2014年6月英语四级全真模拟冲刺试题及答案(1)
魔蝎座性格-年度总结与计划
Part I Writing.(30 minutes)
Jobs
College Graduates Want to Do
听力
1、
copied another course guide.
decided to
skip class.
went to the library instead.
shared a friend's course guide.
2、
forgot his office number.
went to the
language laboratory.
doesn't want to work.
needs to think about it.
3、 writing at
once.
for his fi'iend's suggestions.
up with another idea.
the professor's
approval.
4、 has been on vacation the whole
month.
finds the work as hard as ever.
has benefited from the woman's help.
's
thinking of working for the woman.
5、 will
watch the movie later.
watch is broken.
television set isn't working.
will
watch TV while she eats.
6、 has done half of
it already.
agrees that it is very long.
have all semester to do it.
's
nothing wrong with it.
7、 man couldn't attend
the festival.
man would pick her up
earlier.
festival would be celebrated for
seven days.
would be thirty people
attending the festival.
8、 thinks children
can be satisfied easily.
thinks the
publishers shouldn't produce so many junk books.
thinks we are short of good children's
books.
thinks children have no taste
at all.
Conversation One.
听材料，回答下列问题：
9、 was invited only for the weekend.
weather was too hot.
had an appointment.
had schoolwork to do.
10、 had to go
home.
was too tired to continue.
had
to finish her schoolwork.
was thirsty.
11、 water was too cold.
water was too
deep.
doesn't know how to swim.
didn't have enough time.
Conversation Two.
听材料，回答下列各题：
12、r or not snowflakes can
be analyzed.
snowflakes are formed.
causes a snowstorm.
the largest snowflakes
can be found.
13、 has never seen snow before.
is conducting a research on snow.
wants to make artificial snow.
has just
read about snowflakes.
14 shape of the dust
particles in the air.
relative humidity.
temperature of the air.
geography of
the area.
15 t snowflakes more carefully.
a copy of the article.
down more
information.
diagrams of the different
shapes.
Passage One.
听材料，回答下列各题：
16、
explain a new requirement for graduation.
interest students in a community service project.
discuss the problems of elementary school
students.
recruit elementary school
teachers for a special program.
17 advises
students participating in a special program.
teaches part-time in an elementary school.
observes elementary school students in the
classroom.
helps students prepare their
resumes.
18 t the elementary school.
up for a special class.
a
resume to the dean.
to Professor Howard.
Passage Two.
听材料，回答下列各题：
19、 use of
oversized freight containers.
problems with
railroad tracks.
growth of the automotive
industry.
high cost of meeting
environmental regulations.
20、 make the
railway operation safer.
offer passengers
more comfortable journeys.
meet the demand
of shipping larger loads.
connect the
railway network with the highways.
21、
contributes less to air pollution than truck
industry.
competitors are inconsiderate of
customers.
preserves a traditional way of
doing business.
creates personal fortunes
for investors.
Passage Three.
听材料，回答下列各题：
22、 took objective tests.
specialized in one subject.
spoke instead
of writing.
were timed by electric clocks.
23、 industry must have developed before the
Middle Ages.
industry must have developed
around the 19th century.
industry must have
developed in Greece or Rome.
industry must
have developed machines to take tests.
24、ive
tests.
tests.
al tests.
tive
tests.
25、 features of the exams in the Middle
Ages.
to perform well in both spoken and
written exams,
did the forms of exams
evolve.
different exams designed for people
of different ages.
听材料，回答下列各题：
The
northern Italian city of Milan banned all traffic
from its streets for 10 hours on Sunday in
an
attempt to reduce smog.
The measure which
was first _________26 on a trial basis in the year
2007 is triggered
whenever pollution exceeds
the statutory limit for 12 consecutive days.
Satellite _________27 shows Milan to be one of the
most polluted cities in Europe. An
_________
28 120,000 vehicles will be affected by the move.
according to the major daily
newspaper in the
city.
The most polluting vehicles
have been banned fi'om driving through, the city
center since
Thursday. But on Sunday, there
__________29 be no traffic between 8:00 and 18:00.
The ban is imposed when pollution exceeds
5030 of particulates per cubic meter of air over
12 last time the full ban was in force was in
February.
The move is not popular with
all__________31 who argue that the city's public
transport
system should beimproved to
_________32 their cars. Local Green Party
councilor Enrico
Fedrighini said cars with
three or four people inside should be offered
33_________ , for example.
he told the
daily newspaper in the city.
