大学英语四级考试真题第1套.docx

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大学英语四级考试真题第1套

2015年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第1套）

PartⅠWriting（30minutes）

Directions:

Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessaycommentingonthesaying“Listeningismoreimportantthantalking.”Youcanciteexamplestoillustratetheimportanceofpayingattentiontoothers’opinions.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordshutnomorethan180words.

PartⅡListeningComprehension（30minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear8shortconversationsand2longconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

1.A）Theyadmirethecourageofspaceexplorers.

B）Theyweregoingtowatchawonderfulmovie.

C）Theyenjoyedthemovieonspaceexploration.

D）Theylikedoingscientificexplorationverymuch.

2.A）Inaschoollibrary.

B）Atagiftshop.

C）Intheofficeofatravelagency.

D）Atagraduationceremony.

3.A）Heusedtoworkintheartgallery.

B）Hedoesnothaveagoodmemory.

C）Heisnotinterestedinanypart-timejobs.

D）Hedeclinedajobofferfromtheartgallery.

4.A）Hewillbeunabletoattendthebirthdayparty.

B）Thewomanshouldhaveinformedhimearlier.

C）Hewillgotothebirthdaypartyafterthelecture.

D）Susanhasbeeninvitedtogivealecturetomorrow.

5.A）Setadeadlineforthestafftomeet.

B）Assignmoreworkerstotheproject.

C）Rewardthosehavingmadegoodprogress.

D）Encouragethestafftoworkinsmallgroups.

6.A）Whereshecanleavehercar.

B）TherateforparkinginLotC.

C）Howfarawaytheparkinglotis.

D）Thewaytothevisitor’sparking.

7.A）Heregretsmissingtheclasses.

B）Hehasbenefitedfromexercise.

C）Heplanstotakethefitnessclasses.

D）Heislookingforwardtoabetterlife.

8.A）Howtoselectsecretaries.

B）Howtoraiseworkefficiency.

C）Theresponsibilitiesofsecretaries.

D）Thesecretariesintheman’scompany.

Questions9to11arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

9.A）ItisusedbymorepeoplethanEnglish.

B）ItismoredifficulttolearnthanEnglish.

C）ItwillbeascommonlyusedasEnglish.

D）Itwilleventuallybecomeaworldlanguage.

10.A）Itspopularitywiththecommonpeople.

B）TheeffectoftheIndustrialRevolution.

C）TheinfluenceoftheBritishEmpire.

D）Itsloanwordsfrommanylanguages.

11.A）Ithasagrowingnumberofnewlycoinedwords.

B）Itincludesalotofwordsfromotherlanguages.

C）Itisthelargestamongalllanguagesintheworld.

D）Itcanbeeasilypickedupbyoverseastravelers.

Questions12to15arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

12.A）Toplaceanorder.C）Toreturnsomegoods.

B）Toapplyforajob.D）Tomakeacomplaint.

13.A）Heworksonapart-timebasisforthecompany.

B）Hehasnotworkedinthesalesdepartmentforlong.

C）Heisnotfamiliarwiththeexactdetailsofthegoods.

D）Hehasbecomesomewhatimpatientwiththewoman.

14.A）Itisnothisresponsibility.C）Itdependsonanumberoffactors.

B）Itwillbefreeforlargeorders.D）Itcosts£15moreforexpressdelivery.

15.A）Makeinquirieswithsomeothercompanies.

B）Reporttheinformationtohersuperior.

C）Payavisittothesaleswomanincharge.

D）Ringbackwhenshecomestoadecision.

SectionB

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear3shortpassages.Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhearsomequestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,

C）andD）.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions16to18arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

16.A）Nooneknowsforsurewhentheycameintobeing.

B）Nooneknowsexactlywheretheywerefirstmade.

C）Nooneknowsforwhatpurposetheywereinvented.

D）Nooneknowswhattheywilllooklikeinthefuture.

17.A）Measurethespeedofwind.

B）Givewarningsofdanger.

C）Passonsecretmessages.

D）Carryropesacrossrivers.

18.A）Tofindoutthestrengthofsilkforkites.

B）Totesttheeffectsofthelightningrod.

C）Toprovethatlightningiselectricity.

D）Toprotecthousesagainstlightning.

PassageTwo

Questions19to22arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

19.A）Shewasbornwithatalentforlanguages.C）Shecanspeakseverallanguages.

B）Shewastrainedtobeaninterpreter.D）Sheenjoysteachinglanguages.

