2015英語(yǔ)專四真題及答案

1、DictationMale and Female Roles in MarriageIn the traditional marriage, the man worked to earn money for the family. / The woman stayed at home to care for the children and her husband. / In recent years, many couples continue to have a traditional relationship of this kind. / Some people are happy w

2、ith it. But others think differently. /There are two major differences in male and female roles now. / One is that both men and women have many more choices. / They may choose to marry or stay single. / They may choose to work or to stay at home. / A second difference is that, within marriage many d

3、ecisions are shared. / If a couple has children, the man may take care of them /some of the time, all of the time or not at all. / The woman may want to stay at home / or she may want to go to work. / Men and women now decide these things together in a marriage.Listening ComprehensionSection A Conve

4、rsation Conversation one1. Why is the trip to Mars a one-way trip?A. The return trip is too expensive.B. There is no technology to get people back.C. People don ' t want to return.D. The return trip is too risky.2. According to the man, what is more important for those recruits?A. Intelligence.B

5、. Health.C. Skills.D. Calmness.3. What is the last part of the conversation about?A. The kind of people suitable for the trip.B. Interests and hobbies of the speakers.C. Recruitment of people for the trip.D. Preparation for the trip to Mars.Conversation Two4. What is showrooming?A. Going to the high

6、 street.B. Visiting everyday shops.C. Buying things like electrical goods.D. Visiting shops and buying online.5. According to the conversation, the man had bought all the following things online EXCEPTA. shoesB. CDsC. cameraD. Food6. According to the conversation, the percentage of people who showro

7、omed whileChristmas shopping wasA. 3%B. 33%C. 42%D. 24%7. One reason for people to showroom is that theyA. want to know more about pricingB. can return the product laterC. want to see the real thing firstD. can bargain for a lower shop priceConversation Three8. What is the conversation mainly about?

8、A. How to avoid clashes of exams.B. How to schedule exams.C. How to use the faculty lounge.D. How to choose the courses.9. What does the student have to do first in order to take the exams?A. To choose a date on the draft schedule.B. To find the information on the bulletin board.C. To draw up the fi

9、nal schedule.D. To arrange an invigilator.10. According to the conversation, the Dean willA. sign the sheet in the faculty loungeB. take care of the bulletin boardC. consult the studentsD. finalize the exam scheduleSection B PASSAGESPassage One11. Which of the following cities has the oldest Chinato

10、wn in North America?A. New York.B. San Francisco.C. Boston.D. San Diego.12. The Chinatown in San Francisco attracts tourists a year.A. 20 ,000B. 100 ,000C. 7 millionD. 17 million13. Where can tourists see the fish markets?A. In Stockton Street.B. In Grant Avenue.C. In Portsmouth Square.D. In Bush St

11、reet.Passage Two14. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Obesity can damage one ' s health.B. Obesity is a growing problem all over the world.C. Obesity is directly related to one ' s habit.D. Obesity has affected both boys and girls.15. The purpose of the three-year stu

12、dy is toA. find out why some children find it difficult to go to sleepB. learn more about the link between sleep and weightC. identify the ways parents reduce their kids' weightD. see if there is difference in sleep patterns over the period16. According to the study, the daily healthy sleep time

13、 for the 3rd to 6th graders should be around hours.A. 8B. 9C. 10D. 1117. According to the passage, obesity is most likely related to .A. sleep timeB. genderC. raceD. ParentsPassage Three18. According to a number of students, is the main factor for early-age smoking.A. genderB. personalityC. environm

14、entD. Money19. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?A. Very few continue smoking throughout their teenage years.B. Most early-age smokers soon stop experimenting.C. Some early-age smokers never go beyond experimenting.D. Children quickly become regular smokers by carrying cigarettes.20. All

15、the following are features of smokers EXCEPT .A. strong peer influenceB. low sense of achievementC. high sense of rebellionD. close family relationshipSection C NEWS BROADCASTNews Item 121. Why were some children offered only fruit and milk for lunch?A. The school stopped providing school lunch.B. T

