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1、大学英语四级考试全真预测试题Model Test TwoPart II Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)1. 【解析】Y本文主要表达了垃圾掩埋法的过程和用途，这正是全文主旨所在，因此是正确的。2. 【解析】Y此题答案可见文章第二段。Some gets recycled or recovered and some is burned, but the majority is buried in landfills.由此可见，大局部的垃圾都是被掩埋了。3. 【解析】N由文章第四段可见此题是错误的。The United States ranks

2、 somewhere in the middle of the major countries in landfill disposal.美国出于这些国家的中间位置。4. 【解析】N由文中这一句可以看此题错误的。A landfill is not like a compost pile, where the purpose is to bury trash in such a way that it will decompose quickly. 可见，垃圾掩埋并不像混合肥料堆那样。5. 【解析】Y大多数国家垃圾掩埋的地址都是有规定和规那么的。从文中这句话可以看出这句话是正确的。In most

3、 parts of the world, there are regulations that govern where a landfill can be placed and how it can operate.6. 【解析】N在副标题为proposing the landfill局部的第二段说到In the United States, taking care of trash and building landfills are local government responsibilities.由此可见，在美国垃圾掩埋是地方政府的责任，及联邦政府无关，因此答案是错误的。7. 【解析

4、】NG危险垃圾在被掩埋之前是否经过处理这一信息在文中并未提到。8. 【解析】municipalities and construction companies在副标题为how is a landfill operated局部中第一段就给出了答案。9. 【解析】$10 to $40在副标题为how is a landfill operated局部中第三段第三句话。10.【解析】drop off stations在副标题为how is a landfill operated局部中第四段的第一句话。Part III Listening ComprehensionSection A11.W：Would

5、 you like to order now?M：Yes. Please show me the menu.Q：Where are the man and the woman now?【解析】D 从 order 和menu两个词中可以判断说话人是在餐厅就餐。12.W：How long have you been driving?M：Actually I began driving when I was thirteen. But I didnt get a license until I was sixteen.Q：When did the man start driving?【解析】C 说话

6、人说自己十三岁就开场开车，十六岁拿到驾照。十六岁为干扰项，正确答案是十三岁。13.W：Excuse me, could you please tell me when the bank is open?M：Its open from 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays, and 10 am to 4 pm on Saturdays.Q：When is the bank open?【解析】A 女士问银行何时开门，男士答复说平日里是上午九点到下午五点，周六是上午十点到下午四点。此处 weekdays 指“在每个周日, 在平日 (指星期一至星期五)。14.M：Didnt you go

7、shopping today? Wheres the tobacco you promised to bring me?W：I planned to, but the car was out of order so I did some sewing instead.Q：What did the woman do today?【解析】B 男士问女士为何没去购物。女士答复说本来打算去的，但是车子有点问题，所以就在家做了些针线活。15. W：If any of you give me a hand, I could finish this job before five oclock.M：I wo

8、uld like to, but I cant. Mr. Brown told me to type some letters before I go home.Q：What did Mr. Brown ask the man to do?【解析】C 男士跟女士解释说我很乐意帮你，但是我没方法，布朗先生要我回家之前打印一些信件。从男士的答复中我们可以直接找到答案。16.M：You work harder than Merry.W：But Linda works even harder.Q：Who works the hardest?【解析】C 男士说女士比玛丽工作努力，女士说琳达比自己还要努力

9、。因此，工作最努力的人是琳达。17.W：Would you like a cup of coffee to help you wake up?M：A cup of coffee? Ill need three or four.Q：What does the man mean?【解析】C 女士问男士是否需要一杯咖啡帮他清醒。男士答复说一杯不行，要三四杯。由此可见答案。18.W：Excuse me, wheres the cashiers office? Ive come to pay a bill.M：Its on the 2nd floor, the 3rd room on the right

10、.Q：Wheres the cashiers office?【解析】A 女士问出纳员的办公室在哪儿，男士说在二楼右边第三个房间。3rd room 为干扰项，2nd 才是正确答案。Now youll hear two long conversations.Conversation OneM：I really dont know what to do this summer. I cant afford to just sit around, and there dont seem to be any jobs available.W：Why dont you try house sitting?

