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2019年大学英语四级考试模拟试题及答案
（二）卷面总分12分答题时间60分钟试卷题量12题
一、问答题（共题，共分）
121201.Part IReading ComprehensionPassage1Questions1to5are basedon the following passage:In Washington DC,1600Pennsylvania Avenueis a very specialaddress.It istheaddress of the White House,the homeof the president of the UnitedStates.Originally the White House was grayand wascalled thePresidential Palace.Itwas builtfrom1792to
1800.at thistime,the city of Washingtonitself wasbeingbuilt;it was to be the nationsnew capitalcity.George Washington,the firstpresident,and PierreCharles UEnfant,a French engineer,chose theplace forthenew city.U Enfantthen plannedthey city.The president*s homewas animportantpart of the plan.B.The qualityof life is Improved.C.Overall productivityincrease.D.More raw materials becomenecessary.
3.1lt can be inferredfrom the passage thatby
1870.A.technology beganto bemore economicalB.the steamengine hadbeeninventedC.the U.S.horse populationwas about10milliona nationalcommission wasabout10million
4.1In the second paragraph,the authorsuggests that“economists”would.A.plan the economy throughyearly forecastsfailto considerthe influenceoftechnological innovationB.value theeconomic contributionof farmanimals
0.consult thenationalcommission on theeconomy
20.What is the author*s attitudetoward changesbrought onby technologicalinnovationsA.He isexcited about them.B.He acceptthem asnatural.C.He isdisturbed by them.D.He questionstheir usefulness.
5.Part IIVocabulary andStructureDirections:In thispart there are fortyincompletesentences.Eachsentence isfollowed byfour choices.Choose theone thatbest completesthesentence and then markyour answer on the AnswerSheet.
21.the difficultiesassociated with the project,we IIgo onwith it.A.Given B.ln spiteof C.Thank to D.Because of
22.lt was almost darkin thestreetsa fewvery powerfulspotlights.A.excluding B.but forC.except D.except for
23.today,he wouldget therebyFriday.A.Would heleave B.lf heleavesC.Was heleaving D.Were heto leave
24.He gaveme somevery adviceon buyinga house.A.precious B.expensive C.wealthy D.dearHis goalis notto become asportsman,a championin acertain field.A.but ratherbecame B.but ratherto becomeC.but ratherbecoming D.but ratherto becoming
26.1just mether on the wayhome fromthe bookstore.A.on purposeB.by accidentC.in accidentD.in casedon*t knowabout him,comment onhim behindhis back.A.let aloneB.let goC.leave aloneD.take leave.My transistorradio isout oforder.lt.A.need to be repairedB.need repairingC.needs repairingD.needs torepair
28.No onecould tellus anythingabout thestranger.A.conscious B.mysterious C.serious D.previous.Mary allfoolish commentsandkept onworking.A.excluded B.ignored C.denied D.dischargedagree with him,but notentirely.A.until acertain pointB.to somepointC.to someextent D.until acertain extent
32.People insome partsof theworld oftentake theirwater for.they useasmuch wateras theywish.A.granted B.sure C.certain D.pleasureColor-blind peopleoften findit difficult tobetween blueand green.A.separate B.compare C.contrast D.distinguish
33.Thousands ofpeople on the cityto welcomethe visitingguests.A.turned offB.turned upC.turned out D.turned overThemountain placeisbeautiful,but theworking conditions,it*sterrible.A.when mentionedB.when itcomes toC.when it is saidD.when itdies to
36.Are youspending moremoney on the spaceprogramA.in favorof B.by favorof C.in favorto D.out offavor37dn theof myparents,standards ofeducation in the publicschool areactually falling.A.idea B.thought C.opinion D.principle.from space,our earth,with watercovering70%of itssurface,appears asa blueplanet,A.Seeing B.To beseen C.Seen D.having seen.This year*s totaloutput valueofindustry andagriculture willincrease5percent overlast years.A.by B.to C.of D.with
