大学英语四级考试模拟试卷Part ⅡReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)The Right Amount of EnergyWe all enjoy being around people with energy. They inspire us. They are stimulating, fun and uplifting. And energetic person has passion in his voice, a bounce in his step, and a smile on his face. Energy makes a person likable, and likeability is a key ingredient in persuasive communications. Many business professionals underestimate the energy level required to generate enthusiasm among their listeners. But electrifying speakers bring it. They have an energy that is several levels higher than the people they are attempting to influence.Most business professionals could use an energy boost for public speaking situations such as Webinars, podcasts, staff meetings, conference calls, and television and radio interviews. Each of these opportunities requires a higher level of energy than would normally be appropriate if you were just chatting to someone in the hallway. But how do you project the right level of vigor without seeming over the top? By weighing yourself on an energy scale. And on this scale, more is better.The Energy ScaleRecently I helped an executive prepare for his first major presentation in his new role."Tell me where your energy is right now on a scale of one to ten," I asked. "One being fast asleep and ten being Jim Cramer on Mad Money. Y ou know, the guy who's yelling and gesturing wildly on his CNBC show. Where are y ou now?”"A three," the speaker replied."OK, what would it feel like to be a seven, eight or nine? Give it a try," I suggested.If they're being honest, most presenters place themselves at a three to six on the energy scale. That means there is plenty of room to boost your energy while not appearing too zany. But keep in mind, once you hit a ten or higher, you could be the next Y ouTube (GOOG) hit--which is not necessarily your top objective! Here are several surefire strategies in boosting your energy presence.1. Practice leaving your comfort zone.Record several minutes of your presentation as you would normally deliver it. Play it back, preferably with someone else watching and listening as well. Ask yourself and the observer, where am I on the energy scale? Now try it again. This time, break out of your comfort zone. Ham it up. Raise your voice. Use big gestures. Put a big smile on your face. Get to a point where you would feel slightly awkward and uncomfortable. Now watch it. Most likely your energy level will be far more engaging and still remain appropriate for the situation.2. Smile and have fun.Why do most people seem to enjoy Virgin entrepreneur Richard Brauson? Because the guy has fun and it shows. He always has a warm, engaging smile on his face. Of course, you can argue that it's easy to walk around with a smile when you're worth $4 billion! But seriously, smile. It won't hurt and it will make you more likable. Most business professionals don't smile as much as they should during presentations. I'm helping some executives prepare for CES, the big Consumer Electronics Show in January where they will announce new products. They get so caught up in the slides and what they're going to say (as they should during preparation ), they forget that new products bring joy to their consumers. In most cases --with the exception of bad news, of course --- the first and last thing you say to yourself before launching into your presentation should be, "Have fun."3. Get your body movingMany people are uncomfortable using expansive hand gestures. Don't be. I spoke to David McNeill at the University of Chicago, who is known for his research into gesture and speech. He says that clear, confidentspeakers use hand gestures and that the gestures leave a positive impression on listeners.He went on to say that using gestures will help you speak better because for most of us it takes effort not to use gestures.Don't be afraid of using your hands.AOL's (TWX) is one of my favorite video search engines. I use it to retrieve clips of business speakers to study their body language. Symantec's ( SYMC ) John Thompson, Oracle's ( ORCL ) Larry Ellison. Cisco's ( CSCO ) John Chambers, and eBay's ( EBAY) Meg Whitman are excellent examples of people with confident, energetic body language.4. Study TV and radio personalitiesStars of television and radio who score high on the likeability scale have high-energy personalities. I had a conversation with Suze Orman over the phone a couple of years ago and remember it to this day. Her energy comes right through the speaker. What you see on her CNBC show is what you get behind the scenes. High energy. The other day I watched Food Network ( SSP ) star Rachael Ray sign books at a mall where I happened to be shopping. Sometimes critics poke fun at her "perky" personality and phrases like "ymn-o," but the fact is she has energy and millions of viewers enjoy it. The network morning-show hosts are typically chosen for their energetic personalities. Today's Matt Lauer on NBC ( GE ) and The Early Show's Julie Chen on CBS ( CBS ) are excellent examples, but there are many others on morning television.Remember, maintaining an energetic presence is very difficult to do unless you're involved with something you enjoy. If you are truly passionate about your company, product, or service, then show it Speak with energy and vitality. Y our listeners will love you for it.1 From the first paragraph, what is a key point in persuasive communication?