Public
transport was to be bolstered during the day, with
an extra metro trains and buses
35_________
选词填空
Section A
36、Questions36-46 are
based on the following passage.
One in five
US workers regularly attends after-work drinks
with co-workers, where the most
common
36_________range from bad-mouthing (说……的坏话.
another worker to kissing a
colleague and
drinking too much,according to a study 37 on
Tuesday.
Most workers attend so-called happy
hours to 38_________ with colleagues, although 15
percent go to hear thelatest office gossip and
13 percent go because they feel obligated, said
the
survey conducted for CareerBuilder. com,an
online job site.
As to what happens when the
after-work drinks flow,16 percent reported bad-
mouthing a
colleague,10percent shared a secret
about a colleague,8 percent kissed a colleague and
8 percent
said they drank too much andacted
39_________ .5 percent said they had shared a
secret about the
company, and 4 percent
40________ to singing 21 percent of those who
attend say
happy hours are good for
41_________,85 percent said attending had
nothelped them get
42_________ to someone
higher up or get a better position.
An equal
number of men and women said they attend happy
hours with co-workers, with
younger workers
aged 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55
least 43_________to attend.
Overall,21
percent of workers attend happy hours with co-
workers and, of
those,44_________a quarter go
at least once a month.
The survey was 45
_________online by Harris Interactive on behalf of
CareerBuilder. com
among 6,987 full-time
employees.
A. bond F. mishaps
L. networking
ledged G. obligated
M. released
C. nearly H.
likely N. confessed
D. specially
I. conducted O. researched
E.
anywhere J. idly
Section B
A)Last July, Julie Baldocchi's
mother had a massive stroke and was paralyzed.
Baldocchi
suddenly had tobecome a family
caregiver, something that she wasn't prepared for.
by the seat of my pants,
parents are 83,
and she knew her fathercouldn't handle her
mother's care. The hospital
recommended
putting her mother in a nursing home.
Baldocchiwasn't willing to do that. But
moving
her back into her parents' home created other
problems. Baldocchi,48, ismarried and lives
about a mile away from her parents. She
has a full-time job and has back problems thatmake
it
difficult for her to lift her mother.
findhelp.
B)With help from the Family
Caregiver Alliance, she eventually hired a live-in
caregiver.
Baldocchi says. In the first
two monthsafter her mother's stroke, she lost
about 30 pounds as stress
mounted. More than
42 million Americans providefamily caregiving for
an adult who needs help
with daily activities,
according to a 2009 survey by the additional 61.6
million provided
at least some care during the
year. And many are unprepared.
C)While many
parents lack an advance care directive, it's the
most basic and important step
they can take.
Thedirective includes several parts, including: a
durable power of attorney, which
gives someone
legal authority tomake financial decisions on
another's behalf; a health care proxy,
which
is similar to the power of attorney,except it
allows someone to make decisions regarding
medical treatment; and a living will that
outlinesinstructions for end-of-life care. (For
example,
parents can say if they want to be
kept alive by artificialmeasures.)
because
it's hard to make those decisions for a
parent,
Genser Dubow Genser & Cona in Melville,
N.Y. An advance care directive isthe first line of
defense if a situation arises, says Kathleen
Kelly, executive director of the Family
CaregiverAlliance, which supports and educates
caregivers. Without an advance directive, the
family will have topetition the court to be
appointed the parent's legal guardian, says
.
D)It's important for families to talk about
long-term care so the adult children know their
parents' preferences,wishes and goals, says
Lynn Feinberg, a caregiving expert at AARP. But
ifs
not an easy conversation. Elderlyparents
are sometimes suspicious of their children's
financial
motives, says Susan John, a
financial planner atFinancial Focus in Wolfeboro,
N.H. One client
asked John to hold a family
meeting because they needed anintermediary to talk
about financial
issues, she says. And when
there are many siblings, the family decisionscan
become a three-ring
circus with much acrimony,
says Ann-Margaret Carrozza, an elder-law attomey
inGlen Cove, N.Y.
Families who need
information and help sorting out disagreements can
call on elder-lawattorneys,
financial
planners, geriatric care managers and caregiver
support groups. In February, AARP said
itwill
offer its members a new caregiving support service
through financial services firm
Oenworth.
E)Many families are unprepared for quick
decisions, especially when they find out that
Medicare doesn't pay forlong-term care,
Feinberg says. The median cost of a year in a
private
room at a nursing home in 2011
was$$77,745, according to Genworth. And only those
who have
spent most of their assets can
qualify for Medicaidto pay for the nursing home.
