1、公共英语四级-140 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Directions:This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are THREE parts in this section, Pa
2、rt A, Part B and Part C.Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1.If you have any questions, you
3、 may raise your hand NOW as you will not be allowed to speak once the test has started.BPart A/BYou will hear a dialogue. Listen and complete the sentences in Questions 1-5 with the information you have heard. Write not more than 3 words in each box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 2
4、5 seconds to read the tables below.Name of the radio programme 1Time of the programme is 2Visitors nationality is 3Weather in Brighton is 4Visitor plans to go to 5（分数：5.00）(1).（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_二、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)You will hear a passage about watch a TV weather forec
5、ast. Answer Questions 6-10 while you listen. Use not more than 5 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the tables below.What is the woman planning to do? 6Why can she fly to Northern Scotland tomorrow morning?7When is she watching the forecast? 8Wh
6、at is the weather like in East Anglia during the daytime?9What can you infer from the announcement? 10（分数：5.00）(1).（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have time to read the question
7、s related to it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have time to read your answers. You will hear each piece once only.Questions 11-13 are based on the following talk. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11-13.（分数：3.00）(1).According to the
8、 conversation, what is one problem with arm exercises?（分数：1.00）A.They dont get rid of flabby arms.B.They can damage arm muscles.C.They are not acceptable to most people.D.They can raise ones blood pressure.(2).How did the woman obtain the information about arm exercises?（分数：1.00）A.By talking to an e
9、xpert.B.By reading an article.C.By attending an exercise class.D.By listening to the radio.(3).Which of the following exercises is suggested?（分数：1.00）A.Wearing arm weights while you are swimming.B.Jogging vigorously in one place for a long time.C.Using bicycles that require you to use both your arms
10、 and legs.D.Walking slowly while swing your arms back and forth.Questions 14-16 are based on the following monologue. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-16.（分数：3.00）(1).What is the handing capacity of Tianjin port?（分数：1.00）A.4,000,000 tons a year.B.400,000 containers a year.C.4,000 tons a
11、year.D.40,000,000 containers a year.(2).Which of the following is TRUE about the size of the container storage area?（分数：1.00）A.It resembles the park to the size of 12 football fields.B.It is about the size of 12 football fields.C.It is about the size of dozens of basketball fields.D.It resembles the
12、 parking lot to the size of dozens of football fields.(3).Which of the following is the company that Tianjin seaport has encouraged to invest in the economic development area?（分数：1.00）A.Sino-Japanese steel pipe factory.B.The universal furniture company of U.S. and Singapore joint venture.C.Taiwan-fu
13、nded chemicals.D.Sino-French clothing company.Questions 17-20 are based on the following monologue. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20.（分数：4.00）(1).Which of the following does not contribute to Torontos healthy economy?（分数：1.00）A.A large local market.B.Tremendous opportunities for manuf
14、acturing and development.C.The diversified industrial base.D.Abundant capital.(2).The industries in the Toronto metropolitan area includes（分数：1.00）A.computer industriesB.information related enterprisesC.arts and culture industriesD.travel service(3).Many films for cinema and television are financed
15、by（分数：1.00）A.Chicago companiesB.New York companiesC.United States companiesD.Seattle companies(4).According to this monologue, which of the following is one of the fastest growing industries in Toronto?（分数：1.00）A.The Tornoto Stock Exchange.B.The film industry.C.The Eaton Center.D.Port related indust
16、ry.四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Read the following text. Choose the best word for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.Although the size of the workforce depends a great deal on the size of the total population, there are several other influences which also affect it. The a
17、ge distribution of the total population has a very U(21) /U effect on the available workforce. If the population has a high U(22) /U of very young people or of U(23) /U too old to work, then the available workforce would be lower than U(24) /U there were an U(25) /U spread age distribution. If the p