[A] Stimulation. [B] Uplifting [C] Fun [D] Likeability.2. ______have an energy several levels higher than the people they are attempting to influence.[ A ] Electrifying speakers [C] Undynamic persons[ B ] Business professionals [ D ] Listeners3. How do people show the right level of energy without seeming over the top?[ A ] By underestimating the energy level. [ C ] By estimating an energy scale.[ B ] By undervaluing the energy level. [ D ] By using a lower level of energy.4. The scale of the energy is[A] seven, eight or nine [B] ten or higher [C] three to six [D] one to ten5. What does the example mean in the third paragraph?[A] There is little room to boost your energy while not appearing too zany.[B ] There is a little room to boost your energy while not appearing too zany.[C ] There is much room to boost your energy while not appearing too zany.[ D ] There is no room to boost your energy while not appearing too zany.6. Why is V irgin entrepreneur Richard Branson popular?[A] Because he bas fun and it shows.[B ] Because he doesn't smile as much as he should during presentations.[C] Because he is very humorous[D] Because he is famous7. David Mcneill says that confident speaker use ______.[A] hand gestures [B] speech [C] smile [D] expression8. I use AOL’s (TWX) to retrieve clips of business speakers to __________________.9. Stars of television and radio who score high on the likability scale have ___________________.10. Maintaining an energetic presence is very difficult to do unless _________________________.Part ⅣReading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section AQuestions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.We feel that there are many disadvantages in arranging pupils into different classes. It is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of their total __47 . We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their __48 ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.In our classrooms, we work in__49__ ways. The pupils often work in groups, which gives them the __50__ to learn to cooperate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with __51__ problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to __52__ effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.Sometimes the pupils work in pairs or on __53__ tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is __54__. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. We expect our pupils to do their best, notSection BPassage OneQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.What is science fiction? To begin with, the following definition should be helpful: science fiction is a literary sub-class which requires a change (for human beings) from conditions as we know them and follow the implications of these changes to a conclusion. Although this definition will necessarily be modified, and expanded, and probably changed, in the course of this exploration, it conveys much of the basic groundwork and provides a point of departure.The first point—that science fiction is a literary sub-class—is a very important one, but one which is often overlooked or ignored in most discussions of science fiction. Specially, science fiction is a sub-class of prose fiction, for nearly every piece of science fiction is either a short story or a novel. There are only a few dramas which could be called science fiction, with Karel Capek’s RUR (Rossum’s Universal Robots) being the only one that is well known; the body of poetry that might be labeled science fiction is only slightly larger. To say that science fiction is a sub-class of prose fiction is to say that it has all the basic characteristics and serves the same basic function in much the same way as prose fiction in general—that is, it shares a great deal with all other novels and short stories.Everything that can be said about prose fiction, in general, applies to science fiction. Every piece of science fiction, whether short or novel, must have a narrator, a story, a plot, a setting, characters, language, and theme. And like any prose, the themes of science fiction are concerned with interpreting man’s nature and experience in relation to the world around him. Themes in science fiction are constructed and presented in exactly the same ways that themes are dealt with in any other kind of fiction. They are the result of a particular combination of narrator, story, plot, character, setting, and language. In short, the reasons for reading and enjoying science fiction, and the ways of studying and analyzing it are basically the same they would be for any other story or novel.57. Science fiction is called a literary sub-class because it .A）has limits of its ownB）cannot be made into a dramatic presentationC）is not important enough to be a literary formD）shares characteristics with other types of prose fiction58. Which of the following does NOT usually contribute to the theme in a piece of science fiction?A）Narrator. B）Setting. C）Rhyme. D）Plot.59. An appropriate title for the passage would be .A）On the Dramatic Features of Science FictionB）Toward a Definition of Science FictionC）Science Fiction vs Prose FictionD）The Themes of Prose Fiction60. The author’s definition suggests that all science fiction deals with .A）the unfamiliar or unusual conditionsB）the same topics addressed by novels and short storiesC）Karel Cape’s well-known hypothesisD）the conflict between science and fiction61. According to the passage, which of the following conclusions