大学英语四级考试（CET4）
（恩波英语研究所命题）
COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST
— Band Four —
试题册
（130分钟）
恩波英语模考试卷PartⅠWriting(30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short Saving Energy based on the statistics provided in the chart below (Family Energy Consumption). Please give a brief description of the chart first and then make comments on it. You should write at least 120 words be no more than 180 words.
Part ⅡListening Comprehension(30 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each 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) Call the garage for solution.C) Try to get a taxi in time.
B) Ask the neighbor for help.D) Stay at home and wait for him.
2. A) The reading group makes the woman like reading.
B) The reading group makes her know many new words.
C) She feels reading with other people beneficial.
D) She can get all knowledge and ideas from reading.
3. A) They often have dinner together.C) They will talk about the report over dinner.
B) They both love Italian food.D) They take turns paying the check.
4. A) The woman wants to buy a large house.
B) Fourbedroom houses sell faster.
C) The woman will change her decision.
D) The man may be a real estate agent.
5. A) At a test center.C) At a store.
B) At a bank.D) At an office.
6. A) Have a break.C) Finish the meeting.
B) Make some coffee.D) Enjoy some fresh air.
7. A) The man cant wait for his first camping.
B) The woman has made all preparation for camping.
C) The weather might be unsuitable for camping.
D) The weather man will ruin the camping.
8. A) He has a large family.C) He loves having holidays.
B) He enjoys buying gifts.D) He is out of debt.
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. A) Management skills.C) Personal interests.
B) Human relations.D) Foreign languages.
10. A) In the U.S.B) In the UK.C) In France.D) In Japan.
11. A) Learn several foreign languages.C) Ask people to quit their jobs.
B) Work in foreign countries a lot.D) Find flaws in the management.
12. A) He knows the job well.C) He is positive and optimistic.
B) He seems to be fit for the job.D) He needs to prove his words.
Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
13. A) His opinion on the university.C) Information about the university.
B) A tour on the campus.D) Peoples commend on the university.
14. A) The classrooms are quite small.C) The heating system works well here.
B) The
building is well equipped.D) The design of it is modern and charming.
15. A) There is a giant auditorium.C) There is a modern music room.
B) There is an art gallery.D) There is a small theater.
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 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) From their savings.C) From bank loans.
B) From their family.D) From the government.
17. A) Ones financial record.C) Ones friends circle.
B) Ones reputation.D) Ones personality.
18. A) An accurate number of the money you want.
B) Working with partners to start the business.
C) A list of the professional skills you have.
D) Having a relative working at the bank.Passage Two
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) He has more than 100 dictionaries.C) He reads dictionaries for fun.
B) He reads 20 novels a year.D) He wrote several books.
20. A) Difficult words.C) Unknown words.
B) Interesting words.D) Newlyappeared words.
21. A) He finds it hard to make friends.C) He didnt want to read other books.
B) He has problems using daily words.D) He has little time doing his daily routine.
22. A) To be better at playing vocabulary games.
B) To get prepared for tests.
C) To learn more new words.
D) To kill the spare time.Passage Three
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
23. A) It is the only picture painted in his time.
B) It is only found recently.
C) It has a history of five hundred years.
D) It has never been publicly shown.
24. A) They are the offsprings of the painter.
B) They didnt know its value at first.
C) They sold copies of the painting.
D) They donated the painting to a gallery.
25. A) It was damaged in the war.C) It was moved to a new place far away.
B) It lost its glory as time goes by.D) It was maintained in very good condition.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.
Have you ever 26 why sweets are always by the till in supermarkets? Why you are made to walk down many aisles to reach the everyday essentials at the back of the shop? Retailers are always coming up with new tactics to encourage 27. One of them is messing up the merchandise(商品). Some shop 28 do it on purpose to give the impression that these are musthaves, w
hich lots of people have been looking at.
Companies are also trying to gather and analyze data from an individuals financial 29, social media posts and mobile phone signals. Theyre planning to personalize offers for individual customers by using GPS location data to 30 them when they are actually walking past one of their shops.
And eyetracking 31 is the latest weapon in the fight for customers. In some shops, digital screens behind luxury brand display stands are activated when a 32 bottle is picked up, flashing images. Systems are fixed into screens to gather data so the images can be personalized. Its all done in seconds.
