信徒2019英语四级全套word版

2021年1月24日发(作者：uji)

2009
年
6
月英语四级考试


Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions:

For this part, you are allowed 30 minute to write a short essay on the
topic of students selecting their lectures. You should write at least 120
words following the outline given bellow:

1.
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2.
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3.
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Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)

Directions:
In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly
and
answer
the
questions

on
Answer
Sheet
1.

For
questions
1-7,
choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D).
For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given
in the passage.
How Do You See Diversity?



As a manager, Tiffany is responsible for interviewing applicants for some of the
positions with her company .During one interview, she noticed that the candidate never
made direct eye contact. She was puzzled and somewhat disappointed because she liked

the individual otherwise.


He had a perfect resume and gave good responses to her questions, but the fact
that he never looked her in the eye said “untrustworthy,” so she decided to offer the job
to her second choice.


“It
wasn’t
until
I
attended
a
diversity
workshop
that
I
realized
the
person
we
passed over was the perfect person,” Tiffany confesses. What she hadn’t known at the
time of the interview was that the candidate’s “different” behavior was simply a cultural
misunderstanding . He was an Asian-American raised in a household where respect for
those in authority was shown by averting(
避开
) your eyes.


“I was just thrown off by the lack of ye contact; not realizing it was cultural,”
Tiffany says. “I missed out ,but will not miss that opportunity again.”


Many of us have had similar encounters with behaviors we perceive as different.
As
the
world
becomes
smaller
and
our
workplaces
more
diverse,
it
is
becoming
essential to expand our under- standing of others and to reexamine some of our false
assumptions .

Hire Advantage


At a time when hiring qualified people is becoming more difficult ,employers
who can eliminate invalid biases(
偏爱
) from the process have a distinct advantage .My
company, Mindsets LLC ,helps organizations and individuals see their own blind spots .
A real estate recruiter we worked with illustrates the positive difference such training
can make .


“During my Mindsets coaching session ,I was taught how to recruit a diversified
workforce. I recruited people from different cultures and skill sets .The agents were
able to utilize their full potential and experiences to build up the company .When the
real estate market began to change, it was because we had a diverse agent pool that we
were
able
to
stay
in
the
real
estate
market
much
longer
than
others
in
the
same
profession.”

Blinded by Gender

Dale is an account executive who attended one of my workshops on supervising a
diverse workforce . “Through one of the sessions ,I discovered my personal bias ,” he
recalls . “I learned I had not been looking at a person as a whole person , and being
open to differences .” In his case , the blindness was not about culture but rather gender .

“I had a management position open in my department and the two finalists were
a man and a woman . Had I not attended this workshop , I would have automatically
assumed the man was the best candidate because the position required quite a bit of
extensive travel . My reasoning would have been that even though both candidates were
great and could have been successful in the position , I assumed the woman would have
wanted to be home with her children and not travel .”Dale’s assumptions are another
example
of
the
well-intentioned
but
incorrect
thinking
that
limits
an
organization’s
ability to tap into the full potential of a diverse workforce .

“I
learned
from
the
class
that
instead
of
imposing
my
gender
biases
into
the

situation , I needed to present the full range of duties, responsibilities and expectations
to
all
candidates
and
allow
them
to
make
an
informed
decision .”
Dale
credits
the
workshop , “because it helped me make decisions based on fairness .”

Year of the Know-It-All

Doug is another supervisor who attended one of my workshops .He recalls a major
lesson learned from his own employee.

“One of my most embarrassing moments was when I had a Chinese-American
employee
put
in
a
request
to
take
time
off
to
celebrate
Chinese
New Year .
In
my
ignorance , I assumed he had his dates wrong , as the first of January had just passed .
When I advised him of this , I gave him a long talking-to about turning in requests early
with the proper dates .

“He patiently waited , then when I was done , he said he would like Chinese New
Year did not begin January first , and that Chinese New Year ,which is tied to the lunar
cycle ,is one of the most celebrated holidays on the Chinese calendar . Needless to say ,
I felt very embarrassed in assuming he had his dates mixed up . But I learned a great
deal
about
assumptions
,
and
that
the
timing
of
holidays
varies
considerably
from
culture to culture .

“Attending the diversity workshop helped me realize how much I could learn by
simply asking questions and creating dialogues with my employees , rather than making
assumptions and trying to be a know-it-all ,” Doug admits . “The biggest thing I took
away from the workshop is learning how to be more ‘inclusive’ to differences.”

A better Bottom Line




An
open
mind
about
diversity
not
only
improves
organizations
internally
,
it
is
profitable as well . These comments from a customer service representative show how
an inclusive
attitude can improve sales .”Most of my customers speak English
as
a
second language . One of the best things my company has done is to contract with a
language
service
that
offers
translations
over
the
phone .
It
wasn’t
until
my
boss
received
Mindsets’
training
that
she
was
able
to
understand
how
important
inclusiveness was to customer service . As result , our customer base has increased .”




Once we start to see people as individuals . and discard the stereotypes , we can
move positively toward inclusiveness for everyone . Diversity is about coming together
and taking advantage of our differences
and similarities .
It
is
about
building better
communities and organizations that enhance us as individuals and reinforce our shared
humanity .

When we begin to question our assumptions and challenge what we think we have
learned from our past , from the media, peers , family , friends , etc , we begin to realize
that
some
of
our
conclusions
are

flawed
(
有缺陷的
)
or
contrary
to
our
fundamental
values . We need to train our-selves to think differently , shift our mindsets and realize
that
diversity
opens
doors
for
all
of
us
,creating
opportunities
in
organizations
and
communities that benefit everyone .


1.

What bothered Tiffany during an interview with her candidate?

A)

He just wouldn’t look her in the eye.

B)

He was slow in answering her questions.

C)

His answers to some of her questions were irrelevant.

D)

His answers to some of her questions were irrelevant .

2. Tiffany’s misjudgment about the candidate stemmed from









.









A) Racial stereotypes.









C) Racial stereotypes.









B) Invalid personal bias


.




D) Emphasis on physical appearance





3. What is becoming essential in the course of economic globalization according
to the author?









A) Hiring qualified technical and management personnel.









B) Increasing understanding of people of other cultures.

C) Constantly updating knowledge and equipment.









D) Expanding domestic and international markets.






4. What kind of organization is Mindsets LLC?









A) A real estate agency.









C) A cultural exchange organization.









B) A personnel training company.

D) A hi-tech company






5. After one of the workshops ,account executive Dale realized that







.









A) He had hired the wrong person.









B) He could have done more for his company.









C) He had not managed his workforce well.









D) He must get rid of his gender bias.






6. What did Dale think of Mindsets LLC’s workshop?









A) It was well-intentioned but poorly conducted.









B) It tapped into the executives’ full potential.









C) It helped him make fair decisions.









D) It met participants’ diverse needs.






7.
How
did
Doug,
a
supervisor,
respond
to
a
Chinese-American
employee’s
request for leave?

A)

He told him to get the dates right.


C)He flatly turned it down


B)

He demanded an explanation.





D)He readily approved it.






8. Doug felt








when he realized that his assumption was wrong.






9.
After
attending
Mindsets’
workshops,
the
participants
came
to
know
the
importance of









to their business.






10. When
we
view
people
as
individuals
and
get
rid
of
stereotypes
,
we
can
achieve diversity and benefit from the







between us.



Part III




















Listening Comprehension







(35 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 2
with a single line through the centre.

11. A) She expected more people at her party.




B) She enjoys entertaining small children.




C) She threw a surprise party for her friend




D) She has always enjoyed great popularity.

12. A) They are not used to living in a cold place.




B) They feel lucky to live in Florida.




C) They are going to have a holiday.




D) They have not booked their air tickets yet.

13. A) He was pleased to get the medal.



C) He used to be a firefighter.




B) He was very courageous.










D) He was accused of causing a fire.

14. A) Make a profitable investment.





C) Get parts for the machine from Japan.




B) Buy a new washing machine







D) Have the old washing machine fixed.

15. A) He is pleased with his exciting new job.




B) He finds the huge workload unbearable.




C) He finds his office much too big for him.





D) He is not so excited about his new position.

16. A) The woman is going to hold a big party tomorrow.




B) The man has no idea what the right thing to do is.




C) The woman doesn’t know how to get to the party.




D) The man offers to drive the woman to the party.

17. A) Drawing up a business plan.








C) Finalizing a contract.




B) Discussing a term paper.












D) Reviewing a co-authored article.

18. A) She ordered some paper.






C) She chatted online with a friend


D) She filled in an application form




B) She had the printer repaired.


Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19. A) His health is getting worse.









C) His past life upsets him a good deal.




B) He can no longer work at sea.






D) He has not got the expected pension.

20. A) She passed away years ago.









C) She has been working at a clinic.




B) She used to work as a model.







D) She has been seriously ill for years.

21. A) She has made lots of money as a doctor.




B) She is going to take care of her old dad.




C) She has never got on with her father.




D) She is kind and generous by nature.

22. A) He dines out with his wife every weekend.




B) He is excellent but looks had- tempered.




C) He does not care about his appearance.




D) He is not quite popular with his patients.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

23. A) The man has sent the order to the woman by mistake




B) Some of the telephone systems don’t work properly




C) Some of the packs do not contain any manuals.




D) The quality of the goods is not up to the standard.

24. A) Send a service engineer to do the repairs.




B) Consult her boss about the best solution.




C) Pass the man’s order to the right person.





D) The quality of the goods is not up to the standard.

