四级考前冲刺试题三
Working to Improve the Conditions of Everglades National Park
When many people think of Florida,images of sandy coastlines or theme park rides come to mind.But about an hour south of Miami lies a natural wilderness(野生地)different from anywhere else in the United States.
Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the country.The park is home to several rare and endangered species.It is also the third largest national park in the lower forty-eight states,after Death Valley and Yellowstone.More than one million people visit the Everglades each year.
Wildlife Reserves
The Everglades is considered one of the great biological wonders of the world.The expansive wetlands stretch across more than600,000hectares(公顷).It is a place where plants and animals from the Caribbean Sea share an ecosystem(生态系统)with native North American species.
Unlike most other national parks,Everglades National Park was created to protect an ecosystem from damage.The Everglades is home to36species that are considered threatened or protected. They include the Florida panther,the American crocodile(鳄鱼)and the West Indian manatee.In addition,more than350bird species and300species of fresh and saltwater fish live within the park.The Everglades is also home to forty species of mammals(哺乳动物)and fifty reptile(爬行动物)species.
Exotic plants can also be found in the Everglades.They include what is said to be the largest growth of mangrove trees in the western half of the world.Gumbo-limbo trees,known for their peeling red skin,strangler figs and royal palms are also among the area’s plant life.The Everglades is also home to the country’s largest living mahogany tree.Saw grass grows in some areas of the park.Be careful—it is very sharp,with teeth just like a saw.It can grow up to four meters tall.
With about1.5meters of rainfall each year,plants and trees never stop growing in the Everglades.
Want to visit it?
The dry,winter season is the favorite of most visitors,when insects like mosquitoes are less of a problem.The rainy season lasts from June to November.
There are many ways to explore the Everglades.Visitors could see alligators(an American crocodile)while hiking the Anhinga Trail.The Everglades is the only place on Earth where freshwater crocodiles and saltwater crocodiles live in the same area.Visitors using canoes or airboats are likely to see large groups of wading birds(涉水鸟)like the wood stork or great blue heron.It is even possible to see flamingos(火烈鸟)in the Everglades.
Some might enjoy riding bicycles through Shark Valley,while others may want to move slowly through shallow waters where insects and wildlife can be seen up-close.Park guides also lead visitors on tours with tram cars.
This spring,Everglades National Park launched a visitation(探访)program to what was once a highly restricted military base.Park officials are working to recover a missile base used in the 1960s.The base played a part in the nuclear tensions between the United States and the Soviet
Union.
The government built the Florida base shortly after the discovery of Soviet missiles about300 kilometers away,on the island of Cuba.Tensions were high during the Cuban missile crisis.But missiles stored at the American base were never fired.
The base was closed and all missile equipment was removed in the1970s.Today only the buildings remain.
This year,the historic area had many visitors,including former American service members who remember the missile crisis.The park hopes to offer more trips next spring,to help support the history for those who lived through it and for future generations.
Threats it faces
Experts say changes to the Everglades are threatening several different kinds of wildlife.They say the threats are a result of actions the United States government began more than fifty years ago, and settlers began even earlier.
The National Park Service says early colonial settlers and land developers thought the Everglades had little value.The settlers had plans to remove water from the area and in the1880s developers began digging drainage canals.At the time,they did not understand the complexity of the Everglades’ecosystem.As a result,they were not prepared for all the work and caused environmental problems.The ecosystem,however,was able to survive.
Even larger efforts to drain the wetlands continued https://www.doczj.com/doc/a52874036.html,rge areas were changed to farmland.This led to increased development,with more people moving to the Everglades and also more visitors.
More changes came in1948,when Congress approved the Central and South Florida Project.As part of the plan,the Army Corps of Engineers built roads,canals and water-control systems throughout South Florida.The aim of the project was to provide water and flood protection for developed areas and agriculture.Workers built a huge system of waterways and pumping stations to control the overflow of Lake Okeechobee,north of the Everglades.
Today,fifty percent of south Florida’s early wetland areas no longer exist.Populations of wading birds have been reduced by ninety percent.Whole populations of animals are in danger of disappearing.The endangered creatures include the manatee,the Miami blackhead snake,the wood stork and the Florida panther.
In recent years,environmental experts have learned about the damage to the Everglades.They say the natural balance of plants and animals has been destroyed.
Recently,the Obama administration promised$360,000,000to pay for Everglades restoration this year.The administration is also asking that Congress approve an additional$278,000,000for next year.
