2011年6月英语四级(CET4)真题

I. Listening. (15’)1. Listen to the recording and write the missing expressions. (5’)1 ) In general ___________ ____________ ____________ you are thinking of …2) ____________, _____________ ______________ make sure that the brand is strong.3) ____________ _____________, making and selling pizzas might be profitable but…4) I ____________ ______________ you need to like hard work.5) _____________, _____________ the money. You …2. Listen to the recording and choose the best ending for each sentence.1) The speaker compares throwing adverts into the air to __________.A) Internet advertisingB) wasting money on advertingC) advertising with leaflets2) His first piece of advice is to _____________.A) make sure people find you on the search engineB) make sure people visit the search engineC) set up a search engine3) Spend plenty of time on ____________.A) promoting others on your siteB) creating links to incrase trafficC) recommending your product on other site4) The speaker _____________.A) thinks email can be effectiveB) is doubtful about using emailC) never sends marketing emails5) It’s good idea to ___________.A) give free samples away at the beginningB) make the website free to visitC) offer something free to encourage people to returnII. Write the verbs in brackets in their correct form to complete the following sentences.1. Now that you _____________ (escape) from the office, you will still need peace and quiet at home.2. Once you __________________ (work) from home for a while, you might feel a bit lonely.3. I’m just phoning to confirm that I _______ (be) in my office by ten.4. Don’t worry. I promise that I _______(call) back straight away.5. Security ___________ (open) the building at eight tomorrow instead of nine.6. The hotel has a scheduled shuttle bus to the training center. I think it ________ (leave) every half hour, but let me check for you.7. We began at nine. So by the time he arrives at nine thirty, the first session _________ (start).8. She showed him the photo she _______ (take) the day before.9. It’s the third time I ______ (see) him this month.10. We _____ (meet) each other since I left Shanghai.III. Complete the following sentences with the words or phrases given below.sample mailshots word of mouth see movehold set run attend reach1. I’d like to _____ a brief meeting next week. Do you have any time on Monday?2. The aim is to _____ an agreement on this by four o’clock.3. It’s great to get a free _______before you buy something because you can really see what it’s like.4. As the chairperson, Mike will ____ the meeting.5. I ____ your point, but there’s one problem with it.6. I tend to listen to my friends’recommendations more than anything else so _________ is probably the most effective advertisement.7. It’s another memo from the boss telling me to ____ another of his meeting.8. Pizza delivery firms often do _________ in the local area. It’s cheap but lots of people probably throw the leaflet away.9. Who ______ the agenda for this? It doesn’t seem to be complete.10. I think we should ______ on to the next item on the agenda.IV. Cloze(1)________ in 1979, international Art consultants has been sourcing and commissioning art(2)_______ for over 25 years. We work with clients in the corporate, hotel, healthcare and urban regeneration (3) _______. Our clients (4) _______ from multinational companies with £1 million art budget to organizations renting art for just £10 a week. A team of fourteen, we are small enough to care and large enough to cope. We offer a (5) _______ combination of commercial experience, specialist art knowledge and high quality service and support. Whatever the size of the project our (6)______ is for all our clients to be 100% satisfied with the end result. Over 75% of our work comes from (7) _______ business or referrals. We work alongside professional artists who create art of the highest artistic and technical quality, and (8) ______ our staff have different areas of specialist art knowledge and expertise. We hope that you will (9) ______ an appointment to visit us, look round the galleries, use the visual reference databases, and discuss your particular art (10) _________ with us.(1) A. Founded B. Set C. Since D. Last(2) A. international B. worldwide C. all D. around(3) A. divisions B. industries C. sectors D. sections(4) A. range B. report C. buy D. supply(5) A. original B. mix C. brand D. unique(6) A. scope B. aim C. outcome D. line(7) A. new B. rental C. reply D. repeat(8) A. few B. all C. more D. any(9) A. make B. do C. have D. attend(10) A. insure B. objectives C. requirements D. paintingsIV. Each of the following sentences contains one mistake. Please find the mistakes and correct them.1.I am thinking English is very important for this kind of work because everyone uses English inbusiness nowadays.2.It’s a business studies degree and I’m interesting in it.3.I from a small town in northern Switzerland.4.I’d like working in a marketing department so I’ve started applying for jobs with companies inSwitzerland.5.Actually, I’m just finish my degree at the University of Zurich.6.Their marketing campaign needn’t have been very successful, because they’ve just fired theirmarketing manager.7.The