1、大学英语4级真题与答案详解完整版2014年6月14日大学英语4级真题与答案详解完整版Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the following topic. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your hometown,
2、 what is the most interesting place you would like to take him/her to see and why?注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions w
3、ill be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After 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 Answer
4、Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。1. A) See a doctor about her strained shoulder.B) Use a ladder to help her reach the tea.C) Replace the cupboard with a new one.D) Place the tea on a lower shelf next time.2. A) At Mary Johnsons. C) In an exhibition hall.B) At a painter
5、s studio. D) Outside an art gallery.3. A) The teacher evaluated lacks teaching experience.B) She does not quite agree with what the man said.C) The man had better talk with the students himself.D) New students usually cannot offer a fair evaluation.4. A) He helped Doris build up the furniture.B) Dor
6、is helped him arrange the furniture.C) Doris fixed up some of the bookshelves.D) He was good at assembling bookshelves.5. A) He doesnt get on with the others. C) He has been taken for a fool.B) He doesnt feel at ease in the firm. D) He has found a better position.6. A) They should finish the work as
7、 soon as possible.B) He will continue to work in the garden himself.C) He is tired of doing gardening on weekends.D) They can hire a gardener to do the work.7. A) The man has to get rid of the used furniture.B) The mans apartment is ready for rent.C) The furniture is covered with lots of dust.D) The
8、 furniture the man bought is inexpensive.8. A) The man will give the mechanic a call.B) The woman is waiting for a call.C) The woman is doing some repairs.D) The man knows the mechanic very well.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) She had a job interview to atte
9、nd.B) She was busy finishing her project.C) She had to attend an important meeting.D) She was in the middle of writing an essay.10. A) Accompany her roommate to the classroom.B) Hand in her roommates application form.C) Submit her roommates assignment.D) Help her roommate with her report.11. A) Wher
10、e Dr. Elliss office is located. C) Directions to the classroom building.B) When Dr. Ellis leaves his office. D) Dr. Elliss schedule for the afternoon.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) He finds it rather stressful. C) He can handle it quite well.B) He is thin
11、king of quitting it. D) He has to work extra hours.13. A) The 6:00 one. C) The 7:00 one.B) The 6:30 one. D) The 7:30 one.14. A) It is an awful waste of time.B) He finds it rather unbearable.C) The time on the train is enjoyable.D) It is something difficult to get used to.15. A) Reading newspapers. C
12、) Listening to the daily news.B) Chatting with friends. D) Planning the days work.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, yo
13、u 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.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.16. A) Ignore small details while
14、 reading.B) Read at least several chapters at one sitting.C) Develop a habit of reading critically.D) Get key information by reading just once or twice.17. A) Choose ones own system of marking.B) Underline the key words and phrases.C) Make as few marks as possible.D) Highlight details in a red color
15、.18. A) By reading the textbooks carefully again.B) By reviewing only the marked parts.C) By focusing on the notes in the margins.D) By comparing notes with their classmates.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) The sleep a person needs varies from da
16、y to day.B) The amount of sleep for each person is similar.C) One can get by with a couple of hours of sleep.D) Everybody needs some sleep for survival.20. A) It is a made-up story. C) It is a rare exception.B) It is beyond cure. D) It is due to an accident.21. A) His extraordinary physical conditio
17、n.B) His mothers injury just before his birth.C) The unique surroundings of his living place.D) The rest he got from sitting in a rocking chair.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22. A) She invested in stocks and shares on Wall Street.B) She learned to
18、write for financial newspapers.C) She developed a strong interest in finance.D) She tenderly looked after her sick mother.23. A) She made a wise investment in real estate.B) She sold the restaurant with a substantial profit.C) She got 1.5 million dollars from her ex-husband.D) She inherited a big fo
19、rtune from her father.24. A) She was extremely mean with her money.B) She was dishonest in business dealings.C) She frequently ill-treated her employees.D) She abused animals including her pet dog.25. A) She made a big fortune from wise investment.B) She built a hospital with her mothers money.C) Sh
20、e made huge donations to charities.D) She carried on her familys tradition.Section CDirection: In the section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are req
21、uired to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。Among the kinds of social gestures most significant for second-language teachers are those which are (26)_ in form but
22、different in meaning in the two cultures. For example, a Colombian who wants someone to (27)_ him often signals with a hand movement in which all the fingers of one hand, cupped, point downward as they move rapidly (28)_. Speakers or English have a similar gesture through the hand may not be cupped
23、and the fingers may be held more loosely, but for them the gesture means goodbye or go away, quite the (29)_ of the Colombian gesture. Again, in Colombian, a speaker of English would have to know that when he (30)_ height he most choose between different gestures depending on whether he is (31)_ a h
24、uman being or an animal. If he keeps the palm of the hand (32)_ the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by laughter, in Colombia this gesture is (33)_ for the description of animals. In order to describe human bei
25、ngs he should keep the palm of his hand (34)_ to the floor. Substitutions of one gesture for the other often create not only humorous but also (35)_ moment. In both of the examples above, speakers from two different cultures have the same gesture, physically, but its meaning differs sharply.Part III
26、 Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Section 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 following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choic
27、e in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter 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.Global warming is a trend toward warmer conditions
28、around the world. Part of the warming is natural; we have experienced a 20,000 -year -long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice 36 away. However, we have already reached temperatures that are in 37 with other minimum-ice periods, so continued warming is likely not natural. We are 38 to a pr
29、edicted worldwide increase in temperatures 39 between 1 and 6 over the next 100 years. The warming will be more 40 in some areas, less in others, and some places may even cool off. Likewise, the 41 of this warming will be very different depending on where you arecoastal areas must worry about rising
30、 sea levels, while Siberia and northern Canada may become more habitable (宜居的) and 42 for humans than these areas are now.The fact remains, however, that it will likely get warmer, on 43 , everywhere. Scientists are in general agreement that the warmer conditions we have been experiencing are at lea
31、st in part the result of a human-induced global warming trend. Some scientists 44 that the changes we are seeing fall within the range of random (无规律的) variationsome years are cold, others warm, and we have just had an unremarkable string of warm years 45 but that is becoming an increasingly rare interpretation in the face of continued and increasing warm conditions.Section BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten sta
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