2012年12月大学英语B7
大学英语B 7一、交际英语1、-Will you be free tomorrow morning?-___________.A：No, I'll be busyB：What is the matter?C：I'm sorry I won't be free thenD：No, I'll have no time答案：C2、- How do I get to the cinema?- _________A：It's very far.B：Yes, there is a cinema near here.C：It's well known.D：Go down this street and turn left.答案：D3、― Excuse me, I'm afraid you've overcharged me.― ________________A：Oh, really?B：That's all right.C：That's fine.D：You're welcome.答案：A4、-- Well, they got there last Wednesday. So about a week.A：When did your parents arrive in Paris?B：How long have your parents been in Paris?C：Did your parents arrive in Paris last Wednesday?D：When will your parents go to Paris？答案：B5、-- Congratulations! You won the first prize in today's speech contest. -- ________A：Yes, I beat the others.B：No, no, I didn't do it well.C：Thank you.D：It's a pleasure.答案：C二、阅读理解1、Do you forget to turn off the lights and heaters when you go out of a room? In 2040 it will not matter. They will turn themselves off and on again when you return. A sensor will detect the presence of a human and turn the systems on, and when the humans leave it will turn them off again.The sensors will work through the central home computer, and they will do much more than just turn the fires and lights on and off for you. They will detect faulty electrical appliances, isolate them so that they cannot harm anyone, and then warn you that they need repair. They will detect fire and if you are out of the house, the computer will call the firemen. It will also call the police, should the sensors detect an intruder（非法闯入者）. You will open the door using your personal card--the one you use for shopping--maybe using a number known only to you.(1)、The author intends to tell the readers that in year 2040 there will be no switches for lights and heaters.A：TB：F答案：B(2)、According to the passage, people will save much trouble with the help of advanced technology. A：TB：F答案：A(3)、According to the author, in 2040, new technology will free us from the keys we use today.A：TB：F答案：A(4)、Thanks to computers, in 2040 people will be controlled by computers.A：TB：F答案：B(5)、The best title for the passage is "The Development of Science and Technology".A：TB：F答案：B2、A foreigner's first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush - often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurrying to get where they are going restlessly, seeking attention in a store, and elbowing others as they try to complete their errands (任务). Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country.Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating places are waiting for you to finish so that they too can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. Each person hurries to make room for the next person. If you don't, waiters will hurry you.You also find drivers will be abrupt and that people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small courtesies with strangers. Don't take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else "wasting"it beyond a certain courtesy point.The view of time affects the importance we attach to patience. In the American system of values, patience is not a high priority. Many of us have what might be called "a short fuse." We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some return - be this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest. Those coming from lands where time is looked upon differently may find this matter of pace to be one of their most difficult adjustments in both business and daily life.Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesy of a business call, for example, they will miss the ritual socializing that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be traditional in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a caféor coffeehouse. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talks. We seek out evidence of past performance rather than evaluate a business colleague through social courtesies. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly.(1)、Which of the following statements is wrong? ___________A：Americans seem to be always under pressure.B：Americans attach less importance to patience.C：Americans don't care much about ritual socializing.D：Americans are impolite to their business colleagues.答案：D(2)、In the fourth paragraph, "a high priority"means ___________.A：a less important thingB：a first concernC：a good businessD：an attractive gift答案：B(3)、Americans evaluate a business colleague ________.A：through social courtesyB：through prolonged business talksC：by establishing business relationsD：by learning about their past performance答案：D(4)、This passage mainly talks about __________.A：how Americans treasure their timeB：how busy Americans are every dayC：how Americans do business with foreignersD：what American way of life is like答案：A(5)、We can infer from the passage that the author's tone in writing is ________.A：criticalB：ironicalC：praisefulD：objective答案：C三、词汇与语法1、The construction of the new bridge has been ____ for two weeks because of the bad weather. A：devotedB：developedC：dependedD：delayed答案：D2、The weather in Harbin is quite different from ________ in Hainan.A：thatB：itC：the oneD：one答案：A3、A computer can only do _______you have instructed it to do.A：howB：afterC：what答案：C4、Tom, what did you do with my documents? I have never seen such a _____ and disorder!A：massB：messC：guessD：bus答案：B5、You shouldn't _______ your time like that, Bob; you have to finish your school work tonight.A：cutB：doC：killD：kick答案： C四、完型填空In the eighteenth century, cities became larger and larger. People moved from the countryside and small towns to the 1 because there was more work for them to do in the cities.On Sundays and holidays, they liked to leave the cities and have a good time in the countryside. But not every 2 had a horse or a wagon（四轮马车）. People needed a simpler means of transportation.Inventors in many countries tried to solve this problem.The first bicycle, which was very simple, 3 in 1790. People called "the horse on wheel". Then in 1861, after many improvements being made, the bicycle became a practical 4 of transportation.People liked bikes because they weren't as expensive as horses and didn't need to be fed. They could go anywhere and were easy to 5 .(1)、A：appearedB：citiesC：familyD：meansE：ride答案：B(2)、A：appearedB：citiesD：meansE：ride答案：C(3)、A：appearedB：citiesC：familyD：meansE：ride答案：A(4)、A：appearedB：citiesC：familyD：meansE：ride答案：D(5)、A：appearedB：citiesC：familyD：meansE：ride答案： E五、英译汉(1)、He has taught English in this university ever since he moved to this city.(2)、The doctor told me to have more water.(3)、The cause of the fire was carelessness.(4)、We are short of time and money.六、写作Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。
2012全国大学生英语竞赛B类试题答案
2012National English Contestfor College Students(Level B-Preliminary)参考答案及评分标准Part I.Listening Comprehension（30points）1—5CABBA6—10ABCBA11—15CBABC16—20BBACC21.a few(some)small22.earn23.salary24.budget25.a house 26.essentials27.credit card28.the interest29.10%(ten percent)30.every yearPart II.Multiple Choice(15points)Section A(10points)31—35BCCAA36—40ACBDBSection B(5points)41—45CBADAPart III.Cloze(10points)46.fossil47.contribute48.farmers49.oceans50.systematically 51.recycle52.decomposes53.genetically54.public55.inhabitedPart IV.Reading Comprehension(40points)Section A(10points)56.D57.B58.refined sugars,artificial colors and chemicals59.a moderate exercise lasting less than30minutes60.an intravenous fluidSection B(10points)61.It can be considered rude to tip.62.Up to20%of the bill.63.About$3to$5per room per day.64.Because workers are expected to increase their wager with tips.65.It lists the generous and bad/(not so generous)celebrity tippers.Section C(10points)66.universes67.unapproachable68.enticed69.well-intentioned70.interests and needsSection D(10points)71.T72.T73.F1--74.这些矿物盐分在皮肤上形成的保护层可以杀死细菌，以阻止体味的自然产生。
统考大学英语B(最全)英语试题及答案
2018年12月统考英语B试卷及答案Test 1第一部分：交际用语（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）1. —How are you, Bob?—_______B_____ Ted.A. How are you?B. I’m fine. Thank you.C. How do you do?D. Nice to meet you.2. —Thanks for your help.—_____A_______A. My pleasure.B. Never mind.C. Quite right.D. Don’t thank me.3. —Hello, I’m Harry Potter.—Hello, my name is Charles Green, but ________C____.A. call my CharlesB. call me at CharlesC. call me CharlesD. call Charles me4. —Paul, ____B________?—Oh, that’s my father! And beside him, my mother.A. what is the person over thereB.who’s talking over thereC. what are they doingD. which is that5. —Hi, Tom, how’s everything with you?—_______B_____, and how are you?A. Don’t mention itB. Hm, not too badC. ThanksD. Pretty fast6. —That’s a beautiful dress you have on!—________A____A. Oh, thanks. I got it yesterday.B. Sorry, it’s too cheap.C. You can have itD. See you later.7. —Why didn’t you come to my birthday party yesterday?—_______D_____A. Excuse me, my friend sent me a flower.B. Fine, I never go to birthday parties.C. Ha…ha, I don’t like birthday parties.D. Sorry, but my wife had a car accident8. —Hi, welcome back! Had a nice trip?—_________A___A. Oh, fantastic! Fresh air, and sunshine every day.B. Come on, I’ve got lots of fun.C. By the way, I don’t like Saturdays.D. Well, I’ll look forward to your phone call.9. —Have n’t seen you for ages! What are you busy doing now?—_____D_______A. I hate the weather here.B. My hair is getting a bit longer.C. Yeah, thanks for coming.D. I am working part time in a bookshop, you know.10. Marilyn,I’m afraid I havetobeleaving now.___B__A. That sounds wonderful.B. Oh, so early?C. Not at all.D. Good luck!1-5 BACBB 6-10 ADADB第二部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）Passage 1The French Revolution broke out in 1789. At the time France was in a crisis. The government was badly run and people’s lives were miserable. King Louis XIV tried to control the national parliament and raise more taxes. But his effort failed. He ordered his troops to Versailles. The people thought that Louis intended to put down the Revolution by force. On July 14,1789, they stormed and took the Bastille, where political prisoners were kept. Ever since that day, July 14 has been the French National Day. Louis tried to flee the country in 1792 to get support from Austria and Prussia. However, he was caught and put in prison. In September 1792, the monarchy was abolished. In the same year, Louis was executed. A few months later his wife, Marie also had her head cut off. The Revolution of France had frightened the other kings of Europe. Armies from Austria and Prussia began to march against France. The French raised republican armies to defend the nation. The Revolution went through a period of terror. Thousands of people lost their lives. In the end, power passed to Napoleon Bonaparte. (190 words)11. What’s this passage about? CA. France.B. King Louis.C.The French Revolution.D. Europe.12. Which did not happen in 1789? BA. The French Revolution broke out.B. The national economy was developing rapidly.C. The government wasn’t well run.D. King Louis XIV was in power.13. Where were the political prisoners kept? DA. In Versailles.B.In Austria.C.In Prussia.D.In Bastille.14. What does the underlined word “abolished” mean? DA. Put off.B. Established.C. United.D. Ended.15. What was NOT the effect of the Revolution? DA. July 14 has become the French National Day.B. It brought some impact on the other European Kings.C. Louis’s wife, Marie was killed.D. The king tried to control the national parliament.11-15 CBDDDPassage 2In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention.The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 p.m. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it’s a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance. In social life, time plays a very important part. In the U.S.A. guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from different cultures that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the U.S. no one would think of keeping a business associate waiting for an hour, it would be too impolite. A person who is 5 minutes late, will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence. (260 words)16. What is the main idea of this passage? _____B_____A. It is not customary to telephone someone in themorning and in sleeping hours in the U.S.B. The role of time in social life over the world.C. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded asimpolite or not fully responsible in the U.S.D. Not every country treats the concept of time as the same.17. What does it mean in the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hours? ____B______A. A matter of work.B. A matter of life or death.C. You want to see him or her.D. You want to make an appointment with him or her.18. Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appointment with your friend? __B________A. at 7: 00 am.B. at 4:00 pm.C. at the midnight.D.at 4:00 am.19. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? ______D____A. In the U.S.A guests tend to feel they are highlyregarded if the invitation to a dinner party isextended only three or four days before the partydate.B. There is no misunderstanding arising betweenpeople from different cultures about the conceptof time.C. It may be considered foolish to make an appointment well in advance in the U.S.A..D. Promptness is valued highly in American life.20. From the passage we can safely infer that __B________.A. it’s a matter of life or death if you call someone in day timeB. the meaning of time differs in different parts of the worldC. it makes no difference in the U.S. whether you are early or late for a business partyD. if a person is late for a date, he needn’t make some explanation 16-20 BBBDBPassage 3A foreigner’s first impression of the U.S. is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurrying to get where they are going restlessly, seeking attention in a store, and elbowing others as they try to complete their errands （任务）. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country.Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating places are waiting for you to finish so that they too can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. Each person hurries to make room for the next person. If you don’t, waiters will hurry you.You also find drivers will be abrupt and that people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small courtesies with strangers. Don’t take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain courtesy point.The view of time affects the importance we attach to patience. In the American system of values, patience is not a high priority. Many of us have what might be called “a short fuse.”We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some returnbe this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest. Those coming from lands where time is looked upon differently may find this matter of pace to be one of their most difficult adjustments in both business and daily life.Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesy of a business call, for example, they will miss the ritual socializing that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee they may be traditional in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a caféor coffeehouse. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talks. We seek out evidence of past performance rather than evaluate a business colleague through social courtesies. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. (348 words)21. Which of the following statements is wrong? ___D_______A. Americans seem to be always under pressure.B. Americans attach less importance to patience.C. Americans don’t care much about ritual socializing.D. Americans are impolite to their business colleagues.22. In the fourth paragraph, “a high priority”means ________B__.A. a less important thingB. a first concernC. a good businessD. an attractive gift23. Americans evaluate a business colleague ___D_______.A. through social courtesyB.through prolonged business talksC. by establishing business relationsD.by learning about their past performance24. This passage mainly talks about ____A______.A. how Americans treasure their timeB. how busy Americans are every dayC. how Americans do business with foreignersD. what American way of life is like25. We can infer from the passage that the author’s tone in writing is _______C____.A. criticalB. ironicalC. appreciativeD. objective21-25 DBDAC第三部分：词汇与结构（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）26. Professor Smith promised to look ___B___ my paper, that is, to read it carefully before the defense.A. afterB. overC. onD. into27. Our house is about a mile from the railway station and there are not many houses ___A___.A. in between B far apartC.among them D.fromeach other28. As the bus came round the corner, it ran ___A___a big tree by the roadside.A. intoB. onC. overD. up29. On average, a successful lawyer has to talk to several ___D__ a day.A. customersB. supportersC. guestsD.clients 30. What is the train _C___ to Birmingham?A. feeB. tipC. fareD. cost31. The students were all entertained in a Mexican restaurant, at Professor Brian’s __C____.A. moneyB. payC. expenseD. loss32. Tom, what did you do with my documents? I have never seen such a ____B__ and disorder!A. massB. messC. guessD. bus33. If she wants to stay thin, she must make a __A____ in her diet.A. changeB. turnC. runD. go34. __A____ the War of Independence, the United States was an English colony.A. BeforeB. AtC. InD. Between35. You shouldn’t __C____ your time like that, Bob。
2012年12月浙江省大学英语三级考试真题试卷
2012年12月浙江省大学英语三级考试试卷Part Listening Comprehension (30 marks, 30 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10short conversations. At the end of each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and thequestion will be spoken only once. After each question, there will be a pause. Duringthe pause, youmust read the four choices marked A), B), C), and D),and decidewhich is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the the AnswerSheet with a single line through the center.1. A) Today. B) Late in the evening.C) Tomorrow . D) Late in the morning.2. A) He has been in perfect. B) He is worried about Rod s’ health.C) He ha been feeling ill all week. D) He is taking care of his twin brother.3. A) He forgot to call the woman. B) He coul dn’t pay fof a phone call.C) He didn’t carry his phone with him. D) He didn’t want to call the woman.4. A) Doctor and patient . B) Travel agent and customer.C) Teacher and student. D) Manager and office worker.5. A) In a workshop. B) At an art gallery.C) At a bookstore. D) In a department store.6. A) She’ll go to England. B) She’ll drive her mother to the airport .C) She’ll go to the theatre. D) She’ll drive her sister to the airport.7. A) Tom is going to Hawaii.B) The man is leaving for Haeaii.C) The man wants to meet Tom in Hawaii.D) The woman is leaving for Haeaii to meet Tom.8. A) He went to visit Harry and Jack. B) He forgot to pick up the woman.C) He had intended to call the woman. D) He wentto the train station last night.9. A) In a cinema. B) At a parking lot.C) In their car. D) At a downtown hospital.10. A) When he was 5. B) When he was 12.C) When he was 20. D) When he was 25.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passage. At the end of each passage. You will hear some questions. The passage will be read twice and the questions will bespoken only once. Aften each question, there will be a pause. During the pause,youmust read the four choices marked A), B), C), and D),and decide which is thebest answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the the Answer Sheet with asingle line through the center.Questiaons 11-13 are based on the passage you have just heard:11. A) They don’t trust others. B) It is expensive to hire labor.C) They don’t like to be helped. D) They can do better than others.12. A) It publishes books only for children.B) It publishes books about people’s pets.C) It uses computers to make up stories with beautiful pictures.D) It makes the young readers the leading characters in the stories.13. A) Books about children and their pets.B) Books written by children themselves.C) Books published with the help pf computers.D) Books telling stories about the readers themselves.Questions 14-16 are best on the passage you have just heard:14. A) One can find advertisements on TV.B) One can find advertisements in a book.C) One can find advertisements on the atreet.D) One can find advertisements in a newspaper.15. A) From consumers. B) From advertisements.C) From private businesses. D) From government offcials.16. A) How to advertise. B) Where advertisements are.C) What advertising is. D) Why advertising is so common.Questions 17-20 are based on the fconversation passage you have just heard:17. A) They are taking the same course. B) They don’t live in the same building.C) They know the professor very well. D) They know the subject of the course well.18. A) English. B) British Literature.C) Biology D) Shakespeare’s plays19. A) He is a very good listener. B) He often puts his students in trouble.C) He is a very good teacher. D) He teachers a course on Shakepeare.20. A) The woman will payfor the book. B) They will take good care of the book.C) They will share the cost and the book. D) The man will lend the book to the woman.Section CDirections: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 forthe secong time,you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 21 to 27 with theexact words you have just heard.For blanks numbered from 28 to 30 you are requiredto fill in the missing information.For these blanks,you can either use the exact wordsyou just heard or write down the main points in your own words.Finally,when thepassage is read 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For centuries, people have been playing kicking games with a ball. The game of soccer (足球) (21) from some of these early games. (22) soccer games began in 1863. in soccer, two teams of eleven players try to kick or head the ball into their opponents’ (23) . the goalie, who tries to (24) the ball out of the goal, is the only player on the field who is allowed to (25) the ball with his or her hands. The other players must use their feet, heads, and bodies to (26) the ball.Evety four years, soccer teams around the world compete for the World Cup. The World Cup (27) started in 1930.Brazil is the home of many great soccer players, (28) . Pelé. With his fast footwork, dazzling speed, and great soccer, he scored 1,281 goals and (29) .People in more than 140 countries around the world play soccer. It is the national sport of most European and Latin American countries. (30) !Part II Reading Comprehension (40 marks,40 minutes)Section ADirections:There are 3 passage in this part .Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C), andD).