20.A）Theywanttolearnasmanyforeignlanguagesaspossible.

B）Theyhaveanintenseinterestincross-culturalinteractions.

C）Theyacquireanimmunitytocultureshock.

D）Theywouldliketoliveabroadpermanently.

21.A）Shebecameanexpertinhorseracing.

B）Shelearnedtoappreciateclassicalmusic.

C）ShewasabletotranslateforaGermansportsjudge.

D）ShegotachancetovisitseveralEuropeancountries.

22.A）Takepartinacookingcompetition.C）TeachvocabularyforfoodinEnglish.

B）Tastethebeefandgivehercomment.D）GivecookinglessonsonWesternfood.

PassageThree

Questions23to25arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

23.A）Hehadonlyathird-gradeeducation.

B）Heoncethreatenedtokillhisteacher.

C）Heoftenhelpedhismotherdohousework.

D）Hegrewupinapoorsingle-parentfamily.

24.A）Stupid.B）Active.C）Brave.D）Careless.

25.A）WatcheducationalTVprogramsonly.

B）Writetwobookreportsaweek.

C）Helpwithhousework.

D）Keepadiary.

SectionC

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.When,thepassageisreadforthesecondtime,youarerequiredtofillintheblankswiththeexactwordsyouhavejustheard.Finally,whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.

Whenyoulookupatthenightsky,whatdoyousee?

Thereareother__26__bodiesouttherebesidesthemoonandstars.Oneofthemost__27__oftheseisacomet（普星）.

CometswereformedaroundthesametimetheEarthwasformed.Theyare__28__iceandotherfrozenliquidsandgases.__29__these"dirtysnowballs"begintoorbitthesun,justastheplanetsdo.

Asacometgetsclosertothesun,somegasesinitbegintounfreeze.They__30__dustparticlesfromthecomettoformahugecloud.Asthecometgetsevennearertothesun,asolarwindblowsthecloudbehindthecomet,thusformingitstail.Thetailandthe__31__fuzzy（模糊的）atmospherearoundacometare__32__thatcanhelpidentifythis__33__inthenightsky.

Inanygivenyear,aboutadozenknowncometscomeclosetothesunintheirorbits.Theaveragepersoncan’tseethemall,ofcourse.Usuallythereisonlyoneortwoayearbrightenoughtobeseenwiththe__34__eye.CometHale-Bopp,discoveredin1995,wasanunusuallybrightcomet.Itsorbitbroughtit__35__closetotheEarth,within122millionmilesofit.ButHale-Boppcamealongwayonitsearthlyvisit.Itwon'tbebackforanotherfourthousandyearsorso.

PartinReadingComprehension（40minutes）

SectionA

Directions：

Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingLetterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

Questions36to45arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Scholarsoftheinformationsocietyaredividedoverwhethersocialinequalitydecreasesor

increasesinaninformation-basedsociety.However,theygenerallyagreewiththeideathatinequalityintheinformationsocietyis__36__differentfromthatofanindustrialsociety.Asinformatizationprogressesinsociety,thecauseandstructuralnatureofsocialinequalitychangesaswell.

Itseemsthattheinformationsociety__37__thequantityofinformationavailabletothemembersofasocietybyrevolutionizingthewaysofusingandexchanginginformation.Butsuchaviewisa__38__analysisbasedonthequantityofinformationsuppliedbyvariousformsofthemassmedia.Adifferent__39__ispossiblewhentheactualamountofinformation__40__bytheuseristakenintoaccount.Infact,themoreinformation__41__throughouttheentiresociety,thewiderthegapbecomesbetween"informationhaves"and"informationhave-nots",leadingtodigitaldivide.

Accordingtorecentstudies,digitaldividehasbeencausedbythreemajor__42__:

class,sex,andgeneration.Intermsofclass,digitaldivideexistsamongdifferenttypesofworkersandbetweentheupperandmiddleclassesandthelowerclass.With__43__tosex,digitaldivideexistsbetweenmenandwomen.Thegreatestgap,however,isbetweentheNet-generation,__44__withpersonalcomputersandtheInternet,andtheoldergeneration,__45__toanindustrialsociety.

A）accustomedI）flows

B）acquiredJ）fundamentally

C）assemblyK）interpretation

D）attributeL）passive

E）championsM）regard

F）elementsN）respectively

G）expands

H）familiar0）superficial

SectionB

Directions：

Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisd