contestant2013年12月英语四级真题及答案(第三套)

2021年1月8日发(作者：穆文熙)
2013.12 英语四级考试真题试卷（第三套）
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the
picture below. You should start your essay with a brief account of the impact of the
Internet on the way people communicate and then explain whether electronic
communication can replace face-to-face contact. You should write at least 120 words but
no more than 180 words.


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1. A) Plan his budget carefully.
B) Give her more information.
C) Ask someone else for advice.
D) Buy a gift for his girlfriend.

2. A) She'll have some chocolate cake.
B) She'll take a look at the menu.
C) She'll go without dessert.
D) She'll prepare the dinner.

3. A) The man can speak a foreign language.
B) The woman hopes to improve her English.
C) The woman knows many different languages.
D) The man wishes to visit many more countries.

4. A) Go to the library.
B) Meet the woman.
C) See Prof. Smith.
D) Have a drink in the bar.

5. A) She isn't sure when Prof. Bloom will be back.
B) The man shouldn't be late for his class.
C) The man can come back sometime later.
D) She can pass on the message for the man.

6. A) He has a strange personality.
B) He's got emotional problems.
C) His illness is beyond cure.
D) His behavior is hard to explain.

7. A) The tickets are more expensive than expected.
B) The tickets are sold in advance at half price.
C) It's difficult to buy the tickets on the spot.
D) It's better to buy the tickets beforehand.

8. A) He turned suddenly and ran into a tree.
B) He was hit by a fallen box from a truck.
C) He drove too fast and crashed into a truck.
D) He was trying to overtake the truck ahead of him.

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

9. A) To go boating on the St. Lawrence River.
B) To go sightseeing in Quebec Province.
C) To call on a friend in Quebec City.
D) To attend a wedding in Montreal.

10. A) Study the map of Quebec Province.
B) Find more about Quebec City.
C) Brush up on her French.
D) Learn more about the local customs.

11. A) It's most beautiful in summer.
B) It has many historical buildings.
C) It was greatly expanded in the 18th century.
D) It's the only French-speaking city in Canada.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12. A) It was about a little animal.
B) It took her six years to write.
C) It was adapted from a fairy tale.
D) It was about a little girl and her pet.

13. A) She knows how to write best-selling novels.
B) She can earn a lot of money by writing for adults.
C) She is able to win enough support from publishers.
D) She can make a living by doing what she likes.

14. A) The characters.
B) The readers.
C) Her ideas.
D) Her life experiences.

15. A) She doesn't really know where they originated.
B) She mainly drew on stories of ancient saints.
C) They popped out of her childhood dreams.
D) They grew out of her long hours of thinking.




Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

16. A) Monitor students' sleep patterns.
B) Help students concentrate in class.
C) Record students' weekly performance.
D) Ask students to complete a sleep report.

17. A) Declining health.
B) Lack of attention.
C) Loss of motivation.
D) Improper behavior.

18. A) They should make sure their children are always punctual for school.
B) They should ensure their children grow up in a healthy environment.
C) They should help their children accomplish high-quality work.
D) They should see to it that their children have adequate sleep.


Passage Two
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19. A) She stopped being a homemaker.
B) She became a famous educator.
C) She became a public figure.
D) She quit driving altogether.

20. A) A motorist's speeding.
B) Her running a stop sign.
C) Her lack of driving experience.
D) A motorist's failure to concentrate.

21. A) Nervous and unsure of herself.
B) Calm and confident of herself.
C) Courageous and forceful.
D) Distracted and reluctant.

22. A) More strict training of women drivers.
B) Restrictions on cell phone use while driving.
C) Improved traffic conditions in cities.
D) New regulations to ensure children's safety.

Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

23. A) They haven't devoted its much energy to medicine as to space travel.
B) There are too many kinds of cold viruses for them to identify.
C) It is not economical to find a cure for each type of cold.
D) They believe people can recover without treatment.

