今天小编就给大家整理了四级真题评析，本文共10篇，希望对大家的工作和学习有所帮助，欢迎阅读!
篇1：四级真题评析
一、听力
本次大学英语四级听力部分分为两个部分：短对话和篇章听力。两部分总的难度走平和路线，较之去年，短对话部分难度没有提升，没有生僻单词的出现，它的难点基本在于语义的理解方面。
例如以下三题都是考察but这个转折词出现后，句子意思的理解问题：
1. m: i think the hostess really went out of her way to make the party a success.
w: yes. the food and drinks were great, but if only we had known a few of the other guests.
q: what did the two speakers say about the party?
这道题目的考点在于“but if only we had known a few of the other guests.” but 表示转折，暗示后面的内容与前面陈述内容相反，即，晚宴不太好的地方是对其他客人不熟悉。
3． m: how do you like the new physician who replaced doctor andrews？
w: he may not seem as agreeable or as thorough as doctor andrews, but at least he doesn’t keep patients waiting for hours
q: what can we infer from the woman’s answer?
“but at least he doesn’t keep patients waiting for hours，”又是一个语义转折的考点。从女士的回答可以看出，她认为doctor andrews比新来的医生要更适合这份工作，但是他常常让病人等很长时间。
5． w: do you have the seminar schedule with you? i’d like to find out the topic for friday.
m: i gave it to my friend, but there should be copies available in the library. i can pick one up for you.
q: what does the man promise to do?
“but there should be copies available in the library. i can pick one up for you.”虽然男生已经把他的给了朋友，但是图书馆里还有，他可以帮女生带一本。
第7题是考查对比理解。
7．w: here is this week’s schedule, tony. on monday there is the board meeting. your speech at the lion’s club is on tuesday afternoon. then on wednesday you have the appointment with your lawyer. and…
m: wait! you mean the business conference on tuesday is canceled?
q: what will the man do this tuesday?
女生说“your speech at the lion’s club is on tuesday afternoon”男生惊讶于“wait!you mean the business conference on tuesday is canceled?”即原来安排的是商务会谈，现在取消了。在听这道题目时，考生一定要注意wait 这个词，表示事实情况与原来的安排可能出现了差异，不能仅凭时间状语进行判断。
而篇章听力理解部分有一定的难度。三篇文章，第一篇主要介绍“kudzu”（野葛）这种植物，它来自哪里，对于人类有哪些利弊等等。
第二篇主要介绍“university”这个单词的来源，以及英国国内著名大学的发展历程。
第三篇主要介绍“heifer international”这个国际组织的由来，它给世界人民尤其是发展中国家人民的生活带来了哪些改变或者益处。
三篇文章的难点在于专业术语比较多，例如：“kudzu”，“universitas”，“heifer international”等等，但是文章对于这些术语都有详细的解释，在解释说明时，并没有什么疑难单词出现，语法也不是很复杂。所以，考生在进行听力测试时，遇到生僻的单词千万不要紧张，只要镇定自若地听完全文，在听的过程中，适当做一下笔记，回答后面的问题，并不困难。
二、阅读
第一篇为说明文。同学们在阅读开头部分，很有可能将文章定位为议论文，但读到第三段会发觉文章主要介绍如何更成功的在国外找到工作。第一、二段作者分别阐述了公司招聘国外员工及人才寻求国外工作机会的原因，而第21、22题正考了这两个原因。第23、24、25题都为事实细节题，可在第三段及作者所列三点写简历注意事项中找到
第二篇为议论文，文章的观点是对发展中国家来说，对女性教育比起其它投资形式可带来更大的回报。考题26、29、30都是考查考生对文章主旨的把握的，可见考生是否理解的此文的主旨是得分的关键。第27、28题分别考查考生对第二、第三段文字的理解。同学们一般比较擅长做细节题，直接在文中找答案，遇到推断总结性的题目就会暴露阅读理解上的薄弱，因此在此份考卷的阅读题中，此篇的五道题同学们比较容易失分。
第三篇为说明文，介绍了最新的汽车防窃技术。五道题中除了第32题，其它都是事实细节题，可在原文中找到确切答案，只要同学们的词汇掌握不太差，做题时不过于慌张，应该可以较顺利的拿下此四题。而第32题也不难，通过对第三、第四段的理解也可得出正确答案。
第四篇介绍了老龄父母的情况，他们的年龄给培育子女所带来的优势和劣势。此篇题目的题型也以推断题为主，属于稍有难度的一篇。第36题可用排除法。第37题考查考生对原文句子的理解，且在文中有明显提示——“end up retiring much later”。第38、39和40题都是考察原文中的举例和引用语所说明的问题。考生们可借助例子前后作者的评述得出正确答案。
三、词汇
6月17日的四级考试，可以说是四级考试最后一次单独考查词汇（下一次考试基本不会再用旧的考试题型），与我们预期的类似，词汇部分的难度比往次考试有所增加。
1、词组考查：
1). 难度中等――53题的pick up (the habit of smoking)、56题的hold on to (their comfortable home)
2). 难度较高――62题的laid off (下岗、解雇)。如果学生平时能够有所积累，对我们中国常用的“下岗”（lay-off）一词有所了解，解开这道题倒也不难。
2、词汇考查：
1). 词汇的固定搭配出现较多，对学生的语感提出了挑战，例如：
a. 51题的(death) penalty
b. 52题的distinguish (from…)
c. 54题的(leave a good) impression (on…)
d. 57题的tackle (the problem)
e. 58题的state (of your mind)
f. 65题的(are …) burdened (with … debt)
g. 67题的apply (them to …)
2). 从上下文结构判断的题，对学生迅速判断考点、理解词义差别也提出了较高的要求，例如：
a. 55题从搭配来说，4个选项皆可，但从上文的opportunity for students and faculty，对应下文的research activities，中间只能用participate，与activities一起表示“参加……活动”。――较难
b. 59题考查的是一个表程度的形容词，从no ____ relationship between “a and b”的结构可以看出，这里只能用significant表示关系的重要性。――较难
c. 60题考查的是词汇的用法辨析及空格词与上文考点词spending（花费）的联系，“花费上升”在四个选项中只有soared可以表示此义。――难度中等
d. 61题与上文cancer（癌症）对应，只能用(doesn’t produce) symptoms（症状）。――难度中等
e. 63题只能从上文的physical differences between men and women与下文的our basic roles as hunters and child-bearers找语义联系，“男女间的身体差异”和“我们的角色”原本不需用trace一词来表示，一般我们用be reflected这类即可，但这里出现的basic, hunters and child-bearers表示的是“我们远古时代的角色”，因此be traced to…或be traced back to都是比较贴切的。――难度
f. 64题a much greater ______ of its brain，由上文的a much greater可以排除percent（可数名词），同时composition, compound都不可以用比较级来修饰，也可排除――较难
g. 66题的上文first meal of the day（早餐）对应的应该是(classroom) performance（表现）。――较易
h. 68题从下文的only to the very rich（只有非常富有的人）可以发现只有affordable（承受）比较贴切。――较易
i. 69题从上文的being out of work可以知道jane失去了经济来源，因此下文的(can no longer) treat (friends to dinners …)就顺理成章了。――较易
j. 70题从下文的young athletes的努力程度来看，只有inspired（受……的激励）符合。――较易
四、完型
本文主要讨论室内环保问题，包括从城市规划和建设到室内的装潢和布置。
本次考试的题目总体而言比往年稍显容易，主要是测试考生对词汇的搭配和固定用法以及上下文联系理解的能力。
71题为送分题，该空所在句子谓语动词的过去时态是线索，所以选ago。
72空that为关键词，其后的句子为同位语从句，且整句话表达了观点，所以选idea。
73空前的将来时为线索，所以选come，to come为常用搭配。
74空根据上下文知道文章讨论的是室内环保问题，所以选indoor。
75空的主语是sth，所以可以排除b), c)和d)，因为它们的主语一般都是sb。
76空后的molecules是线索，与material相比更为微小，所以选down。
77空由上下文可知，文章讨论的是环境污染对人类和地球的破坏，属安全性问题，所以选safe。
78空后的amount是线索，表数量，所以选reduced。
79空后的quality是关键词，说明前面这空需要能表达对空气、水和土壤质量的破坏，所以选destroy。
80空后的not simply提示前后为转折关系，所以选however。
81空由前文的less bad推知，后面的材料应该是完全有益健康的，所以选completely。
