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2016
专四真题及完整答案
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS
(2016)
-GRADE FOUR
TIME LIMIT: 130 MIN
PART I
DICTATION [10
MIN]
Listen to the following
passage. Altogether the passage will be read to
you four times. During the first
reading, which will be done at normal
speed, listen and try to understand the meaning.
For the second
and third readings, the
passage will be read sentence by sentence, or
phrase by phrase, with intervals of
15
seconds. The last reading will be done at normal
speed again and during this time you should check
your work. You will then be given ONE
minute to check through your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on
Answer Sheet One
PART II
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A TALK
[20MIN]
In this section you
will hear a talk You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY.
While listening, you may look
at the
task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS for each gap. Make
sure
what you fill in is both grammatically and
semantically acceptable. You may use the blank
sheet for
note-taking.
You
have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling
task.
Now listen to the talk. When it
is over, you will be given TWO minutes to check
your work
What Is Grit?
My
questions
?
Why
isn't I.Q. the only difference between students?
?
What is the key
to (1) __________.
My
Research
?
investigation of all kinds of (2)
__________, including:
—
West
Point Military Academy.
—
(3) __________.
—
private
companies.
My finding: grit
as predictor of success
?
Grit is (4) __________ for very long-
term goals.
?
Grit is working hard for years to make
(5) __________.
?
Grit is living your life like a (6)
__________.
My survey
?
high school
juniors took grit questionnaires.
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?
(7) __________kids were more likely to
graduate.
Grit-building
?
little is known
about how to build grit in students.
?
data show grit
is unrelated to (8) __________.
?
growth mindset
is the belief that the ability to learn is (9)
__________.
?
kids with grit believe failure is (10)
__________.
Conclusion
We need to be gritty about getting our
kids grittier.
SECTION B CONVERSATIONS
In
this section you will hear two conversations. At
the end of each conversation, five questions will
be
asked about what was said. Both the
conversation and the questions will be spoken ONCE
ONLY. After
each question there will be
a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should
read the four choices of A,
B, C and D,
and mark the best answer to each question on
ANSWER SHEET TWO.
You have THIRTY
seconds to preview the questions.
Now,
listen to the conversations.
Conversation One
Questions 1
to 5 are based on Conversation One.
1. A. To tell the man that he has been
shortlisted for interview.
B. To ask
the man a few questions about his interview.
C. To tell the man the procedure of the
interview.
D. To explain to the man how
to make a presentation.
2. A. Questions
related to the job.
B. General
questions about himself.
C. Specific
questions about his CV
.
D.
Questions about his future plan.
3. A.
Questions from the interviewers.
B.
Questions from the interviewee.
C.
Presentation from the interviewee.
D.
Requests from the interviewee.
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4. A.
Educational and professional background.
B. Problems he has faced and solved.
C. Major successes in his career so
far.
D. Company future and his
contribution.
5. A. 11 a.m., next
Tuesday.
B. 11 a.m., next Thursday.
C. 9 a.m., this Tuesday.
D.
9 a.m., this Thursday.
Conversation Two
Questions 6
to 10 are based on Conversation Two
6.
A. How college students pay for their education.
B. How to handle the problem of college
loans.
C. The disadvantages of college
loans.
D. Government financing in
college education.
7. A. It has
increased by 6 to 8 %.
B. It has
increased by 8 to 10 %.
C. It has
decreased by 6 to 8%.
D. It has
decreased by 8 to 10%.
8. A. Student's
family income.
B. First year salary
after graduation.
C. A fixed amount of
30,000 dollars.
D. Payment in the next
ten years.
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9. A. Students can borrow money first.
B. Students pay no tax on savings.
C. Students pay less tax after
graduation.
D. Students withdraw
without paying tax.
10. A. Giving up
charitable or volunteer work.
B.
Neglecting their study at college.
C.
Giving up further education.
D.
Neglecting high salary in job-seeking.
