四级真题卷三.docx

1、四级真题卷三2015年12月大学英语四级考试真题及答案第3套Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying “Never go out there to see what happens, go out there to make things happen. Youcan cite examples to illustrate the important of being participants

2、 rather than mereonlookers in life. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part IIListening Comprehension (30 minutes)1. A. Children should be taught to be more careful.B. Children shouldnt drink so much orange juice.C. There is no need for the man to make such a fuss.D. Timm

3、y should learn to do things in the right way.2. A. Fitness training.B. The new job offer.C. Computer programming.D. Directorship of the club.3. A. He needs to buy a new sweater.B. He has got to save on fuel bills.C. The fuel price has skyrocketed.D. The heating system doesnt work.4. A. Committing th

4、eft. B. Taking pictures.C. Window shopping.D. Posing for the camera.5. A. She is taking some medicine.B. She has not seen a doctor yet.C. She does not trust the mans advice. D. She has almost recovered from the cough.6. A. Pamelas report is not finished as scheduled.B. Pamela has a habit of doing th

5、ings in a hurry.C. Pamela is not good at writing research papers.D. Pamelas mistakes could have been avoided.7. A. In the left-luggage office.B. At the hotel reception.C. In a hotel room.D. At an airport.8. A. She was an excellent student at college.B. She works in the entertainment business.C. She

6、is fond of telling stories in her speech.D. She is good at conveying her message.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A. Arranging the womans appointment with Mr. Romero.B. Fixing the time for the designers latest fashion show.C. Talking about an important gathering

7、 on Tuesday.D. Preparing for the filming on Monday morning.10. A. Her travel to Japan.B. The awards ceremony.C. The proper hairstyle for her new role.D. When to start the make-up session.11. A. He is Mr. Romeros agent.B. He is an entertainment journalist. C. He is the womans assistant.D. He is a fam

8、ous movie star.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A. Make an appointment for an interview.B. Send in an application letter.C. Fill in an application form.D. Make a brief self-introduction on the phone.13. A. Someone having a college degree in advertising.B. Some

9、one experienced in business management.C. Someone ready to take on more responsibilities.D. Someone willing to work beyond regular hours.14. A. Travel opportunities.B. Handsome pay. C. Prospects for promotion.D. Flexible working hours.15. A. It depends on the working hours.B. It is about 500 pounds

10、a week. C. It will be set by the Human Resources.D. It is to be negotiated. Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After youhear a question, you must ch

11、oose the best answer from the four choices marked A., B,Cand D.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.B.To make shoppers see as many items as possible.C.To supply as many va

12、rieties of goods as it can.D.To save space for more profitable products.B.On the bottom shelves.C.On easily accessible shelves.D.On clearly marked shelves.B.A few of them are fathers with babies.C.A majority of them are young couples.D.Over 60% of them make shopping lists.B.Sales assistants followin

13、g customers around.C.Customers competing for good bargains.D.Customers losing all sense of time.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.B.Doing research in an institute.C. Studying for a college degree.D.Working in a hi-tech companyB.He did experiments on different

14、 materials. C.He bought an alarm clock with a pig face.D.He asked different people for their opinions.B.Its manufacturing process.C.Its way of waking people up.D.Its funny-looking pig face.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.B.It actually doesnt require any s

15、pecial treatment.C.It usually appears all of a sudden.D.It generally lasts for several years.B.They irrationally annoy their friends.C.They depend heavily on family members.D.They blame others for ignoring their needs.B.They doubt their own popularity.C.They were born psychologically weak.D.They foc

16、us too much on themselves. Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words

17、 you have justheard.Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.There was a time when any personal information that was gathered about us was typed on a piece of paper and26 in a file cabinet.It could remain there for years and, often27, never reach t

18、he outside world.Things have done a complete about-face since then.28 the change has been the astonishingly29 development in recent years of the computer.Today, any data that is 30 about us in one place or anotherand for one reason or anothercan be stored in a computer bank.It can then be easily pas

19、sed to other computer banks.They are owned by individuals and by private businesses and corporations, lending 31 , direct mailing and telemarketing firms, credit bureaus, credit card companies, and32 at the local, state, and federal level.A growing number of Americans are seeing the accumulation and

20、 distribution of computerized data as a frightening33 of their privacy.Surveys show that the number of worried Americans has been steadily growing over the years as the computer becomes increasingly 34, easier to operate, and less costly to purchase and maintain.In 1970, a national survey showed tha

21、t percent of the people35felt their privacy was being invaded.Seven years later, percent expressed the same worry.Arecent survey by a credit bureau revealed that the number of alarmed citizens had shot up to percent. Part Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, there is

22、 a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select oneword for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following thepassage, Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Eachchoice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter foreac

23、h item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not useany of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Children do not think the way adults do. For most of the first year of life, if something is outof sight, its out of mind.

24、If you cover a babys 36 toy with a piece of cloth, the baby thinksthe toy has disappeared and stops looking for it. A 4-year-old may 37 a sister has more fruitjuice when it is only the shapes of the glasses that differ, not the 38 juice.Yet children are smart in their own way. Like good little scien

25、tists, children are always testingtheir child-sized 39 about how things work. When your child throws her spoon on the floorfor the sixth time as you try to feed her, and you say, “Thats enough! I will not pick up yourspoon again! the child will 40 test your claim. Are you serious? Are you angry? Wha

26、t willhappen if she throws the spoon again? She is not doing this to drive you 41 ; rather，she islearning that her desires and yours can differ, and that sometimes those 42 are important andsometimes they are not.How and why does childrens thinking change? In the 1920s，Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget

27、proposed that childrens cognitive (认知的) abilities unfold 43 like the blooming of a flower,almost independent of what else is 44 in their lives. Although many of his specificconclusions have been 45 or modified over the years, his ideas inspired thousands of studiesby investigators all over the world

28、.A) advocate B) amount C) confirmed D) crazy E) definite F) differences G) favorite H) happening I) immediatelyJ) naturallyK) obtainingL) primarilyM) protestN) rejectedO) theoriesSection BDirections:In this section, you are going to read a passage with en statements attached to it.Each statement con

29、tains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify theparagraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraphmore than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions bymarking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.The Perfect EssayA) Looking back

30、on too many years of education, I can identify one truly impossible teacher Shecared about me, and my intellectual life, even when I didnt Her expectations were highimpossibly so. She was an English teacher. She was also my mother.B) When good students turn in an essay, they dream of their instructo

31、r returning it to them inexactly the same condition, save for a single word added in the margin of the final page:“Flawless. This dream came true for me one afternoon in the ninth grade. Of course, I hadheard that genius could show itself at an early age, so I was only slightly taken aback that Ihad

32、 achieved perfection at the tender age of 14. Obviously, I did what any professional writerwould do; I hurried off to spread the good news. I didnt get very far. The first person I toldwas my mother.C) My mother, who is just shy of five feet tall, is normally incredibly soft-spoken, but on therare occasion when she got angry, she was terrifying. I am not sure if she was more upset bymy hubris (得