grades2020年12月英语四级真题第2套

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2014年12月英语四级真题第2套
听力：
1. A. The man is not good at balancing his budget. B. She will go purchase the gift herself.
C. The gift should not be too expensive. D. They are gonging to Jane's house-warming party.
2 is quite willing to give the woman a hand. takes patience to go through the statistics.
has prepared the statistics for the woman. woman should take a course in statistics.
3 55 is missing from the woman's scripts. cannot begin their recording right away.
woman does not take the recording seriously. man wants to make some changes in the scripts.4
4 date of Carl's wedding. birthday of Carl's bride.
C.A significant event in July. ation for a wedding.
5 woman forgot to tell the man in advance. man was absent from the weekly meeting.
woman was annoyed at the man's excuse. man was in charge of scheduling meetings.
6 woman is a marvelous cook. woman has just bought an oven.
man has to leave in half an hour. man cannot want for his meal.
7 she can best help the man. the man got the bad news.
items sell well in the store. r the man can keep his job.
8 woman can sign up for a swimming class. works in the physical education department.
woman has the potential to swim like a fish. would like to teach the woman how to swim.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9 teaches in a law school. loves classical music.
is a diplomat. is a wonderful lecturer.
10 to see a play. d a soccer game.
some photos. ed a dance.
11 decided to get married in three years. mother objected to Eric’s flying lessons.
insisted that Eric pursue graduate studies. father said she could marry Eric right away.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12 . r. list .
13 beautiful Amazon rainforests. B.A new railway under construction.
changes in the Amazon valley. newly discovered scenic spot.
14 news weeklies. newspapers' Sunday editions.
a local evening paper. overseas editions of U.S. magazines.
15 be employed by a newspaper. become a professional writer.
sell her articles to a news service. get her life story published soon.
16 g one's head. one's hand.
g up the forefinger. g the right thumb down.
17 g away from them. g a circle with fingers.
one's head them. or pointing to them.
18 g one's superior in the eye. g one's arms folded while talking.
g the sole of one's foot to a guest. a lot of gestures during a conversation.
19 had to beg for foot after the harvest. grew wheat and corn on a small farm.
shared a small flat with their relatives. children walked to school on dirt roads.
20 Ecuador's Andes Mountains. an annual income of $$2800.
se a plot to build a home on. their children to school.
21 achievements of the Trickle Up Program. B.A new worldwide economic revolution.
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ent forms of assistance to the needy. life of poor people in developing countries.
22 are highly sensitive to cold. are vitally important to our life.
are a living part of our body. are a chief source of our pain.
23 has to be removed in time by a dentist. is a rare oral disease among old people.
contains many nerves and blood vessels. is sticky and colorless film on the teeth.
24 can change into acids causing damage to their outer covering.
greatly reduces their resistance to the attacks of bacteria.
makes their nerves and blood vessels more sensitive to acid food.
combines with food particles to form a film on their surface.
25 particles. disease. thy living habits. al crosion.
Section C
Stunt people(替身演员) are not movie stars, but they are the hidden heroes of many movies.
They were around long before films. Even Shakespeare may have used them in fight scenes. To be good, a
fight scene has to look real. Punches must (26)______ enemies' jaws. Sword fights must be fought
with(27)______ swords. Several actors are usually in a fight scene. Their moves must be set up so that no one
gets hurt. It is almost like planning a dance performance.
If a movie scene is dangerous, stun people usually(28)______the stars. You may think you see Tom Cruise
running along the top of a train. But it is(29)______ his stunt double. Stunt people must(30)______ the stars they
stand in for. Their height and build should be about the same. But when close-ups are needed, the
film(31)______ the star.
Some stunt people(32)______ in certain kinds of scenes. For instance, a stunt woman named Jan Davis does
all kinds of jumps. She has leapt from planes and even off the top of a waterfall. Each jump required careful
planning and expert(33)______.
Yakima Canutt was a famous cowboy stunt man. Among other stunts, he could jump from a second story
window onto a horse's back. He(34)______ the famous trick of sliding under a moving stagecoach. Canutt
also(35)______ a new way to make a punch look real. He was the only stunt man ever to get anOscar.
