2015 年英语专业四级真题及详解
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2015)
-GRADE FOUR-
TIME LIMIT: 135 MIN
PART Ⅰ DICTATION [15 MIN]
Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
【答案与解析】
Male and Female Roles in Marriage
①In the traditional marriage, the man worked to earn money for the family. ②The woman stayed at home to care for the children and her husband. ③In recent years, many couples continue to have a traditional relationship of this kind. Some people are happy with it, but others think differently. ④There are two major differences in male and female roles now. ⑤One is that both men and women have many more choices. ⑥They may choose to marry or stay single. ⑦ They may choose to work or to stay at home. ⑧A second difference is that, within marriage many decisions are shared.
⑨If a couple has children, the man may take care of them some of the time, all of the time or not at all. ⑩The woman may want to stay at home or she may want to go to work. ⑪Men and women now decide these things together in a marriage.
【难点点评】
（1）句①和句②中，注意时态为一般过去时，谓语动词分别为“worked”和“stayed”。
（2）句③中，注意时态转换为了一般现在时，并且“couples”为复数形式，意为“夫妻；配偶”。
（3）句⑤中，注意要用“man”和“w英语专业四级考试时间oman”的复数形式为“men”和“women”。
（4）句⑨中，注意“a couple”中的不定冠词“a”不要漏掉。
PART Ⅱ LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN]
In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
In this section, you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the conversation.
1.Why is the trip to Mars a one-way trip?
A.The return trip is too expensive.
B.There is no technology to get people back.
C.People don‘t want to return.
D.The return trip is too risky.
2.According to the man, what is more important for those recruits?
A.Intelligence.
B.Health.
C.Skills.
D.Calmness.
3.What is the last part of the conversation about?
A.The kind of people suitable for the trip.
B.Interests and hobbies of the speakers.
C.Recruitment of people for the trip.
D.Preparation for the trip to Mars.
【答案与解析】
来”正确。
2.D 考点：细节题。对话中女士问需要招募什么样的人来进行这次旅行时，男士提到有一个因素非常重要，即性格，因此 calmness 为正确答案。其他三个选项均属于招募人选的要求之一，但不是最重要的，因此排除。
3.A 考点：主旨题。对话最后，男士和女士互相询问对方是否适合这次火星之旅，由此可知他们最后讨论的内容为 A 项“适合这种旅行的人”。B、D 两项没有提及，C 项“旅行人员的招募”是对话中间讨论的内容。
【录音原文】
M: Hello Jennifer. W: Hello Callum.
M: Do you like to travel?
W: Oh yes, I love going to new and interesting places.
M: What do you think of the idea of a one-way trip to Mars? W: You do mean the planet M
ars?
M: Well, this is what is being planned at the moment by a company in the Netherlands. They are planning to send people to Mars and the people who go would never be able to come back to Earth.
W: Sounds like quite a trip!
M: What is interesting about it is that this would be a one-way trip. W: Why is this a one-way trip?
M: [1]It‘s about technology. Although we do have the knowledge and technology to get people to Mars, we can‘t get them back.
W: That's a big commitment, isn‘t it? But I imagine some people will jump at the opportunity. But what kind of person
are they going to recruit for this ―trip of a lifetime‖?
M: They want smart people, which means clever, intelligent people. These people need to be healthy both physically and mentally. They also need people with very specific skills.
W: I would think so.
M: [2]And there is something more important. W: What‘s that?
M: Character. You need to have the right personality. W: What other characteristics are they looking for?
M: They want people who can still work well when things are bad. [2]People who are calm in a crisis. So from what you‘ve heard, [3]does it sound like a job for you?
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