大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案

1、大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案語(yǔ)級(jí)試題 （第 I Writing (30 minutes) 請(qǐng)正式開(kāi)考后半小時(shí)內(nèi)完成該部分，之后將進(jìn)行聽(tīng) 力考試Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. Supposeyou have two options upon graduation: one is to job in a company otherto go to a graduate school. You are to make a choice between the two. Write an e

2、ssayto explain the reasons for your You should write least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Much controversy has aroused about whether the students should find jobor start their own business after graduation. Taking look around, we can find thatsome graduates bustle around job markets, while oth

3、ers choose to a on TMall. However, I prefer the choice.From my perspective, there are good a job in the first severalyears after their First and foremost, if a intends to accumulateworking experience and learn from the seniors, it is advisable for to find ajob. It is an undeniable fact that the theo

4、retical knowledge will provide thegraduates with ability to consider things comprehensively, however, only underthe integration with practice can rigid knowledge be useful for their futuredevelopment. Inevitably, doing something small is the premise of undertakingsomething great. Take Ma, the founde

5、r of Alibaba and taobao, for example. Healso finds some jobs before establishing his career, solid foundation for his later success.Consequently, it is of great necessity to find a job after graduation. I believe that it will bring about more returns to life and future. II Listening Comprehension (2

6、5 minutes) A- 1 -大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案Directions: In this section, you will hear three reports. At the end ofeach news report, you will hear or three questions. Both the news report andthe questions will spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choosethe best answer from the four choices marked

7、 A), B), C) and D). Then mark corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 1 and 2 are based on report you have just heard.1. A) It was going to be renovated.B) He could no longer pay the rent.C) It was dangerous to live in.D) He had sold it to the royal fa

8、mily.【答案】C2. A) A storm.B) A strike.C) A forest fire.D) A terrorist 【答案】AQuestions 3 and 4 are based on report you have just heard.3.A) They lost contact with emergency department.B) They were injured suddenly falling rocks.C) They sent calls for help via a portable radio.D) They were trapped an und

9、erground elevator.【答案】D4.A) They provided the miners with food and water.B) They sent supplies to keep the miners warm.C) They released the details of the accident.D) They tried hard to repair the elevator.【答案】BQuestions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5.A) Raise postage rate

10、s.B) Improve its services.- 2 -大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案C) Close some of its offices.D) Redesign delivery 【答案】C6.A) Closing offices on holidays.B) Shortening business C) Computerizing mail sorting processes.D) Stopping mail delivery on Saturdays.【答案】D7.A) A lot of controversy will arise.B)Taxpayers will be very

11、 C) Many people will begin to complain.D) Many post office staff will lose their jobs.【答案】DSection BDirections: In this section, you will hear two conversations. At the endof each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both conversation and questions will be spoken only once. After you a questi

12、on, you must choose thebest answer from the choices A), C) and D). Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Questions 8 to 11 are based on conversation you have just 8.A) He will lose part his pay.B) He will go through retraining.C) He will be given

13、a warning.D) He will be kept from promotion.【答案】A9.A) He is an experienced press operator.B) He is a trustworthy guy.C) He is always on time.D) He is on good terms with his workmates.【答案】B- 3 -大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案10.A) She is a trade union representative.B) She is a senior manager of the shop.C) She is bet

14、ter at such matters.D) She is in of public relations.【答案】C11.A) He is always trying to stir up trouble.B) He is skilled and experienced.C) He is very close the manager.D) He is always complaining about low wages.【答案】AQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just 12.A) Open.B) Reserv

15、ed.C) Selfish.D) Friendly.【答案】B13.A) They read a book.B) They talk about the C) They stay quiet.D) They chat with fellow passengers.【答案】C14.A) She was unwilling to make friends with workmates.B) She was never to s home.C) She was eager to visit an castle.D) She was always treated as foreigner.【答案】B1

16、5.A) Houses are much more B) They want space.C) They want a garden of their own.D) Houses provide more privacy.- 4 -大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案【答案】DSection CDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages. At end of eachpassage, you will hear three four questions. Both the and the questionswill be spoke

17、n once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then the corresponding on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A) They will automatically be given hiring pri

18、ority.B) They dont have to go through job interviews.C) They are likely to get higher pay.D) They dont have much jobs.【答案】A17.A) Visit the school careers service.B) Ask their professors for help.C) Look at school bulletin boards.D) Go through campus newspapers.【答案】A18. A) Providing students with inf

19、ormation about the library.B)Helping students arrange appointments with librarians.C)Supervising study spaces ensure quiet atmosphere.D)Helping students find the books and journals they need.【答案】CQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A) It tastes better.B) It may be sold

20、 at a price.C) It is easier to grow.D) It can better survive extreme weathers.【答案】B20. A) It can grow in drier soil.- 5 -大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案B) It is immune to various diseases.C) It will replace green tea D) It is healthier than green tea.【答案】D21. A) It does not a market.B) It has made tea life easier.C)