PART III LANGUAGE USAGE
[10 MIN]
There
are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each
sentence there are four words or
phrases
marked
A,
B,
C
and
D.
Choose
one
word
or
phrase
that
best
completes
the
sentence. Mark your answers on ANSWER
SHEET TWO.
11. How can I concentrate if
you ___________ continually ___________ me with
silly
questions?
A. have...
interrupted
B. had...interrupted
C. are...interrupting
D.
were...interrupting
12. Among the four
sentences below, Sentence ___________ expresses
the highest degree
of possibility.
A. It may take a long time to find a
solution to the problem.
B. It might
take a long time to find a solution to the
problem.
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C. It could take a long time to find a
solution to the problem.
D. It should
take a long time to find a solution to the
problem.
13. She is a better speaker
than___________in the class.
A. all the
girls
B. the other boys
C.
other any girl
D. any boy
14. Nobody heard him sing,___________.
A. did they
B. did he
C. didn't they
D. did one
15. I can't put up with___________.
A. that friend of you
B.
that friend of yours
C. the friend of
you
D. the friend of yours
16. There has been an increasing number
of ___________ in primary schools in the past
few years.
A. man teacher
B. men teacher
C. man
teachers
D. men teachers
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17. This is one
of the issues that deserve___________.
A. mentioning
B. being
mentioned
C. to mention
D.
for mention
18.
The
audience
___________
excited
on
seeing
___________favorite
star
glide
onto
the stage.
A. were ... its
B.
were...their
C. was...their
D. was...one's
19.
___________your advice, I would have made the
wrong decision.
A. Hadn't it been for
B. Had it not been for
C.
Had it been for
D. Had not it been for
20.
The
sentence
I
wish
I
had
been
more
careful
in
spending
money
expresses
the
speaker's_____.
A. hope
B. joy
C. regret
D. relief
21.
The
Attorney
General
ordered
a
federal
autopsy
of
Brown's
body,
seeking
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to___________
the family and community there would be a thorough
investigation into
his death.
A. ensure
B. assure
C. insure
D. ascertain
22.
The
police
department
came
under
strong
criticism
for
both
the
death
of
an
unarmed man
andits handling of the___________.
A.
consequence
B. outcome
C.
result
D. aftermath
23. The
Foreign Secretary tried to ___________ doubts
about his handling of the crisis.
A.
dispel
B. expel
C. repel
D. quell
24. Mutual funds
are thus best for investors who don't want to take
the time to study
stocks in detail or
who ___________ the resources to build a
portfolio.
A. deprive
B.
lack
C. yearn
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D. attain
25. Chris ran ___________ John at a
sporting-goods trade show and the two quickly
struck ___________an easy rapport.
A. into...up
B. on...into
C. across...on
D.
against...into
26.
am
leaving
the
country
soon,
he
told
a
___________
convened
group
of
reporters.
A. especially
B. particularly
C. specially
D. specifically
27.
Israel
and
Hamas
had
reached
a
deal
on
extending
the
_______
ceasefire
by
an
extra 24 hours until Tuesday at
midnight.
A. contemporary
B.
makeshift
C. spontaneous
D.
temporary
28.
___________to
unplugging
the
alarm
clock
and
trusting
your
ability
to
wake
on
time
on
your
own,
you
should
probably
ease
yourself
into
the
new
arrangement
by
keeping a very regular schedule for
several weeks.
A. Due
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B. Prior
C. Related
D. Thanks
29. If you are an athlete, strong
abdominal muscles help you ensure a strong back
and
freedom from injury during
___________ upper-body movement.
A.
valiant
B. variable
C.
vigorous
D. vigilant
30.
Finning is a cruel ___________ in which the
shark's fins are lopped off, and the live
shark is thrown back to sea.
A. reality
B. truth
C. skill
D. practice
PART IV CLOZE
[10 MIN]
Decide
which
of
the
words
given
in
the
box
below
would
best
complete
the
passage
if
inserted in the corresponding blank.