40.Mary isthe topstudent in the class.She studiesharder.A.than anystudent B.than allthe studentsC.than anyother studentD.thansome otherstudent
41.Many peoplehave appliedfor theposition.A.empty B.bare C.vacant D.blank.My newshoes costme50yuan RMB.Theprice wasthat thelast pairIbought amonth ago.A.two timemore thanB.twice as much asC.as twiceD.asmuchas twice
43.Almost everyonefailed on the firstday.A.pass his driver1s testB.to havepassed hisdriver1s testC.to passhisdriver1s testD.passing hisdriver*s test
14.Over thetraditional festivalpeople visiteach otherand greetings.A.exchange B.wish C.congratulate D.present.It wasbecause hewas tiredoutthat hefell asleepstanding up.A.publicly B.openly C.specially D.obviously.The youngman wasaccused ofthelady ofher money.A.stealing B.robbing C.taking D.grasping.No matterwhere ourParty needsus,we willher call.A.give answerfor B.respond toC.have responsetoD.answer to
48.lt is astonishing thata personof yourintelligence becheated soeasily.A.could B.should C.might D.wouldWe werecompletely whenwe finallyreachedthe destination.A.worn offB.worn downC.worn outD.worn away
49.Many thingsimpossible in the pastare commontoday.A.considered B.to considerC.considering D.to beconsideredNot untilmanyyears laterknown.A.was the whole truthbecome B.did thewhole truthbecomeC.thewholetruth becameD.thewhole truthhad became
52.We didntknow histelephone number,otherwise wehim.A.would telephoneB.would havetelephonedC.had telephonedD.must havetelephoned
53.There isno pointwithhim,since hehas alreadymade uphis mind.A.argueB.to argueC.in arguingD.of arguing
54.1appreciate thatletter forme.A.you towrite B.your writingC.you writeD.that youwriting1d liketo aspecialseat for the connectof May
5.A.serve B.reserve C.preserve D.conserve.that sonis wellagain,you nolongerhave anythingto worryabout.A.Since B.Now C.When D.After.Generally speaking,all kindsof materialswillexpand whenheated butwill whencooled.A.contrast B.contract C.survive D.return.You wontknow ifit fitsyou untilyou iton.A.will tryB.are tryingC.are totry D.have tried.After allefforts invain,he had toaccept theresult.A.regularly B.shallowly C.physically D.painfully
60.The restof hislifeisto thecauseof internationalexchanges ofvisiting scholars.A.added B.put C.saved D.committed
6.Part IIIClozeDirections:There aretwenty blanksin the following passage.Foreach blankthere are four choices.Choose theone thatbest fitsinto thepassageand thenmarks youranswerontheAnswerSheet.In1982,Mark Thatcher,the sonof Mrs.Thatcher wasreported61in theSaharaDesert whilecompeting in the GrandPrix motorrace fromParis toDakar.This sadnews,so62,shook theusually calmand unperturbedseasonedpolitician63her balance.Though shedid herbest topretend as if64had happenedand madeher publicappearances asusual,people couldnot65to noticethat she was nolonger theold66prime ministerwho alwayshadeverything67control.68she hadbecomeavery sadmother whowas unabletorecover fromher shock.One day,when shewas to speak ata luncheonparty,a reportercaught her69her guardby70up thesubject ofher missingson again.She wastotallymentally71for thequestion andlost herself control.Tears wererolling downhereyes asshe sobbinglytold thereporter that there72still nonews ofMarkand that shewas very worriedabout him.She saidthat allthe countries73hadpromised todo theirbest tohelp herfind herson.74thatshebroke downcompletelyand sobbedsilently forquite awhile.Gradually she75down andstartedtospeakas
76.it wasaverymoving scenewhich77a newside ofMrs.Thatchers characterthe publicdo notusually see,78people beganto talkaboutthe IronWoman,s maternallove,a sentimentthat is79to allhumankind.Later Markreturned80and soundto hismother*s side,good-humored andallsmiles asusual,asifnothing unusualhad everhappened.The IronWoman,however,broke downagain aswas sobbingforthesecondtime.
