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Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Universities Branch Out
As never before in their long history, universities have become instruments of national competition as well as instruments of peace. They are the place of the
www.cet4v.comthat move economies forward, and the primary means of educating the talent required to obtain and maintain competitive advantage. But at the same time, the opening of national borders to the flow of goods.services, information and especially people has made universities a powerful force for global integration, mutual understanding and geopolitical stability.
In response to the same forces that have driven the world economy, universities have become more self-consciously global: seeking students from
www.cet4v.comwho represent the entire range of cultures and values, sending their own students abroad to prepare them for global careers offering courses of study that address the challenges of an interconnected world and collaborative(合作的) research programs to advance science for rhc benefit 0f all humanity.
Of the forces shaping higher education none is more sweeping than the movement across borders.Over the past three decades the number of students leaving home each year to study abroad has grown at art annual rate of 3.9 percent, from 800,000 in 1975 to 2.5 million in 2004. Most travel from one developed nation to another, but the flow from developing to developed countries is growing rapidly. The reverse flow, from developed to developing countries, is on the rise, too.
Today foreign students earn 30 percent of the doctoral degrees awarded in the United States and 38 percent of those m the United Kingdom. And the number crossing borders for undergraduate study is growing as well, to 8 percent of the undergraduates at America's best institutions and 10 percent of all undergraduates in ihc U.K. In the United States, 20 percent of the newly hired professors in science and engineering are foreign-born, and in China many newly hired faculty members at the top research universities received their graduate education abroad.
Universities are also encouraging students to spend some of their undergraduate years in another country. In Europe, more than 140,000 students participate in the Erasmus program each year, taking courses for credit in one of 2,200 participating institutions across the continent. And in the United States, institutions are helping place students in summer internships （实习） abroad to prepare them for global careers. Yale and Harvard have led the way, offering every undergraduate at least one international study or internship opportunity—and providing the financial resources to make it possible.
Globalisation is also reshaping the way research is done. One new trend souring portions of a research program to another country. Yale professor and Howard Hunghes Medical institute investigator Tian Xu directs a research center focused on the genetics of human disease at Shanghai's Fudan University,in collaborate with faculty colleagues from both school ; The Shanghaicenter has 95 employees and graduate students working in a 4,300-square-meter laboratry facility. Yale faculty, postdoctors and graduate students visit regularly and attend videoconference seminars with scientists from both campuses. The arrangement benefits both countries;Xu's Yale lab is more productive, thanks to the lower costs Of conducting research in China,and Chinese graduate students, postdoctor and faculty get on-the-job training from a world-class scientist and his U.S.team.
For all its success, the Untied States remendis deeply hesitant about sustaining the research-university model. Most politicians recognize the link between investment in science and national economic strength, but support for research funding has been unsteady. The budget of the National Institutes of Health doubled between 1998 and 2003. but has risen more slowly than inflation since then. Support for the physical sciences and engineering barely kept pace with inflation during that same period 1 h attempt to make up lost ground is welcome, but the nation would be better served by steady, predictable increases in science funding at the rate of long-term GDP growth, which is on the order of inflation plus 3 percent per year.
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1. From the first paragraph we know that present-day universities have become ____.
A) more and more research-oriented C) more popularized than ever before
B) in-service training organizations D) a powerful force for global integration
2. Over the past three decades, the enrollment of overseas students has increased ____.
A) by 2.5 million B) by 800,000
C) at an annual rate of 3.9 percent D) at an annual rate of 8 percent
3. in the United States, how many of the newly hired professors in science and engineering are foreign-born?
A) 10% B) 20% C) 30% D) 38%
7. What is said about the U.S. federal funding for research?
A) It has increased by 3 percent. C) It has been more than sufficient.
B) It has been unsteady for years. D) It doubled between 1998 and 2003.
8. The dramatic decline in the enrollment of foreign students in the U.S. after September 11 was caused by ____.
9. Many Americans fear that American competitiveness may be threatened by foreign students who will ____.
10. They policy of
www.cet4v.comcan benefit the U.S. in that the very best of them will stay and ____.
短对话
11 W:l ran into Sally the other day. I could hardly recognize her. Do you remember her from high school ?
M: Yeah she was a little out of shape then. Well, has she lost a lot of weight?
Q: What does the man remember of Sally?
A) She used to be in poor health.
