大学英语四级考试真题第2套.docx

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大学英语四级考试真题第2套

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套）

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套）

PartIWriting（30minutes）

Directions：

Forthispart，you（Irea]lowed30minutestowriteashortessayaboutacoursethathasimpressedyoumostincollegeYoushouldstatethereasonsandwriteatleast120word$butnomorethan180words.

PartⅡListeningComprehension（30minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

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

1.A）Themanisnotgoodatbalancinghisbudget.

B）Shewillgopurchasethegiftherself.

C）Themanhastoleaveinhalfanhour．

D）Themancannotwaitforhismeal

7.A）Howshecanbesthelptheman.

B）Wherethemangotthebadnews．

C）Whatitemssellwellinthestore.

D）Whetherthemancankeephisjob

8.A）Thewomancansignupforaswimmingclass

B）Heworksinthephysicaleducationdepartment

C）Thewomanhasthepotentialtoswimlikeafish

D）Hewouldliketoteachthewomanhowtoswim

Questions9to11arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

9A）Heteachesinalawschool

B）Helovesclassicalmusic．

C）Heisadiplomat

D）Heisawonderfullecturer.

10．A）Wenttoseeaplay.

B）Watchedasoccergame．

C）Tooksomephotos

D）Attendedadance

11.A）Shedecidedtogetmarriedinthreeyears.

B）HermotherobjectedtoEric’sflyinglessons．

C）SheinsistedthatEricpursuegraduatestudies

D）HerfathersaidshecouldmaltyEricrightaway．

Questions12to15arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

12．A）Editor．

B）Teacher．

C）Journalist

D）Typist．

13.A）ThebeautifulAmazonrainforests．

B）Anewrailwayunderconstruction.

C）BigchangesintheAmazonvalley.

D）Somenewlydiscoveredscenicspot.

14.A）Innewsweeklies．

B）Innewspapers'Sundayeditions.

C）Inalocaleveningpaper．

D）InoverseaseditionsofU.S.magazines

15.A）T0beemployedbyanewspaper．

B）Tobecomeaprofessionalwriter.

C）Tosellherarticlestoanewsservice.

D）Togetherlifestorypublishedsoon．

SectionB

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear3shortpassages.Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhearsomequestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions16to18arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

16.A）Noddingone’shead

B）Wavingone’shand

C）Holdinguptheforefinger.

D）Turningtherightthumbdown.

17.A）Lookingawayfromthem.

B）Formingacirclewithfingers

C）Bowingone’sheadtothem

D）Wavingorpointingtothem．

18A）Lookingone’ssuperiorintheeye

B）Keepingone’sarmsfoldedwhiletalking．

C）Showingthesoleofone’sfoottoaguest

D）Usingalotofgesturesduringaconversation．

PassageTwo

Questions19to21arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

19A）Theyhadtobegforfootaftertheharvest.

B）Theygrewwheatandcornonasmallfarm.

C）Theysharedasmallflatwiththeirrelatives.

D）Thechildrenwalkedtoschoolondirtroads.

20.A）TourEcuador'sAndesMountains

B）Earnanannualincomeof$2800.

C）Purchaseaplottobuildahomeon.

D）Sendtheirchildrentoschool.

2l.A）TheachievementsoftheTrickleUpProgram.

B）ANewworldwideeconomicrevolution

C）Differentformsofassistancetotheneedy.

D）Thelifeofpoorpeopleindevelopingcountries

PassageThree

Questions22to25arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

22.A）Theyarehighlysensitivetocold

B）Theyarevitallyimportanttoourlife

C）Theyarealivingpartofourbody

D）Theyareachiefsourceofourpain．

23．A）Ithastoberemovedintimebyadentist．

B）Itisarareoraldiseaseamongoldpeople

C）Itcontainsmanynervesandbloodvessels

D）Itisastickyandcolorlessfilmontheteeth．

24A）Itcallchangeintoacidscausingdamagetotheiroutercovering．

B）Itgreatlyreducestheirresistancetotheattacksofbacteria．

C）Itmakestheirnervesandbloodvesselsmoresensitivetoacidfood．

D）Itcombines、withfoodparticlestoformafilmontheirsurface．

25.A）Foodparticles

B）Gumdisease

C）Unhealthylivinghabits

D）Chemicalcrosion.

SectionC

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,youarerequiredtofillintheblankswiththeexactwordsyouhavejustheard.Finally,whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.

