Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
Part A
1、For Questions1-5，you will hear a radio weather report．While you listen，fill out the table with the information you have heard．Some of the information has been given to you in the table．Write only 1 word in each numbered box．You will hear the recording twice．you now have 25 seconds to read the table below.
__________
2、__________
3、__________
4、__________
5、__________
Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
Part B
6、For Questions 6-10．you will hear a lecture about child development．While you listen，com-plete the sentences and answer the question．Use no more than 3 words for each answer．You will hear the recording twice．You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below．
__________
7、__________
8、__________
9、__________
10、__________
Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
Part C
11、Questions 11-13 are based on the following talk about Mark Twain．a well—known American writer．You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11-13．
When was Twain born?
A．1865．
B．1825．
C．1835．
D．1845．
12、What job did Twain get on the Mississippi?
A．Type—setter．
B．Writer．
C．River pilot．
D．Reporter．
13、Why did Twain go to West?
A．To prospect for silver and gold．
B．To get away from the War and the army．
C．Because of the outbreak of the Civil War．
D．To travel．
14、Questions 14-16 are based on the following talk about computer science education in Switzer—land．You now have l5 seconds to read Questions 14-16．
How long does a master’s degree take in Switzerland?
A．One year．
B．Two years．
C．Three years．
D．Four years．
15、Who has to choose from a booklet of fifty courses for study?
A．Students specializing in computer science．
B．Students stu dying for a bachelor’s degree．
C．Students doing Ph．D．
D．Students studying for a master’s degree．
16、Why does the speaker think the computer science education in Switzerland is particularly good?
A．Because it is quire wide-ranging．
B．Because there’s mor e emphasis on applied Information Technology．
C．Because there are more grants available．
D．Because students Can get money from the state．
17、Questions17-20 are based on the following conversation about a department store．You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20．
What is the food hall of Harold’s noted for?
A．The cheese sold there is very special．
B．It sells many different kinds of food．
C．It sells 250 kinds of bread．
D．It sells more than l80 kinds of chocolate．
18、Why is the Egyptian hall SO famous?
A．It looks like an Egyptian building from 4，000 years ag0．
B．It is an Egyptian building from 4,000 years ago．
C．It sells all kinds of food．
D．It produces much electricity．
19、What’s the record of money that customers spend in the department on one day?
A．30，000 pounds．
B．300，000 pounds．
C．9 million pounds．
D．1．5 million pounds．
20、About how many customers come to Harold’s on an average day?
A．30，000．
B．300，000．
C．1．5 million．
D．9 million．
Section II Use of English (15 minutes)
21、根据以下资料，回答21-40题：
Besides climate change，developing countries like China need to deal with energy __21__and environmental issues：the development of sources of clean energy needs to be__22__line with their interests．Clean energy has been given greater prominence than ever before；it is seen as a new industrial__23__and__24__ 0f economic growth for the new century．The time for clean energy has come．
In China, clean energy is moving ahead at full speed．Take wind power as an example: China had __25__ wind power generating capacity of l2．21 GW，making China the largest wind power generator in Asia and fourth in the world．But according to the research，one．third of wind power capacity is running__26__ due to an inability to get the power to the national__27__．
India-like China relies__28__0n coal for its energy needs．This will only change if the funds and technology to develop clean energy，such as wind and nuclear power，are__29__．India will not choose clean energy __30__ ．Nuclear power is currently the most__3 1__0f clean energy sources. __32__，if it is to be __33__ 0n a large scale by developing nations，technological advances will be needed to make it competitive with coal．
