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英语4级全版真题及参考答案

2015年12月英语4级全版真题及参考答案

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大学英语四级考试

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SectionALitsteningComprehension（30minutes）

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear8shortconversationsand2longconversations.Attheendofeachconversation.oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

注意：

此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答

1.A）Theyadmirethecourageofspaceexplorers

B）Theyenjoyedthemovieonspaceexploration

C）Theyweregoingtowatchawonderfulmovie

D）Theylikedoingscientificexploratronverymuch

2.A）Atagiftshop

B）Atagraduationceremony.

C）Intheofficeofatravelagency

D）Inaschoollibrary

3.A）Heusedtoworkintheartgallery

B）Hedoesnothaveagoodmemory

C）Hedeclinedajobofferfromtheartgallery

D）Heisnotinterestedinanypart-timejobs

4.A）Susanhasbeeninvitedtogivealecturetomorrow

B）Hewillgotothebirthdaypartyafterthelecture

C）Thewomanshouldhaveinformedhimearlier

D）Hewillbeunabletoattendthebirthdayparty

5.A）Rewardthosehavingmadegoodprogress

B）Setadeadlineforthestafftomeet

C）Assignmoreworkerstotheproject.

D）EncouragethestafftoworkinSmallgroups

6.A）Thewaytothevisitor'sparking

B）TherateforparkinginLotC

C）Howfarawaytheparkinglotis.

D）Whereshecanleavehercar.

7.A）Heregretsmissingtheclasses

B）Heplanstotakethefitnessclasses.

C）Heislookingforwardtoabetterlife

D）Hehasbenefitedfromexercise

8.A）Howtoraiseworkefficiency.

B）Howtoselectsecretaries

C）Theresponsibilitiesofsecretanes

D）Thesecretariesintheman’scompany.

Questions9to11arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

9A）ItIsmoredifficulttolearnthanEnglish

B）ItisusedbymorepeoplethanEnglish.

C）ItwillbeascommonlyusedasEnglish

D）Itwilleventuallybecomeaworldlanguage

10.A）Itsloanwordsfrommanylanguages

B）Itspopularitywiththecommonpeople.

C）TheinfluenceoftheBritishEmpire

D）TheeffectoftheIndustrialRevolution

11.A）Itincludesalotofwordsfromotherlanguages

B）Ithasagrowingnumberofnewlycoinedwords

C）Itcanbeeasilypickedupbyoverseastravellers

D）Itisthelargestamongalllanguagesintheworld

Questions12to15arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

12.A）Toreturnsomegoods

B）Toapplyforajob.

C）Toplaceanorder.

D）Tomakeacomplaint

13.A）Hehasbecomesomewhatimpatientwiththewoman

B）Heisnotfamiliarwiththeexactdetailsofthegoodss

C）Hehasnotworkedinthesalesdepartmentforlong.

D）Heworksonapart-timebasisforthecompany

14.A）itisnothisresponsibility

B）Itwillbefreeforlargeorders

C）Itcosts￡15moreforexpressdelivery

D）Itdependsonanumberoffactors

15.A）Reporttheinformationtohersuperior

B）Payavisittothesaleswomaninchargege

C）Ringbackwhenshecomestoadecision

D）Makeinquirieswithsomeothercompanies

SectionB

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear3shortpassages.Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhearsomequestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaqueslion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.ThenmarkthecorrespondingleltertonAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre

注意：

此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

PassageOne

Questions16to18arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

16.A）NooneKnowsexactlywheretheywerefirstmade

B）Nooneknowsforsurewhentheycameintobeing

C）Nooneknowsforwhatpurposetheywereinvented

D）NooneknowswhattheywillIooKlikeinthefuture

17.A）Carryropesacrossrivers

B）Measurethespeedofwind

C）Passonsecretmessages

D）Givewarningsofdanger

18.A）Toprotecthousesagainstlightning.

B）Totesttheeffectsofthelightningrod.

C）Tofindoutthestrengthofsilkforkites

D）Toprovethatlightningiselectncity.

PassageTwo

Questions19to22arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

19.A）Sheenjoysteachinglanguages

B）Shecanspeakseverallanguages.

