大学英语四级考试真题第2套.docx

1、大学英语四级考试真题第2套2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第2套)Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essaybased on the picture below. You should start you,: essay with a brief account of the increasing use of the mobile phone in peoples then and then explain the con

2、sequences of overusing it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than, 180 words.Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section ADirections: 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 a

3、sked 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 I

4、with a single line through the centre.1. A) Go to a place he has visited. B) Make her own arrangements.C) Consult a travel agent. D) Join in a package tour.2. A) They are on a long trip by car. B) They are stuck in a traffic jam.C) They are used to getting up early.D) They are tired of eating out at

5、 night.3. A) He is a person difficult to deal with. B) He dislikes any formal gathering.C) He is unwilling to speak in public. D) He often keeps a distance from others.4. A) Work in another department. B) Pursue further education. C ) Recruit graduate students. D) Take an administrative job.5. A) He

6、 would not be available to start the job in time.B) He is not quite qualified for the art director position. C) He would like to leave some more time for himself. D) He will get his application letter ready before May 1.6. A) Cleaner. B) Mechanic. C) Porter. D) Salesman.7. A) Request one or two room

7、mates to do the cleaning.B) Help Laura with her term paper due this weekend. C) Get Laura to clean the apartment herself this time. D) Ask Laura to put off the cleaning until another week.8. A) A problem caused by the constryction. B) An accident that occurred on the bridge. C) The building project

8、they are working on. D) The public transportation conditions.Question 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) To look for a job as a salesperson. B) To have a talk with Miss Thompson.C) To place an order for some products. D) To complain about a faulty appliance.10. A) The pe

9、rson 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.11. A) 0743, 12536 extension 15. B) 0734, 21653 extension 51. C) 0734, 38750 extension 15. D) 0743, 62135 extension 51. Q

10、uestions 12 to 15rose based on the convermttion you have just heard.12. A) Since he found a girlfriend. B) Since he took to heavy smoking, C) Since he began to exercise regularly. D) Since he started to live on his own.13. A) He is getting too, fat. B) He smokes too much. C) He doesnt eat vegetables

11、.D) He doesnt look well at all.14. A) They are ovenveight for their age. B) They are respectful to their parents. C) They are still in their early twenties. D) They dislike doing physical exercise.15. A) To quit smoking, B) To reduce his weight. C) To find a girlfriend.D) To follow her advice.Sectio

12、n BDircctions: 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 mar

13、k the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.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) They are bu

14、rning out of control.17. A) They have been hospitalizeded.B) They have got skin problems.C) They were choked by the thick smoke.D) They were poisoned by the burning chemical.18. A) It failed because of a sudden rocket explosion. B) It has been re, scheduled for a midday takeoff. C) It has been cance

15、led 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 specially. D) They were arrested for stealing go

16、vernment information. Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are basd on the passage you have just heard.20. A) Peaceful. B) Considerate. C) Generous. D) Cooperative.21. A) Someone dumped the clothes left in the washer and dryer. B) Someone broke the washer and dryer by overloading them. C) Mindy Lances laun

17、dry blocked the way to the laundry room. D) Mindy Lance 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 T

18、hreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A) She is both a popular and highly respected author,B) She is the most love African novelist of a J1 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)

19、 The Book Critics Circle Award. B) The Nobel Prize for literature.C) The Pulitzer Prize for fiction. D) The National Book Award.25. A) She is a relative of Morrisons. B) She is a slave from Africa. C) She is a skirled storyteller.D) She is a black woman,Section CDirections: In this section, you will

20、 hear a passage three times. When 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 t

21、ime, you should check what you have written.Many college students today own personal computers 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

22、large and extremely expensive. Few, if any, 29 purchased computers for home use.Over the years the price of the guts of a computer-its memory-has 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 les

23、s today than they used to. Moreover, 30 improvements have made it possible to 31 memory circuitry that is small enou to fit into the portble 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 purchasing c

24、omputers. 33 , improved agricultural technology, hybrid (杂交) seeds, 34 animal breeding, and so on have vastly increased the amount of output 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 agri

25、cultural prices have fallen, many households have decreased their total expenses on food. Even though the 35of a product purchased generally increase when its price falls, total expenses on it may decline.Part Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passag

26、e with ten blanks. You are required to select one word foreach blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identifed by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item

27、on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Fou may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.To get a sense of how women have progressed in science, take a quick tour of the physics department at the University of Californ

28、ia, Berkeley. This is a storied place, the 36 of some of the most important discoveries in modern science-starting with Ernest Lawrences invention of the cyclotron (回旋加速器) in1931. A generation ago, female faces were 37 and, even today, visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte Hall will se

29、e a full corridor of exhibits 38 the many distinguished physicists who made history here, 39 all of them white males. But climb up to the third floor and youll see a 40 display. There, among the photos of current faculty members and students, are portraits of the 41 head of the department, Marjorie

30、Shapiro, and four other women whose research 42 everything from the mechanics of the universe to the smallest particles of matter. A sixth woman was hired just two weeks ago. Although theyre still only about 10 percent of the physics faculty, women are clearly a presence here. And the real 43 may be

31、 in the smaller photos to the right: graduate and undergraduate students, about 20 percent of them female. Every year Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the countrys top universities. That makes Shapiro optimistic, but also 44 I believe things are getting better, she says, but theyre no

32、t getting better as 45 as I would like. A) circumstance B) confidence C) covers D) current E) deals F) different G) exposing H) fastI) honoring J) hopeK) presently L) rareM) realistic N) siteO) virtually Section BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information gi.ven in one of the paragraphs. Identify th