2023年历年大学英语四级CET-4真题试卷及参考答案.doc

大学英语四级(CET-4)真题试卷
Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Example:
You will hear:
You will read:
A) 2 hours.
B) 3 hours.
C) 4 hours.
D) 5 hours.
From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.
Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]
1. A) Place another order.
B) Call to check on it.
C) Wait patiently.
D) Go and find the furniture.（C）
2. A) She doesn’t need the job.
B) She hasn’t got a job yet.
C) She has got a good job.
D) She is going to start work soon.（B）
3. A) She got home before 9 o’clock.
B) She had a bad cold.
C) She had a car accident.
D) She was delayed.（D）
4. A) She hasn’t gone camping for several weeks.
B) She like to take long camping trips.
C) She prefers not to go camping on weekends.
D) She often spends a lot of time planning her camping trips.（B）
5. A) A writer.
B) A teacher.
C) A reporter.
D) A student.（C）
6. A) She has not heard of Prof. Johnson.
B) She has not heard of Prof. Johnson’s brother.
C) She is a good friend of Prof. Johnson’s.
D) She does not know Prof. Johnson’s.（D）
7. A) Coming back for a later show.
B) Waiting in a queue.
C) Coming back in five minutes.
D) Not going to the movie today.（A）
8. A) He has got a heart attack.
B) He was unharmed.
C) He was badly hurt.
D) He has fully recovered from the shock.（B）
9. A) The man went to Australia during Christmas.
B) The man visited Australia during the summer vacation.
C) The man didn’t have a good time because of the different weather.
D) The man remained home while his parents went to see his uncle.（A）
10. A) To attend a party at a classmate’s home.
B) To do homework with her classmate.
C) To attend an evening class.
D) To have supper out with her classmate.（A）
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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage one
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) He fell into the river but couldn’t swim.
B) He fell into the river together with his bike.
C) He had his foot caught between two posts in the river.
D) He dived into the river but couldn’t reach the surface.（C）
12. A) He jumped into the river immediately.
B) He took off his coat and jumped into the water.
C) He dashed down the bridge to save the boy.
D) He shouted out for help.（A）
13. A) He asked what the young man’s name was.
B) He asked the young man to take him home.
C) He gave his name and then ran away.
D) He thanked the young man and then ran away.（D）
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A) Alcohol helps develop people’s intelligence.
B) Heavy drinking is not necessarily harmful to one’s health.
C) Controlled drinking helps people keep their wits as they age.
D) Drinking, even moderately, may harm one’s health.（C）
15. A) Worried.
B) Pleased.
C) Surprised.
D) Unconcerned.（B）
16. A) At a conference.
B) In a newspaper.
C) On television.
D) In a journal.（A）
Passage Three
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. A) To seek adventure there.
B) To be with her mother on Christmas.
C) To see the animals and plants there.
D) To join her father on Christmas.（D）
18. A) She was seriously injured.
B) She survived the accident.
C) She lost consciousness.
D) She fell into a stream.（B）
19. A) To avoid hostile Indians.
B) To avoid the rain.
C) To avoid the strong sunlight.
D) To avoid wild animals.（C）
20. A) They gave Julia food to eat.
B) They drove Julia to a hospital.
C) They invited Julia to their hut.
D) They took Julia to a village by boat.（D）
Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
21. After the robbery, the shop installed a sophisticate alarm system as an insurance ________ further losses.
A) for
B) from
C) against
D) towards（C）
22. ________ the earth to be flat, many feared that Columbus would fall off the edge of the earth.
A) Having believed
B) Believing
C) Believed
D) Being believed（B）
23. A healthy life is frequently thought to be ________ with the open countryside and homegrown food.
A) tied
B) bound
C) involved
D) associated（D）
24. Sir Denis, who is 78, has made it known that much of his collection ________ to the nation.
A) has left
B) is to leave
C) leaves
D) is to be left（D）
25. Before the first non-stop flight made in 1949, it ________ necessary for all planes to land for refueling.
A) would be
B) has been
C) had been
D) would have been（C）
26. In Britain today women ________ 44% of the workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.
A) build up
B) stand for
C) make up
D) conform to（C）
27. ________ might be expected, the response to the question was very mixed.
