大学英语四级测试卷

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上大学英语四级Part I :Writing(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Dormitory Life. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:Dormitory Life1. 大学宿舍的集体生活是全新的体验；2. 宿舍生活与在家生活的不同之处；3. 宿舍生活利与弊。Part

2、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. Afte

3、r 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 centre1. A)The advertisement is printed fine and attractive to rea

4、ders. B)$200 is really reasonable for a roundship between LA and NY. C)People must conform to some restrictions for cheap airfares. D)The flight time for cheap airlines is usually at night.2. A)He has been on holiday. B)He has been on business. C)Hes been to the Great Lakes. D)He stayed in the offic

5、e.3. A)Have a look at the menu. B)Read the instructions.C)Tell the woman a story. D)Give the woman a lesson.4. A)In April. B)In May. C)In July. D)Not decided yet.5. A)He is worried about the loss of the store. B)He wonders why the crazy action was conducted. C)He wonders what punishment the crazy ma

6、n will get. D)He wishes that the broken glass had not injured anybody.6. A)He should be more positive toward his work. B)He should quit his job as soon as possible. C)He should find a more promising position. D)He should find a job of different field.7. A)Because he doesnt enjoy the dished at Hilton

7、. B)Because he isnt familiar with the way to Hilton. C)Because he believes the woman is not serious. D)Because he thinks dining at Hilton is too expensive.8. A)The man should phone the hotel for directions. B)The man can ask the department store for help. C)She doesnt have the hotels phone number. D

8、)The hotel is just around the corner.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A)Which company the man has worked for. B)What the mans advantage and disadvantage are. C)Whether the man has any expertise as a security guard. D)Whether the man has worked for any alarm syst

9、em manufacturer.10. A)He prefers to sleep late in the morning. B)He writes for the local paper in the morning. C)He has classes during the day. D)He wants a higher-paying evening job.11. A)Complete an application form. B)Wait a few minutes for the result. C)Go back home and wait for the result. D)Co

10、mplete his resume as soon as possible.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A)A cheap new car. B)A fancy new car. C)An old Buick Century. D)A used car thats a bargain.13. A)She is too old to see clearly. B)She has been tired of the old car. C)She is seriously ill.

11、D)She has been injured in an accident.14. A)It looks very new inside and outside. B)There is nothing wrong with it. C)Many parts of it need renewing. D)It was expensive when it was new.15. A)About #2,650. B)$500 or less. C)Over $3,500. D)About $10,000.Section B:Directions:In this section, you will h

12、ear 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

13、 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A)There are more bacteria in summer. B)Sweat spoils the food easily. C)Food gets bad more easily than in cold weather. D)There are less frozen foods in marker.17. A)Cookies. B)Milk.

14、C)Chickens D)Ice-cream.18. A)Eat it immediately. B)Throw it away. C)Try a little. D)Cook it thoroughly. Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A)Clean air,less food and more exercise. B)Clean air,fresh food and less exercise. C)Clean air,fresh food and simple

15、life. D)Hard work,less food and simple life.20. A)They live a happy and healthy life. B)They are famous for diligence. C)They work hard outdoors in the fields and eat little food. D)There were few crimes and divorces in their society. 21. A)The Secret of a Happy Life. B)The Secret of a Long life. C)

16、Hunzas of the Himalayas and Their Long Lives. D)The Importance of a Simple Way of Life.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22.A)Scientists. B)Art graduates. C)Children D)Women23. A)He is very clever and plays games well. B)He is very interesting and makes man

17、y things. C)He doesnt talk about anything but science. D)He is humorous and attractive.24. A)Attractive. B)Dull. C)Unattractive. D)Logical.25. A)Studying arts can make more money. B)They have many misconceptions towards science. C)Studying science is more difficult. D)Studying arts is more interesti

18、ng.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. Fi

19、nally，when the passage is read for the third time，you should check what you have written. During the nineteenth century,when little was known about environmentalism and conservation,it was common to hear people in Europe and America say that the resources of the sea(26)_.They believed the world and

20、nature would continuously reproduce all the resources they would need.For example,a (27)_Biologist writing in the middle-nineteenth century commented that none of the great sea fisheries were to be (28)_.Today,though,there is evidence that the resources of the sea are seriously endangered. (29)_,env

