2012四级真题

2012年6月大学英语四级考试真题与答案完整版

PartIWriting

作文

OnExcessivePackaging

Nowadaysthephenomenaofover-packagingofgoodsareprevailinginour

society:clothesswathedintissuepaper,placedincardboardboxandfinallywrapped

inwell-designedplasticbags,importedbottlesofwinepackedinwoodenboxes,fruits

putinhand-wovenbaskets,justtonameafew.

stisthatalargenumber

ofcompaniesbelievethattheycanattractcustomers’attentionandstimulate

their

purchasingdesirebyover-packagingtheirgoods,

the

otherhand,quiteanumberofconsumersmistakenlyholdthatthemore

delicatethe

packageis,thebetterthequalitywillbe,thuncouragingexcessivepackaging.

Frommyperspective,excessivepackaginghasitsconquences,includingthelossof

preciousresourcesaswellaxtraworkforceongarbagedisposal.

Tosolvetheproblem,it’,laws

tion,weneedto

advocateclearpackagingandraiconsumer’sawarenessthatexcessivepackaging

doesn’tequaltohighquality.

PartII快速阅读

1.D)providinggoodeducationforbabyboomers.

2.D)Students’performancedeclined.

3.D)Theyaremostlysmallinsize.

4.D)Somelargeschoolshavesplitupintosmallerones.

5.C)theircollege-leveltestparticipation.

6.B)Theirschoolperformancewasgettingwor.

7.A)maintainclorrelationshipswiththeirteachers.

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entmeasures

ubjects

PartIIIListeningComprehension

短对话

PartIIIListeningComprehension

SectionA

Directions:Inthisction,youwillhear8shortconversationsand2long

ndofeachconversation,oneormorequestionswillbe

asked

econversationandthequestionswillbe

spokenonly

thepau,youmustreadthe

fourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD),anddecidewhichisthebest

markthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

11:

M:Asyoucanefromthedrawings,thekitchenhasonedoorintothediningroom,

anotherintothefamilyroomandathirdtotheoutside.

W:Thedoorintothefamilyroomisn’tbemadewider?

Q:Whatarethespeakersdoing?

【答案】D)Discussingahousingplan.

12,

M:I’gestions,Barbara?

W:Well,howabouttheFrenchrestaurantneartheKFC?Frankly,I’vehadenoughof

ourcanteenfood.

Q:Whatdowelearnaboutthewoman?

【答案】D)Sheistiredofthefoodinthecanteen.

【解析】此题为推理题。从对话中可知，男子问女子对于晚上到哪里吃饭有没有任何建议。

女子回答去KFC旁边的法国餐厅，因为她已经受够了食堂的食物。

13,

W:Hey,ifyoucan’tenjoythemusicatansiblevolume,whynotu

earphones?

I’mpreparingforthespeechcontest.

M:Oh,’trealizeI’vebeingbotheringyouallthistime.

Q:Whatisthemanprobablydoing?

【答案】C)Listeningtosomeloudmusic.

【解析】此题为较为简单的推理题。从volume，earphone，bother等关键词可知该男子

听音

乐时把音量调的很高，从而影响到了女子准备演讲比赛。

14,

M:Finally,I’omakeagood

impressiononyourfamily.

W:Comeon!It’sandT-shirtsarejustfine.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?

【答案】C)Themancandresscasuallyfortheoccasion.

【解析】此题为推理题。男子想穿新套装给女方家庭留下好印象，但是女子说这只是个家庭

聚会，穿牛仔裤和T恤就行，即穿着随意即可。

15.

M:Wouldyouliketoethopantsinbrownandnavyblue?Thetwocolorsare

cominginthisason.

W:Oh,actuallygreyismyfavouritecolor,butIprefersomethingmadefromcotton,

100%cottonImean.

Q:Whatisthewomanlookingfor?

【答案】B)Greypantsmadefrompurecotton.

【解析】此题为细节题。从关键词pants，grey，100%cotton可知，女子想要的是灰色纯

棉的短裤。

16.

W:Fromhere,themountainslookasifyoucouldjustreachoutandtouchthem.

