四级全真试题.docx

1、四级全真试题四级全真试题2012TIME LIMIT: 120 MINPART I DICTATION Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be r

2、ead sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on Answer Sheet One.

3、 PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15

4、 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation.1. The Ethical Consumer Research Association will provide information to shoppers on _.A. product price B. product quality C. manufacturers D. production methods2. According to the conversation, an ethical shopper should _.A. ask for

5、others advice before buying things B. consider the worth of something to be bought C. postpone buying things whenever possible D. search for things that are less costly3. According to the conversation, ethical shoppers can be best described as _.A. shrewd B. thrifty C. extravagant D. cautiousQuestio

6、ns 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation. 4. Which of the following statements is CORRECT about Mary?A. She is enjoying her language study. B. She is enjoying her managemen

7、t study. C. She is not feeling very well at the moment. D. She is not happy about her study pressure.5. What does Mary think of the course initially?A. It is useful. B. It is difficult. C. It is challenging. D. It is interesting.6. What is Marys problem of living in a family house?A. She dislikes th

8、e food she eats. B. She is unable to sleep well. C. She has no chance to make friends. D. She finds the rent high.7. Which of the following is Mr. Davies advice?A. To try to make more friends. B. To try to change accommodation. C. To spend more time on English. D. To stop attending language classes.

9、Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation. 8. According to the conversation, the day is special because _.A. many people are surfing the Net on that day B. it is an

10、anniversary of the Internet C. the Net brought about no changes until that day D. big changes will take place on that day9. We learn from the conversation that people _.A. cannot live without the Internet B. cannot work without the Internet C. all use the Internet to keep in touch D. have varied opi

11、nions about Internet use10. At the end of the conversation, the speakers talk about _.A. the future of the Internet B. the type of office furniture C. when changes will come D. how people will use the InternetSECTION B PASSAGESIn this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages c

12、arefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage. 11. In order to open a bank account, you need to produce _ in addition to your passp

13、ort.A. a library card B. a registration form C. a telephone bill D. a receipt12. Which of the following might NOT be included in the “utility bill”?A. Rent. B. Gas. C. Water. D. Telephone.13. According to the passage, what can one do in the post office?A. Getting contact details. B. Obtaining tax fo

14、rms. C. Paying housing rents. D. Applying for loans.Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage. 14. According to the passage, one of the activities to relax could be _.A. need to b

15、e efficient in work B. plan your work properly C. try to finish work ahead of time D. know how to work in teams15. According to the passage, one of the activities to relax could be _.A. protecting wild animals B. spending time with your family C. learning how to read efficiently D. learning how to d

16、o gardening16. One of the ways to reduce stress is to _.A. do better than anyone else B. fulfill high ambitions in ones work C. work and have reasonable aims D. start with a relatively low aim17. According to the passage, to reduce stress has something to do with the following EXCEPT _.A. ones posit

17、ion B. ones interest C. ones health D. ones moodQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage. 18. According to the passage, new words tend to come from _.A. world politics B. advance

18、s in science C. areas of life D. all the above19. The passage explains the larger and richer vocabulary of English mainly from a _ viewpoint. A. historical B. cultural C. commercial D. colonial20. According to the passage, which of the following statements best describes the English language?A. It i

19、s outdated in grammar. B. It accepts new words from science. C. It has begun taking in new words. D. It tends to embrace new words.Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. 21. Wher

20、e was the marble statue found?A. Out in the sea. B. Inside a bath house. C. On a cliff along the coast. D. On the coast outside Jerusalem.22. Which of the following best describes the condition of the statue?A. It was incomplete. B. It was recent artwork. C. It was fairly tall. D. It was in pieces.Q

21、uestions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. 23. The rescue efforts concentrated mainly on _.A. the U.S.-Canada border B. snow-stricken regions C. highways D. city streets24. According

22、to the news, the last group of people might have been stranded in their vehicles for more than _ hours before being rescued. A. 24 B. 25 C. 40 D. 48Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to t

23、he news. 25. According to the 2006 anti-smoking restrictions, smoking was NOT allowed in _.A. offices B. restaurants C. bars D. school playgrounds26. According to the news, which of the following groups reacts negatively to the new law?A. Television producers. B. Hotel owners. C. Medical workers. D.

24、 Hospital management.Questions 27 and 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news. 27. According to the news, who first discovered the fraud?A. A client. B. A bank manager. C. The police. D. Bank headq

25、uarters.28. When did the bank employee hand himself in?A. A month before the fraud was discovered. B. A day before the fraud was discovered. C. A day after the police launched investigation. D. A month after he transferred the money.Question 29 is based on the following news. At the end of the news

26、item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question. Now, listen to the news. 29. What is this news item mainly about?A. How to open Hotmail accounts. B. How to retrieve missing e-mails. C. New e-mail service by Microsoft. D. Problems and complaints about e-mails.30. Compared with 2009, which o

27、f the following figures remained about the same in 2010?A. Number of tickets sold. B. Box office revenues. C. Attendance rate. D. Number of cinemas.PART III CLOZEDecide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for

28、each blank on Answer Sheet Two. The earthquake of 26th December 2004 resulted in one of the worst natural disasters in living memory. It was a (31) _ underwater quake and occurred in the Indian Ocean. It (32) _ coastlines, communities and brought death to many people. Why do earthquakes happen? The

29、surface of the earth has not always looked as it does today; it is moving (33) _ (although very slowly) and has done so for billions of years. This is one (34) _ of earthquakes, when one section of the earth (tectonic plate) (35) _ another. Scientists can predict where but not (36) _ this might happ

30、en and the area between plates is called a fault line. On one fault line in Kobe, Japan in 1923 over 200,000 people were killed. (37) _, earthquakes do not always happen on fault lines, (38) _ is why they are so dangerous and (39) _. Where do volcanoes happen? Volcanoes happen where the earths (40)

31、_ is thin: lava, dust and gases (41) _ from beneath the earth. They can rise into a huge cone shape like a mountain and erupt, (42) _ they can be so violent (43) _ they just explode directly from the earth with no warning. There are 1511 (44) “_” volcanoes in the world. This means that they may (45) _ be dangerous. In 1985 the Colombian volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted. The lava melted a glacier and sent tons of mud (46) _ the town below. Twenty thousand people died. Natural disasters like volcanic