四级模考
大学英语四级考试（CET4）
（恩波英语研究所命题）
COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST
— Band Four —
试题册
（130分钟）
恩波英语模考试卷-PartⅠWriting(30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start the essay with a brief account of the phenomenon of fascination with PC games and then explain the harm of PC game. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.
Part ⅡListening Comprehension(30 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 questions 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 corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
1. A) He refused to take Linda with them.B) He agreed to take Linda with them.
C) He thought Linda should decide herself.D) He thought Linda should write something.
2. A) By car.B) By bus.C) By plane.D) By train.
3. A) Dont drink beer.B) Drink dark beer.
C) Dont use ice.D) Boil the beer.
4. A) The teacher postponed the meeting this afternoon.
B) There wont be a test this afternoon.
C) The students will be attending the meeting.
D) The students will take a test this afternoon.
5. A) If he can help her fill out a job application.
B) If he can introduce her to the campus counselor.
C) If he knows of any job openings with his former employer.
D) If hell return to the campus where he worked last year.
6. A) Someone else should make the introduction.
B) Dan isnt a very good violinist.
C) There will be other musicians to introduce.
D) Its rather late to ask Dan to make the introduction now.
7. A) She doesnt have much trouble.B) She understood the reading last night.
C) She understands very little.D) She hasnt been doing much of the reading.
8. A) The man has been complaining too much.
B) The mans toothache will go away by itself.
C) The man should have seen the dentist earlier.
D) The man should confirm his appointment with the dentist.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. A) “Loselose” solutions are useful in keeping a successful marriage.
B) To run a “winwin” solution is hard.
C) There is no success in marriage.
D) Running a successful marriage involves many factors.
10. A) They changed their ways of talking.
B) They changed to another topic.
C) They made their way to choose the wallpaper that was favored by both.
D) They just stopped quarrelling.
11. A) They dont want to be weak.
B) They want to feel loved and respected.
C) Controlling over anot
her means winning arguments at home.
D) They lack trust and insecurity.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) She makes the keypad dirty.
B) She always drops crumbs off the computer keyboard.
C) She always eats off a toilet seat.
D) It is not clean.
13. A) There are many difficulties in the examination.
B) The examination is useless for the employees.
C) The examination is to tell people there are many bugs on keyboard.
D) The examination is very successful.
14. A) Wash hands after going to the toilet.
B) Eat at the computer desks.
C) Eat much at lunch.
D) Touch the toilet door handle.
15. A) The survey needs more than 4,000 people.
B) A minority of people never clean the keypad and the mouse.
C) 10 people never clean their keypad and mouse.
D) People never clean the keypad and mouse.
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 must 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 single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) He obtained his philosophy degree.B) He sold his own life on the Internet.
C) He became famous for his website.D) He requested to part with his girlfriend.
17. A) He intended to do something special.
B) He wanted to ask for donations for charities.
C) He did not know the reason himself.
D) He meant to offer some help to poor people.
18. A) Driving license.B) Training course.
C) Cooking skills.D) Australian passport.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) Because they had caught serious disease.
B) Because they had been away from home for many years.
C) Because it was said they had died.
D) Because they were put into prison.
20. A) His bitter experience abroad.
B) What he saw in the Asian countries.
C) Madeup stories based on his imagination.
D) The stories about his family.
21. A) Where the countries are.
B) How to make a travel around the world.
C) What he told about is quite true.
D) How to find the black stone for cooking.
Passage Three
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) She was believed to be the last survivor after the big ship sank.
B) She was reported to die at her own home in England on Sunday.
C) She was the youngest passenger on board when the disaster happened.
D) She was taking a journey with her family when the liner hit an iceberg.
23. A) Her father.B) Her mother.C) Her brother.D) Her sister.
24. A) Because it would make her feel uncomfortable.
B) Because she was too sick to attend the ceremony.
C) Because she didnt like being treated as a celebrity.
D) Because she had to make some miserable speeches.
25
. A) Valuable prints taken from the ship.B) A suitcase filled with donated clothes.
