英语四级真题及答案.docx

1、英语四级真题及答案2015年12月英语四级真题及答案 admire the courage of space explorers.They enjoyed the movie on space exploration.They were going to watch a wonderful movie.They like doing scientific exploration very much. a gift shop.At a graduation ceremony.In the office of a travel agency.In a school library. used to

2、 work in the art gallery.He does not have a good memory.He declined a job offer form the art gallery.He is not interested in any part-time jobs. has been invited to give a lecture tomorrow.He will go to the birthday party after the lecture.The woman should have informed him earlier.He will be unable

3、 to attend the birthday party. those having made good progress.Set a deadline for the staff to meet.Assign more workers to the project.Encourage the staff to work in small groups. way to the visitors parking.The rate for parking in Lot C.How far away the parking lot is.Where she can leave her car. r

4、egrets missing the classes.He plans to take the fitness classes.He is looking forward to a better life.He has benefited form exercise. How to ? work efficiency.B. How to select secretaries.C. The responsibilities of secretaries.D. The secretaries in the mans company. Conversation 1 is more difficult

5、 to learn than English.It is used by more people than English.It will be as commonly used as English.It will eventually become a world language. has words words from many languages,Its popularity with the common people.The influence of the British Empire.The effect of the Industrial Revolution, incl

6、udes a lot of words form other languages.It has a growing number of newly coined words,It can be easily picked up by overseas travellers.It is the largest among all languages in the world.Conversation 2 return some goods.To apply for a job.To place an order.To make a complaint.13. He has become some

7、what impatient with the woman.He is not familiar with the exact details of goods.He has not worked in the sales department for long.He works on a part-time basis for the company. is not his responsibility.It will be free for large orders.It costs 15 more for express delivery.It depends on a number o

8、f factors. the information to her superior.Pay a visit to the saleswoman in charge.Ring back when she comes to a decision.Make inquiries with some other companies.Section BPassage 1 one knows exactly where they were ?No one knows for sure when thy came into being.No one knows for what purpose they w

9、ere ?No one knows what they will ? ropes across rivers.Measure the speed of wind.Pass on secret messages.Give warnings of danger. protect houses against lightning.To test the effects of the lightning rod.To find out the strength of silk for kites.To prove the lightning is electricity.Passage 2 enjoy

10、s teaching languages,She can speak several languages,She was trained to be an interpreter.She was born with a talent for languages. acquire an immunity to culture shock.They would like to live abroad permanently.They want to learn as many foreign languages as possible.They have an intense interest i

11、n cross-cultural interactions. became an expert in horse racing.She got a chance to visit several European countries.She was able to translate for a German sports judge.She learned to appreciate classical music. the beef and give her comment.Take part in a cooking competition.Teach vocabulary for fo

12、od in ?Give cooking lessons on ?Passage 3 had only a third-grade education.He once threatened to kill his teacher.He grew up in a poor ?He often helped his ?.Stupid.Brave.Active. two book reports a week.Keep a diary.Help with housework.Watch education?Section CWhen you look up at the night sky, what

13、 do you see? There are other besides the moon and stars. One of the most 27_ of the Comets were formed around the same time the Earth was formed. and other frozen liquids and gases. 29_ these “dirty snow” just as the planets do.As a comet get closer to the sun, some gases in it begin to unfreezepart

14、icles form the comet to form a huge cloud. As the comet gets wind blows the cloud behind the comet, thus forming its tail. The tail(模糊的) atmosphere around a comet are 32_ that can help in the night sky.In any given year, about a dozen known comets come close to average person cant see them all, of c

15、ourse. Usually there is only one to be seen with 34_ eye. Comet Hale-Bopp, discovered bright comet. Its orbit brought it 35_ close to the Earth, But Hale-Bopp came a long way an its earthly visit. It wont be backor so.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, th

16、ere is a passage with ten blanks, You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter

17、for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Scholars of the information society are divided over whether social inequality decreases or increases in an informa

18、tion-based society, However, they generally agree with the idea that equality in the information society is 36 different from that of an industrial society. As informatization progresses in society, the cause and structural nature of social inequality changes as well.It seems that the information so

19、ciety 37 the quantity of Information available to the members of a society by revolutionizing the Ways of using and exchanging information. But such a view is a 38 analysis based on the quantity of information supplied by various forms of the mass media. A different 39 is possible when the actual am

20、ount of information 40 by the user is taken into account. In fact, the more information 41 throughout the entire society, the wider the gap becomes between information haves and information have-nots, leading to digital divide.According to recent studies, digital divide has been caused by three majo

21、r 42 classy, sex, and generation. In terms of class, digital divide exists among different types of workers and between the upper and middle classes and the lower class. With 43 to sex, digital divide exists between men and women. The greatest gap, however, is between the Net-generation, 44 with per

22、sonal computers and the Internet, and the older generation, 45 to an industrial society.注意： 此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。Section BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragr

23、aph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Joy: A Subject Schools LackBecoming educated should not require giving up pleasure.A) When Jonathan

24、 Swift proposed, in 1729, that the people of Ireland eat their children, he insisted it would solve three problems at once: feed the hungry masses, reduce the population during a severe depression, and stimulate the restaurant business. Even as a satire (讽刺), it seems disgusting and shocking in Amer

25、ica with its child-centered culture. But actually, the country is closer to his proposal than you might think.B) If you spend much time with educators and policy makers, youll hear a lot of the following words: “standards,” “results,” “skills,” “self-control,” “accountability,” and so on. I have vis

26、ited some of the newer supposedly “effective” schools, where children shout slogans in order to lean self-control or must stand behind their desk when they cant sit still.C) A look at what goes in in most classrooms these days makes it abundantly clear that when people think about education, they ar

27、e not thinking about what it feels like to be a child, or what makes childhood an important and valuable stage of life in its own right.D) Im a mother of three, a teacher, and a developmental psychologist. So Ive watched a lot of children-talking, playing, arguing, eating, studying, and being young.

28、 Heres what Ive come to understand. The thing that sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance, nor their lack of skills. Its their enormous capacity for joy. Think of a 3-year-old lost in the pleasures of finding out what he can and cannot sink in the bathtub, a 5-year-old beside herself

29、 with the thrill of putting together strings of nonsensical words with her best friends, or an 11-year-old completely absorbed in a fascinating comic strip. A childs ability to become deeply absorbed in something, and derive intense pleasure from that absorption, is something adults spend the rest o

30、f their lives trying to return to.E) A friend told me the following story. One day, when he went to get his 7-year-old son from soccer practice, his kid greeted him with a downcast face and a sad voice. The coach had criticized him for not focusing on his soccer drills. The little boy walked out of

31、the school with his head and shoulders hanging down. He seemed wrapped in sadness. But just before he reached the car door, he suddenly stopped, crouching (蹲伏) down to peer at something on the sidewalk. His face went down lower and lower, and then, with complete joy he called out, “Dad. Come here. T

32、his is the strangest bug Ive ever seen. It has, like, a million legs. Look at this. Its amazing.” He looked up at his father, his features overflowing with all those legs. This is the coolest ever.”F) The traditional view of such moments is that they constitute a charming but irrelevant byproduct of youthsomething to be pushed aside to make room for more important qualities, like