2015年12月四级

2015年12月英语四级听力真题

及参考答案

2015年12月英语四级听力真题及参考答案

Employershavetherighttomonitortheirworkers’onlineprivatemessages,

accordingtoarulingbytheEuropeanCourtofHumanRights(ECHR).Itcomes

afteraRomanianmanwasfiredforndingpersonalmessageswhileatwork.

TheStrasbourgcourtsidedonTuesdaywiththeemployerofaRomanian

engineerwhowasdismisdfromhisjobafterusingYahooMesngerto

communicatewithhisfiancéewhileatwork.

Duringhistimeasanengineer,BogdanBarbulescuwasaskedbyhimployerto

createaYahooMesngeraccounttoanswerhisclients’r,he

wasinformedinJulythathehadbreachedcompanyrulesbyusingtheprogram

forpersonalreasons,escutookhisca

againstRomaniatothehumanrightscourtlater,allegingthathimployer’s

decisionto[01:45.45]endhiscontractwasbadonaviolationofhisrightto

confidentialcorrespondence.

legalforemployersaccordingtotheECHR?

nwelearnaboutBogdanBarbulescu?

Questions3and4willbebadonthefollowingnewsitem.

AttheSifaPrimarySchooloutsideNairobi,Kenya,studentspaytheir

tuitionwithanew,oolisoneofveral

rencyiswidelyudby

asareequalinvaluetotheKenyanshilling

currencygivespoor

ersofthe

communityhaveashortageofthenationalcurrency,theycanuthecommunity

-profit

ity

currencyprogramsarebeingtupbynon-profitorganizationsacrosstheworld.

Theyhelppoorcommunitiesincreatradeandcreatejobs,accordingto

GrassrootsEconomics,badinMombasa,notreplacebutrather

supplementsthenationalcurrencysystem,reportedthenon-profitgroup.

theadvantageofthepesa?

nwelearnabouttheGrassrootsEconomics?

Questions5to7willbebadonthefollowingnewsitem.

HealthofficialsinBrazilhavedeclaredastateofemergencyinveralstates.

xtremeactionsarethe

2400babiesinBrazilwereborn

ieshaveaconditioncalled

,29ofthe

berofmicrocephalycasinBrazilisabout10times

higherthanwhatthecountryusuallyesinayear.

TheUSCentersforDiaControlsaysthelinkbetweenavirusinfection

spread

biesinBrazilwithmicrocephalyhavetestedpositivefor

theZikaviruswhileothershavetestednegative.[05:34.88]TheCDCsaysthat

hen,thevirushas

spreadandhascaudinfectionsinmanyBrazilianstatesandothercountriesin

LatinAmerica.

tuationisBrazilfacing?

ydeathshavebeenreportedsofar?

relatedtothesituationaccordingtotheCDC?

SectionB

Directions:Inthisction,

ConversationOne

W:HiLeo,whydoyousayEnglishwouldbecometheworldlanguage?

M:thing,it’ylanguagethatisudby

morepeopleisChine.

W:WhyisEnglishspokenbysomanypeople?

M:It’sspokeninmanycountriesoftheworldbecauoftheBritishEmpire.

W:Oh,some

suppliesforourdesignoffice.

M:Oh,whatsort?

W:Well,firstofall,weneedonecompletenewdrawingboard.

M:DO44orDO45?

W:Ah,Idon’’sthedifference?

M:Well,the45costs15poundsmore.

W:Sowhat’sthetotalpricethen?

M:It’s387pounds.

W:Dothatincludevalued-addedtax?

M:Oh,I’,Ithinkitdoes.

W:Whataretheboardsactuallymadeof?

M:Oh,Idon’it‘’swhite

anyway.

W:Andhowlongdoesittaketodeliver?

M:Oh,Icouldn’ndsonhowmuchworkwe’vegotand

howmanyotherorderstherearetondout,youknow.

W:Ok,nowwealsowantsomedrawingpens,inkandrulers,andsome

drawingpaper.

M:lwhotakesallthosuppliesisn’

Ican’otheequipmentyoue.

W:Ok,well,perhapsI’llringbacktomorrow.

M:Sodoyouwantthedrawingboardthen?

W:Oh,verymuch.I’llletyouknow.

Good-bye.

M:-bye.

Question12to15arebadontheconversationyoujustheard.