61.A.missing B.missed C.wanting D.wanted.A.expected B.expecting C.unexpected D.unexpecting
62.A.with B.on C.outD.off.A.something B.anything C.nothing D.everything
63.A.miss B.fail C.pretend D.expect.A.reassured B.self-assured C.assuringD.self-assuring
64.A.forB.beneathC.belowD.under.A.lnstead B.however C.Therefore D.So
65.A.into B.out ofC.onD.off.A.putting B.bringing C.taking D.giving
66.A.ready B.prepared C.unprepared D.unexpected.A.was B.were C.shouldbe D.would be
67.A.concerning B.concerned C.worrying D.worried.A.At B.Before C.AfterD.With
68.A.sat B.broke C.calmed D.became.A.planned B.planning C.plans D.a plan
69.A.explained B.exposed C.excluded D.exclaimed.A.however B.insteadC.so D.but
70.A.universal B.unique
0.single D.strange.A.safe B.safely C.sight D.hearing
7.Part IVTranslationTo cover the marks of thefire,the buildingwas paintedwhite.Before longit became known as theWhiteHouse.Passage OneAcontest washeld topick adesign forthe president*s home.An architectnamedJames Hobanwon.He designeda largethree-story houseof graystone.President Washingtonnever lived in thePresident Palace.The firstpresident tolivethere wasJohn Adams,thesecondpresident ofthe UnitedStates,and hiswifeMrs.Adams did not really like hewnew house.In herletters,she oftencomplainedaboutthecold.Fifty fireplaceswere notenough tokeep thehousewarm!invaded Washington.In1812the UnitedStates andBritain wentto war.In1814the BritishTheuburned manybuildings,including thePresidentialPalace.After the war JamesHoban,the originalarchitect,partially rebuiltthe president*s homes.To coverthe marksofthefire,the buildingwas paintedwhite.Beforelong itbecameknownastheWhiteHouse.The WhiteHouse isone ofthe mostpopular touristattractions inthe UnitedStates.Every yearmore than
1.5million visitorsgo through the fiverooms thatareopen to the public.
1.The WhiteHousewasbuilt inWashington.A.because aFrenchengineerwas invitedto designitbecause PresidentGeorge Washington likedto live in itPart IV TranslationThe subjects in his experiment were75college students.They representedalllevels of ability in English:beginning,intermediate,and native-speaking students.Passage Two
8.PartIVTranslationYet cowboysliked their way of life.They livedin a wild and open country.They liveda life of adventureand freedom.Passage ThreePartIV TranslationOnehorse ormule wasrequired tosupport fourhumanbeings a ratio thatremained almostconstant formany decades.Passage FourPartIV TranslationItwould have been difficult for them to avoid the conclusion that thehorse andmule population would decline rapidly.Passage Four
12.Part VWritingDirections:In thispart,you arerequired towrite anessay aboutWhat Makes a Good University.You shouldwrite atleast120words andbaseyour compositionontheoutline givenin Chinesebelow:、选择好的大学很重要；、在我看来，好的大学应该是……12答案
一、问答题DBDCA2AAADC3ACDBA4ABDBB521-25BDDAB26-30BACBB31-35CADBB36-40ACCAC41-45CBCAD46-50BDBCA51-55BBCBB56-60BBDDD661-65ACDCB66-70BDADB71-75CABDC2276-80ABCAA7为了掩盖被火烧过的痕迹，整个建筑被粉刷为白色不久之后它就以白宫闻名了他的实验对象是名大学生他们的英语能力代表了各种水平层次初始级中级、以875母语为英语尽管如此，牛仔们喜欢他们的生活方式他们住在旷野中，过着自由、冒险的生活9每四人需要一匹马或骡子，这个比率几十年来几乎是一成不变的10他们就难免得出这样的结论，马和骡子的数量会迅速减少1112WhatMakesaGoodUniversityEveryone iscautious aboutchoosing a good universityto receivehigher educationbecausestudying ata good university maybe aturning pointin yourlife andbring youabrilliant careerinthefuture.But doyou havea clearidea aboutwhat agooduniversity isInmy opinion,therearesome criticalfactors contributingto agooduniversity.First of all,the vitalone liesinthemotto