2021年6月大学英语四级模拟推荐2021年6月大学英语四级模拟试卷及答案一套.doc

1、2021年6月大学英语四级模拟推荐2021年6月大学英语四级模拟试卷及答案一套推荐20XX年6月大学英语四级模拟试卷及答案一套Part Writing(答题时间30分钟) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes write a position on the topic, “The Way to Success” based on the following outlines.You should write at least120 words but no more than180 words.Part listening

2、prehension Section A (three news reports)略 Section B (two long conversations)略 Section C (three passages)略 Part reading prehension(答题时间共40分钟) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks.Youare required to select one wordfor each blank from a list of choices given in a w

3、ord bank following the passage.Readthepassage through carefully before making your choices.Eachchoice in the bank isidentified by a letter.Pleasemark the corresponding letter for each item on AnswerSheet2 with a single line through the centre.Youmay not use any of the words in thebank more than once

4、.Questions26 to 35 are based on the following passage.Psychologists take opposing views of how external rewards, from warm praise to cold cash, affect motivation and creativity.Behaviorists,who study the relation between actions and their consequences, argue that rewards can (26)performance at work

5、and school.Cognitive(认识派的) researchers, who study various aspects of mental life, maintain that rewards often destroy creativity by encouraging dependence on (27) and gifts from others.The latter view has gained many supporters, (28)among educators.Butthe careful use of small(29)rewards speaks creat

6、ivity in grade school children, suggesting that properly presented inducements (刺激) indeed(30)inventiveness, according to a study in the June Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.If kids know theyre working for a reward and can focus on a relatively (31)task, they show the most creativity, s

7、ays Robert Eisenberger of the University of Delaware in Newark.Butits easy to (32)creativity by giving rewards for poor performance or creating too much anticipation for rewards.A teacher who continually draws attention to rewards or who hands our high grades for (33)achievement ends up with uninspi

8、red students, Eisenberger holds.Asan exle of the latter point, he notes growing efforts at major universities to tighten grading standards and (34)failing grades.In early grades, the use of so-called token economies, in which students handle challenging problems and receive performance-based points

9、toward valued rewards, shows(35)in raising efforts and creativity, the Delaware psychologist claims.A) mental B) promise C) kill D) avoid E) hope F) especially G) aid H) ordinary I) approval J) moary K) generally L) improve M) challenging N) restore O) excellent sroots Remedy A) Most of us spend our

10、 lives seeking the natural world.Tothis end, we walk the dog, play golf, go fishing, sit in the garden, drink outside rather than inside the pub, have a picnic, live in the suburbs, go to the seaside, buy a weekend place in the country.Themost popular leisure activity in Britain is going for a walk.

11、Andwhen joggers (慢跑者) jog, they dont run the streets.Everyone of the minstinctively heads to the park or the river.Itis my profound belief that not only do we all need nature, but we all seek nature, whether we know we are doing so or not.B) But despite this, our children are growing up nature-depri

12、ved ( 丧失) , I spent my boyhood climbing trees on Stratham mon, south London.Thesedays, children are robbed of these an cientfreedoms, due to problems like crime, traffic, the loss of the open spaces and odd new perceptions about what is best for children, that is to say, things that can be bought, r

13、ather than things that can be found.C) The truth is to be found elsewhere.Astudy in the U.S.familieshad moved to better housing andthe children were assessed for ADHD - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( 多动症) .Thosewhose acmodation had more natural views showed an improvement of19%; those wh

14、o had thesame improvement in material surroundings but no nice view improved just 4%.D) A study in Sweden indicated that kindergarten children who could play in a natural environment hadless illness and greater physical ability than children used only to a normal playground.AU.S.studysuggested that

15、when a school gave children access to a natural environment, academic levels wereraised across the entire school.E) Another study found that children play differently in a natural environment.Inplaygrounds, children create a hierarchy (等级) based on physical abilities, with the tough ones taking the

