2013年12月英语四级真题及答案_外语学习-英语四六级.pdf

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1、2013 年 12 月英语四级真题 作文一：For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below.You should start your essay with a brief account of the impact of the Internet on the way people communicate and then explain whether electronic communication can replace face-to-face con

2、tact.You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.“Dear Andy-How are you?Your mother and I are fine.We both miss you and hope you are doing well.We look forward to seeing you again the nest time your computer crashes and you come down-stairs for something to eat,Love,Mom and Dad.”作

3、文二：For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below.You should start your essay with a brief account of the impact of the Internet on learning and then explain why doesn t simply mean learning to obtain information.You should write at least 120 words but no

4、more than 180 words.-欢迎下载 2 “Once I learn how to use Google,isn t that all the education I really need?”作文三：For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below.You should start your essay with a brief account of the increasin,use of the mobile phone in people s

5、 life and explain the Consequence of overusing it.You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.People are crossing the street looking at their cell phones and using walking sticks in order to see.Part II Listening Comprehension(30 minutes)Section A Directions:In this section,you wi

6、ll 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 question there will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the four choices ma

7、rked A),B),C)and D),and decide which is the best answer,Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答杂交欢迎下载回旋加速器注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载阅读理解注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载翻译一许多人喜欢中餐在中国烹饪不仅被视都有一个共同点总是要考虑到颜色味道口感和营养由于食物对健康至关重要好的厨师总是努力在谷物肉类和蔬菜之间取

8、得平衡所以中餐既味美又健康注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答翻译二你要茶还是咖啡是用餐人常被问到的问题国饮茶在六世纪传到日本但直到世纪才传到欧美如今茶是世界上最流行的饮料之一茶是中国的瑰宝也是中国传统和文化的重要组成部分翻译三信息技术正在飞速的发展中国公民也越来越重视信息技术有些学校甚至将信息技术作为必-欢迎下载 3 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。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 ar

9、e on a long trip by car B)They are syuck in a traffic jam C)They are used to getting up early D)They are tired of eating out at 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

10、another deparment B)Pursue further education C)Recruit graduate students D)Take an administrative job 5.A)He 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 let

11、ter ready before May1 6.A)Cleaner B)porter C)Mechanic D)Salesman 7.A)Reqest one or two roommates 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 th

12、e construction B)An accident that occurred on the bridge C)The building project they are working on D)The public transportaion conditions Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have heard.9 试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答杂交欢迎下载回旋加速器注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载阅读理解注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载翻译一许多人喜欢中餐在中国烹饪

13、不仅被视都有一个共同点总是要考虑到颜色味道口感和营养由于食物对健康至关重要好的厨师总是努力在谷物肉类和蔬菜之间取得平衡所以中餐既味美又健康注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答翻译二你要茶还是咖啡是用餐人常被问到的问题国饮茶在六世纪传到日本但直到世纪才传到欧美如今茶是世界上最流行的饮料之一茶是中国的瑰宝也是中国传统和文化的重要组成部分翻译三信息技术正在飞速的发展中国公民也越来越重视信息技术有些学校甚至将信息技术作为必-欢迎下载 4 A)To look for a job as a salesperson B)To have a talk with Miss Thompson.C)To place an

14、 order for some products.D)To complain about a faulty appliance.10 A)The person 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)0734,38750 extension

15、 15.C)0734,21653 extension 51.D)0734,62135 extension 51.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation 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

16、smokes too much C)He doesn t eat vegetables.D)He doesn t look well at all.14 A)They are overweight 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 find a girlfriend C)To reduce his weight D

17、)To follow her advice.Section B 试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答杂交欢迎下载回旋加速器注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载阅读理解注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载翻译一许多人喜欢中餐在中国烹饪不仅被视都有一个共同点总是要考虑到颜色味道口感和营养由于食物对健康至关重要好的厨师总是努力在谷物肉类和蔬菜之间取得平衡所以中餐既味美又健康注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答翻译二你要茶还是咖啡是用餐人常被问到的问题国饮茶在六世纪传到日本但直到世纪才传到欧美如今茶是世界上最流行的饮料之一茶是中国的瑰宝也是中国传统和文化的重要组成部分翻译三信息技术

18、正在飞速的发展中国公民也越来越重视信息技术有些学校甚至将信息技术作为必-欢迎下载 5 Directions: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 mar

19、ked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。Passage One Questions 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 h

