-
2014
年
12
月大学英语四级考试真题
Part I
Writing
(30 minutes)
Directions:
For
this
part, .you
are
allowed
30
minutes
to
write
a
short
essay
about
a
campus
activity that has benefited you should
write at least 120 words but No more than 180
words.
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Part
Ⅱ
Listening
Comprehension
(30 minutes)
Section A
Directions:
In this section,
you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long
conversations. At the
end
of
each
conversation,
one
or
more
questions
will
be
asked
about
what
was
said.
Both
the conversation and the questions will be spoken
only once. After each question
there
will be a pause. During the pause, you must read
the four choices marked A
．
,
B
．
,
C
．
and
D
．
, and decide which is the
best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 1 with a single line
through the centre.
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1.
A
．
The woman is
fussy about the cleanness of the apartment.
B
．
He
has not cleaned the apartment since his mother's
visit.
C
．
He does not remember when his mother
canoe over.
D
．
His mother often helps him to clean the
apartment.
2. A
．
The bus stop is only two minutes' walk.
B
．
The
naming made him short of breath.
C
．
They might as well take the next bus.
D
．
The
woman is late by a couple of minutes.
3. A
．
She is suffering a pain in her neck.
B
．
She
is likely to replace Miss Smith.
C
．
She
has to do extra work for a few days.
D
．
She
is quite sick of working overtime.
4.
A
．
Change her
job.
B
．
Buy
a dishwasher.
C
．
Open a flower shop.
D
．
Start her own business.
5.
A
．
He forgot
where he had left the package.
B
．
He
slipped on his way to the post office.
C
．
He
wanted to deliver the package himself.
D
．
He
failed to do what he promised to do.
6.
A
．
The speakers
do not agree with each other.
B
．
The
woman does not like horror films.
C
．
The
man pays for the tickets as a rule.
D
．
The
speakers happened
7.
A
．
The woman is
just as unlucky as the man.
B
．
The
woman is more sensitive than the man.
C
．
The
speakers share a common view on love.
D
．
The
speakers are unhappy with their marriage.
8. A
．
Preparations for a forum.
B
．
Participants in the forum.
C
．
Organizers of a forum.
D
．
Expectations of the forum.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
9.
A
．
France.
B
．
Scandinavia.
C
．
Russia.
D
．
East Europe.
10.
A
．
More women
will be promoted in the workplace.
B
．
More women will overcome their
inadequacies.
C
．
More women will receive higher
education.
D
．
More women will work outside the
family.
11. A
．
Try hard to protect women's rights.
B
．
Educate men to respect women more.
C
．
Help women acquire more professional
skills.
D
．
Spend more time changing women's
attitudes.
Questions 12 to 15 are based
on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A
．
In a restaurant.
B
．
In
a hotel lobby.
C
．
At
the man's office.
D
．
At
the woman's place.
13.
A
．
He is the
chief designer of the latest bike model.
B
．
He
has completed an overseas market survey.
C
．
He is the Managing Director of Jayal
Motors.
D
．
He has just come back from a trip to
Africa.
14. A
．
To select the right model.
B
．
To
get a good import agent.
C
．
To
convince the board members.
D
．
To
cut down production costs.
15.
A
．
His
flexibility.
B
．
His vision.
C
．
His
intelligence.
D
．
His determination.
Section B
Directions:
In this section,
you will hoar 3 short passages. At the end of each
passage, you will
hoar 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.
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上作答。
Passage One
Questions
16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
16. A
．
How being an identical twin influences
one's identity.
B
．
Why
some identical twins keep their identities secret.
C
．
Why
some identical twins were separated from birth.
D
．
How
identical twins are born, raised and educated.
17. A
．
Their second wives were named Linda.
B
．
They grew up in different surroundings.
C
．
Their first children were both
daughters.
D
．
They both got married when they were
39.
18. A
．
They want to freed out the relationship
between environment and biology.
B
．
They want to see what characteristics
distinguish one from the other.
