某校大学生使用计算机的情况,2002年6月大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案(5)

Part Ⅴ Writing 30 minutes

Directions:For this part you are allowed thirty minutes to write a

composition on the topic Student Use of Computers. You should write at

least 120 words and base your composition on the chart and the outline

given below:

1、上图所示为1990年、1995年、2002年某校大学生事业计算机的情况，请描述其变化；

2、请说明发生这些变化的原因(可从计算机的用途、价格或社会发展等方面加以说明)；

3、你认为目前大学生在计算机使用中有什么困难或问题?

Student Use of Computers

2002年6月大学英语四级试题 录音文字材料

Section A

1. W I suppose you've bought some gifts for your family.

M Well I've bought a shirt for my father and two books for my sister.

But I haven't decided what to buy for my mother probably some jewels.

Q Who did the man buy the books for?

2. W Look it says they want a junior sales manager and it seems like

it's a big company. That'll be good for you might have to travel a lot.

M Do they say anything about the experience?

Q What are they talking about?

3. W I think we've covered everything. What about a cup of coffee before

we move onto the next item?

M Good idea. I really can't wait another minute.

Q What does the woman suggest doing?

4. W But what happens if it rains. What are we going to do then?

M We'll have to count on good weather. But if it does rain the whole

thing will have to be canceled.

Q What do we learn from the conversation?

5. W You took an optional course this semester didn't you? How is it

going?

M Terrible It seems like the more the professor talks the less I

understand.

Q How does the man feel about the course?

6. W Mark is playing computer games.

M Should he do that when the final exam is drawing near?

Q What does the man think Mark should do?

7. M Jack seems to think this year's basketball season will be

disappointing.

W That's his opinion. Most others think differently.

Q What does the woman mean?

8. M Is this the check-in counter for Flight 914 to Los Angeles?

M Yes but I'm sorry the flight is delayed because of a minor

mechanical problem. Please wait for further notice.

Q What do we learn from this conversation?

9. M Excuse me I'd like to place an advertisement for a used car in this

Sunday edition of your paper.

W Ok but you have to run your advertisement all week. We can't quote

rates for just Sunday.

Q Where is the conversation most probably taking place?

10. M I spend so much time polishing my letter application.

W It's worthwhile to make the effort .You know just how important it is

to give impression .

Q What do we know about the man ?

Section B

Passage One

Not everybody reads the daily newspaper .People who don't read

newspaper are sometimes referred to as non-readers . Early research has

shown that the non-readers are generally low in education low in income

either very young or very old .In addition non-readers are more likely

to live in rural areas and have less contact with neighbours and friends

.Other studies show that non-readers tend to isolate themselves from the

community and less likely to own a home and seldom belong to local

voluntary organizations

Why don't these people read daily paper ? They say they don't have the

time they prefer radio or TVthey have no interest in reading a tale and

besides they think newspapers are too expensive. Recent

surveyshoweverhave indicated the portrait of the non-reader is more

complicated than first thought .There appears to be a group of non-readers

that do not fit the type mentioned above .They are high in income and fall

into the age group of 26 to 65 .They are far move likely to report that

they don't have the time to read the papers and they have no interest in

the content .Editors and publishers are attempting to win them back. First

they are also adding news briefs and comprehensive indexes. This will

help overcome the time problem. And they are also giving variety to

newspaper content to help build the reader's interest.

11. What is typical of non-readers according to early research?

12. What are the finds of recent surveys?

13. What are editors and publishers doing to attract the non-readers?

Passage Two

Did you know that there's a kind of bird that can sew? This called

the tailor bird uses its mouth as a needle. It sews leaves together in the

shape of a cup then it adds a layer of straw to the inside of the cup and

lays its eggs there. Each bird species builds its own special kind of

nest. The most common materials used for nests are grasses branches and

feathers. A bird must weave these materials into a nest. Just imagine

building a house without cement or nails to hold together

Another bird is called the weaver bird. The weaver bird builds a nest

that looks like a basket the nest shaped like a pear with a hole in the

middle. The hole is the door of the nest. A third bird is called the oven

bird. The oven bird makes a nest that is very solid. The nest is made of

mud. The oven bird forms the mud into the shape of an oven and then let it

dry in the sun. The sun bakes the mud making it very hard. Not all birds

make their homes in branches. Some birds build their nests on the ground

while others bury their eggs under the ground. And some birds do not build

nests at all. So when you look for nests and eggs in branches of the trees

and bushes remember that some nests may be right your feet.

14. What does the nest built by tailor bird look like ?

15. Why is there a hole in the weaver bird's nest ?

16. What is the oven bird's nest made of ?

17. What might surprise us about birds' nests according to the speaker ?

Passage Three

You can tell the age of a tree by counting its rings but these records

of trees' life really say a lot more. Scientists are using tree rings to

learn what's being happening on the sun's surface for the last ten

thousand years. Each ring represents a year of growth. As the tree grows

it adds a layer to its trunk taking up chemical elements from the air. By

looking up the elements in the rings for a given year scientists can tell

what elements were in the air that year. Doctors Stevenson is analysing

one element——carbon-14 in ring from both living and dead trees. Some of

the rings go back almost ten thousand years to the end of the Ice Age.

When Stevenson followed the carbon-14 trail back in time he found

carbon-4 levels change with the intensity of solar burning. You see the

sun has cycles. Sometimes it burns fiercely and other times it's

relatively calm. During the sun's violent periods it throws off charged

particles in fast moving strings called solar winds. The particles

interfere with the formation of carbon-14 on earth. When there's more

solar wind activity less carbon-14 is produced. Ten thousand years of

tree rings show that the carbon-14 level rises and falls about every 420

years. The scientists concluded that the solar wind activity must follow

the same cycle.

18. What is the purpose of the scientists in studying tree rings ?

19. What affects the amount of carbon-14 on earth ?

20. What do we learn from the passage about the solar wind activity ?

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