M:That’neofthebestviewsinSwitzerland.

Q:Whatistheman’schiefconsiderationinchoosingthelodge?

【答案】C)Itslocation.

【解析】此题为细节题。男子说他选择这个旅馆的原因是它有着瑞士最好的视野，所以他最

在乎的是位置。

17.

M:WhatdoIhavetodotoapplyforapassport?

W:Youneedproofofcitizenship,eitheranoldpassportorabirthcertificateandthree

umustcompletethisformandpayafee.

Q:Whatisthemanmostprobablygoingtodo?

【答案】C)Traveloveras.

【解析】此题为推理题。男子询问女子如何申请护照，女子回答时说的出生证，照片等是申

请护照的所需用品。

18.

M:Miss,canIinterestyouinaporkspecialwithrvingtonight?It’sonly799,half

theusualpriceandit’sverytasty.

W:Ohreally?Iwilltryit.

Q:Whatdoesthemansayaboutthedish?

【答案】A)Itisagoodbargain.

【解析】此题为细节题。男子在给女子推荐时说该道菜今晚的价格是平时的一般，且很好吃，

可见十分划算。

【点评】

今年的听力短对话从提问方式来看，仍旧沿袭过去惯例，考查了信息细节题、暗示题和推断

题，其中，信息细节题考查最多，例：短对话的1、5、6、8均为信息细节题。需要同学在

听的能够较快速的捕捉关键词，并将其组合，从而又快又准确的锁定答案。

从对话内容来看，今年的内容确实同预测的一致：日常化、生活化。短对话在包括了传统的

餐厅、旅游、职业内容的询问以外，还加入了如第1题的装修、第14题的家庭聚会、第16

题的购物等更贴近日常生活的话题内容。

总体来说，今年的四级听力难度适中。如果有较好的细节抓取能力，完全能得到满意的分数。

长对话

PartIIIListeningComprehension

SectionA

Conversation1

W：Goodevening,andwelcometothisweek’sbusinessworld,theprogramforand

Kayne,whohasjust

takenover

,,whatmadeyouwantto

runyour

ownstore?

M:Well,asworkingfull-time

asasalesmanforabigcompany,hen

thatassoonasIhadenoughmoneytogetmyownbusinessgoing,I’

hearttonitandIdidn’ent

downtothe

bankandgotabusinessloan,IknewI’imeismy

hestorewhenIwantandleavewhenIwant.

W:Youmeanyoudon’tkeepregularhours?

M:Well,thesignonmystoresaysthehoursaretentosix,butifbusiness

isslower

thanusual,Icanjustlockupandtakeoffearly.

W:Haveyouhiredanyemployeestoworkwithyouyet?

M:Yeah,lpme

’sgreatbecauweplaycardsorjustsit

aroundandtalk

whentherearenocustomers.

W:Thankyou,yousuccessinyournewbusiness.

Question19-22arebadontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

thewomandoing?

obeforehetookoverthebicycleshop?

themantakeoverabicycleshop?

welearnaboutthepeopleworkingintheshop?

答案：

19.D

20.A

21.B

22.A

点评：第一篇长对话是一期访谈节目，主题是对一位自主创业人士的一次访谈，难度一般，

要拿满分应该不难。主持人问及男士是如何想到要自己创业的，自己的自行车行是否有固定

营业时间，以及是否雇佣了一些员工。男士则顺着主持人的问话，谈及了自己的创业历程，

店里的营业时间与方式等。考生在听的过程中，需要理解这些短语的意思，如haveone’s

heartonit，意思是“决心，一定要”，standintheway，意思是“阻碍，挡道”。一般

四级考生，这些短语在平常的学习中应该是有所积累的，不是难题。

Conversation2

W:Well,themainactivitiesintheregionwerehistoricallysteelandpaperprocessing,

Ithink.

M:Yes,butI’outell

ussomethingaboutthat?

W:Yes,,theyarelesssignificant,butsteel-related

manufacturing

stillaccountsfor44%’,80%of

Spain’aperprocessing,

there’s

’,isthatclear?

M:Yes,thanks.

