2014年大学英语专四完形填空练习题及答案

14年专四真题答案解析一、听力（简答题）第一题：根据所听到的内容，回答提问。

原文：I went to a concert last night. The music was amazing, but the seats were very uncomfortable.分析：根据原文可知，人们在昨晚参加了音乐会，音乐很棒，但座位非常不舒服。

答案：The seats were uncomfortable.第二题：根据所听到的问题选择正确答案。

原文：Q: When is the meeting?A: It's on Wednesday.分析：根据原文可知，问题是关于会议时间的，答案是星期三。

答案：On Wednesday.第三题：根据所听到的内容，回答提问。

原文：I think the new movie is better than the book.分析：根据原文可知，人们认为新电影比书好。

答案：The new movie is better than the book.二、阅读理解第一篇：根据短文内容，选择正确的答案。

原文：The Great Wall is one of the most famous places in China. It was built by many men a long time ago. The GreatWall is very long. It is more than 6000 kilometers long! Itis more than 2000 years old.分析：根据原文可知，万里长城是中国最著名的地方之一，是很久以前由许多人修建的。

这座长城非常长，有6000多公里长！已有2000多年的历史。

答案：The Great Wall is 6000 kilometers long.第二篇：根据短文内容判断正（T）误（F）。

原文：In ancient Rome, parents believed that a good education was important for their children. Boys and girls learned to read and write. They also learned history, math, and science. Some children went to private schools, but most went to public schools. Wealthy families hired private teachers.分析：根据原文可知，古罗马的父母认为良好的教育对孩子很重要。

4月专四完型填空真题（网友版）2014年4月英语专四完形填空真题（网友版）真题原文：The Victorians had become addicted to speed and, like all speed crazy kids, they wanted to go ever faster. Time was money and efficiency became increasingly important. Although division of labour had been conceived by Adam Smith and illustrated by a pin factory in The Wealth of Nations in 1776, it could now become fully realised. This specialisation and - by implication - individualisation of labour was in marked contrast to the rural means of production, in which the family was the means of production, consumption and socialisation.With greater speed came a greater need for industries and businesses to make more and make it quicker. Steam made this possible and changed working life forever. Gone were the days when work was dictated by natural forces: steam engines were servant to neither season nor sunshine. Factories had foremen and life became correspondingly more regimented. The clocking-on machine was invented in 1885 and time and motion studies to increase efficiency would be introduced only some twenty years later. But it was not all bad news. Agricultural incomes depended on variable harvests and weather. Factories provided secure and predictable income, but long hours.Working life was becoming increasingly regulated, and the workingweek was reorganised to promote ever-greater efficiency. The old custom of St. Monday - when no work was done - was gradually phased out and to compensate, work stopped around midday on Saturday and did not resume until Monday morning. A new division between ‘work’ and ‘leisure’ emerged, and this new block of weekend leisure time coincided with the development of spectator sports like cricket and football, and the rise of music hall entertainment for the new working classes.建议考生加入收藏，我们将第一时间为大家提供最新信息，敬请期待！。

第一篇（2014）10个空缺为原真题中31，32，37，42，45，46，47，48，49，50，参考答案见真题解析相应题目。

Increasingly,conceived,practical,invented,secure,period,custom,compensate,until,rise 第二篇（2013年）10个空缺为原真题中32,34，37，38，41，43，44，46，48，50参考答案见真题解析相应题目。

nor,by means of,how,persons,larger,but,always,from,collected,fairer第三篇（2012年）10个空缺为原真题中3233,35,37,39,40,42,44,45,50参考答案见真题解析相应题目。

Destoryed,continously,collides with,however,unpredictable,crust,or,active,still,save第四篇（2011年）10个空缺为原真题中32,34,35,37,39,42,45,47,48,50参考答案见真题解析相应题目。

Proud,although,considerable,for,reaction,educate,role,make,transformation, immediate第五篇（2010年）10个空缺为原真题中32,35,39,40,41,43,44,45,47,50参考答案见真题解析相应题目。

Sounds,combined,filled,and,recall,increases,powerfully,charming,words,make 31、B32、A33、C[解析]根据句意，人会发出某种特定的声音来表示相应的思想感情、行为动作和其他事情，目的是为了交流，应选C项so that。

[点睛]句意关系题。

A项such that表示结果，在这个语境中不合适，这个短语的含义是“如此……以致”，例如：His behavior was such that everyone disliked him.他的行为使人人都讨厌他；B项as that搭配不当；D项in that表示原因。

