2019年大学英语四模拟试题含答案

2019

年大学英语四模拟试题含答案

Part

Ⅲ

Reading Comprehension

(40 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

choices,

Each

choice

in

the

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.

Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.

America

’

s Internet is faster than ever before, but people still complain about

their Internet being too slow.

New York

’

s Attorney General

’

s office (26)_______an investigation in the fall

into whether or notVerizon, Cablevision and Time Warner are delivering broadband

that

’

s as fast as the providers (27)_______it is. Earlier this month, the office asked

for

the

public

’

s

help

to

measure

their

speed

results,

sayingconsumers

(28)_______to get the speeds they were promised.

“

Too many of us may be paying

for onething, and getting another

，”

the Attorney General said.

If the investigation uncovers anything, it wouldn

’

t be the first time a telecom

provider got into (29)_______over the broadband speeds it promised and delivered

customers.

Back

in

June,

the

Federal

Communications

Commission

fined

AT&

T

$$ 100 million over (30)_______ that the carrier secretly reduced wireless speeds after

customers consumed a certain amount of (31)_______ .

Even

when

they

stay

on

the

right

side

of

the

law,

Internet

providers

arouse

customers

’

anger over bandwidth speed and cost. Just this week, an investigation

found that media and telecom giant Comcast is

the

most

(32)_______

provider.

Over

10

months,

Comcast

received

nearly

12,000

customer complaints, many (33)_______ to its monthly data cap and overage (

超过额

度的）

charges.

Some Americans are getting so (34)_______ with Internet providers they

’

re just

giving up. A recent

study found that the number of Americans with high-speed Internet at home today

(35)_______

fell

during

the

last

two

years,

and

15%

of

people

now

consider

themselves to be

“

cord- cutters.

”

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上作答。

A)accusations

B) actually

C) claim

D) communicating

E) complain

F) data

G) deserved

H) frustrated

I) hated

J) launched

K) relating

L) times

M) trouble

N) usually

O) worried

Section B

Directions:

In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements

attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.

Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a

paragraph

more

than

once.

Each

paragraph

is

marked

with

a

letter.

Answer

the

questions by marking the corresponding letter on

Answer Sheet 2

.

From Accountant to Yogi: Making a Radical Career Change

[A]At

some

point,

almost

all

of

us

will

experience

a

period

of

radical

professional

change.

Some

of

us

will

seek

it

out;

for

others

it

will

feel

like

an

unwelcome

intrusion

into

otherwise

stable

careers.

Either

way,

we

have

choices

about how we respond to it when it comes.

[B]We

recently

caught

up

with

yoga

entrepreneur

Leah

Zaccaria,

who

put

herself through the fire of change to completely reinvent herself. In her search to

live a life of purpose, Leah left her high-paying accounting job, her husband, and

her home, in the process, she built a radically new life and career. Since then, she

has

founded

two

yoga

studios,

met

a

new

life

partner,

and

formed

a

new

community

of

people.

Even

if

your

personal

reinvention

is

less

drastic,

we

think

there are lessons from her experience that apply.

[C]Where

do

the

seeds

of

change

come

from?

the

Native

American

Indians

have

a

saying:

“

Pay

attention

to

the

whispers

so

you

won

’

t

have

to

hear

the

screams.

”

Often the best ideas for big changes come from unexpected places

—

it

’

s just a matter of tuning in. Great leaders recognize the weak signals or slight

signs that point to big changes to come. Leah reflects on a time she listened to the

whispers:

“

About

the

time

my

daughter

was

five

years

old.

I

started

having

a

sense that

‘

this isn

’

t right.

”’

She then realized that her life no longer matched

her vision for it.

[D]Up until that point, Leah had followed traditional measures of success. After

graduating

with

a

degree

in

business

and

accounting,

she

joined

a

public

accounting firm, married, bought a house, put lots of stuff in it, and had a baby.

“

I

did what everybody else thought looked successful,

”

she says. Leah easily could

have fallen into a trap of feeling content; instead, her energy sparked a period of

experimentation and renewal.

[E]Feeling the need to change, Leah started playing with future possibilities by

exploring

her

interests

and

developing

new

capabilities.

First

trying

physical

exercise and dieting, she lost some weight and discovered an inner strength.

“

1

felt powerful because 1 broke through my own limitations,

”

she recalls.