25. A) Ideal.






















C) Partial




B) Temporary


















D) Creative

Section B

Directions:

In
this
section,
you
will
hear
3
short
passages
.At
the
end
of
each
passage .You will hear some questions. Boss 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
the
corresponding
letter
on
Answer
Sheet
2
with
a
single
line
through
the
centre.

Passage One

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. A) It is entertaining.













C) It takes lots of time.




B) It is a costly hobby.











D) It requires training.

27. A) They can harm nearby plants.



C) They fight each other for food.




B) They may catch some disease.



D) They may pollute the environment.

28. A) Place the food on warmer spots.


C) Avoid using any contaminated food.




B) Use prepared feed mixtures only.

D) Continue the feeding till it gets warm.

Passage Two

Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. A) He will betray even his best friends.




B) He is able to make up good excuses.




C) He will lie whenever he wants.




D) He tries to achieve his goal at any cost

30. A) She made him apologize









C) She broke up with him.




B) She readily forgave him









D) She refused to answer his calls.

31. A) Buy her a new set of tires.








C) Lend her his batteries.




B) Help clean her apartment.








D) Move furniture for her.

Passage Three

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

32. A) The atmosphere they live in is rather unreal.





B) Their parents put too much pressure on them.




C) It’s hard for them to get along with other kids.




D) They have to live in the shadow of their parents.

33. A) He always boasts about his rich father.




B) He will grow up to be good for nothing.




C) He has too much to know the value of things.




D) He is too young to manage his inherited property.

34. A) She wants Amanda to get professional care.




B) She has no experience in raising children.




C) She wants to show off her wealth.




D) She has no time to do it herself.

35. A) The lifestyle depicted in Hollywood movies.




B) The worship of money, beauty and pleasure.




C) The attention the media focuses on them.




D) The pursuing of perfection in performance.

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 numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard.
For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing
information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have
just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when
the passage is
read for the third
time, you should check what
you have
written .

Around 120 years ago, Ebbinghaus began his study of memory. He(36)





.on
studying how quickly the human mind can remember (37)





. One result of his
research is known as the total time hypothesis(
假设
), which simply means the amount
you learn (38)






on the time you spend trying to learn it . This can be taken as our
first rule of learning.

Although it is usually true that studying for four hours is better than studying for
one, there is still the question of how we should use the four hours. For example, is it
better to study for four hours (39)





or to study for one hour a day for four days in
a (40)





?. The answer, as you may have (41)





, is that it is better to spread
out the study times. This (42)





, through which we can learn more (43)





.by

dividing our practice time, is known as the distribution of practice effect. Thus, (44)









































































.


But we’re not finished yet. We haven’t considered how we should study over very
short periods of time. (45)























































































.Should
you
look
at
the
same
word in rapid succession, or look at the word and then have some delay before you look
at it again ?(46)








































































































.


Part IV Reading Comprehension (reading in depth) (25 minutes)

Section A

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 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 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.






Every year in the first week of my English class, some students inform me that
writhing
is
too
hard. They
never
write,
unless
assignments

47

it . They
fine
the
writing process

48

and difficult.






How awful to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it-

49

English ,
with its rich vocabulary . Being able to speak but not write is like living in an

50

mansion
(
豪宅
) and never leaving one small room . When I meet students who think
they can’t write, I know as a teacher my

51

is to show them the rest of the rooms .
My task is to build fluency while providing the opportunity inherent in
any writing
activity to

52

the moral and emotional development of my students . One great way
to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.






Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done

53

, just like
exercise just as muscles grow stronger with exercise , writing skills improve quickly
with writing practice. I often see a rise in student confidence and

54

after only a few
weeks of journal writing .






Expressing
oneself
in
writing
is
one
of
the
most
important
skills
I
teach
to
strengthen
the
whole
student.
When
my
students
practice
journal
writing,
they
are
practicing for their future academic, political, and

55

lives . They build skills so that
some day they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the

perfect
love
letter.
Every
day
that
they
write
in
their
journals
puts
them
a
step








56

to fluency ,
eloquence
(
雄辩
), and command of language .


A)

closer




























I) painful

B)

daily





























J) performance

C)

emotional

























K) profession

D)

enhance


























L) remarkably

E)

enormous

























M) require

F)

especially

























N) sensitive

G)

hinder




























O) urge

H)

mission

Section B

Directions:

There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some
questions
or
unfinished
statements.
For
each
of
them
there
are
four
choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice
and mark the corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2
with a single line
through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.






The
January
fashion
show,
called
FutureFashion
,
exemplified
how
far
green
design has come. Organized by the New York-based nonprofit Earth Pledge, the show
inspired many top designers to work with sustainable fabrics for the first time. Several
have since made pledges to include organic fabrics in their lines.






The
designers
who
undertake
green
fashion
still
face
many
challenges.
Scott
Hahn, cofounder with Gregory of Rogan and Loomstate, which uses all- organic cotton,
says high-quality sustainable materials can still be tough to fine . “Most designers with
existing labels are finding there aren’t comparable fabrics that can just replace what
you’re doing and shat your customers are used to,” he says. For example, organic cotton
and non-organic
cotton
are virtually indistinguishable once woven into a
dress.
But
some popular synthetics, like stretch nylon, still have few eco-friendly equivalents.






Those who do make the switch are finding they have more support. Last year the
influential trade show Designers & Agents stopped charging its participation fee for
young
green
entrepreneurs
(
企业家
)
who
attend
its
two
springtime
shows
in
Los

Angeles and New York and gave special recognition to designers whose collections are
at least 25% sustainable . It now counts more than 50 green designers, up from fewer
than a dozen two years ago. This week Wal-Mart is set to announce a major initiative
aimed at helping cotton farmers go organic: it will buy
transitional
(
过渡型的
) cotton
at
higher
prices
,
thus
helping
to
expand
the
supply
of
a
key
sustainable
material .
“Mainstream is about to occur,” says Hahn.






Some

analysts
(
分析师
)
are
less
sure . Among
consumers,
only
18%are
even
aware that ecofashion exists, up from 6% four years ago. Natalie Hormilla, a fashion
writer,
is
an
example
of
the
unconverted
consumer,
when
asked
if
she
owned
any
sustainable clothes, she replied: “Not that I’m aware of.” Like most consumers, she
finds little time to shop, and when she does, she’s on the hunt for “cute stuff that isn’t
too expensive.” By her own admission, green just isn’t yet on her mind. But –thanks to
the combined efforts of designers, retailers and suppliers –one day it will be.


57. What is said about FutureFashion?

A) It inspired many leading designers to start going green.

B) It showed that designers using organic fabrics would go far.

C) It served as an example of how fashion shows should be organized.

D) It convinced the public that fashionable clothes should be made durable.

58. According to Scott Hahn, one big challenge to designers who will go organic is
that








.





A) much more time is needed to finish a dress using sustainable materials .





B) they have to create new brands for clothes made of organic materials .





C) customers have difficulty telling organic from non-organic materials .





D) quality organic replacements for synthetics are not readily available .

59. We learn from Paragraph 3 that designers who undertake green fashion







.





A) can attend various trade shows free .





B) are readily recognized by the fashion world





C) can buy organic cotton at favorable prices .





D) are gaining more and more support .

60. What is Natalie Hormilla’s attitude toward ecofashion?





A) She doesn’t seem to care about it.


C) She is doubtful of its practical value.





B) She doesn’t think it is sustainable



D) She is very much opposed to the idea

61. What does the author think of green fashion?






A) Green products will soon go mainstream.





B) It has a very promising future.





C) Consumers have the final say.





D) It will appeal more to young people.

Passage Two

Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.

Scientists have devised a way to determine roughly where a person has lived using
a
strand(
缕
)
of
hair
,
a
technique
that
could
help
track
the
movements
of
criminal
suspects or unidentified murder victims .

The method relies on measuring how chemical variations in drinking water show
up in people’s hair.

“You’re
what
you
eat
and
drink,
and
that’s
recorded
in
you
hair,”
said
Thure
Cerling, a geologist at the University of Utah.

While U.S diet is relatively identical, water supplies vary. The differences result
from weather patterns. The chemical composition of rainfall changes slightly as raid
clouds move.

Most hydrogen and oxygen atoms in water are stable , but traces of both elements
are also present as heavier
isotopes
(
同位素
) . The heaviest raid falls first .As a result,
storms that form over the Pacific deliver heavier water to California than to Utah.

Similar patterns exist throughout the U.S. By measuring the proportion of heavier
hydrogen
and
oxygen
isotopes
along
a
strand
of
hair,
scientists
can
construct
a
geographic timeline. Each inch of hair corresponds to about two months.

Cerling’s team collected tap water samples from 600 cities and constructed a mop
of the regional differences. They checked the accuracy of the map by testing 200 hair
samples collected from 65 barber shops.

They
were
able
to
accurately
place
the
hair
samples
in
broad
regions
roughly
corresponding to the movement of raid systems.

“It’s
not
good
for
pinpointing
(
精
确
定
位
),”
Cerling
said
.
“It’s
good
for
eliminating many possibilities.”

Todd Park, a local detective, said the method has helped him learn more about an
unidentified woman whose skeleton was found near Great Salt Lake.

The woman was 5 feet tall. Police recovered 26 bones, a T-shirt and several strands
of hair.

When Park heard about the research, he gave the hair samples to the researchers.
Chemical testing showed that over the two years before her death, she moved about
every two months.


She stayed in the Northwest, although the test could not be more specific than
somewhere between eastern Oregon and western Wyoming.

“It’s still a substantial area,” Park said “But it narrows it way down for me.”

