2012年6月英语四级真题及答案详细解析绝对完整版
外交学院考研-初一数学上册期末试题
2012年6月大学英语四级考试真题试题及答案解析(完整版)
Part Ⅰ
Writing (30minutes)
Directions: For this
part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short
essay entitled Excessive
Packaging following
the outline given below. You should write at least
120 words but no more
than 180 words.
1.目前许多商品存在过度包装的现象
2.出现这一现象的原因
3.我对这一现象的看法和建议
On Excessive Packaging
Part
Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and
Scanning)(15minutes)
Directions: In this
part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the
passage quickly and answer
the questions on
Answer sheet 1. For questions 1-7,choose the best
answer from the four choices
marked
A)，B)，C)and D). For questions 8-10,complete the
sentences with the information given in
the
passage.
Small Schools Rising
This
year‟s list of the top 100 high schools shows that
today, those with fewer students are
flourishing.
Fifty years ago, they were
the latest thing in educational reform: big,
modern, suburban high
schools with students
counted in the thousands. As baby
boomers(二战后婴儿潮时期出生的人)
came of high-school age,
big schools promised economic efficiency. A
greater choice of courses,
and, of course,
better football teams. Only years later did we
understand the trade-offs this
involved: the
creation of excessive bureaucracies(官僚机构)，the
difficulty of forging personal
connections
between teachers and scores began dropping in
1963;today,on
average,30% of students do not
complete high school in four years, a figure that
rises to 50% in
poor urban neighborhoods.
While the emphasis on teaching to higher, test-
driven standards as set
in No Child Left
Behind resulted in significantly better
performance in elementary(and some
middle)schools, high schools for a variety of
reasons seemed to have made little progress.
Size isn‟t everything, but it does matter, and the
past decade has seen a noticeable
countertrend
toward smaller schools. This has been due ,in part
,to the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation,
which has invested $$1.8 billion in American high
schools, helping to open about
1,000 small
schools-most of them with about 400 kids each with
an average enrollment of only
150 per grade,
About 500 more are on the drawing board. Districts
all over the country are taking
notice, along
with mayors in cities like New York, Chicago and
San Diego. The movement
includes independent
public charter schools, such as No.1 BASIS in
Tucson, with only 120
high-schoolers and 18
graduates this year. It embraces district-
sanctioned magnet schools, such as
the
Talented and Gifted School, with 198 students, and
the Science and Engineering
Magnet,with383,which share a building in
Dallas, as well as the City Honors School in
Buffalo,
N.Y., which grew out of volunteer
evening seminars for students. And it includes
alternative
schools with students selected by
lottery(抽签)，such as H-B Woodlawn in Arlington, Va.
And
most noticeable of all, there is
the phenomenon of large urban and suburban high
schools that
have split up into smaller units
of a few hundred, generally housed in the same
grounds that once
boasted thousands of
students all marching to the same band.
Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, Calif, is one
of those, ranking No.423—among the top
2% in
the country—on Newsweek‟s annual ranking of
America‟s top high schools. The success of
small schools is apparent in the listings. Ten
years ago, when the first Newsweek list based on
college-level test participation was
published, only three of the top 100 schools had
graduating
Classes smaller than 100 students.
This year there are 22. Nearly 250 schools on the
full ,Newsweek list of the top 5% of schools
nationally had fewer than 200 graduates in 2007.
Although many of Hillsdale‟s students came
from wealthy households, by the late 1990
average test scores were sliding and it had
earned the unaffectionate nickname (绰号)
“Hillsjail. ”
Jeff Gilbert. A Hillsdale
teacher who became principal last year, remembers
sitting with other
teachers watching students
file out of a graduation ceremony and asking one
another in
astonishment, “How did that student
graduate?”
So in 2003 Hillsdale remade
itself into three “houses,” romantically named
Florence,
Marrakech and Kyoto. Each of the 300
arriving ninth graders are randomly(随机地) assigned
to
one of the houses. Where they will keep the
same four core subject teachers for two years,
before
moving on to another for 11th and 12th
grades. The closeness this system cultivates is
reinforced
by the institution of “advisory”
classes Teachers meet with students in groups of
25, five mornings
a week, for open-ended
discussions of everything from homework problems
to bad Saturday-night
dates. The advisers also
meet with students privately and stay in touch
with parents, so they are
deeply invested in
the students‟ success.“We‟re constantly talking
about one another‟s advisers,”
says English
teacher Chris Crockett. “If you hear that yours
isn‟t doing well in math, or see them
sitting
outside the dean‟s office, it‟s like a personal
failure.” Along with the new structure came a
more demanding academic program, the
percentage of freshmen taking biology jumped from
17 to
95.“It was rough for some. But by senior
year, two-thirds have moved up to physics,” says
Gilbert
“Our kids are coming to school in part
because they know there are adults here who know
them
and care for them.”But not all schools
show advances after downsizing, and it remains to
be seen
whether smaller schools will be a
cure-all solution.
The Newsweek list of top
U.S. high schools was made this year, as in years
past, according to
a single metric, the
proportion of students taking college-level exams.
Over the years this system
has come in for its
share of criticism for its simplicity. But that is
also its strength: it‟s easy for
readers to
understand, and to do the arithmetic for their own
schools if they‟d like.
