讨厌2014年12月英语四级真题试卷(第3套)

2021年1月9日发(作者：俞道义)
2014年12月英语四级考试真题试卷（3）

Part I Writing (30 minutes)
campus activity that has benefited you most. You should state the reasons and
write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上

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Directions:
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay about a
Part II

Section A
Listening Comprehension

(30 minutes)

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.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

1. A) She will go purchase the gift herself.
B) The gift should not be too expensive.
C) The man is not good at balancing his budget.
D) They are going to Jane's house-warming party.
2. A) It takes patience to go through the statistics.
B) He has prepared the statistics for the woman.
C) The woman should take a course in statistics.
D) He is quite willing to give the woman a hand.
3. A) The man wants to make some change in the scripts.
B) The woman does not take the recording seriously.
C) They cannot begin their recording right away.
D) Page 55 is missing from the woman's scripts.
4. A) A significant event in July.
B) Preparations for a wedding.
C) The date of Carl's wedding.
D) The birthday of Carl's bride.
5. A) The man was in charge of scheduling meetings.
B) The man was absent from the weekly meeting.
C) They woman was annoyed at the man's excuse.
D) The woman forgot to tell the man in advance.
6. A) The woman is a marvelous cook.
B) The man cannot wait for his meal.
C) The woman has just bought an oven.
D) The man has to leave in half an hour.
7. A) Whether the man can keep his job.
B) Where the man got the bad news.
C) What items sell well in the store.
D) How she can best help the man.
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.

9. A) He teaches in a law school.
B) He loves classical music.
D) He is a wonderful lecturer.
C) He is a diplomat.
10. A) Went to see a play.
B) Watched a soccer game.
C) Took some photos.
D) Attended a dance.
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.

12. A) Editor. B) Teacher. C) Journalist. D) Typist.
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.
14. A) In news weeklies.
B) In newspapers’ Sunday editions.
C) In a local evening paper.
D) In overseas editions of U.S. magazines.
15. A) To be employed by a newspaper.
B) To become a professional writer.
C) To sell her articles to 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 1 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

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

16. A) Nodding one's head.
B) Waving one's hand.
C) Holding up the forefinger.
D) Turning the right thumb down.
17. A) Looking away from them.
B) Forming a circle with fingers.
C) Bowing one's head to them.
D) Waving or pointing to them.
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.
D) Using a lot of gestures during a conversation.

Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19. A) They had to beg for food 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.
20. A) Tour Ecuador's Andes Mountains.
B) Earn an animal income of $$2,800.
C) Purchase a plot to build a home on.
D) Send their children to school.
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.

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.
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 a sticky and colorless film on the teeth.
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.
25. A) Food particles.
B) Gum disease.
C) Unhealthy living habits.
D) Chemical erosion.

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 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 cheek what you
have written.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

Stunt people (替身演员) are not movie stars, but they are the hidden heroes of many
movies.
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 fights must be fought with __27__ swords. Several actors arc usually in a fight
scene. Their moves must be set up so that no one gets hurt. It is almost like planning a
dance performance.
If a movie scene is dangerous, stunt 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 the 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
named Jan Davis does all kinds of jumps. She has leapt from planes and even off the top
of a waterfall. Each jump required careful planning and expert __33__.
Yakima Canutt was a famous cowboy stunt man. Among other stunts, he could
jump from a second story window onto a horse's back. He __34__ the famous trick of
sliding under a moving stagecoach. Canutt also __35__ a new way to make a punch look
real. He was the only stunt man ever to get an Oscar.

Part III

Section A
Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one
word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. 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 than once.

Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
One principle of taxation, called the benefit principle, states that people should pay
taxes based on the benefits they receive from government services. This principle tries to
make public goods similar to __36__ goods. It seems reasonable that a person who often
goes to the movies pays more in __37__ for movie tickets than a person who rarely goes.
And __38__ a person who gets great benefit from a public good should pay more for it
than a person who gets little benefit.
The gasoline tax, for instance, is sometimes __39__ using the benefits principle. In
some states, __40__ from the gasoline tax are used to build and maintain roads. Because
those who buy gasoline are the same people who use the roads, the gasoline tax might be
viewed as a __41__ way to pay this government service.
The benefits principle can also be used to argue that wealthy citizens should pay
higher taxes than poorer ones, __42__ because the wealthy benefit more from public
services. Consider, for example, the benefits of police protection from __43__. Citizens
with much to protect get greater benefit from police than those with less to protect.
Therefore, according to the benefits principle, the wealthy should __44__ more than the
poor to the cost of __45__ the police force. The same argument can be used for many
other public services, such as fire protection, national defense, and the court system.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
A) adapt
B) contribute
C) exerting
D) expenses
E) fair
F) justified
G) maintaining
H) private
I) provided
J) revenues
K) similarly
L) simply
M) theft
N) total
O) wealth

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 questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet
2.
Growing Up Colored

[A] You wouldn't know Piedmont anymore—my Piedmont, I mean—the town in West
Virginia where I learned to be a colored boy.
[B] The 1950s in Piedmont was a time to remember, or at least to me. People were
always proud to be from Piedmont—lying at the foot of a mountain, on the banks of
the mighty Potomac. We knew God gave America no more beautiful location. I
never knew colored people anywhere who were crazier about mountains and water,
flowers and trees, fishing and hunting. For as long as anyone could remember, we
could outhunt, outshoot, and outswim the white boys in the valley.
[C] The social structure of Piedmont was something we knew like the back of our hands.
It was an immigrant town; white Piedmont was Italian and Irish, with a handful of
wealthy WASPs (盎格鲁撒克逊裔的白人新教徒) on East Hampshire Street, and

[D] For as long as anyone can remember, Piedmont's character has been completely
bound up with the Westvaco paper mill: its prosperous past and doubtful future. At
first glance, the town is a typical dying mill center. Many once beautiful buildings
stand empty, evidencing a bygone time of spirit and pride. The big houses on East