11、 Last summer my friend Margaret house sat for the Dodds when they are away on vacation. Mr. Dodd hired Margaret to stay in their house because he didnt want it left empty.M：You mean the Dodds paid Margaret just to live in their house?W：It wasnt that easy. She had to mow the lawn and water the house

12、plants. And when Eric house sat for Dr. Cohen, he had to take care of her pets.M：Housesitting sounds like a good job. I guess its a little like babysitting, expect you are taking care of the house instead of children.W：The Student Employment Office still has a few jobs posted.M：Do you just have to f

13、ill out an application?W：Margaret and Eric had to interview with the house owners and provide three references each.M：That seems like a lot of trouble for a summer job.W：Well, the house owners want some guarantee that they can trust the house sitter. You know, they want to make sure youre not the ty

14、pe wholl throw wild parties in their house, or move a group of friends in with you.M：House sitters who do that sort of things probably arent paid then?W：Usually theyre paid anyway just because the house owners dont want to make a fuss. But if the house owner reported it, then the housesitter wouldnt

15、 be able to get another job. So why dont you apply?M：Yeah, I think I will.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What does the man want to do this summer?【解析】D 对话一开场男士即说暑假不能待着，但似乎没有什么可行的工作，即说明他想假期做一份兼职。20.What did the Dodds do when they went away last summer?【解析】A M

16、r. Dodd hired Margaret to stay in their house because he didnt want it left empty. 从这一句中可以看出 Dodds一家去年夏天外出时，他们雇了Margaret 在他们家看家。21.What is one responsibility the housesitter probably wouldnt have?【解析】C Housesitting sounds like a good job. I guess its a little like babysitting, expect you are taking

17、care of the house instead of children. 从这句话中可看出 housesitting的工作类似于保姆 babysitting，只是除了要照顾孩子。22.How do house owners determine the reliability of a housesitter?【解析】B Margaret and Eric had to interview with the house owners and provide three references each. 从这句话中可以看出房屋主人对应聘者进展了面试，并且每位应聘者分别提供三份介绍信。Conve

18、rsation TwoM：Youve worked in a university before, havent you?W：Yes, in Britain, yes.M：What, how do students go about getting jobs when they graduate?W：Well, most universities have a Careers Advice Service. I used to know the people in the Careers Service in Newcastle University and they, in fact, se

19、em fairly successful in finding jobs for students. They are able to get jobs for 3040% of new graduates.M：That seems a fairly low percentage.W：Well.its not if you consider the various other options which people take up. For example, there are a fair number of people I dont remember the exact number,

20、 who go into further study, who carry straight on into masters degrees. Either at the same university or another university. So thats fair chunk. Then there are others, a second group of people, who decide not to take a career job immediately after university. Instead, they decide to take time off,

21、maybe see the world, and.and.well there is a third group, the people who cant actually get the jobs they wait for a job they really want. So when I say 3040% find jobs through the careers service, that doesnt mean that only that number find jobs. A lot of other people find jobs through the newspaper

22、s.M：So it is quite high really, yes.W：Oh, I think so, relatively, yes. And quite a lot of other people of course look in newspapers and the particular journals or magazines which advertise jobs in the fields theyre interested in.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard23.

23、What are the man and the woman talking about?【解析】C 两个人讨论的是关于大学生毕业后找工作的问题，通过什么渠道找工作。Job hunting 即为找工作之意。24.What is the percentage of college graduates getting jobs through university help?【解析】B 女士介绍说大学里的介绍工作的效劳机构可以帮助30%-40% 的毕业生找到工作。四个选项里只有三分之一在这个数字范围之内。25.What do most college graduates in Britain do

24、 when they graduate?【解析】A 大多数毕业生毕业之后是去找工作，他们通过学校的工作介绍机构，或者通过报纸、杂志等找工作。Section BPassage OneIs your family interested in buying a dog? A dog can be a happy addition to your family, but if you choose the wrong kind of dog, the consequences can cause you a lot of trouble.Families should sit down and tho

25、roughly discuss the problems involved before buying a dog. Even if the children in your family are the ones who want the dogs, the parents are the ones who are really responsible for seeing that the animal is properly cared for. If you dont know much about dogs, its a good idea to go to the library

26、or the ASPCA for books about various kinds of dogs, as well as books about how to train a puppy. When a book describes a dog as an ideal hunting dog, it probably means that the dog wont be happy living in a small apartment. Dog breeds vary in popularity as the years go by. One of the most popular do

