历年大学英语四级考试真题文字版

1.

A) The man saw Mark on the street two months ago.

B) The woman had forgotten Mark"s phone number

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C) The woman made a phone call to Mark yesterday.

D) Mark and the woman had not been in cet4v.com.

2.

A) The man is late for the trip because he is busy.

B) The woman is glad to meet Mr. Brown in person.

C) The man is meeting the woman on behalf of Mr. Brown.

D) The woman feels sorry that Mr. Brown is unable to come.

3.

A) At 10:30.

C) At 10:40.

B) At 10:25.

D) At 10:45.

4.

A) The man no longer smokes.

B) The man is under pressure from his wife.

C) The man usually follows his wife"s advice.

D) The man refuses to listen to his doctor"s advice.

5.

A) Move to a big city.

C) Go back to school.

B) Become a teacher.

D) Work in New York.

6.

A) Quit delivering flowers.

C) Bring her flowers every day.

B) Work at a restaurant.

D) Leave his job to work for her.

7.

A) She can find the right person to help the man.

B) She can help the man out.

C) She"s also in need of a textbook.

D) She picked up the book from the bus floor.

8.

A) The man was confused about the date of the appointment.

B) The man wants to change the date of the appointment.

C) The man is glad he"s got in touch with the doctor.

D) The man can"t come for the appointment at 4:15.

9.

A) The two speakers are at a loss what to do.

B) The man is worried about his future.

C) The two speakers are seniors at college.

D) The woman regrets spending her time idly.

10.

A) She has learned a lot from the novel.

B) She also found the plot difficult to follow.

C) She usually has difficulty remembering names.

D) She can recall the names of most characters in the novel.

Section B Compound Dictation

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 numbered from SI to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S8 to SIO you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

The Library of Congress is America"s national library. It has millions of books and other objects. It has newspapers, (S1) ________ ____________ ___________ _______ publications as well as letters of (S2) _________________________ interest. It also has maps, photographs, art (S3) __________ __________, movies, sound recordings and musical (S4) __________________. All together, it has more than 100 million objects.

The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for public holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is (S5) _________ to take books out of the building.

The Library of Congress was (S6) __________________ in 1800. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol building. By 1814, the collection had increased to about 3,000 books. They were all (S7) _______________ that year when the Capitol was burned down during America"s war with Britain.

To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson"s collection included 7,000 books in seven languages.

(S8) _____________ _______________________ ____________________ ______________. Today, three buildings hold the library"s collection.

(S9) _____________ _______________________ ______________________ ____________. It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office. (S10) __________ _____________________ ________________ __________ _______. This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything that is published in the United States.

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S1 popular S2 historical S3 prints S4 instruments

S5 permitted S6 established S7 destroyed

S8 In 1897, the library moved into its own building across the street from the Capitol.

S9 The library provides books and materials to the US Congress and also lends books to other American libraries, government agencies and foreign libraries.

S10 Anyone who wants copyright protection for a publication in the US must send two copies to the library.