2014专四部分真题第一篇：2014专四部分真题2014年英语专四考试真题答案完型填空部分The Victorians had become addicted to speed and, like all speed crazy kids, they wanted to go ever faster.Time was money and efficiency became increasingly important.Although division of labour had been conceived by Adam Smith and illustrated by a pin factory in The Wealth of Nations in 1776, it could now become fully realised.This specialisation andindividualisation of labour was in marked contrast to the rural means of production, in which the family was the means of production, consumption and socialisation.With greater speed came a greater need for industries and businesses to make more and make it quicker.Steam made this possible and changed working life forever.Gone were the days when work was dictated by natural forces: steam engines were servant to neither season nor sunshine.Factories had foremen and life became correspondingly more regimented.The clocking-on machine was invented in 1885 and time and motion studies to increase efficiency would be introduced only some twenty years later.But it was not all bad news.Agricultural incomesdepended on variable harvests and weather.Factories provided secure and predictable income, but long hours.Working life was becoming increasingly regulated, and the working week was reorganised to promote ever-greater efficiency.The old custom of St.Mondaywas gradually phased out and to compensate, work stopped around midday on Saturday and did not resume until Monday morning.A new division between 'work'and 'leisure' emerged, and this new block of weekend leisure time coincided with the development of spectator sports like cricket and football, and the rise of music hall entertainment for the new working classes.阅读部分真题（网友版）TEXT AAfter breakfast the boys wandered out into the play-ground.Here the day-boys were gradually assembling.They were sons of the local clergy, of the officers at the Depot, and of such manufacturers or men of business as the old town possessed.Presently a bell rang, and they all trooped into school.This consisted of a large, long room at opposite ends of which twounder-masters conducted the second and third forms, and of a smaller one, leading out of it, used by Mr.Watson, who taught the first form.To attach the preparatory to the senior school these three classes were known officially, on speech days and in reports, as upper, middle, and lower second.Philip was put in the last.The master, a red-faced man with a pleasant voice, was called Rice;he had a jolly manner with boys, and the time passed quickly.Philip was surprised when it was a quarter to eleven and they were let out for ten minutes' rest.The whole school rushed noisily into the play-ground.The new boys were told to go into the middle, while the others stationed themselves along opposite walls.They began to play Pig in the Middle.The old boys ran from wall to wall while the new boys tried to catch them: when one was seized and the mystic words saidhe became a prisoner and, turning sides, helped to catch those who were still free.Philip saw a boy running past and tried tocatch him, but his limp gave him no chance;and the runners, taking their opportunity, made straight for the ground hecovered.Then one of them had the brilliant idea of imitating Philip's clumsy run.Other boys saw it and began to laugh;then they all copied the first;and they ran round Philip, limping grotesquely, screaming in their treble voices with shrill laughter.They lost their heads with the delight of their new amusement, and choked with helpless merriment.One of them tripped Philip up and he fell, heavily as he always fell, and cut his knee.They laughed all the louder when he got up.A boy pushed him from behind, and he would have fallen again if another had not caught him.The game was forgotten in the entertainment of Philip's deformity.One of them invented an odd, rolling limp that struck the rest as supremely ridiculous, and several of the boys lay down on the ground and rolled about in laughter: Philip was completely scared.He could not make out why they were laughing at him.His heart beat so that he could hardly breathe, and he was more frightened than he had ever been in his life.He stood still stupidly while the boys ran round him, mimicking and laughing;they shouted to him to try and catch them;but he did not move.He did not want them to see him run any more.He was using all his strength to prevent himself from crying.选自：人性的枷锁 Of Human Bondage 第十一章参考答案： CBDBCTEXT BFor parents who send their kids of f to college saying, “These will be the best years of your life,” it would be very appropriate to add, “If you can handle the stress of college life.”Freshmen are showing up already stressed out, according to the latest CIRP FreshmanSurvey that reported students' emotional health levels at their lowest since the survey started in 1985.While in school,more students are working part-time and near-full-time jobs.At graduation, only 29 percent of seniors have jobs lined up.Pressure to excel often creates stress, and many students are not learning how to effectively handle this stress.1)Stress can make smart people do stupid things: Stress causes what brain researchers call “cortical inhibition.” In simple terms, stress inhibits a part of the brain responsible fordecision-making and reaction time and can adversely affect other mental abilities as well.2)The human body doesn't discriminate between a big stressful event and a little one: Any stressful experience will create a cascade of 1,400 biochemical events in your body.If any amount of stress is left unchecked, many things can occur within the body, including premature aging, impaired cognitive function and energy drain.3)Stress can become your new norm: When you regularly experience negative feelings and high amounts of stress, your brain recognizes this as your normal state.This then becomes the new norm, or baseline for your emotional state.4)Stress can be controlled: Countless studies demonstrate that people can restructure their emotional stateusing emotion-refocusing techniques.These techniques help you recognize how you are feeling and shift to a more positive emotional, mental and physical state.5)Stress less by loving what you study: Barbara Frederickson, a leading international authority on the importance of positive emotions, says humans are genetically programmed to seek positive emotions such as love and joy.It's suggested to choose a major or career path you love and enjoy.Otherwise, you could end up fighting against your own biology.选自：华盛顿邮报TEXT CFor anyone who doubts that the texting revolution is uponus, consider this: The average 13-to 17-year-old sends and receives 3,339 texts a month—more than 100 per day, according to the Nielsen Co., the media research firm.Adults are catching up.People from ages 45 to 54 sent and received 323 texts a month in the second quarter of 2010, up 75% from a year ago, Nielsen says.Behind the texting explosion is a fundamental shift in how we view our mobile devices.That they are phones is increasingly beside the point.Part of what's driving the texting surge among adults is the popularity of social media.Sites like Twitter, with postings of no more than 140 characters, are creating and reinforcing the habit of communicating in micro-bursts.And these sites also are pumping up sheer volume.Many Twitter and Facebook devotees create settings that alert them, via text message, every time a tweet or message is earmarked for them.In October 2009, 400 million texts alerted social-media users to such new messages across AT&T's wireless network, says Mark Collins, AT&T senior vice president for data and voice products;by September 2010, the number had more than doubled to one billion.(Twitter reports more than two billion tweets are sent each month.)…………选自：华尔街日报听写部分答案（网友版）Limiting the growth of technology throughout history man has changed his physical environment to improve his way of life.With the tools of technology man has altered many physicall features of the earth.He has transformed wood lands into farmland: He has modified the face of the earth by cutting through mountains to build roads and railways.However these changes in the physical environment have not always hadbeneficial results.Today, pollution of the planet.Each day, thousands of tons of gases come out of the vehicles: smoke from factories pollutes the aire of industrialized areas and the surrounding countryside.The air in cities is becoming increasingly unhealthy.The pollution of water is equally harmful.In the sea, pollution from oil is killing a lot of sea plant and fish.It is now necessary for man to limit the growth of technology in order to survive on the earth．作文范文（网友版）Nowadays, there is a widespread concern over the issue that should english majors study math.Some people hold that all of students should study math, others do not agree.As for me, I agree with the later opinion.WIth university budgets cut , more and more universities choose to cancel math education.Providing math as part of education helps develop intelligence that leads to greater success in school and in life.Every student in the nation should have aneducation in math until they prepare to work.Universities should do everything they can to spread the importance of math.And advance the resort of math education as part of the core.Giving a student opportunity to study accounting can promote his or her later success in society.Reseachers have found that students involved in math likely to succeed in society.Math is not only a skill, but also a culture in a word ,non english majors study english in college is benefit to their life and future.They should study Math in college.第二篇：英语专四：状语从句部分历年真题英语专四: 状语从句部分历年真题1.If you explained the situation to your solicitor, he ____ able to advise you much better than I can.(2005-51)A.would beB.will have beenC.wasD.were2.He asked me to lend him some money, which I agreed to do, ____ that he paid me back the following week.(2005-64)A.on occasionB.on purposeC.on conditionD.only if3.____ enough time and money, the researchers would have been able to discover more in this field.(1998-51)A.GivingB.T o giveC.GivenD.Being given4.You won’t get a loan ____ you can offer some security.(1996-41)A.lestB.in caseC.unlessD.other than5.____ time, he’ll make a first-class tennis player.(1996-42)A.HavingB.GivenC.GivingD.Had6._____ I was very much mistaken, there was something wrong with Louise.(1995-58)A.UnlessB.AsC.ThoughD.Since7._____ their policy can be changed the future for that country will be indeed bleak.(1993-46)A.Even ifB.UnlessC.Now thatD.As long as8.We could go to a concert _____ you’d prefer to visit a museum.(1992-49)A.ifB.becauseC.unlessD.since9.____ dull he may be, he is certainly a very successful top executive.(2006-51)A.AlthoughB.WhateverC.AsD.However10.____, Mr.Wells is scarcely in sympathy with the working class.(2005-52)A.Although he is a socialistB.Even if he is a socialistC.Being a socialistD.Since he is a socialist11.____ I like economics, I like sociology much better.(2003-49)A.As much asB.So muchC.How muchD.Much as12.Fool ____ Jane is, she could not have done such a thing.(2002-48)A.whoB.asC.thatD.like13._____ I sympathize, I can’t really do very much to help them out of thedifficulties.(2001-46)A.As long asB.AsC.WhileD.Even14.Even as a girl, ____ to be her life, and theater audiences were to be her bestteacher.(2001-42)A.performing by Melissa wereB.it was known that Melissa’sperformances wereC.knowing that Melissa’sperformances wereD.Melissa knew that performing was15.____ he always tries his best to complete it on time.(1999-51)A.However the task is hardB.However hard the task isC.Though hard the task isD.Though hard is the task16.Much as ____, I couldn’t lend him the money because I simply didn’t have thatmuch spare cash.(1999-52)A.I would have liked toB.I would like to haveC.I should have to likeD.Ishould have liked to17.____ he needed money for a new car, he decided not to borrow it from the bank.(1998-48)A.Much asB.Much thoughC.As muchD.though much18._____, he is ready to accept suggestions from different sources.