2012大学英语四级模拟题.doc

1、 专硕网-专硕考研社区 合理利用 切勿成为资料下载狂 ！考研同学-专业硕士社区 不定期更新复习资料、真题！ 请考生拿到试卷后做好听力考试的试音准备。. Listening Comprehension （共 20 分，1-15 题每题 1 分，16-19 题每题 0.5 分，20-21 每题 1.5 分）Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, one question will be asked about what wa

2、s said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the several choices, and decide which the best answer is.注意：此部分试题请在答题卷上作答，在此作答无成绩。1. A) The man should try to be more understanding.B) The mans wife s

3、hould be more understanding.C) The mans negative attitude may be derived from his childhood.D) The pessimism of mans wife may be the result of her past experiences.2. A) A snowstorm. B) An earthquake.C) A traffic accident. D) A hurricane.3. A) The two speakers are classmates.B) The man is majoring i

4、n elementary education.C) The woman is majoring in elementary education.D) The two speakers got to know each other in a class.4. A) Shes got a stomachache. B) She feels perfectly fine.C) Shes going to get married.D) Shes going to have a 专硕网-专硕考研社区 合理利用 切勿成为资料下载狂 ！考研同学-专业硕士社区 不定期更新复习资料、真题！ 5. A) It

5、is the best city hes ever visited. B) It was worse than he had expected.C) It is difficult to get around in the city. D) The hotel service is terrible in the city.6. A) To encourage them. B) To stop them immediately.C) To give some explanation.D) To leave them alone.7. A) Unemployment. B) Family bre

6、akup.C) Mental problems. D) Drinking.8. A) The woman is the mans boss. B) The man is the womans husband.C) The woman is the headmaster of a school.D) The woman wants to know something about a student.9. A) They are attending a concert. B) They are negotiating about a price.C) They are planning to go

7、 for a date. D) They are buying something for their firm.10. A) The man is a football fan. B) The man needs the womans help.C) The man didnt watch TV last night. D) The man often has power failure at home.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear a short passage. At the end of the passage,

8、 you will hear 5 questions. You must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.注意：此部分试题请在答题卷上作答，在此作答无成绩。Listen to the following short passage, and answer the questions from 11 to 专硕网-专硕考研社区 合理利用 切勿成为资料下载狂 ！考研同学-专业硕士社区 不定期更新复习资料、真题！ 11. A) By studying many, many sick people.

9、B) By studying people who didnt get sick.C) By studying lateral thinking. D) With help from Dr. de Bono.12. A) Never giving up. B) Getting help from others.C) Moving sideways. D) Changing you point of view.13. A) The aggressive attitude of vertical thinking. B) Traditionally western lateral thinking

10、.C) A way to change your point of view. D) How Edward de Bono likes to solve problems.14. A) To discuss a major medical breakthroughB) To introduce a new concept of problem solvingC) To talk about the life of Edward de BonoD) To control Eastern and Western ways of thinking15. A) In the early 18th ce

11、ntury. B) In the late 18th century.C) In the early 19th century. D) In the late 19th century.Section CDirections: 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 seco

12、nd time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 16 to 19 with the exact words you have just heard. 专硕网-专硕考研社区 合理利用 切勿成为资料下载狂 ！考研同学-专业硕士社区 不定期更新复习资料、真题！ For blanks numbered from 20 to 21 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact

13、 words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.注意：此部分试题请在答题卷上作答，在此作答无成绩。Can you recite the alphabet easily and quickly? Can you write your name (16) _? Can you play scales(音阶) on

14、 a musical instrument?You would probably say that you memorized all this. But what you actually did was to learn them. And the way you learned them was by forming a (17) _! In other words, what was once quite difficult for you, such as reciting the alphabet or playing scales, became easy and almost

15、automatic when you formed the habit of doing it. So (18) _ can be described as learning by means of forming habit.A human being has a tremendous number of such habits that (19) _ him to do most of the ordinary things in life, such as fastening buttons or washing hands. But suppose you read a book an

16、d then someone asked you what the book was about, or how to describe the plot. (20) _.But if you examine the situation carefully, you will see that something very much like habit does play a part. For example, with ordinary habits, (21) _. Now, when you give the plot of a book, or tell what its abou

17、t, you are doing the same kind of thing. In fact, 专硕网-专硕考研社区 合理利用 切勿成为资料下载狂 ！考研同学-专业硕士社区 不定期更新复习资料、真题！ some psychologists say that all learning (and this also means money) is made up of a vast combination of simple habits. Vocabulary（共 10 分，每题 0.5 分）Section ADirections: Spell the following words wi

18、th the help of their meanings or definitions and the first letter.注意：此部分试题请在答题卷上作答，在此作答无成绩。22. q _ i _stop (sth.doing sth.)23. posi _ _ _ _ ly in a positive or optimistic way; confidently24. trans _ _ _pass (sth.) from one person or place to another25. in _ _ _ _ _ _not direct26. aggre _ _ _ _behavi

