全国英语等级考试四级真题

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2006全国英语等级考试四级口试真题
1〉为什么你喜欢你的工作！
2〉网上购物购物的优点和缺点
2〉两个邻居 住了十几年互相都不认识 看图说明这个问题～！
4〉2个人，一排开着的水龙头，然后一个想去关的，一个说
“要电视台来暴光一下”
5〉你最饭？
6〉固体垃圾中30％是包装盒 谈论你的看法
7〉电影票从2毛到80元一张 看图说话
选择话题，谈谈你的看法。
09年PETS四级考试冲刺训练（1）
I __1_ by myself in my usual compartment for at least
10 minutes,waiting __2_.The train never seemed to start
on time and I often thought that I could have __3_ in
bed a little longer,or had another cup of tea before
_4__. Suddenly I heard someone __5_ on the platform
outside.A young girl _6__ towards the man on
duty put out his hand __7_ but she ran past him and opened
the door of my the whistle blew and the
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train started.


it take to _9__ London?
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much slower than others.

tomorrow,
new firm today and they told me that the man _12__ is
very strict.I __13_ him yet so I don't know __14_ but
he sounds a bit frightening.
She talked about the new job on the way to London and
before long,I realized that she _15__ for my firm.I _16__
in the firm for nearly 20 boss was really a
very strict own secretary _17__ so I must be her
new boss._18__ fair to her.

_19__.

train's late_20__.

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1) A have been sitting B had been sitting
C sitD am sitting
2) A for the train to start B the train starting
C the train startD for the train starting
3) A lainB laid C lied D lay
4) A I have left the home B I leave from home
C leaving home D to leave home
5) A shouting B shouted C was shouting D be shouting
6) A runningB runs C is runningD was running
7) A stop herB stops herC and stopped her D to stop her
8) A haven't I B wasn't I C don't ID didn't I
9) A get to B reach to C arrive to D make to
10) A mend me the watch B mend me my watch
C have my watch mendedD have mended my watch
11) A there was B there is C it isD it was
12) A I am going to work forB what I am going to work
for
C for which I am going to work D which I am going to work
for
13) A did not meet B haven't metC didn't know D haven't
known
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14) A what he is like B what is he like
C how he is D how is he
15) A had been working B will go to work
C is going to work D was going to working
16) A had been working B have been working
C workedD have worked
17) A was left B leavesC had left D have left
18) A there was B that was C it was D was
19) A know B knewC have known D had known
20) A so will the time be B the mine will be,too
C so will mine D mine will be,too
09年PETS四级考试冲刺训练（2）
Glass is everywhere in our is so common __1_
we hardly think about _2__ it when we look out of
the window and if we wear drink from it and
sometimes eat from light in our homes comes
through glass windows in the daytime and from glass
lights _3__.Glass __4_ in
homes,schools,businesss,industry,and automobiles.
Fortunately for us,glass is __5_ very inexpensive
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main material is sand from quatz
mixture is heated until it becomes a syrupy _6__. When
the liquid cools,it becomes glass.
No one knows __7_ first discovered glass or
humans used obsidian,a natural glass __8_ by
volcanoes,to make tools and probably
began making glass themselves around 3000 B.C. in
in a war __9_ Egypt and Syria in 1400
B.C,Syria became part of Egyptians took Syrian
glassmakers __10_ to Egypt,and over the centuries the
entire eastern Mediterranean area became a glassmaking
center.
Probably around 300 B.C. the blowpipe __11_. Egyptian
glassmakers developed the use of the
specialized _12__ beautiful jewelry,dishes,and other
containers.
The Romans soon started making their own they
_13__ that glass could be used to make windows.__14_
centuries later,Europeans made magnificent church
windows __15_ colored glass.
__16_ 1900 companies have developed many new types of
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glass is a sandwich of glass and
it breaks,the pieces stay together _17__ flying in all
invention is very useful _18__
automobile windows.
Today most glass is made __19_ machines in large
one _20__ it. People use television and
computers to control the machines.