Advertising Standards Authority says companies couldn’t say things about products thatare untrue.8.Passage OneAn understanding of man’s effect on the balance of nature is crucial （关键的）to being able to find the appropriate remedial action. It is very common belief that the problem of the population explosion are caused mainly by poor people living in poor countries who do not know enough to limit their reproduction. This is not true. The actual number of people in an area is not as important as the effect they have on nature. Developing countries do have an effect on their environment, but it is the populations of richer countries that have a far greater impact on the earth as a whole.For example, tropical forests are known to be essential to the balance of nature, yet we are destroying them at a great rate. They are being cleared not to benefit the natives of that country, but to satisfy the needs of rich countries. Central American forests are being destroyed for grassland to make pet food in the United States cheaper; in Papua New Guinea, forests are destroyed to supply cheaper cardboard packaging for Japanese electronic products; in Burma and Thailand, forests have been destroyed to produce more attractive furniture in Singapore and Hong Kong. Therefore, a rich person living thousands of miles away may cause more tropical forest destruction than a poor person living in the forest itself.In short, it is everybody’s duty to safeguard the future of mankind----not only through population control, but by being more aware of the effect his actions have on nature. Nature is both fragile and powerful. It is very easily destroyed; on the other hand, it can easily destroy its most dangerous enemy----man.1. According to the first paragraph, people usually believe that__________________.A. poor people in poor countries contribute to the imbalance of natureB. rich people know how to protect the environment by taking actionsC. people in poor areas know a lot about the birth controlD. rich people in rich countries have done a lot to balance nature2. In the author’s opinion, ____________________.A. developing countries should be responsible for environmental problemsB.overpopulation in the world is created by the developed countriesC. rich countries exercise worse influence on environment than poor countriesD. all countries should bring the population growth under control3.The purpose of the second paragraph is mainly to illustrate__________________.A. how the forests in the U.S. are being destroyedB.which countries are the victims of imbalance of natureC. what Japan has done to develop its own economyD. how South Asian countries make quality furniture4. Nature is very easily destroyed by ____________________.A. rich peopleB. poor peopleC. natural disastersD. mankind5. The topic of the passage is that ________________________.A. the control of population is essential to the development of a nationB. natural resources are important to the economic development of a countryC. awareness of the effects of man’s actions is as important as population controlD. developed countries should do more to protect natural environment on the earthPassage TwoParents can have a great impact on the development of their children’s creativity in art. But first, they have to know how. They may find the following advice interesting and instructive.Encourage free drawing rather than coloring books. Coloring books stop the possibility of self-expression. A child may just enjoy colorful pictures and never learn how to express himself. As an art teacher says, “Children have a very powerful instinct to draw freely and roughly. Such practice makes them learn language easily.” In fact, a child expresses himself in rough drawing. This is the beginning of literacy and creativity. Also, parents should not teach their kids “how” to draw and they should not make their kids draw realistic pictures to entertain themselves. Experience tells us that such teaching from the parents will discourage children, making them think they can’t do it the “right” way.Competition and rewards should also be avoided in the process of artistic creation. A child’s natural instinct to create will disappear if he or she thinks about prize while drawing.Parents should be role models for their kids. They should not say things like, “I can’t draw a straight line.” Instead, they should learn to say, “I love to create.” This teaches children that the process of creation is more important than the product. If children see their parents drawing, cooking or building creatively, they will do the same.Buy a notebook for your child to use every day. This can be a journal for making up stories, writing ideas and drawing pictures. Even the youngest child can use it to draw freely and roughly, expressing himself.Take your child to places that promote ideas and creativity. Art museums, science centers, libraries and children’s museums all are great places to see other people’s creativity. That will inspire children to make their own creations and inventions.Give children choices and free time. Some of the best ideas come from daydreaming and imagining.In short, parents should allow their kids to have the freedom to invent