四六级新题型样卷（2013年12月） 本试卷样卷四六级通用
写作
Part I Writing (30 minutes) （15%） 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
听力
Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)（35%） 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 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：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 11. A) Dr. Smith’s waiting room isn’t tidy. B) Dr. Smith enjoys reading magazines.
C) Dr. Smith has left a good impression on her. D) Dr. Smith may not be a good choice. 12. A) B) C) D) 13. A) B) C) D) 14. A) B) C) D) 15. A) B) C) D) 16. A) B) C) D) 17. A) B) C) D) 18. A) B) C) D)
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. A) He picked up some apples in his yard. B) He cut some branches off the apple tree.
C) He quarreled with his neighbor over the fence. D) He cleaned up all the garbage in the woman’s yard. 20-21
22. A) B) C) D)
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. A) Bad weather.
B) Breakdown of the engines. C) Human error.
D) Failure of the communications system. 24
25. A) B) C) D)
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 choice 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 29are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. A) His father caught a serious disease. B) His mother passed away.
C) His mother left him to marry a rich businessman. D) His father took to drinking. 27．A) B) C) D) 28. A) B) C) D) 29. A) B) C) D)
Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. A) Women. B) Manual workers. C) Prisoners.
D) School age children. 31.A) B) C) D) 32. A) B) C) D)
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. A) The crop’s blooming period is delayed. B) The roots of crops are cut off. C) The topsoil is seriously damaged. D) The growth of weeds is accelerated. 34.A) B) C) D) 35. A) B) C) D)
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 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.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。 Adults are ．．．．．．that 4-day-olds could understand (36) ________ and subtraction. Now, British research (37) ________ ．．．．．．．．(45) , the study of language acquisition offers direct insight into how humans learn.
“Language is a test case for human cognitive development,” says Schafer. But parents eager to teach their infants should take note (46) new words ．．．．．．
阅读理解
Part III Reading Comprehension (35%)
Section A （选词填空）5分
Directions: 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 passagethrough carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bankis identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
One in six. Believe it or not, that’s the number of Americans who struggle with hunger. To make tomorrow a little better,Feeding America, the nation’s largest
47 hunger-relief．．．．．．．In the wake of the 53 , the number ．．．．
find their next meal. What’s most surprising is that 36% of them live in 55 where at least one adult is working. ．．．．．．jobs and they’re still right on the edge 56 .”
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
A) accumulate I) households B) circling J) recession C) communities B) K) reported D) competition L) reviewed E) domestic M) serves F) financially N) surrounding G) formally O) survive H) gather
Section B （长篇阅读，匹配）10分
Directions: 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 onAnswer Sheet 2.
Universities Branch Out
A) As never before in their ．．．．．． B) In response to ．．．．．． C) Of the forces shaping ．．．．．． D) Universities ．．．．．． E) Globalization．．．．．．
F) As a result of its strength in ．．．．．． G) For all its success,．．．．．．
H) American politicians have ．．．．．． I) Most Americans recognize t．．．．．．
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 57. American universities prepare their ．．．．．． 58. Since the mid-1970s, the enrollment ．．．．．． 59. The enrollment of international students ．．．．．． 60 The way research is carried ．．．．．． 61. Of the newly hired professors in ．．．．．． 62. The number of foreign students applying ．．．．．． 63. The U.S. federal funding for research has ．．．．．． 64. Around the world, governments encourage ．．．．．．． 65. Present-day universities have become ．．．．．． 66. When foreign students ．．．．．．
仔细阅读
Text 1
A great deal of attention is being paid today to the so-called digital divide -- the division of the world into the info (information) rich and the info poor. And that divide does exist today.
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1. A great deal of attention is being paid today to the so-called
A. B. C. D.
2. Digital divide is something ________. A. B. C. D. 3 Governments attach importance to the Internet because it ________. A. B. C. D. 4. The writer mentioned the case of the United States to justify the policy of ________. A. B. C. D. 5. It seems that now a country’s economy depends much on ________. A. B. C. D.
Text 2
Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers? The American Society of Newspaper Editors is trying to answer this painful question. The organization is deep into a long self-analysis known as the journalism credibility project.
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6.The organization is deep into a long self-analysis known as the A. B. C. D. 7. What is the passage mainly about? A. B. C. D. 8. The results of the journalism credibility project turned out to be ________. A. B. C. D.
9. The basic problem of journalists as pointed out by the writer lies in their ________. A. B. C. D. 10. Despite its efforts, the newspaper industry still cannot satisfy the readers owing to its ________. A. B. t C. D.
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.
请将如下汉字全部译为英文：
剪纸（paper cutting）是中国最为流行的传统民间艺术形式之一。中国剪纸 有一千五百多年的历史，在明朝和清朝时期（the Ming and Qing Dynasties）特别 流行。人们常用剪纸美化居家环境。特别是在春节和婚庆期间，剪纸被用来装饰 门窗和房间，以增加喜庆的气氛。剪纸最常用的颜色是红色，象征健康和兴旺。 中国剪纸在世界各地很受欢迎，经常被用作馈赠外国友人的礼物。 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。