2015年英語(yǔ)專四真題及答案解析

1、TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS (2015)-GRADE FOUR-PART I DICTATIONPART II LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A CONVERSATIONSConversation one1. Why is the trip to Mars a one-way trip?A. The return trip is too expensive.B. There is no technology to get people back.C. People don t want to return.D. The return trip is

2、 too risky.2. According to the man, what is more important for those recruits?A. Intelligence. B. Health. C. Skills. D. Calmness.3. What is the last part of the conversation about?A. The kind of people suitable for the trip.B. Interests and hobbies of the speakers.C. Recruitment of people for the tr

3、ip.D. Preparation for the trip to Mars.Conversation Two4. What is showrooming?A. Going to the high street.B. Visiting everyday shops.C. Buying things like electrical goods.D. Visiting shops and buying online.5. According to the conversation, the man had bought all the following things online EXCEPT

4、?A. shoes B. CDs C. camera D. food6. According to the conversation, the percentage of people who showroomed while Christmas shopping wasA. 3% B. 33% C. 42% D. 24%7. One reason for people to showroom is that theyA. want to know more about pricingB. can return the product laterC. want to see the real

5、thing firstD. can bargain for a lower shop priceConversation Three8. What is the conversation mainly about?A. How to avoid clashes of exams. B. How to schedule exams.C. How to use the faculty lounge. D. How to choose the courses.9. What does the student have to do first in order to take the exams?A.

6、 To choose a date on the draft schedule.B. To find the information on the bulletin board.C. To draw up the final schedule.D. To arrange an invigilator.10. According to the conversation, the Dean will?A. sign the sheet in the faculty loungeB. take care of the bulletin boardC. consult the studentsD. f

7、inalize the exam scheduleSECTION B PASSAGESPassage One11. Which of the following cities has the oldest Chinatown in North America? ?A. New York. B. San Francisco. C. Boston. D. San Diego.12. The Chinatown in San Francisco attracts tourists a year.?A. 20 ,000 B. 100 ,000 C. 7 million D. 17 million13.

8、 Where can tourists see the fish markets?A. In Stockton Street.B. In Grant Avenue.C. In Portsmouth Square.D. In Bush Street.Passage Two14. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Obesity can damage one s health.B. Obesity is a growing problem all over the world.C. Obesity is direct

9、ly related to one s habit.D. Obesity has affected both boys and girls.15. The purpose of the thre-eyear study is to .A. find out why some children find it difficult to go to sleepB. learn more about the link between sleep and weightC. identify the ways parents reduce their kids weightD. see if there

10、 is difference in sleep patterns over the period16. According to the study, the daily healthy sleep time for the 3rd to 6th graders should be around _ hours.A. 8 B. 9 C. 10 D. 1117. According to the passage, obesity is most likely related to _ .A. sleep time B. gender C. race D. parentsPassage Three

11、18. According to a number of students, is the main factor for ear-lyage smoking.A. gender B. personality C. environment D. money19. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?A. Very few continue smoking throughout their teenage years.B. Most early-age smokers soon stop experimenting.C. Some early

12、-age smokers never go beyond experimenting.D. Children quickly become regular smokers by carrying cigarettes.20. All the following are features of smokers EXCEPT _ .A. strong peer influenceB. low sense of achievementC. high sense of rebellionD. close family relationshipSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTNews I

13、tem 121. Why were some children offered only fruit and milk for lunch?A. The school stopped providing school lunch.B. Their parents failed to pay for school lunch.C. Some parents preferred fruit and milk for lunch.D. These children chose to have something different.22. How did parents react to the s

14、chool s way of handling the situation?A. They were upsetB. They were furious.C. They were surprised.D. They were sad.News Item 223. According to the news, what is the main advantage of the digital key? ?A. Guests can pay without going to the front desk.B. Guests can go direct to their rooms.C. Guest

15、s can check out any time.D. Guests can make room reservations.24. The hotel company intends to have the system in _ of its hotels in the next three months.A. 2 B. 3 C. 100 D. 150News Item 325. According to the court ruling, Shrien Dewani .A. will return to the . for medical treatmentB. will remain i

