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1、广东外语外贸大学南国商学院第二次大学英语四级模拟考试试题(2008年12月11日)Part I. Writing(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a letter of complaint. You should write at least 120 words based on the following situation given below in Chinese:你到书店买书, 对书店导购员的服务态度不满意; 你写信给书店经理投诉。注意： 此部分试题在答题卡1上

2、。Part II. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.For questions 1-7, markY (for YES) if the statement agrees with information given in the passage;N (for NO)

3、 if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Health and Fitness Make the Difference between Living Well and LivingQuality of li

4、fe is what we all want. Good health helps us achieve a high quality of life. Fitness makes us want to live it every day. If you agree with these three premises, keep reading.The Purpose of Health and Fitness TipsTo inform you of new developments in the health and fitness fields is our aim. Well do t

5、he research; we have the resources. You get the results. The name of the game is “current” and “relevant” for today. Forget all the excess baggage of the so-called fitness gurus (权威).Become Healthier and Fitter FasterWhile we know you are interested in becoming healthier and fitter or maintaining th

6、e health and fitness you have, we also know you have limited time to devote to it. We therefore pledge to you a fast, simple method to hop aboard the fitness fast train. Get on track with the facts.Our StaffHealth professionals, medical doctors and health and fitness writers and editors make up our

7、staff, whose experience in the booming Health and Fitness field adds up to more than 100 years. Not that anyone is age 100 or even close, but we all plan to live that long. We want to make sure we have company. So we invite you along for the ride. Well spur you on and help you over the rough spots t

8、o your own fitness destination.Diet and Exercise Are Keys to Healthy GivingBut you know all this. So our aim is to give you the shortcuts, the little-known tricks and proven methods to help prevent boredom and hopelessness in your quest for good health. Our high-tech world has advanced in the fitnes

9、s field also. In fact, so fast that we wanted to get the information out to you yesterday. Thats what the Health and Fitness Tips Site is all about, the latest up-to-the-minute-in-the-zone information for your health and fitness.Ten Essential Health Tips (The Basics to Practice Every Day)“He who has

10、 health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.”Arabian Proverb1. Move MoreMake it a daily challenge to find ways to move your body. Climb stairs if given a choice between that and escalators or elevators. Walk your dog; chase your kids; toss balls with friends; mow the lawn. Anything that mov

11、es your limbs is not only a fitness tool, its a stress buster. Think “move” in small increments of time. It doesnt have to be an hour in the gym or a 45-minute aerobic dance class or tai chi or kickboxing. But thats great when youre up to it. Meanwhile, move more. Thought for the day: Cha, Cha, ChaT

12、hen do it !2. Cut FatAvoid the obvious fat-contained food such as fried foods, burgers and other fatty meats (i. e. pork, bacon, ham, ribs and sausage). Dairy products such as cheese, cottage cheese, milk and cream should be eaten in low fat versions. Nuts and sandwich meats, mayonnaise (蛋黄酱)， marga

13、rine (人造黄油), butter and sauces should be eaten in limited amounts. Most are available in lower fat versions such as substitute butter, fat free cheeses and mayonnaise. Thought for the day: Lean, mean, fat-burning machineThen be one!3. Quit SmokingThe jury is definitely in on this verdict. Ever since

14、 1960 when the Surgeon General announced that smoking was harmful to your health, Americans have been reducing their use of tobacco products that kill. Just recently, weve seen a surge in smoking in adolescents and teens. Could it be the Hollywood influence? It seems the stars in every movie of late

15、 smoke cigarettes. Beware. Warn your children of the false romance or “tough guy” stance of Hollywood smokers. Thought for the day: Give up just one cigarette, then the next one.4. Reduce StressEasier said than done, stress busters (压力消除器) come in many forms. Some techniques recommended by experts a

16、re to think positive thoughts. Spend 30 minutes a day doing something you like. Soak in a hot tub; walk on the beach or in a park; read a good book; visit a friend; play with your dog; listen to soothing music; watch a funny movie. Get a massage, a facial or a haircut. Meditate. Count to ten before

17、losing your temper or getting angry. Avoid difficult people when possible. Thought for the day: When seeing red, think pink clouds, then float on them.5. Protect Yourself from PollutionIf you cant live in a smog-free environment, at least avoid smoke-filled rooms, high traffic areas, breathing in hi

18、ghway fumes (烟气) and exercising near busy thoroughfares. Exercise outside when the smog-rating is low. Exercise indoors in air conditioning when air quality is good. Plant lots of shrubbery in your yard. Its a good deterrent for pollution and dirt from the street. Thought for the day: Smoke gets in

19、your eyes, and your mouth, and your nose and your lungs as do pollutants.6. Wear Your Seat BeltStatistics show that seat belts add-to longevity and help reduce potential injuries in car crashes. Thought for the day: Buckle down (认真做) and buckle up (扣紧).7. Floss Your TeethRecent studies make a direct

