大学英语四级考试真题模拟及答案第一套.doc

大学英语四级考试真题及答案第一套

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6月大学英语四级考试真题（第一套）

Part I Writing （30 minutes）
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the following question. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your campus, what is the most interesting place you would like to take him/her to see and why?

Part II Listening Comprehension （30 minutes）
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A）, B）, C） and D）, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
1. A） They came in five different colors. C） They were a very good design.
B） They were good value for money. D） They were sold out very quickly.
2. A） Ask her roommate not to speak loudly on the phone.
B） Ask her roommate to make her phone calls outside.
C） Go and find a quieter place to review her lessons.
D） Report her problem to the dorm management.
3. A） The washing machine is totally beyond repair.
B） He will help Wendy prepare her annual report.
C） Wendy should give priority to writing her report.
D） The washing machine should be checked annually.
4. A） The man fell down when removing the painting.
B） The wall will be decorated with a new painting.
C） The woman likes the painting on the wall.
D） The painting is now being reframed.
5. A） It must be missing. C） The man took it to the market.
B） It was left in the room. D） She placed it on the dressing table.
6. A） Go to a play. C） Book some tickets.
B） Meet Janet. D） Have a get-together.
7. A） One box of books is found missing. C） Replacements have to be ordered.
B） Some of the boxes arrived too late. D） Some of the books are damaged.
8. A） The man will pick up Professor Johnson at her office.
B） The man did not expect his paper to be graded so soon.
C） Professor Johnson has given the man a very high grade.
D） Professor Johnson will talk to each student in her office.

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. A） To buy a present for his friend who is getting married.
B） To find out the cost for a complete set of cookware.
C） To see what he could ask his friends to buy for him.
D） To make inquiries about the price of an electric cooker.

10. A） To teach him how to use the kitchenware.
B） To discuss cooking experiences with him.
C） To tell him how to prepare delicious dishes.
D） To recommend suitable kitchenware to him.
11. A） There are so many different sorts of knives.
B） Cooking devices are such practical presents.
C） A mixer can save so much time in making cakes.
D） Saucepans and frying pans are a must in the kitchen.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A） Some new problems in her work. C） Her chance for promotion in the bank.
B） Cooperation with an international bank. D） Her intention to leave her present job.
13. A） The World Bank. C） A U.S. finance corporation.
B） Bank of Washington. D） An investment bank in New York.
14. A） Supervising financial transactions.
B） Taking charge of public relations.
C） Making loans to private companies in developing countries.
D） Offering service to international companies in the United States.
15. A） It is a first major step to realizing the woman’s dream.
B） It is an honor for the woman and her present employer.
C） It is a loss for her current company.
D） It is really beyond his expectation.

Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 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.

Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A） Carry out a thorough checkup. C） Keep extra gas in reserve.
B） Try to keep the gas tank full. D） Fill up the water tank.
17. A） Attempting to leave your car to seek help.
B） Opening a window a bit to let in fresh air.
C） Running the engine every now and then.
D） Keeping the heater on for a long time.
18. A） It exhausts you physically. C） It causes you to lose body heat.
B） It makes you fall asleep easily. D） It consumes too much oxygen.

Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A） They are very generous in giving gifts.
B） They refuse gifts when doing business.
C） They regard gifts as a token of friendship.
D） They give gifts only on special occasions.
20. A） They enjoy giving gifts to other people.
B） They spend a lot of time choosing gifts.
C） They have to follow many specific rules.
D） They pay attention to the quality of gifts.
21. A） Gift-giving plays an important role in human relationships.
B） We must be aware of cultural differences in giving gifts.
C） We must learn how to give gifts before going abroad.
D） Reading extensively makes one a better gift-giver.

Passage Three
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A） It reflects American people’s view of French politics.
B） It is first published in Washington and then in Paris.
C） It explains American politics to the French public.
D） It is popular among French government officials.
23. A） Work on her column. C） Entertain her guests.
B） Do housework at home. D） Go shopping downtown.
24. A） To report to her newspaper. C） To visit her parents.
B） To refresh her French. D） To meet her friends.
25. A） She might be recalled to France. C） She might close her Monday column.
B） She might change her profession. D） She might be assigned to a new post.

Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

According to American law, if someone is accused of a crime, he is considered （26） __________ until the court proves the person is guilty.
To arrest a person, the police have to be reasonably sure that a crime has been （27） __________. The police must give the suspect the reasons why they are arresting him and tell him his rights under the law. Then the police take the suspect to the police station, where the name of the person and the （28） __________ against him are formally listed.
The next step is for the suspect to go before a judge. The judge decides whether the suspect should be kept in jail or （29） __________. If the suspect has no previous criminal record and the judge feels that he will return to court （30） __________ run away, he can go free. Otherwise, the suspect must put up bail （保释金）. At this time, too, the judge will （31） __________ a court lawyer to defend the suspect if he can’t afford one.
The suspect returns to court a week or two later. A lawyer from the district attorney’s office presents a case against the suspect. The attorney may present （32） __________ as well as witnesses. The judge then decides whether there is enough reason to （33） __________.
The American justice system is very complex and sometimes operates slowly. However, every step is （34）__________ to protect the rights of the people. These individual rights are the （35） __________ of the American government.

