大学英语四级真题及答案.docx

1、大学英语四级真题及答案2003年9月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题试卷Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversation. At the end of each conversation, a question wilt be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. Aft

2、er each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). and decide which is the best answer Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Example:You will hear:You will read:A) At thee office.B)

3、 In the waiting room.C) At the airport.D) In a restaurant.From tile conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This conversation is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the best answer You should choose

4、 A on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.Sample Answer A B C D1. A) Give Bob a phone call.B) Go and pick Bob up.C) Go look for Bob.D) Wait for Bob.（D）2. A) She is working in the city.B) Life in the suburbs is lonely.C) Jobs are easier to find in the city.D) Its less e

5、xpensive living in the city.（A）3. A) In a printing shop.B) At a publishing house.C) At a bookstore.D) In a library.（C）4. A) The woman be more careful next time.B) They try to think of a solution.C) The woman find a spare key.D) They come downstairs.（B）5. A) Sending an e-mail.B) Working in an office.

6、C) Talking on the phone.D) Doing spelling practice.（C）6. A) Buy something for the picnic.B) Go shopping with the man.C) Go for a ride around town.D) Have a picnic.（A）7. A) The woman misplaced her class permit for biology.B) The woman arrived for registration too early.C) The woman missed registratio

7、n for the biology course.D) The woman got a wrong class permit.（B）8. A) The woman likes the weather in New York very much.B) The woman will stay in New York a long time.C) The man is planning to visit New York.D) Its quite cold in New York now.（C）9. A) The old lady sitting next to the couple likes t

8、oys very much.B) An old lady took the couples suitcase for her own.C) The couples suitcase was stolen in the restaurant.D) The man forgot to put the toys in their suitcase.（B）10. A) Shes flying to Hong Kong.B) Shes going to buy an air ticket.C) Shes going to say good-bye to Bill.D) Shes leaving for

9、Hong Kong with Bill.（A）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 you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked

10、A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) They him only retired workers.B) They each do jobs they are good at.C) They close the hotel during low sea

11、sons.D) They employ as few workers as possible.（D）12. A) Staff training.B) Book-keeping.C) Cleaning and washing up.D) Gardening and flower arranging.（C）13. A) They have their hotel beautifully decorated.B) They provide delicious food.C) They make their guests feel at home.D) They give parties regula

12、rly for their visitors.（C）Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) To withdraw his deposit.B) To cash a cheek.C) To rob the bank.D) To get his prize.（D）15. A) A radio announcerB) A bank employee.C) A car mechanic.D) A movie actor.（C）16. A) They let him do wha

13、t he wanted to.B) They helped him find large bills.C) They pressed the alarm.D) They called the police.（A）17. A) He was afraid that be would be caught on the spot.B) Large bills were not within his reach.C) The maximum sum allowed was 55,000.D) He was limited by time and the size of his pockets.（D）P

14、assage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. A) A rescuer on the Golden Gate Bridge.B) A professional diver.C) A telephone operator.D) A guard on the Golden Gate Bridge.（A）19. A) Someone ham fallen off the bridge.B) Someone on the bridge is being attacked.C) Someon

15、e is threatening to destroy the bridge.D) Someone on the bridge is attempting to kill himself.（D）20. A) Call the mother to come fight away.B) Try to communicate with them first.C) Help them to get out of their misty.D) Remind them that they have children to take care of.（B）Part II Reading Comprehens

16、ion (35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a sing

17、le ling through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.A recent study, published in last weeks Journal of the American Medical Association, offers a picture of how risky it is to get a lift from a teenage driver, Indeed, a 16-year-old driver with three or more pa

18、ssengers is three times as likely to have a fatal accident as a teenager driving alone, By contrast, the risk of death for drivers between 30 and 59 decreases with each additional passenger.The authors also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased dramatically after 10 p.m., and espe

19、cially after midnight, with passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late-night accident.Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior

20、” than with just a lack of driving experience. “The basic issue.” Be says, “is that adults who are responsible for issuing licenses fail to recognize how complex and skilled a task driving is.”Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to mitigate (使缓解) the problem is to have states in

21、stitute so-called graduated licensing systems, in which getting a license is a multistage process. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself capable of driving in the presence of an adult, followed by a period of driving with night of passenger restrictions, before graduating

22、to full driving privileges.Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage driver crashes, according to recent studies. About half of the states now have some sort of graduated licensing system in place, but only 10 of those states have restrictions on passengers, California is the strictest, with

23、a novice (新手) driver prohibited from carrying any passenger under 20 (without the presence of an adult over 25) for the first six months.21. Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage?A) Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 p.m.B) A teenager dri

24、ving after midnight with passengers in the car.C) Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night.D) A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight.（B）22. According to Robert Foss. The high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to _.A) their frequent dr

25、iving at nightB) their improper way of drivingC) their lack of driving experienceD) their driving with passengers（C）23. According to Paragraph 3. which of the following statements is TRUE?A) Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive.B) Driving is a skill too complicated for teenagers to lea

26、rn.C) Restrictions should be imposed on teenagers applying to take driving lessons.D) The licensing authorities are partly responsible for teenagers driving accidents.（D）24. A suggested measure to be taken to reduce teenagers driving accidents is that _.A) driving in the presence of an adult should

27、be made a ruleB) they should be prohibited from taking on passengersC) they should not be allowed to drive after 10 p.m.D) the licensing system should be improved（D）25. The present situation in about half of the states is that the graduated licensing system _.A) is under discussionB) is about to be

28、set upC) has been put into effectD) has been perfected（C）Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.If you know exactly what you want, the best route to a job is to get specialized training. A recent survey shows that companies like graduates in such fields as business and heal

29、th care who can go to work immediately with very little on-the-job training.Thats especially true of booming fields that are challenging for workers. At Cornells School of Hotel Administration, for example, bachelors degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers with salaries ranging fr

30、om the high teens to the low 20s and plenty of chances for rapid advancement. Large companies, especially, like a background of formal education coupled with work experience.But in the long run, too much specialization doesnt pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers t

31、he degree an automatic stamp of approval. The MBA may open doors and command a higher salary initially, but the impact of a degree washes out after five years.As further evidence of the erosion (销蚀) of corporate (公司的) faith in specialized degrees, Michigan States Scheetz cites a pattern in corporate

32、 hiring practices, although companies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists for middle and upper-level management. “They want someone who isnt constrained (限制) by nuts and bolts to look at the big picture, “says Scheetz.This sounds suspiciously like a formal statement that you approve of the liberal-arts graduate. Time and again