20、ave injured many residents.D)They are burning out of control.17.A)They have been hospitalized.B)They have got skin problems.C)They were choked by the thick smoke.D)They were poisoned by the burning chemicals.18.A)It failed because of a sudden rocket explosion.B)It has been re-scheduled for a midday

21、takeoff.C)It has been canceled 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 specialists.D)They were arres

22、ted for stealing government information.Passage Two Questions 20 to 22 are based 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 Lance

23、 s laundry blocked the way to the laundry room.D)Mindy Lance s threatened to take revenge on her neighbors.试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答杂交欢迎下载回旋加速器注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载阅读理解注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载翻译一许多人喜欢中餐在中国烹饪不仅被视都有一个共同点总是要考虑到颜色味道口感和营养由于食物对健康至关重要好的厨师总是努力在谷物肉类和蔬菜之间取得平衡所以中餐既味美又健康注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答翻译二你要茶还是咖啡是用

24、餐人常被问到的问题国饮茶在六世纪传到日本但直到世纪才传到欧美如今茶是世界上最流行的饮料之一茶是中国的瑰宝也是中国传统和文化的重要组成部分翻译三信息技术正在飞速的发展中国公民也越来越重视信息技术有些学校甚至将信息技术作为必-欢迎下载 6 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 drye

25、rs.Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23.A)She is both a popular and a highly respected author.B)She is the most loved African novelist of all times.C)She is the most influential author since the 1930s.D)She is the first writer to focus on the fate of slave

26、s.24.A)The Book Critics Circle Award.B)The Pulitzer Prize for fiction C)The Nobel Prize for literature.D)The National Book Award.25.A)She is a relative of Morrisons.B)She is a skilled storyteller.C)She is a slave from Africa.D)She is a black woman Section C Directions:In this section,you will hear a

27、 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 time，you shoul

28、d check what you have written.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。Many college students today own personal computer 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

29、 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

30、s today than they used to.Moreover,(30)_improvements have made it possible to(31)_memory circuitry that is small enough to fit into the portable 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 purchasi

31、ng computers.(33)_,improved agricultural technology,hybrid(杂交)seeds,(34)_animal breeding,and so on have vastly increased the amount of output a 试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答杂交欢迎下载回旋加速器注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载阅读理解注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载翻译一许多人喜欢中餐在中国烹饪不仅被视都有一个共同点总是要考虑到颜色味道口感和营养由于食物对健康至关重要好的厨师总是努力在谷物肉类和蔬菜之间取得平衡

32、所以中餐既味美又健康注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答翻译二你要茶还是咖啡是用餐人常被问到的问题国饮茶在六世纪传到日本但直到世纪才传到欧美如今茶是世界上最流行的饮料之一茶是中国的瑰宝也是中国传统和文化的重要组成部分翻译三信息技术正在飞速的发展中国公民也越来越重视信息技术有些学校甚至将信息技术作为必-欢迎下载 7 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 servic

33、es.As agricultural prices have fallen,many households have decreased their total expenses on food.Even though the(35)_of a product purchased generally increases when its price falls,total expenses on it may decline.Part III Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section A To get a sense of how women have

34、progressed in science take a quick tour of the physics department at the University of California 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 cvclotron(回旋加速器)in 1931.A generation ago female faces

35、were 37 and.even today,visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte Hall will See a full corridor of exhibits 38 the many distinguished physicists who made history here,39 all of there white males But climb up to the third floor and youll see a 40 display.There,among the photos of current fac

36、nlty members and students are portraits of the 41 head of the department,Marjorie Shapiro and four other women whose reseaich 42 everything from the mecheanics 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 o

37、f the physics faculty,women are clearly a presence here.And the real 43 may be in the smaller photos to the right graduate and undergraduate students about 20 percent of them female.Every years Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the countrys top universities.That makes Shapiro optimisti

38、c but also 44 I believe things are getting bette she says but theyre not getting better as 45 as i would like.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答 A)circumstance B)confidence C)covers D)current E)deals F)different G)exposing H)fast I)honoring J)hope K)presently L)rare M)realistic N)site O)virtually Section B 试题请在答题卡