C
．
They want to understand how twins
communicate when far apart.
D
．
They want to know whether twins can
feel each other's pain.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
19.
A
．
It is
especially attractive to children and the young.
B
．
It is the first choice of vacationers
on the Continent.
C
．
It
is as comfortable as living in a permanent house.
D
．
It
is an inexpensive way .of spending a holiday.
20. A
．
It has a solid plastic frame.
B
．
It consists of an inner and an outer
tent.
C
．
It is very convenient to set up.
D
．
It
is sold to many Continental countries.
21. A
．
A groundsheet.
B
．
A
gas stove.
C
．
A kitchen extension.
D
．
A
spare tent.
Passage Three
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
22.
A
．
It covers 179
square
B
．
It is as big as New York City.
C
．
It
covers 97 square kilometers.
D
．
It
is only half the size of Spain.
23.
A
．
Its geographic
features attracted many visitors.
B
．
Its
citizens enjoyed a peaceful, comfortable life.
C
．
It
imported food from foreign countries.
D
．
It
was cut off from the rest of the world.
24. A
．
The fast development of its neighboring
countries.
B
．
The increasing investment by developed
countries.
C
．
The building of roads connecting it
with neighboring countries.
D
．
The
establishing of diplomatic relations with France
and Spain.
25. A
．
They work on their farms.
B
．
They work in the tourist industry.
C
．
They raise domestic animals.
D
．
They make traditional handicrafts.
Section C
Directions:
In this section, you will hear a
passage three times. When the passage is read for
the
first time, you should listen
carefully for its general idea. When the passage
is read for
the second time, you are
required to fill in the blanks with the exact
words you have just
heard. Finally,
when the passage is read for the third time, you
should check what you
have
written.
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take
many
English
courses;
they
won't
help
you
get
a
decent
job.
up
for
management
classes,
so
you'll
be
ready
to
join
the
family
business
when
you
graduate.
Sound
(26)__________?
Many
of
us
have
heard
suggestions
like
these(27)
__________by
parents
or
others close to us. Such
comments often seem quite reasonable.
Why, then, should suggestions like
these be taken with (28) __________? The reason
isthey
relate
to
decisions
you
should
make.
You
are
the
one
who
must
(29)__________their
consequences.
One of the
worst reasons to follow a particular path in life
is that other people want you to.
Decisions
that
affect
your
life
should
be
your
decisions--decisions
you
make
after
you've
considered various (30)__________ and
chosen the path that suits you best.
Making your own decisions does not mean
that you should (31) __________ the suggestions
of others. For instance, your parents
do have their own unique experiences that may make
their
advice helpful, and having
(32)__________in a great deal of your personal
history, they may have
a clear view of
your strengths and weaknesses. Still, their views
are not necessarily accurate.
They may
still see you as a child, (33) __________care and
protection. Or they may see only your
strengths. Or, in some unfortunate
cases, they may (34)__________ your flaws and
shortcomings.
People
will
always
be
giving
you
advice.
Ultimately,
though,
you
have
to
make
your
own
(35)__________
Part III
Reading
Comprehension
(40
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 36 to 45 are based on the
following passage.
For decades,
Americans have taken for granted the United
States' leadership position in the
development
of
new
technologies.
The
innovations
(
创新
)
that
resulted
from
research
and
development during World War
Ⅱ
and afterwards were 36 to
the prosperity of the nation in the
second half of the 20th century. Those
innovations, upon which virtually all aspects of
37 society
now
depend,
were
possible
because
the
United
States
then
38
the
world
in
mathematics
and
science education.
Today,
however, despite increasing demand for workers
with strong skills in mathematics and
science, the 39 of degrees awarded in
science, math, and engineering are decreasing.
The
decline
in
degree
production
in
what
are
called
the
STEM
disciplines
(science,
technology, engineering, and math)
seems to be 40 related to the comparatively weak
performance
by U.S. schoolchildren on
international assessments of math and science.
