2015年英语四级考试每日一练(10月23日)
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单项选择题
1、听录音,
回答题
A． She used to be in poor health.
B． She was popular among boys.
C． She was somewhat overweight.
D． She didn't do well at high school.
2、
A mission to end career hookups
A）Neil Clark Warren has a bold ambition．He wants “people to have a job they love and a marriage they wouldn’t change for anything”．For the 79-year-old founder and chief executive of dating site eHar-mony now wants to match job hunters with employers．
B）The dating marketplace is crowded．Online dating，once stigmatized（使受耻辱），is now main-sffeam. Eharmony，founded in 2000，today competes with niche sites catering for users from vegetarians to Ayn Rand fans，as well as social media and apps such as Tinder．Though Dr．Warren patently sees his site，which claims to have been responsible for 600，000 marriages，as a cut above those facilitating mere hookups．“Tinder and eHarmony are in two different businesses．Tinder is very superficial；it’s based on looks．’’
C）Dr．Warren wants to broaden eHarmony’s appeal and become a “relationship company”．Not just making love and job matches but also fixing retirees up with advisers and the isolated with friends．He sees loneliness as one of the biggest problems in modem society．Technology，he concedes，is a double-edged sword，both contributing to and combating isolation．
D）But first he is going after the jobs giants，Linkedln and Monster．In December eHarmony’s subsidiary Elevated Careers will launch in the US．Dr．Warren believes there is an untapped market of unfulfilled professionals．“0ver 70 percent of employees identify themselves as not engaged or actively disengaged from theft jobs．We think we Call reduce the amount of turnover and raise the level of productivity for companies by matching candidates with the right job，in the right career，with the right company．’’He insists he can counter the modem career pattern of serial jobs in multiple companies and turn employees monogamous（一夫一妻制）．The fallout of those who flit from job to job is far-reaching, he says．His wife’s father, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate，moved jobs 17 times．“That has an impact”, he says．“When a person is unhappy at their job，it affects their home fife，their marriage，their personal relationships，and their relationships with their co-workers．[It has]a negative effect on the productivity of the organisations for which they are working．”So for the past two years he has set social scientists and technology employees to work on the criteria and algorithms（算法）that will help employees and employers find “the one”．The dating site asks sub—scribers to answer about l50 questions to help identify values and personality．So Dr．Warren envisages（设想）a questionnaire to unearth a candidate’s skills，expectation of culture and personality．
E）Few recruiters do well on matching an employee with a company culture，he says，“The majority of the workforce change jobs for reasons directly related to company culture．It is imperative we bring candidates verifiable company-culture data that matches to their core work values so they can find the best possible opportunities to experience a meaningful and emotional connection with their work．’’The details of such data remain secret．Dr．Warren knows about being faithful to one career．He worked as a relationship psychologist for 40 years before setting up eHarmony．Originally from as mall town in Iowa，he went to a school attended by only l7 pupils．He was the only child in his class．“I came both first and last。”he jokes．His father was a “true entrepreneur”who，says Dr．Warren，“owned the town”．
F）Dr：Warren’s brother-in-law took an interest in him as a teenager and encouraged his intellectual curiosity-no one else in his family had been to university．He studied at Princeton Theological Seminary before doing a PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Chica90．His interest in relationships came from his Christian beliefs but also a sense that despite their 70-year marriage，his parents were incompatible．“My father was brilliant，very vital．He liked to talk about big things like the Middle East but my mother couldn’t keep up with him．They didn’t talk about much．”
G）He says the relationship still worked very well for their children：“They never said anything sarcastic to each other。”But his parents’ example instilled in him the belief that a “long marriage is not necessarily a great marriage”．So Dr．Warren set up as a marriage counselor，seeing more than 7，700 people over the decades．The counseling only confirmed his convictions that divorce was due to incompatibility that should have been evident before the wedding．“I thought people had found the wrong person．They had never received any training about who they should meet．”
H）Pre-marital counseling did not seem to work．“I never had one couple cancel their wedding as a re-suit．”He recalls one session in which the man told his fianc6e：‘‘Nothing this mall says will stop me marrying you．”It was this that set him-together with his son-in-law-on the idea of matchmaking online．Dr. Warren had also reached a point in his career when his work had become “samey”．Despite diversifying into writing relationship books and running seminars，he craved stimulation．So in 2000，just before the dotcom bubble burst，the pair managed to raise$2.5m funding．
I）It was difficult to find subscribers at the start，he says，because internet dating was relatively new．The first users tended to be those living in sparsely populated areas so there were a lot of long-distance relationships．But gradually，the California-based site grew．In 2007 he stood down from the privately owned company and moved to Maine with his wife to enjoy their 30-acre grounds．complete with golf course，swimming pool and tennis courts．Despite trying to stay active，he got bored，and，convinced that his company had lost its way，returned as chief executive．
J）During retirement he read a lot of books about comeback kings such as Starbucks’ Howard Schultz and Steve Jobs．He felt “glad to have a chance to run the company as he wanted it”．In doing so he cut his staff from 320 to 190 and says the reorganisation is aligned with his views on job-matching．“We matched people with the fight jobs in our own company．”Can the 79-year-old grandfather keep on working?“I don’t think I'll ever retire．I was bored in retirement．”He hopes，however，that the company’s chief operating officer will take over when that day eventually comes．“He’s a verb and I'm a noun．’’What does he mean?“I'm more of a visionary and he’s more of a doer。’’
According to Neil Warren，technology helps create and prevent social isolation at the same time．
3、听句子，回答问题。
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have jnst heard.