The words can be used ONCE ONLY. Mark the letter
for each word on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
A. ample
F.
genuinely
K. scant
B. combinations
G
. instead
L. shaped
C. directly
D. disseminated
E.
generations
H.
lists
I.
promulgated
J. publicized
M.
sophisticated N. transplanted
O. virtual
I
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magine a world without writing.
Obviously there would be no books: no novels, no
encyclopedias, no cookbooks, no
textbooks, no telephone books, no scriptures, no
diaries,
no
travel
guides.
There
would
be
no
ball-points,
no
typewriters,
no
computers,
no
Internet,
no
magazines,
no
movie
credits,
no
shopping
lists,
no
newspapers,
no
tax
returns.
But
such___________(31)
of
objects
almost
miss
the
point.
The
world
we
live
in
has
been
indelibly
marked
by
the
written
word,
___________
(32)
by
the
technology
of
writing
over
thousands
of
years.
Ancient
kings
proclaimed
their
authority
and
___________
(33)
their
laws
in
writing.
Scribes administered great empires by
writing, their knowledge of recording and
retrieving information essential to
governing complex societies. Religious traditions
were
passed
on
through
___________
(34),
and
spread
to
others,
in
writing.
Scientific
and
technological
progress
was
achieved
and___________(35)
through
writing. Accounts in
trade and commerce could be kept because of
writing. Nearly
every
step
of
civilization
has
been
mediated
through
writing.
A
world
without
writing
would
bear
___________(36)
resemblance
to
the
one
we
now
live
in.
Writing
is
a___________
(37)
necessity
to
the
societies
anthropologists
call
civilizations. A
civilization is distinguished from other societies
by the complexity of
its social
organization, by its construction of cities and
large public buildings, and
by
the
economic
specialization
of
its
members,
many
of
whom
are
not___________(38)
involved
in
food
procurement
or
production.
A
civilization,
with
its
taxation
and
tribute
systems,
its
trade,
and
its
public
works,
requires
a
___________ (39) system of record
keeping. And so the early civilizations of Egypt,
China, and (probably) India all
developed a system of writing. Only the Peruvian
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civilization of the Incas and their
predecessors did not use writing but___________
(40) invented a system of keeping
records on knotted color-coded strings known as
quipu.
PART V READING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS
[35 MIN]
In this section
there are three passages followed by ten multiple
choice questions. For
each multiple
choice question, there are four suggested answers
marked A, B, C and D.
Choose
the
one that
you
think
is the best answer and mark
your answers on
ANSWER
SHEET TWO.
PASSAGE ONE
(1)When
I
was
twenty-seven
years
old,
I
was
a
mining-broker's
clerk
in
San
Francisco, and an expert in all the
details of stock traffic. I was alone in the
world,
and
had
nothing
to
depend
upon
but
my
wits
and
a
clean
reputation;
but
these
were
setting
my
feet
in
the
road
to
eventual
fortune,
and I was
content with the
prospect.
My
time
was
my
own
after
the
afternoon
board,
Saturdays,
and
I
was
accustomed to putting it in on a little
sail-boat on the bay. One day I ventured too
far, and was carried out to sea. Just
at nightfall, when hope was about gone, I was
picked up by a small ship which was
bound for London. It was a long and stormy
voyage,
and
they
made
me
work
my
passage
without
pay,
as
a
common
sailor.
When I stepped ashore in London my
clothes were ragged and shabby, and I had
only a dollar in my pocket. This money
fed and sheltered me twenty-four hours.
During the next twenty-four I went
without food and shelter.
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(2)About ten o'clock on the following
morning, dirty and hungry, I was dragging
myself along Portland Place, when a
child that was passing, towed by a nurse-maid,
tossed
a
big
pear
-minus
one
bite
-
into
the
gutter.
