2014年12月大學英語四級考試真題及答案

1、2014 年 12 月大學英語四級考試真題Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, .you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay about a campus activity that has benefited you most.You should write at least 120 words but No more than 180 words.注意：此部分試題請在答題卡1 上作答。Part nListening Comprehension(30 minutes)S

2、ection 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. Du

3、ring the pause, you must read the four choices marked A , B , C and D , 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：此部分試題請在答題卡1 上作答。1. AThe woman is fussy about the cleanness of the apartment.8 He has not cleaned

4、the apartment since his mother's visit.CHe does not remember when his mother canoe over.D His mother often helps him to clean the apartment.2. AThe bus stop is only two minutes' walk.B The naming made him short of breath.C They might as well take the next bus.D The woman is late by a couple

5、of minutes.3. AShe 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. AChange her job.B Buy a dishwasher.C Open a flower shop.D Start her own business.5. AHe forgot where he had left the package.B

6、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

7、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

8、 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 wor

9、k outside the family.11. A. Try hard to protect women's rights.B . Educate men to respect women more.C. Help women acquire more professional skills.D . Spend more time changing women's attitudes.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12. A . In a restaurant.B .

10、 In a hotel lobby.C. At the man's office.D . At the woman's 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

11、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 the end of each passage, you will hoar some qu

12、estions. 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.注意：此部分試題請在答題卡1上作答。Passage On

13、eQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A . How being an identical twin influences one's 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.

14、 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 freed out the relationship between environment and biology.B . They want to see what characteristics distin

15、guish 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 other's 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

16、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 C

17、ontinental 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

18、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 i

19、nvestment 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 handic

20、rafts.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 hear

21、d. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what youhave written. 注意：此部分試題請在答題卡1上作答。"Don't take many English courses; they won't help you get a decent job." "Sign up for management classes, so you'll be ready to join the family business when y

22、ou 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)

23、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 you've considered various (30)and chosen the path that suits you best.Making your own decisions does

24、 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 no

25、t 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

26、 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

27、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

28、the United States' leadership position in the development of new technologies. The innovations (創(chuàng)新)that resulted from research and development during World War n and afterwards were 36 to the prosperity of the nation in the second half of the 20th century. Those innovations, upon which virtually

29、 all aspects of 37 society now depend, were possible because the United States then 38 the world in mathematics and science education.Today, however, despite increasing demand for workers with strong skills in mathematics and science, the 39 of degrees awarded in science, math, and engineering are d

30、ecreasing.The decline in degree production in what are called the STEM disciplines （science, technology, engineering, and math） seems to be 40 related to the comparatively weak performance by U.S. schoolchildren on international assessments of math and science. Many students entering college have we

31、ak skills in mathematics. According to the 2005 report of the Business-Higher Education Forum,22percent of college freshmen must take remedial （ 補習的）math 41, and less than half of the students who plan to major in science or engineering 42 complete a major in those fields.The result has been a decre

32、ase in the number of American college graduates who have the skills, 43 in mathematics, to power a workforce that can keep the country at the forefront （ 前沿）of innovation and maintain its standard of living. With the 44 performance of American students in math and science has come increased competit

33、ion from students from other countries that have strongly supported education in these areas. Many more students earn 45 in the STEM disciplines in developing countries than in the United States. 注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。A.acceleratingI.especiallyB.actuallyJ.futureC.closelyK.ledD.contemporaryL.metE.courses

34、M .proceduresF.criticalN.proportionsG.decliningO.spheresH.degreesSection 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.

35、 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.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 on

36、e seat. He was pale and disfigured and looked sick to death, which he probably was: obesity （ 肥胖癥）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

37、part of what is without exaggeration an epidemic （ 流行?。﹐f 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 （長期病 ）ill health, and at the same time save the National Health Service （NHS） at least £ 14 billion

38、 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 Y udkin described it 40 years ago in a revolutionary book of that na

39、me. 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（癮），to hormonal upsets to the appetite, to metabolic （新陳代謝的 ）malfunctions and obesity and from there to type 2 diabetes （ 糖尿?。゛nd its many horrible compli

40、cations, 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

41、It is not difficult to imagine the vested interests （既得禾U益集團 ）lined up against any sugarcontrol-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 pr

42、otest 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（保姆國家）,to some degree. If we are all to be responsible for one another's health insurance, through socia

43、lised medicine, then' we are all closely involved in one another's health, including everyone's 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 numb

44、er 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 obesi

45、ty 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 onsugary drinks for at least a year, on top of the existing 20 percent value-added tax. That at least would be an e

46、xcellent 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 didn't evolve to handle this kind of thing.&

47、quot;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 doesn't have a

48、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 f

49、inding 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 （糖漿）that had recently been developed from corn, and put it generously into most prepared foods and soft drinks.K This stuff is no

50、t just fattening. It is addictive. It interferes with the body's metabolism, possibly via the activity of an appetite-controlling hormone. There's plenty of evidence for this, for those who will accept the troth.L Theoretically, people ought to make healthy choices" and avoid overeating

51、. But sugar additives are not easy to identify and are hard to avoid. So the snacking, over-drinking 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 Goi

52、ng 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 sw

53、eet 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 regulation, But a bit of tax on sweet soda and a little more health education, a bit of cooking in schools and banning vendi

54、ng machines （自動售貨機 ）here and there-as suggested by the AMRC report-is not going to achieve very much. Labeling is quite inadequate. What is needed is legislation banning high levels of sugary syrups used in foods and drinks.O In June 2012, the then minister for public health said the government was

55、not scared of the food industry and had not ruled out legislation, because of the costs of obesity to the NHS. However, nothing has happened yet. Why not have another Jammie Dodger biscuit and forgetabout it.注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。46. Avoiding over-consumption of sugar can improve people's health as

56、well as save medical expenses.47. Laws should be passed to make it illegal to produce overly sweet foods or drinks.48. Giving small children sweet juices to drink all the time is equal to child abuse.49. Looking around, the author found obesity quite widespread.50. The number of obese people is expe

57、cted to increase quickly in the next few decades.51. ff people really understood the horrible consequences of sugary foods and drinks, they would support government measures against sugar consumption.52. It would be a very good beginning to impose an additional tax on sugary drinks.53. The governmen

58、t has not yet taken any action to regulate sugar consumption although it indicated its intention to do so some time ago.54. Sugar is far more harmful to health than fat and salt.55. Consumers of sweet foods are not really to blame because they cannot tell what food is sugary.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A , B , C - and D. .You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.P