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2012 年 9 月公共英语四级考试真题及答案 Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)听力 1-10 略 11、听材料，回答下列问题。 Why did the police officer stop the driver? A．The driver exceeded the speed limit. B．The driver didn't stop at the zebra crossing. C．The officer was conducting a routine check. D．The officer found the car's brake lights were out. 12、Why did the driver mention his wife's cousin's husband? A．To prove his connection with the officer. B．To show himself as an influential man. C．To influence the police officer. D．To establish a new friendship. 13、What did the police officer threaten to do? A．Give the driver a ticket. B．Take the driver to court. C．Retain the driver's car. D．Take the driver to the police station. 14、听材料，回答下列问题。 What is the origin of Kwanzaa related to.? A．Religion. B．Family life. C．Agriculture. D．Community. 15、Which of the following colors is used for decoration in Kwanzaa? A．Yellow. B．Green. C．White. D．Blue. 16、What do the seven candles stand for? A．Principles. B．Cultures. C．Tribes. D．Colors.

17、听材料，回答下列问题。 When was the Word Bank officially founded? A．In 1944. B．In 1946. C．In 1949. D．In 2000. 18、The World Bank dreams of a world without A．inequality B．poverty C．oppression D．conflicts 19、What do we know about the Word Bank member countries? A．They have equal say. B．They decide on the bank's work. C．They are the board members. D．They are its shareholders. 20、How many leading contributors does the World Bank have? A．24. B．19. C．5. D．3. Section II Use of English (15 minutes) 英语常识根据材料，回答下列 21-40 问题。 Humans like to regard themselves as exceptional.Many philosophers believe humans are the only 21 which understands that others have their own personal thoughts.That understanding is known in the 22 as having a "theory of mind," and it is considered the 23 to such cherished human 24 as sympathy and deception. Biologists have learned to treat such 25 with caution.Bernd Heinrich and Thomas Bugn-yar describe an experiment they have carried out 26 ravens. 27 to gaze is reckoned to be a good 28 of the development of theory of mind in human children. 29 about 18 months, most children are able to follow the gaze of another person, and 30 things about the gazer from it.Failure to 31 this trick is an early symptom of autism, a syndrome whose main underlying feature is a(n) 32 to understand that other people have 33 , too. To 34 whether ravens could follow gaze, Dr Heinrich used six six-month-old hand-reared ravens.The birds were set, one at a time, on a perch on one side of a room divided by a barrier.An experimenter in front of the barrier 35 his head and eyes in a particular 36 and gazed for 30 seconds before looking 37 Dr Heinrich found that all the birds were able to follow the gaze of the experimenters, even

38 the barrier.In the 39 case, the curious birds either jumped down from the perch and walked around the barrier to have a 40 or leapt on top of it and peered over. 21、 A．category B．group C．race D．species 22、 A．perspective B．trade C．business D．skill 23、 A．secret B．attribution C．alternative D．gateway 24、 A．qualifies B．operations C．habits D．values 25、 A．comparisons B．findings C．assertions D．studies 26、 A．on B．to C．against D．for

27、 A．Indifference B．Response C．Resistance D．Instinct 28、 A．call B．reason C．hint D．measure 29、 A．With B．In C．By D．At 30、 A．imagine B．infer C．locate D．confer 31、 A．develop B．find C．plan D．conceal 32、 A．resent B．tendency C．attempt D．inability 33、 A．senses B．minds C．beliefs

D．faculties 34、 A．argue B．prove C．test D．confirm 35、 A．moved B．hid C．revealed D．adjusted 36、 A．manner B．direction C．type D．circle 37、 A．down B．up C．away D．inside 38、 A．into B．within C．beyond D．from 39、 A．former B．latter C．ordinary D．unusual

40、 A．look B．rest C．try D．taste Section III Reading Comprehension (60 minutes) 阅读理解 A 根据材料，回答下列 41-60 问题。 Text 1 Conventional wisdom has long held that mammals stayed millions of years on earth.As long as dinosaurs roamed the lands, our distant ancestors never got to be much more than chicken-hearted creatures that sneaked out at night to grab bits of plants when the terrible lizards were asleep.Only when they were wiped out did mammals begin to earn a little evolutionary respect. But that picture changed dramatically with the announcement in Nature of two impressive fossils.One, of a brand-new species named R.giganticus, broke apart the notion that most dinosaur-age mammals were never larger than squirrels.The animal had the dimensions of a midsize dogby far the biggest dinosaur-age mammal ever found.And the second, a new specimen of a previ-ously discovered species called R.robustus, refuted the notion that it was always the mammals that got eaten.Inside the skeleton where the animal's stomach would have been are the fossilized re-mains of a baby dinosaur."This discovery was the chance of a lifetime," says Jin Meng, scientist and co-author of the paper. Indeed, Meng didn't expect to find things like this at all.The smaller skeleton was discovered about two years ago by villagers in China's Liaoning province, site of some of the richest fossil beds in the world.They brought it to the attention of scientists, who took it to an institute for examination."We didn't see the stomach contents at first," says Meng. After they did, however, it didn't take them long to realize they had struck scientific gold.On closer examination, the scientists determined that the remains were those of a juvenile dinosaur.Some of the arm and leg bones were still attached to each other, suggesting that R.robustus didn't chew its food thoroughly but wolfed it down in large chunks. Taken together, the finds overturn the already eroded idea that early mammals were tiny and timid.Now paleontologists can stop cooking up theories to explain why mammals were so little--that they had to be small to avoid being found, for example, or they couldn't grow larger because dinosaurs already occupied those ecological spaces. But it's now clear that mammals did fill some of the spaces reserved for larger animals."It's quite possible," says paleontologist Anne Well, "that they competed with dinosaurs for the same prey." And because they ate dinosaurs, they may even have had an influence on dinosaur evolution.What sort of influence? "We don't know," she says."That's how it is with the best finds.They leave you with more questions than answers."

