winning2015年12月英语四级真题及答案1

2021年1月9日发(作者：卞德基)

2015年12月英语四级真题及答案1
Writing
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay
commenting on the saying go out there to see what
happens, go out there to makes something happen
examples to illustrate the importance of being creative rather
than mere onlookers in life. You should write at least 120 words,
no more than 180 words.

Part II Listening Comprehension ( 30 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short
conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each
conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what
was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be
spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause.
During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B),
C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line
through the centre.
1.A) They admire the courage of space explorers.
B) They enjoyed the movie on space exploration.

C) They were going to watch a wonderful movie.
D) They like doing scientific exploration very much.
2. A) At a gift shop.
B) At a graduation ceremony.
C) In the office of a travel agency.
D) In a school library.
3. A) He used to work in the art gallery.
B) He does not have a good memory.
C) He declined a job offer form the art gallery.
D) He is not interested in any part-time jobs.
4.A) Susan has been invited to give a lecture tomorrow.
B) He will go to the birthday party after the lecture.
C) The woman should have informed him earlier.
D) He will be unable to attend the birthday party.
5.A) Reward those having made good progress.
B) Set a deadline for the staff to meet.
C) Assign more workers to the project.
D) Encourage the staff to work in small groups.
6. A) The way to the visitor’s parking.
B) The rate for parking in Lot C.
C) How far away the parking lot is.
D) Where she can leave her car.

7. A) He regrets missing the classes.
B) He plans to take the fitness classes.
C) He is looking forward to a better life.
D) He has benefited form exercise.
8.A) How to ? work efficiency.
B) How to select secretaries.
C)The responsibilities of secretaries.
D) The secretaries in the man’s company.
Conversation One
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have
just heard.
9.A) It is more difficult to learn than English.
B) It is used by more people than English.
C) It will be as commonly used as English.
D) It will eventually become a world language.
10.A) It has words words from many languages,
B) Its popularity with the common people.
C) The influence of the British Empire.
D) The effect of the Industrial Revolution.
11.A) It includes a lot of words form other languages.
B) It has a growing number of newly coined words,
C) It can be easily picked up by overseas travelers.

D) It is the largest among all languages in the world.
Conversation 2
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have
just heard.
12.A) To return some goods.
B) To apply for a job.
C) To place an order.
D) To make a complaint.
13. A) He has become somewhat impatient with
woman.
B) He is not familiar with the exact details of goods.
C) He has not worked in the sales department for long.
D) He works on a part- time basis for the company.
14. A) It is not his responsibility.
B) It will be free for large orders.
C) It costs 15 more for express delivery.
D) It depends on a number of factors.
15.A) Report the information to her superior.
B) Pay a visit to the saleswoman in charge.
C) Ring back when she comes to a decision.
D) Make inquiries with some other companies.
Section B
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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
through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
16. A) No one knows exactly where they were ??
B) No one knows for sure when thy came into being.
C) No one knows for what purpose they were ?
D) No one knows what they will ?????
17. A) Carry ropes across rivers.
B) Measure the speed of wind.
C) Pass on secret messages.
D) Give warnings of danger.
18. A) To protect houses against lightning.
B) To test the effects of the lightning rod.
C) To find out the strength of silk for kites.
D) To prove the lightning is electricity.

Passage Two
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
19. A) She enjoys teaching languages.
B) She can speak several languages.
C) She was trained to be an interpreter.
D) She was born with a talent for languages.
20. A) They acquire an immunity to culture shock.
B) They would like to live abroad permanently.
C) They want to learn as many foreign languages as
possible.
D) They have an intense interest in cross-cultural
interactions.
21.A) She became an expert in horse racing.
B) She got a chance to visit several European countries.
C) She was able to translate for a German sports judge.
D) She learned to appreciate classical music.
22. A) Taste the beef and give her comment.
B) Take part in a cooking competition.
C) Teach vocabulary for food in ??
D) Give cooking lessons on ????
Passage Three

