大学英语四级考试试题真题17

大学英语四级考试试题真题PartIListeningComprehension(20minutes)SectionADirections:Inthissection,youwillhear10shortconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionwillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD),anddecidewhichisthebestanswerThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.Example:Youwillhear:Youwillread:Attheeoffice.Inthewaitingroom.Attheairport.Inarestaurant.Fromtileconversationweknowthatthetwoweretalkingaboutsomeworktheyhadtofinishintheevening.Thisconversationismostlikelytohavetakenplaceattheoffice.Therefore,A)"Attheoffice"isthebestansweryoushouldchoose[A]ontheAnswerSheetandmarkitwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.SampleAnswer[A][B][C]ID]A)WaitforBob.C)GoandpickBobup.GolookforBob.D)GiveBobaphonecall.A)Lifeinthesuburbsislonely.C)Sheisworkinginthecity.Jobsareeasiertofindinthecity.D)It'slessexpensivel/ringinthecity.A)Inalibrary.C)Atapublishinghouse.Atabookstore.D)Inaprintingshop.A)Theycomedownstairs.C)Theytrytothinkofasolution.Thewomanfindasparekey.D)Thewomanbemorecarefulnexttime.A)Sendingane-mail.C)Workinginanoffice.Doingspellingpractice.D)Talkingonthephone.A)Goshoppingwiththeman.C)Goforaridearoundtown.C)Haveapicnic.D)Buysomethingforthepicnic.A)Thewomangotawrongclasspermit.Thewomanmisplacedherclasspermitforbiology.Thewomanarrivedforregistrationtooearly.Thewomanmissedregistrationforthebiologycourse.A)ThemanisplanningtovisitNewYork.ThewomanwillstayinNewYorkalongtime.ThewomanlikestheweatherinNewYorkverymuch.It'squitecoldinNewYorknow.A)Themanforgottoputthetoysintheirsuitcase.Anoldladytookthecouple'ssuitcaseforherown.Thecouple'ssuitcasewasstolenintherestaurant.Theoldladysittingnexttothecouplelikestoysverymuch.A)She'sleavingforHongKongwithBill.She'sgoingtosaygood-byetoBill.She'sgoingtobuyanairticket.She'sflyingtoHongKong.SectionBDirections:Inthissection,youwillhear3shortpassages.Attheendofeachpassage.youwillhearsomequestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.PassageOneQuestions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.A)Theyclosethehotelduringlowseasons.Theyemployasfewworkersaspossible.Theyeachdojobstheyaregoodat.Theyhireonlyretiredworkers.A)Book-keeping.C)Stafftraining.Cleaningandwashingup.D)Gardeningandflowerarranging.A)Theymaketheirguestsfeelathome.Theyprovidedeliciousfood.Theyhavetheirhotelbeautifullydecorated.Theygivepartiesregularlyfortheirvisitors.PassageTwoQuestions14to17arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.A)Tocashacheek.C)Togethisprize.Torobthebank.D)Towithdrawhisdeposit.A)Acarmechanic.C)Amovieactor.Aradioannouncer.D)Abankemployee.A)Theycalledthepolice.C)Theyhelpedhimfindlargebills.Theypressedthealarm.D)Theylethimdowhathewantedto.A)Hewaslimitedbytimeandthesizeofhispockets.Themaximumsumallowedwas55,000.Largebillswerenotwithinhisreach.Hewasafraidthatbewouldbecaughtonthespot.PassageThreeQuestions18to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.A)Aprofessionaldiver.C)ArescuerontheGoldenGateBridge.Atelephoneoperator.D)AguardontheGoldenGateBridge.A)Someoneonthebridgeisbeingattacked.Someoneisthreateningtodestroythebridge.Someoneonthebridgeisattemptingtokillhimself.Someonehasfallenoffthebridge.A)Remindthemthattheyhavechildrentotakecareof.Trytocommunicatewiththemfirst.Callthemothertocomefightaway.Helpthemtogetoutoftheirmisty.PartIIReadingComprehension(35minutes)Directions:Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelingthroughthecentre.PassageOneQuestions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage.AboutsixyearsagoIwaseatinglunchinarestaurantinNewYorkCitywhenawomanandayoungboysatdownatthenexttable,Icouldn'thelpoverhearingpartsoftheirconversation.Atonepointthewomanasked:"So,howhaveyoubeen?"Andtheboy—whocouldnothavebeenmorethansevenoreightyearsold—replied."Frankly,I'vebeenfeelingalittledepressedlately.''Thisincidentstuckinmymindbecauseitconfirmedmygrowingbeliefthatchildrenarechanging.AsfarasIcanremember,myfriendsandIdidn'tfindoutwewere“depressed”untilwewereinhighschool.Theevidenceofachangeinchildrenhasincreasedsteadilyinrecentyears.Childrendon’tseemchildlikeanymore.Childrenspeakmorelikeadults,dressmorelikeadultsandbehavemorelikeadultsthantheyusedto.Whetherthisisgoodorbadisdifficulttosay,butitcertainlyisdifferent.Childhoodasitoncewasnolongerexists,Why?Humandevelopmentisbasednotonlyoninnate（天生的）biologicalstates,butalsoonpatternsofaccesstosocialknowledge.Movementfromonesocialrotetoanotherusuallyinvolveslearningthesecretsofthenewstatus.Childrenhavealwaysbeentaughtadultsecrets,butslowlyandinstages:traditionally,wetellsixthgradersthingswekeephiddenfromfifthgraders.Inthelast30years.however,asecret-revelation(揭示)machinehasbeeninstalledin98percentofAmericanhomes.Itiscalledtelevision,Televisionpassesinformation,andindiscriminately(不力口区分地),toallviewersalike,betheychildrenoradults.Unabletoresistthetemptation,manychildrenturntheirattentionfromprintedtextstothelesschallenging,morevividmovingpictures.Communicationthroughprint,asamatteroffact,allowsforagreatdealofcontroloverthesocialinformationtowhichchildrenhaveaccess.Readingandwritinginvolveacomplexcodeofsymbolsthatmustbememorizedandpractices.Childrenmustreadsimplebooksbeforetheycanreadcomplexmaterials.Accordingtotheauthor,feelingdepressedis.somethinghardlytobeexpectedinayoungchildamentalscalepresentinallhumans,includingchildrenaninevitablehasofchildren'smentaldevelopmentasuresignofapsychologicalprobleminachildTraditionally,achildissupposedtolearnabouttheadultworldthroughcontactwithsocietyC)throughexposuretosocialinformationgraduallyandunderguidanceD)naturallyandbybiologicalinstinctThephenomenonthattodayschildrenseemadultlikeisattributedbytheauthorto.theconstantlyrisingstandardoflivingthewidespreadinfluenceoftelevisionthepoorarrangementofteachingcontentthefastpaceofhumanintellectualdevelopmentWhyistheauthorinfavorofcommunicationthroughprintforchildren?Itcancontrolwhatchildrenaretolearn.Ithelpschildrentomemorizeandpracticemore.Itenableschildrentogainmoresocialinformation.Itdevelopschildren'sinterestinreadingandwriting.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofthechangeintoday'schildren?Heseemstobeupsetaboutit.Heconsidersitapositivedevelopment.Hefeelsamusedbychairprematurebehavior.Hethinksitisaphenomenonworthyofnote.PassageTwoQuestions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage."Opinion"isawordthatisusedcarelesslytoday.Itisusedtorefertomattersoftaste,belief,andjudgment.Thiscasualusewouldprobablycauselittleconfusionifpeopledidn’tattachtoomuchimportancetoopinion.Unfortunately,mosttoattachgreatimportancetoit."Ihaveasmuchrighttomyopinionasyoutoyours,''and''Everyone'sentitledtohisopinion,''arecommonexpression_rs.Infact,anyonewhowouldchallengeanother'sopinionislikelytobebrandedintolerant.Isthatlabelaccurate?Isitintoleranttochallengeanother'sopinion?Itdependsonwhatdefinitionofopinionyouhaveinmind.Forexample,youmayaskafriend''WhatdoyouthinkofthenewFordcars?"Andhemayreply,"Inmyopinion,they'reugly."Inthiscase,itwouldnotonlybeintoleranttochallengehisstatement,butfoolish.Forit'sobviousthatbyopinionhemeanshispersonalpreference,amatteroftaste.Andastheoldsayinggoes,''It'spointlesstoargueaboutmattersoftaste."Butconsiderthisverydifferentuseoftheterm,anewspaperreportsthattheSupremeCourthasdelivereditsopinioninacontroversialcase.Obviouslythejusticesdidnotshaletheirpersonalpreferences,theirmerelikesanddislikes,theystatedtheirconsideredjudgment,painstakinglyarrivedatafterthoroughinquiryanddeliberation.Mostofwhatisreferredtoasopinionfallssomewherebetweenthesetwoextremes.Itisnotanexpression_roftaste.Norisitcarefuljudgment.Yetitmaycontainelementsofboth.Itisavieworbeliefmoreorlesscasuallyarrivedat,withorwithoutexaminingtheevidence.Iseveryoneentitledtohisopinion?Ofcourse,thisisnotonlypermitted,butguaranteed.Wearefreetoactonouropinionsonlysolongas,indoingso,wedonotharmothers.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE,accordingtotheauthor?Casualuseoftheword“opinion”oftenbringsaboutquarrels.Mostpeopletendtobecarelessinformingtheiropinions.Freeexpression_rofopinionsoftenleadstoconfusion.Everyonehasarighttoholdhisownopinion.Accordingtotheauthor,whoofthefollowingwouldbelaboredasintolerant?Someonewhoseopinionharm.otherpeople.Someonewhovaluesonlytheirownopinions.Someonewhocan'tputupwithothers'tastes.Someonewhoturnsadeafeartoothers'opinions.ThenewFordcarsarecitedasanexampletoshowthatitisfoolishtocriticizeafamousbrandpersonaltastesarenotsomethingtobechallengeditisunwisetoexpressone'slikesanddislikesinpubliconeshouldnotalwaysagreetoothers'opinionsConsideredjudgmentisdifferentfrompersonalpreferenceinthat.itisbasedoncarefulthoughtitisstatedbyjudgesinthecourtitreflectspubliclikeanddislikesitisaresultofalotofcontroversyAsindicatedinthepassage,beingfreetoactonone'sopiniondoesn'tmeanthatonehastherighttochargeotherswithoutevidencemeansthatonecanimposehispre6ereaccsonothersdoesn'tmeanthatonehastherighttodothingsatwillmeansthatonecanignoreotherpeople'scriticismPassageThreeQuestions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Arecentstudy,publishedinlastweek’sJournaloftheAmericanMedicalAssociation,offersapictureofhowriskyitistogetaliftfromateenagedriver,Indeed,a16-year-olddriverwiththreeormorepassengersisthreetimesaslikelytohaveafatalaccidentasateenagerdrivingalone,Bycontrast,theriskofdeathfordriversbetween30and59decreaseswitheachadditionalpassenger.Theauthorsalsofoundthatthedeathratesforteenagedriversincreaseddramaticallyafter10p.m.,andespeciallyaftermidnight,Withpassengersinthecar,thedriverwasevenmorelikelytodieinalate-nightaccident.RobertFoss,ascientistattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaHighwaySafetyResearchCenter,saysthehigherdeathratesforteenagedrivershavelesstodowith“reallystupidbehavior“thanwithjustalackofdrivingexperience.“Thebasicissue.”Besays,“isthatadultswhoareresponsibleforissuinglicensesfailtorecognizehowcomplexandskilledataskdrivingis.”Bothheandtheauthorofthestudybelievethatthewaytomitigate（使 缓解）theproblemistohavestatesinstituteso-calledgraduatedlicensingsystems,inwhichgettingalicenseisamultistageprocess.Agraduatedlicenserequiresthatateenagerfirstprovehimselfcapableofdrivinginthepresenceofanadult,followedbyaperiodofdrivingwithnightofpassengerrestrictions,beforegraduatingtofulldrivingprivileges.Graduatedlicensingsystemshavereducedteenagedrivercrashes,accordingtorecentstudies,AbouthalfofthestatesnowhavesomesortofgraduatedLicensingsysteminplace,butonly10ofthosestateshaverestrictionsonpassengers,Californiaisthestrictest,withanovice(新手)driverprohibitedfromcarryingany