英语四级考试预测试卷二参考答案
Key to Model Test
Part IWriting
【写作思路】
写一篇关于失败是否是件坏事的议论文，从失败是生活中的常事，论述人们对待失败的态度以及阐明自己的态度。
【参考范文】
Is Failure a Bad Thing?
Failure is not a stranger to life. It can happen anywhere, anytime and to anyone. No person succeeds all the time. The more development you want to make, the more failure you might encounter. So, people are faced with failure now and then.
There are different attitudes towards failure. Some people are afraid of failure and they can not bear the blow of failure, so they stay where they are and try to not to make progress. Some optimists, however, fight against failure bravely and achieve all his aims at last.
My attitude is that we aren’t afraid of failure. When we meet with failure, we don’t lose heart. We should call up all our courage and persist in what you are engaged in. Remember the proverb: Where there is a will, there is a way.
Part IIReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1.【解析】Y。根据第二段的第一、二句话。
2.【解析】N。文章第六段，Some of the birds were taken to North America, some to Japan, some to the Philippines, some to the island of Oahu, and some to the Marshall Islands. 并不是都去了the island of Oahu。
3.【解析】Y。参看文章第四段。
4.【解析】N。文章第九段，They could not even feel the turning of the earth, because it turns slowly there. 文章第十一段，Once they thought it was the turning of the earth. Then they thought it was the sun. Both of these have been proven wrong. 这些都证明了the turning of the earth 并不是原因。
5.【解析】Y。第八段最后一句 There is nothing on the sea to remember. Some birds fly regularly from Alaska to Hawaii, a journey of 2,000 miles and there is no land on the way.
6.【解析】Y。根据第九段第二句话The ice there does nothing to help a bird to find the right direction.
7.【解析】NG。
8.【解析】The shorter days第三段中，But when the summer is ending in the north, the days become shorter and shorter. This may be the sign for the birds that the winter is coming. 第四段，Perhaps the shorter days send them south.
9.【解析】north第九段，Every direction from the South Pole is north.
10.【解析】lines of force/lines of life第十三段，He believes that lines of force, or lines of life, stand round people, animals and even things like metals.
Part IIIListening Comprehension
Section A
11.M:Your son seems to have made much progress in playing the piano. Does he attend any piano classes?
W: Yes, he takes lessons twice a week, but from next week on, he will go to the class on Saturday evenings too.
Q:How often will the woman’s son have piano lesson from next week on?
【解析】C对话中女士说她儿子一周上两次课，但从下周开始周六晚上也要上课，所以我们可以推断要上三次课。所以选C。
12.W: Do you mind if I borrow your notes?
M:No, of course not. They are on my desk.
Q: What does the man mean?
【解析】D女士问他介意把他的笔记借给她吗？男士回答说当然不介意，就是要借给她的意思，所以选D。
13.W: When can the doctor see me?
M: He won’t be free until tomorrow.
Q: What does the man mean?
【解析】C女士问医生什么时候能给她看病，男士说医生明天才会有空，意思就是今天医生没有时间，所以选C。
14.M: It was the third time Rodger had phoned me to say he had a new job.
W:It’s difficult to keep a young man in one job for life nowadays.
Q: What does the woman mean?
【解析】B男士说Rodger三次打电话跟他说换新工作了，女士说对现在的年轻人来说很难一生只做一种工作，也就是说年轻人很少会在一个工作岗位上做很长的时间。所以选B。
15.W:You don’t feel very well, do you? You look pale. Have you got a cold?
M: Oh, no, but my stomachache. Maybe the seafood doesn’t agree with me.
Q:What probable caused the man’s stomachache?
【解析】C女士说男士的脸色不好，是不是感冒了，男士说不是感冒，而是胃疼，可能是吃了不合适的海产品的缘故，所以选C。
16.M: What’s the matter with Mary?
W:She becomes nervous whenever it comes to learning mathematics.
Q:What do we learn from the conversation?
【解析】D男士问Mary有什么问题吗，女士说她一上数学课就紧张，意思就是Mary的数学成绩不好，所以选D。
17.W:How much time did you have for writing the paper?
M:We were given three hours, but I finished in less than half the time.
Q:How long did it take the man to write his paper?
【解析】D女士问花了多长时间写论文，男士说有三个小时的时间限制，但是他用了连一半的时间都不到，也就是不到一个半小时，所以选D。
18.W：I’m thinking of getting a new pantsuit to wear to James’s wedding.
