2013年12月全国大学英语新四级考试题型分析与样题
自2013年12月考次起，全国大学英语四、六级考试委员会将对四、六级考试的试卷结构和测试题型作局部调整。调整后，四级和六级的试卷结构和测试题型相同。
一、试卷描述
四级和六级的试卷结构、测试内容、测试题型、分值比例和考试时间如下表所示：
二、新题型说明
1. 单词及词组听写
原复合式听写调整为单词及词组听写，短文长度及难度不变。要求考生在听懂短文的基础上，用所听到的原文填写空缺的单词或词组，共10题。短文播放三遍。
2. 长篇阅读
原快速阅读理解调整为长篇阅读理解，篇章长度和难度不变。篇章后附有10个句子，每句一题。每句所含的信息出自篇章的某一段落，要求考生找出与每句所含信息相匹配的段落。有的段落可能对应两题，有的段落可能不对应任何一题。
3. 翻译
原单句汉译英调整为段落汉译英。翻译内容涉及中国的历史、文化、经济、社会发展等。四级长度为140-160个汉字；六级长度为180-200个汉字。
三、成绩报道
成绩报道分为总分和单项分。单项分包括：1）听力，2）阅读，3）翻译和写作。
四、样题
大学英语新四级考试样题
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the importance of learning basic skills.
You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer
Sheet 1.
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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.
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1. A) The man has left a good impression on her family. B) The man’s jeans and T-shirts are stylish.
C) The man should buy himself a new suit. D) The man can dress casually for the occasion.
2. A) Its price. B) Its comfort. C) Its location. D) Its facilities.
3. A) It is a routine offer. B) It is quite healthy. C) It is new on the menu. D) It is a good bargain.
4. A) Read the notice on the window. B) Board the bus to Cleveland.
C) Go and ask the staff. D) Get a new bus schedule.
5. A) He is ashamed of his present condition. B) He is careless about his appearance.
C) He changes jobs frequently. D) He shaves every other day.
6. A) The woman had been fined many times before. B) The woman knows how to deal with the police.
C) The woman had violated traffic regulations. D) The woman is good at finding excuses.
7. A) She got hurt in an accident yesterday. B) She has to go to see a doctor.
C) She is black and blue all over. D) She stayed away from work for a few days.
8. A) She will ask David to talk less. B) She will meet the man halfway.
C) She is sorry the man will not come. D) She has to invite David to the party.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. A) Beautiful scenery in the countryside. B) A sport he participates in.
C) Dangers of cross-country skiing. D) Pain and pleasure in sports.
10. A) He can’t find good examples to illustrate his point.
B) He can’t find a peaceful place to do the assignment.
C) He can’t decide whether to include the effort part of skiing.
D) He doesn’t know how to describe the beautiful country scenery.
11. A) New ideas come up as you write. B) Much time is spent on collecting data.
C) A lot of effort is made in vain. D) The writer’s point of view often changes. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) Having her bicycle repaired. B) Hosting an evening TV program.
C) Lecturing on business management. D) Conducting a market survey.
13. A) He repaired bicycles. B) He coached in a racing club.
C) He worked as a salesman. D) He served as a consultant.
14. A) He wanted to be his own boss. B) He didn’t want to be in too much debt.
C) He didn’t want to start from scratch. D) He found it more profitable.
15. A) They are all the man’s friends. B) They work five days a week.
C) They are paid by the hour. D) They all enjoy gambling.
Section B
Directions: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 Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
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Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) They shared mutual friends in school. B) They had many interests in common.
C) They shared many extracurricular activities. D) They had known each other since childhood.
17. A) At a local club. B) At Joe’s house. C) At the boarding school. D) At the sports center.
18. A) Durable friendships can be very difficult to maintain.
B) One has to be respectful of other people in order to win respect.
C) Social divisions will break down if people get to know each other.
D) It is hard for people from different backgrounds to become friends.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) The art of Japanese brush painting. B) Some features of Japanese culture.
C) Characteristics of Japanese artists. D) The uniqueness of Japanese art.
20. A) To calm themselves down. B) To enhance concentration.
C) To show their impatience. D) To signal lack of interest.
21. A) How speakers can misunderstand the audience.
B) How speakers can win approval from the audience.
C) How listeners in different cultures show respect.
D) How different Western and Eastern art forms are.
Passage Three
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) They mistake the firefighters for monsters.
B) They do not realize the danger they are in.
C) They cannot hear the firefighters for the noise.
D) They cannot see the firefighters because of the smoke.
23. A) He teaches Spanish in a San Francisco community.
B) He often teaches children what to do during a fire.
C) He travels all over America to help put out fires.
D) He provides oxygen masks to children free of charge.
24. A) He is very good at public speaking. B) He rescued a student from a big fire.
C) He gives informative talks to young children. D) He saved the life of his brother choking on food.
25. A) Kids should learn not to be afraid of monsters. B) Informative speeches can save lives.
C) Carelessness can result in tragedies. D) Firefighters play an important role in America.
Section C
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.
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Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more 26 , less afraid of what he doesn’t know, better at finding and 27 , more confident, resourceful (机敏的), persistent and 28 than he will ever be again in his schooling – or, unless he is very unusual and very lucky, for the rest of his life. Already, by paying close attention to and 29 the world and people around him, and without any school-type formal instruction, he has done a task far more difficult, complicated and 30 than anything he will be asked to do in school, or than any of his teachers has done for years. He has solved the 31 of language. He has discovered it – babies don’t even know that language exists – and he has found out how it works and learned to use it 32 . He has done it by exploring, by experimenting, by developing his own model of the grammar of language, by 33 and seeing whether it works, by gradually changing it and 34 it until it does work. And while he has been doing this, he has been learning other things as well, including many of the“35 ” that the schools think only they can teach him, and many that are more complicated than the ones they do try to teach him.
Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
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. Please mark
the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the 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.
One in six. Believe it or not, that’s the number of Americans who struggle with hunger. To make tomorrow a little better, Feeding America, the nation’s largest 36 hunger-relief organization, has chosen September as Hunger Action Month. As part of its 30 Ways in 30 Days program, it’s asking 37 across the country to help the more than 200 food banks and 61,000 agencies in its network provide low-income individuals and families with the fuel they need to 38 .
It’s the kind of work that’s done every day at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio. People who 39 at its front door on the first and third Thursdays of each month aren’t looking for God – they’re there for something to eat. St. Andrew’s runs a food pantry (食品室) that 40 the city and several of the 41 towns. Janet Drane is its manager.
In the wake of the 42 , the number of families in need of food assistance began to grow. It is 43 that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal. What’s most surprising is that 36% of them live in 44 where at least one adult is working. “It used to be that one job was all you needed,” says St. Andrew’s Drane. “The people we see now have three or four part-time jobs and they’re still right on the edge 45 .”
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A) accumulate I) households
B) circling J) recession
C) communities K) reported
D) competition L) reviewed
E) domestic M) serves
F) financially N) surrounding
G) formally O) survive
H) gather
Section B
Directions: 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.
Universities Branch Out
A) As never before in their long history, universities have become instruments of national competition as well as
instruments of peace. They are the place of the scientific discoveries that move economies forward, and the primary means of educating the talent required to obtain and maintain competitive advantage. But at the same time, the opening of national borders to the flow of goods, services, information and especially people has made universities a powerful force for global integration, mutual understanding and geopolitical stability.
B) In response to the same forces that have driven the world economy, universities have become more
self-consciously global: seeking students from around the world who represent the entire range of cultures and values, sending their own students abroad to prepare them for global careers, offering courses of study that address the challenges of an interconnected world and collaborative (合作的) research programs to advance science for the benefit of all humanity.
C) Of the forces shaping higher education none is more sweeping than the movement across borders. Over the past
three decades the number of students leaving home each year to study abroad has grown at an annual rate of
3.9 percent, from 800,000 in 1975 to 2.5 million in 200
4. Most travel from one developed nation to another,
but the flow from developing to developed countries is growing rapidly. The reverse flow, from developed to developing countries, is on the rise, too. Today foreign students earn 30 percent of the doctoral degrees awarded in the United States and 38 percent of those in the United Kingdom. And the number crossing borders for undergraduate study is growing as well, to 8 percent of the undergraduates at America’s best institutions and 10 percent of all undergraduates in the U.K. In the United States, 20 percent of the newly hired professors in science and engineering are foreign-born, and in China many newly hired faculty members at the top research universities received their graduate education abroad.
D) Universities are also encouraging students to spend some of their undergraduate years in another country. In
Europe, more than 140,000 students participate in the Erasmus program each year, taking courses for credit in one of 2,200 participating institutions across the continent. And in the United States, institutions are helping place students in summer internships (实习) abroad to prepare them for global careers. Yale and Harvard have led the way, offering every undergraduate at least one international study or internship opportunity—and providing the financial resources to make it possible.
E) Globalization is also reshaping the way research is done. One new trend involves sourcing portions of a
research program to another country. Yale professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Tian Xu directs a research center focused on the genetics of human disease at Shanghai’s Fudan University, in
collaboration with faculty colleagues from both schools. The Shanghai center has 95 employees and graduate students working in a 4,300-square-meter laboratory facility. Yale faculty, postdoctors and graduate students visit regularly and attend videoconference seminars with scientists from both campuses. The arrangement benefits both countries; Xu’s Yale lab is more productive, thanks to the lower costs of conducting research in China, and Chinese graduate students, postdoctors and faculty get on-the-job training from a world-class scientist and his U.S. team.
F) As a result of its strength in science, the United States has consistently led the world in the commercialization of
major new technologies, from the mainframe computer and the integrated circuit of the 1960s to the Internet infrastructure (基础设施) and applications software of the 1990s. The link between university-based science and industrial application is often indirect but sometimes highly visible: Silicon Valley was intentionally created by Stanford University, and Route 128 outside Boston has long housed companies spun off from MIT and Harvard. Around the world, governments have encouraged copying of this model, perhaps most successfully in Cambridge, England, where Microsoft and scores of other leading software and biotechnology companies have set up shop around the university.
G) For all its success, the United States remains deeply hesitant about sustaining the research-university model.
Most politicians recognize the link between investment in science and national economic strength, but support for research funding has been unsteady. The budget of the National Institutes of Health doubled between 1998 and 2003, but has risen more slowly than inflation since then. Support for the physical sciences and engineering barely kept pace with inflation during that same period. The attempt to make up lost ground is welcome, but the nation would be better served by steady, predictable increases in science funding at the rate of long-term GDP growth, which is on the order of inflation plus 3 percent per year.
H) American politicians have great difficulty recognizing that admitting more foreign students can greatly promote
the national interest by increasing international understanding. Adjusted for inflation, public funding for international exchanges and foreign-language study is well below the levels of 40 years ago. In the wake of September 11, changes in the visa process caused a dramatic decline in the number of foreign students seeking admission to U.S. universities, and a corresponding surge in enrollments in Australia, Singapore and the U.K.
Objections from American university and business leaders led to improvements in the process and a reversal of the decline, but the United States is still seen by many as unwelcoming to international students.
I) Most Americans recognize that universities contribute to the nation’s well-being through their scientific
research, but many fear that foreign students threaten American competitiveness by taking their knowledge and skills back home. They fail to grasp that welcoming foreign students to the United States has two important positive effects: first, the very best of them stay in the States and—like immigrants throughout history—strengthen the nation; and second, foreign students who study in the United States become ambassadors for many of its most cherished (珍视) values when they return home. Or at least they understand
them better. In America as elsewhere, few instruments of foreign policy are as effective in promoting peace and stability as welcoming international university students.
