大学四级-160及答案解析.doc

1、大学四级-160 及答案解析(总分：710.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Writing(总题数：1，分数：106.50)1.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter in reply to a pen friend John. John is from America and is chosen to be an exchange student and he will stay in China for some time. He worries a lot about wh

2、ether he will be accustomed to Chinese food and drinks. Write him a letter introducing typical Chinese diet. You should write at least U120/U words but no more than U180/U words. Do not sign your own name and the address at the end of your letter.（分数：106.50）_二、BPart Listenin(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、BSection

3、 A/B(总题数：4，分数：106.50)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 conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will

4、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 centre.（分数：35.50）(1). A.His father. B.His mother. C.His brother. D.His sister.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(

5、2). A.A job opportunity. B.A position as a general manager. C.A big travel agency. D.An inexperienced salesman.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.Having a break. B.Continuing the meeting. C.Moving on to the next item. D.Waiting a little longer.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4). A.The weather forecast says it will be fine.

6、B.The weather doesnt count in their plan. C.They will not do as planned in case of rain. D.They will postpone their program if it rains.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(5). A.He wishes to have more courses like it. B.He finds it hard to follow the teacher. C.He wishes the teacher would talk more. D.He doesnt like

7、the teachers accent.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.（分数：21.30）(1). A.Go on with the game. B.Draw pictures on the computer. C.Review his lessons. D.Have a good rest.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.She does not agree with Jack. B.Jacks performance is disappointing. C.Most people will find basketball boring. D.She shares Jac

8、ks opinion.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.The man went to a wrong check-in counter. B.The man has just missed his flight. C.The plane will leave at 9:14. D.The planes departure time remains unknown.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：21.30）(1). A.To go

9、boating on the St. Lawrence River. B.To go sightseeing in Quebec Province. C.To call on a friend in Quebec City. D.To attend a wedding in Montreal.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.Study the map of Quebec Province. B.Find more about Quebec Province. C.Brush up on her French. D.Learn more about the local custo

10、ms.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.Its most beautiful in summer. B.It has many historical buildings. C.It was greatly expanded in the 18th century. D.Its the only French-speaking city in Canada.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：28.40）(1). A.It was abo

11、ut a little animal. B.It took her six years to write. C.It was adapted from a fairy tale. D.It was about a little girl and her pet.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.She knows how to write best-selling novels. B.She can earn a lot of money by writing for adults. C.She is able to win enough support from publish

12、ers. D.She can make a living by doing what she likes.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.The characters. B.The readers. C.Her ideas. D.Her life experiences.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4). A.She doesnt really know where they originated. B.She mainly drew on stories of ancient saints. C.They popped out of her childhood dre

13、ams. D.They grew out of her long hours of thinking.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.四、BSection B/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、BPassage One/B(总题数：1，分数：21.30)Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）(1). A.They are interested in other kinds of reading. B.They are active in voluntary services. C

14、.They tend to be low in education and in income. D.They live in isolated areas.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.The reasons why people dont read newspapers are more complicated than assumed. B.There are more uneducated people among the wealthy than originally expected. C.The number of newspaper readers is st

15、eadily increasing. D.There are more non-readers among young people nowadays.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.Lowering the prices of their newspapers. B.Shortening their news stories. C.Adding variety to their newspaper content. D.Including more advertisements in their newspapers.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.六、BPassage T

16、wo/B(总题数：1，分数：21.30)Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）(1). A.Monitor students sleep patterns. B.Help students concentrate in class. C.Record students weekly performance. D.Ask students to complete a sleep report.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.Declining health. B.Lac

17、k of attention. C.Loss of motivation. D.Improper behavior.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.They should make sure their children are always punctual for school. B.They should ensure their children grow up in a healthy environment. C.They should help their children accomplish high-quality work. D.They should s

18、ee to it that their children have adequate sleep.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.七、BPassage Three(总题数：1，分数：28.40)Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：28.40）(1). A.A basket. B.A cup. C.An egg. D.An oven.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.To let in the sunshine. B.To serve as its door. C.To keep

19、 the nest cool. D.For the bird to lay eggs.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.Branches. B.Grasses. C.Mud. D.Straw.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4). A.Some are built underground. B.Some can be eaten. C.Most are sewed with grasses. D.Most are dried by the sun.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.八、BSection C/B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Directions: In thi

20、s 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 r

21、ead for the third time, you should check what you have written.Standard usage includes those words and expressions understood, used, and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a language in any situation U U 1 /U /Uthe level of formality. As such, these words and expressions are well defined and

22、listed in standard dictionaries. Colloquialisms, on the other hand, are U U 2 /U /Uwords and idioms that are understood by almost all speakers of a language and used in informal speech or writing, but not considered U U 3 /U /Ufor more formal situations. Almost all idiomatic expressions are colloqui

23、al language. Slang, however, U U 4 /U /Uwords and expressions understood by a large number of speakers but not accepted as good, formal usage by the majority. Colloquial expressions and even slang may be found in standard dictionaries but will be so U U 5 /U /U. Both colloquial usage and slang are m

24、ore common in speech than in writing.It has been pointed out by a number of linguists that three cultural conditions are necessary for the creation of a large body of slang expressions. First, the introduction and acceptance of new objects and situations in the society; second, a U U 6 /U /Upopulati