Many students entering
college
have
weak
skills
in
mathematics.
According
to
the
2005
report
of
the
Business-Higher
Education Forum,22percent of college
freshmen must take remedial
(
补习的
) math 41, and less
than half of the students who plan to
major in science or engineering 42 complete a
major in those
fields.
The
result has been a decrease in the number of
American college graduates who have the
skills, 43 in mathematics, to power a
workforce that can keep the country at the
forefront (
前沿
)of
innovation and maintain its standard of
living. With the 44 performance of American
students in
math
and
science has
come
increased competition
from
students
from
other
countries
that
have
strongly supported education in these
areas. Many more students earn 45 in the STEM
disciplines
in developing countries
than in the United States.
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A
．
accelerating
B
．
actually
C
．
closely
D
．
contemporary
E
．
courses
F
．
critical
G
．
declining
H
．
degrees
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.
Ban sugary drinks--that will add fuel
to the obesity war
I
．
especially
J
．
future
K
．
led
L
．
met
M
．
procedures
N
．
proportions
O
．
spheres
[A] On a train last Thursday, I sat
opposite a man who was so fat he filled more than
one seat. He
was pale and disfigured
and looked sick to death, which he probably was:
obesity (
肥胖症
) leads
to
many
nasty
ways
of
dying.
Looking
around
the
carriage,
I
saw
quite
a
few
people
like
him,
including a couple of
fatty children with swollen cheeks pressing
against their eyes. These people
are
part of what is without exaggeration an epidemic
(
流行病
) of obesity.
[B] But it is quite unnecessary: there
is a simple idea--far from new--that could spare
millions of
such
people
a
lifetime
of
chronic
(
长期病
)
ill
health,
and
at
the
same
time
save
the
National
Health Service
(NHS) at least
￡
14 billion a
year in England and Wales. There would, you might
think, be considerable public interest
in it. This simple idea is that sugar is as good--
or as bad--as
poison and should be
avoided. It is pure, white and deadly, as
Professor John Y
udkin described it
40 years ago in a revolutionary book of
that name. The subtitle was How Sugar Is Killing
Us.
[C]
In
its
countless
hidden
forms,
in
ready
meals,
junk
food
and
sweet
drinks,
sugar
leads
to
addiction(
瘾
),
to
hormonal
upsets
to
the
appetite,
to
metabolic
(
新陈代谢的
)
malfunctions
and
obesity and from there to type 2
diabetes (
糖尿病
) and its many
horrible complications, ff people
really
grasped
that,
they
would
try
to
kick
the
habit,
particularly
as
Britain
is
the
man
of
Europe
They
might
even
feel
driven
to
support
government
measures
to
prevent
people
from
consuming this deadly
stuff. Yet so far this idea has met little but
resistance.
[D] It is not difficult to
imagine the vested interests
(
既得利益集团
) lined up against
any sugar
control--all the food and
drink manufacturers, processors, promoters and
retailers who make such
easy pickings
out of the magic powers of sugar. Then there are
the liberals, with whom I would
normally
side,
who
protest
that
government
regulation
would
be
yet
another
instance
of
interference in our
lives.
[E] That is true, but people
should realise that you cannot have a welfare
state without a nanny
state(
保姆国家
), to
some degree. If we are all to be responsible for
one another's health insurance,
through
socialised medicine, then' we are all closely
involved in one another's health, including
everyone's eating and drinking. That
has already been admitted, finally, with smoking.
But it has
yet to be admitted with
overeating, even though one in four adults in this
country is obese and that
number
is
predicted
to
double
by
the
year
2050.
Quite
apart
from
anything
else,
obesity
will
cripple the NHS.
[F]
Recently, though, there have been signs that the
medical establishment is trying to sound the
alarm.
Last
month
the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AMRC)
published a report saying
that
obesity
is
the
greatest
public
health
issue
affecting
the
UK
and
urging
government
to
do
something.
[G] The report
offers 10 recommendations, of which the first is
imposing a tax of 20 percent on