A) As
B) That
C) It
D) What（A）
28. If I correct someone, I will do it with as much good humor and self-restraint as if I were the one ________.
A) to correct
B) correcting
C) having corrected
D) being corrected（D）
29. Features such as height, weight, and skin color ________ from individual to individual and from face to face.
A) change
B) vary
C) alter
D) convert（B）
30. I make notes in the back of my diary ________ thing to be mended or replaced.
A) by
B) in
C) with
D) of（D）
31. The room is in a terrible mess; it ________ cleaned.
A) can’t have been
B) mustn’t have been
C) shouldn’t have been
D) wouldn’t have been（A）
32. A well-written composition ________ good choice of words and clear organization among other things.
A) calls on
B) calls for
C) calls up
D) calls off（B）
33. The traditional approach ________ with complex problems is to break them down into smaller, more easily managed problems.
A) to dealing
B) in dealing
C) dealing
D) to deal（A）
34. It has been revealed that some government leaders ________ their authority and position to get illegal profits for themselves.
A) employ
B) take
C) abuse
D) overlook（C）
35. We were struck by the extent ________ which teachers’ decisions served the interests of the school rather than those of the students.
A) to
B) for
C) in
D) with（A）
36. Shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first ________.
A) intention
B) attempt
C) purpose
D) desire（B）
37. The ancient Egyptians are supposed ________ rockets to the moon.
A) to send
B) to be sending
C) to have sent
D) to have been sending（C）
38. The store had to ________ a number of clerks because sales were down.
A) lay out
B) lay off
C) lay aside
D) lay down（B）
39. All the students in this class passed the English exam ________ the exception of Li Ming.
A) on
B) in
C) for
D) with（D）
40. Young adults ________ older people are more likely to prefer pop songs.
A) other than
B) more than
C) less than
D) rather than（D）
41. Writing is a slow process, requiring ________ thought, time, and effort.
A) significant
B) considerable
C) enormous
D) numerous（B）
42. ________ right now, she would get there on Sunday.
