12月英語(yǔ)四級(jí)真題 完整版

1、2013年12月英語(yǔ)四級(jí)真題 完整版 作文請(qǐng)于正式開(kāi)考后半小時(shí)內(nèi)完成該部分，之后將進(jìn)行聽(tīng)力考試作文一：for this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below.you should start your essay with a brief account of the impact of the internet on the way people communicate and then explain whether electronic communication

2、 can replace face-to-facecontact.you should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. “dear andy-how are you? your mother and i are fine.we both miss you and hope you are doing well.we look forward to seeing you again the nest time your computer crashes and you come down-stairs for someth

3、ing to eat,love,mom and dad.” 作文二：for this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below.you should start your essay with a brief account of the impact of the internet on learning and then explain whydoesnt simply mean learning to obtain information. you should wr

4、ite at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. “once i learn how to use google,isnt that all the education i really need?” 作文三：for this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below.you should start your essay with a brief account of the increasin,use of the m

5、obile phone in peoples life and explain theconsequence of overusing it. you should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. people are crossing the street looking at their cell phones and using walking sticks in order to see. part ii listening comprehension (30 minutes)section adirection

6、s: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

7、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(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。1.a)go to a place he has visitedb)make her own arrangementsc)consult a travel agentd)join in a package tour2.a)

8、they are on a long trip by carb)they are syuck in a traffic jamc)they are used to getting up earlyd)they are tired of eating out at night3.a)he is a person difficult to deal withb)he dislikes any formal gatheringc)he is unwilling to speak in publicd)he often keeps a distance from others4.a)work in a

9、nother deparmentb)pursue further educationc)recruit graduate studentsd)take an administrative job5.a)he would not be available to start the job in timeb)he is not quite qualified for the art director positionc)he would like to leave some more time for himselfd)he will get his application letter read

10、y before may16.a)cleanerb)porterc)mechanicd)salesman7.a)reqest one or two roommates to do the cleaningb)help laura with her term paper due this weekendc)get laura to clean the apartment herself this timed)ask laura to put off the cleaning until another week8.a) a problem caused by the constructionb)

11、an accident that occurred on the bridgec)the building project they are working ond)the public transportaion conditions questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have heard.9a) to look for a job as a salespersonb) to have a talk with miss thompson.c) to place an order for some products.d) t

12、o complain about a faulty appliance. 10a) the person in charge is not in the office.b) the supplies are out of stock for the moment.c) they failed to reach an agreement on the price.d) the company is re-cataloguing the items. 11a) 0743,12536 extension 15.b) 0734,38750 extension 15.c) 0734,21653 exte

13、nsion 51.d) 0734,62135 extension 51. questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12a)since he found a girlfriendb)since he took to heavy smoking.c)since he began to exercise regularlyd)since he started to live on his own. 13a)he is getting too fat.b)he smokes too muchc)he do

14、esnt eat vegetables.d)he doesnt look well at all. 14a)they are overweight for their ageb)they are respectful to their parentsc)they are still in their early twentiesd)they dislike doing physical exercise. 15a)to quit smoking.b)to find a girlfriendc)to reduce his weightd)to follow her advice. section

15、 bdirections: in this section, you will hear 3 short passages. at the end of eachpassage, you will hear some questions. 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 th

16、e corresponding letter on answer sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。passage onequestions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16.a)they have destroyed several small towns.b)they will soon spread to san francisco.c)they have injured many residents.d)the

17、y are burning out of control.17.a) they have been hospitalized.b) they have got skin problems.c) they were choked by the thick smoke.d) they were poisoned by the burning chemicals.18.a)it failed because of a sudden rocket explosion.b) it has been re-scheduled for a midday takeoff.c) it has been canc

18、eled due to technical problems.d) it was delayed for eleven hours and thirty minutes.19.a)they made frequent long-distance calls to each other.b) they illegally used government computers in new jersey.c) they were found to be smarter than computer specialists.d) they were arrested for stealing gover

19、nment information. passage twoquestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 20.a)peacefulb)consideratec)generousd)cooperative21.a)someone dumped the clothes left in the washer and dryer.b)someone broke the washer and dryer by overloading them.c)mindy lances laundry blocked the way

20、 to the laundry room.d)mindy lances threatened to take revenge on her neighbors.22.a)asking the neighborhood committee for help.b)limiting the amount of laundry for each wash.c)informing the building manager of the matter.d)installing a few more washers and dryers. passage threequestions 23 to 25 ar

