2015年12月大学英语四级考试真题听力原文及参考答案（第1套）.docx

2015年12月大学英语四级考试真题答案及详解（第1套）PART Writing思维导图倾听比谈论更重要Listening Is More Important than Talking第一段阐释“倾听比谈论更重要”这一格言的内涵(paying attention to others' opinions is much more important than expressing one's own words)。第二段分析倾听比谈论更重要的原因，如倾听可以表达对他人的尊重(listening shows respect for others)，善于倾听可以赢得信任和友谊(gain trust and friendship)，同时倾听还可以使听者受益(benefit yourself)。第三段总结论述，指出倾听在很多场合比谈论重要得多(listening truly outweighs talking on many occasions)；在现代社会中，我们需要掌握一些沟通技巧(master some communication skills)。高分范文Listening Is More Important than Talking Nowadays an old saying, "Listening is more important than talking", comes into vogue. The saying tells us the true essence of communication with others in the society, which means paying attention to others' opinions is much more important than expressing one's own words. As for me, there are two reasons accounting for the correctness of this principle. To start with, listening shows your respect for others. In such a competitive society, willingness to listen can make you gain trust and friendship, which is the basic rule of socialization. A talkative person without ear is doomed to be alienated. Furthermore, listening can really benefit yourself. There is no denying that you are the one to make choices in your life. However, a variety of ideas from others will definitely enrich your mind and present some enlightenment to your future actions. According to what is said above, listening truly outweighs talking on many occasions. In modern society, we need to master some communication skills. Only when we realize the importance of listening can we lead a better life.精彩点评开门见山，描述现象：现在“倾听比谈论更重要”这一格言流行起来。顺承第一句，阐释“倾听比谈论更重要”的内涵：倾听他人的意见比表达自己的想法重要得多。使用As for me, there are two reasons accounting for.引出原因。使用To start with.Furthermore.具体列举不同的原因，层次分明。使用According to what is said above.总结论述。使用倒装句，强调倾听的重要性。加分亮点come into vogue 流行起来account for. 对做出解释be doomed to. 注定a variety of 各种各样的enrich 使丰富outweigh 比更重要on many occasions 在很多场合拓展空间主题词汇social ability 社交能力make good use of 充分利用interact with. 与互动catch on 流行，盛行contribute to 导致be isolated from 被孤立，被隔离extend.into. 将扩展到attentively 专注地，热切地be armed with. 用武装be honored 受到尊重句式拓展1. To a great extent, the ability of. is of greater significance than the ability of. for a long time. 长期以来，能力在很大程度上要比能力重要得多。2. With the increasing awareness of., more and more people choose to. instead of. 随着人们意识的不断提高，越来越多的人选择而不再PART Listening ComprehensionSection A1. A) They admire the courage of space explorers.B) They were going to watch a wonderful movie.C) They enjoyed the movie on space exploration.D) They like doing scientific exploration very much.M: Do you remember the wonderful film on space exploration we watched together last month?W: Sure. It's actually the most impressive one I've seen on that topic.Q: What do we learn about the speakers?听前猜测 四个选项的主语均为they，且选项动词多表达情感，通过选项中的space explorers，movie，space exploration等词可以判断，本题意在考查说话者对太空探险或电影的评价。详解 男士询问女士是否还记得他们上个月看的那部关于太空探险的精彩电影，女士表示这是她看过的关于太空探险题材的印象最深的一部电影。通过对话中的wonderful film和the most impressive one等关键词可知，他们非常喜欢男士所提及的那部关于太空探险的电影，故答案为C)。2. A) In a school library.B) At a gift shop.C) In the office of a travel agency.D) At a graduation ceremony.W: Are you looking for anything in particular?M: Yes. My son is graduating from high school, and I want to get him something special.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?听前猜测 四个选项中出现了school library，gift shop，travel agency和graduation ceremony等表示地点或场合的词汇，可以推测对话旨在考查事件发生的地点。详解 女士询问男士是否在找什么特别之物，男士说他儿子即将高中毕业，他想送给孩子一件特别的东西。由此可知，对话可能发生在礼品店，男士准备买件特别的礼物送给儿子，故答案为B)。