62. What is the scientists’ new discovery?

A) One’s hair growth has to do with the amount of water they drink.

B) A person’s hair may reveal where they have lived.

C) Hair analysis accurately identifies criminal suspects.

D) The chemical composition of hair varies from person to person.

63. What does the author mean by “You’re what you eat and drink” (Line 1, Para.3)?

A) Food and drink affect one’s personality development.

B) Food and drink preferences vary with individuals.

C) Food and drink leave traces in one’s body tissues.

D) Food and drink are indispensable to one’s existence.

64. What is said about the rainfall in America’s West?

A) There is much more rainfall in California than in Utah.

B) The water it delivers becomes lighter when it moves inland.

C) Its chemical composition is less stable than in other areas.

D) It gathers more light isotopes as it moves eastward.

65. What did Cerling’s team produce in their research?

A) A map showing the regional differences of tap water.

B) A collection of hair samples from various barber shops.

C) A method to measure the amount of water in human hair.

D) A chart illustrating the movement of the rain system.

66. What is the practical value of Cerling’s research?

A) It helps analyze the quality of water in different regions.

B) It helps the police determine where a crime is committed.

C) It helps the police narrow down possibilities in detective work.

D) It helps identify the drinking habits of the person under investigation.


Part V Cloze (15 minutes)


Kimiyuki
Suda
should
be
a
perfect



customer
for
Japan
’
s
car- makers.
He
’
s
a


young,
successful
executive
at
an
Internet-

services company in Tokyo and has plenty of
67. A) profit








C) income



B) payment






D) budget
68. A) mostly







C) occasionally



B) partially






D) rarely
69. A) Therefore





C) Otherwise



B) Besides






D) Consequently
70. A) drift









C) current




B) tide







disposable

67
71. A) remarkably


.
He
used
to
own
Toyota
’
s



B) essentially

Hilux
Surf,
a
sport

utility
vehicle.
But
now
he
72. A) While








B) Because



uses

68
subways

and
grains
.
“
It
’
s
not
73. A) surging







B) stretching


inconvenient at all ,
74. A) unless





”
he says

69

,
“
having a



B) if









car is so 20
th
century.

”

75. A) lower








B) slighter




Suda
reflects

a
worrisome

70

in
76. A) liable to







B) in terms of

Japan;
the
automobile
77. A) unique





is
losing
its
emotional



B) similar




appeal,

71


among
the
young
,who
prefer
78. A) over









B) against




to spend their money on the latest electronic
Alarmed by this state of


79 , the Japan
79. A) mess








B) boom





Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA)

80. A) proceeded




B)relieved





80

a comprehensive study of the market in

81. A) quickening



B) widening


2006.
It
found

that
a

81
wealth
gap,
82. A) average






B) massive



demographic
(

人口结构的
)
changes
and

82

83. A) labels









B) cycles





lack
of
interest

in
cars
led
Japanese
to
hold
84. A) or











B) until






their

85. A) concludes




B) predicts




83

longer
,

replace
their
cars
with
smaller
86. A) distant








B) likely






ones
84
give
up
car
Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
ownership

altogether .JAMA

D) trend

C) specially

D )particularly

C) When


D) Since


C) slipping


D) shaking


C) as

D) after


C) broader


D) larger


C) thanks to


D) in view of


C) mysterious


D) strange


C) on


D) behind

C) growth

D) decay


C) launched
D) revised

C) strengthening

D) lengthening

C) abundant

D) general
C) vehicles
D) devices
C) but

D) then

C) reckons

D) prescribes

C) temporary
D) immediate


































































Directions:

Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in
brackets. Please write your translation on
Answer Sheet 2.

87. Soon after he transferred to the new school , Ali found that he had








(
很难
跟上班里的同学
)in math and English.

88. If she had returned an hour earlier , Mary












(
就不会被大雨淋湿了
).

89. It is said that those who are stressed or working overtime are













(
更
有可能增加体重
).

90.
















(
很多人所没有意识到的
) is that Simon is a lover of sports.
and football in particular.

study shows that the poor functioning of the human body is











(
与
缺乏锻炼密切相关
)






2009
年

6
月大学英语四级考试真题解析

Part I Writing

Free Admission To Museums Nowadays, an increasing number of museums are admission-
free to visitors home and abroad. The hidden reason behind this is not hard to analyze as there’s a
growing awareness for the authorities regarding the urgency of popularization of culture, knowledge
and history with every average person in our society. Only with free access to this live ‘database’,
can
most
people
fully
enjoy
what
museums
could
offer
to
them.
However,
free
admission
to
museums might lead to some social problems as well. The most obvious problem is that it might
give museums a very heavy economic burden which directly impedes the sustainable development
of these organizations. As a result, our government has to work out other ways to collect funds from
different channels, which might be difficult to operate or control. On the other hand, free admission
attracts too many visitors, some of which might not be well- purposed and do some conscious or
unconscious damage to the valuable treasures which used to be well-preserved in the museums. As
a
university
student,
I
am
in
favor
of
the
free-admission
conduct. Yet
it
is
proposed
that
some
measures should be taken to solve the potential problems caused by it. For example, museums can
make some regulations to guide the behavior of visitors or set some ‘closed’ days for museums for
regular
maintenance.
Only
in
this
way
can
free-admission
to
museums
become
a
long-lasting
phenomenon and have sustainable development.


Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

1. A.
由题干中的

bothered, Tiffany, during an interview,
定位到第一段第二、

三句。

文中提
到，
Tiffany
在面试时注意到应聘者不敢跟他们进行目光的交流。文章中的

puzzled
和

disappointed
与题干中的

bother
是同义表述。

选项

A
与文章内容完全一

致。


2.
C.
该题比较难定位。由题干中的

misjudgment
一词可以勉强将答案锁定在第三

段第二
句。
该题主要是考查对题干中短语

stemmed from(
源自于
)
的辨认和理解，

还考察

Tiffany
错
误判断的原因，

而选项中的

ignorance
无知）

misunderstanding
（

与

意义相近，因此

C
正确
.

3.
B.
由题干

becoming
essential
定位到第五段最后一句。文章指出
“
随着世界变得

越来越
小，增进对别人的了解变得十分必要
”
，文中

the
world
becomes
smaller
正

是题干中的

economic globalization
所要表达的含义。
选项

B
中的

Increasing
是对

文中

expand
的词义
转述。


4.
B.
由题干

Mindsets
LLC
定位到第一个小标题下第一段最后两句。根据原文中

training
一词不难判断，该机构是一个培训机构，选项

B
与此相符。


5. D.
由题干中的

Dale
定位到第二个小标题下第一段最后三句。
该小标题的主要

内容是在
说明隐性别的原因造成对他人认识的偏差。

文章以

Dale
为例说明参加这

种学习班的作用，
并且从后面一段中

Dale
的亲身经历来说明，
参加该班的作用对

Dale
来说就是消除了他在
性别上的偏见。选项

D
与此相符。


6. C.
因为第二个小标题下通篇都在讲

Dale
和

workshop
，答案没有明确的出处，

这时可
以看该标题下的首段与末段，通常会讲到陈述人的观点。该题是在考查

Dale
对

Mindsets
LLC workshop
的认识。根据第二个标题下最后一段末句可以确

定答案为

C.

7. A.
由题干

Chinese American employee
定位到第三个小标题下第二段最后两句。

文章提

到当一个华裔美国人向

Doug
请假去庆祝新年时，他认为这个华人弄错了

日期，从

I gave
him
a
long
talking-to
about
turning
in
requests
early
with
the
proper
dates
一句可以看出当时

Doug
对他的反映就是

A
选项所表达的意思。


8. embarrassed.
由题干中的

Doug
定位到第三个小标题下面第三段第三句。

题干与

原文句
子几乎一样，可以直接锁定答案。


9.
inclusiveness.
此题无法通过信号词来定位。题干考查的的是参加完

Mindset’s
workshop
的收获，根据文章最后一个标题下第一段后半部分对

my boss
参加

Mindset’s workshop
的
作用的描述，以及

It wasn’t until my boss received Mindset’s training…was to customer service
可以得出答案为

