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A. Im ashamed of you B. Id rather you didnt C. dont mention it D. Im sorry to hear that
22.Without thinking, he ran out, at a stranger to call the fire police.
A. shouted B. having shouted C. to shout D. shouting
23.The new policy only covers such people have made great contributions during the war.
A. who B. whom C. which D. as
24.The engine of the ship was out of order and the coming typhoon the helplessness of the crew at sea.
A. added to B. resulted from C. turned out D. made up
25.The murderer, together with his two brothers, sentenced to death just now.
A. was B. were C. is D. are
26.—The cars give off a great deal of waste gas in the streets.
—Yes. But Im sure something will be done to air pollution.
A. reduce B. remove C. collect D. warn
27.If he fail, we would encourage him to try again.
A. would B. should C. could D. might
28.The cultural background of China is totally different from of the US.
A. one B. that C. these D. those
29. he could call the police, the thieves had run away with the suitcase, leaving him shocked and helpless.
A. Before B. Until C. Because D. Unless
30. he considered a great proposal was turned down by the boss at the meeting.
A. What B. Which C. That D. Who
31.He said he would offer us some help. He didnt, .
A. either B. though C. although D. yet
32.At this time next year, I at a very beauti感谢老师的作文ful college.
A. study B. have studied C. was studying D. will be studying
33.There was no signal in that faraway village and all my attempts you failed.
A. to contact B. contacting C. contacted D. having contacted
34.I a lesson in the classroom when you called me, so I didnt answer it.
写给母亲的一封信A. gave B. was giving C. would give D. have been giving
35.—Be quick, please. I have to be there by 9: 00.
— , Lily. But Ill try my best.
A. Thats all right B. No problem C. I cant promise D. Its impossible
第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Check Engine Light
As I turned from the parking lot, heading for home, I noticed a yellow light on my dashboard(仪表板) had come on. The symbol indicated that I was to 36 the engine. I noted the water temperature and the oil light 37 to see if there were problems that would 38 an overheated engine. Noting these two gauges(仪表) were okay, I 39 I could ignore the little yellow light that caused such great 40 for at least the moment.
After I retrieved my owner manual(用户手册), I 41 the check engine light comes on to indicate that there is a problem and that 42 is required. Malfunctions will often be indicated by the 43 before any problem is apparent, which may 44 more serious damage to the vehicle. This system is 45 to assist you and your technician in 46 diagnosing any malfunction.
Reading the manual made me think of how we need 47 in our lives to be our "check engine light". We need to know when a(n) 48 occurs and when service is required in our lives. We need to correct our problems before serious damage surfaces. We need a light to 49 in our minds to help us avoid conflict, pain, or disaster. We need a(n) 50 to come on to tell us to not yield to temptation. We need to be 51 that we shouldnt ignore good and work to make life better for all of us.
God makes a magnificent "check engine light". He gives you an awareness to keep your pathway 朝花夕拾读后感800 52 . He shows you the beauty of the earth to 53 you to him. He gives people who care about you, to help 54 your living. He has provided his word to point the 55 . Lean on God to lead your pathway from the problems that could damage your living. He can repair malfunctions before they destroy your being.
36.A. replace B. heat C. repair D. check
37.A. quickly B. gradually C. luckily D. approximately
38.A. cool B. cause C. protect D. hide
39.A. wondered B. reasoned C. imagined D. appreciated
40.A. strength B. difference C. anxiety D. risk
41.A. found B. sensed C. required D. believed
42.A. balance B. patience C. service D. performance
43.A. sight B. situation C. system D. event
44.A. generate B. prevent C. accumulate D. increase
45.A. charged B. arranged C. achieved D. designed
46.A. truly B. simply C. correctly D. slowly
47.A. anyone B. someone C. everyone D. no one
48.A. problem B. question C. argument D. accident
49.A. run away B. work out C. come on D. turn upFor,years,,the,giant,squid,had,remained,a。
50.A. cube B. alarm C. flash D. light
51.A. reminded B. applied C. recognized D. assured
52.A. similar B. straight C. tough D. changeable
53.A. adapt B. apply C. rush D. lead
54.A. guide B. finish C. make D. affect
55.A. use B. time C. way D. sign
第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
A
For years, the giant squid (大王乌贼) had remained a modern mystery. Living in the dark depths of the ocean, the creature is difficult for scientists to observe directly. It had also managed to avoid all attempts to film it. That changed last July: for the first time ever, scientists were able to catch the giant squid on video in its natural habitat. They were amazed by what they saw. The scientists filmed the squid in the North Pacific Ocean, south of Tokyo, Japan. They followed it down to a depth of 2,952 feet. They shot more than 23 minutes of video before the squid swam off into even darker depths. The video footage will be released to the public later this month on The Discovery Channel.
