专四真题

TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS(2014)

-GRADEFOUR

TIMELIMIT:135MIN

PARTIDICTATION[15MIN]therthepassagewillbe

thefirstreading,whichwillbedoneatnormalspeed,listenandtry

condandthirdreadings,thepassagewillberead

ntencebyntence,orphrabyphra,treadingwillbe

lthenbe

writethewholepassageon

ANSWERSHEETONE.

PARTIILISTENINGCOMPREHENSION[20MIN]InSectionsA,BandCyouwillhear

ebest

answertoeachquestiononAnswerSheetTwo.

SECTIONACONVERSATIONS

totheconversationscarefullyand

thenanswerthequestionsthatfollow.

ndoftheconversation,you

,listentotheconversation.

etheymainlytalkingaboutintheconversation

rants.

fthefollowingismentionedbyTimasagoodreasonformoving

-bytrain

station.

aneworriedaboutwinterinthenewlocation

refewactivities.

snocinemaortheatre.

ndoftheconversation,you

,listentotheconversation.

rkinsonbecameinterestedinherownbusiness_____.

ewasonholidayfiveyearsago

erfriendrecommendedittoher

sheaskherteacherstoteachherathome

oreconvenient.

givenapromotion.

fthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtotheconversation

willingtopaymoreforclassat

home.

ardedthebusinessasa

pastimeatfirst.

shefinallyleaveherjob

ndofthe

conversation,tentothe

conversation.

fthefollowingisNOTmentionedaboutthesingle-lensreflex

ngiasier.

eaperandlighter.

ingtotheshopassistant,themaindifferencebetweenthetwotypesofcameras

liesin.

Itcanbeinferredfromtheconversationthatthecustomerismorelikelytobuyintheend.

llensinstead

SECTIONBPASSAGES

Inthisction,tothepassagescarefullyandthen

endofthepassage,,listentothe

passage.

fthefollowingdetailsaboutthefrontofthehouisCORRECT

retwo

doors.

totheimmediateleftsideofthehou

ey.

sthesmalltowninthepicture

ackofthehou.

ideofahill.

ndofthepassage,youwill

,listentothepassage

dBenfirstbecomeinterestedinMongolia

learnedMongolian.

wasnineyearsold.

idhespendmostofhisteenageyears

otherregions.

nfromthepasasgethatBen____whiledoinghismaster'sdegree.

dclassicalandmodernMongolian

edmodernMongolian

fthefollowingdetailsisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage

sidersthetravelexpen

reasonable.

unabletotraveltoMongoliain

1971.

ndofthepassage,youwillbe

,listentothepassage.

stheheightoftowersatSkyGreensverticalfarm

A.9meters.B.20meters.C.100meters.D.40meters.

fthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage

muslesswaterandenergy

mllsatthe

samepriceasimportedproduce

ingtothepassage,oneparticularadvantageoftheSkyGreenis

esstothecitySECTIONC

NEWSBROADCAST

Inthisction,tothemcarefullyandthenanswerthe

questionsthatfollow.

ndofthenewsitem,youwillbe

tothenews.

ingtothepassage,Turkishpolicewereunsureabout_____.

an's

failedtoreturnhome

ypeoplehadbeendetainedbyTurkishpolice

A.9.B.19..D.33.

ndofthenewsitem,youwillbe

,listentothenews.

thesituationnowinKidalaccordingtothenews

forceshaveenteredthetown.

stmilitantsareattackingtheairport.

theFrenchlaunchthemilitaryoperation

ectthetown.

tagainstIslamistmilitants.

ndofthenewsitem,youwillbe

,listentothenews.

fthefollowingisTRUEabouttheimmigrationreform

ahadcarriedoutthereform.

ormfailedtoimprovethe

currentsystem.

ingtoObama's2011blueprint,howlongwouldittakeforillegalimmigrantstogain

citizenship

years.

ndofthenewsitem,youwillbe

,listentothenews.