21、It does not bring the promised benefits.D) It has been well received by many tea drinkers.【答案】AQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 22.A) They care more about environment.B)They decorate their homes themselves.C) They prefer unique of high quality.D) They need decorations

22、 to show their status.【答案】C23. A) They made great contributions to B) They could only try to create at night.C)They were proud of their creations.D)They focused on the quality of their products.【答案】B24.A) Identify fake crafts.B)Make wise choices.C)To arouse interest in crafts.D)To boost the local 【答

23、案】B25.A) To attract foreign investments.B)To preserve the traditional culture.C)Design handicrafts themselves.D)Learn the importance of creation.【答案】D- 6 -大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案 III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) ADirections: this section, there is passage with blanks. You requiredto select word for each

24、 blank from a of choices given in a word bank followingthe passage. Read the passage through carefully making your choices. Eachchoice in the is identified a Please mark the corresponding letterfor each item Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in th

25、e bank more than once.Many men and women have long bought into the idea that there ” and“female” brains, believing explains just about every difference between thesexes. A new study _26_ that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender.In the study, Tel Aviv University r

26、esearchers _27_ for sex differences throughout the entire human brain.27._A) abnormalB) appliedC) brieflyD) categorizingE) challengesF) figureG) percentageH) provingI) regardlessJ) searchedK) similaritiesL) slightlyM) suggestsN) tastesO) traditional- 7 -大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案And what did they find? Not much.

27、 Rather than offer evidence for _28_ as “male” or “female,” shows that brains fall into a wide range, with most people falling right the middle.28._A) abnormalB) appliedC) brieflyD) categorizingE) challengesF) figureG) percentageH) provingI) regardlessJ) searchedK) similaritiesL) slightlyM) suggests

28、N) tastesO) traditionalDaphna Joel, who the her research found that while there aresome gender-based , many different types of brain t always distinguished by gender.29._A) abnormalB) appliedC) brieflyD) categorizingE) challengesF) figureG) percentage- 8 -大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案H) provingI) regardlessJ) searc

29、hedK) similaritiesL) slightlyM) suggestsN) tastesO) traditionalWhile the “average” male and “average female brains were _30_ different,you t tell it by looking at individual brain scans. Only a small _31_ of people had “all-male” or “all-female characteristics.30._31._A) abnormalB) appliedC) briefly

30、D) categorizingE) challengesF) figureG) percentageH) provingI) regardlessJ) searchedK) similaritiesL) slightlyM) suggestsN) tastesO) traditionalLarry Cahill, an American neuroscientist 經(jīng)科學(xué)), said the study is animportant addition to a growing body of research questioning _32_ beliefs about- 9 -大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四

31、級(jí)考試真題及答案gender and brain function. But he cautioned against concluding this study that all brains are the same, _33_ of 32._33._A) abnormalB) appliedC) brieflyD) categorizingE) challengesF) figureG) percentageH) provingI) regardlessJ) searchedK) similaritiesL) slightlyM) suggestsN) tastesO) traditio

32、nal“Theres a mountain of evidence the importance of sex influences at all levels of brain function, M he told The Seattle Times.34._A) abnormalB) appliedC) brieflyD) categorizingE) challengesF) figureG) percentageH) proving- 10 大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案I) regardlessJ) searchedK) similaritiesL) slightlyM) sugges

33、tsN) tastesO) traditionalIf anything, he said, the study _35_ gender plays very important role in the brain“even we are not clear ”35._A) abnormalB) appliedC) brieflyD) categorizingE) challengesF) figureG) percentageH) provingI) regardlessJ) searchedK) similaritiesL) slightlyM) suggestsN) tastesO) t

34、raditionalSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statementsattached it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You choose a- 11 大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案paragraph more than once. Eac

35、h paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Sheet 2.Can Burglars Jam Your Wireless Security A)Any that promises to protect your home deserves examination.So it isnt surprising that you plenty of strong about the potential vulnerabilities of popula

36、r home-security systems.B)The most type of burglary(室盜竊)by far is the unsophisticated crimeof opportunity, usually involving a broken window or some forced entry. Accordingto the FBI, these accounted for roughly two-thirds of all householdburglaries in the US in 2013. The wide majority of the rest w

37、ere illegal, unforcedentries that resulted from something like window being left open. The odds ofcriminal using technical means to bypass security are so small that the FBI doesn track those statistics.C)One of the main theoretical home-security concerns is whether or not a givensystem is vulnerabl

38、e to being blocked from working altogether. With wired setups,the fear is that a 入盜)might be to your system down by cutting the right cable. With a setup, you stick battery-powered sensorsup around your an eye on windows, doors, motion, and more. detect something wrong while system is armed, theyll

39、a wireless alertsignal to a base station that will then raise alarm. That approach will eliminatemost cord-cutting concerns what about their wireless equivalent, jamming? the right device tuned to the right frequency, what to stop a thief jammingyour setup and blocking that alert signal from reachin

