PART C
Directions: You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.
听力原文： The piano and violin are girls' instruments. Drums and trumpets are for boys. According to Psychologists Susan O' Neil and Michael Bottome, children have very clear ideas about which musical instruments they should play. They found that despite the best efforts of teachers, these ideas have changed very little over the past decade. They interviewed 153 children, aged between 9 and 11, from schools in northwest England. They asked them to identify four musical instruments and then say which they would like to play most and which they would least like to play. They also asked the children for their views on whether boys or girls should not play any of the four instruments. The piano and violin were both ranked more favorably by girls than by boys, while boys preferred the drums and trumpets. There was a broad agreement between boys and girls on which instruments each sex should play and the reasons varied. And while almost half of all boys said they avoided certain instruments because they were too difficult to play. Only 15 percent of girls gave that as a reason. Earlier studies indicated that very young school children aged between 5 and 7, showed no bias in choosing musical instruments. But their tastes become more clear between the ages of 8 and 10. One survey of 78 teachers suggested that after that age, both boys and girls begin to restrict themselves to the so-called male or female instruments.
How many children did Susan and Michael interview?
A．150.
B．151.
C．152.
D．153.
Part A
Directions: You will hear 10 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there is one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answer ― A, B, C or D, and mark it in your test booklet. You will have 15 seconds to answer the question and you will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE.
听力原文：M: I had a very strange dream last night. I dreamt I won a competition.
W: Oh, really? What did you win? Money? A new car?
M: I won a holiday on a desert island. I hope it will come true.
What did the man win in his dream?
A．A holiday.
B．A new ear.
C．Some money.
D．A desert.
Part B
Directions: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.
听力原文： Miss Richards was a teacher at a school for boys and girls. She taught chemistry and physics from the lowest to the highest classes in the school. Sometimes the new classes learnt rapidly, but sometimes they were very slow, and then Miss Richards had to repeat the things many times.
One year, the first class had been studying chemistry for several weeks then Miss Richards suddenly asked, "What is water? Who knows? Hold up your hand."
There was silence for a few seconds, and Miss Richards felt sad but then one boy raised his hand.
"Yes, Dick?" said Miss Richards encouragingly. He was not one of the brightest students in the class, so she was glad that this boy could answer.
"Water is a liquid which has no color until you wash your hands in it, then it turns black," the boy replied with great confidence.
Who was Miss Richards?
A．A chemistry teacher.
B．A science teacher.
C．An art teacher.
D．A physics teacher.
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
听力原文：M: Let me clean your windshield and check your water and you will be all set. They look so dirty and it's dangerous for you to drive the car.
W: Oh, thank you. How much of them?
Q: Where does this conversation take place?
(12)
A．At a hamburger shop.
B．At a parking lot.
C．At a laundry.
D．At a gas station.
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.
听力原文： [26] Americans who remember "the good old days" are not alone in complaining about the educational System in this country. Immigrants complain, too. Lately a German friend was filled with anger when he learned that the first mathematics test given to his son as a college freshman included multiplication and division. Japanese businessmen in Los Angeles send their children to private schools staffed by teachers imported from Japan who teach mathematics at more advanced level.
[27] But I wonder: If American education is so poor, why is it that this is still the country of innovation? When I was 12 in Indonesia, I had to memorize the name of all the world's major cities. At the same age, my son, who was brought up a Californian, thought that Buenos Aires was Spanish for good food. However, unlike children of his age in Asia and Europe, my son had studied creative geography. When he was only 6, he drew a map of the route that he traveled to get to school, including the streets, the traffic signs and the houses that he passed. Dissatisfied American parents forget that in this country their children are able to experiment freely with ideas; without this they will not be able to think or to believe in themselves. Critics of American education cannot grasp one thing: freedom. [28] America, I think, is the only country that extends even to children the license to freely speak, write and be creative. Our public education is not perfect, but it is better than any other.
(27)
A．The Japanese mathematic teachers.
B．Both the speaker and his German friend.
C．Both Americans and immigrants.
D．The son of the speaker's German friend.
2012 年 12 月英语四级真题及答案 Part Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A Directions：In this section,you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: You will read: A) At the office. B) In the waiting room. C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant. From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This conversation is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore,A)“At the office” is the best answer. You should choose A) on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. Sample Answer ABCD 1. A) The fourth floor. B) The fifth floor. C) The sixth floor. D) The seventh floor. 2. A) John bought a cheap computer. B) John bought Morris a computer. C) Morris bought a computer from John. D) Morris bought a new computer. 3. A) Recognize Jane first. B) Tell the woman why. C) Go on a diet. D) Feel at ease. 4. A) The white one. B) The brick one. C) The prettier one. D) The better one. 5. A) The summer this year is terribly hot. B) Last summer was even hotter. C) Hot weather helps lose weight. D) Light was stronger this morning. 6. A) No one on the bus was injured. B) Everyone on the bus was injured. C) Only one student on the bus was injured. D) More than one student on the bus was injured. 7. A) Drawing some money. B) Opening a deposit account. C) Saving much money. D) Putting money in the bank. 8. A) They have too little patience. B) They are not strict with students. C) They are very hard on students. D) They are more hardworking than before. 9. A) The woman is very worried. B) The man doesnt like thinking. C) The man has done something wrong. D) The woman can do nothing for the man. 10. A) Because the waist was a bit too tight. B) Because there wasnt any of her size. C) Because she didnt look good in the dress. D) Because the style was not what she liked. Section B Compound Dictation 注意：听力理解的 B节（Section B）为复合式听写（Compound Dictation），题目在试卷二上。 现在请取出试卷二。 A supermarket club card is a new way for people to save money on items they buy. People used to cut out coupons (赠券)to(S1) save money. Now they use a card that looks like a(S2)credit card when they pay for items. Only people with cards can get the(S3)lower price. To get a card, people must give out their name, address, and other(S4)personal information.、 Everything club card-users buy is (S5)stored on a computer in a file with their name on it. In the coupon days, no one kept (S6)track of the things people bought. Now, computers allow huge(S7)amounts of information to be saved. In order to save money with the cards, people could lose privacy. So fa、r, the information, or data, is private. But that could change. There are many companies who might be interested in knowing what people buy. For instance, (S8)an insurance company might want to know if their clients buy healthy food, or if people buy a lot of medicine from the store. A California Senator, Debra Bowen, wants to make sure there are laws to protect data kept on computers. She says,“(S9)The laws that govern privacy really havent caught up with technology. ” Stores that
Which of the following statements are examples of the nonverbal behavior. of the job interview?
A.In what style. you choose to speak (e.g. begin with a story or a question) in the conversation.
B.In what way you behave (e.g. behave appropriately or not) in the conversation.
C.In what manner you speak (e.g. speak fast, short or aloud) in the conversation.
D.What body language you use (e.g. speak with or without eye contact) in the conversation.
There is an interview question: maybe you had a situation where you had a difficult team to work in, would you please provide me with an example of it? Which type does that question belong to?
A.The situational question.
B.The behavioral question.
C.The puzzle question.
D.The background question.
There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet.
6. ----Bradford graduated from college with honors at a very young age.
----He _____ have been an outstanding student.
A must B could C should D might
A、How silly questions
B、What silly questions
C、How a silly question
D、What silly a question
Juncture refers to the features that help making a divisional contrast in meaning and that only involves pause.()