大学英语四级听力考前冲刺试题(三)
大学英语四级听力预测题(三)及答案
大学英语四级听力预测题(三)及答案大学英语四级听力预测题(三)及答案听力试题Section A11.A.The girls got on well with each other.B.It's understandable that girls don't get along.C.She was angry with the other young stars.D.The girls lacked the courage to fight.12. A.The woman does her own housework.B.The woman needs a housekeeper.C.The woman's house is in a mess.D. The woman works as a housekeeper.13.A.The Edwards are quite well-off.B.The Edwards should cut down on their living expenses.C. It'll be unwise for the Edwards to buy another house,D.It's too expensive for the Edwards to live in their present house.14.A.The woman didn't expect it to be so warm at noon.B.The woman is sensitive to weather changes.C.The weather forecast was unreliable.D. The weather turned cold all of a sudden.15.A.At a clinic.B.In a supermarket.C.At a restaurant.D.In an ice cream shop.16.A.The woman did not feel any danger growing up in the Bronx.B.The man thinks it was quite safe living in the Bronx district.C.The woman started working at an early age to support her family.D.The man doesn't think it safe to send an 8-year-old to buy things.17.A.The man has never seen the woman before.B.The two speakers work for the same company.C.The two speakers work on the same floor.D.The woman is interested in market research.18.A.The woman can't tolerate any noise.B.The man is looking for an apartment.C.The man has missed his appointment.D.The woman is going to take a train trip.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19.A.To make a business report to the woman.B.To be interviewed for a job in the woman's company.C.T o resign from his position in the woman's company.D.To exchange stock market infonnatiun with the woman.20.A.He is head of a small trading company.B.He works in an international insurance company.C.He leads a team of brokers in a big company.D.He is a public relations officer in a small company.21.A.The woman thinks Mr.Saunders is asking for more than they can offer.B.Mr.Saunders will share one third of the woman's responsibilities.C.Mr.Saunders believes that he deserves more paid vacations.D. The woman seems to be satisfied with Mr.Saunders' past experience.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22.A . She's worried about the seminar.B.The man keeps interrupting her.C.She finds it too hard.D.She lacks interest in it.23.A.The lecturers are boring.B. The course is poorly designed.C.She prefers Philosophy to English.D. She enjoys literature more.24.A.Karen's friend.B.Karen's parents.C.Karen's lecturers.D. Karen herself.25.A.Changing her major.B.Spending less of her parents' money.C.Getting transferred to the English Department.D . Leaving the university.Section BPassage OneQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26.A. Rent a grave.B.Burn the body.C.Bury the dead near a church.D.Buy a piece of land for a grave.27.A. T o solve the problem of lack of land.B.To see whether they have decayed.C .To follow the Greek religious practice.D .To move them to a multi-storey graveyard.28.A.They should be buried lying down.B.They should be buried standing up.C.They should be buried after being washed.D. They should be buried when partially decayed.29.A.Burning dead bodies to ashes.B.Storing dead bodies in a remote place.C .Placing dead bodies in a bone room.D.Digging up dead bodies after three years.Passage TwoQuestions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30.A. Many foreign tourists visit the United States every year.B.Americans enjoy eating out with their ~ends.C .The United States is a country of immigrants.D. Americans prefer foreign foods to their own food.31.A.They can make friends with people from other countries.B.They can get to know people of other cultures and their lifestyles.C.They can practise speaking foreign languages there.D.They can meet with businessmen from all over the world.32.A.The couple cook the dishes and the children help them.B.The husband does the cooking and the wife serves as the waitress.C.The mother does the cooking while the father and children wait on the guests.D.A hired cook prepares the dishes and the family members serve the guests.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33.A.He took them to watch a basketball game.B.He trained them to play Europeanfootball.C.He let them compete in getting balls out of a basket.D.He taught them to play an exciting new game.34.A.The players found the basket too high to reach.B.The players had trouble getting the ball out of the basket.C.The players had difficulty understanding the complex roles.D. The players soon found the game boring.35.A.By removing the bottom of the basket.B.By lowering the position of the basket.C.By simplifying the complex rules.D.By altering the size of the basket.Section CFor Americans, time is money.They say, "You only get so much time in this life; you'd better use it ( 36 ) __________" The future will not be better than the past or present, as Americans are trained to see things, unless people use their time for ( 37 )__________ activities.Thus, Americans admire a "well-organized" person, one who has a written list of things to do and a(38)__________for doing them.The ideal person is punctual and is (39)__________other people's time.They do not waste people's time with conversation or other activity that has no visible (40)__________outcome.The American attitude toward time is not (41)__________ shared by others, especially non-Europeans.They are more likely to regard time as something that is simply there around them, not something they can use.One of the more difficult things many students must ( 42 ) __________in the States is the notion that time must be saved whenever possible and used wisely every day.In this context the fast food industry can be seen as a clear example of American culture (43)__________.McDonald's, KFC, and other fast food establishments are successful in a countrywhere many people want to spend the least amount of time preparing and eating meals.As McDonald's restaurants (44)__________ the world, they have been viewed as symbols of American society and culture, bringing not just hamburgers but an emphasis on speed, (45)__________, and shiny cleanliness.听力答案Section A11.A12.A13.C14.D15.C16.A17.B18.B19.B20.C 21.D22.D23.C24.B25.ASection B26.D27.A28.B29.A30.C31.B32.C33.D34.B35.A Section C36.wise1y37.constructive38.schedu1e39.considerate of 40.beneficia141.necessari1y42.adjust to43.product 44.spread around45.efficiency。
大学英语四级模拟题三(含答案)
大学英语四级模拟题三Part One Reading Comprehension (2’×10 = 20’)Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Y ou should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage OneScientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts so that people can live and grow food. Even so, more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time.Why? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth. Some people on the earth do not get very much rain. Yet, they still do not become deserts. This is because there are some small green plants growing there. Plants help keep water in the earth. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily.A man decides to make a farm in a very dry place. He digs in the earth and takes away the grass and plants that are already growing on the dry land.He makes a farm. He puts plants in rows. The sun is very hot. It makes the land even drier. When the rain comes, it runs between the row of plants. It washes the good dirt away. When the wind comes, it blows between the rows of plants. It blows the good dirt away. Soon the land is not good enough for a farm any more. The man lets his animals eat all the plants on it. Now the land does not have any plants on it. The sun and wind dry the land and all of the good dirt away. Now the land is a desert.1. A desert is probably _____________.A. grassyB. wetC. treelessD. muddy2. Land is becoming desert because of lack of _____________.A. rainB. peopleC. windD. plants3. Which of the following is NOT the reason why small green plants are very important to dry places?A. They keep the earth from becoming even drier.B. They do not let wind blow the earth away.C. They add color to the dry places.D. They hold water.4. It can be inferred from the passage that _____________.A. it is bad to plant in rows in a dry placeB. it is better to raise animals on dry land than to make a farmC. it is bad to make a farm in a dry place, but it is good to raise animals thereD. all lands that don’t get very much rain are deserts5. What’s the writer’s purpose in giving an example of the man?A. To criticize him.B. To tell an interesting story.C. To prove man makes deserts.D. To prove the hot sun makes a desert.Passage TwoFor years, international swimming has been controlled by a small number of powerful nations. The U.S., Russia, Germany and Australia have produced some of the sport’s finest players and have won most of the top competitions and medals. But the results of this month’s world championships, which are being held in the Australian city of Perth, will not be so easy to predict. Since the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, many new names and nationalities have emerged to take on the world leaders.The 1996 Olympics should have been an opportunity for the U.S. to display its great swimming power, but instead it faced some embarrassing defeats. The surprises started on the first day of the competitions, when Fred of Belgium (比利时) set a world record in the competition for 100-metres breast-stroke (蛙泳). Never before had Belgium produced an Olympic champion swimmer. Two other countries also won swimming gold medals for the first time on the opening day. Ireland’s Michell Smith delighted her country with her first of her three gold medals. New Zealand also celebrated with Danyon Loader’s gold in the men’s 200-metre free style. Loader went on to win the 400 meters later in the competition.By late on the second day, the U.S. team’s officials and coaches were starting to be surprised. Penny Heyns of South Africa had broken the women’s 100-metre breast-stroke record in the morning competitions before claiming gold in the final.6. It is hard to predict the results of this month’s championships because _____________.A. players from different countries have sprung up as new championsB. many names of the players haven’t been heardC. a few countries have won international swimming competitionsD. the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta was a success7. What the U.S. had to face at the 1996 Olympics was _____________.A. new swimming powerB. a big successC. several unpleasant failuresD. a great deal of embarrassment8. The player of Belgium broke a world record in 100-metre breast-stroke which _____________.A. it had won beforeB. it has not gained beforeC. it had won many timesD. the U.S. had never won before9. How many gold medals have the other countries won on the opening day?A. Three.B. Four.C. Five.D. Six.10. It can be inferred from the passage that _____________.A. the U.S. is still the only powerful country in swimmingB. the U.S. has been a great swimming powerC. Ireland once controlled international swimmingD. Belgium had won several world swimming championshipsPart Two Listening Comprehension (35’)Section A (1’×15 = 15’)Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions 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 Answer sheet with a single line through the centre.11. A. He watched television with his friend.B. He stayed at home talking with his friend.C. He went to see a film with his friend.D. He went to see his schoolmate.12. A. 5:10. B. 5:00. C. 4:30. D. 5:15.13. A. At a booking office. B. In a Hong Kong hotel.C. On a busy street.D. At an airport.14. A. The next bus is coming soon.B. The bus will wait a few minutes at the stop.C. There are only two or three passengers waiting for the bus.D. They can catch this bus without running.15. A. The wind stopped, but it’s still raining.B. The rain stopped.C. It is still raining, and the wind is blowing.D. Both the rain and wind stopped.16. A. He decided not to go to New York.B. They won an award recently.C. They are going to organize a dinner.D. No one expected him to move.17. A. A sunny day. B. A nice raincoat.C. An attractive dress.D. A lovely hat.18. A. No one can find the Department.B. He helps people find the Department here.C. He has no idea where to find the Department.D. He is working at the university.Conversation OneQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A. He is not satisfied with his present job.B. He worries too much about his grandmother.C. People dislike his food.D. He is going to be fired.20. A. He learned it in a training center of cooking.B. He learned it from his grandmother.C. He learned it from his mother.D. He learned it from his wife.21. A. He dislikes other businessmen.B. He wants to have more chances to go on business.C. He doesn’t want to trouble others.D. He wants to be self-employed.22. A. Whether he would have enough funds.B. Whether his food is to the customers’ taste.C. Whether his family members would support him.D. Whether he can pay less tax to the government.Conversation TwoQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A. Tap dancing and square dancing. B. Tap dancing and belly dancing.C. Folk dancing and square dancing.D. Folk dancing and belly dancing.24. A. Interesting. B. Time-wasting.C. Very tiring.D. Inspiring.25. A. He does not like to interact with people.B. He doesn’t thinks the dancing course will help him interact with other people.C. He hates the dancing course very much.D. He also wants to take the dancing course so that he could be more confident.Section B (1’×10 = 10’)Directions: In this section, you are going to hear three short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages 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 sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A. Their family members. B. Their relatives.C. Their closest friends.D. Strangers.27. A. To get advice. B. To subscribe.C. To place an advertisement.D. To apply for membership.28. A. They are two well-known writers who give advice.B. They are two famous doctors.C. They are two lawyers.D. They are two professors at the New York State University.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A. Many foreign tourists visit the United States every year.B. Americans enjoy eating out with their friends.C. The United States is a country of immigrants.D. Americans prefer foreign foods to their own food.30. A. They can make friends with people from other countries.B. They can get to know people of other cultures and their lifestyles.C. They can practise speaking foreign languages there.D. They can meet with businessmen from all over the world.31. A. The couple cook the dishes and the children help them.B. The husband does the cooking and the wife serves as the waitress.C. The mother does the cooking while the father and the children wait on the guests.D. A hired cook prepares the dishes and the family members serve the guests.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A. He went to watch his son play in a hockey game.B. He watched a hockey game on TV with his son.C. He and his son had a very good dinner together at an Italian restaurant.D. He called his wife Dana who was appearing in a play in California.33. A. His courage in fighting against his paralysis.B. His love for his 12-year-old son Will.C. His role as Superman in the movie with the same name.D. His opening of the first center in the USA devoted to paralyzed people.34. A. A horse riding accident.B. A car accident.C. A deadly infection of an incurable disease.D. A sudden heart attack.35. A. Christopher Reeve loved acting more than anything else in the world.B. Christopher Reeve was as brave as the superman he played in the movie.C. Christopher Reeve’s great comfort was to die with his son at his side.D. Christopher Reeve will be remembered as a spokesman for the disabled. Section C (1’×10 = 10’) Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.(答案请写在答题纸上)Customers differ greatly from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or the right of a woman in your country? Should you use both hands when you are eating?The American and the British not only speak the same language but also (36) _____________ a large number of social customs. For instance, in both countries, people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. Also, most English will open a door for a woman or (37) _____________ their seat to her, and also will most Americans. Promptness is (38) _____________ both in Britain and America. If a dinner invitation is for 7 o’clock, the dinner guest either arrives close to that time or calls up to (39) _____________ the delay.It is relatively common both in China and in the west to invite friends and acquaintances to dinner. However, the customs (40) _____________ with this are often very different in the two cultures, and so both Westerners and Chinese may easily feel (41) _____________, and misunderstandings may be the result. When Westerners wish to invite people to dinner, it is normal to ask them a week or so in (42) _____________. This is because Westerners often (43) ______________________________________ quite carefully, and like to plan what they are doing. If less notice than this is given, it is implied that the invitation is a (44) ______________________________________, and that it does not matter too much if the people can’t accept. So if the host really wants them to come, it is wise to (45) ______________________________________.Part Three Vocabulary and Structure (0.5’×20 = 10’)Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.46. There is __________ evidence that stress is partly responsible for his failing health.A. convincedB. convincingC. condenseD. condensed47. Einstein’s theories of __________ contributed much to the development of science.A. relativityB. relativeC. relativelyD. related48. Scientists will have to __________ new technologies to improve the world’s food and fuel supplies.A. come up withB. come uponC. come onD. come across49. The invisible force was evidence to Albert __________ there was more to our world than meets the eye.A. whereB. whenC. whoD. that50. He accepted an invitation to join the __________ as a full professor.A. focusB. factC. facultyD. face51. Parents should give sound advice to their children during their __________ from childhood to manhood.A. transferB. translateC. transitionD. transmit52. With a __________ of updated information, the website is popular with university students.A. wealthB. healthC. mythD. truth53. The travel agency __________ in adventure trips, which attract young people eager for challenges.A. specializeB. specializesC. specialD. specific54. I don’t think that the amount of studying you did in high school would be sufficient for you to __________ good marks in university.A. manufactureB. sponsorC. attractD. attain55. The sweaters are made of wool __________ from Australia.A. importingB. importedC. importD. be imported56. Being the son of a professor does not qualify him __________ the scholarship consideration.A. toB. forC. atD. as57. From all the indications, it is safe to __________ that the prices of cars will go down by large margins.A. consumeB. assureC. resumeD. assume58. He returned to his hometown so that he could __________ his passion for football.A. indulgeB. breakC. limitD. obsess59. They expected a living space with water __________ abundant that it could supply their needs forever.A. soB. suchC. tooD. as60. She failed to call the police to __________ her appointment.A. greetB. retreatC. puzzleD. cancel61. He has just heard that he has been __________ by Oxford University.A. respondedB. acceptedC. allowedD. adjusted62.The movie I went to see with Karen last night __________ me of my boyhood in New York City.A. mindedB. recalledC. remindedD. remembered63. Annual sales of hundreds of products now marked under the Proctor & Gamble umbrella __________ thirty billion dollars.A. exactB. expectC. exceedD. except64. The local government’s decision to reduce unemployment benefits enraged the workers who were laid off and they __________ violent protest.A. resortedB. resorted toC. sortedD. sorted to65. I had no idea because __________ I thought about idioms __________ sure I was what they were.A. the longer, the lessB. the less, the longerC. the long, the lessD. the longer, the littlePart Four Banked Cloze (1’×10 = 10’)Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. (请在答题纸上写单词对应的字母代号)It seems that the young Albert Einstein was never exactly an ordinary child. When he was 5 years old and sick in bed, he was given a (66) __________ called a compass. He lay there (67) __________ and twisting it, certain he could fool it into pointing off in a new direction. But try as he might, his (68) __________ were in vain. This (69) __________ his intellect and ignited (点燃) his inspiration. Not only was he passionately curious, he was also (70) __________ persistent and would not easily give up on a problem. He had the patience and determination that kept him at things (71) __________ than most others. At age 12, Albert Einstein came upon a set of ideas that impressed him as “sacred”(神圣的). He was inspired to (72) __________ mathematics as the tool he would use to (73) __________ his curiosity. His true genius lay in his ability to express (74) __________ ideas in simple terms. Einstein’s wealth of ideas peaked (75) __________ he was still a young man of 26, although he never stopped looking for answers.Part Five Translation (答案请写在答题纸上)( 2’×5= 10’)Directions: Complete sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.76. If you do have financial difficulties, you can ______________________________________ (申请学生贷款).77. While I admit that there are problems, ______________________________________ (我并不认为这些问题不能解决).78. To most of the teenagers, when it comes to______________________________________ (既舒服又时尚的衣着), nothing beats T-shirt and jeans.79.Thoughts are ______________________________________ (通过语言来表达的).80. A great man can ______________________________________ (控制困难的局面) by force of character.Part Six Writing (答案请写在答题纸上)( 15’ ×1=15’)Directions: For this part, you are required to write a short essay on the topic My Views on Travelling on Holidays. You should write at least 120 words (no more than 150 words) based on the topic sentence for each paragraph:1. 越来越多的人们选择假期旅行,以此放松自己,愉悦身心。
CET4_大学英语四级_[听力专项训练技巧与要点_听力test3
1.How long did it take the man to finish drawing the picture?[A] 3 hours [B] three hours and twenty minutes[C] twenty minutes [D] two hours and forty minutes2.What happened to the man?[A] He failed in the maths exam [B] He got a very high score[C] He didn’t sleep last night [D] He had not enough sleep last night 3.Where is the post office?[A] It is downstairs.[B] It is upstairs, across the duty-free shop.[C] It is on the third floor.[D] It is across the street.4.What most probably does Mary do?[A] a student [B] a reporter [C] a teacher [D] a lecturer5.What does the man want the woman to do?[A] hold the ladder for him [B] paint the roof[C] climb up the ladder [D] take care while she is up the ladder 6.What does the woman say about Susan?[A] She lives in the countryside all the time[B] She doesn’t enjoy her life[C] She hasn’t come back from the countryside[D] She lives in the countryside for some time every year7.Why hasn’t the girl finished her homework?[A] because she is busy[B] because she was sick[C] because she is lazy[D] because she doesn’t like it8.Will the woman get the book she wants?[A] No, she won’t.[B] Yes, but not now.[C] Yes, but she must return it before the weekend.[D] No, the man hasn’t got the book.9.What does the woman mean?[A] She hates listening to music[B] She wants the man to keep quiet[C] She thinks the man is too noisy[D] She wants to listen to some light music10.How does the man respond to the woman’s remark?[A] He agrees with the woman.[B] He thinks they have no money to keep the school.[C] He thinks the tuition is reasonable.[D] He thinks the tuition is too expensive.Passage 111.What is the young Americans’ idea of a good meal?[A]foreign food [B] butter and bread[C] rice and vegetables [D] hamburgers and French fries12.What will many people do after they buy hanburgers?[A] They ate them as quickly as possible. [B] They take them home to eat.[C] They eat them in their cars [D] Both B and C13.What do the younger members of an American family miss most when they travel abroad?[A] Their customs [B] restaurants [C] their friends [D] hamburgers and French fries Passage 214.Why is Laura at the bicycle shop?[A] Because she helps her father there [B] Because she wants to buy a bike[C] Because she is there to meet John [D] Because her bike is broken15.Why does John want to buy a bike?[A] because he wants to go to school by bike[B] because he wants to go sightseeing by bike[C] because he wants to go to work by bike[D] because he wants to do some exercises16.What does Laura suggest that John do?[A] buy a racer [B] buy a decent bike [C] buy a touring bike [D] buy a second-hand bike 17.What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?[A] colleagues [B] lovers[C] classmates [D] friends。
