2006年12月23日大学英语新四级(CET-4)听力真题试卷
Section A
11.A) Plan his budget carefully. B) Give her more information.
C) Ask someone else for advice. D) Buy a gift for his girlfriend.
12. A) She’ll have some chocolate cake. B) She’ll take a look at the menu.
C) She’ll go without dessert. D) She’ll prepare the dinner.
13. A) The man can speak a foreign language.
B) The woman hopes to improve her English.
C) The woman knows many different languages.
D) The man wishes to visit many more countries.
14. A) Go to the library. B) Meet the woman.
C) See Professor Smith. D) Have a drink in the bar.
15. A) She isn’t sure when Professor Bloom will be back.
B) The man shouldn’t be late for his class.
C) The man can come back sometime later.
D) She can pass on the message for the man.
16. A) He has a strange personality. B) He’s got emotional problems.
C) His illness is beyond cure. D) His behavior is hard to explain.
17. A) The tickets are more expensive than expected.
B) The tickets are sold in advance at half price.
C) It’s difficult to buy the tickets on the spot.
D) It’s better to buy the tickets beforehand.
18. A) He turned suddenly and ran into a tree. B) He was hit by a fallen box from a truck.
C) He drove too fast and crashed into a truck.
D) He was trying to overtake the truck ahead of him.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) To go boating on the St. Lawrence River. B) To go sightseeing in Quebec Province.
C) To call on a friend in Quebec City. D) To attend a wedding in Montreal.
20. A) Study the map of Quebec Province. B) Find more about Quebec Province.
C) Brush up on her French. D) Learn more about the local customs.
21.A) It’s most beautiful in summer. B) It has many historical buildings.
C) It was greatly expanded in the 18th century.D) It’s the only French-speaking city in Canada.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. A) It was about a little animal. B) It took her six years to write.
C) It was adapted from a fairy tale. D) It was about a little girl and her pet.
23. A) She knows how to write best-selling novels.
B) She can earn a lot of money by writing for adults.
C) She is able to win enough support from publishers.
D) She can make a living by doing what she likes.
24. A) The characters. B) The readers. C) Her ideas. D) Her life experiences.
25. A) She doesn’t really know where they originated.
B) She mainly drew on stories of ancient saints.
C) They popped out of her childhood dreams.
D) They grew out of her long hours of thinking.
Section B
Passage One
26. A) Monitor students’ sleep patterns. B) Help students concentrate in class.
C) Record students’ weekly performance. D) Ask students to complete a sleep report.
27.A) Declining health. B) Lack of attention. C) Loss of motivation. D) Improper behavior.
28. A) They should make sure their children are always punctual for school.
B) They should ensure their children grow up in a healthy environment.
C) They should help their children accomplish high-quality work.
D) They should see to it that their children have adequate sleep.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. A) She stopped being a homemaker. B) She became a famous educator.
C) She became a public figure. D) She quit driving altogether.
30. A) A motorist’s speeding. B) Her running a stop sign.
C) Her lack of driving experience. D) A motorist’s failure to concentrate.
31.A) Nervous and unsure of herself. B) Calm and confident of herself.
C) Courageous and forceful. D) Distracted and reluctant.
32. A) More strict training of women drivers. B) Restrictions on cell phone use while driving.
C) Improved traffic conditions in cities. D) New regulations to ensure children’s safety.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. A) They haven’t de voted as much energy to medicine as to space travel.
B) Three are too many kinds of cold viruses for them to identify.
C) It is not economical to find a cure for each type of cold.
D) They believe people can recover without treatment.
34. A) They reveal the seriousness of the problem. B) They indicate how fast the virus spreads.
C) They tell us what kind of medicine to take. D) They show our body is fighting the virus.
35. A) It actually does more harm than good.
B) It causes damage to some organs of our body.
C) It works better when combined with other remedies.
D) It helps us to recover much sooner.
Section C
You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways depending on the situation they are in. This is very (36) ________. All languages have two general levels of (37) ________: a formal level and an informal level. English is no (38) ________. The difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use a (39) ________ level. Formal language is the kind of language you find in textbooks, (40) ________ books and in business letters. You would also use formal English in compositions and (41) ________ that you write in school. Informal language is used in conversation with (42) ________, family members and friends, and when we write (43) ________ notes or letters to close friends.
Formal language is different from informal language in several ways. First, formal language tends to be more polite. (44) ________________________________. For example, I might say to a friend or a family member “Close the door, please,” (45) _____________________ _____.
Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the vocabulary. (46) ________________________________. Let’s say that I really like socc er. If I am talking to my friend I might say “I am just crazy about soccer!” But if I were talking to my boss, I would probably say “I really enjoy soccer.”
