大学英语四级试卷.doc

12
CET Band 4 Model Test One试题卷
Part I Writing (30 minutes)：
　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Environmental Protection. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.
　　1. 全球变暖对地球环境造成了很大影响
　　2. 引起全球变暖的原因
　　3. 我们需要采取的措施
Part II Reading comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(15minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C )and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.

Utilizing Woman's Skills

Women Working
Britain has a higher proportion of economically active women than any of our EC partners, with the exception of Denmark, and the trend towards greater female participation in paid employment seems to be irreversible. The Central Statistical Office's Social Trends Report, published at the beginning of this year, forecasts that the number of women in the labor force is likely to increase by 700,000 over the 1990s and that by the end of the decade no less than 45 percent of workers will be female. It may be questioned whether industry fully utilizes them.

Women Working Part-Time
At present a high proportion of employed women, four out of ten, work part-time compared with only ten per cent of men in employment. This development is in response to the increased opportunities available to realize two distinct goals:
(1) The industrial goal of achieving greater flexibility in working time and working schedules in order to improve the relationship between labor costs and business needs; and
(2) The personal goal of many women of participating responsibly in both economic and domestic-familial activity without subjecting themselves to intolerable strains.
Industry need part-time workers and women often find part-time work more feasible than full-time work.
While many more women would doubtless prefer to have full-time employment, most men below early retirement age would see this as a necessity. The traditional images of the "male breadwinner" and the "female housewife and mother" may be breaking down among females but this process is occurring more slowly among males. Men do adopt the role of "househusband", but their number is still small enough to make the examples newsworthy.
For this reason, a good deal of female employment, and especially that part of it which involves women with young children, occurs without much corresponding adjustment or accommodation by men or by the institutions which men have created. Men remain "free" to take on their traditional full-time breadwinner roles, but women depend on there being opportunities for them to participate in economic activity at the time and in locations which fit in with their domestic responsibilities. However "useful" they might be to industry because they do not want the full-time engagements that are not available, their involvement remains disintegrated.

The Waste of Talent
In consequence, the talents which exist within this section of the workforce are under-utilized. They served as "hands" hired usually to perform routine jobs which can be parceled out (把…分成小部分)in appropriate part-time parts. They may do these extremely satisfactorily and at low cost to the employer, but skills and competencies developed in the course of their other experiences including running a household, organizing efficient routines, counseling and developing children, etc. may never be given any chance to surface.
In addition they have little opportunity to contribute ideas or suggestions around or outside the immediate confines of their particular job. This is because they are not sufficiently woven(被编入) into the fabric（结构） of the organization to permit their insinuation (暗示) into discussions at the right moment or with sufficient persistence to ensure that they get a hearing. They are treated as part of a peripheral 【pə'rɪfərəl】 (外围的) workforce and their ideas have little chance of entering the mainstream of thought.
Against this background there is little chance that they will be either rotated or promoted to any position of responsibility. Research published recently by the Institute of Manpower Studies confirms that women are generally still much underrepresented in management. It found, as many other studies of women at work have done, that although 40 percent of the current workforce is female, women constitute only 22 percent of managers and only 2 percent of senior executives. This also implies that even full-time women and those who do seek to develop a conventional career have little chance of success.
This may reflect stereotype (传统的观点) attitudes similar to those which attach to "part-timers": even full-time female employees appear to present a greater risk than full-time men of failing to make the grade as steady, reliable workers. They may declare themselves to be interested in a career, but they are much more likely than a man to succumb to the alternative career of raising children and running a family home. Therefore, some stereotype argument runs: they are less worthy of the employer investing training and development resources in them. If a woman is to get on, she has to surmount hurdles without much assistance and support from the employer.

Effective Utilization
In order to utilize female talents at all effectively, it may well be necessary, as many have already argued, to provide some simple logistical supports in the form of flexible work schedules, child-care facilities and the like. But it may be even more necessary to provide greater opportunity for working women in general and part-time workers in particular, to become integrated into the mainstream of organized activity.
This can occur only if industry then treats them as worthy of it, no matter whether they are "merely" part-time or whether they choose to take some time out to start a family. Some organizations, especially those facing a tight labor market, do provide such opportunities and do attempt to keep those on leave of absence in touch with policies and practices. Unless these activities are integrated with the business strategy, they are unlikely to survive a slackening of the labor market or to give industry full benefit.
Finally, their potential is unlikely to be realized unless they are included in all the communication systems developed both to inform employees and to elicit their suggestions for improvement. Part-timers particularly, but also those who perform what have traditionally been regarded as women's jobs, are often excluded from these, so that their often blinking views are ignored.
1. By the end of 1990, the number of women in the labor force will increase _____.
A) 30% B) 35% C) 40% D) 45%
2. Compared with men, the number of women working part-time in employment is _____.
A) 10% B) 25% C) 40% D) 45%
3. What has resulted in large numbers of women working part-time?
A) The social restraint. B) The personal choice.
C) The conventional belief. D) Their husbands’ decision.
4. Who accepts changing perceptions of traditional gender roles more slowly?
A) Women. B) Men.
C) Both men and women. D) Children.
5. When women choose to work, it bothers them first that_____.
A) take part in all economic activities
B) adapt to the new working environment
C) be qualified for full-time engagement
D) coordinate work time and household chores
6. Why are women's ideas or suggestions rarely considered?
A) Because they choose to be part-time workers.
B) Because they can hardly make their voice heard.
C) Because the don’t understand business strategy.
D) Because they are part of a peripheral workforce.
7. What can we learn from the fact that only 2 percent of senior executives are women?
A) Women are not as hard-working as men.
B) Women are not qualified for higher positions.
C) Women can’t get support from their employers.
D) Women have little chance to succeed in their career.
8. Most people hold the view that female employees are less interested in a career than in the alternative career of raising children and ___________.
9. To bring the talents of women into full practice, it is necessary to have many forms of some simple ____________ .
10. Some organizations have instituted integrative practices with their business strategy partly because they face ____________ .