W:Now,togetbacktowhatIwassaying,there’salotofunemploymentas

wellas

geographicalproblemsintheregion.

M:Sorry,youmeanbygeographicalproblems?

W:Well,whatImeanistheareaisveryhilly,eudto

betransportproblems,nowthoughtherearenewtrainlinksandbetterroads,

butit

maybethatsomesmallertownsinlandremainnotverywellconnected,is

thatOK?

Doesthatmaken?Whenwetalkaboutspecificlocationsuggestionsfor

the

factory,we’llethisinmoredetail,sowe’llcomebacktothisquestion,OK?

M:OK,right.

W:SoIwasabouttosaysomethingabouttheworkforceintheregionandthelevel

ral,it’sverygoodandimproving.

Question23-25arebadontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

esthewomansayaboutthesteel-relatedmanufacturingintheregion?

oblemshindertheregion’sdevelopment?

llthespeakersdiscusslater?

答案：

23.B

24.C

25.C

点评：这篇长对话围绕该地区的主要经济活动钢铁和纸张加工产业展开。男士对该地区这两

大产业的现状不是很熟悉，所以女士为其做解答，介绍了钢铁产业在这一地区所占的重要地

位，以及阻碍这一地区发展的主要因素，如地处山区，内地的小城镇依然交通不便。接着，

二人则转向了下一个话题，即该地区的劳动力和培训与教育水平。女士这里简单地进行了一

个概括，认为整体情况不错并且在不断进步。

这篇长对话难度适中，考生可以先浏览一遍问题，推测出主题，然后带着问题去听，这样做

起来就容易多了。这里有一个生单词，可能考生在听的时候会被这样一个单词难倒，Basque

country，是指“法国西南端，西班牙北部地区”。不过这个表达不影响做题，考生即使没听

懂，也不要在这里纠结，因为浏览过题目就知道，这个不是考察点，所以要继续集中精力往

下听。这也是听力的一个技巧，带着问题去听，只抓主要信息以及与问题相关的信息，不重

要的疑难点要及时忽略。

听力短文

PartIIIListeningComprehension

SectionB

Directions:Inthisction,ndofeachpassage,

epassageandthequestionswillbespokenonly

ouhearaquestion,youmustchoothebestanswerfrom

thefour

choicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Thenmarkthecorrespondingletteron

Answer

Sheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

PassageOne

IfirstmetJoeGumpswhenwewereboth9yearsold,whichisprobablytheonly

firstmetJoeasafreshmaninhighschool,

wewouldn’daystudent,

n’tbeeninthesameclass,sports

orextra

eless,Ispendnearlyeveryweekendathishou,andwe

nottosaythatwewouldnot

havebeen

,wewouldnothavebeen

likelytospendenoughtimegettingtoknoweachother,duetothelack

of

immediatelyvisiblemutualinterests.

Infact,tobehonest,Istruggleevennowtothinkofthingswehaveincommon,

butmaybethat’swhatmakesunjoyeachother’ookat

myfriendshipwithJoe,IwonderhowmanypeopleI’veknownwhomI

never

dislikedbutsimplydidn’toJoe,Ihaverealized

howlittlebasisthereis,

thisrealization,Ihavebeguntomakeanevenmoredeterminedefforttofindfriends

inunexpectedpeopleandplaces.

Questions:

sthespeakersayJoeGumpsbecomeoneofhisbestfriends?

oesthespeakerspendmostofhisweekends?

sthespeakerlearnedfromhisfriendshipwithJoe?

答案：

Q26:dknowneachothersincechildhood

Q27:’shou

Q28:divisionswillbreakdownifpeoplegettoknoweachother.

