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四级真题第1套
2015年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第一套)
PartIWriting(30minutes)
Directions:
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessaycommentingonthesaying“Listeningismoreimportantthantalking.”Youcanciteexamplestoillustratetheimportanceofpayingattentiontoothers’opinions.Youshouldwriteatleast120words,butnomorethan180words.
PartIIListeningComprehension(25minutes)
SectionA
Direction:
Inthissection,youwillhearthreenewsreports.Attheendofeachnewsreport,youwillheartwoorthreequestions.Boththenewsreportandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C).andD).ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre.
Questions1and2willbebasedonthefollowingnewsitem.
1.A)Dismissingemployeeswithoutgivingadvancenotice.
B)Checkingemployees’onlineprivatemessagesatwork.
C)Monitoringemployees’performanceonweekends.
D)Closingemployees’socialmediaduringworkhours.
2.A)Hedidwellinhandlinghisclients’queries.
B)Hecreatedaprivateaccountforhisfiancée.
C)Hewonthecaseagainsthisemployerrecently.
D)Hewasfiredbecauseofbreakingcompanyrules.
Questions3and4willbebasedonthefollowingnewsitem.
3.A)ItiswidelyusedinKenya.
B)Ithasbeenincreasinginvalue.
C)Itmakespoorpeople’slifeeasier.
D)Itlowersthebuyingpoweroftherich.
4.A)Itisanon-profitgrouplocatedinNairobi,Kenya.
B)Itworkshardonreplacingthenationalcurrencysystem.
C)ItintroducedacommunitycurrencytoavillageinKenya.
D)ItmakesaseriesofinvestigationsontradeandjobsinKenya.
Questions5and6willbebasedonthefollowingnewsitem.
5.A)Severalstatesdeclaredaneconomicemergency.
B)Manywomenaretoooldtogetpregnant.
C)Somebabieswerebornwithbraindefects.
D)Birthrateshavefallendowngreatly.
6.A)10
B)29
C)2,400
D)3,100
7.A)Amosquito-bornevirus.
B)Aseverechestinfection.
C)Theshortageofmedicine.
D)BacteriafromLatinAmerica.
SectionB
Directions:
Inthissection,youwillheartwolongconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,youwillhearfourquestions.Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C),andD).ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre.
ConversationOne
Questions8to11arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.
8.A)ItisusedbymorepeoplethanEnglish.
B)ItismoredifficulttolearnthanEnglish.
C)ItwillbeascommonlyusedasEnglish.
D)Itwilleventuallybecomeaworldlanguage.
9.A)Itspopularitywiththecommonpeople.
B)TheeffectoftheIndustrialRevolution.
C)TheinfluenceoftheBritishEmpire.
D)Itsloanwordsfrommanylanguages.
10.A)Ithasagrowingnumberofnewlycoinedwords.
B)Itincludesalotofwordsfromotherlanguages.
C)Itisthelargestamongalllanguagesintheworld.
D)Itcanbeeasilypickedupbyoverseastravelers.
11.A)TheEnglishgrammarisquiteeasy.
B)ItisgreatlyinfluencedbyFrench.
C)Itcouldbepronouncedeasily.
D)ItisattractivetoEnglandbeginners.
Questions12to15arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.
12.A)Toplaceanorder.
B)Toapplyforajob.
C)Toreturnsomegoods.
D)Tomakeacomplaint.
13.A)Heworksonapart-timebasisforthecompany.
B)Hehasnotworkedinthesalesdepartmentforlong.
C)Heisnotfamiliarwiththeexactdetailsofthegoods.
D)Hehasbecomesomewhatimpatientwiththewoman.
14.A)Itisnothisresponsibility.
B)Itwillbefreeforlargeorders.
C)Itdependsonanumberoffactors.
D)Itcosts£15moreforexpressdelivery.
15.A)Makeinquirieswithsomeothercompanies.
B)Reporttheinformationtohersuperior.
C)Payavisittothesaleswomanincharge.
D)Ringbackwhenshecomestoadecision.
SectionC
Directions:
Inthissection,youwillhearthreepassage.Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhearsomequestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C),andD).ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre.
PassageOne
Questions16to18arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
16.A)Nooneknowsforsurewhentheycameintobeing.
B)Nooneknowsexactlywheretheywerefirstmade.
C)Nooneknowsforwhatpurposetheywereinvented.
D)Nooneknowswhattheywilllooklikeinthefuture.
