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大学英语四级考试真题word打印版与答案解析
2012年6月大学英语四级考试真题word打印版与答案解析
2012年6月大学英语四级CET4真题
PartⅠWriting(30minutes)
Directions:
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledExcessivePackagingfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow.Youshouldwriteat
least120wordsbutnomorethan180words.
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
OnExcessivePackaging
?
PartⅡReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)
Directions:
Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswersheet1.Forquestions1-7,choosethebest
answerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.
SmallSchoolsRising
Thisyear’slistofthetop100highschoolsshowsthattoday,thosewithfewerstudentsareflourishing.
Fiftyyearsago,theywerethelatestthingineducationalreform:
big,modern,suburbanhighschoolswithstudentscountedinthethousands.Asbabyboomers(二战后
婴儿潮时期出生的人)cameofhigh-schoolage,bigschoolspromisedeconomicefficiency.Agreaterchoiceofcourses,and,ofcourse,betterfootballteams.Onlyyears
laterdidweunderstandthetrade-offsthisinvolved:
thecreationofexcessivebureaucracies(官僚机构),thedifficultyofforgingpersonalconnectionsbetweenteachers
andstudents.SATscoresbegandroppingin1963;today,onaverage,30%ofstudentsdonotcompletehighschoolinfouryears,afigurethatrisesto50%inpoorurban
neighborhoods.Whiletheemphasisonteachingtohigher,test-drivenstandardsassetinNoChildLeftBehindresultedinsignificantlybetterperformancein
elementary(andsomemiddle)schools,highschoolsforavarietyofreasonsseemedtohavemadelittleprogress.
Sizeisn’teverything,butitdoesmatter,andthepastdecadehasseenanoticeablecountertrendtowardsmallerschools.Thishasbeendue,inpart,totheBill
andMelindaGatesFoundation,whichhasinvested$1.8billioninAmericanhighschools,helpingtoopenabout1,000smallschools-mostofthemwithabout400kidseach
withanaverageenrollmentofonly150pergrade,About500moreareonthedrawingboard.Districtsalloverthecountryaretakingnotice,alongwithmayorsincities
likeNewYork,ChicagoandSanDiego.Themovementincludesindependentpubliccharterschools,suchasNo.1BASISinTucson,withonly120high-schoolersand18
graduatesthisyear.Itembracesdistrict-sanctionedmagnetschools,suchastheTalentedandGiftedSchool,with198students,andtheScienceandEngineering
Magnet,with383,whichshareabuildinginDallas,aswellastheCityHonorsSchoolinBuffalo,N.Y.,whichgrewoutofvolunteereveningseminarsforstudents.Andit
includesalternativeschoolswithstudentsselectedbylottery(抽签),suchasH-BWoodlawninArlington,Va.Andmostnoticeableofall,thereisthephenomenonof
largeurbanandsuburbanhighschoolsthathavesplitupintosmallerunitsofafewhundred,generallyhousedinthesamegroundsthatonceboastedthousandsof
studentsallmarchingtothesameband.
HillsdaleHighSchoolinSanMateo,Calif,isoneofthose,rankingNo.423—amongthetop2%inthecountry—onNewsweek’sannualrankingofAmerica’stophigh
schools.Thesuccessofsmallschoolsisapparentinthelistings.Tenyearsago,whenthefirstNewsweeklistbasedoncollege-leveltestparticipationwaspublished,
onlythreeofthetop100schoolshadgraduatingClassessmallerthan100students.Thisyearthereare22.Nearly250schoolsonthefull,Newsweeklistofthetop5%
ofschoolsnationallyhadfewerthan200graduatesin2007.
AlthoughmanyofHillsdale’sstudentscamefromwealthyhouseholds,bythelate1990averagetestscoreswereslidingandithadearnedtheunaffectionatenickname
(绰号)“Hillsjail.”JeffGilbert.AHillsdaleteacherwhobecameprincipallastyear,rememberssittingwithotherteacherswatchingstudentsfileoutofa
graduationceremonyandaskingoneanotherinastonishment,“Howdidthatstudentgraduate?
”
Soin2003Hillsdaleremadeitselfintothree“houses,”romanticallynamedFlorence,MarrakechandKyoto.Eachofthe300arrivingninthgradersarerandomly(随机
地)assignedtooneofthehouses.Wheretheywillkeepthesamefourcoresubjectteachersfortwoyears,beforemovingontoanotherfor11thand12thgrades.The
closenessthissystemcultivatesisreinforcedbytheinstitutionof“advisory”classesTeachersmeetwithstudentsingroupsof25,fivemorningsaweek,foropen-
endeddiscussionsofeverythingfromhomeworkproblemstobadSaturday-nightdates.Theadvisersalsomeetwithstudentsprivatelyandstayintouchwithparents,so
theyaredeeplyinvestedinthestudents’success.“We’reconstantlytalkingaboutoneanother’sadvisers,”saysEnglishteacherChrisCrockett.“Ifyouhearthat
yoursisn’tdoingwellinmath,orseethemsittingoutsidethedean’soffice,it’slikeapersonalfailure.”Alongwiththenewstructurecameamoredemanding
academicprogram,thepercentageoffreshmentakingbiologyjumpedfrom17to95.“Itwasroughforsome.Butbysenioryear,two-thirdshavemoveduptophysics,”
saysGilbert“Ourkidsarecomingtoschoolinpartbecausetheyknowthereareadultsherewhoknowthemandcareforthem.”Butnotallschoolsshowadvancesafter
downsizing,anditremainstobeseenwhethersmallerschoolswillbeacure-allsolution.