20、 connection between longevity and teeth flossing (用洁牙线清洁牙缝). Nobody knows exactly why. Perhaps its because people who floss tend to be more health conscious than people who dont? Thought for the day: Floss and be your bodys boss.8. Avoid Excessive DrinkingWhile recent studies show a glass of wine or

21、 one drink a day(two for men) can help protect against heart disease, more than that can cause other health problems such as liver and kidney, disease and cancer. Thought for the day: A jug of wine should last a long time.9. Keep a Positive Mental OutlookTheres a sure and undeniable connection betwe

22、en living well and healthfully and having a cheerful outlook on life. Thought for the day: You cant be unhappy when youre smiling or singing.10. Control Your Own DestinyThe link between genetics and health is a powerful one. But just because one or both of your parents died young in ill health doesn

23、t mean you cannot counteract the genetic pool handed down to you. Thought for the day: Follow these basic tips for healthy living and you can better control your own destiny.注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上答题。1. This passage is provided by the Health and Fitness Tips Site.2. According to the passage, the purpose of t

24、he Health and Fitness Tips Site is to sell some medical products and organize some large-scale activities.3. According to the passage, the most important factors for healthy living are what kinds of food people eat and whether they do physical exercises or not.4. All the tips given in this passage a

25、re about diet and exercise, the keys to healthy living.5. According to the passage, to be healthy, people should sleep no less than 8 hours a day.6. According to the passage, to be healthy, people should not think of only very formal forms of physicals exercise, but should try to find all possible w

26、ays to move their bodies every day.7. According to the passage, stress can be reduced in various ways, including watching funny movies.8. According to the passage, a glass of wine or one drink a day can help protect against heart disease, but drinking more than that_ .9. Because smoke-filled rooms,

27、high traffic areas, breathing in highway fumes and exercising near busy thoroughfares are all harmful to your health, you should _.10. The link between genetics and health is a powerful one, but if one or both of your parents died young in ill health, it does not mean that you _Part III. Listening C

28、omprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you willl 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 conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will

29、 be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. 11. A) She takes it as a kind of exercise. B) She wants to save money.C) She has a lot of exercise to do in the office. D) Her office isnt very far. 12.A) $2.40B) $3.80C) $4.8

30、0D) $7.6013. A) At a restaurant. B) At an airport.C) In a publishing house. D) At a shopping mall.14.A) 6:20B) 6:10C)6:50D)6:4015.A) She agrees with the man.B) They should ask the typist about it.C) The typist is very good.D) The typist is not good.16.A) Look for a better restaurant.B) Go to another

31、 restaurant by bus.C) Take a walk around the city.D) Try to find a quiet place.17.A) He got angry with his boss. B) He always got work late.C) He was frequently sick and absent from work. D) He made a big mistake in an accounting. 18.A) He is considering leaving his girlfriend.B) He has a deep affec

32、tion for his girlfriend.C) He cares about his girlfriend.D) He has a new girlfriend now.Questions1 9 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19.A) He cant find his car key. B) He misplaced some exams. C) He is unable to talk.D) He doesnt like his classes.20. A) Mark the latest homew

33、ork assignment.B) Tell the students the class is cancelled.C) Make an appointment with a doctor.D) Return some papers to his students.21. A) Give a class for Don while hes absent.B) Give Professor Webster the key to Dons office.C) Leave a message on the board.D) Bring Don the homework on his office

34、table.22. A) Give the key back to Don.B) Go to the hospital to see Don.C) Tell Dons students about the next assignment.D) Make a phone call to Don.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23 A) They are going to invite some friends to play cards.B) They plan to go to a C

35、hinese restaurant.C) They will go to see a horror film.D) None of the above.24. A) At 6:30.B) At 8:00.C) At 5:30.D) At 6;00.25. A) At 6:00, at Rex.B) At 6:00, at Sunny Woods.C) At 5:30, at Sunny Woods.D) At 8:00, at the theatre. Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. A

36、t the end of each passage, youwill hear some questions. Both the passage and questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26.

37、A) Mechanic. B) Bank employee.C) Bank guard.D) Policeman.27. A) They pressed the alarm.B) They tried to stop him. C) They stood aside watching him gathering the money.D) They are too frightened to do anything. 28.A) The sacks he carried were too small.B) The policeman arrived.C) He had a heart attac

38、k at that moment.D) He was not allowed to carry large boxes or sacks.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) Lack of confidence. B) Lack of intelligence. C) Carelessness D) Absent-minded30. A) He decided to go to a seaside town to give lectures.B) He decided

39、 to have a holiday with his children on the beach.C) He decided to go and visit a friend of his in the seaside town with his childrenD) Both B and C. 31. A) He forgot where he was going.B) He forgot his friends address.C) He forgot to tell his wife where he was going.D) He forgot to take the train t

