新版大学英语四级考试全真模拟试题（四） Part I Writing(30 minutes)(编者孙玲莉) Directions:For this part.you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Do Libraries Become Useless at the Age of Information?You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese L.有些人认为信息时代不再需要传统图书馆了，因为 2.有些人认为信息时代传统图书馆仍然有重要作用，因为 3.你的看法。 注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上 Part III Reading Comprehension(40 minutes) Section A(编者张春凤) Directions:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each he h ank is iden by a lette Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. young person tells me he wants to be a write I always 36 such people In most cases these individuals are dreaming of 37 and fame,not the long hours alone at a typewriter."You've got,to want to write,"I say to them,"not want to be a writer."The reality is that writing is a 38,private and poor-paying affair.For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longin ng is never 39 Wher I left a 20-vea r in the US Coast Guard to bec ome a fre riter(自由撰稿 人)，I had no 40 all.What I did have was a friend who found n me my room in a New York apartment building.It didn't even matter that it was 41 and had no bathroom.I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a 42 writer. After a year or so,however,I still hadn't gotten a break and began to 43myself.It rd to a story that 44 made enough to eat.But I kr new I wanted to write.I had dreamed about it for years.I wasn't going to be one of those people who die wondering,what if?I would keep putting my dream to the test---even though it 新编大学英语四级全真模拟试恩（四）第1页
新编大学英语四级全真模拟试题（四）第1页 新版大学英语四级考试全真模拟试题（四） Part I Writing (30 minutes) （编者孙玲莉） Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Do Libraries Become Useless at the Age of Information? You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese: 1. 有些人认为信息时代不再需要传统图书馆了，因为…… 2. 有些人认为信息时代传统图书馆仍然有重要作用，因为…… 3. 你的看法…… 注意：此部分试题在答题卡 1 上 ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A （编者张春凤） Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always __36_ such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between “ being a writer” and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of _37_ and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. “ You’ve got , to want to write,” I say to them, “not want to be a writer.” The reality is that writing is a _38_, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never_39_. When I left a 20-year career in the US.Coast Guard to become a freelance writer(自由撰稿 人), I had no _40__ at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was _41__ and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a _42 _ writer. After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to _43_ myself. It was so hard to sell a story that _44__ made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who die wondering, what if? I would keep putting my dream to the test---- even though it
meant living with 45 and fear of failure.This is the Shadow land of hope,and anyone with a a dream leams to live there [A]barely [F]poverty [K]encourage [B]genuine LG」persuad e LL」awarded [C]rewarded [H]prospects [M]alone [D]doubt [I]uncertainty 「NI wealth impossibly 「o1cold Section B(编者谭美玲) Directions:In this section,you are ach toit.Each ement n given in ne of the paragraphs Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. The relationship between TV and Marks A)There has been a debate on the effect of television on children since the appearance of TV.Recently,three new studies identified that too much TV time can lower test scores.retard learning and even affect college performance.The Archives of Pediatrics&Adolescent Medicine issued it in the July B)Res in their first study that e effect that ha ing a TV in a child's bedroom can have on third graders. "We looked at the household media environment in relation to academic achievement on mathematics,reading and language arts tests,"said study author Dina L.G.Borzekowski,an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. C)Borzekowski and Dr. Tho s Robi Chis colleas gue)of Stanford University collected data on386 third graders and their parents on how much TV the childre watched.the number of TV sets.computers and video game consoles in the household and where they were.They also collected data on how much time the children spent using the different media.as well as the time spent doing homework and reading.The researchers found that the media in the household. where it is and how it is used can have a profound effect on leaming."We foun that the household media environment has a very close association with performance on the different test scores,"Borzekowski said. D)"A child who has a TV in his or her bedroom is likely to have a score that is eight points lower on a mathematics test compared to a child who doesn't have a TV in the bedro m sh ted.Thes also scored lowe the e reading and language arts tests.However,children who have access to a home computer are likely to have higher scores on each of the tests compared with children who don't have access to a home computer.Borzekowski noted. E)It is yet not clear on the reasons why TV has this negative effect.Borzekowski said 新编大学英语四级全直橙拟试限（四）第2页
