2015年英語四級考試模擬練習題

　　單項選擇題

　　1、Questions are based on the following passage.

Shoppers on Black Friday，the traditional start of the holiday shopping season in America, are notoriously(聲名狼藉地)aggressive，Some even start queuing outside stores before dawn to be the first to lay their hands on heavily discounted year destructively violent bargain-hunters in the suburbs of New York City trampled(踩踏)a Wal-Mart employee to ite the madness at many stores，however, the recession appears to have accelerated the pace at which shoppers are abandoning bricks and mortar(灰漿)in favour of online retailers--e-taters.

E-commerce holds particular appeal in poor times as it enables people to compare prices across retailers quickly and rs can sometimes avoid local sales taxes online，and shipping is often wonder，then，that online shopping continues to grow even as the offiine sort shrinks.

The shift in spending to the internet is good news for companies like P&G that lack retail outlets of their it is a big concern for brick-and-mortar retailers，whose prices are often higher than those of e-tailers，since they must bear the extra expense of running stores.

The most obvious response to the growth of e-tailing is for conventional retailers to redouble their own efforts online arms of big retailers are performing well，on the whole.

The concept of“multichannel”shopping，where people can buy the same items from the same retailer in several different ways，is gaining ground，and retailers are trying to encourage users of one channel to try another.

Retailers are also trying to make shopping seem fun and exciting to act against the common method is to set up“pop-up”stores，which appear for a short tilne before vamshing again，to develop a sense of novelty and urgency.

Stores are also trying to lure customers by offering services that are not available Buy，a consumer-electronics retailer，has started selling music lessons along with its musical lemon athletica,which sells sports clothes，offers free yoga idea is to bring people back to its shops easing the likelihood that they will develop the habit of shopping there.

Why does the author say the recession has accelerated the pace of online shopping?

use shoppers are aggressive when shopping at brick-and-mortar stores.

use online shopping allows people to look for cheaper goods more easily.

use the sales of brick-and-mortar shops shrink during economic recession.

use the same item is definitely cheaper when it is sold online.

　2、Questionsare based on the following passage.

More than three dozen billionaires，including well-known philanthropist(慈善家)David Rockefeller，have promised at least haft of their fortunes to charity，joining a programme that Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett started in June to encourage other wealthy people to give.

The pledge is currently worth about $150 billion，but the programme predicts it will eventually be worth $600 billion.

“During even the Depression’s worst parents gave money--about 8%of their annualin come of $2，200，”said Lorry Lokey，one of the donors，oil the website of the programme，the Giving Pledge.“I remember saying to my mother that we can't afford she said we have to share withothers.’’

The pledge has been a matter of some debate in philanthropic and non-profit circles，with some experts dismissing it as mere publicity and others predicting that it would produce a flood of new money to support non-profit groups.

Buffett said the real value of the pledge was found in the example it set and in the sentiments(情感)expressed in the letters posted on the website.

Buffett and Gates will hold several dinners later this year to recruit more billionaires，and members of the Giving Pledge will meet annually to discuss their philanthropy.

The pair are due to meet some wealthiest people in China next month and India in March.

“We hope this catches fire in some other countries，”Buffett said.“If they want to take what we think is a good idea and run with it，we will be cheering.”

Buffett said the number of people who had agreed to sign on was at the high end of his said some people who declined to sign the pledge were plaaning to give away most of their wealth but did not want to draw attention to those plans.‘

Energy tycoon(大亨)Pickeus，who is worth about $1 billion，said in his Giving Pledge letter.“I've long stated that I enjoy making money，and I enjoy giving it away.I'm not a big fan of inherited generally does more harm than good.’’

What’s the purpose of the programme started by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett?

spread the idea of charity around the world.

publicise the pains and gains of charity work.

involve more wealthy people in philanthropy.

narrow the gap between the rich and the poor.

　　3、聽錄音,回答題

hotel clerk couldn't find his reservation for that night.

hotel clerk tried to take advantage of his inexperience.

hotel clerk had put his reservation under another name.

hotel clerk insisted that he didn't make any reservation.

4、Questionsare based on the following passage.

Older women who take vitamin D and calcium supplements to prevent broken bones may be taking them in vain, according to leading experts. A U.S. government advisory group found taking typical low doses provided no benefits for average postmenopausal(絕經後的)women.

What is more taking 4OOIU of vitamin D and 1,000mg of calcium daily increased the risk of developing kidney stones. Both nutrients are crucial for building and maintaining strong, healthy bones and specialists advise getting as much as possible from a good diet and exposure to sunlight. If an older person has a vitamin deficiency or bone-thinning osteoporosis (骨質疏鬆症), doctors often prescribe higher- than-normal doses. But for otherwise healthy post-menopausal women, adding modest supplements to their diet makes no impact.

It isn't clear if those doses offer bone protection if taken before menopause, or if they help men's

bones, according to the new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

It's a confusing message considering that for years, calcium and vitamin D supplements have been widely considered an insurance policy against osteoporosis, with little down-side to taking them. The NHS currently recommends people over 65 take a dally vitamin D pill, although no more than 25 micrograms.