is true?A）Science fiction attracts us in much the same way a story or novel does.B）It is not possible to define science fiction in a clear way.C）Many people tried in vain to explain what science fiction is.D）V ery often science fiction appears in such literary forms as drama and poetry.Passage T woQuestions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.The American economic system is organized around a basically private enterprise, market-oriented economy in which consumers largely determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the marketplace for those goods and services that they want most. Private businessmen, striving to make profits, produce these goods and services in competition with other businessmen; and the profit motive, operating under competitive pressures, largely determines how these goods and services are produced. Thus, in the American economic system, it is the demand of individual consumers, coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it.An important factor of a market-oriented economy is the mechanism by which consumer demands can be expressed and responded to by producers. In the American economy, this mechanism is provided by a price system, a process in which prices rise and fall-producers, which in turn will lower the price and permit more consumers to buy the product. Thus, price is the regulating mechanism in the American economic system.The important factor in a private enterprise economy is that individuals are allowed to own productive resources (private property), and they are permitted to hire labor, gain control over natural resources, and produce goods and services for sale at a profit. In the American economy, the concept of private property embraces not only the ownership of productive resources but also certain rights, including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with another private individual.62. What can we learn from the first paragraph?A）Americans are never satisfied with their incomes.B）Americans tend to overstate their incomes.C）Americans want to have their incomes increased.D）Americans want to increase the purchasing power of their incomes.63. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?A）Mechanized production can satisfy the consumers.B）Consumers can express their demands through producers.C）Producers decide the prices of products.D）Supply and demand regulate prices.64. According to the passage, a private enterprise economy is characterized by .A）private property and rights concerned C）ownership of productive resourcesB）manpower and natural resources control D）free contracts and prices65. The passage is mainly about .A）how American goods are produced B）how American consumers buy their goodsC）how American economic system works D）how American businessmen make their profits66. The word “embraces” (Line 4, Para.3) may convey the meaning of.A）hugs B）includes C）excludes D）demandsPart V Cloze (15 minutes)In future trade the key development to watch is the relationship between the industrialized and the developing nations. The _67 World countries export their mineral _68 and tropical agricultural products, which bring them _69 foreign exchange. Tourism has also been greatly responsible _70_ the rapid development of some __71 nations. Many Third world nations with high __72_ and low wages have seen an emigration (移居) of workers 73 the developed nations. Western Europe has 74 millions of such workers from Mediterranean countries. The developing nations profit 75 these workers bring their savings and their acquired technical skills _76_ home. Many developing nations benefit when western nations _77 manufacturing in their countries to take _78_ of cheap labor._79 economies mature, economic growth rates tend to level off (稳定). The rate of 80 growth is leveling off today in Western nations. This leveling off __81__ leads to static non-growth markets. A point of saturation (饱和) _82 in-technology and innovation have seemed to achieve the impossible, 83 then how much further can it go? Herman Kahn, 84 his book The Next 200 Y ears, says that a shift in priorities will have to occur for industrialized nations. 85 is the creation of money and jobs essential; 86 is rather the improvement of the quality of life that must be our concern.67. A）First B）Second C）West D）Third68. A）ranges B）scopes C）deposits D）products69. A）desired B）possible C）available D）abandon70. A）to B）for C）towards D）over71. A）developed B）powerful C）industrialized D）developing72. A）employment B）unemployment C）development D）improvement73. A）to B）by C）at D）in74. A）exploited B）imported C）received D）specified75. A）because B）before C）since D）when76. A）down B）all C）back D）outside77. A）establish B）decide C）predict D）mention78. A）disadvantage B）challenge C）advantage D）privilege79. A）Since B）As C）Though D）Whereas80. A）economy B）mankind C）society D）population81. A）relatively B）eventually C）sometimes D）hardly82. A）arrives B）reports C）sets D）but83. A）or B）but C）for D）so84. A）by B）from C）after D）in85. A）No longer B）No doubt C）Of course D）So far86. A）it B）that C）there D）whichPart ⅥTranslation(5 minutes)Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.87. I got to the airport, (结果却发现) I had left my ticket at home.88. The kids lay face down on the beach, their backs (暴晒在阳光下).89. He is old enough to (应该知道不要去游泳) right after lunch.90. The new computer is sold (以比预期低得多的价格).91.A Dream of the Red Chamber is said (已翻译成) dozens of languages in the lastdecade.。