2014年12月英语四级真题及答案(二卷)(文字版)11396.pdf
第 1 页 共 19 页2014 年 12 月英语四级真题及答案(二卷)2014 年 12 月 CET4 真题及答案（二卷）（文字版）Part II Listening(30 minutes)Section A第 2 页 共 19 页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 questionthere 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 onAnswer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.Question 1A.At a groceryB.In a parking lotC.In a car showroomD.At a fast food restaurant2、A.Have a little nap after lunchB.Get up and take a short walkC.Change her position now and thenD.Stretch legs before standing up Question3A.The students should practice long-distance runningB.He doesnt quite believe what the woman saysC.The students physical condition is not desirableD.He thinks the race is too hard for the studentsQuestion 4A.They do not want to have a baby at presentB.They cannot afford to get married right nowC.They are both pursuing graduate studiesD.They will get their degrees in two yearsQuestion 5A.Twins usually have a lot in commonB.He must have been mistaken for JackC.Jack is certainly not as healthy as he isD.He has not seen Jack for quite a few daysQuestion 6第 3 页 共 19 页A.The man will take the woman wo the museumB.The man knows where the museum is locatedC.The woman is asking the way at the crossroadsD.The woman will attend the opening of the museumQuestion 7A.They cannot ask the guy to leaveB.The guy has been coming in for yearsC.They should not look down upon the guyD.The guy must be feeling extremely lonelyQuestion 8A.Collect timepiecesB.Become time-consciousC.Learn to mend locksD.Keep track of his daily activitiesQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Question 9A.It winds its way to the seaB.It is quickly risingC.It is eating into its banksD.It is wide and deepQuestion 10A.Get the trucks over to the other side of the riverB.Take the equipment apart before being ferriedC.Reduce the transport cost as much as possible.D.Try to speed up the operation by any meansQuestion 11A.Ask the commander to send a helicopterB.Halt the operation until further ordersC.Cut trees and build rowing boatsD.Find as many coats as possibleQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Question 12A.Help him join an Indian expeditionB.Talk about his climbing experiencesC.Give up mountain climbing altogetherD.Save money to buy climbing equipment第 4 页 共 19 页Question 13A.He was very strict with his childrenB.He climbed mountains to earn a livingC.He had an unusual religious backgroundD.He was the first to conquer Mt.QomolangmaQuestion 14A.They are like humansB.They are sacred placesC.They are to be protectedD.They are to be conqueredQuestion 15A.It was his fathers training that pilled him throughB.It was a milestone in his mountain climbing careerC.It was his father who gave him the strength to succeedD.It helped him understand the Sherpa view of mountainsSection BDirections：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 onlyonce.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choicesmarked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with asingle line through the centre Passage OneQuestion 16A.By reviewing what he has said previouslyB.By comparing memorandums with lettersC.By showing a memorandum s structureD.By analyzing the organization of a letterQuestion 17A.They spent a lot of time writing memorandumsB.They seldom read a memorandum through to the endC.They placed emphasis on the format of memorandumsD.They ignored many of the memorandums they received.Question 18A.Style and wordingB.Structure and length第 5 页 共 19 页C.Directness and clarityD.Simplicity and accuracyPassage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.Question 19A.Accurate datingB.Professional lookC.Direct statement of purposeD.Inclusion of appropriate humorQuestion20A.They give top priority to their work efficiencyB.They make an effort to lighten their workloadC.They never change work habits unless forced toD.They try hard to make the best use of their timeQuestion 21A.Self-confidenceB.Sense of dutyC.Work efficiencyD.Passion for workQuestion 22A.They are addicted to playing online gamesB.They try to avoid work whenever possibleC.They find to pleasure in the work they doD.They simply have no sense of responsibilityPassage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.Question 23A.He lost all his propertyB.He was sold to a circusC.He was forced into slaveryD.He ran away from his familyQuestion 24A.A carpenterB.A businessman第 6 页 共 19 页C.A master of hisD.A black drummerQuestion 25A.It named its town hall after Solomon NorthupB.It declared July 24 Solomon Northup DayC.It freedom all blacks in the town from slaveryD.It hosted a reunion for the Northup familySection CDirections：In this section,you will hear a passage three times.When the passage is readfor the first