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大学英语四级卷三真题

大学英语四级卷三真题2015年12月

（总分：

710.00，做题时间：

130分钟）

一、PartIWriting（30minutes）（总题数：

1，分数：

106.50）

1.Directions:

Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessaycommentingonthesaying

Nevergoouttheretoseewhathappens,goouttheretomakethingshappen.Youcanciteexamples

toillustratetheimportanceofbeingparticipantsratherthanmereonlookersinlife.Youshould

writeatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.

（分数：

106.50）

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正确答案：

（BeParticipantsRatherthanOnlookersJustasthesayinggoes,nevergooutthere

toseewhathappens,goouttheretomakethingshappen.Itobviouslyemphasizestheimportance

ofbeingparticipantsinsteadofmereonlookersinlife.Thereareseveralreasonsaccounting

forit.Tostartwith,youwillneverlearntheessenceoflifeunlessyoutrysomethingonyour

own.Whetherit'sasuccessorafailure,itwillmakeyourlifemorecolorful.Furthermore,chances

areonlyforthosewhoarebraveenoughtochallengethemselves.Theytendtohavemorechoices

andopportunitiesthanothers.Lastbutnotleast,Romeisnotbuiltinoneday.Onlyifyouare

adoerratherthanawatchercanyougetlife-longvaluableexperience.Itisnoexaggeration

tosaythatmanyoftheyounggenerationsprefertobeonlookers,whichseemstobeeasierand

lessstressful.Butthiskindofattitudeisdevastating.Weshouldstartmakingachangeby

applyingwhatwehavelearnedintopractice,andplayourpartinbetteringourworld,whichwill

finallybenefitnotonlyourselvesbutalsothefuturegenerations.）

解析：

二、PartIIListeningComprehension（30minutes）（总题数：

1，分数：

56.80）

（分数：

56.80）

A.Theyadmirethecourageofspaceexplorers.

B.Theyenjoyedthemovieonspaceexploration.√

C.Theyweregoingtowatchawonderfulmovie.

D.Theylikedoingscientificexplorationverymuch.

解析：

Question1-M：

Doyourememberthewonderfulfilmonspaceexplorationwewatched

togetherlastmonth?

-W：

Sure。

It'sactuallythemostimpressiveoneI'veseenonthat

topic。

A.Atagiftshop.√

B.Atagraduationceremony.

C.Intheofficeofatravelagency.

D.Inaschoollibrary.

解析：

Question2-W：

Areyoulookingforanythinginparticular?

-M：

Yes.Mysonis

graduatingfromhighschool，andIwanttogethimsomethingspecial.Q：

Wheredoesthe

conversationmostprobablytakeplace?

A.Heusedtoworkintheartgallery.

B.Hedoesnothaveagoodmemory.

C.Hedeclinedajobofferformtheartgallery.√

D.Heisnotinterestedinanypart-timejobs.

解析：

-M：

Miketoldmeyesterdaythathehadbeenlookinginvainforajobintheartgallery.

-W：

Really?

IfIrememberright，hehadachancetoworkthere，butheturneditdown。

Q：

WhatdoesthewomansayaboutMike?

A.Susanhasbeeninvitedtogivealecturetomorrow.

B.Hewillgotothebirthdaypartyafterthelecture.

C.Thewomanshouldhaveinformedhimearlier.

D.Hewillbeunabletoattendthebirthdayparty.√

解析：

Question4-W：

WouldyouliketocometoSusan'sbirthdaypartytomorrowevening?

-M：

I'mgoingtogivealecturetomorrow.IwishIcouldbeintwoplacesatthesametime。

Q：

Whatdoesthemanmean?

A.Rewardthosehavingmadegoodprogress.

B.Setadeadlineforthestafftomeet.√

C.Assignmoreworkerstotheproject.

D.Encouragethestafftoworkinsmallgroups.

解析：

Question5-W：

Aren'tyoudiscouragedbytheslowprogressyourstaffismaking?

-M：

Yes.IthinkIwillgivethemadeadlineandholdthemtoit.Q：

Whatisthemanprobably

goingtodo?

A.Thewaytothevisitor'sparking.√

B.TherateforparkinginLotC.

C.Howfarawaytheparkinglotis.

D.Whereshecanleavehercar.

解析：

Question6-W：

Excuseme。

Couldyoutellmewherethevisitors'parkingis?

Ileft

mycarthere.-M：

Sure。

It'sinLotC。

Overthatway.Q：

Whatdoesthewomanwant

toknow?

A.Heregretsmissingtheclasses.

B.Heplanstotakethefitnessclasses.

C.Heislookingforwardtoabetterlife.

D.Hehasbenefitedformexercise.√

解析：

Question7-W：

Youlookgreat!

Nowthatyou'vetakenthosefitnessclasses.-

M：

Thanks.I'veneverfeltbetterinmylife.Q：

Whatdoesthemanmean?

A.Howtoraiseworkefficiency.

B.Howtoselectsecretaries.

C.Theresponsibilitiesofsecretaries.

D.Thesecretariesintheman'scompany.√

解析：

Question8-W：

Ireallyadmiretheefficiencyofyoursecretaries.-M：

Ourcompany

selectsonlythebest.Theyhaveaheaveworkloadandwegivethemalotofresponsibilities.

Q：

Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?

ConversationOneQuestions9to11arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.（分数：

21.30）

A.ItismoredifficulttolearnthanEnglish.

B.ItisusedbymorepeoplethanEnglish.√

C.ItwillbeascommonlyusedasEnglish.

D.Itwilleventuallybecomeaworldlanguage.

解析：

Conversion1W：

HiLeo，whydoyousayEnglishwouldbecometheworldlanguage?