2022年6月英语四级听力真题(第三套)
2022 年6 月英语四级听力真题(第三套)Directions : In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end ofeach conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will bea 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 AnswerSheet I with a single line through the centre.1.A. The woman is the manager”s secretary.B.The man found himself in a wrong place.C.The man is the manager”s business associate.D.The woman was putting up a sign on the wall.2.A. He needs more time for the report.B.He needs help to interpret the data.C.He is sorry not to have helped the woman.D.He does not have sufficient data to go on.3.A. A friend from New York.B. A message from Tony.C. A postal delivery.D. A change in the weather.4. A. She is not available until the end of next week.B. She is not a reliable source of information.C. She does not like taking exams.D. She does not like psychology.5. A. He will help the woman carry the suitcase.B.The woman”s watch is twenty minutes fast.C.The woman shouldn”t make such a big fuss.D.There is no need for the woman to be in a hurry.6.A. Mary is not so easygoing as her.B.Mary and she have a lot in conmon.C.She finds it hard to get along with Mary.D.She does not believe what her neighborssaid.7.A. At an information service.B.At a car wash point.C.At a repair shop.D.At a dry cleaner”s.8. A. The woman came to the concert at the man”s request.B.The man is already fed up with playing the piano.C.The piece of music the man played is very popular.D.The man”s unique talents are the envy of many people.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A. He has taught Spanish for a couple of years at a local school.B.He worked at the Brownstone Company for several years.C.He owned a small retail business in Michigan years ago.D.He has been working part-time in a school near Detroit.10. A. He prefers a full-time job with more responsibility.B. He is eager to find a job with an increased salary.C. He likes to work in a company close to home.D. He11.A. would rather getSports.a less demanding job.B.Travel.C.Foreign languages.puter games.12. A. When he is supposed to start work.B.What responsibilities he would have.C.When he will be informed about his application.D.What career opportunities her company can offer.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13.A. She is pregnant.B.She is over 50.C.She has just finished her project.D.She is a good saleswoman.14.A. He takes good care of Lisa.B.He is the CEO of a giant company.C.He is good at business management.D.He works as a sales manager.15. A. It is in urgent need of further development.B.It produces goods popular among local people.C.It has been losing market share in recent years.D.It is well positioned to compete with the giants.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hoar 3 short passages. At tho end of each passage, you will hoar some questions. Both the passage and tho questions will be spoken only once. After youhoar a question, you must choose tho best answer from the four choices marked A, B,C. and D. Then mark tho corresponding letter on AnswerSheet I with a single linethrough tho centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A. It is lined with tall trees.B.It was widened recently.C.It has high buildings on both sides.D.It used to be dirty and disorderly.17.A. They repaved it with rocks.B.They built public restrooms on it.C.They beautified it with plants.D.They set up cooking facilities near it.18.A. What makes life enjoyable.B.How to work with tools.C.What a community means.D.How to improve health.19. A. They were obliged to fulfill the signed contract.B. They were encouraged by the city officials” praise.C. They wanted to prove they were as capable as boys.D. They derived happiness from the constructive work.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20.A. The majority of them think it less important than computers:B.Many of them consider it boring and old-fashioned.C.The majority of them find it interesting.D.Few of them read more than ten books a year.21.A. Novels and stories.B.Mysteries and detective stories.C.History and science books.D.Books on culture and tradition.22.A. Watching TV.B.Listening to music.C.Reading magazines.D.Playing computer games.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A. Advice on the purchase of cars.rmation about the new green-fuel vehicles.C.Trends for the development of the motor car.D.Solutions to global fuel shortage.24.A. Limited driving range.B.Huge recharging expenses.C.The short life of batteries.D.The unaffordable high price.25. A. They need to be further improved.B.They can easily switch to natural gas.C.They are more cost-effective than vehicles powered by solar energy.D.They can match conventional motor cars in performance and safety.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hoar a passage three times. When tho passage is read for tho first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When tho passage is read for tho second time, you are required to fill in tho blanks with tho exact words you have just hoard. Finally, when tho passage is read for tho third time, you should chock what you have written.My favorite TV. show? “The Twilight Zone. “ I(26)like the episode called “The Printer”sDevil. “ It”s about a newspaper editor who ” s being (27 )out of business by a big newspapersyndicate--you know, a group of papers(28)by the same people.He”s about to(29)when he”s interrupted by an old man whosays his name is Smith. The editor is not only offered $ 5,000 to pay off his newspaper”s(30), but this Smith character also offers hisservices for free. It turns out that the guy operates the printing machine with amazing speed, and soon he”s turning out newspapers with31 The small paper is successful again. The editor is/(32)athow quickly Smith gets his stories--only minutes after they happen--but soon he”s presented with acontract to sign. Mr. Smith, it seems, is really the devil! The editor is frightened by this news, but he is more frightened by the idea of losing his newspaper, so he agrees to sign. But soon Smith is(33)the news even before it happens--and it”s all terrible--one disaster after another. Anyway, thereis a little more to tell, but I don”t want to(34)the story for you. I really like these old episodes of “The Twilight Zone“ because the stories are fascinating. They are not realistic. But then again, in a way they are, because they deal with (35).1-8 BACBDADC9-12 BABC13-15 ADA16-19 DCBD20-22 CAB23-25 CAD26.especiallyc27.driven28.ownedmitsuicide30. debts31.shockingheadlinesc32.amazed33.reporting34.trill35. human nature。
英语四级考试听力备考练习题及答案
英语四级考试听力备考练习题及答案英语四级考试听力备考练习题及答案年轻只知学习营利,乃生命中最黯淡之时刻。
以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的`英语四级考试听力备考练习题及答案,希望对正在关注的您有所帮助!11. M: What would be like working with those young stars?W: It was a great group, I always got mad when people said that we didn’t get along, just because we were girls, there was never a fight. We had a great time.Q: What does the woman mean?12.M: Are you telling me you don't have a housekeeper?W: No, we don't. If you make a mess, you clean it up yourself.Q: What do we learn from this conversation?13. W: I hear that the Edwards are thinking of buying another house.M: Should they be doing that with all the other expenses they have to pay? Anyhow,they are over 70 now, their present house is not too bad.Q: What does the man imply?14. M: You look like you are freezing to death. Why don't you put this on?W: Thank you, it was so warm at noon. I didn't expect the weather to change so quickly.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?15. M: I'll have the steak, French Fries, and let's see, chocolate ice-cream for dissert.W: Oh, Oh, you know these things will ruin your health, too much fat and sugar, howabout ordering some vegetables and fruit instead?Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?16. M: What was it like growing up in New York's Bronx District? Was it safe?W: To me, it was. It was all I knew. My mom would send me to the shop and I'd goand buy things when I was about 8 years old.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?17. M: Nice weather, isn't it? Oh, I've seen you around the office, but I don't think we've met, I am Henry Smith, I work in the Market Research Section.W: Nice to meet you, Henry. I am Helen Grant, I am in the Advertising Section on the ninth floor.Q: What can we infer from the conversation?18. M: Mam, I hear you have an apartment for rent, can I takea look at it?W: Sure, you're welcome any time by appointment, but I have to tell you the buildingis close to a railway with the noise. You might as well save the trip.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Conversation 1W: Please have a seat, Mr. Thunders. I received your resume last week, and was very impressed.M: Thank you!W: We are a small financial company trading mostly stocks and bonds. May I ask why you are interested in working for us?M: Your company has an impressive reputation and I always want to work for a smaller company.W: That's good to hear. Would you mind telling me a little bit about your present job?M: I'm currently working in a large international company in charge of a team of 8 brokers, we buy and sell stocks for major clients worldwide.W: Why do you think you are the right candidate for this position?M: As a head broker, I have a lot of experience in the stock market, I deal with the clients on the daily bases, and I enjoy working with people.W: Well, you might just be the person we've been looking for. Do you have any questions?M: Uh-hum, if I were hired, how many accounts would I be handling?W: You will be working with two other head brokers, in another words, you will be handling about a third of our clients.M: And who would I report to?W: Directly to me.M: I see. What kind of benefits package do you offer?W: Two weeks of paid vacation in your first year employment, you are also been entitled to medical and dental insurance, but this is something you should discuss with our Personnel Department. Do you have any other questions?M: No, not at the moment.W: Well, I have to discuss your application with my colleagues and we'll get back to you early next week.M: OK, thanks, it's been nice meeting you!W: Nice meeting you too! And thanks for coming in today.19. What's the purpose of Mr. Thunder's visit?20. What is Mr. Thunder's current job?21. What can we conclude from the conversation?11.A 12.A 13.B 14.D 15.C 16.A17.B 18.A 19.B 20.C 21.A。
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大学英语四级考试冲刺试卷03Model Test ThreePart 1 Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section AOrations: In this section you will hear l0 short career suctions. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation aim the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you mast read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.1. A) Check the time of high tide.B) Go stand under the clock.C) Wait a little longer.D) Look for the traffic light.2. A) Catch a cold.B) Hurry to get the bus.C) Sit next to the bus stop.D) Fix his tom sleeve.3. A) The room is on fire.B) The two persons are bothered by the smoke.C) There is very little breeze.D) The two persons are not permitted in the memo.4. A) He's a boat builder.B) He smokes a pipe.C) He paints in watercolors.D) He fixes pipes.5. A) A trip she has already taken.B) A trip she takes frequently.C) A restaurant she owns.D) A famous statue in Philadelphia.6. A) Barry no longer lives in New York.B) Barry doesn't know how to boo economical.C) The woman called Barry in California.D) The woman didn't ever moot Ban/.7. A) She gave a lecture to the psychology class.B) She advised the man to see a psychologist.C) She persuaded the man not to take the course.D) She convinced the man to apply to graduate school.8. A) He thought about it once.B) He thinks the weather is great.C) The school has never land to close.D) Weather caused the school to close on one occasion.9. A) Bob isn't ready to buy a new car yet.B) Bob has two cars, a new one and an old one.C) Bob's old car is still in good condition.D) Bob doesn't know much about cars.10. A) She doesn't like dissent.B) She had dessert long ago.C) She isn't pleased with the service.D) She got the wrong dessert.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices mar fed A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) The heart disease.B) Cancer.C) Accidents.D) Medical Accidents.12. A) Headache.B) Lung disease.C) Cancer.D) Eating fat.13. A) They live longer.B) They eat more salt.C) ruby have changed their sleeping habits.D) They eat less fruit.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) A scientist.B) An inventor.C) A ream who imagined himself to be an inventor.D) An enthusiastic reader of scientific books.15. A) Appreciated.B) Believed to be realistic.C) Completely ignored.D) Not treated seriously.16. A) There were three men in the hollow ship.B) The ship was fired fem a gnat.C) There was even a dog in the ship.D) The ship fell into a certain place in the sea.17. A) His personal experience.B) His scientific knowledge.C) His wide reading of other novelists.D) His reasoning power.Passage ThreeQuasars 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. A) The procedure of Nobel prize awarding.B) The people who award Nobel prize.C) The people who receive Nobel prizes.D) The ceremony of Nobel prize awarding.19. A) In December.B) In November.C) In October.D) In October or November.20. A) A diploma.B) A medal.C) Cash.D) A cheek.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: I this part you will read four passages. After each passage, there are five questions. Choose the best am-wet for each question. Finding the corresponding letter on the Amstar Sheet and mark your answer with a single line through the canter.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:The aim of writing a summary is precision, which means you must convey exactly what the author wanted to get across, but I fewer words. Students are sometimes satirized to learn that it is easier to be 4A 03- 2 Beth accurate and brief if the main ideas are entirely rephrased, except for any irreplaceable key words or technical tempts necessary for precision. Trying to patch together pieces of the original is difficult and rarely results in a clear summary. To do the job effectively, you will need to substitute wants for phrases, phrases for sentences and general statements for lists of details.Such rephrasing demands a wide vocabulary and the ability to choose the most appropriate words for conveying what the author intended. This is one reason why it is se important to readwidely and become acquainted with words as they are actually used. Learning words in context not only adds to the number of words known. It is also the best way to become aware of subtle differences in near-synonyms. The search for appropriate language develops an appreciation of shades of meaning. By demanding a precise use of words, therefore, the habit of summarizing encourages tether vocabulary growth.A good summary never misrepresents an author by nuking him say something he did not intend to say, connecting his ideas inaccurately- or changing his emphasis. Neither does it add information or conclusions not in the original. In making research notes it is very important to distinguish clammily between your summary of the author's ideas and your personal comments on the ideas; the difference must be clear in the talk or essay based on these notes too.For most summaries, it is best to begin with the usual previewing and a rapid reading for general comprehension. The close reading which follows can be broken into manageable parts by pausing after each paragraph or group of related paragraphs to phrase the main ideas mentally. At the end of a section, the ideas can often be unified in a more general statement. One advantage of these pauses is that you are continually testing and improving your comprehension. For research notes, pausing also encourages you to check the relevance of the information for your purposes before you go to the trouble of recording it.Having already established what the main ideas are and how they can be condensed, you can concentrate at the writing stage on choosing accurate words to link the ideas together. Transition words such ms because, however, although mid also indicate howideas are related and contribute to a smooth style.21. According to the passage, the ability to summarize __ vocabulary developed.A) determinesB) has little to de withC) must be preceded byD) goes hand in hand with22. Words in the original passage should be retained in a summary __A) as often as possibleB) when precision demands itC) when they are difficultD) whenever they are technical23. I've best way to write a summary is to___A) pick out important phrasesB) alternate reading and writingC) rephrase essentialsD) reduce sentences to phrases24. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?A ) Quotations fame the original often result in a good summary.B) Making a summary demands a wide vocabulary.C) A good summery represents the thoughts of the author pensively.D) It is best to choose accurate words.25. The most important quality of a good summary is___A) brevityB) precisionC) styleD) good expressionPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:The basic building block of the nervous system is known as the neuron. It tm tins primarily to receive and transmit information about the body. The human brain, perhaps the most complex neural network in existence, contains a trillion neurons, each of which is directly connected to several hundred other nerve cells.Each neuron consists of three main regions: the soma (or cell body), the dendrites, and the axon. The cell body consists of the sane structures typically found in animal cells-a cell membrane, which maintains the overall structure of the cell, the various cytoplasm features which support internal cell functions; and the nucleus which contains the nucleons and the chromosomes. The dendrites, intricate structures that exist within the cytoplasm, receive signals from other nerve cells while the axon, a long fiber that may actually reach several feet in length, transmits in formation from one neuron to another.There are two different types of neurons, bipolar and univocal. Most of the sensory neurons located in the peripheral nervous systems, including sight, sound, and hearing are bipolar nerve cells in smite. This kind of cell emanates from the soma both dendrites and axons, responding to and communicating with other cells of insects, there are neurons capable of either ofthese two functions, but not both, thus, these cells are known as univocal.26. What is the main point of this passage?A) The similarities between neurons and other body cells.B) The structure and functions of neurons.C) There are three regions of the neuron.D) There are two types of neurons.27. Which best describes one function of the neuron?A) The neuron relays the message of the senses and the mind.B) The neuron is the basis of thought.C) The neuron mamba maintains the structure of the body.D) The neuron provides the electrical energy necessary for life.28. Which of the following is NOT found within the soma?A) Axons.B) Dendrites.C) Cell wall.D) Nucleus.29. What is notable about the axon?A) Its great molecular weight.B) Its high electrical charge.C) Its complex bonds.D) Its extended length.30. Which of the following would have dipolar neurons?A) A human infant.B) A dog.C) A computer.D) A mosquito.Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following Passage:The Panama Canal-which was opened on August 15,1914--was boom amid controversy, and saved by a stamp.In 1880, a French company contracted to build a water way across the Isthmus of Panama, then a territory of Colombia. The French laid out the route and commenced the digging but had to abandon the colossal project several years later when, in addition to health and construction problems, they also ran out of funds.Tile canal night have died right there had it not been for the vision of a 26 year old French engineer named Philippe Buna Vanilla. He had dreamed of such a canal from boyhood, had worked on laying out the route and was determined to see a waterway built across the Isthmus. He decided that the rich Americans were the logical people to take over the French option and complete the canal. So he took his proposal to Washington.With its swelling international trade, the United States was indeed interested in a canal linking the two great oceans. But not through Panama. A route through Nicaragua, thought Congress, would be easier to build and cheaper to maintain. By the spring of 1902 the laminate were ready to endorse this project.But young Buna Vanilla, fighting to save his Isthmus water-way, decided to change the corporate mind of Congress. He did so by one of the boldest moves ever made by a single individual to alter the already- agreed-upon judgment of an entire gnuemend-and an alien one.A few days before Congress was to meet and formally vote on the construction of a canal through Nicaragua, a major volcano blew its head off in the Caribbean. Nicaragua was in a panic. The country badly needed the revenue the canal would bring and had previously assured the United States that all local volcanoes were totally inactive, the imposed waterway would never boo endangered by exploding mountains. Now the entire Caribbean area had been disturbed by volcanic nabbing from the latest eruption.Quickly, Buna Vanilla saw and grasped the opportunity offered by this natural disaster.He remembered that, just a few years boom, Nicaragua had issued a stamp bearing a picture of Momentum, a famous volcanic mountain in that country and one lying near the mute of the proposed canal. It was said to be extinct, yet the stamp showed the peak crowned with a plume of smoke as benefits an active volcano.Skunking around Washington, Buna Avella managed to track down ninety of these Nicaraguan stamps, one for each of the Senators who was about to vote on the canal site. The following morning, on each senatorial desk, there was an envelope containing a stamp and a note in Buna Vanilla' s handwriting. "Official witness to volcanic activity in Nicaragua.The Senators took a long look at the stamp, did some hard thinking and then reversed themselves. When the vote was taken a few days later, it was found that the Senate had dropped the Nicaraguan mute. It voted instead to pick up the unexcited French contract and build the canal across Panama.One revolution, one Republic of Panama established, andone year later the treaty was signed, and the Madam went on to build the Panama Canal. All contrived by the amazing Buna Vanilla starting with the stamp.31. It can boo learned from the passage that Buna Vanilla___A) had high ambitions even when he was a childB) had played his part in designing the mute for the Panama CanalC) figured on America to carry over the unaccomplished projectD) all of the above32. All of the following statements can bow inferred from the passage EXCEPT that___A) American economy was on the rise at the beginning of the 20th centuryB) a canal to built on its original site was not what the Congress intended at firstC) being lack of funds, France failed to compete with America for the right of the canalD) Panama was not an independent republic when the canal project was first set about33. We may conclude from the passage that___A) Niangua is famous for its active volcanoesB) extinct volcanoes do not give off' smokesC) plumes can be found at the peak of volcanoesD) volcanoactivities cannot be predicted34. In order to carry out his plan, Buna Vanilla___.A) issued a set of stamps with a picture of MonmouthB) went to Nicaragua to look for the stampsC) wrote a warning note on each stamp for the senatorsD) None of the above35. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A) Instead of picking up the French contract, tile Senate finally decided to drop it.B) Foreigner as he was, Buna Vanilla was so courageous as to change American movement' s decision.C) Some days after receiving Buna Vanilla' s letters, the Senate took the final vote.D) The senators took Buna Vanilla' s opinion into careful consideration.Passage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:Man is endlessly inventive. But his greatest invention is no invention, the skill of transmitting intact(完美无损的)and unchanged from one generation to the next the fundamental ways of doing things which he learned tom the generation which preceded him. Children ate conceived and reared, houses built, fish caught, and enemies killed in much the same way by most of the members of any society; and these patterns are maintained for relatively long periods of time. From the perspective of those in each new generation, and for the society as an enduring, historical entity (统一体), this process of cultural transmission yields enormous economy. Thanks to it , each generation need not rediscover at great cost in time and subject to great risk of failure, what those coming before have already- learned. Notonly is knowledge thus conserved, but the basis for communal life, resting on pennon information and understanding is thus established. Since all those in each generation receive more or less the same cultural heritage from the preceding generation, they can more easily relate to one another and more effectively continue their actions.The grand total of all the objects, ideas, knowledge, ways of doing things, habits values, and attitudes which each generation in a society passes on to the next is what the anthropologist often refers to as the culture of a group. The transmission of culture is man's substitute for the instincts ( 本能) whereby most other haying creatures are tipped with the mark for coping with their environment and relating to one another. Yet it is more flexible than instinct, and can grow; that is, it can store new information, infinitely more rapidly than the process of mutation and biological evolution can enrich the instinctual storehouse of any other species.36. What does the passage mainly discuss?A) The relation between culture and invention.B) The transmission of human culture.C) The history of human civilization.D) The biological evolution of nm.37. Which of the following is NOT included in the meaning of culture according to the passage?A) Knowledge of various disciplines.B) Planetoid technology.C) Ways of living, life habits and values.D) Biological instincts.38. The word "heritage" as used in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to __A) historyB) civilizationC) traditionD) feature39. According to the first paragraph, all of the following statements can be accepted EXCEPT that___A) man is a ways inventiveB) learning from the preceding generation saves much effortC) non-invention is a technique of learning skills from the preceding generationD) non-invention is always contrary to invention40. In the last sentence of the Passage, the author implies, but does not directly state, that___A) human culture can further develop and growB) biological evolution can improve the instinct of creaturesC) human culture is more flexible and can store new information far more rapidly than instinctD) the instinct of living creatures may also grow, but at a much slower pacePart III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four chokes marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a singleline through the center.41. So humorous was our host that he had us all ___through the dinner.A) laughingB) laughC) to laughD) laughed42. A good tool-box is something__ for anyone to have in the house.A) feasibleB) hazardousC) harmoniousD) handy43. We haven' t found any evidence so far which shows that the new vehicles will cause as much pollution as___ petrol or diesel vehicles.A) amB) doC) isD) has44. His first novel "Night" was an account of the Hazy crimes __ though the eyes of a teenaged boy.A) and were seenB) which sawC) but was seenD) as seen45. Mother does not know how much I spent __ TV; if she ever found out, I'm sure she fie.A) to watch, would never forgiveB) on watching, will never forgiveC) watching, would never forgiveD) in watching, will never forgive46. It was true that the pianist played too loud, but I was not upset by his loudness __ by bus lack of art.A) rather thanB) instead ofC) more thanD) so much as47. A body weighs ___ from the surface of the Earth.A) less the farther it getsB) the farther it gets, the tossC) less than it gets fartherD) less than it the farther it gets48. A series of measures, people in that area managed to survive the severe famine___A) having takenB) were takenC) having been takenD) have been made49. Give me an undisturbed hour,__ I'll finish the work Jack has left unfinished.A) andB) orC) so thatD) in order that50. Since you changed lanes without signaling, you are as much ___ for the accident as the other driver.A) to be blamedB) for blamingC) blaredD) to blame51. The farmer cut more firewood than usual, in anticipation of a cold winter when there will be a food___ and fuelA) shortageB) scarcityc) lackD) rarity52. The government is responsible for the __ of marls and other pubic facilities.A) serviceB) maintenanceC) conservationD) illustration53. Many scientists believe that man is __ from apes.A) descendedB) evolvedC) revolvedD) proceeded54. To ohm disappointment, the quality of the article we bought was to what we had expected___.A) familiarB) interiorC) superiorD) inferior55. I can't any difference between the two paintings; they are so much alike___.A) perceiveB) penetrateC) distinguishD) experience56. The Milan Team were determined to their plans to defeat the rivals___.A) appeal toB) subject toC) resort toD) stick to57. The truth of the story is beyond __A) distinctionB) disputeC) questionD) debate58. Professor as he is, he is very __ of the computer science.A) innocentB) ignorantC) unnoticeableD) uneducated59. Everyone agreed that she was the very __ of her mother.A) personalityB) imageC) figureD) shape60. His influence over the union members has since their struggle for higher wages failed___.A) loweredB) shrankC) minimizedD) declined61. The pace __ their attention to the evidence and events that might lead to the discovery of the criminal.A) confinedB) confirmedC ) conformedD) conserved62. The doctor spent much time helping correct children with __ speech.A) instinctB) impressiveC) faultyD) inaccurate63. I'll take __ put you to the trouble of going all the way downtown to buy more.A) less paper thanB) less paper rather thanC) less paper than toD) less paper so as to64. One be too hardworking in learning a foreign language, as he thinks it worth learning___.A) mustn'tB) needn'tC) shouldn'tD) can't65. Such a fool as I am, I __ believe that I will be given the opportunity.A) must know better thanB) should have known better thanC) must know, better than toD) shout know better than to66. The canella is no where to be found; I'm not sure __ I could have done with it.A) whatB) whereC) howD) whether67. I find it difficult lo get used to the climate there, so I might be better off where I am now___.A) to stayB) stayingC) stayD) by staying68. The laboratory __ next year will be more advanced than the one last year.A) built, builtB) to be bulk, being bulkC) being built, bushD) to be built, bush69. Suppose there a machine free from any friction, the work you put into file machine would___ be equal to that you get out of it.A) beB) wereC) isD) being70. He says he feels at home whenever he is with his friends but___.A) actually he hardly isB) he is hardly actuallyC) he actually is hardlyD) actually handily is hePart live Cloze (15 minutes)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.In future trade the key development to watch is the relationship between the industrialized and the developing nations. The__71__World countries export their mineral__72__and tropical agricultural products, which bring them__73__foreign exchange. Tourism has also been greatly responsible__74__the rapid development of some__75__nations. Many Third world nations with high__76__and low wages have seen an emigration (移居) of workers__77__the developed nations. Western Europe has__78__millions of such workers from Mediterranean countries. The developing nations profit__79__these workers bring their savings and their acquired technical skills__80__home. Many developing nations benefit when western nations __81__ manufacturing in their countries totake__82__of cheap labor.__83__economies mature, economic growth rates tend to level off(稳定).The rate of__84__growth is leveling off today in Western nations. This leveling off__85__leads to static non-growth markets. A point of saturation(饱和) __86__ in- technology and innovation have .seemed to achieve the impossible, __87__then how much further can it go? Herman Kahn, __88__his book The Next 200 Years, say's that a shift in priorities will have to occur for industrialized nations. __89__is the creation of money and jobs essential; __90__is rather the improvement of the quality of life that moot be our concern.B) SecondC) WestD) Third72. A) rangesB) scopesC) depositsD) products73. A) desiredB) possibleC) availableD) abandon74. A) toB) forC) towardsD) over75. A) developedB) powerfulC) industrializedD) developing76. A) employmentB) employmentC) developmentD) improvementB) byC) atD) in78. A) exploitedB) importedC) receivedD) specified79. A)becauseB) beforeC) sinceD) when80. A) downB) allC) backD) outside81. A)establishB) decideC) predictD) mention82. A)disadvantageB) challengeC) advantageD) privilege83. A) SinceB) AsC) ThoughD) Whereas84. A) economyB) mankindC) societyD) population85. A) relativelyB) eventuallyC) sometimesD) hardly86. A) naivesB) reportsC) setsD) but87. A) orB) butC) forD) so88. A) byB) fromC) afterD) in89. A) No longerB) No doubtC) Of courseD) S9 far90. A) itB) thatC) thereD) whichPart v writing (3o minutes)Directions For the Art you are allowed 30minutes to write a composition on the topic: "The Way to Success "based on the following outlines Your composition should be no less than 100words.1.每个人都试图在事业上获得成功。
2024年6月大学英语四级考试真题和答案(第3套)
2024年6月大学英语四级考试真题和答案(第3套)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: Suppose your university is seeking students’ opinions on whether university canteens should be open to the public. You are now to write an essay to express your view. You will have 30 minutes for the task. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)Section ADirections: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 Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1. A) It hit a bird shortly after takeoff.B) Its crew members went on strike.C) It narrowly escaped a plane crash when turning around.D) Its captain got slightly injured during the forced landing.2. A) Panic.B) Nervous.C) Relieved.D) Contented.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3. A) He is now kept in a secure area.B) He has escaped the zoo once again.C) He has been caught a second time.D) He finally disappeared six days ago.4. A) Squeezed.B) Threatened.C) Disappointed.D) Frustrated.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5. A) It is condemned as a crazy idea.B) It is enriching the city’s night life.C) It is questioned by local residents.D) It is giving rise to safety concerns.6. A) Avoid entering one-way streets.B) Ensure the safety of pedestrians.C) Follow all the traffic rules drivers do.D) Give way to automobiles at all times.7. A) To ease the city’s busy traffic.B) To bring new life into the city.C) To add a new means of transport.D) To reduce the city’s air pollution.Section BDirections: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 Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) Take it seriously.B) Discuss it regularly.C) Make it sound scary.D) Talk about it openly.9. A) By shopping around for the best deals.B) By making abstract sums relevant.C) By citing concrete examples.D) By visiting discount stores.10. A) Paying their kids to help with housework.B) Setting kids a good example by sharing chores.C) Giving kids pocket money according to their needs.D) Urging kids to deposit some of their gift money.11. A) The importance of cutting down family expenses.B) The need to learn important lessons from her elders.C) The delight in seeing their savings grow.D) The necessity of saving into a pension.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) He is a successful businessman.B) He reviews books on political affairs.C) He has published a new bestseller.D) He has worked in several banks.13. A) The man’s ideas about education.B) The man’s academic background.C) The man’s attempts at drawing public attention.D) The man’s proposals to solve economic problems.14. A) To reduce students’ financial burden.B) To motivate all students to be successful.C) To give students incentive to excel in economics.D) To provide remedies for students’ poor performance.15. A) Improving school budgeting.B) Increasing tuition fees.C) Seeking donations.D) Raising taxes.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage 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 Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) To show his sympathy towards people always being busy.B) To prevent people from complaining about being “busy”.C) To call on busy people to take care of themselves.D) To help busy people to sort out their priorities.17. A) Avoid saying we are busy.B) Reflect on their true purpose.C) Describe our schedule in detail.D) Respond as most busy people do.18. A) To show their achievements resulted from great efforts.B) To prove they stand out as accomplished professionals.C) To cover up their failure to achieve some purpose.D) To tell others a complete lie about their inability.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) They will help one reduce fear.B) They should become so popular.C) They will be less challenging after a time.D) They should cover so many different types.20. A) To break one’s ultimate limits.B) To stop being extremely afraid.C) To avoid dangerous mistakes.D) To enjoy the sports to the full.21. A) By allowing our motivation to be at an all-time high.B) By stopping us hurting the same muscles repeatedly.C) By burning as many as 300 calories per hour.D) By enabling us to get an all-over workout.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) It is natural.B) It is instrumental.C) It is personal.D) It is vital.23. A) To guard against being perceived negatively.B) To prevent themselves from being isolated.C) To conceal personality preferences.D) To maintain workplace harmony.24. A) It helps to enhance team spirit.B) It stimulates innovative ideas.C) It helps to resolve problems.D) It facilitates policy-making.25. A) An innovative mind.B) Corporate culture.C) Mutual trust.D) A healthy mentality.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Over the coming decades, millions of jobs will be threatened by robotics and artificial intelligence. Despite intensiveacademic____26____on these developments, there has been little study on how workers____27____to being replaced through technology.To find out, business researchers at TUM and Erasmus University Rotterdam conducted 11 studies and surveys with over 2,000 persons from several countries.The findings show: In principle, most people view itmore____28____when workers are replaced by other people than by robots or intelligent software. This preference____29____,however, when it refers to people’s own jobs. When that is the case, the majority of workers find it less upsetting to see their own jobs go to robots than to other employees. In the long term, however, the same people see machines as more threatening to their future role in the workforce. These effects can also be observed among people who have recently become unemployed.The researchers were able to identify the causes behindthese____30____paradoxical results, too: People tendto____31____themselves less with machines than with other people. Consequently, being replaced by a robot or software____32____less of a threat to their feeling of self-worth. This reduced self-threat could even be observed when participants assumed that they were being replaced by other employees who relied on technological abilities such as artificial intelligence in their work.“Even when unemployment results from the____33____of new technologies, people still judge it in a social context,” says Christoph Fuchs, one of the authors of the study. “It is important to understand these____34____effects when trying to manage the massive changes in the working world to minimize____35____in society.”A) compareB) contradictsC) conventionalD) debateE) disruptionsF) drasticallyG) favorablyH) guaranteeI) introductionJ) modificationsK) posesL) psychologicalM) reactN) reversesO) seeminglySection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.No escape as ‘snow day’ becomes ‘e-learning day’A) Certain institutions, such as schools, are likely to close when bad weather, such as snow, flooding or extreme heat or cold, causes travel difficulties, power outages (断供), or otherwise endangers public safety. When snowy weather arrives in the US, it means the chance of school children benefiting from the long-standing tradition of the “snow day”, when schools are forced to close and students get an unexpected day off.B) The criterion for a snow day is primarily the inability of school buses to operate safely on their routes and danger to children who walk to school. Often, the school remains officially open even though busesdo not run and classes are canceled. Severe weather that causes cancellation or delay is more likely in regions that are less able to handle the situation. Snow days are less common in more northern areas of the United States that are used to heavy winter snowfall, because municipalities are well equipped to clear roads and remove snow. In areas less accustomed to snow even small snowfalls of an inch or two may render roads unsafe.C) Snow days are a familiar theme in American film and TV shows, with children getting the good news and then running outside for some seasonal snowman-building and snowball throwing, against a background of joyful pop music. But the tradition is now over for pupils in several US states such as South Carolina, Nevada, Georgia and Indiana. This academic year, many school boards have introduced policies which require students to work from home if the school is shut by snow or extreme weather. They are known as “e-learning days”, which certainly sounds less fun than a snow day.D) Teachers are also losing their snow days and instead will be expected to be on hand to take a virtual register and answer students’questions online. A pilot programme in a school district in Anderson County, South Carolina, has supplied students with electronic tablets loaded with assignments to complete in the event of a school closure. If it is successful, it could be rolled out across the state.E) But some parents object to the new policy if the vigorous debate on the Facebook page of Anderson County school district is anything to go by. “When it snows, let the kids enjoy it,” said one commenter. Another said the decision would “ruin school even more”, and someone else called snow days “a fun part of childhood”. But supporters of the policy say it means children will miss fewer days of school. It will also bring to an end a less popular US high school tradition: the “make-up day”, which requires students in many states to make up the time lost due to weather by working during school holidays.F) Students in North Carolina already have several make-up days scheduled because of school closures during Hurricane Florence, which struck in September. Tom Wilson, the superintendent (主管) of Anderson County school district, said the change away from snow days makes practical and financial sense. He said technology has changed every profession, so it makes sense to use it to “eliminate” make-up days. Adam Baker of the Department of Education in Indiana said e-learning days were proving a “great success”. He said most Indiana schools already use digital devices during lessons, so it was an “easy decision” to extend this to days when schools are closed. He denies the decision is depriving children of the chance to enjoy the snow. “Students are still able to enjoy snow days and outside time,” he said. “Many have PE and science assignments that have them out enjoying the weather.” But local school superintendents in Ohio are resisting proposals to adopt elearning days.They fear that students without internet access at home will be disadvantaged by the policy, and superintendent Tom Roth is concerned that e-learning days will offer a lower quality of education.G) There are also so-called “blizzard bags”, with assignments that children take home ahead of an expected snow closure. But Mr. Roth says it is not sufficient as a replacement. “I think we still need the class time to give our kids the education that they deserve,” he said. “You can’t get that with a blizzard bag or doing the work from home like that. It’s not going to be as effective.”H) There is a long-running debate on whether missing days of school affects attainment. In England, there has been a focus on tackling absenteeism (旷课) from school. The Department for Education (DFE) published research in 2016 arguing that missing any days at school could have a negative impact on results. Even a few days lost in a year could be enough to miss out on getting a good exam grade, the DFE’s research concluded. This differed from the findings of a study from Harvard University in the US, which concluded that missing a few occasional days because of the weather did not damage learning.I) The Harvard study examined seven years of school results data and could not find any impact from snow closures. What caused more disruption was when schools tried to stay open in bad weather, even though many staff and pupils were absent. But weather can make a difference to school results, according to another piece of Harvard research published last summer. It’s hot weather that has the negative impact. The results of 10 million school students were examined over 13 years and researchers found a “significant” link between years with extremely hot weather and lower results.J) It’s obvious that students should go to school every day to get the most out of education. In cases of extreme weather students don’t always have that option. However, research shows that authorised absences from school such as during extreme weather are less problematic for students than absences that are not authorised. This is because unauthorised absences tend to reflect patterns and behaviours of student disengagement, or the possible negative attitudes of parents towards education that students adopt and carry with them through schooling. The level of impact on students’ educational performance is all to do with the length of time that a student is absent from school and how regularly this occurs.36. There is opposition to the practice of giving children assignments to take home before extreme weather forces a school closure.37. New policies adopted by many US schools require students to do online learning at home in case of a school closure.38. According to some research, extreme hot weather negatively affectsstudents’ performance.39. There is a time-honoured tradition in the US for school kids to stay at home on “snow days”.40. Debates on social media show some parents are opposed to ending the “snow day” tradition.41. In more northern regions of the US, school is less likely to be affected by snowy weather.42. Research indicates absences from school with permission do not cause as many problems as those without permission.43. There is objection to e-learning days owing to fear that students with no access to the Internet at home will suffer.44. In a pilot programme, students are given electronic devices to do assignments when schools are closed.45. A long-standing debate is going on over the impact of school absences on students’ academic performance.Section CDirections:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B),C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.It may sound surprising, but you don’t have to be interested in fashion, or even in history, to enjoy Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History. I happen to be interested in both, and ended up enjoying the book for completely different reasons.Richard Thompson Ford is a law professor, and you probably won’t forget that for even one page. His carefully reasoned arguments, packed with examples, sound almost like reading a court opinion, only maybe wordier. You will probably never think of fashion as a trifle again.Ford’s thesis is that the best way to understand what particular fashions meant in any given era is to look at the restrictions placed on them. Through this lens, he shows us that the first laws passed in the 1200s to ensure that only the nobility were allowed to wear certain fabrics, colors and ornaments reflected the rise of the middle class, who were now able to imitate some of these fashions. The status of the upper classes was threatened; fashion was a tool to preserve it.Ford takes the reader through the evolution of fashion while examining the underlying motivations of status, sex, power, and personality, which, he assumes, influenced all innovations in fashion in the past and which continue to influence us today. His writing is more than a little dense—dense with research, clauses, and precise adjectives and nouns. But there’s also humor and enough interesting episodes to make the writing appealing. No one is spared his sharp analysis: not the easy targets of 19th century women’s crippling (伤害身体的)fashions nor the modern uniforms of Silicon Valley T-shirts.But the greatest strength of this book (on fashion!) is its intellectual profoundness. Ford asks us to question unconscious beliefs, to realize that we almost never do so, to understand that the simplest choices are charged with meaning, and yet that meaning can and does change all the time. Consider the fact that a 1918 catalog insisted that boys and girls be dressed in the appropriate color. We believe our thinking today is evolved; Ford shows us it’s not.46. What does the author think of the book Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History?A) It is read by people for entirely different reasons.B) It is meant for those interested in fashion history.C) It makes enjoyable as well as informative reading.D) It converts fashion into something for deliberation.47. How can people best understand a particular fashion in an era, according to Ford?A) By examining the restraints imposed on it.B) By looking at what the nobility were wearing.C) By glancing at its fabrics, colors and ornaments.D) By doing a survey of the upper and middle classes.48. What was the aim of the first laws passed regarding fashion in the 1200s?A) To facilitate the rise of the middle class.B) To loosen restrictions on dress codes.C) To help initiate some novel fashions.D) To preserve the status of the nobles.49. What does the author think of Ford’s writing?A) It uses comparison and contrast in describing fashions of different eras.B) It makes heavy reading but is not lacking in humor or appeal.C) It is filled with interesting episodes to spare readers intolerable boredom.D) It is characteristic of academics in presenting arguments.50. What does the author say is the greatest strength of Ford’s book?A) Plentiful information.B) Meaningful choices.C) Evolved thinking.D) Intellectual depth.