Ranking schools is
always controversial, and this year a group of 38
superintendents(地区教
育主管)from five states wrote
to ask that their schools be excluded from the
calculation.“It is
impossible to know which
high schools are „the best‟ in the nation, ”their
letter read. in part.
“Determining whether
different schools do or don‟t offer a high quality
of education requires a
look at man different
measures, including students‟ overall academic
accomplishments and their
subsequent
performance in college. And taking into
consideration the unique needs of their
communities.”
In the end, the
superintendents agreed to provide the data we
sought, which is, after all,
public
information. There is, in our view, no real
dispute here, we are all seeking the same thing,
which is schools that better serve our
children and our nation by encouraging students to
tackle
tough subjects under the guidance of
gifted teachers. And if we keep working toward
that goal,
someday, perhaps a list
won‟t be necessary.
注意：此部分试题请在答卡1上作答.
1. Fifty years ago. big. Modern. Suburban high
schools were established in the hope of
__________.
A) ensuring no child is left
behind
B) increasing economic efficiency
C) improving students‟ performance on SAT
D) providing good education for baby boomers
2. What happened as a result of setting
up big schools?
A) Teachers‟ workload
increased.
B) Students‟ performance
declined.
C) Administration became
centralized.
D) Students focused more on test
scores.
3. What is said about the
schools forded by the Bill and Melinda Gates
foundation?
A) They are usually magnet
schools.
B) They are often located in poor
neighborhoods.
C) They are popular with
high-achieving students.
D) They are mostly
small in size.
4. What is most noticeable about the
current trend in high school education?
A)
Some large schools have split up into smaller
ones.
B) A great variety of schools have
sprung up in urban and suburban areas.
C) Many
schools compete for the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation funds.
D) Students have to meet
higher academic standards.
5. Newsweek
ranked high schools according to .
A) their
students‟ academic achievement
B) the number
of their students admitted to college
C) the
size and number of their graduating classes
D)
their college-level test participation
6. What can we learn about Hillsdale‟s students in
the late 1990s?
A) They were made to study
hard like prisoners.
B) They called each
other by unaffectionate nicknames.
C) Most
of them did not have any sense of discipline,
D) Their school performance was getting worse.
7. According to Jeff Gilbert, the
“advisory” classes at Hillsdale were set up so
that students
could .
A) tell their
teachers what they did on weekends
B)
experience a great deal of pleasure in learning
C) maintain closer relationships with their
teachers
D) tackle the demanding
biology and physics courses
8. is still
considered a strength of Newsweek‟s school ranking
system in spite of the
criticism it receives.
9. According to the 38 superintendents,
to rank schools scientifically, it is necessary to
use .
10. To better serve the children
and our nation, schools students to take .
Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension (35minutes)
Section A
Directions: in this section you
will hear 8 short conversations, 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 2 with a
single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答案卡2上作案。
11. A) Trying to sketch a
map C) Discussing a house plan.
B) Painting
the dining room. D) Cleaning the kitchen.
12. A) She is tired of the food in the
canteen.
B) She often eats in a French
restaurant.
C) She usually takes a snack in
the KFC.
D) She in very fussy about what she
eats.
13. A) Listening to some loud
music C) Talking loudly on the telephone.
B)
Preparing for as oral examination. D) Practicing
for a speech contest.
14. A) The man
has left a good impression on her family.
B)
The man can dress casually for the occasion.
C) The man should buy himself a new suit.
D)
The man‟s jeans and T-shirts are stylish.
15. A)Grey pants made from pure cotton. C)
100% cotton pants in dark blue.
B) Fashionable
pants in bright colors. D) Something to match her
brown pants.
16. A) Its price. C) Its
comfort.
B) Its location D) Its facilities.
17. A) Travel overseas. C) Take a
photo.
B) Look for a new job. D) Adopt a
child.
18. A)It is a routine offer.
C)It is quite healthy.
B) It is new on the
menu. D)It is a good bargain.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation
you .
19. A) Hosting an evening TV program.
C) Lecturing on business management.
B) Having
her bicycle repaired. D) Conducting a market
survey.
20. A) He repaired bicycles. C)
He worked as a salesman.
B) He served as a
consultant. D) He coached in a racing club.
21. A) He wanted to be his own boss.
B) He found it more profitable
C) He didn‟t
want to start from scratch.
D) He didn‟t want
to be in too much debt.
22. A) They
work five days a week. C) They are paid by the
hour.
B) They are all the man‟s friends. D)
They all enjoy gambling.
Questions 23 to
25 are based on the conversation you have just
heard.
23. A) It has gradually given
way to service industry.
B) It remains a
major part of industrial activity.
C) It has
a history as long as paper processing.
D) It
accounts for 80 percent of the region‟s GDP.
24. A) Transport problems. C) Lack of
resources.
B) Shortage of funding. D) poor
management.
25.A) Competition from
rival companies. C) Possible locations for a new
factory
B) Product promotion campaigns. D)
Measures to create job opportunities.
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 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 28 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
26. A) They shared mutual
friends in school.
B) They had known each
other since childhood.
C) They shared many
extracurricular activities.
D) They had many
interests in common.
27. A) At a local
club. B)At the sports center.
B) At Joe‟s
house. D)At the bearing school.
28.
