大学英语四级考试5套标准模拟答案解析The Key to Model Test OnePart(Writing○参考范文My Views on Group PurchasingIn recent years,group purchasing becomes increasingly popular in our life.However,in my opinion,although itis cheaper and more convenient,we should be discreet when facing group purchasing.There are two main reasons why I say so.For one thing,you might lose more money on group purchasing becauseyou will buy something you don't really need once you cannot resist the temptation of the low price.That will turn intoanother way of waste of money although you intended to save money.For another,the products of group purchasingare usually not of good quality as those sold at the market price.Just as the old saying goes,you get what you pay.Therefore,don't follow the group purchasing hastily until you carefully think what you really need and the qualityof the goods.So please keep an eye on your wallet.PartListening ComprehensionSection ANews Report One(1)Millions of people across the eastern United States are clearing up after one of the biggest winter storms indecades.Government offices in Washington and many schools will be closed on Monday.From West Virginia to southernMaine,millions of people have been digging out after one of the worst winter storms ever recorded.Over 70centimeters of snow fell in Washington.Officials hope to have the public transport system and the city's two mainairports open again for the start of the working week.(2)New York is also recovering from its second largestsnowfall.Travel restrictions have been lifted,although the public has been warned to make only essential journeys tohelp emergency vehicles with the clear-up.Medical centers say they are getting ready to respond to heart attacks andbroken bones as residents shovel snow away from their pathways.1.What is the news report mainly about?C)2.Which city suffers from its second largest snow?D).News Report Two(3)The founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has announced the birth of his first child,a girl called Max,andhe has vowed to donate most of his fortune to make the world a better place for her to grow up in.Our Los Angelescorrespondent David Lee looks at who might be the recipients of his fortune."They are going to direct into education,and into equality.We don't know precisely where that money is gonnago initially.(4)What is particularly interesting is that he seems to be separating this effort from Facebook.Some ofhis previous initiatives have been about connecting the Internet and improving perhaps Facebook's user base.Thereseems to be a very clear gap here between Mark Zuckerberg's personal desire to spend money on these things and whatFacebook,the business,will be doing in charitable ways."3.What decision has Zuckerberg made after the baby's birth?A)4.What is particularly interesting about Zuckerberg?C)News Report ThreeThis summer,the latest version of Google's self-driving car will make its first appearance on public roads.The四级1一1two-seat vehicle does not need a gas pedal or steering wheel.(5)The prototype can drive,brake and recognize roaddangers without human involvement.Google says the car is the first vehicle built for the purpose of self-driving.However,the new vehicle is not designed for long trips.(6)It does not have air bags or other safety devicesrequired by the federal government.It cannot go more than 40 kilometers per hour.The vehicle is electric and has tobe recharged after 130 kilometers.And it can only drive in areas that have been thoroughly mapped by Google.Google will first build and test 25 driverless vehicles in areas around the company's headquarters in MountainView,California.(7)Then,the company plans to build more and expand testing to areas that have more hills andmore rain.Google hopes to have its driverless cars available in the next five years.5.What could the new vehicle do?B)6.What is the disadvantage of the new vehicle?D)7.What does Google plan to do?C)Section BConversation OneW:Hi,Sid,(8)I loved your concert last night!How are you?M:I'm a little bit tired.We didn't go to bed until five o'clock in the morning.And I injured my ankle before theshow.I slept all morning.How did you like the show?W:I loved it.(8)Your singing was great.When are you playing next?M:We have our next show here in New York at the Roxie Theater this Thursday.W:I would love to go,but (10)I have to stay and work here at the store.M:Well,maybe you can see us next week when we play in Washington.W:Yeah,maybe.(11)But I'm planning to go to San Francisco on vacation in April,so I may not be able to travel toWashington.M:Really?(11)We were invited to play at the Rock Music Festival in San Francisco in April,(9)but we don't have away of getting there.It's a long way from New York.W:Well,(9)a friend and I are driving across the country in a big van,and we might have room for you and yourband.M:(9)That would be great!Let me talk to the band members and I'll call you later this week.W:OK.I'm looking forward to hearing from you.