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.The art of persuasion means convincing others to agree with your point of view or to follow your course of action. For some of us, persuasion is an instinctive quality and the power of influencing comes naturally. For the rest of us, persuasion skills can be learned and developed over time.Employers place a great value on employees with persuasion skills because they can impact several aspects of job performance. Besides, teamwork and leadership rely heavily on the power of persuasion to get things done. Without persuasion skills, employees may not be as committed to or convinced of the importance of an organization’s vision and long-term mission. Effective use of persuasion skills will not only help get your coworkers excited about your ideas, it’ll also help you motivate them to achieve a common goal.In order to learn the art of persuasion at the workplace, you need to understand how to handle conflicts and reach agreements. Good communication is the first step in effective persuasion, but logic and reasoning are just as important. Before you can get somebody onboard with your goal, you should help them understand why they should pursue it. Using visual aids to back up your ideas can help communicate your ideas better and make compelling arguments so your listeners will come to a logical choice and become fully committed to your ideas and plans.Successful persuasion skills are based on your ability to have positive interactions and maintain meaningful relationships with people. In order to sustain those relationships, you must be able to work in their best interests as well. Your coworkers are more likely to agree with you when they succeed alongside you. The more they achieve and the greater progress they make, the more they trust your judgement and strength.We persuade and get persuaded every day—we’re either convincing or being convinced. A vast majority of people prefer collaboration and teamwork over traditional organizational structures; no one likes to be told what to do or to be pushed around. Therefore, organizations and leaders should adopt powerful persuasion skills to bring about necessary changes.51. What does the author say about the ability to be persuasive in the first paragraph?A) People may either be born with it or be able to cultivate it.B) It proves crucial in making others follow one’s course of action.C) It refers to the natural and instinctive power of influencing one’s coworkers.D) People may view it as both a means to convince others and an art of communication.52. Why are persuasion skills greatly valued in the workplace?A) They enable employees to be convinced of their long-term gains.B) They enable employees to trust their leaders unconditionally.C) They help motivate coworkers to strive for a common goal.D) They help an organization to broaden its vision effectively.53. What should people do to learn the art of persuasion at the workplace?A) Acquire effective communication skills.B) Avoid getting involved in conflicts with others.C) Understand the reason for pursuing their goals.D) Commit themselves fully to their ideas and plans.54. When are you more likely to succeed in persuading your coworkers?A) When they are convinced you work in their interests while sacrificing your own.B) When they become aware of the potential strength of the judgements you make.C) When they become aware of the meaningful relationships you keep with them.D) When they are convinced they will make achievements together with you.55. Why are organizations and leaders advised to adopt powerful persuasion skills to bring about necessary changes?A) To convince employees of the value of collaboration.B) To allow for the preferences of most people of today.C) To improve on traditional organizational structures.D) To adapt to employees’ ever-changing working styles.Part Ⅳ Translation (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.汉语中的“福”字(the character fu)表示幸福和好运,是中国传统文化中最常用的吉祥(auspicious)符号之一。
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Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)Section A11. [A] The man should visit the museums. [C] The beach resort is a good choice.[B] She can’t stand the hot weather.[D] She enjoys staying in Washington.12. [A] Her new responsibilities in the company. [B] What her job prospects are.[C] What the customers’feedback is. [D] The director’s opinion of her work.13. [A] Combine her training with dieting. [B] Repeat the training every three days.[C] Avoid excessive physical training. [D] Include weightlifting in the program.14. [A] When she will return home. [B] Whether she can go by herself.[C] Whether she can travel by air.[D] When she will completely recover.15. [A] The woman knows how to deal with the police.[B] The woman had been fined many times before.[C] The woman had violated traffic regulations.[D] The woman is good at finding excuses.16. [A] Switch off the refrigerator for a while. [B] Have someone repair the refrigerator.[C] Ask the man to fix the refrigerator.[D] Buy a refrigerator of better quality.17. [A] He owns a piece of land in the downtown area.[B] He has got enough money to buy a house.[C] He can finally do what he has dreamed of.[D] He is moving into a bigger apartment.18. [A] She is black and blue all over.[B] She has to go to see a doctor.[C] She stayed away from work for a few days.[D] She got hurt in an accident yesterday. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. [A] She was a bank manager.[B] She was a victim of the robbery.[C] She was a defence lawyer. [D] She was a witness to the crime.20. [A] A tall man with dark hair and a moustache.[B] A youth with a distinguishing mark on his face.[C] A thirty-year-old guy wearing a light sweater.[D] A medium-sized young man carrying a gun.21. [A] Identify the suspect from pictures. [C] Have her photo taken for their files.[B] Go upstairs to sign some document. [D] Verify the record of what she had said. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22. [A] By reading a newspaper ad. [C] By listening to the morning news.[B] By seeing a commercial on TV. [D] By calling an employment service.23. [A] She could improve her foreign languages.[B] She could work close to her family.[C] She could travel overseas frequently. [D] She could use her previous experiences.24. [A] Taking management courses. [B] Teaching English at a university.[C] Working as a secretary. [D] Studying for a degree in French.25. [A] Prepare for an interview in a couple of days.[B] Read the advertisement again for more details.[C] Send in a written application as soon as possible.[D] Get to know the candidates on the short list.Section BPassage OneQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. [A] They cannot see the firefighters because of the smoke.[B] They do not realize the danger they are in.[C] They cannot hear the firefighters for the noise.[D] They mistake the firefighters for monsters.27. [A] He travels all over America to help put out fires.[B] He often teaches children what to do during a fire.[C] He teaches Spanish in a San Francisco community.[D] He provides oxygen masks to children free of charge.28. [A] He saved the life of his brother choking on food.[B] He rescued a student from a big fire.[C] He is very good at public speaking.[D] He gives informative talks to young children.29. [A] Firefighters play an important role in America.[B] Kids should learn not to be afraid of monsters.[C] Carelessness can result in tragedies.[D] Informative speeches can save lives.Passage TwoQuestions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30. [A] To satisfy the needs of their family. [B] To fully realize their potential.[C] To make money for early retirement. [D] To gain a sense of their personal worth.31. [A] They may have to continue to work in old age.[B] They may regret the time they wasted.[C] They may have nobody to depend on in the future.[D] They may have fewer job opportunities.32. [A] Making wise use of your time. [B] Enjoying yourself while you can.[C] Saving as much as you can. [D] Working hard and playing hard.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33. [A] Hardworking students being accused of cheating.[B] Boy students being often treated as law-breakers.[C] Innocent people being suspected groundlessly.[D] Junior employees being made to work overtime.34. [A] Forbidding students to take food out of the restaurant.[B] Requesting customers to pay before taking the food.[C] Asking customers to leave their bags on the counters.[D] Allowing only two students to enter at a time.35. [A] He was taken to the manager. [C] He was asked to leave.[B] He was closely watched. [D] He was overcharged.Section CWriting keeps us in touch with other people. We write to communicate with relatives and friends. We write to (36) _____________ our family histories so our children and grandchildren can learn and (37) _____________their heritage (传统). With computers and Internet connections in so many (38) _____________, colleges, business, people e-mailing friends and relatives all thetime—or talking to them in writing in online (39) _____________ rooms. It is cheaper than calling long distance, and a lot more (40) _____________ than waiting until Sunday for the telephone (41) _____________ to drop. Students are e-mailing their professors to (42)_____________ and discuss their classroom assignments and to (43) _____________ them. They are e-mailing classmates to discuss and collaborate (合作) on homework. (44)__________________________________________________________.Despite the growing importance of computers, however, there will always be a place and need for the personal letter. (45) ____________________________________________________. No matter what the content of the message, its real point is, “I want you to know that I care about you.” (46) ____________________________________________________________________, but only in the success of human relationships.。
英语四级听力答案 (3)
英语四级听力答案第一篇听力答案1. B Reward outstanding employees with bonuses.2. A Stay at home and watch a movie.3. C Write an essay on a famous scientist.4. B During the day.5. A The reading material is quite challenging.6. B He was flexible with the time of the meeting.7. C They were thoughtful and practical.8. A Human resources management.第二篇听力答案9. B By taking a longer route.10. C It is a prerequisite for the job.11. A They will solve the problem for free.12. C Only on weekends.13. B It is shorter and more efficient.14. B Attend a marketing conference.15. C In the company’s annual report.16. A The weather report for the weekend.第三篇听力答案17. C Implement stricter environmental regulations.18. A By recycling paper and plastic products.19. C Raise public awareness about environmental issues.20. B Encourage businesses to adopt sustainable practices.21. B The current environmental situation is alarming.22. A Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.23. C Use renewable energy sources.24. A Promote eco-friendly transportation.第四篇听力答案25. B All students who have completed the course.26. A They are both interactive and engaging.27. A They can be accessed anywhere and anytime.28. C To provide students with practical experience.29. B It is a comprehensive and up-to-date resource.30. C They can participate in group discussions.31. B The flexibility to study at their own pace.32. A A range of different learning activities.第五篇听力答案33. C They pay significant attention to customer satisfaction.34. B Improve the quality of goods and services.35. A Conduct market research regularly.36. B Cooperate with other companies in the same industry.37. A Create a positive company culture.38. C Advertise their products and services effectively.39. B Implement various marketing strategies.40. A Provide exceptional customer service.第六篇听力答案41. C Take some breaks during the workday.42. A It can help improve productivity.43. B Develop a schedule and stick to it.44. B Engage in activities that promote physical and mental well-being.45. C Set realistic goals and prioritize tasks.46. A Utilize technology to streamline work processes.47. C Seek support from colleagues and supervisors.48. A Maintain a healthy work-life balance.第七篇听力答案49. B They will arrive at the destination more quickly.50. A They need to pick up the car from the airport.51. A Making a reservation in advance.52. C The car rental company is conveniently located.53. B The person will call the narrator back later.54. C To book a hotel room for the business trip.55. A The person is already aware of the issue.56. B There will be a slight increase in the rental fee.第八篇听力答案57. C Make a reservation for a workshop.58. A Learn about the latest trends in the industry.59. A The speaker is experienced and knowledgeable.60. C It is a great opportunity for networking.61. B The demand for digital marketing skills is increasing.62. B Attendees can receive a certificate of completion.63. A The speaker’s presentation style is engagi ng.64. C The workshop will cover a wide range of topics.第九篇听力答案65. B They were studying and researching.66. C The professor’s lecture material was unclear.67. A There was a mix-up with the lecture slides.68. A They were discussing a group project.69. C The professor will upload the lecture slides online.70. B The deadline for the project has been extended.71. C The professor will hold office hours for questions.72. A They will meet in the library to prepare for the exam.第十篇听力答案73. C The speaker’s research findings.74. A The guests at the conference.75. B They complement each other.76. C The speaker’s qualifications and achievements.77. B Attendees can gain practical knowledge.78. A The admission fee is affordable.79. A The conference will take place on a weekend.80. C The contact information of the event organizer.以上是英语四级听力的答案。
英语四级考试考前模拟试题与解析
英语四级考试考前模拟试题与解析Part I: Listening Comprehension (40 marks)Section A: Short Conversations1. M: Are you going to attend the lecture on environmental protection this afternoon?W: No, I have a history class at the same time.Q: What is the woman's reason for not attending the lecture?A: She has a history class at the same time.2. W: Excuse me, is this seat taken?M: No, it's not. Please have a seat.Q: What does the man mean?A: The seat is available.Section B: Passages3. W: How did you like the museum?M: Oh, it was fantastic! They had an exhibition of ancient Chinese artifacts.Q: What does the man think of the museum?A: He thinks it's fantastic.4. W: Why did you switch your major from engineering to psychology?M: I found myself more interested in studying the human mind and behavior.Q: Why did the man switch his major?A: He was more interested in studying psychology.Part II: Reading Comprehension (60 marks)Section A: Multiple Choice QuestionsPassage One5. According to the passage, what is a major benefit of studying abroad?A: Experiencing a different culture.Passage Two6. What is the main idea of the passage?A: The impact of social media on mental health.Section B: True or False StatementsPassage Three7. The Great Barrier Reef is known for its rich marine biodiversity.A: TruePassage Four8. The author suggests that reducing meat consumption is essential for protecting the environment.A: TruePart III: Vocabulary and Structure (40 marks)9. Emily is very _____ about saving money, so she never buys anything that she doesn't need.A: thrifty10. The book, _____ "The Catcher in the Rye," has been assigned for our English literature class.A: titledPart IV: Translation (20 marks)11. Translate the following sentence into English:昨天我和我的朋友们一起去了海边度假。
4 级考前冲刺试题三
4 级考前冲刺试题三Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Students’ Driving to School. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below.1. 目前有不少大学生开车上学2. 人们对此看法不一3. 我的看法Students’ Driving to School______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly andanswer 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.Many with New College Degree Find the Job Market HumblingThe individual stories are familiar. The chemistry major tending bar. The classics major answering phones. The Italian studies major stocking shelves at Wal-Mart.Now evidence is emerging that the damage caused by the sour economy ismore widespread than just a few careers led astray ( 偏离正轨地 ) or postponed. Even for college graduates ― the people who were most protected from the effects of recession ― the outlook is rather bleak ( 黯淡的 ).Employment rates for new college graduates have fallen sharply in the last two years, as have starting salaries for those who can find work. What?s more, only half ofthe jobs landed by these new graduates even require a college degree, reviving debates about whether higher education is “worth it” after all.“I have friends with the same degree as me, from a worse school, but because of who they knew or when they happened to graduate, they?re in muchbetter jobs,” said Kyle Bishop, 23, a 2021 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh who has spent the last two years waiting tables, delivering beer, wor king at a bookstore and entering data. “It?s more about luck than anything else.”The average starting salary for students graduating from four-year colleges in 2021 and 2021 was $27,000, down from $30,000 for those who entered the work force in 2021 to 2021, according to a study released on Wednesday by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. That is a decline of 10 percent, even before taking inflation into account.Of course, these are the lucky ones ― the graduates who found a job. Among the members of the class of 2021, just 56 percent had held at least one job by this spring, when the survey was conducted. That compares with 90 percent of graduates from the classes of 2021 and 2021. (Some have gone for further education or opted out of the labor force, while many are still trying very hard to get a job.)Even these figures understate the damage done to these workers? careers. Many have taken jobs that do not make use of their skills; about only half of recent college graduates said that their first job required a college degree.The choice of major is quite important. Certain majors had better luck finding a job that required a college degree, according to an analysis by Andrew M. Sum, an economist at Northeastern University, of 2021 Labor Department data for college graduates under 25.Young graduates who majored in education and teaching or engineering were most likely to find a job requiring a college degree, while area studies majors ― those who majored in Latin American studies, for example ― and humanities majors were least likely to do so. Among all recent education graduates, 71.1 percent were in jobs that required a college degree; of all area studies majors, the share was 44.7 percent.An analysis by The New York Times of Labor Department data about college graduates aged 25 to 34 found that the number of these workers employed in food service, restaurants and bars had risen 17 percent in 2021 from 2021, though the sample size was small. There were similar or bigger employment increases at gas stations and fuel dealers, food and alcohol stores, and taxi and limousine services.This may be a waste of a college degree, but it also displaces ( 使离开 ) the less-educated workers who would normally take these jobs.“The less schooling you had, the more likely you were to get thrown outof the labor market altogether,” said Mr. Sum, noting that unemployment rates for high school graduates and dropouts are always much higher than those for college graduates. “There is complete displacement all the way down.”Meanwhile, college graduates are having trouble paying off student loan debt, which is at a median of $20,000 for graduates of classes 2021 to 2021.Mr. Bishop, the Pittsburgh graduate, said he is “terrified” of theeffects his starter jobs might have on his ultimate career, which he hopes to be in publishing or writing. “It looks bad to have all these short-term jobs on your résumé,but you do have to pay the bills,” he said, adding that right now his student loan debt was over $70,000.Many graduates will probably take on more student debt. More than 60 percent of those who graduated in the last five years say they will need more formal education to be successful.“I knew there weren?t going to be many job prospects for me until I gotmy Ph.D.,” said Travis Patterson, 23, a 2021 graduate of California State University, Fullerton. He is working as an administrative assistant for a property management company and studying psychology in graduate school. Whileit may not have anything to do with his degree, “it helps pay my rent and tuition, and that?s what matters.”Going back to school does offer the possibility of joining the labor force when the economy is better. Unemployment rates are also generally lower for people with advanced schooling.Those who do not go back to school may be on a lower-paying trajectory( 道路 ) for years. They start at a lower salary, and they may begin their careers with employers that pay less on average or have less room for growth.“Their salary history follows them wherever they go,” said Carl Van Horn, a labor economist at Rutgers. “It?s like a parrot on your shoulder, traveling with you everywhere, constantly telling you ?No, you can?t make that much money.? “And while young people who have survived a tough job market may shy from risks during their careers, the best way to nullify ( 抵消……的影响 ) anunlucky graduation date is to change jobs when you can, says Till von Wachter, an economist at Columbia.“If you don?t move within five years of graduating, for some reason youget stuck where you are,” Mr. von Wachter said. “By your late 20s, you?reoften married, and have a family and have a house. You stop the active patternof moving jobs.”1. What do we know about college graduates in the present sour economy? A) They have a positive outlook for the future. B) They remain unaffected by the recession. C) Job prospects for them don?t look good. D) Starting salariesfor them have increased.2. According to Kyle Bishop, why can his friends have better jobs than him?A) They graduate at the right time. degrees.B) They have working experience.3. What did the study by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development reveal?A) Graduates starting working in 2021 got higher pay than those in 2021.B) Most of the recent college graduates were lucky enough to find a job. C) More graduates chose to get further education instead of taking a job.D) They graduate from better schools.C) They have obtained higher感谢您的阅读,祝您生活愉快。
2023年6月年大学英语四级真题(三)
