月英语四级(CET-)考前押密试卷

心之所向，所向披靡

2012年12月英语四级(CET-4)考前押密试卷(3)
总分：710分 及格：426分 考试时间：140分

Part I Writing(30 minutes)

(1)1．近年来出现了大量因不同原因而出名的网络名人2．有人认为 这是网络时代的进步，
有人认为他们的出现是一种退步3．你的看法on Internet Celebrities


Part II (15 minutes)

(1)根据以下资料，回答{TSE}题。

(2)Some unhappy rich folks are presented as examples to________．


(3)Based on standard economics，additional wealth can provide_________．


(4)Why may too many choices be negative?


(5)The survey proves Gilbert's point that money increases happiness only when_____．

(6)In an expanding economy，the former luxuries____.


(7)According to Veenhoven，a nation can increase its population’s sense of well-being
by_______.


(8)Initiative that leads to a higher income is usually motivated by______.


(9)The concept that more money doesn’t buy more happiness drives most Americans_______.


(10)It is necessary for people to believe producing and consuming are routes to personal
well．being for a_______economy.


Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension：11-35

(1)点击按钮开始播放听力音频
{MP3:http:3}Questi
ons {TSE}are based on the conversation you have just heard．{TS}根据所听到的内容作答
_____。A)He used to be in good health． B) He was very handsome．C)He was somewhat
short．D)He looked somewhat old．


(2)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)At an airpor
B. B)At a beat doc
C. C)At a weather statio
D. D)At a beac


(3)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)Telling her daughter not to worr
B. B)Asking the teacher for special hel
C. C)Teaching her daughter by hersel
D. D)Having confidence in her daughtel


(4)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)Take part in the gam

B. B)Go to Washington and Los Angele
C. C)Watch the basketball gam
D. D)Miss the game and visit friend


(5)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)She’11 9et her money back from the sho
B. B)She can exchange the T-shia for a larger on
C. C)She’11 have to talk to the manager about i
D. D)She can complain to the Consumel，Associatio


(6)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)She forgot to cancel the reservatio
B. B)They can go to the restaurant tonigh
C. C)She has to work late tonigh
D. D) They don，t have a reservatio


(7)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)The mall agrees that the workload is heav
B. B)The man won’t be able to go to the lab toda
C. C)The man thinks the woman is being unfai
D. D)The man feels the assignment is reasonabl


(8)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)Michael brought the tape to the part
B. B)The tape had been returned to Ji
C. C)The tape couldn’t be found anywher
D. D)Michael has lent his tape to Ji


(9)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)Giving up smokin
B. B) Birth control of the famil
C. C)Plan for seeing a docto
D. D)Arrangement for breaking engagemen


(10)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)Smoking helps to lessen the pressur
B. B)Smoking helps him fall asleep quickl
C. C)He can get much happiness from smokin

D. D)Smoking brings more chances to make friend


(11)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)See a doctor to get 80me hel
B. B)Read books about the harm of smokin9．
C. C)Improve his self- controlling abilitie
D. D) Receive mental health treatmen


(12)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)Smoking is the only bad habit the man should chang
B. B)She doesn’t love the man as deep as befor
C. C)She doesn’t want to have a baby if the man smoke
D. D)Maybe she will leave the man if he continues to smok


(13)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)It is a house full of cleverly—designed devic
B. B)It can help people live a much easier lif
C. c)It is the most comfortable house availabl
D. D)It expresses the newest architectural styl


(14)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)The door will open with just a touch of the finger。
B. B) The refrigerator can figure out how much milk to bu
C. C) The robot can do all the housework very efficientl
D. D)The house Call put out a fire in a very short tim


(15)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)It's too wonderful to be tru
B. B)It，s too expen8ive for he
C. C)She considers it nothing fanc
D. D)She is considering buying on


(16)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)The father alone makes the important decisio
B. B)The mother alone make8 the important decisio
C. C)Children old enough are allowed to take par
D. D)Children should be seen but can，t air their vie

(17)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)Their parents don’t like to live with the
B. B)They need more freedom and spac
C. C)They need to become independen
D. D)They have to go to universitie