41、Mammals in the dinosaur age used to be described as A．fierce and dangerous. B．shrewd and swift. C．doglike and sneaky. D．small and cowardly. 42、The fossil of a baby dinosaur in the skeleton of R.robustus indicates that A．R.robustus must have died in its pregnancy. B．this mammal could have died while fighting with dinosaurs. C．R.robustus swallowed the baby dinosaur as its food. D．mammals would eat their young when starved. 43、By saying " they had struck scientific gold" (Lines 1, Paragraph 4 ), the author means that A．their discovery earned them great fame. B．their findings enjoyed enormous market value. C．they acquired valuable resources for their studies. D．they had made a significant discovery in their research. 44、The expression "cooking up" (Line 2, Paragraph 5 ) indicates that the author A．doubts the validity of the previous scientific explanations. B．thinks the new discoveries have practical significance. C．regards previous ecological studies as simply story-making. D．considers those new discoveries no longer hold water. 45、What is the possible connection between mammals and dinosaurs? A．Mammals were under dinosaurs' rule most of the time. B．Mammals might have contributed to the evolution of dinosaurs. C．Dinosaurs failed in the competition with mammals for food. D．Baby dinosaurs were the main source of food for mammals. 根据材料，回答下列 46-65 问题。 Text 2 Schools of education have long been objects of criticism.From James Koerner's 1963 book,The Miseducation of America's Teachers, up through two recent reports by national commissions,critics have complained about the intellectual emptiness of the curriculum at ed schools and the lack of connection between what is taught and the realities teachers face in the classroom.A recent sur-vey of teachers about their graduate-school training drew comments like "the shabbiest psychobab-ble imaginable" and "a waste of time." With an estimated 2 million new teachers needed over the next decade, the shortcomings in ed-ucation schools are a practical concern.In what is a generally bleak landscape, a small number of schools stand out as innovators.Two key qualities distinguish these exemplars.First, they require that students master the subjects they will be teaching and structure theft curricula accordingly.Sec- ond, these programs put a premium on hands-on experience.While traditional ed-school curricula are filled with courses on theory, the new approach places much greater emphasis on learning by doing. At Ohio State University in Columbus, students in the one-year master's program

spend half their time teaching in one of 55 Franklin County public schools, where they are paired with experi- enced teachers. "You are immersed from Day 1," says OSU graduate student Kelley Crockett, a 37-year-oldformer businesswoman who does practical training at Gables Elementary School."And that forces you to be intimately involved." In New York City, the Bank Street College of Education--a two-year program--runs its own junior high."That keeps us honest," says the school's president, Augusta Kappner."We are encouraging students to see how they function in school settings so they can constantly improve. Comparable programs exist at some other institutions, including the University of Virginia and Trinity University in San Antonio. But Linda Darling-Hammond, a professor at Columbia University's Teachers College who is an expert on teacher training, estimates that only 40 percent of the 1,200 teacher-education programs in the country have met national accreditation standards.Most education schools, she says, "have operated bureaucratically, assuming that teachers didn't need to know many things, 'Just give them a textbook and send them on.'" 46、By saying "intellectual emptiness of the curriculum" ( Lines 3, Paragraph 1 ) the critics mean to argue that A．there were not sufficient items in the curriculum. B．the curriculum was poorly designed academically. C．the training based on the curriculum was hardly imaginable. D．the curriculum did not sufficiently address learners' needs. 47、According to the author, the concern over the current situation in ed schools is A．well-grounded. B．unnecessary. C．widespread. D．ill-founded. 48、The word "premium" ( Line 5, Paragraph 2) probably means A．difficulty. B．emphasis. C．limitation. D．reward. 49、It can be inferred from Linda Darling-Hammond's comment that A．most ed schools should undergo fundamental reform. B．it is too difficult for ed schools to overcome bureaucracy. C．teachers at ed schools emphasize too much the value of a textbook. D．most ed school teachers are unwilling to participate in the innovations. 50、Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A．A Bird's Eye View on Teacher Training Programs B．Traditional versus Modem Schools of Education C．Innovation at Some Schools of Education D．Comparison between Teacher Training Programs 根据材料，回答下列 51-70 问题。

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