40、g the base station?D)Jamming concerns are nothing new, and theyre unique to security systems.Any device s built receive a wireless at a specific frequency canbe overwhelmed by a signal coming in on the same frequency. For comparison,lets say you wanted to “jam conversation between two peopleall youd

41、 need to do is yell in the listeners ear.E)Security devices are required to list the frequencies they broadcast that means that a potential thief can find what they need to know with - 12 大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案Googling. They will, however, need to know what system theyre looking for. If have a sign in your y

42、ard declaring setup you use, point them in theright direction, though at that point, re talking about a highly targeted,semi-sophisticated attack, and not of forced-entry attack that makes upthe majority of burglaries. It easier to find and jamming equipment for some frequencies than it is others.F)

43、Wireless security providers will often steps to help combat of jamming attacks. SimpliSafe, winner of our Editors Choice distinction, utilizesa special thats capable of separating incidental RF interference fromtargeted jamming attacks. When the system thinks its being jammed, itll you via push aler

44、t (推送警報(bào). From it up to you to sound alarm manually.G)SimpliSafe was singled out in one recent on complete witha video the system being effectively bypassed with handheld jammingequipment. After taking appropriate measure to contain the RF interference to ourtest lab, we tested attack out for ourselv

45、es, to verify that itis possible with the right equipment. However, verified that s anti-jamming system works. It us in the act, sent an alert my smartphone,and also listed our interference on the systems event log. team behind thearticle and video in question make no mention of the system, or wheth

46、er or not it detected them.H) We like the nature of software. It means that a thief wouldnt be to Google how the system figure out a way around itEven if they could, SimpliSafe claims that its system is evolving, and thatit varies slightly from to which means there wouldnt a universalmagic formula f

47、or cracking it Other systems also seem confident the subject ofjamming. The team at Frontpoint addresses the issue in blog on its site, their own jam protection software claiming that there any documentedcases of a successful jam attack since the company began offering wireless security sensors in t

48、he 1980s.- 13 大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案I)Jamming attacks are absolutely possible. As said before, with the rightequipment and the right know-how, its possible to jam any wireless transmission.But how probable is someone will successfully jam their into your home and steal your stuff?J) Let imagine that you live

49、 in a small home with a wireless security setupthat offers functional anti-jamming First, thief is going to totarget your home, specifically. Then, s going to need to know technicaldetails of your and specific equipment necessary for jamming yourspecific setup. Presumably, you doors locked night and

50、 while youreaway, so the thief will still need to break in. That means defeating the lock somehow,or a window. Hell need to be jamming you at this point, as a broken windowor opened door would normally release the So, too, would the motion detectorsin your home, so the thief will to continue jamming

51、 once s andsearching for things to steal. However, need to do so without tripping theanti-jamming system, the details of which he almost certainly does not have access to.K) At of the these kinds of systems are primarily designed to protectagainst the sort of opportunistic smash-and-grab attack that

52、 makes the majorityof burglaries. They also only a layer in what should ideally be a many-sidedapproach to securing your home, one includes sense things like soundlocks and proper exterior lighting at night. No system is impenetrable, nonecan promise to eliminate the worst case completely. Every one

53、 of them hasvulnerabilities that a knowledgeable thief could theoretically exploit. A goodsystem is one that keeps that worst-case setting as improbable as possible whilealso offering protection in the event of less-extraordinary 36.It is possible for burglars to make jamming attacks with the necess

54、ary equipment and skill.【答案】I37.Interfering with a wireless security is similar to interfering with a conversation.- 14 大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案【答案】D38.A burglar has to continuously jam the wireless security device to avoid triggering the alarm, both inside and the house.【答案】J39.SimpliSafe provides that are to

55、 distinguish incidental radio interference from targeted jamming attacks.【答案】F40.Only a very small proportion of burglaries are committed technical means. 【答案】B41.It is difficult to crack SimpliSafe as system keeps changing.【答案】H42.Wireless devices will transmit as to activate the alarm once somethi

56、ng wrong is detected.【答案】C43.Different measures taken to protect s home from burglary in addition to the wireless security 【答案】K44.SimpliSafes device can send a warning to house s cellphone. 【答案】G45.Burglars can get a security devices frequency by Internet search. 【答案】ESection CDirections: There are

57、 2 passages in this section. Each passage followed bysome questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are choicesmarked A), B) , C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage OneQuestio

58、ns 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.As a person writes about food and for living, I couldnt tell youthe first thing about Bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that great. But- 15 大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試真題及答案I can tell that I like this guy. s because he plans ban tipping in favor of paying his se

59、rvers an actual wage.I hate tipping.I hate it because s an obligation disguised as an option. I hate it forthe post-dinner math it of me. I hate tipping I I would be in better place if pay decisions regarding employees were simply left up to their employers, as is the custom in virtually every other

60、 industry.Most of you probably think you hate tipping, too. Research suggestsotherwise. You actually love You like to feel that you have a voice in howmuch money your server makes. No how the works out, you persistentlyview restaurants with voluntary tipping systems as being better value, which make