The money will help to support projects approved by the government nine years ago.The projects include improving wetlands in the Picayune Strand in Southwest Florida and repairs to Lake Okeechobee’s dam.Until now,the state of Florida has spent the most money on the project. Another threat biologists have been battling for years in the Everglades is the area’s population of Burmese pythons.Officials believe there are as many as150,000of these large snakes in the Everglades.But the snakes are a foreign species,native to Southeast Asia.Owners of pythons left their unwanted snakes in the Everglades years ago.
Biologists say adult pythons are able to eat small deer and bobcats.When pythons are found in the Everglades,they are often killed.Scientists are now experimenting with other ways to
remove the snakes,including trapping methods and offering payments to hunters.
The future of the Everglades is not clear.However,efforts to protect the area are continuing so that people from all over the world may continue visiting this biological treasure.
1.What do we know about Everglades National Park from the first two paragraphs?
A)It’s open to visitors all through the year.B)It owns most of the endangered animals.
C)It’s a unique wilderness in America.D)It covers a larger area than Yellowstone.
2.Why was Everglades National Park created according to the passage?
A)To attract more visitors to the area.B)To make room for more exotic plants.
C)To better develop the wasted land.D)To save the wilderness and its species.
3.Visitors to the Everglades should watch out for saw grass because.
A)it’s very poisonous B)it may hurt them C)it can bite them D)it falls down easily
4.Winter is the best season to visit the Everglades because in winter.
A)visitors will suffer less from insects B)the park offers more programs
C)many rare animals are more active D)plants and trees grow much faster
5.According to the passage,the Everglades is unique on Earth for its.
A)wading birds B)airboats C)crocodiles D)flamingos
6.What does the author say about the military base in the Everglades?
A)It was the first missile base built in the United Sates.
B)Many of the stored missiles were launched during the crisis.
C)It was discovered recently by former US military officials.
D)It has become a place of historical interest open to visitors.
7.According to experts,the ecosystem of the Everglades was first threatened by actions of.
A)former government B)increasing visitors C)early colonial settlers D)military forces
8.The Central and South Florida Project was carried out to ensure the water supply and protect people from_____________________________________.
9.Recently,environmental experts found that years of development have _____________________________________the ecosystem balance in the Everglades.
10.Burmese pythons originated from Southeast Asia have become _____________________________________in the Everglades for many years.
Part IV Section A
Honestly,I’ve never really understood the appeal of coupons(优惠券).I was once47by Entertainment Book,a thick$30book of hundreds of coupons at restaurants,Web sites,retail stores and service firms.I thought that since I was paying for the coupons,they’d be a bit more 48than what you find in the Sunday newspaper.In Entertainment Book,you’ll find everything from20percent off goods to renting one video and getting the second free.Entertainment Book makes them
49to the area you live in so the Washington one is50with coupons for local restaurants and stores.And you have one year to use all the coupons.
I’ve used the coupon as a51on a nice gift basket I sent to a friend who got married.I was really excited to use another coupon,worth$5toward a52at the Smoothie store,but I was stopped dead in my tracks when a notice was53near the cash register,stating the coupon was not authorized(授权)to be included in the book and therefore wouldn’t be54in the store.Failure!Other than a handful of other coupons I plan to use before the end of this year,the
book seems55
to me.Once again I think coupons,even ones you pay for,make you spend money on things you 56don’t buy.
A)purchase B)uselessC)sale D)discount E)accepted F)valuable
G)specialH)normally I)filled J)posted K)completely L)specific
M)bargain N)attracted O)priceless
Section B Passage One
excessive alcohol consumption each year.Oddly,this has triggered a new movement to lower the drinking age.In America,young people can vote,drive,marry,divorce,hunt and go to war before alcohol is legally allowed to touch their lips.Many states once set their minimum drinking-age at 18.But in1984Ronald Reagan oversaw the passage of the“21law”,which requires states to set 21as the minimum drinking-age or risk losing10%of their highway funds.Now campaigners want to move it back.
In the past,states have been too financially timid(胆怯的)to challenge the21law.But calls for change are growing louder.Two local judges in South Carolina recently ruled that banning18-to 20-year-olds from drinking or possessing alcohol is unconstitutional.Public officials,including the former attorney general of South Dakota,have called the21law a failure.The about-face of Morris Chafetz,a doctor who served on the commission that recommended increasing the drinking age to21,has also raised eyebrows.This week he called it the most regrettable decision of his career.
