1、大学英语四级卷二真题 2015 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.Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying “Listening is more important than talking.” You can cite examples to illustrate the importance of listening. You
2、 should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words。（分数：106.50）_二、Part II Listening Co(总题数：1，分数：56.80)A.The agenda for the board of directors meeting.B.The details of the meeting to be held next week.C.The reason for the mans absence from the meeting.D.The time for the mans visit to the woma
3、ns company.A.At a travel agency.B.At a department store.C.In a library.D.In a post office.A.He cannot hear the womans call.B.He cannot get through to New York.C.He cannot recall the phone number.D.He cannot find a public phone nearby.A.Watch a movie with the woman.B.Revise his thesis in the office.C
4、.Do some shopping with Jane.D.Discuss his thesis with Prof. Hudson.A.He just cannot work properly without a watch.B.He has no idea where he can buy a gold watch.C.He still does not know where he left his watch.D.He is not sure what went wrong with his watch.A.He forgot all about what he said.B.He sl
5、ipped and hurt his head.C.He was sorry for being off sick last week.D.He thought the womans car had been sold.A.She should try to catch an earlier bus.B.She is absent from his class too often.C.She is always making excuses for being late.D.She should come up with a better excuse.A.He is going to hel
6、p the woman out.B.He has to move out of the building soon.C.He is on his way to see a real estate agent.D.He will stay with the womans brother.Questions 9 to l l are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：21.30）A.From the wanted column.B.From some of her friends.C.From a telephone directo
7、ry.D.From a television commercial.A.She received full-time education abroad.B.she graduated from an open university.C.She finished her secondary school.D.She studied in a vocational college.A.She is a shorthand-typist.B.She works as a tour guide.C.She is a policewoman.D.She teaches an evening class.
8、Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.（分数：28.40）A.It provides him with career opportunities.B.It helps enlarge his customer network.C.It has been off and on for ten years.D.It Was interrupted for four years.A.Individualized service.B.Traditional setting.C.Home-made bee
9、r.D.Social games.A.The quality of beer.B.The atmosphere.C.The owners attitude.D.The right location.A.It is a rather tough job.B.It is a profitable business.C.It helps old people kill time.D.It makes retirees feel useful.四、Section B(总题数：3，分数：71.00)Passage One Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passa
10、ge you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.It is becoming increasingly popular.B.It helps the user to escape reality.C.It gives rise to serious social instability.D.It hurts a person and those around them.A.They use drugs just for fun.B.They take drugs to get high.C.They use drugs as medicine.D.They keep d
11、rug use a secret.A.It is quite common in entertainment circles.B.It is the cause of various social problems.C.It is hard to get rid of.D.It is fatal to the user.Passage Two Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. （分数：28.40）A.Taking up exercises after recovery.B.Producing tas
12、ty healthy frozen food.C.Finding new ways to cure heart disease.D.Going on a diet upon leaving the hospital.A.It was carefully tested with consumers.B.It was promoted by health organizations.C.It was disapproved by many diet experts.D.It was highly expected by the general public.A.Competitive price.
13、B.Low expectationsC.Vigorous promotion.D.Unique ingredients.A.It was suggested by the firms vice-president.B.It matches the foods dark green packaging.C.It has a positive implication for consumers.D.It tricks the elders into impulse purchasing.Passage Three Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passag
14、e you have just heard. （分数：21.30）A.It is practiced in most of the states.B.It will be abolished sooner or later.C.It has drawn a lot of criticism from overseas.D.It has to be approved by the Supreme Court.A.Whether the practice should be allowed to continue in future.B.Whether there should be a mini
15、mum age limit for execution.C.What type of criminals should receive it.D.What effect it might have on youngsters.A.The court sentenced him to life in prison for killing two friends.B.The governor changed his death sentence to life in prison.C.He was the first minor to be executed in South Carolina.D
16、.He was sentenced to death for a crime he committed as a minor.五、Section C(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Some people borrow money and “forget” to pay it back. Large loans are seldom the issue; they are usually treated as business 126 2, wit the terms spelled out on paper. But many women suffer 327 4over the proble
17、ms like Carols. “My friend Ginny is always 528 6cash,” she says. “I hate to recall how often Iove ?loaned her a dollar or two for a drink or a movie. Each loan is so small Id feel really cheap making a big deal out of it; still, I do 729 8the fact that she never pays me back.” Carol admits to being
18、“too 930 or 10something” to demand repayment, but she has resolved to stop lending money to Ginny. “The last time she asked for five dollars to pay for her dry cleaning, I just told her I couldnt 1131 12 it.” Another woman suggest a bolder 1332 14. “when somebody refused to repay a loan, I 1533 16by
19、 requesting one myself,” she says. “I left home without my wallet, Ill say. Can you lend me enough to cover lunch? Then, when the money is safely in hand, I am struck by a sudden 1734 18. ?Why, this is exactly the amount I loaned you last week! How 1935 20! Now you wont have to repay me!” She says i
20、t works like a charm. （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:_六、Part III Reading Com(总题数：1，分数：35.50)Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. For many Americans, 2013 ended with an unusually bitter cold spell. November and December（36） early snow
