1、公共英语四级-高等教育及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BPart A/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)For Questions 1 5, you will hear a dialogue in which Karin is talking with Martin, assistant provost of a university, about the employment of overseas students. While you listen, fill out the table with th
2、e information you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Write only 1 word in each numbered box.Information about the employment of overseas studentsEmployers want to see students have gained intercultural _. UU 1 /U/UWhat practical skills students should promote to
3、employers depends onthe size of the organization and the _.UU 2 /U/UFirst and foremost, employers look for practical experience and an areaof _.UU 3 /U/UStudent are supposed to look for volunteer opportunities or _. UU 4 /U/UWhen promoting themselves, students should avoid the risk of soundingclich
4、or _.UU 5 /U/U（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)For Questions 6 10, you will hear a passage on how to develop study-skills at college. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the ta
5、ble. Write not more than 3 words in each numbered box.Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to bea confusing and _.UU 1 /U/UThe lecturers distribute reading material and give out UU 2 /U/UMost institutions provide courses to assist new students to becomeeffective _.UU 3
6、/U/UMany useful study-skill guides enable learners to practice these skills_.UU 4 /U/UWith a study partner, it is possible to exchange ideas, provide supportand _.UU 5 /U/U（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_四、BPart C/B(总题数：2，分数：10.00)For Questions 11 20, you will hear two passages. Before l
7、istening to each one, read the question related to it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.（分数：5.00）(1).Which statement is true about U.S.C? A. More than half of the students are from other countries. B. It enrolled the largest number of
8、 foreign students for the first time last year. C. The number of graduate students overtakes the number of undergraduates. D. It has the largest number of foreign students in America.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which country has the largest number of students in America? A. Japan. B. Mainland China. C. Ind
9、ia. D. Russia.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Most of the foreign students choose to study in U.S.C for its _. A. athletics B. academic strength C. international student population D. appealing climate of California（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which statement is true about the foreign students in U.S.C? A. They have m
10、uch time for fun in the sun. B. Most of them are sports fans. C. Most of them receive financial aid. D. Most of them are from Asia.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which benefit is NOT brought by foreign students? A. Strong sportsmanship. B. More applicants to choose from. C. Large sum of money. D. Closer ties
11、with other countries.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：5.00）(1).Who should take the major responsibilities for learning? A. Teachers. B. Students. C. Administration. D. Both the teachers and the students.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What is an ideal student for the teachers? A. A student who knows how to cut short. B. A
12、 student who only cares about grade. C. A student who learns actively with motivation. D. A student who learns depending on the teacher.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What does the word “exhaust“ mean in the sentence “., to be able to exhaust the reference sources in the library“? A. Make the best use of. B.
13、Edit. C. Copy. D. Collect.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which statement is true for the professors in the U.S.? A. They add comments and grades for any assignments. B. They have many other duties to fulfill besides teaching. C. They spend much time helping students find books in the library. D. They would no
14、t offer any assistance in finding reference sources.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).When students have problems with their study, they should _. A. contact the teacher at any time they like B. go to the teachers home C. keep it until next class D. see the teacher during office time or make an appointment（分数：1.
15、00）A.B.C.D.五、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase marked A, B, C or D for each numbered blank.What do Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison have in U U 1 /U /U? They all made billions of dollars in technology. And they all left college. Now, a weal
16、thy businessman is paying other technologically talented young people to follow that same U U 2 /U /U.Peter Thiel is paying them to U U 3 /U /Uor at least to “stop out“ of higher education temporarily to work U U 4 /U /Utheir interests. He and his Thiel Foundation just announced the first group of w
17、hat they call 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows. “We selected people on the basis of a U U 5 /U /Uof having demonstrated U U 6 /U /Upassion about science and technology and then having the U U 7 /U /Uto try to carry it forward in the years U U 8 /U /U,“ Peter Thiel said. There are twenty-four people to be e
18、xact, because a couple of projects U U 9 /U /Umore than one person. One of the youngest is Laura Deming. At twelve she began researching ways to U U 10 /U /Uhuman life. Now, at seventeen, she has already graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All of the fellows will receive one hu
19、ndred thousand dollars over two years to continue their research.As a graduate of Stanford University, Mr. Thiel says college has changed. “Its gottenU U 11 /U /Umore expensive than when I attended school a quarter of a century ago. And so, if you look at how much college costs have gone up, you now
20、 have people graduating with a quarter million dollars U U 12 /U /Uof debt and they end up having to spend years or decades paying the debt U U 13 /U /U,“ He noted.The Obama U U 14 /U /Uis pushing college. It says over the next ten years, nearly half of all new jobs will U U 15 /U /Umore than a high
21、 school education. But Peter Thiel says many young people choose college for the wrong reasons. They take higher education almost the same as the secondary education U U 16 /U /Unot thinking about what theyre going to do with their life.Mr. Thiel says the young people he is U U 17 /U /Uin are clear
22、about what they want to do. At the very U U 18 /U /U, he says, they will U U 19 /U /Uexperience to take back to school if that is what they decide to do. More than four hundred people from twenty countries U U 20 /U /Uthe program. Later this year the Thiel Foundation plans to begin taking applicatio
23、ns for the next group of fellows under the age of twenty.（分数：20.00）(1). A. store B. common C. general D. reality（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. path B. trail C. road D. track（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. fall out B. check out C. drop out D. withdraw out（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. in B. for C. with D. on（分数：1.00）A.
