四级真题12月第一套

1、听力题1. A) the woman should mix the ingredients thoroughlyB) the dressing makes the mixed salad very invitingC) the restaurant is known for its food varietiesD) the restaurant offers some special cash today2. A) he took over the firm from MaryB) he is opening a new consulting firmC) he failed to fores

2、ee major problemsD) he is running a successful business3. A) the printer in the office has run out of paperB) the man may find the supplies in the cabinetC) the man can leave the discs in the office cabinetD) someone should be put in charge of office supplies4. A) the woman can use his glasses to re

3、adB) he has the dictionary the woman wantsC) the dictionary is not of much help to himD) he has to use a magnifying glass to see clearly5. A) seeking professional adviceB) adding some office furnitureC) redecorating her officeD)majoring in interior design6. A) shortage of container shipsB) improveme

4、nt of port facilitiesC) delayed shipment of goodsD) problems in port management7. A) a colleagueB) their bossC) their workloadD) a coffee machine8.A) call the hotel manager for helpB) get an expert to correct the errorC) hold the banquet at a different placeD) postpone the event until a later date长对

5、话9. A) he cooks dinner for the family occasionallyB) he dines out from time to time with friendsC) he shares some of the household dutiesD) he often goes back home late for dinner10. A) to take him to dinnerB) to discuss an urgent problemC) to talk about a budget planD) to pass on an important messa

6、ge11. A) foreign investors are losing confidence in Indias economyB) Many multinational enterprises are withdraw from IndiaC) there is a sharp increase in Indias balance of payment deficitD) there are wild fluctuations in the international money market12. A) they try to adapt to their changing roles

7、B) they form a more realistic picture of lifeC) they may not be prepared for a lifelong relationshipD) they have unrealistic expectations about the other half13. A) he is lucky to be able to do what he lovesB) he is able to meet many interesting peopleC) he is able to forget all the trouble in his l

8、ifeD) he is lucky to have visited many exotic people14. A) it is stressfulB) it is full of funC) it is all glamourD) it is challenging15. A) amazedB) botheredC) puzzledD) excited短文理解16. A) Learn to be respectful in a hierarchical organizationB) Follow closely the fast development of technologyC) Lea

9、rn new ways of relating and working togetherD) Maintain the traditional organizational culture17. A) How the team is built to keep improving its performanceB) What type of personnel the team should be composed of.C) How the team integrates with what it is supposed to serveD) What qualifications team

10、 members should be equipped with.18. A) A team manager must set very clear and high objectivesB) Teams must consist of members from different cultures.C) Team members should be knowledgeable and creative.D) A team manager should develop a certain set of skills.19. A) It is allowing people to share i

11、nformation on the WebB) It started off as a successful program but was unable to last longC) It was mainly used by scientists and technical people to exchange text.D) It is a platform for sharing ideas on teaching at the University of 111linois20.A) He visited a number of famous computer scientists.

12、B) He met with an entrepreneur named Jim ClarkC) He invested in a leading computer business.D) He sold a program developed by his friends.21. A) They trusted his computer expertise.B) They had confidence in his new ideas.C) They were very keen on new technology.D) They believed in his business conne

13、ctions.22 A) word-of-mouth advertisingB) Distributing free trial products.C) Prestige advertising.D) Institutional advertising23 A) To sell a particular product.B) To attract high-end customersC) To promote a specific service.D) To build up their reputation.24 A) By creating their own ads and commer

14、cials.B) By buying media space in leading newspapers.C) By hiring their own professional advertising staff.D)By using the services of large advertising agencies.25 A) Conduct a large-scale survey on customer needsB) specify the objectives of the campaign in detail.C) pre-test alternative ads or comm

15、ercials in certain regions.D) Decide on what specific means of communication to employ.听写：Extinction is a difficult concept to grasp. It is an 26 _ concept. Its not at all like the killing of individuals lifeforms that can be renewed through normal processes of reproduction. Nor is it simply 27 _ nu

16、mbers. Nor is it damage that can somehow be remedied or for which some substitute can be found. Nor is it something that simply affects our own generation. Nor is it something that could be remedies by some supernatural power. IT is rather an 28 _ and final act for which there is no remedy on earth

17、or in heaven. A species once extinct is gone forever. However many generations 29_ us in coming centuries, none of them will ever see this species that we extinguish.Not only are we bring about the extinction of life 30 _, we are also making the land and the air and the sea so toxic that the very co

18、nditions of life are being destroyed. 31_ basic natural resources, not only are the nonrenewable resources being 32_ in a frenzy(疯狂) of processing, consuming , and 33_, but we are also ruining much of our renewable resources, such as the very soil itself on which terrestrial(地球上的) life depends.The c

