2023年9月份四级考试样卷.doc

Model Test Five

Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled Stop Raising Dangerous Animals as Pets following the outline given below. You should write at Least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.
1.烈性宠物伤人旳事故频频被报道
2.喂养烈性宠物很危险
3.公众应停止喂养烈性宠物
Stop Raising Dangerous Animals as Pets
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Part II Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: in this section, you will hear 8 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or two 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 1 with a single Line through the centre.

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1. A) They should go camping at the beach.
B) They should do as they have planned.
C)They can change their plan according to the weather.
D)The terrible weather has ruined their weekend plan.
2. A)Her presentation was really successful.
B)She will do a presentation in the meeting.
C)She spoke to many people without being nervous.
D)She just sat in the meeting without saying a word.
3. A)His project is going very well. B) He needs financial support.
C)It's difficult to finish his project. D) He needs capable persons.
4. A)The car was all right in the accident.
B)The car was broken badly in the accident.
C)The woman's brother was mad due to the accident.
D)The woman's brother was badly hurt in the accident.
5.A) Carl should go on working.
B)Carl should come back to class.
C)She is surprised that Carl earned a lot of money.
D)She also wants to be a consultant to that company.
6. A) The woman is too fat. B) The woman should buy some new clothes.
C)The woman is prettier now. D) The woman should eat less from now on.
7. A) Come back by coach. B) Go a longer distance.
C) Come back by train.. D)Come back by air.

understands the woman's feeling.
8. A) The woman may be sick. B) The woman is a stranger to him at first.
C) Things are really strange. D) He understands the women’s feeling.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9 .A) How to persuade others to do car wash
B) How to organize the Thanksgiving party
C) How to get the raising-money message out.
D) How to show the interesting things to others.
10. A) Get materials to make a big banner,
B) Print a large number of posters
C)Hang the banner before the student center
D) Have an article published in the school paper.
11,A) She is good at writing articles. B) She is very helpful.
C)She is the smartest girl in the class. D)She does a good job in English class.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) Keeping out the cold. B) Keeping out the heat
C) Avoiding air pollution. D) Preventing the dust
13. A) They are light. B) They are water-proof.
C) They are warm. D) They are cheap.
14.A)They have become popular. B) They are likely to be made.
C) They are in use now. D) They will not be made.
15. A) By searching information on paper. B) By attending a presentation on paper
C) By consulting experts on paper. D) By giving a presentation on papers.
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 1 with a single line through the center..
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Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) By doing a part-time job. B) By serving in the arm3.
C) By setting aside part of his salary. D) By changing his job for a better one.
17. A) He was given the wrong blood by mistake. B) His organs broke down during the surgery.
C) He was too weak to have a surgery. D) He was seriously infected after the surgery
18. A) It turned out to be in vain. B) It was held back by his mother.
C) He earned a lot of money through it. D) It helped the family to keep the house.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) He played well in the NBA. B) Back injuries interrupted his career.
C) He now works for Nike. D) Maryland is his homeland.
20. A) The early bird catches the worm. B) Small things can lead to large outcomes:
C) Actions speak louder than words. D) Do nothing by halves.
21. A) He respected and greeted everyone. B) He worked there for many years.
C) They had a good memory. D) They were required to do so.
22. A) He was too naughty.
B) He looked down, upon Mr. Lee.
C) He destroyed pubic facilities with a rock
D) He didn't greet Mr. Lee when they met on the street.
Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23. A) Serious burns. B) Great panic. C) Smoke and gases. D)Careless mistakes
24A)Make sure their bedroom doors are open. B) Make sure their bedroom
C) Make sure their windows are shut. D) Make sure their fuel gas
25. A) Scream and cry. B) Hide under beds.
C) Flee the house. D) Seek their parents' help.
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 with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written
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What does it mean to obey the law? That (26)__where you are. Different cultures have different views of obeying the law. In some cultures, law-abiding citizens try to keep the letter of the law. That is, whatever the law says, they do. In other cultures, good citizens live by the (27)___ of the law. They see the law only as a general (28)____.. Often they obey the law only when someone official is looking. The situation in America fits into the first (29)____.That doesn't mean all Americans keep the law. But American culture teaches people to respect the law-even to the smallest detail.
Driving habits (30)____American respect for the law. A driver will usually stop for a red light, even when there are no other cars around. People treat the lines marking streets and roads as (31) -___boundaries, not just decorations. Vehicles yield to those with the right of way---particularly pedestrians. Actually though, drivers don’t always keep traffic rules. For example, many drivers (32)____freeway speed limits. But American generally drive with careful attention to the traffic rules.
Of course, not everyone in America abides by the law. Crime is a growing problem. For that reason, law enforcement officials will never (33)____ a job. Police officers have their hands full trying to arrest lawbreakers. Detective agencies spend countless hours trying to (34)_unsolved crimes. Nevertheless, most Americans still like to believe that the law will (35)___ catch the bad guys.

