2015年英语四级考试每日一练(3月2日)
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1、根据下列材料,请回答题:
We all like to feel needed.But new research suggests having a sense of Purpose is good for our health, too,In a study of 7,000 people, those with the strongest sense of direction in life were over 70 percent less likely to suffer a stroke.The researchers 36 for other aggravating factors such as blood pressure and alcohol use and believe the 37 comes through regulating the immune system,
it has long been thought that 38 meaningful activity after retirement is important for physical and mental health-which often declines 39 soon after retirement.But while past research focused on the 40 effects of negative psychological traits, such as depression and anxiety, new research is investigating how positive traits, such as 41, protect against illness.In the recent study, men and women aged 50 and over were 42 for four to five years and completed psychological tests while researchers recorded strokes.The results show that the higher someone's sense of purpose, the lower their risk of a stroke.Those with the greatest sense of purpose were 73 percent less likely to Suffer a stroke compared to those with the lowest.Other research has shown that positive mood can lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol (荷尔蒙 ), also 43 in stroke.“This is significant as we have an 44 population and it helps show what behaviours prevent people from getting ill,” says Cary Cooper, professor of health psychology at Lancaster University.“Maybe 45 is not good for some.”
A.accounted
B.ageing
C.ambition
D.damaging
E.decreasing
F.dramatically
G.effect
H.gradually
I.implicated
J.optimism
K.outstanding
L.pursuing
M.retirement
N.searched
O.tracked
请回答(36)题__________.
A.accounted
B.ageing
C.ambition
D.damaging
E.decreasing
F.dramatically
G.effect
H.gradually
I.implicated
J.optimism
K.outstanding
L.pursuing
M.retirement
N.searched
O.tracked
2、回答题:
B) By the end of the 19thcentury, as the frontier vanished, the US had a mild panic attack. What wouldthisenergetic, enterprising country be without new lands to conquer? Some people,such as Teddy Roosevelt, decided to keep on conquering ( Cuba, the Philippines,etc.), but eventually, in industrialization, the US found a new narrative ofeconomic mobility at home. From the 1890s to the
1960s,people moved from farm to city, first in the North and then in the South. Infact, by the 1950s,there was enough prosperity and white-collar work that manybegan to move to the suburbs. As the population aged, there was also a shift from the cold Rust Belt to the comforts of the Sun Belt, Wethink of this as anold person's migration, but it created many jobs for the young in coustructionand health care, not to mention tourism, retail and restaurants.
C) For the last 20 years-from the end of the coldwar through two burst bubbles in a single decade--theUS has been casting aboutfor its next economic narrative. And now it is experienc.ing another periodofpanic, which is bad news for much of the workforce but particularly for itsyoungest members.
D) The US has always been a remarkably mobilecountry, but new data from the Census Bureau indicatethat mobility has reachedits lowest level in recorded history. Sure, some people are stuck in homesvaluedat less than their mortgages (抵押贷款), but many youngpeople,-who don't own homes anddon't yet have famih'es--are staying put, too.This suggests, among other things, that people aren'tpacking up for neweconomic opportmtities the way they used to. Rather than dividing the countryintothe 1 percenters versus ( 与……相对) everyone else, the split in our economy is really between twootherclasses: the mobile and immobile.
E) Part of the problem is that the country'slargest industries are in decline. In the past, it was perfectlyclear whereyoung people should go for work (Chicago in the 1870s, Detroit in the 1910s,Houston inthe 1970s) and, more or less, what they'd be doing when they gotthere ( killing cattle, building cars,~selling oil). And these industries werelarge enough to offer jobs to each class of worker, fromunskilled laborer tomanager or engineer. Today, the few bright spots in our economy are relativelysmall (though some promise future growth) and decentralized. There are greatjobs in Silicon Valley, in the biotech research capitals of Boston andRaleigh-Durham and in advanced manufacturing plantsalong the southern 1-85corridor. These companies recruit all over the country and the globe forworkerswith specific abilities.(You don't need to be the next Mark Zuckerberg, founderofFacebook, to get a job in one of the microhubs (微中心), by the way. But youwill almost certainlyneed at least a B, A. in computer science or a year or twoat a technical school.) This newer, select job market is national, and itoffers members of the mobile class competitive salaries and higherbargainingpower.
F) Many members of the immobile class, on theother hand, live in the America of the gloomy headlines.If you have nospecialized skills, there's little reason to uproot to another state and be thelast in linefor a low-paying job at a new auto plant or a green-energy startup.The surprise in the census (普查)data, however, is that the immobile workforce is not limited tounskilled workers. In fact, many have a college degree.