Compared __ 34 __developed countries，developing countries have more __35__ choices when it comes to energy structure. Promoting economic growth requires __36 __ energy and coal，the cheapest and most __37__ source of energy for many countries is the __38__ choice．Cheap coal means cheap electricity and a competitive economy．Rising electricity prices would cause public __39__ and impact on standards of__40__．
A．scarce
B．scare
C．scarcity
D．scary
22、
A．on
B．in
C．with D．along
23、A．revolution B．evolution C．advance D．development
24、A．resource B．reason C．root D．source
25、A．inspected B．inspired C．instigated D．installed
26、A．effectively B．regularly C．slowly D．idle
27、
A．net B．network C．grid D．mesh
28、A．mainly B．significantly C．majorly D．vitally
29、A．provident B．providential C．providing D．provided
30、
A．by itself B．on its own C．voluntarily D．automatically 31、A．cheapest B．expensive C．competitive D．advanced
32、A．Therefore B．However C．Furthermore D．Otherwise
33、A．adopted B．adapted C．adaptable D．admitted
34、
A．to
B．with
C．in D．upon
35、A．limited
B．limitless
C．maximal
D．minimal
36、
A．expensive
B．much
C．competitive
D．cheap
37、
A．absurd
B．abundance
C．absent
D．abundant
38、
A．good
B．best
C．first
D．last
39、
A．discord
B．content
C．discontent
D．discomfort
40、
A．life
B．living
C．live
D．lives
Section III Reading Comprehension (60 minutes)
Part A
41、根据以下资料，回答41-60题：
The core of Greece’s troubles is too much spendin9．too little tax—collecting and book—cook—ing．Spain and Ireland are in trouble even if the percentage of their public debt in
gross domestic product is much smaller than that of Germany．Italy，also in the financial markets’crosshairs，has high public debt but a lower deficit than the eurozone’s average．
The root of these countries’problems is that their prices and wages hav e risen much faster than those of other eurozone members．
There are two ways to mitigate the pain．First，to adopt temporarily more expansionary fiscal policies for a while．Or，more powerfully，the wider euro area could adopt more expansionary mo-netary policies for several years．As to the second option，the“inflation fundamentalists”will have none of it．This elite consisting of central bankers，top economic officials，politicians，academics and journalists insists that it is unacceptable to allow inflation to climb above two percent．
Hyper—inflation in Germany in the l930s and stagflation in industrial countries in the l970s and 1980s support their view．It’s true that moderate inflation can creep up to become high inflation．But inflation fundamentalism can also hurt．There is little if any empirical evidence that moderate inflation hurts growth．In most countries．cutting actual wages is politically difficult if not impossi—ble．But，to regain competitiveness and balance the books，real wage adjustments are sometimes inevitable．A slightly higher level of inflation allows for this painful adjustment with a lower level of political conflict．
On the other hand，ultra—low inflation，in a recession，can easily become deflation．Falling prices encourage people to defer spending，which makes things worse and erodes tax payments，impairing a government’s ability to pay debt．That in turn increases the debt’s size and costs．
In addition，a single—minded focus on inflation makes it easy for policymakers to lose sight of the broader picture asset prices，growth and employment．Policy can become too tight or too loose-as in the run—up to the crisis in the U．S．when low inflation was seen as a comforting sign that things were in order．
In a recession，ultra—low inflation also reduces the effectiveness of monetary policy since interest rates cannot go below zero．The crisis in the euro area highlights the need for a more open—minded discussion of the merits and costs of ultra low inflation．
In the author’s opinion，the second way to mitigate the pain is_________．
A．cutting the spending
B．controlling inflation within two percent
C．ultra-low inflation
D．moderate inflation
42、Which of the following inflation might be accepted by the author?
A．2％．
B．1％．
C．4％．
D．8％．
43、We can learn from the fourth paragraph that_________．
A．moderate inflation hurts growth
B．it is unnecessary to cut actual wages
C．the author opposes moderate inflation
D．the author opposes inflation fundamentalism
44、The word“books”(1ine 5，paragraph 4)means_________．
A．tickets
B．accounts
C．works
D．stamps
45、What is the text mainly about?
