20xx年12月英语四级考试真题(编辑修改稿)

20xx年12月英语四级考试真题(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

C) Devotion and work efficiency. D) Education and experience. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passage. 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 questions. , you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A） ,B） ,C） and D） . Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。 Passage One Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26． A） They care a lot about children. B） They need looking after in their old age. C） They want to enrich their life experience. D） They want children to keep them pany. 27. A. They are usually adopted from distant places. birth infromation is usually kept secret. birth parents often try to conceal their birth information. adoptive parents don’t want them to know their birth parents. 28. generally hold bad feelings towards their birth parents. do not want to hurt the feelings of their adoptive parents. have mixed feelings about finding their natural parents. are fully aware of the expenses involved in the search. 29. adoption makes for closer parentchild relationship. people prefer to adopt children from overseas. is the key to successful adoption. has much to do with love. Passage Two Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. suffered from mental illness. bought The washing on post. turned a failing newspaper into a success. was once a reporter for a major newspaper. 31. was the first woman to lead a big pany. got her first job as a teacher at the University of Chicago. mitted suicide because of her mental disorder. took over her father’s position when he died. 32. came to see the role of women in the business world. played a major part in reshaping Americans’mind. media would be quite different without Katharine. had exerted an important influence on the world. Passage Three Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. ’ll enable them to enjoy the best medical care. ’ll allow them to receive free medical theatment. ’ll protect them from possible financial crises. ’ll preent the doctors from overcharging them. 34． A） They can’t immediately get back the money paid for their medical cost. B） They have to go through very plicated application procedures. C） They can only visit doctors who speak their native languages. D） They may not be able to receive timely medical treatment. 35． A） They don’t have to pay for the medical services. B） They needn’t pay the entire medical bill at once. C） They must send the receipts to the insurance pany promptly. D） They have to pay a much higher price to get an insurance policy. Section C Directions: 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 numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡 2 上作答。 More and more of the word’s population are living in towns or cities. The speed at which cities are growing in the less developed countries is（ 36） . Between 1920 and 1960 big cities in developed countries（ 37） two and a half times in size, but in other parts of the world the growth was eight times their size. They（ 38） size of growth is bad enough, but there are now also very（ 39） signs of trouble in the（ 40） of percentages of people living in towns and percentages of people working in industry. During the nieenth century cities grew as a result of the growth of industry. In Europe the（ 41） of people living in cities was always smaller than that of the （ 42） working in factories. Now, however, the（ 43） is almost always true in the newly industrialized world:（ 44） . Without a base of people working in industry, these cities cannot pay for their growth。 （ 45） . There has been little opportunity to build water supplies or other facilities. （ 46） a growth in the number of hopeless and despairing parents and starving children. Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section A 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. 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 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. As war spreads to many ers of the globe, Children sadly have been drawn into the center of conflicts. In Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups of children have been taking part in peace education 47 .The children, after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the 48 of peacemakers. The Children’s Movement for peacemakers was even nominated(提名 ) or the Nobel peace prize in 1998. Groups of children 49 is peacemakers studied human rights an poverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a。