2015年12月大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)聽力真題
Part I Writing(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying"Learning is a daily experience and a lifetime mission. " You can cite examples to illustrate the importance of lifelong learning. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will 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 bea pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C. and D), and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.
1. A. The agenda for the board of directors' meeting.
B. The details of the meeting to be held next week.
C. The reason for the man's absence from the meeting.
D. The time for the man's visit to the woman's company.
2.A. At a travel agency.
B. At a department store.
C. In a library.
D. In a post office.
3.A. He cannot hear the woman's call.
B. He cannot get through to New York.
C. He cannot recall the phone number.
D. He cannot find a public phone nearby.
4.A. Watch a movie with the woman.
B. Revise his thesis in the office.
C. Do some shopping with Jane.
D. Discuss his thesis with Prof. Hudson.
5. A. He just cannot work properly without a watch.
B. He has no idea where he can buy a gold watch.
C. He still does not know where he left his watch.
D. He is not sure what went wrong with his watch.
6.A. He forgot all about what he said.
B. He slipped and hurt his head.
C. He was sorry for being off sick last week.
D. He thought the woman's car had been sold.
7.A. She should try to catch an earlier bus.
B. She is absent from his class too often.
C. She is always making excuses for being late.
D. She should come up with a better excuse.
8.A. He is going to help the woman out.
B. He has to move out of the building soon.
C. He is on his way to see a real estate agent.
D. He will stay with the woman's brother.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9.A. From the wanted cohunn.
B. From some of her friends.
C. From a telephone directory.
D. From a television commercial.
10.A. She received full-time education abroad.
B. She graduated from an open university.
C. She fmished her secondary school.
D. She studied in a vocational college.
11.A. She is a shorthand-typist.
B. She works as a tour guide.
C. She is a policewoman.
D. She teaches an evening class.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12.A. It provides him with career opportunities.
B. It helps enlarge his customer network.
C. It has been off and on for ten years.
D. It was interrupted for four years.
13.A. Individualized service.
B. Traditional setting.
C. Home-made beer.
D. Social games.
14.A. The quality of beer.
B. The atmosphere.
C. The owner's attitude.
D. The right location.
15.A. It is a rather tough job.
B. It is a profitable business.
C. It helps old people kill time.
D. It makes retirees feel useful.
Section B
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 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.
Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16.A. It is becoming increasingly popular.
B. It helps the user to escape reality.
C. It gives rise to serious social instability.
D. It hurts a person and those around them.
17.A. They use drugs just for fun.
B. They take drugs to get high.
C. They use drugs as medicine.
D. They keep drug use a secret.
18. A. It is quite common in entertainment circles.
B. It is the cause of various social problems.
C. It is hard to get rid of.
D. It is fatal to the user.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19.A. Taking up exercises after recovery.
B. Producing tasty healthy frozen food.
C. Finding new ways to cure heart disease.
D. Going on a diet upon leaving the hospital.
20.A. Itwas carefully tested with consumers.
B. It was promoted by health organizations.
C. It was disapproved by many diet experts.
D. It was highly expected by the general public.
21.A. Competitive price.
B. Low expectations.
C. Vigorous promotion.
D. Unique ingredients.
22. A. It was suggested by the firm's vice-president.
B. It matches the food's dark green packaging.
C. It has a positive implication for consumers.
D. It tricks the elders into impulse purchasing.
Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23.A. It is practiced in most of the states.
B. It will be abolished sooner or later.
C. It has drawn a lot of criticism from overseas.
D. It has to be approved by the Supreme Court.
24. A. Whether the practice should be allowed to continue in future.
B. Whether there should be a minimum age limit for execution.
C. What type of criminals should receive it.
D. What effect it might have on youngsters.
25. A. The court sentenced him to life in prison for killing two friends.
B. The governor changed his death sentence to life in prison.
C. He was the first minor to be executed in South Carolina.
D. He was sentenced to death for a crime he committed as a minor.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a 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 should check what you have written.Some people borrow money and "forget" to pay it back.