25、on with a large number of subgroups; third, U U 7 /U /Uamong the subgroups and the majority population.Finally, U U 8 /U /Uthat the terms “standard colloquial“ and “slang“ exist only as U U 9 /U /Ulabels for scholars who study language. Only a tiny number of the speakers of any language will be U U

26、10 /U /Uthat they are using colloquial or slang expressions. Most speakers of English will select and use all three types of expressions. （分数：71.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_九、BPart Reading (总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、BSection A/B(总题数：1，分数：35.50)Directions: In this s

27、ection, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the correspo

28、nding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Policemen, both in Britain and the United States, hardly recognize any likeness between their lives and what they see on TV.The first U U 1 /U /Uis that a p

29、olicemans real life centers round the law. Most of his training is in criminal law. He has to know U U 2 /U /Uwhat actions are crimes and what evidence can be used to prove them in U U 3 /U /U. He has to know nearly as much as a professional lawyer, and what is more, he has to apply it on his feet,

30、U U 4 /U /Udown an alley after someone he wants to talk to.He will spend most of his working life U U 5 /U /Umillions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are U U 6 /U /Uor of stupid, petty crimes.Having made an arrest, a detective really starts to work. He ha

31、s to U U 7 /U /Uhis case in court and to do that he often has to gather a lot of different U U 8 /U /U. Much of this has to be given by people who dont want to get U U 9 /U /Uin a court case. So, as well as being overworked, a detective has to be out at all hours of the day and night interviewing hi

32、s witnesses and U U 10 /U /Uthem to help him.AcourtBinvolvedCguiltyDcomfortEdifferenceFevidenceGgenerallyHpermanentIpersuadingJarrangementKtypingLexactlyMmaintainedNproveOrunning（分数：35.50）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_十一、BSection B/B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Directions:

33、 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. A

34、nswer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.The Internet of Everything Holiday Shopping GuideAFor the person on your list who has everything, the perfect holiday gift this season might just be the Internet of Everything. After all, Cisco believes the Internet of Everyth

35、ing (tech cognoscenti call it the “IoE“) is a 14 trillion-dollar opportunity and General Electric says it will transform entire industries. The regular old Internet has relied on humans connecting to machines. The IoE is about machinecomputers, phones, toys, appliances, robots, dronesconnecting to h

36、umans and to each other. Since there are increasingly more machines than people, the IoE will end up being like the Internet on drugs.BOn a more common and personal level, the IoE is already solving some really big problems, for example, it can let you know whether your dog is getting enough exercis

37、e, or signal your smartphone when youre running out of eggs. With the IoE bearing down on us, I enlisted the help of gadget guru Greg Harper of Harpervision Associates, who scours the earth for new connected devices, to present the First Annual Too-Much-Expendable-Income IoE Gift Guide.CFor the exec

38、utive who is too busy to keep anything alive, the IoE is all about the convergence (集合) of a bunch of tech trends“ tiny sensors that can measure things; ubiquitous (无处不在的) wireless connections; cloud computing; devices like smartphones that can collect data and use it in an app.DOne popular IoE prod

39、uct, for example, is the Fitbit. Wear it on your wrist, and it tracks activity and displays your patterns on a phone app. Now, lets say you have a dog, and you suspect that while youre at the office all day, the dog doesnt even bother to expend the energy to bark at the UPS man. Well, you can get th

40、e Whistle ($99.95), which is basically a Fitbit for dogs. It can tell your smartphone if the dog is walking, playing, or sleeping. In this way, you can enjoy your dog right from your desk chair.EHyperbusy executives can also be very good at killing plants. One solution is the Parrott Flower Power ($

41、59.99), a system of wireless sensors that you push into a plants soil. Each sensor measures levels of water, light and nutrients, and talks to a phone app to call for help. “Basically, your plants are tweeting you,“ Harper says.FFor the person who cant keep track of stuff: Billy Crystals new autobio

42、graphy is titled, Still Foolin Em: Where Ive Been, Where Im Going, And Where Are My Keys? Someone should tell him theres an emerging category of IoE products designed to let you know what youve got and where it isjust in time for the millions of baby boomers losing their short-term memories.GSome of

43、 these devices, like Tile, seem to be more useful than others, but here are two that dont seem to be useful at all: Behold the Egg Minder, billed as The Smart Egg Tray ($69.99). As the website says: “In-tray LEDs indicate the oldest egg, while push notifications alert you when youre running low.“ In

44、 its over-application of technology, this takes me back to the 1970s and Roncos inside-the-egg scrambler (扰频器).HOr theres the smart piggy bank, calledcue the groansPorkfolio ($69.99). It tracks how many quarters go in and out, and talks to an app. that, the site says, lets you “track your balance an

45、d set financial goals from afar.“ Perfect for that little nephew who wears a suit to kindergarten and already plans to work at Goldman Sachs.IFor the person who eats too much and lets his or her teeth rot: HAPIfork ($99.99) is a Bluetooth-enabled fork that can tell when, how much and how fast you ea

46、tjust in case your spouse isnt already informing you. If youre eating too fast, the HAPIfork starts vibrating, which of course makes it harder to keep eating.JOnce youve given up trying to eat because food is jumping off your fork, pick up a Beam networked toothbrush ($24.99). This will keep track of how often and how long you brush, and report back to an app. If Orwell only knew.KFor the faded high school sports