新编大学英语四级全真模拟试题（四）第2页 meant living with _45__ and fear of failure. This is the Shadow land of hope, and anyone with a dream learns to live there. ［A］barely ［B］genuine ［C］rewarded ［D］doubt ［E］lonely ［F］poverty ［G］persuade ［H］prospects ［I］uncertainty ［J］impossibly ［K］encourage ［L］awarded ［M］alone ［N］wealth ［O］cold Section B （编者谭美玲） Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. The relationship between TV and Marks A) There has been a debate on the effect of television on children since the appearance of TV. Recently,three new studies identified that too much TV time can lower test scores, retard learning and even affect college performance. The Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine issued it in the July. B) Researchers claimed in their first study that the effect that having a TV in a child's bedroom can have on third graders. "We looked at the household media environment in relation to academic achievement on mathematics, reading and language arts tests," said study author Dina L.G. Borzekowski, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. C) Borzekowski and Dr. Thomas Robinson(his colleague) of Stanford University, collected data on386 third graders and their parents on how much TV the children watched, the number of TV sets, computers and video game consoles in the household and where they were. They also collected data on how much time the children spent using the different media, as well as the time spent doing homework and reading. The researchers found that the media in the household, where it is and how it is used can have a profound effect on learning. "We found that the household media environment has a very close association with performance on the different test scores," Borzekowski said. D) "A child who has a TV in his or her bedroom is likely to have a score that is eight points lower on a mathematics test compared to a child who doesn't have a TV in the bedroom," she noted. These children also scored lower on the reading and language arts tests. However, children who have access to a home computer are likely to have higher scores on each of the tests compared with children who don't have access to a home computer, Borzekowski noted. E) It is yet not clear on the reasons why TV has this negative effect, Borzekowski said
"When there's TV in the bedroom,parents are less likely to have control over the content and the amount watched,"Borzekowski said "They are also unable know how early or how late the set is on.This seems to be associated with kids performance on academic tests."According to Borzekowski,content and the time the TV is on may be the primary reasons for its negative effect."If the TV is in the family room,then parents can see the content of what children are watching,"she "Parents can ose to sit alongside and watch,or tum the set off.Asimpl and straightforward,positive parenting strategy is to keep the TV out of the child's bedroom,or remove it if it's already there." F)In the second report,Dr.Robert J.Hancox from the University of Otago in Dunedin,New Zealand,and colleagues found,regardless of your intelligence or social background,if you watch a lot of TV du ring childhood.、 you are much less ikely to ha ave a college degree by your mid-20s.In their study,the researchers followed 1,037 people born in 1972 and 1973.Every two years,between the ages of 5 and 15.they were asked how much television they watched.The researchers found that those who watched the most television during these vears had earned fewer degrees by the time they were 26."We found that the more television the child had atched,the more likely they were to le ve scho ool with an qualifications Hancox said in a prepared statement."Those who watched little television had the best chance of going on to university and eaming a degree. G)Watching TV at an early age had the most effect on graduating from college. Hancox's team found."An interesting finding was that although teenage viewing linked to le vithout y qualific viewing that had d the greatest impact on getting a degree,"he said suggests that excessive television in younger children has a long-lasting adverse effect on educational performance." H)In the third report.Frederick J.Zimmerman and Dr.Dimitri A.Christakis the University of Washington propos that,for very oung childre watching TV can result in lo er te 0 in mat ematics,read and reading comprehension."We looked at how much television children watched before age 3 and then at ages 3 to 5."Zimmerman said."We found that for children who watched a small amount of TV in the earlier years,there was consider able beneficial effect compared to children who watched a lot of V." ever it was not so clea children age "There were some good effects of watching TV on reading.but no beneficial effects for math or vocabulary."he noted."The worst pattern was to watch more than three hours of Ty before age 3 Those kids had a significant disadvantage compared to the other kids."Parents should follow the American Academy of Pediat mendation,which is noTV for childrer under 2 Zin m said "Personally,I feel the cutoff should be children under3 because there is just not any good content for children under 3. J)One expert believes that TV contents matters the most,she believes TV can have both positive and negative effects,but it all depends on what children are watching.said Deborah L Line barger,an assistant professor at the University of 新编大学英语四级全真模拟试题（四）第3员
新编大学英语四级全真模拟试题（四）第3页 "When there's TV in the bedroom, parents are less likely to have control over the content and the amount watched," Borzekowski said. "They are also unable to know how early or how late the set is on. This seems to be associated with kids' performance on academic tests." According to Borzekowski,content and the time the TV is on may be the primary reasons for its negative effect. "If the TV is in the family room, then parents can see the content of what children are watching," she said. "Parents can choose to sit alongside and watch, or turn the set off. A simple and straightforward, positive parenting strategy is to keep the TV out of the child's bedroom, or remove it if it's already there." F) In the second report, Dr. Robert J. Hancox from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, and colleagues found, regardless of your