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on theAnswer Sheet with a single line through the centre .Passage OneQuestions 31-35 are based on the following passage:It is customary for adults to forget how hard and dull and long school is. The learning by memory of all the basic things one must know is a most incredible and unending effort. School is not easy and it is not for the most part very much fun, but then, if you are very lucky, you may find a real teacher. Three teachers in a lifetime are the very best of my luck. My first was a science and math teacher in high school, my second, a professor of creative writing at Stanford, and my third was my friend and parrtner, ED Rickets.I have to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that three are as few as there are any other great artists. It might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.My three teachers han these things in common: They all loved what they were doing; they did not tell, but stimulated a burning desire to know. Under their influence, the horizons sprang wide and fear went away and the unknown became knowable.I shall speak only of my first teacher because in addition to the other things, she brought discovery. She aroused us to shouting, bookwaving discussions. She had the noisiest class in school and she did not even seem to know it. We could never stick to the subject. Our speculation (思绪) ranged the world. She breathed curiosity into us so that we brought in facts or truths shielded in our hands like captured fireflies (萤火虫).She was fired, and perhaps rightly fightly so, for failing to teach fundamentals. Such things must be learned. But she left a passion (激情) in us for the pure knowable world and she inflamed me with a curiosity which has never left. I have had many teachers eho told me soon-forgotten facts but only three who created in me a new attitude a new hunger. What deathless power lies inthe hands of such a person?31. In the writer’s opinion, school life is usually .A) exciting B) interestingC) tiresome D) challenging32. We can infer from Paragraph 2 that .A) it is easy to find great artists as well as great teachers.B) there are few great teachers but many great artists.C) the greastest artists are not easy to find; nor are the greatest teachers.D) being a great teacher is a great art to learn because teachers spread knowledge.33.In the writer’s opinion, a good teacher should .A) teach students the fundamental thingsB) stick to one subject and be strict with studentsC) teach students the knowledge ranging the worldD) arouse students’ curiosity and desire the world34. The writer’s first teacher was dismissed mainly bacause .A) her class was the noisiest in schoolB) she did not teach basic knowledge in classC) she let students shout and wave books in classD) she did not know how to teach basic knowledge effectively35. What is the best title of this article?A) The Teachers in My Life B) How to Become a TeacherC) What to Teach at School D) What Makes a Good TeacherPassage TwoQuestions 36-40 based on the following passage:According to psychologists (心理学家), an emotion is arouse when a man or animal views something as either bad or good. When a person feels like running away from something he thinks will hurt him, we call this emotion fear. If the person wants to remove the danger by attacking it , we call the emotion anger. The emotions of joy and love are aroused when we think something can help us. An emotion does not have to be created by something in the outside world. It can be created by a person’s thoughts.Everyone has emotions. Many psychologists believe that infants are born without emotions. They believe children learn emotions just as they learn to read and write. A growing child not only learns his emotions but learns hoe to act in certain situdtions bacause of an emotion.Psychologists think that there are tow types of emotion: positive and negative. Positive emotions include love, liking, joy, delight, and hope. They are aroused by something that appeals to a person. Negative emotions make a person unhappy or dissatisfoed. They include anger, fear, despair, sadness, and disgust. In growing up, a person learns to cope with the negative emotions in order to be happy.Emotions may be weak or strong. Some string emotions are so unpleasant that a person will try every means to escape from them. In order to feel happy, the person may choose unusual ways to avoid the emotion.Strong emotions can make it hard think and to solve problems. They may prevent a personfrom learning or paying attention to what he is doing. For example, a student taking an examination may be so worried about failing that ba cannot think properly. The worry drains valuable mental energy he needs for the examination.36. We leaen from the passage that an emotion is created by something .A) one feels in danger B) one faces in the outside worldC) one thinks bad or good D) one tries to escape from real life37. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A) Babies are born with emotions.B) Emotions fall into two types in genersl.C) Children learn emotions as they grow up.D) People can cope with the negative emotions in life.38. The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to .A) explain why people have emotionsB) define and classify people’s emotionsC) show how people avoid the negative emotionsD) explain what people should do about emotions39. When a student is too worried about failing in the exam, .A) he will simply give up B) he will not be able to think properlyC) he will need extra mental energy D) he will try very hard to solve the problems40. The word “drain” (para. 5) most probably means .A) ties B) stops C) flows D) weakensPassage ThreeQuestions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between “being a writer’ and writing. In moet cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hour alone at a typewriter. “You’ve got to want to write.” I say to them,” not want to be a writer”.The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poorly-paid affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose londing is never reward. When I left a 20-year career in the US Coast Guard to become a freelance (自由职业) writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me a room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter and felt like a genuine writer.After a yeqr or so, however ,I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that I barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to writer, I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who die wondering: What if? I would keep putting my dream to the test even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.41. The word “prospects” (para.2) is closest in meaning to .A) rich resource B) reasonable hopesC) strong desires D) enormous advantages42.The writer mentions his 20-year career in the US Coast Guard in order to show .A) his regret at leaving the armyB) his determination to realize his dreamC) his disappointment with the army lifeD) his excitemnet with the new life in the big city43. The writer would use all the following words to describe his life as a writer, except .A) failure B) loneliness C) wealth D) hard work44. What is the main idea of the passsage?A) One may become a writer if he loves writing.B) One may become a writer if he keeps on writing.C) One will surely become a writer if he works hard.D) One will surely become a writer if he learns to write.45. Who do you think most likely wrote this passage?A) A poor dreamer. B) A successful writer.C) A journal editor. D) A literature professor.Section BDirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a lot of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Readthe passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank isidentified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on theAnswer Sheeet with a single line through the center. Y ou may not use any of thewords in the abnk more than once.CA TV is a short way of saying “community antenna (天线) television”. But “cable television”is the term most people use. Cable television allows 46 to receive TV progroms that they cannot pick up with their 47 antennas. Television signals do not 48 the curve of the earth. They travel in straight lines in all directions. Signals from a TV station 49 toward the horizon and then go into space. I f you live only a few miles 50 a station, you may not get any picture at all.CA TV bagan in 1948. People in places far from TV stations shared the 51 of putting up high antennas. A community antenna was usually placed on a hill, a mountain, or on a high tower. The antenna picked up TV signals and fed them into a small local station. From the station, thick wires called cabled ran out to nearby homes. Each person using the cable paid a monthly 52 .CA TV worked well, and soon new uses were found 53 it. Local stations could feed program into 54 channels that were not in use. People along the cable could have local news, weather reports, and farm and school news at no 55 charge.Today, cable television has moved into cities. It brings in extra programs that city viewers with regular antennas cannot see. It is also used in many classrooms throughout the country.Part III Integrated Testing (15 marks, 20 minutes)Section ADirections: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line throughthe center.Smoking is considered dangerous to the health. Our tobacco-seller, Mr. Johnson, therefore, always asks his 56 , if they are very young ,whom the cigarettes are bought for.One day, a little girl whom he had never seen 57 walked boldly into his shop and demanded twenty cigarettes. She had the exact 58 of money in her hand and seemed very 59 . Mr. Johnson was 60 surprised by her confident amnner that he 61 to ask his usual question .62 , he asked her what kind of cigarettes she wanted. The girl replied readily and 63 him the money. While he was giving her 64 cigarettes, Mr. Johnson said laughing that 65 she was so youngh she should 66 the packet in her pocket in 67 a policeman saw it. 68 , the little girl did not seen to find this very 69 . Without even smiling she took the packet and walked 70 the door. Suddenly she stopped, turned 71 , and looked steadly at Mr. Johnson. There was a moment of silence and the tobacco-seller 72 what she was going to say. All at once, 73 a clear, firm voice, the girl 74 , “My dad is a policeman ,” and with 75 she walked quickly out of the shop.56. A) passers-by B) peopleC) passengers D) customers57. A) early B) agoC) before D) later58. A) lot B) amountC) total D) number59. A) sure B) boredC) lazy D) afraid60. A) so B) veryC) such D) quite61. A) tried B) forgotC) came D) began62. A) Instead B) AnywayC) Therefore D) However63. A) took B) providedC) handed D) presented64. A) all B) theseC) the D) those65. A) as B) whileC) for D) though66. A) carry B) hideC) cover D) hold67. A) case B) turnC) time D) trouble68. A) However B)MoreoverC) Furthermore D) Therefore69. A) funny B) excitingC) happy D) meaningful70. A) from B) towardC) before D) against71. A) over B) downC) back D) around72. A) waited B) expectedC) doubted D) wondered73. A) in B) forC) by D) at74. A) admitted B) declaredC) recogined D) apologized75. A) it B) theseC) that D) whichSection BDirections: In this part there is a short passage followed by five questions or inocomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete theatatemnets with no more than 10 words. Please write your answer on AnswerSheet 2.The advantages of some form of international in the modern world are obvious. Thanks to modern methods of transport, we can travel everywhere more eaily and mor equickly than ever before, but the language problem still remains. Without a common language, misunderstandings arise an there can be no real comminication between people of different nationalities.There are two possible solutions to this problem: either we choose one of the exisiting major languages of the world, or we make up an artificial one. But neither solution is simple beause no exisiting major language, such as Esperanto (世界语), has no literature and would be thought dull by many learners.It is often said that English is quickly becoming a world language. It is certainly the most widely used language in the world, and second only to Chinese in its number of native speakers, but there are certain dangers in choosing English as an international language.First of all, owing to political reasons and national pride, English is not acceptable to everyone as a world language. Many dislike its influence; they see it as a form of interference, perhaps evendomination. English words enter their languages and this too causes offence. Although English is being taught in more and school abrosd, the process in not always popular. Not every nation is prepared to accept the dominant position of a foreign language in their educational system.Another danger is that differences in standard English arise from its use thoughout world. It could break up, with language developing from dialects (方言) of English. Already Indian teachers and Nigerian students have been unable to understand each other’s English.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2作答。