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46. American universities prepare their undergraduates for global careers by giving them chances for international
study or internship.
47. Since the mid-1970s, the enrollment of overseas students has increased at an annual rate of 3.9 percent.
48. The enrollment of international students will have a positive impact on America rather than threaten its
competitiveness.
49. The way research is carried out in universities has changed as a result of globalization.
50. Of the newly hired professors in science and engineering in the United States, twenty percent come from
foreign countries.
51. The number of foreign students applying to U.S. universities decreased sharply after September 11 due to
changes in the visa process.
52. The U.S. federal funding for research has been unsteady for years.
53. Around the world, governments encourage the model of linking university-based science and industrial
application.
54. Present-day universities have become a powerful force for global integration. 55. When foreign students leave
America, they will bring American values back to their home countries.
Section C
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). You should decide on
the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the
centre.
Passage One
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organization led by Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general.
The report, to be released Friday, analyzed data and existing studies of health, disaster, population and economic trends. It found that human-influenced climate change was raising the global death rates from illnesses including malnutrition (营养不良) and heat-related health problems.
But even before its release, the report drew criticism from some experts on climate and risk, who questioned its methods and conclusions.
Along with the deaths, the report said that the lives of 325 million people, primarily in poor countries, were being seriously affected by climate change. It projected that the number would double by 2030.
Roger Pielke Jr., a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum’s report was “a methodological embarrassment” because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受伤害的) regions. Dr. Pielke said that “climate change is an important problem requiring our utmost attention.” But the report, he said, “will harm the cause for action on both climate change and disasters because it is so deeply flawed (有瑕疵的).”
However, Soren Andreasen, a social scientist at Dalberg Global Development Partners who supervised the writing of the report, defended it, saying that it was clear that the numbers were rough estimates. He said the report was aimed at world leaders, who will meet in Copenhagen in December to negotiate a new international climate treaty.
In a press release describing the report, Mr. Annan stressed the need for the negotiations to focus on increasing the flow of money from rich to poor regions to help reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards while still curbing the emissions of the heat-trapping gases. More than 90% of the human and economic losses from climate change are occurring in poor countries, according to the report.
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56. What is the finding of the Global Humanitarian Forum?
A) Rates of death from illnesses have risen due to global warming.
B) Global temperatures affect the rate of economic development.
C) Malnutrition has caused serious health problems in poor countries.
D) Economic trends have to do with population and natural disasters.
57. What do we learn about the Forum’s report from the passage?
A) It caused a big stir in developing countries.
B) It was warmly received by environmentalists.
C) It aroused a lot of interest in the scientific circles.
D) It was challenged by some climate and risk experts.
58. What does Dr. Pielke say about the Forum’s report?
A) Its statistics look embarrassing.
B) It deserves our closest attention.
C) It is invalid in terms of methodology.
D) Its conclusion is purposely exaggerated.
59. What is Soren Andreasen’s view of the report?
A) Its conclusions are based on carefully collected data.
B) It is vulnerable to criticism if the statistics are closely examined.
C) It will give rise to heated discussions at the Copenhagen conference.
D) Its rough estimates are meant to draw the attention of world leaders.
60. What does Kofi Annan say should be the focus of the Copenhagen conference?
A) How human and economic losses from climate change can be reduced.
B) How rich countries can better help poor regions reduce climate hazards.
C) How emissions of heat-trapping gases can be reduced on a global scale.
D) How rich and poor regions can share responsibility in curbing global warming.
Passage Two
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
It’s an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My partner says no because the boiler could go, or the roof fall off, and we have no savings to save us. I say you only live once and we work hard and what’s the point if you can’t go on holiday. The joy of a recession means no argument next year – we just won’t go.
Since money is known to be one of the things most likely to bring a relationship to its knees, we should be grateful. For many families the recession means more than not booking a holiday. A YouGov poll of 2,000 people found 22% said they were arguing more with their partners because of concerns about money. What’s less clear is whether divorce and separation rates rise in a recession –financial pressures mean couples argue more but make splitting up less affordable. A recent research shows arguments about money were especially damaging to couples. Disputes were characterised by intense verbal (言语上的) aggression, tended to be repeated and not resolved, and made men, more than women, extremely angry.
Kim Stephenson, an occupational psychologist, believes money is such a big deal because of what it symbolises, which may be different things to men and women. “People can say the same things a bout money but have different ideas of what it’s for,” he explains. “They’ll say it’s to save, to spend, for security, for freedom, to show someone you love them.” He says men are more likely to see money as a way of buying status and of showing their parents that they’ve achieved something.
“The biggest problem is that couples assume each other knows what’s going on with their finances, but they don’t. There seems to be more of a taboo (禁忌) about talking about money than about death. But you both need to know what you’re doing, who’s paying what into the joint account and how much you keep separately. In a healthy relationship, you don’t have to agree about money, but you have to talk about it.”
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61. What does the author say about vacationing?
A) People enjoy it all the more during a recession.
B) Few people can afford it without working hard.
C) It is the chief cause of family disputes.
D) It makes all the hard work worthwhile.
62. What does the author mean by saying “money is known ... to bring a relationship to its knees” (Lines 1-2,
Para. 2)?
A) Money is considered to be the root of all evils.
B) Disputes over money may ruin a relationship.
C) Few people can resist the temptation of money.
D) Some people sacrifice their dignity for money.
63. The YouGov poll of 2,000 people indicates that in a recession ________.
A) couples show more concern for each other
B) it is more expensive for couples to split up
C) conflicts between couples tend to rise
D) divorce and separation rates increase
64. What does Kim Stephenson believe?
A) Men and women view money in different ways.
