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1、更多资料登陆淘宝网址 绿色柠檬2012 年 12 月英语四级真题及答案Part Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections：In this section,you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After
2、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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Example:You will read: A) At the office. B) In the waiting room
3、.C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant.From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This conversation is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore,A)“At the office” is the best answer. You should choose A) on the Answer She
4、et and mark it with a single line through the centre.Sample Answer ABCD1. A) The fourth floor. B) The fifth floor. C) The sixth floor. D) The seventh floor.2. A) John bought a cheap computer. B) John bought Morris a computer.C) Morris bought a computer from John. D) Morris bought a new computer.3. A
5、) Recognize Jane first. B) Tell the woman why.C) Go on a diet. D) Feel at ease.4. A) The white one. B) The brick one.C) The prettier one. D) The better one.5. A) The summer this year is terribly hot. B) Last summer was even hotter.C) Hot weather helps lose weight. D) Light was stronger this morning.
6、6. A) No one on the bus was injured.B) Everyone on the bus was injured.C) Only one student on the bus was injured.更多资料登陆淘宝网址 绿色柠檬D) More than one student on the bus was injured.7. A) Drawing some money. B) Opening a deposit account.C) Saving much money. D) Putting money in the bank.8. A) They have
7、too little patience. B) They are not strict with students.C) They are very hard on students. D) They are more hardworking than before.9. A) The woman is very worried. B) The man doesnt like thinking.C) The man has done something wrong. D) The woman can do nothing for the man.10. A) Because the waist
8、 was a bit too tight.B) Because there wasnt any of her size.C) Because she didnt look good in the dress.D) Because the style was not what she liked.Section B Compound Dictation注意：听力理解的 B 节（Section B）为复合式听写（Compound Dictation），题目在试卷二上。 现在请取出试卷二。A supermarket club card is a new way for people to save
9、money on items they buy. People used to cut out coupons (赠券)to(S1) save money. Now they use a card that looks like a(S2)credit card when they pay for items. Only people with cards can get the(S3)lower price.To get a card, people must give out their name, address, and other(S4)personal information. E
10、verything club card-users buy is (S5)stored on a computer in a file with their name on it. In the coupon days, no one kept (S6)track of the things people bought. Now, computers allow huge(S7)amounts of information to be saved.In order to save money with the cards, people could lose privacy. So far,
11、the information, or data, is private. But that could change. There are many companies who might be interested in knowing what people buy. For instance, (S8)an insurance company might want to know if their clients buy healthy food, or if people buy a lot of medicine from the store.A California Senato
12、r, Debra Bowen, wants to make sure there are laws to protect data kept on computers. She says,“(S9)The laws that govern privacy really havent caught up with technology. ”更多资料登陆淘宝网址 绿色柠檬Stores that use club cards have promised to keep the information private. (S10)Some people are afraid the stores m
13、ight change their minds if companies offered enough money. Some people say the information is worth as much as treasure.Part Reading Comprehension(35 minutes)Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are
14、 four choices marked A),B),C)and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.The predictability of our mortality rates is something that has long
15、puzzled social scientists. After all, there is no natural reason why 2,500 people should accidentally shoot themselves each year or why 7,000 should drown or 55,000 die in their cars. No one establishes a quota for each type of death. It just happens that they follow a consistent pattern year after
16、year.A few years ago a Canadian psychologist named Gerald Wilde became interested in this phenomenon. He noticed that mortality rates for violent and accidental deaths throughout the Western world have remained oddly static throughout the whole of the century, despite all the technological advances and increases in safety standards that have happened in that time. Wilde developed an intriguing theory called “ris