Tsunemi Kubodera, a zoologist at Japans National Museum of Nature and Science, led the team that filmed the squid. The team went into the ocean in a small submarine with lights invisible to both humans and squid. Since giant squid eat smaller squid, the scientists released a small squid as bait (诱饵). Then the scientists waited in the pitch black for the giant squid to approach.
The color video shows the creature floating vertically, eating the bait squid. The giant squid is 9 to 10 feet long and is missing its two longest tentacles (触须). With those tentacles, it could have measured up to 26 feet long. It has huge black eyes the size of dinner plates. "It was shining and so beautiful," Kubodera said.
Because the deep ocean is so unfriendly to humans, little is known about the giant squid. Scientists say catching the mysterious creature on video is an important step toward understanding it. For centuries, sailors had reported seeing a huge, ocean-dwelling beast, thought to be the giant squid. The creature is also believed to be the subject of the Nordic myth of the kraken, a sea creature that supposedly attacked ships in Scandinavian waters over the past thousands of years.
56.Why is it difficult to film the giant squid?
A. Because it is illegal to film the giant squid.
B. Because it is too expensive to make such a film.
C. Because the giant squid lives in the dark deep ocean.
D. Because the giant squid is dangerous to humans.
57.We can learn from the first paragraph that scientists .
A. first saw the giant squid in the ocean
B. discovered a new sea creature in the ocean
C. have the ocean bottom secretly recorded on video
D. have first caught the legendary giant squid on video
58.The scientists released a small squid in the ocean to .
A. increase the number of the giant squid B. trick the giant squid into coming out
C. make an educational film about it D. show concern for the giant squid
59.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The giant squid caused many ship accidents in the ocean.
B. The giant squid was the biggest threat to ancient sailors.
C. The video of the giant squid could hopefully solve the Nordic puzzle.
D. The giant squid has been confirmed to be the sea monster in the Nordic myth.
B
With the average temperature for January standing at -50℃, it is no wonder the Russian village of Oymyakon is the coldest permanently inhabited settlement in the world. Known as the "Pole of Cold", the coldest ever temperature recorded in Oymyakon is -71.2℃. This is the lowest recorded temperature for any permanently inhabited location on Earth and the lowest temperature recorded in the northern hemisphere(北半球).
Ironically, Oymyakon actually means "non-freezing water" due to a nearby hot spring. Most homes in Oymyakon still burn coal and wood for heat and enjoy few modern conveniences.
Nothing grows there so people eat reindeer(驯鹿) meat and horsemeat. A single shop provides the towns bare necessities and the locals work as reindeer-breeders, hunters and ice-fisherman.
There are few modern conveniences in the village — with many buildings still having outdoor toilets — and most people still burn coal and wood for heat. When coal deliveries are irregular, the power station starts burning wood. If the power ceases, the town shuts down in about five hours, and the pipes freeze and crack.
Daily problems that come with living in Oymyakon include pen ink freezing, glasses freezing to peoples faces and batteries losing power. Locals are said to leave their cars running all day for fear of not being able to restart them. Even if there was coverage for mobile phone reception, the phones themselves would not work in such conditions.
Another problem caused by the frozen temperatures is burying dead bodies, which can take anything up to three days. The earth must first have thawed(融解) sufficiently in order to dig it, so a bonfire is lit for a couple of hours. Hot coals are then pushed to the side and a hole couple of inches deep is dug. The process is repeated for several days until the hole is deep enough to bury the coffin.
Travel companies offer tourists the opportunity to visit the village and sample life in the freezing conditions.
60.Oymyakon gets its name because .
A. it is extremely cold there B. its water is non-freezing
C. there is a hot spring nearby D. it is known as the "Pole of Cold"
61.Why do the locals have their cars running all day?
A. They are afraid they cant get the car started. B. They want to keep warm in the car.For,years,,the,giant,squid,had,remained,a。
C. They have abundant oil resources. D. They have little awareness of saving.
62.Mobile phones would not work in Oymyakon because .
A. the batteries are of poor quality B. there was no coverage for phone reception
C. batteries cant be charged in such conditions D. the extreme coldness makes the batteries lose power
63.Which of the following is the first step when burying a dead body?
A. The coffin must be put in place. B. A bonfire has to be lit first.
C. Hot coals have to be pushed to the side. D. A hole couple of inches deep is dug.
C
If youve ever seen the movie Up, you probably remember that the main character flies into the air in a house tied to balloons. On November 18, North Carolina adventurer Jonathan Trappe brought that movie to life. At a Mexico balloon festival, he flew to the sky in a tiny house tied to a cluster of helium (氦) balloons.
He performed a similar marvel in March 2011, floating 10,000 feet above the ground as part of an event
sponsored by National Geographic. But this time, Trappe reached an altitude of more than 20,000 feet.
Flying with helium balloons is called cluster ballooning. In 2010, Trappe became the first person to fly across the English Channel using helium balloons. He also holds records for crossing the Alps using helium balloons, for flying with the most helium balloons, and for flying the longest distance with helium balloons — 230 miles.