LorraineMelvill'sbusiness

ingforsurgeryandsafaris.

zingtripstoUKandAmerican.

fthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaccordingtothenewsitem

entswereunabletopayher

themoney.

llhadasmanyEuropean

clientsasbefore.

ndofthenewsitem,youwillbegiven5

,listentothenews.

themainideaofthenewsitem

'sprenceinNorthAfrica.

tionforforeignoilworkers.

ndofthenewsitem,youwillbegiven5

,listentothenews.

themainmessageofthenewsitem

opleinNigerialiveinpoverty.

fromtheMiddleEastarethemost

wealthy.

PARTIIICLOZE[15MIN]Decidewhichofthechoicesgivenbelowwouldbestcompletethe

ebestchoiceforeachblankonANSWER

SHEETTWO.

Ts

moneyandefficiencybecame

(31)___ghdivisionsoflabourhadbeen(32)____byAdam

SmithandillustratedbyapinfactoryinTheWealthofNationsin1776,(33)____could

ecializationoflabourwasin(34)__contrasttothe

ruralmeansofproduction,in(35)______thefamilywasthemeansofproduction,

consumptionandsocialization.(36)____greaterspeedcameagreaterneedfor

adethis(37)___

andchangedworkinglifeforever(38)___werethedayswhenworkwas(39)___by

naturalforces:steamengineswerervant(40)____neitherasonnorsunshine.

Factorieshadforemenandlifebecamecorrespondinglymore(41)_________.The

clocking-onmachinewas(42)___in1885andtimeandmotionstudiestoincrea

efficiencywouldbeintroducedonly

(43)___twentyyearslater.(44)____ltural

iesprovided(45)___and

predictableincome,butlonghours.

Workinglifewasbecomingincreasinglyregulated,andtheworking(46)___was

(47)___-whenno

workwasdone-was(48)__,workstoppedaroundmiddayonSaturdayanddidnot

resume(49)___visionbetween“work”and“leisure”

emerged,andthisnewblockofweekendleisuretimecoincidedwiththedevelopmentofspectator

sportslikecricketandfootball,andthe(50)___________________ofmusichall

entertainmentforthenewworkingclass.

sly

ved

ed

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PARTIVGRAMMAR&VOCABULARY[15MIN]

heachntencetherearefourwords,phrasor

statementsmarkedA,B,oneword,phraorstatementthatbestcompletesthe

uranswersonANSWERSHEETTWO.

ntialthathe_______allthefactsfirst.

e

fthefollowingntencexpressafutureaction

eetingthevisitorsafterthe

performance.

chisnowcrossingtheGardenBridge.D.I'mhopingthatyou'llgiv

someadvice.

fthefollowingitalicizedpartsisudasanobjectcomplement

lookeddisappointed.

edtohavenomoneyleft.

fthefollowingntencesisINCORRECT

garaFallsisinNorthAmerica.

sakindofinfectiousdia.

fthefollowingntencesindicatesPOSSIBILITY

notsmokeinsidethebuilding.

notplaythepiano.

sinthefamilyareoldenoughfor_____.

ools

fthefollowingitalicizedpartsindicatesapredicate-objectrelationship

eadingMary'buymen'sshoesinthis

shop.

'myend.

pardon______you.

isturb

fthefollowingtagquestionsisINCORRECT

'sdefeatbroughtthewartoan

hisparcelforme,wantstogothere,doeshe

pleknowhim,don'hingisready,isn'tit

fthefollowingreflexivepronouns（反身代词）isudasanobject

snotquitehimlftoday.

tpullyourlftogether.

earchteamcanhandle_______needstobehandled.

er

fthefollowingitalicizedpartsmodifiesanadverb

edabout

6miles.

entence“Theyhadmadeamessofthehou”isturnedintopassivevoice,

whichofthefollowingisCORRECT

adbeenmadebythem.

hadbeenmadeamess.

_______Michaelis,hecouldnothavedonesuchathing.

entence“ShallIdriveyouatiorptohretfirst”isturnedintoindirect

speech,whichofthefollowingismostappropriate

redtodrivemetotheairportfirst.

estedthatIdrivetotheairportfirst.

erlinedpart

means.

eerhas______anumberofactivities—composing,playingand

acting.

ed

rationcould_______herlifebytwoorthreeyears.

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69.

70.

71.

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73.

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ooldidnot_______forChristmasuntilmid-December.