Large loans are seldom the issue; they are usually treated as business(26), with the terms spelled out on paper. But many women suffer(27)over problems like Carol's "My friend Ginny is always28cash," she says. "I hate to recall how often I've ' loaned' her a dollar or two for a drink or a movie. Each loan is so small I'd feel really cheap making a big deal out of it; still, I do(29)the fact that she never pays me back. "Carol admits to being "too(30)or something" to demand repayment, but she has resolved tostop lending money to Ginny. "The last time she asked for five dollars to pay for her dry cleaning, I just told her I couldn't(31)it. "Another woman suggests a bolder(32). "When somebody refuses to repay a loan, I(33)byrequesting one myself," she says. "'I left home without my wallet,' I'll say. 'Can you lend meenough to cover lunch?' Then, when the money is safely in hand, I am struck by a sudden(34)Why, this is exactly the amount I loaned you last week ! How(35)! Now you won't have to repay me'" She says it works like a charm.
1.D. 未聽先知：四個(gè)選項(xiàng)均為描述事實(shí)狀況的短語(yǔ)，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)中多次出現(xiàn)的meeting一詞，以及details，next week和the man's visit等，可以推斷，對(duì)話內(nèi)容與男士的出訪和會(huì)面有關(guān)，而且此次會(huì)面尚未達(dá)成。
詳解：女士詢問(wèn)男士什么時(shí)候方便到她所在的公司參觀，男士說(shuō)下個(gè)月幾乎任何時(shí)間都行，可能接近周末的時(shí)間最好。由此可知，兩人在談?wù)撃惺繀⒂^女士所在公司的時(shí)間，故答案為D.
2.C.未聽先知：四個(gè)選項(xiàng)均為表示場(chǎng)所的短語(yǔ)，可以推測(cè)本題考查地點(diǎn)，聽對(duì)話時(shí)注意捕捉提示對(duì)話發(fā)生場(chǎng)所的關(guān)鍵詞。詳解：女士請(qǐng)男士幫助她尋找一本關(guān)于南美洲的書，男士反問(wèn)女士具體想要哪方面的書籍，因?yàn)樗麄?/p>
通過(guò)多種不同的方式對(duì)書籍進(jìn)行歸類。由此可知，對(duì)話發(fā)生在圖書館，故答案為C.
3.B. 未聽先知：四個(gè)選項(xiàng)均以he cannot開頭，可以推斷對(duì)話中男士一定是遇到了某種問(wèn)題，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)中出現(xiàn)的call，get through，phone number和public phone等詞，可以進(jìn)一步確定男士遇到的問(wèn)題與電話有關(guān)。
詳解：男士說(shuō)他在嘗試打電話到紐約，但一直沒打通，詢問(wèn)女士能否幫助他，女士很爽快地答應(yīng)，并讓男士試試她的手機(jī)。由此可知，男士沒辦法打電話到紐約，故答案為B.
4.D. 未聽先知：四個(gè)選項(xiàng)均為表示行為的動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)，可以推斷本題考查的內(nèi)容與行為動(dòng)作有關(guān)。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)中出現(xiàn)的with the woman和his thesis等詞，可以進(jìn)一步判定本題考查的是男士的行為動(dòng)作，因此男士的話為聽音重點(diǎn)。
詳解：男士說(shuō)他必須去哈德森教授的辦公室討論他的論文，如果時(shí)間允許的話，他希望回來(lái)后能和女士一起去看電影，而女士卻說(shuō)她不一定能趕得及，因?yàn)樗F(xiàn)在要和簡(jiǎn)去購(gòu)物。由此可知，男士首先要做的事情是與哈德森教授討論他的論文，故答案為D.
5.C. 未聽先知：四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的主語(yǔ)均為he，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)中多次出現(xiàn)的watch可以推斷本題考查內(nèi)容與男士的手表相關(guān)，聽錄音時(shí)注意與手表相關(guān)的內(nèi)容。
詳解：女士問(wèn)男士為什么那么心煩和焦慮，男士說(shuō)他整個(gè)上午一直在回憶，試圖回想起來(lái)他把金表放到哪兒了，但一直都是徒勞。由此可知，男士仍然不知道他把金表放在哪兒了，故答案為C.
6.A. 未聽先知：四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的主語(yǔ)均為he，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)中出現(xiàn)的forgot，slipped and hurt，sorry和sold等詞，可以初步推斷與男士相關(guān)的事實(shí)并不是特別好的事實(shí)，因此聽錄音時(shí)要注意捕捉與男士相關(guān)的信息。
詳解：女士說(shuō)她記得男士說(shuō)過(guò)上周會(huì)給她打電話，與她討論一下她要賣的那輛車，男士聽到女士的話后，馬上表示道歉，因?yàn)檫@件事completely slipped my mind，本題的關(guān)鍵在于理解短語(yǔ)slip one’s mind的含義，即“忘記”。也就是說(shuō)，男士把這件事忘得一干二凈，故答案為A.
7.C. 未聽先知：四個(gè)選項(xiàng)均以she開頭，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)中出現(xiàn)的absent，class，excuses和being late等詞，可以推斷女士上課出勤情況不好，對(duì)話內(nèi)容應(yīng)該圍繞女士上課出勤情況展開。
詳解：女士說(shuō)她努力趕汽車，但沒有趕上，所以上課才會(huì)遲到，男士卻說(shuō)又一個(gè)借口，并問(wèn)她是不是連明天要說(shuō)什么都準(zhǔn)備好了。由此可知，男士認(rèn)為女士總是在為她的遲到找借口，故答案為C.
8.B. 未聽先知：四個(gè)選項(xiàng)均以he開頭，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)中出現(xiàn)的move out of，buildin9，real estate agent和stay with等詞，可以推斷對(duì)話內(nèi)容與男士的住房情況有關(guān)。
詳解：男士說(shuō)他住的那棟公寓樓月底前就要拆除了，他對(duì)此一籌莫展，女士告訴男士，她弟弟是房地產(chǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)人，應(yīng)該能夠?yàn)槟惺刻峁⿴椭�。由此可知，男士必須在短期�?nèi)搬離現(xiàn)在的住所，故答案為B.
9.How did the woman get to know about the mall’s company?
B. 詳解：男士問(wèn)女士是否曾通過(guò)他所在的機(jī)構(gòu)找過(guò)工作，女士表示沒有，但這家職業(yè)介紹所曾幫助她的朋友們找到過(guò)工作，由此推斷，她是從朋友處得知這家職業(yè)介紹所的信息的，故答案為B.
10.What formal education did the woman receive?
C. 詳解：對(duì)話中男士問(wèn)女士曾在哪所學(xué)校上學(xué)，女士說(shuō)她在South Town上的中學(xué)，然后又說(shuō)，她l8歲之后就沒有再接受過(guò)全日制教育，由此可知，女士所接受的最高程度的正規(guī)教育就是中學(xué)，故答案為C.
11.What do we learn about the woinan’s occupation?
A. 詳解：對(duì)話中男士詢問(wèn)女士目前在哪里工作，女士回答說(shuō)自己現(xiàn)在的工作是一名速記打字員，故答案為A.
12.What does the man say about his involvement with pubs?
C. 詳解，對(duì)話中女士問(wèn)男士他成為酒吧老板有多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間了，男士回答說(shuō)已經(jīng)四年了，不過(guò)他從事與酒吧相關(guān)的工作斷斷續(xù)續(xù)已經(jīng)有十年，故答案為C.
13.What characterizes the old-fashioned pub.according to tlIe man?
D. 詳解:對(duì)話中男士說(shuō)他現(xiàn)在的酒吧是那種人們普遍認(rèn)為的傳統(tǒng)酒吧，這種酒吧的特點(diǎn)就是會(huì)有很多社交活動(dòng)，故答案為D。
14.What does the man say is most important in making a good pub?
C. 詳解:當(dāng)女士問(wèn)男士怎樣才能成為好酒吧時(shí)，男士說(shuō)，首先要有合適的顧客，售賣合適的啤酒，并且酒要好，最重要的是，即使感覺很疲憊，也依然要保持良好的態(tài)度，這樣才能讓酒吧更成功，故答案為C.
15.What does the woman think of running a country pub?