(1997-46)A.Instead of his contributionsB.For all his notable contributionsC.His making notable contributionsD.However his notable contributions19.___ the Atlantic Ocean crosses the equator, the trade winds cause a flow of waterto the west.(1991-7)A.ThatB.WhenC.WhereD.Though20.The experiment requires more money than _____.(2002-49)A.have been put inB.being put inC.has been put inD.to be put in21.Intellect is to the mind ____ sight is to the body.(2001-45)A.whatB.asC.thatD.likenguage belongs to each member of the society, to the cleaner ____ to theprofessor.(1998-47)A.as far asB.the same asC.as much asD.as long ase and see me whenever _____.(1997-48)A.you are convenientB.you will be convenientC.it is convenient to youD.it will be convenient to you24.When I arrived at the meeting, the first speaker ___ and the audience ____.A.had finished speaking… were clappingB.had finished speaking… has clappedC.finished speaking … clappedD.finished speaking…were clapping25.Barry has an advantage over his mother ____ he could speak French.(2001-49)A.since thatB.in thatC.at thatD.so that26.She did her work ____ her manager had instructed.(2002-41)A.asB.untilC.whenD.though27.–Does Alan like hamburgers?(2003-45)-Yes.So much ____ that he eats them almost every day.A.forB.asC.toD.so28.Loudspeakers were fixed in the hall so that everyone ____ an opportunity to hearthe speech.(2006-56)A.ought to haveB.must haveC.may haveD.should have29.It was as a physician that he represented himself, and ___ he was warmly received.(1997-49)A.as suchB.such asC.as thatD.so that第三篇：英语专四真题全套历年真题全套Tape script（2006）TEM 4-----2006ConversationsConversation 1M: Hello!W: Oh, hello!You must be a new student.Did you find us OK?M: Well, I got a bit lost and I had to ask a stranger, but I got here eventually.W: Oh, dear!Have you come far today?M: Only from Brighton.I was staying with my brother.W: Oh, good.How did you get her?M:W: Aha, well you’d better tell me your name so I can find your form.M: It’s Mark Burn.W: Burn, Burn.Ah, yes.Oh, you’ve changed since this photo.M: No, I thought I’d better look smarter.W: Here is the key to your room.It’s 501.M: Thanks.How do I get there?W: Go to the end of this corridor.Turn left, and it’s the third door on the right.M: Thank you.Oh, there is a meeting for newstudents.What time is that?W: Half past five in theM: Thanks a lot.Bye!Key: 1.C2.A3.BConversation 2W: Hi, Steve, how are things?M: Hi, Maggie.Good, thanks.What’s new with you?W: Oh, I was just wondering if you wanted to go out tonight.M: Well, What’ve you got in mind?W: I thought we could just go for a walk.Maybe down to that part near the beach.M: Tonight? You must be joking!W:But I still want to go out somewhere.That new Tom Cruise’s film is on in town.How about that?M: Ok.What time does it start?W: Oh, I think it’s half past eight or something.I’ll just get the paper and have a look.Just hang on for a minute.Look, the film got a fantastic review in the paper last week.M: Ok, Ok.Where’re we going to meet?W:M: Ok.Where is it?W: Near the town hall and opposite the bank.M: Oh, yeah.I know where it is.Ok, look, I’ll meet you there at fifteen past eight.Key: 4.D5.B6.DConversation 3W: What are you reading, Bill?M: It’s this week’s New Scientist, Why?W: I was just wondering.It looks interesting.ButM: Oh,It usually has articles and stories about current affairs, about science as well as papers about new development and research.W: Oh, I’ve heard about it.Is it on the market yet? Can I buy one?M:.But the company has made other models to try out the business.W:M: You see the first video phones, that’s what they called, were made in Japan.But they can only show a still black-and-white image.So this videophone is much better than that.Mind you I am no sure I want one.Would you?W: Well, no.I don’t think I would.(Q7)?M: Yes, the early black-and-white ones cost several hundred pounds.But W: Mm,M: Business organizations that need to frequently contact overseas organizations would want it.It’s like a face-to-face conversation, so maybe a lot of overseas travel can be avoided.W: Key: 7.C8.D9.B10.APassagesPassage 1If you are in a western country, you often see people walking their dogs.It is still true that the dog is the most useful animal in the world.However,(Q13).Once upon a time, a man met a dog and wanted to help him in the fight against other animals, and the dog listened to him and did what he told him to do.and dogs did not eat what they got until their master agreed.Dogs were also used for driving sheep and guarding chickens(Q11).But now people in towns and cities do not need dogs to fight other animals anymore.Of course they keep them to fighting thieves, but the most important reason for keeping dogs is that they feel lonely in the city.For a child, a dog is his best friend when he has no friends to play with.For a young wife, a dog is her child when she does not have her own.For old people, a dog is also a child when their children have grown up and left.Key: 11.D12.A13.D Passage 2I am going to work in a totally new environment.I’ll have toget used to different working conditions.I am used to working in quite a high-tech sort of industry that’s got lots of machinery and everything.But now I am going toI’ll also have to get used to getting water from the well.Not having electricity, which means gas lamp in the evening, which means the difficulty of(Q15), which means different ways of getting your clothes washed.(Q17).Key: 14.B15.D16.A17.C Passage 3The most common type of child abuse, you know, is beating with hands or with an instrument, usually a cane in some places.(Q18), and parents have great expectations of their progress in school.Boys, of course, attract more abuse such as beating, because once again and(Q20).Most experts seem to agree that child abuse is caused by a combination of social and psychological factors.Families who beat their children are not particularly different from other people.The only difference that exists between them is that they lack skills in establishing good relationship with their children.These families too, generally speaking,(Q19).Some parents are hurting their children because they strongly believe in the use of traditional disciplinary methods, butThey are often the victims of violence themselves.Sometimes they even bear an unreasonable hatred for a child because they believe that the child has brought the family bad lack.Key: 18.B19.A20.CNews BroadcastsNews Item 1(21-22)American coast guard officials in Florida say(Q22).They said one of their planes spotted the Cubans more than half way through their journey, and the coast guard could not believe their eyes when they saw the vessel.The Cubans had attached floatsand propellers toKey: 21.D22.BNews Item 2(23)All large and medium-sized Chinese cities will have greater air quality monitoring by 2010, says a government official.The government has spent 150 million Yuan on air quality monitoring systems across China since 2000 when officials began paying greater attention to air quality monitoring.Key: 23.DNews Item 3(24-25)(Q25).andwhile at least another 68 died.One of the packed ferries carrying around 150 people capsized early on Sunday on the Meghan River, and(Q25)just one kilometers away, leaving 40 passengers missing afterKey: 24.B25.ANews Item 4(26)(Q26).follows in principle the agreement reached on the opening of the consulate between Australian Prime Minister and Indonesian President in Bali last month.Key: 26.CNews Item 5(27-28)(Q27).The two companies launched Lipton’s iced tea in Guangzhou last week in a fifty-fifty venture.(Q28)while Unilever provides the famous tea brand and recipe, company executive said.China has a growing bottle tea market estimated to be worth 10 billion Yuan.It has been dominated in recent years by two Taiwanese brands: Master Kong and Uni-president.Three other big brands---Nestle, Guangdong-based Jianlibao and Lipton have just entered the market this year.Swiss company Nestle is working in conjunction with Coca Cola.Key: 27.A28.C News Item 6(29-30)(Q29 & 30)on Saturday and(Q30)after Palestinian militants dealt Israel’s army its deadliest blow since 2002.Crowds at TelAviv’s main squarewhich has been delayed by hardliners in his right wing Likud Party.Key: 29.B30.D第四篇：专四09年真题答案环球时代英语专业考研 MTI翻译硕士专四专八日语考研等专四09年真题答案PARTIDICTATION录音原文New Year’s EveFor many people in the west, New Year’s Eve is the biggest party of the year.It’s time to get together with friends or family and welcome in the coming year.New Year’s parties can take place in different places.Some people hold a house party;others attend street parties, while some just go for a few drinks with their friends.Big cities have large and spectacular fireworks displays.There is one thing that all New Year’s Eve parties have in common---the countdown to midnight.When the clock strikes 12, people give a loud cheer and sing songs.It’s also popular to make a promise in the New Year.This is called the New Year’s resolution.Typical resolutions include giving up smoking and keeping fit.However the promise is often broken quite quickly and people are back into their bad habits within weeks or days.PARTIILISTENINGCOMPREHENSIONSECTIONACONVERSATIONS1.B2.C3.A4.C5.A6.D7.B8.C9.A10.DSECTIONBPASSAGES11.C12.A13.D14.B15.D16.A17.D18.C19.D20.ASECTIONCNEWSBROADCAST21.B22.C23.A24.B25.A26.A27.B28.C29.A30.BPARTIIICLOZE31.A32.B33.B34.D35.C36.C37.C38.D39.B40.C41.B42.A43.D44.C45.B46.A47.D48.C49.B50.CPARTIVGRAMMAR & VOCABULARY51.C52.B53.D54.A55.B56.A57.C58.B59.D60.D英语专业考研 MTI翻译硕士专四专八日语考研等61.A62.C63.B64.C65.D66.A67.C68.B69.A70.D71.B72.D73.C74.A75.A76.B77.D78.A79.C80.CPARTVREADINGCOMPREHENSION81.B82.A83.D84.D85.C86.A87.D88.B89.D90.B91.B92.B93.D94.A95.C96.C97.A98.D99.B100.APARTVIWRITINGSECTIONACOMPOSITION推荐范文：Will Tourism Bring Harm to the Environment?In recent years, tourism has developed rapidly in China.Many people believe that tourism produce positive effects on economic growth and we should try our best to promote tourism.But what these people fail to see is that tourism may bring about a disastrous impact on our environment.As for me, I'm firmly convinced that too much tourists bring harm to the environment.The bad impact of tourism on the environment has mainly expressed itself in various ways.One way is the process of exploiting a new scenic spot.In order to attract tourists, a lot of artificial facilities have been built, which have certain unfavorable effects on the environment.This process usually breaks the ecological balance of the area.In some mountainous places, trees are being cut down to build hotels for others to see and explore the beauty of the mountains.Then land slides and mud-rock flows come up.Another way the development of tourism has damaged the environment occurs when tourists go to scenic spots.Sometourists don't have the awareness to protect the environment, and ignorantly throw their garbage here and there.Some people even kill the local wildlife to eat, which badly damages the balance of the natural environment.It is wrong to sacrifice the environment for the growth of tourism.We must keep in mind that too much tourists bring harm to the environment.We need to find a balance between satisfying the needs of tourists and reducing the pollution they cause to a minimum.SECTIONBNOTE-WRITING推荐范文Apr 23,2009英语专业考研 MTI翻译硕士专四专八日语考研等Dear Li ly,I know you’re looking for a part-time job in the coming summer vacation.And I have just seen an ad for a private English tutor for a schoolboy on the campus.Since you’re good at English and like teaching, I think this job is very suitable for you.It not only helps you earn some money but also practice yourselves.So please think about it.Yours,Li Ming第五篇：2003年专四作文真题2003年专四作文真题：The Importance of Keeping a Good Mood（保持好心情的重要性）——关于身心健康Direction：People in modern society live under a lot of pressure, from education, career, or family.So it is important for them to keep a good mood under whatever circumstances.Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:The Importance of Keeping a Good MoodYou are to write in three parts:In the first part, state clearly what your view is.In the secondpart, support your view with appropriate reasons.In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.写作指南：这是一篇属于给定明确观点型的作文。

