四级笔试新题型模拟题08

Script

M: I'm always thinking about changing jobs, but I know nothing except computers.

W: There are lots of computer experts around. You need to specialize!

1.What does the woman suggest the man do?

A) The man is no more than an expert. B) The man should quit his current job. C) The man should develop special skills. D) The man isn't qualified for his work.

正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中女士建议男士要有自己的专攻，要有专业技能（You need to specialize!），所以选C。 Script

M: Thanks for a great party! But I have to get up early tomorrow, so I should hit the road soon.

W: Oh. It's only 11. How about just one more quick drink?

2.What does the man mean?

A) He wants to say goodbye to the hostess. B) He asks for one more drink. C) He has an emergency to deal with. D) He is not used to staying up late.

正确答案为 A 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中男士提到他要出发了（I should hit the road soon.），可见他要跟女士道别，所以选A。 Script

W: I'd love to spend more time with my daughter, but I'd miss out on my career if I worked part time.

M: Yeah, it's tricky. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

3.What does the man mean?

A) The woman should continue her job.

B) The woman should take more care of her child. C) The woman can't have things both ways. D) The woman should have a cake and eat it.

正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中女士说她想要更多的时间陪女儿，又不能放弃自己的事业。男士回答说你不可能两者兼得（You can't have your cake and eat it too），所以选C。 Script

M: I hope I will not oversleep. I need to catch the first flight tomorrow.

W: If I were you, I'd request a wake-up call.

4.Where are the man and the woman at the moment?

A) In an office. B) At an airport. C) In a hotel.

D) At a railway station.

正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中女士建议男士让人提供叫醒电话（If I were you, I'd request a wake-up call）。Wake-up call 是指酒店提供的叫醒电话，可以推断出他们是在酒店里，所以选C。 Script

W: You should think about changing your job, Harry. Get a piece of the action!

M: Well, I could find a job that pays more, but I would enjoy it less.

5.What does the man mean?

A) He will find a better paid job. B) He enjoys his current job.

C) He will consider the woman's advice. D) It is hard to find a satisfying job.

正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中男士说他可以找到一份报酬更高的工作，可那样的话他就不会很喜欢工作了（I could find a job that pays more, but I would enjoy it less），由此可以推断出他很喜欢现在的工作，所以选B。 Script

W: Honey, should I throw away the stack of old newspapers? We have no room for the new ones.

M: Well, I'd like to clip some photos first.

6.What will the man probably do?

A) Sell the old newspapers. B) Keep the old newspapers. C) Throw away the old newspapers.

D) Cut some pictures out from the old newspapers.

正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中女士说要把旧报纸扔掉的时候，男士说他想先做一下剪报（I'd like to clip some photos first）。Clip在这里是剪报的意思，所以选D。 Script

W: Lily will be glad to hear about Sarah's promotion.

M: Really? I heard she also wanted that job very much.

7.What does the man mean?

A) He got some kind of wrong information. B) He couldn't agree with the woman more. C) He heard a different story from other people. D) He felt shocked at the news.

正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中女士说听到Sara 升职的消息Lily 应该很开心，男士说他听说Lily也很想要那份工作，可见他听说的消息与女士不同，所以选C。 Script

W: Your sweater is great. I've never seen anything like it before.

M: Really? My mother made it for me but it is not my style. Anyway, this is the first time I've worn it in public.

8.What does the man imply?

A) He agrees with the woman.

B) He does not like the sweater very much. C) He has got no chance to wear the sweater. D) He wears the sweater to please his mother.

正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中男士说这件毛衣不是他的风格（it is not my style），而且他这是第一次在公开场合穿，可以推断出他并不是很喜欢这件毛衣，所以选B。 Script

M: How do you find the cost of living in Britain?

W:Very expensive. Everything including clothing, food, housing, travelling, everything is expensive here.

M: So where do you think you spend most?

W: Transport, I think. I spent more than one hundred pounds on taking the train per week. Yeah, as for food if you eat at home, it's very cheap.

M: And how do you afford clothing?

W: I'm from China, and actually my place also has nice clothes, so I normally bring my clothes from there!

M: So you don't shop here? You shop at home.

W: Yeah mostly from home, except jackets. I love jackets, so I make sure I know if there are any sales going on. Especially on Boxing Day, I go to the shopping center and buy all the stuff and get cheap prices.

M: And what's the social side like?

W: I love it because of so many different cultures from China, Japan, Africa. I was shocked when I first came here, so it took me quite some time. To me it's very interesting. I like to go for movies with my friends once a month like that, and also for dinner.

M: And do you have any money-saving tips for other people who might want to come and work

or study here in the UK?

W: You just have to watch anything you buy, just don't be impulsive. I teach a lot and the wage covers a little bit of what I want to spend.

9.What is the major expense for living in Britain according to the woman?

A) Food. B) Transport. C) Clothing. D) Accommodation.

正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中当被问及花钱最多的地方时，女士回答说是交通（Transport, I think），所以选B。 10.What is the shopping habit of the woman?

A) She often buys clothes made in China. B) She prefers online shopping from home. C) She often goes shopping with her friends. D) She normally buys jackets on sale in Britain.

正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中女士说她的大部分衣服是从家里买的，夹克除外（Yeah mostly from home, except jackets）。有促销活动的时候她会去商场买夹克，所以选D。 11.What does the woman think of her social life?

A) She doesn't get used to the multi-culture. B) She expects to have more Chinese friends. C) She has to change her living habits.

D) She enjoys hanging out with her friends regularly.

正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中女士说她喜欢每个月跟朋友去看场电影，或者是吃饭（I like to go for movies with my friends once a month like that, and also for dinner），可见她喜欢定期跟朋友出去玩，所以选D。 Script

M: Susan, going back to school can be much fun for children, can't it?

W: It's most certainly not. In fact, for some children, it can be very upsetting. That

feeling of going back to a routine is stressful. They have to adapt to a new timetable and the stress.

M: So is there a way to make starting up again easier after the summer break?

W: Yes, there're things that you can do. I mentioned routine before and that's the key. It's difficult to get back into a routine. So you need to try and prepare for it.

M: How to do that?

W: Well, sleep is the most important factor. During holidays, you don't have a proper sleeping routine. You get up when you want and you go to bed when you want.

M: I suppose that is why children love holidays.

W: Yeah, but it makes going back to school much more difficult. You need to enforce a bedtime routine at least a few days before your children go back to school. Also prepare everything the night before. Make sure you have all the clothes laid out to help avoid any early morning panic.

M: That makes sense. After all, the mornings are the hardest part. So what else can we do?

W: Well, there're clothes and school materials to buy. But you can also make this a positive experience. Take your children shopping and buy some fun notebooks, colorful pens with their favorite cartoons on them. It helps honestly.

12.How do children feel when going back to school after a summer break?

A) Excited. B) Upset. C) Calm. D) Horrible.

正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中女士提到，对有些孩子来说，回学校是件特别沮丧的事儿（for some children, it can be very upsetting），所以选B。

13.What causes children to feel stress when they go back to school?

A) Having less sleep.

B) Doing schoolwork at night. C) Going back to a routine life. D) Getting up early to catch school bus.

正确答案为 C 你没有作答。

解析：

音频中女士提到，回到一种惯例性的生活让孩子很有压力（That feeling of going back to a routine is stressful），所以选C。

14.According to the man's opinion, why do children love holidays?

A) Because they can travel a lot. B) Because they don't have homework. C) Because they have enough time to play. D) Because they can choose their bedtime.

正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中男士说，孩子们之所以喜欢假期就是因为他们可以想什么时候睡就什么时候睡，想什么时候起就什么时候起（You get up when you want and you go to bed when you want），也就是自己安排睡觉时间，所以选D。

15.What can parents do before their children go back to school?

A) They can prepare everything for their children.

B) They can take their children shopping for school materials. C) They can get up as early as possible to avoid morning panic. D) They can help their children complete holiday assignments.

正确答案为 B 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中女士提到，开学之前可以带孩子去买一些学校用的东西，这样会很有帮助（Take your children shopping and buy some fun notebooks, colorful pens with their favorite cartoons on them. It helps honestly），所以选B。

Section B Understanding Passages

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).

本题得分：--/10分

Script

Flash-playing is all about meeting strangers in a strange city for just a day. This weekend, why not fly to a city without deciding in advance and spend the day with a stranger, part at the end of the day and never see each other again? It sounds like a romantic film, but this is a novel activity for some young urban Chinese. And it is emerging as a method to reduce the pressure among young urban residents.

The flash-play community on the Internet is one of the most popular in China and has signed up thousands of members. Li Xu, a 26-year-old banker says, \of my high-pressure work, I use weekends to adjust my life. Fortunately, there is fast transport—the airplane, which can take me to another city and back in a short time.\

He invented the term \to a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public space, perform a pointless act, and then quickly move apart. He created a page for flash-play, which means \of trip in which people find companions quickly through the Internet, and travel to another city together.\

16.What does \

A) Traveling to a new place with friends. B) Having a quick reunion with friends. C) Meeting strangers in a strange city. D) Chatting on the Internet with strangers.

正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中提到“闪玩”就是到一个陌生的城市，然后花一天的时间与一个陌生人在一起（fly to a city without deciding in advance and spend the day with a stranger, part at the end of the day and never see each other again），所以选C。

17.Why do young urban Chinese like \

A) Because they do not have time for long-time travel. B) Because flash-play costs little travelling fees.

C) Because they need this recreation to lessen work pressure. D) Because flash-play is a romantic experience for them.

正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中提到，闪玩是都市年轻人缓解压力的一种方法（it is emerging as a method to reduce the pressure among young urban residents），所以选C。 18.What do flash-players normally do?

A) They find companions through newspapers.

B) They assemble in a private house to have a party. C) They set up fixed groups and meeting time. D) They get together for only one day.

正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中提到，这些人花一天的时间在一起，分手之后就不会再见（spend the day with a stranger, part at the end of the day and never see each other again），所以选D。 Script

Call it a product of the local foods movement. But whatever the reason, more Americans are growing some of their own food.

Many need advice from experts like the master gardeners at the University of Maryland Extension service. The extension service has launched a campaign as a response to the huge new demand for information and help with home gardens. Master gardeners are helping less experienced people learn how to work the land. Food gardeners can join a network and put their garden on a map on the extension service web site. They aim to have one million food gardeners in Maryland to produce their own affordable healthy food. The current count of food gardeners is around 5,000 statewide.

Nationally, sales of garden supplies increased last year as people started or expanded food gardens. Shannon Dill says the weak economy is not the only reason people are trying to grow their own food to save money. Prices for fruits and vegetables at the store are up. Shannon Dill finds that growing food at home usually costs less than buying it at stores or restaurants. She also finds that people seem to be staying home more, so they have more time to work in the garden. And, she says, \food is coming from.\

But sometimes people choose the wrong plants for the local growing conditions. Or they plant at the wrong time. Or they plant seeds too close together or in poor soil or without enough daily sunlight. Master gardeners can help people avoid mistakes.

19.Why did the extension service launch a campaign?

A) Because they want to absorb more master gardeners.

B) Because they want to set up a social network for master gardeners. C) Because they want to provide help for less experienced gardeners. D) Because they want to grow affordable and healthy food for people.

正确答案为 C 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中提到，进修部发起这项运动是为了满足巨大的信息需求，帮助在家的园艺爱好者（The extension service has launched a campaign as a response to the huge new demand for information and help with home gardens），所以选C。

20.Why do people like growing food at home?

A) Because they are too busy to buy food from the store. B) Because it is a fashion to grow food of one's own. C) Because they can sell their food to the store.

D) Because it is an effective way to save money.

正确答案为 D 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中提到，人们自己种植粮食是为了省钱（people are trying to grow their own food to save money），所以选D。

21.What problem do home gardeners have?

A) They lack professional gardening knowledge. B) They cannot afford high quality seeds. C) They do not have time to watch the plants. D) They have to do everything all by themselves.

正确答案为 A 你没有作答。 解析：

音频中提到了园艺爱好者们经常犯的错误有：所选的植物不适合当地的生长环境、种植时间不对、种植方式不当等（sometimes people choose the wrong plants for the local growing conditions. Or they plant at the wrong time. Or they plant seeds too close together or in poor soil or without enough daily sunlight），所有这些都可以归结为他们缺少专业知识，所以选A。 Script

While a WHO report has confirmed tobacco as the leading preventable cause of death in the world, a survey shows that reminding smokers of the fatal consequences of their habit may actually make them smoke more.

More than 94 percent of the world's people are not protected by laws against smoking, leaving them exposed to the biggest cause of preventable death, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. In a global tobacco epidemic report, the WHO said smoke-free policies were crucial to reducing the harm caused by second-hand smoke, which it said kills around 600,000 people each year and causes crippling, disfiguring illness and economic losses reaching tens of billions of dollars. \control the tobacco epidemic, the annual death toll could rise to 8 million by 2030,\the WHO report said.

