CET-4模拟试题(二)
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生技16-1CET-4模拟测试
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Part I Writing (30 minutes) （请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试）
Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. Suppose you have two options upon graduation: one is to take a job in a company and the other to go to a graduate school. You are to make a choice between the two. Write an essay to explain the reasons for your choice. You should write at least 120words but no more than 180words.
Part ⅡListening Comprehension （25 minutes）Section A
Directions: In this section，you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report，you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will
be spoken only once. After you hear a question，you must choose the best
answer from the four choices marked A），B），C）and D）. Then mark the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
1.A) Terrorists attacked Thai troops. C) Shootings occurred in Bangkok.
B)Thai troops killed many people. D) Bombs blasted in Bangkok.
2.A) The Muslims wanted to build up an Islamic State.
B)Thai troops were sent to North.
C)About 2,000 people were injured.
D)There were no more bombings since 2004.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3.A) Give oil revenues to some of the provinces.
B)Allow provinces distribute their oil revenues.
C)Distribute oil revenues according to the population size.
D)Distribute oil revenues according to the development of economy.
4.A) To help build shopping malls.
B)To help improve the country’s economy.
C)To help more children to learn how to clean the streets.
D)To help more young people to get back to school.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5.A) Spain. C) France.
B)The United States. D) Italy.
6.A) 77 million. C) 36.8 million.
B)130 million. D) 100 million.
7. A) 16.6%. C) 100%.
B) 30%. D) 37%.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the
questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose
the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. A) The job is boring, but the pay is good. C) She likes the job but still wants a change.
B) It’s not a busy, but a hard job. D) It’s the very job she’s looking for.
9. A) He likes fashion. C) He believes he qualifies for the job.
B) He is learning fashion design. D) He likes working as a salesman.
10.A) Someone who is not good at service jobs.
B)Someone who is not good at mind tricks.
C)Someone who is afraid of being a new one at a job.
D)Someone who can start a conversation with strangers easily.
11.A) Be played by mind tricks. C) Fail to get perfect scores.
B) Leave the school and be independent. D) Be unemployed for the time being.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12.A) Living in trees. C) An environmental issue.
B) Protecting the forests. D) Tasmania’s policies.
13.A) She hates to live with people. C) She wants to live high.
B) She likes living in a tree. D) She wants to prevent people from logging
trees.
14. A) It can benefit the environment. C) It can provide jobs.
B) It can reduce costs. D) It is profitable.
15.A) It is a vital industry in Tasmania. C) It boosts the cutting of trees in Tasmania.
B) It will reduce employment rate in Tasmania. D) It stops local people from money in
Tasmania.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be
spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer
from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding
letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16.A) New York City is turning 101 years old.
B)Grand Central Station’s turning 101 years old.
C)A building being named as Grand Central Terminal.
D)The change of Grand Central Station.
17.A) It has a small, arched window. C) The ticket windows are jeweled.
B) The clocks are on four sides. D) The ceiling is a mirror image.
18.A) The design of the building is for the public.
B) The plan of building a huge office over it failed.
C)The modern preservation movement gets more attention.
D)The beauty of the building has been known worldwide.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19.A) It contains one paragraph of introduction. C) It consists of two sides of the
argument.
B) It contains five paragraphs of evidence. D) It contains three paragraphs of the
conclusion.
20.A) Correcting grammar mistakes in college. C) Helping students improve their writing.
B) Teaching international students. D) Working in a lab in India.
21.A) Its subjects are too simple to use the formula.
B)The formula is good for this kind of writing.
C)Its subjects require deep thoughts and investigation.
D)Careful thinking should be throughout the process of writing.
22. A) One with a clear five-paragraph essay.
B)One with evidence leading to different conclusions.
C)One with descriptive words.
D) One with shorter but well-organized sentences.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23.A) Busy people. C) Young people.
B) Knowledgeable people. D) Rich people.
24.A) Ads by celebrity. C) Good reputation of the seller.
B) Friendly online conversation. D) Discounts and small gifts.
25. A) By adding various products. C) By having good post-sale service.
B) By lowering the prices. D) By making quick deliveries.
Part III Reading Comprehension （40 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 given in a word bank following
the passage。Read the passage through carefully before 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.