G) Until now, a B.A. in any subject was a near-guarantee of at least middle-class wages.But today, aquarter of college graduates make less than the typical workerwithout a bachelor's degree. David Autor, a prominent labor economist at M. I.T., recently told me that a college degree alone is nolonger a guarantor of agood job. While graduates from top universities are still likely to get a goodjobno matter what their major is, he said, graduates from less-famous schoolsare going to be judged onwhat they know. To compete for jobs on a nationallevel, they should be armed with the skills thatemerging industries need,whether technical or not.
H) Thosewithout such specialized skills--like poetry, or even history, majors--arealready competing with their neighbors for the same sorts of second-rate,poorer-paying local jobs like low-levelmanagement or big-box retail sales. Andwith the low-skilled labor market atomized into thousands ofmicroeconomies,immobile workers are less able to demand better wages or conditious or toacquire valuable skills.
I) Sowhat, exactly, should the ambitious young worker of today be learning?Unfortunately, it's hard tosay, since the US doesn't have one clear nationalproject. There are plenty of emerging, smaller industries, but which ones arethe most promising? (Nanotechnology's (纳米技术) moment of remarkable growth seems to havebeen 5 years into the future for something like 20 years now.) It'snot clearexactly what skills are most needed or if they will even be valuable in adecade.
J) Whatis clear is that all sorts of government issueseducation, health-insuranceportability, worker retraining--are no longer just bonuses to alreadyprosperous lives but existential requirements. It's inall of our interests tomake sure that as many people as possible are able to move toward opportunity,and, America's ability to invest people and money in exciting new ideas isstill greater than that of most other wealthy countries. (As recently as fiveyears ago, US migration was twice the rate of EuropeanUnion states.) That, atleast, is some comfort at a time when our national economy seems to besearchingfor its next story line.
Unlike in the past, a college degree alone does not guarantee a good job for its holder.
3、听音频:
回答问题:
A.He will watch the oscars.
B.He will prepare for his exam.
C.He will go to a birthday party.
D.He will go to a concea of his favorite singer.
简答题
4、去年冬季以来,中国不少城市雾霾天气频频出现。特别是作为首都的北京,严重的雾霾天气更是引起了人们的关注。雾霾天气严重地影响了人们的出行和身体健康。在北京城市道路上,很多车辆因为能见度过低,只能在路上堵着。人们行走在路上都要戴着口罩。很多媒体报道称口罩已经卖脱销。大气污染现象已经成为困扰北京的难题,人们急需要解决这些问题,从而为该地区的人们带来更好的生活保障。
5、在如今的信息化时代,网络团购(On | i Re group-buy i ng)作为一种新的销售方式,以其价格便宜、形式新颖灵活,深受年轻人以及时尚人士的追捧。截止到201 1年7月,全国团购网站已经超过5000家。但是。消费者在享受网络团购带来的实惠时也出现了一些问题,如假冒产品、服务缩水、价格欺诈等现象。据消费者协会调查,近期接到的有关网络团购的投诉呈上升趋势。消费者们在购物时应保持清醒的头脑。
6、中国被誉为陶瓷之国,景德镇被称为陶瓷之都(the City of ceramics)。瓷器早出现于商代中晚期。距今已有八千多年的悠久历史。随着时代的发展,瓷器的用途越来越多,既可以用来盛放东西,也可以作装饰之用。多姿多彩的瓷器是中国古代的伟大发明之一。 “瓷器”与“中国”在英文中同为一词。充分说明中国瓷器的精美绝伦完全可以作为中国的代表。
7、 You should write a short essay entitled Spring Festival Gala on CCTE.
写作导航
1.许多人喜欢在除夕夜看春节晚会;
2.但有些人提出取消春节晚会;
3.提出自己的看法:不同意取消春晚。
8、 You should write a short essay on the topic on a Harmonious Dormitory Life.
写作导航
1.指出宿舍生活未必和谐;
2.简要阐述和谐的宿舍生活带来的好处;
3.从生活方式、处理矛盾等方面阐述如何创造和保持和谐的宿舍生活,
4.进行总结。
9、You should write an email inreply to a friend"s inquiry about whether you are going to work or continue your study after graduation.You shouM also explain the reasons behind your choice.
写作导航
1.回应对方来信,提出自己的观点,即会选择继续深造;
2.从就业形势和知识的重要性两方面阐述了做出该选择的原因,并指出会通过
参加实践活动来保持与时俱进;
3.进行总结;
4.按照书信格式表达感谢和祝愿。
10、You should start with a briefdescription ofthe picture,and then express your views on whether we should help those in need.
