大学英语四级历年真题

篇一：历年英语四级真题及答案(完整版)

历年四级真题及答案串讲 英语专题

2011年6月大学英语四级真题

Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the

topic of Online Shopping. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below: 1．现在网上购物已成为一种时尚

2．网上购物有很多好处，但也有不少问题 3．我的建议

Online Shopping

注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。

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.

British Cuisine: the Best of Old and New

British cuisine (烹饪) has come of age in recent years as chefs (厨师) combine the best of old and new.

Why does British food have a reputation for being so bad? Because it is bad! Those are not the most encouraging words to hear just before eating lunch at one of Hong Kong's smartest British restaurants, Alfie's by KEE, but head chef Neil Tomes has more to say.

"The past 15 years or so have been a noticeable period of improvement for food in England," the English chef says, citing the trend in British cuisine for better 飞鹰编辑部

ingredients, preparation and cooking methods, and more appealing presentation. Chefs such as Delia Smith, Nigel Slater, Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay made the public realise that cooking - and eating - didn't have to be a boring thing. And now, most of the British public is familiar even with the extremes of Heston BlumenthaPs molecular gastronomy, a form of cooking that employs scientific methods to create the perfect dish.

"It's no longer the case that the common man in England is embarrassed to show he knows about food," Tomes says.

There was plenty of room for improvement. The problems with the nation's cuisine can be traced back to the Second World War. Before the War, much of Britain's food was imported and when German U-boats began attacking ships bringing food to the country, Britain went on rations (配给).

"As rationing came to an end in the 1950s, technology picked up and was used to mass-produce food," Tomes says. "And by then people were just happy to have a decent quantity of food in their kitchens."

They weren't looking for cured meats, organic produce or beautiful presentation; they were looking for whatever they could get their hands on, and this prioritisation of quantity over quality prevailed for decades, meaning a generation was brought up with food that couldn't compete with neighbouring France, Italy, Belgium or Spain.

Before star chefs such as Oliver began making cooking fashionable, it was hard to find a restaurant in London that was open after 9pm. But in recent years the capital's culinary (烹饪的) scene has developed to the point that it is now confident of its ability to please the tastes of any international visitor.

With the opening of Alfie's in April, and others such as The Pawn, two years ago, modern British food has made its way to Hong Kong. "With British food, I think that Hong Kong restaurants are keeping up," says David Tamlyn, the Welsh executive chef at The Pawn in Wan Chai. "Hong Kong diners are extremely responsive to new ideas or presentations, which is good news for new dishes."

Chefs agree that diners in Hong Kong are embracing the modern British trend. Some restaurants are modifying the recipes (菜谱) of British dishes to breathe new life

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into the classics, while others are using better quality ingredients but remaining true to British traditions and tastes.

Tamlyn is in the second camp. "We select our food very particularly. We use US beef, New Zealand lamb and for our custards (牛奶蛋糊) we use Bird's Custard Powder," Tamlyn says. "Some restaurants go for custard made fresh with eggs, sugar and cream, but British custard is different, and we stay true to that."

Matthew Hill, senior manager at the two-year-old SoHo restaurant Yorkshire Pudding, also uses better ingredients as a means of improving dishes. "There are a lot of existing perceptions about British food and so we can't alter these too much. We're a traditional British restaurant so there are some staples (主菜) that will remain essentially unchanged."

These traditional dishes include fish and chips, steak and kidney pie and large pieces of roasted meats. At Alfie's, the newest of the British restaurants in town and perhaps the most gentlemen's club-like in design, Neil Tomes explains his passion for provenance (原产地). "Britain has started to become really proud of the food it's producing. It has excellent organic farms, beautifully crafted cheeses, high-quality meats."

However, the British don't have a history of exporting their foodstuffs, which makes it difficult for restaurants in Hong Kong to source authentic ingredients.