27、gs these days is the German shepherd. This is because it provides protection as well as companionship. The family should be warned that these dogs grow up to be very big, and may be too powerful for children to handle. If space is limited, a toy dog may be a good choice. These dogs are very small an

28、d easy to train. They dont need to be walked daily, since they can exercise in the space available in the home.Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. What is the main topic of the talk?【解析】A 本文主要讲了养小狗做家庭宠物要十分细心慎重。如果选择不慎的话，会带来许多问题。27. According to the speaker who was real

29、ly responsible for the dogs welfare?【解析】C 说话者认为父母才是最应该对小狗负责的人。从这句话中就可以看出来：the parents are the ones who are really responsible for seeing that the animal is properly cared for.28. When is the toy dog a good choice?【解析】C 当你的住房面积很小的时候，养一只小型狗是很好的选择。文中有明确地指出：If space is limited, a toy dog may be a good c

30、hoice.Passage TwoEverywhere we look, we see Americans running. They run for every reason anybody could think of. They run for health, for beauty, to lose weight, to feel fit, and because it is the thing they love to do. Every year, for example, thousands of people run in one race, the Boston Maratho

31、n, the best know long distance race in the United States. In recent years there have been nearly 5,000 official competitors and it takes three whole minutes for the crowd of runners just to cross the starting line.You may have heard the story of the Greek runner, Pheidippides. He ran from Marathon t

32、o Athens to deliver the news of the great victory 2,500 years ago. No one knows how long it took him to run the distance. But the story tells us that he died of the effort. Today no one will die in a Marathon race. But at the finish line, we see what this race is about; not being first, but finishin

33、g. The real victory is not over ones fellow runners, but over ones own body. It is a victory of will power over fatigue. In the Boston Marathon, each person who crosses that finish line is a winner.Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. How long does it takes for the run

34、ners to cross the starting line in recent Marathon race?【解析】A 细节考察题。第一段提到在最近的比赛中，选手们穿过起跑线都需要3分钟的时间。30. Why did the Greek runner run from Marathon to Athens?【解析】C 细节考察题。见第二段， “He ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver the news of the great victory 2,500 years ago由此可知，是为了传达胜利的消息。31. Why is a person wh

35、o crosses the finish line a winner?【解析】C 判断推理题。见第二段，“The real victory is not over ones fellow runners, but over ones own body真正的胜利不是战胜对手，而是战胜自己。Passage ThreeOf all the stars the sun is the nearest to the earth. Millions of other stars are even bigger and brighter than the sun. They look small only b

36、ecause they are much father away. You cant see them in the daytime. But if you go out at night, youll be able to see thousands of them.The earth is one of the suns planets, and the moon is the nearest to the earth in space, and men have visited it already. No man has traveled farther than the moon,

37、but spaceships without people have reached other planets.Many countries have sent up manmade satellites to circle the earth. With their help, people have done much research in many fields of science. Our countries sometimes have sent up man made satellites to send and receive TV programs. This has h

38、elped the people of China and other countries to understand each other better.Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. What do we learn about the Sun?【解析】 B细节考察题。见第一段第一句，所有的恒星中太阳是离地球最近的一个。33. Which planet have some people reached?【解析】A 细节考察题。见第二段第二句，没有人到达过比月球更远的地方，但人造卫星到达了

39、其他的星球。34. What can we do because of the manmade satellites?【解析】C “归纳总结题。见第三段第二句和最后一句，由此可总结人造卫星既可以帮人们展开研究，也可以增进人们之间的了解。35. What do we learn from the passage?【解析】A 细节考察题。见第二段第一句，“The earth is one of the suns planets由此知，地球是一个行星。Section C36. 【答案】fun【解析】假期购物对许多人来说是件令人兴奋而有趣的事，fun表示“有趣。37. 【答案】perfect【解析】此

40、处应填形容词 perfect, 表示“极好的，完美的。38.【答案】lastminute【解析】此处应填复合名词 lastminute, 表示“最后一刻。39.【答案】entire【解析】此处应填形容词 entire, 表示“全部的，整个的。40.【答案】stores【解析】此处应填名词 store 的复数形式 stores, 指“商店41.【答案】enthusiasm【解析】此处应填名词 enthusiasm。Full of enthusiasm 表示“充满热情的，相当于 be enthusiastic。42. 【答案】dozen【解析】a dozen 意为“一打、很多。43.【答案】Ove