B) Money is often a symbol of a person’s status.
C) Men and women spend money on different things.
D) Money means a great deal to both men and women.
65. The author suggests at the end of the passage that couples should ________.
A) put their money together instead of keeping it separately
B) discuss money matters to maintain a healthy relationship
C) make efforts to reach agreement on their family budgets
D) avoid arguing about money matters to remain romantic
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.
剪纸（paper cutting）是中国最为流行的传统民间艺术形式之一。中国剪纸有一千五百多年的历史，在明朝和清朝时期（the Ming and Qing Dynasties）特别流行。人们常用剪纸美化居家环境。特别是在春节和婚庆期间，剪纸被用来装饰门窗和房间，以增加喜庆的气氛。剪纸最常用的颜色是红色，象征健康和兴旺。中国剪纸在世界各地很受欢迎，经常被用作馈赠外国友人的礼物。
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Tape Script of Listening Comprehension
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.
1. M: Finally I’ve got the chance to put on my new suit tonight. I hope to make a good impression on your family.
W: Come on, it’s only a family reunion. So jeans and T-shirts are just fine.
Q: What does the woman mean?
2. W: From here, the mountains look as if you could just reach out and touch them.
M: That’s why I chose this lodge. It has one of the best views in Switzerland.
Q: What is the man’s chief consideration in choosing the lodge?
3. M: Miss, can I interest you in the pork special we’re serving tonight? It’s only $7.99, half the usual price,
and it’s very tasty.
W: Oh, really? I’ll try it.
Q: What does the man say about the dish?
4. W: This crazy bus schedule has got me completely confused. I can’t figure out when my bus to Cleveland
leaves.
M: Why don’t you just go to the ticket window and ask?
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
5. M: Shawn’s been trying for months to find a job. But I wonder how he could get a job when he looks like that.
W: Oh, that poor guy! He really should shave himself every other day at least and put on something clean.
Q: What do we learn about Shawn?
6. M: Why didn’t you stop when we first signaled you at the crossroads?
W: Sorry, I was just a bit absent-minded. Anyway, do I have to pay a fine?
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
7. W: My hand still hurts from the fall on the ice yesterday. I wonder if I broke something.
M: I’m no doctor, but it’s not black and blue or anything. Maybe you just need to rest it for a few days.
Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?
8. M: I really can’t stand the way David controls the conversation all the time. If he’s going to be at your
Christmas party, I just won’t come.
W: I’m sorry you feel that way, but my mother insists that he come.
Q: What does the woman imply?
Conversation One
M: Hello, Professor Johnson.
W: Hello, Tony. So what shall we work on today?
M: Well, the problem is that this writing assignment isn’t coming out right. What I thought I was writing on was to talk about what a particular sport means to me—one I participate in.
W: What sport did you choose?
M: I decided to write about cross-country skiing.
W: What are you going to say about skiing?
M: That’s the problem. I thought I would write about how peaceful it is to be out in the country.
W: So why is that a problem?
M: As I start describing how quiet it is to be out in the woods, I keep mentioning how much effort it takes to keep going. Cross-country skiing isn’t as easy as some people think. It takes a lot of energy. But that’s not part of my paper, so I guess I should leave it out. But now I don’t know how to explain that feeling of peacefulness without explaining how hard you have to work for it. It all fits together. It’s not like just sitting down somewhere and watching the clouds roll by. That’s different.
W: Then you’ll have to include that in your point. The peacefulness of cross-country skiing is the kind you earn by effort. Why leave that out? Part of your point you knew beforehand, but part you discovered as you wrote.
That’s common, right?
M: Yeah, I guess so …
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. What is the topic of the man’s writing assignment?
10. What problem does the man have while working on his paper?
11. What does the woman say is common in writing papers?
Conversation Two
W: Good evening, and welcome to this week’s “Business World,” the program for and about businesspeople.
Tonight we have Mr. Steven Kane who has just taken over an established bicycle shop. Tell us, Mr. Kane, what made you want to run your own store?
M: Well, I’ve always loved racing bikes and fixing them. When I was working full-time as a salesman for a big
company, I seldom had time to enjoy my hobby. I knew then that as soon as I had enough money to get my own business going, I’d do it. I had my heart set on it, and I didn’t let anything stand in my way. When I went down to the bank and got a business loan, I knew I’d love being my own boss. Now my time is my own.
I open the store when I want and leave when I want.
W: You mean you don’t keep regular hours?
M: Well, the sign on my store says the hours are 10:00 to 6:00, but if business is slower than usual, I can just lock up and take off early.
W: Have you hired any employees to work with you yet?
M: Yeah, a couple of friends of mine who love biking as much as I do. They help me out a few days a week. It’s great because … we play cards or just sit around and talk when there’re no customers.
W: Thank you, Mr. Kane. We wish you success in your new business.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. What is the woman doing?
13. What did Mr. Kane do before he took over the bicycle shop?
14. Why did the man take over a bicycle shop?
15. What do we learn about the people working in the shop?
Section B
Directions: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 Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
I first met Joe Gans when we were both nine years old, which is probably the only reason he’s one of my best friends. If I had first met Joe as a freshman in high school, we wouldn’t even have had the chance to get to know each other. Joe is a day student, but I am a boarding student. We haven’t been in the same classes, sports, or extracurricular activities.
Nonetheless, I spend nearly every weekend at his house and we talk on the phone every night. This is not to say that we would not have been compatible if we had first met in our freshman year. Rather, we would not have been likely to spend enough time getting to know each other due to the lack of immediately visible mutual interests. In fact, to be honest, I struggle even now to think of things we have in common. But maybe that’s what makes us enjoy each other’s company so much.
