大学英语四级考试试题真题 (十七)

大学英语四级考试试题真题

PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)

SectionA

Directions:Inthissection,youwillhear10shortconversations.At

theendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwas

said.Boththeconversationandthequestionwillbespokenonlyonce.

Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmust

readthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD),anddecidewhichisthe

bestanswerThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet

withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

Example:Youwillhear:

Youwillread:

A)Attheeoffice.

B)Inthewaitingroom.

C)Attheairport.

D)Inarestaurant.

Fromtileconversationweknowthatthetwoweretalkingabout

someworktheyhadtofinishintheevening.Thisconversationismost

likelytohavetakenplaceattheoffice.Therefore,A)"Attheoffice"isthe

bestansweryoushouldchoose[A]ontheAnswerSheetandmarkitwith

asinglelinethroughthecentre.

SampleAnswer[A][B][C]ID]

1.A)WaitforBob.C)GoandpickBobup.

B)GolookforBob.D)GiveBobaphonecall.

2.A)Lifeinthesuburbsislonely.C)Sheisworkinginthecity.

B)Jobsareeasiertofindinthecity.D)It'slessexpensivel/ringin

thecity.

3.A)Inalibrary.C)Atapublishinghouse.

B)Atabookstore.D)Inaprintingshop.

4.A)Theycomedownstairs.C)Theytrytothinkofasolution.

B)Thewomanfindasparekey.D)Thewomanbemorecareful

nexttime.

5.A)Sendingane-mail.C)Workinginanoffice.

B)Doingspellingpractice.D)Talkingonthephone.

6.A)Goshoppingwiththeman.C)Goforaridearoundtown.

C)Haveapicnic.D)Buysomethingforthepicnic.

7.A)Thewomangotawrongclasspermit.

B)Thewomanmisplacedherclasspermitforbiology.

C)Thewomanarrivedforregistrationtooearly.

D)Thewomanmissedregistrationforthebiologycourse.

8.A)ThemanisplanningtovisitNewYork.

B)ThewomanwillstayinNewYorkalongtime.

C)ThewomanlikestheweatherinNewYorkverymuch.

D)It'squitecoldinNewYorknow.

9.A)Themanforgottoputthetoysintheirsuitcase.

B)Anoldladytookthecouple'ssuitcaseforherown.

C)Thecouple'ssuitcasewasstolenintherestaurant.

D)Theoldladysittingnexttothecouplelikestoysverymuch.

10.A)She'sleavingforHongKongwithBill.

B)She'sgoingtosaygood-byetoBill.

C)She'sgoingtobuyanairticket.

D)She'sflyingtoHongKong.

SectionB

Directions:Inthissection,youwillhear3shortpassages.Attheend

ofeachpassage,youwillhearsomequestions.Boththepassageandthe

questionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmust

choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).

ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasingle

linethroughthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

11.A)Theyclosethehotelduringlowseasons.

B)Theyemployasfewworkersaspossible.

C)Theyeachdojobstheyaregoodat.

D)Theyhireonlyretiredworkers.

12.A)Book-keeping.C)Stafftraining.

B)Cleaningandwashingup.D)Gardeningandflowerarranging.

13.A)Theymaketheirguestsfeelathome.

B)Theyprovidedeliciousfood.

C)Theyhavetheirhotelbeautifullydecorated.

D)Theygivepartiesregularlyfortheirvisitors.

PassageTwo

Questions14to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

14.A)Tocashacheek.C)Togethisprize.

B)Torobthebank.D)Towithdrawhisdeposit.

15.A)Acarmechanic.C)Amovieactor.

B)Aradioannouncer.D)Abankemployee.

16.A)Theycalledthepolice.C)Theyhelpedhimfindlargebills.

B)Theypressedthealarm.D)Theylethimdowhathewantedto.

17.A)Hewaslimitedbytimeandthesizeofhispockets.

B)Themaximumsumallowedwas55,000.

C)Largebillswerenotwithinhisreach.

D)Hewasafraidthatbewouldbecaughtonthespot.

PassageThree

Questions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

18.A)Aprofessionaldiver.C)ArescuerontheGoldenGate

Bridge.

B)Atelephoneoperator.D)AguardontheGoldenGateBridge.

19.A)Someoneonthebridgeisbeingattacked.

B)Someoneisthreateningtodestroythebridge.

C)Someoneonthebridgeisattemptingtokillhimself.

D)Someonehasfallenoffthebridge.

20.A)Remindthemthattheyhavechildrentotakecareof.

B)Trytocommunicatewiththemfirst.

C)Callthemothertocomefightaway.

