大学英语四级考试试题真题 (二)

大学英语四级考试试题真题

PartIIIVocabularyandStructure(20minutes)

Directions:Thereare30incompletesentencesinthispart.Foreach

sentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).ChoosetheONE

answerthatbestcompletesthesentence.Thenmarkthecorresponding

letterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

31.Suchcrimesmaybesocomplexthatmonthsoryearsgobybefore

anyonethem.

A)discoveredB)willdiscoverC)wouldhavediscoveredD)

discovers

32.Thoughinabigcity,Peteralwayspreferstopaintthe

primitivescenesofcountrylife.

A)grownB)raisedC)tendedD)cultivated

33.Thecarelessmanreceivedaticketforspeeding.Hehave

drivensofast.

A)can,tB)wouldn'tC)shouldn'tD)mustn't

34.lfpeoplefeelhopeless,theydon'tbothertotheskillsthey

needtosucceed.

A)adoptB)acquireC)accumulateD)assemble

35.IfIharderatschool,Iwouldbesittinginacomfortableoffice

now.

A)workedB)weretoworkC)hadworkedD)wereworking

36.Theshopassistantwasdismissedasshewasofcheating

customers.

A)accusedB)chargedC)scoldedD)cursed

37.Allherenergiesareuponherchildrenandsheseemsto

havelittletimeforanythingelse.

A)guidedB)aimedC)directedD)focused

38.Whilecrossingthemountainarea,allthemencarriedgunslestthey

bywildanimals.

A)shouldbeattackedB)hadbeenattackedC)mustbeattackedD)

wouldbeattacked

39.Everyoneshouldbetoadecentstandardoflivingand

anopportunitytobeeducated.

A)attributedB)entitledC)identifiedD)justified

40.Hiswifeisconstantlyfindingwithhim,whichmakeshim

veryangry.

A)errorsB)shortcomingsC)faultD)flaw

41.Vitaminsarecomplexthatthebodyrequiresinverysmall

amounts.

A)mattersB)materialsC)particlesD)substances

42.Apartfromcaringforherchildren,shehastotakeonsuchheavy

houseworkascarryingwaterandfirewood.

A)timeconsumedB)timelyconsumedC)timeconsumingD)

timelyconsuming

43.Annawasreadingapieceofsciencefiction,completelyto

theoutsideworld.

A)havingbeenlostB)tobelostC)losingD)lost

44.Thepolicearetryingtofindouttheofthewomankilledin

thetrafficaccident.

A)evidenceB)recognitionC)statusD)identity

45.Allhumanbeingshaveacomfortablezoneregulatingthethey

keepfromsomeonetheytalkwith.

A)distanceB)scopeC)rangeD)boundary

46.Wehaveplannedanexcitingpublicitywithouradvertisers.

A)struggleB)battleC)campaignD)conflict

47.thehelpoftheirgroup,wewouldnothavesucceededin

theinvestigation.

A)BesidesB)RegardlessofC)ButforD)Despite

48.muchisknownaboutwhatoccursduringsleep,theprecise

functionofsleepanditsdifferentstagesremainslargelyintherealmof

assumption.

A)BecauseB)ForC)SinceD)While

49Johndoesn'tbelieveinmedicine;hehassomeremediesofhis

own.

A)standardB)regularC)routineD)conventional

50.0wingtocompetitionamongtheairlines,travelexpense

havebeenreducedconsiderably.

A)fierceB)strainedC)eagerD)critical

51.Theyalwaysgivethevacantseatstocomesfirst.

A)whoeverB)whomeverC)whoD)whom

52.InAfrica,educationalcostsareverylowforthosewhoare

enoughtogetintouniversities.

A)ambitiousB)fortuanteC)aggressiveD)substantial

53.ProfessorWang,forhisinformativelectures,waswarmly

receivedbyhisstudents.A)knowingB)tobeknownC)

knownD)havingknown

54.0urmanagerisanimportantcustomernowandhewillbe

backthisafternoon.

A)callingonB)callingupC)callinginD)callingfor

55.Afireenginemusthavepriorityasitusuallyhastodealwithsome

kindof.

A)precautionB)crisisC)emergencyD)urgency

56.Hesaidthatthedrivermusthavehadanaccident;otherwisehe

bythen.

A)wouldhavearrivedB)shouldarriveC)musthavearrivedD)

wouldarrive

57.Thefilmprovidesadeepintoawiderangeofhuman

qualitiesandfeelings.

A)insightB)fancyC)imaginationD)outlook

58.ltishightimethatsuchpractices.

A)areendedB)beendedC)wereendedD)mustbe

ended

59.Urbancrowdednesswouldbegreatlyrelievedifonlythe

chargedonpublictransportweremorereasonable.