A) Durable friendships can be very difficult to
maintain
B) One has to be respectful of
other people in order to win respect.
C) It
is hard for people from different backgrounds to
become friends
D) Social divisions will break
down if people get to know each other
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based as
the passage you have just heart.
29. A)
Near the entrance of a park. C) At a parking
meter.
B) In his building‟s parking lot D)At a
street corner.
30.A)It had been taken
by the police C) In had been stolen by someone.
B) it had keen moved to the next block. D ) it
had been parked at a wrong place
31. A)
At the Greenville center. C) In a neighboring
town.
B) At a public parking lot. D) In a the
city garage.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage
you have just heard.
32. A) Famous
creative individuals. C) A major scientific
discovery.
B) The mysteriousness of
creativity. D) Creativity as shown in arts.
33. A) It is something people all engage in.
C) It starts soon after we are born.
B) It
helps people acquire knowledge. D) It is the
source of all artistic work.
34. A)
Creative imagination. C) Natural curiosity.
B)
Logical reasoning D) Critical thinking.
35. A) It is beyond ordinary people. C) It is part
of everyday life.
B) It is yet to be fully
understood. D) It is a unique human trait.
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 other use the exact words you have
just heard or write down
the main points in
your are 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。
Students have been complaining more and more about
stolen property. Radios, cell phones,
bicycles, pocket(36) ,and books have all been
reported stolen. Are there enough campus police to
do the job?
There are 20 officers
in the Campus Security Division Their job is
to(37) crime, accidents
lost and found(38)
,and traffic problems on campus. More than half of
their time is spent directing
traffic and
writing parking tickets.(39) promptly to accidents
and other(40) is important, but it is
their
smallest job.
Dealing with crime takes up
the rest of their time. Very(41) do any violent
crimes
actually(42) .In the last five years
there have been no(43) .seven robberies and about
60 other
violent attacks, most of these
involving fights at parties. On the other
hand,(44)
,which usually involves breaking
windows or lights or writing on walls. The thefts
are not the
carefully planned
burglaries(入室盗窃)that you see in movies.(45)
.
Do we really need more police? Hiring more
campus police would cost money, possibly
making our tuition go up again.(46)
.
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension(Reading in
depth)(25minntes)
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 ward bank 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
them 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,
One
in six. Believe it or not, that‟s the number of
Americans who struggle with hanger To
make
tomorrow a little better, Feeding Action Month. As
part of its 30 Ways in 30 Days program,
It‟s
asking 48 across the country to help the more than
200 food banks and 61,000 agencies in its
network provide low-income individuals and
families with the fuel they need to 49 .
It‟s the kind of work that‟s done every day at St.
Andrew‟s Episcopal Church in San Antonio,
People who 50 at its front door on the first
and third Thursdays of each month aren‟t looking
for
God-they‟re there for something to eat,
St. Andrew‟s runs a food pantry(食品堂)that 51 the
city
and several of the 52 towns. Janet Drane
is its manager.
In the wake of the 53 .the
number of families in need of food assistance
began to grow. It is
54 that 49 million
Americans are unsure of where they will find their
next meal What‟s most
surprising is that 36%
of them live in 55 where at least one adult is
working.“It used to be that one
job was all
you needed.” says St. Andrew‟s Drane.“The people
we see now have three or four
part-time jobs
and they‟re still right on the edge 56 .”
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
A) survive I)formally
B) surrounding J)financially
C)
serves K)domestic
D) reviewed L)competition
E) reported M)communities
F) recession
N)circling
G) households O)accumulate
H) gather
Section B
Directions:
there are 2 passages in this section. Each passage
is followed by some questions
or unfinished
statements For each of them there are four choices
marked A),B),C) and D).You
should decide on
the best choice and mark the corresponding letter
on
Answer Sheer 2 with a single line through
the centre.
Passage One
Questions
57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
In times of economic crisis. Americans turn to
their families for support. If the Great
Depression is any guide, we may see a drop in
our skyhigh divorce rate. But this won‟t
necessarily
represent. an increase in happy
marriages. In the long run, the Depression
weakened American
families, and the current
crisis will probably do the same.
We tend to
think of the Depression as a time when families
pulled together to survive huge
job losses, By
1932. when nearly one-quarter of the workforce was
unemployed, the divorce rate
had declined by
around 25% from 1929 But this doesn‟t mean people
were suddenly happier with
their marriages.
Rather, with incomes decreasing and insecure jobs,
unhappy couples often
couldn‟t afford to
divorce. They feared neither spouse could manage
alone.
Today, given the job losses of the
past year, fewer unhappy couples will risk
starting separate
households, Furthermore, the
housing market meltdown will make it more
difficult for them to
finance their
separations by selling their homes.
After
financial disasters family members also tend to do
whatever they can to help each other
and their
communities, A 1940 book. The Unemployed Man and
His Family, described a family in
which the
husband initially reacted to losing his job “with
tireless search for work.”He was always
active, looking for odd jobs to do.
The
problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain
Across the country, many similar
families were
unable to maintain the initial boost in
morale(士气). For some, the hardships of life
without steady work eventually overwhelmed
their attempts to keep their families together.
The
divorce rate rose again during the rest of
the decade as the recovery took hold.
Millions of American families may now be in the
initial stage of their responses to the current
crisis, working together and supporting one
another through the early months of unemployment.