(10)Do you need help looking for any records in the store today?M:Yeah,I was looking for an album of John Coltrane.Do you have any in stock?W:No,I'm afraid not.But we can order one for you.M:Oh,thanks a lot.I'll give you a call later this weekW:Good,see you later.8.What did the man do last night?C)9.How will the man probably go to San Francisco?C)10.Where is the woman working?C)11.What can we learn about the man from the conversation?D)Conversation TwoM:I've been waiting here in the conference room for ten minutes already.What time does our meeting start?Whereis everyone anyway?W:Didn't you hear about that?Our meeting was postponed until Friday.M:What?(12)The meeting was postponed?No one told me anything about it.W:(12)Didn't you get the memo?M:(12)What memo?There haven't been any memos this whole week.I check my inbox every day,and I haven'tseen anythingW:The memo went out three days ago.It should have made it into your inbox,but maybe it got lost in all the mess onyour desk.M:You know how things get piled up on my desk when I am busy.(14)I know that sometimes I do misplace things,but I always read all the memos that go around.They go directly to my inbox.Are you sure it was sent to thewhole office?四级1一2W:It should have gone around to everybody.(13)They also posted a copy of the memo on the break room.Don't youever look at the messages posted on the bulletin board?M:(13)I am usually too busy to take a bunch of coffee breaks.Anyway,I am sure the memo never got to my inbox(15)I'll have to talk to my secretary about it.W:That's right.You never know what you're missing out if you don't read the memos.M:Yeah,you are right.12.Why didn't the man know the meeting was postponed?C)13.Why didn't the man see the copy memo?B)14.What can we infer about the man?B)15.What will the man probably do next?A)Passage One(16)Long bus rides are like television shows.They have a beginning,a middle,and an endwith commercialsthrown in every three or four minutes.The commercials are unavoidable.They happen whether you want them ornot.Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window.Your sleep is equal to turning the televisionoff.The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting,even if you've traveled that way before.Usuallysome things have changed-new houses,new buildings,sometimes even a new road.The bus driver has a style ofdriving and it is fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so.If the driver is particularly reckless,the ride can be asthrilling as a suspense story.(17)Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride.Food always makes busrides more interesting.But you've got to be careful of what kind of food you eat.Too much salty food can make youvery thirsty between stops.The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning.You know it will soon be over andthere's a kind of expectation and excitement in that.The seat,of course,has become harder as the hours have passed.By now you've sat with your legs crossed,with your hands in your lap,with your hands on the arm rests-even withyour hands crossed behind your head.The end comes just at the right time.There are just no more ways to sit.16.Why does the speaker feel long bus rides are like TV shows?B)17.How do we spend the middle hours of the ride according to the passage?C)18.What is the purpose of this passage?A)Passage Two"Family"is of course a flexible word.But when British people say that their society is based on family life,theyare thinking of "family"in its narrow,particularly European sense of mother,father and children living togetheralone in their own house as an economic and social unit.Thus,every British marriage indicates the beginning of a newand independent family.For both the man and the woman,marriage means leaving one's parents and starting one'sown life.(19)The man's first duty will then be to his wife.He will be entirely responsible for his wife's financialsupport while the wife for the running of the new home.Their children will be their common responsibility and theirsalone.(20)Neither the wife's parents nor the husband's parents,nor their brothers or sisters,aunts or uncles,haveany right to interfere with them-they decide everything in a family.(21)Readers of novels like Jane Austen's Prideand Prejudice will know that in former times marriage among wealthy families was arranged by the girl's parents-thatis,it was the parents'duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter,preferably a rich one,and lead himeventually to marry their daughter.It is very different today.(22)Most girls of today get a job when they leave schooland become financially independent before their marriage.This has two results.A girl chooses her own husband,andshe gets no money from her parents when she gets married.19.What is the husband's first duty for an English family?A)20.Who decides everything in an English family?B)21.What can we know from the book Pride and Prejudice about wealthy families in former times?A)22.What is the difference between present girls and former girls according to the passage?C)Passage Three(23)Over time animals have developed many ways to stay away from predators(捕食性动物)，A predator is ananimal that kills and eats other animals.Hiding is one of the best ways to stay alive.Some animals hide by looking like四级1一3