82空为送分题，因为前面有either，所以答案为or。
83空为固定短语，as a matter of fact表示in fact。
84空前has already一次说明后面的动作肯定已经结束，所以researched不对。sketched意思完全不符。constructed搭配不对，后面一般不解产品。所以答案为developed，表示“开发”。
85空为语境题，通过后文的current暗示，前面需要的词应表达之前发生的动作，所以选start，start out与start同意，表示“一开始”。
86空由句首的but和句末的whether we like it or not得知，此后果无法选择，所以答案为inevitably。
87空前的reduce the damage与后文的a positive approach形成对比关系，所以选instead。
88空由approach得知，所以选adopt，表示“采纳，采用”。
89空由前文的healthful可知，effect应该是积极的，所以选beneficial。
90空为词汇搭配题。full, total和complete都主要表量，所以选entire，表整个城市。
五、写作
这篇作文并不是很难。
首先，本篇文章的基本框架肯定是三段式：概诉、具体内容、附加内容和口号，所以大部分的学生在框架上肯定不会失分。
其次，本篇文章的可发挥性很强，所以大家尽可以拣自己最熟悉的活动去写。如果是为了得到高分，可以考虑是否写一些与众不同的活动，例如：去西部支教、参加奥运筹备活动、出国做自愿者等活动。
最后，从文章内容上来讲，希望尽量条理清晰，但大家尽量不要写成流水帐之类的东西，这是这种文章写作的最大陷阱！口号的写作尤其重要，因为这些东西会给教师留下较深刻的印象，但是切勿无病呻吟。
综合起来说，这篇文章选题中规中矩，不应该成为广大考生此次考试的拦路虎。
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篇2：四级真题
英语四级考试真题及答案
art I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to a foreign friend who wants to teach English in China. Please recommend a city to him. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
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Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
听力音频MP3文件，点击进入听力真题页面
Section A News Report
Directions： In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report 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.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
1. A) Many facilities were destroyed by a wandering cow.
B) A wandering cow knocked down one of its fences.
C) Some tourists were injured by a wandering cow.
D) A wandering cow was captured by the police.
2. A) It was shot to death by a police officer.
B) It found its way back to the park's zoo.
C) It became a great attraction for tourists.
D) It was sent to the animal control department.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3. A) It is the largest of its kind.
B) It is going to be expanded.
C) It is displaying more fossil specimens.
D) It is staring an online exhibition.
4. A) A collection of bird fossils from Australia.
B) Photographs of certain rare fossil exhibits.
C) Some ancient wall paintings from Australia.
D) Pictures by winners of a wildlife photo contest.
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. A) Pick up trash.
B) Amuse visitors.
C) Deliver messages.
D) Play with children.
6. A) They are especially intelligent.
B) They are children's favorite.
C) They are quite easy to tame.
D) They are clean and pretty.
7. A) Children may be harmed by the rooks.
B) Children may be tempted to drop litter.
C) Children may contract bird diseases.
D) Children may overfeed the rooks.
Section B Conversation
Directions： In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversations you will hear four questions. Both the conversations and the question-s 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.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. A) It will be produced at Harvard University.
B) It will be hosted by famous professors.
C) It will cover different areas of science.
D) It will focus on recent scientific discoveries.
9. A)It will be more futuristic.
B) It will be more systematic.
C) It will be more entertaining.
D) It will be easier to understand.
10. A) People interested in science.
B) Youngsters eager to explore.
C) Children in their early teens.
D) Students majoring in science.
11. A) Offer professional advice.
B) Provide financial support.
C) Help promote it on the Internet.
D) Make episodes for its first season.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) Unsure.
B) Helpless.
C) Concerned.
D) Dissatisfied.
13. A) He is too concerned with being perfect.
B) He loses heart when faced with setbacks.
C) He is too ambitious in achieving goals.
D) He takes on projects beyond his ability.
14. A) Embarrassed.
B) Unconcerned.
C) Miserable.
D) Resentful.
15. A) Try to be optimistic whatever happens.
B) Compare his present with his past only.
C) Always learn from others' achievements.
D) Treat others the way he would be treated.
Section C Passage
Directions： In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four 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.
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) They have a stronger sense of social responsibility.
B) They are more likely to succeed in the humanities.
C) They are more likely to become engineers.
D) They have greater potential to be leaders.
17. A) Praise girls who like to speak up frequently.
B) Encourage girls to solve problems on their own.
c) Insist that boys and girls work together more.
D) Respond more positively to boys' comments.
18. A) Offer personalized teaching materials.
B) Provide a variety of optional courses.
C) Place great emphasis on test scores.
D) Pay extra attention to top students.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) It often rains cats and dogs.
B) It seldom rains in summer time.