Today‟s economic crisis could well generate
a similar number of couples whose relationships
have been irreparably(无法弥补地)ruined. So it‟s
only when the economy is healthy again that
we‟ll begin to see just how many broken
families have been created.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
the initial stage, the current
economic crisis is likely to __________.
A)
tear many troubled families apart
B)
contribute to enduring family ties
C) bring
about a drop in the divorce rate
D) cause a
lot of conflicts in the family
58. In
the Great Depression many unhappy couples close to
stick together because
A) starting a new
family would be hard
B) they expected
things would turn better
C) they wanted to
better protect their kids
D) living
separately would be too costly
59 .In
addition to job losses. What stands in the way of
unhappy couples getting a divorce?
A)
Mounting family debts
B) A sense of
insecurity
C) Difficulty in getting a loan
D) Falling housing prices
60. What
will the current economic crisis eventually do to
some married couples?
A) It will force them
to pull their efforts together
B) It will
undermine their mutual understanding
C) It
will help strengthen their emotional bonds
D)
It will irreparably damage their relationship
61. What can be inferred from the last
paragraph?
A) The economic recovery will see
a higher divorce rate
B) Few couples can
stand the test of economic hardships
C) A
stable family is the best protection against
poverty.
D) Money is the foundation of many a
happy marriage
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following
passage:
People are being lured
(引诱)onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free
service without
realizing they‟re paying for
it by giving up toads of personal information.
Facebook then attempts
to make money by
selling their data to advertisers that want to
send targeted messages.
Most Facebook users
don‟t realize this is happening. Even if they know
what the company is
up to, they still have no
idea what they‟re paying for Face book because
people don‟t really know
what their personal
data is worth.
The biggest problem, however,
is that the company keeps changing the rules Early
on you
keep everything private. That was the
great thing about facebook you could create own
little
private network. Last year. The company
changed its privacy rules so that many things you
city.
Your photo, your friends‟ names-were
set, by default (默认)to be shared with every one on
the
Internet.
According to Facebook‟s
vice-president Elliot Schrage, the company is
simply making
changes to improve its service,
and if people don‟t share information They have a
“less satisfying
experience”.
Some
critics think this is more about Facebook looking
to make more money. In original
business
model, which involved selling ads and putting then
At the side of the pages totally Who
wants to
took at ads when they‟re online connecting with
their friends?
The privacy issue has already
landed Facebook in hot water in Washington. In
April. Senator
Charles Schumer called on
Facebook to change its privacy policy. He also
urged the Federal Trade
Commission to set
guidelines for social-networking sites.“I think
the senator rightly
communicated that we had
not been clear about what the new products were
and how people
could choose to use them
or not to use them,” Schrage admits.
I
suspect that whatever Facebook has done so far to
invade our privacy, it‟s only the
beginning.
Which is why I‟m considering deactivating(撤销)my
account. Facebook is a handy site,
but I‟m
upset by the idea that my information is in the
hands of people I don‟t That‟s too high a
price to pay.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
62. What do we learn about Facebook from the first
paragraph?
A) It is a website that sends
messages to targeted users.
B) It makes
money by putting on advertisements.
C) It
profits by selling its users‟ personal data.
D) It provides loads of information to its
users.
63. What does the author say
about most Facebook users?
A) They are
reluctant to give up their personal information.
B) They don‟t know their personal data
enriches Facebook.
C) They don‟t identify
themselves when using the website.
D) They
care very little about their personal information.
64. Why does Facebook make changes to
its rules according to Elliot Schrage?
A) To
render better service to its users.
B) To
conform to the Federal guidelines.
C) To
improve its users‟ connectivity.
D) To expand
its scope of business.
65. Why does
Senator Charles Schumer advocate?
A) Setting
guidelines for advertising on websites.
B)
Banning the sharing of users‟ personal
information.
C) Formulating regulations for
social-networking sites.
D) Removing ads from
all social-networking sites.
66. Why
does the author plan to cancel his Facebook
account?
A) He is dissatisfied with its
current service.
B) He finds many of its
users untrustworthy.
C) He doesn‟t want his
personal data abused.
D) He is upset by its
frequent rule changes.
Part V Cloze (15
minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in
the following passage. For each blank there are
four
choices marked A),B),C) and D)on the
right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE
that
best fits into the passage. 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。
Because conflict and
disagreements are part of all close relationships,
couples need to learn
strategies for
managing conflict in a healthy and constructive
way. Some couples just 67 and deny
the
presence of any conflict in a relationship. 68
,denying the existence of conflict results in
couples 69 to solve their problems at early 70
,which can then lead to even greater problems
later
71 .Not surprisingly, expressing anger
and disagreement leads to lower marital
(婚姻
的)satisfaction at the beginning. However,
this pattern of behavior 72 increases in marital
satisfaction over time. Research suggests that
working 73 conflicts is an important predictor of
marital satisfaction.
So, what can you
do to manage conflict in your own relationships?
First, try to understand the
other person‟s
point of view 74 put yourself in his of her place.
People who are 75 to what their
partner thinks
and feels 76 greater relationship satisfaction.
For example, researchers found that
among
people in dating relationships 77 marriages, those
who can adopt their partner‟s
perspective show
more positive 78 .more relationship-enhancing
attributes and more constructive
responses 79
conflict.