"We can get a lot of our ingredients once a week from the UK," Tamlyn explains. "But there is also pressure to buy local and save on food miles, which means we take our vegetables from the local markets, and there are a lot that work well with British staples."

The Phoenix, in Mid-Levels, offers the widest interpretation of "British cuisine", while still trying to maintain its soul. The gastro-pub has existed in various locations in Hong Kong since 2002. Singaporean head chef Tommy Teh Kum Chai offers daily specials on a blackboard, rather than sticking to a menu. This enables him to reinterpret British cuisine depending on what is available in the local markets.

"We use a lot of ingredients that people wouldn't perhaps associate as British, but are presented in a British way. Bell peppers stuffed with couscous, alongside 飞鹰编辑部

ratatouille, is a very popular dish."

Although the ingredients may not strike diners as being traditional, they can be found in dishes across Britain.

Even the traditional chefs are aware of the need to adapt to local tastes and customs, while maintaining the Britishness of their cuisine.

At Yorkshire Pudding, Hill says that his staff asks diners whether they would like to share their meals. Small dishes, shared meals and "mixing it up" is not something commonly done in Britain, but Yorkshire Pudding will bring full dishes to the table and offer individual plates for each diner. "That way, people still get the presentation of the dishes as they were designed, but can carve them up however they like," Hill says. This practice is also popular at The Pawn, although largely for rotisseries (烤肉馆), Tamlyn says. "Some tables will arrive on a Sunday, order a whole chicken and a shoulder of lamb or a baby pig, and just stay for hours enjoying everything we bring out for them."

Some British traditions are too sacred (神圣的) to mess with, however, Tomes says. "I'd never change a full English breakfast." 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。 1. What is British food generally known for? A) Its unique flavour. C) Its special cooking methods. B) Its bad taste. D) Its organic ingredients. 2. The Second World War led to ______ in Britain. A) an inadequate supply of food C) an increase in food import B) a decrease of grain production D) a change in people's eating habits

3. Why couldn't Britain compete with some of its neighbouring countries in terms of food in the post-war decades? A) Its food lacked variety. C) It was short of well-trained chefs.

B) Its people cared more for quantity. D) It didn't have flavourful food ingredients.

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4. With culinary improvement in recent years, London's restaurants are now able minutes) to appeal to the tastes of . Section A A) most young people C) all kinds of overseas Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and2 long visitors conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions B) elderly British diners D) upper-class customers will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the 5. What do Hong Kong diners welcome, according to Welsh executive chef questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a David Tamlyn? pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), A) Authentic classic cuisine. C) New ideas and B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the presentations. corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the B) Locally produced ingredients. D) The return of home-style centre. dishes. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 6. While using quality ingredients, David Tamlyn insists that the dishes should ______ . 11. A) He is careless about his appearance. A) benefit people's health C) be offered at reasonable B) He is ashamed of his present condition. prices C) He changes jobs frequently. B) look beautiful and inviting D) maintain British traditional D) He shaves every other day. tastes 12. A) Jane may be caught in a traffic jam. 7. Why does Neil Tomes say he loves food ingredients from Britain? B) Jane should have started a little earlier. A) They appeal to people from all over the world. C) He knows what sort of person Jane is. B) They are produced on excellent organic farms. D) He is irritated at having to wait for Jane. C) They are processed in a scientific way. 13. A) Training for the Mid-Atlantic Championships. D) They come in a great variety. B) Making preparations for a trans-Atlantic trip. 8. Tamlyn says that besides importing ingredients from Britain once a week, his C) Collecting information about baseball games. restaurant also buys vegetables from _______. D) Analyzing their rivals' on-field performance. 9. The Phoenix in Mid-Levels may not use British ingredients, but presents its 14. A) He had a narrow escape in a car accident. dishes ______. 25. He is hospitalized for a serious injury. 10. Yorkshire Pudding is a restaurant which will bring full dishes to the table but 26. He lost his mother two weeks ago. offer plates to those diners who would like to _______. 27. He has been having a hard time. 15. A) The woman has known the speaker for a long time. B) The man had difficulty understanding the lecture.

