2015英语四级卷二真题

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2015英语四级卷二真题

　　引导语：2015年12月英语四级卷二真题，希望能对大家有所帮助。

2015英语四级卷二真题

　　一、写作

　　Directions:

　　For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the saying “Listening is more important than talking.”You can cite examples to illustrate the importance of listening. You should write at least 120 words, no more than 180 words.

　　二、听力

　　Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, you will bear 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 questions there will be a 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 1 with a single line through the center.

　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

　　1. A) He is pleased to sit on the committee C) He will tell the woman his decision later

　　B) He is willing to offer the woman a hand D) He would like to become a club member

　　2. A) Their planned trip to Vancouver is obviously overpriced

　　B) They should borrow a guide book instead of buying one

　　C ) The guide books in the library have the latest information

　　D) The library can help order guide books about Vancouver

　　3. A) He regrets having taken the history course

　　B) He finds little interests in history books

　　C) He has trouble finishing his reading assignments

　　D) He has difficulty in writing the weekly book report

　　4. A) The man had better choose another restaurant

　　B) The new restaurant is a perfect place for dating

　　C) The new restaurant caught her fancy immediately

　　D) The man has good taste in choosing the restaurant

　　5. A) He has been looking forward to sping C)　He will clean the woman’s boots for spring

　　C) He has been waiting for the winter sale D) He will help the woman put things away

　　6. A) At a tailor’s C) In a cloth store

　　B) At Bob’s home D) In a theatre

　　7. A) His guests favors Tibetan drinks C) Mineral water is good for health

　　B) His water is quite extraordinary D) Plain water will serve the purpose

　　8. A) Report the result of a discussion C) Submit an important documentation

　　B) Raise some environmental issues D) Revise an environmental report

　　Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　9. A) They pollute the soil used to cover them

　　B) They are harmful to nearby neighborhoods

　　C) The rubbish in them takes long to dissolve

　　D) The gas they emit is extremely poisonous

　　10. A) Growing populations C) Changed eating habits

　　B) Packaging materials D) Lower production cost

　　11. A) By saving energy C) By reducing poisonous wastes

　　B) By using less aluminum D) By making the most of materials

　　12. A) We are running out of natural resources soon

　　B) Only combined efforts can make a difference

　　C) The waste problem will eventually hurt all of us

　　D) All of us can actually benefit from recycling

　　Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　13. A) Miami C) Bellingham

　　B) Vancouver D) Boston

　　14. A) To get information on one-way tickets to Canada

　　B) To inquire about the price of “Super saver ” seats

　　C) To get advice on how to fly as cheaply as possible

　　D) To inquire about the shortest route to drive home

　　15. A) Join a tourist group C) Avoid trips in public holidays

　　B) Choose a major airline D) Book tickets as early as possible

　　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 you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marketed A), B),C) and D). Then marked the correspond letter on Answer sheet I with a single line through the centre.

　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

　　Passage One

　　Questions 16 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　16. A) There are mysterious stories behind his works

　　B) There are many misunderstandings about him

　　C) His works have no match worldwide

　　d) His personal history is little known

　　17. A) He moved to Stratford-on-Avon in his childhood

　　B) He failed to go beyond grammar school

　　C) He was a member of the town council

　　D) He once worked in a well-know acting company

　　18. A) Writers of his time had no means to protect their works

　　B) Possible sources of clues about him were lost in a fire

　　C) His works were adapted beyond recognition

　　D) People of his time had little interest in him

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　19. A) It shows you have been ignoring your health

　　B) It can seriously affect your thinking process

　　C) It is an early warning of some illness

　　D) It is a symptom of two much pressure

　　20. A) Reduce our workload C) Use painkillers for relief

　　B) Control our temper D) Avoid masking symptom

　　21. A) Lying down and having some sleep C) Going out for a walk

　　B) Rubbing and pressing one’s back D) Listening to light music

　　Passage Three

　　Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　22. A) Depending heavily on loans C). Spending beyond one’s means

　　B) Having no budget plans at all D). Leaving no room for large bills

　　23. A) Many of them can be cut C) Their payment cannot be delayed

　　B) All of them have to be covered D) They eat up most of the family income

　　24. A) Rent a house instead of buying one C) Make a conversation plan

　　B) Discuss the problem in the family D) Move to a cheaper place

　　25. A) Financial issues plaguing a family C) Family budget problems and solutions

　　B) Difficulty in making both ends meet D) New ways to boost family income

　　Section C

　　Directions: in this section,you will hear a paasage 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 reaf for the third time, you should check what you have written.

