09.最新4级预测卷第九套
2016-04-27
大学英语四级考试预测卷（九）
PART II
Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions:
In this section, you will hear three news reports.
At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions.
Both the news report 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 centre.
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.
News Item 1
ELEXCEMA OKINEL (TRANSLATED):
“The first thing I want to see fixed is for the new government
to move people from tents into real homes.There is so much misery in the tent camps.”
Some Haitians would like to see the election postponed because of the cholera outbreak
and earthquake damage.But Mathieu Tranquilor says there is
no time to wait.Mr.Tranquilor is one of almost twenty candidates running
for a senate seat in Port au Prince, the capital.
MATHIEU TRANQUILOR (TRANSLATED):
“As far as the election is concerned,
we need to have an election.Because constitutionally,
on February seventh, the current government will be dissolved.
So we need to have an election with the help of the international community.”
Mr.Tranquilor`s campaign manager is a Haitianborn civil engineer,
Russel Lacroix.They went to school together.Mr.Lacroix
has lived for the past 16 years in the United States.
But he says he plans to stay in Haiti and run for president in five years.
That is how long a candidate must live in the country before seeking the presidency.
1.What is the most urgent problem in Haiti now?
2.How long must a candidate live in Haiti before seeking the presidency?
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
News Item 2
Egypt`s main opposition movement,
the Muslim Brotherhood, appears to have lost most of their seats in Sunday`s parliamentary election.
The group had 88 members in the last parliament,
but a spokesman said only a few had progressed to the second round next week.
Official results are due on Tuesday,
but early indications suggest President Mubarak`s ruling party has won a landslide victory.
Human rights groups have supported the opposition`s claims that the vote was marred by irregularities.
A court in the United States has sentenced a Somali man to 30 years
in prison for piracy off the coast of Somalia.
Jama Idle Ibrahim was captured earlier this year after
taking part in an attack on a US naval flotilla,
which the pirates had apparently mistaken for merchant ships.
Police in southern Italy have arrested a local odd job man accused of shooting dead
at least five people over several years for failing to pay him on time for work.
A new round of talks on climate change, sponsored by the United Nations,
has begun in Cancun in Mexico, the first such negotiations
since the Copenhagen climate summit a year ago.Delegates to the 12 day conference
hope to make progress on protecting forests and on providing help for poorer nations
struggling to cope with the impact of climate change.
3.How is the election for Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt?
4.What are the expectations of climate conference in Mexico?
Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.
News Item 3
World leaders are meeting in New York to discuss progress
on the Millennium Development Goals they set ten years ago.
Five years remain to meet eight goals to reduce hunger,
poverty and disease and expand education.
On Monday, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki moon opened a three day
summit meeting of 140 presidents and prime ministers.Mr.Ban
called for renewed efforts to meet the goals,
saying there is much more to do.He said the economic crisis “cannot be an excuse”
for limiting development efforts.
A U.N.report says the world had more than one billion undernourished people last year.
That followed the food crisis of two thousand seven and eight.
This year, improved economic conditions are expected
to reduce the number of hungry for the first time in fifteen years.
The number is predicted to drop by almost one hundred million to nine hundred twenty five million.
Jacques Diouf, head of the U.N.Food and Agriculture Organization,
says that is still “unacceptably high.”
JACQUES DIOUF: “The expected decline in world hunger in 2010 is primarily the result
of better access to food as the global economy recovers,
and food prices remain below their peak level of mid 2008.”
But wheat prices rose after Russia halted grain exports in August
because of a severe drought.That ban is now extended until next year`s harvest.
5.What did UN Secretary General call for?
6.How many people are still in hungry this year?
7.In which year was the food price the highest?
Section B
Directions:
In this section,
you will hear two long conversations.
At the end of each conversation,
you will hear four questions.
Both the conversation 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 centre.
Now you will haer the two long conversations
Conversation One
W: Hey, Bob, guess what? I`m going to visit Quebec next summer.
I`m invited to go to a friend`s wedding.
But while I`m there I`d also like to do some sightseeing.
M: That`s nice, Shelly. But do you mean the province of Quebec,
or Quebec City?
W: I mean the province.
My friend`s wedding is in Montreal.
So I`m going there first.
I`ll stay for five days.
Is Montreal the capital city of the province?
M: Well, Many people think so because it`s the biggest city.
But it`s not the capital. Quebec City is. But Montreal is great.
The St. Lawrence River runs right through the middle of the city.
It`s beautiful in summer.
W: Wow, and do you think I can get by in English? My French is OK,
but not that good. I know most people there speak French, but can I also use English?
M: Well, people speak both French and English there.
But you`ll hear French most of the time.
And all the street signs are in French. In fact,
Montreal is the third largest Frenchspeaking city in the world.
So you`d better practice your French before you go.
W: Good advice. What about Quebec City?
I`ll visit a friend from college who lives there now.
What`s it like?
M: It`s a beautiful city, very old.
Many old buildings have been nicely restored.
Some of them were built in the 17th and 18th centuries.
You`ll love there.
W: Fantastic. I can`t wait to go.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8.What`s the woman`s main purpose of visiting Quebec?
9.What does the man advise the woman to do before the trip?
10.What does the man say about the Quebec City?
11.How long is Sholly going to stay in Quebee?