39、上作答欢迎下载注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答杂交欢迎下载回旋加速器注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载阅读理解注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载翻译一许多人喜欢中餐在中国烹饪不仅被视都有一个共同点总是要考虑到颜色味道口感和营养由于食物对健康至关重要好的厨师总是努力在谷物肉类和蔬菜之间取得平衡所以中餐既味美又健康注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答翻译二你要茶还是咖啡是用餐人常被问到的问题国饮茶在六世纪传到日本但直到世纪才传到欧美如今茶是世界上最流行的饮料之一茶是中国的瑰宝也是中国传统和文化的重要组成部分翻译三信息技术正在飞速的发展中国公民也越来越重视信息技术有些学校甚至将信息技术作为必-欢迎下

40、载 8 SectionC 阅读理解 Passage Two Question 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.When we talk about Americans barely into adulthood who are saddled with unbearable levels of debt.the conversation is almost always about student loan debt.But there s a growing body of?suggesting that today s young a

41、dults are also drowning in credit card debtand that many of them will take this debt to their graves.More than 20%overspont their income by more than$100 every single month.Since they haven t built up their credit historios yet,it s a safe bet that these young adults are paying relatively high inter

42、est rates on the resulting credit card debt.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答 61.What is the main ider of the first paragraph?A)Many young Americans will never be able to pay on their debts.B)Credit cards play an increasingly important role in college lift.C)Credit cards are doing more?than student loans.D)The Am

43、erican credit card system is under cnticism.62.Why do young people have to pay a higher interest on their credit card debt?A)They tend to forget about the deadlines.B)They haven t developed a?history.C)They are often nabte to pay sack in time.D)They are?in managing money.63.What is said to be the co

44、nsequence of young adults relying on credit cards to make ends meet?A)I will place an unnecessd on society.B)It will give their to work hard.C)It will exert psy pressure on them.D)It will affect their future spending power.64 What will happen to young adults if their credit card debt keeps accurnufa

45、ting a lucia dunn?A)They will have to pay an increasthgly higher interest tate.B)They may experience a crisis in their old age.C)Their quality of lift will to affected.D)Their credit way be cancelled.65 what does Lucia Dunn think might be disk for the credit card issuing banks?A)They go bankrupt as

46、a over-lending 试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答杂交欢迎下载回旋加速器注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载阅读理解注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答欢迎下载翻译一许多人喜欢中餐在中国烹饪不仅被视都有一个共同点总是要考虑到颜色味道口感和营养由于食物对健康至关重要好的厨师总是努力在谷物肉类和蔬菜之间取得平衡所以中餐既味美又健康注意此部分试题请在答题卡上作答翻译二你要茶还是咖啡是用餐人常被问到的问题国饮茶在六世纪传到日本但直到世纪才传到欧美如今茶是世界上最流行的饮料之一茶是中国的瑰宝也是中国传统和文化的重要组成部分翻译三信息技术正在飞速的发展中国公民也越来越重视

47、信息技术有些学校甚至将信息技术作为必-欢迎下载 9 B)They lose la C)Their client D)Their interest ratcs have to be reduced now and then.翻译一 Part IV Translation Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2 许多人喜欢中餐。在中国，烹饪不仅被

48、视为一种技能，而且也被视为一种艺术。精心准备的中餐既可口又好看。烹饪技艺和配料在中国各地差别很大。但好的烹饪都有一个共同点，总是要考虑到颜色、味道、口感和营养（nutrition）。由于食物对健康至关重要，好的厨师总是努力在谷物、肉类和蔬菜之间取得平衡，所以中餐既味美又健康。注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。翻译二 Part IV Translation Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write

49、your answer on Answer Sheet 2 你要茶还是咖啡？是用餐人常被问到的问题，许多西方人会选咖啡，而中国人则会选茶，相传，中国的一位帝王于五千年前发现了茶，并用来治病，在明清（the qing dynasties）期间，茶馆遍布全国，饮茶在六世纪传到日本，但直到 18 世纪才传到欧美，如今，茶是世界上最流行的饮料（beverage）之一，茶是中国的瑰宝。也是中国传统和文化的重要组成部分。翻译三 Part IV Translation Directions:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a pas

50、sage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2 信息技术（Information Technology），正在飞速的发展，中国公民也越来越重视信息技术，有些学校甚至将信息技术作为必修课程，对这一现象大家持不同观点。一部分人认为这是没有必要的，学生就应该学习传统的课程。另一部分人认为这是应该的，中国就应该与时俱进。不管怎样，信息技术引起广大人民的重视是一件好事。翻译四 Part IV Translation Directions:For this part,you are allowed