I
stopped,
of
course,
and
fastened
my
desiring
eye
on
that
muddy
treasure.
My
mouth
watered
for
it,
my
stomach
craved it, my whole being, begged for it. But
every time I made a move to
get it some
passing eye detected my purpose, and of course I
straightened up then,
and looked
indifferent and pretended that I hadn't been
thinking about the pear at
all. This
same thing kept happening and happening, and I
couldn't get the pear.
(3)I
was
just
getting
desperate
enough
to
brave
all
the
shame,
and
to
seize
it,
when
a
window
behind
me
was
raised,
and
a
gentleman
spoke
out
of
it,
saying:
(4)I was
admitted by a man servant, and shown into a
sumptuous room where a
couple of
elderly gentlemen were sitting. They sent away the
servant, and made me
sit down. They had
just finished their breakfast, and the sight of
the remains of it
almost overpowered
me. I could hardly keep my wits together in the
presence of
that food, but as I was not
asked to sample it, I had to bear my trouble as
best as I
could.
(5)Now,
something
had
been
happening
there
a
little
before,
which
I
did
not
know
anything about until a good many days afterwards,
but I will tell you about it
now. Those
two old brothers had been having a pretty hot
argument a couple of
days before, and
had ended by agreeing to decide it by a bet, which
is the English
way of settling
everything.
(6)You
will
remember
that
the
Bank
of
England
once
issued
two
notes
of
a
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million pounds each, to be used for a
special purpose connected with some public
transaction with a foreign country. For
some reason or other only one of these had
been
used
and
canceled;
the
other
still
lay
in
the
vaults
of
the
Bank.
Well,
the
brothers, chatting along, happened to
get to wondering what might be the fate of a
perfectly
honest
and
intelligent
stranger
who
should
be
turned
adrift
in
London
without
a
friend,
and
with
no
money
but
that
million-pound
bank-note,
and
no
way to
account for his being in possession of it. Brother
A said he would starve to
death;
Brother B said he wouldn't. Brother A said he
couldn't offer it at a bank or
anywhere
else, because he would be arrested on the spot. So
they went on disputing
till Brother B
said he would bet twenty thousand pounds that the
man would live
thirty days, anyway, on
that million, and keep out of jail, too. Brother A
took him
up.
Brother
B went
down
to
the
Bank
and
bought
that
note.
Then
he
dictated
a
letter, which one of his
clerks wrote out in a beautiful round hand, and
then the
two brothers sat at the window
a whole day watching for the right man to give it
to.
(7)I finally became the
pick of them.
41. In Para. 1, the
phrase
A. put me aside
B.
start my journey
C. prepare me
D. let me walk
42. It can be
concluded from Para. 2 that___________.
A. the man wanted to maintain dignity
though starved
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B. the man could not get a proper
chance to eat the pear
C. the man did
not really want the pear since it was dirty
D. it was very difficult for the man to
get the pear
43. Compared with Brother
A, Brother B was more ___________ towards the
effect of
the one-million-pound bank-
note on a total stranger.
A. neutral
B. negative
C. reserved
D. positive
PASSAGE TWO
(1)The
concept
of
peace
is
a
very
important
one
in
cultures
all
over
the
world.
Think
about
how
we
greet
people.
In
some
languages,
the
phrases
for
greetings
contain the word
for peace. In some cultures we greet people by
shaking hands or
with another gesture
to show that we are not carrying
weapons
—
that we come in
peace.
And
there
are
certain
symbols
which
people
in
very
different
cultures
recognize as representing peace. Let's
look at a few of them.
The dove
(2)The dove has been a symbol of peace
and innocence for thousands of years in
many different cultures. In ancient
Greek mythology it was a symbol of love and
the renewal of life. In ancient Japan a
dove carrying a sword symbolized the end of
war.
(3)There
was
a
tradition
in
Europe
that
if
a
dove
flew
around
a
house
where
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