2006年12月23日新四级听力参考答案
11.B 12.C 13.A 14.C 15.D 16.B 17.D 18.A 19.D 20.C 21.B 22.A 23.D 24.B 25.A 26.C 27.B 28.D
29.C 30.D 31.A 32.B 33.B 34.D 35.A
36.natural 37usage 38exception 39particular 40reference 41essays 42colleagues 43personal
44.What we may find interesting is that it usually takes more words to be polite
45. but to a stranger, I probably would say “would you mind closing the door?”
46.There are bound to be some words and phrases that belong in formal language and others that are informal.
2007年6月23日大学英语四级(CET-4)听力真题试卷
Section A
11.A) It could help people of all ages to avoid cancer.
B) It was mainly meant for cancer patients.
C) It might appeal more to viewers over 40.
D) It was frequently interrupted by commercials.
12.A) The man is fond of traveling. B) The woman is a photographer.
C) The woman took a lot of pictures at the contest.
D) The man admires the woman’s talent in writing.
13.A) The man regrets being absent-minded. B) The woman saved the man some trouble.
C) The man placed the reading list on a desk. D) The woman emptied the
waste paper basket.
14. A) He quit teaching in June. B) He has left the army recently.
C) He opened a restaurant near the school. D) He has taken over his brother’s business.
15. A) She seldom reads books from cover to cover. B) She is interested in reading novels.
C) She read only part of the book. D) She was eager to know what the book was about.
16.A) She was absent all week owing to sickness.
B) She was seriously injured in a car accident.
C) She called to say that her husband had been hospitalized.
D) She had to be away from school to attend to her husband.
17.A) The speakers want to rent the Smiths’ old house.
B) The man lives two blocks away from the Smiths.
C) The woman is not sure if she is on the right street.
D) The Smiths’ new house is not far from their old one.
18. A) The man had a hard time finding a parking space.
B) The woman found they had got to the wrong spot.
C) The woman was offended by the man’s late arrival.
D) The man couldn’t find his car in the parking lot.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) The hotel clerk had put his reservation under another name.
B) The hotel clerk insisted that he didn’t make any reservation.
C) The hotel clerk tried to take advantage of his inexperience.
D) The hotel clerk couldn’t find his reservation for that night.
20. A) A grand wedding was being held in the hotel.
B) There was a conference going on in the city.
C) The hotel was undergoing major repairs.
D) It was a busy season for holiday-makers.
21.A) It was free of charge on weekends. B) It had a 15% discount on weekdays.
C) It was offered to frequent guests only. D) It was 10% cheaper than in other hotels.
22. A) Demand compensation from the hotel. B) Ask for an additional discount.
C) Complain to the hotel manager. D) Find a cheaper room in another hotel.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. A) An employee in the city council at Birmingham.
B) Assistant Director of the Admissions Office.
C) Head of the Overseas Students Office.
D) Secretary of Birmingham Medical School.
24.A) Nearly fifty percent are foreigners. B) About fifteen percent are from Africa.
C) A large majority are from Latin America. D) A small number are from the Far East.
25A) She will have more contact with students.
B) It will bring her capability into fuller play.
C) She will be more involved I policy-making.
D) It will be less demanding than her present job.
Section B
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.A) Her parents thrived in the urban environment.
B) Her parents left Chicago to work on a farm.
C) Her parents immigrated to America.
D) Her parents set up an ice-cream store.
27. A) He taught English in Chicago. B) He was crippled in a car accident.
C) He worked to become an executive. D) He was born with a limp.
28. A) She was fond of living an isolated life. B) She was fascinated by American culture.
C) She was very generous in offering help. D) She was highly devoted to her family.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29.A) He suffered a nervous breakdown. B) He was wrongly diagnosed.
C) He was seriously injured. D) He developed a strange disease.
30.A) He was able to talk again. B) He raced to the nursing home.
C) He could tell red and blue apart. D) He could not recognize his wife.
31.A) Twenty-nine days. B) Two and a half months. C) Several minutes. D) Fourteen hours.
32.A) They welcomed the publicity in the media. B) The avoided appearing on television.
C) They released a video of his progress. D) They declined to give details of his condition.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. A) For people to share ideas and show farm products.
B) For officials to educate the farming community.
C) For farmers to exchange their daily necessities.
D) For farmers to celebrate their harvests.
34.A) By bringing an animal rarely seen on nearby farms.
B) By bringing a bag of grain in exchange for a ticket.
C) By offering to do volunteer work at the fair.
D) By performing a special skill at the entrance.
35.A) They contribute to the modernization of American farms.
B) They help to increase the state governments’ revenue.
C) They provide a stage for people to give performances.
D) They remind Americans of the importance of agriculture.
Section C
Students’ pressure sometimes comes from their parents. Most parents are well (36) ________, but some of them aren’t very helpful with the problems their sons and daughters have in (37) ________ to college, and a few of them seem to go out of their way to add to their children’s difficulties.
