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2015年12月英语四级考试真题1

1.C) They enjoyed the movie on space exploration.

2.B) At a gift shop.

3.D) He declined a job offer from the art gallery.

4.A) He will be unable to attend the birthday party.

5.A) Set a deadline for the staff to meet.

6.D) The way to the visitor's parking.

7.B) He has benefited from exercise.

8.D) The secretaries in the man's company.

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

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

10.C) The influence of the British Empire.

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

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12.A) To place an order.

13.C) He is not familiar with the exact details of the goods.

14.C) It depends on a number of factors.

15.D) Ring back when she comes to a decision.

56. What does the author think of time displayed everywhere?

C) It may have a negative effect on creative work.

57. How do people usually go about their work according to the author?

A) They combine clock-based and task-based planning.

58. What did Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier find in their experiments about clock-timers?

D) They tend to be more productive.

59. What do the researchers say about today's business culture?

B) It does not attach enough importance to task-based practice.

60. What do the researchers suggest?

A) Task-based timing is preferred for doing creative work.

61. What does the well-known columnist's remark about Martha Stewart suggest?

A) Her past record might stand in her way to a new life.

62. What do we learn from the second paragraph about many criminals in America?

B) They are deprived of chances to turn over a new leaf.

63. What are the consequences for many Americans with a criminal record?

C) They are marginalized in society.

64. What does the author think of the post-conviction laws and rules?

D) A lot of them have negative effects on society.

65. What is the author's main purpose in writing the passage?

B) To appeal for changes in America's criminal justice system. 2015年12月大学英语四级考试真题(二)

1. D) The time for the man’s visit to the woman’s company.

2. C) In a library.

3. B) He cannot get through to New York.

4. D) Discuss his thesis with Prof. Hudson.

5. C) He still does not know where he left his watch.

6. A) He forgot all about what he said.

7. C) She is always making excuses for being late.

8. B) He has to move out of the building soon.

9. B) From some of her friends.

10. C) She finished her secondary school.

11. A) She is a shorthand-typist.

12. C) It has been off and on for ten years.

13. D) Social games.

14. C) The owner’s attitude.

15. A) It is a rather tough job.

Section C

56. A) It is disappearing.

57. C) In the abstract.

58. D) Spending money is so fast and easy.

59. A) It represents a change in the modern world.

60. D) He feels insecure in the ever-changing modern world.