大学英语四级模拟试题（3）

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-14 09:52:33

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 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 center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
   Ten cats in search of owners will spend the next 10 days in a New York store window, their every move caught on camera for a real TV show, on which they will 47 for the show is the 48 of a pet food company and will be shown on cable channel Animal Planet, as well as on the Web site www. MeowMixHouse. com where viewers will be asked to vote off one feline(猫科的) 49 each day. Kitties who get the boot will be adopted into  50  homes.
   Meow MixHouse, 51 by Del Monte Foods Company, hopes the show will  52 cat adoption  as well as their products, which will be the only thing on the menu. Passerby taking a gander through a specially rented storefront on Madison Avenue in midtown Manhattan can watch the cats lazing about a luxuriously  53  cat-sized house that includes sealed down sofas, beds, a fish tank (with fake fish), kitchen and a porch, all put together by an interior designer.
   "It’s a Disney World for cats," said Meow Mix's Ryan Reed, in charge of ensuring the cats are well-cared for and well-behaved. 54 from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are also on hand to attend to the needs of the kitty stars.
   Enjoying their final day of obscurity on Monday, the cats seemed 55 by attention from visiting media most of the cats were asleep on the set, which will be 56 to the public on Tuesday.
A) unveiled       B) unfazed       C) contestant       D) permanent
E) owned          F) promote       G) fantastic          H ) volunteers
I) temporarily       J)creation       K)demand          L) out fitted
M)credit          N)citizens       O) compete

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-14 09:52:34

Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section.  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 and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
   The main idea of these business school academics is appealing. In a world where companies must adapt to new technologies and source of competition, it is much harder than it used to be to offer good employees job security and an opportunity to climb the corporate ladder. Yet it is also more necessary than ever for employees to invest in better skills and sparkle with bright ideas. How can firms get the most out of people if they can no longer offer them protection and promotion?
   Many bosses would love to have an answer.  Sumantrra Ghoshal of the London Business School and Christopher Bartlett of the Harvard Business School think they have one: "Employability. ' If managers offer the right kinds of training and guidance, and change their attitude towards their underlings(下属), they will be able to reassure their employees that they wi[[ always have the skills and experience to find a good job--even if it is with a different company.
   Unfortunately, they promise more than they deliver. Their thoughts on what an ideal organization should accomplish are hard to quarrel with: Encourage people to be creative, make sure the gains from creativity are shared with the pains of the business that can make the most of them, keep the organization from getting stale(陈旧的) and so forth. The real disappointment comes when they attempt to show how firms might actually create such an environment. At its nub (要点) is the notion that companies can attain their elusive goals by changing their implicit contract with individual workers, and treating them as a source of value rather than a part in a machine.
   The authors offer a few inspiring examples of companies  they include Motorola, 3M and ABB--that have managed to go some way towards creating such organizations. But they offer little useful guidance on how to go about it, and leave the biggest questions unanswered. How do you continuously train people, without diverting them from their everyday job of making the business more profitable? How do you train people to be successful elsewhere while still encouraging them to make big commitments to your own firm? How do you get your newly liberated employees to spend their time on ideas that create value, and not simply on those they enjoy? Most of their answers are platitudinous (平常的), and when they are not they are unconvincing.
57. We can infer from the passage that in the past an employee __________
A)had job security and opportunity of promotion
B)had to compete with each other to keep his job
C)had to undergo training all the time
D)had no difficulty climbing the corporate ladder
58. The author is making comments on the idea that _______________
A)the companies must adapt to new technologies and modern competition
B)the companies should offer enough job security and promotion opportunity
C) the companies should offer proper training and create an environment to encourage creativity
D)the companies should establish business schools to train employees
59. In their work, Ghoshal and Bartlett discuss _________________
A)changes in business organizations
B)contracts between employers and employees
C) employment environment
D)management skills
60. According to Christopher Bartlett, -- will improve "employability".
A)ability to [ay out one% talents to employers
B)skills and knowledge accumulated from school education
C) training opportunity and guidance offered by the company
D)being creative and ready to share collective wisdom
61. The companies in the book including Motorola, 3M and ABB are examples that ___________
   A)take some measure to make employees creative
   B)treat their workers as a part in a machine
   C)give their workers more training and little everyday job
   D)offer their workers more welfare and make little profit
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
   Today, there are many avenues open to those who wish to continue their education. However, nearly all require some break in one's career in order to attend school full time. Part-time education, that is, attending school at night or for one weekend a month, tends to drag the process out over time and puts the completion of a degree program out of reach of many people. Additionally, such programs require a fixed time commitment which can also impact negatively on one's career and family time. Of the many approaches to teaching and learning, however, perhaps the most flexible and accommodating is that called distance learning. Distance learning is an educational method which allows the students the flexibility to study at his or her own pace to achieve the academic goals which are so necessary in today's world. The time required to study may be set aside at the student's convenience with regard to all life’s other requirements. Additionally, the student may enroll in distance learning courses from virtually any place in the world, while continuing to pursue their chosen career. Tutorial assistance may be available via regular airmail, telephone, facsimile machine, teleconferencing and over the Internet.
   Good distance learning programs are characterized by the inclusion of a subject evaluation tools with every subject. This precludes the requirement for a student to travel away from home to take a test. Another characteristic of a good distance learning program is the eqnivalenee of the distance learning course with the same subject materials as those students taking the course on the home campus. The resultant diploma or degree should also be the same whether distance learning or on-campus study is employed. The individuality of the professor-student relationship is another characteristic of a good distance learning program. In the final analysis, a good distance learning program has a place not only for the individual student but also the corporation or business that wants to work in partnership with their employees for the educational benefit, professional development, and business growth of the organization- Sponsoring distance learning programs for their employees gives the business the advantage of retaining career-minded people while contributing to their personal and professional growth through education.
62. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of part-time education?
   A)It requires some break in one's career.
   B)It tends to last too long for many people to complete a degree program.
   C)It affects one's career.
   D)It gives the student less time to share with the family.