A. 詳解:對(duì)話結(jié)尾時(shí)，女士說(shuō)，很多人都認(rèn)為經(jīng)營(yíng)酒吧是一份很好的工作，每個(gè)人都說(shuō)想在退休以后，開一家鄉(xiāng)村酒吧，但女士卻認(rèn)為經(jīng)營(yíng)酒吧實(shí)際上是一份相當(dāng)辛苦的工作。選項(xiàng)A)中的tough是原文中hard的同義轉(zhuǎn)述，故答案為A.
16.What does the speaker say about drug abuse?
D. 詳解:短文中提到，藥物濫用是指合法或非法地使用藥物，并對(duì)使用者本人或者與其親近的人造成傷害，故答案為D.
17.What does the speaker say about recreational drug users?
B. 詳解:短文中提到了不同類型的人使用藥物的目的。其中提到，Recreational users take drugs to get high.即娛樂(lè)性毒品使用者吸毒是為了讓自己興奮，故答案為B.
18.What does the speaker say about drug dependence?
C.詳解:短文最后一部分提到，雖然僅有很少幾種藥物會(huì)造成身體的依賴性，但若使用不當(dāng)，幾乎所有藥物都會(huì)讓人一直覺得他需要該藥物，這時(shí)候已經(jīng)晚了，因?yàn)樗呀?jīng)上癮了。也就是說(shuō)，藥物依賴性很難根除，故答案為C.
19.What did Charles Harper think of while he was in hospital?
B. 詳解：短文中提到，當(dāng)查爾斯·哈柏因?yàn)樾呐K病發(fā)作而躺在醫(yī)院康復(fù)時(shí)，他想象著一排健康美味的冷凍食品，故答案為B.
20.What does the passage say about the Healthy Choice product line before it went to market?
A. 詳解：短文中提到，在真正投放到市場(chǎng)面向大眾之前，Healthy Choice系列的食品經(jīng)過(guò)了消費(fèi)者的認(rèn)真測(cè)試，故答案為A.
21.What is said to contribute to ConAgra’s business success?
B. 詳解：短文中提到，ConAgra公司負(fù)責(zé)市場(chǎng)營(yíng)銷的副總裁認(rèn)為，他們從低期待值中受益，產(chǎn)品比人們想象的更出色，故答案為B.
22.What does the speaker say about the naule Healthy Choice?
C. 詳解：短文中提到，選擇使用Healthy Choice這個(gè)商品名稱，是因?yàn)樗芙o消費(fèi)者以正面暗示，故答案為C.
23.What does the speaker say about the death penalty in the United States?
A. 詳解：短文開頭明確指出，在美國(guó)，目前有36個(gè)州允許對(duì)嚴(yán)重罪行執(zhí)行死刑，比如謀殺。也就是說(shuō)，美國(guó)大部分地區(qū)有死刑的存在，故答案為A.
24.Whatisthe focus of tlle debate around the death penalty?
B. 詳解：短文提到，目前關(guān)于死刑存在一個(gè)重大問(wèn)題：是否應(yīng)該對(duì)被執(zhí)行死刑的罪犯設(shè)置一個(gè)最低年齡限制，故答案為B.
25.What does the speaker say about James Terry Roach?
D. 詳解:短文最后提到，1977年，詹姆斯·特里·羅奇當(dāng)時(shí)l7歲，與兩個(gè)朋友一起殘忍地殺害了三個(gè)人，因此被判死刑。雖然他的律師提起上訴，但該州州長(zhǎng)拒絕撤銷死刑，最終他于l986年被執(zhí)行死刑。由此可知，雖然羅奇在犯罪時(shí)仍是未成年人，但依然被執(zhí)行了死刑。故答案為D.