3. A) He used to work in the art gallery.B) He does not have a good memory.C) He is not interested in any part-time jobs.D) He declined a job offer from the art gallery.M: Mike told me yesterday that he had been looking in vain for a job in the art gallery.W: Really? If I remember right, he had a chance to work there, but he turned it down.Q: What does the woman say about Mike?听前猜测 四个选项均以he开头，且出现了work，part-time jobs，a job offer等词，由此可以推测本题考查的内容与男士的工作有关。详解 男士说麦克告诉他在美术馆找工作的事无果而终，女士表示怀疑，因为她听说麦克曾有机会在那里工作，但他拒绝了。由此可知，麦克放弃了在美术馆的工作，并非是无果而终，declined一词是原文turned down的同义转换，故答案为D)。4. A) He will be unable to attend the birthday party.B) The woman should have informed him earlier.C) He will go to the birthday party after the lecture.D) Susan has been invited to give a lecture tomorrow.W: Would you like to come to Susan's birthday party tomorrow evening?M: I'm going to give a lecture tomorrow. I wish I could be in two places at the same time.Q: What does the man mean?听前猜测 四个选项中两次出现birthday party，可以推测对话与生日派对有关。各选项的主语为he，the woman，Susan，听音时应特别注意主语与birthday party的关系。详解 女士询问男士明天晚上能否参加苏珊的生日派对，男士说自己明天有个讲座，因此无法分身，也就是无法参加苏珊的生日派对，故答案为A)。5. A) Set a deadline for the staff to meet.B) Assign more workers to the project.C) Reward those having made good progress.D) Encourage the staff to work in small groups.W: Aren't you discouraged by the slow progress your staff is making?M: Yes. I think I will give them a deadline and hold them to it.Q: What is the man probably going to do?听前猜测 四个选项均为动词短语，且出现了deadline，staff，workers，project，work等与工作相关的词汇，故而推测本题考查的内容与员工或工作有关。详解 女士询问男士是否对员工的工作进度慢感到不满，男士表示赞同，并打算给员工设定期限并让他们遵守，故答案为A)。6. A) Where she can leave her car.B) The rate for parking in Lot C.C) How far away the parking lot is.D) The way to the visitor's parking.W: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the visitor's parking is? I left my car there.M: Sure. It's in Lot C. Over that way.Q: What does the woman want to know?听前猜测 四个选项中出现了car，parking，lot等词，由此可知，本题考查的内容与停车场有关。详解 女士问男士访客停车场在哪里，她的车停那里了，男士说就在那边的C区停车场。由此可推断，女士想知道如何去访客停车场，故答案为D)。7. A) He regrets missing the classes.B) He has benefited from exercise.C) He plans to take the fitness classes.D) He is looking forward to a better life.W: You look great! Now that you've taken those fitness classes.M: Thanks. I've never felt better in my life.Q: What does the man mean?听前猜测 四个选项均以he作主语，且出现了classes，exercise，fitness classes等词，可以推测对话内容与男士的健身有关。详解 女士夸赞男士自从上健身课以来气色不错，男士说他从未感觉像现在这样好。由此可以推测，男士认为自己在健身活动中获益匪浅，故答案为B)。8. A) How to select secretaries.B) How to raise work efficiency.C) The responsibilities of secretaries.D) The secretaries in the man's company.W: I really admire the efficiency of your secretaries.M: Our company selects only the best. They have a heavy workload and we give them a lot of responsibilities.Q: What are the speakers talking about?听前猜测 四个选项中出现了secretaries，work efficiency，responsibilities，company等词，由此可以判断本题与公司秘书的工作有关，可能会探讨如何选秘书、如何提高工作效率、秘书的职责等问题。详解 女士对男士秘书的工作效率大加赞赏，男士说他们公司只选择最棒的人当秘书，他们的工作量大、责任重。由此可知，对话双方在评价男士公司的秘书，因此答案为D)。Conversation One未听先知 预览三道题各选项，由多次出现的English，learn，commonly used，world language，British Empire，coined words等词，再结合第9题各选项表达的某种语言与英语的对比，可以大致推测本对话的内容与英语语言相关。9. A) It is used by more people than English.B) It is more difficult to learn than English.C) It will be as commonly used as English.D) It will eventually become a world language.Q: What does the man say about Chinese?听前猜测 四个选项主语都是it，其中A)，B)，C)三项都是与英语的比较，D)项谈论“某种语言最终会成为世界语言”。由此可推断，本题考查某种语言及其与英语的对比。详解 女士询问男士为什么说英语会成为世界语言，男士说原因之一是英语应用广泛，使用人数仅次于汉语，也就是说使用汉语的人数比使用英语的人数多，故答案为A)。10. A) Its popularity with the common people.B) The effect of the Industrial Revolution.C) The influence of the British Empire.D) Its loan words from many languages.Q: What made English a widely used language?