16、n South Africa for medical treatmentC. will stand trial in South Africa once proved fitD. will be extradited even if he is unfit to stand trial26. What was Dewani accused of?A. Having his wife killed.B. Killing his wife in the .C. Being involved in a taxi accident.D. Hiring a crew of hit men.News It

17、em 427. The . new vote would allow all the following EXCEPT _ .A. the use of force by European Union troopsB. the suspension of an existing arms embargoC. the extension of . peacekeeping missionD. the ban on travel and freeze of assetsNews Item 528. What is the news mainly about?A. Causes of early d

18、eath in Russia. B. Behavior of alcoholics.C. Causes of alcohol poisoning. D. Number of death over 10 years.News Item 629. The total investment in film-making in Britain in 2012 was .A. £945 million B. £ billion C. £500,000 D. £87,00030. Hollywood studios prefer to make films in B

19、ritain because _ .A. The UK is a good film locationB. The cast usually comes from BritainC. Hollywood emphasizes qualityD. Production cost can be reducedPART III CLOZEElectricity?is?such?a?part?of?our?everyday?lives?and?so?much?taken?for?granted?nowaday s?31?_?we?rarely?think?twice?when?we?switch?on

20、?the?light?or?turn?on?the?TV?set.?At?night,?roads? are?brightly?lit,?enabling?people?and32?_?to?move?freely.?Neon?lighting?used?in?advertising?has?beco me?part?of?the?33?_?of?every?modern?city.?In?the?home,?many?34?_?devices?are?po wered?by?electricity.?35?_?when?we?turn?off?the?bedside?lamp?and?are

21、?36?_?asleep,?electricity?is?working?for?us, ?37?our?refrigerators,?heating?our?water,?or?keeping?our?rooms?-acironditioned.?Every?day,?trains,? buses?and?subways?take?us?to?and?from?work.?We?rarely?38?_?to?consider?why?or?how?they?run 39?_?something?goes?wrong.?In?the?summer?of?1959,?something?40?_

22、?go?wrong?with?the?pow-pelar nt?that?provide d?New?York?with?electricity.?For?a?great?many?hours,?life?came?almost?to?a?41?_.?Trains?refused?to ?move?and?the?people?in?them?sat?in?the?dark,?42?_?to?do?anything;?lifts?stopped?wor king,?so?that?43?_?you?were?lucky?enough?not?to?be?44.?_?between?two?fl

23、oors,?you?had?the?unpleasant?task?o f?finding?your?way?down?45?_?of?stairs.?Famous?streets?like?Broadway?and?Fifth?Avenue?in?a(n)?46?_? became?as?gloomy?and?uninviting?47?_?the?most?remote?back?streets.?People?were?afraid?to?leave ?their?houses,48?_?.?although?the?police?had?been?ordered?to?49?_?in?

24、case?of?emergency,?they?we re?just?as?confused?and50?_?as?anybody?else.31.A. thatB. thusC. asD.so32.A. carB. truckC. trafficD.pedestrians33.A. appearanceB. characterC. distinctionD.surface34.A. money-savingB. time-savingC. energy-savingD.labor-saving35.A. OnlyB. RarelyC. EvenD.Frequently36.A. fastB.

25、 quiteC. closelyD. quickly37.A. movingB. startingC. repairingD. driving38.A. troubleB. botherC. hesitateD.remember39.A. whenB. ifC. untilD.after40.A. didB. wouldC. couldD.Should41.A. pauseB. terminalC. breakdownD.standstill42.A. incompetentB. powerlessC. hesitantD.helpless43.A. althoughB. whenC. asD

26、.even if44.A. trappedB. placedC. positionedD.locked45.A. stepsB. levelsC. flightsD.floors46.A. timeB. instantC. pointD.minute47.A. likeB. thanC. forD.as48.A. forB. andC. butD.or49.A. stand asideB. stand downC. standbyD.stand in50.A. aimlessB. helplessC. unfocusedD.undecidedPART IV GRAMMAR AND VOCABU

