大学英语4综合复习资料.doc

《大学英语4》综合复习资料
《大学英语4》期末考试题型、题量及分值分布:
题型
题量
分值
合计
I. Reading Comprehension 阅读理解
15
2
30
II. Vocabulary and Structure 词汇与结构
20
1
20
III. Cloze 完型填空
10
1
10
IV. Translation 汉译英
5
4
20
V. Writing 写 作
1
20
20
合 计
51

100

I. Reading Comprehension
Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.
In the United States, when people attain legal marriage age and meet certain medical requirements, they are free to choose their own mates. Once a couple has decided to get married, the man customarily gives the girl a diamond ring. The use of a ring comes from the ancient custom of using a ring to settle an important agreement. When the wedding day is decided upon, the girl sends wedding announcements or invitation to friends and relatives.
On the wedding day it is supposed to be bad luck for the bride and bride-groom to see each other before the wedding. Another old custom that many people believe will bring good luck to the marriage is for the bride to wear "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue".
Before the wedding day the bridegroom always chooses a "best man", a good friend to help him and stand beside him during the wedding ceremony. The idea of having a best man originated from the belief that evil spirits, envious of the couple's happiness, would be out to harm them, but would be confused by so many similarly dressed people. The custom of the best man goes back to the ancient days when a strong friend helped the bridegroom escape from the bride's friends. Bells were originally rung at weddings to frighten away the evil spirits, and noisy celebrations were held beforehand to try and drive them from the community.
When a couple gets married, the groom gives his bride a wedding ring. Many marriages are double-ring ceremonies — that is, the bride and the groom exchange rings. The wedding ring is customarily a simple plain gold band. The roundness of the ring symbolizes eternity and announces that the couple is untied for life. The wedding ring is worn on the third finger of the left hand. People believe that a vein from the third finger runs directly to the heart.
Near the end of the reception, which is offered by the bride's parents,the bride throws her bunch of flowers to the unmarried women. The lucky girl who catches it is supposed to be the next one to get married.

1. People can get married when____________.
A. they arrive legal age B. they have a baby
C. they meet certain medical requirements D. both A and C
2. Which of the following can bring the marriage good luck?
A. The bride and groom have a date on the previous night of the wedding ceremony.
B. The groom finds a lot of handsome best men to stand beside him at the ceremony.
C. The bride throws her bunch of flowers to the unmarried women.
D. The bride wears "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue".
3. According to the passage, which of the following statements about the "best man" is not true?
A. The best man should be a good friend to help the groom and stand beside him during the wedding ceremony.
B. The best man was originally used to confuse the evil spirits with the many similarly dressed people.
C. The best man is the person who should ring the bells at the wedding ceremony to frighten away the evil spirits.
D. The best man in ancient days should be strong enough to help the bridegroom escape from the bride's friends.
4. According to the passage, which of the following statements about the wedding ring is not true?
A. The roundness of the wedding ring means that the marriage will last for ever.
B. The roundness of the wedding ring shows that the couple is united for life.
C. The wedding ring is usually worn on the third finger of the right hand.
D. The wedding ring is usually a simple plain gold band.
5. What's the best title for this passage?
A. The Tradition of Wedding Ring. B. The Best Man and the Wedding Ceremony.
C. Good Luck at the Wedding Ceremony. D. Wedding Customs and Traditions.

Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.
A third of Britons are overweight, states a report published in January by the Royal College of Physicians, the result of an 18-month-long study. About five percent of children weigh too much, and are likely to stay that way for life; in the mid-twenties age group the proportion of fat people rises to a third, and of the middle-aged population half are overweight.
Fat people risk severe health problems, says the report, including high blood pressure, breathlessness, and various forms of heart disease. Smoking is particularly risk for overweight people.
The safest way to lose weight is to eat cereals, bread, fruit and vegetable, and cut down on fatty meats, butter and sweet foods. Fat diet do far more harm than good: slimming machines that vibrate muscles have not been proved useful; saunas（桑拿浴）merely remove a little body water, and health farms, says the report, serve as expensive holidays.
Exercise is most important to health, the report emphasizes; though it doesn’t necessarily reduce weight, it maintains the correct proportion of body fat to body muscle. And it isn’t only for the young. From middle age a minimum of 20 minutes of gentle physical jerks should be practiced three times a weeks.
The report advocates several public health measures to combat the high prevalence of overweight in this country. They include an increase of tax on alcohol to reduce its increasingly and dangerously fattening consumption; and the provision of more sports facilities by local authorities. Britain’s doctors, the report concludes, must learn to be more sympathetic and specific in their advice to the overweight, encouraging a change in eating habits on a long-term basis, and taking into account the many—often complex—reasons why fat people are fat.

6. What is the best title for this passage?
A. How to Avoid Getting Overweight B. Britons’ Overweight Problem
C. The Cause of Briton’s Overweight D. The Relations Between Overweight and Health
7. What does the report in the passage think of exercise?
A. It is a way to reduce weight. B. It is a sure way to keep one healthy.
C. It sometimes increases weight. D. It can convert fat to muscle.
8. Which of the following statements is true according to the report mentioned in the passage?
A. Fat diets are effective in reducing weight.
B. A person is likely to stay fat for the whole of his life if he is born fat.
C. To reduce fatty meats, butter and sweet food is a good way to lose weight.
D. Blood pressure has little to do with overweight.
9. The report points out that drinking too much alcohol ___________.
A. will also cause one to get overweight B. will make one forget the fact that he is fat
C. will lead one to bad eating habits D. will cause one to do less sports
10. The Briton’s doctors should ___________ when treating the overweight.
A. first consider why so many people are fat B. encourage a long-term diet for everyone
C. be more considerate and give detailed advice D. do all of the above mentioned