For one thing, parents are often not (38) ________ of the kinds of problems their children face. They don’t realize that the (39) ________ is ke ener, that the required (40) ________ of work are higher, and that their children may not be prepared for the change. (41) ________ to seeing A’s and B’s on high school report cards, they may be upset when their children’s first (42) ________ college grades are below that level. At their kindest, they may gently (43) ________ why John or Mary isn’t doing better, whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she should, and so on. (44) ________________________________.
Sometimes parents regard their children as extensions of themselves and (45) ________________________________. In their involvement and identification with their children, they forget that everyone is different and that each person must develop in his or her own way. They forget that their children, (46) ________________________________.
2007年6月23日四级听力答案
11C 12D 13B 14A 15C 16D 17D 18A 19C 20B 21A 22C 23B 24A 25C 26C 27B 28D 29C 30A 31B 32D 33A 34B 35D
36meaning 37adjusting 38aware 39competition 40standards 41accustomed 42semester 43inquire
44.at their worst ,they may threaten to take their children out of college or cut off funds
45.think it only right and natural that they determine what their children do with their lives
46.who are now young adults must, be the ones responsible for what they do and what they are 15.1
2007年12月大学英语新四级(CET-4)听力真题试卷
Section A
11. A) She used to be in poor health. B) She didn’t do well at high school.
C) She was popular among boys. D) She was somewhat overweight.
12. A) At the airport. B) At the hotel reception.
C) In a restaurant. D) In a booking office.
13. A) Having confidence in her son. B) Telling her son not to worry.
C) Teaching her son by herself. D) Asking the teacher for extra help.
14. A) Have a short break. B) Take two weeks off.
C) Go on vacation with the man. D) Continue her work outdoors.
15. A) He is taking care of his twin brother. B) He is worried about Rod’s health.
C) He has been in perfect condition. D) He has been feeling ill all week.
16. A) She bought a new set of furniture from Italy last month.
B) She sold all her furniture before she moved house.
C) She plans to put all her old furniture in the basement.
D) She still keeps some old furniture in her new house.
17. A) The woman forgot leading the book to the man.
B) The woman doesn’t find the book useful any more.
C) The woman doesn’t seem to know what the book is about.
D) The woman wondered why the man didn’t return the book.
18. A) Most of the man’s friends are athletes. B) The man doesn’t look like
a sportsman.
C) Few people share the woman’s opinion. D) The woman doubts the man’s athletic ability.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) She is afraid that she has lost it. B) She is going to get it at the airport.
C) She has packed it in one of her bags. D) she has probably left it in a taxi.
20. A) It will cost her a lot. B) It will last one week.
C) It ends in winter. D) It depends on the weather.
21. A) There is a lot of stuff to pack. B) There might be a traffic jam.
C) The plane is taking off soon. D) The taxi is waiting for them.
22. A) At home. B) In the man’s car. C) By the side of a taxi. D) At the airport.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. A) She is thirsty for promotion. B) She is tired of her present work.
C) She wants a much higher salary. D) She wants to save travel expenses.
24. A) Language instructor. B) Environmental engineer. C) Translator. D) Travel agent.
25. A) Devotion and work efficiency. B) Lively personality and inquiring
mind.
C) Communication skills and team spirit. D) Education and experience.
Section B
Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) They want children to keep them company.
B) They want to enrich their life experience.
C) They need looking after in their old age.
D) They care a lot about children.
27. A) Their birth parents often try to conceal their birth information.
B) They are usually adopted from distant places.
C) Their birth information is usually kept secret.
D) Their adoptive parents don’t want them to know their birth parents.
28. A) They do not want to hurt the feelings of their adoptive parents.
B) They have mixed feelings about finding their natural parents.
C) They generally hold bad feelings towards their birth parents.
D) They are fully aware of the expenses involved in the search.
29. A) Adoption has much to do with love.
B) Understanding is the key to successful adoption.
C) Most people prefer to adopt children from overseas.
D) Early adoption makes for closer parent-child relationship.
Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. A) He suffered from mental illness. B) He bought The Washington Post.
C) He was once a reporter for a major newspaper.
D) He turned a failing newspaper into a success.
31. A) She committed suicide because of her mental disorder.
B) She got her first job as a teacher at the University of Chicago.
C) She was the first woman to lead a big U.S. publishing company.
D) She took over her father’s position when he died.
32. A) Katharine had exerted an important influence on the world.
B) People came to see the role of women in the business world.
C) American media would be quite different without Katharine.
D) Katharine played a major part in reshaping Americans’ mind.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. A) It’ll allow them to receive free medical treatment.
B) It’ll prevent the doctors from overcharging them.