C) Her lifesaving sack in the disaster.D) Apology letters to her from the Fund.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the 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 are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
When a consumer finds that an item she or he bought is faulty or does not live up to the manufacturers 26 for it, the first step is to present the guarantee at the store of purchase. 27, this action will produce results. However, if it does not, there are various means the consumer may use to gain satisfaction. A simple and common method used by many consumers is to complain directly to the store manager. In general, the “higher up” the consumer takes his or her 28, the faster he or she can expect it to be settled. In such a case, it is usually settled in the consumers favor, 29 he or she has a just claim. Consumers should complain in person 30, but if they cannot get to the place of purchase, it is 31 to phone or write the complaint in a letter. Complaining is usually most effective when it is done politely but 32, and especially when the consumer can demonstrate what is wrong with the item in 33. If this cannot be done, the consumer will succeed best by 34 specific information as to what is wrong, rather than by making general statements. The store manager may advise the consumer to write to the manufacturer. If so, the consumer should do this, stating the complaint as politely and as firmly as possible. But if a polite complaint does not achieve the desired result, the consumer can go a step further. She or he can threaten to take the seller to court or report the seller to a private or public organization 35 protecting consumers rights.
Part ⅢReading 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 center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
Years ago, doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life.In particular, when older patients 36 of pain, they were told it was a natural part of aging and they would have to learn to live with it.
Times have changed. Today, we take pain 37. Indeed, pain is now considered the fifth vital sign, as important as blood pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in 38
a persons wellbeing. We know that chronic(慢性的) pain can disrupt(扰乱) a persons life, causing problems that 39 from missed work to depression.
Thats why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who 40 in pain medicine. Not only do we evaluate the cause of the pain, which can help us treat the pain better, but we also help provide comprehensive therapy for depression and other psychological and social 41 related to chronic pain. Such comprehensive therapy often 42 the work of social workers, psychiatrists(心理医生) and psychologists, as well as specialists in pain medicine.
This modern 43 for pain management has led to a wealth of innovative treatments which are more effective and with fewer side effects than ever before. Decades ago, there were only a 44 number of drugs available, and many of them caused 45 side effects in older people， including dizziness and fatigue. This created a doubleedged sword: the medications helped relieve the pain but caused other problems that could be worse than the pain itself.
A) result
B) involves
C) significant
D) rangeE) relieved
F) issues
G) seriously
H) magnificentI) determining
J) limited
K) gravely
L) complainedM) respect
N) prompting
O) specialize
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.
The Art of Friendship
A) One evening a few years ago I found myself in an anxiety. Nothing was really wrong — my family and I were healthy, my career was busy and successful—I was just feeling vaguely down and in need of a friend who could raise my spirits, someone who would meet me for coffee and let me rant until the clouds lifted. I dialed my best friend, who now lives across the country in California, and got her voicemail. Thats when it started to dawn on me—lonesomeness was at the root of my dreariness. My social life had dwindled to almost nothing, but somehow until that moment Id been too busy to notice. Now it hit me hard. My old friends, buddies since college or even childhood, knew everything about me; when they left, they had taken my context with them.
B) Research has shown the longrange negative consequences of social isolation on ones health. But my concerns were more shortterm, I needed to feel understood right then in the way that only a girl friend can understand you. I knew it would be wrong to expect my husband to replace my friends: He couldnt, and even if he could, to whom would I then complain about my husband? So I resolved to acquire new friends—women like me who had kids and enjoyed rolling their eyes at the world a little bit just as I did. Since ld be mak
ing friends with more intention than Id ever given the process, I realized I could be selective, that I could in effect design my own social life. The downside, of course, was that I felt pretty frightened.
C) After all, its a whole lot harder to make friends in midlife than it is when youre younger—a fact women Ive spoken with point out again and again. As Leslie Danzig, 41, a Chicago theater director and mother, sees it, when youre in your teens and 20s, youve more or less friends with everyone unless theres a reason not to be. Your college roommate becomes your best pal at least partly due to proximity. Now there needs to be a reason to be friends. “There are many people Im comfortable around, but I wouldnt go so far as to call them friends. Comfort isnt enough to sustain a real friendship,” Danzig says.