time,you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is readfor the second time,you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have justheard.Finally,when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what youhave written.Section CIntolerance is the art of ignoring any views that differ from your own.It(26)_ itself ahatred.Stereotypes,prejudice,and(27)_.Once it intensifies in people,intolerance isnearly impossible to overcome.But why would anyone want to be labeled intolerant.Whywould people want to be(28)_about the world around them?Why would one want tobe part of the problem in America,instead of the solution?There are many explanations for intolerant attitudes,some(29)_ childhood.It is likelythat intolerant folks grew up(30)_ intolerant parents and the cycle of prejudice hassimply continued for(31)_.Perhaps intolerant people are so set in their ways thatthey find it easier to ignore anything that might not(32)_ their limited view of life.Ormaybe intolerant students have simply never been(33)_ to anyone different formthemselves.But none of these reason is an excuse for allpwing the intolerance to continue.Intolerance should not be confused with disagreement.It is,of course,possible as diasgreewith an opinion without being intolerant of it.If you understand a belief but still dont believein that specific belief,thats fine.You are(34)_ your opinion.As a matter offact.(35)_ disseniers(持异议者)are important for any belief.If we all believed the samethings.we would never grow,and we would never learn about the world around us,does notstem frim disagreement.It stems from fear,And fear stems from fear.And fear stems fromignorance.答案：26.manifests第 7 页 共 19 页27.discrimination28.uninformed29.dating back to30.imitating31.generations32.conform to33.exposed34.entitled to35.knowledgeablePart III Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section AHis future subjects have not always treated the Prince of Wales with the respect oneXXXX expect.They laughed aloud in 1986 when the heir to the British(36)_ told a TVreporter that he talked to his plants at his country house,Highgrove,to stimulate theirgrowth.The Prince was being humorous-“My sense of humor will get me into trouble oneday”,he said to his aids(随从)-but listening to Charles Windsor can indeed provestimulating.The royal(37)_ has been promoting radical ideas for most of his adult life.Some of his(38)_,which once sounded a bit weird,were simply ahead of their time.Now,finally,the world seems to be catching up with him.Take his views on farming.Prince Charles Duchy Home Farm went(39)_ back in 1986.When most shopperscared only about the low price tag on suspiciously blemish-free(无瑕疵的)vegetablesand(40)_ large chickens piled high in supermarkets.His warnings on climate change proved farsighted,too.Charles began(41)_ action inwarming in 1990 and says he has been worried about the(42)_ of man on theenvironment same be was a teenger.Although he was gradually gained international(43)_ as one of the worlds lendingconservationists,many British people still think of him as an(44)_ person who talks toplants.This year,as it happens,South Korean scientists proved that plants reallydo(45)_ to round.So Charles was ahead of the game there,too.A.conformB.eccentricC.environmentalistD.expeditionsE.impact第 8 页 共 19 页F.notionsG.organicH.originallyI.recognitionJ.respondK.subordinateL.suppressingM.throneN.unnaturallyO.urgingSection BDirections:In this section，you are going to read a passage with ten statements attachedto it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify theparagraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more thanonce.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.High School Sports Arent Killing AcademicsA)In this months Atlantic cover article,“The Case Against High-School Sports,”AmandaRipley argues that school-sponsored sports programs should be seriously cut.She writesthat,unlike most countries that outperform the United States on international assessments,American schools put too much of an emphasis on athletics,“Sports are embedded inAmerican schools in a way they are not almost anywhere else,”she writes,“Yet thisdifference hardly ever comes up in domestic debates about Americas internationalmediocrity(平庸)in education.”B)American student-athletes reap many benefits from participating in sports,but the coststo the schools could outweigh their benefits,she argues,In particular,Ripley contends thatsports crowd out the academic missions of schools:America should learn from SouthKorea and Finland and every other country at the top level of international test scores,allof whom emphasize athletics far less in school.”Even in eighth grade,American kidsspend more than twice the time Korean kids spend playing sports,”she writes,citing a2010 study published in the