M：

Well.Foronething，it'ssocommonlyused，theonlylanguagethatisusedbymorepeopleis

Chinese.W：

WhyisEnglishspokenbysomanypeople?

M：

It'sspokeninmanycountries

oftheworldbecauseoftheBritishempire。

AndnowofcourseistheinfluenceofAmericaas

well.W：

ManystudentsfindEnglishadifficultlanguagetolearn.M：

Oh，alllanguages

aredifficulttolearn。

ButEnglishdoeshavetwogreatestadvantages.W：

Whatarethey?

M：

Well，firstofall，ithasaveryinternationalvocabulary。

IthasmanyGerman，Dutch，

French，SpanishandItalianwordsinit。

Sospeakersofthoselanguageswillfindmanyfamiliar

wordsinEnglish。

Infact，Englishhaswordsformanyotherlanguagesaswell.W：

Whyis

theybringbackwords

，partlybecauseEnglishspeakershavetravelledalot，Well：

that?

M．

withthem.SoEnglishreallydoeshaveaninternationalvocabulary.W：

Andwhatistheother

advantageofEnglish?

M：

ItthatEnglishgrammarisreallyquiteeasy.Forexample，itdoesn't

havedozensofdifferentendingsforitsnouns，adjectivesandverbs，notlikeLatin，Russian

andGermanforexample.W：

Whyisthat?

M：

Well，it'squiteinterestingactually，

it'sbecauseoftheFrench。

WhentheFrenchruledEngland，Frenchwastheofficiallanguage，

andonlythecommonpeoplespokeEnglish。

Theytriedtomaketheirlanguageassimpleaspossible。

Sotheymadethegrammareasier。

Questions9to11arebasedontheconversationyou've

justheard.Q9：

WhatdoesthemansayaboutChinese?

A.Ithaswordswordsfrommanylanguages.

B.Itspopularitywiththecommonpeople.

C.TheinfluenceoftheBritishEmpire.√

D.TheeffectoftheIndustrialRevolution.

解析：

Q10：

WhatmadeEnglishawidelyusedlanguage?

A.Itincludesalotofwordsformotherlanguages.√

B.Ithasagrowingnumberofnewlycoinedwords.

C.Itcanbeeasilypickedupbyoverseastravelers.

D.Itisthelargestamongalllanguagesintheworld.

解析：

Q11：

WhatissaidtobespecialaboutEnglishvocabulary?

Conversation2Questions12to15arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.（分数：

28.40）

A.Toreturnsomegoods.

B.Toapplyforajob.

C.Toplaceanorder.√

D.Tomakeacomplaint.

解析：

Conversation2Man：

Hello.Yes?

Woman：

Hello。

Isthatthesalesdepartment?

M：

Yes，itis.W：

Oh，well.MynameisJaneKingsburyofGPFlimited.Weneedsomesupplies

forourdesignoffice.M：

Oh，whatsort?

W：

Well，firstofall，weneedonecomplete

newdrawingboard.M：

DO44orDO45?

W：

Ah，Idon'tknow.What'sthedifference?

M：

Well，the45costs15poundsmore.W：

Sowhat'sthetotalpricethen?

M：

It's387pounds.

W：

Dosethatincludevalued-addedtax?

M：

Oh，I'mnotsure。

Mostofthepricesdo.Yes，

Ithinkitdoes.W：

Whataretheboardsactuallymadeof?

M：

Oh，Idon'tknow.Ithink

it‘sasortofplasticstuffthesedays.It'swhiteanyway.W：

Andhowlongdoesittake

todeliver?

M：

Oh，Icouldn'treallysay.Itdependsonhowmuchworkwe'vegotandhow

manyotherorderstherearetosendout，youknow.W：

Ok，nowwealsowantsomedrawing

pens，inkandrulers，andsomedrawingpaper.M：

Ohdear.Thegirlwhotakesallthose

suppliesisn'therethismorning.SoIcan'ttakethoseordersforyou.Ionlydotheequipment

yousee.W：

Ok，well，perhapsI'llringbacktomorrow.M：

Sodoyouwantthedrawing

boardthen?

W：

Oh，Ihavetothinkaboutit.Thanksverymuch.I'llletyouknow.Good-bye.

M：

Thankyou.Good-bye.Question12to15arebasedontheconversationyoujustheard。

Question12：

Whatisthewoman'spurposeinmakingthephonecall?

A.Hehasbecomesomewhatimpatientwiththewoman.

B.Heisnotfamiliarwiththeexactdetailsofgoods.√

C.Hehasnotworkedinthesalesdepartmentforlong.

D.Heworksonapart-timebasisforthecompany.

解析：

Question13：

Whatdowelearnaboutthemanfromtheconversation?

A.Itisnothisresponsibility.

B.Itwillbefreeforlargeorders.

C.Itcosts15moreforexpressdelivery.

√D.Itdependsonanumberoffactors.

解析：

Question14：

Whatdoesthemansayaboutdelivery?

A.Reporttheinformationtohersuperior.

B.Payavisittothesaleswomanincharge.

C.Ringbackwhenshecomestoadecision.√

D.Makeinquirieswithsomeothercompanies.

解析：

Question15：

Whatdoesthewomansayshewillpossiblydotomorrow?

四、SectionB（总题数：

3，分数：

71.00）

PassageOneQuestions16to18arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.（分数：

21.30）

A.Nooneknowsexactlywheretheywerefirstmade

B.Nooneknowsforsurewhenthycameintobeing.√

C.Nooneknowsforwhatpurposetheywereinvented

D.NooneknowswhattheywilllooKlikeinthefuture

解析：

短文1Nooneknowsforsurejusthowoldkitesare.Infact，theyhaveb