C) It’ll enable them to enjoy the best medical care.
D) It’ll pro tect them from possible financial crises.
34. A) They may not be able to receive timely medical treatment.
B) They can only visit doctors who speak their native languages.
C) They have to go through very complicated application procedures.
D) They can’t immediately get back the money paid for their medical cost.
35. A) They must send the receipts to the insurance company promptly.
B) They have to pay a much higher price to get an insurance policy.
C) They needn’t pay the entire medical bill at once.
D) They don’t have to pay for the medical services.
More and more of the world’s population are living in towns or cities. The speed at which cities are growing in the less developed countries is (36) __________. Between 1920 and 1960 big cities in developed countries (37) ________ two and a half times in size, but in other parts of the world the growth was eight times their size.
The (38) __________ size of growth is bad enough, but there are now also very (39) __________ signs of trouble in the (40) __________ of percentages of people living in towns and percentages of people working in industry. During the nineteenth century cities grew as a result of the growth of industry. In Europe the (41) __________ of people living in cities was always smaller than that of the (42) __________ working in factories. Now, however, the (43) __________ is almost always true in the newly industrialised world: (44) ___________________________________________________.
Without a base of people working in industry, these cities cannot pay for their growth; (45) _______________________ _______. There has been little opportunity to build water supplies or other facilities. (46) ___
___, a growth in the number of hopeless and despairing parents and starving children.
听力答案:
11-15 CDBAD 16-20 BDCAC
21-25 BACAD 26-30 ABCDB
31-35 ADCAB
36 alarming 37 increased 38 sheer 39 disturbing 40 comparison 41 proportion 42 workforce 43 reverse
44. The percentage of people living cities is much higher than the percentage working in industry.
45. There is not enough money to build adequate houses for the people that live there, let alone the new arrivals.
46. So the figures for the growth of towns and cities represent proportional growth of unemployment and underemployment.
2008年6月大学英语新四级(CET-4)听力真题试卷
11. A) Give his ankle a good rest. B) Treat his injury immediately.
C) Continue his regular activities. D) Be careful when climbing steps.
12. A) On a train. B) On a plane. C) In a theater. D) In a restaurant.
13. A) A tragic accident. B) A fad occasion
C) Smith's unusual life story. D) Smith's sleeping problem.
14. A) Review the details of all her lessons. B) Compare notes with his classmates.
C)Talk with her about his learning problems. D) Focus on the main points of her lectures. 15. A) The man blamed the woman for being careless.
B)The man misunderstood the woman's apology.
C) The woman offered to pay for the man's coffee.
D)The woman spilt coffee on the man's jacket.
16. A) Extremely tedious. B) Hard to understand.
C) Lacking a goot plot. D) Not worth seeing twice.
17. A) Attending every lecture. B) Doing losts of homework.
C) Reading very extensively. D) Using test-taking strategies.
18. A)The digital TV system will offer different programs.
B)He is eager to see what the new system is like.
C)He thinks it unrealistic to have 500 channels.
D)The new TV system may not provide anything better.
Question 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19.a)a notice by the electricity board. b)ads promoting electric appliances.
c)the description of a thief in disguise. d)a new policy on pensioners'welfare.
20.a)speaking with a proper accent. b)wearing an official uniform.
c)making friends with them d)showing them his ID.
21.a)to be on the alert when being followed.
b)not to leave senior citizens alone at home.
c)not to let anyone in without an appointment.
d)to watch out for those from the electricity board.
22.a)she was robbed near the parking lot. b)all her money in the bank disappeared.
c)the pension she had just drawn was stolen. d)she was knocked down in the post office.
Question 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23.a)marketing consultancy. b)Professional accountancy.
c)luxury hotel management. d)business conference organization
24.a)having a good knowledge of its customs. b)knowing some key people in tourism.
c)having been to the country before. d)being able to speak japanese.
25.a)it will bring her potential into full play. b)it will involve lots of train travel.
c)it will enable her to improve her chinese. d)it will give her more chances to visit japan.
Section B
Passage One Question 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.a)The lack of time. b)The quality of life.
c)The frustrations at work. d)The pressure on working families.
27.a)They were just as busy as people of today.
b)They saw the importance of collective efforts.
c)They didn't complain as much as modern man.
d)They lived a hard life by hunting and gathering.
28.a)To look for creative ideas of awarding employees.
b)To explore strategies for lowering production costs.
c)To seek new approaches to dealing with complaints.
d)To find effective ways to give employees flexibility.
Passage Two Question 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29.a)family violence. b)his children's efforts.
c)her father's disloyalty. d)his second wife's positive influence.
30.a)his advanced age. b)his children's efforts.
c) his improved financial condition. d)his second wife's positive influence.
