商店英语大学英语四级真题试卷及答案

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Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a

letter to express your thanks to one of your friends who helped

you most when you were in difficulty. You should write at least

120 words but no more than 180 words.

Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)

Section A

Directions: 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 marked 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)The International Labor Organization’s key objective.

B)The basic social protection for the most vulnerable.

C)Rising unemployment worldwide.

D)Global economic recovery.

2. A)Many countries have not taken measures to create enough jobs.

B)Few countries know how to address the current economic crisis.

C)Few countries have realized the seriousness of the current

crisis.

D)Many countries nee

d support to improve their people’s

livelihood.

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.

3. A)Serve standardized food nationwide.

B)Put calorie information on the menu.

C)Increase protein content in the food.

D)Offer convenient food to customers.

4. A)They will be fined.

B)They will be closed.

C)They will get a warning.

D)They will lose customers.

Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

5. A)Inability to implement their business plans.

B)Inability to keep turning out novel products.

C)Lack of a successful business model of their own.

D)Failure to integrate innovation into their business.

6. A)It is the secret to business success.

B)It is the creation of something new.

C)It is a magic tool to bring big rewards.

D)It is an essential part of business culture.

7. A)Its hardworking employees.

B)Its flexible promotion strategy.

C)Its innovation culture.

D)Its willingness to make investments.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations.

At the end of each conversations you will hear four questions.

Both the conversations and the question-s will be spoken only once.

After you hear a question. You 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)He’s got addicted to technology.

B)He is not very good at socializing.

C)He is crazy about text-messaging.

D)He does not talk long on the phone.

9. A)Talk big.

B)Talk at length.

C)Gossip a lot.

D)Forget herself.

10. A)He thought it was cool.

B)He needed the practice.

C)He wanted to stay connected with them.

D)He had an urgent message to send.

11. A)It poses a challenge to seniors.

B)It saves both time and money.

C)It is childish and unprofessional.

D)It is cool and convenient.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just

heard.

12. A)He wants to change his job assignment.

B)He is unhappy with his department manager.

C)He thinks he deserves extra pay for overtime.

D)He is often singled out for criticism by his boss.

13. A)His workload was much too heavy.

B)His immediate boss did not trust him.

C)His colleagues often refused to cooperate.

D)His salary was too low for his responsibility.

14. A)He never knows how to refuse.

B)He is always ready to help others.

C)His boss has a lot of trust in him.

D)His boss has no sense of fairness.

15. A)Put all his complaints in writing.

B)Wait and see what happens next.

C)Learn to say no when necessary.

D)Talk to his boss in person first.

Section C

Directions: 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 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 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. A)The importance of sleep to a healthy life.

B)Reasons for Americans’ decline in sleep.

C)Some tips to improve the quality of sleep.

D)Diseases associated with lack of sleep.

17. A)They are more health-conscious.

B)They are changing their living habits.

C)They get less and less sleep.

D)They know the dangers of lack of sleep.

18. A)Their weight will go down.

B)Their mind function will deteriorate.

C)Their work efficiency will decrease.

D)Their blood pressure will rise.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19. A)How much you can afford to pay.

B)What course you are going to choose.

C)Which university you are going to apply to.

D)When you are going to submit your application.

20. A)The list of courses studied.

B)The full record of scores.

C)The references from teachers.

D)The personal statement.

21. A)Specify what they would like to do after graduation.

B)Describe in detail how much they would enjoy studying.

C)Indicate they have reflected and thought about the subject.

D)Emphasize that they admire the professors in the university.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

22. A)It was equipped with rubber tyres.

B)It was built in the late 19th century.

C)It was purchased by the Royal family.

D)It was designed by an English engineer.

23. A)They consumed lots of petrol.

B)They took two passengers only.

C)They were difficult to drive.

D)They often broke down.

24. A)They were produced on the assembly line.

B)They were built with less costly materials.

C)They were modeled after British cars.

D)They were made for ordinary use.

25. A)It made news all over the world.

B)It was built for the Royal family.

C)It marked a new era in motor travel.

D)It attracted large numbers of motorists.

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Section A

Directions: 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 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 once.

Questions 26 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Physical activity does the body good, and there’s growing

evidence that it helps the brain too. Researchers in the

Netherlands report that children who get more exercise, whether at

school or on their own,

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to have higher GPAs and better

scores on standardized tests. In a

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of 14 studies that

looked at physical activity and academic

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, investigators

found that the more children moved, the better their grades were

in school,

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in the basic subjects of math, English and

reading.

The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether

physical education classes should be cut as schools struggle to

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on smaller budgets. The arguments against physical education

have included concerns that gym time may be taking away from study

time. With standardized test scores in the U.S.

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in recent

years, some administrators believe students need to spend more

time in the classroom instead of on the playground. But as these

findings show, exercise and academics may not be

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exclusive.

Physical activity can improve blood

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to the brain, fueling

memory, attention and creativity, which are

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to learning.

And exercise releases hormones that can improve

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and relieve

stress, which can also help learning. So while it may seem as if

kids are just exercising their bodies when they’re running around,

they may actually be exercising their brains as well.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡

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上作答。

A)attendance

B)consequently

C)current

D)depressing

E)dropping

F)essential

G)feasible

H)flow

I)mood

J)mutually

K)particularly

L)performance

M)review

N)survive

O)tend

Section B

Directions: 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 which

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.

Finding the Right Home

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and Contentment, Too

[A] When your elderly relative needs to enter some sort of long-

term care facility

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a moment few parents or children approach

without fear

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what you would like is to have everything made clear.

[B] Does assisted living really mark a great improvement over a

nursing home, or has the industry simply hired better interior

designers? Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an

out-moded stereotype (

固定看法)? Can doing one’s homework really

steer families to the best places? It is genuinely hard to know.

[C] I am about to make things more complicated by suggesting that

what kind of facility an older person lives in may matter less

than we have assumed. And that the characteristics adult children

look for when they begin the search are not necessarily the things

that make a difference to the people who are going to move in. I

am not talking about the quality of care, let me hastily add.

Nobody flourishes in a gloomy environment with irresponsible staff

and a poor safety record. But an accumulating body of research

indicates that some distinctions between one type of elder care

and another have little real bearing on how well residents do.

[D] The most recent of these studies, published in The journal of

Applied Gerontology, surveyed 150 Connecticut residents of

assisted living, nursing homes and smaller residential care homes

(known in some states as board and care homes or adult care homes).

Researchers from the University of Connecticut Health Center asked

the residents a large number of questions about their quality of

life, emotional well-being and social interaction, as well as

about the quality of the facilities.

[E] “We thought we would see differences based on the housing

types,” said the lead author o

f the study, Julie Robison, an

associate professor of medicine at the university. A reasonable