C) The man is making a fuss about nothing. Part III Listening Comprehension (35 飞鹰编辑部

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D) The woman thinks highly of the speaker. 16. A) He has difficulty making sense of logic.

B) Statistics and logic are both challenging subjects.

C) The woman should seek help from the tutoring service. D) Tutoring services are very popular with students. 17. A) Her overcoat is as stylish as Jill's. C) Jill wore the overcoat last week.

B) Jill missed her class last week. D) She is in the same class as the man.

18. A) A computer game. C) An exciting experience. B) An imaginary situation. D) A vacation by the sea.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. A) Beautiful scenery in the countryside. C) Pain and pleasure in sports. B) Dangers of cross-country skiing. D) A sport he participates in. 20. A) He can't find good examples to illustrate his point. B) He can't find a peaceful place to do the assignment.

C) He doesn't know how to describe the beautiful country scenery. D) He can't decide whether to include the effort part of skiing. 21. A) New ideas come up as you write. B) Much time is spent on collecting data. C) A lot of effort is made in vain.

D) The writer's point of view often changes.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 22. A) Journalist of a local newspaper. B) Director of evening radio programs. C) Producer of television commercials. D) Hostess of the weekly "Business World". 23. A) He ran three restaurants with his wife's help. 飞鹰编辑部

B) He and his wife did everything by themselves. C) He worked both as a cook and a waiter. D) He hired a cook and two local waitresses.

24. A) He hardly needs to do any advertising nowadays. B) He advertises a lot on radio and in newspapers.

C) He spends huge sums on TV commercials every year. D) He hires children to distribute ads in shopping centers. 25. A) The restaurant location. C) The food variety. B) The restaurant atmosphere. D) The food price.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each

passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 Passage One

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. A) Its protection is often neglected by children. B) It cannot be fully restored once damaged.

C) There are many false notions about it. D) There are various ways to protect it.

27. A) It may make the wearer feel tired.

B) It will gradually weaken the eyes of adults. C) It can lead to the loss of vision in children. D) It can permanently change the eye structure. 28. A) It can never be done even with high technology. B) It is the best way to restore damaged eyesight.

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C) It is a major achievement in eye surgery. D) It can only be partly accomplished now.

Passage Two

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. A) They think they should follow the current trend. B) Nursing homes are well-equipped and convenient. C) Adult day-care centers are easily accessible. D) They have jobs and other commitments.

30. A) They don't want to use up all their life savings. B) They fear they will regret it afterwards.

C) They would like to spend more time with them. D) They don't want to see their husbands poorly treated.

31. A) Provide professional standard care. C) Be frank and seek help from others. B) Be affectionate and cooperative. D) Make full use of community facilities.

Passage Three

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. A) Health and safety conditions in the workplace. B) Rights and responsibilities of company employees. C) Common complaints made by office workers. D) Conflicts between labor and management. 33. A) Replace its out-dated equipment.

B) Improve the welfare of affected workers. C) Follow government regulations strictly. D) Provide extra health compensation.

34. A) They requested to transfer to a safer department. B) They quit work to protect their unborn babies. C) They sought help from union representatives. 飞鹰编辑部

D) They wanted to work shorter hours. 35. A) To show how they love winter sports. B) To attract the attention from the media.

C) To protest against the poor working conditions. D) To protect themselves against the cold weather.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage

is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

Contrary to the old warning that time waits for no one, time slows down when you are on the move. It also slows down more as you move faster, which means astronauts (宇航员) someday may (36) _____ so long in space that they would return to an Earth of the (37) _____ future. If you could move at the speed of light, your time would stand still. If you could move faster than light, your time would move (38) _____.

