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1、大 学 英 语 四 级 考 试COLLEAGE ENGLISH TESTBand fourPart IWriting(30 minutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Climate Change You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below.1这些年气候变化很大。2气候变化造成了许多影响。3谈谈你的看法注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上作答。Part II
2、 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, comp
3、lete the sentences with the information given in the passage. So Near and Yet So Far In many examinations, 90% is an excellent score, deserving a prize and a handshake from the headmaster. In Geneva this week, only full marks would do, and the worlds trade ministers failed. No matter that they came
4、closer to a deal than anyone should have expected. No matter that they stuck at it for nine days and several nights, in the longest ministerial meeting in the history of the World Trade Organization (WTO). No matter, too, that this time they parted in stunned disbelief, heads shaking, rather than in
5、 acrimony(刻薄), quarrel and spite, as at Cancun in 2003. They managed convergence on 18 of the 20 topics set before them by Pascal Lamy, the WTOs director-general, but they stumbled on the 19th, a device for protecting farmers in developing countries against surges in imports. They never reached the
6、20th, cotton. Failed. You can construct a plausible argument that the collapse of yet another set of talks on the Doha round, which is now coming up to seven years old, is of little importance. While the worlds trade ministers have alternated between talking and not talking to one another about Doha
7、, the worlds businesspeople have carried on regardless: the growth of global commerce has outstripped the hitherto (到前为止) healthy pace of global GDP. Developing countries in particular have continued to open up to imports and foreign investment. You might say that not much was on offer in Geneva any
8、way: one study put the eventual benefits at maybe $70 billion, a drop in the ocean of the worlds GDP. Global stock markets, with so much else on their minds, either didnt notice or didnt care. On July 29th, the day the talks broke up, the S&P 500 index rose by 2.3%. Plausible, but wrong. For a start
9、, the lowish estimates of the economic benefits of the round miss out two things. One is the value of the unpredictable dynamic benefits of more open markets. Access to more customers allows exporters to exploit economies of scale. Competition encourages not only specialization, the classic result o
10、f more open trade, but also increased productivity. The other is what you might call the option value of the Doha round. The WTO inhabits a sort of parallel universe in which countries negotiate not on what tariffs and subsidies will actually be, but on maximum (or bound) rates and amounts. Although
11、 many countries have cut tariffs and farm. subsidies - if only, in the latter case, because of rising food prices - too few have turned these cuts into commitments. Tighter binding would cramp their ability to turn back to protection. It would have made up the bulk of a Doha deal.Do you care about t
12、he beans or the beings? Also on offer were benefits that are easier to visualize. Some cuts in bound tariffs would have bitten into actual rates. There would have been much less tariff escalation(增加) - a nasty practice, by which higher tariffs are levied on successive stages of production. Raw coffe
13、e beans may be tariff-free, but roasted beans incur a higher levy, and so on as they are ground, getting rid of caffeine and so forth. Move up the value chain, and you pay. Some developing countries - in Latin America, especially Brazil, and in Africa too - are seething that a deal slipped away. Giv
14、en all this, the inability of ministers to agree, having come so close, seems unfathomable(难解 ). Belief is all the more beggared when you look at the wider world. The global economy is slowing, possibly horribly: under such conditions, protectionism thrives. It would be silly to say that the sky is
15、about to fall in: too much has been agreed in the past, and too many countries and businesses value an open trading system, to suppose that the 2010s will be a rerun of the 1930s. But trade has too few friends these days - notably in Americas Congress and the Elys6e Palace. Ministers picked a poor t
16、ime to fail. The ultimate cause of failure only deepens the sense of puzzlement. When talks started, the likeliest deal-breaker seemed to be the ceiling on American farm subsidies, which is far higher than America actually spends. In the end, the deal fell over protection not for Americas farmers bu
17、t for those of the developing world: a special safeguard mechanism, to kick in when imports surged. America wanted the trigger set high; India, joined by China, wanted it low. Both developing countries, it is said, also wanted to be able to jack tariffs up above existing ceilings, not merely those s
18、et in a Doha deal. After 60 hours of talk by Mr. Lamys count, there was deadlock; and that was that. Meanwhile, believe it or not, food is pricier than ever.Indias mountain ,Americas molehill You could call this a collective failure, as some ministers did. You could also be more specific. Indias wil
19、lingness to open its economy in reality is in lamentable contrast to its inability to commit itself at the WTO. Its stubbornness is explained by the ferocity of Indias politics on this subject and the desperate, even suicidal, poverty of many of its farmers. But it and China must have known that the
20、y were asking too much. America has some answering to do, too. It seems to have misread the big story: in the WTO, rich countries no longer call the shots, as they did in its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. China and India, infuriating though they may be, are as powerful as