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-14 09:52:35

63. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of distance learning?
   A)The student may choose his or her own pace.
   B)The student may study at any time to his or her convenience.
C)They can pursue their chosen career while studying.
   D)Their tutorial assistance comes through regular airmail, telephone, facsimile machine, etc.
64. What benefit will distance learning program bring to a business according to the passage?
   A)Recruitment of more talented people.
   B)Good image of the business.
   C)Better cooperation with universities.
   D)Further training of employees and business growth.
65. Good distance learning program has the following characteristics EXCEPT __________
A)distance learning course is the same as students taking courses on campus
B)the resultant diploma or degree should be the same as on-campus study
C)professor-student relationship is strictly one to one all through the course
D)inc[udes subject evaluation tools
66. Distance learning brings       to an employee of a business.
A)personal and professional growth
B)good relationship with the employer
C)good impression on the employer
D) higher salary

Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B). C) and D) m the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
   Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom.  It is the species typical behavior that set human completely 67 from all other animals. Language is a means of communication, 68 it is much more than that. Many animals can 69  . The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers 70 other members of the hive(蜂群).  But human language permits communication about anything, 71 things like unicorns (独角兽)that have never existed. The key  72 in the fact that the unions of meaning, words, can be 73 together in different ways according to 74  , to communicate different meanings.
   Language is the most important [earning we do. Nothing 75 humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts 76 about the universe, the mind, love, dreams or ordering a drink. It is an immensely complex 77 that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most 78 of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to 79  . The speaker has to translate thoughts into 80 language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the 81 of speech is extremely fast, only 0. 04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to  82  out what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to  83  the words spoken, understand the pattern of 84 of the words(sentences), and finally 85 the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0. 5 seconds. But 86  started, it is of course a continuous process.
67. A)apart          B)off             C)up             D) down
68. A)so          B)but             C)or             D)for
69. A) transfer       B) transmit       C) convey          D) communicate
70. A)to             B) from             C)over          D)on
71. A) only          B)a[most          C) even          D)just
72. A)stays          B)situates          C) hides          D)lies
73. A)stuck       B)strung          C) rung          D) consisted
74. A) rules          B) scales          C) laws          D) standards
75. A)combines    B)contains          C)defines          D) declares
76. A)what          B) whether          C) while          D)il
77. A) prospect       B) progress          C) process          D) product
78. A)aspects       B)abstracts       C)angles          D) assumptions
79. A) anybody       B)another          C)other          D) everybody
80. A) body          B) gesture          C) written          D) spoken
81. A) growing       B) fixing          C) beginning       D) building
82. A)put          B)take             C)draw          D) figure
83. A ) identify       B) locate          C) reveal          D) discover
84. A)performance B)organization       C)design          D) layout
85. A) prescribe    B) justify          C) utter          D) interpret
86. A) since          B)after             C)once          D) until
Part VI Translation(S minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2.
87. With a strong southern accent, Mrs. Johnson could hardly make ___________ (别人能听懂她的话)
88.___________ (如果给足了时间),they would surely have done better.
89. in the area, AIDS is _____________ (非常可怕的疾病) that the very mention of it strikes terror into the population.
90. Their products wouldn't have secured such high market shares if ___________ (他们没有改进产品的质量).
91. When 1 began to move round toward the door, ______________________________(她一定是看出了我的想法), for he immediately told me to stay where 1 had been.

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-14 09:52:36

参考答案： Part 2  Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning):
BCABDDD, advances, 10 million tons, pollution and intensive fishing
Part 4  Reading Comprehension:
Section A:  O  J  C  D  E  F  L  H  B  A
Section B:  ACDCA,  ADDCA
Part 5  Cloze:
ABDAC, DBACB, CABDD, DABDC
Part 6:  Translation:
herself understood
Given sufficient time
so dreadful a disease
they hadn’t improved the quality of their products
he must have read my thoughts

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[四级模拟] 大学英语四级模拟试题（3）