inclusiveness
，意为
“
包容性
”
。


10. differences and similarities.
由题干中的

view people as individuals and get rid of stereotypes
定位到全文倒数第二段第一、二句。题干中的

benefit from
和文章中的

taking advantage of
可以理解为同义转述，由此可以直接锁定答案。



Part
Ⅲ

Listening Comprehension

Section A

11. D.
细节推断题。男士对

Kate
能邀请到如此多的朋友参加她的聚会提出疑问，

而女士
的回答表明，
Kate
从小就很有人缘。


12.
C.
推理判断题对话中男士首先说到了糟糕的天气还将持续一段时间，随后女

士说他们
很幸运，因为他们要去福罗里达州度假而离开一段时间，并要确认航班

等，由此可以推断
出答案。


13. B.
综合推断题。女士提到

Tony
因从森林火灾中救出了多个家庭而被授予奖

章，男士
则对

Tony
的勇气表示钦佩，因此可以推断出

Tony
是非常勇敢的。


14. B.
请求建议题。

男士说用了


15
年的洗衣机昨天晚上坏了。

女士说这个机器的

零件不好更换，建议买一款新型号的。

15.D.
细节推断题。
女士认为男士得以晋升后肯定很欣喜，
二男时却说虽然新办

公室很大，
但是工作量加倍了。由此判断，男士对自己的晋升不是很高兴。


16. D.
信息明示题。
女士对于是否参加明天的聚会犹豫不决，
男士说如果她不想

去就不必
去，并且说，如果她去参加的话，他可以顺便捎上一程。


17. C.
行动计划题。男士表示，如果对方对合同的条款有疑问，他乐意回答，而

女士则表
明她在签署合同前要重新看一下所有条款，因此他们谈话的内容主要是

关于一个合同的签
署问题。


18. A.
细节辨认题。男士说没有打印纸了，让女士帮着订购一些，而女士的回答

表明她已
经从网上订购了，到货后会立即通知他，由此可见女士刚刚订购了打印

纸。


19. B.
目的原因题。本题关键句为：
they made him retire after 50 years at sea.
由此

可知，
Jake
情绪低落的原因是退休，不能再在上海工作。


20. A.
细节辨认题。对话中谈到了

Jake
的妻子已经去世多年。其中

been dead for years
是

passed away years ago
的同义转述。


21. C.
信息明示题。当对话中男士提到

Jake
的妻子已去世多年，还有一个以模特

为职业
的女儿时，女士提议联系她来照顾

Jake
，但男士否定了这一提议，因为她

与

Jake
相处得
不好。


22. B.
细节辨认题。

在对话最后女士用

bad-tempered
来形容

Jake
的医生

Johnson
，

男士
表示否定，并说明

Johnson
只是看起来脾气不好，其实是个优秀的医生。


23. C.
综合判断题。

本题关键词是

manuals
，

男士一开始就说使用手册的数量不对，

然
后说一些产品包装打开后没有使用手册。



24. D.
细节推断题。


详细了解情况后，

当

便立刻提出了解决办法：

We’ll send
out the manuals this afternoon by express mail entirely at our cost
这也是她作出

的承诺，故

D
正确。


25. A.
细节推断题。当女士提出解决方案后，男士表示同意并说

That would be great.
再结
合

Thank you for your swift action
可知男士对这一解决方案是满意的。

shift
意为
“
迅速的，
敏捷的
”
。


Section B

26. A.
事实细节题。录音一开始就点明了本段听力材料的大意：
Attracting and

feeding wild birds are entertaining activities…
根据选项

A
中的

entertaining
很容易就

能锁定
答案。


27. B.
细节推断题。录音中提到

feeding birds
还存在一定的

responsibility
，甚至会

带来

a
disease hazard
，所以

B
符合题意。


28. D.
细节辨认题。

此题询问的是冬季喂食时应该遵循的原则，

关键词是

in winter.
录音
中提到，在
·
十五相对匮乏的冬季，喂食一定要持续、 足量，否则会导致习惯

于依赖喂鸟人
的鸟类饿死。


29. C.
语义理解题。

解答该题的关键是对

makes up weak and poor excuses
（编造一

些站
不住脚的借口）的理解，
其实就是

tell lies
的意思，这样根据录音开始部分人

名

Leo
的提
示，可以得出答案为

C.

30. A.
细节推断题。

该题答题的关键在于把握

girlfriend
一词。

根据录音可知，

Leo
说谎
而不跟女 友约会，
导致女友生气，
直到他道歉，
她才同意再次跟他约会，
由

此可推断

A
正
确。

题干中问
“
上周说话的人请

Leo
帮什么忙？
”
由录音可知，

Leo

31. D.
事实细节题。

答应女士把家具从她父母家搬到她的新公寓。


32. C.
细节辨认题。根据问题中的

difficult fro Hollywood kids
很快就能住捉到信

息，

由
于是用

why
进行提问，

所以锁定答案在

because they grow up in such an unreal atmosphere.
33. C.
细节推断题。关键词是

A thirteen-year-old boy.
其实听力中以

Trent Maguire
为例意在
支持作者的观点：

当每个要求都得到满足，

孩子们便不懂得事物的价值，

因为他们拥有
一切。


34. D.
目的原因题。文章中提到

Amanda
的母亲花钱雇佣别人来照顾自己的孩子，

其原因
不是对孩子特别照顾，而是她没有时间亲自照顾孩子。


35.
B.
细节推断题。该题考查对好莱坞儿童的生活产生负面影响的因素。文章的

结尾表达
了作者的忧虑：在好莱坞，人们盲目崇拜金钱、美貌和享乐，言外之意

是孩子们生活在这
样的环境中势必会给他们的成长带来消极负面的影响。


Section C

36. concentrated 37. information

38. depends 39 .straight 40. row 41. suspected 42. phenomenon
（现象）


43. efficiently 44. our second rule of learning is this: it is better to study fairly briefly but often. 45.
Let’s say you are trying to learn some new and rather difficult English vocabulary using a stack of
cards.

46. The answer is it is better to space out the presentations of the word you are to learn.


Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Section A

47. M.
动词辨析题。
空格位于从句主语

assignments
和宾语

it
之间，
需要一个及

物动词作谓语。
根据句意
“
他们从来不写作文，
除非有作业
______
他们写作
”
可知，

require
符合句意。



48.
I.
形容词辨析题。

空格处为连词

and
连接的两个并列成分之一。

根据

and
之后

的

difficult
可以判断，

此处需要一个与

difficult
同义或近义的形容词，

而其他形容

词均不
符合句意，故排除。

49. F.
副词辨析题。空格处缺少副词。句子前半部分提到

language
，空格之后的

English
为
语言 的一种，因而此处的意思是：英语尤其如此。
L
）
remarkably
不符

合句意，故排除。


50. E.
形容词辨析题。
空格位于不定冠词

an
与名词

mansion
之间，
显然需要一个

形容词，

而且需要以元音音素开头。

选项中不是元音开头的形容词可以全部排除，

而另外一个一元
音开头的形容词

C
）
emotional
不符合句意，故排除。


51.H.
空格位于形容词性物主代词

my
和系动词

is
之间，需要一个名词作宾语从

句的主
语，

而且根据句意，

此处的名词意思应为
“
工作
”
或 者
“
任务
”
，

故选用

mission.


52. D.
动词辨析题。
空格前出现动词不定式符号

to
，
此处需要一个动词原形，
而

且要与后
面的

development
搭配，
符合条件的只有

enhance.
此处句意为：
……
以

加强学生道德和情
感的发展。


53.
B.
副词辨析题。句子结构完整，所以此处缺少的是修饰成分。根据上下文判

断，此处< br>需要表示
“
每天
”
的副词作状语，由此可以直接选定答案。


54. J.
名词辨析题。
空格位于连词

and
之后，
根据

and
前面的成分判断，
此处需

要一个名
词。


55. C.
形容词辨析题。空格处缺少形容词与

academic
和

political
作并列成分，共

同修饰
后面的名词

lives.
根据下文一一对应的举例，
此处的形容词应与

love letter
对应，
故直接选
定答案。


56. A.
形容词辨析题。空格处缺少与

step
搭配的形容词作后置定语，而且要与介

词

to
搭配。根据句意，这里表示
“
向
……
更近一步
”
。


Section B Passage One

57. A.
事实细节题。

由题干中的专有名词

FutureFashion
可以将答案迅速定位到文

章第一
段。
由第一句话可知，
FutureFashion
是一场时装秀，
紧接着第二句话介绍

了其详细的内容。

选项

A
中的

leading
与原文中的

top
同义，

与

for the first time start
同义，

going green
与

work with sustainable fabrics
相对应，

因而

A
选项与原文意义

一致。


58. D.
语义理解题。由题干中的人物

Scott Hahn
定位到第二段第二句。由

Scott
的 说话内
容可知，
很多设计师面临的挑战是很难找到现在有材料的环保替代品。

选项

D“
合成纤维的
高质量有机替代品现在还无法获得
”
与文章提到的原因相符。


59. D.
事实细节题。由题干中的

Paragraph
3
定位到第三段第一句。该句意为：那

些已经
转换了服装材料的设计师正在获得越来越多的支持。

选项

D
与原文意思完

全相符。

由
题干中的人物

Natalie Hormilla
定位到原文最后一段的例子：


60. A.
语义理解题。

Natalie Hormilla, a fashion writer, … green just isn’t on her mind.
从该句
可以看出，

当被问及是否拥有可持续材料制成的服装时，
Natalie
给出了否定的回答，而前
面

她又承认对环保尚不关注。选项

A
与文章的意思相符。


61. B.
观点态度题。
本题询问作者对于绿色环保时尚的观点。
这种题的答案通常

会出现在
短文的结尾作者总结或重申观点处，

一定要仔细阅读。

原文最后一句

But — thanks to the
combined efforts of designers, retailers and suppliers — one day it will be
可知，作者认为在多
方努力下，
环保时尚总有一天会被广大民众所关注和