C) It does not rain as much as people think.
D) It is one of the most rainy cities in the US.
20. A) They drive most of the time.
B) The rain is usually very light.
C) They have got used to the rain.
D) The rain comes mostly at night.
21. A) It has a lot of places for entertainment.
B) It has never seen thunder and lighting.
C) It has fewer cloudy days than any other coastal city.
D) It has mild weather both in summer and in winter.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) It occurs when people are doing a repetitive activity.
B) It results from exerting one's muscles continuously.
C) It happens when people engage in an uncommon activity.
D) It comes from staining one's muscles in an unusual way.
23. A) Blood flow and body heat increase in the affected area.
B) Body movements in the affected area become difficult.
C) They begin to make repairs immediately.
D) They gradually become fragmented.
24. A) About one week.
B) About two days.
C) About ten days.
D) About four weeks.
25. A) Apply muscle creams.
B) Drink plenty of water.
C) Have a hot shower.
D) Take pain-killers.
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 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.
When travelling overseas, do you buy water in plastic bottles or take your chances with tap water? Imagine you are wandering about on a Thai island or __26__ the ruins of Angkor. It's hot so you grab a bottle of water from a local vendor. It's the safe thing to do, right? The bottle is __27__ , and the label says “pure water”. But maybe what's inside is not so __28__ . Would you still be drinking it if you knew that more than 90 percent of all bottled water sold around the world __29__ microplastics?
That's the conclusion of a recently __30__ study, which analysed 259 bottles from 11 brands sold in nine countries, __31__ an average of 325 plastic particles per litre of water. These microplastics included a __32__ commonly known as PET and widely used in the manufacture of clothing and food and __33__ containers. The study was conducted at the State University of New York on behalf of Orb Media, a journalism organisation. About a million bottles are bought every minute, not only by thirsty tourists but also by many of the 2.1 billion worldwide who live with unsafe drinking water.
Confronted with this __34__ , several bottled-water manufacturers including Nestle and Coca-Cola undertook their own studies using the same methodology. These studies showed that their water did contain microplastics, but far less than the Orb study suggested. Regardless, the World Health Organisation has launched a review into the __35__ health risks of drinking water from plastic bottles.
A) adequate
B) admiring
C) contains
D) defending
E) evidence
F) instant
G) liquid
H) modified
I) natural
J) potential
K) released
L) revealing
M) sealed
N) solves
O) substance
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.
Make Stuff, Fail, And Learn While You're At It
A) We've always been a hands-on, do it-yourself kind of nation. Ben Franklin, one of America's founding fathers, didn't just invent the lightning rod. His creations include glasses, innovative stoves and more.
B) Franklin, who was largely self-taught, may have been a genius, but he wasn't really an exception when it comes to American making and creativity.
C) The personal computing revolution and philosophy of disruptive innovation of Silicon Valley grew, in part, out of the creations of the Homebrew Computer Club, which was founded in a garage in Menlo Park, California, in the mid-1970s. Members-including guys named Jobs and Wozniak-started making and inventing things they couldn't buy.
D) So it's no surprise that the Maker Movement today is thriving in communities and some schools across America. Making is available to ordinary people who aren't tied to big companies, big defense labs or research universities. The maker philosophy echoes old ideas advocated by John Dewey, Montessori, and even ancient Greek philosophers, as we pointed out recently.
E) These maker spaces are often outside of classrooms, and are serving an important educational function. The Maker Movement is rediscovering learning by doing, which is Dewey's phrase from 100 years ago. We are rediscovering Dewey and Montessori and a lot of the practices that they pioneered that have been forgotten or at least put aside. A maker space is a place which can be in a school, but it doesn't look like a classroom. It can be in a library. It can be out in the community. It has tools and materials. It's a place where you get to make things based on your interest and on what you, re learning to do.
F) Ideas about learning by doing have struggled to become mainstream educationally, despite being old concepts from Dewey and Montessori, Plato and Aristotle, and in the American context, Ralph Emerson, on the value of experience and self-reliance. It's not necessarily an efficient way to learn. We learn, in a sense, by trial and error. Learning from experience is something that takes time and patience. It's very individualized. If your goal is to have standardized approaches to learning, where everybody learns the same thing at the same time in the same way, then learning by doing doesn't really fit that mold anymore. It's not the world of textbooks. It's not the world of testing.
G) Learning by doing may not be efficient, but it is effective. Project-based learning has grown in popularity with teachers and administrators. However, project-based learning is not making. Although there is a connection, there is also a distinction. The difference lies in whether the project is in a sense defined and developed by the student or whether it's assigned by a teacher. We'll all get the kids to build a small boat. We are all going to learn about X, Y, and Z. That tends to be one form of project- based learning.
H) I really believe the core idea of making is to have an idea within your head—or you just borrow it from someone—and begin to develop it, repeat it and improve it. Then, realize that idea somehow. That thing that you make is valuable to you and you can share it with others. I'm interested in how these things are expressions of that person, their ideas, and their interactions with the world.
I) In some ways, a lot of forms of making in school trivialize （使变得无足轻重） making. The thing that you make has no value to you. Once you are done demonstrating whatever concept was in the; textbook, you throw away the pipe cleaners, the straws, the cardboard tubes.
J) Making should be student-directed and student-led, otherwise it's boring. It doesn't have the motivation of the student. I'm not saying that students should not learn concepts or not learn skills. They do. But to really harness their motivation is to build upon their interest. It's to let them be in control and to drive the car.
K) Teachers should aim to build a supportive, creative environment for students to do this work. A very social environment, where they are learning from each other. When they have a problem, it isn't the teacher necessarily coming in to solve it. They are responsible for working through that problem. It might be they have to talk to other students in the class to help get an answer.
L) The teacher's role is more of a coach or observer. Sometimes, to people, it sounds like this is a diminished role for teachers. I think it's a heightened role. You're creating this environment, like a maker space. You have 20 kids doing different things. You are watching them and really it's the human behaviors you're looking at. Are they engaged? Are they developing and repeating their project? Are they stumbling （受挫）？ Do they need something that they don't have? Can you help them be aware of where they are?
M) My belief is that the goal of making is not to get every kid to be hands-on, but it enables us to be good learners. It's not the knowledge that is valuable; it's the practice of learning new things and understanding how things work. These are processes that you are developing so that you are able, over time, to tackle more interesting problems, more challenging problems-problems that require many people instead of one person, and many skills instead of one.