18、opulation grows raidly U(26) /U natural increase, i.e., the number of births greatly U(27) /U the number of deaths, then as a total population increases the proportion of the workforce U(28) /U.Sometimes a population is described as aging, U(29) /U means that the birth rate is either falling or grow
19、ing very slowly, and as people retire U(30) /U the workforce there are insufficient numbers of young people entering it to U(31) /U those who are leaving it. The population is top heavy with older people. So the U(32) /U of the population in the workforce declines when there is U(33) /U a rapid incr
20、ease in births or a falling birth rate.The age distribution of the population has several important effects on the economy. If the population is aging and there is an increase in the number of people retiring U(34) /U a corresponding increase in the number entering the workforce, this raises the pro
21、blem of the ability of the economy to provide a U(35) /U level of social services to the retired group. If the U(36) /U are to be cared U(37) /U in special homes or hotels, finance must be U(38) /U for that purpose. If the size of the workforce is small relative U(39) /U the total population, then t
22、he government tax receipts are relatively low and either the government has less money available to it or the workforce members have to be U(40) /U more heavily.（分数：20.00）A.littleB.markedC.muchD.lotA.portionB.correlationC.proportionD.approximationA.thoseB.onesC.whoD.thatA.whenB.ifC.unlessD.otherwise
23、A.evenlyB.oddlyC.smoothlyD.decentlyA.withB.toC.upD.fromA.sustainsB.exceedsC.overwhelmsD.overthrowsA.declinesB.refusesC.rejectsD.inclinesA.thisB.thatC.itD.whichA.toB.intoC.fromD.outA.supplementB.replaceC.facilitateD.implementA.shareB.percentageC.allocationD.propertyA.neitherB.noneC.bothD.eitherA.with
24、B.withoutC.uponD.afterA.reasonableB.sensibleC.predictableD.workableA.agingB.agedC.retiringD.youngA.forB.aboutC.ofD.afterA.feasibleB.availableC.practicableD.tractableA.aboutB.toC.ofD.forA.loadedB.imposedC.taxedD.executed五、BSection Readi(总题数：5，分数：35.00)BPart A/BRead the following four texts. Answer th
25、e questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.BText 1/BIn the atmosphere, carbon dioxide acts rather like a one-mirror-the glass in the roof of a greenhouse which allows the suns rays to enter but prevents the heat from escaping.According to a weather expe
26、rts prediction, the atmosphere will be 3 warmer in the year 2050 than it is today, if man continues to burn fuels at the present rate. If this warming up took place, the ice caps in the poles would begin to melt, thus raising sea level several meters and severely flooding coastal cities. Also the in
27、crease in atmospheric temperature would lead to great changes in the climate of the northern hemisphere, possibly resulting in an alteration of the earths chief food-growing zones.In the past, concern about a man-made warming of the earth has concentrated on the Arctic because the Antarctic is much
28、colder and has a much thicker ice sheet. But the weather experts are now paying more attention to West Antarctic, which may be affected by only a few degrees of warming: in other words, by a warming on the scale that will possibly take place in the next fifty years from the burning of fuels.Satellit
29、e pictures show that large areas of Antarcitic ice are already disappearing. The evidence available suggests that a warming takes place. This fits the theory that carbon dioxide warms the earth.However, most of the fuel is burnt in the northern hemisphere, where temperatures seem to falling. Scienti
30、sts conclude, therefore, that up to now natural influences on the weather have exceeded those caused by man. The question is: Which natural cause has the most effect on the weather?On possibility is the variable behavior of the sun. Astronomers at one research station have studied the hot spots and
31、“cold“ spots (that is, the relatively less hot spots) on the sun. As the sun rotated, every 27.5 days, it presents hotter of “colder“ face to the earth, and different aspects to different parts of the earth. This seems to have a considerable effect on the distribution of the earths atmospheric press
32、ure, and consequently on wind circulation. The sun is also variable over a long term: its heat output goes up and down in cycles, the latest trend being downward.Scientists are now finding mutual relations between models of solar-weather interactions and the actual climate over many thousands of yea
33、rs, including the last Ice Age. The problem is that the models are predicting that the world should be entering new Ice Age and it is not. One way of solving this theoretical difficulty is to assume a way of thousands of years while the solar effects overcome the inertia (惯性的) of the earths climate.
