【正文】 wo Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage. In California the regulators, the utilities and the governor all want the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to cap spot (現(xiàn)貨的 ) market prices. The Californians claim it will rein in outrageous prices. Federal regulators have refused. The battle is on. Governor Gray Davis says,“I?m not happy with the Federal Regulatory Commission at all. They?re living in an ivory tower. If their bills were going up like the people in San Diego, they would know that this is a real problem in the real 中國最大的管理資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 部分版權(quán)歸原作者所有 ) 第 4 頁 共 32 頁 world.” As part of deregulation, price caps were removed to allow for a free market. Timing is everything。 12. D) 細節(jié)推論題 本題題干出現(xiàn)在。 中國最大的管理資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 部分版權(quán)歸原作者所有 ) 第 1 頁 共 32 頁 20xx 年 6 月大學英語四級最新模擬試題 Section A Directions： In this section,you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause,you must read the four choices marked A),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: You will read: A) At the office. B) In the waiting room. C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant. From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This conversation is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore,A)“At the office” is the best answer. You should choose A) on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. Sample Answer ［ A］［ B］［ C］［ D］ 1. A) The fourth floor. B) The fifth floor. C) The sixth floor. D) The seventh floor. 2. A) John bought a cheap puter. B) John bought Morris a puter. C) Morris bought a puter from John. D) Morris bought a new puter. 3. A) Recognize Jane first. B) Tell the woman why. C) Go on a diet. D) Feel at ease. 4. A) The white one. B) The brick one. C) The prettier one. D) The better one. 5. A) The summer this year is terribly hot. B) Last summer was even hotter. C) Hot weather helps lose weight. D) Light was stronger this morning. 6. A) No one on the bus was injured. B) Everyone on the bus was injured. C) Only one student on the bus was injured. D) More than one student on the bus was injured. 7. A) Drawing some money. B) Opening a deposit account. C) Saving much money. D) Putting money in the bank. 8. A) They have too little patience. B) They are not strict with students. C) They are very hard on students. D) They are more hardworking than before. 9. A) The woman is very worried. B) The man doesn?t like thinking. C) The man has done something wrong. D) The woman can do nothing for the man. 10. A) Because the waist was a bit too tight. B) Because there wasn?t any of her size. C) Because she didn?t look good in the dress. 中國最大的管理資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 部分版權(quán)歸原作者所有 ) 第 2 頁 共 32 頁 D) Because the style was not what she liked. Section B Compound Dictation 注意 ： 聽力理解的 B 節(jié)（ Section B）為復(fù)合式聽寫（ Compound Dictation） ， 題目在試卷二上 。 11. B) 語義理解題 問的是長期困擾社會科學家的問題是什么 ， 本題依據(jù)是第一段最后一句“It just happens that they follow a consistent pattern year after year”， 與選項 B)“死亡人數(shù)年復(fù)一年保持穩(wěn)定 ”相吻合 。 natural gas prices had already skyrocketed. Demand was high from California?s booming economy. No new power plants had been built here in ten years, and power producers had the right to hike prices along with demand. And hike them they did. Loretta Lynch of the Public Utilities Commission says,” This mission and all of California was beating down the door of federal regulators to say?help us impose reasonable price caps to help to keep our market stable.” Federal regulators did ask for longerterm contracts between power producers and the utilities to stabilize prices. The federal mission, unavailable for ment on this story, released a recent statement defending its position not to reregulate. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Dec. 15,20xx: “The missionintention is to enable the markets to catch up to current supply and demand problems and not to reintroduce mand and control regulation that has helped to produce the current crisis.” Some energy experts believe that, without temporary price caps, the crisis will continue. Severin Borenstein of the . Energy Institute says,“Some federal regulators have a blind mitment to making the market work and I think part of the problem is they really don ” Gary Ackerman of the Western Power Trading Forum says,“He?s dead wrong about that. The federal regulators understand far better than any individual state that, though it might be painful and it certainly is painful in California, price caps don?t work. They never work.” 16. The battle between Californians and federal regulators is about . A) control over the price of power B) necessity of removing price caps C) hiking the energy prices in California D) a regulation concerning power supply 17. Governor Gray Davis was dissatisfied with the Federal Regulatory Commission because . A) they did not know what the real problem was B) they were living an easy life in an ivory tower C) they could not experience the life in San Diego D) they turned a blind eye to the situation in California 18. The Federal Commission uncapped the energy price with the intention to . A) help California?s economy booming steadily B) prevent power price from going up any further C) enable the market to deal with supply and demand problems D) have contracts signed between power producers and the utilities 19. To help keep prices fro