Conversation Two
M: Hi, Ms. Rowling, how old were you when you started to write?
And what was your first book?
W: I wrote my first finished story when I was about six.
It was about a small animal, a rabbit,
I mean. And I`ve been writing ever since.
M: Why did you choose to be an author?
W: If someone asked me how to achieve happiness,
step one would be finding out what you love doing most and step two would
be finding someone to pay you to do it.
I consider myself very lucky indeed to be able to support myself by writing.
M: Do you have any plans to write books for adults?
W: My first two novels were for adults. I suppose I might write another one.
But I never really imagine a target audience when I`m writing.
The ideas come first. So it really depends on the idea that grabs me next.
M: Where did the ideas for the Harry Potter books come from?
W: I`ve no idea where the ideas came from.
And I hope I`ll never find out.
It would spoil my excitement if it turned out I just have a funny
little wrinkle on the surface of my brain,
which makes me think about the invisible train platforms.
M: How do you come up with the names of your characters?
W: I invented some of them,
but I also collected strange names.
I`ve gotten one from ancient saints, maps,
dictionaries, plants, war memorials and people I`ve met.
M: Oh, you are really resourceful.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12.What do we learn from the conversation about Ms. Rowling`s first book?
13.Why does Ms. Rowling consider herself very lucky?
14.What dictates Ms. Rowling`s writing?
15.According to Ms. Rowling, where did she get the ideas for the Harry Potter books?
Section C
Directions:
In this section, you will hear three 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 centre.
Passage One
Reducing the amount of sleep students get at night has a direct
impact on their performance at school during the day.
According to classroom teachers, elementary and middle school students who stay up
late exhibit more learning and attention problems.
This has been shown by Brown Medical School and Bradley Hospital research.
In the study, teachers were not told the amount of sleep students received
when completing weekly performance reports,
yet they rated the students who had received eight hours or less as having
the most trouble recalling old material，
learning new lessons and completing highquality work.
Teachers also reported that these students had more difficulty paying attention.
The experiment is the first to ask teachers to report
on the effects of sleep deficiency in children.
“Just staying up late can cause increased academic difficulty
and attention problems for otherwise healthy, well functioning kids”,
said Garharn Forlone, the study`s lead author.
So the results provide professionals and parents with a clear message:
when a child is having learning and attention problems,
the issue of sleep has to be taken into consideration.
“If we don`t ask about sleep,
and try to improve sleep patterns in kids` struggling academically,
then we aren`t doing our job”,
Forlone said. “For parents,”
he said, “the message is simple,
Getting kids to bed on time is as important as getting them to school on time”.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
16. What were teachers told to do in the experiment?
17. According to the experiment, what problem can insufficient sleep cause in students?
18. What message did the researcher intend to convey to parents?
Passage Two
Patricia Pania never wanted to be a national public figure.
All she wanted to be was a mother and homemaker.
But her life was turned upside down when
a motorist, distracted by his cell phone, ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of her car.
The impact killed her 2yearold daughter. Four months later,
Pania reluctantly but courageously decided to try to educate
the public and to fight for laws to ban drivers from using cell phones while a car is moving.
She wanted to save other children from what happened to her daughter.
In her first speech, Pania got off to a shaky start.
She was visibly trembling and her voice was soft and uncertain.
But as she got into her speech, a dramatic transformation took place.
She stopped shaking and spoke with a strong voice.
For the rest of her talk,
she was a forceful and compelling speaker.
She wanted everyone in the audience to know what she knew without
having to learn it from a personal tragedy.
Many in the audience were moved to tears and to action.
In subsequent presentations, Pania gained reputation as a highly effective speaker.
Her appearance on a talk show was broadcast three times,
transmitting her message to over 14 million people.
Her campaign increased public awareness of the problem,
and prompted over 300 cities and several states
to consider restrictions on cell phone use.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19.What was the significant change in Patricia Pania`s life?
20.What had led to Pania`s personal tragedy?
21.How did Pania feel when she began her first speech?
22.What could be expected as a result of Pania`s efforts?
Passage Three
Many people catch a cold in the springtime or fall.
It makes us wonder if scientists can send a man to the moon.
Why can`t they find a cure for the common cold? The answer is easy.
There`re actually hundreds of kinds of cold viruses out there.
You never know which one you will get, so there isn`t a cure for each one.
When a virus attacks your body, your body works hard to get rid of it.
Blood rushes to your nose and causes a blockage in it.
You feel terrible because you can`t breathe well,
but your body is actually eating the virus.
Your temperature rises and you get a fever,
but the heat of your body is killing the virus.
You also have a running nose to stop the virus from getting into your cells.
You may feel miserable,
but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold.
Different people have different remedies for colds.
In the United States and some other countries, for example,
people might eat chicken soup to feel better.
Some people take hot bath and drink warm liquids.
Other people take medicines to relieve various symptoms of colds.
There is one interesting thing to note.
Some scientists say taking medicines when you have a cold is actually bad for you.
The virus stays in you longer,
because your body doesn`t develop a way to fight it and kill it.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23.According to the passage, why haven`t scientists found a cure for the common cold?
24.What does the speaker say about the symptoms of the common cold?
25.What do some scientists say about taking medicines for the common cold according to the passage?