B) She didn't do weli at high school.
C) She was popular among boy.
D) She was somewhat overweight.
12 W: We don' t think to have a reservation for you, sir. I' m sorry.
M: But my secretary said that she had reserved a room for me here. I phoned her from the airport this morning just before I got on board the plane.
Q: Where does the conversation most,probaly place?
A) At tiic airport.
B) At the hotel reception.
C) In a restaurant.
D) In a booking office.
13 W: What would you do if you were in my position?
M: If Paul were my son, I just not worry, now that his teacher is giving him extra help and he is working hard himself. He sure to do well in the next exam.
Q:What' s the man's suggestion to the woman?
A) Having confidence in her son.
B) Telling her son not to worry.
C) Teaching her son by herself.
D) Asking the teacher for extra help.
A) Have a short break.
B) Take two weeks off.
C) Go on vacation with the man.
D) Continue her work outdoors.
B) He has worried aboin Rod's health
C) He has been in perfect condition.
D) He has been feeling ill all week.
A) She bought a new set of furniture from Itatly last month.
B) She sold all her furniture before she moved house.
C) She plans to put all her old furniture in the basement.
D) She still keeps some old furniture in her new house.
17 M: I' ve broughback your Oxfordf companion to English Literature. I thougnt you might use it for your paper. Sorry not to have re-turned it earlier.
W: I was wondering where that book was.
Q: What can we infer from that conversation?
A) The woman forgot lending the book to the man.
B) The woman doesn't find the book useful any more.
C) The woman doesn't seem to know what the book is about.
D) The woman wondered why the man didn't return the book.
18 W : To tell the truth, Tony. It never occurred to me that you are an athlete.
M : Oh, really ? Most people who meet me including some friends of mine don' t think so either.
Q : What do we learn from the conversation ?
A) Most of the man's friends are athletes.
B) The man doesn't look like a sportsman.
C) Few people share the woman's opinion.
D) The
www.cet4v.comman's athletic ability.
19:What does the woman say about her passport?
a) She is afraid that she has lost it.
b) she is going to get it at the airport.
c) she has packed it in one of her bags.
d) she has probably left it in a taxi.
20. What do we know about the woman' s trip?
a) it will cost her a lot.
b) it will last one week.
c) it ends in winter.
d) it depends on the weather.
21. Why does the man urge the woman to hurry?
a) there is a lot of stuff to pack.
b) there might be a traffic jam.
c) the plane is taking off soon.
d) the taxi is waiting for them.
22. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
a) at home
b) in the man's car
c) by the side of a taxi
d) at the airport.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you've just heard:
23. Why is the woman trying to find a new job?
a) she is thirsty for promotion.
b) she is tired of her presend work.
c) she wants a much higher salary.
d) she wants to save travel expenses.
24. What position is being advertised in the paper?
a) language instructor.
b) environmental engineer.
c) translator.
d) travel agent
25. What i are the key factors that determine the salary of the new position?
a) devotion and work efficiency.
b) lively personality and inquiring mind.
c) communication skills and team spirit.
d) education and experience.
篇章听力
Passage 1
When couples get married, they usually plan to have children. Sometimes, however, a couple can not have a child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt a child. In fact, adoption is very common today. There are about 60,000 adoptions each year in the Unfted States alone. Some people prefer to adopt fnfants. Others adopt older children. Some couples adopt children from their own countries. Other adopt children from foreign countries. In any case, they all adopt children for the same reason. They care about children and want to give their adopted child a happy life.
26. According to the speaker, why do some couples adopt children?
a) They want children to keep them company.
b) They want to enrich their life experience.
c) They need looking after in their old age.
d) They care a lot about children
27. Why is it difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents?
b) They are usually adopted from distant places.
c) Their birth information is usually kept secret.
d) Their adoptive parents don't want them to know their birth parents.
28. Why de many adoptees find it hard to make the decision to search for the birth parents?
a) They do not want to hurt the feelings of their adoptive parents.
b) They have mixed feelings about finding their natural parents.
c) They generally hold bad feelings towards their birth parents.
d) They are fully aware of the expenses involved in the search.
29. What can we infer from the passage?
a) Adoption has much to do with love.
b) Understanding is the key to successful adoption.
c) Most people prefer to adopt children from overseas.
d) Early adoption makes for closer parent-child relationship.