2012年12月大学英语六级考试真题答案解析版
2012年12月大学英语六级考试真题答案解析Part I WritingA 【标准版】Man and ComputerEver since the birth of it, the computer has largely changed human being’s life and there has been a hot debate about its effects on humans. Undeniably, c omputers have taken the place of humans in many areas and it seems that compute rs begin to think like man, but this does not necessarily lead to the danger th at man will think like computers.The reasons, in my opinion, are as follows. Firstly, when computers release human from repetitive tasks, humans themselves can spend more time on creative works, such as scientific research, which require imagination and cannot be co mpleted by computers. Meanwhile, thanks to computers, humans get more spare tim e with their friends and family, which enhances their happiness. Moreover, even though computers can work automatically, the premise is that the program, whic h is written by humans, has been installed in it.In conclusion, humans, unlike computers, have creative ability, emotional d esires and social bounds. Thus, I don’t think that there will be the danger th at man will begin to think like the computer.【高分版】Man and ComputerIt is believed that the computer is bringing the world into a brand new era. At the time the computer was invented, scientists, marveling at its calculatin g speed, felt that they had created a miracle. Nowadays, the function of the co mputer is no longer confined to calculation; it permeates people’s daily lives and has become an inseparable part of human society.People become so heavily dependent on computers that it is hard to imagine the life without computers. Therefore, some people are worried that “The real danger is not that the computer will think like man, but man will think like th e computer.” Their concern does make sense. Indeed, some people spend such a l ong time working on computers that they have few interactions with people in re al life. According to a research, too many hours in front of a computer may lea d to a poker face and interpersonal isolation. This fact should arouse our atte ntion, because unlike computers, human beings are social creatures that need em otional connections with others.Yet, it is also unnecessary for us to be overwhelmed by the negative impact s of computers. After all, we humans are intelligent and will be able to figure out better ways to make improvements.本次六级作文的题目是人与电脑，对“真正的危险不是电脑开始像人一样思考，而是人开始像电脑一样思考。
2012年12月大学英语六级考试真题+答案
2012年12月大学英语六级考试真题Part I Writing （30 minutes）Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled Man and Computer by commenting on the saying, “The real danger is not that the computer will begin to think like man, but that man will begin to think like the computer.” You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.Part II Listening Comprehension （30 minutes）Section ADirections: 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 1with a single line through the centre.1．A) She can count on the man for help.B) She can lend the man a sleeping bag.C) She has other plans for this weekend.D) She has got camping gear for rent.2．A) The man should keep his words.B) Karen can take her to the airport.C) Karen always supports her at work.D) She regrets asking the man for help.3．A) His trip to Hawaii has used up all his money.B) He usually checks his brakes before a trip.C) His trip to Hawaii was not enjoyable.D) He can’t afford to go traveli ng yet.4．A) There was nothing left except some pie.B) The woman is going to prepare the dinner.C) The man has to find something else to eat.D) Julie has been invited for dinner.5．A) Send Professor Smith a letter.B) Apply to three graduate schools.C) Present a new letter of reference.D) Submit no more than three letters.6．A) He is a professional gardener in town.B) He declines to join the gardening club.C) He prefers to keep his gardening skills to himself.D) He wishes to receive formal training in gardening.7．A) Many people do not appreciate modern art.B) The recent sculpture exhibit was not well organized.C) Modern art cannot express people’s true feelings.D) Sculpture is not a typical form of modern art.8．A) Bob cannot count on her vote.B) She will vote for another candidate.C) Bob does not have much chance to win.D) She knows the right person for the position.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A) Poor management of the hospital.B) The outdated medical testing procedures.C) Decisions made by the head technician.D) The health hazard at her work place.10. A) Cut down her workload.B) Repair the x-ray equipment.C) Transfer her to another department.D) Allow her to go on leave for two months.11．A) They are virtually impossible to enforce.B) Neither is applicable to the woman’s case.C) Their requirements may be difficult to meet.D) Both of them have been subject to criticism.12．A) Organize a mass strike.B) Try to help her get it back.C) Compensate for her loss.D) Find her a better paying job.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13．A) In the preparatory phase.B) In the concluding part.C) In stating your terms.D) In giving concessions.14．A) He uses lots of gestures to help make his points clear.B) He presents his arguments in a straightforward way.C) He responds readily to the other party’s proposals.D) He behaves in a way contrary to his real intention.15. A) Both can succeed depending on the specific situation.B) The honest type is more effective than the actor type.C) Both may fail when confronting experienced rivals.D) The actor type works better in tough negotiations.Section BPassage OneQuestions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) The weight of the boxes moving across the stage.B) The number of times of repeating the process.C) The size of the objects shown.D) The shape of the cubes used.17. A) Girls seem to start reasoning earlier than boys.B) Girls tend to get excited more easily than boys.C) Boys enjoy playing with cubes more than girls.D) Boys pay more attention to moving objects than girls.18. A) It is a breakthrough in the study of the nerve system.B) Its findings are quite contrary to previous research.C) Its result helps understand babies’ language ability.D) It may stimulate scientists to make further studies.19. A) They talk at an earlier age.B) Their bones mature earlier.C) They are better able to adapt to the surroundings.D) The two sides of their brain develop simultaneously.Passage TwoQuestions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.20. A) The city’s general budget for the coming year.B) The blueprint for the development of the city.C) The controversy over the new office regulations.D) The new security plan for the municipal building.21. A) Whether the security checks were really necessary.B) Whether the security checks would create long queues at peak hours.C) How to cope with the huge crowds of visitors to the municipal building.D) How to train the newly recruited security guards.22. A) Confrontational. C) Ridiculous.B) Straightforward. D) Irrelevant.Passage ThreeQuestions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.23. A) He considers himself a blessed man. C) He used to work as a miner in Nevada.B) He works hard to support his five kids. D) He once taught at a local high school.24. A) To be nearer to Zac’s school. C) To look after her grandchildren.B) To cut their living expenses. D) To help with the household chores.25. A) Skeptical. C) Indifferent.B) Realistic. D) OptimisticSection CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for thefirst 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.Mountain climbing is becoming a popular sport, but it is also a （26）____________ dangerous one. People can fall; they may also become ill. One of the most common dangers to climbers is altitude sickness, which can affect even very （27）____________ climbers.Altitude sickness usually begins when a climber goes above 8,000 or 9,000 feet. The higher one climbs, the less oxygen there is in the air. When people don’t get enough oxygen, they often begin to （28）____________. They may also feel （29）____________. Besides these symptoms of altitude sickness, others such as headache and （30）____________ may also occur. At heights of over 18,000 feet, people may be climbing in a （31）____________ daze （恍惚）. This state of mind can have an （32）____________ effect on their judgment.A few （33）____________ can help most climbers avoid altitude sickness. The first is not to go too high too fast. If you climb to 10,000 feet, stay at that height for a day or two. Your body needs to （34）____________ a high altitude before you climb to an even higher one. Or if you do climb higher sooner, come back down to a lower height when you sleep. Also, drink plenty of liquids and avoid tobacco and alcohol. When you reach your top height, do light activities rather than sleep too much. You breathe less when you sleep, so you get less （35）____________.Part III Reading Comprehension （40 minutes）Section ADirections: 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.A key process in interpersonal interaction is that of social comparison, in that we ___36___ ourselves in terms of how we compare to others. In particular, we engage in two types of comparison. First, we decide whether we are superior or inferior to others on certain ___37___, such as attractiveness, intelligence, popularity, etc. Here, the important aspect is to compare with an appropriate reference group. For example, ___38___ joggers should not compare their performance with Olympic standard marathon （马拉松）runners. Second, we judge the extent to which we are the same as or different from others. At certain stages of life, ___39___ adolescence, the pressure to be seen as ___40___ to peers is immense. Thus, wearing the right brand of clothes or shoes may be of the utmost importance. We also need to know whether our thoughts, beliefs and ideas are in line with those of other people. This is part of the process of self-validation whereby we ___41___ self-disclosures to seek support for our self-concept.People who do not have ___42___ to a good listener may not only be denied the opportunityto heighten their self-awareness, but they are also denied valuable feedback as to the validity and acceptability of their inner thoughts and feelings. By ___43___ these with others, we receive feedback as to whether these are experiences which others have as well, or whether they are less ___44___. Furthermore, by ___45___ the reactions to our self-disclosures we learn what types are acceptable or unacceptable with particular people and in specific situations.A）rashly I）discussingB）dimensions J）gaugingC）common K）comparingD）especially L）modestE）similar M）differentF）access