Although no form of matter yet (39) _____ moves as fast as or faster than light, (40) _____ experiments have already confirmed that accelerated (41) _____ causes a traveler's time to be stretched. Albert Einstein (42) _____ this in 1905, when he (43) _____ the concept of relative time as part of his Special Theory of Relativity. A search is now under way to confirm the suspected existence of particles of matter (44) ____________________________________.

An obsession (沉迷) with time – saving, gaining, wasting, losing, and mastering it –

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篇二：大学英语四级历年真题及答案(经典版

大学英语四级历年真题及答案（经典版）

2012年6月英语四级

Part ⅠWriting (30minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Excessive Packaging following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

1.目前许多商品存在过度包装的现象

2.出现这一现象的原因

3.我对这一现象的看法和建议

On Excessive Packaging

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15minutes)

Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet 1. For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four choices marked A)，B)，C）and D). For questions 8-10,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.

Small Schools Rising

This year's list of the top 100 high schools shows that today, those with fewer students are flourishing.

Fifty years ago, they were the latest thing in educational reform: big, modern,

suburban high schools with students counted in the thousands. As baby boomers(二战后婴儿潮时期出生的人) came of high-school age, big schools promised economic efficiency.

A greater choice of courses, and, of course, better football teams. Only years later did we understand the trade-offs this involved: the creation of excessive bureaucracies(官僚机构)，the difficulty of forging personal connections between teachers and students.SAT scores began dropping in 1963;today,on average,30% of students do not complete high school in four years, a figure that rises to 50% in poor urban neighborhoods. While the emphasis on teaching to higher, test-driven standards as set in No Child Left Behind

resulted in significantly better performance in elementary(and some middle)schools, high schools for a variety of reasons seemed to have made little progress.

Size isn't everything, but it does matter, and the past decade has seen a noticeable countertrend toward smaller schools. This has been due ,in part ,to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has invested $1.8 billion in American high schools, helping to open about 1,000 small schools-most of them with about 400 kids each with an average eollment of only 150 per grade, About 500 more are on the drawing board. Districts all over the country are taking notice, along with mayors in cities like New York, Chicago and

San Diego. The movement includes independent public charter schools, such as No.1 BASIS in Tucson, with only 120 high-schoolers and 18 graduates this year. It embraces district-sanctioned magnet schools, such as the Talented and Gifted School, with 198 students, and the Science and Engineering Magnet,with383,which share a building in Dallas, as well as the City Honors School in Buffalo, N.Y., which grew out of volunteer evening seminars for students. And it includes alternative schools with students selected by lottery(抽签)，such as H-B Woodlawn in Arlington, Va. And most noticeable of all, there is the phenomenon of large urban and suburban high schools that have split up into

smaller units of a few hundred, generally housed in the same grounds that once boasted thousands of students all marching to the same band.

Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, Calif, is one of those, ranking No.423-among the top 2% in the country-on Newsweek's annual ranking of America's top high schools. The success of small schools is apparent in the listings. Ten years ago, when the first

Newsweek list based on college-level test participation was published, only three of the top 100 schools had graduating Classes smaller than 100 students. This year there are 22. Nearly 250 schools on the full ,Newsweek list of the top 5% of schools nationally had fewer than 200 graduates in 2007.

Although many of Hillsdale's students came from wealthy households, by the late 1990 average test scores were sliding and it had earned the unaffectionate nickname (绰号) "Hillsjail. " Jeff Gilbert. A Hillsdale teacher who became principal last year, remembers sitting with other teachers watching students file out of a graduation ceremony and asking one another in astonishment, "How did that student graduate?"