Passage 2
a) He suffered from mental illness.
b) He bought The Washington Post.
c) He was once a reporter for a major newspaper.
d) He turned a failing newspaper into a success.
a) She committed suicide because of her mental disorder.
b) She got her first job as a teacher at the University of Chicago.
c) She was the first woman to lead a big U.S. publishing company.
d) She took over her father's position when he died.
a) Katharine had exerted an important influence on the world.
b) People came to see the role of women in the business world.
c) American media would be quite different without Katharine.
d) Katharine played a major part in reshping Americans' mind.
Passage 3
Obtaining good health insurance is a real necessity while you are studying overseas. It protects you from minor and major medical expenses that can wipe out not only your savings, but you dreams of an education abroad.
On the other hand, getting student health, insurance in the country where you will study might allow you to only pay a certain percentage of the medical cost at the time of service and thus, you don't have to have sufficient cash to pay the entire bill at once.
Whatever you decide, obtaining some form of health insurance is something you should consider before you go overseas. You shouldn't wait until you are sick with major medical bills to pay off.
33. Why does the speaker advise overseas students to buy health insurance?
a) It'll allow them to receive free medical treatment.
b) It'll prevent the doctors from overcharging them.
c) It'll enable them to enjoy the best medical care.
d) It'll protect them from possible financial crises.
34. What is the drawback of students' buying international travel insurance?
a) They may not be able to receive timely medical treament.
b) They can only visit doctors who speak their native languages.
c) They have to go through very complicated application procedures.
d) They can't immediately get back the money paid for their medical cost.
35. What does the speaker say about students' getting health insurance in the cocuntry where they will study?
b) They have to pay a much higher price to get an insurance policy.
c) They needn't pay the entire medical bill at once.
d) They don't have to pay for the medical services.
复合式听写
More and more of the world's population are living in towns or cities. The speed at which cities are growing in the less developed countries is (36)_____ Between l920 and I960 big cities in developed countries (37)_____ two and a half times in size, but in other parts of the world the growth was eight times their size.
The (38)_____ size of growth is bad enough, but there are now very(39)___sign of trouble in the (40)______ of percentages of people living in towns and percentages of people working in industry IN
www.cet4v.comgrew as a result of the growth of industry. In Europe the (41)_____ of people living in cities was always smaller than that of the(42)_____ working in factories. N0w however,the (43)_____ is almost always true in the newly industrialised world(44)_____
Without a
www.cet4v.comin industry, these cities cannot pay for their growth; (45)_____ There has been little opportunity to build to bulid water supplies or other factilities(46)_____ a growth in the number of hopeless and despairing parents and starving children.
选词填空
As was spreads to many corners of the globe, children sadly have been drawn into the cenrter of conflicts.In Afghanistan,Bosnia,and Colombia,however groups of children have been taking part in peace educate _47_. The children, after leaming to resolve conflicts,took on the _48_ of peacemakers. The Children's Movement for Peace in Colombia was even nomiated(提名)for the Noble Prize in 1998. Groups of children _49_ as
www.cet4v.comhuman right and poverty issue in Colombia.eventually froming a group with five other schools in Bogota known as
A)victims I) forward
B)technology J) especially
C) role K) entire
D) respectively L) cooperative
E) projects M) comprehensive
F)offers N) assuming
G)information 0) acting
h)images
阅读1
In this age of Internet chat. videogames and reality television ,there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. yET Despite
www.cet4v.com,my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.
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57. What do we learn from the first paragraph?
a) A lot of distractions compete for children's time nowadays.
b) Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activities.
c) Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her leisure time.
d) Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.
58. What did the author say about her own writing experience?
a) She was constantly under pressure of writing more.
b) Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.
c) She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.
d) Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations.
59. Why did Rebecca want to enter this year's writing contest?
a) She had won a prize in the previous contest.
b) She wanted to share her stories with readers.
c) She was sure of winning with her mother's help.
d) She believed she possessed real talent for writing.
60. The author took great pains to refine her daughter's storied because ____.
a) she wanted to help Rebecca realize her dream of becoming a writing
b) she was afraid Rebecca's imagination might run wild while writing
c) she did not want to disappoint Rebecca who needed her help so much
d) she believed she had the knowledge and experience to offer guidance
61. What's the author's advice for parents?
a) Children should be given every chance to voice their opinions.
b) Parents should keep an eye on the activities their kids engage in.
c) Children should be
www.cet4v.comthrough experience.
d) A writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue.
