英语四级模拟考试

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Congratulations, Mr. Jones, it's a girl."

Fatherhood is going to have a different meaning and bring forth a different response from every man who hears these words. Some feel pride when they receive the news, while others worry, wondering whether they will be good fathers. Although there are some men who like children and may have had considerable experiencewith them, others do not particularly care for children and spend little time with them. Many fathers and mothers have been planning and looking forward to children for some time. For other couples, pregnancy wasan accident that both husband and wife have accepted willingly or unwillingly.

Whatever the reaction to the birth of a child, it is obvious that the shift from the role of husband to that of father is a difficult task. Yet, unfortunately, few attempts have been made to educate fathers in this reconciliation (协调) process. Although numerous books have been written about American mothers, only recently has literature focused on the role of fathers.

It is argued by some writers that the change to the father's role, although difficult, is not nearly as great as the change the wife must take to the mother's role. The mother's role seems to require a complete transformation in daily routine and highly innovative(创新的) adaptation. On the other hand, the father's role is less demanding and immediate. However, even though we mentioned the fact that growing numbers of women are working outside the home, the father is still thought by many as the breadwinner in the household.

练习题：

Choose correct answers to the question:

can we know about fatherhood from the passage?

brings a feeling of excitement to most man

make some man feel proud and others uneasy

has a different meaning for men who have daughters

means a responsibility that men accept unwillingly

does the passage say about the shift from the role of husband to that of father?

A. Numerous books have been written about it.

B. Not enough attention has been paid to it.

C. The shift is harder for men than for women.

D. The shift is a difficult but incomplete one.

can we know about mothers from the passage?

get more attention and recognition from society

are innovative and demanding according to some writers

generally stay at home to take care of the children

should help fathers in their reconciliation process

of the following will the author most probably disagree with?

A. It's as difficult to be a father as it is to be a mother.

B. More books should focus on the role of fathers.

C. The father is still the breadwinner in the household.

D. Fathers are as important to children as mothers.

author's purpose in writing this passage is to

A. explain why there are few books on the role of fathers.

B. praise mothers for their great contributions to the home.

C. criticize fathers for not taking enough responsibility in bringing up the children.

D. complain about the lack of social programs to help fathers in their role shift.

参考答案及解析

1.[B] 事实细节题。由第2段第2句中的pride和worry可以判断选项B是对该句的近义替换。选项A原文未提到。选项C曲解了原文第2段第1句的意思，该句中的“Fatherhood is going to have a different meaning”表示对于每个男人来说当上父亲具有不同的意义，而不是就琼斯先生而言。第2段最后一句表明只有部分人不情愿接受责任，因此在D选项men前面加上some才正确。

2.[B] 推理判断题。根据第3段最后两句可以推断选项B正确。选项A与第3段最后一句陈述的相反。最后一段第1句虽有提及向父亲角色的转变很困难,但并未像选项C那样对比。选项D错在incomplete一词,文中并未提及与该词相关的内容。

3.[A] 推理判断题。本题可用排除法。选项B曲解了最后一段第2、3句对母亲角色的描述。选项C与原文最后一句不符。选项D原文未提及。只有选项A概括了全文关于母亲的论述，而且第2段最后一句也暗示母亲受到的关注更多。

4.[C] 推理判断题。最后一句提到很多人仍然认为父亲应该负担家计,但从本句的用词如even though和still可以看出作者对这种看法并不认同，由此可以判断只有选项C作者可能不赞成。

5.[D] 主旨大意题。原文第1、2段讲到父亲们对将为人父的不同反应;第3段指出很少有人尝试帮助父亲完成角色的转换;最后一段是一些作家对此做出的不太符合事实的解释，因此，只有选项D能概括文章的写作目的。选项A只是文中第2段中的某个细节;选项B的重点是mother,与本文的论题不符;作者并无批评父亲之意，因此选项C不正确。

It’s very interesting to note where the debate about diversity(多样化) is taking place. It is taking place primarily in political circles. Here at the College Fund, we have a lot of contact with top corporate(公司的) leaders; none of them is talking about getting rid of those instruments that produce diversity. In fact, they say that if their companies are to compete in the global village and in the global market place,diversity. In fact, they say that if their companies are to compete in the global village and in the global market place, diversity is an imperative. They also say that the need for talented, skilled Americans means we have to expand the pool of potential employees. And in looking at where birth rates are growing andat where the population is shifting, corporate America understands that expanding the pool means promotingpolicies that help provide skills to more minorities, more women and more immigrants. Corporate leaders know that if that does not occur in our society, they will not have the engineers, the scientists, the lawyers, or the business managers they will need.

Likewise, I don’t hear people in the academy saying.”Let’s go backward. Let’s go back to the good old days, when we had a meritocracy(不拘一格选人才)” (which was never true-we never had a meritocracy, although we’ve come closer to it in the last 30 years.) I recently visited a great little college in New York where the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six years. I talked with an African American who has been a professor there for a long time, and she remembers that when she first joined the community, there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus. Now, all of us feel the university is betterbecause corporate board rooms or on college campuses.

练习题：

Choose correct answers to the question:

word”imperative”(Line5,) most probably refers to something _____

of the following groups of people still differ in their views on diversity?

