to her friend.

12. A） She hasn't heard from the professor in a week.

B） The class has extra time to complete the assignment.

C） She only just found out about the economics paper.

D） She won't see the professor until next week.

13. A） Her backhand is almost perfect.

B） The time the man spent practicing has helped him.

C） The man's mother wanted him to practice.

D） Her mother is a good tennis coach.

14. A） Board the train.

B） Send a fax.

C） Change his departure time.

D） Have breakfast.

15. A） He turned a corner so fast.

B） He ran a red light.

C） He went through a stop sign.

D） He was speeding.

16. A） Each person will be allowed to buy only one ticket.

B） The tickets will sell out quickly.

C） The rock concert will probably be rescheduled.

D） There will be extra tickets.

17. A） They didn't get wet.

B） They're late for the concert.

C） They prefer to dress casually.

D） They're really looking forward to the concert.

18. A） She was working on a train schedule.

B） She didn't get home until after midnight.

C） She was busy with her guests all evening.

D） She left too late to catch the train.

Question 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19. A） How different kinds of pepper are produced.

B） Why white pepper is superior to black pepper.

C） How the pepper plant is grown.

D） How various peppers are used in cooking.

20. A） He read about it in a cookbook.

B） He grows his own herbs and spices.

C） He heard about it from a friend.

D） He studied it in cooking school.

21. A） It's preserved in liquid.

B） The skin is removed.

C） It's dried in the sun.

D） It's freeze—dried.

22. A） It's more pure than other types of pepper.

B） It helps maintain the color of certain dishes.

C） It has a fruity flavor.

D） It's easier to grow.

Question 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

23. A） A story in prose.

B） A poem that rhymes.

C） A translation of a short literary work.

D） A journal about the process of writing.

24. A） The class has been assigned to read it.

B） He was able to read it in French.

C） He isn't sure it's available in English.

D） He thinks it's an example of what the professor wants.

25. A） It's pronounced differently in French than it is in English.

B） To write without using it is difficult both in English and in French.

C） Every word in the French author's book contained it.

D） It's commonly used in English to make poetry rhyme.转

Section B

Directions:In this section,you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage,you will hear some questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you mus t choose the best answer from the four choices marked A）,B）,C） and D） .Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 2 with a sing le line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. A） Automobile safety.

B） Increasing fuel efficiency.

C） California's pollution laws.

D） Electric—powered cars.

27. A） They are cheaper.

B） They do not pollute as much.

C） They are simpler to drive.

D） They are faster.

28. A） It is not comfortable.

B） It is difficult to steer.

C） It cannot go long distance without recharging.

D） Its engine easily overheats.

Passage Two

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. A） Its publication was banned by the British government.

B） It was the first weekly newspaper.

C） It caused a prison revolt.

D） It was the first magazine ever published.

30. A） He wrote articles critical of the Church of England.

B） He refused to stop publishing The Review.

C） He refused to pay publishing taxes.

D） He refused to join the Church of England.

31. A） It was not really a magazine.

B） It featured a variety of articles and stories.

C） It was praised by readers of poetry.

D） It was unpopular with political analysis.

Passage Three

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

32. A） Miss Straus．

B） Mabel Bird．

C） Isidor Straus．

D） Mabel Bird's servant．

33. A） To get into the lifeboat．

B） To stay with her husband．

C） To be close to her husband．

D） To stand arm in arm on the deck with her husband．

34. A） Her best friend．

B） Her heart's true companion．

C） Always a comfort to her soul.

D） All of the above．

35. A） She wanted to put the children first into the lifeboat．

B） She could not bear to leave her husband．

C） She helped her servant to get into the boat．

D） She was too old to put her foot on the edge of the boat.

Section C

Directions:In this section,you will hear a passage three times.When t he passage is read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time,you ar e required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exac t words you have just heard.For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information.For these blanks,you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the mai n points in you own words.Finally, when the passage is read for the t hird time,you should check what you have written.

提示:在实考试卷中，该试题在答题卡2上。

One of the best ways to celebrate Mother's Day is to give your mom th e day off. Let her take it easy and （36）while the rest of the famil y does the work.

