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12cet4真题答案与详解

2004年12月四级试卷

PartIListeningComprehension（20minutes）

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhear10shortconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionwillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）,C）andD）,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Example:

Youwillhear:

Youwillread:

A）Attheoffice.

B）Inthewaitingroom.

C）Attheairport.

D）Inarestaurant.

Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoweretalkingaboutsomeworktheywillstartat9o’clockinthemorningandhavetofinishat2intheafternoon.Therefore,A）“Attheoffice”isthebestanswer.Youshouldchoose[A]ontheAnswerSheetandmarkitwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D]

1.A）Themanenjoystravelingbycar.

B）Themanlivesfarfromthesubway.

C）Themanisgoodatdriving.

D）Themanusedtoownacar.

2.A）Tonyshouldcontinuetakingthecourse.

B）SheapprovesofTony’sdecision.

C）Tonycanchooseanothersciencecourse.

D）Shecan’tmeetTonysoearlyinthemorning.

3.A）Shehastostudyfortheexam.

B）Sheisparticularlyinterestedinplays.

C）She’seagertowatchthenewplay.

D）Shecanlendhernotestotheman.

4.A）Theywillbereplacedbyon-lineeducationsoonerorlater.

B）Theywillattractfewerkidsason-lineeducationexpands.

C）Theywillcontinuetoexistalongwithon-lineeducation.

D）Theywilllimittheirteachingtocertainsubjectsonly.

5.A）Moststudentswouldliketoworkforanewspaper.

B）Moststudentsfindajobbyreadingadvertisements.

C）Moststudentsfindithardtogetajobaftertheygraduate.

D）Moststudentsdon’twantjobsadvertisedinthenewspapers.

6.A）Movethewashingmachinetothebasement.

B）Turnthebasementintoaworkshop.

C）Repairthewashingmachine.

D）Finishhisassignment.

7.A）Somestudentsatthebackcannotheartheprofessor.

B）Theprofessorhaschangedhisreadingassignment.

C）Someofthestudentsarenotontheprofessor’slist.

D）Theprofessorhasbroughtextracopiesofhisassignment.

8.A）Shedoesn’twanttotalkaboutthecontest.

B）She’smodestabouthersuccessinthecontest.

C）She’sspenttwoyearsstudyingEnglishinCanada.

D）She’sveryproudofhersuccessinthespeechcontest.

9.A）Talkingaboutsports.C）Readingnewspapers.

B）Writinguplocalnews.D）Puttingupadvertisements.

10.A）Theyshouldn’tchangetheirplan.

B）They’dbetterchangetheirmind.

C）Thetennisgamewon’tlastlong.

D）Weatherforecastsarenotreliable.

SectionBCompoundDictation

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,youarerequiredtofillintheblanksnumberedfromSItoS7withtheexactwordsyouhavejustheard.ForblanksnumberedfromS8toS10youarerequiredtofillinthemissinginformation.Youcaneitherusetheexactwordsyouhavejustheardorwritedownthemainpointsinyourownwords.Finally,whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.

Therearealotofgoodcamerasavailableatthemoment–mostofthesearemadeinJapanbuttherearealsogood（S1）_____________modelsfromGermanyandtheUSA.Wehave（S2）_____________arangeofdifferentmodelstoseewhichisthebest（S3）_____________formoney.Afteranumberofdifferenttestsandinterviewswithpeoplewhoare（S4）____________withthedifferentcamerasbeingassessed,ourresearchers（S5）_____________theOlympicBYmodelasthebestauto-focuscameraavailableatthemoment.Itcosts$200althoughyoumaywellwanttospendmore–（S6）_____________asmuchasanother$200–onbuying（S7）_____________lensesandotherequipment.ItisagoodJapanesecamera,easytouse.（S8）______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

whereastheAmericanversionsareconsiderablymoreexpensive.

TheOlympicBYmodelweighsonly320gramswhichisquiteabitlessthanothercamerasofasimilartype.Indeedoneoftheothermodelswelookedatweighedalmosttwiceasmuch.（S9）________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.Allthepeopleweinterviewedexpressedalmosttotalsatisfactionwithit.（S10）____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

PartIIReadingComprehension（35minutes）

Direction:

Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA）,B）C）andD）.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

PassageOne

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Scratchythroats,stuffynosesandbodyachesallspellmisery,butbeingabletotellifthecauseisacoldorflu（流感）maymakeadifferenceinhowlongthemiserylasts.

