大学英语四级考试真题及解析.docx

1、大学英语四级考试真题及解析2 0 1 5 年 1 2 月 大 学 英 语 四 级 考 试 真 题 及 解 析Part I Writing1.You【题干】 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. You can cite examples to illustrate the importance of lifelong learnin

2、g. should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening ComprehensionSection A2.【题干】 Question 1【选项】A.They admire the courage of space explorers.B.They enjoyed the movie on space exploration.C.They were going to watch a wonderful movie.D.They like doing scientific exploration

3、very much.【答案】 B【解析】 M: Do you remember the wonderful film on space exploration we watched together last monthW: Sure. Its actually the most impressive one Ive seen on that topic.Q: What do we learn about the speakers3.【题干】 Question 2【选项】A.At a gift shop.B.At a graduation ceremony.C.In the office of

4、 a travel agency.D.In a school library.【答案】 A【解析】 W: Are you looking for anything in particularM: Yes. My son is graduating from high school and I want to get him something special.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place4.【题干】 Question 3【选项】A.He used to work in the art gallery.B.He d

5、oes not have a good memory.C.He declined a job offer form the art gallery.D.He is not interested in any part-time jobs.【答案】 C【解析】 M: Mike told me yesterday that hed been looking in vain for a job in the art gallery.W: Really If I rememberright, he had a chance to work there but he turned it down.Q:

6、What does the woman say about Mike5.【题干】 Question 4【选项】A.Susan has been invited to give a lecture tomorrow.B.He will go to the birthday party after the lecture.C.The woman should have informed him earlier.D.He will be unable to attend the birthday party.【答案】 D【解析】 W: Would you like to cometo Susans

7、birthday party tomorrow eveningM: Im going to give a lecture tomorrow. I wish I could bein two places at the same time.Q: What does the man mean6.【题干】 Question 5【选项】A.Reward those having made good progress.B.Set a deadline for the staff to meet.C.Assign more workers to the project.D.Encourage the st

8、aff to work in small groups.【答案】 B【解析】 W:Arent you discouraged by the slow progress your staff is makingM: Yes. I think Ill give them a deadline and hold them to it.Q: What is the man probably going to do7.【题干】 Question 6 【选项】A.The way to the visitor s parking.B.The rate for parking in Lot C.C.How f

9、ar away the parking lot is.D.Where she can leave her car.【答案】 A【解析】 W: Excuse me, could you tell mewhere the visitors parking is I left my car there.M: Sure. Its in Lot C, over that way.Q: What does the woman want to know8.【题干】 Question 7【选项】A.He regrets missing the classes.B.He plans to take the fi

10、tness classes.C.He is looking forward to a better life.D.He has benefited form exercise.【答案】 D【解析】W: Youlook great nowthat youve taken those fitnessclasses.M: Thanks. Ive never thought better in my life.Q: What does the man mean9.【题干】 Question 8【选项】A.How to work efficiency.B.How to select secretarie

11、s.C.The responsibilities of secretaries.D.The secretaries in the man s company.【答案】 D【 解 析 】 W: I really admire the efficiency of your secretaries.M: Our company selects only the best. They have a heavy workload and we give them a lot of responsibilities.Q: What are the speakers talking about10.【题干】

12、 Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Question 9【选项】A.It is more difficult to learn than English.B.It is used by more people than English.C.It will be as commonly used as English.D.It will eventually become a world language.【答案】 B【解析】 Q: What does the man say about Chi

13、neseW: Hi, Leo. Why do you say English will become the world languageM: Well, for one thing, its so commonly used. The only language that is used by more people is Chinese.W: Why is English spoken by so many peopleM: Its spoken in many countries of the world because of the British Empire. And now, o

14、f course, theres influence of America as well.W: Many students find English a difficult language to learn.M: Oh, all languages are difficult to learn. But English does have two great advantages.W: What are theyM: Well, first of all, it has a very international vocabulary. It has many German, Dutch,

15、French, Spanish and Italian words in it. So speakers of those languages will find manyfamiliar words in English. In fact, English has words from many other languages as well.W: Why is thatM: Well, partly because English speakers have travelled a lot. They bring back words with them, so English reall

