2014年下半年英语四级最新模拟试题（二）_第4页

　　Part Vl Translation (5 minutes)

　　Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

　　Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2

　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答，只需写出译文部分。

　　87.Those flowers looked as if they_____________________(好长时间没有浇水了).

　　88.Fred bought a car last week. It is______________________(比我的车便宜一千英镑).

　　89.This TV program is quite boning We might______________(不妨听听音乐)

　　90.He left his office in a hurry, with______________________(灯亮着，门开着)

　　91.The famous novel is said to __________________________(已经被译成多种语言).

　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

　　标准答案

　　On Excessive Packaging

　　Nowadays the phenomena of excessive packaging of goods are prevailing in our society: clothes swathed in tissue paper, placed in cardboard box and finally wrapped in well-designed plastic bags, imported bottles of grape wine packed in wooden boxes, fruits put in hand-woven baskets, to name but a few.

　　There are several causes of excessive packaging. The first reason is that a large number of companies believe that they can attract customers’ attention and stimulate their purchasing desire by over-packaging their goods, thus gaining more profits. On the other hand, quite a number of consumers mistakenly hold that the more delicate the package is, the better the quality will be, thus encouraging excessive packaging.

　　In my point of view, excessive packaging has disastrous consequences, including the loss of precious resources, excessive consumption of water and energy, and unnecessary extraction of scarce land for landfill.

　　To solve the problem, it’s necessary to take the following measures. First, laws and regulations must be made to restrict excessive packaging of companies. In addition, we need to raise consumer’s awareness that excessive packaging doesn’t equal to high quality and advocate packaging recycling.

　　1. D) providing good education for baby boomers.

　　2. D) Students’ performance declined.

　　3. D) They are mostly small in size.

　　4. D) Some large schools have split up into smaller ones.

　　5. C) their college-level test participation.

　　6. B) Their school performance was getting worse.

　　7. A) maintain closer relationships with their teachers.

　　8. Simplicity

　　9. different measures

　　10. tough subjects

　　11. A) Discussing a house plan.

　　12. A) She is tired of the food in the canteen.

　　13. A) Listening to some loud music.

　　14. B) The man can dress casually for the occasion.

　　15. A) Grey pants made from pure cotton.

　　16. B) Its location.

　　17. A) Travel overseas.

　　18. D) It is a good bargain.

　　19. A) Hosting an evening TV program.

　　20. C) He worked as a salesman.

　　21. A) He wanted to be his own boss.

　　22. B) They are all the man’s friends.

　　23. B) It remains a major part of industrial activity.

　　24. A) Transport problems.

　　25. C) Possible locations for a new factory.

　　26. B) They had known each other since childhood.

　　27. B) At Joe’s house.

　　28. D) Social divisions will break down if people get to know each other.

　　29. B) In his building’s parking lot.

　　30. C) It had been stolen by someone.

　　31. D) In the city garage.

　　32. B) The mysteriousness of creativity.

　　33. D) It is the source of all artistic work.

　　34. A) Creative imagination.

　　35. C) It is part of everyday life.

　　Students have been complaining more and more about stolen property. Radios, cell phones, bicycles, pocket (36)calculators, and books have all been reported stolen. Are there enough campus police to do the job?

　　There are 20 officers in the campus security division. Their job is to (37)handle crime, accidents, lost and found (38)items, and traffic problems on campus. More than half of their time is spent directing traffic and writing parking tickets. (39)Responding promptly to accidents and other (40)emergencies is important, but it is their smallest job.

　　Dealing with crime takes up the rest of their time. Very (41)rarely did any violent crimes actually (42)occur.In the last five years there have been no (43)murders, seven robberies, and about sixty other violent attacks, most of these involving fights at parties. On the other hand, (44)there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property, which usually involves breaking windows or lights, or writing on walls. The thefts are not the carefully planned burglaries that you see in movies. (45)Things get stolen when it is just easy to steal them because they are left lying around unwatched.

　　Do we really need more police?Hiring more campus police would cost money, possibly making our tuition go up again.(46) A better way to solve this problem might be for all of us to be more careful with our things.

　　47. E. domestic

　　48. C. communities

　　49. O. survive

　　50. H. gather

　　51. M. serves

　　52. N. surroundings

　　53. J. recession

　　54. K. reported

　　55. I. households

　　56. F. financially

　　67. C avoid

　　68. B however

　　69. D failing

　　70. C stages

　　71. A on

　　72. A predicts

　　73. A through

　　74. B and

　　75. B sensitive

　　76. D experience

　　77. B as well as

　　78. C emotions

　　79. D to

　　80. A inevitable

　　81. D receive

　　82. A with

　　83. D quality

　　84. B positive

　　85. A memories

　　86. B increased

　　87. Those flowers looked as if they hadn't been watered for a long time(好长时间没有浇水了).