C）Shewastrainedtobeaninterpreter.

D）Shewasbornwithatalentforlanguages

20.A）Theyacquireanimmunitytocultureshock.

B）Theywouldliketoliveabroadpermanently

C）Theywanttolearnasmanyforeignlanguagesaspossible

D）Theyhaveanintenseinterestincross-culturalinteractions

21.A）Shebecameanexpertinhorseracing

B）ShegotachancetovisitseveralEuropeancountries

C）ShewasabletotranslateforaGermansportsjudge

D）Shelearnedtoappreciateclassicalmusic

22.A）Tastethebeefandgivehercomment.

B）Takepartinacookingcompetition.

C）TeachvocabularyforfoodinEnglish

D）GivecookinglessonsonWesternfood

PassageThree

Questions23to25arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

23.A）Hehadonlyathird-gradeeducation.

B）Heoncethreatenedtokillhisteacher

C）Hegrewupinapoorsingle-parentfamily

D）HeoftenhelpedhismotherdohouseworkK

24.A）Caelesss

B）Stupid

C）Brave

D）Active

25.A）Writetwobookreportsaweek

B）Keepadiary

C）Helpwathhousework

D）WatcheducationalTVprogramsonly.

SectionC

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtlme,youarerequiredtofillintheblankswiththeexactwordsyouhavejustheard.Finally,whenthepassageIsreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten

注意：

此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Whenyoulookupatthenightsky,whatdoyousee？

Thereareother（26）bodiesouttherebesidesthemoonandstars.Oneofthemost（27）oftheseisacome（彗星）

CometswereformedaroundthesametimetheEarthwasformed.Theyare（28）iceandotherfrozenliquidsandgases.（29）these“dirtysnowballs"begintoorbitthesun,justastheplanetsdo.

Asacometgetsclosertothesun,somegasesinitbegintounfreeze.They（30）dustparticlesfromthecomettoformahugecloud.Asthecometgetsevennearertothesun,asolarwindblowsthecloudbehindthecomet,thusformingitstail.Thetailandthe（31）fuzzy（模糊的）atmospherearoundacometare（32）thatcanhelpidentifythis（33）inthenightsky.

Inanygivenyear,aboutadozenknowncometscomeclosetothesunintheirorbits.Theaveragepersoncan'tseethemall,ofcourse.Usuallythereisonlyoneortwoayearbrightenoughtobeseenwiththe（34）eye.CometHale-Bopp,discoveredin1995,wasanunusuallybrightcomet.Itsorbitbroughtit（35）closetotheEarth,within122millionmilesofit.ButHale-Boppcamealongwayonitseathlyvisit.Itwon'tbebackforanotherfourthousanddyearsorso.

PartIIIReadingComprehension（40minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepasage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce

Questions36to45arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Scholarsoftheinformationsocietyaredividedoverwhethersocialinequalitydecreasesorincreasesinaninformation-basedsociety.However,theygenerallyagreewiththeideathatinequalltyintheinformahonsocietyis36differentfromthatofanindustrialsociety.ASinformatizationprogressesinsociety,thecauseandstructuralnatureofsocialinequalitychangesaswell.

Itseemsthattheinformatronsociety37thequantityofinformationavailabletothemembersofasocietbyrevolutionizingthewaysofusingandexchanginginformation.Butsuchhaviewisa38analysisbasedonthequantityofinformationsuppliedbyvariousformsofteemassmedia.Adifferent39ispossiblewhentheactualamountofinformation40bytheuseristakenintoaccount.Infact,themoreinformation41throughouttheentiresociety,thewiderthegapbecomesbetween“infonnationhaves"and"informationhave-nots,"leadingtodigttaldivide.

Accordingtorecentstudies,digitaldividehasbeencausedbythreemajor42:

class,sex,andgeneration.Intermsofclass,digitaldivideexistsamongdifferenttypesofworkersandbetweentheupperandmiddleclassesandthelowerclass.With43tosex,digitaldivideexistsbetweenmenandwomen.Thegreatestgap,however,isbetweentheNet-generation.44withpersonalcomputersandtheinternet,andtheoldergeneration,