21、ironmentalists have focused their attention on the land and air.Recently,however,they are beginning to discover that the resources of the sea are in as much danger.The list of endangered (30)_ now included herring and crabs as well as the African elephant,Indian tiger,and the American eagle.Furtherm

22、ore,the threats to fish are more(31)_ in some ways than the threats to animals and birds.This is because fish are a much more needed food source,and people (32)_ depend on fish as an important part of their diet.Hence,a decline in the fish supply could have (33)_ effects on hunger and population. Fi

23、shermen in the North Atlantic alone annually harvest 20 billion pounds of fish to (34)_ food demand,but the world needs to recognize that these practices cannot continue without depleting fish reserves within the next few years.Rapidly declining sea resources in many parts of the world are problems

24、that cannot be ignored any longer.Unlike the (35)_ in the nineteenth century,we now know that food supplies in the sea cannot last forever.Part III:Reading(40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a li

25、st 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 on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words i

26、n the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. “Made in China” lost its novelty(新颖)long ago.The label has become36 in much of the world，stick to shoes，toys，clothes and a host of other items produced for global companies.What is novelty, however, are China.made goods

27、 _37_ under Chinese brand names.Only a handful of Chinese firms so _38_ have the money and the management technique to establish international_39_.Most of the vast companies are struggling to get even national recognition.But the pioneering companies which have started exploring overseas market migh

28、t be 40 as on the beginning of something big.Some_41_ that individually，with the help of enterprising local management or eager multinational partners wanting to add new products to their stable，Chinese brands could become a global phenomenon within a decade，marketed on quality and foreign appeal，as

29、 _ 42 _ as competitive pricing.The concept of Chinese brands has been evolving through the 1990s，but is now getting_43_ attention at home. Although the domestic market is still robust，a handful of_ 44_enterprises，or SOE，including listed Chinese companies，are now looking to establish international br

30、ands because they believe the quality of both their products and their management has45.Chinese joint ventures think their products can compete on quality with foreign brands anywhere，while enjoying the advantage of being perceived as exotic.Section BDirections: In this section, you are going to rea

31、d 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 corr

32、esponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Questions 46 to 55 are based on the following passage.The Art of Friendship A) One evening a few years ago I found myself in an anxiety. Nothing was really wrong my family and I were healthy, my career was busy and successful - I was just feeling vaguely down and i

33、n need of a friend who could raise my spirits, someone who would meet me for coffee and let merant until the clouds lifted. I dialed my best friend, who now lives across the country in California, and got her voicemail. That's when it started to dawn on me - lonesomeness was at the root of my dr

34、eariness. My social life had dwindled to almost nothing, but somehow until that moment I'd been too busy to notice. Now it hit me hard. My old friends, buddies since college or even childhood, know everything about me; when they left, they had taken my context with them.B) Research has shown the

35、 long-range negative consequences of social isolation on one's health. But my concerns were more short-term. I needed to feel understood right then in the way that only a girlfriend can understand you. I knew it would be wrong to expect my husband to replace my friends: He couldn't, and even

36、 if he could, to whom would I then complain about my husband? So I resolved to acquire new friends - women like me who had kids and enjoyed rolling their eyes at the worlda little bit just as I did. Since I'd be making friends with more intention than I'd ever given the process, I realized I

37、 could be selective, that I could in effect design my own social life. The down side, of course, was that I felt pretty frightened.C) After all, it's a whole lot harder to make friends in midlife that it is when yon're younger - a fact woman I've spoken with point out again and again. As

38、 Leslie Danzig, 41, a Chicago theater director and mother, sees it, when you're in your teens and 20s, you're more or less friends with everyone unless there's a reason not to be. Your college roommate becomes your best pal at least partly due to proximity. Now there needs to be a reason

39、 to be friends. "There are many people I'm comfort-able around, but I wouldn't go so far as to call them friends. Comfort isn't enough to sustain a real friendship," Danzig says.D) At first, finding new companions felt awkward. At 40 I couldn't run up to people the way my4-