点评：本篇短文主要讲述了作者和好朋友Joe之前的友谊。他们二人在9岁的时候就认识

了，随着时间的变化，两个人的友谊也越来越牢固。作者在文章中反思，他之所以能和Joe

有如此深厚的友谊是因为他们能够有较长的时间相处，能够充分了解彼此。而在现代社会，

人们则很少有时间去了解他人。了解到问题所在，也让作者更有决心去了解和结识更多的朋

友。

这篇文章基本上没有生僻的词汇，以叙述为主。但是其中有几个短语需要关注：day

student：走读学生；boardingstudent：寄宿学生；curriculum：课程；mutual：相互的；

nevertheless：

然而；thanksto：多亏了….。理解了这些词，对听力的整体理解会有提升。

Passage2

earchintheneighboringtownhad

taken

ateandhewasverytiredwhenhe

turnedintohisbuilding’sparkinglot,ebackout

nextblock

idn’teano-parkingsign,buthesuspectedthatifparking

wereallowedthere,sawasmallparking

ogladtoethemthathedidn’teventhinktoread

ein,parked,t

homeand

thepoliceonlya

een

adtotakeataxitothecitygarage

farfromthe

opayafeeof$

addition,hegota

parkingticket---hisfirstoneeverinGreenville.

idLouisintendtoparkhiscarwhenhecamebackfromworkonenight?

dLouisthinkhadhappenedtohiscarthenextmorning?

idLouisfinallygethiscarback?

答案：

Q29:uilding’sparkinglot

Q30:eenstolenbysomeone

Q31:itygarage

点评：本篇文章是一本有趣的小故事。Louis很晚开车回家，发现自己小区和附近路边的停

车位都满了，所以他只能开车到隔壁的一个街区去停车。但是因为时间太晚，Louis都没有

仔细观察停车位入口旁的标识。第二天早上，Louis发现车子不见了。他以为车辆被盗所以

报警。最后才发现，自己的车停到了别人私人车位上，被警察拖走了。Louis不得不开车到

很远的地方取车，而且还交了罚单。

这篇文章也很简单，没有出现太难的生词。整个内容就是一篇简短的小故事，只要

能抓住时间线索，整篇文章的结构就很清楚了。

Passage3

Well,topickupwhereweleftofflasttime,Ibelieveweagreedthecreativityisa

'soneofthothingsweallrecognizedwhenweeit.

Butwe

don'tofeelthatsomepeopleare

naturally

creative,butwedon'tivityanatural

giftlike

goodlooks?Orisitsomethingthatcanbeacquiredlikeknowledge?

Perhapsifwe

analyzethecreativeprocesscarefully,wemightgetsomeinsightintowhatit

isand

ativeprocesshasalwaysbeen

acceptedasa

houldnotthinkthe

creativityplay

ajorscientificdiscoverybeganwith

someone

s

iswhat

ingtheworldinanewway,anddespite

whatyou

maybelieveaboutthelimitsofyourowncreativeimaginations,weallhave

the

potentialtoimaginetheworldinanabsolutenewway.

Infact,t'smore,

eative

imaginationis

'syourcreativemindto

getthe

meaningfromthechaosofyourexperiencesandbringsordertoyourworld.

32:Whatdidthespeakermostprobablydiscusslasttime?

33:Whatisawidelyacceptedideaaboutthecreativeprocess?

34:Whatleadstomajorscientificdiscoveriesaccordingtothespeaker?

35:Whatdoesthespeakerimplyaboutthecreativeprocess?

答案：

Q32:teriousnessofcreativity

Q33:esourceofallartisticwork

Q34:veimagination

Q35:rtofeverydaylife

点评：本篇文章讲述了人类的创造力。大家都知道有创造力的存在，但是却不知道创造力

确切的是什么。文章中提出问题，创造力是与生俱来的还是后天习得的？最后文章得出结论，

创造力是每个人都有的。它不仅仅在艺术领域有卓越的贡献，其实在很多重要的科学发现中

也扮演了重要角色。创造力可以帮助人们从一个全新的角度认知世界，认识自我。

这篇文章生词不多，但是所谈论的内容比较抽象。而且文章的第一句话，实际上是在

提

醒，这篇文章是接着前面的某个内容进行深入。pickup在这里表示“重新开始”，第一句话

就是说，接着上次的内容继续讲。这一点是需要格外注意的。

复合式听写

,

cellphones,bicycles,

thereenoughcampuspolicetodothejob?Thereare20officesinthecampuscurity

obistohandlecrime,accidents,lostandfounditems,and

traffic

anhalfoftheirtimeisspentdirectingtrafficandwriting

dingpromptlytoaccidentsandotheremergenciesisimportant,

gwithcrimetakesuptherestoftheir

rarelydidanyviolentcrimesactuallyoccur.