16、heir parents failed to pay for school lunch.C. Some parents preferred fruit and milk for lunch.D. These children chose to have something different.22. How did parents react to the school ' s way of handling the situation?A. They were upset.B. They were furious.C. They were surprised.D. They were

17、 sad.News Item 223. According to the news, what is the main advantage of the digital key?A. Guests can pay without going to the front desk.B. Guests can go direct to their rooms.C. Guests can check out any time.D. Guests can make room reservations.24. The hotel company intends to have the system in

18、of its hotels inthe next three months.A. 2B. 3C. 100D. 150News Item 325. According to the court ruling, Shrien DewaniA. will return to the U.K. for medical treatmentB. will remain in South Africa for medical treatmentC. will stand trial in South Africa once proved fitD. will be extradited even if he

19、 is unfit to stand trial26. What was Dewani accused of?A. Having his wife k川ed.B. Killing his wife in the U.K.C. Being invo Ived in a taxi accide nt.D. Hiri ng a crew of hit men.News Item 427. The U.N. new vote would allow all the followi ng EXCEPTA. the use of force by European Union troopsB. the s

20、uspension of an existing arms embargoC. the extension of U.N. peacekeeping mission D. the ban on travel and freeze of assetsNews Item 528. What is the news mainly about?A. Causes of early death in Russia.B. Behavior of alcoholics.C. Causes of alcohol pois oning.D. Number of death over 10 years.News

21、Item 629. The total investment in film-making in Britain in 2012 wasA. .945 millionB. 1.07 billio nC. 500,000D. 87,00030. Hollywood studios prefer to make films in Brita in because A. The UK is a good film locati onB. The cast usually comes from Britai nC. Hollywood emphasizes qualityD. Product ion

22、cost can be reducedCloseElectricity is such a part of our everyday lives and so much take n for gran ted nowadays31 we rarely think twice when we switch on the light or turn on the TV set. At night, roads are brightly lit, enabling people and 32 to move freely. Neon lighting used in advertising has

23、become part of the 33 of every modern city. In the home, many 34 devices are powered by electricity. 35 when we turn off the bedside lamp and are36 asleep, electricity is working for us, 37our refrigerators, heating our water, or keep ing our rooms air-c on diti on ed. Every day, trains, buses and s

24、ubways take us to and from work. We rarely 38 to consider why or how they run 39 something goes wrong. In the summer of 1959, something 40 go wrong with the power-plant that provided New York with electricity. For a great many hours, life came almost to a 41. Trains refused to move and the people in

25、 them sat in the dark42 to do anything; liftsstopped work ing, so that 43 you were lucky eno ugh not to be 44 betwee n two floors youhad the unpleasant task of finding your way down 45 of stairs. Famous streets like Broadway and Fifth Avenue in a(n) 46 became as gloomy and uninviting 47 the most rem

26、ote back streets. People were afraid to leave their houses, 48 although thepolice had bee n ordered to 49 in case of emerge ncy, they were just as con fused and 50 as an ybody else.31 A. thatB. thusC. asD. so32A. carB. truckC. trafficD. pedestria ns33A. appeara neeB. characterC. dist in ctio nD. sur

27、face34A. mon ey-sav ingB. time-sav ingC. en ergy-sav ingD. labor-savi ng35A. On lyB. RarelyC. EvenD. Freque ntly36A. fastB. quiteC. closelyD. quickly37A. movingB. start! ngC. repaid ngD. driv ing38A. troubleB. botherC. hesitateD. remember39A. whe nB. ifC. untilD. after40A. didB. wouldC. couldD. shou

28、ld41 A. pauseB. termi nalC. breakdow nD. sta ndstill42A. in compete ntB. powerlessC. hesita ntD. helpless43A. althoughB. whe nC. asD. eve n if44A. trappedB. placedC. positi onedD. locked45A. stepsB. levelsC. flightsD. floors46A. timeB. in sta ntC. poi ntD. mi nute47A. likeB. thanC. forD. as48A. forB

