专四模拟试题1 - 图文

[A] they will have been fined if they make any claims

[B] it is hard for them to find a specific and feasible one [C] they have learned a lesson from previous experiences [D] they only attach importance to short-term development 95. Which is the best title of the passage?

[A] Sports Training Has Begun for Babies and Toddlers [B] Sports Training Does Harm to Babies and Toddlers [C] Should Babies Have Sports Training?

[D] What Training Should Babies and Toddlers Have? TEXT D

A middle-aged couple sits in front of a TV set. He flicks idly through a magazine, she holds a drink．An advertisement for Marks & Spencer, a British retailer, comes on. It is a humdrum domestic scene，one that could have been captured at any point in the past 50 years. The husband and wife are playing back a programme that they have captured on a digital video recorder-something they do often. They do not need to watch advertisements. Indeed, they claim never to do so. Whenever an ad comes on during a recorded programme, the husband says in an interview, he zips through it at 30 times the normal speed. Just outside Brighton, on England's south coast, Sarah Pearson watches people watch television. She has almost 100,000 hours of video showing utterly banal scenes-people channel-surfing, fighting over the remote control and napping. Her findings are astonishing. There turns out to be an enormous gap between how people say they watch television and how they actually do. This gap contains clues to why television is so successful, and why so many attempts to transform it through technology have failed.

In the past few years viewers have gained much more control over television. Video-cassette recorders have been replaced by DVD players and digital video recorders ( DVRs)，both of which are easier to use．Cable and satellite firms offer a growing number of videos on demand. TV has gone online and become mobile．As a result, viewers’ expectations have changed dramatically．Katsuaki Suzuki of Fuji Television，Japan's biggest broadcaster, says nobody feels they need to be at home

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to catch the 9 p.m. drama any more. But a change in expectations is not quite the same as a change in behaviour．Although it is easier than ever to watch programmes at a time and on a device of one's choosing, and people expect to be able to do so, nearly all TV is nonetheless watched live

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on a television set． Even in British homes with a Sky + box, which allows for easy recording of programmes, almost 85 % of television shows are viewed at the time the

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broadcasters see fit to air them．

“People want to watch ‘Pop Idol’ when everyone else is watching it,” says Mike Darcey of BSkyB．If that is not possible, they watch it as soon as they can afterwards. Some 60% of all shows recorded on Sky + boxes are viewed within a day. 96. According to the passage, the husband is __________． [A] a programmer [B] an interviewee

[C] a producer [D] an employee

97. When watching TV, people do all the followings EXCEPT __________． [A] switching channels [B] arguing over trifles [C] dozing off

[D] seizing the remote control

98. We can infer that what the husband and wife claim is NOT __________． [A] matter-of-fact [B] well-grounded [C] reasonable [D] feasible

99. Viewer's expectations of TV programs have changed due to [A] the advancement of technology

[B] the richness of recreational activities [C] the rapid spread of the Internet [D] the large quantity of programs

100. The passage aims to show us __________． [A] why people tend to change channels [B] how people really watch television [C] what people prefer to watch on TV [D] when people watch television

Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: Is Frustration a Bad Thing?

You are to write in three parts.

In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.

In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your opinion.

In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. Marks will be awarded for content，organization，grammar and appropriateness．Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a note of about 50 -60 words based on the following situation:

Your friend, Jim, wants to look up for some material in the reference room of your college. Tell him the location of the reference room, the available time and the relative procedure.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.

答案及详解

M：Good morning！

W：Good mornin9，Olive！Did you sleep well last night？

M：I slept like a baby．I fell asleep quickly，and didn’t have any nightmares！ W：Great news！You look much more relaxed than you were yesterday．