A．The core of Greece’s trouble．
B．Two ways to solve the problems of Greece，Spain，Ireland and Italy．
C．The merits of inflation fundamentalism．
D．The shortcomings of inflation fundamentalism．
46、根据以下资料，回答46-65题：
Slavery has played a significant role in the history of the U．S．It existed in all the English mainland colonies and most of the Founding Fathers also had slaves，as did eight of the first l2 presidents．
Dutch traders brought，20 Africans to Jamestown，Virginia，as early as l619，however，throughout the l7th century the number of Africans in the English mainland colonies grew very slowly．At that time，colonists used two other sources of unfree labor：Native American slaves and European indentured servants．
During those years，every colony had some Native American slaves，but their number was limited．Indian men avoided performing agricultural labor，because they viewed it as women’s work，and colonists complained that they were t00“haughty”．The more important was that the settlers found it more convenient，to sell Native Americans captured in war to planters in the Carib—bean than to turn them into slaves，because they often resisted and it was not hard for the slaves to escape．Later，the policy of killing Indians or driving them away from white settlements was pro-posed and it contradicted with their widespread employment as slaves．
The other form of labor was the white indentured servitude．Most indentured servants consisted of poor Europeans．Desiring to escape tough conditions in Europe and take advantage of fabled op—portunities in America，they traded three to seven years of their labor in exchange for the transatlan—tic passage．At first，it was mainly English who were the white indentured servitude but later in—creasingly Irish，Welsh，and German joined．They were essentially temporary slaves and most of them served as agricultural workers although some，especially in the North，were taught skilled trades．During the l 7th century，they performed most of heavy labor in the Southern colonies and also consisted of the bulk of immigrants to those colonies．
At the end of the l7th century．in order to meet the labor need，landowners in America turned to African slaves．During the late l7th and l8th centuries，thanks to the dominant position of Eng—land in terms of naval superiority，English traders(some of whom lived in English America)，trans-ported millions of Africans across the Atlantic．And the transatlantic slave trade
produced one of the largest forced migrations in history, blacks(the great majority of whom were slaves)。increasing from about 7 percent of the American population in l680 to more than 40 percent by the middle of the l8th century．
Which of the following was true of the slavery in America?
A．The colonists sold African Americans to planters in the Caribbean．
B．Native American slaves performed agricultural labor．
C．During the l7th century，the white indentured servitude was the main labor in the Southern colonies．
D．It was at the end of the l7th century that African people began to be brought to A-merica.
47、We can infer from the sentence "Later，the policy of killing Indians or．．．Contradicted with their widespread employment as slaves “that_________ ．
A．many Indians were killed by White settlers
B．many Indians were drove away from white settlements
C．the Indians were slaves in a wide—spread way
D．white settlers must have to find other source of labor
48、In the third paragraph．the author mainly argues that_________ ．
A．the number of Native American slaves was very small
B．the colonists thought that the Native American slaves were very haughty
C．the Native American slaves had been treated cruelly
D．the Native American slaves always resisted
49、Which of the following wasn't the opinion of the colonists towards the Native American slaves?
A．The Native American slaves were very haughty．
B．The Native American slaves were very lazy．
C．The Native American slaves were hard to control.
D．The Native American slaves always found ways to escape．
50、The relation between the second paragraph and the next following two paragraphs is that in the next following two paragraphs the author_________ ．
A．further elaborates the issue discussed in the second paragraph
B．modifies the point of view in the second paragraph
C．changes the view expressed in the second paragraph
D．offers the reason to support the viewpoint in the second paragraph
51、根据以下资料，回答51-70题：
U．S．health officials are increasing surveillance—measures at doctors’ offices and international borders to guard against the spread of．swine flu．Washington also has begun dispersing medicine
from a federal stockpile．
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there have been only mild cases of swine flu in the United States，but experts remain on guard．
Acting agency director，Richard Besser,says the epidemic in Mexico prompted U.S.doctors to begin．monitoring actively for possible infections．
“We are asking doctors when they see someone who has flu—like illness who has travel to an affected region，to do a culture，take a swab in the Nose and send it to the lab so we can see:is it influenza．is it this type?”he said．
Speaking Sunday at the White House，Besser said the extra detection efforts have enabled offi-cials to find more infections than under normal circumstances．He also says he expects the number of infections will rise and the illness will spread to other U．S．regions，as doctors continue to mo-nitor the problem．
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says’it does not recommend people tr avel to Mexico,where the outbreak of swine flu is centered and more than 100 deaths have been reported．But officials have not ordered a travel ban to the country．
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says，instead，airlines have the option of screening passengers on flights from Mexico.
“We are letting air carriers and our employees at the gates oil those flights make sure that they：are asking people if they are sick；_and if they are sick，that they should not board the plane．”she said. Denise Korniewicz，an infectious disease expert at：the University of Miami，says officials should take bolder steps to screen passengers at international borders，as Japan and other Asian na-tions are doing．
“We have a very transient population here．And Japan has taken a lot of precautions．What Japan is doing is they are making everyone take a temperature when they get off the airplane."she said．“As far as I am concerned．I think that is a good idea．”
U．S．officials say they are holding off on more aggressive actions because the outbreak has been limited in the United States and they do not want to cause a health scare．
Korniewicz says around the country health centers are putting in place emergency response measures aimed at limiting disease outbreaks．
What promotes American doctors to begin monitoring actively for possible infections?
