英语四级模拟测试题——阅读与写作

Part I Writing(30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled To Curb Spending? You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:

To Curb Spending?

The monthly expenditures of college students have been on the rise in the past few years. Some argue that if the students earn the money themselves, how they spend it is none of other people’s business, and after all,  standard keeps rising. However, the fact is that most students live on the money their parents give them. The lure of a more comfortable and fashionable lifestyle-one with name brand clothing, mobile phones, MP3, and dining out or going to bars with a girlfriend-makes many to.

Passage 4
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.?
Disney World,Florida,is the biggest amusement resort in the
world.It covers 24.4 thousand acres, size of Manhattan.It was opened on October 1,1971,five years later Walt Disney’s death,and it is a larger,slightly more ambitious version of Disneyland near LosAngeles.Foreigners tend to associate Walt Disney with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,and with his other famous cartoon charactes,Mickey Mouse,Donald Duck and Pluto,or with his nature films, whose superb photography is spoiled,in the opinion of some,by the vulgarity of the commentary and musical background.?

There is very little that could be called vulgar in Disney World.It attracts people of most taste and most income groups,and people of all ages,from toddlers to grandpas.There are two expensive hotels,a golf course,and forest trails for horseback riding and rivers for canoeing.But the central attraction of the resort is the Magic Kingdom.?
Between the huge parking lots and the Magic Kingdom lies a broad
artificial lake.In the distance rise the towers of Cinderella’s Castle,which like every other building in the Kingdom is built of solid materials.Even getting to the Magic Kingdom is quite an adventure.You have a choice of transportation.You can either cross the lake on a replica of a Mississippi paddle?wheeler,or you can glide around the shore in a streamlined monorail train.When you reach the terminal,you walk straight into a little square which faces Main Street.Main Street is late 19th century.There are modern shops inside the buildings,but all the decades are of the period.There are hanging baskets full of red and white flowers,and there is no traffic except a horse?draw streetcar and an ancient double decker bus.Yet as you walk through the magic
Kingdom,you are actually walking on top of a network of underground roads.This is how the shops,restaurants and all the other material needs of the Magic Kingdom are.?

36.In which year did Walt Disney die??
A)1971. B)1976. C)1966. D)1900.?

37.The main attraction of Disney World is ____.?
A)the Seven Dwarfs B)Mickey Mouse
C)Donald Duck
D)the Magic World?

38.Reaching the Magic Kingdom is____.?
A)adventurous B)dangerous C)difficult D)easy?

39.When one visits the biggest amusement in the world,one will
find____.
A)it is relatively cheap B)it is very expensive
C)it just wastes his time D)it is vulgar?

40.Why is Disney World the most famous amusement resort??
A)It is funny. B)It is interesting.
C)It is the biggest one. D)It is the most expensive.?

答案：?

36.C
由本文第一段“It was opened on October 1971,five years after walt Disney’s
death.”可知正确答案应该是选项C。?
37.D
文中第三段最后一句“But the central attraction of the resort is the Magic
kingdom.”因此，正确答案是选项D。?
38.A
本文第四段有一句话“Even getting to the Magic kingdom is quite an
adventure. 因此，选项A是正确的。?
39.A
文中第三段提到“It attracts people of most tastes and most income groups...
”可见
在Disney world 里面消费费不高，否则工薪层的人不会去的，因此，选项A是正确的。
40.C
文章一开头就提到“Disney world,Florida is the biggest amusement resort
in the world.”因此，选项C是正确的。??