接受，
即相信它有一个很美好的未来。
选项

B
与文章最贴近。


62. B.
事实细节题。根据题干中

the scientists’ new discovery
定位到原文第一段第

一句
“
科
学家已经找到一种办法，

使用一缕头发大体判断出一个人的生活区域，

这

种技术有助于< br>追踪犯罪嫌疑人或确定身份不明的凶杀案受害人的身份
”
。选项

B


与文章的意思最为接近。


63. C.
语义理解题。根据题干中

You are what you eat and drink
定位到原文第三段

第一句
“
你的饮食会体现在你的身 上，而这些信息在你的头发里会有记录。
”
选项

C
与文章意义最
贴近。


64.
B.
推理判断题。根据题干中的

rainfall
in America’s West
定位到原文第五段最

后一句
“
在太平洋上形成的风暴给 加利福尼亚州带来的雨水要比给犹他州带来的

雨水的比重更大
一些
”
。加州处于沿海地区，犹他州是内陆地区，选项

B“
雨水由

沿海进入内陆地区时比重
会变小
”
是对原文的抽象概括。


65. A.
事实细节题。根据题干中

Cerling’s
team
定位到原文第七段第一句
“
瑟琳的

团队从

600
个城市收集了自来水样本，

并且绘制出一幅地区差异图
”
。

题干中问的

是瑟琳团队的
研究成果之一，故选项

A
最符合题意。


66.
C.
语义理解题。根据题干中的

practical
value
定位到原文第九段：瑟琳团队的

研究成
果的主要现实意义是排除众多的可能性，而根据下文的举例可以看到该成

果在犯罪侦查中
的实际应用，即帮助警察缩小侦查范围。选项

C
与原文意思完全

吻合。

Part V Cloze

67. C.
名词辨析题。
根据上下文可知，
此处意为
“
他是东京一家网络服务公司年轻

有为的主
管，有充裕的可自由支配的
_____”
。
income
表示
“
收入，收益
”
，符合题

意。


68. A.
副词辨析题。文章此处要表达的是，虽然他拥有私家车，但他
_____
时候都

是乘坐地
铁和火车出行的。
mostly < br>表示
“
主要地，
通常
”
，
符合句意；
occ asionally
意为
“
有时候
”
；
partially
意为
“
部分地
”
；
rarely
意为
“
几乎不
”
。


69. B. < br>连词辨析题。由上下文可知，此处意思是
“
地铁和火车非常方便，
______
，

买车已经
是上个世纪的时尚了
”
。
besides
意为
“
此外
”
，符合句意。


70. D.
名词辨析题。此处句意为
“Suda
在交通方式上的转变反映出了日本国内一

种令人担
忧的
_____”
。
trend
意为
“
趋势
”
，符合句意。


71.
D.
副词辨析题。此处句意为
“
汽车正失去它的吸引力，对于年轻人来说< br>_____
如此
”
。
particularly
意为
“
尤其，特别
”
，符合句意。


72. A.
连词辨析题。

此处句意为
“______
迷你汽车和外国的奢侈品牌车仍然十分受

欢迎，
但处于两者之间的其他车型的销售量却在下滑
”
。
while
表示两种情况的对

比，符合句意。

73. C.
动词辨析题。
根据后面的句子：
去年销量下降了

6.7%
，
且整篇文章都是在

说汽车销
量下滑，可以推断此处选

C
。
slipping
意为
“
滑动，下降
”
。


74.
B.
连词辨析题。根据上下文可知这里是说
“_____
不算上迷你汽车的 销售额，

全国销量
的下滑幅度为

7.6%”
。

if“
假设，

如果
”
在此引导条件状语从句，

符合句意。


75. D.
形容词辨析题。由上下文可知，这里要表达的是其他国家汽车销售额的下

滑更大。
larger drops“
更大幅度的下降
”
符合句意。


76.C.
固定搭配题。
此处句意为
“_____
税收在不断增长，
2007
年德国汽车销售降

低了

9%”
。
thanks to“
由于，幸亏
”
符合句意。


77. A.
形容词辨析题。
文章此处要表达的是：
专家认为，
日本在汽车销售上情况

较
______
。
unique“
独一无二的
”
符 合句意。


78. A.
介词辨析题。
由上下文可知，
此处在说日本情况较特殊是因为其销售额是

缓慢下降
的。
over time
意为
“
随着时间的推移
”
，符合句意。


79. D.
名词辨析题。此处句意为
“
这种汽车市场
_____
的情况令日本汽车制造商协

会（
JAMA
）担忧，于是它开始采取行动
”
。
decay
此处表示
“
谁退，衰落
“
，符合

句意。


80. C.
动词辨析题。由上下文可知，这里是指

JAMA
发起了一项对汽车市场的全

面调查
研究。
launch
意为
“
发起
”
，符合句意。


81. B.
动词辨析题。
此处句意为
“
此次调查研究发现
_____的贫富差距、
人口结构

的变化和

对汽车兴趣的普遍缺失都使 日本人要么不再准备购买新车，
要么
……”
。

widening wealth gap
表示
“
逐渐拉大的贫富差距
”
，符合句意。


82. D.
形容词辨析题。此处句意为
“
日本人对汽车兴趣的
_ ____
缺失是造成汽车销

量下滑的
原因之一
”
。
general“
普遍的
”
放在此处符合句意。


83. C.
名词辨析题。

根据上下文可知此处意为
“
很多人准备用更小型的汽车代替现

有的汽
车
”
。
vehicle
在这里意为
“
汽车
”
，符合句意。


84. A.
连词辨析题。
由句意可知，
多种原因导致日本人或者已经不再准备购买新
< br>车，
_____
选择用更小型的汽车代替现有的汽车，更有甚者彻底放弃拥有私家车。< br>
or
意为
“
或者
”
，表
示选择关系，符合句意。


85. B.
动词辨析题。此处句意为
“
据

JAMA______
，
2008
年的汽车销售额还会进

一步下滑

1.2%”
。
predict
意为
“
预计，预测
”
，符合句意。


86.B.
形容词辨析题。
由上下文可以推断，
文章得出的结论为：
一些分析人士认

为，
如果现
在的这股趋势延续更长时间，
汽车行 业
_____
面临进一步合并的命运。

likely
表示
“
可能的
”
，
符合句意；
distant
意为
“
遥远的
”
；
temporary
意为
“
暂时的
”
；

immediate
意为
“
立即的，
迅速
的
”
。



Part VI Translation


87.
difficulty
(in)
catching
up
with
his
classmates
本题考查两个短语的用法，

一个是

have
difficulty (in) doing sth.
该短语中，

后面的

动词要用现在分词形式。第二个短语是

catch up
with sb.
表示
“
跟上某人
”
。


88. wouldn’t have been caught by the rain
本题主要考查虚拟语气的用法，
if
引导的条件句表
示对过去发生事情的虚拟，且

与事实相反，主句应使用

would (not) have done
；另外，
“
被
大雨淋了
”
地道的表达

为
“caught in the rain”
。


89. more likely to put on weight
本题考查两个短语的用法，一个是

be likely to do sth.
，表示
“
有可能做某事
”
。第

二个短语是

put on weight
，表示
“
增加体重
”
。


90. What many people don’t realize
根据句子缺少的成分来判断，此处需要名词性结构或从句
作主语。


91. closely relative/related to the lack of exercise
本题考查

be relative/related to
，表示
“
与
……
相关
”
。


听力原文

Short Conversations

11. W: There were more than a hundred people at Kate's birthday party. How come she's got so
many friends?

M: It's really no surprise. You know she was popular even when she was a child

Q: What does the man imply about Kate?

12. M: They say there'll be a snow-storm tonight, and the cold weather will last quite a few days.

W: Oh! We're so lucky, we'll be getting away for a while, and having a holiday in Florida. But let's
call right now to confirm our flight.

Q: What do we learn about the two speakers?

13. W: Tony was awarded a medal for rescuing several families from the forest fire.


M: I really admire his courage.

Q: What do we learn about Tony from the conversation?

14. M: My washing machine is more than fifteen years old and it has worked just fine until last
night.

W: You’ll never be able to get parts for it, even from Japan. So it might be time to invest a more
recent model.

Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?

15. W: I heard about your promotion, you must be thrilled.

M: Not really, the new office is huge, but the word load has doubled.

Q: What do we learn about the man from the conversation?

16. W: I can’t decide what to do about the party tomorrow.

M: You don’t have to go if you don’t want to, but I’ll be glad to give you a ride if you do.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

17. M: Now if you have any questions about the contract. I’ll be happy to answer them.

W: Nothing comes to mind right now, but I’d like to go over all the articles of the contract once
more before signing it.

Q: What are the speakers doing right now?

18. M: We are out of paper for the printer. Can you please order some?

W: I completed the order form online yesterday and it will be here by noon. I’ll let you know
when it comes in.

Q: What did the woman do?

Long Conversation

Conversation One

W: Bob, do you know who I saw the other day? Old Jake, looking terribly depressed. Did he get
pensioned off at last?

M: Yes. They made him retire after 50 years at sea. He is pretty upset about it, but what can you
do? He really is pasted.

W: He is all alone, isn’t he?

M: Yes, his wife has been dead for years. They had one daughter, Dories. But she went off to town
as soon as she left school. And he hasn’t heard from her since. I hear she is making good money as
a model.

W: Maybe someone could get in touch with her. Get her to come back for a while to help?

M: I don’t suppose she come. She never got on with her father. He is bit of a tough character and
she is rather selfish. Oh, I expect old Jake will get by. He is healthy at least, comes into a clinic for
a check regularly.


W: Are you his doctor?

M: No, my partner doctor Johnson is.

W: That bad-tempered old thing?

M: Oh, he isn’t bad-tempered. He just looks it. He is an excellent doctor, taught me a lot, and he
has a very nice family. His wife invites me over there to supper every week. Very pleasant.

W: yes. I teach their daughter Pen at school. She is a bit careless and lazy about her school work,
but a bright little thing and very popular with her age group.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.

19. Why does old Jake look terribly depressed?

20. What do we learn about Jake’s wife?

21. What does the man say about Jake’s daughter?

22. What does the man say about Jake’s doctor?

Conversation Two

W: Hello, Mr. Summerfield. How are you today?

M: Very well. Thank you, Ms. Green.

W: What can I do for you?

M: Well, unfortunately, there is a problem with the order we received from you yesterday. It seems
we haven’t seen the right quantity of manuals to support the telephone system.

W: Oh, dear, that’s bad news. I’m very sorry to hear that, and you don’t know how many packs are
without manuals?

