45-17-大学英语四级分类模拟题512_真题-无答案

大学英语四级分类模拟题512 (总分64,考试时间90分钟)

Part Ⅰ Writing

1. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

You should write a short essay entitled Creating a Green Campus. 写作导航

1.建设绿色校园十分重要；2.绿色校园不仅指绿色环境；3.为了建设绿色校园我们应该采取的措施。

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

Passage One

How Romance Destroyed Traditional Marriage

For most of recorded human history, marriage was an arrangement designed to maximize (最大化) financial stability. Elizabeth Abbott, the author ofA History of Marriage, explains that in ancient times, marriage was intended to unite various parts of a community, establishing beneficial economic relationships. \"Because it was a financial arrangement, it was thought of and operated as such. It was a contract between families. For example, let\"s say I\"m a printer and you make paper, we might want a marriage between our children because that will improve our businesses.\" Even the honeymoon, often called the \"bridal tour\was acommunal(群体的) affair, with parents, brothers and sisters, and other close relatives traveling together to reinforce their new familial relationships.

By the Middle Ages, gender inequality was not only honored in social customs, but **mon law. In most European countries, married women were forced to give up control over any personal wealth and property rights to their husbands. Eventually, the system became known as \"coverture\" (有夫之妇), whereby married couples became a single legal entity in which the husband had all power. By the 19th century, the conflict between love and money **e to a head. As the Western world advanced towards a more modern, industrialized society built on wage labor, emotional bonds became more private, focused more on immediate family and friends **munal celebrations.

Simultaneously, mass media helped make sentimental inclinations a larger part of popular culture, with the flourishing of holidays like Valentine\"s Day and various hobbies.

Culturally speaking, love was in the air, and the union of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1840 only served to seal the deal. Though Victoria and Albert\"s marriage was sanctioned by their royal families, it was also hailed as a true \"love match\strengthening the new ideal of romantic partnership. Their wedding also coincided with the surge of early print media, making the event visible to readers all across Europe and North America. 1. What\"s the purpose of marriage in ancient times? A. To unite **munities.

B. To have economic benefits. C. To pursue true love.

D. To carry on the family line.

2. Why do people go on honeymoon with relatives? A. Because they want to meet more relatives. B. Because they want their relatives to have fun.

C. Because they want to strengthen familial relationships. D. Because they want to talk about businesses with relatives. 3. What do we know about gender inequality in the Middle Ages? A. Married women had no personal property rights. B. It **monly seen in social customs.

C. Common law urged people to honor women. D. Women were forced to give up everything.

4. What was the relationship between love and money by the 19th century? A. There was no conflict between them.

B. There began to have conflicts between them. C. The conflict between them suddenly disappeared. D. The conflict between them reached its peak.

5. Why was the wedding of Queen Victoria visible across Europe and North America? A. Because their marriage was hailed as a true \"love match\". B. Because early print media developed fast during that period. C. Because their marriage was supported by their royal families. D. Because the media were allowed to report the wedding.

Passage Two

A storm surge is a mound of water produced when a hurricane moves across a large body of water. Driving wind \"pushes\" the water so quickly that it \"piles up\" on the water in front of it, producing a mound of water that is higher than normal sea level. As the storm approaches land, the storm surge can be pushed up the beach and deep into inland areas. It arrives as a rush of water and can be capped by large, strong, pounding waves. Storm surge flooding is often the most deadly and damaging impact of a hurricane.

Storm surges are capable of causing total inundation(淹没) of entire coastal areas. A powerful hurricane can produce a storm surge of 15 feet or more. Storm surges of 20, 30 and 40 feet have

been experienced in extreme storms. Portions of many important coastal cities and resort areas have thousands of people living on land that is less than 10 feet above sea level. Storm surges can knock down buildings, move trains off of their tracks, carry ships and docks inland, fill subways and do many other types of damage. People who live in vulnerable areas should heed evacuation orders. If they wait for the water to arrive, escape can be impossible. This is because the surge arrives suddenly, and quickly covers a very broad area. Less than two feet of water can drown out a car. Walking through moving water is very difficult. The water can be very cold and the wind chill will cut right through wet clothing! People who cannot escape quickly to higher ground or second stories can easily die of hypothermia in under an hour.

Forecasting a storm surge and its characteristics is difficult because there are so many variables. It is difficult to predict the time of arrival, and that makes it impossible to know if high tide or low tide will be contributing to the height of the surge or detracting from it. It is also difficult to know the windspeed at the time of landfall, how much water will be contributed by rainfall, the exact location of landfall and how topography(地形) will influence the movement of water. If you live in an area where an evacuation is ordered, obey that order and leave promptly. 1. Why is it extremely difficult to escape when the storm surge arrives? A. Because it needs much effort to walk through moving water. B. Because people can not survive the cold water and wind chill. C. Because the storm surge arrives quickly and unexpectedly. D. Because the storm surge would destroy the buildings.

2. What might cause death if people fail to eascape to higher place in case of storm surge? A. Losing consciousness in the water. B. Being drowned in the water.

C. Having an abnormally low body temperature. D. Staying in the water for too long.

3. What is the difficulty in predicting a storm surge? A. Its arrival time and the tide height.

B. The windspeed and rainfall when it arrives. C. The place and topography.

D. Multiple factors that are liable to change. 4. What is the passage mainly about? A. The process of a storm surge.

B. Damage caused by a storm surge and difficulties in its prediction. C. Prompt leaving when an evacuation is ordered.

D. How to protect ourselves when a storm surge arrives.

5. Which of the following best describes the author\"s tone in this passage? A. Optimistic. B. Critical. C. Objective. D. Arbitrary.

Part Ⅲ Translation

1. 越来越多受英文教育的海外华人父母认识到孩子在掌握不可或缺的英文的同时，通晓中文同样重要。中国的崛起让他们充分认识到孩子掌握双语的好处——既能增加他们的就业机会，也能让他们接触和熟悉东西方两种不同的文化。这些人对中文的态度几乎完全改变。曾

几何时，他们还非常骄傲地宣称自己只懂英文。现在，他们已开始积极支持孩子学习中文和中国文化，而且还不时走访中国，欣赏壮观的自然风光，认识丰富的文化遗产。