TheNewsweeklistoftopU.S.highschoolswasmadethisyear,asinyearspast,accordingtoasinglemetric,theproportionofstudentstakingcollege-level
exams.Overtheyearsthissystemhascomeinforitsshareofcriticismforitssimplicity.Butthatisalsoitsstrength:
it’seasyforreaderstounderstand,andto
dothearithmeticfortheirownschoolsifthey’dlike.
Rankingschoolsisalwayscontroversial,andthisyearagroupof38superintendents(地区教育主管)fromfivestateswrotetoaskthattheirschoolsbeexcludedfrom
thecalculation.“Itisimpossibletoknowwhichhighschoolsare‘thebest’inthenation,”theirletterread.inpart.“Determiningwhetherdifferentschoolsdo
ordon’tofferahighqualityofeducationrequiresalookatmandifferentmeasures,includingstudents’overallacademicaccomplishmentsandtheirsubsequent
performanceincollege.Andtakingintoconsiderationtheuniqueneedsoftheircommunities.”
Intheend,thesuperintendentsagreedtoprovidethedatawesought,whichis,afterall,publicinformation.Thereis,inourview,norealdisputehere,weare
allseekingthesamething,whichisschoolsthatbetterserveourchildrenandournationbyencouragingstudentstotackletoughsubjectsundertheguidanceofgifted
teachers.Andifwekeepworkingtowardthatgoal,someday,perhapsalistwon’tbenecessary.
注意:
此部分试题请在答卡1上作答.
1.Fiftyyearsago.big.Modern.Suburbanhighschoolswereestablishedinthehopeof__________.
A)ensuringnochildisleftbehind
B)increasingeconomicefficiency
C)improvingstudents’performanceonSAT
D)providinggoodeducationforbabyboomers
2.Whathappenedasaresultofsettingupbigschools?
A)Teachers’workloadincreased.
B)Students’performancedeclined.
C)Administrationbecamecentralized.
D)Studentsfocusedmoreontestscores.
3.WhatissaidabouttheschoolsfordedbytheBillandMelindaGatesfoundation?
A)Theyareusuallymagnetschools.
B)Theyareoftenlocatedinpoorneighborhoods.
C)Theyarepopularwithhigh-achievingstudents.
D)Theyaremostlysmallinsize.
4.Whatismostnoticeableaboutthecurrenttrendinhighschooleducation?
A)Somelargeschoolshavesplitupintosmallerones.
B)Agreatvarietyofschoolshavesprungupinurbanandsuburbanareas.
C)ManyschoolscompetefortheBillandMelindaGatesFoundationfunds.
D)Studentshavetomeethigheracademicstandards.
5.Newsweekrankedhighschoolsaccordingto.
A)theirstudents’academicachievement
B)thenumberoftheirstudentsadmittedtocollege
C)thesizeandnumberoftheirgraduatingclasses
D)theircollege-leveltestparticipation
6.WhatcanwelearnaboutHillsdale’sstudentsinthelate1990s?
A)Theyweremadetostudyhardlikeprisoners.
B)Theycalledeachotherbyunaffectionatenicknames.
C)Mostofthemdidnothaveanysenseofdiscipline,
D)Theirschoolperformancewasgettingworse.
7.AccordingtoJeffGilbert,the“advisory”classesatHillsdaleweresetupsothatstudentscould.
A)telltheirteacherswhattheydidonweekends
B)experienceagreatdealofpleasureinlearning
C)maintaincloserrelationshipswiththeirteachers
D)tacklethedemandingbiologyandphysicscourses
8.isstillconsideredastrengthofNewsweek’sschoolrankingsysteminspiteofthecriticismitreceives.
9.Accordingtothe38superintendents,torankschoolsscientifically,itisnecessarytouse.
10.Tobetterservethechildrenandournation,schoolsstudentstotake.
PartⅢListeningComprehension(35minutes)
SectionA
Directions:
inthissectionyouwillhear8shortconversations,oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestions
willbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA)、B)、C)andD)、anddecidewhichisthe
bestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswersheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.
注意:
此部分试题请在答案卡2上作案。
11.A)TryingtosketchamapC)Discussingahouseplan.
B)Paintingthediningroom.D)Cleaningthekitchen.
12.A)Sheistiredofthefoodinthecanteen.
B)SheofteneatsinaFrenchrestaurant.
C)Sheusuallytakesasnackinthe