for themselves. That means not always teaching and commanding.1. To develop their artistic creativity, children should be encouraged to ________________.A. draw freely and roughlyB. learn to draw realistic picturesC. know how to draw before they startD. learn to draw good pictures to get prizes2. Parents are encouraged to be role models for their kids because _________________.A. parents love to createB. parents can draw straight linesC. children tend to follow their parents’ examplesD. children like the product of their parents’ creativity3. It can be inferred from the passage that in artistic creation __________________.A. product is more important than processB. process is more important than productC. process and product are equally importantD. both process and product are unimportant4. To be inspired by other people’s creativity, children should___________________.A. write ideasB. make up storiesC. buy good notebooksD. visit museums, libraries, and science centers5. The main idea of this passage is that __________________.A. children should be encouraged to draw freelyB. children should follow their parents’ examplesC. parents should know how to cultivate their kids’ creativityD. most parents teach their kids confidently and instructivelyPassage ThreeIf you have an AT&T Business Direct account, you can have your telephone bill paid automatically each month. You can make payments online with a bank account Network or American Express. When you make an online payment, please follow the instructions given below.Instructions1.To make your payment online, click (点击) the "Pay Now" link under the "Account overview(概览)"summary.2. If your business has more than one registered account, first select the account you need form the "Account Number" menu, and then click the "Pay Now" link.3..if you have never made an online payment before, you will be asked whether you want to make a payment by suing a bank account or credit card. Select.Either "Bank Account" or "Credit Card" from the "Select Payment Method" menu.The online payment system is available Monday through Saturday, form 7:00 AM to 12:00 AM (Midnight) Eastern Time.41.An AT & T Business Direct account helps you ________.A) earn an interest from a bank account.B) make the first month's payment onlyC) pay your telephone bill automaticallyD) enjoy all the available banking services42.The payment with an AT & T Business Direct account can be made online with ________.A) a passportB) a credit cardC) a driving licenseD) a traveler’s check43.If you have several registered accounts for payment, the first link that you should click is ________.A)"Select payment method" menuB)"Account Overview" summaryC) the "Account Number" menuD) the" Pay Now" link44.When making the first-time online payment, you will be asked to ________.A) register your online account numberB)open several registered accountsC)select the payment method firstD apply for a new credit card45.The passage is mainly about ________.A) how to pay phone bills by AT & T Business DirectB)how to open an AT&T Business Direct accountC) how to make use of online bank servicesD) how to start a small online businessPassage FourIf you own a car ,you are probably considering buying some kind of car insurance (保险). However, when you are actually purcasing car insurace, it can to first research and decide, then purchase.Research firstBefore buying car insurance, you should find out the purpose of your purchase and how the insurance meets your needs.Decide on suitable Car Insurance policies (保单)A neglected part of car insurance is the part which covers medical bills. Medical payments can add up very quickly in an accident situation, and the insurance should cover the bills in curred(招致) both by you and by the passengers in your car. Make sure you know the full value that your insurance covers.Purchase the best Car Insurance for your needsYou have a number of choices when it comes to the actual purchase of the car insurance. Each has advantages and disadvantages, and these may be influenced by your individual taste and previous buying experience. Insurance companies may offer you good advice but prices on the Internet are often better.36.According to the first paragraph, when buying car insurance, one shouldfirst________.A)decide on the number of policies to purchaseB)do careful research on the different choicesC)choose the best insurance companyD)look for the lowest insurance rate37.The purpose of research is to find out whether the car insurance________.A) includes all the advantagesB) best meets your needsC) offers the best rateD)is easy to purchase38.When buying car insurance, people often neglect ________.A)the damage to the carB)the bills paid by the passengersC)the part covering the medical billsD)the background of the insurance company39.According to the last paragraph, your choice of car insurance may also be influenced by ________.A)your driving habitsB)the kind of car to be insuredC)the attitude of your family membersD) your own taste and buying experience40.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A)Medical Bills Covered in car InsuranceB)Importance of Buying Car InsuranceC)Advice on Buying Car InsuranceD)Advantages of Car Insurance。