Supporters of existing status,including the organisation Mothers Against Drunk Driving,say that the law has helped avoid thousands of deaths.But doubters point out that other countries,like Canada,have seen similar declines,even though their drinking-age is18.They also argue that barring young people from drinking does not stop them from consuming alcohol:it just makes them drink more quickly.
John McCardell,former president of Middlebury College in Vermont,is part of the Amethyst Initiative,a group of educators who are pushing for18-year-olds to be allowed to drink.“Those who have graduated from high school,have a clean record and completed an alcohol-education programme should qualify for a drinking licence,”he says,“in the same way that people who go to driving school receive a licence to operate a vehicle.”
This is not the first time that Americans have desired a change in alcohol policy during a period of economic distress.Franklin Roosevelt lifted prohibition in1933amid the trouble of a depression.
57.According to the passage,why did the U.S.states follow the“21law”in the past?
A)Fewer people consumed alcohol before.
B)Citizens believed it helped eliminate drunk driving.
C)Its passage was supervised by honorable Reagan.
D)They couldn’t afford to take the financial risk.
58.We learn from the passage that Morris Chafetz.
A)made a terrible mistake many years ago B)supports lowering the drinking age now
C)insists that the21law not be changed D)regrets that few people support the21law
59.What happened in Canada where the legal drinking age is set at18?
A)Fewer people die from drunk driving.B)Many people want it to be increased to21.
C)Drunk driving causes more road deaths.D)Young people learn to drink more quickly.
60.The Amethyst Initiative member John McCardell suggests that.
A)young people should qualify to drink as long as they reach18
B)18-year-olds should learn for a license before they can drink
C)schools should make programmes on drinking compulsory for students
D)drinking licences should be issued to stop excessive alcohol consumption
61.It can be inferred from the passage that the change of alcohol policy mainly depends on.
A)presidential preference B)political powersC)economic situation D)public opinion Passage Two
Men are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity chefs(名人厨师) like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver,according to a report from Oxford University.
The effect of the celebrity role models,who have given cookery a more manly image,has combined with a more general drive towards sexual equality,to mean men now spend more than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in1961.
According to research by Prof.Jonatahn Gershuny,who runs the Centre for Time Research at Oxford,men now spend more than half an hour a day cooking,up from just12minutes a day in 1961.
Prof.Gershuny said:“The man in the kitchen is part of a much wider social trend.There has been 40years of gender equality,but there is another40years probably to come.”
Women,who a generation ago spent a fraction under two hours a day cooking,now spend just one hour and seven minutes—a dramatic fall,but they still spend far more time at the stove than men.Some critics say men have been inspired to pick up a spatula(锅铲)by the success of Ramsay,Oliver as well as other male celebrity chefs such as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall,Marco Pierre White and Keith Floyd.
The report,commissioned by frozen food company Birds Eye,also makes clear that the family meal is limping(缓慢前进)on in far better health than some have suggested,thanks in part to a resurgence(复兴)in cooking by some consumers.Two-thirds of adults claim that they come together to share at least three times a week,even if it is not necessarily around a kitchen or dining room table.
Anne Murphy,general manager at Birds Eye,said:“The evening meal is still clearly central to family life and with some saying family time is on the increase and the appearance of a more frugal(节俭的)consumer,we think the return to tradition will continue as a trend.”However,Prof.Gershuny pointed out that the family meal was now rarely eaten by all of its members around a table—with many“family meals”in fact taken on the sofa in the sitting room, and shared by completely different members of the family.
“The family meal has changed very substantially,and few of us eat—as I did when I was a child —at least two meals a day together as a family.But it has survived in a different format.”
62.What is one force behind the trend that men spend more time cooking than before?
A)The influence of popular female chefs.B)The development of sexual equality campaign.
C)The improvement of cooks’economic status.D)The change of female’s view on cooking.
63.What does the author say about the time men and women spend on cooking?
A)Women spend much less time on cooking now compared with some25years ago.
B)That men spend more time cooking than women has become a social trend.
C)There is a sharp decline in the time men spend on cooking compared with1961.
D)It will take40years before men spend more time at the stove than women.
64.Another conclusion from the Birds Eye-commissioned report is that.
A)more and more families enjoy eating out
B)families prepare healthier food nowadays
C)the dinning room table has become unnecessary
D)family members share more meals than suggested
65.Anne Murphy suggested the return to tradition can be attributed to.
