英语四级

标准四级考试流程 8：50---9：00 试音时间 9：00---9：10 播放考场指令，发放作文考卷 9：10 取下耳机，开始作文考试 9：35 发放含有快速阅读的试题册(但9：40才允许开始做) 9：40---9：55 做快速阅读 9：55---10：00 收答题卡一(即作文和快速阅读) 9：55---10：00 重新戴上耳机，试音寻台，准备听力考试 10：00 开始听力考试，电台开始放音 听力结束后完成剩余考项。 11：20 全部考试结束。 （期中考试无作文，且时间为晚上，标准考试流程仅作为参考，关注一下快速阅读的时间） 试卷构成 测试内容 测试题型 比例 听力理解 (249分) 对话 短对话 (Part III 11-18) 多项选择 35% 长对话 (Part III 19-25) 多项选择 短文 短文理解 (Part III 26-35) 多项选择 多项选择 (Part III 36-46) 复合式听写 阅读理解 (249分) 仔细阅读 篇章词汇 (Part IV 47-56) 选词填空(15选10) 35% 篇章阅读(Part IV 57-66) 多项选择(2篇) 快速阅读理解 (Part II 1-10 ) 是非判断(1-7)+ 句子填空或其他(8-10) 综合测试 70分 完型填空 或 改错(Part V 67-86) 多项选择 10% 错误辨认并改正 写作/ 翻译 142分 写作 (Part I) 短文写作 20% 篇章问答 或句子翻译 (Part V 87-91) 中译英 听力理解部分测试学生获取口头信息的能力。录音材料用标准的英式或美式英语朗读，语速约为每分钟130词。听力部分分值比例为35%，其中对话占15%，短文占20%。考试时间35分钟。 对话部分（Listening Conversations）包括短对话和长对话，均采用多项选择题的形式进行考核。短对话约有7-8段，每段为一轮对话和一个问题；长对话有两段，每段为5-8轮对话和3-4个问题；对话部分共15题。每段对话均朗读一遍，每个问题后留有15秒的答题时间。 短文部分包括多项选择题型的短文理解（Listening Passages）和复合式听写（Compound Dictation）。多项选择题型的短文有3篇，每篇长度为200-250词，朗读一遍，每篇3-4题，共10题，每个问题后留有15秒的答题时间。 复合式听写测试考生在不同层面上（从词汇到语篇层面）的听力理解能力。这部分测试采用一篇200-250词的短文，删去若干个单词和句子，全文朗读三遍。要求考生根据听到的内容填写所缺信息，所缺单词必须用原词填写，所缺句子信息既可按原文填写，也可用自己的语言表述。 阅读理解部分包括仔细阅读（Reading in Depth）和快速阅读（Skimming and Scanning），测试学生通过阅读获取书面信息的能力；所占分值比例为35%，其中仔细阅读部分25%，快速阅读部分10%。考试时间40分钟。 快速阅读部分采用1-2篇较长篇幅的文章或多篇短文，总长度约为1000词。要求考生运用略读和查读的技能从篇章中获取信息。略读考核学生通过快速阅读获取文章主旨大意或中心思想的能力，阅读速度为每分钟100词。查读考核学生利用各种提示，如数字、大写单词、段首或句首词等，快速查找特定信息的能力。快速阅读理解部分采用的题型有是非判断、句子填空、完成句子等。 仔细阅读部分要求考学生三篇短文。两篇为多项选择题型的短文理解测试，每篇长度为300-350词。 选词填空（Banked Cloze）或简答题（Short Answer Questions）一篇。选词填空篇章长度为200-250词，简答题篇章长度为300-350词。选词填空测试考生对篇章语境中的词汇理解和运用能力。要求考生阅读一篇删去若干词汇的短文，然后从所给选项中选择正确的词汇填空，使短文复原。简答题的篇章后有若干个问题，要求考生根据对文章的理解用最简短的表述（少于10个词）回答问题或完成句子。 仔细阅读部分测试考生在不同层面上的阅读理解能力，包括理解主旨大意和重要细节、综合分析、推测判断以及根据上下文推测词义等。多项选择题型的短文后有若干个问题，考生根据对文章的理解，从每题的四个选项中选择最佳答案。 完型填空（Cloze）测试学生各个层面上的语言理解能力及语言运用能力。短文长度为220-250词，内容是学生所熟悉的题材。这部分的分值比例为10%，考试时间15分钟。 完型填空部分的短文有20个空白，空白处所删去的词既有实词也有虚词，每个空白为一题，每题有四个选择项。要求考生选择一个最佳答案，使短文的意思和结构恢复完整。 命题的语料均选自英文原版材料，包括日常生活中的对话、讲座、广播电视节目、报刊、杂志、书籍、学术期刊等。选材的原则是： 1）题材广泛，包括人文科学、社会科学、自然科学等领域，但所涉及的背景知识应为学生所了解或已在文章中提供； 2）体裁多样，包括叙述文、说明文、议论文等； 3）仔细阅读篇章难度适中，快速阅读、听力和完型填空的篇章难度略低； 4）词汇范围不超出《教学要求》中一般要求的词汇，超出该范围的关键词汇，影响理解时，则以汉语或英语释义。 TEST（听力部分） Section A Directions: 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 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 2 with a single line through the center. 1. W: You seem very confident about the job interview, don’t you? M: Yes, I feel ready for it. I bought a good suit from a clothing store and I had my hair cut. I had studied almost everything about finance and economics. Q: Where is the man probably going to work? 2. W: I’m sorry, sir. The train is somewhat behind schedule. Take a seat, and I’ll tell you as soon as we know something definite. M: Thank you. I’ll just sit here and read a magazine in the meantime. Q: What can we conclude about the train from the conversation? 3. M: I drove my motorcycle to work today. It was a great day for a ride. W: Oh, you mean you did buy that motorcycle after all! Q: What had the woman assumed? 4. W: Did you go to the football match last Saturday? M: Oh, yes. It was supposed to start at 2:30, but it was delayed fifteen minutes. Q: When did the football match start? 5. W: I hear there’s a good Japanese restaurant nearby. Would you like to go there for lunch? M: Yes, but it’s my treat this time. Q: What does the man mean? 6. W: I just heard that Professor Hendrix is retiring at the end of the semester. M: Too bad. I was hoping to take his chemistry course next semester. Q: What is learned about Professor Hendrix from this conversation? 