A．To give background information about Santa Catalina Island.
B．To tell the audience about new books on Santa Catalina.
C．To introduce a training film on baseball.
D．To tell people about the music from the 1930s and 1940s.
填空题
4、The northern Italian city of Milan banned all traffic from its streets for 10 hours on Sunday (26)reduce smog.
The measure which was first imposed on a trial basis in the'year 2007 is (27)__________whenever pollution exceeds the statutory limit for 12 (28)__________ days.
Satellite imagery shows Milan to be one of the most polluted cities in Europe. An estimated 120,000 (29) will be affected by the move, according to the major daily newspaper in the city.
The most polluting vehicles have (30) __________ driving through the city center since Thursday. But on Sunday, there was supposed to be no traffic between 8:00 and 18:00.
The ban is imposed when pollution (31)__________50 micrograms of particulates per cubic meter of air over 12 days. The last time the full ban was (32) __________ was in February.
The move is not popular with all environmentalists, who argue that the city's public transport system should be improved to (33)__________people from using their cars. Local Green Party councilor Enrico Fedrighini said cars with three or four people inside should be offered free parking, for example. "One or two car-free Sundays each month will not do anything to (34)__________ the smog crisis," he told the daily newspaper in the city.
Public transport was to be bolstered during the day, with an (35)__________ metro trains and buses operating.
根据材料，回答问题。
26.__________
简答题
5、听录音,回答题
Many college students today own personal computers that cost anywhere from $1,000 to perhaps$5,000 or more． (26) , it is not uncommon for them to purehase (27)
costing another several hundred dollars． Twenty years ago, computers were (28), butthey were very large and extremely expensive． Few, if any, (29) purchased computersfor home use． Over the years, the price of the"guts" of a computerits memoryhas declined to lessthan a thousandth of the price per unit of memory that prevailed twenty yeats ago． This is the mainreason why computers cost so much less today than they used to． Moreover, (30) improvements have made it possible to (31) memory circuitry that is small enough to fitinto the portable personal computers that many of us own and use． (32) , as the priceof computation has declined the average consumer and business have spent more on purchasingcomputers．(33) , improved agricultural technology, hybrid seeds, (34) animal breeding, and so on have vastly increased the amount of output a typical farmer can produce．The prices of goods such as meats and grains have fallen sharply relative to the prices of most othergoods and services． As agricultural, prices have "fallen, many households have decreased their totalexpenses on food． Even though the (35) of a product purchased generally increaseswhen its price falls, total expenses on it may decline．
第(26)题__________
6、 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a shortessay on the topic of spare messages (垃圾短信） You should start youressay with a brief account of the possible reasons of spare messages andthen explain how to deal with them. You should write at least 120 wordsbut no more than 180 words.
7、 Directions: For thisi part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a shortessay on the topic of low-carbon life. You should start your essay with abrief account of the importance of low-carbon life and then explain howto create it. You should zcrrite at least 120 ords but no more than ]80zuord.
8、 Directions For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a shortessay on the topic of harmonious campus. You should start your essaywith a brief account of your understanding of harmonious ctvnpus andthen explain how to build it. You should write at least 120 words but nomore than 180 words.
9、 总结一年来的工作，我们清醒地看到，经济社会发展中还存在不少问题和困难。必须坚持把人民群众的利益放在位。要切实维护人民群众的经济、政治和文化权益，着力解决关系群众切身利益的突出问题，保障城乡困难群众的基本生活。不断满足人们日益增长的物质文化需要，是社会主义现代化建设的根本目的。只有执政为民，我们的各项事业才能获得广泛、可靠的群众基础和力量源泉。
10、作文题一：印象深的活动
AA campus activity that has benefited most.