Physical activity does the body good, and there is growing evidence that it helps the brain too. Researchers in the Netherlands report that children who get more exercise, whether at school or on their own, （26）to have higher GPAs and better scores on standardized tests. In a （27）of 14 studies that looked at physical activity and academic（28）, investigators found that the more children moved, the better their grades were in school,（29）in the basic subjects of math, English and reading.
The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether physical education classes should be cut as schools struggle to（30）on smaller budgets. The arguments against physical education have included concerns that gym time may be taking away from study time. With standardized test scores in the U.S.（31）in recent years, some administrators believe students need to spend more time in the classroom instead of on the playground. But as these findings show, exercise and academics may not be（32）exclusive. Physical activity can improve blood （33）to the brain, fueling memory, attention and creativity, which are （34）to learning. And exercise releases hormones that can improve（35）and relieve stress, which can also help learning. So while it may seem as if kids are just exercising their bodies when they are running around, they may actually be exercising their brains as well.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
A）attendance B）consequently C）current
D）depressing E）dropping F）essential G）feasible
H）flow I）mood
J）mutually K）particularly L）performance M）review N）survive O）tend
Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached 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.
Greed, Guile&Lies Vlkswagen: Cheated to Beat Emissions Tests
[A] The pitch: Volkswagen promised consumers that its diesel-engine cars
were not only fuel efficient but also clean enough to meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency air-quality standards. American consumers scrambled to get behind the wheel of Volkswagen’s“green diesels,”which combined high fuel economy, great performance, and the cachet of driving an eco-friendly European vehicle.
[B] The hitch: American air-quality standards are very different from those in
Europe. European emissions
standards are more focused on greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, primarily) and fuel economy, while
U.S. standards are aimed at limiting smog and adverse health effects, so they target six principal pollutants, such as particulate matter and carbon monoxide.
To span this divide, Volkswagen developed a secret sauce that allowed models to pass the EPA’s test.
[C] The fallout: The secret sauce, it was revealed last year, turned out to be good
old-fashioned cheating. Every Volkswagen diesel was equipped with a “defeat device”—software that detected when the car was undergoing emissions testing, says the EPA—that triggered a tightening of the car’s emissions-control system and allowed it to meet emissions standards in the lab. But as soon as the car came off the test treadmill, the engine snapped back to snazzy life, spewing up to
40 times the allowable limit of nitrogen oxide (NOX), which causes respiratory
ailments, especially in fragile populations such as the elderly and young children with asthma.
[D] The company has fessed up to the cheating, but that didn’t stop the EPA from
going after it. In June, Volkswagen agreed to pay up to $14.7 billion to settle claims with dissatisfied car owners and to answer for violations of the Clean Air Act. If the engineers who designed the cheat told themselves they were hurting
no one, they were wrong: Harvard and MIT scientists estimate that the added NOX emissions could cause about 60 early deaths in the United States alone.
Pro Sports Teams: Paid to Be Patriotic
[E] The pitch: Sports stadiums are among the most patriotic places in America.
There you might witness a tear-jerking surprise reunion of a soldier just home from Afghanistan with his family, on field reenlistment ceremonies, Air Force flyovers, and more. It’s enough to put a lump in our throats and leave us thanking the individual teams for their commitment to our servicemen and women. [F] The hitch: In 2015, it was revealed that what sports fans had assumed were
genuine shows of support for the armed forces by teams in the NFL, the NBA, the NHL, Major League Baseball, and Major League Soccer had actually been business deals designed for profit. It wasn’t that the sports teams had never staged sincere shows of patriotism; however, it’s doubtful the fans would have responded so emotionally to all these spectacles had they understood that many of them were lucrative recruiting advertisements, paid for by the Department of Defense.
[G] The fallout: Arizona senators Jeff Flake and John McCain launched an
investigation and published a damning report on “paid patriotism.” They found that the National Guard, the biggest “advertiser,” had dropped millions on sports teams while simultaneously appealing to Congress for funding to meet a
$100 million budget shortfall. (A typical example blasted by the senators: a $20,000 payout to the New York Jets to recognize local Army National Guard soldiers as hometown heroes on the video board, a s well as Coaches Club access for the recognized soldiers and three guests.) The senators added that the DOD, operating with a “complete lack of internal controls”couldn’t prove that paid patriotism had helped recruitment.