2014年6月大学英语四级真题及答案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 ADirections: 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。

专业英语四级答案：4月英语专四完形填空答案（网友版）2014年4月英语专四真题完形填空答案（网友版）答案选项：BDABD CACBD _ CBBD ACBDA真题原文：The Victorians had become addicted to speed and, like all speed crazy kids, they wanted to go ever faster. Time was money and efficiency became increasingly important. Although division of labour had been conceived by Adam Smith and illustrated by a pin factory in The Wealth of Nations in 1776, it could now become fully realised. This specialisation and - by implication - individualisation of labour was in marked contrast to the rural means of production, in which the family was the means of production, consumption and socialisation.With greater speed came a greater need for industries and businesses to make more and make it quicker. Steam made this possible and changed working life forever. Gone were the days when work was dictated by natural forces: steam engines were servant to neither season nor sunshine. Factories had foremen and life became correspondingly more regimented. The clocking-on machine was invented in 1885 and time and motion studies to increase efficiency would be introduced only some twenty years later. But it was not all bad news. Agricultural incomes depended on variable harvests and weather. Factories provided secure and predictable income, but long hours.Working life was becoming increasingly regulated, and the working week was reorganised to promote ever-greater efficiency. The old custom of St. Monday - when no work was done - was gradually phased out and to compensate, work stopped around midday on Saturday and did not resume until Monday morning. A new division between ‘work’ and ‘leisure’ emerged, and this new block of weekend leisure time coincided with the development of spectator sports like cricket and football, and the rise of music hall entertainment for the new working classes.。

专业四级考试试题及答案解析(二十)一、Writing (composition)（本大题1小题．每题15.0分，共15.0分。

Writea composition of about 150-200 words on the following topic:）第1题Among the various factors that can have influence on young adults, the family and friends stand out most. But there is disagreement on which of the two is the most important of all factors. Some people think that the family is the most important influence on young adults. Other people think that friends are the most important influence on young adults. Which view do you agree with? Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:Factors Influencing Young AdultsYou are to write in three parts:In the first part, state specifically what your view is.In the second part, support your view with one or two reasons.In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion. Marks will be awarded according to its content, organization and appropriate use of language.Failure in any of those requirements will result in the loss of mark. 【正确答案】：答案:Factors Influencing Young AdultsIn the life process of a youngster, various factors can influence him, of which the family and friends usually stand out most. Which of the two is more important? In my opinion, it is friends who have the most powerful influence on young adults.According to social psychologists, children love their parents so much that they simply adore them, imitating their speech and behavior. By the time they are adults themselves, they have changed so much that they take their parents as equal adults belonging to a different and out-of- date generation. Consequently, the influence of parents begins to decrease. With the image of their parents as perfect or imperfect idols gone from their mind, young adults turn to the outside world. Youngsters share the same or similar perspectives and values. At this stage, they may not be able to find new idols, but they certainly influence each other in many aspects. They may also be influenced by many other factors in outside world, but comparatively speaking, the influence on them in most cases come from those peers around them.Of course, not all children follow suit. Some of them may get stuck totheir parents and some may turn to their teachers. However, generally speaking, mostly friends are the most important influence on young adults.二、Writing(Note-Writing)（本大题1小题．每题10.0分，共10.0分。

2014年大学英语专四完形填空练习题及答案(1)It is fashionable for the amateur administrators who run international sporting events to ___ 1___ that sportsmanship is a thing of the past and to put the blame for everything wrong with sport on the growth of professionalism. They ___ 2___that when the modern Olympic Games began, athletes felt that ___3___ was sufficient reward for them to compete. They are ___ 4 ___that some athletes today run as work and expect to be paid for what they do. The truth is that ___ 5___ high ideals were always an aspiration and ne ver had ___ 6___ to do with reality. The Olympic Games of 1900 and 1904 were tied up with business, because they ___ 7___ organized as a seconda ry attraction to international trade fairs. It was a frequent occurrence ___ 8___ athletes to be disqualified for breaking the rules and ___ 9 ____ one occasion the losing team in the Olympic football final ___ 10___ off the field and refused to go on with the game. The love of amateurism and the belief that ___ 11___ is important is how ___ 12___ behave on t he field, not whether you win or lose, comes from a time ___ 13___ the o nly people who played games seriously ___ 14___ to earn their leaving. E ven ___ 15___, it was common for rich men and universities in some count ries to subsidize “amateurs”by paying their bills or tuition fees.1. A. complain B. praise C. emphasize D. point out2. A. were claiming B. would have claimed C. claimed D. claim3. A. this B. that C. it D. they4. A. expected B. horrified C. happy D. grateful5. A. this B. so C. such D. such a6. A. a great many B. lot C. little D. much7. A. would be B. should be C. could be D. were8. A. that B. which C. there D. for9. A. in B. on C. at D. with10.A.walked B. set C. ran D. left11.A.what B. which C. it D. this12.A.will you B. do C. you D. to13.A.when B. how long C. that D. for14.A.need B. didn’t have C. had D. have to15.A.now B. though C. then D. if1. A) 根据上下文和语义线索可猜测句义为：那些经办国际体育赛事的业余体育官员们抱怨体育道德已经成为历史。

