2019年6月大学英语四级模拟真题（含答案）（8）

 PartⅠ Writing　（答题时间30分钟）
　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “Advertising”. You should write at least 100 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below.
　　1. 广告的目的。
　　2. 为什么要做广告。
　　3. 厂商做广告的真实原因。
   You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
 
   PartⅢ reading comprehension（答题时间共40分钟）
   Section A　
　　Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one wordfor each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read thepassage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank isidentified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in thebank more than once.
　　Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.　
　　Wise buying is a positive way in which you can make your money go fuller.The way you go about purchasing an article or a service can actually　26 　you money or can add to the cost.Take the　27 　example of a hairdryer, If you are buying a hairdryer，you might think that you are making the　28 　buy if you choose one whose look you like and which is also the cheapest　29 　price.But when you get it home you may find that it takes twice as long as a more expensive　30 　to dry your hair.The cost of the electricity plus the cost of your time could well make your hairdryer the most expensive one of all.
　　So what principles should you　31 　when you go out shopping? If you keep your home.your car or any valuable　32 　in excellent condition，you’11 be saving money in the long run.Before you buy a new　33 　，talk to someone who owns one.If you can.use it or borrow it to check it suits your particular purpose.Before you buy an expensive　34 　 ，or a service，do check the price and what is on offer.If possible.choose　35　three items or three estimates.
　　A) possession
　　B)save
　　C)best
　　D)appliance
　　E)material
　　F) from
　　G)simple
　　H)with
　　I)in
　　J)element
　　K) model
　　L)item
　　M)easy
　　N)adopt
　　O)reasonable