1)A that B which C where D as
2)A look for B look in C look after D look through
3)A in night B at night C for night D with noght
4)A was used B used C is used D are used
5)A made from B made of C make from D make of
6)A solid B the solid C the liquid D liquid
7)A whom B whoever C who D whose
8)A was from B formed C was formed D was forming
9)A between B among C beneath D both
10) A from B go C back D come
11) A was discovered B was inventedC discovered D
invented
12) A in B on C for D from
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13) A knew B recognized C told D realized
14) A few B little C a few D a little
15) A from B to C into D on
16) A because B as C for D since
17) A instead B take place of C instead of D replace
18) A on B onto C into D in
19) A into B for C by D from
20) A smells B touches C sees D feels

全国公共英语考试四级全真试卷
Section I Listening Comprehension
Part A You will hear a recording of a conversation between
Mary and John about the Hilton Hotel and the Hotel Rossiya.
Listen to it and fill out the table with the information you've
heard for questions 1-5. Some of the information has been
completed for you. Write not more than 3 words in each numbered
box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds
to read the table below.
Information about the Hilton Hotel and the Hotel Rossiya
The Hilton

Hotel

Rossiya
The Hotel


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Number of

Bedrooms
Number of

Employees
Number of
12
Restaurants
Number of

Elevators
Country of
U.S.
Location
Tapescript:
M: Hi, Mary. How's everything?W: Fine. You know, John, I'm
planning to go to Las Vegas for a holiday and would like to
stay in a large hotel. Anything to recommend?M: Er? the Hilton
Hotel there is quite a large one. It has ? er ? 3,174 bedrooms.
It also has 12 restaurants and about 125,000 square feet of
convention space. There're a 10-acre recreation deck and a
stage show dining hall. Over 3,600 people now work for it.W:
Oh, great! Is it the largest hotel in the U.S.?M: Yes, it is.
But it may not be the largest in the world. Er ? as far as I
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is a 12-story building that has 3,200 rooms. It can provide
accommodation for 6,000 guests. It takes nearly 8 years and
a half to spend one night in each room. Besides, there's a
21-story towerin the central courtyard. It has
15 restaurants and 93 elevators. And it employs about 3,000
people. The ballroom is known as the world's largest. Russians
are not allowed to live in that hotel. And foreigners are
charged 16 times more than the very low rate charged Russian
officials.W: It's unbelievable ?[fade out]
Now you will hear the recording again. (The recording is
repeated.)
That is the end of Part A.
Part B You will hear a radio weather forecast. Answer
questions 6-10 while listening. Use not more than 5 words for
each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have
40 seconds to read the questions.

When will showers reach south-west England and the
southern coast of Wales?
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What will the minimum temperature be in the south during
the night?
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On what day of the week do you think this weather forecast
was given?
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What will be the general feeling about the weekend in the
Netherlands?
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What part of England will be cloudy and dry over the
weekend?
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W: Hello. It's been another warm and fine day for most of
us. Temperatures in south-east England reached twenty- six
degrees Centigrade by mid-afternoon, and Brighton had fifteen
hours of lovely sunshine. But already the weather is beginning
to change, I'm afraid, and during the night showers will slowly
move in from the Atlantic to reach south-west England and the
southern coast of Wales by early rest of the
country will have a very mild, dry night with minimum
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little cooler ? eleven degrees or so ? in the north. Any
remaining showers in northwest Scotland will pass quickly, to
leave a mild, dry night there now, the outlook for
Friday and the weekend. Well, southern Europe will once again
get the best of the weekend weather, and if your holiday starts
this weekend, then southern Spain is the place to go, with
temperatures of thirty-four degrees along the Mediterranean
coast. At the eastern end of the Med, too, you can expect
uninterrupted sunshine and temperatures of up to thirty-two
degrees Centigrade in Greece and south-east Italy, but further
north the weather's not so settled. Much of France, Belgium
and the Netherlands will be cloudy with occasional rain and
maximum temperatures will be around twenty-two degrees ? very
disappointing for this time of the nd and Northern
Ireland will have heavy rain for much of the weekend and
temperatures will drop to a cool seventeen degrees. Across most
of England the weather will be cloudy but mainly dry with sunny
periods. And when the sun does come out temperatures could rise
to a maximum of twenty-three degrees.
Now you will hear the recording again. (The recording is
repeated.)
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That is the end of Part B.
Part C You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before
listening to each one, you will have time to read the questions
related to it. While listening, answer each question by
choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have time to
check your answer. You will hear each piece once ons
11-13 are based on the following talk introducing Emily
Dickinson, a well-known American poet. You now have 30 seconds
to read questions 11-13.
11. How long did Emily Dickinson live in the house where
she was born?[A] almost all her life[B] less than half her
life[C] until 1830[D] before 1872
12. Which of the following is true of Emily Dickinson?[A]
She was not a productive poet.[B] She saw many of her poems
published.[C] She was not a sociable person.[D] She had contact
only with a few poets.
13. When was Emily Dickinson widely recognized?[A] after
Henry James referred highly to her[B] after seven of her poems
were published[C] after her poems became known to others[D]
after she was dead for many years
Tapescript:
M: Emily Dickinson is one of the greatest American poets.

