新動力：2008年12月英語四級全真模擬試題(二)

　　31.A) A toy library.

　　B) A science library.

　　C) An art library.

　　D) A record library .

　　32. A) Books to read.

　　B) Paintings.

　　C) A place to receive education.

　　D) A place to meet and play with other children.

　　Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　Passage Three

　　33.A) Because they want to avoid using words like "old" .

　　B) Because they know the United States is a country.

　　C) Because old people are looked down upon everywhere.

　　D) Because they wish that they could be turned younger..

　　34. A) There is better medical care.

　　B) There are better living conditions.

　　C) People are doing more exercises..

　　D) Old people are being taken good care of by their children.

　　35. A) Because they don't know any other way of spending money.

　　B) Because they are happy to accept the fact they are old.

　　C) Because they know it's worth every penny of it to look young..

　　D) Because they know the government will cover the cost.

　　Section C

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When 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 heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

　　Birth, marriage and death: these are the greatest (36)___________ in a human's life. Many things, good and bad, can happen to us in our lives. Yet there are three days which are usually (37) ___________ by some special (38)__________: the day we are born, the day we get married and the day we die. These are the three main things in life. We only have a choice in the second of these: we can choose whether or not to marry. But we have no choice in birth and death. All human beings are (39)__________ by these three things. The only thing that (40)___________ in each society is the way in which these are (41)__________. Yet all societies(42) ___________ common (43) ___________. Birth is a time of joy. (44)______________________________________________. Marriage is also a time of joy. (45)_________________________________________. Death is a time of sorrow and is marked by a special ceremony and mourning. (46)___________________________________________.

　　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 passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choice. Each choice in bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

　　If the technological revolution continues to have its (47) __________, there will be fewer jobs, (48) _________ to school-leavers. Two people will therefore work only twenty hours each instead of the forty they are currently accustomed to. It is a well-known fact that those who (49)__________ from stress at work are often not high-powered executives but unskilled workers doing boring, (50) __________ jobs on production lines. Unemployment often has a similar effect on its (51)__________.

　　Many have already turned to pills and tablets to combat sleeplessness and anxiety, two of the symptoms of long-term stress and depression. In America, we spend $ 650 million a year on different kinds of medicines. We swallow a (52)____________ three million sleeping tablets every night. Although these "drugs of the mind" can be extremely useful in cases of crisis, the (53) ___________ of patients would be better off without them.

　　The boredom and frustration of unemployment are not the only causes of stress: poor housing, family problems, overcrowding and (54) ___________ worry are all significant factors. (55) ____________, doctors believe that if people learnt to breathe properly, took more exercise, used their leisure time more actively and expressed their anger instead of bottling it up, they would not depend so much on drugs, which (56) __________ only the symptoms and not the cause of the stress.