1、大学四级-111 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. （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 conversation, one or more questions will be a
2、sked 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 corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with
3、 a single line through the centre.（分数：35.50）(1). A. The team has to travel far for every game. C. The new coach knows the team very well. B. The new coach has been very effective. D. The team shouldnt recruit any more players.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A. The concert was very well attended. C. The only g
4、ood seats were near the fight aisle. B. The crowd didnt understand the music. D. Not many people went on such a cloudy night.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A. She doesnt understand it either. C. She thinks the room is too dark. B. She cant see the writing on the hoard. D. She didnt really notice the mark.（分数
5、：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4). A. She gave a lecture to the psychology class. C. She persuaded the man not to take the course. B. She advised the man to see a psychologist. D. She convinced the man to apply to graduate school.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(5). A. It is not very good. C. The woman probably wont attend it. B.
6、 It will be held the following week. D. There will be two seminars instead of four.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.（分数：21.30）(1). A. She doesnt understand how Judy got her job. B. Shes surprised Judy is working in management. C. She thinks Judy should not have taken a computer course. D. She wonders how Judy does
7、so many things.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A. Get out of the car. C. Take his coat off. B. Pay the parking fine. D. Make a right turn.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A. Its hard to know what to believe about it. C. Its even harder than people say. B. He doesnt believe its hard for everybody. D. Its not as hard as h
8、ed thought.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.（分数：21.30）(1). A. Speed limits were the same in all areas. C. There were signs along the road. B. She had told him what his speed was. D. He had just received his driving license.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A. He was on his way to work. C. He lived on Fleet Street. B. His speed
9、ometer wasnt working. D. He didnt realize he was speeding.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A. She took away the mans license. B. She gave the man a warning. C. She gave the man a speeding ticket. D. She asked the man to become more familiar with the area.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.（分数：28.40）(1). A. A popular television
10、program. C. A recent purchase. B. A breakthrough in technology. D. A new electronics store.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A. Because the old one didnt work well. C. Because he had moved into a bigger house. B. Because the new TV set was on sale. D. Because he wanted to surprise the woman.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3)
11、. A. She would prefer a more expensive model. C. Shes eager to use it. B. Shes confused by the remote controls. D. She thinks it unwise to buy it.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4). A. Research what television is best for him. C. Try a different store. B. Ask for a cheaper price on the television. D. Be satisfied
12、 with what he has.（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)（分数：21.30）(1). A. She buys many clothes. C. She eats a lot of things. B. She buys a lot of chocolate. D. She sleeps a great deal.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A. Problems with the teachers. C. Problems with class
13、mates making fun of her. B. Problems with family members or friends. D. Problems with a part-time job.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A. Substituting water with diet coke. C. Playing a video game. B. Talking to someone over the phone. D. Drinking extra tea.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.六、BPassage Two/B(总题数：1，分数：21.30)（分数：
14、21.30）(1). A. American Indians and corn. C. The joy of harvest. B. The planting techniques of corn. D. Various ways to prepare corn.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A. It was first boiled and then dried. C. It was dried and then ground into flour. B. It was braided in bundles and steamed. D. It was roasted and
15、 wrapped in husks.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A. They braided them with animal hair for clothing. C. They used them to insulate their homes. B. They bundled them together for fuel. D. They made various items with them.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.七、BPassage Three(总题数：1，分数：28.40)（分数：28.40）(1). A. The strength of its s
16、hipbuilding industry. C. The abundance of fruit, vegetables, and livestock. B. The physical features of the river itself. D. The similarity of its climate to that in Europe.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(2). A. There are no rapids or waterfalls. C. Navigation is rather difficult. B. There is a constant, strong w
17、ind. D. Frequent storms cause problems for riverboats.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(3). A. Big waves pose a threat to commercial navigation. B. The river current never flows faster than ten miles per hour. C. The river reverses its flow several times a day. D. High tides can create sudden and unexpected rapids.
