2009年12月英语四级全国统一模拟冲刺试卷

　　新东方全国大学英语四、六级考试研究委员会

　　新东方大学英语四级考试

　　全国统一模拟冲刺试卷

　　COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST

　　— Band Four —

　　试 题 册

　　注 意 事 项

　　一、 将自己的校名、姓名、准考证号写在答题卡1 和答题卡2 上。将本试卷代号划在答题卡2 上。

　　二、 试卷册、答题卡1 和答题卡2 均不得带出考场。考试结束，监考员收卷后考生才可离开。

　　三、 仔细读懂题目的说明。

　　四、 在30 分钟内做完答题卡1 上的作文题。30 分钟后，考生按指令启封试题册，在接着的15分钟内完成快速阅读理解部分的试题。然后监考员收取答题卡1，考生在答题卡2 上完成其余部分的试题。全部答题时间为125 分钟，不得拖延时间。

　　五、 考生必须在答题卡上作答，凡是写在试题册上的答案一律无效。

　　六、 多项选择题每题只能选一个答案;如多选，则该题无分。选定答案后，用HB-2B 浓度的铅笔在相应字母的中部划一条横线。正确方法是：[A] [B] [C] [D]。使用其他符号答题者不给分。划线要有一定的粗度，浓度要盖过字母底色。

　　七、如果要改动答案，必须先用橡皮擦净原来选定的答案，然后再按规定重新答题。

　　八、在考试过程中要注意对自己的答案保密。若被他人抄袭，一经发现，后果自负

　　Part I Writing (30 minutes)

　　注意：此部分试题在答题卡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.