34、 If this is right, the warming effect of carbon dioxide might thus be serving a useful counter-balance to the suns diminishing heat.（分数：5.00）(1).It can be concluded that a concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would _.（分数：1.00）A.prevent the suns rays from reaching the earths surfaceB.mea
35、n a warming up in the ArcticC.account for great changes in the climate in the northern hemisphereD.raise the temperature of the earths surface(2).The article was written to explain _.（分数：1.00）A.the greenhouse effectB.the solar effects on the earthC.the models of solar-weather interactionsD.the cause
36、s affecting weather(3).Although the fuel consumption is greater in the northern hemisphere, temperatures there seem to be falling. This is _.（分数：1.00）A.mainly because the levels of carbon dioxide are risingB.possibly because the ice caps in the poles are meltingC.exclusively due to the effect of the
37、 internal of the earths climateD.partly due to variations in the output of solar energy(4).On the basis of their models, scientists are of the opinion that _.（分数：1.00）A.the climate of the world should be becoming coolerB.it will take thousands of years for the inertia of the earths climate to take e
38、ffectC.the man-made warming effect helps to increase the solar effectsD.the new Ice Age will be delayed by the greenhouse effect(5).If the assumption about the delay of a new Ice Age is correct, _.（分数：1.00）A.the best way to overcome the cooling effect would be to burn more fuelsB.ice would soon cove
39、r the northern hemisphereC.the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could warm up the earth even more quicklyD.the greenhouse effect could work to the advantage of the earthBText 2/BPsychologists say the one factor that differentiates people who are creative from those who arent is b
40、elief-creative people believe they are creative. To be creative, you simply have to believe and act as if you are. Once you believe you are creative, you begin to find ideas and to imagine all kinds of probable and improbable solutions.Here are a few techniques to help you get started looking for id
41、eas you may already have in your mind.Play a different role. Suppose you want to improve your companys training program. Play the role of another person. Write, from the perspective of that role, what changes the person would make. Record any interesting thoughts or new ideas.Randomly pick something
42、 and compare it with your problem. Open a dictionary and randomly, without looking, pick a word. Force yourself to make a comparison between the problem and the word.Suppose you are having a problem with a manager and you randomly pick the word “pencil“. You might list the characteristics of the pen
43、cil and determine how those characteristics are like your problem.Imagine you have a magic wand (魔杖). Consider what changes or actions you will use the wand to create, especially those that wouldnt normally be possible. After letting your imagination run, ask yourself what specific features of those
44、 wishes particularly appeal to you. Think of some feasible changes of actions that embody some of those specific features.Think outrageously. The more incredible and divergent from conventional thinking an idea is, the greater the possibilities for new twists. A frozen-fish processor used this techn
45、ique. A line of his frozen fish tasted bland and boring. He tried everything to improve the taste, including keeping the fish alive in holding tanks until he put a predator (食肉动物) in the holding tank with fish. The fish kept moving to escape the predator and they retained their vitality and flavor.C
46、hallenge assumptions. Reserve the assumptions you make about problems. List the assumptions and write the opposite. Henry Ford challenged the practice of having workers to go where building materials were kept. In order to build cars, by creating a system that brought the materials to the workers in
47、stead. With this reversal, the assembly line was born.Be an artist. Write a poem about your job. Poetry helps give a voice to your wildest imagination, which may lead to new ideas.Try the above methods and test if your creativity might be somewhat improved.（分数：5.00）(1).What does one have to be if he
48、 wants to make himself creative according to the author?（分数：1.00）A.He should try to be as creative as possible.B.He may set up a problem and then try to conceive all the possible solutions to it.C.He should study all the techniques mentioned in the passage and try to use them.D.He should play a different role from the one he plays now.(2).What kind of techniques has the author used by taking the example of “a pencil“?（分数：1.00）A.Metaphor.B.Simile.C.Analogy.