andmission ofa university.As YaleUniversitysmission isto trainfor publicservice,agoodmotto ormission letsauniversity andits studentsbe ableto reachsomething tangibleand leadsthemto thewayto success.Secondly,academic atmosphereis ofgreat importanceas well.Agood universityshould havea greatacademic atmosphereso that its studentsareenthusiastic toinvolve themselvesin a group brainstormingand learnfrom eachother.What*s more,it*s alsoabsolutely necessaryto haveexcellent teachingstaff andfacilities.Learned tutorscan givea had to smoothstudents*road tosuccess andstudentscan takepart invarious interestingextracurricular activitieswith thehelp ofwell-equipped facilities.Only inthis waycan theyachieve theirwell-roundeddevelopment.C.because the British invaderslivedinit in1812-1814D.because itwasto bethenation*s capitalcity
2.The PresidentialPalace was.A.painted grayand whiteB.made ofgray stoneC.made ofwhite stoneD.made verywarm in winter
3.The president*s homeandthecityofWashington wereA.built bytheAmerican armyB.built bytheBritishtroopsC.planned byGeorgeWashingtonD.planned bythe FrenchTheoriginalhome ofthepresidentneeded to be rebuilt.A.because John Adams wifedidnotlike itB.because itwas coldinwintereven with50fireplacesC.because ithad burneddown duringthewar
0.because GeorgeWashingtonwas notwilling toliveinit
4.The newpresidential homewas paintedwhite to.A.coverthemarksoffire B.attract touristfrom FranceC.to pleaseMrs.JohnAdamsD.keep itwarmin winterPassage2Questions6to10are basedonthefollowing passage:There aretwo kindsof memory:shot-term andlong-term.Information inlong-term memorycan beremembered ata latertime whenit isneeded.Theinformation maybe keptfor daysor weeks.However,information overandover.The followingexperiment showshow short-term memoryhas beenstudied.Henning studiedhow studentswho arelearning Englishasasecond languageremembervocabulary.The subjectsinhisexperimentwere75collegestudents.They representedall levelsofability in English:beginning,intermediate,and native-speaking students.To begin,the subjectslistened toa recordingofanative speakerreading aparagraphin English.Following therecording,the subjectstook a15-questiontest tosee whichwords theyremembered,each questionhad four choices.Thesubjectshad tocircle the word they had heardintherecording.Some ofthequestions hadfour choicesthat sound alike.For example,weather,whether,wither,and wetterarefour words that soundalike.Some ofthequestions hadfourchoicesthat have the same meaning.Method,way,manner,and systemwould befourwordswiththesame meaning.Finally thesubjectstook alanguage proficiencytest.Henning foundthat students with alower proficiencyinEnglishmade moreoftheir mistakes on words that soundalike;studentswitha higherproficiencymade moreof theirmistakesonwordsthathave thesame meaning.Henning*sresults suggestthat beginningstudents holdthe soundof wordsin theirshort-term memory,and advancedstudents holdthe meaningof wordsin theirshort-term memory.
6.Henning madethe experimentin orderto study.A.how studentsremember Englishvocabulary byshort-term memoryhowstudentslearn EnglishvocabularyB.how todevelop students*abilityinEnglishD.how longinformation inshort-term memoryis keptC.Which ofthefollowingstatements isTRUE accordingto thepassageA.Information inshort-term memoryis differentfrom thatin long-termmemory.D.Long-term memorycanbeachieved onlyby training.E.It iseasier totest short-term memorythan long-term memory.D.Henning gavea separatetest onvocabulary tohis students.