40、ickets.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based ont eh passage you have just heard.32. A) He may want to make people believe the facts.B) He may want to make people doubt the facts.C) He may want to make people feel happy or sad, or think.D) All of the above.33. A) The facts of the story.B) The hum

41、an interest in the story.C) The language of the story.D) The plot of the story.34. A) 1,000 copies.B) 1.010 copies.C) 10,000 copies.D) 11,000 copies.35. A) He intended to give his friend a true idea of the success of the book.B) He kept it a secret.C) He did not know.D) He forgot the exact number. S

42、ection CDirections: In this section, you will hear a short passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second tme, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 26 to 33 with the exact wor

43、ds you have just heard. For balnks numbered from 34 to 36 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should ch

44、eck what you have written.The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under (36)_ . Production limits have been (37) _ down; and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a (38) _ number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such pro

45、blems. As a Norwegian (39) _ said last week, “We will soon change beyond all recognition.”During the past few years the program of development in the northern area of the Arctic Circle has had a great deal of success: Tromso has been built up into a (40)_ capital with a university, a large hospital

46、and a healthy industry. But the oil industry has already started to draw people in south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in (41) _.The (42) _ of the oil would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation 433)_ in wh

47、ich the services industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry. (44)_.The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life. (45)_ but they are an important part of it, because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard wit

48、h pride as essentially Norwegian. (46) _. Part IV. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section ADirections: 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

49、 the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item 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 47 to 56 are

50、based on the following passage.To call something “marginal” means it is not very good. Farmers have their own way to _(47) marginal land: It is the last to be planted under good conditions, and has the _ (48) to be avoided under poor conditions. Low _ (49) soil is not the only reason land could be c

51、onsidered marginal. It might be in an area where rainfall is _ (50) or where a hillside might rise too steeply (陡峭地).There are uses for marginal land, however. Most often it is used as grassland. Grasses provide excellent _ (51) for grazing(吃草)animals like cattle, sheep and goats. Grass seed can be

52、bought from a foreign supplier or _ (52) grasses can be used. However, using marginal land for grazing is not a simple issue. There is a _ (53) of overgrazing. Cattle can damage the crops by eating down to the roots. Also, the weight of the animals crushes the soil and can make it too hard for growi

53、ng. A(n) _ (54) way to reduce the harm is to move animals from one field to another. This method is known as rotational grazing (循环放牧)which is extremely important for marginal land.Another use for marginal land is for tree crops. Studies have _ (55) that the white pine and loblolly pine(火炬松)are two

54、kinds of trees that grow well on such land. They grow fast and provide good quality wood. Another tree is the poplar(白杨),found in many parts of the world.Failure to take the care needed to protect marginal lands can make a bad situation worse. But good planning can _ (56) a marginal resource into a

55、highly productive one.A)feed B) priority C) transplant D) effectiveE) limited F)define G) adequate H) transformI) discouraging J) quality K) native L) revealedM) prejudice N) hazardO) recoveredSection B Passage OneQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.The fridge is considered a neces

56、sity. It has been so since the 1960s when packaged food first appeared with the label: “store in the refrigerator”. In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthy. The milkman came daily, the grocer, the butcher（肉商）, the baker, and the ice-cream man delivered two or three times a wee

57、k. The Sunday meat would last until Wednesday and surplus（剩余的）bread and milk became all kinds of cakes. Nothing was wasted, and we were never troubled by rotten food. Thirty years on, food deliveries have ceased; Fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable in the country. The invention of the fridge co

58、ntributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. A vast way of well-tried techniques already existed: natural cooling, drying, smoking, salting, sugaring, bottling. What refrigeration did promote was marketingmarketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft drinks, marketing dead bo

59、dies of animals around the globe in search of a good price. Consequently, most of the worlds fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in the wealthy countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. Every winter, millions of fridge

60、s hum away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially-cooled space inside an artificially-heated house-while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge. The fridges effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness

61、 has been insignificant. If you dont believe me, try it yourself, invest in a food cabinet and turn off your fridge next winter. You may miss the hamburgers（汉堡包）, but at least youll get rid of that terrible hum. 57. The statement “In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily.” (L

62、ine 1, Para.2) suggests that _. A) the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fifties B) the author was not accustomed to using fridges even in his fifties C) there was no fridge in the authors home in the 1950s D) the fridge was in its early stage of development in the 1950s 5

63、8. Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges?A) People would not buy more food than was necessary. B) Food was delivered to people two or three times a week. C) Food was sold fresh and did not get rotten easily. D) People had effective ways to preserve their food. 59. Who benefited the least from fridges according to the author? A) Inventors. B) ConsumersC) ManufacturersD) Traveling salesmen. 60. Which of the following phrases indicates the fridges negative effect on the environment? A)