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 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
Global warming is a trend toward warmer conditions around the world. Part of the warming is natural; we have experienced a 20,000-year-long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice ___36___ away. However, we have already reached temperatures that are in ___37___ with other minimum-ice periods, so continued warming is likely not natural. We are ___38___ to a predicted worldwide increase in temperatures ___39___ between 1℃ and 6℃ over the next 100 years. The warming will be more ___40___ in some areas, less in others, and some places may even cool off. Likewise, the ___41___ of this warming will be very different depending on where you are—coastal areas must worry about rising sea levels, while Siberia and northern Canada may become more habitable （宜居的） and ___42___ for humans than these areas are now.
The fact remains, however, that it will likely get warmer, on ___43___, everywhere. Scientists are in general agreement that the warmer conditions we have been experiencing are at least in part the result of a human-induced global warming trend. Some scientists ___44___ that the changes we are seeing fall within the range of random （无规律的） variation—some years are cold, others warm, and we have just had an unremarkable string of warm years ___45___—but that is becoming an increasingly rare interpretation in the face of continued and increasing warm conditions.

A） appealing I） melted
B） average J） persist
C） contributing K） ranging
D） dramatic L） recently
E） frequently M） resolved
F） impact N） sensible
G） line O） shock
H） maintain

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.

The End of the Book?
A） Amazon, by far the largest bookseller in the country, reported on May 19 that it is now selling more books in its electronic Kindle format than in the old paper-and-ink format. That is remarkable, considering that the Kindle has only been around for four years. E-books now account for 14 percent of all book sales in this country and are increasing far faster than overall book sales. E-book sales are up 146 percent over last year, while hardback sales increased 6 percent and paperbacks decreased 8 percent.
B） Does this spell the doom of the physical book? Certainly not immediately, and perhaps not at all. What it does mean is that the book business will go through a transformation in the next decade or so more profound than any it has seen since Gutenberg introduced printing from moveable type in the 1450s.
C） Physical books will surely become much rarer in the marketplace. Mass market paperbacks, which have been declining for years anyway, will probably disappear, as will hardbacks for mysteries, thrillers, “romance fiction,” etc. Such books, which only rarely end up in permanent collections, either private or public, will probably only be available as e-books within a few years. Hardback and trade paperbacks for “serious” nonfiction and fiction will surely last longer. Perhaps it will become the mark of an author to reckon with that he or she is still published in hard copy.
D） As for children’s books, who knows? Children’s books are like dog food in that the purchasers are not the consumers, so the market （and the marketing） is inherently strange.
E） For clues to the book’s future, let’s look at some examples of technological change and see what happened to the old technology.
F） One technology replaces another only because the new technology is better, cheaper, or both. The greater the difference, the sooner and more thoroughly the new technology replaces the old. Printing with moveable type on paper dramatically reduced the cost of producing a book compared with the old-fashioned ones handwritten on vellum, which comes from sheepskin. A Bible—to be sure, a long book—required vellum made from 300 sheepskins and countless man-hours of labor. Before printing arrived, a Bible cost more than a middle-class house. There were perhaps 50,000 books in all of Europe in 1450. By 1500 there were 10 million.
G） But while printing quickly caused the handwritten book to die out, hand writing lingered on （继续存在） well into the 16th century. Very special books are still occasionally produced on vellum, but they are one-of-a-kind show pieces.
H） Sometimes a new technology doesn’t drive the old one out, but only parts of it while forcing the rest to evolve. The movies were widely predicted to drive live theater out of the marketplace, but they didn’t, because theater turned out to have qualities movies could not reproduce. Equally, TV was supposed to replace movies but, again, did not.
I） Movies did, however, fatally impact some parts of live theater. And while TV didn’t kill movies, it did kill second-rate pictures, shorts, and cartoons.
J） Nor did TV kill radio. Comedy and drama shows （”Jack Benny,”“Amos and Andy,”“The Shadow”） all migrated to television. But because you can’t drive a car and watch television at the same time, rush hour became radio’s prime time, while music, talk, and news radio greatly enlarged their audiences. Radio is today a very different business than in the late 1940s and a much larger one.
K） Sometimes old technology lingers for centuries because of its symbolic power. Mounted cavalry （骑兵） replaced the chariot （二轮战车） on the battlefield around 1000 BC. But chariots maintained their place in parades and triumphs right up until the end of the Roman Empire 1,500 years later. The sword hasn’t had a military function for a hundred years, but is still part of an officer’s full-dress uniform, precisely because a sword always symbolized “an officer and a gentleman.”
L） Sometimes new technology is a little cranky （不稳定的） at first. Television repairman was a common occupation in the 1950s, for instance. And so the old technology remains as a backup. Steamships captured the North Atlantic passenger business from sail in