19、hange that is taking place on earth and in our minds is one of the greatest changes ever to take place in human affairs, perhaps the greatest, since what we are talking about is not simply another historical change or cultural 34_, but a change of geological and biological as well as psychological o

20、rder of 35_参考答案：短对话：1-8 BDBDCAAC长对话：9-15 DDCDACD短文理解：16-25 CCDABBADDC听写：Extinction is a difficult concept to grasp. It is an 26 _eternal_ concept. Its not at all like the killing of individuals lifeforms that can be renewed through normal processes of reproduction. Nor is it simply 27 _diminishing_

21、numbers. Nor is it damage that can somehow be remedied or for which some substitute can be found. Nor is it something that simply affects our own generation. Nor is it something that could be remedies by some supernatural power. IT is rather an 28 _absolute_ and final act for which there is no remed

22、y on earth or in heaven. A species once extinct is gone forever. However many generations 29_succeed_ us in coming centuries, none of them will ever see this species that we extinguish.Not only are we bring about the extinction of life 30 _on a vast scale_, we are also making the land and the air an

23、d the sea so toxic that the very conditions of life are being destroyed. 31_As regards_ basic natural resources, not only are the nonrenewable resources being 32_used up_ in a frenzy(疯狂) of processing, consuming , and 33_disposing_, but we are also ruining much of our renewable resources, such as th

24、e very soil itself on which terrestrial(地球上的) life depends.阅读理解The change that is taking place on earth and in our minds is one of the greatest changes ever to take place in human affairs, perhaps the greatest, since what we are talking about is not simply another historical change or cultural 34_mo

25、dification_, but a change of geological and biological as well as psychological order of 35_magnitude_Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. Scholars of the informnation society are divided over whether social inequality decreases or increases in an information-based society.However,

26、they generally agree with the idea that inequality in the information society is 36 different from that of an industrial society.As informatization progresses in society，the cause and structural nature of social inequality changes as well. It seems that the informnation society 37 the quantity of in

27、formation available to the members of a society by revolutionizing the ways of using and exchanging information. But such a view is a 38 analysis based on the quantity of information supplied by various forn1s of the mass media. A Different 39 is possible when the actual amount of information 40 by

28、the user is taken into account.In fact， the more information 41 throughout the entire society， the wider the gap becomes between information haves and information have-nots，leading to digital divide. According to recent studies， digital divide has been caused by three major 42 class,sex,and generati

29、on. In terms of class， digital divide exists among different types of workers and between the upper and middle classes and the lower class. With 43 to sex， digital divide exists between men and women. The greatest gap， however， is between the Net-generation, 44 personal computers and the Internet，an

30、d the older generation, 45 to an industrial society. A)accustomed B)acquired C)assembly D)attribute E)chanlpions F)elements G)expands H)familiar I)flows J)fundamentally K)interpretationL)passive M)regard N)respectively O)superficial 2.长篇阅读（匹配意思相近的选项）Joy: A Subject Schools Lack Becoming educated shou

31、ld not require giving up pleasure. AWhen Jonathan Swift proposed， in 1729，that the people ofIreland eat their children， he insisted it would solve three problems at once: feed the hungry masses，reduce the population during a severe depression， and stimulate the restaurant business. Even as a satire

32、(讽刺)， it seems disgusting and shocking inAmerica with its child-centered culture. But actually， the country is closer to his proposal than you might think. BIf you spend much time with educators and policy makers， youll hear a lot of the following words: standards， results， skills， self-control， acc

33、ountability and so on. I have visited some of the newer supposedly effective schools， where children shout slogans in order to learn self-control or must stand behind their desk when they cant sit still. C A look at what goes on in most classrooms these days makes it abundantly clear that when peopl

34、e think about education，they are not thinking about what it feels like to be a child， or what makes childhood an important and valuable stage of life in its own right. DIm a mother of three， a teacher， and a developmental psychologist. SoIve watched a lot of children-talking，playing，arguing,eating,s

35、tudying, and being young. Heres whatIve come to understand. The thing that sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance， nor their lack of skills.Its their enormous capacity for joy. Think of a 3-year-old lost in the pleasures of finding out what he can and cannot sink in the bathtub， a 5-

36、year-old beside herself with the thrill of putting together strings of nonsensical words with her best friends， or an ll-year-old completely absorbed in a fascinating comic strip. A childs ability to become deeply absorbed in something，and derive intense pleasure from that absorption， is something a

37、dults spend the rest of their lives trying to return to. E A friend told me the following story. One day， when he went to get his 7-year-old son from soccer practice， his kid greeted him with a downcast face and a sad voice. The coach had criticized him for not focusing on his soccer drills. The lit