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She was born in a typical New England village in Massachusetts
on December 10, 1830. She was the second child of the family.
She died in the same house fifty-six years later. During her
life time she never left her native land. She left her home
state only once. She left her village very few times. And after
1872 she rarely left her house and yard. In the last years of
her life she retreated to a smaller and smaller circle of family
and friends. In those later years she dressed in white, avoided
strangers, and communicated chiefly through notes and poems
even with intimates. The doctor who attended her illness was
allowed to
an opened door. She was thought of as a
her home village. When she died on May 15, 1886, she was unknown
to the rest of the world. Only seven of her poems had appeared
in to think Emily Dickinson only as a strange figure
is a serious mistake. She lived simply and deliberately. She
faced the essential facts of life. According to Henry James,
a famous American novelist, she was one of those on whom nothing
was lost. Only by thus living could Dickinson manage both to
fulfill her obligations as a daughter, a sister, and a
housekeeper and to write on the average one poem a read
only a few books but knew them deeply. Her poems are simple

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but remarkably rich. Not until 1950s was she recognized as one
of the greatest American poets.
Section II Use of English
Read the following text. Choose the best word for each numbered
blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET
(1).During the 1980s, unemployment and underemployment in
some countries was as high as 90 per cent. Some countries did
not 1 enough food; basic needs in housing and clothing were
not
(2) . Many of these countries looked to the industrial
processes of the developed nations
(3) solutions.
(4) , problems cannot always be solved by copying the
industrialized nations. Industry in the developed nations is
highly automated and very
(5) . It provides fewer jobs than labor-intensive
industrial processes, and highly
(6) workers are needed to
(7)and repair the equipment. These workers must be trained,
(8) many nations do not have the necessary training
institutions. Thus, the
(9) of importing industry becomes higher. Students must

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be sent abroad to
(10) vocational and professional training.
(11) , just to begin training, the students must
(12) learn English, French, German, or Japanese. The
students then spend many years abroad, and
(13) do not return nations agree that science and
technology
(14) be shared. The point is: countries
(15) the industrial processes of the developed nations
need to look carefully
(16) the costs, because many of these costs are
(17) . Students from these nations should
(18) the problems of the industrialized countries closely.
(19) care, they will take home not the problems of science
and technology,
(20) the benefits.
1. [A]generate [B]raise [C]produce [D]manufacture
2. [A]answered [B]met [C]calculated [D]remembered
3. [A]for [B]without [C]as [D]about
4. [A]Moreover [B]Therefore [C]Anyway [D]However
5. [A]expensive [B]mechanical [C]flourishing
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6. [A]gifted [B]skilled [C]trained [D]versatile
7. [A]keep [B]maintain [C]retain [D] protect
8. [A]since [B]so [C]and [D]yet
9. [A]charge [B]price [C]cost [D]value
10. [A]accept [B]gain [C]receive [D]absorb
11. [A]Frequently [B]Incidentally [C]Deliberately
[D]Eventually
12. [A]soon [B]quickly [C]immediately [D]first
13. [A]some [B]others [C]several [D]few
14. [A]might [B]should [C]would [D]will
15. [A]adopting [B]conducting [C]receiving [D]adjusting
16. [A]to [B]at [C]on [D]about
17. [A]opaque [B]secret [C]sealed [D]hidden
18. [A]tackle [B]learn [C]study [D]manipulate
19. [A]In [B]Through [C]With [D]Under
20. [A]except [B]nor [C]or [D]but
Section III Reading Comprehension
Part A Read the following four texts. Answer the questions
below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers
on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text 1
It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken.

