1、 第 1 页 共 8 页 系别四级班/六级班班级学号姓名密.封.线大学英语四级模拟题十四 Part I Writing (15%) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying “Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission.“ You can cite examples to illustrate the importance of lifelong learning. You sho
2、uld write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening Comprehension (25%) Section A (15%) 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
3、 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 with a single line through the center. 1
4、. A. Sarahs elder brother was with her mother. B. Sarahs mother and her elder brother are at home. C. Sarahs going to see her mother. D. Sarahs elder brother is in Paris. 2. A. To answer the door. B. To wash the dishes. C. To ring the doorbell. D. To prepare the dish. 3. A. Teacher and student. B. H
5、usband and wife. C. Policeman and passerby. D. Customer and salesman. 4. A. In a restaurant. B. In a bank. C. In a school. D. At a theater. 5. A. She may be driving at 7 oclock. B. She may be going to the party. C. She may be seeing her friends. D. She may be going to prepare for the party. 6. A. 9:
6、10 a.m. B. 10:20 a.m. C. 9:00 a.m. D. 10:00 a.m. 7. A. Yes, he finds it interesting. B. Yes, he makes a big buck. C. No, he finds it very boring. D. No, he hates long working hours. 8. A. Doing his homework. B. Calling his girlfriend. C. Playing with his dog. D. Watching TV. Conversation One Questio
7、ns 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9. A. Art history. B. Art. C. European history. D. Art of painting. 10. A. His newspaper. B. His paper. C. His report. D. His book. 11. A. Geology. B. Psychology. C. Philosophy. D. Biology. 12. A. A course on Western painters. B. A course
8、 on Eastern painters. C. A course on court painters. D. A course on color painters. Conversation Two Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 13. A. A letter of invitation. B. A letter of recommendation. C. A letter of complaint. D. An application letter. 14. A. The man.
9、 B. The woman. C. The man and his wife. D. The man, woman and several friends. 15. A. 11 hours. B. 7 hours. C. 5 hours. D. For a whole day. Section B (10%) Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages and the
10、 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage One Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you ha
11、ve just heard. 16. A. The search for physical fitness. B. Playing tennis. C. Studying yoga. D. The wushu. 17. A. On the job market. B. At their former schools. C. In their homes. D. At the local high schools or colleges. 18. A. Because they want to meet new friends there. B. Because they want to kee
12、p themselves busy. 第 2 页 共 8 页 C. Because they are trying to find better jobs. D. Because they want to educate their children. Passage Two Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19. A. Shops that take care of pets. B. Shops that sell food and clothing for pets. C. Shops tha
13、t provide medical treatment for pets. D. Shops that sell various pets. 20. A. To have a good company. B. To make them live a nice life. C. To keep away unwanted animals. D. To keep away loneliness. 21. A. People treat their pets as family members. B. Most pets live a very comfortable life. C. Pets a
14、ll over the world live in the similar way. D. Pet owners have some tender feelings for their pets. Passage Three Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 22. A. At five. B. At twelve. C. At six. D. At eight. 23. A. Having the court organist as his music teacher. B. Having a t
15、ender mother. C. Having Mozart as his good friend. D. Having an outstanding father. 24. A. He was given a chance to Vienna. B. He met Mozart for the first time. C. He became a second court organist. D. He supported his family by his performance. 25. A. Long works based on short pieces. B. Excellent
16、works praised by people. C. Long works in several movements. D. Classical works lasting forever. Part III Vocabulary the more ignorant B. the younger; more innocent B. the younger; the more innocent 29. The area _ into a park for everyone to enjoy, but now several apartment buildings stand there. A.