选词填空：As an Alaskan fisherman, Timothy June, 54, used to think that he was safe from industrial pollutants
(污染物) at his home in Haines — a town with a population of 2,400 people and 4,000 eagles, with 8 million acres
of protected wild land nearby. But in early 2007, June agreed to take part in a __36__ of 35 Americans from seven
states. It was a biomonitoring project, in which people's blood and urine (尿) were tested for __37__ of chemicals
— in this case, three potentially dangerous classes of compounds found in common household __38__ like face
cream, tin cans, and shower curtains. The results — __39__ in November in a report called
environmental group — were rather worrying. Every one of the participants, __40__ from an Illinois state senator
to a Massachusetts minister, tested positive for all three classes of pollutants. And while the __41__ presence of
these chemicals does not __42__ indicate a health risk, the fact that typical Americans carry these chemicals at all
__43__ June and his fellow participants.
Clearly, there are chemicals in our bodies that don't __44__ there. A large, ongoing study conducted by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found 148 chemicals in Americans of all ages. And in 2005, the
Environmental Working Group found an __45__ of 200 chemicals in the blood of 10 new-borns.
being born pre-polluted,
be the next big environmental issue after climate change.

A) analyses B) average C) belong D) demonstrated E) excess
F) extending G) habitually H) necessarily I) products J) ranging
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K) released L) shocked M) simple N) survey O) traces
长阅读： In Hard Economy for All Ages, Older Isn't Better... It's Brutal
[A] Young graduates are in debt, out of work and on their parents' couches. People in their 30s and 40s can't
afford to buy homes or have children. Retirees are earning near-zero interest on their savings.
[B] In the current listless (缺乏活力的) economy, every generation has a claim to having been most injured. But
the Labor Department's latest jobs reports and other recent data present a strong case for crowning baby
boomers (二战后生育高峰期出生的人) A) as the greatest victims of the recession and its dreadful consequences.
[C] These Americans in their 50s and early 60s — those near retirement age who do not yet have access to
Medicare and Social Security — have lost the most earnings power of any age group, with their household
incomes 10 percent below what they made when the recovery began three years ago, according to Sentier
Research, a data analysis company. Their retirement savings and home values fell sharply at the worst possible
time: just before they needed to cash out. They are supporting both aged parents and unemployed young-adult
children, earning them the unlucky nickname
[D] New research suggests that they may die sooner, because their health, income security and mental well-being
were battered (重创) by recession at a crucial time in their lives. A recent study by economists at Wellesley
College found that people who lost their jobs in the few years before becoming qualified for Social Security lost
up to three years from their life expectancy (预期寿命), largely because they no longer had access to affordable
health care.
[E] Unemployment rates for Americans nearing retirement are far lower than those for young people, who are
recently out of school, with fewer skills and a shorter work history. But once out of a job, older workers have a
much harder time finding another one. Over the last year, the average duration of unemployment for older
people was 53 weeks, compared with 19 weeks for teenagers, according to the Labor Department's jobs report
released on Friday.
[F] The lengthy process is partly because older workers are more likely to have been laid off from industries that
are downsizing, like manufacturing. Compared with the rest of the population, older people are also more likely
to own their own homes and be less mobile than renters, who can move to new job markets.
[G] Older workers are more likely to have a disability of some sort, perhaps limiting the range of jobs that offer
realistic choices. They may also be less inclined, at least initially, to take jobs that pay far less than their old
positions.
[H] Displaced boomers also believe they are victims of age discrimination, because employers can easily find a
young, energetic worker who will accept lower pay and who can potentially stick around for decades rather than
a few years.
[I] In a survey by the center of older workers who were laid off during the recession, just one in six had found
another job, and half of that group had accepted pay cuts. 14% of the re-employed said the pay in their new job
was less than half what they earned in their previous job.
deserve this?'
his employer went out of business. That position paid $$90,000, and his resume lists jobs at companies like
American Express, Disney and USA Networks. Since being laid off, though, he has worked a series of part-time,
low-wage, temporary positions, including selling shoes at Lord & Taylor and making sales calls for a car company.
[J] The last few years have taken a toll not only on his family's finances, but also on his feelings of self-worth.
just get sad,
just wish I was doing that. Some people don't like their jobs, or they have problems with their jobs, but at least
they're working. I just wish I was in their shoes.
people without jobs have done. Even if he could afford it, economists say it is unclear whether older workers like
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