21、e based on the passage you have just heard.23.a) she is both a popular and a highly respected author.b) she is the most loved african novelist of all times.c) she is the most influential author since the 1930s.d) she is the first writer to focus on the fate of slaves. 24. a) the book critics circle

22、award.b) the pulitzer prize for fictionc) the nobel prize for literature.d) the national book award. 25. a)she is a relative of morrisons.b) she is a skilled storyteller.c) she is a slave from africa.d) she is a black woman section cdirections: in this section, you will hear a passage three times. w

23、hen 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

24、 written.注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡1上作答。 many college students today own personal computer that cost anywhere from $1,000 to perhaps %5,000 or more. (26)_, it is not uncommon for them to purchase(27)_costing another several hundred dollars. twenty years ago, computers were (28) _, but they were very large and ex

25、tremely expensive. few, if any,(29) _ purchased computers for home use. over the years, the price of the “guts” of a computer-its memoryhas declined to less than a thousandth of the price per unit of memory that prevailed twenty years ago. this is the main reason why computers cost so much less toda

26、y than they used to. moreover, (30) _improvements have made it possible to (31) _memory circuitry that is small enough to fit into the portable personal computers that many of us own and use. (32)_, as the price of computation has declined the average consumer and business have spent more on purchas

27、ing computers.(33)_,improved agricultural technology, hybrid(雜交) seeds,(34)_animal breeding, and so on have vastly increased the amount ofoutput a typical farmer can produce. the prices of goods such as meats and grains have fallen sharply relative to the prices of most other goods and services. as

28、agricultural prices have fallen, many households have decreased their total expenses on food. even though the (35)_of a product purchased generally increases when its price falls, total expenses on it may decline. part iii reading comprehension (40 minutes)section ato get a sense of how women have p

29、rogressed in science take a quick tour of the physics most important discoveries in modern science-starting with ernest lawrences invention of the cvclotron(回旋加速器)in 1931.a generation ago female faces were today,visitors walking through the first floor of leconte hall will see a full corridor of the

30、 manybut climb up to the third floor and youll see display.there,among the photos of current smallest particles of matter.a sixth woman was hired just two weeks ago.although theyre still may be in the smaller photos to the right graduate and undergraduate students about 20 percent of them female.eve

31、ry years berkeley sends its fresh female physics phds to the countrys注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答a)circumstanceb)confidencec)coversd)currente)dealsf)differentg)exposingh)fasti)honoringj)hopek)presentlyl)rarem)realisticn)siteo)virtually section bis college a worthy investment？a) why are we spending so much mone

32、y on college? and why are we so unhappy about it. we all seem to agree that a college education is wonderful, and yet strangely we worry when we see families investing so much in this supposedly essential good. maybe its time to ask a question that seems almost sacrilegious(大不敬的）；is all this investm

33、ent in college education really worth it?b)the answer, i fear, is no. for an increasing number of kids, the extra time and money spent pursuing a college diploma will leave them worse off than they were before they set foot on campus.c)for my entire adult life, a good education has been the most imp

34、ortant thing for middle-class households. my parents spent more educating my sister and me than they spent on their bouse,and theyre not the only ones and, of course, for an increasing number of families , most of the cost of their house is actually the cost of their house is actually the cost of li

35、ving in a good school district.questioning the value of a college education seems a bit like questioning the value of happiness ,or fan.d)the average price of all goods and services has risen about 50 percent. but the price of a college education has nearly doubled in that time. is the education tha

36、t todays students are getting twice as good? are new workers twice as smart? have they become somebody massively more expensive to educate?e)perhaps a bit. richard vedder , an ohio university economics professor , says, “i look at the data,and i see college costs rising faster than inflation up to t

37、he mid-1980s by i percent a year. now i see them rising 3 to 4 percent a year over inflation.what has happened ? the federal government has started dropping money out of airplanes,”aid has increased ,subsidized (補(bǔ)貼的）loans have become available, and “the universities have gotten the money,” economist

38、 bryan caplan , who is writing a book about education, agrees. “ it is a giant waste of resources that will continue as long as the subsidies continue.”f) promotional literature for colleges and student loans often speaks of debt as an “investment in yourself.” but an investment is supposed to gener

39、ate income to pay off the loans. more than half of all recent graduates are unemployed or in jobs that do not require a degree, and the amount of student-loan debt carried by households has more than quintupled since 1999. these graduates were told that a diploma was all they needed to succeed, but