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After six months of arguing and a final 16 hours of hot
parliamentary debates, Australia's Northern Territory became
the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take
the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure
was passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost
immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up,
half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the
Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on via the group's
on-line service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: posted bulletins
all day long, because of course this isn't just something that
happened in Australia. It's world import may
take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill
law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with
its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs
of relief; others, including churches, right-to-life groups
and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the
bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely
to turn back. In Australia ? where an aging population,
life-extending technology and changing community attitudes
have all played their part ? other states are going to consider
making a similar law to deal with euthanasia. In the U.S. and
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observers are waiting for the dominoes to start
the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request
death ? probably by a deadly injection or pill ? to put an end
to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed as terminally ill
by two doctors. After a
the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours
the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54-year-old
Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of
Terminally Ill law means he can get on with living without the
haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his
breathing condition. not afraid of dying from a spiritual
point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I'd go, because
I've watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen
and clawing at their masks,
1. From the second paragraph we learn that[A] the objection
to euthanasia is diminishing in some countries.[B] physicians
and citizens have the same view on euthanasia.[C]
technological changes are chiefly responsible for the new
law.[D] it takes time to appreciate the significance of laws
passed.
2. By saying that waiting for the dominoes
to start fallingthe authormeans that[A] observers are

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taking a wait-and-see attitude towards the future of
euthanasia.[B] there is a possibility of similar bills being
passed in the U.S. and Canada.[C] observers are waiting to see
the movement end up in failure.[D] the process of the bill
taking effect may finally come to a stop.
3. When Lloyd Nickson is close to death, he will[A] undergo
a cooling off period of seven days.[B] experience the suffering
of a lung cancer patient.[C] have an intense fear of terrible
suffering.[D] face his death with the calm characteristic of
euthanasia.4. What is the author's attitude towards
euthanasia?[A] Hostile.[B] Suspicious.[C] Approving.[D]
Indifferent.5. We can infer from the text that the author
believes the success of the right-to- diemovement is[A] only
a matter of time.[B] far from certain.[C] just an illusion.[D]
a shattered hope.
Part B
Read the following text carefully and then translate the
underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be
written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Do animals have rights? This is how the question is usually
put. It sounds like a useful, ground-clearing way to start.
61) Actually, it isn't, because it assumes that there is

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an agreed account of human rights, which is something the world
does not one view of rights, to be sure, it necessarily
follows that animals have none.
62) Some philosophers argue that rights exist only within
a social contract, as part of an exchange of duties and
entitlements. Therefore, animals cannot have rights. The idea
of punishing a tiger that kills somebody is absurd; for exactly
the same reason, so is the idea that tigers have rights. However,
this is only one account, and by no means an uncontested one.
It denies rights not only to animals but also to some people ?
for instance, to infants, the mentally incapable and future
generations. In addition, it is unclear what force a contract
can have for people who never consented to it: how do you reply
to somebody who says
is this: without agreement on the rights of people, arguing
about the rights of animals is fruitless.
63) It leads the discussion to extremes at the outset: it
invites you to think that animals should be treated either with
the consideration humans extend to other humans, or with no
consideration at all. This is a false choice. Better to start
with another, more fundamental, question: is the way we treat
animals a moral issue at all?Many deny it.

