大学英语四级考试真题 答案(3)

B) The pleasing Friday-night feeling is fading.

C) Earning money is getting more difficult.

D)spending money is so fast and easy.

59. Why does the author choose to write about what's happening to the wallet?

A) It represents a change in the modern world.

B) It has something to do with everybody's life.

C) It marks the end of a time-honoured tradition.

D) It is the concern of contemporary economists.

60. What can we infer from the passage about the author?

A) He is resistant to social changes.

B) He is against technological progress.

C) He feels reluctant to part with the traditional wallet.

D) He feels insecure in the ever-changing modern world.

Passage Two

Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.

Everybody sleeps，but what people stay up late to catch-or wake up early in order not to miss-varies by culture.

From data collected, it seems the things that cause us to lose the most sleep，on average，are sporting events，time changes, and holidays.

Around the world, people changed sleep patterns thanks to the start or end of daylight savings

time. Russians，for example，began to wake up about a half-hour later each day after President Vladimir Putin shifted the country permanently to "winter time" starting on October 26.

Russia's other late nights and early mornings generally correspond to public holidays. On New Year's Eve，Russians have the world's latest bedtime, hitting the hay at around 3:30 a. m.

Russians also get up an hour later on International Women's Day, the day for treating and celebrating female relatives.

Similarly，Americans' late nights，late mornings，and longest sleeps fall on three-day weekends.

Canada got the least sleep of the year the night it beat Sweden in the Olympic hockey（冰球）final.

The World Cup is also chiefly responsible for sleep deprivation（剥夺）．The worst night for sleep in the U. K. was the night of the England-Italy match on June 14. Brits stayed up a half-hour later to watch it, and then they woke up earlier than usual the next morning thanks to summer nights, the phenomenon in which the sun barely sets in northern countries in the summertime. That was nothing，though, compared to Germans，Italians，and the French, who stayed up around an hour and a half later on various days throughout the summer to watch the Cup.

It should be made clear that not everyone has a device to record their sleep patterns; in some of these nations，it's likely that only the richest people do. And people who elect to track their sleep may try to get more sleep than the average person. Even if that's the case，though, the above findings are still striking. If the most health-conscious among us have such deep swings in our shut-eye levels throughout the year, how much sleep are the rest of us losing?

61. What does the author say about people's sleeping habits?

A) They are culture-related. C) They change with the seasons.

B) They affect people's health. D) They vary from person to person.

62. What do we learn about the Russians regarding sleep?

A) They don't fall asleep until very late. C) They get less sleep on public holidays.

B) They don't sleep much on weekends. D) They sleep longer than people elsewhere.

63. What is the major cause for Europeans' loss of sleep?

A) The daylight savings time. C) The World Cup.

B) The colorful night life. D) The summertime.

64. What is the most probable reason for some rich people to use a device to record their sleep

patterns?

A) They have trouble falling asleep. C) They are involved in a sleep research.

B) They want to get sufficient sleep. D) They want to go to bed on regular hours.

65. What does the author imply in the last paragraph?

A) Sleeplessness does harm to people's health.

B) Few people really know the importance of sleep.

C) It is important to study our sleep patterns.

D) Average people probably sleep less than the rich.

Part IV Translation（30 minutes）

Directions; 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.

云南省的丽江古镇是中国着名的旅游目的地之一。那里的生活节奏比大多数中国城市都要缓慢。丽江到处都是美丽的自然风光，众多的少数民族同胞提供了各式各样、丰富多彩的文化让游客体验。历史上，丽江还以“爱之城”而闻名。当地人中流传着许多关于因爱而生、为爱而死的故事。如今，在中外游客眼中，这个古镇被视为爱情和浪漫的天堂(paradise)

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9-11 BCA 12-15 CDCA 16-18 DBC 19-22 BABC 23-25 ABD

36-45 NFHDJ ABGMK

46-55 DBFOG EJMCH

55-60 ABDAD 61-65 ACCBB

Lijiang,an ancient town in Yunna Proince,is one of the most famous tourist attractions in China. The life tempo there is slower tha that of most Chinese cities. There is beautiful natural scenery everywhere in Lijiang, and many minorities provide tourists with various and colorful cultural experience. It has also been known as the "City of Love" in history. Numerous legends about people who were born for love and died for love circulate among the local , this ancient town is regarded as the paradise of love and romance in the eyes of both Chinese and foreign visitors.