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2016年12月大学英语四级考试模拟试
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Part ⅡReading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 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) and D). You should
decide on the best choice and mark the
corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a
single line through the centre.
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following
passage:
We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes
we make are about money, but most mistakes are
about people. “Did Jerry really care when I broke
up with Helen?” “When I got that great job, did
Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did
he envy my luck?” “And Paul — why didn't I pick
up that he was friendly just because I had a car?”
When we look back, doubts like these can make us
feel bad. But when we look back, it's too late. Why
do we go wrong about our friends — or our enemies?
Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning.
And if we don't really listen, we miss the feeling
behind the words. Suppose someone tells you,
“You're a lucky dog.” Is he really on your side?
If he says, “You're a lucky guy” or “You're a
lucky gal,” that's being friendly. But “lucky
dog”? There's a bit of envy in those words. Maybe
he doesn't see it himself. But bringing in the
“ dog” bit puts you down a little. What he may be
saying is that he doesn't think you deserve your
luck.“Just think of all the things you have to
be thankful for”is another noise that says one
thing and means another. It could mean that the
speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as
part of your life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up
in this phrase is the thought that your problem
isn't important. It's telling you to think of all
the starving people in the world when you haven't
got a date for Saturday night. How can you tell the
real meaning behind someone's words? One way is to
take a good look at the person talking. Do his
words fit the way he looks? Does what he says
square with the tone of voice? His posture? The
look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you
spend thinking about the real meaning of what
people say to you may save another mistake.
the writer recalls the things that
happened between him and his friends, he ____.
A) feels happy, thinking of how nice his
friends were to him

B) feels he may not have “read” his friends'
true feelings correctly
C) thinks it was a mistake to view Jim as a
friend
D) is sorry that his friends let him down
saying “You're a lucky dog.”, the
speaker ____.
A) is just being friendly
B) expresses the same meaning as “You're a
lucky guy.” or“You ' re a lucky gal.”
C) is humorous to apply the word “dog”to
people
D) has a hidden jealous feeling behind the
words
listening to a person, the important
thing is ____.
A) to notice his tone, his posture, and the
look in his eye
B) to listen to how he pronounces his words
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 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) and D). You should
decide on the best choice and mark the
corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a
single line through the centre.
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following
passage:
We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes
we make are about money, but most mistakes are
about people. “Did Jerry really care when I broke
up with Helen?” “When I got that great job, did
Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did
he envy my luck?” “And Paul — why didn't I pick
up that he was friendly just because I had a car?”
When we look back, doubts like these can make us
feel bad. But when we look back, it's too late.
Why do we go wrong about our friends — or our
enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real
meaning. And if we don't really listen, we miss the
feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells
you, “You're a lucky dog.” Is he really on your
side? If he says, “You're a lucky guy” or
“You're a lucky gal,” that's being friendly. But
“lucky dog”? There's a bit of envy in those
words. Maybe he doesn't see it himself. But
bringing in the “dog” bit puts you down a little.
What he may be saying is that he doesn't think you
deserve your luck.
“Just think of all the things you have to be
thankful for” is another noise that says one thing
and means another. It could mean that the speaker
is trying to get you to see your problem as part of
your life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this
phrase is the thought that your problem isn't
important. It's telling you to think of all the
starving people in the world when you haven't got a
date for Saturday night.
How can you tell the real meaning behind
someone's words? One way is to take a good look at
the person talking. Do his words fit the way he
looks? Does what he says square with the tone of
voice? His posture? The look in his eyes? Stop and
think. The minute you spend thinking about the real
meaning of what people say to you may save another
mistake.
the writer recalls the things that
happened between him and his friends, he ____.
A) feels happy, thinking of how nice his
friends were to him
B) feels he may not have “read” his friends'
true feelings correctly

C) thinks it was a mistake to view Jim as a
friend
D) is sorry that his friends let him down
saying “You're a lucky dog.”, the
speaker ____.
A) is just being friendly
B) expresses the same meaning as “You're a
lucky guy.” or“You ' re a lucky gal.”
C) is humorous to apply the word “dog” to
people
D) has a hidden jealous feeling behind the
words
listening to a person, the important
thing is ____.
A) to notice his tone, his posture, and the
look in his eye
B) to listen to how he pronounces his words
C) to check his words against his manner, his
tone of voice, and his posture
D) not to believe what he says
you followed the advice of the writer,
you would ____.
A) weigh carefully what people say to determine
their real meaning
B) get along well with people
C) trust what other people say
D) have no doubts about our friends
passage tries to tell you how to ____.

A) avoid mistakes about both money and people

B) say things elegantly
C) avoid mistakes in understanding what people
tell you
D) keep people friendly without trusting them

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following
passage:
Sleep is part of a person's daily activity
cycle. There are several different stages of sleep,
and they too occur in cycles. If you are an average
sleeper,your sleep cycle is as follows. When you
first drift off into slumber (安睡), your eyes will
roll about a bit, your temperature will drop
slightly, your muscles will relax, and your
breathing were slow and become quite regular. Your
brain waves slow down a bit too, with the alpha
rhythm of rather fast waves predominating for the
first few minutes. This is called stage 1 sleep.
For the next half hour or so, as you relax more and
more, you will drift down through stage 2 and stage
3 sleep. The lower your stage of sleep, the slower
your brain waves will be. Then about 40 to 60
minutes after you lose consciousness you will have
reached the deepest sleep of all. Your brain waves
will show the large slow waves that are known as
the delta rhythm. This is stage 4 sleep.
You do not remain at this deep fourth stage all
night long, but instead about 80 minutes after you
fall into slumber, your brain activity level will
increase again slightly. The delta rhythm will
disappear, to be replaced by the activity pattern
of brain waves. Your eyes will begin to dart around
under your closed eyelids (眼皮) as if you were
looking at something occurring in front of you.
This period of rapid eye movement lasts for some 8
to 15 minutes and is called REM sleep. It is during
REM sleep period, your body will soon relax again,
your breathing will grow slow and regular once
more, and you will slip gently back from stage 1 to
stage 4 sleep — only to rise once again to the
surface of near consciousness some 80 minutes
later.
stages of sleep take on ____.
A) an irregular aspect.
C) a punctual aspect

B) a regular aspect
D) a similar aspect
4 sleep lasts ____.
A) about 80 minutes
B) about 4060 minutes
C) about 30 munutes
D) about 2040 minutes
brain waves are the slowest during ____.

A) stage 1
D) REM sleep
the second paragraph the word “dart”
means ____.
B) stage 2 and stage 3 C) stage 4