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64) Arguing from the view that humans are different from
animals in every relevant respect, extremists of this kind
think that animals lie outside the area of moral choice. Any
regard for the suffering of animals is seen as a mistake ? a
sentimental displacement of feeling that should properly be
directed to other view, which holds that torturing
a monkey is morally equivalent to chopping wood, may seem
bravely shallow: the confused
center is right to reject it. The most elementary form of moral
reasoning ? the ethical equivalent of learning to crawl ? is
to weigh others' interests against one's own. This in turn
requires sympathy and imagination: without which there is no
capacity for moral thought. To see an animal in pain is enough,
for most, to engage sympathy.
65) When that happens, it is not a mistake: it is mankind's
instinct for moral reasoning in action, an instinct that should
be encouraged rather than laughed at.
Section IV WritingWidespread tobacco consumption has led to
grave consequences, yet the tobacco companies are still
claiming that they make a valuable contribution to the world
an essay
1) criticizing their view and

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2) justifying your your essay, make full use of
the information provided in the pictures printed
should write approximately 160 ? 200 words on ANSWER SHEET
ORAL TEST
Part A
Interlocutor:1，Good morningafternoon. Could I have your mark
sheets, please? Thank you.(Hand over the mark sheets to the
Assessor)2，My name is ...and this is my colleague ... Heshe
is just going to be listening to us. So, you are ... and ...?
Thank you.3，First of all we'd like to know something about
you, so I'm going to ask some questions about
yourselves.(Select one or more questions from each of the
following categories as appropriate.)
Hometown1，Where are you from?2，How long have you lived
there?3，What's it like living there?
Family
· What can you tell me about your family?Work Study
· Can you tell me something about your work or studies?(To
a student)
· What do you specialize in?
· What do you enjoy most about your studies?
· What subject(s) do you like best?

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· Have you ever worked during the vacation?
· What kind of job did you do?
· How did you like it?(To an adult who already has a job)
· What job do you do?
· Do you like it? And why?
· What qualifications did you need in order to get your

· Do you have any hobbies?
· How did you become interested in (whatever hobby the
candidate enjoys)?
· Which do you prefer, watching TV or going to the cinema?
What sort ofprogram film do you like to watch?
· What kinds of sports are you interested in? Why?
· What kinds of music do you enjoy most? Why?
· How do you usually spend your holidays?
· Is there anywhere you would particularly like to visit?
Why?Future Plans
· What do you hope to do in your professional life in the
next few years?
· How important is English for your future plans? And
please give reasons tosupport your view.
Part B

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Interlocutor:
· Now I'd like you to talk about something between
yourselves but speak so thatwe can hear you. You should take
care to share the opportunity of speaking.(Put the picture in
front of both candidates and give instructions with reference
tothe picture.)
· You have a very close friend whose birthday is coming.
Discuss each of thechoices shown in the picture and decide
which you'd like to choose forcelebrating his birthday. Give
reasons for your decision.
· This picture is for your reference.
· You have three minutes for this.
· Would you like to begin now, please?
Part C
Interlocutor:
· I'm going to give each of you a picture and I'd like
you to first briefly describeand then give your comment on what
you see in the picture.(Put Picture 1 in front of both
candidates)
· Candidate A, this is your picture. You have three minutes
to talk about it.
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speaking. When heshehas finished, I'd like you to ask himher
a question about what heshe has said.
· Candidate A, would you like to begin now, please?
Candidate A: (three minutes)
Interlocutor:
· Thank you. Now, Candidate B, could you please ask your
partner a question?
(Half a minute for asking and answering the question)
(Take back Picture 1 and put Picture 2 in front of both
candidates)
· Ok, Candidate B, here is your picture. You also have
three minutes to talk aboutyour picture.
· Candidate A, listen carefully while Candidate B is
speaking. When heshe isfinished, I'd like you to ask himher
a question about what heshe has said.
· Candidate B, would you like to begin now, please?
Candidate B: (Three minutes)Interlocutor:
· Thank you. Now, Candidate A, could you please ask your
partner a question?(Half a minute for asking and answering the
question)
· Thank you. That is the end of the test.


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