M: No, because we haven’t opened every pack. But in several of those that have been opened
there are none, no manuals.

W: I’m very sorry about this inconvenience, Mr. Summerfield. We’ll send out the manuals this
afternoon by express mail entirely at our cost, and the manuals should arrive tomorrow or the day
after at the latest.

M: All of them, right?

W: Yes. It maybe that some have them already, but we cannot be sure. So the best thing is to send
out the manual for every pack.

M: Yes. Yes, I see. That would be great.

W: Please accept our apologies for this mix-up. I assure you we will do everything possible to find
out why the mistake happened

M: Right. Thanks for your swift action.

W: Not at all. Thank you and goodbye for now. Do call if there is anything else.

M: All right. Thank you. Goodbye, Ms Green.

W: Goodbye.


Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.

23. What problems are the speakers discussing?

24. What does the woman promise to do?

25. What does the man think of the solution?

Passage

Passage 1

Attracting and feeding wild birds are entertaining activities that have long been enjoyed by
people all over the world. Feeding birds has become so popular that prepared feed mixtures are
readily available. We feed birds for many reasons. Many pleasant hours can come from watching
birds. A hobby often develops into a serious study of their habits. Accurate identification of birds
is usually the first goal. But observations that an amateur bird-watcher can make are really
limitless. There is, however, responsibility associated with bird feeding, including a disease
hazard. Attracting numbers of birds continually to the same spot can be harmful to them,
particularly species that pick food from the ground contaminated by the droppings of other birds.
In winter feeding efforts are most satisfying to people and are of greatest benefit to birds. During
this time when fewer natural foods are available and air temperatures are lower, extra feeding can
keep a bird warm and well. Once begun, feeding should never stop during these lean months. If
you start a local increase of birds, be prepared to do what may be required to eliminate hazards to
those you want to befriend. A constant supply of food should be given until the cold is over and
spring has come. If feeding is stopped during severe weather, birds used to relying upon the
feeders must starve.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.

Q26 What does the speaker say about bird watching?

Q27 What does the speaker say about birds fed continually on the same spot?

Q28 What does the speaker suggest we do in feeding birds in winter?

Passage 2

My friend Leo makes up weak and poor excuses whenever there is something he doesn’t
want to do. Just two weeks ago, he was at my house when he decided he didn’t want to go into
work. He called his boss and said he had to get a new set of tires put on his truck. Then he sat
down and watched TV with me. Not only had he lied but his excuse wasn’t a very convincing one.
Another time, he cancelled a date with his girlfriend at the last minute telling her he had to get a
new battery for his truck. She was angry and refused to go out with him again until he apologized.
Last weekend, Leo offered the poorest excuse yet. He’d promised he’d help me move some
furniture, from my parents’ house to my new apartment. He was supposed to bring his truck over
about 8 o’clock Saturday morning. I waited, and then called and left a message on his machine.

About 11:30, he called and said he was sorry but he’d been getting a new set of tires put on his
truck. I guess he’d forgotten he used the same excuse when he called his boss from my house. I
think I need a new set of friends. I’m beginning to get tired of Leo’s excuses.

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.

Q29 What does the speaker tell us about her friend Leo?

Q30 What did his girlfriend do when Leo canceled a date with her at the last minute?

Q31 What favor did the speaker ask Leo to do last weekend?

Passage 3

In Hollywood, everybody wants to be rich, famous and beautiful. Nobody wants to be old,
unknown and poor. For Hollywood kids, life can be difficult because they grow up such an unreal
atmosphere. Their parents are ambitious and the children are part of the parents’ ambitions.
Parents pay for wasteful grand parties, expensive cars and designer clothes. When every dream
can come true, kids don’t learn the value of anything because they have everything. A thirteen-
year- old boy, Trent Maguire, has a driver, credit cards and unlimited cash to do what he wants
when he wants to. “One day, I’ll earn more than my dad!” he boasts. Parents buy care and
attention for their children because they have no time to give it themselves. Amender’s mother
employs a personal trainer, a bodyguard, a singing coach and a councilor to look after all her
fifteen- year-old daughter’s needs. Often, there is no parent at home most days, so children decide
whether to make their own meals or go out to restaurants, when to watch television or do
homework. They organize their social life. They play no childhood games. They become adults
before they’re ready. Hollywood has always been the city of dreams. The kids there live unreal
lives where money, beauty and pleasure are the only gods. Will children around the world soon
start to think the same? Or do they already?

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.

Q32 Why is life said to be difficult for Hollywood kids?

Q33 What does the speaker say about Trent Maguire, a thirteen-year-old boy?

Q34 Why does Amender’s mother employ other people to look after her needs?

Q35 What will probably have negative effects on the lives of Hollywood kids?

Compound Dictation

Around 120 years ago, Ebbinghaus began his study of memory. He concentrated on
studying how quickly the human mind can remember information. One result of his research is
known as the total time hypothesis, which simply mean the amount you learn depends on the time
you spend trying to learn it. This can be taken as our first rule of learning. Although it is usually
true that studying for 4 hours is better than studying for 1, there is still the question of how to use
the 4 hours. For example, is it better to study for 4 hours straight or to study for 1 hour a day for 4

days in a row? The answer, as you may have suspected, is that it is better to spread out the study
times. This phenomenon through which we can learn more efficiently by dividing our practice
time is known as the distribution of practice effect. Thus, our second rule of learning is this. It’s
better to study fairly briefly but often. But we are not finished yet. We haven’t considered how we
should study over very short periods of time. Let’s say you are trying to learn some new and rather
difficult English vocabulary using a stack of cards. Should you look at the same word in rapid
succession or look at the word and then have some delay before you look at it again? The answer
is it is better to space up the presentations of the word you are to learn.







2009
年
12
月大学英语四级考试


Part
Ⅰ

Writing (30 minutes)
注意：此部分试题在答题卡
1
上。

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of
Creating a Green Campus. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given
below:
1.
建设绿色校园很重要

2.
绿色校园不仅指绿色的环境……

3.
为了建设绿色校园，我们应该……

Creating a Green Campus
Part
Ⅱ

Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and
answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer
from
the
four
choices
marked
A),
B),
C)
and
D).
For
question
8-10,
complete
the
sentences with the information given in the passage.
Colleges taking another look at value of merit-based aid
Good
grades
and
high
tests
scores
still
matter
—
a
lot
—
to
many
colleges
as
they
award
financial aid.
But with low-income students projected to make up an ever-larger share of the college-
bound population in coming years, some schools are re-examining whether that aid, typically
known as
“
merit aid
”
, is the most effective use of precious institutional dollars.
George Washington University in Washington, D.C., for example, said last week that it would
cut the value of its average merit scholarships by about one-third and reduce the number of
recipients(
接受者
), pouring the savings, about $$2.5 million, into need-based aid. Allegheny
College in Meadville, Pa., made a similar decision three years ago.
Now, Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., says it will phase out merit scholarships altogether.
No current merit-aid recipients will lose their scholarships, but need-based aid alone will be
awarded beginning with students entering in fall 2008.
Not all colleges offer merit aid; generally, the more selective a school, the less likely it is to do
so.
Harvard
and
Princeton,
for
example,
offer
generous
need-based
packages,
but
many
families who don
’
t meet need eligibility(
资格
)have been willing to pay whatever they must for
a big-name school.
For
small
regional
colleges
that
struggle
just
to
fill
seats,
merit
aid
can
be
an
important
revenue-builder because many recipients still pay enough tuition dollars over and above the
scholarship amount to keep the institution running.
But for rankings- conscious schools in between, merit aid has served primarily as a tool to
recruit top students and to improve their academic profits.
“
They
’
re trying to buy students,
”

says Skidmore College economist Sandy Baum.
Studies show merit aid also tends to benefit disproportionately students who could afford to
enroll without it.
“
As we look to the future, we see a more pressing need to invest in need-based aid,
”

says

Monica
Inzer,
dean
of
admission
and
financial
aid
at
Hamilton,
which
has
offered
merit
scholarships for 10 years. During that time, it rose in US News & World Repor
t’s ranking of
the best liberal arts colleges, from 25 to 17.
Merit aid, which benefited about 75 students a year, or about 4% of its student body, at a cost
of about $$ 1 million a year,
“
served us well,
”

Inzer says, but
“
to be discounting the price for
families that don
’
t need financial aid doesn
’
t feel right any
more.”

Need-based
aid
remains
by
far
the
largest
share
of
all
student
aid,
which
includes
state,
federal
and
institutional
grants.
But
merit
aid,
offered
primarily
by
schools
and
states,
is
growing faster, both overall and at the institutional level.
Between 1995-96 and 2003-04, institutional merit aid alone increased 212%, compared with
47% for need-based grants. At least 15 states also offer merit aid, typically in a bid to enroll
top students in the state
’
s public institutions.
But in recent years, a growing chorus(
异口同声
)of critics has begun pressuring schools to
drop the practice. Recent decisions by Hamilton and others may be
“
a sign that people are
starting to realize that there
’
s this destructive competition going on,
”

says Baum, co- author
of a recent College Report that raises concerns about the role of institutional aid not based
on need.
David Laird, president of the Minnesota Private College Council, says many of his schools
would like to reduce their merit aid but fear that in doing so, they would lose top students to
their competitors.
“
No
one
can
take
one-sided
action,
”

says
Laird,
who
is
exploring
whether
to
seek
an
exemption(
豁免
)from federal anti- trust laws so member colleges can discuss how they could
jointly reduce merit aid,
“
This is a merry-go-round that
’
s going very fast, and none of the
institutions believe they can sustain the risks of trying to break away by themselves.”