40、it wont even get them out of the spare bedroom at mom and dads. for many, the most tangible result of their four years is the loan payments, which now average hundreds of dollars a month on loan balances in the tens of thousands.g)its true about the moneysort of. college graduates now make 80 percen

41、t more than people who have only a high-school diploma, and though there are no precise estimates, the wage premium for an elite school seems to be even higher. but thats not true of every student. its very easy to spend four years majoring in english literature and beer pong and come out no more em

42、ployable than you were before you went in.conversely, chemical engineers straight out of school can easily make triple or quadruple the wages of an entry-level high-school graduate.h) james heckman, the nobel prizewinning economist, has examined how the returns on education break down for individual

43、s with different backgrounds and levels of ability. “even with these high prices, youre still finding a high return for individuals who are bright and motivated,” he says. on the other hand, “if youre not college ready, then the answer is no, its not worth it.” experts tend to agree that for the ave

44、rage student, college is still worth it today,but they alsoagree that the rapid increase in price is eating up more and more of the potential return. for borderline students, tuition hikes can push those returns into negative territory.i）everyone seems to agree that the government, and parents, shou

45、ld be rethinking how we invest in higher educationand that employers need to rethink the increasing use of college degrees as crude screening tools for jobs that dont really require college skills. “employers seeing a surplus of college graduates and looking to fill jobs are just tacking on that req

46、uirement,” says vedder. “in fact, a college degree becomes a job requirement for becoming a bartender.”j） we have started to see some change on the finance side. a law passed in 2007 allows many students to cap their loan payment at 10 percent of their income and forgives any balance after 25 years.

47、 but of course, that doesnt control the cost of education; it just shifts it to taxpayers. it also encourages graduates to choose lower-paying careers, which diminishes the financial return to education still further. “youre subsidizing people to become priests and poets and so forth,” says heckman.

48、 “you may think thats a good thing, or you may not.” either way it will be expensive for the government.k）what might be a lot cheaper is putting more kids to work: not necessarily as burger flippers but as part of an educational effort. caplan notes that work also builds valuable skillsprobably more

49、 valuable for kids who dont naturally love sitting in a classroom. heckman agrees wholeheartedly: “people are different, and those abilities can be shaped. thats what weve learned,and public policy should recognize that.”l） heckman would like to see more apprenticeship-style programs, where kids can

50、 learn in the workplacelearn not just specific job skills, but the kind of “soft skills,” like getting to work on time and getting along with a team, that are crucial for career success. “its about having mentors and having workplace-based education,” he says. “time and again ive seen examples of th

51、is kind of program working.”m）ah, but how do we get there from here? with better public policy, hopefully, but also by making better individual decisions. “historically markets have been able to handle these things,” says vedder, “and i think eventually markets will handle this one. if it doesnt imp

52、rove soon, people are going to wake up and ask, why am i going to college?”注意：此部分試題請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡2 上作答。46.caplan suggests that kids who dont love school go to work.47.an increasing number of families spend more money on houses in a good school district.49.more and more kids find they fare worse with a colleg

53、e diploma.50.for those who are not prepared for higher education, going to college is not worth it .51.over the years the cost of a college education has increased almost by 100%.52.a law passed recently allows many students to pay no more than one tenth of their income for their college loans.53.mi

54、ddle-class americans have highly valued a good education.54.more kids should be encouraged to participate in programs where they can learn not only job skills but also social skills .55.over fifty percent of recent college graduates remain unemployed or unable to find a suitable job. section cpassag

55、e onequestion 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.a recent global survey of 2000 high-net-worth individuals found about 60% were not planning on a traditional retirement. among u.s. participants, 75%u expected to continue working in some capacity even after stepping away from full-time jobs.

56、 "many of these people made their wealth by doing something theyre passionate(有激情的)about，” says daniel egan, head of behavooral finance for barclays wealth americas. "given the choice, they prefer to continue working.” barclays calls these people "nevertirees".unlike many america

57、ns compelled into early retirement by company restrictions, the average nevertiress often has no one forcing his hand. if l06-year-old investor irving kahn, head of his own family firm, wants to keep coming to work every day, whos going to stop him? seventy-eight-year-old supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburgs job security is guaranteed in the constitution.it may seem that these elderly people are trying to cheat death in fact, they are. and its working. howard friedman, a professor at uc riverside. found in his research that those who