17、 will have been built B. can have been built C. must have been built D. should have been built 30. Its very _ of you not to talk aloud while the baby is asleep. A. concerned B. careful C. considerable D. considerate 31. Mr. Wilson is quite satisfied with his new secretary because shes much more _ th
18、an the former one. A. sufficient B. deficient C. efficient D. magnificent 32. Our tutor specializes in the _ study of British and American cultures in the fields such as language, eating habits, customs, etc. A. respective B. constructive C. comparative D. distinctive 33. No wonder her room looks sp
19、otless all the time, she spends 2 hours every day sweeping and mopping the floor. In this sentence, the underlined phrase equals to _ in meaning. A. it is not surprising B. it is wonderful 第 3 页 共 8 页 C. it is strange D. it is doubtful 34. As I came to know more about Chinese traditional literature,
20、 my love for it _ A. sheltered B. drifted C. twinkled D. deepened 35. During the group living in kindergarten(幼儿园 ), kids are _ to more viruses and they are more likely to get diseases. A. allergic B. exposed C. peculiar D. modest 36. Horrible images and _ filled his mind after he did drugs. A. illu
21、sions B. recession C. commission D. nomination 37. Standing on the top of the mountain, I felt _ I had melted in the beautiful scenery. A. if only B. only if C. as if D. if 38. _ along the river, we agreed that we had just spent probably the most enjoyable experience of our trip in Russia. A. Wonder
22、ed B. Stretching C. Toasted D. Wandering 39. What you have done is _ the doctors orders. A. attached to B. responsible to C. contrary to D. resistant to 40. I have no _ of changing my job in a short time. A. fascination B. trend C. allowance D. inclination 41. Many Europeans _ the continent of Afric
23、a in the 19th century. A. explained B. explored C. exploded D. expanded 42. Some of his instructions are really too _ to be understood. A. unfortunate B. repetitive C. stressful D. vague 43. The students are anxious to _ the knowledge they think they need to make a buck. A. acquire B. abandon C. com
24、mence D. polish 44. I couldnt give an accurate answer to the curious man, so I _ shifting the topic. A. relied on B. hung on C. resorted to D. left off 45. Why is it that people of the English-speaking world _ that the rest of the world should speak English? A. take it for granted B. take pity on C.
25、 take it away D. take it up Part IV Reading Comprehension （ 35%） Section A (10%) 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 d
26、erived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by writing a corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.（答案请写在答题纸上） Reaping the Rewards of Risk-Taking A) Since Steve Jobs resigned as chief executive of Apple, much has been said about him
27、as a peerless business leader who has created immense wealth for shareholders, and guided the design of hit products that are transforming entire industries, like music and mobile communications. B) All true, but lets think different, to borrow the Apple marketing slogan of years back. Lets look at
28、Mr. Jobs as a role model. C) Above all, he is an innovator. His creative force is seen in products such as the iPod, iPhone, and iPad and in new business models for pricing and distributing music and mobile software online. Studies of innovation come to the same conclusion: you cant engineer innovat
29、ion, but you can increase the odds of it occurring. And Mr. Jobs career can be viewed as a consistent pursuit of improving those odds, both for himself and the companies he has led. Mr. Jobs, of course, has enjoyed singular success. But innovation, broadly defined, is the crucial ingredient in all e
30、conomic progress higher growth for nations, more competitive products for companies, and more prosperous careers for individuals. And Mr. Jobs, many experts say, 第 4 页 共 8 页 exemplifies what works in the innovation game. D) “We can look at and learn from Steve Jobs what the essence of American innov
31、ation is,“ says John Kao, an innovation consultant to corporations and governments. Many other nations, Mr. John Kao notes, are now ahead of the United States in producing what are considered the raw materials of innovation. These include government financing for scientific research, national polici
32、es to support emerging industries, educational achievement, engineers and scientists graduated, even the speeds of Internet broadband service. E) Yet what other nations typically lack, Mr. Kao adds, is a social environment that encourages diversity, experimentation, risk-taking, and combining skills