N) If teachers keep it form-free and student-led, it can still be tied to a curriculum and an educational plan. I think a maker space is more like a library in that there are multiple subjects and multiple things that you can learn. What seems to be missing in school is how these subjects integrate, how they fit t together in any meaningful way. Rather than saying, “This is science, over here is history,” I see schools taking this idea of projects and looking at: How do they support children in higher level learning?
O) I feel like this is a shift away from a subject matter-based curriculum to a more experiential curriculum or learning. It's still in its early stages, but I think it's shifting around not what kids learn but how they learn.
36.A maker space is where people make things according to their personal interests.
37.The teachers, role is enhanced in a maker space as they have to monitor and facilitate during the process.
38.Coming up with an idea of one's own or improving one from others is key to the concept of making.
39.Contrary to structured learning, learning by doing is highly individualized.
40.America is a nation known for the idea of making things by oneself.
41.Making will be boring unless students are able to take charge.
42.Making can be related to a project, but it is created and carried out by students themselves.
43.The author suggests incorporating the idea of a maker space into a school curriculum.
44.The maker concept is a modern version of some ancient philosophical ideas.
45.Making is not taken seriously in school when students are asked to make something meaningless to them based on textbooks.
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.
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
Professor Ashok Goel of Georgia Tech developed an artificially intelligent teaching assistant to help handle the enormous number of student questions in the online class, Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence. This online course is a core requirement of Georgia Tech's online Master of Science in Computer Science program. Professor Goel already had eight teaching assistants, but that wasn't enough to deal with the overwhelming number of daily questions from students.
Many students drop out of online courses because of the lack of teaching support. When students feel isolated or confused and reach out with questions that go unanswered, their motivation to continue begins to fade. Professor Goel decided to do something to remedy this situation and his solution was to create a virtual assistant named Jill Watson, which is based on the IBM Watson platform.
Goel and his team developed several versions of Jill Watson before releasing her to the online forums. At first, the virtual assistant wasn't too great. But Goel and his team sourced the online discussion forum to find all the 40,000 questions that had ever been asked since the class was launched. Then they began to feed Jill with the questions and answers. After some adjustments and sufficient time, Jill was able to answer the students' questions correctly 97% of the time. The virtual assistant became so advanced and realistic that the students didn't know she was a computer. The students, who were studying artificial intelligence, were interacting with the virtual assistant and couldn't tell it apart from a real human being. Goel didn't inform them about Jill's true identity until April 26. The students were actually very positive about the experience.
The goal of Professor Goel's virtual assistant next year is to take over answering 40% of all the questions posed by students on the online forum. The name Jill Watson will, of course, change to something else next semester. Professor Goel has a much rosier outlook on the future of artificial intelligence than, say, Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates or Steve Wozniak.
46. What do we lear about Knowledge-Based Arificial Itelligence?
A) It is a robot that can answer students' questions.
B) It is a course designed for students to leamn online.
C) It is a high-tech device that revolutionizes teaching.
D) It is a computer program that aids student leaming.
47. What problem did Professor Goel meet with?
A) His students were unsatisfied with the assistants.
B) His course was too difficult for the students.
C) Students' questions were too many to handle.
D) Too many students dropped out of his course.
48. What do we lear about Jill Watson?
A) She turned out to be a great sucess.
B) She got along pretty well with students.
C) She was unwelcome to students at first.
D) She was released online as an experiment.
49. How did the students feel about Jill Watson?
A) They thought she was a bit too artificial.
B) They found her not as capable as expected.
C) They could not but admire her knowledge.
D) They could not tell her from a real person.
50. What does Professor Goel plan to do next with Jill Watson?
A) Launch different versions of her online.
B) Feed her with new questions and answers.
C) Assign her to answer more of students' questions.
D) Encourage students to interact with her more freely.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
Thinking small, being engaging, and having a sense of humor don't hurt. Those are a few of the traits of successful science crowdfunding efforts that emerge from a recent study that examined nearly 400 campaigns. But having a large network and some promotional skills may be more crucial.
Crowdfunding, raising money for a project through online appeals, has taken off in recent years for everything from making movies to producing water-saving gadgets. Scientists have tried to tap Internet donors, too, with mixed success. Some raised more than twice their goals, but others have fallen short of reaching even modest targets.
To determine what separates science crowdfunding triumphs from failures, a team led by science communications scholar Mike Sch?fer of the University of Zurich examined the content of the webpages for 371 recent campaigns.
Four traits stood out for those that achieved their goals, the researchers report in Public Understanding of Science. For one, they use a crowdfunding platform that specializes in raising money for science, and not just any kind of project. Although sites like Kickstarter take all comers, platforms such as Experiment.com and Petridish.org only present scientific projects. For another, they present the project with a funny video because good visuals and a sense of humor improved success. Most of them engage with potential donors, since projects that answered questions from interested donors fared better. And they target a small amount of money. The projects included in the study raised $4,000 on average, with 30% receiving less than $1,000. The more money a project sought, the lower the chance it reached its goal, the researchers found.
Other factors may also significantly influence a project's success, most notably, the size of a scientist's personal and professional networks, and how much a researcher promotes a project on their own. Those two factors are by far more critical than the content on the page. Crowdfunding can be part of researchers' efforts to reach the public, and people give because “they feel a connection to the person” who is doing the fundraising—not necessarily to the science.
51. What do we learn about the scientists trying to raise money online for their projects?
A) They did not raise much due to modest targets.
B) They made use of mixed fundraising strategies.
C) Not all of them achieved their anticipated goals.
D) Most of them put movies online for the purpose.
52. What is the purpose of Mike Schafer' s research of recent crowdfunding campaigns?
A) To create atractive content for science websites.
B) To identify reasons for their different outcomes.
C) To help scientists to launch innovative projects.
D) To separate science projects from general ones.
53. What trait contributes to the success of a crowdfiunding campaign?
A) The potential benefit to future generations.
B) Its interaction with prospective donors.
C) Its originality in addressing financial issues.
D) The value of the proposed project.
54. What did the researchers think of the financial targets of crowdfunding projects?
A) They should be small to be sucessful.
B) They should be based on actual needs.
C) They should be assed with great care.
D) They should be ambitious to gain notice.
55. What motivates people to donate in a crowdfunding campaign?
A) The ease of access to the content of the webpage.
B) Their desire to contribute to the cause of science.
C) The significance and influence of the project itself.
D) Their feeling of connection to the scientists themselves.