17.A)Measurethespeedofwind.
B)Givewarningsofdanger.
C)Passonsecretmessages.
D)Carryropesacrossrivers.
18.A)Tofindoutthestrengthofsilkforkites.
B)Totesttheeffectsofthelightningrod.
C)Toprovethatlightningiselectricity.
D)Toprotecthousesagainstlightning.
PassageTwo
Questions19to22arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
19.A)Shewasbornwithatalentforlanguages.
B)Shewastaintedtobeaninterpreter.
C)Shecanspeakseverallanguages.
D)Sheenjoysteachinglanguages.
20.A)Theywanttolearnasmanyforeignlanguagesaspossible.
B)Theyhaveanintenseinterestincross-culturalinteractions.
C)Theyacquireanimmunitytocultureshock.
D)Theywouldliketoliveabroadpermanently.
21.A)Shebecameanexpertinhorseracing.
B)Shelearnedtoappreciateclassicalmusic.
C)ShewasabletotranslateforaGermansportsjudge.
D)ShegotachancetovisitseveralEuropeancountries.
22.A)Takepartinacookingcompetition.
B)Tastethebeefandgivehercomment.
C)TeachvocabularyforfoodinEnglish.
D)GivecookinglessonsonWesternfood.
PassageThree
Questions23to25arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
23.A)Hehadonlyathird-gradeeducation.
B)Heoncethreatenedtokillhisteacher.
C)Heoftenhelpedhismotherdohousework.
D)Hegrewupinapoorsingle-parentfamily.
24.A)Careless.
B)Stupid.
C)Brave.
D)Active.
25.A)WatcheducationalTVprogramsonly.
B)Writetwobookreportsaweek.
C)Helpwithhousework.
D)Keepadiary.
PartⅢReadingComprehension(40minutes)
SectionA
Directions:
Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecenter.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.
Questions26to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Scholarsoftheinformationsocietyaredividedoverwhethersocialinequalitydecreasesorincreasesinaninformation-basedsociety.However,theygenerallyagreewiththeideathatinequalityintheinformationsocietyis26differentfromthatofanindustrialsociety.Asinformationprogressesinsociety,thecauseandstructuralnatureofsocialinequalitychangesaswell.
Itseemsthattheinformationsociety27thequantityofinformationavailabletothemembersofasocietybyrevolutionizingthewaysofusingandexchanginginformation.Butsuchaviewisa28analysisbasedonthequantityofinformationsuppliedbyvariousformsofthemassmedia.Adifferent29ispossiblewhentheactualamountofinformation30bytheuseristakenintoaccount.Infact,themoreinformation31throughouttheentiresociety,thewiderthegapbecomesbetween“informationhaves”and“informationhave-mots”,leadingtodigitaldivide.
Accordingtorecentstudies,digitaldividehasbeencausedbythreemajor32class,sex,andgeneration.Intermsofclass,digitaldivideexistsamongdifferenttypesofworkersandbetweentheupperandmiddleclassesandthelowerclass.With33tosex,digitaldivideexistsbetweenmenandwomen.Thegreatestgap,however,isbetweentheNet-generation,34withpersonalcomputersandtheInternet,andtheoldergeneration,35toanindustrialsociety.
A)accustomed
B)acquired
C)assembly
D)attribute
E)champions
F)elements
G)expands
H)familiar
I)flows
J)fundamentally
K)interpretation
L)passive
M)regard
N)respectively
O)superficial
SectionB
Directions:
Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.
Joy:
ASubjectSchoolsLack
Becomingeducatedshouldnotrequiregivinguppleasure.
[A]WhenJonathanSwiftproposed,in1729,thatthepeopleofIrelandeattheirchildren,heinsisteditwouldsolvethreeproblemsatonce:
feedthehungrymasses,reducethepopulationduringaseveredepression,andstimulatetherestaurantbusiness.Evenasasatire(讽刺),itseemsdisgustingandshockinginAmericawithitschild-centeredculture.Butactually,thecountryisclosertohisproposalthanyoumightthink.
[B]Ifyouspendmuchtimewitheducatorsandpolicymakers,you'llhearalotofthefollowingwords:
“standards”,“results”,“skills”,“self-control”,“accountability”,andsoon.Ihavevisitedsomeofthenewersupposedly“effective”schools,wherechildrenshoutslogansinordertolearnself-controlormuststandbehindtheirdeskwhentheycan’tsitstill.
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