TheAmericanLungAssociation（ALA）hasissuednewguidelinesoncombatingcoldsandtheflu,andoneofthekeysisbeingabletoquicklytellthetwoapart.That’sbecausetheprescriptiondrugsavailableforthefluneedtobetakensoonaftertheillnesssetsin.Asforcolds,thesoonerapersonstartstakingover-the-counterremedy,thesoonerreliefwillcome.

Thecommoncoldandthefluarebothcausedbyviruses.Morethan200virusescancausecoldsymptoms,whilethefluiscausedbythreeviruses–fluA,BandC.Thereisnocureforeitherillness,buttheflucanbepreventedbythefluvaccine（疫苗）,whichis,formostpeople,thebestwaytofighttheflu,accordingtotheALA.

Butifthefludoesstrike,quickactioncanhelp.Althoughthefluandcommoncoldhavemanysimilarities,therearesomeobvioussignstolookfor.

Coldsymptomssuchasstuffynose,runnynoseandscratchythroattypicallydevelopgradually,andadultsandteensoftendonotgetafever.Ontheotherhand,feverisoneofthecharacteristicfeaturesofthefluforallages.Andingeneral,flusymptomsincludingfeverandchills,sorethroatandbodyachescomeonsuddenlyandaremoreseverethancoldsymptoms.

TheALAnotesthatitmaybeparticularlydifficulttotellwheninfantsandpreschoolagechildrenhavetheflu.Itadvisesparentstocallthedoctoriftheirsmallchildrenhaveflu-likesymptoms.

Bothcoldandflusymptomscanbeeasedwithover-the-countermedicationsaswell.However,childrenandteenswithacoldorflushouldnottakeaspirinforpainreliefbecauseoftheriskofReyesyndrome（综合症），ararebutseriousconditionoftheliverandcentralnervoussystem.

Thereis,ofcourse,novaccineforthecommoncold.Butfrequenthandwashingandavoidingclosecontactwithpeoplewhohavecoldscanreducethelikelihoodofcatchingone.

11.Accordingtotheauthor,knowingthecauseofthemiserywillhelp_______.

A）shortenthedurationoftheillness

B）thepatientbuymedicineoverthecounter

C）thepatientobtaincheaperprescriptiondrugs

D）preventpeoplefromcatchingcoldsandtheflu

12.Welearnfromthepassagethat_______.

A）onedoesn’tneedtotakeanymedicineifhehasacoldortheflu

B）aspirinshouldnotbeincludedinover-the-countermedicinesfortheflu

C）delayedtreatmentofthefluwillharmtheliverandcentralnervoussystem

D）over-the-counterdrugscanbetakentoeasethemiserycausedbyacoldortheflu

13.Accordingtothepassage,tocombattheflueffectively,_______.

A）oneshouldidentifytheviruswhichcausesit

B）oneshouldconsultadoctorassoonaspossible

C）oneshouldtakemedicineuponcatchingthedisease

D）oneshouldremainalertwhenthediseaseisspreading

14.Whichofthefollowingsymptomswilldistinguishtheflufromacold?

A）Astuffynose.C）Asorethroat.

B）Ahightemperature.D）Adrycough.

15.Ifchildrenhaveflu-likesymptoms,theirparents_______.

A）areadvisednottogivethemaspirin

B）shouldwatchoutforsignsofReyesyndrome

C）areencouragedtotakethemtohospitalforvaccination

D）shouldpreventthemfrommixingwithpeoplerunningafever

PassageTwo

Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

InatimeoflowacademicachievementbychildrenintheUnitedStates,manyAmericansareturningtoJapan,acountryofhighacademicachievementandeconomicsuccess,forpossibleanswers.However,theanswersprovidedbyJapanesepreschoolsarenottheonesAmericansexpectedtofind.InmostJapanesepreschools,surprisinglylittleemphasisisputonacademicinstruction.Inoneinvestigation,300Japaneseand210Americanpreschoolteachers,childdevelopmentspecialists,andparentswereaskedaboutvariousaspectsofearlychildhoodeducation.Only2percentoftheJapaneserespondents（答问卷者）listed“togivechildrenagoodstartacademically”asoneoftheirtopthreereasonsforasocietytohavepreschools.Incontrast,overhalftheAmericanrespondentschosethisasoneoftheirtopthreechoices.Topreparechildrenforsuccessfulcareersinfirstgradeandbeyond,Japaneseschoolsdonotteachreading,writing,andmathematics,butratherskillssuchaspersistence,concent