Part Ⅳ Translation (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
中国家庭十分重视孩子的教育。许多父母认为应该努力工作，确保孩子受到良好教育。他们不仅非常情愿为孩子的教育投资，而且花很多时间督促他们学习。多数家长希望孩子能上名牌大学。由于改革开放，越来越多的家长能送孩子到国外学习或参与国际交流项目，以拓宽其视野。通过这些努力，他们期望孩子健康成长，为国家的发展和繁荣作出贡献。
Part Ⅰ Writing
Hi Mark,
I'm so glad that you have made up your mind to teach English in China. Before you make a decision about your precise destination, let me introduce my hometown, Chongqing.
Located in southwest China, Chongqing may not enjoy worldwide fame as much as Beijing or Shanghai, but it is a thriving metropolis with lower cost of living. Working and living here, you can achieve your career goals without feeling too much stress. The locals are known for being warm and hospitable, and you can teach in a way that feels good for you. To be sure, teaching a foreign language in a city where residents speak a dialect all the time can be very challenging. It takes time indeed to correct pronunciation mistakes each student makes. But since you are always praised for your kindness and patience, it should hardly be an obstacle for you.
Anyway, I will support and help you as much as possible, whichever city you go to. I believe living and teaching in China will be a pleasant and memorable experience for you.
Best wishes,
Li Ming
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension
1. D
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. C
9. C
10. A
11. B
12. D
13. A
14. C
15. B
16. C
17. D
18. A
19. C
20. B
21. D
22. D
23. A
24. B
25. C
Part III Reading Comprehension
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36-45：EICGK FBJDH
46-55：BCADC CBBAD
Part IV Translation
Chinese families attach great importance to their children's education. Many parents hold that they should work hard to ensure their children's access to good education. Not only are they perfectly willing to invest in their children's education, but they also spend much time urging them to study. Most parents expect their children to get admitted to elite universities. Owing to China s reform and opening-up, an increasing number of parents can send their children to study abroad or participate in international exchange programs to broaden their horizons. Through these efforts, they expect their children grow up strong and healthy and make a contribution to the nation's development and prosperity.
篇3：英语专业四级真题
The fact that we often get our reading material online today is not something we should worry over. The electronic and digital revolution of the last two decades has arguably shown the way forward for reading and for writing. Take the arrival of e-book readers as an example. Devices like Kindle make reading more convenient and are a lot more environmentally friendly than the traditional paper book.
As technology makes new ways of writing possible, new ways of reading are possible. Interconnectivity allows for the possibility of a reading experience that was barely imaginable before. Where traditional books had to make do with photographs and illustrations, an e-book can provide readers with an unlimited number of links: to texts, pictures, and videos. In the future, the way people write novels, history, and philosophy will resemble nothing seen in the past.
On the other hand, there is the danger of trivialization. One Twitter group is offering its followers single-sentence-long “digests” of the great novels. War and Peace in a sentence? You must be joking. We should fear the fragmentation of reading. There is the danger that the high-speed connectivity of the Internet will reduce our attention span - that we will be incapable of reading anything of length or which requires deep concentration.
In such a fast-changing world, in which reality seems to be remade each day, we need the ability to focus and understand what is happening to us. This has always been the function of literature and we should be careful not to let it disappear. Our society needs to be able to imagine the possibility of someone utterly in tune with modern technology but able to make sense of a dynamic, confusing world.
In the 15th century, Johannes Guttenberg's invention of the printing press in Europe had a huge impact on civilization. Once upon a time the physical book was a challenging thing. We should remember this before we assume that technology is out to destroy traditional culture.
81. Which of the following paragraphs briefly reviews the historical challenges for reading?
A. Paragraph One. B. Paragraph Two. C. Paragraph Three. D. Paragraph Four.
82. The following are all cited as advantages of e-books EXCEPT _____.
A. multimodal content B. environmental friendliness
C. convenience for readers D. imaginative design
83. Which of the following can best describe how the author feels toward single-sentence-long novels?
A. Ironic B. Worried. C. Sarcastic. D. Doubtful.
84. According to the passage, people need knowledge of modern technology and _____ to survive in the fast-changing society.
A. good judgment B. high sensitivity
C. good imagination D. the ability to focus
85. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Technology pushes the way forward for reading and writing.
B. Interconnectivity is a feature of new reading experience.
C. Technology is an opportunity and a challenge for traditional reading.
D. Technology offers a greater variety of reading practice.
TEXT B
I know when the snow melts and the first robins (知更鸟) come to call, when the laughter of children returns to the parks and playgrounds, something wonderful is about to happen.
Spring cleaning.
I'll admit spring cleaning is a difficult notion for modern families to grasp. Today's busy families hardly have time to load the dishwasher, much less clean the doormat. Asking the family to spend the weekend collecting winter dog piles from the melting snow in the backyard is like announcing there will be no more Wi-Fi. It interrupts the natural order.
“Honey, what say we spend the weekend beating the rugs, sorting through the boxes in the basement and painting our bedroom a nice lemony yellow?” I say.
“Can we at least wait until the NBA matches are over?” my husband answers.
But I tell my family, spring cleaning can't wait. The temperature has risen just enough to melt snow but not enough for Little League practice to start. Some flowers are peeking out of the thawing ground, but there is no lawn to seed, nor garden to tend. Newly wakened from our winter's hibernation (冬眠), yet still needing extra blankets at night, we open our windows to the first fresh air floating on the breeze and all of the natural world demanding “Awake and be clean!”
Biologists offer a theory about this primal impulse to clean out every drawer and closet in the house at spring's first light, which has to do with melatonin, the sleepytime hormone (激素) our bodies produce when it's dark. When spring's light comes, the melatonin diminishes, and suddenly we are awakened to the dusty, virus-filled house we've been hibernating in for four months.
篇4：英语专业四级真题
I tell my family about the science and psychology of a good healthy cleaning at spring's arrival. I speak to them about life's greatest rewards waiting in the removal of soap scum from the bathtub, which hasn't been properly cleaned since the first snowfall.
“I'll do it,” says the eldest child, a 21-year-old college student who lives at home.
“You will? Wow!” I exclaim.
Maybe after all these years, he's finally grasped the concept. Maybe he's expressing his rightful position as eldest child and role model. Or maybe he's going to Florida for a break in a couple of weeks and he's being nice to me who is the financial-aid officer.
No matter. Seeing my adult son willingly cleaning that dirty bathtub gives me hope for the future of his 12-year-old brother who, instead of working, is found to be sleeping in the seat of the window he is supposed to be cleaning.
“Awake and be clean!” I say.
86. According to the passage, “...spring cleaning is a difficult notion for modern families to grasp” means that spring cleaning _____.
A. is no longer an easy practice to understand.
B. is no longer part of modern family life.
C. requires more family members to be involved.
D. calls for more complicated skills and knowledge.
87. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be included in family spring cleaning?