A)the decrease of shared meals B)the shrinking of modern kitchens
C)consumers’becoming more economicalD)parents’greater tolerance to children’s eating habits
66.How did Prof.Jonatahn Gershuny see the family meal according to the passage?
A)It has become a thing of the past.B)It is beneficial to the stability of the family.
C)It is very different from what it used to be.D)It shouldn’t be advocated in modern times.
Part V
Mothers really do favor their“precious first-borns”over the children they have later,a research has
found.Among examples of much67on the“Precious First Borns”(PFBs)were tales of68 mothers rubbed shampoo into their own eyes69using it on their baby to70it wouldn’t sting.71they will make absolutely sure everything that comes into72with their PFB is clean and73,their later children have to make do74items licked clean by the dog.
The term PFB and its poorer sibling(兄弟姐妹)the“Neglected Subsequent Children”(NSCs) were75by members of the parenting website Mumsnet.Among the tales76was one of a mother that used a hairdryer on her baby’s bottom after changing her.“She was77to her neighbor and asked if they were ever78by her crying.The neighbor assured her they were not,79that they had been woken once or twice by80sounded like a hairdryer.”Another self-obsessed mother turned81an invitation to a friend and her baby’s christening (洗礼仪式)party82she thought her own child’s“total image would show their baby up and make them feel bad”.
Justine Roberts,co-founder of Mumsnet,told the reporters that83mothers would agree they treated the first child84to later children.“Precious First Born syndrome(综合症状)is something we can all relate to—most mums will85to having checked on their sound-asleep firstborns several times a night,while Neglected Subsequent Children are86to cry for an age before we even notice,”she said.
67.A)attention B)affection
C)motion D)notice
68.A)why B)whereas
C)hence D)how
69.A)when B)after
C)before D)until
70.A)experience B)endure
C)accept D)ensure
71.A)As B)Once
C)Since D)While
72.A)exposure B)contact
C)relation D)connection
73.A)tidy B)clear
C)appealing D)attractive
74.A)for B)up
C)with D)without
75.A)interpreted B)coined
C)translated D)devised
76.A)reported B)claimed
C)declared D)proclaimed
77.A)suggesting B)consulting
C)chatting D)complaining
78.A)disturbed B)interfered
C)interrupted D)discouraged
79.A)and B)or
C)thus D)but
80.A)it B)what
C)that D)which
81.A)back B)out
C)down D)away
82.A)unless B)though
C)because D)whether
83.A)least B)most
C)little D)more
84.A)flexibly B)identically
C)similarly D)differently
85.A)acknowledge B)confess
C)verify D)address
86.A)liable B)subjective
C)beneficial D)preferable
87.That young man still denies___________________________(在仓库后放火).
88.It is highly desirable that a new president___________________________(为这所大学任命).
89.He___________________________(为被定参加比赛而自豪)and he assured us that he would try as hard as possible.
90.Much___________________________(虽然他很喜欢她),he does get annoyed with her sometimes.
91.My father___________________________(似乎没心情)to look at my school report.
参考答案
【范文】1.以前购买手机号很容易，不需要身份证2.这么做带来的问题3.实行手机号实名制的意义
ID Registration Policy for Mobile Phone Users
People were not required to show and have their identities registered when they bought a sim card before.Except some sim cards designated for particular people,you could get almost what you wish—no matter what kind of sim card and how many cards you want.All seemed so simple and convenient.
Obviously,the easy access to sim cards has its drawbacks.The most annoying one is the rampant spread of spam messages,telephone harassment and fraud.The reason:a mobile phone number that gives no useful information makes it difficult to chase the anonymous caller or sender.Besides,many users tend to discard cards at random and that causes waste of resources.
When people are asked for their ID in the purchase of sim cards,however,the problems mentioned above will be solved easily.Since sim cards can be used to identify users,people will feel trapped when they intend to send spam messages or commit telephone frauds.And the fact that their sim cards contain confidential information concerning their personal interests makes people think twice before throwing them away.