　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

　　Perhaps because going to college is so much a part of the American dream, many people go for no(26)_____reason. Some go because their parents ecpect it, others because it’s what their friends are doing.Then, there’s the belief that a college degree will(27)____ensure a good job and high pay.

　　Some students (28)____ through for years ,attending classes, or skipping(逃课) them as the case may be, reading only what can’t be avoided, looking for less(29)_____courses,and never being touched or changed in any important way. For a few of these people, college provides no(30)____，yet because of parental or peer pressure, they cannot voluntarily leave. They stop trying in the hope that their teachers will make the decision for them by(31)____ them.

　　To put it bluntly(直截了当地)，unless you’re willing to make your college years count, you might be(32)_____ doing something else. Not everyone should attend college, nor should everyone who does attend begin right after high school. Many college students(33)_____ taking a year or so off. A year out in the world helps some people to(34)_____their priorities and goals. If you’re really going to get something out of going to college, you have to make it mean something, and to do that you must have some idea why you’re there, what you hope to get out of it, and (35)_____even what you hope to become.

　　三、选词填空

　　Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.

　　Scholars of the information society are divided over whether social inequality decreases or increases in an information-based society. However, they generally agree with the idea that inequality in the information society is_____(36)different from that of an industrial society. As informatization progress in society, the cause and structural nature of social inequality changes as well.

　　It seems that the information society_____(37)the quantity of information available to the members of a society by revolutionizing the ways of using and exchanging information. But such a view as a_____(38)analysis based on the quantity of information supplied by various forms of the mass media. A different_____(39)is possible when the actual amount of information_____(40)by the user is taken into account. In fact, the more information_____(41)throughout the entire society, the wider the gap becomes between "information haves" and "information have-nots," leading to digital divide.

　　According to recent studies, digital divide has been caused by three major_____(42): class, sex, and generation. In terms of class, digital divide exists among different types of workers and between the upper and middle classes and the lower class. With_____(43)to sex, digital divide exists between men and women. The greatest gap, however, is between the Net-generation, _____(44)with personal computers and the Internet, and the older generation,_____(45)to an industrial society.

　　四、长篇阅读

　　Section B

　　Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

　　How to Eat Well

　　A) Why do so many Americans eat tons of processed food, the stuff that is correctly called junk(垃圾) and should really carry warning labels?

　　B) It’s not because fresh ingredients are hard to come by Supermarkets offer more variety than ever, and there are over four times as many famers’ markets in the U.S. as there were 20 years ago. Nor is it for lack of available information. There are plenty of recipes(食谱), how-to videos and cooking classes available to anyone who has a computer, smartphone or television. If anything the information is overwhelming.

　　C) And yet we aren’t cooking. If you eat three meals a day and behave like most Americans, you probably get at least a third of your daily calories(卡路里) outsides the home. Nearly two-thirds of us grab fast food once a week, and we get almost 25% of our daily calories from snacks. So we’re eating out or taking in, and we don’t sit down—or we do, but hurry.

　　D) Shouldn’t preparing—and consuming—food be a source of comfort, pride, health, well-being, relaxation, sociability? Something that connects us to other humans? Why should we want to outsource(外包) this basic task, especially when outsourcing it is so harmful?

　　E) When I talk about cooking,I’m not talking about creating elaborate dinner parties or three-day science projects. I’m talking about simple, easy, everyday meals. My mission is to encourage green hands and those lacking time or money to feed themselves. That means we need modest, realistic expectation, and we need to teach people to cook food that’s good enough to share with family and friends.

　　F) Perhaps a return to real cooking needn’t be far off. A recent Harris poll revealed that 79% of Americans say they enjoy cooking and 30% “love it”; 14% admit to not enjoying kitchen work and just 7% won’t go near the stove at all. But this doesn’t necessarily translate to real cooking and the result of this survey shouldn’t surprise anyone; 52% of those 65 or older cook at home five or more times per week; only a third of young people do.

　　G) Back in the 1950s most of us grew up in households where Mom cooked virtually every night. The intention to put a home-cooked meal on the table was pretty much universal. Most people couldn’t afford to do otherwise.