Inthelastfiveyearstherehavebeennomurders,venrobberies,and

about

sixtyotherviolentattacks,therhand,

therehavebeenhundredsoftheftsandcasofdeliberatedamagingof

public

property,whichusuallyinvolvesbreakingwindowsorlights,

theftsarenotthecarefullyplannedburglariesthatyoueinmovies.

Thingsget

stolenwhenitisjusteasytostealthembecautheyareleftlyingaroundunwatched.

Dowereallyneedmorepolice？Hiringmorecampuspolicewouldcost

money,

rwaytosolvethisproblemmightbe

forallofustobemorecarefulwithourthings.

答案：

ators

ding

ncies

s

avebeenhundredsoftheftsandcasofdeliberatedamagingofpublicproperty

getstolenwhenitiasytostealthembecautheyareleftlyingaroundunwatched

rwaytosolvethisproblemmightbeforallofustobemorecarefulwithourthings

解析：

这篇文章谈论的是校园盗窃。从校园相关话题的角度而言，复合式听写的内容非常贴近生活，

是考生所熟悉的。具体听写内容，单词仍然以一句话的主干内容为主，即名词和动词；而句

子听写的长度和停顿间隔仍与往年一致，即18词左右，且每句间隔1-2句。所以，复合

式

听写难度与往年持平。但是考生们应考和平时听写时，都需要特别注意细节，如名词复数的

变化，emergency的复数emergencies；难词的拼写calculator（计算器）、theft（盗

窃）。

PartIV阅读SectionA选词填空

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这篇文章选自Time杂志，讲述的是美国采取了一系列的食品援助行动为低收入者提供

食物，经济萧条让越来越多的人陷入温饱危机，其中甚至包括有工作的人。

文章思路比较清晰，理解起来并不难。选项中也没有易混淆的干扰项，考生只要把握

文章的主线，注意通过词性排除选项，很容易得出答案。

PartIV深度阅读SectionBPassageOne

Question57-61

INtimesofeconomiccrisis,reatDepression

isanyguide,swon’tnecessarilyreprent

anincreainhappymarriages,ong

run,theDepression

weakenedAmericanfamilies,andthecurrentcrisiswillprobablydothesame.

WetendtothinkoftheDepressionasatimewhenfamiliespulled

togethertosurvivehugejob

orcerate,whichhadbeenrisingslowlysincetheCivilWar,

suddenlydroppedin

1930,1932,whennearlyone-quarter

oftheworkforce

wasunemployed,s

doesnotmeanthat

,withincomes

plummetingand

incurejobs,unhappycouplesoftencouldn’ared

thatneitherspou

wouldbeabletomanagealone.

Today,giventhejoblossofthepastyear,fewerunhappycoupleswill

riskstartingparate

rmore,thehousingmarketmeltdownwillmakeitmore

difficultforthemto

financetheirparationsbyllingtheirhomes.

Afterfinancialdisastersfamilymembersalsotendtodowhatevertheycantohelpeachotherand

1940book,“TheUnemployedManandHisFamily,”thesociologist

Mirra

Komarovskydescribedafamilyinwhichthehusbandinitiallyreactedto

losinghisjob“with

tirelessarchforwork.”Hewasalwaysactive,lookingforoddjobstodo.

thecountry,manysimilarfamilies

e,thehardshipsoflifewithoutsteady

woorceratero

againduringtherestofthedecadeastherecoverytookhold.

MillionsofAmericanfamiliesmaynowbeintheinitialstageoftheir

responstothecurrent

crisis,workingtogetherandsupportingoneanotherthroughtheearlymonthsofunemployment.