1、听录音,
回答题
A． She used to be in poor health.
B． She was popular among boys.
C． She was somewhat overweight.
D． She didn't do well at high school.
2、
A mission to end career hookups
A）Neil Clark Warren has a bold ambition．He wants “people to have a job they love and a marriage they wouldn’t change for anything”．For the 79-year-old founder and chief executive of dating site eHar-mony now wants to match job hunters with employers．
B）The dating marketplace is crowded．Online dating，once stigmatized（使受耻辱），is now main-sffeam. Eharmony，founded in 2000，today competes with niche sites catering for users from vegetarians to Ayn Rand fans，as well as social media and apps such as Tinder．Though Dr．Warren patently sees his site，which claims to have been responsible for 600，000 marriages，as a cut above those facilitating mere hookups．“Tinder and eHarmony are in two different businesses．Tinder is very superficial；it’s based on looks．’’
C）Dr．Warren wants to broaden eHarmony’s appeal and become a “relationship company”．Not just making love and job matches but also fixing retirees up with advisers and the isolated with friends．He sees loneliness as one of the biggest problems in modem society．Technology，he concedes，is a double-edged sword，both contributing to and combating isolation．
D）But first he is going after the jobs giants，Linkedln and Monster．In December eHarmony’s subsidiary Elevated Careers will launch in the US．Dr．Warren believes there is an untapped market of unfulfilled professionals．“0ver 70 percent of employees identify themselves as not engaged or actively disengaged from theft jobs．We think we Call reduce the amount of turnover and raise the level of productivity for companies by matching candidates with the right job，in the right career，with the right company．’’He insists he can counter the modem career pattern of serial jobs in multiple companies and turn employees monogamous（一夫一妻制）．The fallout of those who flit from job to job is far-reaching, he says．His wife’s father, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate，moved jobs 17 times．“That has an impact”, he says．“When a person is unhappy at their job，it affects their home fife，their marriage，their personal relationships，and their relationships with their co-workers．[It has]a negative effect on the productivity of the organisations for which they are working．”So for the past two years he has set social scientists and technology employees to work on the criteria and algorithms（算法）that will help employees and employers find “the one”．The dating site asks sub—scribers to answer about l50 questions to help identify values and personality．So Dr．Warren envisages（设想）a questionnaire to unearth a candidate’s skills，expectation of culture and personality．
E）Few recruiters do well on matching an employee with a company culture，he says，“The majority of the workforce change jobs for reasons directly related to company culture．It is imperative we bring candidates verifiable company-culture data that matches to their core work values so they can find the best possible opportunities to experience a meaningful and emotional connection with their work．’’The details of such data remain secret．Dr．Warren knows about being faithful to one career．He worked as a relationship psychologist for 40 years before setting up eHarmony．Originally from as mall town in Iowa，he went to a school attended by only l7 pupils．He was the only child in his class．“I came both first and last。”he jokes．His father was a “true entrepreneur”who，says Dr．Warren，“owned the town”．
F）Dr：Warren’s brother-in-law took an interest in him as a teenager and encouraged his intellectual curiosity-no one else in his family had been to university．He studied at Princeton Theological Seminary before doing a PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Chica90．His interest in relationships came from his Christian beliefs but also a sense that despite their 70-year marriage，his parents were incompatible．“My father was brilliant，very vital．He liked to talk about big things like the Middle East but my mother couldn’t keep up with him．They didn’t talk about much．”
G）He says the relationship still worked very well for their children：“They never said anything sarcastic to each other。”But his parents’ example instilled in him the belief that a “long marriage is not necessarily a great marriage”．So Dr．Warren set up as a marriage counselor，seeing more than 7，700 people over the decades．The counseling only confirmed his convictions that divorce was due to incompatibility that should have been evident before the wedding．“I thought people had found the wrong person．They had never received any training about who they should meet．”
H）Pre-marital counseling did not seem to work．“I never had one couple cancel their wedding as a re-suit．”He recalls one session in which the man told his fianc6e：‘‘Nothing this mall says will stop me marrying you．”It was this that set him-together with his son-in-law-on the idea of matchmaking online．Dr. Warren had also reached a point in his career when his work had become “samey”．Despite diversifying into writing relationship books and running seminars，he craved stimulation．So in 2000，just before the dotcom bubble burst，the pair managed to raise$2.5m funding．
I）It was difficult to find subscribers at the start，he says，because internet dating was relatively new．The first users tended to be those living in sparsely populated areas so there were a lot of long-distance relationships．But gradually，the California-based site grew．In 2007 he stood down from the privately owned company and moved to Maine with his wife to enjoy their 30-acre grounds．complete with golf course，swimming pool and tennis courts．Despite trying to stay active，he got bored，and，convinced that his company had lost its way，returned as chief executive．
J）During retirement he read a lot of books about comeback kings such as Starbucks’ Howard Schultz and Steve Jobs．He felt “glad to have a chance to run the company as he wanted it”．In doing so he cut his staff from 320 to 190 and says the reorganisation is aligned with his views on job-matching．“We matched people with the fight jobs in our own company．”Can the 79-year-old grandfather keep on working?“I don’t think I'll ever retire．I was bored in retirement．”He hopes，however，that the company’s chief operating officer will take over when that day eventually comes．“He’s a verb and I'm a noun．’’What does he mean?“I'm more of a visionary and he’s more of a doer。’’
According to Neil Warren，technology helps create and prevent social isolation at the same time．
3、听句子，回答问题。
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have jnst heard.