18、（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.(4). A. To allow several sails to be rigged. C. To add to the beauty of the basic design. B. To catch winds coming from over the hills. D. To allow the sails to be raised more quickly.（分数：7.10）A.B.C.D.八、BSection C/B(总题数：1，分数：71.00)Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage
19、 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
20、 check what you have written.Fast food, for the first time ever, now U U 1 /U /Umore than half of all the meals eaten outside of the home in the United Kingdom.The recession, and the subsequent squeeze on U U 2 /U /Uincome, has encouraged millions of families to U U 3 /U /Uspending on luxuries, espe
21、cially on meals in restaurants. This has encouraged many to U U 4 /U /Uto cheaper meals, especially burgers and fried chicken.According to NPD, the market research company which U U 5 /U /Uconsumer spending, 5.54 billion visits were made to a fast food chain in the year 2011, out of the 11 billion m
22、eals eaten in U U 6 /U /Uout of the homebe it at a work canteen, restaurant, pub or sandwich shop.This means that 50.4 percent of all meals eaten out of the home are now at a U U 7 /U /Uquick service restaurant, up from 47.3 percent just two years ago. The term “quick service restaurant“ is used by
23、the industry to describe any U U 8 /U /Uwhere the consumer queues to buy take-away food so this does include coffee shops.Guy Fielding at NPD said: “Its a lot about trading down. Because fast food has become so cheap, it has driven families in particular away from U U 9 /U /Urestaurants and pubs to
24、the fast food chains.“Families want to know what they are getting. And with the likes of McDonalds or KFC they know it is a U U 10 /U /Uexperience and good value.“ （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:_九、BPart Reading (总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、BSection A/B(总题数：1，分数：3
25、5.50)Directions: 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
26、. 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.Women with low literacy suffer disproportionately more than men, encountering more U U 1 /U /Uin finding a well-paying job and bei
27、ng twice as likely to end up in the group of lowest wage earners, a study released on Wednesday said.Analysis by the Institute for Womens Policy Research (IWPR) found women at all levels of U U 2 /U /Utend to earn less than men, but its at the lowest literacy levels that the wage gap between genders
28、 is most striking.Women with low literacy are twice as U U 3 /U /Uas men at the same skill level to be among the lowest earners, bringing in $300 a week or less, the report said.“Because women start off so low in terms of wages, having higher literacy and more skills really U U 4 /U /Ua big differen
29、ce,“ said Kevin Miller, a U U 5 /U /Uresearch associate at IWPR and co-author of the study.Women need to go 41 in their training and education level to earn the same as men, Miller said.The U U 6 /U /Uwas based on 2009 National Assessment of Adult Literacy surveys, the most recent data U U 7 /U /U,
30、and focused on reading skills, not writing and numeric literacy. That data was U U 8 /U /Ufrom a nationally representative sample of 19,714 people aged 16 and older, living in households or prisons.Data showed about one-third of American adults have low literacy levels, and more than 36 percent of m
31、en and 33 percent of women fall into that U U 9 /U /U, the institute said.A. pattern I. conductedB. senior J. independentC. longer K. literacyD. difficulties L. analysisE. category M. likelyF. collected N. furtherG. positions O. makesH. available（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
32、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. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a
33、 paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.How Your Language Affects Your Wealth and HealthA. Does the language we speak determine how healthy and rich we will be? New research by Keith Chen of Yale Bu
34、siness School suggests so. The structure of languages affects our judgments and decisions about the future and this might have dramatic long-term consequences.B. There has been a lot of research into how we deal with the future. For example, the famous marshmallow (棉花糖)studies of Walter Mischel and
35、colleagues showed that being able to resist temptation is predictive of future success. Four-year-old kids were given a marshmallow and were told that if they do not eat that marshmallow and wait for the experimenter to come back, they will get two marshmallows instead of one. Follow-up studies show
36、ed that the kids who were able to wait for the bigger future reward became more successful young adults.C. Resisting our impulses for immediate pleasure is often the only way to attain the outcomes that are important to us. We want to keep a slim figure but we also want that last slice of pizza. We
37、want a comfortable retirement, but we also want to drive that dazzling car, go on that dream vacation, or get those gorgeous shoes. Some people are better at delaying gratification (满足) than others. Those people have a better chance of accumulating wealth and keeping a healthy life style. They are l
38、ess likely to be impulse buyers or smokers, or to engage in unsafe sex.D. Chens recent findings suggest that an unlikely factor, language, strongly affects our future-oriented behavior. Some languages strongly distinguish the present and the future. Other languages only weakly distinguish the presen
39、t and the future. Chens recent research suggests that people who speak languages that weakly distinguish the present and the future are better prepared for the future. They accumulate more wealth and they are better able to maintain their health. The way these people conceptualize the future is simi
40、lar to the way they conceptualize the present. As a result, the future does not feel very distant and it is easier for them to act in accordance with their future interests.E. Different languages have different ways of talking about the future. Some languages, such as English, Korean, and Russian, r
41、equire their speakers to refer to the future explicitly (明确地). Every time English-speakers talk about the future, they have to use future markers such as “will“ or “going to.“ In other languages, such as Mandarin, Japanese, and German, future markers are not obligatory, (强制性的). The future is often t
42、alked about similar to the way present is talked about and the meaning is understood from the context. A Mandarin speaker who is going to go to a seminar might say “Wo qu ting jiangzuo,“ which translates to “I go listen seminar.“ Languages such as English constantly remind their speakers that future
43、 events are distant. For speakers of languages such as Mandarin future feels closer. As a consequence, resisting immediate impulses and investing for the future is easier for Mandarin speakers.F. Chen analyzed individual-level data from 76 developed and developing countries. This data includes peopl
44、es economic decisions, such as whether they saved any money last year, the languages they speak at home, demographics (人口统计资料), and cultural factors such as “saving is an important cultural value for me.“ He also analyzed individual-level data on peoples retirement assets, smoking and exercising hab
45、its, and general health in older age. Lastly, he analyzed national-level data that includes national savings rates, country GDP and GDP growth rates, country demographics, and proportions of people speaking different languages.G. Peoples savings rates are affected by various factors such as their in
46、come, education level, age, religious connection, their countries legal systems, and their cultural values. After those factors were accounted for, the effect of language on peoples savings rates turned out to be big. Speaking a language that has obligatory future markers, such as English, makes people 30 percent less likely to save money for the future. This effect is as large as the effect of unemployment. Being unemployed decreases the likelihood of saving by about 30 perce