Certain software programs can gather huge amounts of data on you almost instantly. Images are then flashed up that will 33 you.
Its about entertainment and making a shop one that people want to enter. Brands like Apple and Topshop are ‘genius’ at doing this. During London Fashion Week, Topshop 34 its own fashion shows live in its flagship store in Londons Oxford Street. Its about 35 things like art and music as part of the shopping experience.
Part ⅢReading 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 center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
Dr.Stefan N.Willich, who along with other researchers determined that heart attacks 36 to occur more often in the morning, now says that Monday mornings are the riskiest, at least among those who begin their 37 then. His fiveyear study of 2,636 Augsburg, Germany 38 shows that the working populations heartattack risk was 33% greater on Monday than on other days. There was no such marked peak among the nonworking population.
Willich and 39 are now studying weekly and daily 40, hoping to learn what causes heart attacks. Although longterm risk factors for heart disease—smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and lack of exercise─are well 41, so far the “acute” risk factors─those that provide the final impetus for heartattacks─are unknown. Possible Mondaymorning culprits could include 42 or mental stress, hormonal and other body rhythms, behavior 43 and change in food and drink.
If his study results are 44 in other communities, Willich says it could lead to finding ways to prevent heart attacks in highrisk 45─by warning them to take it easy on Monday mornings, for example, or by designing drug therapies that provide extra protection at that time.
［A］ pretend
［B］ weekend
［C］ residents
［D］ variation［E］ variety
［F
］ tend
［G］ physical
［H］ psychical［I］ patterns
［J］ documented
［K］ confirmed
［L］ workweek［M］ individuals
［N］ colleagues
［O］ comforted
Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.
Questions 46 to 55 are based on the following passage.
Why Integrity Matters
What Is Integrity?
A) The key to integrity is consistency─not only setting high personal standards for oneself (honest, responsibility, respect for others, fairness) but also living up to those standards each and every day. One who has integrity is bound by and follows moral and ethical(道德上的) standards even when making lifes hard choices, choices which may be clouded by stress, pressure to succeed, or temptation.
B) What happens if we lie, cheat, steal, or violate other ethical standards? We feel disappointed in ourselves and ashamed. But a lapse (缺失) of integrity also affects our relationships with others. Trust is essential in any important relationship, whether personal or professional. Who can trust someone who is dishonest or unfair? Thus, integrity must be one of our most important goals.
Risky Business
C) We are each responsible for our own decisions, even if the decisionmaking process has been undermined by stress of peer pressure. The real test of character is whether we can learn from our mistakes, by understanding why we acted as we did and then exploring ways to avoid similar problems in the future.
D) Making ethical decisions is a critical part of avoiding future problems. We must learn to recognize risks, because if we cant see the risks were taking, we cant make responsible choices. To identify risks, we need to know the rules and be aware of the facts. For example, one who doesnt know the rules about plagiarism (剥窃) may accidentally use words or ideas without giving proper credit, or one who fails to keep careful research notes may unintentionally fail to quote and cite sources as required. But the fact that such a violation is “unintentional” does not excuse the misconduct. Ignorance is not a defense.
“But Everybody Does It”
E) Most people who get it in trouble do know the rules and facts but manage to fool themselves about the risks theyre taking by using excuses: “Everyone else does it.” “I really need this grade.” Excuses can get very elaborate: “I know Im looking at anothers exam, but thats not cheating because Im just checking my answers, not copying.” We must be honest about our actions and avoid excuses. If we fool ourselves into believing were not doing anything wrong, we cant see the real choice
were making─and that leads to bad decisions.
F) To avoid fooling yourself, watch out for excuses and try this test: Ask how you would feel if your actions were public and anyone could be watching over your shoulder. If youd rather hide your actions, thats an indication that youre taking a risk and rationalizing it to yourself.
Evaluating Risks
G) To decide whether a risk is worth taking, you must examine the consequences, in the future as well as right now, negative as well as positive, and to others as well as to yourself. Those who take risks they later regret usually focus on immediate benefits and simply havent considered what might go wrong. The consequences of getting caught are serious and may include a “0” on a test or assignment, an “F” in the class, suspension (暂停休学) or dismissal from school and a ruined reputation. In fact, when you break a rule or law, you lose control over your life and give others the power to impose punishment that you have no control over. This is an extremely vulnerable (脆弱的) position. There may be some matters of life and death or highest principle, which might justify such a risk, but there arent many things that fall in this category.