[F]However, it was another interest that led Leah to radically reinvent herself.

“

I

remember

sitting

on

a

bench

with

my

aunt

at

a

yoga

studio,

’’

she

said,

having

a

moment

of

clarity

right

then

and

there:Yoga

is

saving

my

life.

Yoga

is

waking me up. I

’

m not happy and I want to change and I

’

m done with this.

”

In

that

moment

of

clarity

Leah

made

an

important

leap,conquering

her

inner

resistance to change and making a firm commitment to take bigger steps.

[G]Creating the future you want is a lot easier if you are ready to exploit the

opportunities that come your way. When Leah made the commitment to change,

she primed herself to new opportunities she may otherwise have overlooked. She

recalls:

[H]One day a man I worked with, Ryan, who had his office next to mine, said,

“

Leah, let

’

s go look at this space on Queen Anne.

”

He knew my love for yoga

and had seen a space close to where he lived that he thought might be good to

serve as a yoga studio. As soon as I saw the location, I knew this was it. Of course I

was scared, yet I had this strong sense of

“

I have to do this.

”

Only a few months

later Leah opened her first yoga studio, but success was not instant.

[I]Creating the future takes time. That

’

s why leaders continue to manage the

present while building toward the big changes of the future. When it

’

s time to

make the leap, they take action and immediately drop what

’

s no longer serving

their purpose. Initially Leah stayed with her accounting job while starting up the

yoga studio to make it all work.

[J]Soon after, she knew she had to make a bold move to fully commit to her

new future. Within two years, Leah shed the safety of her accounting job and made

the switch complete. Such drastic change is not easy.

[K]Steering through change and facing obstacles brings us face to face with our

fears.

Leah

reflects

on

one

incident

that

triggered

her

fears,

when

her

investors

threatened to shut her down:

“

I was probably up against the most fear I

’

ve ever

had

，”

she says.

“

I had spent two years cultivating this community, and it had

become

successful

very

fast,

but

within

six

months

I

was

facing

the

prospect

of

losing it all.

”

[L]She

connected

with

her

sense

of

purpose

and

dug

deep,

cultivating

a

tremendous sense of strength.

“

I was feeling so intentional and strong that I wasn

’

t going to let fear just take over. I was thinking,

‘

OK, guys, if you want to try to shut

me down, shut me down.

’

And I knew it was a negotiation scheme, so I was able to

say to myself,

‘

This is not real.

’”

By naming her fears and facing them head-on,

Leah gained confidence. For most of us, letting go of the safety and security of the

past gives us great fear. Calling out our fears explicitly, as Leah did,can help us act

decisively.

[M]The cycle of renewal never ends. Leah

’

s growth spurred her to open her

second studio

—

and it wasn

’

t for the money.

[N]I have no desire to make millions of dollars. It

’

s not about that; it

’

s about

growth for me. Honestly, I didn

’

t need to open a second studio. I was making as

much money as I was as an accountant. But I know if you don

’

t grow, you stand

still, and that doesn

’

t work for me.

[O]Consider

the

current

moment

in

your

own

life,

your

team

or

your

organization. Where are you in the cycle of renewal: Are you actively preserving the

present,

or

selectively

forgetting

the

past,

or

boldly

creating

the

future?

What

advice would Leah give you to move you ahead on your journey? Once we

’

re on

the path of growth, we can continually move through the seasons of transformation

and renewal.

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答题卡

2

上作答。

36. Readiness to take advantage of new opportunities will make it easier to create

one

’

s desired future.

37.

By

conventional

standards,

Leah

was

a

typical

successful

woman

before

she

changed her career.

38.

Leah gained confidence by laying out her fears and confronting them directly.

39.

In search of a meaningful life, Leah gave up what she had and set up her own

yoga studios.

40 Leah's interest in yoga prompted her to make a firm decision to reshape her life.

signs may indicate great changes to come and therefore merit attention.

42. Leah

’

s first yoga studio was by no means an immediate success.

43.

Some

people

regard

professional

change

as

an

unpleasant

experience

that

disturbs their stable careers.

44.

The worst fear Leah ever had was the prospect of losing her yoga business.

45.

As

she

explored

new

interests

and

developed

new

potentials

，

Leah

felt

powerful internally.

Section C