However, a study by psychologists from the United States, Switzerland and Germany showed that warnings unrelated to death, such as \\changing smokers' attitudes toward their habit. This was especially the case in people who smoked to boost their self-esteem, such as youths who took up the habit to impress or fit in with their peers, and others who thought smoking increased their social value, the researchers said.

解析：H) collection 略

42.正确答案为 O) potential 你没有作答。 解析：O) potential 略

43.正确答案为 C) developing 你没有作答。 解析：C) developing 略

44.正确答案为 G) fight 你没有作答。 解析：G) fight 略

45.正确答案为 E) protective 你没有作答。 解析：E) protective 略

Section B Match

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.

本题得分：--/10分

A Recently, climate scientists have taken a widely-spreading criticism in the media and on the Internet, accused of hiding data, covering up errors and preventing others from expressing views. Their response until now has been largely to assert the legitimacy (合法性) of the vast body of climate science and to call their critics as know-nothings.But the volume of criticism and the depth of doubt have only grown, and many scientists now realize they are facing a crisis of public confidence and have to fight back. Up to now, they are beginning to face their critics, admit mistakes, open up their data and reshape their working way.

B The release last fall of hundreds of e-mail messages from a major climate research center in England, and more recent exposure of a handful of errors in a supposedly authoritative United Nations report on climate change, have created what a number of top scientists say is a major destruction of faith in their research. They say this strong threat has undermined decades of work and has badly damaged public trust in the science.

C The e-mail episode, called \傲慢) and what one top climate researcher called \宗派意识)\appears to show efforts to limit publication of contrary opinions and to escape \Information Act\charges of concealing temperature data from rival researchers and manipulating results to be consistent with precooked conclusions. \Jones, the British climate scientist at the center of the controversy, admitted. But he sharply disagreed with charges that he had hidden data or faked results.

D After the e-mail was exposed, serious damage has already been done. A survey conducted in late December by Yale University and George Mason University found that the number of Americans who believed that climate change was just scientific cheat had more than doubled since 2008, to 16 percent of the population from 7 percent. An additional 13 percent of Americans said they thought that even if the planet was warming, it was a result solely of natural factors and was not a significant concern.

E Climate scientists have been shaken by the criticism and are beginning to look for ways to recover their reputation. \for the scale and intensity of the attacks and they simply have not responded quickly and appropriately,\said Peter C. Frumhoff, an ecologist and chief scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists. \the blogosphere (博客圈) to what's happening in the atmosphere.\

F A number of institutions are beginning efforts to improve the quality of their science and to make their work more understandable. The official British climate agency is undertaking a complete review of its temperature data and will make its records and analysis fully public for the first time. Two universities are investigating the work of top climate scientists to determine whether they have violated academic standards and broken faith in science. The National Academy of Sciences is preparing to publish a non-technical paper outlining what is known—and not known—about changes to the global climate. And a hot debate is under way among climate scientists on how to make their work more transparent and regain public confidence.

G Some critics think these are merely useless efforts that do not address the real problem, however. Willis Eschenbach, an engineer and climate critic who posts frequently on climate skeptic (怀疑的) blogs, wrote in response to one climate scientist's proposal to share more research. \out how to inspire trust by covering your dishonest practices in new and creative ways. You should just do more successful and creative science.\

H Ralph J. Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences, the most well-known scientific body in the United States, said that there was a danger that the distrust of climate science could mushroom into doubts about scientific inquiry more broadly. He said that scientists must do a better job of policing themselves and trying to be heard over the loudest voices on cable news, talk radio and the Internet. \is a job that scientists have not had much experience in,\hostile scrutiny than the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which collects the climate research of hundreds of scientists around the globe and changes the research into periodic reports intended to be the final statement of the science and a guide for policy makers. Critics, citing several relatively minor errors in its most recent report and charges of conflict of interest against its leader, Rajendra K. Pachauri, are calling for the IPCC to be dismissed or radically reformed.

I On Saturday, after weeks of refusing to engage critics, the IPCC announced that it was asking for the creation of an independent panel to review its research procedures to try to eliminate bias and errors from future reports.