A．There have been serious cases of swine flu in the United States．
B．U．S．health officials are increasing surveillance measures at doctors’offices．
C．The epidemic happened in Mexico.
D．Experts remained on guard．
52、When someone has flu—like illness，why will a swab be taken in the nose and sent to the lab? A．To find more infections than under normal circumstances．
B．To examine if it is influenza or swine flu．
C．To see if the illness is serious．
D．To stop the illness spread to other areas．
53、Why are people advised not to travel to Mexico?
A．Because it is the most serious area for the outbreak of swine flu．
B．Because a travel ban to the country has been ordered．
C．Because more than l00 cases of swine flu have been reported.
D．The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention forbids doing so．
54、What is one of the precautions that Japan has taken?
A．They make sure that they are askin9。flight passengers if they are sick．
B．They are taking a temperature of every passenger when they get off the airplane．
C．They are screening passengers on flights from Mexico
D．They are forbidding people travelling to Mexico
55、Which statement is not true according to the passage?
A．U．S．health officials are increasing surveillance measures at doctors’offices．
B．So far,the cases of swine flu in the United States are not very serious．C．U．S．officials are determined to take more aggressive actions against swine flu．D．Besser says the number of infections will probably rise．
56、根据以下资料，回答56-75题：
The most subversive question about higher education has always been whether the college makes the student or the student makes the college．Along with skepticism，though，economic downturns also create one big countervailing force that pushes people toward college：many of them have nothing better to d0．They have lost their jobs，or they find no jobs waiting for them after high school．In economic terms，the opportunity cost of going to school has been reduced．Over the course of the l 930s，the percentage of l7一year—old who graduated from high school jumped to 50 percent，from less than 30 percent．Boys—many of whom would have been working in better times--made up the bulk of the influx．In our Great Recession，students have surged into commu-nity colleges．
So who is right these students or the skeptics? It isn’t too much of an exaggeration to say that the field of labor economics has spent the past 30 years trying to come up with an answer．In one paper after another，economists have tr ied to identify the portion of a person’s success for which schooling can fairly claim credit．One well—known study，co—researched by Alan Krueger，a Princeton professor now serving as the Treasury Department’s chief economist，offered some support for the skeptics．It tracked top high—school students through their 30s and found that their alma maters had little impact on their earnings．Students who got into both，say，the University of Penn—sylvania and Penn State made roughly the same amount of money，regardless of which they chose．Just as you might hope。the fine—grain status distinctions that preoccupy elite high—school seniors
(and more to the point，their parents)seem to be overrated．
The rest of the evidence，however，has tended to point strongly in the other direction．Several studies have found a large earnings gap between more—and less—educated identical twins．Another study compared young men who happened to live close to a college with young men who did not．The two groups were similar except for how easy it was for them to get to
school, and the upshot was that the additional education attained by the first group lifted their earnings．“College can’t guarantee anybody a good life, “says Michael McPherson，an economist who runs the Spencer Foundation in Chica90，which finances education research．“But it surely ups the odds substantially．
In economic downturns，many people go to college________．
A．voluntarily
B．happily
C．reluctantly
D．with contempt
57、During 1930s，why did the percentage of 17-year-olds who graduated from high school jumped greatly?
A．Because they believed high school education is necessary．
B．Because they couldn’t find jobs and they had no better choices．
C．Because the cost of going to school was reduced．
D．Because they believed high school education could help them make more money in the future．
58、According to Princeton professor Alan Krueger’s study，which is true?
A．College education is closely related to earnings．
B．The better college one goes t0，the more money he will make．
C．It’s reaso nable to be skeptical about higher education．
D．Alma maters mean much to one’S future fortune．
59、What’s the attitude of Michael McPherson towards college education?
A．Skeptical．
B．Supportive．
C．Critical．
D．Satisfied．
60、Which of the statement is true according to the passage?
