1、大学英语四级卷一真题 2013 年 12 月及答案解析(总分：710.00，做题时间：130 分钟)一、Part I Writing (30 m(总题数：1，分数：106.50)1. （分数：106.50）_二、Part II Listening (总题数：1，分数：56.80)A.Go to a place he has visitedB.Make her own arrangementsC.Consult a travel agentD.Join in a package tourA.They are on a long trip by carB.They are stuck in a t
2、raffic jamC.They are used to getting up earlyD.They are tired of eating out at nightA.He is a person difficult to deal withB.He dislikes any formal gatheringC.He is unwilling to speak in publicD.He often keeps a distance from othersA.Work in another deparmentB.Pursue further educationC.Recruit gradu
3、ate studentsD.Take an administrative jobA.He would not be available to start the job in timeB.He is not quite qualified for the art director positionC.He would like to leave some more time for himselfD.He will get his application letter ready before May1A.CleanerB.porterC.MechanicD.SalesmanA.Reqest
4、one or two roommates to do the cleaningB.Help Laura with her term paper due this weekendC.Get Laura to clean the apartment herself this timeD.Ask Laura to put off the cleaning until another weekA.A problem caused by the constructionB.An accident that occurred on the bridgeC.The building project they
5、 are working onD.The public transportaion conditionsQuestions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have heard. （分数：21.30）A.To look for a job as a salespersonB.To have a talk with Miss Thompson.C.To place an order for some products.D.To complain about a faulty appliance.A.The person in charge is
6、 not in the office.B.The supplies are out of stock for the moment.C.They failed to reach an agreement on the price.D.The company is re-cataloguing the items.A.0743,12536 extension 15.B.0734,38750 extension 15.C.0734,21653 extension 51.D.0734,62135 extension 51.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the con
7、versation you have just heard. （分数：28.40）A.Since he found a girlfriendB.Since he took to heavy smoking.C.Since he began to exercise regularlyD.Since he started to live on his own.(2). （分数：7.10）A.He is getting too fat.B.He smokes too muchC.He doesnt eat vegetables.D.He doesnt look well at all.A.They
8、are overweight for their ageB.They are respectful to their parentsC.They are still in their early twentiesD.They dislike doing physical exercise.A.To quit smoking.B.To find a girlfriendC.To reduce his weightD.To follow her advice.四、Section B(总题数：3，分数：71.00)Passage One Questions 16 to 19 are based on
9、 the passage you have just heard. （分数：28.40）A.They have destroyed several small towns.B.They will soon spread to San Francisco.C.They have injured many residents.D.They are burning out of control.A.They have been hospitalized.B.They have got skin problems.C.They were choked by the thick smoke.D.They
10、 were poisoned by the burning chemicals.A.It failed because of a sudden rocket explosion.B.It has been re-scheduled for a midday takeoff.C.It has been canceled due to technical problems.D.It was delayed for eleven hours and thirty minutes.A.They made frequent long-distance calls to each other.B.They
11、 illegally used government computers in New Jersey.C.They were found to be smarter than computer specialists.D.They were arrested for stealing government information.Passage Two Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.PeacefulB.ConsiderateC.GenerousD.CooperativeA
12、.Someone dumped the clothes left in the washer and dryer.B.Someone broke the washer and dryer by overloading them.C.Mindy Lances laundry blocked the way to the laundry room.D.Mindy Lances threatened to take revenge on her neighbors.A.Asking the neighborhood committee for help.B.Limiting the amount o
13、f laundry for each wash.C.Informing the building manager of the matter.D.Installing a few more washers and dryers.Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.She is both a popular and a highly respected author.B.She is the most loved African novelist of
14、 all times.C.She is the most influential author since the 1930s.D.She is the first writer to focus on the fate of slaves.A.The Book Critics Circle Award.B.The Pulitzer Prize for fictionC.The Nobel Prize for literature.D.The National Book Award.A.She is a relative of Morrisons.B.She is a skilled stor
15、yteller.C.She is a slave from Africa.D.She is a black woman五、Section C(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Many college students today own personal computer that cost anywhere from $1,000 to perhaps %5,000 or more. (26) 1, it is not uncommon for them to purchase (27) 2costing another several hundred dollars. Twenty year
16、s ago, computers were (28) 3, but they were very large and extremely expensive. Few, if any,(29) 4 purchased computers for home use. Over the years, the price ofthe “guts” of a computer-its memoryhas declined to less than a thousandth of the price per unit of memory that prevailed twenty years ago.