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
23. A) He had only a third-grade education.
B) He once threatened to kill his teacher.
C) He grew up in a poor ???
D) He often helped his ???
24.A) Careless.
B) Stupid.
C) Brave.
D) Active.
25.A) Write two book reports a week.
B) Keep a diary.
C) Help with housework.
D) Watch education??
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three
times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should
listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for
the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the
exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is
read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
When you look up at the night sky, what do you see? There

are other bodies out there besides the moon and stars. One of the
most of this is a comet. Comets were formed around the same
the earth was formed. They are made up of ice and other frozen
liquids and gasses. these dirty snow balls begin to orbit the sun
just as the planets do. As a comet gets closer to the sun, some
gasses in it begin to unfreeze. They combine with dust particles
from the comet to form a huge cloud. As the comet gets even
nearer to the sun and solar wind blows the cloud behind the
comet thus forming its tail. The tail and generally fuzzy
atmosphere around the comet are that can help this phenomenon
in the night sky. In any given year， about dozen known comets
come close to the sun in their orbits. The average person can’t
see them all of course. Usually there is only one or two a year
bright enough to be seen with the _________eye. Comet
Hale- Bopp discovered in 1995 was an unusually bright comet.
Its orbit bought it _________to the earth within 122 million
miles of it. But Hale-Bopp came a long way on its earthly visit.
It won’t be back for another 4 thousand years or so.






Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage
with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains
information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the
paragraph from which the information is derived. You may
choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked
with a letter. Answer the question by marking the corresponding
letter on Answer Sheet 2.
The Perfect Essay
A) Looking back on too many years of education, I can
identify one truly impossible teacher. She cared about me, and
my intellectual life, even when I didn’t. Her expectations were
high—impossibly so. She was an English teacher. She was also
my mother.
B) When good students turn in an essay, they dream of
their instructor returning it to them in exactly the same condition,
save for a single word added in the margin of the final
page.“Flawless.” This dream came true for me one afternoon in
the ninth grade. Of course, I had heard that genius could show
itself at an early age, so I was only slightly taken aback that I

had achieved perfection at the tender age of 14. Obviously, I did
what and professional writer would do; I hurried off to spread
the good news. I didn’t get very far. The first person I told was
my mother.
C) My mother, who is just shy of five feet tall, is normally
incredibly soft-spoken, but on the rare occasion when she got
angry, she was terrifying. I am not sure if she was more upset by
my hubris(得意忘形)or by the fact that my English teacher had
let my ego get so out of hand. In and event. My mother and her
red pen showed me how deeply flawed a flaw less essay could
be. At the time, I am sure she thought she was teaching me
about mechanics, transitions(过渡), structure, style and voice.
But what I learned, and what stuck with me through my time
teaching writing at Harvard, was a deeper lesson about the
nature of creative criticism.
D) First off, it hurts. Genuine criticism, the type that leaves
a lasting mark on you as a writer, also leaves an existential
imprint(印记)on you as a person. I have heard people say that a
writer should never take criticism personally. I say that we
should never listen to these people.
E) Criticism, at its best, is deeply personal, and gets to the
heart of why we write the way we do. The intimate nature of

genuine criticism implies something about who is able to give it,
namely, someone who knows you well enough to show you how
your mental life is getting in the way of good writing.
Conveniently, they are also the people who care enough to see
you through this painful realization. For me it took the form of
my first, and I hope only, encounter with writer’s block—I was
not able to produce anything for three years.
F) Franz Kafka once said; “Writing is utter solitude(独处),
the descent into the cold abyss(深渊)of oneself.” My mother’s
criticism had shown me that Kafka is right about the cold abyss,
and when you make the introspective(内省的)descent that
writing requires you are not always pleased by what you find.
But, in the years that followed, her sustained tutoring suggested
that Kafka might be wrong about the solitude, I was lucky
enough to find a critic and teacher who was willing to make the
journey of writing with me. “It is a thing of no great
difficulty.”according to Plutarch, “to raise objections against
another man’s speech. it is a very easy matter, but to produce a
better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.” I am sure I
wrote essays in the later years of high school without my
mother’s guidance, but I can’t recall them. What I remember,
however, is how she took up the“extremely troublesome”work