[H] It’s certainly easy to be angry with the Department of Defense for wasting money
on potentially fruitless advertising. But neither the leagues nor the individual teams should get a pass. After all, they were all too eager to benefit from our emotions.
[I] In response to the report, the Department of Defense issued new guidelines that
banned paid patriotism. In May, after conducting an audit, the NFL announced it identified $723,734 spent between 2012 and 2015 that “may have been mistakenly applied to appreciation activities rather than recruitment efforts,”
which would be returned in full to taxpayers.
Coca-Cola: Sugarcoated News
[J] The pitch: “There is virtually no compelling evidence that fast food and sugary drinks cause obesity,” said Steven Blair of Global Energy Balance Network in a video announcing the launch of that scientific research organization. Good
health, claimed GEBN, is achieved when an individual balances calories consumed with calories burned.
[K] The hitch: GEBN wasn’t exactly an objective source. In 2014, James Hill, PhD, of the University of Colorado had e-mailed Coca-Cola executives:“It is not fair that Coca-Cola is been singled out as the No.1 villain in the obesity world, ” Hill wrote. “I want to help your company avoid the image of being a problem in people’s lives.” Coca-Cola contributed $1 million to support the creation of the organization. Hill and Blair gave obesity-related media interviews that put some emphasis on calories out than calories in, without any disclosure of their ties to Coke.
[L] The fallout: After a New York Times article exposed the special relationship between Coca-Cola and GEBN, the two parted ways. GEBN soon shut down and returned the $1million to the company. Coke’s CEO,Muhtar Kent, has acknowledged an “insufficient amount of transparency”and flaws in Coke’s approach to public health. The company’s chief science and health officer retired in the wake of the scandal, and Coke has since rolled out an oversight committee and a sales strategy that focuses on smaller cans and bottles. [M] This may not have been the first time the company has bungled in public health sphere. According to the Times, back in 2001, Coca-Cola sponsored a campaign called “H2No,”in which waitstaff at some restaurants were trained to correct diners’ troublesome practice of ordering tap water instead of Coke.
36. People can see reunions of soldiers with their families in sports field.
37. People are inclined to get mad at the Department of Defense for funding
advertisements which have no use in recruitment.
38. Europe diversifies from USA in the emission criteria.
39.After the implementation of the guideline that forbid paid patriotism, a large
amount of money are collected back to citizens.
40.Not all of the shows in sports stadiums are faked to be patriotic.
41.Workers in GEBN helped Coca-Cola get rid of the reputation of obesity source,
since Coca-Cola donates
money to help the establishment of GEBN.
42.After the scandal, Coca-Cola has switched its marketing strategy to produce
smaller size of cola.
43.Coca-cola got stuck in their public image before, for it urged people to drink cola
rather than tap water.
44.In real life, Volkswagen’s engine releases pollutants which surpass the emission
limitation, although it can pass the EPA’s test.
45.GEBN argues that it still cannot conclusively prove that sugary drinks will
contribute to overweight.
Section C
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
Attitudes toward new technologies often along generational lines. That is, generally, younger people tend to outnumber older people on the front end of a technological shift.
It is not always the case, though. When you look at attitudes toward driverless cars, there doesn't seem to be a clear generational divide. The public overall is split on whether they'd like to use a driverless car. In a study last year, of all people surveyed, 48 percent said they wanted to ride in one, while 50 percent did not.
The face that attitudes toward self-driving cars appear to be so steady across generations suggests how transformative the shift to driverless cars could be. Not everyone wants a driverless car now-and no one can get one yet-but among those who are open to them, every age group is similarly engaged.
Actually, this isn't surprising. Whereas older generations are sometime reluctant to adopt new technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular. Older adults, especially those with limited mobility or difficulty driving on their own, are one of the classic use eases for driverless cars.
This is especially interesting when you consider that younger people are generally more interested in travel-related technologies than older ones.
When it comes to driverless cars, differences in attitude are more pronounced based on factors not related to age. College graduates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education, 59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school diploma or less.
Where a person lives matters , too. More people who lives in cities and suburbs said they wanted to try driverless cars than those who lived in rural areas.
