2014年12月英语四级冲刺全真模拟试题二

　　根据以下资料，回答56-75题：

　　Davison knelt down close to the bottom of the basement stairs.He was saved for the moment by the thick fog which covered the street.Could the policemen be sure that he hadn't turned round and run back into the main street? But they weren't taking chances.Davison slowly went down the street as they searched all the doorways.

　　There wasn't a light on in the basement flat behind him.That alone was dangerous.The po1icemen were coming close but they wouldn't expect to find him in an occupied flat.There was a notice on the door which said "No milk till Monday".he tore it down.He tried the door and found it was double locked.The footsteps came nearer very slowly.They must be searching thoroughly.He knew there was one chance because people were often careless，so he took out a knife，slipped it under the catch of the window and pushed upward until the window slid up.He climbed through quickly and fell on to a bed.He closed the window and turned on the light at once.

　　He heard steps coming towards the front door.On no account must the place seem empty.He looked for an electric point，and quickly connected the radio and turned it on.Then he opened the door opposite and found himself in the bathroom.Somebody-it could only be a policeman-rang the doorbell.Luckily he found what he wanted in the bathroom cupboard straightaway-a razor，a stick of shaving soap and a towel.He tied the towel over his collar and managed to soap over his neat beard and the ugly scar on his chin fairly thickened before the bell rang again.

　　Davison moved slowly to the front door and opened it.Two policemen stood outside and one of them had a dirty piece of paper in one hand."We've just found this note，"he said."As it says'No milk till Monday'，I thought the flat might be empty and the light left on by mistake."He looked at Davison carefully.

　　56、When Davison was hiding by the stairs，the policemen were----.

　　A.searching the flats

　　B.running in the street

　　C.searching for him in the street

　　D.looking in the doorway

　　57、 From the first paragraph，we know that---

　　A.the thick fog made it difficult for the policemen to crack down Davison

　　B.Davison ran SO quickly that the policemen couldn't find him in the fog

　　C.Davison was very tricky，and escaped from the policemen

　　D.Both B and C

　　58、 The instant Davison entered the flat，he turned on the light because--.

　　A.he wondered whether there was someone in it

　　B.he wanted to examine the flat

　　C.the policemen might not look in an occupied flat

　　D.he could observe the policemen

　　59、 After Davison got into the bathroom，he--.

　　A.turned on the light

　　B.attempted to hide in it

　　C.made it look as if he were the owner of the flat

　　D.recognized that it was a safe place

　　60、 What led the policemen to search for the flat?

　　A.The light.

　　B.That piece of paper thrown away outside the flat.

　　C.The double lock.

　　D.The closed windows.

　　Section III Reading Comprehension

　　Part B

　　根据以下资料，回答61-65题：

　　Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.

　　"Intelligence "at best is an assumptive construct-the word's meaning has never been clear.61)There is more agreement on the kinds of behavior referred to by the term than there is on how to interpret or classify them.But it is generally agreed that a person who has high intelligence is one who can grasp ideas readily，make distinctions，reason logically，and use verbal and mathematical symbols in solving problems.An intelligence test is a rough measure of a child's capacity for learning.particularly for learning the kinds of things required in school.It does not measure character.social adjustment，physical endurance，manual skills，or artistic abilities.It is not sup- Dosed t0-it was not designed for such purposes.62)To criticize it for such failure is roughly comparable to criticizing a thermometer for not measuring wind velocity.

　　The other thing we should notice is that the assessment of the intelligence of any subject is essentially a comparative affair.

　　63)NOW since the assessment of intelligence is a comparative matter we must be sure that the scale with which we are comparing our subjects provides a"valid"or "fair" comparison.It is here that some of the difficulties which interest US begin. Any test performed involves at least three factors：the intention to do one's best，the knowledge required for understanding what you must do，and the intellectual ability to do it.64)The first two must be equal for all who are being compared, if any comparison in terms of intelligence is to be made.In school populations in our culture these assumptions can be made fair and reasonable，and the value of intelligence testing has been proved thoroughly.Its value lies，of course，in its providing a satisfactory basis for prediction.Nobody is in the least interested in the marks a little child gets on his test;what we are interested in is whether we can conclude from his mark on the test that the child will do better or worse than other children of his age at tasks which we think require "general intelligence".65)On me whole，such a conclusion can be drawn with a certain degree of confidence, but only if the child can be assumed to have had the same attitude towards the test as the other with whom he is being compared, and only if he was not punished by lack of relevant information which they possessed.

　　Section IV Writing.(35 minutes)

　　66、Tourism is one of the most promising industries of the last few years.In most countries there are official organizations to encourage tourists.In fact，very often the ordinary people are worse off because the presence of large numbers of tourists means that the price of food becomes too expensive for poor people in the tourist cities.

　　In your essay，give your views on the pros and cons of tourism.

　　You should write160-200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.