听前猜测 四个选项大多表现出了某种影响，A)“受到大众的欢迎”，B)“工业革命的影响”，C)“大英帝国的影响”，D)“从其他语言中借词”。因此推测本题考查一事物对另一事物的影响。详解 女士询问男士英语使用者如此之多的原因，男士说大英帝国和美国的影响是主要原因，故C)“大英帝国的影响”是原因之一，为本题答案。11. A) It has a growing number of newly coined words.B) It includes a lot of words from other languages.C) It is the largest among all languages in the world.D) It can be easily picked up by overseas travellers.Q: What is said to be special about English vocabulary?听前猜测 四个选项都是谈论某种语言的特点，可以推测本题考查的内容与语言的特点相关。详解 对话中女士说许多学生认为英语难学，男士表示赞同，但同时认为英语有两大优势，其一就是词汇的国际化，英语中含有德语、荷兰语、法语、西班牙语、意大利语等多国语言的词汇。由此可知，英语词汇的特点是国际化，它包含了许多其他语言的词汇，故答案为B)。W: Hi Leo, why do you say English would become the world language?M: Well, for one thing, it's so commonly used. (9) The only language that is used by more people is Chinese.W: Why is English spoken by so many people?M: (10) It's spoken in many countries of the world because of the British Empire. And now of course there is the influence of America as well.W: Many students find English a difficult language to learn.M: Oh, all languages are difficult to learn. But English does have two great advantages.W: What are they?M: Well, first of all, it has a very international vocabulary. (11) It has many German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian words in it, so speakers of those languages will find many familiar words in English. In fact, English has words from many other languages as well.W: Why is that?M: Well, partly because English speakers have travelled a lot, they bring back words with them. So English really does have an international vocabulary.W: And what is the other advantage of English?M: It's that English grammar is really quite easy. For example, it doesn't have dozens of different endings for its nouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian and German for example.W: Why is that?M: Well, it's quite interesting actually. It's because of the French. When the French ruled England, French was the official language, and only the common people spoke English. They tried to make their language as simple as possible. So they made the grammar easier.Conversation Two未听先知 预览四道题各选项，选项中出现的order，goods，complaint，sales department，large orders，delivery，saleswoman等词表明，对话的主要内容是关于订货、发货的问题。12. A) To place an order.B) To apply for a job.C) To return some goods.D) To make a complaint.Q: What is the woman's purpose in making the phone call?听前猜测 四个选项均为不定式结构，常表目的，可以推测本题考查的内容是做事的目的。详解 对话中女士打销售部的电话，其目的是想为她们的工作室添置家具。由此推断，女士打电话是为了订货，故答案为A)。13. A) He works on a part-time basis for the company.B) He has not worked in the sales department for long.C) He is not familiar with the exact details of the goods.D) He has become somewhat impatient with the woman.Q: What do we learn about the man from the conversation?听前猜测 四个选项主语都是he，通过出现的works，worked，goods等词可知，A)、B)、C)三项主要说明男士的工作状况，D)项意在说明男士的工作态度。由此可以推测本题考查的内容与男士的工作状况或态度相关。详解 女士询问画板报价是否包括增值税，男士表示不太确定；女士又问及画板的材质，男士也不清楚。由此可推测，男士并不十分了解他们的货，故答案为C)。14. A) It is not his responsibility.B) It will be free for large orders.C) It depends on a number of factors.D) It costs £15 more for express delivery.Q: What does the man say about delivery?听前猜测 四个选项中，A)“这并非他的职责”和C)“这与多种因素有关”表述对象不明确；B)“大订单免费送货”和D)“寄快递需多花15磅”旨在说明如何送货。根据以上信息可大致推测，本题考查的内容与如何送货相关。详解 女士询问了画板的价格和材质后，又询问了货物运送的情况，男士说这得看他们的工作情况和订单的数量等。由此可推测，货物的运送是由多种因素决定的，故答案为C)。15. A) Make inquiries with some other companies.B) Report the information to her superior.C) Pay a visit to the saleswoman in charge.D) Ring back when she comes to a decision.Q: What does the woman say she will possibly do tomorrow?听前猜测 四个选项都是动词短语，都是谈论某种计划或打算，由此推测本题考查的内容与计划或行动相关。