24、B.C.D.(5). A. combination B. investigation C. accumulation D. calculation（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6). A. tense B. intense C. tentative D. intensive（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7). A. drive B. push C. promotion D. stimulus（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8). A. away B. aloof C. awake D. ahead（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9). A. revolve B. evolv
25、e C. dissolve D. involve（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10). A. broaden B. enhance C. extend D. spread（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11). A. a lot B. very C. many D. most（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12). A. worthy B. worth C. worthwhile D. wothless（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13). A. for B. away C. off D. instead（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14). A. administr
26、ation B. constitution C. institution D. institute（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15). A. inquire B. acquire C. desire D. require（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16). A. beyond B. of C. for D. with（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17). A. investing B. investigating C. injecting D. instilling（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18). A. most B. less C. lest D. leas
27、t（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19). A. achieve B. gain C. gather D. accomplish（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20). A. asked for B. checked in C. involved in D. applied to（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.六、BSection Readi(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、BPart A/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Read the following text. Answer the questions below the text by choosing A, B, C
28、or D.According to the most recent American Freshman survey, conducted annually by the University of California, Los Angeles, undergraduates chief objective in life is to be financially well-off. For this new crop of college students, attaining wealth ranks higher than raising a family and becoming a
29、n authority in their chosen field. Moreover, they listed their primary factor in choosing a school program as whether the graduates get good jobs.Long gone are the days of attending college to develop a “meaningful philosophy of life,“ which was the top concern for freshmen in 1971. Now, students fo
30、cus on employability and potential earnings, both reflected in the undergraduate majors they pursue. But are men and womens choice of college majors equally stacked in terms of job openings and future salary? Close, but not quite.The most popular college major for both men and women, according to th
31、e U.S. Department of Educations latest figures, is business. In 2008 business degrees were awarded to 21% of the 1.6 million graduates who received a bachelors. And women received nearly half (49%) of those practical business degrees. As an undergraduate major, business is broad enough to offer seve
32、ral career possibilities. It equips students to work in finance, sales, consulting, marketing and management positions. Its also impressive enough to help graduates land a job. “Business ranks high in terms of employability,“ says researcher Laurence Shatkin, author of Best Jobs for the 21st Century
33、. “It has consistently been a good investment for students.“However, men still dominate many of the majors with the highest earning potential. Engineering ranks at No. 3 on the list of mens most popular majors, and 83.2% of students in the major are men. Meanwhile, it is absent from womens top-10 li
34、st. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) expects the field of engineering to grow 11% by 2018 and estimates it pays an average $132000 to the top 10% of workers.Similarly, men make up the vast majority (82.4%) of computer and information science majors. This is another field that will be in demand a
35、nd well-paid. The BLS projects job openings for computer and information scientists will increase 24% in the next decade. Top talent earns an average of $155000.As may be expected, women do still dominate many of the traditionally “soft“ majors. On the list of womens most popular majors, education (
36、No. 4), English (No. 9) and liberal arts (No. 10) rank far above their positions on mens list. These fields of study lend themselves to careers like teaching, writing and editing, public relations or sales. While there are well-paid positions in these fields, median salaries range between $35000 and
37、 $55000. Interestingly, the appeal of studying education seems to be slipping. Over the last decade education degrees have decreased 3%, though women still dominate the major and receive 85.4% of education degrees.For women it seems that education is being supplanted by health, which could be a mark
38、et advantage. Shatkin says the health care industry is growing rapidly, and women are the majority of its workers. According to the BLS, the 14-million-strong industry will add another 3 million jobs by 2018. In fact, many of the positions on our list of the Fastest-Growing Jobs For Women are in hea
39、lth care; pharmacists, doctors and occupational therapists consistently make our list of the Best-Paying Jobs For Women.（分数：10.00）(1).What is the undergraduates chief goal in life nowadays according to the survey conducted by UCLA? A. Pursuing lofty ideals. B. Supporting a family. C. Making great fo
40、rtune. D. Becoming an expert in certain field.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What might be the best chosen majors for freshmen in 1971? A. Literature and history. B. Accounting and finance. C. Ethnic and women studies. D. Engineering and marketing.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why is the major of business so popular a
41、mong both male and female students? A. Because business is the easiest major to learn. B. Because business offers the most career possibilities. C. Because business fits most into their life philosophy. D. Because business can help them win the highest social esteem.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the
42、 following majors is on the decline for women? A. Health care. B. Public relations or sales. C. Writing and editing. D. Education.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which is the best title for this passage? A. The most popular college majors for men. B. The most popular college majors for women. C. The most popul
43、ar college majors for both men and women. D. Meaningful philosophy of life.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.八、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：15.00)Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese.Rocketing Demand is Luring British Universities AbroadUniversities have become terrifically
44、 popular. U U 1 /U /UUIn Britain the clamour for higher education is such that almost half of young people now enroll, and the prospect of having to pay more for the privilege from 2012 is provoking a headlong dash for the ivory towers./U There are similar enthusiasms overseas: many more youngsters
45、are extending their education in other rich countries and emerging economies, according to figures from the OECD, a think-tank. Keen to meet some of this demand, British universities are opening foreign campuses.Britain is a world leader in higher education, second only to America in attracting fore
46、ign students. But its universities are not quite so adept at setting up shop abroad. American universities have long operated in other countries: Johns Hopkins University, for example, opened a branch in Italy in 1955 and another in China in 1986, teaching mostly in English and catering for both local and visiting students. American universities have 78 campuses overseas, including four in Britain. Australian universities have a