A. Minorities.

B. Politicians.

C. Professors.

D. Managers.

corporate leaders seem to be in favor of promoting diversity so as to ______

A. lower the rate of unemployment

B. win equal political rights for minorities

C. be competitive in the world market

D. satisfy the demands of a growing population

can be inferred from the passage that _____

A. meritocracy can never be realized without diversity

B. American political circles will not accept diversity

C. it is unlikely that diversity will occur in the . Media

D. minorities can only enter the fields were no debate is heard about diversity

to the passage diversity can be achieved in American society by ____

A. expanding the pool of potential employees

B. promoting policies that provide skills to employees

C. training more engineers, scientists lawyers and business managers

D. providing education for all regardless of race or sex

参考答案及解析

1.[D] 词义理解题。本句说到公司要在地球村和全球市场上竞争，多样性是imperative，由前文“没有取消引起多样性的手段”和下文提到的公司对各种各样有技能的美国人的需求可知，多样性对于企业来说应该“必需的”故D正确。

2.[B] 事实细节题。第2段末句指出这种辩论主要存在于政治圈和媒体中，结合上句内容，可知其中的this debate指的就是关于多样性的辩论，故B正确。

3.[C] 事实细节题。由第1段第4句可知，公司高层领导人促进多样化的原因是想要在全球市场上更具竞争力，C与此相符。

4.[A] 推理判断题。第2段中提到有些人认为在没有多样性的过去照样能做到不拘—格选人才，但作者马上which was never true否定此观点，故A正确。第2段只提到多样性的辩论存在于政治圈和媒体，但并不代 表在这两个圈子里不能接受或从未出现多样性，故排除B、C;D说法过于绝对,且在文中找不到依据，也可排除。

5.[D] 推理判断埋。由第1段倒数第2句可知企业expand the pool就意味着向more minorities，more women 和 more immigrants提供技能培训，而expand the pool对应的就是题干中的说的多样性的形成，D中的race 和sex分别对文中minorities和women，故正确。A泛泛而谈，没有说到点子上，不如D具体、准确;B与多样性没有关系，C是利用文中的有关职业的词拼凑而成的干扰项。

Thoughts of suicide haunted Anita Rutnam long before she arrived at Syracuse University. She had a historyof mental illness and had even attempted to kill herself. During her junior year of college, she tried again. On a February morning in 1998, just days after a campus counselor recommended she be hospitalized for her suicidal tendencies, Rutnam threw herself off the eighth floor of a Syracuse dormitory.

Miraculously, she survived. But three years later, Rutnam still feels the effects of that day. She has notbeen able to finish college and is suing her former school for malpractice. Her suit asserts that, given the campus counselor's advice, school officials should have done more to prevent her suicide attempt.

This incident and others have thrown a spotlight on an issue that is causing growing concern in dorm roomsand students center. Are colleges providing adequate care for students who may be struggling with a range of mental illnesses? In the Syracuse cases, a spokesman for the school contends, "The University tried repeatedly to help Anita, and we felt that they acted appropriately." But lawyers are busy there and elsewhere.

After accidents, suicide is the second biggest killer of kids in college. And while the number of studentswho kill themselves on campus is no higher than that of 18-to-24-year-olds in the general population, a series of sensational incidents has raised the question of whether troubled students are getting proper attention.

So what are the schools' responsibilities to at-risk students, particularly those who may be genetically predisposed (易患……病的)to mental illness? College can be a breeding ground for Psychiatric problems. Poor eating habits and irregular sleeping patterns-especially combined with the academic stress of college life -may all play roles in triggering mental problems. Additionally, many of the major psychiatric illnesses including depression often do not manifest themselves until the late teens or early 20s.

练习题：

Choose correct answers to the question:

1. Anita Rutnam couldn't finish college most probably because_____

A. she couldn't get enough concern from Syracuse University

B. she wasn't physically healthy enough to continue schooling

C. she still kept thinking about killing herself whenever at school

D. she has been troubled by the memory of the incident very often

2. What does the author want us to know through Anita Rutnam's story?

A. The universities are not responsible for their students.

B. Suicides are popular on college campus and should be handled properly.

C. Why Anita committed suicide is still a mystery.

D. Universities should get prepared in case their students sue them.

3. What does Anita accuse her former school of?

A. Ignorance of her abnormal behaviors.

B. Lack of safeguard against her suicidal intention.

C. Failure to give her proper academic instructions.

D. Indifference to her physical disease.

4. How does Syracuse University defend itself against Anita's suit?

A. It has given her due attention as well as help.

B. Adult students should be able to control their own behavior.

C. It is more than the school's responsibility to supervise the students.

D. Colleges can be a breeding ground for psychiatric problems.

5. All the following problems are implied as possible causes of campus suicide incidents EXCEPT _____.

A. poor academic results

B. failing to get proper sleep

C. lack of family concern

D. family history of mental illness

参考答案及解析

1.[D] 事实细节题。根据题干定位第2段第2、3句。这两句之间存在隐含的因果关系，第2句是因，第3句是果。只有选项D在第2句提到其他选项均未提及。

2.[B] 推理判断题。本文开头的例子所支持的现点在第3段第1句，同时结合suicide，此题答案为B。选项A、D的观点有误,选项C与本文的写作目的无关。

3.[B] 事实细节题。第2段第3句中的malpractice和第4句中的虚拟语气说明，她认为学校没有对她的自杀企图采取足够的防范措施，故选B。选项A最具干扰性，但第3句说明学校关注过她的问题，只是关注不够，因此选项A过于绝对。选项C中的academic instructions和D中的physical disease属于与文章无关的信息。

4.[A] 事实细节题。第4段倒数第2句引文是该校发言人的辩护词，与选项A的意思一致。选项B、C为无关信息。选项D是原文最后一段的原句照搬,与此题不相关。

5.[C] 事实细节题。最后一段提到造成精神疾病的多种原因。第1句中的generally predisposed为先天具有之意,与选项D的内容吻合。选项B和A分别对应文中破折号前后的内容。

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