16、lead.Butwhen a grassy area was planted with bushes, the children got much more into fantasy play, and the social hierarchy was now based on imagination and creativity.F) Most bullying (持枪凌弱) is found in schools where there is a tarmac (柏油碎石) play ground; the least bullying is in a natural area that

17、the children are encouraged to explore.Thisreminds mean pleasantly of Sunny hill School in Stratham, with its harsh tarmac, where I used to hang about iners fantasizing about wildlife.Thechildren are frequently discouraged from involvement with natural spaces, for health and safety reasons, for fear

18、 that they might get dirty or that they might cause damage.So,instead, the damage is done to the children themselves: not to their bodies but to their souls.G) One of the great problems of modem childhood is ADHD, now increasingly and expensively treated with drugs.Yetone study after another indicat

19、es that contact with nature gives huge benefits to ADHD children.However,we spend money on drugs rather than on green places.H) The life of old people is measurably better when they have access to nature.Theincreasing emphasis for the growing population of old people is in quality rather than quanti

20、ty of years.Andstudy after study finds that a garden is the single most important thing in finding that quality.I) In wider and more difficult areas of life, there is evidence to indicate that natural surroundingsim prove all kinds of things.Evenproblems with crime and aggressive behavior are reduce

21、d when there is contact with the natural world.Dr.William Bird, researcher from the Royal Society for the Protection of birds, states in his study, A natural environment can reduce violent behavior because its restorative process helps reduce anger and impulsive behavior. Wild places need encouragin

22、g for this reason, no matter how small their contribution.J) We tend to look on nature conservation as some kind of favor that human beings are granting to the natural world.Theerror here is far too deep: not only do humans need nature for themselves, but the very idea that humanity and the natural

23、world are separable things is profoundly damaging.Humanbeings are a species of mammals (哺乳动物) .Forseven million years they lived on the pla as part of nature.Ourancestral selves miss the natural world and long for contact with nonhuman life.Anyonewho has patted a dog, stoked a cat, sat under a tree

24、with a pint of beer, given or received a bunch of flowers or chosen to walk through the park on a nice day, understands that.Weneed the wild world.Itis essential to our well-being, our health, our happiness.Withoutthe wild world we are not more but less civilized.Withoutother living things around us

25、 we are less than human.K) Five Ways to Find Harmony with the Natural World Walk: Break the rhythm of permanently being under a roof.Getoff a stop earlier, make a circuit of the park at lunchtime, walk the child to and from school, get a dog, feel yourself moving in moving air, look, listen, absorb.

26、Sit: Take a moment, every now and then, to be still in an open space.Inthe garden, anywhere thats not in the office, anywhere out of the house, away from the routine.Situnder a tree, look at water, feel refreshed, ever so slightly renewed.Drink: The best way to enjoy the natural world is by oneself;

27、 the second best way is in pany.Takea drink outside with a good person, a good gathering: talk with the sun and the wind with bird-song for background.Learn: Expand your boundaries.Leamfive species of bird, five butterflies, five trees, five bird songs.Thatway, you see and hear more: and your mind r

28、esponds gratefully to the greater amount of wildness in your life.Travel: The places you always wanted to visit: by the seaside, in the country, in the hills.Takea week-end break, a day-trip, get out these and do it: for the scenery, for the way through the woods, for the birds, for the bees.Gosomew

29、here special and bring specialness home.Itlasts forever, after all.36.Thestudy in Sweden shows that more access to nature makes children less likely to fall ill.37.Theauthors profound belief is that people instinctively seek nature in different ways.38.Itcan be very helpful to provide more green spa

30、ces for children with ADHD.39.Elderlypeople will enjoy a life of better quality when they contact more with nature.40.Nowadays,people think things that can be bought are best for children, rather than things that can be found.41.Dr.William Bird suggests in his study that access to nature contributes

31、 to the reduction of violence.42.Accordingto a study in the U.S.Children with ADHD whose acmodation had more naturalviews showed much better improvement.43.Childrenwho have chances to explore natural areas are less likely to be involved in bullying.44.Wecan find harmony with the natural world in var

