1、大学四级-124 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 short essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief account of how parents raise their children and then explain whether it is good to m
2、ake children the centre of the universe. You should write at least U120/U words but no more than U180/U words.（分数：106.50）_二、BPart Listenin(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、BSection 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 conver
3、sation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question 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 corr
4、esponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.（分数：35.50）(1). A.She needs more time to finish the report. B.She has forgotten when the report is due. C.Shed like the man to help her with the report. D.She has difficulty collecting data for her report.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A
5、.Go back to the library and check again. B.Use her textbook before finding his own. C.Buy a new textbook downstairs in the lobby. D.Inquire about the book at the Information Desk.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.He wants the woman to watch the match with him. B.The boxing match is somewhat worthwhile to watc
6、h. C.The former boxing champion probably can win the match. D.The former boxing champion is too old to participate in the match.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4). A.She is usually fully occupied with work. B.She will move out in the middle of the term. C.She might as well look for a new roommate. D.Shed better q
7、uit the editing job as soon as possible.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(5). A.Go to see her dentist. C.Buy the latest magazine. B.Stop at the bookstore. D.Have her computer checked.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.（分数：21.30）(1). A.On a bus. C.On a plane. B.On a train. D.In a conference room.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.Why people are
8、 unwilling to offer money. B.What a difficult situation the church is in. C.How to arrange the budget in their family. D.Whether they should donate some money.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.He just bought an air-conditioner. B.He doesnt believe the womans words. C.He doesnt like hot and humid weather. D.He
9、 has to get the womans air-conditioner to work.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：28.40）(1). A.To inquire about switching majors. C.To make up the remaining credits. B.To find a helping supervisor. D.To apply for a masters degree.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.
10、D.(2). A.A literature professor. C.Dean of the English Department. B.An academic advisor. D.A doctor of economics.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.He cant catch up with his classmates. B.He finds the English course load too heavy. C.He is not interested in his present major. D.He is good at Applied Linguisti
11、cs.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4). A.In only one semester. C.In at most three semesters. B.In just two semesters. D.In at least four semesters.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. （分数：21.30）(1). A.He might do some evening teaching. B.He could bring unfinished
12、work home. C.He might have time to pursue his interests. D.He could invest more emotion in his family.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.To be a mathematician. C.To teach in high school. B.To write his own books. D.To be a medical doctor.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.For an easy grade. C.To change his specialty. B.T
13、o follow his father. D.For knowledge of poetry.（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.Whether they have large brains. C.Whether they enjoy outdoor exercises. B.Whether they have s
14、elf-awareness. D.Whether they enjoy playing with mirrors.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.They are most familiar to readers. C.They are included in the study by Reiss. B.They are big favourites with zoo visitors. D.They are already known to be intelligent.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.She found the hidden camera.
15、C.She recognised her own image in the mirror. B.She painted a mark on her own face. D.She used her nose to search behind the mirror.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.六、BPassage Two/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.The act of calling each other. C.The
16、act of hunting for something. B.The sense of accomplishment. D.The sense of belonging to a group.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.Wolves separate from each other after howling. B.Wolves tend to protect their hunting grounds. C.Wolves sometimes have quarrels after howling together. D.Wolves of low rank are en
17、couraged to join in the chorus.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.To show their ranks. C.To report the missing ones. B.To find their companions. D.To express their loneliness.（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.In 19
18、72. B.In 1974. C.In 1976. D.In 1978.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A.Its wide distribution of branch stores. B.Its fast and satisfying service. C.Its ability to get the fashion right. D.Its diverse styles to meet the needs of all customers.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A.Keeping the styles changing all the time. B.S
19、elling the products at a low price. C.Adding international elements to its products. D.Designing unusual styles.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4). A.They worry that H no two people speak U U 2 /U /Ualike we can always hear differences between them and the pronunciation of English varies a great deal in different
20、 U U 3 /U /Uareas. How do we decide what sort of English to use as a U U 4 /U /U? This is not a question which can be decided in the same way for all foreign learners of English. If you live in a part of the world like India or West Africa, where there is a long tradition of speaking English for U U
21、 5 /U /Ucommunication purposes, you should aim to acquire a good variety of the pronunciation of this area. It would be a U U 6 /U /Uin these circumstances to use as a model BBC English or anything of the sort.On the other hand, if you live in an area where there is no U U 7 /U /Uuse of English and
22、nobody of people who speak it for general communication purposes, then you must take as your model some form of U U 8 /U /UEnglish pronunciation, and which form you choose does not very much matter. The most U U 9 /U /Uthing to do is to take as your model the sort of English you can hear most often.