2014年12月英语四级真题及答案（文字版）考试采取“多题多卷”模式，试题顺序不统一，请依据试题进行核对...........................................................................................................................Part I Writing Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the foll owing topic. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 作文题一：印象最深的活动 AA campus activity that has benefited most. 作文题二：印象最深的课程 A course that has impressed you most in college. 作文题三:印象最深的同学 A classmate of yours who has influenced you most in college．Part II Listening Section A Directions： In this section，you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversatio ns. 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 I with a single line through the centre. Question 1 A.The man is not good at balancing his budget. B.She will go purchase the gift herself. C.The gift should not be too expensive. D.They are gonging to Jane's house-warming party. Question 2 A.He is quite willing to give the woman a hand. B.It takes patience to go through the statistics. C.He has prepared the statistics for the woman. D.The woman should take a course in statistics. Question 3 A.Page 55 is missing from the woman's scripts. B.They cannot begin their recording right away. C.The woman does not take the recording seriously. D.The man wants to make some changes in the scripts. Question 4 A.The date of Carl's wedding. B.The birthday of Carl's bride. C.A significant event in July. D.Preparation for a wedding. Question 5 A.The woman forgot to tell the man in advance. B.The man was absent from the weekly meeting. C.The woman was annoyed at the man's excuse. D.The man was in charge of scheduling meetings. Question 6 A.The woman is a marvelous cook. B.The woman has just bought an oven. C.The man has to leave in half an hour. D.The man cannot want for his meal. Question 7 A.How she can best help the man. B.Where the man got the bad news. C.What items sell well in the store. D.Whether the man can keep his job. Question 8 A.The woman can sign up for a swimming class. B.He works in the physical education department. C.The woman has the potential to swim like a fish. D.He would like to teach the woman how to swim. Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Question 9 A.He teaches in a law school. B.He loves classical music. C.He is a diplomat. D.He is a wonderful lecturer. Question 10 A.Went to see a play. B.Watched a soccer game. C.Took some photos. D.Attended a dance. Question 11 A.She decided to get married in three years. B.Her mother objected to Eric’s flying lessons. C.She insisted that Eric pursue graduate studies. D.Her father said she could marry Eric right away. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Question 12 A.Editor. B.Teacher. C.Journalist D.Typist. Question 13 A.The beautiful Amazon rainforests. B.A new railway under construction. C.Big changes in the Amazon valley. D.Some newly discovered scenic spot. Question 14 A.In news weeklies. B.In newspapers' Sunday editions. C.In a local evening paper. D.In overseas editions of U.S. magazines. Question 15 A.To be employed by a newspaper. B.To become a professional writer. C.To sell her articles to a news service. D.To get her life story published soon. 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 I with a single line throu gh the centre. Passage One Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. Question 16 A.Nodding one's head. B.Waving one's hand. C.Holding up the forefinger. D.Turning the right thumb down. Question 17 A.Looking away from them. B.Forming a circle with fingers. C.Bowing one's head them. D.Waving or pointing to them. Question 18 A.Looking one's superior in the eye. B.Keeping one's arms folded while talking. C.Showing the sole of one's foot to a guest. ing a lot of gestures during a conversation. Passage Two Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard. Question 19 A.They had to beg for foot after the harvest. B.They grew wheat and corn on a small farm. C.They shared a small flat with their relatives. D.The children walked to school on dirt roads. Question 20 A.Tour Ecuador's Andes Mountains. B.Earn an annual income of $2800. C.Purchase a plot to build a home on. D.Send their children to school. Question 21 A.The achievements of the Trickle Up Program. B.A new worldwide economic revolution. C.Different forms of assistance to the needy. D.The life of poor people in developing countries. Passage Three Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. Question 22 A.They are highly sensitive to cold. B.They are vitally important to our life. C.They are a living part of our body. D.They are a chief source of our pain. Question 23 A.It has to be removed in time by a dentist. B.It is a rare oral disease among old people. C.It contains many nerves and blood vessels. D.It is sticky and colorless film on the teeth. Question 24 A.It can change into acids causing damage to their outer covering. B.It greatly reduces their resistance to the attacks of bacteria. C.It makes their nerves and blood vessels more sensitive to acid food. D.It combines with food particles to form a film on their surface. Question 25 A.Food particles. B.Gum disease. C.Unhealthy living habits. D.Chemical crosion.Section C Stunt people(替身演员) are not movie stars, but they are the hidden heroes of many movie s. They were around long before films. Even Shakespeare may have used them in fight scenes. To be good, a fight scene has to look real. Punches must (26)______ enemies' jaws. Sword fig hts must be fought with(27)______ swords. Several actors are usually in a fight scene. Their moves must be set up so that no one gets hurt. It is almost like planning a dance performanc e. If a movie scene is dangerous, stun people usually(28)______the stars. You may think you see Tom Cruise running along the top of a train. But it is(29)______ his stunt double. Stunt people must(30)______ the stars they stand in for. Their height and build should be about th e same. But when close-ups are needed, the film(31)______ the star. Some stunt people(32)______ in certain kinds of scenes. For instance, a stunt woman name d Jan Davis does all kinds of jumps. She has leapt from planes and even off the top of a wat erfall. Each jump required careful planning and expert(33)______. Yakima Canutt was a famous cowboy stunt man. Among other stunts, he could jump from a se cond story window onto a horse's back. He(34)______ the famous trick of sliding under a movi ng stagecoach. Canutt also(35)______ a new way to make a punch look real. He was the only st unt man ever to get anOscar.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Directions：In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to sel ect one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passag e. 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 tha n once. For decades, Americans have taken for granted the XXXX development of new technologies. The innovations(创新)XXXX opment during World War II and afterwards were(36)_____ to the pro sperity of the nation in the second half of the 20th century. Those innovations, upon which virtually all aspects of(37)_____ society now depend, were possible because the United State s then(38)_____ the world in mathematics and science education. Today, however, despite incr easing demand for workers with strong skills in mathematics and science, the(39)_____ of deg rees awarded in science, math, and engineering are decreasing. The deeling in degree production in what are called the STEM disciplines(science, techno logy, engineering, and math.)seems to be(40)_____related to the comparatively weak performan ce by U.S. schoolchildren on international assessments of math and science. Many students en tering college have weak skills in mathematics. According to the 2005 report of the Business Higher Education Forum, 22 percent of college freshmen must take remediat(补习的)math(41)___ __, and less than half of the students who plan to major in science or engineering(42)_____c omplete a major in those fields. The result has been a decrease in the number of American college graduates who have the skills, (43)_____ in mathematics, to power a workforce that can keep the country at the fore front(前言)of innovation and maintain its standard of living. With the(44)_____ performance of American students in math and science has come increased competition from students from o ther countries that have strongly supported education in these areas. Many more students ear n(45)_____ in the STEM disciplines in developing countries than in the United States. A.accelerating B.actually C.closely D.contemporary E.courses F.critical G.declining H.degrees I.especially J.future K.led L.met M.procedures N.proportions O.sphetesSection B Directions：In this section，you are going to read a passage with ten statements attache d to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the pa ragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Ea ch paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding lett er on Answer Sheet 2. Ban sugary drinks that will add fuel to the obesity war [A] On a train last Thursday, I sat opposite a man who was so fat he filled more than on e seat. He was pale and disfigured and looked sick to death, which he probably was: obesity(肥胖的)leads to many nasty ways of dying. Looking around the carriage, I saw quite a few peo ple like him, including a couple of fatty children with swollen checks pressing against thei r eyes. These people are part of what is without exaggeration an epidemic(流行病)of obesity. [B] But it is quite unnecessary: there is a simple idea- far from new- that could spare millions of such people a lifetime of chronic(长期的)ill health, and at the same time save t he National Health Service(NHS)at least ￡14 billion a year in England and Wales. There woul d, you might think, be considerable public interest in it. This simple idea is that sugar is as good- or as bad- as poison and should be avoided. It is pure, white and deadly, as Profes sor John Yudkin described it 40 years ago in a revolutionary book of that name. The subtitle was How Sugar Is Killing Us. [C] In its countless hidden forms, in ready meals, junk food and sweet drinks, sugar lea ds to addiction(瘾), to hormonal upsets to the appetite, to metabolic(新陈代谢的)malfunction s and obesity and from there to type 2 diabetes(糖尿病)and its many horrible complication. I f people really grasped that, they would try to kick the habit, particularly as Britain is t he “ fat man of Europe” . They might even feel driven to support government measures to pr event people from consuming this deadly stuff. Yet so far this idea has met little but resis tance. [D] It is not difficult to imagine the vested interests(既得利益集团)lined up against an y sugar control- all the food and drink manufacturers, processors, promoters and retailers w ho make such easy pickings out of the magic powers of sugar. Then there are the liberals, wi th whom I would normally side, who protest that government regulation would be yet another i nstance of interference in our lives. [E]That is true, but people should realize that you cannot have a welfare state without a nanny state(保姆国家), to some degree. If we are all to be responsible for one another’s health insurance, through socialized medicine, then we are all closely involved in one anoth er’s health, including everyone’s eating and drinking. That has already been admitted, fin ally, with smoking. But it has yet to be admitted with