So in 2003 Hillsdale remade itself into three "houses," romantically named Florence, Marrakech and Kyoto. Each of the 300 arriving ninth graders are randomly(随机地)

assigned to one of the houses. Where they will keep the same four core subject teachers for two years, before moving on to another for 11th and 12th grades. The closeness this system cultivates is reinforced by the institution of "advisory" classes Teachers meet with students in groups of 25, five mornings a week, for open-ended discussions of everything from homework problems to bad Saturday-night dates. The advisers also meet with students privately and stay in touch with parents, so they are deeply invested in the

students' success."We're constantly talking about one another's advisers," says English teacher Chris Crockett. "If you hear that yours isn't doing well in math, or see them sitting outside the dean's office, it's like a personal failure." Along with the new structure came a more demanding academic program, the percentage of freshmen taking biology jumped from 17 to 95."It was rough for some. But by senior year, two-thirds have moved up to

physics," says Gilbert "Our kids are coming to school in part because they know there are adults here who know them and care for them."But not all schools show advances after downsizing, and it remains to be seen whether smaller schools will be a cure-all solution.

The Newsweek list of top U.S. high schools was made this year, as in years past, according to a single metric, the proportion of students taking college-level exams. Over the years this system has come in for its share of criticism for its simplicity. But that is also its strength: it's easy for readers to understand, and to do the arithmetic for their own schools if they'd like.

Ranking schools is always controversial, and this year a group of 38

superintendents(地区教育主管)from five states wrote to ask that their schools be excluded from the calculation."It is impossible to know which high schools are 'the best' in the nation, "their letter read. in part. "Determining whether different schools do or don't offer a high quality of education requires a look at man different measures, including students' overall academic accomplishments and their subsequent performance in college. And taking into consideration the unique needs of their communities."

In the end, the superintendents agreed to provide the data we sought, which is, after all, public information. There is, in our view, no real dispute here, we are all seeking the same thing, which is schools that better serve our children and our nation by encouraging students to tackle tough subjects under the guidance of gifted teachers. And if we keep working toward that goal, someday, perhaps a list won't be necessary.

注意：此部分试题请在答卡1上作答.

1． Fifty years ago. big. Modern. Suburban high schools were established in the hope of __________.

A) ensuring no child is left behind

B) increasing economic efficiency

C) improving students' performance on SAT

D)providing good education for baby boomers

2. What happened as a result of setting up big schools?

A)Teachers' workload increased.

B)Students' performance declined.

C)Administration became centralized.

D)Students focused more on test scores.

3.What is said about the schools forded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation?

A)They are usually magnet schools.

B)They are often located in poor neighborhoods.

C)They are popular with high-achieving students.

D)They are mostly small in size.

4.What is most noticeable about the current trend in high school education?

A)Some large schools have split up into smaller ones.

B)A great variety of schools have sprung up in urban and suburban areas.

C)Many schools compete for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funds.

D)Students have to meet higher academic standards.

5.Newsweek ranked high schools according to .

A)their students' academic achievement

B)the number of their students admitted to college

C)the size and number of their graduating classes

D)their college-level test participation

6.What can we learn about Hillsdale's students in the late 1990s?

A)They were made to study hard like prisoners.

B)They called each other by unaffectionate nicknames.

C)Most of them did not have any sense of discipline,

D)Their school performance was getting worse.

7.According to Jeff Gilbert, the "advisory" classes at Hillsdale were set up so that students could .

A)tell their teachers what they did on weekends

B)experience a great deal of pleasure in learning

C)maintain closer relationships with their teachers

D)tackle the demanding biology and physics courses

8.________is still considered a strength of Newsweek's school ranking system in spite of the criticism it receives.

9.According to the 38 superintendents, to rank schools scientifically, it is necessary to use________.

10.To better serve the children and our nation, schools students to take________.

Part ⅢListening Comprehension (35minutes)

Section A

Directions: in this section you will hear 8 short conversations, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be

spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A)、B）、C）and D)、and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.注意：此部分试题请在答案卡2上作案。

11. A)Trying to sketch a map C)Discussing a house plan.

B)Painting the dining room. D)Cleaning the kitchen.

12.A)She is tired of the food in the canteen.

B)She often eats in a French restaurant.

C) She usually takes a snack in the KFC.

D)She in very fussy about what she eats.

13.A) Listening to some loud music C)Talking loudly on the telephone.

