2016专四真题

Part I DICTATION

Think Positive and Feel Positive

Are you confident or insecure in a difficult situation? / Do you react positively or negatively? / The answer may depend in part on whom you’re around. / A study found that negative thinking can be contagious in some cases. / For example, the researchers studied 103 college roommates. / They measured each roommate’s tendency towards negative thinking. / It was found that thinking patterns can be contagious. / Students with a negative thinking roommate became more depressed themselves, / and students with more positive thinking roommates / were more likely to become more positive as well. Part II LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A TALK 1. success

2. challenging settings 3. National Spelling Contest 4. passion and perseverance 5. future a reality 6. marathon 7. grittier

8. measures of talent 9. not fixed / changeable

10. a temporary condition

SECTION B CONVERSATIONS 1. Why does the woman call the man?

答案：［D］ To tell the man the procedure of the interview. 2. What kind of questions can the man ask in the interview? 答案：［A］ Questions related to the job. 3. Which is the last part of the interview? 答案：［C］Presentation from the interviewee.

4. What might be expected from the man’s presentation? 答案：［D］Company future and his contribution. 5. When is the interview scheduled? 答案：［B］11 a.m. ，next Thursday. 6. What is the interview mainly about?

答案：［C］ How to handle the problem of college loans. 7. How does the cost of college education change every year? 答案：［A］It was increased by 6 to 8%.

8. What is used to measure student loan debt as a guideline? 答案：［B］First year salary after graduation.

9. What is the advantage of joining a college savings plan? 答案：［D］Students withdraw without paying tax. 10. What is the possible social cost of a college loan?

答案：［A］Giving up charitable or volunteer work.

Part III LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE

11. How can I concentrate if you_____ continually_____ me with silly questions?

答案：［A］ have...interrupted

12. Among the four sentences below, Sentence _____ expresses the highest degree of possibility.

答案：［D］ It should take a long time to find a solution to the problem. 13. She is a better speaker than _____ in the class. 答案：［A］ any boy

14. Nobody heard him sing, _____? 答案：［D］ did they 15. I can’t put up with _____. 答案：［B］ that friend of yours

16. There has been an increasing number of _____ in primary schools in the past few years. 答案：［D］ men teachers

17. This is one of the issues that deserve _____ . 答案：［B］ mentioning

18. The audience _____ excited on seeing _____ favorite star glide onto the stage.

答案：［A］ were...their

19. _____ your advice, I would have made the wrong decision. 答案：［B］ Had it not been for

20. The sentence I wish I had been more careful in spending money expresses the speaker’s _____ . 答案：［C］ regret

21. The Attorney General ordered a federal autopsy of Brown’s body, seeking to _____ the family and community there would be a thorough investigation into his death. 答案：［C］ assure

22. The police department came under strong criticism for both the death of an unarmed man and its handling of the _____. 答案：［D］ aftermath

23. The Foreign Secretary tried to _____ doubts about his handling of the crisis.

答案：［D］ quell（此题存在争议，也会说选[A]dispel的，需要进一步讨论）

24. Mutual funds are thus best for investors who don’t want to take the time to study stocks in detail or who _____ the resources to build a portfolio. 答案：［B］ lack

25. Chris ran _____ John at a sporting-goods trade show and the two