　　H) Although frozen dinners were invented in the 40s, their popularity didn’t boom until televisions became popular a decade or so later. Since then packaged, pre-prepared meals have been what’s for dinner. The microwave and fast-food chains were the biggest catalysts(催化剂),but the big food companies—which want to sell anything except the raw ingredients that go into cooking—made the home cook an endangered species.

　　I) Still, I find it strange that only a third of young people report preparing meals at home regularly. Isn’t this the same crowd that rails against processed junk and champions craft cooking?And isn’t this the generation who say they’re concerned about their health and the wee-being of the planet? If these are truly the values of many young people, then tier behavior doesn’t match their beliefs.

　　J) There have been half-hearted but well-publicized efforts by some food campaigns to reduce calories in their processed foods, but the Standard American Diet is still the polar opposite of the healthy, mostly plant-based diet that just about every expert says we should be eating. Considering that the governments standards are not nearly ambitious enough, the picture is clear: by nor cooking at home, we’re not eating the right things, and the consequences are hard to overstate.

　　K) To help quantify(量化) the costs of a poor diet, I recently tried to estimate this impact in terms of a most famous food, the burger(汉堡包). I concluded that the profit from burgers is more than offset(抵消) by the damage they cause in health problems and environmental harm.

　　L) Cooking real food is the best defense —not to mention that any meal you’re likely to eat at home contains about 200 fewer calories than one you would cat in a restaurant.

　　M) To those Americans for whom money is a concern, my advice is simple; Buy what you can afford, and cook it yourself. The common prescription is to primarily shop the grocery store, since that’s where fresh produce, meat and seafood, and dairy are. And to save money and still eat well you don’t need local organic ingredients; all you need is real food. I’m not saying local food isn’t better, it is. But there is plenty of decent food in the grocery stores.

　　N) The other sections you should get to know are the frozen foods and the canned goods. Frozen produce is still produce; canned tomatoes are still tomatoes. Just make sure you’re getting real food without tons of added salt or sugar. Ask yourself, Would Grandma consider this food? Does it look like something that might occur in nature? It’s pretty much common sense: you want to buy food, not unidentifiable hoodlike objects.

　　O) You don’t have to hit the grocery store daily, nor do you need an abundance of skill. Since fewer than half of Americans say they cook at an intermediate level and only 20% describe their cooking skills as advanced, the crisis is one of confidence. And the only remedy for that is practice. There’s nothing mysterious about cooking the evening meal. You just have to do a little thinking ahead and redefine what qualifies as dinner. Like any skill, cooking gets easier as you do it more; every time you cook, you advance your level of skills,. Someday you won’t even need recipes. My advice is that you not pay attention to the number of steps and ingredients, because they can be deceiving.

　　P) Time, I realize, is the biggest obstacle to cooking for most people. You must adjust you priorities to find time to cook. For instance, you can move a TV to the kitchen and watch your favorite shows while you’re standing at the sink. No one is asking you to give up activities you like, but if you’re watching food shows on TV, try cooking instead.

　　46. Cooking benefits people in many ways and enables them to connect with one another.

　　47. Abundant information about cooking is available either online or on TV.

　　48. Young people do less cooking at home than the elderly these days.

　　49. Cooking skills can be improved with practice.

　　50. In the mid-20th century, most families ate dinner at home instead of eating out.

　　51. Even those short of time or money should be encouraged to cook for themselves and their family

　　52. Eating food not cooked by ourselves can cause serious consequences.

　　53. To eat well and still save money, people should buy fresh food and cook it themselves.

　　54. We get a fairly large portion of calories from fast food and snacks.

　　55. The popularity of TV led to the popularity of frozen food.

　　五、仔细阅读

　　Section C

　　Passage One

　　Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.

　　When it's five o'clock, people leave their office. The length of the workday, for many workers, is defined by time. They leave when the clock tells them they're done.

　　These days, the time is everywhere: not just on clocks or watches, but on cell-phones and computers. That may be a bad thing, particularly at work. New research shows that clock-based word schedules hinder morale(士气)and creativity.

　　Clock-timers organize their day by blocks of minutes and hours. For example: a meeting from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., research from 10 a.m. to noon, etc. On the other hand, task-timers have a list of things they want to accomplish. They work down the list, each task starts when the previous task is completed. It is said that all of us employ a mix of both these types of planning.