B)Preparing for as oral examination. D)Practicing for a speech contest.

14.A)The man has left a good impression on her family.

B)The man can dress casually for the occasion.

C)The man should buy himself a new suit.

D)The man's jeans and T-shirts are stylish.

15.A)Grey pants made from pure cotton. C)100% cotton pants in dark blue.

B) Fashionable pants in bright colors. D)Something to match her brown pants.

16.A) Its price. C)Its comfort.

B)Its location D)Its facilities.

17.A)Travel overseas. C)Take a photo.

B)Look for a new job. D)Adopt a child.

18.A)It is a routine offer. C)It is quite healthy.

B)It is new on the menu.D)It is a good bargain.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you.

19.A）Hosting an evening TV program.C)Lecturing on business management.

B) Having her bicycle repaired.D)Conducting a market survey.

20.A) He repaired bicycles. C)He worked as a salesman.

B)He served as a consultant.D)He coached in a racing club.

21.A) He wanted to be his own boss.

B) He found it more profitable

C)He didn't want to start from scratch.

D)He didn't want to be in too much debt.

22.A)They work five days a week. C)They are paid by the hour.

B)They are all the man's friends.D)They all enjoy gambling.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

23.A)It has gradually given way to service industry.

B)It remains a major part of industrial activity.

C)It has a history as long as paper processing.

D)It accounts for 80 percent of the region's GDP.

24.A) Transport problems. C)Lack of resources.

B)Shortage of funding. D)poor management.

25.A) Competition from rival companies.C)Possible locations for a new factory

B)Product promotion campaigns. D)Measures to create job opportunities.Section B

Directions: In this section you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

Passage One

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26.A)They shared mutual friends in school.

B)They had known each other since childhood.

C)They shared many extracurricular activities.

篇三：历年英语四级真题及答案汇总(2000年-2012年)

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Part ⅠWriting (30minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Excessive Packaging following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

1.目前许多商品存在过度包装的现象

2.出现这一现象的原因

3.我对这一现象的看法和建议

On Excessive Packaging

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)(15minutes)

A)，B)，C）passage.

Small Schools Rising

flourishing.

schools with students counted in the thousands. As baby boomers(二战后婴儿潮时期出生的人)

)，the difficulty of forging personal connections between teachers and students.SA toward smaller schools. This has been due ,in part ,to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has invested $1.8 billion in American high schools, helping to open about 1,000 small schools-most of them with about 400 kids each with an average eollment of only 150 per grade, About 500 more are on the drawing board. Districts all over the country are taking notice, along with mayors in cities like New York, Chicago and San Diego. The movement includes independent public charter schools, such as No.1 BASIS in Tucson, with only 120 high-schoolers and 18 graduates this year. It embraces

district-sanctioned magnet schools, such as the Talented and Gifted School, with 198 students, and the Science and Engineering Magnet,with383,which share a building in Dallas, as well as the City Honors School in Buffalo, N.Y., which grew out of volunteer evening seminars for students. And it includes

2007年6月23日大学英语四级(CET-4)真题试卷 2 / 524 alternative schools with students selected by lottery(抽签)，such as H-B Woodlawn in Arlington, Va. And most noticeable of all, there is the phenomenon of large urban and suburban high schools that have split up into smaller units of a few hundred, generally housed in the same grounds that once boasted thousands of students all marching to the same band.

Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, Calif, is one of those, ranking No.423-among the top 2% in the country-on Newsweek's annual ranking of America's top high schools. The success of small

schools is apparent in the listings. Ten years ago, when the first Newsweek list based on college-level test participation was published, only three of the top 100 schools had graduating Classes smaller than schools nationally had fewer than 200 graduates in 2007.

test scores were sliding and it had earned the unaffectionate nickname (绰号student graduate?"

) assigned to one of the

The Newsweek list of top U.S. high schools was made this year, as in years past, according to a single metric, the proportion of students taking college-level exams. Over the years this system has come in for its share of criticism for its simplicity. But that is also its strength: it's easy for readers to understand, and to do the arithmetic for their own schools if they'd like.