A) Would she leave
B) If she leaves
C) Were she to leave
D) If she had left（C）
43. It’s already 5 o’clock now. Don’t you think it’s about time ________?
A) we are going home
B) we go home
C) we went home
D) we can go home（C）
44. Lightning is a ________ of electrical current from a cloud to the ground or from one cloud to another.
A) rush
B) rainbow
C) rack
D) ribbon（A）
45. Today, ________ major new products without conducting elaborate market research.
A) corporations hardly introduce ever
B) corporations hardly ever introduce
C) hardly corporations introduce ever
D) hardly corporations ever introduce（B）
46. I’ve already told you that I’m going to buy it, ________.
A) however much it costs
B) however does it costs much
C) how much does it cost
D) no matter how it costs（A）
47. New York ________ second in the production of apples, producing 850,000,000 pounds this year.
A) ranked
B) occupied
C) arranged
D) classified（A）
48. Melted iron is poured into the mixer much ________ tea is poured into a cup from a teapot.
A) in the same way like
B) in the same way which
C) in the same way
D) in the same way as（D）
49. By success I don’t mean ________ usually thought of when that word is used.
A) what is
B) that we
C) as you
D) all is（A）
50. I caught a ________ of the taxi before it disappeared around the corner of the street.
A) vision
B) glimpse
C) look
D) scene（B）
Part III Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Exchange a glance with someone, then look away. Do you realize that you have made a statement? Hold the glance for a second longer, and you have made a different statement. Hold it for 3 seconds, and the meaning has changed again. For every social situation, there is a permissible time that you can hold a person’s gaze without being intimate, rude, or aggressive. If you are on an elevator, what gaze-time are you permitted? To answer this question, consider what you typically do. You very likely give other passengers a quick glance to size them up (打量) and to assure them that you mean no threat. Since being close to another person signals the possibility of interaction. You need to emit a signal telling others you want to be left alone. So you cut off eye contact, what sociologist Erving Goffman (1963) calls “a dimming of the lights.” You look down at the floor, at the indicator lights, anywhere but into another passenger’s eyes. Should you break the rule against staring at a stranger on an elevator, you will make the other person exceedingly uncomfortable, and you are likely to feel a bit strange yourself.
If you hold eye contact for more than 3 seconds, what are you telling another person? Much depends on the person and the situation. For instance, a man and a woman communicate interest in this manner. They typically gaze at each other for about 3 seconds at a time, then drop their eyes down for 3 seconds, before letting their eyes meet again. But if one man gives another man a 3-second-plus stare, he signals, “I know you”, “I am interested in you,” or “You look peculiar and I am curious about you.” This type of stare often produces hostile feelings.
51. It can be inferred form the first paragraph that ________.
A) every glance has its significance
B) staring at a person is an expression of interest
C) a gaze longer than 3 seconds is unacceptable
D) a glance conveys more meaning than words（A）
52. If you want to be left alone on an elevator, the best thing to do is ________.
A) to look into another passenger’s eyes
B) to avoid eye contact with other passengers
C) to signal you are not a threat to anyone
D) to keep a distance from other passengers（B）
53. By “a dimming of the lights” (Para. 1, Line 9) Erving Goffman means “________”.
A) closing one’s eyes
B) turning off the lights
C) creasing to glance at others
D) reducing gaze-time to the minimum（C）
54. If one is looked at by a stranger for too long, he tends to feel ________.
A) depressed
B) uneasy
C) curious
D) amused（B）
55. The passage mainly discusses ________.
A) the limitations of eye contact
B) the exchange of ideas through eye contact
C) proper behavior in situations
D) the role of eye contact in interpersonal communication（D）
Passage Two
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
The picnics, speeches, and parades of today’s Labor Day were all part of the first celebration, held in New York City in 1882. Its promoter was an Irish-American labor leader named peter J. McGuire. A carpenter by trade, McGuire had worked since the age of eleven, and in 1882 was president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (UBCJ). Approaching the City’s Central Labor Union that summer, he proposed a holiday that would applaud (赞许)“the industrial spirit-the great vital force of every nation,” On September 5 his suggestion bore fruit, as an estimated 10,000 workers, many of them ignoring their bosses’ warnings, left work to march from Union square up Fifth Avenue to 42nd Street. The event gained national attention, and by 1893 thirty states had made Labor Day an annual holiday.
The quick adoption of the scheme may have indicated less about the state lawmakers’ respect for working people than about a fear of risking their anger. In the 1880s the United States was a land sharply divided between the immensely wealthy and the very poor. Henry George was accurate in describing the era as one of “progress and poverty.” In a society in which factory, owners rode in private Pullmans while ten-year-olds slaved in the mines, strong anti-capitalist feeling ran high. Demands for fundamental change were common throughout the labor press. With socialists demanding an end to “wage slavery” and anarchists (无政府主义) singing the praises of the virtues of dynamite (炸药), middle-of-the-roaders like Samuel Gompers and McGuire seemed attractively mild by comparison. One can imagine practical capitalists seeing Labor Day as a bargain: A one-day party certainly cost them less than paying their workers decent wages.
56. Judging from the passage, McGuire was ________.
A) a moderate labor leader
B) an extreme-anarchist in the labor movement
C) a devoted socialist fighting against exploitation of man by man
D) a firm anti-capitalist demanding the elimination of wage slavery（A）
57. We can see from the first paragraph that the first Labor Day march ________.