J \where ideology (意识形态) groups reason,\responding to climate change skeptics was a foolish thing. \climate science,\Schmidt, a senior climatologist with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Goddard Institute of Space Studies. \public.\He said that the recent hostility to climate science had been driven as much by the cold winter as by any real or perceived scientific sins.

\criticism back.\

46.Scientists should remember that their job is to do good science. J 正确答案为：J

你的答案为： 你没有作答。 本小题得分： 0分 解析：J

文章J部分从另一个角度看待批评家对气象学家的批评，认为科学家更应关注科学，而不是去回应对科学的怀疑和批评，而做好科学就是对批评的最好反击。Climate scientists are paid to do climate science. Their job is not persuading the public. \is the best way to fight all the criticism back.\

47.Finally many scientists realize that they should accept the public criticism and regain the public support although they thought their cirtics were ignorant. A 正确答案为：A

你的答案为： 你没有作答。 本小题得分： 0分 解析：A

文章A部分中开始提到公众对气象学家的批评，隐藏数据，掩盖错误，不容许别人表达观点，气象学家并不接受批评。但随后批评呼声越来越高，气象学家意识到他们将失去公众威望，于是开始直面批评，承认错误，公开数据。But the volume of criticism and the depth of doubt have only grown, and many scientists now realize they are facing a crisis of public confidence and have to fight back. Up to now, they are beginning to face their critics, admit mistakes, open up their data and reshape their working way.

48.After the exposure, more Americans thought that they were cheated by the climate scientists. D 正确答案为：D

你的答案为： 你没有作答。 本小题得分： 0分 解析：D

文章D部分主要内容是说曝光带来的严重后果，使更多的美国人相信气候变暖是科学欺骗，是自然因素造成的结果，不值得过多关注。A survey conducted in late December by Yale University and George Mason University found that the number of Americans who believed that climate change was just scientific cheat had more than doubled since 2008, to 16 percent of the population from 7 percent. An additional 13 percent of Americans said they thought that even if the planet was warming, it was a result solely of natural factors and was not a significant concern.

49.Climate scientists need to do something that they haven't experienced before in order to change the status quo. H 正确答案为：H

你的答案为： 你没有作答。 本小题得分： 0分 解析：H

文章H部分是国家科学院院长对气象学家的期望，他认为，气象学家一定要做好整顿工作，要关注公众的声音。而这一点恰好又是科学家们所欠缺的。He said that scientists must do a better job of policing themselves and trying to be heard over the loudest voices on cable news, talk radio and the Internet. \

50.The exposure of errors has badly ruined the public confidence in the science. B 正确答案为：B

你的答案为： 你没有作答。 本小题得分： 0分

解析：B

文章B部分讲述对大量气象错误的曝光大大损坏了民众对科学研究的信赖，而且威胁到几十年的气象工作成果。?.more recent exposure of a handful of errors in a supposedly authoritative United Nations report on climate change, have created what a number of top scientists say is a major destruction of faith in their research. They say this strong threat has undermined decades of work and has badly damaged public trust in the science.

51.Scientists need to regain their reputation and draw the public attention again back to the climate change. E 正确答案为：E

你的答案为： 你没有作答。 本小题得分： 0分 解析：E

文章E部分提到气候科学家没有想到会受到如此强烈的攻击，正着力寻找出路恢复名誉，使大众再次关注环境，而不要过分关注博客。Climate scientists have been shaken by the criticism and are beginning to look for ways to recover their reputation. We need to acknowledge the errors and help turn attention from what's happening in the blogosphere (博客圈) to what's happening in the atmosphere. 52.Some scientists were charged with hiding data and faking results. C 正确答案为：C

你的答案为： 你没有作答。 本小题得分： 0分 解析：C

文章C部分提到某些知名科学家被指控隐藏数据，编造结果。但也有科学家不同意此说法。The content of the messages opened some well-known scientists to charges of concealing temperature data from rival researchers and manipulating results to be consistent with precooked conclusions. 53.However, some critics are still unsatisfied with the climate scientists and their work. G 正确答案为：G

你的答案为： 你没有作答。 本小题得分： 0分 解析：G

文章G部分表明批评家们仍然对气象学家所做的改进工作不满意，认为气象学家没有解决实际问题。Some critics think these are merely useless efforts that do not address the real problem, however. \out how to inspire trust by covering your dishonest practices in new and creative ways. You should just do more successful and creative science.\

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