When I look at my friendship with Joe, I wonder how many people I’ve known whom I never disliked, but simply didn’t take the time to get to know. Thanks to Joe, I have realized how little basis there is for the social divisions that exist in every community. Since this realization, I have begun to make an even more determined effort to find friends in unexpected people and places.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. Why does the speaker say Joe Gans became one of his best friends?
17. Where does the speaker spend most of his weekends?
18. What has the speaker learned from his friendship with Joe?
Passage Two
While Gail Opp-Kemp, an American artist, was giving a speech on the art of Japanese brush painting to an audience that included visitors from Japan, she was confused to see that many of her Japanese listeners had their eyes closed. Were they turned off because an American had the nerve to instruct Japanese in their own art form? Were they deliberately trying to signal their rejection of her?
Opp-Kemp later found out that her listeners were not being disrespectful. Japanese listeners sometimes close their eyes to enhance concentration. Her listeners were showing their respect for her by chewing on her words.
Someday you may be either a speaker or a listener in a situation involving people from other countries or members of a minority group in North America. Learning how different cultures signal respect can help you avoid misunderstandings. Here are some examples:
In the deaf culture of North America, many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but by waving them in the air.
In some cultures, both overseas and in some minority groups in North America, listeners are considered disrespectful if they look directly at the speaker. Respect is shown by looking in the general direction but avoiding direct eye contact.
In some countries, whistling by listeners is a sign of approval, while in other countries, it is a form of
insult.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. What did Opp-Kemp’s speech focus on?
20. Why do Japanese listeners sometimes close their eyes while listening to a speech?
21. What does the speaker try to explain?
Passage Three
One of the greatest heartbreaks for firefighters occurs when they fail to rescue a child from a burning building because the child—frightened by smoke and noise—hides under a bed or in a closet and is later found dead.
Saddest of all is when children catch a glimpse of the masked firefighter but hide because they think they have seen a monster.
To prevent such tragedies, firefighter Eric Velez gives talks to children in his community, explaining that they should never hide during a fire. He displays firefighters’ equipment, including the oxygen mask, which he encourages his listeners to play with and put on. “If you see us,” Velez tells them, “don’t hide. We are not monsters. We have come to rescue you.”
Velez gives his presentations in English and Spanish. Growing up in San Francisco, he learned Spanish from his immigrant parents.
Velez—and other firefighters throughout North America who give similar presentations—will never know how many lives they save through their talks, but it’s a fact that informative speaking saves lives. For example, several months after listening to an informative speech, Pete Gentry in North Carolina rescued his brother, who was choking on food, by using the method taught by student speaker Julie Parris.
In addition to saving lives, informative speakers help people learn new skills, solve problems, and acquire fascinating facts about the exciting world in which they live.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. Why do some children trapped in a burning building hide from masked firefighters?
23. What does the passage tell us about firefighter Eric Velez?
24. What do we learn about Pete Gentry?
大学英语四级考试新题型样卷答案 Part I Writing A Campaign Speech Good evening，ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for coming to this election campaign today. With the trust and complete support of my team, I am delighted to announce that I am running for chairman of the Student Union. As a diligent man with pleasant personality, I have been always considered to be a good team member. Meanwhile, as a big fan of sports I fully realize the importance of teamwork and advocate the spirit of being quicker and stronger. I possess strong determination to take firm steps toward achieving the objectives of my team. In addition, my working experience with the Student Union in the past two years will be extremely helpful to my future work here if I get elected. A sign of a really strong organization is that it can change its leadership without hindering its progress and without damaging its values. If I am elected, I believe I have the capability to lead the Union to advance in the right direction. I will cooperate well with my fellow members of the Union and take innovative measures, including establishing a student-information center, forming a teacher-student-friendship association, to make the Union a true assistance t o students’study and life here as well as a bridge of communication between teachers and students. Thank you very much! Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 1.Y 2.Y 3.N 4.N 5.Y 6.N 7.NG 8. municipalities and construction companies 9. $10 to $40 10. drop-off stations Part III Listening Comprehension Section A 11-15 DBACB 16-20 CDCDB 21-25 BCAAD Section B
大学英语四级新题型标准试题（一） Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of To Get along with Your Roommates. Y ou should write at least 120 words following the outline given below. 1. 室友之间的冲突在校园里常有发生 2. 冲突的主要原因 3. 室友之间如何和睦相处 To Get along with Your Roommate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 注意：此部分试题在答题卡 1 上。 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 on Answer sheet 1.
2洛基英语，中国在线英语教育领导品牌 2007.12阅读第一篇 Passage One Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year. As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface. A revelation (启示) came last week when I asked her, “Don’t you want to win again?”“No,”she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.” I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously (自发地) told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided”by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it. Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting (借用) my daughter’s experience. While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough a way to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices. 注意：此部分试题请*考试&大在答题卡2上作答。 57. What do we learn from the first paragraph? A) A lot of distractions compete for children’s time nowadays. B) Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activities. C) Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her leisure time. D) Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing. 58. What did the author say about her own writing experience? A) She was constantly under pressure of writing more. B) Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers. C) She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer. D) Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations.
大学英语四级考试专家预测试卷 Total score: 710 Total time allowed: 130 minutes Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled To Curb Spending? You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below: 1. 现在许多大学生花钱大手大脚; 2. 有人认为社会整体生活水平提高了，大学生花钱多一些无可厚非; 3. 你的看法。 Part II Listening Comprehension (35 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 1with a single line through the centre. 1. A) The author isn’t an expert in economy. B) She has a better theory about the economy. C) She isn’t sure that the author’s idea would work. D) The author spends too much time arguing about details. 2. A) 7:45. B) 7:15. C) 7:30. D) 8:00.
