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1、书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘学子：学业有成，金榜题名！语言类考试复习资料大全大学英语四级分类模拟题499大学英语四级分类模拟题499Part Writing问题:1. For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Early Bird Catches the Worm. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words following the outline given below. Suc
2、cess goes to those who get an early start in their day. We should try our best to be prepared for everything in advance. 答案:参考范文 The Early Bird Catches the Worm We all agree that success always goes to those who get an early start in their day. The foreign proverb The early bird catches the worm is
3、a precious lesson for most of us. It reminds us to be diligent and well-prepared before we plan to do something. If we look around at those successful people, we will find that almost all are well-prepared and well-organized individuals. No one is to succeed with ease. Such being the case, whenever
4、we are faced with a task, wed better start to prepare as early as possible. For example, if we want to land a good job upon graduation, we should study hard to get good academic records. Meanwhile, we should spend our weekends or holidays doing some part-time jobs so as to be familiar with what qual
5、ifications companies require of us. Of course, we should start to prepare resumes and interviews even one year before we graduate. In conclusion, we should avoid being the late bird that will find nothing for it to catch. Part Reading ComprehensionPassage One The vast glaciers of western Antarctica
6、are rapidly melting and losing ice to the sea and almost certainly have passed the point of no return, according to new work by two separate teams of scientists. The likely result: a rise in global sea levels of 4 feet or more in the coming centuries, says research made public Monday by scientists a
7、t the University of Washington, the University of California-Irvine and NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It really is an amazingly distressing situation, says Pennsylvania State University glaciologist (冰川学家) Sridhar Anandakrishnan, who was not affiliated with either study. This is a huge part of We
8、st Antarctica, and it seems to have been kicked over the edge. The researchers say the fate of the glaciers is almost certainly beyond hope. One study shows that a river of ice called Thwaites Glacier is probably in the early stages of collapse. Total collapse is almost inevitable, the study shows.
9、A second study shows that a half-dozen glaciers are pouring ice into the sea at an ever-greater pace. That will trigger 4 feet of sea-level rise, says study author Eric Rignot, a glaciologist at the University of California-Irvine, and NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The retreat of ice in that area
10、 is unstoppable, Rignot said at a briefing Monday, adding that the glaciers have passed the point of no return. Rignot and his team used data from satellites and aircraft to map changes in six West Antarctic glaciers and the terrain underlying these massive ice floes (浮冰). The data show the glaciers
11、 are stretching out, thinning and shrinking in volume. Theyre also flowing faster from the continents interior to the sea, dumping larger quantities of ice into the ocean than before and thereby raising sea levels. At the same time, the portion of each glacier projecting into the sea is being melted
12、 from below by warm ocean water. That leads to a vicious cycle of more thinning and faster flow, and the local terrain offers no barrier to the glaciers retreat, the researchers report in an upcoming issue of Geophysical Research Letters. A report in this weeks Science says the Thwaites Glacier will