38、tle boy walked out of the school with his head and shoulders hanging down. He seemed wrapped in sadness. But just before he reached the car door， he suddenly stopped， crouching (蹲伏) down to peer at something on the sidewalk.His face went down lower and lower， and then， with complete joy he called ou

39、t， Dad. Come here. This is the strangest bugIve ever seen.It has， like， a million legs. Lok at this.”Its amazing. He looked up at his father， his features overflowing with energy and delight. Cant we stay here for just a minute? I want to find out what he does with all those legs.This is the coolest

40、 ever. F The traditional view of such moments is that they constitute a charming but irrelevant byproduct of youth-something to be pushed aside to make room for more important qualities， like perseverance (坚持不懈)， obligation， and practicality. Yet moments like this one are just the kind of intense ab

41、sorption and pleasure adults spend the rest of their lives seeking. Human lives are governed by the desire to experience joy. Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures， conducting exp

42、eriments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub， and debating serious issues rather than stringing together nonsense words， for example.In some cases， schools should help children find new，more grown-up ways of doing the same things that are constant sources of joy: making art， making friends， makin

43、g decisions.G Building on a childs ability to feel joy， rather than pushing it aside， wouldnt be that hard.It would just require a shift in the education worlds mindset (思维模式).Instead of trying to get children to work hard， why not focus on getting them to take pleasure in meaningful， productive act

44、ivity， like making things， working with others， exploring ideas， and solving problems? These focuses are not so different from the things in which they delight. H Before you brush this argument aside as rubbish， or think of joy as an unaffordable luxury in a nation where there is awful poverty， low

45、academic achievement， and high dropout rates， think again. The more horrible the school circumstances， the more inlportant pleasure is to achieving any educa- tional success. I Many of the assignments and rules teachers come up with， often because they are pressured by their administrators， treat pl

46、easure and joy as the enemies of competence and responsibility.The assump- tion is that children shouldnt chat in the classroom because it hinders hard work; instead， they should Ie缸n to delay gratification (快乐) so that they can pursue abstract goals， like going to college. J Not only is a boring an

47、d awful way to treat children， it makes no sense educationally. Decades of research have shown that in order to acquire skills and real knowledge in school， kids need to want to learn. You can force a child to stay in his or her seat， fill out a worksheet， or practice division. But you cant force th

48、e child to think carefully， eflioy books， digest complex information， or develop a taste for learning. To make that happen， you have to help the child fmd pleasure in learning-to see school as a source of joy. K Adults tend to talk about learning as if were medicine: unpleasant， but necessary and go

49、od for you.Why not instead think of learning as if it were food-something so valuable to humans that they have evolved to experience it as a pleasure? L Joy should not be tratned out of children or left for after-school programs. The more difficult a childs life circumstances， the more important it

50、is for that child to find joy in his or her classroom. Pleasure is not a dirty word.And it doesnt run counter to the goals of public education.It is，in fact，the precondition. 46. It will not be difficult to make learning a source of joy if educators change their way of thinking.47. What distinguishe

51、s children from adults is their strong ability to derive joy from what they are doing48. Children in America are being treated with shocking cruelty. 49. It is hunlan nature to seek joy in life.50. Grown-ups are likely to think that learning to children is what medicine is to patients. 51. Bad schoo

52、l conditions make it all the more important t turn learning into joyful experience. 52. Adults do not consider childrens feelings when it comes to education. 53. Administrators seem to believe that only hard work will lead children to their educational goals. 54. In the so-called effective schools，

53、children are taught self-contro1 under a set of strict rules.55. To make learning effective，educators have to ensure that children want to learn. 3.仔细阅读Section C Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage. When its five oclock， people leave their office. The length of the workday， for man

54、y workers， is defined by time. They leave when the clock tells them theyre done. These days，the time is everywhere: not just on clocks or watches， but on cell-phone and computers，That may be a bad thling， particularly at work. New research shows that clock-based work schedules hinder morale (士气) and

55、 creativity Clock-timers organize their day by blocks of minutes and hours. For example: a meeting from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.， research from 10 a.m. to noon， etc. On the other hand， task-timers have a list of things they want to accomplish.They work down the list， each task starts when the previous task

56、 is completed.It is said that all of us employ a mix of both these types of planning. What,then，are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one make us moreproductive? Better at the tasks at hand? Happier?In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet andAnne- Laure Sellier， they h

57、ad participants organize different activities-from project planning， holiday shopping，to yoga-by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under clock time vs task time.They found clock timers to be more efficient but less happy because they felt little control over their lives. Task timers are happier and morecreative， but less productive. They tend to enjoy the moment when something good is happening， and seize opportunities that come up. The researchers argue that task-based organizing tends to be undervalued and under-supported in th