（15上)大学英语四级考试历年真题精解(txt+pdf+epub+mobi电子书下载)

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B) Painting the dining room.

C) Discussing a house plan.

D) Cleaning the kitchen.2. A) She is tired of the food in the canteen.

B) She often eats in a French restaurant.

C) She usually takes a snack in the KFC.

D) She is very fussy about what she eats.3. A) Listening to some loud music.

B) Preparing for an oral examination.

C) Talking loudly on the telephone.

D) Practicing for a speech contest.4. A) The man has left a good impression on her family.

B) The man can dress casually for the occasion.

C) The man should buy himself a new suit.

D) The man's jeans and T-shirts are stylish.5. A) Grey pants made from pure cotton.

B) Fashionable pants in bright colors.

C) 100% cotton pants in dark blue.

D) Something to match her brown pants.6. A) Its price.

B) Its location.

C) Its comfort.

D) Its facilities.7. A) Travel overseas.

B) Look for a new job.

C) Take a photo.

D) Adopt a child.8. A) It is a routine offer.

B) It is new on the menu.

C) It is quite healthy.

D) It is a good bargain.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A) Hosting an evening TV program.

B) Having her bicycle repaired.

C) Lecturing on business management.

D) Conducting a market survey.2. A) He repaired bicycles.

B) He served as a consultant.

C) He worked as a salesman.

D) He coached in a racing club.3. A) He wanted to be his own boss.

B) He found it more profitable.

C) He didn't want to start from scratch.

D) He didn't want to be in too much debt.4. A) They work five days a week.

B) They are all the man's friends.

C) They are paid by the hour.

D) They all enjoy gambling.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A) It has gradually given way to service industry.

B) It remains a major part of industrial activity.

C) It has a history as long as paper processing.

D) It accounts for 80 percent of the region's GDP.2. A) Transport problems.

B) Shortage of funding.

C) Lack of resources.

D) Poor management.3. A) Competition from rival companies.

B) Product promotion campaigns.

C) Possible locations for a new factory.

D) Measures to create job opportunities.Section BDirections: 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 marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.1. A) They shared mutual friends in school.

B) They had known each other since childhood.

C) They shared many extracurricular activities.

D) They had many interests in common.2. A) At a local club.

B) At Joe's house.

C) At the sports center.

D) At the boarding school.3. A) Durable friendships can be very difficult to maintain.

B) One has to be respectful of other people in order to win respect.

C) It is hard for people from different backgrounds to become

friends.

D) Social divisions will break down if people get to know each

other.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.1. A) Near the entrance of a park.

B) In his building's parking lot.

C) At a parking meter.

D) At a street corner.2. A) It had been taken by the police.

B) It had been moved to the next block.

C) It had been stolen by someone.

D) It had been parked at a wrong place.3. A) At the Greenville center.

B) At a public parking lot.

C) In a neighboring town.

D) In the city garage.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.1. A) Famous creative individuals.

B) The mysteriousness of creativity.

C) A major scientific discovery.

D) Creativity as shown in arts.2. A) It is something people all engage in.

B) It helps people acquire knowledge.

C) It starts soon after we are born.

D) It is the source of all artistic work.3. A) Creative imagination.

B) Logical reasoning.

C) Natural curiosity.

D) Critical thinking.4. A) It is beyond ordinary people.

B) It is yet to be fully understood.

C) It is part of everyday life.

D) It is a unique human trait.Section CDirections: In this 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 read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

Students have been complaining more and more about stolen property. Radios, cell phones, bicycles, pocket (26)_____, and books have all been reported stolen. Are there enough campus police to do the job?

There are 20 officers in the Campus Security Division. Their job is to (27)_____ crime, accidents, lost and found (28)_____, and traffic problems on campus. More than half of their time is spent directing traffic and writing parking tickets. (29)_____ accidents and other emergencies is important, but it is their smallest job.

(30)_____ crime takes up the rest of their time. Very rarely do any violent crimes actually occur. In the last five years there have been no murders, seven robberies and about 60 other violent attacks, most of these (31)_____ fights at parties. On the other hand, there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of (32)_____ damaging of public property, which usually involves breaking windows or lights, or writing on walls. The thefts are not the (33)_____ planned burglaries（入室盗窃）that you see in movies. Things get stolen when it is easy to steal them because they are left lying around (34)_____.

Do we really need more police? Hiring more campus police would cost money, possibly making our tuition (35)_____ again. A better way to solve this problem might be for all of us to be more careful with our things.Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40 minutes)【答案链接】Section ADirections: In this section, 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 corresponding 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.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.