 　Section B
　　Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten  statements attached to it. Eachstatement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraphfrom 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 thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.
　　Deborah Kenny's "Born to Rise" Tells Story of Harlem Village Academies
　　A) Deborah Kenny, CEO of the Harlem Village Academies, is frustrated with the nation's current education system. Unlike most, though, she decided to do something about it. Part declaration part record, her book Born to Rise writes down her journey toward creating and running her own system of progressive charter schools in Harlem in New York City.
　　What is your educational philosophy?
　　B) We want our students to receive the same high-quality education as  students who are privileged to attend the best private schools in the country. Personally, I believe a progressive education is superior as long as it's delivered by really smart, talented teachers who know how to execute well. It's a sophisticated approach that really only works well in the hands of a 　really sophisticated educator. We're dealing with a little bit of a challenge because students enter this school from the regular public system. And when they enter in fifth grade, they're not yet well-trained in the basics reading, writing, and math--which means that we have to catch them up on basic math skills, on the 'basics of writing. And many of them come in at a kindergarten, first, second-grade level in reading. So we have to accelerate their mastery of the basics, but we reject the idea that if you do that you can't teach that at a high level. We push ourselves constantly to think about how we can make sure that our students will catch up while we teach at the highest possible level. It means asking difficult, delicate questions, not accepting an answer that is not backed up by evidence, the kinds of things that you would expect to see in the best private schools. We aim for a high level in rich discussions where the students are asked to analyze a challenging text and where the teacher does not accept just any answer simply because the student is behaving. What makes the Harlem Village Academies different?
　　C) First of all, I have to say what we have in common with other charter schools because we have learned so much from them: creating an expectation that all students will attend college, naming classrooms after colleges, the longer school day, the longer school year. I feel it's important to give credit where credit is due because I learned from them. In those early years when I opened the school, most of these other schools bad been around for seven years, ten years, some of them even longer.
　　D ) As far as what makes us different, I'll tell you what the teachers say: teachers tell us that the level of professionalism and passion for teaching at a high level and teaching above the test, not to the test, and working in an environment, where everybody is trusted to do their job and continually learning--there's this incredible culture of learning. There's this incredible workplace culture where the adults are continually becoming better and learning more about how to become a better lead her. The teachers get to make all of the decisions 'about their own professional development rather than being enforced to at tend the training. They are treated like professional-grade' doctors and lawyers at the. Highest level. They actually make the decisions not only about what books to use and what teaehing methed, but even about what their own professional development Ioukslike.There's a very clear set of standards far what the students need to know and be "able to do at the end of each year and quarter, and we hold people accountable for that end goal. But we give them complete freedom to decide how they're going to achieve it, which is how all professionals are treated. Unfortunately, it's not how most teachers are treated inthis country. Most teachers are treated like factory workers, where there's a hig set ofrules on how they have to do everything.
　　What does the curriculum look like at Harlem Village Academy schools?
　　E) It looks like a classic liberal-arts curriculum, where math, reading, and writing are not the only subjects taught. Even if the state focuses its testing on those things, we do not let the state dictate our curriculum. We are interested in a rich curriculum that includes art and music and seience and social studies and a wide variety of electives, and character education is integrated throughout.
　　How do you address the criticisms people have regarding charter schools?
　　F) I'd say that the .main criticisms are stemming from the fact that in a charter system the teachers are not unionized, and they're treated as professionals instead of as manual laborers. The charter movement is challenging the current situation, it's eoming along and saying we used to completely change the underlying premiere ( 前提) of how we go about public education. Parents should be able to choose the scherzi. We should give power to all parents, regardless of socioeonomie level, to choose where they send their child, and that creates market competition: if you have an amazing school with caring teachers and great results, parents are going to ~ant to choose that school. The charter movement is putting the needs of children first anti is holding teachers accountable. It ehalleuges the notion of tenure (终身教职), where there's no accountability at all.
　　What's next for you and the Harlem Village Academies?
　　G) We are going to triple (增至三倍) in size in the next twn years. We will have a full K -12 system. We're starting two new elementary schools, we will be serving 2,000 children, but we are not eager to grow super-big. We want to use the platform of what we' re learned and the results that we've produced--that ant teachers have produced--to have an ational influence on policy and on teaching methods. The laws that govern how school srun constrain the ability of the printcipal to run the school well. They're not allowed to build a team. And building a team where teachers are trusted, happy and cooperative is really the foundation for an excellent school. So we want to find a way to get our message out nationally and continue to be part of the movement.
　　36. In the Harlem Village Academies. teachers can decide themselves how they are going to achieve the teaching objectives.
　　37. The charter movement challenges the tenure system in making children's needs apriority and holding, teachers responsible.
　　38 The Harlem Village Academies will be able to enroll 2,000 ehildren in the next twoyears
　　39. Deborah Kenny admits that she learns a lot from other charter schools.
　　40. The curriculum at Harlem Village Academies not only includes the subjects frequentlytested.
　　41.The Harlem Village Academies are eager to exert a national influence on policy and teaching methods.
　　42. Students entering the Harlem Village Academies are from the regular public system.
　　43. Deborah Kenny decides to create and run the Harlem Village Academies because sheis disappointed about the current education system.
　　44. Charter schools are mainly criticized for treating the teachers as  professionals.
　　45. One of the challenges facing the Harlern Village Academies is how to accelerate students' mastery of the basics.

　　Section C
　　Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C andD . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
　　Passage One
　　Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
　　Sign has become a scientific hot button.Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that signed languages are unique—a speech of the hand.They offer a new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language，and throw new light on an old scientific controversy：whether language，complete with grammar，is something that we are born With，or whether it is a learned behavior. The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering work of one rebel teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington，D. C.，the world‘s only liberal arts university for deaf people.
　　When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English，the school enrolled him in a course in signing. But Stokoe noticed something odd： among themselves，students signed differently from his classroom teacher.
　　Stokoe had been taught a sort of gestural code，each movement of the hands representing a word in English.At the time，American Sign Language (ASL) was thought to be no more than a form of pidgin English (混杂英语)。But Stokoe believed the “hand talk”his students used looked richer.He wondered：Might deaf people actually：have a genuine language? And could that language be unlike any other on Earth?It was 1955，wheneven deaf people dismissed their signing as“substandard”。 Stokoe‘s idea was academic heresy (异端邪说)。
　　It is 37 years later.Stokoe—now devoting his time to writing and editing books and journals and to producing video materials on ASL and the deaf culture—is having lunch at a cafe near the Gallaudet campus and explaining how he started a revolution. For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English，French and Japanese.They assumed language must be based on speech，the modulation (调节)of sound.But sign language is based on the movement of hands，the modulation of space.“What I said ”Stokoe explains “is that language is not mouth stuff—it‘s brain stuff.”
　　Choose correct answers to the question：
　　46.The study of sign language is thought to be ________.
　　A.a new way to look at the learning of language
　　B.a challenge to traditional， views on the nature of language
　　C.an approach： to simplifying the grammatical structure of a language
　　D.an attempt to clarify misunderstanding about the origin of language
　　47.The present growing interest in sign language was stimulated by _______.
　　A.a famous scholar in the study of the human brain
　　B.a leading specialist in the study of liberal arts
　　C.an English teacher in a university for the deaf
　　D.some senior experts in American Sign Language
　　48.According to Stokoe， sign language is ________.
　　A.a Substandard language
　　B.a genuine language
　　C.an artificial language
　　D.an international language
　　49.Most educators objected to Stokoe‘s idea because they thought ________.
　　A.sign language was not extensively used even by deaf people
　　B.sign language was too artificial to be widely accepted
　　C.a language should be easy to use and understand
　　D.a language could only exist in the form of speech sounds
　　50.Stokoe‘s argument is based on his belief that ________.
　　A.sign language is as efficient as any other language
　　B.sign language is derived from natural language
　　C.language is a system of meaningful codes
　　D.language is a product of the brain

