四级真题2015年12月第二套

听力题 1. A) The agenda for the board of directors' meeting B) The details of the meeting to be held next week. C) The reason for the man's absence from the meeting D) The time for the man's visit to the woman's company. 2. A) At a travel agency. B) At a department store. C) In a library. D) In a post office. 3. A) He cannot hear the woman's call. B) He cannot get through to New York. C) He cannot recall the phone number. D) He cannot find a public phone nearby. 4. A) Watch a movie with the woman. B) Revise his thesis in the office. C) Do some shopping with Jane. D) Discuss his thesis with Prof. Hudson. 5. A) He just cannot work properly without a watch. B) He has no idea where he can buy a gold watch. C) He still does not know where he left his watch. D) He is not sure what went wrong with his watch. 6. A) He forgot all about what he said. B) He slipped and hurt his head. C) He was sorry for being off sick last week. D) He thought the woman's car had been sold. 7. A) She should try to catch an earlier bus. B) She is absent from his class too often. C) She is always making excuses for being late. D) She should come up with a better excuse. 8. A) He is going to help the woman out. B) He has to move out of the building soon. C) He is on his way to. see a real estate agent. D) He will stay with the woman's brother. 第二部分 长对话2篇（2016年还会考核此题型） Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9. A)From the wanted column. B)From some of her friends. C)From a telephone directory. D)From a television commercial. 10. A) She received full-time education abroad. B) She graduated from an open university. C) She finished her secondary school. D) She studied in a vocational college. 11. A) She is a shorthand-typist. B) She works as a tour guide. C) She is a policewoman. 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. B) It helps enlarge his customer network. C) It has been off and on for ten years. D) It was interrupted for four years. 13. A) Individualized service. B) Traditional setting. C) Home-made beer. D) Social games. 14. A) The quality of beer. B) The atmosphere. C) The owner's attitude. D) The right location. 15. A)It is a rather tough job. B)It is a profitable business. C)It helps old people kill time. D)It makes retirees feel useful. 第三部分 听力篇章三篇（2016年还会继续考核） Passage One Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. A) It is becoming increasingly popular. B) It helps the user to escape reality. C) It gives rise to serious social instability. D) It hurts a person and those around them. 17. A) They use drugs just for fun. B) They take drugs to get high. C) They use drugs as medicine. 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. B) Producing tasty healthy frozen food. C) Finding new ways to cure heart disease. D) Going on a diet upon leaving the hospital. 20. A) It was carefuUy tested with consumers. B) It was promoted by health organizations. C) It was disapproved by many diet experts. D) It was highly expected by the general public. 21. A) Competitive price. . B) Low expectations. C) Vigorous promotion 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 Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 23. A) It is practiced in most of the states. B) It will be abolished sooner or later. C) It has drawn a lot of criticism from overseas. 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 lintit for execution. C) What type of criminals should receive it. D) What effect it might have on youngsters. 25. A) The court sentenced hinl 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. 第四部分 听写（2016年不再考此题型，同学们依然可以做一下，测下自己的听力效果） Some people borrow money and "forget" to pay it back. Large loans are seldom the issue; they are usually treated as business _26_，with the terms spelled out on paper. But many women suffer _27_ over problems like Carol's "My friend Ginny is always _28_ cash，" she says. "I hate to recall how oftenI've‘loaned' her a dollar or two for a drink or a movie. Each loan is so smallI'd feel really cheap making a big deal out of it; still， I do _29_ the fact that she never pays me back." Carol admits to being "too _30_ or something" to demand repayment， but she has resolved to stop lending money to Ginny. "The last time she asked for five dollars to pay for her dry cleaning， I just told her I couldn't _31_ it." another woman suggests a bolder _32_"When somebody refuses to repay a loan， I _33_ by requesting one myself，" she says."‘I left home without my wallet，'I'll say.‘Can you lend me enough to cover lunch?' Then， when the money is safely in hand， I am struck by a sudden _34_ ‘Why， this is exactly the amount I loaned you last week! How _35_! Now you won't have to repay me! '" She says it works like a charm. 答案： 1-8 DCBDCACB 9-15 BCACDCA 16-25 DBCBABCABD 26-35 transactions in silence short of resent embarrassed spare response turn the tables realization convenient 阅读理解 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 cotmtry,part of a year when，for the first time in two 37 ,record-cold days will likely turn out to have out numbered record-walm 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 EI Nmo year. EI Nmo，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. EI Nmos are 42 with abnormally dry conditions in Southeast Asia and Australia. They can lead to extreme rain in parts of North and SouthAmerica， even as sou