M:I just hope that my old suit still fits.You know how I feel about shopping.
Q:What does the man imply?
【解析】B女士说她正考虑买件新套装去参加詹姆斯的婚礼。男士说，希望他的旧套装可以穿，他头疼逛街的。男士的意思就是说他不想买新的衣服。因此正确答案是B。
Now you’ll hear two long conversations.
Conversation One
W:Hey, Joe, what’s all this talk about the benefit walk?a?thon this weekend?
M:Don’t you know? Most of the residents in Packer Hall are going to try to walk the seven miles from the Engineering Library, across campus and down to the City Hall in an effort to raise money for the new children’s hospital.
W:Sounds like a good idea. But I don’t understand where the money comes from?
M:Well, a few days before the walk?a?thon, each participant goes around, asking people to pledge a certain amount of money for each mile that he or she expects to walk in the event. Then after the walk?a?thon is over the participants go back to the same people, collect the money pledged and send it into the hospital.
W:So you mean that someone pledges, say, a dollar a mile, and you walk five miles, you get five dollars?
M:That’s right. Of course, most of my friends aren’t such big spenders. The biggest pledge I’ve gotten so far is twenty-five cents a mile.
W:And how many people have made pledges for you?
M:Eleven, so far. Hey, how about making it even a dozen?
W:Sure, if you’ll do the same for me. The walk?a?thon sounds like a perfect opportunity for me to break in my new pair of sports shoes.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. Who’s going to participate in the walk?a?thon?
【解析】C男士说大部分在Packer Hall的住民都会去参加walk?a?thon, Most of the residents in Packer Hall are going to try to walk the seven miles from the Engineering Library, 所以选C。
20.How was money raised in the walk?a?thon?
【解析】B男士说每个参加的人每走一英里都要拿出一定的钱来支持这项活动，asking people to pledge a certain amount of money for each mile that he or she expects to walk in the event. 所以选B。
21.What will happen to the money raised at the walk?a?thon?
【解析】B这些钱将用于一所新的医院的建设，collect the money pledged and send it into the hospital. 所以选B。
22.How much money has each of Joe’s friends pledged to him?
【解析】D男士说给的最多的是25美分意思是其他人都比25美分少，Of course, most of my friends aren’t such big spenders. The biggest pledge I’ve gotten so far is twenty?five cents a mile. 所以选D。
Conversation Two
M:You must be pretty excited about your trip to Europe. When is it that you are leaving?
W:In just three weeks, and I am excited! But there are still a few things I need to do before I go.
M: Like what?
W:Like renewing my passport, going to the travel agency to buy my plane tickets, and figuring out what to do with my apartment while I’m gone.
M: You are not going to give it up, are you?
W:No way! I’ll never find another apartment around here. But I don’t like the idea of paying a three?month rent on an empty apartment, either.
M:I don’t blame you. Perhaps you could sublet it.
W: Yes, but who to?
M:Hm, let me think. Oh, I know just a person. A colleague of mine Jim Thomas is coming here to do some research this summer from June to August.
W:Well, that’s exactly when I’ll be away! It sounds ideal, as long as the landlord agrees!
M:Tell you what; I’ll be calling Jim late this week anyway, so I’ll mention it to him then.
W:Well, thanks, Bill. Let me know what happens. That extra money would really come in handy.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have heard.
23.What does the woman need to do at the travel agency?
【解析】A她要去买她的机票。going to the travel agency to buy my plane tickets,选A。
24.Why doesn’t the woman want to give up her apartment entirely?
【解析】B女士说我从来都没有发现在这周围还有这样的公寓，No way! I’ll never find another apartment around here.也就是说买不到像这样的公寓了。所以选B。
25.How long will the woman be in Europe?
【解析】C男士说他的一个同事要在那里六月待到八月，做一个研究，女士说那也是她要在那里待的时间，A colleague of mine Jim Thomas is coming here to do some researches this summer from June to August. Well, that’s exactly when I’ll be away!是三月，所以选C。
Section B
Passage One
When a sleepy driver has trouble in keeping his eyes on the road and gets too close to another car, an alarm sound will warn the driver. If nothing is done, the car will automatically come to a stop and in this way prevent an accident. This is a new device which will soon be tested in an experimental car in Japan. The computer warning system keeps track of a driver’s condition by monitoring his heart beat with signals transmitted from a band round his wrist. The wrist band records the driver’s pulse which measures the heat beat. Each pulse in the wrist sends a signal to the computer. By analyzing the pulse rate, the computer can determine whether a driver is drunk, sleeping or ill. Devices in other parts of the car can also tell the computer if the car is too close to another vehicle or is moving dangerously. The computer will sound the alarm when a problem arises, and will automatically stop the car if the driver ignores the warning.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.Why is a computer system installed in an experimental car?