17、This is the main reason why computers cost so much less today than they used to. Moreover, (30) 5improvements have made it possible to (31) 6memory circuitry that is small enough to fit into the portable personal computers that many of us own and use. (32) 7, as the price of computation has declined
18、 the average consumer and business have spent more on purchasing computers. (33) 8,improved agricultural technology,hybrid(杂交)seeds,(34) 9animal breeding, and so on have vastly increased the amount of output a typical farmer can produce. The prices of goods such as meats and grains have fallen sharp
19、ly relative to the prices of most other goods and services. As agricultural prices have fallen, many households have decreased their total expenses on food. Even though the (35) 10of a product purchased generally increases when its price falls, total expenses on it may decline. （分数：71.00）填空项 1:_填空项
20、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:_六、Part III Reading Com(总题数：1，分数：35.50)To get a sense of how women have progressed in science take a quick tour of the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley.This is a storied place the 36 of some of the most important d
21、iscoveries in modern science-starting with Ernest Lawrences invention of the cvclotron(回旋加速器)in 1931.A generation ago female faces were 37 and,even today,visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte Hall will See a full corridor of exhibits 38 the many distinguished physicists who made histor
22、y here, 39 all of there white males But climb up to the third floor and youll see a 40 display.There,among the photos of current facnlty members and students are portraits of the 41 head of the department,Marjorie Shapiro and four other women whose reseaich 42 everything from the mecheanics of the u
23、niverse to the smallest particles of matter.A sixth woman was hired just two weeks ago.Although theyre Still only about 10 percent of the physics faculty,women are clearly a presence here.And the real 43 may be in the smaller photos to the right graduate and undergraduate students about 20 percent o
24、f them female.Every years Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the countrys top universities.That makes Shapiro optimistic but also 44 “I believe things are getting bette “she says “but theyre not getting better as 45 as i would like.“ A)circumstance B)confidence C)covers D)current E)deal
25、s F)different G)exposing H)fast I)honoring J)hope K)presently L)rare M)realistic N)site O)virtually （分数：35.50）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.
26、F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.七、Section B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Is College a Worthy Investment? A) Why are we spending so much money on college? And why are we so unhappy about it? We all seem to agree that a college education
27、is wonderful, and yet strangely we worry when we see families investing so much in this supposedly essential good. Maybe its time to ask a question that seems almost sacrilegious (大不敬的): is all this investment in college education really worth it? B)The answer, I fear, is no. For an increasing numbe
28、r of kids, the extra time and money spent pursuing a college diploma will leave them worse off than they were before they set foot on campus. C)For my entire adult life, a good education has been the most important thing for middle-class households. My parents spent more educating my sister and me t
29、han they spent on their house, and theyre not the only ones. and, of course, for an increasing number of families, most of the cost of their house is actually the cost of living in a good school district. Questioning the value of a college education seems a bit like questioning the value of happines
30、s, or fun. D)The average price of all goods and services has risen about 50 percent. But the price of a college education has nearly doubled in that time. Is the education that todays students are getting twice as good? Are new workers twice as smart? Have they become somehow massively more expensiv
31、e to educate? E)Perhaps a bit. Richard Vedder, an Ohio University economics professor, says, “I look at the data, and I see college costs rising faster than inflation up to the mid-1980s by 1 percent a year. Now I see them rising 3 to 4 percent a year over inflation. What has happened? The federal g
32、overnment has started dropping money out of airplanes.” Aid has increased, subsidized (补贴的) loans have become available, and “the universities have gotten the money.” Economist Bryan Caplan, who is writing a book about education, agrees: “Its a giant waste of resources that will continue as long as
33、the subsidies continue.” F)Promotional literature for colleges and student loans often speaks of debt as an “investment in yourself.” But an investment is supposed to generate income to pay off the loans. More than half of all recent graduates are unemployed or in jobs that do not require a degree,
