2012年下半年英语四级考试真题.docx

整理了2012年下半年12月英语四级听力长对话原文，供参考：Part III Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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 2 with a single line through the centre.11.W: I just heard about a really beautiful park in the east end of the town. There are a lot of roses in bloom.M: Why dont we walk over there and see for ourselves?Q: What will the speakers probably do?12.M: My presentation is scheduled for 9:30 tomorrow morning at the lecture hall. I hope to see you there.W: Oh, sorry. I was about to tell you that I have an appointment with my dentist at 9:00 oclock tomorrow.Q: What do we learn about the woman?13.W: How long have you been running this company?M: Twenty years if you can believe that. I brought it from a small operation to what it is today.Q: What do we learn about the man?14.M: Have you read the news on the campus net? Susan has won the scholarship for next year.W: I knew she would from the very beginning. Such a brilliant and diligent girl! She certainly deserves it.Q: What does the woman mean?15.W: Taking a bus to Miami, its cheaper than going by train.M: Thats true. But Id rather pay a little more for the added comfort and convenience.Q: What does the man mean?16.M: I think its time we got rid of all this old furniture.W: Youre right. We need to promote our image besides its not a real antique.Q: What do the speakers mean?17.M: That was some storm yesterday. How was I afraid I couldnt make it home.W: Yeah, most of the roads to my house were flooded. I didnt get home from the lab until midnight.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?18.W: My boys are always complaining that theyre bored. M: Why dont you get them into some team sports? My son and daughter play soccer every Saturday. And they both look forward to it all week.Q: What does the man mean?Section BConversation OneW: So John, I hear you and Arthur share a job, dont you?M: Yes. Weve shared a sales job at Sonatech for about two years now.W: Well, how do you divide up your schedule? M: You know we are both sales representatives, and we take orders over the phone. When we started job sharing it was difficult, because we both worked all day Monday. I worked Tuesday and Thursday and Arthur worked Wednesday and Friday. The problem was that when I was in the office on Tuesday. I would talk to people, then they would call back on Wednesday with a question. But Arthur couldnt answer the question and he couldnt ask me about it because I wasnt in the office. So he had to ask the people to call me back the next day, Thursday. Of course, they didnt like to wait until the next day to have their questions answered.W: Yes, that sounds like a problem. M: So, finally we decided that Arthur would work in the mornings and I would work in the afternoons. Now if someone calls with the question for me in the morning, Arthur tells them to call me in the afternoon. This way, people get their questions answered the same day.W: What do you do about vacations?M: Well, Sonatech gives the usual two weeks of vacation to full-time employees, I take a week and Arthur takes a week.W: It sounds like job sharing has worked out well for you.M: Yes, it has. We are both happy with it.Q19. What do John and author do at Sonatech?Q20. What problem did John and Arthur have when they started job sharing?Q21. What does John say about their annual vacation?Conversation TwoW: May I see your license, please?M: But officer, did I do something wrong?W: Do you mean to say you didnt see the speed limit sign back there?M: Um, no, madam, I guess I didnt.W: In other words, you drove by too fast to read it. The sign says 35m/h. A school is just nearby, you know?M: Dont get me wrong, but my speedometer didnt read much faster than that. W: Then, why is it that my radar showed you are going 45? Let me put it another way. Im going to give you a ticket. Again, may I see your license, please?M: Here it is, officer. But let me explain. I was late for an important appointment and I was worried that I wouldnt make it on time. So.W: Uha, just a minute, here. Your license is no longer valid. You should have renewed it two weeks ago. Im going to have to write you up for that, too.M: What? Really?W: Your license becomes invalid on your birthday and that was two weeks ago according to the date here. You are in violation of the lawdriving without a valid license.M: Im sorry, madam. I hadnt realized that. W: Heres the ticket for not having a valid license. But Im only going to give you a warning about exceeding the speed limit. Be careful next time.M: Yes, madam, officer, I will. Thank you.Q22. Where was the man stopped by the police officer?Q23. What did the man claim about the speed limit sign?Q24. What did the woman say about the mans driving license?Q25. What was the mans penalty?整理了2012年下半年英语翻译题目，供参考：87. I finally got the job I dreamed about, Never before in my life _（我感到如此感动）！88. Yesterday, Jane left the meeting early, Otherwise, she _（可能会说一些后来会懊悔的话）。89. With the noise going on outside the classroom, I had great difficulty _（集中注意力复习功课）。90. This is the first time I _（听到他们用法语交流）。91. All the information you need to apply for your visa is _（可以免费获取）。整理了2012年下半年英语四级作文题目，供参考：2012年12月22日四级作文题中文翻译： Education Pays, published every three years, presents detailed evidence of the private and public benefits of higher education. It also sheds light on the distribution of these benefits by examining both the increases and the persistent disparities in college participation and completion. In the three years between the publication of Education Pays 2007 and Education Pays 2010, median earnings for four-year college graduates increased more rapidly than those of high school graduates and the gap between the unemployment rates of the two groups grew. In addition to earnings comparisons, the report documents differences in lifestyles, health, and other outcomes for people with and without college education. Differences in enrollment and completion patterns across demographic groups highlight the reality that gaps in educational attainment are explained by a combination of money and other factors.教育回报 教育回报，每隔三年发布一次。它显示了高等教育所能带来的私人和公共利益的详细证据。同时通过考查大学入学与毕业方面的增长和长期的差异，它阐明了 由高等教育带来的这些利益的分布状况。在2007年和2009年教育回报发布后的中间三年，受过四年大学教育的高校毕业生的平均收入的增长要快于高中 毕业生，并且，这两者间的失业率的差距也加大了。除了收入对比之外，这份报告也显示了是否拥有大学学历给人们的生活方式、健康以及其他因素造成的差异。人 群的教育入学和教育完成模式(是否上大学、是否大学顺利毕业)的差异强调了一个事实，那就是教育程度的不同所带来的差距，是可以通过收入和其他多种因素来 解释的。 【作文一】Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write A Letter Applying for a Bank Loan. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese。1. 你的基本情况your basic information12.你申请贷款的原因、数额及用途you reason for the loan, the amount and purpose3. 你如何保证专款专用以及你的还款打算大家整理了2012年12月cet4快速阅读真题,仅供参考！