【解析】C题目是问为什么计算机系统要被装在实验的车里，文章已开始说如果两辆车离得太近的时候，有没有什么措施，车就会自动的停止，这样就会防止事故的发生，所以选C。
27.What did the computer system do first when a problem arises?
【解析】B文章的最后说如果有事情发生的时候，车里的计算机系统就会发出警报，所以选B。
28.What is special about the new computer system?
【解析】D袖口记录了司机的脉搏，也就是心跳，每次脉冲都会传递给计算机一个信号，通过分析脉冲频率，计算机能够分辨出司机是否醉酒、睡觉。所以选D。
Passage Two
Men have traveled ever since they first appeared on the earth. In primitive times they did not travel for pleasure but to find new places where their herds could feed, or to escape from hostile neighbors, or to find more favorable climates. They traveled on foot. Their journeys were long, tiring, and often dangerous.
Being intelligent and creative, they soon discovered easier ways of traveling. They rode on the backs of their domesticated animals; they hollowed out tree trunks and, by using bits of wood as paddles, were able to travel across water. Later they traveled, not from necessity, but for the joy and excitement of seeing and experiencing new things. This is still the main reason why we travel today.
Scientists have invented machines that can explore outer space. Eventually there will be cheap day excursions to the moon and honeymoons on Venus. People will be able to fly from one planet to another in nasty little arrow?shaped tubes. I say “people” because I have no intention of being one of them.
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29.Which of the following is not the reason for men in primitive times to travel?
【解析】D属细节题。该题是问四个选项中哪一个不是原始社会人们旅行的理由。文章第一段中说：In primitive times they did not travel for pleasure but to find new places where their herds could feed, or to escape from hostile neighbors, or to find more favorable climates.（在原始社会，人们旅行不是为了享受快乐，而是为了给他们的牛羊找到新牧场，逃离不和睦的邻居，或者找到气候条件更好的地方。）前三个选项均有提及，故正确答案是D项。
30.What made it easier for men to travel later?
【解析】C属细节题。文中第二段说：Being intelligent and creative, they soon discovered easier ways of traveling. They rode on the backs of their domesticated animals; they hollowed out tree trunks and, by using bits of wood as paddles, were able to travel across water.（他们富有智慧和创造力，很快就发现了更便捷的旅行方式。他们骑在他们饲养的动物背上旅行，将树干挖空做船，木片做桨，在水上航行。）C项符合此意，故为正确选项。
31.What can we infer from the passage?
【解析】C属推理题。从文中最后段的最后两句话"“People will be able to fly from one planet to another in nasty little arrow?shaped tubes. I say “people” because I have no intention of being one of them.”可推断出作者没有在太空飞行的意图。故C为正确选项。
Passage Three
When I was at school, my ambition was to be a pilot in the Air Force. But my eyesight wasn’t good enough. So I had to give up the idea. I went to university and studies physics. I wanted to stay on there and do research, but my father died at about that time. So I thought I’d better get a job and earn my living. I started working in an engineering firm.
I expected to stay in that job for a long time. But then, they appointed a new managing director. I didn’t get on with him, so I resigned and applied for a job with another engineering company. I would certainly have accepted the job if they had offered it to me, but on my way to the interview I met a friend who was working for a travel agency. He offered me a job in Spain. And I’ve always liked Spain, so I took it.
I worked in the travel agency for two years and then they wanted to send me to South America. But I had just got married. So I decided to stay here. Then we had a baby and I wasn’t earning enough to support the family. So I started giving English lessons at a school in the evenings.
I liked the English teaching more than working for the travel agency, and then the owner of the school offered me a full?time job as a teacher. So I resigned from the agency. Two years later, the owner of the school wanted to retire, so he asked me to take over as the director. And here I am.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32.Why did the man give up studying physics?
【解析】D文章第一段，由于我的父亲在那段时间去世了，所以我想我最好参加工作挣钱生活，开始了工作。I wanted to stay on there and do research, but my father died at about that time. So I thought I’d better get a job and earn my living. I started working in an engineering firm. 所以选D。
33.Why did the man resign from the engineering firm?