Part II Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)
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2.D)
3.B)
4.A)
5.C)
6.D)
7.C)
8.flood9.destroyed10.a threat
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11.B)12.B)13.B)14.A)15.B)16.A)17.A)18.B)
19.B)20.D)21.A)22.B)23.B)24.D)25.A)
Section B
26.C)27.D)28.B)29.C)30.D)31.A)32.B)33.C)34.D)35.B) Section C
36.especially37.ideas38.accept39.challenge
40.public41.popular42.independence43.vote
44.many women took jobs during the war and continued working after the troops returned home
45.Many of the schools offered new kinds of classes to prepare students for useful jobs
46.And colleges offered more classes in such useful subjects as teacher training,engineering, and business administration
Part IV Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)
Section A
47.N)48.F)49.L)50.I)51.D)52.A)53.J)54.E)55.B)56.H) Section B
57.D)58.B)59.A)60.B)61.C)62.B)63.A)64.D)65.C)66.C) Part V Cloze
67.A)68.D)69.C)70.D)71.D)72.B)73.A)74.C)75.B)76.A) 77.C)78.A)79.D)80.B)81.C)82.C)83.B)84.D)85.B)86.A) Part VI Translation
87.having started the fire behind the store88.(should)be appointed for this college
89.was proud of being chosen to participate in the game90.as he likes her
91.seems to be in no mood/seemed to be in no mood
2016 年12 月大学英语四级考试真题及 答案 【篇一：2016 年12 月大学英语四级翻译作文题目及答 案】 翻译一： 在中国文化中，红色通常象征着好运、长寿和幸福。在春节和其他喜庆场合，红色到处可见。人们把现金作为礼物送给家人或亲密朋 友时，通常放在红信封里。红色在中国流行的另一个原因是人们把 它与中国革命和共产党相联系。然而，红色并不总是代表好运与快 乐。因为从前死者的名字常用红色书写，用红墨水写中国人名被看 成是一种冒犯行为。 as a symbol of good luck, longevity and happiness in chinese culture, the color of red can be seen everywhere during springfestive and other festive/ joyous occasions. cash is usually put in red envelopes as gifts for relatives and close/intimate friends. also, red is much-welcomed / fashionable in china because of its association with chinese revolutions and the communist party. however, red does not always represent / equal to good luck and joy. red was previously used to write the names of the deceased so it is seen as an offence to write chinese people ’s names in red ink. 翻译二 随着中国的改革开放，如今很多年轻人都喜欢举行西式婚礼。新娘 在婚礼上穿着白色婚纱，因为白色被认为是纯洁的象征。然而，在 中国传统文化中，白色经常是葬礼上使用的颜色。因此务必记住， 白花一定不要用作祝人康复的礼物，尤其不要送给老年人或危重病 人。同样，礼金也不能装在白色信封里，而要装在红色信封里。 with the reform and opening-up of china, a great many young people nowadays prefer to hold western-style wedding: the bride wears white wedding gown because the color is considered to symbolize purity/is considered as the symbol of purity. however, in tradition chinese culture, white is often used on funerals. so, do bear in mind that white flowers should never be used as a gift to celebrate someone ’s recovery, especially not for the aged or those who are seriously ill.
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Calculate for a moment what could be done with even a part of those hours. Five thousand hours, I am told, are what a typical college undergraduate spends working on a bachelor's degree. In 10,000 hours you could have learned enough to become an astronomer or engineer. You could have learned several languages fluently. If it appealed to you, you could be reading Homer in the original Greek or Dostoyevsky in Russian. If it didn't, you could have walked around the world and written a book about it. The trouble with television is that it discourages concentration. Almost anything interesting and rewarding in life requires some constructive, consistently applied effort. The dullest, the least gifted of us can achieve things that seem miraculous to those who never concentrate on anything. But Television encourages us to apply no effort. It sells us instant gratification(满意). It diverts us only to divert, to make the time pass without pain. Television's variety becomes a narcotic(麻醉的), nor a stimulus. Its serial, kaleidoscopic (万花筒般的)exposures force us to follow its lead. The viewer is on a perpetual guided tour: 30 minutes at the museum, 30 at the cathedral, 30 for a drink, then back on the bus to the next attraction—except on television., typically, the spans allotted arc on the order of minutes or seconds, and the chosen delights are more often car crashes and people killing one another. In short, a lot of television usurps(篡夺;侵占) one of the most precious of all human gifts, the ability to focus your attention yourself, rather than just passively surrender it. Capturing your attention—and holding it—is the prime motive of most television programming and enhances its role as a profitable advertising vehicle. Programmers live in constant fear of losing anyone's attention—anyone's. The surest way to avoid doing so is to keep everything brief, not to strain the attention of anyone but instead to provide constant stimulation through variety, novelty, action and movement. Quite
2014年6月英语四级作文预测及范文