D)Helpthemtogetoutoftheirmisty.

PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)

Directions:Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachpassageis

followedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachofthem

therearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Youshoulddecideonthe

bestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwith

asinglelingthroughthecentre.

PassageOne

Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

AboutsixyearsagoIwaseatinglunchinarestaurantinNewYork

Citywhenawomanandayoungboysatdownatthenexttable,I

couldn'thelpoverhearingpartsoftheirconversation.Atonepointthe

womanasked:"So,howhaveyoubeen?"Andtheboy一whocouldnot

havebeenmorethansevenoreightyearsold一replied."Frankly,I've

beenfeelingalittledepressedlately."

Thisincidentstuckinmymindbecauseitconfirmedmygrowing

beliefthatchildrenarechanging.AsfarasIcanremember,myfriends

andIdidn'tfindoutwewere“depressed“untilwewereinhigh

school.

Theevidenceofachangeinchildrenhasincreasedsteadilyin

recentyears.Childrendon,tseemchildlikeanymore.Childrenspeak

morelikeadults,dressmorelikeadultsandbehavemorelikeadultsthan

theyusedto.

Whetherthisisgoodorbadisdifficulttosay,butitcertainlyis

different.Childhoodasitoncewasnolongerexists,Why?

Humandevelopmentisbasednotonlyoninnate（天生的）

biologicalstates,butalsoonpatternsofaccesstosocialknowledge.

Movementfromonesocialrotetoanotherusuallyinvolveslearningthe

secretsofthenewstatus.Childrenhavealwaysbeentaughtadultsecrets,

butslowlyandinstages:traditionally,wetellsixthgradersthingswe

keephiddenfromfifthgraders.

Inthelast30years,however,asecret-revelation(揭示)machine

hasbeeninstalledin98percentofAmericanhomes.Itiscalledtelevision,

Televisionpassesinformation,andindiscriminately(不力口区分地)，toall

viewersalike,betheychildrenoradults.Unabletoresistthetemptation,

manychildrenturntheirattentionfromprintedtextstotheless

challenging,morevividmovingpictures.

Communicationthroughprint,asamatteroffact,allowsfora

greatdealofcontroloverthesocialinformationtowhichchildrenhave

access.Readingandwritinginvolveacomplexcodeofsymbolsthatmust

bememorizedandpractices.Childrenmustreadsimplebooksbefore

theycanreadcomplexmaterials.

21.Accordingtotheauthor,feelingdepressedis.

A)somethinghardlytobeexpectedinayoungchild

B)amentalscalepresentinallhumans,includingchildren

C)aninevitablehasofchildren'smentaldevelopment

D)asuresignofapsychologicalprobleminachild

22.Traditionally,achildissupposedtolearnabouttheadultworld

A)throughcontactwithsocietyC)throughexposuretosocial

information

B)graduallyandunderguidanceD)naturallyandbybiological

instinct

23.Thephenomenonthattoday'schildrenseemadultlikeis

attributedbytheauthorto.

A)theconstantlyrisingstandardofliving

B)thewidespreadinfluenceoftelevision

C)thepoorarrangementofteachingcontent

D)thefastpaceofhumanintellectualdevelopment

24.Whyistheauthorinfavorofcommunicationthroughprintfor

children?

A)Itcancontrolwhatchildrenaretolearn.

B)Ithelpschildrentomemorizeandpracticemore.

C)Itenableschildrentogainmoresocialinformation.

D)Itdevelopschildren'sinterestinreadingandwriting.

25.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofthechangeintoday'schildren?

A)Heseemstobeupsetaboutit.

B)Heconsidersitapositivedevelopment.

C)Hefeelsamusedbychairprematurebehavior.

D)Hethinksitisaphenomenonworthyofnote.

PassageTwo

Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

"Opinion"isawordthatisusedcarelesslytoday.Itisusedtorefer

tomattersoftaste,belief,andjudgment.Thiscasualusewouldprobably

causelittleconfusionifpeopledidn'tattachtoomuchimportanceto

opinion.Unfortunately,mosttoattachgreatimportancetoit."Ihaveas

muchrighttomyopinionasyoutoyours,"and"Everyone?sentitledto

hisopinion,"arecommonexpression_rs.Infact,anyonewhowould

challengeanother'sopinionislikelytobebrandedintolerant.

Isthatlabelaccurate?Isitintoleranttochallengeanother's

opinion?Itdependsonwhatdefinitionofopinionyouhaveinmind.For

example,youmayaskafriend"WhatdoyouthinkofthenewFord

cars?"Andhemayreply,"Inmyopinion,they'reugly."Inthiscase,it

wouldnotonlybeintoleranttochallengehisstatement,butfoolish.For

it'sobviousthatbyopinionhemeanshispersonalpreference,amatter

oftaste.Andastheoldsayinggoes,"It'spointlesstoargueabout

mattersoftaste."