2023年6月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions : For that part , you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below.You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then comment on parents' role in their children’s growth. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part IIListening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section A Directions : In that section , you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end ofeach conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions 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 Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.1.A)The woman is the manager’s secretary.C)The man is the manager’s businessassociate.B)The man found himself in a wrong place.D)The woman was putting up a sign on the wall.2.A)He needs more time for the report.C)He is sorry not to have helped the woman.B)He needs help to interpret the data.D)He does not have sufficient data to go on.3.A) A friend from New York.C) A postal delivery.B)A message from Tony.D) A change in the weather.4.A)She is not available until the end of next week.B)She is not a reliable source of information.C)She does not like taking exams.D)She does not like psychology.5.A) He will help the woman carry the suitcase.B)The woman’s watch is twenty minutes fast.C)The woman shouldn’t make such a big fuss.D)There is no need for the woman to be in a hurry."Good news mom ! I was accepted to the college of your choice."6.A)Mary is not so easygoing as her.C)She finds it hard to get along with Mary.B)Mary and she have a lot in common.D)She does not believe what her neighborssaid.7. A) At an information service.C) At a repair shop.B)At a car wash point.D) At a dry cleaner’s8. A) The woman came to the concert at the man’s request.B)The man is already fed up with playing the piano.C)The piece of music the man played is very popular.D)The man’s unique talents are the envy of many people.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) He has taught Spanish for a couple of years at a local school.B)He worked at the Brownstone Company for several years.C)He owned a small retail business in Michigan years ago.D)He has been working part-time in a school near Detroit.10. A) He prefers a full-time job with more responsibility.B)He is eager to find a job with an increased salary.C)He likes to work in a company close to home.D)He would rather get a less demanding job.11. A) Sports.B) Travel. C) Foreign languages. D) Computer games.12. A) When he is supposed to start work.B)What responsibilities he would have.C)When he will be informed about his application.D)What career opportunities her company can offer.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A)She is pregnant.C)She has just finished her project.B)She is over 50.D)She is a good saleswoman.14.A)He takes good care of Lisa.C)He is good at business management.B)He is the CEO of a giant company.D)He works as a salesmanager.15. A) It is in urgent need of further development.B)It produces goods popular among local people.C)It has been losing market share in recent years.D)It is well positioned to compete with the giants.Section BDirections : In that section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you heara question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B),and D).Thenmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A)It is lined with tall trees.C)It has high buildings on both sides.B)It was widened recently.D)It used to be dirty and disorderly.17. A)They repaved it with rocks.C)They beautified it with plants.B)They built public restrooms on it.D)They set up cooking facilities near it.18. A)What makes life enjoyable.C)What a community means.B)How to work with tools.D)How to improve health.19. A) They were obliged to fulfill the signed contract.B)They were encouraged by the city officials, praise.C)They wanted to prove they were as capable as boys.D)They derived happiness from the constructive work.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20. A) The majority of them think it less important than computers.B)Many of them consider it boring and old-fashioned.C)The majority of them find it interesting.D)Few of them read more than ten books a year.21. A)Novels and stories.C)History and science books.B)Mysteries and detective stories.D)Books on culture and tradition.22. A)Watching TV.C)Reading magazines.B)Listening to music.D)Playing computer games.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A) Advice on the purchase of cars.B)Information about the new green-fuel vehicles.C)Trends for the development of the motor car.D)Solutions to global fuel shortage.24. A)Limited driving range.C)The short life of batteries.B)Huge recharging expenses.D)The unaffordable high price.25. A) They need to be further improved.B)They can easily switch to natural gas.C)They are more cost-effective than vehicles powered by solar energy.D)They can match conventional motor cars in performance and safety.Section CDirections : In that section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the secondtime,you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally,when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.My favorite T. V. show? " The Twilight Zone." I 26 like the episode called " The Printer’s Devil. " It’s about a newspaper editor who’s being 27 out of businessby a big newspaper syndicate—you know, a group of papers 28 by the same people.He’s about to 29 when he’s interrupted by an old man who says his name is Smith.The editor is not only offered $ 5,000 to pay off his newspapers 30 , but that Smith character also offers his services for free. It turns out that the guy operates the printing machine with amazing speed, and soon he’s turning out newspapers with 31 . The small paper is successful again. The editor is 32 at how quickly Smith gets his stories—only minutes after they happen—but soon he’s presented with a contract to sign. Mr. Smith,it seems, is really the devil! The editor is frightened by that news, but he is more frightened by the idea of losing his newspaper, so he agrees to sign. But soon Smith is 33 the news even before it happens—and ifs all terrible—one disaster after another. Anyway, there is a little more to tell, but I don’t want to 34 the story for you.I really like these old episodes of "The Twilight Zone" because the stories are fascinating. They are not realistic. But then again, in a way they are, because they deal with 35 . Part III Reading Comprehension(40 minutes) Section ADirections: In that section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passagethrough carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line throughthe centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.As a teacher, you could bring the community into your classroom in many ways. The parents and grandparents of your students are resources and 36 for their children. They can be 37 teachers of their own traditions and histories. Immigrant parents could talk about their country of 38 and why they emigrated to the United States. Parents can be invited to talk about their jobs or a community project. Parents, of course,are not the only community resources. Employees at local businesses and staff at community agencies have 39 information to share in classrooms.Field trips provide another opportunity to know the community. Many students don’t have the opportunity to 40 concerts or visit museums or historical sites except through field trips. A school district should have 41 for selecting and conducting field trips. Families must be made 42 of field trips and give permission for their children to participate.Through school projects, students can learn to be 43 in community projects ranging from planting trees to cleaning up a park to assisting elderly people. Students, 44 older ones, might conduct research on a community need that could lead to action by a city council or state government. Some schools require students to provide community serviceby 45 in a nursing home, child care center or government agency. These projects help students understand their responsibility to the larger community.Section BDirections : In that section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from whichthe information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is markedwith a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Reaping the Rewards of Risk-TakingA)Since Steve Jobs resigned as chief executive of Apple, much has been said about himas a peerless business leader who has created immense wealth for shareholders, and guided the design of hit products that are transforming entire industries, like music and mobile communications.B)All true, but let’s think different, to borrow the Apple marketing slogan of yearsback. Let’s look at Mr. Jobs as a role model.C)Above all, he is an innovator (创新者). His creative force is seen in products suchas the iPod, iPhone, and iPad, and in new business models for pricing and distributing music and mobile software online. Studies of innovation come to the same conclusion : you can’t engineer innovation, but you can increase the odds of it occurring. And Mr.Jobs’ career can be viewed as a consistent pursuit of improving those odds, both for himself and the companies he has led. Mr. Jobs, of course, has enjoyed singular success.But innovation, broadly defined, is the crucial ingredient in all economic progress—higher growth for nations, more competitive products for companies, and more prosperous careers for individuals. And Mr. Jobs, many experts say, exemplifies what works in the innovation game.D)" We can look at and learn from Steve Jobs what the essence of American innovation is,"says John Kao, an innovation consultant to corporations and governments. Many other nations, Mr. John Kao notes, are now ahead of the United States in producing what are considered the raw materials of innovation. These include government financing for scientific research, national policies to support emerging industries, educational achievement, engineers and scientists graduated, even the speeds of Internet broadband service.E)Yet what other nations typically lack, Mr. Kao adds, is a social environment thatencourages diversity, experimentation, risk-taking, and combining skills from many fields into products that he calls " recombinant mash-ups( 打碎重组)," like the iPhone, which redefined the smartphone category. "The culture of other countriesdoesn’t support the kind of innovation that Steve Jobs exemplifies, as America does,"Mr. John Kao says.F)Workers of every rank are told these days that wide-ranging curiosity and continuouslearning are vital to thriving in the modem economy. Formal education matters, career counselors say, but real- life experience is often even more valuable.G)An adopted child, growing up in Silicon Valley, Mr. Jobs displayed those traits earlyon. He was fascinated by electronics as a child, building Heath kit do-it-yourself projects, like radios. Mr. Jobs dropped out of Reed College after only a semester and traveled around India in search of spiritual enlightenment, before returning to Silicon Valley to found Apple with his friend, Stephen Wozniak, an engineering wizard(奇才). Mr. Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985, went off and founded two other companies, Next and Pixar, before returning to Apple in 1996 and becoming chief executive in 1997. H)His path was unique, but innovation experts say the pattern of exploration is notunusual. "It’s often people like Steve Jobs who can draw from a deep reservoir of diverse experiences that often generate breakthrough ideas and insights," says Hal Gregersen, a professor at the European Institute of Business Administration.I)Mr. Gregersen is a co-author of a new book, The Innovator's DNA,which is based on aneight-year study of 5000(创业者)and executives worldwide. His two collaborators and co-authors are Jeff Dyer, a professor at Brigham Young University, and Clayton Christensen, a professor at the Harvard Business School, whose 1997 book The Innovators Dilemma popularized the concept of(颠覆性地)innovation. "J)The academics identify five traits that are common to the disruptive innovators: questioning, experimenting, observing, associating and networking. Their bundle of characteristics echoes the ceaseless curiosity and willingness to take risks noted by other experts. Networking, Mr. Hal Gregersen explains, is less about career-building relationships than a consistent search for new ideas. Associating, he adds, is the ability to make idea-producing connections by linking concepts from different disciplines.K)"Innovators engage in these mental activities regularly," Mr. Gregersen says. "It’sa habit for them Innovative companies, according to the authors, typically enjoy highervaluations in the stock market, which they call an "innovation premium (溢价)." It is calculated by estimating the share of a company’s value that cannot be accounted for b y i ts c urrent p roducts a nd c ash f low. T he i nnovation p remium t ries t o q uantify(量化)investors’bets that a company will do even better in the future because of innovation.L)Apple, by their calculations, had a 37 percent innovation premium during Mr. Jobs’ first term with the company. His years in exile resulted in a 31 percent innovation discount. After his return, Applet fortunes improved gradually at first, and improved markedly starting in 2005, yielding a 52 percent innovation premium since then.M)There is no conclusive proof, but Mr. Hal Gregersen says it is unlikely that Mr. Jobs could have reshaped industries beyond computing, as he has done in his second term at Apple, without the experience outside the company, especially at Pixar—the computer-animation(动画制作)studio that created a string of critically and commercially successful movies, such as "Toy Story" and "Up."N)Mr. Jobs suggested much the same thing during a commencement address to the graduatingclass at Stanford University in 2005. "It turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me," he told the students. Mr.Jobs also spoke of perseverance (坚持)and will power. "Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick," he said. "Don’t lose faith. "O)Mr. Jobs ended his commencement talk with a call to innovation, both in one’s choice of work and in one’s life. Be curious, experiment, take risks, he said to the students.His advice was emphasized by the words on the back of the final edition of The Whole Earth Catalog,which he quoted Stay hungry. Stay foolish. " "And, Mr. Jobs said, "I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.46.Steve Jobs called on Stanford graduates to innovate in his commencement address.47.Steve Jobs considered himself lucky to have been fired once by Apple.48.Steve Jobs once used computers to make movies that were commercial hits.49.Many governments have done more than the US government in providing the raw materialsfor innovation.50.Great innovators are good at connecting concepts from various academic fields.51.Innovation is vital to driving economic progress.52.America has a social environment that is particularly favorable to innovation.53.Innovative ideas often come from diverse experiences.54.Real-life experience is often more important than formal education for career success.55.Applet fortunes suffered from an innovation discount during Jobs’ absence.Section CDirections : There are 2 -passages in that section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) . You should decideon the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line throughthe centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.Junk food is everywhere. We’re eating way too much of it. Most of us know what we’re doing and yet we do it anyway.So here’s a suggestion offered by two researchers at the Rand Corporation : Why not take a lesson from alcohol control policies and apply them to where food is sold and how it’s displayed?"Many policy measures to control obesity(肥胖症)assume that people consciously and rationally choose what and how much they eat and therefore focus on providing information and more access to healthier foods," note the two researchers."In contrast," the researchers continue, " many regulations that don’t assume people make rational choices have been successfully applied to control alcohol, a substance—like food—of which immoderate consumption leads to serious health problems. ’’The research references studies of peopled behavior with food and alcohol and results of alcohol restrictions, and then lists five regulations that the researchers think might be promising if applied to junk foods. Among them:Density restrictions: licenses to sell alcohol aren’t handed out unplanned to all comers but are allotted (分配) based on the number of places in an area that already sell alcohol. These make alcohol less easy to get and reduce the number of psychological cuesto drink.Similarly, the researchers say, being presented with junk food stimulates our desireto eat it. So why not limit the density of food outlets, particularly ones that sell foodrich in empty calories? And why not limit sale of food in places that aren5t primarilyfood stores?Display and sales restrictions: California has a rule prohibiting alcohol displaysnear the cash registers in gas stations, and in most places you can’t buy alcohol atdrive-through facilities. At supermarkets, food companies pay to have their wares in places where they’re easily seen. One could remove junk food to the back of the store and banthem from the shelves at checkout lines. The other measures include restricting portion sizes, taxing and prohibiting special price deals for junk foods, and placing warning labels on the products.56.What does the author say about junk food?A)People should be educated not to eat too much.B)It is widely consumed despite its ill reputation.C)Its temptation is too strong for people to resist.D)It causes more harm than is generally realized.57.What do the Rand researchers think of many of the policy measures to control obesity?A) They should be implemented effectively.C) They are based on wrong assumptions.B) They provide misleading information.D) They help people make rational choices.58.Why do policymakers of alcohol control place density restrictions?A)Few people are able to resist alcohol’s temptations.B)There are already too many stores selling alcohol.C)Drinking strong alcohol can cause social problems.D)Easy access leads to customers’ over-consumption.59.What is the purpose of California’s rule about alcohol display in gas stations?A)To effectively limit the density of alcohol outlets.B)To help drivers to give up the habit of drinking.C)To prevent possible traffic jams in nearby areas.D)To get alcohol out of drivers’ immediate sight.60.What is the general guideline the Rand researchers suggest about junk food control?A)Guiding people to make rational choices about food.B)Enhancing people’s awareness of their own health.C)Borrowing ideas from alcohol control measures.D)Resorting to economic, legal and psychological means.Passage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.Kodak’s decision to file for bankruptcy (破产)protection is a sad, though not unexpecteturning point for a leading American corporation that pioneered consumer photography and dominated the film market for decades, but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution.Although many attribute Kodak’s downfall to "complacency ( 自满)"that explanation doesn’t acknowledge the lengths to which the company went to reinvent itself. Decades ago, Kodak anticipated that digital photography would overtake film—and in fact, Kodak invented the first digital camera in 1975—but in a fateful decision, the company chose to shelf its new discovery to focus on its traditional film business.It wasn’t that Kodak was blind to the future, said Rebecca Henderson, a professor at Harvard Business School, but rather that it failed to execute on a strategy to confront it. By the time the company realized its mistake, it was too late.Kodak is an example of a firm that was very much aware that they had to adapt, and spent a lot of money trying to do so, but ultimately failed. Large companies have a difficult time switching to new markets because there is a temptation to put existing assets into the new businesses.Although Kodak anticipated the inevitable rise of digital photography, its corporate(企业地)culture was too rooted in the successes of the past for it to make the clean break necessary to fully embrace the future. They were a company stuck in time. Their history was so important to them. Now their history has become a liability.Kodak’s downfall over the last several decades was dramatic. In 1976, the company commanded 90% of the market for photographic film and 85% of the market for cameras. But the 1980s brought new competition from Japanese film company Fuji Photo, which undermined Kodak by offering lower prices for film and photo supplies. Kodak’s decision not to pursue the role of official film for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics was a major miscalculation. The bid went instead to Fuji, which exploited its sponsorship to win a permanent foothold in the marketplace.61.What do we learn about Kodak?A)It went bankrupt all of a sudden.B)It is approaching its downfall.C)It initiated the digital revolution in the film industry.D)It is playing the dominant role in the film market.62.Why does the author mention Kodak’s invention of the first digital camera?A)To show its early attempt to reinvent itself.B)To show its effort to overcome complacency.C)To show its quick adaptation to the digital revolution.D)To show its will to compete with Japan’s Fuji Photo.63.Why do large companies have difficulty switching to new markets?A)They find it costly to give up their existing assets.B)They tend to be slow in confronting new challenges.C)They are unwilling to invest in new technology.D)They are deeply stuck in their glorious past.64.What does the author say Kodak’s history has become?A) A burden.B) A mirror.C) A joke.D) A challenge.65.What was Kodak’s fatal mistake?A) Its blind faith in traditional photography.C) Its refusal to sponsor the 1984 Olympics.B) Its failure to see Fuji Photo’s emergence.D) Its overconfidence in its corporate culture.Part IV Translation(30 minutes) Directions: For that part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.在西方人心目中,和中国联系最为密切地基本食物是大米。
四级模拟试卷三及详解答案
四级考前最新命制试卷三Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On the Tide of Immigration following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.1. 近年来越来越多的人移民国外2. 出现这一现象的原因3. 我对这一现象的看法和建议On the Tide of Immigration________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________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 onD). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.The Overworked, Networked FamilyBring up work-and-family balance at a neighbor’s barbecue, and the conversation immediately t urns toward tales of rushing out of meetings at breakneck (飞快的) speed to shuttle the kids to soccer practice or struggling to tear ourselves away for a decent vacation. Complaints about time pressure are so common that they have become a common cultural vocabulary. Everybody, it seems, is stressed out about time, and achieving “balance” has become the Holy Grail (圣杯) of middle-class family life.But maybe balance is the wrong image. Instead, think transformation. Just as businesses are shifting from Industrial Age to networks, so, too, is the American family undergoing a parallel social revolution. Parents and children are no longer on the same schedule — unlike the way things were a generation ago. With many educated mothers and fathers working longer hours, they are linked to their kids by a web of cell phones and e-mails.At the same time, kids are taking the initiative to pursue more activities and are using information technologies to nurture their own electronic networks of relationships, from friends at school to cousins in distant cities.The networked economy is leading to far different standards and expectations of what it means to be a parent and a child. It’s not simple enough for the young to get an education. Instead, the goal is to raise children to be creative and adaptable, able both to compete successfully and to collaborate with their peers from all over the world. “We have an economy whose functioning depends for the first time on the enhancement of human capability,” says Richard Florida, professor of public policy at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.How can the typical overworked white-collar American —bombarded(轰炸) by e-mails, troubled with late-night meetings, and confronted with unexpected business trips — at the same time manage at high speed and cope with the new challenges at home? Gradually, a new body of shared rules-of-thumb (经验做法) is emerging, passed along at playgrounds and in offices. Among them: transform technology from an oppressor into a liberator.Others have mastered the art of interweaving work obligations and home life in a way that was not possible before, answering an e-mail from work one minute and helping with homework the next. And the younger members of the family — already far more sophisticated at multitasking and networking than their parents — are getting a chance to see what approaches work and what falls flat.Historically, the organization of the family has mirrored, to some degree, the organization of the workplace. Take the classic middle-class family of the 1950s and ‘60s, the “Golden Age” economy of stro ng productivity growth and abundant gains in real wages. With a secure corporate job, Dad could afford to work not much more than 40 hours a week and Mom could stay at home to raise the children. The family of that era did many things together. The classic example is eating dinner every evening at the kitchen table. The kids also followed their parents when Mom and Dad visited friends. In essence, a family acted like a single unit, with a hierarchy (等级制度) that mirrored the top-down management of factories or large industrial organizations of the day.Fast-forward to the 2000s. Today, both Mom and Dad are more likely to have careers. The combined workweek of a husband and wife in their prime working years with children is 68 hours, up from 59 hours in 1979, according to calculations by the Economic Policy Institute. The better educated the couple, the more hours they put in. At theof being outsourced to foreign countries. Instead, what’s left are the more complicated and creative tasks that can’t be easily reduced to a set of instructions.At home, standards for a healthy, emotionally rich family life are a lot higher than they used to be. Schedules during “leisure hours” are filled with music lessons and play dates for the kids, exercise classes for Mom, and occasional golf times for Dad. Parents are aware that colleges and universities look more favorably on high school students with a demonstrated ability to do many things well, not unlike the skills they will need in the workplace.To achieve these goals, families are learning to turn technology to their advantage. Many time-pressed workers now realize that technology creates greater possibilities for busy families to stay in touch and, at the same time, increase family time. When Ruder went to the work on Saturdays and Sundays, he doesn’t long for “the good old days”. “Because of technology, I probably spend more time working on the weekend now, but it’s easier on me because I can work at home, then take a run, and go out to brunch with friends,” he says.But just as excessive e-mails and conference calls fill up time on the job, there’s te mptation to use the technology to stuff too much in at home as well. Other busy people have found that it’s important to maintain fairly strict boundaries between work and home.It’s important to note that there’s no one-size-fit-all solution for the problem of reconciling long hours at work with a healthy family life. What’s more, individuals can accomplish only so much acting on their own. Schools and other major community institutions still behave as though the 40-hour workweek were the rule rather than the exception. And corporations are still loading new responsibilities and commitments onto managers and professionals, without taking away any of the old ones. Nevertheless, what’s fascinating about the current focus on managing work and family time is th at it’s rooted in an abundance of possibilities. Through trial and error, with many troubles along the way, the networked family is starting to figure out how to take advantage of the many opportunities available today. And that’s progress.1. We learn from the first paragraph that ______.A) middle-class families take achieving balance as the Holy GrailB) time pressure makes it hard for people to balance work and familyC) people are too busy to share the interesting things in their life with each otherD) complaints about time pressure have become ever more common among people2. According to the passage, one aim of the networked economy is to ______.A) make children creative and adaptableB) let children get the best education in their lifeC) raise children to be imaginative and independentD) get children to compete with their peers3. According to Richard Florida, what determines the operation of our economy?A) The transforming of businesses. C) The pursuing of more new knowledge.B) The using of information technologies. D) The strengthening of human capability.4. One approach the typical overworked white-collar American use to cope with the new challenges at home is toA) give up some extra work obligationsB) spend as much time with families as possibleC) change the role technology plays in their lifeD) discuss with others to get solutions5. What is the typical example of the things families did together in the “Golden Age”?A) Always playing games together. C) Taking a walk together every evening.B) Always going to cinema together. D) Having dinner together every evening.6. In the 21st century, the amount of time parents put in companying their children depends on ______.A) parents’ educa tion level C) children’s academic recordB) parents’ working location D) children’s age7. Parents realize that to gain skills to be needed in the workplace, high school students should to go ______.A) Companies and schools. C) Foreign countries.B) Colleges and universities. D) Offices and schools.8. Today, many time-pressed workers realize that ______________________________ can increase family time.9. As people spend more time working at home, some busy people find it important to keep ____________________ ____________ between work and home.10. According to the passage, today’s managers and professionals are undertaking more _______________________from companies.Part III Listening Comprehension(35 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and thequestions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you mustread the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.11. A) She is told to give up the apartment. C) She is still looking for an apartment.B) She doesn’t plan to move. D) She wants to move out of the dorm.12. A) Mary wanted to invite the man to dinner.B) Mary planned to see the man next year.C) Mary didn’t want to have a dinner with the man.D) Mary hoped to come for dinner next time.13. A) New York. B) Denver. C) Phoenix. D) Chicago.14. A) Jim is at a meeting now. C) Jim will take his girlfriend to the meeting.B) Jim will attend the meeting later. D) Jim is with his girlfriend now.15. A) Ask the woman to be his coach.B) Have a talk with the account director.C) Do the health and fitness training program.D) Talk about fitness with the woman in detail.16. A) Pay a visit to the man. C) Make a distance call to the man.B) Ask for some advice from the man. D) Invite the man to have a dinner.17. A) Try it on. C) Hammer a nail with it.B) Throw it away. D) Exchange it for a hammer.18. A) He likes the current temperature. C) He likes cooking food.B) He wishes the weather would get warmer. D) He thinks he will like the food.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) She is not sure how to use a credit card.B) She doesn’t know how to fix her faucet.C) She is not sure which credit card to choose.D) She is not sure whether to get a credit card or not.20. A) She can keep track of her finances.B) She will know how much she can overdraw.C) She is charged nothing until that date onwards.D) She will be charged at a higher rate after the grace period.21. A) Compare a range of options.B) Find out more from research.C) Find out more by talking to the bank staff.D) Take some time before actually making a decision.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22. A) To school. C) To the science museum.B) To the dentist’s. D) To Julie’s house.23. A) 12:30 p.m. B) 1:30 p.m. C) 2:00 p.m. D) 7:00 p.m.24. A) Clean the dishes. C) Call a friend.B) Play soccer with her brother. D) Help Julie with her science project.25. A) The video machine doesn’t work.B) They have seen all the videos in her house.C) Susan has lent the video machine to a friend.D) Susan’s mother is going to use the video machine.Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and 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 thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) What they are most worried about.B) How much exercise they get every day.C) What entertainment they are interested in.D) How long their parents accompany them daily.27. A) Have more activities. C) Receive early education.B) Have regular checkups. D) Get enough entertainment.28. A) They should have no TV sets. C) They should be near a common area.B) They should be no place for play. D) They should have a computer for study.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) How to develop a child’s initiative.B) How to accumulate an amount of pocket money.C) How to teach a child to save money30. A) It should not include entertainment expenditures.B) It should only include everyday expenses.C) It’s better to be given in line with that of his friends.D) It’s better to be given as less as possible.31. A) Children should be given more allowance when they behave well in school.B) Children should not be paid when they help do daily chores.C) Paying children for getting a high mark in school can develop their initiative.D) Allowance should not be ti ed directly to children’s housework.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) Accidents and war. C) Accidents and aging.B) Diseases and aging. D) Heart disease and war.33. A) Medicine. C) The Internet.B) Brain cells. D) Human organs.34. A) Heart disease will be far away from us.B) Human brains can decide the final death.C) The basic materials of cells will last forever.D) Human organs can be repaired by new medicine.35. A) Human life will not last more than 120 years in the future.B) Humans have to take medicine to build new skin cells now.C) Much needs to be done before humans can have a longer life.D) We have already solved the technical problems in building new cells.Section CDirections:In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you arerequired to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. Forblanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, youcan either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words.Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Pocket electronic dictionaries, popular with students, are raising (36) _______ among local educators. Used (37)_______ in price from several hundred yuan to several thousand, depending on the functions “The electronic dictionary lightens both my school bag and my work (39) _______,”said a middle school student. “Most of my classmates use electronic dictionaries for the (40) _______.” he said.Even some teachers (41) _______ electronic dictionaries. “Electronic dictionaries often allow students to read more,” said an English teacher. “they prefer to look up words they don’t understand without having to (42) _______ through a dictionary. They often find ordinary dictionaries are too complicated.”However, educators have expressed some concerns about the (43) risks of allowing students to useunder way in health care systems around the country. For example:Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are 50 paper records. While many still experience the 51 of a paper-driven system that is only slightly more sophisticated than black-and-white reruns of Marcus Welby, M.D., EHRs give leading health care providers a complete and accurate medical history as well as links to practice guidelines and best practices. Doctors can access a wide range of tools that support 52 , care management and compliance (遵循) with protocols (方案).pharmacy(药房) to patient. It’s not just about sending a prescription electronically to ensure legibility. A good e-Prescrib ing system automatically flags potentially harmful drug interactions and checks a health Plan’s reimbursement (偿还) schedule to 54 costs for patients.Personal Health Records (PHRs) are patient-owned and 55 electronic health records that allow people to store, access and coordinate their complete health history and make 56 parts available to those who need it. The key here is that individuals are in control of their own information.extreme than others.For example, it is one thing to take the life of another in a fit of blind rage, but quite another to coldly plot and carry out the murder of one or more people in the style of a butcher. Thus, murder, like all other crimes, is a matter of relative degree. While it could be argued with some conviction that the criminal in the first instance should be merely isolated from society, such should not be the fate of the latter type murderer.The value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime may be open to debate. But the overwhelming majority ofpenalty deters murder. For example, from 1954 to 1963, when the death penalty was consistently imposed in California, the murder rate remained between three and four murders for each 100,000 population. Since 1964 the death penalty has been imposed only once, and the murder rate has risen to 10.4 murder rate, which began when executions stopped, is no coincidence (巧合). It is convincing evidence that the death penalty does deter many murders. If the bill reestablishing the death penalty is vetoed(否决), innocent people will be murdered —some whose lives may have been saved if the death penalty were in effect. This is literally a life or death matter. The lives of thousands of innocent people must be protected.57. The principle purpose of this passage is to ______.A) initiate a veto C) criticize the governmentB) speak for the majority D) argue for the value of the death penalty58. The author’s response to those who urge the death penalty for all degrees of murder would most likely be______ .A) friendly B) hostile C) negative D) supportive59. It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that the author thinks that ______ .A) the second type murders should be sentenced to deathB) the value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime is not to be debatedC) the veto of the bill reestablishing the death penalty is of little importanceD) the death penalty is the most controversial issue in the United States today60. The passage attempts to establish a relationship between ______.A) executions and murdersB) the effects of execution and the effects of isolationC) the murder rate and the importance of the death penaltyD) the importance of equal rights and that of the death penalty61. The author’s attitude towards death penalty is ______.A) opposing B) supporting C) neutral D) sarcasticPassage TwoQuestions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.Many are aware of the tremendous waste of energy in our environment, but fail to take advantage of straightforward opportunities to conserve that energy. For example, everyone knows that lights should be switched off when no one is in an office. Similarly, when employees are not using a meeting room, there is no need to regulate temperature.Fortunately, one need not rely on human intervention to conserve energy. With the help of smart sensing and network technology, energy conservation processes such as turning off lights and adjusting temperature can beenergy use and institute procedures that lead to smarter and more efficient home, building and industrial plants.Until now, wires and cables for power and connectivity have limited the widespread adoption of sensor (传感器) networks by making them difficult and expensive to install and maintain. Battery-powered wireless networks can simplify installation and reduce cost. But their high power consumption and the corresponding need for regular battery replacement has made wireless networks difficult and costly to maintain. Nobody wants to replace hundreds or thousands of window sensor batteries in a large building on a regular basis.The promise of wireless sensor networks can only be fully realized when the wiring for both the data communication and the power supply is eliminated. Doing so requires a true battery-free wireless solution, one that can utilize energy harvested directly from the environment. To facilitate the widespread deployment of wireless sensor networks, GreenPeak has developed an ultra-low-power communication technology that can utilize environmental energy sources such as light, motion and vibration. This technology, employing on-board power management circuits and computer software to monitor energy harvesters and make the best use of harvested energy, enables sensors to operate reliably in a battery-free environment.Wireless sensor networks deployed in our offices and home will have an enormous impact on our daily lives, helping to build a smarter world in which energy is recycled and fully utilized. These wireless platforms, equipped with advanced sensing capability, will enable us to better control our lives, homes and environment, creating a truly connected world that enables people worldwide to live in a more comfortable, safer, and cleaner environment.62. Batteries are not an ideal energy source for sensor networks because they ______.A) require automatic rechargingB) are difficult and costly to maintainC) have to be replaced from time to timeD) contain metals that pollute the environment63. Battery-free wireless sensor networks are made possible by the fact that ______.A) their maintenance has been greatly simplifiedB) there is energy in the environment to be utilizedC) the cost of using them has been drastically reducedD) modern data communication consumes little energy64. According to the passage, GreenPeak ______.A) supplies batteries operating on harvested energyB) benefits handsomely from communication technologyC) promotes the application of wireless sensor networksD) is the first company to install wireless sensor networks65. The focus of Paragraph 4 is on the ______.A) replacement of batteries in harvestersB) elimination of batteries in sensor networksC) impact of sensor networks on power supplyD) monitoring of energy harvested from the environment66. Wireless sensor networks promise to ______.A) bring businesses high profits C) turn motion into a major source of energyB) further develop the sensing technology D) improve the daily lives of people worldwideasthe75One study saw participants follow one of the tips to see 76 effective it was. Participants then took the advice offered —such as watching an upbeat (积极乐观的) film — often 77 too hard on trying to improve their 78 rather than letting it lift naturally. 76. A) what C) whateverB) however D) how77. A) attracted C) concentratedB) drawn D) absorbed78. A) temper C) mindB) passion D) moodThis 79 that by the time the film had ended, they often felt angry and 80 by the advice given, putting them in a far worse mood than when they had started watching. 81 , results of the study, published in the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science, 82 that the key to true happiness was much more simple: 83 relationships with friends and family members. The strongest predictor of happiness is not money, 84 external recognition through success or fame. It’s having worthwhile social relationships. That means the best 85 to increase your happiness is to stop worrying about being happy and instead pour your energy 86 nurturing the social bonds you have with other people. 79. A) assumed C) supposedB) meant D) hoped80. A) blamed C) discouragedB) provoked D) cheated81. A) However C) ThereforeB) Moreover D) Otherwise82. A) exposed C) imposedB) disposed D) proposed83. A) initial C) radicalB) meaningful D) truthful84. A) nor C) orB) and D) but85. A) way C) processB) method D) form86. A) to C) intoB) over D) byPart VI Translation (5 minutes)Directions:Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2.87. We lost our way in that small village, _________________________________ (否则我们就参观更多的名胜古迹了) yesterday.88. Only after Mary read her composition the second time _________________________________(她才注意到拼写错误).89. In order to find the missing child, villagers _________________________________(在过去的五个小时里,一直在尽最大努力).90. _________________________________(到你读完这本书的时候), your meal has got cold.91.Film has a much shorter history, especially when _________________________________(与音乐和绘画比起).四级考前最新命制试卷三参考答案及录音文本参考答案Part I Writing【参考范文一】【参考范文二】Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)1. B)2. A)3. D)4. C)5. D)6. A)7. B)8. technology9. fairly strict boundaries10. responsibilities and commitmentsPart III Listening Comprehension11. B)12. D)13. C)14. D)15. B)16. A)17. C)18. D)19. C)20. D)23. C)24. A)25. A)26. C)27. A)28. A)29. D)30. C)31. D)32. B)33. A)34. D)35. C)36. concern37. primarily38. range39. load40. convenience41. defend42. leaf43. potential44. The definitions are simplified and somewhat unclear compared with those in ordinary print dictionaries45. Most of these devices do not include sample sentences which are of vital importance46. but he was not sure of its meaning, then he looked it up in a cheap dictionaryPart IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)47. J)48. A)49. C)50. F)51. M)52. D)53. O)54. K)55. H)56. B)57. D)58. C)61. B)62. C)63. B)64. C)65. B)66. D)Part V Cloze67. C)68. B)69. A)70. B)71. D)72. A)73. C)74. B)75. D)76. D)77. C)78. D)79. B)80. D)81. A)82. A)83. B)84. C)85. A)86. C)Part VI Translation87. otherwise we would have visited more places of interest88. did she notice the spelling mistake89. have been doing all they can / their best over the past five hours90. By the time you have finished this book91. compared to music and painting。
大学英语四级听力考前冲刺试题(三)
大学英语四级听力考前冲刺试题(三)大学英语四级听力考前冲刺试题(三)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked [A], [BI, [C] and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
11. [A] Oxford Street.[B] Buckingham Palace.[C] Trafalgar Square.[D] King’s Cross.12. [A] That she will go away.[B] That she will be sorry.[C] That she will not quit her job.[D] That she will not buy him a present.13. [A] She doesn’t think the man could finish it.[B] She doesn’t think the man worked hard enough.[C] She doesn’t think it is the man’s fault.[D] She doesn’t lik e the idea of going to parties.14. [A] She’s worried that the man will miss next week’s deadline.[B] She doesn’t know when the deadline for tuition payment is.[C] The man should have paid his tuition a week ago.[D] The man has all week to pay his tuition.15. [A] She wants to move to the new apartment.[B] She doesn’t want to move to the new apartment.[C] She likes the newly built student dormitory.[D] She likes the idea of moving into the dormitory.16. [A] He has never been to the laboratory.[B] He wants to stop and ask for directions.[C] The woman won’t be late,[D] The program in the laboratory, has already begun.17. [A] He thinks children are normally silly.[B] He thinks we are short of good children’s books.[C] He thinks we need to produce more interesting books.[D] He thinks children have no taste at all.18. [A] There would be some problems for the man to securea ticket.[B] There would be no problem for the man to secure a ticket.[C] There might be some extra tickets available for the man.[D] The man should book the ticket even earlier.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. [A] Judging people’s behavior.[B] Common causes of anger.[C] Changing people’s attitudes.[D] The effects of negative behavior.20. [A] When they’re unable to control the person’s behavior.[B] when the causes of the behavior are obvious.[C] when the consequences of the behavior are unpleasant.[D] When the behavior is expected.21. [A] Their behavior should be attributed to factors beyond their control.[B] Their behavior should be attributed to internal factors.[C] Their behavior should be attributed to external factors.[D] Their behavior should be attributed to others.22. [A] We should blame external factors,[B] We should blame internal factors.[C] We should blame others.[D] We needn’t blame ourselves.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. [A] His notes are poor.[B] His vision is getting worse.[C] He has missed a couple of classes.[D] He doesn’t have any money to buy notes.24. [A] At a library.[B] At a copy shop.[C] At a laboratory.[D] At a coffee shop.25. [A] That they skip class.[B] That they get some rest.[C] That they study together.[D] That they go to the cafeteria.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked I A 1, I B 1, ~ C ~ and [ D 1. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
4级考前冲刺试题三参考答案及录音文本
