1、大学英语四级模拟题十二及答案资料仅供参考大学英语四级模拟题十二及答案Part I Listening Comprehension (Omitted) Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C)
2、and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Acculturation, which begins at birth, is the process of teaching new generations of children the
3、customs and values of the parents culture. How people treat newborns, for example, can be indicative of cultural values. In the United States it is not uncommon for parents to put a newborn in a separate room that belongs only to the child. This helps to preserve parents privacy and allows资料仅供参考the
4、child to get used to having his or her own room, which is seen as a first step toward personal independence. Americans traditionally have held independence and a closely related value, individualism, in high esteem. Parents try to instill these prevailing values in their children.American English ex
5、presses these value preferences: children should cut the (umbilical) cord and are encouraged not to be tied to their mothers apron strings. In the process of their socialization children learn to look out for number one and to stand on their own two feet.Many children are taught at a very early age
6、to make decisions and be responsible for their actions. Often children work for money outside the home as a first step to establishing autonomy. Nine-or ten-year-old children may deliver newspapers in their neighborhoods and save or spend their earnings. Teenagers (13 to 18 years) may baby-sit neigh
7、bors homes in order to earn a few dollar a week. Receiving a weekly allowance资料仅供参考at an early age teaches children to budget their money, preparing them for future financial independence. Many parents believe that managing money helps children learn responsibility as well as appreciate the value of
8、 money.21. According to this passage, the way people treat newborns _.A) is a sign of their customsB) is an indication of their level of knowledgeC) symbolizes their social systemD) varies from culture to culture22. The expression, to cut the cord, is used to show that _.A) children dont like their
9、parentsB) parents dont feel close to their childrenC) parents would not like to live together with their childrenD) independence from ones family is animportant personal goal in USA23. Children who are tied to the apron strings_.资料仅供参考A) are caught in their mothers apronsB) must always wear an apron
10、 when they eatC) are very dependent on their mothersD) are independent from their parents24. American people often let their children work for money outside the home at a very early age because _.A) children have to earn money to help the family B) they need more moneyC) they want them to begin esta
11、blishing autonomyD) children have to save money for future use25. It can be inferred from this passage that _. A) Americans are money loversB) Americans admire independenceC) Americans are good at decision-makingD) Americans are all responsiblePassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following
12、 passage.Many people believe that the glare from snow causes snowblindness. Yet, dark glasses or not,资料仅供参考they find themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes, and even snowblindness, when exposed to several hours of snow light.The United States Army has now determined that glare from sn
13、ow does not cause snowblindness in troops in a snow-covered country. Rather, a mans eyes frequently find nothing to focus on in a broad expanse of barren snow-covered terrain. So his gaze continually shifts and jumps back and forth over the entire landscape in search of something to look at. Finding
14、 nothing, hour after hour, the eyes never stop searching and the eyeballs become sore and the eye muscles ache. Nature offsets this irritation by producing more and more fluid which covers the eyeballs. The fluid covers the eyeball in increasing quantity until vision blurs, then is obscured, and the result is total, even though temporary, snowblindness. Experiments led to the Army to a simple method of overcoming this problem. Scouts ahead of a main body of troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a dotted line as