写作导航
1.简要描述图片:人们对跌倒的老人袖手旁观,并指出这是一种不良的社会现象;
2.从原因出发阐述了自己的观点;
3.提出建议和号召:我们在提高自身安全意识的同时,还是要坚持和发扬乐于助人这一传统美德。
1、根据下列材料,请回答题:
We all like to feel needed.But new research suggests having a sense of Purpose is good for our health, too,In a study of 7,000 people, those with the strongest sense of direction in life were over 70 percent less likely to suffer a stroke.The researchers 36 for other aggravating factors such as blood pressure and alcohol use and believe the 37 comes through regulating the immune system,
it has long been thought that 38 meaningful activity after retirement is important for physical and mental health-which often declines 39 soon after retirement.But while past research focused on the 40 effects of negative psychological traits, such as depression and anxiety, new research is investigating how positive traits, such as 41, protect against illness.In the recent study, men and women aged 50 and over were 42 for four to five years and completed psychological tests while researchers recorded strokes.The results show that the higher someone's sense of purpose, the lower their risk of a stroke.Those with the greatest sense of purpose were 73 percent less likely to Suffer a stroke compared to those with the lowest.Other research has shown that positive mood can lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol (荷尔蒙 ), also 43 in stroke.“This is significant as we have an 44 population and it helps show what behaviours prevent people from getting ill,” says Cary Cooper, professor of health psychology at Lancaster University.“Maybe 45 is not good for some.”
A.accounted
B.ageing
C.ambition
D.damaging
E.decreasing
F.dramatically
G.effect
H.gradually
I.implicated
J.optimism
K.outstanding
L.pursuing
M.retirement
N.searched
O.tracked
请回答(36)题__________.
A.accounted
B.ageing
C.ambition
D.damaging
E.decreasing
F.dramatically
G.effect
H.gradually
I.implicated
J.optimism
K.outstanding
L.pursuing
M.retirement
N.searched
O.tracked
2、回答题:
A Mess on theLadder of Success
A) Throughout Americanhistory there has almost always been at least one central economic narrativethatgave the ambitious or unsatisfied reason to pack up and seek their fortuneelsewhere. For the first 300or so years of European settlement, the story wasabout moving outward: getting immigrants to thecontinent and then to thefrontier to clear the prairies ( 大草原), drain thewetlands and build new cities.B) By the end of the 19thcentury, as the frontier vanished, the US had a mild panic attack. What wouldthisenergetic, enterprising country be without new lands to conquer? Some people,such as Teddy Roosevelt, decided to keep on conquering ( Cuba, the Philippines,etc.), but eventually, in industrialization, the US found a new narrative ofeconomic mobility at home. From the 1890s to the
1960s,people moved from farm to city, first in the North and then in the South. Infact, by the 1950s,there was enough prosperity and white-collar work that manybegan to move to the suburbs. As the population aged, there was also a shift from the cold Rust Belt to the comforts of the Sun Belt, Wethink of this as anold person's migration, but it created many jobs for the young in coustructionand health care, not to mention tourism, retail and restaurants.
C) For the last 20 years-from the end of the coldwar through two burst bubbles in a single decade--theUS has been casting aboutfor its next economic narrative. And now it is experienc.ing another periodofpanic, which is bad news for much of the workforce but particularly for itsyoungest members.
D) The US has always been a remarkably mobilecountry, but new data from the Census Bureau indicatethat mobility has reachedits lowest level in recorded history. Sure, some people are stuck in homesvaluedat less than their mortgages (抵押贷款), but many youngpeople,-who don't own homes anddon't yet have famih'es--are staying put, too.This suggests, among other things, that people aren'tpacking up for neweconomic opportmtities the way they used to. Rather than dividing the countryintothe 1 percenters versus ( 与……相对) everyone else, the split in our economy is really between twootherclasses: the mobile and immobile.
E) Part of the problem is that the country'slargest industries are in decline. In the past, it was perfectlyclear whereyoung people should go for work (Chicago in the 1870s, Detroit in the 1910s,Houston inthe 1970s) and, more or less, what they'd be doing when they gotthere ( killing cattle, building cars,~selling oil). And these industries werelarge enough to offer jobs to each class of worker, fromunskilled laborer tomanager or engineer. Today, the few bright spots in our economy are relativelysmall (though some promise future growth) and decentralized. There are greatjobs in Silicon Valley, in the biotech research capitals of Boston andRaleigh-Durham and in advanced manufacturing plantsalong the southern 1-85corridor. These companies recruit all over the country and the globe forworkerswith specific abilities.(You don't need to be the next Mark Zuckerberg, founderofFacebook, to get a job in one of the microhubs (微中心), by the way. But youwill almost certainlyneed at least a B, A. in computer science or a year or twoat a technical school.) This newer, select job market is national, and itoffers members of the mobile class competitive salaries and higherbargainingpower.
F) Many members of the immobile class, on theother hand, live in the America of the gloomy headlines.If you have nospecialized skills, there's little reason to uproot to another state and be thelast in linefor a low-paying job at a new auto plant or a green-energy startup.The surprise in the census (普查)data, however, is that the immobile workforce is not limited tounskilled workers. In fact, many have a college degree.