Part II Reading comprehension (skimming and scanning) Universities Branch Out As never before in their long history,universities have become instruments of national competition as well as instruments of peace.They are the place of the scientific discoveries that move economies forward,and the primary means of educating the talent required to obtain and maintain competitive advantage.But at the same time,the opening of national borders to the flow of goods,services,information and especially people has made universities a powerful force for global integration,mutual understanding and geopolitical stability. In response to the same forces that have driven the world economy,universities have become more self-consciously global:seeking students from around the world who represent the entire range of cultures and values,sending their own students abroad to prepare them for global careers,offering course of study that address the challenges of an interconnected world and collaborative (合作的)research programs to advance science for the benefit of all humanity. Of the forces shaping higher education none is more sweeping than the movement across borders.Over the past three decades the number of students leaving home each year to study abroad has grown at an annual rate of 3.9 percent,from 800,000 in 1975 to 2.5 million in 2004.Most travel from one developed nation to another,but the flow from developing to developed countries is growing rapidly.The reverse flow,from developed to developing countries,is on the rise,too.Today foreign students earn 30 percent of the doctoral degrees awarded in the United States and 38 percent of those in the United Kingdom.And the number crossing borders for undergraduate study is growing as well,to 8 percent of the undergraduates at Americas best institutions and 10 percent of all undergraduates in the U.K.In the United States,20 percent of the newly hired professors in science a and engineering are foreign-born,and in China many newly hired faculty members at the top research universities received their graduate education abroad. Universities are also encouraging students to spend some of their undergraduate years in another country.In Europe,more than 140,000 students participate in the Erasmus program each year,taking courses for credit in one of 2,200 participating institutions across the continent.And in the United States,institutions are helping place students in the summer internships (实习)abroad to prepare them for global careers.Yale and Harvard have led the way,offering every undergraduate at least one international study or internship opportunityand providing the financial resources to make it possible. Globalization is also reshaping the way research is done.One new trend involves sourcing portions of a research program to another country.Yale professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Tian Xu directs a research center focused on the genetics of human disease at Shanghais Fudan University,in collaboration with faculty colleagues from both schools.The Shanghai center has 95 employees and graduate students working in a 4,300-square-meter laboratory seminars with scientists from both campuses.The arrangement benefits both countries;Xus Yale lab is more productive,thanks to the lower costs of conducting research in China,and Chinese graduate students,postdoctors and faculty get on-the-job training from a world -class scientist and his U.S.team. As a result of its strength in science,the United States has consistently led the world in the commercialization of major new technologies,from the mainframe computer and the integrated circuit of the 1960s to the Internet infrastructure (基础设施)and applications software of the 1990s.the link between university-based science and industrial application is often indirect but sometimes highly visible:Silicon Valley was intentionally created by Stanford University,and Route 1 28 outside Boston has long housed companies spun off from MIT and Harvard.Around the world,governments have encouraged copying of this model,perhaps most successfully in Cambridge,England,where Microsoft and scores of other leading software and biotechnology companies have set up shop around the university. For all its success,the United States remains deeply hesitant about sustaining the research -university model.Most politicians recognize the link between investment in science and national economic strength,but support for research funding has been unsteady.The budget of the National Institutes of Health doubled between 1998 and 2003,but has risen more slowly than inflation since then.Support for the physical sciences and engineering barely kept pace with inflation during that same period.The attempt to make up lost ground is welcome,but the nation would be better served by steady,predictable increases in science funding at the rate of long-term GDP growth,which is on the order of inflation plus 3 percent per year. American politicians have great difficult recognizing that admitting more foreign students can greatly promote the national interest by increasing international understanding.Adjusted for inflation,public funding for international exchanges and foreign-language study is well below the levels of 40 years ago,in the wake of September 11,changes in the visa process caused a dramatic decline in the number of foreign students seeking admission to U.S.universities,and a corresponding surge in enrollments in Australia,Singapore and the U.K.Objections from American university and the business leaders led to improvements in the process and reversal of the decline,but the United States is still seen by many as unwelcoming to international students. Most Americans recognize that universities contribute to the nations well-being through their scientific research,but many fear that foreign students threaten American competitiveness by taking their knowledge and skills back home.They fail to grasp that welcoming foreign students to the United States has two important positive effects:first,the very best of them stay in the States andlike immigrants throughout historystrengthen the nation;and second,foreign students who study in the United States become ambassadors for many of its most cherished (珍视)values when they return home.Or at least they understand them better.In America as elsewhere,few instruments of foreign policy are as effective in promoting peace and stability as welcoming international university students. 1. From the first paragraph we know that present-day universities have become _. A)more popularized than ever before B)in-service training organizations C)a powerful force for global integration D)more and more research-oriented 2. Over the past decades,the enrollment of overseas students has increased _. A)at an annual rate of 8 percent B)at an annual rate of 3.9 percent C)by 800,000 D)by 2.5 million 3. In the United States,how many of the newly hired professors in science and engineering are foreign-born? A)38% B)10% C)30% D)20% 4. How do Yale and Harva