31.a)love is blind. b)love breeds love.
c)divorce often has disastrous consequences.
d)happiness is hard to find in blended families.
Passage Three Question 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32.a) it was located in a park b) its owner died of a heart attack
c) it went bankrupt all of sudden. d) its potted plants were for lease only.
33.a)planting some trees in the greenhouse b)writing a want ad to a local newspaper
c)putting up a going out of business sign d)helping a customer select some purchases
34.a)opening an offive in the new office park b)keeping better relations with her company
c)developing fresh business opportunities d)building a big greenhouse of
his own
35.a)owning the greenhouse one day b)securing a job at the office park
c)cultivating more potted plants. d)finding customers out of town
Section C :
We're now witnessing the emergence of an advanced economy based on information and knowledge. Physical(36)___, raw materials, and capital are no longer the key(37) ____ in the creation of wealth. Now, the(38) ____ raw material in our economy is knowledge. Tomorrow's wealth depends on the development and exchange of knowledge. And(39) ___ entering the workforce offer their knowledge, not their muscles. Knowledge workers get paid for their education and their ability to learn. Knowledge workers(40)____ in mind work. They deal with symbols: words,(41) ___ and data.
What does all this mean for you? As a future knowledge worker, you can expect to be(42) ____ , processing, as well as exchanging information.
(43)____ , three out of four jobs involve some form of mind work, and that number will increase sharply in the future. Management and employees alike(44)____ .
In the new world of work, you can look forward to being in constant training (45)____ . You can also expect to be taking greater control of your career. Gone are the nine-five jobs. lifetime security, predictable promotions, and even the conventional workplace, as you are familiar with. (46)____ , and don’t wait for someone to “empower” you. You have to empower yourself..
答案:
11.A 12.C 13.B 14.D 15. D 16.B 17.A 18.D 19.C 20.D 21.C 22.C 23.A 24.D 25.B 26.A 27.A 28.D 29.B 30.D 31.B 32.B 33.C 34.C 35. A
36. labor 37.ingredients 38.vital 39. individuals 40.engage 41.figures 42. generating 43. Currently
44. will be making decisions in such areas as product development, quality control, and customer satisfaction.
45. to acquire new skills that will help you keep up with improved technologies and procedures.
46. Don't expect the companies will provide you with a clearly defined career path,
2008年12月大学英语新四级(CET-4)听力真题试卷
11.A)Only true friendship can last long. B)Letter writing is going out of style.
C)She keeps in regular touch with her classmates.
D)She has lost contact with most of her old friends.
12. A) A painter. C) A porter B) A mechanic. D) A carpenter.
13. A) Look for a place near her office. C) Make inquiries elsewhere.
B) Find a new job down the street. D) Rent the $600 apartment.
14.A) He prefers to wear jeans with a larger waist. B) He has been extremely busy recently.
C) He has gained some weight lately. D) He enjoyed going shopping with Jane yesterday.
15.A)The woman possesses a natural for art. B) Women have a better artistic taste than men.
C) He isn’t good at abstract thinking. D) He doesn’t like abstract paintings.
16.A) She couldn’t have left her notebook in the library.
B) she may have put her notebook amid the journals.
C) she should have made careful notes while doing reading.
D) she shouldn’t have read his notes without his knowing it.
17. A)she wants to get some sleep C) she has a literature class to attend
B) she needs time to write a paper D)she is troubled by her sleep problem
18.A)He is confident he will get the job. B)His chance of getting the job is slim.
C)It isn’t easy to find a qualified sales manager.
D)The interview didn’t go as well as he expected.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19.A)He can manage his time more flexibly. B)He can renew contact with his old friends.
C)He can concentrate on his own projects. D)He can learn to do administrative work.
20.A)Reading its ads in the newspapers. B)Calling its personnel department.
C)Contacting its manager. D)Searching its website.
21.A)To cut down its production expenses. B)To solve the problem of staff shortage.
C)To improve its administrative efficiency. D)To utilize its retired employees’ resources.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22.A)Buy a tractor. B)Fix a house.
C)See a piece of property. D)Sing a business contract.
23.A)It is only forty miles form where they live. B)It is a small one with a two-bedroom house.
C)It was a large garden with fresh vegetables. D)It has a large garden with fresh vegetables.
24.A)Growing potatoes will involve less labor. B)Its soil may not be very suitable for corn.
C)It may not be big enough for raising corn. D)Raising potatoes will be more profitable.