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gsinthestadium_______inthewind.

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76.

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lecountrywasin_______overtheresultoftheelections.

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edbyallthefollowingEXCEPT______.

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loyersprepared,withalldue______foraconferencewiththeTrade

Unions.

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PARTVREADINGCOMPREHENSION[25MIN]

Inthisctiontherearefourpassagesfollowedbyquestionsorunfinishedstatements,eachwith

foursuggestedanswersmarkedA,B,theonethatyouthinkisthebestanswer.

MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEETTWO

TEXTA

eday-boysweregradually

resonsofthelocalclergy,oftheofficersattheDepot,andofsuch

tlyabellrang,andtheyall

nsistedofalarge,longroomatoppositeendsofwhichtwoundermasters

conductedthecondandthirdforms,andofasmallerone,leadingoutofit,,

chthepreparatorytotheniorschoolthethreeclasswere

knownofficially,onspeechdaysandinreports,asupper,middle,wasputin

ter,ared-facedmanwithapleasantvoice,wascalledRice;hehadajollymanner

withboys,wassurpridwhenitwasquartertoelevenandthey

wereletoutfortenminutes'rest.

boysweretoldtogointothe

middle,gantoplayPiginthe

boysranfromwalltowallwhilethenewboystriedtocatchthem:whenonewas

izedandthemysticwordssaid-one,two,three,andapigforme-hebecameaprisonerand,

turningsides,sawaboyrunningpastandtriedto

catchhim,buthislimpgavehimnochance;andtherunners,takingtheiropportunity,madestraight

eofthemhadthebrilliantideaofimitatingPhilip

Otherboyssawitandbegantolaugh;thentheyallcopiedthefirst;andtheyranround

Philip,limpinggrotesquely,sttheirheadswiththedelightoftheir

newamument,hemtrippedPhilipupandhefell,

sclumsy

heavilyashealwaysfell,shed

himfrombehind,ewas

forgottenintheentertainmentofPhilip'dnotmake

rtbeatsothathecouldhardlybreathe,andhewasmore

dstillstupidlywhiletheboysranroundhim,

mimickingandlaughing;theyshoutedtohimtotryandcatchthem;ot

singallhisstrengthtopreventhimlffromcrying.

ebeginningofthepassagewelearnthat______.

oolonlyacceptedday-boys

'sclasswaspartoftheniorschool

sPhilip'sreactiontohisclass

dhisclasssurprising.

edtochangeclass.

amePhiliplosthisgroundbecau______.

ewasn'ygroundwasn'tbigeno

forthegame

dnotrunasquicklyasotherboys

dtheboysdoafterPhiliplosthisground

oppedtomakefunofhim.

oppedandwentinside.

Philipfeelintheend

eallyhorrified.

Forparentswhondtheirkidsofftocollegesaying,“Thewillbethebestye

ofyourlife,i”twouldbeveryappropriatetoadd,“fIyoucanhandlethestressofcollegelife.”

Freshmenareshowingupalreadystresdout,accordingtothelatestrearchstudythat

reportedstudents'n

school,uation,only29percentof

niorshavejobslinedup.

Pressuretoexceloftencreatesstress,andmanystudentsarenotlearninghowtoeffectively

howfivefactsthatIbelieveeverycollegestudentshouldknowabout

stress.

First,causwhatbrainrearcherscall

“corticalinhibition.”Insimpleterms,stressinhibitsapartofthebrain

responsiblefordecision-makingandreactiontimeandcanadverlyaffectothermentalabilitiesas

well.

Second,thehumanbodydoesn'

stressfulexperiencewillcreateabout1,mountofstress

isleftunchecked,manythingscanoccurwithinthebody,includingprematureaging,impaired

cognitivefunctionandenergydrain.

Third,uregularlyexperiencenegativefeelingsand

highamountsofstress,enbecomesthenew

norm,orbalineforyouremotionalstate.

Fourth,essstudiesdemonstratethatpeoplecanrestructuretheir

echniqueshelpyourecognizehowyou

arefeelingandshifttoamorepositiveemotional,mentalandphysicalstate.