A．In recession，more youths will choose to work．
B．All evidence show that college makes the student．
C．Economic downturns has great negative impact on college education．
D．Studies mentioned in the passage show divided conclusions on the value of college education Section III Reading Comprehension Part B
61、根据以下资料，回答61-65题：
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese．Your
translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2．
The world’s environment is surprisingly healthy．Discuss．If there were an examination topic，most students would tear it apart．offering a long list of complaints from local smog(烟雾)to global climate change，from the felling(砍伐)of forests to the extinction of species．The list would largely be accurate，the concern legitimate．61) Yet the students who should be given the highest marks would actually be those who agreed with the statement．The surprise is how good things are，not how bad．
After all,the world’s popu lation has more than tripled during this century，and world output has risen hugely，so you would expect the earth itself to have been affected．Indeed，if people lived，consumed and produced things in the sarrle way as they did in l900(or 1950，or indeed 1980)，the world by now would be a pretty disgusting place，smelly，dirty，toxic and dangerous．But they don't．62)The reasons why they don't,and why the environment has not been ruined, have to do with prices,technological innovation,social change and government regulation in response to popular pressure．That is why today’ s environmental problems in the poor countries ought，in principle，to be solvable．Raw materials have not run out，and show no sign of doing S0．Logically，one day they must：the planet is a finite place．Yet it is also very bi9，and man is very ingenious．63)What has happened is that every time a material seems to be running short,the price has risen and,in response,people have looked for new sources of supply,tried to find ways to use less of the materal,or looked for a new substitute.
For this reason prices for energy and for minerals have fallen in real terms during the century．The same is true for food．64)Prices fluctuate,in response to harvests,natural disasters and politi-cal instability；and when they rise,it takes some time before new sources of suppply become availa-ble．But they always do，assisted by new farming and crop technology．The long term fiend has been downwards．
65)It is where prices and markets do not operate properly that this benign(良性的)trend be-gins to stumble，and the genuine problems arise．Markets cannot always keep the environment healthy．If no one owns the resource concemed，no one has an interest in conserving it or fostering it：fish is the best example of this．
________
62、________
63、________
64、________
65、________
Section IV Writing.(35 minutes)
66、
Study the following cartoon carefully and write an essay on it．In your essay，you should：
(1)describe the cartoon briefly；
(2)analyze this situation；
(3)give your comments．
You should write 160—200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2．
对此内容进行投票:(0)(0)
Calculate for a moment what could be done with even a part of those hours. Five thousand hours, I am told, are what a typical college undergraduate spends working on a bachelor's degree. In 10,000 hours you could have learned enough to become an astronomer or engineer. You could have learned several languages fluently. If it appealed to you, you could be reading Homer in the original Greek or Dostoyevsky in Russian. If it didn't, you could have walked around the world and written a book about it. The trouble with television is that it discourages concentration. Almost anything interesting and rewarding in life requires some constructive, consistently applied effort. The dullest, the least gifted of us can achieve things that seem miraculous to those who never concentrate on anything. But Television encourages us to apply no effort. It sells us instant gratification(满意). It diverts us only to divert, to make the time pass without pain. Television's variety becomes a narcotic(麻醉的), nor a stimulus. Its serial, kaleidoscopic (万花筒般的)exposures force us to follow its lead. The viewer is on a perpetual guided tour: 30 minutes at the museum, 30 at the cathedral, 30 for a drink, then back on the bus to the next attraction—except on television., typically, the spans allotted arc on the order of minutes or seconds, and the chosen delights are more often car crashes and people killing one another. In short, a lot of television usurps(篡夺;侵占) one of the most precious of all human gifts, the ability to focus your attention yourself, rather than just passively surrender it. Capturing your attention—and holding it—is the prime motive of most television programming and enhances its role as a profitable advertising vehicle. Programmers live in constant fear of losing anyone's attention—anyone's. The surest way to avoid doing so is to keep everything brief, not to strain the attention of anyone but instead to provide constant stimulation through variety, novelty, action and movement. Quite