40、year-old daughters do in the playground and ask, "Will you be my friend? Every time you start anew relationship, you're vulnerable again," agrees Kathleen Hall, D Min, founder and CEO of the Stress Institute, in Atlanta. "You're asking, 'Would you like to come into my life

41、?' It makes us self-conscious."E) Fortunately, my discomfort soon passed. I realized that as a mature friend seeker my vulnerability risk was actually pretty low. If someone didn't take me up on my offer, so what: I wasn't in junior high, when I might have been rejected for having t

42、he wrong clothes or hair. At my age I have amassed enough self-esteem to realize that I have plenty to offer.F) We're all so busy, in fact, that mutual interests - say, in a project, class, or cause that we already make time for - become the perfect catalysts for bringing us in contact with cand

43、idates for camaraderie. Michelle Mertes, 35, a teacher and mother of two in Wausau, Wisconsin, says anew friend she made at church came as a pleasant surprise. "In high school I chose friends based on their popularity and how being part of their circle might reflect on me. Now's it's ou

44、r shared values and activities that count." Mertes says her pal, with whom she organized the church's youth programs, is nothing like her but their drive and organizational skills make them ideal friends.G) Happily, as awkward as making new friends can be, self-esteem issues do not factor i

45、n - or if they do, you can easily put them into perspective. Danzig tells of the mother of a child in her son's preschool, a tall, beautiful woman who is married to a big-deal rock musician. "I said to my husband, she's too cool for me,'" she jokes. "I get intimidated by p

46、eople. But once I got to know her, she turned out to be pretty laid-back and friendly." In the end there was no chemistry between them, so they didn't become good pals. "I realized that we weren't each others type, but it wasn't about hierarchy." What midlife friendship is

47、 about, it seems, is reflecting the person you've become (or are still becoming) back at yourself, thus reinforcing the progress you've made in your life.H) Harlene Katzman, 41, a lawyer in New York City, notes that her oldest friends knew her back when she was less sure of herself. As much

48、as she loves them, she believes they sometimes respond to is-sues in light of who she once was. An old chum has the goods on you. With recently made friends, you can turn over a new leaf.I) A new friend, chosen right, can also help you point your boat in the direction you want to go. Hanna Dershowit

49、z, 39, an attorney and mother in Los Angeles, found that a new acquaintance from work was exactly what she needed in a friend. In addition to liking and respecting Julia, Dershowitz had a feeling that the fit and athletic younger woman would help her to get in shape.J) While you're busy making n

50、ew friends, remember that you still need to nurture your old ones. We asked Marla Paul, author of The Friendship Crisis: Finding, Making, and Keeping Friends When You "re Not a Kid Anymore, for the best ways to maintain these important relationships. Keep in touch. Your friends should be a prio

51、rity; schedule regular lunch dates or coffee catch-up sessions, no matter how busy you are. Know her business. Keep track of important events in a friend's life and show your support. Call or e-mail to let her know you're thinking of her. Speak your mind. Tell a friend (politely) if somethin

52、g she did really upset you. If you can't be totally honest, then you need to reexamine the relationship. Accept her flaws. No one is perfect, so work around her quirks -she's chronically late, or she's a bit negative - to cut down on frustration and fights. Boost her ego. Heartfelt compl

53、iments make everyone feel great, so tell her how much you love her new sweater or what a great job she did on a work project.46. Leslie Danzig thought making friends at one's middle age needed some reasons.47. A well-chosen new friend can help you go in the direction that you like.48. A few year

54、s ago the author felt lonely and depressed when she phoned her best friend in another city who was much wanted then but unavailable.49. According to Kathleen Hall, one might feel sensitive in the first curse of making new friends.50. Midlife friendship can help you realize your direction of life and

55、 reinforce the progress you've made in your life.51. In Mafia Paul's book, to be a better friend, you should keep track with your friends, care for your friend's job, express yourself, accept her flaws and compliment your friend for her/his good dressing and job.52. For the author, a gir

56、l friend might be the right person to under "stand her and erase her negative feeling.53. According to Michelle Metes, midlife friendship is based on the shared values and activities54. As a mature friend seeker, the author finds herself with enough confidence to offer and take rejection with g

57、race.55. With newly made friends, you can have a chance to take on a new look in your life.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. 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 Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage. The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the env