2016年英语四级考试模考强化实战训练题四_第5页

　　Part Ⅴ

　　Writing(30 minutes)

　　Directions: The attraction of such a market is described first, then details of this source of enjoyment are presented, both appearing to the emotions of the readers.?

　　Title: How to Persuade People to Visit a Pet Fish Market?

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　　How to Persuade People to Visit a Pet Fish Market ?

　　Walking through a pet fish market always makes you feel relaxed.?

　　As the fish basins and tanks are displayed on either side of the narrow street, it takes quite some time to walk through it, and considering the colorful varieties of fish displayed, it is an enjoyment to take a walk there. As soon as you enter the market, you see goldfish galore swimming in basins of all shapes and sizes. The “bubble eyes” may first come into view, their bubbles quivering with every cet4v.com. The “skyward dragons” on the other hand, look foolishly conceited. Why do they always look upward with their eyes parallel to the horizon? Is this the social behavior of their kind-never looking down, but always looking up? You wonder. Then there are the “tiger-heads”, moving ever so solemnly. They fill you with a sense of calmness. For those who love jewelry, the “pearls” will surely provide great pleasure. Somewhere higher up in more expensive tanks, with air bubbles blowing up and weeds growing from the sandy bottoms, the tropical fishes are real attraction: extremely colorful and elegant.Their prices may surprise you, but there’s no harm in looking. 答案部分

　　Section A?

　　1. M: How many students passed the College English Test last term??

　　W: Well, let me see,1016 students took the exam, cet4v.com failed.?

　　Q: How many students did the woman believe had passed the exam.?

　　2. W: Would you tell me how I can get to the hospital??

　　M: Sure, let’s me give you a hand.?

　　Q: What’s the man doing??

　　3. W: May I help you??

　　M: Yes, I’d like to call Jane’s office, area code 502-2211, my name is Scott.?

　　Q: Who is the man speaking to??

　　4. W: Is aunt Mary in? I’ve got something important to tell her.?

　　M: Sorry, mother has gone shopping, she won’t be back until lunch time.?

　　Q: What is the relationship between the two speakers??

　　5. M: Sue isn’t here yet, did you forget to invite her??

　　W: She was ready to come, but then changed her mind.?

　　Q: Why isn’t Mary present??

　　6. W: Why are you just standing outside instead of going in??

　　M: I have tried all my keys in the lock, but it won’t open.?

　　Q: Why didn’t the man go in??

　　7. M: You don’t look a day over thirty.?

　　W: Really? In fact, I’m thirty-five.?

　　Q: How does the woman feel about the man’s remark??

　　8. M: Did your sister like her new car??

　　W: She thought it was too noisy, and something cet4v.com the tyres, but my

　　father believed it was quite a good car.?

　　Q: What did the girl’s father think of the new car??

　　9. W: Fasten your belts, and we will take off soon.?

　　M: But would you like to tell me how to fasten it??

　　Q: Where did the conversation take place??

　　10. M: Are you going to the concert tonight??

　　W: No, I promised to babysit for my neighbors while they have a meeting.?

　　Q: What will the woman do tonight??

　　Section B?

　　Passage One?

　　The first day of April ranks among the most joyous days in the juvenile calendar.?

　　“It is a day when you hoax friends of yours with jokes like sending them to the shop for some pigeon’s milk, or telling them to dig a hole because a dog has died; when they came back and ask where is the dead dog you say ’April fool’ and laugh at them .There are some when you just say ’Your shoe lace is undone’ or ’Your belt is hanging’ or ’’Go and fetch that plate off the table’, and of course their shoe lace is tied up right, and their belt is not hanging , and there is no plate on the table, so you say ’Ever been had, April fool.”?

　　And parents, of course, are not exempt. “We have a lively time,” says an 11-year-old Swansea girl, “as there are so many jokes to play such as sewing up the bottom of Daddy’s trousers.” And a 9-year-old Birmingham boy writes:?

　　“Last year I fooled father by gluing a penny to the floor and saying ’Dad, you’ve dropped a penny on the floor.’ He couldn’t get it off the ground because it was stuck firm, then I shouted ’Yah, April fool’.?

　　Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. ?

　　11. Which of the following is not true according to the passage??

　　12. Why did her father look for a penny??

　　13. Why did she told her father that his penny dropped on the floor.?

　　Passage Two?

　　Some months ago my friend bought a new refrigerator, but became worried when it did not work properly.?

　　The food did not keep well, the milk went sour quickly and the inside of the refrigerator had an unusual smell. My friend tried to do many different things to solve the problems. She checked every corner inside the fridge and wiped the refrigerator out with a wet cloth, all without success. This refrigerator would not work properly.?

　　Finally, my friend decided she had had enough. She asked her son-in-law to find the paper with the shop guarantee on it. This guarantee said the shop promised to repair the refrigerator for free if it broke down in the first three months.?

　　The son-in-law first had a look at the refrigerator to see what the problem was. To the amusement of all those present and the embarrassment of y friend, he found that she had plugged her refrigerator into the electric power plug in the wall, but had forgotten to switch the power on.?

　　Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. ?

　　14. Why does my friend become worried when he bought a new refrigerator??

　　15. Which of the following is not true according to the passage??

　　16. Which of the following is written in the paper with the shop guarantee according to the passage??

　　Passage Three?

　　What a coincidence that your letter with the newspaper clipping “Riches of the Sea” arrived the same day the science department here was presenting a lecture on oceanography! I planed to go to a movie that night, but after I had got your letter I decided to attend the lecture instead, and I was certainly glad I did.?

　　As you know, what I wanted to do after I finished school has never been very clear to me. Day always wants me to be a teacher but now I believe I liked to be an oceanographer. Until the lecture, I always had thought of the ocean as just a vast body of water where one swam, rode the surf, or took a ship for some far-off place. Dr Brown, the lecturer, made me realize that the ocean was a great new frontier, with untold potential as a source of food and of other products valuable to mankind. He talked about the new developments taking place in ocean research these days. I will try to give you a brief summary of some of the things he mentioned.?