13、 collapse, perhaps in 200 years. The paper doesnt specify the amount of sea-level rise associated with Thwaites demise. 1. Who contributed to the Monday research?A.The two separate teams of scientists.B.Scientists at the University of Washington, of California-Irvine and NASAs Lab.C.Scientists at Pe
14、nnsylvania State University.D.Several glaciologists.答案:B解析 事实细节题。根据文章第二段可知，周一发布的研究报告是来自华盛顿大学、加州大学欧文分校以及NASA实验室的科学家做的。宾州州立大学的科学家并未参与。故选B。2. What is the current situation of Thwaites Glacier?A.It is on the edge of inevitable collapsing.B.It has completely gone.C.It is becoming larger in volume.D.It is
15、 flowing to the sea.答案:A解析 事实细节题。根据文章第五段可知，一项研究显示特怀特冰川目前很有可能正处在崩塌的早期阶段，文章最后一段指出，特怀特冰川很有可能在200年内完全崩塌，文中并未提到其向大海漂流的有关内容。故选A。3. What are the problems of Antarctic glaciers?A.They are becoming smaller in volume.B.They are flowing at a faster speed to the sea.C.They are pouring more and more ice into the
16、 sea.D.All the above.答案:D解析 事实细节题。根据里格诺特小组的研究，南极冰川目前正在逐渐消融、变薄，体积也在缩小，漂向大海的速度也在加快，带入大海的冰也越来越多。因此三个选项都是正确答案。故选D。4. What does the report in Geophysical Research Letters show?A.The ice poured into the sea is being melted from above.B.The melting of the ice can result in the vicious cycle of the glaciers
17、 melting.C.The local terrain has nothing to do with glacier retreat.D.Warm ocean water can slow down the glaciers melting.答案:B解析 事实细节题。根据地理学杂志的报告，南极冰川在海里的部分正在被暖海水从底部融化，这样的融化造成了冰川消融，流速加快的恶性循环，而当地的地形不能阻止冰川消退。故选B。5. According to the passage, what do the words passed the point of no return mean (Line 2,
18、 Para.1)?A.The glaciers cant flow back to the continents.B.The glaciers are different from what they were years ago.C.The melting of glaciers has come to the stage of being inevitable.D.The speed of glacier melting cant return to the former one.答案:C解析 大意推断题。该短语在文章第六段也出现过。根据文章可知，目前南极冰川的消融已经超过了极限，到了不可
19、挽回的地步，该短语的原意为“只能前进不能后退的地步”，也就是“不归路”，所以只有C选项符合。故选C。Passage Two The gift of being able to describe a face accurately is a rare one, as every experienced police officer knows to his cost. As The Lancet put it recently: When we try to describe faces precisely words fail us, and we resort to identikit (拼
20、图认人) procedures. Yet, according to one authority on the subject, we can each probably recognize more than 1,000 faces, the majority of which differ in fine details. This, when one comes to think of it, is a tremendous feat, though, curiously enough, relatively little attention has been devoted to th
21、e fundamental problems of how and why we acquire this gift for recognizing and remembering faces. Is it an inborn (天生的) property of our brains, or an acquired one? As so often happens, the experts tend to differ. Thus, some argue that it is inborn, and that there are special characteristics about th
22、e brains ability to distinguish faces. In support of this thesis (论点) they note how much better we are at recognizing a face after a single encounter than we are, for example, in recognizing an individual horse. On the other hand, there are those, and they are probably in the majority, who claim tha
23、t the gift is an acquired one. The arguments in favour of this latter view, which must be confessed, are impressive. It is a habit that is acquired soon after birth. Watch, for instance, how a quite young baby recognizes his mother by sight, provided that his mothers senses helpthe sound of her voic
24、e, her sense of smell, the distinctive way she handles him. But of all these, sight is prevailing. Formed at the very beginning of life, the ability to recognize faces quickly becomes an established habit, and it is essential for daily living, if not necessarily for survival. How essential and valua
