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1、世纪文都教育科技集团股份有限公司2 20 02 21 1 年年 1 12 2 月月大大学学英英语语四四级级考考试试真真题题（第第 1 1 套套）来来源源：文文都都教教育育Part IWriting(30 minutes)Directions:Suppose your university student union is planning to hold a speech contest.You arenow to write a proposal for organizing the contest.The proposal may include the topic,aim,procedu

2、re and selection of contestants.You will have 30 minutes to write the proposal.You shouldwrite at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.Part Listening Comprehension(25 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear three news reports.At the end of each news report,youwill hear two or

3、 three questions.Both the news report 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 mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through thecentre.Questions 1 and 2 are based

4、 on the news report you have just heard.1.A)She was pierced by a chicken bone.B)She was coughing all the time.C)She suffered from lung cancer.D)She suffered from shock.2.A)By eating chicken soup daily.B)Through regular exercising.C)Through a surgical operation.D)By using traditional Chinese medicine

5、.Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.3.A)It was born 13 years ago.B)It wasAlice Grays lovely pet.C)It got injured in a big bushfire.D)It ran away into a nearby forest.4.A)They rebuilt the fencing around their farm.B)They spent seven years replanting their farm.C)They c

6、laimed damages for their heavy losses.D)They installed a camera to monitor sheep activity.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.5.A)The disappearance of some gold and diamonds.【公众号：文都网校四六级】四六级学习资料Q Q 群：6 9 3 4 9 9 3 7 1世纪文都教育科技集团股份有限公司B)The transfer of tons of precious me

7、tal by air.C)The crash of a Russian cargo airplane.D)The loss of gold from an airplane.6.A)It made an emergency landing.B)It informed the local police at once.C)It contacted the goldmine company.D)It had a crew member fix the problem.7.A)They will cooperate with the police.B)They had checked the pla

8、ne carefully.C)They will be questioned by the police.D)They took some gold bars and diamonds.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversation,you will hear four questions.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After yo

9、u hear c question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through thecentre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8.A)For the companys records.B)For future traini

10、ng purposes.C)To follow the companys rule.D)To ensure information security.9.A)To check her customer reference number.B)To inquire about the price of office chairs.C)To get her money back for the returned chair.D)To make complaints about its customer service.10.A)She had to update its information.B)

11、She forgot where she had left it.C)She lost it about three days ago.D)She was issued a new card.11.A)Reconsider her options for payment methods.B)Make a specific note on the companys system.C)Update her bank card details on the companys website.D)Upload her personal information to the companys websi

12、te.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A)He is feeling exhausted.B)He is tired of cooking.C)He has to work late.【公众号：文都网校四六级】四六级学习资料Q Q 群：6 9 3 4 9 9 3 7 1世纪文都教育科技集团股份有限公司D)He wants to try Asian foods.13.A)Book a table.B)Order a delivery.C)Download a menu.D)Locate

13、 a restaurant.14.A)It is not tasty.B)It is not healthy.C)It is too oily.D)It is too spicy.15.A)She is too concerned about money.B)She is too weight-conscious.C)She is too picky about food.D)She is too eager to please.Section CDirections:In this section,you will hear three passages.At the end of each

14、 passage,you will hearthree or four questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After youhear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Qu

15、estions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16.A)Ownerspersonalities affect their catsbehaviour and wellbeing.B)Parentspersonalities can affect the personalities of their children.C)Parents and cat owners alike experience high levels of anxiety.D)More and more people are treating p

16、et cats like their children.17.A)Give their pets behavioural training.B)Provide their pets with the best care.C)Know their petsfeelings and desires.D)Interact with their pets in novel ways.18.A)More convincing explanation.B)More extensive sampling.C)Collection of more data.D)Further investigation.Qu

17、estions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A)People should do more running than mere walking.B)Running is the best exercise for extending ones life.C)People should exercise at least 60 minutes every day.D)Running is the easiest form of exercise for most people.20.A)Improving th