While there's reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up across the board, a person's age will have little to do with how self-driving cars can be becoming mainstream . Once driverless cares are actually available for safe, the early adopters will be the people who can afford to buy them.
46. What happens when a new technology emerges?
A. It further widens the gap between the old and the young.
B. It often leads to innovations in other related fields.
C. It contribute greatly to the advance of society as a whole.
D. It usually draws different reactions from different age groups.
47. What does the author say about the driverless car?
A. It does not seem to create a generational divide.
B. It will not necessarily reduce road accidents.
C. It may start a revolution in the car industry.
D. It has given rise to unrealistic expectations.
48. Why does the driverless car appeal to some old people?
A. It saves their energy.
B. It helps with their mobility.
C. It adds to the safety of their travel.
D. It stirs up their interest in life.
49. What is likely to affect one's attitude toward the driverless car?
A. The location of their residence.
B. The amount of their special interest
C. The amount of training they received.
D. The length of their driving experience.
50. Who are likely to be the first to buy the driverless car?
A. The senior.
B. The educated.
C. The weaIthy.
D. The tech fans.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
Children are born ready to imitate adult behavior. That they can imitate an array of adult facial expressions have been demonstrated in newborns as young as a few hours old, before they are even old enough to know that they have facial features. It is a most useful instinct, for the developing child must learn and master a vast repertoire of behavior in short order.
But while children have instinctive desire to imitate, they do not possess an instinct for determining whether a behavior ought to be imitated. They will imitate anything, including behavior that most adults r egard as destructive and antisocial. It may give pause for thought, then, to learn that infants as young as f ourteen months demonstrably observe and incorporate behavior seen on television.
The average American preschooler watches more than twenty-seven hours of television per week. This might not be bad if these young children understood what they were watching. But they don’t. Up through ages three and four, most children are unable to distinguish fact from fantasy on TV, and remain unable to do so despite adult coaching. In the minds of young children, television is a source of entirely factual i nformation regarding how the world works. There are no limits to their credulity. To cite one example, an Indiana school board had to issue an advisory to young children that, no, there is no such thing as Teenage Mutant NinjaTurtles. Children had been crawling down storm drains looking for them.
Naturally, as children get older, they come to know better, but their earliest and deepest impressions are laid down at an age when they still see television as a factual source of information about the outside world. In that world, it seems, violence is generally powerful, exciting, charismatic, and effective. In later life, serious violence is most likely to erupt at moments of severe stress and it is
precisely at such moments that adolescents and adults are most visceral sense of the role of violence in society and in personal behavior. Much of this sense will have come from television.
50.What do we learn from the first paragraph?
A)Children respond readily to others’ behaviors.
B)Children demonstrate facial cues when they know they have facial features.
C)Children are capable of doing what an adult is doing without studying.
D)Imitating is one of the most distinguishing features of children.
52.What can children hardly achieve?
A)Deciding what to imitate. C) Observing what’s on TV.
B)Imitating destructive things. D) Desiring instinctively.
53.Why do children fail to recognize facts from fantasy on TV?
A)They are too young to make judgments.
B)They regard TV as something that tells them about the truth.
C)Indiana authorities suggest that they should never search for Teenage Mutant
NinjaTurtles.
D) Their parents don’t allow them to watch TV for more than twenty-four hours.
54.What does “board” (Line 6, Para. 3) mean?
A)Blackboard. C) committee.
B)Organization. D) facility.
55.What does the author say about the risk of serious violence?
A)Older children are inclined to commit crime.
B)They still treat television as the access to the reality.
C)People may act brutally when feeling stressed out.
D)Television is blamed so kids should never watch TV at all.
Part ⅣTranslation (30 minutes)
Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
在中国文化中，黄颜色是一种很重要的颜色，因为它具有独特的象征意义。在圭蝗(feudal) 社会中，它象征统治者的权力和权威。那时，黄色是专为皇帝使用的颜色，皇家宫殿全都漆成黄色，皇袍总是黄色的，而普通老百姓是禁止穿黄色衣服的。在中国，黄色也是收获的象征。秋天庄稼成熟时，田野变得一片金黄。人们兴高采烈，庆祝丰收。