25A)Finances B)Equipment C)Labor D)Profits
Section B
Passage One
26 A)To int roduce the chief of the city’s police force
B)To comment on a talk by a distinguished guest
C)To address the issue of community security
2017年12月大学英语四级考试真题及答案(第一套)Part I Writing (25 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short easy on how to best handle the relationship between doctors and patients. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report 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. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard. 1. A) Her friend Erika. C) Her grandfather. B) Her little brother. D) Her grandmother. 2. A) By taking pictures for passers-by. C) By selling lemonade and pictures. B) By working part time at a hospital. D) By asking for help on social media. Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. A) Finding cheaper ways of highway construction. B) Generating electric power for passing vehicles. C) Providing clean energy to five million people. D) Testing the efficiency of the new solar panel. 4. A) They can stand the wear and tear of natural elements. B) They can be laid right on top of existing highways. C) They are only about half an inch thick. D) They are made from cheap materials. Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard. 5. A) Endless fighting in the region. C) Inadequate funding for research. B) The hazards from the desert. D) The lack of clues about the species. 6. A) To observe the wildlife in the two national parks. B) To identify the reasons for the lions’ disappearance. C) To study the habitat of lions in Sudan and Ethiopia.
英语专业四级考试1993年——203年听写原文 1993 Package Holidays Package holidays, covering a two weeks' stay in an attractive place, are increasingly popular. Once you get to the airport, it is up to the tour operator to see that you get safely to your destination.Everything is laid on for you.There is, in fact, no reason for you to bother to arrange anything yourselves.You make friends and have a good time. But there is very little chance that you will really get to know the local people.This is even less likely on a coach tour, when you spend almost your entire time traveling.Of course, there are carefully planned stops for you to visit historic buildings and monuments. You may visit the beautiful, the historic, the ancient. But time is always short.There is also the added disadvantage of being obliged to spend you holiday with a group of people you have never met before. (1994) The American Family The American family unit is changing. There used to be mainly two types of families, the extended and the nuclear. The former included mother, father, children, and some other relatives such as grandparents, living in the same house or nearby. Then as the economy progressed from agricultural to industrial, people began moving to different parts of the country in order to search for job opportunities. These moves split up the extended family. The nuclear family consisting of only parents and children has therefore become far more wide spread. Today’s family, however, can be composed of diverse co mbinations. With the divorce rate nearly one in two, there's an increase in single-parent homes—a father or mother living with one or more children. Blended families occur when divorced men and women remarry and combine the children from former marriages into a new family. On the other hand, there is an increase in childless couples while one in rive Americans lives alone. (1995) Unidentified Flying Objects There are many explanations for why UFOs visit the Earth. / The most popular one is that they maybe visitors from other planets./ To fly such aircraft, their builders must develop different forms of aviation,/because they seem to fly much faster than normal aircraft./ The UFOs, it is believed, must contain scientists/ from other planets who are studying life on earth./ It is even believed that several such aircraft may have landed on earth/ and the space visitors may be living amongst us./ But there are also less fantastic explanations available./ Although some sightings of UFOs are difficult to explain, most can be explained quite easily./ In many cases the observers might have made a mistake./ They might have seen a weather balloon or an aircraft./ Or the light they saw in the sky might have been light from the ground,/ reflected on to the clouds./ However, the exact cause of many sightings still remained a mystery.
英语专业四级考试真题听写原文2005年 The Wrist Watch It is generally believed that wrist watches are an exception / to the normal sequence in the evolution of man's jewelry. / Reversing the usual order, they were first worn by women, / and then adopted by men. / In the old days, queens included wrist watches among their crown jewelry. / Later, they were worn by Swiss workers and farmers. / Until World War I, Americans associated the watch with fortune hunters. / Then army officers discovered that the wrist watch was most practical for active combat. / Race car drivers also loved to wear wrist watches, / and pilots found them most useful while flying. / Soon men dared to wear wrist watches without feeling self-conscious. / By 1924, some 30 percent of man's watches were worn on the wrist. / Today, the figure is 90 percent. / And they are now worn by both men and women / for practical purposes rather than for decoration. 2006年 The internet The internet is the most significant progress in the field of communications.Imagine a book that never rend, a library with milion floors,or imagine a research project with thousands of sientists working around the clock forever.This is the magic of the internet.