A．To give background information about Santa Catalina Island.
B．To tell the audience about new books on Santa Catalina.
C．To introduce a training film on baseball.
D．To tell people about the music from the 1930s and 1940s.
填空题
4、The northern Italian city of Milan banned all traffic from its streets for 10 hours on Sunday (26)reduce smog.
The measure which was first imposed on a trial basis in the'year 2007 is (27)__________whenever pollution exceeds the statutory limit for 12 (28)__________ days.
Satellite imagery shows Milan to be one of the most polluted cities in Europe. An estimated 120,000 (29) will be affected by the move, according to the major daily newspaper in the city.
The most polluting vehicles have (30) __________ driving through the city center since Thursday. But on Sunday, there was supposed to be no traffic between 8:00 and 18:00.
The ban is imposed when pollution (31)__________50 micrograms of particulates per cubic meter of air over 12 days. The last time the full ban was (32) __________ was in February.
The move is not popular with all environmentalists, who argue that the city's public transport system should be improved to (33)__________people from using their cars. Local Green Party councilor Enrico Fedrighini said cars with three or four people inside should be offered free parking, for example. "One or two car-free Sundays each month will not do anything to (34)__________ the smog crisis," he told the daily newspaper in the city.
Public transport was to be bolstered during the day, with an (35)__________ metro trains and buses operating.
根据材料，回答问题。
26.__________
简答题
5、听录音,回答题
Many college students today own personal computers that cost anywhere from $1,000 to perhaps$5,000 or more． (26) , it is not uncommon for them to purehase (27)
costing another several hundred dollars． Twenty years ago, computers were (28), butthey were very large and extremely expensive． Few, if any, (29) purchased computersfor home use． Over the years, the price of the"guts" of a computerits memoryhas declined to lessthan a thousandth of the price per unit of memory that prevailed twenty yeats ago． This is the mainreason why computers cost so much less today than they used to． Moreover, (30) improvements have made it possible to (31) memory circuitry that is small enough to fitinto the portable personal computers that many of us own and use． (32) , as the priceof computation has declined the average consumer and business have spent more on purchasingcomputers．(33) , improved agricultural technology, hybrid seeds, (34) animal breeding, and so on have vastly increased the amount of output a typical farmer can produce．The prices of goods such as meats and grains have fallen sharply relative to the prices of most othergoods and services． As agricultural, prices have "fallen, many households have decreased their totalexpenses on food． Even though the (35) of a product purchased generally increaseswhen its price falls, total expenses on it may decline．
第(26)题__________
6、 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a shortessay on the topic of spare messages (垃圾短信） You should start youressay with a brief account of the possible reasons of spare messages andthen explain how to deal with them. You should write at least 120 wordsbut no more than 180 words.
7、 Directions: For thisi part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a shortessay on the topic of low-carbon life. You should start your essay with abrief account of the importance of low-carbon life and then explain howto create it. You should zcrrite at least 120 ords but no more than ]80zuord.
8、 Directions For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a shortessay on the topic of harmonious campus. You should start your essaywith a brief account of your understanding of harmonious ctvnpus andthen explain how to build it. You should write at least 120 words but nomore than 180 words.
9、 总结一年来的工作，我们清醒地看到，经济社会发展中还存在不少问题和困难。必须坚持把人民群众的利益放在位。要切实维护人民群众的经济、政治和文化权益，着力解决关系群众切身利益的突出问题，保障城乡困难群众的基本生活。不断满足人们日益增长的物质文化需要，是社会主义现代化建设的根本目的。只有执政为民，我们的各项事业才能获得广泛、可靠的群众基础和力量源泉。
10、作文题一：印象深的活动
AA campus activity that has benefited most.
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