27、LARY51. When you have finished with that book, don t forget to put it back on the shelf, ?A. don t you B. do you C. will you D. won t you52. Mary is hardworking than her sister, but she failed in the exam.A. no less B. no more C. not less D. not so53. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

28、?A. Only one out of six were present at the meeting.B. Ten dollars was stolen from the cash register.C. Either my sister or my brother is wrong.D. Five miles seem like a long walk to me.54. Which of the italicized parts expresses a future tense?A. My friend teaches chemistry in a school.B. I ll give

29、 it to you after I return.C. What is the matter with you?D. London stands on the River Thames.55. It is not so much the language the cultural background that makes the filmdifficult to understand.A. but B. nor C. like D. as56. There is no doubt the committee has made the right decision on the housin

30、gproject.A. why B. that C. whether D. when57. All the President s Men one of the important books for scholars who study theWatergate Scandal.A. remains B. remained C. remain D. is remaining58. If you explained the situation to your lawyer, he able to advise you muchbetter than I can.A. will be B. wa

31、s C. would be D. were59. Which of the following is a stative verb （靜態(tài)動(dòng)詞）?A. Drink B. Close C. Rain D. Belong60. Which of the following italicized parts indicates a subject-verb relation?A. The man has a large family to support.B. She had no wish to quarrel with her brother.C. He was the last guest t

32、o leave.D. Mary needs a friend to talk to.61. The following are all correct responses to“ Who told the news to the teacher?EXCEPT ?A. Bob did it B. Bob did so C. Bob did that D. Bob did.62. Which of the following is INCORRECT?A. Another two girls B. Few words C. This work D. A bit of flowers63. Whic

33、h of the following italicized words does NOT indicate willingness?A. What will you do when you graduate?B. They will be home by now.C. Who will go with me?D. Why will you go there alone?64. When one has good health, _ should feel fortunateA. you B. she C. he D. we65. There nothing more for discussio

34、n, the meeting came to an end half an hourearlier.A. to be B. to have been C. be D. being66. Two of her brothers were _ _ during the Second World War.A. called up B. called on C. called for D. called out67. Bottles from this region sell at about $50 a case.A. entirely B. totally C. wholesale D. toge

35、ther68. The product contains no colours, flavours, or preservatives.A. fake B. artificial C. false D. wrong69. Davis accepted the defeat in the sem-fiinal with good grace. The underlined part is closest in meaning to .A. cheerfully B. wholeheartedly C. politely D. quietly70. and business leaders wer

36、e delighted at the decision to hold the national motorfair in the city.A. Civil B. Civilized C. Civilian D. Civic71. The city council is planning a huge road-building programme to ease congestion. The underlined part means .A. calm B. relieve C. comfort D. still72. His unfortunate appearance was off

37、set by an attractive personality. The underlined part means all the following EXCEPT .A. improved B. made up for C. balanced D. compensated for73. The doctor said that the gash in his check required stitches. The underlined part means .A. lump B. depression C. swelling D. cut74. During the economic

38、crisis, they had to cut back production and workers.A. lay off B. lay into C. lay down D. lay aside75. The university consistently receives a high for the quality of its teaching andresearch.A. standard B. evaluation C. rating D. comment76. To mark its one hundredth anniversary, the university held

39、a series of activities including conferences, film shows, etc. The underlined part means .A. signify B. celebrate C. symbolize D. suggest77. His fertile mind keeps turning out new ideas. The underlined part means .A. abundant B. unbelievable C. productive D. generative78. The local news paper has a

40、of 100,000 copies a day.A. spread B. circulation C. motion D. flow79. These issues were discussed at length during the meeting. The underlined part meansA. eventually B. subsequently C. lastly D. fully80. A couple of young people were giving out leaflets in front of the department store.The underlin

41、ed part means .A. distributing B. handling C. dividing D. arrangingPART V READING COMPREHENSIONText AanInundated by more information than we can possibly hold in our head, we're increasingly handing off the job of remembering to search engines and smart phones. Google is even reportedly working