2017年6月大学英语四级真题及答案(三) Part I Writing (30 minutes) (请于正式开考后半小时内完成该部分,之后将进行听力考试) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an advertisement on your campus website to sell some of the course books you used at college. Your advertisement may include a brief description of their content,their condition ,their price and your contact information. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) 说明:2017年6月大学英语四级考试全国共考了两套听力.本套的听力内容与第二套相同,因此本套听力部分不再重复给出。 Part ⅢReading 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 26 to 35 are based on the following passage. As if you needed another reason to hate the gym, it now turns out that exercise can exhaust not only your muscles, but also your eyes. Fear not, however, for coffee can stimulate them again. During (26)_______ exercise, our muscles tire as they run out of fuel and build up waste products. Muscle performance can also be affected by a (27)_______ called "central fatigue,” in which an imbalance in the
大学英语四级历年真题及答案(经典版) 2012年6月英语四级 Part ⅠWriting (30minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Excessive Packaging following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 1.目前许多商品存在过度包装的现象 2.出现这一现象的原因 3.我对这一现象的看法和建议 On Excessive Packaging Part ⅡReading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15minutes) 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. Small Schools Rising This year's list of the top 100 high schools shows that today, those with fewer students are flourishing. Fifty years ago, they were the latest thing in educational reform: big, modern, suburban high schools with students counted in the thousands. As baby boomers(二战后婴儿潮时期出生的人) came of high-school age, big schools promised economic efficiency. A greater choice of courses, and, of course, better football teams. Only years later did we understand the trade-offs this involved: the creation of excessive bureaucracies(官僚机构),the difficulty of forging personal connections between teachers and students.SAT scores began dropping in 1963;today,on average,30% of students do not complete high school in four years, a figure that rises to 50% in poor urban neighborhoods. While the emphasis on teaching to higher, test-driven standards as set in No Child Left Behind resulted in significantly better performance in elementary(and some middle)schools, high schools for a variety of reasons seemed to have made little progress. Size isn't everything, but it does matter, and the past decade has seen a noticeable countertrend toward smaller schools. This has been due ,in part ,to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has invested $1.8 billion in American high schools, helping to open about 1,000 small schools-most of them with about 400 kids each with an average enrollment of only 150 per grade, About 500 more are on the drawing board. Districts all over the country are taking notice, along with mayors in cities like New York, Chicago and
2008年英语专业四级考试全真试卷及其参考答案SECTION A CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 3 are based on the.following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. 1. When is Anne available for the meeting? A. The third week of May. B. The third week of June. C. The eleventh of June. D. The eleventh of May. 2. Their meeting will probably take place in A. London. B. Toronto. C. Mexico City. D. Chicago. 3. When is Eric calling back? A. Thursday afternoon. B. Friday afternoon. C. Thursday morning.
D. Friday morning. Questions 4 to 6 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation. 4. According to the woman, advertisements A. let us know the best product. B. give us sufficient information. C. fail to convince people. D. give misleading information. 5. In the woman's opinion, money spent on advertisements is paid A. by manufacturers. B. by customers. C. by advertisers. D. by all of them. 6. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?. A. The woman seems to be negative about advertising. B. The woman appears to know more about advertising. C. The man is to be present at a debate on advertising. D. The man has a lot to talk about on advertising. Questions 7 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation,
[ti:TEM4-2011] [ar:华研外语] [al:英语专业四级真题] [by:华研外语:https://www.wendangku.net/doc/322283996.html,] [00:00.00]华研外语:https://www.wendangku.net/doc/322283996.html, [00:14.43]TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2011) [00:18.00]-GRADE FOUR- [00:19.50]PART I DICTATION [00:22.76]Listen to the following passage. [00:25.00]Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. [00:28.92]During the first reading, [00:30.40]which will be done at normal speed, [00:32.70]listen and try to understand the meaning. [00:35.44]For the second and third readings, [00:37.65]the passage will be read sentence by sentence, [00:40.79]or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. [00:45.21]The last reading will be done at normal speed again and [00:48.43]during this time you should check your work. [00:51.41]You will then be given 2 minutes [00:53.42]to check through your work once more. [00:56.08]Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE. [01:00.21]Now, listen to the passage. [01:04.06]British Holidaying Habits [01:07.01]In the late 1970s, air travel became affordable [01:10.93]for the average family in the UK, [01:13.95]and more people started travelling abroad [01:16.22]for their summer holidays. [01:18.83]After all, the British weather wasn't very good, [01:22.39]even in summer, [01:23.72]so a lot of people left the country for a vacation. [01:28.24]In the 1980s and the 1990s, [01:31.43]young people in the UK became wealthier on average. [01:35.91]As a result, they started to go abroad in groups, [01:39.78]to places such as Spain and Greece. [01:43.75]Once they arrived at their destination, [01:46.27]they met with other groups of young people [01:48.87]and had one long party. [01:51.79]British holidaying habits have begun to change, however. [01:56.55]Climate change means [01:58.07]that the UK now has a hotter climate, [02:01.65]so people do not need to [02:03.21]go overseas to find good weather. [02:06.38]Also, going abroad is more expensive.