2020年下半年英语四级考试题型介绍2020年下半年英语四级考试题型介绍 一、题型结构 大学英语四级和六级的试卷结构、测试内容、测试题型、分值比 例和考试时间如下表所示： 二、题型描述 1)写作 写作部分测试学生用英语实行书面表达的水平，所占分值比例为15%，考试时间30分钟。写作测试选用考生所熟悉的题材，要求考生 根据所提供的信息及提示（如：提纲、情景、图片或图表等）写出一 篇短文，四级120-180词，六级150-200词。 2)听力理解 听力理解部分测试学生获取口头信息的水平。录音材料用标准的 英式或美式英语朗读，语速四级约每分钟130词，六级约每分钟150词。听力部分分值比例为35%，其中对话占15%，短文占20%。考试时 间30分钟。 对话部分包括短对话和长对话，采用多项选择题的形式实行考核。短对话有8段，每段提一个问题；长对话有2段，每段提3-4个问题；对话部分共15题。每段对话均朗读一遍，每个问题后留有13-15秒的 答题时间。 短文部分包括短文理解及单词和词组听写。短文理解有3篇，采 用多项选择题的形式实行考核。四级每篇长度为220-250词，六级为240-270词。每篇短文朗读一遍，提3-4个问题，每个问题后留有13- 15秒的答题时间，共10题。单词及词组听写采用1篇短文，四级的长
度为220-250词，六级为240-270词。要求考生在听懂短文的基础上 用所听到的原文填写空缺的单词或词组，共10题。短文播放三遍。 3)阅读理解 阅读理解部分包括1篇长篇阅读和3篇仔细阅读，测试学生在不 同层面上的阅读理解水平，包括理解篇章或段落的主旨大意和重要细节、综合分析、推测判断以及根据上下文推测词义等水平。该部分所 占分值比例为35%，其中长篇阅读占10%，仔细阅读占25%。考试时间 40分钟。 长篇阅读部分采用1篇较长篇幅的文章，总长度四级约1000词， 六级约1200词。阅读速度四级约每分钟100词；六级约每分钟120词。篇章后附有10个句子，每句一题。每句所含的信息出自篇章的某一段落，要求考生找出与每句所含信息相匹配的段落。有的段落可能对应 两题，有的段落可能不对应任何一题。 仔细阅读部分要求考生阅读3篇短文。2篇为多项选择题型的短文理解测试，每篇长度四级为300-350词，六级为400-450词；1篇为选词填空，篇章长度四级为200-250词，六级为250-300词。短文理解 每篇后有若干个问题，要求考生根据对文章的理解，从每题的四个选 项中选择答案。选词填空要求考生阅读一篇删去若干词汇的短文，然 后从所给的选项中选择准确的词汇填空，使短文复原。 4)翻译 翻译部分测试学生把汉语所承载的信息用英语表达出来的水平， 所占分值比例为15%，考试时间30分钟。翻译题型为段落汉译英。翻 译内容涉及中国的历史、文化、经济、社会发展等。四级长度为140-160个汉字，六级长度为180-200个汉字。
大学英语4级题型分析大全 第一部分：听力长对话 题型分析 听力长对话（Long Conversations）的长度一般在6-20句之间，字数在120-25 0字之间。针对每篇长对话的问题可能会有2-5个。与短对话相比，长对话涉及的内容更深入，人物态度，语气，情感变化更复杂，一般不能简单依赖某个关键词来判断整篇对话的含义。一人一句的短对话涉及的只是一个“点”，而长对话涉及的是一个“面”。短对话的答案一般是“显而易见”的，而长对话有时更依赖于推断和判断。尽管如此，长对话必然有一个中心议题，中心议题正是该“面”的凝聚点，对话双方都是围绕该中心而展开话题，对于长对话而言，做出正确选择的关键就是把握住对话的中心思想。 由于对话较多，长对话的场景就显得格外重要，准确判断对话的场景（situati on），对把握对话的中心思想是非常有帮助的。这里所谈到的场景，是指人物，身份或职业，议论的问题，时间，地点等等的综合概念。清晰的场景会在考生头脑中形成氛围，容易把握对话的发展脉络，使对话情节的发展更加顺理成章。 对长对话的题型分析，不易于采取诸如：“关键词，因果关系，But转折，情感，态度”等分类方法。根据多年的实践经验，依据场景的不同，对长对话进行分类，有助于考生对“面’的把握能力的提高。下面是对长对话经常涉及到的几种情况做了归类，主要分成三大类：学习相关类，生活相关类和工作相关类。顾名思义，学习相关类与学习有密切联系，比如：选课，考试，论文等；生活相关类主要涉及到家庭，校院生活，娱乐，运动等；生活相关类多是找工作，面试等题材。下面列举几个常用典型场景的题型。 学习相关类 学习相关类往往是长对话的重点。内容粗略可分为教务场景，选课场景，补课场景和论文场景等。 （1）教务场景 场景人物：由教师（导师）或学监等教务人员向学生说明一些学校课程的安排情况。 场景涉及内容：学期计划，调课信息，考试安排，课程介绍等。 解题思路：教务人员总是细致地描述各项事务的细节问题，时间，地点，计划推迟或变更的原因往往是考查的重点。 经常出现的问题和答案 Q: Who is the speaker?