Onetechniqueinvolvesslowingyourthoughtsandfocusingonyourheartbeat,breathingslowly

anddeeply,andfocusingonthepositivefeelingthatyoureceive.

Finally,aFrederickson,aleading

internationalauthorityontheimportanceofpositiveemotions,sayshumansaregenetically

'ssuggestedtochooamajoror

i,youcouldendupfightingagainstyourownbiology.

horcitesthelatestrearchstudyinordertoshowthat______.

第5/9页

tsonlyfeelstresdwhileinschool

ingtothepassage,stressmightcauallthefollowingnegativeeffectsEXCEPT.

al

uthor'sopinion,stresscanbecontrolledby________.

fyingyourprentemotionalstatefirst

ngonyouremotionalstate

ingtothecontext,whatdoes“yourownbiology”meaninthelastparagraph

eference.

fthefollowingisthebestasthetitleofthepassage

andControl

Methods.

TEXTC

Foranyonewhodoubtsthatthetextingrevolutionisuponus,considerthis:Theaverage13-to

17-year-oldndsandreceives3,339textsamo—nthmorethan100perday,accordingtothe

NielnCo.,fromages45to54ntand

received323textsamonthinthecondquarterof2010,up75%fromayearago,Nielnsays.

Behindthey

arephonesisincreasinglybesidethepoint.

Partofwhat'ike

Twitter,withpostingsofnomorethan140characters,arecreatingandreinforcingthehabitof

communicatinginmicro-bursts.

Economicshasmuchtodowithtexting'ssagescostcarriers

lessthantraditionalmobilevoicetransmissions,

Nextelhasreconcei$25

permonth,ursgetunlimitedtexting,email,socialnetworkingand300talkminutes;foranother$15,

eofthebrand'snewwirelessplan:“Beyond

Talk.”

Texting'srioverconversationischangingthewayweinteract,socialscientistsand

e

thanmakeplansinadvance,

whenIknowwh/restrnt.

Textingsavesustime,butitstealsfromquietreflection.

mobiledeviceandhaveevenalittleextratime,theywillcommunicatewithsomeoneintheirlife,”

saysLeeRainie,phoneconversation

kersandotherprofessionalsstillspendmuchofthedayon

cherssaypeoplearemorelikelytoutext-badcommunicationsatthe

necomesintoplaywhentherearemultipleoptionstoconsider

orimportantdecisionstobemade.

eginningofthepassage,theauthorusfiguresforthepurpoof

tion

ingtothecontext,whichofthefollowingisclostinmeaningto“besidethpeoint”

able.

fthefollowingisNOTmentionedasacaufortexting'spopularity

inthenumberofadulttexters.

socialmedia.

ingtothepassage,textingcanhelppeopleto_______.

icatewishstrangersD.

avoidawkwardsituations

thepassagemainlyabout

g'textinginbusiness.

tionofmobiledevices.

TEXTD

weengageinwhatrearchhavenamed

-c“oomrdicinroation”—”I'lltxtuin10mins

Whenhpaevoeplae

Thehealthyadolescentboyorgirllikestodotherealthingsinlife,

wouldratherbeaplumber'smateanddoarealjobthatrequiresdoing

thanlearnabouthydrostaticssittingatadesk,withoutunderstandingwhatpracticalutheyare

llyweshould

learnaboutthingsbeforedoingthemandthatispresumablywhythepunditnforcethisinour

snotthenaturalway-nor,Iventuretothink,lescent

wantstodothingsfirstforonlythendoesheappreciatetheproblemsinvolvedandwanttolearnmore

aboutthem.

Theydothethingsbetterinprimitivelife,forthereatpubertytheboyjoinshisfatherinmaking

canoes,patchinghuts,rvinghisapprenticeshipintheactual

tsurprisingthatanthropologists人类学家）findthattheadolescentsof

primitivecommunitiesdonotsufferfromthesameneurotic神经质的）“difficulties”asthoof

not,assomeassume,becautheyarepermittedmorexualfreedom,butbecautheyaregiven

morenaturaloutletsforthei-rnativeinterestsandpowersandareallowedtogrowupfreelyintoafull

lif-eofresponsibilityinthecommunity.