overeating, even though one in four a dults in this country is obese and that number is predicted to double by the year 2050.Quite apart from anything else, obesity will cripple the NHS. [F]Recently, though, there have been signs that the medical establishment is trying to s ound the alarm. Last month the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges(AMRC)published a report say ing that obesity is the greatest public health issue affecting the UK and urging government to do something. [G]The report offers 10 recommendations, of which the first is imposing a tax of 20 perc ent on sugary drinks for at least a year, on top of the existing 20 percent value-added tax. That at least would be an excellent start. The amounts of sugar in soft drinks are horrifyin g, and turn straight to fat. As Professor Terence Stephenson, head of the AMRC, has said, su gary soft drinks are “the ultimate bad food. You are just consuming neat sugar. Your body d idn’t evolve to handle this kind of thing.” [H]Precisely. The risks of eating too much fat or salt(which are very different)pale int o insignificant compared with the harm done by sugar. And it is everywhere. [I]It is difficult to buy anything in a supermarket, other than plain, unprepared meat, fish or vegetables, that doesn’t have a large amount of sugar in it. This has come about because the prevailing scientific views of the 1960s and 1970s ignored the evidence about suga r, and instead saw fat as the really serious risk, both to the heart and other organs, as we ll as the cause of obesity. [J]The fashion was to avoid fat. But finding that food with much of its fat removed is n ot very appetizing, food producers turned to sugar as a magic alternative flavor enhancer, o ften in the forms of syrups(糖浆)that had recently been developed from corn, and put it gene rously into most prepared foods and soft drinks. [K]This stuff is not just fattening. It is addictive. It interferes with the body’s met abolism, possibly via the activity of an appetite-controlling hormone. There’s plenty of ev idence for this, for those who will accept the truth. [L]Theoretically, people ought to make “healthy choices” and avoid overeating. But sug ar additives are not easy to identify and are hard to avoid. So the snacking, over-drinking and over eating that makes people fat is not really their own fault: obesity is in large par t something that is being done to them. It should be stopped, or rather the government shoul d stop it. [M]Going round my local supermarket, I am constantly astonished that it is still legal t o sell all the poisons stacked high on the shelves. The problem is that they are worse than useless. They are poisonous. They are known to be addictive. They are known to make people o bese. And giving small children sweet drinks or bottles of fake juice all day long is nothin g less than child abuse. [N]Clearly, the sale of such stuff ought to be illegal. I hate to think of yet more gove rnment regulation. But a bit of tax on sweet soda and a little more health education, a bit of cooking in schools and banning vending machines(自动售货机)here and there — as suggested try the AMRC report — is not going to achieve very much. Labelling is quite inadequate. Wha t is needed is legislation banning high levels of sugary syrups used in foods and drinks. [O]In June 2012, the then minister for public health said the government was not scared of the food industry and had not ruled out legislation, because of the costs of obesity to t he NHS. However, nothing has happened yet. Why not have another Jammie Dodger biscuit and fo rget about it.46、Avoiding over-consumption of sugar can improve people’s health as well as save medical expenses.47、Laws should be passed to make it illegal to produce overly sweet foods or drinks.48、Giving small children sweet juices to drink all the time is equal to child abuse.59、Looking around, the author found obesity quite widespread.50、The number of obese people is expected to increase quickly in the next few decades.51、If people really understood the horrible consequences of sugary foods and drinks, they w ould support government measures against sugar consumption.52、It would be a very good beginning wo improve an additional tax on sugary drinks.53、The government has not yet taken any action to regulate sugar consumption although it in dicated its intention to do so some time ago.54、Sugar is far more harmful to health than fat and salt.55、Consumers of sweet foods are not really to blame because they cannot tell what food is s ugary.Section C Directions：There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some quest ions 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. The rise of the Internet has been one of the most transformative developments in human h istory, comparable in impact to the invention of the printing press and the telegraph. Over two billion people worldwide now have access to vastly more information than ever before, an d can communicate with each other instantly, often using Web-connected mobile devices they c arry everywhere. But the Internet’s tremendous impacts has only just begun. “Mass adoption of the Internet is driving one of the most exciting social, cultural, a nd political transformations in history, and unlike earlier periods of change, this time the effects are fully global,” Schmidt and Cohen write in their new book. The New Digital Age. Perhaps the most profound changes will come when the five billion people worldwide who c urrently lack Internet access get online. The authors do an excellent job of examining the i mplications of the Internet revolution for individuals, governments, and institutions like t he news media. But if the book has one major shortcoming, it’s that authors don’t spend en ough time applying a critical eye to the role of Internet businesses in these weeping change s. In their book, the authors provide the most authoritative volume to date that describes — and more importantly predicts — how the Internet will shape our lives in the coming deca des. They paint a picture of a world in which individuals, companies, institutions, and gove rnments must deal with two realities, one physical, and one virtual. At the core of the book is the idea that “technology is neutral, but people aren’t.” By using this concept as a starting point, the authors aim to move beyond the now familiar o ptimist vs. pessimist dichotomy(对立观点)that has characterized many recent debates about whether the rise of the Internet will ultimately be good or bad for society. In an interview w ith TIME earlier this week, Cohen said although he and his co-author are optimistic about ma ny aspects of the Internet, they’re also realistic about the risks and dangers that lie ahe ad when the next five billion people come online, particularly with respect to personal priv acy and state surveillance(监视). 56、In what way is the rise of the Internet similar to the invention of the printing pre ss and the telegraph? A.It transforms human history. B.It facilitates daily communication. C.It is adopted by all humanity. D.It revolutionizes people's thinking. 57、How do Schmidt and Cohen describe the effects of the Internet? A.They are immeasurable. B.They are worldwide. C.They are unpredictable. D.They are contaminating. 58、In what respect is the book The New Digital Age considered inadequate? A.It fails to recognize the impact of the Internet technology. B.It fails to look into the social implications of the Internet. C.It lacks an objective evaluation of the role of Internet businesses. D.It does not address the technical aspects of Internet communication. 59、What will the future be like when everybody gets online? A.People will be living in two different realities. B.People will have equal access to information. C.People don’t have to travel to see the world. D.People don’t have to communicate face to face. 60、What does the passage say about the authors of The New Digital Age? A.They leave many questions unanswered concerning the Internet. B.They are optimistic about the future of the Internet revolution. C.They have explored the unknown territories of the virtual world. D.They don’t take sides in analyzing the effects of the Internet. In 1950, a young man would have found it much easier than it is today to get and keep a job in the auto industry. And in that year the average autoworker could meet monthly mortgag e(抵押贷款)payments on an average home with just 13.4 percent of his take-home pay. Today a similar mortgage would claim more than twice that share of his monthly eamings. Other members of the autoworker’s family, however might be less inclined to tried the present for the past. His retired parents would certainly have had less economic security bac k then. Through-out much of the 1960s,more than a quarter of men and women and women age 65 and older lived below the poverty level, compared to less than 10 percent in 2010. In most stales, his wife could not have taken out a loan or a card in her own name. In 4 2 states, a homemaker had no legal claim on the earnings of her husband. And nowhere did a w ife have legal protection against family violence. Most black workers would not want to return to a time when, on average they earned 40 pe rcent less than their white counterparts(职位相当的人),white racially restrictive agreements largely prevented them from buying into the suburban neighborhoods being built for white wor king –class families.Today, new problems have emerged in the process of resolving old ones, but the solution is n ot to go back to the past. Some people may long for an era when divorce was still hard to co me by. The spread of no -fault divorce has reduced the bargaining power of whichever spouse is more interested in continuing the relationship. And the breakup of such marriages has cau sed pain for many families. The growing diversity of family life comes with new possibilities as well as new challen ges. According to a recent poll, more than 80 percent of Americans believe that their curren t family is as close as the one in which they grew up, or closer. Finding ways to imaginary golden age. 61、What do we learn about American autoworkers in 1950? A.They had less job security than they do today. B.It was not too difficult for them to buy a house. C.Their earnings were worth twice as much as today. D.They were better off than workers in other industries. 62、What does the author about retired people today? A.They invariably long to return to the golden past. B.They do not depend so much on social welfare. C.They feel more secure economically than in the past. D.They are usually unwilling to live with their children. 63、Why couldn’t black workers buy a house in a whitc suburban neighborhood ? A.They lacked the means of transportation. B.They were subjected to racial inequality. C.They were afraid to break the law. D.They were too poor to afford it. 64、What is the result of no-fault divorce ? A.Divorce is easier to obtain. B.Domestic violence is lessened. C.It causes little pain to either side. D.It contributes to social unrest. 65 、What does the author suggest society do? A.Get prepared to face any new challenges. B.Try to better the current social security. C.Narrow the gap between blacks and whites. D.Improve the lives of families with problemsPart IV Translation Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chines e into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2. 翻译题一：大熊猫是一种温顺的动物，长着独特的黑白皮毛。

TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2014)-GRADE FOUR-TIME LIMIT: 135 MIN PART I DICT ATION [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 CONVERSATIONSIn 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. Now, listen to the conversation.1. What are they mainly talking about in the conversation?A. Transport.B. Customers.C. Relocation.D. Restaurants.2. Which of the following is mentioned by Tim as a good reason for moving?A. More offi ce space.B. Convenient parking.C. Fewer office workers.D. A near-by train station.3. Why is Jane worried about winter in the new location?A. It is much colder there.B. There are few activities.C. There are no good restaurants.D. There is no cinema or theatre.Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation.4. Miss Parkinson became interested in her own business _______.A. before she worked for the media companyB. when she was on holiday five years agoC. after she went to therapists and classesD. after her friend recommended it to her5. Why did she ask her teachers to teach her at home?A. She was busier than before.B. It was more convenient.C. She liked to exercise at home.D. She was given a promotion.6. Which of the following is NOT true according to the conversation?A. She recommended people to take classes.B. She was willing to pay more for classes at home.C. She left her job immediately after her promotion.D. She regarded the business as a pastime at first.7. Why did she finally leave her job?A. She got bored with her job.B. She saw an opportunity.C. She needed the money.D. She was forced to leave.Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation.8. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the single-lens reflex?A. Different lenses can be used.B. Focusing is easier.C. You can see what you are taking.D. It is cheaper and lighter.9. According to the shop assistant, the main difference between the two types of cameras lies in _______.A. lensB. priceC. weightD. size10. It can be inferred from the conversation that the customer is more likely to buy _______ in the end.A. a single-lens cameraB. nothingC. a rangefinder cameraD. several lenses instead SECTION B PASSAGESIn this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.11. Which of the following details about the front of the house is CORRECT?A. The front is pink.B. The curtain is drawn.C. No window can be seen.D. There are two doors.12. What is to the immediate left side of the house?A. A washing line.B. Another house.C. A flat area.D. A chimney.13. Where is the small town in the picture?A. Between two hills.B. Further to the left of the house.C. At the back of the house.D. At the side of a hill.Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.14. When did Ben first become interested in Mongolia?A. When he grew up.B. When he learned Mongolian.C. When he returned home.D. When he was nine years old.15. Where did he spend most of his teenage years?A. In Mongolia.B. In the Arab world.C. In his hometown.D. In some other regions.16. We learn from the passage that Ben _______ while doing his master’s degree.A. became interested in classical MongolianB. learned classical and modern MongolianC. gave up modern MongolianD. mastered modern Mongolian17. Which of the following details is NOT true according to the passage?A. Ben wants to visit Mongolia when the weather is warm.B. Ben considers the travel expense reasonable.C. The trip today is expensive considering inflation.D. Ben was unable to travel to Mongolia in 1971.Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.18. Which is the height of towers at Sky Greens vertical farm?A. 9 meters.B. 20 meters.C. 100 meters.D. 40 meters.19. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The farm sells its vegetables to a local supermarket.B. The farm uses less water and energy to grow vegetables.C. The farm causes less pollution in its production.D. The farm sells at the same pri ce as imported produce20. According to the passage, one particular advantage of the Sky Green is _______.A. local climateB. local supportC. plan for expansionD. closeness to the city SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now. listen to the news.21. According to the passage, Turkish police were unsure about _______.A. when the woman was killedB. the main cause of the deathC. the woman’s identityD. why she failed to return home22. How many people had been detained by Turkish police?A. 9.B. 19.C.22.D. 33.Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.23. What is the situation now in Kidal according to the news?A. Islamist militants are still in control of the town.B. French forces have entered the town.C. French are going to land at the airport.D. Islamist militants are attacking the airport.24. Why did the French launch the military operation?A. To control Kidal airport.B. To protect the town.C. To protect the capital Bamako.D. To fight against Islamist militants.Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.25. Which of the following is TRUE about the immigration reform?A. It was proposed by a group of senators.B. Mr Obama had carried out the reform.C. Illegal immigrants would soon be given citizenship.D. The reform failed to improve the current system.26. According to Obama’s 2011 blueprint, how long would it take for illegal immigrants to gain citizenship?A. Eight years.B. Five years.C. Thirteen years.D. Eleven years.Questions 27 and 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.27. What is Lorraine Melvill’s business?A. Running a plasti c surgery clinic.B. Arranging for surgery and safaris.C. Providing consultancy to local people.D. Organizing trips to UK and American.28. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the news item?A. Local African clients helped keep her business going.B. Her clients were unable to pay her the money.C. Her business was affected by the global financial crisis.D. She still had as many European clients as before.Questions 29 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question. Now, listen to the news.29. What is the main idea of the news item?A. Foreign investment in unstable regions.B. BP’s presence in North Africa.C. Security concerns in risky countries.D. Protection for foreign oil workers.Questions 30 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question. Now, listen to the news.30. What is the main message of the news item?A. London attracts shoppers from all over the world.B. Most people in Nigeria live in poverty.C. Wealthier Nigerians become a big spender.D. People from the Middle East are the most wealthy. 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 Victorians had become addi cted to speed and they wanted to go ever faster. Time was money and efficiency became (31)____ important. Although divisions of labour had been (32)____ by Adam Smith and illustrated by a pin factory in The Wealth of Nations in 1776, (33)____ could now become fully realised. This specialization of labour was in (34)____ contrast to the rural means of production, in (35)____ the family was the means of production, consumption and socialization. (36)____ greater speed came a greater need for industries and businesses to make more and make it quicker. Steam made this (37)____ and changed working life forever (38)____ were the days when work was (39)____ by natural forces: steam engines were servant (40)____ neither season nor sunshine. Factories had foremen and life became correspondingly more (41)____. The clocking-on machine was (42)____ in 1885 and time and motion studies to increase efficiency would be introduced only (43)____ twenty years later. (44)____ it was not all bad news. Agricultural incomes depended on variable harvests and weather. Factories provided (45)____ and predictable income, but long hours.Working life was becoming increasingly regulated, and the working (46)____ was reorganised to promote ever-greater efficiency. The old (47)____ St. Monday - when no work was done - was (48)____, work stopped around midday on Saturday and did not resume (49)____ Monday morning. A new divisio n between “work” and “leisure” emerged, and this new block of weekend leisure time coincided with the development of spectator sports like cricket and football, and the (50)____ of music hall entertainment for the new working classes.31. A. increasingly B. surprisingly C. slowly D. obviously32. A. contributed B. informed C. spread D. conceived33. A. he B. it C. these D. those34. A. clear B. marked C. apparent D. firm35. A. that B. what C. where D. whi ch36. A. Upon B. Over C. With D. For37. A. possible B. practical C. worthwhile D. useful38. A. Passed B. Lost C. Gone D. Missed39. A. defined B. controlled C. limited D. di ctated40. A. over B. on C. by D. to41. A. standard B. controlled C. diffi cult D. dreadful42. A. designed B. created C. invented D. bought43. A. some B. certain C. these D. those44. A. For B. But C. Consequently D. Accordingly45. A. safe B. good C. continuous D. secure46. A. week B. period C. pattern D. practice47. A. culture B. behaviour C. custom D. habit48. A. repair B. compensate C. mend D. moderate49. A. before B. until C. on D. after50. A. raise B. increase C. trend D. presentPART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN] There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words, phrases or statements marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word, phrase or statement that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.51. It is essential that he ________ all the facts first.A. is examiningB. will examineC. examinesD. examine52. Which of the following sentences expresses a future action?A. Lucy is continually finding fault with her sister.B. We are meeting the visitors after the performance.C. The coach is now crossing the Garden Bridge.D. I’m hoping that you’ll give us some advice.53. Which of the following italicized parts is used as an object complement?A. The front door remained locked.B. The boy looked disappointed.C. Nancy appeared worried.D. He seemed to have no money left.54. Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?A. Physics is an important school subject.B. The Niagara Falls is in North America.C. The United States borders Canada.D. Mumps is a kind of infectious disease.55. Which of the following sentences indicates POSSIBILITY?A. The moon cannot al ways be at the full.B. Y ou cannot smoke inside the building.C. He cannot come today.D. She cannot play the piano.56. The boys in the family are old enough for ________.A. schoolsB. schoolC. the schoolD. the schools57. Which of the following italicized parts indicates a predi cate-object relationship?A. He was reading Mary’s letter in the room.B. Y ou can buy men’s shoes in this shop.C. Mrs. Black’s passport was lost.D. The enemy’s defeat brought the war to an end.58. Please pardon ________ you.A. my disturbingB. disturbing meC. to disturbD. that I disturb59. Which of the following tag questions is INCORRECT?A. Carry this parcel for me, will you?B. Nobody wants to go there, does he?C. Few people know him, don’t they?D. Everything is ready, isn’t it?60. Which of the following reflexive pronouns（反身代词）is used as an object?A. I spoke to the president himself.B. Frank is not quite himself today.C. Linda herself will play the violin.D. Y ou must pull yourself together.61. The research team can handle ________ needs to be handled.A. wheneverB. whicheverC. whereverD. whatever62. Which of the following italicized parts modifies an adverb?A. I rather like my teacher.B. That was a very funny film.C. Do it right now.D. We walked about 6 miles.63. When the se ntence “They had made a mess of the house” is turned into passive voice, which of the following isCORRECT?A. A mess had been made in the house.B. A mess had been made by them.C. The house had been made a mess of.D. The house had been made a mess.64. Fool ________ Michael is, he could not have done such a thing.A. asB. whoC. thatD. like65. When the sentence “Shall I drive you to the airport first?” is turned into indirect speech, which of the following is mostappropriate?A. He agreed to drive me to the airport first.B. He offered to drive me to the airport first.C. He advised me to go to the airport first.D. He suggested that I drive to the airport first.66. The interviewers were impressed by the high calibre of the applicants for the job. The underlined part means ________.A. criterionB. qualityC. qualificationD. level67. Her career has ________ a number of activities — composing, playing and acting.A. heldB. producedC. embracedD. combined68. The operation could ________ her life by two or three years.A. prolongB. increaseC. expandD. continue69. All her cousins and their children have fair hair. The underlined part means ________.A. fineB. darkC. thi ckD. light70. John always feels sluggish first thing in the morning. The underlined part means ________.A. sickB. inactiveC. dizzyD. drowsy71. The family of the vi ctim had to endure a long wait