历年来英语四级考试格式 考试答题的顺序 1.作文分数106.5分 2.快速阅读71分 3.听力部分248.5分 4.是一篇篇章词汇理解和两篇传统的阅读理解，177.5分 5.是完形填空（极大可能考这个）71分 6.翻译，汉译英并且需译部分只是一般的短句翻译。35.5分 CET-4考试内容 一、试卷构成和成绩报道 就所测试的语言能力而言，试点阶段的四级考试由以下四个部分构成：1）听力理解；2）阅读理解；3）完型填空或改错；4）写作和翻译。 听力理解部分分值比例为35%；其中听力对话15%，听力短文20%。听力对话部分包括短对话和长对话的听力理解；听力短文部分包括选择题型的短文理解和复合式听写。 阅读理解部分分值比例为35%；其中仔细阅读部分（Reading in Depth）25%，快速阅读部分（Skimming and Scanning）10%。仔细阅读部分分为：a）选择题型的篇章阅读理解；b）篇章层次的词汇理解（Banked Cloze）或短句问答（Short Answer Questions）。快速阅读理解部分测试的是浏览阅读和查读能力。 完型填空或改错部分分值比例为10%。完型填空部分采用多项选择题型，改错部分的要求是辨认错误并改正。
写作和翻译部分分值比例为20%；其中写作部分（Writing）15%，翻译部分（Translation）5%。写作的体裁包括议论文、说明文、应用文等；翻译部分测试的是句子、短语或常用表达层次上的中译英能力。 具体比例搭配如下： 作文15%（有14分、12分、8分、6分、2分和0分四个档次，用时30分钟） 快速阅读10%(7个判断题每个1%，3个填空题也是1%，单词拼写错误不给分，用时15分钟) 听力35%（短对话8个，每个1%，长对话8个，每个1%，短文10个，每个1%，填词7个，每个0.5%，3个句子分别为2%，2%，2.5%。用时35分钟） 篇章阅读20%+词汇阅读5%（传统阅读10个，一个2%，选词阅读10%，一个0.5%。用时25分钟） 完型填空10%（20个小题，一题0.5%。用时15分钟） 翻译5%（一题1%。用时5分钟） 快速阅读的答题方式不一定 写作：30分钟， 107分（15%） 快速阅读 15分钟，70分（10%）
如何合理分配英语四级考试各个题型所用的时间想要顺利通过英语四六级考试，平时积累是一方面，考试技巧在很大程度上也起着关键性因素。只有将平时掌握的知识合理而且巧妙的运用到考试中，才能达到事半功倍的效果。 其实这点相对来说是最重要的，因为你现在在考先很难再提高基本实力了，考试策略非常非常重要，大家首先要知道，四级考试8点45分左右可以入场，9点钟之后考生就不能再入场了，9点10分考试是正式开始，开始写作部分，这一点我把总的需要注意的地方说一下。写作部分一定要用黑色铅字笔答题，你用其他颜色的笔有可能万一扫描不出来，因为现在全是网上阅卷，可能会影响你的得分。写作部分是30分钟，这部分你是无法进行时间上和其他题型的调整，不过30分钟不能全写，六级写150字就够了，四级写120字就够了，大概写25分钟左右，尽量把你写的作文花个四、五分钟时间再检查一次。因为我发现很多同学如果再检查一遍的话这样对得分有很重要的影响。 写完作文之后从9点40分开始做快速阅读，这部分是15分钟，也就是9点55分结束，这个基本上也没有办法和后面的试题做策略上的调整，不过要提醒大家做快速阅读的时候一定不能把全文都看了，一定要根据后面的10个题目中的重点信息迅速定位原文，如果看不懂的地方就不要看了。这部分作文之后9点55分就收答题卡1了，这上面有作文和快速阅读。然后10点钟听力考试就开始了，从听力
考试开始大家注意策略上就比较重要了，因为我刚才也提到听力考试大概是35分钟时间左右，每次考试可能有一、两分钟的调整，前面三部分短对话、长对话和文章都是选择题，这一部分而且只放一遍，肯定要听一下，这个也不能调整顺序。但是到第四部分对大部分人来说很难得到分数，也就是最后一部分相当于10%的听写部分，这部分我建议大家稍微听一下，听一遍，或者一遍半，就是你把前面7到8个单词尽量写一下，这个单词听两遍，这个单词听完之后后面的句子其实对大部分人来说，虽然说它占6分左右，但是很难得到分数。所以说还不如把这部分时间至少省5到7、8分钟以上，把这部分省下的时间放在后面的阅读理解部分，这部分很重要。 大概从10点半左右开始，也就是说听力你如果省一部分时间出来的话，从10点半开始做15选10，然后是完型填空，然后是翻译，15选10做5到10分钟，不要作为重点，因为它只有5分，相当于5分，而且它比较难，你花大量时间也不一定能做对，这个时间自己可以算一下，最多不能超过10分钟。 完型填空做10分钟时间左右，不要超过10分钟。再其次是做翻译题型，翻译题型占5%，算在写作部分，这5道题目但是不要求你写全句，只要求写半句，这5道题花的时间也最多不能超过5分钟，合理的时间是在3到5分钟之内，翻译题型耽搁太多时间，迅速在3到5分钟左右做完，然后把这三个题型，15选10，完型填空，然后是翻
大学英语四级改革阅读理解新题型——匹配题 练习1 Caring for elderly parents catches many unprepared [A ] Last July, Julie Baldocchi，s mother had a massive stroke and was paralyzed. Baldocchi suddenly had to become a family caregiver, something that she wasn"t prepared for. “I was flying by the seat of my pants,” says Baldocchi, an employment specialist in San Francisco. Both of her parents are 83, and she knew her father couldn’t handle her mother’s care. The hospital recommended putting her mother in a nursing home. Baldocchi wasn’t willing to do that. But moving her back into her parents’ home created other problems. Baldocchi, 48, is married and lives about a mile away from her parents. She has a full-time job and has back problems that make it difficult for her to lift her mother. “I couldn’t do it all,” she says. “But I didn’t even know how to find help.” [B] With help from the Family Caregiver Alliance, she eventually hired a live-in caregiver. “But even if you plan intellectually and legally, you’re never ready for the emotional impact,” Baldocchi says. In the first two months after her mother’s stroke, she lost about 30 pounds as stress mounted. More than 42 million Americans provide family caregiving for an adult who needs help with daily activities, according to a 2009 survey by the AARP. An additional 61.6 million provided at least some care during the year. And many are unprepared. [C] While many parents lack an advance care directive, it’s the most basic and important step they can take. The directive includes several parts, including: a durable power of attorney, which gives someone legal authority to make financial decisions on another’s behalf; a health care proxy, which is similar to the power of attorney, except it allows someone to make decisions regarding medical treatment; and a living will that outlines instructions for end-of-life care. (For example, parents can say if they want to be kept alive by artificial measures.) “It’s invaluable for the kids, because it’s hard to make those decisions for a parent,”says Jennifer Cona, an elder- law attorney at Genser Dubow Genser & Cona in Melville, N.Y. An advance care directive is the first line of defense if a situation arises, says Kathleen Kelly, executive director of the Family Caregiver Alliance, which supports and educates caregivers. Without an advance directive, the family will have to petition the court to be appointed the parent’s legal guardian, says https://www.doczj.com/doc/8818301054.html,. [D] It’s important for families to talk about long-term care so the adult children know their parents，preferences, wishes and goals, says Lynn Feinberg, a caregiving expert at AARP. But it’s not an easy conversation. Elderly parents are sometimes suspicious of their children’s financial motives, says Susan John, a financial planner at Financial Focus in Wolfeboro, N.H.