A. Beating the rugs. B. Cleaning the window.
C. Restoring Wi-Fi services. D. Cleaning the backyard.
88. Why does the author say “spring cleaning can't wait”?
A. Because there will be more activities when it gets warmer.
B. Because the air is fresher and the breeze is lighter.
C. Because the whole family is full of energy at spring time.
D. Because the snow is melting and the ground is thawing.
89. Which of the following interpretations of the biologists' theory about melatonin is INCORRECT?
A. The production of melatonin in our bodies varies at different times.
B. Melatonin is more likely to cause sleepiness in our bodies.
C. The reduction of melatonin will cause wakefulness in our bodies.
D. The amount of melatonin remains constant in our bodies.
90. Which of the following can best sum up the author's overall reaction to her adult son's positive response to spring cleaning?
A. Surprised and skeptical. B. Elated and hesitant.
C. Relieved and optimistic. D. Optimistic and hesitant.
TEXT C
These days lots of young Japanese do omiai, literally, “meet and look.” Many of them do so willingly. In today's prosperous and increasingly conservative Japan, the traditional omiai kekkon, or arranged marriage, is thriving.
But there is a difference. In the original omiai, the young Japanese couldn't reject the partner chosen by his parents and their middleman. After World War II, many Japanese abandoned the arranged marriage as part of their rush to adopt the more democratic ways of their American conquerors. The Western ren'ai kekkon, or love marriage, became popular; Japanese began picking their own mates by dating and falling in love.
But the Western way was often found wanting in an important respect: it didn't necessarily produce a partner of the right economic, social, and educational qualifications. “Today's young people are quite calculating,” says Chieko Akiyama, a social commentator.
What seems to be happening now is a repetition of a familiar process in the country's history, the “Japanization” of an adopted foreign practice. The Western ideal of marrying for love is accommodated in a new omiai in which both parties are free to reject the match. “Omiai is evolving into a sort of stylized introduction,” Mrs. Akiyama says.
Many young Japanese now date in their early twenties, but with no thought of marriage. When they reach the age - in the middle twenties for women, the late twenties for men - they increasingly turn to omiai. Some studies suggest that as many as 40 % of marriages each year are omiai kekkon. It's hard to be sure, say those who study the matter, because many Japanese couples, when polled, describe their marriage as a love match even if it was arranged.
These days, doing omiai often means going to a computer matching service rather than to a nakodo. The nakodo of tradition was an old woman who knew all the kids in the neighbourhood and went around trying to pair them off by speaking to their parents; a successful match would bring her a wedding invitation and a gift of money. But Japanese today find it's less awkward to reject a proposed partner if the nakodo is a computer.
篇5：英语专业四级真题
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS
-GRADE FOUR-
TIME LIMIT: 135 MIN
PART I DICTATION [15 MIN]
Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN]
In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on Answer Sheet Two.
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the conversation.
1. Which of the statements about the auto show is INCORRECT?
A. The show will have more stands this year.
B. The show will have more visitors this year.
C. The number of overseas visitors will be the same this year.
D. The number of exhibition days will be the same this year.
2. According to the conversation, the price for a stand would include _____.
A. a catalogue B. a poster C. two desks D. four chairs
3. During the conversation, the man seems to be more interested in _____.
A. the size of the show B. the cost of the stand
C. the basic furniture D. the visitor number
Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the conversation.
4. What is Jim interested in?
A. Investing in the company's product. B. Buying a new educational computer.
C. Joining the computer company. D. Reading the campaign plan.
5. The advertisements will be placed in all the following EXCEPT _____.
A. family magazines B. Sunday newspapers
C. morning television D. teenage magazines
6. The advertisements are intended to be seen by _____.
A. parents only B. children only C. school teachers D. whole families
7. Linda sounds _____ about the success of the campaign plan.
A. confident B. hesitant C. uncertain D. delighted
Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the conversation.
8. John has worked in all the following places EXCEPT _____.
A. a book shop B. a paper factory C. a school D. a fast-food restaurant
9. From the conversation, we learn that John _____.
A. has no interest B. has only one interest
C. has two interests D. has quite a few interests
10. Sue Green seems to be more interested in John's experience of ____.
A. working in a paper factory B. working in a youth club
C. looking after his brother and sister D. looking after his young friends
SECTION B PASSAGES
In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
11. According to the passage, the average age of the fleet of Delta/Northwest is _____.
A. 10 years B. 14 years C. 16 years D. 20 years.
12. It can be learned from the passage that _____.
A. air journeys are quite often far from comfortable
B. air travellers usually enjoy luxury during flight
C. air travellers usually enjoy upgraded conditions
D. airlines always provide good in-flight entertainment
13. Older planes can stay safe for more than 25 years because of the following EXCEPT _____.
A. new engines B. strong materials C. proper maintenance D. new interior
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
14. Which job will involve supervising workers using dangerous equipment?
篇6：英语专业四级真题
A. Assistant site manager. B. Carpenter supervisor.
C. Assembly supervisor. D. Automobile service station manager.
15. Who will also decide on the prices of products and services?
A. Airlines' flight service manager. B. Automobile service station manager.
C. Assistant site manager. D. Carpenter supervisor.
16. Who may also do some of the work he supervises?
A. Assistant site manager. B. Airlines' flight service manager.
C. Assembly supervisor. D. Carpenter supervisor.
17. Which job offers the highest salary?
A. Assistant site manager. B. Automobile service station manager.
C. Carpenter supervisor. D. Airlines' flight service manager.
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
18. Where were the two men filmed?
A. In the jewelry shop. B. In the City Mall.
C. Near the lorry. D. In the parking lot.
19. Witnesses saw the two men _____.
A. leave the lorry together. B. leave the lorry without hoods.
C. run back to the lorry separately. D. run back to the lorry without hoods.
20. Which of the following details is CORRECT?
A. The lorry was originally painted white. B. The lorry had no registration plates.
C. The shorter man was the passenger. D. The taller man was the driver.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
21. What did NASA's Constellation Programme originally plan to do?
A. To set up a moon colony by .
B. To send astronauts again to the moon by 2020.
C. To continue the current shuttle missions till 2020.
D. To create more jobs for NASA till 2020.
22. NASA's Constellation Programme would be cancelled mainly because _____.
A. there were more important space missions.
B. the space agency lacked funding for the programme.
C. the current shuttle missions would continue.
D. Congress failed to pass President Obama's budget.
Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
23. The Russian cargo ship was sinking. What was the direct cause?
A. No explanation of the problem. B. Long distance away from land.
C. Slow rescue efforts. D. Severe weather.
24. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a possible means of rescue?