41、rall【解析】该词位于句首，首字母必须大写，所以此处填首字母大写的副词Overall，表示“大致上，全部地。44. 【答案】 Roughly 60 million Americans will buy at least some of their gifts via their computers【解析】大约六千万美国人通过计算机购置局部礼品。45.【答案】Internet shopping is no longer new or unusual for people【解析】网上购物对人们来说已不是新鲜事了。46. 【答案】Its all about making the shopping

42、experience more efficient, more reliable and more comfortable.【解析】此句是说：网上购物使得人们购物更高效、可靠和舒适。Part Reading ComprehensionReading in DepthSection A47. 【解析】H 选of 。使用外国教师的优点和缺点必须仔细权衡，此处空格填介词of。48. 【解析】C 选considered。consider意思是“考虑，认为。使用外国教师的优点和缺点必须仔细权衡，此处用被动态。49. 【解析】F选create。create意思是“产生，制造。国外的教师资源也会产生些问题。

43、 50. 【解析】L选however。本句及前一句意思为转折关系，而且转折词在前，因此用连词however。51. 【解析】O选that。他必须适应管理严密的大学系统，而这一点是及他国内的管理大不一样的。that是指代严密的管理。52. 【解析】K选lack。所有外来教授和他的学生都缺乏共同的文化共同性。53. 【解析】G选required。外来教授需要承受那些已在美国学生头脑里已存在的概念。54. 【解析】J选make。做些调整用动词make。大学必须做出适当的调整。55. 【解析】E选offer。offer意思是“提供，供给。56. 【解析】A选field。field意思是“领域。这是一个

44、有待进一步研究的领域。Section BPassage one57.【解析】 B 细节理解题。文章从报纸上登载的招聘启事小广告说起，说到了高失业率问题以及找工作投递简历等问题。该题有一定难度。根据题干，解答该题应定位在第一段。第一段第二行说“它有时放在situations vacant招聘栏目，其中招聘加了引号，再加上随后的让步从句明确否认了给人提供工作，所以A项应排除。第三行说“它有时放在situations wanted求职栏目，随后的让步从句也明确否认了D项。而选择正确答案应根据最后一句话“What it does is to offer help in applying for a j

45、ob. B项正确。C项“把现有的工作分成各种类型文章没有提及，也应排除。58.【解析】 C 细节理解题。解答该题只需正确理解第二段第二行“The growth and apparent success of such a specialized service is, of course, a reflection on the current high levels of unemployment.这种特别效劳的出现和成功反映了当今的高失业率。这正是C项的内容。该题属“倒着考题型。59.【解析】 D 细节理解题。最关键的提示句应该是第三段第三句“The letter was really j

46、ust for openers, it was explained, everything else could and should be saved for the interview.言外之意，在信中不必写得太详细，应该在得到面试时机时再透露更多细节。D项为正确选项。60.【解析】A 细节理解题。文章第四段第一行中的“as you moved up the ladder对应了题干中的“as one went on to apply for more important jobs。因此，随后的内容即为答案“Something slightly more sophisticated was

47、called for. The advice then was to put something in the letter which would distinguish you from the rest. A项正确。B项说“有关申请人个性的隐含信息，C项说“申请人申请工作时相对于其他人的优势，这两项均不正确，D项表示“用主动积极的方法偶尔玩点花招只是引人关注的其中一种方法，不如A具有概括性。61.【解析】 B 单句理解题。此题问个人履历为什么重要。学生只要正确理解最后一段，就可做出正确选择，最后一句实际上是强调句型:“it is increasing number of applican

48、ts with university education at all points in the process of engaging staff that has led to the greater importance of the curriculum vitae.明确讲明是越来越多的具有大学教育背景的求职者使得个人履历更显重要。“it is后的内容也即是B项的内容，所以B项正确。A、C、D项文中都没有涉及，均应排除。Passage two62.【解析】A 细节理解题。本文讨论了限制最高租房金以及最低工资等问题，以及相应引起的经济现象。此题问规定最高租金可能会导致什么结果。文章第一段明确指出，landlords房东收取租户的租金有了最高限额，他们的利润会受到影响，也可能导致他们投资其他行业，鉴于此，C、D两项都是错误的。B项“使租房为家的人担忧文中没有涉及，也不对。依据第一