32、ious ways, among which there are walking,sitting, drinking, learning and traveling.45.Itis extremely harmful to think that humanity and the natural world can be separated.Section C Directions: There are2 passages in this section.Eachpassage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements.Forea

33、ch of them there are four choices marked A, B, C andD .Youshould decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet2 with a single line through the centre.Passage One Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.When families gather for Christmas dinner，some will sti

34、ck to formal traditions dating back to Grandmas generation.Their tables will be set with the good dishes and silver，and the dress code will be Sunday-best.But in many other homes，this chinaandsilver elegance has given way to stoneware (粗陶)andstainless informality，with dresses assuming an equally cas

35、ualFriday look.For hosts and guests， the change means greater simplicity and fort.For makers of fine china in Britain，it spells economic hard times.Last week Royal Doulton，the largest employer in Stoke-onTrent，announced that it is eliminating1，000 jobsone-fifth of its total workforce.That brings to

36、more than 4，000 the number of positions lost in18 months in the pottery (陶瓷) region.Wedgwood and other pottery factories made cuts earlier.Although a strong pound and weak markets in Asia play a role in the downsizing，the layoffs in Stoke have their roots in earthshaking social shifts.A spokesman fo

37、r Royal Doulton admitted that the pany “has been somewhat slow in catching up with the trend”toward casual dining.Familieseat together less often，he explained，and more people eat alone，either because they are single or they eat in front of television.Even dinner parties，if they happen at all，have go

38、ne causal.In a time of long work hours and demanding family schedules，busy hosts insist，rightly，that its better to share a takeout pizza on paper plates inthe family room than to wait for the perfect moment or a “real” dinner party.Too often，the perfect moment never es，Iron a fine-pattened tableclot

39、h? Forget it.Polish the silver? Who has time? Yet the loss of formality has its down side.The fine points of etiquette(礼节) that children might once have learned at the table by observation or instruction from parents and grandparents(“Chew with your mouth closed.”“keep your elbows off the table.”)mu

40、st be picked up elsewhere.Some panies now offer etiquette seminars for employees who may be petent professionally but clueless socially.Choose correct answers to the question： 46.The trend toward casual dining has resulted in _ A.bankruptcy of fine china manufacturers B.Shrinking of the pottery indu

41、stry C.restructuring of large enterprises D.Economic recession in Great Britain 47.Which of the following may be the best reason for casual dining?A.Family members need more time to relax.B.Busy schedules leave people no time for formality.C.People want to practice economy in times of scarcity.D.You

42、ng people wont follow the etiquette of the older generation.48.It can be learned from the passage that Royal Doulton is _A.a retailer of stainless steel tableware B.a dealer in stoneware C.a pottery chain store D.a producer of fine china 49.The main cause of the layoffs in the pottery industry is _A

43、.the increased value of the pound B.the economic recession in Asia C.the change in peoples way of life D.the fierce petition at home and abroad 50.Refined table manners， though less popular than before in current social life， _A.are still a must on certain occasions B.are bound to return sooner or l

44、ater C.are still being taught by parents at home D.Can help improve personal relationships Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.In bringing up children，every parent watches eagerly the childs acquisition (学会) of each new skill- the first spoken words，the first independent

45、 steps，or the beginning of reading and writing.It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate，but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads.On the oth

46、er hand，though，if a child is left alone too much，or without any learning opportunities，he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children.Some may be especially strict in money matters.O

47、thers are sever over times of ing home at night or punctuality for meals.In general，the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the munity as much as the childs own happiness.As regard the development of moral standards in the growing child，consistency is very important

48、 in parental teaching.To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality(道德)。Also，parents should realize that “ exle is better than precept ”。If they are not sincere and do not practice what they preach(说教)，their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves，and realize they have been to some extent fooled.A sudden awareness of a