Ranking schools is always controversial, and this year a group of 38 superintendents(地区教育主管)from five states wrote to ask that their schools be excluded from the calculation."It is impossible to know which high schools are 'the best' in the nation, "their letter read. in part. "Determining

whether different schools do or don't offer a high quality of education requires a look at man different

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In the end, the superintendents agreed to provide the data we sought, which is, after all, public information. There is, in our view, no real dispute here, we are all seeking the same thing, which is schools that better serve our children and our nation by encouraging students to tackle tough subjects under the guidance of gifted teachers. And if we keep working toward that goal, someday, perhaps a list won't be necessary.

注意：此部分试题请在答卡1上作答.

1． Fifty years ago. big. Modern. Suburban high schools were established in the of __________.

A) ensuring no child is left behind

B) increasing economic efficiency

C) improving students' performance on SAT

D)providing good education for baby boomers

2. What happened as a result of setting up big schools?

A)Teachers' workload increased.

B)Students' performance declined.

C)Administration became centralized.

D)Students focused more on test scores.

A)They are usually magnet schools.

D)They are mostly small in size.

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6.What can we learn about Hillsdale's students in the late 1990s?

A)They were made to study hard like prisoners.

B)They called each other by unaffectionate nicknames.

C)Most of them did not have any sense of discipline,

D)Their school performance was getting worse.

7.According to Jeff Gilbert, the "advisory" classes at Hillsdale were set up so that students could .

A)tell their teachers what they did on weekends

B)experience a great deal of pleasure in learning

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C)maintain closer relationships with their teachers

D)tackle the demanding biology and physics courses

8.________is still considered a strength of Newsweek's school ranking system in spite of the criticism it receives.

9.According to the 38 superintendents, to rank schools scientifically, it is necessary to use________.

10.To better serve the children and our nation, schools students to take________.

Part ⅢListening Comprehension (35minutes)

Section A

、B）、

C）and D)、2 with a single line through the centre.

注意：此部分试题请在答案卡2上作案。

11. A)Trying to sketch a mapB)Painting the dining room. 12.A)She is tired of the food in the canteen.

C)Talking loudly on the telephone.

D)Practicing for a speech contest.

C)100% cotton pants in dark blue.

D)Something to match her brown pants.

C)Its comfort.

B)Its location D)Its facilities.

17.A)Travel overseas. C)Take a photo.

B)Look for a new job. D)Adopt a child.

18.A)It is a routine offer. C)It is quite healthy.

B)It is new on the menu.D)It is a good bargain.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you.

19.A）Hosting an evening TV program.C)Lecturing on business management.

B) Having her bicycle repaired.D)Conducting a market survey.

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20.A) He repaired bicycles. C)He worked as a salesman.

B)He served as a consultant.D)He coached in a racing club.

21.A) He wanted to be his own boss.

B) He found it more profitable

C)He didn't want to start from scratch.

D)He didn't want to be in too much debt.

22.A)They work five days a week. C)They are paid by the hour.

B)They are all the man's friends.D)They all enjoy gambling.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

23.A)It has gradually given way to service industry.

B)It remains a major part of industrial activity.

C)It has a history as long as paper processing.

D)It accounts for 80 percent of the region's GDP.

24.A) Transport problems. C)Lack of resources.

B)Shortage of funding. D)poor management.

25.A) Competition from rival companies. B)Product promotion campaigns. Section B

Passage One

B)At the sports center.

B)At Joe's house.D)At the bearing school.

28.A)Durable friendships can be very difficult to maintain

B)One has to be respectful of other people in order to win respect.

C)It is hard for people from different backgrounds to become friends

D)Social divisions will break down if people get to know each other

Passage Two

Questions 29 to 31 are based as the passage you have just heart.

29.A)Near the entrance of a park. C)At a parking meter.

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