　　Passage Two
　　Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
　　Engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality，but when it comes to mycollege education I am an idealist and a fool.In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and，of course，any sensible student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department，famous reputation and lots of good labs and research equipment. But that‘s not what I did.
　　I chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts(文科)university that doesn‘t even offer a major in electrical engineering. Obviously，this was not a practical choice;I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a value system to guide me in my career.I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by interacting with people who weren’t studying science orengineering. My parents，teachers and other adults praised me for such a sensible choice.They told me I was wise and mature beyond my 18 years，and I believed them.
　　I headed off to college sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering “factories” where they didn‘t care if you have values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete engineer：technical genius and sensitive humanist(人文学者)all in one.
　　Now I‘m not so sure.Somewhere along the way my noble ideals crashed into reality，as all noble ideals eventually do.After three years of struggling to balance math，physics and engineering courses with liberal-arts courses，I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile(协调) engineering with liberal-arts courses in college.
　　The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful  student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply don‘t mix as easily as I assumed in high school.Individually they shape a person in very different ways;together they threaten to confuse. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.
　　Choose correct answers to the question：
　　51.The author chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts university because he ________.
　　A.intended to be a combination of engineer and humanist
　　B.wanted to be an example of practicality and rationality
　　C.intended to be a sensible student with noble ideals
　　D.wanted to coordinate engineering with liberal-arts courses in college
　　52.According to the author，by interacting with people who study liberal arts， engineering students can ________.
　　A.broaden their horizons
　　B.become noble idealists
　　C.receive guidance in their careers
　　D.balance engineering and the liberal arts
　　53.In the eyes of the author，a successful engineering student is expected ________.
　　A.to be imaginative with a value system to guide him
　　B.to be a technical genius with a wide vision
　　C.to have an excellent academic record
　　D.to be wise and mature
　　54.The author‘s experience shows that he was ________.
　　A.creative
　　B.irrational
　　C.ambitious
　　D.Unrealistic
　　55.The word“they”in“together they threaten to confuse.”(Line 3，Para. 5) refers to ________.
　　A.practicality and rationality
　　B.engineering and the liberal arts
　　C.reality and noble ideals
　　D.flexibility and a value system
　　Part IV Translation ( 答题时间30分钟 )
　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese intoEnglish. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
　　中国菜(cuisine)是中国各地区、各民族各种菜肴的统称，也指发源于中国的烹饪方式。中国菜历史悠久, 流派(genre)众多，主要代表菜系有“八大菜系”。每一菜系因气候、地理、历史、烹饪技巧和生活方式的差异而风格各异。中国菜的调料(seasoning)丰富多样，调料的不同是形成地方特色菜的主要原因之一。中国菜强调色、香、味俱佳，味是菜肴的灵魂。中国饮食文化博大精深，作为世界三大菜系之一的中国菜，在海内外享有盛誉。