33、 from many fields into products that he calls “recombinant mash-ups (打碎重组 ),“ like the iPhone, which redefined the smartphone category. “The culture of other countries doesnt support the kind of innovation that Steve Jobs exemplifies, as America does,“ Mr. John Kao says. F) Workers of every rank are
34、 told these days that wide-ranging curiosity and continuous learning are vital to thriving in the modern economy. Formal education matters, career counselors say, but real-life experience is often even more valuable. G) An adopted child, growing up in Silicon Valley, Mr. Jobs displayed those traits
35、early on. He was fascinated by electronics as a child, building Heathkit do-it-yourself projects, like radios. Mr. Jobs dropped out of Reed College after only a semester and traveled around India in search of spiritual enlightenment, before returning to Silicon Valley to found Apple with his friend,
36、 Stephen Wozniak, an engineering wizard (奇才 ). Mr. Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985, went off and founded two other companies, Next and Pixar, before returning to Apple in 1996 and becoming chief executive in 1997. H) His path was unique, but innovation experts say the pattern of exploration is
37、not unusual. “Its often people like Steve Jobs who can draw from a deep reservoir of diverse experiences that often generate breakthrough ideas and insights,“ says Hal Gregersen, a professor at the European Institute of Business Administration. I) Mr. Gregersen is a co-author of a new book, The Inno
38、vators DNA, which is based on an eight-year study of 5,000 entrepreneurs(创业者 ) and executives worldwide. His two collaborators and co-authors are Jeff Dyer, a professor at Brigham Young University, and Clayton Christensen, a professor at the Harvard Business School, whose 1997 book The Innovators Di
39、lemma popularized the concept of “disruptive (颠覆性的 ) innovation. “ J) The academics identify five traits that are common to the disruptive innovators: questioning, experimenting, observing, associating and networking. Their bundle of characteristics echoes the ceaseless curiosity and willingness to
40、take risks noted by other experts. Networking, Mr. Hal Gregersen explains, is less about career-building relationships than a consistent search for new ideas. Associating, he adds, is the ability to make idea-producing connections by linking concepts from different disciplines. K) “Innovators engage
41、 in these mental activities regularly,“ Mr. Gregersen says. “Its a habit for them.“ Innovative companies, according to the authors, typically enjoy higher valuations in the stock market, which they call an “innovation premium(溢价 )”. It is calculated by estimating the share of a companys value that c
42、annot be accounted for by its current products and cash flow. The innovation premium tries to quantify (量化 ) investors bets that a company will do even better in the future because of innovation. L) Apple, by their calculations, had a 37 percent innovation premium during Mr. Jobs first term with the
43、 company. His years in exile resulted in a 31 percent innovation discount. After his return, Apples fortunes improved gradually at first, and improved markedly starting in 2005, yielding a 52 percent innovation premium since then. M) There is no conclusive proof, but Mr. Hal Gregersen says it is unl
44、ikely that Mr. Jobs could have reshaped industries beyond computing, as he has done in his second term at Apple, without the experience outside the company, especially at Pixar the computer-animation (动画制作 ) studio that created a string of critically and commercially successful movies, such as “Toy
45、Story“ and “Up.“ N) Mr. Jobs suggested much the same thing during a commencement address to the graduating class at Stanford University in 2005. “It turned out that getting fired from 第 5 页 共 8 页 Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me,“ he told the students. Mr. Jobs also spoke
46、 of perseverance (坚持 ) and will power. “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick,“ he said. “Dont lose faith.“ O) Mr. Jobs ended his commencement talk with a call to innovation, both in ones choice of work and in ones life. Be curious, experiment, take risks, he said to the students. His adv
47、ice was emphasized by the words on the back of the final edition of The Whole Earth Catalog, which he quoted: “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.“ “And,“ Mr. Jobs said, “I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. “ 46. Steve Jobs called on Stanford gra
48、duates to innovate in his commencement address. 47. Steve Jobs considered himself lucky to have been fired once by Apple. 48. Steve Jobs once used computers to make movies that were commercial hits. 49. Many governments have done more than the US government in providing the raw materials for innovation. 50. Great innovators a