25、ble it is we probably do not appreciate until we encounter people who have been deprived of the faculty. This unfortunate inability to recognize familiar faces is known to all, but such people can often recognize individuals by their voices, their walking manners or their spectacles. With typical hu
26、man ingenuity many of these unfortunate people overcome their handicap by recognizing other characteristic features. 1. What do we learn from the first two paragraphs?A.It is impossible for a person to identify a face satisfactorily.B.The ability to recognize faces accurately is an unusual gift.C.Pe
27、ople can visualize few faces that they have ever seen.D.Few people can give exact details of the appearance of a face.答案:D解析 第1段第1句指出，能精确描述面孔是一种罕见的天赋，这说明拥有这种天赋的人很少，故答案为D。文中说人们一般不能准确描绘记忆中的面孔，并未说不能识别，所以A错误；原文没有说准确辨认面孔是一种罕见的能力，所以B理解错误；根据第2段第1句可知，我们能够辨认超过1,000张脸，故排除C。2. What does the author feel strange
28、 about?A.People have the tremendous ability to recognize more than 1,000 faces.B.People dont think much about how and why we can recognize and remember faces.C.People dont realize how valuable it is for us to have the ability to recognize faces.D.People have been discussing about the way we recogniz
29、e and remember faces.答案:B解析 第2段第2句指出，说来奇怪，我们如何拥有辨认和记住面孔的天赋以及为何拥有这种天赋这些基础性的问题却很少有人关注，故答案为B。第2段第1句虽然提到人可以识别1,000多张面孔，但文中并未说作者对此感到奇怪，所以排除A；第5段第3句提到识别面孔是多么重要和有价值，但也没有说对此感到奇怪，故排除C；D与第2段第2句话后半部分意思相悖。3. The example of recognizing an individual horse is quoted to illustrate that the ability to recognize and
30、 remember faces is _.A.one of the characteristics peculiar to human beingsB.acquired in a short time after we were bornC.something we have from the very moment we were bornD.learned from our environment and experiences答案:C解析 第2段最后一句提出疑问：大脑的这种特征是天生固有的，还是后天习得的?并在第3段指出，一些人认为这种能力是天生的，接下来举了辨认马的例子，故答案为C。其
31、他几项与题干不符。4. How does a quite young baby recognize his mother?A.He recognizes his mother only by her voice.B.He recognizes his mother only by her smell.C.He recognizes his mother by the way she walks.D.He recognizes his mother by sight and other senses.答案:D解析 第4段第2句指出，婴儿辨认母亲不仅依赖视觉，还依赖嗓音、味道和抱孩子的方式，故答案
32、为D。A和B过于片面，故排除。文中没有提到婴儿靠母亲走路的方式辨认母亲，故排除C。5. What do we learn about the ability to recognize faces according to the passage?A.Its absence would make daily living difficult.B.Most people appreciate the value of it.C.The handicapped dont have the ability.D.Its useful but not essential in daily life.答案:
33、A解析 第5段第2句提到，辨认面孔的能力即使不是生存所必需的，也是日常生活所必需的。由此可推知，失去这种能力会让日常生活变得很困难，故答案为A，同时排除D。由该段最后一句可知，人们只有在遇到没有这种能力的人时才意识到这种能力的重要性，故B错误。C是对文章最后一段的错误理解。Part Translation问题:1. 公务员热(craze for civil servant jobs)是指越来越多的人参加政府机构招聘考试(recruitment examinations)的社会现象。据报道，近几年每年的报考人数都超过百万，平均每个岗位有50-60名竞争者，最热门的职位能达到5000:1。报考公务
34、员的主要是大学毕业生。他们认为公务员工作轻松稳定，收入较高，社会地位也高。另外，就业难问题也是促使他们做出该选择的另一个原因。答案:The Craze for civil servant jobs refers to the social phenomenon that an increasing number of Chinese take part in recruitment examinations of government institutions. It is reported that the number of registered applicants each year
35、is over one million, with 50-60 candidates competing for one vacancy on average. The ratio of the hottest position can arrive at 5000:1. The registered applicants are mainly university graduates. They think the civil servant jobs are rather easy and stable with high income and social status. In addi
36、tion, another reason for their choice is the difficulty in finding jobs.1第1句的主干结构为“公务员热是指社会现象”，核心词“社会现象”的修饰成分较长，是对该现象的具体解释，故将其译为同位语从句；“越来越多的人”可译为an increasing number of people/Chinese。 2第2句由三个短句构成，意思独立，为避免句子显得冗长，将“每个岗位有50-60名竞争者”译为由with引导的独立主格结构(with 50-60 candidates competing for one vacancy)，而语义关系相对没那么紧密的“最热门的职位”则单独译成一个句子。 3第3句的主语“报考公务员的”省略了“人”，翻译时主语应译为名词成分，而非形容词。 4在第4句中，“他们认为”的后面有三个短句表示原因，可考虑将第一个短句译为主谓结构，后两个短句译为由with引导的介词短语。 5在最后一句中，可考虑将“另一个原因”译作主语，以避免英语句子头重脚轻。 12 / 12