awfully2012年12月英语四级真题答案

2021年1月8日发(作者：滕元发)


2012年12月英语四级真题答案
一、作文

Education Pay
From the bar chart given above, we can observe that it reflects the statistics of income
among people of different educational background. Those who possess a doctoral degree earn
1,551dollars median weekly, ranking first among people of other education level. The median
weekly earnings of people with associate degree and below can not reach the average of 797
dollars, ranking from 768 dollars to 451 dollars. As for the unemployment rate, 2.5 % of people
with doctoral degree will suffer form unemployment. However, the unemployment rate of people
with some college, no degree and lower degree surpass the mean value of 7.6%， ranking from
8.7% to 14.1%。
The bar chart of Education Pays reveals a phenomenon that there exits some difference in
incomes and unemployment rate among people with different educational level. Quite a few
reasons can account for this phenomenon: for one thing, with the advancement of technology
and the adjustment of industrial structure, quite a few high-tech industries emerge overnight,
which leads to a soar demand of workforces with high educational degree, thus, it is natural that
graduates with bachelor’ and higher degree get a high pay-packet and enjoy a stable job.
Additionally, those with educational background under associate degree are easily dismissed and
paid by low salary. They can be replaced any time due to the fact that their jobs are easy and can
be finished by average people。
Definitely, the higher education degree you get, the more likely you are to enjoy a
competitive edge in the employment market. Thus, the authorities should enforce some policies
to ensure the equity of education. Only in this way can more people lead a stable and
comfortable life。
二、快速阅读
三、听力理解
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11.W: I just heard about a really beautiful park in the east end of the town. There are a lot of
roses in bloom.
M:Why don’t we walk over there and see for ourselves?
Q:What will the speakers probably do?
12.M: My presentation is scheduled for 9:30 tomorrow morning at the lecture hall. I hope to see
you there.
W: Oh, sorry. I was about to tell you that I have an appointment with my dentist at 9:00 o’clock
tomorrow.
Q:What do we learn about the woman?
13.W: How long have you been running this company?
M: Twenty years if you can believe that. I brought it from a small operation to what it is today.
Q:What do we learn about the man?
14.M: Have you read the news on the campus net? Susan has won the scholarship for next year.
W: I knew she would from the very beginning. Such a brilliant and diligent girl! She certainly
deserves it.
Q:What does the woman mean?
15.W: Taking a bus to Miami, it’s cheaper than going by train.
M: That’s true. But I’d rather pay a little more for the added comfort and convenience.
Q: What does the man mean?
16.M: I think it’s time we got rid of all this old furniture.
W: You’re right. We need to promote our image besides it’s not a real antique.
Q: What do the speakers mean?
17.M: That was some storm yesterday. How was I afraid I couldn’t make it home.
W: Yeah, most of the roads to my house were flooded. I didn’t get home from the lab until
midnight.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
18.W: My boys are always complaining that they’re bored.
M: Why don’t you get them into some team sports? My son and daughter play soccer every
Saturday. And they both look forward to it all week.
Q: What does the man mean?
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard
W: So John, I hear you and Arthur share a job, don’t you?
M: Yes. We’ve shared a sales job at Sonatech for about two years now.
W: Well, how do you divide up your schedule?
M: You know we are both sales representatives, and we take orders over the phone. When we
started job sharing it was difficult, because we both worked all day Monday. I worked Tuesday
and Thursday and Arthur worked Wednesday and Friday. The problem was that when I was in the
office on Tuesday. I would talk to people, then they would call back on Wednesday with a
question. But Arthur couldn’t answer the question and he couldn’t ask me about it because I
wasn’t in the office. So he had to ask the people to call me back the next day, Thursday. Of
course,
they didn’t like to wait until the next day to have their questions answered.
W: Yes, that sounds like a problem.
M: So, finally we decided that Arthur would work in the mornings and I would work in the
afternoons. Now if someone calls with the question for me in the morning, Arthur tells them to
call me in the afternoon. This way, people get their questions answered the same day.
W:What do you do about vacations?
M: Well, Sonatech gives the usual two weeks of vacation to full-time employees, I take a week
and Arthur takes a week.
W: It sounds like job sharing has worked out well for you.
M: Yes, it has. We are both happy with it.
Q19. What do John and author do at Sonatech?
Q20. What problem did John and Arthur have when they started job sharing?
Q21. What does John say about their annual vacation?
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard
W: May I see your license, please?
M: But officer, did I do something wrong?