42、on eyeglasses that could one day recognize faces and supply details about whoever you're looking at. But new research shows that outsourcing our memory expecting that information will be continually and instantaneously available-is changing our cognitive habits.Research conducted by Betsy Sparro

43、w, an assistant professor of psychology at Columbia University, has identified three new realities about how we process information in the Internet age. First, her experiments showed that when we don't know the answer to a question, we now think about where we can find the nearest Web connection

44、 instead of the subject of the question itself. A second revelation is that when we expect to be able to find information again later on, we don't remember it as well as when we think it might become unavailable. And then there is the researchers' final observation: the expectation that we&#

45、39;ll he able to locate inf orination down the line leads us to form a memory not of the fact itself but of where we'II be able to find it.But this handoff comes with a downside. Skills like critical thinking and analysis must develop in the context of facts: we need something to think and reaso

46、n about, after all. And these facts can't be Googled as we go;they need to be stored in the original hard drive, our long-term memory. Especially in the case of children, "factual knowledge must precede skill," says Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology, at the University of Vir

47、ginia- meaning that the days of drilling the multiplication table and memorizing the names of the Presidents aren't over quite yet. Adults, too, need to recruit a supply of stored knowledge in order to situate and evaluate new information they encounter. You can't Google context.Last, there&

48、#39;s the possibility, increasingly terrifying to contemplate, that our machines fail us. As Sparrow puts it, "The experience of losing our Internet connection becomes more and more like losing a friend." If you're going to keep your memory on your smart phone, better make sure it'

49、s fully charged.81. Google s eyeglasses are supposed to _ _.Aimprove our memory Bfunction like memoryChelp us see faces better Dwork like smart phones82. According to the passage, “ cognitive habits ” refers to _ _.A how we deal with information B functions of human memoryC the amount of information

50、 D the availability of information83. Which of the following statements about Sparrow s research is CORRECT? A We remember people and things as much as before.B We remember more Internet connections than before.C We pay equal attention to location and content of information.DWe tend to remember loca

51、tion rather than the core of facts.84. What does the author mean by “ context ”?AIt refers to long -term memory.BIt refers to a new situation.CIt refers to a store of knowledge.DIt refers to the search engine.85. What is the implied message of the author?AWeb connections aid our memory.BPeople diffe

52、r in what to remember.CPeople keep memory on smart phones.DPeople need to exercise their memory.Text BI was a second-year medical student at the university, and was on my second day of rounds at a nearby hospital. My university's philosophy was to get students seeing patients early in their educ

53、ation. Nice idea,but it overlooked one detail:secon-dyear students know next to nothing about medicine.Assigned to my team that day was an attending- a senior faculty member who was there mostly to make patients feel they weren't in the hands of amateurs. Many attendings were researchers who did

54、n't have much recent hospital experience. Mine was actually an arthritis specialist. Also along was a resident (the real boss, with a staggering mastery of medicine, at least to a rookie like myself）. In addition there were two interns住院實(shí)習(xí)醫(yī)生）.These guys were just as green as I wa， sbut in a scar

55、ier way: they had recently graduated from the medical school, so they were technically MDs.I began the day at 6:30 am. An intern and I did a quick check of our eight patients; later, we were to present our findings to the resident and then to the attending. I had three patients and the intern had th

56、e other five- piece of cake.But when I arrived in the room of 71-year-old Mr. Adams， he was sitting up in bed, sweating heavily and panting （喘氣）. He'd just had a hip operation and looked terrible. Ilistened to his lungs with my stethoscope, but they sounded clear. Next I checked the log of his v

57、ital signs and saw that his respiration and heart rate had been climbing, but his temperature was steady. It didn't seem like heart failure, nor did it appear to be pneumonia. So I asked Mr. Adams what he thought was going on."It's really hot in here, Doc," he replied.So I attributed his condition to the stuffy room and told him the rest of the team would return in a few hours. He smiled