"Regrettably, we don't have as much information as we would like to have about a substance that has been around a long time and we used to think we understood," said Dr. Virginia Moyer of the Baylor College of Medicine, who heads the task force. "Turns out, there's a lot more to learn. " The recommendations are not for people at high risk of weak bones, such as those with a history of bone fractures. These people should consult their local doctor. In the U.S. the average adult is advised to get about 1,000rag of calcium, 1 ,300 for post-menopausal women, every day. For vitamin D, the goal is 600 IUs ofvitamin D daily moving to 800 after age 70. The nutrients can be found in foods including orange juice fortified with calcium: dairy foods such as milk, yogurt and cheese; certain fish including salmon; and fortified breakfast cereals.

It can be learned that taking low doses of vitamin D and calcium supplements will________ to aver- age post-menopausal women.

beneficial

g harm

no difference

ease the risk of developing kidney stones

　　5、聽錄音,回答題

A. Workers on the platforms and trains were replaced by machines.

B. A completely automatic line was added to its network.

C. It became the first completely automatic railway in the world.

trains became manual-controlled.

　　6、聽音頻：

　　根據材料，回答問題。

Directions: 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 markedA.,B., C. andD., and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

team has to travel far for every game.

new coach has been very effective.

new coach knows the team very well.

team shouldn't recruit any more players.

　　7、根據以下資料，回答題：

Passage One

Quesaons 56 to 60 are based on thefollowingpassage.

The vast glaciers of western Antarctica are rapidly melting and losing ice to the sea and almost certainly have“passed the point of no return，”according to new work by two separate teams of scientists.

The likely result：a rise in global sea levels of 4 feet or more in the coming centuries，says research made public Monday by scientists at the University of Washington，the University of California-Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

“It really is an amazingly distressing situation，”says Pennsylvania State University glaciologist(冰川學家)Sridhar Anandakrishnan，who was not affiliated with either study.“This is a huge part of West it seems to have been kicked over the edge.”

The researchers say the fate of the glaciers is almost certainly beyond hope.

One study shows that a river of ice called Thwaites Glacier is probably in the early stages of l collapse is almost study shows.

A second study shows that a halfdozen glaciers are pouring ice into the sea at an ever-greater will trigger 4 feet of sea-level rise，says study author Eric Rignot，a glaciologist at the University of Califomia-Irvine，and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

“The retreat of ice in that area is unstoppable，”Rignot said at a briefing Monday,adding that the glaciers have“passed the point of no return.”

Rignot and his team used data from satellites and aircraft to map changes in six West Antarctic glaciers and the terrain underlying these massive ice floes(浮冰) data show the glaciers are stretching out，thinning and shrinking in ’re flowing faster from the continent’s interior to the sea，dumping larger quantities of ice into the ocean than before and thereby raising sea levels.

At the same time，the portion of each glacier projecting into the sea is being melted from below by warm ocean leads to a vicious cycle of more thinning and faster flow,and the local Terrain offers no barrier to the glaciers’retreat，the researchers report in an upcoming issue of Geophysical Research Leaers.

A report in this week’s Science says the Thwaites Glacier will aps in 200 paper doesn’t specify the amount of sea-level rise associated with nlwaites’demise.

Who contributed to the Monday research?

two separate teams of scientists.

ntists at the University of Washington，of ne and NASA's Lab.

ntists at Pennsylvania State University.

ral glaciologists.

　　簡答題

8、故宮(Imperial Palace)位於北京城的中心，是明清兩代(Ming and Qing Dynasties)的皇宮，是中國現存最大的古代木構建築羣。故宮始建於l406年，歷時十四年後竣工，迄今已有5000多年的歷史。氣勢雄偉的故宮是中國古建築藝術的精華，裏面保存有大量稀世文物和珍寶，對於研究明清兩代及歷代藝術具有重要意義。1987年被聯合國教科文組織(UNESCO)列入“世界人類文化遺產”。

　　注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。

9、中國高速客運鐵路。常被簡稱為“中國高鐵”。它作為現代社會的一種新的.運輸方式。有着運載能力大、運輸效率高、運行速度快、節能環保等特點。在運載能力和效率上，一趟列車可以運送1000多人，每隔5分鐘就可以開出一趟列車;在運行速度上，目前最高設計最低時速可達350公里;在節能環保上，高速鐵路是綠色交通工具，非常適應節能減排(energy-say i ng and em i ss i on-reduct;on)的要求。

10、位於中國西南部雲南省的麗江古城是中國保存最完整、最具民族特色的古城鎮之一，同時也是享譽中外的世界級旅遊文化名城。麗江地處雲南、四川、西藏三省交匯處。公路四通八達(extendi ng i n a|d i rect i ons)。麗江有多個汽車客運站，公路交通極為方便。遊客在麗江古城閒逛，步行即可。當然也可乘坐出租車，起步價7元，每公里加價1.8元。如果在旅遊旺季前往麗江旅行，一定要在出發前預定好房間。