Second, because conflict and
disagreements are an 80 part of close
relationships. People need
to be able to
apologize to their partner for wrongdoing and 81
forgiveness from their parents for
their own
acts. Apologies minimize conflict, lead to
forgiveness, and serve to restore relationship
closeness. In line 82 this view, spouses who
are more forgiving show higher mental 83 over
time.
Increasingly, apologizing can even have
84 health benefits. For example, when people
reflect on
hurtful 85 and grudges(怨恨)，they
show negative physiological(生理的) effects,
including 86
heart rate and blood pressure,
compared to when they reflect on sympathetic
perspective-taking
and forgiving.
67.A)resolve B)regret C)abandon D)avoid
68. A)Besides B)Therefore C)Moreover D)However
69. A)trying B)declining C)failing
D)striving
70. A)ages B)years C)stages
D)intervals
71. A)on B)by C)off D)away
72. A)prescribes B)protests C)proves
D)predicts
73. A)round B)amid C)among
D)through
74. A)so B)while C)but D)and
75. A)sensitive B)superior C)exclusive
D)efficient
76. A)expose B)experience
C)explore D)exploit
77. A)as long as B)as
far as C)as well as D)as soon as
78.
A)minds B)emotions C)psychology D)affection
79. A)to B)against C)at D)toward
80. A)absolute B)inevitable C)essential
D)obvious
81. A)require B)inquire
C)receive D)achieve
82. A)over B)with
C)up D)of
83. A)quality B)identity
C)charity D)capability
84. A)creative
B)positive C)objective D)competitive
85.
A)prospects B)concepts C)memories D)outlooks
86. A)added B)toughened C)strengthened
D)increased
Part Vl Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by
translating into English the Chinese given in
brackets.
Please write your translation on
Answer Sheet 2
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答，只需写出译文部分。
flowers looked as if
they_____________________(好长时间没有浇水了).
bought
a car last week. It
is______________________(比我的车便宜一千英镑).
TV
program is quite boning We
might______________(不妨听听音乐)
left his office
in a hurry, with______________________(灯亮着，门开着)
famous novel is said to
__________________________(已经被译成多种语言).
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
2012年6月大学英语四级考试真题答案解析
Part Ⅰ Writing (30minutes)
参考作文:
On
Excessive Packaging
Nowadays the phenomena
of excessive packaging of goods are prevailing in
our society:
clothes swathed in tissue paper,
placed in cardboard box and finally wrapped in
well-designed
plastic bags, imported bottles
of grape wine packed in wooden boxes, fruits put
in hand-woven
baskets, to name but a few。
There are several causes of excessive packaging.
The first reason is that a large number of
companies believe that they can attract
customers‟ attention and stimulate their
purchasing desire
by over-packaging their
goods, thus gaining more profits. On the other
hand, quite a number of
consumers mistakenly
hold that the more delicate the package is, the
better the quality will be,
thus encouraging
excessive packaging。
In my point of view,
excessive packaging has disastrous consequences,
including the loss of
precious resources,
excessive consumption of water and energy, and
unnecessary extraction of
scarce land for
landfill。
To solve the problem, it‟s
necessary to take the following measures. First,
laws and
regulations must be made to restrict
excessive packaging of companies. In addition, we
need to
raise consumer‟s awareness that
excessive packaging doesn‟t equal to high quality
and advocate
packaging recycling.
【解析】
本次作文的话题是“过度包装”，话题不断新，考生应该都比较熟悉。写好本篇作文的关
键
在于紧跟题目所列提纲：现象——原因——看法和建议，确定相应的写作结构。重点分析
产生此现象的原
因有哪些，把最重要的两三点罗列下来。最后，根据分析出的原因提供相应
的建议。
范文首段开门见山，首先一句话总结如今社会上过度包装现象盛行，而后举出一些实例
补充说明。
第二段重点从公司和消费者两方面论述产生过度包装的原因。公司方面是为了吸引顾
客，刺
激消费，赢取更多的利润；消费者方面是认为包装越精美，质量越好这种错误的消费
意识。
接下来作者表明自己的看法，认为过度包装会导致很多问题：稀缺资源的流失；水，能
源的过度消耗以及
产生不必要的垃圾场等。
最后一段作者针对原因提出了一些解决方案。第一方面，建立法律规章制
度来约束企业
的过度包装行为。第二方面，必须让消费者认识到过度包装不等同于高质量，并提倡包装物
的回收利用。
本文条理清晰，论述充分，语言使用规范得当，如：to
name but a few，the first reason is
that…，on
the other hand，in my point of view，to solve the
problem，first，in addition等。
Part Ⅱ Reading
Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15minutes)
答案:
1. D) providing good education
for baby boomers。
2. D) Students‟
performance declined。
3. D) They are mostly
small in size。
4. D) Some large schools have
split up into smaller ones。
5. C) their
college-level test participation。
6. B)
Their school performance was getting worse。
7. A) maintain closer relationships with their
teachers。
8. Simplicity
9. different
measures
10. tough subjects
Part Ⅲ
Listening Comprehension (35minutes)
Section A
听力原文及答案解析:
11.