Inthe19thcenturythiswasrecognizedintheapprenticeshipsystem,whichallowedtheboytogo

outwiththemastercarpenter,orploughman,toengageintheactualworkofcarpentryorroof-

mending,agriculturalcollegesattheprenttimeyoungmenhave

todoayaer-'atadvantageofthis

systemisthatitletstheapprenticeethepracticalproblemsbeforehetstoworklearninghowto

solvethem,andhecanthereforetakeamoreintelligentinterestinhistheoreticalwork.

Sincemoreknowledgeofmorethingsisnowrequiredinordertocopewiththeadultworld,the

periodofgrowing-uptoindependencetakesmuchlongerthanitdidinamoreprimitivecommunity,

andtheresponsibilityforsucheducation,whichformerlywasinthehandsoftheparents,isnow

tshouldnotmakeuslosightofthebasic

principle,namelytheneedandthedesireoftheadolescenttoengageresponsiblyintherealpursuits

oflifeandthentolearnhow—tolearnthroughresponsibility,nottolearnbeforeresponsibility.

ingtotheauthor,whatisthenaturalwayofeducation

hingsasanapprentice.

ngpracticalknowledgefirst.

nadvantageofthenaturalwayofeducation,whetherinprimitiveormoderntimes,is

thatlearners____________________.

kwiththeirmastersthroughout

theirlearning

enopportunitiestodeveloptheir

interestfirst

ingtothecontext,“this”inthethirdparagraphr_e_f___

ficultiesmodernadolescentxperience

dofskillsboyslearnedfromtheir

father

ingtotheauthor,learningshouldnowbedoneinschoolforallthefollowingreasons

EXCEPTthat_____________________.

meisneededforbecomingindependent100.

Whichofthefollowingbestsumsuptheauthorpoint

tsshouldbegivenmirefreedom

inlearning.

ngtosolveproblemislearning

throughresponsibility.

PARTVIWRITING[45MIN]

SECTIONACOMPOSITION[35MIN]

AnundergraduateofEnglishatauniversity,inarecentlettertotheuniversitypresident,

thatbecaualanguage

majorhaslittleuformaths,hewouldforgetallofhismathslessonssoonaftertakingtherequired

youthinkofthisopinion

WriteonANSWERSHEETTHREEacompositionofabout200wordsonthefollowingtopic:

ShouldEnglishMajorsStudyMaths

smain

Youaretowriteinthreeparts.

Inthefirstpart,statespecificallywhatyouropinionis.

Inthecondpart,provideoneortworeasonstosupportyouropinion.

Inthelastpart,bringwhatyouhavewrittentoanaturalconclusionormakeasummary.

Markswillbeawardedforcontent,organization,etofollow

theinstructionsmayresultinalossofmarks.

SECTIONBNOTE-WRITING[10MIN]

WriteonANSWERSHEETTHREEanoteofabout50-60wordsbadonthefollowingsituation:

Asyouaretakinganexam,youdonothavetimetomeetaformerschoolmateofyearsatthe

notetoyourfriendMark/Lily,politelyaskinghim/hertomeetyourschoolmate

foryouanddescribingbrieflywhatyourschoolmatelookslike.

Markswillbeawardedforcontent,organization,languageandappropriateness.

—THEEND—

TESTFORENGLISHMAJORS(2014)-GRADEFOUR-2014年英语专业四级参考答案

PARTIDICTATION

Limitingthegrowthoftechnologythroughouthistorymanhaschangedhisphysicalenvironment

etoolsoftechnologymanhasalteredmanyphysicalfeaturesofthe

ransformedwoodlandsintofarmland:Hehasmodifiedthefaceoftheearthbycutting

rthechangesinthephysicalenvironment

,y,thousandsoftonsof

gascomeoutofthevehicles:smokefromfactoriespollutestheairofindustrializedareasandthe

lutionofwateris

ea,wnecessaryfor

mantolimitthegrowthoftechnologyinordertosurviveontheearth.

PARTIILISTENINGCOMPREHENSION

SECTIONA

;

SECTIONB

;ARTIIICLOZE

PARTIVGRAMMAR&VOCABULARY