of ongoing criticism.
G) There are two ways to interpret Plutarch when he
suggests that a critic should be able to produce“a better in its
place.”In a straightforward sense, he could mean that a critic
must be more talented than the artist she critiques(评论).My
mother was well covered on this count. But perhaps Plutarch is
suggesting something slightly different, something a bit closer to
Marcus Cicero’s claim that one should“criticize by creation, not
by finding fault.”Genuine criticism creates a precious opening
for an author to become better on his own terms—a process that
is often extremely painful, but also almost always meaningful.
H) My mother said she would help me with my writing, but
first I had to help myself. For each assignment, I was to write
the best essay I could. Real criticism is not meant to find
obvious mistakes, so if she found any—the type I could have
found on my own—I had to start from scratch. From scratch.
Once the essay was“flawless,” she would take an evening to
walk me through my errors. That was when true criticism, the
type that changed me as a person, began.
I) She criticized me when I included little-known
references and professional jargon(行话). She had no patience
for brilliant but irrelevant figures of speech.“Writers can’t

bluff(虚张声势)their way through ignorance.” That was news to
me—I would need to find another way to structure my daily
existence.
J) She trimmed back my flowery language, drew lines
through my exclamation marks and argued for the value of
restraint in expression.“John,” she almost whispered. I leaned in
to hear her: “I can’t hear you when you shout at me.” So I
stopped shouting and bluffing, and slowly my writing improved.
K) Somewhere along the way I set aside my hopes of
writing that flawless essay. But perhaps I missed something
important in my mother’s lessons about creativity and perfection.
Perhaps the point of writhing the flawless essay was not to give
up, but to never willingly finish. Whitman repeatedly
reworked“song of Myself” between 1855 and 1891. Repeatedly.
We do our absolute best with a piece of writing, and come as
close as we can to the ideal. And, for the time being, we settle.
In critique, however, we are forced to depart, to give up the
perfection we thought we had achieved for the chance of being
even a little bit better. This is the lesson I took from my mother:
If perfection were possible, it would not be motivating.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
46. The author was advised against the improper use of

figures of speech.
47. The author’s mother taught him a valuable lesson by
pointing out lots of flaws in his seemingly perfect essay.
48. A writer should polish his writing repeatedly so as to
get closer to perfection.
49. Writers may experience periods of time in their life
when they just can’t produce anything.
50. The author was not much surprised when his school
teacher marked his essay as“flawless”.
51. Criticizing someone’s speech is said to be easier than
coming up with a better one.
52. The author looks upon his mother as his most
demanding and caring instructor.
53. The criticism the author received from his mother
changed his as a person.
54. The author gradually improved his writing by avoiding
fancy language.
55. Constructive criticism gives an author a good start to
improve his writing.






















翻译

中国父母往往过于关注孩子的学习，以至于不要他们帮忙
做家务。他们对孩子的首要要求就是 努力学习。考的好，能
上名牌大学。他们想相信这是为孩子好，因为在中国这样竞
争激励的社会 里。只有成绩好才能保证前途光明。中国父母
还认为，如果孩子能在社会上取得大的成就，父母就会受到
尊重。因此，他们愿意牺牲自己的时间、爱好和兴趣，为孩
子提供更还的条件。


答案
Part II Listening Comprehension
Section A
2.【题干】Question 1
【选项】
admire the courage of space explorers.
enjoyed the movie on space exploration.
were going to watch a wonderful movie.
like doing scientific exploration very much.

【答案】B
【解析】M: Do you remember the wonderful film on space
exploration we watched together last month?
W: Sure. It's actually the most impressive one I've seen on
that topic.
Q: What do we learn about the speakers?
3.【题干】Question 2
【选项】
a gift shop.
a graduation ceremony.
the office of a travel agency.
a school library.
【答案】A
【解析】W: Are you looking for anything in particular?
M: Yes. My son is graduating from high school and I want
to get him something special.
Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?
4.【题干】Question 3
【选项】
used to work in the art gallery.
does not have a good memory.
declined a job offer form the art gallery.

is not interested in any part-time jobs.
【答案】C
【解析】M: Mike told me yesterday that he'd been looking
in vain for a job in the art gallery.
W: Really? If I remember right, he had a chance to work
there but he turned it down.
Q: What does the woman say about Mike?
5.【题干】Question 4
【选项】
has been invited to give a lecture tomorrow.
will go to the birthday party after the lecture.
woman should have informed him earlier.
will be unable to attend the birthday party.
【答案】D
【解析】W: Would you like to come to Susan's birthday
party tomorrow evening?
M: I'm going to give a lecture tomorrow. I wish I could be
in two places at the same time.
Q: What does the man mean?
6.【题干】Question 5
【选项】
those having made good progress.