16、y does have an international vocabulary.W: And whats the other advantage of EnglishM: Its that English grammar is really quite easy. For example, it doesnt have dozens of different endings for its nouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian, and German for example.W: Why is thatM: Well, its

17、 quite interesting actually. Its because of the French. When the French ruled England, French was the official language and only the common people spoke English. They try to make the language as simple as possible, so they made the grammar easier.11.【题干】 Question 10【选项】A.It has words from many langu

18、ages.B.Its popularity with the common people.C.The influence of the British Empire.D.The effect of the Industrial Revolution.【答案】 C【解析】 Q: What made English a widely used languageW: Hi, Leo. Why do you say English will become the world languageM: Well, for one thing, its so commonly used. The only l

19、anguage that is used by more people is Chinese.W: Why is English spoken by so many peopleM: Its spoken in many countries of the world because of the British Empire. And now, of course, theres influence of America as well.W: Many students find English a difficult language to learn.M: Oh, all language

20、s are difficult to learn. But English does have two great advantages.W: What are theyM: Well, first of all, it has a very international vocabulary. It has many German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian words in it. So speakers of those languages will find manyfamiliar words in English. In fact, Eng

21、lish has words from many other languages as well.W: Why is thatM: Well, partly because English speakers have travelled a lot. They bring back words with them, so English really does have an international vocabulary.W: And whats the other advantage of EnglishM: Its that English grammar is really quit

22、e easy. For example, it doesnt have dozens of different endings for its nouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian, and German for example.W: Why is thatM: Well, its quite interesting actually. Its because of the French. When the French ruled England, French was the official language and o

23、nly the common people spoke English. They try to make the language as simple as possible, so they made the grammar easier.12.【题干】 Question 11【选项】A.It includes a lot of words form other languages.B.It has a growing number of newly coined words.C.It can be easily picked up by overseas travellers.D.It

24、is the largest among all languages in the world.【答案】 A【 解 析 】 Q: What is said to be special about English vocabularyW: Hi, Leo. Why do you say English will become the world languageM: Well, for one thing, its so commonly used. The only language that is used by more people is Chinese.W: Why is Englis

25、h spoken by so many peopleM: Its spoken in many countries of the world because of the British Empire. And now, of course, theres influence of America as well.W: Many students find English a difficult language to learn.M: Oh, all languages are difficult to learn. But English does have two great advan

26、tages.W: What are theyM: Well, first of all, it has a very international vocabulary. It has many German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian words in it. So speakers of those languages will find manyfamiliar words in English. In fact, English has words from many other languages as well.W: Why is that

27、M: Well, partly because English speakers have travelled a lot. They bring back words with them, so English really does have an international vocabulary.W: And whats the other advantage of EnglishM: Its that English grammar is really quite easy. Forexample, it doesnt have dozens of different endings

28、for its nouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian, and German for example.W: Why is thatM: Well, its quite interesting actually. Its because ofthe French. When the French ruled England, French was the official language and only the common people spoke English. They try to make the languag

29、e as simple as possible, so they made the grammar easier.13.【题干】 Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Question 12【选项】A.To return some goods.B.To apply for a job.C.To place an order.D.To make a complaint.【答案】 C【解析】 Q: What is the womans purpose in making the phone call

30、M: Hello. YesW: Hello. Is that the sales departmentM: Yes, it is.Hmm,W: Oh, well, my names Jane Kingsbury of GPFLimited. we need some supplies for our design office.M: Uh, whats sortW: Well, first of all, we need one complete new drawing board.M: A DO44 or DO45W: Uh, I dont know. Whats the differenc

31、eM: Well, the 45 costs 15 pounds more.W: Hmm, so whats the total price thenM: Its 387 pounds.W: Does that include value added taxM: Oh, Im not sure, most of the prices do. Yes, I think it does.W: Hmm, what are the boards actually made ofM: Oh, I dont know. I think its a sort of plastic stuff these days. Its white anyway.W: Hmm, and how long does it take to deliverM: Oh, I couldnt really say. It depends on how much work weve got and how many other orders there are to send out, you know.W: Ok. Now we also want some drawing pens, ink and rulersand some drawing paper.M