Stuntpeople（替身演员）arenotmoviestars，buttheyarethehiddenheroesofmanymoviesTheywerearoundlongbeforefilmsEvenShakespearemayhaveusedtheminfightscenes．Tobegood．afightscenehastolookreal．Punchesmust26enemies’jawsSwordfightsmustbefoughtwith27swordsSeveralactorsareusuallyinafightscene．TheirmovesmustbesetupsothatnoonegetshurtItisalmostlikeplanningadanceperformance．

Ifamoviesceneisdangerous．stuntpeopleusually28thestarsYoumaythinkyouseeTomCruiserunningalongthetopofatrainButitis29hisstuntdouble.Stuntpeoplemust30thestarstheystandinforTheirheightandbuildshouldbeaboutthesameButwhenclose-upsareneeded，thefilm31thestar.

Somestuntpeople32incertainkindsofscenes．Forinstance，astuntwomannamedJanDavisdoesallkindsofjumpsShehasleaptfromplanesandevenoffthetopofawaterfallEachjumprequiredcarefulplanningandexpert33.

YakimaCanuttwasafamouscowboystuntmall．Amongotherstunts，hecouldjumpfromasecondstorywindowontoahorse’sbackHe34thefamoustrickofslidingunderamovingstagecoach．Canuttalso35anewwaytomakeapunchlookreal．HewastheonlystuntmallevertogetallOscar．

PartIIIReadingComprehension（40minutes）

SectionA

Directions：

Inthissection。

thereisapassagewithtenblanks．Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage．Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices．Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter．PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre．Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce．

Questions36to45arebasedonthefollowingpassage．

AsanAlaskanfisherman,TimothyJune,54,usedtothinkthathewassafefromindustrialpollutants（污染物）athishomeinHaines–atownwithapopulationof2,400peopleand4,000eagles,with8millionacresofprotectedwildlandnearby.Butinearly2007,Juneagreedtotakepartina36of35Americansfromsevenstates.Itwasabiomonitoringproject,inwhichpeople’sbloodandurine（尿）weretestedfor37ofchemicals–inthiscase,three

Potentiallydangerousclassesofcompoundsfoundincommonhousehold38likefacecream,tincans,andshowercurtains.Theresults---39inNovemberinareportcalled“IsItinUs?

”byanenvironmentalgroup–wereratherworrying.Everyoneoftheparticipants,40fromanIllinoisStatesenatortoaMassachusettsminister,testedpositiveforallthreeclassesofpollutants.Andwhilethe41presenceofthesechemicalsdoesnot42indicateahealthrisk,thefactthattypicalAmericanscarrythesechemicalsatall43Juneandhisfellowparticipants.

Clearly,therearechemicalsinourbodiesthatdon’t44there,AlargeongoingstudyconductedbytheCentersforDiseaseControlandPreventionhasfound148chemicalsinAmericansofallages.Andin2005,theEnvironmentalWorkingGroupfoundan45of200chemicalsinthebloodof10new-borns.“Ourbabiesarebeingbornpre-polluted.”saysSharylePattonofCommonweal,whichcosponsored“IsitinUs?

”“Thisisgoingtobethenextbigenvironmentalissueafterclimatechange.

A）analyses

B）average

C）belong

D）demonstrated

E）excess

F）extending

G）habitually

H）necessarily

I）products

J）ranging

K）released

L）shocked

M）simple

N）survey

O）traces

SectionB

Directions：

Inthissection，youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit．Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs．Identifytheparagraph，fromwhichtheinformationisderived．Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce．Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter．AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2．

InHardEconomyforAllAges,OlderIsn’tBetter—It’sBrutal

A）Younggraduatesareindebt,outofworkandontheirparents'couches.Peopleintheir30sand40scan'taffordtobuyhomesorhavechildren.Retireesareearningnear-zerointerestontheirsavings.

B）Inthecurrentlistless（缺乏活力的）economy,everygenerationhasaclaimtohavingbeenmostinjured.ButtheLaborDepartment'slatestjobsreportsandotherrecentdatapresentastrongcaseforcrowningbabyboomers（二战后生育高峰期出生的人）A）asthegreatestvictimsoftherecessionanditsdreadfulconsequences.

C）TheseAmericansintheir50sandearly60s—thosenearretirementagewhodonotyethaveaccesstoMedicareandSocialSecurity—havelostthemostearningspowerofanyagegroup,withtheirhouseholdincomes10percentbelowwhattheymadewhentherecoverybeganthreeyearsago,accordingtoSentierResearch,adataanalysiscompany.Their