F)Assisted living is another option.
Residents can have their own apartment to maintain
some
independence. Butthe facilities generally
provide personal care services, such as meals,
housekeeping and assistance withactivities.
Still, it's not cheap: The national median cost in
2011
was $$39,135, according to Genworth.
Assistedliving isn't covered by Medicaid.
G)If they have a choice, at least 90% of elderly
parents prefer to stay at home as long as they
can, according toAARP research. But if the
parents can no longer safely live at home, it can
be
hard for children to move theminto an adult
care facility. There may be another option.
Sometimes
the home can be modified so a
parent canstay there. For example, Baldoechi put
in a chair lift for
her mother. She also
arranged for a home caregiver.
H) Family
caregivers take over many responsibilities. One
might manage a parent's finances,
while
anothersibling will take the parent to doctors'
appointments and shopping. Those who move
in
with a parent take on asignificant and sustained
burden of care. Jan Walker moved into her
mother's home in Leesburg, Fla. After
hermother, who is 83, had fallen, she wasn't able
to get
around as well. Walker,55, has three
brothers. But she isthe only daughter, is divorced
and has no
children.
prepared for
it,
instructor for a digital scrapbooking
website.
baptismby fire,
or medical care.
It'severything,
I) Carcgivers need to also
watch their own health.
burnout,
depression, according to a 2010
study onworking caregivers by MetLife.
says.
hand. It's only natural that I be here for her
now.
根据以上内容，回答46-56题。
elderly parents
cannot live at home safely, their children can
change their home
instead of sending them to
an adult care facility.
47、To talk about
long-term care is not easy because sometimes aged
parents are suspicious
of their children's
financial motives.
48、Besides advance
planning for finances or medical care, family
caregivers take over many
other
responsibilities.
49、The difference between
a durable power of attorney and a health care
proxy is that the
latter allows someone tomake
decisions regarding medical treatment.
50、Baldocehi did not want to send her mother to a
nursing home, but she had difficulty
taking
care of her.
51、Over 42 million caregivers
helped an adult with everyday activities in the
USA in 2009.
52、If a family needs
information or help to sort out disagreements,
there are many people
they can call on.
53、Caregivers should pay attention to their own
health, or they may bum out
depressed.
54、One will have to petition the court to be the
parent's legal guardian, if there is no advance
directive.
55、The national median cost
of assisted living in 2011 was $$39,135 and it is
not covered by
Medicaid.
Section C
Questions 56-61are based onthe following passage.
Educators today are more and more oftenheard
to say that computer literacy is absolutely
necessary forcollegestudents. Many even argue
that each incoming freshman should have
permanentaccess to his or her
ownmicrocomputer. What advantages do computers
offer thecollege
students?
Any
student who has used a word processorwill know one
compelling reason to use a
computer: to
writepapers. Although notall students feel
comfortable composing on a word
processor,
most ,findrevising and editingmuch easier on it.
One can alter, insert, or delete just
bypressing a few keys, thus eliminating the
need to rewrite rmore, since the
revision
process is less burdensome, students are
morelikely to revise as often as isnecessary to
end up with the best paperpossible. For these
reasons, many freshman English cottrses require
the
useof aword processor.
Computers are
also useful in the contextof language courses,
where they are used to drill
students in re
programs reinforce ESL(English as a Second
Language .instruction, aswell as instrnction
in French, German, Spanish, and other languages.
By
usingthese programs on a regular basis,
students can improvetheir proficiency in alanguage
while
proceeding at their own pace.
Science students take advantage ofcomputers in
many ways. Using computer graphic
capabilities, forexample, botanystudents can
represent and analyze different plant growth
patterns.
Medicalstudents can learn
tointerpret computerized images of internal body s
students can complete complex calculations
farmore quickly than theycould without the use of
computer.
Similarly, business and
accountingstudents find that computer spreadsheet
programs are all
but indispensabletomany
aspects of their work, while students pursuing
careers in graphic
arts,marketing, and public
relations find thatknowledge of computer graphic
isimportant
Education majors learn to develop
grading systems usingcomputers,while social
science students
use computers for analyzing
andgraphically displacing their research results.
It is no wonder, then, that educatorssupport
the purchase and use of microcomputers by
students. A Versatile tool, the computer can
help students that is, after all, the reason for
going to college.
56、The word
ability to read andwrite
ability to use
ture
knowledge of language
57、The main purpose of thispassage is to
_________.
de the educators toincrease
computer use in their own classroom
e
advantages anddisadvantages of computer use among
college students
fy some of the waysthat
computers benefit college students
be how
computers canbe used to teach foreign languages
58、According to the author, aword processor
can be used to_________.
papers
papers
the psychologicalburden of writing
papers
e the writing skillsof a student
59、In this passage, thewriter's argument is
developed primarily through the use
of_________.
-effect analysis
ison
andcontrast
ion
es
60、According to the author,the reason for students
to go to college is _________.
learn
something
perfect themselves
improve
computerskills
make the best use
ofcomputers
Questions{TSE}are based on the
followingpassage.
Language is, and should
be, a livingthing, constantly enriched with new
words and forms of
expression. Butthere isa
vital distinction between good developments, which
add to the
language,enabling us to say things
wecould not say before, and bad developments,
whichsubtract
from the language by rendering
it less precise. Avivacious, colorfuluse of words
is not to be
confused with mere slovenliness.
The kind ofslovenliness in whichsome professionals
deliberately
indulge is perhaps akin tothe
cult ( 迷信. of theunfinished work, which haseroded
most of the arts
in our time. And the
trueanswer to it is the same that art is enhanced,
not hindered, bydiscipline.
Youcannot carve
satisfactorily in butter.
The corruption of
written English hasbeen accompanied by an even
sharper decline in the
standard of spoken
English. We speak very much less well than
wascommon among educated Englishmen a
generation or two ago.
The modem theatre
has played a baneful (有害的) part in dimming our
appreciation
oflanguage. Instead ofthe
immensely articulate dialogue of, for example,
Shaw(who was also very
insistent on good
pronunciation.,audiences are now subjectedto
streams of barely literate trivia,
often
designed, only too well, toexhibit'laek
ofcommunication', and larded (夹杂. with
theobscenities (下流的话. and grammatical errors
of theintellectually impoverished. Emily Post
once advised her readers:
speech.
speakbadly, so that she should fit in better.
But the BBC is the worst traitor. Aideryears
of very successfully helping to raise the general
standard ofspokenEnglish, it suddenly went
into reverse. As the head of the Pronunciation
Unitcoyly (含蓄地. put it,
speakers.
experience of verbalsqualor. And
the prospect seems to be of evenworse to come.
School teachers
areactively encouraged to
ignore little Johnny's incoherent
grammar,atrociousspelling and
haphazard
punctuation, because worrying about such
thingsmight inhibit his creative genius.
61、The writer relateslinguistic slovenliness to
tendencies in the arts today in that they
both_________
onally aim at acertain
fluidity
to shunperfection
time to
time showregard for the finishing touch
use
of economical shortcuts
62、
artist's
work will befiner if he observes certain aesthetic
standards
unfinished work is boundto be
comparatively inferior
skill of
certain artistsconceals their slovenliness
ic expression isinhibited by too many rules
63、Many modem plays, theauthor finds, frequently
contain speech which _________
incoherent
andlinguistically objectionable
far too
ungrammatical formost people to follow
ntionally shocks theaudience
to hide the
author'sintellectual inadequacies
64、The
author says that thestandard of the spoken English
of BBC _________
the worst among
allbroadcasting networks
taken a turn for
theworse since the 1960s
raised English-
speakingup to a new level
terrible because
of a fewpopular disc jockeys
65、Teachers are
likely tooverlook the linguistic lapses in their
pupils since_________
find that children
nolonger respond to this kind of discipline
nowadays
fear the children maybecome less
coherent
importance is nowattached to oral
expression
children may bediscouraged from
expressing their ideas
Part IV
Translation.(30minutes)
中国的传统节庆膳食是节日必不可少的伴侣。例如
，我国的端午节
(theDragonBoatFestival)是纪念古代诗人屈原的日子。那一天
，人们通常要赛龙舟、吃粽子
(zongzi)。中秋节是观赏满月的日子。圆圆的月亮象征着圆满，象
征着家庭团聚。因此，中
秋节(T11e n
Festival)的特制食品是一种圆形的月饼。春节是中国的农历新年(the
Chinese
lunar New Year's holiday)，除了常见的家禽和肉类之外，人们还要按各自的也方习
俗
烹制传统食物，如饺子和年糕。
翻译
1-10 DCDBA BACDB
11-15 ABDCA BADCC 16-20 ACBAB
nmentalists
28. imagery 29 discourage people from using 30.
estimated
parking 32. was supposed to
rams 35 operating
36-45 FMAKNLEHCI
46-55
GDHCABDICF
56-60 BCADA BAACD
写作
Part I Writing.(30 minutes)
Jobs College Graduates Want to Do
听力
1、 copied another course guide.
decided to skip class.
went to the library
instead.
shared a friend's course guide.
2、 forgot his office number.
went to
the language laboratory.
doesn't want to
work.
needs to think about it.
3、
writing at once.
for his fi'iend's
suggestions.
up with another idea.
the professor's approval.
4、 has been on
vacation the whole month.
finds the work as
hard as ever.
has benefited from the
woman's help.
's thinking of working for the
woman.
5、 will watch the movie later.
watch is broken.
television set isn't
working.
will watch TV while she eats.
6、 has done half of it already.
agrees
that it is very long.
have all semester to
do it.
's nothing wrong with it.
7、 man
couldn't attend the festival.
man would
pick her up earlier.
festival would be
celebrated for seven days.
would be thirty
people attending the festival.
8、 thinks
children can be satisfied easily.
thinks
the publishers shouldn't produce so many junk
books.
thinks we are short of good
children's books.
thinks children
have no taste at all.
Conversation One.
听材料，回答下列问题：
9、 was invited only for the
weekend.
weather was too hot.
had an
appointment.
had schoolwork to do.
10、
had to go home.
was too tired to continue.
had to finish her schoolwork.
was
thirsty.
11、 water was too cold.
water
was too deep.
doesn't know how to swim.
didn't have enough time.
Conversation
Two.
听材料，回答下列各题：
12、r or not snowflakes
can be analyzed.
snowflakes are formed.
causes a snowstorm.
the largest
snowflakes can be found.
13、 has never seen
snow before.
is conducting a research on
snow.
wants to make artificial snow.
has just read about snowflakes.
14 shape of
the dust particles in the air.
relative
humidity.
temperature of the air.
geography of the area.
15 t snowflakes more
carefully.
a copy of the article.
down more information.
diagrams of the
different shapes.
Passage One.
听材料，回答下列各题：
16、 explain a new requirement for
graduation.
interest students in a
community service project.
discuss the
problems of elementary school students.
recruit elementary school teachers for a special
program.
17 advises students participating in
a special program.
teaches part-time in an
elementary school.
observes elementary
school students in the classroom.
helps
students prepare their resumes.
18 t the
elementary school.
up for a special
class.
a resume to the dean.
to
Professor Howard.
Passage Two.
听材料，回答下列各题：
19、 use of oversized freight
containers.
problems with railroad tracks.
growth of the automotive industry.
high cost of meeting environmental regulations.
20、 make the railway operation safer.
offer passengers more comfortable journeys.
meet the demand of shipping larger loads.
connect the railway network with the highways.
21、 contributes less to air pollution than
truck industry.
competitors are
inconsiderate of customers.
preserves a
traditional way of doing business.
creates
personal fortunes for investors.
Passage
Three.
听材料，回答下列各题：
22、 took objective
tests.
specialized in one subject.
spoke instead of writing.
were timed by
electric clocks.
23、 industry must have
developed before the Middle Ages.
industry
must have developed around the 19th century.
industry must have developed in Greece or Rome.
industry must have developed machines to
take tests.
24、ive tests.
tests.
al tests.
tive tests.
25、 features of
the exams in the Middle Ages.
to perform well
in both spoken and written exams,
did the
forms of exams evolve.
different exams
designed for people of different ages.
听材料，回答下列各题：
The northern Italian city of
Milan banned all traffic from its streets for 10
hours on Sunday in
an attempt to reduce smog.
The measure which was first _________26 on a
trial basis in the year 2007 is triggered
whenever pollution exceeds the statutory limit
for 12 consecutive days.
Satellite
_________27 shows Milan to be one of the most
polluted cities in Europe. An
_________ 28
120,000 vehicles will be affected by the move.
according to the major daily
newspaper in the
city.
The most polluting vehicles
have been banned fi'om driving through, the city
center since
Thursday. But on Sunday, there
__________29 be no traffic between 8:00 and 18:00.
The ban is imposed when pollution exceeds
5030 of particulates per cubic meter of air over
12 last time the full ban was in force was in
February.
The move is not popular with
all__________31 who argue that the city's public
transport
system should beimproved to
_________32 their cars. Local Green Party
councilor Enrico
Fedrighini said cars with
three or four people inside should be offered
33_________ , for example.
he told the
daily newspaper in the city.