26.transactions。詳解:本句主語(yǔ)they為復(fù)數(shù)，因此空格處應(yīng)該填入名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，作介詞as的賓語(yǔ)�？崭袼诰浞痔�(hào)前提到，大筆借款通常不是問(wèn)題，而空格所在部分后半句中說(shuō)條款都已經(jīng)被白紙黑字地記錄下來(lái)。由此可見，大筆借款被看作商業(yè) 交易。結(jié)合錄音填人transactions，意為“交易，業(yè)務(wù)”。
27.in silence。詳解:本句主干結(jié)構(gòu)完整，此處應(yīng)該填人副詞或副詞短語(yǔ)，充當(dāng)狀語(yǔ)，修飾動(dòng)詞suffer。由該句之后卡蘿爾對(duì)自己遭遇的描述可以看出，她的朋友金尼經(jīng)常向她借錢，但從來(lái)沒有還過(guò)，雖然數(shù)目不大，而卡蘿爾也覺得不好意思，沒有要求她還錢，也就是說(shuō)，她對(duì)朋友的行為是默默地忍受：結(jié)合錄音填入in silence，意為“默默地”。
28.short of。詳解:此處填入的`詞或詞組應(yīng)該能夠連接系動(dòng)詞is和空格后的名詞cash，描述主語(yǔ)金尼與金錢之間的關(guān)系�？崭袼诰浜笠痪渲姓f(shuō)，金尼經(jīng)常向卡蘿爾借上一兩美元買飲料或者電影票，也就是說(shuō)，金尼比較缺錢。結(jié)合錄音填入short of，意為“缺少，缺乏”。
29.resent。詳解:此處應(yīng)該填入動(dòng)詞，作句子的謂語(yǔ)�？崭袼诰浼捌淝皟删涠际窃诿枋隹ㄌ}爾的朋友向她借錢不還，說(shuō)明卡蘿爾對(duì)朋友這樣的行為表示反感。結(jié)合錄音填人resent，意為“憤恨，怨恨，憎惡”。
30.embarrassed。詳解:此處位于副詞t00之后，應(yīng)該填入形容詞。由于朋友只是借上一兩美元，如果要求還錢，讓人感覺有點(diǎn)小題大做。因此，卡蘿爾感覺不好意思讓朋友還錢。結(jié)合錄音填入embarrassed，意為“困窘的，尷尬的”。
31.spare。詳解:空格前是情態(tài)動(dòng)詞的否定形式couldn't，因此，此處應(yīng)該填入動(dòng)詞原形，與couldn’t起作從句的謂語(yǔ)。由于朋友總是借錢不還，而卡蘿爾又不好意思向朋友要求還錢，時(shí)間長(zhǎng)了，卡蘿爾決定不再借錢給朋友，再結(jié)合本句句首的the last time可以判斷，從這一次起，卡蘿爾拒絕借錢給朋友。因此，她告訴朋友她沒錢可借。結(jié)合錄音填入spare，意為“提供(時(shí)間、錢等);勻出，分出”。
32.response。詳解:此處應(yīng)該填入名詞單數(shù)形式，與不定冠詞a搭配，作句子的賓語(yǔ)�？ㄌ}爾拒絕再借錢給朋友的方式是說(shuō)她沒錢可借，而另外一位女士的建議更為大膽，本句后面就給出了那位女士在朋友借錢時(shí)的反應(yīng)。結(jié)合錄音填人response，意為“反應(yīng)，回答”。
33.turn the tables。詳解:此處應(yīng)該填入動(dòng)詞或動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)，充當(dāng)句子的謂語(yǔ)。這位女士的回答更為大膽，當(dāng)有人借錢不還時(shí)，她不是被動(dòng)忍受，而是扭轉(zhuǎn)局面，主動(dòng)出擊，向朋友提出要求。結(jié)合錄音填入turn the tables，意為“扭轉(zhuǎn)局面，轉(zhuǎn)敗為勝”。
34.reization。詳解:空格位于不定冠詞a和形容詞sudden之后，因此應(yīng)該填入單數(shù)名詞，作介詞by的賓語(yǔ)。當(dāng)把錢拿到手后，這位女士才表現(xiàn)出突然想起來(lái)的樣子，說(shuō)這和你上次借我的一樣多呢!結(jié)合錄音填人realization，意為“意識(shí)，領(lǐng)悟”。
35.convenient。詳解:此處應(yīng)該填入形容詞或副詞，與how一起構(gòu)成感嘆句。女士假裝剛剛反應(yīng)過(guò)來(lái)，并告訴對(duì)方，她這次借的和對(duì)方欠她的一樣多，這樣省得對(duì)方再還錢了，還真是省事呢!結(jié)合錄音填入
convenient，意為“方便的，便利的”。
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