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People Choosing Overseas Destinations for Their Holidays based on the statistics provided in the chart below. Please give a brief description of the chart first and then make comments on it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. More People Choosing Overseas Destinations for Their Holidays From the chart given above, we can observe that the number of people traveling abroad experienced some changes during the past several years. From 1993 to 2003, the number of Chinese people choosing overseas destinations for their holidays increased rapidly from less than 5 million to 20 million, and then to 70 million in 2011. What exactly contribute to this phenomenon? Reasons can be listed as follows: for one thing, the authorities have issued some preferential policies to promote the development of the overseas tourism industry, which encourages a
Passage1 Reading leadership literature, you’d sometimes think that everyone has the potential to be an effective leader. 读领导文学，你有时会认为每个人都有可能成为一个有效的领导者。 I don’t believe that to be true. In fact, I see way fewer truly effective leaders than I see people stuck in positions of leadership who arc sadly incompetent and seriously misguided about their own abilities. 我不相信这是真的。事实上，我认为真正有效的领导者的方式比我看到的人都陷在领导的职位上，遗憾的是他们自己的能力不称职，严重误导了他们。 Part of the reason this happens is a lack of honest self-assessment by those who aspire to（追求）leadership in the first place. 对产生这种现象的原因一部分是由那些渴望缺乏诚实的自我评估（追求）放在首位的领导 We've all met the type of individual who simply must take charge. Whether it's a decision-making session, a basketball game, or a family outing, they can't help grabbing the lead dog position and clinging on to it for dear life. They believe they're natural born leaders. 我们都遇到了个人的类型，他们必须负责。无论是决策会议，篮球比赛，还是家庭外出，他们都不能不抓住领导的狗的地位，并紧紧抓住它，因为亲爱的生命。他们相信他们是天生的领袖。 Truth is, they're nothing of the sort. True leaders don't assume that it's their divine（神圣的）right to take charge every time two or more people get together. Quite the opposite. A great leader will assess each situation on its merits, and will only take charge when their position, the situation, and/or the needs of the moment demand it. 事实是，他们没有什么样的。真正的领导者不认为这是他们的神圣（神圣的）负责每次两个或两个以上的人在一起吧。恰恰相反。一个伟大的领导者会对每一个情况进行评估，并在他们的位置、情况和/或需要的情况下，只会负责。 Many business executives confuse leadership with action. They believe that constant motion somehow generates leadership as a byproduct. Faced with any situation that can’t be solved by the sheer force of activity, they generate a dust cloud of impatience. Their one leadership tool is
2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题及答案(完整版) Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: You should write atleast 120 words but no more than 180 words. Supposea foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown, what is the mostinteresting place you would like to take him/her to see and why? Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Questions 36 to 45 are based onthe following passage. Global warming is a trend towardwarmer conditions around the world. Part of the warming is natural; we haveexperienced a 20,000 -year -long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice 36 away.However, we have already reached temperatures that are in 37 withother minimum-ice periods, so continued warming is likely not natural. We are 38 toa predicted worldwide increase in temperatures 39 between 1℃and 6℃over the next 100 years. The warming will be more 40 in some areas, less in others, and some placesmay even cool
大学英语四级模拟题四 Part One Reading Comprehension (2’×10 = 20’) 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Air pollution can spread from city to city. It even spreads from one country to another. Some northern European countries have had “black snow”from pollutants that have traveled through the air from other countries and have fallen with the snow. So air pollution is really a global problem. Air pollution can kill babies, older people, and those who have respiratory（呼吸的）diseases. As found in cities, air pollution increases the risks of certain lung diseases. Air pollution can cause both airplane and car accidents because it cuts down visibility （能见度）. There are other possible health dangers from air pollution that we don’t know much about. For example, scientists are trying to find out whether chemicals that reach us from the air may cause changes in our cells. These changes might cause babies to be born with serious birth defects. Scientists are trying to learn how all the many chemicals are apt（易于的）to take into our bodies from air, water, food, and even medicines act together to affect our health and the way our bodies work. That is another reason why it is so important to begin to control pollution now instead of waiting until we learn all the answers. Air pollution costs us a lot of money. It corrodes（腐蚀）our buildings. It damages farm crops and forests. It has a destructive effect on our works of art. The cost of all this damage to our government is great. It would be much more worthwhile, both for us and for the government, to spend our tax dollars on air pollution control. 