One in six. Believe it or not, that's the number of Americans who struggle with hunger. To make tomorrow a little better, Feeding America, the nation's largest 　36　 hunger-relief organization has chosen September as Hunger Action Month. As part of its 30 Ways in 30 Days program, it's asking 　37　 across the country to help the more than 200 food banks and 63,000 agencies in its network provide low-income individuals and families with the fuel they need to 　38　.

It's the kind of work that's done every day at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in San Antonio. People who 　39　 at its front door on the first and third Thursdays of each month aren't looking for God—they're there for something to eat. St. Andrew's runs a food pantry（食品室）that 　40　 the city and several of the 　41　 towns. Janet Drane is its manager.

In the wake of the 　42　, the number of families in need of food assistance began to grow. It is 　43　 that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal. What's most surprising is that 36% of them live in 　44　 where at least one adult is working. “It used to be that one job was all you needed,” says St. Andrew's Drane. “The people we see now have three or four part-time jobs and they're still right on the edge 　45　.”A) surviveB) surroundingC) servesD) reviewedE) reportedF) recessionG) householdsH) gatherI) formallyJ) financiallyK) domesticL) competitionM) communitiesN) circlingO) accumulateSection BDirections: 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.Six Secrets of High-Energy People

A) There's an energy crisis in America, and it has nothing to do with fossil fuels. Millions of us get up each morning already weary over what the day holds. “I just can't get started,” people say. But it's not physical energy that most of us lack. Sure, we could all use extra sleep and a better diet. But in truth, people are healthier today than at any time in history. I can almost guarantee that if you long for more energy, the problem is not with your body.

B) What you're seeking is not physical energy. It's emotional energy. Yet, sad to say, life sometimes seems designed to exhaust our supply. We work too hard. We have family obligations. We encounter emergencies and personal crises. No wonder so many of us suffer from emotional fatigue, a kind of utter exhaustion of the spirit.

C) And yet we all know people who are filled with joy, despite the unpleasant circumstances of their lives. Even as a child, I observed people who were poor, or disabled, or ill, but who nonetheless faced life with optimism and vigor. Consider Laura Hillenbrand, who despite an extremely weak body, wrote the best-seller Seabiscuit. Hillenbrand barely had enough physical energy to drag herself out of bed to write. But she was fueled by having a story she wanted to share. It was emotional energy that helped her succeed. Unlike physical energy, which is finite and diminishes with age, emotional energy is unlimited and has nothing to do with genes or upbringing. So how do you get it? You can't simply tell yourself to be positive. You must take action. Here are six practical strategies that work.1. Do something new.

D) Very little that's new occurs in our lives. The impact of this sameness on our emotional energy is gradual, but huge: It's like a tire with a slow leak. You don't notice it at first, but eventually you'll get a flat. It's up to you to plug the leak—even though there are always a dozen reasons to stay stuck in your dull routines of life. That's where Maura, 36, a waitress, found herself a year ago.

E) Fortunately, Maura had a lifeline—a group of women friends who meet regularly to discuss their lives. Their lively discussions spurred Maura to make small but nevertheless life altering changes. She joined a gym in the next town. She changed her look with a short haircut and new black T-shirts. Eventually, Maura gathered the courage to quit her job and start her own business. Here's a challenge: If it's something you wouldn't ordinarily do, do it. Try a dish you've never eaten. Listen to music you'd ordinarily tune out. You'll discover these small things add to your emotional energy.2. Reclaim life's meaning.

F) So many of my patients tell me that their lives used to have meaning, but that somewhere along the line things went stale. The first step in solving this meaning shortage is to figure out what you really care about, and then do something about it. A case in point is Ivy, 57, a pioneer in investment banking. “I mistakenly believed that all the money I made would mean something,” she says. “But I feel lost, like a 22-year-old wondering what to do with her life.” Ivy's solution? She started a program that shows Wall Streeters how to donate time and money to poor children. In the process, Ivy filled her life with meaning.3. Put yourself in the fun zone.

G) Most of us grown-ups are seriously fun-deprived. High-energy people have the same day-to-day work as the rest of us, but they manage to find something enjoyable in every situation. A real-estate broker I know keeps herself amused on the job by mentally redecorating the houses she shows to clients. “I love imagining what even the most run-down house could look like with a little tender loving care,” she says. “It's a challenge—and the least desirable properties are usually the most fun.” We all define fun differently, of course, but I can guarantee this: If you put just a bit of it into your day, your energy will increase quickly.4. Bid farewell to guilt and regret.

H) Everyone's past is filled with regrets that still cause pain. But from an emotional energy point of view, they are dead weights that keep us from moving forward. While they can't merely be willed away, I do recommend you remind yourself that whatever happened is in the past, and nothing can change that. Holding on to the memory only allows the damage to continue into the present.5. Make up your mind.