Butconsiderthisverydifferentuseoftheterm,anewspaper

reportsthattheSupremeCourthasdelivereditsopinionina

controversialcase.Obviouslythejusticesdidnotshaletheirpersonal

preferences,theirmerelikesanddislikes,theystatedtheirconsidered

judgment,painstakinglyarrivedatafterthoroughinquiryand

deliberation.

Mostofwhatisreferredtoasopinionfallssomewherebetween

thesetwoextremes.Itisnotanexpressionsoftaste.Norisitcareful

judgment.Yetitmaycontainelementsofboth.Itisavieworbeliefmore

orlesscasuallyarrivedat,withorwithoutexaminingtheevidence.

Iseveryoneentitledtohisopinion?Ofcourse,thisisnotonly

permitted,butguaranteed.Wearefreetoactonouropinionsonlyso

longas,indoingso,wedonotharmothers.

26.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE,accordingtothe

author?

A)Casualuseoftheword"opinion"oftenbringsaboutquarrels.

B)Mostpeopletendtobecarelessinformingtheiropinions.

C)Freeexpression」ofopinionsoftenleadstoconfusion.

D)Everyonehasarighttoholdhisownopinion.

27.Accordingtotheauthor,whoofthefollowingwouldbelabored

asintolerant?

A)Someonewhoseopinionharm,otherpeople.

B)Someonewhovaluesonlytheirownopinions.

C)Someonewhocan'tputupwithothers'tastes.

D)Someonewhoturnsadeafeartoothers'opinions.

28.ThenewFordcarsarecitedasanexampletoshowthat

A)itisfoolishtocriticizeafamousbrand

B)personaltastesarenotsomethingtobechallenged

C)itisunwisetoexpressone'slikesanddislikesinpublic

D)oneshouldnotalwaysagreetoothers'opinions

29.Consideredjudgmentisdifferentfrompersonalpreferencein

that.

A)itisbasedoncarefulthought

B)itisstatedbyjudgesinthecourt

C)itreflectspubliclikeanddislikes

D)itisaresultofalotofcontroversy

30.Asindicatedinthepassage,beingfreetoactonone'sopinion

A)doesn'tmeanthatonehastherighttochargeotherswithout

evidence

B)meansthatonecanimposehispre6ereaccsonothers

C)doesn'tmeanthatonehastherighttodothingsatwill

D)meansthatonecanignoreotherpeople'scriticism

PassageThree

Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Arecentstudy,publishedinlastweek'sJournaloftheAmerican

MedicalAssociation,offersapictureofhowriskyitistogetaliftfroma

teenagedriver,Indeed,a16-year-olddriverwiththreeormore

passengersisthreetimesaslikelytohaveafatalaccidentasateenager

drivingalone,Bycontrast,theriskofdeathfordriversbetween30and

59decreaseswitheachadditionalpassenger.

Theauthorsalsofoundthatthedeathratesforteenagedrivers

increaseddramaticallyafter10p.m.,andespeciallyaftermidnight,With

passengersinthecar,thedriverwasevenmorelikelytodieina

late-nightaccident.

RobertFoss,ascientistattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaHighway

SafetyResearchCenter,saysthehigherdeathratesforteenagedrivers

havelesstodowithureallystupidbehaviornthanwithjustalackof

drivingexperience."Thebasicissue."Besays,uisthatadultswhoare

responsibleforissuinglicensesfailtorecognizehowcomplexandskilled

ataskdrivingis.”

Bothheandtheauthorofthestudybelievethatthewaytomitigate

（使缓解）theproblemistohavestatesinstituteso-calledgraduated

licensingsystems,inwhichgettingalicenseisamultistageprocess.A

graduatedlicenserequiresthatateenagerfirstprovehimselfcapableof

drivinginthepresenceofanadult,followedbyaperiodofdrivingwith

nightofpassengerrestrictions,beforegraduatingtofulldriving

privileges.

Graduatedlicensingsystemshavereducedteenagedrivercrashes,

accordingtorecentstudies,Abouthalfofthestatesnowhavesomesort

ofgraduatedLicensingsysteminplace,butonly10ofthosestateshave

restrictionsonpassengers,Californiaisthestrictest,withanovice(新

手)driverprohibitedfromcarryinganypassengerunder20(withoutthe

presenceofanadulto