24. A) They reveal the seriousness of the problem.
B) They indicate how fast the virus spreads.
C) They tell us what kind of medicine to take.
D) They show our body is fighting the virus.
25. A) It actually does more harm than good.
B) It causes damage to some organs of our body.
C) It works better when combined with other remedies.
D) It helps us to recover much sooner.



You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways, depending
on the situation they are in. This is very (26) . All languages have two general
levels of usage: a formal level and an informal level. English is no (27) . The
difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use a (28) level.
Formal language is the kind of language you find in textbooks, (29) , and in
business letters. You would also use formal English in compositions and (30)
that you write in school. Informal language is used in conversation with colleagues, family
members and friends, and when we write (31) notes or letters to close
friends.
Formal language is different from informal language (32) . First, formal language
tends to be more polite. What we may find interesting is that it usually takes more words
to be polite. For example, I might say to a friend or a family member. ,
please. , I probably would say,
door?
Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the (34) .
There are bound to be some words and phrases that (35) formal language and
others that are informal. Let's say that I really like soccer. If I'm talking to my friend, I
might say
say .


Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.

The mobile phone is a magic device widely used these days. Although it has been nearly 30
years since the first commercial mobile-phone network was launched, advertisers have yet
to figure out how to get their (36) out to mobile-phone users in a big way.
There are 2.2 billion cell-phone users worldwide, a (37) that is growing by about
25% each year. Yet spending on ads carried over cell-phone networks last year (38)
to just $$1.5 billion worldwide, a fraction of the $$424 billion global ad market.
But as the number of eyeballs glued to (39) screens multiplies, so too does the
mobile phone's value as a pocket billboard(广告牌) Consumers are (40) using
their phones for things other than voice calls, such as text messaging, downloading songs
and games, and (41) the Internet. By 2010, 70 million Asians are expected to
be watching videos and TV programs on mobile phones. All of these activities give
advertisers (42) options for reaching audiences. During soccer's World Cup
last summer, for example, Adidas used real-time scores and games to (43)
thousands of fans to a website set up for mobile-phone access.
males aged 17 to 25,
mobiles are always on, always in their pocket-you just can't (44) cell phones as
an advertising tool. a platform as
TV, online or print.






A Mess on the Ladder of Success

A) Throughout American history there has almost always been at least one central
economic narrative that gave the ambitious or unsatisfied reason to pack up and seek their
fortune elsewhere. For the first 300 or so years of European settlement, the story was
about moving outward: getting immigrants to the continent and then to the frontier to
clear the prairies(大草原), drain the wetlands and build new cities.
B) By the end of the 19th century, as the frontier vanished, the US had a mild panic attack.
What would this energetic, enterprising country be without new lands to conquer? Some
people, such as Teddy Roosevelt, decided to keep on conquering (Cuba, the Philippines,
etc.), but eventually, in industrialization, the US found a new narrative of economic mobility
at home. From the 1890s to the 1960s, people moved from farm to city, first in the North
and then in the South. In fact, by the 1950s, there was enough prosperity and white-collar
work that many began to move to the suburbs. As the population aged, there was also a
shift from the cold Rust Belt to the comforts of the Sun Belt. We think of this as an old
person's migration, but it created many jobs for the young in construction and health care,
not to mention tourism, retail and restaurants.
C) For the last 20 years from the end of the cold war through two burst bubbles in a single
decade-the US has been casting about for its next economic narrative. And now it is
experiencing another period of panic, which is bad news for much of the workforce but
particularly for its youngest members.
D) The US has always been a remarkably mobile country, but new data from the Census
Bureau indicate that mobility has reached its lowest level in recorded history. Sure, some
people are stuck in homes valued at less than their mortgages(抵押贷款), but many young
people-who don't own homes and don't yet have families-are staying put, too. This
suggests, among other things, that people aren't packing up for new economic
opportunities the way they used to. Rather than dividing the country into the 1 percenters
versus(与......相对) everyone else, the split in our economy is really between two other
classes: the mobile and immobile.
E) Part of the problem is that the country's largest industries are in decline. In the past, it
was perfectly clear where young people should go for work (Chicago in the 1870s, Detroit