Public
transport was to be bolstered during the day, with
an extra metro trains and buses
35_________
选词填空
Section A
36、Questions36-46 are
based on the following passage.
One in five
US workers regularly attends after-work drinks
with co-workers, where the most
common
36_________range from bad-mouthing (说……的坏话.
another worker to kissing a
colleague and
drinking too much,according to a study 37 on
Tuesday.
Most workers attend so-called happy
hours to 38_________ with colleagues, although 15
percent go to hear thelatest office gossip and
13 percent go because they feel obligated, said
the
survey conducted for CareerBuilder. com,an
online job site.
As to what happens when the
after-work drinks flow,16 percent reported bad-
mouthing a
colleague,10percent shared a secret
about a colleague,8 percent kissed a colleague and
8 percent
said they drank too much andacted
39_________ .5 percent said they had shared a
secret about the
company, and 4 percent
40________ to singing 21 percent of those who
attend say
happy hours are good for
41_________,85 percent said attending had
nothelped them get
42_________ to someone
higher up or get a better position.
An equal
number of men and women said they attend happy
hours with co-workers, with
younger workers
aged 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55
least 43_________to attend.
Overall,21
percent of workers attend happy hours with co-
workers and, of
those,44_________a quarter go
at least once a month.
The survey was 45
_________online by Harris Interactive on behalf of
CareerBuilder. com
among 6,987 full-time
employees.
A. bond F. mishaps
L. networking
ledged G. obligated
M. released
C. nearly H.
likely N. confessed
D. specially
I. conducted O. researched
E.
anywhere J. idly
Section B
A)Last July, Julie Baldocchi's
mother had a massive stroke and was paralyzed.
Baldocchi
suddenly had tobecome a family
caregiver, something that she wasn't prepared for.
by the seat of my pants,
parents are 83,
and she knew her fathercouldn't handle her
mother's care. The hospital
recommended
putting her mother in a nursing home.
Baldocchiwasn't willing to do that. But
moving
her back into her parents' home created other
problems. Baldocchi,48, ismarried and lives
about a mile away from her parents. She
has a full-time job and has back problems thatmake
it
difficult for her to lift her mother.
findhelp.
B)With help from the Family
Caregiver Alliance, she eventually hired a live-in
caregiver.
Baldocchi says. In the first
two monthsafter her mother's stroke, she lost
about 30 pounds as stress
mounted. More than
42 million Americans providefamily caregiving for
an adult who needs help
with daily activities,
according to a 2009 survey by the additional 61.6
million provided
at least some care during the
year. And many are unprepared.
C)While many
parents lack an advance care directive, it's the
most basic and important step
they can take.
Thedirective includes several parts, including: a
durable power of attorney, which
gives someone
legal authority tomake financial decisions on
another's behalf; a health care proxy,
which
is similar to the power of attorney,except it
allows someone to make decisions regarding
medical treatment; and a living will that
outlinesinstructions for end-of-life care. (For
example,
parents can say if they want to be
kept alive by artificialmeasures.)
because
it's hard to make those decisions for a
parent,
Genser Dubow Genser & Cona in Melville,
N.Y. An advance care directive isthe first line of
defense if a situation arises, says Kathleen
Kelly, executive director of the Family
CaregiverAlliance, which supports and educates
caregivers. Without an advance directive, the
family will have topetition the court to be
appointed the parent's legal guardian, says
.
D)It's important for families to talk about
long-term care so the adult children know their
parents' preferences,wishes and goals, says
Lynn Feinberg, a caregiving expert at AARP. But
ifs
not an easy conversation. Elderlyparents
are sometimes suspicious of their children's
financial
motives, says Susan John, a
financial planner atFinancial Focus in Wolfeboro,
N.H. One client
asked John to hold a family
meeting because they needed anintermediary to talk
about financial
issues, she says. And when
there are many siblings, the family decisionscan
become a three-ring
circus with much acrimony,
says Ann-Margaret Carrozza, an elder-law attomey
inGlen Cove, N.Y.
Families who need
information and help sorting out disagreements can
call on elder-lawattorneys,
financial
planners, geriatric care managers and caregiver
support groups. In February, AARP said
itwill
offer its members a new caregiving support service
through financial services firm
Oenworth.
E)Many families are unprepared for quick
decisions, especially when they find out that
Medicare doesn't pay forlong-term care,
Feinberg says. The median cost of a year in a
private
room at a nursing home in 2011
was$$77,745, according to Genworth. And only those
who have
spent most of their assets can
qualify for Medicaidto pay for the nursing home.
