2015年12月大学英语四级仿真必考试题（五）_第4页

　　Section B

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.

　　Passage One

　　Question 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　26. A) To provide Social Security benefits such as sickness benefit.

　　B) To pay for a standard charge for prescriptions for medicine.

　　C) To provide free medical treatment for all patients who wish to participate in it.

　　D) To pay for the stamps on an insurance card.

　　27. A) The cost of retirement pensions, unemployment benefit and maternity benefit has to be

　　borne ty the employers.

　　B) people have to pay for treatment and food in hospital.

　　C) People have to pay for normal charges for dental treatment and glasses.

　　D) people have to pay for the stamps on the insurance card.

　　28. A) He must go to see his doctor.

　　B) He must register with a General Practitioner.

　　C) He must have a letter from his G.P. to take to a hospital.

　　D) His doctor can’t treat him and he needs more expert help.

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　29. A) The advantages of electric cars.

　　B) The strengths and weaknesses of electric cars.

　　C) How electric cars function.

　　D) How electric cars can help the transportation.

　　30. A) The metal corrosion that contaminates the air.

　　B) The leakage of chemicals into the ground.

　　C) Untreated batteries, which can cause acid burns.

　　D) The rust and the old cars take up space in the landfills.

　　31. A) They are too expensive.

　　B) They are unavailable to buy.

　　C) People like gas cars and won’t change.

　　D) It isn’t explained yet.

　　Passage Three

　　Question 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　32. A) The war was rapidly reflected in American literature.

　　B) The war was hardly reflected in American literature.

　　C) Hemingway was the only author to write about the war.

　　D) American literature was slow to reflect the war.

　　33. A) During the 1930s.

　　B) In 1929.

　　C) Not until the late 1930s.

　　D) In the early 1920s.

　　34. A) War.

　　B) Courage.

　　C) Depression.

　　D) Sun.

　　35. A) He was not affected at all.

　　B) He was greatly affected and wrote some first-class works dealing with it.

　　C) It had little and indirect influence on Hemingway’s writing.

　　D) He didn’t publish stories during the Great Depression.

　　Section C

　　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 36 to 43 with the exact words you have heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or wirte 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.

　　We have been discussing how a computer works. Now let us turn to another (36) : What are the uses of a computer? Many laymen have an (37) picture of what computers are capable of Sometimes computers are called "electronic brains "and this is (38) because no computer so far built can (39) with the human brain in all respects. Let us take a look at the (40) of computers in commerce and industry. Firstly, clerical work. Computers are very good for (41) repetitive clerical work efficiently. We can take two examples of this. The first is the (42) use of computers in handling payrolls, that is, paying employees. With details about each employee in it, the computer can make necessary (43) and print out a pay slip. (44) .Secondly, the use of computers in information systems.(45) . The main computer store for British Airways Boadicea system has a constant record of the details of every flight. Thirdly, the computer as an aid to design planning. The example has to do with predicting the cost of a design if one were planning to build a road. (46) .This information can be fed into a computer and the computer can be programmed to work out the cheapest route between two points.