18、eir brain function.B)Regulating their breathing rate.【公众号：文都网校四六级】四六级学习资料Q Q 群：6 9 3 4 9 9 3 7 1世纪文都教育科技集团股份有限公司C)Slowing down their ageing process.D)Accelerating their blood circulation.21.A)They found it easy to control their emotions.B)They struggled to handle negative emotions.C)They were more e

19、ager to enjoy a movie.D)They were less affected by sad movies.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22.A)He is a tour guide.B)He is a famous architect.C)He is local entrepreneur.D)He is the owner of the Hil1 House.23.A)He studied the blueprints of other famous buildings.B)H

20、e inquired about his clients family background.C)He observed his clients life and habits.D)He took a tour of his clients old home.24.A)Ahouse made of timber and brick.B)A house with a lot of free space.C)A house of the current fashion.D)A house of a unique design.25.A)They are well preserved and in

21、pretty good shape.B)They are copies built to the architects designs.C)They were designed by another architect.D)They were badly damaged but restored.Part Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one wordfor eac

22、h blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passagethrough carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line throughthe centre.You may n

23、ot use any of the words in the bank more than once.The sheets are damp with sweat.Youre cold,but your heart is racing as if a killer just chasedyou down a dark street.It was just a nightmare,you tell yourself;theres nothing to be afraid of.But youre still filled with26.Given how unsettling and haunt

24、ing nightmares can be,is there a way for dreamers to27,or even turn off,these bad dreams as they happen?【公众号：文都网校四六级】四六级学习资料Q Q 群：6 9 3 4 9 9 3 7 1世纪文都教育科技集团股份有限公司Research is28,but some studies suggest that people who can master lucid dreamingthat is,the ability to be29that a nightmare is happening

25、and possibly even control itwithout waking upmay hold the30.Nightmares are part of the human experience,especially for kids.Doctors31dontconsider occasional nightmares a problem.They can just be symptoms of a sleep disorder that can32from an unpleasant experience,stress,or certain drugs.To treat the

26、 disorder,there are a number of medicines and therapies that are backed by33research,according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine,which analyzed the availableresearch on the treatment of nightmare disorder in a recent34published in the Journal ofClinical Sleep Medicine.However,nightmares are

27、complicated,and researchers are still struggling to understandthem,Said Dr.Rachel Salas,an expert on sleep disorders and an associate professor at JohnsHopkins Medicine in Baltimore.What we do know is that people35to have different kindsof nightmares at different points during the sleep cycle.A)amou

28、ntB)answerC)avoidD)awareE)departF)drasticallyG)fearH)limitedl)mechanicalJ)resultK)reviewL)rigorousM)tendN)timidityO)typicallySection BDirections:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Ident

29、ify the paragraph fromwhich the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraphis marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2.Why it matters that teens are reading lessA Most of us spend much more with digital media t

30、han we did a decade ago.But todays teenshave grown up with smartphones.Compared with teens a couple of decades ago,the way they【公众号：文都网校四六级】四六级学习资料Q Q 群：6 9 3 4 9 9 3 7 1世纪文都教育科技集团股份有限公司interact with traditional media like books and movies is fundamentally different.B Analysis of surveys of over one

31、 million teens in the United States collected since 1976 revealsa major shift in how teens are spending their leisure time.Paper books are being ignored,infavor of screens.Digital devices are changing other behaviors,too.More and more,youngpeople choose spending time on their electronic devices over

32、 engaging in other activities,regardless of the type.Indeed,by 2016,the average American high school senior said theyspent six hours a day writing text messages,on social media,and online during their free time.And that covers just three activities,and if other digital media activities were included

33、,thatestimate would no doubt rise.C Teens did not always spend that much time with digital media.Online time has doubled since2006,and social media use has moved from a periodic activity to a daily one in the sameperiod.By 2016,nearly nine out of ten young women in the 12th grade said they visited s