Journal of Advanced Academics.C)It might well be true that sports are far more rooted in American high schools than inother countries.But our reading of international test scores finds no support for theargument against school athletics.Indeed,our own research and that of others lead us to第 9 页 共 19 页make the opposite case.School-sponsored sports appear to provide benefits that seem toincrease,not detract(减少)from,academic success.D)Ripley indulges a popular obsession(痴迷)with international test score comparisons,which show wide and frightening gaps between the United States and other countries.Sheignores,however,the fact that states vary at least as much in test scores as do developedcountries.A 2011 report from Harvard University shows that Massachusetts producesmath scores comparable to South Korea and Finland,while Mississippi scores are closerto Trinidad and Tobago.Ripleys thesis about sports falls apart in light of this fact.Schoolsin Massachusetts provide sports programs while schools in Finland do not.Schools inMississippi may love football while in Tobago interscholastic sports are nowhere near asprominent.Sports cannot explain these similarities in performance.They cant explaininternational differences either.E)If it is true that sports undermine the academic mission of American schools,we wouldexpect to see a negative relationship between the commitment to athletics and academicachievement.However,the University of Arkansass Daniel Bowen and Jay Greeneactually find the opposite.They examine this relationship by analyzing schools sportswinning percentages as well as student-athletic participation rates compared to graduationrates and standardized test score achievement over a five-year period for all public highschools in Ohio.Controlling for student poverty levels,demographics(人口统计状况),anddistrict financial resources,both measures of a schools commitment to athletics aresignificantly and positively related to lower dropout rates as well as higher test scores.F)On-the-field success and high participation in sports is not random-it requires focus anddedication to athletics.One might think this would lead schools obsessed with winning todeemphasize academics.Bowen and Greenes results contradict that argument.A likelyexplanation for this seemingly counterintuitive(与直觉相反的)result is that success insports programs actually facilitates or reflects greater social capital within a schoolscommunity.G)Ripley cites the writings of renowned sociologist James Coleman,whose research ineducation was groundbreaking.Coleman in his early work held athletics in contempt,arguing that they crowded out schools academic missions.Ripley quotes his 1961 study,The Adolescent Society,where Coleman writes,“Altogether,the trophy(奖品)case would第 10 页 共 19 页suggest to the innocent visitor that he was entering an athletic club,not an educationalinstitution.”H)However,in later research Coleman would show how the success of schools is highlydependent on what he termed social capital,“the social networks,and the relationshipsbetween adults and children that are of value for the childs growing up.”I)According to a 2013 evaluation conducted by the Crime Lab at the University of Chicago,a program called Becoming a Man-Sports Edition creates lasting improvements in theboys study habits and grade point averages.During the first year of the program,studentswere founds to be less likely to transfer schools or be engaged in violent crime.A yearafter the program,participants were less likely to have had an encounter with the juvenilejustice system.J)If school-sponsored sports were completely eliminated tomorrow,many Americanstudents would still have opportunities to participate in organized athletics elsewhere,much like they do in countries such as Finland,Germany,and South Korea.The same isnot certain when it comes to students from more disadvantaged backgrounds.In anoverview of the research on non-schoolbased after-school programs,researchers find that disadvantaged children participate inthese programs at significantly lower rates.They find that low-income students have lessaccess due to challenges with regard to transportation,non-nominal fees,and off-campussafety.Therefore,reducing or eliminating these opportunities would most likely deprivedisadvantaged students of the benefits from athletic participation,not least of which is theopportunity to interact with positive role models outside of regular school hours.K)Another unfounded criticism that Ripley makes is bringing up the stereotype that athleticXX are typically lousy(蹩脚的)classroom teachers.“American principals,unlike the XX XXof principals around the world,make many hiring decisions with their sports teams in mind,which does not always end well for students,”she writes.Educators who seek employmentat school