Passage 3
Questions 11 to 16 are based on the following passage.
Cecil B. DeMille was a very famous and successful motion picture businessman among Hollywood's movie pioneers. He was born in Ashfield, Massachusetts in 1881. Both his parents were writers of plays. His father died when he was twelve years old. His mother kept the family together by establishing a theater company. Cecil joined the company as an actor. He continued working in his mother's theater company as an actor and a manager until 1913. That year, he joined Jesse L. Lasky and Samuel Goldfish to form the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company.
The three men started making motion pictures immediately. They loved working in the movie business. They were deeply interested in its creative and financial possibilities. DeMille, Lasky and Goldfish began working on a movie version of the popular American western play, "Squaw Man". DeMille urged that the movie be made in the real American West. He chose Flagstaff, Arizona. DeMille and the company traveled to Flagstaff by train. When they arrived, DeMille thought the area looked too modern. They got back on the train and keep going until they reached the end of the line. They were in a quiet little town in southern California. The town was called Hollywood. DeMille decided this was the perfect place to film the movie.
"Squaw Man" was one of the first full-length movies produced in Hollywood. It was released in 1913 and was an immediate success. DeMille is considered the man who helped Hollywood become the center of the motion picture business. He quickly became a creative force in the new movie industry.

11. What did DeMille's mother do to support the family after his father's death?
A. She wrote a lot of plays and then sold them.
B. She set up a theater company together with other family members.
C. She worked as an actress.
D. She asked her son to manage the company.
12. When was the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company formed?
A. In 1881. B. In 1903. C. In 1913. D. Not mentioned.
13. Why did DeMille and the company finally choose Hollywood as the perfect place to film the movie?
A. Because Hollywood was the end of the line, and they had no choice.
B. Because Hollywood was modern but quiet.
C. Because Hollywood was very famous at that time.
D. Because Hollywood didn't look so modern as Flagstaff and was fit for filming a western.
14. Which of the following is true about the movie "Squaw Man"?
A. The movie was an immediate success as a full-length western.
B. The movie was taken in Flagstaff, Arizona.
C. The movie described people's life in the wild and was produced in 1913.
D. The movie was the first movie produced in Hollywood.
15. Which of the following is NOT true about Cecil B. DeMille?
A. He was well-known as a pioneer in the movie business.
B. He once was an actor in a theater company.
C. He used to think that Hollywood is not an ideal place to film western movies.
D. He helped Hollywood become the center of the movie industry.

Passage 4
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.
Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?
Despite huge differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire people.
A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a story of adventure to tell and a community who will listen. But a hero goes beyond mere fame.
Heroes serve powers or principles larger than themselves. Like high-voltage transformers （变压器）, heroes take the energy of higher powers and step it down so that it can be used by ordinary people.
The hero lives a life worthy of imitation. Those who imitate a genuine hero experience life with new depth, enthusiasm, and meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom do they serve? What are they willing to live and die for? If the answer or evidence suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes. Madonna and Michael Jackson are famous, but who would claim that their fans find life more meaningful?
Heroes are catalysts （催化剂） for change. They have a vision from the mountaintop. They have the skill and the charm to move the masses. They create new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of the British Empire. Without Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., we might still have segregated （隔离的） buses, restaurants, and parks. It may be possible for large-scale change to take place without leaders with attractive personalities, but the pace of change would be slow, the vision uncertain, and the committee meetings endless.

16. What does the first sentence "Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship." in the first paragraph mean?
A. Many of my generation and I are not strong enough to be heroes.
B. Many of my generation and I are too weak to worship heroes.
C. Many of my generation and I do not worship heroes.
D. Many of my generation and I worship heroes.
17. Which of the following is NOT one of heroes' characteristics?
A. Doing something worth talking about.
B. Having a story of adventure to tell.
C. Listening to the opinions of his community.
D. Serving powers or principles larger than themselves.
18. According to the fourth paragraph, in what sense are heroes like high-voltage
transformers?
A. They instruct and inspire different cultures with their deeds.
B. They set very good examples for ordinary people to follow.
C. Their characteristics give ordinary people strength and confidence.
D. They receive high energy and transform it into heroic action.
19. In which of the following aspects famous people are different from heroes?
A. Heroes go beyond mere fame.
B. Famous people serve only their own fame.
C. They are willing to live different lives.
D. Both A and B.
20. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that____________.
A. heroes quicken the speed of historical changes
B. heroes change possibilities into reality
C. historical changes are impossible without heroes
D. heroes with attractive personalities will certainly bring about large-scale change

Passage 5
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
The city has always been an engine of intellectual life, from the 18th-century cafes of London, where citizens gathered to discuss chemistry and politics, to the Left Bank bars of modern Paris, where Picasso talked about modem art. Without the metropolis, we might not have had the great art of Shakespeare.
And yet, city life isn’t easy. Now scientists have begun to examine how the city affects the brain, and the results are depressing. Just being in an urban environment, they have found, impairs (损害) our basic mental processes. After spending a few minutes on a crowded city street, the brain is less able to hold things in memory, and suffers from reduced self-control. While it’s long been recognized that city life is exhausting, this new research suggests that cities actually dull our thinking, sometimes dramatically so.
One of the main forces at work is a complete lack of nature, which is surprisingly beneficial for the brain. Studies have demonstrated, for instance, that hospital patients recover more quickly when they can see trees from their windows, and that women living in public housing are better able to focus when their apartments overlook a lawn. Even these glimpses of nature improve brain performance, it seems,