A complicating factor is that merit aid has become so popular with middle- income families,
who don
’
t qualify for need-based aid, that many have come to depend on it. And, as tuitions
continue to increase, the line between merit and need blurs.
That
’
s one reason Allegheny College doesn
’
t plan to drop merit aid entirely.
“
We still believe in rewarding superior achievements and know that these top students truly
value the scholarship,
”

says Scott Friedhoff, Allegheny
’
s vice president for enrollment.
Emory
University
in
Atlanta,
which
boasts
a
$$4.7
billion
endowment(
捐赠
),
meanwhile,
is
taking another approach. This year, it announced it would eliminate loans for needy students
and cap them for middle- income families. At the same time, it would expand its 28-year-old
merit program.
“
Yeah,
we
’
re
playing
the
merit
game,
”

acknowledges
Tom
Lancaster,
associate
dean
for
undergraduate education. But it has its strong point, too, he says.
“
The fact of the matter is,
it
’
s not just about the lowest-income people. It
’
s the average American middle-class family
who’s being priced out of the market.”

*A few words about merit-based aid:
Merit-based
aid is
aid
offered
to students who
achieve
excellence
in
a given
area,
and is
generally known as academic, athletic and artistic merit scholarships.
Academic
merit
scholarships
are
based
on
students
’

grades,
GPA
and
overall
academic
performance
during
high
school.
They
are
typically
meant
for
students
going
straight
to
college right after high school. However, there are scholarships for current college students

with exceptional grades as well. These merit scholarships usually help students pay tuition
bills, and they can be renewed each year as long as the recipients continue to qualify. In some
cases, students may need to be recommended by their school or a teacher as part of the
qualification process.

Athletic merit scholarships are meant for students that excel(
突出
)in sports of any kind, from
football to track and field events. Recommendation for these scholarships is required, since
exceptional
athletic
performance
has
to
be
recognized
by
a
coach
or
a
referee(
裁判
).
Applicants need to send in a tape containing their best performance.
Artistic merit scholarships require that applicants excel in a given artistic area. This generally
includes any creative field such as art, design, fashion, music, dance or writing. Applying for
artistic merit scholarships usually requires that students submit a portfolio(
选辑
)of some sort,
whether that includes a collection of artwork, a recording of a musical performance or a video
of them dancing.
1.
With
more
and
more
low-income
students
pursuing
higher
education,
a
number
of
colleges are ________.
A) offering students more merit-based aid B) revising their financial aid policies
C) increasing the amount of financial aid D) changing their admission processes
2. What did Allegheny College in Meadville do three years ago?
A) It tried to implement a novel financial aid program.
B) It added $$ 2.5 million to its need-based aid program.
C) It phased out its merit-based scholarships altogether.
D) It cuts its merit-based aid to help the needy students.
3. The chief purpose of rankings- conscious colleges in offering merit aid is to ______.
A) improve teaching quality B) boost their enrollments
C) attract good students D) increase their revenues
4. Monica Inzer, dean of admission and financial aid at Hamilton, believes ______.
A) it doesn
’
t pay to spend $$ 1 million a year to raise its ranking
B) it gives students motivation to award academic achievements
C) it
’
s illogical to use so much money on only 4% of its students
D) it
’
s not right to give aid to those who can afford the tuition
5. In recent years, merit-based aid has increased much faster than need-based aid due to
______.
A) more government funding to colleges B) fierce competition among institutions
C) the increasing number of top students D) schools
’

improved financial situations
6. What is the attitude of many private colleges toward merit aid, according to David Laird?
A) They would like to see it reduced.
B) They regard it as a necessary evil.
C) They think it does more harm than good.
D) They consider it unfair to middle-class families.
7. Why doesn
’
t Allegheny College plan to drop merit aid entirely?
A) Raising tuitions have made college unaffordable for middle-class families.
B) With rising incomes, fewer students are applying for need-based aid.
C) Many students from middle-income families have come to rely on it.
D) Rising incomes have disqualified many students for need-based aid.

8. Annual renewal of academic merit scholarships depends on whether the recipients remain
______.
9. Applicants for athletic merit scholarships need a recommendation from a coach or a referee
who ______ their exceptional athletic performance.
10. Applicants for artistic merit scholarships must produce evidence to show their ______ in a
particular artistic field
Part
Ⅲ

Listening Comprehension (35 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 the best answer is. Then mark the corresponding
letter on Answer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Questions 11 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
11. A) Get some small change. B) Find a shopping center.
C) Cash a check at a bank. D) Find a parking meter.
12. A) Shopping with his son. B) Buying a gift for a child.
C) Promoting a new product. D) Bargaining with a salesgirl.
13. A) Taking photographs. B) Enhancing images.
C) Mending cameras. D) Painting pictures.
14. A) He moved to Baltimore when he was young.
B) He can provide little useful information.
C) He will show the woman around Baltimore.
D) He will ask someone else to help the woman.
15. A) He is rather disappointed. B) He is highly ambitious.
C) He can
’
t face up to the situation D) He knows his own limitation.
16. A) She must have paid a lotB) She is known to have a terrific figure.
C) Her gym exercise has yielded good results.
D) Her effort to keep fit is really praiseworthy.
17. A) Female students are unfit for studying physics.
B) He can serve as the woman
’
s tutor.
C) Physics is an important course at school.
D) The professor
’
s suggestion is constructive.
18. A) Indifferent. B) Doubtful. C) Pleased. D) Surprised.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) He prefers the smaller evening classes. B) He has signed up for a day course.
C) He has to work during the day. D) He finds the evening course cheaper.
20. A) Learn a computer language. B) Learn data processing.
C) Buy some computer software. D) Buy a few coursebooks.
21. A) Thursday evening, from 7:00 to 9:45. B) From September 1 to New Year
’
s eve.
C) Every Monday, lasting for 12 weeks. D) Three hours a week, 45 hours in total.
22. A) What to bring for registration. B) Where to attend the class.
C) How he can get to Frost Hall. D) Whether he can use a check.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. A) A training coach. B) A trading adviser.
C) A professional manager. D) A financial trader.
24. A) He can save on living expenses. B) He considers cooking creative.
C) He can enjoy healthier food. D) He thinks take- away is tasteless.
25. A) It is something inevitable. B) It is frustrating sometimes.
C) It takes patience to manage.

D) It can be a good thing.
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 2 with a
single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) There were no planets without moons. B) There was no air or water on Jupiter.
C) Life was not possible in outer space. D) The mystery of life could not be resolved.
27. A) It has a number of active volcanoes. B) It has an atmosphere like the earth
’
s.
C) It has a large ocean under its surface. D) It has deep caves several miles long.
28. A) Light is not an essential element to it. B) Life can form in very hot temperatures.
C) Every form of life undergoes evolution. D) Oxygen is not needed for some life forms.

Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. A) Whether they should take the child home.
B) What Dr. Mayer
’
s instructions exactly were.
C) Who should take care of the child at home.
D) When the child would completely recover.
30. A) She encourages them to ask questions when in doubt.
B) She makes them write down all her instructions.
C) She has them act out what they are to do at home.
D) She asks them to repeat what they are supposed to do.
31. A) It lacks the stability of the printed word. B) It contains many grammatical errors.
C) It is heavily dependent on the context. D) It facilitates interpe

Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A) Job security. B) Good labour relations.
C) Challenging work. D) Attractive wages and benefits.
33. A) Many tedious jobs continue to be done manually.
B) More and more unskilled workers will lose jobs.
C) Computers will change the nature of many jobs.
D) Boring jobs will gradually be made enjoyable.
34. A) Offer them chances of promotion.
B) Improve their working conditions.
C) Encourage them to compete with each other.

D) Give them responsibilities as part of a team.
35. A) They will not bring real benefits to the staff.
B) They concern a small number of people only.
C) They are arbitrarily set by the administrators.
D) They are beyond the control of ordinary workers.
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 numbered from 36 to 43
with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are
required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact
words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally,
when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
注意：此部分试题在答题卡
2
上。

In the humanities, authors write to inform you in many ways. These methods can be (36)
______ into three types of informational writing: factual, descriptive, and process.
Factual writing provides (37) ______ information on an author, composer, or artist or on a type
of music, literature, or art. Examples of factual writing include notes on a book jacket or (38)
______ cover and longer pieces, such as an article describing a style of music which you might
read in a music (39) ______ course. This kind of writing provides a (40) ______ for your study of
the humanities.
As its name (41) ______, descriptive writing simply describes, or provides an (42) ______ of, a
piece of music, art, or literature. For example, descriptive writing might list the colors an artist
used in a painting or the (43) ______ a composer included in a musical composition, so as to
make pictures or sounds in the reader’s mind by calling up spec
ific details of the work. (44)
________.
Process writing explains a series of actions that bring about a result. (45) ________. This kind of
writing is often found in art, where understanding how an art has created a certain effect is
important. (46) _________.
Part
Ⅳ

Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
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 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
In families with two working parents, fathers may have more impact on a child
’
s language
development than mothers, a new study suggests.
Researchers 47 92 families form 11 child care centers before their children were a year old,
interviewing each to establish income, level of education and child care arrangements. Overall,
it was a group of well- class families, with married parents both living in the home.
When the children were 2, researchers videotaped them at home in free-play sessions with

both
parents,
48
all
of
their
speech.
The
study
will
appear
in
the
November
issue
of
The
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.
The scientists measured the 49 number of utterance (
话语
) of the parents, the number of
different words they used, the complexity of their sentences and other 50 of their speech. On
average, fathers spoke less than mothers did, but they did not differ in the length of utterances
or proportion of questions asked.
Finally, the researchers 51 the children
’
s speech at age 3, using a standardized language test.
The only predictors of high scores on the test were the mother
’
s level of education, the 52 of
child care and the number of different words the father used.