　　What, then, are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one make us more productive? Better at the tasks at hand? Happier? In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities-from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga-by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under "clock time" vs "task time". They found clock timers to be more efficient but less happy because they felt little control over their lives. Task timers are happier and more creative, but less productive. They tend to enjoy the moment when something good is happening, and seize opportunities that come up.

　　The researchers argue that task-based organizing tends to be undervalued and under-supported in the business culture. Smart companies, they believe, will try to bake more task-based planning into their strategies.

　　This might be a small change to the way we view work and the office, but the researchers argue that it challenges a widespread characteristic of the economy: work organized by clock time. While most people will still probably need, and be, to some extent, clock-timers, task-based timing should be used when performing a job that requires more creativity. It'll make those tasks easier, and the task-doers will be happier.

　　56.What does the author think of time displayed everywhere?

　　A.It makes everybody time-conscious.

　　B.It is a convenience for work and life.

　　C.It may have a negative effect on creative work.

　　D.It clearly indicates the fast pace of modern life.

　　57.How do people usually go about their work according to the author?

　　A.They combine clock-based and task-based planning.

　　B.They give priority to the most urgent task on hand.

　　C.They set a time limit for each specific task.

　　D.They accomplish their tasks one by one.

　　58.What did Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier find in their experiments about clock-timers?

　　A.They seize opportunities as they come up.

　　B.They always get their work done in time.

　　C.They have more control over their lives.

　　D.They tend to be more productive.

　　59.What do the researchers say about today's business culture?

　　A.It does not support the strategies adopted by smart companies.

　　B.It does not attach enough importance to task-based practice.

　　C.It places more emphasis on work efficiency than on workers' lives.

　　D.It aims to bring employees' potential and creativity into full play.

　　60.What do the researchers suggest?

　　A.Task-based timing is preferred for doing creative work.

　　B.It is important to keep a balance between work and life.

　　C.Performing creative jobs tends to make workers happier.

　　D.A scientific standard should be adopted in job evaluation.

　　Passage Two

　　Question 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.

　　Martha Stewart was charged, tried and convicted of a crime in 2004. As she neared the end of her prison sentence, a well-known columnist wrote that she was "paying her dues," and that "there is simply no reason for anyone to attempt to deny her right to start anew."

　　Surely, the American ideal of second chances should not be reserved only for the rich and powerful. Unfortunately, many federal and state laws impose post-conviction restrictions on a shockingly large number of Americans, who are prevented form ever fully paying their debt to society.

　　At least 65 million people in the United States have a criminal record. This can result in severe penalties that continue long after punishment is completed.

　　Many of these penalties are imposed regardless of the seriousness of the offense or the person's individual circumstances. Laws can restrict or ban voting, access to public housing, and professional and business licensing. They can affect a person's ability to get a job and qualification for benefits.

　　In all, more than 45,000 laws and rules serve to exclude vast numbers of people from fully participating in American life.

　　Some laws make sense. No one advocates letting someone convicted of pedophilia(恋童癖)work in a school. But too often collateral(附随的)consequences bear no relation to public safety. Should a woman who possessed a small amount of drugs years ago be permanently unable to be licensed as a nurse?

　　These laws are also counterproductive, since they make it harder for people with criminal records to find housing or land a job, two key factors that reduce backsliding.

　　A recent report makes several recommendations, including the abolition of most post-conviction penalties, except for those specifically needed to protect public safety. Where the penalties are not a must, they should be imposed only if the facts of a case support it.

　　The point is not to excuse or forget the crime. Rather, it is to recognize that in America's vast criminal justice system, second chances are crucial. It is in no one's interest to keep a large segment of the population on the margins of society.

　　61.What does the well-known columnist's remark about Martha Stewart suggest?

　　A.Her past record might stand in her way to a new life.

　　B.Her business went bankrupt while she was in prison.

　　C.Her release from prison has drawn little attention.

　　D.Her prison sentence might have been extended.

　　62.What do we learn from the second paragraph about many criminals in America?

　　A.They backslide after serving their terms in prison.

　　B.They are deprived of all social benefits.

　　C.They receive severe penalties for committing minor offenses.

　　D.They are convicted regardless of their individual circumstances.

　　63.What are the consequences for many Americans with a criminal record?

　　A.They remain poor for the rest of their lives.