大学英语四级考试真题 答案

2015年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套）

Part I Writing（30 minutes）

Directions: For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying "Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission.” You can cite examples to illustrate the importance of lifelong learning. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Part II Listening Comprehension（30 minutes）

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

9. A) From the wanted column. C) From a telephone directory.

B) From some of her friends. D) From a television commercial.

10. A) She received full-time education abroad. C) She finished her secondary school.

B) She graduated from an open university. D) She studied in a vocational college.

11. A) She is a shorthand-typist. C) She is a policewoman.

B) She works as a tour guide. D) She teaches an evening class.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12. A) It provides him with career opportunities. C) It has been off and on for ten years.

B) It helps enlarge his customer network. D) It was interrupted for four years.

13. A) Individualized service. C) Home-made beer.

B) Traditional setting. D) Social games.

14. A) The quality of beer. C) The owner's attitude.

B) The atmosphere. D) The right location.

15. A) It is a rather tough job．C) It helps old people kill time.

B) It is a profitable business. D) It makes retirees feel useful.

Section B

Directions:In this section，you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only. 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.

Passage One

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. A) It is becoming increasingly popular. C) It gives rise to serious social instability.

B) It helps the user to escape reality. D) It hurts a person and those around them.

17. A) They use drugs just for fun. C) They use drugs as medicine.

B) They take drugs to get high. D) They keep drug use a secret.

18. A) It is quite common in entertainment circles.

B) It is the cause of various social problems.

C) It is hard to get rid of.

D) It is fatal to the user.

Passage Two

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19. A) Taking up exercises after recovery. C) Finding new ways to cure heart disease.

B) Producing tasty healthy frozen food. D) Going on a diet upon leaving the hospital.

20. A) It was carefully tested with consumers. C) It was disapproved by many diet experts.

B) It was promoted by health organizations. D) It was highly expected by the general public.

21. A) Competitive price. C) Vigorous promotion.

B) Low expectations. D) Unique ingredients.

22. A) It was suggested by the firm's vice-president.

B) It matches the food's dark green packaging.

C) It has a positive implication for consumers.

D) It tricks the elders into impulse purchasing.

Passage Two

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

23. A) It is practiced in most of the states. C) It has drawn a lot of criticism from overseas.

B) It will be abolished sooner or later. D) It has to be approved by the Supreme Court.

24. A) Whether the practice should be allowed to continue in future.

B) Whether there should be a minimum age limit for execution

C) What type of criminals should receive it.

D) What effect it might have on youngsters.

25. A) The court sentenced him to life in prison for killing two friends.

B) The governor changed his death sentence to life in prison.

C) He was the first minor to be executed in South Carolina.

D) He was sentenced to death for a crime he committed as a minor.

Part IIII Reading Comprehension（40 minutes）

Section A

Directions: 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 many Americans，2013 ended with an unusually bitter cold spell. Late November and December 36 early snow and bone-chilling temperatures in much of the country，part of a year when, for the first time in two 37，record-cold days will likely turn out to have outnumbered record-warm ones. But the U. S. was the exception: November was the warmest ever 38，and current data indicates that 2013 is likely to have been the fourth hottest year on record.

Enjoy the snow now, because 39 are good that 2014 will be even hotter, perhaps the hottest year since records have been kept. That's because, scientists are predicting, 2014 will be an El Nino year.

El Nino，Spanish for "the child"，40 when surface ocean waters in the southern Pacific become abnormally warm. So large is the Pacific, covering 30% of the planet's surface, that the 41 energy generated by its warming is enough to touch off a series of weather changes around the world. El Ninos are 42 with abnormally dry conditions in Southeast Asia and Australia. They can lead to extreme rain in parts of North and South America, even as southern Africa 43 dry weather. Marine life may be affected too: El Ninos can 44 the r …… 此处隐藏：5838字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……