F)Assisted living is another option.
Residents can have their own apartment to maintain
some
independence. Butthe facilities generally
provide personal care services, such as meals,
housekeeping and assistance withactivities.
Still, it's not cheap: The national median cost in
2011
was $$39,135, according to Genworth.
Assistedliving isn't covered by Medicaid.
G)If they have a choice, at least 90% of elderly
parents prefer to stay at home as long as they
can, according toAARP research. But if the
parents can no longer safely live at home, it can
be
hard for children to move theminto an adult
care facility. There may be another option.
Sometimes
the home can be modified so a
parent canstay there. For example, Baldoechi put
in a chair lift for
her mother. She also
arranged for a home caregiver.
H) Family
caregivers take over many responsibilities. One
might manage a parent's finances,
while
anothersibling will take the parent to doctors'
appointments and shopping. Those who move
in
with a parent take on asignificant and sustained
burden of care. Jan Walker moved into her
mother's home in Leesburg, Fla. After
hermother, who is 83, had fallen, she wasn't able
to get
around as well. Walker,55, has three
brothers. But she isthe only daughter, is divorced
and has no
children.
prepared for
it,
instructor for a digital scrapbooking
website.
baptismby fire,
or medical care.
It'severything,
I) Carcgivers need to also
watch their own health.
burnout,
depression, according to a 2010
study onworking caregivers by MetLife.
says.
hand. It's only natural that I be here for her
now.
根据以上内容，回答46-56题。
elderly parents
cannot live at home safely, their children can
change their home
instead of sending them to
an adult care facility.
47、To talk about
long-term care is not easy because sometimes aged
parents are suspicious
of their children's
financial motives.
48、Besides advance
planning for finances or medical care, family
caregivers take over many
other
responsibilities.
49、The difference between
a durable power of attorney and a health care
proxy is that the
latter allows someone tomake
decisions regarding medical treatment.
50、Baldocehi did not want to send her mother to a
nursing home, but she had difficulty
taking
care of her.
51、Over 42 million caregivers
helped an adult with everyday activities in the
USA in 2009.
52、If a family needs
information or help to sort out disagreements,
there are many people
they can call on.
53、Caregivers should pay attention to their own
health, or they may bum out
depressed.
54、One will have to petition the court to be the
parent's legal guardian, if there is no advance
directive.
55、The national median cost
of assisted living in 2011 was $$39,135 and it is
not covered by
Medicaid.
Section C
Questions 56-61are based onthe following passage.
Educators today are more and more oftenheard
to say that computer literacy is absolutely
necessary forcollegestudents. Many even argue
that each incoming freshman should have
permanentaccess to his or her
ownmicrocomputer. What advantages do computers
offer thecollege
students?
Any
student who has used a word processorwill know one
compelling reason to use a
computer: to
writepapers. Although notall students feel
comfortable composing on a word
processor,
most ,findrevising and editingmuch easier on it.
One can alter, insert, or delete just
bypressing a few keys, thus eliminating the
need to rewrite rmore, since the
revision
process is less burdensome, students are
morelikely to revise as often as isnecessary to
end up with the best paperpossible. For these
reasons, many freshman English cottrses require
the
useof aword processor.
Computers are
also useful in the contextof language courses,
where they are used to drill
students in re
programs reinforce ESL(English as a Second
Language .instruction, aswell as instrnction
in French, German, Spanish, and other languages.
By
usingthese programs on a regular basis,
students can improvetheir proficiency in alanguage
while
proceeding at their own pace.
Science students take advantage ofcomputers in
many ways. Using computer graphic
capabilities, forexample, botanystudents can
represent and analyze different plant growth
patterns.
Medicalstudents can learn
tointerpret computerized images of internal body s
students can complete complex calculations
farmore quickly than theycould without the use of
computer.
Similarly, business and
accountingstudents find that computer spreadsheet
programs are all
but indispensabletomany
aspects of their work, while students pursuing
careers in graphic
arts,marketing, and public
relations find thatknowledge of computer graphic
isimportant
Education majors learn to develop
grading systems usingcomputers,while social
science students
use computers for analyzing
andgraphically displacing their research results.
It is no wonder, then, that educatorssupport
the purchase and use of microcomputers by
students. A Versatile tool, the computer can
help students that is, after all, the reason for
going to college.