M: As you can see
from the drawings, the kitchen has one door into
the dining room, another
into the family room
and a third to the outside。
W: The door into the
family room isn‟t big enough. Could it be made
wider?
Q: What are the speakers doing?
【答案】D) Discussing a housing plan。
【解析】此题为简
单的推理题。从drawing，kitchen等关键词可知，两人正在看房间的
图纸，并讨论希望f
amily room能够再大点。
12.
M: I‟m thinking
about where to go for a bite tonight. Any
suggestions, Barbara?
W: Well, how about the
French restaurant near the KFC? Frankly, I‟ve had
enough of our
canteen food。
Q: What do
we learn about the woman?
【答案】D) She is
tired of the food in the canteen。
【解析】此题为推理题
。从对话中可知，男子问女子对于晚上到哪里吃饭有没有任何建
议。女子回答去KFC旁边的法国餐厅，
因为她已经受够了食堂的食物。
13.
W: Hey, if you
can‟t enjoy the music at a sensible volume, why
not use earphones? I‟m
preparing for the
speech contest。
M: Oh, sorry. I didn‟t realize I‟ve being
bothering you all this time。
Q: What is the
man probably doing?
【答案】C) Listening to some
loud music。
【解析】此题为较为简单的推理题。从volume，earphone，b
other等关键词可知该男子
听音乐时把音量调的很高，从而影响到了女子准备演讲比赛。
14.
M: Finally, I‟ve got the chance to put
on my new suit tonight. I hope to make a good
impression on your family。
W: Come on! It‟s
only a family reunion. So jeans and T-shirts are
just fine.
Q: What does the woman mean?
【答案】C) The man can dress casually for the
occasion。
【解析】此题为推理题。男子想穿新套装给女方家庭留下好印象，但是女子说这只
是个
家庭聚会，穿牛仔裤和T恤就行，即穿着随意即可。
15.
M:
Would you like to see those pants in brown and
navy blue? These two colors are coming
in this
season。
W: Oh, actually grey is my favourite
color, but I prefer something made from cotton,
100%
cotton I mean。
Q: What is the woman
looking for?
【答案】B) Grey pants made from
pure cotton。
【解析】此题为细节题。从关键词pants，grey，100%
cotton可知，女子想要的是灰色
纯棉的短裤。
16.
W:
From here, the mountains look as if you could just
reach out and touch them。
M: That‟s why I
chose this lodge. It has one of the best views in
Switzerland。
Q: What is the man‟s chief
consideration in choosing the lodge?
【答案】C)
Its location。
【解析】此题为细节题。男子说他选择这个旅馆的原因是它有着瑞士
最好的视野，所以
他最在乎的是位置。
17.
M: What do I
have to do to apply for a passport?
W: You
need proof of citizenship, either an old passport
or a birth certificate and three
photographs.
Then you must complete this form and pay a fee。
Q: What is the man most probably going to
do?
【答案】C) Travel overseas。
【解析】此题为推理题
。男子询问女子如何申请护照，女子回答时说的出生证，照片等
是申请护照的所需用品。
18.
M: Miss, can I interest you in a pork
special with serving tonight? It‟s only 799, half
the
usual price and it‟s very tasty。
W:
Oh really? I will try it。
Q: What does the
man say about the dish?
【答案】A) It is a good
bargain。
【解析】此题为细节题。男子在给女子推荐时说该道菜今晚的价格是平时的一般
，且很
好吃，可见十分划算。
Conversation 1
W：Good evening, and welcome to this week‟s
business world. The program for and about
business people. Tonight we have Mr. Steven
Kayne, who has just taken over and established
bicycle shop. Tell us, Mr. Kayne, what made
you want to run your own store?
M: Well, I
always loved racing bikes and fixing them. When I
was working full-time as a
salesman for a big
company, I seldom had time to enjoy my hobby. I
knew then that as soon as I
had enough
money to get my own business going, I‟ll do it. I
had m
y heart set on it and I didn‟t let
anything stand in my way. When I went down to the
bank and got
a business loan, I knew I‟d love
being my own boss. Now my time is my own. I open
the store
when I want and leave when I want。
W:You mean you don‟t keep regular hours?
M: Well, the sign on my store says the hours
are ten to six, but if business is slower than
usual, I can just lock up and take off early。
W: Had you hired any employees to work with
you yet?
M: Yeah, a couple of friends of
mine who love biking as much as I do. They help me
out a
few days a week. It‟s great because we
play cards or just sit around and talk when there
are no
customers.
W: Thank you, Mr.
Kayne. We wish you success in your new business。
is the woman doing?
did Mr. Kayne do
before he took over the bicycle shop?
did
the man take over a bicycle shop?
Q22. What
do we learn about the people working in the shop?
答案：
19. D) Conducting a market survey.
20. A) He repaired bicycles.
21. B) He
found it more profitable
22. A) They work
five days a week.
Conversation 2
W:
Well, the main activities in the region were
historically steel and paper processing, I
think。
M: Yes, but I‟m not quite sure
about the status of those industries now. Could
you tell us
something about that?
W:
Yes, of course. In fact, they are less
significant, but steel-related manufacturing still
accounts for 44% of industrial activity. So
it‟s still very important. In fact, 80% of Spain‟s
machine tools are from the Basque country. As
for paper processing, there‟s still a little. But
it‟s no
longer what it once was in the region.
