新東方全國大學(xué)英語四、六級(jí)考試研究委員會(huì)

　　新東方大學(xué)英語四級(jí)考試

　　全國統(tǒng)一模擬沖刺試卷

　　COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST

　　— Band Four —

　　試 題 冊

　　注 意 事 項(xiàng)

　　一、 將自己的校名、姓名、準(zhǔn)考證號(hào)寫在答題卡1 和答題卡2 上。將本試卷代號(hào)劃在答題卡2 上。

　　二、 試卷冊、答題卡1 和答題卡2 均不得帶出考場。考試結(jié)束，監(jiān)考員收卷后考生才可離開。

　　三、 仔細(xì)讀懂題目的說明。

　　四、 在30 分鐘內(nèi)做完答題卡1 上的作文題。30 分鐘后，考生按指令啟封試題冊，在接著的15分鐘內(nèi)完成快速閱讀理解部分的試題。然后監(jiān)考員收取答題卡1，考生在答題卡2 上完成其余部分的試題。全部答題時(shí)間為125 分鐘，不得拖延時(shí)間。

　　五、 考生必須在答題卡上作答，凡是寫在試題冊上的答案一律無效。

　　六、 多項(xiàng)選擇題每題只能選一個(gè)答案;如多選，則該題無分。選定答案后，用HB-2B 濃度的鉛筆在相應(yīng)字母的中部劃一條橫線。正確方法是：[A] [B] [C] [D]。使用其他符號(hào)答題者不給分。劃線要有一定的粗度，濃度要蓋過字母底色。

　　七、如果要改動(dòng)答案，必須先用橡皮擦凈原來選定的答案，然后再按規(guī)定重新答題。

　　八、在考試過程中要注意對自己的答案保密。若被他人抄襲，一經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)，后果自負(fù)

　　Part I Writing (30 minutes)

　　注意：此部分試題在答題卡1 上。

　　Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)

　　Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C), and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.

　　Beauty and Body Image in the Media

　　Images of female bodies are everywhere. Women—and their body parts—sell everything from food to cars. Popular film and television actresses are becoming younger, taller and thinner. Some have even been known to faint on the set from lack of food. Women’s magazines are full of articles urging that if they can just lose those last twenty pounds, they’ll have it all—the perfect marriage, loving children, great sex, and a rewarding career.

　　Why are standards of beauty being imposed on women, the majority of whom are naturally larger and more mature than any of the models? The roots, some analysts say, are economic. By presenting an ideal difficult to achieve and maintain, the cosmetic and diet product industries are assured of growth and profits.

　　And it’s no accident that youth is increasingly promoted, along with thinness, as an essential criterion of beauty. If not all women need to lose weight, for sure they’re all aging, says the Quebec Action Network for Women’s Health in its 2001 report. And, according to the industry, age is a disaster that needs to be dealt with.

　　The stakes are huge. On the one hand, women who are insecure about their bodies are more likely to buy beauty products, new clothes, and diet aids. It is estimated that the diet industry alone is worth anywhere between 40 to 100 billion (U.S.) a year selling temporary weight loss (90 to 95% of dieters regain the lost weight).On the other hand, research indicates that exposure to images of thin, young, air-brushed female bodies is linked to depression, loss of self-esteem and the development of unhealthy eating habits in women and girls.