23、 But whatever you choose to do, remember this: all these different U U 10 /U /Uof English have a great deal in common; they have far more similarities than differences, so dont wont too much what sort of English you are listening to provided it is English.AaccentsBsensibleCinstanceDexactlyEgeographi
24、calFnonsenseGdialectsHmistakeItraditionalJdelicateKnativeLmodelMrespectivelyNsenseOgeneral（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: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Ea
25、ch 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. Generation Jo
26、blessThe number of young people out of work globally is nearly as big as the population of the United States.A“Young people ought not to be idle. It is very bad for them,“ said Margaret Thatcher in 1984. She was right: there are few worse things that society can do to its young than to leave them in
27、 limbo. Those who start their careers on the dole (失业救济金) are more likely to have lower wages and more spells of joblessness later in life, because they lose out on the chance to acquire skills and self-confidence in their formative years.BYet more young people are idle than ever. OECD figures sugge
28、st that 26m 15- to 24-year-olds in developed countries are not in employment, education or training; the number of young people without a job has risen by 30% since 2007. The International Labour Organisation reports that 75m young people globally are looking for a job. World Bank surveys suggest th
29、at 262m young people in emerging markets are economically inactive. Depending on how you measure them, the number of young people without a job is nearly as large as the population of America.CTwo factors play a big part. First, the long slowdown in the West has reduced demand for labour, and it is
30、easier to put off hiring young people than it is to fire older workers. Second, in emerging economies population growth is fastest in countries with dysfunctional (运转不良的) labour markets, such as India and Egypt. The result is an “arc of unemployment“, from southern Europe through north Africa and th
31、e Middle East to South Asia, where the rich worlds recession meets the poor worlds youthquake. The anger of the young jobless has already burst onto the streets in the Middle East. Violent crime, generally in decline in the rich world, is rising in Spain, Italy and Portugal countries with startlingl
32、y high youth unemployment.Will growth give them a job?DThe most obvious way to tackle this problem is to reignite growth. That is easier said than done in a world plagued by debt, and is anyway only a partial answer. The countries where the problem is worst (such as Spain and Egypt) suffered from hi
33、gh youth unemployment even when their economies were growing. Throughout the recession companies have continued to complain that they cannot find young people with the right skills. This underlines the importance of two other solutions: reforming labour markets and improving education. These are fam
34、iliar prescriptions, but ones that need to be delivered with both a new vigour and a new twist.EYouth unemployment is often at its worst in countries with rigid labour markets. Cartelised industries, high taxes on hiring, strict rules about firing, high minimum wages: all these help condemn young pe
35、ople to the street corner. South Africa has some of the highest unemployment south of the Sahara, in part because it has powerful trade unions and rigid rules about hiring and firing. Many countries in the arc of youth unemployment have high minimum wages and heavy taxes on labour. India has around
36、200 laws on work and pay.FDeregulating labour markets is thus central to tackling youth unemployment. But it will not be enough on its own. Britain has a flexible labour market and high youth unemployment. In countries with better records, governments tend to take a more active role in finding jobs
37、for those who are struggling. Germany, which has the second-lowest level of youth unemployment in the rich world, pays a proportion of the wages of the long-term unemployed for the first two years. The Nordic countries provide young people with “personalised plans“ to get them into employment or tra
38、ining. But these policies are too expensive to reproduce in southern Europe, with their millions of unemployed, let alone the emerging world. A cheaper approach is to reform labour-hungry bits of the economy for example, by making it easier for small businesses to get licences, or construction compa
39、nies to get approval for projects, or shops to stay open in the evening.The graduate glut (过剩)GAcross the OECD, people who left school at the earliest opportunity are twice as likely to be unemployed as university graduates. But it is unwise to conclude that governments should simply continue with t
40、he established policy of boosting the number of people who graduate from university. In both Britain and the United States many people with expensive liberal-arts degrees are finding it impossible to get decent jobs. In North Africa university graduates are twice as likely to be unemployed as non-gr
41、aduates. What matters is not just number of years of education people get, but its content. This means expanding the study of science and technology and closing the gap between the world of education and the world of work for example by upgrading vocational and technical education and by forging clo
42、ser relations between companies and schools. Germanys long-established system of vocational schooling and apprenticeships does just that. Other countries are following suit: South Korea has introduced “meister“ schools, Singapore has boosted technical colleges, and Britain is expanding apprenticeshi
43、ps and trying to improve technical education.HClosing the gap will also require a change of attitude from business. Some companies, ranging from IBM and Rolls-Royce to McDonalds and Premier Inn, are improving their training programmes, but the fear that employees will be poached (挖走) discourages fir
44、ms from investing in the young. There are ways of getting around the problem: groups of employers can co-operate with colleges to design training courses, for example. Technology is also reducing the cost of training: programmes designed around computer games can give youngsters some virtual experie
45、nce, and online courses can help apprentices combine on-the-job training with academic instruction.IThe problem of youth unemployment has been getting worse for several years. But there are at last some reasons for hope. Governments are trying to address the mismatch between education and the labour
46、 market. Companies are beginning to take more responsibility for investing in the young. And technology is helping democratise education and training. The world has a real chance of introducing an education-and-training revolution worthy of the scale of the problem.（分数：71.00）(1).Companies complaint
47、about the lack of young people with the right skills shows that it is important to reform labour markets.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_(2).Globally, the number of young people without a job is almost as big as the population of the United States.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_(3).For fear that employees will leave, many companies are reluctant to invest in the young.（分数：7.10）填空项 1:_(4).According to the author, tackling youth unemployment through economic growth is a good idea but di