21、and bone-chilling temperatures in much of the country, part of a year when, for the first time in two（37）, record-cold days will likely turn out to have outnumbered record-warm ones. But the U.S. was the exception; November was the warmest ever （38）, and current data indicates that 2013 is likely to
22、 have been the fourth hottest year on record. Enjoy the snow now, because （39）are good that 2014 will be even hotter, perhaps the hottest year since records have been kept. Thats because, scientists are predicting, 2014 will be an EI Niuo year. EI niuo, Spanish for “the child”, （40） when surface oce
23、an waters in the southern Pacific become abnormally warm. So large is the Pacific, covering 30% of the planets surface, that the（41 ）energy generated by its warming is enough to touch off a series of weather changes around the world. EI Ninos are （42）with abnormally dry conditions in Southeast Asia
24、and Australia. They can lead to extreme rain in parts of North and South America, even as southern Africa（43） dry weather. Marine life may be affected too; EI Ninos can （44 ） the rising of the cold, nutrient-rich（营养丰富的）water that supports large fish （45）,and the unusually warm ocean temperatures can
25、 destroy coral(珊瑚). A. additional F. decades K. populations B. associated G. experiences L. realize C. bore H. globally M. reduce D. chances I. logically N. saw E. communicated J. occurs O. specific（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.
26、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.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.七、Section B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)How to Eat Well A) Why do so many Americans eat tons of processed
27、 food, the stuff that is correctly called junk(垃圾) and should really carry warning labels? B) Its 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 la
28、ck 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 arent cooking. If you eat three meals a day and behave like most Americans, you
29、 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 were eating out or taking in, and we dont sit downor we do, but hurry. D) Shouldnt preparingand consumingfood
30、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, Im not talking about creating elaborate dinner part
31、ies or three-day science projects. Im 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 thats good enough to share with fami
32、ly and friends. F) Perhaps a return to real cooking neednt 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% wont go near the stove at all. But this doesnt necessarily translate to real cooking
33、 and the result of this survey shouldnt 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 ta
34、ble was pretty much universal. Most people couldnt afford to do otherwise. H) Although frozen dinners were invented in the 40s, their popularity didnt boom until televisions became popular a decade or so later. Since then packaged, pre-prepared meals have been whats for dinner. The microwave and fas
35、t-food chains were the biggest catalysts(催化剂),but the big food companieswhich want to sell anything except the raw ingredients that go into cookingmade 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. Isnt th
36、is the same crowd that rails against processed junk and champions craft cooking? And isnt this the generation who say theyre concerned about their health and the wee-being of the planet? If these are truly the values of many young people, then tier behavior doesnt match their beliefs. J) There have
37、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
38、 standards are not nearly ambitious enough, the picture is clear: by nor cooking at home, were 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 burge
39、r(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 youre likely to eat at home contains about 200 fewer calories than one you would cat in a
40、 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 thats where fresh produce, meat and seafood, and dairy are. And to save money and still eat well y
41、ou dont need local organic ingredients; all you need is real food. Im not saying local food isnt 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 to
42、matoes are still tomatoes. Just make sure youre 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? Its pretty much common sense: you want to buy food, not unidentifiable foodlike objects. O) Y
43、ou dont 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. Theres noth
44、ing 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 wont even need recipes. My advice is that you no
45、t 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 youre
46、 standing at the sink. No one is asking you to give up activities you like, but if youre watching food shows on TV, try cooking instead. （分数：71.00）(1).Cooking benefits people in many ways and enables them to connect with one another.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.(2).Abundant information a
47、bout cooking is available either online or on TV.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.(3).Young people do less cooking at home than the elderly these days.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.(4).Cooking skills can be improved with practice.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.(5).In the
48、 mid-20th century, most families ate dinner at home instead of eating out.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.(6).Even those short of time or money should be encouraged to cook for themselves and their family.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.(7).Eating food not cooked by ourselves can cause serious consequences.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.(8).To eat well and still save money, people should buy fresh food and cook it themselves.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P.(9).We get a fairly large portion of calories from fast food and snack