A)feesB)paymentsC)faresD)costs

6O.Thedoctorhadalmostlosthopeatonepoint,butthepatientfinally

A)pulledoutB)pulledupC)pulledthroughD)pulledover

PartIVCloze(15minutes)

Directions:Thereare20blanksinthefollowingpassage.Foreachblank

therearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD)ontherightsideofthe

paper.YoushouldchoosetheONEthatbestfitsintothepassage.Then

markthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasingleline

throughthecentre.

Alanguageisasignalingsystemwhichoperateswithsymbolic

vocalsounds(语声),andwhichisusedbyagroupofpeopleforthe

purposeofcommunication.

Let'slookatthis61inmoredetailbecauseitislanguage,more

thananythingelse,62distinguishesmanfromtherestofthe

63world.

Otheranimals,itistrue,communicatewithoneanotherby64

ofcries:forexample,manybirdsutter65callsattheapproach

ofdanger;monkeysutter66cries,suchasexpression_rsofanger,

fearandpleasure.67thesevariousmeansofcommunication

differinimportantways68humanlanguage.Forinstance,

animals'criesdonot69thoughtsandfeelingsclearly.Thismeans

basically,thattheylackstructure.Theylackthekindofstructurethat

70ustodivideahumanutteranceinto71.

Wecanchangeanutteranceby72onewordinitwith73

:agoodillustrationofthisisasoldierwhocansay,e.g"tanks

approachingfromthenorth',,74whocanchangeonewordand

say"aircraftapproachingfromthenorth"or"tanksapproachingfrom

thewest";butabirdhasasinglealarmcry,75means"danger!"

Thisiswhythenumberof76thatananimalcanmakeisvery

limited:thegreattit（山雀）isacase77point;ithasabout

twentydifferentcalls,78inhumanlanguagethenumberof

possibleutterancesis79.Italsoexplainswhyanimalcriesare

very80inmeaning.

61.A)classificationB)definitionC)functionD)perception

62.A)thatB)itC)asD)what

63.A)nativeB)humanC)physicalD)animal

64.A)waysB)meansC)methodsD)approaches

65.A)matingB)excitingC)warningD)boring

66.A)identicalB)excitingC)differentD)unfamiliar

67.A)ButB)ThereforeC)AfterwardsD)Furtherm

68.A)aboutB)withC)fromD)in

69.A)inferB)explainC)interpretD)express

70.A)encourageB)enablesC)enforcesD)ensures

71.A)speechesB)soundsC)wordsD)voices

72.A)replacingB)spellingC)pronouncingD)saying

73.A)oursB)theirsC)anotherD)others

74.A)soB)andC)butD)or

75.A)thisB)thatC)whichD)it

76.A)signsB)gesturesC)signalsD)marks

77.A)inB)atC)ofD)for

78.A)whereasB)sinceC)anyhowD)somehow

79.A)boundlessB)changeableC)limitlessD)ceaseless

80.A)ordinaryB)alikeC)commonD)general

试卷二

PartI

SectionBCompoundDictation

Directions:Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Whenthe

passageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforits

generalidea.Thenlistentothepassageagain.Whenthepassageisread

forthesecondtime,youarerequiredtofillintheblanksnumberedSIto

S7withtheexactwordsyouhavejustheard.Forblanksnumberedfrom

S8toS10youarerequiredtofillinthemissinginformation.Youcan

eitherusetheexactwordsyouhavejustheardorwritedownthemain

pointsinyourownwords.Finally,whenthepassageisreadforthethird

time,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.

It'sdifficulttoimaginetheseaeverrunningoutoffish.It'ssovast,so

deep,so(SI).Unfortunately,it'snotbottomless.

Overfishing,(S2)withdestructivefishingpractices,iskillingoff

thefishand(S3)theirenvironment.

Destroythefish,andyoudestroythefishermen'smeansofliving.At

least60(S4)oftheworld'scommerciallyimportantfish

(S5)arealreadyoverfished,orfishedtothelimit.Asa

result,governmentshavehadtoclosedownsomeareasofseato

commercialfishing.

Big,hightechfleets(S6)thateverythingintheirpath

ispulledoutofwater.Anythingtoosmall,orthewrongthing,isthrown

backeitherdeadordying.That'san(S7)ofmorethan20

millionmetrictonseveryyear.

(S8).

Insomepartsoftheworld,foreverykilogramofprawns(对虾)

caught,upto15kilogramsofunsuspectingfishandothermarine

wildlifedie,simplyforbeinginthewrongplaceatthewrongtime.

True,(S9),beforeeveryoceanbecomes

adeadsea.

(S10),thencatchtheminawaythatdoesn't

killotherinnocentsealife.

PartVWriting(30minutes)

Directions:Forthispart,youareallowedthirtyminutestowritea

compositiononthetopicItPaystoBeHonest.Youshouldwriteatleast

120wordsaccordingtotheoutlinegivenbelowinChinese:

1.当前社会上存在着许多不诚实的现象

2.诚实利人利己，做人应该诚实

参考答案

PartIListeningComprehension

SectionA

1-10:BDDBADBACB

SectionB

SImysteriousS2coupledS3ruiningS4percentS5species

S6ensureS7average

S8Whenyouconsiderthatequalsaquarteroftheworldcatch,you

begintoseethesidesoftheproblem.