34、ocialmedia sites every day.Meanwhile,time spent playing video games rose from under an hour aday to an hour and a half on average,One out of ten American 8th grace students in 2016spent 40 hours a week or more playing video games.Let me emphasize that this is equal tothe time most adults spend per w

35、eek at work.D If teens are spending so much time using electronic devices,does that mean they have to giveup some other activities?Maybe not.Over the years，many scholars have insisted that timeonline does not necessarily take away time spent engaging with traditional media or on otheractivities.Some

36、 people,they argue,are just more interested in certain kinds of media andentertainment.Thus,using more of one type of media does not necessarily mean less of theother.E That may be true,but that still does not tell us much about what happens across a wholegeneration of people when time spent on digi

37、tal media grows.Large surveys conducted overthe course of many years tell us that American youth are not going to the cinema nearly asoften as they did in the past.While 70 percent of 8th and 10th grade students used to go to themovies once a month or more,now only about half do this,More and more,w

38、atching a movieis something teens choose to do on their electronic devices.Why is this a problem?Onereason is that going to the cinema is generally a social activity.Now,watching movies issomething that most teens do alone.This fits a larger pattern.In another analysis,researchersfound that todays t

39、eens go out with their friends much less often than previous generationsdid.F But the trends related to movies are less disturbing compared with the change in how teensspend their time.Research has revealed an enormous decline in reading.In 1980,about 60percent of senior high school students said th

40、ey read a book,newspaper or magazine everyday that was not assigned for school.By 2016,only 16 percent did.This is a huge drop and itis important to note that this was not merely a decline in reading paper books,newspapers ormagazines.The survey allowed for reading materials on a digital device.【公众号

41、：文都网校四六级】四六级学习资料Q Q 群：6 9 3 4 9 9 3 7 1世纪文都教育科技集团股份有限公司G Indeed,the number of senior high school students who said they had not read any books forpleasure in the last year was one out of three by 2016.That is triple the number from twodecades ago.For todays youth,books,newspapers and magazines have

42、less and less of apresence in their daily lives.Of course,teens are still reading.But they are generally readingshort texts.Most of them are not reading long articles or books that explore deep themes andrequire critical thinking and reflection.Perhaps not accidentally,in 2016 reading scores werethe

43、 lowest they have ever been since 1972.H This might present problems for young people later on.When high school students go on tocollege,their past and current reading habits will influence their academic performance.Imagine going from reading texts as short as one or two sentences to trying to read

44、 entirebooks written in complex language and containing sophisticated ideas.Reading andcomprehending longer books and chapters takes practice,and American teens are no longergetting that practice.I So how can this problem be solved?Should parents and teachers take away teens smartphonesand replace t

45、hem with paper books?Probably not.Research has shown that smartphones arecurrently American teens main form of social communication.This means that,without asmartphone,teens are likely to feel isolated from their peers.However,that does not meanteens need to use electronic devices as often as they d

46、o now.Data connecting excessive digitalmedia time to mental health issues suggests a limit of two hours a day of free time spent withscreens,a restriction that will also allow time for other activitieslike going to the movieswith friends or reading longer,more complicated texts.J The latter is espec

47、ially important.I would argue that of all the changes brought about by thewidespread use of digital devices,the huge decline in reading is likely to have the biggestnegative impact on todays teens because reading books and longer articles is one of the bestsays to learn critical thinking.It helps pe

48、ople to understand complex issues and to separatefact from fiction.Thus,deep reading is crucial for being a good citizen,a successful collegestudent and a productive employee.If serious reading dies,a lot will go with it.36.Many years surveys reveal that young people in America are going to the cine

49、ma much lessoften than they used to.37.Survey analysis shows American teens now spend their leisure time on digital devices ratherthan reading printed books.38.The number of senior high schoolers not reading books for pleasure in a year increased threetimes over 20 years.39.Many scholars claim that

50、spending time on electronic devices doesnt necessarily mean adecrease of time for other activities.40.Most people spend much more time interacting with digital media than they did ten years ago.41.The author claims that it will be a great loss if we no longer read books and longer articles.42.Over a