【解析】D 公司换了一个新的经理，我和他相处得不好，所以辞去了这份工作，But then, they appointed a new managing director. I didn’t get on with him, so I resigned and applied for a job with another engineering company. 所以选D。
34.Why did the man take the job at the travel agency?
【解析】C文章中说我的一个朋友介绍我去西班牙工作，我又一直都喜欢西班牙，所以就接受了。选C。
35.Why did the man start to teach English part time?
【解析】B相比在旅游局工作我更喜欢教英语，而且学校的负责人给我提供了一份不错的教师工作。所以选B。
Section C
36.【答案】percent
【解析】percent的意思是百分比，事实上，世界上400多种鲨鱼中有百分之九十四的是对人类有害的。
37.【答案】harmless
【解析】harmless的意思是无害的。这句话的意思同上面的题目。
38.【答案】proves
【解析】prove是改善的意思，美国在一个鲨鱼展上做了点儿措施，使人们能够触摸小鲨鱼。
39.【答案】dozen
【解析】dozen的意思是一打，就是通指十几种的东西。
40.【答案】smoothly
【解析】smoothly的意思是平滑的，这两句话的意思是人们能看到十几种鲨鱼在一个容器里自由自在地游动。
41.【答案】attacks
【解析】attack的意思是攻击，很多人很难意识到鲨鱼的攻击行为其实是很少发生的。
42.【答案】lightning
【解析】lightning的意思是闪电，人们被闪电打到的概率要比被鲨鱼攻击的几率要大。
43.【答案】December
【解析】十二月
44.【答案】We want people to discover that sharks are amazing animals that need our respect and protection
【解析】鲨鱼是令人惊讶的动物，我们应该保护它们。
45.【答案】A study found that almost all recorded shark species have fallen by half in the past eight to 15 years
【解析】有记录的鲨鱼种类已经减少到了一半，在过去的8—15年间。
46.【答案】More than half of all sharks are smaller than one meter long
【解析】有一半的鲨鱼是小于一米的。
Part ⅣReading Comprehension（Reading in Depth）
Section A
47.【解析】B选 as，act as“充当、起……作用”。本句意为大气层起到保护伞的作用。
48.【解析】F选 eat，eat与先行词food和定语从句which we...搭配。
49.【解析】C选 atmosphere，根据上题所讲，penetrate这个动词后面应接atmosphere“大气”这个名词。
50.【解析】O选 through，这里的come through相当于penetrate，穿透。本句意为：各类来自外部空间的`宇宙射线穿透大气层……。
51.【解析】I选 but，本句前半句的意思是：“人们一离开大气层就会接触射线”；后半句意思是：“他们的太空服和太空船会阻止射线造成的损害”。前后应该是转折关系，故用but。
52.【解析】L选 do， Do +动词原型的结构表示强调谓语动词。
53.【解析】D选 space， 由radiation和explorers可推测，应选space（太空）。本句意为射线是探险者在太空遇见的已知的最大危险。
54.【解析】K选 receive， receive表示客观收到。
55.【解析】J选 varies，根据句意，所处地点不同，所受辐射量也不一样……，故选varies。
56.【解析】H选 than， more （radiation）后应加than.