before the case cane to trial. The underlined part means ________.A. tolerateB. keepC. faceD. hold72. The chief of surgery became committee chairman by virtue of ________.A. seniorityB. serviceC. ageD. rank73.C. betrayedD. deceived74.C. break upD. break in75.C. shookD. stirred76.C. according toD. because of77.C. suspendingD. suspender78.C. possibleD. observable79.C. certaintyD. consideration80.C. possibleD. proposedPART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN] In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.TEXT AAfter breakfast the boys wandered out into the play-ground. Here the day-boys were gradually assembling. They were sons of the local clergy, of the officers at the Depot, and of such manufacturers or men of business as the old town poss essed. Presently a bell rang, and they all trooped into school. This consisted of a large, long room at opposite ends of whi ch two under masters conducted the second and third forms, and of a smaller one, leading out of it, used by Mr. Watson, who taught the first form. To attach the preparatory to the senior school these three classes were known offi cially, on speech days and in reports, as upper, middle, and lower second. Philip was put in the last. The master, a red-faced man with a pleasant voice, was called Rice;he had a jolly manner with boys, and the time passed quickly. Philip was surprised when it was quarter to eleven and they werelet out for ten minutes' rest.The whole school rushed noisily into the play-ground. The new boys were told to go into the middle, while the others stationed themselves along opposite walls. They began to play Pig in the Middle. The old boys ran from wall to wall while the new boys tried to catch them: when one was seized and the mystic words said - one, two, three, and a pig for me - he became a prisoner and, turning sides, helped to catch those who were still free. Philip saw a boy running past and tried to catch him, but his limp gave him no chance; and the runners, taking their opportunity, made straight for the ground he covered. Then one of them had the brilliant idea of imitating Philip’s clumsy run. Other boys saw it and began to laugh; then they all copied the first; and they ran round Philip, limping grotesquely, screaming with shrill laughter. They lost their heads with the delight of their new amusement, and choked with helpless merriment. One of them tripped Philip up and he fell, heavily as he always fell, and cut his knee. They laughed all the louder when he got up. A boy pushed him from behind, and he would have fallen again ifanother had not caught him. The game was forgotten in the entertainment of Philip’s deformity. Philip was completely scared. He could not make out why they were laughing at him. His heart beat so that he could hardly breathe, and he w as more frightened than he had ever been in his life. He stood still stupidly while the boys ran round him, mimicking and laughing; they shouted to him to try and catch them; but he did not move. He did not want them to see him run any more. He was using all his strength to prevent himself from crying.81. From the beginning of the passage we learn that ________.A. some pupils came from the local areaB. the school only accepted day-boysC. the school had only three classesD. Philip’s class w as part of the senior school82. What was Philip’s reaction to his class?A. He thought class was too short.B. He found his class surprising.C. He seemed to have enjoyed it.D. He wanted to change class.83. In the game Philip lost his ground because ________.A. the game wasn’t fit for new boys like himB. the playground wasn’t big enough for the gameC. he did not know the rules of the gameD. he could not run as quickly as other boys84. What did the boys do after Philip lost his ground?A. They continued with the game.B. They stopped to make fun of him.C. They changed to another game.D. They stopped and went inside.85. How did Philip feel in the end?A. He was ashamed of himself.B. He was very nervous.C. He was really horrified.D. He felt himself stupid. TEXT BFor parents who send their kids off to college saying, “These will be the best years of your life,” it would be very appropriate to add, “If you can handle the stress of college life.”Fres hmen are showing up already stressed out, according to the latest research study that reported students’ emotional health levels at their lowest since the survey started in 1985. While in school, more students are working part-time and near-full-time jobs. At graduation, only 29 percent of seniors have jobs lined up.Pressure to excel often creates stress, and many students are not learning how to effectively handle this stress. Let me show five facts that I believe every college student should know about stress.First, stress can make smart people do stupid things. Stress causes what brain researchers call “cortical inhibition.” In simple terms, stress inhibits a part of the brain responsible for decision-making and reaction time and can adversely affect other mental abilities as well.Second, the human body doesn’t discriminate between a big stressful event and a little one. Any stressful experience will create about 1,400 biochemical events in your body. If any amount of stress is left unchecked, many things can occur within the body, including premature aging, impaired cognitive function and energy drain.Third, stress can become your new pattern. When you regularly experience negative feelings and high amounts of stress, your brain recognizes this as your normal state. This then becomes the new norm, or baseline for your emotional state.Fourth, stress can be controlled. Countless studies demonstrate that people can restructure their emotional state using emotion-refocusing techniques. These techniques help you recognize how you are feeling and shift to a more positive emotional, mental and physical state.One technique involves slowing your thoughts and focusing on your heartbeat, breathing slowly and deeply, and focusing on the positive feeling that you receive.Finally, stress can be lessened by loving what you study. Barbara Frederickson, a leading international authority on the importance of positive emotions, says humans are genetically programmed to seek positive emotions such as love and joy. It's suggested to choose a major or career path you love and enjoy. Otherwise, you could end up fighting against your own biology.86. The author cites the latest research study in order to show that ________.A. students are studying harder in collegeB. most students have part-time job nowC. stress continues to the time of graduationD. students only feel stressed while in school87. According to the passage, stress might cause all the following negative effects EXCEPT ________.A. socialB. mentalC. emotionalD. physi cal88. In the author’s opinion, stress can be controlled by ________.A. doing what you preferB. identifying your present emotional state firstC. finding a more positive feeling firstD. focusing on your emotional state89. According to the context, what does “your own biology” mean in the last paragraph?A. Y our current major.B. Y our future job.C. Y our future research.D. Y our preference.90. Which of the following is the best as the title of the passage?A. Causes of Stress.B. Type of Stress. CollegeC. Life and Stress.D. Stress and Control Methods. TEXT CFor anyone who doubts that the texting revolution is upon us, consider this: The average 13- to 17-year-old sends and receives 3,339 texts a month—more than 100 per day, according to the Nielsen Co., the media research firm. Adults are catching up. People from ages 45 to 54 sent and received 323 texts a month in the second quarter of 2010, up 75% from a year ago, Nielsen says.Behind the texting explosion is a fundamental shift in how we view our mobile devices. That they are phones is increasingly beside the point.Part of what's driving the texting surge among adults is the popularity of social media. Sites like Twitter, with postings of no more than 140 characters, are creating and reinforcing the habit of communicating in micro-bursts.Economics has much to do with texting’s popularity. Text messages cost carriers less than traditional mobile voice transmissions, and so they cost users less. Sprint Nextel has reconceived its V irgin Mobile brand to cater to heavy texters in a difficult economy. For $25 per month, users get unlimited texting, email, social networking and 300 talk minutes; for another $15, they get an additional 900 talk minutes. The name of the brand's new wireless plan: “Beyond Talk.”Texting’s rise over conversation is changing the way we interact, social scientists and researchers say. We are now inclined to text to relay difficult information. We stare at our phone when we want to avoid eye contact. Rather than make plans in advance, we engage in what research have named “mi cro-coordination”—”I’ll txt u in 10mins when I know wh/ restrnt.”Texting saves us time, but it steals from quiet reflection. “When people have a mobile device and have even a little extra time, they will communicate with someone in their life,” says Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project.And the phone conversation will never be completely obsolete. Deal makers and other professionals still spend much of the day on the phone. Researchers say people are more likely to use text-based communications at the preliminary stages of projects. The phone comes into play when there are multiple options to consider or important decisions to be made.91. At the beginning of the passage, the author uses figures for the purpose of ________.A. introductionB. comparisonC. explanationD. transition92. According to the context, which of the following i s closest in meaning to “beside the point”?A. Unimportant.B. Unacknowledged.C. Underestimated.D. Undeniable.93. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause for texting’s popularity?A. Promotion of cheaper wireless packages.B. Increase in the number of adult texters.C. Redesign of mobile devices.D. Rise of social media.94. According to the passage, texting can help people to ________.A. face difficult situationsB. make appointments in advanceC. communicate wish strangersD. avoid awkward situations95. What is the passage mainly about?A. Texting’s popularity and effect.B. Role of texting in business.C. Preference to texting over thinking.D. Innovation of mobile devices.TEXT DThe healthy adolescent boy or girl likes to do the real things in life, to do the things that matter. He would rather be a plumber’s mate and do a real job that requires doing than learn about hydrostatics sitting at a desk, without understanding w hat practical use they are going to be. A girl would rather look after the baby than learn about child care. Logically we should learn about things before doing them and that is presumably why the pundits enforce this in our educational system. But it is not the natural way-nor, I venture to think, the best way. The adolescent wants to do things first for only then does he appreciate the problems involved and want to learn more about them.They do these things better in primitive life, for there at puberty the boy joins his father in making canoes, patching huts, going out fishing or hunting. He is serving his apprenticeship in the actual accomplishments of life. It is not surprising that anthropologists(人类学家) find that the adolescents of primitive communities do not suffer from the same neuroti c(神经质的) “difficulties”as those of civilized life. This is not, as some assume, because they are permitted more sexual freedom, but because they are given more natural outlets for their native interests and powers and are allowed to grow up freely into a full life of responsibility in the community.In the 19th century this was recognized in the apprenticeship system, which allowed the boy to go out with the master carpenter, or ploughman, to engage in the actual work of carpentry or roof-mending, and so to learn his trade. In some agricultural colleges at the present time young men have to do a year’s work on a farm before their theoretical training at college. The great advantage of this system is that it lets the apprentice see the practical problems before he sets to work learning how to solve them, and he can therefore take a more intelligent interest in his theoretical work.Since more knowledge of more things is now required in order to cope with the adult world, the period of growing-up to independence takes much longer than it did in a more primitive community, and the responsibility for such education, which formerly was in the hands of the parents, is now necessarily undertaken by experts at school. But that should not make us lose sight of the basic principle, namely the need and the desire of the adolescent to engage responsibly in the real pursuits of life and then to learn how — to learn through responsibility, not to learn before responsibility.。