Part III Listening Comprehension
Direction: 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 with a single line through the centre.

11. A) A bank manager and a customer.
B) A police officer and a woman robber.
C) A policeman and a bank manager.
D) A police officer and an eyewitness to a robbery.
12. A) It is very bad.
B) It is just so-so.
C) It is as good as she had expected.
D) It isn’t good enough.
13. A) More working hours.
B) A better position.
C) More days off.
D) A long vacation.
14. A) He is very satisfied with the new job.
B) He is afraid of the job.
C) He is bored with the job.
D) He can earn a lot of money.
15. A) He doesn’t want to buy a car.
B) He doesn’t have enough money to buy a car.
C) He plans to buy a car, but not now.
D) He will have enough money for a car soon.
16. A) To feed the baby. B) To bathe the baby.
C) To wake the baby up. D) To take care of the baby.
17. A) Write a report. B) Join his friends.
C) Go to the laboratory. D) Go to the party.
18. A) Because it comes by mail.
B) Because it arrives a few days earlier.
C) Because it is much cheaper.
D) Because it is inconvenient to buy one from the bookstore.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) At a public forum. B) In an auditorium.
C) On TV. D) In a classroom.
20. A) Exposing oneself to the target culture.
B) Attending regularly a good language program.
C) Coming up with a study plan.
D) Developing good note-taking skills.
21. A) It helps improve language fluency.
B) It depends on individual experience.
C) It is closely related to one’s habit.
D) It helps improve one’s learning potential.
22. A) Learners should have their own learning styles.
B) Pronunciation practice is a key to learning spoken English.
C) Goals should be realistic in learning a language.
D) Learning is a step-by-step process.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. A) Take the medicine three times a day after eating.
B) Stay in bed for three days.
C) Go to another doctor.
D) Take more fruits.
24. A) Steve is worried about his illness because he has to do a presentation on Friday.
B) Carla’s mother is really keen on modern medicine.
C) Carla favors herbal medicine.
D) Carla suggests that Steve drink her mother’s herbal tea three times a day after meal.
25. A) Talk to another friend. B) Take Carla’s suggestion.
C) See the same doctor again. D) Stay in bed until Friday.

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 centre.
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) Markets where birds like parrots are sold.
B) Zoos where there are no experts to manage the birds.
C) Owners who cannot handle their pets.
D) Forests where birds get wounded.
27. A) He likes changes in life.
B) He wants the birds to enjoy more music.
C) He tries to prevent the parrots imitating the tone.
D) He is not sure which tone is the best.
28. A) Restricting the number of visitors.
B) Raising money for his expanding operation.
C) Accumulating wealth.
D) Raising money to support his study.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29 A) Planting sunflowers. B) Recyclable mobile phone.
C) Sales of mobile phones. D) Environmental protection.
30. A) It is very soft.
B) It can change shape.
C) It looks different from other plastic materials.
D) It won’t give out chemical waste.
31. A) About 700 million. B) Over 700 million.
C) Over 650 million. D) About 650 million.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32 A) 400 B) 500 C) 600 D) 700
33. A) Students in rich families. B) Students in poor families.
C) Students with part-time jobs. D) Students engaged in job-hunting.
34. A)1980 B)1986 C) 1990 D) 1988
35. A) Only 2% of Chinese residents use credit cards for consumption.
B) Most university students use credit cards to pay for fashionable articles.
C) Credit card consumption is popular with Chinese residents.
D) More and more Chinese residents are using credit cards.

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 numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact 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.
As men age, they (36) _________ get less and less deep sleep --- a fact that could be (37) ________ to the weight gain that often (38) __________ middle-age, medical researchers said this week.
The (39) _________ between sleep and “love handles” (俚语，腰部赘肉)，double chins and expanding paunch (大肚子) centers on a hormone normally (40) _______ during deep sleep, the scientists from the University of Chicago reported in the August 16 (41) _______ of The Journal of the American Medical Association.
With less deep or slow-wave sleep, there is less bodily production of the growth hormone. That