Today’conomicslumpcouldwellgenerateasimilarbacklogofcouples

whorelationships

onlywhentheeconomyishealthyagainthatwewillbegin

toejusthowmanyfracturedfamilieshavebeencreated.

nitialstage,thecurrenteconomiccrisisislikelyto_______.

nytroubledfamiliesapart

boutadropinthedivorcerate

lotofconflictsinthefamily

butetoenduringfamilyties

reatDepressionmanyunhappycoupleschotosticktogetherbecau_______

nganewfamilywouldbehard

ntedtobetterprotecttheirkids

paratelywouldbetoocostly

pectedthingswouldturnbetter

tiontojobloss,whatstandsinthewayofunhappycouplesgettingadivorce?

ofincurity.

ngfamilydebts.

ultyingettingaloan.

ghousingprices.

llthecurrenteconomiccrisiventuallydotomarriedcouples?

forcethemtopulltheireffortstogether.

underminetheirmutualunderstanding.

irreparablydamagetheirrelationship.

helpstrengthentheiremotionalbonds.

nbeinferredfromthelastparagraph?

efamilyisthebestprotectionagainstpoverty.

sthefoundationofmanyahappymarriage.

plescanstandthetestofeconomichardships.

nomicrecoverywilleahigherdivorcerate.

【点评】：这篇文章来源于2009年5月的《纽约时报》（原文地址：

/2009/05/29/opinion/

），题目为MarriedWithBankruptcy。这里有删减。文章分析了经济危机给夫妇带来的影响，

指出经济危机不会提高离婚率并分析了几个原因，如夫妇无法承担离婚的成本，房价下降等

等。文章最后三段指出虽然不会离婚，但夫妻的这种关系也不会维持太久，经济危机的考验

要到经济复苏时期才能显现出来。

答案：

boutadropinthedivorcerate

paratelywouldbetoocostly

ghousingprices.

irreparablydamagetheirrelationship.

nomicrecoverywilleahigherdivorcerate.

PartIV阅读SectionBPassage2

62.D)Itprofitsbyllingitsur’spersonaldata.

63.C)Theydon’tknowtheirpersonaldataenrichesFacebook.

64.C)Torenderbetterrvicetoitsurs.

65.B)Formulatingregulationsforsocial-networkingsites.

66.C)Hedoesn’twanthispersonaldataabud.

点评：

文章的主题围绕当下很受欢迎的社交网站Facebook，揭露其将用户资料出售给广告商。而

大多数用户并未意识到这一点，因为他们并没有意识到个人资料的重要性。作者的态度和立

场非常鲜明，并表示考虑注销自己的账户。

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本篇完形填空选自AmherstCollege大学教授son所著的Social

Psychology一书。主要阐述了如何处理婚姻中夫妇间的关系，比起将矛盾置于最后而爆发，

在婚姻刚刚开始时，坦率交流，更能持久地维护一段关系。面对矛盾，双方应当学会换位思

考，并且要学会主动道歉。

本篇完形填空内容并不生疏，对于考生而言，掌握其大意并不难。词汇辨析依然是考

查的重点。如72、80、81、85、86题等，考生平时一定要注意积累形式、意思相近词语之

间的区别。另外还需掌握动词与介词的搭配，以及常见连词的使用。

在平时复习中，多阅读原汁原味的外文文章，注意分析真题，注意积累以上几个方面

的知识，一定会取得好成绩。

PartVI句子翻译

lowerslookedasiftheyhadn'tbeenwateredforalongtime(好长时间没

有浇水了).

【点评】they即flowers做主语，用被动语态。一段时间应用完成时，looked过

去式相比，后面应该过去完成时。

£1,000cheaperthanmine(比我的车便宜一千英

镑).

【点评】简单的比较级，cheaperthan。不需要重复car，直接用mine代替mycar.

taswelllistentothemusic(不妨听听

音乐).

【点评】mightaswell“不妨”，原句中有might。listentothemusic，听音乐。

hisofficeinahurry,withlightsonanddoorsopen(灯亮着，门开着).

【点评】with短语做伴随状语，逻辑主语和表语之间的系动词省略。

ousnovelissaidtohavebeentranslatedintomultiple

languages(已经被

译成多种语言).

【点评】besaidto后面跟动词原型，“已经被译”，用完成时被动语态havebeen

translated，介词用into。

河南某考生