四级真题第二套附答案及听力材料.docx

1、四级真题第二套附答案及听力材料四级真题（第二套）答案附后面Part I WritingDirections:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes towrite a news report to your campus newspaper on a visit to a Hope elementary school organized by your Student Union.You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part II Listening Compr

2、ehensionSection ADirections:In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marke

3、d A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.1.A) Heavy floods.B) Safety concerns.C) Bad economy.D) Workers strikes.2.A) It is competitive with its numerous tourist d

4、estinations.B) It provides many job opportunities for French people.C) It is the biggest concern of the French government.D) It plays an important role in the nations economy.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3.A) To carry out a scientific survey.B) To establish a ne

5、w research station.C) To rescue two sick American workers.D) To deliver urgent medical supplies.4.A) The darkness and cold.B) The heavy snow and fog.C) The biting winds.D) The ice all around.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5.A) By tying it to a door handle.B) By sha

6、king it back and forth.C) With a remote control craft.D) With a full-sized helicopter.6.A) He has lots of fans on Facebook.B) He has rich experience in flying.C) He often suffers from toothaches.D) He has learned to pull teeth from a video.7.A) Spend more time together.B) Tell them adventure stories

7、.C) Do something fun and creative.D) Play with them in a safe place.Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, y

8、ou must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8.A) To confirm an urgent appointment.B) To collect a package

9、from the woman.C) To ask the woman to sign a document.D) To arrange the delivery of a package.9.A) She is doing shopping.B) She is visiting a friend.C) She is not at home.D) She is not feeling well.10.A) He will be off duty the whole day.B) He will be working somewhere else.C) He will have to have h

10、is car repaired.D) He will be too busy to spare any time.11.A) Sign her name.B) Confirm online.C) Pay a small fee.D) Show up in person.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A) Vacation in Italy.B) Study abroad.C) Throw a farewell party.D) Go to a fashion show in Mil

11、an.13.A) Quite sleepy.B) Very excited.C) Rather depressed.D) Nearly exhausted.14.A) He has to attend a party.B) He has to meet a friend.C) He has to make a presentation.D) He has to finish an assignment.15.A) Say goodbye to the woman at the airport.B) Meet the woman at the Black Cat Cafe.C) Drive th

12、e woman to the airport.D) Have lunch with the woman.Section CDirections:In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best a

13、nswer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A) It has kept growing over the centuries.B) Its top is hidden in clouds of volcanic smo

14、ke.C) Its height changes with each volcanic eruption.D) It has a recorded history of 1,500 years.17.A) They are now a tourist destination.B) They attract a lot of migrating birds.C) They provide shelter for the farmers.D) They make good fields for farming.18.A) They nest on the volcanos slopes.B) Th

15、ey feed on certain small mammals.C) They compete with each other for food.D) They match large mammals in strength.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A) He is self-employed.B) He is a career advisor.C) He studies talent.D) He owns a magazine.20.A) Doing what they like

16、best.B) Loving the work they do.C) Making no excuses for failures.D) Following their natural instinct.21.A) It does not come to anything without hard work.B) It may prove to be quite different from hard work.C) It is a natural gift only some special people can possess.D) It does not come to you unti

17、l something special happens.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22.A) It is a bit difficult to learn.B) It was popular in New Zealand.C) It is a traditional type of ballet.D) It evolved in the mid-1970s.23.A) She wanted her to be a ballet dancer.B) She used to be a ballet

18、 dancer herself.C) She hated to see her idling about.D) She was too busy to look after her.24.A) After she started teaching English.B) Before she left for New Zealand.C) When she moved to New York city.D) Once she began to live on her own.25.A) It has renewed her passion for life.B) It has made her

19、happy and energetic.C) It has helped her make new friends.D) It has enabled her to start a new career.Part III Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections:In this section, there 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

20、following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter 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

21、once.Just because they cant sing opera or ride a bicycle doesnt mean that animals dont have culture. Theres no better example of this than killer whales. As one of the most26predators (食肉动物)，killer whales may not fit the27of a cultured creature. However, these beasts of the sea do display a vast ran

22、ge of highly28behaviors that appear to be driving their genetic development.The word “culture” comes from the Latin “colere”, which29means “to cultivate.” In other words, it refers to anything that is30or learnt, rather than instinctive or natural. Among human populations, culture not only affects t

23、he way we live, but also writes itself into our genes, affecting who we are. For instance, having spent many generations hunting the fat marine mammals of the Arctic, the Eskimos of Greenland have developed certain genetic31that help them digest and utilize this fat-rich diet, thereby allowing them

24、to32in their cold climate.Like humans, killer whales have colonized a range of different33across the globe, occupying every ocean basin on the planet, with an empire that 34from pole to pole. As such, different populations of killer whales have had to learn different hunting techniques in order to g

25、ain the upper hand over their local prey (猎物). This, in turn, has a major effect on their diet, leading scientists to35that the ability to learn population-specific hunting methods could be driving the animals genetic development.A) acquiredB) adaptationsC) brutalD) deliberatelyE) expressedF) extend

26、sG) habitatsH) humble I) imageJ) literallyK) refinedL) revolvesM) speculateN) structureO) thriveSection 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 paragraph from whi

27、ch 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.Living with parents edges out other living arrangements for 18- to 34-year-oldsA) Broad demographic (人口的) shift

28、s in marital status, educational attainment and employment have transformed the way young adults in the U.S. are living, and a new Pew Research Center analysis highlights the implications of these changes for the most basic element of their lives where they call home. In 2014, for the first time in

29、more than 130 years, adults ages 18 to 34 were slightly more likely to be living in their parents home than they were to be living with a spouse or partner in their own household.B) This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans who are choosing to settl

30、e down romantically before age 35. Dating back to 1880, the most common living arrangement among young adults has been living with a romantic partner, whether a spouse or a significant other. This type of arrangement peaked around 1960, when 62% of the nations 18- to 34-year-olds were living with a

31、spouse or partner in their own household, and only one-in-five were living with their parents.C) By 2014, 31.6% of young adults were living with a spouse or partner in their own household, below the share living in the home of their parent(s) (32.1%). Some 14% of young adults lived alone, were a single parent or lived with one or more roommates. The remaining 22% lived in the home of another family member, such as a grandparent, in-law or sibling (兄弟姐妹), a non-relative, or in group quarters like college dormitories.D) Its worth noting th