2015年12月英語四級考試真題(卷一)

2015年12月全國英語四級考試試題-1-2015年12月英語四級考試真題（卷一）PartIWriting(30minutes)Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessaycommentingonthesaying“Learningisadailyexperienceandlifetimemission.”Youcanciteexamplestoillustratetheimportanceoflifelonglearning.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.參考范文：Learningisadailyexperienceandlifetimemission.Undoubtedly,learningisadailyexperienceandlifetimemission.Forinstance,MadamCurie,whoconductedpioneeringresearchonradioactivityandbecamethefirstwomantowinaNobelPrize,wasknownforherpersistenceinlearning.Severalreasons,bothsocialandindividual,couldaccountfortheimportanceofconstantlearning.Firstly,inanageofruthlessandrelentlesscompetition,onlybylearningconstantlycanwebringourpotentialandabilityintofullplayandcatchupwiththetimes.Secondly,learningdoesnotonlyhelpusacquireknowledge,butalsoenrichesourlivesandbroadensourhorizons.Thirdly,scienceandtechnologychangewitheachpassingday.Withoutconstantlearning,itwouldbeimpossibleforustoupdateourknowledge.Accordingly,itisconstantlearningthatreallymattersinachievingsuccessinmodernsociety.Inmyhumbleopinion,itishightimethatparentsandteachersmadejointeffortstoencouragechildrentoreadmorebooksinsteadofplayingcomputergamesallday.PartIIListeningComprehension(30minutes)SectionADirections:Inthissection,youwillhear8shortconversationsand2longconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD),anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet1withasinglelinethroughthecentre.1.A)Theyadmirethecourageofspaceexplorers.B)Theyenjoyedthemovieonspaceexploration.C)Theyweregoingtowatchawonderfulmovie.D)Theylikedoingscientificexplorationverymuch.2.A)Atagiftshop.B)Atagraduationceremony.C)Intheofficeofatravelagency.D)Inaschoollibrary.3.A)Heusedtoworkintheartgallery.B)Hedoesnothaveagoodmemory.C)Hedeclinedajobofferformtheartgallery.D)Heisnotinterestedinanypart-timejobs.4.A)Susanhasbeeninvitedtogivealecturetomorrow.B)Hewillgotothebirthdaypartyafterthelecture.C)Thewomanshouldhaveinformedhimearlier.D)Hewillbeunabletoattendthebirthdayparty.5.A)Rewardthosehavingmadegoodprogress.B)Setadeadlineforthestafftomeet.C)Assignmoreworkerstotheproject.D)Encouragethestafftoworkinsmallgroups.6.A)Thewaytothevisitor’sparking.B)TherateforparkinginLotC.C)Howfarawaytheparkinglotis.D)Whereshecanleavehercar.7.A)Heregretsmissingtheclasses.B)Heplanstotakethefitnessclasses.C)Heislookingforwardtoabetterlife.D)Hehasbenefitedformexercise.8.A)Howtoworkefficiency.B)Howtoselectsecretaries.C)Theresponsibilitiesofsecretaries.D)Thesecretariesintheman’scompany.ConversationOneQuestions9to11arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.9.A)ItismoredifficulttolearnthanEnglish.B)ItisusedbymorepeoplethanEnglish.C)ItwillbeascommonlyusedasEnglish.D)Itwilleventuallybecomeaworldlanguage.10.A)Ithaswordswordsfrommanylanguages,B)Itspopularitywiththecommonpeople.C)TheinfluenceoftheBritishEmpire.D)TheeffectoftheIndustrialRevolution.11.A)Itincludesalotofwordsformotherlanguages.B)Ithasagrowingnumberofnewlycoinedwords,C)Itcanbeeasilypickedupbyoverseastravelers.D)Itisthelargestamongalllanguagesintheworld.Conversation2Questions12to15arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.earthwasformed.Theyaremadeupoficeandotherfrozenliquidsandgasses.thesedirtysnowballsbegintoorbitthesunjustastheplanetsdo.Asacometgetsclosertothesun,somegassesinitbegintounfreeze.Theycombinewithdustparticlesfromthecomettoformahugecloud.Asthecometgetsevennearertothesunandsolarwindblowsthecloudbehindthecometthusformingitstail.Thetailandgenerallyfuzzyatmospherearoundthecometarethatcanhelpthisphenomenoninthenightsky.Inanygivenyear，aboutdozenknowncometscomeclosetothesunintheirorbits.Theaveragepersoncan’tseethemallofcourse.Usuallythereisonlyoneortwoayearbrightenoughtobeseenwiththe_________eye.CometHale-Boppdiscoveredin1995wasanunusuallybrightcomet.Itsorbitboughtit_________totheearthwithin122millionmilesofit.ButHale-Boppcamealongwayonitsearthlyvisit.Itwon’tbebackforanother4thousandyearsorso.PartШReadingComprehension(40minutes)PartШReadingComprehension(40minutes)PartIVTranslation(30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestotranslateapassagefromChineseintoEnglish.YoushouldwriteyouransweronAnswerSheet2.中國父母往往過于關(guān)注孩子的學(xué)習(xí)，以至于不要他們幫忙做家務(wù)。他們對孩子的(唯一)要求就是努力學(xué)習(xí)，考得好，能上名牌大學(xué)。他們相信這是為孩子好，因為在中國這樣(競爭)激烈的社會里，只有成績好才能保證前途光明。中國父母還認(rèn)為，如果孩子能在社會上(取得)大的成就，父母就會受到尊敬。因此，他們愿意犧牲自己的時間、愛好和興趣，為孩子(創(chuàng)造)更好的條件。Chineseparentstendtopaysomuchattentiontotheacademicperf