The researchers are 53 why the father
’
s speech, and not the mother
’
s, had an effect.
“
It
’
s well 54 that the mother
’
s language does have an impact,
”

said Nadya Pancsofar, the lead
author of the study. It could be that the high-functioning mothers in the study had 55 had a
strong influence on their children
’
s speech development, Ms. Pancso
far said, “or it may be
that mothers are 56 in a way we didn’t measure in the study.”

注意：此部分试题在答题卡
1
上。

A) already B) analyzed C) aspects D) characters E) contributing F) describing
G) established H) quality I) quoted J) recording K) recruited L) total
M) unconscious N) unsure O) yet

Section B
Directions:
There
are
2
passages
in
this
section.
Each
passage
is
followed
by
some
questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A),
B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter
on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Throughout this long, tense election, everyone has focused on the presidential candidates
and how they
’
ll change America. Rightly so, but selfishly, I
’
m more fascinated by Michelle
Obama and what she might be able to do, not just for this country, but for me as an African-
American woman. As the potential First Lady, she would have the world’s attention. And that
means that for the first time people will have a chance to get up close and personal with the
type of African-American woman they so rarely see.
Usually, the lives of black women go largely unexamined. The prevailing theory seems to be
that we
’
re all hot-tempered single mothers who can
’
t keep a man. Even in the world of make-
believe, black women still can
’
t escape the stereotype of being eye-rolling, oversexed females
raised by our never-married, alcoholic (
酗酒的
) mothers.
These images have helped define the way all women are viewed, including Michelle Obama.
Before she ever gets the chance to commit to a cause, charity or foundation as First Lady, her
most urgent and perhaps most complicated duty may be simple to be herself.
It
won
’
t
be
easy.
Because
few
mainstream
publications
have
done
in-depth
features
on
regular African-American women, little is known about who we are, what we think and what
we face on a regular basis. For better or worse, Michelle will represent us all.
Just as she will have her critics, she will also have millions of fans who usually have little interest
in the First Lady. Many African-American blogs have written about what they
’
d like to see
Michelle
bring
to
the
White
House
—
mainly
showing
the
world
that
a
black
woman
can

support
her
man
and
raise
a
strong
black
family.
Michelle
will
have
to
work
to
please
everyone
—
an impossible task. But for many African-American women like me, just a little of
her poise (
沉着
), confidence and intelligence will go a lon
g way in changing an image that’s
been around for far too long.
57. Why does Michelle Obama hold a strong fascination for the author?
A) She serves as a role model for African women.
B) She possesses many admirable qualities becoming a First Lady.
C) She will present to the world a new image of African- American women.
D) She will pay closer attention to the interests of African-American women.
58. What is the common stereotype of African-American women according to the author?
A) They are victims of violence. B) They are of an inferior violence.
C) They use quite a lot of body language. D) They live on charity and social welfare.
59. What do many African- Americans write about in their blogs?
A) Whether Michelle can live up to the high expectations of her fans.
B) How Michelle should behave as a public figure.
C) How proud they are to have a black woman in the White House.
D) What Michelle should do as wife and mother in the White House.
60. What does the author say about Michelle Obama as a First Lady?
A) However many fans she has, she should remain modest,
B) She shouldn
’
t disappoint the African-American community.
C) However hard she tries, she can
’
t expect to please everybody.
D) She will give priority to African-American women
’
s concerns.
61. What do many African-American women hope Michelle Obama will do?
A) Help change the prevailing view about black women.
B) Help her husband in the task of changing America.
C) Outshine previous First Lady.
D) Fully display her fine qualities.
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
When next year
’
s crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall of 2009,
they
’
ll be joined by a new face; Andrew Hamilton, the 55-year-old provost (
教务长
) of Yale,
who
’
ll
become
Oxford
’
s
vice- chancellor
—
a
position
equivalent
to
university
president
in
America.
Hamilton isn
’
t the only educator crossing the Atlantic. Schools in France, Egypt, Singapore,
etc, have also recently made top-level hires from abroad. Higher education has become a big
and competitive business nowadays, and like so many businesses, it
’
s gone global. Yet the
talent flow isn’t universal. High
-level personnel tend to head in only one direction: outward
from America.
The chief reason is that American schools don
’
t tend to seriously consider looking abroad.
For example, when the board of the University of Colorado searched for a new president, it
wanted a leader familiar with the state government, a major source of the university
’
s budget.
“
We didn
’
t do any global consideration,
”

says Patricia Hayes, the board
’
s chair. The board
ultimately picked Bruce Benson, a 69-year-old Colorado businessman and political activist
(
活动家
) who is likely to do well in the main task of modern university presidents: fund- raising.

Fund-raising is a distinctively American thing, since U.S. schools rely heavily on donations.
The fund-raising ability is largely a product of experience and necessity.
Many European universities, meanwhile, are still mostly dependent on government funding.
But government support has failed to keep pace with rising student number. The decline in
government
support
has
made
funding-raising
an
increasing
necessary
ability
among
administrators and has hiring committees hungry for Americans.
In the past few years, prominent schools around the world have joined the trend. In 2003,
when
Cambridge
University
appointed
Alison
Richard,
another
former
Yale
provost,
as
its
vice-chancellor, the university publicly stressed that in her previous job s
he had overseen “a
major strengthening of Yale’s financial position.”

Of
course,
fund-raising
isn
’
t
the
only
skill
outsiders
offer.
The
globalization
of
education
means more universities will be seeking heads with international experience of some kind of
promote international programs and attract a global student body. Foreigners can offer a
fresh perspective on established practices.
62. What is the current trend in higher education discussed in the passage?
A) Institutions worldwide are hiring administrators from the U.S.
B) A lot of political activists are being recruited as administrators.
C) American universities are enrolling more international students.
D) University presidents are paying more attention to funding-raising.
63.
What
is
the
chief
consideration
of
American
universities
when
hiring
top-level
administrators?
A) The political correctness. B) Their ability to raise funds.
C) Their fame in academic circles. D) Their administrative experience.
64. What do we learn about European universities from the passage?
A) The tuitions they charge have been rising considerably.
B) Their operation is under strict government supervision.
C) They are strengthening their position by globalization.
D) Most of their revenues come from the government.
65. Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard as its vice-chancellor chiefly because _____.
A) she was known to be good at raising money
B) she could help strengthen its ties with Yale
C) she knew how to attract students overseas
D) she had boosted Yale
’
s academic status
66.
In
what
way
do
top-level
administrators
from
abroad
contribute
to
university
development?
A) They can enhance the university
’
s image.
B) They will bring with them more international faculty.
C) They will view a lot of things from a new perspective.
D) They can set up new academic disciplines.

Part
Ⅴ

Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four
choices marked A), B), C), and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the
ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet
2 with a single line through the centre.

Older people must be given more chances to learn if they are to contribute to society rather
than be a financial burden, according to a new study on population published recently.
The current people approach which 67 on younger people and on skills for employment is
not 68 to meet the challenges of demographic (
人口结构的
) change, it says. Only 1% of the
education budget is 69 spent on the oldest third of the population.
The 70 include the fact that most people can expect to spend a third of their lives in 71 , that
there are now more people over 59 than under 16 and that 11.3 million people are 72 state
pension age.
“

73 needs to continue throughout life. Our historic concentration of policy attention and
resources 74 young people cannot meet the new 75 ,
”

says the report
’
s author, Professor
Stephen McNair.
The major 76 of our education budget is spent on people below the age of 25. 77 people are
changing their jobs, 78 , partners and lifestyles more often than 79 , they need opportunities
to learn at every age 80 , some people are starting new careers in their 50s and later.

People need opportunities to make a
“
midlife review
”

to 81 to the later stage of employed
life, and to plan for the transition (
过渡
) 82 retirement, which may now happen 83 at any
point from 50 to over 90, says McNair.
And there should be more money 84 to support people in establishing a 85 of identity and
finding constructive 86 for the
“
third age
”
, the 20 or more years they will spend in healthy
retired life.
67. A) operates B) focuses C) counts D) depends
68. A) superior B) regular C) essential D) adequate
69. A) currently B) barely C) anxiously D) heavily
70. A) regulations B) obstacles C) challenges D) guidelines
71. A) enjoyment B) retirement C) stability D) inability
72. A) over B) after C) across D) beside
73. A) Indentifying B) Learning C) Instructing D) Practicing
74. A) at B) by C) in D) on
75. A) desires B) realms C) needs D) intentions
76. A) measure B) ratio C) area D) portion
77. A) When B) Until C) Whether D) Before
78. A) neighbors B) moods C) homes D) minds
79. A) age B) ever C) previously D) formerly
80. A) For example B) By contrast C) In particular D) On average
81. A) transform B) yield C) adjust D) suit
82. A) within B) from C) beyond D) to
83. A) unfairly B) unpredictably C) instantly D) indirectly
84. A) reliable B) considerable C) available D) feasible
85. A) sense B) conscience C) project D) definition
86. A) ranks B) assets C) ideals D) roles
Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
Directions:
Complete
the
sentences
by
translating
into
English
the
Chinese
given
in
brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2.
87. You would not have failed if you __________________________(
按照我的指令去做
).