7. M: I’d like to return this sweater because it’s too small. I don’t have the receipt with me, though. W: You could exchange the sweater for another size. But if you don’t have the receipt, I won’t be able to give your money back. Q: What does the woman mean? 8. M: I’m planning to clean up the kitchen this afternoon. W: Shouldn’t you clean the rest of your apartment while you’re at it? Q: What does the woman tell the man? Now you will hear two long conversations. Conversation One M: Sally, you wouldn’t believe what I just saw! It was awful! W: You saw the bus accident? Tell me about it. You know Jimmy was on that bus. M: I know. I saw him when they carried him into the ambulance. I happened to ride near the site and heard the bang. It happened so fast! The van came around that corner and crashed right into the side of the bus. W: Did the van slow down at all? M: No. It was as if the driver of the van never even saw the bus. I guess the driver might be drunk. W: Were there many people on the bus? M: Yes, it was practically full. W: Do you think many of them were injured? M: From what I could see it looked like most of the people had injuries; some even serious, like the driver of the van. I don’t think he’ll make it. I think Jimmy will be okay though. He waved his hand at me as they put him in the ambulance. W: Do you know what hospital they’re taking him to? We should go see him. Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9. What are they talking about? 10. Who is seriously injured? 11. What might be to blame for the crash? Conversation Two M: Hi, Sarah, what’s up? W: Oh, hi. I just got out of a history class. I had to give a presentation. M: How did it go? W: Terribly. I’m sure I made a fool of myself. M: Why? Weren’t you prepared? W: No, it’s not that. I just get so embarrassed and nervous whenever I have to speak in front of a group of people. I stand up and my face gets red and then I get even more nervous because I know everyone can see me blushing. M: It is not so bad to blush. W: But it happens all the time. If the professor asks a question and I know the answer, I’ll blush like crazy if he calls on me. Doesn’t that ever happen to you? M: No, not really. Maybe you should try to forget all about the people. Look at something else in the room, like the exit sign. W: I guess I could try that. But I doubt it will help. M: You know we talked about this in psychology class. Blushing, even though it’s involuntary, is more or less a learned behavior. W: What do you mean? M: Oh, children hardly ever blush at all. And, among adults, supposedly very few don’t blush. W: I wonder why. M: I don’t know. But I had a friend in high school, Brian Smith. It was really easy to make him blush. He turned red whenever a waitress would ask him for his order. W: I’m not that bad. Well, I’ve got to get going for my next class. I’ll talk to you later. Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12. What was the woman’s problem? 13. Why might looking at the exit sign help the woman? 14. What does the man say about children? 15. Why does the man tell the story about Brain Smith? 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 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 2 with a single line through the center. Passage One Robert Edwards was blinded in an automobile accident nine years ago. He was also partially deaf because of old age. Last week, he was walking near his home when a thunderstorm approached. He took shelter under a tree and was struck by lightning. He was knocked to the ground and woke up some 20 minutes later, lying face down in water below a tree. He went into the house and lay down in bed. A short time later, he awoke; his legs couldn’t move and he was trembling, but, when he opened his eyes, he could see the clock across the room in front of him. When his wife entered, he saw her for the first time in nine years. Doctors confirm that he has regained his sight and hearing apparently from the flash of lightning, but they are unable to explain the reason. The only possible explanation offered by one doctor was that, since Edwards lost his sight as a result of a hard blow in a terrible accident, perhaps the only way it could be restored was by another blow. Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. What caused Robert Edwards’s blindness? 17. Which was the first thing that he saw after being struck by lightning? 18. What was Edwards doing when he was struck by lightning? 19. What caused Edwards to regain his sight according to one of the doctors? Passage Two I flew to San Francisco to take care of some business with Mr. Jordan. But as soon as I arrived, I got sick and couldn’t meet with him. I had to call our appointment off. Then, when I felt better I thought about visiting him at his home, but he lived too far away. I tried to telephone him during office hours, but he was busy. The receptionist said that Mr. Jordan would call me back, but he didn’t. I gave up trying to make a new appointment because it would take more time and effort than I wanted to spend. A few days later, I saw a man on the street who looked like Mr. Jordan, and I called out to him. It was someone else. When I returned to my hotel that day, I found a message, which said that Mr. Jordan had gone out of town on some sudden unexpected business. I was sorry I had missed seeing him, but I really enjoyed my sightseeing in San Francisco. Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 20. Why couldn’t the speaker meet Mr. Jordan when he got to San Francisco? 21. Why did the speaker give up making another appointment? 22. What do we learn from the story? Passage Three Early in January 1967, the dead body of a seventy-three-year-old scientist, Dr. James Hedford, was placed in a special container to be stored until the day when a cure might be found for the disease which had killed him. Many scientists immediately protested. They said that the experiment was too foolish and that there was no hope of success. They claimed that no living organ had ever endured freezing and unfreezing. However, three Japanese scientists had in fact successfully frozen the brain of a cat for 203 days, unfrozen it and examined it. They discovered that the electric currents in the brain were similar to those of the cat before it was frozen. And the brain is considered the most delicate of all organs, unable to live without oxygen. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 23. What did many scientists say about this experiment? 24. What experiment did three Japanese scientists carry out? 25. Which is considered the most delicate of all organs? Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time you should listen for its general idea. Then listen to the passage again. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard. For the blanks numbered from 34 to 36 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. Two Indian sailors were recently arrested in Yokohama and charged with possessing hemp (大麻), (26) contrary to Japanese law. A police (27) witness said that he visited their ship in the harbor and found five (28) kilograms of what he thought was hemp, as well as smoking pipes. These things were found in the cabin of the (29) accused men. In court, the sailors (30) claimed that the material was not hemp but was common Indian type of tobacco, (31) containing brown sugar and smoked with long pipes. Hemp in (32) solid form is sticky lump (33) resembling chocolate, and what the Indians had in their cabin looked very similar. However, (34) the defense lawyers asked a university professor to test the material, and he said in court that it def