29、. andC. butD. or49A. stand asideB. sta nd dow nC. sta nd byD. sta nd in50. A. aimlessB. helplessC. un focusedB. un decidedGrammar and vocabulary51. When you have finished with that book,don' t forget to pllback on the shelf, ? A. will youB. do you C. don 'youD. won 'you52. Mary is hardwo

30、rking than her sister, but she failed in the exam.A. no soB no moreC. not less D. no less53. Which of the followi ng stateme nts is in correct?A. Five miles seem like a long walk to me.B. Ten dollars was stolen from the cash register.C. Either my sister or my brother is coming.D. Only one out of six

31、 were prese nt at the meeti ng.54. Which of the italicized parts expresses a future ten?A. My friend teacheschemistry in a school.B. I 'll give it to you after I return.C. What is the matter with you?D. London sta nds on the River Thames55. It is not so much the language the cultural background

32、that makes the filmdifficult to un dersta nd.A. butB. norC. likeD. as56. There is no doubt the committee has made the right decisi on on the hous ingproject.A. whyB. thatC. whetherD. whe n57. All the Preside nt's Men one of the importa nt books for the stude nts who study theWatergate Scan daLA.

33、 remai nB. rema inedC. remai nsD. is remai ning58. If you explained the situation to your lawyer, he able to advise you much better tha n I can.A. will beB. would be C. wasD. were59. Which of the following is a stative verb （靜態(tài)動(dòng)詞）?A. DrinkB. Close C. RainD. Belo ng60. Which of the followi ng italici

34、zed parts in dicates a subject-verb relatio n?A. The man has a large family to support.B. She had no wish to quarrel with her brother.C. He was the last quest to leave,D. Mary n eeds a frien d to talk to.61. The following are all correct responsesto Who told the news to the teacher? EXCEPT.A. Bob di

35、d that B. Bob did so C. Bob did this D. Bob did62. Which of the following is INCORRECT?A. A bit of flowers B. Few wordsC. This workD. Ano ther two girls63. Which of the following italicized words does NOT indicate willingness ?A. What will you do when you graduate?B. They w川 be home by now.C. Who w川

36、 go with me?D. Why w川 you go there alone?64. When one has good health,_ should feel fortunate.A. youB. sheC. heD. we65. There nothing more for discussion, the meeting came to an end half an hour earlier.A. to be B. to have bee n C. beingD. be66. Two of her brothers were_ during the Second World War.

37、A. called on B. called up C. called forD. called out67. Bottles from this region sell _ at about$50 a case.A. wholesale B. totallyC. en tirely D. together68. The product contains n colours, flavours, or preservatives.A. fakeB. falseC. artificial D. wrong69. Davis accepted the defeat in the semi-fini

38、al with good grace. The underlined part is closest in meaning to.A. cheerfullyB. wholeheartedly C. politely D. quietly70. and bus in ess leaders were delighted at the decisi on to hold the n ati onal motor fair in the city.A. CivilB. Civilized C. Civilia n D. Civic71. The city coun cil is pla nning

39、a huge road-buildi ng programme to ease con gesti on. The underlined part mean.A. clamB. relieve C. comfort D. still72. His unfortun ate appears nee was offset by an attractive pers on ality. The un derl ine part means all the followi ng EXPECT.A. improved B. made up for C. bala needD. compe nsated

40、for73. The doctor said that the gash in his cheek required ten stitches. The underlined part mean.A. lumpB. depress! on C. swelli ng D. cut74. During the economic crisis, they had to cut back production and_ workers.A. lay into B. lay off C. lay dow n D. lay aside75. The university consistently rece

41、ives a high _ for the quality of its teaching and research.A. sta ndard B. evaluati on C. comme nt D. rat ing76. To mark its one hundredth anniversary, the university held a series of activitiesin cludi ng conferen ces, film shows, etc. The un derl ine part means .A. celebrate B. sig nifyC. symboliz

42、e D. suggest77. His fertile mind keeps turning out new ideas. The underlined part means ,A. abundant B. un believable C. productive D. gen erative78. The local n ewspaper has a_of 100.000 copies a day.A. spread B. circulati on C. motio n D. flow79. These issues were discussed at length during the me

