新题型四级真题第13套.docx

1、新题型四级真题第13套新题型2015年12月四级真题(第1套）Part I Writing (30minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the sayingListening is more importantthan talking. You can cite examples to illustrate the importance ofpaying attention to others opinions. You should write

2、 at least120 words but no morethan180 words. Part II ListeningComprehensionSection AQuestions1 and2 will be based on the following news item.1. A) There were shootings. C) Moscow troops killed terrorists.B) There was an explosion. D) Several international flights delayed.2. A) He closed the airports

3、 customs. C) He found out those who were responsible.B) He called for ambulances and fire engines. D) He changed his schedule.Questions3 and4 will be based on the following news item.3. A) The U.S. charity, Save the Children, in Vietnam.B) Improving the health ofmothers and babies in the world.C) Re

4、ducing the number of childhood deaths in South Asia.D) High death rates of mothers and babies in developingcountries.4. A) South Asia. B) Vietnam. C) Africa. D) South America.Questions5 to7 will be based on the following news item.5. A)Hold the constitutional vote. C) Accept international aid right

5、away.B) Allow in foreign search and rescue teams. D) Adopt John Holmes suggestions.6. A) Naive. B) Feasible. C) Open. D) Flexible.7. A) The UN cant impose help on Burma without its governments agreement.B) It is reasonable for Burma to refuse foreign aid.C) It is useless to offer air-dropping suppli

6、es to Burma.D) The constitutional vote cant improve the current situation.Section BConversation OneQuestions8 to11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) It is used by more people than English. C) It will be as commonly used as English.B) It is more difficult to learn than English.

7、D) It will eventuallybecome a world language.9. A) Its popularity with the common people. C) The influence ofthe British Empire.B) The effect ofthe Industrial Revolution. D) Its loan words from many languages.10. A) It has a growing number of newly coinedwords.B) It includes a lot of words from othe

8、r languages.C) It is the largest among all languages inthe world.D) It can be easily picked up by overseas travellers.11. A) They have two great advantages.B) They have quite easy grammar.C) They have many different endings for certainwords.D) They are very interesting.Conversation TwoQuestions12 to

9、15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) To place an order. C) To return some goods.B) To apply for a job. D) To make a complaint.13. A) He works on a part-time basis for the company.B) He has not worked in the sales department for long.C) He is not familiar with the exact details

10、 ofthe goods.D) He has become somewhat impatient with the woman.14. A) It is not his responsibility. C) It depends on a number offactors.B) It will be free for large orders. D) It costs15 more for express delivery.15. A) Make inquiries with some other companies. C) Pay a visit to the saleswoman in c

11、harge.B) Report the information to her superior. D) Ring back when she comes to a decision.Section CPassage OneQuestions16 to18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) No one knows for sure when they came into being.B) No one knows exactly where they were first made.C) No one knows for w

12、hat purpose they were invented.D) No one knows what they will look like in the future.17. A)Measure the speed ofwind. C) Pass on secret messages.B) Give warnings of danger. D) Cany ropes across rivers.18. A) To find out the strength of silk for kites. C) To prove that lightning is electricity.B) To

13、test the effects ofthe lightning rod. D) To protect houses against lightning.Passage TwoQuestions19 to22 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) She was born with a talent for languages. C) She can speak several languages.B) She was trained to be an interpreter. D) She eryoys teaching la

14、nguages.20. A)They want to learn as many foreign languages as possible.B) They have an intense interest in cross-cultural interactions.C) They acquire an immunity to culture shock.D) They would like to live abroad permanently.21. A) She became an expert in horse racing.B) She learned to appreciate c

15、lassical music.C) She was able to translate for a German sports judge.D) She got a chance to visit several European countries.22. A) Take part in a cooking competition. C) Teach vocabulary for food inEnglish.B) Taste the beef and give her comment. D) Give cooking lessons on Western food.Passage Thre

16、eQuestions23 to25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A) He had only a third-grade education. C) He often helped his mother do housework.B) He once threatened to kill his teacher. D) He grew up in a poor single-parent family.24. A) Stupid. B) Active. C) Brave. D) Careless.25. A) Watch e

17、ducational TVprograms only. C) Help with housework.B) Write two book reports a week. D) Keep a diary.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section AQuestions26 to35 are based on the following passage.Scholars of the information society are divided over whether social inequality decreases or in

18、creasesin an information-based society. However, they generally agree with the idea that inequality in the information society is _ 26 _ different from that of an industrial society. As informatization progresses in society, the cause and structural nature of social inequality changes as well.It see

19、ms that the information society _27_ the quantity ofinformation available to the members of a society by revolutionizing the ways of using and exchanging informatioa But such a view is a _28_analysis based on the quantity of information supplied by various forms of the mass media. A different _29_ i

20、s possible when the actual amount of information _30_ by the user is taken intoaccount. In fact, the more information _31_ throughout the entire society, the wider the gap becomes between information haves andinformation have-nots, leading to digital divide.According to recent studies, digital divid

21、e has been caused by three mjor _32_ class, sex, andgeneration. In terms of class, digital divide exists among different types of workers and between the upper and middle classes and the lower class. With _ 33_ to sex, digital divide exists between men and women. The greatest gap, however, is betwee

22、n the Net-generation, _34_ with personal computers and the Internet, and the older generation, _35_to an industrial society.A) accustomed B) acquired C) assembly D) attributeE) champions F) elements G) expands H) familiarI) flows J) fundamentally K) interpretation L) passiveM) regard N) respectively

23、 0) superficialSection BJoy: A Subject Schools LackBecoming educated should not require giving up pleasure.A】When Jonathan Swift proposed, in1729, 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

24、severedepression, and stimulate the restaurant business. Even as a satire (讽剌)， it seems disgusting andshocking in America with its child-centered culture. But actually, the country is closer to his proposal than you might think.B Ifyou spend much time with educators and policy makers, youll hear a

25、lot ofthe following words:standards, results, skills, self-control, accountability, and so on. I have visited some of thenewer supposedly effective schools, where children shout slogans in order to learn self-control ormust stand behind their desk when they cant sit still.C】A look at what goes on in

26、 most classrooms these days makes it abundantly clear that when peoplethink about education, they are not thinking about what it feels like to be a child, or what makeschildhood an important and valuable stage of life in its own right.D Im a mother of three, a teacher, and a developmental psychologi

27、st. So Ive watched a lot of childrentalking, playing, arguing, eating, studying, and being young. 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 a3-year-old lost in the

28、pleasures of finding out what he can and cannot sink in the bathtub, a5-year-old beside herself with the thrill ofputting together strings ofnonsensical words with her best Mends, or an 11-year-old completely absorbed in a fascinating comic strip. A childs ability to become deeply absorbed in someth

29、ing, and derive intense pleasure from that absorption, is something adults spend the rest of their lives trying to return to.E】A Mend told me the following story. One day, when he went to get his7-year-old son from soccerpractice, his kid greeted him with a downcast face and a sad voice. The coach h

30、ad criticized himfor not focusing on his soccer drills. The little boy walked out of the school with his head andshoulders 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 wentdo

31、wn lower and lower, and then, with complete joy he called out, Dad. Come here. This 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 energy and delight. Cant we stay here for just a minute? I want t

32、o find out what he does 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 ofyouthsomething to be pushed aside to make room for more important qualities, like perseverance (坚持不槲)， obligation, and practicality. Yet moments like this one