intelligence or social background, if you watch a lot of TV during childhood, you are much less likely to have a college degree by your mid-20s. In their study, the researchers followed 1,037 people born in 1972 and 1973. Every two years, between the ages of 5 and 15, they were asked how much television they watched. The researchers found that those who watched the most television during these years had earned fewer degrees by the time they were 26."We found that the more television the child had watched, the more likely they were to leave school without any qualifications," Hancox said in a prepared statement. "Those who watched little television had the best chance of going on to university and earning a degree." G) Watching TV at an early age had the most effect on graduating from college. Hancox's team found. "An interesting finding was that although teenage viewing was strongly linked to leaving school without any qualifications, it was earlier childhood viewing that had the greatest impact on getting a degree," he said. "This suggests that excessive television in younger children has a long-lasting adverse effect on educational performance." H) In the third report, Frederick J. Zimmerman and Dr. Dimitri A. Christakis from the University of Washington propose that, for very young children, watching TV can result in lower test scores in mathematics, reading recognition and reading comprehension. "We looked at how much television children watched before age 3 and then at ages 3 to 5," Zimmerman said. "We found that for children who watched a small amount of TV in the earlier years, there was consider able beneficial effect compared to children who watched a lot of TV." I) However, it was not so clear about the effect on children aged 3-5, Zimmerman said. "There were some good effects of watching TV on reading, but no beneficial effects for math or vocabulary," he noted. "The worst pattern was to watch more than three hours of TV before age 3. Those kids had a significant disadvantage compared to the other kids." Parents should follow the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation, which is no TV for children under 2, Zimmerman said. "Personally, I feel the cutoff should be children under 3, because there is just not any good content for children under 3." J) One expert believes that TV contents matters the most, she believes TV can have both positive and negative effects, but it all depends on what children are watching, said Deborah L. Line barger, an assistant professor at the University of
Pennsylvania,who co-authored an accompanying editorial."Educational content has been found to be related to performance on school readine ess tests,highe grades when they are teenagers,whereas,non-educational content tends to be associated with lower academic performance K)Another expert Dr.Christopher p lucasa who is a clinical coordinator at the early Childhood Evaluation and Treatment Program at the New York University Child Study Center ees.She believes TV watching takes up space that could be used by more useful things,Tis not ne rily toxic,but is some ng tha s to b done in moderation;something that balances the other needs of the child for healthy development L)Lucas think it should be the responsibility on parents to decide how much TV kids they watch "The amount of watching cerainhalinh ereadi ing o doing homeworkhe said. The k ey is the amount of control parents have in limiting the amount of access.Get the TV out of the bedroom;be aware of what is being watched;limit the amount of TV watching." 注意：此部分试惠请在答题卡2上作答 46.There will be a bad effect on kids before age 3 who watch TV more than3 hours. 47.The Archives of Pediatrics Adolescents Medicine find that watching too much TV leads to poor performance in school. 48.According to Borzekowski,children having chances to use a family computer are ikely to acquire better results on the different tests 49.According to the second report,the chance for one to acquire a college degree depends on the amount of his TV watching during childhood 50.In Deborah L.Lingbarger's opinion,educational content is helpful for teenagers to get better results on school readiness tests. 51.he environment of family media greatly affects children's test scores according to the first report 52.Borzekowski believes that TV's negative effect on children's marks may mainly lie in what children watch on TV and how much time they spend on it. 53.Lucas thinks parents should take the responsibility to supervise kids TV watching 54.According to the recommendation from American Academy of Pediatrics.children under2 sho watch no 55.Hancox thinks earlier childhood TV watching affects one's acquiring a college degree most. Section C(编者谭美玲) Directions:ther e are 2 passage es in this Each passae is followed byome statemen For each em there are four choices marked A.,B),C)and D.You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answe Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 新编大学英语四级全直橙拟试要（四）第4页