2016年英语专业四级考试词汇语法真题 参考答案与解析 11. How can I concentrate if you _________ continually ______ me with silly questions? A. have… interrupted B. are… interrupted C. had… interrupting D. were… interrupting 选A。虽然我觉得更应该说you are continually interrupting me with silly questions。不过这里用现在完成时表示的是一个动作发生过成为过去经历，有可能多次发生，也就是打断一次、两次、三次等等不断重复到现在。 12. Among the four sentences below, Sentence ___ expresses the highest degree of possibility? A. It may take a long time to find a solution to the problem. B. It might take a long time to find a solution to the problem. C. It could take a long time to find a solution to the problem. D. It should take a long time to find a solution to the problem. 选D。四个里把握度最高的是should，其次是may，最后是might和could。 13. She is a better speaker than _____ in the class. A. any boy B. the other boys C. other any girl D. all the girls 选A。主语是she，女的，所以不能选B。C的正确说法是any other girl。 14. Nobody heard him sing, ______? A. did one B. did he C. didn’t they D. did they 选B。根据专四语法出题依据的书《新编英语语法教程》（章振邦）317页，nobody这种附加疑问句，书面语里用he。口语里偶见they。实际上，现代英语里为了避免有语言歧视（为什么只有he，没有she），很多人都避免只用he，而多改为they。 15. I can’t put up with ________. A. that friend of you B. that friend of yours C. the friend of you D. the friend of yours 选B。根据专四语法出题依据的书《新编英语语法教程》（章振邦）57-58页，这种双重属格结构所修饰的名词可带a, any, some等表示非确定特指的限定词，但通常不带定冠词。比如a daughter of Mrs. Green’s, any/some daughters of Mrs/ Green’s。 16. There has been an increasing number of _______ in primary schools in the past few years. A. man teacher B. men teacher C. man teachers D. men teachers 选D。合成名词复数，man/woman这种，两种都要变成复数，比如women drivers。
2016 年12 月大学英语四级考试真题及 答案 【篇一：2016 年12 月大学英语四级翻译作文题目及答 案】 翻译一： 在中国文化中，红色通常象征着好运、长寿和幸福。在春节和其他喜庆场合，红色到处可见。人们把现金作为礼物送给家人或亲密朋 友时，通常放在红信封里。红色在中国流行的另一个原因是人们把 它与中国革命和共产党相联系。然而，红色并不总是代表好运与快 乐。因为从前死者的名字常用红色书写，用红墨水写中国人名被看 成是一种冒犯行为。 as a symbol of good luck, longevity and happiness in chinese culture, the color of red can be seen everywhere during springfestive and other festive/ joyous occasions. cash is usually put in red envelopes as gifts for relatives and close/intimate friends. also, red is much-welcomed / fashionable in china because of its association with chinese revolutions and the communist party. however, red does not always represent / equal to good luck and joy. red was previously used to write the names of the deceased so it is seen as an offence to write chinese people ’s names in red ink. 翻译二 随着中国的改革开放，如今很多年轻人都喜欢举行西式婚礼。新娘 在婚礼上穿着白色婚纱，因为白色被认为是纯洁的象征。然而，在 中国传统文化中，白色经常是葬礼上使用的颜色。因此务必记住， 白花一定不要用作祝人康复的礼物，尤其不要送给老年人或危重病 人。同样，礼金也不能装在白色信封里，而要装在红色信封里。 with the reform and opening-up of china, a great many young people nowadays prefer to hold western-style wedding: the bride wears white wedding gown because the color is considered to symbolize purity/is considered as the symbol of purity. however, in tradition chinese culture, white is often used on funerals. so, do bear in mind that white flowers should never be used as a gift to celebrate someone ’s recovery, especially not for the aged or those who are seriously ill.
2018年6月大学英语四级真题试卷一及答案(完整版) Part I Writing (30 minutes) (请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分，之后将进行听力考试) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an a short easy on the importance of speaking ability and how to develop should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A Directions: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 questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions, 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. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。 Questions 1 to 2 are based on the new report you have just heard. 1. A) The return of a bottled message to its owner's daughter. B)A New Hampshire man's joke with friends on his wife. C)A father's message for his daughter. D)The history of a century-old motel. 2. A) She wanted to show gratitude for his kindness. B)She wanted to honor her father's promise. C)She had been asked by her father to do so. D)She was excited to see her father's handwriting. Questions 3 to 4 are based on the new report you have just heard。 3. A) People were concerned about the number of bees. B) Several cases of Zika disease had been identified.