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A: Pizza Hut was started in 1958, by two brothers in Wichita, Kansas. Frank and Dan Carney had the idea to open a pizza parlor. They borrowed $600 from their mother, and opened the very first Pizza Hut. In 1959, the first franchise unit opened in Topeka, Kansas. Almost a decade later, Pizza Hut would be serving one million customers a week in their 310 locations. In 1970, Pizza Hut was put on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PIZ. B: In 1986, Pizza Hut introduced delivery service, something no other restaurant was doing. By the 1990's Pizza Hut sales had reached $4 billion worldwide. In 1998, Pizza Hut celebrated their 40th anniversary, and launched their famous campaign "The Best Pizzas Under One Roof." In 1996, Pizza Hut sales in the United States were over $5 million. Out of all the existing pizza chains, Pizza Hut had the largest market share, 46.4%. However, Pizza Hut's market share has slowly eroded because of intense competition from their rivals Domino's, Little Caesar's and newcomer Papa John's. Home delivery was a driving force for success, especially for Pizza Hut and Domino's.
大学英语四级考试专家预测试卷 T otal score: 710 T otal time allowed: 130 minutes Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled To Curb Spending? You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below: 1. 现在许多大学生花钱大手大脚; 2. 有人认为社会整体生活水平提高了，大学生花钱多一些无可厚非; 3. 你的看法。 Part II Listening Comprehension (35 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. 1. A) The author isn’t an expert in economy. B) She has a better theory about the economy. C) She isn’t sure that the author’s idea would work. D) The author spends too much time arguing about details. 2. A) 7:45. B) 7:15. C) 7:30. D) 8:00. 3. A) 5. B) 13. C) 4. D) 6. 4. A) Only the first part of the report is due next Friday. B) The reports should have been completed by today. C) Some students haven’t started their reports yet. D) Some students didn’t finish their reports yet. 5. A) The desk wasn’t so heavy as it looks.
全国英语四级考试题型分析 全国英语四级每年都会考两次，考试时间为每年的6月份、12月份（每年时间略有不同）。每年考试过后8月份或9月份公布成绩并颁发成绩单，根据教育部规定四六级考试不设置及格线，四级425分以上可以报考六级，所以大家普遍认为四级的合格线为425分。 全国英语四级考试的总分为710分。总共有四大题型，分别是写作、听力、阅读和翻译。下面就给大家分析一下全国英语四级考试的具体题型。 全国英语四级考试写作题型 写作部分测试学生用英语进行书面表达的能力，所占分值比例为15%，考试时间30分钟。写作测试选用考生所熟悉的题材，要求考生根据所提供的信息及提示(如：提纲、情景、图片或图表等)写出一篇短文，四级120-180词。 Ps：建议大家在平时的学习中多多积累好词佳句，考试的时候应用到写作中，可以提升大家的写作档次。 全国英语四级考试听力题型 为了适应新的形势下社会对大学生英语听力能力需求的变化，进一步提高听力测试的效度，取消短对话和短文听写，新增了3篇短篇新闻，其余测试内容不变。调整后的CET4听力时间为25分钟，考试起止时间调整为9:00-11:20。 Ps：每天听两套以上真题，参照原文将遇到的听力生词摘抄到本子上，每天用20到30分钟时间高声朗读这些词汇；此外，百度搜索零元课，该网站上有免费的MP3可以下载，可以把它下载到手机上，反复练习听。 全国英语四级考试阅读题型 阅读理解部分包括1篇长篇阅读和3篇仔细阅读，测试大家在不同层面上的阅读理解能力。这一部分所占分值比例为35%，其中长篇阅读占10%，仔细阅读占20%，选词填空占5%，考试时间40分钟。 Ps：阅读题是四级的重点题型，大家注意阅读是要多多练习的，在练习阅读之前建议大家先夯实基础知识。推荐巨微英语《四级真题/逐句精解》，这本书中的解析很是详细。书中一句一句精解单词和语法知识，很适合基础不好的人学习。书中还送了做题技巧解析的小册子，大家可以一边夯实基础，一边学习和总结做题技巧。 全国英语四级考试翻译题型 翻译部分测试学生把汉语所承载的信息用英语表达出来的能力，所占分值比例为15%，考试时间30分钟。翻译题型为段落汉译英。翻译内容涉及中国的历史、文化、经济、社会发展等。四级长度为140-160个汉字。 Ps：和写作一样需要积累语料，此外还要学习翻译做题技巧，可以上网找一些学习资料。