G) Until now, a B.A. in any subject was a near-guarantee of at least middle-class wages.But today, aquarter of college graduates make less than the typical workerwithout a bachelor's degree. David Autor, a prominent labor economist at M. I.T., recently told me that a college degree alone is nolonger a guarantor of agood job. While graduates from top universities are still likely to get a goodjobno matter what their major is, he said, graduates from less-famous schoolsare going to be judged onwhat they know. To compete for jobs on a nationallevel, they should be armed with the skills thatemerging industries need,whether technical or not.
H) Thosewithout such specialized skills--like poetry, or even history, majors--arealready competing with their neighbors for the same sorts of second-rate,poorer-paying local jobs like low-levelmanagement or big-box retail sales. Andwith the low-skilled labor market atomized into thousands ofmicroeconomies,immobile workers are less able to demand better wages or conditious or toacquire valuable skills.
I) Sowhat, exactly, should the ambitious young worker of today be learning?Unfortunately, it's hard tosay, since the US doesn't have one clear nationalproject. There are plenty of emerging, smaller industries, but which ones arethe most promising? (Nanotechnology's (纳米技术) moment of remarkable growth seems to havebeen 5 years into the future for something like 20 years now.) It'snot clearexactly what skills are most needed or if they will even be valuable in adecade.
J) Whatis clear is that all sorts of government issueseducation, health-insuranceportability, worker retraining--are no longer just bonuses to alreadyprosperous lives but existential requirements. It's inall of our interests tomake sure that as many people as possible are able to move toward opportunity,and, America's ability to invest people and money in exciting new ideas isstill greater than that of most other wealthy countries. (As recently as fiveyears ago, US migration was twice the rate of EuropeanUnion states.) That, atleast, is some comfort at a time when our national economy seems to besearchingfor its next story line.
Unlike in the past, a college degree alone does not guarantee a good job for its holder.
3、听音频:
点击播放
回答问题:
A.He will watch the oscars.
B.He will prepare for his exam.
C.He will go to a birthday party.
D.He will go to a concea of his favorite singer.
简答题
4、去年冬季以来,中国不少城市雾霾天气频频出现。特别是作为首都的北京,严重的雾霾天气更是引起了人们的关注。雾霾天气严重地影响了人们的出行和身体健康。在北京城市道路上,很多车辆因为能见度过低,只能在路上堵着。人们行走在路上都要戴着口罩。很多媒体报道称口罩已经卖脱销。大气污染现象已经成为困扰北京的难题,人们急需要解决这些问题,从而为该地区的人们带来更好的生活保障。
5、在如今的信息化时代,网络团购(On | i Re group-buy i ng)作为一种新的销售方式,以其价格便宜、形式新颖灵活,深受年轻人以及时尚人士的追捧。截止到201 1年7月,全国团购网站已经超过5000家。但是。消费者在享受网络团购带来的实惠时也出现了一些问题,如假冒产品、服务缩水、价格欺诈等现象。据消费者协会调查,近期接到的有关网络团购的投诉呈上升趋势。消费者们在购物时应保持清醒的头脑。
6、中国被誉为陶瓷之国,景德镇被称为陶瓷之都(the City of ceramics)。瓷器早出现于商代中晚期。距今已有八千多年的悠久历史。随着时代的发展,瓷器的用途越来越多,既可以用来盛放东西,也可以作装饰之用。多姿多彩的瓷器是中国古代的伟大发明之一。 “瓷器”与“中国”在英文中同为一词。充分说明中国瓷器的精美绝伦完全可以作为中国的代表。
7、 You should write a short essay entitled Spring Festival Gala on CCTE.
写作导航
1.许多人喜欢在除夕夜看春节晚会;
2.但有些人提出取消春节晚会;
3.提出自己的看法:不同意取消春晚。
8、 You should write a short essay on the topic on a Harmonious Dormitory Life.
写作导航
1.指出宿舍生活未必和谐;
2.简要阐述和谐的宿舍生活带来的好处;
3.从生活方式、处理矛盾等方面阐述如何创造和保持和谐的宿舍生活,
4.进行总结。
9、You should write an email inreply to a friend"s inquiry about whether you are going to work or continue your study after graduation.You shouM also explain the reasons behind your choice.
写作导航
1.回应对方来信,提出自己的观点,即会选择继续深造;
2.从就业形势和知识的重要性两方面阐述了做出该选择的原因,并指出会通过
参加实践活动来保持与时俱进;
3.进行总结;
4.按照书信格式表达感谢和祝愿。
10、You should start with a briefdescription ofthe picture,and then express your views on whether we should help those in need.
写作导航
1.简要描述图片:人们对跌倒的老人袖手旁观,并指出这是一种不良的社会现象;
2.从原因出发阐述了自己的观点;
3.提出建议和号召:我们在提高自身安全意识的同时,还是要坚持和发扬乐于助人这一传统美德。
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