2018年6月大学英语四级真题(第1套) Part?I? Writing? (30?minutes) Directions:?For?this?part,?you?are?allowed?30minutes?to?write?a?short?essay?on? the?importance of?reading?ability?and?how?to?develop?it.?You?should?write?at?least?120?wor ds?but?no?more?than180?words. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Part?II ?Listening?Comprehension? (25?minutes) Section?A Directions:?In?this?section,?you?will?hear?three news?reports.?At?the?end?of?each?news?report,?you will?hear?two?or?three?questions.?Both?the?news?report?and?the?questions?wil l?be?spoken?only once.?After?you?hear?a?question,?you?must?choose?the?best?answer?from?the?fo ur?choices marked?A),?B),?C)?and?D).?Then?mark?the?corresponding?letter?on?Answer?Sheet ?1?with?a single?line?through?the?centre. Questions?1?and?2?are?based?on?the?news?report?you?have?just?heard. 1.A)?The?return?of?a?bottled?message?to?its?owner's?daughter. B)?A?New?Hampshire?man's?joke?with?friends?on?his?wife. C)?A?father's?message?for?his?daughter. D)?The?history?of?a?century-old?motel. 2.?A)?She?wanted?to?show?gratitude?for?his?kindness. B)?She?wanted?to?honor?her?father's?promise. C)?She?had?been?asked?by?her?father?to?do?so. D)?She?was?excited?to?see?her?father's?handwriting. Questions?3?and?4?are?based?on?the?news?report?you?have?just?heard. 3.?A)?People?were?concerned?about?the?number?of?bees. B)?Several?cases?of?Zika?disease?had?been?identified. C)?Two?million?bees?were?infected?with?disease. D)?Zika?virus?had?destroyed?some?bee?farms. 4.?A)?It?apologized?to?its?customers.? B)?It?was?forced?to?kill?its?bees. C)?It?lost?a?huge?stock?of?bees. D)?It?lost??million?dollars.
2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题及答案(完整版) Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: You should write atleast 120 words but no more than 180 words. Supposea foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown, what is the mostinteresting place you would like to take him/her to see and why? Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section A Questions 36 to 45 are based onthe following passage. Global warming is a trend towardwarmer conditions around the world. Part of the warming is natural; we haveexperienced a 20,000 -year -long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice 36 away.However, we have already reached temperatures that are in 37 withother minimum-ice periods, so continued warming is likely not natural. We are 38 toa predicted worldwide increase in temperatures 39 between 1℃and 6℃over the next 100 years. The warming will be more 40 in some areas, less in others, and some placesmay even cool
2019年专业四级考试英语听力文本素材3 BBC World News with Steve Titherington The media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has made a personal apology to the family of a murdered British schoolgirl, Milly Dowler, whose phone was allegedly hacked by one of his newspapers. News International said Mr Murdoch would also apologise for what he called "serious wrongdoings" in advertisements to be placed in British newspapers on Saturday. Mr Murdoch met the Dowler family at a London hotel. When he came out, he was besieged by reporters. 传媒大亨默多克亲自向被谋杀的英国女孩米莉的家人道歉,她的电话曾被默多克旗下一家报纸窃听。新闻国际表示,默多克还将在周六出版的英国报纸广告上为他们的“严重错误”公开道歉。默多克在伦敦一家酒店与米莉的家人会面。当他出来的时立即被记者包围。 "I want to say it was a totally private meeting." “我想说,这是一个完全私人会面。” "Did you apologise to the Dowler family?" “你有没有向Dowler的家人道歉呢?” "Of course I did. Of course I did." “当然有。当然有。” "Can you tell us exactly what you said?" “你能不能告诉我们,你们具体谈论了什么?”
2016年6月英语四级听力原文 News report 1 The International Labour Organization says the number of people without jobs is increasing. 国际劳工组织称失业人数正在增加。 In its latest update on Global Employment Trends, 在最新一期全球就业趋势报告中, the agency says projections of the number of unemployed people this year range from 210 million to nearly 240 million people. 该组织预测今年失业人数将在亿人之间。 The report warns that 200 million poor workers are at risk of joining the ranks of people living on less than 2 dollars per day in the past three years. 该组织的报告警告说,在过去的三年里2亿贫穷工人面临跨入每天靠不足两美元过活行列的风险。
The director general of the International Labour Organization, Juan Somavia, 国际劳工组织主任胡安·索马维亚 notes that some countries have taken measures to address the effects of the global crisis. 表示一些国家已经开始采取措施应对全球危机带来的影响了。 However, he points out that many countries have not done so. 但同时他还指出有很多国家尚未采取措施。 And based on past experiences, it takes four to five years after economic recovery for unemployment to return to pre-crisis levels.根据以往经验,经济复苏之后,失业率需要4-5年时间恢复到危机前水平。Mr. Somavia says the International Labour Organization is proposing a global jobs' agreement to deal with unemployment. 索马维亚称国际劳工组织正在针对失业问题准备一份国际就业协议。 "Its key objective is to place the center of recovery efforts,
大学英语四级考试真题及答案(绝对完整) 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. 越来越多的博物馆免费对外开放的目的是什么? 2. 也会带来一些问题 3. 你的看法? 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 .