Next summer, Trappe will attempt to become the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean using helium balloons. On that journey, he will fly in a seven-foot lifeboat carried by 365 balloons. Trappe predicts the 2,500-mile flight from Maine to France will take three to six days to complete. He will reach an altitude of up to 25,000 feet.
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2010年12月大学英语四级模拟试题及答案详解
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 感恩的心作文300字minutes to write a composition on the topic: WILL PHONES KILL LETTER WRITING? You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:
1. 年轻人越来越趋向于打电话
2. 信件是否会被电话取缔
3. 我的观点
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.
For questions 1-7, mark
Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Holy Squid! Photos Offer First Glimpse of Live Deep-Sea Giant
Like something straight out of a Jules Verne novel, an enormous tentacle creature looms out of the inky blackness of the deep Pacific waters.
But this isn't science fiction. A set of extraordinary images captured by Japanese scientists mark the first-ever record of a live giant squid (Architeuthis) in the wild.
The animal—which measures roughly 25 feet (8 meters) long—was photographed 2,950 feet (900 meters) beneath the North Pacific Ocean. Japanese scientists attracted the squid toward cameras attached to a baited fishing line.
The scientists say they snapped more than 500 images of the massive cephalopod before it broke free after snagging itself on a hook. They also recovered one of the giant squid's two longest tentacles, which severed during its struggle.
The photo sequence, taken off Japan's Ogasawara Islands in September 2004, shows the squid homing in on the baited line and enveloping it in "a ball of tentacles."
Tsunemi Kubodera of the National Science Museum in Tokyo and Kyoichi Mori of the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association report their observations this week in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
"Architeuthis appears to be a much more active predator than previously suspected, using its elongated feeding tentacles to strike and tangle prey," the researchers write.
They add that the squid was found feeding at depths where no light penetrates even during the day.
Giant Breakthrough
Despite people's fascination with this deep-sea behemoth, the giant squid's life and habits have remained largely a mystery. The little information known has been mostly based on dead and dying specimens that were caught by commercial fishing boats or washed ashore.
The mysterious creature has inspired countless sea monster tales and has been the subject of various scientific expeditions.
Since the mid 1990s there have been a number of research trips in search of giant squid. Cameras attached to deep-diving subs or sperm whales have been used to try to capture the elusive animals on film, but without success. The Japanese researchers used sperm whales as guides to help them
pinpoint likely giant squid haunts. Over the years whalers have reported finding a high number of large squid beaks in the mammals' stomachs, pegging sperm whales as primary predators of large squid.
The images are generating considerable excitement among squid experts. "I think it's wonderful that we've finally got a picture of a living giant squid," said Richard Ellis, a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and author of The Search for the Giant Squid.
"I thought it would only be a matter of time before someone got images of Architeuthis," he added.
"After all, it's not an endangered species, not even all that rare, and it's one of the largest of all invertebrates. So the Japanese film finaly breaks through and renders the statement 'nobody has ever seen a living giant squid' inoperative."
Squid expert Martin Collins of the British Antarctic Survey based in Cambridge, England, says the new images are a "fantastic" achievement.
The marine biologist says he was skeptical that a dedicated giant squid hunt would succeed. He thought the first wild sighting would probably come by accident.
"Fair play to these guys who've made the effort, gone out there and looked in what they thought was a good area, and found it," he said.
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Hunting for Clues
Collins is especially interested in clues the images might provide to the way giant squid swim and hunt in the deep ocean.For,years,,the,giant,squid,had,remained,a。
"Seeing the animals on film gives you a tremendous insight into how they live down there," he said. "It shows they are pretty active animals, and that answers a big question that's been out there for some time."
Collins says there were two competing schools of thought among giant squid experts.
"One was the idea that [giant squid] were fairly inactive and just drifted around, dangling their tentacles below them like fishing lures to catch what came by," he said.
"The other theory was that they were actually quite active. This new
evidence supports this, suggesting they are active predators which can move reasonably quickly."
"The efforts the squid went to untangle itself [from the baited fishing line] also shows they are capable of quite strong and rapid movement," he added. The study team reports that the severed tentacle repeatedly gripped the boat deck and crew after it was hauled aboard. The squid's tentacles are armed with suckers, each ringed with tiny teeth to help snare prey.
Measuring 18 feet (5.5 meters) long, analysis of the tentacle confirmed it came from a giant squid and allowed the researchers to estimate the total length of the animal.
But the researchers caution that their data assume the tentacle was severed at it base. If not, the squid may have been considerably larger. The longest giant squid on record measured 59 feet (18 meters), including its two elongated tentacles.
Shedding Light on Giant Squid
Giant squid, along with their close cousins colossal squid
(Mesonychoteuthis), have the largest eyes of any animal.
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