N）featuresG）evaluate O）appreciateH）employSection BDirections: 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.Tactics to Spark CreativityA）Why is it that some people rack their brains for new ideas, only to come up empty while others seem to shake them almost effortlessly out of their sleeves? Whether creativity is an innate gift or a cognitive process that anyone can jump-start is a question so intriguing that researchers keep studying it from different angles and discovering new and surprising techniques.B）Several recent studies suggest that the best route to an “aha moment”involves stepping away from daily chores—whether it’s taking a daydream break, having a drink or two after work or simply gazing at something green. Of course, personality can make a difference. People who rate high in openness to new experiences in personality tests also may be more distractible and curious, according to a 2010 study in Creativity Research Journal.C）But open personality isn’t the only path to inspiration, researchers say. Walking away from a problem to do simple, routine tasks, and letting the mind wander in the process, can spark creative new connections or approaches to solving dilemmas, says a 2012 study in Psychological Science. That helps explain why a lot of great ideas occur at transition times, when people are waking up or falling asleep, bathing, showering or jogging.D）For years, Amy Baxter, a physician and pain researcher, looked for ways to use cold to relieve children’s pain from vaccination shots（疫苗接种）. But her light bulb moment didn’t come until she was driving home from work, tired after an all-night shift in the emergency room. The steering wheel on her car was vibrating because the tires were poorly aligned, and she noticed as she pulled into her driveway that the vibration had made her hands numb. With help from her husband Louis, she made the connection: Combining vibration and cold might be enough to ease the pain of ashot.E）She applied a vibrating massager and a bag of frozen peas to the arm of her 7-year-old son Max, then rolled over his skin a small metal wheel used by neurologists to test sensitivity. Max felt nothing. That discovery sparked the development of “Buzzy”, a toylike vibrating bee fitted with a tiny ice pack. With help from a 2008 federal grant, she produced the device and began marketing it online. Buzzy is now being used in 500 hospitals to ease patients’pain from injections and infusions.F）Dr. Baxter’s groggy, wee-hour（凌晨）insight wasn’t a stroke of luck. Students in a 2011 study solved more problems requiring fresh new insights when they tackled them at off-peak times of day—in the evening for morning people, and in the morning for night owls, says the study, published in Thinking & Reasoning. Such advice runs counter to the conventional wisdom that solving problems requires focusing a person’s attention and blocking out distractions.G）Viewing the color green may help make those ideas more apparent, according to research published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. When students were given creativity tests, those whose test-cover pages had a green background gave more creative answers than those whose pages were white, blue, red or gray. Many see green as a symbol of fertility, growth and renewal, triggering the positive mood and striving for improvement that fosters creativity, says the study.H）Mind-wandering, often seen as daydreaming, allows the brain to incubate new approaches to familiar problems, serving as “a foundation for creative inspiration”, says the 2012 study in Psychological Science. In a test of creativity, researchers divided 145 students randomly into four groups. Three groups were given a 12-minute break with different assignments; a fourth group kept studying. When all the students tackled the same problems a second time, those who had done a simple, boring task during a break had more creative ideas than those who were assigned a tough cognitive puzzle, those who rested, or those who didn’t take a break.I）Another tactic: Build time for mind wandering into daily routines, breaking away from tasks requiring concentration to take a walk or run, look out a window or do some relaxing, routine physical task. Atlanta ad executive John Stapleton had been trying for three weeks to come up with advertising ideas for a client, the Costa Rica Tourism Board, to encourage people to visit the Central American nation. But it wasn’t until he got out of his Atlanta office, traveled to the Costa Rican rain forest and relaxed on his patio（露台）at a resort. Then a storm was approaching. An idea crept into his mind: all the howler monkeys started woofing like dogs, and the rain forest came to life.J）He and his colleagues developed an iPad app enabling users to create their own jungle music, syncing the sounds of howling monkeys, frogs, rain, fish and streams into a rhythmic symphony, free for children and potential adult visitors to download as a window into Costa Rica’s biodiversity. A key to hatching the idea of illustrating biodiversity via music was to get away from juggling accounts and being constantly distracted, jumping from one task to the next, Mr. Stapleton assumes.K）Moderate drinking can also relax inhibitions（抑郁）in a way that seems to let the mind range across a wider set of possible connections. It can also help a person notice environmental cues or changes that a sober brain would block out, Dr. Wiley says.L）Priming（填充）the mind with a wide range of experiences and information also helps. Tor Myhren, an ad executive, says he uses “massive creative stimulus followed by total solitaryconfinement”to start ideas flowing. Anticipating a period of hard work recently, he read Wired magazine cover to cover, then went to see Django Unchained. When he set his brain up properly for it, when he’d fed his brain properly, he could do it.M）Entrepreneurial people have ideas about everything all the time, says Jonathan Kaplan, inventor of the Flip pocket camcorder, an idea that sparked a boom in personal videos a few years ago. We always think we’re right and always think it’s possible to do them, says Kaplan, who is now chief executive of a company based on his latest idea, The Melt, San Francisco.N） Straying from your field of expertise can help, studies show. Market-research executive Sterling Lanier was looking for successful new ideas a few years ago. “I was in Death V alley from 2007 to 2010, thinking maybe I lost it,”he says. “Then I relaxed a little, went out to lunch, started telling stories while drinking beer with a friend, a cancer epidemiologist（流行病学专家）.”His friend started complaining about all the problems she had of getting research subjects to fill out arduous, 400-question medical surveys.O） Then came his light-bulb moment: “You have to make it entertaining. Why don’t you just make it super fun and friendly on the iPad?”he asked. By applying market-research techniques to a new field, he came up with a colorful, gamelike medical questionnaire that became the basis for the new company he heads; the product is being used at a growing number of research hospitals and clinics.46. Combining vibration and cold may be helpful to lessen kids’sufferings from vaccination shots.47. Green color can stimulate one’s optimistic emotion and high spirits in pursuit of progress, thereby enhancing creative power.48. Users can make their own jungle music with the help of an iPad app developed by an Atlanta ad executive.49. The issue about where new ideas come from interested researchers to study it from different angles.50. Information from the magazine and movie was stuffed into Tor Myhren’s mind and this gave him the great power of creativity.51. An interesting medical questionnaire became the basis for the foundation of a new company, whose product is being used by many hospitals.52. Drinking an appropriate amount of alcohol is conducive to one’s mental and physical relaxation.53. A study shows that mind-wandering can help to inspire people’s ability to overcome similar difficulties.54. Creativity is not only related with open personality but also connected with doing simple daily work and flying the mind freely.55. It is at off-peak times of day that new ideas can be sparked to cope with tough problems.Section CDirections: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 2with asingle line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.Amid all the job losses, there’s one category of worker that the e conomic disruption has been good for: nonhumans.From self-service checkout lines at the supermarket to industrial robots armed with saws and taught to carve up animal bodies in slaughter-houses, these ever-more-intelligent machines are now not just assisting workers but actually kicking them out of their jobs.Automation isn’t just affecting factory workers, either. Some law firms now use artificial intelligence software to scan and read mountains of legal documents, work that previously was performed by highly-paid human lawyers.“Robots continue to have an impact on blue-collar jobs, and white-collar jobs are under attack by mic roprocessors,” says economics professor Edward Leamer. The recession permanently wiped out 2.5 million jobs. U.S. gross domestic product has climbed back to pre-recession levels, meaning we’re producing as much as before, only with 6% fewer workers. To be sure, robotics are not the only job killers out there, with outsourcing (外包) stealing far more jobs than automation.Jeff Burnstein, president of the Robotics Industry Association, argues that robots actually save U.S. jobs. His logic: companies that e mbrace automation might use fewer workers, but that’s still better than firing everyone and moving the work overseas.It’s not that robots are cheaper than humans, though often they are. It’s that they’re better. “In some cases the quality requirements are so exacting that even if you wanted to have a human do the job, you couldn’t,” Burnstein says.Same goes for surgeons, who’re using robotic systems to perform an ever-growing list of operations—not because the machines save money but because, thanks to the greater precision of robots, the patients recover in less time and have fewer complications, says Dr. Myriam Curet.Surgeons may survive the robot invasion, but others at the hospital might not be so lucky, as iRobot, maker of the Roomba, a robot vacuum cleaner, has been showing off Ava, which could be used as a messenger in a hospital. And once you’re home, recovering, Ava could let you talk to your doctor, so there’s no need to send someone to your house. That“mobile telepresence” could be useful at the office. If you’re away on a trip, you can still attend a meeting. Just connect via videoconferencing software, so your face appea rs on Ava’s screen.Is any job safe? I was hoping to say “journalist,”but researchers are already developing software that can gather facts and write a news story. Which means that a few years from now, a robot could be writing this column. And who will read it? Well, there might be a lot of us hanging around with lots of free time on our hands.56. What do we learn from the first few paragraphs?A) The over-use of robots has done damage to American economy.B) It is hard for robots to replace humans in highly professional work.C) Artificial intelligence is key to future technological innovations.D) The robotic industry has benefited from the economic recession.57. What caused the greatest loss of jobs in America?A) Using microprocessors extensively.B) Moving production to other countries.C) The bankruptcy of many companies.D) The invasion of migrant workers.58. What does Jeff Burnstein say about robots?A) They help