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: 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 making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a Letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single Line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
A lot of people instinctively believe-without really knowing-that poor readers are not especially smart. A new study by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine and the University of California at Davis explains how it is that 36 bright and accomplished people can have great difficulty reading.
What gets in the way of many people's ability to read is word blindness. It is an unexpected difficulty in reading in people who have the intelligence and motivation thought to be necessary to be 37 readers.
The brains of people with word blindness have difficulty taking images that they see or hear and turning it into 38 language, explained researcher Sally E. Shaywitz. This means that someone with word blindness not only has 39 reading but may also have difficulty speaking quickly. Typical readers can 40 recognize words after seeing them a few times; those with word blindness don't.
The new study 41 evidence for the first time showing that the 42 between IQ and reading over time is not the same for readers with word blindness as it is for typical readers
In people without word blindness, intelligence and reading do in fact connect and can 43 each other over time. But in those with word blindness, IQ and reading are not 44 over time and do not
have an affect on each other.
"People expect that if you are a very good reader you must be very smart and if you don't read well you must not be so smart," sand Shaywitz
"Word blindness is a paradox(矛盾)because it violates that 45，”she said. "You can NOT be a
great reader and be exceptionally smart."
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A) conclusion B) fluent C) understandable D) exceedingly
E) automatically F) provides G) influence H) trouble
I) linked J) proves K)considerate L) selectively
M) assumption N) relationship O) contacted

Section B
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. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.
A Brief History of Online Shopping
A) When Amazon opened for business 15 years ago, it was nothing more than a few people packing and shipping boxes of books from a two-car garage in Bellevue, Wash. Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, had left New York City for the Pacific Northwest, using some of his time on the road to write the company's business plan. Books were packed on a table made out of an extra door they found lying in the new home---a practice the company continues today in spirit by making many of the office's desks out of doors.
B) Now, on its 15th anniversary, Amazon can raise a toast to being one of the largest online retailers in the world, selling everything from trumpets and golf carts to dishwashers and clothes. Despite the economic recession, online retail in the U.S. grew 11% last year, according to a report released this March from Forrester Research: More than 150 million people-about two-thirds of all Internet users in the U.S.--- bought something online last year. It's a staggering leap for an industry used by 27% of the nation's online population a decade ago.
C) One of the first known Web purchases took place in 1994. It was an Italian pizza with mushrooms and extra cheese from Pizza Hut, a somewhat appropriate purchase for the early days of the Internet. When Amazon came on the scene not long after, selling books online was a curious idea. After all, why would people buy a textbook online when they could go to a bookstore? But eventually, a revolutionary change in culture and groupthink took place. Buying things online was all about price and selection, says Ellen Davis, a vice president with the National Retail Federation. If you lived in a small town with just one bookstore and they didn't stock the novel you wanted, the Internet was a solution.
D) The big sellers were "hard goods," those things you didn't have to touch, feel or smell in order to buy, such as books, computers and other electronics. Now, nothing is off limits. "As the Internet has evolved, it's become a channel where you can buy anything," Davis says. "You can buy fragrances(香水)--- something you would have normally thought you would need to go to a store and actually experience before you decided to buy."
E) Part of the shift has to do with the normalizing of giving out personal information online. All it takes is one click of the purchase button before consumers start to feel more comfortable using their credit-card information online, Davis says. Now some consumers have so much trust that they allow retailers to save their credit-card and shipping information, which has given rise to a painless checkout process.
F) And part of it had to do with making the online experience more like an in-store shopping trip. Many sites geared themselves toward consumers who like to try before they buy. While Web shoppers technically have to buy the item first, sites such as Zappos, which specializes in shoes, and Piperlime, which sells clothes and accessories, offer free shipping on returns. If you buy it, try it and don’t like it, having to return the item is less of a concern. Other stores try to make it easier for customers to get the look and feel of product without actually handling the goods. Sears and Gap allow customers to zoom (拉近) way in on products to examine their material and color up close. Others such as Bed, Bath & Beyond and Buy feature product videos that allow shoppers to see, for example, a grill (烤架) cleaner in action. And then there are sites like Overstock that capitalize on the goods physical stores can't sell. Beyond its discounts, Overstock wins customer loyalty by making online deals with flat-rate shipping of $2.95 on everything from earrings to refrigerators.
G) Even famously resistant designers and luxury retailers are putting goods online. According to Bain& Co.'s luxury-goods study last year, while the luxury-goods industry overall lost 8% worldwide last year, luxury sales online grew 20%. This September MarcJacobs will have more than just videos of models walking on the runway on his