2014年12月英语四级考试真题以及答案(第1套)-共13页.pdf

2014 年 12 月四级真题（第 1 套）注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。Part Listening Comprehension(30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the end of each conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After each question there will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choices marked A,B,C andD,and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。1.A The woman is fussy about the cleanness of the apartment.B He has not cleaned the apartment since his mothers visit.C He does not remember when his mother canoe over.D His mother often helps him to clean the apartment.2.A The bus stop is only two minutes walk.B The nmning made him short of breath.C They might as well take the next bus.D The woman is late by a couple of minutes.3.A She is suffering a pain in her neck.B She is likely to replace Miss Smith.C She has to do extra work for a few days.D She is quite sick of working overtime.4.A Change her job.B Buy a dishwasher.C Open a flower shop.D Start her own business.5.A He forgot where he had left the package.B He slipped on his way to the post office.C He wanted to deliver the package himself.D He failed to do what he promised to do.6.A The speakers do not agree with each other.B The woman does not like horror films.C The man pays for the tickets as a rule.D The speakers happened to meet in the cinema.7.A The woman is just as unlucky as the man.B The woman is more sensitive than the man.C The speakers share a common view on love.D The speakers are unhappy with their marriage.8.A Preparations for a forum.B Participants in the forum.C Organizers of a forum.D Expectations of the forum.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9.A France.B Scandinavia.C Russia.D East Europe.10.A More women will be promoted in the workplace.B More women will overcome their inadequacies.C More women will receive higher education.D More women will work outside the family.11.A Try hard to protect womens rights.B Educate men to respect women more.C Help women acquire more professional skills.D Spend more time changing womens attitudes.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A In a restaurant.B In a hotel lobby.C At the mans office.D At the womans place.13.A He is the chief designer of the latest bike model.B He has completed an overseas market survey.C He is the Managing Director of Jayal Motors.D He has just come back from a trip to Africa.14.A To select the right model.B To get a good import agent.C To convince the board members.D To cut down production costs.15.A His flexibility.B His vision.C His intelligence.D His determination.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hoar 3 short passages.At tho end of each passage,you will hoar some questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose tho best answer from tho four choices marked A,B,CandD.Then mark tho corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through tho centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A How being an identical twin influences ones identity.B Why some identical twins keep their identities secret.C Why some identical twins were separated from birth.D How identical twins are born,raised and educated.17.A Their second wives were named Linda.B They grew up in different surroundings.C Their first children were both daughters.D They both got married when they were 39.18.A They want to fred out the relationship between environment and biology.B They want to see what characteristics distinguish one from the other.C They want to understand how twins communicate when far apart.D They want to know whether twins can feel each others pain.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A It is especially attractive to children and the young.B It is the first choice of vacationers on the Continent.C It is as comfortable as living in a permanent house.D It is an inexpensive way.of spending a holiday.20.A It has a solid plastic frame.B It consists of an inner and an outer tent.C It is very convenient to set up.D It is sold to many Continental countries.21.A A groundsheet.B A gas stove.C A kitchen extension.D A spare tent.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22.A It covers 179 square miles.B It is as big as New York City.C It covers 97 square kilometers.D It is only half the size of Spain.23.A Its geographic features attracted many visitors.B Its citizens enjoyed a peaceful,comfortable life.C It imported food from foreign countries.D It was cut off from the rest of the world.24.A The fast development of its neighboring countries.B The increasing investment by developed countries.C The building of roads connecting it with neighboring countries.D The establishing of diplomatic relations with France and Spain.25.A They work on their farms.B They work in the tourist industry.C They raise domestic animals.D They make traditional handicrafts.Section CDirections: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.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。Dont take many English courses;they wont help you get a decent job.Sign up for managementclasses,so youll be ready to join the family business when you graduate.Sound(26)_?Many of us have heard suggestions like these(27)_by parents or others close to us.Such comments often seem quite reasonable.Why,then,should suggestions like these be taken with(28)_?The reason isthey relate to decisions you should make.You are the one who must(29)_their consequences.One of the worst reasons to follow a particular path in life is that other people want you to.Decisions that affect your life should be your decisions-decisions you make after youve considered various(30)_ and chosen the path that suits you best.Making your own decisions does not mean that you should(31)_ the suggestions of others.For instance,your parents do have their own unique experiences that may make their advice helpful,and having(32)_in a great deal of your personal history,they may have a clear view of your strengths and weaknesses.Still,their views are not necessarily accurate.They may still see you as a child,(33)_care and protection.Or they may see only your strengths.Or,in some unfortunate cases,they may(34)_ your flaws and shortcomings.People will always be giving you advice.Ultimately,though,you have to make your own(35)_Part IIIReading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections: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 for each item 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.