A. Aircraft. B. Tugboat. C. Nearby cargo ship. D. Vessels at the oil rig.
Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
25. Why did the singers meet in Hollywood?
A. To raise money for African humanitarian efforts.
B. To raise money for Haitian earthquake victims.
C. To sing in memory of Michael Jackson.
D. To make a recording of the original version of the song.
26. Which of the following details about the news is INCORRECT?
A. The organizer is one of the co-writers of the first song
B. Singers will use the same recording studio as in 1985.
C. The recording session is expected to last long.
D. Stars from the original version will take part.
Questions 27 and 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
27. The additional 2 billion dollars will mainly be used to _____.
A. upgrade its network capacity B. improve customer services
C. develop new products D. market more iPhones
28. Where does AT&T face difficulties in particular?
A. Nationwide. B. Overseas. C. In large cities. D. In remote towns.
Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
29. Where is the presence of security patrols most evident?
A. Where matches take place. B. Where protests may take place.
C. In downtown Vancouver. D. Around the athletes' village.
篇7：英语专业四级真题
30. What is this news item mainly about?
A. Political protests during the Olympics. B. Security operations during the Olympics.
C. Olympics' security forces. D. Security measures in buildings.
PART III CLOZE [15 MIN]
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on Answer Sheet Two.
“Congratulations, Mr. Cooper. It's a girl.”
Fatherhood is going to have a different meaning and (31) _____ a different response from every man who hears these words. Some feel (32) _____ when they receive the news, (33) _____ others worry, wondering whether they will be good fathers. (34) _____ there are some men who like children and may have had (35) experience with them, others do not particularly (36) _____ children and spend little time with them. Many fathers and mothers have been planning and looking forward to children for some time. (37) _____ other couples, pregnancy was an accident that both husband and wife have (38) _____ willingly or unwillingly.
Whatever the (39) _____ to the birth of a child, it is obvious the shift from the role of husband to (40) _____ of a father is a difficult task. (41) _____, unfortunately, few attempts have been made to (42) _____ fathers in this resocialization (43) _____. Although numerous books have been written about mothers, (44) _____ recently has literature focused on the (45) _____ of a father.
It is argued that the transition to the father's role, although difficult, is not (46) _____ as great as the transition the wife must (47) _____ to the mother's role. The mother's role seems to require a complete (48) _____ in daily routine. (49) _____, the father's role is less demanding and (50) _____.
31. A. bring down B. bring forth C. bring off D. bring in
32. A. emotional B. sentimental C. bewildered D. proud
33. A. while B. when C. if D. as
34. A. When B. If C. Although D. Yet
35. A. considerate B. considerable C. considering D. considered
36. A. care about B. care of C. care with D. care for
37. A. For B. Of C. From D. Upon
38. A. received B. taken C. accepted D. obtained
39. A. reply B. reaction C. readiness D. reality
40. A. what B. this C. one D. that
41 .A. As a result B. For example C. Yet D. Also
42. A. educate B. cultivate C. inform D. convert
43. A. step B. process C. point D. time
44. A./ B. just C. quite D. only
45. A. role B. work C. career D. position
46. A. a little B. just C. nearly D. almost
47. A. take B. make C. carry D. accept
48. A. transformation B. realization C. socialization D. reception
49. A. In addition B. Above all C. Generally D. However
50. A. current B. immediate C. present D. quick
PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN]
There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two.
51. My uncle is quite worn out from years of hard work. He is no longer the man _____ he was fifteen years ago.
A. which B. whom C. who D. that
52. Which of the following sentences is a COMMAND?
A. Beg your pardon. B. Have a good time.
C. Never do that again! D. What noise you are making!
53. Which of the following italicized phrases indicates purpose?
A. She said it for fun, but others took her seriously.
B. For all its effort, the team didn't win the match.
C. Linda has worked for the firm for twenty years.
D. He set out for Beijing yesterday.
54. When you have finished with the book, don't forget to return it to Tim, _____?
A. do you B. will you C. don't you D. won't you
55. In phrases like freezing cold, burning hot, or soaking wet, the -ING participle is used _____.
A. as a command B. as a condition C. for concession D. for emphasis
56. Which of the following italicized phrases is INCORRECT?
A. The city is now ten times its original size.
B. I wish I had two times his strength.
C. The seller asked for double the usual price.
D. They come here four times every year.
57. It is not so much the language _____ the cultural background that makes the book difficult to understand.
A. as B. nor C. but D. like
58. Which of the following italicized parts is used as an object?
A. What do you think has happened to her?
篇8：英语专业四级真题
The current economy is challenging. Some of her clients' sales have declined, but she's found new clients and improved efficiencies to help sustain the company's double-digit growth.
Cordia Harrington doesn't have to stand on her feet all day anymore. Two of her three sons now work for her. And she's remarried - her husband, Tom, is now her CFO.
“This is more than a job,” says Harrington. “It's a mission. I'm always thinking, How can we best serve our employees? If we support them, they'll do their best to look after our clients. That's how it works here.”
96. According to the passage, which of the following was most significant in her early career?
A. Her nomination on the McDonald's bun committee.
B. Her travel and the visits to bakeries around the world.
C. A business contract with local bun suppliers.
D. The interviews and experience in running a bakery.
97. “Harrington...made sure she was never off executives' radar” (Paragraph Four) means that
she _____.
A. herself wanted to be a company executive
B. meant to hire executives to run the business
C. meant to keep her management knowledge and skills
D. focused on the management of the bakery business
98. How did she survive the crisis at the start of her bakery business?
A. By supplying buns for another company.
B. By opening her bun company ahead of schedule.
C. By keeping supplies up for McDonald's.
D. By making a new agreement with McDonald's.
99. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT in describing her current business?
A. It is fast growing. B. It is diversified.
C. Its clients are all local. D. It is more efficient.
100. According to the passage, which of the following is fundamental to Harrington's success?
A. Efficiency and love for the family. B. Perseverance and concern for employees.
C. Business expansion and family support. D. Opportunities and speed.
PART VI WRITING [45 MIN]
SECTION A COMPOSITION [35 MIN]
Recently government agencies in some big cities have been studying the possibility of putting a “pollution tax” on private cars. The amount of tax private car owners would have to pay would depend on the emission levels, i.e. engine or vehicle size. This has caused quite a stir among the public. Some regard it as an effective way to control the number of cars and reduce pollution in the city. But others don't think so. What is your opinion?
Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:
Should Private Car Owners be Taxed for Pollution?
You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.