21、America and the EU. The United States also fumbled with the details. It might have tied up a deal on cotton, and left the Chinese and Indians isolated on safeguards. And the ultimate stumbling-block, though a mountain to India, was surely a molehill to a country of Americas wealth. America has 1 mil
22、lion farmers, India over 200 million. In the WTO, there is a saying: nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. But all the effort of nine days - or seven years - should not be lost. Mr. Lamy should publish what has been agreed so far. Ideally, the ministers would then meditate over the summer on
23、 what they have lost - and he could then ask for a final push. That, alas, seems a vain hope. With American elections looming, India heading for the polls by next May and a new European Commission due late next year, it may be 2010 before much can be done. There is a risk that by then, as Peter Mand
24、elson, the EUs trade commissioner, once put it, the caravans have moved on in different directions. The world will have to wait for a Doha deal, if it ever gets one. After coming so close, it should not have had to.1. The longest ministerial conference in the history of WTO lasts for _. A) nine days
25、 B) ten days C) eighteen days D) twenty days2. What was the 19th topic related with on the ministerial meeting of WTO? A) Cotton importation and exportation. B) Protecting farmers in developing countries. C) The elimination of trade protection. D) Food safety and the environment.。3. The S&P 500 inde
26、x rose by 2.3% on July 29th as a result of _. A) interruption of the ministerial talks B) the healthy pace of globe GDP C) the growth of the worlds GDP by $70 billion D) other factors4. In a more open market, which of the following benefits is excluded in the text? A) Access to more customers. B) Pr
27、ompting specialization. C) Improving productivity. D) Cutting tariffs.5. Brazil is now angry at the losing trade as a result of _. A) trade protectionism B) developed countries limitation on importation C) higher tariffs on successive stages of production D) western countries economic punishment6. M
28、ajority of countries suspect the statement that the world trade chains will collapse because _. A) they believe the agreements and the open trade system B) the globe economic is recovering C) many countries governments support importation and exportation D) the globe trade is thriving7. Why did the
29、negotiation finally fall into an impasse? A) Because India and China insisted to raise tariffs. B) Because developing countries adopted protectionism. C) Because developed countries subsidies are higher than the trigger set. D) Because the existing tariffs agreements are not fair.8. The United State
30、s made a mistake on the details of _.9. We learn that the number of Indian farmers is over 200 times _.10. In order to give impetus to final agreement, Mr. Lamy is supposed to make public of _.Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)20110618.mp3Section ADirections: In this section, you will hea
31、r 8 short conversations and2 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 ques tion there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices ma
32、rked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the correspond ing 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。11.A) He is careless about his appearance.B)He is ashamed of his present condition.C)He changes jobs frequently.D)He shaves every
33、 other day.12.A) Jane may be caught in a traffic jam.B)Jane should have started a little earlier.C)He knows what sort of person Jane is.D) He is irritated at having to wait for Jane.13.A) Training for the Mid-Atlantic Championships.B)Making preparations for a trans-Atlantic trip.C)Collecting informa
34、tion about baseball games.D) Analyzing their rivals on-field performance.14.A) He had a narrow escape in a car accident.B)He is hospitalized for a serious injury.C)He lost his mother two weeks ago.D)He has been having a hard time.15.A) The woman has known the speaker for a long time.B)The man had di
35、fficulty understanding the lecture.C)The man is making a fuss about nothing.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
36、popular with students.17.A) Her overcoat is as stylish as Jills. 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
37、 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 cant find good examples to illustrate his point.B) He cant find a peaceful place to do the assignmen
38、t.C) He doesnt know how to describe the beautiful country scenery.D) He cant 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 writers point of view often changes.Questions 22 to
39、 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 wifes help.B) He and his wife did everything by them
40、selves.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 ce
41、nters.25. A) The restaurant location. C) The food variety.B) The restaurant atmosphere. D) The food price.Section BDirections: 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
42、 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 OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) Its pro
43、tection 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 chi
44、ldren. 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. C)It is a major achievement in eye surgery. D) It can only be partly accomplished now.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage
45、 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 dont want to use up all their life savings.B) They fear they will regre
46、t it afterwards.C) They would like to spend more time with them.D) They dont 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 ThreeQuestions 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