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.For decades,Americans have taken for granted the United States leadership position in the development of new technologies.The innovations(创新)that resulted from research and development during World War and afterwards were36to the prosperity of the nation in the second half of the 20th century.Those innovations,upon which virtually all aspects of37society now depend,were possible because the United States then38the world in mathematics and science education.Today,however,despite increasing demand for workers with strong skills in mathematics and science,the39of degrees awarded in science,math,and engineering are decreasing.The decline in degree production in what are called the STEM disciplines(science,technology,engineering,and math)seems to be40related to the comparatively weak performance by U.S.schoolchildren on international assessments of math and science.Many students entering college have weak skills in mathematics.According to the 2005 report of the Business-Higher Education Forum,22percent of college freshmen must take remedial(补习的)math41,and less than half of the students who plan to major in science or engineering42complete a major in those fields.The result has been a decrease in the number of American college graduates who have the skills,43in mathematics,to power a workforce that can keep the country at the forefront(前沿)of innovation and maintain its standard of living.With the44performance of American students in math and science has come increased competition from students from other countries that have strongly supported education in these areas.Many more students earn45in the STEM disciplines in developing countries than in the United States.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。A acceleratingB actually C closely D contemporary E courses F criticalG decliningH degreesI especially J future K ledL metM proceduresN proportionsO spheresSection BDirections: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 correspondingletter on Answer Sheet 2.Ban sugary drinks-that will add fuel to the obesity warA On a train last Thursday,I sat opposite a man who was so fat he filled more than one seat.He was pale and disfigured and looked sick to death,which he probably was:obesity(肥胖症)leads to many nasty ways of dying.Looking around the carriage,I saw quite a few people like him,including a couple of fatty children with swollen cheeks pressing against their eyes.These people are part of what is without exaggeration an epidemic(流行病)of obesity.B But it is quite unnecessary:there is a simple idea-far from new-that could spare millions of such people a lifetime of chronic(长期病)ill health,and at the same time save the National Health Service(NHS)at least 14 billion a year in England and Wales.There would,you might think,be considerable public interest in it.This simple idea is that sugar is as good-or as bad-as poison and should be avoided.It is pure,white and deadly,as Professor John Yudkin described it 40 years ago in a revolutionary book of that name.The subtitle was How Sugar Is Killing Us.C In its countless hidden forms,in ready meals,junk food and sweet drinks,sugar leads to addiction(瘾),to hormonal upsets to the appetite,to metabolic(新陈代谢的)maffunctions and obesity and from there to type 2 d/abetes(糖尿病)and its many horrible complications,ff people really grasped that,they would try to kick the habit,particularly as Britain is the fat man of Europe.They might even feel driven to support government measures to prevent people from consuming this deadly stuff.Yet so far this idea has met little but resistance.D It is not difficult to imagine the vested interests(既得利益集团)lined up against any sugar control-all the food and drink manufacturers,processors,promoters and retailers who make such easy pickings out of the magic powers of sugar.Then there are the liberals,with whom I would normally side,who protest that government regulation would be yet another instance of interference in our lives.E That is true,but people should realise that you cannot have a welfare state without a nanny state(保姆国家),to some degree.If we are all to be responsible for one anothers health insurance,through socialised medicine,then we are all closely involved in one anothers health,including everyones eating and drinking.That has already been admitted,finally,with smoking.But it has yet to be admitted with overeating,even though one in four adults in this country is obese and that number is predicted to double by the year 2050.Quite apart from anything else,obesity will cripple the NHS.F Recently,though,there have been signs that the medical establishment is trying to sound the alarm.Last month the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges(AMRC published a report saying that obesity is the greatest public health issue affecting the UK and urging government to do something.G The report offers 10 recommendations,of which the first is imposing a tax of 20 percent on sugary drinks for at least a year,on top of the existing 20 percent value-added tax.That at least would bean excellent start.The amounts of sugar in soft drinks are horrifying,and turn straight to fat.As Professor Terence Stephenson,head of the AMRC,has said,sugary soft drinks are the ultimate bad food.You are just consuming neat sugar.Your body didnt evolve to handle this kind of thing.H Precisely.The risks of eating too much fat or salt(which are very different)pale into insignificance compared with the harm done by sugar.And it is everywhere.I It is difficult to buy anything in a supermarket,other than plain,unprepared meat,fish or vegetables,that doesnt have a large amount of sugar in it.This has come about because the prevailing scientific views of the 1960s and 1970s ignored the evidence about sugar,and instead saw fat as the really serious risk,both to the heart and other organs,as well as the cause of obesity.J The fashion was to avoid fat.But finding that food with much of its fat removed is not very appetising,food producers turned to sugar as a magic alternative flavour enhancer,often in the forms of syrups(糖浆)that had recently been developed from corn,and put it generously into most prepared foods and soft drinks.K This stuff is not just fattening.It is addictive.It interferes with the bodys metabolism,possibly via the activity of an appetite-controlling hormone.Theres plenty of evidence for this,for those who will accept the troth.L Theoretically,people ought to makehealthy choices and avoid overeating.But sugar additives are not easy to identify and are hard to avoid.So the snacking,over-drinldng and over-eating that makes people fat is not really their own fault:obesity is in large part something that is being done to them.It should be stopped,or rather the government should stop it.M Going round my local supermarket,I am constantly astonished that it is still legal to sell all the poisons stacked high on the shelves.The problem is that they are worse than useless.They are poisonous.They are known to be addictive.They are known to make people obese.And giving small children sweet drinks or bottles of fake juice all day long is nothing less than child abuse.N Clearly,the sale of such stuff ought to be illegal.I hate to think of yet more government reg