英语专业四级考试真题及答案（完整版） TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2013) —GRADE FOUR— TIME LIMIT: 135 MIN PART I DICTATION [15 MIN] Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE. PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN] In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on Answer Sheet Two. SECTION A CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题及答案(完整版) Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: You should write atleast 120 words but no more than 180 words. Supposea foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown, what is the mostinteresting place you would like to take him/her to see and why? Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Questions 36 to 45 are based onthe following passage. Global warming is a trend towardwarmer conditions around the world. Part of the warming is natural; we haveexperienced a 20,000 -year -long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice 36 away.However, we have already reached temperatures that are in 37 withother minimum-ice periods, so continued warming is likely not natural. We are 38 toa predicted worldwide increase in temperatures 39 between 1℃and 6℃over the next 100 years. The warming will be more 40 in some areas, less in others, and some placesmay even cool
精品文档 2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题及答案（完整版） 来源：文都教育 Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the following topic. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown, what is the most interesting place you would like to take him/her to see and why? 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。 Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section A 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 1 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。 1. A) See a doctor about her strained shoulder. B) Use a ladder to help her reach the tea. C) Replace the cupboard with a new one. D) Place the tea on a lower shelf next time. 2. A) At Mary Johnson's. C) In an exhibition hall. B) At a painter's studio. D) Outside an art gallery. 3. A) The teacher evaluated lacks teaching experience. B) She does not quite agree with what the man said. C) The man had better talk with the students himself. D) New students usually cannot offer a fair evaluation. 4. A) He helped Doris build up the furniture. B) Doris helped him arrange the furniture.
大学英语四级模拟题四 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 One Air pollution can spread from city to city. It even spreads from one country to another. Some northern European countries have had “black snow”from pollutants that have traveled through the air from other countries and have fallen with the snow. So air pollution is really a global problem. Air pollution can kill babies, older people, and those who have respiratory（呼吸的）diseases. As found in cities, air pollution increases the risks of certain lung diseases. Air pollution can cause both airplane and car accidents because it cuts down visibility（能见度）. There are other possible health dangers from air pollution that we don’t know much about. For example, scientists are trying to find out whether chemicals that reach us from the air may cause changes in our cells. These changes might cause babies to be born with serious birth defects. Scientists are trying to learn how all the many chemicals are apt（易于的）to take into our bodies from air, water, food, and even medicines act together to affect our health and the way our bodies work. That is another reason why it is so important to begin to control pollution now instead of waiting until we learn all the answers. Air pollution costs us a lot of money. It corrodes（腐蚀）our buildings. It damages farm crops and forests. It has a destructive effect on our works of art. The cost of all this damage to our government is great. It would be much more worthwhile, both for us and for the government, to spend our tax dollars on air pollution control. 1.Air pollution may lead to airplane accidents because . A. it may cause pilots to be ill B. engines may fail from the air-borne dirt C. visibility is reduced D. it brings a lot of black snow 2. Scientists are trying to find a link between pollution and . A. intelligence levels B. birth problems C. man’s behavior D. the nervous system 3. Scientists have not yet determined . A. all of the effects of pollution on the human body B. how pollution can be controlled successfully C. when the atmosphere first became polluted D. how some snow becomes black 4. The author suggests that before air pollution becomes more serious, . A. factories will be forced to stop operating B. buildings should be protected C. the earth will begin to grow colder D. more money should be spent to solve the problem 5. We can conclude that . A. civilization may be ruined if pollution is not controlled B. pollution is more serious in Europe than it is in America C. most people do not know that pollution is a serious problem D. we should learn all the answers before we begin to control pollution Passage Two Stiletto heels could be banned from the workplace because of health and safety reasons, according to British Trade Union bosses. The Trade Union Congress, predominantly male, has proposed a motion arguing that high heels are disrespectful to women while they also contribute to long term injuries. They propose instead that women wear “sensible shoes” with an inch heel limit in an attempt to avoid future foot and back pain as well as injuries. The motion is due to be debated at next month’s conference. The motion states: “Congress believes high heels may look glamorous on the Hollywood catwalks but are completely in appropriate for the day-to-day working environment. Feet bear the burden of daily life, and for many workers prolonged standing, badly fitted footwear, and in particular high heels can be a hazard. Around two million days a year are lost through sickness as a result of lower limb disorders. Wearing high heels can cause long-term foot problems and also serious foot, knee and back pain and damaged joints. Many employers in the retail sector force women workers to wear high heels as part of their dress code. More must be done to raise awareness of this problem so that women workers and their feet are protected.” Nadline Dorries, the Tory Member of Parliament, however criticized the motion and said the extra height heels give women can help them when in the workplace. “I’m 5ft 3in and need every inch of my Christian Louboutin heels to look my male colleagues in the eye,” she said. “If high heels were banned in Westminster, no one would be able to find me. The Trade Union leaders need to get real, stop using obvious sexist tactics by discussing women’s stilettos to divert tension away from Labor chaos.” Michelle Dewberry, a former winner of The Apprentice, said the motion was patronizing（自认为高人一等的）. “This is absolutely ridiculous and I think these union officials should be spending their time dealing with more important issues”, she said. “I’m at work in five-inch heels and perfectly able to do my job. Heels are sexy, they boost your confidence and they are empowering to women. I can’t imagine these officials debating a motion about how tightly men should wear their ties. Wearing heels is a personal choice.”