My families begin Mother's Day with （37） in bed. Usually dad and th e kids will let mom sleep late as they go into the （38）and prepare her（39）meal. A Mother's Day breakfast can （40）of anything your mo m likes.

After the food is cooked （41）everything nicely on a （42）. Don't f orget the （43）with a single flower. Wite spring here, the children can pick a tulip（郁金香）or daffodil（黄水仙花） from the garden out side. When everything is ready （44）Cards and small presents from th e children can be placed on the tray before it is presented to mom in bed.

Many families make a special Mother's Day dinner or （45）. It is a g ood day to let your mom have a good rest and let her see what a wonde rful family she has.

（46）.These telegrams can be sent from any post office in this count ry.

Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension（Reading in Depth）（25 minutes）Section A

Directions: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 gi ven in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through car efully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identifi ed 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 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.

What is it about Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel 47 about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely en joy junk food. We're 48 with health and weight loss but face an unpre cedented epidemic of obesity（肥胖）. Perhaps the 49 to this ambivale nce（矛盾情结） lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash c rop（经济作物） wasn't eaten but smoked. Then there was Prohibition, intended to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more 50 ways o f doing it.

The immigrant experience, too, has been one of inharmony. Do as Roman s do means eating what “real Americans” eat, but our nation's food has come to be 51 by imports—pizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of th e country's most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles.

Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that food has been a mediu m for the nation's defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Part y or the sit ins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even morality whether one refrains from alcoho l for religious reasons or evades meat for political 52 .

But strong opinions have not brought 53 . Americans are ambivalent ab out what they put in their mouths. We have become 54 of our foods, es pecially as we learn more about what they contain.

The 55 in food is still prosperous in the American consciousness. It' s no coincidence, then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the America n imagination in such bondage（束缚）. It's what we eat—and how we 5

6 it with friends, family, and strangers—that help define America as

a community today.

A. answer

B. result

C. share

D. guilty

E. constant

F. defined

G. vanish

H. adapted

I. creative

J. belief

K. suspiciousL. certaintyM. obsessedN. identifyO. Ideals

Section B

Directions:There are 2 passages in this section.Each passage is follo wed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A）,B）,C） and D） .You should decide on th e best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 wit h a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.

Resources can be said to be scarce in both an absolute and relative s ense: the surface of the Earth is finite, imposing absolute scarcity; but the scarcity that concerns economists is the relative scarcity o f resources in different uses. Materials used for one purpose cannot at the same time be used for other purposes; if the quantity of an in put is limited, the increased use of it in one manufacturing process must cause it to become less available for other uses.

The cost of a product in terms of money may not measure its true cost to society. The true cost of, say, the construction of a supersonic jet is the value of the schools and refrigerators that will never be

built as a result. Every act of production uses up some of society's available resources; it means the foregoing of an opportunity to prod uce something else. In deciding how to use resources most effectively to satisfy the wants of the community, this opportunity cost must ul timately be taken into account.

In a market economy the price of a good and the quantity supplied dep end on the cost of making it, and that cost, ultimately, is the cost of not making other goods. The market mechanism enforces this relatio nship. The cost of, say, a pair of shoes is the price of the leather, the labor, the fuel, and other elements used up in producing them. B ut the price of these inputs, in turn, depends on what they can produ ce elsewhere—if the leather can be used to produce handbags that are valued highly by consumers, the prices of leather will be bid up cor respondingly.

57. What does this passage mainly discuss?

A） The scarcity of manufactured goods.

B） The value of scarce materials.

C） The manufacturing of scarce goods.

D） The cost of producing shoes.

58. According to the passage, what are the opportunity costs of an it em?

A） The amount of time and money spent in producing it.

B） The opportunities a person has to buy it.

C） The value of what could have been produced instead.

D） The value of the resources used in its production.

59. According to the passage, what is the relationship between produc tion and resources?

A） Available resources stimulate production.

B） Resources are totally independent of production.

C） Production increases as resources increase.

D） Production lessens the amount of available resources.

60. What determines the price of a good in a market economy?

A） The cost of all elements in production.