新编大学英语四级全真模拟试题（四）第4页 Pennsylvania, who co-authored an accompanying editorial. "Educational content has been found to be related to performance on school readiness tests, higher grades when they are teenagers, whereas, non-educational content tends to be associated with lower academic performance." K) Another expert Dr. Christopher P. Lucasa who is a clinical coordinator at the Early Childhood Evaluation and Treatment Program at the New York University Child Study Center agrees. She believes TV watching takes up space that could be used by more useful things ,TV is not necessarily toxic, but is some-thing that has to be done in moderation; something that balances the other needs of the child for healthy development. L) Lucas think it should be the responsibility on parents to decide how much TV kids watch and what they watch ."The amount of TV watching certainly has a link with the reduced amount of time reading or doing homework," he said. "The key is the amount of control parents have in limiting the amount of access. Get the TV out of the bedroom; be aware of what is being watched; limit the amount of TV watching." 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。 46. There will be a bad effect on kids before age 3 who watch TV more than 3 hours. 47. The Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescents Medicine find that watching too much TV leads to poor performance in school. 48. According to Borzekowski, children having chances to use a family computer are likely to acquire better results on the different tests. 49. According to the second report, the chance for one to acquire a college degree depends on the amount of his TV watching during childhood. 50. In Deborah L. Lingbarger's opinion, educational content is helpful for teenagers to get better results on school readiness tests. 51. The environment of family media greatly affects children's test scores according to the first report. 52. Borzekowski believes that TV's negative effect on children's marks may mainly lie in what children watch on TV and how much time they spend on it. 53. Lucas thinks parents should take the responsibility to supervise kids' TV watching. 54. According to the recommendation from American Academy of Pediatrics, children under 2 should watch no TV. 55. Hancox thinks earlier childhood TV watching affects one's acquiring a college degree most. Section C（编者谭美玲） Directions: There are 2 passages in this section．Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A.，B)，C)and D.You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answe Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre． 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答
Passage One Questions 56 to60 are based on the following passage Have you ever found yourself having difficulties getting up in the morning?Mavbe most people take it as laziness,but Dr.Kleitman has a new explanation.He has proved that vn hasadailyrycyele may say that the hours when you labor through you work.That's true.The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak.For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afteroon or evening No one has discovered why this is so. but it leads to such familiar monologues as:"Get up John!You'll be late for work again!"The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening.Much family quarrel ng ends whe husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean.and which cycle each member of the family has. You can only leam to make your life fit the energy cycle better but can't change it.Habit can help,Dr.Kleitman believes.Maybe you're sleepy in the evening but feel want to.If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day,rise before your usual hour.This won't change your cycle,but you'll get up steam and work better at your hves yor et stretch.Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor.Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible,do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more con entration for your sharper hour most probably A.he refuses to follow his own energy cycle B.he is a lazy person C.he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening of the following may lead to familyquare? A.Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members. B.Familiar monologues C.A change in a family member's energy cycle. D.Unawareness of energy cycles. 58 If on wants to vork more efficiently at his low point in the momning.he A.get up earlier than usual B.change his energy cycle C.overcome his laziness D.go to bed earlier 59.You are recommended to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will A.help you to control your temper early in the day 新编大学英语四级全真模拟试题（四）第5页
新编大学英语四级全真模拟试题（四）第5页 Passage One Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage. Have you ever found yourself having difficulties getting up in the morning? Maybe most people take it as laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle. You may say that you're "hot" during the hours when you labor through your work. That's true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak.For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening.No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as: "Get up,John! You'll be late for work again!" The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has. You can only learn to make your life fit the energy cycle better but can't change it. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you're sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract (对抗) your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won't change your cycle, but you'll get up steam and work better at your low point. Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours. 56. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably ________. A. he refuses to follow his own energy cycle B. he is a lazy person C. he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening D. he is not sure when his energy is low 57. According to the passage,which of the following may lead to family quarrels? A. Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members. B. Familiar monologues. C. A change in a family member's energy cycle. D.Unawareness of energy cycles. 58. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should______. A . get up earlier than usual B. change his energy cycle C. overcome his laziness D. go to bed earlier 59. You are recommended to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will ________. A. help you to control your temper early in the day