阅读2
By almost any measure, there is a boom in Internet-based instruction. In just a few years, 34 percent of American universities have begun
www.cet4v.comdistance learning(DL), and among the larger schools, it's closer to 90 percent. If you doubt
www.cet4v.comthe trend, you probable haven't heard of the University of Phoenix. It grants degrees entirely on the basis of online instruction. It enrolls 90000 students, a statistic used to support its claim to be the largest private university in the country.
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62. What is the most striking feature of the University of Phoenix?
a) It boasts the largest number of students on campus.
b) All its courses are offered online.
c) Its online courses are of the best quality.
d) Anyone taking its online courses is sure to get a degree.
63. According to the passage, distance learning is basically characterized by ___.
a) a minimum or total absence of face-to-face instruction
b) a considerable flexibility in its academic requirements
c) the great diversity of students' academic backgrounds
d) the casual relationship between students and professors
64. Many students take Internet-based courses mainly because they can ____.
a) save a great deal on traveling and boarding expenses
b) select courses from various colleges and universities
c) work on the required courses whenever and wherever
d) earn their academic degrees with much less effort
65. What accounts for the high drop-out rates for online students?
a) There is no mechanism to ensure that they make the required effort.
b) There is no strict control over the academic standards of the course.
c) The evaluation system used by online universities is inherently weak.
d) Lack of classroom interaction reuces the effectiveness of instruction.
66. According to the passage, universities show great enthusiasm for DL programs for the purpose of ____.
a) building up their reputation
b) upgrading their teaching facilities
c) providing convenience for students
d) cutting down on their expenses
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One factor that can influence consumers is their mood state. Mood may be defined ---67--- a temporary and mild positive or negative feeling that is generalized and not tied ---68--- any particular circumstance. Moods should be ---69--- from emotions which are usually more intense, ---70--- to specific circumstances, and often conscious.
67. A) with B) about C) as D) by
68. A) up B) to C) under D) over
69. A) divided B) derived C) descended
www.cet4v.com70. A) referred B) related C) attached D) associated
71. A) In B) On C) By D) Of
72. A) thus B) still C) much D) even
73. A) behavior B) gesture C) signal D) view
74. A) for B) provided C) unless D) but
75. A) relative B) negative C) sensitive D) decisive
76. A) fixed B) granted C) given D) driven
77. A) insistent B) resistant C) persistent D) consistent
78. A) retailers B) consumers C) businessmen
www.cet4v.com79. A) casual B) serious C) favorable D) critical
80. A) Moreover B) However C) Nevertheless D) Otherwise
81. A) lifting B)raising B) cultivating D)enhancing
82. A) rarely B) readily C) currently D)cautiously
83. A) volume B)speed C) step D) band
84. A) extent B) scope C) amount D) range
85. A) capacities B) facilities C) intentions D) reflections
86. A) turn B) depth C) total D) detail
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87. _________ (多亏了
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88. In my sixties, one
www.cet4v.com_______ (我比
www.cet4v.com).
89. I am going to pursue this course, ______ (无论我要作出什么样的牺牲).
90. I would prefer shopping
www.cet4v.comin a department store because _______ (它更加方便和省时).
91. Many Americans live on credit, and their quality of life _____ (是用他们能够借到多少来衡量的), not how much they can earn.
07.12英语四级试卷（B）完整答案
作文：
各学校开各种各样的选修课
学生选课有不同的原因
就我而言
What Electives To Choose
With the reform of Chinese higher education, more and more colleges and universities put emphasis on nurturing students’ abilities. As a result, elective courses are available not only for excellent academic performers but also for students about the average level.
Certainly, students have different reasons to choose their own electives. For some, practical skills are the essence of college education, and therefore, courses on computer science, marketing, and finance
www.cet4v.com. On the other hand, others may hold the idea of liberal education and electives concerning literature, history, and philosophy are the most welcome.
Take me as an example: being a disciple of free education, I stand for the notion that university is not a place for survival skills, but a palace of knowledge and critical reasoning. Although my major is chemistry, the electives I attend most frequently are English literature, an Introduction to Classic Music, and Different Schools of Western Painting. They really widen my horizon.