companies to revive.B) They are cheaper than humans.C) They prevent job losses in a way.D) They compete with human workers.59. Why are robotic systems replacing surgeons in more and more operations according to Dr. Myriam Curet?A) They save lots of money for the patients.B) They beat humans in precision.C) They take less time to perform a surgery.D) They make operations less painful.60. What does the author imply about robotics?A) It will greatly enrich literary creation.B) It will start a new technological revolution.C) It will revolutionize scientific research.D) It will be applied in any field imaginable.Passage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.You’ve now heard it so many times, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt make the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to consume more; they need—believe it or not—to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.And it’s all true. But the other side of that equation is that the U.S. needs to save more. For the moment, American households actually are doing so. After the personal-savings rate dipped to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets.In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20%. It is partly for policy reasons. As we’ve seen, wage earners are expected to care for not only their children but their aging parents. And there is, to date, only the flimsiest (脆弱的) of publicly-funded health care and pension systems, which increases incentives for individuals to save while they are working. But China is a society that has long esteemed personal financial prudence (谨慎). There is no chance that will change anytime soon, even if the government creates a better social safety net and successfully encourages greater consumer spending.Why does the U.S. need to learn a little frugality (节俭)？Because healthy savings rates are one of the surest indicators of a country’s long-term financial health. High savings lead, over time, to increased investment, which in turn generates productivity gains, innovation and job growth. Inshort, savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest.The U.S. government thus needs to act as well. By running constant deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more. Peter Orszag, Obama’s Budget Director, recently called the U.S. budget deficits unsustainable and he’s right. To date, the U.S. has seemed unable to see the consequences of spending so much more than is taken in. That needs to change. And though Hu Jintao and the rest of the Chinese leadership aren’t inclined to lecture visiting Presidents, he might gently hint that Beijing is getting a little nervous about the value of the dollar—which has fallen 15% since March, in large part because of increasing fears that America’s debt load is becoming unmanageable.That’s what happens when you’re the world’s biggest creditor: you get to drop hints like that, which would be enough by themselves to create international economic chaos if they were ever leaked. (Every time any official in Beijing deliberates publicly about seeking an alternative to the U.S. dollar for the $2.1 trillion China holds in reserve, currency traders have a heart attack.) If Americans saved more and spent less, consistently over time, they wouldn’t have to worry about all that.61. How did the economic crisis affect Americans?A) They had to tighten their belts.B) Their bank savings rate dropped to zero.C) Their leadership in the global economy was shaken.D) They became concerned about China’s financial policy.62. What should be done to encourage Chinese people to consume?A) Changing their traditional way of life.B) Providing fewer incentives for saving.C) Improving China’s social security system.D) Cutting down the expenses on child-rearing.63. What does the author mean by saying “savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest”(Line 4, Para. 4)?A) The more one saves, the more returns one will reap.B) A country’s economy hinges on its savings policy.C) Those who keep saving will live an easy life in the end.D) A healthy savings rate promotes economic prosperity.64. In what circumstances do currency traders become scared?A) When Beijing allows its currency exchange rates to float.B) When China starts to reduce its current foreign reserves.C) When China talks about switching its dollar reserves to other currencies.D) When Beijing mentions in public the huge debts America owes China.65. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?A) To urge the American government to cut deficits.B) To encourage Chinese people to spend more.C) To tell Americans not to worry about their economy.D) To promote understanding between China and America.Part IV Translation （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 2.京剧京剧（Peking Opera）已有200多年的历史，是中国的国剧。
2012年12月大学英语四级真题试卷(第2套)(题后含答案及解析)
2012年12月大学英语四级真题试卷（第2套）(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Writing 2. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 3. Listening Comprehension 4. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) 5. Cloze 8. TranslationPart I Writing (30 minutes)1．For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Education Pays based on the statistics provided in the chart below (Unemployment rate in 2010). Please give a brief description of the chart first and then make comments on it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Education Pays正确答案：Education Pays The bar chart given by US Bureau of Labor Statistics reflects the unemployment rate in 2010 among people with different educational background. From these statistics, it can be seen that the higher degree one possesses, the less likely he is to be unemployed. Generally speaking, two factors have contributed to this phenomenon. For one thing, the advancement of technology and the adjustment of industrial structure lead to a dramatic demand of workforces with high educational degrees. Therefore, it is natural for people with higher educational degrees to enjoy a more steady and well-paid job. For another, those with lower educational degrees tend to be dismissed and substituted more frequently because their jobs usually feature low technologies which can be done by anybody. As far as I am concerned, education is always a worthy investment. So, as individuals, first we should attach great importance to education. Second, the government and authorities should adopt relevant measures to ensure the equity of education. Only in this way can more people get the tickets to a much more comfortable life.Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions attached to the passage. For questions 1-7, mark：Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.Should Sugar Be Regulated like Alcohol and Tobacco? Sugar poses enough health risks that it should be considered a controlled substance just like alcohol and tobacco, argue a team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In an opinion piece called “The Toxic (毒性的) Truth About Sugar”published Feb. 1 in Nature, Robert Lustig, Laura Schmidt and Claire Brindis argue that it’s wrong to consider sugar just “empty calories. “They write:“ There is nothing empty about these calories. A growing body of scientific evidence is showing that fructose (果糖) can trigger processes that lead to liver toxicity and a host of other chronic diseases. A little is not a problem, but a lot kills—slowly. “Almost everyone’s heard of—or personally experienced—the well-known sugar high, so perhaps the comparison between sugar and alcohol or tobacco shouldn’t come as a surprise. But it’s doubtful that Americans will look favorably upon regulating their favorite vice. We’re a nation that’s sweet on sugar: the average US adult downs 22 teaspoons of sugar a day, according to the American Heart Association, and surveys have found that teens swallow 34 teaspoons. To counter our consumption, the authors advocate taxing sugary foods and controlling sales to kids under 17. Already, 17% of US children and teens are obese (肥胖的), and across the world the sugar intake (摄入) has increased three times in the past 50 years. The increase has helped create a global obesity plague that contributes to 35 million annual deaths worldwide from noninfectious diseases including cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Linda Matzigkeit, a senior vice president at Children’s Healthcare, said “ We have to do something about this or our country is in danger. It’s not good if your state has the second-highest obesity rate. Obese children turn into obese adults. ““ There are good calories and bad calories, just as there are good fats and bad fats, good amino acids (氨基酸) and bad amino acids,” Lustig, director of the Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health program at UCSF, said in a statement. “But sugar is toxic beyond its calories. “The food industry tries to imply that “a calorie is a calorie,” says Kelly Brownell, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University. “But this and other research suggests there is something different about sugar,”says Brownell. The UCSF report emphasizes the metabolic (新陈代谢的) effects of sugar. Excess sugar can alter metabolism, raise blood pressure, affect the signaling of hormones and damage the liver—outcomes that sound suspiciously similar to what can happen after a person drinks too much alcohol. Schmidt, co-chair of UCSF’s Community Engagement and Health Policy program, noted on CNN: “ When you think about it, this actually makes a lot of sense. Alcohol, after all, is simply made from sugar. Where does vodka come from? Sugar. “But there are also other areas of impact that researchers have investigated: the effect of sugar on the brain and how liquid calories are interpreted differently by the body than solids. Research has suggested that sugar activates the same reward pathways in the brain as traditional drugs of abuse like morphine or heroin. No one is claiming the effect of sugar is quite that strong, but, says Brownell, “ it helps confirm what people tell you sometimes, that they hunger for sugar and have withdrawal symptoms when they stop eating it. “There’s also something particularly tricky about sugary drinks. “ When calories come in liquids, the body doesn’t feel as full,” says Brownell. “People are getting more of their calories than ever before from sugared drinks. “Other countries, including France, Greece and Denmark, impose soda taxes, and the concept is being considered in at least 20 US cities and states. Last summer, Philadelphia came close to passing a 2-cents-per-ounce soda tax. The Rudd Center has been a strong advocate of a more modest 1 -cent-per-ounce tax. But at least one study, from 2010, has raised doubts that soda taxes would result in significant weight loss:apparently people who are determined to eat—and drink—unhealthily will find ways to do it. Teens—no surprise—are good at finding ways to get the things they can’t have, so state policies banning all sugar-sweetened drinks from public schools and providing only water, milk or 100% fruit juices haven’t had the intended effect of steering kids away from drinking sugared drinks: the average teen consumes about 300 calories per day—that’s nearly 15% of his daily calories—in sweetened drinks, and the food and drink industry is only too happy to feed this need. Ultimately, regulating sugar will prove particularly tricky because it goes beyond health concerns; sugar, for so many people, is love. A plate of cut-up vegetables just doesn’t pack the same emotional punch as a tin of home-made chocolate chip cookies (饼干) , which is why I took my daughter out for a cupcake and not an apple as an after-school treat today. We don’t do that regularly—it’s the first time this school year, actually—and that’s what made it special. As a society, could we ever reach the point where we’d think apples—not a cupcake—are something to get excited over? Says Brindis, one of the report’s authors and director of UCSF’s Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies: “We recognize that there are cultural and celebratory aspects of sugar. Changing these patterns is very complicated. “For inroads (进展) to be made, say the authors in their statement, people have to be better educated about the hazards of sugar and agree that something’s got to change: Many of the interventions (干预) that have reduced alcohol and tobacco consumption can be models for addressing the sugar problem, such as imposing special sales taxes, controlling access, and tightening licensing requirements on vending machines (自动售货机) and snack-bars that sell high sugar products in schools and workplaces. “ We’re not talking prohibition,”Schmidt said. “We’re not advocating a major imposition of the government into people’s lives. We’re talking about gentle ways to make sugar consumption slightly less convenient, thereby moving people away from the concentrated dose. What we want is to actually increase people’s choices by making foods that aren’t loaded with sugar comparatively easier and cheaper to get. “2．