20xx年12月23日英语四级考试最新预测卷(一)(编辑修改稿)

20xx年12月23日英语四级考试最新预测卷(一)(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. A) They can do better than others. B) It is expensive to hire labour. C) They don’ t like to be helped. D) They don’ t trust others. 27. A) It publishes books only for children. 中国最大的管 理 资料下载中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免费资源共享 ) 第 12 页 共 34 页 B) It publishes books about people’ s pets. C) It uses puters to make up stories. D) It makes the young readers the leading characters in the stories. 28. A) Written by children themselves. B) Telling stories about the reader himself. C) Printed with standard things. D) Published with the help of puters. Passage Two Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29 A) Their flying ability improved greatly. B) They became warm— blooded. C) They began to lay eggs. D) They changed their migration patterns. 30 A) On the ground. B) In cold places. C) On the highest branches of trees. D) Inside three trunks. 31 A) To avoid predators. B) To expose the eggs to stronger sunlight. C) To have a better view of predators. 中国最大的管 理 资料下载中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免费资源共享 ) 第 13 页 共 34 页 D) To save labor. 32 A) How birds learn to build nests. B) Why birds lay eggs. C) How birds nests have evolved. D) Why some birds nests are considered primitive. Passage Three Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. A) To find out how clever monkeys were. B) To test intelligence of different animals. C) To tell the difference between man and the monkeys. D) To find out how monkeys search food. 34. A) To give the monkey a surprise. B) To see how the monkey ate from the box. C) To see how soon the monkey could find it. D) To find out how the monkey would open the box. 35. A) By looking through the keyhole. B) By looking through the window. C) By taking pictures of the monkey. D) By hiding himself behind the box. Section C Directions:In this section,you will hear a passage three times. 中国最大的管 理 资料下载中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免费资源共享 ) 第 14 页 共 34 页 When the passage is read for the first time,you should listen carefully for its general the passage is read for the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing these blanks,you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in you own , when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written. 提示 :在实考试卷中，该试题在答题卡 2 上。 After retiring from 30 years of teaching, Ethbell Pepper could easily have decided to sit back and (36) and enjoy a peaceful (37) . But that kind of life is not for Ethbell Pepper. “ I just wanted to do something different. If you are going to (38) in life, do it. Dont just sit down and look out the window.” She says. At 68, she decided to bee one of the (39) participants in a program at the University of California. The program offers (40) housing and classes to people over (41) . She (4 中国最大的管 理 资料下载中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免费资源共享 ) 第 15 页 共 34 页 2) in a class called Human Relationships and (43) Society. (44) . “ But in this course, I found out a lot about other cultures I didn t know then.(45) .” Older adults can add to the educational resources of the university by bringing with them a lot of valuable experience. Their presence on campus helps break some long beliefs about aging. Young students may have fears of growing older.(46) . The younger students can begin to see aging as a natural part of living. Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension（ Reading in Depth）（ 25 minutes） Section A Directions:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the the passage through carefully before making your choice in the bank is identified by a mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 中国最大的管 理 资料下载中心 (收集 \整理 . 大量免费资源共享 ) 第 16 页 共 34 页 Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. There’ s no question that the Earth is getting hotter. The real questions are: How much of the warming is our fault, and are we47 to slow the devastation by controlling our insatiable48 for fossil fuels? Global warming can seem too49 to worry about, or too uncertain— something projected by the same puter50 that often can’ t get next week’ s weather right. On a raw winter day you might think that a few degrees of warming wouldn’ t be such a bad thing anyway. And no doubt about it: Warnings about51 change can sound like an environmentalist scare tactic, meant to force us out of our cars and restrict our lifestyles. Comforting thoughts, perhaps. Unfortunately, however, the Earth has some disforting news. From Alaska to the snowy peaks of the Andes the world is heating up right now, and fast. Globally。