Getting Away With It─Or Not
H) Those who dont get caught pay an even higher price. A cheater doesnt learn from the test, which deprives (剥夺) him/her of an education. Cheating undermines confidence and independence; the cheater is a fraud, and knows that without dishonesty, he/she would have failed. Cheating destroys selfrespect and integrity, leaving the cheater ashamed, guilty, and afraid of getting caught. Worst of all, a cheater who doesnt get caught the first time usually cheats again, not only because he/she is farther behind, but also because it seems “easier”. This slippery slope of eroding ethics and bigger risks leads only to disaster. Eventually, the cheater gets caught, and the later he/she gets caught, the worse the consequences.
Cheating Hurts Others, Too
I) Cheaters often feel invisible, as if their actions “dont count” and dont really hurt anyone. But individual choices have an intense cumulative (累积的) effect. Cheating can spread like a disease. Recent statistics suggest 30% or more of college students cheat. If a class is graded on a curve, cheating hurts others grades. Even if there is no curve, cheating “poisons” the classroom, and others may feel pressured to join in. (“If I dont cheat, I cant compete with those who do.”) Cheating also has a destructive impact on teachers. The real reward of good teaching is seeing students learn, but a cheater says, “Im not interested in what youre trying to teach; all I care about is stealing a grade, regardless of the effect on others.” The end result is a destructive attack on the quality of your education. Finally, cheating can hurt the reputation of the university and harm those who work hard for their degree.
Why Integrity Matters
J) If cheating becomes the norm, then we are in big trouble. We must rely on the honest and good faith of others. If not, we couldnt put money in the bank, buy food, clothing or medicine from others, drive across a bridge, get on a plane, go to the dentist─the list is endless. There are many examples of the vast harm that is caused when individuals forget or ignore the effect their dishonesty can have. The Watergate scandal, for example, has undermined the faith of many Americans in the integrity of political and economic leaders and society as a whole.
K) In sum, we all have a common stake in our school, our community, and our society. Our actions do matter. It is essential that we act with integrity in order to build the kind of world in which we want to live.
46. Integrity matters in that all social activities rely on peoples honesty and good faith.
47. If one doesnt wish to fool himself, he should avoid making excuses.
48. A person of integrity not only sets high moral and ethical standards but also sticks to them in his daily life.
49. Violation of a rule is misconduct even if it is claimed to be unintentional.
50. Integrity is the basis of mutual trust in personal and professional relationships.
51. According to the author, a cheater who doesnt get caught right away will pay more dearly.
52. Those who take risks they regret later value immediate benefits most.
53. We must learn to identify the risks we are going to take to ensure we make responsible choices.
54. Many Americans lost faith in the integrity of their political leaders as a result of the Watergate scandal.
55. Cheaters at exam dont care about their education; all they care about is how to steal a grade.
Section C
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 Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
When your family wants to buy or replace a car, a television, or a washing machine, you find the money either from savings or by borrowing from the bank, a hirepurchase company or perhaps a friend. Similarly, a family buying a house for the first time commonly borrows from a building society.
If you own a private business, a garage, a shop, or a farm, you will need, from time to time, to buy new equipment, new furnishings, or , if you are doing well, new premises so that you can expand. Some of the cost you can meet from the profits you have kept in the business, but often you will need help.
You will go to your bank, to finance a house, or perhaps to a relative or friend for finance provided from his savings. When you borrow money or raise money in this way, you pay it back out of future profits.
Many large businesses, however, nee
d cash for new developments or expansion far in excess of what can be provided from their profits or from private sources of capital. A new factory, an oilwell in the North Sea, can cost millions of pounds to construct and bring into production; a new design of car or brand of medicine likewise can cost millions of pounds to design, develop, test and market before it reaches the stage where it earns a profit.
Often these costs can be met from profits earned in other parts of the business or from reserves built up from profits earned in past years. Sometimes, however, its necessary, and often it may be more advantages, to raise new money from other sources.