34、and the amount of student-loan debt carried by households has increased more than five times since 1999. These graduates were told that a diploma was all they needed to succeed, but it wont even get them out of the spare bedroom at Mom and Dads. For many, the most visible result of their four years
35、is the loan payments, which now average hundreds of dollars a month on loan balances in the tens of thousands. G)Its true about the moneysort of. College graduates now make 80 percent more than people who have only a high-school diploma, and though there are no precise estimates, the wage premium (高
36、出的部分) for an outstanding school seems to be even higher. But thats not true of every student. Its very easy to spend four years majoring in English literature and come out no more employable than you were before you went in. Conversely, chemical engineers straight out of school can easily make almos
37、t four times the wages of an entry-level high-school graduate. H)James Heckman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, has examined how the returns on education break down for individuals with different backgrounds and levels of ability. “Even with these high prices, youre still finding a high return fo
38、r individuals who are bright and motivated,” he says. On the other hand, “if youre not college ready, then the answer is no, its not worth it.” Experts tend to agree that for the average student, college is still worth it today, but they also agree that the rapid increase in price is eating up more
39、and more of the potential return. For borderline students, tuition (学费) rise can push those returns into negative territory. I)Everyone seems to agree that the government, and parents, should be rethinking how we invest in higher educationand that employers need to rethink the increasing use of coll
40、ege degrees as crude screening tools for jobs that dont really require college skills. “Employers seeing a surplus of college graduates and looking to fill jobs are just adding that requirement,” says Vedder. “In fact, a college degree becomes a job requirement for becoming a bar-tender.” J)We have
41、started to see some change on the finance side. A law passed in 2007 allows many students to cap their loan payment at 10 percent of their income and forgives any balance after 25 years. But of course, that doesnt control the cost of education; it just shifts it to taxpayers. It also encourages grad
42、uates to choose lower-paying careers, which reduces the financial return to education still further. “Youre subsidizing people to become priests and poets and so forth,” says Heckman. “You may think thats a good thing, or you may not.” Either way it will be expensive for the government. K)What might
43、 be a lot cheaper is putting more kids to work. Caplan notes that work also builds valuable skillsprobably more valuable for kids who dont naturally love sitting in a classroom. Heckman agrees wholeheartedly:“People are different, and those abilities can be shaped. Thats what weve learned, and publi
44、c policy should recognize that.” L)Heckman would like to see more apprenticeship-style (学徒式) programs, where kids can learn in the workplacelearn not just specific job skills, but the kind of “soft skills,” like getting to work on time and getting along with a team, that are crucial for career succe
45、ss. “Its about having mentors (指导者) and having workplace-based education,” he says. “Time and again Ive seen examples of this kind of program working.” M)Ah, but how do we get there from here? With better public policy, hopefully, but also by making better individual decisions. “Historically markets
46、 have been able to handle these things,” says Vedder, “and I think eventually markets will handle this one. If it doesnt improve soon, people are going to wake up and ask, Why am I going to college?” （分数：71.00）(1).Caplan suggests that kids who dont love school go to work.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J
47、.K.L.M.(2).An increasing number of families spend more money on houses in a good school district.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.(3).Subsidized loans to college students are a huge waste of money, according to one economist.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.(4).More and more kids find they fare
48、worse with a college diploma.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.(5).For those who are not prepared for higher education, going to college is not worth it.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.(6).Over the years the cost of a college education has increased almost by 100%.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.(7).A law passed recently allows many students to pay no more than one tenth of their income for their college loans.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.(8).Middle-class Americans have highly valued a good education.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.(9).More kids should be encouraged to