Section B
Passage One
57.【解析】D细节题。意为“那些比较富裕的生意人或有一定的职业的人”。见第一段的倒数第二句：中产阶级主要包括富裕的生意人和有一定的职业的人。所以正确答案应该是 D。
58.【解析】C细节题。意为“口音”。见第二段的第一句：他们之间最明显的区别是他们的口音。所以正确答案应该是 C。
59.【解析】Ａ推断题。意为“因为它听起来太过谦卑，很可能会引起尴尬”。见文章的最后两句：谦卑会引起尴尬和不悦。甚至像“先生”这样的词，除了在特定的职业中（如商业、军队）外，也不太常用，因为它听起来太过谦卑。所以正确答案应该是 A。
60.【解析】C细节题。A选项前半是对的。上流社会人数很少，后半是错的，媒体还在关注他们，注意一定要看清楚再选。B选项相关内容在文末。D没有提到。C在第一段中间出现，是正确答案。
61.【解析】B细节题。意为“来自工人阶级家庭的学生不能接受大学教育”。见第三段第二句的前半句：来自工人阶级家庭的学生接受大学教育并且某种职业的情况已十分普遍。所以选项 B的答案与文章不相符，是正确答案。
Passage Two
62.【解析】C细节题。因为Leadville可以为Tabor带来巨富。这一点不是Leadville得名的原因，因为在文章第二段中，讲到这一点时，提及三个原因：A.因为Tabor成为当地的居民代表人物，B.因为在Leadville有丰富的铅的储藏量。D.因为Leadville是因为Tabor重要而起的名，唯独C没有，因为到后来发现是银矿才给他带来巨富。
63.【解析】D词汇题。第二段中grubstake的词义与D所述内容是相同的，即“供给探矿者资金，衣物，食品以及其他物品”。(可参阅英华大辞典修订第二版64页)但此处还补充地讲，作为回报，供给者可以获得矿中资源一定份额。(见文章第二段第4行)
64.【解析】A细节题。Tabor第一次真正发财是他为两名矿工提供资助，为此他获得他们矿资源三分之一的股份。见文章第三段4?9行内容：两名开矿者从Tabor那儿借走价值17美元的物品，作为回报，Tabor获得他们矿资源三分之一股份。于是两位开矿者在一座山旁的不毛之地开始挖掘，九天之后，发现了银的富矿，于是Tabor又将两人的股份全买下，这样，银矿属于Tabor一个人所有，这个矿就是后来著名的“匹兹堡”矿。Tabor用17美元的投资换来了130万美元的收获。
65.【解析】B推断题。由原文可知泰勃的财产来源是有一定偶然性的，但是毕竟也是基于他开创的“grubstake”模式，因为A、D都不对，C更是没有根据，因为他还没有娶第二位夫人这一切就发生了。分析泰勃的做法，会得出B选项所示的结论。
66.【解析】B推断题。如果本文是一篇文章的第一部分，那么在文章的第二部分将介绍谁呢?key可以从文章第一句分析出来，在Leadville的黄金年代，其多彩的特点当中，Tabor及其第二任妻子Elizabeth McCourt是值得大书特书的，接着，文章都在讲述有关H.A.W.Tabor发家致富的历史，如先买下匹兹堡矿，后又买下Matchless矿，最后成为市长，代理州长，等等，所以涉及的全是男主人公，因此下边再讲的话，应成为女主人公Elizabeth McCourt的天地了，她是Tabor的第二任妻子。这是顺理成章的事。
Part ⅤCloze
67.【解析】Cparallel to“与……平行”，固定搭配。
68.【解析】Bmeans of transport“交通工具”，固定搭配。
69.【解析】Awaterways“水道”；waterfronts指城市的滨水区；channels指海峡；paths指小路。
70.【解析】Bbetween指在两个港口间航行。among指三个或三个以上。
71.【解析】Bexpose“使暴露、面临”后接to；reveal“显示”；show“展示”；open“打开”。本句意为暴露在危险面前。
72.【解析】Cvoyage特指水上航行，其他选项均与水无关。
73.【解析】Dlocate“位于”；stationed“驻扎于”；set“放置于”。lie则不用被动式。
74.【解析】Bdrain指排掉(过多的水)，其他选项不符合题意。
75.【解析】Dirrigate指灌溉；soak浸泡，及其他选项不符合题意。
76.【解析】A与介词for搭配的只有furnish。
77.【解析】Cdepend on“取决于”；base on“把……基于”；take on“承担”；focus on“集中注意力”。
78.【解析】B本句的意思是“运河必须有能够允许两条最大的船通过的宽度”。只有pass“通过”符合句意。cross“穿过、横跨”与句意不符。
79.【解析】Cbeneath指在……以下，表示位置；down指向下，表方向；below用于抽象概念；off表示距离。
80.【解析】D表示“用……观测”，要用observe；study、research指系统研究；survey指调查、检查。
81.【解析】Ba few of是一些的意思，修饰可数名词；a deal of不能修饰可数名词；a number of指大量的；无a supply of的用法。
82.【解析】B根据句意，这里要用表原因的连词来引导一个状语从句。
83.【解析】A此处用that指代canals。
84.【解析】C在四个选项中，只有certain有确信的意思。exact和definite的主语应为事物，decisive不符合句意。
85.【解析】Btake photographs是固定搭配，意为拍照。
86.【解析】Ddiscover指发现抽象的事物；find指发现实物；expose指暴露；uncover指揭开。后两词不符合句意。
Part ⅥTranslation
87.【解析】may just as well stay at home
88.【解析】stain the new carpet
89.【解析】Even so
90.【解析】remembering all my life
91.【解析】second only to
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