英语专业四级考试真题 PART III CLOZE 【15 MIN】 Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks．Mark the best choice for each blank on Answer Sheet Two． The earthquake of 26th December 2004 resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in living memory．It was a (31) _____ underwater quake and occurred in the Indian Ocean．It (32) ____ coastlines，communities and brought death to many people． Why do earthquakes happen? The surface of the earth has not always looked as it does today；it is moving(33)____ (although very slowly)and has done so for billions of years．This is one(34)____ of earthquakes，when one section of the earth (tectonic plate)(35)____ another．Scientists can predict where but not(36)____ this might happen and the area between plates is called a fault line．On one fault line in Kobe，Japan in 1923 over 200,000 people were killed．(37)____，earthquakes do not always happen on fault lines，(38)____ is why they are so dangerous and (39)____． Where do volcanoes happen? Volcanoes happen where the earth's(40)____ is thin：lava，dust and gases(41)____ from beneath the earth．They can rise into a huge cone shape like a mountain and erupt，(42)____ they can be so violent(43)____ they just explode directly from the earth with no warning．There are 1511(44)'____' volcanoes in the world．This means that they may(45)____ be dangerous．In 1985 the Colombian volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted．The lava melted a glacier and sent tones of mud(46)____ the town below．Twenty thousand people died．Natural disasters like volcanic eruptions are often unpredictable．We regularly do not know when they(47)____ pen，or (48)____ where they will happen．In the future，scientists may be able to watch and predict(49)____ before they happen．This could(50)____ many lives． 31．A．massive B．significant C．great D．grand 32．A．changed B．converted C．destroyed D．transformed 33．A．frequently B．continuously C．regularly D．periodically 34．A．source B．reason C．movement D．cause 35．A．collides with B．confronts with C．meets with D．faces with 36．A．how B．why C．when D．what
洛基英语，中国在线英语教育领导品牌 Model Test 1 Part One Listening Comprehension Section A Directions： 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 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 line through the centre. Example： You will hear： You will read： A） At the office. B） In the waiting room. C） At the airport. D） In a restaurant. From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A） At the office is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. 1. A） She is not interested in the article. B） She has given the man much trouble. C） She would like to have a copy of the article. D） She doesn't want to take the trouble to read the article. 2. A） He saw the big tower he visited on TV~ B） He has visited the TV tower twice. C） He has visited the TV tower once. D） He will visit the TV tower in June. 3. A） The woman has trouble getting along with the professor. B） The woman regrets having taken up much of the professor's time. C） The woman knows the professor has been busy. D） The woman knows the professor has run into trouble. 4. A） He doesn't enjoy business trips as much as he used to. B） He doesn't think he is capable of doing the job. C） He thinks the pay is too low to support his family, D） He wants to spend more time with his family. 5. A） The man thought the essay was easy. B） They both had a hard time writing the essay. C） The woman thought the essay was easy. D） Neither of them has finished the assignment yet. 6. A） In the park. B） Between two buildings C） In his apartment. D） Under a huge tree. 7. A） It's awfully dull. B） It's really exciting.