4 级考前冲刺试题三参考答案及录音文本参考答案Part I Writing【参考范文一】Students’ Driving to SchoolStudents’ driving to school is no longer as rare as it was two decades ago. According to a news report, in Chongqing University alone, the number of student drivers now reaches over 50. MBA students included, the number will be up to 500.People have different views on students’ driving to school. Some people say it is a natural phenomenon connected with China’s growth — millions of families can afford private cars now. Some consider it improper, since it will cause parking problems in the already crowded school. Still, there are people who worry that driving to school is showing off to some extent and might lead to blind comparison among students.In my opinion, as long as students own cars and get driving licenses, they should be allowed to drive themselves to schools. After all, car is a transportation tool. Like cycling and walking, driving just serves as a way to travel between school and home. Therefore, there is nothing to fuss over driving to school, even if the drivers are college students.【参考范文二】Students’ Driving to SchoolWith the development of society, more and more families possess private cars, and many college students now drive themselves to school. This sparks off a heated debate on students’ driving to school.Some are in favor of students’ driving to school. They claim that it can save time to go to school or go home, especially for those living far off the campus. Besides, driving is a basic skill for future work, which is always required in job recruitment. On the contrary, some are against it. They hold that young drivers, known as road killers,are not careful enough in driving. “Li Gang Gate” incident is a typical lesson and should be prevented forever. What’s more, they believe that it is a way of showing off, an ill mental state.For my part, I object to students’ driving to school. For one thing, driving to school adds a financial burden to many families. For another, parking is a serious problem. As more and more cars are parked in campus, our beautiful schools will be messy parking lots.Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)1. C)2. A)3. D)4. B)5. C)6. B)7. D)8 growth 9. change jobs 10. stuckPart III Listening Comprehension11. A) 12. C) 13. C) 14. D) 15. D) 16. C) 17. C) 18. C)19. B) 20. A) 21. D) 22. B) 23. B) 24. A) 25. D)26. A) 27. C) 28. D)29. A) 30. D) 31. B)32. A) 33. B) 34. A) 35. D)36. share 37. responsibility 38. adulthood 39. uniform40. includes 41. considerable 42. determining 43. consequently44. This term refers to a husband and wife united through marriage and their dependent children45. create many specialized jobs which tend to scatter family members among different employers46. is better able to adapt to rapid change and to move when jobs movePart IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)47. O) 48. I) 49. M) 50. D) 51. B) 52. H) 53. F) 54. J) 55. K) 56. L)57. C) 58. D) 59. B) 60. A) 61. B)62. C) 63. D) 64. A) 65. C) 66. B)Part V Cloze67. C) 68. A) 69. B) 70. A) 71. D) 72. C) 73. A) 74. C) 75. D) 76. B)77. D) 78. A) 79. B) 80. C) 81. B) 82. C) 83. D) 84. A) 85. B) 86. D)Part VI Translation87. mobilize the army in an emergency88. It is unbelievable that89. the lower its dropout rate is90. did the factory fulfill the production91. were further narrowed down录音文本Part III Listening ComprehensionSection A11. W: I’m glad that you win the singing contest. The award money may enable you to travel around Africa thisautumn.M: I wish I could, but I have to save the money to pay for my daily bills for the next year. You know how expensive things are nowadays.Q: What does the man imply?12. W: I haven’t got enough cash for this suit and the discount will end tomorrow.M: That’s all right. The credit card always does in such case.Q: What will the woman most probably do next?13. M: I’d like to book a table for four this evening at 7:00.W: Wait a minute and let me check if there is any table available at that time. You know, we have been busy these days since Christmas.Q: What does the woman mean?14. M: There is nothing I like more than rock and roll music when I listen to the tape. It is really exciting.W: Actually I don’t listen to popular music. I prefer classical music.Q: What does the woman mean?15. W: I have received your school report for this term and you failed in the subject of The Introduction toEconomics.M: You know, this class is so dull. The professor puts us all to sleep with his lectures.Q: What does the man mean?16. W: It is said that you have made a new pretty girlfriend. And we’re having a party tonight. Why not join ustogether with your girlfriend?M: Well…I’m breaking up with Cathy.Q: What does the man mean?17. M: I have studied French for nearly two months. But it is still hard for me to talk with my French friends.W: You see, usually it is hard to start out and it is a long way to master a foreign language.Q: What does the woman mean?18. W: We have been working on this paper for several hours and I feel really tired.M: Why don’t we just stop and breathe some fresh air outdoors? We have plenty of time to finish it tomorrow.Q: What does the man mean?Now you will hear the two long conversations.Conversation OneM: Say, Lisa, what show are you watching?W: An old Japanese film. I figure if I’m going to spend all next year there, I’d better start familiarizing myself with the culture.M: You mean you were accepted into the program?W: Sure.M: That’s wonderful. You must be excited.W: Excited and nervous. You know I owe a lot to Professor Mercheno. He wrote a letter of recommendation for me and he bought me a set of practice tapes and a book that goes with them just so I can work on my basic conversation skills.M: How much Japanese can you understand?W: Not a lot right now. But I signed up for intensive Japanese this semester.M: I wish I were as talented as you are in foreign languages. I’d love to study abroad.W: Then why don’t you? The university has lots of overseas programs that don’t require mastery of a foreign language.The tuition is about the same. You just have to be the kind of person who is receptive to new ways of looking at things and willing to adapt to a different kind of lifestyle.M: I had assumed that all programs require you to know a foreign language. I might check into this.W: You won’t regret it.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What is the woman doing when the man interrupts her?20. Why is the woman so excited?21. Why does the woman feel grateful to Professor Mercheno?22. What does the woman say one needs to have in order to study in a program like hers?Conversation TwoW: I haven’t seen you here for a couple of weeks. Have you stopped eating or something?M: No. Does it look as if I’ve stopped eating? I’ve been spending a lot of time in the library.W: Working on a paper?M: I wish I were working on a paper. I was working on three different papers: anthropology, English literature, and history.W: Wow. That is a lot of work.M: Yeah. And what’s frustrating is that I’m studying 19th-century British Empire in all three classes. But I can’t write a single paper for all the three.W: Why not?M: The professors won’t let me. Even if I make it three times as long as the suggested length.W: Oh. That’s too bad. Could you write your paper on three aspects of one topic?M: Mm. What do you mean? Do you have something in mind?W: Well, let’s see. Maybe you could do something with Romanticism, like — write your anthropology paper on the cultural basis of Romanticism, and your history paper on the influence of the Romantic poets on the British foreign policy, and OK... and your English paper on analysis of some Romantic poems.M: Hey, that’s not a bad idea. I’ve already started the research for one of my papers. So I can use that. Oh, it’s so nice! What can I do to repay you?W: You want to wrap up my chemistry lab for me?M: I’d love to, but I’ve never taken chemistry. So I’m not sure if you will like the results.W: Oh, well, not necessary then. Have a good weekend. And try to get out of the library and get some sleep. You look tired. You have big circles under your eyes.M: OK. I’ll try. See you later.W: See you.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. What has the man been busy doing all week?24. What does the woman suggest the man do to make his work easier?25. Why doesn’t the woman want any help from the man?Section BPassage OneAnimals perform many useful and entertaining jobs. Dogs are particularly valuable in guiding the blind, protecting property, finding lost people, and hunting criminals. Horses are used in guarding herds, carrying men in lands when there are no roads and helping farmers work their lands. Pigeons have long been used to carry messages.Dogs are extremely useful as companions for blind people. When a dog has been properly trained, he will always lead its blind master in the right direction and keep him out of danger. For example, seeing-eye dogs learn never to cross a busy road when cars are coming, even if their masters command them to do so.Horses are also able to learn a lot of things. Horses that are used for guard or police duty must learn never to be frightened of noises, traffic and other disturbances. Therefore it is necessary for those who train them to be very patient and understanding.Pigeons have a natural instinct to return home, even if they are far away and the trip is very hard and dangerous. Men utilize this instinct to send messages on small pieces of paper wh ich are fastened to the pigeon’s backs or legs. In wartime, pigeons have been known to fly as fast as 75 miles an hour and to cover a distance of 500 to 600 miles.People have realized that although animals may not have the intelligence as human beings, they are smart enough to learn many things.Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. What is the passage mainly about?27. What can be inferred from the passage?28. What is required for trainers of horses used for guard?Passage TwoMany changes are taking place in the way in which men and women look at their roles in society. We see these changes most dramatically in jobs and business situations. It is no longer unusual to find a male nurse or a female construction worker. Years ago, however, a man who worked as a nurse would have been looked down upon for doing a “woman’s job”, and a female construction worker would have been roared off the construction site by her male co-workers. However, the most important changes that have t aken place can be found in men’s and women’s roles in family life.Household work that used to be done by women is now often shared equally by men and women. Men have discovered at last that they too are capable of preparing the family dinner, rather than thinking that they are only capable of taking out the garbage.Perhaps the greatest change that has taken place in the family is in parents’ new attitude towards bringing up children. While it is true that only mothers can breastfeed their infants, nowhere is it written that fathers cannot bathe their own babies or change diapers. And more and more of them are doing just that. These days, being a full-time parent is a job that fathers and mothers both share.As a result of these changes, we no longer insist that little boys play with trucks and grow up to be doctors, while little girls play with dolls and grow up to be housewives. Many men no longer feel that they must maintain a masculine attitude all the time, and many women no longer feel that they should be submissive and obedient. Changes like these do not occur overnight or even in a few years because they involve fundamental changes in attitude and behavior.Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. Where do the most importa nt changes of men’s and women’s roles take place?30. What is the greatest change that has taken place in the family?31. What is the passage mainly about?Passage ThreeAn elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer, a contractor, of his plans to leave the house-building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career. When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house, the contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said, “my gift to you.” What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well. So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized that we would have done it differently. Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live it for only one more day, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity. The plaque on the wall says, “Life is a do-it-yourself project.” Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. What did the carpenter plan to do?33. How did the contractor plan to deal with the house he asked the carpenter to build?34. What can we know about the last house the carpenter built?35. What does the story intend to tell us?Section CThroughout history the basic unit of almost every human society has been the family. Members of a family live together under the same roof, and they (36) share the economic burdens of life as well as its affectionate (有感情的)joys. It is the family that has primary (37) responsibility for the important task of raising children to (38) adulthood.The family is not a (39) uniform concept in all societies. In many places it is an extended group that (40) includes uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws. The head of the family usually has (41) considerable influence in arranging marriages, selecting careers and (42) determining all the important moves and purchases by any member of the family. Particularly where the society or the state does not give aid and where (43) consequently the responsibilities of the family are greater, this larger group provides better.In many other societies, including most industrialized ones, the “nuclear family” is the basic social unit. (44) This term refers to a husband and wife united through marriage and their dependent children, whether natural or adopted. Industrialization and urbanization (45) create many specialized jobs which tend to scatter family members among different employers and thus to separate residences as soon as they become wage earners. The small family, with one or perhaps two incomes, (46) is better able to adapt to rapid change and to move when jobs move.。
英语四级听力考前冲刺试题
英语四级听力考前冲刺试题2017年英语四级听力考前冲刺试题是平凡是伟大,取决于你的勤奋,也与你的`机遇有关,也与你的命运有联系。
以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的2017年英语四级听力考前冲刺试题,希望能给大家带来帮助!Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: 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 center.Example: You will hear:You will read:A) 2 hours.B) 3 hours.C) 4 hours.D) 5 hours.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]1.A) At home.B) At the riverside.C) At the health center.D) At his office.2.A) Having an interview.B) Filling out a form.C) Talking with his friend.D) Asking for information.3.A) She made a mistake by taking too few courses in the first term.B) The courses she took were too difficult for her.C) She took too many courses during her first term.D) She found it difficult to deal with college courses.4.A) Worried and frightened.B) Very relaxed.C) Quite unhappy.D) Angry with the professor.5.A) He enjoys reading letters.B) He has been job-hunting.C) He is offering the woman a job.D) He is working for a company.6.A) She lost her way.B) She lost her keys.C) She lost her car.D) She lost her handbag.7.A) More than an hour and a half.B) Not more than half an hour.C) More than two hours.D) Less than an hour and a half.8.A) She is sure who is going to win.B) Now it is a good time to start the game.C) The game has been going on for a long time.D) The same team always wins.9.A) The ideas of the paper are not convincing.B) Some parts of the paper are not well written.C) The handwriting of the paper is not good.D) The paper is not complete.10.A) Looking for a young lady.B) Looking for her wrist watch.C) Looking for a young gentleman.D) Looking for a man wearing a wrist watch.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage oneQuestion 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) It had many problems.B) It was the most democratic country in the world.C) It was fair to women.D) It had some minor problems to solve.12. A) The women of some states.B) The women in the state of Wyoming only.C) The members of the National Women’s Association.D) The women in the state of Massachusetts only.13. A) At the very beginning of the 20th century.B) At the end of the 19th century.C) After Susan Anthony’s death.D) Just before Susan Anthony’s death.14. A) She worked on the draft of the American Constitution.B) She was the chairman of the National Women’s Association.C) She was born in New York and died in Massachusetts.D) She was an activist in the women’s movement for equal rights.Passage TwoQuestions 15 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.15. A) People with problems.B) Travels around the world.C) Beautiful America.D) People in great cities.16. A) He spent three months writing “Travels with Charley”.B) He enjoyed his travels around the United States.C) He was fond of writing about his travels.D) He didn’t enjoy the trip as much as Charley.。
大学英语四级听力冲刺辅导及答案
大学英语四级听力冲刺辅导及答案大学英语四级听力冲刺辅导及答案Relax!be patient and enjoy yourself.learning foreign languages should be fun.以下是WTT为大家搜索整理的大学英语四级听力冲刺辅导及答案,希望能给大家带来帮助!更多精彩内容请及时____应届毕业生考试网!听力局部(10:00-10:35)Section A11. A) Give his ankle a good rest.B) Treat his injury immediately.C) Continue his regular activities.D) Be careful when climbing steps.12. A) On a train.B) On a plane.C) In a theater.D) In a restaurant.13. A) A tragic accident.B) A fad occasionC) Smith's unusual life story.D) Smith's sleeping problem.14. A) Review the details of all her lessons.B) pare notes with his classmates.C)Talk with her about his learning problems.D) Focus on the main points of her lectures.15. A) The man blamed the woman for being careless.B)The man misunderstood the woman's apology.C) The woman offered to pay for the man's coffee.D)The woman spilt coffee on the man's jacket.16. A) Extremely tedious.B) Hard to understand.C) Lacking a goot plot.D) Not worth seeing twice.17. A) Attending every lecture.B) Doing losts of homework.C) Reading very extensively.D) Using test-taking strategies.18. A)The digital TV system will offer different programs.B)He is eager to see what the new system is like.C)He thinks it unrealistic to have 500 channels.D)The new TV system may not provide anything better.Question 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.a)a notice by the electricity board.b)ads promoting electric appliances.c)the description of a thief in disguise.d)a new policy on pensioners'welfare.20.a)speaking with a proper accent.b)wearing an official uniform.c)making friends with themd)showing them his ID.21.a)to be on the alert when being followed.b)not to leave senior citizens alone at home.c)not to let anyone in without an appointment.d)to watch out for those from the electricity board.22.a)she was robbed near the parking lot.b)all her money in the bank disappeared.c)the pension she had just drawn was stolen.d)she was knocked down in the post office.Question 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23.a)marketing consultancy.b)Professional accountancy.c)luxury hotel management.d)business conference organization24.a)having a good knowledge of its customs.b)knowing some key people in tourism.c)having been to the country before.d)being able to speak japanese.25.a)it will bring her potential into full play.b)it will involve lots of train travel.c)it will enable her to improve her chinese.d)it will give her more chances to visit japan.Section BPassage OneQuestion 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26.a) The lack of timeb) The quality of life.c) The frustrations at work.d) The pressure on working families.27.a)They were just as busy as people of today.b)They saw the importance of collective efforts.c)They didn't plain as much as modern man.d)They lived a hard life by hunting and gathering.28.a)To look for creative ideas of awarding employees.b)To explore strategies for lowering production costs.c)To seek new approaches to dealing with plaints.d)To find effective ways to give employees flexibility.Passage TwoQuestion 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29.a)family violence.b)his children's efforts.c)her father's disloyalty.d)his second wife's positive influence.30.a)his advanced age.b)his children's efforts.c) his improved financial condition.d)his second wife's positive influence.31.a)love is blind.b)love breeds love.c)divorce often has disastrous consequences.d)happiness is hard to find in blended families.Passage ThreeQuestion 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32.a) it was located in a parkb) its owner died of a heart attackc) it went bankrupt all of sudden.d) its potted plants were for lease only.33.a)planting some trees in the greenhouseb)writing a want ad to a local newspaperc)putting up a going out of business signd)helping a customer select some purchases34.a)opening an offive in the new office parkb)keeping better relations with her panyc)developing fresh business opportunitiesd)building a big greenhouse of his own35.a)owning the greenhouse one dayb)securing a job at the office parkc)cultivating more potted plants.d)finding customers out of townSection C注意:此局部试题请在答题卡2上作答。
2023年12月大学英语四级考试真题第3套
12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)Part Ⅰ Writing ( 30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying" Never go out there to see what happens, go out there to make things happen." You can cite xamples to illustrate the importance of being participants rather than mere on lookers inlife. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension ( 30 minutes)听力音频地址:Section ADirections : In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each question there will bea pause.During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, Cand D,and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 1 with a single line through the centre.1.A.Children should be taught to be more careful.B.Children shouldn't drink so much orange juice.C.There is no need for the man to make such a fuss.D.Timmy should learn to do things in the right way.2.A.Fitness training.B.The new job offer.puter programming.D.Directorship of the club.3.A.He needs to buy a new sweater.B.He has got to save on fuel bills.C.The fuel price has skyrocketed.D.The heating system doesn't work.mitting theft.B.Taking pictures.C.Window shopping.D.Posing for the camera.5.A.She is taking some medicine.B.She has not seen a doctor yet.C.She does not trust the man's advice.D.She has almost recovered from the cough.6.A.Pamela's report is not finished as scheduled.B.Pamela has a habit of doing things in a hurry.C.Pamela is not good at writing research papers.D.Pamela's mistakes could have been avoided.7.A.In the left-luggage office.B.At the hotel reception.C.In a hotel room.D.At an airport.8.A.She was an excellent student at college.B.She works in the entertainment business.C.She is fond of telling stories in her speech.D.She is good at conveying her message.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A.Arranging the woman's appointment with Mr.Romero.B.Fixing the time for the designer's latest fashion show.C.Talking about an important gathering on Tuesday.D.Preparing for the filming on Monday morning.10.A.Her travel to Japan.B.The awards ceremony.C.The proper hairstyle for her new role.D.When to start the make-up session.11.A.He is Mr.Romero's agent.B.He is an entertainment journalist.C.He is the woman's assistant.D.He is a famous movie star.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A.Make an appointment for an interview.B.Send in an application letter.C.Fill in an application form.D.Make a brief self-introduction on the phone.13.A.Someone having a college degree in advertising.B.Someone experienced in business management.C.Someone ready to take on more responsibilities.D.Someone willing to work beyond regular hours.14.A.Travel opportunities.B.Handsome pay.C.Prospects for promotion.D.Flexible working hours.15.A.It depends on the working hours.B.It is about 500 pounds a week.C.It will be set by the Human Resources.D.It is to be negotiated.Section BDirections..In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After youhear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A., B,Cand D..Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A.To give customers a wider range of choices.B.To make shoppers see as many items as possible.C.To supply as many varieties of goods as it can.D.To save space for more profitable products.17.A.On the top shelves.B.On the bottom shelves.C.On easily accessible shelves.D.On clearly marked shelves.18.A.Many of them buy things on impulse.B.A few of them are fathers with babies.C.A majority of them are young couples.D.Over 60% of them make shopping lists.19.A.Sales assistants promoting high margin goods.B.Sales assistants following customers around.C.Customers competing for good bargains.D.Customers losing all sense of time.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20.A.Teaching mathematics at a school.B.Doing research in an institute.C.Studying for a college degree.D.Working in a hi-tech company21.A.He studied the designs of various clocks.B.He did experiments on different materials.C.He bought an alarm clock with a pig face.D.He asked different people for their opinions.22.A.Its automatic mechanism.B.Its manufacturing process.C.Its way of waking people up.D.Its funny-looking pig face.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23.A.It is often caused by a change of circumstances.B.It actually doesn't require any special treatment.C.It usually appears all of a sudden.D.It generally lasts for several years.24.A.They cannot mix well with others.B.They irrationally annoy their friends.C.They depend heavily on family members.D.They blame others for ignoring their needs.25.A.They lack consistent support from peers.B.They doubt their own popularity.C.They were born psychologically weak.D.They focus too much on themselves.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea.Whenthe passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have justheard.Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.There was a time when any personal information that was gathered about us was typed on a piece of paper and26 in a file cabinet.It could remain there for years and, often27, never reach the outside world.Things have done a complete about-face since then.28 the change has been the astonishingly29 development in recent years of the computer.Today, any data that is 30 about us in one place or another--and for one reason or another--can be stored in a computer bank.It can then be easily passed to other computer banks.They are owned by individuals and by private businesses and corporations, lending 31 , direct mailing and telemarketing firms, credit bureaus, credit card companies, and32 at the local, state, and federal level.A growing number of Americans are seeing the accumulation and distribution of computerized data as a frightening33 of their privacy.Surveys show that the number of worried Americans has been steadily growing over the years as the computer becomes increasingly 34, easier to operate, and less costly to purchase and maintain.In 1970, a national survey showed that 37 percent of the people35felt their privacy was being invaded.Seven years later, 47 percent expressed the same worry.Arecent survey by a credit bureau revealed that the number of alarmed citizens had shot up to 76percent.Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given, in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each.choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet2 with a single line through the center.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Children do not think the way adults do.For most of the first year of life, if something is out of sight, it's out of mind.If you cover a baby's36toy with a piece of cloth, the baby thinks the toyhas disappeared and stops looking for it.A 4-year-old may 37 that a sister has more fruit juicewhen it is only the shapes of the glasses that differ, not the38 of juice.Yet children are smart in their own way.Like good little scientists, children are always testing their child-sized39 about how things work.When your child throws her spoon on the floor for the sixth time as you try to feed her, and you say, "That's enough! I will not pick up your spoon again!"the child will 40 test your claim.Are you serious? Are you angry? What will happen if she throws the spoon again? She is not doing this to drive you41; rather, she is learning that her desires and yours can differ, and that sometimes those42 are important and sometimes they are not.How and why does children's thinking change? In the 1920s, Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget proposed that children's cognitive (认知旳) abilities unfold 43, like the blooming of a flower,almost independent of what else is44in their lives.Althoughmany of his specific conclusions havebeen45 or modified over the years, his ideas inspired thousands of studies by investigators all over the world.A. advocateB. amountC. confirmedD. crazyE. definiteF. differencesG. favoriteH. happeningI. ImmediatelyJ. NaturallyK. ObtainingL. PrimarilyM. ProtestN. RejectedO. theoriesSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with, ten statementsattached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.The Perfect EssayA.Looking back on too many years of education, I can identify one truly impossible teacher.Shecared about me, and my intellectual life, even when I didn't.Her expectations were high--impossibly so.She was an English teacher.She was also my mother.B.When good students turn in an essay, they dream of their instructor returning it to them in exactly the same condition, save for a single word added in the margin of the final page : "Flawless." This dream came true for me one afternoon in the ninth grade.Of course, I had heard that genius could show itself at an early age, so I was only slightly taken aback that I had achieved perfection at the tender age of 14.Obviously, I did what any professional writer would do; I hurried off to spread thegood news.I didn't get very far.The first person I told was my mother.C.My mother, who is just shy of five feet tall, is normally incredibly soft-spoken, but on the rareoccasion when she got angry, she was terrifying.I am not sure if she was more upset by my hubris(得意忘形) or by the fact that my English teacher had let my ego get so out of hand.In any event,my mother and her red pen showed me how deeply flawed a flawless essay could be.At the time,I am sure she thought she was teaching me about mechanics, transitions (过渡), structure, style and voice.But whatI learned, and what stuck with me through my time teaching writing at Harvard, wasa deeper lesson about the nature of creative criticism.D.First off, it hurts.Genuine criticism, the type that leaves a lasting mark on you as a writer, also leaves an existential imprint (印记) on you as a person.I have heard people say that a writer should never take criticism personally.I say that we should never listen to these people.E. Criticism, at its best, is deeply personal, and gets to the heart of why we write the way we do. Theintimate nature of genuine criticism implies something about who is able to give it, namely,someone who knows you well enough to show you how your mental life is getting in the way of good writing.Conveniently, they are also the people who care enough to see you through this painful realization.For me it took the form of my first, and I hope only, encounter with writer'sblock--I was not able to produce anything for three years.F. Franz Kafka once said: "Writing is utter solitude (独处), the descent into the cold abyss (深渊) of oneself." My mother's criticism had shown me that Kafka is right about the cold abyss, and when you make the introspective (内省旳) descent that writing requires you are not always pleased by what you find.But, in the years that followed, her sustained tutoring suggested that Kafka might be wrong about the solitude.I was lucky enough to find a critic and teacher who was willing to make the journey of writing with me."It is a thing of no great difficulty," according to Plutarch, "to raise objections against another man's speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome." I am sure I wrote essays in the later years of high school without my mother's guidance, but I can't recall them.What I remember, however, is how she took up the "extremely troublesome" work of ongoing criticism.G. There are two ways to interpret Plutarch when he suggests that a critic shouldbe able to produce "a better in its place." In a straightforward sense, he could mean that a critic must be more talented than the artist she critiques (评论).My mother was well covered on this count.But perhapsPlutarch is suggesting something slightly different, something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should "criticize by creation, not by finding fault." Genuine criticism creates a precious opening for an author to become better on his own terms--a process that is often extremely painful,but also almost always meaningful.H. My mother said she would help me with my writing, but first I had to help myself.For each assignment, I was to write the best essay I could.Real criticism is not meant to find obvious mistakes, so if she found any--the type I could have found on my own--I had to start from scratch.From scratch.Once the essay was "flawless," she would take an evening to walk me through myerrors.That was when true criticism, the type that changed me as a person, began.I. She criticized me when I included little-known references and professional jargon (行话).She had no patience for brilliant but irrelevant figures of speech."Writers can't bluff (虚张声势) their way through ignorance." That was news to me--I would need to freed another way to structure my daily existence.J. She trimmed back my flowery language, drew lines through my exclamation marks and argued for the value of restraint in expression."John," she almost whispered.I leaned in to hear her:"I can'thear you when you shout at me." So I stopped shouting and bluffing, and slowly my writingimproved.K. Somewhere along the way I set aside my hopes of writing that flawless essay.Butperhaps I missed something important in my mother's lessons about creativity and perfection.Perhaps the point of writing the flawless essay was not to give up, but to never willingly finish.Whitman repeatedly reworked "Song of Myself' between 1855 and 1891.Repeatedly.We do our absolute best with apiece of writing, and come as close as we can to the ideal.And, for the time being, we settle.Incritique, however, we are forced to depart, to give up the perfection we thought we had achieved for the chance of being even a little bit better.This is the lesson I took from my mother: If perfection were possible, it would not be motivating.46.The author was advised against the improper use of figures of speech.47.The author's mother taught him a valuable lesson by pointing out lots of flaws in his seemingly perfect essay.48.A writer should polish his writing repeatedly so as to get closer to perfection.49.Writers may experience periods of time in their life when they just can't produce anything.50.The author was not much surprised when his school teacher marked his essay as "flawless".51.Criticizing someone's speech is said to be easier than coming up with a better one.52.The author looks upon his mother as his most demanding and caring instructor.53.The criticism the author received from his mother changed him as a person.54.The author gradually improved his writing by avoiding fancy language.55.Constructive criticism gives an author a good start to improve his writing.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C.andD .You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.Could you reproduce Silicon Valley elsewhere, or is there something unique about it?It wouldn't be surprising if it were hard to reproduce in other countries, because you couldn'treproduce it in most of the US either.What does it take to make a Silicon Valley?It's the right people.If you could get the right ten thousand people to move from Silicon Valley to Buffalo, Buffalo would become Silicon Valley.You only need two kinds of people to create a technology hub (中心) : rich people and nerds (痴迷科研旳人).Observation bears this out.Within the US, towns have become star,up hubs if and only if they have both rich people and nerds.Few startups happen in Miami, for example, because although it's full of rich people, it has few nerds.It's not the kind of place nerds like.Whereas Pittsburgh has the opposite problem: plenty of nerds, but no rich people.The top US Computer Science departments are said to be MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, andCarnegie-Mellon.MITyielded Route 128.Stanford and Berkeley yielded Silicon Valley.But what did Carnegie-Mellon yield in Pittsburgh? And what happened in Ithaca, home of Cornell University, which is also high on the list?I grew up in Pittsburgh and went to college at Cornell, so I can answer for both.The weather is terrible, particularly in winter, and there's no interesting old city to make up for it, as there is inBoston.Rich people don't want to live in Pittsburgh or Ithaca. So while there're plenty of hackers (电脑迷) who could start startups, there's no one to invest in themDo you really need the rich people? Wouldn't it work to have the government invest in the nerds?No, it would not.Startup investors are a distinct type of rich people.They tend to have a lot of experience themselves in the technology business.This helps them pick the right startups, and means they can supply advice and connections as well as money.And the fact that they have a personal stake in the outcome makes them really pay attention.56.What do we learn about Silicon Valley from the passage?A.Its success is hard to copy anywhere else.B.It is the biggest technology hub in the US.C.Its fame in high technology is incomparable.D.It leads the world in information technology.57.What makes Miami unfit to produce a Silicon Valley?ck of incentive for investment.ck of the right kind of talents.ck of government support.ck of famous universities.58.In what way is Carnegie-Mellon different from Stanford, Berkeley and MIT?A.Its location is not as attractive to rich people.B.Its science departments are not nearly as good.C.It does not produce computer hackers and nerds.D.It does not pay much attention to business startups.59.What does the author imply about Boston?A.It has pleasant weather all year round.B.It produces wealth as well as high-tech.C.It is not likely to attract lots of investors and nerds.D.It is an old city with many sites of historical interest.60.What does the author say about startup investors?A.They are especially wise in making investments.B.They have good connections in the government.C.They can do more than providing money.D.They are rich enough to invest in nerds.Passage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.It's nice to have people of like mind around.Agreeable people boost your confidence and allow you to relax and feel comfortable.Unfortunately, that comfort can hinder the very learning that can expandyour company and your career.It's nice to have people agree, but you need conflicting perspectives to dig out the truth.If everyone around you has similar views, your work will suffer from confirmation bias (偏颇).Take a look at your own network.Do your contacts share your point of view on most subjects? If yes, it's time to shake things up.As a leader, it can be challenging to create an environment in which people will freely disagree and argue, but as the saying goes: From confrontation comes brilliance.It's not easy for most people to actively seek conflict.Many spend their lives trying to avoidarguments.There's no need to go out and find people you hate, but you need to do some self-assessment to determine where you have become stale in your thinking.You may need to start by encouraging your current network to help you identify your blind spots.Passionate, energetic debate does not require anger and hard feelings to be effective.But it do esrequire moral strength. Once you have worthy opponents, set some ground rules so everyone understands responsibilities and boundaries.The objective of this debating game is not to win but to get to the truth that will allow you to move faster, farther, and better.Fierce debating can hurt feelings, particularly when strong personalities are involved. Make sure you check in with your opponents so that they are not carryingthe emotion of the battles beyond thebattlefield.Break the tension with smiles and humor to reinforce the idea that this is friendly discourse and that all are working toward a common goal.Reward all those involved in the debate sufficiently when the goals are reached.Let your sparring partners (拳击陪练) know how much you appreciate their contribution. The more they feel appreciated, the more they'll be willing to get into the ring next time.61.What happens when you have like-minded people around you all the while?A.It will help your company expand more rapidly.B.It will create a harmonious working atmosphere.C.It may prevent your business and career from advancing.D.It may make you feel uncertain about your own decisions.62.What does the author suggest leaders do?A.Avoid arguments with business partners.B.Encourage people to disagree and argue.C.Build a wide and strong business network.D.Seek advice from their worthy competitors.63.What is the purpose of holding a debate?A.To find out the truth about an issue.B.To build up people's moral strength.C.To remove misunderstandings.D.To look for worthy opponents.64.What advice does the author give to people engaged in a fierce debate?A.They listen carefully to their opponents' views.B.They show due respect for each other's beliefs.C.They present their views clearly and explicitly.D.They take care not to hurt each other's feelings.65.How should we treat our rivals after a successful debate?A.Try to make peace with them.B.Try to make up the differences.C.Invite them to the ring next time.D.Acknowledge their contribution.Part Ⅳ Translation( 30 minutes )Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.今年在长沙举行了一年一度旳外国人汉语演讲比赛.这项比赛证明是增进中国和世界其他地区文化交流旳好措施.它为世界各地旳年轻人提供了更好地理解中国旳机会.来自87个国家合计126位选手汇集在湖南省省会参与了从7月6日到8月5日进行旳半决赛和决赛.比赛并不是唯一旳活动.选手们尚有机会参观了中国其他地区旳著名景点和历史名胜.12月大学英语四级考试真题答案与详解(第3套)Part Ⅰ Writing这是一篇四级考试中常见旳议论文.话题围绕“Never go out there to see what happens,go out there to make things happen.”这句话展开,规定考生进行评论,同步在题目规定中也明确给出了作文主题the importance of being participants rather than mere onlookers in life.考生应当明确这一主题,并围绕其展开论述.一、点明主题:不做看客,要做实践者(being participants instead of onlookers in life)二、分析原因三、提出问题和提议主题词汇put…into practice将……付诸实践carry out执行;实现gain获得accumulate积累gradually逐渐地make a progress获得进步theory理论action行动would rather…t han比起……更情愿……stand by袖手旁观句式拓展1.For some people, watching what happens to others is good enough to learn a lesson, while for others, only practicing by themselves can finally make them get the real skills in对某些人而言,看发生在他人身上旳事情足以让他们吸取教训,而对于其他人而言,他们只有亲身实践才能最终得到生活中旳真正技能.2.No matter how many authentic theories you've got before,nothing will happen until you put them into practice.无论你曾经接受了多少权威旳理论,若不付诸实践,一切都无济于事.Part ⅡListening ComprehensionM: I don't know what to do with Timmy.This morning I found orange juice spilled all over the kitchen floor.W: Don't be so hard on him.He's only four.Q: What does the woman mean?C.四个选项中出现了children,careful,juice和Timmy等词,故推测本题考察旳内容与孩子旳行为有关.对话中,男士埋怨说他都不懂得该拿蒂米怎么办了,今天早上,他发现桔子汁在厨房洒了一地,而女士则说,别对蒂米太严厉了,他才四岁.由此可见,女士认为男士不用小题大做,故答案为C..2.W: Excuse me, sir.I would like to know about the fitness training program in your club.M: I'll have you speak with the director in charge of new accounts.Q: What is the woman interested in?A.四个选项均为名词短语,且出现了fitness,job,computer和club等词,故推测本题考察旳内容与健身或者工作有关.对话中,女士向男士问询俱乐部健身锻炼旳事情,男士则说他会带着女士去找专门负责新会员旳经理.由此可知,女士是对俱乐部健身锻炼感爱好,故答案为A..3.W: It's really cold in this apartment.Can we turn up the heat a little bit? M: Sorry.I've run out of money and can hardly pay the fuel bill.Maybe you'd better put on a sweater.Q: what does the man mean?B.四个选项中出现了sweater,save,fuel bills和heating等词,故推测本题考察旳内容与寒冷天气以及取暖有关.对话中,女士说她觉得很冷,问能不能把暖气开大一点,而男士则表达抱歉,说自己没钱了,都快付不起燃料费账单了,提议女士穿上毛衣.由此可知,男士想要节省燃料费,故答案为B.4.M: I'm sorry, Miss.But you have to come with me to the security office.The video cameras in our shophave recorded everything you did.W: No, no.I...I didn't do anything.I'll call the police if you dare insult me.Q: What does the man think the woman was doing?A.四个选项均为动名词短语,且出现了theft,pictures,shopping和camera 等词,故推测本题考察旳内容与商店里发生旳事情有关.对话中,男士要将女士带到保安室去,并说商店里旳摄像头已经把女士所做旳事都录下来了,而女士则表达自己什么都没有做,假如男士敢欺侮她旳话,她就报警.由此可知,男士认为女士偷了商店里旳东西,故答案为A.5.M: I think you ought to see a doctor right away about that cough.W: Well, I'll wait a few more days.I'm sure I'll get over it soon.Q: What do we learn about the woman?B.选项均以she开头,且出现了medicine,doctor和cough等词,故推测本题考察旳内容与女士旳健康状况有关.男士说女士应当立即去看医生,而女士则说再等几天,她相信自己旳咳嗽很快就会好旳.由此可知,直到本对话发生时,女士都还没有去看医生,故答案为B..6.M: I've heard that Pamela made quite a few mistakes in her lab report.W: Well, she wouldn't have if she hadn't been in such a hunt to get it done. Q: What does the woman imply?D.四个选项均提到了Pamela,且出现了report,hurry,writing和mistakes 等词,故推测本题考察旳内容与帕米拉旳汇报有关.对话中,男士说他听说帕米拉旳试验汇报出了诸多错,而女士则说,假如她不是那么急着做完旳话,就不会出这样多旳错.由此可知,帕米拉试验汇报中旳错误本来是可以防止旳,故答案为D..7.M: We'd better check out before 12 o'clock, Marry.And now there are only 30 minutes left.W: Let's hurry up.You go pay the bill and I'll call the reception to have our luggage taken downstairs.Q : Where did this conversation most probably take place?C.四个选项均是表达地点旳介词短语,故推测本题考察旳内容与对话发生旳地点有关.对话中,男士说他们最佳能在中午l2点之前退房,目前只剩半小时了,女士提议加迅速度,并让男士去付账,她自己给前台打电话,叫人把行李送到楼下.由此可知,对话发生旳时候,两人还没有开始办理退房手续,还在宾馆旳房间里,故答案为C..8.W: Have you ever heard this speaker before?M: Yeah.She's excellent.She gets her point across and it's entertaining at the same time.Q: what does the man say about the speaker?D.四个选项均以she开头,且出现了college,works,speech和message等词,可以推测本题考察旳内容与女士旳状况有关.对话中,女士问男士此前与否听过这个演讲者旳讲座,男士说他听过,并认为这位演讲旳女士很棒,她不仅将自己旳观点体现得很清晰,并且讲得很有趣.由此可知,这位女演讲者擅长传达自己想要传达旳信息,故答案为D..Conversation One。
考前冲刺英语四级考试模拟试题与答案详解
考前冲刺英语四级考试模拟试题与答案详解在距离英语四级考试仅剩几天的时候,进行模拟试题的练习是非常重要和有效的一种备考方式。
本文将为大家提供一份英语四级考试模拟试题,并对试题中的每个选项进行详细解析,帮助大家更好地理解和掌握英语四级考试的要点和技巧。
一、听力部分听力部分一直是英语四级考试中较为重要的一部分,也是许多考生备考时容易忽视的一部分。
接下来是一段听力材料,请听完后回答相关问题。
(听力材料略)1. What is the man's problem?A) He lost his wallet.B) He missed the bus.C) He forgot his keys.D) He can't find his glasses.解析:选C。
通过仔细聆听听力材料,我们可以听到男士说“我把钥匙忘在家里了”,因此他的问题是忘带了钥匙。
2. What is the woman's suggestion?A) The man should buy a new pair of glasses.B) The man should take a taxi home.C) The man should ask his wife for help.D) The man should go to the event without the glasses.解析:选C。
女士建议男士向他的妻子寻求帮助,所以答案为C选项。
二、阅读理解部分阅读理解部分是英语四级考试的重点考察内容之一,考生需要通过阅读短文,回答相关问题。
Passage 1(文章内容略)3. What is the passage mainly about?A) The benefits of exercise.B) The history of running.C) Different types of sports shoes.D) The popularity of marathons.解析:选D。
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大学英语四级听力考前冲刺试题(三)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked [A], [BI, [C] and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
11. [A] Oxford Street.[B] Buckingham Palace.[C] Trafalgar Square.[D] King’s Cross.12. [A] That she will go away.[B] That she will be sorry.[C] That she will not quit her job.[D] That she will not buy him a present.13. [A] She doesn’t think the man could finish it.[B] She doesn’t think the man worked hard enough.[C] She doesn’t think it is the man’s fault.[D] She doesn’t like the idea of going to parties.14. [A] She’s worried that the man will miss next week’s deadline.[B] She doesn’t know when the deadline for tuition payment is.[C] The man should have paid his tuition a week ago.[D] The man has all week to pay his tuition.15. [A] She wants to move to the new apartment.[B] She doesn’t want to move to the new apartment.[C] She likes the newly built student dormitory.[D] She likes the idea of moving into the dormitory.16. [A] He has never been to the laboratory.[B] He wants to stop and ask for directions.[C] The woman won’t be late,[D] The program in the laboratory, has already begun.17. [A] He thinks children are normally silly.[B] He thinks we are short of good children’s books.[C] He thinks we need to produce more interesting books.[D] He thinks children have no taste at all.18. [A] There would be some problems for the man to secure a ticket.[B] There would be no problem for the man to secure a ticket.[C] There might be some extra tickets available for the man.[D] The man should book the ticket even earlier.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. [A] Judging people’s behavior.[B] Common causes of anger.[C] Changing people’s attitudes.[D] The effects of negative behavior.20. [A] When they’re unable to control the person’s behavior.[B] when the causes of the behavior are obvious.[C] when the consequences of the behavior are unpleasant.[D] When the behavior is expected.21. [A] Their behavior should be attributed to factors beyond their control.[B] Their behavior should be attributed to internal factors.[C] Their behavior should be attributed to external factors.[D] Their behavior should be attributed to others.22. [A] We should blame external factors,[B] We should blame internal factors.[C] We should blame others.[D] We needn’t blame ourselves.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. [A] His notes are poor.[B] His vision is getting worse.[C] He has missed a couple of classes.[D] He doesn’t have any money to buy notes.24. [A] At a library.[B] At a copy shop.[C] At a laboratory.[D] At a coffee shop.25. [A] That they skip class.[B] That they get some rest.[C] That they study together.[D] That they go to the cafeteria.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked I A 1, I B 1, ~ C ~ and [ D 1. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26.[A] Recalling something from one’s memory.[B] Something about preparatory method in exam.[C] Conscience.[D] Man’s mind.27. [A] From the ones they are familiar with to the difficult ones.[B] From the short ones to the long ones.[C] From the long ones to the short ones.[D] From the ones they are confident of to the more difficult ones.28. [A] When you can’t recall something instantly, you should try your best to do it.[B] When you can’t recall something instantly, you’d better have an operation on your mind.[C] The subconscious activities may go to work to dig up a dim memory.[D] Forcing yourself to recall may loosen your memory.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. [A] There were only grandparents and children.[B] There was one father, one mother, and their children.[C] There were many relatives.[D] There were two or more brothers with their wives.30. [A] The women have more freedom and can share in decisions.[B] The women do not have to be the heads of the family.[C] The women’s relatives do not help them with the housework and childcare.[D] The women have all the power of the family.31. [A] Husbands have to share power with their wives and help them with the housework.[B] Older women do not often have important positions in a large group and often live alone when their husbands die.[C] Family structure is more patriarchal in the nuclear family.[D] Women have to help sisters, grandparents with housework and childcare.32. [A] They want to stay home and do the housework.[B] They don’t have enough money.[C] They have too much work and not much free time.[D] They have more freedom than in the past.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33. [A] Equivalent to a hydrogen bomb.[B] Equivalent to tons of TNT.[C] Equivalent to tons of hydrogen bombs.[D] Equivalent to a ton of TNT.34. [A] Lightning and thtmder,[B] Warm air and cold air.[C] A great deal of water vapor and a rapidly rising air current.[D] A great amount of vapor and electricity.35. [A] Nearly 15,000 degrees Fahrenheit.[B] Nearly 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.[C] Nearly 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit.[D] Nearly 150,000 degrees Fahrenheit.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you haue just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you hove written.注意:此部分试题在答题卡2上;请在答题卡2上作答。