2015英语四级卷二真题
B) He failed to go beyond grammar school
C) He was a member of the town council
D) He once worked in a well-know acting company
18. A) Writers of his time had no means to protect their works
B) Possible sources of clues about him were lost in a fire
C) His works were adapted beyond recognition
D) People of his time had little interest in him
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) It shows you have been ignoring your health
B) It can seriously affect your thinking process
C) It is an early warning of some illness
D) It is a symptom of two much pressure
20. A) Reduce our workload C) Use painkillers for relief
B) Control our temper D) Avoid masking symptom
21. A) Lying down and having some sleep C) Going out for a walk
B) Rubbing and pressing one’s back D) Listening to light music
Passage Three
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) Depending heavily on loans C). Spending beyond one’s means
B) Having no budget plans at all D). Leaving no room for large bills
23. A) Many of them can be cut C) Their payment cannot be delayed
B) All of them have to be covered D) They eat up most of the family income
24. A) Rent a house instead of buying one C) Make a conversation plan
B) Discuss the problem in the family D) Move to a cheaper place
25. A) Financial issues plaguing a family C) Family budget problems and solutions
B) Difficulty in making both ends meet D) New ways to boost family income
Section C
Directions: in this section,you will hear a paasage 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 reaf 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。
Perhaps because going to college is so much a part of the American dream, many people go for no(26)_____reason. Some go because their parents ecpect it, others because it’s what their friends are doing.Then, there’s the belief that a college degree will(27)____ensure a good job and high pay.
Some students (28)____ through for years ,attending classes, or skipping(逃课) them as the case may be, reading only what can’t be avoided, looking for less(29)_____courses,and never being touched or changed in any important way. For a few of these people, college provides no(30)____，yet because of parental or peer pressure, they cannot voluntarily leave. They stop trying in the hope that their teachers will make the decision for them by(31)____ them.
To put it bluntly(直截了当地)，unless you’re willing to make your college years count, you might be(32)_____ doing something else. Not everyone should attend college, nor should everyone who does attend begin right after high school. Many college students(33)_____ taking a year or so off. A year out in the world helps some people to(34)_____their priorities and goals. If you’re really going to get something out of going to college, you have to make it mean something, and to do that you must have some idea why you’re there, what you hope to get out of it, and (35)_____even what you hope to become.
三、选词填空
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
Scholars of the information society are divided over whether social inequality decreases or increases in an information-based society. However, they generally agree with the idea that inequality in the information society is_____(36)different from that of an industrial society. As informatization progress in society, the cause and structural nature of social inequality changes as well.
It seems that the information society_____(37)the quantity of information available to the members of a society by revolutionizing the ways of using and exchanging information. But such a view as a_____(38)analysis based on the quantity of information supplied by various forms of the mass media. A different_____(39)is possible when the actual amount of information_____(40)by the user is taken into account. In fact, the more information_____(41)throughout the entire society, the wider the gap becomes between "information haves" and "information have-nots," leading to digital divide.
According to recent studies, digital divide has been caused by three major_____(42): class, sex, and generation. In terms of class, digital divide exists among different types of workers and between the upper and middle classes and the lower class. With_____(43)to sex, digital divide exists between men and women. The greatest gap, however, is between the Net-generation, _____(44)with personal computers and the Internet, and the older generation,_____(45)to an industrial society.