56、The word
ability to read andwrite
ability to use
ture
knowledge of language
57、The main purpose of thispassage is to
_________.
de the educators toincrease
computer use in their own classroom
e
advantages anddisadvantages of computer use among
college students
fy some of the waysthat
computers benefit college students
be how
computers canbe used to teach foreign languages
58、According to the author, aword processor
can be used to_________.
papers
papers
the psychologicalburden of writing
papers
e the writing skillsof a student
59、In this passage, thewriter's argument is
developed primarily through the use
of_________.
-effect analysis
ison
andcontrast
ion
es
60、According to the author,the reason for students
to go to college is _________.
learn
something
perfect themselves
improve
computerskills
make the best use
ofcomputers
Questions{TSE}are based on the
followingpassage.
Language is, and should
be, a livingthing, constantly enriched with new
words and forms of
expression. Butthere isa
vital distinction between good developments, which
add to the
language,enabling us to say things
wecould not say before, and bad developments,
whichsubtract
from the language by rendering
it less precise. Avivacious, colorfuluse of words
is not to be
confused with mere slovenliness.
The kind ofslovenliness in whichsome professionals
deliberately
indulge is perhaps akin tothe
cult ( 迷信. of theunfinished work, which haseroded
most of the arts
in our time. And the
trueanswer to it is the same that art is enhanced,
not hindered, bydiscipline.
Youcannot carve
satisfactorily in butter.
The corruption of
written English hasbeen accompanied by an even
sharper decline in the
standard of spoken
English. We speak very much less well than
wascommon among educated Englishmen a
generation or two ago.
The modem theatre
has played a baneful (有害的) part in dimming our
appreciation
oflanguage. Instead ofthe
immensely articulate dialogue of, for example,
Shaw(who was also very
insistent on good
pronunciation.,audiences are now subjectedto
streams of barely literate trivia,
often
designed, only too well, toexhibit'laek
ofcommunication', and larded (夹杂. with
theobscenities (下流的话. and grammatical errors
of theintellectually impoverished. Emily Post
once advised her readers:
speech.
speakbadly, so that she should fit in better.
But the BBC is the worst traitor. Aideryears
of very successfully helping to raise the general
standard ofspokenEnglish, it suddenly went
into reverse. As the head of the Pronunciation
Unitcoyly (含蓄地. put it,
speakers.
experience of verbalsqualor. And
the prospect seems to be of evenworse to come.
School teachers
areactively encouraged to
ignore little Johnny's incoherent
grammar,atrociousspelling and
haphazard
punctuation, because worrying about such
thingsmight inhibit his creative genius.
61、The writer relateslinguistic slovenliness to
tendencies in the arts today in that they
both_________
onally aim at acertain
fluidity
to shunperfection
time to
time showregard for the finishing touch
use
of economical shortcuts
62、
artist's
work will befiner if he observes certain aesthetic
standards
unfinished work is boundto be
comparatively inferior
skill of
certain artistsconceals their slovenliness
ic expression isinhibited by too many rules
63、Many modem plays, theauthor finds, frequently
contain speech which _________
incoherent
andlinguistically objectionable
far too
ungrammatical formost people to follow
ntionally shocks theaudience
to hide the
author'sintellectual inadequacies
64、The
author says that thestandard of the spoken English
of BBC _________
the worst among
allbroadcasting networks
taken a turn for
theworse since the 1960s
raised English-
speakingup to a new level
terrible because
of a fewpopular disc jockeys
65、Teachers are
likely tooverlook the linguistic lapses in their
pupils since_________
find that children
nolonger respond to this kind of discipline
nowadays
fear the children maybecome less
coherent
importance is nowattached to oral
expression
children may bediscouraged from
expressing their ideas
Part IV
Translation.(30minutes)
中国的传统节庆膳食是节日必不可少的伴侣。例如
，我国的端午节
(theDragonBoatFestival)是纪念古代诗人屈原的日子。那一天
，人们通常要赛龙舟、吃粽子
(zongzi)。中秋节是观赏满月的日子。圆圆的月亮象征着圆满，象
征着家庭团聚。因此，中
秋节(T11e n
Festival)的特制食品是一种圆形的月饼。春节是中国的农历新年(the
Chinese
lunar New Year's holiday)，除了常见的家禽和肉类之外，人们还要按各自的也方习
俗
烹制传统食物，如饺子和年糕。
翻译
1-10 DCDBA BACDB
11-15 ABDCA BADCC 16-20 ACBAB
nmentalists
28. imagery 29 discourage people from using 30.
estimated
parking 32. was supposed to
rams 35 operating
36-45 FMAKNLEHCI
46-55
GDHCABDICF
56-60 BCADA BAACD
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