So, is that clear?
M: Yes, thanks。
W:
Now, to get back to what I was saying, there‟s a
lot of unemployment as well as
geographical
problems in the region。
M: Sorry, Victoria.
What do you mean by geographical problems?
W: Well, what I mean is the area is very hilly,
mountainous in parts. So there used to be
transport p roblems, now though there are new
train links and better roads, but it may be that
some
smaller towns inland remain not very well
connected, is that OK? Does that make sense? When
we talk about specific location suggestions
for the factory, we‟ll see this in more detail, so
we‟ll
come back to this question, OK?
M: OK, right。
W: So I was about to say
something about the work force in the region and
the level of
training and education. In
general, it‟s very good and improving。
Question 23-25 are based on the conversation you
have just heard。
23. What does the woman say
about the steel-related manufacturing in the
region?
24. What problems hinder the
region‟s development?
25. What will the
speakers discuss later?
答案：
23. B) It
remains a major part of industrial activity.
24. C) Lack of resources.
25. C) Possible
locations for a new factory
Section B
Passage one
I first met Joe Ganz when we were
both nine years old, which is probably the only
reason he‟s one
of my best friends. If I had
first met Joe as a freshman in high school we
wouldn‟t even have had
the chance to get to
know each other. Joe is a day student, but I am a
boarding student. We haven‟t
been in same
classes, sports or extra-curricular activities.
Nonetheless, I spend nearly every
weekend at
his house and we talk on the phone every night.
This is not to say that we would not
have been
compatible if we had first met in our freshman
year. Rather, we would not have been
likely to
spend enough time getting to know each other due
to the lack of immediately visible
mutual
interests. In fact, to be honest, I struggle even
now to think of things we have in common.
But
maybe that‟s what makes us enjoy each other‟s
company so much. When I look at my
friendship
with Joe, I wonder how many people I‟ve known whom
I never disliked, but simply
didn‟t take the
time to get to know. Thanks to Joe, I have
realized how little basis there is for the
social divisions that exist in every
community. Since this realization, I have begun to
make an
even more determined effort to find
friends in unexpected people and places。
Q:
26: Why does the speaker say Joe Ganz became
one of his best friends?
27: Where does the
speaker spend most of his weekends?
28: What
has the speaker learned from his friendship with
Joe?
答案
Q26: B. They had known each
other since childhood
Q27: B. At Joe‟s house
Q28: A. Social divisions will break down if
people get to know each other。
Passage two
It was a bad night for Lewis. His research in
the neighboring town has taken longer than he
expected. It was late and he was very tired
when he drove home. He turned into his building‟s
parking lot, but all the spaces were full. He
drove back out onto the street, looking for a
parking
space. The first block was full. The
next block was almost empty. Lewis didn‟t see a
“no parking”
sign, but he has expected that
his parking were allowed there. Most the spaces
would be filled.
Then he saw a small parking
lot with two free spaces. He was so glad to see
them that he didn‟t
even think to read the
sign by the entrance. He drove in, parked and
hurried home to go to bed.
The next morning he
went back to the lot to get his car. It was gone.
He ran home and telephoned
the city police to
say that his car had been stolen. It took the
police only a minute to tell him what
had
happened: his car had been on a private lot. It
had been taken away by the police. Lewis had
to take a taxi to visit the city garage far
from the city center. He had to pay a fee of 40
dollars to
get his car back. In addition, he
got a parking ticket, his first one ever in
Greenville。
Q:
29: Where did Lewis
intend to park his car when he came back from work
one night?
30: What did Lewis think had
happened to his car the next morning?
31:
Where did Lewis finally get his car back?
答案
Q29: A. In his building‟s parking lot
Q30: A. It had been stolen by someone
Q31:
B. In the city garage
Passage three
Well,
to pick up where we left off last time, I believe
we agreed that creativity is a mysterious
idea. It was those things we all recognize
when we see it, but we don‟t really understand
what it is.
We seem to feel that some people
are naturally creative, but we don‟t know how they
got that way.
Is creativity a natural gift
like good looks, or is it something that can be
acquired like knowledge?
Perhaps if we analyze
the creative process carefully, we might get some
insight into what it is and
how it might work
in our lives. The creative process has always been
accepted as the source of all
important work
in the arts, but we should not think the
creativity plays a role only in the arts.
Every major scientific discovery began with
someone imagining the world to look differently
from the way others saw it. And this is what
creativity is all about -- imagining the world in
a new
way. And despite what you may believe
about the limits of your own creative
imaginations, we all
have the potential to
imagine the world in an absolutely new way. In
fact, you are born with it. It is
your birth
right as a human being. And what‟s more, you use
it every day, almost every moment of
your
life. Your creative imagination is what you use to
make sense of your experiences. You‟re
your
creative mind that gets meaning from chaos of
experiences and brings order to your world。
32. What did the speaker most probably discuss
last time?
33. What is the widely accepted
idea about the creative process?
34. What
leads to major scientific discoveries according to
the speaker?
35. What does the speaker imply
about the creative process?
答案
Q32: D.
The mysteriousness of creativity
Q33: A. It
is the source of all artistic work
Q34: D.
