试卷详情
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2011年12月大学英语四级考试真题
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[单项选择]Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
A. Characteristics of Japanese artists.
B. Some features of Japanese culture.
C. The art of Japanese brush painting.
D. The uniqueness of Japanese art.
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[单项选择]Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Boys’ schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music.
Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity(阳刚), the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to conform to a stereotype, a US study says.
Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to conform to the "boy code" of hiding their emotions to be a "real man".
The findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.
Tony Little, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticised teachers for failing to recognise that boys are actually more emotional
A. force boys to hide their emotions to be "real men"
B. help to cultivate masculine aggressiveness in boys
C. encourage boys to express their emotions more freely
D. naturally reinforce in boys the traditional image of a m
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[简答题]Why Integrity Matters
What Is Integrity
The key to integrity is consistency—not only setting high personal standards for oneself (honesty, responsibility, respect for others, fairness) but also living up to those standards each and every day. One who has integrity is bound by and follows moral and ethical (道德上的) standards even when making life’s hard choices, choices which may be clouded by stress, pressure to succeed, or temptation.
What happens if we lie, cheat, steal, or violate other ethical standards We feel disappointed in ourselves and ashamed. But a lapse (缺失) of integrity also affects our relationships with others. Trust is essential in any important relationship, whether personal or professional. Who can trust someone who is dishonest or unfair Thus, integrity must be one of our most important goals.
Risky Business
We are each responsible for our own decisions, even if the decision-making process has been undermined by stress or peer pressure. The real test of charact
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[简答题]Charity groups organized various activities to__________.(为地震幸存者筹款).
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[单项选择]Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
It’s an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday My partner says no because the boiler could go, or the roof fall off, and we have no savings to save us. I say you only live once and we work hard and what’s the point if you can’t go on holiday. The joy of a recession means no argument next year—we just won’t go.
Since money is known to be one of the things most likely to bring a relationship to its knees, we should be grateful. For many families the recession means more than not booking a holiday. A YouGov poll of 2,000 people found 22% said they were arguing more with their partners because of concerns about money. What’s less clear is whether divorce and separation rates rise in a recession—financial pressures mean couples argue more but make splitting up less affordable. A recent research shows arguments about money were especially damaging to couples. Disputes were characterised by intense verbal(言语上的)
A. People enjoy it all the more during a recession.
B. Few people can afford it without working hard.
C. It makes all the hard work worthwhile.
D. It is the chief cause of family disputes.
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[简答题]
With the world’s population estimated to grow from six to nine billion by 2050, researchers, businesses and governments are already dealing with the impact this increase will have on everything from food and water to infrastructure (基础设施) and jobs. Underlying all this (1) will be the demand for energy, which is expected to double over the next 40 years. Finding the resources to meet this demand in a (2) , sustainable way is the cornerstone (基石) of our nation’s energy security, and will be one of the major (3) of the 21st century. Alternative forms of energy—bio-fuels, wind and solar, to name a few—are (4) being funded and developed, and will play a growing (5) in the world’s energy supply. But experts say that even when (6) , alternative energy sources will likely meet only about 30% of the world’s energy needs by 2050. For example, even with (7) investments, such as the $93 million for wind energy. development (8) in the American Recovery and
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[简答题]Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Nothing Succeeds Without a Strong Will by commenting on the humorous saying, "Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I’ve done it hundreds of times." You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
Nothing Succeeds Without a Strong Will
__________
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[简答题]It is absolutely wrong to__________(仅仅以金钱来定义幸福).
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[单项选择]Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
A. He likes Sweden better than England
B. He prefers hot weather to cold weather.
C. He is an Englishman living in Sweden.
D. He visits London nearly every winter.
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[填空题]
Employers fear they will be unable to recruit students with the skills they need as the economic recovery kicks in, a new survey (1) . Nearly half of the organisations told researchers they were already struggling to find (2) with skills in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), (3) even more companies expect to experience (4) of employees with STEM skills in the next three years. The Confederation of British Industry (5) 694 businesses and organisations across the public and (6) sectors, which together employ 2.4 million people. Half are (7) they will not be able to fill graduate posts in the coming years, while a third said they would not be able to (8) enough employees with the right A-level skills. " (9) we move further into recovery and businesses plan (10) growth, the demand for people with high-quality skills and qualifications will (11) ," said Richard Lambert, Director General, CBI. "Firms say it is already hard to find people with the right (1
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[单项选择]Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
A. English literature.
B. Management
C. French.
D. Public Administration.
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[单项选择]Passage Two
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
A. Directing personnel evaluation
B. Buying and maintaining equipment
C. Drawing up plans for in-service training.
D. Interviewing and recruiting employees.
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[简答题]Linda__________(不可能收到我的电子邮件); otherwise, she would have replied.
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[填空题]
Our lives are woven together. As much as I enjoy my own (1)______, I no longer imagine I can get through a (2)______day, much less all my life, (3)______on my own. Even if I am on (4)______in the mountains, I am eating food someone else has grown, living in a house someone else has built, wearing clothes someone else has (5)______from cloth woven by others, using (6)______someone else is distributing to my house. (7)______of interdependence is everywhere. We are on this (8)______together. As I was growing up, (9)______. "Make your own way", "Stand on your own two feet", or my mother’s favorite remark when I was face-to-face with consequences of some action: "Now that you’ve made your bed, lie on it!" Total independence is a dominant theme in our culture. I imagine that (10)______. But the teaching was shaped by our cultural images, and instead I grew up believing that I was supposed to be totally "independent" and consequently b
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[单项选择]Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
A. They help us see the important values of a culture.
B. They guide us in handling human relationships.
C. They help us express ourselves more effectively.
D. They are an infinite source of human knowledge.
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[简答题] It’s my mother__________(一直在鼓励我不要灰心) when I have difficulties in my studies.
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[简答题] The publishing house has to__________(考虑这部小说的受欢迎程度).