2015年12月四级真题第1套

2015年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第一套）

Part I Writing(30minutes) Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying“Listening is more important than talking.”You can cite

examples to illustrate the importance of paying attention to others’

opinions.You should write at least120words,but no more than180

words.

Part II Listening Comprehension(25minutes) Section A

Direction:In this section,you will hear three news reports.At the end of each news report,you will hear two or three questions.Both the news report and the

questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must

choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C).and D).

Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet1with a single line

through the centre.

Questions1and2will be based on the following news item.

1.A)Dismissing employees without giving advance notice.

B)Checking employees’online private messages at work.

C)Monitoring employees’performance on weekends.

D)Closing employees’social media during work hours.

2.A)He did well in handling his clients’queries.

B)He created a private account for his fiancée.

C)He won the case against his employer recently.

D)He was fired because of breaking company rules.

Questions3and4will be based on the following news item.

3.A)It is widely used in Kenya.

B)It has been increasing in value.

C)It makes poor people’s life easier.

D)It lowers the buying power of the rich.

4.A)It is a non-profit group located in Nairobi,Kenya.

B)It works hard on replacing the national currency system.

C)It introduced a community currency to a village in Kenya.

D)It makes a series of investigations on trade and jobs in Kenya.

Questions5and6will be based on the following news item.

5.A)Several states declared an economic emergency.

B)Many women are too old to get pregnant.

C)Some babies were born with brain defects.

D)Birth rates have fallen down greatly.

6.A)10

B)29

C)2,400

D)3,100

7.A)A mosquito-borne virus.

B)A severe chest infection.

C)The shortage of medicine.

D)Bacteria from Latin America.

Section B

Directions:In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversation,you will hear four questions.Both the conversation and the

questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must

choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C),and D).

Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet1with a single line

through the centre.

Conversation One

Questions8to11are based on the conversation you have just heard.

8.A)It is used by more people than English.

B)It is more difficult to learn than English.

C)It will be as commonly used as English.

D)It will eventually become a world language.

9.A)Its popularity with the common people.

B)The effect of the Industrial Revolution.

C)The influence of the British Empire.

D)Its loan words from many languages.

10.A)It has a growing number of newly coined words.

B)It includes a lot of words from other languages.

C)It is the largest among all languages in the world.

D)It can be easily picked up by overseas travelers.