2015年英语四级考试每日一练(11月30日)
1、听音频,回答题
A.Call the garage for solution.
B.Ask the neighbor for help.
C.Try to get a taxi in time.
D.Stay at home and wait for him.
2、
根据录音,选择合适的答案( )。
A.The woman is rather forgetful.
B.The man appreciates the woman's help.
C.The man often lends books to the woman.
D.The woman often works overtime at weekends.
3、
Questionsare based on the conversation you have just heard.
根据录音,选择合适的答案( )。
A.Miami.
B.Vancouver.
C.Belling ham.
D.Boston.
4、阅读下文,回答题
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
Once the hard decisions have been made about how to treat a patient’s cancer,doctors face aul even more difficult question:how do you help patients deal with the side effects of treatment?
The issue is a challenge for physicians because,unlike with cancer therapies,there are few scientific studies on the most effective ways to handle the side effects including common symptoms such as poor sleep or fatigue.But addressing these seemingly coluinon complications(并发症)is crucial for helping patients maintain their regular lifestyle,which in turn may even encourage the success of their cancer treatment.
That’s why Dr.Karen Mustian of the University of Rochester Medical Center decided to put a favorite practice of cancer survivors yoga--to the test.In a paper she will present at the American Society of Clinical Oncology(肿瘤学)(Asco)annual meeting in June,Mustian designed a standardized program based on hatha yoga—a slow-moving form of the discipline-and tested its effect on improving:the quality of life for cancer survivors.
Called YOCAS,the four-week program involved sessi。ons of hatha yoga twice a week for 75 minutes each,in combination with breathing exercises and meditation(冥想).Among the 410 participants,who were divided into yoga and traditional follow-up care groups,those practicing yoga recorded nearly double the improvement in sleep quality and reduction of fatigue compared to those not practicing yoga.They also reported better quality of life overall,Mnstian says.
For cancer physicians.the findings will be a welcome addition to their discussions with patients.“Many patients ask about complementary(互补的)therapies,whether they are exercise or meditation or yoga,”says Dr,Douglas Blayney,medical director of the comprehensive cancer center at University of Michigan and president of ASCO.“I often don’t know what to tell them because there isn't a lot of science on these complementary therapies.Here is a scientific study showing benefit,so at least we can have some assurance in telling women that here is a yoga program,here are its characteristics and it has been shown to have beneficial effects on sleep and quality of life.’’
What bothers the cancer physicians after determining the treatment plan?
A.How to prevent the side effects from appearing.
B.How to handle the side effects effectively.
C.How to persuade the patient to accept the therapy.
D.How to prove effectiveness of the treatment.
5、Questions are based on the following passage.
Americans have long prided themselves as being part of an optimistic society.But a new researchdescribes Americans as pessimistic,beheving the nation is in decline and that quality of lifefor 369enerations may be lower than it is today.
Defining the American Dream is not easy,although four definitions dominate people’s 370f whatit means to them,according to researchers at the Xavier University’s Institute for Pohtics and theAmerican Dream:opportunity,freedom,family and financial success.Happiness,wealth,home ownershipare among the things that38as less important in people’s views of what the dream means.
However people define it,they believe the American Dream is harder to achieve for this generationthat it was for their parents’generation.Sixty percent of those一39by Xavier University said that wastheir conclusion.Even more--68 percent--said their children and grandchildren will find it more 40 toachieve than they have.
The results may not be 41 ,given the state of the economy.The deep recession that has grippedthe nation sent the unemployment 42 to9.7 percent.Add to that the damage done to retirementsavings accounts by the 43 decline in the stock market.Today,a majority of Americans--58percent--see the country in decline.A smaller majority--52 percent--beheve the world now 44 tomany other places to see where the future is.It’s little wonder Americans are in a pessimistic 45.
A.looks
B.mood
C.ratio
D.rank
E.surveyed
F.contemporary
G.difficult
H.future
I.rate
J.supported
K.sharp
L.hopes
M.perceptions
N.disappointing
0.surprising
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6、Questions are based on the following passage.
When young women were found to make only 82 percent of what their male peers do just one year
out of college, many were at a loss to explain it.
All the traditional reasons put forward to interpret the pay gap--that women fall behind when theyleave the workforce to raise kids, for example, or that they don't seek as many management rolesfailed to justify this one. These young women didn't have kids yet. And because they were just one yearremoved from their undergraduate degrees, few of these women yet had the chance to go after (muchless decline) leadership roles.
But there are other reasons why the pay gap remains so persistent. The first is that no matter howmany women may be getting college degrees, the university experience is still an unequal one. Thesecondis that our higher education system is not designed to focus on the economic consequences ofour students' years on campus.
Now that women are the majority of college students and surpass men in both the number ofundergraduate and advanced degrees awarded, one might think the college campus m a pretty equalplace. It is not. Studies show that while girls do better than boys in high school, they start to trail offduring t~eir college years. They enroll in different kinds of classes, tend to major in less rigorous (非常) subjects, and generally head off with less ambitious plans.
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As a result, it's not surprising that even the best educated young women enter the workplace with aslight disadvantage. Their college experience leaves them somewhat confused, still stumbling(栽倒) overthe dilemmas their grandmothers' generation sought to destroy. Are they supposed to be pretty or smart?Strong or sexy (性感的)? All their lives, today's young women have been pushed to embrace bothperfection and passionto pursue science and sports, math and theater--and do it all as well as theypossibly can No wonder they are not negotiating for higher salaries as soon as they get out of s~hool.They are too exhausted, and too scared of failing.
Traditionally, it is believed that women earn less than men because
A. they have failed to take as many rigorous courses
B. they do not feel as fit for management roles
C. they feel obliged to take care of their kids at home
D.they do not exhibit the needed leadership qualifies
7、根据材料,回答问题。
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
A.To explain a new requirement for graduation.
B.To interest students in a community service project.
C.To discuss the problems of elementary school students.
D.To recruit elementary school teachers for a special program.
简答题
8、For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
据报道,今年中国快递服务(courier services)将递送大约120亿件包裹。这将使中国有可能超越美国成为世界上的快递市场。大多数包裹里装着网上订购的物品。中国给数百万在线零售商以极具竞争力的价格销售商品的机会。仅在ll月11日,中国消费者就从国内的购物平台购买了价值90亿美元的商品。中国有不少这样的特殊购物日。因此,快递业在中国扩展就不足为奇了。
9、
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a shortessay on the following question. You should write at least 120 words butno more than 180 words.
Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown,what is the most interesting place you would like to take him/her to seeand why?
10、
中国应进一步发展核能.因为核能目前只占其总发电量百分之二该比例在所有国家中居30位.几乎是.2011年3月日本核电站事故后,中国的核能开发停了下来,终止审批新的核电站,并开展全国性的核安全检查。到2012年10月,审批才又谨慎地恢复。随着技术和安全措施的改进,发生核事故的可能性完全可以降到程度。换句话说,核能是可以安全舞发和利用的。