8.From Henning*s resultwe cansee that.A,beginners havedifficulty distinguishingthe pronunciationof words.advancedstudents remember words bytheir meaningC.it isdifficult torememberwordsthatsoundalikeD.itisdifficulttorememberwords thathavethesamemeaning
8.The word“subjects”inthepassage meansA.memory B.the themeoflistening materialC.a branchof knowledgestudied D.the studentsexperimented on
3.Passage3Questions11to15are basedonthefollowing passage:The cowboyisthehero ofmany movies,.He is,even today,a symbol ofcourage andadventure.But whatwas thelifeofthe cowboyreallylikeThecowboy*sjob isclear fromthewordcowboy.Cowboy weremen whotook careof cows andother cattle.The cattlewere inthe Westand inTexas.People inthe cities ofthe Eastwanted beefthese cattle.Trains couldtake the cattle east.But firstthe cattlehadtoget tothe trains.Part ofthe cowboy*sjob wasto takethecattle hundredsof milestothe railroad town.The tripswere calledcattledrivers.A cattledrive usuallytook severalmonths.Cowboys rodefor sixteenhoursa day.Because theyrode somuch,each cowboybrought alongabouteight horses.A cowboychanged horsesseveral timeseach day.The cowboyshadtomake surethat cattlearrived safely.Before startingon adrive,the cowboysbranded thecattle.They burneda mark onthecattle toshowwho theybelonged to.But thesemarks didn*t stoprustlers,or cattlethieves.Cowboys hadto protectthecattlefrom rustlers.Rustlers madethedangerous tripeven more dangerous.Even thoughtheir workwasverydifficult anddangerous,cowboys didnot earnmuchmoney.They werepaid badly.Yet cowboysliked theirway oflife.Theylived inawild andopencountry.They liveda lifeof adventureand freedom.
11.A cowboyisasymbolof.A.courage andadventure B.a hardlife andbig payC.movies inthe pastD.cowsand othercattle
12.The cowboys*job was.A.to bea heroin reallife B.tobea heroofthemovieC.to takecare ofcattle D.tobea dangerousrustler
13.During acattle driver,cowboys tookagroupofcowsfrom awildandopencountry to.A.the Weststates andTexas B.thecitiesoftheEast StatesC.the peoplewho eatbeef incitiesD.therailroadtowns hundredmilesaway
14.0n theirway ofcattle drivers,the cowboysprotected thecattle byA.burning amarkontheir cowsB.keeping aneye oncattle thievesC.makingthe tripmoredangerousDJooking aftereight cowseachperson
15.Cowboys enjoyedthemselves becauseA.they likedtheirwayoflifeB.they madea lotof moneyC.theyhad a varydifficultjob D.they wereheroes inmovies
4.Passage4Questions16to20are basedonthefollowing passage:Successful innovationshave drivenmany oldertechnologies toextinction andhaveresulted inhigher productivity,greater consumptionof energy,increaseddemand ofrawmaterials,accelerated flowof materialsthroughtheeconomyand increasedquantities ofmetals andother substancesin useeach person.The historyof industrialdevelopment aboundswith examples.In1870,horses andmules werethe primesource ofpower on U.S.farms.Onehorse ormule wasrequired tosupport fourhuman beingsaratiothat remainedalmostconstant formany decades.At thattime,hadanational commissionbeenasked toforecast thepopulation for1970,its answerprobably wouldhavedepended onwhether itsconsultants wereof aneconomic ortechnological turnofmind.Had theybeen“economiststhey wouldprobably haveprojected the1970horses ormule populationtobemore than50million.Had theybeenutechnologistsJ,,they wouldhave recognizedthatthe power ofsteam hadalreadybeen harnessedto industryand tolearn andocean transport.Theywould haverecognized furtherthatitwould bethe primesource ofpower onthefarm.lt wouldhavebeendifficultforthemtoavoidtheconclusionthatthe horseandmulepopulationwoulddeclinerapidly.
16.According tothepassage,what suppliedmost ofthepoweronU.S.farmsin1870A.Animals B.Humans C.Engines D.Water.Which ofthefollowingis NOTmentionedbytheauthor asa consequenceof newtechnologicaldevelopmentsA.OIder technologiesdie away.。
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