1. Air pollution may lead to airplane accidents because . A. it may cause pilots to be ill B. engines may fail from the air-borne dirt C. visibility is reduced D. it brings a lot of black snow 2. Scientists are trying to find a link between pollution and . A. intelligence levels B. birth problems C. man’s behavior D. the nervous system 3. Scientists have not yet determined . A. all of the effects of pollution on the human body B. how pollution can be controlled successfully C. when the atmosphere first became polluted D. how some snow becomes black 4. The author suggests that before air pollution becomes more serious, . A. factories will be forced to stop operating B. buildings should be protected C. the earth will begin to grow colder D. more money should be spent to solve the problem 5. We can conclude that . A. civilization may be ruined if pollution is not controlled B. pollution is more serious in Europe than it is in America C. most people do not know that pollution is a serious problem D. we should learn all the answers before we begin to control pollution Passage Two Stiletto heels could be banned from the workplace because of health and safety reasons, according to British Trade Union bosses. The Trade Union Congress, predominantly male, has proposed a motion arguing that high heels are disrespectful to women while they also contribute to long term injuries. They propose instead that women wear “sensible shoes”with an inch heel limit in an attempt to avoid future foot and back pain as well as injuries. The motion is due to be debated at next month’s conference. The motion states: “Congress believes high heels may look glamorous on the Hollywood catwalks but are completely in appropriate for the day-to-day working environment. Feet bear the burden of daily life, and for many workers prolonged standing, badly fitted footwear, and in particular high heels can be a hazard. Around two million days a year are lost through sickness as a result of lower limb disorders. Wearing high heels can cause long-term foot problems and also serious foot, knee and back pain and damaged joints. Many employers in the retail sector force women workers to wear high heels as part of their dress code. More must be done to raise awareness of this problem so that women workers and their feet are protected.” Nadline Dorries, the Tory Member of Parliament, however criticized the motion and said the extra height heels give women can help them when in the workplace. “I’m 5ft 3in and need every inch of my Christian Louboutin heels to look my male colleagues in the eye,”she said. “If high heels were banned in Westminster, no one would be able to find me. The Trade Union leaders need to get real, stop using obvious sexist tactics by discussing women’s
2020年英语四级作文预测模板(3) 题目要求： Directions： For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter in reply to a friend’s inquiry about Plan after graduation. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese： 假如你是李明，你的朋友石头来信咨询你的毕业之后的计划，考研还是就业，请根据自己的情况写封回信告知石头你的态度，并说明理由。 参考范文： Dear Shitou, So great to receive your letter on May 1st, in which you inquired about my plan after graduation. Now, I am writing to illustrate it and my accounts. As is known to all, so many graduates are eager to set feet on their work-life roads. According to a survey by National Department of Education, more than six million college students will leave the so called "Ivory Tower" this year. It is clear that the competition of job-hunting will be extremely furious. On the contrary, it seems advisable for me to further my study and get a master’s degree. What makes me convinced is that a higher degree and better educational background will, undoubtedly, enable me to make full preparation for entering the society. Besides, if possible, I will get involved in social and practical activities in my spare time.
英语四级阅读题库含答案解析 1.Passage One Global warming may or may not be the great environmental crisis of the 21st century, but regardless of whether it is or isn’t –we won’t do much about it. We will argue over it and may even, as a nation, make some fairly solemn-sounding commitments to avoid it. But the more dramatic and meaningful these commitments seem, the less likely they are to be observed. Al Gore calls global warming an “inconvenient truth,” as if merely recognizing it could put us on a path to a solution. But the real truth is that we don’t know enough to relieve global warming, and –without major technological breakthroughs—we can’t do much about it. From 2003 to 2050, the world’s population is projected to grow from 6.4 billion to 9.1 billion, a 42% increase. If energy use per person and technology remain the