I) Say you've been thinking about cutting your hair short. Will it look stylish—or too extreme? You endlessly think it over. Having the decision hanging over your head is a huge energy drain. Every time you can't decide, you burden yourself with alternatives. Quit thinking that you have to make the right decision; instead, make a choice and don't look back.6. Give to get.

J) Emotional energy has a kind of magical quality: The more you give, the more you get back. This is the difference between emotional and physical energy. With the latter, you have to get it to be able to give it. With the former, however, you get it by giving it.

K) Start by asking everyone you meet, “How are you?” as if you really want to know, then listen to the reply. Be the one who hears. Most of us also need to smile more often. If you don't smile at the person you love first thing in the morning, you're sucking energy out of your relationship. Finally, help another person—and make the help real, concrete. Give a massage（按摩）to someone you love, or cook her dinner. Then, expand the circle to work. Try asking yourself what you'd do if your goal were to be helpful rather than efficient. After all, if it's true that what goes around comes around, why not make sure that what's circulating around you is the good stuff?

46. It is emotional energy, not physical energy that most people these days tend to seek.

47. The author believes that emotional energy is limitless and not inherited and genetically determined.

48. Ivy filled her life with meaning by launching a program to help poor children.

49. Like a tire with a slow leak, the same old routine in life has a gradual but huge impact on people's emotional energy.

50. Emotional energy is different from physical energy in that the more you give, the more you get back.

51. People holding on to sad memories of the past will find it difficult to move forward.

52. Laura Hillenbrand is an example cited to show how emotional energy can contribute to one's success in life.

53. Even small changes you make in your life can help increase your emotional energy.

54. When it comes to decision-making, you should make a quick choice without looking back.

55. The real-estate broker the author knows finds fun in her job by redecorating the houses she shows to clients in her mind.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.

In times of economic crisis, Americans turn to their families for support. If the Great Depression is any guide, we may see a drop in our skyhigh divorce rate. But this won't necessarily represent an increase in happy marriages. In the long run, the Depression weakened American families, and the current crisis will probably do the same.

We tend to think of the Depression as a time when families pulled together to survive huge job losses. By 1932, when nearly one-quarter of the workforce was unemployed, the divorce rate had declined by around 25% from 1929. But this doesn't mean people were suddenly happier with their marriages. Rather, with incomes decreasing and insecure jobs, unhappy couples often couldn't afford to divorce. They feared neither spouse could manage alone.

Today, given the job losses of the past year, fewer unhappy couples will risk starting separate households. Furthermore, the housing market meltdown will make it more difficult for them to finance their separations by selling their homes.

After financial disasters family members also tend to do whatever they can to help each other and their communities. A 1940 book, The Unemployed Man and His Family, described a family in which the husband initially reacted to losing his job “with tireless search for work.” He was always active, looking for odd jobs to do.

The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain. Across the country, many similar families were unable to maintain the initial boost in morale（士气）. For some, the hardships of life without steady work eventually overwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together. The divorce rate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery took hold.

Millions of American families may now be in the initial stage of their responses to the current crisis, working together and supporting one another through the early months of unemployment.

Today's economic crisis could well generate a similar number of couples whose relationships have been irreparably（无法弥补地）ruined. So it's only when the economy is healthy again that we'll begin to see just how many broken families have been created.

56. In the initial stage, the current economic crisis is likely to _____.

A) tear many troubled families apart

B) contribute to enduring family ties

C) bring about a drop in the divorce rate

D) cause a lot of conflicts in the family

57. In the Great Depression many unhappy couples chose to stick together because _____.

A) starting a new family would be hard

B) they expected things would turn better

C) they wanted to better protect their kids

D) living separately would be too costly

58. In addition to job losses, what stands in the way of unhappy couples getting a divorce?

A) Mounting family debts.

B) A sense of insecurity.

C) Difficulty in getting a loan.

D) Falling housing prices.

59. What will the current economic crisis eventually do to some married couples?

A) It will force them to pull their efforts together.

B) It will undermine their mutual understanding.

C) It will help strengthen their emotional bonds.

D) It will irreparably damage their relationship.

60. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A) The economic recovery will see a higher divorce rate.

B) Few couples can stand the test of economic hardships.

C) A stable family is the best protection against poverty.

D) Money is the foundation of many a happy marriage.Passage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.

People are being lured（引诱）onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service, without realizing they're paying for it by giving up loads of personal information. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages.

Most Facebook users don't realize this is happening. Even if they know what the company is up to, they still have no idea what they're

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