D) At first, finding new companions felt awkward. At 40 I couldnt run up to people the way my 4yearold daughters do in the playground and ask, “Will you be my friend?”“Every time you start a new relationship, youre vulnerable again,” agrees Kathleen Hall, D Min, founder and CEO of the Stress Institute, in Atlanta. “Youre asking, ‘Would you like to come into my life?’ It makes us selfconscious.”
E) Fortunately, my discomfort soon passed. I realized that as a mature friend seeker my vulnerability risk was actually pretty low. If someone didnt take me up on my offer, so what: I wasnt in junior high, when I might have been rejected for having the wrong clothes or hair. At my age I have amassed enough selfesteem to realize that I have plenty to offer.
F) Were all so busy, in fact, that mutual interests—say, in a project, class, or cause that we already make time for—become the perfect catalysts for bringing us in contact with candidates for camaraderie. Michelle Mertes, 35, a teacher and mother of two in Wausau, Wisconsin, says a new friend she made at church came as a pleasant surprise. “In high school I chose friends based on their popularity and how being part of their circle might reflect on me. Now its our shared values and activities that count.” Mertes says her pal, with whom she organized the churchs youth programs, is nothing like her but their drive and organizational skills make them ideal friends.
G) Happily, as awkward as making new friends can be, selfesteem issues do not factor in—or if they do, you can easily put them into perspective. Danzig tells of the mother of a child in her sons preschool, a tall, beautiful woman who is married to a bigdeal rock musician. “I said to my husband, ‘shes too cool for me,’” she jokes. “I get intimidated by people. But once I got to know her, she turned out to be pretty laidback and friendly.” In the end there was no chemistry between them, so they didnt become good pals. “I realized that we werent each others type, but it wasnt about hierarchy.” What mi
dlife friendship is about, it seems, is reflecting the person youve become (or are still becoming) back at yourself, thus reinforcing the progress youve made in your life.
H) Harlene Katzman, 41, a lawyer in New York City, notes that her oldest friends knew her back when she was less sure of herself. As much as she loves them, she believes they sometimes respond to issues in light of who she once was. An old chum has the goods on you. With recently made friends, you can turn over a new leaf.
I) A new friend, chosen right, can also help you point your boat in the direction you want to go. Hanna Dershowitz, 39, an attorney and mother in Los Angeles, found that a new acquaintance from work was exactly what she needed in a friend. In addition to liking and respecting Julia, Dershowitz had a feeling that the fit and athletic younger woman would help her to get in shape.
J) While youre busy making new friends, remember that you still need to nurture your old ones. We asked Maria Paul, author of The Friendship Crisis: Finding, Making, and Keeping Friends When Youre Not a Kid Anymore, for the best ways to maintain these important relationships. Keep in touch. Your friends should be a priority; schedule regular lunch dates or coffee catchup sessions, no matter how busy you are. Know her business. Keep track of important events in a friends life and show your support. Call or email to let her know youre thinking of her. Speak your mind. Tell a friend (politely) if something she did really upset you. If you cant be totally honest, then you need to reexamine the relationship. Accept her flaws. No one is perfect, so work around her quirks—shes chronically late, or shes a bit negative—to cut down on frustration and fights. Boost her ego. Heartfelt compliments make everyone feel great, so tell her how much you love her new sweater or what a great job she did on a work project.
46. Leslie Danzig thought making friends at ones middle age needed some reasons.
47. A wellchosen new friend can help you go in the direction that you like.
48. A few years ago the author felt lonely and depressed when she phoned her best friend in another city who was much wanted then but unavailable.
49. According to Kathleen Hall, one might feel sensitive in the first course of making new friends.
50. Midlife friendship can help you realize your direction of life and reinforce the progress youve made in your life.
51. In Maria Pauls book, to be a better friend, you should keep track with your friends, care for your friends job, express yourself, accept her flaws and compliment your friend for her/his good dressing and job.
