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新题型
2015
年
12
月四级真题
(
第
2
套
)
Part
Ⅰ
Writing
(30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are
allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on
the
saying
the importance of
lifelong learning. You should write at least 120
words but no more than 180
words.
____________
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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.
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Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the
following news item.
1. A) To make
sure the equality of Internet traffic.
C) To help
those who lag behind in
Internet using.
B) To guarantee people's right of using
Internet.
D) To create an open and equal
environment.
2. A) He
dedicates to expanding the crowd of using the
Internet.
B) He listed the entire
roadmap to direct the operators except wireless
ones.
C) With his effort, the
Internet servers could hold back video downloads.
D) Genachowski's proposal made in his
speech was strongly against by others.
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the
following news item.
3. A) He works
for NATO troops.
B) He was badly
wounded in the gun battle.
C) He had been
caught last Saturday.
D) He was doing
interpretation when the gun battle happened.
4. A) When Stephen Farrell had been
caught last week.
B) When British
troops tried to rescue him.
C)
When the battle happened between NATO and Taliban.
D) When he worked as an interpreter in
Britain.
Questions 5 to 7 will be
based on the following news item.
5.
A) Whether there is a steep decline in food aid
since the 1990s.
B) Whether food
aid drives local farmers out of the market.
C) Whether food aid displaces local
products in developing countries.
D)
Whether food aid should be in the form of cash or
agricultural products.
6. A) They can
quickly purchase food in an emergency.
B)
They can flood markets with cheap imported food.
C) They can help local farmers with
their businesses.
D) They can
attract more donors all around the world.
7. A) Inflexible.
B) Unworkable.
C)
Best.
D) Effective.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will
hear two long conversations. At the end of each
conversation, you will hear four
questions. Both the conversation 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.
Conversation
One
Questions 8 to 11 are based
on the conversation you have just heard.
8. A) From some of her friends.
C)
From a telephone directory.
B)
From the wanted column.
D) From a television
commercial.
9. A) She finished her
secondary school.
C) She graduated from an
open university.
B) She studied
in a vocational college.
D) She received full-time
education abroad.
10. A) A
British literature diploma.
C) A tourism
diploma.
B) A shorthand and typing
diploma.
D) A crime and public security diploma.
11. A) She teaches an evening class.
C)
She is a policewoman.
B) She works as
a tour guide.
D) She is a shorthand-typist.
Conversation Two
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
12.
A) It was interrupted for four years.
C) It helps
enlarge his customer network.
B)
It has been off and on for ten years.
D) It provides
him with career opportunities.
13.
A) Traditional setting.
C) Social games.
B) Individualized service.
D) Home-made
beer.
14. A) The quality of beer.
C)
The atmosphere.
B) The owner's
attitude.
D) The right location.
15.
A) It makes retirees feel useful.
C) It is a
profitable business.
B) It helps old
people kill time.
D) It is a rather tough
job.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will
hear three 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,
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.
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Passage One
Questions 16 to
18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) It helps the user to escape
reality.
C) It hurts a person and those around
them.
B) It is becoming
increasingly popular.
D) It gives rise to serious
social instability.
17. A) They
take drugs to get high.
C) They use drugs as
medicine.
B) They use drugs just for
fun.
D) They keep drug use a secret.
15. A) It is fatal to the user.
C)
It is the cause of various social problems.
B) It is hard to get rid of.
D)
It is quite common in entertainment circles.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to
22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) Taking up exercises after
recovery.
C) Going on a diet upon leaving the
hospital.
B) Finding new ways to cure
heart disease.
D) Producing tasty healthy frozen food.
20. A) It was carefully tested with
consumers.
C) It was promoted by health
organizations.
B) It was
disapproved by many diet experts.
D) It was
highly expected by the general
public.
21. A) Competitive price.
C) Low
expectations.
B) Vigorous promotion.
D)
Unique ingredients.
22. A) It has a
positive implication for consumers.
C) It matches
the food's dark green
packaging.
B) It tricks the elders into impulse
purchasing.
D) It was suggested by the firm's
vice-president.
Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
23.
A) It will be abolished sooner or later.
C)
It has to be approved by the Supreme
Court.
B) It is
practiced in most of the states.
D) It has drawn
a lot of criticism from overseas.
24.
A) What effect it might have on youngsters.
B) What type of criminals should
receive it.
C) Whether there should be
a minimum age limit for execution.
D)
Whether the practice should be allowed to continue
in future.
25. A) The court sentenced
him to life in prison for killing two friends.
B) The governor changed his death
sentence to life in prison.
C)
He was the fast minor to be executed in South
Carolina.
D) He was sentenced to
death for a crime he committed as a minor.
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
following passage.
For many
Americans, 2013 ended with an unusually bitter
cold spell. Late November and
December
26
early snow and bone-chilling
temperatures in much of the country, part of a
year
when, for the fast time in two
27
,
record-cold days will likely turn out to have
outnumbered
record-warm ones. But the
U.S. was the exception: November was the warmest
ever
28
, and
current data indicates
that 2013 is likely to have been the fourth
hottest year on record.
Enjoy the snow
now, because
29
are good that 2014 will be even hotter,
perhaps the
hottest year since records
have been kept. That's because, scientists are
predicting, 2014 will be an
El
Ni?
o year.
El
Ni?
o, Spanish for
30
when surface
ocean waters in the southern Pacific
become abnormally warm. So large is the
Pacific, covering 30% of the planet's surface,
that the
31
energy generated by its warming is
enough to touch off a series of weather changes
around
the world. El Ni?
os
are
32
with abnormally dry conditions in
Southeast Asia and Australia.
They can
lead to extreme rain in parts of North and South
America, even as southern Africa
33
dry weather.
Marine life may be affected too: El
Ni?
os can
34
the rising of the cold,
nutrient-rich
(
营养丰富的
) water that supports
large fish
35
, and the unusually warm ocean
temperatures can destroy coral
(
珊瑚
).
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A) additional
E) communicated
I) logically
M)
reduce
B) associated
F) decades
J)
occurs
N) saw
C) bore
G)
experiences
K) populations
O) specific
D)
chances
H) globally
L) realize
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.
How
to Eat Well
[A] Why do so many
Americans eat tons of processed food, the stuff
that is correctly called
junk
(
垃圾
) and should really carry
warning labels?
[B] It's not
because fresh ingredients are hard to come by.
Supermarkets offer more variety
than
ever, and there are over four times as many
farmers' markets in the U.S. as there were 20
years ago. Nor is it for lack of
available information. There are plenty of recipes
(
食谱
), how-to
videos and cooking classes available to
anyone who has a computer, smartphone or
television. If
anything, the
information is overwhelming.