43、eting. The underlined part mea nsA. eve ntually B. subseque ntly C. lastly D. fully80. A couple pf young people were giving out leaflets in front of the departme nt store. The un derl ine part mean _ .A. distribut ingB. han dli ng C. dividi ng D. arrangingRead ing comprehe nsionTEXT AInun dated by m

44、ore in formatio n tha n we can possibly hold in our heads, we are in creas in gly handing off the job of rememberi ng to search engines and smart phones. Google is eve n reportedly work ing on eyeglasses that could one day recog nize faces and supply details about whoever you are look ing at. But ne

45、w research shows that outsourcing our money- and expecting that information will continually and in sta ntan eously available- is cha nging oucog nitive habits.Research con ducted by Betsy Sparrow, an assists nt professor of psychology at Columbia University, has identified three new realities about

46、 how we process information in the Internet age. First, her experiments showed that when we don't know the an swer to a questi on, we now th ink about where we can find the n earest Web conn ecti on in stead of the subject of the questi on itself. A sec ond revelati on is that when we expect to

47、be able to find information again later on, we dontremember it as well as when we think it might become unavailable. And then there us the researchers final observati on: the expectati on that well be able to locate in formatio n down the line leads us to form a memory not of the fact itself but of

48、where we will be able to find it.But this handoff comes with a downside. Sk川s like critical thinking and analysis must develop in the con text of facts: we n eed someth! ng to think and reas on about, after all. And these facts can*t be Googled as we go; they n eed to be stored i n the original hard

49、 drive, our long-term memory. Especially in the case of children, factual knowledge must precede skill55 says Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology, at the University of Virginia-meaning that the days of drilling the multiplication table and memoriz ing the n ames of the Preside nts arenover

50、quite yet. Adults, too, n eed to recruit a supply of stored knowledge in order to situate and evaluate new information they encoun ter. You ca' Google con test.Last, there's the possibility, in creas in gly terrifyi ng to con template, that our machines will fail us. As Sparrow puts it, The

51、experienee of losing our Internet connection becomes more and more like losing a friend.If you are going to keep your memory on your smart phone, better make sure ' fully charged.81. Google'seyeglasses are supposed to.A. improve our moneyB. fun cti on like memoryC. help us see faces betterD.

52、 work like smart phones82. According to the passage, cognitive habits" refers to.A. how we deal with in formatio nB. functions of huma n memoryC. the amount of in formati onD. the availability of in formatio n83. Which of the follow! ng stateme nts about Sparrows research is CORRECT?A. We remem

53、ber people and things as much as beforeB. We remember more Internet connections tha n beforeC. We pay equal attention to location and content of informationD. We tend to remember locati on rather tha n the core of facts84. What does the author mean by con text" ?A. It refers to Ion g-term memor

54、y B. It refers to a new situati on C. It refers to a store of kno wledge D. It refers to the search engine85. What is the implied message of the author? A. Web conn ecti ons aid our memory B. People differ in what to remember C. People n eed to exercise their memory D. People keep memory on smart ph

55、onesTEXTBI was a sec on d-year medical stude nt at the uni versity, and was on my sec ond day of rounds at a nearby hospital. My university ' philosophy was to get students seeing patie nts early in their educatio n. Nice idea, but it overlooked one detail: sec on d-year stude nts know n ext to

56、nothing about medici ne.Assigned to my team that day was attending -a senior faculty member who was there mostly to make patie nts feel they were n't in the hands of amateurs. Many atte ndings were researchers who didnthave much rece nt hospital experie nee. Mine was actually an arthritis specia

57、list. Also along was a reside nt （the real boss, with a staggering mastery of medicine, at least to a rookie likes myself）. In addition, there were in terns. These guys were just as gree n as I was, but in a scarier way; they had rece ntly graduated from the medical school, so they were tech ni cally MDs.I bega n the day at 6:30 am. An intern and I did a quick check of our eight patie nts; later, we were to present our findings to the residents and then to the attending. I had three patie nts and the in tern had the other five-piece of cake.But when I a