(18)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)It suits the values of equalit
B. B)It can cause serious problem
C. C)It does no goo
D. D)It goes too fa


(19)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)They have not enough mone
B. B)They have to leave hom
C. C)They feel useless and lonel
D. D)They haye no children or relative


(20)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)Breaking big rocks into little ones
B. B)Feeding his famil
C. C)Building a cathedra
D. D)Doing construction work


(21)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)Having a poin
B. B)Having flexibilit
C. C）Making sens
D. D)Being interestin9．


(22)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)Most of the people want to do meaningful wor
B. B)A majority of workers are doing meaningful wor
C. C）Happy workers can always find a well—paid jo
D. D)Meaningful workers are happy and better workerPassage Three


(23)根据所听到的内容作答_____。

A. A)One can improve listening by watching movie
B. B)Everybody wants to improve listening nowaday
C. C)There is a good way to memorize vocabularie
D. D)One needs to work hard to improve Englis


(24)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)Watch the film two more time
B. B)Memorize the scenes and storie
C. C)Listen to the film instead of watching i
D. D)Repeat what the characters say in the fil


(25)根据所听到的内容作答_____。
A. A)Choose one，s favorite fil
B. B)Memorize all the dialogue
C. C)Go to a movie theate
D. D)Praetice with a frien


Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension：36-46

(1)Questions are based on the
heard
conversation you have just
．



(2)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(3)请在第_____处填上正确答案。

(4)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(5)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(6)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(7)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(8)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(9)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(10)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(11)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


Part IV Reading Comprehension ：47-66

(1)根据以下资料，回答{TSE}题。

(2)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(3)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(4)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(5)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(6)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(7)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(8)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(9)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(10)请在第_____处填上正确答案。


(11)根据以下资料，回答{TSE}题。

{TS}The“spontaneous individuals”are most probably people who_______.
A. A)rely much on a eellphone in life
B. B)can live without a cellphone
C. C)act without much restraint
D. D)are boring in some way


(12)A phone user's location is shown by______.
A. A)which eeHphone tower he is connected to
B. B)which cellphone network he is connected to
C. C)how often he uses the phone every day
D. D)the content of his every phone call


(13)What did the cellphone data show about“routine”?
A. A)One’S routine affects his work pattern
B. B)Our routine affects our human nature
C. C)One’S work pattern determines his routine

D. D)Our human nature determines our routine


(14)According to the sixth paragraph，a person is more likely to______at night than in the early
evening．
A. A)be found at home
B. B) return home from work
C. C)go to his most visited place
D. D)take home as his most visited place


(15)What is the passage mainly about?
A. A) The new application of eeHphone
B. B)The predictability of one’s routin
C. C)The influence of cellphones on one’S routin
D. D)The factors that help determine one’s routin


(16)根据以下资料，回答{TSE}题。

{TS}What do we know about the unmarried men，according to the last sentence of the first
paragraph？
A. A)They got a 16%increase in household incom
B. B)They got a 16%decrease l’n household incom
C. C)Only16%of them were in financial difficult
D. D)Only16%of them earned more than in 1970．


(17)“Members of this thriving demographic”ale_____.
A. A)men who marry at the age of 30 to 44
B. B)women whose husbands age 30 to 44
C. C)men whose wives earn more than they do
D. D)women who earn m0re than their husbands


(18)It is found by the Pew Research Center that more and more of the least educated men_____．
A. A)earn less than their wives
B. B)are declined by white-collar women
C. C)refuse to malty white-collar women
D. D)have to remain single


(19)Compared with the 1970 unmarried low．income men，their 2007 counterparts_____．
A. A)had even less education
B. B)had lower marriage ratea
C. C)had slower growth in household income
D. D)had mole trouble adjusting for innation


(20)What does Conley imply by sayin9“This leads to family instability
A. A)Education determines the family stabilit
B. B)Income determines the family stabilit

C. C)Marriage rate is the index of family stabilit
D. D)Divorce rate is the index family stabilit


Part V Cloze ：67-86

(1) 根据以下资料，回


答{TSE}题。

{TS}请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A)evoked
B. B) evolved
C. C)called
D. D)developed


