四级预测试卷（第一套）试题及答案解析
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四级预测试卷（第一套）
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture
below. You should start your essay with a brief account of parents’ trying to meet all the demands from their children and then explain the harm by doing so. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
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Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each
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conversation, one or more questions will be asked 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 a single line through the centre.
1. A) It’s tedious. B) It’s absurd.
2. A) Jazz.
3. A) She was afraid of the professor.
B) She lost her key and couldn’t enter her house. C) She didn’t make full preparations for her lessons. D) She was blamed by the professor for her carelessness.
4. A) She is a little tired.
5. A) Not to wait for him.
6. A) Two.
7. A) He is a rather tedious person. B) He has just left the hospital.
8. A) The train is late. B) The train is empty.
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9. A) Get a traveler’s check.
B) Draw a large amount of money.
10. A) Daily expenses. C) Holidays and travel expenses. B) Big expenses.
D) Education fee.
C) Ask the man for financial advice. D) Open some bank accounts.
C) The train is crowded.
D) The train is on time.
C) He doesn’t have a healthy diet. D) He is a better cook than the woman.
B) Four. C) Eight. D) Twelve.
C) To get her report back. D) Not to fetch the raincoat.
B) To clean up her room.
C) She wants to listen to the music. D) She is going to make a reservation.
B) She is going to study in the library.
C) Classical music. D) Country music.
B) Rock and roll.
C) It’s justifiable. D) It’s understandable.
四级预测试卷（第一套）试题及答案解析
11. A) Her ID card and passport. B) Her personal references.
12. A) A salesman. C) A bank clerk. B) A real estate agent.
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 13. A) A recording artist. B) A French teacher.
14. A) It needs more French lesson tapes. B) It needs to have its controls repaired. C) It is different from all the other laboratories. D) It can be operated rather easily.
15. A) Change her class schedule.
C) Organise tapes on the shelves. D) Work on the French lessons.
B) Fill out a job application form.
C) A student.
D) A teaching assistant. D) A consultant.
C) Her social security number. D) Her cover letter.
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Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. 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 question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. Passage One
Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. A) She had run a long way.
B) She felt hot in the subway.
17. A) By lifting her to the platform.
B) By helping her rise to her feet.
18. A) When the train was leaving.
B) After she was back on the platform. C) After the police and fire officials came.
D) When a man was cleaning the blood from her head.
C) By pulling her along the ground. D) By dragging her away from the edge.
C) She had done a lot of work.
D) She had donated blood the night before.
四级预测试卷（第一套）试题及答案解析
19. A) They would miss their train.
C) She was sure Lisa was hard to lift. D) She was afraid the train would kill him.
B) He didn’t see the train coming.
Passage Two
Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 20. A) In Suva.
B) In Sydney.
21. A) Its comfortable hotels.
22. A) They invented “Fiji time” for visitors.
B) They stick to a traditional way of life. C) They like to travel from place to place. D) They love taking adventures abroad.
Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 23. A) Staying on the farm.
24. A) He is very old now.
B) He is in good health.
25. A) Describe his life in the countryside.
B) Persuade people to live in the city.
C) Show an interest in the outside world. D) Express his opinions about way of life.
C) He lives in the city now. D) He prefers driving a car.
C) Moving to the countryside. D) Running away from the school.
C) Its exciting football matches. D) Its religious beliefs.
B) Its good weather all year round.
C) On the island of Vatoa. D) On the island of Viti Levu.
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B) Leaving home for the city.
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 with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Thirty years ago, anyone blaming loneliness for physical illness would have been laughed at. But as scientists
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studied different populations, loneliness kept emerging as a risk factor. In one study, California researchers 26. ________ 4, 700 residents of Alameda County for ten years, starting in 1965. At first, the participants reported their key sources of companionship and estimated the time they 27. ________ each other. During the study, the people who reported the least social 28. ________ died at nearly three times the rate of those reporting the most. The source of companionship didn’t matter, but time spent with others was 29. ________. Since then, researchers have studied men, women, soldiers, and students from countries all over the world. And the same pattern keeps 30. ________. Women who say they feel isolated go on to die of cancer at several times the 31. ________ rate. College students who report “strained and cold” relationships with their parents suffer 32. ________ rates of hypertension (高血压) and heart disease decades later. Heart-attack survivors who happen to live by themselves die at twice the rate of those who live with others. For those of us who are still healthy, the lesson should be obvious. It’s clear that 33. ________ others can help our bodies thrive. It’s equally clear that we’re growing more isolated. In 1900, only 5% of US households 34. ________ one person living alone. The 35. ________ reached 13% in 1960, and it stands at 25% today.
Part III Reading Comprehension (40 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 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
Managers need to find ways to give their employees a lift to improve their morale (士气). That’s where team-building exercises and other spiritual encouragement can come into 36 . The theory is that a trust-building game, a wilderness adventure, a cooking class or even full-contact chocolate bingo (宾果游戏) — yes, it exists — will help 37 teamwork, bring cheer and thus encourage everyone to work harder and better together.
Yes, promoting teamwork is 38 . Getting everyone together for a shared activity can improve team spirit. But, too often, formal team-building programs 39 only minor, short-lived improvements in encouragement or performance.
Still, employers do need to support teamwork, 40 in bad climate. The 41 news is that what works is often fairly simple and inexpensive. The key to improving morale, several experts said, is understanding what 42 to your workers.
Curbing executive perks (津贴) and salaries can also go a long way toward building morale, according to Professor Kets de Vries. It is 43 unlikely that workers of car factories got much of a lift watching their industry’s top executives take private jets to Washington in November to ask for financial aid. “If you get paid 500 times what the 44 worker is paid, that is ridiculous,” Professor Kets de Vries said. “Don’t be 45 . Great organizations are team-based.”