19、ng in an angry and violent way towards another personSection BDirections: Match the definitions in Column II with the words or phrases in Column I.注意：此部分试题请在答题卷上作答，在此作答无成绩。 27. immensely A. showing readiness to give money, help, kindness, etc.28. intense B. very 专硕网-专硕考研社区 合理利用 切勿成为资料下载狂 ！考研同学-专业硕士

20、社区 不定期更新复习资料、真题！ 29. greedy C. existing in an extreme degree30. cease D. showing, full of, too great a desire for food, money, power, etc.31. generous E. put an end to; stopSection CDirections: Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that

21、best completes each sentence.注意：此部分试题请在答题卷上作答，在此作答无成绩。32. Though she began her _ by singing in a local pop group, she is now a famous movie star.A) employment B) career C) occupation D) profession33. The rest of the day was entirely at his_ for reading or recreation.A) dismissal B) survival C) dispo

22、sal D) arrival34. On New Years Eve, New York City holds an outdoor_ which attracts a crowd of people.A) affair B) incident C) case D) event35. The doctor told Penny that too much _ to the sun is bad for the skin.A) exposure B) extension C) exhibition D) expansion36. He wrote an article criticizing t

23、he Greek poet and won _ and a 专硕网-专硕考研社区 合理利用 切勿成为资料下载狂 ！考研同学-专业硕士社区 不定期更新复习资料、真题！ scholarship.A) faith B) status C) fame D) courage37. His wife is constantly finding _ with him, which makes him very angry.A) errors B) shortcomings C) fault D) flaw38. I caught a _ of the taxi before it disappeared

24、around the corner of the street.A) vision B) glimpse C) look D) scene39. John seems a nice person. _, I dont trust him.A) Even though B) Even so C) Therefore D) Though40. These two areas are similar _ they both have a high rainfall during this season.A) to that B) besides that C) in that D) except t

25、hat41. Dont let the child play with scissors_ he cuts himself. A) in case B) so that C) now that D) only if. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) （共 10 分，每题 1 分）Directions: In this part, you will have15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer S 专硕网-专硕考研

26、社区 合理利用 切勿成为资料下载狂 ！考研同学-专业硕士社区 不定期更新复习资料、真题！ For questions 42-48, markY (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.For question

27、50-51, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.St. Valentines StoryLet me introduce myself. My name is Valentine. I lived in Rome during the third century. That was long, long ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. I didnt like Emperor Claudius, and

28、I wasnt the only one! A lot of people shared my feelings.Claudius wanted to have a big army. He wanted men to volunteer to join. Many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. As you may have guessed, not many men signed up. This made Claudius very

29、angry. So what happened? He had a crazy idea. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people and I all thought his new law was cruel.I was a priest. One of my favorite activities was to marry couples. E

30、ven after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies secretly. It was really quite exciting. Imagine a small candlelit room with only the bride and groom and myself. We would whisper the words of the ceremony, listening all the while for the steps of 专硕网-专硕考研社区 合理利用 切

31、勿成为资料下载狂 ！考研同学-专业硕士社区 不定期更新复习资料、真题！ One night, we did hear footsteps. It was frightening! Thank goodness the couple I was marrying escaped in time. I was caught. I was thrown in prison and told that my punishment was death.I tried to stay cheerful. And do you know what? Wonderful things happened. Ma

32、ny young people came to the prison to visit me. They threw flowers and notes up to my window. They wanted me to know that they, too, believed in love.One of these young people was the daughter of the prison guard. Her father allowed her to visit me in the cell. Sometimes we would sit and talk for ho

33、urs. She helped me to keep my spirits up. She agreed that I did the right thing. On the day I was to die, I left my friend a little note thanking her for her friendship and loyalty. I signed it, “Love from your Valentine.I believe that note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine

34、s Day. It was written on the day I died, February 14, 269 A.D. Now, every year on this day, people think about love and friendship. And when they think of Emperor Claudius, they remember how he tried to stand in the way of love, and they laugh because they know that love cant be beaten!注意：此部分试题请在答题卷

35、上作答，在此作答无成绩。42. Valentine was born in the third century in Rome.A) Y B) N C) NG43. A lot of people liked Emperor Claudius.A) Y B) N C) NG 专硕网-专硕考研社区 合理利用 切勿成为资料下载狂 ！考研同学-专业硕士社区 不定期更新复习资料、真题！ 44. Many man didnt want to fight in wars because they did not want to leave their wives and families.A) Y B)

36、N C) NG45. Claudius allowed people to get married.A) Y B) N C) NG46. No young people went to see Valentine.A) Y B) N C) NG47. A boy was allowed to visit Valentine in the cell by his father.A) Y B) N C) NG48. Valentines Day is the most popular festival in the world.A) Y B) N C) NG49. Valentine was a

37、_.50. Valentine was caught and thrown in prison and told that his punishment was _.51. Valentine believed that note started the custom of exchanging love messages on _. Reading Comprehension (reading in depth)（共 30 分，其中 52-61题每题 1 分，62-71 每题 2 分）Section ADirections 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