a deadline for the staff to meet.
more workers to the project.
age the staff to work in small groups.
【答案】B
【解析】W: Aren't you discouraged by the slow progress
your staff is making?
M: Yes. I think I'll give them a deadline and hold them to it.
Q: What is the man probably going to do?
7.【题干】Question 6
【选项】
way to the visitor’s parking.
rate for parking in Lot C.
far away the parking lot is.
she can leave her car.
【答案】A
【解析】W: Excuse me, could you tell me where the visitor's
parking is? I left my car there.
M: Sure. It's in Lot C, over that way.
Q: What does the woman want to know?
8.【题干】Question 7
【选项】
regrets missing the classes.

plans to take the fitness classes.
is looking forward to a better life.
has benefited form exercise.
【答案】D
【解析】W: You look great now that you've taken those
fitness classes.
M: Thanks. I've never thought better in my life.
Q: What does the man mean?
9.【题干】Question 8
【选项】
to work efficiency.
to select secretaries.
responsibilities of secretaries.
secretaries in the man’s company.
【答案】D
【解析】W: I really admire the efficiency of your secretaries.
M: Our company selects only the best. They have a heavy
workload and we give them a lot of responsibilities.
Q: What are the speakers talking about?
10.【题干】Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation
you have just heard.
Question 9

【选项】
is more difficult to learn than English.
is used by more people than English.
will be as commonly used as English.
will eventually become a world language.
【答案】B
【解析】Q: What does the man say about Chinese?
W: Hi, Leo. Why do you say English will become the
world language?
M: Well, for one thing, it's so commonly used. The only
language that is used by more people is Chinese.
W: Why is English spoken by so many people?
M: It's spoken in many countries of the world because of
the British Empire. And now, of course, there's influence of
America as well.
W: Many students find English a difficult language to
learn.
M: Oh, all languages are difficult to learn. But English does
have two great advantages.
W: What are they?
M: Well, first of all, it has a very international vocabulary.
It has many German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian words

in it. So speakers of those languages will find many familiar
words in English. In fact, English has words from many other
languages as well.
W: Why is that?
M: Well, partly because English speakers have travelled a
lot. They bring back words with them, so English really does
have an international vocabulary.
W: And what's the other advantage of English?
M: It's that English grammar is really quite easy. For
example, it doesn't have dozens of different endings for its
nouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian, and
German for example.
W: Why is that?
M: Well, it's quite interesting actually. It's because of the
French. When the French ruled England, French was the official
language and only the common people spoke English. They try
to make the language as simple as possible, so they made the
grammar easier.
11.【题干】Question 10
【选项】
has words from many languages.
popularity with the common people.

influence of the British Empire.
effect of the Industrial Revolution.
【答案】C
【解析】Q: What made English a widely used language?
W: Hi, Leo. Why do you say English will become the
world language?
M: Well, for one thing, it's so commonly used. The only
language that is used by more people is Chinese.
W: Why is English spoken by so many people?
M: It's spoken in many countries of the world because of
the British Empire. And now, of course, there's influence of
America as well.
W: Many students find English a difficult language to
learn.
M: Oh, all languages are difficult to learn. But English does
have two great advantages.
W: What are they?
M: Well, first of all, it has a very international vocabulary.
It has many German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian words
in it. So speakers of those languages will find many familiar
words in English. In fact, English has words from many other
languages as well.

W: Why is that?
M: Well, partly because English speakers have travelled a
lot. They bring back words with them, so English really does
have an international vocabulary.
W: And what's the other advantage of English?
M: It's that English grammar is really quite easy. For
example, it doesn't have dozens of different endings for its
nouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian, and
German for example.
W: Why is that?
M: Well, it's quite interesting actually. It's because of the
French. When the French ruled England, French was the official
language and only the common people spoke English. They try
to make the language as simple as possible, so they made the
grammar easier.
12.【题干】Question 11
【选项】
includes a lot of words form other languages.
has a growing number of newly coined words.
can be easily picked up by overseas travellers.
is the largest among all languages in the world.
【答案】A