S9somecountriesarebeginningtodealwiththisproblem,butit'svital

wefindrationalwaysoffishing

S10Itwouldmakesensetogivethefishenoughoftimetorecover,grow

tofullsizeandreproduce

PartIIReadingComprehension

Passageone11-15:ACBDA

Passagetwo16-20:ABDBD

Passagethree21-25:DCCBA

Passagefour26-30:ACDDB

PartIIIVocabularyandStructure

31-60:DBCBCADABCDCDDABCDDAABBACAACBB

PartIVCloze

61-80:BADBCCACDBCACDCCAACD

PartVWriting

写作指导:写文章之前，应该先花上一分钟时间好好地审一下题。这

是一篇命题作文，题目是ItPaystoBeHonest。其中payto意为“有

利，值得”。因此文章应围绕“做人诚实非常值得”这一主题展开。

在指令中给了中文提纲，所以按照提纲，第一段应介绍当前社会存在

着许多不诚实的现象，如商人卖假货欺骗顾客，学生考试作弊欺骗老

师等等，同时在这一段应表明自己对这种现象的反感。

第二段提出观点诚实利人利己，做人应该诚实。并用具体的例子来

说明这一点，例子可以是正面的，也可以是反面的。如范文中用的

就是“狼来了”的反面例子。最后，结尾应强调做人应该诚实，这

是人的基本素质。

SampleWriting:ItPaystoBeHonest

Fromthemassmediaandalsowithourowneyes,weknowmuch

dishonestbehaviourexistedinoursociety.Forexample,businessmen

sellfakeproductstocheattheircustomers;studentscopyotherone's

homeworkordownloadillicitpaperfromInternettocheattheir

teachers;andevenworse,therearemedicalpersonproducefake

medicineharmingthepatients.Seeingoursocietyisfilledwithsomany

dishonestphenomena,Ican'thelpaskingmyselfwhat'swrongwithus?

Whenwewereveryyoungweweretaughttheimportanceofbeing

honest.Iamsureeveryonemuststillrememberthatstory“wolfis

coming”.Inthestorythechildkeptcheatingotherpeoplethatwolfwas

coming,butwhenthewolfreallycame,nobodytrustedhiswordsandhe

finallysufferedhisowndishonesty.Alsowehaveheardmanystories

thatpeoplebenefitfromtheirvirtuesofhonesty.

Sosincewehavealreadyknownbeinghonestbenefitbothourselves

andotherpeople,whymanyofusarestilldishonest?Ihopeeveryone

tobearinmindthatbeinghonestisthebasicqualityofhumanbeing

andthenwewon'tbeafraidofany"wolf".

录音文字材料

PartIListeningComprehension

SectionA

l.M:Mary,wouldyoujoinmefordinnertonight?

W:Youtreatedmelastweekend.Now,it'smyturn.Shallwetry

somethingItalian?

Q:Whatdowelearnfromtheconversation?

2.W:Goodafternoon.I'mcallingtoinquireaboutthefourbedroom

houseyouadvertisedinthenewspaper.

M:Iamsorry,butit'salreadysold.

Q:Whatdowelearnaboutthehousefromtheconversation?

3.W:John,whatareyoudoingonyourcomputer?Don'tyouremember

yourpromise?

M:Thisisnotagame.It'sonlyacrosswordpuzzlethathelpsincrease

myvocabulary.

Q:Whatistheprobablerelationshipbetweenthespeakers?

4.M:Doyoustillkeepintouchwithyourparentsregularlyafterallthese

years?

W:Yes,ofcourse.Icallthematweekendswhentheratesaredownfifty

percent.

Q:Whatdowelearnfromthewomanfromtheconversation?

5.M:Hurry,thereisabuscoming.

W:Whyrun?Therewillbeanotheroneintwoorthreeminutes.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?

6.M:Wow,that'sabigassignmentwegotfortheEnglishclass.

W:Well,it'snotasbadasitlooks.Itisn'tdueuntilThursdaymorning.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?

7.W:Hello,isthatSteve?I'mstuckinatrafficjam.I'mafraidIcan'tmake

itbeforeseveno'clock.

M:Nevermind.I'llbeherewaitingforyou.

Q:Whatdowelearnfromtheconversation?

8.M:Youreallyseemtoenjoyyourliteratureclass.

W:You'reright.Ithasopenedanewworldforme.I'mexposedtothe

thoughtsofsomeoftheworld'sbestwriters.I'veneverreadsomuchin

mylife.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?

9.W:Listentome,Joe,theexamisalreadyathingofthepast.Justforget

aboutit.

M:That'seasiersaidthandone.

Q:Whatcanweinferfromtheconversation?

10.M:Ihearyoudrivealongwaytoworkeveryday.

W:Oh,yes.It'sa