Why do some researchers think sugar should be considered “a controlled substance” ?A．It contains nothing but empty calories.B．It is as harmful as morphine and heroin.C．It works the same way as alcohol and tobacco in the human body.D．Excessive intake of sugar results in liver toxicity and various diseases,正确答案：D解析：文章第一段提出将糖归为管制品，是因为其会造成健康风险，第二段引用评论文章来列举糖带来的健康风险：果糖会诱发肝毒性和许多其他慢性疾病的进程，少量的糖不会出问题，但是大量的糖会慢慢导致死亡。
【最全】2012年统考大学英语B(统考英语B)模拟试题_附答案
交际英语B 1、- Thank you ever so much for your lovely gift.- _________A：Never mindB：I'm glad you like it.C：Please don't say so.D：No, It's not so good.答案：B2、- Good morning, may I speak to Mark, please?- _________A：Who's there?B：Who's speaking?C：Who are you?D：Who wants to speak to Mark?答案：B3、- Let me introduce myself. I'm steward．- _________A：What a pleasure.B：Pleased to meet you.C：I don't know.D：Thanks a lot.答案：B4、- Can you help me?- _________A：No, I don't know.B：Sure. What is it?C：Don't mention it.D：That's it.答案：B5、- I have an appointment with Dr. Edward.- _________A：Please wait for a minute.B：Are you sick?C：Tell me about your appointment.D：Dr. Edward didn't tell me.答案：A6、- Hello, could I speak to Mike please?- _________A：Who are you?B：Who is speaking?C：What's wrong?D：Why?7、- Have a nice holiday!- _________A：You have it too.B：You do too.C：The same as you.D：The same to you.答案：D8、- Paul, this is my friend, Ann.- _________A：Very well, thank you.B：How do you like the party?C：Glad to meet you, Jack.D：Glad to meet you, Ann.答案：D9、- Great party, isn't it?- _________A：Yeah, really.B：My friends are great.C：Have we met before?D：Glad to meet you again.答案：A10、- Come and see me if you have time.- _________A：I can't.B：I'll think it over.C：Thank you.D：I will.答案：D11、- She is running a fever, but now it is under control. - _________A：She is running fast.B：I will go and see her after work.C：Her mother does not run.D：She is running away from home.答案：B12、- I'd like to book a room, please.- _________A：Single or double?B：Good or bad?C：Which room?D：We don't have books here.13、- What do you think of the new mobile phone model?- _________A：It goes very fast.B：It travels very fast.C：It is very expensive.D：It walks very slowly.答案：C14、- _________ I think you have given me the wrong change. - I'm sorry about that.A：Pardon,B：Excuse me,C：Good idea,D：How are you,答案：B15、- Well done and _________.- Thank you very much!A：not at allB：congratulationsC：that's rightD：you are welcome答案：B16、- _________- You too!A：Merry Christmas!B：What a beautiful day!C：Help yourself!D：It's very kind of you!答案：A17、- Welcome to the party! _________- Thank you!A：Excuse me!B：I totally agree with you.C：How pretty you are today!D：Which one do you prefer?答案：C18、- I hope you have a most happy and prosperous new year! - _________A：You are welcome!B：How smart you are!C：The same to you!D：Nice going!19、- Bring me the bill, please.- _________A：You are welcome.B：Please wait for a moment, sir.C：I'll hurry up.D：Be quick.答案：B20、- My son won the first prize in the writing contest!- _________A：Congratulations!B：Are you sure of that?C：What a pity!D：It's terrible.答案：A21、- Would you please show me your bankbook?- _________A：Sorry, I have no idea.B：Here you are.C：Come with me.D：Yes, I'd like to.答案：B22、- Thank you for the wonderful meal, Mrs. Hanson.- _________A：Oh, I don't think you ate well.B：I'm not a good cook in fact.C：Be careful next time.D：I'm glad you enjoyed it.答案：D23、- I heard you got a full mark in the English exam. Congratulations! - _________A：Oh, no, no.B：No, I didn't do very well.C：Thanks.D：Don't praise me.答案：C24、- I hear you got through your exam. Congratulations!- _________A：No. I didn't do well enough.B：Who told you that?C：Thanks.D：Yes, I got a good mark.25、- May I use my credit card here?- _________A：You can't.B：No one uses it.C：I am afraid you can't.D：Who told you?答案：C26、- Mr. Jones, this is Sean, an English teacher from the United States. - ______________A：What can I do for you?B：Nice to meet you.C：Please keep in touch.D：Haven't seen you for ages.答案：B27、- Well done and _______- Thank you very much!A：not at all.B：congratulations to you.C：that's right.D：you are welcome.答案：B28、- _______- You too!A：Merry Christmas!B：What a beautiful day!C：Help yourself!D：It's very kind of you!答案：A29、- I'm engaged!- _______on your engagement!A：CongratulationsB：PleasureC：WelcomeD：Cheers答案：A30、- Hello, I'm David Chen. Nice to meet you.- _______A：Are you?B：Nice to meet you too.C：Yes.D：Very nice.31、- I've passed the examination.- _______A：What a pity.B：I hate the exam.C：Congratulations.D：Come on.答案：C32、- Congratulations! You won the first prize in the English speech contest. - _______A：Yes, I beat the others.B：No, no, I didn't do it well.C：Thank you.D：It's a pleasure.答案：C33、- let me introduce myself. I am Tom.- _______.A：What a pleasureB：It's pleasureC：I'm very pleasedD：Pleased to meet you答案：D34、- Excuse me, could you help to find my son?- _______A：Certainly.B：Why?C：No, I can't.D：Where is he?答案：A35、Our class won the girls' relay race in our school's sports meeting.- _____________________A：That's right.B：Thanks a lot.C：Congratulations!D：It's a pleasure.答案：C36、-Could I borrow your car, please?-______________________A：Good idea.B：No hurry.C：With pleasure.D：No surprise.37、Thank you for your nice gifts.- _____________________A：I'm glad you like it.B：No thanks.C：It's very kind of you.D：I'm sorry to hear that.答案：A38、- Thank you very much for giving me so much help.- _____________________.A：No thank youB：You're welcomeC：OKD：Thanks答案：B39、--Congratulations! You won the first prize in today's speech contest. --_____A：Yes, I beat the others.B：No, no, I didn't do it well.C：Thank you.D：It's a pleasure.答案：C40、--Could you help me with English?--_____A：No, no way.B：No, I couldn't.C：No, I can't.D：Sorry I can't. I have an appointment right now.答案：D41、--Would you mind changing seats with me?--_____A：Yes, you can.B：Of course, I like to.C：No, I don't mind.D：Certainly, please do.答案：C42、--Could you help me with my physics, please？--_____A：No, no way.B：No, I couldn't.C：No, I can't.D：Sorry I can't. I have to go to a meeting right now.43、--I was worried about my maths, but Mr. Brown gave me an A.--_____A：Don't worry about it.B：Congratulations! That's a difficult course.C：Mr. Brown is very good.D：Good luck to you！答案：B44、-We really enjoy ourselves at the party. Thanks again, Mr. and Mrs. Brown. -_______. Just drop in whenever you feel like it.A：Our great honourB：Nice having you hereC：Nice you are hereD：With pleasure答案：B45、- I really don't know how to thank you enough.- ______.A：No problemB：Think nothing of itC：Not at allD：It doesn't matter答案：B46、Thank you ever so much for the coat you bought me.___________.A：No thanksB：I'm glad you like itC：Please don't say soD：No, it's not so good答案：B47、Would you please pass me the salt?___________.A：Give youB：No saltC：Here they areD：Certainly. Here you are答案：D48、Do you think I could borrow your dictionary?___________.A：Yes, you may borrowB：Yes, you couldC：Yes, go onD：Yes, help yourself49、If you need me, jut let me know.I will,___________.A：that's all rightB：thank youC：all rightD：not at all答案：B50、May I move your bag a little and take this seat?____________.A：I don't mindB：It doesn't matterC：You do it pleaseD：Go ahead答案：D51、Why not go and have dinner in a restaurant?___________. It's too expensive.A：Why notB：I agreeC：I'm afraid notD：I'm sure答案：C52、Would you go to the concert with me?_____________, but I'm very busy now.A：I'd like toB：SureC：No problemD：Certainly答案：A53、I'll be away on a business trip. Would you mind looking at my cat? Not at all. ____________.A：I have no timeB：I'd rather notC：You can leaveD：I'd be happy to答案：D54、Congratulations!_____________.A：Glad to hear thatB：Don't mention itC：The same to youD：Thank you55、How are you? You look nice!____________.A：Thanks, so are youB：Thanks, so do youC：Yes, I doD：Yes, you are too答案：B56、I'll go camping this weekend.____________.A：Can you go fishing, tooB：Don't give it upC：Have a good timeD：glad to hear it答案：C57、-- Hello! Is that Mr Wang speaking?-- _________A：Yes. This is Mr Wang speaking.B：Yes. Can I speak to Mr Wang?C：Sorry, you'd better ask Mr Wang.D：No, I can't speak.答案：A58、--Thank you for your help.-- _________.A：It doesn't matterB：You're welcomeC：You're kindD：I don't think so答案：B59、-- Did you win the 100 metre race?-- Yes, I did.-- Really?-- _________.A：CongratulationsB：Best wishesC：Good luckD：Right答案：A60、-- Happy Teachers' Day to you, Mr Wang! -- _________.A：Thank youB：All the sameC：Me, tooD：The same to you答案：A61、-- I have passed the maths exam!-- _________. Congratulations!A：SorryB：Come onC：Well doneD：Bad luck答案：C62、-_________.-Thank you.A：CongratulationsB：CongratulationC：CongratulateD：To congratulate答案：A63、- I'm going to take my entrance test tomorrow.- _______!A：Good luckB：CheersC：Come onD：Congratulations答案：A64、－Could you help me put up the signs on the wall?－_______.A：No problemB：I hope soC：That's all rightD：That's a good idea答案：A65、---Can you help clean the window?---________.A：I'd like thatB：Sure, go aheadC：Sorry, but I have to meet my uncleD：It's none of my business答案：C66、-Would you mind closing the window? It is windy outside. -_________A：Not at all.B：Sure, go ahead.C：Why not?D：Yes, I would.答案：A67、--Hello, could I speak to Miss Fang, please? -- ______I'll get her for you.A：Hold on, please.B：I'm Miss Fang.C：Who are you?D：She is at work.答案：A68、-We'll have a basketball match this afternoon. -________.A：Good luckB：Never mindC：Yes, pleaseD：It's nothing答案：A69、- Oh, sorry to bother you.-________.A：That's okayB：No, you can'tC：That's goodD：Oh, I don't know答案：A70、- I wonder if I could use your dictionary?- ______A：Go on.B：Go ahead.C：Go up.D：Go away.答案：B71、---Would you like to go skating with me?-- _____________.A：Yes, I think soB：No, thanksC：Yes, I'd love toD：I'm afraid not答案：C72、---- Happy birthday to you!-- _______________A：Happy birthday to you!B：I am very glad．C：That's all right．D：Thank you．答案：D73、--Good evening, Professor Hardy.--Good evening, John. Come in, please.--Thank you, I hope I am not interrupting you. --No, ____________.A：thank youB：not at allC：thanksD：let it alone答案：B74、--Nice day, ________?--Yes, it is.A：is itB：isn't itC：what's itD：isn't that答案：B75、--___________today.--Yes. It was even hotter yesterday.A：It's so coldB：It's so wetC：It's so hotD：It's so windy答案：C76、--Thank you for the delicious food.--______________.A：I am glad you enjoyed itB：It doesn't matterC：I don't think it is goodD：Don't say so答案：A77、-Merry Christmas!