same, total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (mainly, CO2) will be 42% higher in 2050. but that’s too low, because societies that grow richer use more energy. We need economic growth unless we condemn the world’s poor to their present poverty and freeze everyone else‘s living standards. With modest growth, energy use and greenhouse emissions more than double by 2050. No government will adopt rigid restrictions on economic growth and personal freedom (limits on electricity usage, driving and travel) that might cut back global warming. Still, politicians want to show they’re “doing something.” Consider the Kyoto Protocol (京都议定书). It allowed countries that joined to punish those that didn’t. But it hasn’t reduced CO2 emissions (up about 25% since 1990), and many signatories (签字国) didn’t adopt tough enough policies to hit their 2008-2012 targets. The practical conclusion is that if global warming is a potential disaster, the only solution is new technology. Only an aggressive research and development program might find ways of breaking dependence on fossil fuels or dealing with it. The trouble with the global warming debate is that it has become a moral problem when it’s really an engineering one. The inconvenient truth is that if we don’t solve the engineering problem, we’re helpless. 57. What is said about global warming in the first paragraph? A) It may not prove an environmental crisis at all. B) It is an issue requiring world wide commitments. C) Serious steps have been taken to avoid or stop it. D) Very little will be done to bring it under control. 58. According to the author’s understanding, what is Al Gore’s view on global warming? A) It is a reality both people and politicians are unaware of. B) It is a phenomenon that causes us many inconveniences. C) It is a problem that can be solved once it is recognized. D) It is an area we actually have little knowledge about. 59. Green house emissions will more than double by 2050 because of _______. A) economic growth B) the widening gap between the rich and poor C) wasteful use of energy D) the rapid advances of science and technology
历年来英语四级考试格式 考试答题的顺序 1.作文分数106.5分 2.快速阅读71分 3.听力部分248.5分 4.是一篇篇章词汇理解和两篇传统的阅读理解，177.5分 5.是完形填空（极大可能考这个）71分 6.翻译，汉译英并且需译部分只是一般的短句翻译。35.5分 CET-4考试内容 一、试卷构成和成绩报道 就所测试的语言能力而言，试点阶段的四级考试由以下四个部分构成：1）听力理解；2）阅读理解；3）完型填空或改错；4）写作和翻译。 听力理解部分分值比例为35%；其中听力对话15%，听力短文20%。听力对话部分包括短对话和长对话的听力理解；听力短文部分包括选择题型的短文理解和复合式听写。 阅读理解部分分值比例为35%；其中仔细阅读部分（Reading in Depth）25%，快速阅读部分（Skimming and Scanning）10%。仔细阅读部分分为：a）选择题型的篇章阅读理解；b）篇章层次的词汇理解（Banked Cloze）或短句问答（Short Answer Questions）。快速阅读理解部分测试的是浏览阅读和查读能力。 完型填空或改错部分分值比例为10%。完型填空部分采用多项选择题型，改错部分的要求是辨认错误并改正。
写作和翻译部分分值比例为20%；其中写作部分（Writing）15%，翻译部分（Translation）5%。写作的体裁包括议论文、说明文、应用文等；翻译部分测试的是句子、短语或常用表达层次上的中译英能力。 具体比例搭配如下： 作文15%（有14分、12分、8分、6分、2分和0分四个档次，用时30分钟） 快速阅读10%(7个判断题每个1%，3个填空题也是1%，单词拼写错误不给分，用时15分钟) 听力35%（短对话8个，每个1%，长对话8个，每个1%，短文10个，每个1%，填词7个，每个0.5%，3个句子分别为2%，2%，2.5%。用时35分钟） 篇章阅读20%+词汇阅读5%（传统阅读10个，一个2%，选词阅读10%，一个0.5%。用时25分钟） 完型填空10%（20个小题，一题0.5%。用时15分钟） 翻译5%（一题1%。用时5分钟） 快速阅读的答题方式不一定 写作：30分钟， 107分（15%） 快速阅读 15分钟，70分（10%）
1. 目前大学接受社会捐赠现象很普遍 2. 人们对这一现象看法不同 3. 我的看法 【参考范文一】 Universities Taking Donations It is common now for people to give and universities to take donations. Many universities, especially those elite ones, can receive millions from the individuals and companies every year. For example, Zhejiang University was reported to have accepted more than 520 million yuan in 2010 from its alumni. People have different views on universities’ taking donations. Some believe that more funds will contribute to a better development of the university, and donations can aid students who come from low-income families. Others, however, argue that colleges shouldn’t accept endowment, since the governmental funds allocated to universities are enough for their development. They also point out that many universities fail to make good use of the donations and most money don’t go to poor students. In my opinion, taking donations benefits not only the university but also its students. Even if most donations are not given to poor students directly, they help update teaching facilities and improve the school environment, which will benefit the students indirectly. Therefore, universities’ t aking donations should be advocated. 【参考范文二】 Universities Taking Donations Donations to universities have become commonplace with the rapid economic development and people’s emphasis on education. Some donations universities receive come from the individuals, most of who are their alumni, while some are made by large companies, domestic or international ones. People differ on universities’ taking donations. Supporters say receiving donation helps universities develop faster. It also provides chances to those willing to promote higher education. Critics, however, maintain that universities are sacrificing independence, since most large