Question12:Whatisthewoman’spurpoinmakingthephonecall?

Question13:Whatdowelearnaboutthemanfromtheconversation?

Question14:Whatdoesthemansayaboutdelivery?

Question15:Whatdoesthewomansayshewillpossiblydotomorrow?

Part3短文

短文1

,theyhavebeeninu

forcenturies.25centuriesago,irstkites

yevenhavebeencoveredwithsilk,

iteswerebuiltforcertainus.

InancientChina,ross,the

tellsof

oneGeneralwhoflewmusicalkitesovertheenemies’myfled,

15thcentury,

olomayhavebroughtthekiteback

instance,

kribbonwouldstopthe

in’sideawasfirstlaughedat.

Butlateron,chgrand

history,kiteflyingisshortremainanentertainingandpopularsport.

Question16to18arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

Question16:Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutkite?

Question17:WhatdidancientChineucatstodo?

Question18:WhydidBFfliedakiteinthestorm?

短文2

Ihavelearntmanylanguages,butI’mnotmasteredthemthewaythe

,theyhaveopendoorsforme.

Theyhaveallowedmetheopportunitytoekjobsininternationalcontextsand

nypeoplewhohavelivedoverasforawhile

’timagelivingmyprofessionalorsociallife

1977,Ihavespentmuchmoretime

oingtonewplaces,eatingnewfoodsand

anspeakthelanguage,it’asiertogetto

livefora

mycareer,myfacilitywith

,justafterIreturnedmy

kedtotranslateforaGermanjudgeatOlympiclevel

horeventandlearnedalotaboutthesport.

InJapan,oncewhenIwasinthestudioaudienceofaTVcookingshow,I

wasaskedtogouponthestageandtastethebeefdishthatwasbeingprepared

ked“WasitasgoodasAmericanbeef?”Itwas

veryexcitingformetobeonJapaneTV,speakinginJapaneabouthow

deliciousthebeefwas.

Questions19to22arebadonthepassageyou’vejustheard.

Question19Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutherlf?

Question20Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutmanypeoplewhohavelived

overasforawhile?

Question21HowdidthespeakerexperienceoflivinginViennabenefither?

Question22WhatwasthespeakeraskedtodointheJapanestudio?

短文3

mother,whohadonlya3rdgradeeducationheldtwojobscleaningbathrooms.

Tohisclassmatesandeventohisteachershewasthoughtofasthedumbestkid

ingtohisownnotsofondmemories.

Hehadaterribletemper,.

Carnwasheadeddownpartoflf-distractionuntilacriticalmomentinhis

herconvincedthathehadtodosomethingdramaticpreventing

dnotwatchtelevision

exceptfortwoprogramsaweek,couldnotplaywithhisfriendsafterschooluntil

toreadtwobooksaweek,andwritebook

her’sstrategyworked.“Ofcourdidn’tknowshe

couldn’eIwassubmittingthereports.”ldput

antoreadabout

scientists，edimagingmylfintheirshoes.

Ashegotintothehobbitofhardwork,telyhe

receivedascholarshiptoattendingYaleUniversity,andlaterhewasadmittedto

theUniversityofMichiganMedicalSchool.

HeisnowaleadingsurgeonatJohnsHopkinsMedicalSchoolandheisalso

theauthorofthethreebooks.

Questions23to25arebadontheconversationyou’vejustheard.

Q23WhatdowelearnaboutBenCarn?

Q24WhatdidBenCarn’sclassmatesandteachersthinkofhimwhenhe

wasfirstatschool?

Q25WhatdidBenCarn’smothertellhimtodowhenhewasaschool

boy?

Part4听写题

Whenyoulookupatthenightsky,whatdoyoue?Thereareother

hemost

wereformedaroundthesametheearth

mbine

ometgetven

nearertothesunandsolarwindblowsthecloudbehindthecometthusforming

landgenerallyfuzzyatmospherearoundthecometare

givenyear,

averagepersoncan’ythereisonlyoneortwoa

ale-Boppdiscovered

itboughtrelativelytotheearth

e-Boppcamealongwayonitarthlyvisit.

Itwon’tbebackforanother4thousandyearsorso.

参考答案

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tfamiliarwiththeexactdetailsofgoods.

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speakverallanguages.

veaninteninterestincross-culturalinteractions.

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