B） The cost of not making other goods.

C） The efficiency of the manufacturing process.

D） The quantity of materials supplied.

61. Which of the following examples BEST reflects a cost to society a s defined in the passage?

A） A family buying a dog.

B） Eating in a restaurant instead of at home.

C） Using land for a house instead of a park.

D） Staying at home instead of going to school.

Passage Two

Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.

According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized as the leader of a social group. In th e family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or b oth of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually emerge as leaders, although there is no f

ormal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually cho sen formally through election or recruitment.

Although leaders are often thought to be people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evide nce that there is any category of “natural leaders”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have in common; rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the pe rson has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group. Research suggests that there are typically two different leadership r oles that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership is leadership that emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social gro up. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership that emphasi zes the collective well beings of a social group s members. Expre ssive leaders are less concerned with the overall goals of the group than with providing emotional support to group members and attempting to minimize tension and conflict among them.

Instrumental leaders are likely to have a rather secondary relationsh ip to other group members. They give others and may discipline group members who inhibit（阻碍） attainment of the group s goals. Expres sive leaders cultivate a more personal or primary relationship to oth ers in the group. They offer sympathy when someone experiences diffic ulties and try to resolve issues that threaten to divide the group. A s the difference in these two roles suggest, expressive leaders gener ally receive more personal affection from group members; instrumental

leaders, if they are successful in promoting group goals, may enjoy

a more distant respect.

62. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A） The problems faced by leaders.

B） How leadership differs in small and large groups.

C） How social groups determine who will lead them.

D） The role of leaders in social groups.

63. The passage mentions all of the following ways by which people ca n become leaders EXCEPT .

A） recruitment

B） formal election process

C） specific leadership training

D） traditional cultural patterns

64. Which of the following statements about leadership can be inferre

d from paragraph 2?

A） person who is an effective leader of a particular group may not b e an effective leader in another group.

B） Few people succeed in sharing a leadership role with another pers on.

C） A person can best learn how to be an effective leader by studying research on leadership.

D） Most people desire to be leaders but can produce little evidence of their qualifications.

65. In mentioning “natural leaders” in line 7, the author is making the point that .

A）few people qualify as “natural leaders”

B）there is no proof that “natural leaders” exist

C）“natural leaders” are easily accepted by the members of a group D）“natural leaders” share a similar set of characteristics

66. The passage indicates that instrumental leaders generally focus o n .

A） ensuring harmonious relationships

B） sharing responsibility with group members

C） identifying new leaders

D） achieving a goal

Part Ⅴ Error Correction

Direction:This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, the re are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may hav e to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistake s and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a wor d, cross it out and write the correct word in thecorresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark （∧） in the right place a nd write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross i t out and put a slash （/） in the blank.

When we speak of a human need, we mean something

which is unnecessary to life, something we can live with. 67

Food is a human need. We will starve to death if there 68

were no food on earth; but even if we have plenty of food,

but of the wrong kind, our bodies will have problem from

lack of the right food. This is known for malnutrition（营 69养不良）.

In countries where are not developed, man's food 70

needs are the same like in the most advanced societies. We 71

all need food and could live a good life on very few types of food. People in very developed countries eat only the kinds 72

of food which can be grown near their homes, whereas

people in developed countries eat foods which are often

grown many thousands of miles away form their homes.

People in undeveloped countries are happy with less

different kinds of foods than people in very developed ones

are, so we can say that despite the needs of the two kinds 73

of people are the same, their wants are different. People in

very developed countries eat many different types of

meat—they could live by only one, but they would be very 74 unhappy because every time what they ate was the same.

Even such special foods like chicken would be less fun to 75

eat if you had them every day. But we can't just live on

meat—we need other kinds of food like bread, rice, and

vegetables which are no more necessary to our bodies. 76

Part Ⅵ Translation （5 minutes）

Direction:Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating in to English the Chinese given in brackets.

提示:在实考试卷中，该试题在答题卡2上。

77. Jinling Hotel, where I stayed during my first visit to Nanjing, （座落在）on Hanzhong Road.