52. For the author, a girl friend might be the right person to understand her and erase her negative feeling.
53. According to Michelle Mertes, midlife friendship is based on the shared values and activities.
54. As a mature friend seeker, the author finds herself with enough confidence to offer and tak
e rejection with grace.
55. With newly made friends, you can have a chance to take on a new look in your life.
Section C
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 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
Ive been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one distinction and one practice that has helped my writing processes tremendously. The distinction is between the creative mind and the critical mind. While you need to employ both to get to a finished result, they cannot work in parallel no matter how much we might like to think so.
Trying to criticize writing on the fly is possibly the single greatest barrier to writing that most of us encounter. If you are listening to that 5th grade English teacher correct your grammar while you are trying to capture a fleeting(稍纵即逝的) thought, the thought will die. If you capture the fleeting thought and simply share it with the world in raw form, no one is likely to understand. You must learn to create first and then criticize if you want to make writing the tool for thinking what it is.
The practice that can help you past your learned bad habits of trying to edit as you write is what Elbow calls “free writing”. In free writing, the objective is to get words down on paper nonstop, usually for 1520 minutes. No stopping, no going back, no criticizing. The goal is to get the words flowing. As the words begin to flow, the ideas will come out from the shadows and let themselves be captured on your notepad or your screen.
Now you have raw materials that you can begin to work with using the critical mind that youve persuaded to sit on the side and watch quietly. Most likely, you will believe that this will take more time than you actually have and you will end up staring blankly at the page as the deadline draws near.
Instead of staring at a blank screen start filling it with words no matter how bad. Halfway through your available time, stop and rework your raw writing into something closer to finished product. Move back and forth until you run out of time and the final result will most likely be far better than your current practices.
56. When the author says the creative mind and the critical mind “cannot work in parallel” (Lines 34, Para. 1) in the writing process, he means .
A) no one can be both creative and critical
B) they cannot be regarded as equally important
C) they are in constant conflict with each other
D) one cannot use them at the same time
57. What prevents people from writing on is .
A) putting their ideas in raw formB) attempting to edit as they write
C) ignoring grammatical soundnessD) trying to capture fleeting thou
ghts
58. What is the chief objective of the first stage of writing?
A) To organize ones thoughts logically.B) To choose an appropriate topic.
C) To get ones ideas down.D) To collect raw materials.
59. One common concern of writers about “free writing” is that .
A) it overstresses the role of the creative mindB) it takes too much time to edit afterwards
C) it may bring about too much criticismD) it does not help them to think clearly
60. In what way does the critical mind help the writer in the writing process?
A) It refines his writing into better shape.B) It helps him to come up with new ideas.
C) It saves the writing time available to him.D) It allows him to sit on the side and observe.
Passage Two
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
I dont ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what its like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of spacetime and the nature of black holes.
At 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a postdoctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers, awards—was viewed through the lens of gender(性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus(相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture(培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations: I dont talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didnt want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I dont study sociology or political theory.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a womens college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I dont dismiss those concerns. Still, I dont tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And thats a sight worth talking about.
61. Why doesnt the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
A) She feels unhappy working in maledominated fields.
B) She is fed up with
the issue of gender discrimination.
C) She is not good at telling stories of the kind.
D) She finds space research more important.
62. From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute the authors failures to .
A) the very fact that she is a woman
B) her involvement in gender politics
C) her overconfidence as a female astrophysicist
D) the burden she bears in a maledominated society
63. What did the author constantly fight against while doing her Ph.D. and postdoctoral research?
A) Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.
B) Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.
C) Peoples stereotyped attitude towards female scientists.
D) Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurture.
64. Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class?
A) Female students no longer have to bother about gender issues.
B) Her students performance has brought back her confidence.
C) Her female students can do just as well as male students.
D) More female students are pursuing science than before.
65. What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?
A) Women students neednt have the concerns of her generation.
B) Women have more barriers on their way to academic success.
C) Women can balance a career in science and having a family.
D) Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career.
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.
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