(2)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A)more than
B. B) rather than
C. C)better than
D. D)other than


(3)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A)via
B. B)on
C. C)at
D. D)in


(4)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A)resolutions
B. B)resoulqces
C. C)resorts
D. D)responses

(5)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A)optional
B. B)radical
C. C)initial
D. D)necessary


(6)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A)involved
B. B) invited
C. C)invested
D. D) indicated


(7)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A)Though
B. B)Besides
C. C)But
D. D)Since


(8)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A) accepted
B. B) kept
C. C) taken
D. D) owned


(9)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A) part-time
B. B) temporary
C. C) full-time
D. D) immediate


(10)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A) await
B. B) prevent
C. C) avoid
D. D) protest

(11)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A) otherwise
B. B) if
C. C) therefore
D. D) because


(12)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A) lessens
B. B) grows
C. C) lowers
D. D) adds


(13)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A) potential
B. B) expectation
C. C) prospect
D. D) desire


(14)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A) drifts
B. B) currents
C. C) trends
D. D) tides


(15)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A) tip
B. B) peak
C. C) end
D. D) head


(16)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A) consider
B. B) look
C. C) see
D. D) regard


(17)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A) which

B. B) what
C. C) as
D. D) that


(18)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A) currently
B. B) heavily
C. C) relatively
D. D) particularly


(19)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A) mostly
B. B) hardly
C. C) partially
D. D) occasionally


(20)请在第____处填上正确答案。
A. A) reflect
B. B) repeat
C. C) reemerge
D. D) rebuild

Part VI Translation ：87-91

(1)Astrology is the study of how the sun，the moon，planets，and stars____(与生命及世事联系)．


(2)Each greenhouse gas__(吸热的能力不同)in the atmosphere．


(3)With a lot of patience with oneself，most people__(成功克服了文化冲击)．


(4)There was a gap between__(消费者说什么和做什么)when it C01TIes to pur- chasing behavior
related to animal welfare issues．


(5)But for his good education，he__(就不会得到这份体面的工作)．

答案和解析
Part I Writing(30 minutes)
(1) :
写作指南：

这篇作文要求考生结合社会现象提出自己的看法，是典型的论说题型。第1段可简要提一下
原本无名的普 通人开始变为网络名人这种现象。由于本文是要重点阐述考生自己的看法，所
以可以把提纲中的第2点合 并到第1段．

点出人们的不同看法后直接摆出自己的观点；第2段再重点论述自己的观点 ；最后一段可以
对全文做个总结。如此便是一篇逻辑清晰、观点明确的作文。

当 然考生也可完全按照提纲中的点对应作文的三段，第1段提出现象，指出人们对此态度不
一，引出下文： 第2 段分别阐述两种观点，篇幅根据考生第3段所持的观点进行分配，即
考生站在哪一边，在这段中就 相应地加大笔墨：第3段简单点出自己的观点即可．

Part II (15 minutes)
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Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension：11-35
(1) :C
(2) :A

(3) :D





(4) :C





(5) :A





(6) :D

(7) :A





(8) :C





(9) :A

(10) :A





(11) :A

(12) :D





(13) :B

(14) :A





(15) :B

(16) :C





(17) :C

(18) :B





(19) :C





(20) :B

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(22) :D



(23) :A

(24) :C





(25) :A



Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension：36-46

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Part IV Reading Comprehension ：47-66
(1) :C



(2) :J





(3) :L

(4) :M





(5) :A





(6) :F





(7) :G





(8) :B





(9) :E

(10) :I



(11) :C




(12) :A





(13) :D

(14) :C





(15) :B





(16) :A

(17) :D



(18) :D





(19) :B

(20) :D



Part V Cloze ：67-86
(1) :B




(2) :B






(3) :A

(4) :B





(5) :D





(6) :A





(7) :C





(8) :B



(9) :C

(10) :C





(11) :D





(12) :D





(13) :A





(14) :C





(15) :B

(16) :C





(17) :D





(18) :C





(19) :B





(20) :C



Part VI Translation ：87-91
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