Creative imagination
Q35: A. It is part of
everyday life
Section C
复合式听写
Students
have been complaining more and more about stolen
property. Radios, cell phones ,
bicycles,
pocket (36) calculators, and books have all been
reported stolen. Are there enough
campus
police to do the job? There are 20 officers in the
campus security division. Their job is to
(37)
handle crime, accidents, lost and found (38)
items, and traffic problems on campus. More
than half of their time is spent directing
traffic and writing parking tickets. (39)
Responding
promptly to accidents and other
(40) emergencies is important, but it is their
smallest job. Dealing
with crime takes up the
rest of their time. Very (41) rarely did any
violent crimes actually (42)
occur. In the
last five years there have been no (43) murders,
seven robberies, and about sixty
other violent
attacks, most of these involving fights at
parties. On the other hand, (44) there have
been hundreds of thefts and cases of
deliberate damaging of public property, which
usually
involves breaking windows or lights,
or writing on walls. The thefts are not the
carefully planned
burglaries that you
see in movies. (45)Things get stolen when it is
just easy to steal them because
they are left
lying around unwatched. Do we really need more
police? Hiring more campus police
would cost
money, possibly making our tuition go up
again.(46) A better way to solve this
problem
might be for all of us to be more careful with our
things.
【答案】
36. calculators
37.
handle
38. items
39. Responding
40. emergencies
41. rarely
42. occur
43. murders
44. there have been
hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate
damaging of public property
45. Things get
stolen when it is easy to steal them because they
are left lying around
unwatched
46. A
better way to solve this problem might be for all
of us to be more careful with our
things
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension(Reading in
depth)(25minntes)
Section A
【解析】
这篇文章谈论的是校园盗窃。从校园相关话题的角度而言，复合式听写的内容非常贴近
生活
，是考生所熟悉的。具体听写内容，单词仍然以一句话的主干内容为主，即名词和动词；
而句子听写的长
度和停顿间隔仍与往年一致，即18词左右，且每句间隔1-2句。所以，复
合式听写难度与往年持平。
但是考生们应考和平时听写时，都需要特别注意细节，如名词复
数的变化，emergency的复数e
mergencies； 难词的拼写calculator(计算器)、theft(盗窃)。
47. E. domestic
48. C. communities
49.
O. survive
50. H. gather
51. M. serves
52. N. surroundings
53. J. recession
54. K. reported
55. I. households
56. F. financially
【解析】
这篇文章选自Time杂志，讲
述的是美国采取了一系列的食品援助行动为低收入者提供
食物，经济萧条让越来越多的人陷入温饱危机，
其中甚至包括有工作的人。
文章思路比较清晰，理解起来并不难。选项中也没有易混淆的干扰项，考生
只要把握文
章的主线，注意通过词性排除选项，很容易得出答案。
Section B
Passage One
答案：
57. B. bring
about a drop in the divorce rate
58. C. living
separately would be too costly
59. D. Falling
housing prices。
60. C. It will irreparably
damage their relationship。
61. D. The economic
recovery will see a higher divorce rate。
【点评】：这篇文章来源于2009年5月的《纽约时报》(原文地址：
http:
)，题目为Married With Bankruptcy。这里有删减。文章分析了经济危机给夫
妇带来的影
响，指出经济危机不会提高离婚率并分析了几个原因，如夫妇无法承担离婚的成本，房价下<
br>降等等。文章最后三段指出虽然不会离婚，但夫妻的这种关系也不会维持太久，经济危机的
考验要
到经济复苏时期才能显现出来。
Passage Two
答案：
62.
D) It profits by selling its user‟s personal data。
63. C) They don‟t know their personal data
enriches Facebook。
64. C) To render better
service to its users。
65. B) Formulating
regulations for social-networking sites。
66.
C) He doesn‟t want his personal data abused。
点评：
文章的主题围绕当下很受欢迎的社交网站Facebook，揭露其将用户资料出售给广告商。
而大多数用户并未意识到这一点，因为他们并没有意识到个人资料的重要性。作者的态度和
立场
非常鲜明，并表示考虑注销自己的账户。
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
答案：
67. C avoid
68. B however
69. D failing
70. C stages
71. A on
72. A predicts
73. A through
74.
B and
75. B sensitive
76. D experience
77. B as well as
78. C emotions
79. D to
80. A inevitable
81. D
receive
82. A with
83. D quality
84. B positive
85. A memories
86.
B increased
Part Vl Translation (5
minutes)
87. Those flowers looked as if
they hadn't been watered for a long
time(好长时间没有浇水
了)。
【点评】they即flowers做主语，用被动
语态。一段时间应用完成时，looked过去式相
比，后面应该过去
完成时。
88. Fred bought a car last week. It is 1,000
cheaper than mine(比我的车便宜一千英镑)。
【点评】简单的比较级，cheaper than。不需要重复car，直接用mine代替my car。
89. This TV program is quite boring. We
might as well listen to the music (不妨听听音乐)。
【点评】might as well“不妨”，原句中有might。listen to the
music，听音乐。
90. He left his office in a
hurry, with lights on and doors open(灯亮着，门开着)。
【点评】with短语做伴随状语，逻辑主语和表语之间的系动词省略。
famous novel is said to have been translated into
multiple languages(已经被译成多
种语言)。
【点评】be
said to后面跟动词原型，“已经被译”，用完成时被动语态have been
translated，
介词用into。