CET4练习

CET4 exercise (1)

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:

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PartⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)

PartⅢListening Comprehension (35 minutes)

Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)

Section A

Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.

Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated ____47 ___? Have you ever bought something just because the salesman talked you into it? Are you

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afraid to ask someone for a date.

Many people are afraid to assert(表现)themselves. Dr. Alberti thinks it's because their self-respect is low. \"Our whole ____48 ___ is designed to make people distrust themselves,\" says Alberti. \"There's always '____49 ___' around-a parent, a teacher, a boss-who 'knows better'. These superiors often gain when they chip(削弱) away at your self-image.\"

But Alberti and other scientists are doing something to help people ____50 ___ themselves. They ____51 ___ \"assertiveness training\" courses-At for short. In the AT courses people learn that they have a right to be themselves. They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be more ____52 ___ without hurting other people.

In one way. learning to speak out is to ____53 ___ fear. A group taking a course will help the timid person to lose his fear. But AT uses an even stronger ____54 ___-the need to share. The timid person speaks out in the group because he wants to tell how he feels.

Whether or not you speak up for yourself depends on your self-image. If someone you face is more \"important\" than you, you may feel less of a person. You start to ____55 ___ your own good sense.

You go by the other person's ____56___ . But, why should you? AT says you can get to feel good about yourself. And once you do, you can learn to speak out.

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[A] doubt [I] peace [B] active [J] demand[C] system [K] ask[D] offer [L] superior [E] unfairly [M] overcome[F] unfortunately [N] confidence [G] motive [O] roar[H] image

Section B

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Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.

Videodisc holds great promise of helping to meet the needs of American schoolchildren who have problems seeing, hearing, speaking, or socializing. Almost eleven percent of the students aged 3~21 in this country have an impairment that affects their ability to benefit from a regular education program. Handicapped students require special education because they are often markedly different from most children in one or more of the following ways: mentally retarded(发展迟缓的) learning-disabled, emotionally disturbed, deaf, visually handicapped, physically handicapped, or other health impairments. The education of these handicapped children is rewarding but challenging.

A special education student usually needs a longer period of time to acquire information. Repetitive teaching techniques are often beneficial, and indefatigable(孜孜不倦的) consistency on the part of the teacher is frequently

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necessary. Interactive videodisc courseware has characteristics that can be capitalized upon to meet the challenges that special education poses. A videodisc program is infinitely patient. Repetition of any videodisc lesson can continue endlessly, and designers can assure absolute consistency within a program. Most important, according to special educator William Healey of the University of Arizona, is that videodisc \"adds an extra dimension of realism for children who need graphic representations.\"

Healey explained that deaf and mentally retarded children especially have difficulty grasping figurative(比喻的)language and higher-order language concepts. He believes that for special education, the power of videodisc lies in the ability of the technology to visually represent language concepts normally taken for granted by non-handicapped persons. Complex figurative language forms such as idioms and metaphors come most readily to mind as being difficult for handicapped learners.

62. The special education mentioned in the text is mainly concerned with ________.

[A] genius students from day-care centers to colleges

[B] students who are fond of computer video games

[C] teachers of language in the University of Arizona

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[D] students who are either mentally or physically disabled

63. A videodisc courseware is beneficial to those who have study difficulties because ________.

[A] its fancy design is very attractive

[B] it allows the user to go back to where he wants to restudy

[C] the content of it is healthy and promising

[D] it is developed by university professors

. According to Professor Healey, we may infer that mentally retarded children perhaps ________.

[A] need graphic representations in order to understand higher-order language concepts

[B] are good at studying English idioms but often fail to grasp higher-order language concepts

[C] are not very patient with videodisc which helps them to understand the world concepts

[D] tend to be deaf as well and have difficulty learning the simple concept

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\"before and after\"

65. The best phrase that summarizes the main idea of the text is ________.

[A] handicapped students and their problems

[B] videodisc and special education

[C] computer assisted teaching programs

[D] normal children and handicapped kids

66. The word \"impairment\" (Line 2, Para. 1) probably means ________.

[A] habit[B] disability[C] misconception[D] belief

Part V Cloze (15 minutes)

Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes. They are left in the ____67 ___ of strangers for the rest of their lives. Their ____68 ___ children visit them only occasionally, but more often, they do not have any ____69___ visitors. The truth is that this idea is an unfortunate myth-an ____70 ___ story. In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of the care ____71 ___ elderly people need. Samuel Preston, a sociologist, studied ____72 ___ the American family is changing. He reported that by the time the ____73 ___ American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children.

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____74 ___, because people today live longer after an illness than people did years ____75 ___, family members must provide long term care. More psychologists have found that all caregivers ____76 ___ a common characteristic: All caregivers believe that they are the best ____77 ___ for the job. In other words, they all felt that they ____78 ___ do the job better than anyone else. Social workers ____79 ___ caregivers to find out why they took ___ 80 ___ the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative. Many caregivers believed they had ___81 ___ to help their relative. Some stated that helping others ____82 ___ them feel more useful. Others hoped that by helping ____83___ now, they would deserve care when they became old and ____84 ___. Caring for the elderly and being taken care of can be a ____85 ___ satisfying experience for everyone who might be ____86 ___.

67. [A] hands [B] arms [C] bodies [D] homes

68. [A] growing [B] grown [C] grow [D] grows

69. [A] constant [B] lasting [C] regular [D] normal

70. [A] imaginary [B] imaginable [C] imaginative [D] imagery

71. [A] that [B] this [C] those [D] these

72. [A] when [B] how [C] what [D] where

73. [A] common [B] ordinary [C] standard [D] average

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74. [A] Still [B] However [C] Moreover [D] Whereas

75. [A] before [B] ago [C] later [D] lately

76. [A] share [B] enjoy [C] divide [D] consent

77. [A] person [B] people [C] character [D] man

78. [A] would [B] will [C] could [D] can

79. [A] questioned [B] interviewed [C] inquired [D] interrogate

80. [A] in [B] up [C] on [D] off

81. [A] admiration [B] initiative [C] necessity [D] obligation

82. [A] cause [B] enable [C] make [D] get

83. [A] someone [B] anyone [C] everyone [D] anybody

84. [A] elderly [B] dependent [C] dependable [D] independent

85. [A] similarly [B] differently [C] mutually [D] certainly

86. [A] involved [B] excluded [C] included [D] considered

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Part VI Translation (5 minutes)

1、娱乐活动多种多样

2、娱乐活动可能使人们受益，也可能有危害性

3、作为大学生，我认为......

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