There can be little prospect of raising the sort of sums needed by major businesses from friends or acquaintances, and generally the banks are reluctant to provide sufficient cash on a permanent basis for longterm projects, though they will provide shortterm finance. Such companies can sometimes only raise the money they need to stay in the front of industry and develop new products and sources of production by turning to the public at large and inviting it to lend them cash or take a share in the business in exchange for a share in future profits. Thus they can do by offering shares in the business or loan capital through The Stock Exchange.
56. When buying a house for the first time, which of the following a family usually does?
A) Take money from your savings.
B) Borrow money from a building society.
C) Borrow money from a bank.
D) Ask a friend to help you.
57. The normal way for a small business financing is to .
A) arrange a bank loan
B) use profits from the business
C) borrow from friends
D) borrow from a hirepurchase company
58. Large businesses need to borrow huge amounts of money because .
A) they can never make enough profit
B) developing and expanding production costs a lot of money
C) developing and producing a new product takes a long time
D) running something like an oilwell is very expensive
59. Large business gets new money to pay for major development by .
A) borrowing from friends
B) borrowing from building societies
C) selling shares of their company
D) involving banks
60. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A) The bank can provide temporary loan for the large businesses.
B) The small company can only get financial help from the bank.
C) The bank is pleased to provide longterm finance for the large businesses.
D) The bank wont lend money to individuals.
Passage Two
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labor. Men worked outside the home and earned the income to support their families, while women cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children. These roles were firmly fixed for most people, and there was not much opportunity for men or women to exchange their roles. But by the middle of this ce
ntury, mens and womens roles were becoming less firmly fixed.
In the 1950s, economic and social success was the goal of the typical American. But in the 1960s developed a new force called the counterculture. The people involved in this movement did not value the middleclass American goals. The counterculture presented men and women with new role choices. Taking more interest in childcare, men began to share childraising tasks with their wives. In fact, some young men and women moved to communal homes or farms where the economic and child care responsibilities were shared equally by both sexes. In addition, many Americans did not value the traditional male role of soldier. Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the war in Vietnam.
In terms of numbers, the counterculture was not a very large group of people. But its influence spread to many parts of American society. Working men of all classes began to change their economic and social patterns. Industrial workers and business executives alike cut down on “overtime” work so that they could spend more leisure time with their families. Some doctors, lawyers, and teachers turned away from high paying situations to practice their professions in poorer neighborhoods.
In the 1970s, the feminist movement, or womens liberation, produced additional economic and social changes. Women of all ages and at all levels of society were entering the work force in greater number. Most of them still took traditional womens jobs such as public school teaching, nursing, and secretarial work. But some women began to enter traditionally male occupations: police work, banking, dentistry, and construction work. Women were asking for equal work.
Today the experts generally agree that important changes are taking place in the roles of men and women. Naturally, there are difficulties in adjusting to these changes.
61. According to the passage, in the past .
A) women usually worked outside the home for wages
B) mens and womens roles were easily exchanged
C) mens roles at home were more firmly fixed than womens
D) men and womens roles were usually quite separated
62. Which of the following was the result of counterculture force?
A) Men were more interested in childcare.
B) Soldiers refused to fight in the war in Vietnam.
C) Working men all cut down “overtime” work.
D) Women asked for equal work with men.
63. In the passage the author suggests that the counterculture .
A) destroyed the United States
B) changed some Americans point of view
C) was not important in the United States
D) brought people more leisure time with their families
64. It could be inferred from the passage that .
A) men and women will never share the same goals
B) some men will be willing to change their traditional male roles
C) most men will be happy to share some of the household responsibilities with their wives
D) more American householders are headed by women than ev
er before
65. The best title for the passage may be .
A) Results of Feminist MovementB) New Influence on Americans Life
C) Counterculture and Its ConsequencesD) Traditional Division of Male and Female Roles
Part ⅣTranslation(30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
中国人自古以来就在中秋时节庆祝丰收。这与北美地区庆祝感恩节的习俗十分相似。过中秋节的习俗于唐代早期在中国各地开始流行。中秋节在农历八月十五，是人们拜月的节日。这天夜晚皓月当空，人们合家团聚，共赏明月。2006年，中秋节被列为中国的文化遗产，2008年又被定为公共假日。月饼被视为中秋节不可或缺的美食，人们将月饼作为礼物馈赠亲友或在家庭聚会上享用。传统的月饼上带有“寿”（longevity）、“福”或“和”等字样。