In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your opinion.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, language and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING [10 MIN]
Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation:
During the summer vacation you would like to invite your best friend to your home town.
Write a note to him/her, extending your invitation and telling him/her how to get to your home
town.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, language and appropriateness.
篇9：英语专业四级真题
B. Who do you think the visiting professor is?
C. How much do you think he earns every month?
D. How quickly would you say he would come?
59. The additional work will take _____ weeks.
A. the other B. another two C. other two D. the more
60. Which of the following italicized parts is a subject clause (主语从句)?
A. We are quite certain that we will get there in time.
B. He has to face the fact that there will be no pay rise this year.
C. She said that she had seen the man earlier that morning.
D. It is sheer luck that the miners are still alive after ten days.
61. It's getting late. I'd rather you _____ now.
A. left B. leave C. are leaving D. will leave
62. In the sentence “The manager interviewed Jim himself in the morning”, the italicized word is used to modify _____.
A. the object B. the verb C. the subject D. the prepositional phrase
63. There is no doubt _____ the couple did the right thing in coming back home earlier than planned.
A. whether B. that C. why D. when
64. The sentence that expresses OFFER is _____.
A. I'll get some drinks. What'll you have? B. Does she need to book a ticket now?
C. May I know your name? D. Can you return the book next week?
65. Which of the following italicized phrases indicates a subject-predicate relation (主谓关系)?
A. Mr. Smith's passport has been issued.
B. The visitor's arrival was reported in the news.
C. John's travel details have not been finalized.
D. The new bookstore sells children's stories.
66. Our office has recently _____ to a new computer system.
A. altered B. converted C. transformed D. modified
67. The crowd went _____ as soon as the singer stepped onto the stage.
A. wild B. emotional C. uncontrolled D. unrestricted
68. Our school library is _____ closed for repairs.
A. Shortly B. quickly C. temporarily D. rapidly
69. John is up to his eves in work at the moment. The underlined part means _____.
A. very excited B. very busy C. very tired D. very efficient
70. Victoria bumped into her brother quite by chance in the supermarket. The underlined word means _____.
A. risk B. opportunity C. possibility D. luck
71. “Look at those pretty girls' skirts” is _____, because it is not clear whether the girls or the skirts are “pretty”.
A. ambiguous B. hidden C. indirect D. indistinct
72. House repairs, holidays, school fees and other _____ have reduced his bank balance to almost nothing.
A. amount B. payment C. expenses D. figures
73. It was really _____ of you to remember my birthday.
A. grateful B. thoughtful C. considerable D. generous
74. You can go to a travel agency and ask for a holiday _____.
A. introduction B. advertisement C. book D. brochure
75. The city government is building more roads to _____.
A. accommodate B. receive C. accept D. hold
76. They've lifted a two-year-long economic _____ on the country.
A. enclosure B. restriction C. blockade D. prohibition
77. Everyone is surprised that she has fallen out with her boy friend. The underlined part means _____.
A. left B. quarreled C. attacked D. defeated
78. His plan is carefully prepared and full of details, so it is a very _____ one.
A. elaborate B. refined C. ambitious D. complex
79. The girl's voice was so low that we could ______ hear her.
A. seldom B. almost C. only D. barely
80. She must have been pretty _____ to fall for such an old trick.
A. interested B. gullible C. enthusiastic D. shrewd
PART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN]
In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.
Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two.
TEXT A
We have a crisis on our hands. You mean global warming? The world economy? No, the decline of reading. People are just not doing it anymore, especially the young. Who's responsible? Actually, it's more like, What is responsible? The Internet, of course, and everything that comes with it C Facebook, Twitter (微博). You can write your own list.
There's been a warning about the imminent death of literate civilization for a long time. In the 20th century, first it was the movies, then radio, then television that seemed to spell doom for the written world. None did. Reading survived; in fact it not only survived, it has flourished. The world is more literate than ever before C there are more and more readers, and more and more books.
篇10：四级听力真题
In a recent study carried out by psychologists on the disruptive effects of smart phones, two groups of college students were given word-search puzzles. The first group was told to complete the puzzles with its participants' smart phones in their line of sight. The second group, however, was told that the phones would interfere with the equipment in the experiment and would need be moved away from the testing area. Midway through the second group's solving of the puzzles, the experiment called one of the phones and let it ring for a while before hanging up. Many of the students in that group were unable to focus from then on, becoming anxious and performing more poorly than the first group.
在心理学家最近就智能手机的弊端展开的一项研究中，两组大学生分到了一项玩拼单词游戏的任务。第一组被告知，游戏期间，他们的智能手机要放在他们的视线之内。第二组则被告知，手机会干扰实验使用的设备，故需要将其放到测试区之外。第二组进行游戏任务期间，实验方给该组成员的一部手机打了电话，让它响了一会儿，然后挂断了电话。该组的很多同学后续都变得无法集中注意力，变得很焦虑，游戏表现也比第一组更差。
Use of electronics has also been known to lead to a decline in human interactions. Rather than having real-life conversations, many express emotions and engage in deep conversations through social media sites. Many students use their phones and computers during class for non-academic activities, which leads to poor grades. Perhaps the most dramatic impact is the reduction in amount of sleep, which lead to poor health and weight gain.
众所周知，使用电子产品还会导致人与人接触的减少。相比在现实生活中进行交谈，很多人都选择了通过社交网站表达情感或进行深入对话。许多学生还会在课堂上用手机和电脑做跟课堂无关的事情，继而出现成绩不佳的问题。最为严重的影响或许要数睡眠时间的减少，这一问题还会进一步导致健康状况不佳和体重增加。
Technology is a great tool. However, it's important to recognize its downsides. Lack of sleep, reduction of productivity, and weight gain are only a few. If we are not careful about all these mind problems right now, the effect on the future generation is going to be much bigger.
技术确实是非常不错的工具。然而，认识其缺陷也很重要。睡眠不足、生产力下降，体重增加都仅仅是很小的一部分影响。如果我们现在不小心处理所有这些心理问题，那智能手机对下一代的影响还会更加严重。
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
请根据刚才所听文章回答22-25题。
Q22 What were the college students in both groups required to do in the study?
问题22：两组大学生都被要求在研究中做些什么？
Q23 What do we learn about many of the students in the second test group after the phone ring?
问题23：电话响起后，第二个测试组的许多学生怎么了？
Q24 According to the passage, what is the most dramatic impact of smart phone use?
Q24：根据文章，使用智能手机最大的影响是什么？
Q25 What does the speaker suggest people do?
问题25：演讲者建议大家怎么做？
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