-_____.A：I hope soB：ReallyC：Thank youD：The same to you答案：D78、-Can I help you?-_____.A：OK, I'll take itC：Yes, I'd like a sweaterD：It's too dear答案：C79、--This week, I will travel to Japan.--_____________.A：Have a good time!B：Let me go with youC：Do you have money?D：Don't joke答案：A80、--Thank you for carrying the box for me.--__________.A：Don't say soB：That's my pleasureC：You are kind to say soD：That's all right答案：B81、--Wish you a happy holiday.--___________A：I hope so.B：You are so kind.C：Thank you, do you?D：Thank you, the same to you.答案：D82、- Could you do me a favour and take these books to my office? - Sure, _______.A：for pleasureB：I couldC：my pleasureD：more pleasure答案：C83、- I'm taking my driving test tomorrow.- ______!A：CheersB：Good luckC：Come onD：Congratulations答案：B84、- I have passed the English exam.- _______. Congratulations!A：SorryC：Come onD：Well done答案：D85、- Is it OK if I take this seat?- Sorry, _______.A：here you areB：take itC：it's takenD：never mind答案：C86、- How are you, Bob?- _______A：How are you?B：I'm fine. Thank you.C：How do you do?D：Nice to meet you.答案：B87、- Hello, I'm Harry Potter.- Hello, my name is Charles Green, but ______. A：call my CharlesB：call me at CharlesC：call me CharlesD：call Charles me答案：C88、- Who's speaking?- This is Tom .A：speaksB：spokenC：speakingD：saying答案：C89、- I'm sorry. I lost the key.- ________A：Well, it's OK.B：No, it's all right.C：You are welcome.D：You are wrong.答案：A90、- Could you help me with my physics, please？- ________A：No, no way.B：No, I couldn't.C：No, I can't.D：Sorry I can't. I have to go to a meeting right now.答案：D91、- Could I speak to Don Watkins, please？- ________A：Speaking, please.B：Oh, how are you？C：I'm listening.D：I'm Don.答案：A92、- Thank you for inviting me.- _______A：I really had a happy time.B：Oh, it's too late.C：Thank you for coming.D：Oh, so slowly?答案：C93、-- Must I take a taxi?-- No, you ________ . You can take my car.A：had better toB：don'tC：must notD：don't have to答案：D94、- David injured his leg playing football yesterday.- Really? _______A：Who did that?B：What's wrong with him?C：How did that happen?D：Why was he so careless?答案：C95、- This box is too heavy for me to carry it upstairs.- _______A：You may ask for help.B：I'll give you a hand.C：Please do me a favor.D：I'd come to help.答案：B96、- Excuse me, could you show me the way to the nearest post office?- __________ Oh yes! Two blocks away from here at the Green Avenue. You can't miss it.A：I beg your pardon?B：What do you mean?C：You're welcome.D：Mm, let me think.答案：D97、- Wow! This is a marvelous room! I've never known you're so artistic.- ______A：Great, I am very art-conscious.B：Don't mention it.C：Thanks for your compliments.D：It's fine.答案：C98、-- Shall we sit up here on the grass or down there near the water?-- ________A：I'd rather stay here if you don't mind.B：Sorry, I don't like neither.C：Certainly, why not?D：Yes, we like these two places.答案：A99、-- Well, they got there last Wednesday. So about a week.A：When did your parents arrive in Paris?B：How long have your parents been in Paris?C：Did your parents arrive in Paris last Wednesday?D：When will your parents go to Paris？答案：B100、- Hello, may I talk to the director now?- _________A：Sorry, he is busy at the moment.B：No, you can't.C：Sorry, you can't.D：I don't know.答案：A写作B11、写作Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。
剑桥商务英语(BEC)考试概况
剑桥商务英语(BEC)考试概况商务英语证书（BUSINESS ENGLISH CERTIFICATE）是教育部考试中心和英国剑桥大学考试委员会合作，于1993年起举办的考试。
该系列考试是一项语言水平考试，根据公务或商务工作的实际需要，对考生在一般工作环境下和商务活动中使用英语的能力从听、说、读、写四个方面进行全面考查，对成绩及格者提供由英国剑桥大学考试委员会颁发的标准统一的成绩证书。
该证书由于其颁发机构的权威性，在英国、英联邦各国及欧洲大多数国家的商业企业部门获得认可，成为确认证书持有者英语能力证明的首选证书，同时也是在所有举办该项考试的国家和地区求职的“通行证”。
剑桥商务英语证书考试（BEC）由中英双方合办。
英国剑桥大学考试委员会负责命题，阅卷，颁发证书。
中国教育部考试中心负责报名、印制试卷和组织考试。
BEC共分三个等级：BEC初级（BEC Preliminary Level，缩略为BEC P），BEC中级（BEC Vantage Level，缩略为BEC V），BEC高级（BEC Higher Level，缩略为BEC H）。
考生可根据自己的英语水平自由选择相应级别报考。
考试分两个阶段进行。
第一阶段为笔试，包括阅读、写作和听力，第二阶段为口试。
考试时间分别为：BEC 初级阅读写作90分钟，听力约40分钟（含填写答题卡时间），口试12分钟；BEC 中级阅读60分钟、写作45分钟、听力约40分钟（含填写答题卡时间）、口试14分钟；BEC 高级阅读60分钟、写作70分钟、听力约40分钟（含填写答题卡时间）、口试16分钟。
BEC考试报名无开始时间,即任何时间都可以报名，但有截止时间。
报名截止的具体时间以考点公布的时间为准。
欲了解各考点的具体报名事宜，可与各考点联系。
目前BEC考试在全国27个省、自治区、直辖市的45个城市共设有63个考点，每个考点也为报名点。
报名不受年龄、性别、职业、地区、学历等限制，任何人均可持本人身份证件到当地考点报名。
2012全国大学生英语竞赛决赛B类答案
2012National English Contestfor College Students(Level B-Final)参考答案及评分标准Part I.Listening Comprehension（30points）1—5CBCAB6—10CBBAC11—15BABCA16—20BCACA21.the nguage25.the telegraph 26.steam27.currency28.Europe29.depression30.relationshipsPart II.Multiple-choiceSection A(10points)31—35ABDAC36—40BDCCASection B(5points)41—45DAACDPart III.Cloze(10points)46.fail47.narrow48.distinguishing49.to50.geographic51.products52.account53.secondary54.capture55.strategiesPart IV.Reading comprehension(40points)Section A(10points)56.B57.C58.reproductive system59.enhance performance60.standard doping testsSection B(10points)61.They only got10%of the profits of the band’s merchandising.62.He used the profits to finance his club.63.Because his recording contract greatly favoured the label’s owner.64.He got less than half what the record company had been expecting to pay.65.He rejected a recording company’s offer to appear on the album and film of the music festival Woodstock. Section C(10points)66.most influential writers67.middle class family/Catholic family68.greatest20th-century novel 69.stream of consciousness70.the short-story collectionSection D(10points)71—73YNY1--74.在漆黑的煤窑里我悄悄地、尽可能近地爬到那两个正在说话的人旁边。
2012年12月大学英语四级考试真题(试卷第一套)
试卷一,目前最为准确的一套.Part I Writing (30 minutes)Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)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.The MagicianThe revolution that Steve Jobs led is only just beginningWhen it came to putting on a show, nobody else in the computer industry, or any other industry for that matter, could match Steve Jobs. His product launches, at which he would stand alone on a black stage and produce as if by magic an “incredible”new electronic gadget (小器具)in front of an amazed crowd, were the performances of a master showman. All computers do is fetch and work with numbers, he once explained, but do it fast enough and “the results appear to be magic”. Mr Jobs, who died recently aged 56, spent his life packaging that magic into elegantly designed, easy-to-use products.The reaction to his death, with people leaving candles and flowers outside Apple stores and politicians singing praises on the internet, is proof that Mr Jobs had become something much more significant than just a clever money-maker. He stood out in three ways-as a technologist, as a corporate (公司的)leader and as somebody who was able to make people love what had previously been impersonal, functional gadgets. Strangely, it is this last quality that may have the deepest effect on the way people live. The era of personal technology is in many ways just beginning.As a technologist, Mr Jobs was different because he was not an engineer-and that was his great strength. Instead he was keenly interested in product design and aesthetics (美学), and in making advanced technology simple to use. He repeatedly took an existing but half-formed idea-the mouse-driven computer, the digital music player, the smartphone, the tablet computer(平板电脑)-and showed the rest of the industry how to do it properly. Rival firms competed with each other to follow where he led. In the process he brought about great changes in computing, music, telecomsand the news business that were painful for existing firms but welcomed by millions of consumers.Within the wider business world, a man who liked to see himself as a hippy (嬉皮士), permanently in revolt against big companies, ended up being hailed by many of those corporate giants as one of the greatest chief executives of his time. That was partly due to his talents: showmanship, strategic vision, an astonishing attention to detail and a dictatorial management style which many bosses must have envied. But most of all it was the extraordinary trajectory (轨迹)of his life. His fall from grace in the 1980s, followed by his return to Apple in 1996 after a period in the wilderness, is an inspiration to any businessperson whose career has taken a turn for the worse. The way in which Mr Jobs revived the failing company he had co-founded and turned it into the world’s biggest tech firm (bigger even than Bill Gates’s Microsoft, the company that had outsmarted Apple so dramatically in the 1980s), sounds like something from a Hollywood movie.But what was perhaps most astonishing about Mr Jobs was the absolute loyalty he managed to inspire in customers. Many Apple users feel themselves to be part of a community, with Mr Jobs as its leader. And there was indeed a personal link. Apple’s products were designed to accord with the boss’s tastes and to meet his extremely high standards. Every iPhone or MacBook has his fingerprints all over it. His great achievement was to combine an emotional spark with computer technology, and make the resulting product feel personal. And that is what put Mr Jobs on the right side of history, as technological innovation (创新)has moved into consumer electronics over the past decade.As our special report in this issue (printed before Mr Jobs’s death) explains, innovation used to spill over from military and corporate laboratories to the consumer market, but lately this process has gone into reverse. Many people’s homes now have more powerful, and more flexible, devices than their offices do; consumer gadgets and online services are smarter and easier to use than most companies’systems. Familiar consumer products are being adopted by businesses, government and the armed forces. Companies are employing in-house versions of Facebook and creating their own “app stores” to deliver software to employees. Doctors use tablet computers for their work in hospitals. Meanwhile, the number of consumers hungryfor such gadgets continues to swell. Apple’s products are now being snapped up in Delhi and Dalian just as in Dublin and Dallas.Mr Jobs had a reputation as a control freak (怪人), and his critics complained that the products and systems he designed were closed and inflexible, in the name of greater ease of use. Yet he also empowered millions of people by giving them access to cutting-edge technology. His insistence on putting users first, and focusing on elegance and simplicity, has become deep-rooted in his own company, and is spreading to rival firms too. It is no longer just at Apple that designers ask: “What would Steve Jobs do?”The gap between Apple and other tech firms is now likely to narrow. This week’s announcement of a new iPhone by a management team led by Tim Cook, who replaced Mr Jobs as chief executive in August, was generally regarded as competent but uninspiring. Without Mr Jobs to shower his star dust on the event, it felt like just another product launch from just another technology firm. At the recent unveiling of a tablet computer by Jeff Bezos of Amazon, whose company is doing the best job of following Apple’s lead in combining hardware, software, content and services in an easy-to-use bundle, there were several attacks at Apple. But by doing his best to imitate Mr Jobs, Mr Bezos also flattered (抬举)him. With Mr Jobs gone, Apple is just one of many technology firms trying to arouse his uncontrollable spirit in new products.Mr Jobs was said by an engineer in the early years of Apple to emit a “reality distortion (扭曲)field”, such were his powers of persuasion. But in the end he created a reality of his own, channeling the magic of computing into products that reshaped entire industries. The man who said in his youth that he wanted to “put a ding in the universe” did just that.注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。