详解 女士说除了画板之外，她们还需要画笔、油墨、尺子和画纸等材料，但被告知负责相关业务的人员不在，因此女士打算明天再打电话咨询相关事宜。由此可知，女士计划做完决定后再打电话联系，故答案为D)。M: Hello. Yes?W: Hello. Is that the sales department?M: Yes, it is.W: Oh, well, my name is Jane Kingsbury of GPF limited. (12) Um, we need some supplies for our design office.M: Oh, what sort?W: Well, first of all, we need one complete new drawing board.M: D044 or D045?W: Ah, I don't know. What's the difference?M: Well, the 45 costs 15 pounds more.W: Um, so what's the total price then?M: It's 387 pounds.W: Does that include value-added tax?M: Oh, (13-1) I'm not sure. Most of the prices do. Yes, I think it does.W: Um, what are the boards actually made of?M: Oh, (13-2) I don't know. I think it's a sort of plastic stuff these days. It's white anyway.W: Um. And how long does it take to deliver?M: Oh, I couldn't really say. (14) It depends on how much work we've got and how many other orders there are to send out, you know.W: OK. Now we also want some drawing pens, ink and rulers, and some drawing paper.M: Oh dear. The girl who takes all those supplies isn't here this morning, so I can't take those orders for you. I only do the equipment you see.W: OK. Well, (15) perhaps I'll ring back tomorrow.M: So do you want the drawing board then?W: Oh, I have to think about it. Thanks very much. I'll let you know. Good-bye.M: Thank you. Good-bye.Section BPassage One未听先知 预览三道题各选项，其中没有能够表达短文主要内容的关键词，但各个题目考查的内容比较具体，如第16题考查某一事物出现的时间、地点、目的或未来发展状况；第17题各选项为动词短语，旨在考查某一具体行为；第18题各选项都是不定式结构，旨在考查做事的目的。此类文章在听音时要注意相关细节内容。16. A) No one knows for sure when they came into being.B) No one knows exactly where they were first made.C) No one knows for what purpose they were invented.D) No one knows what they will look like in the future.Q: What does the speaker say about kites?听前猜测 四个选项主语相同，考查内容为某一事物出现的时间、地点、目的和未来发展状况，听音时要注意相关信息。详解 短文开篇便提到“没有人知道风筝问世多久了”，后面接着说，数百年前人们就开始使用风筝，2,500多年前风筝在中国非常出名。由此可知，人们不确定的是风筝是何时问世的，因此A)为答案。17. A) Measure the speed of wind.B) Give warnings of danger.C) Pass on secret messages.D) Carry ropes across rivers.Q: What did ancient Chinese use kites to do?听前猜测 四个选项都是动词短语，旨在考查某一具体行为或功能。详解 短文提到风筝的几种用途，比如在古代中国，风筝用于将绳索穿过小河从而悬起木桥，此外风筝还用于战斗中，因此D)为答案。18. A) To find out the strength of silk for kites.B) To test the effects of the lightning rod.C) To prove that lightning is electricity.D) To protect houses against lightning.Q: Why did Benjamin Franklin fly a kite in the storm?听前猜测 四个选项都是不定式结构，旨在考查做事的目的，但要区分选项含义，A)“发现用丝线做风筝的好处”、B)“测试避雷针的效果”、C)“证实雷电也是电”、D)“防止房子被雷击”。详解 短文中提到富兰克林也曾放过风筝，他放风筝的目的是证实雷电也是电，因此C)为答案。(16) No one knows for sure just how old kites are. In fact, they have been in use for centuries. 25 centuries ago, kites were well known in China. These first kites were probably made of wood. They may even have been covered with silk, because silk were used a lot at that time. Early kites were built for certain uses. (17) In ancient China, they were used to carry ropes to cross rivers. Once across, the ropes were tied down and wooden bridges would hang for them. Legend tells of one general who flew musical kites over the enemies' camp. The enemy fled, believing the sounds to be the warning voices of angels. By the 15th century, many people flew kites in Europe. Marco Polo may have brought the kite back from his visit to China. The kite has been linked to great names and events. For instance, (18) Benjamin Franklin used the kite to prove that lightning is electricity. He flew the kite in the storm. He did this in order to draw lightning from the clouds. He tied a metal key and a strip of silk to the kite line. The silk ribbon would stop the lightning from passing thr